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Pursuing Passion: Stephanie Dean, UM-Flint Theatre
In the University of Michigan Flint's College of Arts and Sciences, faculty, staff, and students combine their passions with academic excellence as they participate in coursework, research, and creative pursuits. We are proud to spotlight some of these individuals in our new series: Pursuing Passion.
Stephanie Dean of UM-Flint Theatre
A Rock Musical with Feeling
Assistant Professor Stephanie Dean is the director of Next to Normal, an award-winning rock musical about a woman's struggle with bipolar disorder. The show is the first production of the UM-Flint Theatre & Dance Department's 2016-17 season and will run October 28-30 and November 4-6.
Next to Normal began as a ten-minute play called Feeling Electric that explored the medical field's approach to mental illness. But, noted Dean, "they began to realize that they story they wanted to tell wasn't about the treatment, it was about the people, and they began to morph it into the Off-Broadway production that opened in 2008." By 2011, the musical had enjoyed three years on Broadway and earned numerous awards, including three Tony Awards and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
The musical suited both the talent pool at the university and Dean's desire for material that would challenge her students and herself.
She began work on the production long before students stepped on stage for auditions. Her spring and summer months were filled with research about the show's sensitive subject matter. Recalled Dean, "I wanted to know: What is fact? What is fiction? And how was the production received by audiences when it came out? There was a lot of research that went into the research that [the writers] did."
UM-Flint Theatre's Stephanie Dean talks with cast members during a rehearsal of "Next to Normal."
This is Not a Case Study
Dean wanted to be sure she was both respectful and accurate when representing the journey of someone being treated for bipolar disorder. The musical touches on a wide variety of topics related to the mental health field, including prescription drug use, electroconvulsive therapy, hallucinations, depression, and suicide.
"When I was doing the research, I read an interview in which the composer and lyricist had said they had not written the show to be a case study," said Dean. "Next to Normal takes dramatic liberties; everything that can happen to this woman does happen, and it not only affects her, but everyone around her. It's important to understand that the writers wanted to create a story that people could relate to from many different viewpoints, depending on their own life experiences. Because of that, I truly believe that you cannot be an adult or even a teenager and not relate to something in this show."
Dean consulted with Dr. Tom Wrobel of UM-Flint Psychology for insight on the script, and to learn about the validity of the portrayed treatments in today's fields of psychology and psychiatry. She also talked with practicing therapists.
Stephanie Dean and the "Next to Normal" cast rehearse in the UM-Flint Theatre
Now that the show is in rehearsals, the preparation is paying off: "I feel like I have command of the material, and am well prepared to address the issues in the script in a way that is effective and within the scope of reality. I also feel prepared to work actors through these difficult topics and the emotions that come with that. Understanding the content and context at a deeper level allows me to find subtleties in the script and makes me better equipped to guide the actors to more nuanced performances and to speak to the designers about a unified vision."
Working with a Student Cast
During the summer, Dean also spent time considering the emotional toll the production could have on its student actors and stage crew. "When you are working on a musical, it is not an exaggeration to say the music does not exit your head for the entire two months," said Dean. "Between rehearsals, memorizing lines, working on music, etc., the actors and I are spending four to eight hours a day with this material. I had to ask myself, 'how do I bring the students in and out of rehearsals in a way that is mentally healthy for them?'"
Dean works with UM-Flint Theatre student Shelby Coleman on the set of "Next to Normal."
Part of Dean's work to answer that question took place during the summer in North Carolina where she studied a method of evoking emotion using breathing, posture, and facial expressions, rather than actual emotional stimuli. Dean has used this to inform her work with students, when she has had to help them be comfortable with difficult emotions like anger, fear, and sadness. She hopes it will also help her student cast process the heavy emotions that come with the Next to Normal script. "I'm interested in focusing the actors energies in rehearsals," said Dean. "It is important to step into rehearsal as a group, leaving personal problems at the door, and to develop a supportive ensemble that can talk about problems if this story is hitting too close to home. Likewise, the actors have to be able to leave the characters and their problems in the theatre to avoid having an 'emotional hangover' when they leave rehearsal."
"Maybe the songs will be stuck in our heads, and some days it will be harder than others to put the show away outside of rehearsal; I recognize that," continued Dean. "Alice Ripley, the actress who played the lead role in this musical on Broadway, talked in her interviews about having a very difficult time living this story night after night and not feeling it during the day."
Dean hopes that what students are learning as UM-Flint Theatre performers will serve them well after graduation. "Part of my job as a teacher and as an acting teacher is to teach students to be physical and vocal vessels for the tough emotions their characters experience on stage without tying that too closely to their personal lives. Theatre reflects humanity. Humanity is messy. Therefore, the actors face this challenge throughout their entire professional career. I'm excited for this challenge."
Her cast has responded very well to Next to Normal, and embraced its difficult themes. "On the first night I asked each of the cast members why this show was important to them," remembered Dean. "I got some really interesting answers about how they each related to the material. Lots of stuff I wasn't expecting. They each bring a lot of insight to this show."
Stephanie Dean sits with Assistant Director Michaela Nogaj and Stage Manager Taylor Boes during rehearsal
Connecting with the Audience
"It's important to me to help people understand that theatre doesn't always have to be about entertainment. It can make you think about life and help you to relate to others and still be an incredibly wonderful, fulfilling, and positive experience that you want to have again."
Because of its relatable material and high entertainment value, Dean hopes that Next to Normal can entice audiences to the UM-Flint Theatre. "This show has a profound and immediate purpose. It's a show that invokes conversation about a topic that our society is afraid to address, and yet mental health effects everyone to different and varying degrees on a daily basis."
During the October 28-30 and November 4-6 weekends, performances will be held Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Tickets may be purchased online or at the UM-Flint Theatre box office (please arrive early if purchasing tickets at the door). The Sunday, November 6, performance will feature a talk-back session with the cast, crew, and director. All are invited to attend.
For more information on showtimes, ticket sales, and performances, visit umflint.edu/theatredance/season-information or call (810) 237-6522. To reach Director Stephanie Dean, email scdean@umflint.edu.
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UM-Flint Political Science Explores Voter Rights
Why does voting in an election matter? What does it mean to have the right to vote? How does the United States Constitution affect the rights of voters?
The UM-Flint Political Science Department held a discussion to answer these questions and more as part of their annual recognition of Constitution Day.
Faculty, staff, and students gathered for "Voting Rights in a Brave New World." This discussion and question-and-answer session aims to get voters thinking about their rights in preparation for the upcoming presidential election.
"The Department of Political Science regularly hosts thought-provoking events on issues of relevance to the Constitution and its modern interpretation and historical roots," said lecturer Kim Saks-McManaway. "This year being an election year, the topic of voting rights in a modern context seemed appropriate. This is especially true given the myriad of voter rights cases in the courts."
UM-Flint Political Science faculty at a Constitution Day event
UM-Flint students are excepted to play an active role in the event, and to make full use of the Q & A session with department faculty.
Andrew Roth, a dual enrolled student from Flushing, MI, is expecting to take part. Said Roth, "Voting is about more than helping to elect your candidate of choice; voting is about being a socially conscious citizen. If we allow our voices to go unheard now, then we eventually sign away all of our power. No longer do we have the ability to be a part of the discussion of issues that affect our day to day lives."
Jordan Tiffany, a graduate student from Davidson, MI, added, "I vote because that is the only way to get change. We may not immediately get the change that we want, but nothing will ever get better just sitting out and being apathetic towards the process."
For more information on the Political Science Department and the ways in which they are engaging the campus and community, visit umflint.edu/polsci or call 810.762.3470,
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UM-Flint Music Selects Soloists for 2016 MusiCollage
Each year, the UM-Flint Music Department presents a non-stop immersive musical experience known as MusiCollage to the campus and community.
This year's show featured three soloists: Jhane Perdue, vocalist; Ben Cunningham, piano; and Elizabeth Schultz, flute. The soloists' performances blended into those presented by UM-Flint's Wind Symphony, University Chorale, University Orchestra, Jazz Ensembles, Chamber Singers, and more.
The format of MusiCollage is different from any other concert on campus. Wind Symphony Conductor Chris Heidenreich explained, "We ask the audience not to applaud, and take it all in from the beginning to the end, so that each selection leads itself into the next one."
"MusiCollage is a great opportunity to hear a whole lot of music in one hour," added Brian DiBlassio, conductor of the Jazz Combo. "You'll hear large ensembles, small ensembles, different types of music, too. Even within the jazz performances you'll hear a variety of music, some fun genres, and some exciting songs."
Read below as this year's soloists share their thoughts on being a part of UM-Flint Music and the MusiCollage experience.
Jhane Perdue – Vocal Soloist
Major: Music Performance
Hometown: Flushing, Michigan
I will be performing "Daddy's Son" from Ragtime—a musical by Stephen Flaherty based on the novel Ragtime by E.L Doctorow. "Daddy's Son" is a slow, heart-wrenching piece. In the show, Sarah is basically grieving the death of her new born son.
I have been performing since I was 11 years old. Throughout middle and high school, I was very involved with the music and theatre department. I was involved with Michigan School Vocal Music Association (MSVMA) solo and ensemble, MSVMA 2014 and 2015 All-State honors choir, my high school a cappella choir, my high school's after school choirs (Beta Chi Theta and Madrigals), and a member of International Thespian Society. I also sang in my church's choir.
[Outside of the department] I am the worship leader at Trinity Episcopal Church in Flushing, Michigan.
What do you love about vocal performance?
I love that I have a way to express myself. I love that music brings people together from all walks of life. I love the connection between performer and audience. I love how you can get a new piece of music and at first glance it's just lines, spaces, and notes, but when you're done with it becomes a part of you.
What do you love about the UM-Flint Music department?
The faculty. We are a small department, and because of it you get one- on-one attention. Our department is full of faculty that want you to succeed. I can personally attest to the outstanding work of our faculty, because of my voice teacher Kisma Jordan-Hunter. She has raised the bar on what it takes to become an amazing musician and leads by example.
What challenges you as a vocalist?
Two things: taking care of yourself and trusting the process. As a vocalist your body is your instrument, so constantly reminding yourself that the voice is constantly changing and if you just keep taking care of your instrument and make a daily commitment to practicing and self-care, you will reach your outcome. My mantra is "The strive for quality is not the same as creating the illusion that our work is perfect."
Why should people come to MusiCollage?
To see all the talent UM-Flint music department has to offer.
Ben Cunningham – Piano Soloist
Major: Music Education with a focus on Piano; Minor in Horn
Hometown: Hartland, MI
I've been playing piano since age 6.
The piano is unique in that I have the colors of a symphony and yet the control of a soloist. To be this connected to such a palate of musical timbres is a unique privilege.
The music department at UM-Flint has provided me with access to some of the best professionals in the field of music today, as well as the opportunity to experiment with an enormous variety of musical styles and genres at a consistently high level. In particular, having had the opportunity to be in every ensemble on campus has allowed me to become familiar with a much wider variety of music than the average student at a larger school.
I can't single a single professor out as having provided more inspiration or mentorship to me. Rather, I will say that each has brought their unique experiences and outlooks to help shape my musicality.
Without a doubt, memorizing is by far the biggest hurdle as a pianist.
The best thing to come out of being a UM-Flint music student is the chance to participate in so many unique experiences with such a diverse group of people. I have come to appreciate many more styles of music through my time here, and have made close relationships with many people and faculty who I know will remain part of my life forever.
As I said before, the Department of Music at the University of Michigan-Flint has an enormous variety of music. People who come to MusiCollage will have the opportunity to see each ensemble perform a few selections, whetting the palate for the full ensemble concerts that take place later this year. This is the only opportunity during the 2016/2017 school year to hear them all in one place!
Music, and music education, are some of the most important things a person can experience. I am proud to be a student at the University of Michigan-Flint, and I am proud that our town of Flint is home to such a great place of higher learning in the arts.
Elizabeth Schultz – Flute Soloist
Hometown: Flushing, MI
I am playing an unaccompanied flute solo for MusiCollage. I'm also in Wind Symphony and University Orchestra.
I have been performing for 14 years.
I am also a proud member of the Lapeer Symphony Orchestra—our first concert is October 28!
Playing the flute allows me to focus, which can be a valuable thing. I can quiet my mind and spend time working on something I love. When I have a major accomplishment in music, it is the best feeling in the world because I know the work and the passion I have put into achieving this accomplishment.
The UM-Flint Music Department is a fantastic department. We have top notch instructors that care for our success and we have so many opportunities. I have grown tremendously as a musician at their hands.
Everyone should come to MusiCollage because it really shows what we have to offer.
For more information on performances from our UM-Flint Music Department, visit umflint.edu/music or call 810.762.3377.
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UM-Flint Physics and Hubble Telescope Research
Dr. Rajib Ganguly of UM-Flint Physics
In late June, 2016, Dr. Rajib Ganguly, Associate Chair of UM-Flint Physics and Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Sciences, Engineering and Physics, received some exciting news: his proposal to use the Hubble Telescope to observe eleven objects in deep space was approved.
Dr. Ganguly's research will claim 19 of the spacecraft's orbits during the next year. Over 891 proposals, requesting 25,600 orbits, were submitted this year–while only 3764 total orbits are available.
Dr. Ganguly's successful proposal was a first for him and for UM-Flint.
In the UM-Flint Physics and Astronomy programs, Dr. Ganguly is known for his research on quasars–or, as he describes them, growing super-massive black holes that reside in the center of galaxies.
Read below as Dr. Ganguly shares more information on his upcoming work with the Hubble Telescope and other areas of research:
In everyday terms, what is your field of research and study?
I'm interested in the understanding the biggest, most massive black holes in the Universe, how they grew to be that size, how that growth affects its surroundings, their relationship to the galaxies in which they reside. To do that, I combine both an empirical and a theoretical approach, using data from a wide variety of telescopes (including Hubble!) and computer simulations.
What do you find fascinating about this work?
That's a loaded question that could be answered in a many ways! I once posed a somewhat related question to an group at a recent outreach event: What do you think is the most awesome thing about space? I got lots of interesting answers mostly naming specific objects, like black holes, or phenomena, like the expansion of the Universe. Then I told the audience my answer. I find it completely amazing that, using only information encoded in the light that we get here on Earth, and our own ingenuity, we can figure this out about things in space. It is striking that the Universe appears to obey certain rules and that we humans can have the audacity to try to figure out what those rules are. That might be a more generic answer for any us doing research in the physical sciences.
Without getting too esoteric, the current research effort is interesting on several levels. We (the astronomy community) are trying to tell the story of how structure emerged in the Universe, how galaxies formed from that structure, and how they evolve. The growth of supermassive black holes in the nuclei of galaxies appears to have a connection with that evolution. Furthermore, we observe that, in some of these actively growing black holes, there is a substantial amount of matter being expelled from the system, which seems counter-intuitive. How does matter escape from the vicinity of a black hole? There is interesting, and extreme, physics that is needed to explain what is going on.
By testing our ideas about how those rules of nature work in the extreme environment of a black hole, we can hope to improve our understanding of those rules. And with greater understanding comes a greater power to help ourselves.
Dr. Ganguly working with UM-Flint Physics students
What is your history with the Hubble Telescope?
I have a long history with the Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble was launched in 1990 and I began graduate school at Penn State in 1996. My first task before classes even started in my first year was to help my to-be-advisor finish preparing proposals for, if I recall correctly, the fourth cycle of Hubble observations. (We're heading into the 24th cycle now.) By the time I was in my fourth year of grad school, I was writing my own Hubble proposals. I actually wrote one to fund my PhD dissertation research which repurposed existing Hubble data. I defended my PhD in 2002, and my first post-doctoctoral position was as a research scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD. That is basically ground-zero from where Hubble is operated, and the data are archived.
There are many divisions at the institute: a division for each of the instruments, a division for archiving the data, a division for conducting outreach, etc. My supervisor was connected to one of the instruments that was to go up with the fourth servicing mission. Of course, 2003 saw the tragic loss of Space Shuttle Columbia and the astronauts on board, which then grounded the remaining shuttle fleet, and the cancellation of that mission. That was not a happy time, and many of us had to reinvent our research goals/methodology, which I did during my second post-doctoral position at the University of Wyoming. Fate can be rather twisted, though. Eventually, the shuttle fleet was brought back for a time, Hubble was serviced again and those instruments brought new life to the observatory. My then-supervisor, Ken Sembach, is now the director of the Institute. And the new proposal that will see UM-Flint's first Hubble observations will be taken with the very instrument that we were going to use back in 2003.
Who are you working with on this project?
For my sabbatical this past Winter semester, I went back to my old stomping grounds at Penn State. There, I continued working with my dissertation advisors, Professors Jane Charlton and Michael Eracleous. They are my primary collaborators on this project. I am also collaborating with Professor Charlton current graduate student (my academic brother), Chris Culliton, as well as Professor Eracleous' post-doctoral researcher Dr. Jessie Runnoe. Dr. Runnoe actually did her PhD at the University of Wyoming, and worked with me while I was there. She will recently moved to the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
How will the data from the Hubble help advance your particular research?
There are a number of questions regarding the matter that is being ejected by black holes that are growing in the cores of galaxies. How much is there? How does that compare with how much is falling in? How does it get ejected? The inflow likely takes the form of a thin disk accreting onto the black hole. What shape does the outflow take? What governs that shape?
In a previous study, we identified targets in the existing archive of Hubble observations that were also luminous in the radio band. Radio emission arises from jets of material travelling at relativistic speeds along the rotation axis of the black hole. As a by-product, we can use radio maps to gauge the orientation of these systems. We found two things from that study: (1) nearly all of the radio-luminous objects are viewed with the jet pointing roughly toward us, and (2) none of them show evidence for outflowing material. So, the question is: Are these two things related? Is this telling us something important about the geometry of the outflowing gas? Or is there something more fundamentally, and subtly, heinous about growing black holes with jets that prevent them from having the types of outflows we observe in other objects. [I should note here that the jet itself does not include a sufficient amount of material to provide an explanation for the ejected matter that we observe.] So, we identified a sample of radio-luminous objects where the jets are not directed toward us and convincingly proposed to observe them to test the hypothesis that this is just an orientation effect, that we are getting at the actual geometry of the outflowing gas. A "null" result – that we don't find any outflows in the proposed sample – will indicate the latter option, which might be even more interesting in terms of understanding what physics is important in driving outflows.
How will UM-Flint students be involved in this research?\
There are a number of aspects of this particular project that my students will assist me with. As the data are collected by Hubble and transmitted down the Earth and archived, we will need to download the data, and to process it so that we can make measurements of it. (The processing has to do with accounting for the ways in which the telescope and camera behave, and calibrating the data.) Since our primary goal is a fishing expedition, our first step will be to count the fish and to compare the statistics of outflows with other samples of objects. Furthermore, for any outflows that are detected, we want to use the high resolution afforded by the Hubble Space Telescope to make measure how much gas there is, and the characterize its physical conditions. This will shed clues as to the nature of the outflowing gas, and the relevant physical processes that affect/drive it.
What value can the general public find in attending your outreach events?
Science is fun, and exciting, and important, and necessary. There isn't really a price tag on the scope of human knowledge about how nature works, and the rigorous means we use to expand both the breadth and depth of that knowledge. Our primary vehicle for public outreach is a massive event that we call AstroNite, offered once during each of the semesters (October for Fall, April for Winter). During those events, we have activities that cover how we use information that is encoded in light to learn things about the Universe, what kinds of tools and machinery (e.g., telescopes, Mars Rovers) we use to explore other places, and how we can use observations to infer the story of planets, stars, galaxies, and the Universe as a whole.
This is the boldest and most audacious application of scientific principles – learning about no less than the entire Universe with just what we have figured out here on our tiny, precious Earth–and we use it to help inspire the next Carl Sagan, or Richard Feynman, or Stephen Hawking.
For more information on UM-Flint Physics, visit umflint.edu/physics.
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UM-Flint Communication Celebrates 30 Years
Dr. Charles Apple of UM-Flint Communication
On October 6, 2016, members of UM-Flint Communication—both past and present—gathered to celebrate the newly independent department and all it has accomplished in its 30-year history.
"In 1986 when the COM degree was first introduced, the catalog noted that communication was both 'one of the original liberal arts' and that 'effective communication is a basic life and career skill,'" said department chair Marcus Paroske. "That same blend of deep scholarly tradition and a healthy dose of applicable, practical skills is still a hallmark of the department 30 years later."
Continued Paroske, "Recent changes like the new M.A in Applied Communication degree and requiring internships for all communication majors builds on that tradition of combining theory and practice, of thinking deeply about human communication and also learning how to use that knowledge in speaking, writing, and group discussion, all in a context where faculty know and care about their students."
Alumni and guests at UM-Flint Communication's 30th Anniversary gathering
In addition to celebrating the department itself, the October 6 gathering honored Dr. Charles Apple, associate professor emeritus.
Dr. Apple joined the UM-Flint in 1986, quickly becoming a favorite faculty member and serving as its leader from 1987 to 1998.
1988 alumna Sherry Hayden noted, "I took as many courses from him as possible. His enthusiasm for teaching, for people, and for the art of communication has inspired me throughout my life. He is gifted and has freely shared his gifts with this very fortunate community of learners."
Her sentiment was echoed by Andrea Chirich, a 1989 alumna of the program. She said, "Dr. Apple was my favorite professor! He brought much real-world practicality to the study of communication. The lesson that stuck with me the most was when he had us set up corporations…That exercise had very practical application for me in my corporate career, helping me understand how the chain of command worked, and how I could help it be more effective."
Members of UM-Flint Communication gather to celebrate the new department and the program's 30th anniversary
Read on as Dr. Apple shares his own memories of his career and his time at the University of Michigan-Flint:
What theories or fundamentals have changed in your field over your career? What has remained the same?
This is a tricky one as the focus of the field has changed tremendously. When I was introduced to communication theory in 1965, the field focused on speech and classical rhetorical theory with a few courses at the upper level on other areas or contexts such as persuasion, organizational communication. The essential focus was on the spoken message with some concern for nonverbal theory. As the field moved into the 1970s things took on a broader application of classical rhetorical theory. Studies emerged on the study of social movements with the inclusion of modern forms of rhetorical theory. The field began to examine many other contexts of communication with a blend of rhetoric and modern social science theory—psychology, sociology, semiotics, etc. All of this was very appealing to me as I have always been more of an eclectic than a specialist. This why many of my courses and lectures have included ideas and theories from history, psychology, philosophy, and semiotics. Today, the study of communication continues to focus on speech and debate. However, it now examines such communication contexts as mass communication, film, small groups, interviewing, organizational communication, advertising, public relations, ethics in communication, rhetorical theory, health care communication, and communication and aging.
What were/are some of your favorite classes to teach? Why were/are they important for students?
I have taught a wide range of courses especially during the first 10 years here due to the lack of full-time faculty. Ethical issues in communication, film genre, social movements, propaganda, interpersonal communication, and conflict management [are some] favorites.
I think that ethics in communication is a critical course for any communication major or minor. The world of communication is rife with cases of shady to overtly unethical behavior. Someone once said that if you do not bring your ethics with you, someone else will give you theirs. I have found this to be true when I worked for a Fortune 100 service corporation and in my study of other contexts. Over the past 29 years of my teaching this course, I have found the majority of my students saying that they have never thought of what to do in most of the cases covered. I try to create a climate in the course where each student can find their own ethical beliefs. I rarely stress my own beliefs except for stressing that I believe in the dialogical approach to communication at all times.
I also believe that a strong course in interpersonal communication can serve to prepare students for their current and future relationships including personal, friends, worker relationships, and even difficult people. I stress the critical importance of how you talk to yourself. Self-talk has been studied in psychology and makes a cornerstone for me in preparing for how we conduct ourselves in relationships. I also stress the centrality of assertiveness. I have built my course on conflict management as a follow-up to interpersonal communication. Conflict is a basic reality of every relationship and the tools and techniques of handling ourselves in conflict are critical to the creation of any successful relationship.
I believe that my classes on social movements, propaganda, and film genre help my students prepare for how to digest those who change or try to change the culture in which we live. I have been lucky to have participated in the Civil Rights Movement and even marched with Dr. King. I also took part in the anti-war movement in the late 60s and early 70s. So I have firsthand experience with this powerful form of social and cultural change. I did my dissertation for my PhD on the conflict in Northern Ireland, including the history of the entire Irish question (or the English question as the Irish preferred to frame it). Propaganda overlaps with social movements both within the pro-change side and anti-change or governmental side. As Jacques Ellul has argued, there are both political propaganda and sociological propaganda. This connects to my approach to film genre. I try to awaken within my students the need to pay attention to the historical context of each film, the cultural values in evidence, the relative power of the narrative structure and effect, and any ties or connections to our cultural mythology. I have them watch films in three genres: mysteries, westerns, and adventure epics. Such films are seen by most audiences and I feel can have a profound impact on society.
What are some highlights of having been a part of the communication program/department at UM-Flint?
I have been able to see over 500 or 600 graduates grow during their coursework and after graduation. Our grads have done very well. We have a grad in public relations who is presently placed in London. Another is a local TV news anchor. Quite a few work in departments of communication for a wide range of organization sizes. Some have gone into teaching. A few are out west in the film industry.
Over the years we have grown from a struggling-for-survival, developing program with a minimal faculty. Today there is a solid tenured faculty with a number of lecturers and part time faculty. We have graduated around 1,000 students. We have also had quite a few students who graduated with honors.
What are your hopes for the future of students in your field?
I hope that the field can maintain a balance between theory and practice. We have always been a mix, blending theory from other fields and applying it to a wide range of areas—speech, debate, sales, small group decision making, organizational effectiveness and interventions, TV and film production and critique, and so on. In my opinion we are a blend of liberal arts in terms of rhetorical criticism and practice along with modern social science theory and application.
For more information on the department, visit umflint.edu/communication or call 810.766.6679.
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Presidential Visit Sparks UM-Flint Conversations
Former President Bill Clinton will visited the University of Michigan-Flint campus in early October, bringing another opportunity for students, faculty, and staff to witness this year's presidential election up close.
Clinton's visit came one week before Michigan's Oct. 11 deadline to register to vote. Clinton spoke on behalf of his wife, Hillary Clinton, and her presidential campaign. Campus also hosted a Democratic presidential debate earlier this year and Republican nominee Donald Trump visited Flint last month.
UM-Flint has also created its own events to engage participants in election conversation–hosting presidential and vice-presidential debate watch parties and an event to recognize Constitution Day. As an institution of higher learning, the University of Michigan-Flint supports the free exchange of ideas and welcomes opportunities to provide a forum for speakers with a variety of political, social, and religious views. The University does not engage in any political campaign activity, including endorsing or opposing any candidate for political office.
"By exposing our students to a wide variety of opportunities to be engaged, listen, and share their own voices, we are helping to create the informed citizens that make communities and countries strong. It is my hope that they are facing this election season, and all facets of life, with the multidisciplinary perspective we so value in the College of Arts & Sciences. We encourage them to think broadly and deeply in class, and that's a lesson that will serve them well when considering the future of our nation," said Susan Gano-Phillips, dean of UM-Flint's College of Arts & Sciences.
Traci Currie, Ph.D., collegiate lecturer of communication in the College of Arts & Sciences, noted, "I would say that the presence of Clinton or anyone running for this office allows us as students, faculty, and staff to talk. We cannot be afraid to talk about the issues that are glaring us in the face. Our students must learn to voice their thoughts, deconstruct the language that is used to describe their environment, and share their stories. This is engagement."
Currie's public speaking courses include high schoolers, first year freshmen, older, and non-traditional students; all from a wide variety of backgrounds. She finds many communication lessons within the political processes of the election: "It is important that my students engage in this process whether they can vote or not, because they shape the dialogue and help society, as a whole, think about the communication process. This election moves beyond voting. It is about awareness."
"Being aware of Clinton's presence in Flint is linked to being aware of how people strategically and structurally think about Flint's placement in the fabric of this U.S. quilt," continued Currie. "Flint is like many U.S. cities working through its issues. So it is important to be a part of that presidential discussion. I tell students, 'Your job is to actively listen and think about what's being said about the city you are in.'"
President Clinton will speak at 3:15 p.m. on Monday, October 3, 2016. UM-Flint's Northbank Center is located at 432 S. Saginaw Street, Flint, MI. The university is not involved with the distribution of tickets for the event. The Northbank Center will remain open for regular business throughout the day. No parking will be available on the street in front of Northbank or in the lot behind the building.
For more information on the University of Michigan-Flint, and the ways in which our students engage on campus and beyond, visit umflint.edu.
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UM-Flint Career Center Welcomes New STEM Advisor
Emily Bank of the UM-Flint Career Center
Get to know Emily Bank, a career advisor in the new UM-Flint Career Center. She's here to help students and alumni with career preparation, internships, interview skills, employment opportunities, and more.
What work will you be doing in the UM-Flint Career Center?
As a Career Advisor, I am available to meet with current students and alumni to discuss career exploration, interview techniques, internship and job opportunities, and alumni volunteer events. I want to learn about what internship and job experiences students are having during their time at [the] University of Michigan-Flint and after graduation. We will also host a number of events each semester to help prepare students for the workforce, like career fairs, alumni career panels, and workshops.
What experience do you bring to this position?
I have a background in student affairs and higher education leadership. I love working with students and learning about the experiential learning they do both on and off campus.
Who will you be serving?
I am available to assist all students and alumni at the University of Michigan-Flint, but I will be focusing specifically on meeting with students in STEM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). Myesha Cannon, the other Career Advisor in the Career Center, is also available to meet with all students, and she is the Career Advisor for students in the liberal arts.
Why are you working specifically with STEM students and alumni?
We are finding that employers are looking for students who possess a high level of technical skill to intern and work for their companies. STEM students have that technical talent, and I hope to help students present those skills effectively to employers. STEM faculty have knowledge about where their students are getting jobs and internships, so they are great resources to help place students at a job that's right for them.
What do you hope for your time at UM-Flint?
My ultimate goal as a Career Advisor is to meet with every student on campus to learn about their goals, their passions, and how we can help them now and after graduation. I want to build relationships with students that will help them succeed throughout their time at UM-Flint and beyond. Additionally, I hope to teach students about job and internship avenues they may not be familiar with. I also hope that we can increase job and internship postings for students on Career Connection.
What advice about career preparation do you have for all students?
Career preparation is all about confidence. Be confident in your skills and experiences. Be confident in your world class education from University of Michigan-Flint. Be confident when walking up to an employer and shaking their hand for the first time at an interview or career fair. And be confident that you have what it takes to be successful in whatever occupation you choose. Also, attend as many events as possible starting as a freshman.
If students or alumni would like to schedule and appointment to meet with Emily Bank, contact her at 810.424.5244 or email bankemil@umflint.edu. For more information on the new UM-Flint Career Center, visit umflint.edu/careers.
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Coronavirus: Only go to your job if you cannot work from home – Hancock
Natalie Sieberichs March 25, 2020 UncategorizedLeave a Comment
Whole article with thanks to https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52022417
People can go to work if they cannot do their work at home, the health secretary has said, amid confusion over the new coronavirus restrictions.
It comes after calls for clarity, including from construction workers, about Monday's wider shutdown measures.
Matt Hancock also said Tube services should be running "in full", after being asked about packed trains during Tuesday's morning commute.
The number of UK deaths rose to 422 on Tuesday, a rise of 87 in one day.
As it continues to ramp up its response to the number of people testing positive for the disease, the government is opening a new makeshift hospital at the ExCel exhibition centre in London.
The temporary Nightingale Hospital has been set up with help from the military and will have capacity for 4,000 patients.
Mr Hancock also appealed for 250,000 volunteers to help the NHS, and said more than 11,000 former medics had answered the government's call to return to the NHS. More than 24,000 final-year student nurses and medics will also join the health service.
'Employers have a duty'
Mr Hancock led Tuesday's daily Downing Street briefing – which saw reporters asking questions over video-link – after complaints that part of the government's strict new rules were confusing for workers.
The new measures, in place for at least three weeks, tell Britons to only leave home to go to work "where this is absolutely necessary and cannot be done from home". Mr Hancock later said those who cannot work from home should go to work "to keep the country running".
On Tuesday, pictures showed workers in London crowding into Tube carriages – despite warnings that, even when out in public, people should keep two metres (6ft) away from others.
Unions and workers in the construction industry have called for protection, saying their work is not essential and puts people's health at risk.
And Piers Morgan highlighted the issue on ITV's Good Morning Britain when he showed images of construction workers working at London's Heathrow Airport and said: "Ask yourself a moral question: what are you doing? Do the right thing. Do you have to be out there? Can this work wait? You need to get your priorities right."
He then interviewed London's mayor Sadiq Khan who said that, in his view, construction workers should not be going to work and that he had made that point "quite forcefully" to Boris Johnson.
Asked about the issue at the briefing, Mr Hancock said people whose jobs has not already been shut down by the government measures to date should continue to work but should only be travelling to a workplace "where that work can't be done at home".
He said construction workers – many of whom work outdoors – could and should continue to go to work as long as they are able to remain two metres apart at all times.
The cabinet minister said: "The judgment we have made is that in work, in many instances, the 2m rule can be applied.
"Where possible, people should work from home and employers have a duty to ensure that people are more than 2m apart.
Unlike the UK government, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said building sites should close – unless it involves an essential building such as a hospital.
She said it was not possible to provide a "bespoke guidance" for each occupation – but she gave clarity with some examples and general principles.
Construction workers are still being told to come to work, according to Andrew Lee Davis, 36, a civil engineer based in Newport, south Wales.
"We can't just go home because we won't be paid," he told the BBC.
Self-employed workers may have to rely on the benefits system as things stand. However, benefits may not come through on time, or be enough to pay the bills, Mr Davis said.
"Morally, I know I should stay at home, but I'm absolutely tied here. Until the government pay the self-employed, I've got to come into work."
If he were to stay home, Mr Davis, who helps support his wife and three children, would have to rely on his savings. Those would not last for the duration of the crisis, he said.
"There's a lot of worried boys here on site," he said. Many of them are on minimum wage, self-employed and without savings, which puts them in a more precarious financial position.
Some big contractors are telling subcontractors to continue working, which Mr Davis says could put extra strain on the NHS in a time of crisis.
He would like major contractors to shut non-essential sites, even though this could cost him valuable work.
Labour's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth called for "clear and unambiguous advice around which workers can and can't go out".
He said he believed just key workers – those whose jobs are considered essential and included on a government list – should go to work.
Mr Hancock also said Transport for London "should have the tube running in full so that people travelling on the tube are spaced out and can be further apart".
"And there is no good reason in the information that I've seen that the current levels of tube provision should be as low as they are," he said.
According to the latest Department of Health figures, there are now more than 8,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK.
The latest people to have died include Ruth Burke, 82, in County Antrim.
Her family said it was heartbreaking not being able to kiss her goodbye because of how contagious the disease is, adding they did not want her simply to be remembered as a statistic.
Earlier, Mr Hancock told MPs the government was "ramping up testing as fast as we can" and it was buying "millions of tests" which it would "make available as quickly as possible".
He also said the government was working to ensure victims of domestic violence who are forced to stay at home would get support.
Fines of £30
Police chiefs said phone lines were inundated with calls after the prime minister's statement, as people rang to ask what they were still allowed to do.
The British Transport Police said it was deploying 500 officers to patrol stations across the country and remind people to follow government advice.
The PM's official spokesman said the overwhelming majority of people "can be expected to follow the rules without any need for enforcement action".
But the punishment in England for not complying would be a fixed penalty notice initially set at £30 for people breaking the rule of no public gatherings of three people or more.
"We will keep this under review and can increase it significantly if it is necessary to ensure public compliance," the spokesman added.
Meanwhile, Police Scotland will not hesitate to enforce the new measures, the force's chief constable said.
Ken Marsh, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, said enforcing the new restrictions would be "a real, real challenge", as there was already "large amounts of sickness" among officers across London.
Meanwhile, opposition parties and unions have called on the government to do more to protect self-employed people, who will not be covered by the government's promise to pay 80% of salaries of employees unable to work.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced increased benefits for the self-employed, but did not guarantee their wages. Freelance workers – who would face a loss of income if forced to stop working due to sickness or quarantine – have told the BBC they feel they have been forgotten.
Labour's Rachel Reeves said there was "a worrying gap" in the government's strategy when it came to self-employed workers.
Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Sunak said work is going on in Whitehall to come up with a "deliverable and fair" support package.
"There are genuine practical and principled reasons why it is incredibly complicated to design an analogous scheme to the one that we have for employed workers," he added, but said he was "determined to find a way to support them".


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Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
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Government Failure: A Primer in Public Choice
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When market forces fail us, what are we to do? Who will step in to protect the public interest? The government, right? Wrong. The romantic view of bureaucrats coming to the rescue confuses the true...
John N. Drobak
John N. Drobak is Professor of Law at the Washington University School of Law. He also holds Business, as well as Professor of Business at the United appointments at Washington University as a Professor of Economics and a Professor of States Business School in Prague. He received his J.D. from Stanford University and writes about issues in economic regulation.
Professor Drobak is an expert in antitrust, economic regulation, and law and economics. A pioneer in interdisciplinary education and scholarship, he is a past director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (now the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Work and Social Capital); co-taught for many years a course with Nobel laureate in economics Douglass North; and has been involved in a number of joint programs at Washington University, including in business, economics, and political economy. A co-founder of the International Society for New Institutional Economics, Professor Drobak has written extensively on such diverse topics as the constitutional limits on utility rate-making, rent control and other types of price regulation, the Supreme Court's role in the creation of a national commercial law in the 19th century, cognitive science perspective on legal incentives and judicial decision-making, and the new institutional economics. He has participated in and organized numerous symposia, workshops, and panels here and overseas, including Iceland, Hungary, the Netherlands, and Spain, on such topics as corporate governance, new institutional economics, and cognition and legal incentives. In addition to his scholarship, Professor Drobak is the recipient of the law school's Teacher of the Year Award, four times, and Washington University's Distinguished Faculty Award. He has served as a pro bono consultant for the Czech government concerning its voucher privatization of large government enterprises and for the Republic of Georgia regarding the drafting of a new constitution. He also was a 15-year member of the MBA faculty for the United States Business School in Prague. Before joining the faculty, he clerked for the Hon. Winslow Christian, California Court of Appeal, then practiced with Tyler, Cooper, Grant, Bowerman & Keefe in New Haven, Connecticut, for five years.
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Batman and The Joker make a dangerous New Year's Eve toast on Tim Sale's cover for Batman: The Long Halloween #4 (1997).
We've hope you've enjoyed our month-long celebration of comic book covers!
Labels: covers
Blackest Night Hardcovers
If you're a wait-for-the-trade type, even for big event crossover comics, here are the upcoming Blackest Night hardcover collections (according to Amazon):
Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps - Presumably the Tales of the Corps miniseries #1-3. (June)
Blackest Night - The main miniseries. Presumably #0-8. (July)
Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns - The return-from-the-dead canceled comics: Power of Shazam #48, Catwoman #83, Suicide Squad #67, Question #37, Phantom Stranger #42, Weird Western Tales #71, Atom & Hawkman #46, Starman #81. (July)
Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 1 - Blackest Night: Batman #1-3, Blackest Night: Superman #1-3 and Blackest Night: Titans #1-3. (July)
Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 2 - Blackest Night: Wonder Woman #1-3, Blackest Night: JSA #1-3 and Blackest Night: Flash #1-3. (July)
Green Lantern: Blackest Night - Presumably the Green Lantern issues. (August)
Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps - Presumably the Green Lantern Corps issues. (August)
Each is listed at $24.99, except for the main Blackest Night hardcover which is $29.99.
Labels: dc
Homer avalanches down the side of a hill on the cover to The Simpsons Winter Wing Ding #1 (2006) by Bill Morrison & Mike Rote.
Christmas may be over, but we're filling out December with winter-themed comics covers!
Calvin & Hobbes are oblivious to the wacky snowmen that surround them on the cover of Tommy og Tigern #13 (2006).
Super-Heroes play with kids in the snow on Dustin Nguyen's cover to the DC Universe Holiday Special '09.
Winter Monkey Covers - December 27
That's a cold, gold monkey on Will Eisner's cover for P.S. Magazine: The Preventive Maintenance Monthly #11 (1952).
Also, Sunday is Monkey Covers day here at YACB. Because there's nothing better than a comic with a monkey on the cover!
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Brandy puts the finishing touches on a snowman on Frank Cho's cover for Liberty Meadows #7 (2000).
Baby Jesus lies in a manger while wise men & shepherds visit on the cover of Topix vol. 9 #12 (1950).
We hope you've enjoyed twenty-five days of Christmas-themed covers this year. Stay tuned as we finish out December with more appropriately-themed comics covers...
(2008: Junior Partners #5)
(2007: Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact #194)
(2006: Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact #35)
(2005: Dell Four Color #1274)
(2004: Treasure Chest vol. 2 #9)
(Polite Dissent's 2009 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2009 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2009)
(Jon K's Christmas Comics Countdown)
Labels: christmas, covers
1 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
2 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
3 (+2). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
4 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
5 (-1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid
6 (-). Dilbert: 2010 Day-to-Day Calendar
7 (-). Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
8 (-). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
9 (+2). Watchmen
10 (-). Asterios Polyp
11 (-2). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
12 (-). Marvel Encyclopedia
13 (R). Tumor Chapter 1
14 (+18). The Complete Persepolis
15 (R). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters *
17 (+1). Stitches: A Memoir
18 (-3). Simon's Cat
20 (-6). Bloom County Complete Library Volume 1
22 (-6). The Complete Peanuts 1971-1974 (Box Set) (Vol. 11-12)
23 (-6). Wolverine: Old Man Logan
24 (+19). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
25 (-12). Celebrating Peanuts: 60 Years
26 (N). Footnotes in Gaza: A Graphic Novel
27 (+3). The Complete Far Side 1980-1994
29 (N). Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft
30 (-9). KISS Kompendium
31 (+11). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
32 (+3). Predators and Prey (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Vol. 5)
34 (-12). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
35 (R). Batman: Battle for the Cowl
37 (-6). Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert
38 (-9). Masterpiece Comics
39 (N). The Rocketeer: The Complete Deluxe Edition
41 (R). Dilbert: 2010 Wall Calendar
42 (N). The Gashlycrumb Tinies
44 (R). Pride and Prejudice (Graphic Novel)
45 (N). Star Wars: Legacy Volume 7 - Storms
46 (R). Blankets
47 (R). R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz, & Country
48 (-21). The Arrival
49 (N). The Boys Volume 5: Herogasm
* It's Christmas morning as we're looking at the charts, so take them with a large grain of salt than usual.
* Crumb's Genesis inches up to surpass a couple of the Wimpy Kid volumes (it's at #39 on the overall chart).
* The highest debut is a new volume of The Walking Dead at #15, while Joe Sacco's Footnotes in Gaza shows up at #27. The Deluxe edition of The Rocketeer hops on as well, sporting a hefty discount off its $75 price tag.
* A new college semester starts soon, so we're starting to see items like Maus, Persepolis and Blankets move back up the list.
The gang from Quagmire High fill in for Santa Claus on Ben Dunn's cover for Ninja High School #156 (2007).
For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)
Just 1 more 'get-up' until Santa!
(2008: Tommy og Tigern Julehefte 2007)
(2007: Action Comics #105)
(2006: Dell Four Color #666)
(2004: Captain Marvel Adventures #19)
Marvelman waves hello to a passing Santa Claus on the cover of Marvelman #71 (1954).
Just 2 more 'get-ups' until Santa!
Betty and Veronica remind Archie (and you!) that there are only 3 more shopping (and kissing) days until Christmas on Stan Goldberg's cover for Archie Giant Series Magazine #501 (1980)
(2008: Harvey Hits Comics #3)
(2007: Marge's Little Lulu #90)
(2006: Dell Giant #26)
(2005: Man-Thing #3)
(2004: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer #9)
Labels: archie, christmas, covers
Green Hulk and Red Hulk celebrate Christmas on Ed McGuinness's variant covers to Hulk #9 (2009).
(2008: Teen Beam #2)
(2007: Bugs Bunny #46)
(2006: Wacky Squirrel #2)
(2005: Archie Giant Series Magazine #15)
(2004: DC Comics Presents #67)
Christmas Monkey Covers - December 20
Monkeys frolic in the snow while in the background a gorilla cradles a bunny rabbit, all on the cover of Bamses Julehefte 1998.
(2008: Larry Marder's Beanworld Holiday Special)
(2007: Archie Giant Series Magazine #218)
(2006: 52 week 33)
(2005: Strangers in Paradise #70)
(2004: The Amazing Spider-Man #314)
Labels: christmas, covers, monkeys
Nothing says Merry Christmas like getting punched in the face by a robot, as illustrated by Jim Calafiore on the cover of Magnus Robot Fighter #34 (1994).
(2008: DCU Holiday Special 2008)
(2007: Walter Lantz New Funnies #167)
(2006: Omaha the Cat Dancer vol. 2 #1)
(2005: Marvel Comics Super Special #39)
(2004: The Spirit #12)
3 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
4 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid
5 (-). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
7 (+1). Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
8 (+1). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
9 (-2). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
10 (+1). Asterios Polyp
12 (-2). Marvel Encyclopedia
13 (+1). Celebrating Peanuts: 60 Years
15 (+3). Simon's Cat
17 (R). Wolverine: Old Man Logan
18 (-1). Stitches: A Memoir
19 (+5). Tales from the Crypt #8: Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid
20 (-1). Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume
21 (N). KISS Kompendium
22 (-1). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
23 (+14). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
25 (-9). Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink': A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
27 (+17). The Arrival
29 (+1). Masterpiece Comics
33 (+13). The Best American Comics 2009
34 (-12). The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
35 (-6). Predators and Prey (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Vol. 5)
36 (-2). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
38 (-18). Warriors: Ravenpaw's Path #1: Shattered Peace
39 (-7). My Bad: A Zits Treasury
40 (-4). The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics
41 (-3). The DC Comics Encyclopedia, Updated and Expanded Edition
42 (+7). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
43 (R). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
44 (-17). Wrapped-Up FoxTrot: A Treasury with the Final Daily Strips
45 (R). Time of Your Life (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 4)
46 (+2). Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons
47 (R). The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1)
48 (-17). 14 Years of Loyal Service in a Fabric-Covered Box: A Dilbert Book
49 (N). The Far Side Gallery
50 (N). Something Under the Bed Is Drooling
* A good deal of stability this week, especially at the top of the chart where books move by no more than a couple of slots.
* The highest debut this week is for the KISS Kompendium, no doubt helped by the hefty discount granted by Amazon off of the books hefty $75 list price.
* It appears that the best-selling book featuring a Marvel property this holiday season will be a book not published by Marvel itself (DK's Marvel Encyclopedia).
Rudolph lends a hand in Santa's workshop on Rube Grossman's cover to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer #4 (1953)
(2008: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #364)
(2007: Guy Garder: Warrior #39)
(2005: Adventures of Superman #487)
(2004: Mutt & Jeff #32)
They're making snow angels on Fred Perry's cover to the Gold Digger X-Mas Special #2 (2008).
(2008: Little Dot #29)
(2007: Classics Illustrated #53)
(2006: Patrick The Wolf Boy Christmas Special)
(2005: A Patty Cake Christmas)
(2004: Superman #165)
The Autobots have a yuletide party on the cover of The Transformers #250 (1989).
(2008: Tantalizing Stories #2)
(2007: Funny Pages vol. 2 #43)
(2005: Bone Holiday Special)
(2004: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #76)
It's time to rock around the Christmas Tree on Torbjørn Lien's cover for Kollektivet Julealbum 2007.
Just 10 more 'get-ups' until Santa!
(2007: Donald Duck & Co. #49/1964)
(2006: 2000 A.D. #763)
(2005: Incredible Hulk #378)
(2004: Batman #45)
The tiny tots' eyes are all a-glow with a surprise for Santa on Sheldon Mayer's cover for Sugar & Spike #50.
(2008: Tom-Tom, The Jungle Boy #3)
(2007: Sugar & Spike #68)
So today we combine the two as Santa faces down a mad mommy ape on the cover of Robbedoes #2436 (1984).
(Standard disclaimer about giant snowbound gorillas and their crying kids not really being monkeys applies.)
(2008: Sugar and Spike #44)
(2007: Love Hina vol. 6)
(2006: Green Lantern: Mosaic #9)
(2005: Jonah Hex #34)
(2004: Starman #27)
Christmas Music Mix 2009
It's time once again for our incredibly awesome 2009 Christmas Mix!
If you're reading this on the blog, you should be able to use the embedded players below.
If you're reading this on a feed or Facebook or somesuch, use these links: Christmas 2009 (part 1), Christmas 2009 (part 2)
Labels: christmas, music
Jay & Silent Bob get in the holiday spirit on Art Adams's cover to the Clerks Holiday Special (1998).
(2008: Eternal Romance #3)
(2007: Liberty Meadows #24)
(2006: Veronica #6)
(2005: Dell Movie Classic #725)
(2004: Treasure Chest vol. 23 #8)
Creating a Kids' Comic Section the Simple & Easy Way
Over at Blog@Newsarama, Egg Embry posts:
Yesterday I spoke to Galactic Quest store owner Kyle Puttkammer... and he laid a little comic shop science on me: How can retailers be expected to have a Kid's Comic Section in their store if Diamond will not put a Kid's Section in Previews? It is a point I had not considered before…
1. Look for the 'Kid Friendly' logo next to items in Previews; order those things.
2. Order Archie stuff.
3. Order One Piece & Naruto.
4. Order Bone collections.
5. Order Diary of a Wimpy Kid books.
6. Order the items listed on School Library Journal's Best Comics for Kids: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/540000654/post/1340051134.html
7. Order the Johnny DC & Marvel Adventures titles.
Rack all of the above together on the shelf. Enjoy sales to kids & their parents!
Labels: commentary, kids
6 (-1). Dilbert: 2010 Day-to-Day Calendar
7 (+2). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
9 (-2). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
10 (+1). Marvel Encyclopedia
12 (+1). Bloom County Complete Library Volume 1
16 (+6). Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink': A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
19 (+9). Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume
20 (-4). Warriors: Ravenpaw's Path #1: Shattered Peace
21 (+4). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
22 (+9). The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
23 (-13). Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert
24 (R). Tales from the Crypt #8: Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid
26 (+7). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
27 (R). Wrapped-Up FoxTrot: A Treasury with the Final Daily Strips
28 (+17). The Indispensable Calvin And Hobbes
30 (R). Masterpiece Comics
31 (+7). 14 Years of Loyal Service in a Fabric-Covered Box: A Dilbert Book
32 (+18). My Bad: A Zits Treasury
34 (+7). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
35 (-18). The Complete Far Side 1980-1994
36 (+13). The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics
37 (-7). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
39 (+8). It's A Magical World: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
40 (+2). Garfield Will Eat for Food: His 48th Book
41 (N). The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book
43 (R). Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation
44 (R). The Arrival
46 (R). The Best American Comics 2009
48 (-22). Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons
49 (R). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
50 (R). Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 2
* Comic strip collections continue to dominate for the holiday season.
* Only one new title on the list this week, and that's actually a C&H strip collectino that is many years old.
* For those who like to keep track of such things: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days is at #6 on the overall bestsellers list, with the other WK volumes at 14, 27 & 32. Crumb's Genesis is at #63
Santa's elves go on strike on Will Eisner's cover to P.S. Magazine: The Preventive Maintenance Monthly #157 (1965).
(2008: More Fun Comics #39)
(2007: The Tick: Big Red-N-Green Christmas Spectacle #1)
(2006: The Best of DC #58)
(2004: The Brave and the Bold #148)
'Santa' has a bit of a slip and fall on Frode Øverli's cover to Pondus - Julen 2003.
(2008: Battle Vixens vol. 9)
(2007: The Bakers Meet Jingle Belle)
(2006: A Distant Soil #26)
(2004: Action Comics #93)
The Frog finds an unwelcome gift in his Christmas stocking on Otto Feuer's cover for Funny Stuff #30 (1948).
(2008: March of Comics #77)
(2007: Spaceman Discovers Christmas)
(2006: All-American Comics #10)
(2005: Roy Rogers Comics #49)
(2004: Pogo Possum #11)
It's not such a bad little tree on Charles Schulz's cover for The Joy of a Peanuts Christmas (2000).
(2008: Fables #56)
(2006: X-Men #108)
(2004: Top Ten #6)
The Justice Society sits on Santa's lap on Carlos Pacheco & Jesus Merino's cover for JSA #55 (1999).
(2008: Jingle Belle's All-Star Holiday Hullabaloo)
(2007: Batman: The Long Halloween #3)
(2006: Sgt. Rock #21)
(2005: Pinky and the Brain #19)
(2004: Alf Holiday Special #1)
Christmas Monkey Covers - December 6
So today we combine the two with two monkeys filling in for Santa and Rudolph on Salvador Espin's alternate cover to Marvel Apes #0 (2009).
(2008: Gustaf #7)
(2007: The Adventures of Superboy #12)
(2006: The Maze Agency #11)
(2005: Spider-Man's Tangled Web #21)
(2004: Ambush Bug Stocking Stuffer)
Betty & Veronica hit the Riverdale Mall for some Christmas shopping on the cover of Betty and Veronica #213 (2006) by Jeff Schultz & Jon D'Agostino.
(2008: Marvel Holiday Special 2005)
(2006: Animaniacs: A Christmas Special #1)
(2005: Shanda the Panda #14)
(2004: Famous Funnies #125)
5 (+2). Dilbert: 2010 Day-to-Day Calendar
14 (R). The Complete Peanuts 1971-1974 (Box Set) (Vol. 11-12)
15 (+11). Asterios Polyp
17 (-8). The Complete Far Side 1980-1994
18 (+28). Celebrating Peanuts: 60 Years
20 (+20). Stitches: A Memoir
27 (-12). Dark Tower: Treachery
28 (-). Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume
29 (-7). Green Lantern: Agent Orange
30 (+5). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
31 (+10). The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
32 (R). Warriors: Tigerstar and Sasha #3: Return to the Clans
34 (-9). Batman: The Killing Joke
35 (R). The DC Comics Encyclopedia, Updated and Expanded Edition
36 (R). Crown of Horns (Bone, Vol. 9)
38 (R). 14 Years of Loyal Service in a Fabric-Covered Box: A Dilbert Book
39 (N). Warriors Manga Box Set: Graystripe's Adventure
40 (-21). Batman: Battle for the Cowl
42 (R). Garfield Will Eat for Food: His 48th Book
43 (-7). Time of Your Life (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 4)
44 (N). Weirdos from Another Planet!
45 (N). The Indispensable Calvin And Hobbes
46 (-25). Absolute Justice
47 (N). It's A Magical World: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
49 (R). The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics
50 (R). My Bad: A Zits Treasury
* 'Tis the season for comic strips collections. More specifically, there's a serious Calvin & Hobbes resurgence going on, with seven different C&H collections making the top 50 this week.
* There's a lot of sameness this week; outside of some of the C&H collections, there are only two other new items: Warriors Manga Box Set: Graystripe's Adventure at #37, and a Zits collection at #50.
* No manga on the list this week (despite the name, Warriors is a US production)
* In case you're wondering, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days is still hanging out at #5 on the overall Amazon bestsellers list.
Alfred E. Neuman hacks his way into Santa's Naughty & Nice list on the cover of Norsk MAD vol. 38 #12 (1986)
(2008: Christmas with the Super-Heroes #2)
(2007: Popular Comics #12)
(2006: Yogi Bear #11)
(2005: The Batman and Robin Adventures #3)
Groo goes for a slay-ride through Santa's workshop on Sergio Aragonés' cover for Marvel Age #85 (1990).
(2008: Looney Tunes #97)
(2006: Tom-Tom and Itchi the Monk #2)
The Friendly Ghost gives a stranded Santa a helping hand on the cover of Casper Giant Size #2 (1992).
(2008: Sabrina's Holiday Spectacular #2)
(2007: Sabrina, The Teen-Age Witch #77)
(2006: Dennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series #111)
(2005: Limited Collectors' Edition #C-43)
(2004: Walt Disney's Christmas Parade #9)
It's time once again for our annual Christmas Covers event: twenty-five more comic covers with a holiday theme!
Kicking things off for 2009 we have Santa & his reindeer wishing you a merry Christmas seaosn on the cover of 1951's Holiday Comics #8!
(2008: Christmas Carnival)
(2007: Comic Cavalcade #5)
(2006: Justice League Unlimited #16)
That's a gorilla serving tea on the cover to Fix und Foxi vol. 19 #15 (1972).
(Standard disclaimer about tea-serving gorillas not really being monkeys applies.)
5 (R). Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert
8 (-3). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
9 (+23). The Complete Far Side 1980-1994
10 (-4). Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
15 (+25). Dark Tower: Treachery
19 (N). Batman: Battle for the Cowl
21 (+8). Absolute Justice
22 (-11). Green Lantern: Agent Orange
23 (N). Hank Ketcham's Complete Dennis the Menace 1957-1958 (Vol. 4)
24 (N). Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born
28 (+12). Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume
30 (R). Absolute Death
33 (R). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
34 (-8). Tales from the Crypt #8: Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid
35 (R). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
36 (+12). Time of Your Life (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 4) *
37 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
38 (R). Dark Tower: The Long Road Home (Exclusive Amazon.com Cover)
39 (R). Final Crisis
40 (R). Stitches: A Memoir
41 (N). The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
43 (R). Mouse Guard Volume 2: Winter 1152
44 (R). Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?
45 (N). Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia *
46 (R). Celebrating Peanuts: 60 Years
47 (-31). Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation
48 (N). Green Lantern Corps: Emerald Eclipse
49 (R). Batman: R.I.P.
50 (-). The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier
* As we move into the holiday season, expect to see this list take a slightly different form than the rest of the year. In particular, big-ticket deep-discounted items will feature heavily, especially those of strip collections.
* Highest debut belongs to Tony Daniel's Batman: Battle for the Cowl; unsurprising, as most new Batman collections make an appearance on the list.
* Marvel does especially well this week, mostly due to the strong showing of their Dark Tower collections.
We here at YACB wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!
(Cover to Funny Stuff #29 by Otto Feuer courtesy of the GCD.)
Remember: never fall asleep at your desk while holding a gun; there may be a thieving monkey in the room, as on the cover of Super Detective Library #134 (1959).
3 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
4 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid
10 (-2). Warriors: Ravenpaw's Path #1: Shattered Peace *
11 (+11). Green Lantern: Agent Orange
12 (-). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
15 (-). The Complete Peanuts 1971-1974 Box Set
16 (N). Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation
18 (-9). Tumor Chapter 1 (kindle)
21 (+6). The Arrival
24 (+19). 14 Years of Loyal Service in a Fabric-Covered Box: A Dilbert Book
29 (-). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
31 (N). Dilbert: 2010 Wall Calendar
32 (R). The Complete Far Side 1980-1994
33 (N). Absolute Justice
34 (R). Asterios Polyp
35 (R). Batman: Year One
37 (N). Escape from Dullsville *
38 (N). Bone Volume 2: The Great Cow Race
39 (N). Dark Tower: Treachery
40 (-16). Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume
41 (+9). Bone Volume 1: Out From Boneville
42 (R). Ignorance, Thy Name Is Bucky: A Get Fuzzy Collection
43 (N). Garfield Will Eat for Food: His 48th Book
44 (R). Fables Vol. 12: The Dark Ages
48 (R). Time of Your Life (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 4) *
50 (R). The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier
* The Four Wimpy Kid volumes are back together on top of the list. Expect to see them entrenched there for a while, unless the new printing of Crumb's Genesis gives it another spike.
* I suspect that the recent interest in strip collections is due to the upcoming holiday gift giving season.
* The highest debut belongs to Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation, a comic I didn't even know existed until I saw it on the chart. Score another win for the secret comic book economy.
* The bottom part of the chart is almost completely different from last week; eighteen of the last twenty items are either new or returning after an absence.
* I'm pleased to see The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier sneak back on to the list; no doubt due to increased interest caused by the recent censorship controversy.
Phoebe Gloeckner - Thursday
Artist/Cartoonist/Professor Phoebe Gloeckner will be the featured speaker at the Penny Stamps Lecture Series this Thursday, 5pm at the Michigan Theater in downtown Ann Arbor.
If like me you are unable to attend (I have a prior commitment at the Serious Games Expo), the Penny Stamps lectures are available via podcast a few days after they occur.
New Library Comics: September 2009
Here's a list of the comics we added to our library collection in September:
Action comics. no. 446 / New York, N.Y. : Detective Comics, Inc., 1938-1988
Adams, Neal, 1941- Megalith no. 1 / New York : Continuity Publishing, 1993-1994
Adams, Scott, 1957- Fugitive from the cubicle police / Kansas City, Mo. : Andrews and McMeel, c1996
Adams, Scott, 1957- It's obvious you won't survive by your wits alone / Kansas City : Andrews and McMeel, c1995
Adams, Scott, 1957- Journey to Cubeville / Kansas City, Mo. : Andrews McMeel Pub., c1998
Adams, Scott, 1957- Seven years of highly defective people : Scott Adams' guided tour of the evolution of Dilbert / Kansas City, Mo. : Andrews McMeel, c1997
Amaya, Shane L. Horns of Hattin / Santa Barbara, CA : Terra Major, 2004
Aragonés, Sergio, 1937- Bat Lash. Guns and roses / New York, NY : DC Comics, c2008
Barr, Mike W. Mantra no. 1 / Westlake Village, Calif. : Malibu Comics Entertainment, 1993-1995
The brave and the bold. nos. 123, 132 / Sparta, Ill. : National Comics Publications, 1955-1983
Cannon, Zander. The replacement god no. 4 / San Jose, CA : Amaze Ink, 1995-
Cosby, Andrew. Enigma cipher / Los Angeles, CA : Boom! Studios, 2008
Farr, Naunerle C. The hunchback of Notre Dame / New York : Marvel Comics Group, 1976
Gerber, Steve, 1947-2008. Foolkiller no. 7 / New York, NY : Marvel Comics, 1990-1991
Gotsubo, Masaru. Samurai champloo vols. 1-2 / Los Angeles, CA : Tokyopop, c2005-
Hedgecock, David. A different pace / San Diego, Calif. : Ape Entertainment, c2004
Hugleikur Dagsson, 1977- Is this some kind of joke? / London : Michael Joseph, 2008
Kōga, Yun, 1965- Earthian no. 2 / [S.l.] : Blu, 2005-
McCay, Winsor. Dream of the rarebit fiend : the Saturdays / West Carrollton, Ohio : Checker Book Pub. Group, c2006
Miller, Frank, 1957- Give me liberty : an American dream no. 1 / Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Comics, 1990-1991
Mireault, Bernie. The jam no. 7 / San Jose, CA : Slave Labor Graphics, 1989-1997
Nicholson, Jeff. Lost laughter no. 3 / Chico, CA : Bad Habit, c1993-1994
Perez, Omaha. Bodhisattva / Redondo Beach, CA : OPP/Omaha Perez Productions, c2003
Peters, Matt. Rex Steele : Nazi smasher / New York : Monkeysuit Press, 2004
Rosenberg, Jonathan. Infinite typewriters / New York : Del Rey/Ballantine Books, c2009.
Sibylline, 1978- First time / New York : Eurotica, 2009
Tinkle digest. nos. 2,4,6,8,10,12,30,32,34,37,45,48,52,82,94-98,103-104,107-110,114,116,118,120,126,128,130,132,134,136-140,150,156-157,167,170,172,178-182,209 / Bombay : H.G. Mirchandani for India Book House, [1992?]-
Wood, Brian, 1972- The tourist / Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, 2006
Wood, Teri S. Wandering star nos. 8, 10-11, 19 / El Centro, Calif. : Pen & Ink Comics, 1993-1997
As always, this listing is available as an RSS Feed.
Detective Chimp laments his own passing on Steve Scott & Wayne Faucher's cover to Shadowpact #5 (2006).
(Standard disclaimer about not-dead talking chimpanzees not really being monkeys applies.)
2 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
6 (-). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
8 (+36). Warriors: Ravenpaw's Path #1: Shattered Peace *
9 (+39). Tumor Chapter 1 (kindle)
10 (+1). Dilbert: 2010 Day-to-Day Calendar
12 (+6). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
15 (+2). The Complete Peanuts 1971-1974 Box Set
18 (+23). Simon's Cat
22 (N). Green Lantern: Agent Orange *
26 (R). Marvel Encyclopedia
27 (-3). The Arrival
31 (-11). Masterpiece Comics
34 (-4). Wolverine: Old Man Logan *
35 (-2). Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds HC
36 (N). The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters *
37 (N). Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons
38 (N). Celebrating Peanuts: 60 Years *
39 (N). Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 21 *
40 (-8). Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic Volume 7 - Dueling Ambitions
41 (N). Popeye Volume 4
42 (-5). Criminal (Deluxe Edition) *
44 (R). Bone Volume 4: The Dragonslayer
45 (R). Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert
46 (-20). Vampire Knight, Vol. 8
47 (R). Halo: Uprising
48 (-10). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
49 (N). Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness
50 (-5). Bone Volume 1: Out From Boneville
* Two comics leap way up into the top ten this week: Warriors: Ravenpaw's Path #1: Shattered Peace, because it's part of the secret comic book economy; and Tumor Chapter 1 on the Kindle, I think maybe because the Tumor graphic novel is now available for pre-order and people may have been trying out the free sampler.
* Several debuts this week, led by Green Lantern: Agent Orange at #22. The GL books always seem to make a splash, but don't stick around as long as their Batman counterparts.
* I have no idea of the reason for the sudden surge of interest in Calvin & Hobbes. You know, other than it's an awesome comic strip; but why now?
New Library Comics: August 2009
Here are the comics we added to our library collection in August:
Aldama, Frederick Luis, 1969- Your brain on Latino comics : from Gus Arriola to Los Bros Hernandez / Austin : University of Texas Press, 2009.
Azuma, Mayumi. Elemental gelade vol. 1 / by Mayumi Azuma. Los Angeles, Calif. : Tokyopop, c2006-
Briggs, Raymond. When the wind blows / New York : Schocken Books, 1982
CLAMP (Mangaka group) Tokyo Babylon : save Tokyo city story vol. 1 / Los Angeles, CA : Tokyopop, c2004.
Cohen, Michael, 1950- Strange attractors nos. 1-5, 7-8, 10, 13 / Bellingham, Wash. : RetroGrafix, 1993-1997
Dixon, Buzz. Serenity vol. 1. New bad girl in town / Uhrichsville, OH : Barbour Publishing ; Chatsworth, CA : Realbuzz Studios, c2005-
Fujita, Maki. Platinum garden vol. 1 / Los Angeles, [Calif.] : Tokyopop, 2006
Ingulsrud, John E. Reading Japan cool : patterns of manga literacy and discourse / Lanham : Lexington Books, c2009.
Izumi, Rei. Hibiki's magic vol. 1 / Los Angeles, CA : Tokyopop, 2007-
Kawashita, Mizuki. Strawberry 100%. vols. 1-6 / San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, 2007-
Knaak, Richard A. Warcraft. The sunwell trilogy vol. 2. Shadows of ice / Los Angeles, CA : TokyoPop, c2005-2007.
Mukai, Natsumi. +Anima vol. 1 / Los Angeles, CA : Tokyopop, 2006-
Sakai, Stan. Usagi Yojimbo book 1 / Agoura, CA : Fantagraphics Books, 1987-<1992>
Samura, Hiroaki. Blade of the immortal = Mugen no jūnin vol. 1. Blood of a thousand / Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Comics, 1997-
Shimizu, Toshimitsu. Maico 2010 vols. 2-4 / Femont, Calif. : Comics One, 1997-
Tachibana, Yutaka. Gatcha gacha vol. 1 / Los Angeles, CA : Tokyopop, 2006-
Taro, Chiaki. Puri Puri vol. 1 / Fremont, Calif. : DrMaster, 2007-
Yamaguchi, Takayuki. Il destino di Kakugo vol. 3 / Bologna : Dynamic Italia, 1998-
Yen plus. v.1 nos. 1-3 / New York, N.Y. : Hachette Bookgroup USA, 2008-
Yo Yo, 1980- Laya, the witch of Red Pooh vol. 1 / Los Angeles, CA : Tokyopop, c2006-
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Happy Thursday! Hope your week is going well in this scorchy weather! All I want to do is chill in AC and sip cool drinks! But then in this everyday busy life, it is so difficult to find your ME time!
Today I have a very interesting post for you. It's all about "Makeup Sponges". I confess I have a soft huge heart for makeup brushes and I want to hoard as many as I can! If you are a regular reader of my blog, you would know I had raved about their wooden makeup brush set. You can read my review HERE. The brushes are perfect for traveling and this set contains all basic brushes you need for your everyday makeup! I swear by makeup sponges and though I am yet to use beauty Blender (somebody please gift me ;)), I can't stop myself from reaching out to these sponges each time I do my makeup. I had ordered various kinds of makeup sponges* from Dresslink that comes in a super affordable price. Let's get started!
They come in a travel friendly pouch!
This set is my favorite among all. I use these sponges everyday and even after washing them everyday they are in perfect condition. They are four in quantity and comes in 2 shapes- bottlegourd shape and tear drop shape. I had previously used a makeup sponge from Born Pretty Store but this one is better than the BPS one! I loved both the sponges shape and they give such a natural and awesome airbrushed look! They comes in 4 random colors and the quality is just superb. They are not made of cheap material and feel just perfect on skin. They can be used dry or wet but I prefer using it wet! Their size increases when wet and are very comfortable to hold! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND these makeup sponges to everyone! Great in size and quality! They are priced at $8.31 and are currently on a discount at $4.35. Grab them soon before they are sold out! BUY ONLINE HERE.
Aren't these looking super cute?
These are small in sizes but do perfect job in applying and blending concealer around eyes and nose. I use them wet and I love how beautiful finish they give without caking! They are also of good material and feels comfortable on skin! They are currently on discount and you can get at an offer price of $0.84 each! Isn't it amazing? BUY ONLINE HERE and HERE.
It is a dupe of Real Techniques Sponge but in a small version. It is very small in size but does its job of blending foundation and concealer perfectly well. It is of great quality and feels soft and nice on skin whilst application. It is also on discount and you can get it at $1.20. BUY ONLINE HERE.
If you are aware, toothbrush makeup brushes are so in. It is a dupe of Artis Makeup Brush. The bristles are very soft and feels soft on the skin. I have not tried it yet but I am super excited to try it out this weekend! It is priced at an offer price of $1.52 and you can BUY ONLINE HERE.
As soon as I saw them on Dresslink, I ordered them straightaway. They come in 3 different shapes and colors and I chose "round". In order to use these, I spritz a small amount of water using a spray bottle and dab it on my skin. It gives a smooth and gorgeous finish. They look super pretty and are very comfortable to hold! The only con I found is they are very difficult to wash. I had to take utmost care not to twist them. Each time I wash them, I fear they would come out of the handle! If anyone knows the trick to wash such kind of sponges do share with me! The pair is priced at $1.97 and you can BUY ONLINE HERE.
I am totally in love with these sponges. All are available at such an affordable price that I feel like ordering more from Dresslink. All the sponges are of great quality and I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND them to every girl who loves makeup!
What sponges interest you the most?
I agree their shipping charges are a bit high!!!
U must try one Nats! Yes I wish they minimize their shipping charges!
Nice haul. Looking forward to your review on the toothbrush makeup brush.
I had used the toothbrush brush and it is amazing. It blends foundation so well giving you a natural and smooth look!
They are really nice. Now i am tempted to buy them.
They give awesome finish too. You must try these!
:) Glad you liked them too!


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The `cdemo' subdirectory contains a demonstration of libtool convenience libraries, a mechanism that allows build-time static libraries to be created, in a way that their components can be later linked into programs or other libraries, even shared ones.
The tests `cdemo-make.test' and `cdemo-exec.test' are executed three times, under three different libtool configurations: `cdemo-conf.test' configures `cdemo/libtool' to build both static and shared libraries (the default for platforms that support both), `cdemo-static.test' builds only static libraries (`--disable-shared'), and `cdemo-shared.test' builds only shared libraries (`--disable-static').
These programs check to see that the `demo' subdirectory of the libtool distribution can be configured, built, installed, and uninstalled correctly.
The `demo' subdirectory contains a demonstration of a trivial package that uses libtool. The tests `demo-make.test', `demo-exec.test', `demo-inst.test' and `demo-unst.test' are executed four times, under four different libtool configurations: `demo-conf.test' configures `demo/libtool' to build both static and shared libraries, `demo-static.test' builds only static libraries (`--disable-shared'), and `demo-shared.test' builds only shared libraries (`--disable-static'). `demo-nofast.test' configures `demo/libtool' to disable the fast-install mode (`--enable-fast-install=no'). `demo-pic.test' configures `demo/libtool' to prefer building PIC code (`--with-pic'), `demo-nopic.test' to prefer non-PIC code (`--without-pic').
Many systems cannot link static libraries into shared libraries. libtool uses a deplibs_check_method to prevent such cases. This tests checks whether libtool's deplibs_check_method works properly.
On all systems with shared libraries, the location of the library can be encoded in executables that are linked against it see section 3.3 Linking executables. This test checks the conditions under which your system linker hardcodes the library location, and guarantees that they correspond to libtool's own notion of how your linker behaves.
Checks whether variable shlibpath_overrides_runpath is properly set. If the test fails and VERBOSE is set, it will indicate what the variable should have been set to.
Checks whether libtool will not try to link with a previously installed version of a library when it should be linking with a just-built one.
These programs check to see that the `depdemo' subdirectory of the libtool distribution can be configured, built, installed, and uninstalled correctly.
The `depdemo' subdirectory contains a demonstration of inter-library dependencies with libtool. The test programs link some interdependent libraries.
The tests `depdemo-make.test', `depdemo-exec.test', `depdemo-inst.test' and `depdemo-unst.test' are executed four times, under four different libtool configurations: `depdemo-conf.test' configures `depdemo/libtool' to build both static and shared libraries, `depdemo-static.test' builds only static libraries (`--disable-shared'), and `depdemo-shared.test' builds only shared libraries (`--disable-static'). `depdemo-nofast.test' configures `depdemo/libtool' to disable the fast-install mode (`--enable-fast-install=no'.
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The `mdemo' subdirectory contains a demonstration of a package that uses libtool and the system independent dlopen wrapper `libltdl' to load modules. The library `libltdl' provides a dlopen wrapper for various platforms (Linux, Solaris, HP/UX etc.) including support for dlpreopened modules (see section 9.2 Dlpreopening).
The tests `mdemo-make.test', `mdemo-exec.test', `mdemo-inst.test' and `mdemo-unst.test' are executed three times, under three different libtool configurations: `mdemo-conf.test' configures `mdemo/libtool' to build both static and shared libraries, `mdemo-static.test' builds only static libraries (`--disable-shared'), and `mdemo-shared.test' builds only shared libraries (`--disable-static').
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Home Airlines Farnborough International Airshow 2018: Notes from the runway
Farnborough International Airshow 2018: Notes from the runway
By Luke Drake on 20 July 2018 Posted in Airlines
The Reed Smith Aviation team were out in force for FIA 2018. It's always nice to be able to catch up with clients and old industry friends from across the globe on our own doorstep – and even better when it's in the middle of a heatwave!
Boeing's executives are likely to be flying back to Seattle feeling very pleased with the week's work, having secured/announced $79 billion in orders during the show. Vietjet signed an MoU for an additional 100 Boeing 737 Max aircraft and Hawaiian Airlines also confirmed its order for 10 787-9s, while also confirming purchase rights for an additional 10 aircraft. Overall Airbus announced 93 firm orders and commitments for 338 aircraft, including a commitment from JetBlue for 120 of its new A220 aircraft and a confirmation from AirAsia X for 34 A330neos. Embraer had a much more successful show than last year, securing/announcing 265 orders for variants of its EJets.
There was plenty of lessor activity to note across the week with Goshawk Aviation (20 Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft) making its first direct order from Boeing and Jackson Square Aviation (30 Max-family aircraft) making its first direct purchase from any OEM. Macquarie AirFinance ordered 20 A320neos and ACG ordered a further 20 Boeing 737 Max, taking its current order to 100.
Aviation geeks
From an aviation geek perspective it was great to have the opportunity to see some of the new products on display, with the A220 making its debut a week after being launched in Toulouse, the Embraer E190-E2 making an appearance in the funky shark livery and the MRJ90 taking part in its debut flying display (having recovered from Tuesday's encounter with the Farnborough ground crew).
The aerial display was as impressive as ever and Wednesday's show included the A350, A400, 737 Max and an F16. Our standout performer however was the Lockheed C-130J, the new Super Herc offering from Lockheed Martin which defied all logic by flying upside down! Yes, a Super Herc did a full loop (Google it). It was double takes all round in our group at that point, and such an unbelievable piece of flying from test pilot Wayne Roberts who is retiring after FIA 2018 – he certainly knows how to go out in style.
A look to the future
Having spent the day wandering through the halls and exhibitions our last stop was The Boeing Centre where we were presented with VR headsets that allowed you to explore various Boeing products of the present and future. An interesting way to see how the Boeing fleet is being developed with the obvious trend being for cabins with lots of natural light and overhead bins with lots of storage (one reason the 737 Max seems to be so popular). It also allowed you to see what Boeing had planned in the Space and Defence sectors, with there being a big focus on UAVs.
Something else that caught our eye was this from Aston Martin: https://youtu.be/hmFYOQnsd4s
Called the Volante Vision Concept, Aston Martin bill it as a "luxury concept aircraft with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capabilities". Flying cars have been a feature of the show for many years but there's something a bit different and a bit special about the idea of a flying Aston Martin!
A great day was had by all (if we ignore the train delays) and we look forward to seeing everyone in Paris in 12 months' time.
Tags: FIA 2018


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SeriesCorrespondence
SeriesEducation and Continuing Education
SeriesEmployment
SeriesGeneral Files
SeriesLupus Erythematosus Society of Saskatchewan Inc.
Fonds - Brett Balon fonds
Brett Balon fonds
University of Regina Archives & Special Collections
1968-1992 (Creation)
3.75 m of textual records
Balon, Brett, 1953-
Name: Brett Balon Place of Residence: Regina, Saskatchewan Education: Brett Balon studied at the University of Regina from 1971 until 1976, when he received his Bachelors of Arts Honours. He also studied French at the University of Victoria in 1971, the CEGEP de Jonquiere in Quebec in 1973, and at the Universite de Laval, also in Quebec, in 1974. From 1976 to 1977 he lived in London, Ontario, earning a Master of Library Science from the University of Western Ontario in 1978. He took graduate courses in sociology at the University of Western Ontario in the fall of 1977 as well. He acquired a Certificate, Data Processing, from the University of Regina in 1987, and received his PhD from Greenwich University, Hilo, Hawaii, in 1993. Occupation, life and activities: Balon became Branch Supervisor at the Southeast Regional Library in Weyburn from 1978 until 1982, when he joined the City of Regina as Records Management Supervisor. He has held a number of related positions at the City, and currently is the Record System Administrator, Information Systems. Brett Balon has contributed to the anthologies "Cracked Wheat" (1984), "More Saskatchewan Gold" (1985), "Heading Out: the New Saskatchewan Poets" (1987), "200 % Cracked Wheat" (1992), and "Black Water II" (1990). He edited "Survival of the Imagination: The Mary Donaldson Memorial Lectures" (1993) with Peter Resch. He has written many articles on records management, librarianship and archives, and received an Honourable Mention in the Children's Literature category of the Saskatchewan Literary Awards for 1981. Balon co-founded and was President of the Weyburn Writers Group (1980-82), Chair of the Saskatchewan Writers Guild (1983-84), President, Saskatchewan Library Association (1986-87), President, ARMA International, Saskatchewan Chapter (1990-91) and President (1987-88 and 1991-92) and Board Member (1984-present) of Coteau Books. Balon was also President of the Lupus Erythematosis Society of Saskatchewan in 1992-93. He died in 1997.
Fonds consists of eight series: Correspondence, Education and Continuing Education, Employment, General Files, Lupus Erythematosus Society of Saskatchewan Inc., Professional Activities and Associations, Writing by Brett Balon and Writing by Others. These series were established by the archivist. Of particular note are the University of Regina/University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, the ARMA, and the Coteau Books/Thundercreek Publishing Co-operative sub-series.
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Balon, Brett, 1953- (Creation)