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Edward Pennefather PC, KC (22 October 1774 – 6 September 1847) was an Irish barrister, Law Officer and judge of the Victorian era, who held office as Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.

Early life

Pennefather was born in Tipperary, the second son of William Pennefather of Knockeevan, member of the Irish House of Commons for Cashel, and his wife Ellen Moore, daughter of Edward Moore, Archdeacon of Emly and Ellen Dobson. He went to school in Clonmel and graduated from the University of Dublin. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1795. He lived at Rathsallagh House, near Dunlavin, County Wicklow.

His brother Richard Pennefather (1773-1859) had a longer and more successful career as a judge: appointed a Baron of the Court of Exchequer in 1821, he served for nearly 40 years and was held in universal regard; with the general support of the profession he remained on the Bench until shortly before his death at eighty-six, by which time he was blind. Edward and Richard, "the two Pennefathers", were leading practitioners in the Court of Chancery (Ireland).

Edward was generally regarded as more gifted, a master of the law of equity and also a skilled libel lawyer. In 1816 he was one of the lead counsel in the celebrated libel case of Bruce v. Grady, which arose from the publication of a scurrilous poem called "The Nosegay", written by a barrister Thomas Grady about his former friend, the notably eccentric banker George Evans Brady of Hermitage House, Castleconnell. The quarrel is said to have arisen from a dispute over money which Bruce had loaned to Grady. The plaintiff claimed £20000; the jury awarded £500.

Law officer and judge
He was made a King's Counsel by 1816. He was very briefly Attorney-General for Ireland in 1830, and was made Third Serjeant-at-law (Ireland) in the same year. He became Second Serjeant and First Serjeant in the two following years. He was Solicitor-General for Ireland in the First Peel ministry in 1835 and again in the Second Peel ministry in 1841. In the latter year, he was appointed Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench for Ireland and held the position until he resigned on health grounds in 1846.

Reputation
According to Elrington Ball, Pennefather was considered to be one of the greatest Irish advocates of his time, and one with few rivals in any age, but he did not live up to expectations as a judge, due largely to his age and increasing ill-health. As a judge he is remembered mainly for presiding at the trial of Daniel O'Connell in 1843 for sedition, where his alleged bias against the accused damaged his reputation: he was accused of acting as prosecutor rather than judge, and his summing-up was described as simply an extra speech for the prosecution. Further damage to his reputation was done by the majority decision of the House of Lords quashing the verdict in the O'Connell case: while many of the errors were the fault of the prosecution, the Law Lords did not spare Pennefather for his conduct of the proceedings, and in particular for his summing-up. The Law Lords commented severely that the course of the trial, if condoned, would make a mockery of trial by jury in Ireland.

The related trial of Sir John Grey descended into farce when the Attorney General, Sir Thomas Cusack-Smith, who was noted for his hot temper, challenged one of the defence counsel Gerald Fitzgibbon to a duel, for having allegedly accused him of improper motives. Pennefather told the Attorney General severely that a man in his position had no excuse for such conduct, whereupon the Attorney General agreed to let the matter drop. The public noted with interest that Fitzgibbon's wife and daughter had been present in Court during the contretemps.

Family
In 1806 he married Susannah Darby, eldest daughter of John Darby of Leap Castle, County Offaly, and his wife Anne Vaughan, and sister of John Nelson Darby, one of the most influential of the early Plymouth Brethren. They had ten children, including Edward, the eldest son and heir; Richard, Auditor General of Ceylon;   Ellen, who married James Thomas O'Brien, Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin, and Dorothea, (Dora) (1825-1859), who married in 1850, as his second wife, James Stopford, 4th Earl of Courtown, and had three sons. Two of Dora's sons, General Sir Frederick Stopford, commander at the Landing at Suvla Bay, and Admiral Walter Stopford, became famous.

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1775 births
1847 deaths
Irish barristers
Solicitors-General for Ireland
Members of the Privy Council of Ireland
Lords chief justice of Ireland
People from County Tipperary
Serjeants-at-law (Ireland)

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A Yemeni judge and several other people were injured when an explosive device was thrown into a court house on Wednesday.
The attack in the province of Ebb came days after a Yemeni man was sentenced to death in the same court for murdering an American missionary doctor and two of her colleagues last year.
Police cordoned off the court house and were checking a suspect. No official comment was immediately available.
The extent of the judge's wounds was unclear.
Four days ago Abdel Razzak Kamel was sentenced to death after he confessed to killing three Christian missionaries to get "closer to God and take revenge on Christians and Americans".
Kamel claimed the missionaries in the town of Jibla were trying to convert Muslims to Christianity.


Excellent from start to finish. A story that deserves more than 5 stars!
The story is brilliantly written and flows perfectly. The author takes you deep inside the story and leaves you on the edge of your seat. I must say that this book is excellent from the cover till the end.
Drawing Blood is one of those mysteries that sneaks up on you – at least it did me. At first it seems like there's just too many unrelated things going on, but at a certain point it all comes together and WOW. Brilliant plot crafting.
CeCe is a great cozy heroine. Her life does not center around detective work … but dead bodies do have a tendency to show up in her world, and she uses the unique sets of skills that she has (which includes drawing) to figure out the mystery and the crime.
CeCe Prentice returns with her band of Dumpster-diving pals in this fast-paced mystery that puts the eco-friendly heroine back on top—of a pile of trash.
When Big Bob, manager of the town dump, goes missing, CeCe is worried about more than where she'll score her next salvaged car. First at the scene when Bob's body is recovered from under the weekly recycling haul, CeCe is quick to identify potential witnesses and provide crucial scene sketches. But when CeCe is uncharacteristically startled by an unidentified woman at Bob's abandoned house, her artistic talents are challenged, and her drawings, much to her frustration, come up short.
With CeCe's observational talents on the fritz, Detective Frank DeRosa, CeCe, and her network of Freegans are forced to recreate Big Bob's life from the garbage up. The team is soon thrust into the underworld of recycling where what appears to be junk could actually be the clue that saves a life.
Deirdre Verne (Lower Westchester, NY) is a mystery writer, college professor, and an active college blogger. Deirdre's interest in green living inspired her to create an off-the-grid character who Dumpster dives her way through the "Sketch in Crime" mystery series. Verne's second book, Drawing Blood , is available in February 2016. "A dysfunctional functional family to die for…[CeCe Prentice's] second case is every bit as twisty and surprising."-Kirkus Reviews.
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Characterization of the Vibrio cholerae ToxR regulon: identification of novel genes involved in intestinal colonization.
K M Peterson, J J Mekalanos
K M Peterson
J J Mekalanos
A gene fusion library of Vibrio cholerae classical strain O395 was generated by using a broad host range vector for delivery of the transposon TnphoA. The insertion library was screened for colonies expressing alkaline phosphatase-positive (PhoA+) fusion proteins on LB agar at 30 degrees C in the presence of 0.2% glucose. Over 600 PhoA+ strains were isolated and then tested for regulation of their gene fusions in broth media that permitted high or low expression of cholera toxin. This strategy resulted in the isolation of 60 TnphoA (Tn5 IS50L::phoA) fusions to genes encoding secreted proteins that are apparently coordinately regulated with cholera toxin. Introduction of a toxR null mutation into 10 of these fusion strains confirmed that these TnphoA gene fusions are controlled either directly or indirectly by the cholera toxin transcriptional activator encoded by toxR. A combination of Southern and immunoblot analysis identified 17 distinct ToxR-regulated genes in V. cholerae O395. Many of these insertions were located in one of the two cholera toxin operon copies of strain O395, as well as a large gene cluster involved in the biogenesis of the toxin-coregulated pilus colonization factor. In addition, insertions were identified in genes that had no effect on either cholera toxin or toxin-coregulated pilus expression. Several of these insertions were localized to a cluster of four genes, the disruption of any of which by TnphoA reduced the ability of strain O395 to colonize the intestines of suckling mice. The product encoded by this second gene cluster was named accessory colonization factor to describe its possible role in cholera pathogenesis. These studies reinforce the contribution of ToxR-regulated genes to the virulence properties of V. cholerae. This report also demonstrates a new approach for the identification of bacterial virulence factors, based on the characterization of genes that are regulated by the same environmental signals that control the expression of a known virulence factor.
Infection and Immunity Nov 1988, 56 (11) 2822-2829; DOI:
You are going to email the following Characterization of the Vibrio cholerae ToxR regulon: identification of novel genes involved in intestinal colonization.

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Inktober - "Inktober 2017-10-09: Screech"
Jeremy says: I hope you enjoy the multi-Screech inktober today. I went with a pretty standard inking style on Screech and Screech Jr (Sharpie Pen), but after inking the foreground Stan with the same tool, I decided to completely go over him in my Pentel Pocket Brush. So, it was an experiment in thicker, different lines. I hope to try to stretch myself even further this month and step out of my Sharpie comfort zone, as that was the original purpose. Thanks for stopping by, and continuing to enjoy my quest into Inktober 2017!


Hanoi, Vietnam – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Citi Foundation, with the collaboration and support from the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Viet Nam Volunteer Center, opened the second Asia Pacific Youth Co:Lab Summit, in Hanoi today. The flagship event brings together over 500 delegates, including hundreds of youth, partners and government officials from 20 countries, to exchange ideas, knowledge and experiences, to influence policy initiatives on youth entrepreneurship and social innovation.
Speaking this morning at the opening of the summit in National Economics University, Hanoi were : Valerie Cliff, UNDP Deputy Regional Director for Asia & the Pacific; Brandee McHale, President of the Citi Foundation and Head of Corporate Citizenship at Citi; Caitlin Wiesen, Resident Representative, UNDP Viet Nam; Tran Van Tung, Vice Minister, Ministry of Science and Technology, Viet Nam; Associate Professor, Dr. Hoang Van Cuong, Vice President of National Economics University.
Judges include Victor Chua, Managing Partner, Vynn Capital; Shuyin Tang, Partner, Patamar Capital; Allison Hollowell, Chief strategy officer, Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN); Reyhan Jamalova, Founder, Rainergy, Azerbaijan; Eric Nietsch, Associate Director, Corporate Ratings S&P Global; Natalie Marko, Head of Pan Asia Core Sales and Head of Pan Asia Client Management, Citi Global Markets; Deanna Morris, SHIFT ASEAN Deputy Programme Manager, UNCDF; Dustin Oliver Ling, Director, Citi Public Sector Banking and Akiko Fuji, Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP Viet Nam.
1. Details of the Youth Co:Lab program are attached in the Appendix.
3. For ongoing updates on the Youth Co:Lab program, follow @YouthCoLab on Twitter and Instagram.
Co-created in 2017 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Citi Foundation, Youth Co:Lab aims to establish a common agenda for Asia-Pacific countries to invest in and empower youth to accelerate implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through leadership, social innovation and entrepreneurship. By developing 21st century skills, catalyzing and sustaining youth-led startups and social enterprises across the region, Youth Co:Lab is positioning young people front and center in order to solve the region's most pressing challenges. In addition to supporting youth entrepreneurship, Youth Co:Lab also works closely with multiple stakeholders across the region, including governments, civil society and the private sector, to strengthen the entrepreneurship ecosystem and policy support to better enable young people to take the lead on new solutions that will help meet the SDGs.
Creating a Youth Empowerment Alliance to support young entrepreneurs – particularly young women and marginalized youth – by connecting them with businesses, incubators, accelerators, and financing mechanisms to develop their ideas into viable business models for sustainable social impact.
In 2019, Youth Co:Lab aims to expand to at least 25 countries and territories, deepen mentorship capacity for youth entrepreneurs through the Springboard programme, and engage ecosystem partners in the development of young people's 21st Century skills.


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'Harlots' Review: 'Game of Thrones' Star Alfie Allen Turns Pimp for a Raucous and Cutthroat Season 3
The addition of a molly house and real stakes switches up the formula to keep the Hulu series spirited and relevant.
Hanh Nguyen
Alfie Allen, "Harlots"
It's a new day for the titular "Harlots" when the drama about warring brothels in 18th-century Georgian London returns to Hulu for its third season. The rivalry that had been fueling the first two seasons, however, has been eliminated. Margaret Wells (Samantha Morton) of Greek Street fled to America to escape a death sentence, while her chief competition, Lydia Quigley (Lesley Manville) of Golden Square, has been sent to the madhouse.
A year later, Margaret's grown daughters Charlotte (Jessica Brown-Findlay) and Lucy (Eloise Smyth) have established their own careers out from the shadow of their mother. It's an exciting time for viewers who've stuck with the series. But before this refreshing, relaxed energy can fully take hold, the series ramps up the tension again with the introduction of new blood and the return of old enemies.
Created by Alison Newman and Moira Buffini, the series presents the life of a harlot as an alternative to the societal drudgery and prison that the more respectable wives and daughters must endure. With an eye for freedom and commerce, both Wells daughters seek to expand their empires. Charlotte has taken over Greek Street and, with her lover and business partner Lady Fitz (Liv Tyler), is looking for an innovative way to increase clientele.
'The Handmaid's Tale' Costume Designer on the Telling Details Within Gilead's Wardrobes
'Harlots': Why Hulu's Bawdy Prostitution Drama Will Prepare You for 'The Handmaid's Tale'
Fresh off of Alfie Allen's epic finish as Theon Greyjoy on "Game of Thrones," the actor joins the cast this season to play the hot-blooded yet charming and eloquent pimp Isaac Pincher. Naturally, he comes into Charlotte's orbit, and the two share an electrifying and thoroughly entertaining chemistry. As with Tyler in Season 2, "Harlots" attracts heavyweight talent that enter into this bawdy world seamlessly and with gusto. He brings competition and a surprising new dynamic to the series.
Liv Tyler and Jessica Brown-Findlay, "Harlots"
As for Lucy, the younger Wells daughter has tired of her status as the in-demand freelance harlot, a role that exhausts her despite her popularity and success. She joins forces with newcomers Elizabeth Harvey (Angela Griffin) and her associate Fredo (Aidan Cheng) to open a molly house that caters to male homosexual appetites.
"Harlots" has rarely found the need to be preachy since the conditions of the characters' existence and very survival are constantly threatened – living on the fringes of polite society will do that. And so when it comes to the molly house storyline, there's danger built in since homosexuality was illegal and was often enforced as a capital offense. Running a house of ill repute to cater to gay men is the ultimate in flouting the law and risking one's neck, literally.
The addition of the molly house and its clientele is yet one more way that "Harlots" has found to shine a light on underrepresented groups in history. The series presents sexuality – gay, straight, and bi at least – in a matter-of-fact manner, only commenting on how the outside world is intolerant. The series also doubles down on its already diverse cast, continuing to unwhitewash history. Season 3 introduces a few new characters of Asian descent, a major new black character, and even mixed-race folk. Meanwhile, the brothel run by black bawd Harriet Lennox (Pippa Bennett-Warner), is still going strong, while freeman Will North (Daniel Sapiani) is creating his own fortunes through a new associate.
Alex Sawyer and Danny Sapiani, "Harlots"
These inclusive storylines revitalize the series, despite the reliance on the old storytelling formulas of rivalry and skirting the law. Also, it's not terribly surprising (since it was spoiled in the trailer) that Margaret will find her back on that side of the pond and that Lydia Quigley will somehow find a way to exact revenge, even from Bedlam. After all, one would be a fool to waste the scenery-gnawing talents of Lesley Manville by sidelining her, and those at Hulu are no fools.
In its third season, "Harlots" maintains everything that has made it occasionally difficult to watch – the societal injustice, the violence towards women, the massive cast of characters – but those aspects are what makes this series worthwhile since they also pay off with insight, spirit, and cheeky humor. It has an unerring instinct for what matters to those who often have to struggle against mainstream society. And this season, "Harlots" is also savvy enough to add real stakes that lends authenticity to an already rousing story.
Watch the trailer for Season 3 below:
"Harlots" Season 3 premieres on Wednesday, July 10 and will release a new episode weekly.
This Article is related to: Television and tagged Harlots, Hulu, TV Reviews


I find myself constantly having to reign in my excitement about the series, given the length of time before actually seeing the show (if ever).
On the one hand, I catch the cast members on TV in their other works, and I can't help grinning widely and saying outloud (much to the wife's annoyance) "Hello, Prince Joffrey!" (Batman Begins) or "Hello, Ser Waymar!" (The Prisoner).
On the other hand, I have to remind myself it's going to be a while. Late winter/spring 2011 is my best guess (as an ignorant layman).
So, if there is a full season order, what can I look forward to in the year after that, GoT-wise?
2 The faint hope that HBO will release promotional photos or art. Characters in costume, and the like. Do they do this? Anyone?
Of course, there could also be a book release... And I don't mean the Warriors anthology.
I imagine people may be a bit freer with info if there is a greenlight, although even then I can't imagine we'll learn too much until close to its debut.
The Seeker is pretty bad, isn't it. Just started watching it.
Given what I've seen, this will be a real quality production. The characters match my conception of them.
Now a short, pipsqueek Richard, although Zed looks just right.
I just have such a hard time watching Legend of the Seeker because that is NOT at all what Richard should look like. I can't believe Terry Goodkind would let that slide....plus the fact the TV shows script is all kinds of jacked up compared to the books.
Hehe, for the time being I am playing Dragon Age:Origins so am occupied for a while :) Still check here and WiC every day tho!
Well there will certainly be promos and tv spots to help pass the time.


Muscat, Rear Admiral Abdullah bin Khamis al-Ra'eesi, Commander of the Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) received in his office today Colonel Mubarak Ali al-Sabah, Commander of the Combined Task Force (CTF152) at the sisterly Kingdom of Bahrain.
The two sides exchanged cordial conversations and discussed a range of issues of common concern.
The meeting was attended by Commodore Khamis bin Salim al-Jabri, Director General for Operations and Plans at the RNO Command and Commodore Mansoor bin Mohammed al-Kharousi, Head of the Maritime Security Center (MSC).
The guest also visited the MSC during which he was briefed on the tasks and roles of the center in managing and leading operations of the maritime security in terms of maritime hazards, mainly search and rescue operations and protecting marine environment from various risks.
The guest also viewed modern devices and equipment used in supporting maritime security operations.


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Q: what is wrong in this quick sort code what is wrong with this quick sort code I an getting wrong output for certain input cases :
#include<stdio.h>

void quick_sort(int A[], int start, int end) {
    int pIndex;

    if (start < end) {
        pIndex=partion(A,start,end);
        quick_sort(A,start,pIndex-1);
        quick_sort(A,pIndex+1,end);
    }

}

int partion(int A[], int start, int end) {
    int i, temp, pIndex = start;
    int pivot = A[end];

    for (i = start; i < end; i++) {
        if (A[i] <= pivot) {
            temp = A[i];
            A[i] = A[pIndex];
            A[pIndex] = A[i];
            pIndex++;
        }
    }

    temp = A[pIndex];
    A[pIndex] = A[end];
    A[end] = temp;
    return pIndex;
}

int main() {
    int A[100], size, i;

    scanf("%d\n", &size);

    for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
        scanf("%d", &A[i]);
    }

    quick_sort(A, 0, size-1);

    for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
        printf("%d\t", A[i]);
    }

    return 0;
}

I getting wrong output for following input:
Output
what should I do to get the sorting right in ascending order

A: Do you really mean A[pIndex]=A[i]; or it should be A[pIndex]=temp; - that's supposed to be a swapping operation.

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Q: What's the role of the password in Certificates.p12 file for iOS push notification For implementing push services for iOS Apps , we need to export push certificates from Keychain access as Certificates.p12 file and upload that to APN server. While exporting it asks for a password. What is the difference between a Certificate.p12 file exported with password and a blank password ? The cloud services like parse.com which supports push messages does not accept a .p12 file exported with a password. When We are coding our own APN server, should we use a .p12 file exported with password or without password ? For me, with a p12 file exported without password, I get "UnrecoverableKeyException: Get Key failed" error.
Thanks in advance for your help.

A: Answer is simple, Will explain with an example.
Consider your p12 file as a ATM Card (Debit/Credit card) and think if you don't have passwords for that, what happens if someone get your card ?
Same here, if you won't password protect that p12, anyone who have that p12 file can send push notifications (malicious) to your apps, using that p12 file.

A: The p12 file is an encrypted container for your X.509 Push Notification Certificate and it's corresponding Private Key. Because nobody should be able to use your certificate/private key for malicious purposes, it is strongly recommended that you protect your p12 file with a password. Else anybody who gets your p12 file will be able to communicate with Apple's Push Servers using your Developer Identity (which is defined by the certificate).


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"A fan base primarily comprised of people who got to the store after Mad sold out"
Contrary to the cover, it is very unlikely that anything funny was going on there.
I just stumbled on the Wikipedia article for the late, unlamented Cracked magazine. It's hilarious, 10,000 times funnier than anything that ever appeared in Cracked magazine, on a par with the best material that appears on that magazine's descendant, Cracked.com. Who could fail to laugh out loud at an article that includes this sentence: "In Germany, there were three publications that included Cracked reprints. First was Kaputt, which ran from 1974 to 1983; it was followed by Stupid, which ran from 1983 to 1984, and, finally, Panic."
Considering what happens to interesting writing on Wikipedia, it will probably be deleted and replaced with something unreadable by the end of the morning, so I've preserved its text here, after the jump.
Cracked was an American humor magazine. Founded in 1958, Cracked proved to be the most durable of the many publications to be launched in the wake of Mad magazine.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
In print, Cracked conspicuously copied Mad's layouts and style,[7][8][9][10] and even featured a simpleminded, wide-cheeked mascot named Sylvester P. Smythe on its covers (see Alfred E. Neuman).[11] The Smythe character was Cracked's "janitor." Unlike Neuman, who is mute and appears primarily on covers, Smythe sometimes spoke and was frequently seen inside the magazine, interacting with parody subjects and other regular characters. A 1998 reader contest led to Smythe finally getting a full middle name: "Phooey." An article on Cracked.com, the companion website, joked that the magazine was "created as a knock-off of Mad magazine just over 50 years ago", and it "spent nearly half a century with a fan base primarily comprised of people who got to the store after Mad sold out."[12]
Cracked's publication frequency was reduced in the 1990s, and was erratic in the 2000s.[13] In 2006, the magazine was revived with a new editorial formula that represented a significant departure from its prior Mad style. The new format was more akin to "lad" magazines like Maxim and FHM.[14] The new formula, however, was unsuccessful and Cracked again canceled its print magazine in February 2007 after three issues. Later that year, the brand was carried over to a website, owned by Demand Media.
The magazine's first editor was Sol Brodsky, who was better known as a journeyman artist and later production manager and a publishing vice president at Marvel Comics.
Cracked's original publisher, Robert C. Sproul's Major Publications, often imitated other companies' successes in various genres, such as westerns, men's adventure, and the Warren Publications mid-1960s revival of horror comics.[15]
Editor Terry Bisson later recalled, "The whole company was about lowball imitations. The publisher, Robert Sproul, wanted to put out some imitations of western, romance and astrology mags, and I was hired (at about age 27) to put them together because of my romance mag experience… The pseudomags did pretty well (this was a very low end market)."[16] Many of the Cracked contributors would also work on these titles. A number of monster-themed issues were printed under the Cracked umbrella, capitalizing on such publications as Fangoria and Famous Monsters of Filmland. Sproul published Cracked into the 1980s.
However, even as the company chased publishing trends, its long-running flagship title was Cracked Magazine—or Cracked Mazagine, as its cover often read, deliberately misspelling "magazine". (In the same vein, the magazine's website Cracked.com originally referred to itself as a "wesbite.")
Some notable artists have appeared in Cracked's pages, in particular John Severin. Severin was one of the original artists on Mad and worked heavily on EC Comics' war books, as well as being one of the pre-eminent artists in western comics. But he would eventually come to be best known as Cracked's house cartoonist. For almost 40 years, he was the magazine's mainstay artist, frequently illustrating multiple articles in the same issue, and virtually all of its covers. Reacting to his own company's obituary of Severin in 2012, Fantagraphics co-publisher Kim Thompson wrote, "I don't think I'm [alone] in thinking of CRACKED for most of its run as "a bunch of crap, and John Severin."[17]
The magazine also regularly featured good girl artist Bill Ward, comic book stalwart Howard Nostrand, and gag cartoonists Don Orehek and Charles Rodrigues. In later years, the magazine was a useful training ground for such future independent comic book creators as Rick Altergott, Dan Clowes, and Peter Bagge. Clowes would later discuss his childhood ambivalence for the magazine with an interviewer: "No one was ever a fan of Cracked. We would buy Mad every month, but about two weeks later we would get anxious for new material. We would tell ourselves, 'OK, we are not going to buy Cracked. Never again!' And we'd hold out for a while, but then as the month dragged on it just became, 'OK, I guess I'll buy Cracked.' Then you'd bring it home, and immediately you'd remember, 'Oh yeah, I hate Cracked!'"
Other name artists who contributed at least once to Cracked include such Mad veterans as Jack Davis, Will Elder, Al Jaffee, and Basil Wolverton, and such future Mad contributors as Jack Rickard, Angelo Torres, Bill Wray, Greg Theakston, Dennis Snee, Mike Snider, Dean Norman, Charlie Kadau, May Sakami and Tom Richmond. Others included Marvel Comics regulars Steve Ditko and Gene Colan. Comics great Jack Kirby contributed once, in 1960. In its later days, Cracked found it difficult to attract and retain the level of talent that the better-paying, better-selling Mad could.[18] Richmond, who drew four articles for Cracked, reported on his webpage that he was paid just $100 for a finished page, a small fraction of what he earned for his first Mad assignment.[19] Richmond also wrote about the bad feeling caused by his short tenure at Cracked: "[Editor Dick Kulpa] was very upset about my leaving Cracked for MAD, but let's be real… not doing so would have been the same as a minor league Triple-A shortstop refusing a call up to the majors. That was no decision at all."[18] Mike Snider had been submitting to both publications, and made the move to Mad after it accepted an article that had already been okayed by Cracked; Snider was obliged to rescind his submission to the lower-paying magazine. One publisher who looked into buying the Cracked operation felt that Mad was "in a class by itself" and that "Cracked couldn't top Mad's lineup".[20]
A typical issue of Cracked included two TV or movie parodies illustrated by Severin. The magazine also published "interview" articles featuring the recurring character Nanny Dickering (Nancy Dickerson was then an investigative newscaster).
One of the magazine's longest-running features was "Shut-Ups," which were two-panel gags in which a character would make an observation or excuse in the first panel, and then be told to "SHUT UP" in the second, as the true situation was visually revealed. "Hudd & Dini" by Vic Martin, a gag strip about two convicts' failed schemes to escape prison, also ran frequently, as did John Severin's Western strip "Sagebrush." Other recurring features included "Ye Hang-Ups", "The Talking Blob", "Spies vs. Sabs" (originally "Saboteurs & Investigators") and, in the 1990s, "the Uggly Family" by Daniel Clowes.
In the mid-1970s, Cracked moved into foreign markets. In Great Britain, they produced Cracked British Edition, which consisted entirely of reprinted material from the American magazine edited to localize spelling and pop-culture references. In Germany, there were three publications that included Cracked reprints. First was Kaputt, which ran from 1974 to 1983; it was followed by Stupid, which ran from 1983 to 1984, and, finally, Panic. All magazines used original material in addition to the translated Cracked reprints. Articles were often colorized, particularly in Stupid, or printed in black and white with a single added color. Covers were original, but were often reworkings of previous Cracked covers. It was published in Brazil under the name Pancada by Editora Abril, from 1979 to the mid-'80s. The content was translated from the English original and adapted to the Brazilian reality of the time (the Democratic and Republican parties were substituted respectively by ARENA and MDB, political parties of that era), and football jokes were made into soccer jokes. Most covers were reused from the original American magazine, but some were made by local artists.[citation needed] Two attempts were made in the 1990s to launch the magazine in Australia.
In 1985, Mort Todd became editor of Cracked magazine at age 23. In 1987, Cracked made waves in the comic industry by seemingly raiding cartoonist Don Martin from rival Mad, after Martin's 32-year career there.[21][22] Martin had already left Mad due to a business dispute months earlier.
Martin worked for Cracked for about six years, and the magazine, in a tweak at its rival, billed him as "Cracked's Crackedest Artist". Cracked's concurrent attempt to sign Mad's caricaturist Mort Drucker was unsuccessful, but the magazine did acquire longtime Mad contributor Lou Silverstone as editor and writer. Former Mad associate editor Jerry DeFuccio also worked at Cracked for a short period.
Though sales of Cracked always lagged far behind those of Mad, Cracked endured for more than four decades through low pay rates and overhead, and by being part of large publishing groups that could bundle Cracked in with its other magazines as a package arrangement for distributors. Cracked also appeared monthly during the period when Mad was being published just 8 times a year, thus picking up readership from Mad fans that couldn't wait out the six weeks for their next "comedy fix." The magazine would sometimes include attention-grabbing giveaways inside its pages, such as iron-ons, stickers or postcards.
In the 1990s, Cracked also benefited from the collapse of the National Lampoon, picking up Andy Simmons as an editor, as well as such former Lampoon contributors as Ron Barrett, Randy Jones and Ed Subitzky. In 1995, Greg Grabianski began his career as a writer and associate editor at Cracked (occasionally writing under the pseudonym Judd Stomp) before going on to write for TV and film projects including Beavis & Butthead and the Scary Movie franchise.
At its height, Cracked's circulation might have been a third of Mad's, with the overall total generally rising or falling along with the bigger magazine's fortunes. But at its nadir in the 2000s, this sales figure plunged to around 25,000-35,000 per bi-monthly issue,[23] or about one-eighth of Mad's monthly circulation, which had also plummeted from its mid-1970s peak of over 2 million per issue.
In late 1999, Cracked's then-parent company, Globe Communications (publisher of the national tabloid The Globe), was sold to American Media Inc., the company that publishes the tabloids The National Enquirer and the Weekly World News. American Media's primary interest in the deal was in acquiring its rival, The Globe, but Cracked came along as part of the transaction. Writer/editor Barry Dutter said, "One thing you have to realize is that AMI never wanted Cracked; it was just part of a package they bought from Globe Communications."[24]
American Media moved Globe Communications' New York City operations to Florida, where American Media was headquartered. As a result, Cracked's offices moved to Florida as well. Most of the magazine's long-term editors and writers did not move to Florida, leading to a large turnover in Cracked's staff.[14] Published reports indicate that American Media never had an interest in supporting the magazine, which was only selling in the high five figures, compared with AMI's multi-million-selling line of tabloids. Cracked's distribution under American Media grew increasingly sporadic.
In 2000, American Media sold Cracked to one of its former Weekly World News employees, Dick Kulpa, who became both Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Cracked. Under Kulpa, Cracked suffered from a lack of financing. Combined with Cracked's weakened distribution, circulation continued to drop precipitously, and Kulpa was forced to turn the magazine into a bi-monthly. Dark Horse Star Wars comic editor Peet Janes briefly joined the staff, but financial difficulties at the magazine ended his tenure very quickly. Later, after being offered a substantial pay cut, signature artist John Severin parted company with the magazine.
Cracked was near the center of the 2001 anthrax scare. An anonymous letter containing anthrax powder was sent to American Media Inc. in September 2001, killing one employee. Cracked's offices were still in the same building, and thus the magazine was among the publications that had to be evacuated. As a consequence, the company's archives, containing the magazine's original photographic prints of issues from 1958–2000, had to be destroyed due to contamination.[25] The attack caused Kulpa to put out only four issues that year.[26]
In 2004, new editors Scott Gosar and Marten Jallad, and now Promotions Editor Mark Van Woert (under the direction of now-Executive Editor Kulpa) attempted one last resuscitation of the original title. In an effort to generate publicity, Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen was named as the magazine's new "publisher," but this failed to spark interest. The 365th and final issue featured an "Election Year" cover by science fiction artist Frank Kelly Freas, who'd provided many of Mad magazine's covers from 1958-62.
In early 2005, Kulpa sold Cracked to Teshkeel Media Group, a federation of Arab, Asian, and American investors, who announced plans to revive Cracked with a new editorial focus and redesign.[27] Its first steps included naming entrepreneur Monty Sarhan as both CEO and publisher. Writer Neal Pollack was named "editor-at-large,"[28] and former editor Mort Todd was named a contributing editor.[29] However, Todd quickly departed, complaining to The Comics Journal about low pay rates and work-for-hire issues of copyright. Todd said, "With each visit to the offices I got more dispirited as I saw the direction the magazine was taking. As has been well publicized, Cracked was, instead of ripping off MAD, going to rip off Maxim… A lot of 'revolutionary' humor ideas they've come up with are ones that have been overplayed for decades and ones I rejected for good reason 20 years ago [as Cracked's editor]".
Publisher Sarhan responded:
"My impression of Mort was that he was stuck in a time warp, wanted to relive his personal 'glory days' when he edited CRACKED and didn't get what we were trying to do…. A Contributing Editor is a freelancer with whom we have a relationship with. That is all that the title means here at CRACKED. He's a person who is a regular contributor to the magazine, but he is not on staff…. Mort decided to quit as a Contributing Editor because, he said, he had a few TV projects in development. My personal opinion is that he was stuck in the CRACKED of the past and that he didn't like being a freelancer, answering to editors far younger than him here at CRACKED and having his ideas regularly rejected. If your work isn't going to get published, it makes no sense to stay…. Anyone who has spent five minutes on this website knows that we are not a MAXIM clone. It's a ridiculous assertion. We focus on comedy and humor, not women in bikinis. Yes, it's true that we look to MAXIM as a guide for some things. After all, since it's [sic] launch over eight years ago, it has gone on to become one of the most successful magazine titles ever. Who wouldn't want to emulate that success?"
On August 15, 2006, the revamped Cracked Magazine finally appeared. The first issue was a significant departure from Cracked's previous incarnation, notably in its sharp reduction of comics and illustrated content. The new format was more text-heavy, and was overtly indebted to modern "lad mags" like Maxim, Stuff and FHM, although the media website Gawker.com wrote, "Very little remains of the old Cracked – a Mad ripoff that had tread water in various incarnations for almost half a century. Much was made of the new direction now ripping off Maxim instead, but aside from a "look and feel" resemblance in terms of layout, the much more obvious (attempted) homage runs to Spy."[30]
The Washington Post's Peter Carlson harshly reviewed the debut, listing some of the issue's contents and then adding, "Are you chuckling yet? Me neither."[31] Later, Carlson quoted Cracked's Michael J. Nelson, who'd contributed a short guide to the worst comedy movies ever. Wrote Nelson in his article, "Bad comedies are worse than anything else in the whole of human history." Added Carlson, "Reading Cracked, you understand exactly what he means."
After just three poor-selling issues, the failing magazine was canceled in February 2007.[32] Citing distribution problems for its demise, editor Jay Pinkerton claimed that the remaining staff would be focusing its energies toward the Cracked website, as well as unspecified book projects. The company's website, Cracked.com, continued on and has become known for its humorous lists and compilations, for example, "The 9 Most Obnoxious Memes to Ever Escape the Web"[33] and "6 Bizarre Forms of Discrimination That Can Lose You a Job".[34] A book collection in that vein, You Might be a Zombie, and Other Bad News, was published in 2010.
A two-volume history of the magazine, If You're Cracked, You're Happy, written by Mark Arnold, was published in June 2011.[35]
^ America's Only Humor & Video Site, Since 1958. Cracked.com. Retrieved on 2010-11-26.
^ CANOE – CNEWS – Media News: Cracked.com will crack you up. Cnews.canoe.ca. Retrieved on 2010-11-26.
^ Burr, Ty. (1993-03-05) Harvey Kurtzman: 'Mad' Genius | News. EW.com. Retrieved on 2010-11-26.
^ CRACKED — Crooked Timber. Crookedtimber.org (2006-02-15). Retrieved on 2010-11-26.
^ Scott Gosar…Useless Information and Career Lowlights. Themadstore.com (2007-06-01). Retrieved on 2010-11-26.
^ http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/article30898.ece?service=mobile
^ http://www.avclub.com/articles/rip-john-severin-mad-magazine-and-cracked-artist,69367/
^ Arnold, Mark, If You're Cracked, You're Happy, BearManor Media, 2011
^ http://books.google.com/books?id=hK0rPUF85loC&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99&dq=cracked+copycat+mad+magazine&source=bl&ots=B1qbiVfDz-&sig=28PFiAdArgt_NNMcU-AYWDDsd8c&hl=en&ei=B9FOTuz7F5GcgQfSn-SBBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=cracked%20copycat%20mad%20magazine&f=false
^ Projunior at Don Markstein's Toonopedia
^ Bannister, Clive (August 24, 2007). "Mello Yello to Go-Bots: The Top 10 Poor Man's Versions".
^ "Dick Kulpa: The Comics Journal".
^ a b "The Comics Journal, Michael Dean".
^ "Web of Horror Index". Enjolrasworld.com. 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
^ Web of Horror Index. Enjolrasworld.com (2008-09-15). Retrieved on 2010-11-26.
^ "John Powers Severin, 1921-2012 | The Comics Journal". Tcj.com. 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
^ a b "A Cracked Story | Tom's MAD Blog!". Tomrichmond.com. 2006-08-17. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
^ "A Cracked History Lesson | Tom's MAD Blog!". Tomrichmond.com. 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
^ The Warren Companion – Jon B. Cooke, David A. Roach – Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
^ Burgess, Steve. "Don Martin", Salon, January 15, 2000.
^ "Don Martin Moves to Cracked," The Comics Journal #118 (Dec. 1987), pp. 12-13.
^ "News Observer; Circulation: 1970's – Early 2005".
^ The Comics Journal: Newswatch[dead link]
^ Wong, David. ""Man Tries to Destroy Cracked, Receives Swift Justice (7 Years Later)." Cracked.com blog, August 15, 2008″. Cracked.com. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
^ Dean, Michael. "Newswatch: Reeling from Anthrax Attack and Distribution Troubles, Cracked Awaits Salvation," The Comics Journal #242 (April 2002), pp. 11-15.
^ "Newswatch: Cracked Purchased by Mideast Group," The Comics Journal #267 (Apr./May 2005), p. 45.
^ "Newswatch: Pollack on Board at Cracked," The Comics Journal #271 (Oct. 2005), p. 46.
^ "Newswatch: Cracked Launches Website, sans Todd," The Comics Journal #272 (Nov. 2005), p. 37-38.
^ Contact Chris Mohney: Comment (2006-08-18). "Cracked: Cracked at Last". Gawker.com. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/28/AR2006082801452.html
^ Wednesday (2007-02-28). "Cracked Magazine Crumbles". The Apiary. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
^ Knight, David. "The 9 Most Obnoxious Memes to Ever Escape the Web" Cracked.com; May 15, 2008
^ O'Lachlan, SRobin. "6 Bizarre Forms of Discrimination That Can Lose You a Job" Cracked.com; September 14, 2010
^ http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/2011/06/09/a-cracked-history-lesson/
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Angel Island station redone as site to tell story of immigrants
Carl Nolte
May 9, 2017 Updated: May 9, 2017 6:03 p.m.
AISP Superintendent Amy Brees stands in a room of the former immigration center on Angel Island State Park, California, on Monday, Dec. 28, 2015.Connor Radnovich/The Chronicle
Not long ago, the Angel Island Immigration Station was a historic mess. The buildings were in decay — the old hospital was falling down, for example. The poems written by desperate people being held at the immigration station had faded away.
The site was in such disrepair that the National Trust for Historic Preservation named the immigration station one of the 11 most endangered historic places in the country in 1999.
However, thanks to a major effort by private and public agencies, the immigration station made a remarkable comeback. On Wednesday, it made the National Trust's list again, this time as a success story in historic preservation.
Angel Island led the list of 11 once-endangered sites that the National Trust said are "now thriving and contributing to their communities."
"Angel Island is a real success story," the trust said.
Thanks to $14 million in state, federal and private funds, the site has been turned into the Pacific Coast Immigration Center, designed to inform the public about immigration policies and to celebrate the role immigrants played in this country.
The Angel Island Immigration Station had a major role in the complexity of American immigration policies. While major centers like Ellis Island in New York Harbor welcomed immigrants — mostly from Europe — immigrants who went through Angel Island from Asia were regarded with suspicion, and many were turned away.
"Angel Island came to symbolize discrimination and exclusion instead of welcome," an inscription on a stone at the entrance to the new immigration center complex says.
An estimated 500,000 people passed through Angel Island, about a third of them Asian, between 1910 and 1940. The Asians were subjected to particular scrutiny because various federal laws greatly restricted immigration from China, Japan and other Asian countries.
Some of the people detained on the island wrote poems and carved them on the walls of the buildings. The poems — most of them by sad and desperate people — were neglected until they were noticed by California State Park ranger Alexander Weiss in 1970. He brought them to the attention of the Asian American community and helped start a campaign that restored the immigration station.
"At a time when the challenging and difficult history of U.S. immigration is front page news, the National Trust has selected Angel Island as a reminder of the difficult journey many immigrants have endured in the last century in America," said Stephanie Meeks, president of the the National Trust.
The other 10 sites on the trust's "success story list" are Antietam National battlefield; St. Vibiana cathedral in Los Angeles; Governors Island in New York City; the historic Boston theaters; Little Rock (Ark.) Central High School; Nine Mile Canyon in Utah; Penn School in Frogmore, N.C.; President Abraham Lincoln's cottage at the Soldier's Home in Washington, D.C.; the Statler Hilton Hotel in Dallas; and Traveler's Rest in Montana.
Carl Nolte is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: cnolte@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @carlnoltesf
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Carl Nolte is a fourth generation San Franciscan who has been with The Chronicle since 1961. He stepped back from daily journalism in 2019 after a long career as an editor and reporter including service as a war correspondent. He now writes a Sunday column, "Native Son." He won several awards, including a distinguished career award from the Society of Professional Journalists, a maritime heritage award from the San Francisco Maritime Park Association, and holds honorary degrees from the University of San Francisco and the California State University Maritime Academy.


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April 1, 2020 August 21, 2021 Mr. Wapojif
Asterix in Britain: Celebrating the Fun Comic Book Jaunt
Those pesky Brits!
After the passing of Asterix comic book illustrator Albert Uderzo last week at the age of 92, we knew it was time to revisit a childhood favourite.
Astérix chez les Bretons
The French edition.
The plot here involves Asterix's trip to good old Blighty with his dimwitted, but well-meaning, friend Obelix.
They do so with a barrel of magic potion, which should help a rebel English village overcome the Roman Empire. Will they all prevail!?
Much hijinks, merriment, and slapstick comedy await—all with a hint of Englishness.
René Goscinny (1926-1977) created this beloved series with Uderzo in the late 1950s. We had a big faze with the comic books from 1995 onward.
Whilst on holiday in Spain with the Wapojif family, we happened across a local newsagent selling them on the cheap. And in English, for some reason.
One of our favourites from the lot was Asterix in Britain (Astérix chez les Bretons—Asterix in the land of the Britons).
It was first published as a full comic book in 1966. A tribute to Asterix's popularity, considering it was still in print 29 years later when we picked it up in Spain.
If you're unfamiliar with Asterix the Gaul (Astérix le Gaulois), it's part of the bande dessinée French language comics that are still in operation. The first was in 1959.
The comic books all start with the below intro, which is here verbatim:
"The year is 50 BC. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans. Well, not entirely... One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders. And life is not easy for the Roman legionaries who garrison the fortified camps of Totorum, Aquarium, Laudanum and Compendium..."
The comic books then detail the adventures of this one tiny village, who (thanks to a special potion) can easily hold off Julius Caesar's Roman Empire.
The potion is the handiwork of the druid Getafix—Panoramix in the French editions. Meanwhile, we have the likes of Chief Vitalstatistix. But the central characters are:
Asterix: A diminutive, heroic, and intelligent warrior—the protagonist of the piece. The name does indeed refer to the grammatical typographical symbol (astérisque).
Obelix: Tall, a bit dense, and obese, he appears to wear a onesie. He's self-conscious about his weight and will knock out anyone who teases him about it. As a baby, he fell into the druid Getafix's magic potion and so has mega-strength. As a result, he doesn't need to ever taste the magic potion. As a glutton, that annoys him considerably.
Dogmatix: Obelix's pet dog, who shows more intelligence than his owner. But the pair share a special bond.
Asterix is very much still alive as a series—the most recent release was last year (that's 2019, if you've forgotten).
After Goscinny's death, Uderzo wrote and illustrated the books up until 2009. The rights are now with French publisher Hachette. There are 38 books in total.
So, by the powers of deduction, Astérix chez les Bretons was written by Goscinny.
That adds an extra edge to it for us, knowing he was behind a tale we become pretty obsessed with as kids.
And can you believe it? To our delight, we discovered there was a film version! And, boy, did our VHS tape get much viewing.
Film Adaptation: Asterix in Britain
In 1986, the comic book enjoyed this Danish/French adaptation. Belgian director Pino Van Lamsweerde took charge of this one.
For the French version, Asterix was voiced by Roger Carel (now 92). He was also the voice of the French versions of C-3P0 from Star Wars, Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Mickey Mouse, Yogi Bear, and Kermit the Frog.
So, yes, a prolific voice actor for France! He was born, and still lives in, Paris.
For the English dub, we had Jack Beaber. He does a good job, putting on a French accent to his English voice.
We can't find any other information about Beaber other than that, his last credit is from 1986. Then he appears to have disappeared off the planet.
In later Asterix films, for the English dub Craig Charles of Red Dwarf fame took over duties.
Perhaps the star of the show is Billy Kearns as Obelix. His performance is startling similar to what became Homer Simpson, even though The Simpsons wasn't around at the time.
He's childlike, enthusiastic, dumb, bumbling, but very lovable. Like an overgrown dog.
Anyway, the 79 minute animated film has a rather uplifting quality. Cripes, we loved it as kids—watching it over, and over, and over. No doubt annoying our parents in the process.
That was back in the days of one TV per household, so we were hogging the set.
We've always had a habit of watching things we like repeatedly until it's stuck in our heads verbatim.
So rewatching the film for the first time since around 1996, we could remember pretty much all of it. Despite having only remembered this comic book on the news of Uderzo's passing last week.
Take the theme tune, for example, called The Lookout is Out.
It was performed by a Liverpudlian band called Cook da Books. Yeah, we'd never heard of them either until now.
Indeed! Well, it's a fun film if you fancy watching it. It helps if you're a 10 year old, but the nostalgic factor is real for us.
Otherwise, maybe forward it in the direction of any sprogs you may have. It's family-friendly fun. No cuss words or anything!
Asterix in Britain
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Sam Simon says:
This is a fantastic story! I'm finally buying all the volumes in French (the travel ban due to the coronavirus is slowing me down, I must say), when I find myself in France/Belgium/Switzerland I always buy a few… I grew up reading Asterix and it's still a joy to revisit it!
Go for it! Do they have fancy new covers and all that? The ones I picked up in 1995 were obviously old prints, so had a nice vintage quality to them.
I should hunt down the Asterix and Britain one, for sure.
I bought both new and old editions, the vintage quality is something I like! Luckily, the covers are the same, only the new ones are shiny (but not chrome)!
Well that's good. It annoys me I got rid of my old copies. Bah! I'll have a look through eBay.
Asterix in Britain is still one of my favourite Asterix books. I had almost all the Asterix books as a kid – still have 'em in the collection. Very clever, and the way they lampooned various national cliches was supremely funny (another of my favourites – Asterix in Belgium, did it brilliantly with the running joke about fish and chips). Good stuff.
I had a load of them, but got rid of them ages ago. Which is a shame, I do wish I'd kept them.
Still, rewatching the Asterix in Britain film was fun. Like going back to being a 10 year old. And the good news is the series is still going, so I hope kids are still reading them!
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I did a small amount of research on Jack Beaber a while back. It appears he was born in America in 1925, worked mainly in musical theatre as a dancer and choreographer, then moved to France during the 80s, taking on some voice acting gigs alongside his theatre work. Apparently he passed away in 2013.
The voice actors in the British dub all appear to be in the same category (American and English actors based in France) so they're pretty obscure – Infact there is a single image of Beaber online and it appears to have been taken in the 50s!
Wow, thanks for that! I had a cursory scan around online about him. But didn't really find out anything. I really loved his work in the Asterix film as a kid. Funny how some people can have a long career in showbiz and not have much information about them.


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The second annual Gem State Jam Music and Arts Festival will take place at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 19, at the Old Idaho Penitentiary, and this year's fest is bigger and better than the inaugural event!
Twelve national and local acts will rock two solar-powered stages. The festival also features artists, vendors and penitentiary exhibits.
Purchase advance tickets at The Record Exchange for $15 and save $5 (tickets are 20 bucks at the gate). That low ticket price includes the Old Pen's regular admission, so you'll have full access to the facility grounds during the festival.
The Record Exchange is giving away tickets to the festival. To enter to win a pair, e-mail us HERE by midnight Monday, June 14. The winners will be selected at random and notified on Tuesday, June 15.
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Classic Series to Watch Over Your Xmas Holidays
NOT NECESSARILY CHRISTMAS-BASED BUT RATHER SOMETHING YOU SHOULD REVISIT WHEN YOU WERE FLICKING THROUGH THE TV AND STARTED TO FIND THIS ONE CLASSIC SERIES INTERESTING BUT IT JUST DISAPPEARED OR MAYBE SOMETHING YOU WATCHED WHEN YOU WAS YOUNGER, EITHER WAY WHEN IS A BETTER TIME TO START WATCHING THESE AMAZING CLASSICS THAN XMAS?
1. Red Dwarf (1988- ): Following the adventures of four friends in space. The opening credits song "its cold outside" gives off the most of the season feeling but the series still lives strong with its trite one-liners that still seem to crack us up and jokes that never seem to be outdated. If you like Sci-fi and a series that kind of rips-off Sci-fi and mocks it (in a friendly way) take a look at this 'out of this world' series!
2. Vicar of Dibley (1994-2007): There are lots of Christmas specials with this series, meaning you can go and watch all those specials for Christmas to get you into the Christmas spirit! The Vicar of Dibley is about Dawn French as a female vicar, going through all kinds of fanatics with the rest of the church group. The series has many of those classic comedy actors such as the amazing Dawn French, James Fleet and Trevor Peacock. Also, special guests cameo roles from stars such as Peter Capaldi, Johnny Depp, Richard Armitage and so forth, so keep an eye out!
3. Fawlty Towers (1975-1979): Unfortunately had two seasons but that doesn't stop it being top notch comedy of its time. The series is about a hotel manager Basil going through all kinds of stressful- but humorous to us, episodes. These includes, accidents, misunderstanding and disasters for the visitors and Basil alike. It doesn't help that his employees are a bit on the naïve side.
4. Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-1969): Anyone that was star struck with Star Trek into the Darkness this year would probably want to grad their hands on this bad boy. The original series may be outdated for its technology and lack of scary monsters but its gold for any 'trekkies' out there. They show a lot of omnibus of the series on the Horror Channel on Sky and Virgin and if you look hard enough they do show it on other channels too, so keep your eyes peeled, because if you loved the movie you're probably going to love this too! "It's only logical".
5. Mr. Bean (1989-1995): Prior to the animated series, this TV show was seriously the best comedy series of my childhood. It stars Rowan Atkinson who is still going strong with his humour, makes this series remarkable with no words said on his part (amazing right?). Mr. Bean is a grown adult who has Teddy the teddy bear his only true friend joining him in his socially awkward adventures.


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Hardware Canucks Reviews
AMD Vishera FX-6300 & FX-4300 Review
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With several new product releases over the last few weeks, AMD has been on a mission to gain back market share. While Trinity targeted the entry level crowd with a well rounded family of APUs, their Vishera FX-series firmly targets an enthusiast niche that doesn't need or want onboard graphics capabilities. The FX-8350 serves the upper registers of this niche and belies its $199 asking price but the rest of the FX family will allow users to build highly overclockable systems for even less.
The FX-4300 and FX-6300 are being introduced at substantially lower price points than their 8-core brethren. They are supposed to appeal to entry level gamers or anyone that wants to easily tweak their system. Meanwhile, being a simple drop in upgrade for anyone with a 990FX system virtually guarantees that users with older Phenom II processors will be looking on with interest.
AMD's FX-6300 is considered by many to be the current "sweet spot" of the Vishera lineup since it combines six cores and a cache structure that's similar to higher end FX-series processors with fair asking price of just $132. Like its siblings the FX-6300 comes with an unlocked multiplier that ensures easy overclocking and supports memory speeds up to 1866MHz. From a pure specifications standpoint this new processor replaces the FX-6100 of yesteryear but can also be considered a spiritual successor to the 6-core Phenom X6 family.
At the bottom of AMD's current FX-series product stack lies the $122 FX-4300. This unlocked quad core processor still uses the Piledriver architecture and boasts clock speeds that are quite similar to those of the A10-5800K APU. Like the FX-6300 its TDP hovers around the 95W mark since it still uses an eight core design, albeit one with four of those cores disabled. L2 and L3 cache have also taken a significant hit with allotments of 4MB each. Naturally, it is AMD's intent that the FX-4300 effectively offers an upgrade solution for anyone still holding on to a Phenom II X4 processor. We just have to wonder how it will stand out with the more powerful FX-6300 in such close proximity.
AMD's sights may be set upon older Sandy Bridge processors for these two lower end FX-series CPUs but that may not go as planned. Granted, the i3 2120 and i5 2300 are still available at retailers, Ivy Bridge replacements are priced quite competitively. Currently the i3 3220 and i3 3225 (which incorporates a higher end integrated GPU) sit at $130 and $145 respectively, possibly spoiling AMD's party before it has even begun.
Other than core counts and actually frequencies, the main differentiating factor between the FX-6300, FX-4300 and the Intel competition will likely be unlocked nature of AMD's products. At these lower price points, Intel just doesn't offer an easy, reliable way to overclock their processors. The FX-series on the other hand just needs a small voltage bump and a multiplier change to really start stretching its legs.
The audacious launch of processors that significantly undercut the competition while also offering more processing threads has many excited about AMD's products again. However, cutting the 8-core processor down to create the FX-6300 and FX-4300 eliminates part of the FX-8350's allure and may have some unintended performance consequences.
Test Setups & Methodology
For this review, we have prepared a number of different test setups, representing many of the popular platforms at the moment. As much as possible, the test setups feature identical components, memory timings, drivers, etc. Aside from manually selecting memory frequencies and timings, every option in the BIOS was at its default setting.
For all of the benchmarks, appropriate lengths are taken to ensure an equal comparison through methodical setup, installation, and testing. The following outlines our testing methodology:
A) Windows is installed using a full format.
B) Chipset drivers and accessory hardware drivers (audio, network, GPU) are installed.
C)To ensure consistent results, a few tweaks are applied to Windows 7 and the NVIDIA control panel:
UAC – Disabled
Indexing – Disabled
Superfetch – Disabled
System Protection/Restore – Disabled
Problem & Error Reporting – Disabled
Remote Desktop/Assistance - Disabled
Windows Security Center Alerts – Disabled
Windows Defender – Disabled
Screensaver – Disabled
Power Plan – High Performance
V-Sync – Off
D) Windows updates are then completed installing all available updates
E) All programs are installed and then updated.
F) Benchmarks are each run three to eight times, and unless otherwise stated, the results are then averaged.
G) All processors had their energy saving options / c-states enabled
System Benchmarks: AIDA64 / Cinebench r11.5
System Benchmarks
In this section, we will be using a combination of synthetic benchmarks which stress the CPU and system in a number of different domains. Most of these tests are easy to acquire or are completely free to use so anyone reading this article can easily repeat our tests on their own systems.
To vary the results as much as possible, we have chosen a selection of benchmarks which focus upon varied instruction sets (SSE, SSE3, 3DNow!, AVX, etc.) and different internal CPU components like the floating point units and general processing stages.
AIDA64 Extreme Edition
AIDA64 uses a suite of benchmarks to determine general performance and has quickly become one of the de facto standards among end users for component comparisons. While it may include a great many tests, we used it for general CPU testing (CPU ZLib / CPU Hash) and floating point benchmarks (FPU VP8 / FPU SinJulia).
CPU ZLib Benchmark
This integer benchmark measures combined CPU and memory subsystem performance through the public ZLib compression library. CPU ZLib test uses only the basic x86 instructions but is nonetheless a good indicator of general system performance.
CPU Hash Benchmark
This benchmark measures CPU performance using the SHA1 hashing algorithm defined in the Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 180-3. The code behind this benchmark method is written in Assembly. More importantly, it uses MMX, MMX+/SSE, SSE2, SSSE3, AVX instruction sets, allowing for increased performance on supporting processors.
RESULTS: In these two benchmarks which use newer instruction sets, the two AMD processors are able to pull ahead of the Intel competition by significant amounts. Here, we actually see the FX-6300 competing against Intel's 3570K which is a much more expensive processor.
FPU VP8 / SinJulia Benchmarks
AIDA's FPU VP8 benchmark measures video compression performance using the Google VP8 (WebM) video codec Version 0.9.5 and stresses the floating point unit. The test encodes 1280x720 resolution video frames in 1-pass mode at a bitrate of 8192 kbps with best quality settings. The content of the frames are then generated by the FPU Julia fractal module. The code behind this benchmark method utilizes MMX, SSE2 or SSSE3 instruction set extensions.
Meanwhile, SinJulia measures the extended precision (also known as 80-bit) floating-point performance through the computation of a single frame of a modified "Julia" fractal. The code behind this benchmark method is written in Assembly, and utilizes trigonometric and exponential x87 instructions.
RESULTS: While both processors perform quite well in the standard FPU test, SinJulia's use of older x87 instructions means their performance lags far behind the competition.
CineBench r11.5 64-bit
The latest benchmark from MAXON, Cinebench R11.5 makes use of all your system's processing power to render a photorealistic 3D scene using various different algorithms to stress all available processor cores. The test scene contains approximately 2,000 objects containing more than 300,000 total polygons and uses sharp and blurred reflections, area lights and shadows, procedural shaders, antialiasing, and much more. This particular benchmarking can measure systems with up to 64 processor threads. The result is given in points (pts). The higher the number, the faster your processor.
RESULTS: The FX-6300's six threads allow it to pull ahead once again but the FX-4300 lags significantly behind and can't even best the X4 945.
System Benchmarks: Civ V / PCMark 7
System Benchmarks (pg.2)
Civilization V: Gods & Kings Unit Benchmark
Civilization V includes a number of benchmarks which run on the CPU, GPU or a combination thereof. The Unit Benchmark simulates thousands of units and actions being generated at the same time, stresses multi core CPUs, system memory and GPU We give the non-rendered score below as it is more pertinent to overall CPU performance within the application.
RESULTS: Combined gaming tests are certainly not Piledriver's forte but the FX-6300 and FX-4300 are able to put up respectable results.
PCMark 7 is the latest iteration of Futuremark's system benchmark franchise. It generates an overall score based upon system performance with all components being stressed in one way or another. The result is posted as a generalized score. We also give the Computation Suite score as it isolates the CPU and memory within a single test, without the influence of other components.
RESULTS: Once again we are seeing very good results from both processors but it does seem like the 990FX platform does give them an advantage in the Overall score. However, even in the computation suite, they are able to hang with or pull ahead of Intel's i3 competitors.
System Benchmarks: 3DMark (CPU) / WPrime
3DMark06 CPU
While 3DMark06 may be a slightly older synthetic benchmark, its CPU test still allows for multi threaded performance evaluations within a gaming environment. It effectively removes the CPU from the equation, generating a CPU-centric score.
WPrime
wPrime is a leading multithreaded benchmark for x86 processors that tests your processor performance by calculating square roots with a recursive call of Newton's method for estimating functions, with f(x)=x2-k, where k is the number we're sqrting, until Sgn(f(x)/f'(x)) does not equal that of the previous iteration, starting with an estimation of k/2. It then uses an iterative calling of the estimation method a set amount of times to increase the accuracy of the results. It then confirms that n(k)2=k to ensure the calculation was correct. It repeats this for all numbers from 1 to the requested maximum. This is a highly multi-threaded workload. Below are the scores for the 32M and 1024M benchmarks.
RESULTS: Both of these tests show slightly different results. On one hand the 3DMark CPU test shows how the AMD processors can shine in certain situations but the WPrime results tell a different story. While the 6-core FX-6300 can leverage its additional threads to stay ahead of the i3 processors, the FX-4300 gets spanked.
System Benchmarks: Single Thread Performance
Even though most modern applications have the capability to utilize more than one CPU thread, single threaded performance is still a cornerstone of modern CPU IPC improvements. In this section, we take a number of synthetic applications and run them in single thread mode.
RESULTS: We already knew this was coming but let's make it official: Piledriver's single thread performance lags far behind the competition. It even gets beat cleanly by AMD's older generations architectures.
Productivity Benchmarks: 7-Zip / MediaCoder
Productivity Benchmarks
In this section, we will avoid generalized synthetic benchmarks and instead concentrate upon CPU performance within real-world applications and standard usage patterns. Every one of the programs included here has functions that many professionals and everyday users utilize in their day to day computing lives.
At face value, 7-Zip is a simple compression/decompresion tool like popular applications like WinZip and WinRAR but it also has numerous additional functions that can allow encryption, decryption and other options. For this test, we are avoiding its built-in benchmark and once again only focus upon real world testing by compressing a 2.6GB folder of various files and adding an AES-256 encryption layer for good measure. The test is timed until it is complete.
RESULTS: In a heavily multi threaded benchmark like 7Zip, the FX-6300 and FX-4300 are really able to flex their legs. In both cases, the processors are able to cleanly beat Intel's i3 3225 and the FX-6300 can even best the 3570K.
MediaCoder x64
Due to the varying compatibility of certain mobile devices, video transcoding performance has become something of a big deal. Transcoding allows one type of video / audio file to be converted into a different format and it typically takes up a huge amount of system resources. The MediaCoder application brings multi format transcoding to an accessible level with numerous options and acceleration for Intel's QuickSync and NVIDIA's CUDA technologies. In addition, its CPU support allows for full multi core utilization. In this test, we use the MediaCoder i-devices edition to convert a 600MB AVCHD file to an iPhone 4S friendly MPEG-4 format.
RESULTS: The updated version of MediaCoder is another application that can take advantage of AMD's architecture and it shows once again with excellent results.
Productivity Benchmarks: Photoshop CS6 / POV Ray 3.7
Productivity Benchmarks (pg.2)
For the image editing portion of this section, we use Photoshop CS6 in coordination with a custom benchmark script. This script automates the application of 20 different image manipulation functions to a 120MB PNG image, acting as an excellent test of CPU power and memory bandwidth. For this test, we have disabled GPU acceleration so it won't play a factor in the areas where it would typically be used. We use Photoshop's built-in timing feature to provide a result at each test stage.
RESULTS: With a combination of single and multi threaded workloads, Photoshop may not be the FX-series' shining point, but the results were in-line with expectations. Unfortunately, the FX-6300 and FX-4300 just can't keep up with Intel's solutions here.
POV Ray 3.7 RC6
POV Ray is a complex yet simple to use freeware ray tracing program which has the ability to efficiently use multiple CPU cores in order to speed up rendering output. For this test, we use its built-in benchmark feature which renders multiple passes of a high definition scene. In order to get the most accurate results, the second pass of the first test is logged, resulting in a benchmark score showing the average amount of pixels rendered per second.
RESULTS: We're right back to where AMD wants to be with strong performance in an application that can take full advantage of newer instruction sets and multiple threads. As a result, the lower new FX-series processors easily beat the i3 3225.
Productivity Benchmarks: TrueCrypt 7.1 / x264HD
Productivity Benchmarks (pg. 3)
TrueCrypt 7.1
Truecrypt is another freeware gem which allows for on-the-fly disk encryption. More importantly, it fully supports AES-256 encryption methods and multi core processors. For this test, we used the built-in benchmark tool are logged the data throughput for TrueCrypt's AES-256 encryption method.
RESULTS: TrueCrypt continues to be an application that favors AMD's current architectures as they all support hardware AES acceleration. Intel's i3 processors on the other hand do not support the standard.
x264HD Benchmark
x264 is quickly becoming the new codec of choice for encoding a growing number of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC videos. Think of it as the new Divx of HD and you can understand why we felt it critical to include. Tech Arp's recent development of the x264 HD Benchmark takes a 30 second HD video clip and encodes it into the x264 codec with the intention of little to no quality loss. The test is measured using the average frames per second achieved during encoding, which scales with processor speed and efficiency. The benchmark also allows the use of multi-core processors so it gives a very accurate depiction of what to expect when using encoding application on a typical full length video. We use the second pass of the first test for this benchmark as it fully loads all multi core processors.
RESULTS: Our productivity benchmarks end on a high note for AMD and the quad and 6-core processors are able to beat the Intel competition by significant amounts.
720P Gaming: Deus Ex: HR / Dirt 3 / Skyrim
720P Gaming Benchmarks
Processors play a huge roll in gameplay performance since they have to process copious amounts of information for the GPU. In the following tests, we use a simple 720P resolution and the lowest possible detail settings in an effort to remove the graphics processor from the equation and place additional pressure on the CPU. 720P was used since it is a resolution that is extensively used by gamers sporting lower end HDTVs and it doesn't put as much stress upon the GPU as 1080P.
For every one of the following titles, a simple 1 minute gameplay walkthrough was used and the average frames per second was logged via FRAPS.
RESULTS: As usual, AMD's Piledriver architecture gets brutalized in gaming benchmarks. This all comes down to single thread performance and unfortunately, neither of these two CPUs has that in abundance.
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Brothers Dominic and Jordon Von Stanke have been jailed for bashing Mt Gambier man Rex Court to death.
The pair pleaded guilty to manslaughter over the death of 32-year-old Mr Court in a "savage" and "brutal" attack in 2017.
They took just 39 seconds to inflect the fatal blows before fleeing the scene, burning their clothes and hiding their car.
In the Adelaide District Court on Tuesday, Jordon Von Stanke was sentenced to just over six years in prison and his brother Dominic for five years and four months.
Judge Geraldine Davison said Mr Court presented no threat to the brothers when they attacked him and described their actions as both nasty and vicious.
The victim did not fight back and was possibly unconscious when he was finally lifted up and thrown to the ground.
Mr Court was left with severe head injuries and died after being flown to Adelaide for emergency treatment.
In a victim impact statement read to the court in December, his sister Samantha Warner said the brutality of the attack "chills me to the bone".
"You kept going when he was unconscious, when you knew what you had done was so wrong," she told the Von Stankes.
"You left him there to die."


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A Triumph In The Pandemic: Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar Bags Best Historic Hotel Award
History is made and Pinoy Pride is heightened as Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar is the first and only hotel-resort to achieve the feat of being bestowed the prestigious title of Best Historic Hotel in the country.
Related: A Window to Our Past: Why Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar Should Be The First Stop For Balikbayans and Tourists
When the pandemic struck in 2020, the whole world shifted gigantically. The norm was changed, especially in the business landscape. Small, medium and big—all types of businesses were mercilessly hit by the unexpected repercussions of a world struggling against the grueling invisible enemy: COVID-19.
Amongst the various industries, hospitality was one that took an obvious blow. This is one knockout that experts expect a long recovery period from. Closures, low income, lay-offs, burdening operational expenses—someone in this business wouldn't be expected to continue with something like restoring and maintaining heritage houses. But founder and owner of Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar, Jose "Jerry" Acuzar, and his special team of artisans and builders chose to courageously break this notion. For this lot, the pandemic was not a sign to cease and desist. Instead, it was a barrier to cross over in order to reach their greatest feat yet: Las Casas Filipinas bagging the Best Historic Hotel in Asia and the Pacific accolade from Historic Hotels Worldwide Awards of Excellence.
The prestigious title is given to historic hotels and hoteliers that have exemplified innovative leadership, stewardship and contribution to furthering the recognition, preservation and celebration of these preeminent historic hotels and their histories. The ceremony wherein the said award was presented transpired last November 11 at The American Club Resort Hotel in Kohler, Wisconsin.
Through Mr. Acuzar's acceptance speech, one can easily realize what a truly momentous honor this is for Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar. He mentioned in his special video message, "…With all the hardships in our country, it became scarce to give support and importance to heritage and restoration. That's why we are deeply thankful for this attention."
Photo Courtesy of Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar
In tune with his gratitude for the organization that recognized his esteemed estate, Mr. Acuzar also extended his appreciation to the others who have been present with him in this shaky season. Specifically, he shared the limelight with his company of artists and craftsmen. Those of which who persevered in their demanding work of preserving the legacies of various neglected and deteriorating homes and structures from different provinces, through their innovative method of dismantling, relocating and rebuilding.
Photos Courtesy of Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar
This accolade is not only hard-earned because of the blood, sweat and tears they've put into their efforts. It is a historic and deserved win, too, as the competition for the award was very stiff. Amongst the list of contenders were also revered historic hotels such as Deogarh Mahal Rajasthan, Raffles Singapore, Beijing Hotel NUO, The Fullerton Hotel Singapore, Raffles Grand Hotel D'Angkor and The Murray Hong Kong.
Even prior to the pandemic, the work that Mr. Acuzar and his team have executed is no easy feat. Looking back on his journey since the grand opening of Las Casas Filipinas way back 2010, he shared, "Although it was not an easy endeavor, it has been the most rewarding in my entire journey in real estate development. We take pride to have revived the craftsmanship industry that generated thousands of jobs in my hometown, and most importantly, the renewed sense of belonging and pride of our countrymen in our own culture and heritage."
A Journey to the Past
A visit to the newly appointed Best Historic Hotel or Las Casas Filipinas will transport you to a time in history that many have only experienced or probably glossed over in history books. Within the 400 meticulously developed area, sits 64 heritage houses that sport a fusion of modern design along with touches of European, Spanish and Filipino architecture that root from a bygone era. Walk through the cobblestone streets and you will be greeted with manicured gardens, mid-century bridges and 34 historically significant structures that have been well-maintained. A lovely journey to the past—the esteemed estate offers an in depth experience of what true traditional grandeur is like in modern times.
Book a stay in Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar in Bagac, Bataan via their website.