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NYCC Has A Cold: A Look At NYCC 2012 From Afar
Filed under: Blurbs,Events — Tags: NYCC 2012 — Jamaal Thomas @ 9:52 am
New York Comic Con.
This is the first year that I've missed the Con since we started Funnybook Babylon about five years ago. I've always found a way to enjoy NYCC, despite the overwhelming crowds and inane panels, but the tension between my preferences for a comic/pop culture convention and the reality of NYCC became impossible to manage. Every year, it felt like the Con (not the people who run the Con, but the Con as was determined to heighten and highlight the contradictions. The booths for major publishers and toy manufacturers and video game companies kept getting larger and the booths for smaller publishers shrank or disappeared. The show started to attract real celebrities and real media coverage. The crowds got bigger. Artist's Alley went from a highlight of the show to something of an afterthought. Attending the Con began to feel like experiencing a gauntlet. I valued the Con as an opportunity to connect with other people about comics and discover new things. It was a chance to talk to friends, creators and other readers about comics and pop culture. I loved the experience of wandering around the Con and finding something unexpected, whether from a creator's table at Artist's Alley, an obscure publisher's booth on the main floor, or a dollar box. It's a lot harder to do that when you're navigating a giant crowd. NYCC is a fantastic promotional and sales opportunity for the pop culture industry and a great place for consumers to buy things and get excited about buying things in the future. I just want something more like the kind of enthusiast-driven OpenSpace conference recently suggested by David Wolkin . Or something like a Morrison Con without the cult of personality.
Enough blathering. What were the highlights of NYCC? What things should we be excited about buying in the future? While I may have missed the Con this year, I have read many, many accounts, press releases, recaps and samizdat mimeographs about the convention. So, without further delay, the ten most interesting announcements/developments from the 2012 New York Comic Con!
1. Casey and Dark Horse partner to reinvent its "Comics Greatest World" line of books as the 'Catalyst Comix' anthology (ft. art from Dan McCaid, Paul Maybury and Ulises Farinas)
The 1990's was an interesting era for superhero comics. We mostly remember it for speculator mania and publisher greed, but there were a number of interesting books and concepts from this period, including Dark Horse's "Comics' Greatest World" imprint. It was interesting to watch modern creators build a shared universe from the ground up that explored the potential consequences of a world with superhumans on the macro and micro level. Sure, there were lots of generic Batman/Superman analogues, but truly original characters like Grace and Firearm (from Malibu's Ultraverse) made it all worthwhile. Some quick background: in the early 1990's, Dark Horse's "Team CGW" (Mike Richardson, Randy Stradley, Barbara Kesel, Jerry Prosser and Chris Warner) introduced "Comics Greatest World", a shared universe that featured variations of classic superhero narratives in four settings that evoked the pulp origins of superhero books – a noir tinged Arcadia, a lawless Steel Harbor that felt like a modern version of a 19th century frontier town, a Cinnibar Flats/Vortex that could have come out of a 1930's sci-fi serial and Golden City, an updated city of tomorrow ruled by a 'benevolent' super human dictatorship. Dark Horse introduced the imprint with a set of four weekly miniseries centered around the four settings, followed by a mix of one-shots, limited series and short-lived series. If you remember this line at all, you probably remember it for Ghost (which was recently relaunched as an ongoing by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Noto) and Barb Wire (which was adapted as a terrible movie starring Pamela Anderson). I'll be honest, these weren't good books. But! I've always thought there was a lot of potential in the Golden City family of stories, which could have been an opportunity to explore the fascist themes of superhero narratives without being too didactic. Golden City was a small town turned into a "contemporary utopia" by Grace, a brililant superhero who served as the city's protector and mayor. We're informed at the outset that the city lacks crime, pollution and poverty. The introductory arc focuses on how she manipulates the city's denizens, her fellow heroes ("Catalyst: The Agents of Change ") and the American government to become the benevolent dictator of Golden City. Grace was a fascinating character, a mixture of good intentions and ruthless tactics. I think the stage was set for a fascinating exploration of the appeal of fascism, but Dark Horse fumbled the ball. There was something about a villain named Law and a Predator. It was a familiar story of wasted potential.
So when Dark Horse announced that it was partnering with Joe Casey for the Catalyst Comix anthology, I was intrigued. When I heard that Casey was collaborating with Dan McCaid, Ulises Farinas and Paul Maybury, I got pretty excited. I'm not a member of the Joe Casey fan club, but I have loved the work he's done on Jim Lee's Wild CATS series (with Sean Phillips and others) and on Marvel's Vengeance mini (with Nick Dragotta ). He has an enthusiasm for subverting traditional superhero narratives that's pretty fun to follow, even when his efforts are unsuccessful. When you add McCaid, Farinas and Maybury's tendencies toward weird compelling art, I think this is a must-buy. I'm more than a little tired of the brand management that goes on at Marvel and DC. I think I could go for some off-the-wall fun.
Check out Casey's interview with Kiel Phegley at CBR.
Choice Quote :
"At this point in my career, my interest in superhero comicbooks is mainly in how far I can push them, how much I can evolve them, how deeply I can subvert them, how often I can show that the basic Marvel/DC "house style"-approach of doing superhero comics is coming across as old and tired. That's where the fun is. I mean, if you're gonna go down, then I say go down in a blaze of glory…!"
Cover above by Rafael Grampa. Casey promises future covers from Paul Pope and Brendan McCarthy .
2. Joelle Jones on Hellheim
Cullen Bunn and Joelle Jones are releasing a five issue mini through Oni Press entitled Helheim, a supernatural story set in Scandinavia during the age of the Vikings. Bunn's a competent genre writer who's never particularly wowed me for some reason. I enjoyed the first issue of the Sixth Gun, but wasn't motivated to pick up a second. His issues of Venom and Captain America were ok, but it's hard to follow Rick Remender and Ed Brubaker. He's one of those writers that I think I'd love if he was on the right project, and Helheim may be it. It's not the horror, or the zombies or the Vikings. It's Joelle Jones, the amazing artist behind 12 Reasons Why I Love Her, You Have Killed Me and Madame Xanadu (w/ Matt Wagner ). Her art is so expressive and subtle and fun. I think I'm contractually obligated to buy her books. Dan Glendening at CBR has more details.
3. Chaykin and Gerald Parel on Iron Man Season One
Speaking of "contractually obligated"…. Look, Howard Chaykin is that dude. He did American Flagg!. He co-created Firearm and drew Twilight , two of my favorite genre books of the 1990's. He specializes in politically incorrect loudmouth heroes. So when they announced that he was writing an "Iron Man Season One" title for Marvel, I was onboard. I'm not familiar with Gerald Parel , but this preview art looks absolutely fantastic.
Check out Chaykin's great interview with Albert Ching at Newsarama.
"I simply took the longtime love and affection I have for the character and its origins, and simply updated them into a more modern realpolitik.
As for Tony Stark, he's one of the great flawed heroes of modern comics — a reprobate, drunk, right-wing nut — what more could you ask for?"
What indeed?
4. ICV2 Interlude: Comics Up, Manga Dizown (if it can't swim, it's bound to drizown)
The all-important ICV2 Comics and Digital Conference was held earlier this week, and Comics Beat's Heidi MacDonald has the essential coverage for Publisher's Weekly. The highlights? Periodical sales are steady. Graphic novel sales are projected to recover from the loss of Borders. Digital sales have tripled. It's pretty much what you'd expect. The interesting bit for those of us who aren't concerned with the business side of things is the discussion about digital comics. It's a reminder of the gulf between traditional readers (like myself) that want a digital experience that mirrors the traditional print one and newer readers that might appreciate innovations such as Comixology's guided view technology or the work that Marvel is doing with its Infinite comics and Mark Waid is doing with Thrillbent. The state of digital comics was also discussed in a Marvel panel held on Friday, in which Waid discussed the benefits of creating comic book stories designed specifically for a tablet and ways of building suspense in different formats.
5. Lemire blends Science Fiction, Love Stories, World War I and Exploration in Trillium for Vertigo
Jeff Lemire is one of my favorite creators in mainstream comics, especially when he's not doing superhero comics. Over the last few years, I've been blown away by Lemire's work on Essex County , Sweet Tooth , Lost Dogs and Underwater Welder . His depictions of love, loss and redemption are beautiful and haunting. So when I read the following about Trillium , his new ten issue creator owned series published by DC's Vertigo imprint, I was very excited:
It's the year 3797 and botanist Nika Temsmith is researching a species of strange plant-based life forms on a remote science station near the outermost rim of colonized space.
It's the year 1921, and war-scarred explorer William Pike leads an expedition into the dense jungles of Peru in search of the fabled "Lost Temple of The Incas," an elusive sanctuary said to have strange healing properties.
Two disparate souls separated by thousands of years and hundreds of millions of miles. Yet they will fall in love and, as a result, bring about the end of the universe. Even though reality is unraveling all around them, nothing can pull them apart. This isn't just a love story, it's the last love story ever told.
(via Bleeding Cool )
If you add a present day timeline, Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz, you'd have the Fountain ! All kidding aside, this sounds like the kind of project that's right in Lemire's wheelhouse.
Can't wait.
Check out CBR's Jeffrey Renaud's interview of Jeff Lemire about his plans for Trillium.
6. Image Comics Ain't Nothing to F*** Wit'
On Saturday, Image Comics announced a raft of amazing sounding books scheduled for release over the next year. Real Talk: maybe 60% of these books will actually hit the direct market/your digital comics provider of choice and meet our high expectations. It'll be fun to see how this develops. Let's take a look at some highlights:
In February, Andy Diggle and Jock (previously known for the Losers ) reunited for Snapshot, which was serialized in b&w for 2000 A.D.'s Judge Dredd Megazine . The premise? A comic book fan inadvertently comes into possession of a hitman's cell phone. The hitman wants the cell phone back.
This sounds a little generic, but I think Diggle and Jock are more than capable of breathing some life into this story. Here's a snippet from the original:
Image will publish the collected story in a full color edition. Intriguing…
Kieron Gillen and Ryan Kelly unite on Three , a five issue miniseries that explores the fate of the Helots, the slaves of the legendary Spartans. According to Gillen's interview with Sarah Jaffe of Comics Alliance, he was inspired by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley's famous 300 to shatter the myths that we've built around Sparta. Gillen originally planned to counter Miller's story (which was a brilliant piece of propaganda) with a polemic that demonized Spartan society, but opted to present an honest look at a complex slave society. I'm glad he made this choice. A story exploring class, power and how slavery binds the slavers and the enslaved is far more interesting than an anti-300tract.
Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta . The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse decide to kill the President of the United States. Sold!
Midnight of the Soul
Howard Chaykin . The image says it all.
7. Marvel's Winter of Discontent
I don't really care about most of the things that are happening at Marvel, other than books written by Rick Remender, Jeff Parker and Jonathan Hickman .
That said, Marvel did release some pretty art for NYCC 2012. Let's take a look.
–Stuart Immonen, from the upcoming All-New X-Men series. Immonen's going to be working with Brian Michael Bendis, Wade von Grawbadger and Marte Garcia on this one.
–Mike Del Mundo, from X-Men Legacy. The series has a new creative team – Simon Spurrier and Tan Eng Huat. X-Men Legacy will follow Legion, who is not only an incredibly powerful mutant with multiple personality disorder, but the only son of the late Professor X.
–Olivier Coipel, from Uncanny X-Force, which will debut in January with words by Sam Humphries and art from Ron Garney . Premise? Something something proactive. Look, just be happy that they gave Storm her mohawk.
–Geoff Darrow, from Deadpool, which will relaunch in November. The creative team? Brian Posehn and Gerry Duggan (who you might recognize from the world of stand up comedy or screenwriting) with art from Tony Moore (whose work on Fear Agent w/ Rick Remender was legendary). Posehn and Duggan are going the action-comedy route with this one. I'm not very interested in this one, but their enthusiasm for this project is infectious. Check out their interviews with Jesse Schedeen of IGN and John Siuntres of WordBalloon .
For more info on Marvel's X-books panel, check out LTZ's coverage for the ComicsBeat.
The one thing from Marvel that I will buy? Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie's Young Avengers relaunch. This was announced before NYCC, but still… a book about teenage heroes that actually tries to evoke the experience of being a teenager while embracing the heightened madness of superhero comics?
These two things should convince you:
(a) Dave Richards' excellent interview with Gillen and McKelvie for CBR
(b) This:
(via CBR )
Here's a variant cover from Brian Lee O'Malley (via Newsarama ):
8. Don't Call It A Comeback: Valiant Worldbuilding
I was a huge fan of some of the original Valiant books – Solar: Man of the Atom (I even enjoyed the Acclaim reboot), Archer & Armstrong (especially when Barry Windsor Smith contributed on art) and the Eternal Warrior, but for some reason, I've had almost no interest in the new Valiant relaunch. I've sampled Robert Vendetti and Cary Nord's X-O Manowar and Fred van Lente and Clayton Henry's Archer & Armstrong , but never made it to the second issue of either series. Maybe it's the fact that X-O seemed like a retread of the original and Archer was about a dollar too expensive (3.99 is too high for a single issue of a digital comic).
Todd Allen of ComicsBeat has the rundown on the Future of Valiant panel and Valiant's new efforts at worldbuilding. Sounds cool. I might give this stuff another shot. I particularly like this image from Mico Suay for the Harbinger series (another one w/ a ton of potential):
9. Offset: Ivan Brandon's Comics Laboratory
Ivan Brandon (writer of Viking and Men of War and editor of 24Seven)announced that he's collaborating with Daniel Krall, Chuck BB and the awesome Eric Canete to release new projects under the Offset Comics umbrella, which are coming soon in an as-yet unannounced format.
In an interview with Comics Alliance's Andy Khouri, Brandon described the imprint as a
"series of experiments intended to try completely new routes in terms of story and in terms of who's entertained by it. Comics has been for all of my life and most of its life defined by some very specific logistical parameters: pages are 6.875 inches by 10.437 inches based on bulk paper costs. Margins and trims are determined by the potential for printer error. Comics are expressed in eight-page increments, and so on. Offset is among other things an attempt to discard logistical motivation and be 100% creatively motivated. Not worrying what markets will support a thing or what demographic it speaks to or how economical anything is."
The first three projects are:
Double Cross, an project by Daniel Krall that sounds like a spy/espionage narrative.
Deathface, an exploitation/revenge story from Ivan Brandon, Chuck BB and Ryan Browne.
Destroyer, an end of the world drama from Ivan Brandon and Eric Canete.
It's impossible to know whether any of this will be good, but it sounds intriguing. I love the fact that all of these titles feel inspired by 1970's exploitation films. My only concern is that Brandon comes off as a little too vague in this interview. I appreciate that the creatives should be driving the decision-making process with these new initiatives, but there's something worrying about the fact that Brandon doesn't have any concerns about market support, demographics, or format. I don't want to judge the guy on a single interview, but there's something almost juvenile about ignoring the business side of comics.
10. Rick Remender and Paul Denaud Team Up for Devolution
Rick Remender may be one of Marvel's new go-to writers (with gigs on Uncanny Avengers and Captain America), but he hasn't abandoned his roots in pulp horror/science fiction. He plans to collaborate with artist Paul Renaud on Devolution, a new sci-fI/adventure series from Dynamite Comics. The premise?
The story follows "[t]he last tribe of humans inoculated from the devolution agent as they set out on a desperate journey to try to find a way to re-evolve life on Earth."
Remender excels at blending emotionally honest storytelling with original ideas in classic grindhouse/exploitation genres. This will be fantastic.
So, that was the Con. There's still a bit of me that misses the feeling of being a part of an event like NYCC. I think I'm just going to have to recreate that sense of community in other contexts – maybe attend more signings and smaller conventions like MoCCA/Society of Illustrators (assuming that it will ever do this again) or the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival. Either way, NYCC has become a fixture in American comics culture, and it'll be interesting to see how it evolves over the next few years.
Loved the background on the GCW.
Every post on here seems to provide interesting info in a really accessible way which isnt even being mention in other corners of the internet. I only wish you guys had more time to write stuff like this :)
Comment by Dave Clarke — October 22, 2012 @ 10:50 am
True, the posts are unfortunately very far between. I totally understand how life gets in the way of this kind of thing as I tend to have the same problem. If I was less busy, I'd probably have more time to keep up with the articles on other sites that the FBB guys contribute to.
As it is I miss the somewhat more frequent posts as they are always quite enjoyable. Now on the rare occasions a new post goes up, I always wonder if it will be the last. Maybe if the site was updated with a link to FBB contributor's articles on other sites when they are posted there'd be a bit more to check out here and FBB regular readers would be able to get a lot of the kind of coverage they enjoy in one spot.
Comment by Fearing — December 6, 2012 @ 6:28 pm


HOBOES were willing to work for food, but they preferred it free. When they found a good mark (a friendly homemaker prone to handouts), or a place to avoid (an angry man with a gun), they would chalk a symbol out of a large vocabulary on a nearby post or surface to let their colleagues know.
A comparable technique is now being proposed for the vagabonds of the wireless world: a set of easy-to-draw symbols to identify the nearby presence of wireless networks for laptop and palmtop users.
Matt Jones, a London-based information architect and designer, posted the idea on his Weblog, and it stimulated online discussions and even a Web address devoted to the cause: www.warchalking.org.
An initial set of symbols was offered for users to mark (and describe) networks they had found, and for network operators, free or for a fee, to advertise accessibility. In the spirit of Internet time, baroque renditions by site visitors quickly transformed Mr. Jones's simple symbols into three-dimensional locators with other details.
Wireless networks using the 802.11b, or Wi-Fi (short for wireless fidelity), standard have popped up in thousands of places around the globe, in free and open community networks and in fee-based commercial services in coffee bars, airports and hotels.
Travelers increasingly document their attempts to find free community access points as well as their hobolike hitchhiking on the networks of others -- a practice that is marginally legal, if at all.
Mr. Windley also likes the viruslike nature of the idea -- users will teach one another the symbols. Mr. Windley said he is already planning the signs as he prepares to deploy Wi-Fi in the most heavily trafficked buildings. ''As we roll networks out, we'll put the signage out with the networks,'' he said.


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By this time of the year, I'm usually focused on the upcoming baseball season. I watch the news reports, read the baseball blogs, watch or listen to whatever games are available, and check the schedule to see who is going to which games with me.
and I was wearing an orange shirt (along with my fly net hat). The rare rain, the big orange rock, the orange shirt – all good signs for a Giants fan.
So I'm slowly warming up to baseball. I'm looking forward to the annual pre-season lunch with the friends who sit near me at the park. In a couple of weeks, we'll meet at MoMo's to discuss the possibilities for the new season and just plain enjoy the camaraderie we share. During the season there is often a flurry of texts zipping back and forth among us when the team is out of town, or when there's news about a trade or a player who is moving on or retiring.
The texts can be full of angst but sometimes, they're just plain fun. When our season tickets came, happily right before my birthday, I sent photos of the box and the tickets to the friends who share my seats with me. But Jane, who sits next to me, outdid that with one of her famous selfie videos. She sat in front of the package from the Giants wearing her two-flaps-down hat and with great feeling and emotion, opened the box of tickets, describing every aspect. She held up the magnet schedule that came in the box and complained that refrigerators these days don't alway have magnet-ready doors. I promptly sent her a picture of my frig, full of magnet schedules from over the years. I bought that frig especially to provide a home for the magnet schedules.
Writing this is getting me more in the spirit. One thing I'm NOT looking forward to, though, are some of the new rules about speeding up the game. I've always loved the pace and the time that a baseball game takes, and think that 3 hours isn't too much time to relax, be with friends, experience the great outdoors – which in San Francisco can be Antarctica cold or Australian hot – and enjoy an amazing game with food you won't get elsewhere. Try finding fried Brussel sprouts or a Caribbean cha-cha bowl at your local fast food outlet!
If people think baseball is long, they've never experienced cricket. Even after living in Australia, I still don't get the game and never really want to. There are some similar terms – innings, pitch and strike are a few – but they have no relation to the meaning in baseball. And test matches can last up to FIVE DAYS! Quite a contrast to the 3 hours of a typical baseball game. I'm not sure how much people really pay attention at a cricket game, either. When I worked in Melbourne, the young ladies in the office would take the week off to attend the matches, but I never heard much about the games when they got back. The conversations were about beer, sitting in the hot sun, and fun at the local pub afterwards. So maybe there are more similarities between cricket and baseball than previously thought. . .
I'll be ready for Opening Day on April 10, and the annual Reading of the Quote. We meet at high noon, at the top of the stairs by the Third Street entrance, and in unison read the Field of Dreams quote. It puts the game, and our love for baseball, in perspective.
It's a great game. Let the season begin.
Americans need some relaxing time watching baseball!
I've always loved the pace of baseball because of the time and activity – sometimes exciting to get you on your feet, sometimes calm and relaxing, sometimes it makes you think especially when you see something new, and often it gives you time to talk to your friends without a lot of stress. Unless the team is doing poorly. Pretty much like life!
Yahoo Carolyn!!! So glad to see your blog and get the baseball stimulation going again! Arrival of pitchers and catchers in AZ was a teaser. Then there was the recent classic sound of Kruk & Kuip echoing thoughout the house with the play-by-play of the Gentlemen Giants against the Dirty Dodgers. Now Carolyn reignites The Heart of the Order to make the start of the 2017 season complete. Thanks Carolyn! You (Ayres) ROCK!


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Roy Moore's hate group furious at nomination of lesbian to run Air Force Academy
The Foundation for Moral Law opposed the selection of Col. Kristin Goodwin because she is a "married" to a woman. Wow, quotation marks for emphasis!
By Dawn Ennis Tuesday, April 4, 2017
A scathing letter sent by Kayla Moore, wife of disgraced Alabama Supreme Court judge Roy Moore and president of a hate group, expressed opposition to the promotion of Col. Kristin Goodwin of the U.S. Air Force to brigadier general, which was a prelude to her nomination to be commandant of the Air Force Academy in Colo.
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And when you read the quotations for the letter, we strongly suggest you read it aloud in a vocally-flabbergasted, high-pitched, drawl that sounds like Aunt Bea from The Andy Griffith Show.
The person responsible for the education of cadets at the academy is a role model and an exemplar of proper deportment and conduct. Col. Goodwin, as a lesbian who is 'married' to another woman, not only demeans the institution of marriage but contradicts the divine basis for marriage revealed in Scripture and evident in nature.
Because homosexual relationships are unnatural, they are incompatible with the basic structure of civil society and the historic antecedents of military order and discipline. By nominating an open lesbian who proclaims that she is married to another woman, the Department of Defense states its disregard for the fundamental moral order established by God, thus breaking trust with the millions of Christians who voted for the new president in hope that the ungodly policies of the previous administration would be repudiated.
Moore, writing on behalf of the Foundation for Moral Law, which was founded in 2002 by her anti-LGBTQ husband, penned the open letter to Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis. She wrote that she "opposed this nomination because Col. Goodwin does not set a proper moral example for youth."
The presence in the armed forces of persons who demonstrate a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts would create an unacceptable risk to the high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion that are the essence of military capability.
The Air Force, Department of Defense and U.S. Senate apparently disagreed, given the acceptance of openly serving gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender members of the armed services, the fact that thus far, Sec. Mattis has not reversed that policy, and the fact that Goodwin already got the job.
A spokesperson for the Secretary of the Air Force confirmed in an email to LGBTQ Nation:
On March 27, 2017, the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmed Col. Kristin E. Goodwin's nomination to the grade of brigadier general. On April 3, 2017, the U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff, announced the assignment of Col. Kristin E. Goodwin from senior military assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to commandant of cadets, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Goodwin has served with distinction and was hired because of her excellent record and strong leadership abilities. Her experience as a bomber pilot and commander at the squadron, group and wing levels make her an outstanding source of leadership and experience for tomorrow's lieutenants.
As JoeMyGod reported, the Air Force has so much invested in Col. Goodwin it even created a YouTube video about her, to aid in recruiting.
Editor's note: this story was updated to reflect new information from the U.S. Air Force.
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Denver Post columnist complains he was fired for "mean spirited" piece about trans people
He doesn't think he should have been fired for it because "YOU cannot choose my words" despite being literally paid to turn in columns to an editor.
She used to support Donald Trump. Now she wants cis and trans women to work together in solidarity.
The last Chick-fil-A in the UK is shutting down after months of nonstop protest
The franchise, tucked away in a luxury hotel in the Scottish Highlands, spawned outrage nationwide when it opened.
Trump boasts he fumigated entire Mar-A-Lago resort after visit from person with AIDS
A book details Trump telling associates about having his resort cleaned following a visit from his ex-lawyer Roy Cohn, who was dying of AIDS at the time.
Pride organizers send Google, YouTube to the curb over homophobia and bias
San Francisco's Pride members want to ban Alphabet Inc. – including Google and YouTube – due to its complicity in platforming homophobic apps and videos. The Alameda Co. Sheriff's Office may be barred, too.
Keep America bigoted: Trump admin. moves to give religious groups more federal bucks
If federal agencies follow Trump's latest directive, religious based organizations that discriminate will be getting paid – right as the election comes closer.
A new religious right think tank thinks Jesus' teachings are too liberal
The Falkirk Center at Liberty University believes that "restoring and defending American ideals" means explicitly rejecting Christ's teaching of turning the other cheek, among others.
Appeals court rules Indiana must recognize same sex parents – 3 years later
It took an appeals court three years to rule that Indiana must follow a Supreme Court ruling, putting one of the plaintiff's children at risk.
Chicago's lesbian mayor Lori Lightfoot rebukes city council for anti-gay remarks
One city councilmember said people will pretend to be gay to get all the benefits. She shut him down.
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Throughout the illustrious thirty-year recording career of Horace Andy, with its innumerable highs, his unmistakable falsetto has lit up just three albums of indisputable greatness - "Skylarking", for Coxsone Dodd at Studio One; "In the light", for Everton Dasilva's Hungry Town label, in queens, new york; and - with the biggest original impact, by far the most contemporary of the trio - "Dance Hall Style", for Bullwackies in the bronx.
Recorded at the tail end of the seventies, dance hall style reworks songs like "Money Money", first recorded by Bunny Lee and Derek Harriott's "Lonely woman" - alongside a version of Lloyd Robinson's "Cuss cuss" - and births bona fide classics like "Spying glass" (later covered by Massive Attack).
The musicians include Wackies regulars, men like Owen Stewart and Oral Cooke from Itopia, Ras Menilik and Jah T.; also Horace's multi-instrumentalist spar Myrie dread from the hungry town sessions. At the desk, Lloyd Barnes, Junior Delahaye and Douglas Levy coax unequalled vocal performances from Horace Andy, in correct showcase fashion, all worthwhile extended mixes. Iconic album, essential purchase.


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Full steam ahead for Nevada solar project
BOULDER CITY, Nev.–The Nevada Solar One power plant is essentially a tea kettle, just one that happens to take up 300 acres and can provide enough power for 15,000 homes.
The plant, which will start to generate electricity for nearby Las Vegas in April, consists of approximately 184,000 mirrors arranged in long, parabolic arrays that focus the sun's energy on a receiver–a metal tube filled with oil that's encased in specialized glass–from German conglomerate Schott.
Sunlight heats the oil to 400 degrees Celsius (about 750 degrees Fahrenheit). The oil gets transferred to a heat exchanger where it makes steam, which then cranks a turbine to produce electricity. If the heat can't be used right away, it gets transferred to vats of molten salt which retain the heat for later use.
"The steam side, it is not rocket science. It has existed for more than 100 years. The solar side, we know it is going to work," said Gilbert Cohen, senior vice president of Acciona Solar Power, which owns the plant and will sell it to local utilities. "The potential is huge here."
The project underscores the resurgence that's taking place for a technology called solar thermal for generating electricity. Solar thermal power plants began popping up in Israel and the American Southwest in the '80s, but construction of new plants largely ground to a halt in the early '90s.
Now, solar thermal projects are under way–or at least on the white board–in Spain, Greece, Mexico, Iran, Algeria and parts of the U.S., among other places. When it goes live, Solar One will be the third largest solar thermal plant in the world with a 64 megawatt capacity. Potentially, the site could crank out 2,000 megawatts, or enough power for about a half-million people, Cohen said. The U.S. Southwest could ultimately produce 4,000 to 40,000 megawatts of solar thermal power, he speculated, enough for 1 million to 10 million consumers.
In California's Mojave Desert, already home to 354 megawatts of solar thermal facilities, Stirling Energy Systems in conjunction with utility company Southern California Edison is erecting a 500 megawatt plant to open in 2009.
The driving force behind the demand for solar thermal power, besides global warming and fears about rising electrical prices, are state and federal laws aimed at curbing fossil fuels and coal. In Nevada, regulations require that utilities get 15 percent of their power from renewable resources and a total of 5 percent from solar power by 2015. Other southwestern states have passed similar laws.
Solar thermal plants aren't cheap. The construction tab for building Solar One will likely run about $250 million, said Cohen. The power generated by the plant, minus any subsidies, may not get to parity with electricity generated from conventional plants until around 2020, added Nikolaus Benz, a development manager for Schott. Solar thermal electricity, according to statistics from Schott's publications, will cost around 15 to 17 cents a kilowatt hour in the U.S. Residents of Las Vegas now pay around 7 cents a kilowatt hour.
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Get the latest updates on breakthroughs in clean technology and the companies investing in it.Solar thermal fans, however, say the technology represents the most economical way to harness the sun's power on a large scale. The solar plants will last for decades, so by 2030, solar thermal will be a better buy than coal-fired electricity, which is expected to go up in price. To eliminate risks to its customers–namely large utilities–Acciona sets long-term fixed prices for electricity generated by its plant.
"The return is pretty good, but you have to take the first step," Cohen said.
The technology also has an advantage in age, added Cohen. During the 15-year lull when utilities weren't commissioning new plants, engineers had time to enhance the performance of their products and wring out operational inefficiencies. Schott, for example, has come up with a new coating for the glass tube on the receiver that lets 96 percent of the solar radiation through to the oil-filled metal tube sealed inside the glass. The coating also withstands abrasion better than earlier versions.
Solar One also makes for a pretty cool field trip. You're zipping along on an empty desert highway, and suddenly a field of kilometer-long rows of what look like white antenna dishes come into view. The fences and isolation immediately make you think: CIA. The mirrors are mounted on the arrays in four rows that form a near perfect parabola to reflect as much sunlight as possible onto the purple receiver, about the diameter of a can of pasta sauce.
Contrary to expectations, the mirrors won't sizzle birds or bugs: they only get as hot as the outside temperature, said site manager Bob Cable. When operational, the arrays will rotate with the sun–software and microcontroller adjusting the pace of their movements depending on the day of the year and the position of the sun.
Work on the massive plant is slightly ahead of schedule. Construction on Solar One–which includes over 7 million aluminum parts in the frame and 76 kilometers' worth of oil-filled receivers as well as a nearby electrical plant–began in February 2006. The field is now 90 percent done while the companion buildings are 70 percent there.
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In spite of this, there is normally a genuine desire to connect with other people. Parents and specialists can work with Asperger's lonely sufferers to teach them how to use appropriate body language and speech.
Discuss friendship and what it means.
Talk about body language and role play with the Asperger's person to help him learn about eye contact and facial expression.
Set limits for discussion of special interests. Explain that the other person also has interests and needs to be listened to as well.
Teach the Asperger's person how to give and take by introducing activities such as taking turns to place pieces into a puzzle.
Practice conversing and stop the Asperger's syndrome person when it is time for the other person to speak.
Teach him what signs show that his friend is getting bored or needs to do something else.
Suggest one-on-one interaction, as this normally works better for a person with Asperger's syndrome. He will tend to get confused and overwhelmed if trying to interact with a group of people.
Someone with Asperger's often mistakes friendliness for friendship. Explain to him what the difference is between the two.
Family members with Asperger's syndrome will generally respond to parents and siblings who are trying to help them. They know they have problems with forming friendships and will often apply themselves to working on the necessary skills.
What Kind of Person will Befriend Someone with Asperger's Syndrome?
With effort and perseverance it is possible for people with Asperger's syndrome to build friendships. While many children and adults do not have the patience to reach out to an Asperger's person, there are some that do. These people often have nurturing personalities and are warm and caring.
Another group of potential friends includes those who share the same interests as the Asperger's person. They may or may not have Asperger's but will relate out of a shared passion for their hobby. Look for clubs where the Asperger's syndrome person has a chance to meet people such as these.
Asperger's lonely sufferers can be helped in a number of ways to make friends. They generally need a good support network at home, and if they can make even one friend, it will make a great difference to their happiness levels.


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Autistic man conned out of birthday money
Victim, 27, was on way to buy video games in Stamford. Man befriended him, then stole money
Autistic man conned out of birthday money Victim, 27, was on way to buy video games in Stamford. Man befriended him, then stole money Check out this story on lohud.com: http://lohud.us/1rYa0KQ
Terence Corcoran, tcorcora@lohud.com Published 12:48 p.m. ET Sept. 11, 2014 | Updated 12:49 p.m. ET Sept. 11, 2014
Autistic man conned of birthday money in Conn.
Stamford police search for suspect
Video shows suspect conning victim
Cops start collection for victim
STAMFORD, Conn. – In a video Stamford police released this week, a 27-year-old autistic man excitedly shows $100 in birthday money he got from his family to another man who had struck up a conversation as they walked through Veterans Park downtown.
He would not keep the birthday money for long.
As they reach the Stamford Town Center, where the victim was going to buy video games, the second man takes the money, briefly taunting the victim before pretending to put an envelope containing the cash back into the victim's pocket. The two hug before parting ways.
It wasn't until later that the victim discovered the envelope the other man put back in his pocket was empty and that his birthday money had been stolen, Sgt. Kelly Connelly of the Stamford police said.
"The Stamford Police Department does not stand for this type of behavior within our community or tolerate this behavior from any of our community members," Connelly said in a release.
Police are not only hoping the public can assist in their search for the suspect, but also Stamford officers along with their police union have started a collection for the victim. Several residents, as well, have come forward to contribute, Connelly said.
Anyone who sees the suspect or has information on him is asked to call Stamford police at 203-977-4417.
Police in this city of about 120,000 just 8 miles from Westchester County have collected "well over" the $100 the victim lost, Connelly said Thursday.
People have been coming to the Stamford Police Department at 805 Bedford St., Stamford, to drop off donations for the man, she said. Police are considering whether to create a formal account for people to donate and will publicize that if they do, Connelly said, but for now they're accepting donation at their headquarters.
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