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The hospitality industry may be known by the likes of Taj and Oberoi. But hotel owners are now emerging from the shadows of big names and transforming the industry. Chitra Narayanan reports
Rajat Pahwa, Chairman, Gautam Hotels and Knife Arts Catering, is a walking encyclopedia on Delhi's hospitality scene. Over the last five decades, he and his extended family — uncles, cousins et al — have opened around 50 budget hotels in the National Capital Region. "Our family actually pioneered the guest house business in NCR.
The first hotel in Pahagarganj, Nataraj, was ours. The first hotel in Karol Bagh was ours," he says. Yet,nobody in the family had thought of creating a brand for their hotels, until Rajat. "That's because the family treated it as a real estate play, investing in land, building a hotel and running it, until the asset appreciated and then it was sold off," he says. Today, that outlook is changing, led by Rajat, who brought five of the family hotels under an umbrella brand called Gautam Hotels.
But now, he has decided to stop running these hotels, and handed over the keys to professional hotel operating companies, so that he has the time to focus on scaling his F&B business. Two of his hotels — Gautam Residency in GK, Delhi and Gautam Retreat in south city Gurgaon — are getting a makeover so that they can be branded as Oyo Townhouse (the aggregator's upmarket offering).
Why Oyo? "Had hoteliers been running Oyo, I would not have given my keys to them. I pretty much do it the same way. But Oyo is led by a tech team and does things differently. That's the only thing that attracted me," says Pahwa.
The entrepreneur in many ways epitomises the change in the way the country's hotel owners, including of budget and up scale properties in the organised as well as unorganised segments, are now looking at their assets. They are upgrading rooms, putting in bells and whistles, handing them over to brands to operate and demanding high returns.
Hotel consultancy HVS estimates there are nearly 1.2 lakh branded rooms (these do not include rooms of aggregators such as Oyo). Industry estimates on the unorganised segment vary from 5 lakh to as much as 10 lakh rooms. According to the Union Tourism Ministry, there is a shortage of 200,000 hotel rooms in India.
Till now brands, including Oberoi, Taj, ITC, Marriott, Hyatt, Hilton and Radisson were the face of Indian hospitality. With many foreign chains bringing in their marquee labels to India in the last decade, and the birth of at least 20-30 new Indian names, the clout of brands grew.
But now there is a subtle power shift as a growing band of ownersare emerging from the shadows, becoming visible, taking an active interest in how their hotels are run, and even taking on the brands.
Invisible to visible
Despite their prominence, just a small percentage of India's hotel rooms are actually owned by the hospitality brands.
The real owners, like Pahwa, come in all shapes and sizes ranging from real estate companies, textile magnates, infrastructure majors, high net worth individuals, industrialists, politicians and businessmen with spare cash, and former royals.
For many of these owners, hotels was just a side investment. As Pahwa says, "I can name at least 100 hoteliers in Delhi and its neighbourhood who have not visited their properties for six months despite operating them."
In the days of License Raj (and sometimes even today), several people built hotels to curry favours with politicians and bureaucrats, who were given free access to the rooms. For another set of owners hotels were a trophy address to flaunt. And there were those, including GVK (it has a JV with the Taj Group) and InterGlobe (the owner of IndiGo has a tie-up with Accor) who bought hotels to integrate their travel related business.
For a few — especially scions of industrial families — it came down as a family heirloom, or accidentally landed in their balance sheets through acquisitions. For instance, the RPG Enterprises Chairman, Harsh Goenka owns the Taj Connemara, Taj West-End and the Savoy in Ooty through his father, the late R P Goenka's acquisition of Spencer's.
Till now, most owners preferred to remain discreetly in the background. All that is changing. The owners, which also include real estate companies such as K Raheja Corp, Brigade group and Prestige group, are ruthlessly taking the operating chains to task if returns are not adequate.
They are also not averse to sacking chains - take the way Eros Group banished Hilton and signed on InterContinental group to manage its twin towers in Delhi, or the way DB Realty changed the flag on its hotel at Sahar from Le Meriden (a Starwood brand) to Hilton. So it's not surprising to hear Raj Rana, CEO, South Asia Carlson Rezidor say, "The biggest pleasure in my job as a management company is when an owner renews a contract with me." Mounting the pressure on brands, some of the hotel owners are banding themselves into associations. For instance, an Owners' Association for Marriott has convinced the US firm that imposing certain brand standards in the Indian market will not work.
Achin Khanna, Managing Director of consulting and valuation practice at HVS South Asia believes "Owners today have a higher negotiating power, thanks to the larger canvas of brands to choose from, even as for the hotel chains, investment opportunities are shrinking." Also he points out that owners today have a lot of advisory help in the shape of consulting firms. "When it comes to operator search, we at HVS have sat squarely on the side of the owner," he says.
An important reason why owners are now beginning to take more interest in their properties is that we are entering an up-cycle in India after years of depressed rates. This is the period to capitalise. Ownership is a high risk, but high reward game unlike management in which returns are low but risks too are less. With contracts now increasingly skewed in their favour, owners are getting ready to ride the up-cycle.
The Malhotra sisters of the MBD Group are taking involvement to new levels, insisting that their names be co-branded on the hotel, and even keeping the property's management to themselves. Even Carlson-Rezidor, one of the world's largest operator of hotels, had to give in. Usually, it operates the hotel that carries its brands, including Radisson. Not here. "It took me seven months of negotiations to get my way," smiles Sonica Malhotra triumphantly, pointing to how their hotels are branded Radisson MBD.
And then, finally, a new group of owners have emerged. Private equity funded asset groups such as SAMHI hotels or DUET hotels that are changing the old ways in which hotels used to be run, bringing in financial discipline and transparency to a sector that has been opaque in its money dealings.
Getting aggressive
Till now, the brands have hogged the limelight for their expansion drive. But equal credit must be given to the owners' part in this story, and how their changing approach and growing professionalism is leading to a transformation in the sector.
Most owners now realise that a well-known brand name on their signboards will attract the new discerning Indian guest who is conscious of things like service standards, and will also help them command a higher room rate.
Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) like Make My Trip, and Cleartrip have had a part to play, giving power to independent hotel owners all over the country. HVS may not classify these hotels as branded supply but as Ashish Jakhanwala, CEO of SAMHI, points out, he would consider any hotel sold by an OTA to be a brand, as before listing they do carry out checks on hygiene and service standards.
Credit also must be given to aggregators such as Oyo, Treebo, and their ilk. Oyo today has an inventory of 70,000 rooms under its belt covering over 7,000 hotels. Oyo's disruptive approach of taking only a few rooms from hotels and not the entire property has helped convince owners who were sitting on the fence. Ginger Hotels Managing Director and CEO Rahul Pandit acknowledges that Oyo has helped create awareness among owners, which going forward will help chains such as Ginger, which is seeking to scale from 38 hotels to 100 in a few years.
Till mid-2000 in fact, India's hospitality industry was quite unorganised. Just look at the way the shift is happening.
In 1995-96, branded hotel rooms (those run by professional chains) amounted to 18,000, spread over 120 hotels. In 2016, there were 887 hotels with a room count of 1,13,622. Six years ago, barely 30 per cent of India's total rooms were branded. Today, it's over 40 per cent. By next year it could be 50 per cent as according to some analysts nearly 10 per cent of the unorganised rooms are getting re-branded and relaunched.
For instance, in Mumbai's busy Andheri locality, an unprepossessing 50-room guest house Traveller's Inn is being re-furbished and re-branded as an i-Stay hotel with cheery yellow walls. Ebrahim Balwa, the young director of Traveller's Inn, excitedly takes you through the transformation of his property by hotel management company IntelliStay to whom he handed over the operations.
Now, the hotel has co-working spaces,graffiti on the walls, and other trappings to attract the millennial traveller. The transformation has led to a value increase for Balwa's tiny hotel – from ₹1,800, the room tariff has gone up to ₹2,400.
Meet Param Kannampilly, the genial founder of Mumbai-based Concept Hospitality, in the news recently because of the investment it has got from Nepalese billionaire Binod Chaudhary's CG Corp Global. Kannampilly, who runs the Fern and Beacon brand of hotels (now there is Zinc from CG Corp too), is busy meeting owners from little towns like Dhapoli, Sholapur, Karjat and Satara. "This year we will be adding 27 greenfield properties in such places, plus we have three conversions. Altogether we are adding 700 rooms this year," he says.
As the hotel industry in India gets ready to welcome an up-cycle after years of depressed rates, it's also celebrating these new owners – who are investing in hotels for the right reasons - and are fuelling the sector's growth, one room at a time.
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The Retro Bin : Yogi's Space Race (1978)
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In this installment of The Retro Bin, we'll be looking back at the NBC Saturday morning series produced by Hanna-Barbera studios, Yogi's Space Race.
Wow. That title logo font is so original. Never saw that anywhere before.
When George Lucas' motion picture Star Wars became a monster hit at the box office in 1977, each of the 3 networks (this was before the creation of the FOX network, by the way) tried to come to come up with their own TV version. There was Space Academy and Jason of Star Command on CBS, Space 1999 and Battlestar Galactica on ABC and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century on NBC. Not surprisingly, Star Wars Mania also found it's way into the world of SatAM cartoons. NBC's Yogi's Space Race was one of several of the alphabet network's attempts to bring Star Wars to the small screen. The series was another H-B "potpourri" series bringing together established H-B stars such Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound along with new characters in order to compete with each other in a good natured competition. Basically, it was Wacky Races in space. One can imagine how the board meeting that lead to this shows' creation might have went:
HB Executive #1: We've got to come up with a new show to cash in on this Star Wars heat! Anybody got any ideas?
HB Executive #2: Hey, remember that cartoon that we did back in 1965? The Wacky Races? Well, why don't we just do that again, but in space?
HB Executive #3: Yeah! And let's stick some established character in there so kids'll want to watch it! Since we use Scooby Doo, Yogi Bear and The Flintstones for everything, let's use 1 of them. Like, say….(throws a dart at a dart board with pictures of old H-B characters taped on it). Yogi Bear! We can call it "Star Race"!
HB Executive #2: No, too obvious! Let's call it Yogi's Space Race!
HB Executive #1: BRILLIANT! Let's get to work on that!
Yogi's Space Race originally ran for 90 minutes, with the Space Race segments sandwiched between 3 added attractions; The Galaxy Goof Ups (which featured 4 of the Space Race characters as Galactic Patrol officers whose missions mostly involved using their stupendous incompetence to give their superior officer daily migraines), as well as 2 non-space themed attractions, The Buford Files and The Galloping Ghost. Buford was basically a bucolic version of Scooby Doo, while Galloping Ghost focused on 2 women who worked at a dude ranch which was also haunted by the ghost of the Miner 49er. Think Hey, Dude with a specter. Neither of these series ran for very long, and in the case of each, if you've seen 1 episode, you've seen them all, so sorry, folks, I'm not motivated enough to do a full review of either. Galaxy Goof-Ups was later spun off into it's own separate series, aptly titled Galaxy Goof-Ups, reducing the series to 60 minutes. It was then reduced to only a half hour in early 1979 when NBC spun off Buford and The Galloping Ghost to a single series, imaginatively titled Buford and the Galloping Ghost, so in the end, the Space Race segments ran by themselves. Anyways, here's the shows' intro.
The Space Race segments focused on weekly intergalactic racing competitions in which the competitors flew around in mini space cruisers. The individual teams consisted of:
Yogi Bear and Scare Bear (a cowardly bear voiced by Stooge replacement Joe Besser who also starred on Galaxy Goof-Ups). That's right, no Boo-Boo this time. He was offered the job, but he declined.
Yogi: Hey, Boo-Boo! NBC wants us to star in a new show where we race and have adventures in outer space!
Boo-Boo: That's sounds kind of stupid, Yogi. I think I'll pass on this one.
Yogi: But, Boob, it says that every week we get to dance in a space disco!
Boo-Boo: It's 1978, Yogi. Disco is practically dead! Besides, you know that I prefer Rockabilly!
Huckelberry Hound and Quack-Up (another new character who also starred with Huck, Yogi and Scare Bear on Galaxy Goof-Ups, who here acted as the zany, clumsy pilot of the ship)
"Oh, a crazy cartoon duck. Real original, Hanna-Barbera! I wonder where you got that idea from!"
Jabberjaw and Buford (from the aforementioned Buford Files) – Jabberjaw, the shark with the Curly Howard sound-like voice, flew the ship, while Buford ran outside of it on a treadmill to give the ship additional speed.
Wendy, Rita and Nugget Nose (the central characters from Galloping Ghost)
From this…
…To this. Transformers. Creepos in Disguise.
Phantom Phink and Sinister Sludge/Captain Good and Klean Kat – A space villain bad guy and his sneaky dog who also disguised themselves as Captain Good (Phink), the heroic champion and the paragon of good sportsmanship and his sidekick Klean Kat (Sludge). No one on the show (except for us, the viewers) knew that Phantom Phink/Captain Good and Sinister Sludge/Klean Kat were one and the same. Why they did this was never explained. Either Phink and Sludge had serious split personality disorders or maybe they owed Jabba the Hut a huge debt.
In fact, there were a number of things that weren't explained on the show, such as how did Yogi, Huck and Jabberjaw get to outer space in the 1st place? And what were they doing there? How did Huck recline on his spaceship patio without him floating off into the abyss of the cosmos? And is a outer deck patio on a spaceship really a good idea for a race where the object is to go fast? And how was it that all of the racers were able to breathe when there's no oxygen in space, yet none of the space ships that they flew in had tops? I tend to think that perhaps each of the ships had some kind of device that surrounded each them with a packet of artificial oxygen which allowed them to breathe in the vacuum of deep space, or possibly…
Dang! There I go over thinking a kids' cartoon show again! Sorry about that. Anyway, just like it's spiritual ancestor, Wacky Races, the individual episodes mostly ran together. Most people who are old enough to remember the series just remember the overview of the series in general, rather than any individual plots or story lines. Same deal with Galaxy Goof-Ups. I actually didn't see any episodes of Galaxy Goof-Ups until they were rerun on Nickelodeon, and even after that, I don't remember much except that at least once in each episode the title quartet would be shown boogeying down at an intergalactic disco, which of course was in no way inspired by the Cantina scene in Star Wars. I leave you now with images of disco music…IN SPACE!!
(No, this isn't the actual music that was used on the show. I couldn't find a clip with the actual show's music, but you get the idea.)
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In Combine, cash is king, corruption is bipartisan
John KassCHICAGO TRIBUNE
All week, Stuart Levine, the Republican snitch who loves his gladiator movies, has been telling the story of Illinois.
He tells it from the witness stand in federal court, weaving the tale of this political boss and that political boss, that Democrat, this Republican, all working together for the common good.
He means, the good stuff in their wallets.
So I'm wondering, rhetorically for the purposes of a Sunday column, what do we call this relationship, again? This Illinois custom of quiet sharing of power across party lines for the benefit of a fat connected few?
What is it? What is it, again?
Formally, Levine is putting things together for the prosecution in the corruption trial of Illinois political fixer Tony Rezko. That's the narrow focus.
Actually, he's telling a larger tale, about power and clout in our state.
So I called former U.S. Sen. Peter Fitzgerald, the Republican maverick from Illinois who tried to fight political corruption and paid for it. For this sin, he was driven out of Illinois politics by political bosses, by their spinners and media mouthpieces, who ridiculed him mercilessly.
Senator, what do you call that connection that Stuart Levine describes from the witness stand, you know that arrangement across party lines, with politically powerful men leveraging government to make money -- what do you call it?
"What do you call that Illinois political class that's not committed to any party, they simply want to make money off the taxpayers?" Fitzgerald said. "You know what to call them."
"The Illinois Combine," Fitzgerald said. "The bipartisan Illinois political combine. And all these guys being mentioned, they're part of it."
Oh, yeah. The Combine.
I've been calling it The Combine for about a decade but hardly see it referenced elsewhere, and I don't want others to think I'm hoarding the Illinois Combine all to myself.
Today, I'm sharing. I'm inviting other colleagues -- political writers, editors, broadcasters and any combine suck up professors -- to use "Illinois Combine" particularly if they're having difficulty explaining how two parties can be as one when there's money on the table.
It's not trademarked. Come on guys, jump in, the Cellini's warm.
"In the final analysis, The Combine's allegiance is not to a party, but to their pocketbooks. They're about making money off the taxpayers," Fitzgerald said.
He should know. He fought The Combine and lost, and the empty suits running the Republican Party encourage their friendly scribes to blame the social conservatives for the disaster of the state GOP.
Conservatives aren't the problem. Corruption is the problem.
It is what it is. We are where we are, in The Combine state, and if you raise your head too high, The Combine will come along and chop you down. Ask Fitzgerald.
But the Rezko trial is part of the U.S. Justice Department's attack on The Combine. The "Operation Board Games" investigation is about how appointments to state boards and commissions overseeing state pension fund investments and hospital construction were leveraged into paydays for the insiders.
And what is playing out in the federal building is The Combine on trial.
At one point in the testimony last week, Levine explained how ecumenical it is.
He wrangled an invitation to a 2003 Christmas reception at the Bush White House. The invitation was courtesy of Robert Kjellander (pronounced $hell-an-der) a big shot Republican from Illinois who would become treasurer of the Republican National Committee.
Kjellander is currently setting up the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, where Republican nominee John McCain will no doubt denounce corruption and pay-to-play politics, with Kjellander in the wings.
During the testimony last week, Levine said there had been others invited to the Bush White House, courtesy of Kjellander. There was Kjellander's buddy -- and political boss -- William Cellini, the road builder, hotelier, gaming czar and leader of the Springfield Republicans.
And there was Rezko, the conduit to Democratic Gov. Rod "The Unreformer" Blagojevich, with whom Cellini and Kjellander had business ties. They brought their wives. They enjoyed themselves.
Cellini and Kjellander haven't been indicted. Blagojevich hasn't been indicted, but he reeks of George Ryan, and if he goes down, the Illinois political scorecard will read:
Illinois Governors 4
Chicago Mayors 0.
"I was trying to point out, to the media and to the public, what these guys were doing behind the scenes was bad. Sometimes I felt like Cassandra -- destined to prophesy the truth and not be believed," Fitzgerald said.
Senator, I know the feeling.
But it's believable now, in open federal court, for those with eyes to see. And those who pay taxes in The Combine state.
jskass@tribune.com
Tony Rezko
Peter Fitzgerald


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When their parents go on holiday, a group of youngsters (among them Anne Wiazemsky, Juliet Berto and Jean-Pierre Léaud) organize a Maoist cell in an apartment devoid of its bourgeois substance and covered in three primary colours. The dominant red corresponds to Mao Tse Tung 's Little Red Book, which covers the entire shelves of the apartment all the way up to the ceiling.
Considered one of Godard's most "undervalued and misunderstood" films (Jonathan Rosenbaum), LA CHINOISE is less of a militant film than a game of quotations, a constant cross-examination, similar to the questions and answers which the youths fire at each other.
"This way, through the dialectic of colour and movement, especially in the background shots, the film becomes a quotation of quotations, or rather, the jocular quoting of serious quotations: the film's director, contrarily to his characters, ignores – in an individualistic and revisionist way – all that which is serious, whether or not it is approached in the film. Towards the end of this spoken film: another grandiose sequence, one of Godard's finest, in which we watch the frantic knocking on doors of several people, with fast-paced editing, wonderful rhythm and an intense performance." (PETER HANDKE)
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Lost Heroes Screening - Canadian Superheroes on the big screen!
Things have bubbling over in the realm of Canadian comic historians and collectors for the last two years, with more communication, sharing and exploration than there has been for years. It's exciting as many of work to help other achieve goals that have only been dreams in our heads for a long time.
So it's time to dust off Comicanuck and celebrate some big events.
I have been mostly silent on this blog in that time… burnout hit me hard. I write up to ten hours a day for my day job and don't really get weekends off. So writing blog posts into the wee hours after work that was growing more and more difficult. And you may have noticed I tend to write long posts, which significantly increased the amount of time they took to create.
While I can only promise intermittent posting at best, working on shorter posts will help me be here more often than my old way of doing things.
The big news is that the complete adventures of Nelvana are being reprinted for the first time ever!!! (Seriously, you want this). Check out nelvanacomics.com for more info.
Few people beyond collectors have seen any of these stories and I suspect a rarified few have actually read all of them until now, including myself. After an incredibly successful Kickstarter campaign, comic book historians Hope Nicholson and Rachel Richey are releasing the book this weekend at the TorontoComic Arts Festival.
More on Nelvana in a forthcoming post. (See? Short and to the point!)
To kick off the Festivities, there will be a FREE SCREENING of creator Will Pascoe's Canadian comic book documentary, Lost Heroes, Wed. May 7 at Toronto's Carlton Cinema at 7 pm. (20 Carlton Street at Yonge). Hope Nicholson, in addition to spearheading the Nelvana project, was a producer on the film.
Here is the info from their Facebook page:
Come join TCAF and Nelvana of the Northern Lights for a screening of Lost Heroes!
Lost Heroes explores the past of the Canadian superhero, from the golden age when millions of children read the tales of Inuit goddess Nelvana of the Northern Lights, to the thrilling days when Canadian superheroes returned to the newstands with Captain Canuck and Cerebus. Lost Heroes celebrates the unique Canadian talent behind these characters and asks why can't Canada keep their heroes?
The film will be followed by a brief Q&A moderated by Canadian comics historian Robert Pincombe (That's me!) with Mark Askwith (producer of Space TV's "Innerspace"), Ivan Kocmarek (Golden Age comics historian), Jason Loo (creator of new Canadian superhero, The Pitiful Human Lizard), Mark Shainblum (creator of superhero "Northguard"), Kalman Andrasofszky (writer/artist of the new Captain Canuck comic series), Mike Valiquette (animation director of the Captain Canuck webseries), and Hope Nicholson (co-publisher of Nelvana of the Northern Lights & Associate Producer of Lost Heroes).
This is a free screening, and all are welcome to attend! Doors are at 6:45pm, with the film starting promptly at 7:00pm.
I will be moderating a short panel after the screening featuring the above line-up of diverse Canadian historians and artists. But the real in depth talking will likely happen at the official after-party up at the Spotted Dick pub, (81 Bloor St. E.) It's the 2014 TCAF Drink & Draw!
If you want to know about Lost Heroes, visit their website.
After the screening, I suspect many of the participants will head up to the Spotted Dick (81 Bloor St. E.) for the official after-party, the TCAF 2014 Drink & Draw.
Hope to see you there, True Northers!
Beavers Up!
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The Mosaik Project comic debuts with Toronto commuters
Hey all. It's been difficult to juggle things for the past several months. That's why I have accepted a generous offer from the dedicated folks at Sequential to have my own little comicanuck space at their site semi-regularly!
My initial focus may be there but I will also be posting here as well on and off. Hopefully we'll find the perfect balance of comicanuck goodness.
You can read a chat I had with the folks at The Mosaik Project, a new Toronto comic book available across the Toronto Transit Commission system at Gateway newstands and through the Toronto Public Library.
I ran across their debut issue this week and was actually far more intrigued by their unique approach to getting this sucker into people's hand than the contents. This is literally a throwback to old school newsstand distribution. How much more underground do you get than the subway?
Commuters are always looking for different things to read that can entertain them on short and long trips. They also have a better chance at really being seen by urban kids. And the fact that animation professionals are part of the collective behind this project means the art should always have life and a slick veneer.
The main challenge the Mosaik Project has so far is compelling material. The first issue has some nice layout, a cool portfolio and loads of hype but is short on compelling comic material. I'm not seeing anything particularly new.
A two-page colour spread advertising a new cop character called McBubbles (likely based on the videotaped cop currently suing Youtube over capturing his finest hour) just made me sad.
The first issue's comic, 9toOmega, is well rendered with a really clean line style though its light on the blacks and grey tones. The feature is drawn as if its begging for colour to fill in the blanks. But mostly, it's all about pacing and storytelling.
About two thirds of the book is taken up by an Incredibles-style commuter going to work. One or two things happen but events contribute little to the story or our knowledge of the characters. The pacing is out of whack. You turn a page and the hero is no longer in his car but suddenly walking the rest of the way to work asking why he bothers to drive.
Why did he leave his car? Because the creators need him to bump into a could-be-crazy-could-be-wise street person. Nine pages are spent covering a discussion that could have been done in four or five pages with greater impact.
I have worked for years in animation as a storyboard artist and writer and I know that sometimes animators confuse bits of business for story. I hope The Mosaik Project finds an editorial voice with a sense of story to help guide their awesome line-up of artists into showing themselves to their best advantage.
And they need to do it fast. People will make their minds up about this book pretty quickly and you want them wondering what's nest as much as possible so their faces light up when they see the book on the stands.
I see flashes of that possibility in this issue. The wonderful Perry Osuna "Electric Mosaic" portfolio shows a stellar style and will appeal to the urban audience. So will Mosaik's efforts to reach the audience (the back cover promises a High School Creator contest). Of course, proper contact info would help with that!
But this whole concept and approach has me pretty jazzed about the possibilities. So I wish the Mosaik Project all the best.
Find out more about The Mosaik Project at their blog and at their Facebook page.
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Speed Savage – "Murder Has The Puck", Part 2
Hey there. It's been a long time.
So what have you been up to? I'm sorry I didn't call or write, but I had some well, issues, you know? It wasn't you. It was me. And it's all good now. You don't mind if I play a little Barry White while we get re-acquainted, do you? Cause, Big Bad and Dangerous to Love is back and ready to make it up to you. I'm gonna make that painful hurt from waiting so very long with no updates go away with this... My gift to you and only you.
A while back I got it in my head to do a post for every day of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. It was the patriot in me. Sadly, I only made it about halfway.
But I did manage to offer up Part 1 of "Murder Has The Puck", a golden age Canadian comic book adventure by writer/artist Ted Steele from Bell Features starring Speed Savage -- The White Mask!
Feel free to re-read it and get all caught up. Then come on back here and enjoy Part Two at last. Both of these adventures are from the Speed Savage one-shot put out by Bell after the Second World War reprinting a number of Speed's adventures.
Time to bring you up to -- ahem -- speed. Our Canuck golden boy, Speed Savage is a dashing sportsman and all-around magnificent athlete who moonlights as a costumed vigilante known as the White Mask. Speed started out as a pulpy adventurer with a zoot suit, cape, fedora and mask. Eventually he traded in his suit for tights but stuck with twin forty-five automatics to augment his powerful fists. Hey, if it ain't broke don't fix it, right?
Last time out we had two modern takes on Speed Savage's White Mask persona with sketches by current Sweet Tooth and Atom scribe, Jeff Lemire and Scott Hepburn of The Port and Clone Wars.
This time out we have two more awesome variations. The first is Speed's original pulp look by Michael Cherkas, co-creator of The Silent Invasion and Suburban Nightmares with writer Larry Hancock. I added some rough, chunky inks to fill Larry's blacks and sharpen the sketchy image. Sadly, my fuzzy photo of it doesn't do it justice.
Finally, we have sleek version of Speed's later, super-heroic leotard by Jay Stephens, creator of Jet Cat and Tutenstein.
Sigh... Glorious. You can find more of Jay's work here. And while you're at it, check out Jay's new syndicated comic strip with writer Bob Weber Jr., Oh Brother!
Okay. Intermission is over.
In part one of "Murder Has The Puck", Cliff Gordley, star center for the Red Hawks pro hockey team, dies in the middle of a game. as you can imagine, this puts the team's championship hopes on the line until Speed Savage steps in to take Cliff's place. This upsets the unnamed Boss of a gambling ring eager to clean up by betting against the Red Hawks.
"Da Boss" sends his number one thug, Patch Gazetti, to the arena to do to Speed what he did to Cliff. But The White Mask smells a rink rat and hunts down the criminals in their lair only to fall as a gangster bullet creases his masked skull.
And now, lace up for sudden death overtime in Part 2 of "Murder Has The Puck"!
Three cheers for Speed Savage! Keeping the world safe for hot dog lovers everywhere and all within regulation time.
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Fan Expo - The Premiere of Holmes Incorporated and the Craft of Azzarello
Well, I have been struck down with vertigo for a while now and as you have noticed the blogging has as well.
The computer screen really does screw with my head so my online time is limited. I am hoping to be well-enough to attend Fan Expo in Toronto this weekend -- the geektastic Xanadu of all things comic book/sci-fi/anime/gaming and horror.
First up, I will be moderating a Brian Azzarello workshop on the craft of comic book writing for the Toronto Cartoonist Workshop, which is hosting a number of "how to" workshops throughout the weekend. Here's their schedule:
Comics Programming Spotlight: "HOW TO" WORKSHOPS - Full Descriptions!
Please note: all Comics "HOW TO" Workshops take place in ROOM 203D. Any Pass Allowed. No pre-registration required.
Are you an aspiring comic book professional? These 12 Workshops, developed with the fine folks from the Toronto Cartoonists Workshop will offer you unique insight into many aspects of the creative process from TOP INDUSTRY PROS --- artists, writers and editors!
5:30 - Herding Cats in a Hailstorm- The Secret Life of the Comic Book Editor with Joey Cavalieri - From Julie Schwartz to Archie Goodwin, the comic industry has had a history of formative editors who have shaped memorable projects and creators. A renaissance man who has written professionally and taught at the renowned School of Visual Arts, senior DC editor Joey Cavalieri discusses his relationship with top talent and what it takes to get published in today's competitive comics market. Moderated by Walter Dickinson.
7:00 - From Thin Air- Drawing the Comic Book Figure from Memory with Bob Layton - Comic book artists are known for their abilities to produce detailed artwork on tight deadlines from their imaginations. Creating the human figure without reference is a Herculean effort essential to the cartoonist. Join Bob "Iron Man" Layton as he demonstrates a simplified approach to constructing the human form that is invaluable to the aspiring pro.
8:00 - Comic Book Bootcamp with Ty Templeton - Watch Toronto comics impresario Ty "The Guy" Templeton as he performs the 50 minute "nutshell" version of his celebrated Comic Book Bootcamp course. Ty will expose why talent is a myth, the importance of narrative flow and foolproof methods for creating successful writing pitches.
2:00 - My Dark Places- Writing for Comics with Brian Azzarello - A former Clevelander who spent his early days in the trenches of independent comic book editing, Eisner Award winning scribe Brian Azzarello is a chronicler of the darker aspects of human nature. From 100 Bullets to his original graphic novel Filthy Rich, Azzarello has proven he is the comics heir apparent to noir writers like Jim Thompson and David Goodis. Join Brian as he discusses his approach to writing the comic book -script and gives pointers to attendees. Moderated by Robert Pincombe (Yay, me!).
3:00 - Hardboiled Storytelling- Page Construction and Composition with Darwyn Cooke - A direct artistic descendant of Caniff, Toth and Robbins, Darwyn Cooke has produced a look and storytelling ability unique in contemporary comics. Listen to this modern master discuss his theories on pacing, eye flow, spotting blacks and page design. From rough sketch to final art, Darwyn will break down his process and show you the components of a well constructed page.
4:00 - Of Directors and Cinematographers- The Penciller and Inker Collaboration with Doug Mahnke and Christian Alamy - In the artistic process of producing comics, pencillers and inkers have to work together very closely and often the skills of one blend into the other. This workshop will help define the creative boundaries of the two practices. Learn the difference between layouts, tight pencils and finishes. Find out why inking is not just tracing. Listen to Green Lantern dream team Doug Mahnke and Christian Alamy discuss their collaborative relationship. Moderated by Gibson Quarter.
5:00 - Drawn in Blood- Creating in the Noir Style with Alex Maleev - Longtime Bendis collaborator and artist on the hot new book Scarlet, Alex Maleev has a natural talent for picking "the right moment" in each panel of a story. His iconic stylings have delineated the darker side of life from Daredevil to Spider-Woman. Watch how Alex creates one of his mind-blowing images.
6:00 - Thumbnail to Finish: Layout of the Comic Book Page with Steve McNiven
From an early training ground at CrossGen to working on major projects for Marvel, Steve has emerged as one of the top artists in the field. Noted for his richly detailed images and adrenaline stimulating storytelling, he continues to craft amazing pages that pull you along at a breakneck pace. Listen as the artist shares his secrets for building action and suspense that keep the readers coming back for more. Moderated by Gibson Quarter.
12:00 - Bold Strokes: Painting Powerful Interiors and Covers with Paolo Rivera - An industry professional since 2002, Paolo Rivera continues to build breathtaking acrylic images for the covers and interiors of top Marvel books. Watch Paolo discuss his virtuoso technique for designing and composing an eye catching colour page. Attendees will learn how to successfully incorporate both imagination and photo reference to full effect.
1:00 - Drawing for Impact- Heroic Anatomy with Ian Churchill - Superheroics have to be chronicled in a larger than life fashion. Part of this is the exaggerated musculature and structure of the heroic body. Join Marvel artist extraordinaire Ian Churchill as he demonstrates the dynamic differences between drawing a mild-mannered Bruce Banner and a raging, rampaging Hulk.
2:00 - Floating Worlds-Watercolour Masterclass with Jill Thompson - Watercolour is a difficult medium at best and a hard one to master. Watch Beasts of Burden and Scary Godmother artist Jill Thompson show you how to build a successful watercolor painting. This workshop will show it all, from initial pencil sketch, to the layering of vibrant colour to build an expressive piece with depth and dimension - ROOM 203D
3:00 - How to Workshop: Expressive Anatomy - Drawing Heads and Hands with Olivier Coipel - Any artist will tell you the most difficult thing to draw about the human form is the head and hands. Watch one of Marvel's "Young Guns" Olivier Coipel as he shares his secrets for breaking these complex structures down into simple shapes. Whether you're drawing the Avengers or the X-Men these tips will prove to be valuable tricks of the trade.
Secondly, this weekend sees the debut of the TCW's first Fit to Print project, Holmes Inc. It's a lovely 52-page extravaganza of stories about the descendents of Sherlock Holmes fighting the good fight across the globe.
I wrote one of the stories within as well some text pages. Come check it out. It's created by comic book superstars of tomorrow! Here's a sneak peek at my pag. Story by me, Robert Pincombe, art by Gibson Quarter and Ty Templeton and letters by K.T. Smith.
The concept and characters are a Ty Templeton creation but all the creators joined in fleshing out the characters and designing the world. The Holmes Headquarters in London at Baker Square is all mine. (In this world, the family bought up 221 Baker Street and the surrounding street and building a public square to house their corporate headquarters). Here it is, drawn by Christopher Yao.
Yup, that is the original 221 Baker Street as the front entrance to the building. The Holmes Inc. family is very respectful of their past. Learn more about Holmes Inc. #1 at the official website.
I'll be signing at the Toronto Cartoonist Workshop table late Saturday. I hope to see you there!
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Tor.com - A Site full of Fantastical Delights
Sci-Fi aficionados come in all shapes and sizes but even with the large variety of resources provided by the web, we all tend to gravitate to specific sites to get our updates. Some of us tend to look for movie and TV info, others come from a comic book background, more literary types may go to online story sites.
As far as literary sci-fi goes, I find myself more and more impressed with the community at publisher Tor.com. There's lots here to make this site both sticky and worth bookmarking for regular visits.
I first discovered the site last year when Tor went all Victorian for Steampunk month, including redesigning "Stubby" the Tor.com rocket logo into a steampunk airship dubbed the H.M.S. Stubbington.
It was a delight to follow Tor blogger Irene's Saturday Morning Cartoons posts, pointing me to awesome sci-fi themed toons from around the world.
I still return to posts like Steampunk Saturday, which showcased the lavish, steampunk, shadow toon, "The Mysterious Explorations of Jasper Morello" (Whose home website is very cool Gothic Gazette) and Blur Studio's "A Gentleman's Duel".
Irene is the Art Director for Tor, Forge, Starscape and Tor.com and has excellent taste in toons. Check out her personal website.
For those who like their narrative more graphic, Tor also has short stories by cartoonists including Canada's indie horror maven, Ray Fawkes and his creepy little gem, Black Strings.
And while we're in a Canadian cartoonist mood, take a peek at Agnes Garbowska's delightful animated preview for her comic project, Imagination Station.
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Francis Manapul - Superboy and Flash artist to TV Star: Master of the Beast Legends!
Last fall I was one of several people approached for suggestions regarding a Toronto comic artist with a penchant for mythological beasts to do art for a documentary fantasy show going into production. The series, Beast Legends, looked at the real science behind mythological beasts to see if they were indeed possible. I heard no more of it until this week!
According to the cover story in this week's Toronto Star Week TV magazine, this Wed. July 7, Best Legends premiers in Canada on the History Channel (It will appear on the SyFy Channel in the States later this year and is distributed worldwide by the BBC).
The production wisely tapped current Flash artist and former Shuster Award nominee Francis Manapul for the art chores.
And to my delight, it seems they wanted more than art. They wanted Francis to star as part of a Indian Jones-like team traveling the world and researching legends. How awesome is that>
There isn't much of a web presence for the show yet but Francis was kind enough to post his own version of the press release over at francismanapul.com:
BEAST LEGENDS brings together the 'Beast Seekers', an expert team of specialist investigators. This elite, engaging group, a learned kind of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, is made up of:
Kathryn Denning: Myth expert, anthropologist, archaeologist and professor at Toronto's York University.
Scott Edwards: Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Curator of Ornithology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.
Stephen Leonard: Adventurer and Veterinary Surgeon based in Bristol, England.
Francis Manapul: Philippine-born, now Toronto-based, renowned comic book artist.
In each of the six hour-long episodes, the Beast Seekers investigate a different legendary beast, travelling the globe to the actual locations that spawned the stories of these Beasts. They track down clues to find the truth behind the legends. The Beast Seekers uncover historical and eyewitness accounts, and zero in on archaeological and other physical evidence to assemble the most accurate picture possible of what these monsters would be like, where they would live and how they would behave, if they really existed.
Armed with every piece of information the team has discovered, BEAST LEGENDS then moves to the 'Beast Lab' to build the creature, first as initial sculpts and wire-frame forms, and finally bringing it to life in stunning 3D CGI.
And then we unleash it on the modern world…..
It's a fun idea and I think Francis was an inspired choice. He's always entertaining to watch at Cons whipping his brushes back and forth as a beautiful, haunting watercolour and ink wash painting emerges. And as a bonus, he's always really sweet to speak with.
I suspect we'll get to see a much more gregarious side of him and co-host, veterinary surgeon and "adventurer" Stephen Leonard, on this show. The first six-episode season will delve into such beasties as the half-eagle, half-lion griffin, the colossal, squid-like kraken, a giant shark spoken off in hushed whispers on the island of Fiji and the wild man of Vietnam, what the Starweek article refers to as a "tropical Sasquatch".
Hosts Leonard and Manapul each pulled in their own direction, with the artist constantly considering how the things might have looked and Leonard more interested in the biology of how it could have existed. The remining team members match the field-gathered material with scientific research and speculation to to create a workable 3-D model.
Then, like any good Ray Harryhausen adventure, the magic of modern special effects unleashes the model on the real world (and our hosts) at the end of each episode! Apprently the show has unearthed some surprises, like he fact the legend of the griffin goes farther back than it's assumed medieval origins to the mountains of Mongolia!
More on Beast Legends and Manapul here.
Beast Legends premiere episode airs Wednesday at 10 pm on the History Channel.
UPDATE: The Beast Legends website is now live.
Labels: artists, Beast Legends, Flash, Francis Manaul, Shuster Awards
Joe Shuster Hall of Fame 2010 - Richard Comely, George Freeman and Claude St. Aubin
2010's Joe Shuster Awards were handed out this past June 5.
Along with this year's Hall of Fame inductees Deni Loubert, Dave Darrigo and Serge Gaboury, the Shusters also chose to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the creation of Captain Canuck (way back in 1975!) by inducting the three creator's most associated with the Captain's popularity -- Richard Comely, George Freeman and Claude St. Aubin.
Claude St. Aubin's award was presented by Canadian artist Kalman Andrasofsky.
George Freeman's award was presented by Canadian author or co-founder of hardcorenerdity.com, Lesley Livingston.
Richard Comely's award was presented by artist-designer-letterer and font of all 80's Canadian indie comic knowledge, Ron Kasman.
Videtape and posting of the inductions was provided by my oh so patient wife.
Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame 2010 Inductees: Jean-Claude St. Aubin, George Freeman and Richard Comely from Jill Leger on Vimeo.
Since Freeman and St.Aubin were unable to attend, all three awards were accepted by Richard Comely. Comely will hand delivering the awards when he sees Freeman out west in a month or so.
Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame 2010 Acceptance speech: Richard Comely from Jill Leger on Vimeo.
As you can see in Richard's gracious acceptance speech, both he and Freeman were specific about wanting to give Ron Leishman credit for designing and co-creating Captain Canuck. though they made it happen, without Leishman's inspiration, the Captain would never have existed.
You can find write-ups on all Shuster Hall of Famers at the main HoF page.
Claude St. Aubin's Shuster bio is here. Read an extended Comics Bulletin interview with Claude St. Aubin conducted Hall of Fame committee member Phil Latter a. Get a copy of Aubin's "March on Fort Whoop-Up" project here.
George Freeman's Shuster Award bio is here. Check out Freeman's website and get a copy of the first Captain Canuck archive here.
More on Richard Comely and Captain Canuck at the official website. A recent Comely interview can be found Jeffery Klaehn's Pop blog.
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Joe Shuster Hall of Fame 2010 - Deni Loubert
We continue our video coverage of this years Joe Shuster Awards Hall of Fame inductions from Toronto's Innis Hall last June 5. With special thanks to my wife Jill for her videography and editing skills. This year's inductees included Dave Darrigo, Serge Gaboury and Captain Canuck writer-artists Richard Comely, George Freeman and Claude St. Aubin.
This time we greet the Queen of the Independents. Deni Loubert quite literally helped lay the groundwork for a modern Canadian comic book industry and for independant comics in general.
The publishing, promotion and distribution system she put in place for Aardvark-Vanaheim while publishing Cerebus with her then-husband Dave Sim was adapted and refined by Sim, enabling him to achieve his incredible, uninterrupted 300 issue run.
She then ran Renegade Press for years, featuring an amazing array of talented artists and awesome comics. Watch comics writer-artist-teacher-bon vivant Ty Templeton induct Deni.
Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame 2010 Inductee: Deni Loubert from Jill Leger on Vimeo.
More about Ty (including regular Saturday morning comics and original art sales!) at Ty Templeton's Artland.
I wish I had more time to spend with Deni after the awards. She is smart, insightful and has a very unique and broad perspective on the industry. Her thoughts on how artists represent themselves for better and for worse (based on her experience as an artist's rep in Hollywood) alone is worth a round of drinks.
Deni Loubert's Shuster bio is here. The Shuster Halll of Fame main page is here.
For your enjoyment and edification, here is the short speech I wrote for her induction, which presenter Ty Templeton delightfully threw out in favour of his own unique take on Deni.
Originally hailing from Timmons, Ontario, Deni Loubert grew up living a nomadic existence with her family, crisscrossing the continent as her Dad followed work from the local McIntyre Mine to the railroads of Arizona and northern California and back to the Great White North in the nickel mines of Sudbury. Because her parents frowned on comics as proper reading material she caught up on fave comic book by reading them in the grocery store. The family settled in the San Francisco Bay area long enough for Deni to attend high school and rediscover comics in the form of Gilbert Shelton's Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers.
Another family move to Kitchener, Ontario led Loubert to discover science fiction fandom. Inspired by local comic artist and fellow Joe Shuster Hall of Famer Gene Day's self-published work, she began to self-publish a zine of her own, Cerebus. Loubert met artist and future husband Dave Sim at Harry Kremer's Now And Then Books, the hub for Kitchener's local fandom and artistic community. Together, the two budding publishers formed Aardvark-Vanaheim to put out a Cerebus comic book based on their aardvark mascot. Loubert's reputation as publisher eager to help artists create their best work was born here.
Determined to let Sim create, Loubert took the business reins and learned publishing from the ground up, forging alliances with printers, writing text pages, overseeing the printing and arranging for now legendary Cerebus tours. Eventually, her love of artists and desire to forge her own identity inspired her to expand the Aardvark-Vanaheim line, publishing early work by Image Comic's Jim Valentino, Arn Saba, Bob Burden and Max Allen Collins. When Loubert and Sim's marriage ended, the infrastructure she had set up for Aarvark-Vanaheim were the foundation of Sim's extended run on Cerebus - the longest running independent comic in history.
Already partially responsible for helping a new generation of Canadian artists and publishers to step up to the plate, Loubert moved to Los Angeles to start fresh with her own imprint, Renegade Press. In addition to publishing numerous US artists, Loubert helped shepherd new work by Canadian creators like Dan and David Day (Cases of Sherlock Holmes), fellow Shuster inductee Dave Darrigo and R.G. Taylor (Wordsmith) and Larry Hancock and Michael Cherkas (Silent Invasion).
Loubert closed Renegade's doors in 1989 but it's a testament of the wide respect and popularity she held within the industry that the founders of Image Comics first approached her to be their publisher when they broke away from Marvel Comics. Loubert also worked for Wendy and Richard Pini as the Managing Editor at WaRP Graphics and was VP of Comic Book Development for Full Moon Entertainment, overseeing works by Marv Wolfman, Harlan Ellison and others.
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The Perfect Storm, Miami Hurricanes' baseball opens at Florida Gators
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The Miami Hurricanes will kick off their 2021 season against one of their longest rivals, as the Canes will open the year with a three-game series at the University of Florida, head coach Gino DiMare announced Tuesday.
"We're opening up with Florida on the road in their new ballpark, which will be a great, great test for us and a huge challenge," DiMare said. "They'll probably be preseason number one – they already are in a few polls – and I'm sure we'll be ranked pretty high as we already are in a few polls. It's going to be a great, great challenge and a great test right out of the gate going to Gainesville."
The Hurricanes and Gators will meet on the season-opening weekend for the 11th time, but this year's series is the first to start a season since 2004 when Miami took two of three games in Coral Gables to begin a 50-win season that ended with a trip to the College World Series. The two sides first faced off to start a season in 1947 and also did so in 1954, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971 and 1984. The Hurricanes hold a narrow advantage in the all-time series, 130-127-1.
The 2021 season will be unique in many ways. It will feature six fewer games than usual, as the ACC has decided to reduce the regular season from 56 games to 50, while simultaneously increasing conference games from 30 to 36. This year will also mark the first time the Hurricanes start a year on the road since they traveled to Hawaii for a four-game set to start the 1997 season.
"Every game is going to be huge this year, and we've got to be ready to play," DiMare said. "They're all going to be a challenge, especially with the ACC moving up from 10 to 12 series. But if we're going to be the program that I expect us to be at Miami and if we're going to be the top team at the end of the year, we need to be able to play well and win these games, win these series and put ourselves in a good position to get to Omaha."
In addition to the three-game set at Florida, Miami will host a three-game series against Appalachian State from May 7-9 and will play eight midweek games to make up its 14-game non-conference slate. The Hurricanes will play two games against FIU (Mar. 31, Apr. 7) and three games against both Florida Atlantic (Mar. 9, Mar. 23, May 18) and FGCU (Mar. 17, Apr. 14, Apr. 21).
"Our weekday games are all going to be against FAU, FIU, and Florida Gulf Coast, and those are all good programs and are in a position to play in regionals year in and year out," DiMare said. "And then every weekend we're going to be in the ACC except two, and that's opening weekend against the Gators and an exam weekend against Appalachian State. The bottom line is we've got to be ready to play every single day."
Putting a schedule together has been challenging for baseball coaches across the country. The uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic forced teams to adjust the schedules they had originally prepared for the upcoming season.
"It's been kind of nerve-wracking," DiMare said. "There were a number of meetings with our conference and a lot of phone calls with me and other coaches from our non-conference teams that we play just trying to figure out how to navigate through this thing but I'm very pleased and happy to have our schedule for this season finalized."
Miami's baseball team will play 36 ACC baseball games in 2021, with six home and six road series. The 36-game conference slate is six more than in previous seasons. While the increase in ACC games is new in 2021, all 12 conference series will be three-game sets, just as they have been in previous years.
"This is the first time I can remember where we have 26 games at home and 24 on the road," DiMare said. "So, we're basically split-half at home and half on the road, which normally has not been the case. We normally play a few more games at home, but that's the way it is with our conference, and we got to make sure that we are ready to play every game, no matter where we are playing."
After opening the season against Florida on Feb. 19, Miami will play 12 ACC opponents over the following 13 weekends. Miami's home opponents will be Virginia Tech (Feb. 26-28), Wake Forest (March 12-14), Florida State (March 19-21), Duke (April 2-4), Clemson (April 16-18) and Georgia Tech (May 14-16).
The Hurricanes will travel to NC State (March 5-7), Virginia (March 26-28), Pittsburgh (April 9-11), North Carolina (April 23-25), Boston College (April 30-May 2) and Louisville (May 20-22).
"We're playing four games a week, and our guys have got to be mentally ready and focused to do that, and I think they will be," DiMare said. "We've got veteran guys that understand it, and we've got some young, talented guys that are going to get thrown into it right away, and they're going to have to mentally be prepared for it."
The only league opponent Miami will not face in 2021 is Notre Dame. The Canes have not faced the Fighting Irish since 2018, but were scheduled to travel to South Bend, Ind., last season before the COVID-19 pandemic cut the season short.
"We're looking forward to it, but we've got to be mentally more ready and tough than we've ever been because this will be the most challenging year," DiMare said. "I look at it this way, the team that comes out at the top this year, to me, you can go back and say probably battled more obstacles than any other team in the history of college baseball."
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A couple of hours drive inland from the cosmopolitan capital of Tunis sits Medjez El Bab, a provincial town that has relied on income from agriculture since Roman times.
The surrounding hills are still packed with fields of wheat and other crops like watermelon, but times are getting harder for the region's farmers, and poor water management is to blame, says Hatem Jemmali, a social economist at Manouba University who studies inequality and poverty in the Middle East and North Africa.
The summer months are getting hotter in Tunisia; the average temperature in July between the years of 1991 and 2015 was 2.3 degrees Celsius warmer than it was 90 years earlier, according to data from the World Bank.
Rainfall is also increasingly difficult to predict; it varies greatly from year to year. For example, according to another dataset from the World Bank, the amount of rainfall Tunisia received in 2002 was 98 percent lower than it was in the following year.
Tunisia is not unusual among North African and Middle Eastern countries in facing this problem. Countries throughout the region suffer from water scarcity, which is expected to get worse as a result of climate change.
The shortage of water in Tunisia's interior is reducing crop yields and therefore farmers' profit margins, which is bad news for the area as a whole because farming is the bedrock of the regional economy. Jemmali argues that water scarcity is widening the economic gap between the country's relatively wealthy coastal zones and the more deprived inland governorates.
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* Tom Dooley (Leichtathlet) (* 1945), US-amerikanischer Geher

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An ancient tradition resonates in the harried 21st century
Karen Schwartz, The Associated Press 08.28.2014
Guests take part in a walking meditation on the grounds of the Insight Meditation Society Retreat Center in Barre, Mass. The Buddhist-influenced centre offers silent retreats that enable individuals to take a break from the stresses and demands of modern life. The retreat can give increased awareness of self and the world, and for some it's a strong emotional experience.
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A very pregnant Juliana Berger took a five-day trip with her husband and didn't speak to him once. They weren't fighting. They were attending a silent retreat.
Berger, 33, a web developer, had attended a number of silent retreats over the past decade. Her husband, Jonathan Mann, a 32-year-old songwriter, had never been. Like so many people these days, the New York-based couple wanted a break from the stress of daily life.
"I thought the stillness would help me connect with my baby," said Berger, who was nearly eight months pregnant at the time.
Silent meditation transcends most religious traditions, and it can be traced back thousands of years.
Today's retreats last from a day to several weeks and take place at monasteries, colleges, spas, hotels and even hospitals.
"It's not really a vacation," cautioned Robert Epstein, senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology and professor of psychology at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji. "It's a very unusual experience, which can certainly be beneficial, but it's difficult in some respects, because it's a time when you are alone with your thoughts. And you can hear your thoughts very clearly."
For some people, hearing those thoughts can be difficult, though by having time and space to think them through, some people are able to "exhaust the most disturbing ones and throw them away," he said.
Berger and Mann both experienced what they described as a transformation during their stay earlier this year at the Buddhisminfluenced Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Mass.
The retreat wasn't completely silent. There were teachers, lectures, small-group sessions and some necessary words exchanged while cooking the vegetarian meals - but none to each other. Each of the 90 participants had their own modest single room.
The retreat had activities scheduled from 5:30 a.m. until 9:30 p.m. There were about eight daily periods for sitting, along with set times for walking, yoga, group interviews, working, eating, chanting, meditation instruction and lectures on Buddhist philosophy.
Mann said he's never been good at being still and that he found a 45-minute meditation on the second day physically painful and emotionally frustrating. Afterward, he went to his room and wept in what he described as, "the most violent emotional reaction" he's ever had.
"The meltdown helped a lot," he said, explaining that he decided to stop trying so hard. He started moving about during the meditation periods and allowed his mind to wander.
As a result, he relaxed and "some moments of clarity came," he said. He realized how much anxiety he carries.
Berger, too, found that she had to stop trying to control things. She had planned, for example, to get lots of rest, but that didn't happen.
"I ended up having terrible difficulty sleeping and had to sit with fatigue, exhaustion and frustration," she said.
"When I sat with the part of myself who was trying to control and protect, and had compassion for her, I experienced a profound transformation," she said. "I was
able to experience joy in the present moment: a beautiful walk, a glorious nap, one breath in, one breath out."
Other retreat philosophies offer participants more time to go at their own pace.
For instance, the four-day retreats offered to students and faculty by Fordham University, in New York City, have some scheduled prayer and a brief daily meeting with a spiritual director, but the rest of the time is for personal reflection.
"I always suggest to people to get out into nature," said Carol Gibney, an associate director of the campus ministry and director of Ignatian programs.
Gibney has facilitated the Jesuit school's retreats for the past dozen years, and after working with hundreds of participants, offers this advice:
It takes at least 24 hours for a person to move past the point of "monkey brain" - racing from one thought to another - and to begin to relax. Once a person relaxes, there tends to be a heightened awareness of things both internal and external.
The stillness evokes all kinds of feelings, including frustration and even grief. "Compassionate awareness is what emerges," she said. "Compassion for oneself, for feelings that they might have buried and pushed aside."
In choosing a retreat, be an educated consumer. Consider the mission of the retreat house, read reviews and talk to friends.
With retreats increasing in popularity as people try to get away from their frenetic lifestyle, "Think about what you're getting away from and what you're going to," she said.
Finally, she advises: "Be open. Expect to be surprised."
Berger agrees.
"Going on a silent retreat is a journey," she said. "When you take away all of the energy we put into communication, it is redirected to the parts of your life you normally ignore. I would recommend it to anyone."
Insight Meditation Society: Barre, Massachusetts Dharma.org/meditation-retreats Fees vary by type and length of session.
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I'm preparing to give a presentation on mindful eating to a group of therapists and other mental health clinicians next week. It's really gotten me thinking deeper about mindful eating as an avenue back to our true selves.
Here's the deal: We as a culture are incredibly disconnected from our bodies and our appetites. Our appetites for food, and our appetites for other things in life.
Our world is so distracted – our attention is literally what marketers are competing for (and, guess what, they're good at it).
So when it comes to eating, we often aren't in tune with the signals from our bodies, and we aren't really paying attention to the food itself. Think about the last time you ate – what else were you doing at the time? Working, watching TV, driving, using your phone or computer, something else?
"I don't have time." – If you don't have time to take 15-20 minutes to eat, then you need to either reprioritize your day or set some boundaries. Make the time – it's that important. You are worth it. Your body is worth it.
"It will be boring." – When you are used to being distracted 24/7, then yes, focusing on just one thing might feel "boring," but if you give it a chance you just might find that it's actually an enjoyable experience. What would it be like to just focus on one thing at a time?
"I won't know when to stop eating." – Listening to your body without diet or food rules can be scary. But your body already contains the wisdom you need to know when to stop. It's ok if you make a "mistake" by under or overeating. Your body can handle it, and you can try again later.
Check in with your body – Are you hungry? If not, wait a bit and check back in.
If you are hungry, how hungry are you? What are you hungry for? Give yourself permission to eat that food.
Sit down at a table to eat. Try to make the environment pleasant, with out clutter or distractions.
Notice the appearance of your food – the colors, the presentation, the textures.
Smell the food. What aromas do you notice?
Take a bite and chew slowly. Eat each bite slowly, chewing thoroughly, savoring it.
Notice the flavors and the textures.
Notice how the taste changes with each bite.
Take a moment to express gratitude for the experience.
Mindful eating is a way back into your body. Rather than following an external set of rules about what to eat and how much to eat, you are tuning in to your internal cues for hunger and satiety.
As you find your way back to your body, you will also get back in touch with your appetite for things outside of food. You might find yourself "hungry" for connection, adventure, relaxation, rest, and all sorts of other things.
It's amazing what happens when you honor your various appetites, for food and otherwise. Your true self knows what it wants and needs if you listen.


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Q: Why rundll gives missing entry? I have created a dead-simple DLL in Visual Studio 2010, a win32 project of type DLL.
Then I changed the DllMain to this:
BOOL APIENTRY DllMain( HMODULE hModule,
                       DWORD  ul_reason_for_call,
                       LPVOID lpReserved
                     )
{
    switch (ul_reason_for_call)
    {
    case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
        MessageBox(0,L"Hey there!",0,0);
        break;
    case DLL_THREAD_ATTACH:
    case DLL_THREAD_DETACH:
    case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
        break;
    }
    return TRUE;
}

and I used rundll32 vahid-win32.dll,dllmain to run it. Message box shows, but after that it gives

Error in vahid-win32.dll
Missing entry: dllmain

What is wrong with my DLL? or with me? :-)
Thanks in advance

A: Your messagebox doesn't come from you passing DllMain function name. Rather it is automatically called. But Rundll32 looking for a export function with name DllMain with dllexport declaration as given below.
BOOL APIENTRY DllMain( HMODULE hModule,
                   DWORD  ul_reason_for_call,
                   LPVOID lpReserved
                 )
{
switch (ul_reason_for_call)
{
case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
    MessageBox(0,L"Hey there!",0,0);
    break;
case DLL_THREAD_ATTACH:
case DLL_THREAD_DETACH:
case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
    break;
}
return TRUE;
}

extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) void mydllmain()
{
   MessageBox(0,L"Hey there again!",0,0);
}

when you call RunDll32 with parameter mydllmain, it does me give both the message box with out error.

A: There's no reason to call DllMain via RunDLL, it's called automatically when the DLL is loaded.
Rather try running a custom function.
Aside from that, the problem is probably the exported name. You need to write a .def file for the DLL.
DllMain it is caused automatically, always.  it to cause through rundll32, it will be caused, for this purpose it and is "entry point", you repeatedly try to cause it.

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Mario Enrique Quirós Quirós (ur. 19 stycznia 1967 w Paraíso) – kostarykański duchowny katolicki, biskup diecezjalny Cartago od 2017.

Życiorys
Święcenia kapłańskie otrzymał 8 grudnia 1994 i został inkardynowany do archidiecezji San José de Costa Rica. Od 2005 był prezbiterem nowo powstałej diecezji Cartago. Pracował jako wikariusz parafialny oraz jako wychowawca i ojciec duchowny krajowego seminarium.

4 marca 2017 papież Franciszek mianował go biskupem diecezjalnym Cartago. Sakry udzielił mu 13 maja 2017 biskup José Francisco Ulloa Rojas.

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Kostarykańscy biskupi katoliccy
Urodzeni w 1967