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Rag Doll (comics)
The Rag Doll is a fictional supervillain in the DC Universe. Rag Doll appears in an episode of The CW television series The Flash on the fifth season played by Troy James. Rag Doll was first introduced as an adversary for the Golden age Flash in a story published in Flash Comics #36, created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Lou Ferstadt. In the Starman series, James Robinson revived the character, his son, Peter Merkel, Jr. most used his father's name as a member of the Secret Six. Peter Merkel, a native of the Midwestern United States, was born with a unique condition, "triple-jointedness". Like the more common "double-jointedness", Merkel's condition was characterized by extensible ligaments and tendons, though to a extended degree; the son of a side-show barker, Merkel found work in a small local carnival as a contortionist and eccentric dancer. In the early 1940s, the carnival fell on hard times and Merkel found himself out of work. Wandering the streets, Merkel despaired of having money. Seeing large boxes of toys being loaded into a department store, Merkel hit on the idea of hiding himself in one of the large rag dolls and robbing the store after closing.
Going unnoticed among the toys, Merkel carried his idea one step further: He would rob while still hidden in the Rag Doll suit. In these earliest days of costumed villains, the idea seemed novel and Merkel decided that no one would believe that a Rag Doll could commit crime. In time, the legend of the Rag Doll grew wide. Petty crooks began to take advantage of his criminal success. In 1943, the Rag Doll moved his operation to Keystone City. There he had his thugs deliver him as a gift to a young heiress named Geralda Cummins; the young girl was holding a much-touted party for her circle of socialites and the Rag Doll aimed to take advantage of the situation. To coordinate the event, Cummins had selected Joan Williams who had begun a party and festival business, it was decided that each of the wealthy guests would donate $10,000 in defense bonds to serve as a prize in a treasure hunt. Whoever solved the hunt first, won the prize. Unknown to Joan, the doll Geralda had received as a gift was listening and planning a much different outcome.
The next evening, the guests gathered to hear the reading of the first clue. As the guests departed, the Rag Doll signaled his thugs to follow them to the museum while he stayed to interrogate Joan Williams, his ploy was delayed however, by the untimely arrival of the Flash. While the Rag Doll remained in hiding and the Flash departed for the museum to provide the next clue. On their arrival, they were waylaid by the Rag Doll's thugs. While the Flash made short work of the henchmen, the Rag Doll himself drugged Joan with chloroform and stole the remaining clue. With these, he could find the treasure himself. With the henchmen wrapped up, the Flash returned to find Joan amnesiac from the chloroform and with no recollection as to the location of the bonds. Taking the first clue, the Flash began to solve the puzzle at super-speed and intercepted the Rag Doll on the 4th clue, at a local aquarium; the Rag Doll got the jump on Garrick with a swift blow to the skull and dumped the hero into an aquarium containing a giant octopus.
He raced back to the Cummins estate to solve the treasure hunt with the 5th clue. Meanwhile, the Flash came to and after a tussle with hotly pursued the criminal, he arrived just in time to see the Rag Doll pull the defense bonds out of their hiding place in the Cummins' grand piano. And tying the villain in knots, the Flash returned the gift and carted the outlandish criminal off to the Keystone City Jail. Flash is reported to have had several other encounters with the Rag Doll over the years but none have been recorded. In the mid-1970s, the Rag Doll became a pawn in a rather bizarre series of robberies. After an encounter with the Thinker, the Rag Doll became brainwashed to commit crimes based on dolls; when the Flash intercepted the criminal, mundane "accidents" befell the elder speedster, undermining his self-confidence. The Thinker's plan was to destroy the Flash's self-esteem to the point that the hero would be too ineffectual to stop his grander plans; the Thinker was undone however, by a surprise visit from the Silver Age Flash, Barry Allen, who captured the former carnival worker.
Allen noticed a bizarre aura around the heads of Garrick and Merkel, suggesting that each was being manipulated in some way. At Merkel's interrogation, the Rag Doll swore that he had no recollection of any crimes, convincing Allen that there was a greater force at work. Switching Merkel for a real rag doll, he convinced Garrick and the Keystone police that a bizarre transmogrification had occurred and that Merkel was somehow dead, he departed, only to return and hide in the evidence room when the Thinker himself paid a visit to confirm the demise of his agent. Caught red-handed, the Thinker was apprehended by the two Flashes and both the Thinker and the Rag Doll were returned to prison. In the early 1980s, the Rag Doll was contacted by the Ultra-Humanite, a long-standing foe of the Justice Society. Along with other elder villains as well as new younger recruits, the Rag Doll became a founding member of the second generation of the Secret Society of Super Villains; the Ultra-Humanite had devised a machine that, for the sacrifice of ten heroes from the Justice Society and Justice League to be held in stasis, all the heroes on Earth would disappear.
Each villain was assigned to dispose of his long-time nemesis and the Rag Doll took the Flash. After delivering a false tip to the Flash, the Rag Doll ambushed the hero
The Suicide Squad is the name of a fictional supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first version of the Suicide Squad debuted in The Brave and the Bold #25 and the second and modern version, created by John Ostrander, debuted in Legends #3. One of the two teams saves the world from a threatening race of savages; the modern incarnation of the Suicide Squad is Task Force X—a team of incarcerated supervillains who carry out secret missions in exchange for reduced prison sentences. The Suicide Squad's name alludes to the dangerous nature of their missions; the team is based out of Belle Reve Penitentiary under the directorship of Amanda Waller. Various incarnations of the Suicide Squad have existed throughout the years as depicted in several self-titled comic book series, from its origins in the Silver Age, to its modern-day Post-Crisis reimagining, to the current version, introduced in the 2016 DC Rebirth continuity reboot; the current incarnation of the team appears in the fifth volume of the Suicide Squad comic series, the recurring members include Captain Boomerang, Enchantress, Harley Quinn and Killer Croc.
The group has appeared in various adaptations, including television series and an eponymous 2016 feature film. Featured in The Brave and the Bold, the original Suicide Squad team included Rick Flag Jr. his girlfriend Karen Grace, Dr. Hugh Evans and Jess Bright; this team was created by artist Ross Andru. The Suicide Squad was revived in the Legends miniseries with writer John Ostrander at the helm; the renewed concept involved the government employing a group of supervillains to perform missions that were suicide runs, a concept popular enough for an ongoing series titled Suicide Squad. The squad was paired together with DC's other government agency, Checkmate—culminating in the Janus Directive crossover. While the Squad is depicted as succeeding on their missions, failure resulted. Ostrander remarked on how Squad stories sometimes purposefully brought in characters to be killed off; the team's name, Suicide Squad, relates to the idea that this group of characters is sent on dangerous and difficult missions—suicide missions.
Suicide Squad lasted 66 issues, along with one special. After the series' cancellation in 1992, the Squad went on to make several guest appearances in titles such as Superboy, Hawk & Dove and Adventures of Superman. Suicide Squad was published in 2001, written with art by Paco Medina. Though the series' first issue featured a Squad composed of Giffen's Injustice League members, the roster was promptly slaughtered, save for Major Disaster and Multi-Man; these developments prompt Sgt. Rock, by now written into the role of squad leader, to recruit new members—numerous of whom died during the missions they undertook. Suicide Squad was an eight-issue miniseries published in 2007, it featured the return of writer John Ostrander, with art by Javier Pina. The story focused on the return of Rick Flag Jr. and the formation of a new Squad for the purpose of attacking a corporation responsible for the development of a deadly bio-weapon. Suicide Squad debuted as part of DC Comics' line-wide New 52 continuity reboot in 2011.
The relaunched book was written by Adam Glass, with art by Ransom Getty. Amanda Waller once again directs the group from behind the scenes; this series concluded in 2014, with issue #30. New Suicide Squad was launched in July 2014. Written by Sean Ryan with art by Jeremy Roberts, the new series continues to feature Deadshot and Harley Quinn, with Deathstroke, Black Manta, Joker's Daughter added to the mix; the original Suicide Squad appeared in six issues of the Bold. Although this early incarnation of the team did not have the espionage trappings of Squads, it laid much of the groundwork for squad field leader Rick Flag Jr.'s personal history. The team's administrator Amanda Waller was introduced in the Legends miniseries, with the original Silver Age Squad's backstory fleshed out further in Secret Origins #14; the original Suicide Squad first appears in The Brave and the Bold #25. Team members appearing in the debut issue include physicist Jess Bright; the characters have follow-up appearances in issues #26, #27 and #37-#39.
The team's introductory story depicts them being called in to deal with a super-heated red-hued object, called the "Red Wave", heading toward a seaside resort and boiling the ocean along the way. They travel in a plane equipped with a analysis lab. Follow-up appearances show the team dealing with a variety of challenges: a meteor storm, a giant serpent in the Paris subway tunnels, a giant monster that captures Karin and a nuclear bomb. Issues # 38 and # 39 show the team meeting the leader of the Cyclops. In the midst of Darkseid's attempt to turn humanity against Earth's superheroes via his minion Glorious Godfrey, Amanda Waller assigns Rick Flag Jr. leadership of a reformed Task Force X. Blockbuster, Bronze Tiger, Captain Boomerang and Enchantress comprise Task Force X; the squad's first mission is to eliminate Darkseid's rampaging fire elemental Brimstone. Waller dismisses th
House of Secrets (DC Comics)
The House of Secrets is the name of several mystery and horror comics anthologies published by DC Comics. It is notable for being the title, it had a companion series titled House of Mystery. The original Silver Age series ran 80 issues, from November/December 1956 to September/October 1966. In addition to short, "one-off" stories, several issues featured the adventures of modern-dress sorcerer Mark Merlin who first appeared in issue #23; the dual-personality super villain Eclipso was created by Bob Haney and Lee Elias and was introduced in issue #61 and continued to the series' end. Prince Ra-Man the Mind-Master bowed in #73 and was a Doctor Strange-style "replacement" for Mark Merlin. Prince Ra-Man twice battled Eclipso; the "Prince Ra-Man" feature ended in House of Secrets #80, the final issue of the series. Other, lesser continuing features included "Peter Puptent, Explorer"; the series was revived three years with a definite article as The House of Secrets, beginning with issue #81. Now its horror and suspense tales were introduced by a host named Abel, who would host the satirical comic Plop!.
His brother Cain hosted House of Mystery. Swamp Thing first appeared in House of Secrets #92 in a stand-alone horror story set in the early 20th century written by Len Wein and drawn by Bernie Wrightson; the woman appearing on the cover of this issue was modeled after future comics writer Louise Simonson. The Patchwork Man, a character from the Swamp Thing ongoing series, was to have become an ongoing feature in the series but only appeared in one issue; the revival of House of Secrets, sporting many covers by Neal Adams, Bernie Wrightson, Michael Kaluta, ran through issue #154, with six months passing between #140 and #141. Cancelled as a result of the DC Implosion, it was "merged" into The Unexpected with issue #189, through issue #199; the series was 68 ad-free pages. The House of Secrets came to be the name of the actual edifice in which Abel lives. Writer Mike Friedrich and artist Jerry Grandenetti explained its origins; the building itself was constructed for a Senator Sanderson using only materials from Kentucky, went under the enchantment that only pure-blood Kentuckians would be able to live there.
Sanderson's wife went insane in the upper floors, leading the Senator to sell the house. The next four owners, none of them pure Kentuckians, found themselves driven away for various reasons; the following owner attempted to move the home from its original location, but the house tore itself free from its trailer, ran its owner over a cliff to his death, settled less than 200 yards from the Kentucky state line in a graveyard. Whether by fate or some mystical alignment, the companion House of Mystery stands at the other end of the graveyard. Shortly after this, Abel was driven to the house and entrusted as its caretaker by a man who revealed himself to be an aspect of the House's existence, but making vague references to an employer. Abel was showing living in the House of Mystery in the quarterly DC Special #4, published one month earlier. In the 1980s and 1990s The Sandman series revealed that the House of Secrets edifice exists both in the real world of the DC Universe and in The Dreaming, as a repository for secrets of all kinds.
The character of Abel would become a recurring character in The Sandman and related series such as The Dreaming. DC's Vertigo imprint revived the name House of Secrets as concept. Here the House of Secrets was a mobile manor; the building itself is haunted by the Juris, a group of ghosts who summon those with secrets in order to judge them and pass sentence. To the Juris, all offenses carry the same weight, from rape and murder to lying at a crucial moment. A runaway named Rain Harper stumbled upon the House of Secrets and took up a position as an unwilling witness to the Juris trials, validating the judgments and either condemning the tried souls to imprisonment in the basement, or setting them free to live their life purged of their secret. Starting fresh with a new #1, this series ran 25 issues, plus a two-part House of Secrets: Facade special; this House of Secrets series was creator-owned except for its title, "licensed" by DC to the series' creators. The letters column in issue #6 indicates that for legal reasons, they could not include Cain and Abel in the stories.
This series was used for the framing story in the first Vertigo Winter's Edge special, featuring Rain happening upon an art gallery in the house whose paintings allow her to see stories from The Sandman, The Dreaming, The Invisibles, The Books of Magic, The Minx, Sandman Mystery Theatre and Nevada. In the mid-2000s, the Secret Six made their headquarters in the House of Secrets. Scandal stated in issue five of Villains United that the House would not show up on technological scans or mystical surveillance, she said that Mockingbird claimed the House was a "house of victims." The House of Secrets appeared in the Young Justice episode "Secrets". In the series it was depicted as a magic shop across the street from the house of Greta and Billy Hayes; the Jack Kirby Omnibus includes stories from House of Secrets #3–4, 8, 12, 304 pages, August 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3107-1 Showcase Presents: Eclipso collects Eclipso stories from House of Secrets #61–80, 296 pages, August 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2315-X Showcase Presents: House of Secrets Volume 1 collects House
Secret Society of Super Villains
The Secret Society of Super Villains is a group of supervillains appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. First introduced in their own eponymous series with issue #1, the group consists of enemies of members of the Justice League of America. Editor Gerry Conway created the team to be "a kind of'evil' Justice League". Since other editors were somewhat possessive towards the more popular DC Comics supervillains, Conway resorted to sifting through DC's back issues in search of members selecting a lineup of obscure and/or forgotten villains; the first issue of Secret Society of Super Villains was drafted with artwork by Pablo Marcos. According to Conway's assistant Paul Levitz, Custom in those years was for the editor to bring the finished inks of an issue in to Carmine for a cover conference, during which Carmine would sketch a cover design in pen on typing paper. While I wasn’t in the room, I recall Gerry coming back down the hall to his office, confused, as Carmine had looked through the issue wanting to see the villains’ clubhouse or headquarters, when that wasn’t in the book, asking Gerry to redo it.
In my time at DC in Carmine’s years, this was the most significant change in an issue I recall his asking for at that late stage. In the original story, Darkseid founds the group under the title of the Brotherhood of Crime in a bid to hold the world ransom by stealing the world's deadliest nerve gas; the group, made up of Captain Cold, Gorilla Grodd, Star Sapphire, a clone of Manhunter, turns on their benefactor when Manhunter raises the issue of Darkseid's history of trying to enslave humanity. Darkseid is revealed to be an android. Manhunter suspects Darkseid controls it from afar and suggests forming the Secret Society of Super Villains to combat Darkseid while pursuing their own goals. Due to the delays caused by having to redo the first issue from scratch, Conway assigned David Anthony Kraft to script the next three issues of Secret Society of Super Villains over his plots. After issue #4 both Conway and Kraft abruptly left DC, leading to a mad scramble to produce a fill-in issue. Jack C. Harris took over as editor, Conway returned as writer only with issue #8, but artists on the series rotated nearly as as the lineup of the titular supergroup, with Rich Buckler, Mike Vosburg, Dick Ayers all contributing short stints as penciler, while inkers changed from issue to issue.
Harris felt that the series' mediocre sales might have been his fault: "The cover concepts were one of my editorial duties. Rich Buckler turned my ideas into the best he could do, but I never felt as if my ideas were good enough for his art. I think there was a ‘sameness’ to my ideas which might have hurt the title in that casual readers might have missed buying an issue because they thought they’d seen it."Secret Society of Super Villains was cancelled with issue #15 as part of the DC Implosion. Issue #16 was at the printer at the time of the cancellation and would have been the final issue, but writer Bob Rozakis appealed to DC to pull the issue since it was the beginning of a three-part story and he did not want to leave the readers hanging. Issue #17 was near completion at the time, both it and issue #16 would see publication of a sort in the printed Cancelled Comics Cavalcade #2. Issue # 18, which concluded the three-part story, was never drawn. Rozakis revealed where the story would have gone had the series not been cancelled in a weekly column for Silver Bullet Comics.
This series, along with the unpublished #16 & #17, were collected in a two-volume hardcover edition with the volumes published in 2011 and 2012, respectively. First organized by Darkseid, the Secret Society of Super-Villains were based out of the Sinister Citadel in San Francisco. From early on, the team was plagued with power struggles. Lex Luthor, Gorilla Grodd, Funky Flashman all sought to control the powerful team. After discovering the true identity of their benefactor, the team rebelled against the alien overlord. To quash their uprising, Darkseid sent Kalibak. At the end of the struggle, Manhunter sacrificed himself to kill Darkseid. After this, the team splintered, with Luthor, the Wizard, Gorilla Grodd and Flashman leading the team at different times. However, the Wizard proved to be the most tenacious and created the definitive incarnation of the SSoSV, they went on to fight the original Crime Syndicate of America of Earth-Three and the Justice Society of America. While traveling between dimensions, back on Earth-1 Silver Ghost, Mirror Master and Copperhead formed yet another team and fought the Freedom Fighters.
The Wizard's group returned from Earth-2 and battled against the Justice League of America aboard their satellite headquarters. At one point in the battle, the two teams swapped bodies, allowing the supervillains to discover the true identities of their nemeses. After gaining the upper hand, the Justice League wiped the memories of the supervillains, precipitating Identity Crisis and the formation of the current Society years later. Notable in this series' run is the first appearance of Captain Comet in over 20 years as well as the introduction of a new Star Sapphire. Both were regular; the next incarnation of the Secret Society was organized by the Ultra-Humanite, who organized foes of both Earth-One's Justice League of America and Earth-Two's Justice Society of America. This marked the first appearance of the now-classic albino ape bod
Dale Eaglesham is a Canadian comic book illustrator, working in the American industry since 1986. He is best known for his work on titles like Conan, Green Lantern, Villains United, Justice Society of America and Fantastic Four. In 2008, the Shuster Awards selected him as Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Artist of the year. Eaglesham has worked with DC Comics, Dark Horse, CrossGen, among others, he worked for DC Comics for several years, before returning to Marvel in early 2009. There, his high-profile work includes pencilling Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier, he worked on Incredible Hulk for a three-issue arc with writer Greg Pak. On February 15, 2011, Marvel announced that it was bringing back Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight, with writers Fred Van Lente and Greg Pak as the writing team, Eaglesham on pencils. Speaking about the project, the Canadian artist said "I'm pretty excited to build a Canadian superteam into a force in the mainstream...there's a lot of depth to these characters and a lot of potential.
If there's anything different in my approach at all, it'll be an authenticity to the locales because this is where I live."One feature of Eaglesham's work for the first two years of his return to Marvel was that his projects were uninked, in other words colored and shot directly from his finished pencils. His work on Fantastic Four and Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier earned him the nickname "The Evolutionary Jack Kirby," referring to Eaglesham's ability to keep his art fresh and innovative while paying homage to classic comic book art. Previous work for DC Comics included the Villains United series, written by Gail Simone, he is known for his work inaugurating Batman: Gotham Knights, as well as his two-year run on Green Lantern, which included the landmark issue #150 featuring Jim Lee's new Kyle Rayner costume and the "Hate Crimes" story arc featured in The New York Times and on the Phil Donahue talk show. He wrapped up his award-winning run on Justice Society of America in December 2008, with his final issue released in April 2009.
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Secret Six (comics)
The Secret Six is the name of three different fictional comic book teams in the DC Comics Universe, plus an alternate universe's fourth team. Each team has had six members, led by a mysterious figure named Mockingbird, whom the characters assume to be one of the other five members; the third, villainous incarnation of the Secret Six was rated by IGN as the fourth Best Comic Run of the Decade in 2012. The Secret Six first appeared during the Silver Age of comics in the initial team's seven-issue title Secret Six. Unusually, the premiere issue's story began on the cover, continued on the interior's page one; this strike team of covert operatives consisted of August Durant, Lili de Neuve, Carlo di Rienzi, Mike Tempest, Crimson Dawn and King Savage. Created by writer E. Nelson Bridwell and artist Frank Springer, the ongoing series ceased publication with the identity of Mockingbird unrevealed; the first two issues were reprinted in The Brave and the Bold #117 and #120. Writer Martin Pasko and artist Dan Spiegle introduced an updated version of the team as an eight-page feature in the omnibus title Action Comics Weekly #601.
They revealed Mockingbird as Durant, who now reunited the team after twenty years while assembling a new team consisting of Mitch Hoberman, Ladonna Jameal, Tony Mantegna, Luke McKendrick, Vic Sommers and Dr. Maria Verdugo; the following issue saw. The feature ran through Action Comics Weekly #612, with DiRienzi succeeding Durant as Mockingbird. A second arc of this team, by writer Pasko and original Silver Age artist Springer, ran in Action Comics Weekly #619–630. DiRienzi died, his son Rafael disappeared amid intimations that he may be the successor Mockingbird; the next version of the team was introduced in Villains United #1. Unlike previous versions of the team, the new Secret Six consists of villainous characters who undertake missions of dubious moral quality and resulting in a high body count; the team consists of the pre-existing DC characters Catman and Cheshire, the newly created Rag Doll, Scandal Savage, a Parademon. Another member, the Fiddler, is killed by Deadshot on order of Mockingbird.
The Parademon is killed and Cheshire betrays the group to the Society, was shot by the Society's Deathstroke, who does not trust her for being a traitor. The Mockingbird for this version of the team is revealed to be Lex Luthor. In the 2006 Secret Six limited series, revealed as a mole infiltrating the Society in Villains United, has joined the group to be with her lover, Scandal. At the end of issue #1, Catman asks the Mad Hatter to be the sixth member of the group. While Catman meets with the Mad Hatter, Doctor Psycho orchestrates a series of attacks designed to wipe out the Six. Hatter is kicked off the team by Rag Doll, who says that one eccentric fop in the group is enough, his replacement is Harley Quinn, who quits. In Birds of Prey issues #104–108, the Secret Six face off against Oracle's Birds of Prey in Russia for the soul of Tora. After Harley Quinn quit the team, they disbanded. Subsequently, in Birds of Prey #109, Knockout was attacked and killed by the same assassin, stalking the New Gods and killing them off, one by one.
Earlier in the issue, Knockout comments in passing that Catman was going soft, Deadshot had returned to the Suicide Squad. Harley Quinn is reformed in Countdown #43. Scandal Savage, Rag Doll and Catman were seen in Salvation Run. DC launched a new Secret Six series in September 2008, reuniting Catman, Deadshot and Rag Doll, adding Bane and an original character named Jeannette, who appeared in the third issue; the Six have been hired to retrieve Tarantula from Alcatraz Island, find a card which she stole from "Junior", a mysterious villain who runs the entire West Coast mob. This Junior has the entire villain community at her beck and call, all afraid of her those in Arkham Asylum; the Six learn that the card in question was made by Neron, says "Get Out of Hell Free". Soon, the Six are attacked by a small army of supervillains, all wanting to recover the card and collect the reward of $20 million for each of the Six, under the orders of Junior, who captures and tortures Bane, whose strong principles and moral convictions, paired with his fatherly fondness of Scandal, keep him from betraying his new team.
It is revealed that Junior is in fact Rag Doll's sister and daughter of the first Rag Doll. She has the ghastly appearance of an old clown, with sliced skin and eyes stitched wide open to give the appearance of a clown; the Six escape and head for Gotham City, with Deadshot betraying them and leaving with Tarantula. The Six manage to catch up to Deadshot, was attacked by Junior, the supervillains, the Mad Hatter, revealed to be the one who hired them so they would be killed. Tarantula sacrifices herself by pulling herself and Junior in front of the supervillains' combined attack destroying the card along with them. However, it is shown that Scandal is now in possession of it. Although the current incarnation of the Secret Six are technically supervillains, several members of the team are treated sympathetically and come across as heroic, if only on the virtue of the team encountering individuals who are more bloodthirsty and villainous. In a new storyline starting with issue #10 titled "Depths", the Six have been hired by a new villain
Gail Simone is an American writer of comic books. Best known for penning DC's Birds of Prey, her other notable works include Secret Six, Welcome to Tranquility, The All-New Atom and Wonder Woman. In 2011, she became the writer for Batgirl. Though fired from Batgirl in December 2012 by the title's incoming editor, Brian Cunningham, she was rehired on December 21 after DC received backlash from fans, she became the writer for a new Red Sonja series in 2013 with Dynamite Entertainment, for the 2017 series Crosswind from Image Comics. A former hairdresser who had studied theater in college, Simone first came to fan attention through Women in Refrigerators, a website founded in 1999 by a small group of comics fans, including Simone, in response to a scene in Green Lantern #54, in which the titular hero's girlfriend, Alexandra DeWitt, was murdered and her corpse shoved in a refrigerator for the hero to find; the site was dedicated to identifying female superheroes, killed, raped, or otherwise suffered traumatic indignities as a plot device for a male character.
The site brought her into contact with many people working in the comics industry. Her column You'll All Be Sorry! appeared weekly on Comic Book Resources. Topics ranged from satirical summaries of comic books to fan fiction parodies. Simone worked for Bongo Comics, her contributions include stories for Simpsons Comics, an annual Treehouse of Horror special, regular scripts for Bart Simpson Comics. Simone penned many Sunday strips for the syndicated Simpsons comic strip. Following her Simpsons work, Simone entered the comics mainstream with a run on Marvel Comics' Deadpool; when Deadpool was canceled and relaunched as Agent X, Simone continued as writer, but left the series after a conflict with the series' editor. Simone returned to pen the concluding arc to Agent X, some months after the series' initial cancellation. After the dispute with Marvel, Simone moved on to DC Comics, where she was given the Birds of Prey title in 2003 featuring the all-female group consisting of Oracle, Black Canary, The Huntress and Lady Blackhawk.
Simone took over Action Comics with John Byrne penciling. Simone continued her other projects, including the 2005 Villains United limited series – part of the "Infinite Crisis" crossover – in which she revitalized the Catman character, she wrote a two-issue story arc that focused on the new Hawk & Dove for the third Teen Titans series, with Rob Liefeld penciling. While Simone maintained her usual enthusiastic stance, fandom was quick to lambast the promotional art Liefeld produced in tandem with the PR announcement; the controversy lay with Liefeld more than with Simone, a situation Simone acknowledged on the DC Comics message boards soon after the first Simone/Liefeld issue reached stores. In 2005 Simone wrote a Villains United limited series spin-off, entitled Secret Six, which led to an ongoing series that debuted in September 2008 and finished with the rest of DC's titles prior to the September 2011 New 52 relaunch. Other work by Simone includes a run on the Superman title Action Comics, a brief stint on The Legion, a Rose and Thorn limited series at DC Comics, a revitalization of Wildstorm's Gen¹³.
For Oni Press, Simone wrote Killer Princesses with co-creator and artist Lea Hernandez, Gus Beezer specials for Marvel Comics. Simone wrote an Atom series, based on ideas by Grant Morrison and penciled by her Action Comics artist, John Byrne and Mike Norton. Other work includes a Gen¹³ series and a creator-owned project about a retirement community of super-heroes, Welcome to Tranquility, for Wildstorm. Simone was a contributor to Tori Amos's Comic Book Tattoo. On April 12, 2007, DC announced that Simone would be the new regular writer of the third volume of Wonder Woman, first scheduled to start with issue #13 but changed to #14. Simone is notable for being Wonder Woman's longest-running female writer and has erroneously been credited as the first woman to write the character, when she was in fact preceded by Joye Hummel, Mindy Newell, Trina Robbins, Jodi Picoult. In early 2010 she was named as the writer for Birds of Prey under the "Brightest Day" banner. Simone was replaced on Wonder Woman by J. Michael Strazcynski, right after the book was renumbered to issue 600, but remained writer for the ongoing Birds of Prey and Secret Six titles.
A second Welcome to Tranquility limited series was published in 2010. In June 2011, it was announced that Simone would be collaborating with co-writer Ethan Van Sciver on a revamped Firestorm series starring Ronnie Raymond and Jason Rusch and that her ongoing series Secret Six had been cancelled, she subsequently left Birds of Prey, was succeeded by Duane Swierczynski. Simone left The Fury of Firestorm with issue #6. In 2011, Simone contributed to The Power Within, a Kickstarter-funded comic book that focuses on teen bullying; that same year, as part of DC Comics' New 52 initiative, Simone wrote the new Batgirl title starring Barbara Gordon. The first issue of that series was published in September 2011, in it, Simone introduced a character named Alysia Yeoh, revealed to be transgender, the first major transgender character written in a contemporary context in a mainstream comic book. In November 2012, various press reported rumors that her exclusivity deal with DC was coming to an end, that she was leaving the Batgirl title and DC.
On December 9, 2012 Simone revealed that her departure was not voluntary, that she had been fired from Batgirl the preceding Wednesday by the book's new editor, Brian Cunningham. By December 21, Simone was back writing Batgirl. In Februar

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The Kitchen Sisters have launched a new series — The Keepers — stories of activist archivists, rogue librarians, curators, collectors and historians. Keepers of the culture and the cultures and collections they keep. Guardians of history, large and small. Protectors of the free flow of information and ideas.
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Special Issue "Combined Nutrition and Exercise Interventions in Community Groups"
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Interests: physical activity, exercise interventions, nutrition interventions, lifestyle interventions, health promotion, public health, community health
Diet and physical activity are two key modifiable lifestyle factors that influence health across the lifespan (prevention and management of chronic diseases and reduction of the risk of premature death through several biological mechanisms). Community-based interventions contribute to public health, as they have the potential to reach high population-level impact, through the focus on groups that share a common culture or identity in their natural living environment. While the health benefits of a balanced diet and regular physical activity are commonly studied separately, interventions that combine these two lifestyle factors have the potential to induce greater benefits in community groups than strategies focusing only on one or the other. Thus, this Special Issue entitled “Combined Nutrition and Exercise Interventions in Community Groups” will comprise manuscripts that highlight this combined approach (balanced diet and regular physical activity) in community settings. Original research articles and reviews (systematic reviews and meta-analyses) are welcome.
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8/19/2004 - Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE AND NASDAQ: CDN) announced that ATI Technologies Inc. has selected the Cadence® IncisiveTM Palladium® acceleration and emulation system to verify some of its highly complex designs. The Palladium accelerator/emulator, a key technology of the Incisive functional verification platform, provides the speed and efficiency that is critical for verification of advanced integrated circuits (ICs) that require high-performance processing and memory. ATI joins an established list of leading graphics companies that have purchased the Palladium system in the past 12 months, further strengthening the position of Cadence as the preferred emulation supplier to companies developing complex multimedia application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs).
"High-performance products and faster time-to-market are key to maintaining leadership," said Dave DiOrio, vice president, engineering, ATI. "We chose the Cadence Palladium accelerator/emulator because of its superior technology in our design space. The Palladium system provided the features we needed to meet stringent product delivery schedules and increased our ability to test our ASICs and application-level software. The Palladium system enhanced our testing productivity by providing fast compile time, efficient debug, high run-time performance, and excellent target interface solutions. The result was more highly tested silicon and system software."
DiOrio continues that the Palladium accelerator/emulator enabled ATI to verify chips in a fast, efficient way, which is critical for meeting the stringent time-to-market requirements for consumer end-products. Additionally, DiOrio adds that the processor-based Palladium accelerator/emulator was selected because of its superior price/performance capabilities compared to other emulation solutions.
"ATI serves as an example of how design teams can take advantage of the high-performance capabilities that our Palladium accelerator/emulator offers, including remote access capability," said Christopher Tice, senior vice president and general manager, Verification Acceleration, Cadence. "Hardware design teams can provide their software teams with access to the design for software development long before silicon is ready."
ATI utilized the Cadence PCI/PCI-X, PCI Express and Video SpeedBridge? solutions to aid in the verification process of its designs. SpeedBridge products are vertical application solutions and available as pre-built or customized products that help customers quickly create complete emulation environments for a variety of needs. For example, the PCI Express SpeedBridge solution manages communications between the developer's software development platform (running on a PC) and the emulator by converting PCI-X transactions to PCI Express transactions and vice-versa.
Cadence is the world's largest supplier of electronic design technologies and engineering services. Cadence products and services are used to accelerate and manage the design of semiconductors, computer systems, networking equipment, telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics, and other electronics based products. With approximately 4,850 employees and 2003 revenues of approximately $1.1 billion, Cadence has sales offices, design centers, and research facilities around the world. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and trades on both the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq under the symbol CDN. More information is available at www.cadence.com.
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Letter to the Editor: Time for a change
Mayor Vruwink has pushed his vanity projects on the people of Wisconsin Rapids for too long while turning every election into a popularity contest. He’s mortgaged the city’s roads, services, and future for an aquatic center that will only be used three to four months of the year.
Other than Matalco, some restaurants and small retail establishments; where are the jobs that have been promised every year he’s run for re-election? The mill and Walmart are the two largest employers in town. A lot of people have to drive to Wausau, Stevens Point, Plover, or Marshfield to find decent paying jobs. 17 percent of residents are at or below the poverty level and can’t afford to drive out of town for better paying jobs. So I ask again, where are the jobs we were promised?
The population continues to decrease, our roads are in shambles, city services are reduced every year, but we’ve got more parks and water slides than ever before.
I’m tired of having taxes go up only to see roads unplowed, dodging potholes everywhere, and packing leaves into a paper bag or hauling them to the compost site. We need a mayor that understands the issues we face and will do something about them.
Mayor Vruwink does not understand or listen to the citizens of this city. It’s time to give someone else a chance to turn things around and get Wisconsin Rapids back on the right path.
Don’t be fooled by all of the appearances or updates on social media. Mayor Vruwink only makes himself visible when there is an election around the corner.
Vote Shane Blaser for Wisconsin Rapids mayor in 2020.

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The Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) is one of the most widely used editions of the Hebrew Bible. It is the fourth edition of the Biblia Hebraica from the German Bible Society, and the text is based on Codex Leningradensis (b19A, the Leningrad Codex), the oldest complete Hebrew Bible. The text contains full vowel pointing, accentuation, and punctuation. The BHS serves as the underlying text for most modern translations of the Old Testament.
This digital edition includes lexical form and morphology tags to assist in reading and translating the text and to facilitate advanced searching. The morphological database comes from the Free University in Amsterdam (Werkgroep Informatica, Vrije Universiteit or WIVU, led by Eep Talstra), and is similar to the morphological tagging found in the BHS SESB edition, with one significant difference: pronominal suffixes have been placed in separate segments from the word they are attached to. This has some benefits in the Logos library, because many of our in-house databases are aligned to specific segments of the Hebrew text. For example, the participant reference database which tags who a pronoun refers to will link with this WIVU edition better than the SESB edition.
However, one of the main features of the print BHS is the critical apparatus, which lists significant textual variations from other Hebrew manuscripts and key early translations. This digital edition of the BHS does not include the critical apparatus or the indicators in the text that link to the apparatus entries. For a digital edition of the BHS with the critical apparatus, see the BHS SESB.
“הַקּוֹצְרִ֖ים וַיֹּאמַ֑ר נַעֲרָ֤ה מֽוֹאֲבִיָּה֙ הִ֔יא הַשָּׁ֥בָה עִֽם־נָעֳמִ֖י” (Ruth 2:6)
“וּמַן־ה֣וּא אֱלָ֔הּ דֵּ֥י יְשֵֽׁיזְבִנְכ֖וֹן מִן־יְדָֽי׃” (Daniel 3:15)
“וְהִנֵּ֗ה כִּדְמוּת֙ בְּנֵ֣י אָדָ֔ם נֹגֵ֖עַ עַל־שְׂפָתָ֑י” (Daniel 10:16)
“וְאַתָּ֖ה לֵ֣ךְ לַקֵּ֑ץ וְתָנ֛וּחַ וְתַעֲמֹ֥ד לְגֹרָלְךָ֖ לְקֵ֥ץ הַיָּמִֽין׃” (Daniel 12:13)
“נָֽפְלִ֨ין כָּֽל־עַֽמְמַיָּ֜א אֻמַיָּ֣א וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֗א” (Daniel 3:7)
Eep Talstra (1946–) is the chair of Old Testament at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He has written articles on the Bible and computers, and Old Testament exegesis and theology. Dr. Talstra is a member of several scholarly societies and remains active in research projects at VU Amsterdam.

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Fri, Oct 23|
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Clay Hand Building: Rustic Textured Plate
We will show you how to make a textured earthenware plate with a fun rim! Class size will be limited for social distancing. A few weeks later, after dried and bisque-fired, come back at your convenience to paint with pottery glazes, and we'll fire it again. Ready for pickup 7 days after painted!
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Oct 23, 2020, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
The Creation Place, 207 Main Street, New London, NH 03257, USA
About the event
We are so excited to host another clay handbuilding class! We will show you how to make a rustic 10.5-inch textured earthenware plate using your choice of rim template. Masks required, and class size will be limited for social distancing.
The ticket cost covers instruction, materials, bisque firing, and a second visit at your convenience to paint your plate with pottery glazes before the glaze firing. The drying process and first firing will take a few weeks -- the plates will be ready for pickup about 7-10 days after you complete the glaze painting. (Shipping is available for additional fee.)
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The ticket cost covers instruction, materials and two firings -- the glaze painting occurs at your convenience a few weeks after the class, once bisque firing completed. Come back in a week to pick up your finished piece, after you paint it and glaze firing completed! (Shipping is available for additional fee.)Price$45.00

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Atlas of Ultrasound-Guided Procedures in Interventional Pain Management
Narouze, Samer N. (Ed.)
2011, XXVIII, 372p. 465 illus., 350 illus. in color.
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Offers comprehensive coverage of the rapidly expanding field of ultrasound-guided pain medicine (USPM)
Written by world’s leading experts
Profusely illustrated with 465 figures (350 in full color)
Step-by-step coverage of procedures
Covers US-guided pain blocks in acute perioperative and chronic pain clinic settings Includes section on US-guided musculoskeletal applications
Atlas of Ultrasound-Guided Procedures in Interventional Pain Management is the first book devoted to the new, rapidly expanding field of ultrasound-guided pain medicine (USPM). It is aimed at physicians who manage acute and chronic pain syndromes who are beginning to use US-guided pain procedures and would like to shorten their learning curve. Among the target groups are pain physicians, anesthesiologists, physiatrists, rheumatologists, neurologists, orthopedists, sports medicine physicians, spine specialists, and interventional radiologists.
· Step-by-step guidance from the world’s leading USPM experts in their area of subspecialty expertise
· Coverage of acute perioperative pain, chronic pain clinic settings, and MSK applications
· Sections on spine injections; abdominal and pelvic blocks; peripheral nerve blocks and
continuous catheters; and MSK ultrasound
• Tips for improving needle visibility under US (e.g., choosing and applying the transducer; introducing the needle; and confirming appropriate needle placement)
• Essentials of US knobology
· Sonoanatomy relevant to peripheral nerve blocks, muscle and joint injections


This is Electronic dance music album with catchy melodies and lyrics, made for party people and DJs. These EDM songs will make you dance even if you don’t know how to dance. The purpose of this album is to make people dance and enjoy life to the max.
When I was in the studio producing these songs, they all made me feel happy, and I was dancing practically the whole time I was in the studio. Sometimes I even had hard time concentrating on the project, because the high levels of energy that these songs were giving me. These Instrumentals gave me a happy vibe, and a sense of happiness that I want to share with all of you. So I hope you enjoy these songs and the instrumental versions as good as I enjoyed them when I was composing them, producing them, and recording them. This is an special album, and I hope you feel the same.
This crazy album is for people who enjoy electronic dance music, and also for DJs. May be you like to dance, sing, jump around, be crazy, and enjoy life with friends. This album is for you!
You were my inspiration for this album. People like you who want to enjoy life, who want to forget of your daily routine just for a little while with music. People like you who like to dance even though you don’t know how to dance. People who deserve to be happy. People like you who like to party. People like you who want to be original on what they do. For people like you who show who you are when you are dancing. You were my inspiration, because I entertain people with music.
Artist: Tigre Fino
Producer: Tigre Fino
Release Date: October 16, 2015
Label: Flow Money Records
Catalog #: FM16525
1. We Like to Party
2. Pero Mami (feat. Jace Roy)
3. Ay Que Rica
4. My Swagger
5. Noche de Calle
7. Me Gusta el Party
8. My Swagger (Electro Dembow Version)
9. Noche de Calle (Extended Version)
10. We Like to Party (Instrumental)
11. Pero Mami (Instrumental)
12. Ay Que Rica (Instrumental)
13. My Swagger (Instrumental)
14. Noche de Calle (Instrumental)
15. Energy (Instrumental)
16. My Swagger (Instrumental) [Electro Dembow Version]
17. Noche de Calle (Instrumental) [Extended Version]


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Basketball originated in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, by a Canadian PE teacher named James Naismith. Naismith was teaching at the YMCA training school (now Springfield College) at the time, and under the supervision of PE expert Luther Halsey Gulick, came up with a spirited and strenuous indoor activity, basketball. Initially, teams had 9 players, and the objective of the game was to throw the leather ball into fruit baskets that hung from a balcony.
At first, the janitor had to fetch the ball from the basket every time someone scored, but they eventually decided to remove the bottoms from the baskets. It wasn’t until 1906 that the metal hoops with nets and backboards, that we know today, were introduced. Initially, James Naismith published 13 rules for the new game of basketball, and the first public game was played in Springfield in 1892.
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From there, it began to gain national, and even international, attention and popularity. During World War I, the US Army spread basketball to other countries, and the YMCA also played a significant role in the sport becoming prevalent. The first professional league, the National Basketball League, was founded in 1898, but this league was abandoned in 1904. After that, college basketball came to the forefront and led the way to bring basketball into the realm of mainstream national sports. Then in 1949, the National Basketball Association (NBA) was formed, merging the National Basketball League (NBL) and the Basketball Association of America (BAA).
A new league, the American Basketball Association, originated in 1967 as an alternative to the NBA. Although it achieved some great successes, it struggled in terms of earning and recognition. It was eventually incorporated into the NBA in 1976, and its 4 most successful teams became a part of the NBA. Some of the most famous teams in the NBA include the Boston Celtics, the Chicago Bulls, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the New York Knicks. The NBA still exists, and not only that, but it is the most important professional basketball league, in terms of popularity, prestige, earnings, talent, and competition level, attracting the best players from around the world.
Some of the most famous players in the history of basketball include Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Shaquille O’Neal. In 1996, the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) was formed, as the women’s equivalent to the NBA.
In terms of international associations and competitions, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) defines the rules of international basketball and regulates the relocation of players across countries. 200 plus national federations, organized into 5 zones: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, are members. The FIBA Basketball World Cup is held every 4 years, as is the FIBA World Championship for Women, in the same year, but in a different location.
James Naismith, arguably the most important figure in the history of basketball, was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959. From its humble beginnings in a school gymnasium, basketball has developed into a popular and prestigious international sport.
Basketball has gone through some changes and hence got into shape as what we play or watch nowadays. Overall rules have the same fundamental principles asset in 1891 by the founder of this game.
December 21st, 1891, the introductory basketball game was played in Springfield, Massachusetts. It was first brought into shape by a Canadian-by birth, Dr. James Naismith. The basic idea of the new game was to keep the sports-loving students in shape during the winters or in between the outdoor game seasons.
‘The basket ball’ which had a set of thirteen basic rules set up a strong foundation to the game and still played almost in the same style with few modifications. In the very year of 1891, after mixing and changing the theme of several other played games of those days, basketball was born.
Initially, basketball with the 13 rules was played with 2 peach baskets set up as goals, which nowadays are the baskets on a high pole although modified but with the same basic idea. In the very first game played in Springfield, the set of players were able to score a single point only, in the whole game.
By comparing Naismith’s basketball and basketball of today we see a characteristic of the original game which had no dribbling, instead a player had to pass the ball to another player of his team, from the very spot where he caught it. The second thing which has now changed is the fouls, in the original game if any team made 3 consecutive foul plays, the opponent received a goal in reward. Although this scoring technique doesn’t exist in modern basketball. Rather nowadays, if any team makes five fouls in one quarter, the offending team is in the penalty, and shoot free throws are awarded against them.
All other rules are quite intact in the modern play as well. As the game, today has extended to over 2 hundred countries and enjoyed by many on television screens, with modern umpiring and technologies being used in the game, but the original idea of the founder is still endured.
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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lonchaeidae from Belgium for ID 2022-07-18
Posted by Tetrao on 19-07-2022 15:17
Hi everyone !!!!
I pictured this specimen in my garden on 2022-07-18.
I think it could be a Lonchaeidae
Is it possible to ID ?
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Mint Chocolate Ice Cream
Ingredients that you will need:
- 2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
- 1 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons of rum
- 1 teaspoon of peppermint extract
- 4 ounces chocolate
- 4 ice-cream cones
First we prepare the chocolate to dip the cones.Melt the chocolate for about 30 seconds on medium heat.Then dip the cones,and then let it cool.Now for the ice cream combine the condensed milk with rum and mint extract .Add chilled whipped cream and mix again until peaks form.Now refrigerate the mixture 8 hours or more and then put the ice cream into chocolate dipped ice cream cones.Enjoy!
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by Sebastian Benthall
Chris Holmes made an unofficial announcement of OpenGeo, the new identity of TOPP’s geospatial solutions division. The branding effort is both a consequence of and catalyst for its financial sustainability.
I’m really excited to present OpenGeo, the newly minted geospatial division of The Open Planning Project. Nothing much is changing internally, but we’re getting serious about our image in the world. We’ve been supporting open source geospatial projects for years, and in the past couple years we’ve offered great consulting services around the projects we work on. But it’s always been confusing for people who don’t already know our work.
So OpenGeo.org is about giving a more visible face to our services and products, so we can bring the geospatial work in TOPP to economic sustainability with full cost recovery. It also marks the launch of ‘GeoServer Enterprise‘ packages, which bundle web and telephone support, priority bug fixes, discount consulting rates, and a number of implementation hours by the experts.
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domain: geography


This project aims to design an air quality monitor with WIFI communication interface. Major international airports worldwide are concerned about the quality of air or in other words amount of air pollution. The major air pollutants are carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, LPG and CFC. Almost all airports are wifi networked. So if we use the same network for our project it would be comfortable for the airport authority. Using this device the airport authorities can monitor the air parameters using their laptops.
This project consists of an air sniffing part also called Electronic nose and a communication part. The E-nose consists of chemical sensors for sensing CO,CO2,LPG and CFC, it also have heat and light sensors. The E-nose part continuously scans the air parameter contents and sends it to the user laptop using Wifi communication.


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The live-action Payday 2 web series continues with the newly released third episode. This time, the city police think they’re onto a trail when it comes to a man called Hector, there’s a drug deal involving multiple quirkily dressed players, and a bar brawl initiated by a British geezer. Also: the best sideburns ever seen on a YouTube video.
These kind of live-action marketing videos generally range from ‘alright’ to ‘brain-burstingly bad’, but to be fair to 505 Games the Payday 2 series hasn’t been bad at all. Well, until now. The third episode, devoid of any of the clown masks, is an awfully acted 8 minutes of pain. Watch how the police boss attempts to say “FUCK!” with some kind of conviction. See how the insane Haitian looks like he would make love to that knife given half the chance and a CD full of smooth jazz. If you make it to the pantomime bar brawl, at least you have some sugar-glass bottle smashing action to grin at.
If you can’t take the episode with the level of cheese I expect it’s supposed to be taken with, do know that its best moment comes at the exact 2 minute mark. Just check out the beard and mutton chops on that guy. Now that’s facial hair to be proud of, even if it is stuck on with PVA glue.
Payday 2 is out next month. Read everything we know about it, and get ready for a game that will be infinitley more fun than this episode would like you to believe it is.


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TriNoma (Triangle North of Manila) previously named North Triangle Commercial Center (NTCC) is a large shopping mall in Quezon City, Philippines, owned by property development firm Ayala Land. Opened in 2007, the mall is located on the side of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, east of the North Avenue MRT Station in Quezon City, giving significant market competition to the nearby SM City North EDSA as one of the largest malls in Metro Manila. It is also one of two malls that will be serving Ayala Land's Vertis North township, which is located beside the mall, along with a new lifestyle block mall (similar to Makati's Greenbelt, which was also developed by Ayala Malls) that has been planned within the currently in-progress township.
TriNoma is located at the corner of EDSA and North Avenue in Quezon City. Located in "North Triangle", the mall is bound by three major thoroughfares, namely, North Avenue, EDSA and Mindanao Avenue Extension. Located on a 20-hectare parcel of land, TriNoma has a gross leasable area of 195,000 square meters, which includes the mall's major anchor, The Landmark Supermarket and Department Store.
It is directly connected to the North Avenue MRT Station as the mall itself sits atop the MRT-3 Depot. It will be almost connected to the Line 1's proposed North Avenue LRT Station. A pedestrian overpass has also been constructed to connect with SM City North EDSA.
The site of TriNoma used to be the location of "People's Park", a flea market built by former Mayor Brigido R. Simon, Jr. as a livelihood project for the City's nearby informal settlers (the actual market's size, though, only covered what is now TriNoma's public transportation terminal and outdoor pay parking). It was closed in 1995 by then Mayor Ismael A. Mathay, Jr. to give way for the construction of the MRT-3 depot to service commuters along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA).
The MRT-3 consortium composed of Fil-Estate Holdings and Ayala Land decided to make the depot underground rather than a regular depot similar to LRT-1 due to its commercial viability as a shopping mall. When the MRT-3 began operations on December 1999, the construction of the mall was not immediately undertaken due to lack of funding. The North Triangle Depot Commercial Corporation was incorporated in 2001 with Fil-Estate spearheading the development and Ayala Land as minority stockholder.
From December 1999 to December 2004, the depot was idle space until an agreement was signed between Ayala Land and the Fil-Estate Group with the former buying the latter's 30.89% stake in the North Triangle Depot Commercial Corporation for P600.1 million, and in exchange a land situated along Ayala Avenue, Makati and other shares.
Ayala Land started constructing the mall on June 2005 under the project name "North Triangle Mall" but was later changed to "TriNoma" inspired by the redevelopment of industrial district TriBeCa.
TriNoma was officially launched in a private ceremony on April 25, 2007. It was inaugurated by officials of Ayala Land, its developer, and authorities of Quezon City, led by Mayor Feliciano Belmonte, Jr.. Members of the media were also present.
The soft opening was originally slated for May 3, 2007, but was delayed by structural elements that were yet to be finished. It finally opened to the public on May 16, 2007. The 3.5 billion peso mall was officially launched on October 16, 2007 by the former president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and former vice president, Noli de Castro (currently an ABS-CBN broadcaster and TV Patrol anchor).
The mall was the first building constructed in the 62.3 hectare Triangle Exchange district of Triangle Park and of Ayala Land's Vertis North project. Vertis North is within the 250.6-hectare Quezon City Central Business District (also known as Triangle Park) to redevelop the areas of North Triangle (North Avenue, EDSA, Quezon Avenue), East Triangle (East Avenue, EDSA, Quezon Avenue) and the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) property (North Avenue).
The mall is composed of four major levels with two minor ones on ground and on grade. The mall is characterized by alfresco areas punctuated with water features and landscaping. These water features flow into pools at the TriNoma Park, a green area that sits atop the mall.
The TriNoma Park is a two-level park spanning a total of one hectare. It is home to an array of restaurants offering varied cuisines. The Park also houses a stage, surrounded by pools of water, for performances and shows. The TriNoma Park is linked to the mall's 3rd level.
The mall has two parking buildings, North Ave Parking Building and Mindanao Parking Building. Parking is also available in open areas.


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Expected first and last frost dates are based on averages from the past. Sometimes we get freezing temperatures “early” and sometimes “late.” This year it seems winter is anxious to arrive, and we’ve been hit with colder temperatures earlier than expected. Most of the time we don’t see fall temperatures of 25°-28° F until mid to later October. Elevated heating costs and an abrupt halt to fresh tomatoes aren’t the only consequences to early freezing temperatures.
While it’s a minor consideration, an early cold snap can lead to a quick deterioration of your Halloween pumpkins. Following a few simple tricks can help you maintain your jack-o-lantern’s smile.
First and foremost, protect your pumpkins from freezing. A light frost will not damage the pumpkins themselves, but mature pumpkins should be harvested before temperatures drop below 25° F. A freeze damages the skin and allows rot-causing fungi and bacteria to enter the inner tissues. When harvesting pumpkins, avoid cuts and bruises and leave several inches of stem attached for the same reason. A pumpkin with a three to five-inch stem is more attractive and less likely to rot.
After harvest, pumpkins need to be cured at a temperature of 80° to 85° F, with a relative humidity of 80 percent for 10 days. Curing helps harden their skins and heal any cuts and scratches. Curing also enhances color and ensures a longer post-harvest life. Skipping this step doesn’t doom your pumpkin, but it is effective.
To ensure the pumpkin lasts a long time, it can be cleaned or sprayed with a 10 percent bleach solution. Afterwards, store pumpkins in a cool, dry place. Storage temperatures should be 50° to 55° F. When storing pumpkins, place them in a single layer where they don’t touch one another. Good air circulation helps prevent moisture from forming on the surfaces of the fruit and retards the growth of fungi and bacteria. Promptly remove and discard any pumpkins that show signs of decay. Pumpkins that are harvested, cured, and stored properly should be in excellent condition for painting or carving, or for use in fall decorations, and can be stored for several months.
After carving your pumpkin, you can lengthen its toothy smile by continuing to protect it from freezing, from rot, and from dehydration. Spraying your pumpkins, including the inside, the edges and all cut openings with a mixture of one tablespoon of bleach per quart of water can get rid of all the mold and mildew. There are also several commercial pumpkin preservative sprays such as Pumpkin Fresh and Pumpkin Dunk’N. These contain water, borax and sodium benzoate as a fungicidal solution that kills bacteria and mold.
Acrylic spray, vegetable oil and even WD-40 are all options to help prevent your carved pumpkin from dehydrating. A thin layer sprayed or wiped over all surfaces can impede moisture from leaving your pumpkin. Overtime, pumpkins tend to start drying out and shrivel as they lose water content. In order to revive a dried-out pumpkin, submerge it in water overnight or at least, for a few hours. Make sure to dry your pumpkin and re-apply preserving treatments following rehydration.

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NPP Signed $89 m Deal With Import &Export Company
By Patrick Biddah
It has emerged that the New Patriotic Party (NPP), which touted competence before being voted into power, may not be demonstrating the same after all.
This is because, Kelni GVG, the company the government entered a deal with to implement the common platform for telecommunications traffic monitoring and revenue, was registered with the core values of exporting and importing building materials since 1995.
The Minority Leader in Parliament, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, who blew the cover of Kelni GVG about their core business as a registered company, said the government of the NPP, didn’t do any due diligence in awarding the controversial contract .
The Minority Leader, who said he first signed a contract with GVG in 2009, when they were known as Global Voice, tasked the National Security to undertake a due diligence which proved that they were very credible and later added Information Technology to their core business.
According to him, at the time he instituted due diligence investigation into Global Voice, which is now Kelni GVG, there was no adverse findings against them.
But the NPP, has signed a deal with a company without doing any due diligence for which reason it is turning out that the company has been involved in many scandals after it passed the due diligence test under NDC .
Commenting on a statement to Parliament on the $178 million deal with Kelini GVG by the Communications Minister, Mrs Ursula OwusuEkurful ,the Minority Leader called on the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Madam Gloria Akuffo to advice her government on this deal.
The Minister for Communications, who struggled to defend the controversial $178 million Kelvin GVG deal when she appeared to make a statement regarding the deal, disputed the contract figure being bundled about.
In a long presentation which was cut to size by the Minority, the Minister told the House that the contract sum of the deal is $89 million which is to last for five years and not $178 million.
She said among other things that the company is a joint Ghanaian company which has been operating for the past two decades with experience in electrical engineering.
The Minister who is also the Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West, told the House the government has not paid Kelni GVG for no work done .
But in a sharp rebuttal, Ranking Member for Communications, Alhaji A.B.A Fuseini, disputed the Minister’s claim .He rather told the House government has been paying Kelni GVG $1.5 million every month for the past 5 months which brings to total $7.5 million for the past five months for no work done.
He accused the Minister of engaging in a shady deal, stating that there should be an independent enquiry into the contract to ascertain value for money.
His allegation that Kelni GVG is a walking fraud was not taken by the House, as the First Deputy Speaker, Rt Honorable Joe Ose iWusu, asked him to refrain since the standing order, does not allow him to impugn criminal conduct on the part of Kelni GVG, because they were not in the House to respond.
He, however, withdrew and said allegations of financial malfeasance are in abundant circulation on the internet about the company.
He wondered why the Minister, could sign another contract with Kelni GVG, when Subah Info Solution, whose contract has been terminated has taken the matter to court which is yet to be determined, but going ahead to sign a new deal.
The MP for Bolgatanga Central, Mr Isaac Adongo, questioned the Communications Minister’s judgment on the age of the company.
He said, the fact that Kelni GVG, has been in existence for two decades does not mean anything and that what they have been doing for the past 20 years is what matters.
Among the things the Bolgatanga Central MP spelt out, is the fact that they have performed poorly in other countries they have operated and were booted out.


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The annual ceremony honors achievements on Broadway, and is the equivalent of the Academy Awards for those in theater. Menzel and Harris are currently involved in standout musicals, while Sting has an upcoming production planned.
Menzel will sing a song from If/Then, and Harris and the cast of Hedwig and the Angry Inch are set to perform a number of their own. Sting plans to preview a piece from his new musical The Last Ship.
Celebrity Breakups and divorces of 2014 [PHOTOS]

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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on Wednesday called for a federal investigation into two recent hangings in the Houston area that stirred wide speculation that the victims were killed.
A Hispanic man’s body was discovered hanged Monday in the Shady Acres community, while an African-American teenager’s body was found hanged Tuesday Ehrhardt Elementary School in Klein. The Hispanic man’s death has been ruled a suicide by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. In the second death, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said all the available evidence pointed to suicide.
The release from Lee’s office incorrectly stated that the man found dead Monday was black.
Lee said she was outraged by the hangings, adding that they are part of a string “of deaths of black and Hispanic men found hanging in the United States.” She specifically asked for the FBI to intervene.
“These cases must be thoroughly investigated and proven beyond a reasonable doubt,” she said.

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We are proud of our International Champion, Wonderlandkitty Satine of Small-Cats (adult seal-point female), who is Europe's "Top Cat," 2019 Best of Breed.
Wonderland Piper and Wonderland Posey (seal smoke-point male and female), pictured at 11-month-old.
Wonderland Piper (seal smoke-point male), pictured at ten months.
Our first two cats in 2014, Sacredspirit Annushka and Sacredspirit Dinah (adult seal-point females)
Wonderlyn Brody (seal mink male), pictured at eight months.
WHO WE ARE
Wonderlyn Wolf and Wonderlyn Kitaen (seal mink Longhair male and seal mink female), littermates pictured at eight months.
Wonderland (and Wonderlyn) is a small New York-based cattery dedicated to the preservation of this unique breed of naturally small Russian cat. Besides breeding International and National Champions, our cats are pets first and foremost. Our kittens are raised underfoot. We breed for health and beauty and specialize in rare colors. I'm Vice President of the International Toybob Cat Club (ITCC), Breed Chair for The Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA), and Loving Cats Worldwide (LCWW).
Wonderlyn Kento (seal point male), pictured at eleven months. Owned by Hiroshi Ishizawa of Libertybell Cattery (Japan).

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I put together a really cute page with my little guy, Jacob, from his first day of Kindergarten. This was last year .. he'll be in 1st grade this year! *sniff sniff* Anyway, I turned my layout in to an awesome quick page to offer up to everyone! I hope you enjoy it!
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And, here's my page for a little inspiration. :)

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Partnership successful with Netflix: Russo brothers on ‘The Gray Man’
New Delhi/UNI: Days after the premiere of their blockbuster movie "The Gray Man" on Netflix, the Russo brothers—Anthony and Joe, called it a successful partnership with the OTT giant.
The Russos also had an engaging conversation with award-winning filmmaker SS Rajamouli.
They spoke about their experience of being world renowned directors, epic action being the driving force of their movies and the role Netflix has played in it all.
Speaking about collaborating with Netflix for "The Gray Man", The Russos said in a statement, “During the conception of The Gray Man, we wanted to construct a film that was very ambitious from the get-go...The ambition of the film lined up well with Netflix’s appetite.
"We have a great working relationship and an easy successful partnership that has been established. Once we knew they had the appetite for it, it was perfect.”
"The Gray Man" stars Ryan Gosling along with Dhanush.