As India grapples with the surge in coronavirus cases, the Centre announced all above 18 years of age will be eligible for Covid-19 vaccination from May 1 and allowed private hospitals and states to be able to buy doses directly from manufacturers.
Under the third phase of the vaccination drive commencing next month, the vaccine manufacturers would be free to supply 50 per cent doses to state governments and in the open market for which they will have to make an advance declaration of the price before May 1, according to an official statement.
News18 prepared a list of vaccines available across the world:
The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, a two-dose mRNA vaccine named BNT162b2 has been priced at $19.50 per dose in the US. The EU financially supported its development and secured a lower price per dose of $14.70. The shots are currently administered in countries including UK, United States, Canada, Japan among others. Israel is paying $30 per dose.
US-based Moderna Inc’s vaccine candidate mRNA-1273 was subsidised by the US government but still remains the priciest. Its chief executive officer has given a range of $25 to $37 per dose. The vaccine which needs to be stored at 20 degrees Celsius for up to six months is being rolled out in vaccination drives in countries including UK, United States, Canada and Israel.
Russia's Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V will be the third vaccine to be used in India against Covid-19 after Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin and Covishield of Oxford-AstraZeneca manufactured by Serum Institute of India in Pune. India has become the 60th country to authorise the use of the vaccine. The Sputnik V vaccine is priced at $10 or Rs 750 per dose globally and is available for free for Russian citizens.
The Johnson & Johnson covid-19 vaccine is a single dose shot that need to be stored at a temperature of 2–8 degrees Centigrade (household refrigerator temperature) and is expected to be priced at $10 or Rs 750 per dose. The formulation costs the EU $8.50 per shot.
AstraZeneca-Oxford University vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India (SII), Covishield, a two-doses shot and requires storage temperature of 2–8 degrees Centigrade. The two doses have to be administered 28-days apart and are currently priced at Rs 200 at private hospitals in the country. One of the cheapest vaccines available, EU has paid $2.15 per AstraZeneca dose while South Africa shelled out $5.25 per shot.
The Made in India Covaxin covid-19 vaccine is developed by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech International Limited in collaboration with the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The vaccine is being administered as part of the Centre’s nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive, it is priced at Rs 206 per dose.


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It's time for Oprah Winfrey to call in the spin shock troops, because she's officially been kicked out of the No. 1 spot as the most powerful celebrity in the world on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list. Who is the new top dog in Famousville? None other than Angelina Jolie. The list, an aggregate of entertainment-related earnings and (more importantly) media exposure, says Jolie's $27 million in the last year and three flicks - Kung Fu Panda, Wanted and the upcoming Salt - are waaaay better than Oprah's $275 million from her multimedia empire. We're guessing our numerous items on Angie in the last year are what did the trick. Rounding out the top five are Madonna ($110 million), Beyonce ($87 million) and Tiger Woods ($110 million). Angie's boyfriend and baby daddy Brad Pitt clocked in at No. 9. And while the roster includes actors, models, chefs, athletes and musicians, it also includes authors. That earns President Barack Obama a debut spot at No. 49, with $2.5 million in book sales.
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Franco won't give speech at UCLA
Remember how there were a pack of UCLA students who didn't like the idea of James Franco giving their commencement speech for the College of Letters and Science on June 12, going so far as to put up Facebook groups as a protest? Well, they're getting their wish - the actor has begged off the duty because, well, he's just too busy. "I deeply regret not being able to keep my commitment to giving the commencement speech at UCLA's graduation this year," Franco said in statement, Entertainment Weekly reports. "Unfortunately the date conflicts with me needing to be on location to begin pre-production on my next film." Interesting that he waited until a week before the ceremony to spring this.
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Patridge gets greasy with burger
If you can't get enough of refugees from The Hills, you'll be happy to know that Carl's Jr. shelled out some dough for Audrina Patridge to do an ad campaign for its Teriyaki Six Dollar Burger. That's a long way from Padma Lakshmi's steamy commercial a couple of months back. "It was my first experience shooting a spot with food, and when I pulled up, I was literally salivating looking at all the rows and rows of perfect burgers waiting for me," Patridge told People of the shoot, which will debut with the burger on June 24.
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The U.S.-spec 2010 Hyundai Tucson made its first public appearance at the Los Angeles auto show. The European-designed and engineered Tucson is 3.3 inches longer and one inch wider than its predecessor, but it comes in 61 pounds lighter with the increased use of high-strength steel.
Powering the Tucson is a 2.4-liter, 176-hp, I4 connected to either a six-speed manual or optional six-speed automatic. According to Hyundai, a front-wheel-drive Tucson equipped with the available automatic returns an estimated 23 mpg city and 31 mpg highway, which eclipses the class-leading Honda CR-V (21 mpg city/28 mpg highway) and the Toyota Rav4 (22 mpg city/28 mpg highway).
Plans for a more fuel-efficient Tucson Blue version due to arrive for the 2011 model year with a 2.0-liter I4 also were announced.
Downhill brake control and hill-start-assist control systems are now standard for the first time on the Tucson.
Interior accommodations improve with the larger wheelbase to grow cargo capacity by 13 percent, giving the Tucson more cargo volume than even an Infiniti FX. Areas to tuck away items are plentiful, with a total of 19 storage compartments throughout the cabin. Limited models gain Hyundai's first panoramic sunroof.
Sales begin this month, with pricing expected to start at about $19,000.


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Collage is a type of art which combines pieces of diverse materials such as magazines, types of paper, fabric, paint and photographic material into one composition. A good starting point in understanding what collage is, might be to look at some of these artists who pioneered the idea of collage:
Kurt Schwitters, Picasso, Matisse, Hannah Höch
There are many modern day collage artists who are using a range of media and materials to create a collage. Many collage artists now use Photoshop to manipulate images and photographs digitally. There really seems to be so much scope with this medium which makes it very exciting.
So where do you start if you would like to experiment with collage? The first thing to do is probably to do is to start collecting some interesting materials which you could use. This could be anything that interests you; tissue papers, images, buttons, threads, fabrics, textured surfaces and so on.
Just like any other piece of art you need to have a clear idea before you start of what you are producing, develop the idea and plan the piece.
Collage doesn’t have to be abstract, a good starting point might be to observe something in real life by drawing it first and adding collage materials. Some collages are completed based on cut outs of photographs, papers or magazines items and some combine drawing and painting with collage material. Blended collage means blending in collage materials with drawing or painting. The still life below is a ‘blended collage’ as it is painted with paper elements added (tissue paper).
Glue is an important material for collage, PVA glue can leave a texture which is difficult to paint on and it can dry with a film over it which doesn’t look professional. A professional artist glue will produce much better results, these are available in most art stores. I like this one featured in the photo made by Liquitex because it is easy to use, it produces a light layer of glue over the work and dries clear to a slight gloss finish. It doubles up as a varnish so it protects your work as well as acting as a strong glue.
The bigger the elements you are using for collage the stronger the glue will need to be. This varnish glue is fine for paper based collage. The glue is important for collage so don’t cut corners on the price as it will make a difference to how the work looks.
You might want to start simple like this paper collage where three papers have been used to represent the tones. The result is a graphic, bold look.
Experiment and try out some ideas in your sketchpad. This is a good place to start learning about materials and how they look together.
When you do start your final piece be aware that collage needs thick paper to cope with the layers of material you maybe sticking onto it. Some collage artists work on card or even hardboard, the thicker and stronger the surface will need to be if you are sticking heavier items onto it.
This website is very useful for finding out more about collage www.collageart.org.

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Are hydroponic systems really difficult for beginners? This question has been a topic of debate among aspiring horticulturists and urban farmers seeking innovative solutions. In this article, we will delve into the world of hydroponics and explore whether it truly poses a challenge for beginners. By examining basic hydroponic systems,
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text: We already know that this has been a special year for BTS – and tagging along for the ride has been pretty great for us too! The group became the first K-pop act to ever receive a Grammy Award nomination, were nominated in more than one category at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards, and even won the (fan-voted) Social Artist award at this year’s show – among other things. But the year’s almost over. So here, without further ado, is a round-up of the five BTS stories we got the most excited about in 2020. BTS posted Younha’s latest album ‘Unstable Mindset’, featuring her song with RM, on Twitter – and K-pop fans went crazy Winter Flower , South Korean singer Younha’s collab with BTS’ RM, topped iTunes singles charts in 43 countries. The first track from Younha’s album, “Unstable Mindset”, was released on January 6, and made her the first South Korean female soloist to top the US iTunes Top Song chart. We’d like to think it was partly thanks to BTS leader RM, who is known to be a dedicated fan of Younha, regularly supporting and recommending her music to his own fans. Nice work, you two! BTS joined Billie Eilish and Dua Lipa for a coronavirus quarantine concert on James Corden’s show BTS were one of the high-profile acts performing from home for Homefest: James Corden’s Late Late Show Special , with a star-studded line-up that also included Italian singer Andrea Bocelli, British pop diva Dua Lipa and American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish. The special edition had been designed in light of the American federal government’s recommendation that public gatherings of more than 50 people be delayed or cancelled amid the spread of Covid-19 in the US back in March. BTS fans celebrated Jimin’s birthday in the most over-the-top way possible On October 13, Jimin – one of BTS’ most beloved members – turned 25, and naturally his fans around the world found some truly creative ways to mark the occasion. Here’s the full list of amazing birthday gifts his fans gave him this year, including 8,700 newly planted mangroves and a delightfully cheesy song composed by BTS’ Vietnamese Army. We found out what BTS were like before they signed with Big Hit Entertainment What were the members like before they became household names? Jin got scouted by SM Entertainment, J-Hope attended the same school as TVXQ’s Yunho and 2Ne1’s Minzy, and Jungkook didn’t make it past the first round of Superstar K – but still managed to get plenty of agency calls anyway. We can never know too much about RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook – or see enough cute baby pictures of them. BTS’ Dynamite and Blackpink’s Ice Cream hit the American music charts – and killed it Supergroups BTS and Blackpink both released English-language tracks in August, hoping to set the charts alight with the help of big-name collaborations and fancy VMA performances. But as much as we love them, we were surprised it was these songs they chose to showcase their musical flair . We hope in 2021 BTS can do more of what makes them different in the first place, and not be afraid to show their Korean take on pop music for the overseas market going forward. We’re all ears boys – keep up the good work. Want more stories like this? Sign up here . Follow STYLE on Facebook , Instagram , YouTube and Twitter . For more great stories on Korean entertainment, artist profiles and the latest news, visit K-post, SCMP's K-pop hub .


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A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons (A Saffron Everleigh Mystery #1) (Paperback)
Tues, March 5 at 7:00pm: Join us in welcoming local author Jenny Adams to share her new 1920s-set Mystery novel A DEADLY ENDEAVOR! She'll be in conversation with One More Page favorite Stephen Spotswood.
Debut author Kate Khavari deftly entwines a pulse-pounding mystery with the struggles of a woman in a male-dominated field in 1923 London.
Newly minted research assistant Saffron Everleigh is determined to blaze a new trail at the University College London, but with her colleagues’ beliefs about women’s academic inabilities and not-so-subtle hints that her deceased father’s reputation paved her way into the botany department, she feels stymied at every turn.
When she attends a dinner party for the school, she expects to engage in conversations about the university's large expedition to the Amazon. What she doesn’t expect is for Mrs. Henry, one of the professors’ wives, to drop to the floor, poisoned by an unknown toxin.
Dr. Maxwell, Saffron’s mentor, is the main suspect and evidence quickly mounts. Joined by fellow researcher--and potential romantic interest--Alexander Ashton, Saffron uses her knowledge of botany as she explores steamy greenhouses, dark gardens, and deadly poisons to clear Maxwell's name.
Will she be able to uncover the truth, or will her investigation land her on the murderer’s list, in this entertaining examination of society’s expectations?
“An exciting debut with a determined protagonist whose future is sure to contain romance and mystery.”
“Khavari is off to a promising start.”
“Intelligent, witty, and brave . . . Khavari has created a fast-paced, interesting mystery.”
“[A] delightful new novel . . . Perfect for fans of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries.”
“Inherently entertaining . . . 'whodunnit' mystery that showcases the author's complete mastery of the mystery and suspense genre.”
—Midwest Book Review
“Kate Khavari creates the winning combination of an intriguing mystery and a resourceful and engaging heroine.”
—Frances Brody, author of the Kate Shackleton mysteries
“Kate Khavari has created a charming mystery, full of twists that are as intriguing and deadly as the plants her characters love. Saffron Everleigh is clever and determined, the sort of sleuth that readers will be eager to make space for on their bookshelves. I'm already looking forward to her next adventure!”
—Katharine Schellman, author of the Lily Adler Mysteries
“I love Saffron Everleigh! In A Botanist’s Guide to Parties and Poisons Kate Khavari gives us a gutsy ingenious heroine, academic intrigue, a scientifically suspenseful mystery and a Christie-like cast of characters. This is historical mystery—with a 21st century sensibility—at its best.”
—M. L. Huie, author of the Livy Nash mysteries
“A Botanist’s Guide to Parties and Poisons combines all the things I love most in a mystery: a smart and charming heroine, a cleverly-plotted puzzle, and a hint of romance. Well-researched and brimming with the dangers of scientific intrigue, it’s sure to keep readers turning pages. I hope to see a lot more of Saffron Everleigh!”
—Ashley Weaver, author of the Amory Ames mysteries
“Delightful and twisty, A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons will immerse you in 1920s academic London and have you turning pages to the end. Saffron Everleigh is a plucky heroine that readers will want to join for the next adventure. An engaging read!”
—Lydia Kang, author of Opium and Absinthe
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I made a Joann's run and luckily the one near my house has a good selection so I was able to find watercolor paper and watercolor paints.
The watercolor paper was 9x12 which is a little big for my 3 year old (he tends to make smaller pictures) so I used my rotary cutter and ruler to cut the pages in half so they'd be 6x9.
Once I had some cut I laid them out so they'd overlap with only an inch at the top of each page showing. This isn't necessary but it was much quicker to be able to make a bunch at once instead of one at a time.
Next I added a dot of paint, starting with red, to the top (or bottom) of each page.
After I was done with red I did the same with all the other colors.
After I finished adding all the colors all that was left was to let the pages dry. Once dry they can be used with a damp paintbrush. Dorian loves playing with these now. Next time I make a batch I'll need to do it after I put him to bed since the entire time they were drying he was asking every 5 minuutes if they were ready yet.
Here he's using one of the full 9x12 sheet I originally made (he decided he'd rather swirl the colors together than make a picture).

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Phoenix Coding Academy: U.S. Green Building Council of Arizona is touring Phoenix Coding Academy
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The U.S. Green Building Council of Arizona is touring the Phoenix Coding Academy, a LEED Gold-certified school, April 27. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Design. Coding Academy is the first LEED-certified school in Phoenix Union, which opened this school year. Visitors will learn how architects and engineers developed solutions for energy management, energy and water efficiency, and indoor air quality to achieve LEED Gold certification Features such as a real-time sustainability kiosk were implemented to invite personnel to interact and analyze the sustainability practices of the building.


ALHAMBRA – To avoid layoffs and make the budget leaner city officials considered moving seven full-time and two-and-a-half part-time employees to the utilities department at a budget meeting Tuesday.
The move would potentially save the city $704,000. The water fund would absorb the cost of employing them and free up funds in the city’s general budget. A final decision will be made in the coming weeks.
“We could’ve gone either way,” said City Manager, Julio Fuentes, when asked if this move avoided layoffs. “We have the flexibility and we’re just exercising it.”
This is not the first time Alhambra moves employees from the general fund to the water fund, Fuentes said. The city did it last year.
“We’ll do the same for these people with the intention of making the organization leaner,” Fuentes said. “(Alhambra) will be absorbing some of these folk’s work and in some cases not, but we will not eliminate services.”
The positions in question are code enforcement manager, two park workers, a cashier in the finance department, a clerical assistant and secretary in the library and two-and-a-half positions in the public works department.
Their pay would stay the same as would their pension, said city councilman Steven Placido.
“They stay employed and we provide services to the city. All the residents take pride because so far we haven’t had to layoff anybody despite the economy,” Placido said.
“We can avoid layoffs, keep the workforce together and they understand, they haven’t gotten raises in three years, but on the other hand they still have their jobs.”
The city employees weren’t allowed to comment on the potential move.


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Horse-owning sisters found guilty of mistreatment
Two women have been found guilty of mistreating horses and were sentenced Friday in western New Brunswick.
Sisters Beverly and Sandra Tomalin were charged with failing to provide adequate food and shelter and veterinary care.
The women were given an $1,800 fine and are prohibited for 10 years from owning any kind of animal.
They were not given any probation, because Judge Paul Duffie said the SPCA has the right to go on their property at any time.
They have 30 days to appeal.
"It's rotten," Beverly Tomalin told CBC News. She said she intends to appeal the case.
The Crown had asked for a $6,000 fine, a 10-year ban on owning any animals and two years probation.
Duffie said that $6,000 would've been too harsh a penalty given that the the sisters live on a fixed income.
The defence had wanted the fine somewhere in the range of $600 to $1,000, the ban to be two to three years and apply to horses only, and said that probation was not necessary.
Duffie said he chose the 10-year ban because statements made by Sandra Tomalin as recently as Friday lead him to believe that she does not understand the seriousness of the condition these animals were in.
In fact, she told the court before the sentence was delivered that she had never neglected a horse in her life.
Thirty-eight horses were seized from the Tomalin farm in Tilley in July of last year after an animal protection officer received two complaints about the care of the animals. There were 23 adult horses and 15 foals on the farm.
Animal protection officer Lindsay Bishop testified this spring that she made three trips to the farm in 2010 and at the time, the horses looked thin.
During a followup visit, the SPCA found two partially buried carcasses and one dead newborn horse. By that time, Bishop testified, the horses had grown extremely thin.
The SPCA returned on July 13, 2010 with the RCMP and a warrant to seize the animals.


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CyberKnife of Long Island offers non-invasive radiation therapy treatments, including stereotactic radiosurgery, stereotactic body radiosurgery, high dose rate brachytherapy and intensity-modulated radiation therapy. As part of the Northwell Health Cancer Institute and Department of Radiation Medicine, we are uniquely positioned to offer seamless access to a vast range of cancer specialists and support services, state-of-the-art technology and innovative patient safety programs.
Why choose us?
The physicians and staff offer state-of-the-art care in locations convenient for patients. Conditions treated at these locations include:
- Arteriovenous malformations
- Brain tumors
- Breast cancer
- Gastrointestinal cancers, including anal, bile duct, colon and small intestine, esophageal, gallbladder, liver and pancreatic cancers and neuroendocrine tumors
- Gynecologic cancers, including cervical, endometrial, ovarian, uterine, vaginal and vulvar cancers
- Head and neck cancers
- Lung cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Rectal cancer
- Skin cancer
- Spinal tumors
- Trigeminal neuralgia
Physicians and staff deliver patient and family-centered care, meaning that patients and their family members play a key role in developing treatment plans based on the unique needs of each case.
The radiation oncologists have decades of experience caring for patients, hold additional certification in the use of the CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery System, speak at international meetings and publish in medical journals worldwide.
The team was the first in the area to perform partial breast brachytherapy and prostate seed implants (Cesium 131, Palladium 103 and Iodine 125).
They were also the first center in the area to pioneer skin brachytherapy. The physicians have treated hundreds of patients over the course of nearly a decade. This painless, non-invasive treatment is performed at our two conveniently located outpatient offices. There is no scarring or need for reconstructive surgery after high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy, and patients experience excellent outcomes that are equivalent to surgery. Reduction in normal tissue injury means more rapid and complete functional recovery.
Our offices are accredited by American College of Radiology (ACR). The ACR’s Radiation Oncology Accreditation Program provides radiation oncologists with third-party, impartial peer reviews and evaluations of patient care.
Meet the physician team at CyberKnife of Long Island:
As part of the Northwell Health Cancer Institute, one of the largest cancer programs in the New York metropolitan area, the team works with a wide range of cancer specialists (nearly 200 members in more than 25 different specialties). Patients also have access to a robust research and clinical trials program and an array of cancer support services.
The facilities are also a part of the Northwell Health Department of Radiation Medicine. As one of the most innovative radiation medicine groups in the area, the Department of Radiation Medicine provides a wide range of services to adult and pediatric patients, uses state-of-the-art technology and ensures quality care through evidence-based treatment and one-of-a-kind patient safety programs.

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Oil smuggled from Afghanistan seized in Karak
KARAK: Police on Wednesday seized a big quantity of mobile oil, which was being smuggled from Afghanistan to Peshawar and other parts of the country via Karak, officials said. They said that following a tip-off district police officer Sajjad Khan asked circle officer Noor Mohammad Khattak to arrest the smugglers and recover mobile oil allegedly being smuggled to Peshawar. Mr Khattak along with a police party stopped two trucks at Dheraki area of Banda Daud Shah tehsil and on search recovered 231 drums from each truck bearing numbers (T-037 and Z-7335). The police said that the total quantity of oil was 46,200 litres, as each drum contained 200 litres of oil.
The police impounded the trucks and arrested two alleged smugglers identified as Noor Alam and Iftikhar, both residents of Mohmand Agency, and registered cases against them under sections 43/44 of Petroleum Act.
The accused were later shifted to an undisclosed location for investigations.
Sources claimed that the DPO sent a special police team from district headquarters to Banda Daud Shah, as SHOs of three police stations, including Gurguri, Teri and Banda Daud Shah, were least interested in foiling the smuggling attempt on Gurguri-Tall route.
The DPO awarded cash and commendation certificates to members of the raiding party, which thwarted the smuggling bid.


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A lanky 52-year-old Californian, with a burst of brown hair, Stevens also looked the part.
"He was always smiling, unruffled, projecting what I think of as a cool California demeanor, in the best sense," said Robert Danin, a former
From 2007 to 2009, he served as the No. 2 U.S. diplomat in Tripoli after the U.S. resumed diplomatic relations with Col.
"We had a bombing at the Tibesti [Hotel] the other day — a reminder that
On Tuesday, in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, the lawyer-turned-diplomat became the first American ambassador to die in the line of duty since 1988. Three other Americans were also killed in the assault by heavily armed attackers in violence that followed a street protest outside the American facility in eastern Libya.
Stevens' friends and superiors, including Secretary of State
"He risked his life to stop a tyrant, and gave his life trying to build a better Libya,"
Stevens grew up in the East Bay community of Piedmont, graduated from UC Berkeley in 1982 and UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco in 1989. His first service overseas was as a
He was the son of a lawyer, Jan Stevens, and a now-retired Marin Symphony cellist, Mary Commanday.
His stepfather, Robert Commanday, a former
After law school, Stevens worked for two years as an international trade attorney in Washington. But it didn't satisfy him, and at the relatively late age of 31, he joined the foreign service.
Stevens revealed a bit of himself, and a bit of the diplomat's art, in a video he prepared for the Libyans and displayed on the embassy's Facebook page before he arrived in the country to take on the ambassador's post.
The video, which shows Libyans exulting at their new liberty, has shots of Stevens as a young man, tramping through California mountains wearing a backward baseball cap, and celebrating with his family at his law school graduation.
He was also pictured in a more contemporary scene strolling through official Washington, posing in front of Congress and gazing at the statue in the Lincoln Memorial. "I look forward to watching Libya develop equally strong institutions of government," he said.
When he was confirmed as ambassador in May, he said he considered it "an extraordinary honor."
Fluent in French and Arabic, Stevens previously worked in a variety of Middle Eastern posts, including ones in Jerusalem; Cairo; Riyadh,
Colleagues described him as friendly, casual and rarely rattled. He also was candid, a trait that won him fans among Arabs and a following among journalists who covered Middle East hot spots.
Stevens had a yearning to mingle with Arabs to get a street level view of events, and he sometimes chafed about the post-Sept. 11 security measures that sometimes prevented diplomats from reaching far into the hinterland. As political officer in Jerusalem, given the oft-touchy assignment of working with the Palestinian leadership, he tried to get out into the West Bank even when violence flared between Palestinians and Israelis.
Stevens relished contacts, even with some of the region's unsavory personalities. In one of the U.S. diplomatic cables released by the
The impression he made among Libyans was apparent on Wednesday.
"Chris Stevens was a friend to all Libyans," read a poster carried by an admirer in Benghazi, a Twitter image showed. "Sorry, people of America, this is not the behavior of our Islam and prophet," read another.


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Review of the Day – Zeus: King of the Gods by George O’Connor
Girl walks into my library. I’m putting her age at around nine, maybe ten. Asks if I have any books on Ancient Greece. Turns out the kid is so into Greek mythology that she is willingly learning more about the true history behind that area of the world for her own personal knowledge. In other words, she is every children’s librarian’s dream patron. I show her what we have and then we get to talking about mythology. She’s a huge fan of the D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths so we start talking fiction. Has she read The Lightning Thief and other Rick Riordan titles? Roll of the eyes. Of course. Has she read Anne Ursu’s Cronus Chronicles starting with The Shadow Thieves? Double roll of the eyes. All right. Has she read the brand-spanking new Olympians series coming out via First Second, illustrated by George O’Connor, and reimagined as graphic novels? Not only had she not heard of it but she was practically clawing my eyes out when I informed her that I didn’t have a copy on the shelf at the moment. Kids love myths. Kids also love comics. Put the two together by a guy who actually knows how to turn a crazy myth into a comprehensible, even dramatic story, and you’ve got a natural pairing that is going to have your patrons, big and small, hungering for more. Buy in bulk.
“In the time before time, there was nothing, Kaos. From out of Kaos came Ge, or Gaea, our Mother Earth.” So begins a tale of how the Titans and, subsequently, the Greek Gods came to be. The world is formed, and the Titan Kronos eats each of his children as they are born. However, he misses Zeus, the youngest child, and as a result that particular god is able to grow up, free his siblings, and take arms against the Titans for control of the earth itself. In an exciting comic book style, George O’Connor accurately depicts the tale of Zeus, leaving off the story to continue with Athena, the next in the series, published as a separate book. Endmatter includes an Author’s Note, G(r)eek Notes as they apply to specific panels and pages, Greek myth character trading card-type pages, a Bibliography, recommended reads, amusing discussion questions (#1: “Zeus’s dad tries to eat him. Has your dad ever tried to eat you?”), and an accurate but complex Olympians Family Tree on the front cover that you’ll find yourself poring over again and again.
George O’Connor may be best known to some of us as the bloke behind Journey Into Mohawk Country and Adam Rapp’s Ball Peen Hammer. On the picture book side of things, he did Kapow (yet another comic-inspired title, and a popular one in my library at that). With this book he had one big hurdle to leap: Make the myths logical. The thing about the Greek myths is that you can read them on paper all you like but some things are just not gonna make a whole lot of sense. For example, we hear that Hestia has been so long on the stomach of Kronos that she has nearly been digested and barely has a form of her own. All right, smart guys. Go illustrate that. More difficult still is that if you’re making these myths into a single concrete understandable story, how do you explain Zeus falling in love with his sister? The author finds a way, and his words are not without their own rhythm and beauty. I liked little things, like Rhea feeding her husband a stone baby instead of Zeus and the consequent line, “If Lord Kronos noticed his newborn son had less warmth than the rest, he gave no sign.” On top of that, O’Connor tells the story with a structure that makes sense. The repeated line that “Mother Earth was still unhappy, for she loved all her children,” is what leads to the defeat of the Titans and the rise of the gods on the one hand, and perhaps the eventual destruction of the gods later on down the road.
The art is heavily inspired by O’Connor’s beloved comic books of yore. He explains in his Author’s Note his love of The Mighty Thor as a kid. “I remember staring at it, trying to comprehend whether I loved it or hated it. The story was full of all those enormous, bigger-than-life beasts I remembered from my copy of Edith Hamilton’s mythology.” If Greek gods are our original superheroes (or super villains) then it’s natural to draw them as such. We’ve already seen some children’s books do this (The Mighty 12: Superheroes of Greek Myth by Charles R. Smith, illustrated by P. Craig Russell comes instantly to mind), so it makes a certain amount of sense. One difference from comic books is the fact that while the men tend to go around shirtless and ripped, the ladies aren’t all that busty. Fair play to O’Connor, then. And I did enjoy the fact that comic book facts keep working their way into the notes at the end of this book. We’re told that the Adamantine that Kronos’s sickle is made out of is where Wolverine in X-Men get his adamantium claws. Or that the Cyclopes are like Cyclops the X-Men leader. Actually… thinking about it now, all the comic facts seem to be about X-Men. I suppose the Wonder Woman facts will have to wait for a later volume in the series when we finally meet the Amazons.
The actual art in this book has all kinds of small details as well. Kronos cut open his father the sky, so his eyes and mouth show only the cosmos. His wife, Rhea, is also the daughter of the sky and the earth, but her pupils are crescent moons, blue on blue. Baby Zeus, meanwhile, is raised in a cave and in one panel looks out at the sky. One cannot help but notice that the stalactites lining the image look like teeth, reminding you of Kronos who has eaten Zeus’s kin. So without a word you are reminded that Zeus has temporarily exchanged one mouth for another.
Admittedly, there is zippo racial diversity in the images here. O’Connor isn’t challenging any preconceived notions of what one god or another looks like. By the end Zeus even has a white beard. The closest you get to a change is a brown-haired Aphrodite. I suppose the argument for keeping them white was that Greek gods are generally pretty scummy people, and would you really want to diversify their flaws? Still, in this day and age it’s hard to do an all-white cast for anything, even a children’s graphic novel.
Greek myths are many things, but child friendly? I think all of us can remember hearing one myth or another as a child that didn’t quite make sense. Apollo chased a girl to get a kiss and she was so freaked out she asked to be turned into a tree. Huh? And how exactly did Zeus turning into a swan lead to Leda giving birth anyway? And don’t even get me started on the changes Disney made to that lamentable Hercules! Hera is Hercules’ loving mom? Puh-leeze. In this first Olympian title, O’Connor therefore has the unenviable job of telling a story straight without making it, uh, explicit. Zeus, after all, is the original letch. So you do see him chasing girls without seeing them get caught. That’s how O’Connor plays it, and it works pretty well. Admittedly he pokes fun at the material sometimes, and there is a line in Zeus that adults will raise an eyebrow at, but kids won’t get at all. At one point Zeus says that as a kid he used to think he could reach into the sky and take the moon. Metis informs him that Selene, the moon, is much bigger than he is. His response? “I don’t know… I can grow pretty big.” You don’t need to even see Metis’s “Heh” in response to get that one. Accurate characters and personalities. Still pretty kid-friendly in the end.
What I love about this is that not only is O’Connor releasing one book per god, but he’s doing it so that the story from one book carries on into the next. This must have taken a fair bit of wrangling and shifting on his part. I’m sure O’Connor’s natural inclination was to place Hera after Zeus, but for reasons that we will learn soon enough he made Athena #2. It will probably have something to do with the fact that Athena’s mother, Metis, has a relatively large role in this book, and that storyline has not been wrapped up yet.
When she was quizzing me on this new series, my young patron asked desperately, “I love Hestia. No one ever pays any attention to Hestia. Will there be a book about Hestia?” There will be, I assured her. There will be a book on each of the twelve gods and kids will be allowed to find their favorites instantly. Comics aren’t for everyone, and there are plenty of folks content with what the D’Aulaires have to offer, but definitely keep an eye out for O’Connor’s series just the same. Exciting, accurate, and intense, it’s bound to be instantly beloved of kids, all thanks to its classic comic inspirations.
On shelves now.
Source: Final copy sent for review from publisher.
Other Online Reviews: Shelf Awareness
Interviews: Graphic NYC
- I don’t always link to author’s websites, but due to the fact that O’Connor created one especially for this book called Olympians, I think you’d better run on over. Aside from the usual, there are portions from Zeus and from Athena, activities (reader’s theater, games, make-your-own-comics, etc.), a teachers section that includes teacher’s guides and reading group guides, a really fun interactive family tree, a section on O’Connor’s process, a Bibliography, and Links (phew!).
- There’s also a ten-page exerpt available over at Graphic Novel Reporter for your viewing pleasure.
- N.S. Gill’s Ancient History Blog pinpoints O’Connor’s literary sources, taking time to compare this book to the original text.
- Comic Book Resources reports on both this book and Ball Peen Hammer.
- And finally, O’Connor discusses the problems he had with drawing Aphrodite, and how they were rooted in . . . er . . . her roots.
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Edwin Alexander, American Locomotives, 1900-1950; Bonanza Books 1950
Nicknamed "Old Maud" after a popular cartoon mule of the time, this was the first Mallet (say "mallay" like the French) type articulated locomotive built in the US. It was displayed at the 1904 St Louis World Fair and Exposition, after which it was put to work hauling freight on the grades of western Pennsylvania. It was very successful, basically two locomotives with one crew, leading to the development of bigger and better engines of its type. Old Maud had a thirty year career with the B&O, mostly working as a pusher engine.


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By Jeremy Dewar
Workers in Britain are being hit by a triple whammy this month: inflation heading towards 5%; a £20 cut to Universal Credit, hitting the unemployed and worst paid workers; and the ending of furlough for 1 million workers, throwing hundreds of thousands out the door.
These are not ‘temporary blips’ that will be ‘ironed out’ in a few months, as the mainstream media would have us believe. Even bourgeois economists admit the recovery has already slowed and forecast that inflation will be with us at least into the middle of 2022. There is no planned rise in UC – or they wouldn’t have cut it in the first place. And a 1.25% hike in National Insurance and probably further gas price rises will hit us again in April.
The costs of Brexit, including the shortage of HGV drivers and seasonal agricultural workers, are showing up as empty shelves in the supermarkets. The hospitals and the care homes, too, are victims of Brexit, as nurses, doctors, cleaners and carers have been forced to leave Britain. Then there have been the repeated covid surges due the premature relaxation of protective measures.
Gas prices have quadrupled in the last year, up 70% since August alone. The cap, which is supposed to protect us from price hikes, has been raised 13% to protect the energy firms instead.
The increase will be even steeper for those on meters (the poorest sections of society) at £3 a week. Households switched because their supplier goes bust (nine have already) will be automatically put on the highest tariffs possible.
Food prices have risen by 1% in the last month and 5% in the last year. Lack of CO2 affecting food packaging, abattoirs and transportation costs, will drive prices up even further. Only under capitalism could food lie rotting on farms and in processing plants while people go hungry.
Rents – another unavoidable bill – have also risen by 7% in the past year, 2.3% in the past month. Landlords have taken full advantage of the ending of the ban on evictions in June to rachet up their rents, knowing tenants must either pay up or face homelessness.
The panic buying at petrol stations may or may not be based on rumours. What is more certain is that oil prices will rise by 8% by the end of this year, as predicted by Goldman Sachs.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s snatch of £20 a week from each of the 6 million UC claimants is the single biggest benefit cut since Margaret Thatcher’s in the 1980s.
Of those 6 million, 4.4 million are in work. In other words, they are underemployed and underpaid by their bosses, who do not even pay subsistence wages and are subsidised by general taxation, i.e. the working class. Zero hours contracts, part-time minimum wage jobs and bogus ‘self-employment’ assign millions to state handouts, while the unemployment figures are massaged.
The cut will also affect 3.7 million children, throwing half a million families (including 300,000 children) into poverty, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Who knows what misery this will cause, but hungry children will lose out on education, families will be evicted or relocated, pensioners will die from hypothermia.
The cut is huge. Single claimants will see their benefits slashed from £411 a month to £324, under-25s from £344 to £257. Proportionally this translates into a 21% cut for adults and 25% for youth, which would prompt a walkout in any workplace. But the Tories think they can get away with it because they do not work.
Make no mistake; this cut affects all of us, claimants or not. It is deliberately set too low, i.e. below the actual cost of living, in order to shock workers into accepting wage cuts rather than end up on the dole and to force the unemployed into accepting any job on offer, even though they can only retain a third of their pay as UC is tapered. A race to the bottom is enshrined in Universal Credit, which is why it must be replaced by a living wage for all, based on a real living wage of £15 an hour.
The Tories’ Job Retention Scheme, furlough, ends for 1 million workers this month. Hundreds of thousands will not find work, pushing the unemployment rate up to 5% or higher.
With over 1.5 million already out of work, the vacancies on jobs website indeed.com offer grim reading. The types of contract, pay rates and security or length of tenure attached to most ‘new’ jobs are generally worse than those being lost. The workers forced to take such jobs will face drastic cuts to their living standards, if not outright poverty.
Besides this, the record number of vacancies is no guarantee that workers can fill them. Many reflect skills shortages, like the 100,000 lorry drivers Britain needs, that cannot be magically filled.
Time to say, we won’t pay for your crisis. Cut your profits not our wages, pensions and welfare.
To combat this crisis, we must start the fightback now – before long-term unemployment and grinding poverty sap the will to resist.
All workers should follow the example of Argos drivers, who struck for and won a 32% pay rise. While some private sector workers have pushed up their wages recently, the relatively well-organised public sector workers have fallen behind.
Nurses and care workers should relaunch their protests and demand their union leaders ballot for strike action for a 15% increase across the board. Council workers, fire fighters and civil servants should join the fight to recoup the real pay cuts of the past decade and demand their pay is linked to inflation in a sliding scale: 1% rise in wages for every 1% rise in prices.
Fight every job cut and closure with strikes and occupations. The government shouldn’t be bailing out failing companies, like the energy suppliers, but nationalising them without compensation and placing them under workers’ control. Open the books and let’s see where the money has gone.
We need an unemployed workers’ union, open to all affected by the UC cut. Like in the 1920s-30s and again in the 1980s, the unemployed should demand real jobs rebuilding our communities and fighting climate change with a full living income for themselves and their families. If the unemployed and the underemployed organise to support workers taking strike action, then all will be stronger and more willing to resist.
It is good that Unite and Unison, Britain’s biggest unions, have elected new leaderships, using more fighting rhetoric. It reflects, as do the numerous small strikes that are erupting, a new fighting spirit in the working class. But now we need those leaders to walk the walk.
The entire labour movement must demand the ruling class pay for the crisis caused by their system with a huge tax on their wealth and profits, through the expropriation of their firms whenever they threaten cuts and through attacks on their ‘right to manage’ individual companies and the economy as a whole. With a wave of strikes by different groups of workers likely to develop over the coming months, we need solidarity between them, and to mobilise support. Militant local union branches need to get together to organise this via the trades councils where they are still active or by forming committees of action where they do not.


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Question : What day in the next four weeks has the best fares?
Answer : As of December 5th, the best day for deals to Salt Lake City (SLC) from Indianapolis (IND) is December 16th. Bookings have been made roughly 40% below the average price for this route.
Question : Will you do what it takes to get the absolute lowest-cost flight?
Answer : For the month of December, the cheapest day to fly is Monday. Being flexible with your travel days garners you even more savings during your booking.
Question : How many days should you spend in Salt Lake City if you're flying in from Indianapolis?
Answer : Over the next two months, travelers from IND to SLC are planning on staying for seven days on average.
Question : Which airline is struggling to get to Salt Lake City on time?
Answer : Flights on FedEx to Salt Lake City from Indianapolis during the last month were delayed 28% of the time. If you're on FedEx, be sure to sign up for the delay notifications to stay up to date with your flight's status.
Question : How long does it take to get from IND to SLC?
Answer : The shortest direct flight is 32 minutes via Delta Air Lines. If you catch the 8:30 AM EST departure, you'll arrive at 10:02 AM MST (remember, there is a two-hour time change).
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Answer : Prices for IND to SLC do change a lot more than the majority of routes. Prices tend to be lower the further out you book.


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Hilton Garden Inn Los Angeles/Hollywood
The parking is off-street, secure, and for guests only. The parking lot is spacious and able to accommodate vehicles up to a large tour bus. The disable parking places are throughout, near entrances to the hotel. Breakfast is served everyday in the morning. The guests can choose from a variety of breakfast favorites. High speed internet is available 24 hours a day in the common areas and in the rooms. The outdoor pool, hot tub, and fitness center is open to all guests to enjoy during the listed hours of operation. For guests that prefer to have a specialized coffee or a mid-day snack, the in-house cafe is open. Weekly newspapers are delivered to the lobby for guests to read at their leisure.
Each of the rooms at the Hilton Garden Inn is designed to give the guests the added touch of home. Each of the rooms have climate control air conditioning, pillow top mattresses, HDTV with premium channels, MP3 player docking station, free local calling, high speed internet access, a work desk, private coffee maker, an iron with ironing board, closets to store clothing, a hairdryer, free designer toiletries, and daily housekeeping services.
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I do both. An hour before I'll eat yogurt for the protein/carbs, and then 30 minutes prior to I'll eat some Wheat Thins for the carbs. Since I've been biking in 95+ temps and humidity lately, I will also do some Gatoraide an hour before (and mix in some Creatine).
After working out I'm usually very hungry, and I'll down a dill pickle or two immediately when I get home. That will hold me until I shower and my body cools down, then I can prepare lunch and eat more heavily.


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The first air conditioners and refrigerators employed toxic or flammable gases, such as ammonia, methyl chloride, or propane, that could result in fatal accidents when they leaked. Thomas Midgley, Jr. created the first non-flammable, non-toxic chlorofluorocarbon gas, Freon, in 1928. The name is a trademark name owned by DuPont for any chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC), or hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerant. The refrigerant names include a number indicating the molecular composition (e.g., R-11, R-12, R-22, R-134A). The blend most used in direct-expansion home and building comfort cooling is an HCFC known as chlorodifluoromethane (R-22).
Estimated at US$42.7 billion in 2012, the global demand of heat exchangers will experience robust growth of about 7.8% annually over the next years. The market value is expected to reach US$57.9 billion by 2016 and to approach US$78.16 billion by 2020. Tubular heat exchangers and plate heat exchangers are still the most widely applied product types.
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Effects of Etching on Zircon Grains and Its Implications for the Fission Track Method
Abstract:Studies of zircon grains using optical microscopy, micro-Raman spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) have been carried out to characterize the surface of natural zircon as a function of etching time. According to the surface characteristics observed using an optical microscope after etching, the zircon grains were classified as: (i) homogeneous; (ii) anomalous, and (iii) hybrid. Micro-Raman results showed that, as etching time increases, the crystal lattice is slightly altered for homogeneous grains, it is completely damaged for anomalous grains, and it is altered in some areas for hybrid grains. The SEM (energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, EDS) results indicated that, independent of the grain types, where the crystallinity remains after etching, the chemical composition of zircon is approximately 33% SiO2:65% ZrO2 (standard natural zircon), and for areas where the grain does not have a crystalline structure, there are variations of ZrO2 and, mainly, SiO2. In addition, it is possible to observe a uniform surface density of fission tracks in grain areas where the determined crystal lattice and chemical composition are those of zircon. Regarding hybrid grains, we discuss whether the areas slightly altered by the chemical etching can be analyzed by the fission track method (FTM) or not. Results of zircon fission track and U-Pb dating show that hybrid and homogeneous grains can be used for dating, and not only homogeneous grains. More than 50 sedimentary samples from the Bauru Basin (southeast Brazil) were analyzed and show that only a small amount of grains are homogeneous (10%), questioning the validity of the rest of the grains for thermo-chronological evolution studies using zircon FTM dating.
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Publication date: May 1, 2012
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A play-based multi-age enrichment class for young children and their caregivers. Help your child explore the foundations of a music education by singing, moving and playing together. Concepts such as rhythm, dynamics and tempo are introduced through songs, nursery rhymes, children's literature, interactive games and puppet play.
Includes Complimentary Play Pass: Students registered for a class can play in the playspace for free before and/or after their scheduled class.
Class dates: Saturdays, March 11, 18, 25, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

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Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will be hosting the Twenty-First Annual Haunting in the Hills Storytelling Festival on Saturday, September 21, 2013. Traditional arts and crafts will be included as part of the festival throughout the day. The park would like to take this opportunity to extend an invitation to all interested crafts persons, musicians, and volunteers to participate in this year's Storytelling Festival.
The National Park Service's policy regarding arts and craft sales does allow for the sales of demonstrated arts and crafts. A one-time fee of $25.00 is required for craft vendors interested in selling crafts or having a booth during this one-day festival. This fee can be applied towards your application to be a part of the Cultural Heritage Days at Blue Heron every Saturday in October. All crafters will need to bring their own tent, table and chairs.
If you are interested in selling your craft items during this year's event, contact the Fee Program Manager, Letitia Neal, at (423) 569-2404, extension 267, or email@example.com. All applications need to be received no later than Friday, September 6.
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JAMES CITY (COUNTY) — Rush-hour traffic on Interstate 64 was jammed up for miles Wednesday morning after a tractor-trailer carrying frozen seafood rear-ended another tractor-trailer and jackknifed, a State Police spokeswoman said.
The accident happened at 5:30 a.m. in James City County, just west of the Yorktown exit on the eastbound side of the highway, said Tammy Van Dame. Traffic was backed up four or five miles more than normal, she said.
The traffic jam continued all day because lanes had to be closed periodically for the cleanup effort, Van Dame said.
Tons of frozen shrimp weren't scattered across the road. But the Captain D's truck carrying the seafood spilled 100 gallons of fuel into a ditch, Van Dame said. The fuel was contained without any danger to people or the environment, she said.
Police have charged the Captain D's driver with reckless driving, Van Dame said.
She said the other truck had slowed down to 45 mph because of mechanical problems when it was hit from behind. It went off the road to the right, while the Capt. D's truck jackknifed to the left. No one was injured.
The Captain D's driver - whose name wasn't immediately available - was driving 65 mph, which is the speed limit there, Van Dame said. But it was a foggy morning, and 65 mph was too fast under the circumstances, she said.
The name of the other driver and the company he was working for also weren't immediately available, Van Dame said.


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As we sing Christmas songs this season, do we pay attention to the words we’re singing? Do we really bring honor and glory to our Lord and Savior before the world? Do we really adore Him?
The dictionary says that “ADORE” means to love and respect someone deeply. To worship.
Christmas should be all about how much we LOVE the Lord Jesus. If we love God as we should, we will try to focus more on bringing glory to Him, not only this Christmas, but throughout the year.
The best GIFT you can give to God this Christmas season is your LOVE to Him.
Did you realize that we benefit MORE in life when we LOVE God?
Please read the Bible verses below carefully and consider whether or not you’ve given God all your love today. I suspect we ALL need to work on giving God MORE of our LOVE.
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. — Deuteronomy 6:5 KJV
Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations; – Deuteronomy 7:9 KJV
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. – Matthew 6:24 KJV
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. – Matthew 22:37 KJV
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. – Luke 10:27 KJV
If ye love me, keep my commandments. – John 14:15 KJV
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. – John 15:10 KJV
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me. – John 14:23,24 KJV
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. – Romans 8:28 KJV
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. – I John 2:15 KJV
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. – I Corinthians 2:9 KJV
We love him, because he first loved us. – I John 4:19 KJV
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My father is a heart patient and also has a problem with high sugar. But two weeks before his BP level and sugar level dropped a lot and he started feeling very low with some kind of palpitation. After some prescription his BP level and sugar are normal, but the problem of palpitation is still there. To whom should I consult for him?
Sorry to hear about your father. When you say heart patient I assume he has had a blockage to the artery supplying the heart (coronary artery disease) or has had a heart attack (myocardial infarction). In diabetes management, the duration of diabetes and the level of control in the past is very important for present management as well. Heart patients will be generally prescribed BP (blood pressure) reduction tablets (Amlodipine, Losartan, Telmisartan), cholesterol lowering tablets (Simvastatin, Atorvastatin), blood thinner tablet (Aspirin, Clopidogrel), and heart rate reduction tablet (Beta-blockers - Atenolol, Nebivolol, Bisoprolol). The cause of your father's symptoms has to be found out. Low BP can be caused by high heart rates and palpitation (arrhythmia). In such a scenario, your father has to be reviewed by his cardiologist, to see if there is a trigger like decreased blood supply (ischemia) or salt imbalance (electrolyte abnormality) and adjust the medications (both BP and heart rate medication). A low sugar will usually raise heart rate and BP, but here the BP had fallen so low sugar (hypoglycemia) may not be the cause of these symptoms. One thing you might like to keep in mind is that if someone is on B-blocker, his heart rate will not go up during hypoglycemia. So the cause of low sugar remains unexplained. A review of his diabetic management viz. timing of diet intake, dosage of insulin, medications, timing of medicines, type of insulin have to be reviewed to find the cause. A simple and common reason would be that he could have reduced his food intake or avoided it altogether due to his heart symptoms on that day, resulting in low blood sugar. Now coming to his present symptom of palpitation, as his sugar level is normal range (as per your information), it seems unlikely that his diabetes could be the cause of his palpitations. So my advice is to recheck his blood sugar both fasting and post-food two to three times to confirm the absence of low sugar, and to review the heart condition and medication with his cardiologist. A point of note is that if your father is quite elderly, has been a long-term diabetic, has other co-existing medical conditions like kidney dysfunction, mobility issues it is better to go for a medium control of diabetes rather than very tight control of blood sugar levels. I hope this helps.
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Prospects Linden Vey, Tyler Toffoli join Kings after long strange trip
Their day started at the airport at 6 a.m. in Manchester, N.H., and they finally touched down in Orange County late Friday night.
In between, there were two canceled flights and a trip back to Linden Vey’s place in Manchester. They were among the masses of travelers affected by flight delays around the country in the aftermath of the shooting at LAX.
This resulted in a rerouted trip to Southern California for Vey and Manchester linemate Tyler Toffoli, starting in Boston and going through Chicago.
But the two prospects looked like eager kids on the first day of school after Saturday’s morning skate in El Segundo. They have been playing and prospering with the Kings’ American Hockey League affiliate in Manchester and were called up after Jeff Carter’s injury, though they were routed through Ontario (Calif.) of the East Coast Hockey League, a move done on paper because of salary cap and roster issues.
You might say they didn’t get here the easy way.
“It was a long day but we’re excited to be here, obviously,” said Vey.
Vey is poised to make his NHL debut but it was unclear whether it would be Saturday night against Nashville. He was scheduled to center the fourth line.
Toffoli, who played 10 games last season and 12 more in the playoffs, was listed on the second line with left wing Daniel Carcillo and center Mike Richards.
Toffoli said he was taking a nap and missed several calls from Vey and one from Kings General Manager Dean Lombardi on Thursday night. Lombardi wanted to meet with the players, but they were initially worried.
“I didn’t really know what to expect. . . . We were just trying to go through our heads and see what we did wrong for Dean to have this meeting with us,” Toffoli said. “Fortunately, it was a good meeting for us.”
Kings Coach Darryl Sutter cautioned against high expectations for the kids. Vey is 22, Toffoli is a year younger. They combined for 23 points in Manchester’s first 10 games.
“We put too much pressure as an organization on those players to play on the team, when they’re just boys,” Sutter said. “It’s not like we’re a last-place team. It’s not like we have a division title clinched. He’s trying to play on a good team. It’s not that easy.
“We should get excited about all those players. . . . You should get excited about them, but they’re boys. Let them take baby steps. If you expect them to take a big step, then you’re not being fair to the player.”
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Aubrey Sitterson made a name for himself as the editor of such Marvel titles as The Irredeemable Ant-Man and Strange Tales, but he that behind for the world of professional wrestling. But after spending the past few years working for WWE and moonlighting for a time as editor of The Walking Dead and Invincible, Sitterson is looking to conquer the comics world as a writer.
Earlier this year Arcana published his graphic novel Worth, produced with the estate of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, and he’s currently merging wrestling, comics, barbarians and aliens in the webcomic King Maul. Sitterson and artist Zak Kinsella just returned from a brief hiatus following the first issue, and promise a new page each Monday.
In the immortal words of that slowed-down Mary-Kate and Ashley Olson pizza-making video, when does a dream become a nightmare? This is the question addressed by justly celebrated young cartoonist Michael DeForge, in the context of your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man no less, in his cheerfully unauthorized, thoroughly unpleasant Spider-Man comic “Peter’s Muscle,” which you can now read online in its entirety at Jordan Crane’s webcomics portal What Things Do. Spinning out of the infamous (and in-continuity!) relationship between Aunt May and Doctor Octopus, the story finds the Wall-Crawler recounting a disturbing dream that starts with finding a face underneath a membranous sidewalk and somehow only gets more uncomfortably intimate from there. With any luck, a full-color edition of this strip will anchor a future Strange Tales installment, but for now, this will more than suffice.
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There’s a list of creators that in my estimation are not interviewed nearly enough, one such example is colorist Laura Allred. You can find several interviews with both Mike and Laura Allred together, but few rarely focus on Laura solely. So I recently crossed my fingers and shot off an email to Laura seeking to do an email interview. Much to my sheer delight, she was game for a discussion of her career as a colorist. Jamie S. Rich, long-time Allred associate and friend of Robot 6, was kind enough to share his perspective on Laura’s body of work, which helped me shape some of the topics covered in this exchange. Obviously, a huge thank you to Laura for giving so selflessly of her time. As someone who enjoyed Art Adams’ Monkeyman and O’Brien years ago, I plan to dig up my box with those issues, just to appreciate Laura’s work on it, given how highly she speaks of it in this interview.
Tim O’Shea: The life of a freelancer is never easy–and in your house, it’s extra challenging as both of you make a living either through one of the independent publishers or work through DC or Marvel. Granted at this point in your career, there is a certain brand and reputation that your work carries, still freelancing is a challenge even for successful folks as yourself. If you don’t mind me asking, how much has your faith served to buoy your spirits when the hardships of freelancing blindside you?
Laura Allred: It seems when we simply try to do our best in all our efforts, everything always seems to work out. We work hard, though Michael refuses to call it working, but we also try to make time for family and friends. So, I’ve found that my secret weapon for hardships is to just crack the whip and we get back on track. I’m only half kidding.
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and The Beat are hosting a party in New York Saturday night featuring a wide array of guests who worked on Marvel’s Strange Tales anthologies, with proceeds benefiting the CBLDF. You can find complete details after the jump or in the above flyer by Paul Maybury.
Welcome once again to Food or Comics?, where every week we talk about what comics we’d buy based on certain spending limits — $15, $30 to spend and if we had extra money to spend on what we call the “Splurge” item. Check out Diamond’s release list for this week if you’d like to play along in our comments section.
If I had $15:
There are a lot of great periodicals coming out this week, so I’d have some hard choices to make. With only $15, I’d concentrate first on those with the cheapest prices: the first issue of Dark Horse’s new Mighty Samson ($3.50), Atomic Robo and the Deadly Art of Science #2 ($3.50), and Mouse Guard: Black Axe #1 ($3.50). I’m already a huge fan of both Atomic Robo and Mouse Guard and – based on its concept and vague memories of stories I read as a kid – hope to become one of Mighty Samson too. I’d spend the last of my money on Northern Guard #1, because I’m a sucker for Canadian superheroes.
If I had $30:
I’d add Doc Macabre #1 ($3.99), John Byrne’s Next Men #1 ($3.99), and Strange Tales 2 #3 ($4.99). “Doc Macabre” is an awesome name and I love Steve Niles’ pulp stuff, I’ve been waiting 16 years for that Next Men issue, and the Strange Tales book has a Kate Beaton story in which the Avengers go to a carnival. I’d pay five bucks just for Beaton’s deal, but it’s also got a Thing tale by Harvey Pekar (and yes, Harvey Pekar is in the story).
The third and final issue of Marvel’s Strange Tales II arrives in shops Dec. 8, and will feature stories by James Stokoe, Michael DeForge, Toby Cypress, Harvey Pekar and Ty Templeton, Nick Gurewitch with Kate Beaton, Eduardo Medeiros and Benjamin Marra, among others.
And thanks to our friends over at Marvel, we’re pleased to present two preview pages from the anthology today, featuring Stokoe’s Silver Surfer tale (who we alreayd know draws a jaw-dropping awesome Galactus), and DeForge’s Spider-Man, Jubilee and Iceman.
Check’em out after the jump.
For his contribution to the alt.superhero anthology Strange Tales II, artist Farel Dalrymple copied a page by John Buscema from How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way — adding in his own words and integrating it into his Spider-man/Silver Surfer story. Over on his blog, the artist puts the two pages side by side, so you can see how they line up. Be sure to check out the really nice commissions he added to that post as well.
If it’s Tuesday, it must be time for Food or Comics?, where every week some of the Robot 6 crew talk about what comics we’d buy if we were subject to certain spending limits — $15 and $30. We also talk about what we’d buy if we had extra money to spend on what we call our “Splurge” item. Check out Diamond’s release list to see what arrives in comic shops this week,then play along in our comments section.
I’m running behind and want to go vote, so I’ll try to make this quick:
If I had $15:
The Boys #48 ($3.99) and Godland #33 ($2.99) are the the two must buys for me this week, along with the 17th issue of Berlin ($4.95). It’s been awhile since Jason Lutes published a chapter in this now-decade-plus long serial set in pre-Nazi Germany. I’m just impressed that he’s still sticking to the serial pamphlet format while every other indie artist has abandoned it. Bully for you, Lutes.
And finally, here’s a look at a page from Super-Tron creator Sheldon Vella‘s heavy-metal Ghost Rider tale that will be featured in the upcoming second issue of Strange Tales II. Check it out in all its glory after the jump.
The book lands in shops next week and includes contributions by, among others, Paul Hornschemeier, David Heatley, Scott Richardson and Jaime Hernandez (who did the cover).
As promised, here’s another preview page from next week’s Strange Tales II #2, Marvel’s sequel to their indie/superhero mash-up anthology. This page features Colossus vs. Colossus (Colossi?) by Paul Hornschemeier (Mother, Come Home; The Three Paradoxes).
Check it out after the jump, then be back at 11 a.m. Pacific for one more!
Courtesy of our friends at Marvel Comics, we’ve got not one, not two, but three exclusive looks at next week’s Strange Tales II #2. First up, after the jump, check out a page from a Power Pack/Wolverine team-up story by David Heatley (My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down). Then come back at 9 a.m. Pacific for another one!
If it’s Tuesday, it must be time for Food or Comics?, where every week some of the Robot 6 crew talk about what comics we’d buy if we were subject to certain spending limits — $15 and $30, as well as if we had extra money to spend on what we call our “Splurge” item. Check out Diamond’s release list to see what arrives in comic shops this week,then play along in our comments section.
If I had $15 to spend:
Strange Tales 2 #1 ($4.99)
House of Mystery Halloween Annual #2 ($4.99)
Two $5 anthologies that should be well worth the asking price. Strange Tales II, the sequel to Marvel’s indie cartoonist anthology from last year, features new stories by Rafael Grampa, Kate Beaton, Frank Santoro, Dash Shaw, Jeff Lemire, Kevin Huizenga, Jhonen Vasquez and many more. House of Mystery Halloween Annual #2, meanwhile, features stories by folks like
Mike Kaluta, Jill Thompson, Chris Roberson, Mike Allred, Matthew Sturges and Peter Milligan. Most notably, it has a new “Lucifer” story by Mike Carey and Peter Gross, which is the big draw for me personally.
Update: I received an advanced copy of this in the mail tonight, and saw that the Madame Xanadu story isn’t actually by Mike Kaluta and Jill Thompson, as was noted in the above-linked CBR story. No, the Madame Xanadu story is actually by Matt Wagner and Brandon Graham. And it is pretty awesome.
The artist Rafael Grampá first came to my attention through Gunned Down, a 2005 small-press anthology of Western stories done largely by South American creators. Joining him were then-unknowns Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá. Although the book didn’t sell well, flipping through it I realized I was holding something special. Moon and Bá rose to fame pretty quickly with works at AiT-PlanetLar, their self-published projects, and comics at Dark Horse and Vertigo. But Grampá’s work was few and far between.
With the release of the anthology 5 in 2007 and his first solo work Mesmo Delivery in 2008, American comics audiences got their first real taste of what Grampá could do. Vertigo hired him to contribute to a milestone issue of Hellblazer; Marvel, with a milestone issue of Daredevil; Dark Horse reprinted the sold-out Mesmo Delivery, which goes for over $125 new at Amazon. Recently Marvel put him as the lead feature in the second volume of Strange Tales, and Dark Horse contracted him for his second standalone graphic novel.
His work evokes easy comparisons to Geoff Darrow, but deeper analysis shows an appreciation for detail, not for detail’s sake, but to add flavor and weight to the scene he depicts in a panel, a pin-up or a cover. Rather than just drawing to tell you where someone is and what they’re doing, Rafael’s illustrative line adds texture, tone, mood and atmosphere — and that’s before a colorist touches the page. Although well-known by some in the industry, by and large the mainstream comics public doesn’t know the full scope of what the artist is — or could be. Maybe this interview will help.
Well, I certainly never thought I’d get to see what Ivan Brunetti‘s Nova would look like, but there you have it: This overpoweringly adorable cover for Strange Tales II #3 comes from the pen of the altcomix lifer himself. Those of you who are unfamiliar with Brunetti’s career might think otherwise, but anyone who’s read Haw! can tell you that this is the best evidence yet that Disney isn’t overseeing Marvel’s hiring decisions.


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I’ve just bought of a copy of JH Prynne’s Furtherance (from Peter Riley), published in the USA by The Figures, containing his four most recent chapbooks before Acrylic Tips.
I’ve just read half of Triodes. It has had an immediate, ecstatic impact on me. I haven’t a clue what it means, but then the first time I heard Ligeti’s Atmospheres (that music in Kubrick’s 2001), I didn’t have a clue what that meant, either. Prynne has found a way to use language to communicate with the non–verbal impact of music, and I don’t know how he does it, the bastard, and I wish I could do it right now. No poet has done this to me before. This poem has an immediate impact, and I know, instinctively, that I’ll be able to keep coming back to it for the rest of my life and find something more in it.
You must have some piece of music that has a special impact on you. You knew when you first heard it that it was special, and you knew even then that the impact would last. Me, I’m thinking of Mike Oldfield’s guitar solo in David Bedford’s orchestral suite “Star’s End”: a sudden, stunningly different and unexpected, but bloody obvious highlight. Half a reading of Triodes has done the same to me.
And this is not the first time this poet has walloped me.
Prynne hits me on the instinctive level, he hits me on the intellect. I’m beginning to realise he’s one of the greats.


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On-chain analyst Willy Woo says that pronounced bull and bear cycles will change into a factor of the previous for Bitcoin.
In a new interview with information character Natalie Brunell, Woo says that the typical four-year cycles that the majority analysts observe in Bitcoin can be changed by a “drunken stroll” upward, very similar to the S&P 500 or different main inventory indices.
“The schedule actually is for this bull market to peter out round December onwards, and at the moment, the on-chain information is saying in any other case…
Now that we’re approaching our fourth quarter the information appears to be like fairly completely different from any cycle we’ve seen earlier than, and individuals hold pondering that we’ll template this bull/bear cycle to previous ones and in the event you’d look on-chain structurally, the whole lot appears to be like completely different…
I believe it’s a honest probability that we’ll not go into what we predict which is a conventional Bitcoin bear market, which usually is a big retrace of perhaps 80% of its worth, and it additionally takes about 9 months to a 12 months to shake out. I don’t assume that’s going to occur, and I believe now judging from the maturity of this market and the affect of the completely different elements of the demand and provide from completely different elements of the ecosystem, we’re breaking out of this four-year cycle which is actually contingent on the community being programed to halve.”
The Bitcoin four-year cycle means that BTC goes via a huge run-up on 12 months one, adopted by a brutal bear market, and then an accumulation section prior to restoration and continuation.
Woo says he sees Bitcoin as being in its ‘final cycle’, earlier than coming into a new period the place Bitcoin not has apparent bull and bear markets.
“I don’t assume we’re going to have like what we see these regular four-year cycles once more. I’m calling this the ‘final cycle.’ And individuals will assume that’s very somber and bearish, however no I imply like, this factor does a drunk stroll of ups and downs, trending upwards because it finds its adoption for indefinite quantities of time. These four-year cycles are gone. That’s what I believe is likely to be taking place, which is a huge revelation as a result of that’s in opposition to the expectation of the majority assume, so we’ll see if that performs out.”
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