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US CDC to impose travel measures for Ebola-hit countries
West Africa Rallies Ebola Defenses as Guinea Cases Climb
Guinea’s neighbors are taking measures to prevent the Ebola hemorrhagic fever from entering their countries, as cases rise in the West Africa nation. Five people have died from the highly contagious disease, Guinea’s National Health Security Agency said in an emailed statement Tuesday. Three people tested positive and 10 other suspected cases are awaiting laboratory results, it said.Authorities are also monitoring 125 people who were in contact with the cases. Most of them are in the southeastern Nzerekore region, where an outbreak has been declared, and the remaining 10 are in the capital, Conakry, it said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday announced new travel measures for those coming to the United States from countries that have been hit with an Ebola outbreak.
Starting next week, passengers traveling from Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo will be redirected to six U.S. airports so the CDC can track and follow up with them.
"Airlines will collect and transmit passenger information to CDC for public health follow-up and intervention for all passengers boarding a flight to the U.S. who were in DRC or Guinea within the previous 21 days," the states.
Thousands of Ebola vaccines to be sent to Guinea to combat recent epidemic, WHO says
“Our collective, quick action is crucial to avert an uncontrolled spread of Ebola amid the Covid-19 pandemic," said Dr. Matshidiso Moeti.WHO regional director for Africa Dr. Matshidiso Moeti said Thursday that 11,000 Ebola vaccines are being prepared in Geneva and are expected to arrive in Guinea over the weekend. An additional 8,600 doses will be shipped from the United States, she said. The vaccination campaign could start as early as Monday.
Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have seen multiple outbreaks of Ebola throughout the years, with previous outbreaks killing thousands of people.
The United States hasn't seen an Ebola case since 2015 and officials said they don't believe the latest outbreak is a threat to the country.
For Ebola to spread, a person needs to have direct contact with blood or bodily fluids from a person who has the virus. As long as a person doesn't travel to an outbreak area, the CDC says it is low risk for an individual to get the virus.
However, as a precaution, the CDC said passengers from the two countries currently facing outbreaks will have their contact information verified and shared with state and local health authorities.
Teachers Unions Say CDC Reopening Guidelines Are Fine, if You’ve Got Cash
After weeks of what President Joe Biden might dub “mistakes in the communication” on where the White House stands on one of the most critical provisions in the government’s guidelines for reopening public schools, the administration is finally in sync with scientific experts on vaccinations for teachers. But while most teachers’ unions and rank-and-file educators support the guidelines, some teachers say that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendations on vaccinations don’t always account for conditions on the ground—and that agreement on the theory doesn’t mean much if there’s no money to put that theory into practice.
The agency issued level-three health warnings this week for and the , meaning there should be no non-essential travel to the countries.
The outbreak of Ebola in Guinea began in the middle of February in a rural area of the country, while the Democratic Republic of the Congo saw its outbreak begin earlier in the month.
Currently, there have been in Guinea with five deaths. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has seen eight confirmed cases and four deaths in the latest outbreak, according to the World Health Organization.
The latest Ebola outbreaks come as the world is struggling to get the coronavirus under control, with the disease affecting millions of people around the world since the beginning of last year.
CDC director urges people to keep masking and distancing 'regardless of what states decide' .
The director of the US Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday said she hopes people will decide to individually "do the right thing" about distancing and wearing masks, even in states moving to eliminate restrictions against the CDC's recommendations."I think we at the CDC have been very clear that now is not the time to release all restrictions," Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during a White House COVID-19 Response Team briefing.


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Tuesday, May 31st, 2016
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- 5:00:37, May 31st 2016 - lolz - As usual, the most vocal are also the most ignorant. ... [Read More]
- 9:21:18, May 30th 2016 - Laughing out loud - To me this sounds like something the school and the grimsrud's co ... [Read More]
- 8:45:45, May 29th 2016 - Paul - Kim, Why do my arguments fall short? Why is the EPA so evil and more important ... [Read More]
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- 9:54:03, May 28th 2016 - what? - I'll be putting my child's name on my house! Problem solved! And I'll do it ... [Read More]
- 9:51:37, May 28th 2016 - wow - I see a guy in a girl's bathroom, well......it will not be good! ... [Read More]
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As winter approaches and the holiday season gets underway, it is normal for people to get busy. Stress can be high this time of year, with the expenses and work of planning the holiday get-togethers. It is also a time that many people do not get out and enjoy themselves as often as they would in the summer.
The Lanesboro Area Chamber of Commerce is trying to remedy all of that with a celebration that will take place the first three weekends in December. The 2010 Winter Escapades promises to get people out of their homes and having fun while enjoying the holiday season.
Brian Luna from the Chamber of Commerce promises the events are good for people of all ages.
"You won't believe what is in store for the entire family, including Grandma, Aunt Betty, and even Fido the dog!" says Luna.
Local businesses, organizations, and Bed and Breakfasts are all getting in on the fun to encourage people to come to Lanesboro. Escapade Buttons can be purchased at Potiche Pottery and Gifts for five dollars starting on Friday, December 3. Discounts and promotions will be given throughout the celebration for owning this button. Bed and Breakfasts will be offering their weekend visitors half-price tickets to the Christmas Inn Tour on Sunday, December 5. Regular tickets will cost $20. Discounts will be given for the Commonweal Theatre Co. presentation of Little Women. Discounts on food and drinks will be given at local restaurants. Retail shops will also have special promotions for people wearing their Escapades button.
Luna said he came up with the idea last winter. After receiving support from the Chamber and the city council, he began planning. "I started getting all of the people involved," said Luna. "We have really all been working on getting things organized since August."
This is Luna's second year as a member of the Lanesboro Area Chamber of Commerce. He is involved it the Beautification and the Government boards of the Chamber. This will be the first year of the Lanesboro Escapades, but Luna said they are already booked to have it again next year.
There are so many things going on those three weekends that everyone should find something enjoyable to do. Children can see a free Christmas movie, Elf, at the Commonweal Theatre on December 4. They can also paint Christmas ornaments with Santa at Potiche Pottery and Gifts that same day. Breakfast with Santa, with breakfast made by the Lanesboro Lions, will take place on December 11 at the Community Center. A Buddy the Elf sled race will be that same morning at the High School Football Field.
"The Girl Scouts are also involved," shared Luna. "They will be serving hot chocolate and s'mores at the park on Saturday the eleventh."
There are also many things for the adults to do, including an Oreo cookies eating contest, holiday concert, a Naughty or Nice bean bag tournament, an ugly sweater contest, and a holiday dinner dance. A Torch Light Parade will go through the town on the afternoon of December 11.
Luna wasn't joking when he said the dog can be involved as well. On Saturday, December 11, there will be a Doggy Style Show, which will be free at the Sons of Norway Lodge.
The third weekend of the celebration promises for more fun, with a Christmas sing-along at the St. Mane theater on the 17th, and another free movie on the 18th of December.
One exciting part of the celebration that can be enjoyed by people of all ages is the Medallion Hunt. Lanesboro art teacher Krista Flaig, along with some of her art students, have created the medallion that will be hidden somewhere in Lanesboro the weekend of December 10-12.
"Krista was really excited," said Luna. "She and her students really wanted to be part of the community."
Luna explained that if a person finds the medallion, they will receive a $1,000 prize, as long as they have an Escapades button. If they do not have a button, they will only receive $250. A replica of the medallion can be seen at Potiche Pottery and Gifts. Clues for the location of the medallion will be given throughout the weekend at different locations. Many different businesses in town donated money to go toward this celebration.
The students of Lanesboro Schools will be involved in many aspects of the Winter Escapade. Elementary children will be making outdoor winter decorations for a Christmas tree that will be lit during the "Opening to the Holiday Season" in Sylvan Park December 3. The older children, in grades 7-12, will be involved in the Indoor Family Carnival on December 11. They will be doing Christmas Caroling, and will also be involved in the Torch Light Parade.
"It's really just bringing everyone together," said Luna. "We don't want people to hibernate, we want everyone to get out and enjoy this amazing family event!"
More information and a schedule of events can be found at the city's website at www.lanesboro.com/WinterEscapades.

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“Get us out of the jam.” Those were the words of my coach as he handed me the ball, our team leading 8-0. It was my first appearance at the varsity level. I was a freshman. The bases were loaded. The guy at the plate for them was huge.
A pitch or two later, he was back at the mound. “I got you out of the jam,” I said, referencing the grand slam I had just surrendered.
I hadn’t seen the danger of hanging a curveball to a large, varsity hitter. I needed a warning. I needed someone to save me from my foolishness. Unfortunately, I learned the hard way. Thankfully, I had time to redeem myself. Some guys aren’t as fortunate.
Proverbs 9:18–“…he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.”
This verse references a young man who followed a sinful woman into her bedroom, thought their sexual tryst wouldn’t be a big issue, and never saw the consequences that awaited him. Maybe he was like me and that curveball. He just didn’t know how much trouble it could cause him. He needed someone to warn him, to save him. But it was too late.
There are things that can cost you in a big way. Things you probably don’t see right now. Things that might even seem innocent or fun or exhilarating. And that’s the problem. You don’t see it.
Take time today and pray. Pray the following, if it helps. Let God get you out of a jam before it begins.
Jesus, save me from sin.
Jesus, save me from this sin.
Jesus, save me from my sinful desires.
Jesus, save me from the people who draw me away from you.
Jesus, save me from consequences I ignore.
Jesus, save me from unwise decisions.
Jesus, save me from what my life would be without you.

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In this episode of the On The Rox podcast, Denver Post beat writers Kyle Newman and Patrick Saunders discuss the second-half weight that German Marquez and Kyle Freeland need to take on in the Colorado rotation. Can the right-hander and southpaw return to form and pitch like the guys who were laden with high preseason expectations?
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After a sizzling 11-3 start, the Rockies finished 26-34, meaning their record was 15-31 after Aug. 8.
Arizona routed them, 11-3, Sunday afternoon at Chase Field. The Rockies finished the season with a 26-34 record, a game better than the Diamondbacks (25-35) as the two teams brought up the rear in the National League West.
In the immediate aftermath of their disappointing, truncated, 60-game season, the Rockies pretty much said what you'd expect them to say.
About this time last year -- Oct. 1 to be precise -- owner Dick Monfort talked in glowing terms about the Rockies' future, despite the fact that the team was coming off a 71-91 season.

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Making Waves tells the human story of an academic field based on one-to-one interviews with 43 of the most famous scholars in Variationist Sociolinguistics. Explanations of concepts, ideas, good practice and sage advice come directly from the progenitors of the discipline. * An authentic, inside story about the origins of Sociolinguistics as Language Variation and Change, recording the context and spirit of sociolinguistics * Gives students access to the views on language variation of major sociolinguists such as Bill Labov and Peter Trudgill * Offers a human story of an academic field, and is written in the style of a novel, offering complete accessibility with minimal in-group terminology * Provides a timely audio archive of the reminiscences of the major Sociolinguists, including Labov, Fasold, Milroy, Trudgill, and Wolfram, with a companion website featuring 400 audio clips from the interviews. Visit the site at www.wiley.com/go/tagliamonte/makingwaves
Sali A. Tagliamonte is a Professor in the Linguistics Department at the University of Toronto, Canada. She is author of Analysing Sociolinguistic Variation (2006) and Variationist Sociolinguistics: Change, Observation, Interpretation (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012), among other books and has published on African American varieties; British, Irish, and Canadian dialects; as well as child, teen, television, and Internet language.
Preface viii 1 Where It Begins 1 2 Synchronicity and Sociolinguistics 25 3 A Crescendo of Research 53 4 Roots of Variationist Thinking 74 5 Sociolinguistics in the Street 88 6 Why Statistics Is in Your Head 107 7 Sociolinguistics From the Heart 121 8 Branching Out; Bursting at the Seams 131 9 Why Do You Like Variation? 158 10 Launching the Future 169 Afterword 185 Appendix A List of Interviews 186 Appendix B VSLX Family Tree 187 References 194 Index 202

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Most treatments carry some degree of risk, and doctors will typically advise patients of the benefits and detriments of a chosen course of care prior to administering it. The dangers associated with treatment can be exacerbated by medical mistakes as well, and seemingly harmless procedures can result in fatal injuries. People who lose loved ones due to medical errors can pursue claims against the providers that cause their harm, but proving causation can be challenging. Recently, a New York court discussed the causation element of medical malpractice cases in a matter in which it ruled that the disputed issues must be presented to the jury. If you lost a loved one due to negligent medical care, it is smart to consult a Syracuse medical malpractice lawyer to discuss what evidence you must produce to establish liability.
The Plaintiff’s Harm
It is alleged that the plaintiff’s decedent underwent a liver biopsy that was performed by the defendant. The decedent subsequently died as a result of internal bleeding, which the plaintiff attributed to a laceration of the abdominal wall caused by the negligence of the defendant. Thus, the plaintiff filed a lawsuit against the defendant, setting forth claims of medical negligence and wrongful death. After discovery was closed, the defendant moved for summary judgment. The court denied the motion, and the defendant appealed.
Proving Causation in Medical Malpractice Cases
On appeal, the court explained that the only point of contention is whether the defendant was responsible for the lacerations that caused the plaintiff’s death. The court noted that the parties’ experts disagree on the distance between the biopsied section of the liver and the lacerations on the stomach and whether the lacerations were consistent with an injury from a biopsy needle.
Further, the experts had differing opinions as to the significance of the fact that the capsule surrounding the liver was intact, that it had a structural defect and a long-standing hematoma but no evidence of recent injury or bleeding, and that only liver tissue was detected in the biopsy samples. In sum, the court found that it could not determine which expert’s opinions were proper as a matter of law. The court clarified that the fact that the autopsy report indicated complications of a liver biopsy was the cause of death was not dispositive. Based on the foregoing, the court found that the trial court’s denial of the motion for summary judgment was proper.
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Biopsies are relatively low-risk procedures, but with any treatment, if they are performed improperly, they can lead to significant injuries. If you sustained losses due to an improperly performed procedure, you might be owed compensation, and you should meet with a medical malpractice lawyer to discuss your possible claims. The trusted attorneys of DeFrancisco & Falgiatano Personal Injury Lawyers can advise you of your rights and help you to seek the best legal result available under the facts of your case. You can reach us through our online form or by calling us at 833-200-2000 to set up a meeting.

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Many of the AutoZone stores have a tester called the "Block Tester" in their Loan-A-Tool program. You basically put down enough $ to buy the unit (about $25) and then when you return it, you get your money back. With the "Block Tester" you have to buy the testing fluid which is $7.95 a shot. If the test is performed according to the instructions, you will know if you have a headgasket failure between a cylinder and a coolant passageway, however, there are some reports that state that fresh anti-freeze may show negative for exhaust gas contamination even when there is a small leak. The vehicle may have to be run daily for a week or so to create the anti-freeze contamination so the test kit will work to detect it.B10alia said:I would say the headgasket hinges on the compression test. You could have a coolant leak somewhere else, like the heated manifold, that's spraying coolant onto something hot and boiling it, giving you the smell. I would expect serious idling and driving problems with a badly blown headgasket. Obviously, I haven't seen the car and how it performs, so there might be something that fingers the headgasket that I haven't seen. I know that if I were you, I would want to make sure it was the headgasket before I committed to replacing it. Like I said, a compression test will be the determining factor, but I would definitely do that before anything else.
Sometimes you can sniff the overflow container and detect the smell of exhaust gas. A compression test is not helpful on a small leak that just blows a stream of small bubbles. With a small leak, the loss of compression may be very small and almost impossible to detect over several cranking revolutions. A leakdown test also may not be conclusive. The usual 2.2, 2.5 headgasket failure starts with a very small leak. A blown gasket is more of a sudden rupture of the gasket material and that type of failure is easily detected by a compression test.


Fully electronic Contract Management for E.ON Energie. It consists of the required D2D application, web application and a suitable back office portal.
2016 – 2018
About the customer
E.ON Energie is a joint-stock company and one of the major players on the Czech energy market that also coordinates the business activities of the E.ON group in the Czech Republic. Among its core values is offering top quality services to its clients, to whom E.ON Energie provides natural gas and electricity.
A digital transformation and gradual digitalization of the company and its processes is happening at E.ON Energie, a.s. This introduced a need to transfer all acquisition agreements concluded on paper of current and new clients to electronic form. The goal of this project was to create a comprehensive Contract Management that will, over time, integrate all processes that can be digitalized. The solution was requested for two different business models:
A D2D (Door to Door) mobile app that will run on tablets of D2D salesmen. This sales platform is for concluding contracts between the company and its clients. It uses dynamic biometric signatures for validation.
Web application for the end client who wants to conclude a contract with the company. The whole process is self-serviced and the final step is to confirm the contract by electronic means.
We faced a lot of challenges while working on this project. We had to account for all legal aspects of such a solution and defend the final result at E.ON Energie.
There were also technical difficulties when implementing the solution for Widows. Its mobile use has some imperfections, such as not being able to run in the background or in stand-by mode. The final stage was one of the most difficult parts of the project; the actual integration of electronic processes into the company’s current systems. So we had to overcome structural as well as purely technical challenges.
We created fully electronic Contract Management and implemented it into their production’s operations. It’s the first contract digitalization project for E.ON Energie. It consists of the required D2D application, web application and a suitable back office portal.
The web app is a reactive application, which means that only the changed parts of the app are redesigned. It runs in the client’s browser and all communication to and from the back-end system is managed via an API. It’s a single-page application implemented in an innovative React.JS framework.
New functions will be added over time, mainly concerning the identity verification method. In general, we aim to modify the app in a way that the conclusion of a contract becomes as easy for the client as possible.
A unique part of this project was designing the solution for signatures in the apps. We successfully defended and implemented the dynamic biometric signatures to the D2D mobile app. For the web interface, we merged the legal and technical means for electronic signatures that we implemented into the production environment.
Even though this project was the first of its kind for E.ON Energie, it achieved great results. It substantially reduced the time necessary for concluding new contracts (the time necessary from a client’s signature to delivery of the signed paper form). Implementing this solution cut the time needed from three weeks to three days.
The solution does not require any paper and its implementation started the shift from paper to electronic processes. Making the processes quite more efficient reduced the overall costs of the back office and the costs of printing and distribution of paper forms, while making the process more sustainable. At the same time, the error rate while filling out the forms reduced substantially.
The mobile app, leading salesmen through the whole process of the conclusion of the acquisition contract, manages to standardize the business processes as a whole. And the necessary filling out of forms became easier and more enjoyable to salesmen. The web application allows clients to deal with their matters in e-form, without the need for paper contracts or the need to visit their local branch in person.
The next phase will implement the possibility of contract intercession or the change of clients’ current products. And more processes will be integrated to our solution over time.
The solution was among the finalists of the IT Project of 2017 competition. And it dominated the Energy and utility category in the 2018 Internet Effectiveness Awards.


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Disney’s Winter Summerland Miniature Golf – Summer Course
The tale behind this wonderful miniature golf is that on a moonlit Christmas Eve Santa Claus found the ideal spot for a vacation for both himself and Mrs Claus. It turned out to be Blizzard Beach. In no time at all Santa and Mrs Claus had moved their trailer down to Florida together with their reindeer and the elves. The elves were divided into whether to build a snow or sand miniature golf course so they decided to build both.
We had already played the winter course on our previous visit to Florida so this time we decided to try the Summer course which is the more difficult of the two courses.
You are given a scorecard to record how well you all do and the par for the course is 56.
The summer course resembles a sand-covered wonderland with surfboards, a sun bathing Santa and lots of different sand sculptures. Each hole is named and there are also instructions on the best way to get your ball into the hole:
Hole 2 - ‘Peppermint Pond’ (par 4) – This hole is made to look like a small pond with the hole located at the back and you have to negotiate the various large peppermint candies that are made to look like they are floating on the pond.
Hole 5 – ‘Yule Tide Surf Boards’ (par 3) – negotiate your way round the 6 different surf boards that are sticking out of the sand
Hole 6 – ‘ It Clam Upon a Midnight Clear’ (par 4) – You need to aim to putt your ball into the clam but you have to be aware that the lids on the clams close at regular intervals
Hole 9 – (par 4) Is a beautiful sculpture of a castle but on this course it is made out of sand instead of snow on the Winter course, the same principle applies with a drawbridge rising and falling.
Hole 11 – ‘ Sandy Claus’- (par 3) don’t wake Santa from his nap just ease your ball over his lap. On this hole you find a big mound of sand with Santa’s feet out sticking out of one end and Santa’s head the other wearing of course the mandatory sunglasses.
Hole 13 – ‘Unfrosty the Snowman’ (par 3) this was my favourite hole with the hole right in front of Frosty who has already melted and now all you have left is his head and hat.
The courses are open from 10 am until 11 pm, every day of the week. The current cost is for an adult $11. 75 and children (aged 3 to 9) $9. 75 for a single round. Annual Pass holders get a 50% discount and if you play a 2nd round on the same day you also get a 50% discount. Everyone also now receives a free one Walt Disney World Miniature Golf logo golf ball for each round played.
Both of these courses will keep everyone occupied for a couple of hours and a fantastic change to the theme parks.
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The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) is a threat to all the ash trees in our state. None of our native ash have any resistance to this insect and once attacked, unless insecticides treatments are started within a year or two, the tree will die. The emerald ash borer has been responsible for the loss of more than 60 million ash trees in the United States and Canada since its accidental introduction from Asia into Michigan during the 1990s.
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Special Operations forces from multiple countries were in Florida Wednesday, firing off hundreds of rounds and rappelling down the sides of buildings “as they attempted to rescue the mayor” of Tampa.
“The operation was, of course, an exercise,” the Washington Post reports, “but it was also a public spectacle for a force that has tried desperately to remain in the shadows despite now being at the forefront of America’s wars.”
The Tampa “spectacle” was far from the first such realistic military drill on American soil. Conspiracy theories swirled and then dissipated, for example, regarding last year’s Jade Helm 15 training exercises in seven states. While those exercises were largely held in sparsely populated areas of Texas and the Southwest, others have been in urban areas, and some of these have been cause for more controversy and confusion than the recent Tampa drill.
In the wake of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, for instance, conspiracy theories about a controlled bomb detonation on the same day quickly emerged, before being reportedly exposed as confusion regarding the timeline of events and Twitter postings.
Also of particular interest were two individuals other than the Tsarnaev brothers seen in photographs taken near the scene before and after the explosion wearing backpacks and hats. “The prevailing conspiracy assumption is that they are military contractors who orchestrated the attack – not authorities present at the event for security,” the Guardian reported shortly after the bombing.
Despite the supposedly outlandish concerns of some online observers, though, the Boston Globe later reported that a drill – unnervingly similar to the attack itself – had in fact been planned for a similar time frame, and had to be cancelled because it resembled the April 15 incident so closely. From the Globe:
“Months of painstaking planning had gone into the exercise, dubbed ‘Operation Urban Shield,’ meant to train dozens of detectives in the Greater Boston area to work together to thwart a terrorist threat. The hypothetical terrorist group was even given a name: Free America Citizens, a home-grown cadre of militiamen whose logo would be a metal skull wearing an Uncle Sam hat and a furious expression, according to a copy of the plans obtained by the Boston Globe.
But two months before the training exercise was to take place, the city was hit with a real terrorist attack executed in a frighteningly similar fashion. The chaos of the Boston Marathon bombings disrupted plans for the exercise, initially scheduled for this weekend, forcing police to postpone. Now officials must retool aspects of the training.
‘The real thing happened before we were able to execute,’ said a law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the planned exercise. ‘We’ve already been tested.'”
In the aftermath of the bombing and the confusion that followed, those suggesting that “crisis actors” were involved were ridiculed in the national media for saying things that were “not mere theorizing but arguments for the existence of a completely alternate version of reality.”
The Globe’s subsequent reporting showed, however, that officials planning Operation Urban Shield in Boston had in fact “behaved much like movie producers, recruiting students from Northeastern University and the Boston Police Academy to play the parts of terrorists and witnesses.”
The Globe story also poked holes in the argument that it would be impossible for government to stage a terrorist attack or fake attack, simply due to the number of people who would need to knowingly conspire and the impossibility of effectively compartmentalizing such an event.
“The participating detectives (…) would not have known they were being watched,” the article states. “They would only be told that they were responding to an urgent terrorist threat.”
Confusion and paranoia have not been the only public response to Urban Shield, which has not only operated in Boston. In fact, the elaborate drills, which are the work of the Alameda County, California-based Cytel Group, have faced some of the strongest reactions in their own backyard, where they have been met with protest.
In contrast, this week’s Special Ops drill in Florida met not with picketers, but with fawning fans. The Post reports that “some of the Special Operations troops came ashore, disembarking from their rigid hull inflatable patrol craft to a throng of people eager to take pictures with them.”
Despite what is apparently a growing tolerance and even enthusiasm for military drills on American soil and in American cities, Post reporter Thomas Gibbons-Neff, himself a former marine, suggests that many in the military would view the Tampa display as unnecessary.
“According to Special Operations Command officials, the entire 30-minute operation took four days to plan, rehearse and execute,” Gibbons-Neff reports. “The preparation, for what many in the U.S. military would call a ‘dog and pony show,’ likely took time and resources from a community that is currently deploying at a rate not seen during the last 15 years of war.”
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The Iowa Department of Public health says a mild but highly contagious viral disease has been widespread in the state this summer.
DPH Medical Director Caitlin Pedati says the heat may be contributing the high number hand-foot-and-mouth disease cases. The symptoms include a sore throat and a miserable rash.
“And that rash can look like either flat red spots or raised red bumps and sometimes it looks like blisters as well,” Pedati says “We tend to see these on the hands, feet and mouth of kids which is where it gets its name, although it’s possible it could occur on other parts of the body.” Doctor Pedati says while hand-foot and mouth disease makes kids feel miserable, they rarely need to go to the hospital.
“It’s not typically very serious, you know usually what will happen is you’ll recover on your own in about seven to ten days,” according to Pedati. Information from the IDPH says the disease is contagious, and is most often spread in the first week, though it can be spread after that.
“There’s no specific treatment for it, it’s one of those where we say getting some rest and staying hydrated, providing supportive care is really the way to go,” Doctor Pedati says. While Pedati says anecdotally there are more cases than usual this time of year, the department doesn’t count incidences of hand-foot and mouth disease.
(Thanks to Pat Blank, Iowa Public Radio)
(Note information on the time the disease is contagious was updated on 7/31/2018)

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This is a christmas stamp from a couple of years ago from Heather's Stamping Haven made by The Stamp Barn and haven't really played with it much this year. I bought this background paper last week which I just love and thought would work really well with this image. I sewed it onto the card and stamped the image on watercolour paper and used my tombow markers to colour in the sleigh. I used the Martha Stewart snowflake border punch on the card layered under the image. I love how this punch embosses snowflakes too - adds such a great touch! I added snow by applying liquid applique and puffing it up with my heat gun. I used stickles to add sparkle to the stamped snowflakes. Finally, I found these fabric snowflakes at the Dollar Store (gotta love that!) and sewed on a couple of jingle bells before adhering them to the card. I placed two down in the bottom corner to ensure a balanced look.
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Phishers seize upon any opportunity to prey on people, and the COVID-19 pandemic is providing plenty of openings for attacks.
Between March 1 and March 23, security vendor Barracuda Networks detected 467,825 spear phishing email attacks, of which 9,116 were related to COVID-19, accounting for 2% of attacks, the company wrote in a blog post. In comparison, Barracuda detected a total of 1,188 coronavirus-related email attacks in February and just 137 in January.
Welcome to the state of phishing in 2020, which industry experts say is becoming more innovative and sophisticated than ever before. It's not just the pandemic that malicious actors are exploiting. Experts predict phishing attacks will increase as the presidential election in November draws closer.
This means managed cybersecurity services providers will continue to have their hands full monitoring and applying phishing countermeasures, even when the COVID-19 crisis begins to dissipate.
How attackers are exploiting the current climate
The latest trends in phishing efforts range from scams soliciting donations for fake coronavirus research initiatives to attacks that spread ransomware by spoofing official Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updates, observers say.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to some "really good, sophisticated and convincing phishing attacks" that are preying on people's fears, said Craig Taylor, chief information security officer (CISO) of managed security services firm Neoscope Technology Solutions, in Portsmouth, N.H. Taylor is also CISO for the city of Portsmouth and co-founder of cybersecurity awareness training firm CyberHoot.
Taylor said he has seen phishing incidents where an individual is emailed a form from a hospital with a domain nearly identical to a well-known one, such as Johns Hopkins Hospital. The email says the recipient has potentially been exposed to someone infected with coronavirus. It comes with an attachment that tells the recipient they need to fill out the form to schedule a virus test, he said.
"How scary is it to get that? And people don't know better, and they're fearful and scared, and they open it," Taylor said.
More than 4,000 lookalike domain names were recently registered with "Zoom" in the name, he added. It's indicative that attackers are trying to fashion believable phishing campaigns. "Those registered domain names are a harbinger of attacks that are to come."
Maxime M. Boutin, COO and co-founder of VARs Corp., a Montreal-based managed security service provider (MSSP), said he's seen a recent uptick in the number of phishing attacks. Attacks have grown more sophisticated, he said, because "malicious actors are seeing COVID-19 as an opportunity" to exploit concerns and uncertainty. "They want to seize it to infiltrate organizations and spread their malware, playing on people's fears and doubts."
Boutin said he has seen phishing attempts that offer a map showing how the virus is spreading. In this case, the email instructs recipients to download a file to receive more details. It conveys a sense of urgency, pressuring recipients to see if their region is affected, he said.
Phishing attacks are becoming more personal in nature, noted Francisco Criado, vice president of global security solutions at IT distributor Tech Data in Clearwater, Fla.
"Before, there was a better chance for a causal user to spot a phishing attack," Criado said. "These often-generic attempts would include misspellings or wouldn't address the user by name. Now, we're seeing a lot of instances of spear phishing, in which bad actors and hackers are conducting deeper research into a business or the person they are targeting."
These attacks are more believable in the way phishers position the message, he said. A seemingly sanctioned email might prompt the user to click on a link, which automatically downloads malware capable of logging the individual's keystrokes.
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"Another, more advanced technique we're seeing is to mimic a site someone is accustomed to visiting," Criado noted. "When they click on the URL, which appears to be normal, they are prompted to reset their password, providing bad actors and hackers with their credentials to potentially read emails … access other platforms or sell [the information] on the dark web."
People's fears are at an all-time high, which can lead them to act more rashly, noted Patrick Kinsella, CTO at MSSP Onepath in North Andover, Mass. "If a link says, 'Cure is found!' or, 'COVID-19 death toll spikes,' it only makes sense that a person will click it more quickly, even if they're usually cautious," he said said. "Essentially, we're seeing the usual phishing attacks but with a timely spin.''
Phishing countermeasures that channel partners can take
Besides continuously educating customers on threats, multifactor authentication (MFA) is a key phishing countermeasure, especially if a user's credentials have been compromised through a phishing attack, Criado said.
Kinsella agreed. "Over 90% of attacks are essentially nullified by MFA. Along with training and testing, MFA serves as a bulwark against attacks, and it should be implemented across all companies," he said.
Boutin said VARS Corp. uses Ironscales, a phishing protection and mitigation platform that uses AI. Proper endpoint detection and response software is also critical to have in place, he added, "because the average time an attacker can stay in a system is about 206 days, which is crazy."
After malicious actors successfully infiltrate an organization, they don't usually deliver the payload or ransomware right away, Boutin noted. "[They] stay under the radar in the system and move laterally and … use some hacker tools to scan the internal network all the way up until they have enough control to exfiltrate information and send ransomware." This makes it critical to detect an intrusion at the very beginning.
Another tool that VARS Corp. uses as a phishing countermeasure is Cynet's breach detection and response product, he said. "It also has orchestration and automatic remediation that allows for potentially malicious code to be blocked before it has the ability to spread to customers," Boutin said.
Security integration remains a challenge
Many security systems today are "out of the box" and cloud-based, making them easy for users to implement and use, Criado said. "However, companies may have varying requirements when it comes to cybersecurity, especially now that much of the workforce is remote." That's an area where MSSPs can add significant value, he added.
Boutin said most tools have become "extremely easy to deploy." He noted that Ironware can be installed in a half hour.
Taylor added that vendors have gotten very good at embedding tools into their default offerings. The challenge, he's found, is "having too many vendors doing too many things. … It's difficult to manage so many solutions together for security for clients."
The goal is to have a single dashboard with all the features a company needs to simplify things, he said.
"It's not that the technologies are overly complex. It's that each vendor does things in different ways and has different privileges to get in," Taylor said.
It's all about the user
Attackers' social engineering techniques like phishing have been on the radars of partners and customers for some time. While users are becoming somewhat better at recognizing these kinds of attacks, education must continue, observers said.
"Technology is great and definitely helps, but at the end of the day, it's all about the user," Boutin said. "They're the weakest link in the chain."
Security awareness training is helping users stay mindful of the threats, he added. Fewer are getting tricked into clicking on suspicious links, "but bad actors are changing their techniques, and there's going to always be a battle there."
Taylor said Neoscope introduced security awareness training for Portsmouth municipal employees after the city suffered a massive ransomware attack about two years ago. Whereas IT used to get panic phone calls from staff saying they've been attacked, now they're getting calls from people saying they have a phishing email in their inbox. "The city has fared well with this training," he said.


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An update on the Ehren Watada case from the Seattle Times:
Undaunted by an initial mistrial, the Army on Friday refiled charges against 1st. Lt. Ehren Watada, a Fort Lewis officer who faces up to six years in prison for failing to deploy to Iraq and alleged misconduct.
“These are serious charges, and the next step will be to set a trial date,” said Joe Piek, a spokesman at Fort Lewis, where Watada continues to serve as an active-duty officer.
Watada is the first Army officer to face court-martial for refusing to serve in Iraq, and his case has drawn international attention as the Hawaiian-born officer has allied himself with peace groups and repeatedly attacked the Bush administration’s conduct of the war.
Watada’s defense counsels are hoping to derail or at least delay a new trial, which they claim constitutes double jeopardy that violates Watada’s constitutional rights to only be tried once for a set of crimes.
The defense counsels appeared caught by surprise by Friday’s re-filing of charges.
Good for the Army for not lettting this slide.


Southwest Healthcare reaches agreement to keep Medicare funding
Last month, state officials found the hospital system’s two facilities had put patients at risk of death or serious injury. Under the deal, the system must hire experts to evaluate it and report back.
State officials had found that the hospital system’s two facilities put patients at risk of death or serious injury. Under the deal, the system must hire experts to evaluate it and report back.
Southwest Healthcare officials announced Monday that the Riverside County hospital system has reached an agreement with federal regulators that will allow them to keep their Medicare funding past June 1.
The agreement comes a month after state officials announced a $100,000 fine after multiple determinations that the hospital system’s two facilities had put patients at risk of death or serious injury. The day after the fine was made public, federal officials said they planned to cut off Medicare funding June 1.
Under the agreement, Southwest officials must hire independent experts to evaluate the hospital system and report to federal regulators within two months, according to Steven Chickering, an associate regional administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
If federal regulators accept the experts’ proposed improvements, hospital officials will have about a year to implement them, he said.
Marc Miller, president of Southwest’s parent company, King of Prussia, Pa.-based United Health Services, said in a statement that hospital officials agreed to hire a team of independent experts to analyze their compliance with federal regulations and propose improvements.
It is unclear whether the agreement will help Southwest preserve its state license.
Last week, the California Department of Public Health sent Southwest a letter stating that its license was being revoked. This week, state officials were in talks with Southwest officials to avoid revocation.


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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
which has been coloured with paint and lots of glimmer mist sprays.
A busy week as I also did a workshop with Donna Downey and came home with two completed projects. Still have to add a strip of black and white photos to the top canvas. A fun bright canvas using gelatos, inks, tags, washi tape and pan pastels. The final project was the pan pastel canvas.
Happy how this finally turned out and I like the effect. But not quite sold on the pan pastels themselves. I am very heavy handed so I ruined sponges, got pastels everywhere and at one point was ready to throw the insipid canvas out the window. Donna kept me persevering with my technique building layers of colour and the canvas and I came home together and the pan pastels stayed in the shop!
I am interested to hear what others think of pan pastels as I haven't bought any as our relationship is still not cordial....
Off to visit the woyww desks courtesy of the lovely Julia.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
A quick post of the 3 boxes drying after the spray of glimmer mist. I am still making things for the school fete and keeping it all pretty/ simple. Just using washi tape, bling, flowers and mist. Will have to visit woyww desks over the coming nights as I am out and about. Even less time now that I have to do a second post grumble...grumble.
Sunday, September 1, 2013
I was going to say another quick layout and then realised that it has actually taken 18 years to get it done. Better late then never. Earlier this year I did a workshop with Finnabair and I really enjoyed her style and mix of grunge and pretty. Looking at it now I think it would of been better with a sepia toned photo but really when it takes this long to do the job I won't stress.


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This should make it a lot easier to tweak your settings for best Crysis performance. Included are ways to get Very High mode out of XP and a way of getting as much as 30% better FPS and very similar graphics to Very High mode via a few tweaks.
Wow, the "Cheap Very High" is definteley worth a look at.
Huh, I didn't know there were cheats for the game...
I'm also surprised how jaggy things still look on High or Ultra High in DX9 or DX10. It doesn't look like he tried to use AA or AAF. I would be interested to know his computer setup when he took his captures.
As Koroush stated in part of the guide, you have to have spec capable of High shader settings as below that AA cannot be used in Crysis. I imagine he at least has a system capable of running the game on all High though if he has tested a method of playing with near Very High settings via running at High and adding a few tweaks. If you read this section he goes into extreme detail about how Crysis utilizes AA: [COLOR=blue]http://www.tweakguides.com/Crysis_6.html[/COLOR]
SteVen;4037003Wow, the "Cheap Very High" is definteley worth a look at.
Keep in mind to make use of that you have to have a rig that can easily run on High, but not Very High. It does beg the question though if you bump the values of each of the tweaks down one notch after setting everything to Medium whether you can get a "cheap" version of High too. Unfortunately I don't fit into either category. However, I'm really starting to see the beauty of the game now that I've replaced my X800XT with the X1950 Pro 512MB AGP I just got. I guessed pretty close what I'd be able to add in the settings, though at a slightly reduced res. I was running at High textures, Medium sound, everything else low @ 1600x1200. Now I can run High textures, Medium sound, Medium shadows, Medium shaders, and Medium water @ 1200x900 with about the same 30 average FPS. The difference is truly remarkable, everything looks so real and alive now and I haven't even built my uber rig yet. I'm tempted to try one other setting bump to Medium afte knocking the res down to 1024x768, but not being able to run High shaders means no AA and everything looks jaggy at that res. If I do though it will probably be a toss between volumetrics or physics.


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Hide the dog the Cat's are on and it's Friday night. Not even man's best friend is safe when I watch the Cat's play football. :o
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While waiting for the light to change, I saw a fisherman friend of mine on the opposite side of the street. Red turned green and we crossed, with a quick exchange of hellos and a promise to connect soon. Fitting that we should meet in the middle of the road, as our initial introduction began on opposite sides of the Marine Life Protection Act. Ultimately, we found enough common ground to create, along with the rest of the regional stakeholder group, a unified marine protected area network proposal — a unique achievement on the North Coast. (The proposal continues to wend through the California Fish and Game Commission. See fgc.ca.gov.)
Working so closely with fishermen from Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte counties taught me a lot about marine wildlife, oceanographic currents and the art of negotiation. But the stakeholder experience also opened my eyes to the unique challenges commercial fishermen face, including our notoriously harsh North Coast weather. So when the March 11 tsunami destroyed Crescent City’s harbor, the effect on the fishing fleet’s ability to make a living was felt keenly among our MLPA colleagues — from all sides. We’d worked together for over a year, spending time in meetings, over coffee, on the phone and via email. When the bad news arrived, it hit home.
We couldn’t fix the damage, of course, or compensate for all the wages lost, but Ocean Conservancy, Humboldt Surfrider and Humboldt Baykeeper figured we could at least raise some funds during our monthly Ocean Night event at Arcata Theatre Lounge. The word went out. Reweti Wiki proved generous as ever, donating dinner and a night’s stay at his Requa Inn. Local shaper Mark McClendon donated a custom surfboard. Each hosting organization donated goods and funds to make this Ocean Night extra special — and the community responded in kind, with new faces and larger donations. All together, we raised close to $1,000 for the Redwood Region Rotary Relief Super Fund. Our gratitude goes out to those who stepped forward to help and our best wishes go to those still recovering from the devastation of the harbor.
Additionally, the U.S. Coast Guard and California Department of Fish and Game worked together to complete pollution mitigation efforts for several weeks after the tsunami. Cleanup crews hauled out over 2,100 gallons of petroleum products and 2,260 cubic yards of oily debris. Simultaneously, we passed the one-year anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, reminding us yet again of the importance of a clean, healthy ocean for our entire community.
Even more recently, I had the pleasure of helping Trinidad School kick off their Marine Activities Resources and Education Month. Each class studied a particular habitat, showing up to the assembly decked out in costumes ranging from sea stars to jellyfish. Designing Marine Protected Areas taught me a great deal about the range of habitats and sea life along our coast — seeing the kids already so knowledgeable about those very things thrilled me. The more we love and understand our ocean, the more likely we, and future generations, will strive to protect it.
June 8 offers a chance to especially celebrate the sea through World Oceans Day. On June 1, Arcata’s City Council issued a proclamation in honor of World Oceans Day and on Friday, June 3, Ocean Conservancy, Humboldt Baykeeper and Humboldt Surfrider present another Ocean Night, this one focusing on sharks, one of the most feared and least understood creatures of the sea. Filmmaker Rob Stewart debunks historical stereotypes of sharks as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters and reveals the reality of sharks as pillars in the evolution of the seas.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and films start at 7 p.m. Ocean Night is always all ages with a $3 donation requested and a raffle held between movies. For more information, see surfrider.org/humboldt or humboldtbaykeeper.org.
Jennifer Savage serves as Ocean Conservancy’s North Coast Program Coordinator and Humboldt Surfrider chair.


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The story is pretty average at best and rather dully written. The antagonists are pretty weak and boring with a cavalcade of villains thrown in for very little plot purpose. The dynamic between Batgirl and Catwoman is done well as they both push eachother physically and psychologically to try and get the upper hand. Most plot point are entertaining but actually serve very little purpose and feel like they are just used for the sake of being used such as a visit to a nudist club and the final showdown at Arkham Asylum.
The characters provide amusement with a frequent use of humour and cat and mouse dialogue between Batgirl and Catwoman. Batman has a very small part to play late on in the book and is pretty much redundant apart from knocking out one thug with one punch (a thug that apparently the combined forces of both Batgirl and Catwoman couldn't even hurt).
The art is the worst part about this book. The facial expressions drawn for the characters make them look either constipated or like they've got their mouth full of toffee. The facial expressions don't usually match the dialogue that's written in the same panel either.
Overall not really worth a read unless your a real Barbara Gordon Batgirl fan. and even then you may be a little disappointed in the lack of prowess portrayed in the character.
Collects Batman Confidential #17 - #21
Other reviews have mentioned the naked nightclub, its kind of contrived and doesnt really help in making me take Batgirl as a legitimate hero. It could have perhaps be handled better.
As my star rating indicates this book isnt bad, I just think those preceding it in the story order have generally been much better stories. Batman: Dead to Rights being a fine book, particularly on the setting the Joker up as a real nasty piece of work. Just better story telling.
This graphic novel collects issues 17-21 of the Batman: Confidential comic, written by Fabian Nicieza and illustrated by Kevin Maguire. The Cat and The Bat is a five-part tale that chronicles Barbara Gordon's first-ever encounter with Selina Kyle, and unlike the majority of Batman stories, it's a light-hearted & comedic scrap between the two females, that ranges from silly-to-fun-to-risqué-to-entertaining-to-attentive.
There's not a great deal to say about The Cat and The Bat, really. It's not a major, groundbreaking tale. It's a self-contained story featuring colourful characters. Batman himself doesn't really show up until after the halfway point, the plot involving Commissioner Gordon's notebook/the Russian Mafia/The Riddler is pretty basic, and there are some minor continuity gaffs (like other reviewers have said) i.e. Batgirl's age/college status in relation to Batgirl: Year One, Batman knowing Catwoman's identity prior to Knightfall, but those are just little quibbles, really.
The relevant issue here is how much of a good read the book is, and for the record it's a rather fun one, all-in-all. You have a very determined & inexperienced Barbara who's trying to prove herself in the eyes of her peers, and you have an equally-determined, yet greater skilled/experienced Selina who's just doing what she does, and trying to humble the interfering Batgirl into submission. It's a wonderful dynamic featuring two deep characters, and the results blossom.Read more ›
This was an entertaining, well written and illustrated story, and kept me occupied on a long bus journey (of about two miles through central London).
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The infamous orgy scene (parental complaints made the papers) comes about half-way through. Maguire manage to draw the whole scene without once showing any naughty bits but it shows how seriously they're taking this. For the rest of the story the two women's costumes become more and more ragged until they're showing almost as much skin as they were in the Gotham City Hedonist Society.
That being said the book is very well-written and very well drawn. Nicieza writes a young Barbara Gordon just starting on her career as Batgirl and still nervous about filling Batman's shoes. Catwoman is cocky and arrogant, determined to humble Batman's latest protege. The chase ends with Batgirl having to outfight or out-think most of Batman's foes in the depths of Arkham Asylum and shows why the character is so admirable.
Maguire draws some of the best faces in the business, able to convey subtle feelings much better than almost any artist in the business. It's almost a shame they decided to go the cheesecake route because it undercuts the good character work both creators do.
So this is a fun superhero story with lots of good looking women wearing not much clothing. If that's your thing check it out.
The story may be a little off if you care strongly about continuity. Barbara mentions her junior year in college and tried out for the police force which puts her age around 20-22. She speaks of Robin as if she is attracted to him. I would hope that means he is at least 17 or 18. But if I remember correctly, in Batgirl year one, Robin had to be driven around by Alfred which implies he is under 16. Minor nitpick.
I'm not a big fan of Kevin Maguire's work on Justice League International, but for the most part, the artwork was pretty good. He draws a better Batgirl than either Catwoman or Batman. And, I found at least two occasions where Catwoman's neck was way too long (more like Giraffewoman). So art quality is not a high point and the main reason I downgraded to 4 stars.
For parents interested in buying for their child, there is a multiple page section of the story where everyone in the story is naked (a hedonistic club). "Camera angles" are done so as not to show anything (as a matter of fact, most superheroes show more with their skintight outfits than you see in any part of the nude scenes). But the pages are there and the nudity is heavily implied.
Overall, very enjoyable.
After reading batman and Detective Comics for a while, I began to expand into reading Superman, Spider-man and a slew of other Marvel and DC characters and I realized something about Batman Comics; the artwork on the monthly books did not compare well to other comics on the shelf. At that time, Batman was drawn by Jim Aparo, whose work by then had grown stagnant and rigid under Mike DeCarlo's heavy inking, while Detective Comics was illustrated in the dynamic but not very detailed pencil strokes of Norm Breyfogle. My point of explaining all this is that I began to make a list in my head of artist I would like to see handle the Dark Knight, and one of the names at the top of the list was Kevin Maguire, the artist of the humourous version of the Justice League.
Almost 20 years later I have my wish, and this tale of Batgirl and Catwoman struggling over a certain incriminating diary stolen from Commissioner Gordon suits the artist's talents very well. His knack for drawing facial expressions (as well as the female form) are a perfect fit for this cheeky story, and while I do not appreciate cheesecake in my Batman stories, the simplicity and elegance of the artwork make up for the less than serious tone.
As for Fabien Nicieza's writing; I was a little concerned when I heard he was providing the script. I have found much of his writing to be confusing and breathlessly paced to a fault in some cases. But he does well here, letting the story breath and the action unfold over five issues, and to his credit, allowing the art to do most of the talking. I'd like to point out his strong use of the Joker, who's brief cameo presented a more sinister Joker than other writers manage in a 6 issue mini series.
I would point out one small continuity gaff here though, which is that Batman, Batgirl and way too many mobsters know Catwoman's secret identity, something Batman finds out years later after the Knightfall storyline.
This book reprints the forth story arc from the Batman:Confidential monthly series, and gives us another strong entry after the equally good "Batman: the Wrath", for much the same reasons. The artwork is strong, the writing is crisp, and the editors chose wisely to avoid Batman's early years, which have been overloaded with retro-fitted stories or retelling of encounters with Batman's classic villains. Setting this story in the Dick Grayson years as Robin is refreshing since very few modern Batman tales are told in this era. This arc is a good way to make amends for the disappointing Batman vs. Lex Luther tale, "Rules of Engagement", or the awful Batman Vs. Joker: Round 1 (version 3.0) story, "Lovers and madmen".
More like this please, and definitely more form Kevin Maguire.
The art here is quirky and fun -- not the sexpot versions of these character readers are mostly familiar with. The story is light and enjoyable, though there are a few more "adult" moments that I would not allow a child under 10 years to see.
Overall, this is a great read for teens and adults. And it's a steal at Amazon's price! Let's hope there are more Batgirl/Catwoman team-ups where this one came from. They are both extraordinary female characters, and they deserve this kind of stellar treatment.
The drawings are in the style of Frank Cho, but not as good. You can visualise the audience for whom this comic is targetted.


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