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1+ In The Family Baby And Child Bern Jacket Light Grey
1+ In the Family is a Spanish brand designed by Gemma Mases who was inspired to create her first baby collection by the birth of her baby niece. 1+ In the Family design minimalist pieces that are driven by practicality and comfortability.
- Grey and white textured wool
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40% Virgin Wool, 40% Polyester, 20% Acrylic
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Toronto Blue Jays (85-66, third in the AL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (93-59, first in the AL East)
St. Petersburg, Florida; Wednesday, 3:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Blue Jays: Julian Merryweather (0-1, 1.23 ERA, .96 WHIP, 7 strikeouts) Rays: Luis Patino (4-3, 4.74 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 69 strikeouts)
BALTIMORE (AP) — Cedric Mullins and Ryan McKenna homered off Robbie Ray and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Blue Jays 6-3 on Friday night to end Toronto's season-high winning streak at eight.
Anthony Santander also had a three-run shot in the seventh inning off Julian Merryweather (0-1) that traveled 423 feet and gave Baltimore the decisive lead.


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Hospitals are begin confronted by one of their greatest fears. The emergence of bacteria we cannot kill. You’ve probably heard of the most common “superbug”, MRSA. These new bugs make MRSA look downright warm and cuddly.
“Superbugs” develop as bacteria mutate in response to repeated exposure to common antibiotics. The more they’re exposed, the faster and more powerfully they mutate. Modern medicine can’t keep up.
Over half of those who acquire an infection from an invincible “superbug” will die. Officials who call “superbugs” THE health crisis of the coming century are no longer speaking in hyperbole.
The good news is you can help slow the development of “superbugs”. Here’s your three weapons:
- Don’t get sick. More specifically, don’t be sick in a hospital. As of now these new superbugs are limited to hospitals. But like MRSA before them, eventually they’ll find their way into the community. As always, wash your hands regularly.
- Avoid antibiotics, unless necessary. Most of the illnesses we get are a product of viruses, not bacteria. But when we’re feeling miserable we beg our doc for something to help. A needless antibiotic is what we get. If your doc says you or your child won’t be helped by an antibiotic, listen.
- Eat organic! (Or close) A whopping 80% of all the antibiotics we use go to healthy livestock. They eat antibiotics, you eat them, you eat antibiotics. It’s completely unnecessary. Buy organic meats or, if your grocery offers the choice, pick meat that doesn’t use antibiotics. (Publix supermarkets have “Greenwise” selections that are sans antibiotics).

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Saris M2 Smart Turbo Trainer
Regardless of whether your wanting to hop onto a group ride using Zwift, climbing the Alps in Rouvy or simply need to burn-off some sweat after work, the M2 Smart Trainer will get you your fix. All that's required is your bike, the M2 Trainer, your favourite indoor cycling app and the device of your choice.
Up to 1500 Watts Power and 15% Climbing Grade
This versatile smart trainer can replicate any workout you desire, up to 1500 watts with a top climbing grade of 15%. Tracking your workout couldn't be easier, simply connect your workout mobile app of choice via its integrated dual-band ANT+ FE-C and Bluetooth sensors, and its electromagnetic response system handles the rest. Plus, thanks to its integrated speed, cadence and precisely-measured power data, you can view, track and record your performance-output without the need for additional sensors. Finally, for the greatest tyre-to-roller engagement this trainer features Saris' distinctive clutch-knob mechanism to optimise every ride.
Please Note: This turbo trainer comes with UK, EU and US power cable adaptors and the specific one piece power cable that any of the adapters can be fitted to.
- Quiet noise-level output at 69 decibels at 20 mph
- Provides accurate power readings up to +/- 5%
- Designed to fit common road and mountain bike frames
- Included Steel Quick Release skewer has three settings for rear dropout spacing: 120mm, 130mm and 135mm
- Thru-axle adapter available for 142x12mm and 148x12mm (sold separately)
- Integrated dual ANT+ FE-C and Bluetooth standards
- ANT+ and BlueGiga USB bike dongles sold separately
- Fast response electromagnetic resistance ensures most responsive resistance and maximum power available
- Handles 1500 watts at 20 mph and can simulate up to a 15% climbing grade
- Headless mode (powered on, not paired to any apps) lets you ride with a progressive resistance curve that matches the Fluid2 trainer
- Internally integrated speed, cadence and power data eliminates the need for extra external sensors
- LED indicator lights communicate connectivity and more
- Internal cooling system moves air through the trainer to keep it cool while active thermal sensors ensure accurate performance data even during the hardest of workouts
- Foldable Classic frame with spring loaded, bolt-action lever
- Features a clutch knob for perfect roller to tyre tension
- Compatible with 650b, 700c, 26", 27", and 29" tyres - up to a 2.0" diameter
- Does not fit 650c wheel sizes, or wider 29er tyres
- Precision-machined Alloy roller reduces tyre wear and slippage
- Eccentric levelling feet allow for easy adjustment on uneven surfaces
- Trainer tyre recommended
- Compatible with a wide variety of devices and indoor cycling applications, including Rouvy, Zwift, TrainerRoad and many more
- Over the air (OTA) firmware updates via Bluetooth devices ensures the M2 is up to date
- Trainer is tested to the combined weight (rider and bike) of 136kg
- Not compatible with Saris 20/24" wheel adapter
- Thru-axle adapter available for 142x12mm and 148x12mm bikes (sold separately)
- Formerly branded as CycleOps M2 Smart Trainer
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Publication Acceptance Date: 1/10/1998
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Interpretive Summary: Mango fruit is considered one of the choicest fruits in the world. Grown in tropical regions, these fruit have an attractive color, good flavor and are very nutritious. This chapter reviews the ripening, storage and transport of these fruit after harvest. It also covers fruit composition (nutritional, color and flavor compounds) and the problems involved in storing and transporting these fruit to market areas.
Technical Abstract: This review covers the handling of mango fruit after harvest. Ripening physiology, and metabolism during storage are described as well as various treatments with coatings, irradiation, and growth regulators to prolong shelf life. Fruit composition is given including organic acids, sugars, cell wall components, flavor volatiles, phenolics and lipid compounds. Physiological disorders and postharvest pathology that occur during storage are also discussed.

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Practicing Gratitude Can Change Your Attitude
Each new year it seems gratitude ends up on my mind. I like to tell myself that this year I will be a more grateful person. Just like some other New Year’s resolutions, it starts out well and then begins to fade away.
This year I found myself, yet again, wishing I was better at being grateful and wondering why it’s such a challenge to have an attitude of gratitude on a regular basis. What am I missing? Perseverance? Mindset? Not repeating enough grateful mantras/scriptures/quotes?
It’s practice. Practicing gratitude by putting it into action is what I’ve been missing. Gratitude isn’t just one thing. It’s a combination of thinking, speaking, and acting grateful. If we really want to change our attitude then we need to practice gratitude.
Here are some ways to practice gratitude.
Let’s start with our thoughts. Whenever you find yourself thinking ungrateful thoughts, pause and adjust. For example, if you’re looking in the mirror wishing your nose was smaller, remind yourself how valuable your nose is to you because it allows you to smell. If you wake up thinking you wish you didn’t have to work, remind yourself the money it provides to keep you clothed and fed. Whenever you find yourself thinking something negative about a person, place, or thing, find something to be grateful for instead.
I know these are just basic examples, but you know the things you most often complain to yourself about each day. So, just catch yourself and reconstruct that thought. If you think you just can’t find anything to be grateful for, ask yourself, “Am I breathing?” If you’re breathing, then simply start with being grateful to be alive.
The next way we can practice gratitude is with our speech. Take that same concept for grateful thinking and apply it to what you say. Instead of complaining that your husband put something back in the wrong cabinet or drawer, thank him for putting the item away. Instead of complaining to the kids about making a mess with the dog food, thank them for trying to feed the dog themselves.
While we’re on the topic of grateful speaking, let’s also address the “but.” Saying, “Thank you, but…” isn’t fully grateful. I’ve been guilty of this far too many times. “Thanks for doing the dishes honey, but you got water all over the place.” It doesn’t sound all that grateful followed by a “but,” does it? That’s because the “but” negates what comes before it. So, you’re basically undoing the “thank you” when you follow it with “but.” So, let’s be mindful of this as well and simply speak gratitude.
Another way we can practice gratitude is to act grateful. Grateful people don’t huff and puff while standing in line or glare at the cashier for not being quick enough. Acting grateful is not storming away or slamming doors. Acting grateful is being patient and kind. It’s smiling at the struggling cashier. It’s taking a deep breath and helping your child clean up the mess. It’s biting your tongue when your husband tracks mud across the floor with his work boots and being grateful for the work that’s done in them instead.
There are many little ways to practice gratitude daily. This year I’m going to focus on actually practicing gratitude to change my attitude, and I encourage you to try it as well.
Change those thoughts. Mind your words. Show gratitude.

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Yeah, even Kane. The greatest film of all time, according to those monocle-wearing types who refuse to even consider Robocop for the title.
A bunch of reporters try to figure out the meaning of Charles Foster Kane's last words. "Rosebud."
No one was around to hear them.
Now, no one's suggesting that journalists in the 40s weren't good at getting scoops. With the chief breathing down their neck and dames left and right trying to play them for saps, they pretty much had to be good. But unless their source was telepathic or invisible, there's no way they could know what Kane said.
Kane's nurse, arriving several minutes too late for the movie to make any fucking sense
And if they really are just that good, you think they'd also know the twist ending, that Rosebud was his sled (what kind of weirdo names his sled anyway? Does he miss his childhood desk chair too?).
So the next time some film critic is getting all up in your face, picking holes in your favorite movie, hit them with that, and watch them curl up into a ball and weep like a child. Then maybe kick 'em a couple of times. If you think we're being too hard on the critics, remember that they get paid to watch movies and be dicks about them. We on the other hand ... never mind.


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Step 3: Wrap E-tape around your barrel of choice until it fits snug, then glue it in.
Step 4: Reassembly. Close the shell, the switch/trigger thing shouldn't be lined up correctly(unless your extremely lucky), then cock the gun. Now line up the switch and screw it together. Close up of the catch placement:
The way it works:
Push down the barrel until it clicks. The click is the plunger rod on the catch. Then, let go. The barrel should go up because of the extension spring, much like the maverick cocking handle. Then, push the switch back and it will push the catch, letting go of the plunger and the force of the spring, which pushes air through the barrel.
Before, the orange collar would catch the barrel and you were supposed to clip the "arms" on the barrel. Then you would push up on the switch to make the barrel fly out and the arms pop out to either side. Then you'd have to push the switch down to shoot the gun.
Ranges: I'd guestimate 35-40 feet flat, which is pretty good for a gun the size of a BBB arrow
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Earlier this month, an antiquarian bookshop in Toronto unveiled "The Biblio-Mat," a gorgeous vending machine containing antiquarian books. The Biblio-Mat rests in a corner of the bookshop where it
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Independent booksellers are still reacting to the news that they can no longer accept credit card payments directly through their own websites.
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I spent this weekend watching approximately seven hundred hours of Wrestling. WWE’s Hall of Fame, NXT Takeover: Orlando, ROH’s Supercard of Honor, WCPW’s State of Emergency. That’s a lot of damn wrestling. However, there was something interesting to me, between NXT and the Hall of Fame ceremony: I saw that they were being sponsored by Final Fantasy XIV. Not some oil or candy or car company, but a Square-Enix title. That was fascinating to me and I assumed that Stormblood would be hyped in some way; especially since they specifically advertised the coming of the FFXIV: Stormblood expansion this June. I just wondered and waited to see what was going to happen. I waited through twelve years of the Pre-Show after we halted our D&D session just to watch Wrestling [Yes, it’s serious business!] and the New Day came out. They’re the hosts of Wrestlemania and as the longest-reigning tag champs in history, they did not have a match on the show. Partially because I think they’re running them into the ground and not booking them in anything interesting… but this isn’t a Wrestling website. But I have a lot of strong opinions on that as well.
The New Day came out: In Final Fantasy XIV-themed wrestling attire! Kofi Kingston came out as a Red Mage, complete with fancy hat and rapier, Big E came out as a Samurai [which is doubly entertaining to me as his Twitter name is ShinigamE], and had a sheathed blade, and a cool yukata. Xavier Woods, probably the most charismatic of this team had a moogle riding on his shoulder, and I honestly couldn’t guess what class he was supposed to represent. I assume Bard, as he had his trombone, and it suits him as a personality. This was a terrific marketing tool! They didn’t announce the game over and over, constantly remind us that Hey, FFXIV’s Expansion is coming out soon! They let the announcers mention it when it was appropriate. The ice-cream cart they came to the ring with it had a Fat Chocobo on it. I thought it was hilarious how abruptly Michael Cole yelled “Chocobo!” and “Moogle!” and it made him seem like he knows nothing about the game. I could be wrong, though. Still made me laugh. Throughout a night of highs and lows [and some truly bittersweet lows], starting the show with one of my favorite MMOs, probably my favorite MMO of all time as of now, it made me quite happy. Kudos to the New Day and to Square-Enix for this unique way to hype a wonderful game.

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It doesn’t come as a surprise for many to hear that too much salt is bad for you—cutting down on sodium is something doctors and nutritionists have been pushing for years. However, a new Japanese study has shown that not only habitually high-salt diets, but even a gradual increase in salt consumption can increase the risk of developing higher blood pressure.
The study looked at over 4,000 individuals with regular, stable blood pressure at the start of the study. Researchers estimated their salt intake over the course of three years by measuring how much sodium was in their urine during routine checkups. At the end of the study, the lowest amount of sodium intake was estimated to be around 2,925 mg a day, while the highest was around 5,644 mg a day. (The average American consumes around 3,500 mg of sodium a day, which is still higher than what is recommended—the American Heart Association recommends only 1,500 mg daily.)
After three years, almost 23% of the participants ended up developing high blood pressure. Researchers found that those individuals who consumed the most salt (up to 5,644 mg a day) were the ones who were most likely to end up with high blood pressure by the time the study ended. Moreover, participants who gradually ate more sodium also ended up having high blood pressure.
According to the study’s lead author, it made no difference if their blood pressure was high to start with or increased gradually over the three years—both of the groups had an increased risk of ending up with high blood pressure. These findings, which were published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, stress the importance of monitoring salt intake not just now, but over the course of a lifetime in order to properly manage blood pressure levels and maintain hearth health in the long run.
High blood pressure is one of the major risk factors for strokes, heart attacks and heart failure.
Sources for Today’s Article:
Takase, H., et al., “Dietary Sodium Consumption Predicts Future Blood Pressure and Incident Hypertension in the Japanese Normotensive General Population,” Journal of the American Heart Association 2015; doi: 10.1161/JAHA.115.001959.
“The result of eating too much salt can be measured in blood pressure,” American Heart Association web site, July 29, 2015; http://newsroom.heart.org/news/the-result-of-eating-too-much-salt-can-be-measured-in-blood-pressure.

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SANTA FE – With a bang of his gavel, the Speaker of the House officially ended this year’s 60-day session at about noon Saturday.
A special session will follow in order to tie up a number of loose ends left dangling.
“There will be a special session,” said Gov. Richardson Saturday during his standard 1 p.m. press conference. “The issue will be when. It will be this fall, probably October.”


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Specially designed to look like the towns where residents are from, dementia villages are giving elderly people the freedom to live normally within a close community – even as their recent memory begins to fade.
Growing old is a fact of life whether we like it or not.
While beauty companies love to convince us that the scariest things about ageing are the physical manifestations of it – wrinkles, grey hairs, sunspots, and sagging skin – the mental effects are far more life-changing.
Many of us will have witnessed our grandparents or other loved ones move into permanent care homes after living with progressing dementia. These environments are often sterile, crowded, and stuffy. It’s a difficult step to make for any family.
Thanks to an idea first put forward by Dutch designers, life for dementia patients no longer has to be so institutional. Traditional care homes have been reimagined into entire villages that provide residents with familiarity and safety while affording them a sense of freedom.
The concept of dementia villages was first brought to life in 2009 in Hogeweyk, a Dutch town near Amsterdam.
It involves creating micro-neighbourhoods that mirror residents’ hometowns. These ‘villages’ are complete with a supermarket, café, cinema, post office, salon, public squares and gardens.
As opposed to traditional care homes where residents are placed into shared rooms of up to 50 people, individuals are placed in smaller houses of up to 13. Each person has access to their own room as well as a small private garden.
Then, the world is their oyster. Residents are allowed to move freely about the small village as normal, engaging in activities, daily errands, and socialising with others who live there.
All of this occurs while being carefully monitored by caregivers who will step in to help if needed. Medical doctors are also on-site around the clock in the event of emergencies.
Design details inside residents’ homes and the village itself have been carefully guided by certified research on dementia.
For example, contrast-coloured tiled floors can be confused for holes in the ground for those with the disease. As a result, all homes have floorings that are neutral and single-coloured.
Important items like handrails are brightly coloured so that they are easy to recognise. Cabinets are made with transparent material so that personal items can be seen from a distance more easily.
The height of bannisters on balconies has been risen to prevent falls and paths and hallways have been widened to allow better access for those using walkers. Meanwhile, all rooms have soft details to minimise distracting or startling sounds.
So far, these safely designed villages have been recreated in Canada, Ireland, Germany, France, and Denmark. While research is ongoing to determine the breadth of benefits of these villages, there are already some wonderful findings from the original Dutch location.
At least 50 percent of people who moved into the Hogeweyk village were on anti-psychotic medicines upon their arrival. After living in the village, this number dropped to 10 percent.
One major obstacle to making dementia villages the norm is, of course, cost. For a single patient, the costs range from around £5,300 a month. Government subsidies will be vital in making more humane care centres more widely available for those living with the disease.
With any care program for the elderly, the main goal should be to extend quality of life for as long as possible. Providing a safe space for individuals to fulfil their personal goals and hobbies to the best of their ability helps to achieve that.
De-institutionalising care homes in favour of community-centred living helps to preserve the dignity and identity of people as they age. Let’s hope we see more of these designs popularised by increasing funding in the future.
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Days Of Palestine – Kafr Qaddum
Israeli occupation troops attacked dozens of protesters demonstrating in the village of Kafr Qaddum, in the northwest of the occupied West bank, against the plan to annex parts of the occupied territory to Israeli settlements.
Local sources said that the Israeli troops fired teargas, rubber-coated rounds and stun grenades at the protesters, injuring five of them.
They added that many other protesters sustained suffocation from teargas inhalation.
Israeli forces violently suppressed demonstrators, who also rallied to protest Israel’s closure of the main road that connects the village of Kufr Qaddoum with the city of Nablus since 2003.
Before 2003, the residents of Kufr Qaddum would use a shorter road to the east in order to come and go to nearby cities and villages. However, as the settlements expanded so that they overwhelmed the road, it became closed for Palestinian use.
The only alternative road is roughly six times longer than the previous route, disrupting the villagers’ ability to attend university, their jobs, and other vital aspects of their economic and social wellbeing.
Three Palestinian deaths relating to the road’s closure occurred between 2004 and 2005,” it said. Although Kufr Qaddum’s Popular Resistance Committee took their case to the Israeli High Court in 2003, the legal status of the road remains unchanged.
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It looks like “Bennifer” is back — and it almost feels like the world is too, thanks to this early 2000s relationship reboot. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have been causing a media frenzy in 2021 with their rumored rekindled romance following the superstar’s split to pro baseball player Alex Rodriguez. According to Us Weekly, shortly after ending her two-year-long engagement to A-Rod, Affleck was back in the picture, big time.
The term “Bennifer” was coined back in the early aughts when J.Lo and Affleck were first an item. In 2002, the couple started dating after meeting on the set of the blockbuster-bust film Gigli, via Us Weekly. While their film was a flop, their relationship took the world by storm up until they called off their engagement in 2004. However, despite the pair calling it quits, it appears that the former flames always remained in touch and on good terms. So much so, that Affleck was one of the first to be spotted with the “Get Loud” singer following her split to A. Rod — which, of course, caused romance rumors and tabloids to swirl.
Now, per People, it’s been confirmed that the old flames are “still going strong with their reunion.” But how strong is the new and improved Bennifer relationship? A source close to Lopez spilled the tea on where she stands in the rekindled romance. Keep reading to find out how she feels about giving Affleck another try.
An insider says that J.Lo is 'excited about how things are going' with Ben Affleck
According to a May 19 Us Weekly article, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have “reignit[ed] their flame.” A source told the outlet, “Jen got back in touch with Ben after it became apparent to her that things with Alex [Rodriguez] weren’t working anymore.” Another close insider confirmed that the former-exes-turned-couple are excited about their new relationship.
An insider close to Lopez told People on May 19 that “the duo have kept in touch every day” following their headline-making getaway in Montana earlier this month. As we mentioned above, Lopez and Affleck first sparked romance rumors back in April when they were spotted together at J.Lo’s Los Angeles home shortly after she and her ex Alex Rodriguez ended their engagement. They then went on a romantic Montana trip, per Page Six, where the “couple spent much of their time taking walks, swimming in the pools and taking dips in the hot tub.”
It appears that the mountain getaway was good for the now couple. According to People, their source went on to say that Lopez is happy about the rekindled relationship. The insider noted that “Jennifer is still very excited about how things are going.” And, if you were a fan of Bennifer back in the early 2000s, we can assume that you’re also excited about where things are going for these celebs, too.
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This article is part of a series that provides an ongoing analysis of the changes made to Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb’s 13F portfolio on a quarterly basis. It is based on their regulatory 13F Form filed on 05/15/2018. Please visit our Tracking Ruane, Cunniff, & Goldfarb’s Portfolio article for an idea on their investment philosophy and our previous update for the moves during Q4 2017.
This quarter, Ruane, Cunniff, & Goldfarb’s 13F portfolio value decreased ~11% from $12.20B to $10.91B. The number of holdings decreased from 66 to 59. 30 of those stakes are significantly large (more than ~0.5% of the portfolio each) and they are the focus of this article. The top three positions are at ~37% while the top five are at ~48% of the 13F assets: Alphabet, Berkshire Hathaway, Amazon.com, CarMax, and Mastercard.
The firm is best known as the investment advisor of the Sequoia Fund (MUTF:SEQUX) which has a venerable 47-year track record (July 15, 1970 inception, ~13.5% annualized return compared to ~11% for the S&P 500 index). In Q1 2018, the fund was up 1.28% compared to negative 0.76% for the S&P 500 index. Last year, it slightly underperformed S&P 500 - ~20% vs. ~22% for the S&P 500 index. Their cash allocation is currently at ~7.5%. After new management took over in Q1 2016, the portfolio has seen a significant shift to information and services businesses from asset-intensive manufacturing & retail. The following significant stakes in Sequoia’s portfolio are not in the 13F report as they are not 13F securities: Constellation Software (OTCPK:CNSWF), Rolls Royce Holdings plc (OTCPK:RYCEY), Vivendi (OTCPK:VIVHY), and Naspers (OTCPK:NPSNY). The latter two are new this quarter.
Liberty Broadband (NASDAQ:LBRDK) and Altaba Inc. (NASDAQ:AABA): These two are new positions this quarter. LBRDK is a ~3% portfolio position purchased at prices between $86 and $97 and the stock currently trades well below that range at $71.29. The 2% AABA stake was established at prices between $69 and $80 and it is now at $77.43. For investors attempting to follow Ruane, LBRDK is a good option to consider for further research.
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) (NYSE:BRK.B): BRK.B is the second-largest position at 11.48% of the portfolio. The last significant buying happened in 2012 when there was a one-third increase at prices between $76 and $92. The stock is now at $194. Q4 2016 saw a ~10% trimming at prices between $143 and $167 and that was followed with a ~30% selling in the following quarter at prices between $159 and $177. Q2 2017 also saw a ~20% reduction at prices between $161 and $172. This quarter saw another one-third selling at prices between $191 and $217. Ruane is harvesting long-term gains.
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN): AMZN is a top three ~9% portfolio stake established in Q4 2016 at prices between $719 and $845. The stock is now at $1,610. There was a ~9% trimming in Q2 2017 at prices between $885 and $1,011. Last quarter saw the stake almost double at prices between $957 and $1,196. There was a ~14% selling this quarter at prices between $1,189 and $1,598.
Mastercard Inc. (NYSE:MA): MA is a large (top five) ~4.5% of the portfolio stake established soon after its IPO in 2006 at a split-adjusted cost-basis of $4.50 per share. The original position was huge at ~2.4M shares (24M shares after accounting for the 10-for-1 stock-split in 2014). It was sold down by ~72% over the next two years. Since then, the stake was kept relatively steady as the stock marched higher to the current price of $191 per share. There was a ~15% selling in Q3 2017 at prices between $121 and $143 and that was followed with a ~27% reduction this quarter at prices between $152 and $183. Ruane is harvesting gains.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (NYSE:FCAU): The 4.49% FCAU position was purchased in Q1 2017 at prices between $9.50 and $11.60 and doubled the following quarter at prices between $9.70 and $11.65. There was another ~25% increase in Q3 2017 at prices between $10.50 and $18. The stock is now at $21.82. Last two quarters have seen marginal trimming.
TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX): TJX is a fairly large 4.36% of the portfolio position. It is a very long-term stake and the holding period is over 15 years. The stock has seen a ~15x return over that time frame. 2015 had seen significant selling: one-third reduction at prices between $64 and $73. The pattern continued in 2016: ~45% reduction at prices between $67.50 and $83. The stock is now at $88.11. There was a ~17% selling in Q3 2017 at prices between $67 and $74 and that was followed with a ~22% reduction this quarter at prices between $74 and $84. Ruane is continuing to harvest huge long-term gains.
Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE:JEC): JEC is a ~3% long-term stake first purchased in 2012. Last major activity was in Q3 2015 when there was a ~50% stake increase at prices between $37 and $44. The stock is now at $63.33. There was a ~9% stake increase in Q3 2017 while last two quarters have seen minor trimming.
Visa Inc. (NYSE:V): The 2.20% Visa stake saw a 53% increase in Q2 2017 at prices between $89 and $97 and that was followed with a ~13% increase in the following quarter. The stock is now at $131. It is a very long-term stake first purchased soon after the IPO in 2008. There was a ~30% selling this quarter at prices between $114 and $126.
Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC): WFC was a minutely small position as of Q1 2016. Over 5M shares were purchased the following quarter at a cost-basis of ~$51. There was another one-third increase in Q3 2017 at prices between $49.50 and $56. This quarter saw a ~36% reduction at prices between $51 and $66. The stock currently trades at $54.90 and it is at ~2% of the portfolio.
Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC): The 1.31% OMC position saw an ~80% increase in Q2 2017 at prices between $80 and $86. The original position was from 2011 at prices between $36 and $50. The stock is now at $71.96. There was a ~50% reduction this quarter at prices between $70 and $83.
O’Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ:ORLY): ORLY is a now a minutely small position. The original stake was first purchased in 2004. Around ~1.9M shares (~3.8M shares after accounting for the 2-for-1 stock split in 2005) were acquired at the time at around $20 per share. H1 2016 saw a ~50% reduction at prices between $232 and $278. Q2 and Q3 2017 saw another ~28% reduction at prices between $173 and $270. Last quarter saw a ~9% trimming and the disposal this quarter was at prices between $238 and $276. The stock is now at ~$268. They harvested huge long-term gains. The stock had a tremendous run (~10 times return) over the holding period.
Waters Corp. (NYSE:WAT): WAT was a long-term stake first purchased in 2011 in the high-$70s price range. The position was reduced by just over one-third in Q3 2017 at prices between $173 and $190 and almost sold out this quarter at prices between $192 and $219. The stock is now at ~$191.
Dentsply Sirona Inc. (NASDAQ:XRAY): The large (top five) 4.78% XRAY position was almost eliminated this quarter at prices between $50 and $68. It was established in Q1 2016 as a result of the acquisition of Sirona Dental by Dentsply. They had a 2.79M share stake in SIRO (~5% of the business) for which they received ~5M shares (1:1.8142 ratio) of Dentsply Sirona. Q3 2016 saw a ~75% increase at prices between $59 and $65 and that was followed with another ~12% increase the following quarter at prices between $55.50 and $61. The stock is now at $46.57.
Note: The original position in Sirona Dental was from 2011 and the exit realized huge long-term gains.
58.com Inc. (NYSE:WUBA), Builders FirstSource (NASDAQ:BLDR), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), Primerica Inc. (NYSE:PRI), and Wayfair Inc. (NYSE:W): These small (less than ~1% of the portfolio each) stakes saw reductions during the quarter.
Note: They have a ~5% ownership stake in BLDR and a ~2% ownership stake in Primerica.
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL): GOOG is the largest 13F stake at 16.44% of the portfolio. It was first purchased in 2008 and that original stake was almost sold out the following year. In 2010, a much larger position was built in the mid-$200s price range. H1 2016 saw a ~30% reduction at prices between $668 and $767. Q2 2017 saw another reversal: ~15% increase at prices between $823 and $984 and that was followed with a two-thirds increase in the following quarter at prices between $899 and $980. There was another ~20% increase over the last two quarters at prices between $951 and $1,176. The stock is now at $1,076.
Note: Their Q4 2017 letter covered Alphabet. At the time, they believed Alphabet and Amazon.com as some of the best businesses the world has ever seen. However, earnings are masked by growth spending.
CarMax Inc. (NYSE:KMX): KMX is a 6.64% of the portfolio position. It was purchased in Q2 2016 at prices between $46 and $56 and increased by ~70% in Q4 2016 at prices between $48.50 and $66. Last quarter saw a ~30% selling at prices between $64 and $77 while this quarter there was an ~80% increase at prices between $59 and $72. The stock is now at $67.28.
Note: They have a ~7% ownership stake in the business.
Liberty Media Formula One (NASDAQ:FWONA) (NASDAQ:FWONK): Sequoia’s Q4 2016 letter disclosed a new stake in Liberty Media Formula One. They participated in Liberty’s acquisition of Formula One and acquired the shares at a discounted price of $25. There was a 24% stake increase in Q2 2017 at prices between $30.50 and $37. The position is now at 4.32% of the portfolio. There was a minor ~3% stake increase this quarter. The stock is now at $29.79.
Note: They have a ~7.5% ownership stake in Liberty Media Formula One.
Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW): SCHW is a medium sized 3.88% portfolio stake purchased in Q2 2016 at a cost-basis of ~$29. There have only been minor adjustments since. The stock has almost doubled and is now at $57.30.
Credit Acceptance Corp. (NASDAQ:CACC) and Booking Holdings (NASDAQ:BKNG): These two positions were purchased in H1 2017. CACC is a 3.23% stake established in Q1 2017 at prices between $185 and $221 and increased by ~12% the following quarter at prices between $186 and $263. It currently goes for $362. The 3.29% of the portfolio BKNG position was purchased in Q1 2017 at prices between $1,477 and $1,789 and increased by ~40% the following quarter at prices between $1,738 and $1,911. The stock currently trades at $2,111. There were marginal increases to both stakes this quarter.
Note: They have a ~5.5% ownership stake in Credit Acceptance Corp.
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB): The FB position saw a whopping ~600% stake increase this quarter at prices between $152 and $193. The position is now a medium-sized stake at ~3% of the portfolio. The stock currently trades at $185.
Mohawk Industries (NYSE:MHK): MHK is a very long-term ~3% of the portfolio position first purchased in 2001. The stake became a significantly large position in Q3 2002 when close to 10M shares were purchased at a cost-basis of around $50. The stake was reduced by around two-thirds in the 2012-13 time frame at progressively higher prices. Recent activity follow: Q4 2016 saw a ~25% selling at prices between $177 and $205 and that was followed with another ~28% reduction in the following quarter at prices between $201 and $232. The stock is currently at $213. Last three quarters have seen only very minor activity.
JD.com (NASDAQ:JD): The 2.44% JD position was first purchased in Q1 2016. The stake has wavered. Recent activity follow: Q3 2017 saw a one-third increase at prices between $38 and $48 and that was followed with a two-thirds increase last quarter at prices between $36.75 and $43. The stock is now at $36.87. There was a marginal increase this quarter.
BMC Stock Holdings (NASDAQ:BMCH): BMCH is a very small 0.72% portfolio position that saw a minor ~2% increase this quarter.
Note: They have a ~6% ownership stake in BMC Stock Holdings.
Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF): COF is a very small 1.38% position purchased in Q4 2016 at prices between $71 and $91. Q1 2017 saw a one-third increase at prices between $82 and $96. The stock currently trades at $94.81.
As a percentage of the portfolio, the remaining positions are all below 0.5% of the portfolio each and so have limited portfolio performance impact.
The spreadsheet below highlights changes to Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb’s 13F stock holdings in Q1 2018:
Disclosure: I am/we are long JD. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.
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Romney SuperPAC Spends Millions On Negative Ads
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And I'm Melissa Block. Television viewers in Alabama and Mississippi might want to brace themselves. A sustained barrage of political attack ads is coming their way courtesy of the superPACs backing Republican presidential contenders Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. NPR's Peter Overby reports.
PETERY OVERBY, BYLINE: The new spending spotlights the bitter, three-way contest that emerged from this week's Super Tuesday primaries. Romney wants to push Santorum out of the race. Santorum is targeting Romney and candidate number three, Newt Gingrich. The superPACs reflect those strategies. But only one of them - the pro-Romney Restore Our Future - has the cash to carpet-bomb the opposition. Restore Our Future says it's spending $2.8 million in four states: Alabama and Mississippi, which have primaries next week, plus Illinois and Louisiana, which vote the week after. Most of the ads attack Santorum, like this one...
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OVERBY: The superPAC's filing to the Federal Election Commission shows that 94 percent of the spending is to buy TV time. A little is also spent on direct mail and phone calls attacking Santorum. The pro-Santorum superPAC is the Red White and Blue Fund. Since Santorum is the man in the middle, the superPAC's new ad goes after both Romney and Gingrich.
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OVERBY: The superPAC plans to run the ad in Alabama and Mississippi at a cost of 500,000 to $600,000. By now, the television contest basically belongs to the superPACs and their millionaire donors. In the run-up to Super Tuesday, the Santorum and Gingrich campaign committees did no TV advertising at all. The Santorum campaign says it raised more than $9 million in February, twice as much as the month before. The Romney campaign says it raised 11 1/2 million dollars last month. But based on the information it released, it appears that the campaign spent slightly more than that. Peter Overby, NPR News, Washington.
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The COVID-19 pandemic brought widespread and notable effects to the physical and mental health of communities across New York City with disproportionate suffering Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino communities alongside additional stressors such as racism and economic hardship. This report describes the adaptation of a previously successful evidence-based community engagement health education program for the deployment of resilience promoting workshop program in faith-based organizations in BIPOC communities in New York City. From June 2021 to June 2022, nine faith-based organizations implemented 58 workshops to 1,101 non-unique workshop participants. Most of the workshops were delivered online with more women (N = 803) than men (N = 298) participating. All organizations completed the full curriculum; the workshop focused on self-care and physical fitness was repeated most frequently (N = 13). Participants in the workshops ranged from 4 to 73 per meeting and were largely female. The Building Community Resilience Project is an easy and effective way to modify an existing, evidence-based community health education program to address new and relevant health needs such as resilience and stress amidst the COVID-19 pandemic among faith communities serving BIPOC populations. More research is needed regarding the impact of the workshops as well as adaptability for other faith traditions.
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Reading at the Edye Theater in Santa Monica
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I'm coming back, but only for a short spell. I'll be reading at the Edye Theater with Cynthia Hogue and Kim Dower on October 27th at 4PM. It's a reading sponsored by the Poetry Society of America and Red Hen Press. I hope you can come by and bring some friends! It'll be fun!
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OC/Berlin Rotary Club Recongnizes Volunteers For The Annual Christmas Tree Sale
The Ocean City/Berlin Rotary Club recognized volunteers for the Annual Christmas Tree Sale during its holiday party at the Captain’s Table Restaurant in Ocean City. Pictured, back from left, are President David Blair, Dan Harris, Robert Poli, Arlan Kinney, Josh Michnick, Larry Michnick, Margaret Mudron, Stan Kahn and Tom Bickerstaff; and, front from left, Cathy Blair, Ken Bates, John Grim and Jeff Grim. Volunteers not in attendance were David Taylor, Ed Welch and son, Jamie. Proceeds benefit students from Stephen Decatur High School.


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Stock futures sold off sharply early Friday after the U.S. Labor Department said non-farm payrolls plunged 308,000 for the month of February, and the jobless rate rose to 5.8 percent, versus economists' expectations of a small payrolls gain and a rise in the unemployment rate to 5.9 percent. Also weighing on investor sentiment was disappointment over Intel's sales outlook and President Bush's prime-time press conference late Thursday, where he vowed he would drive Iraq's Saddam Hussein from power if it comes to war, with or without support from other U.N. Security Council members (read more).
Fears of war, coupled with continued fears of a nuclear build up in North Korea, helped trigger a sell-off in the Japanese stock market to a 20-year low. European bourses couldn't escape the geo-political tensions, and also traded weaker.
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- Payrolls plunged last month with the magnitude of job losses seen shortly after the Sept. 11 tragedy, Labor Department data showed Friday. The government reported 308,000 jobs outside the farm sector were cut in February. The unemployment rate rose to 5.8 percent from 5.7 percent in January. Economists had expected a small payrolls gain and a rise in the unemployment rate to 5.9 percent. A severe snowstorm in the eastern United States is probably behind some of the layoffs, economists suggested heading into this report. The size of the payrolls loss will likely be scrutinized for seasonal anomalies even though statistical adjustments are attempted to account for unusual events. The impact of military reservists leaving their jobs for duty may also have impacted this report, officials said. Construction payrolls fell by 48,000 last month and factories shed 53,000 jobs. Retail positions were down 92,000 and services fell 86,000. The average workweek fell to 34.1 hours, with the manufacturing workweek unchanged at 40.8 hours.
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In a time before it was ironic to have a magazine called "Crack Comics," Quality Comics published this book, and the similar "Smash Comics." While Smash Comics starred mainly a Spirit lookalike called Midnight, and an oversized robot called Bozo the Iron Man, the main draw for Crack Comics was Captain Triumph.
Captain Triumph was sort of a Golden Age precursor to DC's Firestorm in that Lance Gallant had a ghostly twin brother with whom he communicated. When Lance rubbed the strange birthmark on his wrist he merged with the spirit of his brother Michael to form Captain Triumph. Captain Triumph was super-strong, fairly invulnerable, and his only weakness seemed to be that Lance Gallant was
As the splash page proclaims: "Lance Gallant calls forth the spirit of his dead twin brother, Michael, to form the indomitable Captain Triumph."
In this story, Lance, along with his comrades Biff and Kim, encounter a con-man named Silvertip, who poses as a mystic in order to rob the rich. Once Captain Triumph appears the balance of power is strongly in his favor. At one point the desperate Silvertip threatens to commit suicide as his only option to escape Captain Triumph.
Grant Morrison, one of the top writers for DC in the 21st Century, believes in Super Heroes, both real and imagined. He explores the existence of these heroes in his book "Supergods." Subtitled "What masked vigilantes, miraculous mutants, and a sun god from Smallville can teach us about being human," the inside flap claims that "Morrison draws on art, science, mythology, and his own astonishing journeys through this shadow universe to provide the first true history of the superhero." As I read deeper into the book, I began to wonder if this statement had a dual meaning in Mr. Morrison’s mind.
The book begins innocently enough. The first of four sections, "The Golden Age" roughly corresponds to the comic book industry’s acknowledged golden age from 1938 until the decline of superheroes in the early ‘50s, the publication of Frederck Wertham’s "Seduction of the Innocent," and the advent of the Comics Code.
The Silver Age section starts with an analysis of Mort Weisinger’s Superman stories from the late ‘50s and coasts into the early ‘70s with Jack Kirby’s creations of OMAC and the New Gods, and Marvel Comics’ Captain Marvel and other psychic/psychedelic comics.
The Dark Age starts in the early ‘70s, touching on the Green Lantern/Green Arrow team-up when it’s discovered that Speedy is a drug addict, and then caroming off Frank Miller’s "The Dark Knight Returns," Alan Moore’s "The Watchmen," and Morrison’s own "Zenith," until bouncing once or twice off Image and Vertigo imprints and dropping into the depths somewhere around the year 2000.
The fourth section, comprising over 150 pages -- over a third of the book -- concerns the time period from 2000 until the present, an era that Morrison considers The Renaissance.
"Supergods" is marketed as a history of comics, and an analysis of the heroes, but the book actually follows two threads. After the Golden Age, we find Morrison mapping his autobiography onto the history of comics, showing how the comics have influenced his life, and how he in turn has influenced comics.
The psychoanalyses of the characters in the Golden Age are interesting, but read a bit too quickly, as if Morrison is reciting what he’s learned without having lived it. And it’s true. Born in the ‘60s, he may have read the Golden Age comics, but through a filter of a more modern time. Evidently he feels the same way, since only about 50 pages are devoted toward establishing the tropes from the birth era of the superheroes.
In the Silver Age, Morrison starts to weave his personal history into the comics, clearly expressing a preference for The Flash and DC’s "multiverse." At this point we begin to see glimpses of Morrison’s obsession: "If Barry [Allen, the Flash] lived on a world where Jay [Garrick, The Flash of Earth-2] was fictional, did that mean we, as readers, were also part of Schwartz’s elegant multiversal architecture?" For a full chapter he continues to explore how the existence of multiple universes has manifested itself to us, both in the comics and in the "real" world. He cites "cosmologists" who say that the multiverse is real, and then a few paragraphs later talks about the emergence of continuity in comics "first recognized by Gardner Fox, Julius Schwartz, and Stan Lee as a kind of imaginative real estate that would turn mere comic books into chronicles of alternate histories.
This chapter, "Infinite Earths," examines many of the key ideas that have captured Morrison’s attention, including the possibility of having real superheroes. "In so many ways, we’re already superhuman. Being extraordinary is so much a part of our heritage as human beings that we often overlook what we’ve done and how very unique it all is." He also considers what other dimensions might exist. "Superhero science has taught me this: Entire universes fit comfortably inside our skulls. Not just one or two but endless universes can be packed into that dark, wet, and bony hollow without breaking it open from the inside…To find out what higher dimensions might look like, all we have to do is study the relationship between our 3-D world and the 2-D comics. A 4-D creature could look ‘down’ on us through our wall, or clothes, even our skeletons…perhaps even our thoughts."
And then Morrison takes the biggest leap. He describes how he asked an artist to create a comic-book avatar of himself so that he might don this "fiction suit" and enter the comic-book work. At first I thought maybe this was some sort of mental writer’s exercise, but he describes being immersed so completely in the comic that it’s almost an altered state of consciousness. He describes how, while working on his comic "The Invisibles," he found characters actively resisting his will. "Perhaps, like a beehive or a sponge colony, I’d put enough information into my model world to trigger emergent complexity…I wondered if ficto-scientists of the future might finally locate this theoretical point where a story becomes sufficiently complex to being its own form of calculation and even become in some way self-aware…I imagined a sentient paper universe and decided I would try to contact it."
The Dark Age of superheroes concentrates mostly on "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns," and "Watchmen," which could be considered two of the most influential graphic novels of all time, but isn’t it perhaps irrelevant to mention such massive influences to the current generation? Morrison doesn’t do much to put these in context, except to exclaim that they are the context. Still, I appreciate his short survey of punk British comics that were also taking the stage, such as "Tank Girl" by Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin, Pat Mills’ "Marshall Law," and "Enigma" by Peter Milligan and Duncan Fegredo. The most interesting part of the Dark Age section is how it corresponds to Morrison’s own life. Up until his late 20’s he claims to have been straight-edged, but he suddenly starts exploring alcohol, mushrooms and other mind-altering drugs. Flush with cash from his best-selling book "Arkham Asylum," and filling out his monthly income by writing a couple hundred pages a year, he begins to binge-travel and perform magical experiments. Reading about cross-dressing berdache shamans, he adopts a female alter-ego for some of the darker magical operations. At the end of the section Morrison describes a mystical experience which becomes a turning point in his life.
Curiously, the incident of Morrison’s mystical experience in Kathmandu ends the Dark Age, but also begins the Renaissance. He explains that while partying in Nepal, he begins to lose contact with the physical reality of his hotel room. The walls dissolve into ancient streets and archaic half-remembered dreams of childhood. He feels "presences" emerging from the surroundings, described as blobs of pure holographic meta material, or chrome angels, he intuits they may have come from Alpha Centauri. They lead him to their galaxy, where he accidentally offends the locals and is then given "The secret of the universe." This secret is something about how to "plug into" the information lattices of reality.
After his otherworldly vision, however, Morrison goes into a decline, locking himself away in his house, and eventually being checked into the hospital. What he describes as "boils, traditional sign of demon contact," the doctor cures with antibiotics. Even now Morrison can’t reconcile his experience. "What’s important about this experience is not whether there are ‘real’ aliens from a fifth-dimension heaven where everything is great and we’re all friends. There may well be, but I have no real proof."
I found that after this revelation the book began to meander as closed in on present day. The details are clearer, but the stories have less passion. The survey of superhero movies is about as constructive as a couple hours spent browsing the internet -- search phrase: "comic book movies." Similarly, his props for writers and artists at DC and Marvel in the first decade of the 21st century are admirable, but lack the context they will be given by history. The most interesting arc is his description of DC’s "Crisis" trilogy, which includes his own "Final Crisis." It’s also interesting to see how he waves off the "event fatigue" in comics in the new century, while failing to mention that it is problem caused primarily by the publishers, who saw such success and excess in the 1990’s that they are continuing to create hype rather than craft stories.
As comic history book go, Supergods is far from ideal. As mentioned, the Golden Age essays are only average. The illustrations are all only from DC Comics, which is the publisher that Morrison currently works with. Also, Morrison plays with time, to such a degree that it’s disturbing to someone who might rely on this book as history. For example, he juxtaposes the movie "The Dark Knight," which was released in 2008, with the events of September 11th, 2001, as if the movie somehow preceded the terrorist attacks. There are multiple other examples where events that may have been years apart, Morrison brings together for dramatic effect. And finally, if you’re looking for an objective account, look elsewhere. Morrison’s ego is not small, and he’s constantly infiltrating himself into the scene, or comparing the work in question to his own work. Moreover, he always seems to be pushing for the "next big thing," ignoring adequate comics which are interesting in their own time but don’t necessarily push the boundaries.
On the other hand, Grant Morrison is the most intriguing character in this book, and he stands up to his portrayal as a person who was influenced by comics, and has influenced comics. His personal beliefs, in the comics universe, in higher universes, in magic, and the membranes between these worlds is also mesmerizing, although a bit more bizarre. I don’t know if he’s being 100% truthful in these episodes, but they are definitely exceptional in the pantheon of comic creator stories. And the most interesting thing about Grant Morrison is his passion for superheroes, what they represent, and the possibility of fictional heroes creating the real world. It’s truly amazing, and shows in his works.
Summary: Supergods - adequate psychoanalysis of the superhero mythology, mesmerizing autobiography of Grant Morrison.
- This Is Not a Review of Grant Morrison's 'Supergods' (joeymanley.com)
- My Thoughts On Grant Morrison's Supergods (Spiegel & Rau, 2011) (themalaysianreader.com)
- Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Superhero by Grant Morrison - review (guardian.co.uk)
Recently I've extended my diet of podcasts beyond the two staples: "The New York Times Book Review", and "This American Life." I was looking for comic-book based podcasts, but so many of the so-called reviews are either blow-by-blow recaps of the latest issue of "The Ultimate Spider-man," or blatant fanboy gushing over the cool art, that I began to despair. Then I discovered boing-boing's "Gweek" podcast. It's an excuse for Mark Frauenfelder to discover interesting nooks and crannies of comics, pop music, movies and geek pop culture in general. In "Mail Order Mysteries" Mark interviews Kirk Demarais, who has compiled a book of the ads found in comics in the '60s, '70s and '80s, paired with actual samples of the merchandise which he has tracked down over the years. As Demarais writes:
"I turned to an overcrowded page of fascinating black-and-white drawings; I was captivated It was an ink-smudged window into an unfamiliar realm where gorilla masks peacefully lived among hovercrafts and ventriloquist dummies. A dozen pages later an outfit called the Fun Factory featured another full-page assortment of wonders, and elsewhere in the issue I found a hundred toy soldiers for a buck, an offer for a free million dollar bank note, and an ad for something called Grit."In the interview Frauenfelder asks Demarais what the rarest of these sorts of toys might be. As I heard the question I figured it would be something like the missile-firing tank, or the rocket-firing submarine. I figured it would be something large and expensive. My mind briefly jumped back to the episode of "Get A Life" where Chris Elliot finally gets his Neptune 2000 in the mail. Not so! It turns out the the rarest mail-order toy is the remote control 7 Foot Life-size Ghost. I'm alone in the car listening to the interview on the way home from work. So, I'm surprised to hear my own voice aloud in the car. "No freakin' way!" I remember buying that ghost. I probably cut up a comic to get the coupon, and then probably put my own dollar into the envelope. I don't remember how long it took to arrive, but when you're in fifth grade anything longer than a week seems like forever. When it finally arrived I opened the package, which was suspiciously light even if it contained a ghost. It turns out the "ghost" was a white balloon, a white sheet of plastic indistinguishable from a disposable picnic tablecloth, and a small spool of fishing line. You were supposed to inflate the balloon, put it under the sheet of plastic, and use the fishing line as the remote control. I only remember trying it out on my door for about five minutes and spending maybe five more trying to get my sisters to walk past the ghost and be scared. After that the balloon probably popped turning into just so much trash. So, here's this guy on the podcast talking about trying to buy a vintage 7 Foot Life-size Ghost. He found one on e-Bay, but other people were bidding it up. Demarais is an associate college professor, and it happened that the auction ended during one of his lectures. At the end of the auction he had to put the class on hold while he attempted to snipe the Ghost. Unfortunately he lost the auction, but fortunately the winning bidder allowed Demarais to take photos of it for the book. How much was the winning bid? Over $300! "No freakin' way!" I said again. But, I knew it was obvious. The Ghost was such a piece of crap that any that were sold most likely ended up in the garbage before the next dawn. That's why crazy people end up spending over $300 on a piece of utter ephemera. Meanwhile, the interview intrigued me enough that I could be convinced to drop the $20 for the book "Mail Order Mysteries" just because of the memories it might bring.
- Super Magician Comics Vol 4 No. 4 - August 1945 (comicsbin.blogspot.com)
- Air Cars to X-Ray Spex: An Interview with Kirk Demarais (wired.com)

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Hillary Clinton’s running mate Sen. Tim Kaine is set to showcase his foreign policy chops next week in the battleground state of North Carolina.
The Virginia senator is set to give a major national security speech at a Tuesday afternoon rally in Wilmington.
“Senator Kaine will underline that Hillary Clinton is the only candidate who has the experience, temperament, and judgment to serve as commander in chief and who has the vision to make America safer and stronger together,” the campaign said in a statement.
This will be his first national security-focused pitch as Hillary Clinton’s running mate. He has spent his first five weeks as a candidate focusing primarily on domestic issues, also rolling out a series of attacks on opponent Donald Trump’s transparency including his financial disclosures.
Kaine is no stranger to national security issues, serving on the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees. And on the trail, he often speaks about his son Nat, a Marine currently deployed abroad.


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Reports have been coming out in the mainstream news today that Bill Gates, the often wrongly assumed owner of 126m Lurssen yacht OCTOPUS, is set to become the world’s first trillionaire within the next 25 years (the yacht is owned by his partner Paul Allen). This mind-blowing news comes from a report recently released by Oxfam, which cites ‘exponential growth of his existing wealth’.
Gates, the 61-year-old Microsoft co-owner, will be 86 by the time he surpasses the Trillion-net worth mark. Oxfam noted that there were 793 billionaires in the world in 2009. Total net worth of these crazy-rich individuals added up to an eye-watering $2.4 trillion. In 2016, the richest 793 individuals achieved net worths of $5 trillion – that’s annual growth of 11%.
“If these returns continue, it is quite possible that we could see the world’s first trillionaire within 25 years,” the report goes on to state.
To sum up, the report concludes that if the current trend continues, Bill Gates – who is top of Forbes’ billionaires ranking – may become the only occupant of the world’s trillionaire list. Madness.
For the record, Bill and Melinda Gates are some of the world’s most charitable individuals. A massive portion of their wealth is put back into philanthropy, meaning it’s unlikely that it will be Mr G who commissions that first highly-anticipated 200m+ yacht. Best leave that to the billionaires, eh.


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John R. "Johnny" Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and author, who was widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century and one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 90 million records worldwide. Although primarily remembered as a country music icon, his genre-spanning songs and sound embraced rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, folk, and gospel. This crossover appeal won Cash the rare honor of multiple inductions in the Country Music, Rock and Roll, and Gospel Music Halls of Fame.
Cash was known for his deep, calm bass-baritone voice, the distinctive sound of his Tennessee Three backing band, a rebelliousness coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor, free prison concerts, and a trademark look, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black". He traditionally began his concerts with the simple "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash", followed by his signature "Folsom Prison Blues".
Much of Cash's music echoed themes of sorrow, moral tribulation and redemption, especially in the later stages of his career. His best-known songs included "I Walk the Line", "Folsom Prison Blues", "Ring of Fire", "Get Rhythm" and "Man in Black".
During the last stage of his career, Cash covered songs by several late 20th century rock artists, most notably "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails.
Johnny Cash posing outside his log cabin, that became Cash Cabin Studio, where he later recorded some of the American Recording albums.
Gold limited edition screen print of a Johnny Cash mugshot created by artist David Studwell
Johnny Cash captured by Alan Messer at his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee in 1988
Photographer Don Hunstein shot this rural side of Johnny Cash relaxing on his farm in San Antonio, Texas in 1959.
Johnny Cash during a recording session at the Columbia Records 30th Street Studios in New York City in October 1959.
Johnny Cash at home on his farm in San Antonio, Texas in 1959. He always had a fondness for San Antonio.


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E 379N • Geographies and Places: The Medieval World
3:30 PM-5:00 PM
This course will look at how the world fits together in the Middle Ages: a period that follows the known worlds of the Greek and Roman empires, and precedes the discovery of new worlds in the so-called Renaissance age of exploration. Did medieval people believe the earth was flatas popular culture likes to tell usor surrounded by a vast encircling ocean (as the ancients believed)? Did people in Europe know that China and Japan existed, or that equatorial sub-Saharan Africa, a "hot zone," was habitable? Was there a concept of the Antipodes? Using maps, travellers' tales, chronicles of cities and communities, biographies of sojourners, and a range of other literary and cultural texts, we will assemble an understanding of how the geographical world was experienced by people who lived in the Middle Ages, and what a sense of place meant to individuals and communities. Medieval world maps, for instance, are oriented toward the East (a direction placed at the top of the map), and show Jerusalem at the center of the world, with Paradise located in the East, and cannibals isolated within mountain peripheries. In contrast to such symbolic cartography, medieval Portolan charts depict the Mediterranean coastline in such finely precise detail that it is still possible to navigate by them today. Beyond looking at the world as a whole, we will also consider how individual places were located and described. We will read the fictitious, invented letter of Prester John to see how India was described as a utopia, in Europe of the 12th through 14th centuries. We will read Marco Polos 13th century travelogue, to consider his perspective of the vast empire of the Mongols, and China, Southeast Asia, and Japan. A variety of texts on the Holy Land, intended for purposes of crusade and pilgrimage, will tell us how the Levant, Maghreb, and other regions of the Near East were envisaged. Benjamin of Tudelas journeys will show us how communities of medieval Jews lived and where. Medieval romances will tell us how the continent of Africa, and its strange and diverse inhabitants, were imagined and puzzled over, across the centuries. Our survey of the world will not, of course, neglect the countries and cities of Europe itself. We will examine Chaucers London, Froissarts England and France, and Gerald of Waless Ireland and Wales, as well as the forests of the Robin Hood ballads, King Arthurs royal courts and cities, the faeryland of Sir Orfeo, and the Land of Cockayne. Through it all, we will ask ourselves what a sense of place meant, what travel meant, and how conceptions of the world changed.
attendance & active participation (10%), in-class reports (40%), a final term paper due in the 2nd last week of the semester (50%).
Possible texts (likely to be reduced): Marco Polo, Travels; Ordoric of Pordenone, Description of the World; Benjamin of Tudela, Itinerary; William of Tyre, History (selections); Letter of Prester John; Gerald of Wales, History & Topography of Ireland, Journey through Wales; Froissart, Chronicles; Geoffrey of Monmouth, History of the Kings of Britain (Arthuriad only); Robin Hood ballads; Orfeo; Land of Cockayne; Selections from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; Packet of materials

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The headline in Germany's leading sports paper here yesterday screamed simply "Das Duell". This wasn't referring to highlight tonight's duel between Bayern Munich and Arsenal, nor even the age-old footballing duel between England and Germany.
No, this was personal and rather more parochial: Bayern's Oliver Kahn versus Arsenal's Jens Lehmann, with the prize perhaps being the goalkeeping jersey of their national team and, more importantly, priceless bragging rights.
It is hard to imagine that sober Germans could get so gleefully het up about a battle between two men who are old enough to know better than to indulge in such a catfight and who, positioned a pitch's length apart in the Olympic Stadium tonight, won't even have the pleasure of trying to knock hell out of each other.
Yet ever since Kahn got pilloried nationwide for his affair with a young Munich nightclub barmaid and Lehmann stuck the knife in deepest with snide comments about his rival's troubled private affairs and apparent mid-life crisis, the feud has just appeared too rip-roaringly rancorous for anyone here to resist. It has been quite eclipsing a fascinating tie.
"Everyone everywhere is talking about Kahn," swooned the best-selling Bild a couple of years back when their World Cup hero was first caught cheating on his pregnant wife Simone just days before she was due to give birth to their second child. These days, the clash of two intense, bull-headed but perhaps increasingly vulnerable champions now translates as "everyone everywhere is talking about Kahn. And Lehmann".
Except the pair themselves, that is. Desperately trying to play down the hoopla, Kahn has said only: "It will be hyped up into a personal duel but the fixture isn't Kahn versus Lehmann. Both Jens and I knew instinctively we'd have to go through all this."
Yet even if the two 35-year-olds are determined not to fan flames, others can't resist it. Yesterday, one German TV interviewer irritated Bayern coach Felix Magath for asking whether Kahn was being "cowardly" for not talking about the Lehmann issue.
Even Franz Beckenbauer interjected unhelpfully the other day: "The debate rumbles on and on because Jens Lehmann can't keep his big mouth shut. He keeps on trying to throw poison darts from the safety of London." Tonight, there will be no safety as Bayern fans doubtless prime themselves to target him with snowballs and insults.
Still, the feud would probably already have died a death if national team manager Jurgen Klinsmann, who will be in the stadium tonight, had made the decision the overwhelming majority of Germans believe he should have. That is, make a public demonstration that Kahn remains the undisputed No1.
Instead, Klinsmann has begun rotating the pair, offering no clue to his real preference, and when Sepp Maier, the national goalkeeping coach, offered public support for Kahn last October, he was sacked by the former Spurs man.
Now, though, Kahn's supporters believe he is making all arguments academic again. They swear here that, since the winter break, he has been playing like the titan who almost single-handedly seemed to secure Germany's passage to the 2002 World Cup Final and not the distracted figure who seemed so error-prone last autumn.
"Is Kahn better than Lehmann? Sure," reckoned Magath when asked for a verdict on Sunday. "For me there is no debate. If he plays as he has been, he's got no rival in Germany - and it doesn't matter what the name of the keeper at the other end is."
Against Dortmund on Saturday there was one wonderful moment when Khan, with ball at feet, just whisked it away from an onrushing striker at the last second like some cocky matador. "It was great to see all that old calm confidence back," said Magath.
The huge cheers for him seemed to tell also of a man who is slowly winning the battle to regain respect from his compatriots. Lehmann demonstratedhis own resolve in regaining the No1 spot at Highbury but Kahn has had to show even more character.
Kahn was slaughtered for his betrayal of his wife Simone, being booed at grounds all round the country.
One newspaper's barb that he was a "third-rate adulterer" may always stick but Germany, it seems, is at least appreciating his workaholic efforts to become a first-rate goalkeeper again.
Pondering how his world seemed to crumble after the World Cup, Kahn noted recently: "If you played the way I did there, investing so much on and off the field, but then you let in a soft goal and you lose the final, you spend a long, long time asking why it happened. I don't want to go through another 2004, I want to make headlines for the right reasons again."
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text: Saint Alexander Nevsky, (born c. 1220, Vladimir, Grand Principality of Vladimir—died Nov. 14, 1263, Gorodets), Prince of Novgorod (1236–52) and Kiev (1246–52) and grand prince of Vladimir (1252–63). He fought off invading Swedes in 1240 at the Neva River (resulting in the epithet Nevsky). He was called back to service to defeat the Teutonic Knights in 1242 and also won victories over the Lithuanians and Finns. He collaborated with the Golden Horde in imposing Mongol rule on Russia, and the Great Khan made him grand prince of Vladimir. Alexander continued to rule Novgorod through his son. He helped the Mongols impose taxes, interceding with the Khan to prevent reprisals when rebellions broke out. A national hero, he was canonized by the Russian Orthodox church.

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This is a booklet with 2nd Grade reading prompts that can assists teachers in what to ask students when reading non fiction and fiction stories. The prompts start at grade level F and go up to grade level M.