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Von Ryan's Express
Posted on November 18, 2016 August 16, 2020 by thane62
VON RYAN'S EXPRESS churns lickety-split through 117 minutes of WW2 escapist (literally) fare, circa 1965, when it made for a big hit, little more than a year after the publication of the bestseller by David Westheimer.* With some tonal and denouement adjustments tailored to the persona and wishes (i.e. commands) of star Frank Sinatra, it makes for an implausible but engaging popcorn excuse, with plenty of action, handsome scenery and built-in narrative momentum.
1943:Italy. After the Italians bow out of the fight, the Germans remain in the country in force. Hundreds of Allied POWs, mostly Brits with a few scattered Yanks (always the mix) seize a train and highball their way from Pescara toward the sanctuary of the Swiss border. Leading by force of will as much as rank, brash Col. Ryan (Frank) battles wills with the fiery Brit commander (Trevor Howard) but they ultimately work together to hoodwink, foil and bump off a good number of Gestapo and Wehrmacht bad guys on their throttle through Rome, Florence and Bologna. Forget logic and go with the flow.
The Chairman of the Board did his usual director-bullying, this time exasperating painstaking craftsman Mark Robson, but the star nonetheless delivered one of his better performances of the 60s and the supporting cast is solid. Howard, having put up with even worse petulance from Brando making Mutiny On The Bounty, took fickle Frank in stride (no doubt self-fortified) and offers his typical strong work. Sergio Fantoni is likable, Edward Mulhare gets with the spirit and Nazi/Fascist villains include Wolfgang Preiss and Adolfo Celi. Curvy sexpot Raffaella Carrà has the wrong period look, but who cares? **
The Jerry Goldsmith score works energetically, sound and special effects are good (the Sound Effects were Oscar nominated, losing to all the noises from The Great Race) and the location shooting is a slam dunk. Famous for the surprising and effective finale.
$5,760,000 was laid on, and it paid off, earning $17,111,000, the years 10th biggest success. It was Sinatra's highest earner of the decade, and the best boxoffice score he'd racked up since 1957.
With John Leyton, Brad Dexter, James Brolin, John Van Dreelen, Vito Scotti, Richard Bakalyan, Michael Goodlife and Ivan Triesault.
* Westheimer knew his way around Nazi's and barbed wire thanks to three years as a POW guest of the 3rd Reich, serving time at Stalag Luft III of The Great Escape fame. Supporting actor Goodlife, captured at Dunkirk, spent five years in captivity. During his time behind the fences of several camps, he wrote, directed and acted in numerous plays, which were acclaimed not just by the fellow prisoners but by their impressed German captors.
** Irrepressible, bold and more than a bit naughty, Raffaella Carrà returned to Italy after this movie and one stint on I Spy. Twenty-one at the time of Von Ryan, she'd been performing since she was 8 and continues to this day, having enjoyed a wildly popular career in Italy, Spain and South America as a free-spirited singer, dancer, actress and TV presenter. Questo è mostrando loro, signora!
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Soon-to-be-retired couple looking to experience Europe for more than a vacation. Animal lovers.
Suzanne and Jim are a couple who will be retiring soon. We are American citizens who currently reside in the state of Connecticut. We love to travel to learn about people and other cultures.
Suzanne is a copy editor for magazines and books. Her undergraduate degree is in psychology/sociology, and her graduate degree is in American studies. Her interests include reading, listening to music, visiting museums, hiking, going to movies, and watching soccer (i.e., football). She believes in the concept of lifelong learning. She also believes that it is imperative to learn as much of the native language she can of any country she visits--not only because it's fun and educational but also because it's respectful and gives one a better insight into the culture.
Jim is a high-school history teacher. His undergraduate and graduate degrees are in history. His interests include reading, cycling, golfing, and watching soccer and baseball. He also believes in the concept of lifelong learning (and wishes he had the same facility with languages that Suzanne has). He believes that it is crucial while traveling not only to enjoy oneself but also to pay homage to those who have suffered in the past by visiting sites dedicated to their memory.
Our favorite quote is from Mark Twain, who said, "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." And we believe that strongly.
We have had several cats as companions over the years--all rescue animals. We feel that they have enriched our lives beyond measure and that it is a privilege to share our lives with other animals.
Throughout our life together, we have traveled quite a bit in Europe and the United States. Soon we will be retired, and we want to experience these places on a deeper level. We look forward to getting immersed in the local culture and not having to live out of a suitcase while doing it.
We are a responsible, reliable, down-to-earth, pleasant, nonsmoking couple who know how to take care of a house and pets. We've owned a home for nearly twenty years, and have shared our lives with animals for more than thirty years.
For those who have companion animals: When we've traveled in the past, we have used cat sitters to look after our cats. While traveling, we feel that it is important that our pets are nurtured and cared for while we are on vacation. So we understand what you need from us as house sitters: reliable, caring, responsible people who will attend to your pets' needs.
I have known Jim Wigren as a colleague for over twenty years, supervising him in classroom teaching and leadership roles for most of that time. I was part of the team that hired him when he first came to our school. Mr. Wigren has been truly professional and highly reliable throughout that time period. He has been an integral part of our school community as a teacher, coach and advisor, working well with both students and adult colleagues during that time. He, and his wife Suzanne whom I know socially, have my unqualified trust and endorsement.
If you want to go away on vacation and not worry about your home or your pets look no further than Jim Wigren and Suzanne Noel. I have known them for a long time and know them to be both trustworthy and capable individuals. As a teacher and an editor respectively, they are both competent and well organized. Also, as pet owners themselves, rest assured that they would take care of your pets like they were their own. They would be an excellent choice for anyone wanting peace of mind while away on vacation.
Suzanne is my oldest sister and her & her husband Jim are very reliable, caring, stable, and trustworthy people. They can be trusted with your home and your pets. Not only are they kind & loving people, they are very intelligent (Editor & a teacher). Any problems or issues that could arise while they are house/pet sitting would be dealt with swiftly and efficiently. Anyone would be lucky to have them house/pet sit. You can go away and relax knowing your house and your pets are is very capable hands.
Suzanne Noel and Jim Wigren are outstanding individuals. They both have postgraduate degrees that speaks to their attention to detail and their commitment in getting the job done. Jim has a long career as a teacher And knows how to be responsible and follow through with what is needed. Suzanne has been self-employed at times throughout her career and knows how to be organized and an independent worker.


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By BeMelodic|2021-01-11T08:22:17-06:00January 6th, 2021|Categories: Articles|
Tony Loignon just published a brand new studio single, "You Are My Life".
January 2021 – Tony Loignon is an American producer and musician originally from Montreal, Canada now based in Arlington Texas. He is back on the scene with a fantastic new studio work titled, "You Are My Life".
This is a song that captures the electrifying sound of quintessential rock music, and it stacks up to some of the masters of the past and present. The production has a very modern edge to it, going for a very energetic tone. The sound of this new song is indeed quite dynamic, allowing Tony Loignon to reveal some of the most natural aspect of his charismatic personality. Sung by Scott Foster Harris, the song has got something special in terms of how the vocals click with the instrumental, composed and produced by Tony himself. He actually played all the instruments in the song, except for the drums (Cory Frey) and the piano parts, performed by Anita Potter.
This is a love song with some inspiring and emotional lyrics, which really give it a classic "Rock Ballad" vibe, while still retaining so much energy. Tony managed to stay true to some of his influences, and learn from some of his favorite musicians. Ultimately, "You Are My Life" is a new project that will definitely be your cup of tea, especially if you enjoy the sound and feel of artists such as Def Leppard, Guns'N'Roses, and Journey, only to mention but a few. This release is a perfect combination of modern and vintage rock appeal, combining the best aspects of these different musical worlds in order to come up with a one-of-a-kind formula.
Find out more about Tony Loignon, and listen to "You Are My Life", which is available on the web's best digital streaming platforms starting from January 8th, 2021.
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An explosion at a military hardware factory near Salisbury, Wiltshire has left one person dead on Friday, British defense equipment maker Chemring Group Plc said, Reuters reported.
The site was evacuated and the incident was brought under control, the company said, adding that the defense equipment maker has launched an investigation into the cause of the incident which occurred on Friday evening.
"We have two casualties that have been identified. One of them sadly died at the scene and the other has been taken to hospital in a critical condition," a representative of the Wiltshire Police was quoted as saying by the BBC.


This committee serves as a body of representatives that can provide broad-based input, feedback and guidance on public transit programming as well as innovative outreach techniques for current and future transit projects. Members must live in the city limits. The committee works closely with the Longview Transit bus services. Longview Transit is administered and funded by the City of Longview and is managed by contract with McDonald Transit.


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Meet Your Flyway Editors: Claire Kruesel, Poetry Editor
In this next installment of our "Meet the Editors" series, we talk with our poetry editor Claire Kruesel about milk-crate libraries and pterodactyls (warm blooded or cold?)
Claire Kruesel, Poetry Editor. Photo by Lucas Moser, aimforsaturn.com
Flyway: In a couple of sentences, share something about your background—writing related or not.
CK: I created and operated a yellow milk-crate library as a kid. I taped makeshift Dewey-decimal-system identifiers to the spines of my books and "loaned" them out to my sister and parents, and—if I recall correctly—attempted to institute fines. It didn't last, but I still LOVE libraries!
Flyway: What book can you not stop talking to people about?
CK: Year in and year out, since reading William Gibson's Neuromancer, it's always wiggling its way into discussions (mostly in my head, but—yes—also with others) about the intersections between psychology, technology, communication, and architecture in the future. So, basically, any chance to make it relevant, I take!
Flyway: What book inspires or compels your writing?
CK: The more I write, the more I realize how inescapable the experiences and ingrained aesthetics of childhood really are. A book that changed how I viewed words—and what I wanted to get out of their arrangement in books—is The Crown Snatchers, by F. K. Waechter and Bernd Ellert. At the time it was, for me, innovatively subversive, challenging, and rewarding—a combination of story and illustrations that were questions themselves. Though I'm not exactly creating graphic poetry, I try to channel that feeling by writing in a way that lets people figure something out about their own minds, their own emotions, their own inner workings. A more genre-relevant, current writer I'm really enjoying is Rita Dove… about a poem a day hits the spot and inspires.
Flyway: What literary magazines (other than Flyway) do you read?
CK: Thanks to social media, I like skipping around via friend-recommended poems and then digging into the parent magazine. Regular reads include Rattle, Ecotone, Black Warrior Review, Gulf Coast, and Diagram. Wag's Revue has featured some refreshing art.
Flyway: What writers do you seek out in literary magazines?
CK: I don't feel I can properly answer this question with specific names—both because it changes all the time, and because I'm a connectionist, always seeking novel variations on the same good words and ideas; names I recognize and respect guide me into magazines which are publishing relatively new voices that are likely to offer similar quality, resonance, voice, or value.
Flyway: Is there an aspect of the writing life, or the writing industry, that deserves more attention than it gets?
CK: Book cover design does so much work to make or break a book, in my opinion. It's so much more than a graphic art—the psychology behind a successful designer encompasses an intimate understanding of everything from industry trends to the season's "fashionable colors." There's definitely rising interest in, and appreciation for, this art—and maybe it'll be a way to preserve the physicality of books even when the pages are in some electronic tablet. Maybe we'll wear their visual representations on our walls as art? Check out the LA Times' "Best Book Covers of the Year."
Flyway: What advice do you have for potential-contributors of Flyway?
CK: I want to be surprised; I want to be delighted. I want to wake up thinking about how the parallels you drew—the metaphors you implied—were as obvious, as genius, as concrete, but so completely original that jealousy and reverence are the only possible reactions. Do the work to incite an epiphany between my own neurons, tricking me to thinking it was my own—and leave me with a sweet but intrigued taste in my mouth. But most of all, I want your words to plant an understanding of how it feels to love the world like you do.
Flyway: What extinct animal do you wish could be revived, & why?
CK: Probably the pterodactyl (but only temporarily, for ethical don't-mess-with-time-travel-and-evolutionary-order reasons). I'd wonder if other birds would freak out or somehow respond to it. And: if you cut it, would it bleed… warm or cold? (2013 University of Adelaide research indicates: warm).
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The little dragon Coconut is so excited: the famous archaeologist Professor Champignon is coming to the dragon school to tell them all about the results of his research! That only makes Matilda and Oskar yawn. But the absent-minded scientist is just about to solve the mystery of the pharaoh's secret burial chamber. All of a sudden they are both as keen as mustard. Coconut can help solve the mystery, and so they set off to travel to the pyramids. Then out of the blue the professor is kidnapped by two nasty tomb raiders. But they haven't reckoned with Coconut & Co.


In this section you are going to find all the information about the events which take place in Warframe throughout the year. As many of you know, there are two types of events.
Cyclic events, those that repeat periodically every so often. This means that if you loose the chance to play it and get the unique rewards it grants, it is only a matter of time that you have another chance.
On the other side, there are unique Events, as its own name says, this events can not be played again if you miss the opportunity in the first time.
Like the rest of the information found here, we played, tested and fought like you do to be able to offer you the best advice and updated information.
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Finally a car that I can drive at full throttle everywhere without worrying about breaking the speed limit!
So let me get this straight. Spoon mod the thing to the performance level of a Civic Si? Honda=Fail. This car could have been a real trick piece with a K20 type engine in it and probably good mileage too. Oh wait, Honda is too stupid to release a modern day CRX. They make it very easy to not lust after anything they make. Pretty soon they won't make n/a sportbikes, they'll be hybrid and boring as feck too.


Deepika Padukone has replaced producer Kiran Rao as the chairperson of the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI), which organises the Jio Mami Mumbai Film Festival with Star.
"Kiran Rao had decided to step down [as the chairperson of Mami] because she wanted to focus on making a movie. We were all thinking through names and everybody felt that Deepika Padukone was the right person. She is a wonderful artist. Now, she is also a producer," said Anupama Chopra, festival director, Mami Mumbai Film Festival.
"She has been part of Mami. She has been on the board for a few years and has been extremely supportive. So, we all requested her to take the position and she said 'yes'," she added.
"There were Siddharth Roy Kapur, Rohan Sippy, Zoya Akhtar, Kiran Rao, Vikramaditya Motwane and many more," shared Chopra.
The 'Padmaavat' star will play the role of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal in Meghna Gulzar's upcoming film 'Chhapaak', which will mark her debut as producer.
"She is a film artist known across the globe. She has proved how good she is as an actor and she has embarked on becoming a producer," said Chopra.
"Whether the chairperson does mainstream Hindi cinema or does more independent cinema, it doesn't make an impact on great movies. These divisions are now very old school... This whole idea of Bollywood, content-driven and art house. You are either making good films or making bad films. She is definitely making good films," she added.
Padukone made her Bollywood debut with Shah Rukh Khan-starrer 'Om Shanti Om' in 2007. Since then, the former model has delivered blockbusters such as 'Bajirao Mastani', 'Piku', 'Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela' and 'Chennai Express'.


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Oregon man arrested after car accident injures 2
On Behalf of Schoenfeld & Schoenfeld, P.C. | Dec 28, 2012 | Car Accidents |
Alcohol and other intoxicants often impair common sense and good judgment, which may lead to a choice to get behind the wheel of a car. A man in southern Oregon now faces several criminal charges after police suspect that driving under the influence may have contributed to a crash that injured his two passengers. Fortunately, only his vehicle was involved in the car accident.
The incident happened in Jackson County early on a Friday morning when the 26-year-old driver struck a pole. Two people were ejected from the vehicle. The passenger in the front seat suffered minor injuries. The passenger in the backseat had extensive, non-critical injuries. Both were treated at a local hospital and then released.
The driver left the accident scene. Police reported that he showed signs of being intoxicated when they found him. He was arrested and charged with hit and run, DUI, reckless endangering, third-degree assault and reckless driving. He was examined by a doctor before being taken to the county jail.
The two passengers in this car accident are likely feeling very fortunate that their injuries were not as serious as they could have been. Despite not being severely injured, they may still have mounting medical expenses from the treatment they received after the accident, in addition to lost wages if they missed any work. Oregon law may allow them to file a personal injury claim seeking monetary compensation to cover these financial losses. It may also be possible for injured accident victims to receive compensation for pain and suffering and emotional distress if they can establish that their injuries were caused by the negligence of the driver.
Source: DailyTidings.com, "Ashland man arrested after crash that injured two people," Mandy Valencia, Dec. 8, 2012


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Foreign Companies not required to file tax returns in India if found not taxable in India
In a recent ruling, the Authority for Advance Rulings ("Authority") found that in the absence of a liability to tax in India due to the availability of tax treaty benefits, the non-resident assessee would not be required either to file a tax return in India or to comply with Indian transfer pricing regulations.
In its application before the Authority, M/s Vanenburg Group B.V. ("Applicant") had sought to determine the Indian tax impact on the transfer of an Indian company's shares in a group reorganization exercise. The Applicant, a Dutch tax resident, was transferring its shareholding in its wholly owned Indian subsidiary to its wholly owned Dutch subsidiary.
Under the Indian Income Tax Act, 1961 ("ITA"), the transfer of an Indian company's shares, even between two non-residents, would trigger a liability to Indian capital gains tax. However, under the India - Netherlands tax treaty ("Treaty"), the transfer of shares by a Dutch resident would be taxable only in the Netherlands and not in India, where the transfer takes place as a part of reorganization or where the shares are transferred to a non-resident of India.
The provisions of the Treaty being more beneficial to the Applicant than those of the ITA, it was found that the same would prevail over the ITA. Hence, the Authority concluded that the Applicant had no liability to tax in India on account of the transfer of the Indian company's shares.
Importantly, the Authority also found that in the absence of a liability to tax in India on account of relief provided by the Treaty, there would be no liability to withhold tax in India, and the provisions of section 139 of the ITA governing the filing of tax returns would also not apply. It was held that the said sections were only machinery provisions, and in the absence of a liability to tax, the machinery provision would not come into play.
The Authority also held that where there was no liability to tax in India, the transfer of the shares of the Indian company in question would not be subject to the Indian transfer pricing regulations.
This ruling is of significance to non-residents who have no liability to tax in India because of Treaty benefits, but who continue to file 'Nil' returns in India, which in some cases are required to be accompanied by audited accounts. In past, the Authority has pronounced rulings to the effect that foreign companies should in any case file a tax return and claim exemption under the tax treaty. Dispensing of the requirement to file an Indian tax return may relieve many non-residents of the cumbersome requirement to maintain separate accounts for Indian operations. The advance rulings are binding only on the Applicant and Tax Authorities with respect to the transaction undertaken by the applicant. However they do have persuasive value for other transactions.
- Annapoorna Jayaseelan & Shefali Goradia
Source: A.A.R. No.727 OF 2006, Vanenburg Group B.V. Vanenburgerallee13, 3882


How paradoxical that the world's greatest chefs have all been men! Cooking would clearly seem to be a field that lies exclusivelywithin women's realm, yet the annals of cookery are replete* with masculine names: Brillat Savarin, Ritz, Diat, Larousse. To compound the puzzle, there has rarely been a tinge of rumor or scandal casting doubts on the masculinity of these heroes of cuisine.
1. His gloom was now __________ by the failing mark on his geometry test.
2. The __________ of sports are replete* with the names of great black athletes.
so many varied groups lived together so harmoniously.
4. A __________ of garlic is all that's necessary in most recipes.
5. The cruel king would not allow the prince to enter his __________, restricting him to the forest, which abounded* with wild animals.
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Uruguayan Consulate in Gualeguaychu, Argentina
The Uruguayan Consulate in Gualeguaychu, Argentina is a useful resource in many situations. On this page, you are going to be informed about everything you'll need to know about the Consulate.
This page will discuss what the Consulate does, typical services, contact info, and anything else you can think of.
Like always, engage in communication with an experienced immigration law firm or consular representations abroad if you have other questions.
General Information On the Consulate of Uruguay in Gualeguaychu, Argentina
A consulate like the Uruguayan Consulate in Gualeguaychu, Argentina is part of a foreign country's representation abroad. Its aim is to safeguard and protect the rights and interests of people from Uruguay.
The consulate's primary responsibilities focus on helping citizens from Uruguay who live or are traveling. But it also supports more lasting connections between the Uruguay and people.
Many problems can be remedied by you as an individual, but in other cases, you may need consular representations abroad. A cultured lawyer can deliver additional information and resources.
Contact Information for the Uruguayan Consulate in Gualeguaychu, Argentina
Luis N. Palma Nº 500
2820 Gualeguaychú (Entre Rios)
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The Consulate of Uruguay in Gualeguaychu, Argentina provides a variety of services, such as consular assistance with legal processes, medical emergencies, medical care for the uninsured, procedures with identity documents, locate missing relatives, assistance to victims of domestic violence, human trafficking and hate crimes, taking care of of the well-being of nationals from Uruguay who are in the custody of local police, among other services. Consular assistance does not include valid travel insurance, you'll need to acquire that yourself. Make sure to look at the opening hours on the website before heading in!
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"... a zippy page-turner set in the City of Lights that sparkles with sass and wit."
Imran Hashim fell in love with France a little late in life (in his teens) but made up for it by studying French with a vengeance at the National University of Singapore. He went on to win a French Government Scholarship for his postgraduate studies at the Sorbonne and Sciences Po Paris. Apart from providing the inspiration for his first novel, his time in Paris prepared him for jobs with an international focus, and is currently working for a British university.


From Faces and Voices of Recovery.
The House health care reform bill, AHCA, has many families and communities worried about its impact on those with mental illness, substance use disorders, pre-existing conditions and many other health care needs. The changes to Medicaid and pre-existing conditions protections are particularly important to those with substance use disorders and mental health conditions.
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Bangladesh and India on Friday agreed on the need to expedite "safe and sustainable" repatriation of Rohingyas to their place of origin in Rakhine State of Myanmar.
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Champions League: Hungarian Footballers Don't Make It to the Final, but Coach Does
Fanni Kaszás 2020.08.19.
Two Hungarian footballers, Péter Gulácsi and Willi Orban, made history, as no Hungarian footballer has ever reached as far as the semi-finals of the Champions League. However, PSG defeated their team, RB Leipzig, 3–0, so the big dream has sadly fizzled out, no Hungarian player made it to the final of the most prestigious European club football tournament this year. But the final will still have a Hungarian in it, just not as a player.
Last week, after a dramatic match, RB Leipzig managed to get into the semi-finals, after a 2-1 victory over Atlético Madrid.
Both Leipzig and its Hungarian players faced a historic match on Tuesday, as the team, which a few years ago still played in the German third-league, had the chance to reach the Champions League final for the first time since its existence. At the same time, Péter Gulácsi and Willi Orban would have been the first Hungarian players to reach the final in the biggest European series ever since it was re-named the Champions League.
Unfortunately, this has not materialized, as Paris Saint-Germain made it to the Champions League final by defeating RB Leipzig 3-0 in the semi-final. The French team's opponent will be the winner of the Bayern Munich-Lyon match, played on Wednesday. The final will be held in Lisbon on 23 August, which also hosted the mini-tournament of the top eight teams.
Although Gulácsi and Orban did not make it to the final, there will still be one Hungarian there, as the second coach of PSG is a Hungarian, former national team player Zsolt Lőw.
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This handmade artisan bracelet is mesmerizing to look at without being showy or having jangly pieces to get in the way of things you need to do. The fine twist of the braid adds further interest in a subtle way. This piece definitely enhances any jewelry collection as it can be worn up or down for day or night.


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This unpleasant-looking character is called the Squander Bug, and it was created during the Second World War by artist Phillip Boydell, an employee of the National Savings Committee. The cartoon bug appeared in press adverts and poster campaigns as a menace who encouraged shoppers to waste money rather than buy war savings certificates.
American troops and locals at the Dove Inn, Burton Bradstock, in Dorset, 1944.
Tips For American Servicemen In Britain During The Second World War
In 1942, the first of over 1.5 million American servicemen arrived on British shores in preparation for the Allied offensives against Germany during the Second World War. That year, the United States' War Department published Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain to help soldiers, sailors and airmen – many of whom had never travelled abroad before – adjust to life in a new country.
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Home Sports Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink: Do You Remember This Hull City Striker??
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink: Do You Remember This Hull City Striker??
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Johannes "Jan" Vennegoor of Hesselink is a Dutch former footballer who last played for PSV Eindhoven. He formerly played for the Netherlands national team as a striker.
He played for sever clubs in Europe and he was popular due to his long name.
He formerly played for the Netherlands national team as a striker. He played for clubs such as the Dutch Eredivisie's FC Twente and PSV Eindhoven, the Scottish Premier League's Celtic, Hull City of the English Premier League and Rapid Vienna of Austria's Bundesliga.
2010 SK Rapid Wien, 2009 Hull City, 2006
Celtic F.C., 2001 PSV Eindhoven, 2000 Netherlands national football team
1996, FC Twente.
On 15 May 2012, Vennegoor of Hesselink announced his retirement from professional football.
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Another excellent day at the sporting village. A 34 strong 'Team GB' made their way to the finals, several of whom returned with medals. Well Done!
On top of the podium!
Y3 Boys Relay - Gold Medal, district champions!
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Listed below are some immediate opportunities available to help someone in our community! Simple acts of kindness and compassion can comfort someone in their journey and also warm our hearts!
Visiting the lonely and isolated is such an act of kindness and only takes 30 minutes out of your week. Winchester House has residents who rarely get visitors, and who love to have one-on-one attention! The best visitor is a good listener--little more is required. If you would like to try volunteering as a visitor on a weekly basis--or occasionally as time allows--give me a call. I will love hearing from you! Rita Tschanz 847-772-4087 (cell).
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Interested parties can call 847-680-1870 or email volunteer@lakecountyhaven.org. They can also sign up for the date of their choosing on our website.
ElderCARE needs volunteer drivers who will transport home bound elders to their doctor's appointment.
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We need volunteer leaders, individuals that will take responsibility for groups of adult and youth volunteers. People that will coordinate and direct volunteer activities. We are looking for individuals that work 3 times a year organizing volunteer groups for the soup kitchen. We have many people that want to volunteer and participate, but we are short on leaders that can direct and coordinate volunteers. New volunteers have many questions, they want to know what is involved, what is the time commitment and understand what they will be participating in. These interactions take time and patience, but are necessary for a good volunteering experience. We need individuals to help in this area. Helping people learn to help others is very rewarding. We would like help doing this.
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Blister-based-laser-induced-forward-transfer: A non-contact, dry laser-based transfer method for nanomaterials
Nathan Thomas Goodfriend
Shu Yun Heng
Oleg A Nerushev
Andrei V Gromov
Alexander V Bulgakov
Mitsuhiro Okada
Ryo Kitaura
Jamie H Warner
Hisanori Shinohara
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We show that blister-based-laser-induced forward transfer (BB-LIFT) can be used to cleanly desorb and transfer nano- and micro-scale particles between substrates without exposing the particles to the laser radiation or to any chemical treatment that could damage the intrinsic electronic and optical properties of the materials. The technique uses laser pulses to induce
the rapid formation of a blister on a thin metal layer deposited on glass via ablation at the metal/glass interface. Femtosecond laser pulses are advantageous for forming beams of molecules or small nanoparticles with well-defined velocity and narrow angular distributions. Both fs and ns laser pulses can be used to cleanly transfer larger nanoparticles including relatively fragile monolayer 2D transition metal dichalcogenide crystals and for direct transfer of nanoparticles from chemical vapour deposition (CVD) growth substrates, although the mechanisms for inducing blister formation are different.


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21-year-old shot in the street dies
Detectives are investigating the death of a man in Battersea.
Police were called at around 23:30hrs on Thursday, 11 September, to reports of a shot fired in Tennyson Street, SW8.
Officers attended the scene and found a 21-year-old man in the street suffering a gunshot wound.
The man was taken by London Ambulance Service to a central London hospital where he died in the early hours of Friday, 12 September.
Officers believe they know the identity of the deceased but await formal identification. Next of kin have been informed.
A post-mortem examination will be held in due course.
Detectives from the Homicide & Major Crime Command are investigating. An incident room will open later this morning.
Police retain an open mind as to any motive, and there has been no arrest at this very early stage.
Anyone with information that may assist the investigation should call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


The black boxes of the Russian flight which crashed on Saturday over the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 on board, are now being investigated for clues to what might have brought down the plane. In the US there are reports that satellite imagery detected heat infrared flashes around the passenger jet just before it went down.
Police in Frankfurt have raided the headquarters of the German Football Association – all part of an investigation into the lead-up to the 2006 World Cup. There are allegations that money was paid to FIFA to secure votes to host the tournament.
These crowds have come to see something that nobody here in Rome's been able to see for almost two years: the Trevi fountain, one of the city's biggest attractions. For a long time artisans worked behind scaffolding to restore the fountain that was begun back in the 18th century. Rome's city hall worked out that it didn't have the money to renovate all this itself so it asked for donations and in the end a major fashion house decided that it would spend around two million euros to restore this site.
1. The bread baked by the _______ bakery tasted so much better than the stuff I bought in the supermarket.
2. Since my father died of cancer we have received so many _______ for the charity that cared for him.
3. A series of crimes in our neighbourhood is being _______ by the police.
4. My football team is going to do well now that they've managed _______ the signing of one of the world's best strikers.
1. The bread baked by the artisan bakery tasted so much better than the stuff I bought in the supermarket.
2. Since my father died of cancer we have received so many donations for the charity that cared for him.
3. A series of crimes in our neighbourhood is being investigated by the police.
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Reading Planetary
Posted by Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod) on September 25, 2012 at 10:20am in General Comics Discussions
I never got into Planetary while it was running, despite my admiration for both Warren Ellis and John Cassaday. I remember buying the first trade when I started investigating Warren Ellis's work (I was just getting into Vertigo, and I had enjoyed The Authority). For some reason Planetary didn't grab me, but Transmetropolitan did, and I later sold the trade. So now that the series is finally done, I thought I'd give it another go. I've got all four trades, and plan to read one a week, starting next week. Is anyone interested in reading along, or have read it recently enough that you'd enjoy discussing it?
Permalink Reply by Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod) on November 25, 2012 at 1:18pm
Happy to see you back in this discussion at whatever level you choose, Figs. It started out with several participants, but before long it had dwindled to mostly the two of us. I gave up when I was about halfway through Book Three and realized that it had been two weeks since anyone but me had posted in the thread. After that I just posted a few observations to wrap things up. So this probably will be the last time I attempt an in-depth discussion, I'm sad to say.
I agree about the dramatic structure of the series. It moves in a fairly straight line after Snow reveals his restored memory in issue 12, and issues his dramatic challenge to the Four. Ellis still throws in allusions to pulp and superhero history, but they don't define the structure of each individual issue the way they did in the beginning.
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Well, I've only had a little time to post lately, but even then, I've been less enthusiastic about posting on the fianl half of Planetary.
Part of it is to do with how I feel about posting at the Captain Comics website at all. I've read a lot of comics over the last 4 years and posted at length on them and I guess I've battered out more or less where I stand on these comics and the aesthetic approaches I appreciate most. I wrote at the beginning of 2012 that I'd be bringing my Morrison posts to an end this year and I think that might extend to posting on lots of other stuff too. Time to move on perhaps?
You've declared disappointment with the feedback you get on some of your posts here Mark, and I'll have to admit that I'm starting to feel the same thing. Up to now, I've been happy to post if I was enjoying discovering new things whether there was much interest in what I was writing or not, but I'm starting to think a bit more discussion from a wider peer group would be more fun. So this might be the last little go round for myself and yourself too, Mark! At least at the level of immersion that I've gone in for up to now.
Part of the problem also is with Planetary itself. The whole series seems to have a trajectory that's established by the end of the 12th issue and then I find that Ellis follows that trajectory pretty closely all the way to the end, with few twists or surprises. It's great to see a superhero series with a beginning, middle and end that feels like exactly what the writer wanted to produce. Still, that makes this quite a 'closed' text that cuts off a lot of the fun of 'filling the blanks' that a certain other writer provides.
That's OK, Robin. I understand that there are many reasons why folks didn't participate. I really hadn't planned to say anything about it publicly, but I thought I should comment after Figs brought it up.
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Hey, Mark, I only ever got to read volume one of Planetary, and it was a out-of-town library's copy, not mine. And it was a while ago. I really would have loved to read the whole thing, though. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful here.
Permalink Reply by Richard Willis on November 26, 2012 at 2:09am
I've been following along, but a lot of the later posts seemed like we weren't discussing the stories anymore. I'm halfway through Vol 4.
Not sure what you mean, Richard, apart from the last few posts. There was no discussion at all for a couple of weeks, but that didn't stop me from posting summaries and discussion points on all of the individual issues (at least until my single one on the entire Vol. 4). Feel free read back a few screens and jump in anywhere you like.
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Chapter Fourteen: "Zeropoint"
The story here starts in 1995, where Snow is shown the true nature of alien abductions. It's actually The Four, taking people and things into the Bleed. Cut to the Antarctic, where we see the encounter with Kim Suskind that resulted in Elijah's memory wipe. Kim's power is invisibility, making her a true analog of The Invisible Girl. The field team (including Ambrose) has gotten the better of her and Leather, when they lose contact with Drums. Snow comes to strapped to a table, and orders the team not to come looking for him. But he also orders them "do not let these bastards win."
Nice to have a bit more action, along with the exploring and talking.
Fine comics, well told. This issue in particular is one of the ones that show us how powerful the Four are, and make the ending seem too easy. Some of the actual ending of the series replays elements of this comic. Perhaps one reason for the series being delayed was Ellis trying to trump the exciting developments here, but not really settling on anything?
Dowling's reference to their struggle with Planetary being a 'game' does echo how Morrison portrayed the cosmic battle between the forces of darkness and freedom in the Invisibles. This series is a little like the Invisibles, but with a smaller cast and more concentrated storyline.
Permalink Reply by Figserello on November 27, 2012 at 12:17am
Chapter Fifteen: "Creation Songs"
Now we see Elijah back in the saddle. First he sets to righting old wrongs, starting with Ambrose Chase's wife and daughter. He apologizes for being out of touch since Ambrose's death, and makes them independently wealthy via the Planetary Foundation. He visits Doc Brass: it turns out they've never directly met, but they share some secrets. Then the team travels to Australia to foil the Four's attempt to gate into the Dreamtime. This they do, and when they go big, they go big. It's a stunning visual, one that justifies the cover image and the chapter title.
Of course, it's great to see Australia represented in this planet-spanning epic! Especially to see Aboriginal mythology used so well. (It's the oldest still-surviving culture in the world, thought to go back 20-40 thousand years!)
It is a living belief system/religion, which may explain why Ellis is treading softly here. He doesn't name or specify any of the Ancients/Ancestor beings, which might be a mark of respect. Aboriginal mythology is also very vast and complex and involves a completely different worldview to our own, so that might also be a reason he doesn't go deeply into the specifics of it. We just have the typical creation myth and then the unnamed Ancient rising from Ayers Rock.
They consistently use the wrong spelling for the Rock here, btw. It should be Ayers, not Ayres. In any case, it is much more common these days to call the Rock by the local Aboriginal name - 'Uluru'. Wiki uses that name consistently, for instance. It's interesting, and heartening, that Uluru became more commonly used in the short time since Ellis penned this comic.
(As an aside, and with apologies to Richard :-) ,Unwritten is also set largely in Australia these days, Mark, to my immense surprise and pleasure. Even though Brisbane, where I'm typing this from, is referred to as 'the asshole of the world' in the latest issue!)
Creation Songs was the last monthly issue of Planetary that I got/read while it was being published. It made a lot more sense to me this time, than the first time I read it!
Permalink Reply by Figserello on December 5, 2012 at 1:36am
Planetary/JLA: Terra Occulta
We open on a world where Flashes are used as couriers, Wonder Woman has survived her trip to Earth, and she, Batman, and Superman operate in secret. It's clearly an alternate Earth, which is made even clearer when we discover who the all-powerful overlords are. Their behavior makes them look like the Four: but it's an evil, world-ruling version of Planetary. In this world Planetary has killed the Amazons, Clark Kent's and Bruce Wayne's parents, and all of the Green Lantern Corps. The JLA uses a Planetary teleporter to face down Planetary on their Moon base. The rest of the story is one big fight scene, essentially. We're clearly intended to pull for the JLA, as they are the heroes of the story. And we do, but the JLA's victory comes at a cost. Veteran DC artist Jerry Ordway provides a stunning final splash page.
Although this story wouldn't seem to have much to do with the main storyline, I just wanted to re-iterate how it plays well with some of the themes. Whereas the main storyline takes the founding good guys of the modern age of superheroes – the Fantastic Four - and makes them the all-powerful bad guys, who must be faced down by a new team, this little graphic novel presents a world where the new team – Planetary - are the bad guys and it takes a teaming up of the three of the earliest and most culturally significant superheroes – the Justice League 'Trinity' - to defeat them. So a circle is closed here.
The idea of the thin line separating good heroes and evil villains has already been presented with the team that Sherlock Holmes founded to do good – the Conspiracy - turning out badly and being shut down by Planetary's founding member at the beginning of his career.
So this little Elseworlds might be a little more artistic, 'literary' and thought-provoking than the general run of Elseworlds stories from this time. Ellis only dips into and out of superhero comics infrequently, and not for long periods. Often he makes a point of 'showing how it's done', and I see a lot of that here. Other Elseworlds stories didn't manage to add up to much in their 64-odd pages. The ones that worked best imagined Superman or Batman born into different circumstances and showed how that would work out. Ellis very convincingly shows us a world where they are very much the underdogs all the way through, and it tells one novel-like story, where the stakes are high and success comes at a very high cost: the highest cost, maybe, considering what Superman usually stands for.
Other Elseworlds books didn't build a whole alternate world and lives for its stars as elegantly and efficiently as Ellis does here. 64 pages is a very limited page count and other Elseworlds I've read felt like they squandered a lot of space that could have gone towards making their alternate worlds more immersive. There are so many little details that add up to making this a satisfyingly complete little story on its own.
I like how Ellis is trying to show here, as he does elsewhere in Planetary, that superhero comics don't have to have the iconic outfits and fan-comforting assurances that the heroes are always in control, to present strong and satisfying stories. He does it here with the three most iconic superheores in the world! Like their pulp forebears, Diana, Clark and Bruce are presented as being a little more human and vulnerable than they are usually portrayed. The way they have to move in the shadows to fight evil is another reaching back to the pulp age, and is another way this little standalone ties into the rest of the series thematically.
In a way this is a bit of a throwaway story. Since it's such an alternate world for both sets of characters, it's hard to see how it "matters," in the continuity sense. But it's a convincing demonstration of the range of possible stories opened up by the multiverse Ellis has created in the series. The Batman crossover which came next is even more powerful proof.
In another way, as you admit above, this is a very significant story. It might be the first crossover between DC and the Wildstorm Universe. We already know that the DCU had a multiverse since the 60s, but this was the first story to show that an alternate DC world and an alternate Wildstorm world could intersect. Ellis had already shown us how this story really exists in the Planetary Universe, insofar as we know that the Snowflake consists of many universes aligned together somehow, so we are now seeing one of them.
The idea of the Bleed, and of the DCU and the Wildstorm U co-existing in a multiverse probably came to full fruit in Morrison's Final Crisis, which used the Bleed and the alternate versions of Superman to fine artistic effect (according to me, at least, if not according to the legions of raging fanmen!!)
In any case, the DCnU rigmarole recently was a very hamfisted and inelegant way to present us with a new DC Universe. It's strange how it bulldozed over the great groundwork laid by Fox in the 60s, and Ellis and Morrison more recently. Why wasn't the new DCU just presented simply as a new alternate reality, a facet of the snowflake, as, on a much smaller scale, Ellis did here? That way DC wouldn't have just brought all the character development they'd been working on for decades screeching to a halt in mid-flow, as they did, and instead could have left open the possibility that the characters we'd been following, and their various links to earlier comics were 'out there somewhere', just not in comics that were being published right now.
Maybe this seems to be off the point somewhat, but I thought it was relevant when placed beside how elegantly Ellis presents us here with a story that 'counts' and doesn't at the same time, whilst allowing that there can be different continuities co-existing without anyone getting their pants in a twist.
This story works well as a standalone story, but I like how Ellis uses so much known DC continuity inobtrusively. This first time I read it, I didn't know about Professor Erdel, nor did I even get the Flash-couriers reference, or any of the other Easter Eggs. But at no point did the story feel like it was excluding me because I wasn't 'in the club'. Reading it now after immersing myself in the DCU for the last several years did make it a more satisfying experience.
I'm glad I reread it just before posting this. There are lots of little details that might be missed on only one reading. I thought it odd that Drums didn't appear in person at all, but on rereading, there he is spying on Diana at the beginning, (while Popeye makes a cameo too!) Then Snow's bald head is a reference to Lex Luthor, making this more of a Superman story. Etc.
Planetary/JLA is the last issue in this readthrough that I read back when it was being published. So I have only read the subsequent issues on the quick readthrough I did while on holidays in the last month or two. So, to do justice to the rest of the series, I'll probably reread and post something on the subsequent issues as I go. Perhaps I was too dismissive of them, based on only a quick read, not having had ten years to mull them over the way I did with the earlier issues!
Permalink Reply by Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod) on December 5, 2012 at 2:08am
I didn't realize that the JLA crossover was actually labelled as an Elseworlds tale: the cover reproduced in Crossing Worlds leaves the logo off. I read a lot of Elseworlds at one time, and enjoyed most of them. I always liked the fact that they were self-contained, with no reference to official continuity, and they all had a creative re-imagining of a familiar character at their core. So it's not surprising that I liked this one, without even knowing what it was!
Permalink Reply by Figserello on December 10, 2012 at 1:48am
Planetary/Batman Night on Earth
The mission here is to go to Gotham City and track down a serial killer named John Black, son of one of the Camp Zero survivors. When they find Black, they find that he is rotating his immediate vicinity through parallel worlds, which is how people have been getting killed. He can't control it, and it hurts him, too. As Planetary comes along through the shifts they find themselves in various alternate Gothams, each with a different historical version of the Batman. It's brilliantly done, everything the "last Batman story" Neil Gaiman wrote was trying to be.
Ellis is quoted on wiki as saying: "I wanted to do something that actually went deeper into the [superhero] sub-genre, exposed its roots and showed its branches." Ellis has used this series to look at what makes superhero comics tick. Most of the issues dwell on where they have come from, and where perhaps they have gone wrong. Here however, Ellis spends time mulling over Batman's multiple identities. Not that we get any answers, but by showing us our main 'identification' characters being confronted with all the different aspects of the one hero, Ellis is highlighting something that isn't much remarked upon. One of the mysteries of superhero comics that is rarely looked at within the stories themselves is how Batman seems to be the same character, whether we are talking about the 30s gun-toting guy, the cool, sexy guy that Neal Adams drew, the 'family-friendly' law-abiding one of the 50s, or Miller's testosterone and anger-fuelled monster. It's just entertaining to see them all appearing in the one story, in all their incongruousness, from Planetary's 'realistic' perspective.
The ending does indeed foreshadow that of Gaiman's 'Whatever Happened to…' Batman story. Did you not think that worked, Mark? I liked it well enough. Gaiman has trouble constructing good tight dramatic plots, but it worked for me as a 'meditation' on Batman, without necessarily being a great 'story'. Gaiman's ending was affecting when I read it, but my admiration is now a little diluted, when I see Ellis did something similar much earlier.
There must have been something in the air around this time, as this story is a little similar to 'World's Funnest', where Bat-mite and Mr Mxyzptlk fight their way through a compendium of the different fictional worlds Superman and Batman have appeared in, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. (It was another Elseworlds publication, as it happens, so that the continuity-fixated didn't have to get their pants in a bunch over what went on in it.)
Planetary does keep a scholarly focus on its contemplation of superheroes and their roots. Consequently, although Ellis draws well-rounded realistic characters in just a few lines, we don't get to see into their private lives any more than the bare plots of each issue allows. Thus, this is the closest we get to an insight into Jacinta's sex life. Her fascination with Batman and appreciation of someone who can give her 'a run for her money' in a fight does ring true. Batman does seem like the kind of lover that an easily bored, virtually indestructible adventuress would be drawn to. Planetary has many understated charms and how this insight into Jacinta's personality grows from the story at hand is one example.
The only question I have about this story is: is the Earth that Planetary starts from our Earth, or a parallel one? There clearly is no Batman on their Earth (which doesn't stop Ellis from having Dick Grayson and a Joker analog named Jasper appear as the staff of the local Planetary office). But I don't know if the Planetary universe includes costumed superheroes, other than The Authority. And I suppose there's a chance that their crossover took place on a parallel Earth as well, although there are many small details that lead me to believe that Planetary and The Authority do live on our Earth. It's a stunning story, either way.
The Authority and the Stormwatch crew of superheroes they branched out from definitely belong in Planetary's world. Ellis' original pitch for Planetary explicitly sells it as such: "[W]hat if you had a hundred years of superhero history just slowly leaking out into this young and modern superhero world of the Wildstorm Universe? What if you could take everything old and make it new again?"
(I guess this means that the WildC.A.T.s, including Alan Moore's run also exist there. The Image superheroes branch off on their own and come together again in weird ways when you look more closely at them. Supreme, Glory and Spawn may be part of the Wildstorm fictional world too, in some manner. FWIW - I'm currently enjoying the hell out of post-Liefield versions of Supreme, Glory and Prophet right now! Whodathunkit?)
No, I don't believe Planetary and the Authority live on 'our' Earth, Mark. The adventures of the Authority are just way too bombastic and headline-grabbing for that!
Just to move away from Ellis' writing for a bit - Cassaday's art is really wonderful, isn't it? It's just so accessible, for one thing. It's exaggerated and stylised enough that the drama and emotion is conveyed, but it doesn't stray towards the overly-stylised cliché-ridden superhero art that probably alienates a lot of would-be readers. I am in the middle of Cassaday's and Whedon's Astonishing X-Men run at the moment, and whilst there isn't a lot to say about it insofar as what you see on the page is what you get, I do think that if more superhero comics were like it, and indeed Planetary, there would be a lot more readers of superhero comics today.
So what if Cassaday takes twice as long or more to produce each issue? (I can see that his work with Whedon is probably one of the factors that delayed Planetary, too!) Superhero comics should have fought for quality to be the benchmark, rather than quantity. Imagine if a fan of the X-Men movies had walked into a comicshop after the first movie came out, and found half the amount of collections there than was the case, but all of the quality of Whedon/Cassaday's run? As it is, the publishing paradigm comics are stuck in mean that the Big Two have to be content with putting out sub-par product month in and month out.
Permalink Reply by Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod) on December 10, 2012 at 3:11pm
I was somewhat underwhelmed by the Gaiman story. I only read it once after it got collected; maybe I should revisit it now, especially after reading this one. But I do know that this one blew me away: I just thought it was brilliantly done. The dialog and visuals were both spot-on, a dazzling trip through all of the Batmans (hard to believe it's all the same character). I loved Snow's pokes at Jakita's "bat-friend." With all the serious stuff we usually talk about in this discussion, it's easy to overlook the humor that Ellis uses equally well.
The question about which Earth Planetary is set in is interesting. If you look at it realistically, of course you're right: these big extra-normal events couldn't be happening without it making the news. Same with everything else that happens in superhero comics. But both Planetary and the Four have made a point of operating under the radar, as did all of the earlier pulp heroes. If you leave the Authority out of the equation, the setting could be our Earth. I guess in the end it's like all such stories: an Earth just like ours, but with superheroes. No wonder there's been the urge to posit some kind of multiverse to explain it.
Permalink Reply by Figserello on December 10, 2012 at 6:43pm
I loved Snow's pokes at Jakita's "bat-friend." With all the serious stuff we usually talk about in this discussion, it's easy to overlook the humor that Ellis uses equally well.
And look how he built Jakita's character, gave us Snow's humerous ribbing, while also showing us the dynamic between him and Jakita, all built around a great well-executed fight scene. A quick readthrough doesn't quite do justice to how well Ellis does all this!
If you leave the Authority out of the equation, the setting could be our Earth. I guess in the end it's like all such stories: an Earth just like ours, but with superheroes. No wonder there's been the urge to posit some kind of multiverse to explain it.
It's funny. As dodgy as the early offerings were from Image, the great differentiator of the Widlstorm Universe was that it was a new universe, without decades of backstory and baggage.
Still, it's funny to see how the tendency was for the better writers to fill in that backstory and add in continuity where there had been none before. I'm specifically thinking of Alan Moore's Supreme, which gave the main character decades of backstory that looked very like Superman's, and even Planetary itself. Both were turn of the century attempts to salvage the good stuff before 'Leaving the 20th Century'.
I think having Planetary set in the same universe as the Authority is largely counter-productive. They are just too brash and noisy to co-exist with Planetary and the Four.
In any case, the Wildstorm Universe is no more, with its heroes now playing third and fourth fiddles to DC's own stable of nearly identcal characters.
However, speaking of Image characters being updated, I have to recommend Glory and Prophet to you, Mark. They are both moving forward into pretty new territory - for superhero comics, I would say - but they needn't necessarily be read as such.
I've heard some other recommendations for Prophet, so it's definitely on my radar. After posting about Gaiman's Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? earlier, I found a copy on the shelf here at the library, so I read it on my dinner break. It is good: I think I liked it better on the second reading. It's an interesting look at how Batman might have been viewed by the other characters in the various eras. So in that way it's a bit like the Planetary crossover. I still found the ending unsatisfying, though. Much as I like Gaiman's mystical tendencies--The Sandman is possibly my favorite comic--I was looking for some better resolution than the endless cycle of rebirth.


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Appeal and Cross-Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Waukesha county: Neal P. Nettesheim, Judge.
Petition to review and cross-petition to review denied.
James Anello, a high school teacher, sued Patrick Savignac, a student, for battery. Anello also sued Patrick's parents, James and Anne Savignac, for their negligent failure to control Patrick and for $1,000 under sec. 895.035, Stats. *fn1 We affirm the trial court's dismissal of Anello's negligence claim against Patrick's parents because he did not prove that they were negligent in failing to control Patrick. We also conclude that the court did not commit reversible error in admitting evidence; in failing to separately try the cases against Patrick and his parents; in failing to appoint a guardian ad litem for Patrick, who did not become an adult until just before the trial; or in allowing punitive damages against Patrick for acts he committed as a minor. We therefore affirm the judgment against Patrick for $6,000 in compensatory damages and $23,000 in punitive damages, and against his parents for their statutory liability of $1,000.
We accept the facts most favorable to the verdict. Krueger v. Mitchell, 112 Wis. 2d 88, 104-05, 332 N.W.2d 733, 741 (1983). Anello saw Patrick smoking outside the school building in violation of school rules. When Anello told Patrick to go to the school office, Patrick cursed Anello and was visibly upset. Because Anello was concerned for Patrick's safety and the safety of other students, he grabbed Patrick's arm in an attempt to move him away from the other students. This caused Patrick to stumble and fall. Patrick got up swinging and punched Anello three times in the face. Patrick then grabbed Anello's face and pushed his head into a corner. Another teacher eventually broke through the crowd of students, who had gathered to watch, and she broke up the fight.
This was not Patrick's first fight. He had been involved in five fights in the five previous years. After some of the fights, Patrick's parents "grounded" him or deprived him of privileges. Patrick's parents also cooperated for a time with school officials in an intensive program to correct Patrick's disciplinary problems. While there was some evidence that Patrick had a learning disability, there was also evidence that he had an above average I.Q.
The trial court correctly dismissed Anello's negligence claim against Patrick's parents. They did not permit the assault, see Hoverson v. Noker, 60 Wis. 511, 19 N.W. 382 (1884), and Anello did not prove that anything they could have done would have prevented it. Although hindsight suggests that they should have done something else, we can only speculate on what else might have worked with Patrick. Speculation is not a sufficient basis for a finding of causal negligence.
The court also correctly admitted evidence of Patrick's five earlier fights to prove his malicious intent. Patrick's intent was relevant to Anello's claim for punitive damages. See Malco v. Midwest Aluminum Sales, Inc., 14 Wis. 2d 57, 66, 109 N.W.2d 516, 521 (1961); see also Jameson v. Zuehlke, 218 S.W.2d 326, 330 (Tex. Civ. App. 1948); sec. 904.04, Stats. The trial court properly cautioned the jury, both before the evidence was admitted and in its final instructions, that they could consider the evidence only on the issue of intent and not to establish the likelihood that Patrick committed the assault on Anello. See Meke v. Nicol, 56 Wis. 2d 654, 661, 203 N.W.2d 129, 133 (1973).
A new trial is not warranted simply because the court tried Anello's claims against Patrick and his parents together. Patrick did not raise this issue until after the trial, giving the trial court no opportunity to cure any error. We are also not persuaded that any evidence admitted in Anello's action against Patrick's parents caused any prejudice to Patrick's defense of Anello's battery action. See Kletsch v. Waukesha County, 61 Wis. 2d 662, 663-64, 213 N.W.2d 367, 369 (1974).
We will also not order a new trial because Patrick did not have a guardian ad litem during pretrial preparation. Patrick has not shown that he was prejudiced by not having a guardian ad litem while he was a minor. See id. He was represented from the start by competent counsel, and he was eighteen before the trial.
We find no basis for Patrick's claim that Anello's counsel defied the court's order barring the admission of evidence of Patrick's drug and alcohol use. Counsel's questions concerning drug and alcohol use were asked on cross-examination of a defense psychiatrist who had given his opinion that Patrick's assault on Anello was impulsive and that a cash judgment against Patrick would teach him nothing. The psychiatrist was asked if all the things he talked about with Patrick helped to shape his opinion. When he said they did, Anello's counsel asked several questions concerning the psychiatrist's Discussions with Patrick about drug and alcohol use. Additionally, even if the questions had been improper, we would not reverse the judgment since these questions were only a minor part of a four-day trial, and it is unlikely that they had any bearing on the verdict.
The trial court correctly upheld the award of punitive damages against Patrick. Although Patrick was a minor when he assaulted Anello, he knew his act was wrong. The jury could reasonably infer from Patrick's history of assaultive behavior that he acted maliciously. A minor who acts maliciously may be held liable for punitive damages. See Mullen v. Bruce, 335 P.2d 945, 947 (Cal. 1959); Kirkpatrick v. United States National Bank, 502 P.2d 579, 582 (Or. 1972).
Additionally, the purpose of punitive damages is to punish and deter, Wangen v. Ford Motor Co., 97 Wis. 2d 260, 302, 294 N.W.2d 437, 458-59 (1980), and this purpose can be served in this case. The punitive damage award against Patrick serves a warning to other students and provides a lesson that Patrick will not soon forget. Huchting v. Engel, 17 Wis. 237, 240 (1863), cited by Patrick's counsel as barring the assessment of punitive damages against a minor, involved a six-year-old child. Patrick was almost seventeen at the time of the assault, and he was capable of forming malicious intent.


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Connecticut's Electric Boat workers take voluntary furloughs
Published 2:10 pm EDT, Wednesday, August 17, 2016
PROVIDENCE, R.I. >> Employees at U.S. Navy contractor Electric Boat are taking voluntary furloughs, but the company said Wednesday that won't delay the delivery of submarines.
The Groton, Connecticut-based manufacturer says 138 employees at its Rhode Island facility volunteered for a 45-business day furlough.
Spokesman Timothy Boulay said the furloughs are needed because of late deliveries of major components, general materials and specialized raw materials — not because of a lack of work. He emphasized that Electric Boat has "plenty of work."
The deliveries are late because of a multitude of issues involving several suppliers occurring simultaneously, Boulay said.
The company still is on track to meet contracted delivery dates, Boulay said. About 3,500 people work at the Quonset Point facility in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
"We're working aggressively with our vendors and suppliers to bring the material to Quonset Point," he said.
Electric Boat has 11 submarines in various phases of construction in Rhode Island, Connecticut and at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia. The shipyards build Virginia-class attack submarines under a teaming agreement.
The furloughed employees are mostly welders, pipefitters and shipfitters, both hourly and salaried workers. They fabricate parts and assemble submarine modules.
They're expected to return to work Oct. 17.