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New Dr Who Christmas Special 2012 Poster & Snowmen Image
Christmas Special, Clara, Doctor Who, Dr Who, Jenna-Louise Coleman, Matt Smith, Snowmen, The Doctor
After treating us to a trailer and mini prequel for the Dr Who Christmas Special during the Children in Need Appeal, the BBC has also just released a stunning "movie style" poster for this years Christmas Special. So far every episode of Season 7 has been given one of these fantastic promotional images, it nice to see the trend continuing as we get ready for the Time Lords new festive adventure.
The movie poster features The Doctor (Matt Smith) and his new companion, Clara (Jenna Louise Coleman), while a separate image gives us a close up look at the sinister Snowmen who we caught a brief glimpse of in the Children in Need trailer. If the prequel is anything to go by it would seem that the Doctor is acting very much like Scrooge, having become something of a heartbroken recluse after loosing Amy and Rory to the Weeping Angels. So when the world is threatened again this Christmas it falls to new companion Clara to get the Time Lord take up the fight and save the day.
This Christmas Special also sees the return of fan favourites Madame Vastra (Neve Mclntosh) and Jenny (Catrin Stewart), along with Dan Starkey as Strax. As well as the Snowmen the Doctor and Clara will have to defeat the villainous Doctor Simeon – played by Richard E Grant. The Snowmen looks set to be the most exciting Dr Who Christmas Special yet, and will be all the more special because it will be the 11th Doctor's first full adventure alongside his new travelling companion. Time to start counting down the days to Christmas!
Alfred, Batman, Commissioner Gordon, DC Comics, Death of the Family, Gotham City, Greg Capullo, Harley Quinn, Jonathan Glapion, Nightwing, Scott Snyder, The Court of Owls, The Joker, The New 52
Realizing that the Joker is re-enacting his old crimes Batman tracked the Joker to A.C.E Chemicals, but instead of confronting The Clown Prince of Crime he encounters The Red Hood, who Batman quickly realizes is just Harley Quinn in disguise, After being trapped inside a bubbling vat of chemicals and left for dead by a distraught Harley Quinn, Batman struggles to free himself as his makeshift prison begins to fill up with the same deadly toxins that created the Joker. Using an explosive device from his utility belt, Batman manages to blow the lid off the vat, even though his proximity to the explosion critically damages his Bat-Suit.
Unable to raise Alfred on the communicator, Batman drives the Batmobile back to the Cave and issues a message to the other members of the Bat-Family, warning them that the Joker is now targeting all of them. Once at the Cave it becomes clear that Alfred is missing. Sensing something is seriously wrong Batman searches the Manor for his old friend, but all he finds is a small package on the doorstep containing an audio cassette. The tape holds a special message for Bruce Wayne. Joker gleefully explains that Alfred Pennyworth is now his hostage and how he will need Bruce Wayne's employee to provide service for a special event he has planned. The message ends with Alfred screaming in agony as the Joker sprays Ammonia in his eyes.
Batman's proximity to the explosion critically damages his Bat-Suit
Realizing that Gordon is the Joker's next target, Batman goes to his home where Jim sits alone in the dark on his bed. With his nerves in shreds, Jim almost shoots the Dark Knight as he enters through the window, but he refuses Batman's plan to take him to a secure bunker. Gordon knows he must confront the Joker if he is to face up to his fear, he even looks at some old photographs from the night Joker crippled Barbara, but as he does so his fingers begin to bleed.
Batman is shocked as Gordon collapses into his arms, his body bleeding profusely. He quickly rushes Jim to hospital where it becomes clear that the Joker had laced the pictures with a blood thinning derivative of Heparin. With Gordon stabilized Batman meets Nightwing on the roof of the hospital and brings him up to speed on the Joker's plan. Nightwing is horrified to learn that Alfred has been kidnapped and asks Bruce if he thinks it's possible that the Joker might have discovered their secret identities, but Batman doesn't believe he has. Together they set out to face the Joker at the reservoir, where he once attempted to poison Gotham's water supply, Nightwing heads for the aqueduct while Batman finally confronts the Joker on the reservoir itself.
It is here, at the scene of their very first face-to-face encounter so long ago, that history begins to repeat itself: the waters below are heaving with the bodies of innocent victims, Batman stands poised to knock the detonator from the Joker's hand with a Batarang hidden behind his back, and Joker's grotesque new countenance yields an even deadlier secret as he presses the detonator – unleashing a swarm of chatting Joker Teeth from the depths of the reservoir that quickly ensnare Batman in a web of cables just as Nightwing is caught in an explosion at the aqueduct. With Batman trapped, and knowing that the rest of the Bat-Family will be able to hear him over the Police Wire, the Joker announces that he knows who they really are and that he is going to kill them all over the next seventy two hours to make them pay for making Batman so weak!
Joker's reign of terror strikes right at the heart of the Dark Knights world
If last issue left you checking under your bed before you went to sleep, then Batman #14 will leave you reeling in shock as Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo continue to ramp up the tension as the Joker's reign of terror strikes right at the very heart of the Dark Knights world. The shock of seeing Alfred about to be bludgeoned with a hammer by the Joker at the end of Batman #13 is now supplanted by the discovery of an audio cassette left on the doorstep of Wayne Manor. As Batman listens to the tape Snyder leaves our rapt imagination to fill in the gruesome details, but just like Batman we are helplessly bound to our rage, unable to contemplate quite how this has happened. Before the tape ends Alfred starts screaming when the Joker sprays ammonia in his eyes, his tortured cries are cut short as Batman smashes the cassette deck, shattering our preconceptions to reveal that even Batman is not immune to such horror.
It is rare to see Batman react in this way. Of all the members of the Dark Knights rogues gallery there are few who can get under Batman's skin quite like the Joker can, even during his darkest hour against The Court of Owls he was able to formulate some kind of strategy, but faced with the anarchic chaos of the Joker he is almost consumed by the grotesque schism of their unholy conflict. He does his best to reign in his emotions, even when later Gordon is almost killed by a blood thinning toxin – applied to the photographs in his bedside table by the Joker – the Dark Knight is once again powerless to prevent one of his closest friends being harmed by the Joker's madness. It takes some stern talking from Nightwing on the roof of the hospital before Bruce actually acknowledges how Alfred's kidnapping has affected him, but even here we can sense that Jim Gordon's warning about never letting the Joker see your fear is still gnawing away beneath the Batman's cowl.
Few can get under Batman's skin quite like the Joker
As Batman races on the Bat-Bike to confront the Joker at the reservoir his thoughts are still very much with Alfred: recalling the way he always used to talk over the details of a case with him first, calling him on the way to any given confrontation; almost as if he were seeking reassurance before venturing into the jaws of battle. The masterstroke here is that Snyder not only allows us to see how deeply Bruce has been affected by Alfred's kidnapping, but he also plays on our own fears, drawing us deeper and deeper into the churning mire of doubt and panic that still surrounds Alfred's fate.
Snyder also highlights the distinct psychological aspects of how deeply rooted the Joker has become in Batman's psyche, illustrating how they share an uncanny duality that seems to have become an all consuming obsession beyond anything we could have conceivably imagined. The vat Batman is trapped in fills with the same toxic chemicals that created the Joker: after years of study over many sleepless afternoons Batman has learned the exact composition of this nefarious mix of sodium hydroxide, sulphuric acid, chromium solution, and zinc sulphide – even down to the small hint of copper that infuses this deadly toxin with its ominous green glow. You can just imagine Bruce alone in the cave, studying slide after slide of this toxic brew, looking for some key to the ghoulish monster it created; some small glimmer of understanding amidst all the horror and collateral damage the Joker has caused, only to see his own eyes reflected in the lens of the microscope…
Every panel of Greg Capullo's stunning art and Jonathan Glapion's exemplary inks ensures Batman #14 one of the most memorable yet – transfixing us with the horrors inflicted on Alfred and Commissioner Gordon – each page seeming to infuse us with the encroaching dread of Batman's inevitable confrontation with the Joker. When they finally face each other at the reservoir we get our first close up glimpse of Capullo's new version of the Joker. The grubby overalls have replaced the garish purple suit of old, the ragged remains of Joker's face is now strapped to the raw meat of his skull, a monstrous parody of his former life – his workman-like approach to clawing away at the Batman's resolve through his friends has refined the razors edge of Joker's obsession into a weapon that is lethal enough to slice through to the Dark Knights greatest secret of all.
Batman issues a warning that the Joker is now targeting all of them
After ensnaring Batman in the cables spewed from the chattering teeth that fly from the waters of the reservoir, Joker reveals that he knows who they are, presenting Batman with a book he claims to have made from the skin of bats from the Bat-Cave itself – one filled with the secrets he has gathered as he watched and waited while Batman struggled against The Court of Owls. Batman still believes Joker is lying, yet as Joker screams his punch line up at the storm filled sky, you can't help but sit back and wonder if the Joker might actually get to have the last laugh this time around.
Whether he actually knows the Batman's secret identity or not, and those of his allies, the Joker has just opened the ultimate jack-in-the-box that will no doubt have serious ramifications over the coming months as Death of the Family spills into the rest of the Bat-Titles. Batman seems unperturbed by the Joker's revelation and is convinced he is bluffing. They both know each other so well; it's almost as if the masks have become the greatest joke of all, their lives now intrinsically bound together in ever decreasing circles of secrets and lies that neither would really seem complete without the other. In playing this ultimate "Joker" card Scott Snyder has given us one of the most delicious juxtapositions ever, one that alters everything but proves nothing, planting a seed of doubt that is as insidious as any of the Joker's mind games. The Joker's relationship with Batman has now evolved into something so dark and heinous that it transcends all that has gone before, and this time the stakes have never been higher. Joker's warped fixation on what he perceives as the Batman's weakness has made him more dangerous than ever, he is determined to tear down the support network Batman has built up around himself, and he seems genuinely disappointed when his "King" fails to realize how far he has fallen in his old foes estimations when they square off at the reservoir.
Batman is trapped in a vat of the same toxic chemicals that created the Joker
Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo will take your nerves and shred them into tiny pieces with Batman #14, the closing moments on the reservoir mark one of the greatest standoffs ever seen between the Joker and Batman. This issues backup story (Men of Worship) features a clandestine meeting of almost biblical proportions between the Joker and the Penguin in a church on the outskirts of Gotham that literally oozes with menace. The blood splattered congregation of slaughtered lieutenants from every major crime family in Gotham sit silently amongst the shadows as the Joker makes Cobblepot an offer he cannot refuse. This chilling little tale serves as a perfect footnote to the main storyline and really empathizes just how meticulous the Joker has been about his return to Gotham City.
Death of the Family is only just beginning. We can't even begin to imagine what Scott Snyder has in store for us next, but with the Joker involved, I think we can rest assured that there are twisted times ahead for anyone who crosses his path…
All New XMen #1 Review
Posted by Paul Bowler in All, Marvel Comics
All New X-Men, Bobby Drake, Brian Michael Bendis, Cyclops, Hank McCoy, Iceman, Jean Grey, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Marvel Now, Next-Generation Mutation, Original X-Men, Scott Summers, Storm, Stuart Immonen, The Beast, Warren Worthington III, X-Men
All New X-Men #1
Now that new Mutants are beginning to appear worldwide after the dissipation of the Phoenix Energy during the climax of AvX, the X-Men try and settle back into their lives at The Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. Cyclops and the core members his extinction team are now fugitives championing the rights of new Mutants, using whatever means necessary to help them. Back at the school Storm, Kitty, and Iceman can hardly believe their eyes when they watch a TV report featuring Cyclops and his team as they violently protect a new time warping mutant in Australia.
Iceman is all for confronting Cyclops and "shutting him down", but Storm is vehemently against such a course of action, believing that it could very well lead to the X-Men being bitterly divided by a Mutant Civil War. The Beast stands listening, quietly watching another incident with Cyclops and his team as it plays out on a tablet device – this time rescuing a young Mutant with healing powers from Police custody in Michigan – and wearily Hank agrees with Iceman's strategy. When his friends notice how exhausted Hank is he makes an excuse about being tired and walks away, but they are unaware that Hank is secretly suffering from the agonizing physical trauma of a Next-Generation Mutation – one that could very well prove fatal.
So the Beast decides that what time he has left to try and get Cyclops to see reason should be used to resolve the situation as quickly as possible, and to do that he takes the drastic measure of travelling back in time to talk to the Original X-Men: Scott Summers, Jean Grey, Bobby Drake, Warren Worthington III, and his own past self before his current mutation, Hank McCoy. The Beast appeals to Scott and his flabbergasted team mates, quickly explaining what has happened before asking them to travel back to the future so Scott can try and prevent his future self from committing Mutant Genocide!
Of all the new Marvel Now titles All New X-Men #1 has been perhaps one of the most highly anticipated, and with Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen at the helm for this premier issue X-Men fans are in for a real treat. With the world still reeling from the events of AvX, Bendis skilfully crafts a tale that provides a perfect fusion between two eras. Now that Cyclops and his Extinction team are helping to save new Mutants from persecution, we are presented with a world that now fears and mistrusts the Children of the Atom more than ever before. It will also be interesting to see how the other members of the original X-Men will cope when they encounter their future counterparts, as well as the strange new world they find themselves in.
Stuart Immonen's dramatic artwork successfully highlights every aspect of Bendis' intricate storyline, as well as showcasing the entire cast of All New X-Men #1and balancing the quieter – more character driven moments – with the big action set-pieces. This issue also has the superb Wade Von Grawbadger on inks, vibrant colours by Marte Gracia; with letterer and production wizard Cory Petit ensuring that every nuance of Bendis' story is flawlessly realized.
Right from the outset we are plunged into Hank McCoy's plight to conceal his Next-Generation Mutation from his friends. His pain and suffering is hard to watch, as is his decision to hide the condition from his friends, but even he can see that history might well be repeating itself as he watches Cyclops using any means necessary to protect the two new Mutants introduced this issue. Storm is right to wish to avoid another conflict, although they are surprised when Beast agrees with Iceman that they should take a more proactive stance against Scott this time – however none of them could realize that Hank might try to resolve the situation himself by attempting to recruit the Original X-Men from the past.
All New X-Men #1 poses many tantalizing opportunities for Brian Michael Bendis to explore in the coming issues. Aside from possibly breaking every law in space, time, and probably physics to bring the Original team of X-Men back to the present, we are sure to have some great encounters between each incarnation of Scott Summers – especially if the older Scott Summers gets to meet the younger version of his lost love Jean Grey. The possibilities are endless, although I hope the Beast isn't left to suffer for too long and that his younger self will help him find a cure to stabilize his mutation.
The X-Men have been splintered for far too long, All New X-Men #1is the first confident step in restoring these teams to their former glory, fusing the X-Men's past with their present in this brilliant addition to the ongoing Marvel Now range. I had my doubts about the return of the original X-Men, but I'm happy to say that Bendis and Immonen have done a fantastic job with it. All New X-Men #1 is one of the most innovative new titles from Marvel Now, it's great to see the original X-Men again, and I look forward to seeing how this storyline develops over the months ahead.
The Walking Dead: Issue #104
Posted by Paul Bowler in All, The Walking Dead
Carl Grimes, Charlie Adlard, Image Comics, Jesus, Negan, Rick Grimes, Robert Kirkman, The Saviors, The Walking Dead, Walkers, Zombie Apocalypse, Zombies
The Walking Dead #104
After being left with no choice but to cooperate with Negan and the Saviors, the people of Alexandria watch helplessly as Rick allows their supplies to be plundered. As Negan and his men leave Rick's friends begin to question his decision, unaware that he is secretly trying to buy them all some time so Jesus can follow Dwight and find out where the Saviors are based. He turns on them angrily, telling them they are welcome to take their chances outside the walls of Alexandria if they don't agree with him. After ordering everyone to help replenish the settlements supplies so they can be ready to make their next tribute to Negan, Rick returns home to talk to Carl but finds that his son is missing.
Rick and his friends have never seemed so vulnerable and divided
Dwight's friends find him as he nears the Saviors base, informing him that he has been followed. They capture Jesus and drive back to The Tower, a huge industrial complex surrounded by chained and mutilated Walkers. As they enter the complex Jesus manages to get free from his bonds and escapes. Negan's convy arrives soon after, but as they begin to unload their spoils from Alexandria, they find they have a young stowaway on board – Carl Grimes!
Armed with an assault rifle, Carl opens fire, determined to kill Negan and make him pay for what he has done to his friends. Carl kills several of Negan's men, but the weapon is too powerful for him to control. He drops the rifle and Dwight quickly overpowers the boy as Negan gloats over his latest victory.
The Walking Dead #104 hardly gives the reader a chance to catch their breath as this issue races along towards its thrilling conclusion. Robert Kirkman continues to pile on the pressure as Rick Grimes leadership at Alexandria begins to crumble. We also get to see Jesus in action, before being captures and taken to The Tower. He manages to escape, just as Carl Grimes leaps from a truck and goes on a killing spree. We can only hope that Jesus is watching from the shadows, and will somehow be able to help Carl escape from Negan's clutches.
Carl is determined to make Negan pay for what he has done to his friends
The approach to The Tower is another showcase for Charlie Adlard's art as the derelict building is surrounded by Walkers: chained up, impaled on spikes, or horribly dismembered. These striking images are what make The Waking Dead such an intoxicating vision of the Zombie Apocalypse, and it never ceases to amaze me how Adlard continually finds new ways to utilize these decaying monsters.
The Walking Dead #104 is packed with action set-pieces. Rick and his friends have never seemed so vulnerable and divided as they are right now, and the cliffhanger ending is sure to leave you on the edge of your seat!
Iron Man #1
Extremis, Greg Land, Guru EFX, Iron Man, Jay Lesiten, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Marvel Now, Pepper Potts, Tony Stark
Billionaire playboy Tony Star's flirtatious evening with a mysterious blonde woman at MJ's night club is curtailed when news that Maya Hansen has been kidnapped and forced to reconstruct the Extremis technology. Stark and Pepper begin to realize the horrifying implications of this security breach. In an attempt to prevent this technology falling into the wrong hands Stark decides to infiltrate the AIM presentation headed by Colin Forty Four, where the Extremis V2 is being marketed as Homo-Extremis; a revolutionary new biological fusion of man and technology that will supposedly offer a programmable new era of health and prosperity for the human race.
When Stark hacks into the presentations computer systems he is discovered, fortunately he has managed to smuggle a liquid "smart metal" suit in his briefcase, and is quickly transformed into Iron Man when the liquid putty bonds with his subdermal exoskeleton. Iron Man is attacked the by super strong, and fire breathing, AIM Extremis Enhanciles, but he has come prepared for this eventuality and defeats them with a new armour -piercing taser. After managing to persuade Colin Forty Four to talk – by dangling him in mid air – Tony Stark's worst fears are realized when he learns that the Extremis technology has fallen into the hands of four different people determined to exploit Extremis at any cost.
Iron Man #1 is a great new addition to the new Marvel Now range of titles. This new issue reintroduces us to Tony Stark's Billionaire lifestyle, and we learn much more about what makes the Armoured Avenger tick in one issue than we have in recent years. Tony has come to revaluate his place in the world as this issue begins, with Iron Man soaring over the New York skyline as he questions the fundamental points of the decisions that have shaped his life so far.
After his great stint in AvX Consequences Kieron Gillen casts his assured eye over the Iron Man legacy and brings it bang up to date for Marvel Now, causing Tony Star to reflect on the recent events in the Marvel Universe, drawing on familiar Iron Man concepts like the Extremis while skilfully offering a technologic slant on the classic Demon in a Bottle storyline.
One of this issues most striking features is the terrific artwork by Greg Land's. From the opening skyline of New York to the moment Tony Stark dons his new suit of Iron Man armour, every scene is complemented by Jay Lesiten's inks and swathed in the gleaming colours provided by Guru EFX. It's a neat idea to have Tony shaves off his moustache so he can sneak into the AIM presentation unnoticed, it's a fun interlude, as is the way he sneaks his new liquid metal armour past security in his briefcase. The scene where Tony suits up is of course the highlight of this issue, as is the new Iron Man armour itself. The new suit is a stunning redesign that bristles with raw power and advanced weaponry. I also like how this new suit seems more heavy duty than the more recent versions, bulkier, and with a darker colour scheme that really enhances the organic quality of the liquid metal it's formed from.
We are still in the very early days of Marvel Now but so far Iron Man #1 has been my favourite title from this new range. There is plenty to enjoy here for Iron Man fans, and this title in particular really showcases the concepts behind Marvel Now, teaming some great writing and top notch artwork with the opportunity to refine the character of Tony Stark and make this premier issue a confident new beginning for the Invincible Iron Man.
Earth 2 Issue #6 Review
Alan Scott, Apokolips War, Commander Khan, DC Comics, Earth 2, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, James Robinson, Jay Garrick, Nicola Scott, Solomon Grundy, Terry Sloan, The Atom, The Flash, The New 52, Trevor Scott
Earth 2 Issue #6
With the Earth now engulfed by the decaying tendrils of the rot the new wonders of Earth 2 struggle to make their final stand against Solomon Grundy in Washington. Realizing that Grundy's power is somehow linked to his own Earth Energies, Green Lantern entrusts the Flash, Hawkgirl, and the Atom to protect him from Solomon Grundy while he uses his spirit form to confront The Grey in its bizarre otherworldly realm. Meanwhile in the World Army Central Intelligence Hub floating above the ruins of Metropolis, Commander Khan can only watch helplessly as Terry Sloan assumes command of The Sentinel and orders a nuclear strike against Washington to destroy Grundy.
As the nuclear missiles home in on the capitol Flash, Atom, and Hawkgirl fight bravely to defend Green Lantern's helpless body from Grundy, unaware that The Grey is trying to deceive Alan Scott's spirit form with an facsimile of Sam (His recently deceased lover) into forging an alliance – promising to resurrect Sam from the dead if Green Lantern will willingly join forces with it and let Solomon Grundy destroy the world. But just as his allies are about to be overwhelmed by the rot, Green Lantern manages to see through The Grey's illusion; his brief moment of joy giving way to rage as he obliterates Sam's doppelganger with his power ring and returns to his physical form.
Flash, Atom, and Hawkgirl defend Green Lantern's helpless body from Grundy
Green Lantern attacks Grundy and pummels the monster into the upper atmosphere, giving the Atom, Hawkgirl, and Flash time to get free as the rot begins to recede now that Grundy is no longer present on Earth. The Atom tries to carry out his original orders and capture Hawkgirl, but the Flash helps her and they manage to escape the giants grasp. With Green Lantern and Solomon Grundy's furious battle taking them perilously close to the brink of space, Alan Scott is horrified to see the wave of nuclear missiles about to strike Washington. Although his powers begin to fade as they reach Earth orbit, Green Lantern uses the last vestiges of his power rings energies to take out the missiles, tossing them harmlessly into space before blasting Solomon Grundy into exile on the moon – effectively rendering the creature powerless as there is no energy for The Grey to utilize or corrupt on the lunar surface.
With his power ring completely depleted, Green Lantern plummets back to Earth, but Hawkgirl swoops in to rescue him and together they rejoin the Flash. It seems that Green Lantern's ring has been recharged upon his return to Earth, so he uses it to give the planet a boost of energy to help undo some of the damage inflicted by the rot. The crisis may be over for now, but Flash reminds them all of the warning Mercury gave him about a new danger they will soon have to face, one that could be even greater than the Apokolips Invasion itself. Green Lantern reveals how the Green Earth Entity that gave him his power ring also warned of such a threat, but he dismisses the Flash's idea that they work together and form a new Trinity of Wonders, believing himself to be powerful enough to handle any situation from now on without their help. So Green Lantern bids them farewell, soaring into the sky, leaving Hawkgirl disgusted by his arrogance and the Flash to ponder their future as flowers begin to bloom in the rapidly regenerating dirt beneath their feet.
Earth 2 #6 is the culmination of several plot threads that have been carefully developed by James Robinson over the course of this new series, and it is this careful plotting and attention to the finer details of these classic character that continues to make this parallel version of the New 52 DCU so appealing. Not only has Robinson given fan favourites Jay Garrick and Alan Scott exciting new origins, he has reintroduced Hawkgirl and the Atom, as well is the incongruous menace of Terry Sloan and a plethora of new supporting characters to spawn a whole new mythology steeped in the rich lineage of the Silver Age which Earth 2 so successfully seeks to emulate.
Commander Khan confronts Terry Sloan
The winning combination of Nicola Scott's art and Trevor Scott's inks once again make Earth 2 a delight to behold. Few titles really capture the energy and excitement of a story, but Earth 2 #6 perfectly encapsulates the epic scale of Green Lantern's struggle with Solomon Grundy in orbit as the nuclear missiles descend over Washington. It also highlights just how Green Lantern's and Grundy's powers are connected to the Earth itself, providing a highly plausible limit to their immense abilities. The rich colours by Alex Sinclair enhances every panel, superbly complementing the kinetic action, all serving to make Earth 2 one of the most vibrant looking team books of The New 52.
The 6th issue of Earth 2 is bursting with character set-pieces: when Alan Scott nearly succumbs to The Grey's false image of Sam his retribution is swift and precise as this Green Lantern's emotional turmoil seems to elevate his rings power to almost unimaginable levels, Hawkgirl's tactical skills play a crucial role in helping the new wonders hold the line in Washington, and even the Atom seems to realize just how much his loyalty to the World Army has been tested by the crisis when the chance to apprehend Kendra slips through his fingers once again.
For me though, Jay Garrick has been the biggest revelation in Earth 2. This quite, and unassuming character is easily the most appealing we've met so far in this alternative reality. Even in the heat of the battle with Grundy, his thoughts reveal just how much he doubts his own abilities, although he does his utmost to hide his insecurities from the Atom and Hawkgirl. It comes as something of a shock when his hand of friendship is coldly brushed aside by Green Lantern at the end of the story, completely crushing the young heroes dream of building a new Age of Wonders, even Hawkgirl is surprised by Green Lantern's indifferent attitude towards them. This scene sits awkwardly with the sense of camaraderie that was starting to evolve between the heroes, it also leaves you feeling a bit cheated by the ending, although events are sure to bring them all together again soon.
Although it seems like Green Lantern was behaving very badly, we have to remember that Alan Scott is a man who is used to giving orders as the owner and CEO of GCE, and is probably just delegating, using cold logic to try and come terms with the death of his partner as well as the full magnitude of his newfound powers. That power is in itself symbolized within the ring he was going to use to propose marriage, which in a cruel twist of fate, also served as the instrument that vanquished The Grey's effigy of Sam and a dream of eternal bliss. There is no excusing Alan Scott's behaviour towards the Flash and Hawkgirl – particularly as Hawkgirl just saved his life – but it is clear that Green Lantern has some serious issues to deal with, and I'm sure in time he will come to realize that he should have been much more gracious in victory.
The new wonders of Earth 2 make a final stand against Solomon Grundy
This small quibble aside, I think Earth 2 has a very promising future. One aspect I would like to see explored further is the story behind Terry Sloan and Commander Khan's furious confrontation on The Sentinel. These two characters obviously have a great deal of bad blood between them: most evidently when Sloan taunts Khan about his real father, which yields further revelations about how Khan single-handedly faced Parademons and Terrornauts during the height of the Apokolips War, as well as recalling Sloan's acts of genocide that saw a third of Khan's homeland destroyed in that conflict. Khan also gets to turn the tables on Sloan when his faith in the New Wonders is validated by their victory, and it's a serendipitous moment when Khan smiles and delivers the "wonderful" news to Sloan.
Above all we still have the portent of a new threat yet to be revealed, as well as the exciting prospect of even more classic Silver Age characters waiting to be reinvented within the context of this alternative universe. Earth 2 issue #6 has been one of the most exciting so far, in spite of the somewhat unsatisfactory coda with Green Lantern, and never the less successfully sets the scene for the next chapter in this exciting new age of wonders.
Al Milgran, Dan Jurgens, Dataxen, DC Comics, Firestorm, Grey Conway, Hi-Fi, Jason Rusch, Ray McCarthy, Ronnie Raymond, The Fury of Firestorm The Nuclear Man, The New 52
The Fury of Firestorm the Nuclear Man #13
The new direction established for The Fury of Firestorm The Nuclear Man continues to build on bringing the series closer to its original concept as we join Ronnie Raymond and Jason Rusch's parents, Al Rusch and Joanne Raymond, as they bump into each other at Walton Mills High School for a parent-teacher conference only to find Ronnie and Jason have failed to show up. The two of them compare notes about their kids new life as the merged entity known as Firestorm, worrying that their studies may be effected, but resigned to the fact that they have been somewhat sidelined by Ronnie and Jason's newfound life as a superhero.
Sure enough, Firestorm is trying to take down a giant robot called Dataxen that has attacked an air force instillation. Unfortunately Ronnie's overconfidence almost proves their undoing, ignoring Jason's warnings, after Dataxen seems almost unaffected by their combined powers of explosive energy and transmutation. As the battle between Firestorm and Dataxen intensifies, General Eiling prepares to retaliate by scrambling bombers, but after Firestorm stops a wave of missiles launched by the robot – transmuting them into tin cans to avoid innocent casualties – Dataxen mysteriously disappears.
As Dataxen returns to a secret underground base for the data it has collected about Firestorm to be analysed by a secret organization, Firestorm changes back into Ronnie and Jason at the High School, but they have missed the conference. Jason's girlfriend Tonya, the only other person beside their parents who knows they are Firestorm, is there to meet them as Coach Conway gives Ronnie a dressing down for missing the conference and letting his grades slip.
They all go to Ronnie's house so Tonya can help him catch up on a history paper due for the next day, but an attack on S.T.A.R Labs by a new team of villains: Black Star, Relay, and Skull Crusher means they have to leave their studies to tackled the threat as Firestorm. The new trio of enemies attack Firestorm as soon as he arrives at S.T.A.R Labs, the fight doesn't go well for Firestorm: he is battered by Skull Crusher, his energy blasts have little effect on the living black hole called Black Star, and Relay uses her telekinetic powers to drop some machinery on him. As Firestorm struggles to fight back, every moment is being monitored by the secret underground organization, while somewhere a mysterious figure watching the computer screens begins to emerge from the shadows…
The changes wrought by Zero Month begin to seriously fan the flames of nostalgia as this new era gets under way with Firestorm #13. Right from the outset Writer/Artist Dan Jurgens successfully captures the fun fuelled spirit of adventure that will have many fans of Firestorm welcoming the return of the series leaning more towards the original premise created by Grey Conway and Al Milgran during the 70's. Its also great to see the rivalry between Ronnie and Jason evolving into something more light hearted, its also somewhat ironic that Ronnie now seems to relish being Firestorm much more than Jason, who missed his powers when they were gone. Now they are teamed up as the newly merged Firestorm, with Ronnie in the driving seat and Jason proving the intellectual back up. They are both polar opposites, one worried about dating and sports, the other concerned about grades and science projects, but both are still typical teenagers who are slaves to their mobile phones – checking their text messages the instant the superhero work as Firestorm is done!
By casting off the global espionage and brining the series back to a High School environment, Dan Jurgens has the opportunity to flesh out some of the supporting cast, setting up a possible love triangle between Ronnie, Tonya, and Jason. There is a real fan pleasing moment when Coach Conway (A great reference to Gerry Conway) berates Ronnie for neglecting his studies, as well as some nice scenes between Joanne Raymond and Al Rusch who also seem to be getting very close, and its great to see Firestorm smiling again after being so consumed by rage and angst for the majority of the previous story arc.
New villains Black Star, Relay, and Skull Crusher have some interesting powers, and the robot Dataxen is equally impressive. We don't really learn much about the secret organization they work for during the course of Firestorm #13, but they seems to be studying Firestorm to assess his powers, for reasons as yet seemingly known only to a shadowy figure behind the organization.
The art by Dan Jurgens really stands up to the high bench mark set by Yildiray Cinar, Firestorm #13 feels like a step in the right direction, enhancing what has gone before while giving it a subtle makeover for the new storyline. Jurgens works is superbly inked by Ray McCarthy and swathed in Hi-Fi's glorious colours. I really like Firestorm's new costume, established in Firestorm #0, and the way Ronnie and Jason are starting to learn collectively about their shared powers. The action in Firestorm #13 is pretty frenetic, throwing us straight into the battle with Daxaxen, but the interludes of everyday life, and action packed cliff hanger certainly puts Firestorm back on track for some amazing new adventures.


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Study Looks at Impact of Trade Disruptions on Iowa Economy
Source: By Chris Clayton, DTN/Progressive Farmer • Posted: Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Trade disruptions in Iowa looking at soybeans, pork and corn combined will impact the Iowa economy somewhere in the range of $1.68 billion to $2.216 billion looking at direct effects and additional related losses in different sectors of the economy.
Iowa State University's Center for Agricultural and Rural Development looked at historical trade patterns, income and changes to the futures market to peg the near-term impacts of tariffs and trade disruptions on the state.
The analysis showed $1 billion to $2 billion in overall losses to the state's gross product, led by losses in the pork industry ranging from $558 million to $955 million, or an average loss across all models at $776 million. That's a 10.9% loss for the pork industry, which has a $7.1 billion annual impact on the state.
For soybeans, the losses range from $159 million to $891 million, with an average across the models calculated at $545 million. That works out to about a 10.4% loss for the $5.2 billion soybean industry in the state.
Losses for corn came in at a range of $90 million to $579 million, with average revenue loss of $333 million. Those losses are significantly higher than damaged calculated by USDA, which essentially will pay out 1/2 penny per bushel to corn farmers for trade losses.
The ethanol industry in Iowa also is losing about 2% of prices, about $105 million, because of the tariffs.Beyond those impacts, numbers of overall state losses because of labor incomes declining also adds $366 million to $484 million to the lost industry income as well. State tax revenue losses in Iowa because of trade disruptions also will range between $111 million to $146 million as well.
Iowa ranks second nationally in total agricultural exports, valued at $10.89 billion in 2016.
The report on Iowa economic losses comes as China Daily paid for a four-page insert in the Sunday Des Moines Register criticizing President Donald Trump and his administration over tariffs. The insert specifically detailed some of the issues related to export of soybeans.
"As the largest importer of U.S. soybeans, China is a vital and robust market we cannot afford to lose," the insert cited Davie Stephens, a Kentucky farmer and vice president of the American Soybean Association.
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Yellowknife-born actress and activist Margot Kidder has died.
Kidder was born in Yellowknife in 1948, and first rose to fame in 1978 playing Lois Lane in the Superman films.
The actress died in her sleep May 13 at her home in Livingston, Montana.
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Julia Smith August 22, 2014 Film
Last Saturday I watched The Sea Wolves. Based on a true WWII story I imagined it to be some sort of colourful adventure about a bunch of retired soldiers making one last raid. It stars David Niven, Trevor Howard, Gregory Peck and Roger Moore. Which made it seem promising but, what seemed like hours later, I felt quite bored. The beginning of the film spends a lot of time following around Peck & Moore (serving soldiers) as they put the plan in place. But it's all very sluggish and uninteresting, and Moore just feels like Bond, but in a slightly different outfit. It gets more interesting when they actually put the retired soldiers together and get them on their way, especially because David Niven is just more watchable than Peck or Moore. But the whole thing is very, very flat. I was entertained in brief moments by trying to work out who the men in the background were (the guy out of 'The Avengers', that guy out of 'Fawlty Towers'), but ultimately it just felt like a big waste of a film and the talents of the actors involved.
I managed to salvage my Saturday by watching the rest of 'Parade's End'. I watched it, originally, on BBC and really liked it. So I Sky+'d the whole thing on the Drama Channel and after watching the first episode on Friday night, I did what everyone else would do and watched the last 5 hours of it on Saturday night. And this time I liked it even more, wish I hadn't erased it from the Sky Box now (but it was filled with pesky adverts, and I did miss the first 15 minutes). It's the complexity of the story that is really special. It seems like a straight forward love triangle, with Christopher Tietjens at its heart. But it's really about the pretence of people's lives which, in the pre-WWI, was especially important. The standing of these characters in society is all that matters, and there's a constant tug of war between what they are meant to be, to be acceptable, and what they truly want. Each character has their own struggle, a struggle which is eventually put paid to by the change of times that came with WWI. I really want to watch it again now, you should go watch it to.
On Sunday afternoon I watched 'Battleground', an Oscar winning film about the 101st Airborne's time in Bastogne (during the Battle of the Bulge). I'm a great fan of 'Band of Brothers' so I was really looking forward to this. And despite some really dodgy acting in the opening, I quite liked it. Not to say that I was in any way blown away by it. It was well-made and interesting, and probably more realistic than most war films. It paid great attention to the time inbetween raids and bombings, the time in the Bulge where soldiers milled around in the snow, wandering into enemy territory, and were missing proper clothing and food. Bastogne was an endurance test for these soldiers, and although 'Band of Brothers' probably does a better job of portraying it I'd say this film gives it a good try, considering its 1949 production. All that being said, I wouldn't recommend you watch it. It's interesting, but that's about it.
On Sunday night I watched 'Divergent'. I'm a little bit in love with 'Divergent' and am very annoyed that when it was released people criticised it for 'not being as good as The Hunger Games'. Which is completely unfair. This is a completely different story. People have this peculiar idea that if a film contains a teenage girl living in a future dystopia then it has to be compared with other similar films, the way 'The Hunger Games', on its release, was compared with 'Twilight' simply because the protagonist was a teenage girl caught in a love triangle. People don't compare films about warring neighbours, or eccentric families, or mistaken identity films, of which there are multiple versions. But for some reason, a teenage girl in the future? That needs to be quantified and qualified against its peers. Why is that? And even though I can see the similarities (obviously) that's no reason to say that a film is bad, just because it's not as good as something brilliant. I should stop ranting now… I really do like 'Divergent', I like that Tris is confident, that she is fearless, and that we don't spend half of the story wondering which guy she's going to get together with. It's more simplistic than 'The Hunger Games', I agree, but THIS IS NOT 'The Hunger Games', so why does that matter? I really do wish society would judge films on their own merit. But they won't. Because you can't market a film on 'similar to 'Hunger Games' because it has a teenage girl living in a dystopian future, but is really based on a utopian idea, and the girl actually has a loving family…'. Doesn't quite work does it?
This week I started watching 'Scandal'. I kept seeing this trailer for the third season and found it very cool and exciting. Luckily for me SkyOnDemand have all of seasons 1 & 2 available until the end of August, and I have gotten slightly addicted. The best way I can describe it is as a generic US law drama, but with more complex storylines, a bit of 'West Wing' thrown in, a few good laughs, a sexy romance, and a kick-ass female lead. Yeah, it's pretty awesome. I've just started season two.
This week I had a real 'blown away by the force of film/TV' moment when I watched 'Masters Of Sex'. This season has taken a while to get going. But this episode was just incredibly brilliant. It's been a while since my brain fell so silent. Almost the entire episode took place in the hotel room where Bill & Virginia meet to do their 'research'. It was all about what it means to be a man, but also about what people hold back or give away in relationships. What do things really mean? Do they attack because they don't like you? Do they attack because they feel threatened? It was very, very gripping. At one point Virginia is telling the story of her first love and I completely forgot myself. This episode stands as a credit to the writing, directing and acting in this show. I'm glad to see it back on track.
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Get an authentic taste of the Sapphire Coast with an oyster tour on Pambula Lake
A glorious lake cruise and a gourmet feast of fresh-harvested oysters with a maverick tour guide proves to be one of the best things to do on the Sapphire Coast.
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As I walk to the water's edge to join Captain Sponge's Magical Oyster Tour, I'm struck by the still jade-green beauty of Pambula Lake, a 550-hectare waterway south of Merimbula. There are two whirling dots in the air – a pair of white bellied sea-eagles circling silently on the horizon above the treeline.
"G'day!" says the Captain himself over the top of Mick Jagger as he helps our group aboard. "Let's go check out some oysters."
Captain Sponge – 'Sponge' is a nickname from university, his real name is Brett Weingarth – is a kind of Oyster Dundee; all stubble and khaki and a stone necklace on a leather cord. A former sheep and wheat farmer, he's been growing oysters on the Sapphire Coast for 12 years, and his two-hour tours of local oyster leases are considered legendary.
Captain Jack's high spirit and charm make him the ultimate oyster tour guide.
His charisma and wry sense of humour make him the consummate Australian tour guide. "I grow my oysters in Pambula, then I drive them up the road to Merimbula to finish them off up there," he says. "They love a drive, oysters. They go mad for a seaside holiday." His eyes narrow with mock derision when he talks about the rivalry between NSW South Coast oyster farmers and their North Coast counterparts, a standoff that would appear to be of Springfield vs Shelbyville proportions. But most of all, this is a man who knows and loves oysters. "I never get tired of them," he insists. "A really bloody good oyster is the best thing in the world."
Shortly after our tour begins Sponge switches off the Stones and lets us enjoy the pristine perfection of the lake. Sponge's boat is covered but on a hot day, sun will reflect from the water, so don't forget your sunscreen.
Take in the bird life while enjoying the calm stillness of the lake.
We scuttle along quietly as he points out the long, black rows of oyster leases just underneath the lake's surface and explains how they're grown. Why, I ask, are the oysters around here so good? Why the Sapphire Coast? Why Pambula Lake? "We've got a small population and less people means less pollution," he says shrugging. "It's just really clean."
As if to prove the point, Sponge unveils a tray of around 35 oysters that he had pulled from one of his leases shortly before we boarded. They're dressed with nothing more than a squeeze of lemon and a sprinkle of pepper. I try one, and they taste like nature distilled: creamy, salty, minerally and absolutely fresh. One of our group is an oyster sceptic but even she agrees that these complex little bivalves are heaven in a half shell. Not bad considering the price of the outing (Adults: AUD $70; Children 5-16: AUD $30; Families: AUD $180; Under 5s: free).
The freshly shucked oysters will convert even the most hardened sceptics.
The tour concludes with a short trip up the Pambula River where Sponge points out the ancient Aboriginal oyster shell middens that line the shore, thought to be around 4000 years old. We gaze at an enormous wedge-tailed eagle nest perched high in the fork of a gum tree. And we keep eating oysters. It's a pretty special way to spend an afternoon. "You must love this life, working out here every day?" I ask Sponge. He thinks for a moment. "Well, work impinges a bit on my surfing time," he says dryly. "But other than that it's not bad at all."
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Yorkshire Dance is the regional partner of arts charity and social enterprise, Aesop, for this falls-prevention programme.
This extension of our falls-prevention work demonstrates a significant investment in employment and skills for artists and connection with older adults.
Aesop has engaged Yorkshire Dance to work with Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Groups and Royal British Legion Care Home Lister House to deliver activity for older adults in danger of falling in Sheffield and Ripon.
Falls represent the most frequent and serious type of accident in people aged 65 and over.
10 % of ambulance calls are due to older people's falls. After a fall, an older person is 50% likely to have seriously impaired mobility and 10% will die within a year. Falls destroy confidence, increase isolation, reduce independence, and cost the NHS £2.3 billion per year.
Established dance practitioners will receive specialist training in two evidence-based physiotherapy exercises – greatly developing and diversifying their skills – which they will integrate into creative dance programmes, starting in January 2018.
A number of other Dance to Health programmes will simultaneously take place across England and Wales, Aesop's other dance partners are Cheshire Dance, National Dance Company Wales, South East Dance, Birmingham Royal Ballet and Dance East.
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In a last ditch attempt to bring back as many Ganesh related gifts as humanly possible for our Ganesh-infatuated grandson Elijah, we made one last stop at a bookstore in Delhi's upscale Kahn Market. The choices were many, but we had already gone way past the point where anything heavier than a few ounces added to our luggage would cause British Air to tell us to hold a yard sale before we tried checking in. That meant rejecting the hefty Ramayana picture books. Also, even when scaled down to a children's version there were still plenty of violent drawings depicting people and gods committing all sorts of heinous acts upon each other. Eli is a gentle soul and his parents and grandparents respect his aversion to scary things. So, it was on to the lighter weight Ramayana activity books featuring connect the dots, mazes and word searches.
We left the bookstore intending to walk to our next destination and asked several people to point us in the right direction. The first three told us it was too far to walk but the third, an urbane middle aged gent, said that while it was some distance, it was certainly walkable. When we asked about how far he replied, "About the distance from the Hudson River to the Gansevoort Hotel on Ninth Avenue." Guess no one will ever confuse us with natives.
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Saturday 18 February 2017 8:48 am
The Treasury says RBS may not have to sell Williams & Glyn after all under £750m deal
By: Jasper Jolly
The government has announced RBS may not have to sell its 307 Williams & Glyn branches, with the bailed-out bank instead being forced to spend £750m on a competition-boosting fund for challenger banks.
Europe's commissioner for competition policy will start the process of finding an alternative to a sale, which could see a removal of the EU deadline of 31 December 2017 for RBS to offload the business.
Ross McEwan, chief executive of RBS, said: "If agreed [the new plan] would deliver an outcome on our EC state aid divestment obligations more quickly and with more certainty than undertaking a difficult and complex sale and would provide much needed certainty for customers and staff."
Read more: RBS drawing up contingency plans for Williams & Glyn as sale stalls
The bank said a £750m provision for the fund would be included in its annual results, due next Friday, although the bank said it could also face additional reintegration costs.
The new fund would be independently administered, with so-called "dowries" paid to small businesses switching to challenger banks. Other large banks, including HSBC, Lloyds and Barclays, will not be eligible for the fund.
RBS will also be forced to give business customers of the challenger banks access to its branch network, as well as funding a new fintech investment fund.
Read more: Williams & Glyn sell off sparks watchdog's attention
Along with the 307 branches, Williams & Glyn had £20.8bn of loans to businesses on its balance sheet at the end of its third quarter.
The bank had agreed to the sale as part of EU regulations on state aid in 2009, with an updated framework in 2014.
However, the sale has proven problematic. IT issues were blamed for preventing a deal with Santander in 2012, while the same factor was identified in the abandonment of a planned flotation.
The Treasury said the sale had failed owing to "external factors".
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RBS agreed to sell off five subsidiaries when the bank was bailed out by the government to the tune of £45bn starting in 2008.
A Treasury spokesperson said: "RBS must deliver on its remaining state aid commitments and this new plan represents the most effective way of delivering the pro-competition objectives behind them."
"This new plan provides a clear blueprint to increase competition in the UK's business banking market, and would help RBS resolve one of its most significant legacy issues which has held back the sale of the taxpayers' stake."
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Research Heroes: Barry Schwartz
Posted on April 29, 2013 by Neda Kerimi
This week's research hero is prof. Barry Schwartz of Swarthmore College. Prof. Schwartz received his PhD from University of Pennsylvania and his research addresses morality, decision making, and reasoning. He has published a number of books, among other the praised "Paradox of Choice". He is also active in publishing in scientific journals and editorials in the New York Times where he applies research in psychology to current events.
I wish someone had told me at the beginning of my career…To take more math. I spent my undergraduate days taking every psych course there was. Then I twiddled my thumbs in grad school while other students caught up. I should have done lots more math.
I most admire academically… I won't mention names, but the people I most admire academically are people who are willing to be wrong in public. Everyone seems to think that the worst thing you can do is be wrong. I think the worst thing you can do is be trivial. This is reflected in journal submission reviews, tenure reviews and grant reviews. It's a pity. People willing to make mistakes in public are the people who really move the field forward.
The best research project I have worked on during my career… I think the best paper I ever wrote was not an empirical paper, but the result of a collaboration with two philosopher colleagues. We wrote a paper that tried to embed the work of B.F. Skinner in the historical context of the growth of the factory, and of "scientific management" in the U.S. It's an old paper (1978), and in those days my empirical work was focused on identifying the limits of Skinner's view of the world. This project made me appreciate that there was no guarantee that claims that were empirically false would die–of "natural causes." They could live if society believed them and then shaped its institutions in the image of these claims. Many years later I published a paper in Psych Science, prompted by the book, "The Bell Curve," that made a similar point and called the phenomenon "ideology," after Karl Marx's notion of "false consciousness." Working on this paper changed the way I think about psychological phenomena in general. It actually contributed to two of my books, "The Battle for Human Nature," and "The Costs of Living."
The worst research project I have worked on during my career… I did a whole bunch of pretty trivial things in my days working from within the Skinnerian worldview. Happily, they were pretty trivial even at the time, so no one was led on wild goose chases.
The most amazing or memorable experience when I was doing research….In my paper on "maximizing" (JPSP, 2002), we did a study of the ultimatum game that I thought had no chance of working. It worked! It was quite clever, borrowing a methodology developed by Marcel Zeelenberg and Jane Beatty. Alas, this is a part of the paper that nobody writes about.
The one story I always wanted to tell but never had a chance…Well, I have told this story. I taught a course in "motivation" almost 40 years ago. I gave everyone a B and they knew this on day 1. There was still a midterm, a final and a term paper, all of them graded, but people got a B no matter what. This was designed to have students scrutinize their own motives in being students. For the first five weeks, everything was great. But then midterms in other courses rolled around, students in my course fell behind, and they never caught up, growing increasingly embarrassed as the semester wore on. I think I ended up with three (quite good) papers in a class of 40. It was not a successful experiment.
If I wasn't doing this, I would be… Well, I'd be a writer. In the last 25 years, what I have found most satisfying, by far, is writing books (and the occasional article) for non-professional audiences. My aim is to make the mysterious world of psychological research comprehensible and to show readers why it matters. I've written four such books thus far and plan to start a fifth this summer.
The biggest challenge for our field in the next 10 years…
This will seem iconoclastic, but I think there are four challenges:
1. Too much data. I think it would be good to declare a moratorium on new data until we understand the data we already have. Five years, let's say (I told you I'd be iconoclastic).
2. Far too much worship of neuroscience.
3. People whose education is far too specialized and who then perpetuate this specialization in the students they train.
4. An incentive structure for success that is close to a disaster. It's all about having publication lists as long as your arms and about publishing papers that are "flawless." As long as this persists, all the concern about "p-hacking" in the world will not induce people to do research that matters and do it honestly and openly.
My advice for young researchers at the start of their career is…Take lots of math, be willing to make mistakes in public, and work on things that matter. I certainly can't guarantee that this will lead to a successful career. But if it does, it will be a career worth having.
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Conduction is the most significant means of heat transfer in a solid. On a microscopic scale, conduction occurs as hot, rapidly moving or vibrating atoms and molecules interact with neighboring atoms and molecules, transferring some of their energy (heat) to these neighboring atoms. In insulators the heat flux is carried almost entirely by phonon vibrations. Fire test used to test the heat transfer through firestops and penetrants used in construction listing and approval use and compliance.
Convection is usually the dominant form of heat transfer in liquids and gases. This is a term used to characterise the combined effects of conduction and fluid flow. In convection, enthalpy transfer occurs by the movement of hot or cold portions of the fluid together with heat transfer by conduction. Commonly an increase in temperature produces a reduction in density. Therefore, when water is heated on a stove, hot water from the bottom of the pan rises, displacing the colder denser liquid which falls. Mixing and conduction result eventually in a nearly homogeneous density and even temperature. Two types of convection are commonly distinguished, free convection, in which gravity and buoyancy forces drive the fluid movement, and forced convection, where a fan, stirrer, or other means is used to move the fluid. Buoyant convection is due to the effects of gravity, and therefore does not occur in microgravity environments.
Unlike other heat transfer mechanisms, thermal radiation can be concentrated in a tiny spot by using reflecting mirrors. Concentrating solar power takes advantage of this fact. In many such systems, mirrors are employed to concentrate sunlight into a smaller area. In lieu of mirrors, Fresnel lenses can also be used to concentrate heat flux. Either method can be used to quickly vaporize water into steam using sunlight. For example, the sunlight reflected from mirrors heats the PS10 solar power tower, and during the day it can heat water to 285°C (558.15°K) or 545°F, which exceeds vacuum temperatures experienced by spacecraft in orbit around the Earth.


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package gh.test.gh2011b.payload

import gh2011b.models.{PullRequestEventPayload, PushEventPayload}
import net.liftweb.json._
import org.scalatest.{Matchers, FlatSpec}

class PullRequestEventPayloadTest extends FlatSpec with Matchers
{
   "A valid PullRequestEvent payload" must "be correctly parsed" in {
      val json = parse(
         """
           | {
           |
           |    "number":1,
           |    "pull_request":{
           |        "title":"Use this to have working changes.yaml (solves your updated_at problem and",
           |        "number":1,
           |        "commits":1,
           |        "deletions":5,
           |        "id":160762,
           |        "issue_id":958598,
           |        "additions":5
           |    },
           |    "action":"closed"
           |
           |}
         """.stripMargin)

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}


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16 Lok Sabha seats for TRS: Overconfidence or Possibility?
Last updated Mar 31, 2020
Hyderabad, March 7: TRS leaders, including Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao and TRS Working President K. Tarakarama Rao, have been making claims that their party would win 16 out of 17 Lok Sabha seats in next Lok Sabha elections. The remaining one seat of Hyderabad, they claim, would be won by their ally MIM.
TRS has recently won 88 out of 119 seats in the recently held Assembly elections. With two independents joining the party, its strength increased to 90. Last week three legislators, Rega Kantha Rao and Athram Sakku of Congress party and Sandra Venkat Veeraiah of TDP, defected to TRS. AIMIM is already an ally of TRS. Therefore, the strength of TRS in Assembly has increased to 100. Congress party is now left with just 17 MLAs while BJP and TDP are left with one legislator each. With strong backing by MLAs, TRS claims of winning 16 seats look a strong possibility.
On the other side, Congress party is still a divided house suffering with leadership and confidence deficit. Although there are many contenders for Congress tickets in almost all constituencies, not many of them appear confident of winning the elections. Congress is still lagging behind TRS which already launched its campaign.
BJP, whose tally got reduced from five seats in last Assembly to just one in the recently held polls, is confident of putting up a good performance in Lok Sabha elections. However, except for a few seats like Secunderabad, the party doesn't look strong elsewhere.
The Left parties (CPI and CPM) are lost in oblivion in Telangana. None of them can win a single seat without having an alliance with the Congress or other parties.
In this scenario, TRS looks confident of sweeping the elections. However, the scene from a critical angle shows that TRS claims are not only hollow, but exhibits a high degree of over-confidence and arrogance. The victory of pink party in last Assembly elections was mired in several controversies and allegations of poll irregularities. Deletion of over 22 lakh voters, mismatch in number of votes polled and those counted in EVMs, misuse of official machinery, etc., are some of the allegations levelled by the opposition parties. Therefore, the election authorities will be more cautious to avoid similar allegations in Lok Sabha polls.
Further, with 93 MLAs in 119-member House, TRS is oversized. In the absence of a proper organisational structure, it will be difficult for the top leadership to control and regulate all legislators at the ground level. There is a huge imbalance of caste in the party. For the same reason, KCR was unable to constitute the Council of Ministers for over two months after declaration of results. Even now, there are six vacancies in the cabinet.
With every MLA eyeing a berth in the cabinet or a nominated post, it will be difficult for the Chief Minister to satisfy all. Therefore, in all likelihood, there will be huge dissent and covert activities within the party.
Fortunately for TRS, there is still no groupism within the party. But with KCR giving clear hints that he might shift to national politics after Lok Sabha elections, the newly elected MLAs would try to side with KTR, Harish Rao or Kavitha. This groupism may not be open, but it will be imminent in near future.
The election campaign will take drastic twists and turns in the next few days after the announcement of poll schedule. With Prime Minister Narender Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi in focus, TRS might not be able withstand its campaign centred around regionalism as KCR is still not a match for Narender Modi or Rahul Gandhi.
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St. Michael the Archangel Parish
St. Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church, a parish of the Diocese of Scranton, under the stewardship of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter.
As an apostolate of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) we exclusively offer Mass and the Sacraments according to the ancient liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church also known as the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is offered seven days a week in its traditional Latin form. St. Michael the Archangel is a small family parish of committed Catholic faithful devoted to Christ and His sacraments as expressed by the traditions of the Roman Catholic Church.
The parish has been under the stewardship of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) since 1998 and is proud of its tradition of service to the Diocese of Scranton.
FSSP Mission Statement Using the ancient liturgy as our well-spring, we form our priests in the traditions of the Church to serve at the altar and in the parish so that the fullness of Christ might enter the emptiness of the world. St. Michael the Archangel Parish is an apostolate of the Priestly Fraternity of…
Sunday: 8:00am (Low), 10:15am (High)Monday – Thursday: 7:45amFriday: 6:00pmSaturday: 9:00am Confession: 45 minutes before all weekend Masses Exposition & Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament: Friday at 5pm, Saturday at 8am Rosary: Monday – Thursday after Mass, Friday – Sunday before Mass
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