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Troy Hickman, The Street Walker, and partner in crime, The Twilight Guardian

Written by Greg

For the second year Top Cow has released a collection of comics called Pilot Season. Every week a new issue comes out for a month and at the end, readers vote which story they love, etc and in the end the two most voted gets a shot for a mini-series! Today we're visited by one of the winners, Troy Hickman, writer of the Twilight Guardian!

Greg: Welcome, all, to greatness that is my column Face To Greg! Today a crazy guy visits my mind in the name of Troy Hickman!

Hey, Troy, how are you doing?

Troy Hickman: I'm fit as a fiddle and ready for scripting! I'm anxious to write some comics. Quick, hand me some paper and a pen. I'm turning everyone into a Skrull. C'mere, Greg, I'm painting your face green.

Greg: Dude... (fighting Troy off) quit it! Green's not my color! Jeez. Now... can you tell us about yourself for those who are ready to become big fans of yours in the very near future?

Troy: OK, let's see if I can do this in 100 words or less (not counting anything before the colon): Troy Hickman is a comic book writer known for Pilot Season's #1 book, Twilight Guardian, as well as the double-Eisner nominated Common Grounds, City of Heroes, Witchblade, Turok, ACTOR Comics Presents, and a ton of Indy and small press books you probably haven't heard of. His work tends to be equal parts comedy and drama, and focuses on characterization. He also teaches at a college in his Hoosier homeland. He hopes to work full-time in the funny-book biz sometime soon, and is going to be putting forth his efforts to make that a reality. He can also count to 100.

Greg: Only 100? What happens when you try to pass 100?

Troy: Depends. Passing 100 pineapples or hedgehogs would be hell on earth.

Greg: Whoa, 100 pinapples? Who can pass that up?

Troy: Anyone with a sphincter.

Greg: Interesting… But yes! Moving on, a few weeks ago we found out that your Twilight Guardian book won Pilot Season! Can you tell us a bit about the book?

Troy: Twilight Guardian is about a woman who puts on a hoodie and patrols a 9-block area of her neighborhood each night. It's about her and what she sees. It's also about loneliness, and the nature of superheroes, and our love for comics, and deer jerky. It's probably the most offbeat comic I've done so far, and people are either going to love it, or hate it. Or think it's just OK (RIP, Mitch Hedberg).

Greg: Well, I think it's a lot of fun. I had a blast reading. So I gotta ask, what exactly inspired you to write this?

Troy: A number of things. In a way, Twilight Guardian is an extension of what I was trying to do with my Common Grounds series, as far as trying to do an unconventional superhero book that will still appeal to fans of the genre (and hopefully pull in some non-superhero fans as well). With TG, I want to delve into what it means to be a superhero, and beyond that to ask what makes something a "superhero comic." Does that have to entail fight scenes? Do there have to be characters with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men?

As far as inspiration, much of TG is autobiographical. I too have suffered a bit from OCD, and yeah, I also have done A LOT of walking the streets at night (yup, Troy Hickman, streetwalker). I've always been much more of a night person, so I'm fairly in touch with the kind of folks that you meet when more "normal" people are sleeping. I would probably even wear a hoodie and domino mask if I could find any that would fit my gigantic Betty Boop-like head.

Greg: Heh, so what's the weirdest thing that you've encountered on your nightly patrols?

Troy: Well, you end up seeing a lot of interesting stuff through people's windows, that's for sure. That's not to say, of course, that I'm a peeping tom (I'm not saying I'm not; just not saying I AM). But that's part of Twilight Guardian, too, that voyeurism that makes us vicariously live through comics, and fiction in general. What's the weirdest thing I've seen? I'd tell you, but I want to save those little vignettes for future issues.

Greg: Ah, understandable! Okay, so you've told us about the book, but now, tell us about the girl. She's really something else, I must say.

Troy: I hope so. It's interesting; I've heard a number of male comic fans say they want a girlfriend like her. I think it's partially because she's a comic fan herself, so they know she'd be in tune with their nerditude! And I think it's also that there's something vulnerable about her without going all weepy and "emo."

As far as who she is? All we know at this point is that she lives by herself, she's close to her mother, she works at a drycleaners in her "secret identity," and she's been through some sort of romantic break-up. She prepares for her nightly patrols by reading criminology books, watching TV shows like "Quincy," memorizing the faces on America's Most Wanted, and most importantly, by reading some of her 22,000 comic books.

I like to think TG is an everywoman, or at least someone with a great commonality to many of us, especially those who have been hurt, or lonely, or outcast, or just geeky, for that matter.

Greg: Well, she does speak to the outcast and geeky, which I can see. But at the same time it seems as if she's a bit... I can't find the words, it's at the tip of my tongue... like she's unaware of reality around her. From the way she thinks of the situations and trying to branch out justice, and it's really hilarious reading it. Would you say she's out of touch with reality?

Troy: Well, that's a good question, and it's one of the questions I hope the book raises. Is she at least a little crazy? Think about this: Spider-Man does exactly the same thing she does. It's just that TG does it without super-strength or wall-crawling. So is Spider-Man crazy? And as far as justice, I think Superman is as concerned with justice as TG. Is Supes a fruitcake?

Y'know, I've gotten a lot of great support for TG from the Real Life Superhero community and its members. It's interesting, in talking to these men and women, how many of them jokingly refer to themselves as "a little crazy." Is that what it takes to be a hero? You tell me.

Greg: Well, I think the reason why it does seem a bit weird seeing TG do all that is due to the confines of the story. It's written as if done in a real life setting, and also it's just the way she views everything. And I was actually about to ask you about the real life superheroes who's written to you after they've read this. How has their response been?

Troy: Very, very positive. I think they respond to the fact that I take what they do very seriously, and I appreciate the kind of heart and mind that goes into dedicated part of your life to helping others, even when that service involves putting on a mask and some spandex. They're some of our best, let me tell you. I hope to bring more of the RLSH mentality into Twilight Guardian as we go along.

Greg: That's really awesome. But while you're getting all this positive reactions, I recall reading something about the age of TG herself. I suppose there's a bit of controversy?

Troy: Ha, yeah. I intended for TG to be around 35 or so, which came as a surprise to a number of fans, who not only thought she was in her twenties or younger, but seemed noticeably upset about it! Some said it was because they thought it made her too tragic or "pathetic" if she's 35, and in a few cases I think it was simply because they thought she'd no longer be of a dateable age for them (and people say SHE'S crazy!).

I'm not sure her age is going to be a great factor in future issues, but we'll see.

Greg: Heh, I actually like that she's in her mid-30s. It's not too often you get books and characters like this and the age adds more dynamic to the character because now you really want to know exactly what’s up with her. Can you tell us how long you've been working on this character?

Troy: Twilight Guardian first appeared in Tales of the Pathetic Club #2, a mini-comic I did in the early 90s. She only appeared in a couple of pages, but I dug the character, so I did a one-shot with her shortly thereafter. The script for the new Top Cow version of TG is basically the script from those two appearances, then enhanced with stuff like the comic insert pages and the like. So she's been around pretty much in the same form for about fifteen years now. It's good to see her come out of the mothballs.

Greg: Yeah, that's actually pretty cool! Without spoiling much, what can we look forward to in the upcoming mini or so?

Troy: In the mini-series, Twilight Guardian will be flying her tie-fighter right into the heard of the evil Death Star, and...oh, no, wait, that's Plan B. I think what we will be getting is a fleshing out of TG's world, and maybe some venturing outside her nine blocks a bit, in an unusual way. Will there be supervillains? I guess that depends what you consider a supervillain (I don't know about you, but my local cable company gives me at least as much grief as Dr. Doom does). Will she gain superpowers? Maybe...but what if it's the ability to avoid spiderwebs-in-the-face as she moves along the sidewalk at night? What I can tell you is that I will go to superhuman efforts to try to make it a series that folks will love.

Greg: Well, I'm keeping your word on that.

Now before we wrap this up, I was asked to ask about your sweet ride. What's that about?

Troy: Ha! You've apparently been reading my blog (www.troyhickman.blogspot.com). There you can see pics of what my buddy Jason dubbed "The VeHickle." It's my "new" car, a strange sort of '97 Cougar. It has best been described as a "pimped out granny mobile." That thing'll blow you off the road, though. And you can often see me burning down I65 with my torso out the sunroof, steering with my legs, and tossing deer jerky to grateful onlookers. Look for me soon on a major highway near you.

Greg: Heh heh. What if you get stopped by the Twilight Guardian?

Troy: I'll write a scene where she and I go share some comics and a peanut butter & bologna sandwich (and then I win the lottery and discover the Fountain of Youth).

Greg: Haha! Thanks for stopping by, Troy. Any last words before we exit?

Troy: Sure, try these: juxtaposition, cognizant, fructose, widget, sesquipedalian, grubstakes, mung, fandango, ubiquitous.

Greg: And there you have it. Mr. Troy Hickman, ladies and gentlemen. Say good-bye, Troy.

Troy: Adios from me and Guardián Crepuscular!

Greg: Thanks, everyone for reading. You can all still track down Twilight Guardian at your Local Comic Shop or read it here , free! Congrats and great luck to Mr. Hickman, I'm so onboard for this book!

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29 Mar, 2017 05:38 PM

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    It should work without wrapping script into .ps1 now

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We got our visas for Azerbaijan really fast – the same day we applied for them. So, on the same evening of 4th May we also decided to hit the road again. Our departure had already been postponed before so now it was time to leave this concrete jungle behind without further delays. We said our goodbyes to Park Abshar and had the last supper with Simin (“You got to eat a lot because you will need a lot of strength cycling! It is goood for youu!”). Continue reading

Finding peace in chaos in Tehran – from Park-e Shahr to Park Abshar

Exactly two weeks after entering the Islamic Republic, we found ourselves in the heart of it – Tehran – a metropolis that alone hosts seven times more people than my whole country. Three Latvians (plus one French guy) felt even punier being here because of this fact and because they did not know where will they be staying this night. We hadn’t succeeded to find a CS/WS host but we had heard that you can go to almost any park of Tehran and just pitch your tent up there. So, we had arrived in Park-e Shahr (City Park) which was recommended to us as one of such parks by our last night’s host Hamed.

Turned out that Park-e Shahr is close to the opposite kind of parks where you could camp. It’s not even allowed to ride a bicycle there. We came to the realization that, probably most (or all?) of the parks in the capital would not be meant for camping. Of course, some sort of solution always comes for these kind of problems, especially in Iran. While we were just standing there, scratching our heads, the solution really came, it was a he and he even had a name – Rasoul. A guy suddenly appears and starts telling us about his grandfather’s house where no one lives and where we could stay, maybe. We were guessing that he is telling us that, because, as usual in Iran, his English was far from fluent. But, just following his motorcycle and seeing ourselves was our best option at the moment. Continue reading

Cycling in Iran

A different world

The first two out of seven weeks altogether spent in I.R. of Iran, was definitely an adjustment time for me. Just crossing that one border had made all the difference in the experience. It seemed we had finally gone quite far away from home and found ourselves in a country where many of the everyday activities were done in quite a different manner. And of all things combined there was I – a female – travelling with two (and later – three) guys on a bicycle! And how strange it seemed for many of the locals, that we might be just friends. (apart from when I was wandering by myself, it seemed a little silly that I had bought a wedding band to put on). But what better way to enter and cycle around the country than a two week New Year celebration time? Iran welcomed us open heartedly.

Arriving to a party is a big event

Arriving to a party is a big event

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Clifford Brooks

Twelve Months of Me & Granny

We have shared the same space
for a year.
She, ballplayer, tough mother,
Harley-riding snake-slayer.
Me, intoxicated by the sting
and singe of single living.
She’s still married to a soldier
long taken by the earth.
She is my best friend
and current keeper.

A red piano holds up
family photos.
I sit in a sagging chair,
my childish initials carved
in one arm.
She has three television stations.
Two are in black-and-white.

Her wild-haired head
swings from me to the TV,
watching the local news.
We debate how many cars
go by before sunset,
the number of calves
in this year’s herd,
that the answer to my apathy
is a good woman.

Clifford Brooks is the author of the brilliant Athena Departs, where this poem originally appeared.

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  1. I enjoy this type of poetry, storytelling, whatever title anyone might put to it. very nice

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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Team Canada inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame

Canada's Walk of Fame announced its 2012 inductees, as picked by 30,000 Canadians from over 135 countries. Team Canada 1972, winner of the Summit Series in hockey against the Soviet Union and one of the most important sporting events in Canada's history. This is the first time Canada's Walk of Fame has inducted an entire team.
Established in 1998, Canada's Walk of Fame recognizes achievements in music, sport, film and television as well as the literary, visual and performing arts. It also encompasses science and innovation.

According to a news release,
"Potential candidates for Canada’s Walk of Fame must have been born in or spent the totality of their creative or formative years in Canada. A minimum of 10 successful years is required to qualify, as well as a recognized body of work that has had a significant influence on our cultural heritage."
The accolade comes with a star on a stretch of sidewalk in Toronto's entertainment district.

This year's inductees, who will receive their tribute at a ceremony at Toronto's Ed Mirvish Theatre on September 22 are:
- Randy Bachman, legendary guitarist, songwriter and original Guess Who band member.
- Phil Hartman, gifted comedian and Saturday Night Live cast member.
- Russ Jackson, one of the greatest quarterbacks in Canadian Football League history.
- Sarah McLachlan, JUNO and Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter.
- Sonia Rodriguez, National Ballet of Canada Principal Dancer.

And now, the next installment of the Team Canada card set.

# 25 Wayne Cashman

At the time of his retirement, he was the final active player who had played in the NHL in the "Original Six" era prior to the 1967 expansion.

# 26 Frank Mahovlich
Punch's favourite Mah-hal-o-vich

# 27 Peter Mahovlich

The Little M

# 28 Vyacheslav Solodukhin/Alexander Sidelnikov

These guys were reserves and were on the Sidelines

# 29. Yuri Shatalov

Юрий Шаталов

# 30 Brothers

M & M
E & E

# 31 The Goalies

3 HOF'ers

# 32 Alexander Bodunov

one of the members of the Soviet's "Kid Line," also known as the "Headache Line."

Share with your blogger buddies an embarrassing sports memorabilia story from your past.

Fuji's question and my reply

1992 Pinnacle # 365 Eric Lindros card---this was when it was first released and it depicted Eric in a Team Canada uniform--anyhoo, dealer had a sticker on the top loader for $1.00--I think it was going for around $10.00--I scooped it up before anyone else had a chance--now the sticker was in the middle of t he top loader--guess what--it was hiding the spot where some of t he card was torn off--after that, taught me to check everything carefully

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Hobson's Choice (not Butch)

There are two upcoming opportunities here in Brantford to nab some signatures.

It's the 20th annual Walter Gretzky CNIB Golf Classic and organizers are gearing up to make the final year noteworthy.
The golf tournament, which will take place at the Brantford Golf and Country Club on July 10, will be preceded by the annual memorabilia auction on July 9. Aside from all the tremendous items up for bidding, those attending the auction will have the opportunity to take part in an autograph session with former hockey players Johnny Bower, Bobby Baun and Lori Dupuis.
Both won Stanley Cups with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Dupuis is a former Olympic gold medalist with the women's national hockey team (2002).
The autograph session will take place prior to the start of the auction, which is free to attend and open to the public. The auction preview will take place at 6 p.m. with the auction to follow at 7 p.m.

Link to the online auction.

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Hockey Night in Brantford, the Homecoming Game, will be played at the newly constructed Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre on Wednesday, August 15, 2012, with Opening Ceremonies at 6:45 pm, Homecoming Game at 7:00pm.
The roster of confirmed players totals 19 people- former NHLers Pat Hickey, Dan Gratton, Greg Hickey and Ken Murray, WHA alumnus Jim Turkiewicz, Brantford Smoke alumnus Paul Polillo, WLU assistant coach and WNHL alumnus Cindy Eadie, OHLer Keaton Turkiewicz, Syracuse University's Jenesica Drinkwater, Brock alumnus Sammy Simms, CWHLer Sarah Digg and MPs Peter McKay, Denis Lebel, Greg Rickford, Patrick Brown, Gord Brown, Ben Lobb, Dean Allison and Rick Dykstra. There's also a possiblity of more names to be added from the people who have been invited. (Adam Henrique??)

But this is my Hobson's choice.

Both of these events take place on weekdays around 6 pm. I work until 8m and then have a 1 1/4 hour commute home to Brantford. As much as I would love to attend these events, I think work takes precedence. (and my wife would agree).  Now to try to find someone who will attend these events and get me some sigs.

I don't know what is worse, having no signings or ones you can't attend.

What would you do if your were in my shoes? (sz 81/2)

Monday, June 25, 2012

Fuji's next question

Who were your childhood favorites (players)?
I'm a hockey guy and my childhood favourites were any of the Leafs. During the 60's, I thought they had a chance to win the Cup every year and they had a pretty good run. Frank Mahovlich, Red Kelly and Tim Horton stood out for me.
Do you collect their cards & memorabilia?
Yes. It was easier before the card boom of the 90's to collect their cards.I have a lot of Leaf cards. .
If so, what's your favorite item (of your favorite childhood player) in your collection?
I have a lot of autographed items including Tim Horton. The Tim Hortons' logo for the doughnut chain is his autograph. Ingenious. I collect tim-bits too but thats another story.

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Team Canada--part 3

Here is part 3 of the Team Canada card set

# 17 Don Awrey

View my July 18th post to see my autographs of Don.

# 18 Mickey Redmond

His brother Dick used to work in the summers where my Dad worked.

# 19 Alexander Gusev

Member of the Russian Hockey Hall of Fame (1973),

# 20 Alexander Maltsev

According to, Maltsev was Alexander Ovechkin's childhood idol.

# 21 Rod Seiling

Will have to post my autographs of him in the future.

# 22 Dale Tallon

There was an agreement that all three Canadian teams were to be represented with at least 2 players on Team Canada 1972. Without that agreement it is likely that Tallon would have been on the roster.

# 23 Coming Back

Game 2 Third Period  1:19 PPG and GWG

Cournoyer (Park)

# 24 Unforgettable

Game 2 Third Period 6:47 SHG and insurance goal

 Game 2 was played on Sept 4/72 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.

 Sinden takes  the Rangers GAG (goal a game) line of Vic Hadfield, Jean Ratelle and Rod Gilbert out of the line-up for this game. They were replaced with grinders (Wayne Cashman, J.P Parise and Bill Goldsworthy). Hadfield does not take this decision lightly and invades Sinden's dressing room to show his disapproval. Also, Tony Esposito replaces Dryden in net.
After the game, a frustrated Vsevolod Bobrov (card # 10) invades the officials dressing room, angrily complaining about the officiating and Canada's play.
American officials Frank Larsen and Steve Dowling, who officiated all the games in Canada, particularly upset Russian coach Bobrov in this game. Bobrov accused the officials of letting the Canadians get away with too much illegal physical play. Wayne Cashman, inserted into the lineup for this particular game, was the culprit who should have been cracked down upon in Bobrov's estimation. Andrei Starovoitov, head of the Soviet Hockey program, screamed "The American referees let the Canadian players perform like a bunch of barbarians!"

Let the gamesmanship continue.

Stay tuned, 6 games to go.

Fujis contest

Fuji's next question and my response

What's a cheap (under $5), cool card you feel every collector should add to their collection?

Friday, June 15, 2012

Contests happening galore

Its seems to be the season for contests--heres a few

Fuji;s questions

Do you ever go to flea markets in search of collectibles? If so, what are some of your favorite flea market purchases?
Flea markets are where I got my start collecting cards again. This was in the early 80's and seeing the cards of my childhood brought back fond memories. Remembering the old players on the cards I used to own. Started picking them up and also the newer issues. Then it branched into all things sports. Books, jerseys, postcards. You name it. If it was available, I was there. EVERYTHING I obtain is my favourite.

Domo arigato

Saturday, June 9, 2012

90/91 Upper Deck French Hockey

Lance and compte

Listia is an online marketplace for trading goods between people using a virtual credit system instead of real money.

I recently signed up for Listia, got free credits and bid on some items. Of course, cards were number 1 on my list. Bid on a few items, game used jersey cards, Parkhurst Champs minis and won this item.

90-91 UD Hockey Français LOT

I remember when these were first released and the pack price was outrageous ( can't remember but around $4.00)

I bought a few packs but didn't complete the set. When I saw this item, CARDS>HOCKEY>FREE SHIPPING, my trigger happy finger bid right away. After the auction period ended, the seller requested my address and shortly thereafter, voila.

# 50 Doug Bodger
# 61 Dave Christian
# 65 Jon Morris
# 111 Shawn Burr
# 133  Michel Goulet
# 137 Bryan Trottier
# 239 Greg Paslawski

# 262 Kevin Lowe
# 297 Jyrki Lumme
# 367 Troy Loney
# 388 Alan Kerr
# 494 Mark Messier
# 523 Johan Garpenlov
# 534 Bobby Holik

Also a few high number series cards in the lot.

As I've said before, FREE is good.

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Friday, June 8, 2012

Not (Puck) Junk

Like the other entrants in Sal's contest, I received my consolation prize this week.

Since Sal also asked for your favourite team, I received something Leafian.

This team insert card from 78/79 Topps hockey. I knew I had some of these so I had to find them.

Now you might wonder why I scanned the blank back. You will see why in a minute. A quick search online revealed 17 cards in the set but I had 21 different. This puzzled me. On closer examination, I noticed

None of mine were blank backed. They had  this ad to order personalized trading cards.The trademark dates are also different. The one from Sal had a 1978 date while mine had a 1979 date. The four teams that came over from the WHA were included in the 79/80 set.Now I have too admit that I collected OPC and picked up whatever Topps I could find. Apparently my knowledge was sorely lacking as my set was the 79/80 Topps insert set. Here they are in all their splendour.

I wonder if any kids did indeed use them as stickers on their helmets and sticks.

Thanks Sal for the card and the history lesson. Now I'll have to keep my eyes open for  these.

And these are not (Puck) junk.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Da Da Kanada

Nyet Nyet Soviet

So rang out the cry from Canadians from coast to coast and from those 3000 who made the journey to watch the concluding four games.

# 9 Stapleton

Good ol' Whitey. Apparently has the puck from game 8 from games end. See my autographs of him on July 4th post.

# 10 Bobrov

not my uncle

# 11 Tretiak

Владисла́в Алекса́ндрович Третья́к

# 12 Faceoff

featuring PM PET

# 13 30 Seconds

not to Mars (sorry Jared Leto)

# 14 Zimin

Scored the first goal for Russia in the series but played only 2 games due to injury.

# 15 Bill White

Teamed up with Pat Stapleton in Chicago--White and Whitey. Will have to show my autographs of him in another post.

# 16 7-3

The final game stats tell the sad story.

Friday, June 1, 2012

Суперсерия СССР — Канада

Henderson has scored for Canada.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Summit Series between Canada and Russia. This series was another one of those moments where you remember where you were and what you were doing at the time. It was a different time in the world. This was likened to a war with differences in ideaologies. In the end, I believe hockey came out the winner.

Lets go back 20 years to look at Future Trends release card  to commemorate this series.

My unopened box of this product.
The cards were available initially only at The Bay stores (Canadian department store) and were sold in 10-card foil packs with no factory sets.

All 70 players on the Canadian and Russian teams are represented, and 30 additional special cards capture unforgettable moments from the series.
The card fronts feature borderless black and white, action or posed pictures. A white, red, and gold stripe cuts across the bottom of the card face and intersects the ’72 Hockey Canada logo at the lower right corner. The backs carry additional photos, biographical information, series statistics, sportswriters’ editorial comments, and player quotes.  The card number appears in a blue oblong design within the bottom red stripe on both sides. The ’72 Hockey Canada logo also appears in the local right corner of the back.

The set was issued in both an English and a French version. The production quantities were reportedly 9,000 English and 1,000 French 12-box cases.

So let's go down memory lane with a history lesson from THE SERIES.

# 1 In the beginning
Clarence Campbell created Canada and Russia

# 2 The backyard Rink/More months a year
Looks more like my backyard rink when I was a kid

# 3 It didn't take long /7-2
I guess they felt they were ready

# 4 The Patriarch/ Anatoli Tarasov
I have a copy of his book, I believe called Russina Hockey Secrets somewhere

# 5 More hours a day
I suppose you can jump down to get out of the tree

# 6 Coming out party
Coming out--no comment

# 7 Never in Doubt
From watching some of Russia's games before the Series, I thought it might be close
(but I was laughed at)

#8 Team Canada
Team of the Century

More to follow


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Print gallery updated

Now that I am self employed, I'ld better look busy, right? I have finally updated the panoramic print gallery on with images from the 'van 4 kanten' exhibition, and some others I had not yet published.

Not only are there lots more images to enjoy, there's also the - er... - spiffy lightbox.js-inspired thickbox effect. Irony has it that thickbox is actually lots lighter than lightbox; I really like the lightness jquery as opposed to prototype/ (if only because of the punctuation of the latter). This was the first time I was really 'bitten' by the difference of quirks mode versus standards mode in Internet Explorer though... Oh well, another day well spent.

Soft proxying resources from other domains for Shockwave

If you try to access resources from domains other than the domain a Shockwave movie runs on, you get an ugly and intimidating dialog box. If there are no other options than to use the files off the external domain (eg if you are using a web service, like I am for the SPi-V Flickr interface), you can proxy the contents using php and curl (if your webserver is configured to allow this).

Here's what I use to get and serve an image from a Flickr server and maskerade it as a local file:

function getImage($imageurl) {
 // create a new curl resource
 $curlinst = curl_init();

 // set URL and other appropriate options
 curl_setopt($curlinst, CURLOPT_URL, $imageurl);
 curl_setopt($curlinst, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
 curl_setopt($curlinst, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
 curl_setopt($curlinst, CURLOPT_NOBODY, true);
 curl_setopt($curlinst, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

Equirectangular group on Flickr

It's always fun to discover people using the SPi-V engine. When the Flickr blog featured an equirectangular photo by hangglide, I found out that Flickr has a small but loyal following of SPi-V in the equirectangular group. They are using SPi-V to display their panoramas, directly off the fieldOfView site.

Cool as that might be, there's a security limitation in Shockwave that pops up a dialog box when a Shockwave movie (such as SPi-V) tries to access files from a different domain than the one the movie itself is hosted on. To work around this, I have implemented a make-shift php-based proxy, that maskerades images on Flickr servers as a local image on the same server as the SPi-V movie.

REALVIZ VTour and SPi-V3d: step outside the box

REALVIZ and fieldOfView jointly announce the availability of updated versions of VTour and SPi-V 3d.

VTour uses REALVIZ' image based modeling techniques to create 3d scenes from panoramic images. I was asked to write a viewer that displays the resulting scenes. The SPi-V3d viewer is an extension to the core SPi-V engine, which combines the panorama-features of the engine with the exciting capability to step outside the box of a panoramic image.

Update time, in no particular order:

  • After a year I quit my job. I got fed up with the 4 hours a day commute, and decided to take my chance and try to be a fulltime panorama photographer -dash- mad scientist. I thought I'ld have lots of time on my hands now, to do all that I have been wanting to do for so long but couldn't. Alas, I am still too busy to do it all. Dang.
    As an aside, as far as I know, Avinity is still an interactiondesigner short, so if you're a designer with aspirations to influence how people spend a considerable part of their day, give them a lookover. They're a great team to work with.
  • Since my Eolas hack got famous (wow, it's just a silly hack!), jumped from ~400 visitors to around 1500 visits daily. Amazing.
  • is yet on another server, at another host.

IR panoramas

Something I've been wanting to do for a long time is taking IR panoramas

This panorama was taken using a filter that blocks out most visible light. The filter, a Cokin A007 89b, is transparent for IR light, and the CCD sensor on my S2 (like most cameras) is IR sensitive. Normally the IR sensitivity is overblown with visible light, but by blocking most visibe light with the filter you get to see the invisible. I have enhanced the colors in photoshop, switching the red and blue channel, among other things.

Hacking around the Eolas patch the ugly-as-sin way

The Eolas vs Internet Explorer case has been getting a lot of attention lately, since it is almost time the patch is released in the wild. To make a long story short: Internet Explorer 6 and the upcoming version 7 will display plugin content differently from the 'seamless' experience we're used to. Whereas most plugins (Flash, Windows Media) will 'only' require an additional click to enabled interactivity, some plugins such as Quicktime and Shockwave result in an ugly dialog box when they are found on a page. The official workaround has authors rewrite each HTML page containing the 'offending' tags substantially.

How the windmill got its blades

For the second World Wide Panorama event I shot the windmills near Kinderdijk. At the time I whined that the 20 or so windmille Kinderdijk were really nothing special (compared to - say - the Taj Mahal or the piramids of Giseh); looking out of my window I was looking at no less than 4 historic windmills in Schiedam... Since then Tessa and I have moved to a better part of Schiedam, and though I am more than happy with my new view the windmills just fall outside my viewing frustrum on either side of our house.

Green led on Apple's Mac Mini?

When Apple released the Mac Mini last year, I immediately wanted one (and bought one too). Over the past couple of weeks, rumors arose that a new, Intel based mac mini was to be released at yesterday's Apple Special Event. And it was.

Few people may have noticed though, that there are clear signs that the end of the world is upon us. Steve 'I-wear-sneakers-because-I-am-vegan' Jobs presented a leather pouch for the iPod, and the mac mini has a green led! Or has it?

Loading images into Shockwave from PHP or a database

Director has a bit of a bad habbit of ignoring the mime-type, or even the filename in the header of a file when you import it through importFileInto or setting the fileName property of a member in Shockwave. This means that it is not possible to load eg an image through a php script; Shockwave/Director only sees the .php extension it requested, and does not recognise that as an image format. As a result the image will not import. Since php is often used to 'glue' Shockwave movies to a database, this inability can be quite a problem. Personally, I am using PHP scripts to digest complex files into chunks that Shockwave can handle (ie: load embedded jpg frames from quicktime vr files).

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We saw Solo and it didn't suck!

Tune in for spoiler free talk up front, including Boba Fett film talk and more. After that stick around for full on Solo spoilers and discussion.

May 14, 2018

As we prepare to see Solo in a couple weeks we share our closing thoughts and expectations, followed by a conversation on what is happening in Marvel's Vader series.


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Dry Weather Foundation Concerns in Kansas City

We have had some dry weather lately. With the dry weather, you may have noticed cracking in your yard, and possibly, the earth pulling away from your foundation.

Today we will discuss the importance of watering your foundation in times of drought. Before we do that though, let’s consider proper water drainage for the home.
It does seem a bit confusing because we are suggesting watering your foundation, yet saying proper lot drainage is a must. While it may seem like a contradiction it really isn’t–keep reading.

Maintaining Proper Drainage

While keeping the earth around your foundation appropriately damp, too much moisture around the foundation can cause its own set of problems. With that being said, we do still recommend having a good guttering system, clean gutters, well secured downspouts, extensions, and splash blocks. You want to get water 18-24″ away from the foundation, so you don’t create moisture issues on your foundation.

Now, onto watering your foundation walls, and why it needs done. When your home is affected by a dry spell, the earth around the foundation begins to shrink.  When it shrinks, the soil pulls away from the foundation. That creates a void between the earth and your foundation.  The reason this is an issue is because the weight of your house sitting on your foundation walls, and nothing is supporting your foundation from the exterior.  The structure is engineered to have the support on the exterior of the foundation. In a nutshell, it gives your foundation room to move or crack.  This creates structural issues and moisture issues.

How to Address Dry Weather

The good news! You can help prevent this! First and foremost, know your property, check it, and maintain it, and be proactive in taking care of issues. Second, when you see the earth begin to pull away from the foundation, water it, the earth, not the actual foundation wall. Some  suggest setting up a ground soaker and having it on a timer so it soaks the ground for you.  We would recommend, the first couple times you do this, make sure you monitor it, and make sure it isn’t over saturating the earth. Another option is to stand use a hose with a sprayer, and slowly, work your way around the foundation, watering, and watching.  In addition, some experts also suggested planting shrubs around your home, and watering those on a regular basis, and that will help hold moisture in the earth as well.
Hopefully this blog helps shed some light on maintaining foundations in dry seasons. At Home Partners we want to help equip you with the tools and confidence necessary to own and maintain your home.  If you would like to schedule a  Home Checkup, a Seller’s Choice Inspection, or a standard Home Inspection please visit our website at www.HomePartnersKC.com/Schedule.  You can also set up an appointment at 913-390-3376.
NOTE:  While you’re in the mode of checking out the condition of your home here’s a link to share with you some other things you might want to look at while you’re taking some pride in your home ownership.
Eric Zuelke is a Certified Property Inspector.  He has had a variety of experiences in residential and commercial constructions along with working on the rigs in the oil field.  He is passionate about taking care of people, disc golf, and his faith.  Clients love Eric’s attention to detail, clear communication, and ability to relate to them.  He has been on the Home Partner’s inspection staff since January, 2018.


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Empty balcony is not a good think. Many people wishes for having balcony, especially when they have to live in apartment. Balcony is best place to enjoy the view and fresh air. It must be boring to stay at home after working, then go to your own balcony just for refreshing a moment is very suggested. Fill up your balcony with furniture, and surely it must be balcony furniture type only because balcony can be categorized as outdoor place, not indoor place.

Balcony furniture, especially for your apartment, has to be more specific based on your purpose of using your balcony. If you use your balcony as your own private spot, then couple of table and chair is enough. But if you often invite your friend and family to have family gathering with meal time, so you have to prepare dining furniture. If you wish for natural balcony, set your balcony with small garden concept and fill it up with small and fresh plans.

Apartment balcony furniture surely has to be more elegant and modern because most of apartment is designed with futuristic style. You can put medium size of sofa for balcony purpose. Sofa is comfortable furniture and absolutely it will make your balcony looks very up to date. You can decor your balcony with outdoor curtains if you don’t really like to have too much sun light.

Balcony furniture must be durable and easy to move in and out, remembering it is used for outdoor area and also considering about small space of apartment balcony type. How many balcony furniture that you need? Two chairs and single table is standard furniture for apartment balcony, except if your balcony is smaller, then put one chair only.

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Friday, December 31, 2010

answers to Palindrome in a Palindrome quiz of Dec 24

Puzzlers were asked to discern a question George W. Bush may have asked himself while attending Yale. The hidden palindromic answer is comprised of the third letters of each palindromic phrase.

back cab
Sparta traps
Lon Nol
avid diva
snap spans
sitar gratis
not a hat on
slam in animals
naïve Evian
panda had nap
slam in animals
puck cup

If you haven't discerned the answer yet, it is..

Can I attain a C?

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Since 1990, the American Dialect Society has paid homage to the most sublime creations of each year- the new words that grace our lexicon. The words of the year have included “metrosexual,” “9-11,” “subprime,” the prefix “e,” to denote involvement in electronic media, “tweet” and the term “world wide web.” Many other words from the the computer age have featured prominently in categories such as “most useful” and “most likely to succeed” such as “blog,” “ google,” “facebook,” “” and the prefix “cyber.” The words of the year for 2010 will be announced this year in Pittsburgh on Jan 7th.

My favourite neologisms, however, deal with irreverent new usages as the American Dialect Society often lists doozies in their “most euphemistic” and “most outrageous” categories.

Here, in alphabetical order are some offerring in these two categories:

Badly sourced – Employed by Colin Powell and others to mean “false.”

Bumper Nutz Fake testicles hung from the rear end of a vehicle.

Cambodian accessory – Angelina Jolie’s adopted child who is Cambodian.

Cliterati Feminist or woman-oriented writers or opinion leaders.

Controlled flight into terrain Defined as a “crash with a good pilot and a good plane.”

Courtesy Call An uninvited call from a telemarketer usually occurring during suppertime.

Crotchfruit A term designating a child or children. This expression seems to have been inspired by the term “fruit of one’s loins” and began as a word used by proponents of child-free public space, but has since been adopted by some parents as a jocular term for their progeny.

Extraordinary rendition The deportation to a country that might receive a person unkindly through the use of torture or other unpleasantries.

Fish pedicure A cosmetic procedure in which fish eat the dead skin off the feet.
Food insecure Said of a country where the people are starving.
Florida flambé Fire caused by Florida electric chair.
Grid butt – Marks left on the buttocks by fishnet pantyhose.

Holistic practitioner A prostitute.

Internal nutrition The force-feeding of prisoners against their will.
Jesusland – The country which will be the rump USA after the blue democratic states have seceded and joined Canada.

Muffin top The bulge of flesh hanging over the top of low-rider jeans.

Partner reduction – Divorce or severing of a romantic relationship.
Population reduction – A combat assignment.

Pre-emptive self defense An attack made before a possible attack

Scooping technician Person whose job it is to pick up dog poop.
Sea kittens Fish, as coined by PETA.
Starter marriage A first marriage not expected to be the last, akin to a starter home.

Sudden jihad syndrome – An outburst of violence from a seemingly stable and normal

Symmetry failure Surgery performed on the wrong side of the body, as in, “OMG, they took out the wrong kidney!” Otherwise known as wrong-site surgery.

Thought showers This term was coined by a British city council because the synonym brainstorming was said to be offensive to epileptics.
Torture-lite Characterization ofAmerican treatment of prisoners of war; torture short of blatant bodily harm.

Tramp stamp A tattoo on a woman’s upper bottom or lower back.

Transfer tube A container or the transfer of a corpse, previously referred to as a body bag.

TruthinessIn its 16th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted truthiness as the word of the year. This term was popularized on the Colbert Report, and refers to the quality of preferring concepts or facts one wishes to be true, rather than concepts or facts known to be true. As Stephen Colbert put it, “I don't trust books. They're all fact, no heart.”

Unorthodox entrepreneur A panhandler, drug dealewr or prostitute in a Vancouver park.

Urban camping Living homeless in a city.
Whizzinator A trademarked urinating device using a realistic prosthetic penis and
synthetic urine in order to pass a drug test.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

palindrome puzzle

As well as writing about language, I create word puzzles. Every week, I plan on featuring a puzzle quiz and I reveal the answers at the end of the subsequent week. This inaugural puzzle is called Palindrome in a Palindrome.

Readers are asked to uncover the following palindromes with the aid of the clues provided. Remember that in palindromes the placement of a letter usually tells one where other letters are placed. So for the second clue that means that the fourth letter from the end will also be an “r.” Also if the clue features a plural, there’s a good chance that an “s” will appear at the then of at least one word. When this first puzzle is completed, the third letters of the phrases will spell out a question that George W. Bush may have asked himself while attending Yale.

1)Support a taxi  _ _ _ k        _ _ _
2-Laconic snares  _ _ _ r _ _            _ _ _ _ _
3)Former Cambodian leader  _ _ _            _ _ _
4)Keen operatic star   _ _ _ d             _ _ _ _
5)Break bridges    s _ _ _        _ _ _ _ _ _
6)Free Indian guitar  s _ _ _ _            _ _ _ _ _ _
7)Bare-headed  _ _ _   a     _ _ t       _ _
8)Less than 2000 lbs . _ _ _    _      _ _ n
9)Simple French mineral water   _ _ _ v _      _ _ _ _ _
10)Bamboo eater slept     _ _ _ d _     _ _ _     _ _ _
11)Harshly enclose pets    s _ _ _     _ _       a_ _ _ _ _ _
12))Holy Grail of Pro Hockey    _ u _ _          _ _ _

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Open da Vinda, I'm Sophisticated!!!

Republicans understood the importance of bondage between mother and child.”
Vice-President Dan Quayle, 1991

There is a word in English to describe this type of mistake (confusing “bondage” with “bonding”) committed by Dan Quayle, the man who provided impeachment insurance for George Herbert Bush. The word is “malapropism,” often shortened to “malaprop.” This term derives from Mrs. Malaprop (mal à propos, “inappropriate” in French), a character in Richard Sheridan`s 1775 play The Rivals, who has a penchant for this type of gaffe. For example, she declares one man to be the “very pineapple of politeness,” instead of pinnacle and states that a man is “ as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile” (i.e. alligator).

For decades, I have been a malaprop miner and I'd like to share some of the nuggets I've unearthed:

A friend related to me that his uncle once came into a stuffy room and demanded, “Open a window Norm, I’m sophisticating!” Another friend mentioned to me recently that she grew up with someone very prone to malaprops who once averred “When a child gets to a certain age the unbiblical cord must be severed.” A former business associate told me that after he gave a eulogy at a family funeral, his cousin told him “that was the most touching urology I’ve ever heard.” At times, it is the particular context of a blooper that makes us howl. A friend who is a history professor at McGill University received a term paper from a student that dealt with relations between India and China. In it, the student wrote about the “wonton aggression of the Chinese.”

Two other friends shared these whoppers committed, or related, by family members:

    My sister-in-law who upon returning from the ophthalmologist informed the collected company that she “has a genital defect in her left eye.”
    My late mother-in-law had a friend who went to the doctor for anautopsy but everything was fine and she came home.

It would seem that medical malaprops are rampant, if not mestastisizing outright. Recently, I chanced upon the mother of a longtime friend of mine and I inquired as to the state of her husband’s health. She informed me that her husband Nat’s “prostrate was acting up and that his hemogoblin was out-of-whack.” I resisted a puerile temptation of inquiring as to her husband’s acute vagina or to her very close veins and carnal tunnel syndrome.

Because malaprops make us chuckle, we see the exploitation of this type of humour in many television programs. In the 1970s program All in the Family, the central character Archie Bunker told his wife Edith that if she was experiencing minstrel pains while administrating she should see the groinecologist, and he railed against the vagrant disregard for the law by the youth of today. While consecrating on the evening newspaper he informed his “meathead” son-in-law that the Pope was inflammable.

From the same era, on Saturday Night Live, Gilda Radner played a character, Emily Litella, who wondered why people worried about “violins on television, jewelry in the Soviet Union and endangered feces.” She also spoke out against the practice of “busting schoolchildren” for the purpose of integration. When her faux pas were exposed, her weak rejoinder was “never mind.

The writers for the program The Sopranos kept up this malapropian tradition and I suspect, given the pervasive graphic violence of the series, the bloopers were often added to supply some comic relief. Here were some of my favourites:
    There's no stigmata with going to a shrink.
    Let's create a little dysentery in the ranks.
    She's an albacore around my neck.
    He could technically not have penisary contact with her volvo.

It is the very artlessness of malaprops that makes them endearing. And aside from the pure joy elicited from hearing someone mess up, malaprops are entertaining because they reveal hidden connections between words. For this reason, I find it interesting to see some of the errors that children commit and find that often their mistaken words are quite logical. For example, I have heard children call an “icicle” an “ice tickle,” an “umbrella,” a “rainbrella,” “kindergarten,” turn into “kidney garter” and a “gazebo” transformed to “gazebra.” My partner Carol told me that when her daughter Beatrice was a little tot she referred to “flutterbys” and when not happy told her Mom that she was “upsad.” One friend related to me that while her daughter was away at summer camp, that she wrote a letter complaining about her “dire rear.” Still another colleague related to me that her precocious six year old son informed her that he was “black toast intolerant.”

Alexander Pope stated that “A little learning is a dangerous thing.” Sometimes an inexact knowledge of words isn’t so much perilous as just rib-ticklingly hilarious.

If you'd like to share any malaprops with me, email me at

Monday, December 20, 2010

nerd vs geek

Welcome to my inaugural post on my blog "Word Nerd."  I have chosen the title "word nerd" for two reasons. a) "word" and "nerd" rhyme; b) the word "nerd"  has ameliorated apprciably in the last four  decades. Also, just as I 'd rather be a hammer than a nail, I'd rather be a geek than a nerd, but, alas, I am not sufficently adept technically to deserve such a meritorious designation. And, "speak geek" doesn't roll off the tongue as easily as "word nerd."
This therefore poses the following existential dilemma: Is there a difference between a geek and a nerd?

This question was posed to me some years  ago by a McGill law professor  after writer David Brooks used these terms interchangeably in an op-ed piece in the New York Times. This judicious man felt that the two terms referred to slightly different people. He checked his Webster’s 11th Collegiate Dictionary that indicated that “the words do not mean the same kind of person, although to my surprise nerd includes ‘unattractive’ person in the definition and geek does not, which I would have thought was the other way around ”

I think that most people would give a geek a slightly higher status than a nerd. While both terms imply obsession with a particular activity for me the obsession that the geek has comes also with knowledge of his subject whereas I don’t necessarily regard the nerd is as knowledgeable. I view a geek as more hireable than a nerd. Although the terms “computer nerd” and “computer geek” are often interchangeable, I would never describe Bill Gates as a computer nerd but only as a “computer geek.” In fact, he is often describes as the “alpha geek.”

What I am reflecting here is not so much the actual meaning of these words but the way in which I and every speaker employs particular words. I know people who ascribe a higher status to the term “nerd” than to “geek.” Dictionaries are not that helpful in settling this debate. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines “nerd” as “an insignificant, foolish, or socially inept person; a person who is boringly conventional or studious” whereas the Encarta World English Dictionary (EWED) characterizes a nerd as “an offensive term that deliberately insults somebody’s, especially a man or boy’s social skills or intelligence.” It also mentions that a nerd can be a “single-minded enthusiast.” For “geek,” the OED says “Frequently depreciative. An overly diligent, unsociable student; any unsociable person obsessively devoted to a particular pursuit” and EWED says a “geek” is “someone who is considered unattractive and socially awkward.”

One can see from these definitions that some people would view the two terms as synonymous and others would not.

There probably has been more amelioration to the word “geek” than “nerd.” I checked a newsgroup discussion on this topic in 1996 that showed that a slight majority of participants accrued a higher value to nerd than to geek. A discussion that took place last year on the same newsgroup showed overwhelming support for a higher status to geek.

In any case I believe that due to the fact that many people who were labeled geeks or nerds in high school went on to become very wealthy imparted a higher status to these words. After all, being a billionaire is seen as cool in society notwithstanding that the billionaire may be a geek or a nerd.

American public libraries now have a campaign that might ameliorate the meaning of “geek” even more. The slogan is “Geek the Library” and at the campaign's website at you are encouraged to “get your geek on” and “share what you geek.” The amelioration of “geek” is enhanced at the website by the following mock dictionary entry:

geek, verb

1)To love, to enjoy, to celebrate, to have an intense passion for.
2)To express interest in.
3)To possess a large amount of knowledge in.

Personally, I don’t mind being called a nerd or a geek. Just don’t call me a dweeb, doofus, or dork.


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Some of the ideas regarding intelligence and how it should be implemented are perhaps slightly outdated you would see much more statistical reasoning if you asked experts todaywhich is largely absent in “old AI” approaches to intelligence. So you walk away.

This turned out well for him, but. Fiction does not simply come out of nowhere. As I work my way through this dense book, I am reminded of the Zen tale of 4 blind men and an elephant.

Hofstadter is the son of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Robert Hofstadter. The parallel to this is the idea of figure and ground, and the idea of recursion with figure and ground holding equal importance. The twisty curlicue line between provable and unprovable for any sufficiently powerful system, there are bacch statements that cannot be proven using that system is to see the face of God. What happened to the woman you thought you were falling in love with?

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Douglas grew up escehr the campus of St Douglas Richard Hofstadter is an American academic whose research focuses on consciousness, thinking and creativity. I didn’t fin After an entire tome about the workings of the mind and what it means to be intelligent, you’d think the author would be more self-aware by the end of the book than to say, “indirect self-reference is my favorite topic”.

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A Vision, Vocabulary, and Epistemology. Luckily the author understands that not all of us think mathematically. As the pages turn you will be steadily more tested and at some point it will become apparent you’ve not been paying close enough attention. And that is only between two integers. Thus your mind is blown, or at least mine always is Hofstadter makes some fascinating observations about emergent properties such as intelligence and diverts us into the extremely heavy mathematics of Godel via the self referencing systems that are Bach’s fugues and Escher’s ‘optical illusion’ style artwork.

The issue is that the layers interceding between neural electrical firings and human thought are tangled.

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So even if you don’t have a background in the subject, you can still gain mental access to one of the most insanely doouglas awesome discoveries in modern mathematics. This goes to the heart of the question as to whether the value of information is dependent on whether it is usable to the environment.


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Iris - Tall Bearded

A tall bearded iris cultivar

Bearded irises have one of the biggest ranges of flower hues of all plants - aptly enough, as they are named after Iris, the Greek goddess of the rainbow! Their spectacular, bold blooms in late spring offer wonderful potential for creating colour schemes in the garden. The epithet 'bearded' comes from the hairy tufts on their lower petals (called 'falls'). They derive from several Iris species, including Iris germanica (the old-fashioned purple or white 'flag iris' seen growing wild in abandoned country gardens, which starts flowering in winter in Sydney and continues on into spring), Iris pallida, Iris variegata and perhaps other southern European species. They are hardy rhizomatous types with sturdy swordlike leaves and tall stems (to 90 cm) of three to many flowers.

Tall bearded Iris in bloom in my garden

They are grouped into categories according to height: dwarf, intermediate and tall. It is the tall ones (growing 70 cm to 1m tall) which are best suited to Sydney (as the others need frost in winter to do well) and even so, attention must be paid to their cultivation, because as they are Mediterranean in origin, our climate is on the edge of their adaptability. The best spot for them is in a sunny, dryish garden bed with very well-drained, slightly alkaline soil. Rhizome rot is one of the biggest worries associated with these plants. Avoid the use of animal manure nearby to the irises, as this can cause rot, as can overwatering in spring and summer. The rhizome should not be buried deeply: its top should be at ground level with just a very light covering of soil (to prevent sunburn in summer) but should not be covered with mulch, and the plants should not be shaded by nearby foliage or weeds. Plant them about 30 to 50 cm apart.

To keep the irises vigorous, dig them up and divide them every three or four years in mid- to late summer, as this is when the plant goes into a state of semi-dormancy after active growth that produces new rhizomes, following its flowering in mid-spring. Once it has flowered, a rhizome will not bloom again. Discard the old withered central rhizomes and replant the healthy ones from the edge of the clump, preferably in a different position in the garden. Trim away two-thirds of the foliage, cutting about 20 cm above the rhizome - this will reduce transpiration and help the rhizome remain stable until new roots establish. The roots can also be trimmed, leaving about 5 cm. Fertilise with a slow-release or organic plant food in late winter and when replanting.

Water irises well in late summer and autumn but reduce watering in winter, increasing the supply of water in spring. Remove any diseased or brown leaves and dispose of in the green waste bin, not in the compost heap. Remove the flowering stems close to the ground after blooming is over to help protect the rhizome from rot. Fungal leaf spot and rust can afflict the foliage: remove any affected leaves and dispose of in the green bin, and spray the plant with an organic fungicide. Slugs and snails can ruin the flowers; use a pet-safe bait or control them by collecting them by hand and disposing of them.

Old-fashioned bearded iris in bud

Tall bearded irises are natural companions for other Mediterranean plants, such as perennial wallflower (Erysimum), Euphorbia, lavenders, Artemisia, statice (Limonium) and Dianthus, which all enjoy the same growing conditions and are in bloom at the same time. Irises can look effective planted beneath a crab apple tree (Malus ioensis), which grow quite well in Sydney and will be in bloom at the same time. Irises are also often planted amongst roses and they can be grown in pots - in which case they should be divided every two years.

Whilst their flowers are stunning, the blooming season - usually in October - is relatively short (apart from Iris germanica mentioned above). There are some varieties (called the remontants) which rebloom in late summer or autumn, which have an added appeal. Many of these were raised in the USA in the 1920s and 1940s, and in recent times breeders have become interested in this characteristic again and have developed more of them. Some suitable ones for Sydney include 'Victoria Falls' (light blue), 'Cascade Pass' (white), 'Harvest of Memories' (clear yellow), 'Perfect Couple' (mauve, white) and 'Total Recall' (pale yellow). The flowering stems of irises can be picked for vases; some varieties are even perfumed!

There are a number of iris catalogues online, which can whet your appetite for adding a few new ones to your garden.

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.1735-906622120170315Comparative Investigation of Indicators of Growth and Behavioral Disorders in Children with Normal, Low, and Very Low Birth Weight at Pre school Age in Isfahan during 20151418ENStudent Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranDepartment of Pediatrics, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan, Iran,Department of Medical Education, Medical Education Research Centre, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran20170315
Introduction: Birth weight is one of the most important indicators of infant’s health and could predict their health condition in future. This study was conducted to determine and compare indicators of growth [weight, height, and body mass index (BMI)] and behavioral disorders in children with normal, low, and very low birth weight at pre‑school age.

 Materials and Methods: In this descriptive analytical study, 236 children (126 with normal weight, 100 with low birth weight, and 10 with very low birth weight) at pre‑school age were investigated in three groups. Data collection tools were a two‑part questionnaire including the Rutter Children Behavior Questionnaire for parents, and parents’ and children’s demographic characteristics questionnaire, scale, and stadiometer. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, variance analysis, Chi square, and Kruskal–Wallis tests.
 Results: The mean of weight, height, and BMI at pre‑school age in three groups had a significant difference (P = 0.009) and it was lower in the group with very low birth weight than the other two groups; however, the difference between the group with normal birth weight and the group with low birth weight was not significant (P = 0.10). The mean score of behavioral disorder had no significant difference between groups (P = 0.49).

Conclusions: Results showed that children with very low birth weight grew less than the other two groups. Therefore, this group needs special attention and long‑term follow‑up for taking care of them to ensure better growth. It is recommended to conduct more extended studies to evaluate behavioral disorders in these children.

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