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Unlike the investing in the stock market, when investing in the futures market you do not physically own anything. You instead purchase or sell the rights to a contract that controls a particular commodity (e.g. corn, crude oil, gold, etc.). For this reason, it is thought by many aspiring traders that futures prices are quoted differently. This assumption is false, as futures pricing is the same as in the cash market: dollars and cents.
When looking at futures pricing, you must realize there is a minimum amount a price can move in the market. This amount is known as a „tick” and is established by the relevant exchanges for which the commodity is being traded on. The „tick size” is more easily understood when one looks at this value as the minimum price change.
Along with a „tick size” you must also understand the concept of a „tick value”. Simply put, a „tick value” is the minimum cash value of one „tick size”. For this reason, „tick value” is often considered the minimum price value of a commodities price movement.
For example, in futures pricing the „tick size” of a 100 oz. gold contract is 0.10 and the „tick value” is $10.00. This means that the smallest movement from a price of 1200.00 would be to 1200.10 or 1199.90. This minimum price movement would have a value of $10.00. With a larger price movement, from 1200.00 to 1205.00, the price value would be $500.00(1 point move = 10 x $10.00 = $100.00 x 5 point move = $500.00).
Aside from a minimum price movement, some futures pricing also has a limit to how much prices can move on a daily basis. The upper and lower boundaries to which a price cannot move past are found by both adding and subtracting the limit from the previous day’s close. These boundaries are in effect for the entire day, and the next morning you would simply repeat this process.
For example, the daily price limit for 100 oz. contract of gold is $75.00. This means that if the previous day’s closing price was $1200.00, the upper and lower price boundaries would be $1275.00($1200.00 previous close + $75.00 price limit) and $1125.00($1200.00 previous close – $75.00 price limit), respectively.
In futures pricing, it is vital to remember that the exchange can change price limits when necessary. In the month which the contract expires, also known as the delivery or „spot” month, traders try to obtain the best price possible for a commodity before the contract expires. This leads to the delivery month becoming very volatile, and exchanges will often remove any daily price limits in this month.
THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF LOSS INVOLVED IN FUTURES TRADING AND IS NOT SUITABLE FOR ALL INVESTORS.
Unlike the investing in the stock market, when investing in the futures market you do not physically own anything. You instead purchase or sell the rights to a contract that controls a particular commodity (e.g. corn, crude oil, gold, etc.). For this reason, it is thought by many aspiring traders that futures prices are quoted differently. This assumption is false, as futures pricing is the same as in the cash market: dollars and cents.
When looking at futures pricing, you must realize there is a minimum amount a price can move in the market. This amount is known as a „tick” and is established by the relevant exchanges for which the commodity is being traded on. The „tick size” is more easily understood when one looks at this value as the minimum price change.
Along with a „tick size” you must also understand the concept of a „tick value”. Simply put, a „tick value” is the minimum cash value of one „tick size”. For this reason, „tick value” is often considered the minimum price value of a commodities price Miód Manuka movement.
For example, in futures pricing the „tick size” of a 100 oz. gold contract is 0.10 and the „tick value” is $10.00. This means that the smallest movement from a price of 1200.00 would be to 1200.10 or 1199.90. This minimum price movement would have a value of $10.00. With a larger price movement, from 1200.00 to 1205.00, the price value would be $500.00(1 point move = 10 x $10.00 = $100.00 x 5 point move = $500.00).
Aside from a minimum price movement, some futures pricing also has a limit to how much prices can move on a daily basis. The upper and lower boundaries to which a price cannot move past are found by both adding and subtracting the limit from the previous day’s close. These boundaries are in effect for the entire day, and the next morning you would simply repeat this process.
For example, the daily price limit for 100 oz. contract of gold is $75.00. This means that if the previous day’s closing price was $1200.00, the upper and lower price boundaries would be $1275.00($1200.00 previous close + $75.00 price limit) and $1125.00($1200.00 previous close – $75.00 price limit), respectively.
In futures pricing, it is vital to remember that the exchange can change price limits when necessary. In the month which the contract expires, also known as the delivery or „spot” month, traders try to obtain the best price possible for a commodity before the contract expires. This leads to the delivery month becoming very volatile, and exchanges will often remove any daily price limits in this month.
THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF LOSS INVOLVED IN FUTURES TRADING AND IS NOT SUITABLE FOR ALL INVESTORS.

Like jazz, comic books and more specifically the superhero is a wholly American art form. Also, like jazz, it is an art form that has been underappreciated. As a result of the popularity of superhero films like the Dark Knight, Iron Man and the X-Men, superheroes have begun to enter into the awareness of the general public. The following is a list of the best superheroes that comic books have to offer. The list is designed to provide a starting point for the new reader. I have focused on the essential elements of the characters that I believe make them significant or interesting. I tried to distinguish between good characters and a good story or a good run of issues when I could but in some cases characters have been so significantly defined by a series or an issue that they made the list. Enough with the preamble, here we go:
25. Spectre (Jim Corrigan): The avenging hand of God. Really that’s what he is and the Spectre isn’t above (in fact he seems to relish in) dishing out justice Old Testament style. If the Spectre has decided that you need to be punished consider yourself lucky if he just takes an eye for an eye. Even the heroes get a little nervous when the Spectre shows up.
24: Kid Eternity: Kid Eternity makes the list because he’s a cool concept with an awesome power and heck he can even be educational. Kid Eternity was accidentally killed and to make up for the heavenly goof he was given an additional 75 years of life with the bonus ability to summon any historical figure or mythological being or creature to aid in his assigned mission to do good.
23. Green Arrow: For the first twenty plus years of his creation Oliver Queen was simply a second class version of Batman. He was a millionaire; he had an Arrow-Car; an Arrow-Plane, an Arrow-Cave and a teen-aged side-kick. In the late 1960′s, however, Green Arrow lost his fortune and became the voice of the disenfranchised as the resident gadfly of the Justice League of America.
22. Black Bolt: One of the strongest beings in the Marvel Universe and yet he never uses his true power for fear of the destruction it would unleash. The merest whisper from Black Bolt could level a mountain so the ruler of the Inhumans has imposed upon himself a moratorium on speaking. Black Bolt still gets angry. The reader knows that there are times that he wants to yell but he doesn’t. The self-control that it takes for Black Bolt to remain silent only makes him seem more noble
21. The Thing: Marvel Comics has a thing (pun intended) for monsters. There’s the Hulk, the Beast, Nightcrawler, Sasquatch, the Gargoyle and many more but the first was Benjamin J. Grim. Where cosmic rays granted the rest of the Fantastic Four powers without altering their physical appearance Ben Grim was turned into an appropriately named „Thing”. Johnny Storm and the rest of the FF became media darlings while the Thing took to hiding his appearance under trench coats. It wasn’t fair and Ben has often sunk into self-pity regarding his appearance, which has made the portrayal of the Thing often poignant.
20. The Chief:Apparently if you are wheelchair bound it is incumbent upon you to organize a group of super-freaks. At the same time that Professor Xavier was forming his X-men over at Marvel Comics Dr. Niles Caulder was forming his Doom Patrol at DC Comics. Along with Robot-Man, Negative Man and Elasti-Girl, the Chief was part of comics’ most dysfunctional super group. The Chief, however, makes this list ahead of Professor X because the Chief has a more complex personality and quite possibly may be evil.
19. Dr. Strange:As Earth’s sorcerer supreme Dr. Stephen Strange has fought off a multitude of mystical and otherworldly menaces such as Dormammu and Nightmare that other heroes don’t even know exist. As a member of the Defenders (along with the Hulk, Namor and the Silver Surfer) he formed arguably the most powerful super-team in the Marvel Universe and as a member of the Illuminati (with Reed Richards, Black Bolt, Tony Stark, Namor and Professor X) he has manipulated many events behind the scenes in the Marvel Universe.
18. The Atom (Ray Palmer): Running neck and neck with Aquaman for worst personal life would be the Atom. He came home to find his wife, Jean Loring, cheating on him. He got divorced. He then discovered a civilization of miniature aliens in the Amazon jungle where he fell in love again and became their champion. This civilization was subsequently destroyed. Years later Jean Loring went mad and killed his good friend, the Elongated Man’s, wife. Ray then attempted to isolate himself once again and gave his size-changing equipment to Ryan Choi who became the new Atom. Choi was killed later by Deathstroke.While he has often been a reluctant hero DC’s resident scientist in the right situation can be a powerful ally.
17. Iron Man: Like Hourman (see #48) Iron Man is a superhero that is realistically feasible. He’s also a character that suffers from real life vices. Tony Stark was designed not to be liked. He was a billionaire military arms designer/dealer created during the height of the cold war and the beginning of the Vietnam War. He’s suffered from alcohol abuse. He wasted almost no time in making a move on the Wasp after her break up with her husband, Hank Pym. He even started a Civil War amongst the Marvel Superheroes. Through it all, however, he has remained an integral part of Marvel’s premiere superteam, the Avengers.
16. Silver Surfer: Norrin Radd is probably the noblest hero. He sacrificed himself to become the herald of Galactus in order to save his homeworld of Zen-La. Then he sacrificed himself by defying Galactus in order to save the planet Earth. The Silver Surfer doesn’t even really like people and yet he risked his life to save the Planet. What a good guy.
15. Plastic Man: Back when superheroes were new and there were no rules demanding that they all be grim and angst ridden sometimes they could be fun. While Plastic Man has never quite fit in the modern age of comics his comedic surreal early adventures have made him a favorite of creators and will probably ensure that he will never completely go away.
14. Rorschach: When a character is based upon another character it is not supposed to be better than the original unless that homage is created by Alan Moore. Watchmen was originally supposed to be a treatment for the Charlton Group of Heroes and Rorshach was originally supposed to be the Question (above at # 74). DC Comics had recently acquired the publishing rights to these characters prior to the publication of Watchmen. Then Editor in Chief Dick Giordano nixed the idea of using the Charlton characters and thus Watchmen was born. Rorschach is more interesting than his Charlton counterpart, the Question. Watchmen is a must read even for those who don’t think they like comic books.
13. Dr. Fate (Kent Nelson): The coolest thing about Dr. Fate is that „Dr. Fate” is the helmet. The spirit of the ancient wizard Nabu inhabits the helmet of fate and causes Kent Nelson (or anyone wearing the helmet) to act as the agent of the Lords of Order, Dr. Fate.
12. The Hulk: Dr. Bruce Banner’s alter-ego is a combination of Mr. Hyde and Frankenstein’s monster. Banner transforms into the monster, the Hulk, just as Dr. Jeckle transformed into Mr. Hyde but at his heart the Hulk is more akin to Frankenstein’s monster in that he just wishes to be left alone. Constantly misunderstood, the Hulk is drawn into violence that he doesn’t crave. What’s interesting about the Hulk is what he says about mankind in that people just can’t leave the Hulk alone.
11. Namor, the Sub-Mariner: The very first mutant in comics. He was also comics’ first environmental and anti-hero. Namor was no fan of mankind. He often was at war with the surface world and the original Human Torch over what he believed were infringements upon his undersea kingdom by the surface world. Namor could be an enemy of mankind but when he was faced with a greater evil in the form of Hitler’s Germany he could also team-up with Captain America and the Human Torch to fight as a hero.
10. Thor:Taking parts from Arthurian legend; Christian metaphors as well as the Captain Marvel Jr., when the handicapped Dr. Donald Blake tapped his wooden walking stick on the ground he was transformed in a bolt of lightning into the Mighty Thor, son of Odin. Thor’s best adventures have taken place in Asgard and the other realms where the grandiose nature of his character can be showcased to its fullest by writers and artists.
9. Wolverine:He’s the best at what he does, but what he does isn’t very nice.He has been a mutant, soldier, soldier of fortune, secret agent, X-men and Avenger. Wolverine made his first appearance as a little guy dropped in the middle of the Canadian outback to fight both the Hulk and Wendigo. Who was this guy? From that start he became a member of the New X-men along with Storm, Colossus and Nightcrawler. There was still no answer as to who and where this little guy with the claws, cigars and bad attitude came. The mystery of Wolverine’s origins kept getting bigger and bigger. When his origin was finally revealed decades later it did not hurt the mystique of the character but added even more subtext to Wolverine. With the release of the X-men films Wolverine not only became a household name but he made an unknown Australian actor an A-Lister in Hollywood. Easily the most popular character created since the silver-age there just doesn’t seem to be any slowing Wolverine’s progression to icon status.
8. Robin/Nightwing (Dick Grayson):Bucky, Captain Marvel Jr., Kid-Flash, Speedy, Aqualad, Pinky and everybody else owes their existence to Dick Grayson. When Batman took a young orphaned acrobat and turned him into a crime fighter he spawned a whole host of kid sidekicks. Dick Grayson however didn’t remain a child sidekick forever. The character has continued to evolve and grow through the years. He became the leader of the Teen Titans both „old” and „new” despite being the only non-powered member of the group. He went from Boy Wonder to Teen Wonder and as an adult he has assumed his own identity as Nightwing and become an A-list hero on his own.
7. Green Lantern (Hal Jordan): Before Jedis there was the Green Lantern Corps. 3,600 beings from throughout the universe armed with the most powerful weapon ever created and all working to conquer evil at the behest of the Guardians of the Universe.
What makes Hal Jordan unique in the world of superheroes is that he is not unique. On Earth he was special in that he was born without fear. This attribute was later changed to an ability to overcome great fear (which makes him more heroic and less psychotic) but throughout the universe there were thousands (currently there are 7,200 Green Lanterns) with his exact same attributes. Of course Hal Jordan was able to stand out amongst the throngs of Lanterns on multiple occasions as the „greatest Green Lantern of all” but on those occasions when he would fight alongside other Lanterns it provided perspective to the magnitude of the threat. After all if Hal Jordan (who is one of the most powerful heroes on Earth) needs hundreds of similarly powered allies then whatever they are facing must be one powerful entity. Green Lantern reminds us that there is the distinct possibility that humankind and the planet Earth may be relatively insignificant on a universal scale.
6. Captain America:Similar to Superman, Captain America has always meant to inspire. In his very first appearance in Captain America Comics #1 he is seen punching Hitler in the jaw. This book was first published March 10, 1941. This was months before Germany formally declared war against the United States on December 11, 1941, and yet there is Captain America inspiring Americans to take a sock at Hitler.
Even though Captain America like many Golden Age heroes faded after the war he became an inspiration for a new generation with his 1960′s revival in Avengers #4. Now the Captain as a man out of his own time serves as a constant mirror by which our own time period is judged against those of „the greatest generation”.
5. Captain Marvel:The original Captain Marvel epitomizes every young boy’s fantasy, „to be big”. Simply by saying a magic word, „Shazam”, young Billy Batson is able to make all of his troubles disappear at the speed of lightning as he becomes Captain Marvel. Who armed with a mixture of abilities from different pantheons (Solomon Hercules Atlas Zeus Achilles Mercury) becomes the World’s Mightiest Mortal. Unlike Dick Grayson (see Robin at #8)Billy wasn’t a young hero who was permitted to work with the adult hero he was the hero who had several sidekicks of his own (Captain Marvel Jr. at #32, Mary Marvel, the Lieutenant Marvels, Uncle Marvel and even a talking Tiger). Captain Marvels appeal to youth was so great that at his height he had the top-selling comic book in America. Captain Marvel’s greatest weakness seems to be to lawyers. First he lost a battle to Superman than he lost his name to Marvel Comics.
4. Wonder Woman: Part of the „holy trinity” of DC comics. Until recently Wonder Woman was the product of an immaculate conception and a gift from the Greek pantheon of Gods to aid man’s world. Created by William Moulton Marston in 1941 as a role model for girls, Wonder Woman has had varying characterizations in her past but at her best she falls somewhere between Superman and Batman. She is an inspiration but willing to get her hands dirty in order to make her vision of peace comes true.
3. Spider-Man: The proportional strength of a spider and still can’t get a job. What Stan Lee and Steve Ditko brought to comics in 1962 was the opposite of just about everything we had previously seen in comics. He wasn’t a millionaire philanthropist, a successful business man, or respected reporter, scientist or test pilot. Peter Parker was a teenager with real problems like how to make the rent. Yet despite the issues in his own life Spider-Man always remembered „that with great power comes great responsibility”.
2. Batman: How does one react to the loss of their parents? In fiction we are given a few examples. In 1912 Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote that fine breeding and good genetics could overcome any adverse situation when he created Tarzan. In 1954 William Golding wrote about a group of British school boys degenerating into savagery without parental guidance. In 1939 Bob Kane gave us something in-between. Bruce Wayne’s parents were killed by Joe Chill in what would become known as Crime Alley. Suddenly orphaned young Bruce Wayne dedicated his life to battling criminals. Driven by rage and revenge Batman became a Dark-Knight fighting a never-ending battle crime. Unlike Superman, Batman is completely human. Where Superman presents a spiritual ideal for man (insert Jesus Christ metaphors here) Batman represents what man can become in reality if he is driven.
1. Superman: The first and in my opinion the best. All super-heroes stem from either the „tree” of Batman or Superman and without Superman there would be no Batman. For those who don’t like Superman because they can’t relate to him than they are missing the point. Superman is a concept that is meant to inspire. He is not supposed to be „one of us.” He is a strange visitor from another planet that is supposed to give us hope that one day we too can be „supermen”. Superman doesn’t actually fight for „Truth, Justice and the American Way” he fights for the „American Ideal.” He represents everything that we should aspire to be as people and as a nation. That’s why whenever someone tries to make Superman „relevant” it never rings true. Sure everyone has felt like an awkward teenager at some point or even been filled with an almost uncontrollable rage and desire for revenge (that’s why those characters are easier to write and are easier to digest as they appeal to our emotions) but Superman shows us who we can be as people if we apply ourselves. We just have to be open to the message.
Entire list of my top 100
Like jazz, comic books and more specifically the superhero is a wholly American art form. Also, like jazz, it is an art form that has been underappreciated. As a result of the popularity of superhero films like the Dark Knight, Iron Man and the X-Men, superheroes have begun to enter into the awareness of the general public. The following is a list of the best superheroes that comic books have to offer. The list is designed to provide a starting point for the new reader. I have focused on place zabaw the essential elements of the characters that I believe make them significant or interesting. I tried to distinguish between good characters and a good story or a good run of issues when I could but in some cases characters have been so significantly defined by a series or an issue that they made the list. Enough with the preamble, here we go:
25. Spectre (Jim Corrigan): The avenging hand of God. Really that’s what he is and the Spectre isn’t above (in fact he seems to relish in) dishing out justice Old Testament style. If the Spectre has decided that you need to be punished consider yourself lucky if he just takes an eye for an eye. Even the heroes get a little nervous when the Spectre shows up.
24: Kid Eternity: Kid Eternity makes the list because he’s a cool concept with an awesome power and heck he can even be educational. Kid Eternity was accidentally killed and to make up for the heavenly goof he was given an additional 75 years of life with the bonus ability to summon any historical figure or mythological being or creature to aid in his assigned mission to do good.
23. Green Arrow: For the first twenty plus years of his creation Oliver Queen was simply a second class version of Batman. He was a millionaire; he had an Arrow-Car; an Arrow-Plane, an Arrow-Cave and a teen-aged side-kick. In the late 1960′s, however, Green Arrow lost his fortune and became the voice of the disenfranchised as the resident gadfly of the Justice League of America.
22. Black Bolt: One of the strongest beings in the Marvel Universe and yet he never uses his true power for fear of the destruction it would unleash. The merest whisper from Black Bolt could level a mountain so the ruler of the Inhumans has imposed upon himself a moratorium on speaking. Black Bolt still gets angry. The reader knows that there are times that he wants to yell but he doesn’t. The self-control that it takes for Black Bolt to remain silent only makes him seem more noble
21. The Thing: Marvel Comics has a thing (pun intended) for monsters. There’s the Hulk, the Beast, Nightcrawler, Sasquatch, the Gargoyle and many more but the first was Benjamin J. Grim. Where cosmic rays granted the rest of the Fantastic Four powers without altering their physical appearance Ben Grim was turned into an appropriately named „Thing”. Johnny Storm and the rest of the FF became media darlings while the Thing took to hiding his appearance under trench coats. It wasn’t fair and Ben has often sunk into self-pity regarding his appearance, which has made the portrayal of the Thing often poignant.
20. The Chief:Apparently if you are wheelchair bound it is incumbent upon you to organize a group of super-freaks. At the same time that Professor Xavier was forming his X-men over at Marvel Comics Dr. Niles Caulder was forming his Doom Patrol at DC Comics. Along with Robot-Man, Negative Man and Elasti-Girl, the Chief was part of comics’ most dysfunctional super group. The Chief, however, makes this list ahead of Professor X because the Chief has a more complex personality and quite possibly may be evil.
19. Dr. Strange:As Earth’s sorcerer supreme Dr. Stephen Strange has fought off a multitude of mystical and otherworldly menaces such as Dormammu and Nightmare that other heroes don’t even know exist. As a member of the Defenders (along with the Hulk, Namor and the Silver Surfer) he formed arguably the most powerful super-team in the Marvel Universe and as a member of the Illuminati (with Reed Richards, Black Bolt, Tony Stark, Namor and Professor X) he has manipulated many events behind the scenes in the Marvel Universe.
18. The Atom (Ray Palmer): Running neck and neck with Aquaman for worst personal life would be the Atom. He came home to find his wife, Jean Loring, cheating on him. He got divorced. He then discovered a civilization of miniature aliens in the Amazon jungle where he fell in love again and became their champion. This civilization was subsequently destroyed. Years later Jean Loring went mad and killed his good friend, the Elongated Man’s, wife. Ray then attempted to isolate himself once again and gave his size-changing equipment to Ryan Choi who became the new Atom. Choi was killed later by Deathstroke.While he has often been a reluctant hero DC’s resident scientist in the right situation can be a powerful ally.
17. Iron Man: Like Hourman (see #48) Iron Man is a superhero that is realistically feasible. He’s also a character that suffers from real life vices. Tony Stark was designed not to be liked. He was a billionaire military arms designer/dealer created during the height of the cold war and the beginning of the Vietnam War. He’s suffered from alcohol abuse. He wasted almost no time in making a move on the Wasp after her break up with her husband, Hank Pym. He even started a Civil War amongst the Marvel Superheroes. Through it all, however, he has remained an integral part of Marvel’s premiere superteam, the Avengers.
16. Silver Surfer: Norrin Radd is probably the noblest hero. He sacrificed himself to become the herald of Galactus in order to save his homeworld of Zen-La. Then he sacrificed himself by defying Galactus in order to save the planet Earth. The Silver Surfer doesn’t even really like people and yet he risked his life to save the Planet. What a good guy.
15. Plastic Man: Back when superheroes were new and there were no rules demanding that they all be grim and angst ridden sometimes they could be fun. While Plastic Man has never quite fit in the modern age of comics his comedic surreal early adventures have made him a favorite of creators and will probably ensure that he will never completely go away.
14. Rorschach: When a character is based upon another character it is not supposed to be better than the original unless that homage is created by Alan Moore. Watchmen was originally supposed to be a treatment for the Charlton Group of Heroes and Rorshach was originally supposed to be the Question (above at # 74). DC Comics had recently acquired the publishing rights to these characters prior to the publication of Watchmen. Then Editor in Chief Dick Giordano nixed the idea of using the Charlton characters and thus Watchmen was born. Rorschach is more interesting than his Charlton counterpart, the Question. Watchmen is a must read even for those who don’t think they like comic books.
13. Dr. Fate (Kent Nelson): The coolest thing about Dr. Fate is that „Dr. Fate” is the helmet. The spirit of the ancient wizard Nabu inhabits the helmet of fate and causes Kent Nelson (or anyone wearing the helmet) to act as the agent of the Lords of Order, Dr. Fate.
12. The Hulk: Dr. Bruce Banner’s alter-ego is a combination of Mr. Hyde and Frankenstein’s monster. Banner transforms into the monster, the Hulk, just as Dr. Jeckle transformed into Mr. Hyde but at his heart the Hulk is more akin to Frankenstein’s monster in that he just wishes to be left alone. Constantly misunderstood, the Hulk is drawn into violence that he doesn’t crave. What’s interesting about the Hulk is what he says about mankind in that people just can’t leave the Hulk alone.
11. Namor, the Sub-Mariner: The very first mutant in comics. He was also comics’ first environmental and anti-hero. Namor was no fan of mankind. He often was at war with the surface world and the original Human Torch over what he believed were infringements upon his undersea kingdom by the surface world. Namor could be an enemy of mankind but when he was faced with a greater evil in the form of Hitler’s Germany he could also team-up with Captain America and the Human Torch to fight as a hero.
10. Thor:Taking parts from Arthurian legend; Christian metaphors as well as the Captain Marvel Jr., when the handicapped Dr. Donald Blake tapped his wooden walking stick on the ground he was transformed in a bolt of lightning into the Mighty Thor, son of Odin. Thor’s best adventures have taken place in Asgard and the other realms where the grandiose nature of his character can be showcased to its fullest by writers and artists.
9. Wolverine:He’s the best at what he does, but what he does isn’t very nice.He has been a mutant, soldier, soldier of fortune, secret agent, X-men and Avenger. Wolverine made his first appearance as a little guy dropped in the middle of the Canadian outback to fight both the Hulk and Wendigo. Who was this guy? From that start he became a member of the New X-men along with Storm, Colossus and Nightcrawler. There was still no answer as to who and where this little guy with the claws, cigars and bad attitude came. The mystery of Wolverine’s origins kept getting bigger and bigger. When his origin was finally revealed decades later it did not hurt the mystique of the character but added even more subtext to Wolverine. With the release of the X-men films Wolverine not only became a household name but he made an unknown Australian actor an A-Lister in Hollywood. Easily the most popular character created since the silver-age there just doesn’t seem to be any slowing Wolverine’s progression to icon status.
8. Robin/Nightwing (Dick Grayson):Bucky, Captain Marvel Jr., Kid-Flash, Speedy, Aqualad, Pinky and everybody else owes their existence to Dick Grayson. When Batman took a young orphaned acrobat and turned him into a crime fighter he spawned a whole host of kid sidekicks. Dick Grayson however didn’t remain a child sidekick forever. The character has continued to evolve and grow through the years. He became the leader of the Teen Titans both „old” and „new” despite being the only non-powered member of the group. He went from Boy Wonder to Teen Wonder and as an adult he has assumed his own identity as Nightwing and become an A-list hero on his own.
7. Green Lantern (Hal Jordan): Before Jedis there was the Green Lantern Corps. 3,600 beings from throughout the universe armed with the most powerful weapon ever created and all working to conquer evil at the behest of the Guardians of the Universe.
What makes Hal Jordan unique in the world of superheroes is that he is not unique. On Earth he was special in that he was born without fear. This attribute was later changed to an ability to overcome great fear (which makes him more heroic and less psychotic) but throughout the universe there were thousands (currently there are 7,200 Green Lanterns) with his exact same attributes. Of course Hal Jordan was able to stand out amongst the throngs of Lanterns on multiple occasions as the „greatest Green Lantern of all” but on those occasions when he would fight alongside other Lanterns it provided perspective to the magnitude of the threat. After all if Hal Jordan (who is one of the most powerful heroes on Earth) needs hundreds of similarly powered allies then whatever they are facing must be one powerful entity. Green Lantern reminds us that there is the distinct possibility that humankind and the planet Earth may be relatively insignificant on a universal scale.
6. Captain America:Similar to Superman, Captain America has always meant to inspire. In his very first appearance in Captain America Comics #1 he is seen punching Hitler in the jaw. This book was first published March 10, 1941. This was months before Germany formally declared war against the United States on December 11, 1941, and yet there is Captain America inspiring Americans to take a sock at Hitler.
Even though Captain America like many Golden Age heroes faded after the war he became an inspiration for a new generation with his 1960′s revival in Avengers #4. Now the Captain as a man out of his own time serves as a constant mirror by which our own time period is judged against those of „the greatest generation”.
5. Captain Marvel:The original Captain Marvel epitomizes every young boy’s fantasy, „to be big”. Simply by saying a magic word, „Shazam”, young Billy Batson is able to make all of his troubles disappear at the speed of lightning as he becomes Captain Marvel. Who armed with a mixture of abilities from different pantheons (Solomon Hercules Atlas Zeus Achilles Mercury) becomes the World’s Mightiest Mortal. Unlike Dick Grayson (see Robin at #8)Billy wasn’t a young hero who was permitted to work with the adult hero he was the hero who had several sidekicks of his own (Captain Marvel Jr. at #32, Mary Marvel, the Lieutenant Marvels, Uncle Marvel and even a talking Tiger). Captain Marvels appeal to youth was so great that at his height he had the top-selling comic book in America. Captain Marvel’s greatest weakness seems to be to lawyers. First he lost a battle to Superman than he lost his name to Marvel Comics.
4. Wonder Woman: Part of the „holy trinity” of DC comics. Until recently Wonder Woman was the product of an immaculate conception and a gift from the Greek pantheon of Gods to aid man’s world. Created by William Moulton Marston in 1941 as a role model for girls, Wonder Woman has had varying characterizations in her past but at her best she falls somewhere between Superman and Batman. She is an inspiration but willing to get her hands dirty in order to make her vision of peace comes true.
3. Spider-Man: The proportional strength of a spider and still can’t get a job. What Stan Lee and Steve Ditko brought to comics in 1962 was the opposite of just about everything we had previously seen in comics. He wasn’t a millionaire philanthropist, a successful business man, or respected reporter, scientist or test pilot. Peter Parker was a teenager with real problems like how to make the rent. Yet despite the issues in his own life Spider-Man always remembered „that with great power comes great responsibility”.
2. Batman: How does one react to the loss of their parents? In fiction we are given a few examples. In 1912 Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote that fine breeding and good genetics could overcome any adverse situation when he created Tarzan. In 1954 William Golding wrote about a group of British school boys degenerating into savagery without parental guidance. In 1939 Bob Kane gave us something in-between. Bruce Wayne’s parents were killed by Joe Chill in what would become known as Crime Alley. Suddenly orphaned young Bruce Wayne dedicated his life to battling criminals. Driven by rage and revenge Batman became a Dark-Knight fighting a never-ending battle crime. Unlike Superman, Batman is completely human. Where Superman presents a spiritual ideal for man (insert Jesus Christ metaphors here) Batman represents what man can become in reality if he is driven.
1. Superman: The first and in my opinion the best. All super-heroes stem from either the „tree” of Batman or Superman and without Superman there would be no Batman. For those who don’t like Superman because they can’t relate to him than they are missing the point. Superman is a concept that is meant to inspire. He is not supposed to be „one of us.” He is a strange visitor from another planet that is supposed to give us hope that one day we too can be „supermen”. Superman doesn’t actually fight for „Truth, Justice and the American Way” he fights for the „American Ideal.” He represents everything that we should aspire to be as people and as a nation. That’s why whenever someone tries to make Superman „relevant” it never rings true. Sure everyone has felt like an awkward teenager at some point or even been filled with an almost uncontrollable rage and desire for revenge (that’s why those characters are easier to write and are easier to digest as they appeal to our emotions) but Superman shows us who we can be as people if we apply ourselves. We just have to be open to the message.
Entire list of my top 100

E-books have entered the market in this decade and are here to stay much like the social media. Initially, when comparisons were made between the times children gave to computer versus book reading, the statistics got both the parents and teachers worried. However, the new option of having Download PDF ebooks on the PC solves a major problem faced by teachers i.e. directing children towards book reading from an early age.
The best thing about ebooks is that they are usually priced lower than hard-back versions as they circumvent the cost of transport, publishing, any sales tax etc. Once the rights are sold, a downloaded eBook can be passed on from one child to another without any sort of depreciation. That leads us to another unique benefit of free ebooks, they never get old, rotten, torn, smudged etc. Amazingly, they don’t even get outdated, so you don’t have to worry about a new version every time, like for yearly curriculum books that need to be bought again if a single new chapter is added. As all typing and amendment is done on the internet, any new inclusion will be done online and you can easily download the new version.
Another great benefit is the availability of free ebooks online. It’s surprising how good information is available easily and freely with no hidden charges atall. You can find dedicated websites online that let you download free eBooks on a variety of subjects. Children can find free comic ebooks and free entertainment eBooks like free Harry Potter ebooks, free music ebooks, free story ebooks etc. High school students and university graduates can look for in-depth free law ebooks, free medical ebooks, free science ebooks, business ebooks etc. IT specialists will be more than relieved to find free networking ebooks, free oracle ebooks, free java e-books, free Photoshop ebooks, free Linux ebooks etc. They can easily download free eBooks on networking and programming to create their very own website using flash, Asp.net, vb.net, C++etc. For getting basic knowledge of website script, you can download HTML ebooks.
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E-books have entered the market in this decade and are here to stay much like the social media. Initially, when comparisons were made between the times children gave to computer versus book reading, the statistics got both the parents and teachers worried. However, the new option of having Download PDF ebooks on the PC solves a major problem faced by teachers i.e. directing children towards book reading from an early age.
The best thing about ebooks is that they are usually priced lower than hard-back versions as they circumvent the cost of transport, publishing, any sales tax etc. Once the rights are sold, a downloaded eBook can be passed on from one child to another without any sort of depreciation. That leads us to another unique benefit of free ebooks, they never get old, rotten, torn, smudged etc. Amazingly, they don’t even get outdated, so you don’t have to worry about a new version every time, like for yearly curriculum books that need to rzecznik patentowy be bought again if a single new chapter is added. As all typing and amendment is done on the internet, any new inclusion will be done online and you can easily download the new version.
Another great benefit is the availability of free ebooks online. It’s surprising how good information is available easily and freely with no hidden charges atall. You can find dedicated websites online that let you download free eBooks on a variety of subjects. Children can find free comic ebooks and free entertainment eBooks like free Harry Potter ebooks, free music ebooks, free story ebooks etc. High school students and university graduates can look for in-depth free law ebooks, free medical ebooks, free science ebooks, business ebooks etc. IT specialists will be more than relieved to find free networking ebooks, free oracle ebooks, free java e-books, free Photoshop ebooks, free Linux ebooks etc. They can easily download free eBooks on networking and programming to create their very own website using flash, Asp.net, vb.net, C++etc. For getting basic knowledge of website script, you can download HTML ebooks.
Harry Potter ebooks are the most popular ones, not only amongst kids, but adults alike. Mathematical e-books are there to learn approaches to problem solving with examples. Medical ebooks are good for professionals who want to keep informed of latest development in medicines and about the reasons and remedies of diseases. Those who want to improve their language skills can look for free Oxford guide to learn simple words with explanations, sentence constructions, grammar, idioms, and phrases etc.

The primary goal of detoxing is to get the harmful chemicals out of your body. In order to successfully detox from cocaine, you should have a plan in place. If you dive in to detox without knowing what to expect before, during and after the process, it may interfere with the ultimate goal which is to detox. Before starting the detox it will be helpful to get some basic supplies to keep you strong during the process. Dehydration often occurs so stock up on Gatorade (pedialite for children works great), herbal teas, herbal calmers for anxiety (available at most grocery stores), fruit and some saltine crackers or Ritz crackers.
Seeking the assistance of a treatment center is recommended, however, self detox is possible. The primary addiction of cocaine is psychological as opposed to physical. This does not mean that your body will not undergo extensive physical discomfort, it simply means that you will have to be mentally prepared to clear your body of the substance, be mentally prepared for the withdrawal and be mentally prepared for the steps to stay clean.
It is recommended that you visit a physician to determine if you are physically able to handle detoxing without medical assistance. This will include a basic physical to check things such as your heart and blood pressure. You will need to remove all cocaine and any paraphernalia that will be associated with you using. Do not have anything in your possession that will tempt you to use while you are going through detox. In order for the process to be successful, you cannot use cocaine or another substance during or after the detox.
The withdrawal symptoms will vary for each person, but you can expect the withdrawal process to last from two days to several weeks. The physical symptoms of withdrawing include headache, diarrhea, vomiting, depression and/or the inability to sleep. You may experience all or only a few of the typical symptoms and it cannot be determined how far into the process you are by the symptoms being experienced. Psychological symptoms could include restlessness, agitation and/or irritability. It is also common for a cocaine addict to experience worrisome thoughts, dissatisfaction’s, nightmares and depression as well as an increase in appetite.
One of the strongest, most overwhelming part of withdrawal, will be the cravings. Part of the addiction to cocaine is the intense cravings it provokes. During withdrawal these cravings will intensify. It will be beneficial if you have someone staying with you or someone that you can call during the cravings, it will be beneficial to have someone to relate to. Often times cocaine users can also benefit from making a list of reasons they are quitting and referring to the list during the entire process, especially during the cravings.
After getting through the withdrawal part of the process, it is crucial that you get help to stay on track and guide you through the lifestyle change.
The primary goal of detoxing is to get the harmful chemicals out of your body. In order to successfully detox from cocaine, you should have a plan in place. If you dive in to detox without knowing what to expect before, during and after the process, it may interfere with the ultimate goal which is to detox. Before starting the detox it will be helpful to get some basic supplies to keep you strong sex ogłoszenia during the process. Dehydration often occurs so stock up on Gatorade (pedialite for children works great), herbal teas, herbal calmers for anxiety (available at most grocery stores), fruit and some saltine crackers or Ritz crackers.
Seeking the assistance of a treatment center is recommended, however, self detox is possible. The primary addiction of cocaine is psychological as opposed to physical. This does not mean that your body will not undergo extensive physical discomfort, it simply means that you will have to be mentally prepared to clear your body of the substance, be mentally prepared for the withdrawal and be mentally prepared for the steps to stay clean.
It is recommended that you visit a physician to determine if you are physically able to handle detoxing without medical assistance. This will include a basic physical to check things such as your heart and blood pressure. You will need to remove all cocaine and any paraphernalia that will be associated with you using. Do not have anything in your possession that will tempt you to use while you are going through detox. In order for the process to be successful, you cannot use cocaine or another substance during or after the detox.
The withdrawal symptoms will vary for each person, but you can expect the withdrawal process to last from two days to several weeks. The physical symptoms of withdrawing include headache, diarrhea, vomiting, depression and/or the inability to sleep. You may experience all or only a few of the typical symptoms and it cannot be determined how far into the process you are by the symptoms being experienced. Psychological symptoms could include restlessness, agitation and/or irritability. It is also common for a cocaine addict to experience worrisome thoughts, dissatisfaction’s, nightmares and depression as well as an increase in appetite.
One of the strongest, most overwhelming part of withdrawal, will be the cravings. Part of the addiction to cocaine is the intense cravings it provokes. During withdrawal these cravings will intensify. It will be beneficial if you have someone staying with you or someone that you can call during the cravings, it will be beneficial to have someone to relate to. Often times cocaine users can also benefit from making a list of reasons they are quitting and referring to the list during the entire process, especially during the cravings.
After getting through the withdrawal part of the process, it is crucial that you get help to stay on track and guide you through the lifestyle change.

Cone, wedges, prism, kitten or puppy, whatever the style, high heels are a classic feature of female fashion. As we struggle along battling foot pain, risking falls and dodging grates and soft grass, do we ever stop to consider the history of these most iconic pieces of footwear?
The origin of high heels is contentious, though many believe they originated in ancient Egypt, where the wearing of any shoes was a sign of power and wealth. The first precursors to what we now call stilettos were discovered in an Egyptian tomb, dated to around 1000BC.
Legend has it high heels were introduced to European aristocracy in the 16th Century by Catherine de Medici in Paris. Betrothed to the Duke of Orleans, who would later become the king of France, the diminutive 15 year old Catherine donned slippers with two-inch heels to increase her stature and command respect.
By 1850, men had got in on the act, too, with nobleman and the „well-heeled” in England and France slipping into heels sometimes up to five inches high. It was a past time fraught with danger for Frenchman, however as those found wearing heels higher than those worn by the King could find themselves thrown in jail…or worse.
Thankfully, men’s heels faded into obscurity during the French revolution as ideals of equality took over from traditions of aristocracy and privileged. Along with the demise of men’s heels, those for women also disappeared. Not everyone was happy with this of course, the Queen of France Marie Antoinette reputedly went to the guillotine wearing two-inch high heels.
Heels regained popularity in the late 1800′s and into the 20th century. Rising hemlines in the 1920,s encouraged decorative footwear with a high heel, thus the introduction of the Louis heel into western culture. The post war era saw a revival of fashion in the west, led in part by French fashion icon Christian Dior. The sexy shoe, with a tapered heel, became known as the stiletto.
High heels – supposed to give the impression of longer, more slender legs – were crititsied by feminists in the 1960′s as a form of oppression, however much of that concern was forgotten during the disco age of the next decade where even stars like john Travolta got in on the act, wearing platforms in Saturday Night Fever.
Love them or hate them, it seems high heels are her to stay and perhaps only an Australian revolution could ever see them lose their popularity again.
Cone, wedges, prism, kitten or puppy, whatever the style, high heels are a classic feature of female fashion. As we struggle along battling foot pain, risking falls and dodging grates and soft grass, do we ever stop to consider the history of these most iconic pieces of footwear?
The origin of high heels is contentious, though many believe they originated in ancient Egypt, where the wearing of any shoes was a sign of power and wealth. The first precursors to what we now call stilettos were discovered in an Egyptian tomb, dated to around 1000BC.
Legend has it high heels were introduced to European aristocracy in the 16th Century by Catherine de Medici in Paris. Betrothed to the Duke of Orleans, who would later ogrodzenia become the king of France, the diminutive 15 year old Catherine donned slippers with two-inch heels to increase her stature and command respect.
By 1850, men had got in on the act, too, with nobleman and the „well-heeled” in England and France slipping into heels sometimes up to five inches high. It was a past time fraught with danger for Frenchman, however as those found wearing heels higher than those worn by the King could find themselves thrown in jail…or worse.
Thankfully, men’s heels faded into obscurity during the French revolution as ideals of equality took over from traditions of aristocracy and privileged. Along with the demise of men’s heels, those for women also disappeared. Not everyone was happy with this of course, the Queen of France Marie Antoinette reputedly went to the guillotine wearing two-inch high heels.
Heels regained popularity in the late 1800′s and into the 20th century. Rising hemlines in the 1920,s encouraged decorative footwear with a high heel, thus the introduction of the Louis heel into western culture. The post war era saw a revival of fashion in the west, led in part by French fashion icon Christian Dior. The sexy shoe, with a tapered heel, became known as the stiletto.
High heels – supposed to give the impression of longer, more slender legs – were crititsied by feminists in the 1960′s as a form of oppression, however much of that concern was forgotten during the disco age of the next decade where even stars like john Travolta got in on the act, wearing platforms in Saturday Night Fever.
Love them or hate them, it seems high heels are her to stay and perhaps only an Australian revolution could ever see them lose their popularity again.

„Murder, She Wrote” meets „Quincy, M.E.” is everything the viewers will find during each episode of this hour-long medical drama. Dana Delany (Dr. Megan Hunt) sells herself deep into the daily life as a court-medical expert who once dominated as the head of neurosurgery at a Philadelphia hospital. She has the many layers needed to reveal the qualities Dr. Hunt offers amid those who surround her work and home life.
Dr. Hunt has had a successful career yet all was lost when a severe car accident takes away her ability to perform her duties as a surgeon. If this is not enough to deal with, her personal life has begun to crumble because she was unable to balance work with home life. Her husband, Todd Fleming (Jeffrey Bordling), not only files for divorce but also wins custody of their daughter, Lacey Fleming (Mary Matilyn Mouser). Megan struggles with the inability to connect to her daughter no matter how hard she tries and often she pushes to hard only to put more distance between the two.
Peter Dunlap (Nicholas Bishop ) is the perfect counter to Dr. Hunt’s bold personality with his level-headed approach to his job as medicolegal investigator. A former police officer who, like Dr. Hunt, had to leave the job he loved after a gunshot wound to the shoulder during a robbery that took him off the beat.
Dr. Kate Murphy (Jeri Ryan) is the first female chief medical examiner in Philadelphia. Her ability to do her job as a politician balancing the medical examiner’s office, Philadelphia police department and the city’s needs equally. Dr. Hunt has endeared herself to Murphy and together they deal with the task of informing the grieving families of their findings.
Dr. Curtis Brumfield (Windell Middlebrooks) is deputy chief medical examiner who must balance the constant financial restraints of a hospital budget with the laboratory costs necessary to complete the each autopsy. Dr. Ethan Gross (Geoffrey Arend) is often paired up with Brumfield to retrieve evidence that will bring new light to a case. Gross needs the experience and guidance from Curtis that levels his overzealous excitement at every corner during investigations.
Detective Bud Morris (John Carroll Lynch) is a no-holds-barred homicide detective who wants speedy resolutions to his cases. Cut and dry is how he sees every murder until Dr. Hunt arrives where she looks beyond the superficial aspects of the scene. Detective Samantha Baker (Sonja Sohn) is partnered with Morris and plays mediator between him and Hunt. Her intelligence shines through and wins the respect of Hunt and Dunlap. Baker finds her comfort zone working closely with the medical examiner’s office while unraveling the mysteries of murder that cross her desk.
Overall, the show combines crime, investigation, medical, family and bits of humor to build a full hour of good television. ABC has not been a wishy-washy network and has given all their shows time to develop; this one will not need long.
UPDATE: (The second episode was aired in a completely different time slot, throwing everybody off.) Why would ABC drop an episode of a good show into a time slot of a different night, especially a Sunday? Are they angry because other stations have won the privilege to run the award shows? The networks lose ground to the cable stations every time they pull something like this. Cable viewers trust that the shows they follow will be on the same time each week. The network almost discourages a shows ability to have a successful run with a potential for longevity.
„Murder, She Wrote” meets „Quincy, M.E.” is everything the viewers will find during each episode of this hour-long medical drama. Dana Delany (Dr. Megan Hunt) sells herself deep into the daily life as a court-medical expert who once dominated as the head of neurosurgery at a Philadelphia hospital. She has the many layers needed to reveal the qualities Dr. Hunt offers amid those who surround her work and home life.
Dr. Hunt has had a successful career yet all was lost when a severe car accident takes away her ability to perform her duties as a surgeon. If this is not enough to deal with, her personal life has begun to crumble because she was unable to balance work with home life. Her husband, Todd Fleming (Jeffrey Bordling), not only files for divorce but also wins custody of their daughter, Lacey Fleming (Mary Matilyn Mouser). Megan struggles with the inability to connect to her daughter no matter how hard she tries and often she pushes to hard only to put more distance between the two.
Peter Dunlap (Nicholas program do faktur Bishop ) is the perfect counter to Dr. Hunt’s bold personality with his level-headed approach to his job as medicolegal investigator. A former police officer who, like Dr. Hunt, had to leave the job he loved after a gunshot wound to the shoulder during a robbery that took him off the beat.
Dr. Kate Murphy (Jeri Ryan) is the first female chief medical examiner in Philadelphia. Her ability to do her job as a politician balancing the medical examiner’s office, Philadelphia police department and the city’s needs equally. Dr. Hunt has endeared herself to Murphy and together they deal with the task of informing the grieving families of their findings.
Dr. Curtis Brumfield (Windell Middlebrooks) is deputy chief medical examiner who must balance the constant financial restraints of a hospital budget with the laboratory costs necessary to complete the each autopsy. Dr. Ethan Gross (Geoffrey Arend) is often paired up with Brumfield to retrieve evidence that will bring new light to a case. Gross needs the experience and guidance from Curtis that levels his overzealous excitement at every corner during investigations.
Detective Bud Morris (John Carroll Lynch) is a no-holds-barred homicide detective who wants speedy resolutions to his cases. Cut and dry is how he sees every murder until Dr. Hunt arrives where she looks beyond the superficial aspects of the scene. Detective Samantha Baker (Sonja Sohn) is partnered with Morris and plays mediator between him and Hunt. Her intelligence shines through and wins the respect of Hunt and Dunlap. Baker finds her comfort zone working closely with the medical examiner’s office while unraveling the mysteries of murder that cross her desk.
Overall, the show combines crime, investigation, medical, family and bits of humor to build a full hour of good television. ABC has not been a wishy-washy network and has given all their shows time to develop; this one will not need long.
UPDATE: (The second episode was aired in a completely different time slot, throwing everybody off.) Why would ABC drop an episode of a good show into a time slot of a different night, especially a Sunday? Are they angry because other stations have won the privilege to run the award shows? The networks lose ground to the cable stations every time they pull something like this. Cable viewers trust that the shows they follow will be on the same time each week. The network almost discourages a shows ability to have a successful run with a potential for longevity.

If you live in the state of Massachusetts and are looking to get rid of an unwanted car or vehicle, there are lots of places you can make a car donation Massachusetts. All you have to do is do a little bit of research and you will find a wide variety of charities that will be happy to take your car and send it to auction to help their cause.
When you want to make a car donation Massachusetts, finding the right charity can take some time. There are so many charities that could use a car donation Massachusetts and choosing the one you feel will do the most good can be difficult. You can make your car donation Massachusetts based on your own personal feelings or simply choose a charity that is well known to you.
If you are ready to make a car donation Massachusetts, you will only have to make a phone call and fill out some simple forms. The charity of your choice will do the rest. From hiring the towing company to pick up your car often right at your residence, to sending the car to auction and providing you with the proper paperwork for your taxes, they will take care of all the details.
This can be good news for many who have struggled with other ways to rid themselves of an old, unwanted car. Selling it to someone else often seems like a good idea, but once you get into all the details, it becomes almost like a job. To sell your car you have to place an ad and take all the phone calls that will come in regarding your car. Many times you will have to deal with some strange people. All this can be avoided by making a car donation Massachusetts.
You can feel good about helping your fellow man to better his life. You can choose a car donation Massachusetts charity that targets youth, disease, hunger, homelessness as well as a host of other worthy causes. Deciding to give your car donation Massachusetts is a great way to give back the blessings you have in your life.
If you live in the state of Massachusetts and are looking to get rid of an unwanted car or vehicle, there are lots of places you can make a car donation Massachusetts. All you have to do is do a little bit of research and you will find a wide variety of charities that will be happy to take your car and send it to auction to help their cause.
When you want to make a car donation Massachusetts, finding the right charity can take some time. There are so many charities that could use a car donation Massachusetts and zagęszczanie włosów choosing the one you feel will do the most good can be difficult. You can make your car donation Massachusetts based on your own personal feelings or simply choose a charity that is well known to you.
If you are ready to make a car donation Massachusetts, you will only have to make a phone call and fill out some simple forms. The charity of your choice will do the rest. From hiring the towing company to pick up your car often right at your residence, to sending the car to auction and providing you with the proper paperwork for your taxes, they will take care of all the details.
This can be good news for many who have struggled with other ways to rid themselves of an old, unwanted car. Selling it to someone else often seems like a good idea, but once you get into all the details, it becomes almost like a job. To sell your car you have to place an ad and take all the phone calls that will come in regarding your car. Many times you will have to deal with some strange people. All this can be avoided by making a car donation Massachusetts.
You can feel good about helping your fellow man to better his life. You can choose a car donation Massachusetts charity that targets youth, disease, hunger, homelessness as well as a host of other worthy causes. Deciding to give your car donation Massachusetts is a great way to give back the blessings you have in your life.

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Maj. Dean Eckmann is a soft-spoken North Dakota native whose lifelong love for military aviation transformed him, in one profound moment on September 11, 2001, into what he acknowledges to be „an eyewitness to history, to the day that changed all of America, forever.”
On the morning of 9/11, Eckmann, 36, was with his Fargo-based 119th Fighter Pilot Wing at Virginia’s Langley Air Force Base for a routine week-long ‘alert dispatch’ to protect seven American sites tagged, in „post-Cold War and pre-9/11 naivete,” he says, as potential targets.
At the unmistakable blare of a Klaxon horn, he abandoned his scheduled training mission and was ordered to his fully armed fighter jet, and became the first pilot scrambled to fly over — just 700 feet over — the flame-engulfed Pentagon just about four minutes after terrorists attacked.
He and two wingmen spent more than five hours that day, securing and protecting miles of Washington D. C. airspace, the White House, Washington Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Capitol Building and other American landmarks, from the ground up to 30,000 feet in the air.
His perspective of the horrors of that tragic day, viewed from the cockpit of his F-16 fighter, has been captured for future generations and history books in the Air Force-commissioned painting, „First Pass: Defenders Over Washington” by artist Rick Herter.
Herter, 44, has also completed for the Air Force a painting entitled, „Ground Zero, Eagles on Station,” a re-creation of the scene of the terrorist attacks on New York’s World Trade Center Twin Towers.
The pilot, the artist and prints of the paintings have toured the country to rave reviews, giving Americans a bird’s-eye view of the magnitude of the tragedy of that brilliant September morning.
The original oil renderings of both scenes hang in the halls of the refurbished Pentagon in Washington D.C., alongside many other original art treasures depicting famous battles and events in American military history.
The Art of Combat
Herter’s mother, Diana, is president of the Dowagiac (Michigan) Art Guild who describes her son as „an artist with the soul of a pilot.” As a member of the elite Air Force Art Corps, he spent two weeks flying with combat missions in Iraq as research for paintings of current military actions.
The fighter pilot and the artist are now good friends, but they didn’t know each other until the Air Force called Herter in November 2001 and inquired about his interest in painting the official 9/11 scenes.
Although he gives all of his Air Force-commissioned paintings to the government free of charge, Herter said he never hesitated when asked if he would speak with the pilots, research the events and commit the September 11 attacks to canvas.
„I jumped at the opportunity. I knew this was history,” he said, pointing to the „Defenders Over Washington” painting, with its mountainous clouds of black smoke billowing upwards from the Pentagon to nearly touch the underbelly of Eckmann’s F-16.
September 11: A Normal Morning
The morning of 9/11 began „so normally,” Eckmann says. „I was getting ready for a training mission when the Klaxon alarm went off and we scrambled to our ‘hot’ (armed) planes. When you’re scrambled, you get to your jet and do what you’re told.”
He’d heard that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center, but assumed it was „a puddle jumper, a tourist plane, that lost its way and had an accident.” As a former commercial pilot for Northwestern Airlines, Eckmann said the idea that a fully loaded commercial jet could be plunged into an occupied building was „inconceivable.
„We all had a false sense of security,” he says. „Even on alert, before 9/11, we were focused on a danger coming in to us from outside, not coming the inside as it happened that day. To take a commercial airliner full of people and force it into a building? No one in America could imagine anything so evil.”
Eckmann says he was originally ordered to „heading 010,” and immediately recognized it as New York. In retrospect, although he was unaware of it at the time, he says at the moment he took off from Langley, a second airliner was plowing into the second tower at the WTC.
En route to Manhattan, Eckmann received a revised order and a new heading, which he recognized as Washington D. C. Still, he was relatively unworried, he says, still being 75 miles away and with no smoke yet visible on the horizon. He associated only the apparent trouble in New York with his new heading and assumed he’d be „flying CAP” — Combat Air Patrol — over Washington as a preventive measure.
At 50 to 60 miles out of Washington, Eckmann got his first sight of smoke — thick black smoke — pouring across the Potomac.
„The black smoke worried me. Usually, you’ll see grey smoke or white smoke in a typical accident or industrial fire. Black smoke means very bad things.”
The Smoke’s Source: The Pentagon
Flying high, still miles out and unable to make out buildings or structures, he searched his memory, he says, to identify the smoke’s source. At 35 miles out, as oceans of smoke continued to pour from the site, he realized the unknown horror was taking place somewhere near the Pentagon: „an accident at Reagan National Airport, perhaps,” he says.
„At 20 miles out, I knew it was the Pentagon, and I’m thinking: truck bomb,” he said. „That’s what we thought most of the day, in the air. I thought, ‘we’re at war.’ But even flying at just 700 feet, I couldn’t — no one could — see that an airliner was burning inside the Pentagon. The smoke was too thick and, no one could conceive of that.”
That initial perspective, and his bird’s-eye view of the flaming Pentagon, with so many historic American sites in the background, is the focus of Herter’s painting.
Two subsequent orders confirmed Eckmann’s fears of an attack. The first was to confirm the Pentagon was burning. The second was to identify two unknown aircraft in flight toward the Pentagon. Those two aircraft turned out to be „good guys,” Eckmann says, one a Medi-Vac helicopter and one a chopper from the local police, heading in to try to assist Pentagon victims.
Eckmann immediately set off to „buzz the Mall,” he says, or overfly the Washington government complex. His eyes scanned the ground, searching for a yellow truck or anything that might be another truck bomb heading for another landmark.
He and his wingmen maintained skywatch over Washington for nearly six hours, refueling twice in-flight, until being returned to Langley for just an hour before heading out again.
A Final Shock
At Langley, he heard the mechanics expressing shock and horror at „what happened to the World Trade Center towers.
„I still didn’t know at that point,” he said. „I said, ‘What towers? What happened?’ And they told me the towers had collapsed, that someone had flown commercial airliners into them. I couldn’t believe it.”
At home, his wife had spent the frantic day fielding more than 50 phone calls from friends and relatives wondering whether Eckmann was flying that day, and if so, in what aircraft and for which employer, the U. S. Air National Guard, or the commercial airline industry.
Both Herter and Eckmann say they’re awed by the notion that what they’ve seen and done will inevitably become as much a part of the American historical fabric as the scene of George Washington crossing the Delaware River, or the first film footage of the attacks on Pearl Harbor.
„This is what no one else saw and could not see,” Herter says. „Only a handful of people ever saw the immediate aftermath of the Pentagon attack and this is the first sight of it. There are no aerial photographs of the Pentagon burning, because Dean (Eckmann) and his fighters did their jobs — protected the nation’s capital, secured the airspace. No one else got in, thanks to them.”
Maj. Dean Eckmann is a soft-spoken North Dakota native whose lifelong love for military aviation transformed him, in one profound moment on September 11, 2001, into what he acknowledges to be „an eyewitness to history, to the day that changed all of America, forever.”
On the morning of 9/11, Eckmann, 36, was with his Fargo-based 119th Fighter Pilot Wing at Virginia’s Langley Air Force Base for a routine week-long ‘alert dispatch’ to protect seven American sites tagged, in „post-Cold War and pre-9/11 naivete,” he says, as potential targets.
At the unmistakable blare of a Klaxon horn, he abandoned his scheduled training mission and was ordered to his fully armed fighter jet, and became the first pilot scrambled to fly over — domki holenderskie just 700 feet over — the flame-engulfed Pentagon just about four minutes after terrorists attacked.
He and two wingmen spent more than five hours that day, securing and protecting miles of Washington D. C. airspace, the White House, Washington Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Capitol Building and other American landmarks, from the ground up to 30,000 feet in the air.
His perspective of the horrors of that tragic day, viewed from the cockpit of his F-16 fighter, has been captured for future generations and history books in the Air Force-commissioned painting, „First Pass: Defenders Over Washington” by artist Rick Herter.
Herter, 44, has also completed for the Air Force a painting entitled, „Ground Zero, Eagles on Station,” a re-creation of the scene of the terrorist attacks on New York’s World Trade Center Twin Towers.
The pilot, the artist and prints of the paintings have toured the country to rave reviews, giving Americans a bird’s-eye view of the magnitude of the tragedy of that brilliant September morning.
The original oil renderings of both scenes hang in the halls of the refurbished Pentagon in Washington D.C., alongside many other original art treasures depicting famous battles and events in American military history.
The Art of Combat
Herter’s mother, Diana, is president of the Dowagiac (Michigan) Art Guild who describes her son as „an artist with the soul of a pilot.” As a member of the elite Air Force Art Corps, he spent two weeks flying with combat missions in Iraq as research for paintings of current military actions.
The fighter pilot and the artist are now good friends, but they didn’t know each other until the Air Force called Herter in November 2001 and inquired about his interest in painting the official 9/11 scenes.
Although he gives all of his Air Force-commissioned paintings to the government free of charge, Herter said he never hesitated when asked if he would speak with the pilots, research the events and commit the September 11 attacks to canvas.
„I jumped at the opportunity. I knew this was history,” he said, pointing to the „Defenders Over Washington” painting, with its mountainous clouds of black smoke billowing upwards from the Pentagon to nearly touch the underbelly of Eckmann’s F-16.
September 11: A Normal Morning
The morning of 9/11 began „so normally,” Eckmann says. „I was getting ready for a training mission when the Klaxon alarm went off and we scrambled to our ‘hot’ (armed) planes. When you’re scrambled, you get to your jet and do what you’re told.”
He’d heard that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center, but assumed it was „a puddle jumper, a tourist plane, that lost its way and had an accident.” As a former commercial pilot for Northwestern Airlines, Eckmann said the idea that a fully loaded commercial jet could be plunged into an occupied building was „inconceivable.
„We all had a false sense of security,” he says. „Even on alert, before 9/11, we were focused on a danger coming in to us from outside, not coming the inside as it happened that day. To take a commercial airliner full of people and force it into a building? No one in America could imagine anything so evil.”
Eckmann says he was originally ordered to „heading 010,” and immediately recognized it as New York. In retrospect, although he was unaware of it at the time, he says at the moment he took off from Langley, a second airliner was plowing into the second tower at the WTC.
En route to Manhattan, Eckmann received a revised order and a new heading, which he recognized as Washington D. C. Still, he was relatively unworried, he says, still being 75 miles away and with no smoke yet visible on the horizon. He associated only the apparent trouble in New York with his new heading and assumed he’d be „flying CAP” — Combat Air Patrol — over Washington as a preventive measure.
At 50 to 60 miles out of Washington, Eckmann got his first sight of smoke — thick black smoke — pouring across the Potomac.
„The black smoke worried me. Usually, you’ll see grey smoke or white smoke in a typical accident or industrial fire. Black smoke means very bad things.”
The Smoke’s Source: The Pentagon
Flying high, still miles out and unable to make out buildings or structures, he searched his memory, he says, to identify the smoke’s source. At 35 miles out, as oceans of smoke continued to pour from the site, he realized the unknown horror was taking place somewhere near the Pentagon: „an accident at Reagan National Airport, perhaps,” he says.
„At 20 miles out, I knew it was the Pentagon, and I’m thinking: truck bomb,” he said. „That’s what we thought most of the day, in the air. I thought, ‘we’re at war.’ But even flying at just 700 feet, I couldn’t — no one could — see that an airliner was burning inside the Pentagon. The smoke was too thick and, no one could conceive of that.”
That initial perspective, and his bird’s-eye view of the flaming Pentagon, with so many historic American sites in the background, is the focus of Herter’s painting.
Two subsequent orders confirmed Eckmann’s fears of an attack. The first was to confirm the Pentagon was burning. The second was to identify two unknown aircraft in flight toward the Pentagon. Those two aircraft turned out to be „good guys,” Eckmann says, one a Medi-Vac helicopter and one a chopper from the local police, heading in to try to assist Pentagon victims.
Eckmann immediately set off to „buzz the Mall,” he says, or overfly the Washington government complex. His eyes scanned the ground, searching for a yellow truck or anything that might be another truck bomb heading for another landmark.
He and his wingmen maintained skywatch over Washington for nearly six hours, refueling twice in-flight, until being returned to Langley for just an hour before heading out again.
A Final Shock
At Langley, he heard the mechanics expressing shock and horror at „what happened to the World Trade Center towers.
„I still didn’t know at that point,” he said. „I said, ‘What towers? What happened?’ And they told me the towers had collapsed, that someone had flown commercial airliners into them. I couldn’t believe it.”
At home, his wife had spent the frantic day fielding more than 50 phone calls from friends and relatives wondering whether Eckmann was flying that day, and if so, in what aircraft and for which employer, the U. S. Air National Guard, or the commercial airline industry.
Both Herter and Eckmann say they’re awed by the notion that what they’ve seen and done will inevitably become as much a part of the American historical fabric as the scene of George Washington crossing the Delaware River, or the first film footage of the attacks on Pearl Harbor.
„This is what no one else saw and could not see,” Herter says. „Only a handful of people ever saw the immediate aftermath of the Pentagon attack and this is the first sight of it. There are no aerial photographs of the Pentagon burning, because Dean (Eckmann) and his fighters did their jobs — protected the nation’s capital, secured the airspace. No one else got in, thanks to them.”

London Euston Station is located on Euston Road, in London, UK. The post code or zip code for the station is NW1 2RT.
Several national car rental companies have car hire desks situated on level five of London Euston Railway Station Mitystry Car Park. Customers can pre book from this location or walk in and try and arrange car hire when they arrive at the Euston from their destination. In peak periods such as Easter, Christmas and Bank Holidays, it is advisable that drivers book their car rental in advance to avoid disappointment.
There is a post box inside the train station. This is handy if you wish to post mail while you are going to work or form work. The post box is ideal for tourists who may wish to send post cards home to loved ones.
Wifi BT Open Zone hotspots can be found in and around Euston. A good reception area is located in The Café Nero and other coffee shops inside the railway station.
Pay phones are doted around the station. This would be a good idea for anyone who has ran out of battery charge or money on their mobile. The pay phones are useful for any overseas visitors who have just arrived into the UK and have not yet purchased a UK style mobile network.
You can withdraw money from the various ATM’s located around Euston. The currency which will be dispensed out of the machines would be pound sterling. There is no currency exchange centre at the moment in the station.
Passengers can find trolleys and toilets conveniently situated around the station.
Passengers will find various seating areas doted around Euston with waiting rooms available for travellers.
If you would prefer light refreshments then head over to the Britannia Pub. A first class coffee lounge is opened from eight in the morning until nine thirty in the evening. This service is available for persons who have purchased tickets from Advanced First Ticket, Virgin and First Open.
If travellers wish to park their cars they can do so at the train station. As underneath Euston passengers will find a car park which is secure and is readily accesses by vehicles from Melton Street in London. Passengers can use the stairs to reach the platforms.
Hopefully you will find the tourist information of value to you and your friends. When you next visit London in the UK.
London Euston Station is located on Euston Road, in London, UK. The post code or zip code for the station is NW1 2RT.
Several national car rental companies have car hire desks situated on level five of London Euston Railway Station Mitystry Car Park. Customers can pre book from this lokaty location or walk in and try and arrange car hire when they arrive at the Euston from their destination. In peak periods such as Easter, Christmas and Bank Holidays, it is advisable that drivers book their car rental in advance to avoid disappointment.
There is a post box inside the train station. This is handy if you wish to post mail while you are going to work or form work. The post box is ideal for tourists who may wish to send post cards home to loved ones.
Wifi BT Open Zone hotspots can be found in and around Euston. A good reception area is located in The Café Nero and other coffee shops inside the railway station.
Pay phones are doted around the station. This would be a good idea for anyone who has ran out of battery charge or money on their mobile. The pay phones are useful for any overseas visitors who have just arrived into the UK and have not yet purchased a UK style mobile network.
You can withdraw money from the various ATM’s located around Euston. The currency which will be dispensed out of the machines would be pound sterling. There is no currency exchange centre at the moment in the station.
Passengers can find trolleys and toilets conveniently situated around the station.
Passengers will find various seating areas doted around Euston with waiting rooms available for travellers.
If you would prefer light refreshments then head over to the Britannia Pub. A first class coffee lounge is opened from eight in the morning until nine thirty in the evening. This service is available for persons who have purchased tickets from Advanced First Ticket, Virgin and First Open.
If travellers wish to park their cars they can do so at the train station. As underneath Euston passengers will find a car park which is secure and is readily accesses by vehicles from Melton Street in London. Passengers can use the stairs to reach the platforms.
Hopefully you will find the tourist information of value to you and your friends. When you next visit London in the UK.