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Saturday, April 27, 2013

New Glyos Armorvor Head: Rhino!

The Godbeast and Jason Frailey collaborated on another awesome custom head for the Armorvor! Debuting at C2E2 this weekend, this Rhino looks, well, awesome.  Our pal Shaun was at the show and picked one up for $15, letting us know it was the last one there.  TGB tends to make more units available in the future, so keep an eye on the October Toys Forums for his waitlists if you're in to such things, which you probably should be.

Friday, April 19, 2013

Review: Takara-Tomy Beast Saga Aldyle Burst Action Figure

Takara-Tomy Beast Saga Aldyle Burst Action FigureAfter a few gators in the Minimates range I didn't expect to have much interest in the regular version, let alone the clear Aldyle Burst which showed up at my house in January. Packed 3 to a case of 24 random blind clear figures, this figure is cast in both green and blue plastic with golden eyes as his only painted detail. Well, not counting his dice anyway.
As always this croc figure has 4 points of articulation and is made of a soft, rubbery plastic. The arms and legs rotate freely, and his fists are designed to hold 3mm weapons. This figure is interesting in that his weapons (and the entire series') do not match his fully-painted counterpart. Painted Aldyle came with the same weapons as Swordbill and Swordbill Burst. Clear Aldyle comes with the same weapons as Garrison G, Long Giraf, and Long Giraf Burst. I suspect this will cause mucho confusion down the road when people start dumping their collections on eBay, as it seems the only new shields and weapons are now coming in the multi-packs. (For those keeping track, Garrison G Burst comes with the painted Aldyle weapons. Swap-tastic!)

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Two New Armorvors Incoming from Onell Design

Not one, but two new Glyos Armorvor action figures are coming this month! One will be released on Friday, the other is exclusive to C2E2.

Soon to be sold online at Onell Design, the black and red Reydurran Mimic Armorvor will be black with red highlights.  It will be $8, and sold out before you remembered you forgot to buy one.  Limit 2.

It will be joined by TheGodBeast Exclusive C2E2 clear red full-production not-a-custom Infection Armorvor, which will be a mere $10 and come in absolutely beautiful packaging with great art and a swell card inside a plastic baggie.  It's limited to 3 per person.  If you're in Chicago, go to C2E2 and grab one.  (Get two, I'll want one too and as far as I know there won't be a mail order option for certain just yet.)

TheGodBeast himself will be on hand selling matching custom hand-cast heads you can swap out for this one, so bring some extra coin to buy a few of those.  They're awesome!

Review: Vintage Hasbro Battle Beasts Triple Threat Snake

Hasbro Battle Beasts Triple Threat Snake Action FigureThe Battle Beasts Triple Threat Snake came from a collection I bought in either late 2011 or early 2012. He didn't have his weapon, so I had to trade around for that. It was surprisingly cheap and didn't take long to assemble, and it was fun to actually get a figure I've had on my mind for a couple of decades. Along with King Cobra, he's one of two snakes in the original line of roughly 2-inch tall figures. I swore off collecting "vintage" (read: defunct) action figure lines in the early 1990s, with a couple of lapses here and there. I made an exception for this line, and one other, solely because (at press time) nobody has yet decided to bootleg them. Knock-offs ruin toy collecting for me, I want originals, 100%-new remakes, or nothing.

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Rise of the Beasts Update - Scorpion Picture, Updates

If you are very old, you may remember a recent Kickstarter project for Rise of the Beasts. This was to be a 2-inch-ish line of figures which has yet to make it out as a production item, but preproduction continues and an update was just posted to the original Kickstarter listing.

The good news? Here's a look at a Scorpion figure sample!
The bad news? The Gold Lion freebie has yet to be finished, and the factory doesn't look like it's going to deliver the goods.

All  I can say is thanks to Mr. Jon Karis for giving us updates on the line, and I know I wouldn't fault him if the gold lions ended up not making it out or were a thing I'd have to pay for.  (Free is nice, but you know, I think most of us who supported the line can afford a few bucks for a figure when it's ready.)

Enough of my blabbing - click here to see the update.


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June 9, 2006

from Arizona to New Hampshire

2,935 miles in 17 days

from dry, large sky in South East Arizona
to wet, tree closed hills of New Hampshire

I'm back in New Hampshire for the summer with my children and grandkids. The trip was fun, albeit long with a hairy end!

First stop ~ Dallas, TX: I visited with with Becky, a jewelry designer, and we made a trip to Sam Moon for fake hair, costume jewelry and handbags. No trip to Dallas is complete without stopping in to The Rock Barrell where I had to buy several strands of their close-out glass daggers from India. Suprisingly excellent quality pressed glass in mixed colors for under $3 a strand.

Second stop ~ Gilmer, TX: ...my home away from home with Marcie and Dave Fitzwater. Marcie is still recovering from a fall on the Bead Cruise and wasn't up to doing much this trip. It doesn't stop her from doing some of the most beautiful freeform bead work though. We did manage one quick trip to Hancock Fabrics to buy metallic embroidery thread for a new bead crochet necklace project. We laughed at ourselves as we separated 8 yards of embroidery thread into individual strands to string beads. It takes 2 people and a lot of arm waving and running around!

Third Stop ~ Memphis, TN: This was my beading visit of the trip with Mel, Medieval Needle. Her stitchery is something to behold. I'm in awe of what she can do with thread on fabric. While her husband painted the sunporch, we got out our beads and worked on projects. Mel finished a bracelet and made two more. I worked on several items that needed repair, tried a bracelet design that didn't quite work and finished my bead crochet necklace.

I did four even count peyote bands in matte black 8/0 beads and strung strands of red 6/0 beads between them. I used stretchy cord for the last set of strands thinking it would be enough to allow the bracelet to slip over the wrist.... didn't happen unless you are a 3 year old! So back to the drawing board on this one as I rather like the effect.

I finished my bead crochet necklace - designed from an idea I got from one purchased at Target. I used DMC polyester metallic embroidery thread and randomly strung a bead soup mix interspersed with 6mm red fire polished crystals.
I really like the added sparkle and color that the thread gives the piece. I need to apply some major adjustments to the next one and I think it will become a Bead Patterns item. I like the sparkle and fullness at a lighter weight and it would make a great project for those beginning bead crochet. It's composed of only a chain stitch with beads.

Fourth stop ~ Louisville, KY: a good visit with non-beading, but creative friends. We "did" the city, thrift stores, eateries and custom designed homes in way too short a time. I'm still tired thinking about all of the running around we did. I did tuck several bags of thrift store clothing finds into the nooks and crannies of the car.

Linda and Annette ( L to R in photo)took me to Lynn's Paradise Cafe for lunch. What a treat. I could hardly eat my lunch for looking at all of the fun and funky things all over the place. I chuckled at the hanging lamp made out of an old pair of pants covered with used tea bags.

Fifth Stop- Bluffton OH: Annette joined me in the car for the trip North to her home in Ohio. We had wanted to stop and see an arboretum, but the weather was too threatening to be walking around outside. The weather finally turned nice.... cool, bright sun, white fluffy clouds and a light breeze. I could have just sat on her porch with a cup of coffee, rocked and watched the corn grow. We did take time to visit the Toledo Museum of Art. Unfortunately the Libby Glass exhibit was not available - it is awaiting it's new home in a new building. I did see an Egyptian necklace that would look stunning if worn today. It's a beautiful inspiration for you polymer and wire artists. It just proves that if you wait long enough, everything comes back in style!

Annette's husband has ringed their field with bluebird houses. I had one of them take over my car mirrors as a perch. I'm not sure if this was the blue bird of happiness as I was unhappy having to do a bit of a cleaning down both sides of the car before I left!

Last stop ~ New Hampshire: Somewhere along the trip I must have annoyed the Fire Gods. I spent 2 hours stopped on the NY Thruway waiting for them to clear a 2-truck accident that had burned both semi's to a crisp.... then not 2 miles further was another truck fire that gave me another hour stopped on the thruway. The end of the trip on NY's mountain rte 7 & Vermont's Rte 9 saw a house fire that had traffic detoured up another mountain, around a second and down hairpin turns of a third. It wasn't fun with a great big truck right on my tail! When I got down to the Connecticut River Valley in VT, I stopped and let my nerves rest. I sure wish I'd had someone to call and say, "come get me!"

Now I have to put everything away and re-organize my Summer Studio so I can get some beading done. I have several things percolating away in my head from trip ideas. It's hard to take time for the mundane stuff when all you want to do is bead out new ideas.


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Kate Brown (Theatre Education Advisor) is a Speech and Drama teacher, currently teaches in 3 very different independent schools where her work encompasses all aspects of the subject in addition to curriculum and policy development. As an actress she has worked in all areas of the industry: regional and West End theatre, television, film, radio, corporate and commercial.

Dr. Peter Duncan (Health Education Advisoris Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education and Professional Studies at King's College London. He is also Programme Director of the MSc in Health Promotion and MSc in Health and Society there. His teaching and research interests include health education and health promotion theory and practice.

Nicola Goddard (Science Education Advisor) is responsible for the content development of BEANii's scientific programme. Nicola has 7 years' biology and general science teaching experience at Queen’s College London secondary school.  She has organised many extra-curricular activities including taking part in a Planet Science project to make money from mint seeds.  Her team produced mint flavoured lip balm by distilling mint they had grown and achieved second place nationally.  In addition she has arranged for the Y Touring theatre company to perform their plays on controversial scientific topics (such as clinical trials), at Queen’s College.

Professor Bernard Harris (Social History Advisor) is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Strathclyde. In addition to his work on the history of the welfare state between 1800-1945, he has also written extensively on issues concerned with the history of height, health, morbidity and mortality. His most recent book (co-authored with R.Floud, R.Fogel and S.C.Hong) is The changing body: health, nutrition and human development in the western world since 1700 (Cambridge University Press, 2011).

Brian Logan (Theatre Development Advisor) is a theatre-maker and journalist. He is co-director of Camden Peoples Theatre in London. Brian has a track record of delivering playful narrative theatre, including Made Up (an entirely improvised show) and The Irish Giant (a true tale of a pioneering 18th-century surgeon and an 8ft-tall Irishman) with Cartoon de Salvo. Brian's freelance theatre work includes Better Humans, a show devised with BACs young peoples theatre based on a Wellcome Trust/Demos report on trans-human technologies.

Dr. Anne Mullen (Nutritional Science Advisor) is a lecturer at the Diabetes & Nutritional Sciences Division, School of Medicine, King's College London. Her research area is nutrition and immune function, as well as metabolic syndrome.

Dr. Carole Reeves (Medical History Advisor) is Senior Lecturer in Science and Technology Studies in the Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London. Her research interests are history of infectious diseases, history of mental illness in immigrant communities, public history, and oral history.  She has also worked in the media, producing medical and science programmes. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Medical Illustrators, a Fellow of the British Institute of Professional Photographers, and a Fellow of the Linnean Society.

Professor Ricky Richardson (Medical Science Advisor) has an academic background in international child health and was appointed Sub-Dean (Clinical) of the Institute of Child Health in 1987. He is a Senior Consultant Paediatrician, who sees patients at The Child and Family Practice, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and Princess Margaret Hospital in Windsor. He currently serves as Consultant Paediatrician on the faculty of the Department of Psychological Medicine at GOSH and is a Visiting Professor of eHealth at Imperial College.


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Chris Brown Falls On His Butt During Performance!

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Everyone falls on their booty at some point in their lives… Chris Brown just did it publicly! Chris was performing ‘Beautiful People’ when he slipped…he recovered like a pro! Oh yea and that Chris Brown is going to be a daddy rumor is back!

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Channing Tatum watch out…Jenna Dewan will be getting very sexy with Adam Levine in season 2 of American Horror Story.  Dewan and Levine will play ‘The Lover,’ a major couple on the show.

American Horror Story has finally found the other half of “The Lovers,” a major couple on the series, to act opposite Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine. EW has learned exclusively that Step Up star—and Channing Tatum’s wife—Jenna Dewan will play the pivotal role.

Season two of AHS has been shrouded in secrecy, aside from the reveal of its star-studded cast that also includes Jessica Lange, James Cromwell, Joseph Fiennes, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Lily Rabe, Zachary Quinto, Chloe Sevigny and French actress Lizzie Brochere.

Production has already begun on the series’ second season and is slated to air in October on FX. The first season of AHS just recently garnered a whopping 17 Emmy nominations, tied for the most this year with Mad Men and a record for FX.

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Hey Streamies –

Dwayne Perkins (Comedy Central Present, Conan O’Brien, Craig Ferguson) will be my comedian guest tomorrow!

He will be answering your questions:

1) How can you turn your weaknesses into strengths for dating?

I.E. – Are your feet big, but you have a small weiner? Are you broke but want to date a rich bitch? Are you known as Mr. Premature?

2) Are you stuck in a rut in your life? Get advice from Dwayne about improving yourself.

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Technical analysis of EUR/JPY for August 26, 2016

General overview for 26/08/2016:

It is almost clear that the current wave development is a form of a complex corrective cycle and as long as the low volatility trading period continues, the horizontal corrective cycle is still in progress. Nevertheless, bears have managed to break out slightly below the golden trend line support, but the market is still trading within the daily range, above all intraday moving averages, above the weekly pivot and above the golden trend line, so the breakout to the upside might happen any time soon.

112.31 – Intraday Support

112.97 – WS1

113.44 – Weekly Pivot

114.02 – Intraday Resistance

114.52 – WR1

115.02 – WR2

Trading recommendations:

Day traders should consider opening buy orders from current price levels with SL below the level of 112.30 and TP at the level of 114.00.

The material has been provided by InstaForex Company –

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So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God (1 Kings 19:8).

Elijah and Moses were men of great zeal. They were passionate about their causes. Moses sought to free the Hebrews from the tyranny of slavery by killing an Egyptian with his own hand. Elijah, after calling down fire on the evil prophets of Baal, found himself spent physically and emotionally to the point he asked God to take his life.

Immediately after these two events, five hundred years apart from one another, both men were led to the same Mount Horeb, the mountain of God. In Hebrew Horeb means "desolation". This barren environment mirrored both the condition of Moses and Elijah. For Moses, it was forty years of barrenness. For Elijah, it was forty days without food to travel 200 miles away. Elijah was tired of standing alone for God.

As business people we often become so focused on the goal we forget to meet God at our own Mount Horeb. This was the place God met both Moses and Elijah. It was a place of renewal. A place of new beginnings. A place of personal encounter with the living God.

"Perhaps Elijah's greatest virtue was his zeal. Indeed, we shall see that twice in his communication with God, Elijah speaks of having been 'very zealous' for the Lord. But zeal, unattended eventually becomes its own God; it compels us toward expectations, which are unrealistic, and outside the timing and anointing of God.

To remain balanced, zeal must be reined in and harnessed by strategic encounters with the living God. We otherwise become frustrated with people and discouraged with delays. We step outside our place of strength and spiritual protection. Many of us become so consumed with our battles that we are no longer aware of the presence of Jesus. We have been traveling in our own strength." -- Francis Frangipane

Pray that Jesus will teach us that intimacy with Him is the greatest measure of success. Lord, guide us to the mountain of your presence.

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Big Brother Finale Recap – 9/23/15

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Julie lets us know that it’s been 98 days and I’m in shock because it’s felt more like 4,298 days to me. This has been one long and exhausting season, but let’s at least see if we can end on a high note, see someone deserving or semi-deserving win, and wrap this b!tch up…

Before we get to the meat of the episode, I’ll just take a quick moment to say thank you to everyone for reading. Thanks to everyone who followed along with me on Twitter and to everyone who emailed me for whatever reason. I think out of all seasons I did this blog, this was the least responsive one, but I’m going to ride my HUUUUUUUUUUUUGE ego here and say that’s because of the houseguests/season and not because I started to suck as a recap artist. And yes, recapping reality TV is an art, don’t try and take that away from me. But anyway, thank you so much and let’s hope that next season can come back a little stronger and they don’t try and make the season all about one person again (a la Derrick last year and Vanessa this year – trust your casting process and show us all these characters after they enter the house, not just one person and their journey).

So, we get back to where we left off, with the first part of the final HoH competition and making a long story short, it takes over 3 hours before anyone falls off, and that person was Steve. Kudos to everyone for staying on that long and longer, but at the same time, it didn’t look like it was all too difficult before they made them slide down from their round seats. And once Steve was off, Vanessa went with her “psychological warfare,” which to her is basically just backwards begging. She just kept telling Liz that she’s going to be on that ball for 10 hours and that she wasn’t going to be able to win part 2, so please just fall. What a lame way to win the first part of the HoH, but at the same time, kudos to her for getting Liz to drop. Just like pity sex is still sex and you can still feel good about it right afterward, the pity win from the carnival comp in the final HoH in Big Brother is still a win. It’s not like Vanessa made her drop, Liz still chose to do so. And that is the exact reason why Liz should NOT win this game. She just doesn’t care enough. It’s the final HoH, no matter what deal you have with anyone, you try and win that comp and tell that person to win the next one, because YOU are playing for $500k, they aren’t playing for you. Just go away, Liz. I’m done with you.

After Vanessa wins, we just have to hope Steve pulls out the win in part 2…and since nothing crazy or interesting happened in the second part, I’ll just skip right to it and recap the fact that Steve DID in fact win part 2! Thank goodness!! I don’t know what I would have done. Liz did come close and kept it a lot closer than I thought she would, but that’s probably just more a knock on Steve than a praise for Liz. Although, Liz did hold her own in some comps, so I’ll give her a little bit of credit, I guess.

And after he pulls out the win, he reiterates to us that he is NOT going to take Vanessa to the final 2 and that he has to take Liz so that he shows off that he’s the one who made the biggest move of the entire season by evicting her.

At the jury house fireside chat, we learn mostly what we already know about the jury members. Shelli REALLY wants Vanessa to win because as James put it, she was going to work every day, she wasn’t just in the Big Brother house to sit by the pool, play in the comps, and make friends, she was (the only one) playing to win. Although I did agree with them about her “swearing” on people to get her farther in the game. As I don’t find that as offputting as some people might, however the “swearing on the gay community” thing isn’t necessary. Like they said, there wasn’t any reason to really do/say that. You can keep swearing on your life and Mel, and your chances of winning, your family, whatever, but there’s no reason to bring the gay card into it like it’s a race card or anything!! Besides, those people were all doing what you were saying anyway, so you didn’t even need to talk, you could’ve just sat silent and you would have won, probably. Also, I enjoy the fact that you called out Audrey for her swearing on her life, yet apparently that’s ALL you did all season long…such a hypocrite she is. Also, people who use the “I swear” card are the LEAST trustworthy people in this world. There has to come a time when people learn this about people.

Back to the jury members as I digress (for possibly the last time this season), Johnny now hates Steve and Julia thinks he’s a coward (which is true), but all that talk just smells like bitter sh!t turds coming out of their mouths because they lost the game, which I can’t blame them for because I’d most definitely be the same way. As for the talk about Liz “getting through” the twin twist and showmance, that’s just simply not true. She didn’t have to get through anything with these houseguests, they all just let her. Nobody wanted to go after anyone this season, choosing to go the safe route each week, and plus nobody outside of Liz’s alliance really ever won and when they did, they went after the other showmance, so again she didn’t have to get through anything, she just simply walked through it calmly because nobody cared about winning this season and just let a threesome make it all the way to the end together…kudos to everyone else for sucking. You all deserve to be at home or in the jury.

4 thoughts on “Big Brother Finale Recap – 9/23/15

  1. Seeing Liz’s answers and final speech, I got why Vanessa would have taken her over Steve. She knew that, like Steve, she could make an argument for the win while Liz would have nothing but “I love you guys” and Austin and Julia’s votes. I think that could have overcome some of the bitterness. Steve clearly knew the types of questions which would be asked and had reasonable answers.
    Liz is in a pageant gown and Steve is casually dressed. I guess he didn’t pack a suit but the women have somehow packed tons of clothes.
    I didn’t like Vanessa’s “spiteful” “I won 4.5 million dollars.” Derek’s disclosure that he was an undercover policeman and used that knowledge to help him was okay. She could have just said “I have been a professional poker player for years, not a DJ.” and left it at that instead of saying she is rich and is somehow better than them. Was her Liz vote just bitterness? I think Vanessa had the best case for winning but I don’t feel bad about how it turned out.

  2. Thanks for the recaps! Your comments and humor made the season bearable, given how much I didn’t care who won as long as it was NOT Vanessa. Yay, NOT Vanessa!

  3. Thanks for all of the recaps! I enjoyed them more than most of this season. And you are totally right that comments dropped off (from me at least) because of the season – I felt like I just kept repeating the same things!

    Not really sure I’m too excited about the outcome. I really didn’t think either Steve or Liz deserved to win. Definitely not Liz and it does suck that she got some money. Oh well. At least BB is renewed for Summer 2016!

  4. The ending was great. Glad Steve didn’t want to be last year’s Cody. That season with Derrick was very boring until the last show. Steve could have easily backed away and taken the easier route like what was done most of this show, but he made it interesting. Vanessa’s mention of her $4.5m made me not feel bad for her at all. There were so many she eliminated who really needed that money.

    Thanks for the recaps Scott – see you next summer. Or maybe you will be back for Amazing Race – I will check back. I like this smaller forum – easier to get through all the comments and even feel compelled to add my own.

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AVANTASIA Loses Bid To Represent Germany In 2016 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

AVANTASIA Loses Bid To Represent Germany In 2016 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project lost its bid to represent Germany at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm this May. AVANTASIA placed third out of the ten featured acts on "Unser Lied Für Stockholm", with 17-year-old singer Jamie-Lee Kriewitz winning the competition with the song "Ghost", which has already reached No. 1in the German iTunes Download charts and No. 11 in the German music charts.

Kriewitz, AVANTASIA and second-placed Alex Diehl had first topped the ranking in the first round of voting among the ten candidate acts.

AVANTASIA competed with its current single, "Mystery Of A Blood Red Rose".

Sammet explained his reasons for getting involved in the Eurovision Song Contest: "It seemed like a quite unusual idea to compete with anyone in art, to play music against someone. It's still weird anyhow, to play music against each other like in the Olympic Games. Anyway, who am I to get in the way of a great promotional opportunity?! Three minutes to show millions that we exist?"

"Unser Lied für Stockholm" was broadcast live on February 25, both online and on public TV channel Das Erste. The TV public solely decided on the winner by means of televoting, SMS voting and the Eurovision app, and the voting was organized in two rounds.

Around 150 suggestions were submitted to broadcaster NDR from radio broadcasters, producers, record labels and artists. The final 10 were chosen by NDR, two youth radio shows, music labels, and the TV production company Brainpool.

"Mystery Of A Blood Red Rose" is taken from AVANTASIA's seventh studio album, "Ghostlights", which was released on January 29 via Nuclear Blast. The twelve-song CD was produced by Tobias and Sascha Paeth at Gatestudio in Wolfsburg, Germany. Paeth engineered and mixed "Ghostlights", while the mastering was done by Michael Rodenberg.

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SEBASTIAN BACH: 'People Will Always Love Rock And Roll'

SEBASTIAN BACH: 'People Will Always Love Rock And Roll'

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach was interviewed earlier in the month on the Fox Business program "Kennedy", hosted by former MTV VJ Kennedy. You can now watch the segment below.

Asked if he ever thought that he wasn't going to survive the days of rock and roll debauchery and Sunset Strip excess of the late 1980s and early 1990s, Bach said: "When you're that age, you think you're indestructible. You don't really think it's bad for you. Back then, we didn't know that it was very bad for you. I remember vividly when the basketball player Len Bias died [in 1986] and it was a big news [story]… He just did a line and then he dropped dead. And we didn't know that was possible. But we found out that it's not only possible, but probable."

Bach also talked about how the rise of grunge in the early 1990s contributed to the decline of glam metal and party rock and roll. Asked when he realized that there was a "shift" taking place and how he felt about it, Bach said: "I think I realized it when I saw the video for [NIRVANA's] 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'. And there was never any video or song like that before; it was a new sound, and people were responding to it. But what goes around comes around. I mean, now the biggest tour in town is GUNS N' ROSES or AC/DC, who have the same singer. [Laughs] So, you know, music is cyclical, and people will always love rock and roll, 'cause it gets passed down through the generations. IRON MAIDEN has never been bigger than right now. It's kind of crazy."

Bach's autobiography, "18 And Life On Skid Row", came out on December 6 via Dey Street Books (formerly It Books), an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

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Sept 3, 2012    When I was a boy, I spent an entire day building a fort with my friends.  It was an excellent fort that excited my imagination. I thought of inviting my brothers there or of making sculptures with sticks to decorate it or of retreating there to hide after launching mildly vandalistic boy attacks on the neighbors’ houses.  It excited me so much that I couldn’t sleep from the thought of re-inhabiting it the next day. Yet upon my arrival in the morning, I was overcome with a feeling of great disappointment. The actual fort, that had ignited the fort reverie, was unable to match said reverie.

Something similar to this is repeated daily for me in the process of making a dance. What I make on a given day might be created solely to point my mind in a certain direction, with no further need for it as material. The material excites me and I remember it that evening with great satisfaction, drugged into thinking it is valuable. But it is transitional.

As is perhaps clear in earlier posts, I was very excited by what was going on, but when I returned after 4 days away, I felt like there was nothing there. No matter how long I have been working, something in me still looks for permanence in the shaping of material, but each time it is executed afresh, the performers are in different places and it is no longer the same. The dancers were engaging with the same excellence as last week, yet I had time to expand the work in my imagination and unfortunately, that rendered the actual material a listless flow of blunt, inarticulate magma. Does that sound negative?

It’s not. It is an inherent drama of this form, where the division between the imagined and the actual give shape to a work. The repetition of this process at the beginning of each dance launches a critical mind that leads me closer to seeing and valuing what is emerging, rather than placing too much importance on the material that marks that journey.  This initial roller coaster ride generates the specific relationship in each dance between the visual information of a work and its temporal detachment. The physical material cannot offer signification because it is controlled by the intentions of time moving forward and erased by every next moment.  The material is a container where shifting ideas, internal lives, viewer expectations and projections converge.  It is hard to manage.


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See you at Forensics Europe Expo in London – where great things are going to happen!

From Tuesday, March 5th – Wednesday, March 6th Amped will be at Forensics Europe Expo in Olympia, London.

Forensics Europe Expo is dedicated to forensic science and is a primary meeting place for thousands of senior buyers looking to source the latest technological innovations on the market.

Following 6 successful years, the 7th edition will – for the first time – take place on the same show floor as Security & Counter Terror Expo at Olympia, London. As part of UK Security Week, Forensics Europe Expo will connect together the industry’s entire supply chain and provide an all-in-one platform to engage with the most senior decision makers and procurement specialists.

Attracting 1,500+ international forensics professionals from the Government, Law Enforcement, Laboratories, Private Sector, Military, Legal Sector, Universities and Intelligence Sector, Forensics Europe Expo 2019 will continue to be the most important forum of discussion and debate for the global forensics community.

If you are at the event, or in the area, don’t forget to stop by the Amped Software Stand FE227 to see what we’ve been developing for the security and forensics community!

I look forward to meeting you there!

2018 LEVA DME Training Symposium – Amped Review

Hi everyone, great to be back writing a quick blog post on here. We are SO busy here at Amped with so much going on… but I do like to chat with you all when I can.

This year’s LEVA event was in San Antonio, Texas.

What a place! If you ever get the chance to get down there, it’s a wonderful city.

During the event, I held a 12-hour workshop on using Amped FIVE. Many people had received some training before, but some were new users, and some didn’t even have the software yet. That’s one of the many things I love about FIVE — it’s so quick to get using, once you understand the interface.

The workshop concentrated on task and question orientated workflows —  how to complete a desired task, and how to answer a specific question. The magic of FIVE is that you can do multiples of these in a single project.

No need to reformat or transcode in one piece of software, then edit images in another, then process video in one more. Keeping things simple means a much quicker result and that’s what we are here — to help you with getting results!

We looked at many functions and filters so I thought I would give a rundown here. It may help as a review to those who attended or be of interest to all you guys out there who may have missed a blog post over the past few years.

Please note though that workshops like these allow you to see just some specific features of Amped FIVE — you really should attend the official Amped FIVE training to learn about all the possibilities in FIVE. Check the schedule here.

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The International Meeting of Criminology and Criminalistics

The Forensics Meeting is an international event dedicated to the various areas of forensic science, organized by the Institute of Forensic Sciences (ISF: Istituto di Scienze Forensi) in collaboration with the National Association of Criminologists and Criminalists (Associazione Nazionale Criminologi e Criminalisti).

The event will be held on November 9-10, 2018 in Milan, Italy, and is open to professionals, professors, and researchers working in the field who want to deepen their knowledge and get updates on the latest news and connect with international experts and companies.

Martino Jerian, CEO and Founder of Amped Software, will explain some of the potential problems when investigating image and video evidence and how to solve some technical issues in various potential scenarios related to CCTV and images.
Martino’s presentation entitled Forensic Video Analysis will be on Friday, November 9 from 15:15-16:00.

For more info and to register visit:

LEVA 2018 Annual Digital Multimedia Evidence Training Symposium

LEVA’s 29th annual video and audio evidence symposium will be held in San Antonio, Texas, from November 5-9. This annual training symposium provides valuable workshops and lectures to elevate skills set and offers great networking opportunities. LEVA will direct its attention towards addressing critical issues for those involved in the retrieval, processing and presenting in court all types of digital multimedia evidence.

Visit Amped Software during the vendor day on Tuesday, November 6 from 9 am – 5 pm to see first hand why Amped Software products are now the global leading forensic image and video solutions for law enforcement agencies worldwide.

Also, don’t miss the Amped FIVE workshop entitled: One Tool…Amped FIVE…Countless Possibilities! presented by David Spreadborough, Amped’s International Trainer.

Over the last few years, Amped FIVE has fast become an indispensable weapon in the FVA arsenal. It doesn’t matter if you are a daily user, or have never used it at all; if you’re interested in the latest developments on decoding, workflow, restoration, enhancement, comparison, and presentation – this workshop is for you! See how using FIVE can expedite your investigations, using a scientific methodology to get results – fast!

The workshop is divided into two parts:
Part 1 on Thursday, November 8, from 8 am – 5 pm
Part 2 on Friday, November 9, from 8 am – 5 pm

Established in 1989, LEVA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation committed to provide advanced training and certification in the science of forensic video analysis. LEVA serves as a key resource providing opportunities for professional development through quality training and informational exchange.

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The value of forensic science: safer, healthier, wealthier and happier communities

The value of forensic science: safer, healthier, wealthier and happier communities – that is the title of The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences conference for this year. Taking place on Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd November at The Park Inn by Radisson, Northampton.

The aim of this year’s conference is to celebrate the contribution forensic science makes to society. This may begin with saving costs and time in criminal investigations – if not being indispensable to solving them. It may relate to the social and economic benefits of crime reduction and prevention by rapid and reliable detection, or – for example – to the social and economic benefits of identifying, sanctioning or supporting offenders with drug or mental health problems. It may relate to the role forensic science plays in detecting terrorist-related, financial or organised crime, or crime affecting the food supply or environment. It may relate to crime arising from human rights abuses or to the detection of miscarriages of justice, which demonstrate the role forensic science plays in underpinning the rule of law in a free society – at home and abroad.

The conference will offer presentations on novel advances and applications in forensic science, on successful contributions to casework, and on practices and procedures that maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of forensic science – especially in holistic approaches to crime reduction and prevention. The Conference will also include sessions on forensic science’s role in organised crime and counter-terrorism, cybercrime, and humanitarian investigations, and illustrating the central role of forensic science in preventing, as well as elucidating miscarriages of justice.

David Spreadborough, CFVA and Amped Software International Trainer, will be speaking at this event, about the importance of forensic methodology when analyzing CCTV, video and images. His keynote presentation will be on Thursday, from 14:10-14:50 in the Kent Suite.

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Westminster Briefing: Implementing the UK National Surveillance Camera Strategy

One year on from the National Surveillance Camera Strategy, the landscape of CCTV is still evolving. Issues around governance, regulation and new technologies continue to have an impact. The Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s strategy looks to provide guidance and co-ordinate a national framework.

Attend this Westminster Briefing “Implementing the National Surveillance Camera Strategy: One Year On” on Wednesday 31st October, 2018 to hear from Tony Porter, Surveillance Camera Commissioner and other experts, including David Spreadborough, Amped Software’s International Trainer. This is the ideal opportunity to explore best practice and hear about case studies of effective CCTV use.

Key Issues to be Addressed:

  • Update of the National Surveillance Camera Strategy
  • The role of the Surveillance Camera Commissioner in raising standards and ensuring best practice
  • Meeting regulatory and data protection obligations
  • CCTV and the Police: Ensuring better outcomes and working with other agencies
  • Forensics and the CCTV application
  • Partnership working across local services
  • Case studies of meeting and exceeding codes of practice

About the Day:

The morning session will aim to provide delegates with an up-to-date brief of the current regulatory framework and the new national surveillance camera strategy.

The afternoon session will focus on best practice in CCTV use. This is a good opportunity to explore how your organisation can meet the surveillance camera code of practice.

Who Should Attend?

Delegates will be drawn from all those who work with CCTV and surveillance cameras, including: CSPOs, CCTV Managers, CCTV Supervisors, Parking Managers, Enforcement Managers, Station Managers, Neighbourhood Managers, Community Safety Officers,  local authorities, local councils, police services, police authorities, security companies, and all others with an interest in this area.

For registration enquiries please contact: | 0207 593 5657

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Forensic Image Analysis: A Workshop for Law Students

The University of Udine, together with The International Centre of Mechanical Sciences, are holding a seminar on October 24-25 in Udine, Italy that aims to provide a framework to introduce Forensic Image Analysis particularly to law students, but is also open to students from other disciples, including PhD students, young researchers, and professionals from the legal and public security fields.

The courses will be held during two days, divided into three sections: general, legal, IT.  The general section provides a broad overview of forensic image analysis. The legal section focuses on the aspects of images and videos in a workplace environment, the issues concerning the protection of intellectual property and the circulation of protected material, and their use in court with reference to the civil law. In the IT section, students will be introduced to technologies that are used for the acquisition and analysis of images and videos.

The course aims to provide students with theoretical knowledge and also practical skills. For this reason, a session is scheduled to take place in the computer lab, on Thursday, October 25, with Martino Jerian, Amped Software CEO and Founder, who will teach students how to analyze images and videos with Amped Software products.

For the full agenda click here.

To register, click here.

Amped to present at the Italian National Observatory for Computer Forensics conference

On Friday, October 19, Amped will be attending the ONIF (The Italian National Observatory for Computer Forensics ) annual conference in Amelia, Italy.

Join Marco Fontani, R&D Engineer at Amped Software, for his presentation entitled “Enhancement and Authentication of Digital Images and Video” to learn how Amped products assist in the analysis of image and video evidence for investigations.

For more info about ONIF and the event visit:

ONIF is the Italian National Observatory of Computer Forensics, created by a pool of professionals in the field of digital and computer forensics. Its main goal is to promote the role of the ‘digital forensic expert witness’ as the subject that is capable of implementing existing best practices for the identification, acquisition, and analysis of digital evidence.

Learn how video labs and CCTV units can expedite workflows at the Digital Experience Event in The Netherlands

Video evidence, whether it is from CCTV, a mobile phone, or a body-worn camera, can be extremely valuable in establishing facts.

Amped FIVE has become the standard software for Forensic Image and Video Enhancement.

David Spreadborough, Amped Software’s International Trainer, will show how video labs and CCTV units can expedite their workflow by utilizing this single application for an entire case. Finally, he will highlight some of the challenges faced by first responders and detectives when initially dealing with the evidence.

Don’t miss this Amped Software session entitled “Video – Everyone’s favorite evidence” on October 11 from 11:45 – 12:45, and more, at this year’s Digital Experience Event from October 9 – 11 in Van der Valk Hotel Utrecht, Netherlands, organized by our partner Data Expert.

This two-day event will feature Digital Forensics, Crime Analysis, and Training, exclusively for the crime combatting community from the Netherlands.

For more info and to register:

Treviso Forensic – a Forensic Engineering Technical Seminar

Come out to the Treviso Forensic seminar to learn from Amped’s CEO, Martino Jerian, on how to analyze, enhance and authenticate images and videos during investigations. Amped will present during the Digital Forensic “e-crime” session on September 27 from 16:10-18:00 in Sala Doge

Treviso Forensic 2018 is the second technical seminar on Forensic Engineering, following the success of the first edition held in September 2016, which saw the participation of more than 600 professionals. The event is scheduled from 26th to 28th of September, 2018 in the stunning location of Villa Braida, Mogliano Veneto, Treviso.

Treviso Forensic is a technical meeting both for professionals who want to learn the basics of the discipline as well as for professionals with vast experience in the field, who want to learn more about the advances of Forensic Engineering.

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Let imagine a hard-working individual, confronted with several insurmountable obstacles. Let imagine that he/she tries to overpass these obstacles and get stacked in fighting them, communicate less, develops frustrations, becomes nasty, not sociable, grumbly. At a certain point he/she needs the help of the others, but, since he/she has been grumbly and distant for so much time, gets no support. Many other negative effects may immediately raise, both for the individual as well as for the collectivity…

The question is how to react. Should society help or punish the respective individual? If, let say, he/she severely injures somebody when drives extremely tired, is he/she totally guilty or not?

Of course, there will be many arguments here. The individual should have been carefully in the early age of this story, asking for help, adjusting its aims in order to better cope with the obstacles etc. On the other hand, the collectivity where he/she lives might have been displayed mare care and provide more support since the same beginning of the problems.

Maybe part of the problem comes from the education that society/family gave to the respective individual in the early stages of his/her existence. Maybe, at their turn, the individual’s parents, friends, relatives, teachers, colleagues, neighbors etc. were also suffering from the intended or unintended actions of other people, societies, or misfortunate ideas.

This is, however, a basic question, which answer may allow building upon strategies of prevention and, eventually, intervention when the hazard occurs.

Who is more responsible in this – very simplistically exposed – story? The individual or the collectivity? How big is the share of responsibility for each of the two parts?

I have used this apparently crazy example, to illustrate one of the basic questions that political parties should answer during the election debates. If the collectivity has a large share of responsibility, then it has to be endowed with the resources to institutionally act in a responsible way… This means, for instance, a high level of taxation. More, depending on the representations of majority, this collective accountability may be located at societal level or at community level, with immediate implications for the destination of the collected taxes. At the opposite, if the collective responsibility is very low, taxation has to be very low, and the individual should have he freedom to use own resources and should not expect institutionalized help. (Of course, in order to further simplify the story, in this paragraph I discuss only institutionalized help, not the informal one…)

Therefore: In the public debate, during the election campaigns, I would like to find discussions about the individual vs. community vs. state responsibility. Of course, these might refer basic principles, or might be particularized for a specific topic such as, for instance, providing school instruction…

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The Return of William Castle at Film Forum

Straight Jacket with Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford in STRAIGHT-JACKET

The Film Forum presents this fifteen-film tribute to the late producer-director William Castle, running from August 27 through September 6. Specializing in horror films and thrillers, Castle was an entertaining showman who relied on on outrageous gimmicks with catchy names like Percepto, Emergo, and Illusion-O, in order to lure audiences into theatres to see such campy confectionery as THE TINGLER, THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, and 13 GHOSTS. Thanks tothese innovative process, audiences might feels their seats vibrating as if a creature were scurrying beneath their feet in the theatre, or see a skeleton floating overhead on a wire, or be given an opportunity to walk out and get their money back if they felt the ending might be too intense (few people took advantage, as it required sitting in a “Coward’s Corner” in the lobby until the film was finished).
THE TINGLER and HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL are probably two of Castle’s most well known films, thanks to the presence of horror star Vincent Price, whose campy approach to the genre was perfectly suited for Castle’s gimmicky style of fun. HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL yielded a 1999 remake starring Geoffrey Rush and Famke Jansen; 13 GHOST was also remake. Although amusing and fun, Castle’s work loses something on television and home video, where the gimmicks cannot be replicated; fortunately, the Film Forum is presenting the films as they were meant to be seen – with the gimmicks intact.
If you want to get a taste of what the William Castle experience was all about, you should check out Joe Dante’s 1993 film MATINEE, in which John Goodman plays a Hollywood hustler obviously inspired by Castle, whose latest gimmick consists of simulating an atomic explosion in the middle of a sci-fi movie about radioactive mutation.
The Film Forum is located at 209 West Houston Street, New York, NY 10014, between 6th Ave and Varick (7th Ave). Their webpage for the Return of William Castle series is here.

AUGUST 26/27 Fri/Sat (2 Films for 1 Admission)
1:00, 4:35, 8:10
STRAIT-JACKET (1964) Joan Crawford
2:45. 6:20, 10:00
AUGUST 29 Sun (2 Films for 1 Admission)
Vincent Price
2:45, 6:05, 9:25
1:00, 4:20, 7:40
AUGUST 30 Mon (3 Films for 1 Admission)
THE WHISTLER (1944) New 35mm Print!
Richard Dix, J. Carrol Naish
1:00, 4:45, 8:30
MARK OF THE WHISTLER (1944) New 35mm Print!
Richard Dix
2:15, 6:00, 9:45
MYSTERIOUS INTRUDER (1946) New 35mm Print!
Richard Dix
3:30, 7:15
SEPTEMBER 1 Wed (2 Films for 1 Admission)
William Prince
2:50, 6:10, 9:10
Martin Milner, Rosemary DeCamp, Margaret Hamilton
1:00, 4:20, 7:40
SEPTEMBER 2 Thu (2 Films for 1 Admission)
THE NIGHT WALKER (1964) Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor
2:50, 8:20
LET’S KILL UNCLE (1962) Mary Badham, Pat Cardi
1:00, 4:30*, 10:00
*4:30 show is a single feature only
SEPTEMBER 2 Thu (Separate Admission)
WHEN STRANGERS MARRY (1944) Kim Hunter, Dean Jagger, Robert Mitchum
6:35 ONLY
SEPTEMBER 3/4/5/6 Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon
Vincent Price, Darryl Hickman, Judith Evelyn
Plus PsychoÂThe Trailer
1:00, 2:50, 4:40, 8:15, 10:05
SEPTEMBER 3/4 Fri/Sat (Separate Admission)
JESSE JAMES VS. THE DALTONS (1954) Brett King, Barbara Lawrence
6:30 ONLY
SEPTEMBER 5/6 Sun/Mon (Separate Admission)
FORT TI (1953) George Montgomery
6:30 ONLY

Check out the official press release for more details:

at Film Forum, August 27-September 6
THE TINGLER, in Percepto! and Psychedelorama!,
in special 4-day run, September 3-6 (Labor Day weekend)
THE RETURN OF WILLIAM CASTLE, a 15-film festival of horror and exploitation classics by the director and master showman, complete with their original gimmicks (Emergo!, Percepto!, Illusion-O!, and others Â including one created exclusively for Film Forum), will run at Film Forum from August 27-September 6 (two weeks). This is the return of CastleÂs gimmick movies to Film Forum Â after a 15-year hiatus.
Castle (1914-1977) made over forty B movies before hitting on a formula for box office success: low-budget chillers geared to the burgeoning Youth-sploitation market, including such effective Hitchcock imitations as Macabre, Strait-Jacket (the latter scripted by Psycho’s Robert Bloch), and Homicidal - which TIME magazine liked better than Psycho. Castle often appeared himself as a master of ceremonies – la Hitchcock, whose success and persona he strenuously attempted to emulate. A master of ballyhoo, Castle shamelessly promoted his pictures with cheesy, but highly effective gimmicks, which will be lovingly re-created for the festival.
Bruce Goldstein, Film Forum’s Director of Repertory Programming, first presented the Castle gimmick movies at the theater in 1988. ‘Like 3-D, I saw the gimmicks as a theatrical experience that home video couldn’t compete with (it still can’t): a kind of low-tech interactive cinema. The Tingler, in fact, became our own Rocky Horror Picture Show Â over the years, I codified the main Tingler sequence into a mini-stage show.
Â”Castle’s wife and daughter came to the theater for our first festival. When Mrs. Castle saw what we had devised for The Tingler, she commented (with a slight German accent), ‘Bill never went to this much trouble.””
Goldstein has since served as consultant on Castle shows around the world and technical advisor on a Japanese documentary on Castle. He has personally directed Castle events in Tel Aviv and, last year, in a three-city European tour: Munich, NeuchÃ¢tel (Switzerland), and Paris, where he presented the films in the rarefied salles of the Cinmatheque Francaise. “Ten French workmen were engaged to rig the Emergo! skeleton alone,” he says.
Â”We attracted huge crowds in all three cities,” says Goldstein.  “I then realized that it has been 15 years since we last showed the Castle movies at Film Forum. This is my way of celebrating our 40th anniversary.”
THE RETURN OF WILLIAM CASTLE opens on August 27 & 28 (Friday/Saturday) with a double feature of HOMICIDAL, Castle’s quick cash-in on Psycho (the one TIME magazine preferred to the original). Will you hold out after the Fright Break? Terrified audience members are given one minute to leave before the conclusion, but must sit in the lobby’s CowardÂs Corner! It will be shown on a double bill with STRAIT-JACKET, scripted by Psycho author Robert Bloch: Joan Crawford, returning from a 20-year asylum stint after hacking up her husband, is the obvious suspect when heads start rolling anew. Warning: STRAIT-JACKET vividly depicts axe murders!
Vincent Price, the Castle star par excellence, stars in HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (Sunday, August 29): there’s a ghost for everyone when eccentric millionaire Price rounds up a motley crew of strangers for a little house party. Haunted Hill’s black humor and goose-fleshy atmosphere will be further enhanced by the miracle of Emergo! Â a process “more startling than 3-D!” MR. SARDONICUS, screening with Haunted Hill on Sunday, features CastleÂs famed ÂPunishment Poll.Â The face of sadistic Baron Sardonicus gets stuck in a terrified grin, concealed behind an expressionless mask as he takes it out on the rest of the cast. Should he come to a horrible end? His fate is decided when the audience is given special glow-in-the-dark ballots to vote on the outcome of this most heinous fiend.
Screening as a triple feature on Monday, August 30 are three of Castle’s B movies based on the popular radio mystery series “The Whistler”: THE WHISTLER, with guilt- ridden Richard Dix hiring by-the-book hit man J. Carrol Nash to kill him through a middle man (The method? Death by fright!); MARK OF THE WHISTLER, with bum Dix deciding to cash in on a long-dormant bank account coincidentally in his name; and MYSTERIOUS INTRUDER, with crooked private eye Dix hired to find the benefactor of a mysterious bequest.
Other Castle gimmick movies to be screened during the festival include MACABRE screening on Wednesday, September 1: Dr. William Prince races against time to find his buried-alive-by-a-madman daughter. Due to the horrifying nature of this picture, each patron will receive a $1,000,000 policy insuring against Death by Fright (certain restrictions apply); showing with 13 GHOSTS, presented in Illusion-O!: vengeful spirits (visible only with specially-provided “Ghost Viewers”) plague a creepy old mansion’s new middle class residents.
Screening on Thursday, September 2 is THE NIGHT WALKER, starring screen legend Barbara Stanwyck (in her final film) as a wealthy widow haunted in recurring dreams by her decidedly dead blown-up husband, co-starring StanwyckÂs real-life ex, Robert Taylor; and LETÂS KILL UNCLE, the exact suggestion of Mary Badham (Scout from To Kill a Mockingbird) to teenaged pal Â and heir to $5 mil Â Pat Cardi, when his uncle/guardian cheerfully admits murder’s his own plan.
The rare Castle Film Noir WHEN STRANGERS MARRY will also have a single screening (at 6:30 only) on September 2: Kim Hunter weds glove salesman Dean Jagger after their first date, then hears there’s a gloved strangler on the looseÂbut old flame Robert Mitchum is there to help. Shot in 7 days for $50,000, Strangers was hailed by Orson Welles as “better acted than Double Indemnity and Laura.”
Two Castle 3-D movies will be projected in their original double-system format: JESSE JAMES VS. THE DALTONS (September 3 & 4, Friday/Saturday, at 6:30 only): Brett King believes he’s the son of the notorious bandit, and hooks up with the Daltons to try and learn the truth, but 3-D’d sexpot Barbara Lawrence is raison d’Ãªtre enough for this Castle oater; and the French & Indian War ÂEasternÂ FORT TI (September 5 & 6, Sunday/Monday at 6:30 only), with colonial George Montgomery teaming up with Redcoats as they go toe-to-toe against the Frenchies at Fort Ticonderoga.
The most famous Castle film of all Â and a Film Forum tradition Â is THE TINGLER, with its spine-tingling PERCEPTO!, the ultimate in audience participation, to be shown over Labor Day weekend (September 3-6, Friday-Sunday). “Get ready to scream Â scream for your lives!” when Vincent Price’s fear experiments unleash that centipede-like thing right onto the spinal cords of our terrified audience. Featuring the original blood-splattered color sequence and the screen’s very first acid trip, experienced by the audience via GoldsteinÂs own innovation, PSYCHEDELORAMA!
Accompanying all shows of The Tingler will be Psycho: The Trailer, the legendary six-minute preview, with Alfred Hitchcock himself squeamishly taking us on a tour of the Bates House. (Psycho, celebrating its 50th Anniversary, will have a one-week run at Film Forum during Halloween Week, October 29-November 4).


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Hep C Symptoms: Things to Know about Hepatitis C

May 31, 2010

Hepatitis C begins like the flu, one that you can’t quite get over. For some people, hep c symptoms develop slowly, or there may be no symptoms (especially the case with children–if you had Hepatitis C while you gave birth, make sure to have your baby tested). Symptoms, as they develop, vary from person to person, and may come and go. Possible Hep C Symptoms include:

  • Flu-like Symptoms: Fatigue, a low fever, headaches, sore throat, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, and aches.
  • Live damage, and pain in the right side of your torso, where the liver is located.
    • Liver damage may cause scarring, or cirrhoses, of the liver, which may lead to liver failure
  • Dark Urine and/or Pale Feces
  • Acute Infection
  • Jaundice (when the liver fails and the skin turns yellow)

The Hepatitis C virus, HCV, is particularly nasty and hard to cure in North America–only about 50% will be cured or have no sign of the virus for 6 months. Success in treating Hepatitis C is heavily affected by the immune system of the patient (and the presence of other diseases), and by how early treatment is begun (the longer it’s left untreated the more virus and the more possible liver damage), as well as many other factors, like age (older patients respond less well to interferon, a common treatment).

Hepatitis C is transmitted by the blood of an infected person. You can come into contact with it via sex, sharing objects that may have come into contact with their blood (a needle, a toothbrush, a razor), or by accident. If you have multiple sexual partners in a year, are a healthcare worker, or are concerned you may have come into contact with infected blood, it’s a good idea to get tested for Hep C–you may need to wait for confirmation, as the virus/antibody are not always readily apparent in the first six months after exposure, although some people will naturally get rid of the virus from their body in this time.

It’s also important for people who have Hepatitis C to realize they can easily transmit the disease, and to not share personal objects with others, and to inform sexual partners of the risk.

If you have Hepatitis C, make sure to take care of your liver by avoiding toxins (alcohol should be avoided all together, or drunk in moderation), and by taking care of your overall health (exercising, sleeping enough, getting all your vitamins) so that your immune system is strong and focused on the HCV. Because Hepatitis C attacks the liver, it may be a good idea to look for ways to safely cleanse the liver of toxins, and to support the functioning of the liver.

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2,220hp All Electric Cigarette Racing Powerboat

What happens when Cigarette Racing gets inspired by the 740hp SLS AMG E-Cell and collaborates with AMG? Well you get an all-electric 2,220hp cigarette racing boat! This boat was accomplished by borrowing some of the electric drive train from the E-Cell and is the “world’s most power electric drive powerboat”. The SLS E-Cell has 4 Electric motors and this boat has 6. The other thing these two share is the matte neon yellow paint officially called “AMG Electric beam mango” Who ever said being green isn’t fun?

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Friday, September 11, 2009

Fertility Magic Freebie

A friend from high school was asking me about fertility magic and I remembered an old document I made up a few years ago. It's a sort of jumble of folk and other magical information I came across when I was looking for help with my own fertility issues.

I'm providing it for your own personal use... which basically means please don't turn around and sell it.

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Sunday, January 7, 2018

Trouble at Goff Brook

Looks like the line is going to be out-of-service for a while in the vicinity of Goff Brook . . .

I'm a little surprised I'm still getting this sort of problem since the layout (and the associated benchwork, etc.) has been in place for many years/winters now. But here you have it - apparently, the wood benchwork/subroadbed has shrunk and caused the track to lift where it isn't secured. The humidity in the basement is typically around 50-65% during most of the year, but as of today it's just below 15%. I don't want to have to get a humidifier down there, but may not be able to avoid it. . .

For now though, I guess I'll get out the Dremel and cut-off disk and gap the rails in the area - but it's mostly curved track (heh, horizontally not just vertically, as above %^) and I don't want to risk introducing any lateral kinks. And, of course, any gapping will likely require additional feeders to be installed.

And it's not only Goff Brook. Just a little north, near Valley Coal, this turnout is lifting as well. Heh - not gluing down the turnouts seemed like a smart idea at the time. Now I think - not so much.

Until I figure out how best to fix these problems, the track will continue to be OOS. That'll likely undermine the possibility of having a January ops session, but on the other hand that's one of the benefits of having a fairly large layout, made up of multiple branches: I could just operate on the other lines with a smaller number of folks.

The prototype had to deal with similar problems, so I'm not going to stress out about it too much. If you have any great suggestions on getting the track back in service asap I'd love to hear them :^)

  1. A little "sun kink" or two.. :( I'm glad you are able to work around them while you fix the issue.

  2. Test to see if you can get the track working in SOME shape, and then issue speed restrictions. :D


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Teaching The Hebrew Bible
by TheEtruscan at 22:22 March 12, 2014

The Case against Studying or Teaching the Hebrew Bible: Those are the easy examples of things that came to light only in the last hundred years. The stele of Hammurabi's code is in the Louvre, Paris, France and the Papyrus of Ani at the British Museum in London, England for all to see. Moses' tablets exist only in the fantasy of the chroniclers of the Hebrew Bible on par with the Mormons' Gold Tablets. Who knows how many other "borrowings" (antecedents) from more ancient and preceding civilizations there are in the "divine revelation" of the Hebrew Bible?

As sacred texts go, is there any difference between the Egyptian Book of the Dead and the Hebrew Bible as far as style is concerned?

Denying divine revelation status to the Hebrew Bible is not denying faith or god! The fact is all civilizations preceding, contemporary and following the 500-300 BCE time frame the Hebrew Bible was composed had organized religions with their myths, high priests and devoted followers. Rome had a Pontifex Maximus long before the Hebrew Bible and Christianity were established.

If Jesus of Nazareth as a sacrificial lamb is required by some believers for the salvation of mankind, wouldn't Osiris and/or Dionysus also do? Myth for myth, would His former Holiness Benedict XVI now write a book on Dionysus of Naxos instead of Jesus of Nazareth? Instead of the fabulist rants of Jewish hicks the melodies of sophisticated Greeks?

Instead of teaching the parochial, sectarian and distorted point of view of the Hebrew Bible, why not teach universal morality and ethics? I am sure lots of other texts would qualify. Convene a new Septuagint? Commission our best inspirational, motivational and spiritual writers to produce text and they will be divinely inspired.

Parallel with Christianity

A group of deities with closely related characteristics had already been in existence for centuries prior to the advent of Jesus. They were most notably males, demigods, born of virgins, underwent life-death-rebirth cycles and had redeeming powers for mankind. To describe them, the term Osiris-Dionysus is used.

By the Hellenic era, Greek awareness of Osiris had grown, and attempts were made to merge this cult with that of Dionysus (the Bacchus of the Romans). The result was in a new mystery religion where the myth of the resurrection was paramount. Gradually this mystery religion spread to other parts of the Greek sphere of influence.

It is possible that this mythology later found its way into Christianity. Among the many similarities between Jesus and Osiris-Dionysus, the Christian notion of consuming "the flesh" and "blood" of Jesus is also shared by these cults and their followers could also commonly be "possessed" by these deities, go into trances and speak in tongues.

Actually there is a big difference between Jesus and the other old myths of Death and Resurrection by gods. In all these myths the god was done in by other gods which is impossible to do if only one god is postulated ergo mankind's role in the execution on the behalf of whom the deed had to be carried out. But given the Trinity it could have been a conspiracy between the Father and the Holy Ghost... Bah! A god who sacrificed himself on mankind's behalf. Really? What kind of sacrifice is it when he resurrected (sic) three days later? Why three days and not two or four? Is it a god or a zombie? And wouldn't a god know the future already?

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Archive for December, 2009

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Thursday, December 31st, 2009

I’m not usually in the mood for cleaning come Spring, wanting instead to run outside after the long cold. But the turn of the year seems like the best time to rearrange and pay attention to the corners of my home.

At the foot of the stairs I hung the framed print of my grandfather’s book plate — illustrated with a thistle, for Scotland, and a bee since he kept hives. Above a tiny solo mitten holds a dried hydrangea blossom that blew into the driveway from the neighbors. Below the volunteer fireman certificate earned by the 1861 owner of this house and miraculously recovered on ebay by the owners before me. And for company, a postcard of a dancing lady tucked into the light switch.

The clean floor is dirtying fast, but the little grouping delights me every time I pass.

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Saturday, December 26th, 2009

There is a “wintery mix” coming down outside and after shoveling the walks and bringing in wood for the stove we do not plan to venture out again today.

I turned the rubber plant into an ersatz tree and so far it is surviving the excited onslaught of the wee ones.

We have a fridge full of leftovers. For our vegetarian feast on Christmas Eve I made Nutmeat Paté in Brioche from the 1972 classic The Vegetarian Epicure.

(A cookbook worth checking out if only for entertainment value since many recipes list MSG as an ingredient and there are notations on what to serve after “sharing a pipe”.)

M, despite his Texas roots, was entirely satisfied. Although who can complain about any meal that ends with pie?

Today I picked some lettuce from one of the raised beds!

I couldn’t believe it when I saw the perky leaves, I had given up on them and yanked off their row cover last week.

Spring is feeling very far off so it was a treat to carry the handful of green indoors.

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Thursday, December 17th, 2009

There are a couple more days of the Bracelet Show at Kathleen Sommers in San Antonio, Texas.

And through the end of December you can see a collection of my work at Langman Gallery in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.


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Aurora Blazing: A Novel (The Consortium Rebellion Book 2) - Jessie Mihalik

The issue I had with the fat needing to be trimmed in the first is fixed here; much tighter story.
I’m about 30% in and loving this so far!
Slow burn couple with Tension

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What are the holidays without popcorn balls?? This was a fun, yummy, and easy twist on them.

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Polaris Rising (Consortium Rebellion #1) - Jessie Mihalik

This definitely had a The League series by Sherrilyn Kenyon vibe, scifi/space opera/warring factions, if you liked that series, you'll want to give this one a go.

This was a debut and I felt like I could tell with how the overall story needed to be tightened up more. This was first person pov by the heroine Ada and while I enjoyed her voice and character, there was too much talk of going through the motions of menial tasks. 20-50% and around the 70% mark, my eyes glazed over a couple times. I just thought the fat needed to be trimmed and the story tightened up.

This was very much a first in the series with the world building and setting up of plot threads, like I said, I enjoyed Ada's character but her love interest, Loch, was only a pencil sketch to me. Not having his pov probably added to this but only hinting at and introducing the Genesis Project plot, instead of investing some time on it, kept me from fully knowing his character.

Ada and Loch spend a lot of time together and their attraction is very much a part of the story but at the same time, not really the focus. Their attraction and relationship never matured enough for me to feel it was solid and therefore wasn't very emotionally investing for me.

The strength here was the setting up of plot threads, warring Houses, modifying human DNA, faked death, political intrigue, teasing of future romance couples, and what, I'll intelligently, call space stuff/atmosphere.

The writing has a smoothness and, like I said, there are some intriguing threads set-up, that I'm on board for reading the second in the series.

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Polaris Rising (Consortium Rebellion #1) - Jessie Mihalik

Why were the attractive ones always criminals?

This has a definite The League series vibe by Sherrilyn Kenyon to it.

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Voice of Rebellion - Roberta Staley
Disclaimer: ARC via a Librarything giveaway.

There is a debate among those who read biography (most likely more than one debate, but let’s just focus on this one). It has to do with the use of dialogue in biography, more specifically with the use of conversations that had to occur long ago and weren’t transcribed or recorded. Some people don’t mind them, perhaps even like them, but some don’t. I don’t. They work on basic level because of the nature of story telling and how we response to stories. But the academic in me is constantly wondering -was that really the conversation and how do you know that’s exactly what was said.

Staley makes use of such literary device, too much for my taste. So, if you feel differently, you should take that into account.

Staley’s book is biography of Mozhdah Jamalzadah, a singer who, when she was a young girl, immigrated with her family to Canada from Afghanistan. She went on to bring an Oprah Winfrey type of talk show to Afghanistan as well as to perform Afghan pop music.

Jamalzadah’s family was forced to leave Afghanistan during the 1980s because of her father’s position and political views. The biography’s first section details the family’s escape to Pakistan. While Mozhdah herself obviously did not have much to do with the planning and escape, the account showcases her parents’ strength of will and determination which they apparently passed down to their daughter. (In fact, it almost seems like Staley wants to tell the parents’ story, which itself sounds like it makes an interesting book).

The next part of the book details the family’s experiences in Canada and focuses shifts mostly to Mozhdah. And, strangely, it’s where the book loses a spark, a note, or a step. It isn’t that Staley’s writing shifts. She writes well, but there is a feeling of never quite getting to know Mozhdah Jamalzadah. In part, this has to do with details. For instance, she mentions Jamalzadah’s interest and heavy reading at one point, but doesn’t mention any of the books. There is a general sense of things but not much specifics outside the use of dialogue. To be fair, it must be difficult to write about a young and still living subject, even one who is cooperating. This might explain why the other children of the family seem to disappear (perhaps they did not want to feature in the book), but these generalities and missing facets are felt.

This is alleviated somewhat when Jamalzadah and her mother journey to Afghanistan to film the show. The challenges that Mozhdah faces range from the dangers of a country in a state of war to threats on her person because of her unwillingness to be a traditional, quiet woman as opposed to the feminist she is carry the weight, though even here there are gaps that feel strange. The focus is mostly on the career without too much depth, and there is little personal detail. It’s almost like there is a better book screaming to be let out.
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BoB26 Daily Challenge, Day 2 - Adaptions Aspirations
Rebellion - Nora Roberts

I chose Rebellion (The MacGregors #6) by Nora Roberts as my adaption aspirations. It is a story that would appeal to Outlander fans but with more romance and so much less abuse.

Scotland, 1745. Against the bloody background of the Battle of Culloden, another war was waged and won the price was honor, the victory, love.

Scottish beauty Serena MacGregor's hatred of all English began as a child when she watched as a band of Englishmen attacked her mother. Her brother's friend Brigham Langston was no exception to Serena's loathing despite his supposed loyalty to the Scottish cause and his good looks.

Although Brigham eventually proves himself worthy of the MacGregor family's respect, Serena is still reluctant to abandon her hatred for him and his heritage. But Brigham has other plans. Serena has captivated him with her beauty, her passion for life and commitment to her beliefs and he refuses to let her antagonistic attitude keep him from winning her. And Serena must learn to open her mind as Brigham opens his heart to see the true love awaiting her.

I think it would work best as a limited tv series (maybe a two or three night event) and to a lesser extent a movie. So to fan cast:

Serena MacGregor: Saoirse Ronan would be a wonderful choice to play the female lead character. Just dye her hair red or don a realistic wig and just do it.

Brigham Langston: Zachary Quinto has the look and the acting chops. Also I just want more Quinto in the world.

Serena's mom: Julianne Moore

Serena's brother/Langston's BFF: Kevin McKidd - an actual Scot!

Serena's dad: Robert Redford

Serena's BFF/sister-in-law: Emma Stone in a dark brown wig

Bonnie Prince Charles: Damian Lewis

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President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (ABG), Dr John Momis says the ABG is considering allowing large-scale mining again on Bouganville because of its need for revenue.
Momis was speaking after the ABG passed a new long-term Bougainville Mining Law on Thursday.
“We lack even the most basic acceptable standards in essential services, like health and education. We lag behind the rest of the world. Without significant ABG revenue, that situation will never change,” said Momis.
He went on to say he wanted the best possible hospitals, early childhood centres, schools, clean power, and good roads to all accessible areas and good shipping services for Bougainville.
He said these things are the essential basics for Bougainville to gradually develop a sustainable economy where all share in the benefits.
“True autonomy, or true independence, will only come when we have our own sources of revenue, capable of providing the best possible services to our people.
“It is an unfortunate truth that the only way any of us can see of generating this revenue is mining.
“But we need to approach this with great care. Mining itself is not a sustainable activity, as the minerals are a finite resource. So the key will be to use the mining revenue wisely, to promote and generate sustainable economic growth,” said Momis.

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Bougainville Mining Bill Passed

by Aloysius Laukai in Kubu.

The Controversial Bougainville mining Bill has been passed by the ABG house.
The bill went through the 3rd reading to become a Bougainville law just after 1135 Bougainville Standard time.
This now completes all the negotiations and dissatisfactions by factions of the communities throughout Bougainville.
The bill did not go un challenged but had to go through scrutiny by former combatants who demanded certain sections removed before they can allow the government to finally pass the bill.
At the time of the passing of the bill the house was full to capacity as people witnessed the passing of the bill.

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Don't forget to wish your mum a Happy Mother's day today :D

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