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Worship: For Heaven's Sake When we have repented of our sins, been washed by baptism, and surrendered our hearts to Christ, we are ready to receive the Holy Spirit and to follow Jesus into the Holy Place of the sanctuary. "The greatest preparation to enter into the Holy Place is to be filled with the Holy Spirit of Christ," says Pastor Flemons. The professed Christians who do not have the Holy Spirit are the cause of problems in the church. What is needed is to become self-denying people, who draw nearer to Christ.
[For additional details, please read Romans 6:4; Hebrews 12:2; Hebrews 13:5; Acts 2:38; Acts 19:2-5; Acts 24:25; Matthew 28:18-20; Matthew 16:24. Also, please listen to the recording and join Pastor Flemons in singing Hymn 306, "Draw Me Nearer."]
Wellness: For Health's Sake Loose-fitting clothing, especially around the waist and chest areas allow the lungs to expand and contract for proper airflow. Suspenders are better than belts for breathing freedom. Tight belts and clothing inhibit exhaling and inhaling, hurts the respiratory system, lymphs, and circulation of blood. Pastor Flemons, a doctor of biblical wellness, says, "If you're not breathing, you can't continue living." (For additional details, including how to properly breathe, please listen to the recording.)
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Rice Krispies Treat Watermelon Slices
I carried the watermelon.
Yup I did.
I love that movie.
And I love these rice Krispie treat watermelon slices. Have a slice of happiness.
Rice Krispie Treat Watermelon Slices
(Green Layer)
2 cups Rice Krispies cereal
25 large marshmallows
1 ½ tbsp butter
1-2 drops green food coloring
(Red Layer)
2 ½ cups Rice Krispies cereal
30 large marshmallows
2 tbsp butter
3-4 drops red food coloring
Extra butter for pan
Mini chocolate chips
1. Generously grease a springform pan with butter and set aside.
2. Green layer - Melt butter in large saucepan over medium heat. Add marshmallows, stirring until melted. Add green food coloring. Stir. Add more if needed until it is the color you desire. Remove from heat and add cereal. Stir until completely coated.
3. Scoop cereal mixture into the prepared pan. Using buttered hands or a spoon press it around the outer edge of the pan to form a ring. Set aside.
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This is the fifth part of a five part blog discussing the book Parenting Beyond Your Capacity.
Last week's blog post I talked about value #4, Create a Rhythm.
Two weeks ago I talked about value #3, Fight for the Heart.
Three weeks ago I talked about value #2, Imagine the End.
Four weeks ago I talked about value #1, Widen the Circle.
If you haven't had a chance to go back and read the prior posts, I encourage you to go back and read them. Click on the value you haven't read yet above to be directed to my overview.
This week I am going to spend some time talking about value #5. Value #5 is Make it Personal.
So what is the "it" in making it personal? The "it" is your personal growth. Personal growth is a big part of my life thanks to my pastor, Dr. Chris Stephens. I've had a yearly growth plan for several years now thanks to his preaching and teaching about the importance of personal growth. It is a very important part to my family. My son needs to see me growing in my faith, just like children of all ages need to see their parents growing in their faith.
The authors talk about the importance for parental growth on page 155. "When it comes to character and faith, your kids are watching you in a way they might not watch you in other pursuits…If you want it to be in them, it needs to be in you."
I have read in other books the importance of children knowing about the struggles we, as parents, have. The importance of it is to show them that we are not perfect. Our imperfections give our children permission to not be perfect. Parenting Beyond Your Capacity talks about this concept. On page 157 they say, "Whatever you want your children to become, you should honestly strive to become as well." We cannot expect our children to grow to their potential if we are not growing in our potential.
Do you want your children to grow up and marry a spouse that will be their life-long friend? A devoted spouse, treating your little baby with love, honor, and respect? Then you better be treating your spouse in such a way that they will want to have what you have.
Do you want your children to grow up to serve Christ? The question is are you serving somewhere in your congregation? How about outside the walls of the church?
Do you want your children to grow up with a strong relationship with Christ and other believers? Are you pursuing strong relationships with other believers and a strong relationship with Christ? What relationships do you value most?
My relationship focus is first on Christ, then my family, then my church family. I can only put my family first when I put Him first in my life.
The book offers many suggestions and practical discussions about how we can help our children grow. I won't mention them here, because the book is a must read. Through reading the book you will see what I'm talking about.
What about you? How can you make it personal? What are you doing to grow? How are you spending your days?
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Most expensive natural disasters
Natural disasters, such as earthquakes, hurricanes and floods are vastly expensive, in economic terms and more importantly, in terms of casualties and fatalities. The early years of the 21st century have seen some of the most expensive natural disasters of all-time.
2011 Australian Floods
Extensive flooding in Australia, which began in December 2010, has resulted in 25 deaths, with numerous others reported missing. Wayne Swan, the Australian Deputy Prime Minister told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, on January 17th, "It looks like this is possibly going to be, in economic terms, the largest natural disaster in our history." He added that reconstruction in flooded regions "will involve billions of dollars of Commonwealth money and also state government money and will likely take years."
2010 Haiti Earthquake
An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the moment magnitude scale occurred in Haiti on 12th January 2010, the worst in the area for over 2 centuries. Casualty figures are uncertain, with the Haitian government estimating 230,000 deaths and 300,000 injuries. However, Radio Netherlands Worldwide reported a maximum death toll of 92,000. With many thousands of homes and commercial premises damaged or destroyed, the Inter-American Development Bank estimated reconstruction costs at $14 billion.
2010 Chile Earthquake
On February 27th 2010, an earthquake of magnitude 8.8 occurred off the Chilean coast. Along with widespread devastation in Chile, the quake triggered a tsunami, causing further damage. Initial reports suggested over 700 deaths, later revised to 486. Several sources report reconstruction costs of $4- $7 billion.
2005 USA Hurricane Katrina
In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina crossed southern Florida, resulting in several deaths. It intensified quickly in the Gulf of Mexico, before striking Louisiana on 29th August. It resulted in severe storm surge damage along the Gulf Coast, with inland flooding in 8 states. Estimated costs of approximately $125 billion made this the most expensive natural disaster in US history, with an approximate death toll of 1833.
2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami
On 26th December 2004, the earthquake rated at 9.3 was the 3rd strongest recorded, with the longest duration of 10 minutes. The whole planet vibrated by 0.4" and other 'quakes were triggered as far away as the USA. Coupled with destructive tsunamis in the Indian Ocean, the earthquake killed approximately ¼ million people in 15 countries.
With more and more disasters and earthquakes happening I would ensure you have the correct cover for your home and your belongings
Garry Hudson writes about all things financial and debt related and currently works for Baines and Ernst


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A coalition of businesses and activist groups has begun its push to defeat an amendment that would write Indiana's same-sex marriage ban into the state constitution.
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Ok, so the FAR is online and I don't have to buy it.
As usual, when dealing with gov't regulations, this is as clear as mud.
Reading 61.5, the multiengine RATING is required to operate aircraft with more than one engine.
Reading 61.31, additional TRAINING is required for operating complex, high performance, pressurized, or tailwheel aircraft.
61.31(k)(2)(iii)(B) gives exception for the RATING requirements when the aircraft is operated under an experimental certificate, UNLESS a passenger is being carried.
So, if I'm reading this correctly (Chris Barber can chime in anytime), Wayne is correct that an experimental multiengine aircraft can be flown by a non-multi engine rated pilot, provided he/she is the only person in the aircraft. However, no exception is given for the training requirements for complex, high performance, pressurized, tail wheel, etc., because these are not ratings.
It also doesn't give an exception for the pilot CERTIFICATE or the medical CERTIFICATE requirement, so you still have to be a certificated pilot, and have a current medical.
I am still fuzzy on the turbine or >12500 pound issue, but since that is a type RATING, I'm thinking the RATING exception covers it also. I can't afford to put gas in a turbine, and I don't think I want to sand 12500 pounds of fiberglass so I'll let Greg worry about that one!
Does this make sense? Since when did the gov't ever have to make sense?
The Over 12,000 lb crowd used to get by with what was called a LOA (Letter of Authorization. EXAMPLE: LOA for L39C Jet. (I hold one) The LOA came with its own set of Operating Limitations, that were at the whim of the local FSDO. HOWEVER, Thats all history, You are now required to have a Type Certificate. THis solves a lot of problems because now everyone falls under the same rules, and they are just a little clearer then mud. The requirements for the Type certificate are a lot more stringent then the requirements in the LOA system.
(Heres one for yah, A turbine powered aircraft is NOT required to carry an ELT.)
First, with respect to Chrissi's questions:
From FAR 61.31: A Complex ENDORSEMENT is required for any AIRPLANE that has retractable gear, flaps, and a constant speed prop.
Note the "AND"'s between the equipment. Since NO rutan derivative canard aircraft (V.E. / L.E. / COZY / E-Racer / Berkut / Velocity / etc.) have flaps, a pilot would not need a complex endorsement to fly any of them.
Also from FAR 61.31: a "high-performance" endorsement is required for any airplane with AN ENGINE of MORE than 200 HP (emphasis mine).
In this case, only aircraft with at least ONE ENGINE that is rated at MORE than 200 HP would require a "high-performance" endorsement. This is one reason that many engines are rated at exactly 200 HP. A Defiant with two O-320's or O-360's of 200 HP or less each would NOT require a "HP" endorsement, while a Berkut with a 240 HP engine would require one.
Note that neither of these endorsements speaks to the Category or Class of the AIRPLANE - just to the fact that it's an AIRPLANE.
MSires has addresses part of the "multi-engine" issue, but I'll continue with a bit more info.
First of all, from CP 38, this snippet:
"....According to the FAA, a pilot will require a private pilots license to fly his or her own Defiant. A multi engine rating is not mandatory, although common sense would call for at least a center line thrust rating, which could be obtained in ones own Defiant."
Remember, this was written in 1984. I have an FAR from 1999, and here's what 61.31 (k) 2 (iii) says with respect to exceptions from the requirements:
"....The holder of a pilot certificate when operating an aircraft under the authority of an experimental or provisional aircraft type certificate."
As MSires points out, the FAR NOW reads:
"...[(iii) The holder of a pilot certificate when operating an aircraft under the authority of--
(A) A provisional type certificate; or
(B) An experimental certificate, unless the operation involves carrying a passenger;]"
The web page indicates that this change in the section went into effect on 9/1/2004 - VERY recently. So, unless someone has been studying the FAR's, they might not know this - certainly __I__ didn't know that this was a recent change.
So, the upshot is, as MSires points out, one can fly a Defiant (or any other Ex-Am Built twin engine aircraft) solo without a Multi rating, but NOT with a passenger, as of 9/1/2004.
Marc J. Zeitlin
Thank-you Marc.
I hope that answered everyone's questions.
Now, GET BACK TO BUILDING! (or flying)
Michael LaFleur
Turbo Rotary Big EZ Retract
And no trees were harmed or killed in the creating and sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced...
got it.....
The answer is sometimes yes, and sometimes no.
Even though this tread has degraded in ways, it was interesting and informative....all the passion has got me pumped with extra energy.....energy I am about to turn into airplane building. Building Powers Activate!
Off to the hangar.
All the best,
Chris Barber
Houston, Texas
Some days it is just painful to get the real info out, especially in dealing with government regulations. THERE IS NO LOGIC to government regs, just words to be carefully read and ....... misunderstood.
I split the conversation out of the defiant thread because - I new it would interest many and it was info that was needed or at least fun to have. I got a complaint about the splitting, so I get complaints, but not many.
The result is, in my opinion, we have ALL learned something from this series of points, especially since the rules were changed in 2004.
Enjoy the build,njut av byggandet, godere il costruire, nyd bygningen, geniesse den Bau, apolafse tin kataskevi, disfrute la construcción, curta a construção, Pidä hauskaa rakentamisen parissa, bouw lekker,uivaj grade?inaslajdaites postroikoi, geniet die bou
maker of wood, fiberglass, foam dust, metal bits and one day a Cozy will pop out and swiftly whisk me from meeting old friends and family to adventures throughout the world
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New Letterkenny pro McMonagle has big plans for Donegal juniors
Letterkenny Golf Club's newly-appointed PGA professional Seamus McMonagle hopes to see Donegal juniors take their place at the forefront of Irish amateur golf.
Players like Seamus and his brother Ciaran, Brian McElhinney and his fellow Northwest clubmate Michael McGeady excelled on the amateur scene in the late 90s and early "noughties".
Now Seamus is hoping to help coach a new generation of top players from his new base in Letterkenny, where he was formally welcomed this week by Captains' Ivan Furey and Jacqueline Ireland, lady vice-captain Mary Fowley and club P.R.O. Eamonn Davis.
"I want to start producing good golfers out of Donegal," he said. "It has not really been happening because there hasn't been any standard of coaching
"It's a new chapter for me, and I'm really looking forward to it."
Seamus will also be available for private lessons and said he plans to work with beginners, seasoned golfers, ladies and gents, as well as the existing members.
And having been associated with other clubs in Donegal over the past five years, he hopes to get to work with Letterkenny's junior players as soon as he can.
He will continue to work with members of other clubs around the country and states that he hopes that with quality coaching, Donegal can start producing quality golfers for the professional circuit.
Revealing big plans for the town club, he hopes to develop a new indoor teaching bay where those availing of lessons will be taught in state-of-the-art facilities.
The Barnhill course already includes a practice area but Seamus said that, during the winter months, it's important to have somewhere for golfers to hone their skills.
Donegal GAA captain, Michael Murphy, who's also a keen golfer and member of the Barnhill club, was also present to offer his good wishes to Letterkenny Golf Club's new addition.
The Captains, President, committees' and all members wish Seamus every future success at Letterkenny Golf Club.


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The main author''s works on shock waves:
the monograph:
"Л.Г.Филиппенко. Сильные ударные волны в сплошных телах. Киев, УМК ВО, 1992" (L.G.Philippenko. Strong Shock Waves in the Continuous Bodies) After of the publication the monograph had been essentially completed and corrected by author.
the articles:
-- "Л.Г.Филиппенко. Следствия из уравнения Гюгонио. Сб. «Гидромеханика», вып. 36, Киев, «Наукова думка», 1977г." ( L.G.Philippenko. The consequences from the Hugoniot equation). The English text see in a hyperreference "The consequences from the Hugoniot equation"
--"L.G.Philippenko. The Shock Heat Transference". The article had been sent in Journal on Shock Waves at July 2007. So far author had not any information about its destiny; therefore now here is placed the preprint of this article: see the hyperreference "Preprint of the article "The Shock Heat Transference".
--"L.G.Philippenko. On the hypothesis about of the continuous structure". See hyperreference "On the hypothesis about of the continuous structure"
-"L.G.Philippenko. The heat exchange with a shock deformed material". See hyperreference "The heat exchange with a shock deformed material"
--"L.G.Philippenko. The genuine (nonadiabatic) shock waves".See hyperreference "The genuine (nonadiabatic) shock waves".
--"L.G.Philippenko. What we measure and how we interpret it". See hyperreference "What we measure and how we interpret it".
See also the actual information in author''s blog in webclub "iMechanica" at URL: www.imechanica.org/blog/2590


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REDLANDS >> A firefighter was injured in a second-alarm blaze that destroyed a home and displaced two residents Sunday evening, a fire official said.
The firefighter was taken to Redlands Community Hospital to be treated for his injury, which was believed to be minor, according to fire Battalion Chief Jim Topoleski.
The fire erupted in a single-story home in the 1500 block of Cameo Drive on the city's south side around 6:50 p.m.
When firefighters arrived, they noticed heavy fire and smoke and started an aggressive interior attack, Topoleski said.
"While initiating the interior attack, the building flashed," he said, meaning everything in the house became immediately engulfed in flames.
"It happens extremely rapidly," Topoleski said.
A second alarm was called due to size of the house and magnitude of the fire, but wasn't fully used, Topoleski said. San Bernardino and Loma Linda firefighters assisted, the battalion chief said.
He said the fire was contained in about 30 minutes, but it gutted the house and destroyed its contents.
The cause of the blaze was being investigated.
A family cat was missing and another feline died after firefighters attempted to revive it by administering oxygen through a mask, Topoleski said.


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EASTER in Bendigo is a jam-packed family affair where the city streets quite literally, are turned over to a carnival of celebrations with a distinct family theme, and something for everyone.
It's a great occasion for families to unite and to enjoy some of the huge range of attractions and events being staged across the weekend in what it the biggest weekend of the year for many of the city's tourism and hospitality providers.
While the religious elements traditionally associated with what remains one of the most sacred times of the year for many may have dwindled in recent years, Easter remains an undisputed showcase of Bendigo at its absolute best.
The celebrations of colour, the city's rich and proud heritage and the welcoming community that is Bendigo will be front and centre over the next four days.
Sun Loong's final solo appearance is guaranteed to be a memorable experience for more than just the local Chinese community, as the world's largest Imperial dragon once again winds his way through the city's crowded streets as part of a tradition that is now part of folklore.
None of this can happen without the leadership and dedication of organisations such as the Bendigo Chinese Association, and the Bendigo Easter Fair Society, the community-led, not for profit organisation that has staged the Easter Festival since 1871, making
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In thanking those who work so hard to make Easter the success it is in Bendigo, we also wish all readers a safe and happy Easter
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BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) Kevin Johnson caught three touchdown passes and returned a kickoff 88 yards for another score to lead Lamar to a 52-21 victory against McMurry on Saturday night.
Johnson had 77 yards on five receptions, with all three TDs coming in the second quarter for the Cardinals (3-4). His kick-return TD came less than four minutes into the game, after the War Hawks (3-3) had the first score on a field goal.
Greg Livingston had eight catches for 97 yards for McMurry, a Division II school in Abilene, Texas.
Johnson caught a pair of 13-yard scoring passes from Caleb Berry, then added a 9-yard TD catch with four seconds left before halftime. Lamar led 31-3 at intermission and 52-6 after Branden Thomas returned an interception 53 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.
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'We've already got some licenses for this'
What this means is one of three things
- We need to do something and a technology we know well is ideally suited where we fortunately don't have to buy anymore licenses
- We bought an enterprise agreement when we bought product X and the vendor allows us to have a few licenses for Y and Z as well
- I've spent a load of money on licenses for this and we are damned well going to use them
Now clear the first one is fine, this is for example where new functionality is being delivered for a website and the number of CPUs has to be increased. The later is of course clearly dumb and often is the driver behind IT centric projects that burn money.
The middle-one though however is the most dangerous. I've seen this over, and over and over again. A company buys the flagship product from a market leader in a specific segment. That market leader also has some other products which are either early to market, non-strategic or just plain a bit rubbish and to 'sweeten' the deal they include a bunch of licenses for them and offer this up as value.
A few weeks, months or even years later a project comes along which needs to do a specific thing. Suddenly someone remembers, or most often pushes, that there are some licenses on the shelf that do that sort of thing so brilliantly money can be saved.
Let me recount a story of just such a decision....
In 2001 I was working with a company who had bought a enterprise package solution from one of the market leaders in the CRM space. As part of this 'deal' the company was allowed to use up to 4 CPUs of any other product from that vendor. We had to produce a website to enable consumer to interact directly with the package and this was well before .com front-ends were normal practice.
'Fortunately' the vendor had a new product to do just this, it was new, it was shiny and it was covered by the 4 CPUs. The alternative was to spend about 6 months developing something custom with about 5 people and despite some heavy cautioning from me on adopting a brand new, unproven technology that looked rather rubbish when I investigated it the company decided that it would be cheaper because of those 4 CPU licenses....
18 months later and with an average team of around 15 people and much hacking, cursing and challenge the site went live with a fraction of the envisioned functionality.
So that 4 CPU 'saving' had in fact delivered a 20 man year cost increase and less functionality.
Want another? How about the company who used some old EAI licenses and found out half-way through the project that the vendor was discontinuing the product? How about the company who used the limited number of Web content management licenses and found that 10 years later it was a drain down which millions had been poured... seriously I could go on and on.
The point here is that lots of IT seem to account for license costs in a completely different way to people costs. Something that saves [£€$]10 of license cost is good even if it delivers 10x that in additional people costs.
The solution is simple, when you look at a programme evaluate the total cost of ownership of the solution not just the immediate cost of buying licenses. Cheap today is liable to be expensive tomorrow and potentially extortionate the week after that. TCO is all that should count in these decisions but normally the lure of 'free licenses' outweighs the rationale of 'that isn't the right tool for the job'.
Now that really is Dumb IT
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Personally I think the retractable hose should have featured in the top ten of Stephen Fry's 100 greatest gadgets!! We affixed ours to the wall of our house and given that some of the interior walls are made with horsehair and lattice you can imagine that it is not perhaps the most solid of structures. It has happily stayed on the wall though.ReplyDelete
For some reason The Bedsock has this idea that it needs to be bought indoors over the winter in case the water freezes in the pipes or something like that. I didn't bother last year and it was fine but I suppose its something to consider.
My brother has one like yours and swears by it. I use a German wheelie thing which is brilliant for winding hose in, but hopeless for pulling out. It offers Teutonic stubbornness unless you turn it upside down and run with it, having first tied the end of the hose to a tree.ReplyDelete
Arabella - I don't think the Bedsock need worry with modern hoses. The good quality ones, reinforced with nylon mesh, seem to withstand everything.
Hose pipes, with me, always seem to become animated and then turn malevolent. if I drop the end, it always turns on me and more often than not, I find myself doing an impersonation of Laocoon and become hideously enmeshed with coils of cold, wet plastic.
Speaking as someone who has to stand on the hosereel frame to wind it up, assuming that it's already been turned off without soaking me, I'm extremely envious. I'm sure though that the sheer effort involved in watering with my old 3-part hose ensures that it never gets nicked so it's quite safe to leave it outside in the communal garden.ReplyDelete
That looks brilliant. I just hate hose pipes. Such a tedium, always get into knots, blocking water flow by masses of kinks in the pipe, always look awful unless rolled up or taken away.... We also have a reel, but winding it is pretty tough and it also gets into knots. This looks so much better... Thanks for the review.ReplyDelete
Hose pipes drive me mad, its so darn amazing the amount of things that can grab on to as you drag them around. They also have this special ability to prune great chunks out of prized plants far easier than I can do with proper pruners the down side being they usually prune the plants that you least want pruning. Anyway I think your reel is very good, anything that can get a hose pipe under control has to be good.ReplyDelete
Will investigate further having read your review - have been playing a dangerous game of hopscotch over my unravelled hose for far too long.ReplyDelete
Arabella - it does make life a lot easier :)ReplyDelete
PMN - you should see me up at the allotment - I've literally hosed myself down so many times ;)
Caro - lots of people up at the plot have adopted your strategy!
Petra - it is so much better :)
Shayla - welcome :)
Anna - NAH's been playing hopscotch too. He's on a tidying up mission at the moment, so I'm relieved there's one less thing for him to get grumpy about whilst he's in that kind of mood ;)


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The "It" in the headline, of course, is the Internet, or the World Wide Web, or just Web or Net nowadays.* But way back when, in the Clintonian Era (if memory serves), Al Gore, a lot of marketers and a bunch of other folks called It the "Information Superhighway." Thank whatever deity you choose that the name never really stuck. Seriously, when was the last time you heard anyone under 50 use the term?
That's because, as far as names go, Information Superhighway was beyond awful. But as far as metaphors go, it was pretty darn good. Probably one of the better ones to describe the coming onslaught of information and content on the web. Plus, it gave clever writers lots of great material for punny copy and headlines, like "A breakdown on the Information Superhighway" or "In the fast lane of the Information Superhighway," etc. I'm not sure, but the name could be partly responsible why people still talk about "traffic" on the Web. Sounds good, at least.
Why this sudden, random trip down memory lane? Well, like I did today, when you drive back to Chicago from Cleveland, where I was attending Content Marketing World this week, you've got a few hours to think and some really straight, flat Interstate highway to navigate. And you get to thinking about things.
Things like how the vast majority of businesses are now firmly committed to digital marketing in any number of ways, but usually a website. Even my chosen little corner of the world, big American law firms, seems to purring right along.
Driving in real traffic on a real superhighway, though, the metaphorical relevance of that old name became even sharper. You have your monster triple tractor-trailers, over 100 feet long, barreling down on all who dare get in their way. Behind them is an old beater going 10 miles-an-hour under the speed limit, belching a plume of smoke from burning oil. Trying to make time by speeding and zig-zagging around all the trucks in the right lane and the Wisconsin drivers in the left lane is a constant parade of sedans, cross-over SUVs and even a few minivans festooned with window stickers and school magnets. These vehicles all have different destinations, but they're all sharing the highway in relative peace and harmony, moving along at a pretty good clip even through the occasional construction zone narrowing traffic down to a single lane in each direction. Every once in a while, there's a stalled car on the shoulder nursing a tow-truck, and every couple of hundred miles, there's a trooper who has pulled someone over, and he's writing a ticket.
Can you picture this on the Web in terms of digital marketing, too? I definitely can. And did, during my drive.
But tonight, upon returning home and perusing Twitter, I was reminded that some companies are still struggling on the Information Superhighway and are perhaps the metaphorical equivalent to horse-drawn carriages (except they're not Amish).
I came across this: "Squire Patton Boggs' Website Fails to Keep Up with Merger." Long story short, two big law firms merged as of this past June 1, and they still don't have a new, combined website. There's one little page up at a URL reflecting the new firm's merged name that directs folks back to "heritage" websites. Oh, and you can sign up to receive notice as to when the new website is launched.
The basic reason? Combining law firm websites is a slog, and a lengthy one at that. Plus, this "wedding" ended up happening pretty fast. John Simpson, CEO of website developer One North, ably explains all of the considerations that go into building one of these monsters and why they can take a while. And, as a veteran of a merged website (done by One North's predecessor company) and later a complete rebuild (by a different company), I can heartily confirm that. But as Ross Fishman, a law firm website guru in his own right, points out: better to have something than nothing. It's been more than three months since the merger became official, after all.
Still, I was going to cut the firm some slack, even though I'm sure they could have come up with a much more creative solution than the one they chose. Then I read this statement from the firm's spokesperson: "Our goal is to properly launch a website that reflects the strengths and capabilities of our recently combined firm. The quick completion of our merger gave us a compressed timeline in which to do this, and a new website will be launched in due course."
Uh, OK. Guess the firm's digital marketing isn't stalled on the ole Information Superhighway. It's up on cement blocks in the front yard.
What do you think? How important is a new website to a newly merged law firm? Leave your thoughts in the comments.


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Best-selling author Peter Thomas Senese's critically acclaimed international legal thriller 'Chasing The Cyclone' has had a substantial social impact protecting against global children abduction. The New York Journal of Books stated Chasing The Cyclone is "A well-written thriller you will be reluctant to put down" while targeted families of abduction have called it a blue-print on how to protect against parental kidnapping. For Senese, it is the seed that has grown into the I CARE Foundation.
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Florida Child Abduction Act Passes Unanimously Senate and House Floor Votes
Today members of Florida's Senate joined the members of Florida's House of Representatives in demonstrating great leadership by passing unanimously Florida's groundbreaking 'Child Abduction Prevention Act' sponsored by child advocates Representative Darryl Rouson (St. Petersburg) and Senator Eleanor Sobel (Ft. Lauderdale). HB 787 will become law once Governor Crist signs the bill, as he expected to within the next few days.
On a House floor vote that occurred yesterday, HB 787 passed unanimously with 115 'Yeas' to 0 'Nays'. Today, the Senate unanimously passed the legislation with 38 'Yeas' and 0 'Nays' votes.
Representative Darryl Rouson, who sponsored and guided the landmark legislation through the House of Representatives said, "Our children in the state of Florida have every right to be protected from any and all forms of abuse. The 'Child Abduction Prevention Act' will in fact protect our children from the abuse associated with the criminal act of child stealing. With an estimated 16,000 international child abductions alone in our country last year – a number that is growing at 40% per year - how could we as lawmakers not act expeditiously in order to protect our state's and nation's future: our treasured children? We simply cannot. It required a great deal of work, but today we now wait for Governor Crist's signing of this bill into law. I say with great pride that the lawmakers of the great state of Florida realized the importance of this law and acted unilaterally for the best interest of the children of our state."
Carolyn Ann Vlk, the 'Child Abduction Prevention Act' bill author, stated, "Today is a wondrous day! What began as not much more that a mother's dream is now almost a reality. When I began writing Florida's 'Child Abduction Prevention Act' it was my greatest desire that my home state put into place child abduction prevention legislation that could be utilized as precedence for other states. As soon as Governor Crist signs the proposed legislation into law, we will have that ability. Words cannot adequately express my appreciation for the bipartisan support exhibited while working together in creating legislation to protect all children. This is a moment I have long awaited and showcases democracy at its finest. What an outstanding day for the children and families of Florida."
According to leading experts and advocates who focus in the area of parental child abduction, prevention law is critical. Outspoken children's advocate and author of 'Chasing The Cyclone', Peter Thomas Senese, one of the bill's lead advocates, added, "Child abduction prevention laws are a necessity and an integral part of each state's ability to protect the best interests of their children-citizens who are at risk of abduction. Without a court's ability to consider risk factors associated with a potential threat of abduction combined with the capability to act in ways that would prevent this crime from happening, the growing malignant plague of international parental child abduction that has silently swept through our nation will continue to increase. What is at risk as a nation is the disappearance of our most precious commodity: our children. And with international parental child abduction growing at approximately rapidly, laws such as Florida's 'Child Abduction Prevention Act' will be our nation's first line of defense against international parental child abduction. I suspect that many states that do not have preventive laws have now watched the great leadership Florida's legislators demonstrated today. As a successful Chasing Parent who knows all too well the horrors associated with chasing the cyclones of international parental child abduction, I am deeply pleased in the knowledge that parents and their children who will come after me will benefit from the extensive effort put forth. No child or parent should ever have to know what it is like to have one parent attempt to steal and disappear with your child. This law will prevent much of this from happening. And I want to add that so much thanks must be extended to the amazing writer and spirit of the legislation, Carolyn Ann Vlk, and to Representative Darryl Rouson and his legislative aide Henry Moseley, Senator Eleanor Sobel and her legislative aide Nick Matthews, and the rest of the team that put their hearts, spirit, and best effort into guiding the passage of this what we expect to be an incredible law. Today is a great day for not only the children of Florida, but children our entire nation."
Chasing Parent Captain William Lake, the father of Mary Victoria, who remains in Japan despite court orders seeking her rightful return stated, " I am so pleased with today's outcome in Florida's Senate. It is my hope that through the passage of this law, children will no longer be deprived from the loving relationships of both parents. Unfortunately, too many children who are abducted come to believe that the left behind parent does not care or love them, when this is not true or accurate. No child should ever have to experience abduction and the denial of the other parent due to deceitful actions by the other parent. In my lobbying of this legislation, it was my desire to have a law passed that will protect innocent children from ever experiencing the unfair storms of parental abduction."
If signed by child advocate Governor Crist as expected, HB 787 – The 'Child Abduction Prevention Act' will go into effect on January 1st, 2011.
Carolyn Ann Vlk concluded, "As the bill's author, I would like to share with the people of my state that none of this would have been possible if it were not for Representative Darryl Rouson. He is a champion of our children. And Senator Eleanor Sobel acted in great ways to protect the children of our state. I want to thank each of them, along with their respective legislative aides, Henry Moseley and Nick Matthews, for all they have done."
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3 April 1992. China and Korea have finally decided to join hands in friendship, and the Korean Government decides to host a celebratory State Dinner for the visiting Chinese diplomats. The Blue House bodyguards are busy with preparations, and amongst them are two 26-year-old fellows that just graduated from the Corps's training school: Han Jeong-hak and Kang Mu-yeong. Jeong-hak is from The City; serious, studious and reserved. Mu-yeong is from The Country; a 'free soul,' emotional and flighty. Even though they're complete opposites, Mu-yeong and Jeong-hak quickly become fast friends and ultimately competitive rivals. The first mission assigned to them is to protect a woman known only by the code name "She." In the months following while protecting this woman, they both eventually fall in love with "She," which leads to several misunderstandings between our heroes. But suddenly on the day of the State Dinner, Mu-yeong and "She" disappear… never to be seen again.
3 April 2012. It is now the 20th Anniversary of said China-Korea relations, and another State Dinner has been planned to commemorate the occasion. Jeong-hak has been promoted to Chief Bodyguard at the Blue House and in charge of protecting the First Family, but his main assignment is to keep an eye on the President's daughter Hannah (who has her own issues with protocol, decorum and staying put). Mirroring what happened 20 years prior, the First Daughter goes missing along with her bodyguard Dae-sik right before the event and Jeong-hak is worried that they may have been kidnapped by an anti-Korean organization. Jeong-hak starts having nightmares and while he searches for the missing child, clues to what actually happened to Mu-yeong and "She" start appearing before him. How will Jeong-hak put all the pieces together in order to safely bring home the First Daughter?


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John McGrath: Pair of overlooked quarterbacks will square off Monday night
Andrew Luck was the first overall pick of the 2012 NFL draft, but fellow quarterback Robert Griffin III dominated the storyline.
The Washington Redskins so craved the Heisman Trophy winner from Baylor, they gave the St. Louis Rams three years worth of premium draft picks for the right to select Griffin at No. 2. In exchange for what turned out to be an eight-player haul by the Rams, the 'Skins got the league's all-time rookie record-holder in endorsement deals and jersey sales.
Two and a half years after that deal, a pair of quarterbacks taken later in the 2012 draft — during the Chris Berman-is-babbling-even-more-than-he-usually-babbles phase — are preparing for a Monday Night Football game somewhat deflated by Griffin's absence. He suffered a dislocated ankle Sept. 14, the latest setback of a star-crossed career that's turned into a soap opera.
Ah, but the show must go on. Instead of the made-for-TV duel ESPN envisioned between Griffin and the Seahawks' Russell Wilson, the role of Wilson's counterpart will be filled by former Michigan State quarterback Kirk Cousins.
It won't be their first encounter. In 2011, Cousins connected on a late touchdown pass that beat Wilson's Wisconsin Badgers, 37-31. The Big Ten rivals later trained together at the IMG Academy in Florida, preparing for the draft that found both of them following the first round from afar.
When the smoke from the bombshell trade finally cleared, the Hawks chose Wilson in the third round (No. 75 overall), before the Skins took Cousins in the fourth round (No. 102 overall). And while Seattle general manager John Schneider had long targeted Wilson as a second-day pick, the team also considered a Plan B involving Cousins.
"We interviewed him, did the whole thing," coach Pete Carroll recalled the other day. "We had him at the combine and all that stuff. He's a really cool kid, a really great competitor, real bright, hard working, kind of a squeaky-clean guy. He's got a great history and background, and his mentality was so on it. We were really impressed with him."
So was Mike Shanahan, the former Redskins coach and co-general manager. Shanahan's selection of Cousins was widely panned by pundits who wondered: Why take a quarterback in the fourth round of a draft built around the premise of taking a quarterback in the first round?
Shanahan made some decisions that backfired — he got released from his contract for reasons not exclusively related to the fact he was born with the social skills of a groundhog — but his suspicion about Griffin was spot-on: The quarterback's inclination to turn broken plays into 25-yard rushing plays posed an injury risk.
Cousins' performance off the bench this season has drawn mixed reviews. Relieving Griffin early in a Week 2 thumping of Jacksonville, Cousins completed 22 of 33 passes for 250 yards and two touchdowns. He followed that by putting up some gaudy fantasy-league numbers against Philadelphia — 30 for 48, 427 yards and three touchdowns — before the wheels fell off last week.
The New York Giants, on their way to a 45-14 victory, picked off Cousins four times. He appeared to be telegraphing his passes, devoting his full focus on the intended target. It's a mistake common to inexperienced NFL quarterbacks, and a mistake Seattle's turnover-starved "Legion of Boom" will be happy to convert into an interception.
Cousins still is learning, but know this: He's a quick learner. A standout in the classroom at Michigan State, where he won honors as the outstanding senior student-athlete at an FBS school, Cousins is as grounded in the fundamentals of game-day preparation as his buddy Wilson.
"You have got to find ways to get better," Cousins said during a conference call with Seattle-area reporters last week. "In this league, they're not looking for excuses. They're looking for results. No matter what hand you've been drawn, no matter what the circumstances are, you have got to find a way to get it done.
"That's kind of the culture of football. If you want to last in this league, which I do, you've got to put the work in on your time. You've got to be ready."
It's funny, in a not-so-funny way, how life works out in pro sports. Robert Griffin III was ushered into the NFL as a brand name. Before he threw his first pass for the Redskins, Griffin's agents set him up as a pitch man for Castrol Motor Oil, EA Sports, Gatorade, EvoShield and Adidas.
The brand name was replete with a brand nickname — RGIII — perfectly suited for a generation of NFL fans weaned on keeping their text messages efficient.
And yet the guy who stole the show at the 2012 draft, the guy ordained a pop-culture icon, merely will be spectator Monday night, along with the rest of us.
The ball either will be in the hands of Russell Wilson, a third-round pick, or Kirk Cousins, a fourth-round pick.
I am reminded, again, of some words of wisdom the late UCLA basketball coach John Wooden donated to a sports world that always seemed to lag a lap behind him .
"It's not so important who starts the game," Wooden said. "It's who finishes the game."


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Sunday, 18 April 2010
Secret Post Club - April
This is my Secret Post Club Parcel from the lovely Helen (I've been cyber stalking her - she didn't actually put her name on my parcel, but it's on her blog...) at Icklebabe.
Just look at it: See the lovely stripey bag she's wrapped it in, and the little ribbon with its button that she's put on the corner, and the envelope which has a sparkly card inside, and then the beautiful hand made lavender bags, with more stunning ribbons and cute buttons. Seems a shame both that you can't smell them (they're tantalising my nose as I type) and that they're going to end up in my distinctly underwhelming underwear drawer. Oh well, maybe I'll have underwear to match one day...
A million thanks to the very clever Helen, who has some even more amazing things on her website. And even more thanks to Heather who has once again done an amazing job and who I hope is sent something utterly lovely this month.
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so sorry for the late reply but i have been poorly sick with a rotten ear infection.
Its great being part of the secret club as it means I get to find fab new blogs like yours :D will be popping by often xxxxx
P.s, just had a quick look at your lovely things in the craft market<<< they are fab! you are one clever lady :DReplyDelete
Aren't I lucky!!! Thank you so much to Helen and to Heather. Helen, thanks for nice words on the craft market too, you're in it now!ReplyDelete
I know. I'm sorry. I hate these word recognition, are you a robot, guff things too, but having just got rid of a large number of ungrammatical and poorly spelt adverts for all sorts of things I don't want, and especially don't want on my blog, I'm hoping that this will mean that only lovely people, of the actually a person variety, will comment.
So please do. Comments are great...


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Extending an image sequence is something that can be useful when needing to add some time to shots if needed, in this video you can see how to extend image sequences in after effects using time remapping. You can use this technique with render passes from various 3D programs as well.
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Keyframing in After Effects
It has been a while, but Reanimated Fallout is back for 2014. In this tutorial we are going to take a quick look at keyframing in After Effects, types of keyframes and look at spatial and temporal interpolation as well.


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Is it consistent to be a libertarian while opposing suicide on moral grounds?
I'm no expert on libertarianism in political philosophy, but I think I can answer this one: Yes.
As I understand it, political libertarianism is a position concerning the legitimate power of the state. One can consistently oppose suicide on moral grounds while maintaining that the state has no business interfering with suicide. One can consistently think that, for various reasons, one morally ought not commit suicide while also thinking that the law should keep out of it. Indeed, a particularly strong distinction between "immoral" and "illegal" seems to lie at the heart of the libertarian outlook.
Typically, a libertarian (in the domain of politics; "libertarian" is also the label for someone who adopts a view in philosophy of mind or action theory involving free will) is someone who believes that societies should have a government that is the smallest possible in order to protect certain basis rights (perhaps a proper government should, on the grounds that persons have the right to life, prohibit murder and seek to prevent it). A libertarian might (on rare occasions) support some publicly funded health care, but he or she would (ideally) like such matters to be funded by individuals voluntarily by the individuals themselves. So, what about libertarians and suicide? If the libertarian believes that a minimal government should prohibit and prevent murder and she believes that suicide is wrong because it is a case of self-murder, then she may consistently support the government's prohibition and prevention of suicide. However, she may be "opposing suicide on" different moral grounds, e.g. she thinks it is prohibited by God or she thinks that in almost all cases suicide is ruled out on Kantian or utilitarian grounds. For the most part, libertarians do not think these religious or philosophical judgments of these kinds should be employed by the state to control its citizens. So, in this case when suicide is deemed wrong but not as grave a wrong as murder, a libertarian may well contend that suicide is indeed wrong (persons who commit suicide are doing something morally wrong), only adding that it is not within a government's right to make suicide illegal.
There is one additional side to things: while a libertarian may oppose there being an overall, federal government that makes suicide illegal (assuming suicide is not self-murder), her moral objections to suicide may motivate her to join a society voluntarily that makes suicide prohibited. Without knowing the details, I imagine that most Christian monasteries and Muslim communities have rules that forbid suicide (e.g. they would not fund or support the "physician-assisted suicide" of one of its members). A libertarian might join some such organization while still not supporting a governmental prohibition of suicide.


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Chinese being questioned before entering the country.
America is a country of foreigners. Every American has ancestors who immigrated into the country at a point in history, therefore no one is truly American. Because of this, one would think that Americans would welcome new immigrants and empathize with their troubles. But during the late 1800's and the early 1900's when the influx of immigrants was greater than ever, Americans turned their backs on new immigrants. There was so much prejudice against them that laws were created to stop certain immigrants from coming into the country.
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first significant law restricting immigration into America. Before the law was passed, many Chinese immigrants had been coming to California to make money and return to China, or to start a new life in America. By 1867, about 50,000 Chinese had immigrated to the US. Their number increased after the Burlingame Treaty of 1868 was passed, which allowed Chinese immigration but not naturalization. Anti-Chinese riots in San Francisco in 1877 led to the passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Although the Chinese made up only 0.002 percent of the US population, Congress passed the act to ensure that the Chinese would not dominate the work force in the west, and to maintain white racial purity. The Chinese that were already in the country challenged the act, calling it unconstitutional, but nothing was changed.
The exclusion act stopped any Chinese from immigrating into America for ten years and declared all Chinese ineligible for citizenship. The act was renewed in 1892 for another ten years. Then in 1902, the Chinese Exclusion Act became a law. The law was successful, as it stopped all Chinese immigrants from entering and the Chinese population in America declined. In 1924 the law expanded to exclude all Asians from immigrating. Finally in 1943, a new law extended citizenship rights and allowed 105 Chinese immigrants to enter the US each year. In 1965 this quota was abolished and Chinese were granted unlimited immigration and citizenship rights. After 83 long years of immigration restrictions, the Chinese were finally allowed to come to America.
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Before there even was direct-to-VHS garbage in the 80s, there were loads of crappy 1970s horror movies made. It's hard to believe they came out in the same decade as movies such as The Exorcist, Texas Chainsaw, Halloween, The Omen, Carrie,and Jaws.
What's even worse is that they are so wrongly being slapped into those combo-pack DVDs with far superior shitty 80s movies! No. Just no. Keep the decades separate, dammit! I tried. I tried to give these 70s movies a chance instead of shelving the collections after watching the 80s flicks. So I'll start at the top of the heap.
Imagine if Roxy Hart and Velma Kelly were the mothers of murderers instead of the killers themselves, and you'd have What's the Matter with Helen? After their sons are convicted, Debbie Reynolds and Shelley Winters start to get threatening phone calls from someone saying he wants revenge. So they pack up, change their names, and move to California.
Debbie teaches little brats dance lessons. Shelley plays piano for her. Debbie dates McCloud man Dennis Weaver. Debbie dances. Debbie tap dances. Debbie does the Tango. Debbie upstages all her little students during a recital. Shelley is so bored by the lengthy recital segment that she sticks her finger in a fan. Then she hallucinates about her husband's death and becomes convinced the voice on the phone has found them—especially after the voice calls them again.
What's the Matter with Helen? feels like a melodrama starring two classic actresses which then had a few gory shots by Herschell Gordon Lewis edited into it so it could be called a horror film. Nothing too thrilling happens for a majority of the movie, but there's eventually a murder that leads to a final awesome 20 minutes with plenty of crazy twists. But the show is really stolen by Agnes "Endora" Moorehead's reaction to Debbie Reynolds giving Shelley Winters a good smack.
The Velvet Vampire has no incisors and plenty of sun. A pretty woman kills a burly biker who was about to assault her then invites a ditzy couple at an art exhibit to her estate in the middle of the desert. They eat. The couple tries to sleep and have sex. The vampire lady has her assistant kill a person occasionally. The couple has dreams about being in bed in the desert. We get to see man butt.
The threesome rides around the desert in a buggy. They visit a mineshaft. They visit an old abandoned saloon. The chick gets bit by a snake. The vampire lady sucks out the venom. The vampire lady flirts with both the guy and chick. Eventually, she kills the guy and chases the chick through a bus terminal and onto the street. Conveniently, there's a concession stand right there selling crucifixes so a bunch of people grab crucifixes and surround the vampire lady….
The Velvet Vampire fails to be scary. It fails to be sexy. I'd lose all credibility if I didn't say this movie sucked. Okay, I don't have any credibility when it comes to taste in horror movies, so if I say a movie sucks, you know it has to be really bad.
The Frankenstein story is just one that never fails to leave me less than impressed and not even slightly frightened no matter how it's reimagined.
Yeah. So Dr. Frankenstein dies at the hands of his monster and his beautiful daughter takes up the cause.
Despite it being a period piece, Lady Frankenstein did manage to keep me watching, waiting for the moment daughter Frankenstein flashed her tits to get the men to do her bidding. But the T&A comes way before that. The monster periodically stumbles upon random naked women throughout the film. He looks like he may have been the inspiration for the monster in the Sting/Jennifer Beals 80s adaptation The Bride. And that's all I got.
Better known as The Pyx, The Hooker Cult Murders is a fairly boring movie in which Christopher Plummer is a detective puzzling together how prostitute Karen Black died, most of it unraveling through flashback clips of Karen.
While Karen's madam is clearly hiding something, Christopher sets his sights on Karen's gay roommate. When they finally talk, the guy admits he's a "homosexual." I really can't take that connotative word seriously when used by a gay man because I feel it's reserved for haters who want to express disgust at the concept by conjuring up a picture of the very sexual act they claim to despise.
Within minutes, the homosexual admits he had a miserable life and abusive boyfriend and his heterosexual female friend Karen saved his life. He barely finished admitting the truth when he gets shot. Classic textbook case of movie homophobia! Ah, the 1970s.
The best part of the The Hooker Cult Murders is the extensive satanic cult worship scene at the end, in which Karen, drugged and eerily dressed like the Virgin Mary, is escorted into the middle of the ceremony to chanting satanic choral music. But I don't know who decided adding a layer of chipmunk voices to the arrangement would be scary. You have to hear it to believe it.
Originally titled Embryo, Created To Kill was a shocking concept when I originally saw it on TV back in the 1970s. After success with a dying dog's puppy, a scientist, played by Rock Hudson, decides he wants to bring a human fetus into the world outside the womb. And naturally, he succeeds. He also succeeds in creating a formula that allows the baby to mature rapidly. It's like his own blow-up doll, because in no time, she's a full-grown adult and he starts banging her.
Unfortunately, there are always side effects to messing with the natural order. Rock's dog turns into a vicious killer (a totally typecast Doberman), shaking another dog to death like a rag doll. So you can only imagine what's going to happen to Rock's blow-up doll.
Other than the chick blowing Roddy McDowall's mind with her intelligence during a game at a party, not much happens in Created to Kill. Of course, that's all rectified by her going crazy while dancing around naked. Blow-up doll has some serious body issues!


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Time is running out for Atlantis. More ships join the exodus daily. No one has contributed more to the sundown of their civilization than King Jehan and his mother, the diabolical Dowager Queen Da Nu Ta, whose depravity helps plunge their world into darkness. The power behind the throne, Da Nu Ta's experiments with cross breeding and genetic engineering have produced a slave class called manimals, creatures that are part human, part animal.
Da Nu Ta's late husband, the great King Atlas, was brother to the High Priest Napishtim. Napishtim and his sons are building a massive ship that will transport his family and his wife's menagerie, two of every species, across the Eastern Sea. Fantys, half lion, half man, is the slave of the puppet king, Jehan. Fantys plans to escape to freedom with the winged maiden he loves aboard Napishtim's ship, taking his magnificently-crafted crystal skull to the new world.
Man's interference with natural laws has brought Atlantis to the brink of extinction. Much of the vast continent in the Atlantic Ocean has already been destroyed by a combination of centuries of upheaval caused by wars and the misuse of technology. What is left, Poseidia with its beautiful City of Glass Towers and its outlying provinces is a technologically-advanced empire that remains the center of the world.
Poseidia's massive volcano, Mount Atlas, threatens to erupt, and with every disturbance, the Sons of Belial, led by King Jehan and Da Nu Ta, sacrifice innocents in the arena's dreadful crocodile pit to appease the gods.
Princess Miryam and her sister, Amara, are Napishtim's nieces and his adopted daughters. Miryam and her mate from a planet in a distant galaxy, Thanos the star rider, builder of pyramids, plan to start a new life in primitive Egypt. They are anticipating the birth of their first child.
The wedding of Princess Amara and Prince Salamander, an Emissary from Turtle Island, across the Western Sea, will be the family's last celebration before the final exodus.
Da Nu Ta, obsessed with a desire for immortality and power is determined to find and possess Napishtim's secret fountain of youth. The murderous queen hatches a villainous plot to kidnap Napishtim's beloved grandson Tim and hold him ransom. His abductor leads the trusting child up the smoking slopes of Mount Atlas as the volcano erupts, unleashing a horrendous storm of winds, earthquakes, and tidal waves.
It is up to Fantys and Napishtim's faithful Wolf Who Smiles to risk their lives in search of Tim amid the terror and chaos of a dying world.
Atlantean Knights weaves a common thread through a tapestry of myths from the dawn of time. Flying horses, winged maidens, unicorns, mermaids, and centaurs live within its pages, along with ancient legends which include Noah's Ark, the mysterious crystal skull, the fountain of youth, the Tibetan cave of the ancients, the Pyramids, the origin of the Amerindian teepee, Stonehenge, and the Sphinx.