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When I worked for the IRS, I saw very few businesses using IRS Section 105 to their benefit. This section allows the business owners to deduct 100% of their medical expenses as a business expense. Yes, there are some rules to follow, but the tax savings is well worth it.
During 2003, I am going to save myself $4,300 in income and social security taxes. During the last ten years, I have been able to save myself between $25,000 and $30,000 in federal income taxes and social security taxes by deducting, as a business expense, 100% of my family's medical insurance and personal medical expenses including dental, drugs, contacts, eyeglasses, etc. In addition, I have been able to save my clients an average of $2,450 per year in federal taxes-- some as much as $8,000. Furthermore, what is most amazing about this little known tax benefit (most CPA's don't even know it exists) is that it is allowed by the IRS, it is totally legal, and it is even available to small businesses including single-owner LLCs, sole proprietors, partnerships, and C-corporations and S-Corporations.
Now I want to be very straightforward with you. If that kind of money fell out of my pocket, I would want to know where it went and how I could stop it in the future. I know what you are asking yourself-- "Why didn't someone tell me about this before? Just think about all the taxes I have overpaid into that bottomless tax pit called the federal deficit!"
"I know-- something like this must cost a fortune." Well, it doesn't. To be able save this kind of money takes only one hour of your time, and the cost is as little as $345 for the first year and $195 for each year thereafter.
Let's think this through from an investment perspective. It takes one hour to receive an average rate of return of 7.00 times your initial expenditure of $345 ($2,450 divided by $345) and for each year after that an average rate of return of 1250 times ($2,450 divided by $195).
Can you earn that in the stock market? Only if you get into very risky investments.
People often ask me if they have to change medical insurance plans or switch medical care providers. The simple answer is NO! This is not a medical plan; it is a tax benefit plan that allows you to take these expenses as a business expense deduction and, thereby, save a significant amount of federal taxes.
No, not everyone can save taxes with one of these plans. Some small business owner's facts and circumstances just don't fit the criteria to become eligible. However, I find that 75% or more of small businesses can qualify and, thereby, save federal taxes.
Just yesterday, I was able to save a young couple, where the wife owned a sole proprietorship, approximately $800.00 in taxes, and another couple, who jointly owned a business that was a C-corporation, saved about $2,500.00.
Call my office now at 425-485-7853 to set up a Bizplan for your business and start savings taxes.
BizPlan (for small business owners) are Internal Revenue Code Section 105 Medical Reimbursement Plans available to business owners across the nation. Sole proprietors, corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships utilize the administrative services of BizPlan to save substantial tax dollars annually. BizPlan services allow businesses to deduct 100 percent of their family health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket medical, vision, and dental expenses not covered by insurance.
To qualify for BizPlan, a business owner must be able to legitimately employ his or her spouse. (For "S" and "C" corporations, family employment is not necessary and are the only way for a single person to receive this benefit. "S" corporations can only receive a partial income tax deduction and 100% of the S/S tax deduction. "C" corporations receive 100% of both.) The spouse becomes an employee in the business. The business owner provides a reasonable wage for necessary business duties and files certain Internal Revenue Service forms. BizPlan, developed in 1986, simplifies the accounting procedures and provides the administration and documentation required to maintain a proper Section 105 Medical Reimbursement Plan. That includes:
Click this link to read a Tax Court case that defeated the IRS regarding Section 105 plans.
The average BizPlan participants save more than $2,450 annually in taxes. Over 50,000 participants are enrolled nationally in these plans.
What is BIZPLAN?
BIZPLAN is a qualified plan under section 105 of the Internal Revenue Code which allows business owners the opportunity to provide to their employees (including the spouse of the business owner) tax free benefits. These benefits are tax deductible to the business owner and non-taxable to the employee. Typically section 105 is known as a medical reimbursement plan. In other words, it is a tax plan which allows these benefits which are normally non-deductible to become tax deductible. In addition, under a section 125 plan, day care costs are also a benefit. Please, ask me about a section 125 plan if you are interested. The Section 125 plan deducts the benefits pre-tax from payroll and a Section 105 plan reimburses the benefits tax-free in addition to payroll.
What are these benefits?
These benefits include: medical insurance, medical expenses not covered by the medical insurance, dental insurance, term life insurance, and disability insurance.
Are you saying to me that as a proprietor or a partner in a small business that if my spouse works for me as an employee, then these expenses can be tax deductible on my business as a benefit for him or her?
That's exactly right. In fact, since you are related to your spouse and are a part of his or her family, then your medical insurance and medical expenses are a part of the benefit to your spouse. Yes! Normally, you can not deduct these expenses on your business return; however, with your spouse as your employee, you can now deduct it all. S-corporations have special rules, please ask me about them.
What if I am single, can I still use BIZPLAN?
Yes, you can, but not as a sole proprietor. You will have to incorporate your business as a C-corporation (100% deduction) or an S-corporation (a less than 100% deduction) to gain this benefit. It costs about $150 to incorporate a business in Washington if you do it yourself. It is important to note that there are other tax issues to consider before incorporating as a C-corporation. Please talk with me before you go ahead with this step.
Does BIZPLAN sell medical insurance?
No, BIZPLAN is not an insurance plan. It is a tax plan that allows the medical insurance of your choice to become deductible on your business tax return. Therefore, you are, as always, free to choose the medical insurance plan you wish and the doctors that you elect to serve you.
What will this plan save me in taxes?
Typically, you will save between 30% and 43% of the medical insurance and medical expenses in the form of income and social security taxes. Usually, 15% in social security taxes and 15% or 28% in income taxes.
Let's figure it out. If your medical insurance is $4,800 per year and your additional medical and dental costs are $1,200 per year for a total of $6,000 per year, then you will save between $1,800 and $2,580 in taxes per year. Now if that kind of money fell out of my pocket, I would want to know where it went.
Does that mean that my spouse must be my employee for this plan to work?
Yes it does, if you are a proprietorship or a partnership. However, if you are a C-corporation or an S-corporation, you can receive this benefit without employing your spouse. If your spouse does work for you, then the work must be legitimate.
If I already have employees, will I have to provide them this benefit too?
First, if you do not have employees, then you don't have to worry about this.
If you have full-time employees, then you may have to cover them depending on the facts and circumstances--in this case a section 125 plan would be better. If you have part-time employees, then it is most likely that they can and will be excluded from the plan.
Does that mean that I will have to pay my spouse wages and maintain time records?
Yes it does. The spouse's pay including benefits must be reasonable. In other words, the total of the wages and benefits cannot exceed what you would pay another unrelated person with similar qualifications. You see, the key to making these expenses deductible is that your spouse works for you. To be able to prove that, time sheets, payroll checks, and an employment agreement need to be implemented. This is your best protection in case of an IRS audit.
Remember, by paying your spouse, you are not reducing your profit. You are simply shifting some of your profit to your spouse. In reality, your tax savings will be increasing your real net profits.
Will I have to write a separate check to my spouse as a reimbursement for the medical insurance and medical expenses?
Yes, you will. You should write it out of the business checking account and deposit it into your personal account. Furthermore, each time a reimbursement is made a BIZPLAN form should be completed and the copies of the bills attached to it. At the end of the year, BIZPLAN will ask you to mail a copy of these forms to them. AND, you have to keep the receipts for the expenses.
As a sole proprietor, do I need a business checking account?
Yes, you will need a business checking account. Your spouse must not deposit his or her payroll check back into the business checking account. Rather, it should be deposited into your personal checking account. This additional account is meant to protect you so the IRS can not say that your spouse is an owner of the business and that the separation between the business and personal is both legal and real.
If I enroll in the plan after the beginning of the calendar year, can I still deduct the medical insurance and expenses for the entire calendar year?
No, you may not. You may only deduct those expenses after the date of adopting the plan.
Will I have to pay payroll taxes for my spouse?
Yes, you will. These taxes will include social security only. Excluded are labor and industries (workmen's compensation), state unemployment and federal unemployment, if you're a proprietorship.
Hold it! If I'm going to be paying payroll taxes on my spouse, won't I lose the tax savings that I have gained?
No, you will not lose what you have gained! Look at it this way. If your spouse's total compensation including medical costs is $8,000 per year and of that amount $6,000 is for medical costs, then his or her gross pay will only be $2,000 per year. Even though you will be paying social security tax on these wages, you are simply shifting that tax from yourself to your spouse as long as you are under the social security maximum wage cap. There is no Federal unemployment tax when employing your spouse in a sole-proprietorship.
What payroll tax returns will I have to file?
On a quarterly basis, you will have to file a form 941 (social security). On an annual basis, you will have to file form 940 (federal unemployment), and the form W-2/3 wages statement. These are easy forms to complete because they will be identical (same amounts) quarter after quarter and year after year.
Will I have to make payroll tax deposits?
Yes, you will. If you have no other employees, for the form 941 (social security) you will have to make a monthly payroll tax deposit of your spouse's withheld social security taxes plus the portion your business will have to match. If you do have other employees, simply include your spouse's social security taxes in with your normal deposit.
Annually, you will have to make an additional payroll tax deposit for form 940 (federal unemployment).
How do I sign up for these payroll taxes?
To start with the IRS, complete form SS4. They will assign you an employer identification number (EIN#) and you will be on your way. For the State of Washington, absolutely nothing needs to be done.
I heard that you have to file an annual employee benefits tax return with the IRS for BIZPLAN, is that true?
The form that you are thinking of is a form 5500. This form is required for section 125 plans with more than 100 employees, BUT it is not necessary to file this form for a section 105 plans-- like BIZPLAN. Therefore, do not worry about it.
What if my business lost money last year, can I still deduct these expenses?
Yes, you can. However, you must make sure that your business is really a business and not a hobby which might allow the IRS to disallow the deduction of your entire loss. If you have a genuine business and have incurred a loss, then you can deduct these expenses.
What if I only have a part-time business and work for someone else full-time, can I deduct these expenses?
Yes, you can. Remember that the primary qualification is whether or not your spouse works for you. However, again I must repeat that this must be a working business or a business that is being built up to a working business and not a casual, "I'll work at it when I want to", business.
What if I work for someone else full-time and they deduct from my paycheck my spouse's share of the medical insurance-- can I deduct that on my business?
Yes, you can. However, the medical insurance deduction must not be covered by a section 125 plan by your spouse's employer. In addition, you can also deduct your medical expenses.
What is the annual cost to belong to BIZPLAN?
For the first employee (your spouse), the annual cost is currently $195. Each additional employee costs $50 per year. These funds are paid to BIZPLAN. BIZPLAN is the company that maintains the plan and qualifies it for IRS and Department of Labor standards.
What will my accountant charge me to set up BIZPLAN?
My standard charge is $150. This is a one time fee and does not include quarterly or annual payroll tax return preparation fees should you be in need of that service.
The above fee includes:
Preparation of the plan adoption agreement form.
Preparation of form SS4 for the IRS.
Time spent explaining the plan and getting you started.
How do I enroll in BIZPLAN?
You can enroll in BIZPLAN by following the Bizplan Checklist instructions.
Will BIZPLAN send me any paperwork?
Yes, they will. Once your adoption agreement is sent to BIZPLAN, they will forward to you a formal packet of papers which will include a confirmation of plan enrollment and reimbursement forms. At the beginning of each calendar year, they will send you a confirmation of your plan and you may change your plan specifications at that time for the new year.
Call my office now at 425-485-7853 to set up a Bizplan for your business and start savings taxes.
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How Low Testosterone Affects Health,
Low Testosterone: How Do You Know When Levels Are Too Low?
In recent years, Spyros Mezitis, MD, PhD, has found himself talking to a lot more male patients about low testosterone, a diagnosis he says is becoming increasingly common.
"More men are getting older, and men are more open about talking about erectile dysfunction," Mezitis, an endocrinologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, tells WebMD.
On the one hand, increased diagnosis of low testosterone is driven by an aging population, less stigma, and more precise tests. But there's another big reason why men come to Mezitis' office for a testosterone test.
"Men are bombarded by media, by advertising campaigns -- 'Don't feel well? Ask your doctor about low testosterone,'" he says.
They come in saying they feel excessively fatigued, weaker, depressed, and that they have lost their sex drive -- all common symptoms of a drop in testosterone.
"As an endocrinologist, I'm thinking hormones," says Mezitis, who estimates that about a quarter to a third of the men he tests for low testosterone have levels below normal. "Sometimes it is testosterone, sometimes it is the thyroid, and sometimes it's something unrelated to hormones."
What Is Testosterone and Why Does It Decline?
Testosterone is a hormone. It's what puts hair on a man's chest. It's the force behind his sex drive.
During puberty, testosterone helps build a man's muscles, deepens his voice, and boosts the size of his penis and testes. In adulthood, it keeps a man's muscles and bones strong and maintains his interest in sex. In short, it's what makes a man a man (at least physically).
After age 30, most men begin to experience a gradual decline in testosterone. A decrease in sex drive sometimes accompanies the drop in testosterone, leading many men to mistakenly believe that their loss of interest in sex is simply due to getting older.
"Some say it's just a part of aging, but that's a misconception," says Jason Hedges, MD, PhD, a urologist at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland. A gradual decline in testosterone can't explain a near-total lack of interest in sex, for example. And for Hedges' patients who are in their 20s, 30s, and early 40s and having erectile problems, other health problems may be a bigger issue than aging.
"A lot of the symptoms are mirrored by other medical problems," Hedges says. "And for a long time, we were not attributing them to low testosterone, but to diabetes, depression, high blood pressure, and coronary artery disease. But awareness and appreciation of low testosterone has risen. We recognize now that low testosterone may be at the root of problems."
Doctors will want to rule out any such possible explanations for symptoms before blaming them on low testosterone. They will also want to order a specific blood test to determine a man's testosterone level.
"The blood test is really the thing," Mezitis says.
Low Testosterone: How Low Is Too Low?
The bottom of a man's normal total testosterone range is about 300 nanograms per deciliter (ng/dL). The upper limits are 1,000 to 1,200 ng/dL. A lower-than-normal score on a blood test can be caused by a number of conditions, including:
- Injury to the testicles
- Testicular cancer or treatment for testicular cancer
- Hormonal disorders
- Infection
- Chronic liver or kidney disease
- Type 2 diabetes
- Obesity
Some medicines and genetic conditions can also lower a man's testosterone score. Aging does contribute to low scores. In some cases, the cause is unknown.
A low score does not always translate to symptoms, Mezitis says, "but we often find something that's off when we see scores of 200 or 100 ng/dL."
Hedges agrees and warns that even if a man does not have symptoms, he may be well advised to seek treatment. Low testosterone scores often lead to drops in bone density, meaning that bones become more fragile and increasingly prone to breaks.
"That's something I would want to have a conversation about," Hedges says. "Bone density issues are not always apparent."
Low Testosterone Treatment
Having a gradual decline in your testosterone level as you age is to be expected. Treatment is sometimes considered if you're experiencing symptoms related to low testosterone.
If a young man's low testosterone is a problem for a couple trying to get pregnant, Mezitis and Hedges say testosterone injections are the best option. Given every few weeks, the injections stimulate sperm production and motility ("swimming ability"). When fertility is not an issue, the ideal testosterone delivery method is a daily gel or patch. Because they are applied on a regular and frequent basis, these treatments keep a man's testosterone at a steady level and keep his symptoms at bay. If you are using testosterone gel on your skin, be careful not to expose other people to the gel.
Hedges also describes implantable testosterone pellets, a relatively new form of treatment in which several pellets are placed under the skin of the buttocks, where they release testosterone over the course of about three to four months.
What Are the Risks and Benefits of Testosterone Treatment?
"If their symptoms are truly due to low testosterone, patients tell me that within a few weeks they notice a significant difference, though sometimes it is not too dramatic," Hedges says. "Sex is better, depression is better -- you can see it directly and quickly."
There are also risks. Testosterone treatment can raise a man's red blood cell count as well as enlarge his breasts. It can also accelerate prostate growth. Men with breast cancer should not receive testosterone treatment.
Testosterone treatment usually is not advised for men with prostate cancer. Hedges says some of the associations between testosterone replacement therapy and prostate health are currently being challenged. In his practice, he does offer testosterone treatment to men who have been treated for prostate cancer.
"The take-home [message] is treatment is safe as long as you get careful monitoring," Hedges says. "If there are known issues, patients should be treated by a specialist."
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What is the most important information I should know about AXIRON?
AXIRON can transfer from your body to others. This can happen if other people come into contact with the area where the AXIRON was applied. Signs of puberty that are not expected (for example, pubic hair) have happened in young children who were accidentally exposed to testosterone through skin to skin contact with men using topical testosterone products like AXIRON. Women and children should avoid contact with the unwashed or unclothed area where AXIRON has been applied. If a woman or child makes contact with the application area, the contact area on the woman or child should be washed well with soap and water right away.
To lower the risk of transfer of AXIRON from your body to others, follow these important instructions:
- Apply AXIRON only to your armpits.
- Wash your hands right away with soap and water after applying AXIRON.
- After the solution has dried, cover the application area with clothing. Keep area covered until you have washed the application area well or have showered.
- If you expect another person to have direct skin-to-skin contact with your armpits, first wash the application area well with soap and water.
Stop using AXIRON and call your healthcare provider right away if you see any signs and symptoms in a child or a woman that may have occurred through accidental exposure to AXIRON. Signs and symptoms in children may include enlarged penis or clitoris; early development of pubic hair; increased erections or sex drive; aggressive behavior. Signs and symptoms in women may include changes in body hair and a large increase in acne.
Who should not use AXIRON?
Do not use AXIRON if you:
- have or might have prostate cancer
- have breast cancer
- are pregnant or may become pregnant or are breast-feeding. AXIRON may harm your unborn or breast-feeding baby.
Women who are pregnant or who may become pregnant should avoid contact with the area of skin where AXIRON has been applied.
What should I tell my healthcare provider before using AXIRON?
Before you use AXIRON, tell your healthcare provider if you have:
- breast cancer
- or might have prostate cancer
- urinary problems due to an enlarged prostate
- heart problems
- kidney or liver problems
- problems breathing while you sleep (sleep apnea)
- any other medical conditions
Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and non-prescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Using AXIRON with other medicines can affect each other. Especially, tell your healthcare provider if you take:
- insulin
- medicines that decrease blood clotting
- corticosteroids
What are the possible side effects of AXIRON?
AXIRON can cause serious side effects. Call your healthcare provider right away if you have any of the following:
- If you already have enlargement of your prostate gland, your signs and symptoms can get worse while using AXIRON. This can include: increased urination at night, trouble starting your urine stream, having to pass urine many times during the day, having an urge that you have to go to the bathroom right away, having a urine accident, being unable to pass urine or weak urine flow.
- Possible increased risk of prostate cancer. Your healthcare provider should check for prostate cancer or any other prostate problems before you start and while you use AXIRON.
- In large doses AXIRON may lower your sperm count.
- Swelling of your ankles, feet, or body.
- Enlarged or painful breasts.
- Problems breathing while you sleep (sleep apnea).
- Blood clots in the legs. This can include pain, swelling or redness of your legs.
The most common adverse events include: skin redness or irritation where AXIRON is applied, increased red blood cell count, headache, diarrhea, vomiting, and increase in blood level of Prostate Specific Antigen (a test used to screen for prostate cancer). Other side effects include more erections than are normal for you or erections that last a long time.
AXIRON is flammable until dry. Let AXIRON dry before smoking or going near an open flame.
Axiron is available by prescription only
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
For more information, please see full Prescribing Information, including Boxed Warning regarding the risk of transfer to others, and Medication Guide.
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Greatest Scariest
|Movie Title/Year and Brief Scene Description
I Walked With a Zombie (1943)
Director Jacques Tourneur's zombie supernatural horror film, a variant of the Jane Eyre novel, was produced by famed RKO producer Val Lewton. The low-budget film was very effective for its moody and atmospheric tone and visually-stylistic terror regarding dark family secrets, voodoo rituals and legends.
The brooding, mystical melodrama told of the work of a trained Canadian nurse named Betsy Connell (Frances Dee). The retrospective film was her description of how she had "walked with a zombie."
She was hired to care for matriarchal Jessica Holland (Christine Gordon), the invalid and comatose wife of melancholy Paul Holland (Tom Conway), a sugar plantation owner on the West Indies-Caribbean island of St. Sebastian. Jessica's doctor claimed that her catatonic, zombie-like condition (with no will of her own, no speaking, and seemingly lobotomized) was caused by an incurable tropical fever. As Betsy cared for Jessica, she slowly began to fall in love with guilt-ridden Paul. She also learned that Paul and his younger, alcoholic half-brother Wesley Rand (James Ellison) had earlier quarreled over the love of the afflicted woman in a love triangle, and Wesley had an affair with Jessica.
Betsy was convinced that she could cure the "living dead" Jessica with a shot of insulin, but the shock treatment failed. She then learned from Jessica's native maid Alma (Theresa Harris) that a local voodoo priest cured a woman with her condition. Alma drew her a map to the "Home Fort" where a local voodoo ceremony would take place.
In an unsettling nighttime scene, Betsy took her patient, without permission, on a haunting, dream-like walk through billowing cane fields to the ceremony. She had to pass animal sacrifices along the way. As she went through a crossroads, there was the abrupt appearance in the darkness of a huge, eerie, bug-eyed and towering zombie-like guard Carre Four (Darby Jones). It was a shocking moment!
A major plot twist occurred next - Betsy entered a shack to consult with the voodoo witch doctor priestess, and discovered it was the mother of the family, Mrs. Rand (Edith Barrett). When Mrs. Rand had discovered that her sons had fought over Jessica, Paul's wife, and threatened to break up the family, she had put a zombie curse on her. One of the film's lobby cards described Jessica's fateful condition: "Doomed to be one of the 'walking dead' by weird and wily witchcraft...her radiant blonde loveliness ravaged through the curse of vengeful voodoo!"
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
In this cautionary ecological documentary about climatic science, ex-Vice President Al Gore presented before-and-after slides of the disastrous effects of global warming. He refuted critics with data
He clearly illustrated a number of major developments, including:
Gore predicted higher temperatures, stronger storms, deadlier floods, and higher sea levels unless humanity's course was reversed in the next decade.
In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
John Carpenter's horror thriller was told in an extended flashback. Its tagline provided a clue to the film's plot: "LIVED ANY GOOD BOOKS LATELY?" This was the third film in what Carpenter called his "Apocalypse Trilogy". (1) The Thing (1982), (2) Prince Of Darkness (1987), and (3) In The Mouth Of Madness (1995)
The protagonist was strait-jacketed private insurance investigator John Trent (Sam Neill) in an asylum's padded room, who told his story to Dr. Wrenn (David Warner). The insane and psychotic Trent had been arrested and then institutionalized after axing to death the reader of a newly-released horror book, after he had asked: "Like the book?"
Trent described how he had been hired to investigate the claim of New York-based Arcane Publishing and its director Jackson Harglow (Charlton Heston). He was to look into the disappearance of popular, best-selling horror novelist Sutter Cane (Jürgen Prochnow) who was just about to release his newest and final book in a popular series titled "Horror in Hobbs End." Trent was to recover the manuscript for Cane's latest novel, In the Mouth of Madness, although he believed it was all a hoax and a stunt designed to promote Cane's book. [The Sutter Cane character was based on John Carpenter's novelist friend Stephen King.]
He had traveled to the northern New England, New Hampshire town of Hobbs End with Cane's book editor Linda Styles (Julie Carmen). [Hobbs End was fictional - it existed entirely as a product of the writer's mind.] There, they found that civilization had entirely broken down.
In one of the film's scary sequences, he dreamed that he was standing next to a ripped hole in a page, a fissure or gateway from the real world to the black abyss beyond, while Linda read from Cane's book:
Trent was then pursued down an immense corridor (or portal) by monstrous creatures brought to life out of the pit - all creatures from Cane's writings. Cane was revealed to be the puppet (through the portal) for monstrous evil creatures from another dimension who wanted to take over Earth. It seemed that reading the stories themselves caused disorientation, lost time, memory loss, hallucinations, and paranoia - particularly infecting "less stable readers."
There were many other shocking images when Trent found himself part of the imagined town. These included strange apparitions, townspeople mutated or turned into psychotic zombies, surreal and hallucinatory nightmare sequences, an ancient race of otherworldly creatures, and people with facial deformities and tendrils whipping out of bodies.
Additional scary scenes included:
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
This influential science-fiction film was based upon Jack Finney's novel The Body Snatchers.
In the film's most memorable and frightening sequence, the town's doctor Miles Bennell (Kevin McCarthy) and fiancee Becky Driscoll (Dana Wynter) fled from the town's space pods to try to elude the enemy and get help, while struggling to stay awake and remain human. As the last two humans (non pod-people) left, they escaped into a hilly wooded area and found refuge in an old abandoned mine, as scores of townspeople followed after them.
Weary and desperately exhausted, they were again compelled to hide in a constricted place - under floorboards in a pit, located in the dark, deserted cave or tunnel that was perilously close to their pursuers. When the aliens departed, Miles left the faint Becky, who was falling asleep, to discover the source of beautiful singing or music that they heard.
Becky couldn't keep her eyes open any longer. She fell asleep briefly. When he returned to the mine, he found her lying slumped over and prostrate with fatigue. He tried to force her to go on, started to carry her, but fell in a puddle at the mine entrance.
He took her in his arms to kiss her, and then drew away from her unresponsive lips. In a tight closeup shot of her face, he looked into the blank, dark, expressionless and staring eyes of his fiancée, realizing with a look of utter fright that she was now one of "them" - her body had been invaded and snatched. He knew instantly that this was not Becky but a treacherous imposter and victim. She confirmed: "I went to sleep Miles, and it happened...They were right." He was unbelieving: "Oh, Becky...I should never have left you."
His sweetheart of a moment ago now asserted: "Stop acting like a fool, Miles, and accept us." She screamed to the pod-people searchers as he fled:
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
In the despairing, climactic ending of this horror remake by director Philip Kaufman, San Francisco health department field investigator Matthew Bennell (Donald Sutherland) had seemingly escaped being replaced by a pod likeness. After leaving work near City Hall, he was summoned by the still-human Nancy Bellicec (Veronica Cartwright) - the last to not be absorbed. After she called out his name ("Matthew, Matthew"), he turned to confront her.
He screamed with a piercing, accusatory howl (and the camera descended into the blackness of his open mouth) while pointing his finger at her. She also screamed, realizing that he had become a cloned pod person.
Other earlier scary scenes included the first examining views of a still-forming pod person, a near-perfect duplicate resembling Jack Bellicec (Jeff Goldblum), when a sheet was pulled back. Matthew noted that the creature had adult characteristics but was still like a fetus without fingerprints - and then slightly later, the creature opened its eyes when Nancy was looking at it by herself. She jumped back and rushed to her husband Jack, trying to rouse him from his sleep. When he was jolted from his sleep and opened his eyes, the eyes of his pod double closed.
Also near the end of the film, Matthew and Elizabeth Driscoll (Brooke Adams) were exposed as human when Elizabeth screamed after seeing a talking, human-faced mutant dog. Matthew and Elizabeth ran from the pursuing pod people, and jumped into the back of an open truck. They were driven to a giant warehouse at the docks where they saw pods being grown before being loaded into cargo ships.
Pod-person Take-over
Mutant Dog
Irreversible (2002, Fr.)
Frenchman Gaspar Noe's hard-hitting, graphic and violent film about rape revenge was told in reverse-order. It was noted for its excruciatingly-long, painful-to-watch, nine-minute anal-rape and real-time beating sequence.
In a Parisian pedestrian underpass lit by a reddish glow, beautiful and erotically sexual Alexandra (or "Alex") (Monica Bellucci) accidentally came upon rapist/pimp Le Tenia/Tapeworm (Jo Prestia) beating up prostitute Concha in the tunnel. She found herself to be his new victim.
When she was assaulted by him, she begged to no avail: "Let me go." He ordered: "Shut your mouth, slut" as he threatened with a knife: "Is this what you want, slut? You gonna shut your mouth now?" He called her a "f--king high-class bitch," causing her terror when he stroked her face with the blade: "Stinking c--t. This turn you on, tell me?...You know, you're hot for a c--t."
He then lifted her skirt, forced her onto her knees to lay down, and then coerced her: "I'm gonna take care of you." He laid on top of her, covered her mouth, pulled on her hair and began to prepare to anally rape her: "Damn! You must have one tight ass." He untied her dress straps, stroked her bare breast, called her a "little whore," and threatened to strangle her if she didn't keep quiet. He commanded her to spread her legs, told her "I'm gonna f--k your ass...I'm gonna blast your s--thole," and then raped her while using one hand to cover up her muffled screams and moans.
As he endlessly thrust into her, he continued to call her foul names ("F--king high-class swine"), and asked: "You bleeding or you wet?" Afterwards, she attempted to crawl away, and he kicked her in the face ("I'm gonna fix your face, I'm gonna fix it good"), beat her with his fist, and smashed her face into the pavement until she went into a coma. He pronounced her "dead meat" when he was finished with her.
It's Alive! (1974)
This classic over-the-top horror film from writer/director Larry Cohen, reminiscent of Rosemary's Baby (1968) and The Exorcist (1973), told about the Davis middle-class family expecting a baby in Los Angeles.
The scariest scene was the opening jaw-dropping birthing scene - with a ghastly twist. Joyful anticipation turned to torturous damnation when a monstrous mutant with an enlarged vein-studded head, bug-eyes, fangs and claws was born during a difficult procedure. When the infant beast child was born in the Community Hospital maternity ward's operating room, the killing creature attacked the nurses and doctors, creating a bloodbath massacre, and then escaped through a ceiling skylight. It went missing, and continued to attack unsuspecting victims (including a musician and a Carnation milkman). When the milkman was killed, white liquid spilled against his red and white vehicle.
The low-budget film's tagline warned: "There's only ONE thing wrong with the Davis baby... IT'S ALIVE."
PR consultant father Frank Davis (John P. Ryan) became obsessed with destroying the monstrosity that he had helped to father, and joined the hunt. He compared himself to Dr. Frankenstein in Frankenstein (1931) who created the original Universal Studios monster creature (Note: hence the title of the film, with its most famous line of dialogue shrieked by Colin Clive). Frank was suspended from his job by his boss Bob Clayton (Guy Stockwell) and was hounded by reporters.
Eventually, the child - who was mostly hidden and only seen in brief glimpses, quick cuts, and extreme closeups throughout most of the film, to create further tension - returned to the Davis home. There, Frank's protective wife Lenore (Sharon Farrell) and young 11 year-old son Chris (Daniel Holzman) became sympathetic to the scared and frightened creature, offered it food and love, and hid it in the basement.
It was revealed that the baby was possibly the result of untested birth control pills prescribed by a Doctor (Shamus Locke) for Lenore, or environmental pollution (from pesticides, lead spills, smog), or extensive exposure to radioactivity.
The anguished Frank went on a shooting rampage to kill his 'infant' son - his own flesh-and-blood. He wounded him in the basement, just before the marauding infant bit and killed Chris' friend Charley (William Wellman, Jr.) in the neck. Later, when Frank found the infant in the city sewers during a hunt, he too had a change of heart and cradled his son to rescue and protect him before federal authorities closed in. However, during an ensuing confrontation ending with a lethal hail of gunfire, the child attacked the Doctor, forcing the cops to kill both the Doctor and the child.
There were two sequels - It Lives Again (1978) and It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987), and a remake of the original It's Alive (2008).
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
(alphabetical by film title, illustrated)
Intro | #s-A | B | C-1 | C-2 | D-1 | D-2 | E | F | G | H


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Waking up next to you,
holding your hand,
touching your cheek,
seeing your smile,
all of these are
wind for my sails.
When we part
only memories
or calls or texts
are able to create any
wind for my sails.
I know God
gives strength
to those who ask
and I have, but,
I still look to you for
wind for my sails.
Why do I, I don't know,
He wants me to look
to Him alone for help
and I'm trying to, but,
our soul ships
are still tethered
and provide each other
wind for our sails...
I pray He allows us
to sail in the same waters
for some time to come,
His Will be done.


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Jeff Porter and Jim Lovell host PLAY Clinic at Turner Field
Atlanta Braves trainers Jeff Porter and Jim Lovell partnered with the Taylor Hooton Foundation and the Henry Schein Cares Foundation to put on the PLAY Clinic on Wednesday, July 31st. PLAY is based upon using the celebrity appeal of Major League Baseball and all of the teams and players to help fight steroid abuse and to educate the young people of America about the dangers of steroids as well as promote a healthy and active lifestyle.
Athletes from 9 – 17 years old arrived at the ballpark bright and early and were welcomed by Jeff Porter before heading into right field to start the clinic with stretches. The boys were then broken down into two groups, the first started with fly balls in right field while the other group sat in the dugout and heard from representatives with the Henry Schein Cares Foundation. Last, but certainly not least, the boys went down into the Braves batting cages to take a few cuts.
The players then made their way back up to the right field patio where they had lunch and heard from Jeff Porter, Jim Lovell, and special guest Evan Gattis. The kids were given the chance to ask Gattis questions ranging from what his favorite position to play was to every kid's favorite question: "what are your superstitions?" Gattis also spoke about how important it is to work on improving with practice rather than substances that will only hurt in the long run.
Homerun Readers: The Atlanta Braves Reading Program Kicks Off With The Cat in the Hat and the National Education Association
The Atlanta Braves teamed up with the National Education Association (NEA) and the Georgia Public Library Systems for our new summer reading program, "Homerun Readers." Kids are encouraged to read a book from a suggested list, complete a quick activity at braves.com/reading and then receive a code from their library for a free Braves ticket.
To launch the reading program, the Braves and the NEA hosted a read-in at Turner Field for 200 children prior to the Braves vs. the Arizona Diamondbacks game on Sunday, June 30.
The day started with all of the kids sitting attentively on a red carpet at Homeplate Patio where they were treated to a special reading of the Dr. Seuss classic The Cat in the Hat by Braves alumni, Sid Bream, Terry Harper, and CJ Nitkowski. Much to everyone's surprise, The Cat in the Hat himself along with Dr. Seuss characters, Thing 1 and Thing 2, made a special appearance at this event as well! After the group reading, the kids split into smaller reading groups led by volunteers from the NEA.
Everyone enjoyed a nutritious boxed lunch and then watched the Braves complete a series sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks. For more pictures, check out the NEA's article here!
[View the story "Read Across America and the Atlanta Braves" on Storify]
Atlanta Braves Inaugural Heritage Weekend
After hosting Major League Baseball's Civil Rights Game in 2011 and 2012, the Braves decided to start their own tradition of honoring Atlanta's strong and rich history in the Civil Rights Movement which has become the Atlanta Braves Heritage Weekend presented by Belk and KIA.
During the weekend of May 31st – June 2nd we hosted a series of events and activities at Turner Field including a panel discussion and luncheon on Friday, a youth skills camp, Negro League celebration, and Run DMC concert on Saturday, and exhibits from the Tuskegee Airmen and Negro Leagues the entire weekend.
On Friday, May 31st, the Braves and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights (NCCHR) hosted more than 400 people at the Champions for Justice Award Panel Discussion and Award Presentation presented by Belk. The panel discussion was moderated by Doug Shipman, CEO of NCCHR and the panelists include former Tuskegee Airman Val Archer, 1968 Olympic Gold Medalist in the 200 meter track and field event, Tommie Smith, former NBA player Bernard King and former Atlanta Brave Brian Jordan. Ambassador Andrew Young and Senator Leroy Johnson were presented with the inaugural Hank Aaron Champion for Justice Award for their involvement in the Civil Rights movement.
Young, the former Georgia Congressman and United Nations Ambassador, has had a long-storied career as a civil and human rights advocate. He was the executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a colleague and friend of Martin Luther King, Jr., and was an integral person involved in the passage of the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act.
Former state senator Johnson is the owner of Leroy R. Johnson & Associates, P.C., a law firm he has owned and managed for over 47 years. Throughout his many years of practice he has represented famous entertainers like James Brown and Otis Redding and Hall of Fame Braves great Hank Aaron. He is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Ebenezer Baptist Church, where he has also been an active member for over 40 years. Proceeds from the panel discussion benefited the NCCHR.
On Saturday, June 1st, a free youth baseball clinic presented by Kia was held at Turner Field led by Chance Beam of the East Cobb Baseball Academy. More than 150 youth aged 8 – 12 rotated through three stations focusing on hitting, fielding, and pitching. Following the clinic they enjoyed a pizza lunch and then received tickets to Saturday night's matchup against the Washington Nationals. The kids improved their pitching techniques in the bullpen, their hitting skills in the batting cages, and their fielding skills in right field. Each station was manned by Braves alumni and coaches from East Cobb Baseball Academy as the kids cycled through each station. These coaches had a very strict "there's no walking on the baseball field rule" that had our group leaders racing participants from station to station.
Saturday night's game included a special tribute to the Negro Leagues that included a pregame autograph session featuring 25 former Negro League players, an on-field presentation for those same players. Many of the players were in their 80's and 90's and expressed how happy they were to participate in Heritage Weekend and were excited about being honored on the field. Included in that group as was 96 year old Legend James "Red" Moore of the Atlanta Black Crackers, Larry Williams of the Kansas City Monarchs and Ernest "Big Dog" Fann of the Birmingham Black Barons. The highlight of the ceremony was when 95 year old, Roosevelt Jackson, of the Miami Red Sox, stole the show with an impromptu dance. Not to mention, Mr. Jackson is completely blind!
To show their respect, the Braves and Nationals both donned throwback Negro League uniforms. The uniforms were later auctioned off for charity. Those Atlanta Black Crackers uniforms really did the trick, because BJ Upton hit a walk-off RBI in the bottom of the 9th inning to end the game.
Immediately following the game Run DMC put on a lights out show on the field in front of a packed stadium with hits including Walk This Way, My Adidas, It's Like That, and King of Rock. This was the first time Run DMC has performed in Atlanta in 10 years and they did not disappoint.
For more information on Heritage Weekend, visit www.braves.com/heritage and for more information on The Center for Civil and Human Rights, please visit http://www.cchrpartnership.org. A slideshow of photos from Heritage Weekend can be found below.
Boys and Girls Club Keystone Participants Learn About a Career in Sports
On Friday, March 22nd, 45 of the brightest Boys and Girls Club members from across the country made a special visit to Turner Field for a specialized tour and panel of talented speakers. These kids came from California, Pennsylvania, Texas, North Carolina, Michigan, and even one from as far as Germany.
We greeted two buses full of kids at 11:15 am and they were off running from there. They took a specialized tour of the ballpark that focused on pursuing a career in the world of sports. Following their tour of the ballpark, they explored the Braves Museum and Hall of Fame before heading up to the 755 Club for lunch and trivia.
Trivia was particularly competitive, as raffle tickets for autographed items were on the line! Through trivia, we learned some interesting facts about the Boys and Girls Club as well as the participants (including that one was born the same year the Braves started playing at Turner Field!)
Following trivia and lunch, the kids moved to a different portion of the 755 club for an executive panel with the brightest minds the Atlanta Braves had to offer. The questions presented by the Keystone members and Boys and Girls Club staff members allowed our executive panel to open up about how they entered the world of professional baseball and even how they overcame personal challenges to become successful.
The best advice, in my opinion, was given by Sherry Millette – our IT wiz. She told these kids "find something you love and don't let anyone tell you that you don't deserve it or can't get it." It's a common cliché that if you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your entire life. Which prompted responses about how we are fortunate enough to work at Turner Field, we spend every work day in a baseball stadium, a place people pay to be at.
Overall, it was an incredible event. We were pleasantly surprised at the teens' level of interest in the organization itself as well as a career in any type of sport. It was a pleasure working with the best and the brightest of the Boys and Girls Club.
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Braves Scholars Give Back
The Atlanta Braves recently announced the recipients of the 2012 Atlanta Braves Scholarship presented by Publix Super Markets. Six Georgia seniors received a scholarship of $2,000 and complimentary tickets to the Braves vs. Reds game where they were recognized on field prior to the first pitch.
As we reviewed the more than 1,000 applications that were submitted, we were inspired by the multitude of essays proving that the spirit of service is alive in the younger generation and that young men and women are dedicated to making a positive impact in such a variety of ways. The following students were selected as the 2012 scholarship recipients based on their community service, essay, high school transcript, and letter of recommendation:
L-R: Brenda Reid, Publix Super Markets Media and Community Relations Manager; Chloe Beacham, Dawson County High School; Yeager Gaston, Lowndes High School; Hannah Grayson, Ringgold High School; Elan Joseph, Greater Atlanta Christian School; Pace Tyson, West Laurens High School; Jennifer Wang, Northview High School; Cristhian Martinez, Braves Pitcher.
We felt inclined to promote some of the groups these Braves Scholars have become involved with in hopes of inspiring other Braves fans to find unique ways in which they can give back to their own community. Several of these programs were created by the students themselves. Below are excerpts from the winning essays:
Chloe: I created a group for other high school girls in my school who were suffering from Crohn`s Disease called "Crohn`s Cuties". Together we help each other through the day and we are more comfortable in our school because of the bond we share. My attention to the needs of the students has helped my community come together and I have created a safer and more open environment in my school.
Chloe is also involved with a number of organizations including the United Community Bank of Dawsonville`s Junior Board, Senior Center of Dawsonville, and Special Olympics. She will attend Georgia College and State University.
Yeager: I am a musician and president of the Bands of Tomorrow Club at my school. One of the ways I have positively impacted my community is through the benefit concerts I have organized for families in need. I was able to persuade others in the community to pitch in. Radio stations gave us free air time for advertisement, local bands volunteered to play, and local businesses made donations to help us set up the events.
Yeager has helped the community through peer mentoring, volunteering at blood drives, and hosting multiple events to assist community members suffering hardships. Yeager will attend the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Hannah: My sister and I and two other friends started "Kids Helping Kids-Operation School Supplies". We collected school supplies for families in need and for our local schools. This endeavor started small but grew quickly. We collected over a two thousand school supply items. The donated items came from drop off sites we advertised and from calls from the public. We had calls for donations from all over the state and from neighboring states. With all the donations, we set up an inventory site. We then set up donation distribution sites all across the county. We donated the supplies to many families at these sites. "Kids Helping Kids" collaborated with our local Department of Family and Children Services to get the needed supplies to families.
Hannah also volunteers on a regular basis, is an active part of her youth group, and raises money each year for Relay for Life. Hannah will attend Truett-McConnell College.
Elan: I created a program for students of immigrant families at the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. The program was designed to encourage these students to excel in school through tutoring and mentoring. Unfortunately, the families were not able to transport the children to and from the center after school. The parents however did come, by public transportation, after work to the English as a second language (ESL) class. So I decided to transition into that program. I was happy to be a part of the lives of my students, teaching them not only English but American culture. Increased knowledge of English not only helped the individual student, but their families as well.
Elan has traveled to multiple countries through different programs to learn about other cultures and find ways to give back to the local residents. He will attend Columbia University.
Pace: After talking with VA officials, I learned that there was no program in place to provide furniture, appliances, clothing, dishes, cookware, blankets and other household goods when a veteran had completed a VA program in our area. I called a family friend who serves on the Department of Veterans Affairs 'Secretary's Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans'. I sat down with pen and paper and created "Soldier On", a program to benefit these men and women. A local non-profit agreed that we could become a component of their organization since our missions were similar. We challenged friends and neighbors to search their attics for items they no longer used. My Mom and I rented a storage building and began collecting items. In two and a half years we have distributed flyers, recruited 18 volunteers, secured four storage buildings, collected over $70,000.00 in goods and donations, and served 86 veterans.
Pace has been recognized by many different organizations for the efforts of "Soldier On". He is also very involved in performing arts, athletics, and writing groups. He will attend Middle Georgia College.
Jennifer: My friend Cathy and I founded 121Reach Northview, a free, one-on-one tutoring organization with high school tutors and middle school students. Over the past two years, 121Reach Northview has grown from its 30 tutors and 20 tutees to 50 tutors and a limit of 50 tutees with a waitlist a mile long. Our reputation has spread quickly within the middle school, and we are trying to develop a better method for accepting students who really need the help and not those who use 121Reach as a daycare program. I have high hopes for the future, and I know I will continue to help out with the program even in college because I am excited to see it grow and mature.
Jennifer is also Co-President of Beta Club, Vice-Captain of Debate Team, and is involved in performing arts. Jennifer will attend the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Congratulations to our Braves Scholars for leading the class of 2012 both in the classroom and in their respective communities. These students have stepped up to the plate, shown a passion for community service, and each of them exemplifies the Braves Give values!


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Serious Commercial Vehicle Crash in Whitley County
Date of News Release: 05/17/2012
(Williamsburg, KY) -- On Wednesday May 16th 2012 around 1:30 PM Officer Steven Douglas with the Kentucky State Police-Vehicle Enforcement responded to an injury accident located southbound on I-75 near the 1 mile marker in Whitley Co Kentucky.
Upon arrival and through investigation Douglas learned that 62 year old James B. Hamilton of Bucyrus Ohio was south on I-75 when his tractor trailer collided with another tractor trailer being operated by 47 year old Steven Savurdich of East Concord New York.
The impact forced several thousand pounds of salami sandwich meat to be scattered onto the interstate. Clean up crews worked for nearly 3 hours to clean the sandwich meat and debris from the roadway.
Mr. Hamilton was air lifted from the scene and taken to The University of Tennessee Hospital were he was listed in stable condition. Drugs and alcohol are not suspected factors in the collision and seat belt usage is not known at this time.
Assisting on scene: CVE Sgt Mike Taylor, CVE officers Duffy Sutton, David Burton. Kentucky State Trooper Mike Witt. Whitley CO EMS, South Whitley Fire Department, Whitley Co Emergency Management and Kentucky Highway Department. Officer Steven Douglas continues the investigation.


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SJA Series Five UK Airdate
The BBC have confirmed the dates of first two episodes of the fifth and very sadly final series of The Sarah Jane Adventures. Sky is a two part opener written by Phil Ford (Waters of Mars) and will air on Monday 3rd October and Tuesday 4th October on the CBBC Channel.
While the exact times for both have yet to be confirmed the BBC has released synopses for each episode.
In Part One, Sarah Jane Smith (the late, great Elisabeth Sladen) finds a baby girl on her doorstep and tries to find out just who abandoned her, while at a nearby Nuclear Power Station, a beautiful woman appears out of thin air and uses her powers to take control. She's looking for something, and Sarah may have just found it.
The adventure continues with Part Two, where Sky has undergone a major transformation but in doing so has placed the entire universe in jeopardy. As Sky and Sarah Jane find themselves trapped between an alien war fought by Metalkind and Fleshkind, Clyde (Daniel Anthony) and Rani (Anjli Mohindra) face a race against time to stop the biggest bang in history.
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Sounds vaguely like "The Hand of Fear"
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🐺Hell yeah, In the company of wolves, one of the greatest werewolf movies of all time!! And one of the best transformation sequences!!
Yup, this is true. That film is amazing.
Notes On Prometheus by james lloyd
I don't entirely agree on Prometheus, but this is beautiful, and a beautiful tribute to Archie Goodwin.
Edmund Dehn as Judge MintyYou should all definitely check out this brilliant fan made film!Judge Minty Edmund DehnJudge Dredd Greg StaplesDirector Steven SterlacchiniDirector of Photography and Digital Imagery Stephen GreenProp and Costume Creator Daniel Carey-George of Custom CreationsStoryboards & Concepts Barry RenshawWritten By Steven Sterlacchini & Michael Carroll, based on the work of John Wagner
Costumes by Planet Replicas.
I've got a Talos statue that watches over me while I work. <3
I've said this before on here, but Harryhausen was truly one of the first influences on my art that I can remember. And I'll never forget the time I met him at San Diego Comic Con: I told him how much of an inspiration his films have been for me, and he told me that my tattoos will never come off.
RIP Ray Harryhausen.
RIP Ray Harryhausen. An absolute visionary who populated the imagination of generations.
If I had to choose a single creature, I suspect I'd choose Talos who I'm amazed I've never tried to write into any of my comics. I could have made GIFs of the whole scene, but I'll go for this gloriously creepy moment.
I would be hard pressed to think of any author, artist or musician who had as much influence on my creativity when I was young, malleable and receptive, as Ray Harryhausen. He made gods, and he made monsters, and through that magic he made heroes and he made stories.
Everything I love, everything I believe about the power, the excitement, the wonder of storytelling, starts with this man painstakingly moving the bones of a walking skeleton. Watching Jason & The Argonauts and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad sparked my imagination like nothing else. Ray Harryhausen was a visionary, and I tell stories because of him. I count myself among the creatures he made.
Thank you, Ray. I will celebrate your life and work with my friends this week, but I will also celebrate it for the rest of my days in every story that I write. It all began with you.
In my recent purge of old magazines, I found this feature/interview with David Cronenberg, from Neon magazine, Feb 1997.
Assuming this is old enough that it's okay to post. There's a .pdf of it here, and a .cbr of it here - the .cbr is WAY better quality.
Going through old magazines and found this HUGE Star Wars feature, from Neon magazine, Feb 1997.
Assuming this is old enough that it's okay to post. There's a .pdf of it here, and a .cbr of it here - the .cbr is WAY better quality.


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Game Recap: Cubs 9, Mets 6; extra inning thrill
Tonight's game was one of thrills and disappointments. Cub fans were thrilled to see an offensive outburst, including a 4 run 5th inning that would bring the team back from a serious deficit. Cub fans were disappointed that Carlos Zambrano continues to make up for his September moment of brilliance with yet another mediocre and stress-inducing start. We were thrilled that after going into extra innings, the team scored 3 runs in the 10th to capture the win. We were disappointed, bizarrely enough, by Bob Howry's buckling down and escaping a dangerous 9th. We were thrilled that Kerry Wood had a 1-2-3 10th to get his 34th save of the season. Some of us were disappointed, again bizarrely, because the Mets lost and the Brewers still have a shot of getting into the playoffs.
But as I said in the shout box, don't worry. The Cubs can beat the Mets again tomorrow - in fact, I hope they do - but it means little to the Brewers, because Chicago will be their final obstacle this season. Considering the crappy luck Milwaukee has had against the Cubs so far, I have a pretty strong suspicion that they won't have an easy sweep this weekend.
Now, to break it all down...
Yes, Cub fans, Mark DeRosa left the game after a 2 for 3 start (including a homer, a double, and 3 RBI) because, as GA Hill noted in the Shout Box, he's got a strained calf. Lou Piniella has noted that DeRosa was scheduled to rest the next couple of days anyway, and it seems unlikely that he'll be at risk to miss time in the playoffs.
Furthermore, the Cubs saw good offensive days from a few other guys, too. The Fonz went 2 for 5. Theriot went 3 for 6 and will probably finish the year with a better-than-.300 AVG and the second-highest total of hits for any player on the team. Oh, Reed Johnson also had a good game, going 2 for 5, and Aramis "Nail in the Coffin" Ramirez got some Big Game Hit practice tonight with his 10th inning 2-run homer.
On the pitching front, forgetting about Carlos, Neal Cotts struck out 3 in 1.1 innings of work, Jeff Samardzija had another rough inning, Bob Freakin' Howry nearly blew it in the 9th, but managed to hold on for a Kerry Wood save in the 10th.
Let's spend a moment on Howry. Apparently unconcerned with actually winning, Lou brought Bob in and Mr. Excitement surrendered a leadoff triple, struck out David Wright, intentionally walked the next 2 guys to load the bases, forced Ramon Castro to hit into a fielder's choice ground out, and then struck out Ryan Church to escape. Cripes, that's not the kind of baseball I had in mind tonight.
Anyway, with 4 games remaining the Cubs accomplished 2 things tonight. 1) They have matched their highest win total of any year since 1945. It seems likely-if-not-certain that the Cubs will reach the post season with the best record that most of us have seen in our life-times. 2) They've ensured that, at the worst, they will have split the season series with the Mets this year.
I've said a few times now that Pat Hughes is calling these games on his own because Ron Santo hates NYC. In fact, I suspect that he's had a few experiences there in his life time that could easily have been the basis for one of the greatest Simpsons episodes of all time - The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson, best known for how Homer left the city while driving a car with no windshield, behind a garbage truck which was spewing trash all over him:
Lisa: Oh, Dad, I loved it there! Can we come back someday?
Homer: Maybe we will, sweetie. Maybe we will.
The ironic thing is...
The Cubs clinched home field advantage by having the best record in the NL. Yet for the last week of the season they are also the spoilers for the Mets and/or Brewers.
Pretty cool...
(PS - I'm thinking Samardijinabambino will be more of a mop up kind of guy in the playoffs)
I love the spoiler
I love the spoiler effect.
Chances are, the 7th inning - and when necessary, the 6th - will be a collective relief pitching experience. Smardz and about 4 other guys will be used in those situations, because post season play equals micromanaging.
Quick correction
Kurt, you wrote "2) They've ensured that, at the worst, they will have split the season series with the Mets this year."
The Cubs swept the 2-game series at Wrigley early this summer and with yesterday's win, they've won the series. At worst, the Cubs will be 4-2 vs the Mets.
Ahh, I love being wrong. I
Ahh, I love being wrong. I thought they split the two-gamer.
I am truely frightened that
I am truely frightened that Howry's performance after that lead-off triple earned him a spot on the playoff roster.....
No kidding! I think it has
No kidding! I think it has more to do with Gaudin's crappy performance earlier this week, though.


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STAFF WRITER | January 21,2013Two men were arrested Sunday night in Rutland after police from three agencies were called to disperse a crowd that gathered over a dispute on School Street.
More than 40 people were reportedly involved in a series of heated verbal and physical confrontations in the city's southwest neighborhood, Rutland Police Sgt. John Sly said.
"A lot of people came out to watch or get involved," Sly said.
In what he described as a "convoluted sequence of events" police were initially called to 36 Meadow Street at 4:23 p.m. for a reported fight.
At the scene, Sly said police found about 10 people arguing about the theft of a cell phone and a missing hat.
Sly said police left the scene believing that the parties would stay separated. But more than three hours later they were called back when some of the same people involved in the earlier dispute moved to 79 School St. where a crowd had
The size of the gathering was so great that city police called for backup from Vermont State Police and the Rutland County Sherriff's Department as well as another shift of officers coming on duty in the city.
Police also arrested two participants — 19-year-old Tiler Cormia and Nicholas Prior, 20, both of Rutland — on charges of disorderly conduct.
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If you don't get into the race, step it up a notch and enter the Double Dipsea. The course starts in Stinson Beach, runs over the Dipsea course back to Mill Valley at which point you turnaround and return to Stinson Beach. It is 13.7 miles of grueling steep mountainous trails.
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CANNED FRUIT vs. CANNED VEGGIES.
QUESTION: Which item is good for you?
ANSWER: Neither
Any food swimming in juice or "light syrup" isn't going to work in your favor on the scale. ALSO, most canned fruit is peeled, meaning you're being robbed of a valuable source of fiber. The same goes with frozen fruit. While freezing preserves the fruit itself, adding sugar during the freezing process preserves color and taste; so many store-bought frozen fruits throw it in.
Solution: Read that ingredients list! You want it to say fruit and fruit juice, that's it.
For some reason, manufacturers constantly come up with new chicanery to lead you back to the refined stuff. One of their latest tricks is to refer to refined flour as "wheat flour" because, obviously, it's made of wheat. But just because it's wheat-based doesn't mean it's not refined. The distracted shopper can mistake this label for "whole wheat flour" and throw it in his cart. Whole-grain or sprouted wheat is better for you than refined wheat. By keeping the bran and germ, you maintain the naturally occurring nutrients and fiber.
If you're drinking berry juice for their antioxidant benefits that's great, but first you should make sure the product you're buying actually contains those juices. Many products labeled as pomegranate-blueberry or cranberry-pomegranate are actually mostly made of other juices like apple juice. So check the ingredient list. If it's labeled as pomegranate but has apple juice listed first on the ingredient list, you'll know it's mainly apple juice, not pomegranate juice.
Dressing by definition is supposed to be fatty, and thus highly caloric. Unfortunately, people prefer to buy fat-free versions so they can drown their greens while avoiding excess fat. Nothing's free. All this stuff does is replace the fat with carbs and salt, so you've basically gone from pouring a little healthy unsaturated fat on your salad to dumping on a pile of sugar.
Have a look at most flavored yogurt and you'll find the second ingredient to be sugar or high-fructose corn syrup. One container of Yoplait Original Strawberry has 170 calories, 33 grams of carbohydrates, 27 of which are sugar. It starts out as good stuff. Fat aside, there's the calcium and protein you find in all milk products, along with probiotics, which make it easier to digest for those with lactose issues. The only problem is that straight yogurt can be pretty bitter, so manufacturers load the stuff with sugar and masquerade those carbs as fruit in an effort to make the whole thing more palatable.


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Bathroom break?3 Reviews
What happens when Patrick sneaks off?
"Yeah Trick?" Pete whispered back.
"I think we should run out of here." Patrick answered back. Joe shook his head, hair flying all around. Andy just shrugged, playing with his drumsticks. Pete shook his head, agreeing with Joe, and fixed his eyeliner in the mirror. "Why are you two idiots shaking your heads? You don't think we should sneak away?"
"What happens if we get caught?" Joe asked in a small voice, Patrick chuckled.
"We fight?"
"They're girls dude, I'm not fighting a girl." Pete answered back.
"You dress like a girl, so really I don't think it matters if you fight them." Andy muttered quietly, Pete glared over at him. Andy just shrugged again. "Just the truth dude."
"Whatever; you guys can stay here and continue to be violated by creepy fangirls, but I'm leaving." Patrick shot at his three friends who looked a little too comfortable for a bunch of guys that were just kidnapped and told that they were being forced to play a private show. His eyes searched for an escape.
"But Trick, you can't leave."
"And why can't I Pete?" He asked out of annoyance and pain, ripping the faux sideburns off the side of his face. Pete couldn't come up with a reasonable come back to answer back with, so he kept his mouth shut and watched as his best friend hopped onto a chair and opened up the vent on the ceiling which had just conveniently happened to be there, and Patrick conveniently knew how to open even though he's never done it before. In hard times, things like that just come natural. Slowly, bit by bit, Patrick had disappeared in the very small, and dusty vent.
A sigh escaped from Pete's lips as he looked around the room in a panic. "Guy's, what are we going to do now? Not only will we probably get in trouble for Patrick disappearing, but we don't have a singer." Joe twisted his expression to his 'thinking face' as he contemplated ideas. Andy just shrugged again. He really had nothing to say about any of this, he was too upset about the bacon that was now beginning to digest in his poor little vegan stomach.
"Um," Joe hummed, thinking up ideas. "Why don't you sing? They are you're words."
"That is true. Ohmegosh! If I can sing by myself we wont ever need Patrick again."
"Okay; don't go that far dude." Andy said, crushing Pete's dreams of taking over the spotlight completely.
"Sorry, I got a little carried away, didn't I?" He asked; Andy and Joe both answering with a nod. "Okay; but do you guys think I could pull it off? What are we going to tell the girls?"
"That Patrick took a bathroom break?" Joe suggested, Pete chuckled at the idea and then nodded.
"Good idea."
"I know right?" Joe smiled, "I'm more then just a pretty face you know." He said cause both Pete and Andy to laugh.
"No one said you were a pretty face in the first place dude," Andy joked, and ducked so that the unknown object missed his head.
"Lets go do this show!" Pete sounded a little more enthusiastic then he probably should have, but it had caused the excitement to boil in Joe and Andy's blood. "Lets go!" they agreed as they piled out of the door and through the light hallway to the next room where the two fangirls had multiplied into ten. This was going to be an interesting show.


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The 2013 OnTheSnow Visitors' Choice Award for Best Terrain in the Mid-Atlantic goes to the largest winter resort in the region: Snowshoe Mountain in Pocahontas County. Its 57 trails and 251 acres are spread over three distinct areas of the mountain: Snowshoe Basin, Silver Creek and Western Territory. Snowshoe sees an average of 180 inches of snow a year, but snowmaking covers 100-percent of the terrain nevertheless. The terrain reaches a height of 4,848 feet with a 1,500-foot vertical drop. The Village of Snowshoe features high-quality lodging with Rimfire Lodge, Highland House, Allegheny Springs and the Senaca Lodge.
WHERE TO GO FOR BEGINNER TERRAIN: Snowshoe Basin has plenty of learning terrain for first-timers, like the Flume Trail system. Yew Pine is a half-mile long novice trail. Other popular beginner runs in Basin include Gangway, Log Slide, Camp Four and Powderidge. The Silver Creek ski area is home to Kids' World and the Snowshoe Ski & Snowboard School. For a taste of freestyle terrain, head to the the family-friendly Skill Builder Park in Silver Creek.
WHERE TO GO FOR INTERMEDIATE TERRAIN: In Snowshoe Basin, intermediates have a choice of great cruiser runs like Skipjack and Gandy Dancer. In Silver Creek, take the Cascade lift for a choice of three blue runs. Intermediate freestylers can head to the fun lines of Timberjack in Silver Creek.
WHERE TO GO FOR EXPERT TERRAIN: The Western Territory, with 1,500 feet of steeps to conquer, is home to the best and most advanced terrain in the region. Combine the legendary Cupp Run, designed by Olympian Jean-Claude Killy, and Shay's Revenge, with steeps of 52 percent. In Snowshoe Basin experts can enjoy bomber runs like Widowmaker, Choker and Knot Bumper. Mountaineer in Silver Creek is a large event park with huge features for advanced freestylers. Alternatively, Choker in Basin is a medium to large terrain park with big jumps and technical trails, perfect for those who want to step up their riding.
Snowshoe Mountain Resort is the 2013 OnTheSnow Visitors' Choice Award winner for Best Nightlife in the Mid-Atlantic. Snowshoe's huge base village provides a variety of different options for nightlife, from dancing and music to low-key lounges and sports bars. Skiers and snowboarders in West Virginia can party after the sun goes down at Snowshoe Mountain Resort, the 2013 OnTheSnow Visitors' Choice Award winner for Best Nightlife in the Mid-Atlantic.
WHERE TO GO FOR LIVE MUSIC: Snowshoe Mountain Resort has a bunch of live entertainment options. The Comedy Cellar, located on the conference level of the Mountain Lodge, features a full bar and appetizer menu and guests can enjoy the best comics the Mid-Atlantic region has to offer. Guests can also head to Hoot's Bar & Grill to enjoy live musical acts.
WHERE TO GO FOR DANCING: If you're looking for dancing at Snowshoe Mountain Resort, the Connection Nightclub is where you should head. The nightclub, located in the Shavers Center, provides a great slopeside party location on the mountain. Snowshoe provides daily specials, live bands and theme parties.
WHERE TO GO FOR DRINKS: The Moonshine Pub is the place to go to drink like a West Virginian. Guests can try some barely-legal moonshine while enjoying a snack of pork rinds. Those looking for a quieter après experience can head to the Old Spruce Cafe & Tavern.
Drumroll . . . and the award for last-West-Virginia-resort-standing for the 2012/13 season goes to . After picking up nearly two feet of snow in the final weeks of March, the conditions just aren't quitting, so the resort sees no reason to either. After originally extending their skiing and snowboarding operations to March 31, Snowshoe is proud to announce that the slopes still have plenty of snow to offer and they've further extended the season to Sunday, April 7, 2013.
"Ski resorts everywhere hope for this type of unbelievable weather pattern in January and February, let alone March," explains Dave Dekema, marketing director, Snowshoe Mountain. "This is a skier's dream. We are beyond excited to offer our guests an extra week of skiing and riding."
Snowshoe Mountain is currently enjoying one of its best winter seasons in years, as big storms allowed the resort to open early in November and now late-season storms will allow the resort to host its longest winter in over a decade. With a fierce dedication to providing the best (and longest running) skiing and riding to visitors, it's no surprise that Snowshoe has consistently been ranked the #1 ski resort in the Mid-Atlantic by OnTheSnow readers.
Value Season daily ticket prices are in effect, with lift rates starting at just $59 for full-day Adults. Season Passes are now available for the 2013-14 ski season starting at just $299 for the Unlimited Pass. Current prices will remain in effect until Sept. 2, 2013.
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Hands down, 2012-13 has been one heck of a comeback season. Sure the temperatures have been erratic, we've had more than our share of the "r" word, but overall, the snowfall totals have come back strong and in some places set new all-time highs. After last season, we earned it and resorts like , are celebrating the snow success with an extended spring season.
Thanks to early snowfall in October 2012, the West Virginia resort was able to enjoy their earliest opening date in a decade – kicking the season off to a great start. Excellent snow conditions have persisted thoroughout the season and now, in the final weeks of 2012-13, the resort is proud to announce their last day of the season will be March 31, 2013.
The resort's Unlimited Pass is available for $249 through March 31 ($299 after that date). Within the first 10 days on sale, pass sales have already exceeded all of the season passes sold the previous two years combined.
"Conditions are great, the snow continues to fall, and the price is right, so people want to get their pass now, enjoy a great March of skiing and riding, and then be set for next year," says Snowshoe's president Frank DeBerry.
Along with great conditions for spring skiers and riders, the final weeks of the season hold a busy calendar or events and live music, sure to make the springtime celebration unforgettable both on and off snow.
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We all know college is expensive. Tuition, books and room and board aside, there's a lot of extraneous costs that go along with the pursuit of a higher education. Laptops, food, and all the furnishing needed to transform those cold, sterile dorm rooms and apartments into livable quarters for four years (minimum) of semester-long stints. It's no wonder coffee shops, theaters, sports venues and other retail or recreational outlets offer discounted admission for students. Given that so much is riding on our future generations, it's crucial for their success (and sanity) that students get opportunities to distance themselves from the books, and not be burdened by paying a high cost for their freedom. And what better way is there to clear one's head in winter, than heading to the local mountain and carving away the stress of finals and thesis work?
West Virginia's gets it. That's why Timberline has expanded its College Days special. Monday through Friday, throughout the season, college students can purchase an $18 lift ticket by presenting a current college ID card. Additionally, students can rent ski or snowboard equipment for just $13 and even tack on a lesson for only $16. Night lift tickets and/or rentals (4:30-9 pm) can be purchased for just $8.00 each.
The College Days deal is available Monday-Friday between Feb. 18 and April 1, 2013.
Of all resorts, wouldn't students choose to go where the skiing and riding is cheapest, not to mention where OnTheSnow readers found their favorite downhill terrain in 2011? Hard to say, but we can only hope that's the kind of education their getting.
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