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Welcome back to The Occult Roots of Metal Iconography, wherein we draw back the veil of time and dust to celebrate the obscure artistic heritage of sacred Heavy Metal imagery. It's been a while since I posted one of these, primarily because I've been very busy with my own microscopic record label and guerrilla action group Wyrd War. Be sure to visit the Wyrd War webstore and support our various activities on the frontline of music, art and film. I'll do my part and continue wasting countless hours writing posts like this for your amusement while dirty dishes pile up in my kitchen sink. It's been nice to see that part 1 and part 2 have had some traction and staying power among the true. Obviously, the point of these investigative reports is to uncover arcane reference points and wring even more pleasure from an art form that has already given so much. Astute readers will heed the brief introductions below and seek out the celestial works of all the bands and visual wizards herein. These words you are about to read are merely cairns pointing toward the infinite majestic crags and cavernous jewel-adorned chambers of Heavy Metal. Take this torch! Seek and Destroy! Wimps and posers, leave the blog! So come on...
And here is the original painting in all its diabolical glory, on page 85 of Echoes of Terror.
But that ain't all. His strange in-your-face portrait on page 21 for Poe's Masque of the Red Death was similarly stolen by Dutch hard rockers Picture for the UK pressing of their 1982 LP Night Hunter. I say stolen because the artwork is uncredited on the packaging, and most pressings feature a totally forgettable photo of a chick and a motorcycle (to add to the confusion, the LP was called Diamond Dreamer in most countries). Picture is a pretty lousy name for a band. But you should chase 'em down anyway because, in case you don't already know, they deliver a very potent brand of Rainbow infused jammers and crooner Ronald van Prooijen is an extremely satisfying discount Dio. Drop the needle down on Lady Lightning or The Hangman and watch asses shake. "Women and whiskey are my only friends..." Indeed.
That same Edwards painting was later swiped by Bullet Records, in slightly modified form, for the 1984 UK repress of the self-titled four song EP by Australia's Taipan (appearing on both the front and back covers). This is an obscure bratty gem, well worth hunting down for sleazy fist pumping anthems Breakout and Tired of You. It's no mystery why they stole the cover art. These songs were originally released in 1981 as a 7" with a truly perplexing rendering of a woman in lingerie wrapped in snakes (taipans, I get it, man) that makes Pantera's Metal Magic mascot look like a Frazetta. It has a certain charm, but the Les Edwards piece below is an undeniable improvement.
That weird face made a slight return of sorts on the 2011 Taipan album Snakes. This was not painted by Edwards, but the "homage" is duly noted. I haven't actually heard it, but I bet it's pretty damn good.
Yet another Les Edwards masterpiece that emerged from the hallowed pages of Echoes of Terror is this crimson eye reaper that closes The Devil's Wager by William Makepeace Thackeray on page 79. How this never turned up as an iron-on decal in the 80s I have no idea (maybe it did?).
Anyway, it crawled from the crypt again in 1989 as the cover of the second Paradox record Heresy. It's sort of a misleading bit of packaging because, despite the medieval Cathars theme, this record stomps around like a slightly more technical Anthrax with classical interludes and hermetically sealed arpeggios punctuating its gang vocals and OCD thrash riffs. It really sounds more like a New Jersey mosh pit than a German graveyard (or French crusade for that matter). Anyway, that cover art rules, eh? I sure hope Edwards got paid because I just looked it up to find an image to stick here and learned that it was re-released on CD in 2015 with the very same artwork.
No occult roots here, but before we move on you should definitely know that Les Edwards also unleashed the rabid cerberus that maniacally guarded the gates to the Cortland, New York underworld where The Rods did dwell in their glory days. Go crank up The Night Lives to Rock and crack another beer.
Ok, now that we're sufficiently back in the New York Groove, we should talk about Sean Taggart for a moment. S.M. Taggart, or "Stag" as he sometimes signed his work, is my favorite punk cartoon artist from the slapstick early days of NYHC, and if you read part 1 you are already familiar with his work for the legendary Carnivore. He did a ton of flyers and some really good album art in the 80s that you should definitely go check out immediately. He also did this really cool t-shirt design for Agnostic Front in 1986. Very few people saw this drawing back when it first came out because it was a very limited edition tour shirt, but doesn't it look familiar?
About one year later Sodom released Persecution Mania, one of my favorite German thrash records from this or any other decade. Their "political" album is nothing less than a savage declaration of blunt head trauma delivered by nuclear barbarians who are seemingly too obsessed by
beer cruelty to bother praising Satan, or keeping up with Witchhunter's off the rails bludgeoning for that matter. I spent more time than I care to admit pondering how this startling cross-continental similarity could have come to be. Spoiler alert: Neither Sean Taggart nor Sodom's cover artist Johannes Beck had ever seen each other's work. The secret is actually not very scandalous...
They both just happened to use the very same World War II reference photo! In fact, a blown-out Crucifix style xerox version of this same image had already appeared on a ripping EP by Swedish punkers Arroganta Agitatorer way back in 1983. I have no idea what these kids were screaming about, but I bet you can find a few things about our recent election that will somehow apply very nicely to their snotty buzzsaw protest anthems. Go blast it right now while you contemplate the importance of finding extremely obscure reference material for your artwork.
Now let's hop on over to the other Jersey, and take a look at the cover art for soulful NWOBHM unknowns Legend. In 1982, on the heels of two full-length LPs, the band released this awesome four song EP, which featured an incongruous and sorta incomplete looking eyeball cover painting.
I'm not sure exactly what's going on here, but it seems more than coincidental that the very same window pane is reflected in the cornea of this eye as was reflected in the eye(s) of British illustrator Paul Woodroffe's very cool 1974 book sleeve illustration for Brian Aldiss's history of literary science fiction titled The Billion Year Spree. It's clearly not the same painting, but the odd jagged framing does seem to suggest that Legend's cover artist wasn't able to imagine anything beyond the melting wax of Woodroffe's original inspiration. Maybe these artists just happened to have exactly the same idea and painted their eye(s) in exactly the same room by the exact same window. Then again, maybe Legend was on a tight deadline.
While we're on the subject of the brilliant Paul Woodroffe, you should also be aware that one of the few album covers he painted during his very successful decades long commercial art career was one of the greatest heavy metal albums of all time:
He also did this fun spoof on Planet of the Apes for Budgie.
Stagnation of the Heart is one of my favorite pieces by Woodroffe. It was rendered with acrylic gouache, crayon and ink as one of two variations he did for the cover of the 1974 publication of a sci-fi collection titled Four for the Future. It was clearly an influence on later Brit shit-stirrer Trevor Brown, who took Woodroffe's quaint psychedelia (that background pattern is actually Bridget Riley's optical invention) and those pulmonary trunks in an altogether...cough, cough...different direction. Look up Trevor Brown when you're not at work.
Eventually Woodroffe's masterpiece made an unceremonious and uncredited appearance on this very sketchy bootleg box set that not only misspelled the word metallurgy, but also mislabeled the Venom and Iron Maiden tracks and boasted nary a production credit. It's pretty hard to find, but at least now you know who painted that killer cover art: Mr. Paul Woodroffe, whom Warren Publications once glowingly heralded as "England's Dean of full-color fantasy!"
My adoration of Glenn Danzig's entire creative output from roughly 1977 through 1992 is unbounded and well documented (all documented, all true!). Just in case you haven't been reading this blog for a while, you should check out Part 1, and also this and this and this and this and, lastly, this. Anyway, here's Danzig's classic drawing for the posthumous Misfits 12" Die Die My darling. What a GREAT fuckin' record!
And here, of course, is Chamber of Chills #19 from 1952 with awesome Lee Elias artwork that Glenn unabashedly swiped, more or less unedited (he did make the cleavage more prominent and removed the reaper's tux). Can't hardly blame him.
Next up is this micro-classic from Onslaught. I don't remember many people caring about it when Pushead first released it in the U.S., but, boy, it sure has captured the imaginations of spiky sods in the decades that have passed since 1985. In case you don't already know, this is a crushing record by contemporaries of English Dogs that united the bulletbelts and longhairs, like a Discharge cover band playing a kegger at the trailer park down the street. From the moment this one roars open with wind, bells and that Destruction style narration you know you're in for a righteous blast of thermonuclear devastation as only toothy Brits on the dole could deliver. I'd wager your entire sleeveless Toxic Holocaust t-shirt collection that you didn't know where that amazing cover artwork came from...
All hail and bow before the morbid master, Manuel Sanjulian, who painted this beautiful demonic menagerie for Eerie #41 in 1972. It later reappeared on the cover of issue #1 of the short-lived Warren fantasy anthology Ring of the Warlords in 1979. Now you know.
Here's another fun fact: the skullcrusher from hell was conjured again for Onslaught's 2007 album Killing Peace. In fact, the shadowy silhouette of the demon's grim visage was actually sculpted by an artist named Josh Cook. You can read about it here and marvel at how awesome his work was before it was obliterated with that high contrast "design" work. And here's the final packaging. Meh.
Speaking of demons, let's move on now to an infernal conundrum that has racked my brain for many years. Which came first? Goblin's Roller or Coven's Blood On The Snow??? They were both released in 1974! Does anyone know? Does anyone care?? Arrrggghhhhh...
One thing's for sure, both of those records came before the 1977 Attic pressing of Goblin's brilliant Suspiria soundtrack...
We have masterful 19th century French autodidact Louis-Leopold Boilly to thank for all of this devilry, and the inspiration for his beautiful 1825 piece Le Songe de Tartini (or 'Tartini's Dream') is a tale of possession worth sharing. Giuseppe Tartini was an 18th century Venetian violinist and composer, and, incidentally, the first known owner of a Stradivarius. His most famous composition is known as the Devil's Trill Sonata (or by its more boring title 'Violin Sonata in G minor') due to its technically difficult passages that apparently still perplex players to this day. In fact, there was a popular rumor during his day that Tartini was born with six fingers which allowed him to play this intense sonata with seeming ease. Tartini himself claimed that he was visited by the devil in a dream, who became his servant and bestowed this composition upon him through a Satanic pact. Keep in mind, this was nearly 200 years before Robert Johnson was reputed to have met Ol' Scratch at some Mississippi crossroads in the form of a big black dude who tuned his guitar and handed back to him the key to proto-rock 'n' roll. Anyway, this is how Tartini told the story:
"One night, in the year 1713 I dreamed I had made a pact with the devil for my soul. Everything went as I wished: my new servant anticipated my every desire. Among other things, I gave him my violin to see if he could play. How great was my astonishment on hearing a sonata so wonderful and so beautiful, played with such great art and intelligence, as I had never even conceived in my boldest flights of fantasy. I felt enraptured, transported, enchanted: my breath failed me, and I awoke. I immediately grasped my violin in order to retain, in part at least, the impression of my dream. In vain! The music which I at this time composed is indeed the best that I ever wrote, and I still call it the "Devil's Trill", but the difference between it and that which so moved me is so great that I would have destroyed my instrument and have said farewell to music forever if it had been possible for me to live without the enjoyment it affords me."
Can't say I'm an Orange Goblin fan. Saw them a few times over the years and always wanted them to be...more...somehow. Their artist stole the main composition of this album cover from the great poster art from the great underrated 80s flick Def-Con 4, which I happen to love. It's a little slow-paced, but it has a very brooding and very rewarding soundtrack with a particularly beautiful track titled The New Dark Age. Here's the original poster by Rudy Obrero (the man responsible for the Mad Max 2 a.k.a. The Road Warrior poster art, among others):
Doh! And here is Angus McKie's original illustration which appeared in 1976 on the cover of The Year's Best Science Fiction #8 and on the cover of The Flights of Icarus in 1977. Moving right along...
Man, if anyone ever stumbles across a copy of this Street Child EP from 1989, you know where to send it (po box 40667 portland, oregon 97240). I've never seen a copy in real life, and even the goddamn 2010 repress goes for stupid amounts of money. Here are four truly obscure and truly strange traditional metal gems with soulful vocals and even a few gang chants here and there. They even have a plodding melodic "whooa-oooo-oooohhh" election season anthem called Building a Wall (too soon?). The problem was, in 1989 thrash was still the alpha dog of the day, and atmospheric stuff like this was waaaay too slow and noncommittal to make it through the wall of endless speed riffs, even when they got sorta tough on Erotic Insomnia (What? Like you've never been afflicted with the nocturnal scourge known as erotic insomnia!). The artwork was an airbrush rush job, the likes of which could be seen in cooler malls all around the U.S. during the late 80s. There was a dude with a big hoop earring and a beret at the Galleria near us that banged out shit like this and replicas of Black Out on white Fruit of the Looms for, like, $20 a pop. Like any young stud who suffered erotic insomnia during this era, Street Child's artist was an unashamed disciple of our Lord and Deliverer, his Eternal Champion of the Battleaxe Brush, Sir Frank Frazetta. Here is the original 1967 Frazetta painting that he ripped off. It's titled Pony Tail.
All those people thanked on the back cover and Frazetta ain't one of 'em. They even gave two people credit for the "original cover concept." C'mon, Jesse Odom. Your voice is an iron fist wrapped in silk, but you definitely didn't invent this graphic concept. Anyway, if anyone ever finds this awesome Street Child EP accidentally languishing in some dusty discount crate, send it to me...stat!
Just thinking about Frazetta made me drop down and knock out some incline push-ups while blasting my autographed copy of the Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare soundtrack. Which brings us around to Canadian metal supremacist, Thor. Jon Mikel Thor is one of the nicest true believers I've ever had the pleasure of meeting, and I am honored to call him friend (he doesn't respond). One time he asked me and my lady to help with his merch table and when he sold out of shirts he took off his personal hockey jersey and we sold that to an eager fan too. If you're one of those frowning "occultist" types who thinks Keep the Dogs Away is a novelty record...fuck off! Heavy metal as mighty and triumphant as Thor requires mighty and triumphant artwork. But if you're Jon Mikel Thor, you're also on a pretty tight budget. So his artist rightly turned to Frazetta and took his best shot at this bad boy...
Doesn't that Metal Avenger look damn similar to Frazetta's Dark Wolf character from Ralph Bakshi's 1983 animated sword and sorcery epic Fire and Ice (Black Wolf was, of course, a nod to Frazetta's beloved Death Dealer)? My older brother took me to see Fire and Ice the day it came out when I was 11 years old (at the same mall where the dude with the beret used to airbrush, now that I think about it) and it made a permanent impression. We had already seen Lord of the Rings in the theater a few years earlier, and I've been a huge Bakshi fan ever since.
You're already quite familiar with Edvard Munch's most famous painting, right? You know the one. People call it The Scream for ease of reference, but the artist preferred to leave it untitled. Surely your mother has a magnet of this painting on the fridge. Munch actually painted four versions of this same existential obsession between 1893 and 1910 (thanks, Wikipedia!), with varying degrees of delirium and swirling chromatic Van Gogh skylines:
The real question here is which version did Bitches Sin copy for their third demo in 1983?? I bet you didn't know your mother was a fan of third tier NWOBHM.
Poor Bitches Sin. These guys just couldn't catch a break. The mags and fans doted over them, and they bashed out some pretty good songs for a few short years, before things fell apart in a torrent of lineup changes and missed opportunities. Which is a shame because the Toomey brothers could really tear it up! The dude who scribbled out this new version of Munch's The Scream for the cover of their second LP Invaders in 1986 didn't even bother signing his work, and the band didn't bother mentioning him in the sparse back cover credits. They did, however, include a photo of themselves dressed as Sheiks staring up at a Crayola version of the Bitches Sin spaceship from the debut LP Predator. Hmm. I can't believe that didn't catch on. For comparison, consider that in the same year, Maiden released their own little futuristic themed record called Somewhere in Time. Ain't life a bitch?
Have you heard the new Danava 7" yet? You really should. In some ways it's an homage to the days of classy hard rock singles, with a total ripper on Side A and an incongruent surprise on Side B. Seriously, go grab a copy now if there are any still floating around out there. I hear the first pressing sold out in a couple weeks. Anyway, above we have a t-shirt design that Danava main man and onyx-eyed whiskey wizard Greg Melaney whipped up a couple years ago for one of their notorious cross-continental benders. And below is the original source of "inspiration" from 1981 (one year after Bon Scott drank a hole in the time/space continuum and bid this world a fond fuck you). Greg tells me he was surprised so few people picked up the reference. In this case it was intentional and was very much a tribute to AC/DC and a reference to some of the shit that was stirring up in their camp at the time. For those about to smoke rock...
Let's wind things down with a tribute to one of the many legends we lost in 2016.
Nic Roeg's 1976 film The Man Who Fell to Earth is a fantastic work of alienation and beauty featuring David Bowie in the perfect role as the titular and well coiffed extraterrestrial. If you haven't already seen it, do yourself a favor and go get stoned and watch it right now. Does illustrator Vic Fair's typography for the poster look familiar?
You rivetheads probably don't recognize it because this band Iron Maiden from England is pretty underground and cult (I think they pronounce it ī(-ə)rn mā-dən). Trust me, they're gonna be real big someday. Their eponymous 1980 debut LP featured one of the best record covers of all time by Derek Riggs and the band's logo, which has appeared unchanged on every release since, was originally hand drawn by bassist Steve Harris himself...apparently after he saw Vic Fair's amazing poster art. R.I.P. Starman. UP THE IRONS!!!!
It has become something of a cruel tradition to end these installments with an embarrassing exposition of my own work. Lately I haven't been drawing much because, as I mentioned in the introduction, I am very focused on my label Wyrd War. So, here is a reveal of an old drawing I did for the great Swedish left-hand pathists Saturnalia Temple. This one was pretty self-referential because the band asked me to do something similar to the drawing I did for Bobby BeauSoleil's Lucifer Rising Suite box set a few years earlier, which in turn was inspired by Rick Griffin's original poster art for Kenneth Anger's short film. Take a look:
Now you can clearly see the evolution (some might say, degeneration) from Rick Griffin's 1967 drawing, with Gustave Doré centerpiece, to my ballpoint rendering with Bobby's color pencil centerpiece, to, just a few years later, this ballpoint drawing...
I knew this work needed to be infused with an infernal presence, and what is more Stygian than the mouth of Glenn Danzig? The inverted mouth of Glenn Danzig! Whoooooaaaaaahhh! Yeah!
Until next time, remember: Heavy Metal never dies. Heavy Metal never bends. Worship at the altar every day and every night. Fight Till Death!


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Guinness World Records
|Craig Glenday (ed.)[1]
|Cover artist
|Simon Jones
|English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish
|World Records
|Jim Pattison Group
Publication date
|November 10, 1951–present
Published in English
|Media type
|Book, Television
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1998 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous U.S. editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records and national records, both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. The book itself holds a world record, as the best-selling copyrighted book of all time. As of the 2017 edition, it is now in its 63rd year of publication, published in 100 countries and 23 languages. The international franchise has extended beyond print to include television series and museums. The popularity of the franchise has resulted in Guinness World Records becoming the primary international authority on the cataloguing and verification of a huge number of world records; the organization employs official record adjudicators authorised to verify the authenticity of the setting and breaking of records.[2]
On 10 November 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing director of the Guinness Breweries,[3] went on a shooting party in the North Slob, by the River Slaney in County Wexford, Ireland. After missing a shot at a golden plover, he became involved in an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe, the golden plover or the red grouse. (It is the plover.[4]) That evening at Castlebridge House, he realised that it was impossible to confirm in reference books whether or not the golden plover was Europe's fastest game bird.[5][6] Beaver knew that there must be numerous other questions debated nightly in pubs throughout Ireland and abroad, but there was no book in the world with which to settle arguments about records. He realised then that a book supplying the answers to this sort of question might prove successful.[7]
Beaver's idea became reality when Guinness employee Christopher Chataway recommended University friends Norris and Ross McWhirter, who had been running a fact-finding agency in London. The twin brothers were commissioned to compile what became The Guinness Book of Records in August 1954. A thousand copies were printed and given away.[8]
After the founding of The Guinness Book of Records at 107 Fleet Street, the first 198-page edition was bound on 27 August 1955 and went to the top of the British best seller lists by Christmas. The following year, it launched in the US, and sold 70,000 copies. Since then, Guinness World Records has become a household name and the global leader in world records. The book has gone on to become a record breaker in its own right; with sales of more than 100 million copies in 100 different countries and 37 languages, Guinness World Records is the world's best selling copyright book ever.[9]
Because the book became a surprise hit, many further editions were printed, eventually settling into a pattern of one revision a year, published in September/October, in time for Christmas. The McWhirters continued to compile it for many years. Both brothers had an encyclopedic memory; on the TV series Record Breakers, based upon the book, they would take questions posed by children in the audience on various world records and were able to give the correct answer. Ross McWhirter was assassinated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in 1975.[10] Following Ross' assassination, the feature in the show where questions about records posed by children were answered was called Norris on the Spot.
Guinness Superlatives (later Guinness World Records) Limited was formed in 1954 to publish the first book. Sterling Publishing owned the rights to the Guinness book in the US for decades, and, under their management, the book became a household name. The group was owned by Guinness PLC and subsequently Diageo until 2001, when it was purchased by Gullane Entertainment. Gullane was itself purchased by HIT Entertainment in 2002. In 2006, Apax Partners purchased HiT and subsequently sold Guinness World Records in early 2008 to the Jim Pattison Group, the parent company of Ripley Entertainment, which is licensed to operate Guinness World Records' Attractions. With offices in New York City and Tokyo, Guinness World Records' global headquarters remain in London, while its museum attractions are based at Ripley headquarters in Orlando, Florida, US.
Recent editions have focused on record feats by person competitors. Competitions range from obvious ones such as Olympic weightlifting to the longest egg tossing distances, or for longest time spent playing Grand Theft Auto IV or the number of hot dogs that can be consumed in ten minutes, although eating and alcohol consumption entries are no longer accepted, possibly for fear of litigation. Besides records about competitions, it contains such facts as the heaviest tumour, the most poisonous plant, the shortest river (Roe River), the two longest-running dramas (General Hospital and Guiding Light) in the US, and the world's most successful salesman (Joe Girard), among others. Many records also relate to the youngest person who achieved something, such as the youngest person to visit all nations of the world, being Maurizio Giuliano.[11]
Each edition contains a selection of the records from the Guinness database, as well as select new records; the criteria for inclusion having changed over the years.
The ousting of Norris McWhirter from his consulting role in 1995 and the subsequent decision by Diageo Plc to sell the Guinness World Records brand have shifted it from a text-oriented to an illustrated reference book ("style over substance"). The majority of world records are no longer listed in the book or on the website, and can only be determined by a written application to Guinness to 'break' the record. For those unable to wait the 4–6 weeks for a reply, Guinness will process a 'fast-track' application for £300 (US$450).
The Guinness Book of Records is the world's most sold copyrighted book, earning it an entry within its own pages. A number of spin-off books and television series have also been produced.
Guinness World Records bestowed the record of "Person with the most records" on Ashrita Furman of Queens, NY in April 2009. At that time, he held 100 records.[13]
In 2005, Guinness designated 9 November as International Guinness World Records Day to encourage breaking of world records.[14] In 2006, an estimated 100,000 people participated in over 10 countries. Guinness reported 2,244 new records in 12 months, which was a 173% increase over the previous year.[14] In February 2008, NBC aired The Top 100 Guinness World Records of All Time and Guinness World Records made the complete list available on their website.[15]
Defining records
For many records, Guinness World Records is the effective authority on the exact requirements for them and with whom records reside, the company providing adjudicators to events to determine the veracity of record attempts. The list of records which the Guinness World Records covers is not fixed; records may be added and also removed for various reasons. The public are invited to submit applications for records, which can be either the bettering of existing records or substantial achievements which could constitute a new record.[2] The company also provides corporate services for companies to "harness the power of record-breaking to deliver tangible success for their businesses."[17]
Ethical and safety issues
Guinness World Records states several types of records it will not accept for ethical reasons, such as those related to the killing or harming of animals.[20]
Several world records that were once included in the book have been removed for ethical reasons, including concerns for the wellbeing of potential record breakers. For example, following publication of a "heaviest fish" record, many fish owners overfed their pets beyond the bounds of what was healthy, and therefore such entries were removed.[21] The Guinness Book also dropped records within their "eating and drinking records" section of Human Achievements in 1991 over concerns that potential competitors could harm themselves and expose the publisher to potential litigation.[22] These changes included the removal of all liquor, wine, and beer drinking records, along with other unusual records for consuming such unlikely things as bicycles and trees.[22] Other records, such as sword swallowing and rally driving (on public roads), were closed from further entry as the current holders had performed beyond what are considered safe human tolerance levels.
There have been instances of closed records being reopened. For example, the sword swallowing record was listed as closed in the 1990 Guinness Book of World Records, but the Guinness World Records Primetime TV show, which started in 1998, accepted three sword swallowing challenges (and so did the 2007 edition of the Guinness World Records onwards). Similarly, the speed beer drinking records which were dropped from the book in 1991, reappeared 17 years later in the 2008 edition, but were moved from the "Human Achievements" section of the older book[23] to the "Modern Society" section of the newer edition.[24]
As of 2011, it is required in the guidelines of all "large food" type records that the item be fully edible, and distributed to the public for consumption, to prevent food wastage.[2]
Chain letters are also not allowed: "Guinness World Records does not accept any records relating to chain letters, sent by post or e-mail. If you receive a letter or an e-mail, which may promise to publish the names of all those who send it on, please destroy it, it is a hoax. No matter if it says that Guinness World Records and the postal service are involved, they are not."[2]
Difficulty in defining records
For some potential categories, Guinness World Records has declined to list some records that are too difficult or impossible to determine. For example, its website states: "We do not accept any claims for beauty as it is not objectively measurable."[20]
On 10 December 2010, Guinness World Records stopped its new "dreadlock" category after investigation of its first and only female title holder, Asha Mandela, determining it was impossible to judge this record accurately.[25]
In 1976, a Guinness Book of World Records museum opened in the Empire State Building. Speed shooter Bob Munden then went on tour promoting The Guinness Book of World Records by performing his record fast draws with a standard weight single-action revolver from a western movie type holster. His fastest time for a draw was .02 seconds.[26] Among exhibits were life-size statues of the world's tallest man (Robert Wadlow) and world's largest earth worm, an X-ray photo of a sword swallower, repeated lightning strike victim Roy Sullivan's hat complete with lightning holes and a pair of gem-studded golf shoes on sale for $6500.[27] The museum closed in 1995.[28]
In more recent years, the Guinness company has permitted the franchising of small museums with displays based on the book, all currently (as of 2010) located in towns popular with tourists: Tokyo, Copenhagen, San Antonio. There were once Guinness World Records museums and exhibitions at the Trocadero in London, Bangalore, San Francisco, Myrtle Beach, Orlando,[29] Atlantic City, New Jersey,[30] and Las Vegas, Nevada.[31] The Orlando museum, which closed in 2002, was branded The Guinness Records Experience;[29] the Hollywood, Niagara Falls, Copenhagen, and Gatlinburg, Tennessee museums also previously featured this branding.[31]
Television series
Guinness World Records has commissioned various television series documenting world record breaking attempts, including:
|Australia's Guinness World Records
|Seven Network
| Grant Denyer
Shelley Craft
|Australia Smashes Guinness World Records
|James Kerley
|The Night of Guinness in China
| L'émission des records (1999–2002)
L'été des records (2001)
|Vincent Perrot
| L'été de tous les records (2003–2005)
50 ans, 50 records (2004)
|France 3
|Pierre Sled
|La nuit des records
|France 2
| Olivier Minne
Adriana Karembeu
|Le monde des records
| Alexandre Devoise
Karine Ferri
|Les trésors du livre des records
| Fauve Hautot
Willy Rovelli
|Guinness World Records - Die größten Weltrekorde
|RTL Television
| Oliver Welke (2004)
Oliver Geissen (2005–2008)
|Guinness World Records – Ab India Todega
|Colors TV
| Preity Zinta
Shabbir Ahluwalia
|Lo show dei record
|Canale 5
| Barbara d'Urso (1, 3–4)
Paola Perego (5)
Gerry Scotti (2,6)
Teo Mammucari (7)
|New Zealand
|NZ Smashes Guinness World Records
|Marc Ellis
|Guinness Book of World Records Philippine Edition
|Światowe Rekordy Guinnessa
|Maciej Dowbor
|Guinness World Records Portugal
| Rita Andrade
João Ricardo
|El show de los récords
|Antena 3
| Mar Saura
Manu Carreño
Mónica Martínez
|Guinness World Records
| Carmen Alcayde
Luis Alfonso Muñoz
|Guinness rekord-TV
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- Guinness World Records: 50 Years, 50 Records - on ITV (UK), 11 September 2004
With the popularity of reality television, Guinness World Records began to market itself as the originator of the television genre, with slogans such as we wrote the book on Reality TV.
Gamer's edition
In 2008, Guinness World Records released its gamer's edition in association with Twin Galaxies. The Gamer's Edition contains 258 pages, over 1236 video game related world records and four interviews including one with Twin Galaxies founder Walter Day. The most recent edition is the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition, 2017, which was released August 30, 2016.
British pop music volume
The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums was published from 2004 to 2008, based on two earlier, separate HiT publications, British Hit Singles and British Hit Albums, which began in 1977. It was effectively replaced (in singles part) by the Virgin Book of British Hit Singles from 2008 onward.
Other media
Video games
A video game, Guinness World Records: The Video Game, was developed by TT Fusion and released for Nintendo DS, Wii and iOS in November 2008.
In 2012, Warner Bros. announced the development of a live-action film version of Guinness World Records with Daniel Chun as scriptwriter. The film version will apparently use the heroic achievements of record holders as the basis for a narrative that should have global appeal.[32]
In 2006, Michael Jackson visited the office of Guinness World Records in London to collect 8 certificates of official records related to his successful career as a singer, dancer, and composer of songs.
- ↑ "Corporate". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 19 March 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 "Frequently Asked Questions". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ↑ "The History of the Book". Guinness Record Book Collecting. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ↑ Fionn Davenport (2010). Ireland. Lonely Planet. p. 193. ISBN 9781742203508.
- ↑ "Early history of Guinness World Records". 2005. p. 2. Archived from the original on 1 July 2007.
- ↑ Cavendish, Richard (August 2005). "Publication of the Guinness Book of Records: 27 August 1955". History Today. 55.
- ↑ Guinness World Records 2005. Guinness; 50th Anniversary edition. 2004. p. 6. ISBN 1892051222.
- ↑ "Guinness Book History 1950 - Present". spyhunter007.com.
- ↑ "Guinness World Records Corporate - Home". guinnessworldrecords.com.
- ↑ "Record Breakers' McWhirter dies". BBC News. 20 April 2004. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ↑ Guinness Book of World Records (UK ed.). 2006. p. 126.
- ↑ "Sudip Mitra's answer to What are some of man kinds greatest accomplishments?". Quora. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
- ↑ "Guinness World Records honors one man's historic milestone – 100 Records Broken! – Guinness World Records Blog post". community.guinnessworldrecords.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
- 1 2 "Records Shatter Across the Globe in Honor of Guinness World Records Day 2006". Retrieved 29 April 2007.
- ↑ Guinness World Records Live: Top 100. Guinness World Records. Retrieved on 6 November 2008.
- ↑ "Whey to go: Whole Foods Market® cracks Parmigiano Reggiano Guinness World Records® Title". Yahoo Finance. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ↑ "Guinness World Records Corportate". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ↑ "Guinness World Beer Record". 11 June 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
- ↑ "Video clip". Retrieved 29 April 2007.
- 1 2 "IS YOUR PROPOSAL A POTENTIAL GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ ACHIEVEMENT?". "Guinness World Records". Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ↑ Fish World Records. Fish-World. Retrieved on 19 October 2010.
- 1 2 Guinness Book of World Records. 1990. p. 464.
- ↑ "Guinness World Record Book Entry". Guinness World Beer Record. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ↑ "Guinness World Record Book Entry 2008". Guinness World Beer Record. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ↑ "Longest Dreadlock Record – Rested – Guinness World Records Blog post – Home of the Longest, Shortest, Fastest, Tallest facts and feats". Community.guinnessworldrecords.com. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- ↑ "Bob Munden • Six-Gun Magic Custom Gunsmithing - Bob & Becky Munden - Six-Gun Magic Gunwork". bobmunden.com.
- ↑ In Praise of Facts, by John Leonard, the introduction to the New York Times Desk Reference
- ↑ "Travel & Outdoors - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: A 1995 Travel Retrospective - Seattle Times Newspaper". nwsource.com.
- 1 2 Brown, Robert H. "The Guinness World Records Experience: one of Florida's Lost Tourist Attractions". Retrieved 1 February 2009.
- ↑ Ripley Entertainment, Inc. "Guinness World Records Experience locations". Archived from the original on 20 January 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
- 1 2 Ripley Entertainment, Inc. (20 November 2002). "Guinness World Records Experience locations". Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 20 November 2002. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
- ↑ "Guinness Book of World Records could be next big brand name to hit cinemas". Guardian. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
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Q: My eyelid suddenly became swollen, red, and painful. I was told that it may be a stye. How can I treat this?
A: Styes are one of the most common conditions that occur in the eyelids. When the normal oil glands of the eyelids become blocked, your body will respond by creating inflammation to help to fix the problem. As a result, the area usually becomes red, swollen, and tender to the touch. If the condition is left untreated, the stye may develop into a more chronic inflammatory condition known as a chalazion.
When the swelling occurs, the best initial treatment is hot compresses with a clean towel and hot water directly applied to the affected eyelid. I usually recommend to make the towel as hot as possible without burning yourself. Gentle pressure or massage over the area with the hot compress can help the blocked oil gland to open on its own. Sometimes prescription eye drops, ointments, or antibiotic pills may be necessary to treat the condition if it does not go away with these simple home remedies. If the eyelid is becoming more swollen, there is more discharge from the eye, or your vision starts to be affected, it is important to be evaluated by an eyelid specialist or ophthalmic plastic surgeon. Many times it is necessary to drain the blocked gland in the office to improve the swelling and make the stye go away.
Some people are prone to developing styes, so often it has nothing to do with what you may have done recently to cause them to occur. However, there are a few simple things that you can do to prevent them from harming your eyelids. First, make sure to clean your eyelids daily when you are washing your face to remove any dirt or debris that may clog the oil glands of the lids. This is especially important for people who wear eye make-up. Also, using daily hot compresses with a clean towel and warm water will help to make sure that the glands do not get clogged. Using baby shampoo to scrub the edges of the eyelids or over-the-counter commercial eyelid cleaning pads can also be used to help to prevent styes from occurring in the future. Your eye doctor can review the specific regimen that will be best for you.


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Farmhouse White Cooling On The Counter
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Hello Farmgirl, Still waiting on that Farmhouse white recipe here... yum yum... Any eggs yet? Anyway, hope your day has been good as mine is just getting started -- working tonite again and then home for a few days.ReplyDelete
I'm a few days behind on my reading, so just learned about your "blog of note" status. (They didn't have to tell me(o: Way to go, girl. Congrats!ReplyDelete
CHICKENZ! And mightly stately looking chickenz to boot!!ReplyDelete
Hope your Monday was a nice one, FG :)
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This is a cool site. I love the country. I too left Cincinnati Ohio city living for the country life in Indiana.ReplyDelete
Like the pics!
Oh I just love fresh eggs. :-)ReplyDelete
interesting site. I live in the city, so its nice to see that there is life outside of it with moo cows and everything!ReplyDelete
Great photo's and a great site we love our farm too!ReplyDelete
"Look at him... he loves it..."ReplyDelete
All this time I thought I loved chicken because it was delicious -- it turns out that I was genetically predisposed to liking Chicken!
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Me encantan tus fotos, super bonitas! Te felicito. Visita mi blog es de arte www.lamanomaestra.blogspot.com y www.nomparella.blogspot.comReplyDelete
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mmmm... heather is right... I think it's about time for another recipe-- for farmhouse white! I made your cheddar-chive scones last night and they were delicious!ReplyDelete
Farmgirl, all I can say is..You ARE in inspiration!! What an amazing blog! Your photos are breathtaking too! It seems as if your farm is THE place called HEAVEN...Almost brought a tear to my eye (a happy tear that is)..I'm also a huge fan of vintage stuff, and FOOD!! Keep on cookin' girl! Blessings xoxoxoReplyDelete
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your blog is really nice! And the painted sheep very cute! I write from the far Italy and have nothing important to say... You are going from California to Missouri, I from Rome to Rimini. Because in Rome are to much traffic and chaos and in Rimini the life is more calm. I think (but i don't know) that was the same fot you.
Have a nice day and greets to me your cats and your donkey. I'm grown with three donkeys... ;-)
P.S. Sorry for the horrible english...
Farmgirl, you need to add photographer to your list of accomplishments....your pictures are beautiful!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6/20/2006 2:27 PM
The Stately Chickenz graciously accept your compliments.. With respect to certain other photos (including those of the backside of sheeps), we would just point out that when a gal moults from time to time, she does not require costly, time consuming shearing.ReplyDelete
And certain fluffy poultry feathers are positively famous for making pillows...We're just sayin'..
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Tax Day is known far and wide as one of the most stressful days of the year. To ease that pressure, participating Cinnabon Bakeries across the country are offering up free bite-sized treats on April 15 as part of its fifth annual Tax Day Bites promotion.
On Tax Day, people have to wait in long lines and deal with confusing paperwork, so, Cinnabon wants to make sure they have something sweet to look forward to at the end of the day. Last year, more than 60,000 bites were given out nationwide through the event.
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Cinnabon Bites, bite-sized versions of the Cinnabon Classic Roll, are made with a signature Makara cinnamon and world famous cream cheese frosting.
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Friday, March 27, 2009
Roasted Garlic-and-Spinach White Pizza
While the dough was hanging out in the warmth of the cabinet above the refrigerator, I kept myself busy preparing the other ingredients needed for this Roasted Garlic-and-Spinach White Pizza.
I pulled apart a head of garlic so each clove was separated, but still left in its papery peel - while we would normally just slice off the top and roast the garlic whole, doing it this way shaved about 15 to 30 minutes off the baking time! Drizzled with oil and a bit of water, we wrapped the cloves up in a tidy ball of foil and slid them into the oven.
Cooking the bacon was on tap next - we cut a couple slices into pieces and tossed them into a skillet to crisp, which means I had to deal with two pups sitting at my feet the entire time waiting for any little bits to fall to the floor! The smell of bacon sure seems to slow everyone in the house down, leaving the house nice and quiet for a few minutes. Once golden, I scooped the pieces out - in its place I added in thawed frozen spinach that I squished dry. You can use a kitchen towel to remove the excess liquid, but I like using our potato ricer... no towel to then clean and it makes use of a utensil that doesn't get much love! You are not really trying to cook the spinach, just warming it through and getting some seasonings on it. Don't forget about that garlic in the oven! When it was done roasting and had cooled down slightly, we squeezed the cloves out from their protective wrappers and mashed them into a paste with a touch more olive oil.
By now the dough had risen and I started pressing and pulling it to make a fairly large circle - I used the twelve-ounce version for a thinner, crisp crust, but if you would like a bit more heft, try using the pound version. We smeared the top with the thick garlic paste, scattered the warm spinach on top and followed that up with dollops of ricotta cheese that we seasoned with salt, fresh ground black pepper and crushed red pepper. The crisped bacon and shreds of mozzarella were scattered on next before we slid the pizza onto the stone to bake.
That garlic paste slathered on the crust underneath the toppings was a slick way to impart its sweet and mellow flavor without it becoming obtrusive. If you wanted a sharper flavor to perk up those cheese dollops, I think mixing in fresh grated Parmesan cheese into the ricotta would be the way to go. I also mentioned to Jeff that this would be one of those pizzas that could be a fantastic base to top with a few fried eggs to add a fancy element and dress it up.
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Now THAT'S what I call a pizza! yum.ReplyDelete
Funniegrrl - Thanks for stopping by! Yeah, we demolished this - it was tasty!ReplyDelete
Oh man, this pizza looks totally divine. I just had pizza yesterday, but I'm craving it again. I could eat waaaay too much pizza. What a fabulous flavor combination you've got going on!ReplyDelete
wow...that pizza sounds delicious...what a healthy option.ReplyDelete
I was searching for a recipe for white pizza, which I absolutely adore, and I stumbled across your blog and this recipe. I moved to Argentina from Philadelphia, and oftentimes I crave recipes from home. Your recipe looks extremely delicious, and I can't wait to make it! It's definitely on the menu for the coming week. Greetings from Argentina!ReplyDelete
Katie - Glad to hear! Thanks for checkin' out the site!ReplyDelete
nice tip on the garlic, saving time by pulling the cloves apart slightly.ReplyDelete


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MySQL has always given great emphasis on quality. This has got even better in the last few years with increased investment in the dedicated test team. The Server test team tripled in size during 5.6 development and all 5.6 features have undergone thorough testing at the hands of the QA team.
I have more than 15 years experience in this industry and have worked on different products and technologies as part of test and development teams. Compared to most others I find the developers in MySQL very involved in testing. Here the developers are expected to write functional tests for their features and bug fixes. This is how it was historically and this continues today in spite of the bigger test team. This model has the following advantages
- Code is in reasonably good shape when delivered to test team
- Testers can focus on more complex tests since the straightforward tests will be written by the developers
Listed below are some of the focus areas of the dedicated test team
- Integration tests – Tests to check how the feature works when it interacts with other features like views, triggers, stored procedures , partitioning etc
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With Friday Foodie Fix approaching rather fast, like tomorrow, I decided tonight I would cook up the Swiss Chard. As I started pulling it out of the refrigerator I grabbed some pancetta, garlic, leeks and a yellow onion. I thought the pork and the onions would add great flavor to the soup. This was a another quick meal that tasted great and gave me lots of leftovers. Now this can easily be made with not pancetta making it a vegan soup.
1 large bunch of swiss chard rough chopped (approximately 8 large leaves)
2 leeks cut in half and sliced
1 yellow onion diced
2 cloves of garlic diced
1 package of pancetta
1 15 oz can garbanzo beans
1 qt vegetable stock
1 bay leaf
1 tsp Bouquet Garni from Penzeys Spices
1-2 tsp dried jalapeno from Penzeys Spices, can use fresh
Dice the pancetta and cook on medium high heat in a soup pot. I use a porcelain cast iron pot from Le Creuset. Cook until it starts to crisp, add in the garlic for just a minute, then remove from the pan. Use the oil left behind to cook the onions. When they are starting to brown add in the swiss chard and let it wilt down. Add in the beans, stock, seasonings and bring to a boil. Turn it down to a simmer for 10-20 minutes.
This would be a great soup to serve up with some fresh bread. I didn't have any so I paired it with potato chips. I'm sure you'll find something wonderful to pair this soup with too.


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To add your feed to Planet Ubuntu, you must be an Ubuntu Member1, and your ssh key must be included in your Launchpad account information.
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Then to add your feed, first install the "bzr" and "paramiko" packages if you haven't done so already:
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New Black Ops 2 Patch for Xbox 360/PS3 brings new features, bug fixes, and more -UPDATE
UPDATE: PS3 Players – new patch (v. 1.06) was released today (Jan 30th). It adds the same new features, bug fixes, etc as the Xbox patch. The patch notes are below.
Treyarch has just released a new patch for all Xbox 360 payers to download now. This patch brings a lot of bug fixes, new features, and more.
The important additions: brings support for the Revolution DLC pack (they have added a 'Revolution' playlist, added a tag stating 'New' for SMG and Zombies; note: this is in preparation for DLC launch on Tuesday), brought Live Streaming feature to all public matches, and a few weapon balancing.
Full patch notes:
Game Update Notes: Jan. 26, 2012
New Features & Feature Improvements:
- Added support for Live Streaming in all Public Match playlists.
- Added League Best from Season 1 to Player Card.
- If you played in multiple series and/or multiple teams then your highest division and rank will be displayed. The League Best will span all seasons. If you finish with a higher division rank in Season 2 then your new League Best will be displayed after Season 2.
- Added a Cumulative Daily Pool instead of a Weekly Pool in League Play. 200 Rank Points are added to a player's pool every day. Points that are not used are rolled into the next day.
- Added 2 new pages to the Combat Record (the Combat Summary and Medals).
- Implemented sorting of Medals in the After Action Report.
- Lowered HUD threshold for the "low health" overlay to increase player's awareness of low health.
- Added a "Go to Top" button for the League Leaderboard.
Issues Addressed:
- Matchmaking modified to never return games outside of player's own continent, unless the Connection Type in Search Preferences is set to "Any".
- Addressed an issue where the UAV would not trigger if called in while aiming down sight.
- Addressed an issue where the Master Demolition challenge did not unlock when the requirements were complete.
- Addressed issue with the headshot sound not playing in final Killcams and Theater Demos.
- Fixed an issue in League Play where "Career Wins" for a Series were not displayed during placement in the Lobby Career Overview.
- Updated the After Action Report in League Play so that bonus points are not summed with the ladder points in points earned for the match.
- Removed the ability to make dual wield attachment combos in Elite Create a Class and addressed an issue where these classes were appearing as missing in game.
- Corrected mode description message displayed on YouTube when Live Streaming Public Match Core game modes.
- Stocks on SMGs no longer allow a player to move faster while ADS than when moving normally.
- Shotgun crosshairs will no longer turn red if an enemy is out of the shotgun's maximum damage range.
- Fixed an issue where bullets would not fire straight immediately after aiming down the sight while moving at the same time.
- Improved turret tracking to eliminate false positives when checking line of sight.
- Turrets now have smoother tracking when targeting players.
- Improved bot pathing on multiple maps.
- Current League Info is now getting updated properly in the Player Identity.
- Manual sorting on League Teams removed as the results are now returned correctly.
- Improved the Scoreboard to make friend Playercard information more accessible.
- Addressed multiple UI issues.
- Players can no longer earn credit towards a Prestige Equipment challenge through "friendly" flashbangs, concussions, and shock charges.
- Fixed Select Fire weapons reverting back to their default fire method when using certain Scorestreaks and not calling them in.
- Addressed an exploit where the game allowed access to the Custom Games Settings while believing the game was Public Matchmaking, allowing XP.
- Fixed UI errors when linking Live Stream.
- Score and points are no longer awarded if a player destroys their own turret in Hardcore FFA.
- Improved image alignment when Stereoscopic 3D is enabled.
- Addressed an issue where players were able to plant numerous Assault Shields.
- Addressed an issue where the Stealth Helicopter was able to drop below the map in Drone.
- Players are no longer able to get infinite Black Hats by immediately using another Black Hat.
- Addressed an issue where it was possible for a player to equip two Assault Shields at the same time.
- Players Spectating a One in the Chamber game no longer earn Survivor Bonus Points.
- A player can no longer earn Medals for multi-kills if they continue to kill quickly after dying and re-spawning.
- Various minor map fixes were made across multiple maps.
Gameplay Balancing:
- Death Machine: 3 hit kill range increased.
- Dragonfire: health increased, gun spread reduced.
- AGR: ground speed increased, reduced machine gun close range damage.
- Warthog: reduced missile delay.
- Lodestar: reduced missile speed and AOE radius.
- Swarm: drone re-spawn delay increased.
- Hard Wired: Players with hard wired are now completely unaffected by EMP grenades.
- Trophy System: increased range.
- All + Silencers: reduced range.
Assault Rifles:
- All: reduced idle sway.
- M27: reduced amount of bullets to headshot kill at all ranges, increased 4-hit kill range.
- Type25: reduced amount of bullets to headshot kill at all ranges, slightly reduced maximum hip fire spread.
- SCAR: reduced amount of bullets to headshot kill at all ranges, slightly reduced maximum hip fire spread.
- SIG556: penetration increased from medium to large, increased maximum number of bullets to kill at long distance and reduced burst delay.
- TAR21: increased 3-hit kill range.
- SMR: slight increase to damage so that 2 hit kills can still happen with minor penetration, headshot multiplier increased at long distance.
- FAL OSW + Select Fire: increased recoil.
- FAL OSW: increased hip spread.
- All: ADS in and out time reduced.
- SRM1216: slightly increased short range damage.
- Executioner: increased medium range damage.
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In one of his essays criticizing inflationary free-silver proposals in the late nineteenth century, the great laissez-faire champion William Graham Sumner wrote:The rest of TGIF is here.
"We hear fierce denunciations of what is called the 'money power.' It is spoken of as mighty, demoniacal, dangerous, and schemes are proposed for mastering it which are futile and ridiculous, if it is what it is said to be. Every one of these schemes only opens chances for money-jobbers and financial wreckers to operate upon brokerages and differences while making legitimate finance hazardous and expensive, thereby adding to the cost of commercial operations. The parasites on the industrial system flourish whenever the system is complicated. Confusion, disorder, irregularity, uncertainty are the conditions of their growth. The surest means to kill them is to make the currency absolutely simple and absolutely sound. Is it not childish for simple, honest people to set up a currency system which is full of subtleties and mysteries, and then to suppose that they, and not the men of craft and guile, will get the profits of it?"
It seems to me that this point is entirely applicable to the current debate over stepped-up financial regulation. In the end, it will best serve the insiders, the "money power."
Friday, April 30, 2010
TGIF: Financial Regulation and the "Money Power"
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Markets and Correction of Error
Corollary: Restrictions on shorting, etc., lock in error and magnify the damage.
Isn't it funny that those who try to make hay out of the imperfection of markets are most enthusiastic about measures that would exacerbate the imperfections?
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Thoughts on Goldman Sachs
See addendum below.
Goldman Sachs is taking a beating in the press because a Senate committee and the SEC are investing whether it engaged in wrongdoing by betting against the shaky mortgages fueling the housing boom and allegedly failing to disclose that fact to buyers of its "synthetic collateralized debt obligations."
The allegation of wrongdoing is an empirical question, of course, but a few things occur to me at this point:
Financial firms have been roundly criticized for their "herd mentality," that is, their incentive to run headlong into too-risky mortgage-backed instruments because everyone else was doing it. No firm wanted to be on the sidelines having to explain to its clients why everyone was making tons of money but them. Yet here Goldman went against the herd and it's coming under fire precisely for that reason. By betting against the sustainability of the boom on the basis of hedge-fund trader John Paulson's analysis, it injected needed information into the market. More information is always better than less, and there would be no social good from restrictions on short selling. Whether fraud was in the picture, I can't say, but I am confident that Goldman's hedge strategy -- and its delight over making money when mortgage-backed securities started losing value -- would have drawn criticism in any event. It's a no-win situation.
Second, the absolutely worst place to get to the bottom of things is in Congress. Every member of the committee has an overriding incentive to engage in demagoguery. Goldman Sachs is not exactly a positive household name, so which congressman will resist the temptation to denounce the company in public? If there is evidence of criminal activity, there are agencies for such investigations. This is not to say that those agencies are above demagoguery -- politically ambitious U.S. attorneys are notorious for it -- but at least we should be spared the spectacle of self-righteous congressmen pontificating on matters for which the Congress itself is heavily responsible. We already must suffer the obscenity of Chris Dodd and Barney Frank rewriting the financial rules to prevent, so they say, a repeat of the debacle that they themselves did so much to bring about. These people are the systemic risk. Enough is enough.
Finally, we must not lose sight of the fact that whatever Goldman did, it was in the context of a corporatist State, a banking cartel, and loose fiat money, in which Big Finance exercises extra-market power derived from the rules written by Congress and the regulatory agencies. These are hardly free-market enterprises, and it is no coincidence that former Goldman principals have their fingerprints all over the government's bailout response to the meltdown and the firm was a major beneficiary.
In an actual free market—without inflationary fiat money, implicit guarantees behind underwriters of dubious mortgages, and regulatory protection against open competition—a financial debacle such as we've seen is unlikely to have occurred. Even so, that doesn't mean that everything that went on constitutes a crime.
Addendum, April 29: Rather than have the SEC or a criminal-justice agency pursue this case, the alleged victims -- if that's how they see themselves -- ought to sue Goldman Sachs and John Paulson and at least front the costs of adjudication, saving the taxpayers the money. It is noteworthy that at the Senate hearing, no "victim" testified. Do they not see themselves as victims? Perhaps not. These are sophisticated institutional investors, one of which had a hand in creating the bundle of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) that underlay the synthetic CDO. (It rejected some MBS in favor of others.) The other investor would have been able to examine the contents. Clearly, they knew they had a different outlook on the future of those MBS from those who bet against them. For every buyer, there's a seller, for every bull, a bear. One does not become a victim simply because one's outlook proved to be wrong.
Nevertheless, this is worth reading. Other links worth following that case doubt on the SEC case:Richard Epstein
One Last Time: Markets Don't Ration!
Fine. But then the editorial writer adds, "In fact, the real choice with medical care, as with any good or service, is between rationing via politics and bureaucratic lines or via a competitive market and prices."
Wrong. Markets don't ration, for the reasons I explain here.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Abolish This Derivative
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Another Day in the USA
The governor of Arizona signs a bill that requires immigrants to carry papers and authorizes cops to demand those papers of anyone they suspect of being in the country without government permission. Obama said the new law demonstrates the need for comprehensive "immigration reform" at the national level. Leading proposals include the requirement that all workers carry biometric identification.
Have a good weekend.
Friday, April 23, 2010
TGIF: The Washington-Wall Street Kabuki Dance
There's something eerily ritualistic about the current occupant of the White House berating Wall Street for its irresponsibility and proposing new regulations, while his targets send a swarm of lobbyists to Washington to keep the regulatory overhaul from getting out of hand. (History says they'll be on good terms with the regulators in any case.)
I'm reminded of journalist and historian Walter Karp's book Indispensable Enemies. These apparent adversaries need each other.
The rest of TGIF is here.
I'm happy to say that Counterpunch has reposted the article.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
TGIF: Is Capitalism Somethng Good?
The rest is here.
The question concerning the relationship (if any) between the free market and capitalism can be addressed at many levels. Let's start with history. The word capitalist was indeed first used disparagingly by opponents of "capitalism." But it is important to realize that among those opponents were advocates of property rights and free markets, such as Thomas Hodgskin and later Benjamin Tucker. Why?The reason is this: In the periods regarded as classic "capitalist" eras, government intervention on behalf of capital was commonplace. Moreover, it was integral not incidental.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Happy Birthday, Thomas Szasz
Thomas Szasz, the great champion of liberty and critic of what he has dubbed the "Therapeutic State," is 90 today. For the last 50 years, no one has worked harder or more eloquently to defend the individual from the State-medicine complex than Szasz. His specialty -- so-called "mental health" issues -- puts him virtually in a class by himself among libertarians. These issues include civil commitment ("a crime against humanity"), forced drugging and other "treatments," the insanity defense and verdict, and more.
Aside from Szasz, few people have been willing to condemn psychiatry's medical pretensions or psychiatry's assaults, backed by State power of course, for what they are.
He has also been a persistent opponent of the "war on drugs," including the prescription system, and a defender of the right to commit suicide.
Emeritus professor of psychiatry at the State University of New York Health Science Center/Syracuse, Szasz is the author of some 25 books, most famously The Myth of Mental Illness, a 50th anniversary edition of which has just been published, hundreds of scholarly and popular articles, and a column in The Freeman. His latest book is Antipsychiatry: Quackery Squared. Among Szasz's other books are Psychiatry: The Science of Lies; The Medicalization of Everyday Life: Selected Essays; Coercion as Cure: A Critical History of Psychiatry; The Therapeutic State; Ceremonial Chemistry: The Ritual Persecution of Drugs, Addicts and Pushers; Our Right to Drugs: The Case for a Free Market; Insanity: The Idea and Its Consequences; Schizophenia: Sacred Symbol of Psychiatry; Cruel Compassion: Psychiatric Control of Society's Unwanted; Fatal Freedom: The Ethics and Politics of Suicide; Pharmacracy: Medicine and Politics in America; Liberation by Oppression: A Comparative Study of Slavery and Psychiatry; "My Madness Saved Me": The Madness and Marriage of Virginia Woolf; and Faith in Freedom: Libertarian Principles and Psychiatric Practices.
I first met Tom in the 1970s. Since then he has been a constant inspiration to me. I am proud to know him.
All lovers of liberty should be familiar with is heroic life.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
TGIF: Obey the (Natural) Law
This week's TGIF explores Lysander Spooner's thinking on the natural law and its relationship to legislation.
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Where's the Outrage?
George Bush's decision merely to eavesdrop on American citizens without oversight, or to detain without due process Americans such as Jose Padilla and Yaser Hamdi, provoked years of vehement, vocal and intense complaints from Democrats and progressives. All of that was disparaged as Bush claiming the powers of a King, a vicious attack on the Constitution, a violation of Our Values, the trampling on the Rule of Law. Yet here you have Barack Obama not merely eavesdropping on or detaining Americans without oversight, but ordering them killed with no oversight and no due process of any kind. And the reaction among leading Democrats and progressives is largely non-existent.... Just imagine what the reaction would have been among progressive editorial pages, liberal opinion-makers and Democratic politicians if this story had been about George Bush and Dick Cheney targeting American citizens for due-process-free and oversight-less CIA assassinations.Are we witnessing George W. Bush's third term -- or Richard Nixon's?
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Nation Building in Iraq
A few comments:
1. The helicopter personnel seemed to be enjoying themselves;
2. The people on the ground were no threat to the American people whatever. Even if they were a threat to the U.S. military, that is only because it is occupying Iraq. There's a simple way to end any such threat -- withdraw.
3. What happened to Obama's promise to get out?
4. See Glenn Greenwald's "Iraqi Slaughter Not an Aberration."
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Swiss horror master Thomas Ott returns with the first full-length graphic novel of his career. When clearing up the cell of a prisoner who has been sentenced to death and subsequently executed, a prison guard finds a small piece of paper with a combination of numbers on it.
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NEW AUDIO VERSION: Neptune in Aquarius – Inspired Minds
I can't really write about Neptune without getting into some of her more subtle aspects and connect the dots from the urge to connect…to loss of ego…to dreams…to inspiration. Certainly there are overarching trends that affect all of us as Neptune continues its passage through Aquarius and we will continue to explore them in the coming posts. But there is an inner aspect to Neptune that I feel is also critical for any business person to master and there are particular ways this energy is making itself felt during these times.
My inspiration for this post came from thinking about the sign Aquarius and its connection to the realm of mind and ideas. I've also been rereading Julia Cameron's Finding Water, the third book of her Artist's Way trilogy. Julia's advice includes what she refers to as Morning Pages, three pages of long-hand writing you do first thing in the morning. Strictly stream-of-consciousness, mind to paper without stopping or censoring.
I think of this kind of writing as opening a direct channel from Neptune. In this kind of writing I am absolutely freed from my ego because no one will ever read my thoughts. While Julia encourages each of us to write whatever we feel, no matter how petty or trivial, I notice that very quickly I tune into another channel, one full of new thoughts, good ideas, and unexpected wisdom. The inspiration channel – better than TV!
For example, through this channel I designed an alternate way to present astrology charts to clients using a large surface, images representing the signs, and objects representing the planets. Very visual, colorful, it gives a direct intuitive experience instead of a flat, two dimensional one. This is not how I usually think – I am generally very linear and diagrammatic. But when I open to the Neptune channel, in pours color, art, design.
I have used the Neptune channel for client financial issues, and for large accounting design projects. There is brilliance in this universe that is not a product of my usual left-brain focus and it is generous. In fact, the more I can allow the realm of my rational mind to open to the waves of the Neptune energy, the more inspired I am in my work and the better ideas I have for my business. And then I feel I am part of a larger whole and that there is a place for me in the collective.
It's such an interesting time with Neptune transitting Aquarius because the non-rational (Neptune; right brain) is pouring into the earth through the rational (Aquarius; left brain). The realm of thought and ideas has become today's conduit for the creative. Expect to be inspired. Whether you feel stuck in your business or career, or you're ready for something new, find a way to open to the energy of Neptune in Aquarius. Some suggestions for luring the inspiration of Neptune in Aquarius:
- Walk by the sea or any body of water with pen and paper or a digital recorder. Look at the sky, look at the birds, the clouds, the water. See colors and shapes. As my acupuncturist tells me, Don't think! When inspiration strikes, record it.
- Make some sacrifice for your community. This could be as simple as volunteering in the community garden to proofreading for Digital Proofreaders. Sacrifice is particularly dear to Neptune and Aquarius rules community and the distribution of knowledge to all.
- Record your dreams and learn dream interpretation techniques. Dreams are one of the languages of Neptune and the effort to explore their meanings invites her wisdom. I have been studying with Judith Schafman, PHD (http://judithschafman.com/) and have recognized several business ideas in the symbols of my dreams.
- Keep pen and paper by your bed and pay attention to early morning musings, just in the space between sleep and awake. This blog was a gem I found in that space.
- Go to Julia Cameron's website, http://www.theartistsway.com/tools/the-basic-tools, and download the PDF on Morning Pages. Try it for a week. I promise you'll be amazed.
Neptune is available to everyone at any time; she doesn't hold back. She just needs an empty space to fill. Think of her as leaping over from your right brain into your left brain and finding a quiet space there to settle in and chat. She is an endless source of energy and inspiration, more than all of us put together can hold. We can all enjoy inspired minds while Neptune is in Aquarius.