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By now, I'm sure most people reading this have seen the video of the man being dragged off a United Airlines seat. If you haven't, it's horrific. The flight was apparently overbooked and the airlines was unable to get four people to volunteer. So they did the modern equivalent of choosing lots and drew four names at random. However one gentleman, reportedly a doctor refused to give up his seat. Security and the police were called, the boarded the planed and basically dragged the man off. The man briefly re-entered the plane, bloody, gripping a wall and chanting "Just let me die".
Early reports just indicated the flight was overbooked, but it looks as if United was actually opening the seats in order to accommodate four United staff members, The video has gone viral, sparking outrage, and a less than half hearted statement from United, with no actual apology for the traumatized paying customer or others on the flight.
I'll start of by saying that airlines do have the right to force people of the plane, for pretty much any reason. However I have never heard of a person being removed, after he was seated, unless he were being unruly, or disruptive. Likewise the police, when asked to remove a person, are in a bit of a bind. You can't sit and negotiate for hours with a plane at the gate. So what do you do? It was a situation that never should have happened, and United should not have let it escalate. You can blame the passenger, the cops and the flight crew, it's easy to say if any of them had responded differently this wouldn't have happened
United did ask for volunteers, offering a reported 800 dollars and a seat on the next plane. The problem is, it wasn't 800 dollars in cash, but in United Cash. Not hard spending money but currency that can only be spent on flights, and comes with a lot of restrictions. And of course the possibility of getting bumped from that flight. Add to that fact the next flight wasn't until 3:30 the next day. Which would entail a hotel room, and another pass through security getting groped, or sleeping in the terminal. That's a really appealing offer isn't it?
And why stop at 800 dollars? If it was that vitally important, why not a even thousand? Cash and a free flight voucher and free hotel. Or maybe they could have bought the crew tickets on a competing airline? Or rented a van and a driver? Or simply planned better?
Probably the worst mistake that United made was allowing the plane to fully board without having the volunteers. How much different the story might have been if four people were randomly selected and simply not allowed to board? Yeah, it's still a shitty deal, but the situation would be so much easier to control at the gate, versus on a crowded airplane. United is extremely lucky no other passengers, as far as we know, were injured.
This is a problem that was bound to happen. Ever since 911, we have given up more and more rights for the privilege of flying. While it might not be the root problem of this issue it definitely contributed. When yous step into an airport you become less than a person. You're potential threat. That's why you can be searched, screened, poked, and groped, all without suspicion, cause or warrant. That's why a 69 year old man was accosted by aggressive security for not giving up his seat.
The flight crew, and pilot pretty much have carte blanche to remove anyone from the plane, for any, or no reason. But they need to exercise it judicially, not just because a flight crew needs to be somewhere else. Although I have a feeling this might not have been wholly a decision by the flight crew, but by their supervision. But the call was made, the passenger, perhaps unwisely refused to give up his seat. The flight crew chose, or were ordered to escalate by calling security. That's when the fear if terrorism and America's growing police state collided in a near perfect storm. The passenger had to be removed, no negotiation, and you don't defy the police, or airport security. Comply or die.
But in the end, the fault lies with United. Doing some research for this article I found that United involuntarily bumps 3,000-4,000 passengers a year. I couldn't find direct comparison numbers from other airlines but I did find that Delta bumps an average of 3 out of 100,000 passengers involuntarily. In five years, ending in 2016 42,500 passengers were bumped involuntarily from United. (source the Boston Globe and federal statistics). American bumps an average of 5 per 100,000. Where is United? They average bumping 11 out of 100, 000. (source PBS.org)Almost twice the number of the other two airline giants combined. Don't get me wrong, over booking happens at all airlines, and at times it can't be helped. But it's clear United has a problem. Keep in mind there are involuntary bumps. Not the ones where passengers accept a coupon or cash to delay their flight.
I understand why the airlines over book. People cancel, canceled seats are lost revenue. Or are they. Have you tried to get a refund if you miss your flight? So if someone cancels, no shows, whatever that's money in the bank (usually there are some situations where a ticket might be refuned), and then that empty seat is resold. SO why oversell?
I sincerity hope this leads to change, not just at United but across the whole airline industry. We have gotten so used to be treated like animals that we come to think we deserve it. Already people are starting to blame the passenger. Because he should have accepted it, he should have blindly obeyed. As if his refusal warranted his treatment.
Since I started writing this, there have been some positive steps. United has issued an apology, congress may investigate, and there is a bill to make it illegal to force a boarded passenger from his seat, in order for someone else to have a seat. United has also reported refunded all passengers on the flight their ticket price. Small steps, but positive ones.
One last update, the doctor in question is, according to several reports a convicted felon. But does that matter? Did the crew know this beforehand? And if so, do we really want airline crews passing moral judgement on citizens? It also has come to light that United may have violated the wording of their own Contract of Carriage more than once in forcing him off. But this is a long post already, so I'm ending it here. I may do a update if I feel it's needed.
Friday, April 14, 2017
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Thank you Sandahl Bergman
Man it was a long time ago. Maybe the early 80s? Yeah that sounds right so let's go with it. It was the wary 80s, I was maybe 13 or 14, give or take. Whatever my actual age, I was young, physically and emotionally. I was a shy kid anyway, from a small school, in a small town.
I was lucky enough to have a television in my bedroom at home, so I had some freedom to watch television without parental permission or scrutiny. That liberty comes with the caveat that there was no cable, so no late night skinimax or HBO. No, I was stuck with the three networks and PBS. The most risque thing I could normally hope to catch was the Celebrity Battle of the Network Stars. Until that night when I found All That Jazz.
Now while I was a definite TV addict, I was not really one for musicals. I grew up watching late night horror movies with my dad. As a young kid I also enjoyed a cowboy flick, and eventually became a fan of those guest star studded series like The Love Boat and Fantasy Island. Basically I'm trying to say I don't know how I ended up even giving All That Jazz a chance. But flipping channels I came across it and lingered a bit. With only having a handful of selections maybe I flipped around a few times before either I settled on it. But whatever happened I ended up watching it long enough.
You may know where this is going. Yeah eventually the movie got around to THAT scene. Airotica, a very sexualized dance scene featuring maybe a dozen dancers of both sexes. Now if you haven't seen it, it's hot. It starts out sensual and gets hotter, ended with quite a bit of nudity.
|Sandahl Bergman and me at Pensacon
Remember now, this was before streaming media, before internet porn, basic cable (at least where I lived) and you just didn't see nudity on the TV. It was a time when VCR's were still expensive and some what rare. To say I was in shock would be an understatement.. It was a very happy exuberant shock, but still shock. There in front of my eyes, in my very bedroom, on my television were several sexy, mostly naked dancing women, and one of them was a goddess.
That goddess, blonde, statuesque, and beautiful, dancing in nothing more than heels and a thong was Sandahl Bergman. She made an impression, an impression I have yet, and probably never will forget. Enough of an impression that I was able to find out her name. Which was a bit of a feat back in the dark days before Wikipedia and IMDB. Maybe I didn't know who she was until I saw her in Conan the Barbarian a few years later, but I think I knew her before then. Who knows the memory becomes a bit tricky after 30 years.
The point is she made an impression. She is the first woman I can remember seeing naked. Now I know she wasn't the first. I vaguely remember a school mate bring a worn and wrinkled girly magazine to school once. There was a naked woman but that's about all I can tell you about that experience. This was different. This was a woman who was moving, walking, dancing, shaking her long mane of blonde hair.
It was a fairly short dance scene, but it seemed to last forever. I was glued to every movement by Sandahl and the other dancers. It was my first real taste of growing up. I followed Sandal's career though Conan, Hell Comes to Frogtown, Red Sonja and other films before finally, I let her slide toward the back of my mind. She didn't seem to be making as many high profile films (If you can call Hell Comes to Frogtown high profile). So she slid to the background, but I never totally forgot her.
Now I'm older, a little more experienced and a lot more jaded and world weary. I can still remember All That Jazz though. I still remember Sandahl Bergman. That's why I was so incredibly excited when she was announced as a guest at Pensacon's 2017 convention. I finally get to meet that golden haired goddess who stole into my room that night. On Feb 18th, 2017 I did just that.
I was nervous which says a lot. Over the last ten years, I have met a lot of celebrities. I have met them at conventions, interviewed them in person and over Skype and hung out in bars with them. I don't get excited or nervous very often, but this time I did. I had decided to tell her this story, but now I was getting cold feet.
|Autographed photo of Sandahl Bergman as Valeria
Would she find the story perverted? Would I look perverted telling it? Would I stutter or drool. OK I think I did stutter a little, but I got it out. She laughed, grabbed my hand and told me what an awesome story it was. Readers of this article may disagree, but Sandahl liked it and that's all that mattered. We ended up chatting several minutes, before I picked out a nice 8x10 of her as Valeria to sign. I got a photo with her, said goodbye and she thanked me for sharing my story, then I went on my way.
It was just a shirt meeting between a celebrity guest and their fan. Just one of thousands of meetings at Pensacon, which is one of hundreds of conventions, but for me it was a lot more. It was meeting a vision from the past. It was taking a trip back to another time. A time of innocence and beauty, when my whole life lay in front of me. When my parents were still alive and I wasn't as closely acquainted to death as I am today. A time when a golden haired beauty danced on the screen of a small television, lighting up the screen and igniting my heart.
Thank you Sandahl
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Vote for Shawna Lee!
|Vote for the beautiful Shawna Lee in her hot pink bikini
OK I know everyone is tired of politics, as political as I am, I am damn tired of politics. Still it's time to get out the vote. Now I can hear you screaming "The election's over, get over it!", but the important vote is still going on. The voting for the bikini team model search at Bikini team net. And I am here to tell you to vote for Shawna Lee. The fate of our nation is at stake! OK maybe not but you should still vote for Shawna. Why? Aren't the photos self explanatory? If not just take a look at her other photos on her Facebook fan page? I have known Shawna for several years since I was toying with photography. She is an awesome person with a killer figure, and she busts her well toned ass to keep that figure in shape.
|Shawna Lee in a pink bikini
Shawna Lee is a familiar face around the Gulf Coast, where she is a frequent contestant in bikini contests. She is also a frequent winner and is appearing in more and more events, not just on the coast but around the south. Not to take anything from the other girls, but Shawna definitely deserves your vote. So show her some love. You can vote once a day, twice if you have a twitter and facebook account. Just follow the link and click VOTE!
|Remember, vote for Shawna Lee, twice a day!
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Sunday, January 1, 2017
The Strange Case of William Pattison and Katheen Wilhoite
The Strange Story of William Pattison and Kathleen Wihoite.
|Kathleen Wilhoite soul mate of William Pattison art by William Pattison
So why am I writing about William Pattison aka Eric Morse again? He's taken enough of my time, and enough space on my blog. But he just won't go away, and honestly he's a fascinating character. There are tons of memes, parody's and even the very informative Devour My Footlong blog. William likes to attack it because of the humorous name, and more lite hearted approach, but don;t let that fool you. It's a serious work that is backed up by facts. That is something William is incapable of doing, backing up anything with facts. But anyway, with all the humor and trolling, I thought there needs to be a completely serious look at one of William's more disturbing claims. His relationship with his soulmate, actress Kathleen Wilhoite
|A familiar face on the cover of William Pattison's novel The Traveler. Is that Kathleen Wilhoite? Is that supposed to be William
Horror fans may remember Kathleen from the cult film Witchboard. She's a working actress with a huge list of credits, as well as being a singer /songwiter. Also, if you listen to William, she is his ex-girlfriend and "soulmate." William has been questioned by his trolls and he refuses to even mention the subject. So let's mention it here and expose William's claims and why they aren't true, and why we should care.
When I first discovered William Pattison he was begging people to harass Reyna Young about appearing at her convention. He was his usual loud, egotistical self. Droning about his importance to the Friday the 13th franchise and comparing himself to Harlan Ellison. He was such a character I immediately took interest and visited his Facebook page. I followed him surreptitiously for quite a while, laughing at his antics, without commenting, of course eventually I felt the need to defend someone he was attacking and quickly got the "claws" aka blocked. But before then I noticed that he was friends with Kathleen as he regularly promoted her concert appearances.
So I assumed they were friends. He called her his good friend, At this time I didn't know exactly how "unbalanced" William was. I took a lot of what he said for granted. This was probably around 2012. He was a writer from California, maybe he had a famous friend.
It was a couple years later when I came across the facebook page of Jordan Mollar, one of his former friends. A private investigator, who claimed to be a private investigator. He posted that William had made a fake facebook page to stalk her pretend girlfriend Kathleen Wilhoite. Wait a minute..... This was when I first took note that Willie was more than just a loud asshole who liked to block people. This took interest so I started digging. I re read his blog and found references to his former girlfriend "K" who's name he never spelled out. Why can't you say your girlfriends name? Unless it's pretend and you don't want her to find out.
|Public Facebook posts from a former friend of William Pattison
Then I found the first bit of real evidence, A comment on his blog from "Zarabeth McGhee" from Google +. The commenter claimed to be a long time close friend of William. She defended him from people who criticized him, and insulted Michelle Shields, and strangely, she wrote in the same style as William. Even stranger, the name "Zarabeth McGhee" combined Kathleen's name from Witchboard, and her name from another film. Really suspicious, but no smoking gun. It could have been anyone, including Kathleen herself. But to me there was no doubt that this was William, creating a fake account to pretend he had a girlfriend, and even scarier, carrying on online conversations with this fake account.
I found out later I wasn't the first person to call out the Zarabeth account, even before Jordan, by a Youtuber. He had noted the similarities between William and Zarabeth and called him. He reportedly even contacted Kathleen and she deleted William from her Facebook. Now this I have no solid proof of, I have not been able to locate the Youtuber and attempts to contact Kathleen have been unsuccessful. So a lot of circumstantial evidence is turning up, but still nothing concrete. It's getting convoluted, but still it could be explained away. Maybe they were friends, maybe it was her, or a fan of hers on the Google plus, unlikely, but possible. And maybe the "K" he's referencing isn't Kathleen...but hold on. That smoking gun is coming.
But before we go deeper, let's hear William's story about his great love affair with "K". William details his great love for "K" with the most detail on one of his Valentines Day Podcast. He hosts the show as his persona "The Night Caller". William starts out bemoaning the fact he has no love, but at one time dear listeners, he had a great love. Her name was "K", and she was his soulmate. However he lost K. How did this great affair come to an end? "K decided to go to Europe. During this time William's house burned down. K returning home assumed he was dead, and went on with her life. Five years later, they reconnected, but she was "involved" with a man and pregnant with her child. The rekindled their friendship but her jealous boyfriend refused to let them talk so she created the "zarabeth" account to continue talking to her true love. This continued till a "misunderstanding" drove them apart.
Over the years he has added little detials, like how a neighbor told "K" he was dead. How on a special birthday she had bought him KFC for a picnic How "K"'s husband was abusive, but K was loyal and he, William, was no home wrecker. He even stated once that even though she was his soul mate he never though of her in a sexual manner
All of this on it's own sounds fake as hell. It sounds like the fantasy of a fourteen year old high schooler who has never got laid. Now it's true, young girls do go off to Europe, leaving their boyfriends behind, but it isn't that common outside of the movies. But to go to Europe, leave your boyfriend behind, and not call? Not keep in touch. The you come home and some one tell you he died and you just move on? No call to the hospital, no visiting his grave site? Not even checking the obituaries? Contacting his family? I'm sorry but that's beyond improbable, that's unbelievable. Add to that apparently William never tried to contact her. "Honey, my house burned down, but I'm OK". Even more in 1994 William had written and had published four Friday the 13th novels. You don't call your girlfriend and tell her that you are now a published author? We know this happened at roughly the same time because according to William it took two years to repair his house and they moved back in in 1996. He has also stated he lost a lot of his contracts and manuscripts in the fire.
So we have a completely improbably story of how their relationship ended. We also have a story, once again told by William, of his attempt to celebrate publishing his books by asking out a co-worker. Now William uses the above story as for how his relationship with "K" ended, which means he was attempting to cheat on his soul mate when he asked out Nikki Malia. The same Nikki whose name he has tattooed on his arm. We are left with a couple choices. William is unfaithful, the "K" story never happened, or the Nikki Story never happened, or maybe some mix of all three
Now originally I believed parts of the K story were real, Like I said, before I knew how crazy he was. I took his stories at face value. After I found the note by Jordan I started to connect "K" and Kathleen. Then I started to investigate, and was sent a facebook message where William calls his great love by her full name. In the message he says that he once dated Kathleen Wilhoite. He claims to have helped her create the Zarabeth character in Witchboard, giving her the iconic TTFN, and helping her select her wardrobe. He even claims he helped director Kevin Tenney direct the film.
|The above screenshots were provided to me for this blog. In them William Pattison claims to have helped dated Kathleen Wilhoite and helped her develop her character
So to be through I checked IMDB, and William is listed no where on the credits of Witchboard. Then an associate contacted Kevin Tenney, who confirmed that William had nothing to do with directing Witchboard, with the dialogue for Zarabeth or her wardrobe. He also said he had no idea if William and Kathleen were dating. That is William caught in a direct lie. Just like he was caught lying about his relationship with Harlan Ellison, just like he was caught lying about writing Star Trek.
|These screen caps provided by Billy Jack. They contain the reply of director Kevin Tenney
Now we have connected "K" and Kathleen, we have also established that William lies frequently. SO let's take all the hints and various posts, and put together a time line.
William claims to have met Kathleen Wilhoite before filming began for Witchboard. Witchboard was released in 1986. William has claimed he met her when she was doing publicity for Murphy's Law. However Murphy's Law was released in April 1986, and you would think most of the publicity would be after and just prior to release. This causes a problem in his story because even though Witchbard was released in December of 1986 (limited) it was filmed in 1985. So it's not impossible to believe they met, but unlikely.
Now at the time they "met" Kathleen was a working actress,living in San Bernadino, and William was a stock boy in the Bay area. No offense to stock boys but that's a stretch. Still not impossible that an overweight stock boy from Sam Mateo could being a ten year relationship with a young, but already successful actress.
So they meet in 1985-1986. William helps her develop her character in 1985, and despite being a young stock boy from San Mateo he is allowed to help direct a feature film. From 1985 till 1994 nothing worth talking about happens in their relationship beyond a picnic with KFC. Nothing, no special anniversaries, no Christmas's together, no more movie work that I can see. Not till she leaves for Europe at some unnamed date, that we have to assume was around 1994. She had to be back before 1996 or his house would have been rebuilt and he would have been living there.
In 1994, William writes and publishes four novels and his house burns down. Kathleen is apparently in Europe, even though IMDB shows her working steadily in Hollywood, in both films and TV.
Sometime between 1994 and 1996 Kathleen returns from Europe to hear her soul mate is dead. Oh well, no need to verify that, on to the next one.
Five years later Willie and Kathleen reconnect. She is now pregnant and involved with the child's father. However Kathleen was married in 1997 to David Harte. Five years from 1996 is 2001, five from 1994 is 1999. So was she involved or married? I couldn't easily find a lot of information about her kids, and with stalkers like Willie, it's probably for the best.
In 2012 he was Facebook friends with Kathleen, although it appears she blocked him by mid year. Or was this William's fake profile of her. I tend to think they were Facebook friends for a while but recent photos make me think he was also operating a fake profile that he friended, beyond the Zarabeth profiles.
In January 2013 the fake Zarabeth account is posting on Williams blog.
In May of 2013 Jordan Mollar, a former friend of William's has figured out the truth and outed him on Facebook.
So by now, I think anyone with any common sense will decide that William Pattison never dated Kathleen Wilhoite. All of his stories about her are either lies, or highly suspect, So why should anyone care? It's just harmless fantasy from a loser guy who never got his break. The reason I care is that it's more than harmless fantasy. If it was just a lie about a girlfriend, that's something a lot of people have done. William, however goes to a whole new level of crazy. He has obsessed over Kathleen since at least 2000. He has a tattoo of "Kathleen" on his back. He claims he had a "beloved jeep" named Kathleen, He has even named his laptop Kathleen. He has went on podcast and claimed David Harte is an abusive husband, basically keeping Kathleen prisoner. This is not the actions of a sane man. This is the actions of a stalker.
|A misspelled tattoo of Kathleen and her birth year on William Pattison's back
To make it worse William has friends who are acting as enablers. People who could attempt to get him help. People like Derek Young, who support his lies, even when given proof, versus getting him help. William surrounds himself with people who never criticize him or call him out on his lies. I think if it weren't for his physical issues such as his extreme weight problem, and bad feet, he would be a legitimate danger. This wouldn't be the first time an actress was stalked by a fan and it had a bad ending.
|Here he even claims he based his pen name on the street where Kathleen supposedly lived. Stalker enough for you now?
I have been debating writing this for a while. I have had run ins with William in the past but have tried to avoid him over the last year or so. Still I recently was sent word he is still talking about me, threatening to file charges against me for stalking, bullying and even identity theft. He has posted lies about me all over the internet, while crying that he is the victim. Everything I have posted here is directly from William, Kevin Tenney, or Jordan Mollar
Last I leave you with this. A screen shot where William claims Kathleen Wilhote gave him "B roll
from her film A Color of Night. He then used that footage to make a music video for a song he wrote for Wayne Goulden. The song Nikki Tears Her World Apart, which he wrote about the girl he intended to cheat on Kathleen with...The girl whos name he has on his other tattoo. Now tell me that isn't creepy in itself. Thing is, this isn't B roll. I haven't seen A Color of Night since it was first released but I have on good authority that is the opening credits scene. William filmed it off his television, zoomed in to crop out the credits. That's copyright infringement on it's own. If he did get the film from Kathleen he is implicating her in the crime, as she doesn't own the copyright and can not give it to him to use in a monetized video
So that's it. If you can read this and still support William Pattison something is wrong. Kathleen is only one of a good half dozen women he has stalked and harassed. If you know him get him help. Stalking is nothing to laugh at
Last I leave you with this. A screen shot where William claims Kathleen Wilhote gave him "B roll
from her film A Color of Night. He then used that footage to make a music video for a song he wrote for Wayne Goulden. The song Nikki Tears Her World Apart, which he wrote about the girl he intended to cheat on Kathleen with...The girl whos name he has on his other tattoo. Now tell me that isn't creepy in itself. Thing is, this isn't B roll. I haven't seen A Color of Night since it was first released but I have on good authority that is the opening credits scene. William filmed it off his television, zoomed in to crop out the credits. That's copyright infringement on it's own. If he did get the film from Kathleen he is implicating her in the crime, as she doesn't own the copyright and can not give it to him to use in a monetized video
Nikki Tears Her World Apart with Stolen video
So that's it. If you can read this and still support William Pattison something is wrong. Kathleen is only one of a good half dozen women he has stalked and harassed. If you know him get him help. Stalking is nothing to laugh at
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Don't Breathe (2016)
|Blind but far from helpless in Don't Breathe
It's hard to attack a movie like Don't Breathe. It's a big screen, R rated horror movie that's doing gang buster business at the box office. OK maybe not so hard as I have seen reviews attacking it. Negative reviews based on the sexual abuse sub-plot and it lack of scares and tension. I went in hoping to be able to defend it against the anti- rape sentiment that is cascading through the horror community. I guess I should state at this point that I am not, in any way, pro-rape. However I also feel a horror movie should be about horror, and if a rape scene is necessary for the story, it should happen. Like all things care should be taken that it's not gratuitous and unnecessary.
So I went in to Don't Breathe hopeful. Riding high on some positive reviews of people I trusted. Reviews that the film was a taut, suspenseful ride, if not really scary. The basic plot was interesting, and held some promise. A group of kids break into a house attempting to rob it, only to find themselves trapped inside. Trapped and hunted by a blind man with murderous intent. It was a great set up actually. Turning the tables on movies with a blind victim stalked by home invaders such as the classic Wait Until Dark.
|Don't Breathe movie poster
However, as is often the case, reality is far removed from promise. Sadly it was a great set up mostly wasted, and I have a hard time defending it, or defending the inclusion of the rape scene. I wont attack it to hard, because there was a couple good points to the film. They were minor points, and while I have a hard time saying I enjoyed Don't Breathe, I don't hate it. It just wasn't anything special, which is a shame for a movie doing so well.
So on to those good points. Stephen Lang was a good point. I thought he was great as the blind antagonist. I just think the character wasn't well written or thought out. He had potential and Lang did what he could to bring it out. But whereas he could have been a strong malevolent force, or alternatively a sympathetic character gone bad, it seemed the writers couldn't decide and tried to split the difference. There was also such variance in his abilities. He can bounce all around his house, reacting or over reacting to the slightest sound. At other times he can't hear footfalls, or his potential victims talking. Even his lack of eye sight seems to vary. Is he blind? It appears so at times. Other times he seems to have some blurry vision. I still say Lang gave it his best but he couldn't salvage the character. So instead of a imposing Zatoichi, we get a limp ass Daredevil.
The other thing that impressed me, with no reservations was the setting. Don't Breathe showed Detroit in it's festering decay. It avoided the easy route of showing deteriorating urban vistas and grand violence. Instead it showed us what appeared to be sub urban homes fallen into decay. It shocked me to think an American city could look like this. Homes, that might once have been nice, even expensive homes being reclaimed by nature. It looks like we are witnessing what will one day become ancient ruins right in front of our eyes. From friends who live in Michigan, Don't Breathe presented a realistic picture of Detroit. My last point is spoilerish so I'll leave till the end.
On to the bad. It's true what they said. The people who hated it. Don't Breathe just isn't scary. However it isn't true that it's a suspenseful ride. It just never put me on edge. Never made me feel claustrophobic. There are so many films that got this right. The Descent, the end scenes of Silence of the Lambs, even the low budget Crawl or Die. The scenes of the protagonists fleeing in the trapped house were just to few and far between. More time should have been spent hiding, slowly creeping, trying not to make a sound.
And there was just too much sound. Ambient sound from the score, people talking, it was just too much. This film should have taken a clue from The Witch and had long moments of absolute silence. Then every sound would have been amplified, and shocking. Watch the end of the wonderful Tombs of the Blind Dead. Listen as the woman hides from the blind dead, being completely silent until we hear the sound of her heart, beating louder and louder as the dead moved toward her. That was fucking tension. That was fucking horror.
Now the rape scene, and ***Spoiler alert***there was no actual rape. A sexual assault/rape was planned but did not happen. There was a rape perpetuated but it was off screen, before the events of the film. Now I feel, personal opinion, that a rape can be used in a horror film, just as much as a murder, decapitation, disembowelment or immolation. Yes, it's a bad thing, but bad people in horror movies do bad things. In Don't Breathe though, the scene just interrupts from what we want to see, from what we paid to see, which is a bad ass blind man hunting down people who invaded his home.
What was this sub plot meant to do anyway? Was it to make him more of a monster? Or to attempt some amount of sympathy for him? It did neither. All the subplot managed to do was make our already barely likeable protagonists even less likeable. Why not leave the sub plot off. Allow the antagonist to be a more sympathetic character. A victim of a home invasion by morally ambiguous characters. Just a sad, man who snaps and goes nuclear on a group of kids. Or just make him a horrible, irredeemable character. It tried to hold the middle ground and it lost it all. Even the line "I'm not a rapist", is that supposed to illicit sympathy? Make him look not quite so bad? It fucking failed miserably. If anything it made him look like a sick fuck and a pussy. Freddy Kruger never tries to justify what he does.
The protagonists themselves are not easily likeable. That's OK with me. I don't have to like characters to feel or them, or to enjoy them as leads in a movie. I can even dig a movie with a sympathetic villain and unlikeable heroes if it's done right. The problem here is the characters are so typical. You know almost from the beginning who is going to live and die. Honestly if you have ever seen a handful of horror movies you should know exactly in what order they will bite it. If you have seen Don't Breathe, raise your hand if you called it. There's money the tough guy, packing heat gangsta wanna be (G-Money!!! Holla) who wants to escape Detroit, his girlfriend Rocky, who's in an abusive family and wants to escape with her younger sister, and Alex, the nerd who goes along on the robberies because of his hopeless crush on Rocky. OK even if you haven't seen Don't Breathe, raise your hand if you called it. BTW cheap ass low blow opening the film with a scene late in the movie to try and trick your audience Fede.
Still even with unlikeable characters this could have been a hit. Scrap the hostage/rape subplot and dedicate the majority of the running time to the characters running and fighting for their lives. Turn up that claustrophobia by using narrow hallways and basements, limited lighting and very sparse sounds. Scare the shit out of your audience every time you hear a foot scrape on the floor. Imagine ten minutes of silence, broke by a sudden small sound amplified out the ass. It's horror, be fucking scary.
The last thing I will say is I liked the final scene. OK I liked parts of the final scene and I have to spoil it so, look away Martha!!!! ***Spoiler alert***
At the end when we find out the bad blind guy isn't dead (can you spell "sequel" kiddos?), Rocky makes the decision to get on the train and go on to her new life. Totally morally bad, no heroic ending that worked for me. To many times the average Joe, instead of making good on his escape goes back to be a hero. I just rarely find that believable. Rocky knows by keeping his secret, by walking away, he will probably kidnap and rape/not rape another girl. She knows and shes willing to live with that to escape with her sister. Of course in the sequel, the blind dude will probably fly to Cali and track her down, build a trap house and YAWWWWWWNNNN, make millions.
Don't Breathe was directed by Fede Alvarez (Evil Dead), and stars Jane Levy (Evil Dead), Dylan Minette (Goosebumps), Daniel Zovatto (It Follows), and Stephen Lang (Tombstone). Sadly I can only muster a limp 4 out of ten stars for Don't Breathe
Sunday, November 6, 2016
In the Dark with Satan
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This week we have a very special episode of In the Dark with a very special guest. No movie star or model but the devil himself, Lucifer, Satan, has granted us an exclusive interview. In we talk about his music career, his favorite films. We also broach the subject of Ozzy Osbourne and the paternity test from hell. A slight detour into the presidential campaign of hell, and even the church of satan. You don't want to miss it, our guest night take it personally! Along the way we take a few calls, answer some viewer mail email. We get right into it after some devil music. Special thanks to Walter Sablotny III for the use of some awesome artwork
This was a bit of an experimental podcast. I am a self taught podcaster, but I do owe a debt of gratitude to William Bozarth for tips on content and encouragement as well as to Dean Charles aka Dr. Blood for technical help as well as inspiring me to "work on the content, and the audience will come" paraphrased. Recording over the skype connection caused issues so I decided to try a solo podcast (of sorts). It was physically daunting with the equipment I have. That equipment being a laptop a microphone and a copy of audacity. And not enough free time! Still it was accomplished. Is it good? That is up for you to decide, not me. It's all in good fun and no animosity is aimed at anyone. I hope you enjoy and please feel free to leave non-spambot feedback in the comments
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Monday, October 31, 2016
In The Dark with Elizabeth Mears
It's the Halloween episode of In The Dark podcast with Lord Dixie and special guest Lizzie Mears. Elizabeth Lizzie Mears is an actress best know for her role as the bitchy Janet on the comedy horror film Dollface, otherwise known as Dorchester's Revenge: The Return of Crinoline Head. Elizabeth can alsoo be seen in the new supernatural horror film Family Possessions. Family Possessions also stars In The Dark guest Leah Wiseman, Jason Vail, Mark Patton and Felissa Rose. It is making the convention and festival circuit and we will let you know when it has a DVD or VoD release.
|Elizabeth Mears from Family Possessions
Lizzie answers questions about Family Possessions and Dollface, as well about acting with Leah and with director Tommy Faircloth. Lord Dixie and her also talk about the fun of film festivals and discuss Elizabeth Mears other film and Television work.
Then since it is Halloween the show gets a little spooky when they take call ins to the show. But wait, who calls in to a pre-recorded call? It is Halloween but that's a bit strange regardless. Never the less for good or bad Lord Dixie and Elizabeth take a handful of spooky calls before taking a short break.
After a thirty second break to get over the weirdness, since I over used spookiness already, the show comes back for a game of lightening round. Ten questions in rapid fire succession while Lizzie answers them off the top of her head! No time to think, no lifeline and you can't phone a friend! Not even Carl can saver her now! After the questions, the laughter subsides and there isn't a dry eye in the house as we say goodbye to Elizabeth. Well ok maybe it wasn't a tearful good bye, and we do hope to have Lizzie back on soon. And don't forget to check out Dollface and FamilyPossessions.
|The Beautiful Elizabeth Mears from Dollface and Family Possessions
There were some audio problems, found after the show that simply did not appear until the recording was being parsed. They were edited as best as possible by the deadline to ger the show posted. I apologize as it is definitely our goal to provide a good quality product, both in content and technical quality
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A six-time honoree of the San Antonio Express-News Top Workplaces list has earned the top spot for the first time as the best midsize company in the city.
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Monthly Archives: September 2016
Steel Kitchen area Cupboards
My spouse requested me personally to obtain a brand new kitchen area cupboard arranged simply because I simply altered in order to my personal brand new condo, this particular location had been peaceful larger than the final 1 and also the room included in your kitchen had been large. Therefore the aged kitchen area cupboard arranged didn't easily fit in this particular kitchen area therefore we'd to locate some thing a little more helpful, stronger not to mention fashionable with this location.
I'd absolutely no home elevators kitchen area cupboard styles or even kitchen area cupboard equipment and so i proceeded to go as much as among my pal who had been with this kitchen area creating company with regard to a number of period, We had been surprised after i arrived at their shop, he or she was previously an excellent wooden cupboard producer however right now he or she had been just working within steel kitchen area cupboards, We requested factors therefore he or she explained which steel kitchen area cupboards experienced an impact associated with just getting used in a commercial sense, that is to express they had been just utilized in dining places, pizzas parlors, bakeries as well as locations like this however because of their smooth appear as well as sturdiness. Individuals possess started to make use of these types of cupboards within their houses because past due twentieth hundred years, these people obtain recognition and therefore are very well-known nowadays, he or she demonstrated me personally a few of the design cupboards as well as I discovered all of them uplifting, We didn't hurry points as well as arrived house to complete a few investigation on the web.
After i began searching We had been fairly astonished to understand that they're a lot more long lasting, fashionable as well as maintainable when compared with normal wooden cupboards as well as first and foremost steel kitchen area cupboards had been fairly financial as well. However I'd couple of additional queries such as steel gets rustic as well as things like which. And so i proceeded to go as much as my personal pal's as well as requested him or her regarding these records he or she explained which steel cupboards are constructed with a good metal for example stainless that helps prevent this through deterioration, spot as well as corrosion.
He or she additionally explained how the type metal could be transformed based on your own preferred appears and not the actual much less you are able to fresh paint your own steel cupboard having a brand new colour if you would like, to provide this a fresh appear.
And so i requested him or her in the future more than for that dimensions as well as room explanation, my spouse find the style suiting using the home appliances as well as all of us positioned the purchase. This required 3 days to accomplish however whenever it had been set up as well as completed this happy everybody in the home as well as with regard to the very first time within our existence my spouse didn't grumble.
Kitchen area Cupboard Refinishing
My personal kitchen area cupboard dropped it's unique take care of getting used for some many years, therefore my personal grandma requested me personally for any kitchen area cupboard refinishing to obtain this to it's unique form.
In the beginning We believed which refinishing seemed fairly difficult however whenever my pal who's within cupboard equipment company, explained how to proceed i quickly on it's own made it happen within 3 times. My pal explained which methods involved with cupboard refinishing will vary with regard to wood cupboards as well as steel cupboards.
And so i required the heavy inhale as well as began along with cleaning everything through racks as well as cleansing this having a dried out bit of fabric. We eliminated all of the doorways as well as compartments as well as positioned this a few exactly where thoroughly clean. Just about all We required to obtain through shop had been the varnish along with a wooden shine.
Following obtaining all of the add-ons aside, We began along with cleansing this lightly having a moist cloth or sponge after which utilized fine sand document in order to stroke this with regard to a while, appeared for just about any serious harm to my personal cupboard, discovered several openings as well as handled this prior to using the actual varnish. My pal recommended me personally to make certain that the actual wooden is totally dried out prior to We begin to utilize any kind of chemical substances onto it, We dried out the actual wooden with regard to couple of more time as well as used the actual varnish as well as wooden polishing chemical substance onto it as well as remaining the actual cupboards in order to dry out for 2 times. We done other areas from the cupboards as the doorways as well as compartments had been away in order to dried out, eliminated unsightly stains in the within the racks as well as adopted exactly the same process upon wood components.
After i place all of the cupboard equipment collectively, We had been surprised to determine the end result. It had been just like brand new kitchen area cupboard, my personal grandma had been fairly pleased to view it.
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If you need to have new overhead garage doors installed outside of the home, who do you hire? When time comes to have repair services on the overhead garage doors which will not open and close you are going to find that there is a different team of techs you may want to hire for the job. Depending on the type of repair work, what is not functioning properly with the doors, the type of overhead doors which are to be installed in Winnipeg, or if you are completely considering updating and installing new doors, you will find that there are several companies you can hire. So, as a homeowner, when time comes to choose a company for your local service needs, what do you have to take into consideration? How do you go about deciding on the top techs which are fully certified as well as fully licensed in new install or repair service you require for the overhead doors in Winnipeg? How do you go about comparing the quality of work, the type of services, the time it will take to do the job, as well as the methods they are going to employ when doing the repair or the new install services at your home? Because you are going to find that there are dozens of contractors which are licensed and fully certified, you are going to want to rely on the use of online reviews, referrals, as well as learning about the area of specialization of local contractors, in order to ensure you hire the best ones for the job.
Review sites will give you a better idea as to what you can expect, based on the experience which other locals have had with a particular contractor in the area. You can find out how long it took to do a repair job, what they used when doing new install work, or what methods were used when repairing an opener. You can find out if a contractor arrived on time, finished in a timely fashion, and the manner in which they treated the customer when doing the work for them. Review as well as referral sites are not only a great way to find out about the level of service, but also to find out which team of contractors you can rely on, to d a job in a timely fashion, and to complete the work to the highest standard possible when you choose them over any other contractor in the local area. Of course you also want to find the best prices for services, which you can do when comparing local contractors which are highly rated on these sites. So, you can compare the top service teams and compare a few quotes, in order to hire the best. You will find the most qualified techs for the job when doing this, as well as the best pricing for all of the repair or the new install services you are going to have performed on the overhead doors in Winnipeg.
Preparing With regard to Cupboard Set up — 5 Ideas to Ready your Kitchen area
If you're planning for a cupboard set up inside your kitchen area, it is necessary you have the region ready. There are many points you must have finished prior to the employees are available in to setup your cabinets. Let us check out a few of the things you can do to organize your own kitchen area.
Put together The region
The very first thing for you to do prior to the cupboard set up would be to take away the aged kitchen cabinetry. Be sure you thoroughly clean the actual flooring as well as encircling places, getting rid of dirt as well as particles in the kitchen area. When there is any kind of broken floors underneath the room, it is now time to correct this. You may also contact upward fresh paint, use a backsplash, or even include every other ornamental details you would like.
Make certain The actual Flooring Tend to be Actually
Following, determine in case your flooring tend to be actually. That you can do this particular using a conventional degree, however the majority of contractors suggest that you utilize the laser beam degree to guarantee the flooring tend to be totally actually. Degree flooring are essential simply because there might be spaces under a few regions of the brand new cabinets in the event that parts of the ground tend to be as well reduced. However, you might not have the ability to match all of them within correctly when the ground inclines unevenly.
Make certain The actual Wall space Tend to be Actually
Wall space tend to sag with time, which could impact your own kitchen cabinetry. A few cabinets possess diagonal steps that need the actual wall space end up being actually as well as directly. You might have to include for filler injections items in order to particular places in order to actually the actual wall space prior to your fittings tend to be place in.
Set up Floors In the event that Required
If you're setting up brand new floors together with your cupboard set up, you need to do this prior to the cabinets appear. This particular could save you through producing unusual slashes or even coping with additional issues which occur whenever calculating the actual floors close to counter tops. This enables you to possess clean floors below your kitchen cabinetry as well as home appliances.
Set up Product Shops
When they have not recently been set up, make sure to set up all the shops for the home appliances prior to your own cupboard set up. The organization which creates your cabinets ought to will give you formula from the task therefore it is possible to determine exactly where these types of shops fit in. Make sure to get in touch with a good electrical installer or even somebody along with knowledge within electric outlet cabling that will help you with this particular.
Cupboard set up could be a challenging procedure, however planning in advance may avoid numerous head aches. Lastly, be sure you possess backup programs, simply because you will probably end up being without having utilization of your kitchen for any 7 days or even more.
How you can Set up Kitchen area Cupboards
Whenever setting up the kitchen area cupboard, you have to understand how to get it done. Or else just one error may wreck the actual appears from it. Using the large quantity associated with on the internet lessons detailing at length the actual methods involved with how you can set up kitchen area cupboards. The very first thing may be the choice to change the actual cupboards. In the event that you want to renew the appearance of the kitchen area and also the current cupboard suits nicely into the obtainable room, do not eliminate refinishing as well as refacing. These two choices are likely in order to price under changing whole cupboards. A place to consider is actually which if you cann't obtain the function carried out your self, don't get it done. It's easier to take action through recognized expert.
After i made a decision to alter my personal cupboards, although Used to do not need all of them refurbished, along with my personal spending budget permitting me personally to do this. we frequented my personal buddies home that experienced changed their kitchen area cupboards a couple weeks back as well as requested him or her in regards to a couple of tricks and tips. He or she explained their story associated with exactly how he'd carried out this, despite the fact that he or she do have no previous encounter along with this kind of function, he or she explained it had been simple. He or she demonstrated me personally the websites exactly where he'd obtained individuals lessons. Following taking a look in the couple of lessons, We believed OKAY it really is simple. The following day We visited the marketplace, in comparison the various costs every wholesaler provided, last but not least obtained the main one We believed had been greatest personally.
Once the period arrived with regard to changing the actual cupboards, We opened the websites my pal experienced explained regarding, do just a little reading through as well as began focusing on the various methods. The issue had been Used to do not really understand how to make use of a few of the gear. However We held operating last but not least changed the actual cupboards. Since i have was missing the actual knowledge associated with utilizing various resources, the actual position from the doorways as well as buttons had been type of away.
Consequently I'd in order to get in touch with an expert to create all of them upward once again, he or she explained which i experienced created an error within setting up the doorway depends along with other add-ons along with incorrect resources as well as Used to do not really mess all of them upward correctly, actually the actual studs weren't correctly drilled within. I'd everything incorrect. Very first thing I ought to did had been to put together the actual cupboards whilst these were not really installed, after that set up the very best cupboards very first following tagging the actual studs jobs after that check match every thing after which set up the actual cupboards 1 by 1.
Anytime you choose to substitute your own kitchen area cupboards be sure you understand what you do, or even you can find themselves in chaos or even investing upward a lot more than the particular spending budget, in order to help to make existence simpler, you can simply employ an expert to complete this for you personally.


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The first edition of IRRODL for 2012 is now out, and one of the 15 articles is the one I spent a lot of last year working on with Carmen Tschofen
Tschofen, C. & Mackness, J. (2011) Connectivism and Dimensions of Individual Experience. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl
Having both been participants of the first MOOC (CCK08), we have observed and reflected on developments over the past four years. This paper is a result of those observations, discussions, reflections – namely around our perceptions of
a growing tension between the elements of connectivity believed to be necessary for effective learning and the variety of individual perspectives both revealed and concealed during interactions with these elements.
The Research Process
We didn't start with the intention of writing a paper and our original discussions, which also included Matthias Melcher, were all related to learner autonomy. In fact I signed up for CCK11 with the specific intention of focusing on gaining a better understanding of the meaning of learner autonomy and set up a wiki to gather my thoughts and then invited Matthias and Carmen to join me. Discussions were deep and intense, often highly convoluted and we produced pages and pages of wiki script, so much so that ultimately when we did decide to write a paper, it was difficult to see the wood for the trees.
Our first submission to IRRODL was not accepted. It wasn't rejected as such – we were told that it wouldn't fit with the special issue we submitted it for (and to be honest we had tried to 'make it fit') and were invited to rewrite it and resubmit. But by this time the conversations in the blogosphere had moved on and so had our thinking, so we ended up submitting a completely new paper, although it does still include reference to learner autonomy.
The Peer Review Process
Our paper was reviewed by three people – I assume blind reviewed. The outcome was a bit bizarre. Reviewer A's feedback included many 'Excellents' and 'Satisfactorys', Reviewer B thought the paper 'Unsatisfactory' and needing major rewriting and gave us very comprehensive feedback as to why. Reviewer C's feedback included many 'Satisfactorys' . We didn't receive any guidance from the Editor as to which Reviewer to believe. So we didn't do a major rewrite :-), but we did make quite a number of more manageable changes.
Reviewer B strongly objected to our use of blog posts as sources of information, and I have to say that we rather strongly objected to his/her objection. There were at least two reasons why we thought reference to blog posts was legitimate for this paper.
First, most of the conversations about connectivism and MOOCs happen in blogs – published research is as yet quite limited. We do not believe, as Reviewer B appears to, that all blog posts are inferior to published journal articles, nor that a writer can only be quoted from a peer-reviewed publication.
Second, we were quite often writing our paper in response to the changing conversations that were happening in the blogosphere at the time. In fact we were worried that our paper was going to be out of date before it was even published, and even on the very final submission added a last reference, which we had just come across.
Finally (and very pertinent to us) is the fact that neither of us works for an academic institution, nor do we live within easy access of a university library. By force of circumstance, the Web is our main source of information, papers, articles etc. and there is no convenient catalogue to tell you where to look. I think, in the years to come, there will be more and more people like me who start doing research as self-employed people, or post retirement and who will be looking to the Web for their sources of information.
- We wanted to publish the paper in its submission form (i.e. before peer review) on our blogs. We could see that some MOOC participants were discussing the very issues we were writing about and it would have been great to discuss them with a wider group – but despite three requests to IRRODL for permission to do this, we didn't receive a response to our request. Even a 'No' would have been better than nothing. As it was, we didn't know whether posting to our blogs would count as pre-publication and therefore jeopardize our chances of having the paper accepted – so we didn't. Perhaps we should have been braver!
- Despite the fact that IRRODL's turn around time is fast compared to other journals, it still feels slow in terms of the potential for discussion and how fast everything moves on the Web. We submitted the paper in October, which is not that long ago in terms of actual days, but it is in terms of my thinking. I doubt that IRRODL could have published any quicker, so I'm not sure how this mismatch between author and publisher could be resolved. One of our purposes in writing the paper was to generate discussion, but things have moved on.
The pleasures
A while back I wrote a post with the title Pas de Deux Online Partnerships ; I feel this is exactly what happens for me when working on these papers. I get to work with people who can raise my thinking and understanding to levels that I would not be able to reach alone. The discussions we have on the wiki are highly stimulating and 'out of the glare' of public blogs, we can really dig deep, reflect, get to know each other and challenge each other.
We have discussed whether we need to publish. Could we just publish on our blogs and leave it at that? Matthias and I tried this (See https://jennymackness.wordpress.com/2010/09/10/the-riddle-of-online-resonance/), and I now feel that our work is more likely to be read if it is published in a journal, especially an open journal. I also feel that after spending almost a year intensely working, reading, thinking, discussing, disagreeing, challenging, compromising and finally agreeing, it feels right to publish and celebrate 'the fruits of our labour.
A big thank you Carmen – and also thanks to Matthias for your valuable contributions in the early stages.


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At least ten killed in a Texas school shooting.
As we move through our quarterly school shooting killings it is tragic to watch a party which so supports unfettered guns in the hands of darn near anyone seek to cover their ideology. Trump has spent this morning with a clear effort to share the horror of the killings by reflecting on administrations ("decades now")well before his time in the Oval Office. How crass, how cheap and how superficial?
Trump called the shooting "a horrific attack."
"This has been going on too long. Too many years and decades now," "We will be with you forever."
Trump on Santa Fe High shooting where at least eight people are dead: "This has been going on too long in our country." pic.twitter.com/Ut3z3mON8w— Nicole Lafond (@Nicole_Lafond) May 18, 2018
As they is always the case before the days is over Republicans will be on television responding to questions with: "Now is not the time to talk about guns (control)."
Now a few perfunctory Twitter remarks from Trump and company.
Now a few perfunctory Twitter remarks from Trump and company.


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Cool Autumn warmers... Breakfast oats with poached quince
These poached quince are prepared a few days in advance and keep for several weeks in the fridge. Oats drizzled with reduced quince syrup and a few slices is perfect for a late breakfast over the weekend!
Poached quince adapted from Stephanie Alexander's Cook's companion
- 3 quinces, washed
- 1 L light sugar syrup (heat 5 cups of water with 2 1/2 cups of sugar, until dissolved)
- 1 vanilla bean
- 1 lemon, peel and juice
1. Preheat the oven to 150 degree celcius.
2. Peel quince and cut into thick wedges.
3. Cut out core and tie loosely in muslin
4. Put sugar syrup into large enamel cast iron casserole with vanilla, lemon juice, peel and muslin bag of cores. Add quince.
5. Cover tightly and bake for 4-8 hours until quince is deep red. Do not stir.
6. Cool and transfer to glass bowl and keep in refridgerator until needed.
I have used these quince in tarts or just on their own, heated, or with crumble and ice cream - but anyway you have them, these are great and a reminder that winter is approaching!


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European subsidiary managers and Haulotte Group executive officers joined the Russian team for the official grand opening ceremony of 26 May in Moscow.
The installation of Haulotte Vostok at this site represents a major milestone in the development of this subsidiary.
"We are now well-prepared to deliver the necessary products and support services" commented Aleksandr Iaruschevicius, General Manager of Haulotte Vostok. "Our Russian establishment now has the space and resources it needs to maintain a competitive advantage and demonstrate the long-term commitment of Haulotte Group in Russia" indicated Stéphane Hubert, Regional Manager for Europe.
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James Cleveland. Thomas Dorsey. Albertina Walker.
They are some of the biggest names in all of gospel music and all of them were born and raised in the birthplace of gospel: Chicago, Illinois.
That said, those deep roots were not enough to save the genre's signature music festival in Chicago: Gospel Fest.
The Chicago Park District on Thursday announced that as part of a cost cutting move, four city-sponsored lakefront summer festivals will be folded into an overhauled Taste of Chicago.
No longer will Gospel Fest, Celtic Fest, the Country Music Fest and the Viva Chicago Latin Music Festival take place as multi-day stand alone events. Instead, they'll be featured one day celebrations.
"It stinks," said Rev. DeAndre Patterson, a gospel artist and Gospel Fest coordinator for the last 10 years. "It was a grave injustice, because this is the birthplace of gospel."
This was supposed to be the 27th year for Gospel Fest. Now, Patterson says, "we're just trying to pull as many powerheads together to see what's next."
Patterson says he feels blessed gospel music still has a stage provided by the city, but he laments that things won't be the same.
Instead of a three-day event, gospel music will be in the city spotlight for one day.
"Gospel is one of the great tools for bringing all different denominations and races together in this city," he said.
Gospel Fans Sing Sour Tune Over Fest Changes
Gospel Fest, three other fests, to merge with Taste of Chicago
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Yardley Borough municipal offices are located at 56 South Main Street, Yardley PA 19067.
Phone: 215‑493‑6865.
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Thomas Yardley, the nephew of William who settled with his family in Lower Makefield Township in 1682, arrived in Pennsylvania in 1704 with the power of attorney to settle the family estate. Uncle William and his family had died in a smallpox epidemic in 1702-03. In 1706, Thomas married Ann Biles at Pennsbury Manor; they would have ten children.
In 1710, Joseph Hanney, acting for Thomas, bought "Prospect Farm," the family estate on Dolington Road; the property was immediately conveyed to Thomas. In 1726, he purchased an additional 500 acres from Thomas Lambert; the property included "a grist mill, mill pond, mill races, mill stones and edifices." Lambert had acquired the parcel in 1713 from Ralph Brock who in 1704 inherited his father John's property. Water for the mill was supplied from Lake Afton.
In 1722, the Pennsylvania Assembly passed an act "to erect and establish a ferry on the lands of Thomas Yardley ... for the better accommodations of passengers traveling in this province." It is probable that Thomas was already operating a ferry. The statute, however, set rates: "For every horse and rider, seven pence, and when a greater number shall be carried together, six pence ... For every single person on foot, three pence ... For every ox, cow, or heifer, nine pence." The statute also provided separate rates for sheep, hogs, sleds and loaded or empty wagons.
A five pound fine was specified for violations of the law - "if the said Thomas Yardley ... shall not maintain and keep such a sufficient boat, as aforesaid, with sufficient and able hands; or shall not be given constant and due attendance on the service of said ferry; or shall demand any greater, or other fees ..." The ferry license was for a term of 14 years and prohibited operating a ferry "within a space of two miles either above or below." Although the exact location of the ferry site has not been determined, it is believed to be south of Afton Avenue between Ferry Street and Letchworth Avenue. It is also probable that the actual landing may have occurred at various points along the river due to currents and other conditions. At some time a ferry house and tavern were constructed.
Thomas Yardley was a good businessman who could "appreciate the industrial values of the waterworks and mills on Brock Creek." He expanded the Yardley grist mill and established a saw mill. In 1733 he also acquired 600 acres in Newtown and the Heath mills, erected in Solebury in 1707. About 1728 he began the construction of "Lakeside," adjacent to the Yardley Mills.
Like his uncle William, Thomas was active in the provincial assembly and was a justice in the Bucks County Court. On his death in 1756, his property was divided among his children. William, who married twice, Ann Budd and Sarah Kirkbride, and had 12 children, received the Prospect Farm property outside of town. He died in 1774. Samuel received the land and mills in Solebury. Thomas, who was married to Mary Field, inherited the Lambert lands including the mills and "Lakeside;" the other children received land and cash.
Thomas Yardley's will also made provisions for his slaves. "Items I give and dispose of my Negroes in manner following" William was given Tom and Charles; Thomas was given Isaac and Jem; Samuel was given Dan, Bob, and Jo; Sarah was given "the Girl Nancy." Thomas was to keep "old Nancy and Flora so long as old Nancy shall live and after old Nancy's death then Flora to have her choice to live with either my son William or Thomas or Samuel and there to live and remain until she shall arrive at the age of 35 years and then to be set free and at liberty."
In 1769, young Thomas rebuilt and expanded the grist mill which he operated until 1795. Since he and Mary did not have children, they began to sell off property. The mills and 410 acres were sold to Cornelius Vansant. The deed reads: "... unto Cornelius Vansant ... All that Mansion House ... which the said Thomas Yardley and his wife have heretofore lived and the water grist and saw mill and the following described tract of land ... together also with the full and free liberty and privilege of rafting and boating, importing and exporting in the said river onto and off of the other lands of the said Thomas Yardley below the mouth of said creek all such mills forever and so as not to injure the said Thomas Yardley his heirs of assigns in the same kind of business and ferrying."
In 1800 Thomas sold a 25 acre "ferry" tract, including a tavern and ferry house, to Joseph and George Green. Joseph petitioned the Court of Quarter Session: "That your Petitioner ... purchased of Thos. Yardley his tavern at the riverside known by the name of Yardley Ferry for the purpose of continuing said tavern and ferry with the courts permission and as this house has been for several years licensed he prays the court for their recommendation so that he may obtain a license to open and keep there a tavern according to law."
Thomas sold another 18 acres above the ferry tract to John Stapler, yeoman of Lower Makefield. This property was soon bought by Elijah Leedom and his wife, Lucy, of Lower Makefield who sold it to Cornelius Vansant in 1805. For ten years Vansant had been busy buying up much of the real estate in what would become Yardley Borough. In several instances he built homes and then sold the parcel. Along the river he constructed a large, stone Federal mansion known as "Lanrick Manor" where he lived until 1810 when the property was sold to George Green.
Thomas Yardley died in 1803. His mills, tavern, and ferry were the beginnings of the village of Yardleyville. In 1721 a road had been established from Yardley's Ferry to Four Lanes End (Langhorne). In 1734, there was a road from Yardley's Ferry to Newtown; in 1744 a road from Kirkbride's Ferry below the Falls, along the river to the "great road above Thomas Yardley's" and in 1752 a road from Falls Meeting to Yardley's Ferry.
Davis, in his "History of Bucks County," wrote: "Yardleyville began to develop into what Americans call a village about 1807. An old map of the place of that date shows a number of building lots, and streets laid out above the mouth of the creek, and running back from the river, and on the south side were several lots at the intersection of the Newtown and Upper River roads. The only buildings there were the old tavern near the river bank, and the dwellings of Brown, Pidcock, Eastburn, and Depue ... the first store house was built by the widow of Thomas Yardley. An old tavern stood at this side of the ferry, kept by John Jones, and subsequently, Benjamin Fleming."
When the ferry was moved to what would be Bridge Street (later East Afton Avenue), a tavern (later the White Swan and Yardley Inn) was built by one called Grear. In 1835, a covered bridge replaced the ferry. "Lakeside" and mills were subsequently owned by Richard Mitchell, Atlee, Mahlon Dungan and William Yardley.
Nearby Towns: Ewing Twp • Falls Twp • Hopewell Twp • Langhorne Boro • Langhorne Manor Boro • Lower Makefield Twp • Middletown Twp • Morrisville Boro • Newtown Boro • Penndel Boro • Pennington Boro • Trenton City • Upper Makefield Twp •


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Many organizations around the world have hired security professionals to man security departments. The reasons are obvious, in a fragmenting world risk are ever more unpredictable. Companies can no longer sit around and wait for threats to inflict damage to their people, assets, reputations and brands (PARB), so they tap the professionals to do vulnerability and threat assessments and subsequently provide recommendations and action plans.
Security is unique among operations department, looking at the organization horizontally, vertically and laterally for risks. That is why when the going gets rough the company honchos look to security for solutions. Just look at the services many companies expect to be provided by their security business partners: physical security for staff and assets, travel security, loss prevention, investigations, crisis management, executive protection, guard force management, just to name a few. It is an incredibly complex matrix of mission critical solutions expected from an understaffed, under-budgeted and overworked department. That is indeed the reality of the security suite today. The experts are in agreement that security department is one of the business units that has suffered must since the economic downturn began. The key indicators tell the story, from hiring freezes across industries to low attendance at trade shows and reduced security technology spending.
Ever the optimist, security practitioners have set out to deal with the new normal, a fragmenting global economy, crushed by the weight of debt, underemployment and under-consumption all having a detrimental effect on productivity and profit margins. There are also asymmetrical risks (illicit global business activities) working their way through from the periphery to the core of our global business environment. Through all of this the security suite must be a vanguard in understanding and mitigating its effects. Take for instance the trends in theft of hot commodity products and raw materials negatively affecting, on one end prices and on another production cycles, as well as, infrastructure capacity. But, who can ignore the chronic piracy problem on the Horn of Africa; a hydra of risk events affecting this vital route of global commerce, eroding confidence and creating global supply chain inefficiencies. You can rest assure there are many security suites at organizations large and small monitoring the gathering storm of violent protest in Europe driven by government austerity measures (and given the fragility in the state of global affairs) to determine the risk they represent and creating tactical plans to lessen the impact on their people and assets. It is this maelstrom of risk scenarios that fills a security executive's agenda. It begs the question whether enough resources have been allocated to tackle these mission critical events. The answer may surprise you.
The truth is that there has been a new mantra in security, like any other service organization, for quite some time, "do more with less". Despite the shrinking budgets, the security executive is challenged to manage a peak performance organization without skipping a beat from the plumb times just a few years ago. Adopting efficient business operation methodologies like Lean Security have been paramount. Applying lean security principles requires focus on value-added activities on a continuous improvement loop that delivers result and enhances productivity. The simple process that keeps the security practitioner from lamenting the lost of budget allocation for important security investment and instead making it work just as well, if not better than before is an act of lean thinking.
Allow me to illustrate the point: say you want to harness and enhance your security guard service's return on investment (ROI). You identify which security guard activities cut across multiple functions. You zero in on building patrols, which from the outset offers a return on investment by reducing premises liability exposures, as well as leading to lower insurance rates. But this activity has greater potential as it can also be leveraged to cut maintenance cost. It is feasible that the retained security services staff would be trained and empowered to perform tasks such as: turning off lights and HVAC systems after hours; identifying defective building systems and calling for emergency service (elevators, data centers, electricity and water services, ect); as well as turning off space heaters, and coffee pots, which may elevate the risk of building fires. Such activities can reduce maintenance staffing cost, while constantly mitigating potential vulnerabilities. As you apply continuous improvement processes you determine some patrol routes only add time to the physical walk through, without the residual benefit previously described. The process is more effectively served with automation like adding an integrated CCTV with zone-specific sensors array to enabled virtual patrols of the area with clearly defined escalation protocols. The real power behind lean security principles is that it can be dynamically applied to asset protection (as previously exemplify) as well as people, reputation and brand protection problem solving.
The linchpin behind the successful application of these methodologies is reflective leadership or when the managers actively apply new ideas to transform on-going initiatives and concerns. We thrive under these difficult times because like other high performance organizations the security suite resides in a problem solving space, making us adept at evaluating personalities; constantly looking for collaboration opportunities (decimating silos); leveraging institutional synergies and culture. One of the reasons that executives at many organizations have come to rely on security professionals for mission critical activities at their outfits is because they've come to expect this level of transformational results.
It is quite evident when you look at the job descriptions for security managers at many organizations that they aim to obtain more than assurances. For the most part they're not disappointed, but don't make the mistake of expecting a pad on the back. Do expect however to be challenged at every junction to demonstrate your worth regardless of the risk scenarios. For senior company executives the real issue is obviously one of perception, any threat to revenue and shareholder value can be partially transferred to the security suite with the expectation that it won't hit the balance sheet. Unfortunately as the pendulum has swung to bust cycles on the bursting of global financial bubbles the security suite has been a prime target for trims. We are well prepared though. It does not change the basic fact that as our risk mitigation strategies improve (lower cost, greater output), and the economic recession deepens…insert your expected outcome here: _______________________________________________________________________.


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My step father cannot eat chocolate, so I am always trying to make a little treat that is chocolate-free for him. These are the perfect little piece of heaven to have with a cup of hot, delicious tea.
Makes: 20 Macaroons
Prep time: 20 minutes
3 1/2 cups dried coconut
1 ½ cups almond flour
1 cup maple syrup
1/3 cup coconut oil
3 tablespoons poppyseeds
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 tablespoon lemon extract
½ teaspoon salt
Mix all ingredients in large bowl. Use your hands if you want to make more fun! (Washed hands only, of course.)
Using a small ice-cream scoop, your hands, or a big tablespoon, scoop out balls of macaroon mixture. Place on a dehydrator tray with teflex sheet. Next, you can shape the macaroons a bit more, if you wish. Dehydrate at 115 degrees for 12 to 24 hours, or until crisp outside and nice and chewy inside.
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sounds good 🙂 how would I modify this to use an oven versus a dehyrator?


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Liberal hegemony and democratic peace
Dawson, Peter Murray
Doctor of Philosophy
Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton have made the promotion of democracy abroad the "third pillar" of their administrations' foreign policy. In his 1995 National Security Strategy, President Clinton states that "All of American Strategic interests....are served by enlarging the community of democratic and free nations." However, the theory underpinning this strategy is not well developed. In fact, the policy directly conflicts with the realist analytical framework that dominates current international diplomacy. Recent empirical studies in international relations have confirmed the statistical evidence of a separate peace among democratic nations. Few militarized disputes, and perhaps no wars have occurred between democracies. However, the causes of this phenomenon remain controversial. Up until now, efforts to explain the democratic peace phenomena have focused on the existence of domestic norms and institutions within democracies. Hegemonic stability theory provides insight for a new plausible explanation of the democratic peace proposition. Statistical analyses of interstate dispute data indicate that two centuries of liberal hegemony have, at least partially, been responsible for the separate democratic peace. This finding represents an important contribution to the international relations literature and has significant implications for United States national security policy.
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