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I am a fan of Dennis Quaid. We have matched many of his films including, Vantage Point (2007), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), The Flight of the Phoenix (2004), Cold Creek Manor (2003), Frequency (2000), and Switchback (1997). I highlighted Frequency because it was my favorite Quaid movie! This movie also has Jim Caviezel in it and he is one of my very favorite actors. Quaid is coming out with the movie The Horsemen, it is set to have a limited release on March 13, 2009. This movie looks really intriguing. It has biblical themes in the fact it deals with the horsemen of the Apocalypse from the book of Revelations. The trailer below is intense and looks very good. Because Quaid is in it, I feel comfortable that it will be a well made movie. Check out the trailer and look for this thriller coming to theaters in March.
Already reeling from the shocking death of his wife, detective Aidan Breslin (Dennis Quaid) is destined for even darker days when he's tasked with investigating a series of grisly serial murders inspired by biblical prophecy. This chilling psychological thriller from director Jonas Åkerlund also stars Ziyi Zhang, Clifton Collins Jr., Peter Stormare, Patrick Fugit, Lou Taylor Pucci and Eric Balfour.
Dennis Quaid as Aidan Breslin, a widower detective trying to solve the "Horsemen" case[2]
Ziyi Zhang[2] as Kristen
Clifton Collins, Jr.[3] as Stingray
Peter Stormare as Mr. Spitz
Eric Balfour as Taylor
Patrick Fugit as Cory
Chelcie Ross as Krupa
Lou Taylor Pucci as Alex Breslin
Liam James as Sean Breslin
Deborah Odell as Ms. Bradshaw
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
The Horsemen...
I am a fan of Dennis Quaid. We have matched many of his films including, Vantage Point (2007), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), The Flight of the Phoenix (2004), Cold Creek Manor (2003), Frequency (2000), and Switchback (1997). I highlighted Frequency because it was my favorite Quaid movie! This movie also has Jim Caviezel in it and he is one of my very favorite actors. Quaid is coming out with the movie The Horsemen, it is set to have a limited release on March 13, 2009. This movie looks really intriguing. It has biblical themes in the fact it deals with the horsemen of the Apocalypse from the book of Revelations. The trailer below is intense and looks very good. Because Quaid is in it, I feel comfortable that it will be a well made movie. Check out the trailer and look for this thriller coming to theaters in March.
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Saturday, January 24, 2009
The Shining... Scenes of Winter at my Home...
One of my favorite movies of all time. The winter scenes are chilling as well as the pure horror of this film. Basically "locked" up in a creepy hotel for the winter, Jack Nicholson's character goes nuts and tries to kill his family. This is from a Stephen King novel of the same name. What a great movie! Scatman Crothers is also in this movie, although his screen time is limited.
This picture of Jack is how we have felt over the past several weeks. It has been bitterly cold ... below zero mostly at night, but it has been well below zero on several mornings during this cold stretch. I've noticed that if you don't really do any winter sports or activities, then you are pretty much stuck in the house. I for one hate winter and can't imagine skiing or snowmobiling or even ice fishing. Why on earth would you want to put yourself in the bitter cold for "fun?" I am not in the majority on this one, because thousands of people in New Hampshire love the winter activities. We get a lot of people from Massachusetts coming up for the skiing as well. At least it's good for the economy!
This picture was from a few weeks ago in the post Dead of Winter. I was supposed to go up on my roof today and shovel off some of the snow. However, this morning I went to get fitted for my glasses with Tina and Molli going with me to help me pick a pair out. That went well and in about a week, I will have my bifocals! Yea!!! Old man glasses! Can't wait really, because wearing "reading" glasses all the time is not a good thing, especially if you try to look at a distance with them. After the glasses thing, we went to the supermarket and got some food. By the time we got home, I didn't feel like going on the roof. I have no choice... I have to do it Sunday! You really don't want a lot of snow sitting on your roof in a trailer... not a good idea.
This picture was taken a few days ago... much more snow. The winter really hasn't been as bad as last year though. We have had several sub-zero days over the past few weeks and it looks like we might get a break from that for a while. However, they are talking about more snow this week. The news just came on and they said we should get 6-12 inches on Wednesday. I'm really looking forward to moving to North Carolina in the next couple of years. Molli is now talking about going to college near Charlotte, NC. Tina and I are looking at several of the small towns around Lake Norman. Obviously, I can't afford a place on the lake, but who knows.
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Horror Icons...
I was thinking about my book today because I received an email from a literary agency wanting me to send them a copy of my book. I had emailed three agents to see if I could generate interest in my book and pursue getting it published. I have heard from two agents, one had no interest and the other wants a copy of my book. I have yet to hear from the third agent. I sent a copy of my book to the one who requested it and in their original reply they had three questions... Q1) Think like a publisher/buyer? Pitch me/them. Who would buy this book? Why would they buy it? If you give seminars or talks, mention it here. Q2) How long have you been writing, and what are your goals as a writer? Q3) Do you consider your writing 'ready-to-go', or do you think it needs some polishing? If you have been through a formal editing process, please describe it in detail, i.e.. Name/company of editor(s) etc. I answered these questions to the best of my ability. However, it got me thinking about what sets my book apart from anything today in the vampire genre. Without giving too much detail, I believe that part of the difference is my vampire is a traditional vampire. In the vein of Dracula... fear of the cross, must rest in the daytime/fear of sunlight, garlic, and etc. In today's movie/book market, there is so much emphasis placed on changing what a vampire truly is. I guess because some people have run out of interesting vampire stories that they have to give their vampire "unique" powers. The ONLY vampire to really pull this off was the Blade series. Wesley Snipes portrayal of the Blade character was great. The story was interesting and the special effects were effective.
Which brings me back to my original thought, which was, "What sets my book apart from the rest of the pack?" The answer is simple, yet involved. The short answer is because he is a traditional vampire. The long answer, you will have to wait for because the book is not published.
It also had me thinking about what makes a true horror icon? Realize that Bram Stoker wrote Dracula in the late 1800's, and yet we are still talking about him to this day. Longevity doesn't make him an icon; originality, fear of him, interest in the story and genre, well written and great story line, and the attraction of his persona make Dracula an icon. Bela Lugosi was said to have been a difficult actor to work with... I don't know about that. However, what I do know is that he set our expectations of what a vampire should be. He had a charisma about him that attracted you to the character, yet you were also afraid of him. The whole good verses evil scenario in which we pray that good overcomes the evil, but we're not sure that it will. That's a whole discussion in its own... The movie Dracula began a 40 year fascination of the genre for me.
Another icon is Pinhead. I saw a website called "Eatmybrains.com" and they had a list of their top ten horror icons of all time. Dracula was #1 and Pinhead was #10. In my opinion, he could have been much higher, but that's just my opinion. If you click on the title of this post it will send you to the top ten list and you can see it for yourself. When the movie Hellraiser came out in the 80's, it created a stir because of it's originality and outright horror/gore. Clive Barker brought us one of the most terrifying horror characters of all time. Pure, unadulterated evil. A demon from the pit of hell who loves to bring pain and suffering as if it was some kind of pleasurable experience. As you can tell by my blog, Pinhead is my favorite horror character. I love his originality. In all 8 of the Hellraiser movies, Pinhead does not have the majority of the screen time, yet he has become the franchises center piece. One of my favorite clips from any of the movies is the one below. It highlights just how evil Pinhead is. It is sacrilegious in nature because it takes place in a church, but it also highlights how much organized religion plays in the good verses evil thing. In all horror, there must be a way for good to overcome evil. With vampires, it's a stake in the heart, sunlight, and a few others. With Pinhead, he can be sent back to hell through the toy box. In our minds, we want good to overcome, but we enjoy the fear of evil and wondering if it will win. That's what makes a good horror movie and icon.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans...
I was talking to my stepson Matt about this movie last night because the trailer came on and he was very interested in seeing it. We decided to have a "boys" night out when it is released January 23. I have really enjoyed the Underworld movies and I believe this one will be just as good whether Kate Beckinsale has the lead or not. I've read that she didn't film any new footage. They say that they're going to use footage from one of the first two movies to show her in this one. To me, the story is the star and not the actors so much. As the description below states, this movie will be a prequel... in other words, it will show us how all the hate between the vampires and the Lycans began. This is one of those type of stories that really can be the best of the three films. Learning how the The Lycans battled the vampires to free themselves from the vampires enslavement has so much potential. This ought to be good... Check out the trailer below and look at your local listings for the release of this movie on the 23rd!
A prequel to the first two Underworld films, this fantasy explains the origins of the feud between the Vampires and the Lycans. Aided by his secret love, Sonja (Rhona Mitra), courageous Lucian (Michael Sheen) leads the Lycans in battle against brutal Vampire king Viktor (Bill Nighy). Determined to break the king's enslavement of his people, Lucian faces off against the Death Dealer army in a bid for Lycan independence.
Michael Sheen as Lucian (Enslaved as a baby, Lucian has only been able to imagine the full extent of his Lycan powers. In the evolution from werewolf to Lycan, Lucian feels the responsibility of the Lycan race resting on his shoulders. At the same time, his love for the vampire, Sonja, complicates his desire for freedom from the Vampires.)
Rhona Mitra as Sonja (Sonja is the daughter of the powerful Vampire Elder, Viktor. Beautiful and brave, her nightly patrols defend the Coven from the hoards of ferocious werewolves. Despite her father's hatred for the Lycan race, she has fallen in love with the Lycan slave, Lucian. She battles between the desire to fulfill the responsibilities that come with her lineage and her willful nature. Because of her love for Lucian, she is sympathetic to the enslaved Lycans' plight.)
Bill Nighy as Viktor (One of three ruling Vampire Elders, Viktor is a haughty, ostentatious Vampire overlord nearly 1,000 years old. Like most Vampires, he has a severe loathing for Lycans but also a fascination with their unique strengths. Through slavery and torture, he has created a small but mighty force of enslaved Lycans. Despite his best efforts to govern the Coven, the Council members have begun to question his leadership.)
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Monday, January 19, 2009
Saw V...
Saw V comes out on DVD Tuesday... we saw this in the theater last October when it was first released. The Saw movies have really been one of my favorite series of movies to come out in some time. It is obvious that I'm a Hellraiser fan with all the Pinhead images on my blog. I have seen all 8 Hellraiser movies, only because of my love for the Pinhead character. I think he epitomizes what a horror character should be... OK, I digressed. Jigsaw is the serial killer in the Saw movies. However, unlike Pinhead, Jigsaw does his killing as if he is a weapon of God's judgement. It has always been a very fascinating series because there are usually many twist throughout each movie and many of them trying up loose ends in an earlier Saw movie. Saw V is no exception. There are many things that tie up some loose ends from many of the earlier Saw movies and many of the deaths from the first couple of Saws. Saw IV was probably the weakest one IMO, but it was still an entertaining movie for me. I think it tried to put too much information in it that seemed to confuse more than clarify. Check out the trailer below and look for this DVD where you rent DVDs... good movie!
My NetFlix Review...We don't go to the theater to see a movie very often, but my wife and I love the Saw series. I was disappointed in Saw IV, but this one was better in my mind. Not as good as Saw and Saw II, but it did answer a lot of questions from the other four. Basically takes parts from all the Saw movies and shows why and how several of these people came to the "game." The in-screen flashbacks at times can be confusing and there are many of them. There were about four "torture" scenes and all were interesting, but not great. I did appreciate the flashbacks because it brought Tobin Bell to the screen often, even though he died in Saw III. The acting was acceptable and the story was pretty good. It left the door wide open for Saw VI. All in all, it was worth a watch. 4 stars. 10/25/08
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Description of Saw V...
When Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) learns that his secret connection to Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) will be exposed, the forensics detective embarks on a hunt to eradicate everything that links him to the serial killer in the fifth installment of the grisly horror series. Jigsaw's legacy of torturous traps lives on and director David Hackl remains at the helm in this gruesome continuation of the franchise. Julie Benz and Scott Patterson co-star.
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
Random Notes of Interest... to me...
Here is my NetFlix review of this movie that we saw a week or so ago...
I have never been a big fan of PG-13 horror. I have come to appreciate a few of them, but not too many. I went with my wife and about 7 friends to see this one in the theater this past Friday. I was the only one who really liked it. Every one of my friends thought it was going to be better. PG-13 horror movies must rely on tension, fear, and creepiness in order to satisfy horror buffs. It must also be well acted and well written. The Unborn was a very well acted and well written movie. The story was very interesting and I felt it kept your interest throughout. A young girl begins to have visions and nightmares that scare her to the point that she must find out their meaning. She finds out she was a twin with her brother dying in the womb. Demons, ghosts, and creepy moments throughout. Good movie, but I would wait for the DVD release. 4 stars. 1/12/09
Still smoke free since January 8... check out the Quit Smoking Counter to the right for all the interesting details of what that really means to me!
In an effort to get my book off the ground and published, I've started an agent search. I sent a synopsis and the first 5 or 6 pages to an agent in New York City. A few years ago, I did a ton of research on agents and the conclusion was that NY City was the place to start. There are several agents I will contact, but if that doesn't produce fruit I will find a publisher on my own. The lady that wrote the Twilight series sent her requests to 15 publishers before 1 accepted. It is a long process, but it is worth it if you are successful. I don't plan on giving up either way. There is always self-publishing. It is a little costly, but Tina and I know a lady from our area that went that route and it worked out well for her. She started with local and area bookstores and now has a contract with Borders to have her book in their stores. So it does pay to be persistent! I will as always keep you updated on where I am with my book. I'm in the process of trademarking the title. Copyright laws protect the book itself, but I want to own the title as well. It is a cut-throat business (book publishing), so you have to look out for #1.
The past several days has seen temperatures below ZERO!!!! Thank God I work indoors. I can't imagine having a job like a delivery person, construction worker, police officer, etc. Having to be in and out of this type of cold is not healthy. You know it is bitter cold when the snot in your nose freezes when you first go outside. It is a very weird feeling and if you haven't ever experienced it, you have no idea just how strange it feels. Just taking out the trash at my store is a chore. Being in this type of cold can give you frost bite on your face and ears so quickly. The weather is supposed to be warmer next week... nearing 50 degrees... crazy weather.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
TFAV Update...
My FAVORITE two vampires of all time!!! Dracula and the great Barnabus Collins from Dark Shadows!
Hi Frank
I've just finished reading your novel; I started reading at noon and "couldn't put it down." Nice work. It's changed for the better... Other than that, I loved it and it's so much better than before. Nice work with the characters. Are you going to try to sell and publish? I hope so. You never know. Prof D
This is an email I received from Prof. D., yesterday. It was edited in the middle of his email because he had a question about the ending and I don't want that revealed at this time. I replied to his email with the utmost appreciation! I met Prof. D, about 5 years ago when Tina was taking classes at a Tech near our home. Prof. D., teaches many writing and English classes at the Tech and at St. Anselm's near Manchester, NH. He has been so supportive throughout this 5 year endeavor. I remember going to see him and asking him about my dream of writing a traditional vampire novel. I gave him all my ideas about what I envision my book being about and how it is very different than any other vampire book out there. At that time I had ideas for 3 books. Now, I have at least 2 book ideas, 1 book in a completed rough draft, and 1 book that only needs editing. I'm so humbled and thankful by the time and support that Prof. D., has given me... I could have NEVER afforded to pay someone to put this much time and effort into my project. I am so grateful for his help! I will keep you updated as it looks like it is time to get this book published! Not an easy task by any stretch of the imagination! I have done a lot of research into all that is involved in getting a book to a book store and it is a very difficult process for a beginner. I will put all my energy into getting it done though...
TFAV is an acronym for the title of the book. I'm in the process of trademarking the name, so until that is completed, I will not post it at this time. 1630 is the dateline this all begins. I will post more as soon as I can!
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Monday, January 12, 2009
Dead Of Winter...
We watched this movie just before Christmas. It was good, but not great. I was unable to find a trailer for it anywhere! Any way, a description of the movie is below as well as my NetFlix review of the movie.
A few thoughts... we are having Arctic cold the next several days. Below zero for a couple of nights and single digits during the day. I HATE winter. Molli (step-daughter) took some pictures of the front of our home yesterday so I could post them on my blog. We have a lot of snow already, with more coming this week. Great for skiers and snowmobilers, but not for us "winter haters!"Too much snow for my taste already, and winter has just begun for us in New Hampshire. Yes, it is close to the dead of winter for us, but you can check out this movie on DVD for some interesting creepiness and some cold, cold fear.
After somebody slips them some LSD at a New Year's Eve party, Kevin (Al Santos) and Tiffany (Sandra McCoy) get into a car accident on their way home and end up stranded in the middle of the dark woods -- and their acid-fueled hallucinations aren't helping matters. Things get worse when their imagined stalkers might be real. Brian McNamara directs this chilling horror story that also stars Carl Nasland.
My NetFlix Review...
I liked all the tension and creepiness to this movie. A young couple leave a New Years Eve Party after a "friend" slips LSD in their drinks. That's when the true horror begins. Is it hallucinations, or are their fears real??? Acceptable acting and interesting story make for an entertaining movie. All the way through the movie the tension between the couple builds because of the cold and the drugs. Neither knows why they are confused and so paranoid. Lost in the woods and trying to find shelter, the young couple try to stay alive. Several twist make this a good movie, not great, but worth a watch in my book. 3 stars. 12/20/08
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Friday, January 9, 2009
Hypocrisy... and random rants...
I quit smoking yesterday... I haven't had a cigarette for 24 hours. Tina and I both are using the patch to kick the habit. To be honest, the first smoke free day wasn't too bad. I'm not a fanatic now and preaching the "evils" of smoking, but I can tell you that when I first wake up there are two things that come quickly to mind... need a cigarette and have to go to the bathroom. I usually cough a lot first thing in the morning because all the mucus crap settles in your chest over night. I'm looking forward to the day when that goes away! Smoking is not only a habit, but a very strong addiction. The patch seems to cut the cravings down to nothing. It's a process, about 8 to 10 weeks of slowly stepping down from the patch. It annoys me to see all the dirty looks smokers get. People have choices, but nearly everyone has one vice or another. Whether it's smoking, drinking, shopping, drugs, exercising to excess, TV, music, movies, eating or not eating, religion... everyone has something that they obsess about.
For good or not, everyone has a vice or crutch that they have to have in their lives. I put my FAVORITE "hypocritical" video (Drowning Pool's, Let The Bodies Hit The Floor)at the end of this post. Televangelist make me so angry. It's all about money... don't kid yourself. They don't have a monopoly of God's gifts. their obsession is money and fame. Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart, Oral Roberts, Ted Haddard... you get my point, it's a show! Too many people use religion as a vehicle of hate... just look at India, Pakistan, and the Middle East... killing in the name of God. Let's just burn all the witches at the stake... how about that "Holy" Roman Empire!?!?!?! Mmmm, maybe I do need a cigarette! Just kidding, It just bothers me to no end that people turn their nose up at others, but the skeletons in their closet would ruin them! I wish we all wore signs on our backs that showed our deepest, darkest secrets... OK, maybe that is a bad idea! Just a few of my random rants to help me not think about cigarettes! Check out the healthy lung and the smoker's diseased lung... Damn, if that doesn't make you want to quit, nothing will. Well, another day... I guess this can be my "The horrors of smoking and hypocrisy" blog post. Check out the video below as well... EXCELLENT!!!
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Thursday, January 8, 2009
Autopsy (Horrorfest 09)...
This is one of the best trailers I've seen! This movie looks intense. I know you can't judge a movie solely based on the trailer (really bad idea!), but this one has so much promise. Another After Dark Horrorfest movie hitting theaters tomorrow. I was thinking that the movie reminds me a lot of another movie called Room 6 which was a fairly decent movie. Same type of plot, but time will tell if Autopsy can pull it off and be a really good movie. I really want to see this one! Robert Patrick (pictured below) is in this movie and plays the doctor. He is of Terminator 2 fame. Good actor, so that only fuels the flames of my anticipation! Check out the trailer below and look for it in theaters or wait for the DVD release in a few months... either way, this looks like a movie you will want to see!
The film is about a group of friends that go to a punk concert. One of them is hit over the head with a bottle. Before his girlfriend can call for help, a 1950's ambulance arrives. They are taken to a strange hospital where the injured friend is. The plot centers on their search for their friend in the old hospital where inhumane experiments are being done on the living patients. The tag line, "Autopsy; Not just for the dead anymore" pretty much sums it up.
Robert Patrick
Jenette Goldstein
Michael Bowen
Robert LaSardo
Ross McCall
Jessica Lowndes
Ashley Schneider
Joe Reegan
Ross Kohn
Eric F. Adams
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
The Alphabet Killer...
This movie was released on DVD this past Tuesday. We watched it tonight and I have to say we both really liked it. It is well written, acted and a very interesting story line. A teaser for the plot is below. However, I can tell you that this movie will keep you guessing all the way through. Tension, other world visions, and many twist keep you wondering "who did it?" It is a thriller, but the subject matter is very disturbing. Tastefully done, without too much graphic detail, but unnerving at times. The director directed Wrong Turn and the lead actress was also in that movie. I loved Wrong Turn! I highly recommend this movie to all who like a creepy thriller that verges on being horror! check out the trailer below and hit your Netflix Q or go to the video store and get this movie!
The Alphabet Killer is a 2008 thriller film loosely based on the Alphabet murders that took place in Rochester, New York between 1971 and 1973. Eliza Dushku stars as the main character, alongside Cary Elwes, Michael Ironside, Bill Moseley and Timothy Hutton. The film is directed by Rob Schmidt, director of Wrong Turn, and written by Tom Malloy
Megan Paige (Eliza Dushku) is an investigator for Rochester Police Department who is assigned to investigate the murder of a young girl named Carla Castillo, whose body is found in the nearby town of Churchville covered in cat hair. Against opposition of her colleagues and partner-boyfriend Kenneth Shine (Cary Elwes), Megan insists that the murder is a work of a serial killer. Despite Megan's considerable efforts, she fails to catch the killer. Stress and obsession of the investigation causes Megan to hallucinate the victim's image. She ultimately has a nervous breakdown and tries to commit suicide.
Eliza Dushku as Megan Paige
Cary Elwes as Kenneth Shine
Timothy Hutton as Richard Ledge
Tom Malloy as Steven Harper
Michael Ironside as Nathan Norcoss
Carl Lumbly as Dr. Ellis Parks
Bill Moseley as Carl Tanner
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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
The Unborn...
I did a post on this movie in October, but I thought I would do another since Tina, Elise, Molli, and myself are going to see this one Friday night. The trailer has been all over the TV and it is quite creepy. I know this is a PG-13 (I usually hate PG-13 horror movies) movie, but if the tension, fear, and creepiness are as the trailer shows... then this should be a really good movie. I'm really excited about seeing this one in a theater. We don't go to the theater very often, in fact, the last movie we saw in a theater was Saw V in October. That one doesn't really count because we always go to the theater to see the Saw movies. You really need to check out the trailer for the movie The Unborn at the end of this post. It has the same creepy feel as The Omen. It really ought to be a good movie. I will let you know what I thought of it over the weekend.
The Unborn is a supernatural horror-thriller film written and directed by David S. Goyer which is slated for release in early 2009. The film stars Gary Oldman as a spiritual advisor to a young girl (Odette Yustman) who is tormented by the soul of her unborn twin brother (see Tetragametic chimerism). Her twin seeks to use her death as a gateway to physical existence. (This plot has been compared by many reviewers to the mummudrai plot device from New X-Men). [1][2] The film is produced by Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes.
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While going around the Internet checking on blogs and conferences, I came across the NGS Conference 2012 speaker's list, and discovered one name which stood out - Ottawa's Alison Hare.
Alison is a member of both the Ottawa Branch of the OGS and BIFHSGO in Ottawa, and has given talks at both groups at their conferences on a number of subjects. This time, she will be part of a panel discussion being held on May 10th at 8:00 a.m., entitled "BCG Certification Seminar".
Other panelists include Laura Murphy DeGrazia, CG, and Thomas W. Jones, PhD, CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS.
The NGS Conference will be held next year at the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati, Ohio from 9-12 May. This year, the theme is "The Ohio River: Gateway to the Western Frontier".
If you are planning to go to the NGS Conference and take in the panel discussion, and you meet Alison, please say "Hello" to her from us at the GenealogyCanada blog! I am sure that she will represent Canada very well. She is a very popular speaker in Ontario, and I have had the pleasure of listening to her speak numerous times.
The Conference website is at www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/conference_info.

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A Russian fisherman mauled by a bear says he's only alive because of Justin Bieber.
Well, kind of.
Igor Vorozhbitsyn, 42, told the Daily Mail a bear jumped him from behind recently as he was walking from his car to his favorite fishing spot.
"There was a tremendous impact on my back and the bear was on top of me," he said.
The bear slashed at his face and chest, but scurried away the moment Vorozhbitsyn's phone rang.
The ringtone? Bieber's hit tune "Baby."
"I know that sort of ringtone isn't to everyone's taste but my granddaughter loaded it onto my phone for a joke," Vorozhbitsyn told the Daily Mail.
A bear expert said it wasn't Bieber's music that the bear found offensive, adding the animal was likely scared off by the sudden, loud noise.
Still, we're willing to bet this fisherman is now a "Belieber" for life.


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We are taking it easy this New Year's Eve and spending it here in Finland with my family. We are planning a selection of interesting nibbles for tonight, but I'll share more of that with you later ;-)
I couldn't possibly leave out a post dedicated to one of my favourite Finnish cheeses, leipäjuusto (leipä=bread, juusto=cheese), also known as Finnish squeaky cheese. I've made sure to enjoy this mild and highly addictive cheese daily while in Finland; either with a hot cup of coffee or with cloudberries. Inspired by our trip to Japan, I also paired leip kaki (or persimmon), and found it works surprisingly well!
I wish you the best of health for the upcoming year; eat well and enjoy!


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Other Beach Users
Right of way must be given to other ocean and beach users. Kiteboarders must travel downwind of them. Why? A regular ocean or beach user cannot react as quickly as a kiteboarder can, so be on the lookout for swimmers and others in the vicinity and ride around them. Additionally, staying downwind of regular beach users will help prevent injury to them in the event that you lose control of your kite (losing control upwind of swimmers could result in a dangerous collision, as you and your kite could wind up dragging them). Be aware of all others in the area.


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"Wherever we go in the mountains, or indeed in any of God's wild fields, we find more than we seek"
-John Muir, My First Summer in the Sierra (1911)
John Muir, the prominent author/naturalist/preservationist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, is arguably the most influential character in American natural history since Lewis and Clark. The time he spent wandering among the high peaks and lush valleys of the Sierra-Nevada mountain range, captured in his journals and correspondence with friends and family, has made a lasting impact on America's moral compass. While the inspiration for his wilderness excursions could be linked to the concept of "manifest destiny", which was so prevalent in the US around the time of his birth, his perception of what the west had to offer and his insatiable desire to preserve and protect those sacred lands could not have been more revolutionary- especially when considering the common American's feelings about nature at the time.… Read more


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July 16, 2004 National Endowment For the Humanities Grant Will Enable Publication of a Major Library of Congress Folklife Center Collection
Grant to Publish the Library's Rare Collection of British Folk Traditions to Be Administered by the American Folklore Society
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Melvyn P. Leffler, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences and Edward Stettinius Professor of American History at the University of Virginia, has been appointed Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of Congress by the Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington, effective Jan. 3, 2005.
Leffler is the fourth scholar to occupy the Kissinger chair since the position was created in 2000 through the generosity of friends of the former secretary of state to honor him and emphasize the importance of foreign affairs. Previous chair holders were Aaron Friedberg, director of the research program in international security and acting director of the Center of International Studies at Princeton University; Klaus Larres, Jean Monnet Professor, European Foreign and Security Policy at the School of Politics, Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland; and Lanxin Xiang, professor of international history and politics at the Institut universitaire de hautes études internationales in Geneva.
The Kissinger chair program offers outstanding thinkers and practitioners a unique opportunity to pursue advanced research in the largest and most international collection of library materials in the world. As occupant of the Kissinger chair at the Library's John W. Kluge Center, Leffler hopes to write a book about the Cold War to address such fundamental questions as "why it started," "why it lasted as long as it did" and "why it ended when it did."
One of the country's leading authorities on modern U.S. foreign relations, Leffler received his doctorate from Ohio State University in 1972. He has been on the faculty of the department of history at the University of Virginia since 1986. In 1993 he won the prestigious Bancroft Prize for his book "A Preponderance of Power: National Security, the Truman Administration, and the Cold War" (Stanford University Press, 1992). Among his other books are "Struggle for Germany and the Origins of the Cold War" (German Historical Institute, 1996); "Specter of Communism: The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1917-1953" (Hill and Wang, 1994); and "Elusive Quest: America's Pursuit of European Stability and French Security, 1919-1933" (University of North Carolina Press, 1979). He was co-editor of "Origins of the Cold War: An International History" (Routledge, 1994).
Leffler served in the office of the Secretary of Defense during the Carter administration, where he worked on arms control and contingency planning as a fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations. He was a member of the U.S. delegation to a joint Soviet-American symposium on the Cold War in Moscow and Washington in 1990; he was a senior fellow at the Nobel Peace Institute in Oslo during 1993 and 1998, where he lectured on the Cold War; and he served as president of the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations in 1994.
Through a generous endowment from John W. Kluge, the Library of Congress established the Kluge Center in 2000 to bring together the world's best thinkers to stimulate and energize public discussion, distill wisdom from the Library's rich resources and interact with policymakers in Washington. The Kluge Center houses five senior Kluge Chairs (American Law and Governance, Countries and Cultures of the North, Countries and Cultures of the South, Technology and Society, and Modern Culture); other senior-level chairs (Henry A. Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations, Cary and Ann Maguire Chair in American History and Ethics and the Harissios Papamarkou Chair in Education); and nearly 25 postdoctoral fellows.
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Avoid intelligent thought and logically examining religion like you would examine everything else no matter how angry it makes people. Don't stand up for what your reasoning convicts you is right. I use reasoning and people think I am evil because it violates their religious social norms.
Don't listen to other teenagers...
Quote from: Shanghaiski on September 24, 2012, 11:59:50 PMJames,See if you can do this three times to make a statement. Go to church, stand before the icon of Christ on the cross, point your finger at him and say with all the indignation you can muster, "You died for me and I don't give a damn!"While I do feel that way, I do not think I could do it because I am afraid Christ would punish me. I cannot even keep eye contact with the Icon of Christ because whenever I look into His eyes I feel like He is angry with me. When I look into the eyes of the Icon of the Theotokos I feel like she feels sympathy for me, and when I look into the eyes of John the Baptist I feel like he is saying 'you know what you must do, why not do it?' but deep down I do not know what I am supposed to do. I honestly do not care that Christ died because I feel that it has not made any difference in my life at all. But blatantly pointing to His Icon and rudely condemning Him is something I am afraid to do. Satan may have been brave enough (or foolish enough) to risk punishment by opposing God in crazy ways, but I am not. I still recognize that He can punish me at any point.
James,See if you can do this three times to make a statement. Go to church, stand before the icon of Christ on the cross, point your finger at him and say with all the indignation you can muster, "You died for me and I don't give a damn!"
Forget it, I will just admit it. I cannot accept that challenge because deep down I still love and appreciate Him even when I do not understand Him and feel like I hate Him.
...you can imagine so-called healing services of the pigpen. The books that could be written, you know: Life in the Pigpen. How to Cope in the Pigpen. Being Happy in the Pigpen. Surviving in the Pigpen. And then there could be counselling, for people who feel unhappy in the pigpen, to try to get them to come to terms with the pigpen, and to accept the pigpen.
Here's the ultimate solution for teenage burnout, offered by Conciliar Press:http://www.conciliarpress.com/products/Special-Agents-of-Christ:-A-Prayer-Book-for-Young-Orthodox-Saints.html
I just need to find out how to say it in Slavonic!
Quote from: NicholasMyra on October 04, 2012, 01:11:40 AMHere's the ultimate solution for teenage burnout, offered by Conciliar Press:http://www.conciliarpress.com/products/Special-Agents-of-Christ:-A-Prayer-Book-for-Young-Orthodox-Saints.htmlHere's the ultimate solution to protestantize Orthodoxy. Contemporary liturgies coming soon to your closest parish.
I just hate it when people try to appeal to youth by pretending to be hip. I hated it all through childhood and until now. It is condescending.Maybe some people like it, but I have yet to see it work on Orthodox.
I thought I was the only one who had the fasting and depression problem. It does aggravate my condition. Next time I have a chance to speak to the priest about it, I will.
still stay away from the advice of other teenagers. Consider this: If they had the wisdom they're often convinced they have, this thread wouldn't be called "How to avoid converting as a teenager and burning out in a year".
One of the reasons that we have a convert Issues Forum is that many people are asking the same questions and because they are new we want to give them simple and consistent answers from Holy Orthodox. Many converts forget that we need to first be like children and take our milk first and the meat later. Most who "burn out do so by trying to know it all before they learn and practice the simple Orthodoxy of the child. My spiritual father reminded me that although I was was 38 years old when I was converted, in Orthodoxy I was the baby and I needed to learn as a child. My recommendation is enjoy your childhood in Christ and learn the practice of daily orthodoxy before you start looking for the deeper controversies of theologians.THOMAS
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Johnny[Well] STAFF (5)At the Gates release their suicidal final art...south_of_heaven 11 (4.5)While a bit simpler than past releases, "Slaughter of the Soul" stands as the late "At the...Shadows (4.5)...bigdickedguy (5)One of the defining melodic death metal albums...
LaughingSkull (5)The best death metal album of all time...
Good review. I think this is far too overrated, but it is good for the occasional listen. Like most melodic death metal though, too similar-sounding.
Well I for one think this is a mighty fine album.
I haven't heard Slaughter of the Soul but I've heard Terminal Spirit Disease. Awesome melodic death metal :thumb:
Hah.. I agree that it can get a bit repetitive sometimes. But that doesn't take away the fact that this album has some of my favourite riffs ever. The first 4 tracks are very, very good and 'Blinded By Fear' has some of the most delicious riffs I've heard.
It's a brilliant album, every song on it rules.
However, it does get tiring quite quickly as most songs riffs are very similar and the drum patterns sound very over-used. That said though, it is one of my favorite albums ever.
Album Rating: 4.0Nice work. I've been meaning to get some At the Gates and this sounds like something I could get into. And speaking of Gothenburg, I should have an Arch Enemy review up pretty soon...
I had a bunch of tracks off this, and they were quite amazing.
Hmmm... I wanted to review this. Oh well. I personally like it a lot. "Under the Serpent Sun" is my favorite song and is quite diverse in my opinion. I can see why people think it's overrated, but I still love it.
4 - 4.5 / 5
[QUOTE=BuddyBigsby]Well I for one think this is a mighty fine album.[/QUOTE]
Well, it is a fine album. 3.8 is a strong score.
True. Fair enough.
Good review, I downloaded this album, it's not that good.
i think this is a 4.5/5 at least
Album Rating: 5.0manuscriptrep said it best
Good review. I think this is far too overrated, but it is good for the occasional listen. Like most melodic death metal though, too similar-sounding.
^id agree wit dat
Album Rating: 4.0Mmmm...after having this downloaded for many months, I'd give it a 3.5. Some good memorable tunes here. Much of the material is very catchy, but all of it is just very simple and toned-down from their past work.This Message Edited On 09.11.05
I have heard Suicide Nation, and I love it. Is it the best track on here, or are they consistently that good?
Album Rating: 5.0can someone do a review of terminal soul disease??
Album Rating: 4.0Terminal Spirit Disease? I was planning on reviewing it very very soon. I may do With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness too.
i heard "blinded by fear" on an Earache sampler before i was into death metal, or metal of any kind to be honest, along with carcass' "death certificate," and was surprised by how much i liked both.
bearing in mind that i'm now a huge fan of carcass (particularly later era carcass), can anyone recommend any other good at the gates songs i should get?This Message Edited On 11.02.05
Album Rating: 4.0Alright, I appreciate it more.
Grimbo, check out "The Swarm"
Album Rating: 5.0dang. i cant believe i only thot this was a 3.5. this is one of the greatest albums of all time definitely. i think i was just thinking it slacked because of the bonus tracks porque my copy is a burned cd so shyaaaa. but their guitar playing on fairly insane. sometimes it doesnt sound that way, but you look up the tabs and play it. dang. terminal spirit also owns
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State Planning Board
The State Planning Board was established in North Carolina during the Great Depression as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. In 1933 Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes created the National Planning Board to advise him in the preparation of the public works program of the National Industrial Recovery Act. The National Planning Board sought to stimulate state planning by offering the services of a consultant to those states that formed planning boards. Most states complied.
Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus, encouraged by the state engineer and the North Carolina League of Municipalities, appointed the first State Planning Board in North Carolina in 1935 to facilitate the flow of federal funds to the state. The state board cooperated with the National Planning Board on its national surveys on public works, drainage, and recreation as well as a program to develop the Southern Highlands Region. It designated as major state projects three national programs: rural electrification, control of soil erosion, and rural rehabilitation. The State Planning Board also conducted studies on transportation, industry, agriculture, commercial fishing, population trends, public welfare, and housing for blacks.
As the fear of postwar economic crises subsided, interest in state planning waned. Across the nation, interest in "economic development," with its connotations of free enterprise, was rising. When the State Planning Board was abolished in 1947, its functions of economic development and assistance to local planning boards were continued by the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development. In the 1960s the idea of a state planning agency was revived, and subsequently a State Planning Division was established within the Department of Administration in Raleigh.
Koleen "Kay" Alice Haire, "The Evolution of City and Regional Planning in North Carolina, 1900-1950" (Ph.D. diss., Duke University, 1967).
Albert Lepawsky, State Planning and Economic Development in the South (1949).
Howard W. Odum, Folk, Region, and Society: Selected Papers of Howard W. Odum (1964).
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Session laws and resolutions passed by the General Assembly [1949]; North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources Digital Collections
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In modeling the prescribing decisions of physicians, pharmaceutical marketing researchers face challenges which combine to limit sample sizes while requiring complex models. This paper reviews some of the challenges facing pharmaceutical choice modelers and then surveys the variety of choice models available to them. It concludes with recommendations for improving models of physicians' prescribing decisions, for making models that cause less pain to respondents and analysts.
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how on earth does blizzard keep winning these horrible cases? do they bribe the courts?
Patry covers the new case on software cheats, MDY Industries v. Blizzard.
How one might ask can there be a violation of the Copyright Act if no rights granted under the Act have been violated? Good question.
To get to its result, the court had to first find that WoW, even though sold over the counter, was licensed not sold. … Having found there was license not a sale, there still had to be a breach of the license in order to permit an infringement action to lie, and recall here that the claim is not one for direct infringement, but rather secondary liability; there was no privity between the parties. There was in fact no provision in the license that barred use of WoWGlider. The court took the extraordinary step of stitching together two unrelated provisions to create one. You have to read it to believe it, but it took the court 8 pages to go through this hard work, and why? Was the court offended by what it regarded to be cheating? If so, God help us if law is being reduced to such subjective, non-statutory grounds.
Read all of Patry's analysis, as well as the opinion.
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I know, it's been a week since I posted. And though I would have you believe that this was intentional, that my enduring post could proclaim my enduring love for my endearing wife, that's not entirely the case. In truth, I've gotten myself completely hooked on the gym-rat lifestyle. I've been there five times this week, running for an hour at a time and then enjoying the sweet, stifling solitude of the steamroom, where errant thoughts bubble about my brainpan before oozing out my pores and down the drainpan.
I got involved with this contest at work, whereby eight guys put up $25 each to see who could lose the most weight in two months. Weigh-in is tomorrow, and it's down to me and this other guy, who is fiercely competitive and sort of nuts. Nuts enough to wrap himself in cling film and eat nothing but sawdust all weekend so that he can drop some emergency poundage and nip me at the wire. I can't tell you how much I've lost exactly; I only know it's around 20 pounds. The scale read 220 when I started this thing, but as far as the gym's farkakte scale is concerned, I'm too light for the 200+0 setting and too heavy for 150+50. So I have little idea how tomorrow morning will play out.
The other thing I've been doing is reading, and since I have a lot more energy now I can actually make it through three paragraphs without dozing off. You may have noticed that I've added my current book to the left-hand margin, because 1) I greatly enjoy perusing other people's reading lists, and 2) if several weeks go by and I'm still reading the same book, I want you folks to bust my chops and tell me to get the hell on with it, already.
I'm off for a business trip in the morning, after weigh-in, and I don't know how much time I'll have to post over the next three days. So I'll leave you with this: Yesterday morning, I convinced my wife to prop TwoBert in his high chair with some apple wedges, prop Robert in front of The Electric Company, and prop herself on top of me. (I also convinced her to let me blog about it.) I recommend this practice wholeheartedly. It really starts the weekend off
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