Phew! That's a long title. Sorry about that but I wanted to make sure everyone understands this article is not just about the convention doll from Japan, but also about the entire controversy that has started after the reveil of the Paris doll.
Let's first look at the Japan doll (if you haven't already seen her). The Paris one is posted below this article.
Thank you, Mario Paglino for the images!
She is a variation of the Paris doll but with a slightly different makeup, darker hair color, different hair style, dress and earrings. She is limited to 900 worldwide and she is Gold Label. The box, shoes, bracelet and little doll are the same.
Now, before I get into my thoughts about the direction the convention dolls this year are going, I want to point a few things out. I am an honest person. If I see something that is wrong I point it out. If I see something is good I praise it. If someone that I had a quarrel with does something good, I acknowledge it. I am like that. I simply can't lie or pretend I don't see things as they really are.
Keeping that in mind please read what my thoughts are below.
The majority of collectors HATE these dolls. They simply hate them and there is no way of sugar coating this. They think they are too plain, they look too much like a Black or Pink Label doll, they dislike that the face of the doll resembles The Look Sweet Tea doll too much. Collectors want dolls like La Reine de la Nuit, Spring Break 1961, Tribute Barbie giftset and so on. I want that too! I want each convention to have an over the top convention doll like Empress Josephine or like the Faberge dolls that I simply adore. I want to have a convention in each country and I want Mattel to come out with Collector dolls just like they did back in the early 2000s and for a good price.
But that is NOT possible! It is not realistic, it is not doable in 2017. Let's see why.
1. The economy simply is not the same as it was before 2009. Yes, it is better than in 2009-2010, but it's not the same as before the financial crash and I don't think it will ever be the same. This translates into less dolls sold, less money for the company and bigger production costs. Hence the poor quality of a lot of dolls.
2. Barbie sales are down. There is no denying this. When your sales are down you must cut costs. Yes, you could take a plunge and create better dolls for a small profit, but then what about your employees? Who pays them if the profit is small?
3. I bet I am going to make people angry with this, but there are TOO many conventions! And Mattel sponsors them all. Let's do a recap: Paris Fashion Doll Festival, Portuguese Doll Convention, Italian Doll Convention, Madrid Fashion Doll Show, Convencion Nacional de Coleccionistas de Barbie en Espana, Roma Fashion Doll Convention, Japanese Convention, National Barbie Doll Collectors Convention, GAW, Kenvention and there also is a convention in Brazil and Australia. That is 12 conventions! Not sure about the last two or GAW, but I think the other all get free dolls. So sorry to say this again, but approving so many conventions and trying to give each a unique doll created this mess. Mattel just can't afford creating a unique and elaborate doll for each convention and then giving it for free. It's bad business and Mattel is a business, not a charity. Yes, that sounds horrible, but it's the truth and we are all mature and we have to understand this.
Tommy Courtney pointed this out about too many European conventions and I have to agree with him. I love visiting different countries and I love going places, but first of all it's very stressful on my wallet and second it's bad for Mattel because they have to cut corners with convention dolls so the hole in their budget is not so big. Now you understand? I hope so.
Yes, Mattel NEEDS TO MAKE CHANGES! They need to do something about the BC site, the forum, the membership (hello, we want the 2017 club to start!!), the design of collector dolls, the amount of boring play lines that even small girls don't want anymore etc. Try releasing less pink mermaids and focus on bringing back good articulation to the Fashionistas, details and accessories on Collector dolls, relaunching the DOTW with never used before countries etc. I fully agree with you all on these issues, but with the convention dolls I can't just because I have managed to see their problems from a financial point of view. Yes, I know… Me of all people have managed to see Mattel's innocence.
I hope I have managed to convey my thoughts correctly and if you are thinking how in the world I am defending Mattel, read again what I said above. I am an honest person and I can't hold a grudge in a situation like this.
Feel free to disagree with me. I would love to hear all your thoughts.
P.S. Somewhere along the line we forgot that going to conventions is and should be about having fun with dolly friends, meeting new people and just simply enjoying ourselves.
The funny part is that I actually do enjoy these dolls just as I have already told you. But even if I didn't I would still have understood the issue.
I don't feel sorry for Mattel, I feel sorry for Kenner, Tyco, Konami, Bluebird, Remco, Mego, etc. They made great toys 'till the very end, they had pride in their products! Why should I feel sorry for giant corporation that make lame overpriced toys and bought so many great toy companies which it done nothing with their licenses or ruined them?! Let the giant fall.
It's not the genral economy main fault (stop using the economy for a scapegoat of overpriced bad toys), it's Mattel management! They downgraded the quailty and creativity of almost all of their toylines! MH, EVA, DC Multiverse, etc. They keep doing the same mistakes and expect different results! I don't understand why they canceled the Barbie Life in the Dreamhouse which was very successful and well made or ruining the EVA line which could've been a competitor to the Disney Princesses line they lost, or gave up on the She-Ra action doll line, returning to make dolls with glue, using the same mold for DC Multiverse since 2004 and this is just a tip of the iceberg. Mattel is no longer the only company who makes fashion dolls, I collect Licca Chan instead and soon plan to get my first Azone International when they switchd to the new articulated body. Mattel should either step up their game and take the risk before it will be too late or they just slowly keep on sinking as they do and they deserve it.
Hi Ada! I've been wondering for a while why Spain has TWO doll conventions that take place in the same city with barely a month of difference between the two . Do you have any info?
Not that I think that those dolls are ugly, but they're nothing special. They look like Barbie Basics a little bit. I totally agree about the changes Mattel has to make like "releasing less pink mermaids". I'm glad you expressed your feelings, even though they may not be a popular opinion.
Sorry, I meant Barbie Look.
No. It's just that I need to approve your comment the first time you post.
Thank you for clarifing that. I was not sure how things are at GAW.
Here's my 2 cents – not so much about convention dolls but Barbie in general… I feel the collectors' items have gone downhill very rapidly. Haunted Beauty was fantastic, Faraway Forest was pretty good, the Barbie Look used to be great until they gave the doll playline-type faces, and Barbie Basics was awesome for collectors.
I would LOVE to see new DOTW lines as you mention, another Basics line, the Look dolls with older face sculpts again – Mackie, Kayla, Goddess, Steffie etc but NOT the Lagerfeld doll face which looks too cute and cartoon-ish for an adult collector. And another line of incredible display dolls like Haunted Beauty or similar – collectors don't mind paying over $100 for a stunning doll of exceptional quality.
It feels like the Barbie Collector Club (such as it is – as you say, there hasn't been any memberships issued for 2017 – is doing a very half-hearted job. Maybe they need to either ditch it all together, or renew their focus and business model to ensure they're attracting new collectors and keeping the ones they have.
I think you are absolutely right in your assessment of the economic pressures on Mattel. I seem to recall that at some point a few years ago the parent company of Mattel was not much interested in Barbie either, but I could be wrong about that. I don't think these Barbies are anything special even though they are quite cute and have articulated bodies. Although I live in Australia and don't go to the Barbie convention here, I can see how too many conventions in Europe would be a problem.
I do really like their new 'Made to Move' bodies, except for those stupid molded-onto-the-body undies! I mean, are people's minds really so in the gutter that Mattel has to do this (that's my whine for the day)? Mattel were very slow to develop articulation which other companies did faster and better (Integrity Toys for one).
You can say there is economic pressure on every toy company, but only Mattel deal with that badly. I like the new MoM line idea too, but the quailty of them is awful. I own one and she really bad finish of the plastic with lot of seam lines, not to mention glue head-.
To clarify – Mattel does not sponsor the National Convention in the US. We're grateful that they give us dolls, but they are not a sponsor.
I ment to say the give the convention dolls for free.
Thank you Dwane, I was going to say something here but you said it all. May I add tho, that our dolls have been some of the most sought after convention dolls for collectors. GAW is about the collector, and we do our best to please them.
More than the economy is the fact that the cost of labour in China has skyrocketed. Astronomically. That's a huge issue. Combine that with the fact that collectors seem to have a tolerance for certain price points and will not move beyond them. There's about a $30, a $50, a $75 and about $100– and if it's $150 it better be a designer licenced platinum edition.
Those tolerances haven't changed or grown in years. So if Mattel can't charge more, then they have to cut back. It's unfortunate but it's economics. It's why you see more molded plastic pieces. Every run through a sewing machine is a charge at the factory. Every seam. Every top stitch. It adds up. It's like people complaining about how a Barbie in 1960 was so much better and only $3. Well today you can still get a "basic" (beach) doll for about twice that– $6. And it's almost 60 years later. Milk back then was about what, 25 cents a gallon? Now it's $5. And that same doll would be $30 or more with inflation.
Is it the entire problem? no, but it doesn't help.
I'm sorry, but even with the inflation, the prices of toys are ridiculously high. No other plastic products have seen such a rise in prices, besides toys. The real and main reason for that is the lack competition; haven't you noticed how much less toy compaines there is compare to the early 2000's and before?! Mattel and Hasbro have monopoly on the toy market and "swallowed" so many great small toy companies just to limit the competition (they done nothing with their licenses or ruined them), so they can allow theselves to make lame toys and sell them for high prices.
Mattel doesn't make decisions just because. They have to make money (and they have a lot of mouths to feed– it's a huge company that spends millions in advertising) If a line works then they keep it going. If it doesn't they kill it or pare it down. Those lines Apart from the She ra) are all geared towards kids, who grow out of things. Even the original MOTU juggernaut died at some point. Nature of the biz.
I can understand the issue with She-Ra ( I blame Mattel for not reaching collectors abroad, they have international shipping without insurance and excpecting all people to buy one certain doll without any other options/variety and verdict the fate of an entire line based on one doll! ) and MH (though, Mattel made it worser with the reboot, instead of trying to have better ideas and desgins besides mini stretched tight boring dresses), but Life in the Dream House probably wasn't as successful?! It ran it's course?! The line was very successful (try to find doll/fasion pack from this line with a decent price and it's not that old) and it barely have two waves. EAH dropped in popularity when they start to made the dolls cheaper with less accessories, articulation and molded clothes and without stands.
As business and in general, you don't make more money without taking risks, every new line or dolls are basically new risks.
It's not always true; look at Transformers, calico critters, Licca Chan and Barbie (who survived until now), these are all very old lines that have exist for at least about 30 years. The problem, isn't that the first kids who got into the line grow up, the problem is how to continue to appeal to kids! The answer is always to innovate, yet keep the original spirt of the line and what made it stand in the crowed, in the first place. MOTU is a great exmple for line that failed to reinvent itself in time and stucked in the past.
Ada, thank you for your opinion concerning the Convention doll 2017. I really enjoyed reading the article. It's well delivered. Most of the cases, I agree with you.
The Parisian and the Japanese Souvenir Barbie dolls (and maybe even those for the next 'International' conventions of 2017) have just one thing wrong in many collectors eyes (not the body, not the face, not the hair, not the dress and not the quality), they will not sell well at secondary market. For many people, especially in the last 5/4 years, convention doll is synonymous of profit. We saw many times ridiculous prices of these dolls posted on Ebay one or two days after the event, not even considering if the doll is really an appreciable collector piece or if her 'rarity' will preserve a good value in time.
I'm not a collector of 'Barbie Look' collection but it is one of the line that collectors love and follow for its affordable price, the cute style of the dolls and it has a big success at '@BarbieStyle' Instagram fan page; I understand why Mr Bill Greening, this year conventions doll designer, choosed to celebrate the line with these souvenir dolls, because many of his fan collect 'Barbie Look' dolls.
I agree with all your viewpoints. Mattel is in trouble financially. And whether anyone wants to admit it or not, it IS the economy. Costs have skyrocketed in the manufacture process. They have to cut corners. I myself like these dolls, but I like any doll I get at a convention if I was fortunate enough to go. I love articulation.
The fact is other doll companies are having it rough and are cutting corners too- Tonner is reinventing his company, Integrity is using hooks and eyes instead of zippers, decals instead of painted eyes, and the list goes on. I am a collector both of Mattel Barbie Collector dolls and Integrity and would be willing to pay a higher price point if they would get their act together. But until you posted it here, I did not realize there were that many conventions in Europe that you could attend. That amount is and must be simply staggering. It is no wonder that Mattel has cut back on the quality of the convention dolls.
I think adding a few inches of yellow fabric to mask the articulations would have not be armful to their benefits and everybody would have said woww (face and hair color are exquisite). Even if there are many conventions, they can afford to offer doll (a doll is few bucks out from chinese factories). Mattel has bad press to the collector community, they are aware of that and do nothing because they lost tracks. All that matters are figures and dividends. We're not looking for silk and gold, you can be creative with tight costs. We need the flame to come back.
There was the observation made many years ago that Mattel every decade tries to destroy itself. Unfortunately, at this moment we are in this rut.
It may be easy to blame the ailing American economy for the current state of Mattel's woes or the dramatic cultural shifts where Barbie has become the lighting rod of post-feminist angst but the bitter reality is Mattel's management has failed to adapt to contemporary needs and maintain the nostalgic legacy across varying generations.
The two key woes that are well within Mattel's influence is quality control and distribution. You don't need to venture far to see a doll that should never have left the factory floor. Look at the latest Fashionistas. It is hard to find a doll with decent paintwork (no smearing, paint correctly positioned on the mould) and clothes that look like they actually fit the doll. Of late, we have started to see the American collectors complain about the quality of the collector line dolls (and they pay no-where near the price that the international collector does).
Distribution. Yes, Mattel is an American company but rather acting like an International company it acts like an American company with International dumping rights. Too often, we have seen a doll garner a lot of publicity but it never is sold here or they may release one or two dolls of a series with the rest suddenly unavailable to this market.
This does not take into account the complaints we have read about access to dolls on the official site. It is not that people don't want to buy the dolls, they just can't get their hands on them.
What we would do to fix the Barbie line?
1. Streamline the Playline. There are too many dolls and they are just variations of the one that came out six months ago. Honestly, how many painted on swimsuit Barbies do you need to release in a year? (Before Christmas, we counted three different swimsuit Barbies available). We would issue one beach range per summer with real clothing based upon a different beach located worldwide each year.
2. Ditch the plastic moulding for clothing. It is just wrong.
3. Decide upon a Basic Barbie and commit to that for the year with accompanying fashions. There are too many dolls competing for this title ranging from the Fashionistas, M2M, I Can Be and whatever else that never reaches these shores.
4. Have a new higher quality theme dolls (the 2017 equivalent to Peaches and Cream or Rockers Barbie) for each season which can also act as a Collector Doll.
5. If there is the insistence on North American exclusive, then ensure that each region gets its own equivalent exclusive and acknowledge it as such for the canon.
But the lines that once were great have fallen- including Monster High, ever after high, etc. I used to keep reminding myself that as much as I love collecting, initially these dolls are produced for children- at least, that is the primary market, but even the poor quality doesn't account for that fact. Because kids and parents, want more quality and accessories for their buck. I know when I've shopped for gifts for my nieces, I look for not only visually attractive pieces,but dolls that will provide fun experiences and will hold up. Nothing is more embarrassing or frustrating than hearing that a doll u paid $20 for broke after a few days of play.
Mattel has rebooted many lines when in fact, they should have rebooted their company in terms of production, quality management and focus. Until they do that, they will continue to chase their tails.
As someone who mostly and mainly collect playline toys through the years (since my childhood:P ), I have to agree about the poor quality of today's children toys. While 80's and 90's (and even early 2000's) toys can and known for surviving more then 20 years, I highly doubt current toys can even survive a decade. My childhood toys (inculding Barbies) are made from heavy, thick, high quality plastic with clean finish. On the other hand, most toys nowdays have hollow, thin, light weight, cheap plastic with ugly visible and even thick seam lines. The only toys that have comparable durability to toys from the past are pre-school lines such as Imaginext . I think something really bad happend to the toy industry (especially the American one) in 2012 and after, I don't why or how exactly, but since then or at this point it was very noticeable the decrease in Playline toys quality; for example my MH dolls are quite fragile (I was a teen when I had them) and probably easy to break , not to mention some years later I got to encounter the lovely phenomenon of glue seepage (all of my childhood barbie dolls have very squishy head). I also got my last Barbie past year, Made to Move Lea. Though, I have a feeling that she is strudier then your regular 10$ fashionistas (my Action Man is way sturdier then those new 5 PoA 12 inch figures), she still have horrible quality with ugly thick seam lines and glue seepage (imagine what's more fun as a little girl then play with your dolly hair and find out it sticky and yucky). Indeed Mattel need to shape up their company as whole and not just some toy here and there. I would recommended you to get Licca-chan dolls for your nieces, yeah they're a bit more pricey (depends on where you live), however they're basically the last good playline fashion dolls to exist.
All have a good point. The CEO was forced out by Mattel, no doubt with a Golden Parachute, and we may see a Lego Barbie, since Lego is now the top toy seller. All the dolls are looking like cheap playline items, the kind you'd see with ratty hair in a resale bin. What about the adult collectors? Remember all the great Mackie Faced girls from the the late 90s to the 2000s? Beautiful outfits, cool accessories. The Fashionistas concept is a great one for the playline doll. But the Holiday trio, with the small, child-like body, and molded bodices? First time I didn't buy my Holiday Barbie. And again, the small Silkstone body? I do like them, just feel the elbow joint looks too fragile. Here in the USA, no mention (yet) of the Barbie Fan Club, although have heard there will be an announcement sometime in March. This will take Mattel awhile to extricate themselves out of this disaster. In the meantime, glad I have my "older" girls and boys.
GAW pays for, and designs, their own dolls.
Mattel has been struggling for so long now that they need to just retire the Barbie brand. Perhaps all of the people who really connected with the doll and collecting community are no longer there so they have no idea what to do because they really have no passion for the doll. Really they say what goes around comes around and since Mattel originally stole Bild Lilly and used that for the Barbie mold and pushed many competitors out of the business maybe they are just finally getting what they deserve.


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Review: Apple iPhone Bluetooth Headset
Daniel Eran Dilger | Jul 30, 2007
Apple iPhone Bluetooth Headset
Apple's first accessory for the iPhone is its minimalist Bluetooth headset. It's light, simple, and attractively designed, but also lacks features of comparably priced devices and fails to deliver the full potential of the iPhone.
The headset costs $129, which is near the high end of comparable headsets. It also includes an iPhone dual dock that charges both the headset and the iPhone, and a separate USB docking cable that can be used to charge both from a single USB when traveling. It does not include another wall AC adapter. Apple charges $50 for an iPhone dock and $30 for an extra headset charging USB cable, so having both included in the headset's box and price makes the price seem fair as a package.
The box is identical to the iPhone's; it even presents the tiny black adapter in a similar clear plastic tray, as if it were sleeping beauty in a glass coffin waiting for its prince charming to activate it. Apple's presentation skills are getting so sophisticated that it's difficult to ever throw the packaging away.
Also inside the box are two iPod style ear piece covers and a thin user guide. The device itself is so simple that the manual is almost unnecessary. Simply plugging it into the dock with the iPhone pairs the two together and charges it up; everything else is managed by its one button on the headset itself:
Push the button to accept or end a call or
Push and hold the button until it beeps to decline a call.
With a second call on hold, or when receiving a second call:
Push the button to hold the existing call and take the second call or
Push and hold the button until it beeps to drop the existing call and take the second call.
To turn the device on, push and hold the button until three rising tones play and the LED blinks green.
To turn the device off, push and hold the button until three falling tones play and the LED blinks amber.
While on, pushing the button will play a tone and the LED will blink green to indicate that it's on.
When placed in the dock, the amber LED on the headset flashes while charging, then turns solid green when fully charged. The headset only fits into the dock one way, and snaps into place using a magnetic connection similar to the Mac Book's MagSafe plug.
The headset promises 5.5 hours of talk time or 72 hours of standby before needing a charge. The provided dock and cable indicate that it needs to be charged about as often as the iPhone. Some headsets offer considerably more battery life, but that also tends to make them larger and heavier. This headset is just 2" long and as thin as a carpenter's pencil.
The iPhone's Match
The headset's effortlessly simple charging and Bluetooth pairing makes the device well matched for the iPhone. In fact, while Apple includes instructions on how to manually pair it with other phones, it's obvious that it was designed expressly for iPhone users. Its large desktop dual dock is rather worthless without an iPhone, and its USB cable also cries out for attachment to the phone it was designated to pair with.
Apple doesn't have to worry about too many consumers wanting its Bluetooth adapter, as there are plenty of cheaper or more broadly featured devices that are widely available. Using it with another phone is a bit like using Apple's Mighty Mouse with a PC; sure you can, but nobody really has any good reason to do so.
It can be paired with a computer that supports standard Bluetooth headsets using the Hands Free Profile 1.5. The most obvious use outside the iPhone would be as a desktop iChat headset.
Apple's headset appears to be the black version of the iPod's white headphones: a subtle indication and perhaps fashion statement that you're using an Apple product. Unlike the iPod's inexpensive white earbuds, the Bluetooth headset costs too much to be bundled with every iPhone, making it an extra slightly bit more elitist. Unlike many other headsets, Apple's looks less like a Star Trek Borg disguise and more like a sophisticated and elegant business tool.
It's not just looks either. The solid form of the device works in either ear and acts as a directional mic to pick up sound very well; callers remarked that they could hear me as well or better then when talking directly into the iPhone. The earpiece was less ideal, with occasional interference and lower volume than I would prefer, particularly when in a noisy environment. Volume is adjusted from the iPhone; turning up the volume to the max only provided enough sound for a quiet room, and seemed to increase the amount of noise more than the actual signal.
Wireless range depends on a lot of factors, including interference from other radio sources such as a microwave oven, cordless phones, and 2.4 GHz WiFi networking. Apple says the headset has an operating range of "up to 33 feet," but the headset and the iPhone seemed to do poorly when separated by an obstruction of any kind, even when very close together. Simply putting the iPhone in my back pocket noticeably degraded the signal to the point where it was noisy, and I don't even have any bionic parts between my ear and my pelvis.
At less than a quarter of an ounce, the nearly weightless headset is at least as comfortable to wear as other earbud headphones, without the tugging wires. It seemed to prefer to occasionally rotate downward so that the mouth piece was pointed at my shoulder rather than my mouth, but it was virtually impossible to get it to fall out of my ear without physically bumping it.
Despite its minimal and sophisticated flat black appearance, Apple's headset doesn't do everything other headsets can. Many offer some sort of call redial feature, and some include fancy noise filtering features and a longer battery life. Apart from switching between calls, it doesn't offer any way to merge calls; any special call handling requires keeping the iPhone out and available. The adapter also doesn't add any new features to the iPhone, so there's no way to perform voice dialing, for example.
The most troubling problem for the Bluetooth adapter is that, while it's certainly serviceable as a phone headset, it ignores both the iPod and the 'breakthrough Internet device' that lurk within the iPhone. There's no way to listen to music or to live podcasts in Safari over the headset, meaning headset users have to restrict their use of the iPhone to simply being a phone, unless they play the iPhone's music through its built in speaker or through their vehicle's audio system. Otherwise, listening to music requires putting in earbuds and taking the headset out.
That makes the biggest consideration for potential buyers whether they feel wireless headset operation trumps listening to music. Ideally, Apple will release A2DP Bluetooth support for the iPhone and offer a stereo Bluetooth headset to match, delivering the best of both worlds. Until then, users will have to decide whether the iPhone's included earbuds — with integrated mic and call accept button — really need to be replaced with a Bluetooth headset.
Apple's Bluetooth Adapter is a well designed product that performs suitably as intended, but doesn't trade off any simplicity for some of the features in other Bluetooth headsets. Sound quality is very good for the remote caller but only fair to good for the user. Users attracted to Apple's attractive, minimalist, and easy to use designs shouldn't be disappointed, but it offers no real surprises in terms of features.
Elegantly slim and very lightweight design.
Comfortable to wear.
Includes a dock and extra travel cable.
Easy to set up and use.
Limited range and battery life.
No fancy phone control features or redial.
No iPhone audio support apart from phone calls.
No voice dialing support.
For those interested, AppleInsider previously published an in-depth review of the Apple iPhone itself. AppleInsider also published a comparison review of the iPhone from the eyes of a former Blackberry 8700 user.
bacillus
I so wanted to like this - but the flaws keep adding up.
The nail in the coffin is this
Apple's headset appears to be the black version of the iPod's white headphones
It will be interesting to see if they can make some volume corrections with a firmware update. However, this still smacks of that 100$ iPod leather case introduced in early 2006, where its main selling point was that it was inscribed with 'iPod'. Noting special about it - other then it being "nice" as Steve Jobs put it.
pubguy
How do you know that it won't support Voice Dialing since the iPhone doesn't have a voice dialing feature?
If Apple adds voice dialing to the iPhone through a software update, how do you know that this feature won't be supported by the headset?
bdj21ya
Poor inbound sound quality, and volume only suitable for a quiet room? For a bluetooth headset, one of the main uses is in places that will NOT be quiet (outdoors while walking, or in the car driving). I think that a "Good" rating doesn't really agree with your review. Take off a dot and you'll be a bit more on. It sounds like Apple did a pretty poor job on this one.
nvidia2008
Mostly I'm dissapointed that it doesn't work seamlessly with a Zune.
kukito
Originally Posted by pubguy
How can the reviewer review a feature that hasn't even been announced?

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Seriemördare kallas en person som mördar minst tre personer, om morden sker vid olika avgränsade tillfällen, och vars motivation till största del är baserad på psykologisk tillfredsställelse. En hypotes är att många seriemördare lider av antisocial personlighetsstörning, det vill säga psykopati/sociopati. De är vanligtvis inte psykotiska och uppfattas generellt sett av andra som ganska normala och till och med som charmiga, som den amerikanske psykiatrikern Hervey Cleckley kallar "The Mask of Sanity". Morden innefattar vanligtvis sexuella element och begås ofta efter ett särskilt mönster, efter mördarens modus operandi, och offren har ofta någonting gemensamt, som exempelvis yrke, etnicitet, hårfärg eller kön.

Det sägs att termen seriemördare myntades av en elev på Michigan State University och av FBI-agenten Robert Ressler under 1970-talet. Termen seriemördare syftar på bland andra John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, Amelia Dyer, David Berkowitz och Zodiac-mördaren.

Psykologi och utveckling
Seriemördare är specifikt motiverade av en mängd psykologiska begär och drifter, som vanligtvis innefattar makt- och sexualrelaterade tvång. De känner sig ofta otillräckliga och värdelösa, möjligen som en följd av att de har blivit förnedrade, mobbade eller misshandlade i barndomen, och haft problem med fattigdom och låg socioekonomisk inkomst i vuxen ålder. I många fall så begår seriemördare sina brott med syftet att kompensera för dessa faktorer så att de förser sig själva med en känsla av potens och ofta hämnd. Detta ger dem en känsla av makt, både under omständigheterna då morden begås och även efter. Blotta tanken på att deras gärningar sätter hela samhällen i skräck och förbluffar polisen ger seriemördaren denna starka känsla av makt och kontroll. Dessa aspekter av deras motivation skiljer dem från yrkesmördare och andra mördare som begår mord ett flertal gånger, då dessa motiveras av vinst snarare än psykologisk tillfredsställelse. Till exempel, i Skottland under 1820-talet, mördade William Burke och William Hare ett antal människor i vad som blev känt som West Port-morden eller "The Case of the Body Snatchers" för att sälja liken.

Hjärnan och känslokontroll
En teori angående seriemördares patologi, framförd av Helen Morrison, är att de inte är en produkt av sexuella övergrepp, känslor av otillräcklighet eller av låg socioekonomisk status, utan snarare en produkt av en känslomässig/emotionell utvecklingsstörning. Hennes teori påstår att seriemördares låga emotionella utvecklingsnivå orsakar deras spruckna och disparata personligheter - det vill säga, de saknar delar som är förekommande hos normala människor. Morrison skrev att bedövad emotionell utveckling också förklarar förekommande drag hos seriemördare som att till exempel hålla mjuka föremål mot munnen (som är det primära känselorganet hos spädbarn) vilket har observerats hos seriemördare som Richard Otto Macek, Ted Bundy och John Wayne Gacy bland flera.

Morrisons teori påstår också att en seriemördare inte har utvecklat en grundläggande nivå av emotionell kontroll, och känner på grund av detta "känslor av otillräcklighet och värdelöshet, ibland på grund av förödmjukelse och misshandel", vilket drar dem till mord; rättare sagt, mördandet är faktiskt en sorts experiment som hämmas av individens låga eller totala avsaknad av sympati eller empati för sina offer.

Adrian Raine studerade aktivitet och funktion av hjärnans områden hos seriemördare jämfört med en kontrollgrupp med hjälp av PET-skanningar. Raine fann att seriemördarna hade en förhöjd aktivitet i det limbiska systemet, den del av hjärnan vars komponenter ansvarar för känslor. Det sågs också en skillnad mellan typer av seriemördare. "Proactive killers", eller sådana som planerade och var noggrann och metodisk i sina dåd sågs ha en högre aktivitet i prefrontala cortex, den del av hjärnan som har hand om beslut och logiskt tänkande. Samtidigt såg man att "Reactive killers", sådana som agerar impulsivt och i affektion hade lägre aktivitet i prefrontala cortex. Raine diskuterar detta kunde bero på att prefrontala cortex är viktig för impulskontroll och känsloreglering. Det som förvånade var fynden att även de seriemördare som verkade "kallblodiga" och empatilösa hade högre aktivitet i limbiska systemet, vilket ger en indikation att även så kallade "kallblodiga" seriemördare upplever emotionella svängningar men äger förmågan att besinna sig mer än andra typer av mördare. Se "Typer av seriemördare" längre ned.

Fantasier och psykos
Faktorn angående seriemördarens fantasier spelar en extremt stor roll för en sådan. Fantasierna börjar ofta under, eller till och med innan, puberteten. Deras fantasiliv är mycket rikt och de dagdrömmer tvångsmässigt om dominering, underkastelse och mord, vanligtvis med ett väldigt specifikt mönster som eventuellt uppenbarar sig i deras riktiga brott. En del njuter av att läsa berättelser och se på foton innehållande våldtäkt, tortyr och mord.

En del seriemördare uppvisar i barndomen en eller flera varningstecken av vad som är känt som "Macdonald-triaden". Dessa tre punkter är som följande:

 Anläggning av bränder, eller mordbrand, ställbart för kickens skull som de får av att förstöra saker, för att få uppmärksamhet eller för att förövaren ska känna sig mer maktfull.
 Grymhet mot djur (relaterad till "zoosadism"). Många barn må vara grymma mot djur, som att dra av benen på spindlar och dylikt. Men blivande seriemördare dödar ofta större djur, som katter och hundar, och enbart för egen njutning snarare än för att imponera på jämnåriga.
 Sängvätning efter åldern då barn vanligtvis har vuxit ifrån sådana problem.

När de blir fångade och förhörda i rätten i USA så brukar en del seriemördare erkänna sig icke skyldiga på grund av sinnessjukdom. I de flesta amerikanska rättskipningar så baseras den lagliga definitionen av sinnessjukdom, det vill säga psykos, generellt sett på det klassiska "rätt eller fel"-testet konstruerat av det engelska straffrättssystemet i fallet om M'Naghten som ägde rum år 1843.

M'Naghtenreglerna, såsom det generellt sett kallas inom det juridiska systemet, hänger på om respondenten visste skillnaden mellan rätt eller fel under tiden då brotten begicks. Med vissa seriemördare så gör omfattande uppsåt kombinerat med brist på några uppenbara vanföreställningar eller hallucinationer, som kunde ha hindrat respondentens förmåga att undkomma upptäckt efter att ha begått flertaliga mord, det mycket svårt att uppnå en dom där respondenten bedöms som icke skyldig.

Motiv
Seriemördares motiv kan delas in i fem olika kategorier, trots att det finns ett fåtal seriemördare som har uppvisat drag av fler än en av dessa. I motsats till vad den generella populationen tror så är seriemördare sällan motiverade av syn- och/eller rösthallucinationer. Många påstår sig dock vara galna, fast vanligtvis endast med syftet att kunna lägga över skulden på en mentalsjukdom och därmed undvika en dödsdom. Men det finns dock ett fåtal genuina fall där seriemördare faktiskt har framtvingats av mentala sjukdomar.

Visionärer
Herbert Mullin mördade 13 människor efter att han hört röster som sagt åt honom att mord var nödvändigt för att förebygga en jordbävning i Kalifornien. Mullin fick det personligt bekräftat när det gick upp för honom att Kalifornien faktiskt undvek att drabbas av en jordbävning under hans mordiska framfart.

Ed Gein mördade två kvinnor (eller fler, det exakta antalet är okänt) som liknade hans mamma. Han använde också skinn från kvinnliga lik, som han grävt upp från den lokala kyrkogården, med målet att tillverka en "kvinnodräkt" (såväl som andra prydnadsdekorationer, som gardiner och lampskärmar) till sig själv så att han kunde "bli" sin mamma. Efter att han blivit gripen låstes han in på ett mentalsjukhus för resten av sitt liv.

Missionärer
De så kallade missionärsmördarna tror att deras gärningar är rättfärdigande genom att de gör sig av med en viss grupp av personer (ofta prostituerade eller medlemmar av en särskild folkgrupp), och anser därför att de gör samhället en tjänst. Dr. John Bodkin Adams var en brittisk kristen fundamentalist (och en medlem av Plymouthbröderna). Hans rika, icke religiösa, offer blev delvis dödade med syftet att redistribuera deras rikedom till folk som Adams ansåg "förtjäna det", vanligtvis - men inte alltid - honom själv. Ett svenskt exempel på denna typ av mördare är John Ausonius, mera känd som lasermannen, som sköt 11 personer med utländsk bakgrund. Missionärsmördarna skiljer sig från andra seriemördare eftersom deras motiv i regel inte är sexuellt.

Hedonister
Den här typen av mördare dödar för njutningens skull, och vilken aspekt av morden som tillfredsställer denna grupp varierar. Denna grupp tillhör de seriemördare som vanligtvis skildras i psykologiska thrillers, splatterfilmer, skräckfilmer osv. Yang Xinhais uttalande efter att han arresterats är typiskt för sådana här mördares attityder: "När jag dödade människor, så fick jag behovet av att döda fler. Detta inspirerade mig till att döda fler. Jag bryr mig inte om vare sig de förtjänar att leva eller inte. Det är inte mitt problem."
En del seriemördare av denna typ finner störst njutning i själva jakten på ett nytt offer mer än någonting annat, medan andra i första hand motiveras av att tortera och misshandla sina offer, medan själva dödandet är mindre viktigt. En del mördare som Dennis Rader, Wichitas mest ökända seriemördare känd som BTK (Bind Torture Kill), njöt av både jakten efter och tortyren av sina offer. Han mördade 10 människor. Men andra, som Jeffrey Dahmer och Dennis Nilsen, brukar döda offret snabbt för att sedan ägna sig åt nekrofili och kannibalism.

Den sexuella aspekten är vanligtvis mycket stark i deras brott även om detta kanske inte omedelbart uppenbaras; några seriemördare uppnår ett framvällande av upphetsning som inte nödvändigtvis är sexuell, såsom med David Berkowitz, som fick en kick av att skjuta slumpmässigt utvalda unga par i bilar för att sedan snabbt springa därifrån utan att ens ha vidrört sina offer. En hypotes är att dessa individer har en hög endorfintolerans. Normala individer kan få en kick av aktiviteter från allt att ta en joggingtur till att åka berg- och dalbana. Psykopater/sociopater har däremot en högre tolerans för spänning vilket innebär att de måste utsätta sig för något som ger dem en endorfinkick.

Det är också värt att notera att en del av dessa typer av seriemördare, som Gary Ridgway - den ökända "Green River-mördaren", ofta försöker att rättfärdiga sina handlingar när de blir fångade genom att påstå att de gjorde samhället en tjänst, precis som missionärsmördarna (Ridgway attackerade exempelvis prostituerade). Men deras val av socialt "oönskvärda" offer grundas snarare på deras egen tillfredsställelse än något annat. De vet att dessa typer av offer är villiga att följa med dem till avlägsna områden, och att de antagligen inte blir rapporterade som försvunna förrän efter en betydligt längre tid efter deras död, och att dödsfallen/försvinnandena generellt sett inte drar till sig någon större uppmärksamhet från allmänheten.

Vinstmotiverade
De flesta brottslingar som begår flertaliga mord för materiella vinster (såsom yrkesmördare från maffian) klassificeras inte som seriemördare eftersom de motiveras av ekonomisk vinst snarare än av psykologisk tillfredsställelse. Det finns trots allt en tydlig gräns som åtskiljer sådana mördare. Marcel Pétiot som var verksam i det naziockuperade Frankrike, kan exempelvis klassificeras som en seriemördare. Han låtsades vara medlem av den franska motståndsrörelsen och lurade rika judar till sitt hem och påstod att han kunde smuggla ut dem ur landet. Men istället mördade han dem och stal deras ägodelar. När han blev fångad så hade han dödat 63 människor.

Makt- och kontrollmotiverade
Huvudmotivet för dessa typer av seriemördare är att få kontroll över sitt offer. Dessa mördare har ibland utsatts för misshandel i barndomen vilket ger dem känslor av maktlöshet och otillräcklighet i vuxen ålder. Många makt- och kontrollmotiverade mördare antastar sina offer sexuellt, men skiljer sig ändå från hedonistiska mördare eftersom våldtäkten motiveras av en vilja att dominera snarare än av lust.

Typer av seriemördare
Ett signifikant antal seriemördare uppvisar vissa aspekter av både en organiserad och desorganiserad sådan, men ofta är det ett av dessa karaktärsdrag som dominerar. En del seriemördare nedstiger från att vara en organiserad till en desorganiserad seriemördare i takt med att deras mord fortsätter kontinuerligt. I början begår de sina mord metodiskt och med stor försiktighet, men blir med tiden alltmer slarviga och impulsiva i takt med att deras tvångsmässiga mordbegär tar över deras liv. Oavsett så delar FBI in seriemördare i två olika kategorier: den organiserade seriemördaren och den desorganiserade seriemördaren.

Organiserade förbrytare har vanligtvis en hög intelligens, med en IQ över genomsnittet (>110), och planerar sina brott ganska metodiskt. De kidnappar vanligtvis sina offer, dödar dem på en plats och gör sig av med kroppen på en annan plats. De lurar ofta sina offer med ett knep för att locka till sig dem och utnyttjar deras sympati. Ted Bundy brukade exempelvis bära sin arm i mitella och be kvinnor om hjälp med att bära föremål till hans bil. Där slog han dem medvetslösa med ett järnrör (vanligtvis en kofot) och förde bort dem. Andra attackerar prostituerade, som frivilligt går med seriemördaren som en kund. Dessa typer av seriemördare uppehåller en stor kontroll över brottsplatsen, och har vanligtvis en god kunskap om rättsvetenskap vilket gör det möjligt för dem att dölja sina spår genom att till exempel begrava kroppen eller tynga ner den och dumpa den i en flod, sjö, hav etc. De följer sina brott noga i media och känner sig ofta stolta över sina gärningar, som om det vore ett slags storslaget projekt. Den organiserade mördaren är ofta socialt kapabel och har vänner och älskare, och ibland till och med hustru och barn. De är typen som, när de blir tillfångatagna, blir beskrivna av sitt umgänge som en snäll och trevligt person som inte ens skulle göra en fluga förnär. En del seriemördare går så pass långt att de lyckas göra sina brott mycket svåra att upptäcka, genom att till exempel förfalska självmordsbrev, lägga över skulden på andra, iscensätta gängbråk eller naturliga dödsorsaker. Coral Watts, Ted Bundy och John Wayne Gacy är bra exempel på den här typen av seriemördare.

Desorganiserade förbrytare har vanligtvis en låg intelligens, med en IQ under genomsnittet (<90), och de begår sina brott impulsivt. Medan den organiserade mördaren ger sig ut på en jakt efter ett specifikt offer så mördar den desorganiserade sina offer så fort möjligheten kommer. De bryr sig sällan om att göra sig av med kroppen och lämnar den istället på samma plats där de hittade offret. De attackerar plötsligt utan varning, och utför vilka ritualer de än känner för (nekrofili, lemlästning, kannibalism etc.) när offret har dött. De bryr sig sällan om att dölja sina spår men brukar ändå, med en slughet som håller dem igång, kunna undvika att bli tillfångatagna under en tid. De är ofta socialt inkapabla, har få vänner och kan ha en lång historia av mentala sjukdomsproblem bakom sig. De anses ofta av sitt umgänge som excentriska eller till och med som "lite läskiga." De är vanligtvis också tillbakadragna människor. De har en dålig insikt i sina brott och kan till och med blockera minnen från morden. Ed Gein, Henry Lee Lucas och Ottis Toole är bra exempel på den här typen av seriemördare.

Det argumenteras om att de medicinska yrkesområdena producerar flest seriemördare, i första hand doktorer eller sköterskor. Ett exempel på detta är fallet om Harold Shipman, en engelsk doktor med familj, som iscensatte det hela så att det såg ut som om offren dött av naturlig orsak; mellan 1971 och 1998 mördade han åtminstone 215, eller möjligtvis bra över 250, av sina egna gamla patienter - och fram till slutet av hans mordkarriär misstänktes det inte ens att några brott hade begåtts.

Offer
Kriminologer har länge lagt märke till att det finns en länk mellan de flesta seriemördare och deras val av offer. En sådan länk är anknytningen mellan demografiska faktorer och valen av offren. Medan risken att falla offer för en seriemördare är mycket liten i förhållande till andra våldsamma brott och till populationen som helhet så uttrycker sig seriemord däremot oftare mer extremt. I jämförelse med andra brott så är mord faktisk det brott som kräver minst antal offer.

Seriemördare tenderar i regel att oftare attackera kvinnor än män. De dödar sällan familjemedlemmar eller personer i sin bekantskapskrets, utan offren är vanligtvis främlingar. Detta skiljer dem från engångsmördare som generellt sett mördar lika många kvinnor som män och oftare dödar vänner eller familjemedlemmar. Seriemördares mord är ofta sexuellt motiverade. Den sexuella drivkraften stödjer teorin om att seriemördare tenderar att ha specifika kriterier och sexuella intressen som motiverar deras speciella val av offer. Hur offret väljs ut är även en faktor som skiljer seriemördare från andra typer av mördare.

I USA föredrar seriemördare offer i åldern 18-50 år. Majoriteten av dessa offer är vita vilket stödjer forskare som hävdar att seriemördare väljer offer med samma hudfärg som de själva. Kvinnliga seriemördare tenderar att mörda offer som de har en personlig relation till (oftast make och barn) i motsats till manliga seriemördare som mördar främlingar.

Seriemord i Sverige
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Seriemord i Sverige är ett sällan förekommande fenomen i förhållande till större nationer som Förenta Staterna (USA), som sägs producera majoriteten av alla seriemördare.

John Ausonius

John Ausonius, mera känd som "Lasermannen", beväpnad först med gevär med lasersikte och senare med en revolver, sköt mellan 1991 och 1992 sammanlagt 11 personer (varav en dog och resten fick skador för livet) i Stockholm och Uppsala. Men tekniskt sett så räknas John Ausonius inte som en seriemördare, eftersom han bara dödade en person. Men han uppvisade däremot ett seriemördarbeteende eftersom hans avsikt var att döda sina offer. Anledningen till att så många av hans offer överlevde ska ha varit för att Ausonius skruvade på ljuddämparen snett, vilket resulterade i kulorna inte träffade där han siktade.

Anders Hansson

Under 99 dygn (5 oktober 1978 till 12 januari 1979) dog 27 patienter. Mördaren, Anders Hansson, hade tagit livet av dessa genom att få dem att dricka starkt frätande kemikalier, exempelvis Gevisol, Ivisol, Blido och Desderman. Anledningen var att han ville "befria dem från deras lidande" och/eller att gamlingarna "trakasserat personalen". Poliserna som utredde morden uppgav att förhören med honom "skapat en förlamande och skrämmande känsla av overklighet, av maktlöshet inför något totalt främmande. Upplevelsen har legat kvar som en plågsam förnimmelse flera timmar efter varje konfrontation" I rättegången erkände förövaren, då 19 år gammal, att han förgiftat totalt 42 människor varav 27 alltså dött. Till slut fälldes han den 28 augusti 1979 för 11 mord och 16 mordförsök till rättspsykiatrisk vård av tingsrätten i Malmö. Personalen inom psykvården ansåg senare att han skötte sina uppgifter "robotartat" och exemplariskt så länge han fick arbetsuppgifter tilldelat sig. Med detta i åtanke, och att han förmodligen inte upprepar sina brott blev han i början av 1990-talet åter en fri man.

Anders Lindbäck

Prästen Anders Lindbäck (1803-1865) mördade tre personer och försökte mörda ytterligare fyra.

Tore Hedin

Tore Hedin var mannen bakom de så kallade Hurvamorden. Bortsett från det första mordet, skedde alla samma natt, på två olika platser. Om man räknar detta som olika tillfällen, var Hedin en seriemördare.

Ernst-Hugo Järegård spelade 1986 Tore Hedin i mini-serien Skånska mord (avsnittet har "Hurvamorden"). Hurvamorden beskrevs även i TV-programmet Veckans brott, säsong 5, avsnitt 2.

Peter Mangs

Skjutningarna i Malmö skedde under slutet av 2009 och under 2010. Den 9 november 2010 grep polisen Peter Mangs som misstänkt för flera av skotten. Polisen misstänkte honom även för två mord begångna redan 2003. Den 24 juli 2012 dömdes Mangs av Malmö tingsrätt för två mord begångna 2003 respektive 2009, fyra mordförsök och tre fall av grovt olaga hot.

Seriemord före 1900
Trots att seriemördarfenomenet generellt sett anses som ett modernt sådant, så kan det spåras tillbaka i historien med en begränsad nivå av tillförlitlighet.

Liu Pengli från Kina, kusin till kejsare Han Jing, blev kung över Jidong år 144 f.kr. Enligt den kinesiska historikern Sima Qian så brukade han "gå ut på maroderingsexpeditioner med 20 till 30 slavar, eller unga män som var på flykt från lagen, och mörda människor för att sedan beslagta deras ägodelar som om det vore rena sporten." Trots det att många av hans avsedda offer var medvetna om dessa mord, och att "de var rädda för att gå ut på natten", så var det inte förrän det 29:e året av hans regeringstid som en son till en av offrens familj skickade en anmälan till kejsaren. Så småningom "kom det fram att han hade mördat åtminstone 100 eller fler personer." Myndigheterna och rätten begärde att Liu Pengli skulle bli avrättad. Men kejsare Jing kunde inte stå ut med tanken på detta, så Liu Pengli blev istället offentligt bannlyst.

På 1400-talet sades det att en av de rikaste männen i Frankrike, Gilles de Retz, hade kidnappat, antastat och dödat åtminstone 100 barn. De flesta var pojkar som han kidnappade från närliggande byar och förde till sitt slott. Den ungerska aristokraten Elisabet Báthory arresterades år 1610 och blev därpå åtalad för att ha torterat och slaktat så många som 600 unga flickor, med syftet att bada i deras blod i tron om att detta skulle behålla hennes ungdom. Precis som med Liu Pengli så ställdes båda inför rätta efter en lång tid; De Retz och Báthory var ju båda rika, mäktiga och adliga. På grund av detta, trots att folket i områdena kände till deras brott, så vägrade deras överordnade att tro på ryktena tills det helt enkelt inte gick att förneka dem längre. Efter att De Retz arresterats erkände han sina brott, och fakta kom fram att han var en demondyrkare som led av vanföreställningar. Dåtidens veckotidningar gjorde ofta affärer med de makthavande. Rättare sagt så var det brist på etablerade polisstyrkor under de århundradena, och inte minst i Europa. Därför kan det ha existerat andra klassiska seriemördare som antingen aldrig blev identifierade eller publicerade. Många groteska gärningar, som antagligen i själva verket begåtts av seriemördare, skylldes istället på varulvar och demoner.

Thug Behram, en indisk gängledare över en lönnmördarkult känd som Thuggee, påstås ha varit den värsta seriemördaren genom tiderna. Enligt ett flertal källor så påstås han ha strypt så många som 931 människor med en slags ceremoniell duk, som användes av kulten från 1790 till 1830. Om detta är sant så är Behram, av de man känner till, den seriemördare som på egen hand begått flest mord i världshistorien. Dessutom så ska några individuella bödlar och deras samarbetsmän från de nazityska Einsatzgruppen i östra Europa ha begått ett liknande antal mord. Enligt Guinness rekordbok så ska Thuggee-kulten sammanlagt ha legat bakom ungefär 2 miljoner mord.

Den oidentifierade mördaren känd som Jack Uppskäraren (Jack the Ripper) mördade prostituerade (det exakta antalet offer är okänt, men minst 5 mord är bekräftade) i London år 1888. Dessa brott fick en enorm uppmärksamhet i media eftersom London under den tiden var världens största maktcentrum. Så när dessa dramatiska mord på fattiga kvinnor begicks mitt ibland de rika så började nyhetsmedia istället fokuseras på den svårt belägna fattigdomen i staden, och fallet om Jack Uppskäraren spreds över hela världen.

I sin bok Psychopathia Sexualis noterade Richard von Krafft-Ebing ett fall med en fransk seriemördare som var verksam under 1870-talet. Mannen hette Eusebius Pieydagnelle och var sexuellt besatt av blod. Han erkände morden på 6 människor. År 1898 i Frankrike avrättades Joseph Vacher efter att han erkänt hur han mördat och lemlästat 11 kvinnor och barn, medan den amerikanske seriemördaren H.H. Holmes hängdes i Philadelphia år 1896 efter att ha erkänt morden på 27 människor.

En del historiska kriminologer påstår att seriemördare alltid har existerat, men att specifika fall aldrig anmäldes. Vissa källor påstår att legender om varulvar och vampyrer i själva verket inspirerades av medeltida seriemördare.

Seriemördare i populärkultur
Fenomenet seriemördare är ett mycket tacksamt ämne inom film och litteratur. Seriemördare har framträtt i många romaner, filmer, sånger, serietidningar, dokumentärfilmer, såpoperor och datorspel m.m. Filmer som När lammen tystnar, Psycho, Scream, Se7en, Copycat, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Alla helgons blodiga natt och Fredagen den 13:e-filmerna har skildrat seriemördare som skurkar, antihjältar och till och med som protagonister. Exempel på välkända fiktiva seriemördare inkluderar Hannibal Lecter, Norman Bates, Freddy Krueger, Carnage, Leatherface, Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, Patrick Bateman, Serge A. Storms, Jigsaw, Sylar, Dexter Morgan och ett flertal andra. Några av dessa har blivit de mest välkända och populäraste karaktärerna i modern kultur. Seriemördare har också skildrats i datorspel som till exempel Condemned: Criminal Origins, och dess uppföljare Condemned 2.

Minnessouvenirer och andra föremål om seriemördare är en subkultur som kretsar kring arvet av flertaliga ökända och beryktade seriemördare. Medan minnessouvenirerna vanligtvis innefattar målningar, skrifter och dikter om ökända mördare så har marknaden expanderat på senare år och börjat sälja uppslagsverk om seriemördare, samlarkort och till och med actionfigurer. Några av de mest välkända minnessouvenirerna inkluderar clownmålningarna av John Wayne Gacy och dikterna av Jack Unterweger.

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Learn How To Make This Adorable Wedding Day Card!
I don't remember when I first saw this wonderful card trend, but I was instantly enamored with the idea. I've been thinking hard about the best way to bring you a fully customizable DIY card like this and it finally hit me – use adorable number stickers instead of an editable pdf! So today I'm thrilled to be sharing my do-it-yourself, "Today I Have Loved You For…" Card. The free printable I designed can be embellished in so many different styles and I've created two cards as examples. The supplies are simple, but the stand out item is the 3D number stickers – which are available at all major crafting stores. To really see the time we have spent loving each other can be powerful, so add up your numbers and get to crafting. I think this is the absolute perfect card to give your fiancé on the morning of your wedding, but it would also make a wonderful Anniversary or Valentines Day card!
This adorable card reads, "Today I have loved you for (insert number) days, and I'll love you for a million more." Make sure to grab your free download at the bottom of the post!
Grab our free design at the bottom of the post and print onto 8.5″ x 11″ cardstock. Then trim.
I created the design with enough space so that you could cut and trim it to almost any size or shape. You can use fancy edged scissors, punches and etc. to embellish. It's spaced off to the right so that if you'd like, you can actually print it out and fold the cardstock into the card itself. It's all up to you!
I cut a little ribbon tail at the end of my design… but your embellishment is up to you. My final trim of this card was to 3-1/2″ x 5-3/4″.
Now add your number stickers!
Both of the 3D style number stickers I used here are from Michaels and the links to their online listings are shared below. When buying, just make sure that your numbers are less than 1-1/4″ tall – otherwise they won't fit within the space provided.
Add a few Glue Dots lines (or your favorite scrapbooking adhesive) to the back of your printable and adhere to the A6 sized card.
Embellish the top with washi tape if you'd like!
There you have it. A lovely, heartfelt way to tell your favorite person how much you love them! I know that you all are going to get super creative with this idea and I can't wait to see what you come up with!


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Q: multiple models for each partial c# dotnet core

<partial name="_ChildInfo"></partial>

<partial name="_ChildReg">

<partial name="_YourKidsTab"></partial>

I have 3 tabs on my dashboard. I can't seem to find a way to have have 3 different models assigned to each partial since they are all called from the same route.
EDIT: Additional code upon request.
///////////////////////cshtml
@{
if(Model != null)
{
    foreach(Participant i in Model)
        {

@i.ParticipantFirstName

        }
}
if(Model == null)
{

null?

}

}
test123
//viewModel
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Linq;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;

namespace LeagueProject.Models
{
    public class ViewModel
    {
        private Context db;
        public ViewModel(Context context)
        {
            db = context;
        }
        public Participant participant { get; set; }
        public List<Participant> allParticipants { get; set; }
        // List<Participant> allParticipants = db.Participants.Include(i=>i.Parent).ToList();

    public class Participant
    {
        [Key]
        public int ParticipantId { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "is required")]
        [MinLength(2, ErrorMessage = "must be at least 2 characters")]
        public string ParticipantFirstName { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "is required")]
        [MinLength(2, ErrorMessage = "must be at least 2 characters")]
        public string ParticipantLastName { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "is required")]
        public string ParticipantGender { get; set; }

        // [Required(ErrorMessage = "is required")]
        // [Range(8, 20, ErrorMessage="this league if roages 8-19")]
        // public int ParticipantAge { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage="Need a date of birth")]
        [DataType(DataType.Date)]
        public System.DateTime ParticipantDOB { get; set; }

        public int UserId { get; set; }
        public User Parent { get; set; }

        public List<MMLeagueParticipant> allLeagues { get; set; }
    }
}

}

A: For using three models in the same page, you could put these models to a view model like below:
public class MyViewModel
{
    public Test1 Test1 { get; set; }
    public Test2 Test2 { get; set; }
    public List<Test3> Test3 { get; set; }
}
public class Test1
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
}
public class Test2
{
    public string Age { get; set; }
}
public class Test3
{
    public string Class { get; set; }
}

View(Index.cshtml):
@model MyViewModel

        <partial name="_ChildInfo" model="@Model.Test1"/>

        <partial name="_ChildReg" model="@Model.Test2"/>

        <partial name="_YourKidsTab" model="@Model.Test3"/>

Partial views:

*

*_ChildInfo.cshtml
@model Test1

_ChildInfo

@Model.Name

*_ChildReg.cshtml
@model Test2

_ChildReg

@Model.Age

*_YourKidsTab.cshtml
@model List<Test3>

_YourKidsTab

@foreach(var item in Model)
{
    @item.Class
}

Controller:
[HttpGet]
public IActionResult Index()
{
    var model = new MyViewModel()
    {
        Test1 = new Test1() { Name = "aa" },
        Test2 = new Test2() { Age = "23" },
        Test3 = new List<Test3>(){new Test3() { Class = "Class2" }}
    };
    return View(model);
}

Update:
Dashboard.cshtml:
 @model ViewModel

 <partial name="_YourKidsTab" model="@Model.allParticipants "/>

_YourKidsTab.cshtml:
@model List<Participant>
//....

Controller:
[HttpGet]
[Route("dashboard")]
public IActionResult Dashboard()
{
    if(HttpContext.Session.GetInt32("UserId") == null)
    {
        return RedirectToAction("Index","Home");
    }
    ViewBag.loggedinUser = HttpContext.Session.GetInt32("UserId");
    HttpContext.Session.SetInt32("DashboardTab", 0);
    List<Participant> allParticipants = db.Participants.Include(i=>i.Parent).ToList();

    //add this ......
    ViewModel model = new ViewModel()
    {
       allParticipants  = allParticipants
    };

    return View("Dashboard", model);   //change here..
}


High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is a type of training where the workouts consist of intense sets of strength and cardiovascular exercises, mixed with less intense sets for rest. HIIT has been proven to be a superior form of training for many different reasons. There are also many benefits that come from choosing to do high intensity interval workouts.
High-intensity interval training is a great way to train for people that have difficulty finding enough time to train in the first place. This is because HIIT workouts generally only take about 15-30 minutes, depending on your level of cardiovascular fitness and endurance. Because these workouts are short, they are much easier to fit into your busy schedule than the typical 45-60 minute jog on the treadmill. Also, HIIT workouts do not require any equipment, again making it a much better choice for people who don't have time to go to the gym. You can challenge yourself greatly through high-intensity interval training by using only your bodyweight. After seeing how difficult and challenging HIIT workouts are, you will know that gym machines and barbells aren't necessary to get into great shape. Also, because HIIT workouts consist of a lot of cardiovascular work and boost your heart rate, you will be able to lose body fat quickly, and become leaner. Then, since HIIT also includes strength training in the workouts, you can maintain your muscle mass, or even gain more muscle depending on your goals, while you lose fat. This intense type of exercise has also been proven to strengthen your heart greatly, through the challenging cardiovascular aspect of the workout. HIIT workouts also drastically boost your metabolism throughout the rest of the day, because of the large amount of stress it puts on your entire body through strength and cardio training.
High-intensity interval training will improve your physique, while improving your strength and cardiovascular endurance. It is a great way to train for improving all of the aspects of physical fitness. Because of the numerous benefits it has, high-intensity interval training is a great option for anybody wanting to improve their physiques and overall physical fitness.


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A Parody of Science and an Intellectual Auto-Da-Fe by Robert G. Bauval
by -GrahamHancock.com Editor
Published 6th November 2000 | BBC Horizon
BBC Horizon: Atlantis Uncovered and Altantis Reborn, 28 October & 4 November 1999
A Parody of Science and an Intellectual Auto-Da-Fe
By Robert G. Bauval
New ideas that threaten an established view are rarely received with open arms. Fearing the wrath of the Church and the Establishment, Nicholas Copernicus refused to have his findings published till after 1540, and only saw a finished copy of On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres when he was on his deathbed. A few decades later Copernicus's caution proved to be justified. For in 1600, when the Hermetic philosopher Giordano Bruno dared to uphold some of Copernicus's ideas, he was thrown in a Papal dungeon and eventually dragged in the streets to Campo Fiori in Rome and burnt alive at the stake by Dominican monks. In 1632, thirty-two years after the death of Bruno, the astronomer Galileo Galilei published Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems — Ptolemaic and Copernican. For having "held and taught" Copernican ideas in his book, Galileo spent the last eight years of his life under house arrest and was forced to 'recant' his theories in front of the Bishops of Rome — this after having been taken in the dark and damp dungeons of the Vatican and shown the instruments of torture that would be used on him. And more than two centuries later in 1859, when Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution, On the Origin of Species, he was immediately and viciously attacked by the Church and fellow 'scientists'. Also in Darwin's case, the attack came from that entity we now loosely call the media. Darwin was ridiculed, insulted and his theory 'debunked' by 'experts' of the day.
But all this is now a thing of the past. Or is it?
We go about with the belief that in this day and age the scientific community is open-minded, liberated from orthodoxy and bigotry. But things haven't really changed. Except there is no more public burning to ward off the 'opposition'. Instead the auto-da-fe is carried out more subtly in the comfort of your living room on a small colour screen while we munch away at popcorn or sip a nice cup of tea. For this was what finally happened when, on the 28 October and the 4 November 1999, the BBC's Horizon programmes, Atlantis Uncovered and Atlantis Reborn were aired in the UK. These programmes were, to put it mildly, a deliberately and viciously planned hatchet job on myself and my colleague and friend, Graham Hancock. It was, I am saddened to say, a parody of science unbecoming of the BBC which was carried out with the cold-blooded style of an intellectual Spanish Inquisition using tax-payers funds. Make no mistake, what the BBC did was not merely an attempt to debunk new ideas on our origins and past. It was a grim warning to all 'non-scientists' who may turn 'heretical' and go against the 'Church of Science'. Yet one cannot help feeling that if the Horizon team and its henchmen had to resort to such low, clumsy and downright misleading tactics, it must be a reflection of their inner fears that the 'Church of Science' is being seriously challenged as the main and supreme authority in worldly matters. It was intriguing to find out, for example, that Dr. Edwin Krupp, who was Horizon's principal henchman in this programme, is a long-time Fellow Member of an organisation called CISCOP (Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal), which has its headquarters in the USA. On their Website I noted that CISCOP's mission statement is to "encourage the critical investigation of paranormal and fringe-science claims'. Hancock and I presumably are in perceived by CISCOP as belonging to both 'Heretical' categories. One of its fellow members, Douglas R. Hofstadter, once proudly wrote in The Scientific American that "Our society has opted for a complete free-for-all of conflicting theories. But if it is this chaotic, who will ensure that there is law and order? Who will guard the truth? The answer is: CISCOP will!". CISCOP, in no uncertain terms, is a sort of scientific Klu-Klux-Klan, a ravenous 'debunking' watchdog to be let loose on anyone or anything that threatens the status of the 'true' scientific community. 'CISCOP', wrote the author John Anthony West, 'stands for the self-appointed Chamber of the Inquisition… they are relatively few in number, and it is tempting to dismiss them as a little band of manifestly twisted hypocrites… But like their sinister forerunners (the Inquisition), our modern Inquisitors wield an influence beyond their numbers, and it would be a mistake to ignore them. Though the Inquisitorial dirty work is done by CISCOP henchmen — professional debunkers, conjurers and scientists otherwise without distinction in their field — CISCOP boasts among its fellows (via the Skeptical Inquirer) an impressive list of well-known scientists, science writers and scholars' (The Case for Astrology, Arkana 1992).
It seems that in the late 1970's Dr. Edwin Krupp, probably with CISCOP's blessing, spent a great deal of time trying to debunk the work of the author Robert Temple after the publication of The Sirius Mystery. Others that were so harassed were author and researcher Rupert Sheldrake, the discoverer of Morphic Resonance (A New Science for Life), and Charles Harvey, president of the British Astrological Association. 'Happily', wrote John West, 'our modern Inquisitors have no access to the rack, thumbscrew or heated iron jackboot. Though they and their supporters may try to stop "otherwise reputable publishers" from publishing heretical works, or call for periodic book-burning, they lack (in the West at any rate) the authority to order an auto-da-fe.'
BBC Horizon, it seems, has this authority. And it used it with unflinching ruthlessness.
Horizon is the BBC's "flagship" documentary programme in science and technology. It has been broadcasting for nearly 35 years and is dubbed by its makers as being "a world leader in its field". It regularly wins "the sweep of international science…awards" such as BAFTA and the Emmies. And Horizon's "strength", as its makers describe it, "lies in its authoritative analysis of developments in science". In short, its word carries weight and it is immensely influential. As such Horizon bears a heavy responsibility to present the facts correctly and fairly, especially as they use tax-payers' money and thus are accountable to the public.
Horizon's Editor is John Lynch, and the Deputy Editor is Bettina Lerner. In the case of the 'Atlantis' documentaries the Producer/Director was Chris Hale and the Researcher, Julian Hudson. The first time I heard of the Horizon 'Atlantis' project was in January 1999. They had begun working with Graham Hancock who put them in touch with me. All that I was told was that Horizon was making a two-part programme on the "lost civilisation" controversy and were eager to have me on the programme. I agreed to meet up with Julian Hudson and Chris Hale in late February to be filmed and interviewed at Giza. Meanwhile I helped Julian Hudson with some research and directed him to sources of relevant data and film footage. It was I, for example, who put Julian into contact with Dr. Edwin Krupp, a staunch critic of my work. Since Horizon wanted to present a balanced view of the new theories, I felt it was only fair that they bring in both sides of the argument. I also put Julian in touch with the filmmakers Roel Oostra (Amsterdam) and Bill Cote (New York), who provided Horizon with film footage used in the 'Atlantis' programmes. I also informed Julian Hudson that he ought to get in contact with Dr. Archie Roy, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy at Glasgow University. Since Dr. Roy was sympathetic to my theories, he could serve as a balance to Edwin Krupp's criticism.
In late February I flew to Egypt and met up with Julian Hudson and Chris Hale at Giza. They filmed and interviewed me for a whole morning. Present with us was the author John Lash. The focus, of course, was on the Orion-Giza correlation theory. I gave them a detailed overview of the astronomical alignment of the Pyramids and the shafts in the Great Pyramid and especially the associations to Orion in the Pyramid Texts. I also explained the double-lock of Orion's belt and Leo at the meridian and the vernal point respectively in 10,500 BC, which aligned with the Three Pyramids and the Sphinx. I also carefully explained that I did not advocate a material connection with the 10,500 BC date and the Pyramids but rather felt that they were intended to be a memorial to what the Egyptians called "the First Time" of Osiris. All this, at any rate, was made very clear in a BBC documentary in 1994 (The Great Pyramid:Gateway to the Sky) and a documentary made by Graham Hancock and I for the Discovery Channel in 1995 (Genesis in Stone) –both of which were well-known and readily available to Julian Hudson. Indeed very recently I worked with another BBC crew, directed by Jean-Claude Bragard of the Ancient Voices series, where I also gave an extensive interview on all these points. I also made sure that Julian Hudson and Jean-Claude Bragard would at least co-ordinate on this matter. Apparently they didn't. During my interview at Giza Julian Hudson and Chris Hale also specifically confronted me with the so-called "upside down" maps rebuttal by Edwin Krupp to which I gave my reply in full (see below). Later, in July 1999, they also confronted me with Dr. Anthony Fairall's so-called "10,500 BC angles" rebuttal, to which I also gave a detailed answer both verbally and in writing.
In fact, the so-called "upside down maps" rebuttal by Dr. Edwin Krupp began in February 1997, when the latter published an article in the SKY & TELESCOPE magazine (pp. 64-65). The article was titled "Pyramid Marketing Scheme". Wrote Krupp:
"…Although the dust jacket (of The Orion Mystery) claims the book unlocks the secret of the Pyramids… it uncomfortably mixes valid study by researchers like Badawy and Trimble with a dubious claim about the configuration of the Pyramids. According to The Orion Mystery, the three largest pyramids at Giza at Giza were built together as a monumental representation of the Belt of Orion. This "revelation" has been parroted without critical study in other books, television programs, and even an advertisement for astronomical software. Readers of The Orion Mystery are shown an aerial photograph of Giza paired with a picture of Orion's belt. There is something wrong with these images, however. The picture of the pyramids is oriented with north at the bottom of the page. Orion's belt, on the other hand, has north at the top. To make the pyramids match the sky, you have to turn Egypt upside down. In fact, all the book's maps of Egypt are published upside down, with south on top. "
Before I tackle this criticism let me point out that, as amazing as this may seem, in this very article Dr. Krupp himself shows his readers a star-map of Orion not in the way the constellation of Orion is normally seen in the southern sky but FLIPPED AROUND with Taurus at the left of Orion and Gemini at its right. I presume that the printers put the photograph the wrong way. At any rate, in May 1998, during a conference on a cruise ship bound for Alaska and attended by Edwin Krupp, my colleague Graham Hancock projected an image of Orion's belt as it is normally seen in the southern sky at the meridian i.e. with the 'smallest' star (Delta Orionis) at the top. He then asked someone in the audience to draw the three stars of the belt on a sheet of paper. As expected, the person who drew the three stars put the 'smaller' (dimmer) star –Delta Orionis– at the top of the sheet i.e. with the top of the sheet directed south as it was seen in the sky. This is precisely how I have shown these stars in The Orion Mystery. Ironically, that 'person' turned out to be Edwin Krupp's wife!
The truth of the matter is that Krupp's "upside down" rebuttal is a red herring. It forces a modern 'convention' upon the ancient Egyptians who, quite clearly, did not employ such 'convention'. The only way one can see Orion's belt in Egypt — indeed from anywhere else in the northern hemisphere — is only by looking southwards. Quite simply, it is an impossible to see Orion's belt by looking northwards. On the other hand it is well-known in Egyptology that the ancient Egyptians directed themselves southwards — NOT northwards — in order to establish directions. For two very obvious reasons: (1) the natural flow of the River Nile is from the south (2) the apparent motion of the sun and moon, as well as the stars of Orion and Sirius (the principal star of ancient Egypt), take place in the southern portion of the sky. It thus follows that the Orion's belt-Giza Pyramids correlation is in perfect harmony with ancient Egyptian 'convention' and also the only way these stars can be observed in their daily and yearly transits. The final nail in this coffin is driven home by Prof. Dr. Archibald Roy, the eminent Professor Emeritus of astronomy at Glasgow University, in a letter he addressed to me after the airing of the Horizon 'Atlantis' programmes:
"I find it astonishing that you have been accused of fudging the maps of Egypt and particularly the Pyramid complex to make your theory 'fit'. In particular that the maps were deliberately placed upside down. This is a serious accusation. I have of course checked the orientation of the Orion constellation when it is on the south meridian, when an observer at Giza looks southwards from the Giza complex. Of course one finds that Orion's head is upper-most from the rest of his body further down towards the south point of the compass. The Milky Way is seen to be on the left of the body (i.e. it's right ascension is bigger that Orion's) and the star Alnitak in Orion's Belt is the star in the belt nearest to the Milky Way. The third star in the belt (the one farthest from the Milky Way) is placed upwards from the line through Alnitak and the belt's middle star. If our observer is standing north of the three pyramids and looking southwards, s/he will see (a) the Nile to the left of the Pyramid, (b) the Great Pyramid (Khufu) to be the pyramid nearest to the Nile, (c) the pyramid farthest from the Nile (Menkaure) to be placed southwards from the line through the Great Pyramid and the middle pyramid (Khafre). If our observers then imagines the plane containing the pyramids and the Nile swung upwards about an east-west line through the observer, the s/he will see a fair representation of Orion's Belt and the Milky Way, the 'Belt' bent correctly. The accusation that the maps were placed upside down is therefore unfounded."
Krupp's argument is not only unfounded; it is misleading and convoluted. For example, if you were to make a drawing on a sheet of paper of, say, a hot-air balloon as seen floating in the southern sky then, by Krupp's reckoning, you must depict the balloon upside down on your sheet — since the 'top' of the balloon faces 'north' and the 'top' of the sheet of paper faces 'south'. Or, better still, imagine taking a star-map outdoors and placing it on your lap in order to study the sky. If we adhere to the up = north convention, then we must invert the map 'upside down'. It is such pleonastic mental gymnastics that Krupp want us to do. In the real sky there is not 'up' or 'down' but rather what you see is what you get. This how the ancients saw the sky — as well as how we ourselves see the sky today (that is if you are not a 'scientists' or walk at night with your head arched backwards). But Horizon not only did not bother to use my reply to Krupp's rebuttal but also did not bother to get in touch with Prof. Roy, who would have easily put them straight on this matter. Instead they chose to let Krupp have an open field and even gave him the very last work in the programme: "My conclusion", stated Krupp, "is NO, I don't think they're right. And I don't think they're right because I don't think the evidence fits the hypothesis."
Krupp's argument is so untenable that even the writer and researcher Chris Ogilvie-Herald, one of my most critical opponents, felt compelled to rejected it wholesale. After examining Krupp's argument, Chris wrote: "However, we have already seen that Bauval's analysis is based upon looking south across the plateau, and lining the pyramids with Orion as it would be seen above the southern horizon. This also ensures the Nile is in the correct position, on the left, to correspond to the Milky Way. Since Orion clearly does occupy the southern and not the northern skies, and this was as much a symbolic mapping as a 'scientific' one, we find this criticism (Krupp's) on the basic theory unconvincing." (Giza The Truth, p. 360).
Also in the Horizon programme the narrator brings into evidence another rebuttal put forward by Dr. Anthony Fairall of Cape Town Observatory in South Africa. Apparently Fairall did not even take the trouble to read The Orion Mystery but merely made his observations after seeing a TV documentary on the M-Net channel — and after corresponding with his colleague Edwin Krupp. Fairall conveniently accepts Krupp's argument as an established fact and, using the "upside down" theory, compares the angles made by Orion's belt and the meridian and that of the three pyramids. Not surprisingly, Fairall concludes that my theory must be wrong because the angles are in variance by as much as 12 degrees ! To be fair on Fairall, he does point out (correctly) that the angle of Orion's belt in 10,500 BC is closer to 40 degrees (actually somewhere between 40 and 43 degrees) than the 45 degrees angle of the pyramids as stated in my book. This means that the variance is something between 3 and 5 degrees and NOT 12 degrees. I pointed out to Julian Hudson and Chris Hale that in view of Orion's Belt's apparent length in the sky, such a small variation of 3 to 5 degrees in direction is almost imperceptible to an observer. Indeed I carefully pointed out all this to Julian Hudson and Chris Hale, both verbally and in writing. But they chose not to include them in the programme.
As if this was not enough, Horizon also brought along a young Egyptologist from Cambridge, Kate Spence, to dish out her rebuttal to The Orion Mystery, this time based not on astronomy but based on land-surveying and geology. Here the Horizon narrator begins by stating: "There is a simple explanation for the way the pyramids were laid out along that diagonal line 4500 years ago, and it has nothing to do with Orion." Then Kate Spence is left to explain that the natural ground contours of the Giza plateau in the east forced the builders to set-out the pyramids in a diagonal line and that no master-plan was either used or indeed intended by the ancient architects.
But this conclusion, as many researchers now recognise, is totally wrong. Many Egyptologists today agree that the Giza necropolis was laid out according to a well-defined geometrical plan and only disagree as to what the basis of that plan was. That Giza is laid out according to a master-plan was proved many years ago by investigators such as John Legon and Robin Cook, who showed conclusively that the ancients placed the three pyramids and other structures at Giza relative to each other according to a design plan based on 'sacred' geometry. It should also be pointed out that Kate Spence totally ignored the misalignment of the Third Pyramid which, after all, is the main key to the Orion-Giza correlation theory. In the 1994 BBC programme, The Great Pyramid: Gateway to the Stars', Professor Jean Kerisel, one of France's leading structural and civil engineers with many years experience at Giza, showed conclusively that this misalignment was NOT due to geology or natural ground contours, but likely based on astronomical factors. At any rate, in The Orion Mystery a full explanation is given in Chapter Five as to why neither geology nor ground conditions were responsible for the layout plan. Julian Hudson and Chris Hale, who were fully aware of this, chose again to ignore such material that would have easily demolished Kate Spence's arguments. Rather the narrator simply states (after Kate Spence had her go): "It seems clear that as the Egyptian kings built their monuments across the Giza plateau the decisions they made about the positions of the pyramids were not inspired by a pattern of stars but were the result of the limitations of the site they chose to build on."
In view of this terrible botch-job by Julian Hudson and Chris Hale who were single-handedly responsible for these 'Atlantis' programmes, Graham Hancock and I have formally lodged our complaints to the Broadcasting Standards Commission and will demand that we are allocated at least an hour on prime time BBC at some future date to present our right-of-reply to their programmes.
If you feel the same about this, then you may wish to voice you own views directly to Mr Fraser Steel, Head of Programme Complaints, Programme Complaints Unit, BBC. Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA.
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Revenues from traditional telephone services are negatively affecting telecom providers but will be partially offset by the growth of broadband, according to an In-Stat report released Wednesday.
As revenues from traditional telephone services continue to negatively impact telecom providers, the decline in revenues will be partially offset by the growth of broadband services and cable television, according to a report released Wednesday.
In-Stat said total consumer spending on communication services will fall to $106.7 billion in 2009 from $114.8 billion in 2004. The bright spot in the gloomy report, however, is broadband, which is expected to grow from a 28.6 percent market penetration in 2004 to nearly 50 percent by the end of 2009.
"The migration from dial-up to broadband is good news for service providers, as the monthly fees for broadband will remain substantially higher than for dial-up," said In-Stat analyst Amy Cravens in a statement. "With $13.7 billion in broadband revenues in 2004 versus $10.9 billion in dial-up revenues, broadband has already outpaced dial-up as a revenue-generating opportunity."
In-Stat said about 35 percent of the respondents to its Consumer Telecom Survey said they currently buy a bundle of telecom services from a single provider.
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