Juel's father, a judge, died the year after his son was born. The boy spent his youth in the country and attended the Realschule in Svendborg. At the age of fifteen he went to Copenhagen, where in 1871 he entered the Technical University. In January 1876, being more interested in pure science, he took the examinations for admission to the University of Copenhagen. Completing his university studies in 1879 with the state examination, he received his doctor's degree in 1885. From 1894 he was lecturer at the Polytechnic Institute, where in 1907 he became full professor. He occasionally lectured at the University of Copenhagen.
From 1889 to 1915 he was editor of the Matematisk Tidsskrift. In 1925 he became an honorary member of the Mathematical Association and in 1929 received an honorary doctorate from the University of Oslo. He married a daughter of T. N. Thiele, professor of mathematics and astronomy. Failing eyesight plagued him in later years.
Juel's writings include schoolbooks, textbooks, and essays. He made substantial contributions to projective geometry for the cases of one and two complex dimensions, and to the theory of curves and surfaces. His book on projective geometry is very similar in approach to that of Staudt but is easier to understand; his treatment of autocollincations goes beyond Staud's. Segré arrived at similar results independently.
In 1914 Juel devised the concept of an elementary curve, which is in the projective plane without straight-line segments and has the topological image of a circle and a tangent at every point. Outside these points a convex are can be described on each side. Thus an elementary curve consists of an infinite number of convex arcs passing smoothly one into another.
Juel, whose treatment of his subject was loose and incomplete, dealt mainly with fourth-order curves, developing the concept of the order of an elementary curve and setting up a correspondence principle and theory of inflection points. His third-order elementary curve is very close to a thrid-order algebraic curve but no longer has three points of inflection on one straight line.
Juel worked also on the theory of finite equal polyhedra, on cyclic curves, and on oval surfaces.
I. Original Works. Juel's textbooks include Vorlesungen über Mathematik für Chemiker (Copenhagen, 1890); Elementar stereometri (Copenhagen, 1896); Analytisk stereometri (Copenhagen, 1897); Ren og anvendt aritmetik (Copenhagen, 1902); Forlaesinger over rational mekanik (Copenhagen, 1913; enl. ed., 1920); and Vorlesungen über projektive Geometrie mit besonderer berücksichtigung der von staudtschen Imaginärtheorie (Berlin, 1934).
The following articles appeared in Matematisk Tidsskrift: "Kegelsnitskorder des fra et fast punkt ses under ret vinkel" (1886); "Korder i en kugel, der fra et fast punkt ses under ret vinkel" (1887); "Vivianis theorem" (1891); "Transformationer af Laguerre" (1892); "Polyeder, der ere kongruente med deres speilbilleder af dobbelpunktstangenteren ved en rumkurve af 4 . order" (1897); and "Arealer ot voluminere" (1897).
II. Secondary Literature. Details concerning Juel's work can be found in David Fog, "The Mathematician C. Juel—Commemorative Address Delivered Before the Mathematical Association on March 18, 1935", in Matematisk Tidsskrift, B (1935), 3-15.
"Juel, Sophus Christian." Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. . Encyclopedia.com. 16 Apr. 2019 <https://www.encyclopedia.com>.


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Taipei's New 'Forest Bus' Is The Best Bus In The World
Commuting can be a soul-crushing experience because of the traffic, the people, and the monotony of the whole process. But some designers in Taipei are showing that it can better through an art installation that has temporarily transformed a city bus into a mobile solarium complete with ferns, orchids, lilies, and moss-covered seats.
Taipei's "forest bus" is the brainchild of designer Xiao Qing-Yang and florist Alfie Lin. They converted a 20-seater city bus into an enchanted forest filled with plants that are native to Taiwan as a way of celebrating green spaces and adding elements of nature to the travel routines of city commuters.
"I hope the public will feel that it's a beautiful and interesting experience, " Lin told AFP. "They can smell the scent of summer on the bus and see the vibrant green plants to feel messages from nature."
The bus route goes through a baseball stadium, a museum, a temple, and several markets to give both tourists and locals a chance to enjoy the mobile forest. It's only running for a limited time, but many commuters hope it becomes permanent.
"I feel happy and relaxed on the bus smelling the flowers and plants," local commuter Celine Wei told AFP. "I hope it can become a regular service on a double-decker. It would become something special to Taipei."
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Food items form a significant part of culture. Iceland is famous for its deep-seated traditional practices. Its food forms a major component of those practices. Some of their meals are significantly different from the food in other parts of the world.
This is a delicacy of fermented and dried shark. The meal is prepared by first of all by be-heading the shark. It is then stored in a hole dug in the sand and covered with stones. This facilitates the poisonous acids in the shark to seep out. During this period, the shark ferments. The fermented shark is cut into pieces, then hang out to dry until it is ready to be eaten.
This is one of the Iceland favorite snacks. It is prepared by drying the fish. This was a traditional method of preserving meals dating from the ancient Viking culture. It is prepared by drying the fish in an aerated space. Once the fish is dry and yellow, place it is put on a wooden workbench. On the bench, it is crushed until it is white and soft. Once soft, it is eaten with some salt and butter as a snack.
This meal consists of a sheep's head that is cut into two. It is prepared by boiling the head, removing the fur and the brain. The ears are removed as they contain the mark of the owner of the sheep. On the Svio meal, the eyes are considered to be the most delicious.
This refers to meat that has been hung and smoked for preservation. The meat that was usually preserved this way was mutton, horse meat of lamb meat. Hangikijot is usually prepared by hanging the meat over the kitchen fire for many months. It is served raw but cut into slices. This meal is most popular during Christmas.
This fish delicacy used to be one most valuable fish export for the Iceland. The meal was traditionally prepared by drying the salt fish using the wind and the sun. It was placed on rocks or cliffs to dry. However, in recent times, electric heaters are used to dry the fish. The dried salt fish can be preserved for many months. To prepare a meal with the dried fish, the fish is soaked in water for 48 hours to soften it. One should also change the water after 24 hours to dilute the saltiness of the fish.
The cod tongues are triangular muscles on the side and under the tongue. They are also referred to as gellur. To prepare a cod tongue meal, one should soak the salt-fish tongue in water for 24 hours. If it is not a cod tongue of a salt-fish, it scrapped to remove the slime. Then boiled In water.
Most of these meals had a traditional recipe. However, in the present day, other modern recipes have come up. Today, the recipes are combined with other foods like potatoes to balance it and make it more appealing.


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Online CBT effective against OCD symptoms in the young
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents is associated with impaired education and worse general health later in life. Access to specialist treatment is often limited. According to a study from Centre for Psychiatry Research at Karolinska Institutet and Region Stockholm, internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can be as effective as conventional CBT. The study, published in the prestigious journal JAMA, can help make treatment for OCD more widely accessible.
Kristina Aspvall. Photo: Ulf Sirborn.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a potentially serious mental disorder that normally debuts in childhood. Symptoms include intrusive thoughts that trigger anxiety (obsessions), and associated repetitive behaviours (compulsions), which are distressing and time consuming.
Early diagnosis and treatment are essential to minimise the long-term medical and socioeconomic consequences of the disorder, including suicide risk.
The psychological treatment of OCD requires highly trained therapists and access to this kind of competence is currently limited to a handful of specialist centres across Sweden. Earlier research has shown that while CBT helps a majority of young people who receive it, several years can pass between the onset of symptoms and receipt of treatment.
Stepped care model for OCD
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have spent three years evaluating whether low-intensity internet-delivered CBT for children and adolescents with OCD can be used in a stepped care model in order to improve access to treatment without compromising its efficacy.
The two-centre study was conducted in collaboration with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in the Stockholm and Västra Götaland regions and comprised 152 participants between the ages of eight and 17.
The participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group first received therapist-guided digital CBT, and the other (control) received standard CBT through weekly in-person sessions with a therapist. Each group received treatment for a period of 16 weeks, supported by their therapists and parents.
The researchers then followed up the participants three months after treatment in order to evaluate the therapeutic effect on OCD symptoms, daily function and depressive symptoms.
After the 3-month follow-up, the participants in both groups deemed in need of additional support received up to 12 extra sessions of conventional CBT up until the 6-month follow-up.
70 per cent benefited greatly
The results showed that stepped digital CBT reduced the participants' OCD symptoms as much as conventional CBT. Approximately 70 per cent of participants in both groups were treatment responders at the 6-month follow-up.
"The advantage of the stepped care approach is that it makes it easier for us to reach out to more children and adolescents with OCD in need of help," says the study's first author Kristina Aspvall, psychologist and researcher at the Centre for Psychiatry Research, part of Karolinska Institutet's Department of Clinical Neuroscience.
Eva Serlachius. Photo: Stefan Zimmerman.
Crucially, the stepped care group required fewer resources: therapists spent an average of 9 hours per participant in the stepped treatment group and 14 hours per participant in the control group.
"The study demonstrates the potential of technology when it comes to increasing access to evidence-based therapy for young people with OCD," says principal investigator Eva Serlachius, adjunct professor at Karolinska Institutet's Centre for Psychiatry Research. "By offering low-intensity digital intervention as the first step of treatment, clinics can save precious resources and devote their limited time to treating more patients or focusing on more complex cases."
Internet CBT for OCD is currently being implemented in regular care through Region Stockholm's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (BUP Internetbehandling), which also collaborates with other health authorities across Sweden. The treatment was developed by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Region Stockholm.
The study was financed by FORTE (the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare), ALF Medicin, the Jane and Dan Olsson Foundation, the Queen Silvia Jubilee Fund, the Swedish Mental Health Fund and the Fredrik and Ingrid Thuring Foundation.
"Effect of an internet-delivered program vs in-person cognitive behavioral therapy on obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms in children and adolescents: a randomized clinical trial", Kristina Aspvall, Erik Andersson, Karin Melin, Lisa Norlin, Viktor Eriksson, Sarah Vigerland, Maral Jolstedt, Maria Silverberg-Mörse, Lena Wallin, Filipa Sampaio, Inna Feldman, Matteo Bottai, Fabian Lenhard, David Mataix-Cols*, Eva Serlachius*. JAMA, online 11 May 2021, doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.3839. *Shared last-authorship
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Jeremy decided he wanted to be an engineer when he was in junior high school. This was further affirmed in high school when he had the opportunity to work for a steel fabricator, where he gained valuable experience in the fab shop and as an assistant project manager in the front office." Being the son of an iron worker, I was exposed to steel at an early age. My father was always welding, grinding, or torching something. I loved it and was fascinated by the things he could make from a piece of steel." Jeremy has always had a love and appreciation for the construction industry: From concept design to a finished building.
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New concrete bowl in Gmunden – Austria
Article by Arne Fiehl
Photos by F-stop.at
Gmunden has a bowl now… but ANYHOW, we have a bunch of lives less…
Fellow skateboard and concrete activists!
It's been over two months now that we finished the last Concrete Flow project of season 2014, and most definitely one of the last one on the European continent, just in time to be home for Christmas and the Easter bunny. But it took me a while, two months so to say, to regenerate energy to write something about that damn thing and spread the news via our beloved Confuzine.
To make a long story short (if a BOARDSTEIN could ever do so): Gmunden is a lovely, small and very old city in Austria between Linz and Salzburg and the main man pushing the skate scene in this town is veteran pro Michael Nadler, who's been playing around the European skateboard and contest spotlights for at least fifteen years now. And since every skate scene needs someone like Michael he's the one responsible for pretty much all advanced skateboarding happenings there, because nobody else would do it. Fueled by some natural ambition, talent in organization and a deep love for skateboarding Michael opened his own shop 5Boro some ten years ago. The name comes from some core connections to the infamous skateboard team / brand from N.Y. City. And with a good running shop in the back he managed to have a skatepark built at the local sports arena and has been organizing the Rumble In The Park, probably the longest running competition in all of Austria, ever since it's beginning.
You can see we literally started from scratch.
ANYHOW, since the big wooden spine miniramp had to be torn down due to constant wear and tear over the years, the park definitely needed a lift up. So Michael was once more able to convince conservative politicians to spend money, this time on a concrete bowl and he raised some more dough from sponsors out of the skate scene as well to fill the last financial void (big thanks to Vans for mainly helping out on this one). Michael had been in contact with brother Mikey of Concrete Flow for a while, but the whole communication and translation of non-english speaking Austrian officials and a crazy french-speaking Belgian concrete artist seemed to cause some problems for the contracts and everything. At one point we were like, if the money has to be spent in 2014 we need to start now (that was at the end of October), considering that snow in Austria in November is absolutely normal.
First session on the bank, first tricks, first tries, first shots. Ratman and a FS Tailblock…
Followed up by Martino Cattaneo and the One Foot Backside version. Photos: Arne
So we pretty much just started, and when we arrived in Gmunden and on the site, we realized there would be much more work to do than originally planned. We thought we had to do some precise digging and could start setting the copings, but no, we had to build the complete drainage and then fill up and dam the whole place with dirt first before we could start digging the bowl at all. So much for translation problems in the planning, and all this with a budget that was tight from the very beginning. ANYHOW, we started to get shit done, because we definitely wanted to finish the bowl in 2014 and as soon as possible. Well, working with concrete in temperatures around zero with moisture and fog around at almost all times (you could see the surrounding mountains about once or twice a week) goes for long, long days with not much daylight, but that was just the work part oft it.
Part of the contract was that the city would take care of the accommodation, so after Mikey and me spent the first week on Michael's couches we upgraded to what the city thought would be a decent crib for professional construction workers, the local cloister (a place where monks or nuns live) from around the year 1600. Well, I'm totally into history and appreciate the experience to have lived in such a place for a good four weeks, but we stayed with eight people in a twelve bed room (which used to be the library in ancient days), and it was freaking cold in there just as in the whole fucking building. And there were way too many rules, so we pretty much broke every single one of them on a daily basis. But what do you expect with eight smokers / stoners who come home after twelve to fifteen hours of work in the cold and are not supposed to smoke inside after work? Dude, some of us slept in their clothes because it was so cold at night. I mean, it's not that we were some christian boyscouts enjoying an adventure trip or something, we were there to build a professional skate bowl that's supposed to last a good 20, 30 years and longer.
ANYHOW, you can say we were super lucky with the weather, because it snowed only once. And it's always a pleasure to witness a young dog getting his first touches of snow, yes, Gypsy was with us again. You might remember him from our time in Mers les Bains, France, the little puppy Conni adpoted along the way. But I'm getting romantic, it wasn't too romantic a lot of the time, it was bloody hard work. Nevertheless we felt very welcome by the people of Gmunden, and you could tell, they see a bunch of proletarian freaks like us only every ten years or something, if ever at all. We caused some ruckus while we were there for sure, but so did they. Speaking of that, you can tell by the mountains that the people there don't always have the biggest horizons, but they make up for it with a ridiculous consumption of alcoholic beverages.
ANYHOW, who am I to judge? We had our fair share as well, but really, at the end of a long and exhausting season under conditions like that you just have to adjust, especially when you're once again with a bunch of bloody Belgians. And while we're at it, honorable mentions at this point to the crew: Besides Mikey and me, it was Alex, Ratman, Thierry, Conni with Gypsy and for the first time on a Concrete Flow endeavour Janno courtesy of Minus-Ramps. More big time thanks and shout outs go to Bruno from Concrete Dreams for bringing the copings over from Belgium! And a special mention to Martino Cattaneo who volunteered for a good month and shared blood, sweat and tears with us to learn the fine art of concretism. Let me tell you something about Martino and why this was just one of the occasions why I love skateboarding, we will need an own paragraph for that now:
Martino had just had an extented interview in Kingpin magazine and me as a subscriber of skateboard magazines had studied it just one, two weeks before I left to Gmunden (the mag was actually on the trip and people got to read it, amazing what paper does, isn't it!?). Martino is a young skateboarder from Lugano, which is kinda like the capital of Tessin, the italian speaking part of Switzerland with a long and good history in skateboarding. Alex, a true Lugano Warrior himself, had often told me about his friend Martino and his amazing talent on a skateboard before. So I'm checking out this interview back home and really like what I'm seeing and reading, because to me the pictures and the text prove that Martino seems to be a very gifted and for instance creative skateboarder with a good head on his shoulders. Then I realize this is the Martino that Alex has always been talking about…
Pole Jam in the making?
Fast forward two weeks: I'm in Gmunden already for a week (with my Kingpin magazine in the bags), Alex arrives and starts talking about Martino being ready to hit the road from Lugano to join us and help work anytime. Next thing you know Martino shows up… I mean, seriously, after 26 years of skateboarding, that's one of the main reasons I love it so much. On this planet as a whole it's such a small world in our brotherhood and camaraderie of real skateboarders. Damn, and Martino worked fucking hard, learned a lot and from now on hopefully is one of us concrete builders. Dear cities and communities, please keep us all occupied so we don't have to do anything else for a living! To finish this off, and I don't want to fan out too much, but if you see Martino on a skateboard you will realize in a second that this good lad was born to ride a skateboard. In a two hour session on Michael's private indoor miniramp I witnessed more than 30 NBDs in between runs that at least I've never seen before, and they were all first try. Watch out for Martino Cattaneo, he loves to play skateboard! Hope to see you soon, bro!
Ratman laying down pool coping.
I guess, that's a pretty good way to wrap this up. Sometimes not to say most of the times you gotta fight to get things done, and that's exactly what we all did to build this bowl. Michael has some more concrete plans for Gmunden, and I'd love to come back sometime sunny, I would even stay in the cloister again then, though I know head honcho Berni won't let us in anymore. On the other hand what can he do for christ's sake? He's a bloody christian whose doors are open for all the poor and abandoned at all times. So, Berni, we'll be back sometime somewhen, and we`ll bring Gypsy again, too!
Mike van der Ouderaa. Frontside grind.
Thanks to Michael for all the dedication to make this project reality! Thanks to the city of Gmunden for, well, yeah, you paid some money and did your best, folks! Thanx to Mikey and the Concrete Flow team for giving everything on almost empty pockets and battery levels. Thanks to all the nice people we met along the way and who make this another chapter in my oh so boring life. Shit was not only tight, shit was sweet… Thx skateboarding, as always, without you none of this would be happening! All the best to everyone…
Martino Cattaneo. Airing out in the deepend.
P.S.: By the way, during our stay we twice made the one hour long drive to Salzburg to skate their brand new concrete park that had just been finished. Actually on our second visit it was the grand opening! I guess, shit's happening down in Austria. And while we're at it, cheers to all the lovely Salzburg locals who showed us a jolly good time! It was much appreciated, better twice than once.
Mike van der Ouderaa, chef of Concrete Flow.
P.P.S: Everybody who made it until here better stays tuned for the first BOARDSTEIN Special Issue ever, pretty much six years after the demise of our beloved magazine. This very first and hopefully last special issue is called BAUSTOP and will feature 256 (!!!) pages of skatepark concrete construction madness and mayhem. You might contact arne@boardstein.com if you wanna track a copy down. It's in german, but there're not that many letters, and the photos are all esperanzo. ANYHOW, it's filled with concrete and skateboarding, so you better go and get one! – Arne Fiehl
Michi Nadler. Ollie one foot to fakie.
Ratman. Deepend carve grind.
Michi Nadler. Blunt to fakie.
All black and white photos by f-stop.at
Words by Arne Fiehl
The construction of the new bowl in the Skatepark Gmunden
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I went to see Gary Oldman's spellbinding performance as Churchill in Darkest Hour this evening. The best movie acting I've seen in quite a while, with a great supporting cast, too, headed by Kristin Scott Thomas as his missus.
Just a brilliant movie all round.
I will Dave! Not sure when, but I will.


A Caltech scientist creates tiny lattices with enormous potential.
BreakthroughMaterials whose structures can be precisely tailored so they are strong yet flexible and extremely light.
Why It MattersLighter structural materials would be more energy-efficient and versatile.
Greer in her Caltech lab, holding a model of the atomic structure of a metal.
Conventional ceramics are strong, heavy, and (as anyone who has dropped a plate knows) brittle, prone to shattering. But last year Greer created a ceramic that is one of the strongest and lightest substances ever made. It's also not brittle. In a video Greer made (you can see it below), a cube of the material shudders a bit as a lab apparatus presses down hard on it, then collapses. When the pressure is removed, it rises back up "like a wounded soldier," she says. "It's unreal, isn't it?" Greer often rushes to meetings around campus on Rollerblades and talks so fast that she demands focused listening. Peering into this beautiful, otherworldly nanolattice on her computer screen, she slows down for a while.
If materials like Greer's could be produced in large quantities, they could replace composites and other materials used in a wide range of applications, because they'd be just as strong at a fraction of the weight. Another possibility is to greatly increase the energy density of batteries—the amount of power they can hold at a given size. To do that, researchers have been trying to develop electrodes that are lighter than the ones used in today's batteries but can store more energy. However, promising electrode materials such as silicon are prone to cracking under strain. An electrode made by coating a metal nanolattice with silicon could have crack-resistant toughness in its very structure. The key to creating such wondrous materials is an arsenal of specialized machines—some of which Greer has rebuilt to suit her purposes—that make it possible to precisely control structure at the nanoscale over relatively large areas.
Greer jogs down two floors of stairs to the basement lab where she keeps these precision instruments to isolate them from vibrations. One machine, found behind two heavy black curtains, is a sort of 3-D printer that uses flashes of laser light to very slowly build intricate polymer scaffolds. A student of Greer's coats the polymer with metals, ceramics, or other materials and then shaves off the sides, making it possible to etch away the polymer inside. The result is a little block of material made up of nanoscale trusses crisscrossed like the struts in the Eiffel Tower—but each strut's walls are only about 10 nanometers thick.


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Forget your grandmother's macramé. Local textile artist Sally England's work is fresh, fun, and a thoroughly modern take on a traditional craft.
If you remember the 1970s, then you probably have flashbacks to plants hanging in holders and jewelry dotted with peace sign beads—all made of macramé. Now, Sally England has brought the traditional craft into current day styles, with simple, lovely macramé wall hangings and room dividers and yes, she'll even introduce plant holders next month.
England decided to remake the craft in her own way. Using rope, a material which comes in all kinds of colors, fibers, and widths, she hand-knots all her pieces through techniques learned by poring over old macramé books she found at thrift stores and on Amazon. The result is incredibly tactile pieces that harken back to the 1970s but with geometric loops, subtle colors, and intricate designs that place them firmly in today's aesthetic.
So how to use these hangings in a home? "Knotted rope can add some really interesting texture to a space, especially on a large scale," says England. "Because I generally work with looser knot structures, my room dividers would be great in an open loft-like environment where flow and delineation of space is needed but complete separation is not." I would suggest even more uses for her work, from hanging behind a bed instead of a head board to a massive art work on a living room wall to a window covering where there's no need for complete privacy.
Available through Relish; England also accepts custom designs and commissions.


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nico justfun Month ago
no way tat would be sick!
Samuel Ehret Month ago
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arramon777 Month ago
hahaha all it took was the back of a beatup Ecto-1 and the music and people are like "The other will be our Alien 3 and this our Terminator Dark Fate. All is hwell, John Spartan."
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GOD i hope this has Peter, Ray, and Winston, obviously not Egon
R.I.P. Harold Ramis
Ike of Pyke Month ago
1 year to go, hope you guys got your proton packs charged.
kevin parcour 2 months ago
love the soundtrack and the cinematography they use for this teaser already.
zazaranger5 3 months ago
See, These are going to be THE "REAL" Ghostbusters. Screw you Leslie Jones!!!!!!
LeafyMeadow 3 months ago
Am I the only one that actually liked the 2016 movie? As a continuation of the original Ghostbusters, it was awful. But as a Ghostbusters spin-off, it was amazing!
ronald mcdonald 3 months ago
I'm fine with the original Ghostbusters being in it but now that they're much older I think they should have it so they're training a new generation.
Cachorrera Games 3 months ago
Remake 2016 is TRASH!!
SubjectRandom 4 months ago
A tiny little hook for us GB fans? Keep it coming guys and make it GOOD!
XxFarmingSimulatorFanxX 4 months ago +1
Bringin' back the ol' ECTO-1 (1984) I see!
Matthew Brown 4 months ago
Why the fuck is the title for the video a hashtag.
Gabe Camargo 4 months ago
Why did they replace the guys with girls it really fucked the trilogy up
KarateCaveman 4 months ago
Lets see how they're gonna fuck up this GB incantation...
chekk onetwo 4 months ago
Thankfully we're getting one of the biggest 'wrongs to a right' in movie history. That all female reboot was diarrhea comin outta my dick!! WE DESERVE THIS #Ghostbusters
Morning D.E.W. 4 months ago
So you are coming to my home Calgary, Canada eh!? I am so Excited to see everyone! Can't wait... I would love to be a weather man in the movie!
Stay Aware and Prepared....
Alejandra Altavilla 4 months ago
Holy fuck balls
Michael Walker 4 months ago
It's clear who stole it...Casey Jones! (TMNT 90's movie reference) .
Roaenoke Syzlak 4 months ago
From the interviews done with Dan himself, hes doing this reboot right, he said it frankly, that the GB2016 was a mistake. its going to be done right this time.
ProjectUnknown 4 months ago
0:35 *HELL YEAH* 0:39 OH COME ON :c
Trendkiller 713 5 months ago +1
If Leslie Jones is not in it, then it will definitely be a good movie. (Can't wait to see it)
Myst109 5 months ago
As long as it's got Venkman, Stantz and Winston I'll be in on it.
RIP Ramis, you are missed. No clue who they could ever get that could replace you. Better to just leave it as a 3 man team.
Juan Torres 5 months ago
The truth bill Murray those would understands what I mean
drdassler 5 months ago
Hope the cast is a set of non-white, homosexual, disabled, dwarfs, that'll make it good.
Dalim Mont 5 months ago
Y promo it so fucking early? I'm suppose to get hyped for something that's gonna come out In almost 2 years? Umm no fuck off cunts. This franchise is dead anyways specially with that last shit they made with all those unfunny thots. This franchise is just thirsty as fuck and I ain't giving it a single drop. Rest in pisse ghost buster movies.
jah060689 5 months ago +1
Ace_92_ Games and more 5 months ago
B O Y C O T T
T H I S P L S. i didnt like 2016 version, i hate reboots, nostalgia is now a tool in hollywodds pocket to use at the ready, the 21st century is already filled with reboots/remakes just give me the anti-freeze
H Hill 5 months ago +1
I hope this movie doesnt mention or make any jokes about the last one, I'd prefer it just be treated like it doesnt exist
Kevin spacey 5 months ago
Cant wait...and thank god it wont be a feminist sjw movie... going back to its roots
الج وكر 5 months ago
Batmoron E 5 months ago
Are the men back?
Dallas Clark 5 months ago
So excited hopefully original ghostbusters
Metallic Braces 5 months ago
Ihinhinhinhibhinnhinhinhin my teacher is a huge dang fan of GhostBusters and he is gonna love this kjcnchidhiecneincienviencienvienjvi
Ángel De Jesús Sánchez González 5 months ago
THEIR BACK Again
Nolan Greenwald 5 months ago
*they're*
Rob Cook 5 months ago
Thank you! Can't wait!
BatgamingStudios 5 months ago
*Remake Ghostbusters have left the chat*
Shayne Guthrie 5 months ago +1
Jesus christ...can't this generation of writers come up with their own stories...
Remakes are lame.
Fable Of Ruin 5 months ago +2
I swear to The lord and savior Jesus Christ that if this is with those fucking whores and not the OG team I'm gonna be so fucking mad and I'm gonna literally burn myself to death
Anna Fowdy 5 months ago
Better than a hearse.
Waluigi Gamer 5 months ago +4
Who Ya Gonna Call? GHOSTBUSTERS!!!
Badman553 ? 5 months ago
The spook stoppers return
tangomango 5 months ago
Cooper Animates 5 months ago
This time, it's both boys and girls
KORO PANDA 5 months ago +5
The remake sucked
Nicole Atchley 5 months ago +1
I wish this was a sequel to the female cast. It is my favorite movie of all time. Leslie Jones was correct. This is a total dick move. I can't even get excited about it.
Griffith Andy 5 months ago +1
#realGhostbusters
Griffith Andy 5 months ago
A real Ghostbusters movie!!!??? Not a peice of shit painted with the ghostbuster logo?!?! Yes! Please keep all SJW, racist black people and the mentally handicapped transgenders away from this.
MR. 9 5 months ago
Females wanna jump on the man wagon 😎🤓!! Later on we'll get the TRANSGENDER version 🧟♀!!
See Everything Now 5 months ago +1
No more female remakes! If females are so awesome, then make all female original movies. Don't remake older movies and replace the original characters played by men with females. It's kinda gimmicky if you ask me.
mwint1982 5 months ago
Rick More anus?
Boing Boing 5 months ago
Brandon Penn 5 months ago +5
The last Ghostbusters movie was the worst thing ever made, I'm just saying it was garbage
Ronald Truss 5 months ago +1
Jakey Jake 5 months ago
Ka'pella Nuwavin 5 months ago +1
Yeeeeeeeees!!!!!
Quality Channel 5 months ago
Oh boy here we go again
DREAMVILLE OCEANSIDE 5 months ago
I'd rather see a new Goonies movie
TBoB 5 months ago +1
Mathew Bowman 5 months ago
Will this movie be political correctness propaganda in an effort to destroy childhood memories and masculinity?
Shawn Little 5 months ago
Mathew Bowman Your childhood memories will never be ruined unless these political correctness idiots have a Time Machine and destroy your childhood. What should scare you is how ridiculous political correctness is and how it deals with society daily.
K AH 5 months ago
Don't ruin it by putting women in it!!
pewdiepie pewdiepie 5 months ago
It's the girl one
Rocket Raccoon 5 months ago
I guess we will be seeing Harold as ghost. I don't know.
Vital Signz 5 months ago
I feel like Cartman in the episode of South Park where he freezes himself to speed up the wait for the Nintendo Wii lol
Jason Blaha's Strength and Fitness 5 months ago
LOL YESS
Daynon Weaver 5 months ago +1
Grab your stick. Heat em up. Make em hard!
Nikki M 5 months ago
I hope that the 2020 Ghostbusters crew will have some male characters in the movie, but if have just either 1 or 2 females in the 2020 Ghostbusters crew, then I'm okay with it. And even if there was 5 Ghostbusters, and if it has 3 males and 2 females or 4 males and 1 female in it. I would go see it.
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The emergence of blended (b-)learning approaches clearly highlights a pressing need for higher education institutions to embrace innovation and change. However, the process of (sociocultural) innovation should be driven by people and pedagogical concepts that are related with new technological developments in a meaningful way for the purpose of adding value to teaching and learning. From this holistic perspective, definitions and issues directly related with b-learning, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) use, pedagogical planning, course management system, Learning Management Systems (LMS) (such as Moodle), usability, accessibility, inclusivity and adaptability are critically discussed in this chapter. In addition, some LMS trends that refer to personalized-, mobile-, systemic-learning conclude the chapter.
The "knowledge society" can be seen as a collectivity of multiple learning opportunities.
Contemporary educational environments require renewed attitudes and competences from teachers and learners in order to avoid the traditional approach where the teacher is seen as the unique source of information/knowledge and learners are seen as passive receivers. The effectiveness of education systems and online learning is based on the ability to adapt the system to the different teaching-learning scenarios. At the same time, online communities across a variety of platforms are considered privileged places of learning, which, due to their interactive/collaborative nature, enable information share among several users, and motivate new people to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) (Ala-Mutka et al., 2008).
Technical area, i.e., the online teacher implements efficient technologies, focusing the attention of the student to the contents (online activities), rather than to the actual ICT that is used.
Overall, the spectrum of different types of online learning can be seen as a continuum from Face-to-Face (F2F) to fully online learning. In particular, blended (b-)learning typically involves combining aspects of traditional F2F activity with computer-mediated support. In general, blended approaches attempt to thoughtfully "blend" time-constrained and place-dependent, synchronous activities, with time-independent/flexible and asynchronous activities. Through a blended methodology, teachers and learners are encouraged to work together to improve the quality of teaching and learning.
Online learning platforms, also known as Course Management Systems (CMSs), are being widely used for educational delivery, in various ways, such as online testing, course discussion, assignment submission and grading, varying in functionality, ease of use and cost. A few, such as LMS Moodle, are open source, but others, such as LMS Blackboard, are proprietary.
According to Katz (2003), CMSs are among the most significant technologies that have been introduced in the delivery of education. Simultaneously, investment in CMS has increased abruptly (Williams & Williams, 2010); however, research into its effectiveness is in a premature stage. Unlike single user systems (e.g., word processors, spreadsheets), CMSs have the ability to connect multiple users together. In this way, they not only handle with individual communications/interactions, but also support collaboration through sharing of information, managing group information, and asynchronous/synchronous discussions. In fact, research on CMS adoption, implementation, use, impact and benefits are truly necessary in order to develop recommendations for stakeholders. These issues are explored in details in the succeeding sections.


He played two seasons across the road in the Baton Rouge, then came home.
When he did, starting centerfielder Brennan Breaux put LSU in the rearview mirror and went all in with the Ragin' Cajuns.
He'd have it no other way.
"You have to focus all of your energy on being the best player you can for UL," Breaux said, "because you're not playing for LSU anymore, you're playing for UL.
So you can bet a bucket full of batting practice balls that it will carry a little extra weight for Breaux for when UL and No. 14 LSU meet Tuesday night for the annual Wally Pontiff Classic at the Shrine on Airline in Metairie.
"We keep in touch with each other every now and then, when we can," Breaux said over the weekend.
In his freshman season at LSU, Breaux appeared in 49 games as a reserve outfield and pinch-runner.
As a sophomore, he played in 30 games and made eight starts.
But the bat that was magic at St. Thomas High, where Breaux was a key part of back-to-back state championship teams in 2014 and '15, never really got going in Baton Rouge.
At STM, Breaux was a career .376 hitter over three years who batted .414 while also going 9-1 on the mound with a 2.66 ERA during a senior season that ended with him earning MVP honors and fanning 10 against Teurlings Catholic High in the 2015 Class 4A title game.
But he hit .139 in 36 at-bats for LSU in 2016, and .176 with a triple, a homer and a couple RBI in '17.
Then he left, albeit still with plenty of respect for the first team to give him a shot at college baseball – one he continues to follow when time allows.
Nowadays, though, results for one team are all that really matters for Breaux.
By coming to UL, Breaux is at the school where his grandfather, Jerry Meaux, played basketball.
He's at the school where his sister, Avery Breux, was a sophomore setting on the volleyball team last season.
And he's at the school that has all his focus – even on nights like the one to come, when he'll look across the diamond and see Tigers in the uniform he once wore too.
"That's a thing of the past," Breaux said of his SEC days, "and on Tuesday I get to play against those guys.
At 19-20 this season after taking 2-of-3 from South Alabama in a Sun Belt Conference last weekend, winning has come with its challenges for the Cajuns so far in 2019.
But Breaux has done his part, starting all 39 games in centerfield while also hitting .280 with 20 RBI, six doubles and a couple home runs.
Flanked by former STM teammate Orynn Veillon in right, Breaux has made some web-gem catches in center this season.
He covers a lot of ground, and covers up Todd Lott in left whenever injuries have prompted Robichaux to play the usual designated hitter there.
Although his bat has cooled a bit lately compared to earlier in the season, pushing him down in the order, the offensive contributions have been welcomed.
"His defense has always been a little bit ahead of his hitting," Robichaux said, "and he got going really good for us.
Knowing he'll be out there has helped.
That's a move that did not come lightly, as the two Cajuns who played most frequently in center last year still are on the roster – senior Daniel Lahare, now playing at first base and in left when healthy, and Gavin Bourgeois, who was in left before sustaining a season-ending shoulder injury.
"It's huge," Breaux, a fourth-year junior, said of his regular role. "This game is tough enough as it is, and it's really tough if you're kind of in and out more times than you're in.
"Having the stability, having the coaches having the faith to put me out there every night, it means the world, because you know can relax and you can kind of let your shoulders down and get to work.
Before Breaux could take over in center, however, he had to sit out all last season in accord to with NCAA transfer rules.
So when his former STM and ex-LSU teammate O'Neal Lochridge, now UL's starting third baseman, was playing against the Tigers last season, Breaux could only watch.
"It was tough," he said. "I'm not gonna lie.
"What made it harder is that you practice every day (in the fall) with these guys, and you become so close, and you go through so much together," he said, "and then, when it's time to suit up and go to battle with them, you can't do it.
Now Breaux is in the midst of the plan, doing all he can to keep his LSU days in the memory bin – Tuesday's meeting notwithstanding – and focus on the present.
"You write your own destiny in this game," Breaux said when asked about the move last month.


It does. I think it will probably be a Windows service.
could just select some text and, say, alt-click it, that would be better.
And it wouldn't disturb their clippings.
Everyone, thanks for the thoughts; do keep 'em coming!


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54 holes of individual stroke play within five age divisions for boys. 54 holes of individual stroke play within one age division for girls. Following 36 holes there will be a cut to the low 15 and ties in each age division. Overall Champion to be determined (boys and girls). The event may be shortened to 36 holes if weather cancels either round. Trophies will be awarded to the top three in each age division (boys and girls). Medals awarded to all players that make the cut.
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George Carlin: The Best? Or Just the Best We Could Get?
George Carlin used to tell the story of the night that, as a young comic, he jumped into Lenny Bruce's limo and exclaimed, "I want to be just like you." Lenny was at the height of his fame at the time, and also at the height of his infamy, with simultaneous pornography trials going on in New York and San Francisco. Lenny, for reasons known only to himself, answered with a quote that turned out to be a Polish proverb. "If you tell the truth, kid, run like hell."
Carlin sort of told the truth. He softened it, warmed it over and gave it back like milk at bedtime. He didn't lie but he didn't exactly shove it in our faces, either. So he never had to run. He made a lot of money instead.
I'm not trying to badmouth the guy, just see him in perspective without the golden aura of nostalgia. The truth is that he was no Lenny Bruce, cutting to heart of hypocrisy and laying it bare, and certainly he was no Richard Pryor, fearless with both his mouth and his life onstage. He had elements of each but they were tightly controlled. He never attacked religion the way Lenny did, although he did his best to give it a hard time, harrying it like a wasp at a church picnic. He never laid his private life bare in front of an audience or made humor from his relationships or loves – or failures – the way Pryor did, although the characters he created did sometimes have the same bright punch of recognition. He didn't have the kind of courage a comic needs to go all the way, either in social commentary or personal risk. Or maybe he didn't have that kind of desperation.
He tended to stay safe. His famous "7 words" bit was developed in front of college audiences in the 60's who were thrilled with a new freedom, not in night clubs before successful businessmen raised on Burlesque and weaned on Milton Berle, who would have been angry, who would have called the police. I'm not saying he should have, I'm only saying he didn't.
He guarded his career and the risks he took were carefully calculated to preserve it while at the same time he could appear to be going out on a limb. Lenny told audiences full of Catholics that they had invested their faith in an institution riddled with hypocrisy, faithlessness, and corruption. Carlin told audiences full of apostates that they were right. The NYT's Charles McGrath notes the same characteristic, even if he means to applaud it.
Like all the great comics, Mr. Carlin had a gift for saying — and thinking — things that other people wouldn't or couldn't. He wasn't as threatening as Bruce or Pryor. Especially in his later years, when, mostly bald but with a white beard and just a hint of a ponytail in back, he would bounce onstage in a black sweater, black pants and sneakers, his persona was warmer, cranky rather than angry. He was like your outrageous beatnik uncle.
There was always something unthreatening about Carlin. Even when his material wanted to skewer, his manner wanted to ingratiate. Lenny shared the truth with you because he wanted you to get the Great Cosmic Joke. Carlin shared his comedy because he wanted you to like him. There is a fundamental difference between Hard and Soft Truth that is personified in each man: Hard Truths don't let you off the hook, don't let you duck, don't let you make excuses for not facing them. Soft Truth gives you a way to feel superior without having to do anything about it, least of all change your own attitude. Hard Truth challenges you, Soft Truth avoids challenges and gravitates toward comfort in the presence of pain. "It's not my fault." The only thing soft about Lenny's truth was the humor he found in it. The only thing hard about Carlin's humor was the language he used yo express it.
In a way that difference is an expression of what happened to society at the same time. In the 60's we were ready to face Hard Truth, ready to do something even if we weren't quite sure what it was we were supposed to do. Then they killed Jack and Bobby and Martin within a single 5-yr span, thousands of bodies were coming back from Nam, most of them friends and neighbors and jesus god family, and Nixon was the most popular president in history. We had torn society apart and for what? To hand it to wanna-be dictators? Carlin was there before, during, and after. He saw the change, then the turnaround, and his humor followed it. He had an ear for small discrepancies that played to the new desire not to mess with anything big, and a love of playing with language that college-educated if not college aged audiences could relate to. Lenny wanted us to stop the war. Carlin wanted us to make fun of it. Lenny died. Carlin lived.
That is the story of my generation. The motivating forces of my time were taken early and replaced by much softer versions with blurred edges who stepped carefully, suddenly aware that the risks they ran were not, after all, illusions. The Real Thing was replaced by its shadow, which was OK with us because by then we were running from the glare of the spotlight ourselves. By 1970 Lenny would probably have been doing routines about us selling out. Carlin did "7 words". Without the Hard Truth staring us in our glassy eyes, we settled into the soft recliner of the Me Generation, turning our attention to making the money we once spurned and spurning the activism to which we had once pledged our lives.
Carlin was the perfect comic for us. He fed and confirmed our prejudices without challenging our assumptions. He was safe in a way Lenny never could have been. He was as much as we could absorb, as much as we wanted to absorb, the best we could get, the best we could stand to get. And he played his role to the hilt.
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4 responses to "George Carlin: The Best? Or Just the Best We Could Get?"
TMiss | June 24, 2008 at 4:57 pm | Reply
Another big difference between Carlin and Bruce: Carlin was funny, Bruce wasn't.
I've wasted countless hours listening to Bruce's comedy albums and recordings of his nightclub act, and even his funny material wasn't funny when he delivered it.
Yes, Lenny Bruce spoke truth to power, but no, he wasn't very funny when he did it. For my money, George Carlin has done more to undermine the church than all the Lenny Bruces and Andy Kaufmans put together.
Now if you'd made this a contest between Sam Kiniston and George Carlin . . . .
Typo. Sam KINISON!
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hysperia | July 1, 2008 at 8:27 pm | Reply
Wow. I found your blog for a different reason than this post, but I do find this one very interesting and quite compelling. I did love George Carlin, but I have to admit that I came to love him when my kid brother and I laughed over the hippy dippy weather man. I came to like George later, for different reason. But in your critique of his work, you've hit the nail on the head for me in so many ways. I do still tend to walk around saying "whah hahpenned" to the foreceful energy of the '60s and early '70's. I have a few ideas of my own, but I'm grateful to you for identifying this blurriness that I often feel surrounding all the ideas and actions of those times.
Of course Carlin was safe, I see now. He sure as hell wouldn't have been on tv if he wasn't. I still gotta love him and miss him. Same with my Dad though!


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Home Alone Horror
Posted in Classic Horror, Evil, Misc. Horror, Scream Queens, Slashers with tags Classic Horror, DVD, Evil, French, home invasion, Misc. Horror, Scream Queens, serial killers, Slashers, The Collector, The Strangers, Them!, When A Stranger Calls, You're Next on December 1, 2018 by Drinkin' & Drive-in
Them is a 2006 French movie, or "film" about a young couple being terrorized by hoodie'd figures while in their sprawling, multi-level country home. That the chick is a school teacher and her boyfriend who appears to make his living just by being handsome, seems highly improbable that these two could afford a one bedroom apartment let alone a veritable mansion surrounded by upscale foliage.
First there are the prank calls. Then goofy noises. Then their power goes out. Then you have 60 minutes of them being chased from room to room by a group of 15 year-old boys.
The boyfriend gets his butt stabbed, which admittedly looked painful. But all this movie is about, is the couple trying to get away from the young boys who murdered a mom and daughter in a stalled vehicle the night before. At least I think they were murdered. You never actually see any murderousness being done. Same with the pursued couple.
Them was trumpeted as "gripping, suspense-filled terror." It is not. What you will grip, though, is the DVD remote's fast-forward button. Them's arguable redeeming quality is that this kind of home invasion horror reignited the genre and gave us a string or "pile" of 'em, the better ones being The Strangers (2008), The Collector (2009) and You're Next (2011). The best one? Try When A Stranger Calls, made back in 1979. I think my mom was in that one.
Edible Monsters, Rubberized Evil, Reanimated Relatives
Posted in Classic Horror, Evil, Ghosts, Science Fiction, Witches, Zombies with tags Amazon.com, Bluebeard, Bonejangles 2: Bride of Bonejangles, Child's Play, Chucky, Classic Horror, Edgar Friendly Junior, Elizabeth Harvest, Evil, folktale, French, gas chamber, Ghostbusters, Ghosts, Jell-O, John Wick, Keanu Reeves, Monster Slime, Mr. Bonejangles, nobleman, Pet Sematary, poltergeist, possessed, Replicas, Science Fiction, scientist, serial killer, Slimer, Succubus, Supernatural, The Home Depot, Unicorn Slime, Victor Frankenstein, Witches, Zombies on November 17, 2018 by Drinkin' & Drive-in
Did you watch Ghostbusters (1984) and ever want to take a bite out of Slimer, that hot dog-guzzling poltergeist that looks like a big green, lumpy marshmallow with a mouth? Of course you did. And now you can with Jell-O™ Monster Slime, edible, um, goop (or something that rhymes with it), that pays loose homage to that iconic sticky ghost.
Available for pre-order on Amazon.com (14.8 ounces), this 100% digestible lime gunk will sell for $10 (give or take) and will be available at select stores (probably in the bathroom plumbing department of The Home Depot™) on December 10, 2018. Watch how fast I don't go there.
In case Monster Slime™ isn't your taste (heh), they also have Unicorn Slime™, which is pink and strawberry-flavored. There's a joke in there somewhere. While I try and come up with a non-offensive punchline, here are a few upcoming horror/sci-fi movies that may or may not gum up your internal plumbing…
ELIZABETH HARVEST (December 4, 2018)
"Newlywed Elizabeth arrives with her brilliant scientist husband Henry to his magnificent estate, where he wows her with lavish dinners and a dazzling tour of the property. The house staff Claire and Oliver treat her deferentially but she can't shake the feeling something is off. Henry explains that everything in his world now belongs to her, all is for her to play in — all except for a locked-off room he forbids her from entering. When he goes away for business, Elizabeth decides to investigate."
This plot echoed around the gas chamber that is the inside of my head, so I decided to investigate (click madly the mouse): Turns out, Elizabeth Harvest is a science fiction re-imagining of the French folktale of Bluebeard (1697), in which a violent nobleman in the habit of murdering his wives is confronted by a new wife trying to avoid the fate of her predecessors. Sounds like an extreme case of buyer's remorse.
REPLICAS (January 11, 2019)
"A scientist becomes obsessed with bringing back his family members who died in a traffic accident."
Keanu Reeves — on a hot roll following the John Wick movies (extremely cool badass) — looks to be playing a modern day Victor Frankenstein here. I wish him well with all his science-y skills to achieve the desired results. Ironically, though, all he really needs is a shovel and some sort of…pet sematary.
CHILD'S PLAY (June 21, 2019)
"A mother gives her son a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature."
This plot also sounds suspiciously familiar. Could'a sworn I saw something very similar back in…1988. Something about a doll possessed by evil or a facsimile thereof.
BONEJANGLES 2: BRIDE OF BOJANGLES (2019)
Picking up after the events of Bonejangles, supernatural serial killer, Edgar Friendly Junior, a.k.a. Mr. Bonejangles, is inadvertently resurrected by a mysterious and sinister cult of followers of the succubus witch, Rowena. Mr. Bonejangles wastes no time picking up where he left off and sets his sights on hapless police officer Doug Partridge, the one who got away from him. But Rowena's followers have plans of their own on Bonejangles…plans that may spell doom for the very world itself."
Didn't see the first Bonejangles movie (2017), so I have no idea what the heckaroo they're talking about. And as for the plans that spell doom for the world, a lot of movies make the same claim. My question: When are any of you gonna make good with that promise? Getting tired of waiting around.
Colorful Horror, Submarine-Sized Sharks, Language Virus
Posted in Evil, Giant Monsters, Nature Gone Wild, Science Fiction, Sharks, Slashers with tags Alan Roberts, blue whale, creature, Croatia, Dead By Midnight, Die Young, dinosaurs, English, Evil, French, Giant Monsters, Halloween, IDW Publishing, Jaws, krill, Life of Agony, Megalodon, Mistress of Midnight, National Hot Dog Month, Nature Gone Wild, Pacific, Party Hard, Pontypool, Pontypool Changes, Predator, Science Fiction, Sharks, Slashers, The Beauty of Horror, The Beauty of Horror Volume One, The Beauty of Horror: Ultimate Nightmare Deluxe Coloring Set, The Meg, virus, Volume Three: Haunted Playgrounds, Volume Two: Ghouliana's Creepatorium, WKIZ on April 10, 2018 by Drinkin' & Drive-in
If you read this blog on November 10, 2017 (if not, what's your plausible excuse?), I tagged artist/Life of Agony bassist Alan Roberts' The Beauty of Horror coloring books. Now, just a scant weeks later, comes news of The Beauty of Horror: Ultimate Nightmare Deluxe Coloring Set, arriving arrives in stores September 2018 from IDW Publishing. Time to break out the sidewalk chalk (or your preferred art medium).
The insanely cool set is sized at 12" x12", same as a vinyl record album, only you supply the grooves. The set is said to include fan favorites from The Beauty of Horror Volume One, Volume Two: Ghouliana's Creepatorium, Volume Three: Haunted Playgrounds, and showcases three, paper-spanking new Alan Robert exclusives. Think of it as a "greatest hits plus."
The cost? Does it matter? All you need to know is that you need to own this. Crayons not included. And while we impatiently wait for September (I'm actually impatiently waiting for National Hot Dog Month in July), here are a few upcoming horror/sci-fi flicks that may or may not fill your world with colorful, pant-staining scares…
THE MEG (August 10, 2018)
"A deep-sea submersible — part of an international undersea observation program — has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific…with its crew trapped inside. With time running out, expert deep sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor is recruited to save the crew — and the ocean itself — from this unstoppable threat: a prehistoric 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon, bringing him face to face once more with the greatest and largest predator of all time."
Meg, as you might know, is short for Megalodon, the largest shark ever to have strained dinosaurs through it's mega mouth like krill through a blue whale's surfer-hole. If you haven't seen the trailers for this, be prepared to pollute the aquarium. This shark is supersized and makes the shark ("Bruce") in Jaws (1975) look like a carnival goldfish. Another supersized bonus: this one is coming out in 3D, which is one better — and more expensive — than 2D. I care not — the already over-priced movie theatre can have a bigger bite out of my paycheck for this one. (Wonder if they'll take a post-dated check?)
DEAD BY MIDNIGHT (2018)
"It's Halloween at WKIZ when the malicious Mistress of Midnight arrives to host her annual horror movie marathon 'Dead By Midnight'. When the WKIZ staff begins disappearing only to turn up in the increasingly darker films, it's up to line producer Candice Spelling to stop the Mistress before her final and most diabolical film goes to air."
Cool premise. Wonder is the Mistress of Midnight is single? If she's as delicious as she is malicious, I should like to apply for the job as her evil smooch buddy. And hey, if she casts me in one of her dark films, I'd be flattered. Won't do it for free, though; living or not, the rent's gotta be paid
PONTYPOOL CHANGES (2018/2019)
"The sequel to Pontypool (2008), in which a virus is transferred from one person to another by way of words in the English language."
Not even sure this is gonna be a take-to-market movie. For starters, really craptacular movie key art. Looks fan-made. Secondly, the first Pontypool, while intriguing the way a can of soup with the label missing is, had a dumb premise. So if a virus is passed via English language, learn French.
PARTY HARD, DIE YOUNG (2018/2019)
"Finally, graduation! No more high school! In order to celebrate Julia, her classmates and thousands of fellow graduates are on their way to an island resort in Croatia. It's supposed to be the party of their lives. The harmless fun, however, soon turns dead serious. When a friend is killed in a tragic accident, the party people's euphoria is crushed. Moreover, Julia's best friend Jessica has been missing and she is the only one who believes in a connection between the two incidents. Unfortunately soon after, her suspicion is confirmed when Jessica's lifeless body is washed up on the shore. Now the trip is about sheer survival, as Julia realizes that she's probably the next victim. Could it all be connected to a long-buried incident from the clique's past?"
Yes. Yes, it is all connected to a cliched long-buried incident from the clique's past. Move along — nothing to see here.
Stock Market Horror, Jealous Ghosts, Cult Rentals
Posted in Classic Horror, Evil, Foreign Horror, Ghosts, Science Fiction with tags Ash vs. Evil Dead, Ash Williams, bit coins, Bruce Campbell, Classic Horror, cult, Dana DeLorenzo, Demon House, demonic possession, demons, Evil, Foreign Horror, French, Ghost Adventures, Ghosts, Glade, gory, Gothic, HEF, Hell, Horror Equity Fund, House of Demons, Inc., Indiana, internet, Lucy Lawless, Manson Family, Marlon Schulman, paranormal investigator, poltergeist, Ray Santiago, Republicans, Science Fiction, scientist, spirit, Supernatural, The Housemaid, Vietnam, Wall Street on January 20, 2018 by Drinkin' & Drive-in
Do you have an HEF in your investment portfolio? If not, you might consider it. Why? HEF is an acronym for Horror Equity Fund, Inc.™ (Film & Entertainment Investment Platform), a way to invest in the horror genre and to build your future on all things entertainment scary.
The mission statement from Marlon Schulman, Founder and CEO of Horror Equity Fund: "Today, we are experiencing a new golden era in Horror entertainment. Our model establishes a cross-collateralized, diversified portfolio that mitigates risk and subsequently increases the opportunity for the highest return on investment. HEF curates, develops, and accelerates to market projects in film, television, virtual reality, augmented reality, live presentations, publishing, video gaming, merchandising, Internet, and other transmedia categories, creating a unique portfolio of profit participation."
"Though the commitment to Horror and Thriller entertainment is thriving, the world of Horror has lacked a community where they can find one another, participate in and profit from this popular genre. Horror Equity Fund offers those fans, content creators and investors transparency, honesty, integrity and one of the deepest creative benches in Horror."
"Fans, Content Creators, and Investors will begin to experience the benefits of HEF and immediately participate in the Mutual Fund of Horror."
Man, I can't wait to invest, once I look under the couch cushions and relieve my virtual piggy bank of all its precious bit coins. At $100 minimum investment/$1 per share (I'll have to go without beer for one day), this seems like a no-brainer. And if there's anything I'm good at, it's being a no-brainer. This is a crowd-funding venture, so check out their highly impressive website for your guide to banking on all things horror: CLICK HERE.
While you're doing your Wizard of Wall Street thing, here are a few upcoming horror/sci-fi TV and movies waiting for you to invest in your couch…
ASH vs. EVIL DEAD/SEASON 3 (February 25/Starz™)
"Bruce Campbell leads the cast, reprising the role of Ash Williams; Lucy Lawless, as Ruby, devises her most diabolical plan to defeat Ash and raise Hell on earth; Ray Santiago as Pablo Simon Bolivar, forever loyal to Jefe (Ash), will realize his true destiny in the battle against evil; and Dana DeLorenzo as Kelly Maxwell, whose single goal is to kill Ruby and end the Evil Dead torment once and for all."
Disclaimer: I previously plugged this and used the same art. What a lazy ass, am I. Just excited for season three, is all. A great day when you can turn on the television and see evil run wild. (Not referring to Republicans and/or politicians in general.) Ash vs. Evil Dead is incredibly gore gooshy, fun, funny and a highly addictive (for me, anyway) TV adaptation. Guess where I'll be on February 25?
THE HOUSEMAID (February 16, 2018)
"Vietnam, 1953: Linh, a poor, orphaned young woman, finds employment as a housemaid in a crumbling rubber plantation presided over by the emotionally fragile French officer Sebastien Laurent. Soon, a torrid love affair develops between the two — a taboo romance that rouses the ghost of Laurent's dead wife, who won't rest until blood flows. Submerged in moody Gothic atmosphere, this stylish supernatural saga confronts the dark shadows of Vietnam's colonial past while delivering heart-stopping scares."
Great — a jealous female ghost. Hell hath no fury, blah, blah, blah. When you're on the receiving end of a female — back from the dead or otherwise — hellbent on jealous revenge, best to disappear yourself.
HOUSE OF DEMONS (February 2018)
"Gwen, Matthew, Katrina, and Spencer were best friends for years, until a terrible tragedy tore them apart, and left all of them in a state of arrested development. Ten years later, they're reunited for a destination wedding to stay together in a rented house. What they don't know is in the late '60s, the house was home to a Manson Family-like cult, run by Frazer, a charismatic former scientist pushing the boundaries of human consciousness. Over the course of one long night, everyone must confront their darkness or be destroyed by it."
I wonder if when renting houses, cults pay first and last and a damage deposit, as well as having their credit history checked? (Note to cults — if you have a pet, be prepared to pay extra.)
DEMON HOUSE (March 16, 2018)
"As mass hysteria breaks out over an alleged demonic possession in an Indiana home referred to as a 'Portal to Hell,' Ghost Adventures host and paranormal investigator Zak Bagans buys the house, sight unseen, over the phone. He and his crew then become the next victims of the most documented case of demonic possession in US history…the 'House of 200 Demons.'"
200 demons living under one roof? Good luck getting in some bathroom time. And if your turn is next, keep a can of Glade™ handy. "Hell" and "smell" rhyme for a reason.
Old Witches, New Demons, Modern Zombies
Posted in Evil, Foreign Horror, Ghosts, Science Fiction, Witches, Zombies with tags beer, demons, Evil, First Wave, Foreign Horror, French, ghostbuster, Ghosts, Goodwill, Monsters, occult, Pyewacket, Science Fiction, The Big Chill, The Cured, The Exorcist, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Returned, The Shining, The Walking Dead, undead, virus, Witches, Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins, Zombies on September 3, 2017 by Drinkin' & Drive-in
There's an ironic aspect to the AMC's official cookbook (and survival guide) from The Walking Dead as the only meals on the menu are humans — and they're eaten tatare, not cooked. Yeah, TWD had non-zombie people butchering other non-zombie people and grilling the succulent carved butt roasts for their protein needs. Unless you came up with a marinade or spices to flesh out (sorry) the flavor, you don't really need a cookbook. Just heat and eat.
While you chew (sorry) on that, here are a few upcoming horror/sci-fi movies that may or may not cleanse the palette…
THE CURED (September 9, 2017)
"In the aftermath of a devastating virus which transformed the infected into zombie-like monsters, Mankind is struggling to rebuild societies deeply divided between the uninfected and those who did succumb to the virus and are still haunted by their violent actions. In the backdrop, the rise of a terrorist movement threatens to plunge the world into chaos again."
This one was formerly titled First Wave. Glad they changed it as it sounded like a surfer movie. The premise echoes that of the The Returned (2013) French zombie movie and subsequent TV series. A thought — if you substituted "virus" with "beer" you get the same results.
THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER (October 27, 2017)
Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.
A charismatic surgeon? I bet he's a real cut-up. Heh.
DEMONS (October 6, 2017/VOD)
"A psychological thriller that marries elements of The Exorcist, The Shining and The Big Chill, Demons tells of a celebrated fiction writer and former priest who, along with his wife, are tormented by the ghost of her late sister, as the details of her grisly death are slowly uncovered."
When they say "marries elements of…", it usually means ripped off. But what do you expect from a premise so overused, they could've bought the script from Goodwill™.
PYEWACKET (2017/2018)
"A frustrated, angst-ridden teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to evoke a witch to kill her mother."
Had to look up "Pyewacket" as it seemed like a made-up word, like "gummy bear" or "Lake Titicaca." Turns out it's an actual ghost of a witch, famously outed by Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins back in March of 16444 in the town of Manningtree, Essex, England. I guess this makes Hopkins the first Ghostbuster.
Demonic Possession, Foreign Weather, Avocados
Posted in Aliens, Evil, Foreign Horror, Ghosts, Giant Monsters, Nature Gone Wild, Science Fiction, Zombies with tags Aliens, American Guinea Pig: The Song of Solomon, beer, Catholic church, creature, Danish, dinosaur, Evil, Foreign Horror, French, Ghosts, Giant Monsters, haunted house, Housewife, Lake of Shadows: The Legend of Avocado Lake, Liverpool, Manchester United, Nature Gone Wild, Netflix, paranormal activity, Poltergeists, possessed, psychic, satanic possession, Scandinavia, Science Fiction, soccer, spirits, suicide, The Rain, The Returned, Troll doll, YouTube, Zombies on June 26, 2017 by Drinkin' & Drive-in
Watching a bunch of haunted house documentaries on YouTube™. Loving the footage of alleged paranormal activity. Every time I pick up a camera, all I get are blurry pics of UFOs and Bigfoot. No photos of ghosts, though as I'm not too keen on wandering around houses that are reputed to be haunted. I hear there are poltergeists in a lot of 'em. And that pretty much goons me out.
Speaking of not-so-scary things, here are a few upcoming horror and sci-fi movies that may or may not make your vision go blurry…
AMERICAN GUINEA PIG: THE SONG OF SOLOMON (pending crowd-funding)
Mary witnesses the brutal suicide of her father. His death unleashes the savage forces of demonic possession in her. The End of Days is upon the world, famine, drought, looting and chaos is ripping the world apart and the Catholic Church is trying to save an innocent soul from the ravages of satanic possession. Wave after wave of holy men are sent to confront the possessed. The Song of Solomon's true nature is to unleash an evil the world has been waiting for since the beginning of time."
And to think all Mary's father had to do to keep all this from happening was to call the Suicide Hotline. (And for those considering the chickensh*t way out, you might wanna make the call: 1-800-273-8255.) That aside, I do like the line, "Wave after wave of holy men are sent to confront the possessed." Sounds like security at a Liverpool vs. Manchester United football match.
LAKE OF SHADOWS: THE LEGEND OF AVOCADO LAKE (pending crowd-funding)
"Three aspiring filmmakers venture to a mysterious lake resort to uncover a story on a local legend. As they get closer to the truth, the danger follows. Before they know it they are thrust into a fight for their lives and the truth about Avocado Lake. Based on true cases."
Yes, avocados are true. I've seen them. They look like alien dinosaur eggs filled with some sort of green mush. As for the legend in the lake, it's not a spoiler to tell you it's a man-eating monster fish. If you didn't already know that, like a five day old avocado, you've just been spoiled.
THE RAIN (2018/Netflix)
"Set after a devastating biological catastrophe, the world as we know it has ended. Six years after a brutal virus wiped out almost all humans in Scandinavia, two siblings join a group of young survivors set out to find out whether a new world has begun somewhere else."
A new foreign (Danish) horror series by movie streaming giant, Netflix™. For another really good horror series from a different country than the one I'm being over-taxed in, try The Returned (2015). It's French, sub-titled and très bien.
"Holly's mother murdered her sister and father when she was seven. 20 years later and slowly losing her grip on the difference between reality and nightmares, she runs into a celebrity psychic who claims that he is destined to help her."
I went to a psychic once. After handing her $20, she divined there would be a need for me to drink a beer in the near future. That I was drinking a beer at the time while fuming over losing the crazy cool Troll doll at the carnival's ring toss, had nothing to do with it. I believed her and mere minutes later, I was drinking YET ANOTHER beer. Uncanny, true and thus money well spent. P.S. Screw you, rigged ring toss.
Cannibal Cuisine
Posted in Foreign Horror, Misc. Horror with tags blood, cannibal, flesh-eating, Foghat, Foreign Horror, France, French, Misc. Horror, naked, Paris, sex, Trouble Every Day on January 21, 2017 by Drinkin' & Drive-in
Trouble Every Day (2001) is a French horror movie about a chick that has sex with dudes and then eats their flesh. Hopefully in that order.
Shane Brown is an American scientist on his honeymoon in Paris. Instead of frenching his wife, he's plagued by reoccurring nightmares of having sex and ripping flesh apart. He looks up Dr. Léo Sémeneau, his brain experimenting buddy, in order to figure out why he wants to eat his wife, but not in the legally married way.
The doc's gone, but his hottie wife Coré is hanging around, having sex with local monsieurs and chowing on their flesh. Talk about soul mates — Shane needs to get an annulment and hook up with this broad and get their flesh freak on asap.
Coré looks good sans clothes and shows her bare upper half a lot. That both sweater busters are covered in blood and particulate matter most of the time is moot. Shane looks like the drummer for Foghat. Do not gaze upon his nakedness as it will turn you off to such rockin' songs as "Slow Ride" and whatever Foghat's second hit was. (I think it's "I Just Wanna Make Love To You — And Then Eat Your Flesh.")
The cannibal scenes are tame, as is the depictions of sex. Long stretches of emoting (there's barely any dialogue) bring this thing to an attention deficit crawl. I guess the French figured the subject matter was enough to shock the viewer into thinking this is a great movie. The French are wrong.


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Q: Simplify select using hierarchy function I wonder if it could be possible to simplify the following ABAP-based TDEVC selection using the new hierarchy functions of ABAP SQL.
Table TDEVC is SAP's table of packages (= development classes), with the columns (DEVCLASS,PARENTCL) definig the hierarchy.
The goal is to list each package in the custom namespace, whose name starts with the letter Z, together with its parent package and its root package (the uniquely defined ancestor with PARENTCL = ''.
This would be the selection without hierarchy, performed with plain old ABAP. I didn't succeed to define TDEVC as a hierarchy source in the SELECT statement itself, as described in the ABAP documentation.
types:
  begin of ty_node,
    devclass type devclass,
    parentcl type devclass,
    root     type devclass,
  end of ty_node,
  ty_nodes type sorted table of ty_node
    with non-unique key parentcl.

data:
  lt_nodes type ty_nodes,
  lt_root type ty_nodes,
  lt_parents type ty_nodes.

field-symbols:
  <ls_node> type ty_node,
  <ls_parent> type ty_node.

select devclass, parentcl from tdevc
  into table @lt_nodes
  where devclass like 'Z%'.

loop at lt_nodes assigning <ls_node>
  where parentcl eq ''.
  insert value #(
    devclass = <ls_node>-devclass
    root     = <ls_node>-devclass )
    into table lt_root.
  delete lt_nodes.
endloop.

lt_parents = lt_root.
while lt_parents is not initial.
  data(lt_parents_new) = value ty_nodes(  ).
  loop at lt_parents assigning <ls_parent>.
    loop at lt_nodes assigning <ls_node>
      where parentcl = <ls_parent>-devclass.
      <ls_node>-root = <ls_parent>-root.
      insert <ls_node> into table lt_parents_new.
    endloop.
  endloop.
  lt_parents = lt_parents_new.
endwhile.
* Result is now in lt_nodes

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Q: how to stub specific IDs only in cucumber test? Very new to Ruby and cucumber, and i've got a controller that accepts an ID. Basically a rest API, so the client would call /cows/1234 and /cows/777. That would then route to getFluffyCow and pass :id = 1234 or 777.
My initial attempt is as follows:
allow(getFluffyCow).to receive(:call).with(1234).and_return(mock_cow1)
allow(getFluffyCow).to receive(:call).with(777).and_return(mock_cow2)

but the response is returning nothing. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks!

A: The params will come through as strings so specify the ID's as strings when stubbing the :call method:
allow(getFluffyCow).to receive(:call).with('1234').and_return(mock_cow1)
allow(getFluffyCow).to receive(:call).with('777').and_return(mock_cow2)


For the big automotive category, TV continues to offer strong brand awareness and purchase consideration -- especially for heavy TV users.
Add social media to the marketing mix and results are much better when it comes to purchase consideration -- a 29% increase, per a new report by Nielsen on automotive marketing.
This equates to 11% of heavy TV viewers who use social media when making a car purchase. Nielsen classifies heavy TV users as those who watch TV five days or more a week.
Even those who watch less TV five days or fewer a week are more inclined to purchase when they are exposed to social media automotive advertising -- at 9% of TV viewers, up 17% from those campaigns that only use TV.
According to Nielsen, although TV advertising shows a decline in ad recall over time -- decreasing 18% from initial exposure to the time when the person is currently searching for a car -- over a one-to-two year span, TV still has the highest recall: 71%, followed by magazines (25%), newspapers (22%), and radio and digital, at around 18%.
Nielsen looked at 34 brands and surveyed 11,955 persons ages 18+ from the second quarter of 2015 to first quarter of 2018.
1 comment about "TV Still Strong In Auto Ad Metrics, Social Media Even Better".
Ed Papazian from Media Dynamics Inc, October 18, 2018 at 12:13 p.m.
Wayne, if I understand the Nielsen release, they did not measure actual ad schedules used by car advertisers or their audiences but confined themselves to people who claimed to watch TV at least five days a week---"heavy viewers?--and those who used social media. Therefore the finding that TV scored far better in awareness than other media may simply be a function of much heavier spending in TV. Also, the finding that there was a "lift" in purchase intent among heavy TV viewers who also used social media may be a function of the demos of such people compared to those who did not use social media and not necessarily to any advertising that appeared on social media.


Totalcontent | new work – Reeve wood flooring rebrand.
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That's how they fell in with the good folks at Felt Branding, who duly persuaded them to undertake a complete brand overhaul that would chime better with their main client base. Felt created a light, contemporary identity system, making it easier for clients to understand the Reeve range and specify accordingly. The rebrand included an ingenious 'r' logo that also manages to look like a tree.
It fell to totalcontent to develop Reeve's tone of voice and write website and sample book copy. We wanted to put over the company's deep appreciation of wood as a material, as well as their knowledge and experience. All wrapped up in a friendly accessible style, of course. The website was developed by Mesh London, while the sample book was immaculately printed by Generation Press, the go-to printers for the design cognoscenti.
It was great to get a write up and name check on the CreativeReview blog too.


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Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Police warn do not approach this man in Bristol or Weston-super-Mare
He has previous convictions for violent offences
Zosia EyresContent editor
Jordan Gullick (Image: Avon and Somerset Constabulary)
Members of the public have been warned not to approach a wanted man who could be in Bristol.
Jordan Gullick has previous convictions for violent offences and is wanted following the assault of a man.
The incident happened in Jamaica Street, near Stokes Croft, on December 12.
Mr Gullick, 25, from Bristol, has no fixed address and police say he is known to frequent areas including Bristol city centre, Avonmouth and Weston-super-Mare.
Avon and Somerset Constabulary is appealing for anyone who sees Mr Gullick to contact them.
However, members of the public have been warned not to approach him themselves.
If you see Jordan Gullick, or know where he may be, call the force on 101 and give the call handler the reference number 5218274926.
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Bristol City Centre


The News & Observer began a five-part investigative series, Jailed to Death, that exposes dozens of deaths in which North Carolina jails failed state supervision requirements for the safety and security of inmates. The N&O has posted all the reports it obtained from the state agency that investigated these deaths at this county-by-county link. Members across the state can now easily access these reports and learn how many inmates died in their readership areas over the past five years, and how many of those deaths had supervision problems. If you do a story off the documents, the N&O would appreciate being credited, and a link to the series would be appreciated. N&O Reporter Dan Kane can help with any questions you have about the series or the documents. His contact information is dkane@newsobserver.com or 919-829-4861.


On June 6, 2011 he Financial Times' Business of Luxury supplement featured an article about diffusion brands and affordable luxury (you might need to register with FT to view the article). The article addresses benefits and possible disadvantages of introducing the so called diffusion brands -- a strategy often used by luxury brands to cash in on their well-established image and boost revenues by positioning a new, more democratic, child brand as affordable luxury. An example of this strategy is the luxury brand Armani launching its more affordable diffusion brand Armani Exchange. I was interviewed for this article, and you can read my views there. Whereas launching affordable luxury brands as diffusion lines is often practiced by luxury companies, creating an affordable luxury brand from scratch is also possible, and in many cases very successful. An example is Victoria's Secret in the United States.