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Miles driven so far: 5313
Bookstores visited so far: 235
Books signed so far: 2156
Books hand sold so far: 153
Bookstores remaining: 265
Drink coasters signed: 3400
Bookstore employees I've met: 442
Take a look at that last statistic. As I near the halfway point on this tour, I've met 442 booksellers. These are 442 people who have heard my pitch, seen my face, looked at my books, and shaken my hand. Many of them have also received a free copy of RUSTY NAIL.
I'm carrying around a journal which has all 442 names in it, and I've informed each of these booksellers that they will have their name listed in the acknowledgements of DIRTY MARTINI, coming out next year.
What's the value of this? Can you even put a value on it?
By the end of this tour, I'll have met roughly 1000 booksellers. Let's say that half of those booksellers quit, or get fired, or get jobs elsewhere. Of the 500 that are left, lets say half of those forgot about me ten seconds after I left. Of the 250 that are left, let's say that 4/5 of them didn't like me, or don't like mysteries, or don't like their jobs, or simply don't care.
That leaves 50 booksellers who really like me and my books and who are excited to handsell them.
A motivated bookseller can sell dozens, if not hundreds, of books. They'll put my books on end caps and in displays, on front tables even though there is no coop, and face out instead of spine out in the sections. They'll special order them, shortlist them, and jobber them in, even if their computer tells them they should only stock four. They'll recommend the books to customers, who will then become fans. Some of them will even stay in touch with me and become friends.
There are already a handful of booksellers who have each sold over a hundred copies of my books. If I can add 50 more to their ranks, that's an extra 5000 books sold a year. But it goes beyond that. If a stores sells a lot of copies, more copies are shipped to other stores in that area, anticipating the demand. More copies in a store means more shelf space, more face-outs, and more sales.
And 50 is actually a very low estimate. I've already met over 150 booksellers so far who were really excited to meet me and get a free book. I believe many of these folks will continue to sell my series, even if we never meet again.
Has this tour been effective? Hell yes. In fact, I think this tour is the smartest thing I've ever done for my career. I'm recruiting a nation-wide sales force. Normal book tours can't do that. Neither can advertising, marketing, or publicity. I truly believe that this is the future of book tours, whether you like it or not.
In other news, I'm currently in Boston, and had drinks last night with fellow writers Jeremiah Healy and Adam Hurtubise. Adam then took me to an amazing steakhouse and treated me to filet oscar and Bookers on the rocks. After a month of eating day-old muffins, I thought I'd died and gone to food heaven. Thanks, Adam! I'm naming a child after you.
Adam and I talked late into the night about this business. He's a savvy guy, and if you don't already read his blog, you should.
More stores in Boston and Rhode Island today and tomorrow, and eventually I'll get up north and then west to Albany. Then begins my trek down the East Coast, ending up in Florida by mid August.
If all goes well, I'll hit store 250 tonight, ahead of schedule.
Friday, July 28, 2006
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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Asia markets rose Wednesday on sustained optimism U.S. lawmakers will act in time to avoid tax hikes and spending cuts from automatically kicking in next year, with Australian and Hong Kong stocks ending at 16-month highs.
"Investor sentiment towards the U.S. fiscal cliff is turning more positive," said Matthew Sherwood, head of investment market research at Perpetual Investments. "Investors thought a lack of public bickering between Republicans and Democrats meant the two sides are making progress," he said.
Japan's Nikkei Stock Average NIK, +0.24% rose 0.6%, China's Shanghai Composite index 000001, -0.48% climbed 0.4% and Taiwan's Taiex XX:Y9999 added 1%.
South Korea's Kospi 180721, +0.00% advanced 0.6%, overcoming news of North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket that briefly weighed on local stocks.Read: North Korea places satellite in orbit.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index XJO, +1.74% added 0.2% for its highest finish since July 2011, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index HSI, -0.57% gained 0.8%, ending at a level it hasn't seen since August 2011.
Regional stocks were also supported by hopes that the Federal Open Market Committee may undertake more asset buying at its two-day meeting that concludes Wednesday. Read: Fed to do what it can to ease cliff uncertainty.
"Balance sheet expansion represents a dovish shift in [the Fed's] monetary policy stance and is likely supportive for general risk sentiment," said strategists at Barclays Capital.
In Hong Kong, property firms attracted buyers, with China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. 688, -0.88% CAOVY, -2.22% climbing 2.8% and Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd. advancing 1.8%.
Steel makers gained on news that China's Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., or Baosteel 600019, -0.15% will raise prices in January. Angang Steel Co. 347, -0.83% US:ANGGY jumped 3.4% and Maanshan Iron & Steel Co. 323, -0.89% MAANF, -1.00% rallied 4.1%. Baosteel shares rose 0.4% in Shanghai.
Technology stocks were generally strong in Japan, as the dollar USDJPY, -0.16% extended an advance that took the greenback to around the ¥82.50 mark on Tuesday. The dollar was trading at ¥82.84 late in Asia on Wednesday.
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The DOCOMOMO Turkey National Working Party has learned with great concern that Kayseri Metropolitan
Municipality and Erciyes University plan to demolish some of existing parts of the Sümerbank Textile
Factory Complex in Kayseri (Turkstoj, 1935) for a landscaping and land-development project.
The Sümerbank Complex was one of the earliest industrial production plants of the young Turkish
Republic. It was not only intended for the development of the local and national economy but also as a
part of the socio-political revolution aimed at nation-building and modernization.
The plant produced cotton textiles and employed 2100 workers and 155 clerks. In addition to the
administration, production and energy facilities the complex included housing for the clerks and foremen,
an infirmary, a day-care center for the children, social facilities for the workers and the clerks, a market
and a bakery as well as a movie-theatre, a soccer-field with a capacity for 1000 spectators, tennis-courts, a
semi-olypmic pool and an open air casino organized around it. The architectural design is simple and
functional and follows modernist ideology.
The design of the housing units, on the other hand, cannot be classified as "social": The first group
constructed in 1935 included apartment buildings comprising of five-room duplex flats and three-room
flats for the head clerks and two-room flats for the foremen. A separate hostel for the workmen was
constructed in 1937. The design of the houses is functional; the structures are reinforced concrete but the
façade claddings are of local stone. A total of six different types have been produced between 1935 and
1950. The complex itself generated the development of the areas immediately surrounding it in due time.
In the 1950s land was allotted for the construction of housing for retired employees, and similar housing
projects around the complex continued until the 1970s, producing at least four neighborhoods around the site.
The plant ceased production in 1998 ownership was transferred to Erciyes University in 1999,
but has so far remained in disuse.
DOCOMOMO_Turkey has concentrated its efforts for the preservation of the complex since 2003 when
the main plant and four types of in service housing were registered in the national inventory and a
conservation area was designated around the remaining parts of the complex. However disuse and neglect
has resulted in rapid deterioration of the existing buildings and the removal of some of the separately
unregistered parts has come into question. As a result, DOCOMOMO_Turkey has applied to the
concerned Kayseri Regional Commission on the Conservation of Cultural and Natural Property last
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Built for the fashion-conscious, the HTC One (E8) features a design aesthetic that redefines functional style. Its dual curve, ergonomic shape naturally fits in the hand no matter how it's held.
"The HTC One (M8) sets a new smartphone standard and now we're taking it in another exciting direction," reports HTC's CEO Peter Chou. "Combining style and substance, the HTC One (E8) represents the incredible experience people expect from an HTC One device with a look and feel that's unlike anything else out there today. If you're looking for the best flagship smartphone experience, but want to stand out from the crowd, this is the phone for you."
The E8 represents a slight departure from other HTC One family smartphones while retaining their sleek, ergonomic design and striking appearance. Constructed of a polycarbonate unibody frame, the E8 comes in four colors: Polar White, Electric Crimson, Maldives Blue, and Misty Gray.
When it comes to performance features, the HTC One (E8) doesn't disappoint. It packs many of the same experiences as its predecessor, the HTC One M8:
- Motion Launch™: Intuitive gesture response that gives you control to shortcuts without turning on your phone. Answer incoming call by raising your E8 to your ear, or activate your camera mode by picking up your phone and tapping the volume rocker.
- HTC BoomSound™: Our legendary dual front-facing stereo speakers with built-in amps and balancing software that auto corrects bass-to-treble levels for true-to-life sound.
The HTC One (E8) brings a few new things of its own, too:
- Dual Curve Design: An ergonomic masterpiece, the E8 fits naturally in your hand in virtually any position.
- Selfie Perfection: Complementing its 13MP main camera is a 5MP front facing wide-angle camera, complete with a screen side countdown timer so you won't miss a pose. Built-in Touch Up software balances skin tones while retaining your genuine look. With the HTC One (E8)'s generous 5" display as your selfie viewfinder, every side will be your good side!
- Dual SIM card holders: Access multiple mobile accounts and switch on the go. With 16GB of onboard memory and expandable SD storage capacity, you'll have plenty of room for photos, apps, games, and more. The Dual SIM version of the HTC One (E8) will be available in select regions only.
With its own line of stylish Dot View™ cases, a 2,600 mAh battery and HTC Sense 6 features, the HTC One (E8) is a perfect match for those ready to embrace bold change matched with fashion-forward innovation. It's slated for an early June release in select markets, so stay tuned!
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by Kathy Hedges
SOCORRO, N.M., Dec. 5, 2003 -- Few subjects animate Scott Teare more than New Mexico Tech's new program in optical science and engineering.
"Almost all modern technology involves optics -- optical communication, lasers, optical isolators, imaging systems, fiber optics, etc. Offering Tech students the opportunity to learn about optical science and engineering first-hand is incredibly useful to them," Teare says.
"In particular," he continues, "with Tech developing the Magdalena Ridge Observatory (MRO), having an optics program available is key for our students. As well, a more diverse education puts them in a better position when applying for jobs after completing their studies."
Teare reports that Tech is starting off the optics program conservatively, offering a minor right now, but looking forward to expanding the program to offer a full bachelor's and graduate degrees in optics. Some expansion is already underway; Dr. Hai Xiao, a researcher in optical sensors and communications, joined the Electrical Engineering Department this fall which will certainly go far in supporting these efforts. Tech's first student with a minor in optical science and engineering will graduate in December 2003.
Teare, an associate professor of electrical engineering, became heavily involved in optics through his NSF-funded adaptive optics project at the Mount Wilson Observatory, located outside Pasadena, Calif. He and Laird Thompson of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are co-investigators on the project and have been working to integrate the 100-inch telescope with the electrical control and electro-optical components of the laser guidestar adaptive optics system and apply it to astronomical pursuits.
Teare explains that, "My research interests revolve around 'engineering light', and electro-optical tools are a great way to do the job. So for me the connection between optics and electrical engineering is quite strong. What is particularly exciting about this field of 'experimental adaptive optics' is that it has applications in many areas including astronomy, industry, medicine and the Department of Defense."
One of the opportunities that has supported the development of the optics program at Tech is the Educational Partnership Agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Albuquerque. Through this agreement, Tech has received surplus optical fabrication, coating and support equipment for our school. In addition, it has brought Tech students to the attention of AFRL scientists and engineers. Over the past couple of years, the burgeoning optics academic program has placed four students into summer internships with DoD. Now two students from the optics program have joined the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) group that works out of AFRL for their master's degree work.
The optics program exists as its own separate program at New Mexico Tech, with professors from the departments of Electrical Engineering, Physics, and Materials Engineering serving on its advisory board. According to Teare, students in any of those majors, and indeed, any physical science students, should find the optics minor will complement their program.
"In addition to the academic program," Teare adds, "there is also an optical fabrication side to Tech's interests. Tech's Research and Economic Development Division's Optical Surface Facility (OSF) is located near the 'Big-I' in Albuquerque and provides a unique opportunity for students to learn from masters of the craft of making optics. This is a full-service, custom optics manufacturing facility that specializes in providing customers with solutions to challenging optical needs. Eventually, we will have students using the OSF as a major part of their degree program and that is really exciting!"
The proximity of MRO is also key for the success of the optics program. MRO, a major astronomical instrument now in its development stages, makes New Mexico Tech a prime territory for research in adaptive optics, interferometry, wavefront propagation, atmospheric turbulence, polarimetry and applications to directed energy, astronomy and communications. MRO will eventually support a large optical interferometer and a 2.4m single telescope and is being developed by a consortium which includes New Mexico Tech, University of Cambridge, New Mexico State University, New Mexico Highlands University, the University of Puerto Rico, Los Alamos National Labs, and the Naval Research Labs. On campus, the Etscorn Observatory provides optics students with access to commercial telescopes with imaging cameras and spectrometers.
As for the first graduate of the Optical Science and Engineering program, Jonathan R. Andrews, Teare says, "He is planning to stay here at Tech as a student in our newly approved Electrical Engineering Master of Science program. His work is being supported by the Naval Research Laboratory, where he will be working with Dr. Sergio Restaino, one of their senior optical researchers and me. It's a win-win situation for both Tech and NRL."


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College golf team is slotted in the fifth spot in the latest Division II Regional Golf Rankings. GC Golf is a member of the Southeast Region.
The Bobcats are behind fellow Peach Belt Conference (PBC) members USC Aiken, Columbus State University, Armstrong Atlantic State University and Flagler College, ranked one through four respectively. One more PBC team made the top-10 with Clayton State University ranked sixth. The top-10 is rounded out by Queens University, Mount Olive College, Erskine College and Lincoln Memorial University.
The poll is used to determine the at-large teams selected for the NCAA Regional round in May. Three automatic bids will come from the conference tournament champions from the PBC, Conference Carolinas and South Atlantic Conference. The remaining seven slots are determined from rankings in the NCAA Southeast Region Poll.
The Bobcats will play in the PBC Tournament April 18 and 19 in Callaway Gardens, Ga., hosted by Columbus State.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit GCBobcats.PhotoReflect.com to purchase photo prints from home athletic contests.


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Congressional negotiators have reached final agreement on a 2008 farm bill conference report, setting up a possible showdown with the White House over the five-year legislative package.
Negotiators were releasing few details on the conference report, which must be submitted to both Houses of Congress and then to the president, ahead of a press briefing scheduled for 12:30 p.m. central time today. They said they were waiting, in part, on CBO scoring for the bill.
Sources said they believe Congressional Budget Office analysts will put the cost at $10 billion over the current baseline or $570 billion over 10 years. Negotiators said the bill would provide increased funding for "conservation, energy, nutrition and rural development while continuing and strengthening farm income protection."
"I feel obligated to hold back until we get a final score, Sen. Tom Harkin, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee and the House-Senate farm bill conference committee, told reporters Wednesday afternoon (May 7).
The legislation reportedly would ban payments to farmers with more than $750,000 in agriculture-related gross income or $500,000 in non-agriculture adjusted gross income to move the bill closer to the White House goal of a $200,000 AGI cutoff point. But those provisions apparently will not satisfy the White House.
"I am afraid the new agreement will contain other issues we find even more objectionable," said an administration official. "The negotiators have decided to add a number of tax and trade-related provisions — some that were never considered by the House and Senate."
President Bush has said he would veto any legislation that contains tax increases between now and the time he leaves office in January 2009.
Despite the claims the bill would only be $10 billion over baseline, the administration official, who asked not to be identified, said the conference committee agreement would actually spend $14 billion over baseline, despite cuts in spending on farm programs.
"According to the latest reports, the negotiators were considering cutting $400 million for direct payments. That coupled with cuts in cotton target prices and cotton and rice loan rates would mean cotton and rice farmers would actually receive less under this farm bill than the current law.
"This is the first time, to my knowledge, that farmers have supported a farm bill that cuts their programs and spends $10 billion more for nutrition. I don't understand that."
The reported increases in nutrition, conservation and energy spending appear to be aimed at making an end-run around the White House, which threatened a presidential veto almost before the ink was dry on the House- and Senate-passed versions of the farm bill.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., and the ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said he informed White House officials he would work to override a veto if the president followed through on the threat.
Chambliss, who met with the president to outline the conference committee position last week, said Congress had moved as close to the administration position as it could, and "my goal will be to override a veto if it comes."
Rep. Bob Goodlatte, (R-Va.) ranking member on the House Agriculture Committee, said the word "veto" did not come up when he met with President Bush to discuss the legislation yesterday (May 7). "But the president is not pleased with what he sees in the bill."
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SAN JOSE — A beloved South Bay hobby store shuttered this winter has been revived to continue a family legacy and the tradition of building model airplanes and trains in an age where many kids would prefer to play video games.
The new D&J Hobby is every bit as full of passion for hobbies as its predecessor. Staff and customers talk animatedly about the intricacies of a radio-controlled helicopter or search for the perfect shade of yellow paint to touch up a Matchbox car.
Victor Gomez was at the store last month shopping for paint supplies for his 17-year-old son. For many parents, hobby shops offer their kids alternatives to video games and Facebook.
"He just spends so much time in front of the TV that anytime his mind is occupied by something else, I feel better," Gomez said.
Like many shoppers in the store, Gomez, of San Jose, has been a D&J customer for more than a decade. The original D&J Hobby and Crafts, a South Bay institution, closed in February, ending a 42-year run as the go-to place for hobbyists and marking a somber conclusion to a struggling family business. The double whammy of the recession and proliferation of big-box stores selling cheaper hobby supplies seemed to spell the end of one of the Bay Area's longest-running independent hobby shops.
But hobby lovers were not without a store for very long. Jason Pozzi, the youngest son of D&J Hobby founders Darrell and Janet Pozzi, opened the new store March 8. He wanted to wait longer, he said, but customers were impatient; independent hobby shops are hard to find, and D&J patrons come from as far away as Marin County and Monterey.
"We've created what hobbies mean to people because we've been here so long," Pozzi said.
Pozzi will hold a grand opening April 19, after he has time to clean up a bit and fully stock the shelves. The new store is smaller and has less inventory but is in the high-traffic West Valley Shopping Center at Prospect and Saratoga roads, opposite Westgate Mall and Paseo de Saratoga.
"Being somewhere fresh and new with a change in perspective is going to help us a lot, and I have a lot of faith going forward," Pozzi said.
Pozzi said he took a gamble when he sank his life's savings into D&J Hobby, but the risk is worth it. Hobby shops can be a community learning hub unlike any school; they introduce kids to engineering skills that can blossom into careers in auto design or architecture, and adults to new passions and pastimes.
"You come in and find yourself in a hobby shop," Pozzi said. "It complements so many different facets of people's lives."
Carl Watkinson's model plane-building hobby is part history lesson and part tribute to his father. Watkinson is building every plane in the Royal Air Force 14th squadron in which his father served during World War II. Watkinson, of Pleasant Hill, was in D&J to buy his eighth airplane in the set; he has another 19 left to build.
"This is going to be a four- or five-year project," he said last month at the new D&J. He gives them to his dad, now 82, when he visits the U.K.
For Pozzi, 35, the new store is as much a mission driven by his sense of family obligation and pride as it his love of hobbies. By the time it closed, the old D&J was in sorry shape. The Campbell strip mall that housed the store had deteriorated and the store hadn't been updated in years. Pozzi said business slowed after the landlord removed the store sign a few years ago, and never fully recovered after being pummeled in the recession.
"I've learned so much from my dad, from being there and then keeping him afloat for those last couple years," he said. "I wish I could have turned it around for him."
It's been tough going for independent hobby shops, which, much like independent bookstores, have been squeezed out by national chains. Toys R Us, Michaels Arts & Crafts and Jo-Ann crafts store together occupy about 83 percent of the $17 billion industry, according to research firm IBISWorld. The recession triggered a dramatic slowdown in toys and hobby spending, and more than 2,600 stores closed between 2007 and 2012.
"They're vanishing," said Fred Hill, president of the Hobby Manufacturing Association. "The market itself is shrinking."
Big-box stores like Walmart and Target pose a threat to the small shops because they sell hobby items cheaper and have a wider customer base, according to experts at IBISWorld.
"Hobby shops are not like a convenience store or liquor store or drugstore," said Hill, who manufactures model trains and owns two hobby stores in Southern California. "We have very limited appeal."
But independent hobby stores say they offer what no Walmart or Target can — a place for hobbyists to go not just to buy a model rocket or plane, but also learn the best way to fix it when it breaks and upgrade it with a new paint job. Hobby stores also organize radio-controlled car races, hobby classes and competitive robotics teams.
"You get that nurturing support," Pozzi said. "That's what a hobby store is about."
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Dearest friends, it is I, the Duke of DVD, back again to shove your face into the steaming excrement pile that is MMMMad cinema. Once more I cannot stop myself from watching another cinematic abortion from the fine folks at Troma. Today I will be discussing the finer points of a rabid debacle of a film called Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator, a movie so vile and awesome that I can safely say I vomited a little in my mouth by the end of it, and felt the need to immediately schedule an exorcism followed by a high colonic.
To understand Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator, one must first throw out any preconceived notions as to WHY we would want to stuff Stephanie into an incinerator. Friends, the "why" doesn't matter. There could be many reasons. Perhaps Stephanie sat upon and crushed your favorite cat whilst in the throes of a particularly angry match of charades. Could be that Stephanie paid a gypsy in sexual favors to curse you, thus rendering your wang useless, or your vagina dusty, as the case may be.
No, friends, we don't care WHY Stephanie needs to be burned to ash, we only know that it must happen! Let us explore, shall we?
Our movie opens with a simple credit sequence informing us that the movie was written and directed by a gentleman named Don Nardo. For those not in the know, Don Nardo took over the Nardo family after the original Don, named Giuseppe by his family but usually referred to as Don Fabulous by his friends, committed suicide by self-inflicting over 34 stab wounds to his own back. Seizing the reins, Don Nardo commenced to carving out a small film empire, including such delights as Poke Ernie in the Anus and Expose Ebert to the Elements, before finally writing and directing his magnum opus, Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator.
The first scene is set in a darkened airplane hangar. A lone mechanic works on an engine from a twin prop plane. Bidding his coworkers a good night, he is left alone. But not for long! Out of the shadows step two men in long trench coats. Saying nothing, they proceed to rough up the mechanic before finally stealing a gold ring off his hand. They then bind his hands and force a plastic sack over his head, heedless of the suffocation warnings. The scene fades.
We switch to the mechanic, waking up on the floor of an opulent study, inexplicably wearing a tuxedo. Looking groggily around, we see occultish paintings and what appears to be a birdcage with a black curtain over it. He walks down a hallway and discovers a bedroom with a sleeping girl in it. He reaches out and touches her hand, causing her eyes to spring open. She tells him it's good that he's dressed, because supper is ready. Somehow she knows his name (Paul) and tells him hers is Stephanie. Finally, the titular Stephanie! So far we see no reason as to why one would stuff her into an incinerator, but the night is young.
She bids him to follow her, ignoring his questions as to what (the fuck) is going on. The tour of the house is cut short by a dinner bell. They head to the dining room, where they (and we) are greeted by the ugly visage of Roberta, who is quite obviously a man in drag, but we'll get to that later. Roberta bids them to sit and eat. Paul begins to relax a little, but still wants to know what's going on. Roberta tells him that he's there to basically sex Stephanie while Roberta watches, a prospect that turns Paul's (and our) stomach. He jumps up and tries to flee, finding all the doors and windows locked.
Paul comes back to the dining room to find Roberta gone and Stephanie still sitting there. We then cut to a scene of Paul sitting on the floor, looking distraught, and Stephanie trying to comfort him. Then we flash to another scene with Paul waking up from a daze on a couch, with Roberta sitting uncomfortably close to him in a chair. Before we can process this series of scenes, Paul threatens Roberta with bodily harm unless she lets him go. Suddenly, two suit-wearing thugs are in the room, one of them armed with a hunting rifle. We see that these are the same trench coat dudes who kidnapped Paul in the beginning.
Paul then utters the immortal line: "Geez, I'm no lawyer, but it seems to me there must be some law against sexual deviance!" while facing a window. He turns to find the room empty. Paul then hatches a plan that involves using a letter opener to short out the lights of the parlor he's always in, which gives him and Stephanie time enough to climb up into the room's chimney, making their escape. Hounded by the sounds of dogs in pursuit, they run all over the place, through the woods, finally ending up in what appears to be a work shed on the property. Not content to just hide, they begin making out and finally "do it," off camera thankfully. It must be mentioned here that none of the principal actors, Stephanie included, is much of a looker.
They wake from a post-coital nap to find that they are somehow inexplicably still in Roberta's house, in the basement to be exact, and that Roberta has been watching them this whole time from the top of some stairs, employing the use of some opera binoculars no less! Going back upstairs, Roberta confronts Paul in the parlor with one more task to fulfill: sex up Roberta! In response to this, Paul utters another fantastic line: "I'll see you in Hell, first, you ol' WARTHOG!" To this, Roberta walks over and pushes a switch on the wall, causing a hidden elevator to descend from the ceiling!
Inside is a goon with Stephanie in handcuffs. He pulls her over to what I thought was a draped birdcage, but instead it is revealed to be an iron maiden! Before she can run to the hills, Stephanie is stuffed in the iron maiden! Up the Irons! Before it can shut on her, however, Paul relents and agrees to bone Roberta. They start to kiss when suddenly Roberta breaks character, talking in the voice of a dude, asking Stephanie if he has to go through with this. At this point, I arched my eyebrow and sat back to hopefully answer the burning question of just what (the fuck) is going on in this movie?
To sum up the next few scenes in the best way I can, I can tell you that "Paul" is really a man named Jared, a wealthy dude who is addicted to elaborate role-play shenanigans. "Stephanie" is actually named Casey, and is Paul's girlfriend. "Roberta" is actually Robert, a hired actor and friend of the couple. After paying Robert $5000 for his work, they drive him to the airport, but stop at a gas station along the way. While there, it is revealed that Casey is sleeping with a mechanic named Nicky, an ugly, beastly, bulging man who she's seeing on the side. After dropping Robert at the airport, the couple head back home.
Late that night, Casey is awakened by noise downstairs. Turns out, it's Robert, who didn't get on his plane and instead stayed in town in an attempt to rob Jared. Casey is unhappy with Jared, explaining to Robert that she is forced to constantly partake in Jared's elaborate performances and is given a pittance monthly allowance. The two keep talking and eventually hatch a plan that is pretty fucking retarded. Basically, they will kill Jared, dispose of his body, and sit back for 7 YEARS until he's declared missing, and then somehow they will inherit and then split his fortune.
At this point, I was ready to call Don Nardo and tell him to go fuck himself, but I stuck with it, because Casey and Robert armed themselves with fireplace pokers. No good can come from people arming themselves with fireplace pokers. They creep upstairs, finding Jared asleep under the covers. They bash him repeatedly, then wrap him up, covers and all, inside some plastic. They then drag his body downstairs... TO THE INCINERATOR! Wasn't Stephanie/Casey supposed to get stuffed in there? Just wanting to see someone, anyone, stuffed into the incinerator, I let it play out. Robert starts to double-cross Casey, picking up a stick of wood to hit her with, when suddenly she makes a gruesome discovery: who they thought to be Jared is instead Casey's lover, the mongoloid mechanic Nicky!
Hearing voices upstairs, they head back up (not even bothering to stuff Nicky in the incinerator!) to find a television in the kitchen, playing them a video of Jared and Nicky in the parlor, talking it up. Jared apparently filmed this, somehow knowing the plot on his life and arranging to have Nicky take his place. Jared then strides into the kitchen like Teddy "Fucking" Roosevelt, wearing a full-blown old-time African safari get-up, complete with hunting rifle! He pulls out a hourglass and informs both of them that they have 1 minute head start before he starts firing.
Casey and Robert take off. Of course, the house is locked down tight. Stephanie finds a pair of scissors to arm herself with, but quickly runs around a corner, impaling Robert with them on accident! Casey then runs headlong into the parlor, finding Jared with his gun. He forces her at gunpoint to enter the iron maiden, when at the last second Robert comes screaming up and knocks Jared into the maiden instead! Casey takes off running, but Jared "shoots" her in the leg. (We hear the gun, but there's no smoke or bullet wound.) She falls, managing to hit the elevator switch before collapsing, right underneath where the elevator is coming down! Robert, in the meantime, collapses. Very soon Jared is dead in the maiden, Robert dead from scissor impaling, and Casey crushed underneath the elevator.
Suddenly, we cut to Casey, Jared, and Robert sitting at the kitchen table, watching a video of their "deaths." That's right folks, Don Nardo has once again pulled the rug out from under us with yet another switcheroo! A crew (who includes the two thugs we kept seeing) comes in and begins dismantling the sets used to fool us. Everyone goes outside and leaves in their respective cars. As a final slap to the audience's face, it is revealed that Jared and Nicky are in fact a couple. The movie ends with them in the back of a limo, arguing that they each enjoyed their respective make-out scenes with Casey a bit too much.
So, in conclusion: What The Fuck?!?! I can't decide if this movie was clever or extremely shitty. I'm going to go with option B. The fact that Stephanie, and in fact NO ONE, was stuffed into an incinerator just seals the deal. 0 Thumbs, people. My first ever (I believe) 0 Thumbs review. There really isn't ANY redeeming factor of this movie. No one gets naked, no one gets stuffed into anything really, other than a fake iron maiden. The movie title held so much promise. If I were to make a movie called Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator, you can be damned well sure someone named Stephanie, at some point in the film, would be getting her fine ass stuffed and then stuffed into an incinerator!
Incidentally, the Vicar and I sat over expensive cognac and some imported mustard last night and discussed why one would use an incinerator as a means for corpse disposal. Behold the places we came up with, and the reasons not to use said places:
So you can see, the incinerator is clearly the only place Stephanie could safely be stuffed! And yet Don Nardo dropped the ball that was seemingly attached to his hands via Gorilla Glue thanks to that awesome title. Inexcusable.
Don't try to pass it off on anyone else! I know it was you, Nardo! You broke my heart! You broke my heart!
Friday, November 13, 2009
Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator (1989), Or Where Else Would You Stuff That Slut?
Posted by The Duke of DVD at 3:08 PM
Labels: '80s, 0-1 Thumbs, Thriller, Troma, Unfulfilled Promises of Stuffing
5 comments:
Maybe you should demand a refund from the Lloyd Kaufman. I'm sure he re-titled this thing for the Troma release. It's elsewhere known as "In Deadly Heat", which actually doesn't sound like it has much more to do with the goings-on, but is certainly less suggestive.
This sort of bait-and-switch marketing really frosts my cookies. We don't ask for much of our movies, but if the word "stuff" is in the title - as a verb - then there better be some stuffing happening - of one variety or another.
- November 13, 2009 at 7:00 PM
- TimTE01 said...
You know, the sad thing is that I'm crazy enough to rent a film that has that title. At least now, I know that I should not.
Of course, I was still dumb enough to watch 'Day of the Dead 2: Contagium,' so I'm by no means perfect!
- November 13, 2009 at 7:27 PM
- Al Bruno III said...
I saw this video many times in my youth but never had the never to rent it. Now after reading this review I am glad I didn't.
You have my gratitude for sitting through this film, you are like a gynecologist in a convent daring to probe in places where others are afraid to even look...
- November 13, 2009 at 11:01 PM
- db said...
I dunno, maybe Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator started out as an industrial safety film about the dangers of unsupervised disposal units, along the lines of Follow That Trail Of Skittles Into The Trash Compactor or Go Play Hide And Seek In That Abandoned Freezer From The Fifties Down By The Sewage Pond. I kinda doubt it, tho. Zero thumbs!
- November 15, 2009 at 10:47 PM
- Uranium Willy said...
I was actually going to get this eventually based on the suggestive title alone. I have done that before and realized the old adage of judging a book by ts cover applies to tapes and DVDs as well.
- November 18, 2009 at 11:19 PM


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Photo: Roger Vivier/Olivia Bee
1. The designer: Nicolas Ghesquière at Louis Vuitton
The biggest fashion transfer of the season was Marc Jacobs out, Nicolas Ghesquière in at Louis Vuitton. Disappointingly for those hoping for a bitchfest, Jacobs was deeply diplomatic about his replacement after 16 years at the brand. "I'm really glad someone I respect, admire and think is a really great talent is there." Ghesquière, responsible for turning a decidedly musty Balenciaga into one of the most innovative brands of the past decade (to wit: Lego-constructed shoes, armoured jackets, scuba mini dresses), has big boots to fill at Vuitton. He'll have to design things that sell (rumours abound that Balenciaga wasn't wildly profitable under his tenure), but he'll have Darren Spaziani, the accessories maestro responsible for Proenza Schouler's cult PS2 handbag, by his side to help turn luggage into lucre.
2. The film: Saint Laurent
Now that every director under the sun has seen fit to immortalise Coco Chanel on screen, it's the turn of Yves Saint Laurent. 2014 will see the release of two films dedicated to the most flamboyant of French fashion designers - and the French house (or rather, Pierre Bergé, the late designer's right-hand man and business partner) has got its knickers in a twist about it. Saint Laurent, a film directed by Bertrand Bonello, received the green light from Kering, Saint Laurent's owner. Yves Saint Laurent, directed by Jalil Lespert, has the blessing of Bergé. "Two films on YSL? I hold the moral rights over YSL's work, his image and mine and have only authorised Jalil Lespert. A trial on the cards?" Bergé fumed on Twitter. Lespert's effort is out this month - word is that leading actor Pierre Niney is a dead ringer for Yves - but we're equally interested in those potentially pending lawsuits.
WATCH the Yves Saint Laurent film trailer
3. The model: Malaika Firth
Modelling's equivalent of a laurel wreath? A Prada campaign. Malaika Firth, 19, is this year's victor, having been cast in her first campaign for Prada, for autumn/winter 2013. Did we mention that the Kenyan-born, London-based model is the first black face to star for the house since Naomi Campbell in 1994? And, like Campbell, she's opinionated. "I'm proud that I'm the second black [Prada] model, but also I'm mixed. I'm biracial," she corrected a recent interviewer. "I find it really good that I'm not black and I'm not white." Last season she opened Valentino; walked in shows for Miu Miu, Proenza Schouler and Topshop Unique; and even won a coveted pair of Victoria's Secret wings in the November show. Next up: pastel-encased Malaika in Burberry's spring/summer 2014 ads.
Malaika Firth in the Burberry spring/summer 2014 campaign. Photo: Burberry
4. The young Brit designer: Ashley Williams
All aspiring fashion designers know It Girl patronage is a prerequisite for success, so kudos to young Brit Ashley Williams who's managed to nab herself three. Alexa Chung, Pixie Geldof and Daisy Lowe are all Team Ashley - Chung named her "the next big thing" when we accosted her at the British Fashion Awards last month - and her punchy prints in splashy colours will decorate myriad street-style blogs next season. We're rather taken with the plush shark bags she sent down her spring/summer 2014 catwalk.
READ: 15 Fashionable things to look out for in 2014
5. The magazine: Porter
For the uninitiated, Net-a-Porter.com is an online retail behemoth selling luxury fashion. February 2014 marks the release of its first print magazine, Porter. This is deeply troubling for the fashion nobs, for a handful of reasons: a) Net-a-Porter has pioneered the notion of a digital, shoppable magazine with The Edit , its current offering; its return to old media is akin to Mark Zuckerberg announcing that he will write all his correspondence by hand from now on; b) Porter will feature product not stocked on the Net-a-Porter website, which would appear to be a business boo boo; c) Porter will also contain advertising - which has traditional glossy publishers quaking in their heels. Confused? Enter editor-in-chief Lucy Yeomans: "Net-a-Porter does the shopping element so well. Having something interesting to read is just another element to the proposition and print allows us to go deeper into that. The main point is inspiration." Long live the printed word.
Pixie Geldof wearing a dress by Ashley Williams; Desert boots, £89, Clarks; clarks.co.uk Photo: REX
6. The three best high street collaborations
High street and designer hook-ups are now so frequent that Paddy Power is taking bets on potential future liaisons. Following the scrum for Isabel Marant's collaboration with H&M in November, the bookie is offering 5/1 on Miuccia Prada being next in line. More exciting, though, are the confirmed unions. Our top three for 2014 are as follows:
Kate Moss for Topshop
Back after a three-year gap, Moss's 40-piece collection will hit stores in April. Based on her current wardrobe predilections, we're anticipating stripes and (faux) fur.
Sophia Webster for J Crew We've previewed the cut-out stiletto sandals and bright printed courts, although J Crew have yet to confirm a drop date.
Patternity for Clarks Cult pattern-design company Patternity have pimped out the classic Clarks desert boot with their signature geometric prints, hitting stores in January.
Victoria Beckham pulls off culottes; sporty sandals, £26, Next; next.co.uk
7. The trend: Culottes
Five words to strike fear into your heart: culottes are big for spring. Huge, in fact: loose, slightly flared, and falling in that horribly un-erogenous zone of mid-calf. Nothing screams "of the moment" quite like a change in proportion, but to avoid a Nineties costume drama, make like Victoria Beckham and wear them with a crisp white shirt and a heel. Better still, a heeled knee-high boot - very Seventies, which is also a key throwback.
8. The shoe: Sporty sandals
It is a source of endless fascination to the fashion desk that no matter how intrinsically unfashionable sandals are, every season they rear their horribly flimsy heads. We've done gladiator sandals, orthopaedic sandals and pool-slide sandals. This year, it's the turn of the sporty sandal. What makes a sandal sporty, you ask? A foamy base and a rubbery-looking strap, of course, as seen on the catwalk at Prada, Givenchy and Marc Jacobs. If that sounds terrifying, try a slimmed-down sole and leather strap, courtesy of Chloé and Next. And if you're aiming for the truly avant-garde, our sources in east London report that Teva sandals - a foam-soled sandal with Navajo-patterned straps, beloved of unemployed surfers and technology consultants on trekking holidays - are hot to trot. If this comes to pass, we weep for the future.
One of Olivia Bee's photographs for Hermès. Photo: Olivia Bee
9. The photographer: Olivia Bee
Olivia Bee has a teenager's mastery of the selfie. The difference is that this 19-year-old American's pictures are commissioned by Hermès: in September 2012 they gave her a pile of silk scarves and she photographed herself and her friends wearing them for the Hermès magazine. She has also snapped images for Converse (they hassled her for months - she'd been ignoring their emails, thinking they were spam), Fiat, Levi's, Nike and The New York Times . For her latest trick, she's photographed Miroslava Duma in the Roger Vivier spring/summer 2014 campaign (main image).
10. The beauty launches
Nothing embodies the promise of a new year quite like a newly minted, unopened beauty product. With that in mind, here are three launches to look forward to in 2014.
Proenza Schouler for MAC
The New York designers are bringing their brand of cult cool to nail polish, lipstick, eyeliner and ombre face powder (it's seemingly not just for hair), out in April.
Derek Lam for Estée Lauder A lipgloss, eye crayon, eyeshadow, lipstick and mascara ensconced in a snappy Derek Lam clutch comprises Lauder's latest venture into fashion this February. Plus, this year their employees will wear Opening Ceremony-designed uniforms.
Tory Burch The Hamptons honey will add fragrance and beauty to her arsenal in January, exclusively at Harrods.


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BOCA RATON, Fla. --- The Lees-McRae men's lacrosse team set a season-high in shots and groundballs while Kyle Judge tallied two goals, but LMC was unable to overcome a slow start in a 15-3 loss to Lynn University Tuesday evening at Pope John Paul II High School in Boca Raton, Fla.
The Fighting Knights (1-2) netted eight goals in the first 15 minutes while Brian Kiel was responsible for two, along with two assists. The Bobcats (0-5) scooped up 38 groundballs and amassed 31 shots while Benjamin Shifflett (Clemmons, N.C.) made his goalie debut for the season.
Lynn controlled the pace early while sustaining a 3-0 lead in the first four minutes of action. Kiel notched his of first of his game-high five goals at the 11:06 mark in the first quarter.
Kiel and a duo of Fighting Knights pushed the lead to 7-0 before LMC's Schuylor Dickerson (Crozet, Va.) cracked the scoreboard with unassisted goal with 1:21 remaining.
Coach Darry Thornton's squad settled in defensively while holding Lynn at bay despite Kiel notching a goal and assist.
Senior Kyle Judge (Hampstead, Md.) corralled a pass from Jarrod Brady (Kernersville, N.C.) and ripped home a goal with 3:15 remaining in the third quarter.
Judge struck again after receiving a pass from Louis Parks (Mays Landing, N.J.) to conclude the game's scoring with 1:43 left in the fourth.
Sophomore Dustin Barrow (Columbia, S.C.) led the team with seven groundballs while Parks paced the team with eight shots. Shifflett earned 16 saves on the day.
Lynn's Kiel turned in a five-goal effort while five other Fighting Knights had two goals apiece.
LMC travels to play Tampa in Tampa, Fla., Thursday at 3 p.m.


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A city the heroes visit is in a crisis, the king and queen are getting a divorce. Who shall rule? The inhabitants of the city take sides by tying a red or blue ribbon to their swords, sticks etc. Whose side will the Pcs take?
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The MIT men's lacrosse team kicks off the 2013 campaign on Friday, March 8 with a home game against Norwich University. One new opponent appears on the Engineers' schedule in addition to a six-game Pilgrim Lacrosse League lineup.
The homestand concludes with UMass Dartmouth on March 13 and is followed by trips to the University of New England (March 16) and Wentworth Institute of Technology (March 19). A home game with Gordon College (March 23) precedes a pair of spring break games in Florida. MIT will visit the University of Tampa for the second year in a row on March 26 and then face off with first-time foe Florida Institute of Technology three days later.
Upon its return to Cambridge, the Cardinal and Gray continue non-conference play against UMass Boston on April 2. Pilgrim League action begins at reigning champion Springfield College (April 6) and is followed by the Engineers' final non-conference games of the season at Salem State University (April 9). MIT resumes its conference schedule with home dates against Babson College (April 13) and Regis College (April 17) before making a trip to Massachusetts Maritime Academy (April 20). The Engineers host Wheaton College in their final home game of the year on April 24 and conclude the regular season at Clark University (April 27).
Should MIT finish among the top four teams in the conference standings, it will earn a spot in the Pilgrim League Championship Tournament with semifinal play slated for May 1.
2013 MIT Men's Lacrosse Schedule (View as PDF)
|March 8
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|March 13
|4:00 p.m.
|March 16
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White Sox Platoon Options (LEFT FIELD is very interesting)
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Getting more from a position by utilizing 2 average, low cost players and combining the two into a potential all-star, 10M/year production.
C- Flowers .269/.309/.596 v LHP,
Gimenez v. RHP .283/.383/.423
LF- Viciedo- .350/.391/.642 vs LHP, .225/.271/.380 vs RHP
Starting at catcher, it's obvious Flower is the everyday catcher, but he's clearly much stronger against LHP. Gimenez should/may see more playing time than we think this year against RHP.
Viciedo had 43 hits vs LHP w/ 18 of them going for extra base hits. He also K'd just 18 times while walking 9 times as opposed to his 5:1 K/BB against RHP......People will argue that he hit 25HR, understandable. Yet, if we played Dwayne Wise vs all RHP and Viciedo vs all LHP here's the production we would have got from a 3M left field.
Adjusted for 600 ABs (and weighing the fact of more RHP than LHP) aka Wise will get more ABs
.297/.357/.511 33HR, 97RBI, 40 doubles 20SB......
What's the going rate for a .300/30/20/100 LF (see Ryan Braun)
Also gives the Sox an above average defensive LF
I don't know where you are getting those numbers for Gimenez but he is a 30 year old catcher who has played what, 15 games in the Majors? Do you really expect this kind of production? If he were capable of posting a .383 OBP in the Majors wouldn't you think he would be playing consistently by now?
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Anthony Bourdain got a taste of the CTA on his recent trip to Chicago for his show "Layover," which premieres Monday night on the Travel Channel.
After a trip to Sweet Maple Cafe in University Village, a few locals are shown suggesting Bourdain ride the CTA.
"You get a great tour of the city by not even having to do anything," said one.
"It's like riding an old wooden rollercoaster," said another.
Not so. Bourdain is showing riding around the Loop in one of the new rail cars with the aisle-facing seats. After the announcements play over the loudspeaker, Bourdain says, "I ain't transferring [bleep]. I'm staying right here until it gets cool."
One resident suggests not paying and going under the turnstile for a free ride. Bourdain dismisses that suggestion as a way to get in trouble with the Chicago police.
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Posted on June 26, 2013 | | Categories: GoAnywhere News, Product Release
It used to be that when we left work for the day, we really left work. With today's mobile culture, however, employees are staying on top of projects and communicating with customers no matter where they are.
Linoma Software [now HelpSystems] found a way to make that a little easier by developing its new GoAnywhere File Transfer mobile application for the Android platform.
Now, GoAnywhere Services customers can securely exchange files with internal servers or trading partners using their mobile phone or tablet. Trading partners can also download the app and access the customer's web portal to exchange files securely and conveniently.
The GoAnywhere File Transfer mobile app works much like GoAnywhere Services' ad hoc web client, and can also send files through Services' Secure Mail feature. It is free to download from the Google Play store.
Here are some screenshots of the Android app at work:
From this screen, an employee could send or retrieve files by accessing the GoAnywhere Services ad-hoc web client.
GoAnywhere Services customers can also send files right from their phones or tablets using the Secure Mail feature.
As with the standard GoAnywhere Services Secure Mail module, users can choose from a variety of security settings before they send the secure email.
For more information about the GoAnywhere File Transfer Android app, you may read the official announcement, or contact us via email or by calling 1-800-949-4696. If you're not familiar with GoAnywhere Services, our secure FTP server solution that's part of the GoAnywhere managed file transfer suite of products, we'd be happy to schedule a demo with one of our product specialists.


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Farmingdale State - 1, Western Connecticut - 0
Danbury, Conn. - Senior forward Corine Magee (Mastic, N.Y.) scored the game's only goal, in the 63rd minute, as Farmingdale State College held on to defeat host Western Connecticut State University, 1-0, at The WAC on Tuesday night.
Magee was the recipient of a pair of clean, unchallenged passes, beginning with Theresa Martorano's (Commack, N.Y.) at midfield and capping off with a direct pass from Christina Merrill (Levittown, N.Y.) from the right side of the box. Magee was left open from 10 yards out and deposited her second goal of the season.
The Rams (3-2) received a fine performance in goal from freshman Breanna Blair (Littleton, Colo.) as she made four saves for her second shutout of the season.
Senior keeper Caitlin Avery (East Hampton, Conn.) turned away four shots for the Colonials (2-1-1) in defeat.
Western out shot Farmingdale, 11-8, but several chances sailed past the target.
The Rams now travel to face Cortland State on Saturday, September 15 at 1:00 p.m.


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