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I'm a goner, ain't I, Behind the Scenes Pic of the Day? I've got that stuff from the meteor on me and I'm gone, ain't I?
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with today's Behind the Scenes pic!
I would have loved to have a picture of Stephen King from Maximum Overdrive, his first and last foray into directing and a movie I think is kinda dumb, but in all the right ways. I'm a huge fan of that flick and a huge King fan in general, so it wouldn't be right if I didn't include the maestro in my October horror run of BtSPotD.
Thankfully I do have a nice picture of King and George Romero hanging out on the set of CREEPSHOW, which King wrote and starred in as the country bumpkin Jordy Verrill.
Last Halloween I was Jordy Verrill, albeit the fat version, with moss covering my face, overalls and a plaid shirt, so you can tell I'm a pretty big fan of Creepshow. Hell, I even love Creepshow 2. The Raft is probably my favorite segment of any of the Creepshow films.
But The Lonely Death of Jordy Verrill is pretty close. What good horror geek hasn't exclaimed "Meteor shit!" when they get their hands dirty?
I'm a sucker for anthology horror and any throwback to the great EC comics days done by modern masters is always smiled upon.
Here's the pic, click for a bigger image!
If you have a pic you think should be included email me. I'm looking for the iconic, the rare or the just plain cool behind the scenes shots to feature here.
Tomorrow's Behind the Scenes Pic will involve one of the above two men. See ya' then!
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Previous Behind the Scenes pics:
- Alien
- Big Trouble In Little China
- Clash of the Titans
- Dr. Strangelove
- Sesame Street
- The Birds
- The Dark Knight
- Batman (1989)
- Batman: The TV Series
- Stephen King's IT
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- Superman
- The French Connection
- Tron
- The Road Warrior
- Ghostbusters
- King Kong ('33)
- The Empire Strikes Back (Luke with Slate)
- Rebel Without A Cause
- Taxi Driver
- Metropolis
- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
- Tommy Chong Meets The Blues Brothers
- The Empire Strikes Back (Filming the Crawl)
- John Carpenter's The Thing
- Jaws
- Die Hard
- Aliens
- Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man
- The Howling
- Revenge of the Creature
- The Empire Strikes Back (Vader & Luke Duel)
- The Godfather
- Rambo III
- Vertigo
- Planet of the Apes
- Pan's Labyrinth
- Labyrinth
- RoboCop
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
- Marathon Man
- Young Frankenstein
- Viva Las Vegas
- The Empire Strikes Back (Han driving a snow cat)
- Rio Bravo
- Giant
- Back to the Future
- The Time Machine
- War of the Worlds (1953)
- Alien (Chestburster)
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service
- Dr. No
- The Twilight Zone
- Once Upon A Time In The West
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Star Trek: The Original Series
- The Empire Strikes Back (Luke in Wampa Cave)
- Edward Scissorhands
- The Warriors
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Requiem for a Dream
- The Princess Bride
- Hard Boiled
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
- They Live
- The Empire Strikes Back (Tippet with Wampa)
- Dirty Harry
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- Blade Runner
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (Periscope Ride)
- 1941
- The Godfather (Coppola & Brando)
- The Lady Eve
- 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
- Godzilla
- The Empire Strikes Back (Bald Vader)
- Mary Poppins
- Alien 3
- Total Recall
- The Pink Panther
- Fawlty Towers
- The Trouble With Harry
- Beetlejuice
- The Shining
- Thriller
- An American Werewolf In London
- The Gate
- The Fly (1958)
- Halloween
- Army of Darkness
- Frankenstein
- Seed of Chucky
- Psycho
- John Carpenter's The Thing (Bottin)
- Creature From the Black Lagoon
- Friday the 13th (1980)- A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
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Oct. 15, 2010, 6:35 p.m. CST
Weird-lookin' dude
by ROBRAM89
He looks like a horror writer should look.
Oct. 15, 2010, 6:35 p.m. CST
Damn...why didn't I ever think of that
by HapaPapa72
Jordy Verill for Halloween!
Oct. 15, 2010, 6:49 p.m. CST
King looks like a half-changed werewolf
by MelGibsonsRacialTirade
He needs to change the whole way!
Oct. 15, 2010, 6:50 p.m. CST
"Well I'll be dipped in shit if that ain't a meteorite!"
by MelvintheMopBoy
Great movie.
Oct. 15, 2010, 6:51 p.m. CST
by gruemanlives
Oct. 15, 2010, 6:53 p.m. CST
The Hobbit has been given the GREENLIGHT!!!
by LegendarySpartanBlood
PETER JACKSON WILL BE DIRECTING!?!? thank GOD!
Oct. 15, 2010, 6:53 p.m. CST
Re: Meteor Shit!
by JAGUART
Is there any way I can get it off my fingers quickly without betraying my cool exterior?
Oct. 15, 2010, 6:55 p.m. CST
Holy Sheep Shit!
by deelzbub
I love that line! Still use it on a semi-regular basis
Oct. 15, 2010, 6:58 p.m. CST
Creepshow and Creepshow 2 = Halloween musts
by SoylentMean
So much fun. Now if only Stephen King would get behind some kinda EC comics style anthology show, like a Tales From the Crypt reboot, now that would be cool.

Oct. 15, 2010, 7 p.m. CST
Creeshow sucks!
by matthooper8
So why do I always watch it when it's on? It's a beautiful suck.
Oct. 15, 2010, 7 p.m. CST
whoops, I mean Creepshow
by matthooper8
Oct. 15, 2010, 7:01 p.m. CST
loved the comics.
by Timahh
but was not a fan of the movie. I know that's nerd sacrilege or whatever but i'm on the better side of 30 and like my horror movies to be scary. Still a cool shot.
Oct. 15, 2010, 7:02 p.m. CST
I was at the premier of Creepshow many years ago.
by Ingeld
I got the chance to meet King. He signed my Shining book. I asked him what he thought of the Shining movie. He winced and said he was a bit disappointed.
Oct. 15, 2010, 7:10 p.m. CST
And what have we learned class?
by NippleEffect
don't put your fingers in your mouth after burning them with meteor slime
Oct. 15, 2010, 7:10 p.m. CST
Creepshow 2 is overrated...
by sonnyfern
The Hitchiker bit alone is amazing.
Oct. 15, 2010, 7:10 p.m. CST
I mean underrated...
by sonnyfern
Oct. 15, 2010, 7:11 p.m. CST
The only segment in Crrepshow
by RoarsLoudly
that SUCKED!
Oct. 15, 2010, 7:14 p.m. CST
Creepshow 1 & 2, Cat's Eye
by buffywrestling
For awhile there, I thought they were going to do a series of King analogies. It never came to pass but as much as I like everyone, I would kill everyone one of you to see a movie that included "The Jaunt" & "Survivor Type".
Oct. 15, 2010, 7:14 p.m. CST
King is a national treasure
by Star Hump
Oct. 15, 2010, 7:17 p.m. CST
Cat's Eye totally under-rated by the way
by buffywrestling
1957 Pymouth cameo, ftw.
Oct. 15, 2010, 7:19 p.m. CST
I spell like Drunk Hulk.
by buffywrestling
But you guys knew what I meant anyway.
Oct. 15, 2010, 7:27 p.m. CST
I remember my first & only comic-con
by buffywrestling
Local; very small affair held in a hotel "ballroom". Found the Creepshow graphic novel signed by King and the dude wanted $11 bucks for it. I was hemming & hawing {that was a case a beer & a pack of smokes at the time! Canadian, of course} but it was the only thing I bought. I wasn't a comic nerd - or that much of a geek at the time - but I was already a Stephen King fan. My first fandom. You always remember your first.
Oct. 15, 2010, 7:38 p.m. CST
buffy...amen to survivor type
by Monolith_Jones
Great story.
Oct. 15, 2010, 7:39 p.m. CST
Would love to see a King anthology show...
by eustisclay
...I also wondered why, when Tales from the Crypt was hot, someone didn't jump on the bandwagon and do one based on Eerie or Creepy. I loved those. And has anyone seen Creepshow 3? They have it at the library but I wasn't sure if it would be worth picking up.
Oct. 15, 2010, 7:50 p.m. CST
Meteor shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Sailor Rip
Oct. 15, 2010, 7:50 p.m. CST
King use to be pretty good....
by Arcangel2020
I use to be a HUGE Stephen King fan growing up...Man! I loved reading his earlier works like..Salems Lot, Pet Cemetary, Christine, IT, Skeleton Crew, The Stand, Fire Starter...hell, even Cujo was pretty good for novel about an insanely rabid killer St. Bernard!! I even enjoyed watching the first "Creepshow" Movie as a kid in High School (Took a high school sweetie whom I had a major crush on and she was a huge horror fan too ;) ) Then..something seemed to happen to Mr. Stephen King...he was either taken over by a Pod people impersonator or maybe he was replaced by a "Fringe" Universe/Alternative King...all the moves that were made from his Novels and Short stories...Children of The Corn, Christine, Firestarter, IT, Pet Cemetary..yeah, even the Stanley Kubrick version of The Shinning and Maximum Overdrive...were all pieces of shit! It's like King became so full of himself and thinking he was the Ultimate voice of a generation of Horror Writers that he whored his works out just to get them onscreen and basically was like..Fuck YOU fans of my work! Of course ther have been rare exceptions to the rule when it comes to Kings stuff being translated to the screen..both Big and Small..Stand By Me and Shawshank Redemption are excellent films to this day...The Stand mini-series was passable and as was the more true to the original version of The Shinning TV Miniseries remake. I don't care for his little camero appearences in his movies based on his books...it isn't cool or humorous the way Stan Lee's apprearences in Spiderman and The Hulk were...in fact...I cringed when I saw him on Sons of Anarchy as "Mr. Bachman" (Yeah, real "cute"/real "funny"...not!!) Lemme ask you all a rehtorical question here...could YOU sit through such Stephen King made for TV crap as IT, Tommyknockers and Rose Madder? Yeah, neither could I! And his more recent works like The Cell and Under The Dome? Garbage and should be used as kindling to light a fire with only! Mr. King needs to retire and stop embarassing himself by writing any more garbage with which to subject on his fans and former fans.
Oct. 15, 2010, 7:56 p.m. CST
"Do you love?"
by Sailor Rip
As far as The Raft goes, it is one of the most disturbing and effective pieces of storytelling ever brought to screen. The end where the guy is like "I beat you, I beat you!" and the thing just fucking reigns up and....reminds me of The Blob remake. One of the best remakes ever. After, The Thing and The Fly of course.
Oct. 15, 2010, 8:04 p.m. CST
I freaking love Creepshow
by disfigurehead
I saw it in the theater originally and I made a Nathan Grantham figure out of Mulder from McFarland Toys. Creepshow 2 on the other hand fucking sucks.
Oct. 15, 2010, 8:05 p.m. CST
by Sailor Rip
don't remember "The Jaunt". Is tha the one where they're jumping off the barn loft? "Survivor Type" I do remember. Guy deserted on beach, pumping himself full of heroin in order to stay alive while he eats his limbs. Ahhhh Skeleton Crew. Also like the one where the guy drinks skunked beer and turns into a gelatinous mess and the one where the astronaut grows eyes all over his body. It's been a while. Might have to dig it out of the archives. It is Halloween after all and we're all entitled to one good scare. Right?
Oct. 15, 2010, 8:13 p.m. CST
by Sailor Rip
Seriously? King for the most part has NOTHING to do with the movies based on his books.
 I hate when people say, and I'm not saying you, "I like Stephen King's movies." He made Maximum Overdrive, The Shining tv movie, Storm of the Century, Sleepwalkers, and maybe some others but to judge him from the movies made of his work is very irresponsible.
 The guy's a writer. He writes. Books.
Oct. 15, 2010, 8:13 p.m. CST
King Looks Like Ron Jenkees
by Autodidact
Who is actually Scott Storch in disguise..
Oct. 15, 2010, 8:19 p.m. CST
King is the ugliest motherfucker on Earth
by locke815
with his wife being the second ugliest
Oct. 15, 2010, 8:19 p.m. CST
74 Days
by Countdown_to_Vader
I can hold my breath a long, long time!
Oct. 15, 2010, 8:24 p.m. CST
where the FUCK is the HOBBIT news?!
by antonphd
Oct. 15, 2010, 8:27 p.m. CST
Didnt Romero and King did another movie together?
by KilliK
i think it was with Ed Harris as a leader of a bike gang and the movie was like Death Race 2000 but with bikes.forgettable shit.
Oct. 15, 2010, 8:29 p.m. CST
The Jaunt
by buffywrestling
was a sci-fi piece. People travelled to Mars[?] but they had to be anesthetized first or else it wouldn't work. I loved how the inventor "jaunted" his finger across the barn by mistake and finally figured out that the mice had to be asleep before they came out normal on the other end. The whole story about the inventor was very introspective. He unfortunatly passes along that introspectiveness to his son, who holds his breath during his "gassing". Time travel? "It's longer than you think, Dad, " he croaked. "It's longer than you think."
Oct. 15, 2010, 8:32 p.m. CST
Of Mice and Men?
by Dookie_Lumpkins
that picture looks like they could be starring in that movie.
Oct. 15, 2010, 8:41 p.m. CST
I was thinking of "The Last Rung on the Ladder"
by Sailor Rip
Night Shift, Skeleton Crew, I get them mixed up all the time.
 They should publish Night Shift, Skeleton Crew, Nightmares and Dreamscapes and Everything's Eventual as an omnibus. Did I miss anything? Any other short story collections? Not novella collections like Different Seasons but short story collections.
Oct. 15, 2010, 8:49 p.m. CST
Being a biased fan
by buffywrestling
I don't think King has gotten worse at story telling. I realize that statement kinda null & voids my opinion but fuck it. Every King story I read still has his "voice" for me. It still has his own cadence. King books are special to me because I "hear" them different inner voice than any other author I read.
 True fact for me: The first novel I ever read was "The Shining". I was 11. The first line: "Officious little prick." I didn't know what "officious" even meant but it was like a sledgehammer to me.
 Now King might be getting old and he may have had a life-changing near death experience that for some reason people think he should stop revisiting but he can still pull out a story altering *sentence* that will make a mediocre read memorable for me.
Oct. 15, 2010, 8:54 p.m. CST
Four Past Midnight & The Bachman Books
by buffywrestling
"The Long Walk" is another fucking story I can't believe no one has put on screen yet. The ultimate reality show.
Oct. 15, 2010, 8:59 p.m. CST
The choppah has news of the hobbit
by 40VirginsAnd_aMule
Granted he had it weeks ago but oh well..you can read about BNAT here.. Or movie news at www.youhavebeenchopped.wordpress.com
Oct. 15, 2010, 9:01 p.m. CST
by buffywrestling
*Another* fucking one. Dreamcatchers with Morgan fucking Freedmon gets made but no one options Desperation and is serious about it.
 I actually hope that "The Walking Dead" is so densely kick ass that we can get some horror series back on the air that's not called "Tales From The Darkside".
Oct. 15, 2010, 9:04 p.m. CST
You can also find Choppa on twitter
by buffywrestling
@iamchoppah
 [That was a freebie, Chippy. Quit spamming TB's like a cheap link.]
Oct. 15, 2010, 9:17 p.m. CST
The Dark Half
by cdubbs727
Was also a Romero film, wasn't it? Based on King's book. Never saw the flick but the book was pretty solid. Also, my Facebook has the Hobbit news and AICN doesn't?! HitFix posted it almost an hour ago!
Oct. 15, 2010, 9:18 p.m. CST
Just helping the scoop starved geeks out..
by 40VirginsAnd_aMule
They are famished here and the manna is dropping from the CHOP heavens in the right place. Choppah isn't afraid of hurting feelings of Oscar winning friends.
Oct. 15, 2010, 9:33 p.m. CST
by Wyndam Earle
really freaked me out as a kid. Just the thought of having to blow your own head off cuz you're tired of plants growing out of every pore..
Oct. 15, 2010, 9:44 p.m. CST
Romero did direct 'The Dark Half'
by buffywrestling
Not my fav. Some ok 'The Birds' flattery. Book-wise, I liked how they carried Sheriff Paghorn [?] over to 'Needful Things'.
 I also liked 'Needful Things', book & movie. Max Von Sydow, Ed Harris, Amanda Plummer...all good.
Oct. 15, 2010, 9:51 p.m. CST
But spamming is lame, Chippy
by buffywrestling
It's not rebellious, cool or professional. I didn't make up this rule; the internet gods did.
 I beseech you not to anger them.
Oct. 15, 2010, 9:51 p.m. CST
by Quint
That's Knightriders. King didn't do that one, but Romero sure did.
Oct. 15, 2010, 9:53 p.m. CST
BEDELIA! It's Father's Day! Where's my cake? You promised me my
by Tigger Tales
Oct. 15, 2010, 10:29 p.m. CST
by frank cotton
one of the best short stories of all time, definitely. sadly, most of the films made from his stuff suck hard. DESPERATION - starts out great and just fucking dies. one of the worst...hell, i can't even talk about it. QUINT - brilliant costume idea - how many times did you have to explain it?
Oct. 15, 2010, 10:33 p.m. CST
Best Creepshow segment was Something To Tide You Over
by Nasty In The Pasty
Oct. 15, 2010, 10:36 p.m. CST
Just tell it to call you "Billie"...
by BarryConvex
What a classic film with such a wonderful cast! It's such a shame that Leslie Nielsen became a joke after this film, because his portrayal of the villain was great.
Oct. 15, 2010, 10:42 p.m. CST
"Feel how hard your heart is beating, Harry? How FAST?"
by Nasty In The Pasty
"Now, that's gonna make it harder for you to hold your BREATH, isn't it? The water's so COLD...so SALTY...you're down there, holding your breath, just waiting for that wave that's covering you to go out so you can snatch a quick breath--" [sharp inhale] "--before the next wave rolls in."
Oct. 15, 2010, 10:43 p.m. CST
"RICHARD!!! I'm gonna GET you"
by Nasty In The Pasty
"You hear me, Richard? You HEAR me, Richard?! I'M GONNA G--" [the water covers his head]

"Gotta hold your breath there, Harry...gotta hold your BREATH."
Oct. 15, 2010, 10:47 p.m. CST
The real star of Creepshow
by buffywrestling
was Ted Danson's hair piece. *giggle*
Oct. 15, 2010, 11:11 p.m. CST
Too far!
by buffywrestling
He's just trying to make a name for himself, just like any other anonymous poster on AICN. I called him out for spamming; not his gimmick.
 I like gimmicks, in general. Fancies up the place, like garland :)
Oct. 15, 2010, 11:26 p.m. CST
It's BILL HADER!!!!!
by Professor_Monster
Fuckers look alike.
Oct. 15, 2010, 11:45 p.m. CST
King's movies
by MandrakeRoot
While King may not play a part in many of the film adaptations (writing, directing, etc.), these are still films based on his stories. For that alone he deserves a lot of credit. And while yes, there has been some shitty ones, I think people tend to overlook how many great ones there are; The Shining, Carrie, Misery, Stand By Me, Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile...some great movies there. Then you have a lot of other decent ones like The Mist (I'd say better then devcent), Dead Zone, Christine, Pet Sematary, The Stand (TV), Thinner. The anthologies are a good watch too (Creepshow, Cat's Eye). And I guess you could include Running Man, but then again it bears very little resemblance to the novel. Anyway, I can't think of many authors who have that many OK to Great films based off their work.
Oct. 15, 2010, 11:46 p.m. CST
Stephen King was a Ramone
by HornyForHarry
Oct. 16, 2010, 1:41 a.m. CST
The Raft...
by billyhitchcock1
...is the bomb in Creepshow 2, yo.
Oct. 16, 2010, 2:05 a.m. CST
My favorite is The Ballad Of The Flexible Bullet
by Monolith_Jones
It's in Skeleton Crew. It's about a successful writer who believes a "Fornit" lives in his typewriter. His madness "infects" his editor as he indulges the writer at the request of the writers wife. I prefer King's short stories rather than his novels.

 I also like The Mist, Jerusalem's Lot, and One For The Road maybe? City guy stumbles in to a bar around Salem's Lot, during a blizzard, his wife and kid are stuck with their car. So the Old man bar owner and the old man patron go to help them, ready to fight vampires.
Oct. 16, 2010, 4:03 a.m. CST
Oh man, I liked Jerusalem's Lot too
by buffywrestling
Especially after 'Salem's Lot. It was a cool coda.
Oct. 16, 2010, 4:38 a.m. CST
Quint you are right
by KilliK
i checked in the imdb thats the movie.BUT although King didnt have any kind of creative involvement in the movie,he did have a cameo in it,again as a goofy redneck.thats why i was remembering that they somehow had worked again together in that film.anyway.
Oct. 16, 2010, 5:53 a.m. CST
So who's the 'tard on the right?
by Dead_Flag_Blues
Did Stephen King used to have Down Syndrome?
Oct. 16, 2010, 5:54 a.m. CST
I kid...
by Dead_Flag_Blues
I kid.
 Sort of ;-)
Oct. 16, 2010, 5:56 a.m. CST
I never could get into King...
by Dead_Flag_Blues
Seemed to wordy, rambling, self-indulgent for my liking... comes off as a pretentious blow-hard.
 Now KOONTZ on the other hand...
Oct. 16, 2010, 6:35 a.m. CST
'I want my cake!!!'
by KelseysNuts
Love this film. Quint, the short story 'The Raft' is fantastic. I never saw Creepshow 2, but I'll check it out now.
Oct. 16, 2010, 8:08 a.m. CST
by AugustusMacReady
Upson Pratt (THE Upson Pratt) always kills me. For my tastes Lonesome Death is the weakest of the stories...too much mugging. Have to agree with above poster about Trick 'r Treat, finally a good companion piece to Creepshow. "Are we together on this?"
Oct. 16, 2010, 8:41 a.m. CST
Ending of the Jaunt
by proevad
Gave me nightmares. Still think about how fucked up it was.
Oct. 16, 2010, 8:45 a.m. CST
by proevad
He wrote a great story called The Long Walk (think that was the title) Always thought it would make a fantastic little indie film.
Oct. 16, 2010, 8:49 a.m. CST
King looks like he has Downs Syndrome
by Thunderbolt Ross
At least in that picture
Oct. 16, 2010, 10 a.m. CST
by Sailor Rip
I think most of us are not here to "make a name for ourselves". I would gather that most, me included, are here to talk movies and not become some kind of talkback celebrity. I have to believe that because if I believed people's lives were so empty they come here to find attention and an identity any faith I had in humanity, which is low at the moment, would fucking implode.
Oct. 16, 2010, 10:03 a.m. CST
The Lawnmower Man
by Sailor Rip
Why did they name the movie that? It has absolutely ZERO, fuck all nothing to do with King's story. Not one fucking word...except the title.
Oct. 16, 2010, 10:09 a.m. CST
by Sailor Rip
Koontz? I'll admit, Phantoms is a great book(I like to call it the best Stephen King book not written by Stephen King). But the other's I've read(Midnight, Demon Seed, I forget the others) not so good. Although Night Chills was decent as was Intensity. I guess he is ok afterall. I guess it's just Midnight. Koontz really didn't seem to know what kind of book he wanted it to be.
Oct. 16, 2010, 10:10 a.m. CST
by Sailor Rip
Road Work.
Oct. 16, 2010, 10:37 a.m. CST
by Darthkrusty
anyone know if this film directed by Romero & Dario Argento is worth checking out?
Oct. 16, 2010, 10:57 a.m. CST
I'll check it out sooner or later
by Darthkrusty
a film by those 2 is a must for me. Just wanted to know if it's a classic must-see for my Halloween horror marathon. thanx
Oct. 16, 2010, 10:58 a.m. CST
also dug Creepshow 2 too
by Darthkrusty
"This hair's gonna get me paid and laid"
Oct. 16, 2010, 11 a.m. CST
Love King
by Hipshot
And have had the chance to hang out with him, just a bit, on a few ocasions. He is a madman, and plays a mean R&R guitar. A genuinely decent human being who once autographed a copy of "Eye of the Dragon" to my newborn daughter (name excised here) "To X...welcome to life, sweetheart. Steven King." He is a national treasure, and probably the great storyteller of the 20th Century.
Oct. 16, 2010, 11:18 a.m. CST
by Sailor Rip
I hope Stephen King didn't really spell his own name wrong. Are you sure it was him? jk.
Oct. 16, 2010, 11:36 a.m. CST
"You did well.
by AugustusMacReady
Go out and fuck somebody. But wear a damn rubber, everybody's got the damn herpes these days." Every so often I get the urge to watch Creepshow 3. Is there ANYthing in it worth a look?
Oct. 16, 2010, 11:49 a.m. CST
Trick 'r Treat
by D_T
Just another vote for it - really fun anthology horror flick (in the vein of Creepshow, Twilight Zone) with a nice overarching storyline (featuring the little creepy fellow on the cover art). I picked it up for $7 on BD after we saw it the first time last year - going into our Halloween movie rotation :)
Oct. 16, 2010, 2:36 p.m. CST
by Turingtestee
My first thought on that day was "They must have read Rage" and was not surprised to learn years later of his reaction.
Oct. 16, 2010, 3:34 p.m. CST
Pic is wrong format, 2meg bitmap
by JT Kirk
It's named JPG but it's clearly a big ol' BMP image.
Oct. 16, 2010, 4:05 p.m. CST
Adrienne Barbeau
by dorite
Adrienne Barbeau is my Favorite part of the Movie...
Oct. 16, 2010, 4:56 p.m. CST
by AugustusMacReady
Many thanks, yours is the first even remotely positive take I've heard or read. I just might give it a go. Appreciate the info.
Oct. 16, 2010, 6:39 p.m. CST
This Movie Is A Piece Of Shit, But I Love It Anyway
by LaserPants
Maybe love is too strong a word, but I def loved it as a kid.
Oct. 16, 2010, 7:45 p.m. CST
Amen brother
by Turingtestee
Oct. 18, 2010, 11:16 a.m. CST
It's "The Lonesome Death," Not "Lonely Death"
by PinkFloyd7
Yeah, it's nitpicking, but someone who claims to be a huge fan should know that.
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Posts from — April 2010
Subsoil Oil and Gas Privatization: Private Wealth for the Common Good (Message for Latin America)
[Editor note: A profile of Guillermo "Billy" Yeatts, an Argentinean and energy expert, author, and free-market philanthropist, is at the end of this post.]
The history of oil and gas production in Latin America has been characterized by a continuing tug of war between the state as owner of the subsurface (Spanish colonial tradition) and private producers in pursuit of profits. Private participation in the industry has been limited to brief periods and restricted to specific phases of oil and gas production.
The typical pattern is that foreign oil and gas companies are allowed into a country to locate and initiate production. Once oil is flowing, governments nationalize the companies' facilities – with or without compensation – and hand them over to government-owned and operated monopolies.
Whether the oil or gas is produced by private corporations or by a government monopoly, it is almost always the government that receives most of the profits. All too often, the money is used to keep the heads of state in power.
In the United States, by contrast, individuals own and control much of the nation's subsurface rights to energy and other minerals. The results are starkly different. While the oil and gas industry in the United States expanded quickly, bringing prosperity to many areas that were once underdeveloped or deserted, oil revenues in other countries have propped up corrupt governments with little or no benefits to the general welfare.
State ownership of the subsurface removes incentives for risk-taking, investment, and technological innovation. Farmers and ranchers are pitted against oil development. In Latin America, the prospect of an oil or gas discovery is a farmer's worst nightmare. They reap no financial benefit from the discovery, but they do suffer land damage and the disruption to their lives from drilling and production operations. Consequently, a landowner's incentive is to hide any mineral wealth his property might have and to fight any attempt to exploit such wealth.
In the United States, on the other hand, landowners dream of oil being discovered on their property. If they own the mineral rights, they are compensated for the right to explore and receive a royalty for any minerals produced. This more than makes up for the inconvenience of oil and gas operations on their property.
Spread of Oil Nationalism in Latin America
Theories of political and economic nationalism espoused by Latin American intellectuals in 1920s provided the analytical framework for dissatisfaction with the distribution of wealth. Nationalists became convinced that the state had to play a major role in the operation and development of the oil and gas industry. This led to a domino strategy of government confiscations of privately owned energy facilities in both Latin America and the Middle East. [Read more →]
April 30, 2010 4 Comments
The Insull Speech of 1898: Call for Public Utility Regulation of Electricity (The origins of EEI's support for cap-and-trade in today's energy/climate bill)
[Editor note: Bradley is currently working on the second volume of his political capitalism trilogy. Book 1, Capitalism at Work: Business, Government, and Energy, came out last year. Edison to Enron: Energy Markets and Political Strategies (Scrivener Press/John Wiley & Sons) will examine the rise and fall of the father of the modern electricity industry, Samuel Insull. Publication of Book 2 is scheduled for year-end.]
"Several electric utilities, including nuclear power giant Exelon and PG&E, joined more than 170 businesses to punctuate the importance of placing a price on carbon through a complex bill that is facing a political impasse."
- Evan Lehmann, "Businesses Push Reid to Abandon Immigration for Climate,"E&E News, April 29, 2010
The Edison Electric Institute has controversially thrown its support behind cap-and-trade legislation sponsored by Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), aka the KGL Bill.
The question may be asked: why would a major business lobby advocate legislation that increases costs and thus electric rates?
The answer is easy: the companies get to pass on the costs to their customers under public-utility regulation. So higher costs from CO2 rationing can be judged 'reasonable' by state authorities, and the new federal law can give the utilities a lot of sweeteners to make sure they profit, at least in the short term.
Jim Rogers of Duke Energy, who more than any other person in his industry has championed CO2 pricing, sees advantage. The Ken Lay protégé will go down in history as one of the major rent-seekers of our era–despite the troubled case for climate alarmism, the political problems of any global "solution," and the negative effects on electricity users.
Where did the drive for automatic pass-through of "reasonable" costs begin? For the electric industry, it began in Chicago in June 1898 in a then-controversial speech by Samuel Insull, the head of Chicago Edison Company and the president of the major trade association of the industry, the National Electric Light Association.
Insull did not want regulation for its own sake. He believed that franchise protection was worth giving authorities control over rates. Insull believed that this quid-pro-quo — exclusive franchises for cost-based rate maximums — would lower interest costs (a huge cost item for public utilities) and thus lower rates. Insull also saw statewide public utility regulation as a better alternative to local politics and to municipalization.
Insull's political program was ahead of its time. Most of his fellow electric utility heads were opposed when Insull first gave his speech. But he would win them over in the next years, and state-after-state would implement formal cost-of-service regulation for electricity. [Read more →]
April 29, 2010 4 Comments
LADWP vs. Los Angeles: Expensive Renewables Hit the Fan
Just what shape is California in?
Several weeks ago, credit default swaps on state bonds were at 200 basis points. Kazakhstan's were at 170. At the end of 2009, California's cost of debt was the treasury rate plus 310. Mexico's was plus 185. The state is temporarily solvent thanks to a great legislative fix: they took an extra month of state income tax withholding from all state workers' paychecks, which they get back (without interest) in their next tax refunds.
When it comes to gauging the state of California's government, however, you can't do better than follow the conflict between Los Angeles' municipal electric system – the Department of Water and Power (LADWP) – and the city's mayor and council.
Municipals are an odd American institution, a significant presence of publicly funded entities in a system that is largely private. Exempt from regulation in most states, municipal utilities are governed by local officials or appointed independent panels. LADWP has the latter. Cities usually get a percentage of the utility's revenue off the top (the analogue of a corporate utility's taxes), and some, including Los Angeles, give municipal agencies "free" power.
LADWP is governed about as well or poorly as any other electric system, public or private, and it does give the city $200 million a year. There have been embarrassments – two years ago, for example, it spent $50,000 on "lactation consultants," hoping to discourage absenteeism by certain employees.
And now renewables and global warming. [Read more →]
April 28, 2010 7 Comments
Power Hungry: The Myths of "Green" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future—by Robert Bryce (nutrition for energy appetites)
[Editor note: Bryce's Power Hungry, released today, is his second book on energy after Gusher of Lies and fourth book overall.]
In his brand new book Power Hungry, energy journalist and Austin apiarist Robert Bryce marshals many numbers to plainly show how modern culture exacts power from energy to save time, increase wealth, and raise standards of living. Bryce also dispenses common sense to citizens and policy makers for an improved environment, a more productive economy, and a more enlightened civil society.
Inspired by enegy writings of Rockefeller University's Jesse Ausubel, and the University of Manitoba's prolific Vaclav Smil, he makes the case for continuing down the path of de-carbonizing our machine fuels—a process begun two hundred years ago when we turned from wood to fossil fuels and huge reservoirs of impounded water. As the world's population continues to urbanize, people will inevitably demand cleaner, healthier, environmentally sensitive energy choices.
Today, the world uses fossil fuels (oil, gas, and coal) for approximately 86 percent of its energy, getting a lot of bang for its buck. Bryce offers convincing evidence that, over the next several generations, particularly since broad energy transformations require much time and financial investment, relatively cleaner burning natural gas will provide a bridge to pervasive use of nuclear power—" the only always-on, no-carbon source that can replace significant amounts of coal in our electricity generation portfolio." And if nuclear ultimately becomes the centerpiece for the electricity sector, which constitutes about 40 percent of our total energy use, this development would accelerate the de-carbonization of the transportation and heating sectors as well.
His narrative transcends the current climate change debate. He thinks the evidence on either side is equivocal, at best provisional, and, even if it could be proven conclusively that humans were responsible for precipitously warming the earth by producing a surfeit of carbon dioxide, there is little that could be done about the situation now that would be consequential or practical, except embrace imaginative adaptation approaches.
Four "Imperatives"
Bryce organizes his ideas around four interrelated "Imperatives" that serve as a prime motif for human history and explain much contemporary circumstance: power density, energy density, scale and cost. He shows that, although energy is the ability to do work, what people really crave is the ability to control the rate at which work gets done—power. Performing work faster means more time to do something else. This begets an appetitive feedback loop, where more power unleashes more time to produce more power. As the scale of this process increases, costs are reduced, making what power creates more affordable.
In terms of economic efficiency and improved ecosystems, producing the most power in the smallest space at a scale affordable by all is what present and future enterprise should ensure. [Read more →]
April 27, 2010 17 Comments
Population, Consumption, Carbon Emissions, and Human Well-Being in the Age of Industrialization (Part IV – There Are No PAT Answers, or Why Neo-Malthusians Get It Wrong)
Editor's note. This is the conclusion of a four part series by Indur M. Goklany, in which the Neo-Malthusian view of the adverse effects of industrialization, economic growth and technological change is contrasted with empirical data on the substantial progress in human well-being during the age of industrialization. Having established this, he appropriately warns about predicting the future. For ease of reference, links to the previous three parts are included at the end.
Neo-Malthusians believe that humanity is doomed unless it reins in population, affluence and technological change, and the associated consumption of materials, energy and chemicals. But, as shown in the previous posts and elsewhere, empirical data on virtually every objective indicator of human well-being indicates that the state of humanity has never been better, despite unprecedented levels of population, economic development, and new technologies. In fact, human beings have never been longer lived, healthier, wealthier, more educated, freer, and more equal than they are today.
Why does the Neo-Malthusian worldview fail the reality check?
The fundamental reasons why their projections fail are because they assume that population, affluence and technology — the three terms on the right hand side of the IPAT equation — are independent of each other. Equally importantly, they have misunderstood the nature of each of these terms, and the nature of the misunderstanding is essentially the same, namely, that contrary to their claims, each of these factors instead of making matters progressively worse is, in the long run, necessary for solving whatever problems plague humanity. [Read more →]
April 26, 2010 4 Comments
Gerald North: The Non-Alarmist Alarmist? (A challenge to Texas A&M's noted climatologist to explain himself on his recent move to Dessler-Left alarmism)
[Editor note: This is Part V of a series of posts on the political activism of climate scientists at Texas A&M.]
"I really enjoyed the 'fact' that I saved you from being a 'climate alarmist'. Frankly, your descriptions of my colleague Andrew Dessler are outrageous. You seem to forget that he spent several hours tutoring you and your student from [Kinkaid] on climate change during a university holiday. As I said to Steve McIntyre after spending hours trying to help him, then being mocked in his blog, 'No good deed goes unpunished'. I am afraid to say anything more to you via email."
- Gerald North to Rob Bradley, April 17, 2010 (cc Eric Berger, William Dawson, Andrew Dessler)
Dear Jerry:
I asked for substantive feedback from you to my post(s) and instead got a sarcastic, emotional response. You are clearly annoyed, but open debate about contentious public public policy issues should not be compromised by personal relationships or 'favors'. And there is nothing wrong about a 'challenge culture' and mid-course corrections, either. We are talking about climate science, after all.
I am going to elaborate as best I can and bring in some more of your own quotations for the record.
[North as My Enron Consultant]
Jerry: you are a very interesting and important figure in the climate-change debate–and one whose views future historians of science should note.
Back in 1998, I picked you out of many candidates as a corporate consultant because you seemed to be more open to finding the middle than many of your colleagues. Thinking that Enron was progressive on the climate issue (and they unfortunately were–Ken Lay saw many rent-seeking opportunities with CO2 pricing), you said yes.
"In talking over consulting with ENRON with many friends, I decided to do it, only because of the open-minded position ENRON seems to be taking. I decided that I might even have an influence on what course ENRON eventually takes. I am not concerned with one ideological position or another—just the truth. If ENRON makes use of the truth to make a profit, good show. If ENRON wants to twist the truth to the detriment of everyone else, I will drop out—tarnished but wiser."
- Gerald North (Texas A&M) to Rob Bradley (Enron), March 25, 1998
I think you provide an excellent 'case study' to understand:
1) how the climate alarm got out of control, and
2) how/why a good many in your profession got off scientific track (as evidenced by Climategate and the growing recognition of problems with the IPCC reports).
My Major Point: You Have 'Gone Political' and 'Gone Left' Post-Climategate Despite Your Skepticism About Climate Alarmism–and Climategate Itself
I have a treasure trove of emails from you that are fair and insightful, in retrospect. (And you have stated that you write your emails as if they would be made public–nothing to fear from your own views.) Some of them are very critical of scientists–skeptics and alarmists. Your criticisms of the skeptics are public (I can provide citations); your more 'private' views against alarmism should be made public too. [Read more →]
April 25, 2010 10 Comments
Population, Consumption, Carbon Emissions, and Human Well-Being in the Age of Industrialization (Part III — Have Higher US Population, Consumption, and Newer Technologies Reduced Well-Being?)
Editor's note: In Part III of this four-part series, Indur M. Goklany applies the general analyses of Part I and Part II to the impact of U.S. industrialization on human well-being and environmental improvement.
In my previous post I showed that, notwithstanding the Neo-Malthusian worldview, human well-being has advanced globally since the start of industrialization more than two centuries ago, despite massive increases in population, consumption, affluence, and carbon dioxide emissions. In this post, I will focus on long-term trends in the U.S. for these and other indicators.
Figure 1 shows that despite several-fold increases in the use of metals and synthetic organic chemicals, and emissions of CO2 stoked by increasing populations and affluence, life expectancy, the single best measure of human well-being, increased from 1900 to 2006 for the US. Figure 1 reiterates this point with respect to materials use.
Figure 1: U.S. metal and chemical use, carbon dioxide emissions, population and affluence compared to life expectancy, 1900–2006. Metals and chemical use exclude their content in imported goods. Sources: Matos (2009), CDIAC (2009), Maddison (2010), US Bureau of the Census (2010).
These figures indicate that since 1900, U.S. population has quadrupled, affluence has septupled, their product (GDP) has increased 30-fold, synthetic organic chemical use has increased 85-fold, metals use 14-fold, material use 25-fold, and CO2 emissions 8-fold. Yet life expectancy advanced from 47 to 78 years. [Read more →]
April 24, 2010 10 Comments
Population, Consumption, Carbon Emissions, and Human Well-Being in the Age of Industrialization (Part II — A Reality Check of the Neo-Malthusian Worldview)
Editor's note: This is the second of a four part series. Part I provided a long-term view of commodity prices, their affordability and the impact on human well-being. Here, Indur M. Goklany looks in more detail at global trends in human well-being in the Age of Industrialization, from 1750 – 2007. (Part III and Part IV are here.)
In the worldview of many environmentalists and Neo-Malthusians, as population and economic development increase so does the consumption of energy, land, water and other natural resources. Originally, Malthusians feared that we would run out of these resources, and natural resource–based products, particularly food, would be in short supply, resulting in famine and a general decrease in human well-being. But as shown in the previous post, instead of becoming scarcer, resources (such as metals and food) actually have become more affordable, and the hunger and famine that had been foretold went AWOL. [I will out of charity, not beat the dead horse of Paul Ehrlich's failed predictions.] Elsewhere, I have also shown that, at least before the enactment of government policies to boost biofuels, land and water use had, more or less, stabilized in the richer world and, possibly, worldwide (see here and here).
Today, Neo-Malthusians focus more on pollution, environment, and climate change, consumed by the notion that the by-products of all the production and consumption that underlies humanity's economic activity would overwhelm the earth's assimilative and regenerative capacities. This view is captured in the identity, I = PAT, where I is a measure of impact (usually, environmental impact); P is the population; A stands for affluence, and is measured by per capita production or per capita consumption and often proxied by the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita; and T, denoting technology, is a measure of the impact per unit of production or consumption. Notably, the product of P and A is the GDP, that is, consumption. Therefore, under the IPAT formulation: (a) T is the ratio of impact to GDP, which I will call "impact intensity," and (b) the impact should grow in proportion to GDP.
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The IPAT identity has been remarkably influential. It has intuitive appeal because of its apparent simplicity and seeming ability to explain how population, consumption or affluence, and technology can affect human and environmental well-being. It serves, for example, as the "master equation" for the field of industrial ecology (e.g., Graedel and Allenby 1995). One of its versions underpins the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's emission scenarios … (IPCC 2000, pp. 83–84)…
Despite recognizing that "benign" technology could reduce some impacts, many Neo-Malthusians argue, to quote Jared Diamond (2005, p.504), it is a mistake to believe that "[t]echnology will solve our problems." In fact, goes this argument, "All of our current problems are unintended negative consequences of our existing technology. The rapid advances in technology during the 20th century have been creating difficult new problems faster than they have been solving old problems…" Diamond (2005, pp. 505). Ehrlich and co-workers argue that for most important activities, new technology would bring diminishing returns because as the best resources are used up (e.g. minerals, fossil fuels and farm land), society would increasingly have to turn to marginal or less desirable resources to satisfy demand which would increase energy use and pollution (Ehrlich and Holdren 1971; Ehrlich et al. 1999).
According to the IPAT identity, if all else remains the same, an increase in population, affluence or technology would each act as multipliers for environmental impact (e.g., Ehrlich and Holdren 1971; Ehrlich 2008). And as that impact increases, human well-being would necessarily deteriorate. The IPAT identity has been used to support the contention that the human enterprise as currently constituted is unsustainable in the long run, unless the population (P) shrinks, we diminish, if not reverse, "overconsumption" or economic development (A) (particularly in the United States), and apply the precautionary principle to new technologies, which in their view essentially embodies a presumption against further technological change unless the technology involved is proven safe and clean in all respects (Ehrlich and Holdren 1971; Ehrlich and Ehrlich 1991; Myers 1997; Raffensperger and Tickner 1999).
But do empirical data support the notion that increasing population and consumption coupled with technological change reduces human well-being? [Read more →]
April 23, 2010 14 Comments
Population, Consumption, Carbon Emissions, and Human Well-Being in the Age of Industrialization (Part I — Revisiting the Julian Simon-Paul Ehrlich Bet)
Editor's note: As the United States commemorates the 40th anniversary of Earth Day we can expect to hear various commentators bemoan the growth in population, consumption, and carbon emissions driven by fossil-fueled technologies. We will be told that this is unsustainable, that we are running out of resources, that prices are inevitably headed up, and, worse, that such consumption reduces both environmental and human well-being. In this worldview, industrialization and economic development are the inventions of the Devil; de-industrialization and de-development will be our savior.
In this series of posts, Indur M. Goklany will compare the above Neo-Malthusian view of industrialization, economic growth, and technological change against empirical data on human well-being from the age of industrialization. First, he will revisit the bet made in 1980 by Julian Simon and Paul Ehrlich on the direction of commodity prices, and examine long-term trends in the prices and affordability of various commodities, specifically, metals and food, going back to at least 1900. Parts II and III will compare long-term trends in population, consumption, economic development, and carbon emissions against trends in human well-being for the world and the United States, respectively. Part IV will provide an explanation as to why the empirical data is at odds with the Neo-Malthusian worldview.
This series of posts draws liberally from: Goklany IM (2009), Have increases in population, affluence and technology worsened human and environmental well-being? Electronic Journal of Sustainable Development, vol. 1, no.3.
Based on the run-up in global commodity prices over the last decade, some observers speculate that Julian Simon lucked out in winning his famous bet with Paul Ehrlich. Paul Kedrosky, for instance, notes that had the bet been made in subsequent years, Simon would, more likely than not, have lost. And, indeed, there is an element of truth to that, but that would not vitiate Simon's larger point, namely, that human ingenuity left to itself would probably reduce the the price of goods and, more importantly, advance the state of humanity.
In my opinion, the direction of commodity prices in the bet itself served as a surrogate for the fundamental difference between the worldviews of the two protagonists, namely, whether human well-being would advance over time considering increases in population, and economic and technological development. In fact, some Neo-Malthusians opine that present day populations are already too large, while others of the same ilk believe that continued economic and technological development is unsustainable (see, e.g., here).
But before getting into the larger and more important issues, let me first address the bet itself. Recall that the bet was made in 1980, and the late 1970s and 1980 had seen a spectacular increase in commodity price following the second oil shock. But what goes up is also likely to come down. Statisticians call this the regression to the mean. And Simon, being an economist and an entrepreneur at heart, took a calculated risk and "gambled" on that.
And, indeed, commodity prices reverted to trend and prices turned down during the 1980s. So fortune favors the prepared, and Simon was the better prepared and, perhaps, the wiser of the two protagonists. But he was also lucky, because 10 years is but a brief moment in the context of history. The appropriate period to determine whether Simon or Ehrlich's worldview is better aligned with historical reality is to look at the matter over many decades, if not generations. [Read more →]
April 22, 2010 3 Comments
Urban Rail Transit: On the Wrong Track
In 2006, Nashville began operating the Music City Star, a commuter train between Lebanon and Nashville. Transit officials brag that this is "the most cost-effective commuter train in the country" because they spent only $41 million to begin service.
To be cost-effective, however, you need more than just a train: that train needs to produce something. The Music City Star carries only about 250 commuters on round trips each day, riders who could easily have been accommodated in a few buses costing less than $3 million. In fact, it would have been less expensive to give each of those commuters a new Toyota Prius every year for the next 30 years than to operate the train.
Since 1970, American cities have spent about $100 billion building new rail transit lines, and virtually all of it has been wasted. Rail transit was rendered obsolete in the 1920s by the development of reliable buses that could go on any streets open to automobile traffic. Since the cost of the streets was shared with autos and trucks, the capital and maintenance requirements for buses are far lower than for rails.
After 1920, some 700 American cities with streetcar or other rail transit systems converted those mostly private systems to buses. By 1970, only eight urban areas still had some form of rail transit. Today, rail transit can be found in more than 30 urban areas, and the number is growing. This turnaround is largely due to perverse incentives in federal transportation funding that rewards transit agencies for selecting high-cost transit solutions when low-cost solutions–usually buses–would work better.
Predictably, the rail construction boom has generated a huge lobby for more federal funding for rail transit. The American Public Transportation Association, whose members include numerous construction and engineering firms, has a $20 million annual budget, which is several times greater than the annual budgets of all of the various highway groups in Washington combined. Most contractors that can build highways can make even more profits building rail lines, so they have no interest in opposing rail.
One of the big arguments for building rail transit is that it will save energy. But, as I found two years ago in a Cato report, the energy saved by using steel wheels instead of rubber tires is offset by three energy costs. [Read more →]
April 21, 2010 5 Comments

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I graduated from Yale College with a B.A. in History in 2002. I graduated from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, in 2005. From 2005 to 2006, I clerked for the Honorable Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. From 2006 to 2007, I clerked for the Honorable Marjorie O. Rendell of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
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Felony Arrest in Hopkins County, KY
Date of News Release: 11/09/2005
(Hopkins County) - On Wednesday, November 9, 2005, the Kentucky State Police received information on a possible location of Heath W. Sissom. Mr. Sissom was wanted by the Greenville, KY, Police Department on charges relating to the theft of a fuel truck from the Muhlenberg County Airport.
Trooper Rice observed a vehicle matching the description of the vehicle that Mr. Sissom was believed to be in. Trooper Rice initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle and Mr. Sissom fled on foot. Mr. Sissom was apprehended by Trooper Rice and Madisonville Police Department and charged with possession of controlled substance in the first degree, possession of drug paraphernalia-first offense, fleeing or evading police in the second degree. Mr. Sissom was also served with warrants for kidnapping, theft by unlawful taking o/$300, and bench warrants for failure to appear. Mr. Sissom was lodged in the Hopkins County Detention Center.


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Mostly jams and pictures and maybe some pictures of jams.
'Evil Eye (Todd Terje extended mix)' by THE NORTH SEA/Franz Ferdinand is my new jam.
'When The Going Is Smooth & Good' by William OnyeaborPitch black joy. Happy happy stab you in the back. When The Going Is Smooth & Good by William Onyeabor brilliant.
'I Love It (Mo' 90 Mix)' by PostinoI quite like it. #jam
'Music Sounds Better With You' by GiraffageSummer, aaaaaah, and relax.
'Midnight Scrubs (M83 x TLC)' by lobsterdustMagnificent Mash-up… M83 vs TLC - Midnight Scrubs by Lobsterdust …is my sunshine JAM!
'CRAZYtown' by K.FlayBig thank you to Girls for introducing me to K.Flay!
'Happy Birthday Girl' by SpearmintThe best birthday song ever! As played by @cakehugga this morning. (It's my birthday)
'Bodies' by Mazes is my new jam.
'Let It bleed' by GoatIn my head, ALL DAY!
'Flight (Live on KEXP)' by Wooden ShjipsEpic!


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Graduates of the program are invited to assist students as Peer Helpers.
Dr. Wendy Brett has been involved with horses since she was a young girl. After high school, she spent a year in Germany as a working student, returning to Ontario to manage a hunter/jumper/ breeding farm for the next 5 years. She obtained her BSc , and veterinary degree from the University of Guelph, and then worked for a busy equine practitioner, specializing in performance horses and thoroughbred broodmare practice . Wendy returned to OVC to complete a Residency in Equine Surgery before running her own equine ambulatory and surgical clinic. She has spent a number of years in small animal practice, helped coach veterinary students in the clinical communication course, and lectured to foreign veterinarians in the Veterinary Skill Training Enhancement Program. Throughout various career pursuits Wendy continued to ride and show hunters and jumpers, and taught riding.
Wendy lives with her family on a small horse farm in Puslinch where she pursues her latest passion: eventing. She is also currently the District Commissioner for the Guelph Pony Club. 'I thoroughly enjoy teaching at all levels, and continue learning daily from "My Horses, My Teachers."
As a horsewoman: worked with horses since I was 9 years old, taught both able-bodied and mentally /physically challenged students, trained horses in my teen years, managed a breeding farm and a pleasure horse barn, had my first horse for 31 years. Currently I am showing primarily in Sport Horse division, Arabian Circuit (hunter, dressage, hack)
As a veterinary educator: currently act as a coach for veterinary student communication skills labs and recently co-authored a textbook. I have written and edited many articles and managed different aspects of educational website/CD development for several clients. In addition to developing comprehensive wellness practice protocols, I have consulted with the CVMA for their online presence to develop a career presentation used across Canada by vets.
At Work: Gayle has been the Senior Manager of Equine Guelph since its inception in 2003, and played an instrumental role in its birth. She has dedicated her energies to advancing the equine industry through education and communications. Gayle created the 'pyramid of education' model – an educational approach that provides learning pathways for career development at all levels (youth education > industry skills > Equine Science Certificate > higher education) in the equine industry. In collaboration with the Office of Open learning, Gayle developed the Equine Science Certificate program – an on-line program targeted to the equine industry. She also acts as an instructor in the program.
At Horseplay: Gayle started riding before she could walk! A dappled grey Shetland pony named Pogo was her first mount. Known as the 'show junkie', Gayle spent her youth competing at Arabian shows. A former researcher, Gayle's expertise is in the area of exercise physiology. She has been the Assistant Chef d'Equippe for the Canadian Endurance Team, traveling around the globe with the team to international events like the Pan-Am and World Endurance Championships. These days, Gayle takes pleasure in riding her two Quarter horses through the wooded trails of her country home.
Kathy Fremes has owned and operated Country Hill Equestrian Centre in Stouffville for over 20 years. She is an English certified coach, trainer and breeder of Canadian Sport Horses. The farm has produced many enthusiastic riders who focus their talents, like its owner, on eventing,
but enjoy dressage and other disciplines.
Country Hill has diversified to offer custom rider vacations on its 30-acre home farm. Another offshoot and passion of Kathy's is food. Inspired by the Slow Food movement, Country Hill Cooks! caters to equestrian events, serving up locally produced ingredients, and offers cooking classes on location.
Kathy is the former Chair of the Horse Facilities Advisory Council of the Ontario Equestrian Federation and was on its board since 2005. As such she has been a strong advocate of land stewardship and speaker for Healthy Lands for Healthy Horses workshops -- to assist horse and farm owners in their efforts to reduce their "hoof print" by offering economic and environmentally sound solutions. For her efforts on her own farm, she was awarded the "Just Add Horses" Environmental Award of Excellence.
Kathy's professional background includes 30 years in publishing as an editor-writer for newspapers, newsletters, magazines and books. Frequently interviewed, she has also appeared on radio and television in her role as a spokesperson for horse welfare.
Marjory is currently the Manager Program Development at Open Learning and Educational Support, University of Guelph, where she has been involved with the development of the Certificate in Equine Business Management. She has been developing and running special events all her life. As a senior member of the planning committees of such large scale events such as the World Age Group Trampoline & AcroSport Games and Canada Summer Games she has experience the challenges of planning and delivering events. Sporting events (national, provincial and regional sanctioned and recreational events), conferences (international), training and learning events (national and local), fairs, festivals (City wide family festival in the park) are just some of the events where Marjory has successfully developed her event planning skills.
Marjory has a BA from McMaster University, B.Ed from the University of Alberta, and a MA in Leadership from the University of Guelph, College of Management and Economics. She is also a part time faculty member at Laurier University teaching organizational leadership. Marjory is relatively new to the equine industry but has long been a parental supporter of her three daughter's interest in horses and riding.
Pursuing his lifelong horsemanship interests, Dr Gustafson graduated from Washington State University with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree to specialize in equine sports medicine. His subsequent concern for the mental and physical health challenges that stabling and confinement created for horses led him to the study of equine behavior.
As Equine Studies Program Coordinator for the Natural Horsemanship Program at the University of Montana Western from 2006-2008, Professor Gustafson developed a science-based equine studies curriculum that explored equine behavior and husbandry as well as appropriate contemporary horsemanship. He is currently completing a book on equine behavior and contemporary horse culture to be by published by Eclipse Press entitled The Language of Natural Horsemanship to be released this fall in Lexington, Kentucky.
Sid had the good fortune to be raised with horses in Montana just under the Medicine Line of Alberta, Canada, a country he wandered into horseback often riding with the Blackfeet Indians. He developed an early interest in equine behavior through his exposure to his family's ranching and horse breeding pursuits, where he was witness to feral horses in natural settings on a regular basis. Sid has raised and trained horses all his life, and continues to do so understanding clearly there is much more to know and appreciate about horses. In addition to consulting and teaching Equine Behavior, Dr Gustafson currently is a seasonal regulatory veterinarian at Finger Lakes Racetrack across Lake Ontario from Guelph in Ontario County, New York, where he represents the horses.
At work: Heather has 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in marketing research and product management. Not only does she have extensive knowledge of the marketing research process but has had the opportunity to conduct primary research putting theory to practice regarding a variety of therapeutic areas and products. She clearly understands the importance of research in marketing. In addition, she has broad experience in product development and product management and has been part of new product launches on a national basis as well as managed products in all stages of their life cycle.
Heather has a Bachelor and Masters of Science in Biology from the University of Northern Arizona and a Masters of Business Administration in Marketing and General Management from the Weatherhead School of Management in Cleveland, Ohio. Teaching is another interest that has been practiced in many different venues over the years. For two years she taught at the State University of New York, Cobleskill.
At horseplay: Developing a passion for horses at a young age, Heather has owned and ridden horses "forever". Growing up she competed in hunter/jumper and dressage classes, fox hunted and tried many other disciplines including helping out on her friend's working ranch on weekends. She has been involved in the local pony club for the 10 years her daughter was active which was not only enjoyable but a learning experience. She now enjoys working with "Special Friends", which has a riding program for local disabled young adults. Any other free time is spent trail riding throughout Southwestern Ontario where she now resides.
I consider myself lucky enough to have been immersed in the equine world since birth. I grew up on an Arabian and Sport Horse breeding/training farm in Niagara, Ontario. My family continues to produce Crabbet Arabian and Arabian/Warmblood crosses for the sports of dressage and endurance. My involvement in the world of endurance racing includes experience as a competitor and a line veterinarian from grass roots to an international level of competition. Most recently I was the Assistant Team Veterinarian for Team Canada at the World Equestrian Games in Lexington Kentucky.
I graduated from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh, Scotland, where I focused my studies on equine sports medicine and surgery. Currently, I am working in mixed practice to gain experience before I begin my training to become an equine surgeon.
My love of the equine athlete and my focused interest in surgery has given me a great love of anatomy and understanding "form to function". I encourage all horse owners and riders to improve their knowledge of how anatomy and conformation relate to the athletic ability of their animal.
Dr. Jane Kielly is a graduate from the Ontario Veterinary College in 2000. She has spent 8 years in clinical veterinary practice in the Ottawa Valley focusing in the field of equine medicine and surgery. Her special interests are in equine herd health management, performance horse strength and conditioning, lameness and reproductive technologies such as artificial insemination and embryo transfer. She is currently teaching as an assistant professor in the Department of Animal and Poultry Science at the Ontario Agriculture College, Kemptville campus as well as fulfilling the role of facility veterinarian and exploring research opportunities. Her teaching goal is to incorporate clinical experiences in an interactive environment to further education in equine health and performance.
Mike King is a General Insurance broker and is owner/operator of Intercity Insurance Services Inc. A lifetime horseman, Mike has owned horses, competed in various disciplines, worked in the industry as a riding instructor, judge and boarding facility manager. Mike is a specialist in insurance products related to the equestrian world and has developed and successfully marketed a wide range of products designed to meet the unique needs of horse people. Risk Management and related education are also areas of interest and activity. Intercity Insurance Services Inc. is the official insurance broker for the Ontario Equestrian Federation and serves over 50,000 clients through various program.
Dr. Mike Lindinger began his training as a comparative animal physiologist during his final two years of undergraduate study at the University of Victoria. His MSc work in the Biology Department of McMaster University involved acid-base and ion transport regulation in amphibians, where he conducted experiments in fish and marine mussels. His focus shifted to mammalian skeletal muscle and human exercise physiology during his PhD research in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University. Joining the faculty at the University of Guelph in late 1987, Mike has continued studies of skeletal muscle ion and acid-base regulation using rodent as well as human and equine muscle preparations. Mike's research in equine exercise physiology began in 1992, with extensive studies on dehydration of endurance horses, development of an oral electrolyte supplement, physiology of heat stress, heat acclimation and exercise, quantification of fluid and electrolyte shifts during exercise and recovery, determination of the origins of acid-base disturbances during exercise, and non-invasive assessment of hydration status in horses.
My name is Kate Morrow.I spent many years in the animal health pharmaceutical industry. During my career, I worked in sales, marketing, training and sales management. Working in the veterinary medicine field was and remains a privilege. Veterinarians and their staff are kind, smart and quite wonderful people.
My husband and I had a small breeding farm where we raised Standardbreds. Generally, the object of this exercise is speed. Secretly, I bred for smaller heads and pretty faces. Somewhere, we found time to raise our five children. I still have my foundation mare, a beautiful dapple grey with a lovely head and a kind eye. She is enjoying a fine retirement with several other somewhat elderly mares. Currently, I chair an animal care committee and help to facilitate this MEE course.
Doug served as farm manager at Glengate (formerly Cantario Farms) for almost 30 years. Glengate consisted of 3 farms, housing 80 - 100 mares, 8 stallions, and yearlings. In addition to servicing 1200 mares annually with their own stallions, Glengate collected, shipped, froze, evaluated, imported and exported semen for 125 to 140 stallions of all breeds and disciplines. Raised near a commercial standardbred breeding farm and local fairgrounds, Doug spent his youth working on the farm and training and racing in Ontario and Michigan. His first love was always the farm and in l974, he took over the management of a farm with 6 stallions and 130 mares. Since that time, he has personally attended over 2500 foalings and witnessed and participated in the evolution of artificial insemination, the freezing of semen and embryo transplants.
In 1989, after 15 years in the private sector Christine left her post as National Training Manager at a large national company to design and facilitate relevant training and organizational development programs for clients in business and government. At that time she formed Nova Training and Consulting. One of her most interesting experiences has been in the creation of her management training and team building workshops using horses as the avenue of learning. Christine also maintains a horse boarding facility and is recently restored the health of an older very sick horse. Her future goals include breeding her Friesian cross filly to another Friesian and creating a beautiful line of horses. As well, Christine acts as an in-house subject expert resource, assisting clients through Return-on -investment evaluations of program, creating customer service strategies, and assisting clients in their time management skills. Christine also creates performance management tools; interview guides, conducts time and motion studies and acts as a mystery shopper.
Dr. Ev. Post grew up with horses and has enjoyed experience in many of the equine disciplines. After graduation from the Ontario Veterinary College in 1997, she moved to England. During the next 5 years, she worked in equine private practice and at the University of Liverpool Large Animal Hospital. She completed a 3-year Equine Surgical Residency with specialization in Orthopedics at that same hospital. Upon moving back to Canada in 2002, she has practiced in the Campbellville, ON area providing first and second opinions for equine cases. She strongly believes continuing education for both the horse owner as well as the veterinarian, coupled with ongoing research are paramount to the welfare of our horses.
At Work: Susan oversees the communications program and is heavily involved in the education programs of Equine Guelph. Susan is the instructor and course co-creator of the Management of the Equine Environment online course, Equine Science Certificate program. Susan has also been the assistant instructor of the Equine Journalism online course, Equine Business Management Certificate program. Formerly, she was involved in air quality research which provided practical recommendations to the horse industry on stable design and management. Susan has completed a PhD, investigating the effects of exposure of horses to mycotoxins.
At Horseplay: Horses are not only part of Susan's professional life, but are her true passion and take up much of her social life. Susan has had a variety of experiences within the horse industry, from exercising young racehorses to jumping, dressage and trail rides. Most recently, she has had the opportunity to work with endurance horses and has even competed in a number of "ride and ties".
"I believe that we, as caregivers, hold a tremendous responsibility to our horses. The environment that we create for them has a considerable impact on their welfare, health and performance ability, regardless of discipline. I feel extremely fortunate that, through these industry education programs I am able to combine my love of horses with my interest in communication and education as a career."
Barbara is an award-winning freelance writer and photographer and former Associate Editor of HorseCare Magazine. She combines a strong set of communications skills with a sharp creativity and uncanny ability to reach a target audience. She writes on numerous topics, including equine health and horse care, business and personal profiles, veterinary topics, and marketing and business for the equine and agricultural sector. Barbara draws on her 25 years of horse ownership and related experiences as fuel for many of her stories. Since 1999, her work has appeared in numerous publications, including Hobby Farms, Thoroughbred Times, HorseCare Magazine, Horse Canada, Popular Farming, Horse Sport, Canadian Thoroughbred, The Game, The Harness Edge, and Renaissance Magazine.
In addition to her work as an equine journalist, Barbara has also been providing promotional communications for several organizations in the non-profit sector including the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Ontario Division), Rare Breeds Canada, and the Donkey Sanctuary of Canada.
Linda Slade has over twenty (20) years of Human Resources experience in various industries, including both public and private sector organizations. During her career, she has provided comprehensive, senior-level HR consultation and management support in government, industry and the not for profit sectors.
Linda's expertise is in strategic HR planning, mergers & acquisitions, employee & labour relations, compensation, employee services, recruitment, and HR information systems.
Linda is a graduate of McMaster University, holding both a combined honours B.A. in English and History, and a Master's degree in History. Linda also has a certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) from Mohawk College. She is a designated Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) in accordance with the Human Resources Professionals Association of Ontario (HRPAO).
Dr. Ioana Sonea practiced equine medicine (racetrack and pleasure horses) until 1983, when she started a residency in Equine internal medicine at Michigan State University. Upon completion of her residency in 1986, she obtained a Ph.D. in Veterinary Anatomy, and worked as an ambulatory clinician for the Equine Field Service at Michigan State University (1990-1994). After teaching comparative veterinary anatomy and physiologyat the Ontario Veterinary College, Ioana returned to Michigan State, where she currently teaches. Ioana continues to visit Guelph each year to co-facilitate the Guided Tour of Equine Anatomy and Advanced Equine Anatomy workshops. In her spare time Dr. Ioana enjoys dog sports and gardening (can't afford a horse, unfortunately). Dr. Sonea will be faciliating our in-person anatomy workshops in 2010 with Dr. Jeff Thomason.
Jeff is the Anatomy Professor with Biomedical Sciences. The majority of his time is spent teaching anatomy to the veterinary students at the Ontario Veterinary College and carrying out his internationally recognized research on the form and function of the equine hoof. Jeff is a popular speaker amongst horse owners as he has the ability to "bring the anatomy to life" with his presentations. His seminars are well known for his teaching aids as he brings "bits and pieces" for demonstration purposes to give his audience an in-depth view and understanding of the form and function of the horse. Dr. Thomason also teaches our in person Anatomy workshops.
Nicole has been widely involved in the business and technology industries for many years dating back as early as her primary and secondary schooling. Being born right into the Technology Revolution and having a strong aptitude for numbers are causes that have driven Nicole to study and work in such areas of IT and Business Management. She is the founder of Phayze Consulting an organization that works with small to medium size businesses in developing and understanding their internal infrastructure that supports their operations. Prior to starting Phayze, Nicole worked in senior management as a Business Director for Summit Achievement, an innovative adventure-based therapy program for teens. She holds a B.S. in Information Technology from Granite State College as well as many continuing education certificates in such areas of Computing and Technology, Web Design and IT Management.
Once Nicole had established her professional career she began to then evolve one of her many passions of becoming an equine breeder. In 2004 she was introduced to Canada's little known treasure, the endangered Canadian Horse, also known as The Little Iron Horse or Le Cheval Canadien. The more she learned of this breed and it's strong place in history, it became her pursuit to help promote and preserve this breed. She became actively involved in the Canadian Horse community and is one of the co-founders of New England Cheval Canadien. She currently owns two beautiful Canadian mares that are the foundation for her breeding program.
A lifelong rider and horse lover, Dr. Amanda Waller completed a Ph.D. in Equine Exercise Physiology in 2008 at the University of Guelph. Her graduate research focused on skeletal muscle substrate utilization and glycogen resynthesis, and fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance during exercise and recovery. Based on her experience in exercise physiology, she wanted to expand her research in the field of muscle and whole-body glucose utilization while applying it to human and equine health. Therefore in 2009 she began her post-doctoral research at Ohio State University, where she is conducting translational research on glucose transport during insulin resistance and diabetes, using both equine and rodent models.
Catherine was called to the Ontario Bar in 1989 and is the founder of the law firm Willson Lewis LLP located in Toronto, Ontario. Willson Lewis LLP is a litigation boutique firm practicing in the areas of Civil and Commercial Litigation, Employment Law, Construction, Family and Equine Law. Catherine is an Executive Member of the Canadian Bar Association (Ontario) – Civil Litigation section and the Toronto Construction Association, Chairman of the Risk Management Committee - Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, and a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and The Advocates' Society. She is a regular speaker at legal conferences and writes on legal issues for Horsesport magazine and other publications. She has owned and shown her own horses on the hunter-jumper circuit. Her involvement with horses spans the last 28 years and she is well recognized in the horse industry for her knowledge and experience in equine law.
At work: Bronwynne is a research scientist with the Centre for Land and Water Stewardship at the University of Guelph. Bronwynne is also a sessional instructor for the Natural Resource Management major in the Faculty of Environmental Sciences. Her favourite course to teach is called 'Introduction to Environmental Stewardship' as it is one of the few courses on campus where students can explore the woodlots in the Arboretum instead of sitting in lecture halls! Bronwynne has a PhD in Rural Studies where she investigated the role of horse farms in the changing landscape of rural Ontario.
At Horseplay: Horses are a major part of Bronwynne's life, not just for professional reasons but for sport, recreation, and family time as well. Bronwynne has also had a variety of experiences with horses, from pony club, eventing, mounted games, teaching at summer camps, and exercising race horses. Bronwynne now has two daughters who are actively involved in riding and together they have fun with pony club activities such as tetrathlon, Prince Phillip Games, Rallies and eventing.
"I feel extremely fortunate that I have been able to connect my two passions in life, the natural environment and horses, and I hope that you will share my enthusiasm by the end of the course."
A graduate of the Equine Science Certificate (with Distinction), Dominique Fillion is, with her husband, the owner of GaitedRidge Farms, a small breeding operation located in Manitoba, dedicated to the preservation of the true Rocky Mountain Horse. Her interests lie in studying, understanding, and applying different breeding and training methodologies hoping to produce and bring out the best in each and every horse and in developing strong relationships between equines and humans. She is a strong believer in natural horsemanship but does not abide by any "one" method, believing that each and every person has something to offer that will someday become useful, she keeps an open-mind and tries to learn from all. Dominique is also a graduate from the University of Manitoba (BA), and a Certified Aromatherapist (Honors); she is an avid learner who is always looking for the science of things.
Dinah Rojek lives in Vermont with her friend and husband Steve Rojek, two-time U.S. Team member at World Endurance Championships. She has been chosen for the East Coast Endurance Squad twice and has won a gold medal. Dinah started competing in the 1970s and hasn't lost interest yet. She bred and trained two World Champion Endurance horses, four Pan Am horses, three East Coast 100-mile Competitive circuit winners, numerous AERC 100-Mile, BC and International Arabian endurance champions. The ultimate competition goal for her is the Best Condition award, proving her conditioning program has been successful. What is even better is watching horses run and play after stepping off a twelve hour trailer ride and a 100-mile competition.
Dinah always have been fascinated by the horse's physical ability, and this interest extends to the cellular level. Thanks to the Equine Science program, and in particular the Exercise Physiology class, she has become more and more amazed by "the internal balancing act" our horses perform during exercise.
Shirle is a Certified Management Accountant by profession (CMA), with a background for many years in the pipeline construction business, working in Alberta and across Canada.
Shirle was introduced to horses through Little Bits (Edmonton, Alberta), therapeutic riding for individuals with disabilities and became a volunteer sidewalker and horse leader. From there, her interest in horses grew and she now currently owns several horses focusing on Dressage, Hunters/Jumpers as well as just having fun!
When Shirle and her husband relocated to Houston, Texas, she became involved with SIRE, another therapeutic riding association. Houston has allowed her to expand her knowledge about various equine disciplines - - and continues to learn with an open mind. Much of her day is spent at the barn where she boards her horses, working and learning more about them and their environment.
The equine courses offered through U of Guelph have proven invaluable to her, and as a result quality care, and good health practices for her horses are her main focus. The equine certificate courses have allowed her to increase her knowledge base and to have the courage to either effect change or make changes for the sole benefit of her horses.
"I believe we, as owners, have a responsibility to our horses to learn, grow, and provide the best care that we can under our own individual circumstances."
Graduated with distinction in Equine Science Certificate and Diploma in Equine Studies as well as holding a U of G Diploma in Agriculture. Currently completing a Master in Animal Science program. Having the fortune to have understanding parent who allowed her to have her first horse at the age of 4 ½ equines have been a part her life ever since. Participating in Pony Club fostered a thirst for knowledge, which continues today.
Zoë is member of the Backcountry horsemen of BC an organization that promotes trail riding while leaving no trace. She is member of the Greenways advisory committee to the local municipality. As well she is member of the local horse club and volunteers her time to maintain the clubs riding arena and with the twice yearly-composted horse manure sale as fundraiser for the club. While competing in horse trials, show jumping and many local shows through out the years, conditioning on local mountain trails has remained a constant part of her riding schedule.
I have been passionate about horses for as long as I can remember! One of my earliest memories is of the pony rides at Assinboine Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba where I grew up. In the past I have had the experience of designing, building and owning/managing two small boarding/lesson facilities; Copperfield Farm Stables in Pilot Mound, Manitoba and Ashwood Stables in New Germany, Nova Scotia. I am a certified English instructor (since 1998) and also enjoyed being a 4H leader (Rock Lake Riders). Presently I teach on a free lance basis and love teaching people of all ages. In 2008 I started my on-line learning experience and completed the Equine Science Certificate (Distinction).
This November I graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a MSc. (Distinction) in Equine Science on-line which has been a tremendous learning experience. My third year dissertation investigated performance and coat colour in endurance horses in two different climates but I am also very interested in equine behaviour and in particular the prevention of stereotypic behaviour. There isn't anywhere I would rather be than in the barn or teaching in the ring. I thoroughly enjoy learning about, sharing information and making life better for our equine friends.
Cathy Wentworth-Stanley obtained an Honours Science degree in Biology from the University of Guelph and completed the BHSAI course in England. With that training behind her, she was offered the job of barn manager for the British barn at the Montreal Olympics in 1976. A recent recipient of the Equine Science Certificate with Distinction, she strives to acquire more knowledge about the wonderful horses that play and have played such a large part in her life.
Cathy lives with her husband and 2 daughters on their farm, High Wyck, situated on top of Blue Mountain outside Collingwood, Ontario
I received my Equine Science Certificate (with distinction) in 2004 which is when my family and I purchased a 135 acre farm and built a full operation from the ground up. Of course, thanks to Management of the Equine Environment (MEE), I had a pretty good idea of what to do. Horses for me are a hobby, so I operate this farm as a private facility but I do accept boarders, so we always have about ten horses here. I currently own four horses: A brood mare, a yearling, and 2 warmblood geldings for pleasure riding, mainly dressage. Between the four horses of my own, and the boarders' horses, I see all varieties of situations. Running a horse care facility is always exciting, especially as seasons change and as we try to improve the facility, horse care, and farm operation. To see more about my place, try: http://www.coverall.net/customers/riding2.html. When I'm not doing something with the farm or horses, I work at my own software company.
The first equine in Hazel's life was a pink plastic pony with blue wheels and yellow handles that she could sit on and push around the house. Fifty years later, she has graduated to providing horse keeping services to a Trakehner mare and a part-Saddlebred gelding in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. Hazel's related academic background includes the Equine Science Certificate and an in-progress ESC Diploma. In her other life as the co-owner of a busy disability rehabilitation company, she relies on a degree in Administrative Studies and a diploma in Public Sector Management. Hazel rides for pleasure out on trail in the grasslands overlooking Kamloops Lake, and pursues an admiration for dressage in a small schooling ring in her back yard. Other passions include the environment, sustainable living, stewardship of the Akbash Dog, her family and other inhabitants of High Desert Farm.


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Democratic leaders and supporters gathered at a fundraising dinner at the Washington Convention Center which raised $12.5 million. The audience of almost 3,000 heard from entertainers, including comedian Robin Williams, both Democratic chairmen, Don Fowler and Senator Dodd, Mrs. Gore and Mrs. Clinton, and Vice President Gore. President Clinton concluded the event with a speech on various campaign issues. In his remarks, he emphasized the ideological differences between the Democratic and Republican parties on several issues, including the budget, education, the environment and the role of government in citizens' lives. He challenged the audience to fight for Democratic principles: "You think about it, talk about it, stand up for it, work for it--don't be overconfident, and we will win!" The audience interrupted his speech several times to applaud and balloons were released at the end of the event. close
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