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Ghost Books
The books below are true ghost stories. You can click on the book picture to go to its Amazon.com page. Ratings are from 1-5 gravestones. Comments are merely my opinion - you may disagree.
Sometimes it's fun to give yourself over to an author's imagination and curl up with a chillingly good haunted house novel - here's a link to another book page of Haunted House Novels with reviews of some fiction that may not be very well known but are worth your attention.
Hollywood Paranormal Films: Fact & Fiction
by Jim O'Rear, 2011
As most of you, I've seen all the movies included in this book and thought it was going to be a dry rehash of the backstories, be they based at all in fact or complete hoaxes. Not at all! The author is a talented writer who made each entry interesting. Even the chapter about The Amityville Horror, with which I am very familiar regarding its being a total fabrication was good. I had thought I'd be skimming or even skipping it, but read the whole entry. There are 10 chapters/movies which include The Exorcism of Emily Rose, An American Haunting, Amityville Horror, The Entity, Dracula, The Changeling, The Exorcist, The Haunting in Conn., The Mothman Prophecies, and Audrey Rose. I was very surprised to find that The Changeling was actually written based on events experienced by Russell Hunter, a playwright, when he rented a mansion in Colorado! This is a very well done, entertaining book. It has many photos of both scenes and posters of the movies it covers.
by Joe Teeples, 2010
If you're looking for a guide to haunted spots where you live or will be visiting, this book is the ideal style - tons of entries with pithy descriptions and lots of photos. Definitely more of a guidebook than a book to read for creepy narratives it accomplishes its goal very well. There's also an interesting section at the end that addresses graveyards and iconography of gravestones. It got four gravestones as a rating instead of 5 only because Alaska only gets 3 pages, and Portland OR gets 11 - the book really is for those interested in Seattle or Washington state. 224pp. including tour and web resources and an index.
by Thomas D'Agostino, 2007
This 160pp book includes photos and an index. It combines current sites that the author has visited and also recounts local/old legends. While many of the chapters are very short, the tradeoff is that there are many entries.
Weird Hauntings, True Tales of Ghostly Places
Presented by Weird U.S., Compiled by Joanne Austin, 2006
Each chapter is written by a different author, some unknown to me and some that I (and you) find recognizable such as Troy Taylor and Joseph A. Citro. All kinds of hauntings are covered in sections assigned by type. There are haunted houses, eateries, hotels, school, graveyards and many more. I thought the different "voices" and perspectives of all the authors kept the book interesting right through to the end. I read all 300+ pages without getting bored at all. Hardcover, with color photos throughout.
by Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, 2007
This book is by the co-founders of TAPS which is the paranormal investigation group featured on SciFi Channel's show "Ghost Hunters." Jason does most of the writing while at the end of each chapter is a short "Grant's Take." How TAPS came into existence is covered, as well as many of their earliest investigations before the TV show started. Even the chapters that cover the investigations seen on the show are interesting to read and revisit. The book moves quickly and has an informal, easy going feel to it. I do wish there had been more "behind the scenes" stuff but would still recommend this book. It is in paperback, 273 pages with a photo insert in the center.
So, There I Was.... More Confessions of Ghost Hunters
by Troy Taylor & Len Adams 2006
I liked this book which gives the "behind the scenes" happenings for Troy Taylor and his colleagues who make up the American Ghost Society in Illinois. Taylor and Adams each write their own chapters with their personal anecdotes from their being guides for ghost tours and their investigations. Written in a relaxed, comfortable manner, it's fun to hear what the "experts" experienced or thought as they pursued their fascination with the paranormal. At times Troy Taylor gets a little TOO into the history and background of sites (there was more information than I wanted/needed to know about the Lemp Mansion and the U.S penal system/Eastern State Penitentiary) but in general I enjoyed this book. I should note that I did not read the first "Confessions of Ghost Hunters" volume, but may remedy that....
Haunted Encounters: Real-Life Stories of Supernatural Experiences
Edited by G. Bivona, D. McConachie & M. Whitington 2003
This 255 page book is comprised of many stories in varied settings and situations by authors from all walks of life. In that regard, it is a book that will be interesting and entertaining to many. It becomes quickly obvious, however, from reading the short bios after each tale, that all of the contributors are professional writers. On top of that, in the intro the three editors thank the Editor for "nipping and tucking, tweaking and adjusting each and every word, every comma, every nuance...." and it shows. Unfortunately, for me, it shows in how polished and yes, at times, artificial sounding the stories are. This book is the complete antithesis of books like "I Never Believed in ghosts Until..." and "The Ghost Next Door" in which the tales are natural sounding as if a friend were relating them to you rather than feeling like someone is reading from a many-times performed script. While I really enjoy when a "ghost book" is well written, this one takes it to a new extreme. Having said all this, again, the content is broad, some chapters have more substance than others, and I'm sure that there are many readers who will enjoy this book and disagree completely with my comments!
PSIence: How New Discoveries in Quantum Physics and New Science May Explain the Existence of Paranormal Phenomena
by Marie Jones, 2006
Don't let the subtitle of this book scare you - it is made very readable and easy to understand by the author. This is truly the most fascinating book on the paranormal that I have read in ages. I have long believed that many "unexplainable" phenomena have some scientific basis that we just don't know about yet. This book opens so many possibilities and new ways to view paranormal phenomena. I have no background in physics at all and found the basic tenets of quantum physics mind blowing and so intriguing. One thing I liked about this book is that it does not offer pat explanations for everything, but offers plausible reasons for many events while raising more "hmmm...so then what if...?" questions for me to chew on at the same time. I would categorize this book as a MUST for anyone seriously interested in the paranormal.
by David J. Pitkin, 2006
This book has no shortage of entries, covering a wide variety of settings of hauntings. Well written with many accounts told firsthand, this has something for everyone. Reading through this book it becomes clear that not only are there different types of hauntings, but that people's reactions to them can be just as varied. Lots of photos and an index, 352 pp.
by Mitchel Whitington, 2005
This is a refreshing and delightful book written by someone who is obviously as intrigued by ghosts as many of us "ghost aficionados"! He spent much time and money traveling to every state in the country to visit a haunted location- most of them inns or hotels. Mr. Whitington's chapters convey his enjoyment and enthusiasm and make this a fun read as well as a travel resource. I guess if I had to come up with some shortcoming, my only nit-picky one would be that I would have liked more photos, especially since he visited each site in person. 241pp., a small photo for most entries.
Dan Gordon & Gary Joseph, 2004
Ghosts of Old Louisville and Phantoms of Old Louisville by David Domine
Ghosts of Old Louisville is a well written and interesting book about a unique neighborhood. The area of Old Louisville KY, filled with Victorian structures was destined to fall to developer's bulldozers in the name of modernization when the whole area was made a protected Preservation District that covers several square miles. Mr. Domine has scouted out many ghosts who remain as well, and has written an entertaining book about his neighborhood which includes his own firsthand experience when he moved there. After each chapter the author adds some information about a historical site that relates to the episode described, and is also haunted. Worth reading for the history and tales, this book has 191 pages and photos.
Phantoms of Old Louisville is the followup book and as enjoyable as the first with lots of interesting accounts of ghosts. It is well written with many first hand accounts of encounters. 190pp. with photos.
Lighthouse Ghosts : 13 Bona Fide..
by Norma Elizabeth and Bruce Roberts, 1999
This book presents well done writeups of 13 haunted lighthouses, from Michigan to the Atlantic Coast down to Florida. Detailed directions and contact info are provided. Excellent photographs accompany each chapter. The authors' love of and respect for lighthouses is apparent and contagious. 144pp.
Haunted Houses of California : A Ghostly...
By Antionette May, 1990, 1993.
This book is organized by geographic area. Ms. May does her own investigating and combines history, witness reports, and her own impressions in her coverage of a variety of sites. She also frequently has a psychic accompany her, notably Sylvia Browne. I liked this book very much. It is 231 pages and has many photos. My only (small) complaint is that a map page for each of her regional chapters with locations pinpointed would have been nice.
Haunt Hunter's Guide to Florida
by Joyce Elson Moore, 1998
Moore's book has lost of entries, organized by geographic region and includes a map in the front, which is helpful. Each chapter has a general description of the place, then "Haunt History," "Visiting the Site," and "Directions." The chapters are short and to the point, but have all the information you'd need. I think this book would be a useful resource to find hauntings in a particular area you're interested in or will visit.
by Barbara Smith, 2000
Barbara Smith has written several books about ghosts in Canadian provinces and now turns her hand to the Pacific Northwest. She covers a variety of spooks, from haunted houses to inns, schools, roads, and theaters. While this book will not give you as many sites you can visit as some other books do, it will give you enough. Many of the stories are not contemporary but are still interesting to read. So, while not what I would view as a real "guidebook," this is still a good book to curl up with on a stormy day. 230pp, some photos.
Ghost Stalker's Guide To Haunted...
Ghost Stalker's Guide to Haunted California, by Richard Senate, 1998.
Ghost Stalker's Guide is not as well done as Antoinette May's book on CA, but may prove a useful book to have. Its contents are organized by type of site (lodgings, vessels, missions, restaurants, etc.). Many of the chapters are fairly short, averaging two full pages. Some entries (such as Whaley House and Alcatraz) cover only his own visit, neglecting others' ghostly experiences in those places. There are no photos of each site - one picture is at the start of each topic chapter. Senate does list lots of haunted places and this book should give you a long itinerary of locations to visit! 176 pp, with index.
by Kristel Smart, 2013
I rarely read the books about one person's experience living in a haunted house because the few I tried were poorly written and obviously largely exaggerated if not just made up. I was surprised at how well written this one was, and the author seemed pretty sincere and genuine. If you want to read about someone's firsthand experience that doesn't read like a high school student wrote it, and is actually creepy, this is a good choice.
Lone Star Spooks: Searching for Ghosts in Texas
by Nate Riddle, 2011
Not your typical haunted places entry style book, this is more a physical and intellectual exploration by the author regarding the nature and existence of ghosts. He has a chapter at the beginning of the book where he interviews a professor of parapsychology, and then a later chapter where he interviews a skeptic. Both are very interesting and raise questions for the author (and hopefully the reader as well). While I could have done without the lengthy chapter on an urban legend style local haunting, I liked his account of his stay at the Menger Hotel with his wife and his brother. It was not just about paranormal experiences, but he recounts much of his stay as if he were talking to you at a barbecue, telling you about the whole trip. One problem I did have with this book is the chapter where he consults a psychic. He has given her some questions ahead of time, and though she gets no answers correct and gives him "cold reading" guesses that I could have come up with (eg name of a family cat, "I'm getting the word 'scat' in connection with it..." and never came up with a name close to a real name) Mr. Riddle writes that she had been "unusually accurate." Okay, I won't get started on this aspect... Other than that chapter I liked this book for its different style and approach where the author "thinks out loud" about the issues involved in believing or disbelieving in ghosts.
by Kathleen Tedsen & Beverlee Rydel 2008
This book is different from the typical ghost books in that it has a web interactive component. The authors accompanied paranormal investigative groups, wrote about the investigation and then put some photos, video and EVPs on their web site where they can be accessed with a password from the book. The authors were quite diligent in their research on each site, and go into great detail on a property's history and each investigation as it proceeded. There are ten sites/chapters, and photos (many of them of the investigators). An interesting book for those who want to feel what being on an investigation firsthand is like.
Haunted Missouri: A Ghostly Guide to the Show-Me State's Most Spirited Spots
by Jason Offutt, 2007
As the author says in his afterword, he spent a year driving thousands of miles and had a few unexplained experiences and still isn't sure if he believes in ghosts. This isn't a surprise - his attitude is to be open with some skepticism in a pleasant down to earth way. The book is written in a manner that feels like the author is talking to you. He does devote a lot of space to history, and his love of this subject is apparent especially in his section on Civil War sites. 182pp with photos.
by Mark Alan Morris, 2003
This is a refreshingly simple and entertaining book of true ghost stories collected by the author from people he knows. Most of the narrative is in the words of the subject of each tale, so each story has its own "personality." There are no photos, but I didn't feel a need for them. The chapters are short, but are to the point and not filled with extraneous history or details just to add pages. The book is short, and I would have liked a few more stories (who doesn't always want more?!) but I would still recommend it. It's 100 pages of text with several blank pages at the end. Maybe you could use them to record your own spooky encounters!
by Kriss Stephens, 2004
Ms. Stephens was the paranormal investigator used by the show Fear on MTV. In this book she covers varied sites, from her haunted childhood home to Gettysburg, and back to her native New Orleans. I found the most interesting chapter to be about her MTV show related experiences. Toward the end of the book, some write-ups began to feel repetitive to me. I must say that this author gets the prize for most photos included in a book. Regarding the photos, though, I really would have liked captions for them and also tired of seeing shot after shot of an orb. I know some people think they are spirits, but I am of the camp that believes they are dust, dirt or insects. In spite of some of these shortcomings, I did enjoy this book overall, and liked Ms. Stephens relaxed style of narration. This book is 234 pages.
Haunted Highways: the Spirits of Route 66
by Ellen Robson and Dianne Halicki, 1999
If you're even thinking of traveling along Rte. 66, this book is for you. It has (not coincidentally?) 66 listings of spooky stops you can make as you travel. This guide has great maps, both general of the whole Route, and for each state so you have a very good idea of where these sites are. Each ghostly entry is 2-3 pages, with a good photo, description and directions. The book is paperback, 190pp including an index.
by Christopher Coleman,2002
This book presents tales that are of interest for their supernatural content, while blending in an appealing folklore/historic slant. Not only ghosts are covered, but voodoo, witches, Native American tales/legends and even an entry about werewolves. Organized by state, the book is 278pp, and does not include photos.
by Sheila Turnage, 2001
This is one of those guide books that is not only very helpful to find a haunted inn to visit, but is fun just to read or browse through. Each entry is not long, but is interesting and the author includes many, many places. Her region covers from Louisiana/Miss. over to Florida, and up north to Virginia and Tennessee. 228pp, includes photos and a nicely done index.
I Never Believed in Ghosts Until... :...
I Never Believed in Ghosts Until...
This is an absolutely wonderful book which resulted from a request by USA Weekend magazine for reader's own ghost stories for a halloween issue. They received more than five hundred stories but only had room to publish six. They took 100 of the best tales and compiled them in this book. The stories are varied, chilling and told in as many styles as there are entries. One of my favorites.
Green Mountain Ghosts, Ghouls & Unsolved...
Green Mountain Ghosts, Ghouls & Unsolved Mysteries, by Joseph A. Citro. 1994.
This book covers all kinds of oddities in Vermont, not just ghosts. It is organized by type of story, with major headings such as: Vermont's Ghostly Gallery, Here Monsters Dwell, Alien Skies, and Lingering Mysteries. I found this book well written, intriguing and fun to read. In 1996 Mr. Citro published another book, Passing Strange which covers all kinds of strangeness throughout New England and was also very entertaining.
by David J. Pitkin, 2002
This 396 page book covers all kinds of hauntings including houses, inns, colleges, apartments, lighthouses, cemeteries, restaurants, military sites and inanimate objects. While the book seemed slightly weighted toward coverage of upstate New York, all areas of the Northeast are covered. Whether you are looking for places to visit, lots of interesting and spooky tales to entertain, or both, this is a worthwhile book with tons of entries. It also has a thorough index and lots of photos.
by Leslie Rule, 2001
Organized by type of ghost, Ms. Rule covers a wide breadth of hauntings (including the house she grew up in). Chapters include ghosts of children, animals, schools, the Gold Rush, and watery sites among many others. She visited each place, and each entry conveys her personal interest. The writing and photography (which she does herself) are very good and there are interesting sidebars throughout the book. This would be a nice book to curl up with on a gray weekend day. 249pp with photos.
by Ed Okonowicz, 1995
Haunted Ohio (series), by Chris Woodyard, 1991.
This series by Ms. Woodyard consists of four books. The accounts in the Haunted Ohio books are entertaining and interesting. The author is a "ghosthunter" and many of the episodes are places she has explored. Her chapters are organized by type of haunting, such as haunted clothing or college ghosts. In Haunted Ohio II she has a chapter on haunted inns and taverns, including the Buxton Inn which many people are curious about. Her books have no photos, and run close to 200pp.
Haunted Lakes : Great Lakes Ghost...
by Frederick Stonehouse, 1997
In this book Stonehouse writes about all sorts of paranormal phenomena of the Great Lakes. After many years of compiling maritime history about the lakes, Stonehouse realized he had amassed many odd tales and set them down in their own volume. He writes about haunted lighthouses, ghostly ships, sea serpents, superstitions and more. This book is very well written, with interesting tales and information about what life was and is like on the lakes. The book is almost 200 pages, with photos, an index and a bibliography.
by Nancy Roberts, 1997
This is an entertaining book covering many hauntings in Georgia. It is organized by geographic area and has some photos. Nancy Roberts is a well-known writer of ghostly folklore and her chapters in this book are written in a storyteller's style. The book is not only helpful in identifying haunted places, but is enjoyable just to read the tales.
Haunted Hotels: A Guide to American and...
by Robin Mead, 1995.
Hotels/inns in the U.S. and Canada are described. Most states are included. Descriptions of the hotel are given, then the nature of the haunting. At the end of each entry Mead lists the address, telephone, facilities and price range. Nicely done with line drawings of the buildings for some of the listings. 218pp. At the end, the author lists other haunted places that he did not write chapters on. A handy reference book to have, especially if you like to travel.
by L'aura Hladik, 2008
The author does several things right, such as being a good writer, visiting the sites she writes about, and having some photos. The disappointment is that it doesn't make this a rewarding book to read. There's very little other than orbs for her to report about any site she visits. Hearing about all these orbs gets quite tiresome especially, if like me, you don't believe that orbs are spirits. This book looks promising, but is really more air than substance.
Seattle's Market Ghost Stories
by Mercedes Yaeger, 2009
This book is as much about the history of Pike Place Market in Seattle as it is about its haunted sites. The author grew up there and her family has been intricately involved with the Market for decades - that emotional connection runs strongly through this collection. The descriptions of the hauntings are interesting and strongly set in historical context. I should note that the author is co-owner of Market Ghost Tours, and if visiting Seattle consider adding it to your activities.


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Pope Francis says atheists can do good and go to heaven too! Comments
Pope Francis has good news for atheists. Jesus died and was raised for them as well. His redemptive embrace was for all, not just a chosen few.The choice to accept its reach is our own. The Holy Father was not teaching anything new. In fact, this hope that all who do not yet know God are not only capable of doing good - but will progress toward that knowledge of God by doing good - is ancient. The Church wants all men and women to be saved. Continue Reading
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1 year ago
God is bigger than a rule book. God is bigger than all of mankind. God is bigger than the universe. God is not a bean counter who will punish you to eternal damnation for not having said the rosary enough times or taken the host the wrong way or gone to the "wrong" church. If your definition of "God" excludes someone, that is your definition, It makes god smaller and easier for you to understand. Not the truth. God is truth, God is love, God is infinite. Anything less than that, is not God.
1 year ago
as an atheist i can assure you i do not want to go to heaven.
1 year ago
You know the way some people talk about Jesus and salvation, you would think that they had met God in Heaven and God Himself told them exactly who would be in heaven. But Christians know that it was only Jesus, God made man, who had this honour: "No one has gone up to Heaven except the one who came down from heaven, the Son of Man Who is in Heaven" John 3:13.
So What did Jesus do? "When Jesus was at dinner in his house, a number of tax collectors and sinners were also sitting at the table with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them among His followers." Mark 2:15.
So what did Jesus say? "Happy those who hunger and thirst for what is right...Happy the merciful...Happy the peacemakers" Matthew 5 and "Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you..give to everyone who asks you..." Luke 6.
Jesus came as the lowest servant of all. Yes, even below athiests that he may serve them. He Himself said He did not come for the virtuous but for the sinner. I don't know bout you but I ain't the virtuous one and am thankful He came for me.
Pope Francis is speaking the Truth. Would you refuse aid from a good Samaritan? And Heaven and God know we need more good in the world. Thank you Pope Francis for your call to simplicity, unity, love, and truth. God bless you and may we all do good. May we all come to Christ in good works
1 year ago
Pope Francis is NOT saying anything new or contradictory to the way to salvation; however, the term "atheist" is something we may not specifically say when we pray for all who do not believe, that they may be saved. He is not saying..just do good works and heaven is yours, but He is reminding us of Jesus' words when He reminds even His closest disciples about people who believe in Him because of what He says, or come to believe because of the works His does. Jesus was our truest example and if people who do not believe in Him because of what He says, they may reach Him through their good works, even perhaps the good works that others do. When anyone reaches out to another, they in fact reach out to Jesus. We, who already know Him, must trust in Him also..for it is He who is the truth; His divinity is beyond our scope of understanding His mercy and love. God wants ALL His children to be saved. A great parable to keep in mind is the Prodigal Son I have already chosen a side and pray everyday that those who do not believe will reach out for the truth. If it is through good works, who are we to judge when they will meet the Lord along their way? I think the Pope's message also reminds us that we are not the faithful if we sit in judgement..only God knows a person's soul. God have mercy on us all.
1 year ago
I will admit, this article and, indeed, the Holy Father's remarks had me seriously concerned. We have with us, it seems, not a careful theologian, crafting his words with dogmatic precision; we have a man who desires to provoke in us a much needed renewal of faith and love. Certainly this is needed in our day. Personally, I would be more careful with my words, but then again I am not the Pope. Catholic publishers should nevertheless be very careful in their reporting as well as their opinion pieces. So here's my opinion piece:
An atheist is by definition "ungodly," who is thus in a state of mortal sin and cannot merit eternal life, unless by the grace of justification. That is Catholic dogma. Yes, Christ's work of redemption, his saving love, extends to all people, saved and sinner alike. None are predestined to the eternal fire; all have freedom to choose God with the help of God. But this in no way implies—and I will take Pope Francis's remarks to mean the contrary—that all who die in their mortal sins, having made a conscious decision to turn from God, will see heaven.
"[N]o one existing in a state of mortal sin can merit eternal life unless first he be reconciled to God, through his sin being forgiven, which is brought about by grace. For the sinner deserves not life, but death, according to Romans 6:23: 'The wages of sin is death.'" ST, I-II, Q.114, art. 2, respondeo.
It seems what Pope Francis meant by his remarks is that even atheists have something of the Divine Image within them, which is reason and free-will. Let us recall, with St. Thomas Aquinas, that "Man's meritorious work may be considered in two ways: first, as it proceeds from free-will; secondly, as it proceeds from the grace of the Holy Ghost." ST, I-II, Q.114, A.3, respondeo. The former, while good "relatively," nevertheless cannot merit salvation by its own power; the latter, on the other hand, merits salvation condignly; that is, worthily with the help of God.
Thus, for example, the work of an atheist who builds a home for a poor family, or who feeds a starving child, is meritorious only in a relative sense, which is a "kind of good" according to St. Thomas. "For God gives men," says he, "both just and wicked, enough temporal goods to enable them to attain to everlasting life; and thus these temporal goods are simply good" because "they are useful for virtuous works, whereby we are led to heaven . . . ." ST, I-II, Q.114, A.10, respondeo.
So what is the moral of the story? Go out and do good, even if it happens to be side by side with an atheist, since our sanctification, our increase in grace after the first free grace, depends on the good work of the whole human family. And who knows, in letting "your light shine before others," the atheist may even "see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven." Matthew 5:16.
1 year ago
Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except through me." He also said in John 3:16: For God so loved the world, He gave his only begotten son, that anyone who believes in Him shall have eternal life". Atheists do not believe in Jesus. Pope Francis couldn't have meant what everyone says he said since that is in direct conflict with the teachings of Christianity and Catholicism. I hope he clarifies his statement.
1 year ago
I am disheartened by the ignorant and intolerant remarks being posted here.
The pope is FINALLY acknowledging that good people go to heaven. If a person is raised in a culture that is not Christian and does not believe in Jesus, but does good deeds and helps the poor, are they not then closer to Jesus than the many American gang members that do violence while believing in Jesus (and with the cross tattooed on themselves)? If a person is unable to to believe in Jesus based on the concrete evidence they have experienced in life, due to their own personal experiences, but chooses to use their life to better the world and the lives of others, are they not closer to Jesus than a middle class person who has had few life struggles, never challenged their own beliefs by spiritual questioning (due to laziness), and does very little for the common good?
It is amazing that you assume that the good works of an atheist must by necessity be spiritually empty and therefore meaningless in the eyes of a benevolent and just God. Judge not, lest ye be judged.
1 year ago
Hmmm...I wonder what Canon Law says???...
"No Salvation Outside the Catholic Church- Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus
"For, it must be held by faith that outside the Apostolic Roman Church, no one can be saved; that this is the only ark of salvation; that he who shall not have entered therein will perish in the flood; but, on the other hand, it is necessary to hold for certain that they who labor in ignorance of the true religion, if this ignorance is invincible, will not be held guilty of this in the eyes of God." Bl. Pius IX"
1 year ago
As a Protestant, I want to thank the Catholics who have discussed this in the comments section. I wasn't positive how to interpret the pope's words. I'm still a little confused, but you guys have helped.
1 year ago
The comments on here are the exact reason why so many people leave the church...
Jesus preached a message of love and acceptance for everyone and doctrine has twisted this message over thousands of years. Now, the Holy Father, God's representative on Earth points this out and many of you are angered. The undertone I am reading is that you are bitter for what you see as wasted time or losing the elite status that you feel comes with being a Catholic, a.k.a. being right. Many of you apparently do not know the history of the church or even the history behind confession.
If you are not willing to follow the teachings of His Holiness, then why are you willing to follow any other aspects of Catholicism?
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I have been into motor sports since I was 7. I used to race snowmobiles and had to get out of it 6 years ago because my coach or my dad had a stroke so he was not able to help me any more and we sold our sleds. I am a huge car audio fan and i do have the need for speed and just doing crazy stunts.
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I had a '99 Jeep wrangler sport 4.0. That thing was my baby! People said I couldnt make it the loudest car in town but I proved them wrong. I had 3 12' audiobahn subs hooked up to an eclipse da7822 amp. I also got a 2 piece hard top, custom intake, flowmaster exhaust, 32'' tires, 15'' american racing baja rims and alot more to list but I was stupid and sold it so I am looking forward to purchasing another one soon.
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Your View: Kudos to GCS for empowering students with digital learning
Imagine for a moment the classrooms of the future: no books, pencils or paper. North Carolina 5th graders collaborating on science projects with their peers in Japan. Imagine students required to read Charlotte's Web seeing the text come to life with interactive videos on writing spiders, or a Skype call with an East Carolina University arachnologist while riding the field trip bus.
These examples only scratch the surface of the capabilities provided by digital learning with mobile technology, and the recently announced $30 million federal grant that will provide more than 15,000 Guilford County middle-schoolers with tablets for education is a wonderful start.
Children of the digital age learn differently than those of previous generations. A recent survey by OnlineEducaton.net revealed one in four students use videos or podcasts as study materials and nearly 75 percent of students who own tablets prefer them to textbooks.
Mobile technology lightens the load of textbooks, enables flexibility in field research, provides adaptive software for students with special needs, offers online content and more. Students reap these benefits while simultaneously learning the skills they will need to thrive in an increasingly mobile, digital world.
To be truly implementable and impactful, digital learning relies on the wireless network upon which it is built. The wireless network must guarantee reliability, speed, security and easy access. For example, students using 4G LTE-enabled tablets from Verizon can stream educational videos seamlessly, access resource materials in the blink of an eye, download textbooks in seconds, and communicate with their teachers and classmates securely and without lag time or reliance on the availability of Wi-Fi.
Clearly digital learning is here to stay, and mobile technology brings a wealth of resources to students' fingertips. Kudos to the leadership of Guilford County Schools for creating an initiative that will empower our students.
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The writer is Verizon Wireless district manager.
Our guns protect us from dictators
People are buying guns to protect themselves against a runaway government.
We elect these people, we do not elect them so they can make themselves all powerful, which is what they would be if we did not have the Second Amendment.
We have seen other countries where the people only have stones to protect themselves against dictators. The only reason our government wants to take away our guns is because they are afraid of us. And that is how the Founding Fathers wanted it. Guns protect us from dictators. Dictators are rulers who pass laws without going through legitimate channels.
Guilford County officials are considering revaluing property for tax purposes every four or five years instead of every eight years. What do you think? In 30 words or less (no name, address required), email us your thoughts to email@example.com.
Some studies say violence-themed video games and movies can desensitize us to violence while other studies say that is not so. What's your view? In 30 words or less (no name, address required), email us your thoughts to email@example.com.


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For the Adventurous man, this piece can be worn when hard or soft. The flexible tube makes a comfortable piece that can be worn daily. It has become so popular that we have had to make it available in several sizes ranging from 8mm to 11mm in diameter. This piece does vary from our Flexible Penis Plug because it has a cylinder instead of a ball. The Glans Ring is about 28mm in size and can be replaced if you would like. You will want to purchase the 10 gauge Single Bead rings which you can find here; Single Bead Alternative Ring
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Well you get a great deal compared to other sites. I found for me I needed to polish the tapered tip just a bit to take out some sharpness of the pee through hole. As others have stated the flexible tubing had a slight ridge on both ends. I was able to polish that also so it was smooth. I would also recommend if you get the through hole version to clean the hole throughout before inserting. This is why I only gave it 3 stars. If it was more refined it might cost more. Not really sure but would have given it 5 stars if it had been perfect.
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- Feels nice but.... Review by David
I recently got the 9mm model. It uses the same tube size as the 8mm one. As a result there is a slight ridge where the tube joins the tip making it a bit difficult to easily remove.
(Posted on 9/24/14)
- very well made Review by dick
As I said in hy other eval. I did not know one could order it with a larger glans ging. it did not say what size came with it but I wear it with out the ring, but I will have to order a one andohe quarter inch captive ring so that I will not have to be so careful when I pee. I will be buying more items in the future.
(Posted on 9/20/14)
- Need to have a selectable glans ring Review by David
When I received this the glans ring was too small. I had to order a new ring at about 2/3s the cost of the device itself. Doesn't make much sense. Wonder how many other customers had the same problem. I suggest Chain Gang allow the customer to select a size from a list like with other devices.
With the new glans ring I kept the device inserted while shopping. Have to be a bit careful as it can pinch. Otherwise a unique feeling
(Posted on 8/24/14)
- First time user Review by newbee
This is the first plug I have tried. The quality is great, however I ran into the same problem some other reviewers had. It fits well. I did have trouble getting the ring to slide over the glans. Once in it felt great except I had pain and after wearing for about 30 min it became to painful. I removed it and had quite a bit of blood. I used my dremel to grind off and buff the sharp edges. I had to wait a few days to try it again. I also tried bending it to make a better fit. Maybe I am just more sensitive than others. I am trying it again and it feels great. I still need to play with it a little to make it more comfortable. Overall it is great quality, I would just recommend that it be made with a rounded edge. The Chaingang kept me informed about order status and it arrived very quickly. I plan ordering other styles to see what work best for me.
(Posted on 7/9/14)
- Follow up review Review by Lvhedonist
My second attempt at inserting the plug and fiddling with the glans ring resulted in a rather spontaneous orgasm. Normally that would be a good thing, and I'm glad I ended up with the hollow plug.
Once I cleaned up the mess, flushed out the cum filled tube, and waited for everything to return to it's normal size, I tried again.
After reading reviews on other similar plugs, most mentioned that the wire had to be bent to make for a better fit. Once doing this, and with the help of a bit of lube on the outside, this time everything slid into place. At first I thought the ring was too small, but once it popped over the head, it was a very comfortable and snug fit with no worries about slipping.
It'll take a little getting used to, and so far people haven't noticed me walking funny. Be careful sitting down, as this little guy will remind you of it's presence in a not so subtle way.
All in all, I'm happy with this and would recommend Chain Gang to any of my friends who would like to try playing with things like this.
(Posted on 5/15/14)
- Sort of confusing Review by LVhedonist
This is my first plug with glans ring. I ordered solid, but got hollow, but was too anxious to try it out to send it back.
It inserts easily and the size is 'just right" but I still haven't figured out how the glans ring works. It fits behind the head easily without the plug in, but I haven't yet figured out how to do it in combination with the plug.
Quality was great. I'd just wish there were instructions, or at least a FAQ on this site on using it.
(Posted on 5/15/14)
- In and Out Flex Plug Roadtest Review by Novice_Plugger
I haven't used pugs before this one, so I really don't have a strong basis for comparison. I can say that the plug is as advertised and is shipped quickly. It was easily insertable and stayed in without a fight because of the glans ring. It does provoke unusual feelings inside the penis. The only complaint I have is that the end of the plug that goes in last, where the glans ring attaches, could be rounded and smoothed a bit more. I am generally pleased with it and will probably buy another plug or two.
The Chain Gang folks do a great job.
(Posted on 10/31/13)
- great company, great products Review by loren
This is my third order with Chain Gang. The service is always fast and accurate, with plenty of e-mails letting me know what's going on with my order. I always appreciate that.
The product it's self is as described, and to me well made. I have worn it for 72 hrs straight so far with no problem of separation.
I am hoping they make a 1/2 inch diameter plug soon !
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Pierre Cardin has been revolutionizing for more than half a century the world of fashion. Couturier, diplomat, leader of arts, leader of maxim's. Pierre Cardin was the first couturier to bring fashion into the street, revolutionize men's style, apply a brand licensing system in 1960, set up operations throughout the world.
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|I would like to replace the vinyl flooring in my family room with an eye on resale. The current floor has some damage from moving furniture and I was thinking of removing these built-in planters, but I don't have any spare tile to fill in. It's also very dark, sucking the light out of the room.
The rest of the house has hardwood, but I know that's out since it's below grade. There's never been water down there, but I'd still like to consider that there might be one of those 1000 year floods some time. The room is over 500 square feet. The house is an starter home, not something really upscale.
Any ideas for what would be a good choice? I tried searching through the flooring forum, including the faq, but didn't find anything that helped me make up my mind.
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|They have engineered hardwood that is made for basements or cement floors. Its a floating floor, also pergo is a nice choice, easy to clean, looks like hardwood, but is low maintenance.
- Posted by carol_from_ny (My Page) on Sat, Mar 5, 11 at 14:48
|I think the rubberized mat squares would be the way to go. Easy to clean or replace and they help cushion the feet and knees from the hardness of walking on concrete.
|Also check out the faux wood vinyl planks...they look like the real McCoy, easy to install, inexpensive, and not a problem with water. Check out Konecto.com to start. A friend used them in the bathroom...they look amazing.
- Posted by sheilajoyce (My Page) on Sat, Mar 5, 11 at 17:36
|Why not use a neutral wall to wall carpet?
|Carpet and water are not the best combination if one wants flooring that won't be a problem if water intrusion does occur.
|I put berber carpeting in mine. Looked beautiful. I was going to do Pergo but carpet was less expensive. I put it before we listed.
Prior to this, we had carpet for 20 years which did get wet once. Our water softner drain came loose one night while it was backwashing and flooded the basement. Our insurance would not replace but sent a company which dried it out. The carpet was fine for years after.
|Thanks everyone, lots of great suggestions for me to check out.
Carpet would be a great choice it it weren't below grade, since it's perfectly acceptable in houses like this and much less expensive than hardwood. I did consider putting in carpet as a way of saying to buyers that our basement (or whatever it's called when it's half below ground) doesn't flood, but decided that sort of hubris might be punished in too ironic a way.
|Here in NOVA, EWV, WMD, we looked at a lot of houses (15+) for sale last year and I don't recall seeing a walk-out or below-grade family room that wasn't carpeted. One might have been vinyl, can't remember for sure.
Maybe I'm outside the norm, but I never looked at one and thought about it flooding. If that was a realistic concern, I wouldn't consider buying the house regardless of the flooring.
Since you are selling, carpet seems like the best ROI; not sure someone will pay extra for wood down there. What do the comps in your area have?
- Posted by sheilajoyce (My Page) on Sun, Mar 6, 11 at 21:07
|Carpet can be inexpensive and would provide some warmth on a cold, below grade floor. If you have a water problem, that must be fixed first.
|I've seen carpet in similar homes, but I've also seen what I think is vinyl. I'm not always sure what different floorings are to be honest.
I guess I've assumed that any below-grade room can flood under the right circumstances. Maybe that's not true.
|To do carpet it must not only be dry, it must also not be damp. If there is high humidity down there and it isn't addressed the carpet will take on a funky smell. My basement is bone dry, but in the summer the humidity rises enough that we use a dehumidifier.
|Thanks. Maybe because it's only half below ground, it's never felt humid to me -- but it does stay cool in the summer, which I love.
|We had a raised ranch with a family room like that. We put dricore down before carpeting.
The previous owners had carpeted right over the concrete, you could break a hip falling on it.
Here is a link that might be useful: Dricore basement subflooring
|Our house had vinyl tile over concrete before we put down carpeting. We had padding under the carpet so it was not hard. We never had dampness or water and the carpet held up well with a lot of use.
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|05 Oct 2011
A year on (and a bit) after my first experiments with Win7 -- which died and prompted a reformat back to XP when I couldn't get Exploder looking how I wanted -- I considered trying it again, and remembered I'd posted to this thread waaaay back when. Needless to say, I was very thrilled to log back in and see kookster had an update that was less than a month old that included a non-aero patched ready-to-rumble file!
Kookie ol' son, your new patch works a treat -- I am now enjoying Win7 as I want it to be (well, almost, but nuking FolderBand was a MAJOR block that's now gone!)
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|05 Oct 2011
I spoke too soon. If I then add Classic Shell (to eliminate the rest of the W7 crud) it breaks, badly.
Seems I can have Classic Shell to get a Windows2000-like Explorer look but with the godsawful FolderBand, or no FolderBand but then I'm stuck with the rest of the godsawful W7 Explorer window.
Ah well. Back to XP, until someone can figure out how to get the real W2K/XP Explorer runing as the default.
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Windows 7 64-bit Windows 7 32-bit
I spoke too soon. If I then add Classic Shell (to eliminate the rest of the W7 crud) it breaks, badly.
Seems I can have Classic Shell to get a Windows2000-like Explorer look but with the godsawful FolderBand, or no FolderBand but then I'm stuck with the rest of the godsawful W7 Explorer window.
Ah well. Back to XP, until someone can figure out how to get the real W2K/XP Explorer runing as the default.
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|10 Jan 2012
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
This is absolutely fantastic. I'm *very* thankful for your help in my War on Screen Clutter.
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Thanks for the tutorial but for some reason the toolbar has diapered like it should on all of the menus except for "Documents,Music,Pictures,Videos" i have no idea why, can you help me.
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|06 May 2012
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
But will it work if I normally use the normal non-aero theme instead? Or will it work under aero only?
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|26 Jun 2012
windows 7 starter
i got mine to work,, i am running win 7 starter 32 bit..
just follow step 1 download the shellstyle extract x86
then go to
C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Aero\Shell\NormalColor and rename the shell.dll file into whatever you want it to be just make sure there is still .dll at the end of the name
but also before doing so check the security tab of that folder make sure you have the permission to change the name,
assume that you do know how to change permission right??
after successfully changing the name close the folder and run as administrator shellstyle x86.
if your not sure it runs just re run it and restart your pc,, am sure toolbars is gone now..
God bless......
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|19 Jul 2012
Windows 7 x64
I know this tutorial is pretty old, but still seems to have some activity every once in awhile, im just wondering, did anyone ever manage to fix the problem with 64 bit Windows users using the Windows Classic theme? I know its fixed for the 32 bit version, but dont know if anyone ever figured anything out for the x64 version (trying to repeat same process used in system32 in syswow64 is for some reason ineffective).
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|25 Jul 2012
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Signed up especially to thank author of this post.
It works with every theme, just too bad the paths to the .dll's are hardcoded.
Im using a custom theme, not Aero, its just that the file you have to modify has to be located in the Aero folder. Im on Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
---Use my solution for other styles than Aero below at own risk.---
1. If you want this on another theme than Aero make sure the theme you want is NOT selected, also Aero may NOT be select.
2. Backup your shellstyle.dll for your theme you want to mod and for Aero. (Backing up the SysNode64 one and modifying it works exactly as in OP post, so I will not mention it here.)
3. Take ownership of both the one you want to mod and orginal Aero .dll.
4. Delete Aero .dll (orginal, not backup!).
5. Copy the shellstyle.dll you want to modify to the Aero folder.
6. Run authors provided tool, the shellstyle.dll in Aero should now be modified.
7. Copy shellstyle.dll back to the theme you want to mod.
8. Restore original Aero .dll.
9. Select your Theme. This one should be modded and Aero should not be changed.
@Aquifel, maybe this helps you as well.
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Windows 7 64-bit
When I swap the shellstyle.dlls, the folder will freeze and I can't access the folder. I use a customized windows classic theme.
If anyone has trouble like I did with this shellstyle.dll, you can simply edit the shell32.dll file to remove the toolbar. Follow the instructions here to remove it.
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Lately, I'm increasingly thinking, especially after reading this article, that evolutionary computing would benefit greatly from using a more bacterial type of evolution, where genes are shared between often unrelated organisms, rather than brute inheritance. Another way of looking at it, is it might be good to deal with the complexities of subroutine sharing (which functional programming would make easier) than the complexities of sexual reproduction which make my eyes glaze over to read the solutions offered for. Maybe I'm just not clever enough (my earlier post on genetic programming had a little ruby script and it only uses asexual reproduction).
I am skeptical of the article's claim that the shared genetic code of all organisms must mean that genes were shared between organisms like bacterium do today. Firstly, bacterium don't all share some common genes due to the passing of genes between species as it is. Secondly, clade evolution – where clades that are just better at evolving edge out others over time could be sufficient explanation. Surely DNA-based life had immense advantages over life with less fault-tolerant code. Just the same, the article makes a good point that biologists are, being human macro-centric – they focus on multi-cellular organisms even though most of the biomass, even more of the variety, along with the vast, vast majority of the history of life on this planet, is prokaryotic.


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Hardware news tagged DDR3
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Corsair Readies 3GHz DDR3 Dominator Platinum Memory Modules.
Corsair Memory to Introduce New Extreme Modules for Enthusiasts This Summer
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Team Group Unleashes World's First 3GHz DDR3 Memory Modules.
Team Group Further Overclocks DDR3 to 3000MHz
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
G.Skill Debuts Industry's Highest-Performing DDR3 Memory for Intel Core "Ivy Bridge" Platforms.
G.Skill Introduces 2.66GHz and 2.80GHz Memory Kits for Ivy Bridge Systems
Monday, April 23, 2012
Contract Price on DRAM Increases Noticeably as Korean Makers Stop Price Slashing.
Average Price of 4GB DDR3 Memory Module Rises to $20.25 in Taiwan
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Uncertainties with Elpida's Future Drive Memory Price Up Slightly.
DRAM Gets 2.7% More Expensive in Two Weeks: 4GB DDR3 Module Now Costs $19
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
DRAM Pricing Continues to Climb Slightly - Market Observers.
4GB DDR3 Memory Module Price Jumps to $18.5
Friday, March 9, 2012
G.Skill Debuts 2.66GHz Quad-Channel DDR3 Memory Kit.
G.Skill Unleashes Industry's Fastest Quad-Channel Memory Kit
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Average Selling Price of DRAM Begins to Gradually Increase - DRAMeXchange.
Memory Price Continues to Stagnate, But Show Signs of Rebound
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Micron Further Cuts Memory Power Consumption with DDR3Lm Chips.
Micron Reveals DDR3Lm DRAM with Low Self-Refresh Power
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Nvidia Licenses Set of Technologies to Halt All Legal Disputes with Rambus.
Nvidia and Rambus Sign License Agreement: Nvidia Licenses PCI Express, Serial ATA, Other Industry Standards
Friday, December 16, 2011
Micron Plans to Standardize Three-Dimensional DRAM Stacking Tech with JEDEC.
Micron Works With JEDEC to Standardize 3DS DRAM
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
4GB DRAM Module Price Falls to $16.5 Despite Production Cuts.
DRAM Prices Keep Falling Rapidly in December amid Production Decreases
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Intel Starts Memory Research Project with ITRI of Taiwan.
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October 28, 2014
Check out Flo Rida's new song, GDFR featuring Sage the Gemini and Lookas, in the new NBA on ESPN commercial! Tune in to ESPN on Wednesday to catch the Bulls vs Knicks game and the Thunder vs Blazers game!
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Flo is back with his new single, "G.D.F.R." featuring Sage the Gemini and Lookas! Download your copy of the track on iTunes now: smarturl.it/GDFR
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Flo Rida sat down with USA Today to discuss his lifelong love of WWE and his first appearance on WWE's "Monday Night Raw" in Miami! Check out the full interview here and tune in to RAW this Monday, July 21st at 8pm EST on USA Network to watch his WWE appearance!
April 29, 2014
The official soundtrack for the upcoming film "The Neighbors" is now available on iTunes! Click HERE to download your copy featuring Flo Rida's "Freaking Out", Icona Pop, and more! The Neighbors hits theaters Friday, May 9th.
April 08, 2014
Check out Flo Rida's new track, "Freaking Out" featuring StayC Reign off of the Neighbors Soundtrack. You can pre-order the soundtrack, available April 29th, now on iTunes HERE The Neighbors hits theaters May 9th!
January 21, 2014
Listen to the new remixes to Flo Rida's "How I Feel" single now available on iTunes! Check out the tracks below and head to iTunes to download the 6 new remixes HERE
November 18, 2013
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Oral history program
Collection highlight: Andrew Denton Oral history
Andrew Denton is usually the one asking all the questions, but he swapped roles for a day and opened up during an interview for our Oral History program. Read more »
Screenwriters and their craft
Leading screenwriters talk about writing Australian drama.
Heath Ledger young artists
Watch interviews with graduating performers and filmmakers.
Once upon a wireless
Capturing voices from the golden years of commercial radio.
Indigenous media
Recording stories and voices from 30 years of Indigenous media.
Filmmaker interviews
Watch interviews with prominent Australian filmmakers on ASO.
Australian Biography
Extraordinary Australians talk about their lives.
About the Oral History Collection
The Oral History program provides personal, first-hand recollections of careers in film, TV, radio or recorded sound that may be otherwise completely lost to future generations. These are contemporary oral history interviews with key professionals, practitioners, established and emerging artists in the Australian audiovisual industry.
Listen to selected oral history interviews
George Golla interviewed by John Sharpe
Frank Ifield interviewed by Lorraine Pfitzner
Raymond Menmuir interviewed by Tom Jeffrey
Ross Wilson interviewed by Nick Weare
Nominate a potential interviewee
If you know of someone who has told you a story (or two!) about working in film, TV, radio or recorded sound, or would like more information, please telephone +61 2 8202 0130 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Donate an interview and other material
If you have already recorded an oral history interview with someone from the screen and sound industries and you would like to have your work considered for adding to the collection, please telephone +61 2 8202 0130 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Interviewees may also donate to the NFSA films and sound recordings in various formats, and documentation items such as photographs, posters, scrapbooks, and scripts, which relate to the film, television, radio and sound recording industries.
The Film and Broadcast Industries Oral History Group
Founded in 1991, the FBIOHG is a Sydney-based organisation of industry professionals who generously volunteer their time to support and advise the NFSA. Members conduct interviews for the Oral History Program, recommend interview subjects, and help establish or maintain relationships with potential interviewees and other interviewers.
Right: Members of the Film and Broadcast Industries Oral History Group.
Audiovisual History Needs You
Have you worked on an Australian screen production? Do you want your correct credits to be part of Australia's historical record? If so, the Film and Broadcast Industries Oral History group encourages you to have your credits updated on the national audiovisual collection records.
Here's how in 5 easy steps
- Go to the main Collection Search.
- Search for the production title using Easy Search, select Film or Television and click on Search.
- From the Results page, click on the entry that appears for that title searched. Once you click on the entry, you will get a page which includes "Title Details".
- If you see anything incorrect or missing in the credits listed there, click on the data corrections link email@example.com at the bottom of the page to send an email with your suggested corrections.
- The NFSA Collection Information Staff will respond to your email and validate the suggested corrections. For any contradictory information received, the NFSA will retain the right to determine the authorised credits for the production.
Why is this important?
The NFSA catalogue is the most complete record of Australian production we have. Because it includes credits for the crew as well as director and producer it gives a particularly useful historical picture for serious researchers.
Your contribution is important to help make the over 800,000 records in the database as informative as possible. Over the years, the NFSA cataloguing team has been improving the entries but your help is very much needed. So, do check your films on the NFSA catalogue and also pass this appeal on to your friends.
The NFSA was established through the efforts of all involved in the audiovisual industry and it is really up to us to help make it the best resource it can be.


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Basic Open Access Web Sites
What is Open Access?
Framing the Issue: Open Access - A basic overview about open access from the Association of Research Libraries.
Informational Web Sites
Guide to the Open Access Movement - A guide to the terminology, acronyms, initiatives, standards, technologies, and players in the open-access movement from Peter Suber.
Institutional Repository Resources - A SPARC informational page with lots of resource links.
Issues in Scholarly Communication - An informational website from Cornell University Libraries.
Lists Related to The Open Access Movement - A wonderful collection of information about open access issues from Peter Suber.
Open Access Forum at the Journal Nature - collection of ongoing discussion about open access from scientists, librarians, publishers and other stakeholders.
Scholarly Communication At Risk - An informational website from Johns Hopkins University.
Scholarly Communication Crisis - An informational website from the University of Connecticut Libraries.
Scholarly Communications at the UW Libraries - An informational website from the University of Washington Libraries.
SPARC Open Access Newsletter and Discussion Forum - A monthly newsletter of the open access movement by Peter Suber and SPARC.
Policies and Proposals
Berlin Declaration on Open Access - A commitment from Germany's principal scientific and scholarly institutions and a growing number of other European counterparts to open access for scientific and scholarly research, from October, 2003.
Bethesda Statement on Open Access Funding - Statements of principle about the steps for all parties involved to take to promote the transition to open access publishing. Includes US and European research, publishing and alternative efforts; April, 2003.
Budapest Open Access Initiative - the defining statement on open access, created at an Open Society Institute meeting in Budapest in December, 2001.
Public Library of Science - a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a public resource, founded in 2000.
Washington D.C. Principles For Free Access to Science - A statement by 48 non-profit publishers (including many scientific professional societies) committing to "providing free access and wide dissemination of published research findings." March 16, 2004
Wellcome Trust Position Statement Supporting Open Access - A strong endorsement of open access from a major UK funding agency and the world's largest private funder of medical research, October, 2003.
Open Access Journals
BioMed Central - An independent for-profit publishing house committed to providing immediate free and open access to peer reviewed biomedical research. Currently they have over 100 open access journals.
Directory of Open Access Journals - A directory of free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals in all disciplines. Supported by the Open Society Institute and SPARC - from Lund University (Lund, Sweden.)
Free Medical Journals - Though not strictly open access, this site provides links to accessible portions of well-known clinical and research journals. The site is maintained by Amedeo, a group providing free medical literature and information to health professionals.
House of Commons Science & Technology Committee Inquiry into Scientific Publications - A BioMed Central page about the British government's investigation into scientific journals; information on various aspects of open access are also available at this site.
PLOS Journals - Public Library of Science (PLOS) is a non-profit organization of scientists committed to the open access model of publishing for scientific literature. PLOS Biology started in 2003 and PLOS Medicine in 2004 and additional discipline coverage is expected in the future.
PubMed Central - A digital archive of life sciences journal literature managed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). Access to PubMed Central (PMC) is free and unrestricted.
Preprint and Literature Searching
ARC: Cross Archive Searching Service - Arc is a unified search interface providing access to many OAI compliant archives. It is an experimental research service of Digital Library Research group at Old Dominion University.
Department of Energy Preprint Network - The Department of Energy's PrePRINT Network is a searchable gateway to preprint servers that deal with scientific and technical disciplines of concern to DOE. Such disciplines include the great bulk of physics, materials, and chemistry, as well as portions of biology, environmental sciences and nuclear medicine.
E-Prints - Dedicated to the freeing of the refereed research literature online through author/institution self-archiving. Self-archiving software provided for free for individual or institutional use. This site is part of the Open Citation Project.
Institutional Archives Registry - An effort to track the number and size of open-access eprint archives, from Tim Brody at the University of Southampton.
MetaList of Open Access Eprint Archives - A broad overview of the structure, size and progress of full-text open access e-print archives, from Steve Hitchcock of Southampton University.
OAIster - One of the most complete search engines of Open Access literature, from the University of Michigan
Open Citation Project - A NSF - JISC jointly funded project to investigate and improve citation linking and reference analysis for online scholarly literature; the 3year project ended in 2002.
Some Archives and Repositories
By Subject
arXiv - An eprint archive for physics, mathematics, nonlinear sciences and computer science from Cornell University; originally from the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences - An free open archive for papers in biology, neuroscience, computer science, psychology, linguistics, philosophy.
CogPrints - An electronic archive for self-archived papers in any area of psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, and in many areas of computer science philosophy, biology, medicine, and anthropology as well as any other portions of the physical, social and mathematical sciences that are pertinent to the study of cognition. The archive uses freely distributable software and complies with the standards of the Open Archives Initiative.
Computing Research Repository (CoRR) - An open computer science repository, for prerints and papers that are not published elsewhere.
IDEAS - IDEAS (Internet Documents in Economics Access Service) is an archive of working papers, journal articles, and software components in economics.
Preprint and Working Papers Archive - A listing of preprint and e-print archives for astronomy and astrophysics, chemistry, physics, computation and language, economics, nonlinear sciences and mathematics. Maintained by Stanford University.
By Institution
Digital Libraries and Archives Project - A digital library and archive for Virginia Tech, including electronic journals, images, and special collections.
DSpace - Developed by MIT, DSpace is repository software designed to capture the intellectual output of an institution; available for free (currently) download and implementation by any library.
Érudit - A repository of prepublications, review articles, and theses, operated by three Quebec universities
eScholarship - The University of California's repository of institutional publications, including digital journals, books, and working papers, organized by discipline.
NELLCO - A legal scholarship repository from a group of 25 academic institutions in the U.S.
Reading List
"Costs and business models in scientific research publishing" a report (Sept, 2003) and follow-up report (April, 2004) commissioned by the Wellcome Trust
The Promise and Peril of 'Open Access' Chronicle of Higher Education, January 30, 2004
Scholarly Associations and the Economic Viability of Open Access Publishing by John Willinsky, Journal of Digital Information, Volume 4 Issue 2 (April 9, 2003)
Removing Barriers to Research: An Introduction to Open Access for Librarians by Peter Suber, College & Research Libraries News, February 2003
Partnering with Faculty to Enhance Scholarly Communication - Johnson, R. K., D-Lib Magazine, Nov 2002.
Institutional Repositories by Roy Tennant, Library Journal, September 15, 2002
The Case for Institutional Repositories: A SPARC Position Paper - ARL Bimonthly Report 223 (August 2002). A summary of the SPARC white paper.


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Nurse Educator Opinions
- 0Nov 21, '03 by barb4575Well, here I sit after having given two lectures on: Nursing Process and Cardiac plus one two hour review...I have given the test to the foundations class and the spread looks good. However, I can see a few trends:
*some don't do their assignments
*some ignore when I say you must know this because...
*some don't read the chapters
*some don't bother coming to the review
*some don't get the material even when it is introduced in the chapter, stated several times in lecture and in review and EMPHASIZED
*and even if I think I have given the lecture of a lifetime, it is not effective for some
*even when I ensure my questions are at the knowledge level for the majority of test questions, some still don't get it
So, this is how I see it, I can offer my time after class which I will do...but, some just do not have it in their hearts to become nurses and it looks like I just might be weeding some out this semester. I am accustomed to teaching at a higher level but had the higher level Med-Surg instructor review my exam and she agreed that we would be in trouble if they could not do well on it. Regardless, I still feel badly for them. Any suggestions to help me to become more effective? Yes, I realize some may not pass and should not too....
Thanks for any input,
- 0Nov 21, '03 by indieI once walked into a Med/Surg II level class - I was the 'visiting expert' lecturer on liver disease - and asked each student to put a hand on his/her liver. Half the class placed a hand on the left side.
Next I asked each student, without a book, to draw a rough sketch of the relations of the liver, stomach, pancreas, spleen, gallbladder. After several minutes only about 5 students out of 40 or so had an even half way accurate diagram.
I told the students I would be ready to teach them when they were appropriately prepared, but this might mean a very late evening for them! I asked them to send a class rep to my office when they were ready.
I then walked to the DON and told her what had happened. She was reasonably supportive, but an educator can't refuse to teach and you can't disrupt the day's schedule of classes for this sort of thing. (I knew all this in advance, but had just had enough - these students were supposed to have the prerequisites).
I post the story because it may be the norm you have to learn to deal with. There was a lot of pressure in my school to keep students in the program whatever the issues.
Over a few years I started to post my pre class expectations very clearly, but I did keep them very simple and even posted ways of doing something appropriate even if a student truly had no time. (I was cognizant that one student had a very sick diabetic two year old, etc etc.) Eventually most came with the basics, but it was very hard and took being consistent and insistent.
Other faculty accused me to 'teaching to the test' - I'm not sure this matters too much - the students still have to have the knowledge and I toughed this out.
But I have been thru all your frustrations and understand. Look at the other standards in your school and see what successful (defined as you please) educators are doing. I wish you some success.
- 0Nov 22, '03 by barb4575Before I began the lecture, I had given them a handout which told them my standard and what I expected them to know prior to my lecture and afterwards. Then, the next week when I began the Cardiac lecture, I had them take a piece of paper out and write the circulation of the heart out in longhand. It was not for a grade and I told them afterwards that it was an assessment tool for me to see where they were and if they had listened to me about the prep.............and I added, so if someone does fail the exam, I will remind you that you are an adult learner and you chose not to be prepared.
There are a few who may not make it this semester and I do not believe that I should fix numbers just so they can be passed on when they are not ready. I have been the Med-Surg instructor who received such students in the past.
Thanks for your reply,
- 0Nov 23, '03 by Mike RGNIt seems that you have prepared and reinforced all your material, I have been reading your post and trying what I could say aroung motivating the unmotivated.
You have done a much as I could think off, I love the second post about the liver what an idea (I may well try that, it might wake a few up)
All I can say is you sound as your want to educate the students and are trying your best and are dedicated to you work
Well Done
- 0Dec 23, '03 by BarbPickThese days I am teaching Oncology to grown up nurses, but when I taught in the generic program, I resorted to blackmail.
I learned at an early age, do not read cliff notes, it never failed, the teacher would ask questions that were missed in the cliff notes, never realizing the teacher owned her own copy of the cliffnotes.
BLACKMAIL....I let it be known on day one that information will be given in class that you can't find in a book or on line, only in class. I would offer bonus points for showing up that could make a difference from pass and fail.
The first exam would be a mother.......and the only way to pass was to hear my personal stories told in class. And no taping my lectures.
They showed up for every lecture after that.
- 0Dec 23, '03 by Tim-GNPFirst of all, not all students will become a nurse. It is not meant for everyone. I look at myself as having a duty to society. I am saying, by passing the students to the next level that they meet the objectives of the level. I will not let society down by passing someone who is not able to master the skills or objectives of the level.
I also have the study groups, etc., etc., etc., if no one comes and they do poorly in the test, I have no sympathy. I do feel bad that they wasted their money, but nothing more. Maybe old age is making me hard... who knows.
One of my patients told me this once years ago.... "you can't save ALL of the whales."
- 0Dec 26, '03 by traumaRUs, MSN, APRN, CNS AdminI'm not an educator, just a plain old ER RN who did the nursing asst-LPN-RN and am now back in school for a combined BSN/MSN. However, I went to nursing school as an adult with two small children (one with severe asthma - ICU admits - the whole deal - several times), my husband was in the military and hardly ever home and I worked full-time. Where are these people's motivation??? It has to come from within. Otherwise you need to consider if you would these people caring for you or your family member?? You sound like a great teacher but sometimes being easy isn't easy. Take care.


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There's a long tradition of naming flu pandemics after their presumptive geographical ground zero. The Hong Kong flu. Asian flu. Fujian flu. And the dreadful Spanish flu (which almost certainly didn't start in Spain).
So why not the Mexico flu? Because – as Renee at Womanist Musings and nojojojo at Alas amply show – you can't invoke Mexico in this country without dragging in a truckload of racist, anti-immigration baggage.
While I like nojojo's suggestions of "Colonialism Cough" and "Greedy Gringo Fever," I'm sort of attached to the historical naming patterns. So, staying in that grand geographical tradition, I vote for "Factory Farm Flu." Srsly. Evidence is mounting that this virus mutated in a literal and figurative epidemiological pigsty: the Smithfield factory farm, which Amanda Marcotte describes as "absolutely swimming in pig shit and carcasses." And Factory Farm Flu is nicely alliterative, too!
We do need a name change, because "swine flu" is misleading in more ways than one. For instance, Russia has banned pork imports from Ohio to try to keep the disease at bay. They'd do far better to ban imports of Ohio's live humans instead of our dead pigs, which are completely incapable of infecting consumers in Russia or anywhere.
Of course, Factory Farm Flu might not help hog futures, either, but that's all right by me. (Daisy Deadhead has a fine post on why this ought to be putting all of us off meat.) Swine flu wouldn't be able to mutate so easily if it weren't endemic in certain pig populations. The crowding of factory farms promotes viral transmission. The only effect of those buckets of antibiotics fed to hogs is to halt bacterial superinfections. Meanwhile, the flu virus merrily reproduces and mutates.
And then there are the echoes of the 1976 swine flu panic. At Salon, Patrick Di Justo has a nuanced account of the events in '76, which I remember pretty well (I was 12 at the time). In short, a panel of world-famous virologists all agreed that President Ford had better fast-track a vaccine. By the time the vaccine was ready, public health authorities already realized that the epidemic wasn't materializing. The government went ahead and vaccinated people anyway. Death and paralysis from Guillain-Barre were ascribed to the vaccine, though Di Justo questions that link. Even a single death due to the vaccine would have been one too many, because by then the government's motivations were purely political.
While Di Justo's airtight analysis sticks entirely to the events of 1976, an uncritical reader could easily infer wrong lessons for the present: Swine flu is inherently benign, and so we're overreacting. Gawker is doing just that, sneering at the current concern – hey, all swine flu is the same, isn't it?
No, actually it's not. "Swine flu" just means that the viruses were hosted by pigs while they scrambled their sloppy RNA into new mutations. This particular H1N1 strain shows signs of human, bird, and swine origins. The pigs just served as big, pink, grunting petri dishes for all that RNA to mix, mingle, and mutate.
Finally, changing the name to Factory Farm Flu would force asshats like this Salon commenter to be a tad more imaginative:
This disease resulted from college students going to Mexico on spring break, who couldn't come up with the cash for the local prostitutes. You don't need to go to flying saucer theories to find any other way pig DNA could combine with human DNA.
Eeeew. At first I thought this referred to Mexican girls, but I guess not. Just one more reason to vote for "Factory Farm Flu." And one less reason to hang out with the aging frat boys in Salon's comment section. (Why do I ever go there?)
Rolling the pig dice – image by Flickr user Kaptain Kobold, used under a Creative Commons license.


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Dec 4 2013
Kveller Kids Do Hanukkah, 2013 Edition!
Happy 8th night of Hanukkah to our readers! Yesterday we asked you on Facebook to send us pictures of your children doing Hanukkah activities–because who doesn't kvell over seeing their little one go about lighting their first menorah? We received a bunch of adorable pictures from latke eaters to dreidel players, and compiled them in a slideshow for all of you to view, below,
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