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Yahoo: Mobile key for back to school shoppers
Summer is quickly approaching the half-way mark, and that has many retailers finalizing back to school plans and strategies. Yahoo Marketing is offering tips to help retailers make the most of the back to school season.
Last year, back to school shoppers in the US spent just over $70 billion, and while most purchases are still made in stores the research that helps students decide what computers, backpacks and supplies they want happens online. Nearly half (47%) of back to school shoppers research purchases online and this summer most (80%) say they'll do even more research online - along with more shopping for products.
Other interesting takeaways from Yahoo's research include:
• 66% of moms prefer 'personally relevant' online ads
• 49% of BTS shoppers say they have used or will use mobile devices to shop/research
• 35% say mobiles are their 'go to' for BTS shopping
• College shoppers spend about 33% more than K-12 shoppers
As for when those back to school campaigns should begin - early is good. Yahoo's research indicates parents start back to school shopping 2+ months from the first say of school (K-12 students), and many will continue shopping through September.
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New bike network connects cities along Wasatch Front
Scott G. Winterton, Deseret News
SANDY — In 1974, Roger Crandall and his wife decided to tour North and South America on a two-and-half-year, 20,000-mile biking adventure.
"You know that old fancy phrase, 'mi casa es su casa, My house is your house'? They really meant that," Crandall said, describing how he and his wife would stay in strangers' houses as they went from country to country.
He said the trip not only inspired him to become a Spanish teacher, but strongly influenced his love for cycling.
It's a passion that has continued for Crandall for the past 40 years.
Under the direction of Mayor Ben McAdams, Salt Lake County has set aside $800,000 for 19 new bicycle transportation projects that will add 87 miles of bike paths along the Wasatch Front.
In an effort to better connect commuters across four counties, the new network will get people from place to place or city to city, while improving air quality and giving Utahns more exercise options, McAdams said.
"It's not a network of routes unless bike lanes don't dead end at a municipal borders but will cross borders in a seamless fashion, and also connect with our transit stops and other bicycle infrastructure throughout this valley," he said.
Salt Lake County's bicycle transportation plan has been in the works for the past 18 months, with the first phase expected to be complete by next spring, said George Deneris, the county's active transportation coordinator.
"The beginning is lines on a map, and it ends with lines on a pavement," Deneris said. "It's about 1,500 miles of bikeways when we are all said and done, and we are about a quarter of the way there."
With less than 5 percent of people biking, McAdams said he hopes the network will encourage people to get outside. The large investment is a risk the mayor said he's willing to take because of air quality and health benefits.
"Investments in bicycle infrastructure really are cost savings to the taxpayer. Not everybody is going to commute by bicycle, but $800,0000 would only buy us half a mile of road, and instead its buying us 87 miles of bicycle transportation," McAdams said.
The funding for the project is just 2 percent of the $40 million transportation budget the Salt Lake County Council approved last year.
Utah Transit Authority General Manger Mike Allegra said the agency's goal is to get 10 percent to 20 percent of the community commuting to work by bike.
"It's the healthiest, smartest, most cost-effective mode we can do," Allegra said.
"We want to help facilitate the ability to take transit to go the long distance," he said. "But when you get to the station and you get off, how do you get to your final destination?"
In what Allegra calls "the last-mile strategy," UTA plans to invest in strategies such as bike-sharing, a program to have bikes ready at train platforms for commuters to take to work.
Sandy Mayor Tom Dolan says the best thing people can do is keep an eye out for bikers on the road and remember that safety is the most important thing.
"That's one of the key factors in doing this re-striping and designation of bicycles lanes," Dolan said. "It is a whole new opportunity for us to have new forms of transportation but also for the health of the community."
Crandall said he is happy with the teamwork that's evident between city councils and mayors. As a person who bikes on a daily basis, he is excited to see how the new bike network will pan out.
"I'm pleased to see that things are improving," Crandall said. "I've been here for 30 some years in the (Salt Lake Valley), and every new year there's some new thing added, and that's very enjoyable to see happen."
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Today's food production relies heavily on irrigation, but across sub-Saharan Africa only 4 percent of cultivated land is irrigated, compared with a global average of 18 percent. Small-scale farming is the main livelihood for many people in the region, who depend on rainfall to water their crops.
To understand how climate change may affect the availability of water for agriculture, researchers at Princeton University analyzed trends in the water cycle in maize-growing areas of 21 African countries between 1979 and 2010. The team examined both levels of rainfall and the evaporative demand of the atmosphere — the combined effects of evaporation and transpiration, which is the movement of water through plants.
Researchers analyzed water availability trends in African maize-growing regions from 1979 to 2010. Each quarter-degree grid cell represents a 200-square-mile area and is colored according to its average water availability level during the maize growing season. In redder areas, water availability is more limited by rainfall levels, while bluer areas are more limited by evaporative demand.
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Overall, they found increases in water availability during the maize-growing season, although the trends varied by region. The greater availability of water generally resulted from a mixture of increased rainfall and decreased evaporative demand.
However, some regions of East Africa experienced declines in water availability, the study found. "Some places, like parts of Tanzania, got a double whammy that looks like a declining trend in rainfall as well as an increasing evaporative demand during the more sensitive middle part of the growing season," said Lyndon Estes, the study's lead author and an associate research scholar in the Program in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. The analysis was published in the July issue of the journal Environmental Research Letters.
A key goal of the study was to incorporate reliable data on factors that influence evaporative demand. These include temperature, wind speed, humidity and net radiation — defined as the amount of energy from the sun that is absorbed by the land, minus the amount reflected back into the atmosphere by the Earth's surface.
Measurements of three of these parameters came from the Princeton University Global Meteorological Forcing Dataset (PGF) previously developed by two of the study's authors, Research Scholar Justin Sheffield and Eric F. Wood, the Susan Dod Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the study's senior author.
The PGF merges a variety of weather and satellite data, and covers all land areas at a resolution of three hours and one degree of latitude or longitude (one degree of latitude is about 70 miles). Nathaniel Chaney, a graduate student who works with Sheffield, downscaled the data to a resolution of about 15 miles. He incorporated observations from African weather stations to improve the accuracy of the data. To do this, he used statistical techniques based on the principle that areas close to one another are likely to have similar weather.
The team also had to correct the data for errors due to changes in instruments or satellites, which can create what appear to be sudden jumps in temperature or wind speed. "When you're dealing with gridded global weather data, they come with many warts," Estes said. "So we try to remove as many of those warts as possible," he said, to gain a faithful picture of weather changes at each location.
Most areas saw a decrease in evaporative demand, leading to higher water availability. The researchers analyzed the contributions of different factors to this decrease, and found that a downward trend in net radiation was largely responsible for the change.
This was a surprising result, according to Estes, who said he expected to see decreases in evaporative demand, but thought lower wind speeds would have a greater impact than drops in net radiation. In a 2012 study published in the journal Nature, Sheffield and Wood showed that diminished wind speeds have helped to offset the effects of rising temperatures that would otherwise lead to an increase in droughts.
Another study found that decreasing wind speeds contributed to declining evaporative demand in South Africa. The current study only examined water availability during the maize growing season, which could account for this discrepancy, Estes said.
The trends revealed by this research could have implications for agricultural policies and practices, including irrigation planning, timing of planting and choice of crop varietals. For example, in Burkina Faso in West Africa, a comparison of different parts of the growing season showed a decrease in water availability early in the season, but an increase at later time points. This might mean that the rainy season is starting later, in which case farmers in that region might adapt by planting their maize later. In South Africa, evaporative demand dropped in many areas; this could inform a reallocation of water use.
According to Estes, this study, which examined only 34 percent of all African maize-growing areas, may serve as a framework to guide more detailed analyses within individual countries. It's also essential to understand the relationship between changes in water availability and changes in actual crop yields, which is more complex because yield trends are influenced by numerous political and economic factors, in addition to farming practices. That's where Estes hopes to focus his next efforts. "All those factors would have to be teased out to isolate what these changes in water supply and demand mean for crop production," he said.
Other researchers in Princeton's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering involved in the study include graduate student Julio Herrera-Estrada and Associate Professor Kelly Caylor.
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Identifying epigenetic markers in cancer cells could improve patient treatment
Scientists have known for decades that cancer can be caused by genetic mutations, but more recently they have discovered that chemical modifications of a gene can also contribute to cancer. These alterations, known as epigenetic modifications, control whether a gene is turned on or off.
Analyzing these modifications can provide important clues to the type of tumor a patient has, and how it will respond to different drugs. For example, patients with glioblastoma, a type of brain tumor, respond well to a certain class of drugs known as alkylating agents if the DNA-repair gene MGMT is silenced by epigenetic modification.
A team of MIT chemical engineers has now developed a fast, reliable method to detect this type of modification, known as methylation, which could offer a new way to choose the best treatment for individual patients.
"It's pretty difficult to analyze these modifications, which is a need that we're working on addressing. We're trying to make this analysis easier and cheaper, particularly in patient samples," says Hadley Sikes, the Joseph R. Mares Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and the senior author of a paper describing the technique in the journal Analyst.
The paper's lead author is Brandon Heimer, an MIT graduate student in chemical engineering.
Beyond the Genome
After sequencing the human genome, scientists turned to the epigenome — the chemical modifications, including methylation, that alter a gene's function without changing its DNA sequence.
In some cancers, the MGMT gene is turned off when methyl groups attach to specific locations in the DNA sequence — namely, cytosine bases that are adjacent to guanine bases. When this happens, proteins bind the methylated bases and effectively silence the gene by blocking it from being copied into RNA.
"This very small chemical modification triggers a sequence of events where that gene is no longer expressed," Sikes says.
Current methods for detecting cytosine methylation work well for large-scale research studies, but are hard to adapt to patient samples, Sikes says. Most techniques require a chemical step called bisulfite conversion: The DNA sample is exposed to bisulfite, which converts unmethylated cytosine to a different base. Sequencing the DNA reveals whether any methylated cytosine was present.
However, this method doesn't work well with patient samples because you need to know precisely how much methylated DNA is in a sample to calculate how long to expose it to bisulfite, Sikes says.
"When you have limited amounts of samples that are less well defined, it's a lot harder to run the reaction for the right amount of time. You want to get all of the unmethylated cytosine groups converted, but you can't run it too long, because then your DNA gets degraded," she says.
Rapid Detection
Sikes' new approach avoids bisulfite conversion completely. Instead, it relies on a protein called a methyl binding domain (MBD) protein, which is part of cells' natural machinery for controlling DNA transcription. This protein recognizes methylated DNA and binds to it, helping a cell to determine if the DNA should be transcribed.
The other key component of Sikes' system is a biochip — a glass slide coated with hundreds of DNA probes that are complementary to sequences from the gene being studied. When a DNA sample is exposed to this chip, any strands that match the target sequences are trapped on the biochip. The researchers then treat the slide with the MBD protein probe. If the probe binds to a trapped DNA molecule, it means that sequence is methylated.
The binding between the DNA and the MBD protein can be detected either by linking the protein to a fluorescent dye or designing it to carry a photosensitive molecule that forms hydrogels when exposed to light.
The MIT team is now adapting the device to detect methylation of other cancer-linked genes by changing the DNA sequences of the biochip probes. They also hope to create better versions of the MBD protein and to engineer the device to require less DNA. With the current version, doctors would need to do a surgical biopsy to get enough tissue, but the researchers would like to modify it so the test could be done with just a needle biopsy.
The research was funded by a David H. Koch fellowship, a National Science Foundation fellowship, a Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award, the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, and the James H. Ferry Fund for Innovation.
Written by Anne Trafton, MIT News Office
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'I was so scared I barked at it': Katie Holmes opens up on her lifelong fear... of raccoons
Katie Holmes' latest film role sees her playing a stepmother living in a haunted house.
But when it comes to real-life, the actress admits she's actually terrified of raccoons.
Promoting her new movie Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark on Jay Leno's Tonight Show, the 32-year-old revealed she loses her cool when near one of the furry mammals.
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Revealing her fears: Katie Holmes admitted she's terrified of raccoons as she appeared on The Tonight Show last night
'Crazy lady': Host Jay Leno was bemused when Holmes admitted she barked at a raccoon
With Holmes spending a lot of the year living in New York City with husband Tom Cruise and their daughter Suri, Leno suggested the actress should be used to the creatures.
He said: '"Raccoons? Well you picked the wrong city young lady to live in. Why raccoons? Is it the mask? Do you think they're criminals? What is it?'
She replied: You know, most things are like dogs, you know, they're more afraid of you than you are of them and I don't find that.
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Show no fear: Holmes is terrified of raccoons
'I was recently sitting outside and this raccoon comes right up, like right there, and I'm expecting it to be more afraid of me and I'm staring at it and it's staring right back like he's gonna kick my butt and I didn't know what to do so I just stood up and barked at it and he just ran away.'
Holmes' defence mechanism prompted laughter from the audience, with Leno conceding: 'He's like, this lady's crazy.'
Also on the show, Holmes admitted her recent birthday surprise for Cruise was ruined when her plans were leaked to the media.
She explained: 'His birthday is in July and we were in Florida and I was really excited and I threw him a little kind of dinner party.
'Then it turned out that it was in the press, it was like this huge blowout, but it was really only like ten people, but I was like, okay, that's fine.'Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark is released in the U.S. on August 26 and in the UK on October 7.
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I stumbled across this one while cruising horror flick site. The plot
and characters and developments sound like a near crystal clear copy of
'The Colour out of Space' by H.P. Lovecraft. In that story, a meteor,
"from the cosmic gulfs", lands on the family farm and begins to change
humans and animals into monsters. Similarities include the crop
rotting, the animals rotting and the people rotting. The mother is
locked into the upstairs attic room as she goes insane and transforms
into a hideous pile of putridity. Phuckin' A. In the story, everything
turns into a gray powder and disintegrates. One of the farmer's kids
falls into the well and gets transformed into a human jello pop. Creepy
If "The Curse" is nearly as good as it sounds then I'm gonna have to scoop it up.
I've got to admit THE CURSE is one of the best comedies I have seen in a long time. Too bad they wanted it to be a serious horror film! A meteorite lands in a small farm in Tennessee and soon poisons the well water. This in turn creates a virus that starts driving everyone mad as their skin beings to peel off. Hey, its another movie Eli Roth ripped off! An uncredited adaption of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Colour from Outer Space," this film is only notable for three things. First, it marks actor David Keith's directorial debut. Second, it stars a young Wil Wheaton and his sister Amy. Third, it may be the only film in history to feature a hot woman trying to get it on with Claude Akins only to have him yell, "No!" Keith is actually a decent director but the film yearns for a widescreen release. If one wants to look deeper into the film, it can be seen as a battle between religion vs. science. When Akins wife gets sick, his plan is to keep her locked up and pray until she gets better while the local doctor wants her to get medical help. But I doubt Keith and co. wanted that much. They wanted to show a movie where people turn gooey and maggots spew characters. And they do that with fine color (interestingly, Lucio Fulci worked on the film in aiding Keith so maybe this is his influence?). For some reason the film opens with what should be the movie's punchline. A fine dumb viewing for late night and not much else.
I saw this movie years ago before Wil Wheaton became a star. The thing that struck me the most was how much it resembled 'The colour out of space' by H.P. Lovecraft. One of my favorite Lovecraft stories. I'd like to know if they tried to adapt it or if it was just a coincidence. It wasn't really all that gross, even for 1978 and the acting wasn't any worse than most low budget movies. I'd love to see a Lovecraft story given the big budget treatment. I thought the transformation of the mother through the course of the movie was really creepy. The curse certainly isn't the best horror flick out there but it isn't bad either. As for the Christian stereotypes, c'mon people, that's the way the part was written and Claude Akins does a fantastic job in that part. Besides there really are people out there like that. Just as there are of all stereotypes. As for a rating, I'd give it a 5 out of 10
Anyone that could sit throught this film and actually LIKE it is beyond me! This is soooo bad! I was laughing! The only reason i watched it was bc my cousin forced me to, bc she bought it only bc Wil Wheaton was in it then she watched it and regreted wasting 5 bucks! Why did Wil even waste his great acting talent and his GORGEOUS good looks on this?! Oh well he must of REALLY needed the money! My advice is stay very far away from this film! It's not worth it! 0/10
Well, that might be going a little overboard, but I was really impressed with his performance in this EXTREMELY low-budget horror flick. Although the lack of cash sometimes shows through (especially in some of the meteor & makeup effects), THE CURSE was an extremely resourceful & effective attempt at backwoods sci-fi/horror. The awful transfer from film to video gave it an authentic drive-in movie circa 1978 feel, almost like a home movie, which for some reason was very creepy to me. And there's a point in the film where all logic seems to go out the window & ALL the characters all start behaving irrationally and illogically; for me, this was quite scary and really fits the theme of the film of people losing their minds and becoming raving zombie lunatics. THE CURSE is an extremely grotesque & graphic film, and for me it seemed very real-- I credit this to the location shooting & the authentic rural atmosphere that the director created. Any serious horror fan, particularly of films from the late 1970s and early 80s, should give this a look. I'm glad I did. 7 out of 10.
To say that The Curse stinks is like saying Robert DeNiro is Italian. I found the way this movie stereotypes Christians offensive. For Claude Aikens to have been in this movie means that he probably needed money to pay his bills. Save your money and time and start a belly button lint collection instead.
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
An overly obsessed religious man (Claude Atkins) is trying to provide
for his family by holding onto his farm, and make sure his family obeys
his orders. An unknown object flies out of nowhere in their yard during
a hectic storm, and things start changing for the worse.
This is pretty trashy stuff on virtually no budget what so ever. Actor David Keith takes a break from the acting world to direct this one. How did he do? Not so good I've seen a lot worse, believe me, but that doesn't mean this is a good horror film. It's incredibly cheap looking with many unlikable characters. The so called "Father" is a sanctimonious idiot who refuses to succumb to any type of reasoning. The brother is a fat pig, and the Mother is unsympathetically weak and naive. It's the real life sister and brother combo (who ironically play brother and sister in the movie as well) of Will & Amy Wheaton that manage to be likable. The gore is mostly consisted of lame gooey effects, and is more laughable than anything else. We do get a rather gruesome scene of a chicken pecking away at a girl. That's really about it. Will Wheaton shows off the talent that he brought to the table in Stand By Me, and manages to overcome such a crappy script. He wasn't great, but considering he had nothing to work with? I commend him. Claude Atkins's character is written as a religious nut who is pretentious, but I thought he was completely moronic. What type of idiot is adamant on drinking water, even if it's been heavily tampered?? He was just written so idiotically that I couldn't wait to see his character perish.
Final Thoughts: It never bored me, but it's an incredibly stupid movie. The poorly written characters and the fact that it took everything seriously really does this one in. This could have been a great cheese fest, but it went the serious route. I can't recommend this one to you guys, unfortunately
A young farm boy named Zack Hayes (Wil Wheaton) has a dysfunctional
family run by his bible-thumping step-dad Nathan (Claude Akins). Until
one night, a meteorite crash lands near their farm and suddenly
unleashes a goo carrying alien parasites and contaminates the farm's
water supply. The stuff makes the crops look all fresh and huge but
disgusting on the inside, the animals turn evil and zombie-esquire and
some of the farm people turn into zombie-like creatures as only Zack
must fight them.
An entertaining and gooey sci-fi horror thriller inspired by an H.P. Lovecraft story called "The Color of Space" with decent special effects, disgusting moments you won't forget like the apples with worms scene and of course great performances by Wheaton and Akins. Sure the acting of the other actors isn't very good with the exception of Wheaton and Akins and the plot could have been more coherent but this is an enjoyable and gross b-movie from producer Lucio Fulci that's still worth watching.
Also recommended: "Slither", "Night of the Creeps", "The Thing (1982)", "From Beyond", "Re-Animator", "Deadly Friend", "C.H.U.D.", "Slugs", "Undead", "Tremors", "Pet Semetary", "Maximum Overdrive", "Night of the Comet", "The Deadly Spawn (a.k.a. Return of the Aliens)", "Xtro", "Die Monster Die", "Contamination", "Doom", "Critters 1 & 2", "Killer Klowns from Outer Space", "The Gate", "Terrorvison", "Videodrome", "Society", "Lifeforce", "Event Horizon", "Creepshow", "Evil Dead II", "Bad Taste", "Insemenoid", "Bride of Re-Animator", "Beyond Re-Animator", "Dagon", "The Blob (1958 and 1988)", "The Stuff", "Resident Evil", "Day of the Terrifs", "From Dusk Till Dawn", "The Fly (1986)", "The Pit", "Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1957 and 1978)", "The Faculty", "X-Files: Fight the Future" and "Species".
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
The Curse is set in the small American town of Tellico Plains in
Tennessee where the deeply religious Nathan Crane (Claude Akins) & his
son Cyrus (Malcolm Danare) lives with his current wife Frances
(Kathleen Jordon Gregory) & her two children Zachary & Alice (real life
brother & sister Wil & Amy Wheaton). One night Zach sees a meteorite
crash onto land near the farmhouse, they call Alan Forbes (Cooper
Huckabee) the local doctor & part time meteorite specialist in to check
it out & any potential health risks. Forbes finds none although the
meteorite is very strange & unlike anything he's ever seen, the
following night the meteorite melts into a river of slimy goo which
infects the farms water supply with horrifying consequences from killer
chickens to the bodily mutation of those that drink the infected
The directorial debut of David Keith who is better known as an actor it comes as no surprise that in the twenty years since The Curse was made he has only directed two other things, judging by the results here he obviously decided somewhat wisely to concentrate on his acting career... Anyway, the script by David Chaskin, whose only other previous script was for A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985), was filmed under the title 'The Well' & was supposedly based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft interestingly called 'The Colour Out of Space' & is just a little bit different that makes this stand out from the countless slasher films that were being made during the 80's, unfortunately however that still doesn't mean it's any good. It's funny because while I was watching The Curse for the first time last night since it was originally released in the late 80's & knowing of it's bad reputation I sat there thinking we all complain about films, in particular horror, not being original yet when something that at least tries to be different comes along like The Curse they almost always get bad reviews because of them being silly or stupid, I'm not really sure where I'm going or what I'm trying to say with that statement but it feels relevant. The film moves along at a reasonable pace at less than 90 minutes in length & at least I never got bored with it, the character's & dialogue are poor but just about suffice & most of all it entertained me & as far as I'm concerned that's what films are all about regardless of any other consideration & it's as simple & straight forward as that. On the negative side there's a distinct lack of exploitation or gore & the character's & story aren't quite good enough on they're own to save The Curse. I also didn't get what the meteorite was in the end & there was no consistency in it's explanation, at first everything was explained in a scientific way with the goo altering the molecular structure of living things but at the end it suddenly appeared to become some supernatural force as it ripped the farmhouse apart without much explanation of how it did so.
Director Keith does alright, it looks OK although there is one terrible special effect when the meteorite originally lands. If you look closely at the left hand side of the screen during the shot when the meteorite hits the ground for the first time the resulting explosion & fire illuminates the rod/stick thing that is attached to the model meteorite & is being used to 'move' it along the obviously model set! Overall though the special effects are OK, there's an unfortunate & somewhat frustrating lack of gore, someone gets some fingers stuck in their neck & someone is stabbed with a pitchfork but generally speaking it's pretty tame. There are a few quite effective scenes here including a gross bit when someone bites into an apple & it's literally full of crawling maggots which has to be right up there as your worst nightmare, I think I'd be physically sick & wouldn't be able to eat another piece of fruit ever again!
Technically the film is OK, it's reasonably well made without being spectacular or anything. The IMDb states that The Curse was an American production but I was interested to see several familiar names from the Italian horror industry listed in the credits including Ovidio G. Assonitis & Lucio Fulci on the production side of things & the fact that some of it was actually shot in Rome in Italy. The acting is OK, apparently actor Wil Wheaton said the only good thing about The Curse was that his sister got a job because of it, I think there will be some out there who see even less good points in it. The cast list also credits someone called Steve Davis with a part, I can safely but regrettably inform everyone that it's not the famous British snooker player...
The Curse is one of those strange films, it's one of those films where the general public opinion is that it's complete crap & to be fair I would have a hard time arguing with that assessment but, & there's always a but, for whatever reason that I can't really explain I liked it. I'm not sure what that says about me but I reckon this just might be misunderstood...
And more importantly, who the hell cares?!?!? When a film boasts in
HUGE letters on the cover that it stars somebody you've never heard of,
be skeptical.
So, why do all these ultra low budget film makers have to torture poor H.P. Lovecraft stories? I mean, is there any excuse for it? I put forward that , no, there is not.
This little diamond of poop managed to rope Sheriff Lobo and Luke Duke in to it's crap-trap. And wow! They got Will Wheaton (so?!?).
Okay, it was based on the Colour out of Space (sort of), so, being an HPL fan, I had to get it. Well, I got it....I even went in skeptical, and knowing it was a lame 'un, but still was disappointed.
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About this design:
I used up my stock of rhyolite making a necklace for my daughter in law and, as she is a gold person, I used warmer secondary colors and gold findings.
Components:Rhyolite, Red Jasper, Red Aventurine, gold filled bead caps, clasp and other misc findings.
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You are certainly on a roll today, Ed! Lovely set!
Another great piece Ed!
Ed, I think I like this one the best. The rhyolite is more obvious in your first piece, but I really like the soft golden colors in this one. The rhyolite really stands out.
This is lovely also, but I prefer the silver.
Am with Julie on this one, Ed – - this is my favorite of the three sets. They are all great, though, and it's so good to see you back !
Ditto what Jule and Crazy Beader said. These stones really wrk well together. Very soft,and understated,but still commands my attention.
The warm tones are gorgeous! They remind me of honey and are fabulous with the rhyolite.
What are the beautiful white beads?
This is very pretty too
The "white" beads are yellow jade and are more yellow in person tha in the picture.
It is the same stone in Rhyolite & Silver. The yellow jade seems to have a lot of color variation. These stones were purchased from Lima Beads
In this design the Rhyolite is the secondary to the warm colors of the jade and the aventurine. The rhyolite contrast with the warm colors and thus stands out but does not dominate the design. Im sure all of you already knew all of this but it never hurts to re enforce a concept. This is a "warm" design whereas the Rhyolite & Silver is a "cool" design.
Thanks for all your comments.
Love the colors in this one. It's so warm and inviting, you just want to touch it. Excellent choices!
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1600 S Azusa Ave Unit 545City Of Industry, CA 91748
20. Skaterbuilt Skateboard Co
3402 Rowena DrLos Alamitos, CA 90720
21. Waxel Pads
Stay away! I ordered and paid for pads from this company in October 2012. Now, 3 months later, I have still not received them.
22. Enemie Skateboards
525 S Ranch View Cir Apt 50Anaheim, CA 92807
23. Jack's Garage
7481 Center AveHuntington Beach, CA 92647
24. Wicked Customs Pro Scooters & Skate
16182 Gothard Street Unit AHuntington Beach, CA 92647
25. Oc Ramps
1438 Ritchey StSanta Ana, CA 92705
26. Ehlers Longboards
Nice place great completes and outstanding prices on wheels, trucks. Very helpful. Will return.
27. Warning Skate Shop
This skateshop gives you all brands for a good price and good deals. Thank you warning skateshop
28. Warning Skate Shop
29. Freshpark Industries
7412 Count CirHuntington Beach, CA 92647
30. Street Wise Skate Shop
18358 Beach BlvdHuntington Beach, CA 92648