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Fraud, transaction problems highlight US consumer complaints over crypto
By Richard Satran
Representations of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on a screen showing binary codes are seen through a magnifying glass in this illustration picture taken September 27, 2021. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration
Fraud and transaction problems were leading factors in a surge of US consumer complaints related to cryptocurrencies & other digital assets.
The report from the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) comes as the high-profile failure of the FTX crypto exchange has seized the attention of regulators and shaken the crypto industry. "Our analysis of consumer complaints suggests that bad actors are leveraging crypto-assets to perpetrate fraud on the public," said CFPB Director Rohit Chopra.
Even before the collapse of FTX, complaints from consumers who were hit by other types of digital currency losses have been rising at an alarming rate, the CFPB reported. The CFPB report said the crypto market has become a magnet for fraudsters who see little chance that their schemes will be detected due to the absence of investor protection and the opaque nature of the market.
Crypto firms hiding behind "terms and conditions"
The fledgling crypto industry's $2 trillion market, made up of complex and illiquid digital assets, lacks controls and account management operations to handle customers' problems, the CFPB report suggested. The firms often "hide behind terms and conditions" to delay transactions when customers try to claim their crypto assets.
The report found that despite marketing claims that they offered "immediate access" to funds, some crypto firms have often delayed or denied redemptions based on "identity verification issues, security holds, or technical issues." Many customers also reported the transactions were settled at prices far below quoted levels when unexpected or unexplained fees were tacked on. Some firms cited "market spreads" that led to payouts far below quoted prices. Further, the transaction concerns were most often handled in some form, the CFPB report said, even if they were settled on disadvantageous terms for consumers.
The largest complaint category, representing about 40% of complaints, involved fraud-related matters, and sometimes included use of social media by digital currency participants in a potent mix of deception and opaque fund movement. The CFPB reported that in many instances of fraud reports from customers, the transaction provider declined to accept responsibility or to help in recovering funds, arguing that since they act as intermediaries they are not contractually required to act. In some cases, they required customers to submit to "mandatory arbitration" and clauses that prohibited them from joining class actions.
US regulators have said that since the crypto firms operate from offshore domiciles, they have only limited powers to intercede when fraud surfaces. The CFPB itself said its "complaint bulletin" was meant as a risk warning, but the agency went no further in committing its own enforcement division to pursuing wrongdoing.
Enforcing crypto fraud "time-consuming"
The CFPB, with its own packed rulemaking and enforcement agenda, suggested that pursuing bad actors would be a drain on agency resources since the anonymity of crypto "makes tracing crypto-assets stolen by fraudsters more time consuming for regulators and law enforcement." The agency said it would continue to log complaints and follow up with efforts to recover funds from crypto firms it could reach; however, in most cases, it said it would refer complaints to the Federal Trade Commission or other law enforcement authorities.
In its bulletin, the CFPB said the fraud complaints ranged from sophisticated "nation-state" level operations to the types of social engineering scams or cyber breaches seen in ransomware attacks by bad actors seeking payments in hard-to-trace cryptocurrencies. Among the leading scam methods the CFPB noted were: i) playing on a victim's emotions to extract money or posing as customer service representatives to gain access to customer accounts; ii) using social media posts or targeting different communities in affinity attacks aimed at younger populations, Black and Latino communities, older consumers, and service members; and iii) impersonating crypto-asset developers, founders of major websites such as YouTube, or the official accounts of governments to solicit crypto-asset donations to help the people of Ukraine.
The CFPB also described various tactics that crypto firms used to evade or delay regulations or returning assets to customers, including: i) patterning transactions by using many small transactions to evade money laundering and fraud controls; ii) freezing consumer assets immediately prior to entering bankruptcy or using decentralized finance (DeFi) as part of the crypto-asset ecosystem; and iii) using hacked SIM cards and mobile phone numbers to activate and take control of users' credentials, or linking transactions and a crypto address with a consumer's identity on their other transactions.
While the CFPB's bulletin was intended as a warning to consumers, it cited one area in which it might take direct action — the use of deceptive claims of government savings account insurance, which is guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). In a May announcement, the CFPB said it could bring action under the Consumer Financial Protection Act, which prohibits any fraud involving deceptive claims around FDIC insurance.
"Our analysis of consumer complaints suggests that bad actors are leveraging crypto-assets to perpetrate fraud on the public," said the CFPB's Chopra. "Americans are also reporting transaction problems, frozen accounts, and lost savings when it comes to crypto assets. We will continue our work to keep the payments system safe from fraudsters targeting Americans."
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Richard Satran
Richard Satran, a native of Eagle River, Wisconsin, has been a regulation, finance and technology correspondent for Reuters and Thomson Reuters over the course of three decades. He has served in New York, London and San Francisco. He has also held staff writing and editing positions at Wired, CNBC, US News & World Report and was managing editor for news and investing at Fidelity. Richard began his career on newspapers in New England as an editor and investigative reporter covering financial and white collar crime. He has served as a board member for Center for Investigative Journalism, New York Financial Writers Association and Society of American Business Editors and Writers. He has also taught at the University of California, Berkeley, Montclair University and Reuters Foundation.
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Australia shares hit record high on trade deal optimism; NZ up
Nikhil Subba
* Positive China trade data improves risk sentiment
* Energy stocks buoyed by higher oil prices
* Drugmaker CSL off record high
* Resolute Mining in talks with EMR Capital for gold mine sale (Updates to close)
By Nikhil Subba
Jan 14 (Reuters) - Australian shares closed at a record high on Tuesday, with miners and energy stocks lifting the benchmark, a day before the signing of a trade deal between Washington and Beijing.
The S&P/ASX 200 index ended about 0.9% higher at 6,962.20 at the close of trade, following a 0.4% weaker finish on Monday.
The signing of the interim deal will mark a major de-escalation of the 18-month trade dispute between the world's two largest economies that has roiled global markets and stoked worries about a global recession.
Adding to the positivity, the U.S. Treasury Department dropped its designation of China as a currency manipulator, which was widely seen as an act of goodwill.
"The decision is a symbolic gesture ahead of tomorrow's signing," analysts at DBS Group Research said in a note.
Washington in August accused Beijing of manipulating its currency after China let the yuan drop to its lowest point in more than a decade.
Risk sentiment also received a boost from strong Chinese economic data on Tuesday showing rising exports and imports in December.
With the news supporting global growth expectations, Australia's miners, the country's most export-focused sector, climbed 1.2% at close, helped by a rise in iron ore prices.
The world's largest miner BHP Group ended 1.3% up, while peer Rio Tinto advanced 1.9% to close at its highest since July 5.
December quarter production season for Australian miners kicks off on Thursday.
Resolute Mining Ltd ended 4% higher after the gold miner said it was in advanced talks with private equity firm EMR Capital Management for the sale of its Ravenswood gold mine in Queensland for up to A$300 million ($206.94 million).
Energy stocks climbed nearly 1% buoyed by a rise in oil prices, ahead of the deal between U.S. and China, the world's top oil consumers.
Industry heavyweights Woodside Petroleum and Santos ended 0.7% and 0.9% higher, respectively.
Financials, which comprise some of the biggest companies in the country, finished up 0.6% at its highest since Dec. 17, with three of the 'big four' banks in the positive territory.
Drugmaker CSL which closed up about 0.7% after hitting a record high earlier in the day, helped the healthcare sub-index advance about 0.8%.
Meanwhile, New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index rose 0.7% to finish the session at 11,625.13.
Software maker Gentrack Group strengthened 2.9% at close while energy retailer Contact Energy rose 2.8%. ($1 = 1.4497 Australian dollars) (Reporting by Nikhil Subba in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)

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WELSH RACK OF LAMB, SLOW COOKED LAMB BREAST, LAMB SWEETBREADS, PEARL BARLEY RISOTTO, SPRING ONIONS AND BROAD BEANS Ingredients For the pearl barley risotto: 1kg pearl barley 1litre lamb stock half a lemon For the risotto Cook pearl barley in lamb stock, season with salt and lemon juice For the sweetbreads 100g sweetbreads 500ml water 2 eggs 200g breadcrumbs 200g flour Method Bring water to the boil, add sweetbreads and simmer for 8 minutes.
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Vollmar, who was part of Hart's staff, resigns
Another member of former Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart's executive staff has left the program.
Vollmar, who was part of Hart's staff, resigns Another member of former Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart's executive staff has left the program. Check out this story on knoxnews.com: http://knoxne.ws/2oZi5Dt
Phil Kaplan, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee Published 8:08 p.m. ET April 12, 2017
Mike Vollmar(Photo: Tennessee athletics)
UT announced Wednesday night that senior associate athletic director Mike Vollmar has resigned.
Vollmar joined UT in 2013 and was responsible for oversight of the football program as a member of the athletic department executive staff.
A USA TODAY Network - Tennessee database of UT employees listed his salary for 2016 at $183,041.
"I want to thank Dave Hart for bringing me to Tennessee five years ago and giving me the opportunity to work at the University of Tennessee," Vollmar said in a school release. "My family and I have really enjoyed this community and everything it stands for. This athletic department is tremendous from top to bottom and is blessed with great people. I have a great working relationship with Butch Jones and his staff and look forward to watching their continued ascent. We are proud of many things we were able to accomplish together including the enhancements made in the Anderson Training Center and the many other worthwhile projects that impacted all of our student-athletes.
"I met with (new athletic director) John Currie this evening and informed him I was going to leave Tennessee to pursue other opportunities. I have enjoyed getting to know John the last couple of weeks and have no doubt he will do a great job leading the athletics department. It is my hope that every student-athlete at Tennessee achieves great success on and off the field."
Currie replaced Hart on April 1. Hart announced on Aug. 18 he would retire as AD at UT.
"Mike and I had a good meeting Wednesday, during which he informed me of his plans to resign to pursue other opportunities," Currie said. "I appreciate Mike's impact on the revitalization of the Tennessee football program and his service as a member of the athletics executive staff."
Executive senior associate AD Jon Gilbert, who followed Hart from Alabama, was named AD at Southern Miss on Jan. 24. Senior associate AD for development and external relations Chris Fuller, a holdover from former AD Mike Hamilton's staff, left in November to become deputy AD at Syracuse.
The other members of Hart's executive staff still remaining include senior associate AD for business operations Brett Huebner, senior associate AD for communications Ryan Robinson, senior associate AD/assistant provost Joe Scoggin, senior associate AD for administration and sports programs Mike Ward and senior associate AD/senior woman administrator Donna Thomas.
No replacements for Gilbert or Fuller have been announced.
Vollmar came to UT in 2013 from Michigan, where he spent two years as the associate AD for football. He was at Alabama with Hart from 2008-10 when he oversaw the administration of the football program. Vollmar also spent time at Michigan State (1996-2007), Syracuse (1991-95). His 29 years of college athletics started at Michigan (1988-90).
"I would like to personally thank Mike for all his contributions to our football program," UT football coach Butch Jones said. "I have nothing but respect and admiration for Mike and the work he did overseeing our football program. Mike is a tireless worker who has served nearly 30 years in athletic administration. I wish Mike and his family all the best in the future."
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The Image Announcements At ECCC – Moonstruck, Savage Town, New World, Generation Gone, Mage: The Hero Denied, Sacred Creatures, The Family Tree, The Hard Place, Shirtless Bear Fighter, Lieutenants Of Metal, Death Of Love, Family Trade, Flavor, Sleepless, Redlands And More… (UPDATE)
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Thanks to Bleeding Cool reporter Ian Melton, and other friends of Bleeding Cool, we are off.
Image Expo 2018 is announced for 1st February 2018 – the second Image Comics Day.
Joe Casey has a new book. "Clearly from my work, no one is telling me what to do…"
The Lieutenants Of Metal with Ulises Farinas. It takes inspiration from the early days of Image comics when the comics were "gloriously incomprehensible" in a good way and he hopes they can capture that spirit. Out later this year.
Justin Jordan has The Death Of Love. A 5 issue series with Donal DeLay, with colors by Felipe Sobreiro and letters by Rachel Deering. The main character can see cupid's arrow and declares war on love. The series will have cupids and chainsaws. Out in the fall.
Morgan Beem is a new artist with Justin Jordan on The Family Trade. The basic idea is cyberpunk/ ocean pink. It's fun – as the youngest member of the clan gets in trouble. Hand-painted with watercolor, it's about a patchwork city floating in the ocean.
In a steampunk world Jordan calls "ocean punk". The city is this world's hub of commerce, and the family in charge are assassins, thieves, and grifters, Jordan said. The youngest member of this clan is a main character. It will be an ongoing series with self-contained arcs of 5 or 6 issues. You may have seen it on Bleeding Cool before… Expect swashbuckling action. An ongoing in the fall.
Joseph Keatinge and Wool Jin Clark's new comic is called Flavor. In a world where culinary arts are the main industry. They started plotting the book at the last ECCC. er. Owen Gieni on colours, Ariana Maher on letters and Ali Bouzari as a culinary consultant and as also a "food scientist". For the fall – or the harvest.
Sleepless is the new comic written by Sarah Vaughn with art from Leila Del Duca and edited and coloured by Alissa Sallah. With a princess, the daughter of the dead king, protected by a knight that doesn't need to sleep. A historical romance fantasy with a diverse cast, it's set in a world inspired by 15th century Morocco where guards can never sleep because of the people they are sworn to protect.
Jordie Bellaire writing and colouring with Vanessa del Rey drawing and Fonografiks lettering, they have a new comic together called Redlands… About a town called Redlands and the corruption within – specifically corrupt police cops who are also witches. Redlands is a fictionalised version of a real place that contains everything Bellaire is most upset about, corruption, misogyny and the patriarchy… and a comic for those who "like sex, like weirdness, if horror, if you're upset about the way the government and criminal justice system works…"
Jody Leheup and Sebastian Girner, who have edited for Marvel, Valiant as well as Image comics, are now writing comics with Shirtless Bear Fighter, the greatest comic about punching bears in the face ever made. It's a fight comic, obviously. It'about a guy who's very angry and needs to change if he's going to save his loved ones. Art by Neil Vendrell colours by Mike Spicer and letters by Dave Lanphear on letters. They wanted the comic to look like a cartoon or comic that you might see in the background of an action film. The main character will be shirtless, as you may guess, and is the "angriest man in comics". He only wears pants because they can't have a "super naked wild dude on the cover", even if he is all heart. It's supposed to make you laugh, and it's silly, with 22 pages of gritted teeth and flexing per issue, they laughed. When bears start attacking major cities, which they do, "Shirtless" will be needed.
Jeff Lemire and Phil Hester are on video with a new comic, The Family Tree. It didn't work but it will return.
UPDATE: It didn't return. A horror comic about a road trip across America to cure a young girl named Meg.
Doug Wagner, Kevin Gardner and Nick Rummel have a new comic called The Hard Place. With Aj, the main character, fresh out jail who gets caught up in a robbery. A 5-issue series, already fully inked.
Ales Kot has a new series with Andre Lima Araujo, Generation Gone. About a couple in a toxic relationship but who get superpowers after they decide to rob a bank… Unbreakable meets Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Coloured by Chris O'Halloran, with Clayton Cowles on letters and Tom Muller on design.out in July.
And Kot has another book with Tradd Moore, The New World, set in a future California after a second Civil War, The wall still remains between Califonia and Mexico, and an earthquake destroyed Los Angeles, now rebuilt as New Los Angeles. A Mad Max and Romeo and Juliet to the tune of Teenage Kicks and, according to Kot, Moore's finest work to date. Also coloured by Jordie Bellaire, lettered by Clayton Cowles, design by Tom Muller.
Bleeding Cool has already reported Matt Wagner's third and final chapter Mage: The Hero Denied – and it's being coloured by his son. He will publish a bridge to new series, a #0 issue at San Diego Comic Con and then a new first issue in August, and a fifteen issue run to conclude the comic with a double sized issue.
Savage Town is a new comic by Declan Shalvey with Phillip Barrett. A crime story in Limerick, Ireland. Rejected titles were Pretty Deadly Cass and Southern Irish Bastards. Told all in Irish slang, it may be unreadable.
It will be a graphic novel starring Jimmy Savage, a small time criminal and Blackie, the only black man in town. Coming in the fall.
Bleeding Cool has reported elsewhere Sacred Creatures, by Pablo Raimondi and Klaus Janson
6 issue series, beginning with huge 66 page first issue, and 35 pages for each next one. With 3 covers for each issue, one from Pablo, one from Janson and one from Frank Miller. A thriller with supernatural creatures about to launch their ultimate plan. Pablo on present parts, Janson on the past.
Coming in July.
Grace Ellis and Shae Beagle have a new series Moonstruck, which started as a five page school project. And now a five issue series starting in July, with particular illustrations by Kate Leth. A fantastical world in which a main character becomes a werewolf when mad. With a best friend, a centaur named Chet. "This book is very gay" says Grace Ellis…. The story is about what happens when you get into a relationship too quickly and how that can affect you as a person. Out in July.
There we go!
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Hollywood Is Going To Give You Bridget Jones' Diary 3, Like It Or Not
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That third installment of Bridget Jones' Diary that you long-ago heard was a possibility is happening, by the way — and you might as well go ahead and assume that the paparazzi are now officially on Renee Zellwegger Weight Gain Watch. No word on the plot, but in an older interview Colin Firth said he had an idea of the new story: "I can tell you that Bridget and Mark can't have children, I think that's the way it goes on. So then she makes the huge mistake of going back to Daniel Cleaver for long enough to get pregnant. And I think he dumps her, and she's left stranded, and guess who comes back to rescue her?" Oh, silly Bridget! [EW]
People close to Britney Spearswill not allow her to have a phone, as they believe it will only lead to her self-destruction: "One of the rules is she gave up her cell phone. That helps them keep her under control."
Meanwhile, Brit gave Jersey Shore's Pauly D a lap dance last night during her Femme Fatale tour. Pauly D tweeted a photo of the pair, saying "Wow Got On Stage With@britneySpears And She Gave Me A Lap Dance !!!!! #DJPaulyDSwagg" Pauly D Swagg, indeed. [Just Jared]
Breaking News! Sesame Street has taken to Facebook and responded to the petition to get Bert and Ernie hitched on-air. They maintain that the famous duo are truly "just friends": "They were created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves. Even though they are identified as male characters and possess many human traits and characteristics ... they remain puppets, and do not have a sexual orientation." [Facebook]
Here's your first look at this year's promos for this year's The Emmy awards, with host Jane Lynch. [TVLine]
Lenny Kravitz is on the cover of UPTOWN Magazine, dripping wet and wearing a shirt made out of such poor cotton that you can see all of his rippling abs. What a shame! Somebody should really tell him to purchase higher quality threads because damn. [ONTD]
Emma Stone was on Fallon last night, and she was all sorts of cute. [LNWJF]
Kanye West fell while he was performing at the Bergen Calling festival in Norway. There's video, of course. [Idolator, Gawker]
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So You Think You Can Dance crowned a new winner last night, and no, the title didn't go to the contestant that made Lady Gaga cry. America's Favorite Dancer is Melanie Moore, who garnered 47% of America's vote. [People]
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony were seen driving around in an open-topped convertible yesterday. They apparently had a "beautiful time" as they spent the day together with their twins, Emme and Max. This is not, mind you, a reunion tour. That we know of. [Evening Standard]
Hollywood is in a "casting frenzy" trying to secure the lead in "the next Eat, Pray, Love." The actresses being considered for the lead in How To Love An American Man are Anne Hathaway, Zooey Deschanel, and (of course) Katherine Heigl. [Page Six]
While we were all speculating as to why TBS canceled George Lopez Tonight, FX was feeling pretty charitable: Wilfred, Louie, and It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia have all been awarded another season. HBO has given True Blood a renewal as well! [Splitsider, Us Weekly]
Crystal Harris, Hugh Hefner's "Runaway Bride" ex-girlfriend, has moved into Jordan McGraw's hollywood home. Hmm, we wonder what Jordan's Dad, Dr. Phil, would say about that. [TMZ]
Warrant singer Jani Lane was found dead yesterday inside of a Southern California hotel. He was 47. [Radar]
Ricki Lake is engaged to her boyfriend, Christian Evans. She tweeted the following yesterday afternoon: "Thrilled to share some happy news with you….. I'm engaged! The cat is out of the bag. Phew! I'm terrible at keeping secrets." Congrats to the happy couple. [I'm Not Obsessed]
Molly Sims will have you know that she's planning "the wedding of the century." [US Weekly]
Here's a link to a video of Rashida Jones discussing her lesbian kiss with Zooey Deschanel in Our Idiot Brother, if you're into that sorta thing. [ONTD]
Now that Johnny Depp is a family man without his "bad boy image," the Enquirer reports that the actor is terrified about what Kate Moss will say about him in her new memoir. [Celebitchy]
Stop the presses! Jennifer Love Hewitt wore the same outfit to two different parties. [US]
Taylor Swift has released a music video for her upcoming tour called "Sparks Fly" in which she performs with acrobats, in the rain, and reenacts all of her "childhood dreams" onstage. [Popdust]
Let's continue to speculate as to who will get the lead roles in the Dirty Dancing revamp: a UK bookie named "Paddy Power" (who apparently predicts these things often) says it will be Justin Timberlake and Emma Stone. He gives JT 3-1 odds, Zac Efron 8-1, and Channing Tatum 8-1 for the guys that may fill Swayze's shoes; and for Jennifer Grey's role he gives Stone at 5-1, with Emma Roberts and Lea Michele tied behind her at 8-1. Why, oh why is there no talk of the Gosling? [PopWatch]
A local Italian restaurant in Peabody, Massachusetts has a sign hanging in the window that boldly declares: "Adam Sandler ate here and never paid." While Sandler and Happy Madison Productions are in town filming a new movie, his rep insists that he did not dine and dash. We want to believe him, but in the end, WWBMD? (What Would Billy Madison Do?) [TMZ]
Seth MacFarlane will be the roast master at Charlie Sheen's Comedy Central roast, and he's getting a head start on his duties: yesterday, he tweeted "Don't judge Charlie Sheen until you've snorted a mile in his coke." [HuffPo]
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Jessica Chastain had to gain 15 pounds for her role in The Help, which she described as "a form of torture." She said she would buy cartons of soy ice cream, microwave it and drink it. It was disgusting," But to just "wait [until] you see my boobs in the movie." [Us Weekly]
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As long as the domestic market is unsaturated, Russian wine will remain difficult to find abroad. At present only a few relatively large operations export their products, and then only in small batches meant primarily for marketing. For instance, the Abrau Durso factory delivers around 150,000 bottles of champagne and sparkling wine, which comprises less than 1 percent of its sales in Russia.
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Deb Joanne has no news other than she's planning to sleep a lot in the coming days to make up for not sleeping in the weeks leading up to her launch. Except for the eighteen seconds it is going to take to enter Linda's In a Fix Goodreads giveaway (see below).
Deb Erika had a wonderful time in the NC mountains last weekend at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe in Asheville and Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville. Incredible bookstores and such gracious hosts!
Deb Linda is happy to announce that Tor is giving away ten copies of In a Fix over at GoodReads! Enter to win anytime between now and Aug. 10th. Couldn't be easier!
Deb Elise interviewed author Jennifer Echols, about her new book SUCH A RUSH. Read it here!
Great minds! While we were talking guilty pleasures on the Ball last week, Deb Meredith Cole was talking about summer indulgences in her post at Criminal Minds.
Deb Friend Jennifer Gooch Hummer's GIRL UNMOORED is free on Kindle this weekend! Get in on this one, friends!
Deb Dish -Since next week's theme is marketing, which author do YOU think does a great job of marketing their work?
Deb Joanne – John Green, hands down. Between his Vlog Brothers videos to his campaign to sign every pre-ordered copy of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS before it came out, he's no stranger to looking outside the box for his marketing ideas. It helps that he writes great books, but I think his ideas on how to promote his books are brilliant and very effective. But, uh, does anyone else find watching his videos really exhausting?
Deb Linda — I love Susan Elizabeth Phillips' approach. She has a great website (informative, and easy to navigate), and maintains an accessible presence on Facebook. She interacts with her readers in a friendly way, and keeps them genuinely engaged, not only with her books, but with herself. I like that in an author.
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Sweet dreams, Joanne! And Erika, you have the coolest book-related visits!
Linda, so exciting about your giveaway–I'm off to spread the word!!
Just one more blog post, then sleep is mine! Oh, wait, there's another interview…never mind.
Hang in there! Your pillow awaits, and the sleep will be all the sweeter when you finally get there.


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Der Falkenbergtunnel (oder Tunnel Falkenberg) ist ein 2623 Meter langer Eisenbahntunnel zwischen dem Bahnhof Laufach und dem Haltepunkt Heigenbrücken im Verlauf der Main-Spessart-Bahn. Er wurde von 2014 bis 2016 im Rahmen der Neutrassierung der Spessartrampe mit zwei Tunnelröhren gebaut.

Lage
Der Tunnel liegt mit rund  am Kulminationspunkt der Main-Spessart-Bahn, unterquert den Höhenzug der Eselshöhe und verbindet im Spessart das Lohrtal mit dem Laufachtal. Er liegt südlich des aufgelassenen Schwarzkopftunnels. Die östlichen Tunnelportale befinden sich in Heigenbrücken, neben der Staatsstraße 2317 und im Anschluss an den Bahnsteig des Haltepunkts Heigenbrücken. Westlich endet der Tunnel an der Südflanke des Falkenbergs, der namensgebend für das Bauwerk ist.

Geschichte
Um den aufwändigen Schiebebetrieb auf der Spessartrampe zu vermeiden und gleichzeitig die Höchstgeschwindigkeit auf dem Streckenabschnitt zu erhöhen entschied am 28. August 2006 das Bundesverkehrsministerium, den Abschnitt zwischen Laufach und Heigenbrücken komplett neu zu trassieren. Der Beschluss beruhte auf dem Bundesschienenwegeausbaugesetz, das eine Neu- oder Ausbaustrecke für den Abschnitt Hanau–Nantenbach vorsah. Die so umgesetzte Variante sah die Auflassung des Schwarzkopftunnels vor.

Der offizielle Anschlag für den neuen Tunnel fand am 6. März 2014 statt, der symbolische Durchschlag am 4. Dezember 2015. Die Tunnelpatenschaft hatte Gerswid Hermann, die Ehefrau von Joachim Herrmann, damals Bayerischer Staatsminister des Innern, für Bau und Verkehr, übernommen. Die Inbetriebnahme folgte am 19. Juni 2017.

Konstruktion
Der Tunnel besteht aus zwei nebeneinander liegenden Röhren mit elliptischen Formen und wasserdichter Innenschale, in denen jeweils ein Gleis verläuft. Die zugelassene Höchstgeschwindigkeit ist 150 km/h. Die maximale Überdeckung beträgt 150 Meter. Die ehemalige Bahntrasse wird mit einer Überdeckung von rund 25 Metern gekreuzt. Die Nordröhre ist 2623 Meter und die Südröhre 2619 Meter lang. Sie sind in Abständen von 500 Metern durch insgesamt fünf Querstollen miteinander verbunden. Die Hauptröhren mit einer Querschnittsfläche von je rund 48 Quadratmetern verlaufen weitgehend parallel mit einem Abstand von rund 27 Metern und haben ein nahezu konstantes Gefälle von 11,75 ‰ bis 12,50 ‰ in Richtung Aschaffenburg.

Die Tunnelröhren haben eine Feste Fahrbahn die von Straßenfahrzeugen, wie Feuerwehr- und Rettungswagen, befahren werden kann. Die Querstollen sind ebenfalls befahrbar und mit selbstschließenden rauchdichten Türen ausgestattet. Unterirdische Löschwasserbehälter befinden sich an den Tunnelportalen. Dort sind auch in unmittelbarer Nähe Rettungsplätze eingerichtet. Die Fluchtwege innerhalb der Röhren sind rund 1,2 Meter breit, rund 2,2 Meter hoch und mit einem Handlauf versehen.

Bau
Die Bauunternehmen erstellten die beiden Tunnelröhren überwiegend in bergmännischer Bauweise. Dabei wurden die Röhren in Teilquerschnitten ausgebrochen und anschließend durch Spritzbeton gesichert. Sie wurden nahezu parallel und steigend von West nach Ost und die Verbindungsstollen von der nördlichen Röhre aus nachlaufend zum Hauptvortrieb aufgefahren. Die durchörterten Gesteine waren Heigenbrückener Sandstein, Bröckelschiefer und überwiegend unverwitterter bis mäßig verwitterter Diorit. Das Ausbruchvolumen betrug 480.000 Kubikmeter. Etwa 50.000 Kubikmeter wurden zur Verfüllung des Schwarzkopftunnels verwendet. Der Rest wurde auf trassennahen Deponien gelagert.

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Eisenbahntunnel in Bayern
Verkehrsbauwerk im Landkreis Aschaffenburg
Bahnstrecke Würzburg–Aschaffenburg
Erbaut in den 2010er Jahren
Heigenbrücken
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In yet another example of why American consumers have such little faith in AT&T and Verizon Wireless, the two companies are being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice over whether they colluded to sabotage the eSIM standard. An embedded SIM, or eSIM, is a standardized SIM chip that allows users to switch between carriers without changing a SIM card. eSIMs are commonly found in smartwatches but have recently been added to a few smartphones such as the Google Pixel 2. The main benefit of eSIM technology is consumer freedom, which is exactly why certain telecommunication carriers have allegedly sought to block its adoption.
According to the NYTimes, AT&T and Verizon have been accused of working with the GSM Association (GSMA), the organization that is responsible for standardizing the technology used in the mobile telecommunications industry, to "establish standards that would allow them to lock a device to their network even if it had eSIM technology." The development of such a standard would be antithetical to the benefits of an embedded SIM, and if passed, would effectively sabotage the technology which is poised to be the successor to the SIM card. The NYTimes report claims that the Department of Justice opened an investigation into the alleged collusion after an unnamed carrier and Apple filed a formal complaint.
Representatives from Verizon Wireless and AT&T acknowledged the inquiry by the Justice Department, with a Verizon spokesman telling the NYTimes that the issue was "much ado about nothing." When reached for comment, the GSMA confirmed the development of the new eSIM standard that would allow for locking a device to a network. The GSMA has issued a statement in response to the story which announced that the organization has halted development of the eSIM standard until the ongoing investigation is completed.
The GSMA is a powerful standard-setting organization. The organization is responsible for creating the Universal Profile for Rich Communication Services (RCS), which is the underlying technology for the new 'Chat' standard by Google. If the allegations against the two largest mobile carriers in the U.S. are true, then the future of eSIM technology may be in jeopardy. In a private meeting, Verizon is said to have called for the changes to the eSIM standard to "prevent theft and fraud." In my view, if that truly was their reasoning, then there wouldn't be a need to develop these changes to the eSIM standard in secret. Given the optics of such a change, however, it's possible that the companies didn't want to seem to be behind such changes even if it was for consumer protection. We'll have to wait for the conclusion of the investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice before we pass judgment, though.
Feature image: Embedded SIM in the Google Pixel 2 XL from iFixit's teardown.


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Home » Football » Four new causes for Gary Lineker to support this season
Four new causes for Gary Lineker to support this season
Daniel McKeown | 09.08.2017
From moving the UK's capital to deporting his arch enemy, have a look at some causes Lineker can get behind
Gary Lineker hasn't followed the usual trajectory of an ex-football star. Rather than being content to just pass his days as a TV presenter and King of Crisps, he's become one of the most outspoken celebrities of the modern day.
His politics have simultaneously gained him respect and ire with some saying he's the Unofficial Leader of the Opposition, while others have called for him to be fired.
Just in case Lineker was stuck for some new causes to get behind, we've decided to give him a helping hand with some campaign ideas.
Move the UK's capital to Leicester
As the city's 'favourite son', it would make sense for Gary to up his place of birth's stature in the country. London has been top of the pile for centuries. It's time for someone else to have a go.
And why not Leicester? It's pretty much as old as London while it's way more central country-wise. We already know the Palace of Westminster is falling apart so it makes sense to just start from scratch to be honest.
Here's some great facts about the city to get things rolling:
> Leicester has more traffic lights than any other city
> Sir David Attenborough grew up there
> It's got four Nando's restaurants
Replace Prime Minister's Questions with penalty shootout
The weekly clash between the Prime Minister and the real Leader of the Opposition is meant to be a high point of parliamentary democracy, where the government of the day can be directly scrutinised on any subject.
In actual fact, it's more like a school canteen full of terrible jokes, mates egging on mates, and a loud raucous noise that's impossible to decipher. We're pretty sure Gary would agree that a round of penalties would be far more entertaining – and civilised.
The format would be simple. For example, rather than Corbyn quoting Sally from Norfolk, he'll have to do his best to Panenka one in past May. Who wouldn't want to see that?
Put Claudio Ranieri on the £50 note
After Ranieri won the Premier League with Leicester it was no surprise that Lineker was a big fan. Even after the Foxes begun struggling in the following season, Gary still called for the Italian to be given a "job for life" by the club.
Unfortunately, they didn't listen and sacked him. Lineker obviously wasn't happy.
After all that Claudio Ranieri has done for Leicester City, to sack him now is inexplicable, unforgivable and gut-wrenchingly sad.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) February 23, 2017
So we think Gary should try and do something for Ranieri. Putting him on the £50 note would be a great gesture. It would also be great for his pro-EU credentials by getting a European onto a note. It's a hard sell, but it's worth a shot. Probably.
Deport Piers Morgan
Twitter is pretty wonderful, connecting people from across oceans creating debate, discussion, and discourse previously impossible. It also gives celebrities a chance to air every single of one of their thoughts to thousands and, unsurprisingly, other celebrities like to argue back.
Lineker and Piers Morgan have argued about everything from nuclear weapons to each other's fashion sense. Endearingly referring to each other as Jugs and Tubs, it's hard not to think that – deep down – they love each other really.
That's not to say Lineker wouldn't relish a #MorganOut Twitter campaign to send him back to the US for a while though.
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Europe's top banking regulator has warned European lawmakers and the union's national financial regulators that they should discourage banks and other payment institutions from dealing in bitcoin and other virtual currencies — for now at least.
Unlike in China, this is not an outright ban, but the opinion does carry a lot of weight. The European Banking Authority (EBA), which has already warned consumers that they have little protection if they dabble in virtual currencies (VCs), said on Friday that the use of such currencies carries many risks, and requires a swathe of new legislation if it is to be properly regulated. In the meantime, it said, regulated financial services should avoid crossing paths with the virtual currency world.
That's not to say the EBA saw no upside to currencies like bitcoin; it noted the potential advantages of faster, cheaper transactions and greater financial inclusion. However, it said the risks outweighed those benefits, certainly in the European context.
So far, so familiar. However, the EBA's prescriptions for legislating this whole mess into safety will not win it many fans within the virtual currencies scene. For a start, the EBA recommends that each virtual currency scheme, like bitcoin for example, must involve a "governance authority" that's answerable to regulators.
This body would be "responsible for maintaining the integrity of the central transaction ledger, the protocol, and any other core functional component of the scheme." That appears to be fairly antithetical to the nature of a decentralized system like bitcoin, where the network and its core algorithms do such things.
The EBA is not ignorant of this seeming incompatibility, and it claimed in its opinion that the creation of a scheme governance body – the members of whom would need to meet various fitness and probity standards — doesn't preclude the decentralized issuing of currency via protocol and transaction ledger.
If it is true that the decentralised VC schemes are secure, it should be possible for market participants to establish themselves as scheme governance authorities. However, if a legal person is not able to exercise authority over market participants and is therefore unaccountable to a regulator for compliance purposes, it would be unreasonable to expect a regulator to guarantee integrity in their place.
Other regulatory recommendations are less contentious. Those burned by the the implosion of MtGox, for example, would probably be quite keen on the idea that regulated virtual currency outfits should have sufficient funds to meet their obligations, keep their systems secure and regularly audit their records.
And how about the recommendation that virtual currency operations refund payers in the case of an unauthorized transaction, as already happens with credit cards? Good consumer protection, but again a million miles away from current bitcoin standards. The EBA opinion will take a while to pick through, and its recommendations would take a long time to institute, if indeed that's possible.
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire said in April that bitcoin will only emerge as a global payment platform if and when governments and regulators embrace interaction between the traditional banking sector and the new guard. If he's right – and I strongly suspect he is – then this harmonious future will take a while to arrive.
Sooooo …the banks don't like it. Yeah. Not too much surprise there. In other news, MasterCard filed a patent for the usage of bitcoin and it's network for some overseas transactions, in what might be a realization of, "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em." Similar patents have been filed over the last 2-3 months by Western Union, eBay, and, I believe JP Morgan (source needed on the last reference). If you don't understand what bitcoin actually is and what it's potential is, follow the money. When central banks and major corporations like overstock.com, expedia (hotels division) and DishNetwork have already begun accepting it, than you can be rest assured that there is "something more to it" than what most skeptics and other dissenters are attempting to ridicule. The U.S. govt auction this past weekend of 4 blocks of the crypto-currency valued at around $19.5M worth of bitcoin seized from SilkRoad last year (an online drug exchange) was purchased by a single investor, and apparently philanthropist, who will be setting up infrastructure in several countries, in particular in Argentina, where local currencies and economy have been plagued by a weak national dollar. The implications are significant, economically, as they may now have a hedge against inflation within economically unstable nations – think Cypress, last March. The idea of microcosms and micro economies tying a "store of value" more associated with stronger economies can bring hope to workers who toil 40-60 hours a week to bring in the equivalent of about $35 a month(!) in the own local currency. Furthermore, we are only just now learning that the bitcoin network, specifically the open-source General Ledger (called The Blockchain") can accommodate the transmission of peer-to-peer reviewed documents, negotiations and other Agreements, such as Deeds of Trust, Title, Wills, Stock Certificates, and other signed and bound papers and commitments, without the need, necessarily, of 3rd Party Arbiters, Banks, Agents and Brokers. This aspect has not yet been covered within much of the MSM news, as it is typically not in the corporate medias best interest, as most of the ties to big corporate level Main Stream Media are Central Banks. Chew on that a moment!


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Junesploitation 2016 Day 16: Monsters!
Weird! Horrifying! Fantastic!
Posted by Patrick Bromley at 2:00 AM
Labels: junesploitation 2016, monster movies, monsters
Daniel Epler June 16, 2016 at 2:01 AM
Near Dark (1987)
Vampires, when done right, are my favorite movie Monster. This movie does them right.
This is a truly beautiful western/horror film that explores the day to day (or night to night) existence of living as a vampire. The mythology is stripped down for a more "realistic" take, but still captures the horror of vampires very well. The film suffers a bit from having a third act that isn't as interesting as the first two, but that only speaks to the fascinating quality of the piece. How did this movie get me to root for Caleb to make his first kill? Yikes
Gabby Ferro June 16, 2016 at 8:24 PM
Bigelow dorsn't get nearly enough credit. I agree with you totally about it being done right. I love Vampyr if you have ever seen that
TOMBARTMAN454@GMAIL.COM June 16, 2016 at 3:05 AM
Monsters Inc (2001)
A little on the nose I know, but I needed something light and colorful its been a long week. On rewatch I will say this is still a brilliantly designed movie and has many great jokes ("I tried to get away from it but he picked me up with his mind powers and shook me like a dog")I have to say Mike starts to get on my nerves a bit and their is a 2nd act lag which is fortunately gotten over thanks to Sully and Boo's relationship "Kitty" still gets me at the end. A few questions I have after rewatching this: Do the monsters slo mo walk to their stations every morning? If they are in an energy shortage shouldn't everyone be on mandatory OT? It seems like everyone is punch in at 9 punch out at 5. If the monsters have switched over to getting laughs from the kids will the kids start secretly recording their stand up routine thus creating hard evidence that monsters actually exist?! Just a few thoughts of mine
Lindsay June 16, 2016 at 4:35 AM
This is probably my favourite Pixar movie, this or Up, it switches. But your right about the overtime thing I hadn't thought of it.
Get that thing away from me or so help me, so help me! Dumdumdum
This movie is so rewatchable :)
I enjoy Monster's University also. I like these little touches they put in Inc that makes it so fun.
I like the thought of the evidence for monsters. It gives hope for the future of a more intergrated society of monsters and humans alike
Not exactly sure what is with me and silent movies. Everytime I watch one I feel detached, like I am trying to use a muscle I don't use very often. But I constantly seeking them out at the moment.
But in saying that - there are seriously creepy shots in this movie. You will believe that Max Schreck was actually a Vampire.
Totally unrelated to today's theme but have you seen City Lights? It is very moving and Charlie is so lovable
I have seen a few chaplins - not this though, its on list
You are just hanging in your lagoon doing your Gilly thing, when a group of scientists come in and are all up in your business. I loved all the underwater stuff, and I have to say the Blue Ray on my new TV this movie looked amazeballs.
Ross June 16, 2016 at 6:05 AM
I think it's a great movie but by around the halfway point it starts getting ridiculous when every appearance of the Creature gets punctuated by the horns.
That is very true - it was some small branches compared to a large boat as well. But over all it is a great movie.
Basket Case (1982)
Belial is the third weirdest thing in this movie. The first is the dialogue and the second is the girlfriend's wig.
Dennis June 16, 2016 at 2:18 PM
Good choice, I have a fondness for this crazy movie
Brent Petersen June 16, 2016 at 3:51 PM
It's amazing with a group of people.
Daniel Epler June 16, 2016 at 6:56 PM
I don't doubt that! I watched it by myself in the middle of the night. It was a strange experience.
Frank Dahlmeyer June 16, 2016 at 3:31 AM
Mega Shark v Kolossus (2015)
I guess it was pretty on par with Zoombies: throw it on in the background and laugh at whatever you happen to catch on to without really dedicating any energy to it. For what it's worth, I highly doubt you'll see a giant robot throw a mega shark into outer space to take out a military satellite in many other films.
Pretty close to perfection, at least for me. Balances the line between goofiness, tension, and sentimentality in a way very little else in the genre (at least in my experience) has managed. Up there with Let the Right One In on that front and Trollhunter re: great modern monster films. Incredibly beautiful. Need to pick this up on blu.
I really want to get to The Host soon!
Gremlins 2 (1990)
There is not much to say other than I love this movie, I love everything about it.
Michael Giammarino June 16, 2016 at 1:45 PM
Only cool people like Gremlins 2.
Gabby, I swear I didn't see yours before I put it down.
Dennis June 17, 2016 at 1:28 AM
Gabby Ferro June 17, 2016 at 2:30 AM
Brent, are brain waves are connected through sheer awesomeness
J.M. Vargas June 17, 2016 at 7:11 AM
So that means I'm not cool then? Bummer! :'(
Brent Petersen June 18, 2016 at 12:04 AM
If you thought "Truth" when Michael said only cool people like Gremlins 2 then you too can be as cool as us:)
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
This is the last of the Hammer Frankenstein movies and one of the last Hammer movies of that era. It's a fairly standard Frankenstein plot with Victor creating a monster and things going badly. This one takes place in an asylum, but aside from that it's a fairly familiar story and one that's been told better elsewhere. The one thing I loved though is at the end how matter-of-factly Frankenstein starts talking about how they're going to do things next time. After six Hammer Frankenstein movies, Peter Cushing's Victor Frankenstein still shows all the persistence of Charlie Brown trying to kick the football as he's sweeping up the destruction caused by the most recent monster.
Ronan C June 16, 2016 at 6:24 AM
John Carpenters The Thing (1982)
What's left to say about this movie that hasn't already been said, great horror/sci fi/monster movie, hell it's a great movie full stop. The performances are great, the score is fantastic, the effects are unbelievable and still hold up today. It's just a brilliant piece of film making.
I love this movie! The cool and lovely fellow FHead Brian Sager and I had quite a bit to say about it when in comparison to Philadelphua and How to survive a plague. You might find it interesting :)
http://www.outsidetheframe.co.uk/?p=313
Gabby, that´s an interesting conversation. It never came to my mind before to compare those three movies.
Thanks Oliver!
After being really pissed when I saw this prequel/sequel/remake on the big screen in 2011, I gave it another chance.
Sadly it´s still a merely ok movie and inferior to the 82 Carpenter version.
Of course the over reliance on CGI can´t hold a candle to any of Rob Bottin`s practical effects and although I like Joel Edgerton, he is just no Kurt Russell.
Worst of all is that nothing of the dread and paranoia of Carpenters movie made it to this one.
The best thing here is Mary Elizabeth Winstead who makes the best out of her thankless role and the ace production design connecting the two versions very well.
Michael Giammarino June 16, 2016 at 9:43 AM
The prequel can never really hold a candle to John Carpenter's movie, but it works for me... to a point. I agree with you about Mary Elizabeth Winstead, about the production design. They actually did use practical effects. The studio decided they didn't like them, and had them covered up with CG. That infuriates me.
Cheery June 16, 2016 at 6:41 PM
The team that did the creature effects for The Thing (2011) made Harbinger Down utilizing all practical creature effects. I could be mistaken but I believe the scrapped props from The Thing were used in Harbinger Down. As a whole the movie is not outstanding, but Lance Henriksen is in it and the effects are worth the watch in my opinion.
Chaybee June 16, 2016 at 6:45 PM
Eh...when Lance says "Were gonna need a bigger bucket" I felt bad for him having to work with that script. It was great when he said something like "I'm gonna bit your fucking nose off" or something like that.
Ha yes the writing and the story are hardly highlights and the movie drags a bit. The effects/creations themselves are definitely the redeeming quality.
I forgot about that line. It's so bad.
Matt Sollenberger June 16, 2016 at 9:23 AM
Husk (2011, dir. Brett Simmons, on DVD) – First Time Viewing: The 3rd or 4th best killer scarecrow movie I've seen.
Mikko Viinikka June 16, 2016 at 9:56 AM
One of the worst written, directed, shot and acted movies I've ever seen. Thankfully it's also bonkers stupid and ridonculously funny!
A straight-laced beefcake biker falls in with the wrong crowd (seemingly mostly 50-somethings getting high on smelling salts) and is surprisingly easily peer-pressured to take drugs. He gets a job at a turkey farm run by a mad scientist, who turns him into a were-turkey (aka a guy with a ridiculous turkey mask on his head) that's addicted to the blood of other drug users. So more or less your basic plot.
The movie is punctuated by scenes of the movie's chain-smoking director narrating the plot and incoherently rambling to the camera. The movie's funniest moment is when the director, smoking a cigarette, earnestly says we should be careful about what we put into our bodies, while having a coughing fit and barely getting the words out. Normally I'd think that was intentionally funny, but the quality of the rest of the movie makes me question that.
This movie is a turkey! (See what I did there? See!?)
Kyle Mulford June 16, 2016 at 11:11 AM
The Host (2006) (first time viewing)
This is a good looking movie with a cool looking monster. This was just as much about the dysfunctional family coming together to hunt down the monster as it was about the monster itself, so it got you engaged in the story. Good movie. Recommend.
JP June 16, 2016 at 11:56 AM
King Kong vs Godzilla (1962)
Two giant monsters duke it out in Japan, and everybody wins (except for the people who get crushed/eaten/etc). Thing I had forgotten over the years: Kong fights a giant octopus, with much of the scene consisting of blown-up footage of a real octopus. Octopuseseseses are scary-looking creatures! Those breathing valves are mighty terrifying when blown up to monster size.
Another thing I had forgotten: there are a few scenes (including the octopus fight) set among African natives, and the natives are played by Japanese people in full-body blackface. While I understand that 1962 was a different time...holy shit. It's an embarrassing moment for all involved, which is fairly impressive considering it's smack-dab in the middle of a movie centered around a rubber-suited nuclear lizard fistfighting with a rubber-suited blonde-hungry monkey.
Matt Sollenberger June 16, 2016 at 4:30 PM
Somehow the octopus is the coolest monster in that movie.
Mookie June 16, 2016 at 12:14 PM
Meridian: Kiss Of The Beast (1990, Dir. Charles Band)
More romance than horror, and played surprisingly straight for a Full Moon production, it's either called Meridian, Kiss of the Beast, or now, apparently, The Ravaging, depending on where you find it. The story of a sculptor (the exquisite Sherilyn Fenn) who inherits a castle in Italy, along with an oddly site-specific curse. While a friend is visiting for the weekend, a traveling sideshow comes through town, the performers are invited for dinner, and... OMG NAKED CHARLIE SPRADLING GREATEST MOVIE EVER!!!...
There is an extended sequence with Sherilyn and Charlie that the movie revolves around, provided you're able to get past the whole "drugged and raped by a werewolf" strangeness of it all. Outside of that, not a lot happens. The monster effects are pretty cheesy, and the plot resolution makes very little sense. I'm not entirely sure what they were going for with this one.
I love Charlie in this movie. When she leaves midway through the story, it broke my heart.
Patrick Bromley June 16, 2016 at 9:12 PM
OMG Charlie Spradling. I kind of like Meridian even though I don't disagree with anything you say. I think I appreciate Full Moon's attempt to do a gothic romance that isn't silly or campy like a lot of their other stuff.
Mikko Viinikka June 16, 2016 at 2:16 PM
It's really fun watching Ed Wood's movies after seeing Burton's biopic.
All in all it's a pretty standard 50's scifi/horror movie, with a mad scientist, a damsel in distress, evil Europeans threatening the American way of life and a heavy-handed anti-nuclear message. Bela Lugosi in his last real role is very good and the immobile octopus puppet is hilarious. There are worse ways to spend 70 minutes than this.
I remember finding the octopus hilarious also!
Frank Levesque June 16, 2016 at 2:29 PM
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Finally got to knock this one off the bucket list. Inspiration and world setting for so many movies.
The Land Before time (1988)
Yup yup yup, my first rewatch of Junesploitation, still as entertaining as when I was little kid.
Land before time was a mivie I loved as a kid. If I remember I cried! I have the video of it. I have not seen it in ages though. You said kid... are you also British?
Frank Levesque June 17, 2016 at 11:06 AM
French Canadian, but we still use a lot of dialect from our former overlords :)
Shannon Briggs June 16, 2016 at 2:59 PM
The X From Outer Space (1967 dir. Kazui Nihonmatsu) on DVD.
Astronauts on the way to Mars run into a UFO and bring back a weird spore that grows into a monster(that looks like the offspring of the San Francisco Chicken and Mer-Man) that terrorizes Japan.
For 40 minutes, this is fairly mundane sci-fi. However, when the Mer-Chicken monster shows up, it becomes kaiju and is pretty damn entertaining. From the worthwhile "When Horror Came to Shochiku" Eclipse box set.
Xtro 1982
A film for every genre, just to add to the extra Xtro love tonight I watched this to see if I oversold this movie in any way, NO is the answer, it is the best, we should all watch it on the 28th on 80s Horror day,
If you get the chance to the UK ending is the better ending, I don't like the other ending,
Watch this everyone, trust me
Dennis, is there a UK DVD or Blu that you recommend that's reasonably priced that has the UK ending?
I would watch it again in a heartbeat.
It is my dream bluray but its stuck in the Warner vaults, the best release I found with the right ending is the R2 dvd by Optimum home entertainment release, the American version has a nice 17 min retrospective but the happier ending, that retrospective is on YouTube if you want to see it but after the film only, its not great and The Director kinda shits on his own movie which is a pity
I put a picture of this version of the dvd on twitter
Chaybee June 17, 2016 at 5:57 AM
Mac McEntire June 16, 2016 at 3:34 PM
SCREAMERS (1995)
Peter Weller leads a crew of space marine-types on an alien planet, fighting evil robots and more. It tries to be Aliens meets Tremors meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers, except it doesn't reach the heights of those classics. It's not awful, just mediocre. The final fight is neat, and there's a cool stop-motion animated monster. (Could this be history's last-ever stop-motion monster?)
THE BEACH GIRLS AND THE MONSTER (1965)
Talk about economic storytelling: In the first ten minutes, we not only get the monster but the explanation of the monster's origin, while also making time for bikini girls dancing to crap surfer rock. The plot is this bland rich kid agonizing about his future, and there's a bunch of filler musical numbers, but I liked the final twist involving the cheesy monster.
SCARED TO DEATH (1980)
The plan for today was to watch 1990's Syngenor, only I learned it's a sequel to this movie from ten years earlier. The OG Syngenor monster doesn't disappoint, courtesy of mask-maker turned filmmaker William Malone. When the monster isn't on screen killing people, though, the movie gets so boring that I… uh… zzz…
The Twonky (1953) Dir. Arch Oboler
Possessed TV Monster Robot! This YouTuber's comment had me rolling: "I am watching this now and when I saw the fugin tv crawling into the kitchen my dad came in like watcha watchin noah do ya like it and im like I dont know what to think im still processing THAT ITS A FUGIN WALKING TELEVISION SET" Yeah!
A dude sets up his TV and it walks and shoots magic lasers that can pretty much do whatever it wants - break stuff, shave a face, transform clothing into better clothing, vacuum, control minds! Oh, and it's possessed by something from the future. According to our Football Coach character: "I had a Twonky as a child. A Twonky is something you do not know what it is." So there you go; perfectly explained. Hilarity ensues as the Twonky messes with everyone while trying to control our leads life. Would have fit better for a Robots day but whatever, I'm glad I saw it. It was fantastic!
E.S.A.D.D. June 16, 2016 at 10:35 PM
"I had a Twonky as a child. A Twonky is something you do not know what it is." Oh, man, I'm dying!
That's so going on my list.
J.M. Vargas June 16, 2016 at 6:26 PM
THE ALIEN FACTOR (1978, 80 min.) on DVD.
A space ship carrying interplanetary species (i.e. guys in cheap-looking rubbery costumes) crash lands in the woods of Maryland, where they start murdering clueless residents of a podunk rural town that's counting on a big amusement park contract to bring the economy back to life. Because "Jaws" + "Star Wars" + zero budget = hit movie, right? Anywho, the Chevy Chase-lookalike mayor wants to keep the piling bodies a secret, the constantly-manspreading sheriff (Tom Griffith, whose musk hair should get separate billing) wants to bring in the national guard, and a stranger from the nearby Baltimore observatory (Don Leifert, a dead ringer for Avery Schreiber) offers to track down the aliens and rid the town of its troubles.
"The Alien Factor" runs on the fumes of the appeal of watching filmmakers with more ambition than talent/resources try to stage an alien monster invasion movie on the cheap. You will believe (or not) that a small town's police force consists of a two-door hatchback and a VW Beetle car, or that the local coroner business is run by an aunt and nephew. Even at 80 min., "The Alien Factor" outstays its welcome and is seldom fun to watch. It's another cheesy monster flick that made it to Cinematic Titanic's roster of shows, and even by their standards this one is strictly average Junesploitation fodder. Oh well, #ThanksforTryingsploitation.
Zach June 16, 2016 at 7:22 PM
The Relic (1997, dir. Peter Hyams) - first viewing
Enjoyable, gory, and beautifully photographed modern-day monster movie wherein a super-mutant beast terrorizes the Chicago Natural History Museum. Takes you back to that bygone era (era) when Penelope Ann Miller and The Unemployable Tom Sizemore could carry a feature film (also good to see James Whitmore among the supporting cast). The creature is a mix of Stan Winston practicals and lackluster CGI, but the ample darkness covers up the limitations in the effects for the most part. More distracting for me was the bevy of stock scream sound effects employed in the latter half. Hardly original but more than serviceable; may be the best Netflix has to offer - along with The Host, which I haven't yet seen - for Monsters Day.
Kathy June 16, 2016 at 11:03 PM
You forgot...darkness and falling rain (although in this case it's the broken fire sprinklers) are the savoirs of bad CGI.
Always thought the best "special effect" was how during the escape through a tunnel full of water that's up to the armpits on all of the other characters...somehow Linda Hunt's character doesn't drown.
Kathy, great observation about Linda Hunt. Youmade my first laugh of the day.
Dan Snyder June 16, 2016 at 7:50 PM
Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes (2006)
Doug Bradley is the local physician/mortician for a small town. He has been selling skin and organs of the deceased on the black market. When his diabolical scheme is discovered, a group of local twenty-somethings go visit the town Witch. The Witch, of course, helps them summon the demon of vengeance, CG Pumpkinhead.
Unfortunately, this is a boring, monotonous slog. I don't recommend this film, but if you haven't seen the original film, I do suggest that.
Little Shop of Horrors (1986) *Director's cut*: I normally watch the theatrical cut but have seen this one befire. It is so batshit crazy in the last section of the movie. I admite that but I still prefer the theatrical. Both cuts of the movie still contain those brilliant songs that I cannot resist singing to. Audery II was a good monster for my mood today!
Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972, dir. Jun Fukuda)
Not my favorite Godzilla movie, but I like any entry with a big multiple monster brawl. Gigan is a fairly cool adversary. For some reason, a lot of these '60s and '70s Godzilla movies feel a lot longer than they are -- though the Millennium Era (era) entries that I've seen are even worse, probably because they actually are really long.
Matt Sollenberger June 16, 2016 at 10:41 PM
This is my favorite Godzilla movie :)
I love this movie. The roaches at the end, "How could this have happened?!" My favorite thing about it is that it's original title is Earth Destruction Directive. How badass a name is that?
Patrick McAllister June 16, 2016 at 9:31 PM
The Face at the Window (1939)
Several murders are linked to a wolf man, and several people take it upon themselves to expose him. At first it feels like a very predictable "hunt the wolfman" movie, but as it progresses it actually does some very interesting things for a 30s film. The wolfman part is not as developed as I anticipated going in, and the characters feel a bit on-the-nose, but by the end I was actually enjoying the process of this movie. It has a few surprises that actually impressed me, and there is a clever bit of detective work at the end that almost adds a Frankenstein element. Don't go into it for the wolfman, but prepared to be impressed by what this movie pulls off.
Wil A June 16, 2016 at 9:56 PM
Okay, so this isn't really a monster movie, but I think an aggressive robot movie is close enough, right? This movie gave me the willies. Oscar Isaac is so damned creepy. The scenes with the robot-human interaction sessions sort of reminded me of the sessions with Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins in Silence Of The Lambs. Totally worth watching, but not really a monster or exploitation movie.
Rebirth of Mothra Trilogy (1996-1998, dirs. Okihiro Yoneda & Kunio Miyoshi)
Like the Heisei Godzilla did and the Millenium series was about to do over and over, RoM1 retcons any continuity it's character has had until now and presents it as an essentially new character that everyone just happens to already know about. I wasn't crazy about the mid-nineties vibe of it, but I could tell how hard everyone worked on it to put it together (but I did fall asleep and have to go back twenty minutes to get caught up at one point.) 2 is pretty notable in that it feels like one of the only Heisei-era Toho movies to start to not give a shit. Stuff starts to just happen because it needs to happen for Mothra to win; like, magic stuff. I was pretty impressed by that, but the movie was still pretty far from perfect. Then part 3 came along and blew me away. First off, after two new villains for the other entries, for the first time we get someone familiar back... and it's motherfucking King Ghidorah (YES.) And he's been retconned again, this time to the thing that killed the dinosaurs before mankind even existed, and has come back now, 130 Million years later, to wipe out the new dominant species (YES.) And then Mothra pulls some really heinously impossible shit that she's never done before that I won't spoil if you haven't seen these, and shit gets knocked into twelfth gear, and any of this will only be exciting to you if you're me and this is pretty much the last Godzilla movie you had left to watch and they end it with a capper for the new characters introduced in this trilogy that really resonates with you and contains lines from sympathetic characters like "Love in its simplicity isn't enough, you must also rely on hate and anger" by characters in a fucking kid's movie about giant monsters. This wasn't the first time this week that I've pulled a triple feature where the first two movies left me kind of cold but then the third pushed me into kind of frenzied state. Maybe man was never meant to watch three movies in a row.
Kyle H June 16, 2016 at 11:21 PM
Horror Express 1972
This film seems very much like it could have been made by Hammer Studios, although it wasn't. Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and Telly Savalas star in this horror thriller set on a train in Siberia. It's actually loosely based on the same short story that inspired The Thing. Fans of the two stars should check this one out. It's a little cheesy bur tons of fun. Streaming on Shudder and Amazon Prime.
Night Watch (2004)
Director Timur Bekmambetov's Slick, stylized tale about the the war between the forces of light and of darkness.
Vampires, shapeshifters, witches, and other assorted beings, fill this stylish Russian film.
The world the movie created is interesting and unique, and I intend to watch the sequel, Daywatch, very soon.
tj_mackey432 June 16, 2016 at 11:45 PM
"Rumpelstiltskin" (1995)-Dir. Mark Jacobs
Only watched this because it's one in the long line of never ending films I remember always seeing the box for at Blockbuster. I scrolled to it on my Prime list and can now never unsee what I have seen. Within the first 5 minutes Rumpelstiltskin has told the angry mob in the 1400's to "bring the pain" so you know pretty quickly what kind of movie you're in for. I'm all for some B-movie horror goodness but this is the bottom of the bottom of the barrel in my opinion. There was one part in the movie that I legitimately laughed at and enjoyed at about the 1 hour mark that involves the use of the word "shit" and a slap, but other than that I was just waiting for it to end. I was hoping it might surprise me but sadly it was as bad as I feared it would be. At least I get to say I've seen it and it was at least an experience to say the least!
tj_mackey432 June 17, 2016 at 7:44 AM
Side note-I guess this wasn't ever released on DVD or Blu-Ray so the version that is available for streaming on Amazon seems to be a "gorgeous" little VHS 4:3 transfer.
Nightbeast (1982)
I would have liked this better if I didn't just watch Xtro.
An alien lands on earth and uses his disintegration gun to take out people. I don't have much to say about this movie. It's a sequel to The Alien Factor. I have never heard of it but my guess is that it's a movie.
I feel like this about every movie, its kinda what they talk about a lot on Killerpov, a lot of 80s movies these days are missing the fantastical elements, those dreamy feelings where you don't know what's coming next and it doesent feel safe just like Xtro...
Brent, you have read about "Alien Factor" before (see above). :-)
Sorry, JM. In my defense, I'm an idiot.
AJ Muller June 17, 2016 at 12:12 AM
Oh, yes.
IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1995)
Oh, HELL yes.
I am still thinking about this movie
TALES FROM THE CRYPT PRESENTS: DEMON KNIGHT (1995)
OH FUCK YES
Q, The Winged Serpent (1982)
...you guys get it.
That is a perfect 4, you have great taste
What do you guys like about Q? I thought it was unbearably bad.
The Stuff (1985)
This could have been a really good one if only it had been taken further. A strange goo from the earth is packaged as a dessert which turns consumers into zombie-like snackers and kills those who threaten it. As a monster movie, we don't get to see enough of the titular stuff doing it's thing. As a satirical commentary on 80's consumerism, a-la They Live, the movie doesn't go far enough into it's silly concept. There was a lot I liked about this one, like some of it's fun performances, but it drags in the middle and never really knows how to fully exploit it's premise (pun certainly not intended).
This movie was AWESOME! It did a fantastic job of getting me invested with the human side of the story during the first half of the movie and the second half of the movie (especially the end) paid it all off really well. All of the acting was great, the monster stuff was pretty good, and the direction/cinematography was excellent. The whole thing reminded me a lot of Snowpiercer (I wonder why...). Some of the scenes (and the way they combined the music and image (and obviously just the context)) were breathtaking.
Michael Piccoli June 17, 2016 at 11:23 AM
Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
I love Godzilla so much. I know there are a lot of criticisms to be made about many of the films, but I don't care. They are unapologetically weird and I love that. I even watch the films in Japanese so I am not distracted by the silly sounding dubs and can just appreciate them for what they are.
Before I get to the review itself, I want to quickly share the way I view these films. I don't think anybody here is railing against Godzilla, but perhaps there are people who have not been able to get into them for various reasons, and maybe I can shine a light on a way to enjoy these films not ironically.
In linguistics, Ferdinand de Saussure developed the "theory of the sign" (I know, bear with me). In this theory, there are two parts to a word: the signifier, which is the word we speak or write, and the signified, which is the concept or image the word refers to. The Godzilla films work in much this way for me. I can always tell that the special effects are just that--they are like the signifier. But, I always know what they are communicating, which is the signified. Much like a comic book, where I fill in the gaps between static images, I fill in the gaps between what the special effects look like and what they mean. This, by the way, is not a slight on the special effects of these films. But by putting in a little work on my end, they take on a new life.
Anyway, Godzilla vs. Megalon. Underground nuclear tests have disturbed the underwater nation of Seatopia. Meanwhile, an engineer has developed a robot called Jet Jaguar. The Seatopians are angry, so they summon Megalon and seize control of Jet Jaguar to lead the behemoth to Tokyo. The humans regain control of Jet Jaguar and send him to fetch Godzilla, leaving Megalon aimless. The Seatopians reach out to aliens, who send Gigan to help. Jet Jaguar takes on a will of his own and grows to the monsters' size. They all fight for 20 minutes. It's awesome.
A couple things stood out to me in this movie. First and foremost, the iconic march music is nowhere to be found. Instead, the soundtrack features a whimsical, jazzy flute number. Second, it's basically a Jet Jaguar movie. Godzilla doesn't show up until right before the final showdown.
I'm not really sure how the Godzilla films transformed from horrifying allegory of nuclear holocaust into these much lighter films (even in Ishirō Honda's final film, Godzilla saves the day), but if anyone has any reading material on the subject, I would appreciate that. Still, this film does maintain an anti-nuclear message (barely). At the end, the scientist tells us that, see, if we would have maintained peace, Seatopia would have never attacked us! Arigato, sensei!
JGodsey June 17, 2016 at 6:26 PM
I love the Host...it's such a rich film, that just happens to have a Monster in the center of it. I am not overly fond of the film resolution, but that's art. I really wish this director wasn't AS talented, he's making everyone look bad.
Silver Bullet (1985, Dir. Daniel Attius) - First viewing.
Better late than never. Having just read the King Novella and really like it, largely because of the fantastic illustrations I thought this would be a perfect one for monster day. I'm not sure how I missed it for so many years but Silver Bullet feels like a movie I should have seen as ten year old, and I feel like it is a movie I would have loved then, and potentially still loved now. Watching it for the first time now is a bit different I suspect. Still really enjoyable, but I can almost feel the warm and fuzzy 80s nostalgia bursting out of it, and no matter how hard I try it just isn't there for me.
Fun film, Wan is a master of horror, just knows how to create tension out of the smallest things. I'll watch anything he makes
Reign of Fire... those are some scary ass dragons...totally impractical biologically..they must be from another planet, as they don't fit with earth biology...they survive on ash? and then decimate their environment until they become cannibalistic? that's a totally human trait. but checkout mcconaughey's dick centric performance.. there are a number of scenes where he has a penile substitute..very funny.
which led me to another completely impractical creature..Pitch Black's flying whatevers...such a simple little movie done exceedingly well... tis a shame DT went off on the Duneish tangent with the second film...the third film would be better if the mythology sections were excised. it's like two different universe are mashuped together.
Paul Calvert June 20, 2016 at 11:26 AM
First time watcher for me, although I remember a friend from highschool championing basket case 2, back in the day.
I'm not sure, in the near ending sequence, if he was killing the muff, or trying to eat it up.....that was disturbing...
Does anyone know whether the sequels, basket case 2 and 3 are worth watching. I if they're anything close to the original, I'm on board.


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What are the 6 classifications of the letters of Paul?
Question: What are the 6 classifications of the letters of Paul?
What are the six classifications of the letters of Paul?
How are Pauls letters classified?
What are the letters of Paul known of?
What are the 7 doctrines that were developed in the letters of Paul?
What is the Hauptbriefe?
How many of Pauls letters are undisputed?
Who wrote the New Testament letters?
What city did the Lord want Paul to go?
Why is Pauls writing in the Bible?
What are the seven Catholic letters?
Seven letters (with consensus dates) considered genuine by most scholars:First Thessalonians (c. 50 AD)Galatians (c. First Corinthians (c. 53–54)Philippians (c. Philemon (c. 57–59)Second Corinthians (c. 55–56)Romans (c.
The letters of Paul could be classified into three groups in their chronological order (Table 1): travel letters (First & Sec- ond Thessalonians, Galatians, First & Second Corinthians, and Romans), prison letters (Colossians, Ephesians, Philemon, and Philippians), pastoral letters (First & Second Timothy, and Titus).
Letter of Paul to Titus Paul. In fact, the three letters together are often called Pastoral Letters, as they were written to instruct and admonish the recipients in their pastoral office rather than to address the specific problems of congregations like many of the other Pauline epistles.
Modern scholars agree with the traditional second-century Christian belief that seven of these New Testament letters were almost certainly written by Paul himself: 1 Thessalonians, Galatians, Philippians, Philemon, 1 and 2 Corinthians, and Romans.
Hauptbriefe: German for main letters, which includes Galatians, Romans, and 1-2 Corinthians.
In other words, we have seven letters certainly from the historical Paul (Romans, 1-2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, Philemon), three others probably not from him (Ephesians, Colossians, 2 Thessalonians) and a final three certainly not from him (1-2 Timothy, Titus).
Paul The Epistles Of the 27 books in the New Testament, 21 are epistles, or letters, many of which were written by Paul. The names of the epistles attributed to him are Romans; I and II Corinthians; Galatians; Ephesians; Philippians; Colossians; I and II Thessalonians; I and II Timothy; Titus; and Philemon.
The Book of Acts says that Paul was on his way from Jerusalem to Syrian Damascus with a mandate issued by the High Priest to seek out and arrest followers of Jesus, with the intention of returning them to Jerusalem as prisoners for questioning and possible execution.
Like most New Testament letters, this letter is known by the name of the recipients, the Romans. Pauls letters tended to be written in response to specific crises. For instance, 1 Corinthians was written to reprove the Christian community in Corinth for its internal divisions and for its immoral sexual practices.
major reference. As the history of the New Testament canon shows, the seven so-called Catholic Letters (i.e., James, I and II Peter, I, II, and III John, and Jude) were among the last of the literature to be settled on before the agreement of East…


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