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It was said to be designed to help nations co-ordinate efforts to widen access to the web. But a stalemate has been reached over the UN treaty which was meant to provide the first major review of the telecommunications agenda since 1988.
Discussions over the nature of the internet and who is responsible for its growth and governance have really split countries into two ideological groups.
The UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU) had said before negotiations in Dubai that it was sure it could deliver a consensus.
But even though the ITU doesn’t actually have the power to change the way the internet operates or force countries to follow its accords, a group led by the US has decided not to sign because of fears the treaty could change the nature of debate within the UN in future.
The US says its main concern is that signing would give a UN stamp of approval to state censorship and regulation of the internet and private networks. The US, along with Canada, Australia and the UK, are part of a group of around 20 countries refusing to sign.
But a group of rival nations, including Iran, China and African states, say the Western grip on information technology must be loosened and that governments ought to have greater powers over Internet affairs.
It marks a difference in attitudes to technology in the different countries with even what you would have thought would be clear-cut issues like stopping unsolicited spam bringing division.
American envoys and others said trying to stop blanket electronic messages could actually be used to increase surveillance on email traffic.
It’s perhaps no wonder that no agreement has been reached when you consider the huge differences individual governments have. In North Korea, for example, Internet-use is incredibly restricted with many of the country’s 24 million people unable to get online. Just members of the elite, resident foreigners and visitors in certain hotels are allowed full access.
In Iran, most Western social media sites like Facebook and Twitter are blocked, whereas in Cuba tight control, slow connections and high costs mean only around five per cent of Cubans have access to the global internet with another 23 per cent having a government intranet with limited content.
Hamadoun Toure, who is the ITU’s secretary-general said the clash came down to what he described as a digital divide, with citizens of wealthy countries able to access the Net, with 4.5 bn others in poor nations not having the same “rights.”
“We are defending here the right to communicate as a basic human right,” he said. “That’s something very important in the ITU. We so remind our members constantly of that obligation.”
But Terry Kramer, who was the head of the US delegation, said: “Internet policy should not be determined by member states but by citizens, communities and broader society… the private sector and civil society. That has not happened here.”


HCR.20.088 – Using clinical prediction models to optimize health care decisions
An important strategy to improve quality of health care while keeping it affordable is to optimize clinical decisions for individual patients. Clinical prediction models (CPMs) are tools to predict benefit and harms of preventive or therapeutic interventions for individual patients, and can be used to target such interventions to those who will benefit, sparing expenses and side effects for those who will not. While CPMs are developed for many fields of medicine, the use of CPMs in clinical practice is limited. We aim to optimize CPM use to increase effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare. We hypothesize that CPM use is hindered by lack of knowledge on: 1) CPM validity in space and time; 2) using CPMs for shared decision making; 3) implementation of CPMs in hospital systems; 4) the impact of using CPMs for clinical decision making. Due to the complexity of this knowledge gap, a large multidisciplinary consortium is needed, including experts in data-driven prediction modeling (experts in statistics, epidemiology and informatics), medical decision making specialists, sociologists, health care professionals, patient organizations, and IT specialists (Electronic Health Record (EHR) developers) from both the public and the private field. We will perform large-scale validity assessment of existing CPMs, using a registry containing over 200 CPMs and publicly available trial databases. In collaboration with the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) program, we will develop techniques for CPM development in EHR data and techniques for continuous validation and updating of CPMs in space and time. We will qualitatively and quantitatively study the process of risk communication and shared decision making based on CPMs. We will study implementation of CPMs in hospital systems and evaluate effectiveness of implementing CPMs in clinical practice. This project will result in a framework for optimal personalized decision making, increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare.
clinical decision making, Clinical prediction models, EHR data, Healthcare evaluation, Personalized medicine, shared decision making
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|Name||Dr. D. (David) van Klaveren|


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Defenseman John Moore scored in overtime, and the Devils rallied for a 3-2 victory over the N.H.L.-leading Canadiens on Saturday night in Montreal.
Patrik Elias and Kyle Palmieri scored in regulation for the Devils (12-9-2). In his first career game at Montreal’s Bell Centre, Corey Schneider stopped 29 shots.
Alex Galchenyuk scored twice for Montreal (18-4-3). Mike Condon made 28 saves while subbing for the injured starter Carey Price.
The Devils bounced back nicely from Friday’s 3-2 loss to Montreal, when the Canadiens rallied from two goals down to beat the Devils in a shootout in the first game of their home-and-home series. Condon and Schneider started both games.
After Palmieri tied it with 22 seconds remaining in the third period Saturday, Moore beat Condon on a breakaway at 2 minutes 29 seconds of overtime.
CAPITALS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 2 Jason Chimera had a goal and an assist, and visiting Washington beat Toronto for the Capitals’ fifth straight victory.
Tom Wilson, Marcus Johansson and Justin Williams also scored, Braden Holtby made 32 saves and the Capitals improved to 7-2-0 on the road and 17-5-1 over all.
It was the third straight loss for last-place Toronto.
OILERS 3, PENGUINS 2 Matt Hendricks and Jordan Eberle scored in a shootout and Edmonton beat host Pittsburgh.
Hendricks deked around Penguins goaltender Jeff Zatkoff to start the shootout, and then Eberle put a quick shot between Zatkoff’s legs. Oilers goaltender Anders Nilsson stopped David Perron and Sidney Crosby.
BLUES 3, BLUE JACKETS 1 Scottie Upshall scored in the third period to lead host St. Louis over Columbus.
Vladimir Tarasenko scored his 14th goal for the Blues (15-6-3). Alexander Steen added an empty-netter, and Jake Allen made 23 saves.
Ryan Johansen scored and Sergei Bobrovsky made 29 saves for the Blue Jackets (10-15-0), who had won three of four and six of their last eight.
SABRES 4, PREDATORS 1 Sam Reinhart scored twice to send visiting Buffalo to a win over Nashville.
Jamie McGinn and Ryan O’Reilly also scored for the Sabres. Chad Johnson made 28 saves.
Mike Fisher had Nashville’s only goal.
Nashville goaltender Juuse Saros made 20 saves in his N.H.L. debut.
STARS 4, WILD 3 Tyler Seguin scored at 3:57 of overtime, and Dallas came back from a three-goal deficit to beat host Minnesota.
Alex Goligoski, Jamie Benn and John Klingberg scored for Dallas in the third period. Seguin, Benn and Klingberg each had one assist, and Cody Eakin had two assists.
Antti Niemi made 23 saves as the Stars won for the fifth time in six games.
Minnesota lost for the fifth time in six games.
Darcy Kuemper made 40 saves for Minnesota.

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During the early 1980s, country artists continued to see their records perform well on the pop charts. Willie Nelson and Juice Newton each had two songs in the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 in the early eighties: Nelson charted "Always on My Mind" (No. 5, 1982) and "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" (No. 5, 1984, a duet with Julio Iglesias), and Newton achieved success with "Queen of Hearts" (No. 2, 1981) and "Angel of the Morning" (No. 4, 1981). Four country songs topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the 1980s: "Lady" by Kenny Rogers, from the late fall of 1980; "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton, "I Love a Rainy Night" by Eddie Rabbitt (these two back-to-back at the top in early 1981); and "Islands in the Stream", a duet by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers in 1983, a pop-country crossover hit written by Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees. Newton's "Queen of Hearts" almost reached No. 1, but was kept out of the spot by the pop ballad juggernaut "Endless Love" by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie. The move of country music toward neotraditional styles led to a marked decline in country/pop crossovers in the late 1980s, and only one song in that period—Roy Orbison's "You Got It", from 1989—made the top 10 of both the Billboard Hot Country Singles" and Hot 100 charts, due largely to a revival of interest in Orbison after his sudden death. The only song with substantial country airplay to reach number one on the pop charts in the late 1980s was "At This Moment" by Billy Vera and the Beaters, an R&B song with slide guitar embellishment that appeared at number 42 on the country charts from minor crossover airplay. The record-setting, multi-platinum group Alabama was named Artist of the Decade for the 1980s by the Academy of Country Music.
From within the UK, few country musicians achieved widespread mainstream success. Tom Jones, by this point near the end of his peak success as a pop singer, had a string of country hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Bee Gees had some fleeting success in the genre, with one country hit as artists ("Rest Your Love on Me") and a major hit as songwriters ("Islands in the Stream"); Barry Gibb, the band's usual lead singer and last surviving member, acknowledged that country music was a major influence on the band's style. Singer Engelbert Humperdinck, while charting only once in the U.S. country top 40 with "After the Lovin'," achieved widespread success on both the U.S. and UK pop charts with his faithful covers of Nashville country ballads such as "Release Me," "Am I That Easy to Forget" and "There Goes My Everything." The songwriting tandem of Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway wrote a number of country hits, in addition to their widespread success in pop songwriting; Cook is notable for being the only Briton to be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler initially started her career making country albums and was even nominated for Top New Female Vocalist at the Academy of Country Music Awards before her huge crossover hit "Total Eclipse of the Heart" lead her towards more commercial pop and rock. In 2013, Tyler returned to her roots, blending the country elements of her early work with the rock of her successful material on her album Rocks and Honey which featured a duet with American country icon Vince Gill. Tyler subsequently announced that she was making a new country rock album in Nashville with John Carter Cash, son of country music legends Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, slated for release in 2018.
A diminished CBC comes at a great loss to the Canadian music community. For musicians, regardless of genre, there is no media outlet that will provide them the same coverage and audience reach as the CBC. For music fans, it could mean hearing far less homegrown talent at a time when Canada is creating more noteworthy music than ever. Canada has long had a reputation for punching above its weight with regards to exporting music, and the CBC has been a very big part of that success over the decades.
In India, the Anglo-Indian community is well known for enjoying and performing country music. An annual concert festival called "Blazing Guitars" held in Chennai brings together Anglo-Indian musicians from all over the country (including some who have emigrated to places like Australia). The year 2003 brought home – grown Indian, Bobby Cash to the forefront of the country music culture in India when he became India's first international country music artist to chart singles in Australia.
After getting their start in Tuscon, Arizona’s punk scene, Green On Red moved to Los Angeles and expanded their sound to incorporate country and psych-pop influences. The move inched them closer to the Paisley Underground with the likes of Dream Syndicate, The Three O’Clock, as well as Thin White Rope up in Davis, California. By the time Green On Red released Gas Food Lodging in 1985, they’d begun sneaking more elements of country music—a la The Byrds—into their music, while still retaining their jangly pop prowess. There’s nary a dud on this one, each song a gem and strong enough to satiate country fans with a sense of adventure.—Mark Lore
Rock and roll has usually been seen as a combination of rhythm and blues and country music, a fusion particularly evident in 1950s rockabilly. There has also been cross-pollination throughout the history of both genres; however, the term “country-rock” is used generally to refer to the wave of rock musicians of the late 1960s and early 1970s who began recording rock songs with country themes, vocal styles, and additional instrumentation, most characteristically pedal steel guitars. John Einarson states, that "[f]rom a variety of perspectives and motivations, these musicians either played rock & roll attitude, or added a country feel to rock, or folk, or bluegrass, there was no formula".
Country influences combined with Punk rock and alternative rock to forge the "cowpunk" scene in Southern California during the 1980s, which included bands such as The Long Ryders, Lone Justice and The Beat Farmers, as well as the established punk group X, whose music had begun to include country and rockabilly influences. Simultaneously, a generation of diverse country artists outside of California emerged that rejected the perceived cultural and musical conservatism associated with Nashville's mainstream country musicians in favor of more countercultural outlaw country and the folk singer-songwriter traditions of artists such as Woody Guthrie, Gram Parsons and Bob Dylan.
Canadian women at the end of the 20th century enjoyed greater international commercial success than ever before. Canadian women set a new pinnacle of success, in terms financial, critical and in their immediate and strong influence on their respective genres. They were the women and daughters who had fought for emancipation and equality a generation before. Like Alanis Morissette and most notable is French-Canadian singer, Celine Dion, who became Canada's best-selling music artist, and who, in 2004, received the Chopard Diamond Award from the World Music Awards for surpassing 175 million in album sales, worldwide.
By the end of World War II, "mountaineer" string band music known as bluegrass had emerged when Bill Monroe joined with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, introduced by Roy Acuff at the Grand Ole Opry. That was the ordination of bluegrass music and how Bill Monroe became to be known as the "Father of Country Music." Gospel music, too, remained a popular component of bluegrass and other sorts of country music. Red Foley, the biggest country star following World War II, had one of the first million-selling gospel hits ("Peace in the Valley") and also sang boogie, blues and rockabilly. In the post-war period, country music was called "folk" in the trades, and "hillbilly" within the industry. In 1944, The Billboard replaced the term "hillbilly" with "folk songs and blues," and switched to "country" or "country and Western" in 1949.
Lucero is perfectly alt-country—half rock bombast, half country swagger. The Memphis band is a touring machine, amassing devoted fans wherever they go, and 2009’s 1372 Overton Park helped capture that excitement in the studio thanks in large part to its horn section. Like that brassy homage to the band’s hometown of Memphis, Lucero also named 1372 Overton Park after the address of its Memphis loft space.—Hilary Saunders
In 2005, country singer Carrie Underwood rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol and has since become one of the most prominent recording artists of 2006 through 2016, with worldwide sales of more than 65 million records and seven Grammy Awards. With her first single, "Inside Your Heaven", Underwood became the only solo country artist to have a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the 2000–2009 decade and also broke Billboard chart history as the first country music artist ever to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100. Underwood's debut album, Some Hearts, became the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history, the fastest-selling debut country album in the history of the SoundScan era and the best-selling country album of the last 10 years, being ranked by Billboard as the #1 Country Album of the 2000–2009 decade. She has also become the female country artist with the most number one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in the Nielsen SoundScan era (1991–present), having 14 No. 1s and breaking her own Guinness Book record of ten. In 2007, Underwood won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, becoming only the second Country artist in history (and the first in a decade) to win it. She also made history by becoming the seventh woman to win Entertainer of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards, and the first woman in history to win the award twice, as well as twice consecutively. Time has listed Underwood as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2016, Underwood topped the Country Airplay chart for the 15th time, becoming the female artist with most number ones on that chart.
The music of the 1960s and 1970s targeted the American working class, and truckers in particular. As country radio became more popular, trucking songs like the 1963 hit song Six Days on the Road by Dave Dudley began to make up their own subgenre of country. These revamped songs sought to portray American truckers as a "new folk hero", marking a significant shift in sound from earlier country music. The song was written by actual truckers and contained numerous references to the trucker culture of the time like "ICC" for Interstate Commerce Commission and "little white pills" as a reference to amphetamines. Starday Records in Nashville followed up on Dudley's initial success with the release of Give me 40 Acres by the Willis Brothers.
During the mid-1980s, a group of new artists began to emerge who rejected the more polished country-pop sound that had been prominent on radio and the charts, in favor of more, traditional, "back-to-basics" production. Many of the artists during the latter half of the 1980s drew on traditional honky-tonk, bluegrass, folk and western swing. Artists who typified this sound included Travis Tritt, Reba McEntire, George Strait, Keith Whitley, Alan Jackson, Ricky Skaggs, Patty Loveless, Kathy Mattea, Randy Travis, Dwight Yoakam, and The Judds.
Country music was aided by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Docket 80–90, which led to a significant expansion of FM radio in the 1980s by adding numerous higher-fidelity FM signals to rural and suburban areas. At this point, country music was mainly heard on rural AM radio stations; the expansion of FM was particularly helpful to country music, which migrated to FM from the AM band as AM became overcome by talk radio (the country music stations that stayed on AM developed the classic country format for the AM audience). At the same time, beautiful music stations already in rural areas began abandoning the format (leading to its effective demise) to adopt country music as well. This wider availability of country music led to producers seeking to polish their product for a wider audience. In 1990, Billboard, which had published a country music chart since the 1940s, changed the methodology it used to compile the chart: singles sales were removed from the methodology, and only airplay on country radio determined a song's place on the chart. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfRkrq7xfAiSbWaIKJ2vSHg

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intrepid - courageous
An intrepid person or act is characterized by fearlessness and resolve, especially in the face of fear or danger. It also implies a strong sense of adventure and a lack of trepidation when it comes to the unknown, which is why it is often used in relation to explorers or pioneers. Has strong positive connotations.
Despite the dangers involved, the intrepid correspondent provided a live TV report from the front lines of the warzone.
The soldier carried a wounded colleague to safety while under heavy fire. He was awarded a medal for his gallantry and intrepidity.
The explorer intrepidly set out to map the previously undiscovered region that was infamous for its inhospitable climate.


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The Truth is Powerful
U.S. announces $1.2 bln healthcare crackdown tied to telehealth, cardiovascular tests
An American flag waves outside the U.S. Department of Justice Building in Washington, U.S., December 15, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago
WASHINGTON, July 20 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department unveiled a $1.2 billion healthcare fraud crackdown on Wednesday, revealing criminal charges against 36 defendants for alleged fraudulent billing schemes tied to telemedicine, genetic and cardiovascular testing, and equipment.
The criminal charges, which were unsealed across 13 federal districts between July 11 through July 20, target clinical laboratory owners, marketers, medical professionals and telemedicine executives.
Prosecutors said the schemes intended to bilk Medicare out of $1.2 billion, though the actual losses are closer to $440 million.
“The Department of Justice is committed to prosecuting people who abuse our health care system and exploit telemedicine technologies in fraud and bribery schemes,” said Kenneth Polite, who leads the department’s criminal division.
Separately, the Center for Medicare Services, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, took parallel administrative action against 52 companies involved in similar schemes.The alleged fraud schemes relate to both older and well-known billing and kick-back practices that target the Medicare program, as well as a burgeoning new fraudulent practice which involves “preying on patients’ fear of cardiovascular disease” by duping them into submitting […]

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US House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. (Photo: AP)
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Paul Ryan, heading a delegation from the US Congress, is expected to meet on Thursday with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, a statement by the US embassy in Cairo read.
This will mark Ryan's first official visit to Cairo during the tenure of El-Sisi since Ryan assumed office in October 2015.
"Speaker Ryan and the delegation plan to meet with President El-Sisi to discuss shared interests related to security, stability, and the fight against terrorism," the statement read.
The US officials are also expected to meet with speaker of the Egyptian parliament Ali Abdel-Al "to explore opportunities for cooperation between the Egyptian parliament and the United States House of Representatives."
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud received Ryan and the congress delegation on Wednesday in Riyadh, according to Saudi media.


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Russian birdes-to-be reviews are important to any potential groom looking with regards to his forthcoming bride. Since marriages in Russia frequently last for years, many of the partnerships are assemble by the bride’s parents and relatives. Grooms usually do not find out much regarding the traditions they will enter, and have little to no expectations about their future star of the wedding. Russian brides sometimes have no idea how blessed they are right up until they notice that the woman has a gorgeous, rich and exotic partner to share her with. When these brides read about other’s impressions of these on the web, they will learn a whole lot about what it takes to marry a Russian female.
The culture of Russia is very different from those of the United States. The ladies are usually very submissive, as the men commonly rule from the top straight down. This means that each member of the couple must master to respect the family structure before they can hope to make it to be a couple. Set up families take on, it is important to both the bride’s family and the groom’s family members that the soon-to-be husband honor his obligations to each relative.
While there could possibly be no formal wedding practice, most wedding events in Italy to take place away from the cathedral. Many Russian families view the wedding ceremony as a public display of affection for every other, which is the reason they permit the bride and groom to get married with no officiating the marriage ceremony. Many brides evaluations online speak about how weird this may manage to Westerners, but Russian way of life makes sense of things different. Since most marriages in Russia require a traditional exchange of wedding ceremony vows between two groups involved, it really is perfectly understandable that the wedding brides and grooms would rather not have an official exchange of relationship vows. Even if the wedding party can be polite and respectful, it is better to let the families do the walking down the aisle.
There are a variety of other customs that make up the Russian customs, and each home relates all of them differently. A lot of traditions surround the groom’s family. For instance , many brides ratings written by females talk about how a groom’s family group traditionally is great for the bride’s household expenditures. In fact , a few families provide all of the cash needed for the bride and groom’s whole wedding, including the big day. These families are believed to be very close towards the bride and groom, and the support is considered very important.
Some other tradition popular among many cultures is to send the wedding couple a gift from in foreign countries when they get married. In Russian federation, this traditions is known as “pavil” or “pavilushka. ” Couples reviews online talk about how strange it can also be to give overseas gifts to the people who are not familiar with those ethnicities, but it is important to do so in order to show your friends that you treasure their customs and the people in it. The gift ideas that the wedding couple receive definitely will typically be handmade with wonderful materials using traditional models, so it is necessary to get the names of community artisans that can make these gifts.
Many Russian brides find that they have match truly very difficult time shopping for clothing for the wedding ceremony, because the marriage wear is unique with each family. Actually some woman reviews to the Internet to discuss how hard it is to find something for the groom, as they will most likely already have the most basic of wedding outfit. Brides so, who speak highly of their particular families’ tradition hope that more people can consider getting married to a Russian star of the wedding, since your sweetheart represents various traditional Russian values. And if anything, these types of unique ethnical marriages can become more popular in the future, which will would help these countries maintain the strong internet connections to different cultures.

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Ten months after releasing the AVON HORROR line with EERIE, the editors added a second title: WITCHCRAFT.
Cover: (Devilish fiend rising like a flame from beaker in laboratory and frightening brunette in foreground) – ???
“Heritage of Horror!” (Joe Kubert)
“Devil-Music!” (Gene Fawcette ? + Vince Alascia)
“This Ship Is Doomed!” (Harry Lazarus)
“Vengeance of the Ouanga!” (???)
Cover had been credited to Bernard Baily (possibly) which I don’t believe for a second. I’m guessing at Sid Check. Check did the illustrated inner front cover (the Avon contents page) and signed it. Called in Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. for art spotting assistance and he concurs (insofar as it’s not Baily). He says: “I’d put money on George Roussos for the cover, Tillmann.“
“Heritage of Horror!” is a fun ‘baddie’, in my humble opinion! First I am supplying you with a story synopsis (all of this issue I picked from the forum of Digital Comic Museum): „Julian is an ugly man who wants to paint a beautiful picture. Julian hates a guy who is handsome and married the girl he likes. He paints a picture of the guy getting hit by a car and exactly that happens. He does a painting to make himself handsome and eventually gets married to the woman he’s wanted. The woman finds out what he did, though, and takes care of him.“
I love the way Kubert executes this run-of-the-mill ‘mad art painter meets ugliest man in the world’ tale with panels of pure exaggeration. The emaciated figure of Julian, his rebirth as a muscle-packed gigolo, Vivian’s cry-face and her bodiless spying eyes.
As late as on page 6 it dawned upon me that Julian did not only paint himself beautiful, but painted a… ahem… scene of romance… with him and Vivian – to bed the widow as soon as possible.
You can find the whole story on THOIA – or on my site, FIFTIES HORROR, because I can’t stop laughing at “Heritage of Horror!”.
Ah, by the way, the plot is a variation of a plot… of an EC story… which I can’t find… at the moment… Aarrgggh. Where issit? I’m sure I saw it done as an episode for the HBO show “Tales from the Crypt”… nice one, actually… keep digging… hmm, did I dream this?… There are some stories about paintings having magic power.
Anyway, the finale of both stories is the same: The picture gets damaged – and the face of the man dissolves! Must’ve been illustrated by Jack Davis …
NOW I found it: “Drawn and Quartered” by Davis from TALES OF THE CRYPT #26 (October 1951).
“Devil-Music!” is another baddie, but no fun. It’s crudely illustrated and varies another plot I’ve seen before: “A woman finds some music and plays it on the piano. A man – Mr. Mammon – appears and promises her twenty-five years of fame. She finally finds out she signed a deal with the devil. Another woman ends up with the music. (I do have one complaint about this story. It keeps referring to her as ‚young,‘ yet from the first the way she is drawn makes her look like an older woman, definitely not young.)“
There you have it, even the reader who wrote that synopsis is complaining about the artwork. Artwise I am doubting the credit for Gene Fawcette on pencils here. Jim says it MAY be Fawcette under Alascia’s drowning inks, but it’s extremely hard to decide.
“This Ship Is Doomed!”: We are looking at Harry Lazarus’ first horror job for Avon.
“A ship that has a captain’s daughter on board is said to be doomed. A former captain that died is now a ghost on the ship.“
Trods along horridly for three blah-blah pages, suddenly gets interesting on page 4! Not that bad, took me by surprise. See it on THOIA.
“Vengeance of the Ouanga!” is a very straight and simple curse story: “Bob Grant is a reporter who goes to a French island. He wants to visit Ghost Island but it seems no one wants to take him there. The story of the island is told, including that of the Ouanga monster. The reporter realizes too late he should not have tempted fate.“
Cause the Ouanga monster comes for him! Brrrrr. The horror.
The monster man with that dangling dead man’s arm before his chest really looks quite frightening! Thought this was art by Norman Nodel + Vince Alascia, but Jim is not sure about it. The eyes have it, on THOIA, anyway: “Vengeance of the Ouanga!” posted there.
Cover: (Giant black skull with crossbones floating before yellow background, behind the eye-holes a terrified couple is to be seen) – Gene Fawcette ?
“The Death Tattoo” (Normal Nodel + Vince Alascia, signed)
“The Vampire Puppet” (Edward Goldfarb)
“House to Let” (Sid Check, signed)
“The Northern Horror” (A. Albert + Joe Kubert)
That stunning cover is a pre-code horror masterpiece, although it might have been still better if the artist had left out the people behind the eye-holes. Just a black ‘jolly roger’ before a yellow background! Ha!
“The Death Tattoo” is quite fun, but nothing that special. Circus performer Garth wears a magic symbol on his chest. The “death tattoo” allows him to use the power of hypnotism, but comes with a price. Its wearer is slowly driven insane; and after his death, the tattoo detaches from the body and goes searching for a new victim.
Unusual for an AVON HORROR tale, it is told in first person by Garth’s rival, Jack, who is in line to be the next victim of the eerily floating death tattoo.
The story is very typical for your standard pre-code horror yarn; we post it in our “Stories” section!
“The Vampire Puppet” runs in the same vein (harhar) as the previous story, a nice run-of-the-mill precoder, executed by the underrated Edward Goldfarb.
Puppet master Gravon and his puppet Koko are celebrities. His three assistants are jealous of his success, murder Gravon and go on stage themselves. Koko, however, changes into an avenging vampire puppet and drains the treacherous trio of their life blood.
Story’s is quite cruel, by the way, have a look at our row of teaser panels and see the whole story by clicking it – will lead you to our “Stories” section.
“House to Let” is a next entertaining story, although we face a ‘hybrid’ here – this is science fiction horror: Professor Janney invents a formula to bring dead matter to life. He tries it out in his home laboratory – with horrid success. His house becomes alive and keeps him prisoner. Janney slowly diminishes in size, ready to be absorbed by his murderous home.
This is total hogwash, of course, but still a fun read. See it posted HERE.
Although “The Northern Horror” looks like Joe Kubert art on a first glance, it is clearly not. The unfathomable brain of Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. came up with Kubert inks and pencils by a guy named A. Albert. Albert (of whom no first name is known, except the “A”, obviously) is a phantom artist we came across reviewing FICTION HOUSE HORROR (for more info, click the link).
Albert seems to have exclusively contributed to WINGS, PLANET, JET ACES and GHOST, doing two dozen stories for Fiction House – and no more.
So, what is “The Northern Horror” about? Somewhere in Northern Canada, an expedition in search of Uranium comes across Viking artifacts. Eskimo guide Arnook warns the foreigners of the “Golden Sword of the Spirits”, but some men push on, discover a lost Viking ship and their doom.
The art’s above par in this freezing tale of greed and curses, but fails to rouse my interest. Too straight for me.
Mind you, WITCHCRAFT #2 is not a GOOD horror book, but it kept me smiling throughout. It’s all rather run-of-the-mill, but just above the average – and done with a light touch and pleasant art. I’m surprised NONE of the stories were to be found on the internet. We give you three out of four in our “Stories” section.
Cover: (Torso of wild woman in spidery dress sticking out of spider net, five big red spiders crawling towards the reader) – ???
“The Red Spider!”
“The Thirteenth Clown” (Mort Lawrence, signed)
“Better Off Dead!” (Leonard Starr ? + Vince Alascia, signed)
“The Ghost’s Revenge” (Gerald McCann)
Again a nice and weird cover! Unknown artist. To me, this could be more Gene Fawcette than the last cover. But we do not know.
“The Red Spider!” offers us insect horror. Always welcome, but this tale unwinds quite blandly.
Damon Rankin, an entomologist, collects insects. While on vacation on a small Caribbean island, he comes across a fabled red spider. By killing it, he sets free evil powers.
There’s a fun last page of psychedelia, else the story trots along very run-of-the-mill. Go see it on THOIA.
“The Thirteenth Clown” has an unusual ending. Jacob Rok forged his brother’s testament to take over his circus business. When star performer Marco the clown confronts Rok, he’s being strangled and buried in the woods. But the ghost of Marco keeps performing as the “Phantom Clown”, bringing Rok to justice and supporting new owner Linda.
The wonderful Mort Lawrence takes over the art chores for “The Thirteenth Clown”. This is his one and only horror job for Avon!
Lawrence worked on romance and western features (“Wild Bill Pecos”) for Orbit in the late 1940s; then took root at Avon for two years before heading over to Atlas/Marvel in 1953. We give you his story in our “Stories” section.
Under THIS LINK you’ll find a strange German (!) reprint version of his “Midnight on Black Mountain”: Sorry, there is no English version available online… So I give you this one.
“Better Off Dead!” ushers us into the sports milieu. Boxing champ Georgie Price gets the jitters when dead girl friend Anne starts to haunt him. She distracts him during a prize fight. Georgie dies of brain concussion and Anne leads him away to the afterworld.
All of the stories in this issue seem meshed together from formula variations. A boxer haunted by a curse, the avenging ghost of a clown, the horror of a human spider.
Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. thinks the pencils for this story might be coming from Leonard Starr.
Can “The Ghost’s Revenge” break the mould? First contribution by Gerald McCann for AVON HORROR. Other one is printed in EERIE #11. Very peculiar, illustrative artist. This might be something. But, alas, we wade knee-deep in irony here:
James Kendall is a professional ‘ghost-breaker’, relieving troubled persons from their fear of spooks. He is also the man who embezzles his warden’s fortune. So Kendall throws the young Anne off a cliff to her death – and is furthermore haunted by her ghost.
Well, there is one more twist coming when Kendall is confronted by the girl’s fiancé. But it all adds up to a simple tit-for-tat yarn. Hmmmph. McCann’s art is nice, though. Making the best of it. We post these seven pages in our ‚Stories‘ section HERE.
Cover: (Death-like figure stirring boiling cauldron, man and woman looking distraught from out of the pot) – Alvin Hollingsworth, signed
“The Man Who Bribed Death” (Alvin Hollingsworth, signed)
“The Terrible Face” (Mort Meskin + George Roussos)
“Claws of the Cat” (Harry Lazarus, signed)
“Diary of a Monster!” (Mort Meskin + ?)
Ah, a cauldron motif for the cover!
There are fewer of those than you’d think. Only three spring to my mind instantly: Jack Katz’ bubble tea-like brew as seen on the cover of OUT OF THE SHADOWS #8. And the wonderfully orange glow of the witches’ cauldron on BEWARE! TERROR TALES #8. And, of course, the cruel title page of MISTER MYSTERY #13 – showing us a man’s head in close-up being dumped under in a blood-red fluid. Arrgh.
Well, the Hollingsworth approach to it is as crummy as Hollingsworth likes to get. Everything is out of size and perspective; it’s a very cheap-o cover. But that is the fun of it, innit?
Inside it’s not getting any better! All of the jobs look very hastily done, awkwardly illustrated, o my, o my. Well, Hollingsworth always looks awkward, so let’s start here:
“The Man Who Bribed Death” is again a first-person narrative. And the best one (out of two) in AVON HORROR’S run. Harhar. No, this is actually an impressive story. Newspaper correspondent Robert Avery has a heart condition and only one more day to live. He strikes a bargain with death himself: Avery kills people before their time and gets to stay alive longer. He travels to dangerous spots like war-torn Korea and Red China where life is cheap and death sudden. His luck runs out as he tries to be smuggled out of a disease-stricken city in a coffin.
Lots to like here: First-person narrative is crisply written, story settings in Korea and China are probably unique for horror comics of its time. And Hollingsworth delivers some of his best art ever! We tease you with his depiction of nice nightmare psychedelia – click it to see whole story posted on FIFTIES HORROR (it deserved to be presented there!).
“The Terrible Face”, however, is a weak and almost crappy story. Plastic surgeon Emil Toller is jealous of the handsome Jack Parks. Parks is engaged to lovely Nanette whom Toller plans to marry. When Parks is hurt in a car crash, Toller disfigures his face, driving the man to suicide. The dead man’s misshapen face haunts the surgeon who ends up inheriting his terrible features.
Very bad job on artist Mort Meskin’s part, if you ask me.
And we encounter a weird looking job (too little heads on bodies too big, jeez!) by Lazarus next in “Claws of the Cat”. Story’s an entertaining no-brainer – depicting cruelty to animals! And old women, of course!
Grace and Walter Brock murder his rich aunt Annie for her money. They kill her pet cat, too. After burying the old woman, they find the cat’s body gone. Months later, strange things start to happen: Walter is scratched by an invisible animal, and Grace transforms into a murderous feline.
Straight and fun nonsense revenge horror. See it posted in our “Stories” section!
“Diary of a Monster!” is the next first-person narrative! Offering us an interesting topic – pyromania! I recall an EC story by Reed Crandall (“The Firebug” in CRIME SUSPENSTORIES #26, December 1954), but no more.
John Stark is a firebug. He causes a lot of fires until he is caught red-handed. Stark claims his innocence on behalf of being possessed by a monster inside of him. When Stark commits suicide in his cell, the fire monster indeed breaks loose.
Unusual ending as you see. There really WAS a monster all along responsible for the mayhem. Story closes with morale, a warning, as you can see in the longish panel to the right. Click the flame to see whole story posted in our “Stories” section!
Hmmm, they are really trying to drive a message home, methinks.
Although I like Crandall’s leering maniac face way better!
Let it burn! Let it burn! Heh, heh, heh…
Cover: (Death-like figure stirring boiling cauldron, man and woman looking distraught from out of the pot) – Kelly Freas, signed
Contents Page (Everett Raymond Kinstler, signed)
“The Witch of Shadow Glen!” (Gene Fawcette + Vince Alascia, signed)
“Where Zombies Walk!” (Alvin Hollingsworth, signed)
“The Witch of Death!” (Rafael Astarita, signed)
“The Warlock of Manescu Manse!” (Gene Fawcette ???)
Striking cover by Kelly Freas, it’s painted. Only occurrence in AVON HORROR’S history.
This seems to be the first job by the talented Freas in the comics business. He became a regular for MAD MAGAZINE from their number 31 on (in February 1957) and created (alongside Norman Mingo) many classic covers and images. Have a look at his Wikipedia entry and marvel how much the guy did!
“The Witch of Shadow Glen!” is a moody piece of horror, concentrating on psychological aspects: Bob Franklin is in love with Sonya Granet, who is haunted by a childhood trauma. She thinks she was promised to do the devil’s bidding. During their short marriage, Bob discovers that Sonya indeed is a witch.
“Where Zombies Walk!” features a next amazing splash by Hollingsworth. Story offers mild horror, too, but no surprises: On the Caribbean island of Hondo tourist Jack Carney learns oft the native voodoo belief. The touch of a zombie can heal the sick, but will kill the healthy. Carney pries on a secretive native assembly and witnesses forbidden ceremonies. He gets caught, touched by a zombie and joins the ranks of the undead.
“The Witch of Death!” teeters on the brink of ridiculousness: Tom O’Malley and his wife Alice inherit the Gillespie farm on the New England countryside. They are warned to go there; the place is said to be cursed. Tom and Alice travel there and meet the witch-like neighbor woman. Entering the farmhouse, they are attacked and killed by a cat, a raven and a scarecrow.
“The Witch of Death!” starts off moody like the other two tales before it, but ends on an almost slapsticky note, when the pets start attacking. See some panels here. Story breaks off very abruptly. And again, no surprises, no twist, plot unfolds and closes as laid out in the beginning.
“The Warlock of Manescu Manse!” fits right into the pattern of folkloristic horror. I suspect the same author in all four stories. Young Austrian woman Carla Hanlein is unhappy with the hard country life and hopes for the riches prince Lustveg Manescue has to offer. Her dream comes true, but at a price. She’s married to the prince, but finds out about satanic rituals and murders at court. Given the choice, Carla is initiated as a witch and terrorizes the countryside together with her demonic husband. Carla’s siblings come looking for her and bring down the devilish rule of prince Lustveg. By poking a burning piece of firewood into his right eye. True.
WITCHCRAFT #5 all in all is a nice-looking horror book, alas, rather suspense-free. We give you the lead story (“The Witch of Shadow Glen!”) in our appendix section. However, the whole issue is posted in one big scroll on the blog “Destination Nightmare”. If you wanna see more …
Cover: (Succession of giant floating skulls scaring a man downhill) – Alvin Hollingsworth, signed
Contents Page (Everett Raymond Kinstler, signed)
“Monster of Sarno Gulch!” (Norman Nodel + Vince Alascia, signed)
“African Horror!” (Harry Lazarus, signed)
“Mystery of the Moaning Statue!” (Alvin Hollingsworth, signed)
“Hero of the Venus Flyer!” (Gene Fawcette)
Last issue; none of the stories were posted on the internet so far. Nothing good here? We’re about to find out! It’s a nice cover, by the way, I like the brownish colors and the touch of psychedelia.
“Monster of Sarno Gulch!” feels distilled from the plots of last issue’s stories. A man witnesses forbidden voodoo rituals where men turn into beasts by drinking a magic potion. The man, George, returns to the US carrying a vial of the stuff. He marries Elaine, keeps his secret for himself, but she finds out that he can change into a beast and yaddayaddayadda …
In the end, George and Elaine hunt together: a reporter who was after the story!
And the next nosey American has the hots for eavesdropping on native rituals: “African Horror!” introduces us to Peter Dane who comes into possession of a potion that turns men into leopard-like beasts. Dane gets addicted to the stuff and even gives it to his wife Alice (another Alice). She does not go wild, though (sexual symbolism?), just faints. Peter is ready to kill his useless and lethargic wife, but is pushed down a rockface by the spirit of the native chief.
Lazarus art is oftentimes fun in its trashiness. And can be downright scary, if you’re a kid. I guess.
Finally a new plot in “Mystery of the Moaning Statue!”, a contribution to the horror subgenre of mad art painters and sculptors. Sculptress Rhoda Prahar is romanced by the twins Paul and Alan Ryan. She likes them both and models a warrior statue after the likeness. Alan manages to win her heart, but jealous Paul kills his brother and marries Rhoda a year later. Since Rhoda is of Hungarian heritage, her statues harbor the souls of the dead. When Paul develops a persecution mania, he strangles Rhoda, but is attacked and killed by the statue of his dead twin brother.
We chose to post THIS story in our appendix, because it’s the most original and complex one of the issue.
“Hero of the Venus Flyer!” is a full-blown science fiction story. WITCHCRAFT goes out on a futuristic note … heh, heh.
They obviously had no horror plot left anymore.
(Cover: Whip-wielding blonde in breeches standing before bound skeletal zombie) – Alvin Hollingsworth, signed
“City of the Living Dead!” (Alvin Hollingsworth, signed)
“The Glistening Death” (Norman Nodel + Vince Alascia, signed)
“The Witches Come at Midnight!” (Norman Nodel + Vince Alascia, signed)
“Death Has Many Tongues” (Harry Lazarus, signed)
That is a gorgeous eye-catcher of a cover – and a very unusual one: The lady is clearly in charge here, giving that fiend hell! You wouldn’t expect HER to don a red dress and run away screaming, do ya?
“City of the Living Dead!”- the title story is an insipid, disappointing tale of adventure:
Yucatan, Mexico. A group of explorers discovers mystic Quetana, fabled “City of the Living Dead”. Centuries ago, murderous pirates were banned there by Quetzal, Aztec god of justice, destined to live in agony forever. The explorers are attacked by the zombies, but Quetzal appears and saves those pure of heart amongst them.
Yaaaaawn! Artwise you get Hollingsworth at his… ahm… best. Panels crowded with weird faces and no sense of depth or perspective.
Still wanna see whole story? Can do, mister. Over at Karswell’s superblog “The Horrors of It All” (THOIA).
“The Glistening Death” offers us a mixture of horror and science fiction: A man hides out at his uncle’s swampland mansion and discovers he is a slave to a glistening meat eating alien creature that takes the form of a beautiful woman.
Huh? Sounds weird. Is weird. Too arbitrary for my taste. The heavy art doesn’t get the story off the ground, either. Read it all again on “THOIA”.
So let’s see what those crones have brewed together for us… “The Witches Come at Midnight!” is just as weird as the last tale.
Witches (along with their master Satan himself), converge every night at midnight at the old Rainey farm terrorizing the family. One night when young Joel is attacked by the monsters, his pet rooster „Peter“ arrives and scares off the creatures who think he’s Chanticleer, the fabled rooster.
Some of Nodel/Alascia’s panels are haunting in an awkward way. They’re more droll than terrifying, but this suits perfectly to the narrator’s perspective of the boy. Your spine is tingled with a sense of supernatural thrills, but it doesn’t build up to a shocking payoff.
“The Witches Come at Midnight!” goes out with that proverbial whimper, not the bang we hoped for. Showing you an array of panels and invite you over to THOIA to see the weirdness of it all:
“Death Has Many Tongues” is one of pre-code horror’s wacky masterpieces – and one of the best stories ever illustrated by Lazarus.
Slave trader Captain Death (yah, “nomen est omen”, as the romen say, cccchhhhh, the Romans, of course) is captured by the native tribe he uses to prey on. The witch doctor curses him with the heads of the slain growing out of his body. Death tries to cut them off, but the pain drives him insane. He chooses to drown himself in the ocean. See whole story featured on FIFTIES HORROR.
(Cover: Procession of ghostly specters passing blonde woman cowering in alcove) – Tex Blaisdell ?
Very strange book, indeed. We encounter ‘mystery art’ in here, the cover for one. Flipping through this I assumed to see only two stories.
One long and one 4-page “shortie” signed by Goldfarb/Baer in the back. Looking closer you’ll find that two of the usual four stories have no splash pages! They start with the smallest caption header. Someone credited those three to Joe Orlando (possibly) – which we will now look into:
“The Dead Who Walk” (Joe Orlando ?)
“Antagonists from the Grave!” (Joe Orlando ?)
“The Trapped Ego!” (Joe Orlando ?)
“Murder by Geometry” (Edward Goldfarb + Bob Baer, signed)
Ah, cripes! Now I get it. “The Dead Who Walk” IS one long story, broken down into three parts. So it is a special issue; apart from their book-length “Dracula issue” (aka EERIE #12) the only time they went for a longer narrative.
You can read the story (in three parts) at Karswell’s superblog “The Horrors of It All” (THOIA): Part 1 (“The Dead Who Walk”), part 2 (“Antagonists from the Grave!”) and the conclusion in part 3 (“The Trapped Ego!”).
The art feels like that early 1950s work by Orlando/Wood/Check, but I’m inclined to think that it’s Sid Check at work here – and not Joe Orlando. Or could it be Harry Harrison? I’ll do some checking on Check (hah) and call in the grand master of art spotting, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Jim answered very matter-of-fact and dry: “Both story and frontis are SIGNED Tex Blaisdell!“. He’s right, you hafta look sharp to find lightly scratched letters „TEX“ hidden in the first panels.
And I am guessing that the cover might be Blaisdell as well. So let’s back up and correct the contents listing:
“The Dead Who Walk” (Tex Blaisdell, signed)
“Antagonists from the Grave!” (Tex Blaisdell, signed)
“The Trapped Ego!” (Tex Blaisdell, signed)
“Murder by Geometry” (Edward Goldfarb + Bob Baer, signed)
Tex Blaisdell, by the way, did contribute to Avon’s crime and war books! It’s amazing what you can find out with a bit of thorough research. I was too lazy, see? You ALWAYS should check: What other titles came out in that time at that company – and who filled these?
About the story: Creepy George Bacon has been stalking the lovely Anne, but died in a car crash some time ago. When Anne’s fiancé Kent suddenly dies of no apparent reason, Anne and her brother Jack remember Bacon’s dabbling with black magic.
Jack and physician Dr. French enter a wild chase: Bacon’s ghost spirit (his ego) and that of his criminal brother (ditto deceased) is jumping from body to body, trying to get their hands on Anne.
The spirit of the deceased Kent is still in play, though. He leads our investigators to Bacon’s hide-out and battles Bacon’s ego mano a mano. Kent wins, returns to his body, kisses his Anne – and we have a happy ending, folks! Oh, jeez…
The following “Murder by Geometry” is a detective-crime story. The butler actually gets revealed as the murderer.
(Cover: Ghouls and fiends with skull lanterns dragging along two captive women in torn red dresses) – Alvin Hollingsworth
“Beware of the Undead!” (Norman Nodel + Vince Alascia, signed)
“The Mirror of Death!” (Norman Nodel ? + Vince Alascia ?)
“The Ghost’s Curse!” (Charles Nicholas + ?)
“The Phantom of Philip Hawks” (Alvin Hollingsworth, signed)
“Beware of the Undead!” is a native curse story combined with the also familiar kill-rich-uncle plot!
Trinidad tourist Nat Grear learns of the native lore of the Obeah man, a devil incarnate. There was a man named Tamiko who killed out of pure lust, until he fell to his death in a waterfall. Grear plans to shove his wealthy uncle into the cursed waters, but ends up drowning there himself. He now has all of eternity to spend and suffer along with the original Obeah man.
Nodel/Alascia’s stiff artwork does not grip the reader, only the drowning scenes in the end are mildly interesting. See it posted on “The Horrors of It All” (THOIA).
More entertaining is “The Mirror of Death!” – featuring a nice big splash and a full-page finale! This has seldomly be done in pre-code horror – and most of the times it just serves to fill space! Here, too, but it is nice to behold, anyway.
When on shore-leave sailor Steve Lajos changes into dapper businessman Robert Martin and robs unsuspecting ladies of their jewelry. The vain and arrogant Lajos meets his fate when entering the temple of mirrors, house of seven-armed god Struga. Lajos breaks the mirror which reveals his ugly inner self and is damned to live in the presence of vengeful Struga.
Quick look on THOIA to check it out? Here you go.
Artwise this feels like Nodel/Alascia again, but is not signed. Hmm.
“The Ghost’s Curse!” is surely drawn by the versatile Charles Nicholas (who worked for almost ALL the horror books!).
His clean-cut style is a welcome boost in quality to AVON HORROR’s crummy art. Story’s not that bad, either:
Jarod Parks is secretary to successful classic dancer Mona Travis. Since Parks has gambling debts, he murders Mona and forges her last will. The dancer’s ghost, however, pesters Parks with haunting threats of his punishment after death. When Parks finally dies, he rots away in his grave fully conscious.
Fun part of “The Ghost’s Curse!” is the incessant fury of dead Mona. We’ve seen people being haunted all the time in our beloved horror comics, but Mona’s at it like a nagging wife. Around the clock, so to speak, respectively the greater parts of pages 3 to 5.
And suddenly she’s gone! And Jarod just lies there waiting in his grave. Cursed to never leave his grave. That’s a bit unbalanced, if you ask me. Story to be found on THOIA – click miniature splash to go there.
“The Phantom of Philip Hawks” is one of those cursed-to-sail-the-seven-seas yarns I hate so much. They are all alike!
Young lovers John Allen and Mary Kane set sail for their honeymoon voyage on their own ship, but they have been cursed by John’s rival, Philip. The jealous man wanted to have fair Mary for himself. Philip Hawks’ ghost commandeers the boat and they all perish at sea.
Hollingsworth’s usually shabby art looks very fluent on these pages – with a touch and hint of ‘pop art’ in the making (that last page!). Go see it for yourself. Whole story is posted NOT on THOIA (surprise) but on “Four-Color Shadows”, another long-running blog with wonderful contributions.
(Cover: Red-headed beauty in transparent dress dancing in the moonlight, giant spectre of witch doctor looming behind her) – Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
“The Phantom Witch Doctor” (Gene Fawcette + ?)
“The Thing in the Mirror” (Everett Raymond Kinstler, signed)
“Death Came Dancing” (Norman Nodel ?)
“Out of the Deep!” (???)
Beautiful cover by Kinstler with an unusual speech-balloon-like title insert. Looks like someone at the office was too lazy to work this in an elegant way! “Oh, the letters and the background are quite alike colorwise, hmm, I could choose different colors or… just put a big white bubble behind it. Done.”
“The Phantom Witch Doctor” is a tale of revenge. Cruel white men kill for ivory, but the witch doctor’s ghost will have his revenge! Well, no surprises here. A rather mediocre story all in all. Posted on THOIA.
“The Thing in the Mirror” is another very straight, one-dimensional story, hear the synopsis picked from Grand Comics Database. “James murders George to gain Barbara, but is tranformed into a little green monster who becomes a carnival exhibition.“
That is exactly it. A dramaturgy best described in our modern terms as… WTF?! See it posted on THOIA.
“Death Came Dancing” is unusual insofar as it’s about a lover spurned. An emotional motif only. No money, no monsters, no curse. The dancing duo of Cara and George breaks up when George marries a rich admirer. Cara is heartbroken and commits suicide. Her ghost starts haunting George and finally will be his doom.
I like how the writer ‘times’ his plot: Cara is able to get to George the moment he starts flirting with her (again). Artwork, however, is rather bland.
Found the story posted online on a whole blog I never ran across before: “True Love Comic Tales” (active since 2011). They present other classic stuff (like Bob Powell’s “I Joined a Teen-Age Sex-Club”).
Or Horrible romance from the 1960s – like Don Heck’s gothic “Kiss of Death” from the pages of DARK MANSION OF FORBIDDEN LOVE. There’s an enormous tag cloud to choose from. Under the label “EC Comics” I found their tongue-in-cheek “Love Story to End All Love Stories”.
“Out of the Deep!” is the next of those straight-lined stories which can’t develop any ‘oomph’. Two men are marooned on strange island, confront alien intelligence (in a pool of water!), wrestle some with the horrid agents of that intelligence, perish, but by accident eliminate alien threat. Arrrggghh, I dunno.
If you feel like gazing into the abyss, always remember that the abyss also… ah, nuts. It’s just a puddle in a cavern! Gather round on THOIA. (Scroll down at this link, it’s the second story posted.)
(Cover: Skeletal head with top-hat looming above cityscape, frightening poshly dressed couple in street) – Alvin Hollingsworth (signed)
“Diary of Doom!” (Norman Nodel + Vince Alascia, signed)
“The Haunted Arrow!” (Norman Nodel + Vince Alascia, signed)
“The Giant from Earth!” (Gene Fawcette??? Bill Benulis ???)
“The Ghost of the Coal Mine!” (Norman Nodel + Vince Alascia, signed)
Once again an almost all-Nodel/Alascia issue. EERIE #14 will be published some weeks later, though, to be chronologically correct…
While reading “Diary of Doom!”, a special twist for this story’s ending formed in my mind. It was not confirmed, but I still can imagine MY ending.
Listen to the plot: John Mason lives alone on a small island off the New England coast. One day his collage friend Bob Trent comes visiting and confides in him a dark secret. Trent is suffering from a brain tumor which turns him into a raving maniac on stormy nights. Mason gives him shelter and promises help, but that night a storm brews, Trent flees the house and murders someone. Mason goes to the police, but the cops cannot apprehend Trent who manages to escape and swears revenge on Mason. Mason now hides himself on that island. After a big storm a searching party cannot find any trace of him.
Now I figured the diary-writing Mason was a Jekyll-and-Hyde character, went finally mad and ran off somewhere. The last page of “Diary of Doom!”, however, shows us Mason being attacked by the maniacal Trent – and Trent being still on the loose somewhere. Ha.
I LIKE MY ENDING MUCH BETTER.
I can still pretend it to be my way. Trent reappearing just being the fantasy of a twisted mind.
We post the tale in our “Stories” section. Maybe you feel like judging it yourself …
“The Haunted Arrow!” is a real clunker of a story. Ouch. Tom Starr relives the memories of his murderous ancestor Robin. Robin killed an Indian chief’s daughter and was brought to justice by the chief’s deadly arrow. Now Tom dreams about this, murders (in his sleep!) his wife – and is shot by a haunted arrow out of the blue. Jesus frigging…
Sometimes they took no effort in writing this stuff. This is just embarrassing.
“The Giant from Earth!” is one of those droll science fiction yarns you’ll find by the ton in these old comic books. Space Gulliver! See earth-man John Allen fight a cat and a man and killing them both with his bare hands. Because they were evil.
Go look for this amusing (and nicely drawn!) science fiction yarn on the blog “Atomic Kommie Comics”, another bonanza of weird postings
(I think this is a spin-off site of the above mentioned “True Love Comic Tales”).
“The Ghost of the Coal Mine!” is another pointless drama to me: George Dirk kills Jed Blaine to steal his treasure, but in digging for the treasure he digs his own grave.
Greed, greed, greed is the machine driving men in old comic books. This is plain booooring. Sorry.
Secret Diary of Eerie Adventures
1953 (100-page giant)
No one ever saw a copy of this comic book!
It’s probably a ‘sampler’ book consisting of three returned Avon horror books stapled together at random.
Good luck finding one, it’ll be worth a fortune…


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The main result was the creation of a real-life selfie filter, correcting skin appearance problems without the demand for surgery or post-selfie image editing and enhancing. However, the glass skin trend is beginning to see a decline, with its requirement for regular upkeep and also its much less natural-looking results. Even more, as discussed in the initial pattern, patients are seeking options to injections as they search for even more all-natural choices.
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Jane Lynch (pictured with "Glee" co-stars Jessalyn Gilsig and Jayma Mays) hosted the show, which honored young stars who are creating social change. "Glee" also won in the TV Show category. Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com - July 19, 2010
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Britain is on alert for a chaotic New Year as Storm Dylan is forecast to hit the UK with 80mph winds early on Sunday morning.
The Met Office issued six severe weather warnings of which an amber, the second most serious alert, for snow in parts of northern England, four yellow snow and ice warnings and one yellow warning for wind.
Northern Ireland and southern Scotland are expected to experience winds of up to 80mph.
Forecasters warned there is a potential for "injuries and danger to life from flying debris".
The Met Office said: "Some very strong winds are possible across Northern Ireland and then southern Scotland on New Year's Eve.
Storm Dylan is the fourth named storm of the year and will hit Britain on New Year's Eve
“There is a small chance of damage to buildings, such as tiles blown from roofs, with the potential for injuries and danger to life from flying debris.
“Large waves and beach material being thrown into coastal areas could also be a hazard.”
Emma Sharples, a forecaster for the UK Met Office, said: “Met Eireann has now named Storm Dylan which will affect Ireland and then northern Britain on Saturday night and through Sunday.
“It is looking very unsettled over the next few days with several low-pressure systems coming in off the Atlantic.
“Friday night will see a band of rain pass through England and Wales and later Scotland with another system on Saturday night giving rise to the fourth named storm of the season.
“It will remain unsettled through next week with more rain and strong winds in the forecast.”
The warning comes after heavy snow, rain, thunderstorms and wind caused disruption across much of Britain on Friday as the country was gripped by another day of wintry weather.
Heavy downpours are also predicted to blight much of south-east Wales, plus south-western, central and southern parts of England across the weekend.
The Met Office said: "With the ground very wet in these areas, this is likely to lead to rising water levels and some flooding in places."
BBC Weather, on behalf of the Met Office, issued a yellow warning of ice for the Greater London area.
Meteorologist Alex Burkhill said: "The good news is the worst of the weather will clear by midnight for the New Year's Eve celebrations.
"There will be some wind and rain in the South and West, and the North and East have a better chance of staying dry.
"It will be a chilly night, but not exceptionally cold and the breeze might blow a few fireworks in slightly different directions but it shouldn't cause too many problems."
Dylan will be the seventh storm of the year, following the three named storms Aileen, Brian and Caroline.


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The babies in the nursery were a study in the variety of God’s handiwork. It was a sorrowful cacophony as their mommies walked away, and then just like that, all was well again. Some were fragile, others built like semi-trucks.
Several were timid, one slept for two hours straight, and one staggered around to play with toys and occasionally reached out for a comforting snuggle. One crawled around the room putting everything in his mouth, and one sat on a helper’s lap playing with a ball. One reached out to pull hair and fell on top of whoever was near enough with the force of a defensive linebacker. One drank her bottle without a fuss and one resisted to the end.
But one thing was true of them all.
They each had different personalities, as clear as can be, and none of them was better than the other.
I’ll admit, the little curly haired lamb that sat on my lap and played with a rattle for a long period of time was easier.
The one who slept was a gift.
The one who was independent and occupied herself happily was a blessing.
But the one who was curious and roamed the room disturbing everyone else’s business was a gift and a blessing too. I learned later that he had older brothers. I nodded my head in satisfaction. Sounded quite familiar.
The “easy” ones made our job…easy. And pleasant. And happy to fulfill.
The busy, curious, strong, mobile one-was challenging. Not bad. Not untrained. Not naughty except by nature like all the other babies. But he was more adventurous.
I wouldn’t want him to morph into that sweet little one who sat for an hour and tinkered with a jack-in-the-box. And I wouldn’t want his mom to think that because God instilled a natural and blessed veracity in his personality, that she was not doing a good enough job to train him to sit still.
And I certainly didn’t want to become the judgmental observer who thinks that because a toddler is not just like all of mine, that mine are…better.
Or worse, for that matter.
I long for the day when as mothers, we stop boxing parents and children up into tidy packages of what we think “good” kids and “good” parents look like.
I see it when little lives and souls are only months into this big world, before they even have a chance to allow God’s stamp of approval to sink in. Instead of celebrating their quirks and individuality, we condemn them. And their parents.
Just like that, we build walls when we should be forming community. I want to spend more time in the nursery, with babies who are free to be themselves, in all their composure or disarray, trusting that we will simply care for them, protect them, love them, and feed them what they need when they need it. They weren’t concerned about following rules or what people would think of them. They simply reveled in their own adorable uniqueness, doing what they do best, sitting quietly or conquering the world. It gave me a fresh appreciation to cherish the differences in all of us, no matter our age and to understand that easier does not mean better.
I don’t need another reason to love babies, but God added one more to my lengthy list. I cherish the wild-at-heart nature of my own sons, and though they certainly do not make my life smooth-sailing, I wouldn’t have it (or them!) any other way.
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As novices, you'll be following tutorials a whole lot in making your own jewelry. To get the closest results from the pictures, you should make use of the advised materials (bead, string, cable dimension) and not deviate too much from them. Some newbies make the mistake of checking out tutorials however foregoing adhering to the advised products to be utilized. Since they don't have them on hand or have actually ran out of it, it's most likely. Just remember that by doing this you may wind up with a final piece that doesn't look much like the one on the guide pictures.
This tip applies to every device in your fashion jewelry making box. If you can grasp utilizing other necessary devices like crimpers and also pliers, you are developing a fantastic ability foundation for discovering more intricate strategies in the future.
You might have mixed sensations concerning overpricing it since of all the idea as well as labor that went right into making them. At the exact same time, there is additionally the instability that no one will certainly be prepared to pay for your job leading to you severely underpricing your precious jewelry.
One mistake individuals make is working out to market their jewelry at exceptionally low cost believing that the triviality will be a wonderful selling point. This isn't constantly the instance. Low-cost prices can enable consumers suspicious of your items' high quality. They can likewise kill off your service early specifically if you can not make a profit.
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Obviously, who can neglect pearls? Pearls are iconic as they have gone beyond patterns and also can fit any kind of lady despite age group. A simple string of pearls can dress up a laid-back look. It is usually paired with a little black dress for a stylish as well as classic appearance.
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You can go straightforward, such as with the goes-with-anything pendant formerly pointed out, or go a little bit more by buying a layering necklace which you can pair with your simpler lockets. Layering can add aesthetic interest to your looks or dress up an otherwise simple set.
The common track on which individuals take place to come to be developers is to first go research in a trade college where they can apprentice as bench jewelry experts under a much more knowledgeable jewelry expert. Such bench jewelry experts can be quite popular and also make a livable salary. The disadvantage of picking this course is that you may not have the ability to do a lot of precious jewelry layout as the mass of your task will certainly be fixing fashion jewelry.
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3 to 4 ounces of Apple Cider Vinegar
4 to 5 ounces of boiled water
4 Green Tea bags
1 Chamomile Tea bag
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5-7 finely crushed plain aspirin pills
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NOTE: The aspirin is optional and you can cut it out completely if you don't want to use it. I find that it helps tighten my pores and really helps in brightening my complexion after cleansing, but I know that some people are allergic to aspirin or salicylic acid (which is what aspirin breaks down into) or have sensitive skin, so it's really up to you if you decide to use it.
Aspirin Tea Mask
OK, this is my own creation, because I'm a Green Tea fanatic. :P After reading all of the raves about aspirin masks on MUA and acne.org, I decided I was going to try it--and you know what? I LOVE IT. It leaves my skin feeling soooo soft afterward and it just looks fresh and bright and, really, like I've never seen it before.
Some background on the ingredients (in case you're curious):
Aspirin breaks down into salicylic acid, which is a beta-hydroxy acid that is oil-soluble and excellent at penetrating pores past the sebum to effectively exfoliate dead skin cells and allowing newer skin to surface.
Green Tea is rich in EGCG which is a powerful anti-oxidant, protecting against harmful agents and stimulating circulation for even skin tone and proper healing.
Honey contains magnesium, calcium, potassium, sodium chlorine, sulfur, iron and phosphate; vitamins B1, B2, B3, B5 and B6; copper, iodine and zinc (in small amounts). It's a good alternative to alpha hydroxy masks because of its acid content, yet is also good for sensitive skin. Its a natural antiseptic and also aids in healing the skin.
Here's my recipe:
5-10 finely crushed aspirin pills (depending on your liking)
1 bag of Green Tea
Jojoba oil (optional)
I put the crushed aspirin in a bowl and then run a bag of Green Tea under warm water just enough to moisten it. Then, I squeeze it out onto the aspirin, open the bag and dump out the leaves. I add just a tiny bit of Jojoba because.. well, I'm addicted to it. lol It's just a good conditioner for my skin--but you can cut it out and/or add other oils to suit your needs. Then, I add just enough honey to make a thin, spreadable paste.
I smear this on, leave it for 15-20 minutes and then rinse it off (I like to do a little scrubbing while I'm rinsing, but that's up to you).
After that, I stare at myself in the mirror and wonder where that other guy went.... :D
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... this would be much better for us to ride the horse. He did have a vested interest since he too would have to walk if we chose that option!
Attention future visitors to the Taal volcano: unless you are an avid trekker, I recommend spending the few extra dollars to ride the horses. The trek is pretty steep and narrow with horses going up and down causing a lot of dust. It can be done, but....... Back to our adventure.
... here is Beef and Pork. I think, if one does not eat any of the above meats, then you sure to starve to death in the Philippines. Chicken is available, but scanty. Lamb and mutton is remote...there was no sign of it anywhere. Fish is also difficult to get. Only the very poor people eat fish and ...
... is an active volcano, actually very active. It has not erupted since 1977 and is well over due blowing it's top again. Cathy and I were surprised at how populated the area around the volcano was. We quickly found a hotel that sat directly on the rim of the crater with spectacular views down into the crater. The crater is about ten miles across and has lake in the bottom of it. In the middle of this crater lake protrudes another mini volcano ...
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Carney deflected numerous other questions about the case from reporters in the daily press briefing.
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