Halloween Night the only Reality-TV Show that counts comes to DEU-TV...'HOST'! After you tune into the GENESIS RADIO SHOW with host William Hayashi, you can stream the gameshow where 'getting voted off' means getting 'offed!'
HOST start time for streaming will begin at 8pm CST and will run all of Halloween Night. So after hearing from the brightest in sci-fi, watch the award winning horror film, HOST directed by the BSFS' own 'H. Wolfgang Porter'.
Halloween Night, 'YOU are the next contestant!'
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Halloween Night Director H. Wolfgang Porter's disturbing horror spoof on Reality-TV 'HOST' will be shown as a one night event! DEU-TV will present the film at 8pm CST online at:
www.dreadedenterprises.com/HOST_home.
Watch as 'Fixer' Nick Hawshaw turns up to fix a client's problem with a pushy mistress and finds himself as an unwilling contestant on a Reality-TV Show where 'getting voted off' is deadly! Can Nick survive the ever sinister show challenges and if so, will he survive the plans of the maniacal gameshow 'HOST'?
DEU-TV will present the film at 8pm CST online at: www.dreadedenterprises.com/HOST_home.
The path into a dark and malevolent universe has been found and the Trynaught's sinister goal is revealed...destroy his creator the 'Dark God!' But even with the replenished replicated hordes and his cadre of gods fresh from their conquest of Heaven, will even this mighty force be enought to bring down the master of all darkness? The answer will be revealed in the stunning 'Dark God's Gift' season 2 conclusion!
As we prepare for the Dec 4th launch of NASA's new Orion Manned Space Mission(http://goo.gl/t4gO94), lets remember the trials of the first 2 Black Astronauts, Capt Edward Dwight, Jr and Maj Robert H Lawrence.
Help fund the making of the documentary SpaceRACE. http://space-race-net
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arXiv:
Guiding Ebola Patients to Suitable Health Facilities: An SMS-based Approach
Mohamad Trad, Raja Jurdak, Rajib Rana
Related link:
World Science Festival: Everything You Need to Know About Ebola
The battle in Heaven rages as the Gods and the Trynaught's army of duplicates storm the Pearly Gates. But as the vanguard rains the fire of war upon the heavenly sphere, the real target is frantically sought. But before the prime objective can be moved upon, the invaders must contend with one pissed off Archangel!
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A coin-sized detector might observe gravitational waves before the giant LIGO interferometers, according to two Australian physicists who have built the device. The detector is designed to register very high frequency gravitational waves via the exceptionally weak vibrations they would induce. Other scientists caution that the astrophysical objects thought to emit such radiation may do so very weakly or might not actually exist.
Physics arXiv:
Gravitational Wave Detection with High Frequency Phonon Trapping Acoustic Cavities
Maxim Goryachev, Michael E. Tobar
Physics World: Tabletop experiment could detect gravitational waves
The plan is set and the Trynaught has recruited a cadre of gods along with a vast armada. The assault upon Heaven begins, but it will not be an easy task. The 'Hordes of Heaven' descend on the force and the outcome looks bleak....
From the title of this post, you might think that we are going to discuss rapacious financial systems that leave bleak and shattered worlds in their wake. However, there are libraries full of critiques of every economic system under the sun, from Marx to Hayek to Piketty. If you want to understanding why the modern world looks, acts and even smells like it does, then a complete understanding of our economic system (neo-liberal capitalism) is a must.
What we are discussing is fictional governments and the economic systems that power them. In the same way you shouldn't trust a work of fiction that lacks a political view (post on that later), you should never trust a work of speculative fiction that fails to have a coherent economic model.
There are a number of hard science fiction stories that detail the economic model of the universe they inhabit. The anachro-capitlaism post-scarcity of The Culture universe, to the Techno-liberalism of Peter Hamilton's Nights Dawn and Pandora Star series and the Ur-libertarianism of Snow Crash.
With the increasing interest (some might say "peak interest") in YA anti-Utopian fiction, care should be made to create plausible economic models that support the oppressive government systems in your work.
As an example of a partially detailed economic system, take the Hunger Games series. The economic model of Hunger Games is never explicitly described. However, we do know that it features both low and high-tech manufacturing (and presumably some form of higher and advanced education), as well as massive resource extraction (see districts 12, 4, 3, and 7). Most of these resources appear to be earmarked for the use by the citizens of the capital. While there is some form of income and wealth generation in the Capital, the mechanisms of distribution, both in terms of employment and luxury end-products, is murky. Clearly, Panem operates on an authoritarian command economy (equal parts oppressive communist in the districts, and some form of open / limited market in the Capital), but there is no clearly identified private firms or companies. It is possible that everyone in the Capital works for the Capital, at which point it forms a closed economy independent from the rest of the districts, but receives tribute as a form of "Dividend on oppression".
What's the point you ask? The Hunger Games is about a contest (and thinly veiled allegory) of teenagers forced to kill one another for entertainment value, who cares about economic models? Well, arm chair economists for one, but authors and readers who appreciate detailed world building for another.
Economic systems influence political systems, and you can't world build without a political system. You can try, but your characters ( more so if they are plucky teens rebelling against authority) need to have a platform for their views. Why is the Authoritarian government bad? Because it controls people. In the Hunger Games, one of the reasons the Government is so terrible is that it appears to run forced labor facilities all over the country (See District 11 and 12 - forced shaft coal mining and Farming. Lets avoid the fact that District 11 is full of African Americans forced to pick fruit).
Forced labor camps only make political sense in certain economic systems. If your economic system does not prize competition and liberty, your political system will reflect that, not vice versa. For instance, slavery is an economic system, racial supremacy and oppression come about as political rationals meant to justify the economic model. So in truth, the economic model (cheap/ free labor and resources) informs the political system (massive authoritarian repression), not the other way around.
Conflict, the lifeblood of good characterization, often stems from disparities in economic standing. As another example, the Lannisters of Game of Thrones are wealthy (or so they say ) patrons of the crown based, not on their knowledge of science or mathematics, but their ability to extract gold from the land under their feet. In contrast, the Iron Bank of Bravos yields capital in the form of interest bearing loans on prior loaned capital and merchant marine services. In both instances, their wealth and resources allows them to take political positions that lesser equipped houses and organizations could not implement. The golden rule abides.
Therefore, when constructing a world for your characters to inhabit, look to the economic model to explain motivations of not only the government (if there is a government) but the people rebelling against the government. When conducting analysis or reviewing the work of others, look to the naturalness of the political and economic systems. Is the world resource constrained? If so, the political system will seek to control individuals. If the individuals rebel, what will that rebellion do to the availability of resources? Does the author address the economic rational of the villains, and the economic downside of the protagonists goals? Working through these issues will leave less gaps that must be hand-waived through exposition or ball-hiding, resulting in a tighter work that focuses on plot.
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It was yesterday. It's perhaps been traveling a million years to this date.
The NASA brief:
NASA: Comets: Siding Spring
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The bathtub: source of childhood delight in soap bubbles and added flatulence. In Grover-the-Grouch's special case, it is clearly the latter...
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Related link: Eric Fromm dedication site
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The Everlasting: Da Eb'Bulastin
After another incident of sleepwalking, Aiyana Gamelle wakes up lying under the stars on the Beach of Sa'Fyre Island, an island off the cost of South Carolina with a rich Gullah and Native American history.
Knowing these incidents of sleepwalking have something to do with her long awaited transition into queen of the island, Aiyana shrugs them off as little more than a nuisance to be expected since her lineage leads to a mysterious African goddess.
Aiyana moves forward with plans to host a week long festival that will end with her succession to the island throne, but the murder of an important guest and the passing of her grandmother bring the festivities to a screeching halt and Aiyana learns that the transition involves an unwanted possession and the revelation of a dark family curse.
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Monday October 20th Ronald T. Jones', 'Dark God's Gift: Of Mortals and Gods' debuts! What does a powerful god-like entity do to validate it's existence? Gather like minded Gods and rampage across the universe, that's what. With a cadre of displaced gods and a vast armada at the command, the Trynaught will lead the assault upon Heaven and Hell!
In the aftermath of the EXWEPFAC Testing Chamber accident, rescue crews have abandoned the effort to seek survivors deep underground! Alicechild 88130 and her research team are presumed dead. Yet, strange incidents are occurring throughout the Facility. Strange and brutal deaths, disappearances and sicknesses abound forcing the corporate facility to remain on lockdown. However, the source and perhaps the solution to the situation lies deep underground in the sealed Test Chamber. Did Alicechild and her team unleash a terrible power upon ARES 04? All will be revealed in the exciting conclusion!
Are you a YouTuber? Would you like to be? Now days, YouTube's becoming a hit with some people and in its right, launching careers of many of the YouTubers that have put so much hard work into their channels. I know BSFS has a channel (I've subscribed)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCUFX4mE0SxrfiBww1154Vw (Channel Name: Black Science Fiction Society)
I have one as well:
https://www.youtube.com/user/SoveReignComics (Channel Name: SoveReign Universe)
At the moment I only have about 3 videos that I have done but eventually, I plan to turn this channel into a haven for individuals that want to learn to create comics.
I, like a lot of people, have no clue on how to get a YouTube channel up and running (thriving); pulling in multiple viewers to where the things that I create, or choose to share with others, are being seen on a daily basis. However, YouTube has found a way to help people like me or you; people that want to create there own channels. Not just create mind you, but thrive with their own channels. This, is the reason for the blog really. I've come across a channel that helps those that want to be a YouTuber, or have a thriving channel, by giving advice to you, the newcomer, from some of the veterans of Youtube. I'm sharing this channel with you all here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkRfArvrzheW2E7b6SVT7vQ (Channel Name: YouTube Creator Academy)
If you are interested, I recommend taking a look. There's so much you can do with YouTube...just think, TV...on the internet. You can release trailers to up coming books, animated shorts, movies your working on. You can show your work flow (how you do things from beginning to end), build an audience to support you and late buy the products that you are putting so much time into. The list goes on and on. Yea, it does take time but, time management is a detrimental tool for anyone trying to do anything more, than just work a 9-5,6,7,8 or 9. Time management and drive, that is.
This isn't for everyone, nor is it on everyone's to do list. I understand that. However, I wanted to spread the information that I learned, just in case there's someone that's interested.
Peace to you BSFS Fam,
Tyrone (Tyr1AR) Jackson
The sudden flash of light during the initiation of testing on the device has ended abruptly as it started. Communications with the Control Module, Alicechild and her research team have been cut! What has happened to them? As Director Shasta puts emergency protocols into action, what is going on far below the The Testing Facility? Was the team successful in analyzing the device or did something go terribly wrong?
A tense research team finally receives the Artifact and Project Leader Alicechild must keep all heads level while the transfer of the potentially dangerous EROS Device commences. However, the Project Leader has her own reservations concerning the pending tests. In spite of her trepidations, Alicechild plans to forge ahead. Too many corporate eyes are watching and the fate of her team depends on their success. But, will the EROS Device give up its secrets without endangering the research team?
