Duratrax Raze St
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Duratrax Raze ST Big Triple
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Axial Age Revolution
Axial Age Revolution
2012 & Other Novelty Theories
The 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of eschatological beliefs that cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on December 21 which is said to be the end-date of a 5,125-year-long cycle in the Mayan Long Count calendar. Various astronomical alignments and numerological formulae related to this date have been proposed, but few have been accepted by mainstream scholarship. One concept that has grabbed the attention of many scholars is what’s called the “novelty theory”.
Technology, population, speed of travel, food and materials production, communications capabilities, computing power, the decrease in computer size, amount of information known to humanity, and a gamut of other things, are all increasing at an accelerating rate. That is, they are increasing, and the rate at which they are increasing is increasing.
How far can we exponentially keep up this pace?
Mathematicians have plotted the asymptotic graphs of all of humanity’s technological developments and projected them out to the point where they all, relatively simultaneously, hit infinity. Is that possible? For those that pursued such an endeavor arrived at a date infamously known as December 21st, 2012. Is this NOVELTY truly a date when everything as we know it will change?
Terrance McKenna thinks so: and he’s not alone.
Our planet has experienced exponential jumps in time (can you say axial age?), near extinctions, and some major species-changing events in our history. The Agricultural Revolution, Industrial Revolution, and The Information Revolution are three of the biggest. But, now we’re into totally un-chartered waters dealing with things such as nano-technology producing microscopic computers (that are millions of times faster and more powerful than the supercomputers of today).
Unfortunately, Terrance McKenna passed away on April 3rd, 2000, but we are left with his novelty theories and Timewave Zero concepts to pursue.
McKenna’s theory said that as the complexity and sophistication of human thought and culture increases, a factor he called ‘universal novelty’ approaches a curve of infinite exponential growth. He called this the ‘omega point’. In the time immediately prior to, and during the ‘omega point of infinite novelty’, anything and everything conceivable to the human imagination will occur simultaneously. McKenna fixed the date of this historical endpoint as December 21, 2012, the end of the long count of the Mayan calendar.
Does anyone know for sure?
What we do know is that the frequency, the resonance, and the heartbeat of the earth is on the move and increasing. Can we stay the same in light of such movement? Are we not one with all? The earth is alive and becoming more so and we must “go with that flow” regardless of what unbelievable “novelties” come. They really can’t be stopped; however, we can and should stop long enough to discern the subtle body that we and all are.
About the Author
As a spiritual-futurist, I have a BA degree majoring in history. One cannot know the future without knowing the past which holds clues to what is on the horizon. The world is in such a rapid expansion of knowledge that we are close to entering a tipping point that will forever change earth as we know it.
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Exceed Hockey Camp Cottage Grove
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Electric Rc Touring Cars
Electric Rc Touring Cars
Your Easy Guide To Getting Started With RC Vehicles
As a newbie, you wouldn’t want to risk purchasing a RC Aircraft or a RC Sailing Craft without developing your flight feathers and sea legs first. You would surely want to get started in a more controlled environment where the danger of damaging your RC vehicle is minimal. For this reason, there is no better location for your inaugural test run than the comfort of your own home.
So what type of radio controlled vehicle is cheap to buy, cheap, risk-free and easy to run, but above all, incredibly fun to drive?
How about a Super Infrared Controlled mini RC vehicle? Here are the benefits to you of acquiring one of these fun little RC Vehicles:
o Safe to use.
Being an electrically operated product (not recommended for children under 6 years of age unless supervised by an adult), this RC Vehicle is safer than the Nitro Gas option. You may find that the RC Vehicle that you buy benefits from over current protection.
o Simply kitted out.
You get the RC vehicle itself and the Controller/Charger. All you need to purchase are 6, 1.5V alkaline AA batteries (housed in a compartment beneath the Controller/Charger).
o Easily chargeable.
You simply plug the charging cable from the Controller/Charger into the back of your RC Vehicle, ensuring that the arrow on the cable plug is visible on top. Set the Charger switch ON and set your RC vehicle’s mode of operation switch to OFF. Charging time is only 20 to 40 minutes. NOTE: allow batteries to cool down for about 10 minutes before recharging. The Charging indicator is green upon charging, and goes out when charging is completed. Replace the batteries when the charging time becomes unacceptably extended.
o Simple to operate.
Switch your RC Vehicle to CRAWL. On the Controller, use the left joystick to control your RC Vehicle’s forward and reverse movement and the right (direction) joystick to turn your RC Vehicle left and right. Once you’ve mastered ‘crawling’, switch your RC Vehicle to ‘CLAMBER’ and read on…
o Fun to drive.
Not only can you drive this little gem of an RC Vehicle on your lounge floor, you can make it climb up your walls! Cool eh? Just switch your RC Vehicle’s CRAWL/OFF/CLAMBER switch to the CLAMBER position, place it on a wall and manoeuvre your RC Vehicle as you would on the ground, using left and right joysticks. If your RC Vehicle does not climb, this means that its over current protection has engaged. Switch the vehicle OFF for about 30 seconds, and then restart it.
o *Illuminating* in forward/reverse operation.
Push the left joystick forwards and the headlights turn on, pull the joystick back and the rear lights of your RC Vehicle come on.
o *illuminating* in left/right direction operation.
Push the direction joystick to the left, the front left headlight illuminates. Reverse left, and the rear left light comes on. Push the direction joystick to the right and, guess what? Yes, another nice touch!
o Easy to run in your home.
All you need is a clean flat surface (floor/wall) that is neither too smooth, nor too rough
o Easy to maintain.
So as not to impair manoeuvrability, ensure that the fabric air/suction skirts beneath your RC Vehicle are kept free of dirt/dust/hair/fluff. Clean the tyres with a damp cloth.
o Easy to maintain maximum performance of your RC Vehicle.
Keep your RC Vehicle fully charged, the fabric skirts unclogged and adjusted outwards to an angle of about 45 degrees (this should ensure that your RC vehicle is properly suctioned against the wall). Ensure that your RC Vehicle is switched to CRAWL or CLAMBER as appropriate.
Remember, your first RC Vehicle could be the start of a hobby that will take you ‘on the road’ to ultimate RC heaven – no kidding. From here, your journey could entail an adventure that grows as your collection of RC Vehicles grows. Aside from the larger-scale, Electric RC Vehicles, you’ll be able to try RC Nitro Gas vehicles. Both types include RC Off Roaders and RC Street Racers, encompassing jeeps and buggies, climbing/crawling hammers and trucks, rally and racing cars, drift and touring cars and trucks.
About the Author
Vijay Patel introduces newbies to the world of RC Vehicles.
Find out how easy it is to buy your RC Vehicles at http://www.rcautomobiles.com, where Vijay welcomes your feedback on how he may serve you better.
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Mattel Ghostbusters Figures
Mattel Ghostbusters Figures
Ghostbusters
Plot
After losing their jobs at Columbia University, a trio of misfit parapsychologists Peter Venkman, Raymond Stantz, and Egon Spengler establish their own paranormal exterminator service, “Ghostbusters.” The business, operating out of an abandoned fire station, gets off to a slow start, but just as they run out of money, the Ghostbusters are contacted by the upscale Sedgewick Hotel to investigate a haunting. At the hotel, they successfully (albeit chaotically) capture their first ghost and deposit him into a “containment unit” of their own design located at the Ghostbusters office. Paranormal activity appears to be on the rise in the city and business skyrockets for the Ghostbusters, who become local celebrities and hire a fourth member, Winston Zeddemore.
The Ghostbusters are hired by a woman named Dana Barrett, whose apartment at 55 Central Park West is haunted by a demonic spirit called Zuul, a demigod worshiped in 6000 BC as a servant to Gozer the Gozerian, a Sumerian shape-shifting god. Venkman, who finds Dana attractive, takes a particular interest in the case, competing for her affection with her socially-inept neighbor Louis Tully. As they look into the matter, Dana is possessed by Zuul, which declares itself “The Gatekeeper”. Louis is also discovered to be possessed by a similar demon called Vinz Clortho, “The Keymaster”. Both demons speak of the coming of the destructive god Gozer, and the Ghostbusters decide it would be prudent to keep the two separated from each other. However, the next day, the Ghostbusters office is visited by Walter Peck of the EPA, who arrests the team and orders their ghost containment grid shut down, unleashing hundreds of ghosts onto New York City. Freed from the Ghostbusters’ protective custody, Louis/Vinz begins making his way toward Dana/Zuul’s apartment as the escaped ghosts create havoc throughout the city.
Consulting blueprints of 55 Central Park West, the Ghostbusters learn that it was built by a mad doctor and cult leader named Ivo Shandor who designed the building to act as a spiritual magnet to summon Gozer and bring about the end of the world. The Ghostbusters are brought to the mayor’s office and freed in order to combat the paranormal activity. The Ghostbusters head towards the Shandor Building, arriving at the shrine at the top. They are unable to stop Dana and Louis from transforming into demonic beasts and summoning Gozer, who initially appears as a woman. Briefly subdued by the team, Gozer disappears, though her voice echoes that the “destructor” will follow, taking a form chosen by the team. Venkman explains that this means that whatever they imagine will be manifested as a destroying force, and urges everyone to blank their minds to avoid giving form to the destructor. Rumbling footfalls are heard in the distance, however, and Ray Stantz finally admits that he was unable to keep his mind blank, so he imagined “something that could never, ever possibly destroy us.” The destructor arrives in Stantz’s chosen form of the giant Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and begins laying waste to the city. Although they manage to light him on fire with their Proton Packs, it only makes him angry and he continues advancing towards the building. To defeat this manifestation of Gozer, the team decides to merge the energy streams of their Proton Packs and aim at the dimensional portal Gozer came through, at the risk of their own lives. They ultimately follow through with this plan and destroy Stay Puft, who explodes into torrents of melted marshmallow.
The Ghostbusters survive, and Dana and Louis emerge out of the charred remains of their possessors. As they exit the building, the Ghostbusters are met with cheers from the gathered crowd. A dazed Louis is taken away for medical attention while Venkman and Dana kiss as they drive off.
Development
The concept was inspired by Aykroyd’s own fascination with the paranormal and it was conceived as a vehicle for himself and friend John Belushi, fellow Saturday Night Live alumnus. The original story, as written by Aykroyd, was very different from what was eventually filmed. In that early version, a group of Ghostbusters travelled through time, space and other dimensions taking on huge ghosts (of which the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man was just one of many). Also, the Ghostbusters wore S.W.A.T.-like outfits and used wands instead of Proton Packs to fight the ghosts. Ghostbusters storyboards show them wearing riotsquad-type helmets with movable transparent visors.
Aykroyd pitched his story to director / producer Ivan Reitman, who liked the basic idea but immediately saw the budgetary impossibilities demanded by Aykroyd’s first draft. At Reitman’s suggestion, the story was given a major overhaul, eventually evolving into the final screenplay which Aykroyd and Ramis hammered out over the course of three weeks in a Martha’s Vineyard bomb shelter in May-June 1982. Aykroyd and Ramis initially wrote the script with roles written especially for Belushi, Eddie Murphy and John Candy. However, Belushi died during the writing of the screenplay, and neither Murphy nor Candy would commit to the movie, so Aykroyd and Ramis made some changes and polished a basic, sci-fi-oriented screenplay for their final draft.
In addition to Aykroyd’s high-concept basic premise, and Ramis’ skill at grounding the fantastic elements with a realistic setting, the film benefits from Bill Murray’s semi-improvisational performance as Peter Venkman, the character initially intended for Belushi.
The firehouse in New York City that served as the Ghostbusters’ headquarters in the film.
Louis Tully was originally conceived as a conservative man in a business suit played by comedian John Candy, but with Candy unable to commit to the role, it was taken by Rick Moranis, portraying Louis as a geek. Gozer was originally going to appear in the form of Ivo Shandor as a slender, unremarkable man in a suit played by Paul Reubens. In the end, the role was played by Yugoslav model Slavitza Jovan.
Harold Ramis had no intention of acting in any role in the film as he planned on only helping Aykroyd write the screenplay. However, the crew struggled to cast the role of Egon Spengler, even after renowned actors such as Chevy Chase, Michael Keaton, Christopher Walken, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd, and Jeff Goldblum were considered. Feeling he knew the character best since he created him, Ramis accepted the role of Egon. He credits this move in revitalizing his acting career, as Ramis had previously focused on off-screen work such as writing and directing.[citation needed]
Winston Zeddemore was written with Eddie Murphy in mind, but Murphy had to decline the role as he was filming Beverly Hills Cop at the same time. If Murphy had been cast, Zeddemore would have been hired much earlier in the film, and would have accompanied the trio on their hunt for Slimer at the hotel and been slimed in place of Peter Venkman. When Ernie Hudson took over, it was decided that he be brought in later to indicate how the Ghostbusters were struggling to keep up with the outbreak of ghosts.
Production
In order to properly light the set for Gozer’s temple and create the physical effects for the set, other stages needed to be shut down and all their power diverted over to the set. The hallway sets for the Sedgewick Hotel were originally built for the movie Rich and Famous in 1981 and patterned after the Algonquin Hotel in New York City, where Reitman originally wanted to film the scene. The Biltmore Hotel was chosen because the large lobby allowed for a tracking shot of the Ghostbusters in complete gear for the first time. Dana Barrett and Louis Tully’s apartments were constructed across two stages and were actually on the other side of their doors in the hallway, an unusual move in filmmaking.[citation needed]
A problem arose during filming when it was discovered that a television show had been produced in 1975 by Filmation for CBS called The Ghost Busters, starring Larry Storch and Forrest Tucker. Columbia Pictures prepared a list of alternative names just in case the rights could not be secured, but during the filming of the crowd for the final battle, the extras were all chanting “Ghostbusters”, which inspired the producers to insist that the studio buy the rights to the name.
For the test screening of Ghostbusters, half of the ghost effects were missing, not yet having been completed by the production team. The audience response was still enthusiastic, and the ghost elements were completed for the official theatrical release shortly thereafter.
Cast
Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman
Dan Aykroyd as Dr. Raymond Stantz
Harold Ramis as Dr. Egon Spengler
Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore
Sigourney Weaver as Dana Barrett
Rick Moranis as Louis Tully
Annie Potts as Janine Melnitz
William Atherton as Walter Peck
David Margulies as Mayor Lenny
Cameos
Roger Grimsby
Larry King
Joe Franklin
Casey Kasem
Reception
Box office
Ghostbusters was released on June 8, 1984 in 1,339 theaters and grossed $13.6 million on its opening weekend and $23 million in its first week, a studio record at the time. The film was number one at the box office for five consecutive weeks, grossing $99.8 million in that time. After seven weeks at number one, it was finally knocked to second place by Prince’s film, Purple Rain and had grossed $142.6 million, second only to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom as the year’s top moneymaker. However, Ghostbusters regained top spot the next week, and then again six weeks later. It went on to gross $229.2 million at the box office, making it the second highest-grossing film of 1984, behind only Beverly Hills Cop. At the time, these figures put it within the top ten highest-grossing films of all-time. A re-release in 1985 gave the film a total gross of $238.6 million surpassing Beverly Hills Cop and making Ghostbusters the most successful comedy of the 1980s.
Reviews
Ghostbusters was well-received and holds a 93% “Certified Fresh” rating at Rotten Tomatoes, based on 44 reviews and is considered by many as one of the best films of 1984. Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, “This movie is an exception to the general rule that big special effects can wreck a comedy … Rarely has a movie this expensive provided so many quotable lines”. Newsweek magazine’s David Ansen wrote, “Everyone seems to be working toward the same goal of relaxed insanity. Ghostbusters is wonderful summer nonsense”. In his review for Time, Richard Schickel praised the three lead actors: “Of the ghost wranglers, the pair played by Writers Aykroyd and Ramis are sweetly earnest about their calling, and gracious about giving the picture to their co-star Bill Murray. He obviously (and wisely) regards Dr. Peter Venkman as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to develop fully his patented comic character”. Pauline Kael had problems with the chemistry between the three lead actors: “Murray is the film’s comic mechanism … But nobody else has much in the way of material, and since there’s almost no give-and-take among the three men, Murray’s lines fall on dead air”. In her review for The New York Times, Janet Maslin wrote, “Its jokes, characters and story line are as wispy as the ghosts themselves, and a good deal less substantial”.
Legacy
The film spawned a franchise of related sequels, animated television series, toys, computer and video games, and other merchandise.
Recognition
In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted Ghostbusters the 44th greatest comedy film of all time. The American Film Institute ranked it 28th in its list of the top 100 comedies of all time (in their 100 Years… 100 Laughs list). In 2005, IGN voted Ghostbusters the greatest comedy ever. In 2006, Bravo ranked Ghostbusters 76 on their 100 Funniest Movies list. Entertainment Weekly ranked it as the Funniest Movie of the Past 25 Years. In 2008, Empire Magazine selected the film as one of The 500 Greatest Movie of All Time. In 2009, National Review magazine ranked Ghostbusters number 10 on its 25 Best Conservative Movies of the Last 25 Years list.
Theme park attractions
The film was licensed for Ghostbusters Spooktacular, a special effects show at the Universal Studios Florida theme park. The show was one of the original attractions at the park when it opened in 1990 and closed in 1997. Later, versions of the Ghostbusters characters were also included in a lip-synching dance show also featuring Beetlejuice on the steps of the New York Public Library facade at the park. Their Ecto-1 automobile was used to drive them around the park, and was often used in the park’s annual “Macy’s Holiday Parade”. The characters, vehicles, and all other Ghostbusters trademarks were discontinued in 2005 when Universal failed to renew the rights for theme park use.
Toys
NECA released in 2004 a line of action figures based on the first movie but only produced a series of ghost characters, as Bill Murray refused the rights to use his facial likeness. Their first and only series included Gozer, Slimer, the Terror Dogs (Vinz Clortho and Zuul), and a massive Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man, contrasting the diminutive figure that was in the original figure line. Ertl released a die-cast 1/25 scale Ectomobile, also known as Ecto-1, the Ghostbusters’ main transportation. Rubies’ Costumes has produced a Ghostbusters Halloween costume, consisting of a one-piece jumpsuit with logos and an inflatable Proton Pack. Mattel planned to release a series of 12 and 6 inch figures based on the film in June 2009, coinciding with the film’s 25th anniversary.
Animated television series
Main article: The Real Ghostbusters
The Real Ghostbusters was an American animated television series based on the film. The series ran from 1986 to 1991, and was produced by Columbia Pictures Television, DiC Entertainment and Coca-Cola. “The Real” was added to the title over a dispute with Filmation and its Ghost Busters properties. The series continues the adventures of paranormal investigators Venkman, Spengler, Zeddemore, Dr. Stantz, their secretary Janine Melnitz and their mascot ghost Slimer.
Main article: Extreme Ghostbusters
In 1997, a sequel cartoon entitled Extreme Ghostbusters was created by Columbia TriStar Television and Adelaide Productions. It premiered on September 1, 1997 and ran for forty episodes until its conclusion on December 8, 1997. Set several years after the end of The Real Ghostbusters, the series opened by saying the team has disbanded due to a lack of supernatural activity. Only Egon remains in the firehouse, along with Slimer, to care for the containment system and teaching classes at a local university. When supernatural events begin occurring in New York, Egon recruits four of his university students as a new team of Ghostbusters, and Janine, also one of Egon’s students, returns to manage the office. The original Ghostbusters return for the season two-episode finale to celebrate Egon’s 40th birthday, leading to them reluctantly working together with the younger generation to solve one last case.
Books
There were two novelizations of the film published. The first, which came out around the same time the movie did, was written by Larry Milne and was 191 pages long. The narrative is written in the present tense, and the novel contains a behind-the-scenes section (profiling the major cast and crew members), and also the movie’s complete end credits. A second novelization, written by Richard Mueller, was released in 1985. It was 65 pages longer at 256 pages, and had the extended subtitle The Supernatural Spectacular. Both differ from the finished version of the film in many respects, containing scenes that ultimately did not make the final cut.
A larger (A4-sized) book was also released by Hippo Books, containing a large number of stills some from the movie, some publicity shots tying in with the story on the relevant page. This publication is more child-friendly than the previous two, and the story, while still quite extensive, is somewhat scaled down in detail.
iBooks published the 2004 novel Ghostbusters: The Return by Sholly Fisch.
Comic books
Main article: The Real Ghostbusters (comics)
The Real Ghostbusters animated series was spun off into two comic book of the same name, published by Marvel UK and NOW Comics. Marvel UK published a magazine-sized comic for 193 issues and four annuals starting on March 28, 1988. NOW Comics began their own series in August 1988. The series ran for two volumes and two specials. The first volume ran for 28 issues.
In 1987 Harvey Comics sued Columbia Pictures for $50 million, claiming that the Ghostbusters logo used in the film was too reminiscent of Fatso from the Casper the Friendly Ghost series. The court ruled in Columbia’s favor, due to Harvey’s failure to renew the copyrights on early Casper stories and the “limited ways to draw a figure of a cartoon ghost.”
Music
The film score was composed by Elmer Bernstein, and is notable for its use of ondes martenot (a staple of Bernstein’s 1980s work) and also the Yamaha DX-7 synthesizer. Orchestrators contributing to the film were Peter Bernstein, David Spear and Patrick Russ.
The film’s theme song, “Ghostbusters”, written and performed by Ray Parker, Jr., sparked the catchphrases “Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!” and “I ain’t ‘fraid of no ghost(s)”. The song was a huge hit, staying #1 for three weeks on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart and #1 for two weeks on the Black Singles chart. The song earned Parker an Academy Award nomination for “Best Original Song”.
The music video produced for the song became a #1 MTV video. Directed by Ivan Reitman, produced by Jeffrey Abelson, and conceptualised by Keith Williams, the video integrated footage of the film intercut with a humorous performance by Parker. The video also featured cameo appearances by celebrities who joined in the call-and-response chorus, including Chevy Chase, Irene Cara, John Candy, Nickolas Ashford, Melissa Gilbert, Jeffrey Tambor, George Wendt, Al Franken, Danny DeVito, Carly Simon, Peter Falk, and Teri Garr. The video ends with footage of the four main Ghostbusters actors in costume and character, dancing in Times Square behind Parker, joining in the singing.
In autumn 1984 Huey Lewis sued Ray Parker, Jr. for plagiarism, claiming that Parker stole the melody from his 1983 song “I Want A New Drug”. Lewis had been approached to compose the main theme song for the movie, but he declined due to his work on the soundtrack for Back to the Future. The two musicians settled out of court. It was reported in 2001 that Lewis allegedly breached an agreement not to mention the original suit, doing so on VH1′s Behind the Music.
Releases
Director Ivan Reitman was not happy with the laser disc release of the film because “it pumped up the light level so much you saw all the matte lines. I was embarrassed about it all these years”. The DVD version of the movie was released and became one of the fastest selling units ever on Reel.com. Sony had announced at Comic-Con 2008 that the Blu-Ray version of the film was to be released on October 21, 2008. However, it was released first through Sony Pictures’ campaign site, Ghostbustersishiring.com as a way to drum up sales of its release. The movie was released on Blu-Ray on June 16, 2009 to coincide with the film’s 25th Anniversary. Ghostbusters was the first film ever officially released on a USB flashdrive. The film was also released onto YouTube for a week on a deal with Sony to provide ad-supported full-length movies on YouTube in August 2009, though it was only available in the United States.
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