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The next Disability Rights Consortium meeting will take place on Wednesday December 5th from 9:30-11:00 at Equip for Equality (20 North Michigan, Suite 300, Chicago, IL). The meeting will focus on the work of the Commission to End Hunger, and how we as a disability community can support the Commission's important efforts. Our speakers will be Dan Lesser from the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law and Dawn Melchiorre from the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
In Illinois, there has been under-utilization of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as food stamps), and one of the goals of the Commission is to identify ways to reach out to various groups, including people with disabilities.
In preparation for the meeting, you may want to review the Commission's recent report.
This meeting will be eligible for 1 hour of Continuing Legal Education Credit.
WEBCAST: www.illinoislegaladvocate.org.
Captioning will be provided at the meeting.
It would be great for us to work collectively as a community to help people with disabilities have better access to nutrition.
The meeting is held at:
Equip for Equality
20 North Michigan Ave, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60602
312-895-7317 (v)
312-341-0295 (f)
800-610-2779 (tty)
http://www.equipforequality.org/
7 Aralık 2012 Cuma
U.S. Senate rejects treaty to protect disabled around the world | Dec 2012
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[photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP - Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), center, gestures during a news conference in Washington, Dec. 3, 2012, to urge Senate approval of an international agreement for protecting the rights of individuals with disabilities. The measure failed on Tuesday.]
The Senate has failed to ratify an international treaty intended to protect the rights of those with disabilities, as a bloc of conservatives opposed the treaty believing it could interfere with U.S. law.
The Senate voted 61 to 38 to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities, a tally that fell short of the two-thirds needed to sign on to an international treaty.
The 2006 treaty, which forbids discrimination of the disabled, has enjoyed bipartisan support. Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the treaty would encourage other nations to develop the kind of protections the United States adopted 22 years ago with the Americans With Disabilities Act. The international treaty’s thrust, he said, was a message: “Be more like us.”
But the treaty has split Republicans. Among its most vocal supporters were Republican war veterans, including President George H.W. Bush and former senator Bob Dole, who was injured in World War II and made a rare return to the Senate floor Tuesday to observe the vote and lend his stature.
Other conservatives were deeply suspicious of the United Nations, which would oversee treaty obligations. Those who opposed the treaty included former senator and Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, the father of a developmentally disabled child who had traveled to Capitol Hill last week to encourage fellow Republicans to vote no.
He and other conservatives argued that the treaty could relinquish U.S. sovereignty to a U.N. committee charged with overseeing a ban on discrimination and determining how the disabled, including children, should be treated. They particularly worried that the committee could violate the rights of parents who choose to home school their disabled children.
“This is a direct assault on us,” Santorum said.
Nations that have signed on to the treaty include China, Iran and Syria. Opponents said that American approval might give the impression that the United States accepts how those nations treat their disabled citizens.
“The hard reality is that there are nation-states, like China, who do like to sign up to these organizations and gain the reputation for doing good things while, in fact, not doing good things,” said Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.)
Supporters dismissed those fears as paranoid, noting that the treaty would change nothing in U.S. law without further approval from Congress.
“With these provisions, the United States can join the convention as an expression — an expression — of our leadership on disability rights without ceding any of our ability to decide for ourselves how best to address those issue in our law,” said Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.).
The risk of rejection grew after Santorum and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) announced that they had gathered the signatures of 36 fellow Republicans on a letter opposing the adoption of the measure during this month’s lame-duck session.
But its proponents had pushed forward in hopes of peeling off a handful of Republican opponents. Senators were greeted this week near their basement subway by veterans and others in wheelchairs who pushed for support.
In deference to the solemnity of the vote, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) asked that senators cast their votes while seated at their desks — a rare move to observe the chamber’s formal rules that require each senator to respond to the clerk’s announcement of their name with an “aye” or “no.”
In practice, senators usually vote by giving a signal to the clerk — sometimes a thumbs up or down.
The Washington Post
By Rosalind S. Helderman, Updated: Tuesday, December 4, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-rejects-treaty-to-protect-disabled-around-the-world/2012/12/04/38e1de9a-3e2c-11e2-bca3-aadc9b7e29c5_story.html
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Senators who voted against the CRPD:
Please take the time to tell those senators who voted “Yea” on ratification ‘thank you’ for their commitment to the treaty and the disability community.
See how your Senators voted:
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=2&vote=00219
[photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP - Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), center, gestures during a news conference in Washington, Dec. 3, 2012, to urge Senate approval of an international agreement for protecting the rights of individuals with disabilities. The measure failed on Tuesday.]The Senate has failed to ratify an international treaty intended to protect the rights of those with disabilities, as a bloc of conservatives opposed the treaty believing it could interfere with U.S. law.
The Senate voted 61 to 38 to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities, a tally that fell short of the two-thirds needed to sign on to an international treaty.
The 2006 treaty, which forbids discrimination of the disabled, has enjoyed bipartisan support. Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the treaty would encourage other nations to develop the kind of protections the United States adopted 22 years ago with the Americans With Disabilities Act. The international treaty’s thrust, he said, was a message: “Be more like us.”
But the treaty has split Republicans. Among its most vocal supporters were Republican war veterans, including President George H.W. Bush and former senator Bob Dole, who was injured in World War II and made a rare return to the Senate floor Tuesday to observe the vote and lend his stature.
Other conservatives were deeply suspicious of the United Nations, which would oversee treaty obligations. Those who opposed the treaty included former senator and Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, the father of a developmentally disabled child who had traveled to Capitol Hill last week to encourage fellow Republicans to vote no.
He and other conservatives argued that the treaty could relinquish U.S. sovereignty to a U.N. committee charged with overseeing a ban on discrimination and determining how the disabled, including children, should be treated. They particularly worried that the committee could violate the rights of parents who choose to home school their disabled children.
“This is a direct assault on us,” Santorum said.
Nations that have signed on to the treaty include China, Iran and Syria. Opponents said that American approval might give the impression that the United States accepts how those nations treat their disabled citizens.
“The hard reality is that there are nation-states, like China, who do like to sign up to these organizations and gain the reputation for doing good things while, in fact, not doing good things,” said Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.)
Supporters dismissed those fears as paranoid, noting that the treaty would change nothing in U.S. law without further approval from Congress.
“With these provisions, the United States can join the convention as an expression — an expression — of our leadership on disability rights without ceding any of our ability to decide for ourselves how best to address those issue in our law,” said Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.).
The risk of rejection grew after Santorum and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) announced that they had gathered the signatures of 36 fellow Republicans on a letter opposing the adoption of the measure during this month’s lame-duck session.
But its proponents had pushed forward in hopes of peeling off a handful of Republican opponents. Senators were greeted this week near their basement subway by veterans and others in wheelchairs who pushed for support.
In deference to the solemnity of the vote, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) asked that senators cast their votes while seated at their desks — a rare move to observe the chamber’s formal rules that require each senator to respond to the clerk’s announcement of their name with an “aye” or “no.”
In practice, senators usually vote by giving a signal to the clerk — sometimes a thumbs up or down.
The Washington Post
By Rosalind S. Helderman, Updated: Tuesday, December 4, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-rejects-treaty-to-protect-disabled-around-the-world/2012/12/04/38e1de9a-3e2c-11e2-bca3-aadc9b7e29c5_story.html
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Senators who voted against the CRPD:
Lamar Alexander (R-TN)* Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) did not vote due to his health.
Roy Blunt (R-MO)
John Boozman (R-AR)
Richard Burr (R-NC)
Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
Daniel Coats (R-IN)
Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Bob Corker (R-TN)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Michael Enzi (R-WY)
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Chuck Grassley (R-IA), N
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Dean Heller (R-NV)
John Henry Hoeven (R-ND)
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
James Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Mike Johanns (R-NE)
Ron Johnson (R-WI)
Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
Mike Lee (R-UT)
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Jerry Moran (R-KS)
Rand Paul (R-KY)
Robert Portman (R-OH)
James Risch (R-ID)
Pat Roberts (R-KS)
Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Richard Shelby (R-AL)
John Thune (R-SD)
Patrick Toomey (R-PA)
David Vitter (R-LA)
Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Please take the time to tell those senators who voted “Yea” on ratification ‘thank you’ for their commitment to the treaty and the disability community.
See how your Senators voted:
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=2&vote=00219
President Obama Names Sachin Dev Pavithran to the U.S. Access Board | Dec 2012
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President Barack Obama has appointed Sachin Dev Pavithran of Logan, Utah to the U.S. Access Board. Pavithran is Program Director of the Utah Assistive Technology Program at Utah State University's Center for Persons with Disabilities, a position he has held since 2011. Before serving as Program Director, he served in a variety of other roles at the Center, including Program Coordinator and Disability Policy Analyst, since joining in 2002. Pavithran has more than 12 years of experience as a consultant on disability policy and developing and training users of assistive technology and accessible websites. He serves on the Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs National Board, the Utah State Rehabilitation Council, the Research and Development Committee of the National Federation of the Blind, and the National Multicultural Council of the Association of University Centers for Disabilities. In 2007, the National Federation of the Blind awarded him the Kenneth Jernigan Scholarship.
The Access Board is an independent Federal agency that provides leadership in accessible design under the ADA and other laws. Its governing Board is structured to function as a coordinating body among Federal agencies and to directly represent the public, particularly people with disabilities. The Board is comprised of 13 members from the public appointed by the President and representatives from 12 Federal departments.
President Barack Obama has appointed Sachin Dev Pavithran of Logan, Utah to the U.S. Access Board. Pavithran is Program Director of the Utah Assistive Technology Program at Utah State University's Center for Persons with Disabilities, a position he has held since 2011. Before serving as Program Director, he served in a variety of other roles at the Center, including Program Coordinator and Disability Policy Analyst, since joining in 2002. Pavithran has more than 12 years of experience as a consultant on disability policy and developing and training users of assistive technology and accessible websites. He serves on the Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs National Board, the Utah State Rehabilitation Council, the Research and Development Committee of the National Federation of the Blind, and the National Multicultural Council of the Association of University Centers for Disabilities. In 2007, the National Federation of the Blind awarded him the Kenneth Jernigan Scholarship. The Access Board is an independent Federal agency that provides leadership in accessible design under the ADA and other laws. Its governing Board is structured to function as a coordinating body among Federal agencies and to directly represent the public, particularly people with disabilities. The Board is comprised of 13 members from the public appointed by the President and representatives from 12 Federal departments.
Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) 2012 Infrastructure Accessibility Task Force Report
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The Infrastructure Accessibility Task Force (IATF) was created by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) in 2010, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The purpose of the Task Force was to serve as a resource to assist CTA in its strategic planning to enhance rail accessibility for people with disabilities – and help the agency reach the ultimate goal of providing full accessibility for its entire rail system.
The task force ultimately developed a report that outlines the IATF’s vision for future accessibility and serves as guidance for CTA’s rail system capital projects. The findings embodied in the report will inform future planning, though it does not take into account funding availability or potential construction limitations. Indeed, many of the report’s guidelines have already been reflected in significant new capital initiatives, such as the reconstruction of the Clark/Division Red Line station by the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) that began in 2012 and the planned reconstruction of Wilson Station beginning in 2013, as well as the installation of elevators at the Garfield, 63rd Street and 87th Street Red Line stations as part of the Red Line South reconstruction beginning in May 2013.
The CTA wishes to recognize and thank the distinguished external members of the Task Force for their tireless collaboration and expert input as the CTA moves forward with future capital project planning. They are:
The CTA remains committed to promoting accessibility for all customers, and would welcome your feedback : http://www.transitchicago.com/feedback/
Read the report: http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/iatfreport/IATF_Report_FINAL_(Fall_2012)_2012-11-29.pdf
For more on CTA Accessibility: http://www.transitchicago.com/accessibility/
The task force ultimately developed a report that outlines the IATF’s vision for future accessibility and serves as guidance for CTA’s rail system capital projects. The findings embodied in the report will inform future planning, though it does not take into account funding availability or potential construction limitations. Indeed, many of the report’s guidelines have already been reflected in significant new capital initiatives, such as the reconstruction of the Clark/Division Red Line station by the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) that began in 2012 and the planned reconstruction of Wilson Station beginning in 2013, as well as the installation of elevators at the Garfield, 63rd Street and 87th Street Red Line stations as part of the Red Line South reconstruction beginning in May 2013.
The CTA wishes to recognize and thank the distinguished external members of the Task Force for their tireless collaboration and expert input as the CTA moves forward with future capital project planning. They are:
Jack Catlin (Partner, LCM Architects)(often accompanied or represented by Christine Scully, Architect, LCM Architects)The CTA also thanks Chicago Transit Partners (CTP), a capital program management joint venture, which provided significant project management, technical assistance and planning work for the IATF.
Mike Ervin (Member, Chicago ADAPT)
Luann Hamilton (Deputy Commissioner, Chicago Department of Transportation)
Glenn Hedman (Director, Assistive Technology Unit, University of Illinois at Chicago)
Kevin Irvine (CTA Board member as of 2012 and former Chair of CTA’s ADA Advisory Committee)
Greg Polman (Senior Vice President, The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who are Blind or Visually Impaired)
Joseph Russo (Deputy Commissioner of Compliance, Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities)
The CTA remains committed to promoting accessibility for all customers, and would welcome your feedback : http://www.transitchicago.com/feedback/
Read the report: http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/iatfreport/IATF_Report_FINAL_(Fall_2012)_2012-11-29.pdf
For more on CTA Accessibility: http://www.transitchicago.com/accessibility/
Illinois Dedicates $4 Million in Illinois Jobs Now! Funding to Help Build Wounded Warriors Education Center | Dec 2012
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Governor Quinn Announces New Veterans Education Center at the University of Illinois
URBANA, IL – December 6, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today visited the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to announce $4 million in Illinois Jobs Now! capital funding to help build the Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education. The new center will help returning Veterans with disabilities readjust to civilian life and provide vital rehabilitative, counseling, academic and career services to support wounded warriors as they achieve higher education. The governor was joined by Assistant Secretary of the Army Thomas Lamont, philanthropist Ron Chez and university leaders including Provost Ilesanmi Adesida and Lt. Col. Eric Stetson of University of Illinois ROTC.
“Our servicemen and women sacrifice years of their lives to protect our country and when they return, they deserve support in earning the degrees and dreams that so many postponed,” Governor Quinn said. “Our wounded Veterans face unique challenges, but they should not face them alone. The Wounded Warriors Center will keep Illinois a leader in helping returning members of our armed forces achieve their dreams.”
The state-of-the-art Wounded Warrior Center will combine 24-hour comprehensive support to prepare severely wounded veterans to live independently and to successfully pursue their educational and career goals. The center will house offices for supporting programs, research spaces, a fitness center, residential units for up to 12 occupants, a teaching kitchen, a conference room, tutorial support spaces and a lounge. The facility will also be LEED Gold certified.
“More than 60 years ago, wounded WWII veterans began returning home only to find that access to a college education would be denied to them because of the injuries they had sustained in their service,” said University Chancellor Phyllis Wise. “In 1948, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, under the leadership of Professor Timothy Nugent, began to address this wrong, founding the world’s first comprehensive program of higher education for individuals with disabilities. That commitment has never wavered and we live in different world today because of his program and the dedication of all of those who have followed Dr. Nugent. The Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education will be the newest addition to that long legacy that began here and that will always be among our proudest accomplishments.”
The $12 million facility also is the beneficiary of a $6 million charitable pledge by U.S. Army Veteran Ronald L. Chez, who graduated from the University of Illinois in 1962 and is now president of his own financial consulting firm and chairman of Champaign-based Epiworks. Chez has been a strong supporter of efforts to help students with disabilities succeed in higher education, previously pledging $1 million to establish a scholars program that provides financial assistant to students with special needs. Additionally, the University has been working with donors to raise the final $2 million for the facility.
“There is no way that we can adequately compensate for the courage and service of our wounded Veterans,” said Chez. “It is our special opportunity to honor these heroic men and women and their families by helping to provide the services and facilities they require. I cannot think of a higher priority for private citizens and government than to provide opportunities for education and independence to those who have served all of us.”
Since its inception in 1948, the Division of Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has sought to advance the educational, social and vocational participation of people with disabilities through the collaborative promotion, provision and/or pursuit of innovative accommodations and educational services, and interdisciplinary disability research. DRES has made historic strides in interdisciplinary disability research – including wheelchair bus lifts, curb cuts and accessibility standards – many of which resulted from the applied disability research and/or educational outreach of its faculty and staff.
This fall, Governor Quinn and the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs launched Illinois Joining Forces, a new statewide public-private partnership that will improve support for servicemembers, Veterans, and their families. Modeled after the national Joining Forces initiative, IJF is spearheaded by First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden and seeks to increase collaboration and communication among non-profits and public agencies serving Veterans at the local, state and federal levels. Through IJF, participating organizations will work together to address gaps in services for job training and placement, healthcare, education and housing, actively refer veterans and servicemembers in need of assistance and offer better navigation of available resources and service to the public. To learn more about IJF, visit www.IllinoisJoiningForces.org.
For more information about other programs for Illinois veterans and servicemembers, visit www.OperationHomefront.org.
http://www3.illinois.gov/PressReleases/PressReleasesListShow.cfm?RecNum=10778
URBANA, IL – December 6, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today visited the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to announce $4 million in Illinois Jobs Now! capital funding to help build the Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education. The new center will help returning Veterans with disabilities readjust to civilian life and provide vital rehabilitative, counseling, academic and career services to support wounded warriors as they achieve higher education. The governor was joined by Assistant Secretary of the Army Thomas Lamont, philanthropist Ron Chez and university leaders including Provost Ilesanmi Adesida and Lt. Col. Eric Stetson of University of Illinois ROTC.
“Our servicemen and women sacrifice years of their lives to protect our country and when they return, they deserve support in earning the degrees and dreams that so many postponed,” Governor Quinn said. “Our wounded Veterans face unique challenges, but they should not face them alone. The Wounded Warriors Center will keep Illinois a leader in helping returning members of our armed forces achieve their dreams.”
The state-of-the-art Wounded Warrior Center will combine 24-hour comprehensive support to prepare severely wounded veterans to live independently and to successfully pursue their educational and career goals. The center will house offices for supporting programs, research spaces, a fitness center, residential units for up to 12 occupants, a teaching kitchen, a conference room, tutorial support spaces and a lounge. The facility will also be LEED Gold certified.
“More than 60 years ago, wounded WWII veterans began returning home only to find that access to a college education would be denied to them because of the injuries they had sustained in their service,” said University Chancellor Phyllis Wise. “In 1948, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, under the leadership of Professor Timothy Nugent, began to address this wrong, founding the world’s first comprehensive program of higher education for individuals with disabilities. That commitment has never wavered and we live in different world today because of his program and the dedication of all of those who have followed Dr. Nugent. The Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education will be the newest addition to that long legacy that began here and that will always be among our proudest accomplishments.”
The $12 million facility also is the beneficiary of a $6 million charitable pledge by U.S. Army Veteran Ronald L. Chez, who graduated from the University of Illinois in 1962 and is now president of his own financial consulting firm and chairman of Champaign-based Epiworks. Chez has been a strong supporter of efforts to help students with disabilities succeed in higher education, previously pledging $1 million to establish a scholars program that provides financial assistant to students with special needs. Additionally, the University has been working with donors to raise the final $2 million for the facility.
“There is no way that we can adequately compensate for the courage and service of our wounded Veterans,” said Chez. “It is our special opportunity to honor these heroic men and women and their families by helping to provide the services and facilities they require. I cannot think of a higher priority for private citizens and government than to provide opportunities for education and independence to those who have served all of us.”
Since its inception in 1948, the Division of Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has sought to advance the educational, social and vocational participation of people with disabilities through the collaborative promotion, provision and/or pursuit of innovative accommodations and educational services, and interdisciplinary disability research. DRES has made historic strides in interdisciplinary disability research – including wheelchair bus lifts, curb cuts and accessibility standards – many of which resulted from the applied disability research and/or educational outreach of its faculty and staff.
This fall, Governor Quinn and the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs launched Illinois Joining Forces, a new statewide public-private partnership that will improve support for servicemembers, Veterans, and their families. Modeled after the national Joining Forces initiative, IJF is spearheaded by First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden and seeks to increase collaboration and communication among non-profits and public agencies serving Veterans at the local, state and federal levels. Through IJF, participating organizations will work together to address gaps in services for job training and placement, healthcare, education and housing, actively refer veterans and servicemembers in need of assistance and offer better navigation of available resources and service to the public. To learn more about IJF, visit www.IllinoisJoiningForces.org.
For more information about other programs for Illinois veterans and servicemembers, visit www.OperationHomefront.org.
http://www3.illinois.gov/PressReleases/PressReleasesListShow.cfm?RecNum=10778
30 Kasım 2012 Cuma
Mail Order Zombie: Episode 179 - Blood Splatter, Pretty Dead, The Hunger Games, Corman's World & The Americans
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Mail Order Zombie . . . now with TIMECODES! The dust has finally settled after the Dead Letter Awards and we finally washed the vampire smell out of the carpet from last week's Mail Order Vampire fun, it's time to get back to business here at Mail Order Zombie. In Episode #179, we're packing in the reviews when Brother D takes a look at Blood Splatter: A Guide to Cinematic Zombie Violence, Gore and Special Effects by Craig W. Chenery while Silent Death reviews Jake Bible's Dead Letter Award-nominated novel The Americans. On the movie-front, Miss Bren gets dystopian on Brother D with some talk about The Hunger Games (dir. Gary Ross), D reviews the upcoming zombie film Pretty Dead (dir. Benjamin Wilkins), and we use the documentary Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (dir. Alex Stapleton) as a palate cleanser. There are two (count 'em - TWO) contests running right now at Mail Order Zombie, and you'll have to listen to the Feedback Discussion to find out how you can win . . . stuff!
INTRO (00:00)
BLOOD SPLATTER REVIEW (03:24)
CORMAN'S WORLD REVIEW (12:06)
THE HUNGER GAMES DISCUSSION (27:49)
THE AMERICANS REVIEW (1:01:52)
PRETTY DEAD REVIEW (1:09:53)
FEEDBACK (1:30:01)
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Blood Splatter: A Guide to Cinematic Zombie Violence, Gore and Special Effects - http://www.zombiebloodsplatter.com/
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel - http://www.cormansworld.com/
Jake Bible's Brain Squeezin's - http://jakebible.com/
Pretty Dead - http://www.prettydead.com/
heiDESIGN: Marketing and Communications - http://www.heidesign.com.au/
Family Movie Night - http://blog.fmnpodcast.com/
The Takedown MMA Radio - http://www.wix.com/takedownshow/takedown
Ball & Chain - http://show6403.podomatic.com/
BoneBat Film Fest! - http://bonehand.com/bonebatff.html
An Oasis in the Desert - http://www.facebook.com/AnOasisInTheDesert
Parsec Awards - http://www.parsecawards.com/
(Various production music produced by Kevin MacLeod.)
Download Mail Order Zombie #179 here!Mail Order Zombie . . . now with TIMECODES! The dust has finally settled after the Dead Letter Awards and we finally washed the vampire smell out of the carpet from last week's Mail Order Vampire fun, it's time to get back to business here at Mail Order Zombie. In Episode #179, we're packing in the reviews when Brother D takes a look at Blood Splatter: A Guide to Cinematic Zombie Violence, Gore and Special Effects by Craig W. Chenery while Silent Death reviews Jake Bible's Dead Letter Award-nominated novel The Americans. On the movie-front, Miss Bren gets dystopian on Brother D with some talk about The Hunger Games (dir. Gary Ross), D reviews the upcoming zombie film Pretty Dead (dir. Benjamin Wilkins), and we use the documentary Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (dir. Alex Stapleton) as a palate cleanser. There are two (count 'em - TWO) contests running right now at Mail Order Zombie, and you'll have to listen to the Feedback Discussion to find out how you can win . . . stuff!
INTRO (00:00)
BLOOD SPLATTER REVIEW (03:24)
CORMAN'S WORLD REVIEW (12:06)
THE HUNGER GAMES DISCUSSION (27:49)
THE AMERICANS REVIEW (1:01:52)
PRETTY DEAD REVIEW (1:09:53)
FEEDBACK (1:30:01)
Mail Order Zombie Facebook Group - http://tinyurl.com/facebookmoz
Mail Order Zombie Twitter - http://www.mailorderzombie.com/twitter
Email us at MailOrderZombie@gmail.com or call us at 206-202-2505!
Blood Splatter: A Guide to Cinematic Zombie Violence, Gore and Special Effects - http://www.zombiebloodsplatter.com/
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel - http://www.cormansworld.com/
Jake Bible's Brain Squeezin's - http://jakebible.com/
Pretty Dead - http://www.prettydead.com/
heiDESIGN: Marketing and Communications - http://www.heidesign.com.au/
Family Movie Night - http://blog.fmnpodcast.com/
The Takedown MMA Radio - http://www.wix.com/takedownshow/takedown
Ball & Chain - http://show6403.podomatic.com/
BoneBat Film Fest! - http://bonehand.com/bonebatff.html
An Oasis in the Desert - http://www.facebook.com/AnOasisInTheDesert
Parsec Awards - http://www.parsecawards.com/
(Various production music produced by Kevin MacLeod.)
Mail Order Zombie #181 - The Terror Experiment, Feed, Telltale's The Walking Dead, The Collective Volume 3
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Brother D is on pins and non-Euclidean needles as he looks forward to this weekend's H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival & Cthulhu Con, but he's not so distracted that he can't put together Episode 181 of Mail Order Zombie! This time around, he takes a look at the 2012 zombie movie release The Terror Experiment (dir. George Mendeluk). This episode also features Part One of a two-part review of JABB pictures' latest anthology release The Collective, Volume 3. The Mail Order Zombie offers up some reviews of their own when Silent Death reviews the videogame The Walking Dead from Telltale Games, and a review of the Mira Grant's novel Feed comes from Eradication H. In addition to the Lovecraft Film Festival, Brother D will also be attending Crypticon Seattle this month where he'll be a panelist, so he talks about that as well before Miss Bren joins him for this episode's Feedback Discussion. (Brother D would like to formally apologize to the Lifetime television network. He's not entirely sure why, but he feels that he must.)
INTRO (00:00)
FEED (02:15)
THE TERROR EXPERIMENT (08:17)
THE WALKING DEAD (25:52)
THE COLLECTIVE, VOLUME 3 (29:18)
CONVENTION ANNOUNCEMENTS (45:05)
FEEDBACK DISCUSSION (48:37)
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JABB pictures
Simple Studies - Bandcamp
(Various production music produced by Kevin MacLeod.)
Download Mail Order Zombie #181 here!Brother D is on pins and non-Euclidean needles as he looks forward to this weekend's H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival & Cthulhu Con, but he's not so distracted that he can't put together Episode 181 of Mail Order Zombie! This time around, he takes a look at the 2012 zombie movie release The Terror Experiment (dir. George Mendeluk). This episode also features Part One of a two-part review of JABB pictures' latest anthology release The Collective, Volume 3. The Mail Order Zombie offers up some reviews of their own when Silent Death reviews the videogame The Walking Dead from Telltale Games, and a review of the Mira Grant's novel Feed comes from Eradication H. In addition to the Lovecraft Film Festival, Brother D will also be attending Crypticon Seattle this month where he'll be a panelist, so he talks about that as well before Miss Bren joins him for this episode's Feedback Discussion. (Brother D would like to formally apologize to the Lifetime television network. He's not entirely sure why, but he feels that he must.)
INTRO (00:00)
FEED (02:15)
THE TERROR EXPERIMENT (08:17)
THE WALKING DEAD (25:52)
THE COLLECTIVE, VOLUME 3 (29:18)
CONVENTION ANNOUNCEMENTS (45:05)
FEEDBACK DISCUSSION (48:37)
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Simple Studies - Bandcamp
(Various production music produced by Kevin MacLeod.)
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