Calling All Survivalists for Real Production!

I just received this from James Holden. Please check it out and add your comments. 

Hi Carol!

This is James, the Casting Associate on the Survival Live project. We would greatly appreciate you posting about our show on your blog. Everything we have put out in text and image format is public information. I appreciate you double checking. I look forward to receiving applications from your fans. Here is a text only version. 

 NOW CASTING

TRUE SURVIVALISTS!

BBC Worldwide Productions and the network that brought you ‘Dual Survival’ and ‘Deadliest Catch’ are casting a unique, exciting, never before imagined survivalist series.

We are going big and looking for the best of the best — we are interested only in those who have the proven skills to last hour-to-hour, day-to-day, and week-to-week in an unforgiving, unpredictable, and untamed environment in one of the most remote parts of the world.

We are looking for a cast of individuals with varied backgrounds, from Boy Scouts to preppers, botanists to ex-military, medics, scientists, engineers, hunters and gatherers, and everything in between. You must be strong in character, quick thinking, highly competitive, methodical, resourceful and strategic.

This is not survival light!  The mental strength and physical ability to persevere in the remote wilds of an unfamiliar territory WILL BE REQUIRED. You will be tested in a 24/7 live and interactive TV format, where viewers will be able to track your progress—and your failures.  We are only interested in the real deal—casual weekend campers and reality show wannabes need not apply.   

We challenge you to survive 42 days in the wild, relying on nothing but your skills, your smarts, and your will to survive.

Copy/Paste to Apply!

https://www.formstack.com/forms/SurvivingLive-application

_______________________________ 

Respectfully, 

James Holden

"The way to find a needle in a haystack is to sit down."

- Beryl Markham, West with the Night

478.973.4331 | jholdencasting@gmail.com

  

Warning-Opening Email Constitutes Signature

I've posted before about my dispute over a fraudulent charge  concerning shipping my car from Alaska
I thought American Auto Transport would actually do something. No, the port is the place to go, directly. Wrightway at 101 Whitney, in Anchorage, is the company you want to deal with.

In spite of canceling American Auto Transport's services, the fact they sent me an email demanding a signature, and it opened on my computer, American Express said that verified my consent to the ridiculous charge of $200 for what a phone call. I never signed a thing!

As you may imagine, after an exhausting eight months trying to present my side of the case, the manager finally told me that on a certain date, the email opened on my computer, never mind the fact it may have even opened when I checked my spam. This, according to American Express' manger, constituted a signature.

Outrageous!

Never never never open an email from any company, even if it doesn't have an attachment. 

Bottom line, I cut up my American Express credit card, canceled my 12 year relationship with them and will try to always shop local and use cash. They no longer protect me from fraud, I no longer use them.

Master Card, Visa, Discover....are you listening? I'm yours now.

Awesome Survival Plant

This plant, the bunchberry, of the Dogwood family, grows abundantly on the private island here in Maine. After researching it, I tasted the berries and leaves. As Samuel Thayer says in his book, Natures' Garden, A guide to Identifying, Harvesting and Preparing Edible Wild Plants, the berries are very mild. I can see using them, as he suggests, to cook a sauce, make jelly, or even utilize in a wild fruit salad. The only caveat, there is a tiny seed in each berry.

However, this isn't a problem if you cook and strain, or sieve like applesauce, a whole pot of berries.

Unfortunately, I did not see where Thayer details if the leaves are edible or inedible. I tasted one and found it quite mild as well and so arrived at a tentative conclusion that the leaf would make a great garden salad in a survival situation.

Further testing under survival conditions would include adding a few leaves, at intervals and wait for any adverse effects. 

In the interest of saving labor, and therefor calories, I try to harvest as much of the wild plant as possible, not just the leaves, or not just the berries, or not just the root.