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B.C. considers approving Rocky Mountain doubles on provincial highways
by Canadian Shipper
VANCOUVER, B.C. — The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Highways is considering an expansion of a program that allows special operating permits for extra-long trucks, otherwise known as Rocky Mountain doubles.
A pilot project was started last summer, permitting eight Rocky Mountain doubles to travel between Kamloops and the Lower Mainland, according to a recent story in the Vancouver Province. These vehicles have two trailers, one long and one shorter, and stretch 31 metres from grille to taillights which is six metres longer than the standard legal maximum in B.C.
There have been no accidents or problems involving the longer trucks, and more of them may be allowed to make the Coquihalla Highway run, Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon has stated. The government may eventually allow the longer trucks to run on other highways in B.C., but won't be permitted on any highways in winter, added Falcon.
The vehicles will not be allowed to carry more weight than standard semi trailers. The double-trailer trucks cut fuel consumption by 30%, and the longer units cut the number of trucks on the road, according to B.C. Trucking Association president, Paul Landry, who approves of the plan because of fuel and personnel efficiency. Landry says the BCTA initially promoted the initial pilot project to the provincial government.
"We put this forward five years ago," Landry told TruckNews.com.
–with files from Vancouver Province
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When Does ICBC'S Cap On "Minor" Injuries Take Effect ?
I have been receiving many calls from current clients and prospective clients who are wondering if they will be affected by the new cap on "minor" injuries that is set to take effect on April 1, 2019.
It has been reported somewhat inaccurately in some newspapers that Plaintiff's counsel have been scrambling to commence legal action prior to April 1, 2019, or that Plaintiffs are trying to get whatever they can get for their current files prior to that time.
To be clear, the cap on "minor" injuries will only affect people injured in accidents on April 1, 2019, or later. People injured in an accident prior to April 1, 2019, will not be affected by the cap on "minor" injuries.
"Minor" injuries are described in Section 101 of Part 7 of the Insurance (Vehicle) Act , and Section 102 confirms that Part 7 applies to an accident occurring on or after April 1, 2019.
The new cap will not automatically be in place for perpetuity. A constitutional challenge will be launched in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, and the losing party there will undoubtedly appeal to the Court of Appeal of British Columbia, with the losing party there likely seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. It thus could be quite a lengthy period of time before it is known whether or not the cap that will take effect on April 1, 2019, will remain law in British Columbia.
Similar legislation introducing a cap on "minor" injuries was struck down in Alberta as being unconstitutional, but this decision was later reversed on appeal, and leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada was denied.
In McKay v. Powell and Seher, the Plaintiff was injured in several motor vehicle collisions, and brought ICBC claims for damages. Experts differed in their specific diagnoses of the Plaintiff, however was what certain was that the Plaintiff suffered injuries that detrimentally affected her life. The Court, in its ruling, showed that what is important is the effects of the injuries on the Plaintiff, more so than trying to attach specific monetary value to a specific diagnosis.
 Clearly the cumulative effects of the three accidents in this case have placed Ms. McKay in a position where she has chronic pain disorder as stated by Dr. Mosewich, regardless of the lack of consensus as to whether there is possibly a thoracic outlet syndrome or fibromyalgia in play. No expert has ventured a specific prognosis as to complete resolution of her symptoms. Dr. Wade holds out a hope that further rehabilitation with exercises will reduce her symptoms while participating in daily activities, recreation and occupation. Dr. Mosewich recommended regular exercise and physiotherapy, but recognized a continuing need for pain modulating medication. If Dr. Apel's diagnosis of fibromyalgia is correct, the plaintiff's condition will wax and wane, but there will be no full recovery.
In Travelbea v. Henrie, the Plaintiff was involved in a motor vehicle accident, and brought an ICBC claim for damages for pain and suffering. The court discussed awards for pain and suffering in the context of athletically active claimants, and the effects that injuries can have on these people, as compared to others who do not fall under such a category.
 Ms. Travelbea's injuries have affected her much more significantly than they would someone whose life did not revolve around the kinds of athletic endeavours she and her husband enjoy. Ms. Travelbea enjoyed training and did it four, five or six days a week. She enjoyed training as much or more than competing. It was in the midst of athletic pursuits that she met her husband. Training was a significant part of their relationship. They trained together and often raced together. It was the focus of much of their social activity. Her ability to train and the level of fitness she was able to sustain as a result was an important aspect of her sense of self worth.
When you have been injured in a motor vehicle accident, and you are in no way to blame, you are entitled to "non-pecuniary" (non-financial) damages, which includes pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, and loss of amenities. As no two ICBC claims are identical in their facts and circumstances, awards for pain and suffering can vary.
The Court will look at many factors in an ICBC claim in deciding how much to award for pain and suffering.
In Parker v Lemmon, the Court, in quoting the Supreme Court of Canada in Lindal, noted the purpose in awarding non-pecuniary damages.
 Perhaps not surprisingly, I find that a proper assessment of the plaintiff's non-pecuniary loss falls between those referenced by the plaintiff and defendant.
In Engqvist v Doyle, the Court disagreed with how the Plaintiff suggested that pain and suffering amounts should be determined. The Court ruled that there cannot be a separate, distinct amount awarded for each particular injury.
In Anderson v Cejka, the Court discussed why it is that people with similar injuries can be awarded different amounts for pain and suffering.
 In my opinion, previously-decided cases, even where there are some similarities with the case at bar, can only assist in establishing a general range of damages which may apply to a particular case. This is because no two plaintiffs will ever be the same in age, previous state of strength and health, occupation and other activities. Moreover, the injuries (or combination of injuries) sustained by one plaintiff will never be the same as those incurred by another, in kind or severity. Additionally, the reaction of any two persons to the pain of a similar injury or to particular treatments will rarely if ever be the same. Other differentiating features may be the apparent length of the recovery period and, if the plaintiff has not recovered, the kind and extent of residual effects remaining from the injury at the time of trial, and whether any of the effects will be permanent.
 I have reviewed the cases cited by counsel, in light of the facts which I have found. Due to significant differences, I see no useful purpose in discussing them. There is no legal formula which can be used to measure the amount of pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life that a plaintiff has experienced as a result of an injury caused by the defendant. In my opinion, the range of damages for non-pecuniary loss in this case is the range suggested by Mr. Dreyer, namely, $15,000 to $25,000.
 The pain suffered by the plaintiff was never serious. He himself consistently described its severity as being one or two on a scale of ten. Within a few months after the accident, the symptoms became intermittent. Eventually, they became few and far between. The plaintiff was never disabled by the pain, to any significant extent. I must be careful not to penalize the plaintiff for being stoical in the face of pain. But I do not find that this is the case here. I award $20,000 for this head of damages.
In Fata v Heinonen, the Court had occasion to discuss the "Golden Years Doctrine".
 There are several factors to take into account in considering Mr. Fata's pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life.
 I have already made the point that the evidence clearly establishes that Mr. Fata lost some of the enjoyment of his job, due to the ongoing injury in his shoulder.
 As well, Mr. Fata testified that he was unable to do all of the activities in retirement that he had planned to do, due to his shoulder injury. The evidence was clear that he was a highly competent handyman and I accept that he would have undertaken several projects around the home in retirement had he not felt the restriction he now feels in his left arm. As well, I accept that he was an avid gardener and that his enjoyment of gardening has been restricted because of the injury in his left shoulder and arm.
 In addition, Mr. Fata hoped to pursue more fly fishing in his retirement; the injury in his left shoulder and arm has diminished his enjoyment of this activity.
 The retirement years are special years for they are at a time in a person's life when he realizes his own mortality. When someone who has always been physically active loses his physical function in these years, the enjoyment of retirement can be severely diminished, with less opportunity to replace these activities with other interests in life. Further, what may be a small loss of function to a younger person who is active in many other ways may be a larger loss to an older person whose activities are already constrained by age. The impact an injury can have on someone who is elderly was recognized in Giles v. Canada (Attorney General),  B.C.J. No. 3212 (S.C.), rev'd on other grounds (1996), 21 B.C.L.R. (3d) 190 (C.A.).
In Collyer v Boon, the Court discussed the kinds of factors that come into play when awarded damages for "non-pecuniary" loss.
 The plaintiff's enjoyment of life has been substantially impacted by his injuries. His intimate relationship with his girlfriend is affected by his back pain, he has become dependent on his narcotic painkillers with attendant side effects, he cannot snowboard with his friends, use of his computer causes him pain in his neck and back, his stamina is reduced and he is occasionally irritable due to his pain.


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Some Abusers Are Getting Awarded Alimony
How an archaic alimony law further victimizes survivors
Talk about adding insult to injury. One night in August 2011, a Virginia man terrorized his wife who was home recuperating from a recent back surgery. He nailed the doors and windows to their bedroom shut, trapping himself and his wife inside. He smashed his wife's cell phone, their home phone and a computer so she couldn't contact anyone for help. For most of the night, he held her captive before ordering her to get into their car with him.
He was driving recklessly when he unbuckled his wife's seatbelt and said, "We are going to die tonight." He pulled off onto a dirt road, got out of the car and approached his wife with a hammer. He swung it at her head but missed. He then abruptly got back in the car and drove them both home.
The man was convicted of domestic assault and battery as well as felony abduction. The government stopped paying him disability, which he had been on up to that night, when he was incarcerated. While in jail, his wife filed for divorce, and it was finalized in 2013.
He promptly filed for alimony—aka, spousal support—and he won.
In 2013, spousal support laws in Virginia didn't require a judge to take domestic violence into account. Spousal support was awarded largely on length of marriage and financial needs.
A Small But Positive Step
Fortunately, all that changed last year. In April, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed into law bill HB668, which states judges must consider domestic violence and sexual assault convictions when determining spousal support.
HB668, which started out as HB2015, was similar to a California law CFC4325, which took effect in 2001. "HB2105 would have prohibited a court from making spousal support award to a spouse who is convicted of certain crimes against the other spouse," explains Jo Carrillo, professor of law at UC Hastings in San Francisco. Unfortunately, the 2015 bill didn't pass. The following year, the legislation was reintroduced as HB668 with slightly different wording.
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"It requires that a judge 'consider' any evidence of domestic violence that may have led to the break-up of a marriage. It passed unanimously," says Carrillo.
In Carrillo's view, HB668 is not as protective as HB2015 would have been. "HB668 doesn't state a general rule that a judge should deny a convicted abuser's petition for spousal support from the survivor. On the other hand, because domestic violence can be physical and nonphysical, HB668 is nevertheless a step in the right direction of giving a survivor the opportunity to talk about domestic violence in relation to financial support issues."
In other words, an abuser demanding alimony may be doing so to continue the cycle of power and control, falling under the umbrella of financial abuse.
"Financial abuse often has tragic consequences for the survivor. The mismanagement of family resources can be a significant way to isolate a person," Carrillo says. "And being ordered to pay an abuser spousal support could put a survivor in even further danger, physically, emotionally and financially."
Not all states have amended their alimony laws to consider domestic violence as a factor. Margaret B. Drew, associate professor of law at the University of Massachusetts School of Law says a number of states—29 as of 2013—do permit fault to be considered in an alimony case and, in those states, "Lawyers would bring up domestic violence." Or at least they should, she says. "The lawyer has to understand the dynamics of domestic violence so they can deflect the victim blaming that happens during the course of a hearing."
If you live in a state that does not yet take into account domestic violence during alimony hearings, consider writing to your state representative, Carrillo advises. "The change in the Virginia law started with a constituent letter."
Whether you're married or not, it can be difficult to gain financial independence after abuse. Check out "Finding Your Financial Footing After Abuse" and learn where to start.
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If I Could Only Get My Hands On . . . Jennifer Lawrence!
I love a complicated heroine. I love a woman with adorable imperfections. I love a woman who can fall big-time and then get up again.
After Sunday night's Oscar ceremonies, I've been obsessed with casting J-Law in one of my plays. Is she Beatrice, the feisty singleton who (sigh) eventually falls in love? Or is she Lavinia, doomed to tragic circumstances but weirdly plucky in her own way? Here's another: Rosalind, tromping through the Forest of Arden, looking adorable in male clothing while being so unthreateningly female in her worship of Orlando?
For any of these characters, I insist that she must do some kind of an endearing pratfall on the stage! That will be like her thing.


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Harbor Point Wines & Spirits debuts in Stamford
Theresa "Terry" Rogers has lived in the Harbor Point neighborhood of Stamford's South End for the past three and a half years. Now, many of her neighbors are becoming her customers, too.
Launched July 12, the opening of Harbor Point Wines & Spirits, at 130 Washington Blvd., fulfills a long-standing goal for Rogers, who also owns Horseneck Wines & Liquors in downtown Greenwich. With her local connections and subject expertise, she is aiming to build a community of connoisseurs with the new establishment.
"From being in the business for 40 years, I'm extremely excited about now being able to be in an area that's probably 70 to 80 percent millennials, who are excited about being taught about wines," Rogers said in an interview last week at the store.
The 1,347-square-foot establishment carries about 300 products. Its wines come from states and countries including California, Oregon, Australia, Argentina, France and Spain. Wines sell from $10 to $150.
"Anything that comes into the store must pass my lips," Rogers said. "If it sells for $15, it has to taste like a $20 wine. I will go through a number of different products, in a variety of categories, in order to come up with that particular wine that I'm going to put on the shelf."
In addition to wines and "brown" and "white" spirits, other offerings include beers produced by Stamford-based Half Full Brewery and Stratford-based Two Roads.
A mural of California's Napa Valley painted by artist Lydia Larson and ceiling work by another artist, Karen Rossi, provide the backdrop.
"We're not a big 'warehouse' of wines," said manager Jerry Gleason. "We have 189 wines on the shelf. It's all curated."
To increase customer engagement, the store is hosting afternoon tastings and weekly classes, as well as initiatives such as a dog-of-the-week feature for patrons with four-legged companions.
Rogers, who lives in the neighboring Infinity apartment building with her husband, said she also wants to collaborate with neighboring restaurants on events such as wine dinners. The store stands yards away from a bustling restaurant row on Harbor Point Road whose lineup includes Sign of the Whale, Boothbay Lobster, Bareburger, Fortina and Mexicue.
Meanwhile, business will continue as usual, at Horseneck Wines & Liquors, which Rogers has owned since 1989.
"I want everybody to feel like they're family here at Harbor Point Wines & Spirits when they come in with their strollers, babies or dogs," Rogers said. "When somebody comes in, they want to see a big smile on our faces, they want to see us happy and they want us to take care of them."
The store's floor-to-ceiling windows have already generated a steady supply of business. Stamford resident Sonya D. Van Norden, who works out at the neighboring Exhale fitness and spa center, followed the store's construction during recent months.
"Now, that they're open, it's a great addition to the neighborhood," Van Norden said during a visit last Thursday. "I've been impressed by their customer service."
Among other recent arrivals in Harbor Point, Coffee Spot opened in April, down the street, at 24 Harbor Point Road. Two months earlier, Mexicue debuted at 15 Harbor Point Road.
Across the street from Mexicue, the owners of Patisserie Salzburg — which has two cafes in Westchester County, N.Y. — plan to open a third location later this year at 2 Harbor Point Road.
Building and Land Technology, the Stamford-based developer that owns Harbor Point Wines & Spirits' building and many of the surrounding buildings, hopes to bring in another restaurant at 18 Harbor Point Road, where World of Beer closed at the beginning of this year.
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Never Too Late: if you missed The IPKat last week
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Home alone (and asleep)Trade MarksLast week, GuestKat Peter Ling offered his farewell post on whether QR codes may be registered as a trade mark. [read post]
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Trade Marks While we are being deprived of the Summer Olympics, Guest Kat Peter Ling looked at the Olympic Games from an IP perspective: Peter follows the possible cancellation for lack of genuine use of the word marks "DE COUBERTIN" and "PIERRE DE COUBERTIN" at the Swiss IPO, with the case currently being under appeal with the Federal Administrative Court. [read post]
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GuestKat Peter Ling reports on this interesting decision.Richard Vary provides a guest contribution, in which he looks into the recent decision of the United States Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit, which overturned a decision issued in December 2017 by Judge Selna in the Central District of California, instead going to a jury trial.Trade MarksGuestKat Léon Dijkman looks at the recent Opinion of Advocate General Bobek in Primart… [read post]
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Views and News from the 8th Journal of Private International Law Conference 2019 in Munich
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DOTS defines two channels: signal and data channels (Figure 1).
channel is further elaborated in [I-D.ietf-dots-signal-channel].
which mitigation may be requested.
limiting unwanted traffic, and permitting white-listed traffic.
such IP prefixes reaching the network.
predictability and automation potential of a schema-driven API.
with 'client-identifier' parameter listing multiple values.
(rate-limit), and to handle fragmented packets (fragments).
to refer more efficiently to the resources under attack (Figure 3).
alias-name:  Name of the alias.
safely ignore Vendor-Specific parameters they don't understand.
server has accepted the alias.
instantiated by the DOTS client.
permitted values are defined in Section 4.8.1 of [RFC8040].
client identified by the 'client-identifier' parameter.
defined in Section 3.5.1 of [RFC8040].
Figure 7 shows an example of a request to delete an alias.
response back to the DOTS client.
configure filtering rules on a DOTS server.
module (Section 4.3 of [I-D.ietf-netmod-acl-model]).
(e.g., IPv4, IPv6).  This is a mandatory attribute.
point format [IEEE.754.1985].  This is an optional attribute.
MUST be returned in the response.
client.  The error-tag "invalid-value" is used in this case.
filtering rules as soon as possible.
as hinted by the presence of the 'client-identifier' parameter.
this registry is provided in Section 8.1.1.
The registry is initially populated with the values in Section 8.1.2.
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Usually I don't prewash my fabric. The only exception: red or black fabric. These ones I test for bleeding. If they bleed, I prewash. I learned how to test from Harriet Hargrave (wherelse?).
This is the manual how to wash my quilts - my quilts as in 'I made them'. I don't take responsibility if you wash any other quilt that way, especially antique quilts!
Buy some colour-catching sheets in your drugstore. Usually there are 10-20 sheets in one package.
but use 3-6 colour-catching-sheets, it depends on the size of the quilt and the intensity of the colours. Don't be afraid to use more, they don't do any harm to the quilt.
Let the wet quilt in the machine and start the 'standard' wash cycle immediately.
a small amount of a very mild detergent. The best detergent is Orvus Paste. Don't use any additional stuff like fabric softener. The quilt doesn't need it!
Whenever you will wash the quilt from now on use colour-catching sheets until they come out of the machine and are still white. From that point on you don't need them any more.
Handle the wet quilt with care, otherwise the seams may break.
The quilt will be wet but not dripping after the gentle cycling.
Lay it flat or spread it over a clotheshorese. Don't hang it on the line (hanging means 'not handling with care').
It will be completely dry within a few hours.
I've heard you can put the wet quilt in a dryer, but I don't own one and never tried it.
You can iron the quilt (two points) - but why bother?
If this comment did help you - please leave a comment. And leave a comment too if you have other suggestions!


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So I have to detect the overlap and calculate the area in green. Suppose I've named the cells as cell 1 and cell 2, with the value of the left side as x1 and value of the right side as x2. The bottom side as y1 and the top side as y2. So this is kind of my code right now, but don't seem to be covering all the parts of it.
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I think I'm missing some conditions, but this looks like a lot of if statements. What would be an ideal way to calculate the areas ?

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We're huge fans of local artist , and were super chuffed to host an exhibition with him (along with another local favourite, Sarah Kelk) earlier in the year.
We're blown away by Stephen's latest body of work, which forms an exhibition entitled 'IN-BETWEEN DAYS' opening in Melbourne this week!
Melbourne artist is a quiet achiever. Though totally chill in person, Stephen is an ambitious and focussed creative. He's also impressively prolific – having already participated in a number of group shows this year, this week he opens a new solo exhibition, entitled 'IN-BETWEEN DAYS'.
Using a restrained palette and working on a larger scale than usual, these latest works represent a turning point in Stephen's practice. Though rendered in his distinctive geometric style, the paintings are more expressive and emotive than we've seen from Stephen before. The human form is a central theme – male and female bodies lounge and interact within an imagined futuristic setting.
In-Between Days opens this Friday November 11th! Advance requests for a catalogue, please email [email protected].


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In Tech on July 29, 2020 - 04:34
Garmin, a Smartware and gadgets maker has temporarily shut down some of its services. It is due to a ransomware attack that took place a couple of days ago. Experts analysis says that the attack has forced its internal server network to encrypted itself along with the production systems as well.
Garmin is now dealing with the issues and trying to recover it. They cannot pause the service for a long as the users of their gadgets will not be able to use the devices. According to tech experts, the official website of Garmin is now under maintenance due to this reason.
Along with the website, Garmin's aviation database also got affected by the ransomware. In addition to that, some of the production lines in Asia are also part of it. The attacker penetrated through ransomware named "WasteLocker". Their intention was to steal user data in the exchange of money.
Several security researchers say that WasteLocker is a new kind of ransomware operated by a group of hackers known as Evil corporation. With the demand of cryptocurrency, the virus locks all the files in the system. But astonishingly, Garmin hasn't said anything about this encryption of their server data.
What Garmin said about it?
The tech giant has spoken very little about it to the public. In their website, they have written about the outage effects of Garmin and Garmin Connect. Gradually, it has also affected the call centers of the tech giant itself. That is why they will not be able to receive any type of calls, messages, and emails.
In addition to that, Garmin also stated that all the user data is intact and no stealing of data took place. Moreover, all the user activity and payment data are also safe and untouched. Garmin is working on the issue to solve this as soon as possible. They are very much eager to bring back the lost situation on track.
User's Point of View
People are facing problems with their Garmin fitness gadgets. People, who are pilots, using flyGarmin cannot download the latest software from the aviation database. The aviation regulators need to get the latest updates for the pilots before they fly. Other customers cannot log-in to the Garmin official database.
As a result, they also cannot access the database and analyze their fitness and health data. Reports say that a few high profile users were the victim. Despite all the consequences, the fitness gadget giant refuses to admit that it was ransomware.


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Category: Data Breach
Archive by Category "Data Breach"
Breach Alert – Dave.com
For those who use Dave.com, this post is for you. It seems that Dave.com is the latest company to suffer a data breach.
More News On Nintendo Breach (June 9th)
On April 24th, we posted that Nintendo had suffered a data breach, affecting 160k users. Today Nintendo has updated that information an more users have been found to have had their data breached. Today's post will go over the updated details from Nintendo.
Nintendo Reporting Unauthorized Login to "Nintendo Network ID"
Nintendo account holders may have seen notifications that their "Nintendo Network ID" or "NNID" has been compromised. Nintendo has now confirmed that approx. 160k user accounts had been breached. Today's post will go over the breach and what you should do.
Hacking Alert: Houseparty App Maybe Involved
Based on the reaction on Twitter from both users of the Houseparty app and the maker of the app, something is just not right at the moment. It's possible that the Houseparty app may have been compromised
Breach Alert – MGM Resorts
For those who stayed on an MGM Resort property previously, you may be included what is known as a data dump. Personal details of over 10.6 million former guests have been exposed.
Alert: Another Day Another Data Breach
Welcome to 2019, and welcome to another data breach. From researcher Troy Hunt, a large set of files were found on a cloud account. The file set included over 87 GB (that would be gigabyte) of data. In the data there was millions of email accounts and passwords. Today's post will cover the data breach and what you can do. …
Alert: Marriott Reporting Breach At Starwoods
Marriott today reported that they have become aware of a breach at their Starwoods brand that goes back to 2014. the Breach could affect up to 500 million customers who used the Starwoods reservations system. Marriott reports that they "recently discovered that an unauthorized party had copied and encrypted information, and took steps towards removing it".
Alert: Dunkin' Donuts Data Breach
If you are a Dunkin Donuts customer, who has a DD Perks reward program account, this matters to you. According to reports, DD Perks has suffered a breach, so depending on how much information you filled in, your data could be compromised.
Teen Phone Monitoring App Compromised (Via ZDNet)
To parents with teenagers, life isn't always easy, and today it seems it just got a bit harder for parents who use the monitoring app Teen Safe. The app Teen Safe allows parents to monitor their child's phone activity, such as call logs, texts,
Data "Incident" – Chili's Bar & Grill
On Saturday (May 12, 2018), Chili's Bar & Grill reported that "some of our Guests payment card information from certain restaurants was compromised". Chili's is calling it a Data "Incident".


Trunks and Coils | TOKEN DREAD GIRL!
Anytime I put my hair up in "Coils" people get a heart attack thinking I cut my hair off! *giggles*. This is a hilarious but totally useful prank that I love to play. It takes approximately an hour to get the 120 locs on my head into these coils. But the after effect is a most desirable one. I get waves and curls everywhere for at least three weeks!
I took a few pictures sporting my coils with some Elephant Trunk Earrings made ByXayLi (me). They were available last year, maybe I'll bring them around again soon!! .
This looks very unique. I have never seen a style like that. It looks really healthy and deep dark, I love it! I like the shape of it too! Very pretty.
Thank you so very much!!! *blushes uncontrollably* thanks for stopping by also!!😊 will def be sure to check out your work!
Love the hair! And amazing eyebrows!!
Lol! Thanks Tiffany! No hair envy needed, your coif is gorg also!
Thanks darling. Love ur kinks also!!!


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I want to run my first android app i'm getting error with Emulator,
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Hawaii Prepares for a Nuclear War with North Korea
Dawn Luger
The island state of Hawaii is on edge as Kim Jong-Un continues to test ballistic missiles on the Korean peninsula. Hawaii has now drawn up plans in the event of a nuclear attack on the islands.
Hawaii's airport alert levels recently went up after an international plot to attack America's airlines was uncovered. But that is just one of many possible scenarios that could strike the Islands. Officials have produced a doomsday survival blueprint which reveals how seriously they are taking threats from tyrant Kim Jong-un about striking the US with a nuclear weapon.
A nuclear strike commissioned by the rogue dictatorship of North Korea is now a likely scenario. However, this is something the state and military have been preparing for, for the past year, yet with the announcement of another ballistic test by Kim Jong-Un, the islands need to make sure their plans will work. The nuclear contingency plans are described as "formidable and critical to the survival of our 1.4 million residents and visitors in the unlikely event of a nuclear detonation." This includes "reviewing existing procedures for mass casualty and fatality management" and reviewing nuclear fallout shelters, sirens, and other warning systems. The plans also include "conducting in-service training for key staff regarding weapons effects." Hawaii's nuclear response plan had not been updated since the height of the cold war in 1985.
The doomsday plans come amid fears North Korean intercontinental ballistic missiles are now capable of reaching American owned Hawaii. Alaska and the west coast of America, including California, are also under threat.
The announcement of these nuclear strike survival plans come not long after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test of a new ballistic missile controlled by a precision guidance system and ordered the development of more powerful strategic weapons, the North's official KCNA news agency reported on Tuesday. Kim said the reclusive state would continue to develop more powerful weapons in multiple phases in accordance with its timetable to "defend North Korea against the United States." Analysis of the launch by South Korea and the US confirmed the secretive and tyrannical state now had enough power and technology to hit Hawaii.
Only Hawaii and Los Angeles appear to be in the immediate range of a North Korean nuke as of right now, but America's missile defense system on the Pacific island is still in dire need of improvement, according to US Admiral Harry Harris.
Although it is still unclear whether the missile defense system in place would be adequate to stop an attack from North Korea, as of now, the islands do think they are under enough of a threat to need a contingency plan in case they do suffer a nuclear attack. It certainly feels like we are on the precipice of WW3.
Dawn Luger is a staff writer and reporter for The Daily Sheeple. Wake the flock up – follow Dawn's work at our Facebook or Twitter.
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I've moved all of my work notes to a local jekyll instance to make them more maintainable and searchable. One of the things I needed (wanted) to do, was to tag each article with the codebase, this would've taken a while manually, but with some vim-fu it becomes very simple.
conveniently the prefix of the codebase (en, hyp, dar etc…) is already in the filename which makes it even simpler.
Then using the argdo command coupled with normal I can work my magic.
argdo executes a command on everything in the arglist (in our case that is every file with -en- in the filename).
normal ggotags: enterprise tells us to go to the top of the file, insert a line beneath the cursor and literally type out "tags: enterprise".
Once that is done, save all of the changes and bask in your tagged posts.


The FabLife Gait Belt with Safety Quick Release Buckle is a very easy and effective aid to use while lifting or transferring people with limited mobility. The safety quick release plastic buckle is great to use for patients that need to be frequently moved, or in clinics where care is given to multiple patients. The buckle features a cover plate which adds security and prevents the buckle from an accidental release. Caregivers are often recommended to use gait belts to help transfer patients, as lifting them up from under the arms can be straining for the caregiver and the patient. For the caregiver, a gait belt is a back-saving device as it decreases the risk of back injury and prevents strain.
To use easily place the belt around the person you need to move, secure the buckle in place and you're all set to move the person. Gait belts make it easier to move patients from place to place, whether it be from the wheelchair to their bed, chair, couch, car seat or bathroom. They are also great to reposition people as they sit and hold patients up as they walk, if they are too weak to walk on their own. The use of a gait belt provides the patient needed support and reduces risk of a damaging fall. Gait belts are best to use for cooperative people who can partially walk on their own. They are great to help care for people post surgery, but be wary of using belts with people who have had recent abdominal or back surgery.
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The Great Wall of China is a 13,000-mile dragon of earth and stone that winds its way through the countryside of China. As it turns out, the wall's history is almost as long and serpentine as its structure. Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen detail the building and subsequent decay of this massive, impressive wall.
Interested in Qin Shi Huang's role in combining the smaller walls in China into the Great Wall? Watch: Deconstructing History: The Great Wall of China. Qin Shi Huang was also famous for the construction of his army of Terracotta Warriors. Learn more from this TED-Ed Lesson: The incredible history of China's terracotta warriors.
What does the Great Wall of China look like? To answer this question, watch these two National Geographic videos: The Great Wall of China and Building The Great Wall.
Having so many visitors to the Great Wall has caused parts of it to crumble and need repairs. Read this article to find out what is being done to preserve this amazing structure. Would you love to visit China and amble along the landscape of the Great Wall? Check out: Hiking the Great Wall to learn about how you too could go trek along this amazing structure.
How well can you see the Great Wall from space? Read this Scientific American article and find out! Finally test your knowledge of the building of the wall with this interactive site! How did you do?
What purpose has the Great Wall held throughout Chinese past and present?


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The Birds of Peru's Coastal Desert
March 4, 2013 by a Guest 7 Comments
Alfredo Begazo grew up with Peruvian Meadowlarks and Marvelous Spatuletails, and was used to waking up to the morning choruses of Pacific Doves in Lima, Peru. He now wakes up to the choruses of Northern Cardinals and Northern Mockingbirds in sunny Vero Beach, Florida. Alfredo, an experienced birder in Peru and well-rounded naturalist, founded a birding and nature eco-travel company, known as Surbound Expeditions (Sur=Spanish for south). We look forward to more contributions from Alfredo and his colleagues!
Like the color of the soil on which they live: The birds of Peru's coastal Desert.
When thinking of birding overseas, Peru is in almost everyone's to-do list. The mention of birding in Peru evokes a vision of lots of brightly colored and bizarre tropical birds. Parrots and macaws on a clay lick, cotingas, manakins, tanagers, and hummingbirds come to mind when thinking of tropical birds. However, there are many birds that aren't as brightly colored, or perhaps not as prominent on target lists, because of their modest looks. An example is the set of birds living in the coastal desert of Peru. Some of these birds are endemic, rare, regionally restricted and even threatened. These are the characteristics that generally elevate a species higher in a birder's wish list, but often times this is not the case. These are the birds that inhabit the largely lifeless coastal desert of Peru.
Coastal river flanked by coastal desert. Photo: Alfredo Begazo
The richness of birds in Peru stems from its ecological and geographical diversity. The coastal desert is a unique ecosystem, supporting birds adapted to life in these harsh conditions. These birds exploit the scarce and often ephemeral food resources. Generally, they resemble the colors of soil in which they live. In fact, most of the native birds of Peru's coastal desert have a range of shades between brown and black, and not in the bright colors that we associate with Tropical Birds.
Coastal Miner, a Peruvian endemic, nicely blends in the habitat it lives. Photo: Juan Chalco
It is unlikely these birds are going to make it to an advertisement brochure, or be featured in a bird calendar. However, they have incredible natural histories; and more importantly, they are relatively easy to find in the open country they live in. As one drives along the barren coast of Peru, the only form of life are sporadic small brown birds that fly away from the road and back into the desert. Those would be Coastal Miners, which rely largely on insects; in fact, there has to be insects living in the Miners' habitat to keep them alive.
The widely spaced, and often seasonal rivers coming down the western Andes give life to grasses and sparse vegetation. This is the habitat favored by Croaking Ground-Dove, Short-tailed Field Tyrants, Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant, and Yellowish Pipits.
Yellowish Pipit (left) and Short-tailed Field-Tyrant inhabit the short grass habitats and agricultural fields along the Peruvian Coastal Desert. Photos: Alfredo Begazo.
A walk through this land may wake up a family group of Peruvian Thick-knees crouched on their day roost, or flush a flock of Least Seedsnipes taking advantage of the seasonal seed production. Thick-knees will walk away as you approach them, but will only fly if approached too fast. Least Seedsnipes are nomads of the coastal desert, where they track down ephemeral sources of food.
Peruvian Thick-Knees are often hard to detect as they remain motionless in a depression on the ground. Photo: Enrique Kindleman.
Colors of the desert remain well represented in birds inhabiting the Riparian Scrub along the coastal rivers. You can say these are true LBJs (little brown jobs). Take for instance White-crested Elaenia, Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, Blue-Black Grassquit, Chestnut-throated, Parrot-billed, and Drab-seedeaters, and the Slender-billed Finch.
The handsome Slender-billed Finch is restricted coastal habitats from central Peru to Northern Chile. Photo: Juan Chalco.
They may be a little dull, but these birds were my inspiration growing up; that's all I knew and enjoyed before I saw my first Masked Trogon from the top of a moving truck, driving down the eastern Andes. I was so awed that I continued to stare at it until I was no longer able to see it and the truck continued down the road. The burst of color I saw that day opened up a whole new, amazing world of birds to me.
Chestnut-throated Seedeaters are also nomadic as most birds that depend on seeds. Males like this shown in this photo, can be rare in some places and abundant in others. Photo: Juan Redhead.
Having gone birding in just about every corner of Peru and its neighboring countries, I always make sure to set aside time for birding in the coastal habitats, whenever I am in Peru. Knowing these birds' sounds allows me to quickly know who is there, and who is not. I grew up there, so every time I visit that magical place, the nostalgic songs and calls always give the feeling of being greeted by old friends.
Southern Beardless Tyrannulet is a staple species along the coast of Peru where it can be easily detected by its sweet whistling song. Photo: Juan Redhead.
Thanks to Mike and the folks at 10,000 Birds for the opportunity to share stuff about the birds of Peru, my wintering grounds.
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Pat ODonnell March 6, 2013 at 9:33 am
Hi Alfredo! Nice to see such a nice post about Peruvian coastal birds. I have many nice memories from birding that stark coastal habitat. Do the Southern Beardless Tyrannulets in coastal Peru typically appear as pale as is shown in the photo?
Alfredo Begazo March 6, 2013 at 9:12 pm
Hi Pat!! It's been a while. Are you living in Costa Rica? or back in States.
Glad you like this post on Coastal birds. Yes, this bird was photographed in coastal Peru and the there is no color cast to this photo. This form is widespread along coastal Peru and the Maranon Valley. The more distinctive for Camptostoma obsoletum olivaceum is restricted to north east Peru. Quite likely a separate species. They are phenotipically different and have a very different song.
I hope all is well! Un abrazo.
John Dent March 7, 2013 at 3:56 pm
Nice note and photos Al! I hope to see more stuff from you here.
Louisette March 10, 2013 at 7:29 am
Wonderfull article and birds this counrty
Alfredo Begazo March 10, 2013 at 7:34 pm
Thank you Louisette. I am glad you liked it!
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Frightful Films
Where there is no imagination there is no horror. – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Scary Movies" is the name of my one year ago today column, but it's about the interaction between porn and escorting; I did do a short piece on vampire sex workers as part of October Miscellanea, but since I really love horror movies, I think we're long overdue for a discussion of them. Before we start I should mention that slasher flicks aren't horror; yes, I know that video stores stock them with horror and movie companies often stamp "horror" on the boxes, but that's about as valid an argument as "the sex offender registry is not a criminal penalty because it is housed in an administrative agency, not in a court office or in an agency charged with carrying out punishment." Slashers are actually more closely related to porn than horror; both genres grew out of the exploitation films of the 1950s, which featured both gratuitous sex and gratuitous violence. Those in turn were essentially cinematic Grand Guignol, whereas true horror began as filmed "ghost stories"; the former are theatrical, while the latter are literary. Expressed another way, slasher films are designed to shock the body via intense imagery, whereas horror intends to shock the mind via terrifying ideas. Of course some movies encompass elements of both; Alien (1979) and the original A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) come to mind, as does Prince of Darkness (discussed below). But for me, that's always an uneasy mix which only a masterful director can pull off.
The four "scary movies" I remember most strongly from early childhood are The Birds (1963), The Blob (1958), Gargoyles (1972) and It Came from Outer Space (1953); considering that three of these are considered classics and I can still recognize the horror in them (though it's outweighed by silliness in The Blob), I think it's fair to say that I had pretty discerning tastes from at least the age of six. After discovering the Hammer, Amicus and American International libraries I realized I would enjoy almost anything with Vincent Price, Christopher Lee or Peter Cushing, then about age 12 I inherited my great-grandmother's ancient Motorola cabinet set, just in time for the debut of a local Friday-night series playing all the old Universal horror classics I had read about but never seen; soon Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Claude Rains joined their successors in my estimation.
When I was 17, a new local TV station signed on the air; it played the syndicated Movie Macabre series (hosted by Elvira) at 8 PM Saturday and followed it with FOUR other horror movies for an all-night fright-fest I watched religiously every week; if a boy wanted to spend Saturday night with me, he had to understand there would be no hanky-panky unless one of the movies was crap. And some certainly were, but a lot of others weren't, and by the time their programming changed a few years later I had probably seen as many horror movies as it was possible for anyone my age to have seen in those pre-home-video days. By then I noticed a common thread in everything that really affected me; though I might enjoy a film or story for other reasons, the ones that actually succeeded in scaring me (and there weren't many) were always those in which the phenomena were unexplained. The more a movie or tale explains the scary goings-on, the more of a handle is provided for my rational mind and the farther the pre-rational monkey-brain recedes into the darkness. But if the events are sufficiently mysterious, unpredictable, bizarre and inexplicable, my reason is confounded and the naked savage within is stripped of her defense against terror, helpless in the face of the primeval Unknown. If I find myself jumping at shadows after a movie, I consider it a good one. And if it actually disturbed my sleep, it's on the list below (arranged in reverse chronological order). Some of these aren't as scary the second time, but all feature images, concepts or implications which burned themselves into my brain and will never, ever go away.
1) The Ring (2002) Some say the Japanese-language original, Ringu, is better, but I think the subtitles would distract me from those horrible, incomprehensible images on the cursed videotape. The most horrifying aspect is the absolutely motiveless malignancy of the villain.
2) The Woman in Black (1989) An extremely atmospheric, spine-tingling story of a malevolent ghost who haunts a small English seaside town. This British TV movie is extremely difficult for Americans or Australians to get ahold of, but well worth the trouble; some scenes are literally terrifying.
3) Prince of Darkness (1987) Would have been a better film without the gratuitous gore and a few silly moments which ruin the atmosphere for some, but the ideas strongly affected me and what seemed a throwaway bit of mood-building eventually gave birth to a revelation that poisoned my sleep for days.
4) The Shining (1980) Stanley Kubrick's masterful manipulation of the spinal nerves yields some of the scariest scenes ever committed to celluloid, but the most terrifying moments of this intensely claustrophobic film are not the most obvious ones.
5) Phantasm (1979) is a very strange, disconcerting look at a young teenage boy's psyche using fairly conventional horror-movie elements in an original and bizarre fashion. The existence of inane sequels does nothing to rob the original of any of its power to frighten.
6) Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) A made-for-TV creepfest directed by John Newland (of One Step Beyond fame) which expertly plays with childhood fears of nasty, dark little places and nasty, dark little creatures that get people.
7) The Exorcist (1973) Floating beds and floating images, scenes that couldn't be filmed today and moments of pure chaos utterly horrified audiences in 1973; try to forget about the satires and see it as though for the first time. Often imitated but never equaled.
8 ) Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) This film dares to begin with the last scene, and it doesn't remove one iota of the suspense. A creepy old town, a maybe-crazy woman and a maybe-vampire keep the viewer's skin crawling.
9) The Haunting (1963) Robert Wise directed this classic and still-terrifying adaptation of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, in which psychic researchers investigate a house that was "born bad".
10) Curse of the Demon (1957) Very subdued, very atmospheric and very, very scary. Even the eventual on-screen appearance of the demon does not ruin this film's understated creepiness.
As I said, though, I can enjoy a horror film even if I'm not really frightened by it; here are my ten favorite horror movies (excluding those on the list above), also listed reverse-chronologically:
1) The Thing (1982) As faithful an adaptation of John W. Campbell's masterful "Who Goes There?" as one could wish for; the Antarctic setting, the Lovecraftian monster, the escalating paranoia, and the knowledge that even one fragment of the invader could doom the whole world…brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
2) Theater of Blood (1973) This isn't scary at all; in fact it's more black humor than horror. Vincent Price and Diana Rigg ham it up in a lesser-known companion piece to The Abominable Dr. Phibes. I also dearly love Roger Corman's The Raven (1963), but that doesn't even pretend to be horror despite the presence of Price, Karloff, Peter Lorre, Hazel Court and a very young Jack Nicholson.
3) The Wicker Man (1973) See "New Film Reviews".
4) Horror Express (1972) Christopher Lee (in a rare heroic role) and Peter Cushing battle a horrible monster (which is much more than it seems) on the Trans-Siberian Express in 1906. Deserves to be much better known.
5) Quatermass and the Pit (AKA Five Million Years To Earth) (1967) The third and finest of the Quatermass series; British science fiction often has undertones of horror, but in this little gem it isn't content to stay an undertone. Has a similar flavor to the best Dr. Who episodes, but without the humor.
6) Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) The best of the Amicus anthology titles, with five stories connected by a frame. Lee and Cushing lead an excellent cast for good creepy British horror fun.
7) The Night Walker (1964) Barbara Stanwyck is a woman whose dreams become so real she can't tell them from reality…and then they turn into nightmares. William Castle's magnum opus, written by Robert Bloch and featuring a fantastic harpsichord-based score by Vic Mizzy (who composed the Addams Family theme just afterward).
8) The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) One of the rare sequels which surpasses the original, and that one is an all-time classic. If you haven't seen this movie since childhood, watch it again. Trust me.
9) The Black Cat (1934) Lugosi is the tragic hero and Karloff the devil-worshipping villain in one of my favorite movies of any genre; this is the greatest of the Karloff/Lugosi collaborations and arguably the best of the Universal horror classics. It's spooky, creepy, pre-code sexy and extremely memorable.
10) The Mummy (1932) Unlike the title character in later mummy movies, Karloff's character is not just a robot; he's an evil sorcerer who returns from the dead to find his lost love. There are some genuinely frightening moments and an ending which could never have been filmed once the Hays code took effect in the summer of '34.
Pleasant dreams, dear readers.
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on October 28, 2011 at 10:34 am | Reply guinevereschampion
Well, Maggie, we have different taste but like the genre.. Slasher movies try to create terror. Horror movies exploit, well, horror. For me there is a short line between the two. Watching someone sharpen a knife while you lay there helpless is terrifying.. Stumbling across the mangled body of your friend in what you thought was an empty house is horrifying.
I review horror films for a local access cable TV program. I recently saw one of the best movies ever just weeks ago, "After. Life" starring Christina Ricci and Liam Neeson. There is almost no blood in it and no stacks of corpses, only a mounting sense that something dreadful is going on. It's already in the 5,000 top movies in the Internet Movie Database.
on November 3, 2014 at 10:58 am | Reply ltsmerglia
I think that movie is considered action/thriller not a horror flick. So next would be to define horror vs. thriller.
on October 28, 2011 at 11:01 am | Reply TheDudesAreEmerging
If you haven't already done so I would go and see The Woman in Black on stage as I'm reliably informed that it is feckin' terrifying as The Woman has been known to appear somewhere in the audience!
Problem is with The Thing is had it not been released the same time as E.T it would have gotten more time in the limelight.
on October 28, 2011 at 12:12 pm | Reply Krulac
When I was a kid, like 6 or 7 I think – and this would have been in the late '60's …
There was TV Movie … and I think it was in multiple parts … and … I thought the name of it was "Ghost Story".
That movie terrified me for weeks and some of those images still haunt my dreams.
It was about a New England home that was haunted by a woman … it turns out – that woman was actually hanged in that house in the early Colonial days because she stole a … loaf of bread.
The way she looked … and the way she would suddenly appear – scared the shit out of me. You just knew she was EVIL incarnate – until the end where you learned she was really a victim. Soo … you went through the movie hating her … and at the end you were forced to change your opinion.
I have NEVER been able to find this movie again. I'd love to watch it again – because my memory is so "fuzzy" about it. I've searched on the internet – and I can't find it, maybe I have the name of it wrong … or maybe I have it right and I'm the only individual on the planet who was impressed by it – so it's lost to history … I don't know.
I have never seen "Woman in Black" – but the way you describe it – THAT is the general feeling and atmosphere of the movie I'm talking about.
But … thanks for this walk down memory lane Maggie – you have a lot of my favorites on this list – all of them in fact – since I can't think of a single one I'd add to your list except the one I can't find anymore!
on October 28, 2011 at 7:52 pm | Reply Maggie McNeill
Oh, dear, I'm afraid I don't know that movie at all! Have you tried posting on IMDb? Someone might recognize the plot and be able to give you the name.
Oh no! I didn't think you'd actually know the name of that movie! 😛
That movie is LOST to history I'm sure! I was just relaying the story about it because I saw it so early in my life – remember only the horrific parts of it – and it still scares me to this day!
on October 30, 2011 at 1:20 am | Reply Sailor Barsoom
I'd love to be able to say, "Oh that's easy, Krulac! The name of your movie is…" and give you the name.
But if you read that sentence, you know I can't. I'll ask around a couple places, but don't hold your breath.
on October 28, 2011 at 12:54 pm | Reply Franklin Harris (@grandmofhelsing)
Wonderful list. I've spent all month watching films in my AIP/Hammer/Amicus library, with some Mario Bava and Dario Argento's "Suspiria" thrown in for good measure. You don't mention Bava, but I suspect you would love his films, assuming you haven't seen them, especially "Black Sunday" with Barbara Steele and "Black Sabbath," an Amicus-style anthology with Boris Karloff in one of the tales and the framing sequence.
Thank you, Franklin! I've seen a number of Argento films, and I think I've seen Black Sunday but it was a long time ago. Tonight we're re-watching The Black Cat; my husband doesn't remember ever seeing it before.
on October 28, 2011 at 2:04 pm | Reply KHorn
Given your tastes, you might want to check out of few other British offerings. One is Ghostwatch, which was a made for television offering from the 90s that used actual TV personalities playing themselves on a show that was investigating an alleged haunting. It was styled after an actual crime recreation show called Crimewatch. Rumor (or should I say Rumour) has it that many viewers thought the happenings on the show were real. Also, you might check out the Stone Tape, another TV film but from the 70s written by Nigel Kneale of Quartermass fame. It actually started the idea that hauntings could be impressions of past events recorded in the place where they occurred. The few special effects or iffy, but the atmosphere is great. Lastly a low budget movie called The Bunker. While it involves Germans and WWII it is not the one about Hitler's last days. It's about a group of German soldiers who escape an ambush and end up in a bunker on top of tunnels used to store ammunition guarded by a WWI vet called back to the colors and a teenage draftee. As the old guy says, no one likes to be in the tunnels. Don't be turned off by the stupid DVD cover with its SS zombies, as Monty Python would say, they'd be aptly named as not appearing in this film.
Stone Tape sounds right up my alley. Thank you!
on October 28, 2011 at 2:51 pm | Reply aspasialibertine
I'm with you on the slasher films. They don't gross me out so much as amuse me. The gore tends to be so over the top, it's difficult for me to have the "appropriate" reaction. But those movies that combine both slasher and horror elements, as you point out, are excellent, eg. Aliens. We have a similar appreciation for horror films. I have this thing about watching things that keep me up at night.
I thought I would be distracted by subtitles too, but I wasn't. That said, if you can try to do that Maggie, then I highly suggest many of the Japanese, Korean, and Thai horror films: Ringu (as you mentioned), Ju-On, The Host (Korean), and Shutter (Thai). Shutter made me paranoid about neck pain and that's all I'll say.
Horror Express can be found on Hulu.com for those interested in seeing it. I watched that movie for the first time last year and really enjoyed it. I'm also a fan of both Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, which is how I came across it.
But outside of movies, Doctor Who takes the weekly serial horror cake.
Ju-On is The Grudge, right? Is the Japanese original better? Because the American version is ruined literally before the opening credits by an explanation of exactly why everything happens. WTF? What genius thought of that?
Our Halloween night movie this year is going to be Paranormal Activity, which was recommended to me a while back by regular reader Kaiju0; I bought a copy at my favorite used-media store today. 🙂
Yes, Ju-On is The Grudge and the original is definitely better. The typical Korean and Japanese films like to do the big reveal toward the end, it's quite the climax. I refused to see the American version because I heard from another friend who has similar tastes that the spirit of the story, if you will, was lost in translation: the reveal at the beginning. I would recommend watching Ju-On even if you saw The Grudge because I think there is enough difference in the way the story is told to be able to view them as two separate movies that just happen to have some similarities. There are still parts of Ju-On that make me jump even though I've seen the movie five times.
I just watched another Korean film courtesy of YouTube called The Evil Twin and everything doesn't truly come together until the very end but the rest of the time you're guessing. Excellent storytelling. The viewer actually sees one of the pivotal moments at the beginning but you don't get it until the movie comes full circle and you're like, "Oh..wait, so that means… Oh… OH!!!" 🙂
I haven't seen Paranormal Activity yet so I'm envious that you're watching it for Halloween night! Maybe I'll find a copy of it before then. A pretty good American horror film, in my opinion, is The Messengers. I've also heard good things about Drag Me To Hell, so I'll check that out.
For some reason, most scary movies don't scare me all that much. I saw "The Exorcist" twice back in the day, the first time I laughed at it, the second time I saw it I was tripping on acid.
So I read your other "scary movies" column. You're so right about the "not shot in one take" thing. Also, guys need to understand that some of the stuff takes a bit pf preparation. DAP? Fine, but I need some advance warning. Don't just suddenly try to go there.
I specialized in the PSE type of session, and so had more than my share of clients who had ideas beyond their capabilities. Some were almost funny.
Different people react differently. Any movie in which I can understand clearly what's going on doesn't have a chance of scaring me, even if I enjoy it as a film.
on October 29, 2011 at 1:43 am | Reply Ornithorhynchus
I generally stay away from modern horror movies. I can't stand gore at all (I can tolerate it in war movies sometimes, but that's about it). I think the most recent horror film I've seen was Bram Stoker's Dracula.
I really loved the old ones when I was a kid, though. I haven't seen any in a while. I saw King Kong and a couple of Wolfman movies a few years ago, but I haven't seen much in a long time.
I remember liking The Black Cat when I was a kid, but I can't remember anything about it, except that it had both Karloff and Lugosi. (I thought that was a pretty big deal, having both of them together.)
It's interesting how you said subtitles might distract you from enjoying the movie. When I saw Werner Herzog's Nosferatu (I still haven't seen the original), I purposely chose the subtitled version, because I figured it would be spookier in Deutsch. (It was filmed in both English and Deutsch, so neither version is dubbed.)
The movie that terrified me the most wasn't even scary. It was a bad movie from the '80s called The Stuff. I made the mistake of watching it on TV when I was getting sick, so by the time I fell asleep with a fever that night, I had terrible nightmares about it. Those nightmares stuck in my head and I had occasional recurring dreams about it for well over a decade.
on October 29, 2011 at 5:09 am | Reply n/a
The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre has some fine moments that are not much like anything else on film. One is surprised they were captured at all.
The Exorcist remains the greatest of all horror films. "Can you spare a dime for an old altar boy, father?" 😉
You have *superb* taste in horror. Have you seen much by Jean Rollin? He is the most genuinely strange of all directors; see:
1. The Grapes of Death
He's famous for his vampire films but they're the least of it.
Buio Omega is a great film. Fulci's Zombie is even better.
Halloween is my favorite film — more for the beauty of its pastoral than its scares. The perfect movie.
on October 29, 2011 at 8:29 am | Reply Maggie McNeill
You have *superb* taste in horror.
Thank you kindly, sir! 🙂
How did I forget Alucarda?
I think you'll *love* it. Unforgettable.
on October 29, 2011 at 8:12 am | Reply kaiju0
Ah, the most wonderful time of the year…not X-Mas, but Halloween!
When the best movies come out to play.
On my watch list this weekend –
The People Vs George Lucas (okay, not horror…but still terrifying to think that Han didn't shoot first- shame on you Lucas!)
and if I can get to the theater – Paranormal Activity 3.
So to dreams filled with Ingrid Pitt, Barbara Steele and Elvira…Happy Halloween to you all.
on October 29, 2011 at 1:57 pm | Reply Imnoangel
That's a comprehensive list, Maggie, and my taste marches with yours. My particular favourites are The Black Cat, Quartermass & the Pit (though this was much scarier when shown in weekly episodes on TV!), The Wicker Man, The Haunting, The Woman in Black and The Ring.
I'd also add Sixth Sense (1999) and The Others (2001), both of which I found extremely scary and unsettling.
Laura and I need to have a "Horror Weekend" sometime. She did show me Ju-on some years back. Creeeepy.
But I was utterly unable to take The Exorcist seriously. Laura showed me that, too, when I told her that I'd never seen it. I pretty much did a MST3K riff the whole movie. It didn't scare me, and it wasn't even that entertaining, except to poke fun at. Maybe I'd heard too much about it, seen too many clips on TV, heard too many jokes, etc.
Rosemary's Baby worked a lot better for me. The demonic rape scene was lacking in tentacles, but other than that…
I once had a dream (late 1980s) that combined elements of A Nightmare on Elm Street with The Lord of the Rings. Think about that.
I can't enjoy most slashers. I do want to see Cherry Falls simply because it reverses the usual stupid erotiphobic storyline: in Cherry Falls, it's the teenagers who don't have sex that get slashed.
There have been a couple of ghost stories that are really not horror that I've enjoyed: The Canterville Ghost (1944), which is a comedy and stars Margaret O'Brien in a wonderful performance. Apparently it's been remade over a dozen times! The other is Child of Glass (1978), a more dramatic TV movie for children in which a child on one side of the grave seeks help from a child on the other. Takes place in New Orleans, Maggie. 😉
on August 29, 2014 at 3:25 pm | Reply G. B. Marian
Don't know if you've already seen it or not, but if you enjoy Doctor Who, you might enjoy Halloween III: Season of the Witch. If you haven't seen it, don't be fooled by the title; it's not a slasher film, but something more like "The Wicker Man" meets "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." Here's a review I wrote about it for your convenience:
http://gbmarian.wordpress.com/2013/07/09/halloween-iii-season-of-the-witch-1982/
BTW, this is a great site!
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on November 1, 2014 at 2:13 pm | Reply earwaxdissertation
I remember Gore Vidal mentioning in his autobio how as a young boy, he was mesmerized by a scene in The Mummy, so much so Vidal would venture into screenwriting (ex. Ben Hur, 1959 version) as one of his professions. Great post.
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on November 1, 2014 at 3:33 pm | Reply madblog
"Ghost story" with Alice Krige, Melvin Douglas and I forget who else.
on November 1, 2014 at 3:35 pm | Reply Stuart M. Perkins
Huge list, love it!
Vampyr, The Innocents with Deborah Kerr, and my very favorite, Carnival of Souls.
Also, I prefer the 1950's version of The Thing. Excellent all-around film!
on November 1, 2014 at 7:30 pm | Reply awax1217
Curse of the Demon is a favorite of mine. Well done and actually spooky.
on November 2, 2014 at 1:12 am | Reply edzhole
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on November 2, 2014 at 10:42 am | Reply Kathy Simmons
Above all others, frightful to me is the genre of movie evoking psychological terror. Two examples that stay with me to this day…"Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?" starring the iconic Betty Davis, truly terrifying in her madness aimed at her invalid sister Blanche played by Joan Crawford and "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte" starring Olivia De Havilland. Both films were featured during a fabulous movie series known as the "4:30 Movie" which I recall watching after school during the late 1960's. Frightful to me always involves madness. Another movie "Bad Ronald" terrorized me as well, featuring an unhinged young man who remained living in the wall of his home after his parents died, unbeknownst to the new owners. When Ronald crashed through the wall into the unsuspecting teenage girl's bedroom at the end of the film I was forever traumatized.
on November 2, 2014 at 11:08 am | Reply mirrorgirl
I would also put "the ring" on the top.
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on November 2, 2014 at 3:24 pm | Reply Chaz' blogs
Nightmare on Elm Street will always be my favorite! Great post as you have informed me of a couple of movies that I was unaware of.
on November 2, 2014 at 6:34 pm | Reply topgamecheats
nice collection, Prince of Darkness is one of my favorites.
on November 2, 2014 at 10:22 pm | Reply MG
I've convinced myself the way to get over my fear of scary movies is to watch them. This looks like a superb list. Here goes nothing!
on November 12, 2014 at 8:49 pm | Reply Sailor Barsoom
A legitimate goal, I must say. Best of luck.
on November 2, 2014 at 11:50 pm | Reply NicoLite Великий
I think in principle you could add the Terminator franchise to the horror genre. I know plenty of people who distrust or outright fear computers, and what might become of them once they achieve consciousness, because of it…
on November 3, 2014 at 2:34 am | Reply Tulio Silva
Ever heard of "Funny Games" directed by Michael Haneke?… pretty disturbing stuff…
on November 3, 2014 at 7:17 am | Reply FindingLaura
I don't even watch anything scary but I think you just made me want to… Good read!
on November 3, 2014 at 9:05 am | Reply ravensmarch
Those are magnificent lists (most are in the list my wife and I share under the heading "Infinite repeat watching allowed"). Also, this line…
"Expressed another way, slasher films are designed to shock the body via intense imagery, whereas horror intends to shock the mind via terrifying ideas"
…is one of the best distillations of the functional difference between those genre as I've seen.
I've been wracking my mind for recommendations, but all I can offer is the warning that later Paranormal Activity films delve into the squalor of explanation (3 and The Marked Ones definitely to be avoided), and a hesistant pointing in the direction of Cursed– not the US-made werewolf film, but a Japanese movie about a convenience store which dare not speak its name. The effects are occasionally on the goofy side, but for the sense of looking inside a crazy person's thoughts it's hard to beat. I'll also mention that the major functional difference between Ju-On and The Grudge is that the original is arranged in a non-linear narrative, which makes what little explanation comes along (I don't think it's a fatal amount, for the purposes of horror) that much harder to grasp.
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on November 3, 2014 at 10:02 pm | Reply mikemcfoto
To date, The Ring is by far the scariest film I've ever seen. I was in college at the time, and my three roommates and I made it a priority not to see any of the previews or read any reviews about the film. Wow. It might be the only movie I watched in a theater and wanted to leave. I was scared out of my pants.
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My girlfriend can't watch horror films which is crap because I'm not going to be anti-social. I haven't seen one for ages. I must watch some of these. The wicker man did scare the bejaysus out of me though!
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on November 5, 2014 at 4:17 pm | Reply kijhyana
I love watching scary movies!!!!
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on November 7, 2014 at 3:12 am | Reply linguistmonk
The horror genre is super popular. I personally don't understand the fun in scarying yourself so much so that you can't even sleep.
on November 7, 2014 at 3:38 am | Reply ghostlydaisies
One of my favourite horrors is The Woman in Black (1989). The latest one is good also but I prefer the original.
on November 7, 2014 at 8:55 am | Reply tariun
Oh nice!!! Its made me scare!!!
on November 7, 2014 at 10:19 am | Reply jonontopic
I grew up with horror. As a kid I remember watching the Nightmare movies and the terror that I felt watching Halloween (specifically the scene with the coat hanger). Not a single movie has scared me more than The Shining though. As a kid, simply saying "red rum" would terrify me. Even as I write this I still feel a bit of a tingle.
I love that you also made a list of the classics. "The Bride of Frankenstein" is also one of my favorites, and I agree that it is better than the original. I am a little let down that Night of the Living Dead wasn't on your list though.
on November 7, 2014 at 3:27 pm | Reply itsjess
I wish I had come across this article last month! I may just have to have a post-halloween marathon. 🙂
on November 7, 2014 at 4:36 pm | Reply amsabh
I saw that picture in the Encyclopedia Horrifica!!!
on November 11, 2014 at 2:34 pm | Reply sunbystar
I have to have a lot of imagination! I am not able to see a complete horror film with opened eyes! -I cried out loud when I saw Scary Movie… Yes, the parody saga…
But I love frightful film!
on November 11, 2014 at 3:41 pm | Reply elizabethazure
Some people react differently on scary movies. It might not be thrilling to some people and maybe to others it's very frightful!
To some people it can be scary and to most it might not be.
on November 12, 2014 at 5:12 pm | Reply neilbertuk
The Thing, oh yes, oh yes
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on November 17, 2014 at 10:39 am | Reply carmeng8
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on November 21, 2014 at 2:56 pm | Reply Emily
This is a really interesting post, and I'm glad I found it on Freshly Pressed. Following you from now on!
on December 3, 2014 at 4:29 pm | Reply marekwmsdn
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on December 17, 2014 at 4:17 am | Reply Sophie Ashwood
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on December 24, 2014 at 3:39 am | Reply mynuttydubai
I'm also a HUGE horror / thriller fan – an early memory that I have when I was about 10 years old is begging my father to let me watch Silver Bullet, again and again and again.
I've not watched most of the movies you've mentioned above so will be getting myself comfortable on the couch for a good old fright-fest!
I once entered a competition where the prize was to watch The Exorcist (original version, re-released after being banned), alone in a movie-theatre! I didn't win unfortunately but came in the "runners up" group and got to watch it in a movie house with only 9 other people, all of us scattered around the cinema. Brilliant!
on January 3, 2015 at 4:02 pm | Reply gemsonkat
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one of my top pick genres 😱😨🙈👻
on March 26, 2015 at 11:49 am | Reply Dhiancarlo Miranda
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Um texto bacana sobre filmes de terror e a imaginação que deve haver neles.
"Alien" did it for me, because the best horror works by "evidence of things unseen" and the original film was a masterwork
Another good one that hasnt been mentioned is the awesome (but also science fictioney) "Event Horizon" (Sam Niell, et.al.)
And you forgot "The Fog" by John Carpenter too. 😈
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