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Torture Retold: How The 'Hooded Men' Case Has Come Back Under The Spotlight
Fr. Sean Mc Manus arrived in the United States on October 2, 1972.
One of his first missions was to convince America that the British Government was torturing political prisoners in Northern Ireland… The Brits branded him a terrorist, a progandist for the IRA, etc., etc.
Now 42 years later, articles like this one are accepted as common knowledge .
Torture retold: how the 'Hooded Men' case has come back under the spotlight Rita O'Reilly. Irish Times. Thursday, June 12, 2014. It was January 31st, 1972, the day after Bloody Sunday. The head of the army department in the British Ministry of Defence, John M Parkin wrote to the Chief of Staff, Northern Ireland, Brigadier Marston Tickell, seeking the facts on more than 100 allegations of torture and inhuman and degrading treatment of internees included in Ireland v United Kingdom, the first full-blown inter-state case under the European Convention on Human Rights, lodged a month earlier by the Irish Government before the European Commission on Human Rights. "Perhaps I should mention that material needs to be presented with complete frankness and that nothing should be withheld. You may of course take it that this is to permit our lawyers to determine the best line of defence and not for reporting to the Commission", he wrote. His letter was stamped 'Confidential'. "We must provide everything possible to the Attorney General in his defence of our cause. The Security Forces will be on international trial, and we must do everything possible to minimise the risk of losing this battle in the propaganda war." That night, the Prime Minister Ted Heath invoked that phrase again with the then serving Lord Chief Justice, John Widgery when commissioning his now infamous Bloody Sunday inquiry. Britain was "fighting not only a military war, but also a propaganda war", he said. Four days later, on February 4th, 1972, Heath met Lord Widgery's predecessor, Hubert Parker. Lord Parker was about to submit a Privy Counsellors' report into interrogation techniques that had led to the torture allegations in Strasbourg, the 'five techniques' of sensory deprivation: hooding; 'white noise'; wall-standing in stress positions; and sleep, food and water deprivation. Heath had commissioned the report after public outcry and unwelcome scrutiny from Amnesty International over the treatment of, in particular, 14 so-called 'Hooded Men', arrested and removed by helicopter to a secret location and for days subjected to the combined use of the techniques. An initial inquiry by a civil servant, Sir Edmund Compton, had been roundly dismissed as a whitewash. On November 18th, 1971, Heath had privately met Lord Parker to discuss a fresh inquiry. Dismissing Amnesty as "a disreputable organisation" Heath sought a report as soon as possible, as "large numbers of persons on the wanted list were now being detained and it was not possible to foresee how soon the time would come when Ministers had to consider whether they would authorise further interrogation in depth." When they met again on February 4th, Lord Parker's conclusion was that there was no reason to rule out what Britain called 'interrogation in depth' on moral grounds and that it was possible to operate the five techniques "in a manner consistent with the highest standards of society". There was a problem. In a minority report, the Labour peer Gerald Gardiner had found the techniques illegal. Former Lord Chief Justice Parker told the prime minister that Lord Gardiner, "had taken the purist view that no Government minister could ever give authority for something to be done that was against the law." The above quotes, taken from the official documentary record – private British government papers held in the British National Archives in Kew – are a sample of thousands the RTÉ Investigations Unit examined for The Torture Files programme broadcast last week. Some still partially redacted, others revealing themselves from a sea of files released since 2002, like truth dropping slow. Many more unseen, and more still retained beyond their due date. Together they amount to just what was committed to paper. But the pattern and extent of their revelations amount to a lot: a compelling case that torture was sanctioned by the government of a democratic European state against citizens. The RTÉ Investigations Unit revealed one document that sums up the case to be answered – a letter from the Home Secretary Merlyn Rees to his Prime Minister James Callaghan on March 31st, 1977 solemnly stating: "It is my view (confirmed by Brian Faulkner before his death) that the decision to use methods of torture in Northern Ireland in 1971/72 was taken by Ministers, in particular Lord Carrington, then Secretary of State for Defence". "If at any time methods of torture are used in Northern Ireland contrary to the view of the Government of the day I would agree that individual policemen or soldiers should be prosecuted or disciplined; but in the particular circumstances of 1971/72 a political decision was taken." RTÉ Investigations Unit put it to Lord Carrington that he had authorised interrogation techniques later found to be torture by the European Commission on Human Rights. We also put it to him and to the UK government that he had been part of a collective government and inter-departmental attempt to deliberately withhold and fail to disclose relevant information to the Commission that had a direct bearing on matters before it. In a statement, the British government said it did not seek to defend the use of the interrogation techniques but it had not been provided with any evidence to substantiate the allegations made about the way its case was presented to the European Commission of Human Rights. In a letter sent on his behalf, Lord Carrington, now 94, said he had nothing to add to that statement. At the time of the Rees letter, the government of which Rees and Callaghan were a part was still fighting the torture allegations before the European Court of Human Rights. Rees sent his letter after the attorney general Samuel Silkin held secret talks with his Irish counterpart Declan Costello in London on March 23rd, 1977 at which Costello again pressed the case for prosecution of soldiers and RUC men involved in the interrogations. In 1976, the European Commission on Human Rights had issued an opinion finding the interrogations were torture and Ireland had then referred the case up to the European Court of Human Rights for a full court judgment. Just a month before the Rees letter, Mr Silkin had told the court that prosecutions against individual soldiers or policemen could not launched due to lack of evidence. From the start, Ireland had argued that the torture was not just a case of bad apples and nor was the blame for it confined to lower or middle ranks of the army and RUC. Under Liam Cosgrave's administration, the arguments of the new Attorney General Declan Costello were persuasive before the Human Rights Commission. After one particularly bad day on October 2nd, 1973, Prime Minister Heath instructed his attorney general to "throw the book at the Irish Attorney General, with brass binding on the corners". In December 1973, the Irish government conceded to the Commission that it was not making allegations against individual UK ministers, but it continued to insist the torture was an administrative practice. And from 1974, when Samuel Silkin took over as the UK's AG, he in turn continued to deny that. What the archives reveal is a pattern, not just showing that ministers of Heath's Tory administration sanctioned the use of the torture techniques with the apparent approval of the prime minister himself, but that two successive Labour administrations perpetuated its cover-up. As early as 1972, Britain knew not only that what it had sanctioned was illegal, but that if the Hooded Men pursued their civil claims, senior ministers could be subpoenaed and made liable to conspiracy charges. To protect them, successive prime ministers personally sanctioned out-of-court settlements, including with some men Britain believed were active members of the IRA. As an October 1974 memo from the then head of the army department put it: "The basic position remains as it was before. That is, because of the possibility that conspiracy may be proved against those others involved, every effort must be made to continue to prevent the cases coming into court." In Europe, Britain declined to call any direct evidence on the use of the five techniques. It instructed its witnesses not to answer any questions about in-depth interrogation. Among the witnesses was the GOC Northern Ireland, General Harry Tuzo, who gave evidence at a special informal hearing in London that Ireland's representatives were not allowed to attend. From all that, of course: consequences, consequences. As Prof Robert Daly, the eminent psychiatrist who was an expert witness for the Irish state told RTÉ, all the Hooded Men were already showing signs of lasting psychiatric or physical damage arising out of their ordeal when he examined them at the time. Some developed cancers and other serious illnesses. Yet, relying on what was then before it, in 1978 the European Court of Human Rights overturned the Commission's opinion of torture and instead found inhuman and degrading treatment. "A special stigma" was reserved for torture, it said, and the five techniques "did not occasion suffering of the particular intensity and cruelty implied by the word torture". The consequences of that went beyond Ireland. First President George W Bush's attorney general's office cited Ireland v UKto allow "an aggressive interpretation as to what amounts to torture" in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay. Then the UK's armed forces in Iraq ignored the solemn undertaking given by its attorney general to Europe that a ban on the five techniques introduced by Heath would remain in place. In the UK, determining how far up the chain the decision to use torture methods in Iraq was taken is still the subject of controversy and court action. Again, Britain denies the practice was either systematic, sanctioned or an administrative one. The Ministry of Defence explanation to one public inquiry was that the ban on the five techniques got 'lost'. Last month, however, the International Criminal Court at the Hague formally launched a preliminary investigation into a complaint brought by Public Interest Lawyers UK and the Berlin-based European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) into alleged torture by UK armed forces of 412 people in Iraq, including use of the techniques. It is the first time the ICC has opened an investigation into a Western state. In Ireland, Attorney General Maire Whelan had, prior to the revelations of last week's RTÉ programme, rejected earlier approaches to get Ireland to apply to the European Court of Human Rights to revisit its judgment in light of newly discovered facts. Solicitors for the Hooded Men and the Pat Finucane Centre are now considering their options, including a fresh approach to her. The Department of Foreign Affairs has sought the new material revealed on RTÉ last week. International law is clear, there is an absolute prohibition on torture. Human rights demand that the consequences of Ireland v UK are not ignored by either Britain or Ireland. The European Commission on Human Rights and Court of Human Rights records are closed for 75 years. The RTÉ Investigations Unit was declined access. The Pat Finucane Centre, however, found hundreds of documents at the British National Archives, and we found hundreds more. Researchers formerly based at the Irish Centre for Human Rights in NUIG also gave RTÉ access to thousands more records- over 30 gigabytes of raw archive – and we examined 1970s documents released to two of the UK public inquiries into Iraqi torture cases. Full public access to complete archives, currently topical in the context of Ireland's past, is vital. In the UK, weeding and retention of archives by government departments has been exposed in recent years, both in the High Court in London and in the media. Cover up is not containable. The past keeps pouring out. Rita O'Reilly is a reporter with RTÉ Investigations Unit. The Torture Files is available for worldwide viewing on http://www.rte.ie/news/player/prime-time/2014/0604/ © 2014 irishtimes.com


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# Contributing to PCL

Please take a moment to review this document in order to make the contribution
process easy and effective for everyone involved.

Following these guidelines helps to communicate that you respect the time of
the developers managing and developing this open source project. In return,
they should reciprocate that respect in addressing your issue or assessing
patches and features.

## Using the issue tracker

The [issue tracker](https://github.com/PointCloudLibrary/pcl/issues) is
the preferred channel for submitting [pull requests](#pull-requests) and
[bug reports](#bugs), but please respect the following
restrictions:

* Please **do not** use the issue tracker for personal support requests (use
  [mailing list](http://www.pcl-users.org/)).

* Please **do not** derail or troll issues. Keep the discussion on topic and
  respect the opinions of others.

## Pull requests

Good pull requests - patches, improvements, new features - are a fantastic
help. They should remain focused in scope and avoid containing unrelated
commits.

**Please ask first** before embarking on any significant pull request (e.g.
implementing features, refactoring code), otherwise you risk spending a lot of
time working on something that the project's developers might not want to merge
into the project. Please read the [tutorial on writing a new PCL class](http://pointclouds.org/documentation/tutorials/writing_new_classes.php#writing-new-classes) if you want to contribute a
brand new feature.

If you are new to Git, GitHub, or contributing to an open-source project, you
may want to consult the [step-by-step guide on preparing and submitting a pull request](https://github.com/PointCloudLibrary/pcl/wiki/A-step-by-step-guide-on-preparing-and-submitting-a-pull-request).

### Checklist

Please use the following checklist to make sure that your contribution is well
prepared for merging into PCL:

1. Source code adheres to the coding conventions described in [PCL Style Guide](http://pointclouds.org/documentation/advanced/pcl_style_guide.php).
   But if you modify existing code, do not change/fix style in the lines that
   are not related to your contribution.

2. Commit history is tidy (no merge commits, commits are [squashed](http://davidwalsh.name/squash-commits-git)
   into logical units).

3. Each contributed file has a [license](#license) text on top.

## Bug reports

A bug is a _demonstrable problem_ that is caused by the code in the repository.
Good bug reports are extremely helpful - thank you!

Guidelines for bug reports:

1. **Check if the issue has been reported** — use GitHub issue search and
   mailing list archive search.

2. **Check if the issue has been fixed** — try to reproduce it using the
   latest `master` branch in the repository.

3. **Isolate the problem** — ideally create a reduced test
   case.

A good bug report shouldn't leave others needing to chase you up for more
information. Please try to be as detailed as possible in your report. What is
your environment? What steps will reproduce the issue? What would you expect to
be the outcome? All these details will help people to fix any potential bugs.

Example:

> Short and descriptive example bug report title
>
> A summary of the issue and the OS environment in which it occurs. If
> suitable, include the steps required to reproduce the bug.
>
> 1. This is the first step
> 2. This is the second step
> 3. Further steps, etc.
>
> Any other information you want to share that is relevant to the issue being
> reported. This might include the lines of code that you have identified as
> causing the bug, and potential solutions (and your opinions on their
> merits).

## License

PCL is 100% [BSD licensed](LICENSE.txt), and by submitting a patch, you agree to
allow Open Perception, Inc. to license your work under the terms of the BSD
License. The corpus of the license should be inserted as a C++ comment on top
of each `.h` and `.cpp` file:

```cpp

```

Please note that if the academic institution or company you are affiliated with
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All-Star rosters were revealed Tuesday. The game will be played Jan. 29 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The game format will again be a 3-on-3 tournament featuring a team from each of the NHL's four divisions. The Pacific Division won last year.
Tavares is making his fourth All-Star appearance. He leads the Islanders with 27 points and is second in goals (11) and assists (16).
McDonagh will be playing in his second All-Star Game after making his debut last season. The defenseman and team captain leads the Rangers in assists (23) and power-play points (nine).
In his first season with the Devils, Hall is tied with Travis Zajac for the team lead in points (25) despite missing 10 games due to injury. He has nine goals and 16 assists.
It will be Hall's second All-Star appearance. He represented the Pacific Division as an Edmonton Oiler last season.
Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby, Edmonton's Connor McDavid, Nashville's P.K. Subban and Montreal's Carey Price were chosen by fans to be captains of their respective teams.


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Term used to describe the ratio between the smallest and largest possible values of a changeable quantity, frequently encountered in imaging or recorded sound. Dynamic range is another way of stating the maximum signal-to-noise ratio. To use sound as the example, this is the ratio of the loudest (undistorted) signal to that of the quietest (discernible) signal in a system as expressed in decibels (dB).
In images and sound recordings, the range that can be captured by a camera or microphone is more restricted than what might be perceived by a human who is standing at the location of that camera or microphone. Although humans can not experience the extremes of a given scale at a single viewing or listening, a human can see objects in dim starlight or in bright sunlight: a dynamic range of about 90 dB. A human is capable of hearing anything from a quiet murmur in a soundproofed room to the sound of the loudest rock concer: a dynamic range of more than 100dB, i.e., a multi-million-times difference in sound energy.


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World Cup - the Most "Social" Event Ever
World Cup – the Most "Social" Event Ever
June 30, 2014 by Carolyn Strum
I dare you to go anywhere on social media and find a place where the World Cup isn't being talked about. It's everywhere, and it's blowing past events out of the water. During the tournament's first week (June 12-18), a total of 141 million people commented about, "liked" or shared posts on Facebook about the world cup, generating 459 million interactions. For some perspective, that's more interactions about the World Cup than the Sochi Olympics, Super Bowl, and Academy Awards COMBINED.
Facebook has taken major notice of the impact the World Cup has had on site engagements.
"Sporting events always drive a massive amount of conversation on Facebook, but what we've seen so far during the World Cup has been extraordinary," a Facebook spokesman said in an e-mail, according to CNN.
"Facebook and the World Cup are both fundamentally global, and we knew that Facebook would become a global, mobile stadium where people connect and engage during the tournament. It turned out to be a unique moment for us, and one that has seen the highest level of conversation for any event Facebook has ever measured."
The World Cup is taking over, and it doesn't stop at Facebook. According to Twitter data, there were 8 million total tweets about the USA/Portugal match alone. This one match clearly doesn't compare to the 24.9 million tweets during this year's Super Bowl. But the World Cup as a whole, with its tournament structure and massive international appeal, has quickly become the biggest social media event ever – and it's only getting bigger.
This has created a vast array of opportunities for brands and marketers to engage in World Cup conversation, and not just on Facebook and Twitter.
Google has seen its YouTube ad views surge. When YouTube released stats on June 19th, they reported 590 million views on World Cup ads, resulting in 1.2 billion minutes watched – more than four times that of advertising's major event, the Super Bowl.
It's obvious that the first World Cup of the social media era has already left its mark. With the Round of 16 underway, prepare yourself for what is sure to be an ongoing wave of social World Cup madness.

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First of all, I should explain how I implemented the Google CSE on my Drupal 6 site. I want users to have the option to use the Drupal search engine if they don't find what they want in the Google CSE results. But to reduce load on the server, I want to discourage users from using the Drupal search engine by default. So to encourage users to use Google first, I want the Google CSE search box visible on all pages. The Google search results should be integrated into the section of the page where site content usually appears, and the left column should still appear as it does on any other page. But to make the Drupal search option discoverable, I want the Drupal search box to appear on the same page as the Google results. The search URL on my site is simply /search.
Or if the user uses the Google CSE box in the upper part of the left column on any page, he will first see Google results, with the option of searching again with the Drupal engine right from the Google results page.
In order to put the Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) search box on all pages and display the results in another page, open the CSE settings page and click on the specific CSE you want to configure. Under the Look and Feel options, use the options.
The important option is the one that says Two page under the section Choose a layout. This will give you two separate code blocks— one for the search box and the other for the search results section. Next, click the Save & Get Code button.
The resulting page will contain two chunks of code for the search box and the search results respectively. There are two text fields that should be filled in. The first field says: Specify the url in your site where you want the search results to appear. I put http://example.com/search. The second field says Specify the query parameter name embedded in the url. This would appear to be the solution to the issue that will be discussed in the next section, but at the time of writing this option doesn't seem to do anything. At any rate, I changed the default value from q to as_q. Hit the Save Changes button, keep the page open in a tab, and open the Drupal admin page in another tab.
The easiest way to accomplish the desired setup in Drupal is with blocks. That way we avoid adding the hassle of adding code to the Drupal theme template files. There are Drupal modules for adding Google CSE to a site, but I prefer to avoid the complexity of using extra modules wherever possible.
First of all, create a new block in the region where you want the Google CSE search box to appear. I want the search block to appear on all pages, but if you want to exclude it from some pages you can do so in the Page specific visibility settings section of the Drupal block settings. Also make sure that the input format for the Block body field is set to Full HTML or PHP Code, so that none of the code we are going to add gets filtered out. In the Block body field, add the chunk of code for the search box that was generated in the Google CSE settings.
Finally, in order for the results code to work correctly, there is a surprising error in the Google code that needs to be fixed. This error is especially evident with Firefox, which refuses to show search results with the default results code provided by Google.
The parenthesis highlighted in yellow are out of place, and because of this error Firefox won't show search results. So they should be removed. Many thanks to this thread on the Google Product Forums for noticing this; I never would have figured this out otherwise.
And that's that. Users can now benefit from the uncannily fast and accurate results of a Google Custom Search Engine without hammering the server… at least not my server! And if they want to use the onboard Drupal search engine, that option is also clearly presented to them. I hope these tips will aid Drupal users in working around the Page not found error by modifying the Google generated code. Thanks again to Servertastic.com for the tip.


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Q: Passing base64 string using c# string variable. Error: Index was outside the bounds of the array Still A Newbie.
I would like to replace the long Base64 string with a variable but keep getting error: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
Scenario: I am retrieving the full base64 string from SQL database e.g data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
I then split the string for the section that I want that is after the ','.
    public SqlDataReader reader;
    public String ClientSigImg;
    public String ClientSigImg1;

    ClientSigImg = reader[0].ToString();
    ClientSigImg1 = ClientSigImg.Split(',')[1];

So the above base64 string changes on user input and instead of manual input like below
    string base64 = @"R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7"
    byte[] imageBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(base64);

I would like to replace that long string with:
    string base64 = @""+ ClientSigImg1 +"";
    byte[] imageBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(base64);

A: It looks as though:
ClientSigImg = reader[0].ToString();

Is NOT returning a string with a comma in it (please debug and confirm). This means that you will see the error you are describing when this line of code runs:
ClientSigImg1 = ClientSigImg.Split(',')[1];

This is because index 1 will not exist. So, check that you are actually getting the correct data returned from your query.
In addition, once your query does return the correct data you can tidy your code and simply use:
byte[] imageBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(ClientSigImg1);

That is because:
string base64 = @""+ ClientSigImg1 +"";

Doesn't actually do anything other than add empty string before and after your string, hence, doesn't add anything!

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OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 29, 2009) - Continuing poor weather conditions have forced Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, and her husband Jean-Daniel Lafond to cancel their visit to the community of Pangnirtung, in Nunavut today.
The visit to Pangnirtung will be postponed to Sunday, May 31, 2009, if weather conditions improve. Due to the planned visit to Pangnirtung, the presentation of vice-regal awards and decorations in Iqaluit will now take place at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 31.
The Governor General will attend the opening dinner of the three-day Annual Lieutenant-Governors' Conference to be held this year in Iqaluit. Workshops and activities involving the Iqaluit community are planned until Sunday, May 31, 2009.
Their Excellencies will attend the LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium. The Governor General will deliver a speech. The guest speaker is Ms. Sheila Watt-Cloutier, C.M., and the first recipient of the Governor General's Northern Medal. This event will be broadcast live on IsumaTV at www.isuma.tv.
The LaFontaine-Baldwin Lecture, founded by John Ralston Saul in 2000, is one of the most prominent lecture series on issues concerning the public good in Canada. The symposium brings Canadians together to discuss and debate the future shape of Canada's civic culture. For the first time in its history, the event will be held in Canada's North.
Their Excellencies will meet with the Honourable Eva Aariak, Premier of Nunavut.
PHOTO OP - At the beginning of the meeting.
JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT - The Governor General and the Premier will deliver statements to the press following their meeting.
Their Excellencies will host a discussion with youth, emerging artists and civic leaders to explore the ways in which the arts and culture in the North are being used to address social issues and empower youth.The event will be moderated by Ms. Sylvia Cloutier and will include hip hop performances by local groups.
In the presence of the lieutenant-governors and commissioners of Canada, the Governor General will honour five individuals who have contributed tremendously towards their respective communities.
Mrs. Beth McKenty, who has dedicated her life to helping young people cope with hardship through artistic expression, will receive the Governor General's Caring Canadian Award. The award recognizes Canadians for unpaid voluntary activities, most often behind the scenes at the community level.
A Medal of Bravery will be presented to Mr. Jeffrey Hopkins. The Decorations for Bravery honour those who risk their lives to save or protect the lives of others. The following is Mr. Hopkins' citation.
The Governor General's Academic Medal will be presented to Ms. Lucy Idlout, who graduated in 2008 from the Nunavut Arctic College's hairstylist program. The Governor General's Academic Medal was first awarded by the Earl of Dufferin in 1873. It is one of the most prestigious educational awards in Canada.
Mr. Leonard Weiss, Iqaluit Airport Fire Chief, will receive the Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal for his 27 years of service. The Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal recognizes 20 years of service or more. This Medal recognizes those who have dedicated themselves to preserving Canada's public safety through exemplary service.
Finally, Her Excellency will present a 30-year clasp to Chief Superintendent Martin Cheliak, Commanding Officer, ."V" Division in Nunavut. The clasp will be added to the RCMP Long Service Medal he received after 20 years of service. This year marks the 75th anniversary of this medal, which was created by King George V in 1934.
Upon their arrival, Their Excellencies and Marie-Eden will be welcomed by Canadian Rangers.
Their Excellencies and Marie-Eden will meet with members of the community of Pangnirtung. The exact location is still to be confirmed.
A news release will be published on Sunday to confirm details on the arrival time of Their Excellencies in Kuujjuaq, Quebec.


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Q: Term for "Free to play" Videogame that Isn't Free What is a term for a videogame that, while labeled "Free to Play", is impossible (or extremely slow/tedious) to progress in without spending money on in-game content?
Edit:  Freemium is a decent answer, but I'm looking for something with more of a negative connotation.
To further elaborate, an example of the type of game I'm thinking of might be an MMORPG that, without purchasing a special stat boosting potion for real world money, requires an excessive/unrealistic amount of grinding/leveling in order to progress through the game.

A: I would propose something along the lines of crippleware, which describes software that is free to use but has some vital features that are disabled as an incentive to get the complete version.
I would propose games that do this could perhaps be cripplegames or grindware since advancement requires excessive grinding for dreadfully tiny game currency rewards in order to upgrade to an implausibly lofty trade-in price.

A: A Freemium is a general term and a business model that refers to a product that is offered free of charge while a micropayment is charged for users to access premium features and virtual goods. Quoted from Wikipedia:

A freemium is a business model by which a product or service (typically a digital offering such as software, media, games or web services) is provided free of charge, but a premium is charged for advanced features, functionality, or virtual goods. The word "freemium" is a portmanteau combining the two aspects of the business model: "free" and "premium".

A: As @Theo mentioned, game companies like to refer to a business model built around buying usability extras for a "free" game as "Freemium".
However, in the situation where the game doesn't really allow a player to make a competitive showing without purchasing stuff, we gamers call it Pay-to-Win (sometimes abbreviated as P2W). The name is always used derisively, so I doubt you'll ever hear a company adopt it in their game marketing.

A: A generic term for this form of inducement is come-on (noun).

Something offered to allure or attract; an inducement, especially to buy. (
  American Heritage Dictionary)
(slang) inducement, lure (Dictionary.com)
something (as an advertising promotion) intended to entice or allure (Merriam-Webster)

Synonyms include "allurement", "bait", "enticement", "siren song", "temptation".
A come-on is generally interpreted as a deceptive technique, and has the negative connotation that you are looking for.


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Irate Gatundu villagers finger woman over husband's death, burn down their family home
By Mathew Ndungu, K24 Digital
On Fri, 24 Sep, 2021 17:34 | 2 mins read
Using bare hands, the irked residents collapsed the 3-bedroom house and a kitchen in protest of John Gatonye's brutal murder. PHOTO/MATHEW NDUNG'U
Shock has gripped Ndonyero village at Igegania in Gatundu North constituency after irate residents burnt a house to protest death of a man believed to have been killed by his kin.
Using bare hands, the irked residents collapsed the 3-bedroom house and a kitchen in protest of John Gatonye's brutal murder allegedly by his wife and son.
Gatonye is reported to have died while receiving treatment at Thika hospital after his wife and son allegedly beat him using a sharp object causing him grave injuries.
The trio are said to have been embroiled in a longstanding 4-acre land tussle that reportedly saw son and mother conspire with another person (not from the family) to grab it.
Residents stated that the said wife and son had earlier trumped-up assault charges against the deceased resulting in him being jailed for a year.
Less than a month after his release from jail, Gatonye is reported to have quarrelled with his wife and son over domestic feuds, a squabble that left him with serious stomach injuries.
According to Monica Wandia, a member of the family, the land in question purportedly belongs to the deceased father who she said was also similarly murdered by unknown persons over the same parcel.
"They started by jailing the man and less than a month after his release from jail, they beat him using a sharp object causing his death. We are angry and tired of this death," Wandia noted.
While the two murder suspects went underground, police officers from Kamwangi police division today visited the family to gather intelligence about the crime.
Furious locals led by Alice Wanjiku vowed to excommunicate the two from the village to avert more harm to their family members, neighbours.
Speaking after protesting over the heinous murder, the locals called on the government to promptly intervene and resolve the land question for tranquillity in the village.
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Dr. Leaf Jiang founded NODAR in 2018 based on his 20+ years of experience building optoelectronic systems at MIT and MIT Lincoln Lab.
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Building on groundbreaking research in reconfigurable metasurfaces, Latys is commercializing the world's first non-reciprocal wireless relay system that disrupts the current rules of antenna design. LATYS' proprietary technology provides for full-duplex WiFi and cellular transmissions that are protocol agnostic, resulting in an intelligent network with greater bandwidth and lower interference than previously possible.
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Formed in 2016, Rhapsody led the seed round in 2017. Hazel has since treated billions of pounds of produce. Hazel's Series C included investments from Temasek, Pontifax, Grantham Foundation, S2G, Pangea, Rhapsody and others.
Originating from Professor Xin Li's lab at Harvard, Adden is developing a stable, lithium-metal, solid-state battery that charges much faster and is safer than current lithium-metal batteries.
Professor Ryan Harne had been working at the frontier of vibration and shock damping for 15 years when he suffered a traumatic brain injury from a fall that led to permanent hearing loss and nerve damage.
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A new report from Bloomberg's Mark Bergen details in damning specificity how YouTube has allowed extremist content to run rampant on its site. According to the report, YouTube executives, including CEO Susan Wojcicki, repeatedly ignored warnings from YouTube employees regarding extreme and misleading videos gaining popularity on the site. This was done reportedly for "fear of throttling engagement."
Reportedly, "scores" of YouTube and Google employees raised concerns about incendiary content on YouTube. Some also offered solutions—one engineer suggested removing videos from recommendations that were "close to the line" of the company's takedown policy, while another employee wanted to track toxic videos in a spreadsheet to monitor how popular they became over time. YouTube did not take these employees up on their suggestions and continued to turn a blind eye to many types of extreme content.
While none of these rebuttals seem to be documented on paper as official policy, employees were reportedly discouraged from being proactive. YouTube lawyers told employees who were not assigned to moderation tasks to not research toxic content on their own.
A YouTube spokesperson refuted the claim that the company focuses, first and foremost, on engagement. However, engagement has been a huge part of YouTube's bottom line for years. Much to creators' dismay, the company consistently changes its algorithm to prioritize some videos over others on the site's home page and in its recommended lists. Engagement—or the number of views a video has, how long a viewer spends watching a video, and other interactions with the site as a whole—continues to have an effect on the rising popularity of some channels over others.
But now, YouTube says it's more focused on "responsibility." Since 2017, YouTube has reportedly recommended videos based on a "responsibility metric," which is hard to quantify. The company only told Bloomberg that this metric is measured by input received from satisfaction surveys it shows viewers after they watch a video. It's unclear what else, if anything, contributes to the responsibility metric.
"Our primary focus has been tackling some of the platform's toughest content challenges," a spokeswoman said in a statement to Bloomberg. "We've taken a number of significant steps, including updating our recommendations system to prevent the spread of harmful misinformation, improving the news experience on YouTube, bringing the number of people focused on content issues across Google to 10,000, investing in machine learning to be able to more quickly find and remove violative content, and reviewing and updating our policies—we made more than 30 policy updates in 2018 alone. And this is not the end: responsibility remains our number one priority."
YouTube has made a number of policy changes in the past few years. Ever since the ad-pocalypse of 2017, the company has changed many of its rules and regulations around the types of content that can be monetized on the platform, who can get paid from YouTube, and what content is explicitly banned from the site.
All of those changes have pros and cons. While they show that YouTube has taken a stronger stance against certain types of extremist content, some creators have found the new rules confusing and have been vocally unhappy with how YouTube carries out its flagging and demonetization punishments.
YouTube also hasn't totally prevented toxic content from finding a home on its platform—just recently, YouTube had to disable comments on most videos featuring children because of lurking pedophiles on the site. It's also continuously dealing with adult content masked as children's content that has infiltrated YouTube Kids, a version of the site that supposedly only shows child-friendly content.
While Bloomberg's report offers a frightening look into YouTube's alleged oversight, the information in the story isn't surprising. Much like Facebook and other social media sites, YouTube has been focused on grabbing users' attention and keeping it for years. It's now the top site for video streaming, and while we don't know specific revenue numbers, YouTube is estimated to bring in billions each year. YouTube wouldn't be the first company to ignore or overlook toxic content if it meant bringing more people onto its platform.
It's unclear how YouTube will respond to this new report, if it responds at all. After facing incredible fire for its lack of responsibility in catching and killing extreme content on its platform, Facebook recently announced a shift in strategy to "privacy-focused communications." We have yet to see how Facebook will deliver on that project or if YouTube will do anything more to address similar problems on its platform. History has shown that YouTube is likely to respond to controversy only when criticism becomes too loud for it to ignore—but that strategy may not work well for much longer.


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New trailer for LIGHTS OUT released
Warner Bros have just released the new trailer for forthcoming horror LIGHTS OUT, check it out below....
Directed by James Wan (Conjuring 2), LIGHTS OUT is released to UK cinemas August 19th.
Horror Channel (UK) bares its teeth this July
There is real bite to July's line-up on THE Horror Channel, as killer sharks, a rampaging tiger, a family of cannibals, a vengeful Chupacabra and a wolf in serial killer clothing herald in a premiere-packed month on the UK's only channel dedicated to the dark side.
There are four UK TV premieres: Jim Mickle's brilliant re-imagining of Jorge Michel Grau's Mexican art-house cannibal fantasy WE ARE WHAT WE ARE, Greg McLean's WOLF CREEK 2, which sees the return of Australia's most famed pig-shooting psycho, Carlos Brooks' wonderful 'Tiger in a House' nerve-jangler BURNING BRIGHT and Alastair Orr's Panamanian creature thriller PREY. Plus, there is the network premiere of THE REEF, the scariest shark chiller since Jaws.
As well as the four UK TV Premieres, Horror Channel is bringing you 'Tropical Terror' season this July. Take a slay-cation you'll never forget with our collection of sun-drenched shockers featuring David Twohy's adventure thriller A PERFECT GETAWAY and James Cullen Bressack's Thai-holiday-turned-nightmare horror PERNICIOUS.
Horror's season of Tropical Terror is every Friday at 10:50pm from Friday 8th July.
Full details of premieres in transmission order:
Sat 2 July @ 9.00pm – BURNING BRIGHT (2010) * UK TV Premiere
Johnny Gavenau's latest get-quick-rich scheme is to turn his Florida ranch into a Safari Park. As the main attraction he buys a dangerous Bengal tiger from an unscrupulous circus trader. But the ravenous beast gets loose, its only refuge the ranch house interior where stepdaughter Kelly and her autistic little brother Tom reside... Nature runs amok but human nature proves to be the real villain in director Carlos Brooks' taut twist on the home invasion chiller. Look out for a guest appearance from Meatloaf.
Fri 8 July @ 10.50pm – THE REEF (2010) *Network Premiere
For four old friends it seemed like a dream come true – a week cruising the world's most beautiful coral reef on their own yacht. But when the vessel capsizes, leaving them stranded on the over-turned hull, that dream turns into a nightmare. They take to the open water – only to learn, too late, that they are being stalked by a deadly great white shark. Director Andrew Traucki's true-life shocker puts ordinary people in an all-too believable extreme situation, where small actions become epic tragedies.
Sat 9 July @ 10.50pm – WE ARE WHAT WE ARE (2013) *UK TV Premiere
Following the unexpected death of their mother, teenage daughters Iris and Rose Parker are ordered by their father to carry on a macabre ancestral ritual at all costs. But when a torrential storm hits their upstate New York region, the town's river overflows and the local authorities start uncovering long-buried clues that lead them to the Parker family's cannibalistic secret. Stunning performances from the cast add enormous weight to Jim Mickle's superb film craft and subtle horror nuance. Stars Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner, Michael Parks and Kelly McGillis.
Fri 15 July @ 10.50pm – PREY (2014) *UK TV Premiere
Originally released as Indigenous, Alastair Orr's exotic horror fantasy centres on five friends who meet in Panama for a vacation. While partying, they hear a native story about a beautiful waterfall deep in the jungle. Ignoring the many warnings, they set off to find the waterfall. When they reach it, the group discovers that the stories about the mythical, blood-sucking Chupabra are not only true, but that it has now developed a taste for humans.
Sat 16 July @ 10.50pm – WOLF CREEK 2 (2013) *UK TV Premiere
The gravel-voiced, sneering maniac Mick Taylor is back with a few more days to kill! Bolder. Gorier, and placed on a far bigger canvas than the original Ozploitation classic, star John Jarratt and director Greg McLean return with an even more twisted shocker. WOLF CREEK 2 maintains the original's savagery and nerve-jangling tension, while dazzling further with a spectacular and surprising use of Down Under landscapes and creatures. Two arrogant cops, two unwitting German backpackers and a Good Samaritan British tourist become the prey for the crazed pig-shooting psycho as the outback is drenched in rivers of blood.
TV: Sky 319 / Virgin 149 / Freesat 138 / Freeview 70
George Romero to get his own star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Looks like zombie movie director George Romero will be getting his own star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
Famed for directing Night of the Living Dead (1968) and its sequels Dawn of the Dead (1979), Day of the Dead (1985), and the not so well liked Land of the Dead (2005). As well as cult films such as Martin (1977), Knightriders (1981) and The Crazies (1973). Hollywood are finally honouring him, in recognition of his contributions to the horror genre, in particular his zombie films.
The announcement was made via a livestream on http://www.walkoffame.com
His last film was another zombie movie, Survival of the Dead" (2009) a sequel to his earlier Diary of the Dead (2007), which was to have been the start of a new series of zombie films.
REVEALED: Graham Humphrey's stunning artwork for Horror Channel FrightFest 2016
Horror Channel FrightFest is delighted to present Graham Humphrey's stunning artwork for this year's annual Bank Holiday event, the UK's largest celebration of genre cinema, taking place at the Vue Shepherd's Bush, London. Between Thurs Aug 25 & Mon Aug 29.
The relocation to Shepherd's Bush was the inspiration behind the concept.
As Graham explains: "This year's relocation suggested the idea of a floating cinema that can move through the city. Going west, I took it all the way to Louisiana, as portrayed in the film 'Southern Comfort'. reimagining London as a swampland.
I took my cues from a variety of sources; the 'feu follet' (will-o'-the-wisp) are mentioned in George Washington Cable's short story 'Jean-ah Poquelin', the paddle steamer was inspired by the work of Mark Twain and the skulls from the script of Orson Welles' unmade 'Heart Of Darkness'. There's also a nod to Hertzog's 'Fitzcarraldo'. The witch house I added for extra Scooby-Doo points!"
Graham's large-format, hard-cover, book 'Drawing Blood' is currently available to buy from
www.proudonline.co.uk
The full festival line-up of films will be announced on Fri 1 July and all ticketing information can be found at http://www.frightfest.co.uk/tickets.html
BETA TEST - in selected US cinemas July 22
BETA TEST, starring Arrow's Manu Bennett and Larenz Tate (House of Lies), hits select US cinemas July 22.
From producer/writer/director Nicholas Gyeney, and produced by Mirror Images LTD, comes BETA TEST a sci-fi action thriller that's "a cross between the intimate suspense of Die Hard and the 21st century chaos of Gamer".
The film's storyline revolves around Max Troy (Tate - House of Lies, Rush), a Seattle-based video game champion and game tester who is about to test the latest game sensation from global video game juggernaut, Sentinel. As Max begins his procedural dissection of the game, he begins to realize this new game is not like any other. As Max completes new tasks, events in the real world begin to mirror them.
Soon, Max uncovers a deep-rooted conspiracy from within the walls of Sentinel, which leads him to discover that the game's protagonist, Orson Creed (Bennett - Arrow, The Hobbit), is a real man, in the real world. If Max can somehow join forces with Creed, together they may have a chance at unraveling this conspiracy before the tasks in the game escalate and overwhelm their city.
Yuji Okumoto (Karate Kid Part II, Inception, The Game), and Linden Ashby (Mortal Kombat, Teen Wolf, Wyatt Earp) also star.
Here's a list of participating cinemas...
Seattle, WA - Siff Cinema Uptown
Bellingham, WA - AMC Loews Cascade Mall 14
Denver, CO - AMC Westminster promenade 24
Chicago, IL - AMC South Barrington 30
Detroit, MI - AMC Forum 30
New York, NY - AMC Loews Jersey Gardens 20
Philadelphia, PA - AMC Neshaminy 24
Atlanta, GA - AMC North DeKalb Mall 16
Tampa, FL - AMC Veterans Expressway 24
Baton Rouge, LA - AMC Baton Rouge 16
Houston, TX - AMC Studio 30
Phoenix, AZ - AMC Arizona Center 24
Long Beach, CA - AMC Orange 30
Los Angeles, CA - AMC Ontario Mills 30
San Francisco, CA - AMC Deer Valley 16
Washington D.C. - AMC Starplex Loudoun 11
THE WAVE on UK Disc and Digital August.
Coming to UK Disc and Digital this August from Roar Uthaug, director of the forthcoming Tomb Raider reboot. In 1905, a tsunami devastates a small mountain town. Scientists know it will happen again. It's only a matter of when.
As one man prepares to move from his hometown with his family, his worst nightmare is about to come true. The siren goes off and the disaster is inevitable.
With less than 10 minutes to react, it becomes a race against time in order to save as many as possible including his own family.
A hit at the 2016 Glasgow FrightFest THE WAVE is one of the most impressive and heart-stopping disaster films in years, with spectacular action sequences that grip you from start to finish.
THE WAVE comes to UK Digital outlets 8th August and is released to UK BD and DVD 15th Aug from Studio Canal.
Brit sci-fi thriller KILL COMMAND on UK Disc & VOD 27th June
A dazzling, action packed mix of Predator, Robocop and District 9, but with a distinctly British flavour, KILL COMMAND is a sci-fi thriller not to be missed!
An elite squad of marines are sent on a training exercise to a remote island cut off from all communications. Accompanying them is technical specialist Mills, a mysterious coder whose brain is interfaced with a computer.
The unit soon discover the exercise is far from routine - they become live targets of terrifyingly advanced military robots, and Mills is somehow involved in the conspiracy. Realising they need Mills' abilities to survive the brutal battle to the death situation, the marines must not only fight for their lives but work out who Mills really is and whose side she's really on.
Kill Command is a low budget sci-fi that defies its budget – visual effects supremo turned director Steven Gomez has fashioned a slick, exciting and expertly designed action film that is the match of any multi-million pound Hollywood blockbuster
Blending a plot of military conspiracy with all out nuts and bolts bot against marine action, Kill Command is brimming with energy and invention, and goes to show you don't need a huge amount of money, just a brilliant imagination, to make for a stunning sci-fi experience.
KILL COMMAND hits UK BD, DVD and Digital outlets 27th June.
Aliens 30th Anniversary Collection on sale now at Fright-Rags
It's rare for a sequel to live up to the original film, but James Cameron managed to fulfill expectations with Aliens. This summer marks 30 years of the action-packed sci-fi classic, and Fright-Rags has stopped its grinnin' and dropped new linen with the Aliens 30th Anniversary Collection.
The Aliens box set includes an exclusive shirt designed by Justin Osbourn, a set of four 8x10 lobby cards, and a Bug Stomper sticker, all packaged in a collectible box. The box itself is suitable for display, featuring an embossed Xenomorph emerging from it. Only 500 exist.
Abrar Ajmal, Christopher Lovell, Jeff Zornow, Paul Shipper, and Christopher Franchi each designed a shirt featuring Aliens iconography, from monstrous Xenomorphs to fearless heroine Ellen Ripley. All designs can be purchased in both men's and women's sizes.
Osbourn's shirt is exclusive to the box set, but you can own the design on a baseball tee separately. Franchi also put a personal spin on the Bug Stomper logo seen in the film, which comes on a royal blue heathered tee. Finally, a pair of custom-knit crew socks feature Xenomorphs and Power Loaders.
"I'm sure I'm probably not alone when I say that Aliens was my first introduction to the Alien franchise," states Fright-Rags founder Ben Scrivens. "Yup, I saw the sequel first! It still remains my personal favorite of the series and just doesn't get old no mater how many times I watch it."
The Aliens collection is on sale now at Fright-Rags.com.
Quantities are limited, so act quickly before it's game over, man.
SOUTHBOUND comes to UK disc and digital August.
One of the biggest highlights of FrightFest Glasgow 2016, Southbound is a twisted and shocking anthology horror from the minds behind the V/H/S trilogy, which comes to UK disc and Digital this August.
On a desolate stretch of desert highway, weary travelers - two men on the run from their past, a band on their way to the next gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation - are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in a series of five interlocking tales of terror.
With interwoven chapters that tell tales of misadventure along the same stretch of lonely highway, Southbound keeps you on the edge of your seat with a chilling blend of overarching dread and big frights.
Meeting rapturous acclaim at Glasgow FrightFest 2016, the film has evoked comparisons with some of the truly great anthology titles of the past such as The Twilight Zone thanks to its creepy premise, otherworldly sense of dread and its neat, twisted conceit.
THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS - coming soon!
The near future; humanity has been all but destroyed by a mutated fungal disease that eradicates free will and turns its victims into flesh-eating "hungries". Only a small group of children seem immune to its effects.
At an army base in rural England, this group of unique children are being studied, subjected to cruel experiments by biologist Dr. Caldwell. Despite having been infected with the zombie pathogen that has decimated the world, these children retain normal thoughts and emotions. And while still being subject to the craving for human flesh that marks the disease these second-generation "hungries" are able to think and feel making them a vital resource in the search for a cure.
The children attend school lessons daily, guarded by the ever watchful Sergeant Parks. But one little girl, Melanie, stands out from the rest. Melanie is special. She excels in the classroom, is inquisitive, imaginative and loves her favourite teacher Miss Justineau.
When the base falls, Melanie escapes along with Miss Justineau, Sergeant Parks and Dr. Caldwell. Against the backdrop of a blighted Britain, Melanie must discover what she is and ultimately decide both her own future and that of the human race.
For more information visit the Official Website
HIGH RISE - on UK BD and DVD July 22
Studiocanal will be releasing Ben Wheatley's acclaimed thriller HIGH-RISE to UK BD and DVD in July.
1975. Two miles west of London, Dr. Robert Laing (Tom Hiddlestone - "Avengers Assemble") moves into his new apartment seeking soulless anonymity, only to find that the building's residents have no intention of leaving him alone. Resigned to the complex social dynamics unfolding around him, Laing bites the bullet and becomes neighbourly.
As he struggles to establish his position, Laing's good manners and sanity disintegrate along with the building. The lights go out and the lifts fail but the party goes on. People are the problem. Booze is the currency. Sex is the panacea. Only much later, as he sits on his balcony eating the architect's dog, does Dr. Robert Laing finally feel at home…..
Directed by Ben Wheatley (Sightseers, A Field in England) and co-starring, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss and Jeremy Irons, HIGH-RISE will arrive on UK BD and DVD July 22 from Studiocanal.
Cannibal romantic horror TEAR ME APART available to download NOW.
Alex Lightman's post-apocalyptic dish of murder, meat and mysticism TEAR ME APART is now available to buy or rent exclusively from www.tearmeapartmovie.com
Exclusive bundles that explore the story world more are also available for pre-order now. They include the Forgotten Women novella series with prologue written by actress Jennie Eggleton, web comics, and interviews with the cast and producers. This additional content is due to be released throughout July and August.
Synopsis: Living in a cave in a barren part of the Cornish landscape, two brothers turn to cannibalism to survive. Although the eldest (played by Frazer Alexander) clings to the notion that their father will reappear, bringing with him the return of the 'old world', the younger brother (Alfie Stewart) has no such moral compass and relishes the meat he can get from the bodies of nomadic wanderers who stray into his sights. Then one day, a different kind of prey appears, in the form of a beautiful teenager (played by Jennie Eggleton). She is possibly the last girl alive and her powerful presence ignites a sexual maelstrom. A dangerous game is about to be played. Animalism versus humanity. Love versus survival. Love. Kill. Eat.
TEAR ME APART is directed by Alex Lightman, written by Tom Kerevan and produced by Alex Lightman, Tom Kerevan & Ern Herrmann. It stars Alfie Stewart, Jennie Eggleton and Frazer Alexander - all making their lead feature film debuts.
Receiving its World Premiere at the Austin Film Festival 2015, the film is the first project from Cannibal Films, who are already in development with their second feature, a psychological thriller.
BETA TEST - In US cinemas July 22
From producer/writer/director Nicholas Gyeney, and produced by Mirror Images LTD, comes sci-fi action thriller BETA TEST.
The film's storyline revolves around Max Troy (Larenz Tate - House of Lies, Rush), a Seattle-based video game champion and game tester who is about to test the latest game sensation from global video game juggernaut, Sentinel.
As Max begins his procedural dissection of the game, he begins to realize this new game is not like any other. As Max completes new tasks, events in the real world begin to mirror them. Soon, Max uncovers a deep-rooted conspiracy from within the walls of Sentinel, which leads him to discover that the game's protagonist, Orson Creed (Manu Bennett - Arrow, The Hobbit), is a real man, in the real world.
If Max can somehow join forces with Creed, together they may have a chance at unraveling this conspiracy before the tasks in the game escalate and overwhelm their city.
Yuji Okumoto (Inception, The Game), and Linden Ashby (Mortal Kombat, Teen Wolf, Wyatt Earp) also star.
BETA TEST will be released in selected US theaters July 22nd.
Actor Anton Yelchin dies - Aged 27.
Absoloutely devastating news broke earlier today, with the announcement of the death of actor Anton Yelchin in a freak car accident at his property in Los Angeles.
Probably best known for playing the young Chekov in the new Star Trek films, he had also appeared in the crime thriller Alpha Dog (2006) and teen comedy Charlie Bartlett (2007) as well as appearing as the young Kyle Reese in Terminator : Salvation (2009). His horror credits included Fright Night (2011), Burying the Ex (2014) and more recently Green Room (2015), which saw him appearing opposite fellow Star Trek alumni Patrick Stewart.
According to the police, he had pulled into his drive way and had left the car in neutral whilst walking back down to the mail box at the end of the drive. The car rolled backwards and pinned him against the brick wall. He was found later that evening by friends, after failing to show up for their scheduled band practice.
Born in Russia, his parents moved to the US in the late 80s and was their only child. The actor's publicist, Jennifer Allen, confirmed the actor's death and said his family had requested privacy.
At 27 years old, he was way too young to be taken from us, but at least he leaves us with an impressive list of films to remember him by. RIP Anton, you will be missed by fellow horror and sci-fi fans alike!
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES - UK DVD and Blu-Ray review
Jane Austen's literary classic gets a zombie make-over in this re-imagining of the popular period drama, which is released to UK DVD and BD this month from Lionsgate.
Set in the 19th century, the Bennet family (headed up by Charles Dance – TVs Game of Thrones, Underworld : Awakening) are looking for suitable husbands for their 5 daughters.
But with a zombie outbreak having ravaged nearby London, which is now contained within a giant canal (which rather resembles the outline of the M25) and the Army busy trying to put down zombie outbreaks in the surrounding countryside, this is proving to be no easy task.
During a zombie attack at a nearby estate, one of the daughters, Elizabeth (Lily James – TVs Downton Abbey) catches the attention of a certain Colonel Darcy (Sam Riley - Malificent), after she and her siblings manage to single handedly fend off the undead with their martial arts skills.
Unfortunately, Elizabeth finds him too arrogant to be likeable and instead becomes enamoured with the much more affable Lieutenant Wickham (Jack Huston – TVs Boardwalk Empire), much to the chagrin of her mother who's trying to fix her up with the local parson (played by Matt Smith – TVs Dr Who).
Will Elizabeth find a way out of this love triangle and work out which man she should marry, or will the zombies engulf England before she can make her mind up?
Based on the parody novel by Seth Graeme-Smith, which in turn was based on the Jane Austen original. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is basically the same story as Jane Austen's, but with the male leads all being Army officers in this and there's a few more zombies. But aside from that, it's essentially the same (kind of) and was bloody good fun!
There's some great martial arts fighting and some nice zombie gore, though being a 15 certificate is not overly bloody. The film also benefited from a strong supporting cast, which also included Lena Headey (Dredd, TVs - Sarah Conner Chronicles) Suki Waterhouse (Insurgent) and Bella Heathcote (The Neon Demon) and was almost like watching a BBC period drama, but with zombies.
The film is released to Digital, DVD and BD June 27th. The disc releases include a selection of deleted scenes, a gag reel and several making-of features, featuring behind the scenes footage and interviews with the cast and crew, as extras.
Full Moon Features release 3 classic titles this July...
This July, Full Moon Features is back with three classic, must-see titles!
On July 11, join the Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama and hear from the Kings of Cult, Roger Corman and Charles Band! Then, on July 25, Full Moon will release Hollywood Horror House, one of a 20 part series coming to FullMoonDirect.com!
What's more, Full Moon is offering a truly unique gift to all fans of the genre! Those who purchase any title from FullMoonDirect.com will get Kings of Cult 100% free!
KINGS OF CULT
Join veteran genre filmmakers Roger Corman and Charles Band as they take you through their long and storied careers working on such films as Eat My Dust, Puppetmaster, Sharktopus, Re-Animator, and many more. This truly unique look at exploitation cinema from the perspective two of its top contributors is a must-see for anyone looking to go a little deeper into the movies they love.
Two mavericks of independent genre film-making sit down for an intimate discussion about their amazing and diverse bodies of work, their fans, the hundreds of legendary performers and artists whose talents they've nurtured and the future of the industry they've both dedicated their lives to. From SHARKTOPUS, to PUPPETMASTER, to RE-ANIMATOR to DEATH RACE 2000 to GINGERDEAD MAN to HOUSE OF USHER and beyond; this is the ultimate master-class in making strange cinema that matters! Starring Roger Corman & Charles Band...of course!
SORORITY BABES
There are no freshmen in the college of love, and they're about to graduate to madcap mayhem when a sorority prank goes crazy. Out to steal a trophy from a local bowling alley, the kids accidentally unleash the imp -- a sadistic little spirit with a diabolical sense of humor. He creates demons and loves sexy women. He's the original party animal, inviting you to come along and die laughing -- just like everybody else.
Linnea Quigley, Andras Jones, Robin Rochelle, Hal Havins and Brinke Stevens star in the much anticipated Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama, out on Blu-Ray July 11. Restored from the original 35mm camera negative and with some exclusive extra features, including the oldest Behind-The-Scenes feature Full Moon has ever presented, Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama is so funny it just might kill you!
HOLLYWOOD HORROR HOUSE
By 1970, the once golden age of Hollywood glamour and stardom was a tragic last hurrah represented by the decayed and deteriorated Hollywood Sign. In HOLLYWOOD HORROR HOUSE, we'll go below the sign, to a decaying hilltop mansion of a once great star, played by a once great star, Miriam Hopkins. The fabled Ms. Hopkins, toast of the town back in the thirties with box office hits like Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and Becky Sharpe, was an A-list actress and Oscar nominee.
Another Oscar winner (Best Supporting Actress 1936) Gale Sondergaard plays Miss Hopkins' loyal friend and housekeeper, who tries to save her friend from the handsome stranger, played by son of acting legend John Garfield. He may be the culprit littering the land around the Hollywood sign with hacked up body parts.
This hellish time capsule showcasing late 60s/early 70s Hollywood, remains an early example of the slasher films which would follow in just a few years. See Miriam Hopkins trapped in a madhouse of hacked up blood-splattered bodies, tripped out drug sequences, murder by electric knives and a Hollywood Christmas Parade with a drunk out of control movie star as its Grand Marshall.
For more info visit FullMoonDirect.com
FrightFest Presents - UK DVD Releases July/August
Discover true terror from FrightFest Presents this Summer as they unleash a new selection of titles onto DVD. Sinister chills and killer thrills await, as they once again bring the festival home.
Last Girl Standing - July 4, 2016
Five years ago, a masked killer brutally murdered a group of friends. Since then, Camryn (Akasha Villalobos), the lone survivor, has struggled to reclaim her shattered life. Wracked with guilt and paranoia, Camryn leads a depressingly lonely existence until Nick (Brian Villalobos), a new co-worker, befriends Camryn and attempts to integrate her into his group of friends.
Just when she might be ready to start a new life, Camryn's past comes back to haunt her. Can Camryn ever have a life again, or is she destined to be alone? Part slasher movie, part character study, Last Girl Standing is a penetrating and intimate look at what happens to the survivors of horror movies.
Read my review of the VOD release HERE
The Lesson - July 11, 2016
The Lesson is a dark, painful and savagely funny psychological thriller unlike any you've seen before. Fin and Joel are two teenage wasters running wild. But they get a taste of their own medicine when a teacher at the end of his tether decides to teach both schoolboys a lesson they will never forget.
Curtain - July 18, 2016
A burnt out nurse moves into a new apartment in search of a simpler life.
But when her shower curtains begin to disappear through a mysterious portal she discovers there's no such thing as simple in this world, or any other.
Landmine Goes Click - July 25, 2016
Three American tourists are backpacking through the remote countryside of European Georgia when one of them gets trapped on an armed landmine.
However, when a local psychopath comes to their aid, things start to get a whole lot worse.
The Unfolding - August 1, 2016
In 2016 a fearful world stands on the brink of nuclear catastrophe. A young researcher in psychical events, together with his girlfriend, travel to the legendary wilds of Dartmoor, England, to investigate a rambling, centuries old building.
Here they find themselves drawn into a murder mystery from the past, a mortal confrontation with pure evil, and a fight for their very survival.
For more info visit www.frightfestpresents.com
THE LAUGHING MASK - Hits US Digital Outlets June 24
Director Michael Aguiar's indie slasher The Laughing Mask, starring John Hardy, Sheyenne Rivers, Gabriel Lee and Jeffrey Jenkins, has been acquired by Leomark Studios for a US digital release this month.
Jake (John Hardy) has lost his wife to the Laughing Mask killer. Recently, his daughter has been kidnapped by this same madman. Jake must work with the diligent detective, Kate O'Malley (Sheyenne Rivers), to track down this elusive man.
But, where the Laughing Mask takes him, Jake is unprepared to go. Jake must deal with a strange assortment of monsters and creatures, within the Laughing Mask's darkened lair.
The Laughing Mask is released to US digital outlets June 24.
View the trailer below...
RIVER - screening at Edinburgh film festival ahead of its DVD release
Screening at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 23rd and 25th June and coming to UK DVD and Download 18th July comes comes director Jamie M Dagg's thriller RIVER.
After refusing to obey a senior surgeon, John Lake (Rossif Sutherland), an American volunteer doctor in Laos, is instructed to take a leave of absence. To regroup, he travels to a remote island in the south of Laos. But the solace of the island is shattered when John intervenes in the sexual assault of a young Laotian woman and events spiral out of control, leaving John on the run from the law. What follows is a harrowing journey through the Laotian interior that will test and transform John in profound ways.
Director, Jamie M. Dagg - who won Best First Feature Film for RIVER at the Canadian Screen Awards - does a tremendous job of not only keeping you glued to John's plight and flight, but also making Laos the second character in the film. The country is by turns idyllic and menacing as it helps and hinders John's escape. In this respect, the film is an extraordinary two-hander between Laos and John, played brilliantly by Rossif Sutherland - son of Donald and half-brother of Kiefer. Sutherland is utterly convincing as an American alien trapped in a hostile foreign land; a man drawing closer and closer to the edge as he teeters over a huge moral dilemma.
Tense, gripping and fueled by paranoia, River keeps you guessing with a story as twisting as the Mekong River itself. How far would you go to help someone in need? And how far would you go to escape the law?
More info about the Edinburgh Film Festival at http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/
JOHN FALLON'S "THE SHELTER" TO SPOOK US CINEMAS THIS FALL
Uncork'd Entertainment has acquired US and Canadian rights to the horror-thriller The Shelter, with both a theatrical and digital release planned for the fall.
Written & directed by John Fallon and produced by Fallon and Donny Broussard, The Shelter stars Michael Paré (Eddie and the Cruisers, The Virgin Suicides) in one of his most acclaimed performances in recent times
In The Shelter, widower and homeless man Thomas Jacobs (Michael Paré) finds shelter for the night when he falls upon a vast two-story house with the lights on and an inviting open front door.
He strolls on in thinking he just caught a lucky break and for a while, it would appear as though he did. But soon enough, he realizes that the house won't let him leave, as its doors are all locked while its windows cannot be opened or broken. Destiny has brought Thomas to this place. What does it want from him? Will he survive the ordeal?
Of his role, Paré said "The Shelter tells a great and painful tragedy, not about global disaster or war or economic collapse but of the individual human heart. The human heart and soul is what all art seeks to unravel. Guilt, regret and shame kill the heart and soul. When our lower animal nature dominates our character our soul is lost."
With visual effects by Thomas Wilson (Insidious, The Conjuring), The Shelter was executive produced by Bruise Productions and JoBlo Movie Productions. Holbrook Multi Media completed the production and post-production elements.
Uncork'd Entertainment's current releases include Restoration, Decay, A Haunting in Cawdor and All Girls Weekend, released in July.
BACHELOR GAMES - arriving on digital platforms July
The best man usually has a few tricks up his sleeve for the bachelor party, but the groom has a deadly one of his own in horror-comedy BACHELOR GAMES, arriving on digital platforms July 8, from Gravitas Ventures and Strike Films.
When five friends embark on a bachelor weekend in Argentina, everyone expects the usual hedonistic business. They do not expect to find themselves stranded, wounded, and hunted through the Andes. But that's just what happens when an elaborate scheme for revenge goes horribly awry.
The Hangover meets The Hills Have Eyes with a Shyamalan-esque twist, BACHELOR GAMES stars a bright young cast led by Charlie Bewley (The Vampire Diaries), Jack Gordon (Fishtank) and Jack Doolan (Cockney's Vs. Zombies).
BACHELOR GAMES, Best Feature winner at Halloweenapalooza Film Festival and official selection at World Horror Con Film Festival, is the first feature film from award-winning director Edward McGown (Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough). Written by Sam Michell (BBC's People Time, It's Not What You Know) and Chris Hill (The Last Station), Produced by Georgina Edwards of Strike Films (Behind Bars), with Director of Photography by Lucio Bonelli (Everybody Has a Plan) and with the score composed by David Julyan (Insomnia, The Prestige), it will be available on all good digital platforms worldwide from 8th July.
View the trailer on Vimeo
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First teaser trailer for ROGUE WARRIOR : ROBOT FIGHTER released!
Director Neil Johnson's ROGUE WARRIOR : ROBOT FIGHTER, which is currently in production, has just released its first teaser trailer (see below).
The film fixes on the overthrow of humanity by Artificial Intelligence and the determined rebel (Tracey Birdsall) who goes up against the droid empire.
William Kircher (The Hobbit), Daz Crawford (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D), Stephen Manley (Star Trek III : The Search for Spock), Tim McGrath (10 Things I Hate About Life), Livvy Stubenrauch (Frozen), Aaron Jacques (Starship : Rising), Ashley Park (Terror Tales) and Marilyn Ghigliotti (Clerks) star in the highly-anticipated mish-mash of MAD MAX FURY ROAD and STAR WARS.
ROGUE WARRIOR : ROBOT FIGHTER is the first instalment in a new franchise that was filmed on many of the same locations as RETURN OF THE JEDI and will be released later this year.
"EVIL BONG : HIGH 5" - US DVD review
Charles Band's Full Moon Pictures will be releasing the latest instalment to their Evil Bong series on US DVD and VOD this month, with "EVIL BONG : HIGH-5".
Now, I must confess that I have yet to see any of the previous films. So I am assuming this follows on from Part 4, as we see the films main protagonists, Larnel (John Patrick Jordan), Rabbit (Sonny Carl Davis), Velocity (Amy Paffrath), Sarah (Robin Sydney) and the Gingerdread man trapped inside Bong World.
Anyway, EeBee, the titular "evil bong" of the film, is bent on taking over the world, so sends Larnel, Rabbit and the Gingerdread man back to run a marijuana shop to sell her magical weed, in order to raise funds for her conquest (or something like that), whilst holding the 2 girls hostage and the film follows their misfortunes in trying to run a business, whilst shamelessly promoting various Full Moon Pictures merchandise.
Many characters from the previous films (and other Charles Band pictures) pop up, including Hambo (Chance Reardon), who was also in "Strippers vs Zombies" and Larnel's Grandpa (Jacob Witkin) also makes an appearance, who has all the best lines in the film ("You look like something that a racoon shat out after Halloween").
Clocking in at around 1 hour 10mins, this isn't an overly long film and was obviously very low budget, though it looks like it had more money than it probably did. The plot is very silly, but what it lacks in depth it makes up for in tom-foolery and topless women (topless Twister anybody?).
Anyway the film is released in the US on DVD and VOD June 26, and if this wasn't enough, it ends with a promise of a part 6 coming soon.
Buy the US DVD from Amazon.co.uk
BASKIN gets UK cinema release JULY
Turkish Indie horror BASKIN is to get a limited theatrical release in UK cinemas this July. Originally slated for a UK VOD release in June, the film will now be shown in selected UK cinemas, alongside its new VOD release date, on Friday the 15th July.
A five-man unit of cops on night patrol get more than they bargain for when they arrive at a creepy backwater town in the middle of nowhere after a call comes over the radio for backup.
Entering a derelict building, the seasoned tough guys and their rookie junior, do the one thing you should never do in this kind of movie: they split up. They soon realize they've stumbled into a monstrous charnel house and descend into an ever-more nightmarish netherworld where grotesque, mind-wrenching horrors await them at every turn.
This is one Baskin (that's "police raid" to you non-Turkish speakers) that isn't going to end well. But wait! Things aren't what they seem in this truly disturbing, outrageously gory, and increasingly surreal film whose unpredictable narrative pulls the carpet from under your feet and keeps you guessing right up to the final moment.
One of the most shocking and jaw-dropping horrors for years, featuring a new icon of fear – The Father – and some of the craziest, most visceral horror ever seen, "Baskin" is an absolute must-see for all horror fans.
Watch Baskin in selected UK cinemas, and on VOD, from Friday 15th July from Vertigo films.
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