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The information below is available on the website (www.fmc.gov) by going to the link for Ocean Transportation Intermediaries (OTI) section (2nd entry on right side column). There is a form and instructions for completing a license application and submitting a bond. See below for a summary of information on how to become a Freight Forwarder and Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC).
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There is not a test requirement to obtain a license to become an Ocean Transportation Intermediary, which includes licensing as a Freight Forwarder and/or a Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier. They are separate and different but an entity can apply for and be licensed as both. The fee mentioned below is not doubled if an entity applies as both.
A freight forwarder serves as an agent of the exporter for purposes of arranging cargo transportation and related documentation services needed to accomplish an international shipment. Their services include, but are not limited to, providing export quotations to potential US shippers or foreign buyers, routing and booking cargo, and arranging transportation from point of origin all the way to the place of ultimate destination. Freight forwarders also prepare or assist in the preparation of the documents needed to accomplish the transportation, advise US government export requirements, and document the shipment for customs clearance into the destination country. Additional services, such as collection of funds under a letter of credit or other means as well as arrangement of marine cargo insurance may also be provided. All services are dependent on the requirements and agreements with the exporter of record. Note that using a freight forwarder, or any other party, does not relieve the exporter from their responsibility to comply with export regulations. Ocean Freight Forwarders are licensed by the Federal Maritime Commission (46 CFR 515.2) and you can verify a valid licensed Ocean Transportation Intermediary at www.fmc.gov. Air Freight Forwarders maintain an IATA number and are Indirect Air Carriers regulated by the Transportation Security Administration.
The basic requirements for licensing as an Ocean Transportation Intermediary Freight Forwarder are covered in 46 C.F.R. 515 and the application process is completed by filing a Form FMC-18 in either paper format (typewritten and in duplicate) or electronically. Upon submission, an application fee of $825.00 is required for paper format. If filed electronically, currently an application fee of $250 is required. Once you elect to file electronically, no paper documentation will be permitted, except for the application fee, e.g., check or money order, and an originally signed Part G (Certification) of the application.
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The applicant must first determine whether it will be a sole proprietor, partnership or a corporation. If a person desires to be a sole proprietor the license will be issued in his/her name and any trade name they operate under. The ownership and any affiliations must be identified on the form. This is not related only to foreign commerce but is inclusive of all business activity.
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What may prevent me from obtaining a license?
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The regulations concerning OTI licensing requirement may be viewed at the Commission's website www.fmc.gov.
The information needed to complete the application is available on the website www.fmc.gov. There are a series of frequently asked questions and the answers available that will help understand the licensing procedure.
There is information available in 46 CFR Part 500 (to the end) about the maintenance of records.
Unfortunately, the NCBFAA cannot recommend anyone in particular to assist you because of regulations but can tell you that tariff publishing companies, law firms, and maritime consultants can assist you. They have experience in processing applications and know the required information that must be submitted. Most of these firms can be located on the World Wide Web, or in Maritime related periodicals.
NCBFAA cannot specify what the cost of a surety bond will be, because it varies from company to company and applicant to applicant. The assets, credit history, length of time in the business among other items are all considered by the surety company. They must be approved by the US Treasury Dept. I would recommend trying a few different companies.
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Why should exporters use an International Freight Forwarder?
Do I need to use a freight forwarder?
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Posted by The Situationist Staff on May 3, 2011
Matt Motyl and his co-authors recently posted their excellent article, titled "Subtle Priming of Shared Human Experiences Eliminates Threat-Induced Negativity Toward Arabs, Immigrants, and Peace-Making" on SSRN (forthcoming (April 20, 2011). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
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Many studies demonstrate that mortality salience can increase negativity toward out-groups but few have examined variables that mitigate this effect. The present research examined whether subtly priming people to think of human experiences shared by people from diverse cultures increases perceived similarity of members of different groups, which then reduces MS-induced negativity toward out-groups. In Study 1, exposure to pictures of people from diverse cultures engaged in common human activities non-significantly reversed the effect of MS on implicit anti-Arab prejudice. In Study 2, thinking about similarities between one's own favorite childhood memories and those of people from other countries eliminated MS-induced explicit negative attitudes toward immigrants. In Study 3, thinking about similarities between one's own painful childhood memories and those of people from other countries eliminated the MS-induced reduction in support for peace-making. Mediation analyzes suggest the effects were driven by perceived similarity of people across cultures. These findings suggest that priming widely shared human experiences can attenuate MS-induced inter-group conflict.
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I read a study once (can't remember details) that affluent individuals will downplay their difference with economic inferiors. Looks like a good strategy after reading this.


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(Anomia, Aphasia-associated; Nominal Aphasia; Anomic Aphasia; Difficulty Naming Objects and People)
Aphasia is when a person loses the ability to communicate in words. Anomia is a problem naming objects. When you have aphasia-associated anomia, it is difficult to name people and things. Aphasia-associated anomia can be treated.
Stroke—Most Common Cause of Aphasia
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Anomia is caused by injury to the language areas of the brain. Examples of injury to the brain are:
- Stroke—most common cause
- Traumatic head injury
- Brain tumor
- Brain infection
- Dementia
- Other brain conditions
Risk Factors
Risk Factors
Aphasia-associated anomia is more common in older people. Other factors that may increase your chance of aphasia-associated anomia include:
- Increasing age
- Being at risk for stroke or dementia
- Having a history of transient ischemic attacks (TIAs)
Tell your doctor if you have difficulty finding the right word when speaking and writing. For example, instead of using an exact word, you may use ambiguous or roundabout speech, such as:
- Using general descriptions instead of specifics: "that place where you sleep" for "bedroom"
- Saying what a thing does, but not what it is: "that thing you drive" for "car"
In most cases, you can understand speech and read.
Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. A neurological examination may also be done to check brain function.
Imaging tests are used to evaluate the brain and other structures. These may include:
Other exams may include:
- Exam of muscles used in speech
- Tests to assess language skills—for example, identifying objects, defining words, and writing
In some situations, your brain activity may be need to be measured. This can be done with an electroencephalogram (EEG).
You may be referred to a neurologist. This is a doctor who specializes in diseases of the nervous system.
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Treatment options include the following:
Speech-Language Therapy
The speech therapist will help you to:
- Preserve the language skills you have
- Try to restore those you have lost
- Discover new ways of communicating
Therapy may occur one-on-one or in a group. Activities may include:
- Using flash cards with pictures and words to help you name objects
- Repeating words back to the therapist
- Working with computer programs designed to improve speech, hearing, reading, and writing
Family Care and Counseling
You will learn how to apply the lessons learned in speech therapy to your life. Counseling can help you to adjust to returning home. It can also help your family learn ways to better communicate with you.
Since stroke is a common cause of aphasia, follow these guidelines to help prevent stroke:
- Exercise regularly.
- Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables.
- Limit salt and fat in your diet.
- If you smoke, talk to your doctor about how to successfully quit.
- If you drink, do so in moderation. Moderation is 2 or less drinks per day for men and 1 or less drinks per day for women.
- Maintain a healthy weight.
- Control your blood pressure.
- Ask your doctor if you should take low-dose aspirin.
- Properly treat and control chronic conditions, like diabetes.
If you have signs of a stroke, call for emergency medical services right away.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov
Brain Injury Association of Alberta http://www.biaa.ca/
Accessed May 17, 2013.
Aphasia. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at:
Updated September 2, 2012. Accessed May 17, 2013.
Aphasia. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders website. Available at:
Updated October 2008. Accessed May 17, 2013.
Kirshner HS. Aphasia and aphasic syndromes. In: Bradley WG, Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J, eds. Neurology in Clinical Practice. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Butterworth Heniemann Elsevier; 2008: 141-160.
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SIU exam probe not the first among dental schools
Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine's decision to suspend the grades of its entire 2010 class of 52 students just after their final exams follows similar, recent actions at other American dental schools.
The SIU dental school, based in Alton, is not divulging details behind the suspensions. But an anonymous letter sent to local media, apparently written by a dental student, refers to unfair allegations of academic misconduct and cheating.
The State Journal-Register obtained a copy of the letter from The Alton Telegraph.
One of the students, all of whom are listed in the letter, is class president Christopher Maurer of Springfield. Multiple attempts to reach him this week were unsuccessful.
The dental school's dean, Ann Boyle, has made only brief comments about the incident.
"Personal integrity and ethical standards form the foundation of all healthcare professions, including dentistry," Boyle said in her remarks, issued through SIU at Edwardsville's communication's office. "This matter raises questions about the integrity and ethical behavior of Year I students and is, therefore, under investigation. We will follow our processes as outlined in our Student Progress Document to resolve the situation as quickly as we can."
Over the past two years, roughly 26 dental students faced disciplinary measures in two separate cheating scandals at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
In 2006, 10 students at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas dental school were accused of stealing a professor's computer password. This May, about 46 students at Indiana University's dental school were dismissed, suspended or reprimanded for breaking into password-protected computer files. Some students allegedly used commercial code-breaking software.
"Schools have stepped up to try to respond to this because it's important," said Stephen Young, dean of the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry and chair of the Chicago-based American Dental Association's Council on Dental Education and Licensure.
Earlier this month, the ADA convened a conference in Chicago specifically to address ethics in dentistry schools, mostly as a result of the recent cheating scandals.
"In the last two to three years, when these isolated incidents have occurred, they've involved groups of people," Young said. "That's what's gotten everyone's attention. What has caused this? Why is this happening? Is it simply a matter of more people being involved because of technology, is it cultural — students used to working in teams and (excusing collusion) as a 'group project?'"
The anonymous SIU letter refers to e-mails of past exams as being a potential factor in the suspensions. But in many professional schools, releasing and sharing old exams for study purposes is common.
"In the past, certain professors will release an examination. Others don't," Young said. "But there's no question that, I would think, (at SIU) there was a concern or feeling that something significant happened."
Such a decision isn't made lightly, he said.
"This is a very stressful situation for everybody," said Young, who was only vaguely familiar about the SIU incident. He said he knows Boyle, and ye spoke highly of the Alton school.
In the anonymous letter, the writer said students whose grades have been suspended have lost out on competitive graduate and research positions, which require transcripts as part of the application process.
But Young said SIU must protect itself when it suspects cheating and would have to assume responsibility for sending potentially ill-prepared or unethical students out to fellowships and jobs.
"Every dental school puts integrity and ethics very high," Young said. "Having that public trust, part of that trust means the person providing the health care has to be an ethical and moral person."
Young also sides with the students who may be innocent.
"Most students are great. They are professionals. It's also sad for them," he said. "This will be watched, and we all will try to learn from this."
Also watching is the Illinois State Dental Society in Springfield. SIU's dental school is one of only two in Illinois (the other, in Chicago, is affiliated with the University of Illinois' campus there.)
"I've had one communication with (SIU's) dean," said the society's executive director, Bob Rechner. "I was just indicating I was forwarding a news article (about the suspensions) to my board of trustees. It's important for them to be aware of what's going on."
Rechner confirmed that recent incidents of cheating have been a cause for alarm within the field of dentistry, as well as within other professions. Though he wouldn't comment on the SIU scandal, Rechner acknowledged it's on the society's radar screen.
"We're very concerned," he said. "We only have two dental schools in the state."


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OptreeCheck - check optrees as rendered by B::Concise
OptreeCheck supports 'golden-sample' regression testing of perl's parser, optimizer, bytecode generator, via a single function: checkOptree(%in).
It invokes B::Concise upon the sample code, checks that the rendering 'agrees' with the golden sample, and reports mismatches.
Additionally, the module processes @ARGV (which is typically unused in the Core test harness), and thus provides a means to run the tests in various modes.
# your test file use OptreeCheck; plan tests => 1; checkOptree ( name => "test-name', # optional, made from others if not given # code-under-test: must provide 1 of them code => sub {my $a}, # coderef, or source (wrapped and evald) prog => 'sort @a', # run in subprocess, aka -MO=Concise bcopts => '-exec', # $opt or \@opts, passed to BC::compile errs => 'Name "main::a" used only once: possible typo at -e line 1.', # str, regex, [str+] [regex+], # various test options # errs => '.*', # match against any emitted errs, -w warnings # skip => 1, # skips test # todo => 'excuse', # anticipated failures # fail => 1 # force fail (by redirecting result) # the 'golden-sample's, (must provide both) expect => <<'EOT_EOT', expect_nt => <<'EONT_EONT' ); # start HERE-DOCS # 1 <;> nextstate(main 45 optree.t:23) v # 2 <0> padsv[$a:45,46] M/LVINTRO # 3 <1> leavesub[1 ref] K/REFC,1 EOT_EOT # 1 <;> nextstate(main 45 optree.t:23) v # 2 <0> padsv[$a:45,46] M/LVINTRO # 3 <1> leavesub[1 ref] K/REFC,1 EONT_EONT __END__
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Heres a sample failure, as induced by the following command. Note the argument; option=value, after the test-file, more on that later $> PERL_CORE=1 ./perl ext/B/t/optree_check.t testmode=cross ... ok 19 - canonical example w -basic not ok 20 - -exec code: $a=$b+42 # Failed at test.pl line 249 # got '1 <;> nextstate(main 600 optree_check.t:208) v # 2 <#> gvsv[*b] s # 3 <$> const[IV 42] s # 4 <2> add[t3] sK/2 # 5 <#> gvsv[*a] s # 6 <2> sassign sKS/2 # 7 <1> leavesub[1 ref] K/REFC,1 # ' # expected /(?ms-xi:^1 <;> (?:next|db)state(.*?) v # 2 <\$> gvsv\(\*b\) s # 3 <\$> const\(IV 42\) s # 4 <2> add\[t\d+\] sK/2 # 5 <\$> gvsv\(\*a\) s # 6 <2> sassign sKS/2 # 7 <1> leavesub\[\d+ refs?\] K/REFC,1 # $)/ # got: '2 <#> gvsv[*b] s' # want: (?^:2 <\$> gvsv\(\*b\) s) # got: '3 <$> const[IV 42] s' # want: (?^:3 <\$> const\(IV 42\) s) # got: '5 <#> gvsv[*a] s' # want: (?^:5 <\$> gvsv\(\*a\) s) # remainder: # 2 <#> gvsv[*b] s # 3 <$> const[IV 42] s # 5 <#> gvsv[*a] s # these lines not matched: # 2 <#> gvsv[*b] s # 3 <$> const[IV 42] s # 5 <#> gvsv[*a] s
Errors are reported 3 different ways;
The 1st form is directly from test.pl's like() and unlike(). Note that this form is used as input, so you can easily cut-paste results into test-files you are developing. Just make sure you recognize insane results, to avoid canonizing them as golden samples.
The 2nd and 3rd forms show only the unexpected results and opcodes. This is done because it's blindingly tedious to find a single opcode causing the failure. 2 different ways are done in case one is unhelpful.
TestCase Overview
checkOptree(%tc) constructs a testcase object from %tc, and then calls methods which eventually call test.pl's like() to produce test results.
getRendering() runs code or prog or progfile through B::Concise, and captures its rendering. Errors emitted during rendering are checked against expected errors, and are reported as diagnostics by default, or as failures if 'report=fail' cmdline-option is given.
prog is run in a sub-shell, with $bcopts passed through. This is the way to run code intended for main. The code arg in contrast, is always a CODEREF, either because it starts that way as an arg, or because it's wrapped and eval'd as $sub = sub {$code};
mkCheckRex() selects the golden-sample for the threaded-ness of the platform, and produces a regex which matches the expected rendering, and fails when it doesn't match.
The regex includes 'workarounds' which accommodate expected rendering variations. These include:
string constants # avoid injection line numbers, etc # args of nexstate() hexadecimal-numbers pad-slot-assignments # for 5.8 compat, and testmode=cross (map|grep)(start|while) # for 5.8 compat
mylike() calls either unlike() or like(), depending on expectations. Mismatch reports are massaged, because the actual difference can easily be lost in the forest of opcodes.
checkOptree API and Operation
Since the arg is a hash, the api is wide-open, and this really is about what elements must be or are in the hash, and what they do. %tc is passed to newTestCase(), the ctor, which adds in %proto, a global prototype object.
name => STRING
If name property is not provided, it is synthesized from these params: bcopts, note, prog, code. This is more convenient than trying to do it manually.
code or prog or progfile
Either code or prog or progfile must be present.
prog => $perl_source_string
prog => $src provides a snippet of code, which is run in a sub-process, via test.pl:runperl, and through B::Concise like so:
'./perl -w -MO=Concise,$bcopts_massaged -e $src'
progfile => $perl_script
progfile => $file provides a file containing a snippet of code which is run as per the prog => $src example above.
code => $perl_source_string || CODEREF
The $code arg is passed to B::Concise::compile(), and run in-process. If $code is a string, it's first wrapped and eval'd into a $coderef. In either case, $coderef is then passed to B::Concise::compile():
$subref = eval "sub{$code}"; $render = B::Concise::compile($subref)->();
expect and expect_nt
expect and expect_nt args are the golden-sample renderings, and are sampled from known-ok threaded and un-threaded bleadperl builds. They're both required, and the correct one is selected for the platform being tested, and saved into the synthesized property wanted.
bcopts => $bcopts || [ @bcopts ]
When getRendering() runs, it passes bcopts into B::Concise::compile(). The bcopts arg can be a single string, or an array of strings.
errs => $err_str_regex || [ @err_str_regexs ]
getRendering() processes the code or prog or progfile arg under warnings, and both parsing and optree-traversal errors are collected. These are validated against the one or more errors you specify.
testcase modifier properties
These properties are set as %tc parameters to change test behavior.
skip => 'reason'
invokes skip('reason'), causing test to skip.
todo => 'reason'
invokes todo('reason')
fail => 1
For code arguments, this option causes getRendering to redirect the rendering operation to STDERR, which causes the regex match to fail.
noanchors => 1
If set, this relaxes the regex check, which is normally pretty strict. It's used primarily to validate checkOptree via tests in optree_check.
Synthesized object properties
These properties are added into the test object during execution.
This stores the chosen expect expect_nt string. The OptreeCheck object may in the future delete the raw strings once wanted is set, thus saving space.
cross => 1
This tag is added if testmode=cross is passed in as argument. It causes test-harness to purposely use the wrong string.
checkErrs() is a getRendering helper that verifies that expected errs against those found when rendering the code on the platform. It is run after rendering, and before mkCheckRex.
mkCheckRex ($tc)
It selects the correct golden-sample from the test-case object, and converts it into a Regexp which should match against the original golden-sample (used in selftest, see below), and on the renderings obtained by applying the code on the perl being tested.
The selection is driven by platform mostly, but also by test-mode, which rather complicates the code. This is worsened by the potential need to make platform specific conversions on the reftext.
but is otherwise as strict as possible. For example, it should *not* match when opcode flags change, or when optimizations convert an op to an ex-op.
match criteria
The selected golden-sample is massaged to eliminate various match irrelevancies. This is done so that the tests don't fail just because you added a line to the top of the test file. (Recall that the renderings contain the program's line numbers). Similar cleanups are done on "strings", hex-constants, etc.
The need to massage is reflected in the 2 golden-sample approach of the test-cases; we want the match to be as rigorous as possible, and thats easier to achieve when matching against 1 input than 2.
Opcode arguments (text within braces) are disregarded for matching purposes. This loses some info in 'add[t5]', but greatly simplifies matching 'nextstate(main 22 (eval 10):1)'. Besides, we are testing for regressions, not for complete accuracy.
The regex is anchored by default, but can be suppressed with 'noanchors', allowing 1-liner tests to succeed if opcode is found.
Global modes
Unusually, this module also processes @ARGV for command-line arguments which set global modes. These 'options' change the way the tests run, essentially reusing the tests for different purposes.
Additionally, there's an experimental control-arg interface (i.e. subject to change) which allows the user to set global modes.
Testing Method
At 1st, optreeCheck used one reference-text, but the differences between Threaded and Non-threaded renderings meant that a single reference (sampled from say, threaded) would be tricky and iterative to convert for testing on a non-threaded build. Worse, this conflicts with making tests both strict and precise.
We now use 2 reference texts, the right one is used based upon the build's threaded-ness. This has several benefits:
1. native reference data allows closer/easier matching by regex. 2. samples can be eyeballed to grok T-nT differences. 3. data can help to validate mkCheckRex() operation. 4. can develop regexes which accommodate T-nT differences. 5. can test with both native and cross-converted regexes.
Cross-testing (expect_nt on threaded, expect on non-threaded) exposes differences in B::Concise output, so mkCheckRex has code to do some cross-test manipulations. This area needs more work.
Test Modes
One consequence of a single-function API is difficulty controlling test-mode. I've chosen for now to use a package hash, %gOpts, to store test-state. These properties alter checkOptree() function, either short-circuiting to selftest, or running a loop that runs the testcase 2^N times, varying conditions each time. (current N is 2 only).
So Test-mode is controlled with cmdline args, also called options below. Run with 'help' to see the test-state, and how to change it.
This argument invokes runSelftest(), which tests a regex against the reference renderings that they're made from. Failure of a regex match its 'mold' is a strong indicator that mkCheckRex is buggy.
That said, selftest mode currently runs a cross-test too, they're not completely orthogonal yet. See below.
Cross-testing is purposely creating a T-NT mismatch, looking at the fallout, which helps to understand the T-NT differences.
The tweaking appears contrary to the 2-refs philosophy, but the tweaks will be made in conversion-specific code, which (will) handles T->NT and NT->T separately. The tweaking is incomplete.
A reasonable 1st step is to add tags to indicate when TonNT or NTonT is known to fail. This needs an option to force failure, so the test.pl reporting mechanics show results to aid the user.
This is normal mode. Other valid values are: native, cross, both.
checkOptree Notes
Accepts test code, renders its optree using B::Concise, and matches that rendering against a regex built from one of 2 reference renderings %tc data.
The regex is built by mkCheckRex(\%tc), which scrubs %tc data to remove match-irrelevancies, such as (args) and [args]. For example, it strips leading '# ', making it easy to cut-paste new tests into your test-file, run it, and cut-paste actual results into place. You then retest and reedit until all 'errors' are gone. (now make sure you haven't 'enshrined' a bug).
name: The test name. May be augmented by a label, which is built from important params, and which helps keep names in sync with whats being tested.
This optree regression testing framework needs tests in order to find bugs. To that end, OptreeCheck has support for developing new tests, according to the following model:
1. write a set of sample code into a single file, one per paragraph. Add <=for gentest> blocks if you care to, or just look at f_map and f_sort in ext/B/t/ for examples. 2. run OptreeCheck as a program on the file ./perl -Ilib ext/B/t/OptreeCheck.pm -w ext/B/t/f_map ./perl -Ilib ext/B/t/OptreeCheck.pm -w ext/B/t/f_sort gentest reads the sample code, runs each to generate a reference rendering, folds this rendering into an optreeCheck() statement, and prints it to stdout. 3. run the output file as above, redirect to files, then rerun on same build (for sanity check), and on thread-opposite build. With editor in 1 window, and cmd in other, it's fairly easy to cut-paste the gots into the expects, easier than running step 2 on both builds then trying to sdiff them together.
This code is purely for testing core. While checkOptree feels flexible enough to be stable, the whole selftest framework is subject to change w/o notice.
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Keeping the spirit of the 2012 Congress alive
01 July 2013 | News story
IUCN is pleased to announce the launch of the IUCN Conservation Trends Platform, which illustrates trends for conservation based on analysis undertaken during the Forum of the 2012 IUCN World Conservation Congress on a selection of workshops under each Congress theme. A Trend Report has been produced for each day, identifying the main conservation messages coming out of the collective work.
The platform gathers all of the information generated during the Forum: information about each session, PowerPoint presentations and video recordings for workshops and conservation campus sessions*, background documents, pictures and contact information.
It is the first time in the history of IUCN Congresses that such a platform has been made available. This has been possible thanks to the efforts of event organisers before and during the Congress, but the true meaning and future usefulness of this platform will also depend on all conservationists.
Event organizers are encouraged to publish information on how the outcomes of their sessions live on and to share information that has come out of their sessions. All other members of the conservation community are invited to use the platform, promote it, and engage in discussions with event organizers. Make it yours and use it to best suit your needs. We have done the basic work, but it is now up to you to keep this platform alive and convert it into something useful for conservation.
For more information about what IUCN will be doing between 2013 and 2016 to address the issues and trends identified at Congress, see the IUCN Programme 2013-2016.
For more information on the process of gathering these Conservations Trends, please refer to the Conservation Trends Platform Overview document.
Other outcomes from the 2012 IUCN World Conservation Congress can be found here.
Access the platform here: www.iucn.org/2012forum
*IUCN has uploaded the videos and presentations of workshops and conservation campus sessions of the organizers who agreed to our privacy policy. IUCN has not kept any recordings or presentations of sessions if the organizers or speakers concerned did not agree to make their information public when uploading their presentation onto the main system.


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The project Climandes 2 built upon the first phase of the project Climandes 1 and aimed to develop climate services for decision-makers in Peru and to improve the training of meteorologists in the Andean region. User-tailored weather forecasts can help the rural population in managing the impacts of climate change. The cooperation between MeteoSwiss and the Peruvian weather service was funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Innovative cooperation between Switzerland and Peru
The project Climandes 2 (Servicios climáticos con énfasis en los Andes en apoyo a las decisiones) strengthened the existing partnership ties and exchange of knowledge between the two mountainous countries Switzerland and Peru. It was a pilot project of the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS). The joint project activities support the Peruvian weather service (SENAMHI) and the WMO training centre at La Molina University (UNALM) in Lima. The project consisted of three complementary modules.
Module 1: Climate services tailored for agriculture in the Andean region
The project aimed to develop high-quality climate services specifically tailored for the agricultural economy in the Andes. As the availability of water is a decisive factor affecting agricultural production, module 1 of Climandes 2 aimed to provide improved information on precipitation and droughts. To this end, up-to-date climate monitoring and seasonal forecasts for the Andes were prepared. The development of climate services in module 1 was closely linked to module 3, which included the assessment of user-needs for climate services in the agricultural economy.
Module 2: Improved training in meteorology and climatology
Climandes 2 was designed to improve academic training in meteorology and climatology in Peru so as to ensure the development of high-quality climate services in the Andes. Module 2 enhanced the training provision at the Peruvian weather service and the WMO training centre (WMO-RTC) at La Molina University. At these institutions, e-learning material was developed and introduced into existing and new courses. These training opportunities by SENAMHI and the WMO-RTC were promoted and made available to other countries in the Andean region.
Module 3: User-dialogue and socio-economic benefits of climate services
The purpose of Module 3 was to connect users and providers of climate services in order to match climate information with user needs. By means of a participatory process, the concept of a User Interface Platform (UIP) aided the development, application and improvement of climate services. In addition, Module 3 identified and communicated the economic value of climate services to political decision-makers in the Andean region, thus ensuring the granting of public funding required for sustainably maintaining and operating the basic infrastructure and climate services provided by SENAMHI.
In a pilot case study the project SEB Peru examined the socio-economic benefit (SEB) of a hypothetical early warning system user-tailored for coffee and maize farmers in Cusco, Peru. The results demonstrate that small farmers have a strong interest in using climate services.
- Brochure: Socio Economic Benefits, SENAMHI, 2015 (PDF, 1.7MB, english)
- Brochure Climandes, SENAMHI, 2014 (PDF, 9.3MB, english)
- Climandes Factsheet, MeteoSwiss, 2013 - English
- Climandes Factsheet, MeteoSwiss, 2013 - Spanish
International project organisation
Climandes 2 was funded by the Global Programme Climate Change of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and coordinated by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). The project was implemented in Peru by the Peruvian weather service SENAMHI and La Molina University. The project partners were supported by the universities of Berne, Geneva and Zurich, ETH Zurich, Meteodat GmbH, J. Sauter GmbH, Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation Peru, and the Swiss Tropical Institute.
- Global Programme Climate Change of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
- World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
- Peruvian weather service SENAMHI
- La Molina University, Lima
- University of Bern
- University of Geneva
- University of Zurich
- ETH Zürich
- Meteodat GmbH
- Jürg Sauter GmbH (no website)
- Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation Peru
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute


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ActiveRecord::Base leaks a powerful API throughout an application which can lead to tempting code which breaks good design. Take the classic blog example where you may want to retrieve the latest posts by a given author. You may have seen, or even written code that gets the dataset you need straight into the controller or view:
Post.where(author_id: author_id).limit(20).order("created_at DESC").each { ... }
For me this is a design violation
as well as breaking the "Law of Demeter"[Edit: Current Pivot Adam Berlin and former Pivot John Barker pointed out that chaining with the same object was not a Demeter violation]. The example above tells me structure of the schema that the calling class has no business knowing. It also makes testing using stubs ugly and encourages testing against the database directly. A test would have to chain three methods to stub a return value. It's brittle, as in it's susceptible to breaking due to changes outside of the class. For me it also fails from a narrative perspective in that it doesn't succinctly reveal the intent of this part of the application.
If we were testing this and attempting to use stubs, we'd have to write something like the below. You can see how this is at best cumbersome, but also fragile.
where = stub(:where)
limit = stub(:limit)
order = stub(:order)
Post.stub(:where).with(author_id: author_id) { where }
where.stub(:limit).with(20) { limit }
limit.stub(:order).with("created_at DESC").and_yield(post1, post2, post3)
You may be forgiven for thinking you could chain the stubs like below, but the arguments are ignored
and this just serves to highlight the breaking of the 'Law of Demeter'.
Post.stub_chain(:where, :limit, :order).and_yield(post1, post2, post3)
I'd much rather see that as a message to the
Post class.
def self.latest_for_author id
where(author_id: id).limit(20).order("created_at DESC")
If there were variations of the limit and perhaps offset, they can be passed as option parameters of as an options hash:
def self.latest_for_author id, limit = 20, offset = 0
where(author: id).limit(limit).offset(offset).order("created_at DESC")
Post.latest_for_author(1, 20, 0)
def self.latest_for_author id, options
limit = options[:limit] || 20
offset = options[:offset] || 0
where(author: id).limit(limit).offset(offset).order("created_at DESC")
Post.latest_for_author(1, offset: 20)
In order to get the dataset the call looks like the following, and I think is more informative than using the ActiveRecord DSL directly.
Post.latest_for_author(author_id).each { ... }
Testing is also easier, as it puts more emphasis on the messages being sent to objects rather than a chain of calls having to be correct.
Post.should_receive(:latest_for_author).with(1).and_yield(post1, post2, post3)
There are a few advantages to this refactor:
- Only the
Postclass knows about the schema
- Any changes to the implementation of what
latest_for_authorare encapsulated in one place
- The method describes the intent more than the implementation
- Stubbing in the tests are easier as there is one clear dependency
- Testing the database is encouraged only in the class hitting the database
One further refactor could be done here, and that is to move the query logic out of the Post class once more, but this time into a purpose built query Object:
class LatestPosts
attr_reader :author_id
def initialize author_id
@author_id = author_id
def find_each(&block)
Post.where(author_id: author_id).limit(20).order("created_at DESC").find_each(&block)
Where using the class looks like:
LatestPosts.new(author_id).find_each { ... }
Here's what Bryan Helmkamp has to say on query objects in his excellent write up on fat ActiveRecord models. Bryan here rightfully points out that once in a single purpose object, they warrant little attention to unit testing. Now is the right time to use the database to ensure the right data set is being returned and that N+1 queries are not being performed. This means that database testing would only occur within the class actually hitting the database and not the rest of application which has a dependency on the database.
All of these techniques discussed serve to improve the design of an application by preventing leaking responsibilities from one class throughout the rest of the application. I'm also not saying that developers shouldn't be using ActiveRecord or even Rails, but to use the tools responsibly.
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You Don't Know Jack airs tonight on HBO Canada.
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You don't know jack about Jack Kevorkian, but screenwriter Adam Mazer wants to change that.
When he was writing the screenplay for the HBO biographical TV movie You Don't Know Jack — about the right-to-die activist who famously, and infamously, championed the right of terminal patients to die by physician-assisted suicide — Mazer says the last thing he wanted to do was fall into the old TV trap of cliches.
Mazer wrote his screenplay long before he learned Al Pacino would be cast to play the Michigan pathologist who would earn the nickname "Dr. Death."
Kevorkian famously served eight years in prison for second-degree murder after video of him administering a lethal injection was shown during a 60 Minutes interview with Mike Wallace in November 1998.
"We didn't set out to do a movie about assisted suicide," Mazer explained. "It is a movie about Jack Kevorkian." And Jack Kevorkian is a much more complicated person than the public picture suggests, Mazer said.
"What makes him so fascinating is, as flawed as he may have been in some people's eyes, he was a Renaissance man. He was a painter. He wrote poetry. He was a filmmaker years ago; tried to make a movie 20 some years ago. He composed music, painted, played poker with his buddies once a week. The more we got to sort of understand who the guy was behind the headlines, he became this intriguing figure."
Mazer based his screenplay in part on the book, Between the Dying and the Dead, by Neal Nicol and Harry Wylie.
The title You Don't Know Jack is deliberate, but not meant to be facetious, Mazer insisted. He was being literal, not funny.
"It's in the title, literally. Who is this guy? A pathologist in Detroit. Most of us were familiar with the headlines and the news pieces and the media frenzy surrounding him at the time, but who was he really? He was never married, had no children."
Mazer, the writer, jumped at the opportunity to meet Kevorkian in person, unlike Pacino, who played Kevorkian in the film and pointedly chose not to meet Kevorkian ahead of time.
"I met him about four days after he was released from prison in June of '07, and was blown away, beyond everything I thought I knew about him," Mazer said. "His quirks, his eccentricities, his mannerisms — all that is revealed in the film."
Kevorkian is 81. He has been out of prison for two and a half years, Mazer noted.
"I think, when he looks back, I don't believe he regrets what he did on 60 Minutes, and how that led to his conviction," Mazer said. "I think the only thing he feels regret about is that no one took up the baton. Everything quietened down while he was away.
"You must remember that, in the '90s, Jack Kevorkian was, arguably, one of the most famous, recognizable people in the country, if not the world, besides maybe the Clintons and Michael Jordan. And, in effect, he was forgotten."


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Below is a list of Lovecraftian-themed movies that I recommend — what I consider to be the best of the best. Note that I did not say that this is a list of movies based on Lovecraft's stories. Some movies on this list are adaptations of Lovecraft's work, to be sure; but there are plenty that are not. That's not important. What is important is that the movie makes good use of Lovecraftian themes, whether it's an adaptation or not.
For example, you won't find The Dunwich Horror on this list, but you will find Dagon (a Lovecraft adaptation) and Absentia (not a Lovecraft adaptation). Why? Because tentacles and adaptations don't make movies Lovecraftian.
What does make a movie Lovecraftian, in my opinion? Wikipedia writes that "the hallmark of Lovecraft's work was the sense that ordinary life was a thin shell over a reality which was so alien and abstract in comparison that merely contemplating it would damage the sanity of the ordinary person." I agree wholeheartedly with that definition, and I put together this movie list with that in mind.
Also, this is a personal list; it's movies that I think are very good to great and that use Lovecraftian themes. If you disagree, fair enough; your comments are welcome. If you think I've forgotten a movie that should be here, please let me know.
I'll be adding to this list from time to time. To stay in the loop, sign up for email notifications at the top right side of this page.
Long story short: If you enjoy reading new stories of Lovecraftian horror like the ones found in The Lovecraft eZine, then you will probably enjoy the movies below. So grab the popcorn and turn down the lights — here's the list!
ABSENTIA [streaming, DVD] Tricia's husband has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him 'dead in absentia.' As Tricia sifts through the wreckage and tries to move on with her life, Callie finds herself drawn to an ominous tunnel near the house. As she begins to link it to other mysterious disappearances, she comes to the realization that his presumed death might be anything but 'natural.' Soon it becomes clear that the ghostly force at work in the tunnel might have set its sights on Callie and Tricia too.
ALIEN [streaming, DVD] On their voyage home, the crew of the deepspace tug Nostromo investigate an alien distress signal, inadvertently picking up and bringing aboard an extraterrestrial life form with violent and lethal survival instincts.
AM 1200 [Avaliable on Youtube from the Director] Haunted by recent events and on the run, a man finds himself the unwitting pawn of a possessed evangelical radio station and like his unfortunate predecessor must ask himself whether it is better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
ANNIHILATION [streaming, Blue-ray/DVD] A biologist and former soldier (Natalie Portman) must lead a mission into a mysterious quarantine zone known as The Shimmer, a beautiful but deadly world of mutated landscapes and creatures that threatens all life on Earth. Also starring Oscar Isaac.
THE BANSHEE CHAPTER [streaming, DVD] On the trail of a missing friend who had been experimenting with mind-altering drugs, a young journalist – aided by a rogue counter-culture writer — finds herself drawn into the dangerous world of top-secret government chemical research and the mystery of a disturbing radio signal of unknown origin. A fast-paced thriller blending fact and fiction, Banshee Chapter is based on real documents, actual test subject testimony, and uncovered secrets about covert programs run by the CIA.
BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE [streaming, DVD] Archaeologists find a strange structure that appears to be thousands of years old. The team becomes isolated when their communications fail and their sanity begins to unravel.
BORDERLANDS [streaming, DVD] Borderlands is the story of Maria Lara, a 74 year old Mexican-American woman and her life as she experiences the daily struggles of keeping her neurotic, dysfunctional family together while being haunted by enigmatic and increasingly disturbing hallucinations.
THE BURROWERS [streaming, DVD] The Dakota Territories. 1879. A handful of brave pioneers maintain isolated settlements in the badlands beyond civilization. Irish immigrant Fergus Coffey is near to winning the hand of his beloved Maryanne when she is suddenly taken from him, her family brutally abducted in a nighttime attack on their homestead. Suspicion falls immediately on hostile Indians. Experienced Indian fighters Will Parcher and John Clay form a posse and set out to rescue the kidnapped settlers, taking along a naive teenager hoping to prove himself a man, an ex-slave looking for his place, and their ranch hand, Coffey. But as men vanish in the night, and horrific evidence accumulates with the dead and dying, the group discovers that their prey is far more terrifying than anything human, and their prospects are far more terrible than death.
CABIN IN THE WOODS [streaming, DVD] Five friends go for a break at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.
THE CALL OF CTHULHU [streaming, DVD] Written in 1926, just before the advent of "talking" pictures, The Call of Cthulhu is one of the most famous and influential tales of H.P. Lovecraft, the father of gothic horror. Now the story is brought richly to life in the style of a classic 1920s silent movie, with a haunting original symphonic score. Using the "Mythoscope" process – a mix of modern and vintage techniques, the HPLHS has worked to create the most authentic and faithful screen adaptation of a Lovecraft story yet attempted. From the cultists of the Louisana bayous to the man-eating non-euclidean geometry of R'lyeh, the HPLHS brings Cthulhu to the screen as it was meant to be seen. Eighteen months of production and a cast of more than 50 actors went into making this film a period spectacle that must seen to be believed. The DVD includes The Call of Cthulhu (47 minutes, black and white), the high-fidelity and "Mythophonic" soundtracks, a 25 minute "making-of" documentary featurette, two slide shows, deleted footage, a prop PDF of the Sydney Bulletin and more.
CLOVERFIELD [streaming, DVD] Told from the vertiginous point-of-view of a camcorder-wielding group of friends, Cloverfield begins like a primetime television soap opera about young Manhattanites coping with changes in their personal lives. Rob is leaving New York to take an executive job at a company in Japan. At his goodbye party in a crowded loft, Rob's brother Jason hands a camcorder to best friend Hud, who proceeds to tape the proceedings over old footage of Rob's ex-girlfriend, Beth–images shot during happy times in that now-defunct relationship. Naturally, Beth shows up at the party with a new beau, bumming Rob out completely. Just before one's eyes glaze over from all this heartbreaking stuff (captured by Hud, who's something of a doofus, in laughably shaky camerawork), the unexpected happens: New York is suddenly under attack from a Godzilla-like monster stomping through midtown and destroying everything and everybody in sight. Rob and company hit the streets, but rather than run with other evacuees, they head toward the center of the storm so that Rob can rescue an injured Beth. There are casualties along the way, but the journey into fear is fascinating and immediate if emotionally remote–a consequence of seeing these proceedings through the singular, subjective perspective of a camcorder and of a story that intentionally leaves major questions unanswered: Who or what is this monster? Where did it come from?
THE CORRIDOR [streaming, DVD] Five friends spend a weekend in a cabin in the woods to catch up on old times. Recently, one of them was released from a mental hospital. Apparently, he and his mother saw and heard some strange things that started driving them crazy. What happens in the woods that weekend is an example of a creature from another reality revealing itself to people in this one, and how it affects their mental stability.
THE CREATURE BELOW [streaming, DVD] During a dive accident, Olive, a marine-biologist discovers a creature. She brings the creature home, intent on secretly studying it. Things begin to unravel, revealing her bond with it. One which drives her to carry out its sinister will.
CTHULHU [DVD] The H.P. Lovecraft story "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" gets a contemporary reworking in this eerie film following a gay college professor (Jason Cottle) as he arrives at his Oregon hometown to preside over the estate of his deceased mother. Finding both his father and the community at large involved in a strange cult, the young man confronts his ultimate destiny with an icy dread.
DAGON [DVD] Based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft, the undisputed master of macabre. Paul and his girlfriend Barbara are celebrating the success of their new company on a yacht off the coast of Spain, when a sudden storm smashes their boat on a reef. Barbara and Paul swim to the nearest town for help. The decrepit fishing village of Imboca at first seems to be deserted, but unblinking eyes peer out from boarded-up houses. The strange inhabitants offer little help to the stranded couple. By nightfall Barbara is missing and Paul finds himself pursued by the entire town… but a town of what?
DARK CITY [streaming, DVD] Separated from his wife Emma, amnesiac John Murdoch awakens alone in a strange hotel to learn he is wanted for a series of brutal killings.
DIE FARBE [streaming, DVD] Arkham, 1975: Jonathan Davis' father has disappeared. His tracks lead to Germany, to the Swabian-Franconian Forest where he was stationed after the Second World War. Jonathan sets out to find him and bring him home, but deep in the woods he discovers a dark mystery from the past. Based on H.P. Lovecraft's short novel "The Colour Out of Space".
DIRT DAUBER [DVD] In this disturbing Lovecraftian fairytale, a man awakes naked and confused in an isolated mountainous region. He soon encounters a strange local who offers to help him. The stranger recounts local folklore that speaks of a murderous religious cult, and an insect-like fertility god that is said to dwell deep within the mountain. The two men go underground in search of the truth and soon find themselves in a stygian black temple of horror…
DREAMS IN THE WITCH HOUSE [streaming, DVD] A graduate student questions his sanity after he rents a room in an old boarding house which was the residence of a 17th Century witch, and he figures out that the evil forces still roam within the walls.
THE ENDLESS [streaming, Blu-ray] Acclaimed filmmakers Moorhead and Benson return with this mind-bending supernatural thriller about two brothers who revisit the UFO death cult they escaped as teens, only to find there may have been truth to the cult's otherworldly beliefs all along.
EUROPA REPORT [streaming, DVD] A unique blend of documentary, alternative history and science fiction thriller, EUROPA REPORT follows a contemporary mission to Jupiter's moon Europa to investigate the possible existence of alien life within our solar system. When unmanned probes suggest that a hidden ocean could exist underneath Europa's icy surface and may contain single-celled life, Europa Ventures, a privately funded space exploration company, sends six of the best astronauts from around the world to confirm the data and explore the revolutionary discoveries that may lie in the Europan ocean.
EVENT HORIZON [streaming, DVD] The year is 2047. Years earlier, the pioneering research vessel Event Horizon vanished without a trace. Now a signal from it has been detected, and the United States Aerospace Command responds. Hurtling toward the signal's source are a fearless captain (Laurence Fishburne), his elite crew and the lost ship's designer (Sam Neill). Their mission: find and salvage the state-of-the-art spacecraft. What they find is state-of-the-art interstellar terror.
EVOLUTION [streaming] In this sci-fi thriller, a remote island is inhabited by young boys who are subjected to strange medical treatments. Soon one boy makes a disturbing discovery beneath the waves.
HORROR EXPRESS [streaming, Blu-ray/DVD] An English anthropologist discovers a frozen monster in Manchuria and brings it back to Europe.
IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS [streaming, DVD] The mind-bending worlds of author H.P. Lovecraft have long interested horror directors, but the films have rarely successfully captured his nightmarish mix of madness and mythology. John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness is not directly based on Lovecraft's work, but screenwriter Michael De Luca draws his inspiration from Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythology and then adds his own ingenious twists. John Trent (Sam Neill), an insurance investigator recently fitted for a straightjacket, tells his story to a psychiatrist. Hired to track down the missing pop-horror phenomena Sutter Cane, a Stephen King-like author whose fans are literally made for his books, Trent finds the supposedly fictional Hobb's End. He watches the town collapse into madness, murder, and monstrous transformations: the fantastic horrors of Cane's novels played out in front of his eyes. "Reality isn't what it used to be," deadpans one zombielike townsperson. In fact, it is how Cane writes it–but is he Devil, dark oracle, or simply a preacher in the service of an evil that grows stronger with every soul his books convert? The script never quite gets a grip on the blurry relationship between fact and fiction, but those details fade in the face of Carpenter's demented imagery, shiver-inducing twists, and dark wit. It's more eerie mind game than straight-out horror, a portrait of a world gone mad, and Carpenter relishes every hallucinatory moment.
THE LAST WAVE [streaming, DVD] (Lovecraft scholar S.T. Joshi once told me that The Last Wave is his favorite Lovecraftian-themed movie.) Richard Chamberlain stars as Australian lawyer David Burton, who takes on the defense of a group of aborigines accused of killing one of their own. He suspects the victim has been killed for violating a tribal taboo, but the defendants deny any tribal association. Burton, plagued by apocalyptic visions of water, slowly realizes his own involvement with the aborigines…and their prophecies.
THE LAST WINTER [DVD] In the Arctic region of Northern Alaska, an oil company's advance team struggles to establish a drilling base that will forever alter the pristine land. After one team member is found dead, a disorientation slowly claims the sanity of the others as each of them succumbs to a mysterious fear…
MESSIAH OF EVIL [streaming, Blue-ray/DVD] A young woman goes searching for her missing artist father. Her journey takes her to a strange Californian seaside town governed by a mysterious undead cult.
THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN [streaming, DVD] A photographer propelled to explore his dark side begins tracking a subway serial killer whose brutal butchery makes for the most nightmarish images ever captured on camera in director Ryuhei Kitamura's adaptation of a short story by horror heavyweight Clive Barker. Leon Kaufman (Bradley Cooper) is just another struggling photographer in search of the perfect subject. Encouraged to explore the sinister side of humanity by a prominent art gallery proprietor (Brooke Shields) who is set to display his upcoming debut, Leon goes against the wishes of his girlfriend, Maya (Leslie Bibb), and begins stalking notorious serial killer Mahogany (Vinnie Jones) — whose sadistic murder spree has been making headlines all across the country. As Leon's fascination with Mahogany gradually grows into obsession, his descent into the killer's putrid world of murder begins to corrupt his soul while simultaneously dragging his concerned girlfriend down a perverse path of darkness from which there is no return.
THE MIST [streaming, DVD] After a mysterious mist envelopes a small New England town, a group of locals trapped in a supermarket must battle a siege of otherworldly creatures…and the fears that threaten to tear them apart.
THE NEW DAUGHTER [streaming, DVD] Muddy footprints and straw dolls betray the presence of an ancient evil in The New Daughter. Author John James (Kevin Costner) has brought his innocent young son Sam and sullen teenage daughter Louisa to a new home to start their lives over after James's wife abandoned them. The house, of course, is huge and in the middle of an overgrown forest–and the discovery of a strange mound nearby doesn't make things any less spooky. Louisa's adolescent hormones practically beg for supernatural possession, and before long she's covered in mud, breaking out in a prickly rash, and pushing girls down the stairway at school. There's nothing unexpected in The New Daughter, but that doesn't mean it's ineffective; Spanish director Luis Berdejo makes good use of ambient sound, well-timed jolts, and Baquero's porcelain-doll features. Costner seems a little out of his element, but when he's faced with some horrible choices, he captures the torment of a father who fears he can't save his children. As is often the case, the more we see, the less scary it is, so it's good that Berdejo holds back on the creepy-crawlies for as long as he can. Horror fans will find much to enjoy in The New Daughter.
PANDORUM [streaming, Blue-ray/DVD] Two crew members of a spaceship wake up from hypersleep to discover that all their colleagues are missing. Despite this, it appears that they are not alone.
PHANTOMS [streaming, DVD] Five lone survivors in a devastated town must face the unthinkable: a ferocious force of evil lying below the earth for centuries has surfaced with the power to destroy every human being! You're in for a pulse-pounding experience as the survivors race to stop this terrifying threat before it wipes humankind off the face of the earth!
PICKMAN'S MUSE [DVD] A stellar adaption of "The Haunter of the Dark". An artist, Robert Pickman, becomes obsessed by visions of unworldly horror, revealed to him through an ancient artifact discovered in an abandoned church.
PONTYPOOL [streaming, DVD] In the small town of Pontypool, Ontario, former shock jock turned radio announcer Grant Mazzy drives through a blizzard on his way to work. When poor visibility forces him to stop his car, an underdressed woman appears on the road, startling him. Grant calls out to her, but she disappears into the storm, ominously repeating his words and visibly disturbing him. Grant eventually arrives at the radio station, where he works with technical assistant Laurel-Ann Drummond and station manager Sydney Briar. As the morning proceeds, they get a report from their weather and traffic helicopter reporter Ken Loney about a possible riot at the office of Doctor Mendez in Pontypool. He describes a scene of chaos and carnage that results in numerous deaths, immediately grabbing Grant's attention. After Ken is unexpectedly cut off, the group tries to confirm his report, but their witnesses are disconnected before they can get them on the airwaves. Ken calls back and reports that he has found the "infected" son of a well-known Pontypool citizen nearby, mumbling to himself…
POSSESSION [DVD] A spiral staircase movie, a never-ending metaphysical game of cat-and-mouse, a moral aspiration to the Heavens, a "spotlight" on God, a scornful detective movie, a horror movie and frightful, high-octane baroque work – Possession is all of that at once. It is a film that provokes, but it provokes intelligence above all – not just the merry continuation of our little social mechanisms.
PRINCE OF DARKNESS [streaming, DVD] A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church. If opened, it could mean the end of the world.
PROMETHEUS [streaming, DVD] A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
QUATERMASS OF THE PIT [Blue-ray/DVD] A mysterious artifact is unearthed in London, and famous scientist Bernard Quatermass is called into to divine its origins and explain its strange effects on people.
RESOLUTION [streaming, Blue-ray/DVD] From Tribeca Film. Paranormal forces descend upon a junkie forced to go cold turkey in an isolated cabin — or do they? Genre-bending horror at its most bone-chilling.
THE RESURRECTED [DVD] Charles Dexter Ward's wife enlists the help of a private detective to find out what her husband is up to in a remote cabin owned by his family for centuries. The husband is a chemical engineer, and the smells from his experiments (and the delivery of what appear to be human remains at all hours) are beginning to arouse the attention of neighbors and local law enforcement officials. When the detective and wife find a diary of the husband's ancestor from 1771, and reports of gruesome murders in the area begin to surface, they begin to suspect that some very unnatural experiments are being conducted in the old house.
THE RITUAL [streaming] A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.
THE RIZEN [streaming, Blue-ray/DVD] The year is 1955. For the past four years, NATO and the Allied Forces have been conducting secret, occult experiments in a bid to win the Arms Race. Now, they have finally succeeded, but what they have unleashed could tear our world apart.
THE SHRINE [DVD] A blood-curdling tale of sacrificial cults, demonic possession and ancient evil. After a young American backpacker vanishes in Europe, three journalists trace his disappearance to a mysterious Polish village. They travel there hoping to get the story, but instead find a grotesque, fog-shrouded shrine and hostile locals hell-bent on serving up for their next ritualistic human sacrifice.
SPIDER LABYRINTH [DVD] Handsome Professor Alan Whitmore is assigned by his university to go to Budapest to seek out Professor Roth who has been investigating an ancient religion. Once there, he is met by Professor Roths' beautiful assistant, Genevieve Weiss. But Professor Whitmore soon finds himself at the center of mysterious cult involving secrets, murder, and a monstrous mind controlling spider god . Will the professor solve this weird puzzle, or will he too be caught in the web of the Spider Labyrinth?
SPRING [streaming, DVD, Blu-ray] After the death of his mother and a fight in a bar that could lead to jail time, Evan leaves California for Italy, where he falls for Louise (Nadia Hilker), a young woman who he soon discovers is harboring a dark, primordial secret. This genre-bending horror romance from filmmakers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead blends stunning locations, bold performances, and a unique visual style.
STEPHANIE [streaming, DVD] From Blumhouse productions, Stephanie is an abandoned girl tormented girl by supernatural forces. When her parents return they realize she may be the cause of chaos.
THE THING [streaming, DVD] Researchers in the remote Antarctic dig up the remains of a spacecraft that has long been frozen in the ice. But the alien life unthaws and infects the living (not only humans but sled dogs too), living and gestating inside them. This Thing is chilling in every sense of the word, with plenty of terrifying, adrenaline-pumping moments that build it to a powerful and shockingly nihilistic conclusion. It's a harsh and uncompromising movie (hewing more closely to the original 1930s story "Who Goes There?")–so much so that it probably never would have been given a green-light by any studio in the more cautious and doggedly upbeat 1990s.
THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP [streaming, DVD] A psychological horror film based on the story by H.P. Lovecraft. Daniel Upton's relationship with his friend Edward Derby is abruptly changed after Edward becomes romantically involved with an enigmatic hypnotist. As Edward's behavior becomes more erratic and events unexplainable, Daniel investigates. Is it madness…or something far more terrifying?
UNDER THE SKIN [streaming, Blu-ray/DVD] A voluptuous woman of unknown origin (Scarlett Johansson) combs the highways in search of isolated or forsaken men, luring a succession of lost souls into an otherworldly lair. They are seduced, stripped of their humanity, and never heard from again.
THE VOID [streaming] A blood-soaked man limping down a deserted road is rushed by officer Carter to a nearby hospital with a skeleton crew. Trapped inside by hooded figures, Carter discovers that the patients and staff are transforming into something inhuman.
THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS [DVD] Written in 1931, H.P. Lovecraft's iconic genre-bending tale of suspense and alien terrors is brought to life in the style of the classic horror films of the 1930s like Frankenstein, Dracula and King Kong. Using its MythoscopeTM process – a mix of vintage and modern techniques – the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society expands on Lovecraft's original tale while still bringing you unparalleled authenticity. Horror and science fiction collide in the adventure of Albert Wilmarth, a folklore professor at Miskatonic University, as he investigates legends of strange creatures rumored to dwell in the most remote mountains of Vermont. Wilmarth's investigation leads him to a discovery of horrors quite beyond anything he ever imagined, and ends in a desperate attempt to escape the remote New England hills with his life and sanity intact. The studio that brought you The Call of Cthulhu now presents one of Lovecraft's weirdest tales as a feature-length talkie starring Matt Foyer as the intrepid folklorist, Albert Wilmarth. Celebrated television and stage star Barry Lynch plays Henry Akeley, supported by an ensemble of outstanding actors. Shot on location in New England and in Hollywood, The Whisperer in Darkness brings Lovecraft's intense imagination to vivid life in the style of the 1930s.
WOUNDS [streaming] Disturbing and mysterious things begin happening to a New Orleans bartender (Armie Hammer) after he picks up a phone left behind in his bar. Also starring Dakota Johnson and Zazie Beetz.
YELLOWBRICKROAD [streaming, DVD] In the Fall of 1940, the entire population of Friar, NH abandoned their homes and walked up an ancient trail, never to be seen alive again. Their fates have remained a mystery for over 70 years, until a team of researchers discover the trailhead and attempt to track the path the doomedcitizens of Friar took. Yellowbrickroad is a return to the slow burn, character driven horror thrillers of the 1970s.
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Mike Davis
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