Almost 11 years ago, I took a giant leap of faith. I left a northeastern Oklahoma community where I'd lived since 1969—except for the times I'd gone away to college—to move to a larger town about 70 miles west. I left behind family and friendships formed over a 36-year period to a place where I knew very few people.
However, during the time I've lived in Rogers County, I've been blessed with a multitude of friends. Those friends have encouraged me, laughed and cried with me, prayed with and for me and stood by me during times of trouble. Even more importantly, being here has helped my faith grow. Through my church family and the people of faith God has placed in my path, my spiritual eyes have been opened to embrace what God can do in our lives when we place our trust in Him.
However, it wasn't always that way for me. I'd only been in Claremore about a year when I yearned to return home. Prayer and the advice of wise individuals revealed to me I was here for a reason. Soon, I came to call this place home. I had no desire to return.
About two years ago, God began working in me through a variety of ways. I knew He had plans for me to move. I just wasn't sure where. Through reading scripture, praying daily, hearing the testimony of others and listening to my pastor's sermons, I explored my options. Then, a very powerful dream last November affirmed I needed to return home.
While I will miss my church family and the friendships I've formed, I'm excited about the new adventure God has in store for me. I will continue to write this column. I am clarifying because so many people have asked.
What God wants from His children is really quite simple: He wants us. He wants our hearts, and all of our service for Him must flow from these two commands to love.
If you've ever thrown a stone into a body of water, you know what happens. A ripple occurs. I want to be a part of that ripple effect. Wherever I go, my faith will lead me to share the Good News.


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I can assure you wont find more kisses on any other group or family than what I found on Adele and Todd's story, and this crazy bunch not only they are known for sharing love indiscriminately, but for their risky dance moves, YES I said it (or wrote it for that matter)..!!


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Wind Farm Barely Gets Preliminary OK To Kill 160 Additional Endangered Bats
by Teresa | posted in: August 2019 | 0
"We're not happy," Lisa Spain told the room after casting the deciding vote to approve an amended Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) that would allow the state's largest wind farm to kill 160 more endangered bats than the 60 it was originally allowed to.
The 4-1-1 vote, held at the state Endangered Species Recovery Committee's meeting on July 25, was a necessary step in finalizing an amended plan and incidental take license/permit for Kawailoa Wind, LLC, which owns a 69-megawatt wind farm on O'ahu's North Shore. The facility, which started generating power in November 2012, has been operating in breach of its license for more than a year, having directly or indirectly killed as many as 69 bats as of December 2017. As of March 31, there was a high likelihood (80 percent) that the facility had killed as many as 87 bats, according to a report by the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW).
(Had four favorable votes not been obtained for the amended HCP, the plan would not have received the support of a majority of the seven-person Endangered Species Recovery Committee and would not have been recommended for eventual approval by the state Board of Land and Natural Resources. In that event, under Section 95D-121 of Hawai'i Revised Statutes, the plan would not be subject to Land Board approval and would instead have to receive a two-thirds majority vote of both houses of the Legislature.)
In addition to any pressure committee members might have felt to support a project that helps the state meet its goal of producing 100 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2045, they also had to face another hard fact: In December 2016, while it did not take an official vote, the committee had expressed its general support of a proposal to consider Kawailoa's financial assistance in the state's purchase of lands at Helemano as mitigation for the take of an additional 55 bats.
With some fanfare, the Department of Land and Natural Resources acquired the 2,900 acres from Dole late last year for about $15 million, with $2.75 million of that coming from Kawailoa Wind.
The sale closed one month after Michelle Bogardus of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and DOFAW administrator Dave Smith sent letters to Kawailoa Wind concurring with the company's approach toward offsetting the take of 55 bats.
Until the July meeting, the ESRC chairman had been Scott Fretz, DOFAW Maui branch manager. Fretz had been highly critical of a draft plan that Kawailoa had proposed last September and which the company had later revised in response to concerns voiced by him and other committee members.
But in the days leading up to the July meeting, Fretz was removed as chair by DLNR director Suzanne Case. Replacing him was DOFAW administrator Smith.
When it came time to vote, Smith repeatedly pressed members for a motion that none of them seemed eager to make in light of the continued uncertainty over how many bats live on the island and whether mitigation measures will actually produce enough bats to help offset the hundreds that may be killed by current and future wind farms.
Kawailoa's September draft HCP proposed allowing the take of an additional 205 bats — not 55 — through 2032, when its take license expires. The plan would have added three new tiers to the facility's three-tier mitigation strategy. The proposed Tier 4 action would be the Helemano acquisition as mitigation for the take of 55 bats. Tier 5 action, which would be triggered once take reached 75 percent of the total authorized take limit for Tiers 1-4 (86 bats), would be some kind of habitat protection (i.e., easement or acquisition) and/or habitat restoration/land management. The action for Tier 6, which would be triggered if and when 123 bats were killed, would be the same as for Tier 5.
The plan also included a "reversion trigger" that would allow Kawailoa to roll back some of its take minimization measures (i.e. feathering turbine blades, using acoustic deterrents) if annual take stayed below 60 percent of the annual average take allowed for in the plan.
At the committee's meeting last October, members questioned the extent to which the facility should receive mitigation credit for the Helemano lands. In addition to receiving credit for the take of 55 bats by helping purchase the lands, Kawailoa proposed that any future financial contributions it makes to DOFAW to manage the area be considered mitigation for the take of up to 150 more bats. As alternatives, the plan proposed funding of habitat management in native forest in Waimea or some other area acceptable to DOFAW and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Helemano Wilderness Area
Committee member Michelle Bogardus, representing the FWS, said her agency supported the land purchase as mitigation for the take of 55 bats. However, member Kawika Winter, as well as Mililani Browning of Kamehameha Schools, questioned the approach. They noted that some of the lands purchased were already protected by their Conservation District status and that DOFAW would be the agency managing the lands for bats, not Kawailoa.
Spain expressed concern that treating the Helemano acquisition and management as two separate mitigation measures seemed like double-counting.
Fretz later added in written comments that the assumption that the Helemano acquisition would offset the take of any bats, let alone 55, was uncertain, as was the assumption that the proposed habitat improvements or protections proposed for Tiers 5 and 6 would produce 150 bats.
"The conservation biology and recovery needs of HHB [Hawaiian hoary bats] are poorly known. The factors and threats that limit populations are not known, it is not known whether suitable habitat is a limiting factor, and there are no published studies or data on HHB that have demonstrated that restoration of habitat resulted in an increase in HHB populations," he wrote.
He also complained that the plan did not require the use of deterrents, even though technologies were available that had "a reasonable likelihood of success in reducing take and yielding essential information needed to improve the effectiveness of available methods."
Fretz recommended a total take of less than 265 bats and that the proposed reversion trigger be deleted.
In response to the ESRC's comments, Kawailoa submitted a revised draft plan in June, which reduced the proposed total take from 265 bats to 220, removed the reversion trigger, clarified its adaptive management strategy and added sections on the bat population, cumulative impacts, and monitoring.
The company also installed acoustic deterrents on each of its 30 turbines.
Brita Woeck, Kawailoa's environmental compliance manager, informed the committee at its July meeting that the facility is now the first in the nation to install acoustic deterrents commercially. Each turbine has been fitted with several speakers that emit a sound that interferes with the bats' ability to navigate. The sound extends only as far as the length of each blade, theoretically allowing bats to still forage below and above the hazardous zone.
The installation was completed on June 7. Woeck reported that no bat fatalities had been discovered since then, but could not yet say how the bats were reacting to the deterrents.
"We're really hopeful this is a trend we're going to start seeing," she said.
Kawailoa expects the deterrents to reduce bat fatalities by 25 percent, hence the reduction in the requested take.
"We want to be realistic. We don't want to come with a fake number. We feel this is the most realistic number," she said.
Kawailoa Wind installed these acoustic deterrents on its turbines to minimize bat deaths.
The final plan did not identify specific mitigation projects for Tiers 5 and 6, but did propose riparian restoration in parcels managed by the Ko'olau Mountain Watershed Partnership.
"To mitigate for 85 bats in Tier 5, Kawailoa Wind would target a 1,725-acre area to fund management activities, a 406- acre area would be targeted for Tier 6," the plan stated. Those numbers are based on using a minimum of 20.3 acres to offset one Hawaiian hoary bat. The 20.3 acres reflects the median core use area of about two dozen bats on Hawai'i island tagged in a 2015 foraging and range study by U.S. Geological Survey bat expert Frank Bonaccorso.
Woeck acknowledged that Kawailoa needs to start implementing a new mitigation measure soon because it has already reached its trigger for Tier 5.
20 vs. 40
While all of the commission members seemed to acknowledge the fact that no one knows how many acres of enhanced or protected habitat it takes to produce a bat — or even if mitigation should be tied to a particular acreage — some of them expressed concerns over Kawailoa's use of 20.3 acres/bat rather than the 40 acres/bat recommended in the committee's 2015 bat guidance document, which was based on the same Bonaccorso data. (The 40 acre number was arrived at by simply rounding down and doubling the 20.3-acre median core use area.)
The guidance document actually points out that Bonaccorso himself "noted that the mean core use area was approximately 65 acres and suggested that agencies should use this value" — rather than the median — "as the acreage for bat mitigation."
A recent study by a team of researchers with H.T. Harvey & Associates of about a dozen Maui bats suggests that the guidance document is in dire need of revision. The team found that the bats' core use area — where it spends 50 percent of its time (also known as the 50% kernel) — could be as small as seven acres to as many as 16,000. The average 50% kernel size was nearly 3,000 acres, they found.
At the Hawai'i Conservation Conference in July, principal investigator Dave Johnston stressed in his presentation on this research that the species should be managed on an island-by-island basis, since the animals are doing different things on different islands.
In light of the Maui study, some committee members were particularly concerned about Kawailoa's decision to stick with 20.3 acres per bat for mitigation.
"Just like the last time we met, I still disagree with that," committee member Loyal Mehrhoff said. He said he wasn't so concerned with that rate being applied to the Tier 4 mitigation, since the Helemano lands would more than accommodate mitigation for 55 bats at 40 acres per bat. He worried about Tiers 5 and 6, however.
Woeck called the 40 acres/bat standard arbitrary and said there was no scientific justification for it. She also explained that habitat restoration benefits will extend beyond the acres managed.
In rebuttal, committee member and USGS biologist Jim Jacobi pointed out that with regard to using the median core use area identified in Bonaccorso's study, the USGS has "commented several times that is not the appropriate use of that information for calculating that."
Jacobi then questioned whether a lack of forest cover was actually a limiting factor for bats. "By having more forest, does it give you more bats?" he asked. Bats have been tracked foraging over pasture lands and along gulches and roads.
Woeck said habitat complexity and improving foraging habitat is more important.
The existing information on core use area is challenging given the wide variation among individual bats, Bogardus said. "It's not an easy data set to make big broad assumptions about habitat. My read is acreage is not the thing we should necessarily use to determine the adequacy of mitigation. … I don't have a quick and easy metric of what that looks like, which is challenging for all of us. I can't say 40 acres equals a bat or 20 acres equals a bat … or 100," she said.
Her agency, at least, has determined that 20 acres is the baseline. From there, facilities have to justify how the mitigation package as a whole will be successful, she said.
Later in the meeting, Mehrhoff made a final pitch against the 20.3-acre standard.
"One of the leading bat biologists says you should be looking at 60 acres-plus. I don't see anything that leads me to cut that expert's opinion down to 20 acres," he said.
Net Benefit
In addition to disagreeing with the method being used to determine suitable mitigation areas, Mehrhoff, at least, thought Kawailoa's estimate that there were at least 2,000 bats on O'ahu — and could, therefore, support the cumulative level of take by wind farms on the island — was way off base.
Kawailoa's HCP suggests that even if all of the wind farms on O'ahu killed a total of 15 bats/year, that would impact less than one percent of the population. Using two separate approaches, the plan estimates that O'ahu may support between 2,000 and 9,200 bats and that the population is stable to slightly increasing.
Method 1: The plan assumed that 30 percent of the island — 115,000 acres — is occupied by bats. Based on Bonaccorso's core use area data from Hawai'i island, the plan estimated bat density. "O'ahu could conservatively support 2,000 (115,000 acres/58 acres) to 7,200 (115,000 acres/16 acres) individuals," the plan states.
Method 2: Studies show that bats occupy more than 50 percent of the is- land. Excluding developed lands to be conservative, Kawailoa determined that bats occupied 147,500 acres (half of all undeveloped lands). Applying the same range of densities, the company came up with a minimum population ranging from 2,500 bats (147,500 acres/58 acres) to 9,200 bats (147,500 acres/16 acres) on O'ahu, the plan states.
The plan also states that bats have a high reproductive capacity (twinning is common), that more than 90 percent of females are expected to breed in any given year, and that they have high juvenile survivorship.
Even so, Mehrhoff said at the July meeting, "I don't think there's 2,000 bats on the island, personally, when I look at the data. … I don't think you've got much more than 1,000." Mehrhoff is a former field supervisor of the FWS's Pacific Islands Office.
Noting that acoustic data shows there has been no decline in bat activity, Woeck said there is no indication the island's population is declining.
To which Jacobi pointed out that bat detectors are now more sensitive than they used to be, hinting that the level of bat activity may actually have decreased even as detections remain steady. He also asked what Kawailoa's estimate was of the probability that the population is not declining.
Woeck said a study will determine that.
Given that there's no evidence the population is stable or declining, to say definitively that it's not declining is "a very strong statement," Jacobi said.
"This is our best attempt to respond to your request," Woeck said.
In any case, mitigation is intended to increase carrying capacity on the island, she said.
Under state law, HCPs must be designed to result in "an overall net gain in the recovery of Hawai'i's threatened and endangered species." Committee member Winter complained that there are so many unknowns in the proposed Tier 5 mitigation that it was impossible to determine whether it would provide a cumulative net benefit.
To this, Woeck replied that the law does not require Kawailoa to produce a specific number of bats, but merely requires the plan to result in a net environmental benefit. "The fact that we're a renewable energy project needs to be taken into account. … It's not about creating one bat. We don't know how to do that," she said.
Deputy attorney general Linda Chow clarified that the law requires HCPs to provide a net environmental benefit, as well as an overall net gain of threatened and endangered species.
"To put it simply, endangered species should be better off with this in place," Winter said, adding that the committee should have some confidence that the plan actually does that before approving it.
Smith countered that the committee also needed to consider "intangibles," such as the benefits renewable energy brings.
Mehrhoff agreed, but questioned how that is supposed to be done. "This is uncertainty central," he said.
Regarding net benefits, he said he believed Kawailoa's estimates of adult mortality were low, and in his analyses, the island's bat population could not support a take of 220-300 individuals by the various wind farms (total authorized take for the farms on the island would be 307, if the Kawailoa plan is approved). If the population is stable, the population will decline without compensatory measures with that level of take, he said. Even if the population is slightly increasing at a rate of one percent per year, the level of take can only increase if compensatory actions work, and "we have no indication of that," he said.
Take needs to be down in the realm of 10 bats a year, Mehrhoff said. The average total take of O'ahu wind farms is anticipated to be 15 per year. "That's why I'm uncomfortable with Tiers 5 and 6," he added.
Smith, however, sided with Kawailoa. "We're actually implementing more deterrents. Our expectation is our take rate is going to go down. … We don't have evidence the population is declining," he said.
Mehrhoff replied that there's a big difference between saying there's no evidence of decline and saying the project is okay.
An exasperated Woeck asked the committee how they could find some middle ground. "We're looking at the same information. … How do we get to acknowledging the uncertainty … No one is right and no one is wrong?" she asked.
"That's what everyone is going to have to decide," Mehrhoff replied.
Jacobi added that more wind farms have been proposed for the island, which "brings another challenge in terms of how to proceed."
After even more discussion on bats as well as seabirds (see sidebar), Smith asked the committee if it wanted to entertain a motion.
The committee responded with a long silence. Smith then called for a short break. In the minutes before the committee reconvened, Tetra Tech, Kawailoa's consultant, and Kawailoa staff conferred on possible changes they could make to help close the deal.
When the meeting resumed, Woeck said Kawailoa was willing to 1) commit to a specific management action for Tier 5, 2) clarify language in the plan's section on petrels to reflect the opinions of bird experts who believe the birds — perhaps genetically distinct from those on Kaua'i — are breeding somewhere on the island, and 3) prepare a brief addendum to Tier 5 that specifies success criteria.
After Winter got some clarification on how Kawailoa arrived at its bat population estimate, Smith asked again for a motion and was again met with silence. The committee members sat looking at each other for a while. After several beats, Spain moved to approve the plan with the three amendments Woeck proposed. Bogardus seconded the motion.
Mehrhoff let it be known he wouldn't be voting in favor. "The take is too high," he said.
"I'm also uncomfortable with the take level in the higher tiers," Jacobi added.
While he said he thought Kawailoa's proposed changes were reasonable, he still didn't buy the plan's population estimate. "There are no foundations for those [numbers]. A number of acres gives you a bat? Doesn't make any sense to me," he said.
Even so, he voted with Bogardus and Smith in support of the motion, so long as it was understood that there would be a clear effort to involve the committee in adaptive management planning and actions.
Spain did not join them, at first.
"I'm stewing," she said before finally voting to support her motion.
Mehrhoff voted against the motion; member Winter abstained.
Afterward, Spain explained her reticence. "I think all of us are extremely challenged by the number of bats [to be taken]. … We're very much hopeful the deterrents will be successful," she said.
She then urged the committee to update its bat guidance document. "It says 40 acres and we're being drawn into 20 acres. We need something feasible for us to be pointing back to," she said.
Bogardus then thanked Kawailoa's representatives at the meeting for being responsive to the committee's concerns.
The plan now goes to the Board of Land and Natural Resources, which will ultimately decide to approve it or not.
— Teresa Dawson
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Category: Horror Movies
October 3, 2019 October 3, 2019 Kristine
Director Todd Phillips "Joker" centers around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone fictional story not seen before on the big screen. Phillips' exploration of Arthur Fleck, who is indelibly portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix, is of a man struggling to find his way in Gotham's fractured society. A clown-for-hire by day, he aspires to be a stand-up comic at night…but finds the joke always seems to be on him. Caught in a cyclical existence between apathy and cruelty, Arthur makes one bad decision that brings about a chain reaction of escalating events in this gritty character study. Three-time Oscar nominee Phoenix ("The Master," "Walk the Line," "Gladiator") stars in the titular role alongside Oscar winner Robert De Niro ("Raging Bull," "The Godfather: Part II") as Franklin. The film also stars Zazie Beetz ("Deadpool 2"), Frances Conroy (TV's "American Horror Story," Hulu's "Castle Rock"), Marc Maron (TV's "Maron," "GLOW"), Bill Camp ("Red Sparrow," "Molly's Game"), Glenn Fleshler (TV's "Billions," "Barry"), Shea Whigham ("First Man," "Kong: Skull Island"), Brett Cullen ("42," Netflix's "Narcos"), Douglas Hodge ("Red Sparrow," TV's "Penny Dreadful") and Josh Pais (upcoming "Motherless Brooklyn," "Going in Style"). Oscar nominee Phillips ("Borat," "The Hangover" trilogy) directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Oscar-nominated writer Scott Silver ("The Fighter"), based on characters from DC. The film is produced by Phillips and Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper ("A Star Is Born," "American Sniper") under their Joint Effort banner, and Oscar nominee Emma Tillinger Koskoff ("The Wolf of Wall Street"). It is executive produced by Michael E. Uslan, Walter Hamada, Aaron L. Gilbert, Joseph Garner, Richard Baratta, and Bruce Berman. Behind the scenes, Phillips is joined by director of photography Lawrence Sher ("Godzilla: King of the Monsters," "The Hangover" trilogy), production designer Mark Friedberg ("Selma," "The Amazing Spider-Man 2"), editor Jeff Groth ("War Dogs," "The Hangover Part III"), and Oscar-winning costume designer Mark Bridges ("Phantom Thread," "The Artist"). The music is by Hildur Guðnadóttir ("Sicario: Day of the Soldado"). Warner Bros. Pictures Presents, in Association with Village Roadshow Pictures, in Association with BRON Creative, a Joint Effort Production, a Film by Todd Phillips, "Joker." It will be in theaters nationwide October 4, 2019 and will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Categories: Horror Movies, MoviesTags: dc, dc comics, joker, the joker
September 6, 2019 October 3, 2019 Kristine
Evil resurfaces in Derry as director Andy Muschietti reunites the Losers Club—young and adult—in a return to where it all began with "It Chapter Two." The film is Muschietti's follow-up to 2017's critically acclaimed and massive worldwide box office hit "IT," which grossed over $700 million globally. Both redefining and transcending the genre, "IT" became part of the cultural zeitgeist as well as the highest-grossing horror film of all time. Because every 27 years evil revisits the town of Derry, Maine, "It Chapter Two" brings the characters—who've long since gone their separate ways—back together as adults, nearly three decades after the events of the first film. Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain ("Zero Dark Thirty," "Mama") stars as Beverly, James McAvoy ("Split," upcoming "Glass") as Bill, Bill Hader (HBO's "Barry," "The Skeleton Twins") as Richie, Isaiah Mustafa (TV's "Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments") as Mike, Jay Ryan (TV's "Mary Kills People") as Ben, James Ransone (HBO's "The Wire") as Eddie, and Andy Bean ("Allegiant," Starz' "Power") as Stanley. Reprising their roles as the original members of the Losers Club are Jaeden Martell as Bill, Wyatt Oleff as Stanley, Jack Dylan Grazer as Eddie, Finn Wolfhard as Richie, Sophia Lillis as Beverly, Chosen Jacobs as Mike, and Jeremy Ray Taylor as Ben. Bill Skarsgård returns in the seminal role of Pennywise. Muschietti directed the film from a screenplay by Gary Dauberman ("IT," "Annabelle: Creation") based on the novel IT by Stephen King. Barbara Muschietti, Dan Lin and Roy Lee produced the film, with Marty Ewing, Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg serving as the executive producers. The behind-the-scenes creative team included director of photography Checco Varese ("The 33"), Oscar-winning production designer Paul Denham Austerberry ("The Shape of Water"), editor Jason Ballantine ("IT," "Mad Max: Fury Road"), and Oscar-nominated costume designer Luis Sequeira ("The Shape of Water," "Mama"). The music is by Benjamin Wallfisch ("Shazam!," "Blade Runner 2049," "IT"). New Line Cinema presents, a Vertigo Entertainment/Rideback Production, an Andy Muschietti film, "It Chapter Two." The film is slated for release in theaters and IMAX on September 6, 2019 and will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Categories: Horror Movies, MoviesTags: IT, it chapter 2, it chapter two
June 26, 2019 October 1, 2019 Kristine
"Annabelle Comes Home" is the third installment of New Line Cinema's hugely successful "Annabelle" films starring the infamous sinister doll from the "Conjuring" universe. Gary Dauberman, the screenwriter of the "Annabelle" films, "IT" and "The Nun," makes his directorial debut on the film, which is produced by Peter Safran ("Aquaman"), who has produced all the films in the "Conjuring" franchise, and "Conjuring" universe creator James Wan ("Aquaman"). Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in their home, placing her "safely" behind sacred glass and enlisting a priest's holy blessing. But an unholy night of horror awaits as Annabelle awakens the evil spirits in the room, who all set their sights on a new target—the Warrens' ten-year-old daughter, Judy, and her friends. The film stars McKenna Grace (TV's "The Haunting of Hill House," "Gifted," "Captain Marvel") as Judy; Madison Iseman ("Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle," "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween") as her babysitter, Mary Ellen; and Katie Sarife (TV's "Youth and Consequences" and "Supernatural") as troubled friend Daniela; with Patrick Wilson ("Aquaman," "The Conjuring" and "Insidious" films) and Vera Farmiga ("The Conjuring" films, upcoming "Godzilla: King of the Monsters," TV's "Bates Motel") reprising their roles as Ed and Lorraine Warren. Dauberman directed the film from a screenplay he wrote, from a story by Dauberman & Wan. Richard Brener, Dave Neustadter, Victoria Palmeri, Michael Clear, Michelle Morrissey and Judson Scott served as executive producers. Dauberman's behind-the-scenes team included director of photography Michael Burgess (upcoming "The Curse of La Llorona"), production designer Jennifer Spence ("Annabelle: Creation," "The Nun"), editor Kirk Morri ("Aquaman") and costume designer Leah Butler ("Annabelle: Creation"). New Line Cinema presents, an Atomic Monster/Peter Safran Production, "Annabelle Comes Home." The film is set to open in theatres and IMAX on June 28, 2019 and will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Categories: Horror Movies, MoviesTags: Annabelle Comes Home, doll, scary doll, the conjuring
April 19, 2019 October 1, 2019 Kristine
La Llorona. The Weeping Woman. A horrifying apparition, caught between Heaven and Hell, trapped in a terrible fate sealed by her own hand. The mere mention of her name has struck terror around the world for generations. In life, she drowned her children in a jealous rage, throwing herself in the churning river after them as she wept in pain. Now her tears are eternal. They are lethal, and those who hear her death call in the night are doomed. La Llorona creeps in the shadows and preys on the children, desperate to replace her own. As the centuries have passed, her desire has grown more voracious … and her methods more terrifying. In 1970s Los Angeles, La Llorona is stalking the night—and the children. Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother suspected of child endangerment, a social worker and her own small kids are soon drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope to survive La Llorona's deadly wrath may be a disillusioned priest and the mysticism he practices to keep evil at bay, on the fringes where fear and faith collide. Beware of her chilling wail…she will stop at nothing to lure you into the gloom. Because there is no peace for her anguish. There is no mercy for her soul. And there is no escape from the curse of La Llorona. On April 19, 2019, this timeless Mexican legend comes to terrifying life in New Line Cinema's "The Curse of La Llorona." The film is produced by Emile Gladstone, Gary Dauberman ("IT" and "Annabelle" franchises) and James Wan ("The Conjuring" universe). Michael Chaves, who won Shriekfest's Best Super Short Film in 2016 for "The Maiden," makes his feature directorial debut. The film stars Linda Cardellini (Netflix's "Bloodline," "Avengers: Age of Ultron,"); Raymond Cruz (TV's "Major Crimes"); Patricia Velasquez (TV's "The L Word," "The Mummy" films); and Marisol Ramirez (TV's "NCIS: Los Angeles"). The cast also includes Sean Patrick Thomas (the "Barbershop" films, "Halloween: Resurrection"), Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen ("Selfless") and newcomer Roman Christou. Chaves directs from a screenplay by Mikki Daughtry & Tobias Iaconis. The behind-the-scenes team includes director of photography Michael Burgess, production designer Melanie Jones, editor Peter Gvozdas and costume designer Megan Spatz. The music is by Joseph Bishara (the "Annabelle" and "Conjuring" films). New Line Cinema presents An Atomic Monster/Emile Gladstone Production, "The Curse of La Llorona."
Categories: Horror Movies, MoviesTags: the conjuring, The Curse of La Llorona
February 8, 2019 October 1, 2019 Kristine
What's wrong with Miles? From the producer of Exorcism of Emily Rose comes a new vision of unimaginable horror. Watch the full trailer for The Prodigy, starring Taylor Schilling and Jackson Robert Scott, in theaters February 8.
Categories: Horror Movies, MoviesTags: prodigy, prodigy movie
Suspiria 2018
November 1, 2018 January 2, 2019 Kristine
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
Categories: Horror Movies, MoviesTags: dario argento, horror, remake, scary, suspiria, suspiria 2018
October 1, 2018 January 2, 2019 Kristine
Laurie Strode confronts her long-time foe Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
Categories: Horror Movies, MoviesTags: halloween, halloween 2018, horror, jamie lee curtis, michael myers, scary, scream queen
September 1, 2018 January 2, 2019 Kristine
A masked serial killer turns a horror-themed amusement park into his own personal playground, terrorizing a group of friends while the rest of the patrons believe that it is all part of the show.
Categories: Horror Movies, MoviesTags: hell fest, horror, scary, trailer
World of Death
September 12, 2017 October 15, 2017 Kristine
"Maleficent" is proud to be featured with "The Offering" on the World of Death Episode 113! Congrats to everyone!
Directed by Ryan E. Closemeyer
Directed by Kristine Knowlton
WORLD OF DEATH Ep. 113 – The Offering / Maleficent
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Ouija: Origin of Evil Review
October 31, 2016 November 5, 2016 Kristine
Ouija: Origin of Evil Review by Kristine Knowlton
As most sequels go, they blow. However for "Ouija: Origin of Evil" this was not the case. I am one for the original of course, but this one delivered all it was and then some. Let's revisit the trailer:
Even if you have not seen the original "Ouija" you are in luck with this prequel! You don't have to know anything about the original movie to watch "Ouija: Origin of Evil". In fact, I would say if you have never seen the original, you should start with this one. You will not get lost at all.
I stated before that most sequels blow – not this one. Since "Ouija: Origin of Evil" is a prequel, it made the original "Ouija" even better! Tons of scares and on the edge of your seat moments. I would hate to say that I hope they come out with another one in the series which could either make it real good as the first two, or it could destroy them all.
Stay tuned for our next review and preview of Marvel's "Doctor Strange".
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So that whenever a user tries to access gameid123.com, it instead opens one of these above urls as its home page.
If the above is not possible, then in what ways do I solve this problem?
A request like gameid123.com/some_api_call/someParam1?blah=blah1 shoul resolve to my_other_website.com/games/gameid123/some_api_call/someParam1?blah=blah1

A: A CNAME can only point at another host (no paths / queries involved). However, there are a number of ways that you can have an incoming request either redirect (or rewrite) the incoming request.
The solution will depend on whether you want the user to end up on my_other_website (redirect) or if you want all requests to be via gameid123.com (rewrite).

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World's best racers, race teams facing off for Dakar 2019 Rally
Photo taken Jan. 5, 2019, in Lima of motorcycles to be used in the Dakar 2019 Rally. EFE-EPA/ Ernesto Arias
January 5, 2019 3:38 PM PT
Lima —
A forest fire has destroyed more than 1,500 hectares (3,750 acres) of woodlands in the mountains near the Chilean town of Santo Domingo, where firefighters from all over the country are battling the flames to try and keep them away from populated areas.
According to the National Early Warning Center, by midday on Saturday 26 forest fires had been reported around the country, with seven of them active and not yet under control, 10 of them under control and nine having been extinguished.
The most dangerous of the fires is known as the San Guillermo fire in Santo Domingo, located 120 km (about 75 mi.) southwest of Santiago near the coast, where firefighters and two helicopters with the National Forest Corporation (Conaf) are working to quell the blaze.
In addition, army and navy brigades, along with firefighters from the towns of Santo Domingo, San Antonio, Algarrobo, Valparaiso, Viña del Mar, Casablanca, Navidad and Rapel are combining their efforts to deal with the fire.
In the past few hours, a Chilean air force plane transported 46 firefighters from the cities of Punta Arenas, Puerto Aysen and Puerto Montt to provide additional support for the fire crews already on the job.
Conaf has issued four red fire alerts, the first two in the Valparaiso, Puchuncavi and Nogales region, another in the town of Santo Domingo and one in the community of Navidad in the O'Higgins region, where another fire has consumed 385 hectares.
Other lesser alerts have been issued for other areas of the country where fires have been detected.
Two Chilean lawmakers - Sen. Francisco Chahuan and Congresswoman Catalina del Real, both with the National Renewal party - told reporters that they had been in contact with the Russian government to officially ask for the use of an amphibious Beriev Be-200 aircraft specially designed to fight forest fires with loads of 13,000 liters (about 3,450 gallons) of water that can be dumped on the flames while in flight.
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