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Tottenham look to tempt Riera away from Espanyol
Last updated at 06:29 05 December 2007
Tottenham have reportedly joined the chase for ex-Manchester City winger Albert Riera.
The Spaniard spent the latter part of the 2006/07 season on loan at Eastlands and impressed for Stuart Pearce's side.
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However, City did not push through a permanent deal and Riera, who has also had spells with Real Mallorca and Bordeaux, returned to Espanyol.
Since moving back to Barcelona he has shone and has even been called in to the Spanish squad - earning his first cap earlier this year.
He is contracted to Espanyol until 2009, but they are looking to tie him down to a new contract to fend off the interest which is now emerging.
Spurs were amongst a clutch of clubs to send scouts to the Barcelona derby at the weekend to watch Riera.
Spurs coach Juande Ramos is well aware of Riera's capabilities from his time in Spain and may see the 25-year-old as the ideal solution to the club's long-standing issue of a left-sided midfielder.
Riera himself is calm about his future but he admits he could not rule out a move back to England.
"I do not say anything about those things," Riera told skysports.com.
"It does to demonstrate that I am working at a good level.
"I know the Premier League and this competition has a lot of quality and it is not only about the money."
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The next big thing: Katy Perry
By Adrian Thrills for MailOnline
Updated: 17:35 EDT, 17 July 2008
Katy Perry: Love me, love my flaws
A feisty Californian singer-songwriter and America's newest pop sweetheart. Her latest single, I Kissed A Girl, went to the top of the U.S. charts - she now has her sights on Britain.
WHAT'S THE SPIN?
Katy's record label has dubbed her the secret love child of Lucille Ball and Freddie Mercury. Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton has got his own opinion, as usual. Says Perez: 'If Avril Lavigne were talented, pretty and had an appealing personality, she'd be Katy Perry.' Ouch!
AND THE TRUTH?
Perry's high-octane combination of glam and disco is certainly catchy. And Ms Lavigne should indeed be worried: her position as the queen of pop with attitude might soon come under threat.
WHAT'S THE STORY?
Raised in a strict religious household in Santa Barbara, Perry grew up listening to gospel music. She began singing in church, but turned to pop after hearing Queen for the first time. After a stint in Nashville, the 23-yearold hooked up with Alanis Morissette's former producer Glen Ballard and signed a deal with Capitol. She says: 'People appreciate a songwriter with different sides. The whole angst thing is cool. But if that's all you've got, it becomes boring.'
She entered an LA studio with Ballard and Dave Stewart, of the Eurythmics, and recorded a debut album, One Of The Boys, that mixes sassy pop and confessional ballads. Her single ('I kissed a girl, just to try it,' she sings) is out in Britain in September. 'I don't care who I'm compared to as long as people listen to the music,' she says. 'Pop stars are hard to relate to because they're afraid people will exploit their flaws. I, on the other hand, celebrate my flaws.' Watch out!
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Troy's a golden role for Lenny Henry as he takes on one of theatre's landmark parts
By Baz Bamigboye
Lenny Henry will play Troy Maxson who he calls the African-American King Lear
Lenny Henry is about to take on one of the giant roles in the theatre: what he calls the African-American King Lear.
The actor is preparing to play Troy Maxson, a character created by the late Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson for his towering drama, Fences.
James Earl Jones and Denzel Washington have played Troy on Broadway, and Lenny’s well aware of what a landmark part it is.
Troy works as a rubbish collector and he’s embittered because he believes he could have had a career as a baseball player, but he wasn’t allowed to play with white players.
Troy has a wife he cheats on and a son he treats with disdain. Lenny described Troy as a bit of a monster but ‘there’s just cause’.
But it’s the family dynamic that grips you.
As Lenny noted: ‘There are shows about fathers and sons; shows about sons and fathers; but this is definitely about a husband, a father, a son and a wife. He has a wandering eye and is a strict father.’
There’s a line where the son demands to know why Troy doesn’t like him.
Troy thunders back: ‘In what rule book does it say I have to like you?!’ Lenny said when he read that, ‘I really felt it in my heart of hearts’.
He explained: ‘My parents were non-hugging parents. My dad never said he loved me, never hugged me. He just put food on the table and went to work. The manifestation of love isn’t just saying: “I love you.” Troy doesn’t want his son to suffer the hurt he went through.’
Paulette Randall, one of the UK’s best interpreters of Wilson’s work, will direct the play, which begins at the Theatre Royal Bath from February 20 through March 2. It will then visit Richmond, Milton Keynes, Oxford, and Malvern and may transfer into the West End.
Playing in drag is truly hair-raising!
Simon Russell Beale dressed as Carmen Miranda in Peter Nichols's classic play Privates On Parade
Simon Russell Beale rolled up his tracksuit bottoms and revealed perfectly smooth legs. ‘I’ve been sugared,’ he said, nonchalantly.
He then explained. ‘All the hair on my legs and arms has been removed. They use a very thick sugar solution and they rip it off, like wax. I somehow felt being sugared sounded healthier than being waxed.’
You may wonder why one of our greatest stage actors subjected himself to such painful treatment. And the answer is that it’s part of his preparation to star in Peter Nichols’s classic play Privates On Parade.
Russell Beale plays Acting Captain Terri Dennis, who leads the Army song-and-dance unit in Singapore during the Malayan emergency of 1948.
In character, Russell Beale has to dress up as Carmen Miranda, Vera Lynn and Marlene Dietrich. ‘The hair sticks through the fishnet tights and if you don’t get rid of it, it’s a problem,’ he told me.
He did admit, though, that when he looked at his legs in the mirror, he was reminded of the gerbils he and his schoolmates kept at school.
‘Those gerbils gave birth every week and they were wrinkly and skinless. My legs look like that — there’s no hair to disguise the varicose veins and lack of muscle definition,’ he said sadly.
Mind you, he moves well on those gerbil pins. Watching Russell Beale and his fellow cast members practise a number at a rehearsal room in Southwark, with the choreographer putting them through their paces and director Michael Grandage looking on, was utter delight.
Grandage explained that the idea was to drill the company in the moves until they perfected them. ‘Some of the characters can’t really dance, and it’s easier to get to that point if they’ve perfected the steps they’re not supposed to be able to dance.’
Privates On Parade is the first of the season of plays that Grandage and his partner James Bierman are presenting at the Noel Coward Theatre. Previews start on December 1.
James McAvoy, who was in a production of the show Grandage directed at the Donmar more than a decade ago, told me he and his Donmar castmates, including Roger Allam who played Captain Dennis in that show, will be going to check out the new line-up.
An all-star cast that includes Downton actor Hugh Bonneville, Call The Midwife legend Miranda Hart and award-winning stars Julie Walters and Patrick Stewart will perform a special fund-raising show of Agatha Christie’s famous whodunit The Mousetrap.
Joined by Tamsin Greig, Nicholas Farrell, Iain Glen and Harry Lloyd, the will take The Mousetrap roles for one night only on Sunday at the St Martin’s Theatre.
The production, directed by Phyllida Lloyd, will mark the show’s diamond anniversary and help raise money for Mousetrap Theatre projects, one of the country’s most influential theatre education charities.
Christie’s grandson Mathew Prichard, who was given the rights to The Mousetrap for his ninth birthday, will join producer Stephen Waley-Cohen in unveiling a memorial to Dame Agatha at St Martin’s Cross. It takes the form of a giant book containing her portrait.
Watch out for...
James Floyd, who has rightly won plaudits for his performance as a London-based, gay Arab gangster in Sally El Hosaini’s film My Brother The Devil, which just won a prize at the BFI London Film Festival Awards.
Floyd is also up for a gong at the Moet British Independent Film Awards, which are being held on December 9.
My Brother The Devil marks a major breakthrough for Floyd, who told me he’s getting all kinds of good offers now from both sides of the Atlantic.
James Floyd (left) plays a London-based, gay Arab gangster in My Brother The Devil
'I’m a really boring guy, but I try to play interesting people — like this guy in My Brother The Devil. He’s so different from me, and it shows I can do things that are extreme, and different from my experiences.
‘I’m in a nice position, thanks to Sally,’ added Floyd, who was raised in North-West London by a blond, blue-eyed English dad and a mum of Indian origin with Tamil roots who was born in Singapore.
‘A bit flavoured,’ he joked. Floyd can also be seen in Falcon, a detective drama set in Seville, which kicked off last night on Sky Atlantic.
Janet Suzman, Patrick Malahide and producer Kenith Trodd, who will take part in a special discussion about Dennis Potter’s dynamite drama The Singing Detective, which starred Michael Gambon as a pulp fiction writer channelling old comic-book gumshoe stories.
He’s in a delirious haze, thanks to treatment for a skin condition. It is, sadly, too depressing to judge modern-day TV drama by the gold standard of The Singing Detective, which was a treasure trove of fabulous writing and acting.
All six episodes will be screened at the ICA in Pall Mall on Saturday, November 24. The following day, Suzman and Malahide, who were part of the ensemble, will join Trodd to discuss the series with Dr David Bell and Donald Campbell, who are past presidents of the Institute Of Psychoanalysis.
Visit ica.org.uk for details.
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Newport News Waterworks proposing higher rates for large water users
Joe Lawlor
NEWPORT NEWS — If you want to use a lot of water, be prepared to pay a lot more money.
Newport News Waterworks customers who use voluminous amounts of water could see their rates double under a new proposal unveiled by waterworks officials this week.
The Conservation Tier would charge $6.64 per 100 cubic feet for residential usage above 37,400 gallons over two months, double the $3.32 rate. One hundred cubic feet equals 748 gallons.
"It's promoting conservation," said Lee Ann Hartmann, a waterworks spokeswoman. "The higher rate really hits you where you feel it — in the wallet."
But it wouldn't affect many people, as 3 percent of residential bills sent out by waterworks this year would have qualified for the Conservation Tier, Hartmann said.
The new rates would go into effect in July, if the City Council approves the rate changes in May. Waterworks is also proposing modest across-the-board rate increases that would raise rates about $1 per month for typical customers. Waterworks serves most residents on the lower Peninsula, including Newport News, Hampton, Poquoson and portions of York and James City counties.
Brian Ramaley, Newport News public utilities director, said that the new Conservation Tier is designed to only affect residents who use the most water, such as residents who water their lawns every day, frequently water large yards or often wash their cars.
"The threshold is set high enough that if you're a typical family that waters your lawn sometimes, you're not going to be paying higher rates," Ramaley said.
The new Conservation Tier would replace the Summer Consumption Rate, which would be eliminated under the proposal. The Summer Consumption Rate charges customers slightly more for water use during May through October above what's used from November through April. Ramaley had been looking to eliminate the summer rate because it was such a small part of the bill that it wasn't effective in encouraging conservation.
The approach to dramatically increase rates for large water users is similar to the system in James City County, although in James City it's much easier to reach the water usage threshold and pay the higher rate.
Larry Foster, director of the James City Service Authority, said that the system has worked well. Rates nearly triple for authority customers who use more than 30,000 gallons over a three-month period.
Foster said during the summer months, about 25 percent to 35 percent of customers pay the higher rate. Because James City Service Authority uses groundwater, there's less supply to draw from than Newport News Waterworks, which has a reservoir. Conservation is necessary to keep water from running out, he said.
"It certainly gets people's attention," Foster said of the higher rate. And yet, he said there's not a lot of backlash over the rates. "I think the citizens see it as a reasonable tool to conserve water."
Foster said that there are so many other factors in water use — including the weather, people's habits and increased use of energy-efficient appliances — that it's difficult to measure how it's working.
"Intuitively, I'm convinced that it's had a positive impact on water conservation," Foster said.
The Conservation Tier in Newport News would not raise much revenue for the utility, Ramaley said. While it's difficult to know how much revenue it would generate because it's a new charge, Ramaley said it would be a "few hundred thousand dollars."
"It wasn't calculated to give us a windfall," Ramaley said.
The combined rate increases would raise $2.75 million, which along with budget cuts would eliminate a $3.4 million deficit in waterworks' $83 million budget.
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Newport News Waterworks is proposing slight increases in water rates. . Typical customers would see their bills increase about $1 per month.
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The World Chess Championship: An Internet craze
The World Chess Championship in New York is not just about who will win. The organizers are hoping it will help establish chess as a major Internet-pasttime.
How many people would be interested in watching two men spend hours moving figures around on a checkered board? Apparently quite a few.
Since the World Chess Championship duel between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin started, interest has been growing by the day - particularly online. Official figures are not yet available, but it is already clear that by the time the match is over, the exclusive live stream from the tournament venue in New York's banking district will have been accessed millions of times, and websites transmitting the chess moves will have drawn record numbers of clicks.
At the same time, the exchanges between the charismatic part-time model from Norway and the friendly, but uncompromising Russian have made for lively discussion on Facebook and Twitter. However, things didn't get off to a great start two weeks ago: much to the consternation of the fans, the live stream was breaking up and there were technical problems with the website.
Commentary in the studio, questions on Facebook
In the meantime, the organizers at the world governing body of chess, FIDE and the company it hired to provide the coverage, Agon, have ironed out the problems. For a fee of $15 (14.10 euros), the chess fan can watch a live television broadcast with three cameras. If you want to spend more, you can watch a 3D presentation.
Even more important for the chess fan on the Internet is the commentary on the matches from the TV studio. Judit Polgar, the best woman chess player of all time, provides the analysis. The Hungarian explains exactly what the two grand masters are up to on the chessboard, fielding questions and comments via Twitter and Facebook.
The World Championship is easy to follow, even for non-experts. In fact, fans watching on the Internet have more information about the game than the grand masters on the board.
Prior to the World Championship the broadcasting rights were a matter of dispute in the chess community. The organizers had hoped to control all live reporting, not only of the video transmission, but also reporting about the individual moves the players make by other websites. Agon argued that it had the exclusive rights to reporting on the moves live.
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The issue landed in the courts, but in the end, the judges in both Moscow and New York ruled against Agon. The dispute was all about trying to earn money broadcasting and reporting on chess live on the Internet.
The computer shapes the playing styles of the pros
This is an issue of importance for reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen. The chess superstar from Norway already earns a lot through advertising all over the world, but the world's top chess player still earns much less than athletes in other sports. That is why Carlsen is marketing his own app, "Play Magnus" and hopes that the current chess boom on the Internet continues. The Internet and computer support have long been an important aspect of the game for the players, and they have shaped their styles of play. Thanks to the computing power of the chess computers, the pros know that even unusual moves, which human players tend not to take into consideration, sometimes work very well. This is particularly true when it comes to defense - it is no coincidence that challenger Sergey Karjakin's specialty is successfully defending what on first sight appear to be bad positions.
The influence of computers is also evident in the openings the players use. All of the openings have been have been analyzed and saved in databases, so surprises have become increasingly rare. Carlsen counters this by always taking a sidetrack from his openings, in order to avoid being too predictable. The Hamburg-based company Chessbase is a major player in the digitalization of the chess scene and had developed related software. It has more than eight million games listed in its databases.
A new problem
The omnipresence of computers has introduced a new problem to professional chess. Before Carlsen and Karjakin sit down to start a game, they are checked for unauthorized electronics. This is because these days, there are smart phone apps capable of beating the world champion, so the possibility of electronic fraud has to be excluded.
In recent years, there has been a series of fraud scandals, which have raised concerns about the danger of players using such devices to gain an unfair advantage. In the meantime, though, experts have devised methods to uncover fraudsters by using statistics. In short, the principle is that if you have played too well, you couldn't have done it without help.
It is fitting that during the tug-of-war between Carlsen and Karjakin it has been their mistakes that have really made things interesting. Probably this is also the reason for the great interest in the World Chess Championship on the Internet. It is all well and good for computers to play flawlessly, but it is much more fascinating to watch two highly skilled people as they make mistakes.
Carlsen pulls level at the World Chess Championship
The defending champion, Magnus Carlsen has beaten the challenger, Sergey Karjakin, in the 10th game of the World Chess Championship. With just two games remaining, the match is level at 5-5. (25.11.2016)
Karjakin beats Carlsen in a wild one at the World Chess Championship
It finally happened: After a string of ties, reigning champion Magnus Carlsen threw caution to the wind - and lost. As a result, Sergey Karjakin has taken a 4.5 to 3.5 lead at the World Chess Championship. (22.11.2016)
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TLC files claim in Hernandez detention death
by Alex Madison
Wednesday Dec 5, 2018
Roxsana Hernandez died in May while in an immigration detention facility. Photo: Courtesy TLC
In its latest step toward seeking justice for Roxsana Hernandez, a transgender woman who died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in May, the Transgender Law Center has filed a wrongful death tort claim against the state of New Mexico where Hernandez was held in detention.
The claim is the first step in TLC's eventual plan to sue ICE if the agency does not comply with its legal obligation to release information surrounding Hernandez's death.
"ICE is obligated to release information including the review and autopsy of Roxsana's death," Lynly Egyes, TLC's director of litigation and counsel on the case, said in an interview with the Bay Area Reporter. "We are waiting for the government to do their job." Egyes added that ICE has surpassed its 30 days after death requirement to release the information.
Hernandez, 33, traveled to the United States from Honduras in a migrant caravan through Mexico and arrived May 9 at the San Ysidro Port of Entry near San Diego seeking asylum, according to media reports. After being in ICE custody for about two weeks, she died from cardiac arrest May 25. Many immigrant advocacy groups claim Hernandez died because she was denied medical treatment. Hernandez was HIV-positive.
"Roxsana came to the United States looking for safety and security," Egyes said. "She was asking for help and protection, instead she was met with torture and being denied medical treatment and ultimately death. This is not acceptable."
The tort claim was filed Monday, November 26, in partnership with the Law Office of Andrew R. Free, the Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project, and Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement.
The tort claim also reveals, for the first time, the results of an independent autopsy report, paid for by TLC, which found that "Ms. Hernandez endured physical assault and abuse while in custody. Specifically, forensic evidence indicates she was handcuffed so tightly as to cause deep tissue bruising and struck repeatedly on the back and rib cage by an asp or similar instrument while her hands were restrained behind her back."
In response to these findings, U.S. Senators Kamala Harris (D-California), Tom Udall (D-New Mexico), and Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico) sent a letter to ICE Acting Director Ronald D. Vitiello and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan asking for the immediate release of information regarding Hernandez's death.
"Congress requires ICE to publish an initial report, for public release, on each in-custody death for within 30 days and similarly for a final report within 60 days. It has been over 180 days since Ms. Hernández was pronounced dead and no such report has been publicly released," said the senators in a news release. "ICE's failure to release this report diminishes the systemic, traumatic, and in this case fatal, violence that transgender individuals experience daily as a result of their gender identity."
The news release also included details of reports that found Hernandez, "endured freezing temperatures and was denied adequate food, water, and medical care. During her transport between facilities by ICE, she vomited to the extent other detainees begged authorities to provide her with water and proper medical care," said the senators.
California's largest LGBT advocacy group, Equality California, circulated a news release last week condemning the brutal beatings of Hernandez while in custody and is asking people to sign a petition that demands ICE release information regarding her death. The petition can be found at http://action.eqca.org/justice-for-roxana.
Some of the possible claims that the legal organizations will file against public entities include battery, negligence, assault, failure to protect, excessive force, intentional infliction of emotional distress, deliberate indifference, wrongful death, and failure to provide proper medical/mental health care.
"We will continue to uplift Roxsana's story and to continue to hold immigration enforcement accountable for her death," said Jennicet Gutierrez, community organizer and advocate with Familia, in a news release. "We will continue to organize to protect the lives of all trans and queer migrants because what our community needs is asylum not detention. Familia will continue to organize and demand for the abolishment of ICE, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, police, and all prisons."
Egyes told the B.A.R. that data show that LGBTs face higher rates of physical and sexual violence than any other group in immigration detention.
The reports of Hernandez's violent treatment in custody comes as President Donald Trump and his administration have made it harder for immigrants to seek asylum. Last week, Trump announced a proposal that seeks to require immigrants coming through Mexico to remain in Mexico until their asylum is granted. This is in direct conflict with the long-standing law that immigrants have the right to seek asylum in the U.S. and remain there until their case is approved.
"We will fight for this," Egyes said. "We want answers to what happened."
Contact the reporter at a.madison@ebar.com.
Updated: 12/5/18: After the print edition of this story went to press, the online version was updated to include comments from Senator Kamala Harris.
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Telus reaches tentative agreement with labour unions
October 4th 2016 | Canada | Fixed | Telus
On October 3rd Telus Corp, a Canadian telecoms firm, said that it has reached a tentative agreement with labour unions, including the Telecommunications Workers Union (TWU), which covers about 10,800 Telus employees.
Telus was previously proposing a pay freeze for its workers, instead of an annual wage hike for the first half of the six-year agreement, according to a bargaining update issued by the TWU in September. Under that proposal, workers would get a one-time payment of between C$6,500 (US$4,949) and C$19,000, followed by an annual wage increase of 2% once the term for a pay freeze has ended. However, the TWU had filed an application with the Canadian industrial regulator, alleging Telus of violating labour laws.
Details of the new five-year agreement, which follows several months of negotiations, were disclosed on October 4th. Although the pay freeze remains in place, the lowest lump sum payment for permanent full-time employees has now been raised to C$7,500 and there are now additional rights, mainly concerning stand-by pay and part-time or probationary employees. Once the agreement gets ratified in the coming weeks, it will become effective from later this year and expire on December 31st, 2021.
Telus and its rivals Bell Canada Enterprises Inc and Rogers Telecom Inc still control around 90% of the Canadian mobile market. However, Telus has been facing stiff competition from Shaw Communications Inc, a new player in mobile services, which bought Wind Mobile in March.
Last week, Telus announced a year-long share repurchase programme worth up to C$250m, beginning September 30th. So far the company has bought back about 10% of its shares, worth C$2.4bn, since 2013. In August Telus reported a net income of C$416m for the second quarter of 2016, up 22% from a year earlier.
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The Work Behind Fast-Growing Franchises
Image credit: illustration by Lorenzo Petrantoni
Jason Daley
January 22, 2016 7 min read
This story appears in the February 2016 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
Some franchise brands seem to pop up overnight, filling every empty storefront in a city. Curves, the women’s circuit-training gym, went from zero to 10,000 franchise units in seven years. Quiznos sandwich shop started in 1981 and had more than 5,000 units by the late 2000s. But franchises that shoot up quickly often come down quickly. Quiznos now has only 2,100 restaurants, closing most of them after franchisee lawsuits and a bankruptcy. Curves is down about 4,000 clubs from its peak after many franchisees found it difficult to turn a profit.
But rapid growth isn’t always a formula for disaster. In fact, many strong franchises reach a point of maturity where rapid growth almost takes care of itself. Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches, for instance, went from 500 units in 2007 to more than 2,000 today. They didn’t close a single unit in 2014 or 2015, and have plans to add thousands more in the coming years. Ditto for Five Guys Burgers and Fries, which began franchising in 2003 and now has 1,200 locations and another 1,000 in the pipeline.
Here’s the important thing to know about these rapid-growth success stories: It looks as if these brands came out of nowhere, but they didn’t. They spent a long time incubating, perfecting their system and developing a loyal customer base before opening up the throttle. Jimmy John’s spent almost 25 years reaching that 500 mark. Five Guys started in 1986 and perfected their concept before franchising. There are plenty of other examples -- franchise systems that laid down a strong support structure, chose the right markets and partners, and then wowed everyone who wasn’t paying attention. A brand that came out of nowhere? No. It came from a lot of under-the-radar hard work.
Consider the story of Planet Fitness. It has 1,040 units, including almost 200 that opened in the last year alone, and it began in rural New Hampshire back in 1992. That’s when current CEO Chris Rondeau and his partners, the brothers Michael and Marc Grondahl, bought an ailing fitness club in the small city of Dover. But before they opened their doors, they took a hard look at the health club industry. “We realized at the time that 80 percent of the population didn’t have a health club membership,” says Rondeau. “We had to ask ourselves why -- and how do we get that 80 percent off the couch?”
They hit upon a possible answer: Most health clubs were designed for jocks, and many national brands catered to muscle heads or exercise fanatics. But for normal schlubs, gyms were intimidating or embarrassing to visit. So the new gym owners decided to build their model for Joe No-Six-Pack. They stripped out the heavy weights and perks like swimming pools, saunas, spinning classes, daycare centers -- stuff that just added overhead to gyms. Then they packed their 15,000-square-foot space with cardio equipment and circuit-training machines that appeal to beginners and people trying to stay healthy, not get ripped. And because they were in a low-population area, they started with a $10 per month membership fee to get people through the door. Once they’d proven the model, the brand grew steadily.
Profits in numbers: Planet Fitness’s franchisees own an average of 5-6 locations.
Image: Courtesy of Planet Fitness
In the last few years, Rondeau says that growth has become supercharged -- and it’s due to happy existing franchisees who are successful with their current units and are choosing to open more gyms. In fact, the brand has only 180 franchisees operating 1,000 gyms -- a great deal for Planet Fitness, which gets a core of highly experienced operators. “They help us run stronger and fine-tune the model,” Rondeau says. “The snowball is picking up speed. I think it’s possible for us to reach 4,000 units in the U.S.” Planet Fitness already has commitments to build another 1,000 units.
Other brands are succeeding for different reasons. Mac Tools is one of them. The Stanley Black & Decker-owned mobile brand that sells tools to automotive-repair shops recently began rethinking who might be a potential franchisee. They typically pulled from the auto industry -- usually mechanics who are tired of the long hours and dirty work and who want to run their own business. But once Mac Tools started advertising on franchise platforms and canvassing their current owners to find strong leads, they discovered a whole new range of potential partners: pharmaceutical reps, bread-route drivers and others. With them, Mac Tools has managed to add 100 units in each of the last two years.
“We have a good story and this is a comfortable business for people that haven’t started a business in the past,” says Andrew Scott, Mac Tool’s franchise sales manager. “We have really strong back-end support and one-on-one training.” Mac actually prefers to deal with single owner-operators and prides itself on the fact that it can help those often-inexperienced franchisees become successful business owners. The brand has invested in extra field staff to help the newbies understand things like cash flow and inventory. And that’s helping growth continue apace: Scott says Mac hopes to add 180 or 190 units in the next year and will concentrate on taking market share from competitors in strategic territories.
Another fast-growing company found success by lifting an administrative burden from its franchisees. “We support the financing of all the payrolls of the individuals we hire,” says Bob Funk, CEO of Express Employment Professionals, a staffing franchise he’s owned since 1983. “That means franchisees don’t have to go out and deal with bankers. We handle all the communications and marketing and all the motivational materials. And that’s key. We want franchisees who are determined to help as many clients as possible. We’ll take care of the other parts of the business.”
Express Employment has 756 units now, with 220 of them opened in the last three years. His goal: get to 900. To reach that, he’s also ramped up recruitment efforts, with aggressive social media and advertising campaigns. But the company’s growth primarily comes from its franchisees: Express has a retention rate of 97 percent, and 40 percent of new franchisees come from referrals by current owners. “Many of them are employees and associates of franchisees -- and even their clients,” says Funk. “A lot of people from big corporations come to us and they’re dissatisfied with the politics and money motivation. They want to get into a business where the motivation is helping people.”
At Pop-A-Lock, major changes in the business sparked a big growth -- adding more than 130 units to its 500-unit system in two years. Since the brand began franchising in 1994, it has evolved from a locksmithing service specializing in opening car doors to a security firm that works on electronic access for buildings, CCTV, rekeying smart keys, commercial automotive security and other services. That has drawn a very different kind of franchisee. “In the beginning we used to get local entrepreneurs who might go out and unlock doors with their teams,” says CEO Don Marks. “Now we tend to get more ‘empire builders,’ who want to be CEO of a medium- to large-size entity. They are growing our system quickly.”
And like other franchisors whose brands are able to sustain rapid growth, Marks says it’s critical to offer support to franchisees. He provides a 24/7 hotline for any tech who runs into problems. An in-house marketing team keeps the company in the public eye. In twice-a-month calls -- sometimes more -- he coaches franchisees on how to build their business. And soon enough, Pop-A-Lock hopes, it’ll be one of those crazy-booming companies: A Pop-A-Lock on every corner, seemingly having sprung from nothing, but actually the product of a lot of work when the masses weren’t yet watching.
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RAPPOPORT, CHARLES (1865–1941), socialist politician and writer. Born in Doukshty (Dukštos), Lithuania, Rappoport joined the social revolutionary movement in Vilna as a youth. In 1887 he took part in a conspiracy together with Lenin's brother Alexander Ulyanov, to assassinate Czar Alexander ii. Ulyanov was apprehended and hanged. Rappoport fled to France where he joined the Socialist Party and became a prominent Marxist, in opposition to the moderate doctrines of the Socialist leader, Jean Jaurès (1858–1914). Rappoport opposed France's participation in World War I and was present at the left-wing anti-war conferences at Kienthal and Zimmerwald and was arrested in 1917 on charges of making defeatist speeches. Sentenced to three months' imprisonment, his pamphlet Devant les juges militaires, describing how he conducted his own defense, created a sensation. In 1921 Rappoport joined the French Communist Party and edited the Revue Communiste and the official party organ Humanité. Already disillusioned by the evolution of communism in Russia, and shocked by the Moscow trials, Rappoport resigned from the Communist Party in 1938. He condemned the Munich pact and expressed his great sympathy for the Jewish victims of Nazism, regretting that he had not fought more often for Jewish rights.
Rappoport published several works on politics and history including La Philosophie de l'histoire comme science de l'évolution (19252), Jean Jaurès, L'homme, le penseur, le socialiste (1916, 1925), and La revolution mondiale (1921). His autobiography was published in the Paris Yiddish newspaper, Arbeter Shtime.
A. Kriegel, Aux origines du communisme français, 2 vols. (1954), index.
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The Norman E. Dietz Memorial Scholarship Fund provides scholarships to students graduating from Batavia High School or West Aurora High School who are entering the field of elementary education.
Norman Dietz (1930-2005) was born in Chicago. He was a graduate of Batavia High School.
He then served in the United States Air Force for four years. Upon graduation from Aurora College in 1960, Mr. Dietz began his teaching career in the West Aurora School System. He taught at both Freeman and Schneider Elementary Schools.
In 1980, he moved to Boca Raton, Florida to teach sixth grade at the J.C. Mitchell Elementary School. Mr. Dietz loved the profession of teaching and was always willing to share with his students the knowledge he gained through his extensive travels.
He was survived by his wife, Carolyn (Benson) Dietz, who also was a teacher in the West Aurora School System.
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Line of Duty 2012 MA15+ A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.
The 100 2014 MA15+ 100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity, the last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the repressive regime picks 100 expendable juvenile delinquents to send down to Earth to see if the planet is still habitable.
You Me Her 2016 An unusual, real-world romance involving relatable people, with one catch - there are three of them! You Me Her infuses the sensibilities of a smart, grounded indie rom-com with a distinctive twist: one of the two parties just happens to be a suburban married couple.
Criminal Justice 2008 MA15+ Thriller by Peter Moffat about the challenges and politics of the criminal justice system seen through the eyes of the accused.
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2013 M A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.
Peanuts 2016 Based on the classic Charles M. Schultz comic strip and featuring Snoopy and Charlie Brown among others.
The Good Place 2016 M Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or at least the pretty good) person within.
Outlander 2014 MA15+ The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
Scream: The TV Series 2015 What starts as a YouTube video going viral, soon leads to problems for the teenagers of Lakewood and serves as the catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to the town's troubled past. Everyone has secrets. Everyone tells lies. Everyone is fair game.
Derry Girls 2018 Amidst the political conflict of Northern Ireland in the 1990s, five high school students square off with the universal challenges of being a teenager.
Final Space 2018 An astronaut named Gary and his planet-destroying sidekick Mooncake embark on serialized journeys through space in order to unlock the mystery of “Final Space,” the last point in the universe, if it actually does exist.
Dark 2017 A missing child causes four families to help each other for answers. What they could not imagine is that this mystery would be connected to innumerable other secrets of the small town.
How to Get Away with Murder 2014 M A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their lives.
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir 2015 G Normal high school kids by day, protectors of Paris by night! Miraculous follows the heroic adventures of Marinette and Adrien as they transform into Ladybug and Cat Noir and set out to capture akumas, creatures responsible for turning the people of Paris into villains. But neither hero knows the other’s true identity – or that they’re classmates!
Shetland 2013 M Created from the novels by award winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, Shetland follows DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate crime within the close knit island community. In this isolated and sometimes inhospitable environment, the team have to rely on a uniquely resourceful style of policing.
Designated Survivor 2016 M Tom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.
Animal Kingdom 2016 MA15+ 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" Cody and her right-hand Baz, who runs the business and calls the shots, the clan also consists of Pope, the oldest and most dangerous of the Cody boys; Craig, the tough and fearless middle son; and Deran, the troubled, suspicious "baby" of the family.
Knightfall 2017 M Go deep into the clandestine world of the legendary brotherhood of warrior monks known as The Knights Templar.
Titans 2018 MA15+ A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.
Bonus Family 2017 A new couple, their exes and their children navigate the emotional challenges and tricky logistics of blended family life in this Swedish dramedy.
Schitt's Creek 2015 M Formerly filthy rich video store magnate Johnny Rose, his soap star wife Moira, and their two kids, über-hipster son David and socialite daughter Alexis, suddenly find themselves broke and forced to live in Schitt's Creek, a small depressing town they once bought as a joke.
Vikings 2013 MA15+ Vikings follows the adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods. Legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors.
Thomas & Friends 1984 G Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series, which had its first broadcast on the ITV network on 4 September 1984. It is based on The Railway Series of books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry. These books deal with the adventures of a group of anthropomorphised locomotives and road vehicles who live on the fictional Island of Sodor. The books were based on stories Wilbert told to entertain his son, Christopher during his recovery from measles. From Series one to four, many of the stories are based on events from Awdry's personal experience.
Happy Valley 2014 MA15+ Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced, hard-working copper. She is also a bereaved mother who looks after her orphaned grandchild.
Chief of Staff 2019 As a chief of staff in the National Assembly, Jang Tae-jun influences power behind the scenes while pursuing his own ambitions to rise to the top.
Alias Grace 2017 Based on the true story of Grace Marks, a housemaid and immigrant from Ireland who was imprisoned in 1843, perhaps wrongly, for the murder of her employer Thomas Kinnear. Grace claims to have no memory of the murder yet the facts are irrefutable. A decade after, Dr. Simon Jordan tries to help Grace recall her past.
The Crown 2016 The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny.
The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.
Black Mirror 2011 M A contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone with stories that tap into the collective unease about our modern world.
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Jane the Virgin 2014 MA15+ A comedy-drama following a chaste young woman who is accidentally impregnated via artificial insemination as she struggles to inform her devoutly religious family and make the right choices concerning the child. Based on the telenovela "Juana la virgen."
Arthdal Chronicles 2019 In a mythical land called Arth, the inhabitants of the ancient city of Arthdal and its surrounding regions vie for power as they build a new society.
Shameless 2011 MA15+ Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passed out on the floor. But the kids have found ways to grow up in spite of him. They may not be like any family you know, but they make no apologies for being exactly who they are.
WHAT / IF 2019 In this neo-noir thriller series, a pair of cash-strapped newlyweds accept a lucrative but morally dubious offer from a mysterious female benefactor.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1993 PG At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson 2019 There is no such thing as an ordinary interaction in this offbeat sketch comedy series that features a deep roster of guest stars.
Babylon Berlin 2017 MA15+ Colognian commissioner Gereon Rath moves to Berlin, the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.
Black Books 2000 M Black Books centres around the foul tempered and wildly eccentric bookshop owner Bernard Black. Bernard’s devotion to the twin pleasures of drunkenness and wilful antagonism deepens and enriches both his life and that of Manny, his assistant. Bearded, sweet and good, Manny is everything that Bernard isn’t and is punished by Bernard relentlessly just for the crime of existing. They depend on each other for meaning as Fran, their oldest friend, depends on them for distraction.
Black Books is a haven of books, wine and conversation, the only threat to the group’s peace and prosperity is their own limitless stupidity.
Archer 2009 MA15+ Sterling Archer is the world's most daunting spy. He works for ISIS, a spy agency run by his mother. In between dealing with his boss and his co-workers - one of whom is his ex-girlfriend - Archer manages to annoy or seduce everyone that crosses his path. His antics are only excusable because at the end of the day, he still somehow always manages to thwart whatever crises was threatening mankind.
Gotham 2014 MA15+ Before there was Batman, there was GOTHAM.
Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? What did it take to navigate the multiple layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City, the spawning ground of the world's most iconic villains? And what circumstances created them – the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face and The Joker?
Tokyo Ghoul 2014 MA15+ Ken Kaneki is a bookworm college student who meets a girl names Rize at a cafe he frequents. They're the same age and have the same interests, so they quickly become close. Little does Kaneki know that Rize is a ghoul - a kind of monster that lives by hunting and devouring human flesh. When part of her special organ - "the red child" - is transplanted into Kaneki, he becomes a ghoul himself, trapped in a warped world where humans are not the top of the food chain.
The Sinner 2017 MA15+ A young mother kills a stranger in a fit of unexplainable rage. An inquisitive detective obsesses over the case, attempting to get to the bottom of the true motive behind the act.
House of Cards 2013 MA15+ Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex and corruption in modern D.C.
House of Cards is an adaptation of a previous BBC miniseries of the same name, which is based on the novel by Michael Dobbs.
Money Heist 2017 To carry out the biggest heist in history, a mysterious man called The Professor recruits a band of eight robbers who have a single characteristic: none of them has anything to lose. Five months of seclusion - memorizing every step, every detail, every probability - culminate in eleven days locked up in the National Coinage and Stamp Factory of Spain, surrounded by police forces and with dozens of hostages in their power, to find out whether their suicide wager will lead to everything or nothing.
The Last Kingdom 2015 MA15+ A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warfare, courage, love, loyalty and our universal search for identity. Combining real historical figures and events with fictional characters, it is the story of how a people combined their strength under one of the most iconic kings of history in order to reclaim their land for themselves and build a place they call home.
The Legend of White Snake 2019 Provoked by the actions of a seemingly sly human, an ancient snake spirit takes on a human form, in order to prove him a fraud. Convinced she’s doing the world a favor, Bai Su Zhen challenges Xu Xuan to a contest of skill but what starts as a heated rivalry soon turns to burning passion. Faced with opposition from every side, Bai Su Zhen and Xu Xuan’s love is put to the test time and time again.
Maniac 2018 Two strangers are drawn to a mysterious pharmaceutical trial that will, they're assured, with no complications or side-effects whatsoever, solve all of their problems, permanently. Things do not go as planned.
The Originals 2013 MA15+ A spin-off from The Vampire Diaries and set in New Orleans, The Originals centers on the Mikaelson siblings, otherwise known as the world's original vampires: Klaus, Elijah, and Rebekah. Now Klaus must take down his protégé, Marcel, who is now in charge of New Orleans, in order to re-take his city, as he originally built New Orleans. Klaus departed from the city after being chased down by his father Mikael, while it was being constructed and Marcel took charge. As Klaus has returned after many years, his ego has provoked him to become the king of the city. "Every King needs an heir" says Klaus, accepting the unborn child. The child is a first to be born to a hybrid and a werewolf.
Sex Education 2019 MA15+ Inexperienced Otis channels his sex therapist mom when he teams up with rebellious Maeve to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.
River 2015 MA15+ Respected police officer John River, a gifted cop with a troubled mind, struggles to come to terms with the recent loss of a colleague, and chases a suspect across London - with tragic consequences. Now at odds with the authorities, River ends up in a precarious position as he seeks to bring closure to the mother of murdered teenager, who blames him for failing to keep his promise.
Hinterland 2013 M Tom Mathias comes to Aberystwyth having abandoned his life in London. He's a brilliant but troubled man. Despite his faults he is an excellent detective, who knows that the key to solving the crime lies not in where you look for truth, but how you look. From the windswept sand dunes of the coastline to the badlands of the hinterland, Y Gwyll is a series of four two-hour stories that are original and local, yet timeless and universal.
Young Justice 2010 G Teenage superheroes strive to prove themselves as members of the Justice League.
Bodyguard 2018 MA15+ A troubled war veteran is assigned to protect a controversial politician who may be the target of a terror plot.
Pretty Little Liars 2010 M Based on the Pretty Little Liars series of young adult novels by Sara Shepard, the series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their queen bee, Alison. One year later, they begin receiving messages from someone using the name "A" who threatens to expose their secrets — including long-hidden ones they thought only Alison knew.
Queen of the South 2016 MA15+ Teresa flees Mexico after her drug-runner boyfriend is murdered. Settling in Dallas, she looks to become the country's reigning drug smuggler and to avenge her lover's murder.
Secret City 2016 M Beneath the placid facade of Canberra, amidst rising tension between China and America, senior political journalist Harriet Dunkley uncovers a secret city of interlocked conspiracies, putting innocent lives in danger including her own.
Suits 2011 M While running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant young college-dropout, slips into a job interview with one of New York City's best legal closers, Harvey Specter. Tired of cookie-cutter law school grads, Harvey takes a gamble by hiring Mike on the spot after he recognizes his raw talent and photographic memory.
Arrow 2012 M Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend 2015 PG Rebecca Bunch is a successful, driven, and possibly crazy young woman who impulsively gives up everything - her partnership at a prestigious law firm and her upscale apartment in Manhattan - in a desperate attempt to find love and happiness in that exotic hotbed of romance and adventure: suburban West Covina, California.
Dirty John 2018 This true crime anthology, based on the podcast of the same name, follows the terrifyingly true story of Orange County interior designer Debra Newell’s romance with John Meehan, a handsome and romantic charmer who sweeps Debra off her feet and pulls her into his web of lies.
Transfers 2017 Thanks to science, after five years of coma, Florian has his mind transferred into another's body. Now he has to hide his identity, living as an officer with BATI, the anti-transfers unit.
The IT Crowd 2006 M UK Comedy series about two I.T. nerds and their clueless female manager, who work in the basement of a very successful company. When they are called on for help, they are never treated with any respect at all.
Cuckoo 2012 Cuckoo is every parent's worst nightmare - a slacker full of outlandish, New Age ideas. Ken is the over-protective father of a girl who's impulsively married an American hippie on her gap year.
American Horror Story 2011 R18+ An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke and a cult.
Big Mouth 2017 R18+ Teenage friends find their lives upended by the wonders and horrors of puberty in this edgy comedy from real-life pals Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg.
Homeland 2011 MA15+ CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.
Last Chance U 2016 In a docuseries set at one of NCAA football's most fertile recruiting grounds, guys with red flags seek to prove their worth on the field and in class.
Fireman Sam 1987 G Follow the adventures of fireman Sam and his colleagues as they protect the citizens of the Welsh town of Pontypandy. Whenever the alarm sounds, brave Sam and his co-workers can be counted on to jump into a fire engine, hop onto a helicopter, or even launch an inflatable lifeboat to battle blazes, mount rescue missions, or provide medical attention to those in need.
Wynonna Earp 2016 MA15+ Wyatt Earp's great granddaughter Wynonna battles demons and other creatures with her unique abilities and a posse of dysfunctional allies - the only thing that can bring the paranormal to justice.
Bob the Builder 1999 G Bob the Builder is a British children's animated television show created by Keith Chapman. In the original series Bob appears as a building contractor specializing in masonry in a stop motion animated programme with his colleague Wendy, various neighbours and friends, and their gang of anthropomorphised work-vehicles and equipment. The show is broadcast in many countries, but originates from the United Kingdom where Bob is voiced by English actor Neil Morrissey. The show was later created using CGI animation starting with the spin-off series Ready, Steady, Build!.
In each episode, Bob and his group help with renovations, construction, and repairs and with other projects as needed. The show emphasizes conflict resolution, co-operation, socialization and various learning skills. Bob's catchphrase is "Can we fix it?", to which the other characters respond with "Yes we can!" This phrase is also the title of the show's theme song, which was a million-selling number one hit in the UK.
Drugs, Inc. 2010 Drugs: A multi-billion-dollar industry that fuels crime and violence like no other substance on the planet. Turning cartel leaders into billionaires, the illegal drug industry also provides vital income to hundreds of thousands of poor workers across the globe. While some users sacrifice their lives to an addiction they can't escape, others find drugs to be their only saving grace from physical or emotional pain almost impossible to overcome. Where should the lines be drawn in this lucrative industry?
Flowers 2016 Dark comedy about the eccentric members of the Flowers family. Maurice and Deborah are barely together but yet to divorce. They live with Maurice's batty mother and their maladjusted twin children.
Rick and Morty 2013 MA15+ Rick is a mentally-unbalanced but scientifically-gifted old man who has recently reconnected with his family. He spends most of his time involving his young grandson Morty in dangerous, outlandish adventures throughout space and alternate universes. Compounded with Morty's already unstable family life, these events cause Morty much distress at home and school.
Dark Tourist 2018 MA15+ The definition of "tourism" is redefined as New Zealand filmmaker David Farrier sets his sights on the world of dark tourism. From nuclear tourism in Japan to Pablo Escobar-inspired tourism in Columbia to frontier tourism in Turkmenistan, David visits the world’s grisly and offbeat destinations, meeting travelers drawn to them, and the people telling these stories day after day.
The OA 2016 Prairie Johnson, blind as a child, comes home to the community she grew up in with her sight restored. Some hail her a miracle, others a dangerous mystery, but Prairie won’t talk with the FBI or her parents about the seven years she went missing.
The End of the F***ing World 2017 James is 17 and is pretty sure he is a psychopath. Alyssa, also 17, is the cool and moody new girl at school. The pair make a connection and she persuades him to embark on a darkly comedic road trip in search of her real father.
PJ Masks 2015 G Connor, Greg and Amaya are normal kids by day, but at night they activate their bracelets, which link into their pajamas and give them fantastic super powers, turning them into their alternate identities: The PJ Masks. The team consists of Catboy (Connor), Gekko (Greg) and Owelette (Amaya). Together, they go on adventures, solve mysteries, and learn valuable lessons.
Fargo 2014 MA15+ A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
A Series of Unfortunate Events 2017 The orphaned Baudelaire children face trials, tribulations and the evil Count Olaf, all in their quest to uncover the secret of their parents' death.
Lucifer 2016 MA15+ Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar abandoned his throne and retired to Los Angeles, where he has teamed up with LAPD detective Chloe Decker to take down criminals. But the longer he's away from the underworld, the greater the threat that the worst of humanity could escape.
Love 2016 Rebellious Mickey and good-natured Gus navigate the thrills and agonies of modern relationships.
Tales of the City 1993 Miniseries based on the first of the Tales of the City series of novels by Armistead Maupin.
The Confession Tapes 2017 This true crime documentary series investigates cases where people convicted of murder claim their confessions were coerced, involuntary or false.
Travelers 2016 MA15+ Hundreds of years from now, the last surviving humans discover the means of sending consciousness back through time, directly into people in the 21st century. These "travelers" assume the lives of seemingly random people, while secretly working as teams to perform missions in order to save humanity from a terrible future.
The Blacklist 2013 MA15+ Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.
Mindhunter 2017 An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.
Roman Empire 2016 This stylish mix of documentary and historical epic chronicles the reign of Commodus, the emperor whose rule marked the beginning of Rome's fall.
Motown Magic 2018 Imaginative boy Ben transforms his city by bringing colorful street art to life, armed with a magic paintbrush -- and the classic sounds of Motown.
Queer Eye 2018 An all-new “Fab Five” advise men on fashion, grooming, food, culture and design in this modern reboot of the Emmy Award-winning reality series.
Castlevania 2017 A dark medieval fantasy following the last surviving member of the disgraced Belmont clan, trying to save Eastern Europe from extinction at the hand of Vlad Dracula Tepe himself. Inspired by the classic video game series.
One Spring Night 2019 When Lee Jeong-in and Yu Ji-ho meet, something unexpected happens. Or it just may be that spring is in the air -- and anything is possible.
Santa Clarita Diet 2017 MA15+ They're ordinary husband and wife realtors until she undergoes a dramatic change that sends them down a road of death and destruction. In a good way.
Marvel's The Punisher 2017 MA15+ A former Marine out to punish the criminals responsible for his family's murder finds himself ensnared in a military conspiracy.
Monty Python's Flying Circus 1969 PG Monty Python’s Flying Circus is a British sketch comedy series created by the comedy group Monty Python and broadcast by the BBC from 1969 to 1974. The shows were composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines. It also featured animations by Terry Gilliam, often sequenced or merged with live action. The first episode was recorded on 7 September and broadcast on 5 October 1969 on BBC One, with 45 episodes airing over four series from 1969 to 1974, plus two episodes for German TV.
The show often targets the idiosyncrasies of British life, especially that of professionals, and is at times politically charged. The members of Monty Python were highly educated. Terry Jones and Michael Palin are Oxford University graduates; Eric Idle, John Cleese, and Graham Chapman attended Cambridge University; and American-born member Terry Gilliam is an Occidental College graduate. Their comedy is often pointedly intellectual, with numerous erudite references to philosophers and literary figures. The series followed and elaborated upon the style used by Spike Milligan in his ground breaking series Q5, rather than the traditional sketch show format. The team intended their humour to be impossible to categorise, and succeeded so completely that the adjective "Pythonesque" was invented to define it and, later, similar material.
The Inbetweeners 2008 MA15+ Welcome to a world of futile crushes, sibling brawls, getting drunk too quickly and casting constant aspersions about your friends' sexuality.
Glitch 2015 M James Hayes is a small town police man who is called to the local cemetery in the middle of the night after six people have inexplicably risen from the dead in perfect health. With no memory of their identities, they are determined to discover who they are and what has happened to them. James recognises one of them and along with local doctor Elishia Glass, struggles to keep the case hidden from his colleagues, his family and the world. The six people are all linked in some way and the search begins for someone who knows the truth about how and why they have returned.
Longmire 2012 M A Wyoming sheriff rebuilds his life and career following the death of his wife. Based on the “Walt Longmire” series of mystery novels written by best-selling author Craig Johnson.
Janet King 2014 M Senior Prosecutor Janet King returns from maternity leave to confront a high-profile murder, and a conspiracy which will have shocking ramifications throughout the judicial system.
Trotro 2004
Warrior 2018 A war veteran plagued by guilt over his final mission teams up with his best friend's widow to infiltrate a dangerous Copenhagen biker gang.
Doc Martin 2004 M Doc Martin is a British television comedy drama series starring Martin Clunes in the title role. It was created by Dominic Minghella after the character of Dr. Martin Bamford in the 2000 comedy film Saving Grace. The show is set in the fictional seaside village of Portwenn and filmed on location in the village of Port Isaac, Cornwall, England, with most interior scenes shot in a converted local barn. Five series aired between 2004 and 2011, together with a feature-length special that aired on Christmas Day 2006. Series 6 began airing on ITV on 2 September 2013.
Ozark 2017 MA15+ A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.
American Crime Story 2016 M An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminals.
Requiem 2018 MA15+ In 1994, a toddler disappeared from a small Welsh village, never to be seen again. 23 years later, in London, the mother of rising cello star Matilda Gray commits suicide, without apparent reason. Among her possessions, Matilda discovers tantalising evidence, linking her mother to the Welsh girl's disappearance all those years ago.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency 2016 MA15+ A comedic thriller that follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric “holistic” detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd. An adaptation of Douglas Adams’ wildly successful comic novels.
Shaun the Sheep 2007 G Shaun the Sheep is a British stop-motion animated children's television series produced by Aardman Animations, and commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation and Westdeutscher Rundfunk, a constituent member of the consortium of German public-broadcasting institutions, ARD. It is a spin-off of the Wallace and Gromit franchise, starring Shaun from A Close Shave as its main protagonist. It first aired in the UK on CBBC in March 2007. The series has also inspired its own spin-off show, Timmy Time, which is aimed at younger viewers. The show has been broadcast in 180 countries around the world.
Project Runway 2004 Aspiring fashion designers compete for a chance to break into the industry. Each week, a designer is eliminated from the competition after exhibiting their work in front of a judges' panel.
Bloodline 2015 A dramatic thriller that explores the demons lurking beneath the surface of a contemporary American family. The Rayburns are hard-working pillars of their Florida Keys community. But when the black sheep son comes home for the 45th anniversary of his parents' hotel, he threatens to expose the Rayburns' dark secrets and shameful past, pushing his siblings to the limits of family loyalty.
Dark Net 2016 A documentary series that explores the furthest reaches of the internet and the people who frequent it, Dark Net provides a revealing and cautionary look inside a vast cyber netherworld rarely witnessed by most of us. Provocative, thought-provoking and frequently profound, each episode illuminates an exciting, ever-expanding frontier where people can do anything and see anything, whether they should or not.
Limitless 2015 M Limitless, based on the feature film, picks up where the movie left off and follows Brian Sinclair as he discovers the power of the mysterious drug NZT, and is coerced into using his newfound drug-enhanced abilities to solve weekly cases for the FBI.
The Haunting of Hill House 2018 MA15+ The Crains, a fractured family, confront haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.
Highway Thru Hell 2012 Follow the operations of Jamie Davis Motor Truck, a heavy vehicle rescue and recovery towing company based in Hope, British Columbia focusing on the hardships of operating along the highways of the BC Interior, especially the Coquihalla Highway, which is notorious for rapidly changing weather.
Neon Genesis Evangelion 1995 At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen years later, that day has come... but this time, humanity is ready to fight back with terrifying bio-mechanical weapons known as the Evangelions. Watch as Shinji, Rei, Asuka and the rest of the mysterious shadow agency Nerv battle to save earth from total annihilation.
Salvation 2017 M An MIT grad student and a tech superstar bring a low-level Pentagon official a staggering discovery that an asteroid is just six months away from colliding with Earth.
YOU 2018 MA15+ When a brilliant bookstore manager crosses paths with an aspiring writer, he uses the internet and social media to gather the most intimate of details and get close to her. A charming and awkward crush quickly becomes obsession as he quietly and strategically removes every obstacle - and person - in his way.
Seven Seconds 2018 Tensions run high between African American citizens and Caucasian cops in Jersey City when a teenage African American boy is critically injured by a cop.
Star Trek: The Animated Series 1973 Star Trek: The Animated Series is an animated science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe following the events of Star Trek: The Original Series of the 1960s. The animated series was aired under the name Star Trek, but it has become widely known under this longer name to differentiate it from the original live-action Star Trek. The success in syndication of the original live action series and fan pressure for a Star Trek revival led to The Animated Series from 1973–1974, as the source of new adventures of the Enterprise crew, the next being the 1979 live-action feature film Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The 'TAS' series was the original cast's last episodic portrayal of the characters until the "cartoon like" graphics of the Star Trek: 25th Anniversary computer game in 1992, as well as its sequel Star Trek: Judgment Rites in 1993, both of which appeared after the cast's last movie together in 1991's Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. TAS was the first Star Trek series to win an Emmy Award.
MythBusters 2003 M MythBusters is a science entertainment television program created and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The show's hosts, special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, use elements of the scientific method to test the validity of rumors, myths, movie scenes, adages, Internet videos, and news stories.
Gilmore Girls 2000 PG Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.
GLOW 2017 In 1980s LA, a crew of misfits reinvent themselves as the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling.
Designated Survivor: 60 Days 2019 An explosion at the National Assembly kills everyone in the cabinet, leaving Park Mu-jin, the Minister of Environment, to become the next president. Park Mu-jin is a scientist-turned-politician who has no ambitions in politics, but as the acting president for 60 days, he is compelled to investigate the truth behind the attack. Based on the popular American series Designated Survivor.
Marvel's The Defenders 2017 MA15+ Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist join forces to take on common enemies as a sinister conspiracy threatens New York City.
Trailer Park Boys 2001 Follow the booze-fueled misadventures of three longtime pals and petty serial criminals who run scams from their Nova Scotia trailer park.
Altered Carbon 2018 After 250 years on ice, a prisoner returns to life in a new body with one chance to win his freedom: by solving a mind-bending murder.
The Umbrella Academy 2019 MA15+ A dysfunctional family of superheroes comes together to solve the mystery of their father's death, the threat of the apocalypse and more.
Gossip Girl 2007 M An exclusive group of privileged teens from a posh prep school on Manhattan's Upper East Side whose lives revolve around the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl.
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. 2016 Gifted with a wide assortment of supernatural abilities ranging from telepathy to x-ray vision, Kusuo Saiki finds this so-called blessing to be nothing but a curse. As all the inconveniences his powers cause constantly pile up, all Kusuo aims for is an ordinary, hassle-free life—a life where ignorance is bliss.
Star Trek: The Next Generation 1987 M Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
Instant Hotel 2018 The series follows homeowners who have transformed their homes into hotels and are individually judged by each other to receive the highest scores with the winner to win an ultimate prize.
Peep Show 2003 MA15+ Peep Show is an award-winning British sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. The television programme is written by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, with additional material by Mitchell and Webb amongst others. It has been broadcast on Channel 4 since 2003. The show's eighth series makes it the longest-returning comedy in Channel 4 history. Stylistically, the show uses point of view shots with the thoughts of main characters Mark and Jeremy audible as voiceovers.
Peep Show follows the lives of two men from their twenties to thirties, Mark Corrigan, who has steady employment for most of the series, and Jeremy "Jez" Usbourne, an unemployed would-be musician. The pair met at the fictional Dartmouth University, and now share a flat in Croydon, South London. Mark is initially a loan manager at the fictional JLB Credit, later becoming a waiter, and then a bathroom supplies salesman. He is financially secure, but awkward and socially inept, with a pessimistic and cynical attitude. Jeremy, having split up with his girlfriend Big Suze prior to the first episode, now lives in Mark's spare room. He usually has a much more optimistic and energetic outlook on the world than Mark, yet his self-proclaimed talent as a musician has yet to be recognised, and he is not as popular or attractive as he would like to think himself, although he is more successful with the opposite sex than Mark.
Arrested Development 2003 PG The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.
The Seven Deadly Sins 2014 The “Seven Deadly Sins”—a group of evil knights who conspired to overthrow the kingdom of Britannia—were said to have been eradicated by the Holy Knights, although some claim that they still live. Ten years later, the Holy Knights have staged a Coup d'état and assassinated the king, becoming the new, tyrannical rulers of the kingdom. Elizabeth, the king's only daughter, sets out on a journey to find the “Seven Deadly Sins,” and to enlist their help in taking back the kingdom.
Kingdom 2019 In this zombie thriller set in Korea's medieval Joseon dynasty, a crown prince is sent on a suicide mission to investigate a mysterious outbreak.
Dynasty 2017 The reboot follows two of America’s wealthiest families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, as they feud for control over their fortune and their children focusing on Fallon Carrington, the daughter of billionaire Blake Carrington, and her soon-to-be stepmother, Cristal, a Hispanic woman marrying into this WASP family and America’s most powerful class.
The West 1996 The West, sometimes marketed as Ken Burns Presents: The West, is a documentary film about the American Old West. It was directed by Stephen Ives and the executive producer was Ken Burns. The film originally aired on PBS in September 1996.
Deadwind 2018 When Sofia Karppi, a detective in her 30's who is trying to get over her husband's death, discovers the body of a young woman on a construction site, she triggers a chain of events that threatens to destroy her life again.
3% 2016 In a future where the elite inhabit an island paradise far from the crowded slums, you get one chance to join the 3% saved from squalor.
Offspring 2010 M An exuberant drama set in Melbourne's Fitzroy, centering on Nina Proudman and her struggle to deal with her fabulously messy family, her hunt for a decent love life and her tendency to overthink and fly off into fantasy.
The Letdown 2017 M Audrey is determined not to be defined by motherhood. In theory, this seems fairly easy. In practice, her career-focused husband, self-obsessed mother & fancy-free best friend, make it damn near impossible.
Tuca & Bertie 2019 Free-spirited toucan Tuca and self-doubting song thrush Bertie are best friends -- and birds -- who guide each other through life's ups and downs.
Yankee 2019 On the run from the police, an Arizona man crosses into Mexico and gets deeply involved in drug trafficking, with the help of modern technology.
Psycho-Pass 2012 MA15+ Psycho-Pass is a Japanese anime television series that takes place in the future where it is possible to instantaneously measure a person's mental state, personality, and the probability that a person will commit crimes with a device installed on each citizen's body called the Psycho-Pass. It follows members of Unit One of the Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Division and the crimes they investigate.
Eternal Love 2017 Three hundred years ago, Bai Qian stood on the Zhu Xian Terrace, turned around and jumped off without regret. Ye Hua stood by the bronze mirror to witness with his own eyes her death. Three hundred years later, in the East Sea Dragon Palace, the two meet unexpectedly. Another lifetime another world, after suffering betrayal Bai Qian no longer feels anything, yet she can't seem to comprehend Ye Hua's actions. Three lives three worlds, her and him, are they fated to love again?
Cable Girls 2017 In 1920s Madrid, four women at the National Telephone Company ring in revolution as they deal with romance, envy and the modern workplace.
Unit 42 2017 The investigations of two police officers from The Brussels Digital Unit, a unit specializing in cybercrime.
Star Trek: Enterprise 2001 M During the mid-22nd century, a century before Captain Kirk's five-year mission, Jonathan Archer captains the United Earth ship Enterprise during the early years of Starfleet, leading up to the Earth-Romulan War and the formation of the Federation.
Peaky Blinders 2013 MA15+ A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
Creeped Out 2017 A masked figure known as "The Curious" collects tales of dark magic, otherworldly encounters and twisted technology in this kids anthology series.
Hotel Beau Séjour 2017 Caught in an afterlife limbo, teenage Kato investigates her own mysterious death and unravels a web of secrets in her seemingly tranquil village.
Greenleaf 2016 M The unscrupulous world of the Greenleaf family and their sprawling Memphis megachurch, where scandalous secrets and lies are as numerous as the faithful. Born of the church, the Greenleaf family love and care for each other, but beneath the surface lies a den of iniquity—greed, adultery, sibling rivalry and conflicting values—that threatens to tear apart the very core of their faith that holds them together.
Wanderlust 2018 A therapist tries to save her marriage after a cycling accident causes them to reassess their relationship.
Riverdale 2017 M Set in the present, the series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade.
TRIGUN 1998 M Trigun takes place in the distant future on a deserted planet. Vash the Stampede is a gunfighter with a legend so ruthless he has a $60,000,000,000 bounty on his head. Entire towns evacuate at the rumor of his arrival. But the real Vash the Stampede, the enigmatic and conflicted lead character in Trigun, is more heroic, even though he usually acts like a complete idiot.
Osmosis 2019 In Paris of the near future, a dating app matches singles with their soul mates by mining their brain data. But decoding true love comes at a price.
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 2012 M After a naive Midwestern girl's big city dreams are dashed her first week in New York, she finds herself living with her worst nightmare in this hilarious, contemporary comedy about a female odd couple who are surrounded by an outrageous cast of characters.
March Comes in Like a Lion 2016 Rei is a 17-year old professional shōgi player, who lives by himself, not having a real family, and has scarcely any friends. Among his acquaintances is a family, which consists of a young woman, Akari, and two young girls, Hinata and Momo, and who also keep a numerous number of cats.
Teen Titans Go! 2013 PG Robin, Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy and Cyborg return in all-new, comedic adventures. They may be super heroes who save the world every day ... but somebody still has to do the laundry!
Nobel 2016 Lieutenant Erling Riiser is on his way back to Norway after a long stay in Afghanistan. Much has gone wrong, several soldiers are missing from the Hercelus-plane. After only one day in Norway, Erling receives a text message saying an old acquaintance from Afghanistan is in Oslo - which can mean only one thing: A woman's life is in danger
Masha and the Bear 2009 Masha is an energetic three-year-old who can’t seem to keep herself out of trouble. Bear is a warm, fatherly figure that does his best to guide his friend and keep her from harm, often ending up the unintended victim of her misadventures.
Ice Fantasy 2016 The story is set a hundred years after a war between the Empire of Snow (Ice Tribe) and the Fire Tribe, where the Fire Tribe was defeated. However, the war was fatal, leaving Prince Ka Suo and his younger half-brother Ying Kong Shi the only royal heirs and pure-blood ice illusionists left in the Ice Tribe. Conflict ensues after Ka Suo reluctantly ascends to the throne as his lover, Li Luo, and his brother go missing. Ka Suo also accidentally discovers an evil presence lurking in the Ice Tribe's holy shrine. He and his companions enter the mysterious shrine, and defeat head of the shrine, Lady Yuan Ji, only to find out that she has been plotting a conspiracy against him. Ka Suo also experiences hardships in trying to find his lover and brother, not knowing that his brother has lost all of his memories and has become the Fire Prince under his mother's command. A war between the two tribes commences once again, with the two brothers pitted against each other.
Easy 2016 This eclectic, star-studded anthology follows diverse Chicagoans fumbling through the modern maze of love, sex, technology and culture. First dates, friends with benefits, couples with kids. Whatever your relationship status is, it's always complicated.
Degrassi: Next Class 2016 Follow a group of high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors from Degrassi Community School, a fictional school in Toronto, Ontario, as they encounter some of the typical issues and challenges common to a teenager's life.
The Worst Witch 2017 Join Mildred Hubble in CBBC's adaptation of The Worst Witch books, written by Jill Murphy.
Love, Death & Robots 2019 Terrifying creatures, wicked surprises and dark comedy converge in this NSFW anthology of animated stories presented by Tim Miller and David Fincher.
Stranger 2017 Hwang Shi-Mok had brain surgery when he was a child, which caused him to lack emotion. Now, Hwang Shi-Mok works as a prosecutor. He is rational, but cold and lonely. He is also one of the only prosecutors not involved in corruption. One day, a dead body is thrown in front of him. He meets Police Lieutenant Han Yeo-Jin at a murder crime scene. They work together to eradicate corruption at the prosecutor's office and solve a serial murder case.
The Bletchley Circle 2012 The Bletchley Circle follows the journey of four ordinary women with extraordinary skills that helped to end World War II. Set in 1952, Susan, Millie, Lucy and Jean have returned to their normal lives, modestly setting aside the part they played in producing crucial intelligence, which helped the Allies to victory and shortened the war. When Susan discovers a hidden code behind an unsolved murder she is met by skepticism from the police. She quickly realises she can only begin to crack the murders and bring the culprit to justice with her former friends. The Bletchley Circle paints a vivid portrait of post-war Britain in this fictional tale of unsung heroes.
Dead to Me 2019 A hotheaded widow searching for the hit-and-run driver who mowed down her husband befriends an eccentric optimist who isn't quite what she seems.
Rebellion 2016 A group of young men and women in Dublin in 1916 are embroiled in a fight for independence during the Easter Rising.The story begins with the outbreak of World War I. As expectations of a short and glorious campaign are dashed, social stability is eroded and Irish nationalism comes to the fore. The tumultuous events that follow are seen through the eyes of a group of friends from Dublin, Belfast and London as they play vital and conflicting roles in the narrative of Ireland's independence.
Grace and Frankie 2015 MA15+ Elegant, proper Grace and freewheeling, eccentric Frankie are a pair of frenemies whose lives are turned upside down - and permanently intertwined - when their husbands leave them for each other. Together, they must face starting over in their 70s in a 21st century world.
The Chef Show 2019 Writer, director and food enthusiast Jon Favreau and chef Roy Choi explore food in and out of the kitchen with accomplished chefs and celebrity friends.
Godless 2017 A ruthless outlaw terrorizes the West in search of a former member of his gang, who’s found a new life in a quiet town populated only by women.
Frontier 2016 The chaotic and violent struggle to control wealth and power in the North American fur trade in late 18th century Canada. Told from multiple perspectives, Frontier takes place in a world where business negotiations might be resolved with close-quarter hatchet fights, and where delicate relations between native tribes and Europeans can spark bloody conflicts.
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj 2018 Every Sunday, Hasan Minhaj brings an incisive and nuanced perspective to global news, politics and culture in his unique comedy series.
Atypical 2017 M Sam, an 18-year-old on the autism spectrum, takes a funny, yet painful, journey of self-discovery for love and independence and upends his family.
The Fall 2013 MA15+ When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must track down and stop a serial killer who is terrorising the city of Belfast.
Fate/EXTRA Last Encore 2018 Hakuno Kishinami finds himself in the midst of a Holy Grail war with no memories of how he got there. Through his confusion, he must fight to survive.
The Joy of Painting 1983 The Joy of Painting was an American television show hosted by painter Bob Ross that taught its viewers techniques for landscape oil painting. Although Ross could complete a painting in half an hour, the intent of the show was not to teach viewers "speed painting". Rather, he intended for viewers to learn certain techniques within the time that the show was allotted. The show began on January 11, 1983, and lasted until May 17, 1994, a year before Ross' death.
Yummy Mummies 2017 These stunning young mums-to-be have model good looks, glamorous lives and are never seen without their high heels, designer wear and latest accessory: their baby bump! The Yummy Mummies make elaborate plans for motherhood and have outrageous opinions of what to expect while they’re expecting.
Between 2015 MA15+ Between is the story of a town under siege from a mysterious disease that has wiped out everybody except those 21 years old and under. The series explores the power vacuum that results when a government has quarantined a 10-mile diameter area and left the inhabitants to fend for themselves.
The Boss Baby: Back in Business 2018 PG With a little help from his brother and accomplice, Tim, Boss Baby tries to balance family life with his job at Baby Corp headquarters.
That '70s Show 1998 PG Crank up the 8-track and flash back to a time when platform shoes and puka shells were all the rage in this hilarious retro-sitcom. For Eric, Kelso, Jackie, Hyde, Donna and Fez, a group of high school teens who spend most of their time hanging out in Eric’s basement, life in the ‘70s isn’t always so groovy. But between trying to figure out the meaning of life, avoiding their parents, and dealing with out-of-control hormones, they’ve learned one thing for sure: they’ll always get by with a little help from their friends.
Bonding 2019 A New York City grad student moonlighting as a dominatrix enlists her gay BFF from high school to be her assistant.
Elite 2018 When three working class kids enroll in the most exclusive school in Spain, the clash between the wealthy and the poor students leads to tragedy.
Somewhere Between 2017 Laura Price, a local news producer in San Francisco, is helping the police to hunt down a serial killer. After the killer strikes close to home, a twist of fate allows a “Groundhog Day”-type reset, and Laura relives the week prior to the string of murders. Can she change fate and stop the killer?
Paradise PD 2018 An eager young rookie joins the ragtag small-town police force led by his dad as they bumble, squabble and snort their way through a big drug case.
Dance Academy 2010 PG At Sydney's National Dance Academy, a few talented youngsters are recruited for the excruciatingly tough course. It follows Tara Webster, a sheepfarmgirl who's ambition is to be the next best ballerina. Jewish long line of doctors' heir Samuel 'Sammy' and minor juvenile offender Christian are the outsiders but gradually fit in, making new kinds of friends. Star ballerina's daughter Kat also introduces them in the circle of last-year brother Ethan, who already aspires a career as choreographer. Also Abigail, a smart young girl who'll walk over dead bodies to reach the stars tries to sabotage everything and everyone.
Mako: Island of Secrets 2013 PG Real-life mermaids, Sirena, Nixie and Lyla are part of a mermaid pod, which lives in the waters of Mako Island. As young members of the pod, it is their job to protect the Moon Pool and guard it from trespassers. But on the night of a full moon, the mischievous mermaid girls neglect their duties. Sixteen-year-old land-dweller Zac enters the Moon Pool and forms a special connection with Mako.
Zac is given a fish-like tail and amazing powers. The mermaid pod is forced to leave Mako, leaving behind the three mermaid girls, cast out of the pod. They know there's only one way they will be allowed to rejoin the pod: They must get legs, venture onto land and take back Zac's powers – or risk being outcasts forever.
Welcome to Waikiki 2018 Kang Dong-Goo dreams of becoming a movie director, but he is cynical due to bad luck. Cheon Joon-Ki wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and become an actor, but he is now just a minor actor. Bong-Doo-Sik came to Seoul to become a scenario writer, but things have not been easy for him.
These 3 men run the guest house Waikiki in Itaewon, South Korea. Their guest house is facing bankruptcy and then a mysterious baby and single mother appear at Waikiki.
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp 2015 MA15+ It's the first day of camp in this outrageous prequel to the hilarious 2001 cult classic movie. And at Camp Firewood, anything can happen.
Empress Ki 2013 The story of the woman that would become Empress Ki, and her struggles as she worked her way through war, political conspiracies, and the imperial palace to become Empress of China. This Korean Drama re-imagines the historical figure as a fierce, independent woman who goes to extreme lengths to protect those she loves.
Rurouni Kenshin 1996 The Meiji Era was one of great renewal for Japan, where swords and killing were outlawed. However, many survivors from the time of Revolution still live, lurking in the shadows and waiting for a chance to use their killing blades again. Only Kenshin Himura, formerly one of the most brutal of killers, hopes to keep his swordsman's honor and still live in the new era.
Mars 2016 M The maiden crew of the Daedalus spacecraft must push itself to the brink of human capability in order to successfully establish the first sustainable colony on Mars. Set both in the future and in the present day, this series blends scripted elements set in the future with documentary vérité interviews with today’s best and brightest minds in modern science and innovation, illuminating how research and development is creating the space technology that will enable our first attempt at a mission to Mars.
Star Trek: Voyager 1995 PG Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V 2014 G Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V is the fourth main spin-off of the Yu-Gi-Oh! series. Yuya Sakaki is a student who is learning to become an entertainment duelist at the You Show Duel School. He gains access to a new power during an exhibition match against the current champion but that is only the beginning of the mysteries in store for him and his friends.
Boys Over Flowers 2009 A working class girl winds up at an exclusive prep school. Unassuming high school girl Jan Di stands up to -- and eventually falls for -- a spoiled rich kid who belongs to the school's most powerful clique.
Marvel's Iron Fist 2017 MA15+ Danny Rand resurfaces 15 years after being presumed dead. Now, with the power of the Iron Fist, he seeks to reclaim his past and fulfill his destiny.
American Vandal 2017 R18+ A true-crime satire that explores the aftermath of a costly high school prank that left twenty-seven faculty cars vandalized with phallic images.
The Ranch 2016 M Being a pro athlete didn't pan out for Colt. Now he's helping his dad and brother keep the ranch afloat, and figuring out how he fits into the family.
Velvet 2014 In 1950s Spain, the heir to a fashion house romances a beautiful seamstress who works for the company, despite the objections of his family.
Red vs. Blue 2003 MA15+ In the distant future, two groups of soldiers battle for control of the least desirable piece of real estate in the known universe: a box canyon in the middle of nowhere.
Carmen Sandiego 2019 Carmen Sandiego returns in this series that follows her new international capers as well as past escapades that led to her becoming a super thief.
Marcella 2016 MA15+ Marcella is shocked to the core of her being when her husband Jason leaves her unexpectedly, confessing he no longer loves her. Heartbroken, Marcella returns to the Met’s Murder Squad. Ten years ago Marcella gave up her fast-tracked police career to marry and devote her life to her family. With the abrupt end to her marriage and isolated from her 13 year old daughter and 10 year old son, Marcella throws herself into work to stop herself from falling apart.
Detectorists 2014 M The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to disturb the tedium by unearthing the fortune of a lifetime.
Mad Men 2007 MA15+ Mad Men is set in the 1960s, initially at the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency on Madison Avenue in New York City, and later at the newly created firm, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, located nearby in the Time-Life Building, at 1271 Avenue of the Americas. According to the show's pilot, the phrase "mad men" was a slang term coined in the 1950s by advertisers working on Madison Avenue to refer to themselves. The focal point of the series is Don Draper, creative director at Sterling Cooper and a founding partner at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, and the people in his life, both in and out of the office. The plot focuses on the business of the agencies as well as the personal lives of the characters, regularly depicting the changing moods and social mores of the United States in the 1960s.
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series 2014 MA15+ The horror and crime thriller genres collide in this new original series from Robert Rodriguez, based on his cult grindhouse classic about bank-robbing brothers on the run, a lawman bent on bringing them to justice, the devout family caught in the cross-fire, and an ancient evil eager to feast on them all.
Colony 2016 In the near future a family must make difficult decisions as they balance staying together with trying to survive. They live in Los Angeles, which has been occupied by a force of outside intruders. While some people have chosen to collaborate with the authorities and benefit from the new order, others have rebelled — and suffer the consequences.
Insatiable 2018 A bullied teenager turns to beauty pageants as a way to exact her revenge, with the help of a disgraced coach who soon realizes he's in over his head.
Oggy and the Cockroaches 1999 G Oggy and the Cockroaches is a French animated comedy series produced by Xilam and Gaumont Film Company.
Love in the Moonlight 2016 Hong Ra On, disguises herself as a man and counsels men on dating. Due to a love letter she wrote for a client, she meets Lee Young - future Crown Prince Hyomyeong. Hong Ra On is unaware that he is the Crown Prince and Lee Young is unaware that Hong Ra On is a woman. The Crown Prince becomes interested in Hong Ra On. His eunuchs become aware of this and attempt to get Hong Ra On to become one of them.
Dogs of Berlin 2018 A politically sensitive murder forces two disparate detectives into a battle with the Berlin underworld and a confrontation with their own corruption.
The Innocents 2018 When a teenage couple runs away to be together, the extraordinary gift they possess unleashes powerful forces intent on dividing them forever.
Trinkets 2019 A grieving teen finds an unexpected connection with two classmates at her new high school after they all land in the same Shoplifters Anonymous group.
Sons of Anarchy 2008 MA15+ An adrenalized drama with darkly comedic undertones that explores a notorious outlaw motorcycle club’s (MC) desire to protect its livelihood while ensuring that their simple, sheltered town of Charming, California remains exactly that, charming. The MC must confront threats from drug dealers, corporate developers, and overzealous law officers. Behind the MC’s familial lifestyle and legally thriving automotive shop is a ruthless and illegal arms business driven by the seduction of money, power, and blood.
The Emperor: Owner of the Mask 2017 In the 1700's, Crown Prince Lee Sun fights against Pyunsoo hwe. Pyunsoo hwe is an organization that has accumulated power and wealth through privatizing water all over Joseon. Crown Prince Lee Sun becomes a hope for the people who suffers. Ga-Eun is the woman Crown Prince Lee Sun loves and she helps him grow as a ruler.
Little Witch Academia 2017 When she was a little girl, Atsuko "Akko" Kagari saw a magic show performed by a witch named Shiny Chariot. From that day on she wanted to be just like her. Enrolling at Luna Nova Magical Academy and having no magical background, can she become a witch like her idol Shiny Chariot?
Kuromukuro 2016 During the construction of the Kurobe Dam, an ancient artifact was discovered, and so the United Nations Kurobe Research Institute was established. Intellectuals from all over the world gathered to study the object, and the children of those researchers attend Mt. Tate International Senior High School, including the institute head's daughter, Yukina Shirahane. In the summer of 2016, a lone samurai once again awakens.
When They See Us 2019 Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.
Love O2O 2016 What is it that makes a man fall in love with a woman at first sight? Appearance? Aura? Wealth? NO, when campus prince and gaming expert, student Xiao Nai first saw Bei Wei Wei, what made him fall in love was not her extraordinary beauty, but her slim and slender fingers that were flying across the keyboard and her calm and composed manner!!! Embarrassing, no? At the same time, gaming expert Bei Wei Wei, at this time and place is on the computer, methodically commanding a guild war, and won a perfect and glorious victory despite being at a disadvantage, and was completely unaware that cupid is nearby. Soon after basketball player, swimmer, all-around excellent student, and game company president, Xiao Nai, uses both tactics on and off-line to take this beauty’s heart. Therefore this romance slowly bloomed. ~~ Drama adapted from the novel by Gu Man.
Traitors 2019 1945 London. Feef is seduced by a rogue American spy into spying on her own country. Her task? To uncover a Russian agent in the heart of the British Government.
Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo 2016 A spunky female weightlifter and free-spirited male swimmer meet on campus, only to find out their pasts may be intertwined.
La Reina del Sur 2011 La Reina del Sur is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States television network Telemundo, in conjunction with the Antena 3 network and RTI Producciones. Based on a novel of the same name by Spanish author Arturo Pérez-Reverte, the drama depicts the rise of Teresa Mendoza, a young woman from Mexico who becomes the most powerful drug trafficker in southern Spain. Patricio Wills, the president of Telemundo Television Studios, was the executive producer. Though La Reina del Sur was nominated for Novela of the Year, Favorite Lead Actress, and Best Bad Luck Video, it won no awards.
With a $10 million budget, La Reina del Sur was the most expensive telenovela ever produced by Telemundo. The program's premiere on February 28, 2011, was the network's highest rated premiere for a telenovela to date. The program frequently dominated its time slot, even over English language programming on other major U.S. networks.
La Reina del Sur completed its 63 episode run on Telemundo and its 13 episode run on Antena 3 simultaneously on May 30, 2011. The final episode was the highest rated broadcast in Telemundo's 19-year history, and beat all of the English language U.S. television networks to earn the number one slot in the 18-49 adult demographic. The program's success spurred Telemundo to launch its first campaign to gain the series an Emmy Award nomination. A one-night special featuring several cast members aired on May 31, 2011, and marked the Telemundo debut of noted Latina television personality Cristina Saralegui.
Ask Us Anything 2015 Male celebs play make-believe as high schoolers, welcoming star transfer students every week and engaging in battles of witty humor and slapstick.
Touch 2012 M Martin Bohm, a widower and single father, is haunted by an inability to connect to his autistic, mute 11-year-old son, Jake. Their relationship and their lives take an extraordinary turn when he discovers his gifted son has the ability to see things that no one else can and the patterns that connect seemingly unrelated events.
Everything Sucks! 2018 It's 1996 in a town called Boring, Oregon, where high school misfits in the AV and drama clubs brave the ups and downs of teenage emotions in the VHS era.
Guilt 2016 MA15+ When Natalie’s sister Grace becomes the prime suspect in her roommate Molly’s murder and popular target for the press and in social media, Natalie leaves her life in Boston and heads to London to defend her. With the help of an ethically questionable ex-pat lawyer Stan Gutterie, Natalie starts to question how innocent her sister may really be as more ugly truths start to come out.
Children of the Whales 2017 Chakuro is the 14-year-old archivist of the Mud Whale, a nigh-utopian island that floats across the surface of an endless sea of sand. Nine in ten of the inhabitants of the Mud Whale have been blessed and cursed with the ability to use saimia, special powers that doom them to an early death. Chakuro and his friends have stumbled across other islands, but they have never met, seen, or even heard of a human who wasn't from their own. One day, Chakuro visits an island as large as the Mud Whale and meets a girl who will change his destiny.
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic 2010 G "Get your muzzle out of those books and make some friends!" That's what Princess Celestia tells Twilight Sparkle. She may be the smartest unicorn in Equestria, but Twilight Sparkle gets an "incomplete" in friendship. There's more to life than learning magic, after all -- so she goes to Ponyville on a mission to make friends. There she meets five special ponies who take her on exciting adventures and teach her the most powerful magic of all ... the magic of friendship!
Bad Blood 2017 A dramatization of the life and death of Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto.
The Princess Weiyoung 2016 Li Wei Young was born Princess Feng Xin Er, the third daughter of the proud royalty of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Although she never quite gets the affection of her family because she was born on a day deemed one of misfortune, Xin Er is pure of heart and sharp of mind. One fateful night, in a massacre rivaling few others, Xin Er’s kingdom is annihilated. Escaping with her life but now an orphan, Xin Er accidentally wanders into enemy territory. There, she assumes the identity of her savior Li Wei Young, the daughter of a tutor. Full of hatred for the enemy that destroyed her kingdom and lacking in the feminine graces expected in her time, the somewhat arrogant Wei Young has trouble fitting in. But, being both wise and pure of heart, she ultimately learns to channel her hatred towards those who deserve it and become a kinder person overall. And it is exactly her wisdom and humanity that attracts towards her two very different men. Tuoba Jun is the beloved, well-educated, kind prince that is favored by all, including the king, and who falls in love with Wei Young. And competing with him is his younger brother Tuoba Yu, the cold, menacing and emotionally scarred prince that truly wants to rule the empire, and sees the intelligent Wei Young as his tool and his elder sibling as his rival. Wei Young, however, only has her eyes on one thing: she was not able to save her people. Between the schemes of these two men and living in enemy territory, can Wei Young ever avenge her kingdom?
The Society 2019 When everyone else mysteriously vanishes from their wealthy town, the teen residents of West Ham must forge their own society to survive.
LEGO Nexo Knights 2015 PG The adventure takes place in the futuristic Kingdom of Knighton. It focuses on the Nexo Knights as they journey to defeat Jestro the evil jester, the Book of Monsters, and their lava monster army. Clay leads the Nexo Knights, which include Macy, Lance, Aaron, and Axl. Together, under their mentor Merlok 2.0, they band together to defeat Jestro.
The Backyardigans 2004 Meet five lively animal friends who love to sing, dance and use their imaginations to embark on outrageous adventures to magical places.
Skylanders Academy 2016 Follow the heroic adventures of the Skylanders team, a group of heroes with unique elemental skills and personalities who travel the vast Skylands universe, protecting it from evil-doers and showing the next wave of Academy cadets how to do things the “Skylander way.”
The Inmate 2018 A former U.S. Marine, Lázaro Mendoza, enters a maximum security prison in Mexico (La Rotunda), under a false identity and accused of an alleged triple murder. Now as Dante Pardo, his mission is to infiltrate a dangerous band of inmates and guards that operate inside and outside of prison who are the prime suspects of the kidnapping of the teenage daughter of U.S. Judge, John Morris. Inside La Rotunda, Lázaro has to find out who carried out the kidnapping and the whereabouts of the girl.
Intersection 2016 Naz who is a paediatrician loses her baby during pregnancy. Even though her husband wants another baby, she refuses to go through the same thing all over again. She goes to Italy for a conference and meets Ali Nejat there.
Cathedral of the Sea 2018 In the 14th century, Barcelona is experiencing one of its most prosperous moments. The city has grown to La Ribera, a fishing district in which the largest Marian temple ever known is built: Santa María del Mar. But the construction runs parallel to Arnau Estanyol, a serf of the land who, fleeing the abuses of The feudal lords of the countryside take refuge in Barcelona.
Silver Spoon 2014 Forced to become an apprentice cop, cocky playboy Igor finds he's got a knack for police work. But his job soon takes him down a dark personal path.
Damnation 2017 MA15+ Seth Davenport is masquerading as a small town Iowa preacher in the hopes of starting a full-blown insurrection against the status quo, unaware that an industrialist tycoon has hired a professional strikebreaker to stop the uprising by any means necessary. An epic saga of the secret history of the 1930’s American heartland, chronicling the mythic conflict and bloody struggle between big money and the downtrodden, God and greed, charlatans, and prophets.
Still Game 2002 Cult Scottish comedy about the lives of two OAP's (Old Age Pensioners) Jack and Victor and their views on how it used to be in the old days and how bad it is now in the fictional town of Craiglang.
Yakari 2005
Ghost Wars 2017 Set in a remote Alaskan town that has been overrun by paranormal forces, the series focuses on local outcast Roman Mercer who must overcome the town’s prejudices and his own personal demons if he’s to harness his repressed psychic powers and save everyone from the mass haunting that’s threatening to destroy them all.
Age of Youth 2016 University students Yoon Jin-Myung, Jung Ye-Eun, Song Ji-Won, Kang Yi-Na and Yoo Eun-Jae share a house. Jin-Myung is busy supporting herself financially and studying. She suffers from lack of sleep. Ye-Eun is devoted to her boyfriend, she is clear about what she likes or not. Ji-Won has a bright personality and likes to drink. Yi-Na is popular due to her beautiful appearance. Eun-Jae is timid, but she has an unique taste for men.
Dope 2017 Filmed from the perspectives of dealers, users and the police, this vivid series offers a bracing look at the war on drugs.
Mia and Me 2012 G Plunged into a fantastic fairy tale turned real, Mia must find the strength within herself to save a race of unicorns - and an entire world.
Sonic Boom 2014 The speedy blue hedgehog gets a new look in this comedy/adventure series that sees him battling a familiar foe with sidekick Tails and pals Knuckles, Amy and Sticks. The gang tries to ward off the evil plans of Dr. Eggman, who is hellbent on taking over the world. Sonic faces regular battles with Eggman's henchmen, including loyal robots Orbot and Cubot, evil interns, and giant, robotic monsters.
Girlboss 2017 Sophia is a rebellious, broke anarchist who refuses to grow up. She stumbles upon her passion of selling vintage clothes online and becomes an unlikely businesswoman. As she builds her retail fashion empire, she realizes the value and the difficulty of being the boss of her own life.
Jack Irish 2016 M Jack Irish is a man getting his life back together again. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, apprentice cabinet maker, punter and sometime lover – the complete man really. An expert in finding those who don’t want to be found – dead or alive, Jack helps out his mates while avoiding the past. That is until the past finds him.
Mr. Iglesias 2019 A good-natured high school teacher working at his alma mater works with gifted but misfit and disinterested students.
B: The Beginning 2018 In a world powered by advanced technology, crime and action unfold in the archipelagic nation of Cremona. Genius investigator Keith Flick rejoins the royal police force just as serial killer "B" emerges. Mysterious youth Koku may be an ally, or a target.
Anne with an E 2017 A coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights for love and acceptance and for her place in the world. The series centers on a young orphaned girl in the late 1890’s, who, after an abusive childhood spent in orphanages and the homes of strangers, is mistakenly sent to live with an elderly woman and her aging brother. Over time, 13-year-old Anne will transform their lives and eventually the small town in which they live with her unique spirit, fierce intellect and brilliant imagination.
The House of Flowers 2018 The outward perfection of a family-run flower business hides a dark side rife with dysfunctional secrets in this darkly humorous comedy series.
No Good Nick 2019 A family finds their lives turned upside down when a young, street-smart grifter shows up on their doorstep, claiming to be a distant relative.
Beyblade: Metal Fusion 2009 Metal Fight Beyblade is a Japanese manga created by Takafumi Adachi. It is also an anime production based on the original. It is currently being serialized by the monthly CoroCoro Comic.
Queen For Seven Days 2017 Marrying a king guarantees a turbulent life. Shin Chae Kyung is the daughter of a powerful politician during the Joseon Dynasty. She falls in love with Crown Prince Lee Yuk, who lives under the tyranny of his half-brother, King Yeon San Gun.
When Lee Yuk rises to the throne and becomes King Jung Jong, Chae Kyung becomes Queen Dan Kyung, who becomes caught in the cross-fires of different political factions as well as the jealousies between the brothers. When Dan Kyung’s own father stages a coup against the king, Queen Dan Kyung is dethroned only after seven days and expelled from the palace.
What will happen to the love between the king and queen when they can no longer be together?
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life 2016 PG Set nearly a decade after the finale of the original series, this revival follows Lorelai, Rory and Emily Gilmore through four seasons of change.
Full House 1987 G After the death of his wife, Danny enlists his best friend and his brother-in-law to help raise his three daughters, D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle.
Forensic Files 1996 Forensic Files profiles intriguing crimes, accidents, and outbreaks of disease from around the world. Follow coroners, medical examiners, law enforcement personnel and legal experts as they seek the answers to baffling and mysterious cases, which have been ripped from the headlines.
Undercover 2019 Undercover agents infiltrate a drug kingpin's operation by posing as a couple at the campground where he spends his weekends. Inspired by real events.
Wild Kratts 2011 G The adventures of Chris and Martin Kratt as they encounter incredible wild animals, combining science education with fun and adventure as the duo travels to animal habitats around the globe.
Pine Gap 2018 M A team of talented Australian and American intelligence analysts work together to ensure global stability in one of the world's most important and secretive joint intelligence facilities... Pine Gap. But the relationship between the Australian and American intelligence analysts working at Pine Gap isn’t always rosy.
Uncontrollably Fond 2016 When Shin Joon-Young and No Eul were children, they were separated and became heartbroken. As adults they meet again. Shin Joon-Young is now a top actor and singer. He is intelligent and attractive. No Eul is the PD of documentaries. She values money over justice and kisses up to those with more power than her.
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 2018 In this reboot of the '80s series, a magic sword transforms an orphan girl into warrior She-Ra, who unites a rebellion to fight against evil.
All Hail King Julien 2014 PG King Julien is back and shaking his booty harder than ever! Discover the wild world of Madagascar as the king takes on the jungle’s craziest adventures in this comedy series. With his loyal sidekicks Maurice and Mort, they meet a whole new cast of colorful animals, including ambitious head of security Clover and the villainous Foosa. No one can stop this king from ruling with an iron fist...in the air...wavin' like he just doesn't care.
Leyla ile Mecnun 2011 Leyla ile Mecnun is a Turkish television comedy series. The show is set in Istanbul, Turkey and premiered in 2011 on TRT. The series is a surreal and absurd comedy that revolves around the fictional love story between Leyla and Mecnun.
On My Block 2018 A coming of age comedy following a diverse group of teenage friends as they confront the challenges of growing up in gritty inner-city Los Angeles.
ReBoot: The Guardian Code 2018 Four tech-savvy teens hone their skills as cyber-superheroes in a series of secret missions to save the world.
Superstition 2017 The Mosley family keeps the secrets and dark history of a town located on the outskirts of New Orleans that is also a landing patch for the world's darkest manifestations of fear, guided into the world by a mysterious malefactor named The Dredge.
Norsemen 2016 MA15+ Norsemen is an epic and humorous drama series set in the Viking Age. The residents of an 8th-century Viking village experience political rivalry, social change and innovations that upend their culture and way of life.
Beyblade Burst 2016
Jack Taylor 2010 MA15+ Jack Taylor is an Irish television drama based on a series of novels by Ken Bruen. Set in Galway, the series stars Iain Glen in the eponymous role of Jack Taylor, a former officer with the Garda Síochána who becomes a "finder" after leaving the service. Taylor is a man who goes looking for clues where others have not bothered to. He also knows the streets of his hometown like the back of his hand.
The series was first broadcast on TV3 in Ireland on 2 August 2010, and subsequently aired on Canvas in Belgium with Dutch subtitles. It received its UK debut on Channel 5 on 21 February 2013. The series has also been made available on DVD. It has received mixed reviews from critics. Bernice Harrison of The Irish Times felt the series was spoiled by Glen's voiceovers, which gave the character the feel of a gumshoe in a film noir. But David Stephenson of the Daily Express said he had been hooked by the first episode's strong opening sequence. A real-life private investigator interviewed by The Guardian's Laura Barnett said that he found the series entertaining, but that it did not always give an accurate portrayal of his profession.
Tidelands 2018 Ex-con Cal McTeer's return to her hometown of Orphelin Bay blows the lid off a generations-long conspiracy of silence around murder, drugs and Sirens.
The Method 2015 The main character is an extraordinary and mysterious person, at the same time, he (Rodion Meglin) is an outstanding inspector. Rodion is used to work alone in order to keep the secrecy of his unusual method. Young graduate Esenya Steklova is eager to get the internship with the glorious investigator but she could hardly expect the challenges she would face while working with Rodion. Together they investigate the cruelest crimes that took place in the history of Russian criminality.
Ezel 2009 Ömer, a young man returning from military service, is set up by his friends and fiancé and ends up in prison for ten years. He fakes his own death and manages to escape. He re-creates himself as ‘Ezel’, a high-end gambler who is outwardly a successful man, but inwardly driven by one thing - his determination to understand why the people he loved betrayed him, and take his revenge.
The Adventures of Puss in Boots 2015 PG The world's greatest feline fighter, lover and milk connoisseur is back in this original series filled with daring adventures, great boots, and laugh-out-loud fun! The entire family will be entranced by Puss' fantastical CG world filled with new characters, exotic locations and mystical tales that make up the stuff of legends. There's nothing that can get in this celebrated swashbuckling kitty's way...except maybe a hairball.
Suspicious Partner 2017 Noh Ji Wook is a prosecutor in the Central District Prosecutors’ Office who ends up switching professions to a private attorney. He harbors a trauma stemming from an event in his childhood involving his parents and his first love. Eun Bong Hee, a Taekwondo athlete in her youth, is a prosecutor trainee who has become a murder suspect. Eun Bong Hee and Noh Ji Wook both find themselves being the focus of a killer.
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman 2016 PG Morgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, what different civilizations thought about the act of creation and other big questions that mankind has continuously asked.
Gunslinger Girl 2003 The Social Welfare Agency saves the lives of terminal patients using cybernetic implants. Then it teaches them to kill. After surviving the slaughter of her family, young Henrietta awakens to her new life at the Agency with a rebuilt body and no memory. Teamed with Jose, who is responsible for turning her into the perfect assassin, Henrietta’s been given a second chance—but at what cost?
Friends from College 2017 MA15+ Twenty years after graduation, a tight-knit group of college friends reconnects and discovers that love hasn't gotten easier with age.
A.I.C.O. -Incarnation- 2018 M In Japan in the year 2035, an accident known as the "Burst" occurs during a research project, spawning an out-of-control artificial life form called "Matter" that has spread throughout the Kurobe Gorge. The research city that was once hailed as the hope for humanity is cordoned off by the government. Two years later, 15-year-old Aiko Tachibana, who lost her family in the Burst, learns something unbelievable from Yuya Kanzaki, a new student at her school. A secret is hidden within her body, and the answer to the puzzle lies at the "Primary Point" that was the center of the Burst. Aiko resolves to infiltrate the restricted area, escorted by a team of divers and with Yuya as her guide. When boy meets girl with the fate of humanity in their hands, what new truth will come to light?
The Mind of a Chef 2012 Go inside the minds of some of the world's top chefs. Narrated by Executive Producer Anthony Bourdain, The Mind of a Chef is that rare and beautiful thing: an intelligent show about cooking.
Yo-Kai Watch 2014 PG
Something in the Rain 2018 Explore the relationship of two people as they go from being “just acquaintances” to “a genuine couple” — Yoon Jin Ah, a coffee shop supervisor in her 30s, and Seo Joon Hee, a designer at a video game company who has just returned from working abroad.
Woman of Dignity 2017 Woo Ah-Jin lives a luxurious life due to her wealthy father-in-law, but her father-in-law's finances become decimated and her husband betrays her. Woo Ah-Jin's life hits rock bottom. Park Bok-Ja is a mysterious woman and she hides her heartbreaking story. She brings about fierce hardship on Woo Ah-Jin.
Dear Fair Lady Kong Shim 2016 The story of Ahn Dan-Tae as he lives a life of ups and downs. He gets wrongly accused of a crime and imprisoned. Afterwards, he goes on to become a human rights attorney and successor of a large company.
Baby 2018 Inspired by a true story, this series follows a group of Roman teenagers as they defy society in their search for identity and independence.
London Spy 2015 MA15+ Danny is a gregarious, hedonistic romantic who gets drawn into the dangerous world of British espionage in this contemporary, emotional thriller. He falls for the anti-social but enigmatic Alex, both from opposite worlds, and they soon realise they’re perfect for each other. But when Alex suddenly disappears, Danny is utterly ill-equipped to take on his complex and codified world. Young, innocent and adrift he needs to decide whether he’s prepared to fight for the truth?
EastSiders 2012 What happens after the world ends? This show explores the aftermath of infidelity on a gay couple in Silver Lake, CA.
HAPPY! 2017 Corrupt ex-cop turned hitman Nick Sax's life is changed forever by a relentlessly positive, imaginary blue winged horse named Happy.
Bordertown 2016 The series tells the story of DI Kari Sorjonen of the Serious Crime Unit in Lappeenranta, his family, and his investigations into a variety of harrowing homicides around the border area.
Please Like Me 2013 M After breaking up with his girlfriend, Josh comes to the realization that he is homosexual. With the support of his now ex girlfriend Claire, and his best friend and house mate Tom, Josh must help his mother with her battle with depression and the rest of his family embrace his new found lifestyle.
Paranormal Survivor 2015 A chilling series in which survivors of a paranormal experience relive their harrowing encounter.
Mr. Sunshine 2018 Based in Shinmiyangyo, or the U.S. expedition to Korea in the late 19th century, Mr. Sunshine tells the story of a Korean boy born into a family of a house servant running away to board an American warship, later to return to his homeland as a U.S. marine officer. He ironically falls in love with an aristocrat’s daughter and discovers the dark scheme to colonize the country that he once ran away from.
Tiny House Nation 2014 Tiny House Nation takes renovation experts John Weisbarth and Zack Griffinh across America to help design and construct tiny dream homes in spaces under 500 square feet. Tiny House Nation proves size doesn't matter it's creative that counts!
What's Wrong with Secretary Kim 2018 Lee Young-Joon's family runs a large company and he works as the vice-president of the company. He is smart, rich and handsome, but he is arrogant. His secretary is Kim Mi-So. She has worked for him for years and she is perfect for him, but Kim Mi-So decides to quit her job.
The Kominsky Method 2018 An aging actor, who long ago enjoyed a brush with fame, makes his living as an acting coach.
Haters Back Off 2016 Delve into the oddball family life of Miranda Sings, an incredibly confident, totally untalented star on the rise, who continues to fail upward by the power of her belief that she was born famous, it's just no one knows it yet.
Moving On 2009 Moving On is a British television series set in contemporary Britain consisting of standalone dramas all sharing the theme of someone going through some kind of change in their life and moving on.
Marlon 2017 M A loving (but immature) father is committed to co-parenting his two kids with his very-together ex-wife. While his misguided fatherly advice, unstoppable larger-than-life personality and unpredictable Internet superstardom might get in the way sometimes, for Marlon, family really always does come first - even if he's the biggest kid of all.
Strawberry Shortcake 2003 G Strawberry and her friends, including her sister, Apple Dumplin', and her pony, Honey Pie, embark on sweet-smelling adventures in Strawberryland.
The Ministry of Time 2015 A soldier from the 15th century, a university student from the 19th century and a nurse from the present join the secret 'Department of Time', a secret department within the Spanish government with the ability to travel through time. Their mission is prevent changes in history.
Transformers: Prime 2010 PG Roll out with Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Arcee, Ratchet, Bulkhead, and the rest of the heroic Autobots as they battle the evil Decepticons. Now that big bad Megatron has returned with a mysterious and dangerous element, Team Prime must prepare for an epic battle.
My ID is Gangnam Beauty 2018 This romantic comedy chronicles the life of Mirae, who has always believed that her life would be better if she were born more beautiful. After she goes under the knife, she comes out looking like the beautiful woman she has always dreamed of becoming. She feels ready to take on the world for the first time, and she falls madly in love with Seok, the perfect man. Except Seok hates people who get plastic surgery.
Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth 2016 Set during the Silla dynasty, Sam Maekjong is the son of the fallen king and present queen regent, Jiso, but he has been kept in hiding for protection ever since he was a young boy, when his father was murdered. Over the years the powerful nobles have tried and failed to usurp power from Jiso, causing her to grow wary and later even reluctant to hand the throne over. As her son comes of age, she creates the Hwarang, an elite group of male youth who train in fighting and education. Their existence cuts across the existing power factions and Sam Maekjong is amidst their ranks under the false name Kim Ji-Dwi, unbeknownst to other Hwarang members.
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants 2018 Fourth-grade friends George and Harold have a shared love of pranks and comic books -- and turning their principal into an undies-wearing superhero.
Winter Sun 2016 The winter sun; In the garden of his house on the day 7.dog twin brother, Mete and friends will witness an event that will change the whole life playing hide and seek with Efe April. The father, without telling anyone, to tell his father to see what is stored in the car. All household Efe while looking in a hurry to leave his father's home with a phone Harun al ...
The New Legends of Monkey 2018 PG Follow a teenage girl and a trio of fallen gods on a perilous journey as they attempt to bring an end to a demonic reign of chaos and restore balance to their world. Inspired by the 16th Century Chinese fable “Journey to the West.”
Collateral 2018 When a pizza delivery driver is shot dead in south London, a tenacious detective goes after the people traffickers behind his murder and unravels a conspiracy that goes to the top.
Accidentally In Love 2018 The quirky experiences of a popular singer who returns to school and becomes seat mates with a seemingly ordinary girl.
When Si Tu Feng decides to go back to school, he becomes the center of attention as fans, classmates and the media follow his every move. He meets Chen Qing Qing, an ordinary student with a dual personality.
The Alcàsser Murders 2019 New interviews and an up-to-date analysis of evidence shed light on the 1992 murders of three girls in Spain and their profound impact on the nation.
Lip Service 2010 MA15+ Sex, lies and true love in modern Scotland. Following the lives and loves of a group of twenty-something lesbians living in Glasgow.
The Mantis 2017 Jeanne Deber, known as "La Mante", the famous serial murderer who terrorized France more than 20 years ago, is forced by the police to come out of isolation to track down her copycat. She agrees to collaborate on one condition: to have only one interlocutor, Damien Carrot, her son, who became a cop because of the crimes of his mother, and who refuses all contact with her since her arrest.
Dinotrux 2015 PG Half dinosaur, half construction truck, full-on fun! Watch giant Ty Rux, his little buddy Revvit and the crew come face-to-face with evil D-Structs.
Killjoys 2015 MA15+ An action-packed adventure series following a fun-loving, hard living trio of interplanetary bounty hunters (a.k.a. Killjoys) sworn to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants around the Quad, a system of planets on the brink of revolution.
Mr. Young 2011 G Mr. Young is a Canadian comedy series that premiered on March 1, 2011 on YTV. The series is shot in front of a live audience in Burnaby, British Columbia. The series was created by Dan Signer, and stars Brendan Meyer, Matreya Fedor and Gig Morton as attendants of Finnegan High School. Further main cast includes Kurt Ostlund, Emily Tennant, and Milo Shandel.
My Love From Another Star 2013 Do Min Joon is an otherworldly beauty, literally. After crash landing on Earth 400 years ago, Min Joon has diligently observed humans for centuries, ultimately coming to cynical conclusions. On top of being a super babe, Min Joon's got enhanced vision, hearing and agility — all the more reason to believe he's superior to everyone on Earth. That is, until he pursues the beautiful actress Cheon Song Yi for a romance out of this world.
Neo Yokio 2017 Joined by his faithful mecha-butler, Kaz Kaan pursues love, fashion and supernatural forces amid Neo Yokio's sinister high society.
Good Morning Call 2016 A high school girl finally gets her own apartment, but she has to share it with the most popular boy in school. No one can know they're living together.
Terrace House: Aloha State 2016 The beautiful island of Oahu is host to a new batch of six strangers who share a single roof, multiple conflicts and no script in this reality series.
Explained 2018 This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current trends, from politics, to science to pop culture.
The Chosen One 2019 Determined to bring a Zika vaccine to the remote Pantanal, three doctors clash with a faith healer and are pulled deeper into the mysteries of his cult.
Chef's Table 2015 In this Emmy-nominated docuseries, find out what's inside the kitchens and minds of the international culinary stars who are redefining gourmet food.
Fauda 2015 A top Israeli agent comes out of retirement to hunt for a Palestinian militant he thought he'd killed, setting a chaotic chain of events into motion.
Turn Up Charlie 2019 A down-and-out DJ plots to rebuild his music career while working as a nanny for his famous best friend's wild 11-year-old daughter.
Flinch 2019 Harrowing and hilarious tests await the brave and foolhardy, as well as the judges, in this comedy game show. If they flinch, they feel the pain.
Persona 2019 An exploration of different personas in an eclectic collection of four works by critically acclaimed Korean directors.
Million Yen Women 2017 Five beautiful but mysterious women move in with unsuccessful novelist Shin, who manages their odd household in exchange for a tidy monthly sum.
The Break 2016 The story is set in a small village in the Ardennes, where a young African footballer is found dead. If all clues lead first to suicide, a police officer just arrived from Brussels does not take long to discover that this is a murder.
Prince of Peoria 2018 A prankster prince who wants to experience life as an ordinary teen leaves his kingdom to live incognito with a single mom and her studious son.
SWORDGAI The Animation 2018 MA15+ A young man becomes host to a legendary infernal sword and, with the fate of humanity now in his arm, wields its demonic power against his enemies.
Two Cops 2017 Cha Dong-Tak is a detective in pursuit of justice. A swindler's spirit takes possession of his body. The detective and swindler's spirit cooperate to solve cases. The detective falls in love with a reporter.
Whisper 2017 Shin Young-Joo is a female detective with charisma and Lee Dong-Joon is a righteous judge. They uncover corruption at the nation's biggest law firm Taebaek.
Gu Family Book 2013 Gu Family Book is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Lee Seung-gi and Suzy. The fusion martial arts action historical drama is about a half man-half monster who is searching for a centuries-old book that according to gumiho legend, contains the secret to becoming human. It aired on MBC from April 8 to June 25, 2013, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes.
Chief Kim 2017 Kim Gwan-Chul used to work as an accountant, but now he works as a chief for a company. He is man who follows his principles and uses common sense. He also stands up for those in weaker positions.
Bakugan Battle Brawlers 2007 Bakugan Battle Brawlers is a Japanese action adventure anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment and Japan Vistec under the direction of Mitsuo Hashimoto. The story centers on the lives of creatures called Bakugan and the battle brawlers who possess them. Though initially a failure in Japan, the series became popular in the United States and Canada, prompting the creation/order of several follow-up seasons, which aired in other countries before Japan. The fourth and final season, Mechtanium Surge, was never broadcast in Japan and instead aired in Canadian and U.S. markets. The Bakugan franchise are co-productions from Nelvana Enterprises, Spin Master, Sega Toys and TMS Entertainment, with animation by TMS Entertainment in association with Sega Toys. On January 15, 2012, CoroCoro Comics announced that a spin-off series is currently in production that will be based and feature the characters from the BakuTech manga.
Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 2015 What happens when conflicts between landlords and tenants get out of control?
Quicksand 2019 After a tragedy at a school sends shock waves through a wealthy Stockholm suburb, a seemingly well-adjusted teen finds herself on trial for murder.
Paranoid 2016 The murder of a female GP in a rural playground in front of numerous witnesses draws a group of detectives into an ever-darkening mystery that takes them across Europe, aided by mysterious notes sent by the "Ghost Detective".
Workin' Moms 2017 Four women juggle love, careers, and parenthood. They support, challenge, and try not to judge each other as life throws them curveballs. Whether it is an identity crisis, a huge job opportunity, postpartum depression, or an unplanned pregnancy – they face both the good and bad with grace and humour.
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood 2012 G The life of 4-year-old Daniel Tiger and his friends as they learn fun and practical strategies and skills necessary for growing and learning.
The Good Cop 2018 Honest cop Tony Jr. gets advice from his unscrupulous father, retired NYPD officer Tony Sr., about everything from his job to his love life.
The Innocent Man 2012 The Innocent Man, is a 2012 South Korean television series. Starring Song Joong-ki, Moon Chae-won and Park Si-yeon, it is a dark melodrama involving betrayal, revenge and romance. It aired on KBS2 from September 12 to November 15, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.
Falsify 2017 Story about reporters who struggle to get to the bottom of the truth of social corruption.
Prison Playbook 2017 With his major league baseball debut right around the corner, a star pitcher lands in prison and must learn to navigate his new world.
The Qin Empire 2009 The Qin Empire is a 2009 Chinese television series based on Sun Haohui's novel of the same Chinese title. The 51 episodes long series chronicles the rise of the Qin state in the Warring States period during the reign of Duke Xiao of Qin. It was produced in 2006 and first aired on television channels in China in December 2009.
Defendant 2017 Park Jung-Woo is a prosecutor at Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office. One day, he wakes up and finds himself in locked up at the police station. He has temporary amnesia. Park Jung-Woo is falsely accused and is sentenced to death. He must struggle to prove his innocence.
Jackpot 2016 Dae-Gil and King Yeongjo enter a match. Dae-Gil bets his life and King Yeongjo bets the entire Kingdom of Joseon on the outcome. Dae-Gil is the best gambler in the Joseon era. He holds deep resentment inside, but is also cool on the exterior. King Yeongjo is a man who never lower his head without a convincing reason. Meanwhile, Dam-Seo exists solely to take revenge upon king.
Rotten 2018 This docuseries travels deep into the heart of the food supply chain to reveal unsavory truths and expose hidden forces that shape what we eat.
Samurai 7 2004 Samurai 7 is a 2004 anime TV series, produced by Gonzo and based on Akira Kurosawa's highly regarded 1954 movie Seven Samurai. The series was directed by Toshifumi Takizawa and its music was composed by Kaoru Wada and Eitetsu Hayashi. There are 26 episodes, each costing around ¥32,500,000 to produce.
The series premiered across Japan on the anime satellite television network, Animax, as an exclusive high definition CS-PPV broadcast, and was also later aired by the network across its other respective networks worldwide, including Southeast Asia, South Asia, Latin America and other regions. Funimation Entertainment acquired the dubbing rights for the North American release. It previously aired in America through the Independent Film Channel in April 2006 and in high definition on Dish Networks Animania HD channel. It has also been broadcast across Canada by specialty channel Razer and across Hong Kong by TVB Jade. The Funimation Channel aired the series on September 6, 2010. It began airing on Adult Swim's revived Toonami block on August 19, 2012. and ended its run on February 10, 2013.
OCTB 2017 Undercover detective Chen Feng Xiang in a crack after a large group of cadres transferred to civilian, but in eight years after being an anti-black group to recapture. As the current rivers and lakes on the most troublesome triad leader are Chen Feng Xiang then younger brother Zhang Zhi Qiang, Feng Xiang re-out of the "rivers and lakes." He joined Zhang Shaojun led by the anti-black team and the new villain tostart dealing with the hands of the old friends and enemies, which makes Feng Xiang once dilemma. There are three years since the return of Hong Kong, gangs intend to take advantage of a big ticket. Feng Xiang in the investigation of a case of the disappearance of the leader, but found a century of Hong Kong triad history of the shaking big conspiracy.
Judge vs. Judge 2017 Judge Lee Jung-Joo presides at the Seoul District Court. She sometimes swears at shameless defendants with unspeakable words. Judge Sa Ui-Hyun is assigned to the judgement bench with Judge Lee Jung-Joo. Sa Ui-Hyun is well known for his excellent use of the law and his conscience to reach verdicts.
Lee Jung-Joo fights against a huge power who framed her older brother for murder and killed him.
Chewing Gum 2015 The life of Tracey, a religious, Beyoncé-obsessed 22-year-old living in an estate in Tower Hamlets, and the mishaps of her neighbourhood, friends and family. Oh, and obvs her boyfriend!
Transformers: Rescue Bots 2012 G A team of specialized Autobots not quite ready for prime-time battles against the Decepticons is given a vital mission by Optimus Prime. The goal for the Bots is to learn about mankind and how to help others to find out what it really means to be a hero.
Rooftop Prince 2012 Rooftop Prince is a 2012 South Korean fantasy romantic comedy television drama, starring Park Yuchun, Han Ji-min, Jeong Yu-mi, Lee Tae-sung, Lee Min-ho, Jung Suk-won and Choi Woo-shik. It is about a Joseon crown prince who, after his wife dies mysteriously, time travels to the future where he encounters familiar faces, modern-day devices, and corporate intrigue. It aired on SBS from March 21 to May 24, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.
Immortals 2018 Driven by revenge, human-turned-vampire Mia sets out to vanquish Dmitry, a ruthless vampire leader who seeks an artifact that grants immortality.
Shopaholic Louis 2016 A romance takes place between Kang Ji-Sung aka Louie and Ko Bok-Sil. Louie is from a rich family, but he has lost his memory. Ko Bok-Sil is a woman with a heart like an angel. Louie learns about true love after meeting Ko Bok-Sil.
Drug Lords 2018 Witness the stories of history's most notorious kingpins, their terrifying enforcers, and the men and women who've sworn to bring them down.
Marriage Contract 2016 Kang Hye Soo is a single mom. Her husband dies in an accident and she raises her little daughter alone. Afterwards, She learns that she has brain tumor. She then signs a Marriage Contract with a rich man, Han Ji Hoon in order to find a guardian for her daughter.
Bad Education 2012 M Young teacher Alfie Wickers is "the worst teacher ever to grace the British education system" – at Abbey Grove School, in Watford Hertfordshire.
Occupied 2015 MA15+ In the near future, Norway is occupied by Russia on behalf of the European Union, due to the fact that the newly elected environmental friendly Norwegian government has stopped the all important oil- and gas-production in the North Sea.
Wanted 2016 The series follows two complete strangers, Lola and Chelsea, who intervene in a fatal carjacking while waiting at a suburban bus stop, and are subsequently thrust into a chase from authorities across Australia with a vehicle filled with cash. The strangers must rely solely on each other while they are on the run.
Black Earth Rising 2018 As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and brought to the UK. But the tragic shadow of her past proves impossible to escape.
The Hook Up Plan 2018 In a misguided attempt to build up perpetually single Elsa's confidence, her friends hire a male escort. A comedy series set in Paris.
Man Down 2013 M Dan is a childish idiot trapped in an adult’s life, whose world is at near collapse.
His girlfriend Naomi is fast running out of patience with his inability to navigate the simplest of life tasks. He has two uniquely dysfunctional friends and a listless teaching career that sees him begrudgingly teach a version of the same lesson every day, inexplicably popular with all but one of the pupils, with his only highlight coming in the form of Miss Lipsey, a head mistress who views Dan with a mixture of pity and despair. To make matters worse, he is tormented daily by his willfully insane father, whose driving motivation in life seems to be to ensure his son is humiliated at every turn.
White Nights 2016 Seo Yi-Kyung ambitiously wants to build her own empire. She is calm and also passionate. She doesn't believe greed is a sin. Park Gun-Woo possesses good looks and comes from a wealthy family that runs a large company. Seo Yi-Kyung is his first love and he is still in love with her. Lee Se-Jin comes from a poor background. She desperately wants to escape from her situation.
Angry Birds Toons 2013 G Angry Birds Toons tells how life is not always easy on Piggie Island. Red and angry feathered companions, Chuck, Mathilda, Bomb, Blues and Terence must come together to protect their eggs - and future - of cunning plots of Bad Piggies. Having only guides for their intelligence and determination, they absolutely must thwart the advanced technology Piggies are also incredibly too many. Nevertheless, they have a huge advantage ... the incredible stupidity of the Piggies! Angry Birds Toon gives life to characters and adventures of one of the most popular games in history and presents the amusing world, and cunning of Birds and their sworn enemies, the Piggies.
Dragons' Den 2005 Budding entrepreneurs get three minutes to pitch their business ideas to five multi-millionaires willing to invest their own cash.
Tidying Up with Marie Kondo 2019 In a series of inspiring home makeovers, world-renowned tidying expert Marie Kondo helps clients clear out the clutter -- and choose joy.
Hilda 2018 Fearless, free-spirited Hilda finds new friends, adventure and magical creatures when she leaves her enchanted forest home and journeys to the city.
Lady Dynamite 2016 A single-camera half-hour comedy based on what Maria Bamford has accepted to be "her life." It's the sometimes surreal story of a woman who loses — and then finds — her s**t.
Sick Note 2017 When Daniel Glass is misdiagnosed with a fatal disease he begins to notice how everyone around him treats him better. But then he finds out he was misdiagnosed by the most incompetent oncologist on Earth and now he has a big decision to make: come clean and go back to his old rubbish life, or keep pretending to be ill.
Some Assembly Required 2014 When fourteen-year-old Jarvis Raines gets a chemistry set from his Aunt Marlene for Christmas, he assumes it's just another boring gift. Boy is he wrong! The contents create a chemical reaction that destroys his houseso much for a Merry Christmas! After getting not even an apology from the manufacturer, Knickknack Toys, Jarvis takes them to court, wins, and ends up owning the company!
Lost Song 2018 Rin, an energetic girl who loves to eat, lives in a verdant frontier village.
Deep within the royal palace in the bustling capital city, the songstress Finis spends her days in solitude.
Both share a special power no other person has. A miraculous power that can heal wounds, create water and stir the wind -- the power of song. Guided by destiny, the two young women each face an arduous journey with the power of song.
The shadow of war looms over the kingdom, tainting even the miraculous songs with the blood of innocents.
Loved ones meet their deaths as silent screams echo through a stone prison. As two destinies intersect, will the final song be one of despair, hope or...?
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2017 G The series is a prequel, featuring the high school years of Flint Lockwood, the eccentric young scientist in the films. In his adventures, he will be joined by Sam Sparks, a new girl in town and the school's "wannabe" reporter, along with Flint's dad Tim, Steve the Monkey, Manny as the head of the school's audiovisual club, Earl as a school gym teacher, Brent as a baby wear model, and Mayor Shelbourne, who wins every election on the pro-sardine platform.
The Mist 2017 A small town family is torn apart by a brutal crime. As they deal with the fallout an eerie mist rolls in, suddenly cutting them off from the rest of the world, and in some cases, each other.
Flaked 2016 In his funky California beach enclave, Chip's the go-to guy for personal insights. But he isn't quite as enlightened when it comes to his own baggage.
La Doña 2016 A story of revenge and ambition, seduction and betrayal; all told from the perspective of an offended and abused woman named Altagracia. Altagracia represents the hundreds of thousands of Mexican women who have been victims of the violence by faceless men who are protected by impunity. But Altagracia, transformed into a strong-willed, ruthless man-eater known as La Doña, will seek out each and every one of these men to bring them to justice.
Ever After High 2013 The students of all the fairytale characters attend Ever After High, where they are either Royals (students who want to follow in their parent's footsteps) or Rebels (students who wish to write their own destiny).
Magic for Humans 2018 From baffling people on the street to orchestrating elaborate tricks, Justin Willman blends good-natured magic with grown-up laughs.
Alexa & Katie 2018 Lifelong best friends Alexa and Katie are eagerly anticipating the start of their freshman year of high school. The pals confront a crisis that leaves them feeling like outsiders at a time when what seems to matter most is fitting in.
The Magic School Bus Rides Again 2017 Ms. Frizzle's sister takes her class on a slew of wild science adventures in this update of the beloved animated show.
49 Days 2011 Shin Ji Hyun was enjoying absolute bliss as she was about to marry her fiancé, Kang Min Ho, but her perfect life is shattered when she gets into a car accident that leaves her in a coma. She is given a second chance at life by a reaper, but it comes with a condition: she has to find three people outside of her family who would cry genuine tears for her. In order to do this, she borrows the body of Yi Kyung, a part-time employee at a convenience store for 49 days.
49 Days is a 2011 South Korean television drama series, starring Lee Yo-won, Jo Hyun-jae, Jung Il-woo, Bae Soo-bin, Nam Gyu-ri and Seo Ji-hye. It aired on SBS from March 16 to May 19, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.
Ms. Temper & Nam Jung Gi 2016 Ok Da-Jung is the youngest team leader in the cosmetics industry. She has divorced three times so far. She doesn't care what others think about her and she also has quite a temper. Nam Jung-Gi works as a section chief at the same cosmetics company as Ok Da-Jung. Unlike her, Nam Jung-Gi has a timid and nice personality. He can't say anything that makes others uncomfortable. He is able to make Ok Da-Jung's blood boil.
Miss Hammurabi 2018 Park Cha O Reum works as a rookie judge. She is in her mid-20's and follows "an eye for an eye" principle. She does not accept prejudice or blindly follow authority. Dealing with cases, she and her colleagues, including Im Ba-Reun, grow as persons.
Hi Score Girl 2018 The year is 1991 and 6th grader Yaguchi Haruo only has video games to live for. He's not popular in school and he's neither handsome, funny, nice nor even friendly. The only thing he has going for him is that he is good at video games. One day at the local arcade, he plays Oono Akira, a fellow classmate but who's popular, smart, pretty and a rich girl that absolutely destroys him at Street Fighter II. Not only does he lose to her 30 times in a row, he can’t beat her at any game. Haruo can’t seem to shake Akira off as she follows him from arcade to arcade everyday after school and beats him every time. As weird as it sounds, the odd couple begins a strange bond and friendship.
VR Troopers 1994 VR Troopers is a syndicated live action superhero television series produced by Saban Entertainment from 1994 to 1996. The show tried to profit from the fascination with virtual reality in the early 1990s as well as the success of Power Rangers.
The show featured early CGI and video effects mixed with Japanese stock footage from three different Metal Hero Series: Superhuman Machine Metalder, Dimensional Warrior Spielban, and Space Sheriff Shaider. This kind of adaptation technique—turning multiple shows into one show—was originally used in such anime programs as Robotech and Voltron, though this was one of the first times this technique was used for a tokusatsu adaptation. On May 7, 2010 the copyright for VR Troopers was transferred from BVS International to SCG Power Rangers.
Saban's VR Troopers was the first official "sister series" to the most popular "action fighting kid show" at the time, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. Much like it, this was an Americanization of a Japanese tokusatsu children's program by Toei Company LTD.
The series was deemed successful, but not as successful as the Power Rangers franchise. Unfortunately, for the series, the Japanese footage was quickly exhausted due to extreme cases where multiple tokusatsu scenes were put together in one episode to the extent where stock footage had to be reused multiple times throughout the series. Similarly, another Saban program, Big Bad Beetleborgs, would do well but ultimately end quickly due to a lack of stock footage. Both series were adapted from the Japanese Metal Heroes series. The show spawned a toy line and a video game for the Sega Genesis and Sega Game Gear.
Love Rain 2012 Love Rain is a 2012 South Korean television series directed by Yoon Seok-ho. It aired on KBS2 from March 26 to May 29, 2012 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. Set in the seventies and the present day, it tells a heartrending love story over two generations, with Jang Keun-suk and Im Yoona playing dual roles.
My First First Love 2019 Due to various personal reasons, a group of Yun Tae-o’s friends move into his house, where they experience love, friendship, and everything in between.
Borderliner 2017 To protect his family, police detective Nikolai covers up a murder case. But when his co-investigator Anniken suspects foul play, he is trapped in a dangerous game on duty, blurring the line between right and wrong.
Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends 2016
Behzat Ç. An Ankara Policeman 2010 “Behzat Ç. Bir Ankara Polisiyesi” is a TV crime and detective series based on the novels Her Temas İz Bırakır and Son Hafriyat by Emrah Serbes. The series takes place in Ankara. It began 19 September 2010 on local Star TV of Turkey. The TV series is directed by Serdar Akar who rose to fame by his film "Gemide" in 1999.
Narcos 2015 A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
Dream High 2011 Six dedicated students at Kirin Art High School work to achieve their dreams of becoming stars in the Korean music industry.
Healer 2014 Kim Moon Ho is a successful reporter at a mainstream news station, but when he stumbles upon a 10-year-old mystery, he's forced to dive into a subversive underground news agency. On his journey to break open the case, Moon Ho teams up with Chae Young Shin, a second rate tabloid writer, and Healer, a mysterious internet-based journalist. With his career and his safety on the line, who can Moon Ho trust in a world full of unreliable sources?
My Girlfriend is a Gumiho 2010 My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox is a 2010 South Korean romantic comedy television series starring Lee Seung-gi and Shin Min-ah. It aired on SBS from August 11 to September 30, 2010 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.
Aggressive Retsuko 2016 Retsuko is a 25-year old red panda who works in her dream company's accounting department. But it turns out that she is forced to keep doing more and more impossible tasks by her superiors and co-workers. She doesn't talk back to them, but she still has to let off steam, so she ends up going to karaoke by herself and singing death metal.
White Rabbit Project 2016 Kari Byron, Tory Belleci and Grant Imahara rank history's greatest inventions, heists and more.
The Best Hit 2017 Yoo Hyun-Jae is a member of a popular idol group. He has a lot of fans and he is a scandal maker. Meanwhile, Lee Ji-Hoon is an aspiring singer. He pretends to be studying for his civil servant exam, but he is actually struggling to become an idol.
Geronimo Stilton 2009 G Geronimo Stilton is a 2009 television series based on the books of the same name. It is produced by Atlantyca Ent. and MoonScoop Group.
It first premiered on September 15, 2009 on Rai 2 in Italy.
On April 15, 2010, Atlantyca Entertainment and MoonScoop announced they would continue the series with a second season of twenty-six episodes, which premiered in Italy on October 24, 2011.
Derek 2013 M Derek is a loyal nursing home caretaker who sees only the good in his quirky co-workers as they struggle against prejudice and shrinking budgets to care for their elderly residents.
People Just Do Nothing 2014 This mockumentary goes behind the microphone of Kurupt FM - the second most popular pirate radio station in West London, receiving up to eight texts per show and playing the finest in UK garage and drum 'n' bass. Co-founded by the MC Sniper and DJ Beats in 2002, the station has now built up a following of over a hundred people and has attracted the attention of the BBC who are making a documentary about the lives of those behind Kurupt FM
Diablero 2018 A young priest enlists the help of a demon hunter and a paranormal expert to search for a kidnapped girl in the underworld of Mexico City.
Abnormal Summit 2014 Non-Summit (aka Abnormal Summit) is a television program on JTBC in South Korea. The show features a panel of eleven non-Korean men, living in Korea, who debate on various topics and "Korean culture, through the eyes of a foreigner," in a talk show format, in the Korean language.
The Producers 2015 The drama is set in the backstage world of broadcasting industry. The story revolves around the dynamic work and life of people who work in entertainment division of television network.
YG Future Strategy Office 2018 Kpop star Seungri, BIGBANG youngest member, tries to lead a team of blumbing staff at YG's Future Strategy Office in this mockumentary sitcom.
Republic of Doyle 2010 Jake Doyle and his ex-cop father, Malachy, run a Newfoundland detective agency. Their rugged seaside town never lacks for intriguing cases, and the Doyles don't always land on the right side of the law.
Jealousy Incarnate 2016 Depicts the fierce competition at a broadcasting station and the love between anchor Lee Hwa-Shin and weather caster Pyo Na-Ri.
Marco Polo 2014 An epic adventure that follows the early years of the famous explorer as he travels the exotic Silk Road to the great Kublai Khan’s court. But Marco soon finds that navigating the Khan’s world of greed, betrayal, sexual intrigue and rivalry will be his greatest challenge yet, even as he becomes a trusted companion to the Khan in his violent quest to become the Emperor of the World.
Sugar Rush 2018 A relentlessly fast-paced baking competition that challenges brilliant bakers to create sweet treats that look and taste amazing – all against the clock. Who will race to the finish and win $10,000?
Samantha! 2018 A child star in the '80s, Samantha clings to the fringes of celebrity with hilarious harebrained schemes to launch herself back into the spotlight.
Secret Healer 2016 Seo-Ri's mother Queen Sim was unable to have a child. She went to a shaman to help her have a child. With the help of shaman Hong-Joo's black magic, Queen Sim was able to have a boy and girl twins. The girl, Seo-Ri, was put under a curse and abandoned deep in the mountains. She meets Heo Jun, a young man, there.
Servant of the People 2015 Modest and humble teacher Vasily is caught on camera raging over the miserable situation in his country. When a pupil posts the video on Youtube, it becomes a viral sensation. Everybody loves Vasily’s outrage and people start gathering money for a presidential campaign. Which he wins! Servant of the People follows Vasily’s new life as president; he has no interest in changing his life, he wants to stay the same, live in his flat with his parents, borrow money from his friends at the end of the month and take his bike to work; it’s just that now his work is as the most powerful man in the country.
A Korean Odyssey 2017 A self-serving mythical creature's bid for invincibility backfires when he finds himself at the mercy of a woman who can see otherworldly beings.
Abstract: The Art of Design 2017 Step inside the minds of the most innovative designers in a variety of disciplines and learn how design impacts every aspect of life.
Back Roads 2015 PG Heather Ewart swaps reporting from political corridors of power to a new beat around the bush. Along the way she visits remote towns and regions to discover some of this country's most remarkable and inspiring communities.
Super Monsters 2017 Preschool kids whose parents are the world's most famous monsters try to master their special powers while preparing for kindergarten.
Historical Roasts 2019 "Roastmaster General" Jeff Ross and a slew of guest stars poke fun at major historical figures while also honoring their enduring impact on the world.
Chef's Table: France 2016 Sample the bold new flavors of France with chefs who are pushing the boundaries of fine dining and reinventing a rich culinary tradition.
Argon 2017 Kim Baek-Jin is an anchor, reporter and leader of investigative reporting program "Argon." He does not tolerate mistakes and relies only on facts.
Meanwhile, Lee Yeon-Hwa is a contract reporter. 3 months before her contract is to end, she is assigned to work at “Argon.” She struggles to get a permanent job there as a reporter. Working with Kim Baek-Jin, she receives strict training and grows as a reporter.
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale 2018 Trending news, pop culture, social media, original videos and more come together in host Joel McHale's weekly comedy commentary show.
Jinn 2019 The lives of a group of teenagers are disrupted when a spiritual figure appears in front of them in the ancient city of Petra. They must try and stop Jinn from destroying the world.
The Legend of Bruce Lee 2008 The story of the legendary martial arts icon Bruce Lee following him from Hong Kong to America and back again, leading up to his tragic death at the age of 32.
Pocoyo 2005 Pocoyo is a Spanish pre-school animated television series created by Guillermo García Carsí, Luis Gallego and David Cantolla, and is a co-production between Spanish producer Zinkia Entertainment, Cosgrove-Hall Films and Granada International. Two series have been produced, each consisting of 52 seven-minute episodes. English actor and comedian Stephen Fry narrates the English-language version and José María del Río narrates the Castilian Spanish version.
Set in a 3D space, with a plain white background and usually no backdrops, it is about Pocoyo, a 3-year-old boy, interacting with his friends Pato, Elly and Loula. Viewers are encouraged to recognise situations that Pocoyo is in, and things that are going on with or around him. The narrator usually speaks explicitly to the viewers and to the characters as well. Each character has its own distinctive dance and also a specific sound, and most episodes end with the characters dancing. Many episodes also involve parties.
In the United Kingdom, it was originally broadcast on CITV, a children's strand on the ITV network. In September 2007, Channel 5 acquired terrestrial rights in the United Kingdom to the first and second series, making it part of the Milkshake! strand. The show, however, will continue to air on the CITV Channel. Other broadcasters in the English speaking countries include RTÉ in the Republic of Ireland, Nick Jr. in the U.S. nationwide and local station KCET-TV as well as KLCS-TV channel 58-2 in Los Angeles and on Univision in LATAM Spanish, Treehouse TV in Canada, ABC in Australia and TVNZ in New Zealand.
Transformers: Robots In Disguise 2015 PG Years after the events of Predacons Rising, Bumblebee is summoned back to Earth to battle several of Cybertron's most wanted Decepticons that escaped from a crashed prison ship and assembles a team of young Autobots that includes Sideswipe (a rebel "bad boy bot"), Strongarm (an Elite Guard cadet), Grimlock (a bombastic Dinobot), and Fixit (a hyperactive Mini-Con with faulty wiring).
Misty 2018 When a popular anchorwoman for a prime time news show becomes the suspect in a murder case, her estranged husband - who has worked as a prosecutor in the past but now works as a public defender - decides to defend his wife.
Odd Squad 2014 G Odd Squad saves the day whenever something unusual happens.
Stoked 2009 Stoked is a Canadian animated TV series produced by Fresh TV Inc. It is produced by Jennifer Pertsch and Tom McGillis and premiered on Teletoon on June 25, 2009. It airs on Teletoon in Canada and ABC3 in Australia, and formerly aired on Cartoon Network in the United States. The series is from the same creators as 6teen and the Total Drama series.
Cocaine Coast 2018 It takes place in the Galicia (Spain) of the 80s, when the fishing sector was transformed and many of the shipowners became indebted. This situation will be favorable for the start of activities such as contraband and drug trafficking.
The Sniffer 2013 An extraordinary sense of smell gives a crime investigator unique insight into solving mysteries, but his gift takes a toll on his personal life.
Secret Garden 2010 A wealthy man and a poor stunt girl fall in love. But things get complicated when their souls become inexplicably swapped and dark secrets surface.
Refresh Man 2016 Zhong Yu Tang and Ji Wen Kai are childhood friends. Wen Kai's grades has always been normal but Yu Tang's grades were really good. After becoming adults and entering society, Yu Tang has entered the cosmetic world and has the chance to become the secretary of the new CEO. The CEO ended up being Ji Wen Kai! And their story continues...
The Piano Forest 2018 A tranquil tale about two boys from very different upbringings. On one hand you have Kai, born as the son of a prostitute, who's been playing the abandoned piano in the forest near his home ever since he was young. And on the other you have Syuhei, practically breast-fed by the piano as the son of a family of prestigious pianists. Yet it is their common bond with the piano that eventually intertwines their paths in life.
Pinocchio 2014 Amidst a sea of young news reporters competing for the next scoop, Choi In Ha finds herself in a tricky position, as she cannot tell a lie without a dead giveaway: breaking into a violent hiccup. Meanwhile, first-year reporter Choi Dal Po proves his remarkable memory and communication skills by downplaying his good looks with a dumpy veneer of bad hair and clothing. But in a world where hard facts rule, how far can you get by lying?
Zoo 2015 M Set amidst a wave of violent animal attacks sweeping across the planet, a young renegade scientist is thrust into a race to unlock the mystery behind this pandemic before time runs out for animals and humans alike.
Backstage 2016 A group of “very talented” teenagers sing, dance, and perform their way to the top at the famous Keaton School of the Arts! From the disappointments of failure, to the new friendships and crowning achievements, being a student at Keaton means you're on the path to becoming a star!
The Defiant Ones 2017 A four-part documentary series that tells the stories of Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre -- one the son of a Brooklyn longshoreman, the other straight out of Compton - -- and their improbable partnership and surprising leading roles in a series of transformative events in contemporary culture.
Hospital Ship 2017 A story of young doctors, who provide medical care to remote island residents via a hospital ship.
Kurt Seyit and Şura 2014 A Turkish lieutenant and the daughter of Russian nobles fight for their love against forces of family and social expectation and historical events.
Inside the World's Toughest Prisons 2016 Crime journalist Paul Connolly goes behind the bars of some of the world’s most notorious and toughest prisons. Immersing himself in maximum security facilities around the world to live as a prisoner, he encounters the inmates locked up for their crimes and meets the men and women on the right side of law tasked with keeping the criminals behind bars.
Solomon's Perjury 2016 A male student's body is found at school. Authorities assume that the student killed himself in a fall. Other students at the school hold a trial to uncover the truth behind his death.
Cain and Abel 2009 Cain and Abel is a 2009 South Korean television series starring So Ji-sub, Shin Hyun-joon, Han Ji-min, and Chae Jung-an. It aired on SBS from February 18 to April 23, 2009 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.
Summer Heights High 2007 M Exploring what happens over one school term in an average Australian high school, this mockumentary brings to life Jonah, a 13 year old mischievous schoolboy from Tonga with the odds stacked against him; Mr G, an ego-driven drama teacher with delusional showbiz dreams; and Ja’mie, a bitchy private schoolgirl on a student exchange, set to make her mark on Summer Heights High.
GHOUL 2018 A newly minted military interrogator arrives at a covert detention center to discover that some of the terrorists held there are not of this world.
ID-0 2017 I-Machines are the general term for robots that operate in extreme environments. While Alliance Academy student Maya Mikuri is in the middle of operating an I-Machine, she gets involved in an incident with pirates, and ends up serving as a crew member on an excavation company's spaceship.
Radiant Office 2017 Ho Won is a young woman who struggles to find a steady job. Tired and hopeless, she attempted suicide. Hospital check-up discovers she might have terminal illness. Soon after, a furniture company accepts her as a contract worker. Faced with a possibility of dying, Ho Won decides to just let herself loose. Her newfound bold attitude puts her at odds with her workaholic manager Woo Jin.
Temperature of Love 2017 Hyun-Soo is an aspiring drama series writer. She uses "Jane" as her username and begins chatting with username “Chakhan Seupeu” (‘Good Soup’) online. “Chakhan Seupeu” is actually Jung-Sun. He dreams of becoming a French food chef. They meet in real life.
Iron Man: Armored Adventures 2009 PG Iron Man: Armored Adventures is a 3D CGI cartoon series based on the Marvel Comics superhero Iron Man. It debuted in the USA on the Nicktoons on April 24, 2009, and has already begun airing on Canadian network Teletoon. Iron Man: Armored Adventures aired on Nickelodeon on July 4, 2009 until September 12, 2009. The series is story edited by showrunner Christopher Yost, who also worked on Wolverine and the X-Men, and numerous other Marvel Animation projects. The television show is not related to the 2007 animated film The Invincible Iron Man; It has a different voice cast, but some story elements are similar and the show uses the same musical score as the film in some instances. It is the first Iron Man television series since Iron Man from 1994–1996, and started airing after the success of the live action Iron Man film.
The series follows the adventures of teenage child prodigy Tony Stark and his alter ego of Iron Man. As Iron Man, he uses his technological inventions to fight various similarly technologically advanced threats. His friends, James "Rhodey" Rhodes and Pepper Potts help him on his courageous, and dangerous adventures.
Birth of a Beauty 2014 As the heir to a large company, Han Tae Hee has everything he could possibly want - except for his long lost love. But instead of nursing his heartache like a sensible person, Tae Hee enlists Sa Geum Ran, whom he transforms from an overweight ugly duckling to a gorgeous bombshell named Sara. In the process of falling in love with his "creation" he discovers that even though it appears that money can buy just about everything, it can't buy love or heal emotional scars.
The Hollow 2018 Three teens join forces to find a way home after waking up in a strange realm filled with magic portals, perplexing puzzles and vicious beasts.
Bitter Daisies 2018 While investigating the disappearance of a teen girl in a tight-knit Galician town, a Civil Guard officer uncovers secrets linked to a loss of her own.
Malibu Rescue: The Series 2019 On the heels of Junior Rescue training, Team Flounder returns to brave the beach in a series of thrilling saves and lighthearted laughs.
The War 2008 The story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four American towns. The war touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America and demonstrated that in extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives.
Doctor Stranger 2014 As a child, Park Hoon and his dad were kidnapped and taken to North Korea. He grew up there, learning to be a doctor just like his father. When Park Hoon escapes back to South Korea and begins work at a prestigious hospital, he makes it his goal to earn enough money to go back to North Korea to rescue his true love. He'll do anything to find her, but then he meets and falls for a mysterious woman who looks exactly like her.
Kong: King of the Apes 2016 Set in 2050, Kong becomes a wanted fugitive after wrecking havoc at Alcatraz Island’s Natural History and Marine Preserve. What most humans on the hunt for the formidable animal don’t realize, though, is that Kong was framed by an evil genius who plans to terrorize the world with an army of enormous robotic dinosaurs. As the only beast strong enough to save humanity from the mechanical dinos, Kong must rely on the help of three kids who know the truth about him.
Ask the Storybots 2016 Based on the award-winning educational apps, the StoryBots are curious little creatures who live in the world beneath our screens and go on fun adventures to help answer kids' questions, like how night happens or why we need to brush our teeth.
Kiss Me First 2018 To escape reality 17-year-old Leila turns to a secret virtual paradise. Her real journey begins when this digital Eden turns dark.
Empresses In The Palace 2012 The Legend of Zhen Huan, also known as Hou Gong Zhen Huan Zhuan, is a Chinese television series based on the Internet novel of the same name. It first aired in China on 17 November 2011.
It was announced in 2013 that the drama will be exported to the U.S and re-edit into six TV movies and broadcast on mainstream TV channels in the U.S.
My Sassy Girl 2017 Set in the Joseon Dynasty period, a romance takes place between cold-hearted Gyun-Woo and Princess Hyemyung who causes troubles.
The Rain 2018 After a brutal virus wipes out most of the population, two young siblings embark on a perilous search for safety. A Scandinavian thriller series.
The Night Watchman 2014 Being able to see ghosts and other supernatural spirits is a heavy responsibility. Prince Lee Rin (Jung Il Woo), like his father before him, discovers that he has the ability to see ghosts and other supernatural beings. Armed with his newfound abilities, Lee Rin becomes the leader of a group of night watchmen who patrol the streets from dusk to dawn to protect the people of the Chosun Dynasty against evil spirits. Moo Seok (Jung Yun Ho) is the best swordsman in the land who is the prince’s trusty bodyguard. But their loyalties will be tested when they both fall in love with the same woman – Do Ha (Go Sung Hee), the successor of the Ma Go tribe who seeks their help to protect the Baek Do mountain’s spirits. But Park Soo Ryun (Seo Ye Ji), the daughter of a court officer, will stop at nothing to marry Prince Lee Rin. “The Night Watchman,” also known as "Diary of a Night Watchman,"
Julie's Greenroom 2017 Ms. Julie teaches performing arts workshops with the help of her assistant Gus at their Wellspring Center for the Performing Arts.
Arang and the Magistrate 2012 Arang and the Magistrate is a 2012 South Korean historical television drama, starring Lee Joon-gi, Shin Min-ah and Yeon Woo-jin. The period horror-romance is based on the folklore of Arang, who died unjustly and returns as a ghost in order to reveal the circumstances surrounding her death. It aired on MBC from August 15 to October 18, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.
Go! Live Your Way 2019 Charismatic Mía gets a scholarship to an elite performing arts school, where she makes close friends but clashes with the owner's popular daughter.
Manhunt: Unabomber 2017 Follow Jim Fitzgerald, the FBI agent who tracked down Ted Kaczynksi, aka the “Unabomber,” and brought him to justice through his expertise in profiling and linguistics.
Cannabis 2016 When a boatload of cannabis belonging to Moroccan drug lord El Feo is hijacked, the robbery has repercussions stretching across three countries.
Marvel's Luke Cage 2016 MA15+ Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.
Luna Petunia 2016 Luna Petunia follows the adventures of a girl who lives in our world and plays in a dreamland where she learns how to make the impossible possible.
Welcome to the Family 2018 You don't choose family, family chooses you.
Playing with fire 2019 Three prosperous women -- including a mother and her daughter -- fall for a seductive man in Colombia's Coffee Triangle.
Day And Night 2017
Hero Mask 2018 Now there's a mysterious Mask before James Blood, and the man behind it is one that shouldn't exist. What is the mystery surrounding this mask...? So begins an action-packed crime story set in a beautiful city!
Master's Sun 2013 Joo Joong-won is the arrogant, greedy CEO of Kingdom, a conglomerate that includes a supermall and a hotel. "Ghost whisperer” Tae Gong-shil, is a misunderstood outcast who can't keep a boyfriend or a job since a near death experience left her seeing needy ghosts. She feels compelled to help them resolve their earthly issues so they can move on to the afterlife... and he feels compelled to think she's crazy. Soon their lives merge into a complicated web of hijinx, misunderstandings, and... yes, love.
Oh My Venus 2015 Kim Young Ho is a personal trainer for Hollywood stars. Even though he comes from a wealthy family background, he suffered a devastating injury during his childhood days. Now, he overcomes his problems with patience and stubbornness. Meanwhile, Kang Joo Eun is 33-years-old lawyer. She has struggled to support her family. Now, she is overweight and challenge her-selves for a diet.
Ugly Delicious 2018 Star chef David Chang leads friends on a mouthwatering, cross-cultural hunt for the world's most satisfying grub. All the flavor. None of the BS.
The Same Sky 2017 Cold War, the seventies. Lars is a Romeo agent from East Germany: he must go to the West side and seduce and spy on Western women who work in government or defense institutions.
Pasión de gavilanes 2003 Pasión de Gavilanes is a Colombian telenovela that ran for 188 episodes, from 2003 to 2004. Written by Julio Jiménez, it was produced by RTI Colombia in conjunction with the Telemundo network and with the participation of Caracol TV company. In Colombia, it was broadcast by Caracol TV. It is based on the 1994 telenovela Las aguas mansas, also written by Jiménez and produced by RTI, broadcast on Canal Uno.
A Man Called God 2010 A man named Choi Kang-Ta (Song Il-Kook) gains powers similar to a God. As a child he lost his parents and became adopted by American parents. He returns to Korea to exact revenge on the murderer of his father.
Kang-Ta learns that four people are responsible for the death of his father. While carrying out his plans he is betrayed by his partner Vivian (Han Go Eun). He is then nursed back to health by Jin Bo-Bae (Han Chae-Young), a woman he met by coincidence.
After Kang-Ta recovers he settles down in a slum neighborhood and finds peace with the residents and himself. But, peace doesn't last long as Korean CIA official Hwang Woo-Hyun (Kim Min-Jong) is filled with jealousy that Kang-Ta has stolen Bo-Bae. Hwang Woo-Hyun then orders the death of Kang-Ta...
Nicky Jam: El Ganador 2018 Follow Reggaeton artist Nicky Jam's struggles to overcome drug addiction and rise to international success in this dramatization of his life story.
The King 2 Hearts 2012 The King 2 Hearts is a 2012 South Korean television series, starring Ha Ji-won and Lee Seung-gi in the leading roles. It is about a South Korean crown prince who falls in love with a North Korean special agent. It aired on MBC from March 21 to May 24, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.
Champions 2018 M Vince, a charismatic gym owner with no ambition lives with his younger brother Michael, a gorgeous idiot. Their simple life of women and working out is put on hold when the teenage son of Vince is dropped off on their doorstep by Priya, one of his old high school flings.
Skin Wars 2014 An hour-long competition show that seeks to find the most talented and versatile body painters in the country.
Intelligence 2006 Mary Spalding, the director of the Vancouver Organized Crime Unit, offers Jimmy Reardon, one of Vancouver's top organized crime bosses, immunity from prosecution in exchange for his role as a police informant.
My Only Love Song 2017 Song Soo-Jung is an arrogant pop star who believes not only that status and money can get you anywhere, but that it defines your worth. She accidentally falls into a time-slip portal and travels back in time to the Joseon era where she meets On-Dal, a man who loves money yet is generous to those without.
Big Bad Beetleborgs 1996 Big Bad Beetleborgs is an American television series produced by Saban Entertainment. It aired for two seasons (the second season being named 'Beetleborgs Metallix') on Fox Kids between September 7, 1996 and March 2, 1998. Reruns later aired on UPN Kids from 1998 to 1999. On May 7, 2010, as part of the sale of the Power Rangers franchise, the copyright for Beetleborgs was transferred from BVS International to SCG Power Rangers.
The series adapted combat footage from the Metal Hero tokusatsu-series Juukou B-Fighter and B-Fighter Kabuto.
The Haunted House 2016
Samurai Gourmet 2017 Recent retiree Takeshi rediscovers his passion for food and life by getting in touch with his inner warrior and eating what he truly desires.
The Third Charm 2018 The twelve-year love story of two individuals with completely opposite personalities who unexpectedly met on a group blind date.
It's Bruno! 2019 An old-school Brooklyn native devotes his days to caring for his adorable dog, Bruno -- and making sure the neighbors show his pooch the proper respect.
Little Princess 2007 G Little Princess is a children's animated television series. Directed by Edward Foster, it debuted in the United Kingdom in 2006 and is currently shown there as part of Channel 5's Milkshake! and – as Y Dywysoges Fach – in the children's programming strand Cyw on the Welsh language channel S4C.
In English, the stories are narrated by Julian Clary, who also provides the voice of the cat Puss. Jane Horrocks provides the voice of the Little Princess. The series is based on the original books by Tony Ross and follows the success of Ross's 1986 book 'I Want My Potty', which was also turned into a 5 minute short film.
Great Uncle Walter is voiced by Brian Blessed and General, Prime Minister, Gardener and Chef are all voiced by Colin McFarlane.
Haunted 2018 Real people sit down with friends and family to share terrifying true stories from their past, re-created through chilling re-enactments.
A Taiwanese Tale of Two Cities 2018 A Taipei doctor and a San Francisco engineer swap homes in a daring pact, embarking on journeys filled with trials, secrets and unexpected encounters.
FIGHTWORLD 2018 Actor and fight enthusiast Frank Grillo travels the world, immersing himself in different fight cultures to understand their traditions and motivations.
My Golden Life 2017 Seo Ji Ahn, a former rich girl, was forced to be her family's breadwinner after her father's bankruptcy. She is now a contractual employee and living her life with restrained emotion. The drama chronicles her struggles to find new meaning and happiness in life.
All About the Washingtons 2018 The wife of a legendary rapper launches her own career, which puts his life into a tailspin.
Turbo FAST 2013 After Turbo the Snail's improbable win at the Indianapolis 500, the superfast racer finds his life forever changed after he returns from his victory tour. Namely, Tito, his human companion, has built Starlite City, a massive miniature city with an elaborate adjoining race track for Turbo and his fellow snails to live and race in. However, Turbo finds his new life no less hectic as he and his friends face new rivals of all varieties eager to take the champion on. Regardless of the danger, Turbo and his colleagues of the Fast Action Stunt Team are ready for the challenge.
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! 2010 The Cat in the Hat is back -- and this time, he's teaching Sally and her brother, Nick, some awfully nifty things to think about!
Huntik: Secrets & Seekers 2009 Huntik: Secrets & Seekers is an Italian/American animated television series, begun in 2009, created and directed by Iginio Straffi. It was a co-production between Big Bocca Productions, a company owned by Richard McWilliam, CEO and owner of Upper Deck and Rainbow S.p.A. It acts like one of the spin-offs to the Winx Club series. All of the show's designs, animation and visual style were created in Italy, while the scriptwriting and original voice recording were done in the United States. It aired on The CW4Kids at 11:30am Eastern Standard Time on Saturdays. In Europe, the series used to air on Disney XD, and on CITV. In India, the series' first season aired on Disney XD in 2010. The series premiered on January 3, 2009, with one episode in the US and the first four episodes in Europe, making Jetix the home for premieres beyond the first episode. It was revealed in a magazine with the new season of the Winx Club, that the second season of Huntik would air in fall 2012 in the US. However, the second season began airing in the spring of 2012 in UK on CITV & Australia on channel eleven. The first season was released on DVD by Anime Works in 2010.
Panda and Hedgehog 2012 Ms Panda and Mr Hedgehog is a South Korean romantic comedy television series starring Lee Donghae of Super Junior and Yoon Seung-ah. It was broadcast on Channel A from August 18, 2012 to October 7, 2012. The story is about Go Seung-ji, a prickly patissier who teams up with Pan Da-yang, an easygoing pastry shop owner, to open a successful new cafe.
The Windsors 2016 Comedy soap opera re-imagining the lives of the British Royal Family as you have never seen them before.
All Hail King Julien: Exiled 2017 PG Julien's been dethroned, but loyal friends and some very unlikely allies will propel the lovable lemur on a colorful journey to take back his kingdom.
Secret Love Affair 2014 Despite being married and having a fulfilling career as a sophisticated arts foundation director, something is missing in Oh Hye Won's life. When she meets twenty-something Lee Seon Jae, Hye Won's appetite for passion is awakened, and she soon falls for the impoverished piano prodigy. Though they risk everything, Hye Won and Seon Jae can't help but embark on an affair that threatens to destroy both their lives. Based on the 2005 Japanese film Tokyo Tower, this romance aches with the desperate struggle between love and reality.
The Making of The Mob 2015 A docudrama series chronicling some of America's most notorious mobsters, each season dealing with a different city/region.
Lucky Romance 2016 A romantic comedy about superstitious woman who tries to change her foretold fate by seducing a virgin and nerd guy. Bo Nui is a superstitious woman who relies too much in fortune-telling. One day she gets to know that if she doesn't sleep with a virgin man born in 1986 (year of tiger), she will die soon. She then meets an incredibly stingy guy Soo Ho. Bo Nui learns that he matches the conditions set forth by the fortune teller and sets out to seduce him. Unfortunately for her, Soo Ho is a nerd CEO of a game company who trusts only in logical and scientific things.
Yunus Emre: Aşkın Yolculuğu 2015
Robozuna 2018 A boy and his homemade robot enter the toughest competition in the universe while attempting to free their oppressed home from an evil empire.
Good Doctor 2013 As a child, Park Shi On was sent to a specialized care center, where he discovered genius capacities for his autism. Coupled with an exceptional memory and keen spatial skills, the young savant eventually entered pediatric residency, where he developed into a promising surgeon. However, his mental and emotional development seems to have stopped at 10-years-old, which makes for incredible conflicts in and out of the O.R., especially with the hotheaded surgeon Kim Do Han. Despite warm hearted and fair colleagues like Cha Yoon Seo and Han Jin Wook , it’s a fierce and competitive adult world. One cannot simply tell Shi On to “grow up.”
One More Happy Ending 2016 Drama series depicts the story of marriage, remarriage and divorce. Han Mi Mo was once an idol group member, but she now works as a representative of a remarriage consulting business. She gives honest answers to her customers who hope to remarry. Song Soo Hyuk is a divorced man in his thirties with an 11-year-old son. He is a good-looking gossip reporter who looks like he is still in his twenties. He is very good at his job, because his looks and smiles melt the hearts of his interview subjects, and they are very willing to disclose even the deepest secrets. “One More Happy Ending” will deal with the stories of the divorced, who dream of becoming happy one more time.
Case Closed 2004 Seventeen-year-old Jimmy Kudo is a prodigal rookie detective. After witnessing a blackmail payoff, two thugs in black give him a poison that turns him into a little boy. To hide his identity, Kudo takes the name of Conan Edogawa. His former girlfriend, Rachel, and her hare-brained private investigator father take Conan in. Trapped in a puny body, Conan solves crimes, sometimes aided by the kids in the Junior Detective League. Fortunately, his old friend Dr. Agasa supplies him with useful inventions.
Saimdang, Light's Diary 2017 A reinterpretation of Saimdang from the Joseon times. She was a genius artist and passionate lover. Lee Young-ae takes on two roles; a college professor who specializes in Korea Art History and Saimdang.
Eyewitness 2014 Two 15 year old boys secretly meet up in the forest, only to witness a blood bath. They are seen, but escape trying to keep this as a secret, both in fear of the perpetrator and that their secret is revealed.
Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo 2013 At a high school entrance ceremony, high school student Kotoko Aihara, who isn't that smart, notices pretty boy Naoki Irie. She falls in love with him immediately. Kotoko initially doesn't express her feelings to him, but finally has a chance to tell him how she feels. Unfortunately, Naoki turns Kotoko down, saying "I don't like dumb women." One day, Kotoko Aihara's house is severely damaged by an earthquake. Until the house is rebuilt, Kotoko Aihara and her father decide to live with her father's friend. When Kotoko Aihara moves to her new temporary house, she is surprised to learn that Naoki Irie lives there as well.
Car Masters: Rust to Riches 2018 The colorful crew at Gotham Garage overhauls an eclectic collection of cars and trucks, trading up to a showstopper they can sell for big bucks.
Lie To Me 2011 Lie To Me is a South Korean romantic drama starring Yoon Eun-hye and Kang Ji-hwan.
The series revolves around a civil servant named Gong Ah-jung who pretends to be the wife of the wealthy hotel heir, Hyun Ki-joon in order to impress her former friend. It is directed by Kim Soo-ryung and Kwon Hyuk-chan, produced by Jo Sung-won and written by Kim Ye-ri.
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation 1997 Everyone's favorite teenage mutants are back in live action to fight crime with help from a new ninja turtle -- a female named Venus De Milo.
Zumbo's Just Desserts 2016 PG Australia’s very own Willy Wonka Adriano Zumbo and acclaimed British chef Rachel Khoo go in search of Australia’s sweetest home cooks. Amateur dessert makers from around the country will put their sweet baking skills to the test until the ultimate dessert king or queen is crowned.
Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan 2018 Straightforward and innocent Hisone Amakasu is a Self-Defense Force rookie stationed at the Air Self-Defense Force's Gifu Base. She was struggling with the fact that she sometimes hurts people unintentionally by her innocent words and decided to join the Air Self-Defense Force, hoping to maintain a certain distance from people. This decision led her to a fateful encounter which profoundly changed her life. It was the "OTF" dragon hidden in the base and it chose Hisone as his pilot. When it soared into the sky with Hisone, her fate as a dragon pilot was decided. It is said that dragons have a key to the future of the world...
You Are All Surrounded 2014 P4: are the new recruits in the violent crimes unit at Gangnam Police Station. The journey of four young cops as they fumble, learn, fall in love and find their way to becoming people the citizens can trust.
The Level 2016 A police detective finds herself at the centre of the most dangerous case of her life when she is seconded on to the investigation into the murder of a drugs trafficker. What nobody around her knows is that she is the missing witness that the police and the killer are searching for.
Shot in the Dark 2017 Three rival freelance stringers scour the streets at night to film crime scenes, fires, accidents -- and anything else they can sell to news outlets.
Can We Get Married? 2012 Can We Get Married? is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Sung Joon, Jung So-min, Lee Mi-sook, Han Groo, and Kim Young-kwang. It aired on jTBC from October 29, 2012 to January 1, 2013 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 for 20 episodes. The romantic comedy explores the themes of love, marriage and family against the backdrop of a young couple preparing to get married in 100 days.
Romance is a Bonus Book 2019 Cha Eun Ho is a genius writer and the youngest chief editor ever at his publishing company. He is smart and handsome. He is also even tempered at work, but he has a warm heart and a reasonable personality. Kang Da Ni used to be a popular copywriter, but she is not anymore. She is now broke and unemployed. Even though she tries to find a job, due to her impressive career and excellent educational background, she is unable to find a new job. Finally, Kang Da Ni gets a job at a publishing company by lying about her background. Cha Eun Ho is the chief editor at that publishing company. They begin to develop romantic feelings for each other.
Fugitiva 2018 A woman organizes an escape plan camouflaged as a kidnapping to protect her children from her husband's enemies.
The Many Faces of Ito 2017 A jaded rom-com screenwriter in her 30s mines four love-sick women for their stories under the guise of providing them with romantic advice.
Carlo & Malik 2019 Inspector Carlo Guerrieri, a veteran police officer from Rome, finds himself partnered with a rookie who was born in Ivory Coast but raised in the capital.
Attention, love! 2017 A boy and a girl were destined to be together since birth. A long time ago, two best friends each had a child. One named his son Li Zheng, which means “attention,” and the other named his daughter Shao Xi, which means “at ease” in military terminology. The two kids grew up to embody their names, with Li Zheng being diligent and paying extra attention to everything he wants to achieve in life and Shao Xi being more laid back and lazy in her approach to life and school. When Li Zheng returns to Taiwan after growing up in Japan, he meets Shao Xi for the first time in high school. Despite their polar opposite personalities, the strong pull of their fates bring them together. Can they each adapt to be with each other or will the strong forces of life keep the two apart?
Flint Town 2018 Over a two-year period, filmmakers embedded with cops in Flint, Michigan, reveal a department grappling with volatile issues in untenable conditions.
Moorim School 2016 The Moorim School isn't focused solely on high academic scores. The school teaches its students virtues including honesty, faith, sacrifice and communication. The teachers and students at the school come from different countries and each have their own stories.
Somewhere Only We Know 2019 Ph.D. candidate in Physics Mu Cheng He catches a third-year student in English Xue Tong cheating on an exam. When he even becomes the substitute teacher in her elective course Russian and makes her study with him after classes, her hatred for him only grows. Over time, however, Xue Tong discovers Teacher Mu’s true character and comes to secretly love him.
Terrace House: Opening New Doors 2017 The bright young people of Terrace House return to Japan, where they live together and face new relationship challenges.
I Hear Your Voice 2013 I Can Hear Your Voice is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Lee Bo-young, Lee Jong-suk, and Yoon Sang-hyun. It aired on SBS from June 5 to August 1, 2013, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 18 episodes.
Originally set for 16 episodes, due to its successful ratings the series was extended by 2 episodes.
Edha 2018 Revenge, passion and dark secrets push a successful fashion designer and single mother to her limits when she meets a handsome and mysterious man.
When Heroes Fly 2018 Eleven years after falling out, four friends, war veterans of a Special Forces unit, reunite for one final mission: to find Yaeli, a former lover of one of them and sister of another. Their journey will take them deep into the Colombian jungle but, as to succeed, first they must confront the trauma that tore them apart.
Wormwood 2017 In this genre-bending tale, Errol Morris explores the mysterious death of a U.S. scientist entangled in a secret Cold War program known as MK-Ultra.
Justin Time 2011 Justin Time is a Canadian/American animated television series created by Brandon James Scott, the show airs on Disney Junior in Canada, PBS Kids Sprout in the United States, Tiny Pop in the United Kingdom, and Kids Talk Talk Plus in South Korea.
Yeh Meri Family 2018 Set in the summer of 1998 it is a story about conflicting emotions towards family members from the eyes of a twelve year old.
Zig and Sharko 2011 On a desert island lives a starving hyena with one obsession: devour that delicious mermaid from the rock in the lagoon. But the lovely fish-girl’s best friend is a shark, a shark with a lot of muscle and who loves to sabotage the hyena’s every move.
Five Came Back 2017 The extraordinary story of how Hollywood changed World War II – and how World War II changed Hollywood, through the interwoven experiences of five legendary filmmakers who went to war to serve their country and bring the truth to the American people: John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra, and George Stevens. Based on Mark Harris’ best-selling book, “Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War.”
Radio Romance 2018 Song Geurim is a radio program writer who isn't exactly talented in writing. She's got the passion, initiative, and drive, but due to her lack of writing skills, she still remains an assistant writer. When she was young, the radio was the only thing in the world that she could share with her blind mother. She was consoled by the sounds of the radio and loved it more than anything, so she became a writer. When her radio program is on the verge of cancellation, she succeeds in casting a top actor Ji Suho, who can't do anything without a script.
Fated to Love You 2008 Fated to Love You, also known as You're My Destiny, Sticky Note Girl or Destiny Love, is a 2008 Taiwanese drama starring Joe Chen, Ethan Juan, Baron Chen and Bianca Bai. It was produced by Sanlih E-Television and directed by Chen Ming Zhang with location filming in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Shanghai. It holds the record for the highest average single-episode rating at 10.91 with a peak at 13.64 for episode 20 broadcast on 27 July 2008, and broke the previous record held by The Prince Who Turns Into a Frog.
The series was first broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air Taiwan Television from 16 March 2008 to 24 August 2008, every Sunday at 22:00 and cable TV Sanlih E-Television from 22 March 2008 to 30 August 2008, every Saturday at 21:00.
Fated to Love You was nominated in 2008 for six awards at the 43rd Golden Bell Awards, Taiwan. It was awarded the 2008 Best Television Series and Best Marketing Programme.
Fated to Love You is now aired on Saturday's on Hawaii's KIKU Television at 8:00.
Dramaworld 2016 When 20-year-old college student and K-drama fanatic Claire Duncan is transported into her favorite drama, “Taste of Love”, her appearance throws the show off-balance, causing other dramas to splice into the series. Mysterious waiter Seth Ko made his own journey into the drama years ago from the real world and mentors Claire on how to navigate the dramaworld. What kind of crazy adventure will Claire experience?
Bad Guys 2014 To combat rising violent crimes, the Police Chief asks Detective Oh Goo Tak to form a team consisting of criminals. He is currently suspended from the police force for using excessive force. He then gathers team members: Park Woong Chul who is a gangster, Lee Jung Moon who is the youngest serial killer with extraordinary intelligence and Jung Tae Soo who is a contract killer. Police Inspector Yoo Mi Young also joins the team and she tries to have these guys work as a team by dealing with them rationally and sometimes emotionally.
I Am a Killer 2018 Death row inmates convicted of capital murder give a firsthand account of their crimes in this documentary series.
Death by Magic 2018
Bridal Mask 2012 Bridal Mask is a 2012 KBS2 period drama based on the popular Korean manhwa by Huh Young-man. The setting takes place in Seoul, Korea during the 1930s Japanese colonial era.
The plot of the TV drama is slightly modified from the original graphic novel. The story follows a man named Lee Kang-to, a Korean police officer commissioned by the Japanese Police to betray his own country and aid the Japanese in the annihilation of the Korean rebellion. During his mission, he encounters a notorious masked man who dons a traditional Korean bridal mask to fight for Korea's independence by assassinating Japanese key officers. As the detective's hunt for "Gaksital" unravels, his eyes are slowly opened to the treacherous deeds he has committed towards his own countrymen. It stars Joo Won and Jin Se-yeon as the leads and with Shin Hyun-joon as the notorious masked hero of the Korean rebellion and brother to the main character.
My Husband Won't Fit 2019 Kumiko and Kenichi meet in college and build a happy marriage together. But over time, an unusual problem threatens to destroy their relationship.
The Fix 2018 Comedians Jimmy Carr, D.L. Hughley and Katherine Ryan tackle the world's woes with help from a rotating crew of funny guests and an actual expert.
Hymn of Death 2018 Based on a true story, the drama tells the tragic love story of Kim Woo Jin, a married stage drama writer, and Yun Shim Duk, Korea's first professional soprano, who meet while studying at Tokyo University in the 1920s. Yun Shim Duk's recording of "Death Song" became the first Korean pop song in 1926.
Inspector Gadget 2015 When Dr. Claw returns, Inspector Gadget is brought out of retirement to defeat him again, now with Penny and Brain's open participation.
Jim Henson's Word Party 2016
The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate del Castillo Story 2017 Mexican superstar actress Kate del Castillo reveals the untold story of her encounter with El Chapo Guzmán, the world’s most-wanted drug lord.
Buddy Thunderstruck 2017 Follow the outrageous, high-octane adventures of Buddy Thunderstruck, a truck-racing dog who brings guts and good times to the town of Greasepit.
Oh My Ghostess 2015 Na Bong Sun may be a skilled sous chef, but she lacks the self-esteem to shine professionally and socially. Beyond her cooking talents, however, is an uncanny ability to communicate with ghosts. One day, her mystic senses go out of control when the seductive ghost of Shin Soon Ae possesses her. Imbued with a fiery new "personality," Bong Sun starts turning heads, including that of Kang Sun Woo, the hottest chef in town and Bong Sun's secret crush!
The Unknown Hitman: The Story of El Cholo Adrián 2017 Based on real events, the fictional story of Mexican drug lord El Chato's number one hitman, El Cholo.
Crime Diaries: Night Out 2019 After going to a Halloween party, college student Luis Andrés Colmenares is found dead. Was it an accident or murder? Inspired by true events.
Littlest Pet Shop 2012 When Blythe Baxter moved into the city with her father, she never expected to move into the apartment above the Littlest Pet Shop. But an even bigger surprise awaited her. Blythe can talk to pets... and they can talk back!
The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell 2018 Wickedly talented baker and artist Christine McConnell fills her home with haunting confections, creepy crafts -- and wildly inappropriate creatures.
Bel Ami 2013 Dokgo Ma-te is the most beautiful man in the world. He is also an ambitious man and wants to make a lot money using his beautiful appearance. When he meets Hong Yoo-ra, the ex-daughter-in-law of a rich family, she recognises his ambitions and becomes his mentor. But when the poor, but adorable Kim Bo-tong surfaces with a huge crush on Ma-te, everything changes.
Heavy Rescue: 401 2017 A group of heavy recovery drivers work to keep traffic rolling on some of the busiest and most unforgiving roads on the planet, Ontario’s 400-series highways. When disaster strikes on these roads, the pressure is on to get them cleared and reopened.
Pororo the Little Penguin 2003 Pororo the Little Penguin is a computer-generated animated cartoon series created by Iconix Entertainment, SK Broadband, Ocon and EBS with the North Korean company Samchŏlli in Kaesŏng. Production began in 2002 and the program began airing in South Korea on EBS in 2003.
Internationally, the program currently airs on Australian, French, Taiwanese, Indian, Italian, Puerto Rican, Singaporean and Vietnamese channels. It also started airing in Norway, on Boomerang, and Cartoonito in the UK. It will air on Disney Channel Asia and CITV in 2013.
In South Korea, Pororo has become famous among preschool kids and children and has earned the nickname "Pororo the President" while to some teenagers, "Pororo the God".
The series revolves around the adventures of Pororo and his friends who live in the snowy village of Porong Porong Forest, who often encounter challenges and learn practical and moral lessons in each episode.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 1993 PG The re-version of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, an American television series created by Haim Saban and Shuki Levy, began airing January 2, 2010, on ABC Kids, and concluded on August 28, 2010. The re-version season was a re-broadcasting of approximately half of the first season of MMPR, which was originally broadcast in 1993, but Buena Vista Television added several visual effects to the old footage, in addition to an updated opening sequence. Although nothing beyond this about the television show was new, upon repurchase of the franchise by Haim Saban, it was nonetheless officially regarded as the 18th season of Power Rangers by his new company Saban Brands until the promotion for Power Rangers Megaforce which has since been termed the 20th season. Netflix refers to the season number as "Special 18".
Chasing Cameron 2016 The series stars Dallas and his famous friends embarking on a new tour of Magcon around Europe. Aaron Carpenter, Taylor Caniff, Blake Gray, Trey Schafer and Willie Jones are also starring in the series.
Autumn's Concerto 2009 Autumn's Concerto is a 2009 Taiwanese drama starring Ady An, Vanness Wu of F4, and Tiffany Hsu. It was produced by Sanlih E-Television and directed by Chen Hui Ling. The drama started filming in June 2009 and was completed in December 2009.
It was first broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air Taiwan Television from 4 October 2009 to 28 February 2010, on Sundays at 22:00 to 23:30. It was also shown on cable TV Sanlih E-Television on 10 October 2009 to 6 March 2010 on Saturdays at 21:00 to 22:30.
Autumn's Concerto was nominated in 2010 for Best Marketing Programme at the 45th Golden Bell Awards, Taiwan.
Known as the drama serial which shot the child actor Xiao Xiao Bin to stardom, Autumn's Concerto has broken records with its high ratings. Scoring 8.23 as its peak point for episode 18, which aired January 31, 2010, Autumn's Concerto has broken the records of The Prince Who Turns into a Frog to become the second highest rating Taiwanese idol drama, the highest rating being held by Fated to Love You. Autumn's Concerto now airs on Hawaii's KIKU television, weekly on Saturday's at 7:00.
Masum 2017 M Cevdet, a retired commissioner, and his wife spend their pensions in peace on a farm away from the city. Suddenly the life of the family is destroyed by the sudden arrival of a terrible news from the little son.
72 Cutest Animals 2016 PG This series examines the nature of cuteness and how adorability helps some animal species to survive and thrive in a variety of environments.
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History 2014 Chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, fourteen hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore’s birth in 1858 to Eleanor’s death in 1962.
Trot Lovers 2014 When she's not making ends meet, Choi Choon Hee hones her skills in trot music, an old-fashioned, but heartfelt genre. Her luck turns when she pairs up with Jang Joon Hyun, an arrogant songwriter who excels in pop hits, as well as Jo Geun Woo, a shrewd talent CEO. Choon Hee's star burns hot, but between work and love, can she overcome the haters and trot her way into success?
That Winter, The Wind Blows 2013 Circumstances condemn Oh Soo and Oh Young to loveless lives. After the untimely death of his first love, Oh Soo turns to an ambitionless life as a derelict gambler. The gorgeous Oh Young should be leading the perfect life as an heiress, but when her parents’ divorce crumbles the family, she faces the reality of living life alone - particularly in light of her increasingly impaired vision. When these two heavy souls cross paths, fate delivers a chance meeting that will change their lives forever.
Brown Nation 2016 Hasmukh operates a small IT Consulting company "Shree Ganesh Computers Limited Inc" in Queens, NY. Staffed by a disinterested and lazy cast of characters, his business flounders. His home life is not much better. His wife Dimple, a frustrated and jobless artist, complains constantly about not having enough time to explore her creativity because of the demands of taking care of her dog, Bobby. Hasmukh tries desperately to balance his work and family, but neither seem to have his best interest at heart.
Dogs 2018 These six intimate stories explore the abiding emotional bonds that form between dogs and their caregivers, no matter the circumstances.
The Perfect Match 2017 What do netizens know? Ting En (Chris Wu) is a celebrated chef whose fine-dining restaurant is a destination for food lovers from all over the world. When Ting En stumbles upon comments on the Internet from people who can’t afford to eat at his high-priced restaurant, they blow his mind. Netizens claim that the culinary creations made by Fen Qing (Ivy Shao) at the night market are just as satisfying as Ting En’s Michelin-worthy food. Determined to debunk such preposterous claims, Ting En goes to the night market to find Fen Qing and show her what true culinary talent really is. Whose cuisine will reign supreme? “The Perfect Match” is a 2017 Taiwanese drama series.
Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters 2017 When overscheduled teenager Jake Armstrong and his two best friends are accidentally exposed to an experimental chemical, they become Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters, a team of unlikely superheroes who expand beyond the confines of their lives and embark on a series of adventures.
Super Drags 2018 In this adult animated series, three gay co-workers lead double lives as drag queen superheroes, saving the LGBTQ community from evil nemeses.
World of Winx 2016 The Winx travel all over the world searching for talent for WOW. and preventing the mysterious talent thief from kidnapping them.
Khan: No. 1 Crime Hunter (2018) 2018 Inspector Khan is a witty, smart, and well-experienced crime hunter, who specializes in solving scams involving people who have chosen the criminal life as a solution to their problems.
Further Tales of the City 2001 In this third installment of Armistead Maupin's engaging saga, some denizens of 28 Barbary Lane venture beyond the City by the Bay-to the home of a Hollywood icon, even to a remote Alaskan island.
Fallet 2017 British and Swedish police join forces to solve a case.
The Who Was? Show 2018 Fresh voices bring some of the most famous names in history to life. A live-action sketch comedy show based on the series of best-selling books.
Burnistoun 2009 Burnistoun is a comedy sketch show broadcast by BBC Scotland, written by the Scottish comedians Iain Connell and Robert Florence. The show is produced by The Comedy Unit.
Burnistoun is set in a fictional Scottish town/city in the greater Glasgow area. Characters include Kelly McGlade; Burnistoun's answer to Beyoncé; Paul and Walter, the disturbingly odd brothers that run an ice cream van; Jolly Boy John, who tells the things that make him "For Real" to the accompaniment of a happy hardcore soundtrack ; McGregor and Toshan, best friends Scott and Peter and the Burnistoun Butcher, a serial killer who is unhappy with the way he is being portrayed by the media.
Connell and Florence have previously written sitcoms Empty and Legit and created characters for Chewin' the Fat and The Karen Dunbar Show.
The third series started filming in January 2012 and began its run in August 2012. It has been confirmed on the show's Facebook page that series 3 will be its last.
Fastest Car 2018 The drivers of exotic supercars put their street cred on the line against deceptively fast sleeper cars built and modified by true gearheads.
The Pinkertons 2014 Set in a young America still reeling from the Civil War, The Pinkertons follows Allan Pinkerton—founder of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency— his son, William, and America’s first female detective, Kate Warne, as they solve crimes throughout the “Wild West” of the 1860s.
Enemigo íntimo 2018 The story of two siblings who witness the murder of their parents in the hands of one of the drug cartels in Mexico, after which Alejandro Ferrer's younger sister is kidnapped. 25 years later, Alejandro is now the captain of the Federal Police and seeks revenge against the narcos for destroying his family.
Maniac 2015 The story of Espen, a man in his thirties who is loved by everyone. Every day is a party and there's no limit to what he experiences. We meet Espen in various situations where everything is amazing and whatever happens, Espen knows how to handle it. It is simply too good to be true. Espen has escaped into his own head and where his life is a fantastic fantasy world. In real life he is a patient at the psychiatric ward. What would you choose if you were in Espens situation - to be a fantasy hero or an everyday loser?
Noddy, Toyland Detective 2016 G
My Wife's Having an Affair This Week 2016 Do Hyun-Woo has worked as a PD for the past 10 years. He learns that his wife is having an affair and doesn't know what to do. Do Hyun-Woo, who tries to protect his marriage, talks with anonymous people through online social networks.
Harvey Street Kids 2018 Kids rule in a place called Harvey Street, where a trio of girls right wrongs, ice cream is always an option, and every day feels like Saturday.
Bobby Kennedy for President 2018 Historic footage and leading voices of the era examine the "Bobby Phenomenon" of the 1960s and the legacy of the man who helped redefine the country.
Can't Cope, Won't Cope 2016 A darkly comic drama about two young women, as one of them starts to spiral out of control. Aisling used to getting her own way and Danielle, never one to hog the spotlight, is only too happy to go along with it. But things are changing. Reality is about to hit them, and hit them hard
Money Flower 2017 The story of people driven by greed. Kang Pil-Joo grew up at an orphanage, but he now works as a managing director of a legal team at a corporation. He is acknowledged for his intelligence and his exemplary job performance. Some of those that work around him are jealous of him. Na Mo-Hyun is an environmental activist and a science teacher at a middle school. She is a good listener and laughs a lot. She dreams of a love driven by fate.
The Standups 2017 Comedy's freshest voices take the stage in LA for six half-hour specials packed with sly jokes, hilarious anecdotes and awkward confessions.
Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed 1997 Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed is a series of television shows in which the methods behind magic tricks and illusions are explained. In its original incarnation there were four shows broadcast in 1997-1998 on the Fox network in the United States, and on Sky and ITV in the United Kingdom. In 2008-2009, a new series of thirteen shows was broadcast by MyNetworkTV in the United States and ITV4 in the United Kingdom. On May 1, 2012, reruns of the first season began airing on BIO in the United States.
72 Dangerous Animals: Asia 2018 From fangs to claws to venomous stings, they all wield deadly weapons. But which creature will be crowned the fiercest of all?
Spy Kids: Mission Critical 2018 In this animated spinoff series, Juni and Carmen Cortez must battle the evil organization S.W.A.M.P. -- without the help of their super-spy parents.
Busted! 2018 Suspense, surprises and fun abound in this Korean variety game show featuring big personalities and even bigger mysteries in every episode.
Zindagi Gulzar Hai 2012 Kashaf, an average looking girl from a middle-class family, has a lot of responsibilities. She has an extremely unsatisfied life due to the financial constraints which affect her self-esteem badly. Zaroon belongs to the elite class, has every good thing in life and an unshakable self-confidence. The only thing lacking in Zaroon’s life; a close knit family with enough time for each other. They meet in college and their lives are forever intertwined.
K-POP Extreme Survival 2012 Ji Seung Yeon fails her audition piece for an English music college by severely modernizing it, secretly returning home to South Korea in shame. Hiding out at her painfully shy friend's house, she joins him in auditioning to replace popular members of a boy band who are getting too old. Together, she and her friend make it through to a finalized group of eight competing for the few opening spots. No one but her friend and her uncle (director of the pop music company) and his assistant know she's a girl. The leader of the boy band, not in the know, starts questioning his orientation when finding himself progressively attracted to this "boy."
Chewin' the Fat 1999 Chewin' the Fat is a Scottish comedy sketch show, starring Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill and Karen Dunbar. Comedians Paul Riley and Mark Cox also appeared regularly on the show.
Chewin' the Fat first started as a radio series on BBC Radio Scotland. The later television show, which ran for four series, was first broadcast on BBC One Scotland, but series three and four, as well as highlights from the first two series, were later broadcast to the rest of the United Kingdom. Although the last series ended in February 2002, 6 Hogmanay specials were broadcast and offered on DVD when purchasing the Scottish Sun between 2000 to 2005, one every year.
Chewin' the Fat gave rise to the spin-off show Still Game, a sitcom focusing on the two old male characters Jack and Victor.
The series was mostly filmed in and around Glasgow and occasionally West Dunbartonshire.
The English idiom to chew the fat means to chat casually, but thoroughly, about subjects of mutual interest.
The Beauty Inside 2018 It is a love story of Han Se-gye (Seo Hyun-jin) who is an A-list actress. She is known as a troublemaker and the object of many rumors. Her life is a mystery, but, in reality, she suffers from an unusual phenomenon. At a certain point every month, her appearance changes to a different person. She lives one week out of every month with a different appearance, and Seo Do-jae (Lee Min-ki) who is an executive director of an airline company. He seems perfect with an attractive appearance and intelligence but, he suffers from prosopagnosia. He hides this disability and tries hard to memorize people by their habits and mannerisms. The only face that he is able to recognize is Han Se-gye’s.
The Rebel 1959 The Rebel is a 76-episode American western television series starring Nick Adams that debuted on the ABC network from 1959 to 1961. The Rebel was one of the few Goodson-Todman Productions outside of their game show ventures. Beginning in December 2011, The Rebel reruns began to air Saturday mornings on Me-TV.
Shining Inheritance 2009 Go Eun Sung leads a charmed life. Her wealthy, adoring father allows her to live her dreams of studying abroad, and the only difficulty in her life is her younger brother's struggle with autism. Despite all this good fortune, everything changes for Eun Sang when her loving father dies of mysterious circumstances. After the family discovers that Eun Sang's father left behind a tremendous amount of debt, her stepmother promptly throws her and her brother out of the house. Homeless and penniless, Eun Sung takes a job as a waitress at a nightclub to support herself and her brother. Eun Sung hits rock bottom when her brother disappears. Her fortunes turn, however when her kindness lands her a new lucrative job and a new family of sorts, which leads to new fortune, but also new obstacles.
Brilliant Legacy was among the top-rated Korean dramas of the year; it maintained its number one spot in the viewership ratings chart for 19 consecutive weeks and reached a peak rating of 47.1% for its last episode.
First Team: Juventus 2018 Follow renowned soccer club Juventus on and off the pitch as they attempt to win a seventh straight Italian title and achieve Champions League glory.
Moon Embracing the Sun 2012 Moon Embracing the Sun is a 2012 South Korean historical television drama series, starring Kim Soo-hyun, Han Ga-in, Jung Il-woo and Kim Min-seo. It aired on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation from January 4 to March 15, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.
The series is adapted from the novel of the same name written by Jung Eun-gwol and directed by Kim Do-hoon and Lee Seong-jun. It tells of a secret, poignant love story between a fictional king of the Joseon Dynasty and a female shaman against the backdrop of Korean traditional palace; and the conflicts and conspiracy of vying political powers. This production marks Han Ga-in's first historial drama and return to television since Bad Guy in 2010. It also marks the second historial drama for Jung Il-woo following The Return of Iljimae in 2009.
The series won for Best Drama and Best Actor in the television category at the 2012 Baeksang Arts Awards, and multiple awards at 2012 MBC Drama Awards, including Drama of the Year.
The Indian Detective 2017 A Toronto police officer gets involved in a homicide investigation while visiting his father in Mumbai.
Top Boy 2011 MA15+ A thrilling and raw crime drama following a gang of drug dealers in Hackney, London - an honest and gripping rendition of inner-city drug and gang culture.
Vanished 46 2016
Sacred Games 2018 A link in their pasts leads an honest cop to a fugitive gang boss, whose cryptic warning spurs the officer on a quest to save Mumbai from cataclysm.
Hibana: Spark 2016 Tokunaga, a comedian who is down on his luck, has a shock encounter with Kamiya, an older comedian when he visits a fireworks event in Atami on a job. Tokunaga is deeply touched by Kamiya and asks if he can become his apprentice. Kamiya is a genius type of comedian who is full of human kindness. He accepts Tokunaga’s proposition on the condition that he will write his biography.
Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father 2017 Comic Jack Whitehall invites his stodgy, unadventurous father to travel with him to odd locations and events in an attempt to strengthen their bond.
Shtisel 2013 Akiva and Shulem Shtisel, father and son, sit on a little balcony overlooking streets of the Geula neighborhood of Jerusalem. A year has passed since the mother died. All the other children have left the nest, and only Shulam and Akiva remain - quarreling, making up, and laughing about themselves and the rest of the world. All will change when Akiva meets Elisheva.
Race for the White House 2016 From executive producers Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti, CNN Original Series "Race for the White House" captures the drama of how a high-stakes presidential election can turn on a single issue and so much more.
Norm Macdonald Has a Show 2018 Comedian Norm Macdonald hosts his celebrity friends for casual conversations.
Witch Hunt 2013 "Witch Hunt" is a South Korean talk show that discusses viewers' concerns about sex and dating with the week's celebrity guests.
Peter Rabbit 2013 G Nickelodeon brings treasured literary icon Peter Rabbit to life with the new CG-animated preschool series, Peter Rabbit. The series is a fresh re-imagining of the popular Beatrix Potter children’s books based on Peter Rabbit. Peter Rabbit features educational goals that encourage preschoolers to learn problem-solving and interpersonal skills, self-efficacy, resilience, positive re-framing and fostering an interest in and respect for nature.
Sisters 2017 Sisters follows the story of three women who discover that they are sisters. Julia finds out that her Nobel prize winning father secretly used his own sperm in a number of "In Vitro Fertilisation" procedures.
Here to Heart 2018 She has more than work on her mind. Wen Nuan decides to quit her high-paying job in England to work as an executive assistant to the founder of a high-tech company in China. Zhan Nan Xian started the company with his classmates and used his financial savvy to weather the economic downturn and keep the company successful. It turns out that Wen Nuan and Nan Xian were in a relationship in the past. Can Wen Nuan make herself indispensable to Nan Xian in both his work and his life?
Hip Hop Evolution 2016 Hip-Hop today is a global culture that has changed music, dance, fashion, language —and even politics. But where did this worldwide cultural movement begin? We trace hip-hop back to its humble beginnings, when the kids of the Bronx crammed into house parties, rec rooms, and public parks to hear music like they’d never heard it before.
High Seas 2019 Two sisters discover disturbing family secrets after a string of mysterious deaths occur on a luxury ship traveling from Spain to Brazil in the 1940s.
The Toys That Made Us 2017 The minds behind history's most iconic toy franchises discuss the rise -- and sometimes fall -- of their billion-dollar creations.
The Break with Michelle Wolf 2018 Nobody's safe as Michelle Wolf unapologetically takes aim in this weekly topical show that blends sketches with live comedy and in-studio guests.
You vs. Wild 2019 In this interactive series, you'll make key decisions to help Bear Grylls survive, thrive and complete missions in the harshest environments on Earth.
Vai Anitta 2018 Go behind the scenes with Brazilian superstar Anitta as the singer reveals how she's consolidating her international career.
Power Rangers Operation Overdrive 2007 PG Divatox has begun her invasion on Earth and the Power Rangers trade in their Zeo crystal powers for Turbo technology powers to combat this new threat.
Monty Don's Italian Gardens 2011 Monty Don conducts his personal 'grand garden tour' around Italy, including the retreats of the affluent north and horticultural gems of the south.
Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough 2015 G Following his visit to the Great Barrier Reef in 1957, naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough returns and uses the latest filming techniques to unlock the secrets of the natural wonder.
The Kirlian Frequency 2019 In the midnight hour, a lone DJ broadcasts the strangest - and scariest - tales from the outer edges of Kirlian, a lost city somewhere in Argentina.
Hitler's Circle of Evil 2017 Surviving power struggles, betrayals and plots, Hitler's inner circle of Nazi leaders seizes control of Germany and designs its disastrous future.
Tales by Light 2015 Behind every powerful image is a powerful story. Uniting exploration, photography and the natural world, Tales By Light follows photographers from Australia and around the world as they push the limits of their craft.
Chelsea Does 2016 Comedienne and writer Chelsea Handler discusses the topics of marriage, racism, Silicon Valley, and drugs. Filmed in four parts.
Time: The Kalief Browder Story 2017 The story of a teenager wrongfully charged with theft and jailed at Riker's Island prison for over 1,000 days.
The Alienist 2018 New York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore and secretary Sara Howard to investigate several murders of male prostitutes.
Robocar Poli 2011 G
Mossad 101 2015 Cadets from every level of Israeli society undergo intense training to join their country's elite, highly classified intelligence service, the Mossad.
The series revolves around a secret Mossad compound called 'HaMidrasha', which is surrounded by surveillance cameras and is equipped with technological devices. The compound operates a training course in which 13 trainees are sent to complicated missions in order to test their suitability for the occupation, and their improvisation, seduction and impersonation abilities. Yonna, the commander of the course, criticizes the mediocrity of Mossad's agents and demands from the new trainees a higher level of execution. He decides to create a new training program to test his trainees via unusual and radical situations, in which, apart from excellence, Yonna demands a creative "out of the box" thinking.
Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley 2016 Lucy Worsley travels to Russia to tell the extraordinary story of the dynasty that ruled the country for more than three centuries - the Romanovs.
The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann 2019 The documentary takes a detailed look at the disappearance of 3-year-old Madeleine McCann, who vanished while on holiday with her family.
Somebody Feed Phil 2018 "Everybody Loves Raymond" creator Phil Rosenthal travels the globe to take in the local cuisine and culture of Bangkok, Lisbon, Mexico City and more.
Someone Like You 2015 A man loses everything in one day in a tragic car accident. Fang Zhan Cheng lost his fiancée, Liang Luo Han, but he also lost his own eyesight. Devastated by the loss of his fiancée, Zhan Cheng is inconsolable and even refuses a corneal transplant that could restore his vision. But his life takes an unexpected turn when Wang Yu Xi, who looks exactly like his fiancée, is hired to become Zhan Cheng’s day nurse. Another young woman, Xu Ya Ti, receives Luo Han’s heart in a transplant and begins to exhibit many of Luo Han’s mannerisms and personality. Caught between a woman who looks exactly like his beloved dead fiancée and another woman who behaves just like her, what will Zhan Cheng do?
72 Dangerous Places to Live 2016 M Get up close and personal with avalanches, fiery volcanoes and other natural cataclysms, and learn why some choose to live in their destructive paths.
Russell Peters vs. the World 2013 A four-part docu-series that's an exclusive, backstage pass to global comedy superstar Russell Peters' record-breaking "Notorious" world tour.
Juana Inés 2016 She was a self-taught scholar and a nun. And she refused to apologize for being a woman born into a man's world.
Shadow 2019 Haunted by a tragic loss, an ex-cop with a rare inability to feel pain strikes out on his own to catch offenders who've eluded Johannesburg police.
The King of Romance 2016 Gao Bing Bing is a modern woman who deeply believed in reincarnation and often imagines herself as one the reincarnated heroine from the "Love Eternal" stories. Her encounter with two guys from her past challenge her belief of "destined true love."
Formula 1: Drive to Survive 2019 Drivers, managers and team owners live life in the fast lane -- both on and off the track -- during one cutthroat season of Formula 1 racing.
Jonah From Tonga 2014 MA15+ Fourteen year old breakdancer and mischievous delinquent, Jonah Takalua, returns from Tonga to start a new life at Holy Cross High School.
Dominating the playground with his gang Fobba-licious, amusing himself with endless filfthy jokes and a schoolyard rivalry with the Rangas, Jonah challenges the school system, getting himself into more trouble than ever before.
LEGO Friends 2012 Five Best Friends Go on Many Fun Lego adventures.
Slasher 2016 Thirty years ago, in the sleepy community of Waterbury, a killer known as “The Executioner” murdered Sarah Bennett's parents. Now Sarah and her husband Dylan have returned to town, only to find herself the centerpiece in a series of horrifying murders centered around the seven deadly sins.
The Undateables 2012 Follow single people with disabilities as they sign up to a dating agency in order to find a partner.
A.D. 1985 A 12 hours miniseries adapted from Anthony Burgess's novel The Kingdom of the Wicked.
Popples 1986 Popples was a Saturday morning cartoon, based on the Popples toys, that aired in the United States from 1986 to 1987. The pilot was a live-action Shelley Duvall special, in which they were puppets and marionettes; after this was well-received, it was decided to make a cartoon series with the same characters. The cartoon was produced by DIC Entertainment and LBS Communications in association with The Maltese Companies.
Like the toys they're based on, the Popples resemble colorful teddy bears or rabbits with long, pompom-tipped tails, and they have pouches on their backs that can be everted so they resemble fuzzy balls. The name "Popple" is a reference to the popping sound they make when unfolding themselves from such a ball, or pulling objects from their pouches. In the cartoon Popples commonly pull large items from their pouches that couldn't possibly fit inside, which come from hammerspace; in "Popples Alley", one of the Popples' human friends looks inside one of their pouches and sees numerous objects floating in a void.
Nine of the Popples live with a human brother and sister, Billy and Bonnie Wagner. Billy and Bonnie think they are the only kids who have Popples until a neighbor family moves in and they have their own Popples — the Rock Stars, Pufflings, and Babies. The Popples tend to come around and mess up whatever the kids are trying to do; e.g., if the kids are trying to brush their teeth, the Popples end up spilling water, toothpaste and soap all over the bathroom. If the kids are trying to clean their rooms, the Popples come along, mess up the room even worse and then help them get everything back to normal just in the nick of time. The plot revolved around the children's efforts to hide the existence of the Popples from the adults around them.
Mister Maker 2007 G Mister Maker is a pre-school children's arts and crafts programme commissioned by Michael Carrington at the BBC for CBeebies. The programme launched in 2007 and also airs on BBC One and BBC Two. In the United States and Latin America the show airs on the Discovery Familia network, dubbed in Spanish. To date three series have been commissioned from The Foundation. It also airs in Australia on ABC2. The programme comprises a mixture of animation and real time content, and a spin-off programme Mister Maker Comes to Town began in 2010. Mister Maker is played by Phil Gallagher.
Morocco: Love in Times of War 2017 Oblivious to the strife that awaits them, a group of young nurses from Spain's upper class head to war-torn Marocco in 1921 to help where help is needed. Many lessons in love and life are learned before they overcome deepest conflicts, grow as human beings and find out what they really want from life and whom they truly love.
Miss in Kiss 2016 After an earthquake destroyed Xiang Qin's house, she and her father moved in with the family of her father's college buddy, Uncle Ah Li. To her surprise, the kind and amicable aunt and uncle are the parents of her cold and distant schoolmate Jiang Zhi Shu, a genius with an IQ of 200 whom not too long ago rejected her endless crush on him. Will the close proximity give her a second chance to win Zhi Shu's heart? Or, will her love for him end under his cold words? What happens when there is competition for his heart?
Well-Intended Love 2019 In order to receive a bone marrow transplant quicker and be able to continue her career as an actress, Xia Lin enters into a secret marriage with Ling Yi Zhou, the CEO of a company. Despite the conspiracies and misunderstandings they encounter, the two find true love.
Legend Quest 2017 When an evil force threatens his village, a gifted teen who can talk to ghosts puts his skills to good use, one legend at a time.
Don't Watch This 2018 Ghoulish creatures, dark obsessions and unsettling visions await in this hair-raising set of short horror films. You've been warned.
Tokyo Trial 2016 In the wake of World War II, 11 Allied judges are tasked with weighing the fates of Japanese war criminals in a tense international trial.
Best.Worst.Weekend.Ever. 2018 Teenage friends plan an epic trip to Comic-Con to meet their idol, only to get caught in one hilariously awkward predicament after another.
Talking Tom and Friends 2014 Armed with technological gear, great ideas and an unfailing sense of humour, Talking Tom and his friends are on a mission to reach stardom at all costs.
Selection Day 2018 Two teen cricket prodigies struggle against their overbearing father and a system stacked against them to realize their own ambitions and identities.
Deep 2016 As he grapples with a life-threatening illness, a police investigator tracks the explosion of a new synthetic drug on the streets of Paris.
The Fierce Wife 2010 The Fierce Wife, or The Shrewd Wife in Singapore, is a 2010 Taiwanese drama starring Sonia Sui, Wen Sheng Hao, Chris Wang and Amanda Zhu. It was a TTV and Sanlih E-Television co-presentation, and was directed by Xu Fu Jun. The filming started in October 2010, and was first broadcast on 5 November 2010. It’s been on the air ever since.
Before The Fierce Wife was produced, both Sonia Sui and Wen Sheng Hao had acted in two TTV productions, The Year of Happiness and Love and PS Man. The Fierce Wife, The Year of Happiness and Love, and PS Man all feature youth idol.
On 9 June 2011, The Fierce Wife, described as “the most talked about TV show in Taiwan,” entered the Japanese market, renamed Does Marriage Guarantee Happiness. It was broadcast on BS Nittele in Chinese with Japanese subtitles, every Thursday at 2300 in high definition, six times as high as in Taiwan. The whole TV series was divided into 34 episodes in Japan, and the DVDs in both Chinese and Japanese went on sale on 20 June 2012.
The TV series was a big hit in 2011. “Xiaosan” or “Little Third”, “the other woman” in the story, has become a popular euphemism thanks to the show. Also, merchandise has sold well in Taiwan and abroad. The popular drama was nominated for a number of Golden Bell Awards. Some controversial parts of the story received heated discussion, and the producer Wang Pei Hua decided to make it into a feature movie set four years after the main female character Xie An Zhen get divorced. A press conference to announce the film adaptation The Fierce Wife: The Final Episode, was held on 20 January 2012. The film was released on 17 August 2012.
Northern Rescue 2019 After the death of his wife, Sarah, John West, packs up his three children and moves from their hectic urban life to his small northern hometown to take command of the local search-and-rescue service. Once there, the family struggles with their new surroundings, new friends and accepting Sarah's death.
Battlefish 2018 Over the course of a fishing season, tough men and women pursue lucrative albacore tuna in the competitive waters off the Oregon coast.
The Sound of Your Heart: Reboot 2018 Based on the longest-running web-based comic series "Ma Eum Ui Sori" in Korea, "Sound of your heart" is a story about Cho Seok, an aspiring comic writer, and his strange family.
Dear White People 2017 At a predominantly white Ivy League college, a diverse group of students navigate various forms of racial and other types of discrimination.
Murder Mountain 2018 In Humboldt County, California, the big business of legal marijuana brings in visitors from around the world. Some are never seen again.
Bibik Bibikku 2016 Romantic comedy drama about Dr. Hanafi family living in the city and the ills of their maids who come from all over the country.
The Royal House of Windsor 2017 Drawing on newly available evidence, this epic series explores the Windsor dynasty's gripping family saga, providing fresh insights into how our royal family have survived four generations of crisis.
The Beginning of Life: The Series 2016 Using breakthroughs in technology and neuroscience, this series examines how environment affects infants - and how infants can affect our future.
Trotsky 2017 The life pages of a man who changed the world but paid back everything he had. Leon Trotsky is being interviewed in Mexico city of the year 1940 by Canadian journalist Frank Jackson. During eight days they have eight interview sessions revealing the true face of Comrade Trotsky.
Coach Snoop 2016 See a different side of Snoop Dogg in this unique documentary, which details the famous rapper's efforts to mentor young athletes and create opportunities for them to compete at the highest level of youth football. We'll meet the kids and coaches that form Snoop's squad -- and witness the important life lessons they learn with every game.
Awake: The Million Dollar Game 2019 Sleepless for 24 hours, contestants in the comedy game show stumble through challenges both eccentric and everyday for a chance at a $1 million prize.
Club de Cuervos Presents: The Ballad of Hugo Sánchez 2018 Chava Iglesias's doting personal assistant Hugo Sánchez is tasked with leading Club de Cuervos to victory in Nicaragua -- if only his mom will let him.
Monkey Twins 2018 Inspired by Khon dance drama and Thai martial arts, a fighter scarred by the past joins forces with a determined cop to battle an organized crime ring.
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman 2017 Morgan Freeman travels the globe in search of an answer to one fundamental question for humanity: what are the common forces that bind us together?
Obsession: Dark Desires 2014 Intimate access to the emotional scars of those who have suffered as victims of extreme obsession.
El Vato 2016 El Vato is an American biographical television series based on the life of Mexican singer El Dasa and created by Endemol Shine International and Boomdog Films for NBC Universo. The plot focuses of the story of Mexican singer El Vato and his friends in their attempt to triumph in the treacherous and seductive musical world of Los Angeles, California (Wiki).
Bangkok รัก Stories 2 ตอน ไม่เดียงสา 2018 An eclectic group of men and women looking for romantic adventures in the dazzling Silom district of Bangkok. Age or profession are not a problem.
Part-Time Idol 2017 This drama takes place in fictional entertainment company where a producer who has produced many famous idols suddenly has an existential crisis and disappears. Years later he appears and starts to put together a co-ed idol group, which is when the story begins.
Fire Chasers 2017 As California's 2016 fire season rages, brave backcountry firefighters race to put out the flames, protect homes and save lives in this docuseries.
The Road to Calvary 2017 Swept up in political unrest during World War I, two sisters in St. Petersburg cope with turbulent romances as Russian history is made around them.
First and Last 2018 Take an intimate look at the emotionally charged first and last days of new and soon-to-be released inmates at Georgia's Gwinnett County Jail.
Street Food 2019 Embark on a global cultural journey into street food and discover the stories of the people who create the flavorful dishes.
Cooking on High 2018 In the first-ever competitive cannabis cooking show, two chefs prepare mouthwatering marijuana-infused dishes for a panel of very chill celeb judges.
Stay Here 2018 Designer Genevieve Gorder and real estate expert Peter Lorimer show property owners how to turn their short-term rentals into moneymaking showstoppers.
Tornado Hunters 2014 Greg Johnson, Chris Chittick, and Ricky Forbes are the Tornado Hunters and they’re going to find the biggest, baddest tornadoes in North America, and head straight for them. If they can keep four wheels on the ground, they’ll capture the world’s best, most extreme storm imagery, and turn their passion for storm chasing into one hell of a way to make a living.
Pride and Prejudice 2014 A legal drama about team of young and passionate prosecutors who banded together to fight against injustice and oppression that befall weak and poor people. Besides face many hardships from higher authority, they also learn to cooperate and adjust with the clash of different personalities and backgrounds.
Ja'mie: Private School Girl 2013 M Ja'mie King, the self-promoting "queen bee" of Summer Heights High, returns from an exchange semester at that public school for her last three months at Hillford Girls Grammar, where she's the unchallenged diva among the school's most popular girls, as well as the school captain. Clothes, cars, boys, parties ... Ja'mie has it all, and her overriding goal is to win the Hillford Medal
Cunning Single Lady 2014 Ae-Ra is focused on her appearance as she believes it will lead her to a better life. She then meets Jung-Woo who studied engineering. They eventually get married, but they also get divorced. After their divorce, Ae-Ra goes through difficult times. Unlike Ae-Ra though, Jung-Woo becomes a successful IT developer and very wealthy. Now, Ae-Ra tries to seduce Jung-Woo to marry her again.
The Comedy Lineup 2018 A diverse group of up-and-coming comedians perform 15-minute sets in this stand-up comedy showcase series.
Land of Honor 2014 Set on horse ranches around Houston, Texas, this Spanish-language telenovela covers the three Gallardo brothers' search for vengeance against the wealthy del Junco family, following the mysterious death of their rodeo-riding sister. The brothers soon become aware of the three beautiful del Junco daughters, and entanglements ensue...
A Love So Beautiful 2017 It tells the love story of two childhood sweethearts that spans 19 years. Chen Xiao Xi is a cute and small girl with a lot of positive energy. She gets to know Jiang Chen, a tall and proud genius boy, at school and tries everything to pursue him. The drama depicts the beautiful and pure heart throbbing love of seventeen years olds, but also delves into the topic of making mistakes andhow to find back to each other again.
Daughters of Destiny 2017 Five girls from India's most impoverished families attend a boarding school designed to create opportunities as they strive for a brighter future.
Grand hotel 2016 In the 1950s, Ali, a young man, arrives at the Grand Hotel in the beautiful city of Aswan to investigate the disappearance of his younger sister. He gets a job as a waiter and falls in love with the daughter of the owner "Nazly". Nazly starts to help him to discover the truth about his sister's disappearance. Then the story takes a different twist to discover all the secrets and mysteries hidden in the wonderful Grand Hotel.
My Little Baby 2016 Cha Jung Han is a detective for a special investigation team. He is busy with investigating violent cases including drugs and gangs, but one day he takes in his niece, Eun Ae and struggles to raise her. Meanwhile, Han Ye Seul is a single mother who raises her 5-years-old son alone. She is Cha Jung-Han’s first love.
Fall In Love With Me 2014 Lu Tian Xing is a prodigy in Asia's advertising field. Rich, famous, and mightily successful, he suddenly announces during a press conference that he will be taking a three-month break from the advertising life. With a simple disguise, he transforms himself into "Xiao Lu." Enter Tao Le Si, a young woman who promised her late brother to protect his advertisement agency and his legacy. Unfortunately business never picks up and Le Si had to battle with Tian Xing to stop her company from being sold. When Xiao Lu enters her office doors, Le Si initially thinks that he's Tian Xing but the two men's personalities are complete opposites. Le Si finds herself drawn to Xiao Lu's warm temperament, but will their love last once she discovers the truth of his identity?
W: Two Worlds 2016 Han Hyo-joo plays a surgeon whose father is a famous comic book creator. One day Dad goes missing and she rushes to his workshop to look for him, and instead finds a strange man bathed in blood. She gets kidnapped by the bloody man, which is where their story begins. The drama takes place in 2016 Seoul, but in different dimensions that exist in parallel with one another. It’s described as a suspense romance melodrama about “a man and a woman who are living in the same time, but different worlds.”
COMEDIANS of the world 2019 Global stand-up comedy series features a diverse set of comics from 13 regions bringing their perspectives on what's funny around the world.
El Chema 2016
In the Bosom of a Thorn 2019 After the invasion of Kuwait, a woman's infant daughter is taken from her. Now, her daughter looks to make her way back home years later.
The Prince Who Turns into a Frog 2005 The Prince Who Turns Into a Frog is a 2005 Taiwanese drama starring Ming Dow and Sam Wang of boyband 183 Club; and Joe Chen and Joyce Chao of girl group 7 Flowers, as well as all the members of the former and two members of the latter, who are signed by Jungiery Entertainment. It was produced by Sanlih E-Television and directed by Chen Ming Zhang and Liu Jun Jie.
The series was first broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air Taiwan Television from 5 June 2005 to 16 October 2005, every Sunday at 21:30 and cable TV Sanlih E-Television from 11 June 2005 to 22 October 2005, every Saturday at 21:00.
Episode seven was broadcast on 17 July 2005, it achieved an average rating of 7.05 and peaked at 8.05, which broke the previous average record of 6.43 held by Meteor Garden and was the highest peak for a single episode for a Taiwanese drama until it was broken by episode 13 of Fated To Love You which peaked at 8.13 in 2008.
Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan and Jane 2017 Saved from a plane crash and given supernatural powers, teen Tarzan joins forces with brave city girl Jane to protect his jungle home from threats.
The Adventures of Chuck and Friends 2010 G Zoom along with dump truck Chuck and his motorized pals as they have all kinds of crazy adventures and learn what it means to be a good friend.
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls 2017 Full-time students and part-time magical pony-girls, the Equestria Girls are always ready to save the day with the Magic of Friendship!
Rilakkuma and Kaoru 2019 Kaoru's unexpected new roommate is Rilakkuma, a bear with a zipper on its back that spends each day just lazing around -- but is impossible to hate.
Wolf 1989 Wolf is a 1989 CBS television series starring Jack Scalia and Nicolas Surovy. It features Scalia as Tony Wolf, a former San Francisco cop turned private detective and Surovy as the district attorney who had caused him to be discharged from the force. Joseph Sirola starred as Wolf's father, Sal who lived on a boat. The programme was also later shown on ITV in 1992.
Filinta : Bir Osmanlı Polisiyesi 2014
I Do, I Do 2012 I Do, I Do is a 2012 South Korean romantic-comedy television series, starring Kim Sun-a, Lee Jang-woo, Park Gun-hyung and Im Soo-hyang. It is about a successful shoe designer in her late 30s whose career is sidetracked when she accidentally gets knocked up.
The series aired on MBC from May 30 to July 19, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.
Doomsday Preppers 2011 MA15+ Doomsday Preppers is an American reality television series that airs on the National Geographic Channel. Dräger Equipment, Wise Food Storage Company and the United States Gold Bureau are sponsors of the show.
Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh 2016 PG Picking up where the 2015 film left off, this coming-of-age buddy comedy follows fearless Tip and overenthusiastic Oh, as they navigate the crazily combined human and alien culture they live in, finding adventure everywhere they go.
The Innocent Man 2018 In a story that gained national attention with John Grisham’s best-selling non-fiction book, The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town, the six-part documentary series The Innocent Man focuses on two murders that shook the small town of Ada, Oklahoma, in the 1980s — and the controversial chain of events that followed.
Tientsin Mystic 2017 Frequent flooding and drowning were common occurrences in Tianjin (Tientsin) in the early 1900s. But when a local shipping magnate was found drowned to death chained to a statue on the bottom of riverbed, police department's underwater recovery team captain Guo De You was their primary suspect, since he was the only one in the city who could stay underwater long enough to complete the deed. The businessman son's Ding Mao tried to prove Guo's guilt, but his own forensic discovery and another bizarre drowning in the same vicinity challenged his initial impression. Together with spirit medium Gu Ying and news reporter Xiao Lan Lan, they peeled away the mystery and found the clues pointed to an incident occurred over 20 years ago when an evil cult was ravaging the city. Now, the cult was once again causing havoc. To stop their resurgence, the team must investigate the unexplained, mind-bending cases that plagued their city.
Fartsa 2015 An epic saga which takes place over a long time span from 1961 to 1991. From the midpoint of the story we view the friendship of four boys. In season main heroes are in their 20's, they are childhood friends, and for the sake of their friendship they are ready to sacrifice anything. Everyone has their own dreams, but their circumstances will take them on a difficult path and they will be forced into all kinds of underground economic dealings in the early 60s. And, worst of all - they are successful in this business. And the more successful they are, the further they get from their real dreams.
Possessed 2019 A foul mouthed yet soft hearted top detective teams up with a reclusive psychic to solve cases.
November 13: Attack on Paris 2018 MA15+ Survivors and first responders share personal stories of anguish, kindness and bravery that unfolded amid the Paris terror attacks of Nov. 13, 2015.
Hostages 2013 The night before a high profile operation on the PM, the surgeon due to perform the procedure is surprised at her family home by four masked men. The gang quickly take control of her and her family and order her to kill the PM.
Big 2012 18-year-old Kang Gyung-Joon's spirit suddenly becomes transplanted in the body of 30-year-old Seo Yoon Jae. Seo-Yon-Jae is a successful doctor and engaged to high school teacher Gil Da-Ran. Gil Da-Ran just so happens to be the teacher of 18-year old Kang Gyung-Joon. More problems ensue when 30-year-old Seo Yoon Jae falls in love with another woman.
Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light 2017 A father and son rekindle their bond through the online role-playing game Final Fantasy XIV in this live-action series based on a true story.
The Iron Lady 2009 After business troubles destroy her father, a headstrong young woman does battle with her deeply patriarchal culture to secure her family's legacy.
Sensitive Skin 2014 Davina and her husband Al try to revamp their lives as they struggle with the uncertainties of middle age.
Bromance 2015 Could anyone be more excited to reach her 25th birthday? Pi Ya Nuo had an inauspicious start to her life. Doomed to live her life as a boy, Ya Nuo is shy and always tries to keep her distance to people to hide her true identity, and the mysterious aloofness makes her irresistible to the girls around her. With her 26th birthday fast approaching, will Ya Nuo find her much-anticipated return to being a female will be as easy as she had hoped?
Jingliks 2015 G Welcome to Jingle City. It is a peaceful fairy place inhabited by tiny human beings Jingliks and cute furry creatures Beasties. They constantly get drawn in all kind of incredible events and most importantly, they totally love it. No wonder. Jingliks and Beasties follow the one and only rule - Not a day without an adventure.
Cyborg 009: Call of Justice 2017 Years after taking up normal lives incognito, the cyborgs are forced to fight again when the superhuman Blessed appear with a plan for humanity.
Ronny Chieng: International Student 2017 M Ronny is a Malaysian student who’s come to Australia to study law. Though smart, driven and competitive, he’s also blunt and barbed, so it’s not long before Ronny is at odds with most people on campus.
MeatEater 2012 MeatEater is a non-fiction outdoors hunting television series in the United States first airing on The Sportsman Channel starring Steven Rinella for it's first 4 seasons. It was then taken on by Netflix for seasons 5-7. An 8th season is planned. The show first aired on January 1, 2012 and is produced by Zero Point Zero Production.
Office Girls 2011 Office Girls, is a 2011 Taiwanese drama starring Roy Chiu, Alice Ko, James Wen, Tia/Keiko, and Patrick Lee. It started filming in July 2011.
It was first broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air Taiwan Television every Sunday at 22:00 from 21 August 2011, and cable TV SET Metro every Saturday at 22:00 from 28 August 2011.
LEGO City 2011 The robbers escape from their cells and are up to no good – their adventures are funny and entertaining. The city police are put to the test. Will our heroes catch the robber? See the Lego City characters and the trusted city police dog come together to help put them back behind bars.
Ending So Gently 2017 The first part of the series revolves around three young people who live in a popular neighborhood, and because of their carelessness and recklessness they are exposed to many problems and comedy situations. The events of the second part of the series revolve around human conflict and the creation of a third world war.
Fearless 2004 Born with a genetic defect, 23-year-old agent Gaia lacks one of the most basic human instincts: fear. She works for an elite Special Investigations Unit (SIU) staffed with the finest young agents to infiltrate and apprehend society's dangerous new class of young criminals. While her partners Ryan and Harmony suspect she has a secret, they have no choice but to trust her. Whether her rare mutation is an important asset or a deadly liability for the unit remains to be seen.
Charlie's Colorforms City 2019 Charlie creates fun stories using different shapes, and he needs your help! Take off for adventures in outer space, the Wild West -- and right at home.
Drunken to Love You 2011 Love You, is a 2011 Taiwanese drama starring Joseph Chang, Rainie Yang, Kingone Wang, Tiffany Hsu, Alien Huang and Tom Price. It is the second installment of the Fated to Love You trilogy. It started filming in January 2011 and wrapped on 30 April.
It was first broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air Taiwan Television from 17 April 2011, every Sunday at 22:00 and cable TV SET Metro from 23 April 2011, every Saturday at 21:00.
Love You was nominated in 2011 for four awards at the 46th Golden Bell Awards, including Best Leading Actor in a Television Series for Joseph Chang, Best Directing for a Television Series for Ming-chang Chen and Best Television Series.
jPod 2008 jPod is a comedic television series based on Douglas Coupland’s novel of the same name. It premiered on CBC Television on January 8, 2008. Starting with the fifth episode, the show began airing Fridays at 9:00.
On April 4, 2008, it was announced that the CBC had cancelled the show because of low ratings. However, all but one of the remaining episodes aired. The cancellation of jPod sparked a fan-led protest.
The show's opening title theme is Flutter by Bonobo. Produced by I’m Feeling Lucky Productions for the CBC, jPod was created by Douglas Coupland and Michael MacLennan. Coupland also co-wrote many of season one’s episodes.
Hormones 2013 High school students in Bangkok wrestle with issues such as sex, teen pregnancy, drugs, school violence, family turmoil and more in this Thai drama.
Iron Ladies 2018 To the outside world, everything in their lives is going well for them. But three professional women in their 30s try to find their own personal happiness outside of their successful careers.
Kibaoh Klashers 2017
Camarón Revolution 2018
Hardy Bucks 2010 In a small town in West Ireland, we following the misadventures of five hapless men down on their luck, trying to leave their backwards rural home town and attempt to reach America and sample modern civilization.
Man & Beast with Martin Clunes 2015 Martin Clunes sets out on an international journey to investigate the extraordinary relationship between man and beast. From birds to bears, and from pets to primates, involving ancient and modern techniques and partnerships, Martin observes humans and animals working side by side in ways that have existed and evolved during hundreds of millennia.
Long Shadow 2014 David Reynolds traces the legacy of the Great War across 100 years and 10 different countries, examining how the war haunted a generation and shaped the peace that followed.
An Innocent Mistake 2012 Zhong Man Qing received 3 times the mother's love, as she was raised by 3 mothers. But all their love could not stop her secret longing for a father. When a case of lost wallet led her to Zheng Da Shan, she thought she had found the perfect father figure. His wise counsel comforted her during a tumultuous time in her life. She began to envy his son Zheng Yu En for having him as a parent. Their relationships became complicated when the son expressed his love interest in her, but she only wanted the father. Three of them learned a hard lesson on how to love so that love is a blessing and not a torment.
Ingobernable 2017 The First Lady of Mexico has big plans to improve conditions for the country. As she starts to lose faith in her husband, President Diego Nava, she finds herself at a crossroad where she will need to find a way to deal with a great challenge.
Fake or Fortune? 2011 Journalist Fiona Bruce teams up with art expert Philip Mould to investigate the provenance or attribution of notable artworks.
Academia Regala 2016
Huge in France 2019 Famous comedian Gad Elmaleh moves to LA to reconnect with his son and must learn to live without the celebrity perks he's accustomed to in France.
Operation Proposal 2012 Kang Baek-ho and Ham Yi-seul have been best friends since elementary school. Baek-ho has never acknowledged his attraction to her, unaware that Yi-seul has been in love with him for more than 20 years. Finally, at the wedding ceremony where Yi-seul is about to marry another man, Baek-ho regrets that he never confessed his love for the bride. A mysterious conductor suddenly appears and offers him a second chance to win Yi-seul's heart. Baek-ho travels back in time to various events of their lives hoping to change the outcome of their relationship. But changing the future is not as easy as it seems.
High School - Love On 2014 High school may be tough, but Woo Hyun (Nam Woo Hyun) has a guardian angel looking over him — literally. Disguised as a naive high schooler, Lee Seul Bi (Kim Sae Ron) descends from the heavens to protect Woo Hyun's life, but discovers she's got a thing or two to learn about life as a teenager, including the pains of falling in love. Can this cherubic guardian protect the apple of her eye and also manage to survive high school?
Tree with Deep Roots 2011 Deep Rooted Tree is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Jang Hyuk, Shin Se-kyung and Han Suk-kyu. Based on the novel of the same title by Lee Jeong-myeong, it aired on SBS from October 5 to December 22, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes.
Taking its name from the poem Yongbieocheonga that says that trees with deep roots do not sway, the series tells the story of a royal guard investigating a case involving the serial murders of Jiphyeonjeon scholars in Gyeongbok Palace while King Sejong comes to create the Korean written language.
Free Rein 2017 A 15-year-old from LA spends the summer at her mom's childhood home on an island off the coast of England, where she bonds with a mysterious horse.
The Paper 2016 The last independent newsroom in the country is taken over by a construction magnate for the reasons that have nothing to do with love or respect for journalism.
Beethoven Virus 2008 Two musicians who retired from their musical careers for different reasons join together with a demanding and difficult genius conductor to form an orchestra against all odds. Although it requires a lot of hard work to form their orchestra, they keep chasing their dreams of doing what they love the most in the world and this gives them great satisfaction. Three young and old people with different personalities and life experiences gather together under a common dream and they find love and the room to forgive each other as they eventually earn each other’s respect.
The Casketeers 2018 Francis and Kaiora Tipene are the passionate proprietors of Tipene Funerals. This is a unique opportunity to look behind the scenes of their business and into this little-explored but vital service, where our culture's last taboo is being addressed with dignity and aroha.
My Runway 2016 An egotistic top male model and a pretty model wannabe are forced to live each other's lives until they figure out a way to undo their body switch.
The Big Family Cooking Showdown 2017 In this unscripted series, families passionate about food serve up their most delicious dishes for the chance to be crowned Britain's best home cooks.
Brainchild 2018 From germs and emotions to social media and more, it's the science of your world explained in a way that's refreshingly relatable.
Inside West Coast Customs 2011 Inside the world famous "west coast customs" Ryan Friedlinghaus presents some of the dopest transformations on some of the dopest vehicles, with some high end clientele, Ryan and the west coast customs team don't disappoint!
Hollywood Darlings 2017 In this improvised comedy, the three former child stars - Jodie Sweetin, Christine Lakin, and Beverley Mitchell - play exaggerated versions of themselves in their current Hollywood lives. With the support of one another, this girl squad can take on anything when it comes to parenting, marriage, friendship and revived careers in Hollywood.
Captive 2016 Documentary series reconstructing history's most complex, high-stakes hostage negotiations as kidnapping victims recount their terrifying ordeals.
Best Lover 2016 Best Couple's background is set in modern day Korean entertainment industry. The story is about two top stars entering into a fake marriage with their own secret agendas, and through their efforts to defend their fake marriage in public, they learn about about each other's pains and weaknesses and eventually end up together. The male lead comes from a poor background and through hard work becomes a top star. He finds himself emotionally involved with his first love, fake wife and admirer. The female lead comes from a chaebol family and is an arrogant top star. She is neglected by her parents and due to a family feud/conspiracy, she must act strong in order to survive even though she is weak at times. Through a fake marriage, these two people find true love and their true selves.
Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes 2019 A unique look inside the mind of an infamous serial killer with this cinematic self-portrait crafted from statements made by Ted Bundy, including present-day interviews, archival footage and audio recordings from death row.
Love, Timeless 2017 A time traveling romance about a man who gets a second chance to fix his life, but still has no clue what he needs to do.
More Tales of the City 1998 In this sequel to the controversial PBS mini-series, Mona Ramsey is on a cross-country trip that takes her to a brothel which may hold a secret about her past. Michael "Mouse" Tolliver and Mary Ann Singleton go on a cruise where they meet up with lovers old and new. Back in San Francisco, Brian Hawkins becomes involved with a mysterious woman he spots from his window, while DeDe Halcyon Day becomes acquainted with a new friend who helps her discover her true inner feelings.
Real Detective 2016 With narrative driven exclusively by the detectives themselves, each episode ventures deep into the mind of a homicide detective as they describe in vivid detail the one case forever ingrained in their memory.
Llama Llama 2018 Llama, his family and his good friends have heart-warming adventures in a safe, friendly town. An animated show based on the award-winning books.
The Investigator: A British Crime Story 2016 Mark Williams-Thomas returns to ITV for an explosive and ground-breaking new investigative series that shows how real life crime can be far more compelling than fiction. The murder of Carole Packman, whose body has never been found, continues to affect the lives of many of those involved and as Williams-Thomas discovers, the shocking tale of murder, fraud, deceit and lies has left family members desperate for answers. In a UK television first, The Investigator: A British Crime Story, will follow the case over four explosive episodes, combining stylized drama with compelling documentary.
Inside the Criminal Mind 2018 Explore the psychological machinations and immoral behavior that define the most nefarious types of criminals.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - The Return 2017 One man. Three bots. And a vault of B movies just begging for witty riffs. Welcome to an all-new era of MST3K.
Myths & Monsters 2017 This documentary series tells the stories that have gripped imaginations for centuries and reveals the fascinating and unexpected history behind them.
Trailer Park Boys: Out of the Park: Europe 2016 A lot of liquor an whores, mustard and bologna, maybe some cigarettes and dope, but mostly just liquor and whores, cigarettes and balogna, as well as mustard and dope.
One More Time 2016 This fantasy drama follows an indie band singer who repeatedly undergoes unwanted time slips and the girlfriend he must save from an unlucky fate.
Back to 1989 2016 A young successful young man has always felt something missing in his life because he never knew his father. At 26, Che Chen is already a successful assistant manager for an investment trust. But he was raised by his single mother Chen Mu and never knew the identity of his father, and that void has been nagging at him. But a freak accident sends Che back 27 years into the past, to the year before he was born. When he meets 22-year-old Zhen Zhen Ye, Che realizes that this naïve and trusting young woman is his mother's best friend! When Che realizes that anything he does in the year 1989 could alter his mother’s future, will he do anything to alter the course of his own life?
Four Seasons in Havana 2016 As Havana slowly revolves through the year, wistful detective Mario Conde probes the sultry heart of the city to investigate dark and deadly crimes.
Afflicted 2018 Baffling symptoms. Controversial diagnoses. Costly treatments. Seven people with chronic illnesses search for answers -- and relief.
Take My Brother Away 2018 Bickering siblings Shi Miao and Shi Fen tackle friendship matters, school drama and the pitfalls of growing up with little parental supervision.
Christiane Amanpour: Sex & Love Around the World 2018 Amanpour gets personal with women she meets in various corners of the globe by inquiring about their intimate lives. In the process, she shines a light on what sex and love look like around the world.
Stephen Fry in America 2008 M Stephen Fry in America is a six-part BBC television series in which Stephen Fry travels across the United States of America, a country in which he was almost born. Just before Fry was born, his father was offered a job at Princeton University, in New Jersey, but chose to turn it down in favour of Hampstead. In the six-part series he travels, mostly in a London cab, through 49 of the 50 U.S. states. While he visited an island in the Mississippi River, he did not visit the state of Arkansas.
The episodes are regularly repeated in the UK on Dave, lasting an hour and twenty minutes due to advertising breaks. It was aired in America on HDNet. In Australia, the program screened on ABC1 each Sunday at 7:30pm from 9 August 2009. The ratings were so successful that the broadcaster decided to finally air Fry's other BBC programme, QI the next month.
The series was filmed in two segments, the first in October-November 2007, and the second in February-April 2008. Special guests featured on the show include Sting, Jimmy Wales, Morgan Freeman, Buddy Guy, and Ted Turner.
White Gold 2017 M The story of a double-glazing showroom in Essex in the 80s, led by charismatic Vincent Swan, and his unscrupulous sales team, Brian Fitzpatrick and Martin Lavender.
Rapture 2018 Groundbreaking artists share their life stories in this vibrant documentary series that captures hip-hop's impact on global culture.
Estocolmo 2016 "Stockholm: Lost Identity" narrates over 13 chapters with almost surgical detail the criminal, judicial and media research about the disappearance of a young woman by a network of trafficking. An attorney general, an undercover agent and a journalist will be immersed in a police plot that mixes suspense, drama and action where law and justice are two different sides of the same coin.
Last Chance to See 2009 G A follow-up to the 1990 Radio 4 series in which the late Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine travelled around the world in search of endangered species. 20 years later Stephen Fry and Mark Carwardine go back to see what has become of the animals in two decades, and to discover what has affected their fortunes.
Larva Island 2018 Stranded on a tropical island, two silly larva buddies find slapstick fun in everything from discovering food to meeting new animal friends.
Burning Ice 2017 To protect the woman he loves, a white collar worker unintentionally becomes involved in a murder case and is from then on a suspect. In the blink of an eye, his quiet and boring life gets completely shaken up as he suddenly is both being chased by the police as well as gangsters.
Green Door 2019 A troubled psychologist returns from the U.S. and sets up a clinic in Taiwan, where mysterious patients and uncanny events shed light on his murky past.
72 Dangerous Animals: Latin America 2017 Powerful cats, indestructible arachnids and flesh-melting pit vipers are just the beginning in this series about Latin America's deadliest creatures.
1994 2019 Archival video and new interviews examine Mexican politics in 1994, a year marked by the rise of the EZLN and the assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio.
Days We Stared at the Sun 2010
Harry & Bunnie 2017
Oddbods 2015
Corazon Valiente 2012 Corazón Valiente, originally known as Caídas del Cielo, is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by United States-based television network Telemundo Studios, Miami, featuring an ensemble cast.
Cabins in the Wild with Dick Strawbridge 2017 Dick Strawbridge and Will Hardie follow a competition to build a portable pop-up hotel in the wild comprised of eight stunning and unique themed cabins.
The Final Table 2018 Team of chefs vie to impress some of the world's toughest palates as they whip up iconic dishes from different nations in this fast-paced competition.
Wild Chives and Soy Bean Soup: 12 Years Reunion 2014
Making a Murderer 2015 Filmed over 10 years, this real-life thriller follows a DNA exoneree who, while exposing police corruption, becomes a suspect in a grisly new crime.
Memories of the Alhambra 2018 While looking for the cryptic creator of an innovative augmented-reality game, an investment firm executive meets a woman who runs a hostel in Spain.
Jailbirds 2019 At the Sacramento County Jail, incarcerated women fight the power and one another as they try to make the best of life -- and love -- on the inside.
1983 Netflix 2018 Twenty years after a devastating terrorist attack in 1983 that halted the course of Poland’s liberation and the subsequent downfall of the Soviet Union, an idealistic law student Kajetan and a disgraced police investigator Anatol stumble upon a conspiracy that has kept the Iron Curtain standing and Poland living under a repressive police state.
Mighty Little Bheem 2019 An innocent toddler’s boundless curiosity -- and extraordinary might -- lead to mischief and adventure in his small Indian town.
A Little Help with Carol Burnett 2018 In this unscripted series starring comedy legend Carol Burnett, kids dish out advice to celebrities and everyday people in front of a live audience.
Pasta 2010 Pasta follows the dreams and successes of a young woman who aspires to become an elite chef at La Sfera Italian restaurant.
Bottersnikes & Gumbles 2016 In a far away forgotten valley heaped with long-abandoned junk, a timeless battle rages between good and evil… and also between squishy and scaly, happy and grumpy, clever and wily… handsome and plain old ugly. This is the land of Bottersnikes and Gumbles.
Humsafar 2011 Ashar and Khirad are forced to get married due to desperate circumstances. Sara is Ashar's childhood friend and believed she would marry Ashar. Khirad is caught within this love-triangle with other internal and external forces at play.
Girl from Nowhere 2018 A mysterious, clever girl named Nanno transfers to different schools, exposing the lies and misdeeds of the students and faculty at every turn.
Derren Brown: Apocalypse 2012 Derren unleashes his most audacious plan yet: to convince one person that the planet has been devastated by a catastrophic meteorite strike and that zombies roam the land
Tayo the Little Bus 2010 Tayo the Little Bus is a South Korean computer-generated animated television series created by Educational Broadcasting System, Iconix Entertainment, Seoul and Hot Animation which is owned by HiT Entertainment. The Korean-dubbed series began airing on EBS in 2010 and the English-dubbed series aired on Disney Junior in 2012. The latter is also scheduled to air on Disney Channel and Cartoonito in 2013. The narrator of the UK series is Michael Angelis who also narrates the UK series of Thomas & Friends.
Nailed It! Mexico 2019 The fun, fondant and hilarious cake fails head to Mexico, where very amateur bakers compete to re-create elaborate sweet treats for a cash prize.
Masha's Spooky Stories 2014 Masha explains why there's no need to be scared of things like monsters, the dark, going to a new school, thunder and other common childhood fears.
Special 2019 A gay man with mild cerebral palsy decides to rewrite his identity as an accident victim and finally go after the life he wants.
Love and Fortune 2018 Wako Taira (Eri Tokunaga) is 31-years-old. She works part-time at a cinema close to her home. Her boyfriend is Fu-kun and they have lived together for 3 years. She has never thought of breaking up with her boyfriend, considering her age. One day, she meets high school student Yumeaki Iko. She can't resist him. Wako Taira has an affair with Yumeaki Iko.
21 Sarfarosh - Saragarhi 1897 2018 In September 1897, 21 soldiers of the 36th Sikh regiment of the British Indian Army defend an army outpost at Saragarhi against an attack by over 10,000 Pashtun and Orakzai tribals.
Sunderland 'Til I Die 2018 This docuseries follows English soccer club Sunderland through the 2017-18 season as they try to bounce back after relegation from the Premier League.
Emogenius 2017 Two pairs of contestants put their emoji-solving skills to the test for a chance to win $10,000.
Greenhouse Academy 2017 PG When teen siblings Hayley and Alex enter an elite boarding school, they find rivalry, romance and a mystery related to the recent loss of their mom.
Black 2017 The story of a grim reaper who gets erased from the memories of the world for breaking the rules of heaven and falling in love with a mortal woman after inhabiting a human body.
Tip the Mouse 2014 G Leo Lausemaus ist 4 Jahre alt und geht in den Kindergarten. Er ist zwar eine kleine Maus, aber er ist genauso wie alle anderen kleinen Kinder auf dieser Welt. Er lebt mit seiner Familie - Mama, Papa und seiner kleinen Schwester Lili - in einem kleinen Haus am Waldrand.
Guerra de Idolos 2017 Take a look at Telemundo's highly anticipated new drama. Guerra de Ídolos (Price of Fame) the brand new Telemundo musical drama series.. The series tells us the story of super star Julian César Solar an idol of Mexican music and ignites this story of betrayal, rivalry, love and the pursuit of fame at any cost...
Black Crows 2018 This drama portrays women and kids living under the Islamic State group: a Yazidi slave, an undercover reporter, a recruited mom and child snipers.
Strong 2016 Strong features 20 contestants, which include 10 male trainers and 10 female trainees. The trainers work on helping their trainees improve their physical fitness, not only through losing weight but also through achieving a balance between mind and body, and getting into shape both physically and mentally. After a series of challenges, two teams will face each other in a physical competition in the Elimination Tower, with the losing team being eliminated from the series. The winning team will receive a cash prize of up to $500,000, depending on their overall performance in the show.
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show 2015 The world's smartest dog and his boy host a zany late-night comedy show from a swanky penthouse, with time-traveling historical figures and a live audience.
The Miracle 2016 How could twin sisters be such polar opposites? Kwon Shi Ah is the beautiful sister, gorgeous in every way and a member of the popular girl group known as Miracle Girls. Since she was in preschool, Shia has worked as a model and then a teen actress before becoming an idol. Her fraternal twin sister, Shi Yeon, is almost double the body size of Shi Ah and has always been ridiculed and bullied in school for her large frame. Because of this, Shi Yeon has become a recluse, who prefers staying home and producing an Internet broadcast within the safety of her room. The only time Shi Yeon ventures out is to visit a mysterious tarot card reader who gives Shi Yeon a magical tarot card every day. But the twin sisters’ lives are turned upside down when they wake up one day and realize that their souls have switched bodies! What will an idol musician and Shi Yeon’s high school crush think of the women they thought they knew?
Case 2015 A young ballerina is found hanged on a theatre stage in Reykjavik. The case is closed as suicide but two lawyers and a detective believe dark forces are at play in this challenging Icelandic thriller.
What If? 2011 A sketch show with each sketch beginning with the question “what if.” A roller coaster of sketches that immerses you in life as it almost could be.
Selling Sunset 2019 The elite real estate brokers at The Oppenheim Group sell the luxe life to affluent buyers in LA. The drama ramps up when a new agent joins the team.
BIG DREAMS Small Spaces 2014 Writer and presenter Monty Don helps England's budding horticulturists plant and grow the gardens of their dreams.
Limmy's Show 2010 Limmy's Show is a Scottish comedy sketch show written, animated and directed by Brian Limond. The show stars Brian Limond, Ryan Fletcher, Paul McCole, Alan McHugh and Kirstin McLean. Previous stars include Debbie Welsh, Tom Brogan and Raymond Mearns.
Undercover Law 2018 An action-packed series about several Colombian women who work as intelligence agents. They investigate the perilous criminal activities of drug lords while maintaining their lives outside of work. Undercover Law is based on a true story.
Just You 2013 After paying her rent 6 months in advance, Liang Liang Chen (Guo Xue Fu) receives a court notification that her home will be seized. New owner Yi Chi (Aaron Yan) doesn't make it any easier when he holds her house deed hostage and practically threatens her to move out. As if things couldn't get any worse, Liang Liang's new boss steps into the office, and declares a ban on office romance. Who would’ve guessed that the new boss is none other than her newest enemy, Yi Chi? Now the distant and evil landlord is promoted to an insufferable boss who is persecuting love! It's a full on war both on and off the clock as Liang Liang is determined to change Yi Chi's ways.
AMO 2018 Despite the Philippine government's crackdown on narcotics, high schooler Joseph expands his drug running while his cop uncle profits from corruption.
Love At Seventeen 2016 If you had a second chance to correct the biggest mistake of your life, would you take it? Alice (Nikki Hsieh) is a cold, 30-year-old woman who lives her dull life like a robot programmed to do the same things everyday. But her boring life changes when she wakes up one day to discover that she has returned to her 17-year-old self! Back in high school on the day of an important swim meet for her best friend, Shu Lei (Amanda Chou), Alice literally runs into the moody He Hao Yi (Lego Li), who has just transferred to her school. Hao Yi mistakes Alice for his long-separated twin sister, and because of a grudge against her and his mom, Hao Yi decides to torment Alice at every turn. Meanwhile, Han Ming (Edison Wang) is a nerdy student who has long harbored a secret crush on Shu Lei. After a few mishaps, Hao Yi realizes that Alice is not his sister, but will Alice take this opportunity for her to correct her biggest mistake with her first love and change her own future destiny? “Love at Seventeen” is a 2016 Taiwanese drama series directed by Jou Shiau Peng.
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The Mortified Guide 2018 The Mortified Guide is a 6-episode comedic docu-series where adults share their actual teenage diaries, love letters, music and art-- in front of total strangers. Based on the Mortified storytelling project which creates stage shows, books, podcast, TV and film.
Easy Fortune Happy Life 2009 A wealthy man gets hurt on a hunting trip and is restored to health by a rural herbalist. He falls in love with the herbalist and promises to come back for her, but years pass and he never returns. But when the old man is rushed to a hospital with a heart attack, it is the herbalist’s granddaughter, Xie Fu An, who also is an herbal doctor, who treats the man and saves him. When he realizes how much Fu An looks like the woman he fell in love with years ago, he announces that he will give away his entire fortune to the man who marries Fu An. The man’s grandson, Yan Da Feng, an arrogant young man who assumed he would inherit the wealth, is alarmed when he hears the news and hires someone to go kill this young woman who is about to steal his fortune. However, after meeting Fu An, he begins to fall for her and decides to marry her himself. But can Da Feng stop the wheels he set in motion to harm Fu An and hope to have a happy ending with her?
Botched Up Bodies 2013 Follows some of Britain's top plastic surgeons who correct cosmetic surgery disasters. With behind-the-scenes access to the renowned plastic surgery unit at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, the surgeons correct the catastrophes and give the victims the boobs, faces, teeth and tums that they have always wanted.
The Judgement 2018 After a traumatic incident at a party makes her a target of gossip and derision, a young college student tries to change her school's toxic culture.
Dinotrux: Supercharged 2017 PG Amped up with powers that make them faster, stronger and more agile than ever, the Dinotrux are back to face new challenges and meet new friends.
Life Plan A and B 2017 Ru Wei and You Yan have a simple relationship. But in every simple relationship there are many difficulties. They are not rich, but they try very hard to enjoy life, even if it means for their 3 meals a day they only eat instant noodles, they can still make hundreds of flavours. They are very serious about their relationship and trying their best to achieve something in life - hoping one day they can become who they want to become. One day, Ru Wei has a 'lucky chance' in life. Her company wants to send her to Shanghai, with a promotion and higher pay. These two who are deeply in love cannot bare to have a long distance relationship. With all the uncertainties in their future, can they still stand by each other? If your life "schedule" suddenly changes and forces you to choose between love or career, how can you choose one? Will you also be swaying between the two unable to decide what to do? If only we can know the outcomes of both options before we choose one, how much better and easier would that be.....
Dating Around 2019 In each episode of flirtations and fails, one real-life single navigates five blind dates. The mission: Find one match worthy of a second date.
Ready for Start 2016 Based on writer Lee Hyeon-min's original web-toon which had more than 1 million views a day when it was published on Naver, this black comedy is about the daily lives of employees in an advertisement agency and their competitive working environment.
True: Magical Friends 2018 The power of friendship can solve any problem -- and the Rainbow Kingdom's got plenty to go around. Cue Bartleby and True for the rescue!
Suburra: Blood on Rome 2017 In 2008, a fight over land in a seaside town near Rome spirals into a deadly battle between organized crime, corrupt politicians and the Vatican.
Drug Wars 2014 Access to military and law enforcement units working on "Operation Martillo."
A Very Secret Service 2015 At the height of the Cold War in 1960, André Merlaux joins the French Secret Service and contends with enemies both foreign and bureaucratic.
The 43 2019 This docuseries disputes the Mexican government's account of how and why 43 students from Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College vanished in Iguala in 2014.
Home Made Simple 2006 Home Made Simple is a lifestyle brand that features tips, advice and ideas for the home primarily on its website, TV show and through email. It is supported by the Procter & Gamble brands: Cascade, Dawn, Febreze, Gain Ultra, Mr. Clean, and Swiffer.
Home Made Simple is what marketers call a cohort site, a website that promotes a product or multiple products by providing helpful information, like recipes and tips, not solely advertising and marketing messages.
José José: El Príncipe de la Canción 2018 This is the fictionalized life story of the international singing legend "José José", the man known in the entertainment world as El Príncipe de la Canción (The Prince of Song). Featuring his stunning vocals, turbulent past, and world-wide popularity, this drama series is a homage to a true icon of Latin pop music. During his 40-year love affair with the music industry, José gained international fame, sold millions of records, received several Grammy nominations, and even sold out Madison Square Garden and the Radio City Music Hall. His musical notes have become the melody of the romantics in Spanish speaking countries around the world.
On Children 2018 Adapted form the novel by author Wu Hsiao-Le, the series tell five indepentent stories about parenting, and children's pressure of growing up, when facing the tragic consequences of social pressure, parental oppression and family dysfunction. Each stroy is tell in two parts in this ten parts series.
Strippers 2014 Strippers is a documentary series that takes a look at strip clubs which have doubled over the last 10 years with more and more young British women are turning to lap dancing to try and make a living.
Ascension 2014 MA15+ In 1963, the U.S. government launched a covert space mission sending hundreds of men, women and children on a century-long voyage aboard the starship Ascension to populate a new world. Nearly 50 years into the journey, as they approach the point of no return, a mysterious murder of a young woman causes the ship’s population to question the true nature of their mission.
Ainori Love Wagon: Asian Journey 2017 Seven men and women board a pink bus in search of true love. On a journey through Asia with strangers, their goal is to return to Japan as a couple.
Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce 2013 This show follows Big Freedia (born Frederick Ross) on her journey toward superstardom in the mainstream media. As the undisputed ambassador of the energetic, New Orleans-based Bounce movement, Big Freedia is never afraid to twerk, wiggle, and shake her way to self-confidence, and is encouraging her fans to do the same.
The 10 Sins 2019 In this social drama of sin and remorse, a man reels at the discovery that his wife has been unfaithful, and gives her an ultimatum.
28 Faces of the Moon 2016 The drama tells the story of a man whose life takes a downward spiral after his fiance dies just days before their upcoming marriage.
Fatal Destiny 2016 A young man from a humble family is drawn into a life of crime -- and soon confronts a determined cop in hot pursuit.
Inborn Pair 2011 Betrothed while in utero, a resort group president enters into an arranged marriage with a legal assistant. Despite their bickering, love blooms.
Nurses Who Kill 2016 The stories of some of the most prolific murderers and serial killers to walk hospital grounds across the globe. Often referred to as the ‘angels of the ward’ experts examine what turned these caregivers into killers.
Jimmy: The True Story of a True Idiot 2018 In the 1980s, a simple-minded fool named Hideaki meets comedy legend Sanma, changes his name to Jimmy and becomes a comedic superstar.
Terrorism Close Calls 2018 The war on terror is everywhere and anywhere. In this series, we learn about the deadly terrorist attacks that almost happened or were not as deadly as planned. Each episodes explores a recently declassified terrorist scheme intended to cause mass casualties.
Mini Wolf 2012 Mini-Wolf and his fun-loving pals friends are always on the look out for a new adventure -- even if it includes a little bit of mischief.
Trailer Park Boys: Out of the Park: USA 2017 The boys are back on the loose as Bubbles, Julian and Ricky head south of the Canadian border for some outrageous American adventures.
In Between 1987 In Between is a 1987 Australian mini series about four adolescents from Turkish, Cambodian, Macedonian and Ango-Australian backgrounds.
Re:Mind 2017 Eleven high school classmates awaken, restrained to a large dining room. While fearing for their lives, they question a motive to this bizarre act.
Ultraman 2019 Decades ago, a hero from the stars left this world in peace. Now, the son of Ultraman must rise to protect the Earth from a new alien threat.
Marching Orders 2018 Regarded as the nations best, Bethune-Cookman University's marching band always has a lot at stake. In Stage 13 Original MARCHING ORDERS, meet the incoming class trying to keep the legacy alive and the seniors who make sure they do. Led by band director Donovan The Devil Wells, the Wildcats take it to the field every performance, risking college scholarships and national fame every time.
Z Nation 2014 MA15+ Three years after the zombie virus has gutted the country, a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood.
KO One 2005 KO One is a 2005 Taiwanese drama starring Jiro Wang, Calvin Chen, Aaron Yan and Danson Tang. It was produced by Comic International Productions and was first broadcast in Taiwan on cable TV Gala Television Variety Show/CH 28 on 26 November 2005 to 27 May 2006.
Before this drama was aired there was not much interests in it, due to the storyline and unfamiliar cast. Despite the new encounters, the ratings of KO One exceeded expectations. Although the ratings were not high, it brought fame to three of the four leads, who are part of the then newly formed Taiwanese boy band called Fahrenheit. This drama also brought fame to the Taiwanese artist, Tank who wrote and sang the opening and ending theme songs. The KO One original soundtrack was the best selling soundtrack of 2006, selling more than 60,000 copies in Taiwan within the first month of release.
The sequel The X-Family was broadcast from 8 August 2007 to 23 October 2007 and threequel, K.O.3an Guo was broadcast from 28 February 2009 to 27 February 2010, on cable TV Gala Television Variety Show/CH 28.
Pee-wee's Playhouse 1986 Pee-wee's Playhouse is an American children's television program starring Paul Reubens as the childlike Pee-wee Herman.
Wild Catch / Chasing Monsters 2016 Cyril Chauquet takes us on a mission to seek out the world's most colossal underwater creatures in the remotest corners of the planet.
Narcos: Mexico 2018 See the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in 1980s Mexico.
Late Night Restaurant 2015 A restaurant opens at midnight until seven in the morning. Its mysterious owner and chef, simply called the "Master," has no fixed items on his menu, but will take orders from any customer and cook up whatever they ask for. As the Master cooks, his customers tell him their life stories.
Salt Fat Acid Heat 2018 Chef and food writer Samin Nosrat travels the world to explore four basic keys to wonderful cooking, serving up feasts and helpful tips along the way.
Be With Me 2015 Ten years ago, “Rage Boys” was the hottest boy band in Asia. As the group leader, Zhen-Ying Kang was every girl’s dream guy. But just when the band rose to superstardom, Zhen-Ying fell in love with the band manager’s daughter—An-An Yuan. When the paparazzi showed up, not only did Zhen-Ying decide to admit he fell in love with An-An, he also said he was going to quit the boy band and leave the entertainment business! What he didn’t expect was, after going through all that, An-An decided to breakup with him. That year, Zheng-Ying lost both his career and the love of his life… Zhe-Xuan Jiang was also a member of the boy band, but was by far the least talented and least popular member of the group. But he loved performing and he couldn’t forgive Zhen-Ying for quitting “Rage Boys.” After they disbanded, Zhe-Xuan’s exceptionally strong desire to succeed and his perseverance finally paid off; he eventually became one of the most popular celebrities in the Chinese music industry. After ten years, Zhen-Ying now owns a French and Italian restaurant and has a daughter. He has always regretted how his first love came to an end, but, after ten years, the two former lovers met once again…
A Boy Named Flora A 2017
Bare Knuckle Fight Club 2017 With special access to a fight club, this docuseries reveals the bloody and ruthless underworld of bare-knuckle fighting in the U.K.
Little Things 2016 Little Things is a web-series about the sweet little moments experienced by a young couple in their everyday life.
Cricket Fever: Mumbai Indians 2019 Follow Indian Premier League champions Mumbai Indians through the 2018 season in this series featuring insider insights and intense cricket action.
The Greatest Love 2011 The Greatest Love is a 2011 South Korean romantic comedy television series about true love in the fake world of entertainment. Starring Cha Seung-won, Gong Hyo-jin, Yoon Kye-sang and Yoo In-na, it aired on MBC from May 4 to June 23, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.
Meet the Drug Lords: Inside the Real Narcos 2018 Ex-Special Forces soldier Jason Fox used to hunt drug lords for a living. Now, he heads unarmed into the heart of Latin America's billion-dollar cartels.
H2O: Just Add Water 2006 PG H2O: Just Add Water revolves around three teenage girls facing everyday teen problems with an added twist: they cope with the burden of growing a giant fin and transforming into mermaids whenever they come in contact with water.
Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] 2014 Ten years ago, the magus Kiritsugu Emiya saved one lone survivor of a great disaster. As he cried in happiness, he proclaimed that by saving him, he had saved himself. The boy swore then that he would become a hero who lived to save others. Five years after the death of his foster father, Shirō Emiya finds himself drawn into a battle to the death between seven magi called Masters, where each commands the spirit of a hero of legend called a Servant in pursuit of having one wish granted by the legendary Holy Grail. In this battle, Shirō will finally have the chance to face the ghosts of his past, and to find his path to face his dreams and his future. Through the power of the Holy Grail, his wish will finally come true, for a hero of justice must have an evil to defeat.
Slum Survivors 2014 Series in which a group of young people are put through their paces as they embark on a crash course in urban survival in some of the world's biggest slums.
Land of Hypocrisy 2018 There is a story about a worker from the lighting workers in the neighborhood named Massoud. The laborer had very little income and his life was miserable, and he often had problems with his wife Jamila and his mother-in-law, who were no longer able to live with him. His father owned a shop selling couscous, He is introduced to life to recognize Dr. Madi, who gives him ethics for sale in the form of grain. He begins to eat grain in turn, to discover new life with new characters and borrowed ethics.
Bat Pat 2016 Bat Pat follows the spooky and comical animated adventures of Bat Pat (who, in case you couldn't guess, is a talking bat) and his friends Martin, Leo and Rebecca Silver as they unravel mysteries and cross paths with supernatural creatures of the night that lurk, haunt, shriek and dig themselves up in every dark corner of their home of Fogville.
Beni Böyle Sev 2013
Follow This 2018 Follow the reporters at BuzzFeed as they probe topics ranging from quirky internet crazes to safe injection spaces for opioid users.
Treehouse Detectives 2018
Hot Date 2017 Based on the CollegeHumor webseries of the same name, Hot Date' is a sketch-comedy series that chronicles the social waters of dating, sex, marriage and diving into the ritual of romance.
In Family We Trust 2018 It’s a drama about conflicts in a big family, involving murder and a police investigation. The title is a twist on the idiom, blood is thicker than water. Because of the conflicts, their family bonds aren’t strong.
When one relative mysteriously dies, the true colors of everyone in the family are about to be revealed. Yi, the eldest brother and Pete, the second brother, try to find out the truth. Patsorn and Cris, their mother, are the biggest suspects. Both of them need to prove their innocence. But the more Yi and Pete investigate, the more dirt they find on the family and everyone becomes a suspect.
The Forest 2017 In a small quiet village in the Ardennes, a sixteen-year-old girl disappears into the forest after calling her teacher in the middle of the night. Captain Gaspard Deker, a former soldier and newly arrived single father is conducting the investigation with Virginie Musso, the local cop. Also helping is the teacher, Eve Mendel, a solitary young woman with a mysterious past: she was found as a child by the villiage doctor wandering silently in the same forest.
Memory Love 2017 Can one life and two hearts be saved? Qiao Jia En and her boyfriend, Wang Xiu Kai, return to Taiwan from overseas to reunite with her estranged wealthy father. But when the couple gets into a car accident, Jia En suffers a concussion and memory loss while Shu Kai becomes brain dead. Jia En’s friend, Zhao Ai Li, takes advantage of the situation and takes Jia En’s place in meeting with Jia En’s father and assumes her place in a privileged life. Meanwhile, when pastry chef Xing Shao Tian collapses at a banquet, he needs an immediate heart transplant and ends up receiving Shu Kai’s heart. When Shao Tian fatefully meets Jia En, he is drawn to her. So is Shao Tian’s half-brother, Duan Ruo Fan. Can Shao Tian help Jia En regain her memory and her rightful place in life?
Sense8 2015 MA15+ One gunshot, one death, one moment out of time that irrevocably links eight minds in disparate parts of the world, putting them in each other's lives, each other's secrets, and in terrible danger. Ordinary people suddenly reborn as "Sensates."
Singles Villa 2015 Love thy neighbor? Think again! Singles Villa may be the hottest apartment complex around, but all its tenants face eviction if they fall in love with one another. Residents Qiao Sheng Yu and Jiang Ke Xin agree to these terms — up until they fall in love, that is. On top of making sure that whatever happens behind closed doors stays behind closed doors, things get even trickier for these loving neighbors when Ke Xin's former sweetheart Chi Bo Yuan turns up on her doorstep.
Discovery of Love 2014 Han Yeo-reum is a furniture designer who owns a workshop space that she shares with other designers. For the past three years, she's been dating Nam Ha-jin, a plastic surgeon with a sweet and gentle personality. But Yeo-reum's peaceful existence is shaken when her ex-boyfriend Kang Tae-ha suddenly reappears in her life. The CEO of an interior design company, Tae-ha is a smart, confident man with a strong competitive edge who always gets what he wants. Meanwhile, Ha-jin's childhood friend Ahn Ah-rim has secretly been carrying a torch for him all these years. As she begins working with Tae-ha, Yeo-reum is forced to reevaluate her romantic history, which sets her off on a search for true love.
Bumping Mics with Jeff Ross & Dave Attell 2018 When Jeff Ross and Dave Attell take the stage, no one is safe. With the help of special guests, they're packing a lot of laughs into one epic weekend.
VeggieTales in the City 2017 G With exciting trips to the big city, the ski slopes and beyond, the Veggie friends expand their horizons and learn valuable faith-based lessons.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina 2018 MA15+ As her 16th birthday nears, Sabrina must choose between the witch world of her family and the human world of her friends. Based on the Archie comic.
Becoming Champions 2018 This series looks at the stories behind the athletes and countries that have achieved World Cup champion status.
Chosen 2018 When a mysterious box arrives at his door, a doctor and father is forced to participate in a twisted killing game, or risk losing everything.
Hogie the Globehopper 2017 Hogie and his friends travel the world, exploring far-flung locales like Buenos Aires, Cairo, Hawaii and the Galapagos Islands.
Love Me Or Leave Me 2012 When a marriage-phobic woman hires a seductress to test how faithful her eager-to-wed boyfriend is, her plan takes an unexpected turn.
Luna Petunia Return to Amazia 2018 Luna Petunia returns to magical Amazia, adding memories to her scrapbook with old friends -- and a new pal from the Animal Empire.
The Underwear 2017 A story about the lives and relationships of young adults and teenagers and how they all connect through The Underwear Forum.
We Speak Dance 2018 Trained dancer Vandana Hart travels the world to learn traditional and urban dance styles from the local experts who know them best.
President 2010 President is a South Korean television series starring real-life married couple Choi Soo-jong and Ha Hee-ra as Korea's president and his first lady. This is their first acting collaboration. It aired on KBS2 from December 15, 2010 to February 24, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:05 for 24 episodes.
Goodbye Dear Wife 2012 Goodbye Dear Wife is a 2012 South Korean television series, starring Ryu Si-won, Hong Soo-hyun and Park Ji-yeon. It aired on Channel A from May 7 to July 10, 2012 at 20:50 for 20 episodes.
Million Pound Menu 2018
Lovesick 2014 MA15+ After finding out he has an STI, Dylan must get back in touch with every girl he has ever had sex with to let them know the bad news.
Monty Python's Personal Best 2006 PG A series of six outrageous one-hour specials showcasing the groundbreaking comedians.
Subat 2012 It is a long told story about underground of Istanbul streets.
If I Hadn't Met You 2018 Eduard, a husband and father who loses his family in a tragic accident, travels to parallel universes to seek a better fate for his beloved wife.
Trapp Family Story 1991 Trapp Family Story is a Japanese anime series by Nippon Animation.
It was based on the memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp, which has also inspired the world famous musical The Sound of Music.
While many things were changed from the original story, unlike other adaptations such as The Sound of Music, the children's names are all correct in this version.
Killer Ratings 2019 Brazilian TV personality and politician Wallace Souza faces accusations of masterminding the violent crimes he reported on and rallied against.
The Velvet Collection 2017 It is the year 1967. After five happy years of marriage in New York with Alberto and their young son, Anna Ribera returns to Spain to take her project Velvet to the next level. She and Alberto had been managing all things Velvet from across the ocean and, together with their best friends and partners, had made a name for Velvet as the number one address in the world of fashion and innovation. Now they decide to take the next step and turn their reputation into a franchise, first at home, then abroad. The first step is opening shop in the other great Spanish city, Barcelona, on its world famous promenade, the Passeig de Gracia. There, the second Velvet Fashion Store is about to open its gates, managed by Ana's good friend Clara who had made it up the career ladder from seamstress to directorial assistant in the Madrid Velvet years.
Lalaloopsy 2013 The Lalaloopsy gang and their adorable pets know every day is a perfect day to celebrate the magic of friendship, creativity and collaboration.
Japanese Style Originator 2008 Find out everything there is to know about Japanese tradition, from food to culture to objects and arts, and the people who are continuing it today.
Be With You 2017 This is about the gratitude and grudges of the rich and powerful, their love-hate entanglement. This is a love game, with lingering desire and pain. They first met while they were young, their feelings were filled with undercurrents. When they meet again, everything is no longer pure. He is a businessman, so is accustomed to using strategy to get everything he wants. Facing her who had returned with hatred, will everything be destined to reverse and start all over again? One step is wrong, every step is wrong. Looking back, perhaps there is still love. But this love is related to hate and this affair is related to self-interest. Perhaps they themselves are also unclear how much is actually sincere. Who has the courage to admit: In fact, happiness is not far away from them. ~~ Adapted from the novel "Every Step Is Wrong" by author Lan Bai Se.
Baby Ballroom 2017
Vroomiz 2012
Delhis vackraste händer 2017 Göran Borg are suddenly fired. His children have no interest to use time with him, and the ex-wife has a new rich man. Göran don't believe life can get worse, but he is wrong. He decides to join his egocentric friend on a trip to India.
Disenchantment 2018 M Set in a ruined medieval city called Dreamland, Disenchantment follows the grubby adventures of a hard-drinking princess, her feisty elf companion and her personal demon.
Tango 2018 The story of a quadrant of Tango dancers as they discuss the difficulties of love and how to deal with one's partner. As they all have different views, they all have different opinions on what to do after a break up. One of them however, has an opinion that is extremely far away from any of their points of view, as she believes that suicide is the perfect thing to do after breaking up with one's lover.
Marry Me, or Not? 2015 Opposites attract, but can a lasting relationship survive between two very different people? Cai Huan Zhen works in the tourism industry and is a top performer at her job. She is a meticulous planner and plans out every detail of her professional and personal life. She is a romantic and strives to find true love in every relationship. On the other hand, He Meng is a successful lawyer who specializes in helping his clients through messy divorces. He has never lost a case, but a side effect of his profession is that he doesn’t believe in a happy marriage. He wants to avoid the entanglements of marriage altogether in his personal life. Could romance survive with this unlikely couple?
Rostered On 2017 MA15+ “Rostered On" is an independent Australian comedy show based around the day to day struggles of working for a faceless retail corporation known as “Electroworld”.
Play Ball 2005 Play Ball is a manga series by Akio Chiba which ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1973 to 1978, which was adapted in 2005 and 2006 into an anime series by Magic Bus, aired across Japan on the anime satellite television network, Animax. The series was released concurrently with Chiba's other major work, Captain, the other series for which he won the 22nd Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 1977.
Chiba originally wanted to make the series a rugby or American football, but he began to be held up by collecting all the materials needed to make sure he understood the rules well enough to draw an accurate depiction. In order to catch up, he began creating a manga about the high school baseball career of his main character, Takao Taniguchi.
This eventually developed into the series Captain. Play Ball follows the story of the junior high school years of Taniguchi and his teammates.
Nearly twenty-five years later, in 2005 and 2006, the series was adapted into two seasons of an UHF anime TV series in 2005, which was broadcast across Japan by the anime satellite television network, Animax.
Towies 2018 Reality series documenting the lives of Clayton's Towing workers
Ghost Town Gold 2012
Delhi Crime 2019 As Delhi reels in the aftermath of a gang rape, DCP Vartika Chaturvedi leads a painstaking search for the culprits. Based on the 2012 Nirbhaya case.
We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year 2005 M The daily lives of five very special individuals who are among the thousands of citizens nominated for the prestigious title of Australian of the Year.
Lunatics 2019 R18+ This mockumentary series follows the peculiar lives of six eccentric -- and sometimes obscene -- misfits who march to their own beat.
Nightmare Teacher 2016 A homeroom teacher of Yosan Private High School has an accident, and thus a substitute comes to fill in. Han Bong-Gu (Uhm Ki-Joon) is a mysterious man, and after strange occurrences the class president Ye-Rim (Kim So-Hyun) tries to get to the bottom of this mystery.
Trigger Warning with Killer Mike 2019 In this funny and provocative series, rapper and activists Killer Mike puts his revolutionary ideas about achieving social change into action.
A House of Blocks 2017 Yijuan and her mentally ill sister Kaiqi struggle to be happy in the face of misfortune, criminal intrigue, marital strife, an exorcism and a ghost.
Pidsawat 2016 Condemned by a centuries-old vow to protect her kingdom's treasures, an embittered spirit returns to seek justice against the man who wronged her.
Under the Black Moonlight 2016 Kang Woo is a talented college student who is studying the fine arts. Strange things begin to happen when his girlfriend, Wol Ha, and a few friends come to visit him at his family's mountain cabin.
Power Battle WatchCar 2016
The Liar 2013 At the CARE detective agency, investigators see a lot of action but must always keep their cases secret, even when it affects their personal lives.
Shia Wa Se 2016 The drama will revolve around a popular Japanese restaurant in Taiwan that sells food using the “family-business concept” but in fact, the so-called family members are are all fake family members who is hired by the owner of the restaurant. Will the fake family become a real family in the end?
Angel 'N' Devil 2014 A group of high school girls is Copper Dimension's last defense against the dark forces. They signed a contract with Xiong Ya, a guardian of light, to protect the innocent with their lives in exchange for having one wish come true. When one of their own is killed in school, their hunt for the devils in human skin brings them face to face with their own inner demon. They soon discover they are not above the influence of evil.
Mabeobeui haendeupon 2016
YooHoo to the Rescue 2019 In a series of magical missions, quick-witted YooHoo and his can-do crew travel the globe to help animals in need.
REA(L)OVE 2018 A group of men and women, each burdened with a dark secret, look for love in this dating show with a twist. Hosted by reformed playboy Atsushi Tamura.
Dancing Queen 2008 Ten dancing diva paired with a protégé wage a bootylicious war to win the grand prize.
7 Days Out 2018
Splash and Bubbles 2016 When a yellow fusilier fish settles down in a cozy coral reef town, he introduces the town's sheltered residents, including a Mandarin dragonet fish who quickly becomes his friend, to the amazing places and creatures beyond the town's walls.
Lucky Days 2010 Lucky Days, also known as I Love You in the Second Round, is a currently airing Taiwanese Drama starring Tammy Chen and Chris Wang which first premiered on January 8, 2010 on TTV and SETTV.
Immutable Law of First Love 2015 The story of Jong Goo, a handsome genius man and Yeo Ri, a woman who is always hurt by seeing her boyfriend together with other girls.
P. King Duckling 2018
Be-Be-Bears 2015 Bear buddies Bucky and Bjorn play games, go on far-out adventures and learn about wondrous new things together.
Idiotest 2014 IDIOTEST, based on the highly popular app game, gives two pairs of contestants the opportunity to face off in several rounds of deceptively simple tests, whose answers actually require a keen eye, quick mind and heightened sense of logic. Every question involves a colorful and often whimsical scene that tests observation and attention to detail as much it tests general knowledge. Contestants play the game on giant touch screens in the center of the set, trying to win money…or at least not look stupid.
Examination of Conscience 2019 Allegations of child sexual abuse in Spain's Catholic institutions are examined in interviews with survivors, clergy, journalists and other experts.
Paul Hollywood's Big Continental Road Trip 2017 Paul Hollywood takes in the cars and culture of France, Italy and Germany.
The Kindness Diaries 2017 Leon is counting solely on the kindness of strangers for food, shelter and fuel, he travels around the world on a vintage motorcycle looking for the good in humanity.
The Story of Diana 2017 Princess Diana's life and legacy is explored through interviews with those who knew her best, as well as the world's leading experts on her.
The Drunk and On Drugs Happy Funtime Hour 2011 The former Trailer Park Boys, Mike Smith, Robb Wells and JP Tremblay return to television to give Action viewers a new innovative comedy series, The Drunk and on Drugs Happy Funtime Hour. Set in the fictional town of Port Cockerton, this high-energy miniseries finds the boys in the midst of shooting their new sketch-variety TV show called “The Happy Funtime Hour.” The show gets eerie when an actor hired to play an eccentric scientist (the late Maury Chaykin) assumes the personality of his character after synthesizing a powerful and addictive hallucinogen derived from local berries. Chaos ensues when the cast of the variety show ingests the drugs and begin to believe they really are the characters they portray on the show and run amok throughout the small town. Guest stars include Jay Baruchel, Amy Sedaris, Pat Roach and John Dunsworth.
Restoration Australia 2015 PG Over two years, International Designer Sibella Court, follows the trials and tribulations of 7 groups of Australians committed to the daunting task of restoring heritage ruins into living homes. From Georgian mansions to colonial pug and pine huts, these Aussie battlers attempt to restore the buildings to their former glory.
Miss Rose 2012 Luo Si Yi seeks out the obligatory services of Lily, a local fortune teller, but when she receives her fortune she’s unwilling to accept the mystical decree that she’s doomed to be a spinster for life. Si Yi wagers that she’ll get married within a year, and if she wins, Lily must pole dance at her wedding. But should Si Yi fail, she’ll truly make a fortune teller out of Lily: Si Yi will pay her one million dollars. Gussied up for the dating circuit, Si Yi soon finds she’s got a challenge in balancing romance with the demands of her boss Gao Cheng Kuan. Is Cheng Kuang just another cosmic obstacle for Si Yi to overcome, or a blessing in disguise?
Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 2017 An animated series about a 10-year-old much-loved mischief-maker Dennis, his fearless friends and their hometown.
Lion Pride 2017
I Have A Script 2019 After the death of a loved one, a woman decides to pursue her passion for writing by penning television scripts.
Ninja Hattori 1981
Razia Sultan - Die Herrscherin von Delhi 2019
What She Put on the Table 2017 Based on the life of TV chef Fu Pei-mei, this drama follows two women -- one rich, the other poor -- who fortuitously cross paths in 1950s Taiwan.
To the Dearest Intruder 2015 Sometimes best friends like all the same things. But what happens when one of those things is the same man? Xong Jia An (Amber An) and Luo Shao Qing (Aggie Hsieh) are best friends in college. They both are in love with Yan Hao (Melvin Sia), but Shao Qing learns that Jia An has been saying from childhood that she plans to marry Yan Hao. However, Yan Hao develops feelings for Shao Qing and may have chosen her over Jia An. But his life is suddenly thrust in a different direction when his father is shot to death over money issues, leaving Yan Hao to pay off his father’s debt while also trying to establish his own company. Jia An stays by his side during this trying time, so Shao Qing feels she needs to be out of the picture. Ten years later, Yan Hao and Jia An are married and meet up with Shao Qing again at a school reunion. When Yan Hao sees Shao Qing again, he realizes that he is with the wrong woman. Can he make things right after 10 years or will the cruel hands of fate get in the way again?
The Evolution of Us 2016 This epic science special explores how genetics have underpinned the whole of human evolution, from our rise from a class of primates on the African plain to our spread across Earth. It asks how genetics could play an even greater role in determining where evolution will take us next. Location filming combined with state-of-the-art computer visualizations tell the amazing story of the human race.
Eagle of Upper Egypt 2018 تدور الأحداث حول ضابط الشرطة زين (محمد رمضان)، الذي يدخل في مواجهة شرسة مع هتلر (سيد رجب)، وهو رجل أعمال صعيدي يعمل في التجارة غير المشروعة، فيشتد الصراع بين الاثنين، ويحاول كلا منهما الإيقاع بغريمه، وعلى صعيد آخر يجد زين نفسه في صراع بين حب امرأتين إحداهما ابنة عمه.
Smoking 2018 Seeking a greater justice, a band of homeless assassins flays their human targets and delivers the tattooed skins as proof of a contract fulfilled.
Everyday Miracles: The Genius of Sofas, Stockings and Scanners 2014 Professor Mark Miodownik shows the hidden aspect of modern day life.
Seven and Me 2016
My Queen 2009
Jumping Girl 2015 How in the world can this happen? Nam Sang Ah [(f(x)'s Luna] is an ordinary girl. But her life is turned upside down when she mistakenly become the victim of a public witch hunt.
Queens of Comedy 2017 A comedy reality show that searches for women comedian, for the first time in India.
The New World 2015 Reporter Miao Miao was originally on a lighthearted mission to reconnect with her childhood friends. But her search uncovered the truth behind the car accident that left her and her friends orphans. The accident was no accident at all, but a coverup for murders and corruptions spanning 50 years.
Love Cuisine 2015 Things get hot in the kitchen when Oscar Han (Lego Lee), a lively young chef, starts mixing up trouble under the nose of disciplined Chef Fang Xiao Rou (Allison Lin). But as these complete opposites struggle to create mesmerizing meals, they eventually discover that cooking with gas requires more than technical skills and bravado. In fact, romance just may be the secret ingredient Oscar and Xiao Rou have been searching for all along.
Heavy Haulers 2010
Mahmut ile Meryem 2018
Secrets & Mysteries 1983 Secrets & Mysteries was a television series which originally aired in syndication from 1988 to 1989. It was hosted by Edward Mulhare and dealt with topics of a paranormal nature, as well as mysterious historical events. It was similar to the 1970s/1980s series In Search of....
"Secrets of the Unknown invites you into the world of the bizarre, strange, and unusual. From ninjas who are said to transform into panthers, to the peculiar myths and rituals surrounding King Tut's tomb, to Hitler's occult connections, these documentaries provide a rich visual showcase for unexplained phenomena."
The series consisted of 26 episodes, written by Erik Nelson and produced by Craig Haffner. It was released on home video in the late 1980s to the early 2000s under the title Secrets of the Unknown.
Boca Juniors Confidential 2018 Players, fans and staff of soccer powerhouse Boca Juniors provide an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at Argentina's legendary club.
World War Two 2018 Follow the deadliest conflict in human history in real time, week by week, blow by blow.
Sylvanian Families 1987 Sylvanian Families is a line of collectible anthropomorphic animal figurines made of flocked plastic. They were created by the Japanese gaming company Epoch in 1985 and distributed worldwide by a number of companies. The figures remain a quintessential part of the 1990s boom in craze toys, spaning several animated adaptations and video games based on the figures. The word sylvan means 'of the forest'.
Moving Art 2014 Experience nature's art as filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg highlights the beauty that lurks in oceans, forests, deserts and flowers.
Back with the Ex 2019 New beginnings or old baggage? Four singles have one chance to reignite romance with an ex -- or leave the past behind for good.
Bir Çocuk Sevdim 2011
The Truth Seekers 2016 A veteran cop forms an agency dedicated to solving cold cases, including those related to the team members' own painful and mysterious pasts.
Hidden Worlds 2018 When a prominent writer finds confidential documents incriminating government officials, he decided to publish them, risking his own life and his family's.
The Degenerates 2018 Six stand-ups explore the coarse and salacious side of comedy in this series of half-hour specials. For mature audiences.
Made in Mexico 2018 These Mexico City socialites may lead opulent lives, but a peek behind the curtain reveals a tangled web of intrigue, envy and personal struggles.
Kulipari: Dream Walker 2018 Now the Blue Sky King, Darel must lead a rescue mission to save a Dream Walker -- leaving the village under the protection of the Kulipari youth.
Coast Guard Alaska 2011
Spiritual House 2017 Psychic Hiroyuki Ehara leads various celebrities through spiritual consultations, probing into their issues and spotlighting their accomplishments.
Have You Ever Fallen in Love, Miss Jiang? 2016 A new teacher finds herself in an unenviable situation after witnessing a troubling interaction between an administrator and a student.
The Ollie & Moon Show 2017 Two cats travel the globe and teach children about unlikely friendships and global citizenships.
Please Take Care of My Refrigerator 2014 Please Take Care of My Refrigerator is a 2014 South Korean cooking-variety program starring by many chefs and celebrity guests. It airs on JTBC on Mondays at 21:30 beginning November 17, 2014.
Chip and Potato 2018 Lovable pug Chip starts kindergarten, makes new friends and tries new things -- with a little help from Potato, her secret mouse pal.
National Geographic Extraterrestrial 2005
Leo and Tig 2017
Find It, Fix It, Flog It 2016 Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien travel across the UK to find unique items lost in people's homes. Using creative thinking and elbow grease, they fix them up to turn a profit for their owners.
James Acaster: Repertoire 2018 Offbeat comic James Acaster covers the strange, the mundane and everything in between in this collection of four wide-ranging stand-up specials.
Buddha 2016 Mythological drama serial is based on the life of Lord Buddha that shows how a prince, Siddhartha became a Buddha.
Two Fathers 2013
The Power of Myth 1988 PG The Power of Myth is a book and six-part television documentary originally broadcast on PBS in 1988 as Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth. The documentary comprises six one-hour conversations between mythologist Joseph Campbell and journalist Bill Moyers.
QB1: Beyond the Lights 2017 A 10-part docuseries following high-school quarterbacks Jake Fromm, Tate Martell and Tayvon Bowers, on and off the field, throughout their unforgettable senior seasons.
Anjaan: Special Crimes Unit 2018 Two police officers, ASP Aditi Sharma the believer and ACP Vikrant Singhal the skeptic, investigate strange unsolved cases, while unnatural forces impede their efforts.
The Confrontation 2018 A drama that deals with the problems people with sleep paralysis face by telling the story of Layali, a woman struggling with the disease.
Tayee 2018
This Evening 2017 Everyone has three lives: a public life, a private life, and a secret life
Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads 2009 This documentary series examines the Einsatzgruppen, Nazis responsible for the mass murder of Jews, Romani and Soviet prisoners in Eastern Europe.
Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hain 2015 Two culturally different husbands try to get the attention of each other's wives.
The Real Football Factories 2006 The Real Football Factories is a documentary series shown on the Bravo TV channel in the UK and created by Zig Zag Productions. The show looks at the in-depth life of football hooligans and hooligan firms. Interviews are conducted with past and present hooligans.
The presenter of the show, Danny Dyer, also starred in the film The Football Factory. During the series Dyer visits Yorkshire, Scotland, The Midlands, North West England and London to meet up with and interview hooligans.
On 25 May 2007 Bravo broadcast a new show, The Real Football Factories International, which looks at football firms worldwide.
In September 2007 Virgin Media released a spoof version of the show starring comedian Terry Alderton as Danny Dire.
Luke Warm Sex 2016 M What could be more awkward (or more entertaining) than Luke McGregor talking about sex? Oh wait… Luke McGregor trying to get better at sex. Yep definitely way more awkward and seriously funnier.
The Garden of Heaven 2011
Freddy Heineken 2013 Dutch beer-brewing scion and businessman Freddy Heineken secures his family's legacy through years of ambitious dealings and one infamous kidnapping.
Exclusive Edition 2008 Young journalists working for a magazine juggle careers, romance and other challenges while reporting on social issues and news stories in Malaysia.
Wild North 2015 Examines the diversity of wildlife found in three very different environments in the wilds of Northern Scandinavia.
Women Behind Bars 2008
Monty Don's French Gardens 2013 G Gardening Expert Monty Don visits gardens in France.
The Adjusters 2009 An insurance adjuster investigates cases of possible fraud while hiding a romance with a colleague, unaware that someone he trusts is toying with him.
阳关道 2018
Cocaine 2005 A three-part documentary series investigating the cocaine trafficking, distribution, usage and state control.
Genius of the Modern World 2016 Historian Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world - Karl Marx, Frederick Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud.
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus 1972 Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus consisted of two 45-minute Monty Python German television comedy specials produced by WDR for West German television. The two episodes were first broadcast in January and December 1972 and were shot entirely on film and mostly on location in Bavaria, with the first episode recorded in German and the second recorded in English and then dubbed into German.
Tempel 2016
ThirTEEN Terrors 2014 Every school has a past that people want to be concealed. There are things that happened that people don't want to talk about. There are students whom people want to forget. And there are secrets waiting for the day that they're revealed.
Westside 2018 Nine struggling musicians share the spotlight in this deeply personal reality series about the challenges and thrills of staging a Hollywood showcase.
Deja Vu 2013 A woman desperate to bring her deceased fiancee back to life takes an offer from an mysterious stranger to go back in time, but little does she know for him to live she will no longer be important in his life.
Inside the Mossad 2017 The assassinations of Nazis, terrorists and Iranian nuclear scientists have given the Mossad a fearsome reputation that has come with a moral cost. For the first time, former spy chiefs and operatives discuss personal and operational challenges, ethical dilemmas, and the personal price they were forced to pay.
Hey Qween 2018 Comedian Jonny McGovern hosts a talk show with Co-Host Lady Red Couture, where they catch up and gossip with fabulous celebrity guests.
Mutant Busters 2017
Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya 2014 This drama is generally based on different love story around india that goes through 8 seasons have been aired yet
Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures 2018
Flavorful Origins 2019 Delve into the delectable world of Chaoshan cuisine, explore its unique ingredients and hear the stories of the people behind its creation.
The Honeymoon Stand Up Special 2018 Impending parenthood does funny things to Natasha Leggero and Moshe Kasher, who dissect family, relationships and more in a trio of stand-up specials.
Unriddle 2010 When a hard-nosed detective reluctantly partners with an informant to solve complex cases, she uncovers links to a particularly puzzling cold case.
Strong Woman Do Bong-soon 2017 Do Bong-soon is a woman born with superhuman strength that comes from the long line of women possessing it. when Ahn Min Hyuk, the CEO of ainsoft, a gaming company witnesses her strength he hires her as his personal bodyguard.
Persona 2015 A private investigation firm takes on sensitive cases while its uniquely skilled agents deal with issues both inside and out of the office.
Metropolis (NL) 2008 PG
Shopkins 2014 G
Very British Problems 2015 Twitter feed Very British Problems is adapted for television. The show features different famous faces talking about the crushing weirdness and awkwardness of life as a Brit.
Call Me Francis 2016 A segment of Father Jorge Bergoglio's journey to papecy in a country torn apart by Argentine military dictator Jorge Rafael Videla.
Rimba Racer 2015 Rimba Racer is an action-packed animation series revolving around Tag, a talented rookie racer and newcomer to the prestigious RIMBA Grand Prix, a racing competition full of tough rivals, dangerous challenges and hidden agendas.
The Outstanding Woman 2014 A young fashion magazine editor is a successful career woman who seems to have everything, but she must learn to balance her work, friends and love.
Ari Shaffir: Double Negative 2017 Wry yet thoughtful, comedian Ari Shaffir brings his edgy humor to two fast-paced stand-up specials about children and adulthood.
The Dream Job 2016 Many people harbour the hope of a 'dream job', one that pays well, offer great benefits, and with a boss who treats them like his own.
Inside the Freemasons 2017 With unique and unprecedented access to one of the world's oldest social networking societies this series asks who are the Freemasons and what do they do?
Blazing Transfer Students 2017 Featuring the boys of Johnny's West, a gang of zany transfer students are recruited for a mysterious mission ordained by their shadowy principal.
Dave Chappelle 2017 Comedy icon Dave Chappelle makes his triumphant return to the screen with a pair of blistering, fresh stand-up specials.
Witch Hunt: A Century of Murder 2015 Four hundred years ago, hundreds of innocent people were killed as an obsession to stamp out Satanism swept the British Isles. Dr Suzannah Lipscomb investigates the events of this dark period in our history.
Masha's tales 2012 Masha, it turns out, loves to tell stories! And she tells them, as would any child with creativity, a little in her own way - because children see the world, not as we, adults.
Bangkok Bachelors 2019
Love Storm 2003 Jia Le, a rich 'barbie girl', finally finds her hero, who suddenly appears and blocks a truck for her. However, he doesn't love her back. To get closer to him, Jia Le starts working in the same company as him, while her childhood friend, Bao Long, is secretly in love with her.
Love Family 2013 A wealthy heir's search for a nameless childhood sweetheart leads him to an inn run by a family with three sisters. But which one is his true love?
Eugenie Nights 2018 In 1940s Egypt, a princess trying to prove her innocence after being accused of killing her husband receives help from his brother, which leads to them falling in love.
Miniforce 2014 Four animal superheroes called the Miniforce transform into robots to protect small and defenseless creatures from the hands of scheming villains.
Color of Woman 2011
Asktan Kacilmaz 2018
Trump: An American Dream 2017 Friends, associates and critics reveal the truly American story of Donald Trump, the brash businessman who defied the odds to become U.S. president.
Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord 2012 PG Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal is a 2012 Colombian television series produced and broadcast on Caracol TV, about the life of Pablo Escobar. It is only available in Spanish. There is a version available with English subtitles.
Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. 2011 When Yadomi Jinta was a child, he was a central piece in a group of close friends. In time, however, these childhood friends drifted apart, and when they became high school students, they had long ceased to think of each other as friends.
One of the friends from that group, Honma Meiko, now has a wish she asks Jinta to fulfil. The problem is, she can't remember what her wish is anymore. As Meiko won't cease to bother Jinta about it, he gives in and decides to try to grant this wish he knows nothing of; for that, however, the help of his other former friends, now all very estranged from himself and from each other, may turn out to be necessary. He hasn't spoken to Anjou Naruko, Matsuyuki Atsumu, Tsurumi Chiriko, or Hisakawa Tetsudou in a long time; as he struggles to grant Meiko's wish and gathers his old friends together in the process, all the old feelings that still exist between them and have long been stashed away are bound to come up again.
The Sound of Your Heart 2016 This drama is based on a Korean manhwa/webtoon “마음의소리 / The Sound of Your Heart” by Jo Seok which has been being published online since 2006.
It’s about the delightful stories about writer Jo Seok (Lee Kwang Soo) himself, his brother Jo Joon (Kim Dae Myung), and Ae bong (Jung So Min), who is Jo Seok’s girlfriend and becomes his wife later in the story.
Black Summer 2019 In the dark, early days of a zombie apocalypse, complete strangers band together to find the strength they need to survive and get back to loved ones.
Cooked 2016 Explored through the lenses of the four natural elements – fire, water, air and earth – COOKED is an enlightening and compelling look at the evolution of what food means to us through the history of food preparation and its universal ability to connect us. Highlighting our primal human need to cook, the series urges a return to the kitchen to reclaim our lost traditions and to forge a deeper, more meaningful connection to the ingredients and cooking techniques that we use to nourish ourselves.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 1988 A stranded spaceship pilot captured by mad scientists survives a blitz of cheesy B movies by riffing on them with his funny robot pals.
Highway to Heaven 1984 "Highway to Heaven" follows a probationary angel sent back to Earth who teams with an ex-cop to help people. This was the final TV series starring the legendary Michael Landon (Bonanza).
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia 2016 PG After uncovering a mysterious amulet, an average teen assumes an unlikely destiny and sets out to save two worlds.
Chambers 2019 Consumed by the mystery surrounding the donor heart that saved her life, a young patient starts taking on sinister characteristics of the deceased.
Alvinnn!!! and The Chipmunks 2015 ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks, created by Janice Karman, takes us on a roller coaster ride of music, laughter and stories geared to entertain The Chipmunks' four generations of fans. Presented for the first time in glorious CGI, the series features ground-breaking animation and a new, original Chipmunk song in every episode. The series is an animated version of a prime-time sitcom and reflects the trials and tribulations of a single parent, David Seville, trying to raise six hyper-active Chipmunks. Like most parents, Dave's patience will be pushed to the limit, forcing him to end most sentences in "ALVINNN!!!"
Troy: Fall of a City 2018 A rich story of love, intrigue, betrayal and belonging told from the perspective of the Trojan royal family at the heart of the siege of Troy.
Hemlock Grove 2013 R18+ One cannot quench his all-consuming thirst. The other cannot tame the beast clawing its way out. In the sleepy Pennsylvania village of Hemlock Grove, two young men struggle to accept painful truths: about family, themselves, the mystery of the White Tower - and a terrifying new threat so powerful it will turn them from predators into prey.
Elves 2015 G Emily meets four magical elves and together they journey through Elvendale to find a way home.
Al Hayba 2017 Al Hayba" an area located on the borders between Syria and Lebanon, Jabal (a young strong-willed man) and his clan, Sheikh El Jabal, controls arms trading and smuggling at the borders. Jabal and his family lead a modern life style, yet, he relies still on the traditional customs of the clan to solve? conflicts and to affir. his authority The family receives the news of the death of their son Adel who fled to Canada more than 15 years ago because of a vendetta. They hadn't received any news from him for the past 10 years, and there he comes back now as a lifeless corpse, accompanied by his wife and only son who he named after his brother Jabal. The tale of a coherent and noble family, whose secrets and conflicts are revealed through a newcomer, a stranger, but who becomes, with time, a pillar in the family home. Between the quarrel over power and influence, and amid conflicting wills, men's chivalry appear. Between possible and impossible love, blind and honest love, lovers' chastity and good name, Alia and Jabal's story unfolds.
Justice 2019 Defying pressure to join her father's firm, a determined young lawyer strikes out on her own and fights to maintain faith in Abu Dhabi's justice system.
Ultimate Beastmaster 2017 In this intense obstacle course series, elite athletes from the U.S. and other countries compete for cash prizes, individual glory and national pride.
Loaded 2017 Four friends who become multi-millionaires when they sell their video game company for a clean £246 million and overnight, the four friends are transformed from "people who play games" to "serious players in the game..." - or are they?
Coffee Prince 2007
The Order 2019 Out to avenge his mother's death, a college student pledges a secret order and lands in a war between werewolves and practitioners of dark magic.
The Garfield Show 2009 Your favorite lazy, fat cat is at it again. Garfield, Odie, Jon and the rest of the gang are back for more funny misadventures. Whether he's scarfing down lasagna or tricking Nermal the kitten, Garfield is guaranteed to crack you up. But remember: He hates Mondays!
The Rise of Phoenixes 2018 When a secret from the past rears its head, respected warrior Feng Zhiwei is forced to choose between revenge and her loyalty to ruling prince Ning Yi.
Frequency 2016 M Detective Raimy Sullivan is stunned when a voice suddenly crackles through her father’s old, long-broken ham radio – it’s Frank Sullivan, somehow transmitting over the airwaves and through the decades from 1996. Separated by twenty years, father and daughter have reunited on a frequency only they can hear, but can they rewrite the story of their lives without risking everyone they love?
Power Rangers Dino Charge 2015 PG On prehistoric Earth, an alien entrusted powerful Energems to 10 dinosaurs, but when the dinosaurs went extinct, the Energems were lost. Now an intergalactic bounty hunter is determined to reclaim the Energems and destroy our planet. A new team of Power Rangers must find the lost Energems and use their Dino Chargers to power up an arsenal of dino-fueled battle gear, Zords and Megazords to save the world. Will the Power Rangers be able to save our planet?
20 Minutes 2013 20 Dakika is a Turkish series broadcast on Star TV.
The Good Cop 2015 Danny Confino is a full-time cop, during one of the police's worst times. A period in which its image is at a low ebb, they are ousted every week, harassed by commanders twice a week, budgets are cut and complaints against police are piled up in DIP offices. He returns to his parents' home in order to live there temporarily, but the temporary becomes permanent and Danny finds that life at home is superior to any crime scene.
Chelsea 2016 It's not her first talk show, but it is a first of its kind. Ideas, people and places that fascinate her, all in her unique style.
Winx Club 2004 PG In a magical universe, witches, warriors begin fighting in the name of good .vs. evil! At a magic school, five teenage girls are selected to defend the universe with their magic.
Mob Psycho 100 2018 An inconspicuous middle school psychic confronts an organization plotting to use other psychics to rule the world. Based on the hit manga.
Pinky Malinky 2019 Pinky Malinky sees the bright side of everything, including being born a hot dog. With his BFFs in tow, this little wiener takes a bite out of life.
She Was Pretty 2015 Ji Sung Joon has a crush on the most beautiful girl in town, Kim Hye Jin - the only problem is, he's unattractive and lacks self-esteem. As fate would have it, years later Sung Joon grows up to be not only successful, but extremely attractive. However, when he runs into his first love Hye Jin, she has become unattractive and poor. Can their love transcend the vanity they both associated with each other?
Shadow of Truth 2016 In 2006, the body of the girl Tair Rada was found in the bathroom stall at the school where she studied. Days later, the police arrested a suspect - Roman Zadorov, and after a week of intense interrogation he admits and restores the murder. However, even after he was convicted three times, many still believe in his innocence. The series explores the length and breadth provision and leaving no stone unturned in an attempt to complete the picture of the puzzle, exposing new and dramatic discoveries. Through a complex mosaic of interviews, photographs and cinematic touch with the extensive use of inquiry and archives, the show tries to fathom the overwhelming truth.
Sirius the Jaeger 2018 Imperial Capital, 1930. A strange group of people carrying musical instrument cases landed on Tokyo station. They are called the "Jaegers", who came to hunt vampires. Amongst them, there stood a young man with striking serenity and unusual aura. His name is Yuliy, a werewolf whose home village was destroyed by vampires. Yuliy and the Jaegers engage in deadly battle over a mysterious holy arc only known as "The Arc of Sirius". What truth awaits them at the end...?
Baki 2018 The protagonist, Baki Hanma, trains with an intense focus to become strong enough to surpass his father, Yujiro Hanma, the strongest fighter in the world. Five of the world's most violent and brutal death row inmates are gathering to face Baki. Their objective is to taste defeat -- their unmatched strength and skill have led them to grow bored of life itself, and they now seek out Baki in the hopes that he can overwhelm and utterly crush them. In this crisis, other underground martial art warriors gather to fight by Baki's side: Kaoru Hanayama, Gouki Shibukawa, Retsu Kaioh, and Doppo Orochi. An epic showdown between violent death row inmates and Baki and his friends begins.
Forbidden History 2013 Jamie Theakston uncovers the startling truth behind great myths, historical legends, conspiracy theories, ancient treasures, lost civilisations and war time secrets.
Totally Spies! 2001 G Totally Spies! depicts three girlfriends 'with an attitude' who have to cope with their daily lives at high school as well as the unpredictable pressures of international espionage. They confront the most intimidating - and demented - of villains, each with their own special agenda for demonic, global rude behavior.
The Little Nyonya 2008 The Little Nyonya is a 2008 drama serial on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8. The storyline, which circles around the biographical flashback of an extended Peranakan family in Malacca, is set in the 1930s and spans to over 70 years and several generations of three families. The series was partly sponsored by the Media Development Authority of Singapore. It debuted on November 25, 2008 and concluded its run on January 5, 2009.
Produced by MediaCorp in commemoration of the channel's 45-year anniversary, the series has been critically acclaimed by both viewers and critics, and raked the highest viewership in the country in 14 years. The success of The Little Nyonya has also led to the show being broadcast internationally. The series also became the first ever Singaporean Chinese drama to be dubbed in Malay and aired on Malay-language channel Suria.
Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino- 2008
Violet Evergarden 2018 The war is over, and Violet Evergarden needs a job. Scarred and emotionless, she takes a job as a letter writer to understand herself and her past.
Tabula Rasa 2017 A psychological thriller about Mie, a young woman with amnesia who is locked up in a secure psychiatric hospital. Mie is visited by Detective Inspector Wolkers who claims she was the last person seen with the vanished Thomas Spectre. As a witness and prime suspect, she appears to be the sole key to this mysterious disappearance. In order to solve the puzzle and find Thomas, Mie has to reconstruct her lost memories and find her way back through the dark labyrinth of her recent past.
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. 2018 A chronicle of the two major police investigations by LAPD Detective Greg Kading into the deaths of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
Bananas in Pyjamas 1992 G Bananas in Pyjamas is an Australian children's television show that premiered on 20 July 1992 on ABC. It has since become syndicated in many different countries, and dubbed into other languages. In the United States, the "Pyjamas" in the title was modified to reflect the American spelling pajamas. This aired in syndication from 1995 to 1997 as a half-hour series, then became a 15-minute show paired with a short-lived 15-minute series The Crayon Box, under a 30-minute block produced by Sachs Family Entertainment titled Bananas in Pajamas & The Crayon Box. Additionally, the characters and a scene from the show were featured in the Kids for Character sequel titled Kids for Character: Choices Count. The pilot episode was Pink Mug.
The concept was inspired by the success of the song Bananas in Pyjamas, written by Carey Blyton in 1967, on Play School. This song, which had become a regular item on Play School, became the theme of the new series.
In 1997, Bumping & A Jumping, an album based on the show, was released. The series was revamped in May 2011 as a CGI animated series created by Southern Star Entertainment.
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn 2010 The series begins in U.C. 0001, at the very beginning of human space colonization, when a space colony called Laplace is destroyed during a ceremony hosted by the Federation's Prime Minister ushering in the Universal Century dating system. The main story takes place in UC 0096, sixteen years after the end of the One Year War, three years after the events of Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack, and 27 years before Mobile Suit Gundam F91.
The story revolves around Banagher Links, a seemingly normal boy living and going to school in the space colonies. His life changes one day when he meets a girl named Audrey Burne, as the encounter brings him into contact with a new Gundam and its connections to an item called "Laplace's Box."
The Jungle Book 2010 The Jungle Book is a 2010 3D CGI animated TV series.
This series is based on the original book by Rudyard Kipling.
Starting in June 2012, the first season of the series will be seen in the U.S. on Disney XD.
It currently airs on TVO Kids in Canada.
The Jungle Book: TV Movie is announced to be premiere on Disney Channel Asia.
Tyrant 2014 MA15+ The story of an unassuming American family drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation. Bassam "Barry" Al Fayeed, the younger son of the dictator of a war-torn nation, ends a self-imposed 20-year exile to return to his homeland, accompanied by his American wife and children, for his nephew's wedding. Barry’s reluctant homecoming leads to a dramatic clash of cultures as he is thrown back into the familial and national politics of his youth.
The Deep 2016 The adventures of the Nekton family, a family of daring underwater explorers who live aboard a state-of-the-art submarine, The Aronnax, and explore uncharted areas of the earth's oceans to unravel the mysteries of the deep.
My Babysitter's a Vampire 2011 PG Ethan, Benny and fledgling vampire Sarah battle zombies, demons and the other supernatural beasties that regularly threaten their school.
Most Haunted 2002 Most Haunted is a British paranormal mystery documentary reality television series. The series was first shown on 25 May, 2002 and ended on 21 July, 2010. Led by Yvette Fielding, the programme investigated purported paranormal activity in many locations in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and other countries. It was produced by Antix Productions and broadcast on the satellite and cable channels Living TV, Livingit, and Channel One. In the United States it was broadcast on the Travel Channel.
데릴 남편 오작두 2018
Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On 2017 Porn has gone mainstream; the question is, can we handle it? This exploration of the intersection of sex and technology is told through the stories of the people whose lives are defined by the current explosion of internet porn-whether they're creating it, consuming it, or both.
Crazyhead 2016 Amy and Raquel attempt to navigate their way through the choppy waters of their early twenties whilst simultaneously kicking the ass of some seriously gnarly demons. What could possibly go wrong?
American Odyssey 2015 M In this "Traffic"-like action drama, an international conspiracy explodes when three strangers' lives unexpectedly collide - a female soldier, a corporate lawyer and a political activist.
Spirit: Riding Free 2017 PG In a small Western town, spunky ex-city girl Lucky forms a tight bond with wild horse Spirit while having adventures with best pals Pru and Abigail.
Always a Witch 2019 A young 17th-century witch time travels to the future to save the man she loves, but first must adjust to present-day Cartagena and defeat a dark rival.
Iris 2009 Iris revolves around two friends from the 707th Special Mission Battalion recruited into a secret South Korean black ops agency known as the National Security Service. Of the pair, recruit Kim Hyun-jun begins to uncover evidence that his foggy past may not be so irrelevant to his joining of the secret organization after all. As the two friends find their loyalties tested and forge new, unlikely alliances, the journey takes them from their home country to Hungary, Japan, and China where they find themselves at the center of an international conspiracy.
Fate/Apocrypha 2017 The setting is a parallel world to Fate/stay night where the Greater Grail mysteriously disappeared from Fuyuki after the Third Holy Grail War. After many years of silence, around the same time as the Fifth Holy Grail War would have happened, the Yggdmillennia, a family of magi, openly declares their secession from the Mage's Association, and that they are in possession of the Grail. The Association dispatches fifty magi to retrieve it, and all but one are instantly slaughtered by a mysterious Servant. The one remaining manages to activate the reserve system of the Greater Grail, allowing for the summoning of fourteen Servants in total.
In the city of Trifas, two factions will fight for the control of the sacred relic, each of them possessing their own team of seven Servants: the Black Faction whose members are part of Yggdmillennia, protecting the Grail, and the Red Faction whose members were sent by the Mage's Association, trying to take the Grail back. For an event of this scale, the Grail itself summons its own Servant, the holy Ruler, to oversee the conflict.
This marks the start of the Great Holy Grail War.
Stories by Rabindranath Tagore 2015 The characters of Tagore’s stories spring into life through the cinematic imagination of acclaimed filmmaker, Anurag Basu in ‘Stories By Rabindranath Tagore’. ‘Stories By Rabindranath Tagore’ shares with us the intricately etched characters created by the master himself and brought onto the small screen by the visionary director of ‘Barfi’ and ‘Life in a Metro.’
Unauthorized Living 2018 When a Galician shipper and drug lord hiding his Alzheimer's disease plans to retire, his second-in-command plots to steal the empire from the heir.
Gomorrah 2014 Based on Robert Saviano's bestselling book, this gritty Italian crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra, as seen through the eyes of Ciro Di Marzo, the obedient and self- confident right-hand man of the clan's godfather, Pietro Savastano.
Sparta 2018
Diriliş: Ertuğrul 2014 Ertuğrul Bey and the Knights Templar in the 13th century Alba and step and step with the struggle against brutal Mongols depicts the process of establishing the Ottoman principality.
Last Hope 2018 After causing the near extinction of mankind seven years ago, genius scientist Leon Lau must now fight the ecological disaster he unwittingly created.
Tijuana 2019 When a prominent politician is murdered, the intrepid journalists of Frente Tijuana risk their lives to uncover the truth.
Blood 2015 This drama tells the story of a vampire, Park Ji-sang who works as a doctor in a hospital. Yoo Ri-ta is a hotshot heiress doctor, a star physician at the hospital and the niece of the board’s chairman. She’s snooty and cold, but highly capable, and accustomed to being the golden girl. Lee Jae-wook is their chief, an outwardly gentle, inwardly ambitious man who will prove to be their biggest adversary.
The Protector 2018 The epic adventure of Hakan, a young shopkeeper whose modern world gets turned upside down when he learns he’s connected to a secret, ancient order, tasked with protecting Istanbul.
The Frankenstein Chronicles 2015 MA15+ Inspector John Marlott investigates a series of crimes in 19th Century London, which may have been committed by a scientist intent on re-animating the dead.
Bill Nye Saves the World 2017 Bill Nye explores science and its impact on politics, society and pop culture. Each episode tackles a topic from a scientific point of view, dispelling myths, and refuting anti-scientific claims that may be espoused by politicians, religious leaders or titans of industry.
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion 2006 MA15+ Japan has been invaded and conquered by the Britannian Empire. Japan is now known as Area 11 and its citizens known as Elevens. The Britannian Empire takes away Japan's autonomous power and imposes its rule through the use of Knightmares. The Empire's rule has never faltered, but cracks have begun to show...
Chesapeake Shores 2016 PG A divorced mom deals with an old romance and complicated family issues when she returns to her hometown with her twin daughters.
The Scholar Who Walks the Night 2015 When Jo Yang Sun is driven out of house and home after her father is framed for a crime, she is forced to crossdress in order to make ends meet as a bookseller, where she meets Kim Sung Yeol, a handsome, but mysterious scholar who is actually a vampire. Meanwhile, an evil presence at the royal palace stops at nothing to keep the Crown Prince from claiming his rightful throne.
Pingu 1986 G Pingu is a BAFTA award-winning British-Swiss stop-motion claymated television series created by Otmar Gutmann. The series was produced by The Pygos Group and Trickfilmstudio for Swiss television, and centers on a family of anthropomorphic penguins living at the South Pole. The main character is the family's son and title character, Pingu. The show was made by HiT Entertainment and HoT Animation, British companies, from seasons 5–6.
The show originally ran for fourteen seasons from 28 May 1986 to 9 April 2000 on SF DRS. In 2001, there were 2 Pingu episodes made that did not air during the original run. The episodes were run later, in 2000, as part of a Pingu marathon. HiT Entertainment's request for more episodes convinced Pygos to bring back the show in 1998, with two more series. Of note, season 1 and season 2 were run consecutively but took 4 years for each season to complete, while season 3 and season 4 took 2 and 3 years to complete – the show was not cancelled in between. To this day, Pingu maintains a cult following, and enjoys occasional reruns on Cbeebies in the United Kingdom. It aired on BBC in 1995 until 2005 through the early years.
Age of Rebellion 2018 Campus bullying is a serious issue that every school try to root out. When the bullying manifests to outside of the school, who is responsible to stop it?
The Mechanism 2018 A scandal erupts in Brazil during an investigation of alleged government corruption via oil and construction companies. Loosely inspired by true events.
Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic 2012 M
Ingress: The Animation 2018 After scientists discover a mysterious substance that can influence human minds, two factions wage an all-out battle to control its awesome power.
Falsa Identidad 2018
Monty Python: Almost The Truth 2009
The Beginning and End of the Universe 2016 Jim Al-Khalili tackles the greatest question in science - how the universe began. By recreating key experiments Jim unravels the mystery of science's creation story.
Losers 2019 In a "winning is everything" society, how do we handle failure? This series profiles athletes who have turned the agony of defeat into human triumph.
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman 2018 TV legend David Letterman teams up with fascinating global figures for in-depth interviews and curiosity-fueled excursions in this monthly talk show.
Marseille 2016 The longtime mayor of Marseille is preparing to hand over the reins to his protégé when a sudden and ruthless battle erupts for control of the city.
Girls Incarcerated 2018 An eight-part documentary series that goes behind the scenes at Madison Juvenile Correctional Facility in Indiana, where teenage girls struggle to overcome their troubled pasts and find hope for the future.
Yong Pal 2015 Kim Tae Hyun is a promising young surgeon, but his finances take a dive when his sister's health condition requires costly dialysis treatments. When Tae Hyun subsequently falls into a vicious cycle of debt, he assumes the alias of "Yong Pal" and begins making house calls for criminals who are willing to pay top dollar. Complicating things further, Tae Hyun gets involved with Han Yeo Jin, a comatose patient at the hospital.
Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse 2012 The series is set as a reality TV-esque show following Barbie, her sisters and her friends in the day-to-day activities that take place in the Dreamhouse and surrounding areas. Much of the humor in the show derives from parodying and lampooning both the traditional reality TV format and the Barbie franchise itself.
Paquita Salas 2016 One of Spain's best talent agents in the '90s, Paquita now finds herself searching desperately for new stars after suddenly losing her biggest client.
Black Knight 2017 A pure man who accepts a dangerous destiny for the woman he loves.
Watership Down 2018 Fleeing their doomed warren, a group of rabbits struggle to find and defend a new home.
Grand Hotel 2011 Grand Hotel is a Spanish drama television series directed by Carlos Sedes and starring Yon Gonzalez and Amaia Salamanca. It first aired on Antena 3 in Spain on 11 October 2011 and on Sky Arts 1 in the UK on 18 November 2012.
The series, filmed at the Palacio de la Magdalena in Santander, is set in an early 20th century aristocratic hotel during the reign of King Alfonso XIII and is centered on the mysteries that involve the owner family and the hotel servants. Grand Hotel has received critical acclaim from television critics and won numerous accolades.
Kakegurui 2017 Hyakkaou Private Academy. An institution for the privileged with a very peculiar curriculum. You see, when you're the sons and daughters of the wealthiest of the wealthy, it's not athletic prowess or book smarts that keep you ahead. It's reading your opponent, the art of the deal. What better way to hone those skills than with a rigorous curriculum of gambling? At Hyakkaou Private Academy, the winners live like kings, and the losers are put through the wringer. But when Yumeko Jabami enrolls, she's gonna teach these kids what a high roller really looks like!
Weeds 2005 MA15+ Weeds is an American dark comedy-drama series created by Jenji Kohan. The central character is Nancy Botwin, a widowed mother of two boys who begins selling cannabis to support her family after her husband dies suddenly of a heart attack. Over the course of the show, she and her family become increasingly entangled in illegal activities.
Shooter 2016 MA15+ Bob Lee Swagger is an expert marksman living in exile who is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president.
The Shannara Chronicles 2016 PG A young Healer armed with an unpredictable magic guides a runaway Elf in her perilous quest to save the peoples of the Four Lands from an age-old Demon scourge.
Dinosaur Train 2009 G Dinosaur Train is an American animated series created by Craig Bartlett. The series features a curious young Tyrannosaurus Rex named Buddy who, together with his adopted Pteranodon family, takes the Dinosaur Train to meet, explore, and have adventures with all kinds of dinosaurs. It is produced by The Jim Henson Company in association with Media Development Authority, Sparky Animation, FableVision, and Snee-Oosh, Inc.
It is the second show by The Jim Henson Company to use CGI animation.
The Staircase 2005 Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, presents a gripping courtroom thriller, offering a rare and revealing inside look at a high-profile murder trial. In 2001, author Michael Peterson was arraigned for the murder of his wife Kathleen, whose body was discovered lying in a pool of blood on the stairway of their home. Granted unusual access to Peterson's lawyers, home and immediate family, de Lestrade's cameras capture the defense team as it considers its strategic options. "The staircase" is an engrossing look at contemporary American justice that features more twists than a legal bestseller.
Wet Hot American Summer: 10 Years Later 2017 M A decade after their wild summer as junior counselors, the gang reunites for a weekend of bonding, hanky-panky and hair-raising adventures.
The Frozen Dead 2017 A horrific discovery in a small town nestled high in the French Pyrenees begins to unravel a dark mystery that has been hidden for years. On an unforgiving winter morning, a group of workers discover the headless body of a horse, hanging suspended from the edge of a frozen cliff. Commandant Martin Servaz starts investigating and soon discovers a dark story of madness and revenge.
After Life 2019 Tony had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he likes from now on.
Life 2018 At Korea's top university medical center, ideals and interests collide between a patient-centered ER doctor and the hospital's newly-appointed CEO.
7SEEDS 2019 Shy Natsu awakens as part of a group chosen to ensure the survival of humanity. Together, they have to survive on a changed Earth.
Amazing Interiors 2018 Meet eccentric homeowners whose seemingly ordinary spaces are full of surprises, from a backyard roller coaster to an indoor aquarium.
Call My Agent 2015 In Paris, France, a group of movie-star agents go about their lives and work, and they'll have to figure out how to carry on with the agency after the passing of their fearless leader. This hour-long drama plays out much like a soap opera, with more realistic problems and concerns. They don't do Olympic-size gymnastics to get you to believe a plot or to create drama.
The Only Way Is Essex 2010 Part soap opera, part reality show, TOWIE follows the lives, loves and scandals of a group of real-life Essex guys and girls. Cameras capture the happenings at all kinds of glamorous locations as the cast meet up in nail bars, nightclubs and salons. Each episode features action filmed just a few days previously.
Super Wings! 2015 An action-packed preschool series about an adorable jet plane named Jett who travels the world delivering packages to children. On every delivery, Jett encounters a new problem that the he and his friends the Super Wings must work together to solve!
Merlin 2008 The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.
Project S The Series 2017 A story about sports and the lives of athletes full of friendship, love, relationships and transcendence in a rich and diverse perspective.
The Great Interior Design Challenge 2014 The search for Britain's best amateur interior designers. Working in a variety of architectural styles, the contestants have three days to impress both the judges and the homeowners.
Cheer Up! 2015 Despite their harsh educational environment, the cheerleading club has to keep it together for the students' sakes, and their own.
Exhibit A 2019 This true crime series shows how innocent people have been convicted with dubious forensic techniques and tools such as touch DNA and cadaver dogs
Project Mc² 2015 McKeyla, Adrienne, Bryden, and Camryn are four super smart and science-skilled girls recruited to join the spy organization, NOV8.
Blown Away 2019 Ten master artists turn up the heat in glassblowing sculpture challenges for the chance to win $60,000 in prizes and the title of champion.
Residue 2015 The government cover-up of the causes behind a massive explosion in a futuristic UK metropolis spur photo journalist Jennifer Preston on to search for the truth and in the process blow open a paranormal phenomenon haunting the city.
Les Aventures de Tintin, d'après Hergé 1957 G Travel with Tintin, the young and intrepid Belgian reporter, and his faithful dog Snowy as they take you from Tibet to the Moon, or from Egypt to the depths of the sea -- solving mysteries, pursuing truth and justice, and gambling with their lives.
Prisoner Zero 2016 G Teens Tag and Gem travel through space searching for their parents whilst figuring out their identities. They are befriended by Zero who takes them under his wing, protecting them from aliens, robots and the evil Imperium.
Great News 2017 A New Jersey mom puts her relationship with her daughter to the test when she lands an internship at the same TV station where her daughter works.
Great Wild North 2015 In the frozen wilderness that borders Alaska and the Yukon, a group of brave souls pursue an ancient and dangerous way of life. For these men, women and their families, winter trapping is not only a deep passion–it’s their job. And they risk their lives to do it. In temperatures that reach 40 below—where skin freezes, snowmobiles break down, daylight fades fast, thin ice looms and predators are a constant threat—one wrong move can cost you everything.
Star Trek: Discovery 2017 M Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself.
Heartland 2007 M Life is hard on the Flemings' ranch in the Alberta foothills where abused or neglected horses find refuge with a kind, hard-working family. Debts abound and the bank is about to foreclose. Can they keep the ranch running?
Dawn of the Croods 2015 PG The world's first family is back for more laughs as they discover sports, sleepovers and other wonders in a world of exotic creatures and adventures. This 2D animated cartoon is based on the 3D animated feature film, "The Croods".
Skins 2007 MA15+ Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol.
Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 Edward and Alphonse Elric are two brothers gifted with the ability of alchemy, the science of taking one thing and changing it into another. However, alchemy works on the theory of Equivalent Exchange -- for something to be created, something else of equal value must be sacrificed. When their mother dies, Edward decides to do the unthinkable -- bringing her back to life by breaking one of Alchemy's biggest taboos and performing Human Alchemy. Thinking they have nothing more to lose, he and Alphonse make their attempt -- but something goes horribly wrong. In the process, Alphonse loses his body and Edward loses his leg. Ed manages to save Al by attaching his spirit to a suit of armor, but at the cost of his arm and leg.
Wild Wild Country 2018 When a controversial cult leader builds a utopian city in the Oregon desert, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal.
My Little Lover 2015 Shunichi Minami possesses good looks and does well academically in high school. Chiyomi Horikiri is a bright girl who likes dancing. They were childhood friends and also their first loves, but after Shunichi Minami’s father disappeared they hardly talk. On a storming night, Chiyomi Horikiri has an argument with her parents over her future course and leaves home. While trying to avoid the rain, Chiyomi Horikiri wishes that she go back to her childhood. Suddenly, Chiyomi becomes 15 cm. tall. Shunichi Minami happens to see tiny Chiyomi Horikiri. She tells him that she doesn't want anyone else to see her and Shunichi Minami takes her his home.
Beyond Stranger Things 2017 Secrets from the "Stranger Things 2" universe are revealed as cast and guests discuss the latest episodes with host Jim Rash. Caution: spoilers ahead!
Warm and Cozy 2015 Romance occurs for young people who leave the city and attempt to settle down on Jeju Island.
SKY Castle 2018 The satirical comedy takes place in a four-story apartment building in the suburbs of Seoul inhabited by a number of professionals: doctors, judges, prosecutors, professors, and their wives. The wives are from prestigious and highly educated backgrounds, and part of the plot will feature their efforts to get their children admitted into universities. Some grew up in families with multiple generations of doctors or lawyers, and their ambitions will be depicted with realism and comedy.
True and the Rainbow Kingdom 2017 When something's wrong in the Rainbow Kingdom, bighearted guardian True and her best friend, Bartleby, are there to grant wishes and save the day.
Fight For My Way 2017 Drama tells the story of Ko Dong-Man and Choi Ae-Ra.
In their school days, Ko Dong-Man took part in taekwondo. Now, he makes a living by working as a contract employee and also goes after the UFC title.
Choi Ae-Ra hoped to become an announcer, but she gave up her dream. Now, she works at the information desk of a department store.
ERASED 2016 MA15+ Satoru Fujinuma is a struggling manga artist who has the ability to turn back time and prevent deaths. When his mother is killed he turns back time to solve the mystery, but ends up back in elementary school, just before the disappearance of his classmate Kayo.
Black Lightning 2018 M Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community.
Grimm 2011 MA15+ After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a Grimm.
Goosebumps 1995 Anything can turn spooky in this horror anthology series based on the best-selling books by master of kid horror, R.L. Stine. In every episode, see what happens when regular kids find themselves in scary situations, and how they work to confront and overcome their fears.
The Big Bang Theory 2007 M The Big Bang Theory is centered on five characters living in Pasadena, California: roommates Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper; Penny, a waitress and aspiring actress who lives across the hall; and Leonard and Sheldon's equally geeky and socially awkward friends and co-workers, mechanical engineer Howard Wolowitz and astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali. The geekiness and intellect of the four guys is contrasted for comic effect with Penny's social skills and common sense.
The Civil War 1990 A comprehensive and definitive history of the American Civil War.
The American Dream Project 2015 A British ex-pat New Yorker and his American buddy take a motorcycle journey across the U.S. to see if the spirit of American optimism still exists.
Devilman: Crybaby 2018 Akira Fudo learns from his best friend Ryo Asuka that demons will revive and reclaim the world from humans. With humans hopeless against this threat, Ryo suggests combining with a demon. With this, Akira becomes Devilman, a being with the power of demon but with a human heart.
Consumed 2011 Consumed is a Canadian reality television series produced by Paperny Entertainment that airs on HGTV Canada. The series stars de-cluttering expert Jill Pollack, who challenges families overwhelmed by their possessions to survive for 30 days with only the bare essentials. After the 30 days are over the families must decide which possession they truly need and which to donate. The series, which films largely in the Metro Vancouver area, premiered on August 30, 2011.
Russian Doll 2019 MA15+ Nadia keeps dying and reliving her 36th birthday party. She's trapped in a surreal time loop -- and staring down the barrel of her own mortality.
Ponysitters Club 2018 A young horse enthusiast teams up with her best friends to rescue and rehabilitate animals on her family's beloved ranch.
What Happens to My Family 2015 A naïve young woman goes to Istanbul to meet the now-grown boy who jokingly promised to marry her in 11 years after she saved his life as a child.
Master of None 2015 30-year-old New York actor Dev takes on such pillars of maturity as the first big job, a serious relationship, and busting sex offenders on the subway.
Leila 2019 In the forgotten margins of the segregated communities of a dystopian future, a woman searches for the daughter that she lost upon her arrest years ago.
Rita 2012 Independent, outspoken and adored by her students, private school teacher Rita fares less well with adults.
Kill Me, Heal Me 2015 Cha Do Hyun is a rich heir to a family company with one major problem. Due to suppressed childhood trauma, he suffers from dissociative identity disorder manifested in 7 unique personalities who are out of his control. In order to overcome this disorder in secret, he hires a first year medical resident to help him heal by killing off each personality one by one.
Lost & Found Music Studios 2015
Club de Cuervos 2015 When the patriarch of a prominent family dies, his heirs battle to determine who will gain control of his beloved soccer team: The Cuervos of Nuevo Toledo.
Babylon 2014 MA15+ London's police force is in need of a public image revamp. And Chief Constable Richard Miller has found just the woman to do it...American visionary from the world of new media Liz Garvey, sets out to revolutionise the force's PR department just as an outbreak of violence erupts.
Medal of Honor 2018 Honoring service members whose courage merited the awarding of a Medal of Honor, this docudrama series re-creates their inspiring true stories.
Two Weeks 2013 Jang Tae San is a man who has been living a meaningless life and never thinks toward his future. He is on the run after being falsely accused of murder. Furthermore, he discovers that he has a daughter who is now suffering from leukemia. The drama spans exactly two weeks, and tells about Tae San's desperate struggles to save his daughter.
Angry Boys 2011 MA15+ Angry Boys is an Australian television mockumentary series written by and starring Chris Lilley. Continuing the mockumentary style of his previous series, the show explores the issues faced by young males in the 21st century – their influences, their pressures, their dreams and ambitions. In Angry Boys, Lilley plays multiple characters: S.mouse, an American rapper; Jen, a manipulative Japanese mother; Blake Oakfield, a champion surfer; Ruth "Gran" Sims, a guard at a juvenile detention facility; and her grandchildren, South Australian twins Daniel and Nathan Sims.
The series is a co-production between the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and US cable channel HBO, with a pre-sale to BBC Three in the United Kingdom. Filmed in Melbourne, Los Angeles and Tokyo, Angry Boys premièred on 11 May 2011 at 9:00 pm on ABC1.
Secret Agent Selection: WW2 2018 The training programme of one of World War Two's most covert organisations, the Special Operations Executive or SEO, is resurrected.
Yu-Gi-Oh! 1998 Yu-Gi-Oh! is a 1998 Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation and Bandai based on chapters 1-59 of the manga of the same name written by Kazuki Takahashi. The series aired on TV Asahi between April 4, 1998, and October 10, 1998. An animated film based on the series was released in Japanese theatres on March 6, 1999. The opening theme is "A Cry of Thirst" by Field of View whilst the ending theme is "Even If You Break Tomorrow" by Wands. The series was followed by a different adaptation produced by Nihon Ad Systems and Konami, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, which began airing in 2000. Fans outside of Japan have dubbed this series as "Yu-Gi-Oh! Season Zero."
Star Trek 1966 M Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship USS Enterprise and its crew.
The show is set in the Milky Way galaxy, roughly during the 2260s. The crew is headed by Captain James T. Kirk, first officer Spock, and chief medical officer Leonard McCoy. Shatner's voice-over introduction during each episode's opening credits stated the starship's purpose:
The series was produced from 1966-67 by Desilu Productions, and by Paramount Television from 1968-69. Star Trek aired on NBC from September 8, 1966 to June 3, 1969. Although this television series had the title of Star Trek, it later acquired the retronym of Star Trek: The Original Series to distinguish the show within the media franchise that it began. Star Trek's Nielsen ratings while on NBC were low, and the network canceled it after three seasons and 79 episodes. Nevertheless, the show had a major influence on popular culture and it became a cult classic in broadcast syndication during the 1970s. The show eventually spawned a franchise, consisting of five additional television series, 12 theatrical films, and numerous books, games, toys, and other products.
Bates Motel 2013 A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series begins after the death of Norma's husband, when she purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and Norman can start a new life.
El Chapo 2017 A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power of during the '90s and his ultimate downfall in 2016.
Brain Games 2011 PG Get ready to have your mind messed with! "Brain Games" is a groundbreaking series that uses interactive experiments, misdirection and tricks to demonstrate how our brains create the illusion of seamless reality through our memory, through our sensory perception, and how we focus our attention.
Death Note 2006 M Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?
Crashing 2016 A comedy drama that crashes straight into the lives and loves of six twenty-something adults living together as Property Guardians in a disused hospital.
The Writer 2019 Drama Series The Writer Ramadan 2019
The Defected 2019
Descendants of the Sun 2016 A drama about the love of people who get closer as they learn to be considerate of each other in desperate times and sacrifices made by people who throw themselves into natural disasters.
Larry Charles' Dangerous World of Comedy 2019 Legendary comedy writer and director Larry Charles travels the world in search of humor in the most unusual, unexpected and dangerous places.
The Last Czars 2019 MA15+ When social upheaval sweeps Russia in the early 20th century, Czar Nicholas II resists change, sparking a revolution and ending a dynasty.
Charité at War 2019 In 1943, the staff at Berlin's Charité hospital struggle against the effects of World War II and the Nazi regime, including eugenic medical practices.
Booba 2014 The world is a mystery to little Booba. But he approaches the curiosities around him with wonder, finding adventure in his everyday surroundings.
Angry Mom 2015 When Jo Gang-Ja attended high school, she was notorious for fighting. She gave birth to her daughter A-Ran in her late teens and became more responsible. Her daughter A-Ran is now a high school student, but A-Ran is bullied at school. Jo Gang-Ja decides to go back to high school to protect her daughter. Jo Gang-Ja becomes a high school student again.
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee 2012 M Jerry takes his comedy pals out for coffee in a selection of his classic automobiles. Larry David sums it up best when he says, 'You've finally made a show about nothing.'
Kantaro: The Sweet Tooth Salaryman 2017 A stoic book salesman leads a double life as he plays hooky from work to write his sweets blog. In his journey to attain a glimpse of sweets heaven Kantaro samples various Japanese and Western sweets.
I Am Not a Robot 2017 Inevitably, everybody gets hurt at some point in their lives. There are different remedies for different types of wounds, and as time elapses, these remedies start to become less effective. This is a story about a man who created a shield for his broken heart. Since the day his heart broke, he has been living inside a shell. One day, he encounters a being unlike any other, and by interacting with her, he slowly learns how to break out of his shell.
Nailed It! 2018 Home bakers with a terrible track record take a crack at re-creating edible masterpieces for a $10,000 prize. It's part reality contest, part hot mess.
School 2017 2017 A coming-of-age story about the lives of 18-year-old high school students who are valued according to their ranking in school. Despite their frustrations, they find out how to make their own way in this world that seems to be a stagnant cycle of school and home.
Ajin 2016 17 years ago, immortals first appeared on the battlefields of Africa. Later, rare, unknown new immortal lifeforms began appearing among humans, and they became known as "Ajin" (demi-humans). Just before summer vacation, a Japanese high school student is instantly killed in a traffic accident on his way home from school. However, he is revived, and a price is placed on his head. Thus begins a boy's life on the run from all of humankind.
Gypsy 2017 The journey of Jean Holloway – a therapist who begins to develop dangerous and intimate relationships with the people in her patients' lives.
Daniel Sloss: Live Shows 2018 Comedian Daniel Sloss is ready to find the funny in some very dark topics, from the deeply personal to the truly irreverent.
Wakfu 2008 PG Follow Yogu and his friends Amalia, Evangelyne, Tristepin, Ruel and Az as they try to rescue the world of Wakfu from destruction.
Cupcake & Dino - General Services 2018 An enterprising cupcake and his cheerful dinosaur brother take on jobs of all sorts as they work to help friends and strangers in their eccentric city.
Marvel's Daredevil 2015 MA15+ Lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight crime at night on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil.
Van Helsing 2016 MA15+ Vanessa Helsing, the daughter of famous vampire hunter and Dracula nemesis Abraham Van Helsing is resurrected five years in the future to find out that vampires have taken over the world and that she possesses unique power over them. She is humanity’s last hope to lead an offensive to take back what has been lost.
Perfume 2018 When a singer is found murdered, with her scent glands excised from her body, detectives probe a group of friends who attended boarding school with her.
I Hear You 2019 Bei Er Duo, a girl from an ordinary family, dreams about studying in Japan to be a professional voice actor. However, her mother wants her to marry rich whilst she is young, leading to continuous blind dates which irritate Bei Er Duo. In her desperation to raise funds for studying overseas as well as helping her best friend Tang Li out of a crisis, Bei Er Duo joins a couple reality program, encountering top violin maker Ye Shu Wei.
Disjointed 2017 Pot activist Ruth Whitefeather Feldman runs a medical marijuana dispensary while encouraging her loyal patients to chill out and enjoy the high life.
A Touch of Green 2015 The drama tells the story of air force pilots and their families from 1945 to 1971. As the husbands embarked on patriotic missions to fight against the enemies, their families must content with horror of wars, mass emigration to distant land, and death of love ones. Their shared experience brought the military families together to support one another.
Fantastic 2016 It tells the story of a successful drama writer whose life turns upside down after she discovers that she has a terminal illness and a famous actor who can't act.
Continuum 2012 MA15+ The series centers on the conflict between a group of rebels from the year 2077 who time-travel to Vancouver, BC, in 2012, and a police officer who accidentally accompanies them. In spite of being many years early, the rebel group decides to continue its violent campaign to stop corporations of the future from replacing governments, while the police officer endeavours to stop them without revealing to anyone that she and the rebels are from the future.
Last 2015 This drama is based on the webcomic Kang Hyung Kyu. The story centers on Jang Tae Ho, who was once successful, but becomes homeless after failing at a stock operation involving an exorbitant amount in Korea’s stock market. This leads him to face a secretive ranked organization consisting of Seoul’s homeless. Starting from the bottom, he rises up in rank to fight for leadership of the group against the boss who earns money by exploiting the poor homeless people.
Tales of the City 2019 Mary Ann returns to present-day San Francisco and is reunited with her daughter and ex-husband, twenty years after leaving them behind to pursue her career. Fleeing the midlife crisis that her picture-perfect Connecticut life created, Mary Ann is quickly drawn back into the orbit of Anna Madrigal, her chosen family and a new generation of queer young residents living at 28 Barbary Lane.
Dirty Money 2018 From crippling payday loans to cars that cheat emissions tests, this investigative series exposes brazen acts of corporate greed and corruption.
Six Flying Dragons 2015 The ambitious success stories of 6 people surrounding Prince Lee Bang Won, and the ideological and political conflict between Prince Lee Bang Won and Jung Do Jeon, the man instrumental in helping King Taejo establish the fledgling Joseon nation.
Most Beautiful Thing 2019 A 1950s housewife goes to Rio de Janeiro to meet up with her husband, only to learn he's deserted her, but decides to stay and open a bossa nova club.
Beat Bugs 2016 G Jay, Kumi, Crick, Buzz, and Walter are best friends who band together to explore and learn in an overgrown suburban backyard, which to them is their entire universe. Each episode of this animated series features songs by The Beatles performed by artists including Daniel Johns, Robbie Williams and Pink to tell uplifting and life-affirming stories filled with hope and melody.
Voltron: Legendary Defender 2016 PG Five unlikely teenage heroes and their flying robot lions unite to form the megapowerful Voltron and defend the universe from evil.
LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu 2012 M When the fate of their world, Ninjago, is challenged by great threats, it's up to the ninja: Kai, Jay, Cole, Zane, Lloyd and Nya to save the world.
Spartacus 2010 R18+ Spartacus is an American television series inspired by the historical figure of Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BCE led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic departing from Capua.
The Magic School Bus 1994 G An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wondrous educational field trips with the help of a magical school bus.
BoJack Horseman 2014 MA15+ Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the 90s - 20 years later. BoJack Horseman was the star of the hit TV show "Horsin' Around," but today he's washed up, living in Hollywood, complaining about everything, and wearing colorful sweaters.
SOTUS The Series 2016 The "Gear" is one of the engineering mechanical devices in the cogwheel system (as in a clock). Having one signifies that one is a student of the Faculty of Engineering. However, to get one, all engineering freshmen must first undergo the SOTUS (acronym for Seniority, Order, Tradition, Unity, and Spirit) system. Arthit (Perawat Sangpotirat), one of the third year seniors, often abuses his power over the freshmen by making them do things against the rules. Freshmen students are practically powerless to complain or resist any orders given by their seniors. Arthit was seemingly unstoppable, until Kongpob (Prachaya Ruangroj) stood up against the abuses by the former. Continual encounters between the two developed from animosity to something much more affectionate.
Chhota Bheem 2008 Chhota Bheem is an Indian animated series adventures about a boy named Bheem and his friends in fictional village of Dholakpur.Bheem and his friends are usually involved in protecting the village from various evil forces.
Nightflyers 2018 In the year 2093, a team of scientists aboard the Nightflyer, the most advanced ship ever built, embarks on a journey to find other life forms. Their mission takes them to the edge of the solar system, and to the edge of insanity, as they realize true horror isn't waiting for them in outer space—it's already on their ship.
Erased 2017 After finding his mom killed, Satoru's time-traveling ability takes him back 18 years for a chance to prevent her death and those of three classmates.
Penn & Teller: Fool Us 2011 Illusionists Penn & Teller throw down the gauntlet to aspiring magicians to perform their most mystifying trick - and fool Penn and Teller. Penn & Teller have no prior knowledge of either the performers or the planned trick. They sit in the audience just like everyone else, watching every move the guest magicians make. If any illusionist fools the professionals, they win a five star trip to Las Vegas to perform as the opening act in Penn & Teller's world famous show at the Rio Hotel & Casino.
Prohibition 2011 The story of the rise, rule, and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the entire era it encompassed.
One Day at a Time 2017 M In a reimagining of the TV classic, a newly single Latina mother raises her teen daughter and tween son with the "help" of her old-school mom.
F is for Family 2015 MA15+ Follow the Murphy family back to the 1970s, when kids roamed wild, beer flowed freely and nothing came between a man and his TV.
13 Reasons Why 2017 MA15+ After a teenage girl's perplexing suicide, a classmate receives a series of tapes that unravel the mystery of her tragic choice.
True: Wonderful Wishes 2018 Do-gooding True and Bartleby will go anywhere to make wishes come true -- from the bottom of the Living Sea to the tip of Mount Tippy Tippy Top!
The Girl Who Sees Smells 2015 Three years ago, Choi Moo Gak was mysteriously entangled in the "Barcode" murder case, resulting in not only the death of his sister, but also in the loss of most of his senses. While unearthing the cold case, Moo Gak crosses paths with Oh Cho Rim, a fellow victim who gained the synesthetic ability to see smells, but lost all of her memories prior to the incident. Moo Gak and Cho Rim combine their strange powers to track down the culprit, but are they ready to confront the truth?
Orange Marmalade 2015 Despite a 200-year-old treaty between humans and vampires, both races still don't get along. Amidst the looming tension, Jung Jae Min, a posh yet kindhearted high school student, quickly falls for the mysterious new girl Baek Ma Ri. But can Ma Ri conceal her true vampire identity and give love an honest chance? If these star-crossed lovers can find the courage to make the leap, Jae Min and Ma Ri may just be the key to a final resolution between humans and vampires...
Luis Miguel: The Series 2018 The series dramatizes the life story of Mexican superstar singer Luis Miguel, who has captivated audiences in Latin America and beyond for decades.
World War II In HD Colour 2009 World War II In HD Colour is a 13-episode television documentary miniseries recounting the events of World War II narrated by Robert Powell. The show covers the Western Front, Eastern Front, and the Pacific War. It is on syndication in America on the Military Channel. This series is in full color, combining both original and colorized footage.
Back Street Girls: Goku Dolls 2018 A group of 3 yakuza failed their boss for the last time. After messing up an important job, the boss gave them 2 choices: honorably commit suicide, or go to Thailand to get a sex reassignment surgery in order to become "female" idols. After a gruesome year training to become idols, they successfully debut, with overwhelming popularity, much to their dismay. This is where their tragedy truly begins.
Vexed 2010 Comedy drama following a mismatched pair of police officers who disagree on everything with their partner, from policing to their personal life.
One Strange Rock 2018 A mind-bending, thrilling journey exploring the fragility and wonder of planet Earth, one of the most peculiar, unique places in the entire universe, brought to life by the only people to have left it behind – the world’s most well known and leading astronauts.
Trolls: The Beat Goes On! 2018 G Queen Poppy tries to keep Troll Village's peace with the Bergens by inviting them to parties, playing their sports and preventing crime.
When Calls the Heart 2014 G Elizabeth Thatcher, a young school teacher from a wealthy Eastern family, migrates from the big city to teach school in a small coal mining town in the west.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 1990 G The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990, to May 20, 1996. The show stars Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself, a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia who is sent to move in with his aunt and uncle in their wealthy Bel Air mansion, where his lifestyle often clashes with that of his relatives. The 148 episodes were broadcast over six seasons.
Upin & Ipin 2007 Upin & Ipin is a Malaysian television series of animated shorts produced by Les' Copaque Production, which features the life and adventures of the eponymous twin brothers in a fictional Malaysian kampung. Originally a side project for the blockbuster animated film Geng: The Adventure Begins, Upin & Ipin was introduced on TV9 in 13 September 2007 as a six-episode Ramadan/Eid special, to instil significance of the Islamic holy month amongst children. To date, the series has reached its fourth season, including another Ramadan special season in 2008, and, season three onwards, the year-long, more general themed Upin & Ipin and Friends, the series' international debut via the Disney Channel Asia, with more concentrating on telling the lives of Upin and Ipin with their friends on the normal days.
Close Your Eyes Before It's Dark 2016 While vacationing at a mountain cabin, a group of longtime friends uncovers an old scandal that could have deadly consequences.
Paprika 2018
Real Rob 2015 Centers around comedian Rob Schneider's real life while living in Hollywood.
Who Are You: School 2015 2015 Set at a prestigious private high school in Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea. Eun-Byeol is a popular student at the private high school. She goes missing and returns, but she has lost her memory. She tries to find out the truth.
Hyde, Jekyll, Me 2015 Koo Seo Jin reaches an all-time low when he uses his power as a theme park director to decommission Wonderland's popular circus. Refusing to give into the demands of her frosty boss, ringleader Jang Ha Na puts up a fight, but is thrown off guard when Seo Jin's secret persona reveals itself with genuine kindness. In the battle to save her circus, Ha Na realizes she must tease out Seo Jin's brighter side with magic, wonder and love, but who's listening — Jekyll or Hyde?
The Cuba Libre Story 2015 Recounts the tumultuous history of Cuba, a nation of foreign conquest, freedom fighters and Cold War political machinations.
Richie Rich 2015 Richie Rich is just a normal kid, except that he has a trillion dollars.Following his overnight success, he moves his father and his sister into his newly built mansion. He also shares his success with his two best friends, Darcy and Murray.
Kaçak 2013 The continuing life of an ex cop who had worked for a mafia undercover. Ended up killing the mafias son so later on he used the mafias daughter to escape. Falling in a unwanted love with her.
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) 2019 To impress his ex-girlfriend, a nerdy teen starts selling drugs online out of his bedroom -- and becomes one of Europe's biggest dealers.
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt 2015 M When a woman is rescued from a doomsday cult and lands in New York City, she must navigate a world she didn’t think even existed anymore.
Lost in Space 2018 M After crash-landing on an alien planet, the Robinson family fights against all odds to survive and escape. But they're surrounded by hidden dangers.
Charité at War 2017 Berlin, 1888. After penniless Ida’s life is saved at the Charité Hospital she must work off the treatment costs. While she becomes acquainted with the most brilliant physicians of this era at the world-famous hospital, the self-determined young woman discovers her passion for medicine.
Safe 2018 After his daughter goes missing, a widower begins uncovering the dark secrets of the people closest to him.
Shadowhunters 2016 M When Clary Fray's mother has disappeared, Clary joins a band of Shadowhunters; demon killing hunters, and gets caught up in a plan to save the world.
Rake 2010 M Rake is an Australian television series, produced by Essential Media and Entertainment, that first aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's ABC1 in 2010. It stars Richard Roxburgh as rake Cleaver Greene, a brilliant but self-destructive Sydney barrister. The show airs in the United States on DirecTV's Audience Network. The second season began on 6 September 2012. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has also renewed the show for a third season
Each episode entails Greene defending a different client.
The Fox Network in the USA has commissioned an American version of Rake, starring Greg Kinnear as the lead character, renamed Keegan Deane for American audiences.
Samurai Champloo 2004 MA15+ Mugen is a ferocious, animalistic warrior with a fighting style inspired by break-dancing. Jin is a ronin samurai who wanders the countryside alone. They may not be friends, but their paths continually cross. And when ditzy waitress Fuu gets them out of hot water with the local magistrate, they agree to join her search for the "samurai who smells of sunflowers."
Marvel's Jessica Jones 2015 MA15+ After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City.
Alias J.J. 2017 As the Medellín Cartel crumbles, Pablo Escobar's No. 1 hit man struggles to stay alive and gain respect in the prison hierarchy.
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13 Reasons Why: Beyond the Reasons 2017 This 30-minute segment gives insight into the production of the Netflix series and the importance of the themes of suicide, cyberbullying, sexual assault and mental illness, featuring interviews from the cast, director, writers, psychologists, author Jay Asher, and executive producer Selena Gomez.
Hyori's Bed and Breakfast 2017 The famous diva, Lee Hyo-ri, has been taking a long hiatus from the spotlight and enjoying her life in the suburbs of Jeju Island with her husband. The couple has decided to open up their home as a Bed and Breakfast to various people to offer them a time of healing and rest from their busy lives.
Glitter Force Doki Doki 2017 Four girls summon their inner superheroes to defend Earth and the magical kingdom of Splendorius from King Mercenare and his minions.
Clean with Passion for Now 2018 Gil Oh-so, an employee at a cleaning company, meets Jang Seon-gyul, the boss of the company. The two are diametric opposite when it comes to cleanliness. With the help of Oh-sol, Seon-gyul faces his mysophobia and falls in love with her.
W/ Bob & David 2015 After being dishonorably discharged from the Navy Seals, Bob and David are back serving our country the way they do best, making sketch comedy. Four half-hours of brand new comedy featuring all new characters, all new scenes, and most importantly, all new wigs.
Evil Genius 2018 This baffling true crime story starts with the grisly death of a pizza man who robs a bank with a bomb around his neck - and gets weirder from there.
Terrace House: Boys & Girls in the City 2015 Six men and women start off as strangers and live together under one roof. All that is provided is a beautiful house and a car. There is no script.
Abyss 2019 After meeting an untimely demise in separate incidents, Cha Min and Go Se-yeon discover they’ve come back to life in new bodies they don’t recognize.
Black Spot 2017 In the small bordertown of Villefranche, lost in the heart of a large forest, crime rate is six times higher than elsewhere in the area. Each new crime Major Laurène Weiss solves with the help of her unusual team makes her sink deeper and deeper into secrets of the area.
LoliRock 2014 Follow the journey of young Iris, a spirited teenage girl with a beautiful voice and an unending desire to help others. When Iris sings, strange events happen.
The Killing 2011 M The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.
Feed the Beast 2016 MA15+ For two friends on the brink of losing everything, a dusty pipe dream of opening up an upscale restaurant in their hometown of the Bronx is all they have left to turn their lives around. Together, they take on the insanity of the New York restaurant world, and navigate its underbelly of petty criminals, corrupt officials and violent mobsters.
Orange Is the New Black 2013 MA15+ A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.
DreamWorks Dragons 2012 PG DreamWorks Dragons is an American computer-animated television series airing on Cartoon Network based on the 2010 film How to Train Your Dragon. The series serves as a bridge between the first film and its 2014 sequel. Riders of Berk follows Hiccup as he tries to keep balance within the new cohabitation of Dragons and Vikings. Alongside keeping up with Berk's newest installment — A Dragon Training Academy — Hiccup, Toothless, and the rest of the Viking Teens are put to the test when they are faced with new worlds harsher than Berk, new dragons that can't all be trained, and new enemies who are looking for every reason to destroy the harmony between Vikings and Dragons all together.
A Thousand Goodnights 2019 To carry out her dad's wish and discover her roots, Dai Tian-qing embarks on a journey around Taiwan and finds love and redemption on the way.
21 Thunder 2017 The story of the Montreal Thunder U21 (under-21) team, following the team's star players on and off the field. A story of love, crime, race, sex and athletic glory, at its core the series is about how a group of players and coaches unite as family in the whirlwind of life, one step away from the pros.
The House That Made Me 2010 Famous figures take an emotional trip back to meticulous recreations of the homes they were brought up in, exploring how their past shaped who they are today.
La famiglia McKellan 2019 A free-spirited mom moves her family from the west coast to the Midwest and gets to know her extended family.
Man to Man 2017 From Kim Won Seok, the writer of Descendants of the Sun, a drama about a special bodyguard with a background in special investigations and the Hallyu star he is supposed to protect.
She's Gotta Have It 2017 Nola Darling struggles to define herself and divide her time among her friends, job and three lovers. A new take on Spike Lee's film, in 10 episodes.
The Good Wife 2009 MA15+ The Good Wife is a legal drama starring Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies as a wife and mother who boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.
Glee 2009 PG In this musical comedy, optimistic high school teacher Will Schuester tries to refuel his own passion while reinventing the high school's glee club and challenging a group of outcasts to realize their star potential as they strive to outshine their singing competition while navigating the cruel halls of McKinley High.
Rishta.com 2010 Rishta.com is an Indian television series which broadcast on Sony Entertainment Television on January 3, 2010. The show is produced by Indian producers Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra of Yash Raj Films under their new production house name YRF Televisions. The show has been conceived, written and directed by Rishab Seth. It aired Sunday nights.
Kikoriki 2004 Kikoriki, known in Russia as Smeshariki, is a Russian animated television series consisting of 208 episodes of 6 minutes and 30 seconds each, aimed at children of 3 to 8 years. The first episode premiered in Russia on May 7, 2005. English-language distribution rights to the series were acquired by 4Kids Entertainment from worldwide distributor Fun Game Media, Munich and began airing as part of The CW4Kids block on The CW on September 27, 2008, under the name GoGoRiki. Fun Game Media is also producing a European version, which began airing on KI.KA on December 8, 2008.
The Smeshariki are stylized rounded animals. Each of the nine characters has a unique personality and a range of interests with no negative characters among them. Plots are built not on the battle of opposing forces but on the unexpected situations the animated characters stumble upon in their interactions deemed similar to the ones that children may encounter in their everyday lives. Many of the topics foreground the guidance that friendship and community provide to the individual making his or her way in the world. Complex themes and specific cultural references place this cartoon firmly within the Russian tradition of animation. Much attention was devoted to the humor in the series, some of which has attracted adults as well.
Hong Kong West Side Stories 2019 The intimate lives of young men and women from Hong Kong are linked by loosely connected stories about love, lust, separation and deceit.
Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series 2019 Nova Scotia’s favorite miscreants have always been super sketchy. Now, carrying on from the Season 12 finale, the boys have become complete cartoons.
The Keepers 2017 This docuseries examines the decades-old murder of Sister Catherine Cesnik and its suspected link to a priest accused of abuse.
revisions 2019 An isolated city. An unknown enemy. An uncertain past and a prophecy of the future. The children fight the "future" to bring back the "present". No matter what, they're going home...
My Love Eun Dong 2015 Top actor Ji Eun-ho hires ghostwriter Seo Jung-eun to write his autobiography. Eun-ho is tense, irritable and difficult to work with, but Jung-eun finds her assignment fascinating because Eun-ho claims he began acting not because he wanted to become a star but because he thought being in the limelight would help him find his first love, Ji Eun-dong. Eun-ho and Eun-dong's complicated romantic history has spanned two decades, and he's convinced that he can never love anyone else. As Jung-eun helps him remember Eun-dong and why he lost her, Eun-ho (whose birth name is Hyun Soo) looks back on his memories of her, from when he met when he was seventeen.
Diamond Lover 2015 Xiao Liang is the CEO of the world's biggest Diamond company. He's reserved, strict and counts every penny while doing business. He also chooses to close himself off from people, insisting relationships are of no worth in his life. Everything turns upside down when he meets Mi Dou, a woman who changes his views in life and teaches him what it means to be alive and happy.
Extreme Engagement 2019 An engaged couple travels the world for a year to explore marriage customs in diverse cultures. Will the journey bring them closer or tear them apart?
The Ugly Duckling 2015 Adaptation of the hit series "Yo Soy Betty La Fea" aka "Ugly Betty."
Scare Tactics 2003 Scare Tactics is a hidden camera/comedy television show, produced by Kevin Healey and Scott Hallock. Its first two seasons aired from April 2003 to December 2004. After a hiatus, the show returned for a third season, beginning July 9, 2008. The first season of the show was hosted by Shannen Doherty. Stephen Baldwin took her place in the middle of the second season. Since the beginning of the third season, the show has been hosted by Tracy Morgan. The fourth season began on October 6, 2009.
In Europe the first season of the program aired on MTV Central from 2003 to 2004. The show is also broadcast in Australia on FOX8, in Canada on MTV, in India on AXN, in Russia on MTV Russia, in Turkey on Dream TV, in Poland on TV Puls, in Finland on Jim, in South Korea on Q TV, in Sweden initially on TV6 and currently on TV11.
Hjørdis 2015 This miniseries spinoff of "Rita" follows teacher Hjørdis as she plans a school play on bullying featuring a cast of socially awkward students.
Danger Mouse 2015 Danger Mouse is back saving London, saving the World and, most importantly, saving Penfold in brand new and fantastically absurd, energetic adventures.
Man Like Mobeen 2017 Man Like Mobeen is a four-part series that welcomes you into the life of Mobeen Deen, a 28 year-old from Small Heath in Birmingham. All Mobeen wants to do is follow his faith, lead a good life, and make sure his younger sister fulfils her potential. But can he juggle these when his criminal past and reputation is always chasing him?
The Chalet 2018 Friends gathered at a remote chalet in the French Alps for a summer getaway are caught in a deadly trap as a dark secret from the past comes to light.
Our Planet 2019 Experience our planet's natural beauty and examine how climate change impacts all living creatures in this ambitious documentary of spectacular scope.
The Vietnam War 2017 An immersive 360-degree narrative telling the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Featuring testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.
Good Girls 2018 M Three "good girl" suburban wives and mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take their power back.
Stranger Things 2016 M When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
Dinosaur King 2007 Dinosaur King is a card-based arcade game from Sega that uses the same gameplay mechanics from Mushiking but uses super-powered dinosaurs instead of beetles. The game was revealed in JAMMA 2005 and is available in Japanese and English versions. A Nintendo DS version has also been released in North America.
In the fall of 2008, Upper Deck Company released a Dinosaur King Trading Card Game. This card game is not to be confused with the cards used for the arcade machines.
The series has been adapted into an anime TV series, Ancient Ruler Dinosaur King DKidz Adventure, which is made by Sunrise and premiered on TV Asahi on February 4, 2007. As of 2008, an English adaptation aired on the 4Kids TV block on the Fox Network, but moved to The CW's The CW4Kids block on September 6, 2008.
A sequel was announced called "Ancient Ruler Dinosaur King DKidz Adventure: Pterosaur Legend," which debuted February 3, 2008 in Japan.
The show ended its run in Japan in late 2008.
True Tunes 2019 True and her friends are dropping sweet, silly beats with freshly modern music videos set to the sounds of classic nursery rhyme songs.
The Get Down 2016 In 1977 New York City, the talented and soulful youth of the South Bronx chase dreams and breakneck beats to transform music history.
Kulipari: An Army of Frogs 2016
The Dragon Prince 2018 An extraordinary discovery inspires two human princes and an elven assassin to team up on an epic quest to bring peace to their warring lands.
Puffin Rock 2015 G Life is sweet on beautiful Puffin Rock, where puffling Oona, her baby brother Baba and their pals learn about nature, friendship and family. Follow the pufflings on their adventures as they explore the wild island!
The Wiggles 1998 G
Kim's Convenience 2016 The funny, heartfelt story of The Kims, a Korean-Canadian family, running a convenience store in downtown Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Kim ('Appa' and 'Umma') immigrated to Toronto in the 80's to set up shop near Regent Park and had two kids, Jung and Janet who are now young adults. However, when Jung was 16, he and Appa had a major falling out involving a physical fight, stolen money and Jung leaving home. Father and son have been estranged since.
Upper Middle Bogan 2013 M Follow the stories of two families living at opposite ends of the freeway. Bess Denyar is a doctor with a posh mother, Margaret, an architect husband, Danny Bright, and twin 13-year-olds at a private school, Oscar and Edwina. When Bess finds out that she is adopted, she is stunned, but even more so when she meets her birth parents, Wayne and Julie Wheeler. She also discovers that she has three siblings: Amber, Kayne and Brianna. The bogan Wheelers head up a drag racing team in the outer suburbs and are thrilled to discover the daughter they thought they had lost.
Good Witch 2015 Cassie Nightingale, Middleton’s favorite enchantress, and her young-teenage daughter Grace, who shares that same special intuition as her mom, welcome Dr. Sam Radford and his son to town. When the New York transplants move in next to the Grey House, they are immediately spellbound by the mother-daughter duo next door, but Sam and Cassie quickly find they may not see eye to eye. With her signature charm, Cassie attempts to bring everyone together, ensuring all of Middleton is in for new changes, big surprises and, of course, a little bit of magic!
"Good Witch” is based on Bell’s beloved character Cassie, the raven-haired enchantress who kept audiences spellbound for seven installments of Hallmark Channel's longest-running and highest-rated original movie franchise of all time.
Jeopardy! 1964 America's favorite quiz show where contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in question form.
Fuller House 2016 PG D.J. Tanner-Fuller is a widow and mother of three. Things become too much to handle, so she asks for help from her sister Stephanie and her best-friend Kimmy.
Impractical Jokers 2011 This hidden-camera series follows four lifelong friends -- Brian "Q"' Quinn, James "Murr"' Murray, Joe Gatto and Sal Vulcano -- who take dares to an outrageous level. To find out who is best under pressure, the guys compete in awkward and outrageous hidden-camera hijinks with the loser performing what is deemed to be the most-mortifying challenge yet.
The Foreigner 2017 MA15+ Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official whose own past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers.
Midnight Special 2016 M A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.
Whiteout 2009 MA15+ The only U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica, Carrie Stetko will soon leave the harsh environment behind for good – in three days, the sun will set and the Amundsen-Scott Research Station will shut down for the long winter. When a body is discovered out on the open ice, Carrie's investigation into the continent's first homicide plunges her deep into a mystery that may cost her her own life.
Woman in Gold 2015 M Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II, she believes rightfully belongs to her family. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.
Unknown 2011 M An American biologist attending a conference in Berlin awakens from a coma after a car accident, only to discover that someone has taken his identity and that no one, not even his wife, believes him. With the help of an illegal immigrant and a former Stazi agent, he sets out to prove who he is and find out why people are trying to kill him.
Point Blank 2019 A nurse is forced to spring a wounded murder suspect from the hospital when the man’s brother kidnaps his pregnant wife and wants to make a trade.
The Town 2010 MA15+ Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.
The Goonies 1985 PG A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends Data Wang, Chunk Cohen, and Mouth Devereaux run off on a big quest to find the secret stash of Pirate One-Eyed Willie.
The Shawshank Redemption 1994 M Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
San Andreas 2015 M In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.
The Family 2013 MA15+ The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard.
RockNRolla 2008 MA15+ When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune. Various shady characters, including Mr One-Two, Stella the accountant, and Johnny Quid, a druggie rock-star, try to claim their slice.
Labor Day 2014 M Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.
You've Got Mail 1998 PG Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
300: Rise of an Empire 2014 MA15+ Greek general Themistokles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war. Themistokles faces the massive invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god, Xerxes and Artemesia, the vengeful commander of the Persian navy.
The Wedding Singer 1998 M Robbie, a local rock star turned wedding singer, is dumped on the day of his wedding. Meanwhile, waitress Julia finally sets a wedding date with her fiancée Glenn. When Julia and Robbie meet and hit it off, they find that things are more complicated than anybody thought.
What a Girl Wants 2003 G An American girl, Daphne, heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her bohemian mother, she learns the love of her mom's life is an uptight politician. The only problem now is that her long-lost dad is engaged to a fiercely territorial social climber with a daughter who makes Daphne's life miserable.
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie 2017 G Two mischievous kids hypnotize their mean elementary school principal and turn him into their comic book creation, the kind-hearted and elastic-banded Captain Underpants.
Clash of the Titans 2010 M Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus and unleash hell on earth. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, Perseus and his warriors will only survive if Perseus accepts his power as a god, defies fate and creates his own destiny.
The Blind Side 2009 PG The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family
Going the Distance 2010 MA15+ Erin and Garrett are very much in love. When Erin moves to San Francisco to finish her journalism degree and Garrett stays behind in New York to work in the music industry, they gamely keep the romance alive with webcams and frequent-flyer miles. But just when it seems the lovers will soon be reunited, they each score a big break that could separate them for good.
4 latas 2019 To find Joseba, a dying friend, and see him reunite with his daughter Ely, two old friends, Jean Pierre and Tocho, embark with her on a road trip through the Sahara desert, from Spain to Mali.
Hall Pass 2011 MA15+ When best buds Rick and Fred begin to show signs of restlessness at home, their wives take a bold approach to revitalize their marriages, they grant the guys a 'hall pass'—one week of freedom to do whatever they want. At first, it seems like a dream come true, but they quickly discover that their expectations of the single life—and themselves—are completely and hilariously out of sync with reality.
Cities of Last Things 2018 This is a story about a common man who has extraordinary events in his mundane life. The film depicts the protagonist's turns of events in three eras, three seasons, three nights, in the same city, as told with reverse chronology.
Fool's Gold 2008 M Treasure hunter Ben 'Finn' Finnegan has sunk both his trusty boat and his marriage to Tess in his obsessive quest to find the legendary 'Queen's Dowry' treasure. When he finds a vital clue that may finally pinpoint the treasure's whereabouts, he drags Tess and her boss along on the hunt. But Finn is not the only one interested in the gold—his former mentor-turned-enemy will stop at nothing to beat him to it.
Vegas Vacation 1997 PG The Griswold family hits the road again for a typically ill-fated vacation, this time to the glitzy mecca of slots and showgirls—Las Vegas.
The Milk System 2018 M Milk is Big Business. Behind the innocent appearances of the white stuff lies a multi-billion euro industry, which perhaps isn't so innocent…
Yogi Bear 2010 G A documentary filmmaker travels to Jellystone Park to shoot a project and soon crosses paths with Yogi Bear, his sidekick Boo-Boo, and Ranger Smith.
What We Did on Our Holiday 2014 PG Doug and Abi and their three children travel to the Scottish Highlands for Doug's father Gordie's birthday party. It's soon clear that when it comes to keeping a secret under wraps from the rest of the family, their children are their biggest liability...
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 2008 M Four young women continue the journey toward adulthood that began with "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants." Now three years later, these lifelong friends embark on separate paths for their first year of college and the summer beyond, but remain in touch by sharing their experiences with each other.
The Fate of the Furious 2017 M When a mysterious woman seduces Dom into the world of crime and a betrayal of those closest to him, the crew face trials that will test them as never before.
The Hitman's Bodyguard 2017 MA15+ The world's top bodyguard gets a new client, a hit man who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.
Gifted 2017 M Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.
Schindler's List 1993 M The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Pitch Perfect 2012 M College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing they have in common is how well they sing together. She takes the women of the group out of their comfort zone of traditional arrangements and into a world of amazing harmonic combinations in a fight to the top of college music competitions.
Swiss Army Man 2016 M Alone on a tiny deserted island, Hank has given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one day everything changes when a dead body washes ashore, and he soon realizes it may be his last opportunity to escape certain death. Armed with his new “friend” and an unusual bag of tricks, the duo go on an epic adventure to bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams.
The Dawn Wall 2018 G In the middle of Yosemite National Park towers El Capitan, a huge block of granite whose smoothest side, the Dawn Wall, is said to be the most difficult rock climb in the world. Tommy Caldwell didn’t see inhospitable terrain, but rather a puzzle almost a kilometer tall. In The Dawn Wall, we follow him and Kevin Jorgeson in their historic ascent to the summit.
The Departed 2006 MA15+ To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2012 M Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance – leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' alter ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.
Inglourious Basterds 2009 MA15+ In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.
The Lego Movie 2014 PG An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from gluing the universe together.
John Wick 2014 MA15+ Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
The Dark Knight 2008 M Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
The Circle 2017 M When Mae (Emma Watson) is hired to work for the world’s largest and most powerful tech & social media company, she sees it as an opportunity of a lifetime. As she rises through the ranks, she is encouraged by the company’s founder, Eamon Bailey (Tom Hanks), to engage in a groundbreaking experiment that pushes the boundaries of privacy, ethics and ultimately her personal freedom. Her participation in the experiment, and every decision she makes begin to affect the lives and future of her friends, family and that of humanity.
Back to the Future 1985 PG Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
Geostorm 2017 M After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong: the system built to protect Earth is attacking it, and it becomes a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out everything and everyone along with it.
The Imitation Game 2014 M Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
Train to Busan 2016 MA15+ Martial law is declared when a mysterious viral outbreak pushes Korea into a state of emergency. Those on an express train to Busan, a city that has successfully fended off the viral outbreak, must fight for their own survival…
Mad Max: Fury Road 2015 MA15+ An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 PG A high school slacker pretends to be sick to skip school and have an exciting day off alongside his girlfriend and his best buddy through Chicago, while trying to outwit his obsessive school principal and his unconformited sister along the way.
The Nun 2018 MA15+ When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order’s unholy secret. Risking not only their lives but their faith and their very souls, they confront a malevolent force in the form of the same demonic nun that first terrorized audiences in “The Conjuring 2” as the abbey becomes a horrific battleground between the living and the damned.
The Meg 2018 M A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.
Lincoln 2012 M The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
Before I Fall 2017 M Samantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped into reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her life really was.
Warrior 2011 M The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother, an ex-marine with a tragic past.
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion 1997 MA15+ The second of two theatrically released follow-ups to the Neon Genesis Evangelion series. Comprising of two alternate episodes which were first intended to take the place of episodes 25 and 26, this finale answers many of the questions surrounding the series, while also opening up some new possibilities.
Snatch 2000 MA15+ The second film from British director Guy Ritchie. Snatch tells an obscure story similar to his first fast-paced crazy character-colliding filled film “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.” There are two overlapping stories here – one is the search for a stolen diamond, and the other about a boxing promoter who’s having trouble with a psychotic gangster.
Jurassic Park 1993 PG A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.
King Kong 2005 M In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
The Usual Suspects 1995 MA15+ Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.
Babe 1995 G Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster and Fly the dog he calls mom, Babe realizes that he has the makings to become the greatest sheep pig of all time, and Farmer Hogget knows it. With the help of the sheep dogs Babe learns that a pig can be anything that he wants to be.
Only the Brave 2017 M All men are created equal… then, a few become firefighters. Only the Brave, based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, is the heroic story of one unit of local firefighters that through hope, determination, sacrifice, and the drive to protect families, communities, and our country become one of the most elite firefighting teams in the country. As most of us run from danger, they run toward it – they watch over our lives, our homes, everything we hold dear, as they forge a unique brotherhood that comes into focus with one fateful fire.
Victoria & Abdul 2017 PG Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
John Wick: Chapter 2 2017 MA15+ John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.
Passengers 2016 M Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt are two passengers onboard a spaceship transporting them to a new life on another planet. The trip takes a deadly turn when their hibernation pods mysteriously wake them 90 years before they reach their destination. As Jim and Aurora try to unravel the mystery behind the malfunction, they begin to fall for each other, unable to deny their intense attraction... only to be threatened by the imminent collapse of the ship and the discovery of the truth behind why they woke up.
Crazy Rich Asians 2018 M An American-born Chinese economics professor accompanies her boyfriend to Singapore for his best friend's wedding, only to get thrust into the lives of Asia's rich and famous.
Hereditary 2018 MA15+ When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry.
Murder Mistery 2019 After attending a gathering on a billionaire's yacht during a European vacation, a New York cop and his wife become prime suspects when he's murdered.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back 2016 M Jack Reacher returns to the headquarters of his old unit, only to find out he's now accused of a 16-year-old homicide.
Tully 2018 M Marlo, a mother of three, including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant at first, she quickly forms a bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging nanny named Tully.
Fair Game 2010 M Wife and mother Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts) has a double life as a CIA operative, hiding her vocation from family and friends. Her husband, Joseph Wilson (Sean Penn), writes a controversial article in The New York Times, refuting stories about the sale of enriched uranium to Iraq, Then Valerie's secret work and identity is leaked to the press. With her cover blown and other people endangered, Valerie's career and personal life begin to unravel.
The World's End 2013 MA15+ Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.
The Hunt for Red October 1990 PG A new, technologically-superior Soviet sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it — because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find him, too.
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile 2019 MA15+ A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
Les Misérables 2012 M An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 2010 M Scott Pilgrim is a 23 year old radical Canadian gamer and wannabe rockstar who falls in love with an American delivery girl, Ramona Flowers, and must defeat her seven evil exes to be able to date her.
Layer Cake 2004 MA15+ When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
The Handmaiden 2016 R18+ 1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a young woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering uncle. But, the maid has a secret: she is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese count to help him seduce the heiress to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until the women discover some unexpected emotions.
The Immigrant 2013 R18+ 1921 New York. An immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2018 Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.
The Descendants 2011 M With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron, Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront the young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.
Allied 2016 M In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
The Lincoln Lawyer 2011 M A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills.
Jupiter Ascending 2015 M In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty.
Bridget Jones's Diary 2001 M A chaotic Bridget Jones meets a snobbish lawyer, and he soon enters her world of imperfections.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 2014 M For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school graduation cannot come quickly enough. Peter has not forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away, but that is a promise he cannot keep. Things will change for Peter when a new villain, Electro, emerges, an old friend, Harry Osborn, returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past.
The Conjuring 2 2016 MA15+ New Line Cinema's supernatural thriller The Conjuring 2, with James Wan (Furious 7) once again at the helm following the record-breaking success of The Conjuring, brings to the screen another real case from the files of renowned demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. Reprising their roles, Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (Up In the Air, TV's Bates Motel) and Patrick Wilson (the Insidious films), star as Lorraine and Ed Warren, who, in one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations, travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
Life of Brian 1979 M Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.
Justice League 2017 M Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince assemble a team of metahumans consisting of Barry Allen, Arthur Curry and Victor Stone to face the catastrophic threat of Steppenwolf and the Parademons who are on the hunt for three Mother Boxes on Earth.
Cast Away 2000 M Chuck, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia ditches at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and he washes up on a tiny island with nothing but some flotsam and jetsam from the aircraft's cargo.
Miami Vice 2006 MA15+ Miami Vice is a feature film based on the 1980s action drama TV series. The film tells the story of vice detectives Crockett and Tubbs and how their personal and professional lives are dangerously getting mixed.
Kung Fu Panda 2008 PG When the Valley of Peace is threatened, lazy Po the panda discovers his destiny as the "chosen one" and trains to become a kung fu hero, but transforming the unsleek slacker into a brave warrior won't be easy. It's up to Master Shifu and the Furious Five -- Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey -- to give it a try.
Someone Great 2019 An aspiring music journalist lands her dream job and is about to move to San Francisco when her boyfriend of nine years decides to call it quits. To nurse her broken heart, she and her two best friends spend one outrageous last adventure in New York City.
The Conjuring 2013 MA15+ Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
Clueless 1995 M Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother was right about how misguided she was -- and falls for him.
The Nice Guys 2016 MA15+ A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
1922 2017 MA15+ A simple yet proud rancher conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to participate.
Jarhead 2005 MA15+ Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the action. Swofford struggles with the possibility of his girlfriend cheating on him, and as his mental state deteriorates, his desire to kill increases.
Miss Congeniality 2000 M When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only female Agent at the office, she's chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey.
Fifty Shades of Black 2016 R18+ An inexperienced college student meets a wealthy businessman whose sexual practices put a strain on their relationship.
Anima 2019 In a short musical film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, Thom Yorke of Radiohead scores and stars in a mind-bending visual piece. Best played loud.
Girls Trip 2017 MA15+ Four girlfriends take a trip to New Orleans for an annual festival and, along the way, rediscover their wild sides and strengthen the bonds of sisterhood.
Young Adult 2012 MA15+ A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.
Jawbreaker 1999 M 3 of Reagan High School's most popular girls pretend to kidnap their friend by shoving a jawbreaker into the victim's mouth to keep her from screaming. Their plan goes awry when the girl swallows the jawbreaker, choking to death. Now the leader of the pack will do anything to keep the accident a secret.
Psychokinesis 2018 An ordinary guy suddenly finds he has superpowers he can use to help his spirited daughter and the people around them, but he also runs into trouble in the process.
Johnny English 2003 PG A lowly pencil pusher working for MI7, Johnny English is suddenly promoted to super spy after Agent One is assassinated and every other agent is blown up at his funeral. When billionaire entrepreneur, Pascal Sauvage sponsors the exhibition of the Crown Jewels and the valuable gems disappear on the opening night and on English's watch, the newly designated agent must jump into action to find the thief and recover the missing gems.
Criminal 2016 MA15+ The memories and skills of a CIA agent are implanted into the brain of a dangerous criminal in order to stop an international terrorist.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall 2008 MA15+ When Sarah Marshall dumps aspiring musician Peter Bretter for rock star Aldous Snow, Peter's world comes crashing down. His best friend suggests that Peter should get away from everything and to fly off to Hawaii to escape all his problems. After arriving in Hawaii and meeting the beautiful Rachel Jansen, Peter is shocked to see not only Aldous Snow in Hawaii, but also Sarah Marshall.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 PG After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.
Journey to the Center of the Earth 2008 PG On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.
St. Vincent 2014 M A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.
Rampage 2018 M Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend.
Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro 1979 M After a successful robbery leaves famed thief Lupin III and his partner Jigen with nothing but a large amount of fake money, the so called "Goat Bills", he decides to track down the counterfeiter responsible - and steal any other treasures he may find in the Castle of Cagliostro, including the 'damsel in distress' he finds imprisoned there.
Everybody Wants Some!! 2016 MA15+ A comedy that follows a group of friends as they navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.
Atomic Blonde 2017 MA15+ An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
Insurgent 2015 M Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart.
Back to the Future Part II 1989 PG Marty and Doc are at it again in this wacky sequel to the 1985 blockbuster as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.
The Judge 2014 M A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
Backcountry 2015 MA15+ A couple on a deep-wilderness hike become hopelessly lost within an aggressive black bear's territory.
Limitless 2011 M A paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life in this darkly comic and provocative film.
Maria 2019 When a former BlackRose cartel assassin deliberately betrays them by refusing to complete her mission, the cartel orders her execution. Unbeknownst to them, she fakes her own death and is able to create a new life of her own. When the cartel discovers she is alive, the hunter becomes the hunted as she fights to get revenge on those who took her new life away from her.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 PG When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana must team up with Marcus Brody, Sallah and Elsa Schneider to follow in his father's footsteps and stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life.
Total Recall 2012 M Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life - real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police - controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen, the leader of the free world - Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter to find the head of the underground resistance and stop Cohaagen. The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate.
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 2008 M Archaeologist Rick O'Connell travels to China, pitting him against an emperor from the 2,000-year-old Han dynasty who's returned from the dead to pursue a quest for world domination. This time, O'Connell enlists the help of his wife and son to quash the so-called 'Dragon Emperor' and his abuse of supernatural power.
Kung Fu Panda 2 2011 PG Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five - Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey. But Po’s new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu. It is up to Po and The Furious Five to journey across China to face this threat and vanquish it. But how can Po stop a weapon that can stop kung fu? He must look to his past and uncover the secrets of his mysterious origins; only then will he be able to unlock the strength he needs to succeed.
Wet Hot American Summer 2001 The setting is Camp Firewood, the year 1981. It's the last day before everyone goes back to the real world, but there's still a summer's worth of unfinished business to resolve. At the center of the action is camp director Beth, who struggles to keep order while she falls in love with the local astrophysics professor. He is busy trying to save the camp from a deadly piece of NASA's Skylab which is hurtling toward earth. All that, plus: a dangerous waterfall rescue, love triangles, misfits, cool kids, and talking vegetable cans. The questions will all be resolved, of course, at the big talent show at the end of the day.
This Is the End 2013 MA15+ While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.
Get Out 2017 MA15+ A young black man visits his white girlfriend's cursed family estate. He finds out that many of its residents, who are black, have gone missing in the past.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 PG King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly place".
The Mummy Returns 2001 M Rick and Evelyn O’Connell, along with their 8-year-old son Alex, discover the key to the legendary Scorpion King’s might: the fabled Bracelet of Anubis. Unfortunately, a newly resurrected Imhotep has designs on the bracelet as well, and isn’t above kidnapping its new bearer, Alex, to gain control of Anubis’s otherworldly army.
The Revenant 2015 MA15+ In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
Gotti 2018 MA15+ John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. His life takes a tumultuous turn as he faces tragedy, multiple trials and a prison sentence.
The Mask You Live In 2015 E Compared to girls, research shows that boys in the U.S. are more likely to be diagnosed with a behavior disorder, prescribed stimulant medications, fail out of school, binge drink, commit a violent crime, and/or take their own lives. Jennifer Siebel Newsom's new documentary film, The Mask You Live In, asks: As a society, how are we failing our boys?
Twilight 2008 M When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest to live with her father, she meets the reclusive Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire. Despite Edward's repeated cautions, Bella can't help but fall in love with him, a fatal move that endangers her own life when a coven of bloodsuckers try to challenge the Cullen clan.
Law Abiding Citizen 2009 MA15+ A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
The Informant! 2009 M A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion.
The Inbetweeners 2 2014 MA15+ Neil, Will and Simon receive an invite from Jay to join him in Australia whilst on his gap year, who promises them it’s ”the sex capital of the world”. With their lives now rather dull compared to their hedonistic school days and legendary lads holiday, it’s an offer they can’t refuse. Once again, they put growing up temporarily on-hold, and embark on a backpacking holiday of a lifetime in an awful car, inspired by Peter Andre’s ‘Mysterious Girl’. Will soon finds himself battling with the lads to do something cultural, whilst they focus their attention on drinking, girls, and annoying fellow travelers.
My Girl 1991 PG Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse...
He's Just Not That Into You 2009 M Remember that really cute girl/guy who said they'd call – and didn't? Maybe they lost your number. Maybe they're in the hospital. Maybe they're awed by your looks, brains or success. Or maybe... They're just not that into you.
Betting on Zero 2017 PG Controversial hedge fund titan Bill Ackman is on a crusade to expose global nutritional giant Herbalife as the largest pyramid scheme in history while Herbalife execs claim Ackman is a market manipulator out to bankrupt them and make a killing off his billion dollar short.
Blade Runner 1982 M In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Blazing Saddles 1974 M A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lemar sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 2008 PG Alex, Marty, and other zoo animals find a way to escape from Madagascar when the penguins reassemble a wrecked airplane. The precariously repaired craft stays airborne just long enough to make it to the African continent. There the New Yorkers encounter members of their own species for the first time. Africa proves to be a wild place, but Alex and company wonder if it is better than their Central Park home.
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser 2018 A case of mistaken identity results in unexpected romance when the most popular girl in high school and the biggest loser must come together to win over their crushes.
The Adjustment Bureau 2011 M A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him – and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under and through the streets of New York, he risks his destined greatness to be with the only woman he's ever loved.
Gulliver's Travels 2010 PG Travel writer Lemuel Gulliver takes an assignment in Bermuda, but ends up on the island of Liliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens.
He Never Died 2015 R18+ Jack is a solitary man with a mysterious past. His strange habits will soon become stranger when his past catches up with him.
The Shack 2017 M After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips spirals into a deep depression causing him to question his innermost beliefs. Facing a crisis of faith, he receives a mysterious letter urging him to an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Despite his doubts, Mack journeys to the shack and encounters an enigmatic trio of strangers led by a woman named Papa. Through this meeting, Mack finds important truths that will transform his understanding of his tragedy and change his life forever.
Non-Stop 2014 M Bill Marks is a burned-out veteran of the Air Marshals service. He views the assignment not as a life-saving duty, but as a desk job in the sky. However, today's flight will be no routine trip. Shortly into the transatlantic journey from New York to London, he receives a series of mysterious text messages ordering him to have the government transfer $150 million into a secret account, or a passenger will die every 20 minutes.
The Princess Bride 1987 PG In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
Roma 2018 In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2019 Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.
The Princess Switch 2018 When a down-to-earth Chicago baker and a soon-to-be princess discover they look like twins, they hatch a Christmastime plan to trade places.
Bolt 2008 PG Bolt is the star of the biggest show in Hollywood. The only problem is, he thinks it's real. After he's accidentally shipped to New York City and separated from Penny, his beloved co-star and owner, Bolt must harness all his "super powers" to find a way home.
Happy Death Day 2017 M Caught in a bizarre and terrifying time warp, college student Tree finds herself repeatedly reliving the day of her murder, ultimately realizing that she must identify the killer and the reason for her death before her chances of survival run out.
The 5th Wave 2016 M 16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 M Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named 'Rocky'.
Step Brothers 2008 MA15+ Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from living at home and turning into jealous, competitive stepbrothers when their single parents marry. Brennan's constant competition with Dale strains his mom's marriage to Dale's dad, leaving everyone to wonder whether they'll ever see eye to eye.
Mute 2018 A mute man with a violent past is forced to take on the teeming underworld of a near-future Berlin as he searches for his missing girlfriend.
Recall 2018 When given the chance at a fresh-start, a grieving young man and his coked-up stepbrother, must confront a local mafia kingpin and perhaps something even more dangerous - their past.
Good Time 2017 MA15+ After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.
The Feels 2017 MA15+ A lesbian bachelorette weekend goes awry when one of the brides admits she's never had an orgasm.
The Ritual 2017 A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.
Hold the Dark 2018 In the grim Alaskan winter, a naturalist hunts for wolves blamed for killing a local boy, but he soon finds himself swept into a chilling mystery.
The Fury of a Patient Man 2016 The tentative romance between a gentle Madrid labourer and a working single mother becomes a struggle for survival when the woman’s violent boyfriend returns from prison, in the gritty, suspenseful debut feature from Spanish actor Raúl Arévalo.
Redemption 2013 MA15+ Homeless and on the run from a military court martial, a damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity, transforming into an avenging angel in the process.
Fences 2016 PG In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to raise a family.
The Perfection 2018 When troubled musical prodigy Charlotte seeks out Elizabeth, the new star pupil of her former school, the encounter sends both musicians down a sinister path with shocking consequences.
La La Land 2016 M Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
The Last Witch Hunter 2015 M The modern world holds many secrets, but by far the most astounding is that witches still live among us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world and putting an end to the human race once and for all. Armies of witch hunters have battled this unnatural enemy for centuries, including Kaulder, a valiant warrior who many years ago slayed the all-powerful Witch Queen, decimating her followers in the process. In the moments right before her death, the Queen cursed Kaulder with immortality, forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter. Today, Kaulder is the last living hunter who has spent his immortal life tracking down rogue witches, all the while yearning for his long-lost family.
8 Mile 2002 M The setting is Detroit in 1995. The city is divided by 8 Mile, a road that splits the town in half along racial lines. A young white rapper, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. summons strength within himself to cross over these arbitrary boundaries to fulfill his dream of success in hip hop. With his pal Future and the three one third in place, all he has to do is not choke.
The Exorcist 1973 R18+ 12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to her last hope: Father Damien Karras, a troubled priest who is struggling with his own faith.
Gods of Egypt 2016 M A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.
This Means War 2012 M Two top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman.
About Time 2013 M The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life – so he decides to make his world a better place... by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as he thinks.
Scooby-Doo 2002 PG The Mystery Inc. gang have gone their separate ways and have been apart for two years, until they each receive an invitation to Spooky Island. Not knowing that the others have also been invited, they show up and discover an amusement park that affects young visitors in very strange ways.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010 MA15+ The film that brings back horror icon Freddy Krueger as a darker and more sinister character than ever before. While Freddy is on the prowl a group of teenagers being stalked soon learn they all have a common factor making them targets for this twisted killer.
End Game 2018 Filmed and edited in intimate vérité style, this movie follows visionary medical practitioners who are working on the cutting edge of life and death and are dedicated to changing our thinking about both.
The To Do List 2013 R18+ Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Klark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting campus in the fall.
Cube 1997 M Seven strangers are taken out of their daily lives and placed mysteriously in a deadly cube where they all agree they must find their way out.
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 2014 M Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
A Perfect Ending 2012 This intimate drama follows Rebecca, a woman who has kept her sexuality a secret from her friends but chooses to reveal it to a stranger. While Rebecca's revelations may not yield the results she expects, a perfect ending is still in reach.
The Lost City of Z 2017 M A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilazation in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
Super Troopers 2001 M Five bored, occasionally high and always ineffective Vermont state troopers must prove their worth to the governor or lose their jobs. After stumbling on a drug ring, they plan to make a bust, but a rival police force is out to steal the glory.
The Stranger 1946 M Wilson of the War Crimes Commission is seeking Franz Kindler, mastermind of the Holocaust, who has effectively erased his identity. Wilson releases Kindler's former comrade Meinike and follows him to Harper, Connecticut, where he is killed before he can identify Kindler. Now Wilson's only clue is Kindler's fascination with antique clocks; but, though Kindler seems secure in his new identity, he feels his past closing in.
Behind the Curve 2018 PG Centuries ago, many cultures believed the Earth was a flat disc. As scientific thought and technology evolved, the Earth was revealed to be a globe, a view that's widely accepted today—but not by everyone. The flat Earth movement has seen a recent resurgence. These conspiracy theorists deny the scientific model of the globe and join together through conventions, forums and online platforms to discuss their belief system. On the other end of the spectrum, the scientific community aims to counter this resurrected myth, resulting in an ever-growing public battle of conspiracies and anti-intellectualism. Giving a well-rounded look at all sides of the debate, Behind the Curve shows that no matter where you stand on this issue, the conversations and people around it are anything but flat.
Reservoir Dogs 1992 R18+ A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.
Bad Moms 2016 MA15+ When three overworked and under-appreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch their conventional responsibilities for a jolt of long overdue freedom, fun, and comedic self-indulgence.
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege 1989 PG Our favourite police men are called together to deal with a gang who rob banks and jewelers. Using their various talents as well as their extraordinary luck, the crooks stand no chance against our men and women wearing blue..
The Call 2013 MA15+ Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.
Revolt 2017 MA15+ The story of humankind's last stand against a cataclysmic alien invasion. Set in the war-ravaged African countryside, a U.S. soldier and a French foreign aid worker team up to survive the alien onslaught. Their bond will be tested as they search for refuge across a crumbling world.
Over the Hedge 2006 G A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating – and learns a lesson about family himself.
Looper 2012 MA15+ In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.
Step Up 2006 PG Everyone deserves a chance to follow their dreams, but some people only get one shot. Tyler Gage is a rebel from the wrong side of Baltimore's tracks and the only thing that stands between him and an unfulfilled life are his dreams of one day making it out of there. Nora is a privileged ballet dancer attending Baltimore's ultra-elite Maryland School of the Arts
Goyo: The Boy General 2018 With this film (the second war trilogy set during the Filipino-American war in the early 1900s), the revolution marches on against the Americans after the bloody death of General Antonio Luna. The conflicted philosophies behind the heroic struggle continue and become personified in the colorful character of General Gregorio "Goyo" del Pilar.
Beats 2019 An agoraphobic hip-hop prodigy and a disgraced former music manager cross paths in Chicago’s South Side and help each other face demons of their pasts.
Hans Zimmer: Live in Prague 2017 G A Hans Zimmer concert featuring his film music accompanied by magical lighting effects.
Await Further Instructions 2018 R18+ A dysfunctional family awake on Christmas morning to discover they’re sealed inside their house by a mysterious black substance. On television, a single line of text reads: “Stay Indoors and Await Further Instructions.”
Robin Hood 2010 M When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.
Final Destination 5 2011 MA15+ In this fifth installment, Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man’s premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. But this group of unsuspecting souls was never supposed to survive, and, in a terrifying race against time, the ill-fated group frantically tries to discover a way to escape Death’s sinister agenda.
Planet 51 2009 PG When Earth astronaut Capt. Chuck Baker arrives on Planet 51 -- a world reminiscent of American suburbia circa 1950 -- he tries to avoid capture, recover his spaceship and make it home safely, all with the help of an empathetic little green being.
Jennifer's Body 2009 MA15+ A newly possessed cheerleader turns into a killer who specializes in offing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power 2017 PG A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the riveting and rousing follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution. Vice President Al Gore continues his tireless fight, traveling around the world training an army of climate champions and influencing international climate policy. Cameras follow him behind the scenes—in moments private and public, funny and poignant—as he pursues the empowering notion that while the stakes have never been higher, the perils of climate change can be overcome with human ingenuity and passion.
Before I Go to Sleep 2014 MA15+ A woman wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around her.
Ricky Gervais: Humanity 2018 In his first special in seven years, Ricky Gervais slings his trademark snark at celebrity, mortality and a society that takes everything personally.
Coming to America 1988 M Prince Akeem, heir to the throne of Zamunda, leaves the tropical paradise kingdom in search of his queen. What better place than Queens, New York, to find his bride? Joined by his loyal servant and friend, Semmi, Akeem attempts to blend in as an ordinary American and begin his search.
Snitch 2013 M Construction company owner John Matthews learns that his estranged son, Jason, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Facing an unjust prison sentence for a first time offender courtesy of mandatory minimum sentence laws, Jason has nothing to offer for leniency in good conscience. Desperately, John convinces the DEA and the opportunistic DA Joanne Keeghan to let him go undercover to help make arrests big enough to free his son in return. With the unwitting help of an ex-con employee, John enters the narcotics underworld where every move could be his last in an operation that will demand all his resources, wits and courage to survive.
Chef 2014 M When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen -- and zest for life and love.
Restrepo 2010 MA15+ Winner of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for a Documentary, Restrepo chronicles the deployment of a U.S. platoon of courageous American soldiers in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, considered to be one of the most dangerous postings in the U.S. military.
Paris Is Burning 1990 M A chronicle of New York City's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.
The Lovely Bones 2010 M After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.
The Invitation 2015 MA15+ Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.
The First Time 2012 M Dave, a high school senior, spends most of his time pining away over a girl he can’t have. Aubrey, a junior with artistic aspirations, has a hot boyfriend who doesn’t quite understand her or seem to care. Although they go to different schools, Dave and Aubrey find themselves at the same party. When both head outside to get some air, they meet. A casual conversation sparks an instant connection, and, over the course of a weekend, things turn magical, romantic, complicated, and funny as Aubrey and Dave discover what it's like to fall in love for the first time.
Pitch Black 2000 M When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is rapidly plunging into the utter blackness of a total eclipse. With the body count rising, the doomed survivors are forced to turn to Riddick with his eerie eyes to guide them through the darkness to safety. With time running out, there's only one rule: Stay in the light.
3 Days to Kill 2014 M A dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter. But first, he must complete one last mission - even if it means juggling the two toughest assignments yet: hunting down the world's most ruthless terrorist and looking after his teenage daughter for the first time in ten years, while his wife is out of town.
Aquarius 2016 Clara, a 65-year-old widow and retired music critic, was born into a wealthy and traditional family in Recife, Brazil. She is the last resident of the Aquarius, an original two-story building, built in the 1940s, in the upper-class, seaside Boa Viagem Avenue. All the neighboring apartments have already been acquired by a company which has other plans for that plot.
The Last Stand 2013 MA15+ Ray Owens is sheriff of the quiet US border town of Sommerton Junction after leaving the LAPD following a bungled operation. Following his escape from the FBI, a notorious drug baron, his gang, and a hostage are heading toward Sommerton Junction where the police are preparing to make a last stand to intercept them before they cross the border. Owens is reluctant to become involved but ultimately joins in with the law enforcement efforts
The 6th Day 2000 M Futuristic action about a man who meets a clone of himself and stumbles into a grand conspiracy about clones taking over the world.
Game Night 2018 MA15+ Max and Annie's weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother Brooks arranges a murder mystery party -- complete with fake thugs and federal agents. So when Brooks gets kidnapped, it's all supposed to be part of the game. As the competitors set out to solve the case, they start to learn that neither the game nor Brooks are what they seem to be. The friends soon find themselves in over their heads as each twist leads to another unexpected turn over the course of one chaotic night.
Child 44 2015 MA15+ Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.
Acts of Vengeance 2017 MA15+ A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his revenge.
It Takes Two 1995 G Identical 9-year-olds from very different backgrounds: orphaned Amanda and wealthy Alyssa meet at summer camp and decide to switch places -- and play matchmaker between Alyssa's dad, Roger, and the kind social worker who cares for Amanda.
I Am Mother 2019 A teenage girl is raised underground by a robot "Mother", designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.
Darc 2018 To bring down a global human trafficking ring, an Interpol agent recruits the help of a brutal criminal with inside knowledge of the yakuza.
Operation Odessa 2018 M The stranger-than-fiction true story of a Russian mobster, a Miami playboy, and a Cuban spy who teamed up in the early 90’s to sell a Soviet submarine to the Cali Cartel.
Kidnap 2017 A mother (in her Minivan) stops at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.
The DUFF 2015 M Bianca's universe turns upside down when she learns that her high school refers to her as a ‘DUFF' (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). Hoping to erase that label, she enlists the help of a charming jock and her favorite teacher. Together they'll face the school's mean girl and remind everyone that we are all someone's DUFF… and that's totally fine.
Pan 2015 PG Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits as he meets new friend James Hook and the warrior Tiger Lily. They must band together to save Neverland from the ruthless pirate Blackbeard. Along the way, the rebellious and mischievous boy discovers his true destiny, becoming the hero forever known as Peter Pan.
Kung Fu Panda Holiday 2010 G The Winter Feast is Po's favorite holiday. Every year he and his father hang decorations, cook together, and serve noodle soup to the villagers. But this year Shifu informs Po that as Dragon Warrior, it is his duty to host the formal Winter Feast at the Jade Palace. Po is caught between his obligations as the Dragon Warrior and his family traditions: between Shifu and Mr. Ping.
Legion 2010 MA15+ When God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope for survival lies in a group of strangers trapped in an out-of-the-way, desert diner with the Archangel Michael.
How It Ends 2018 A desperate father tries to return home to his pregnant wife after a mysterious apocalyptic event turns everything to chaos.
Ghostbusters 2016 PG Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.
Inferno 2016 M After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot.
Elf 2003 G When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic publisher.
Rogue 2007 M From the director of Wolf Creek comes this terrifying look at nature's perfect killing machine. When a group of tourists stumble into the remote Australian river territory of an enormous crocodile, the deadly creature traps them on a tiny mud island with the tide quickly rising and darkness descending. As the hungry predator closes in, they must fight for survival against all odds.
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé 2019 This intimate, in-depth look at Beyoncé's celebrated 2018 Coachella performance reveals the emotional road from creative concept to cultural movement.
Kronika 2015 M Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over.
The Whole Truth 2016 M A defense attorney works to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father.
Sour Grapes 2016 M Controversy erupts when an unassuming young man floods the American wine market with fake vintages valued in the millions, bamboozling the wine world elite, in this humorous and suspenseful tale of an ingenious con on the eve of the 2008 stock market crash.
American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile 2006 MA15+ The movie will shift its focus on Erik Stifler, the cousin of Matt and Steve, a youngster who is nothing like his wild relations. Peer pressure starts to turn him to live up to the legacy of the other Stiflers when he attends the Naked Mile, a naked run across the college campus. Things get worse when he finds that his cousin Dwight is the life of the party down at the campus
Johnny English Reborn 2011 PG The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives word that the Chinese premier has become the target of some high-powered killers, it falls on Johnny English to save the day. Armed with the latest high-tech weaponry and gadgets that would make even James Bond jealous, the once-disgraced agent uncovers evidence of a massive conspiracy involving some of the world's most powerful organisations, and vows to redeem his tarnished reputation by stopping the killers before they can strike.
Shark Tale 2004 G Oscar is a small fish whose big aspirations often get him into trouble. Meanwhile, Lenny is a great white shark with a surprising secret that no sea creature would guess: He's a vegetarian. When a lie turns Oscar into an improbable hero and Lenny becomes an outcast, the two form an unlikely friendship.
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip 2015 PG Through a series of misunderstandings, Alvin, Simon and Theodore come to believe that Dave is going to propose to his new girlfriend in New York City - and dump them. They have three days to get to him and stop the proposal.
Look Who's Back 2015 Adolf Hitler wakes up in a vacant lot in Berlin, with no knowledge of anything that happened after 1945. Homeless and destitute. Although everyone recognizes him, nobody believes that he is Hitler; instead, they think he is either a comedian, or a method actor.
Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 2018 The Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby is taking an anti-comedy stance in her newest special.
A Christmas Prince 2017 When a reporter goes undercover as a nanny to get the inside scoop on a playboy prince, she gets tangled in some royal intrigue and ends up finding love - but will she be able to keep up her lie?
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist 2008 M Nick cannot stop obsessing over his ex-girlfriend, Tris, until Tris' friend Norah suddenly shows interest in him at a club. Thus beings an odd night filled with ups and downs as the two keep running into Tris and her new boyfriend while searching for Norah's drunken friend, Caroline, with help from Nick's band mates. As the night winds down, the two have to figure out what they want from each other.
The Hangover Part III 2013 MA15+ This time, there's no wedding. No bachelor party. What could go wrong, right? But when the Wolfpack hits the road, all bets are off.
Murder Party 2007 A random invitation to a Halloween party leads a man into the hands of a rogue collective intent on murdering him for the sake of their art, sparking a bloodbath of mishap, mayhem and hilarity.
The Smurfs 2 2013 G The evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. But when he discovers that only a real Smurf can give him what he wants, and only a secret spell that Smurfette knows can turn the Naughties into real Smurfs, Gargamel kidnaps Smurfette and brings her to Paris, where he has been winning the adoration of millions as the world¹s greatest sorcerer. It's up to Papa, Clumsy, Grouchy, and Vanity to return to our world, reunite with their human friends Patrick and Grace Winslow, and rescue her! Will Smurfette, who has always felt different from the other Smurfs, find a new connection with the Naughties Vexy and Hackus or will the Smurfs convince her that their love for her is True Blue?
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle 2018 Humanity's desperate battle to reclaim the Earth from Godzilla continues. The key to defeating the King of the Monsters may be Mechagodzilla, a robotic weapon thought to have been lost nearly 20,000 years ago.
The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 R18+ A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
What Lies Beneath 2000 M When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, she wonders if an otherworldly spirit is trying to contact her. All the while, her husband tries to reassure her by telling her it's all in her head. But as Claire investigates, she discovers that the man she loves might know more than he's letting on.
That's My Boy 2012 MA15+ While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for years, Todd's world comes crashing down when Donny resurfaces just before Todd's wedding.
Satanic Panic 2019 A pizza delivery girl is suddenly in for the fight of her young life when encountering a group of Satanists in need of a virgin to ritually sacrifice.
The Polar Express 2004 G When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.
Derren Brown: The Push 2018 See here for this title:
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Outlaw King 2018 Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.
Winter's Tale 2014 M A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
The Bad Batch 2017 In a desert wasteland in Texas, a muscled cannibal breaks one important rule: don’t play with your food.
The Boy 2016 MA15+ An American nanny is shocked that her new English family's boy is actually a life-sized doll. After she violates a list of strict rules, disturbing events make her believe that the doll is really alive.
River, el Más Grande Siempre 2019 G Documentary that tells the history of River from its beginnings, and its development as an institution, the Monumental, the club, its social work, and the sporting successes, from its beginnings until these last two years and five cups.
Bad Teacher 2011 M A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job and her students is forced to return to her job to make enough money for a boob job after her rich fiancé dumps her.
A Matter of Loaf and Death 2008 G Wallace and Gromit have a brand new business - a bakery. Although business is booming, Gromit is concerned by the news that 12 local bakers have 'disappeared' this year - but Wallace isn't worried. He's too distracted and in love with local beauty and bread enthusiast, Piella Bakewell, to be of much help. Gromit must be the sleuth and solve the escalating murder mystery.
Andhadhun 2018 M A series of mysterious events changes the life of a blind pianist who now must report a crime that was actually never witnessed by him.
The Water Horse 2007 PG A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India 2001 PG In 1890s India, an arrogant British commander challenges the harshly taxed residents of Champaner to a high-stakes cricket match.
The Little Mermaid 2018 PG A young reporter and his niece discover a beautiful and enchanting creature they believe to be the real little mermaid.
Ibiza 2018 She could do the responsible thing. Or she could go to Ibiza with her best friends to chase down a hot DJ. Easy choice.
Leap! 2016 G Set in 1879 Paris. An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.
Batman and Harley Quinn 2017 M Batman and Nightwing are forced to team with the Joker's sometimes-girlfriend Harley Quinn to stop a global threat brought about by Poison Ivy and Jason Woodrue, the Floronic Man.
Valentine's Day 2010 M More than a dozen Angelenos navigate Valentine's Day from early morning until midnight. Three couples awake together, but each relationship will sputter; are any worth saving? A grade-school boy wants flowers for his first true love; two high school seniors plan first-time sex at noon; a TV sports reporter gets the assignment to find romance in LA; a star quarterback contemplates his future; two strangers meet on a plane; grandparents, together for years, face a crisis; and, an "I Hate Valentine's Day" dinner beckons the lonely and the lied to. Can Cupid finish his work by midnight?
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow 1994 PG The Russians need help in dealing with the Mafia and so they seek help with the veterans of the Police Academy. They head off to Moscow, in order to find evidence against Konstantin Konali, who marketed a computer game that everyone in the world is playing.
Below Her Mouth 2017 An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.
Extraction 2015 G When a former CIA operative is kidnapped by a group of terrorists, his son learns there is no plan for his father to be saved—so he launches his own rescue operation.
Smallfoot 2018 G A bright young yeti finds something he thought didn't exist—a human. News of this “smallfoot” throws the simple yeti community into an uproar over what else might be out there in the big world beyond their snowy village.
Bushwick 2017 MA15+ When an unknown military force invades Bushwick, a Brooklyn neighborhood, young student Lucy and war veteran Stupe must rely on each other to escape and survive.
The Wedding Date 2005 M With the wedding of her younger sister fast approaching, Kat Ellis faces the undesirable prospect of traveling alone to London for the ceremony. While this is bad enough, Jeffrey, the man who left her as they moved closer to marriage, happens to be the groom's best man. Determined to show everyone -- most of all Jeffrey -- that her romantic life is as full and thrilling as ever, Kat hires a charming male escort as her date.
Forgive Us Our Debts 2018 Threatened by creditors, a newly unemployed man agrees to work for a debt collector, but soon discovers his deal with the devil has unexpected costs.
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 2012 PG Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.
On My Skin 2018 The incredible true story behind the most controversial Italian court cases in recent years. Stefano Cucchi was arrested for a minor crime and mysteriously found dead during his detention. In one week's time, a family is changed forever.
Double Jeopardy 1999 M A woman framed for her husband's murder suspects he is still alive; as she has already been tried for the crime, she can't be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills him.
The Taking of Deborah Logan 2014 R18+ What starts as a poignant medical documentary about Deborah Logan's descent into Alzheimer's disease and her daughter's struggles as caregiver degenerates into a maddening portrayal of dementia at its most frightening, as hair-raising events begin to plague the family and crew and an unspeakable malevolence threatens to tear the very fabric of sanity from them all.
The Invisible Guest 2016 M A young businessman wakes up in a hotel room, locked from the inside, along with his lover, who was murdered while he was unconscious. He hires a prestigious lawyer, and over the course of one evening, they must work together to build a defense case for him before he is taken to jail.
The Sweetest Thing 2002 MA15+ Christina's love life is stuck in neutral. After years of avoiding the hazards of a meaningful relationship, one night while club-hopping with her girlfriends, she meets Peter, her perfect match. Fed up with playing games, she finally gets the courage to let her guard down and follow her heart, only to discover that Peter has suddenly left town. Accompanied by Courtney, she sets out to capture the one that got away.
Icarus 2017 While investigating the furtive world of illegal doping in sports, director Bryan Fogel connects with renegade Russian scientist Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov—a pillar of his country’s “anti-doping” program. Over dozens of Skype calls, urine samples, and badly administered hormone injections, Fogel and Rodchenkov grow closer despite shocking allegations that place Rodchenkov at the center of Russia’s state-sponsored Olympic doping program.
Mothers and Daughters 2016 M Interwoven stories of what it is to be a mom seen through the lens of photographer Rigby Gray.
Shrek the Halls 2007 G The Christmas tree isn't the only thing green in this new holiday classic. Shrek is back and trying to get into the spirit of the season. After promising Fiona and the kids a Christmas they'll remember, he is forced to take a crash course in the holiday. But just when he thinks he has everything for their quiet family Christmas just right, there is a knock at the door.
Free State of Jones 2016 MA15+ FREE STATE OF JONES is an epic action-drama set during the Civil War, and tells the story of defiant Southern farmer, Newt Knight, and his extraordinary armed rebellion against the Confederacy.
Banding together with other small farmers and local slaves, Knight launched an uprising that led Jones County, Mississippi to secede from the Confederacy, creating a Free State of Jones.
Knight continued his struggle into Reconstruction, distinguishing him as a compelling, if controversial, figure of defiance long beyond the War.
Fun with Dick and Jane 2005 M After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty good at robbing people and even enjoy it -- but they have second thoughts when they're reminded that crime can hurt innocent people. When the couple hears that Globodyne boss Jack McCallister actually swindled the company, they plot revenge.
Fearless 2006 M Huo Yuan Jia became the most famous martial arts fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness, defining the true spirit of martial arts and also inspiring his nation. The son of a great fighter who didn't wish for his child to follow in his footsteps, Huo resolves to teach himself how to fight - and win.
Captain Fantastic 2016 M A father living in the forests of the Pacific Northwest with his six young kids tries to assimilate back into society.
Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape 2018 M Jim Gaffigan has made a career out of finding the extraordinary in the ordinary with his hilarious observational style. In his 6th special, he uses humor to deal with the unthinkable & proves that laughter is the best medicine…or is it?
Hop 2011 G E.B., the Easter Bunny's teenage son, heads to Hollywood, determined to become a drummer in a rock 'n' roll band. In L.A., he's taken in by Fred after the out-of-work slacker hits E.B. with his car.
Surf's Up 2007 G Cody is a surfing penguin from Shiverpool who dreams of making it big and being like his idol Big Z. On his journey, he discovers his talents are not all he thinks they are, and he must learn to accept that their is more to surfing than fame and fortune.
Headshot 2016 R18+ A young man washes ashore, his memory gone - but his past comes back to haunt him after he is nursed back to health and his killing ability is needed when he takes on a powerful drug lord.
Spy Game 2001 M On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.
The Light Between Oceans 2016 M A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000 PG Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville. In Whoville, live the Whos, an almost mutated sort of Munchkin-like people. All the Whos love Christmas, yet just outside of their beloved Whoville lives the Grinch. The Grinch is a nasty creature that hates Christmas, and plots to steal it away from the Whos, whom he equally abhors. Yet a small child, Cindy Lou Who, decides to try befriending the Grinch.
The Warning 2018 Ten-year-old Nico receives a threatening letter and now his life is in danger. No one seems to believe him except one person that he doesn't know.
Water for Elephants 2011 M In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.
I Spy 2002 M When the Switchblade, the most sophisticated prototype stealth fighter created yet, is stolen from the U.S. government, one of the United States' top spies, Alex Scott, is called to action. What he doesn't expect is to get teamed up with a cocky civilian, World Class Boxing Champion Kelly Robinson, on a dangerous top secret espionage mission. Their assignment: using equal parts skill and humor, catch Arnold Gundars, one of the world's most successful arms dealers.
I Am Not an Easy Man 2018 The chauvinist Damien wakes up in a world where women and men have their roles reversed in society, and everything is dominated by women.
Elvis & Nixon 2016 M In 1970, a few days before Christmas, Elvis Presley showed up on the White House lawn seeking to be deputized into the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs by the President himself.
The Gunman 2015 MA15+ Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his life, Terrier flies to London to find out who wants him dead -- and why. Terrier's search leads him to a reunion with Annie, a woman he once loved, who is now married to an oily businessman with dealings in Africa.
Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo 2017 PG At the heart of the Apollo program was the special team in Mission Control who put a man on the moon and helped create the future.
Enough 2002 MA15+ Working-class waitress Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married Mitch, the man of her dreams. After the arrival of their first child, her picture perfect life is shattered when she discovers Mitch's hidden possessive dark side, a controlling and abusive alter ego that can turn trust, love and tranquility into terror. Terrified for her child's safety, Slim flees with her daughter. Relentless in his pursuit and enlisting the aid of lethal henchmen, Mitch continually stalks the prey that was once his family.
Despicable Me 2010 PG Villainous Gru lives up to his reputation as a despicable, deplorable and downright unlikable guy when he hatches a plan to steal the moon from the sky. But he has a tough time staying on task after three orphans land in his care.
Despite Everything 2019 Sara, Lucía, Sofía and Claudia are sisters, 4 modern women with very different personalities, who come together at their mother's funeral, after which they discover the man they've all called "dad" throughout their lives is not really their father. They embark on a quest to discover who their real fathers are, discovering more about themselves, their mother, and their lives.
Torque 2004 PG Biker Cary Ford is framed by an old rival and biker gang leader for the murder of another gang member who happens to be the brother of Trey, leader of the most feared biker gang in the country. Ford is now on the run trying to clear his name from the murder with Trey and his gang looking for his blood.
30 Minutes or Less 2011 MA15+ Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and advise him that he has mere hours to rob a bank or else...
How to Train Your Dragon 2010 PG As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father
The Thirteenth Floor 1999 M Computer scientist Hannon Fuller has discovered something extremely important. He's about to tell the discovery to his colleague, Douglas Hall, but knowing someone is after him, the old man leaves a letter in his computer generated parallel world that's just like the 30's with seemingly real people with real emotions.
42 2013 PG The powerful story of Jackie Robinson, the legendary baseball player who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he joined the roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The film follows the innovative Dodgers’ general manager Branch Rickey, the MLB executive who first signed Robinson to the minors and then helped to bring him up to the show.
The Island 2005 M In 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to The Island — reportedly the last uncontaminated location on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie.
The Disaster Artist 2017 M An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.
Sand Castle 2017 Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.
Here Comes the Boom 2012 M A high school biology teacher moonlights as a mixed-martial arts fighter in an effort to raise money to save the school's music program.
Sex and the City 2008 MA15+ A New York writer on sex and love is finally getting married to her Mr. Big. But her three best girlfriends must console her after one of them inadvertently leads Mr. Big to jilt her.
Beautiful Creatures 2013 M Ethan Wate just wants to get to know Lena Duchannes better, but unbeknownst to him, Lena has strange powers. As Lena's 16th birthday approaches she might decide her fate, to be good or evil. A choice which will impact her relationship forever.
Sex and the City 2 2010 MA15+ Carrie, Charlotte, and Miranda are all married now, but they're still up for a little fun in the sun. When Samantha gets the chance to visit one of the most extravagant vacation destinations on the planet and offers to bring them all along, they surmise that a women-only retreat may be the perfect excuse to eschew their responsibilities and remember what life was like before they decided to settle down.
After Porn Ends 2012 R18+ Documentary examining what happens to some of the biggest names in the history of the adult entertainment industry after they leave the business and try and live "normal" lives.
Fathers and Daughters 2015 M A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.
Prospect 2018 A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive.
Little Man 2006 M After leaving the prison, the dwarf criminal Calvin Sims joins to his moron brother Percy to steal an expensive huge diamond in a jewelry for the mobster Walken. They are chased by the police, and Calvin hides the stone in the purse of the executive Vanessa Edwards, whose husband Darryl Edwards wants to have a baby. Percy convinces Calvin to dress like a baby and be left in front of the Edwards's house to get inside the house and retrieve the diamond. Darryl and Vanessa keep Calvin for the weekend and decide to adopt him, while Walken threatens Darryl to get the stone back.
The Babysitter 2017 When Cole stays up past his bedtime, he discovers that his hot babysitter is part of a Satanic cult that will stop at nothing to keep him quiet.
A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box 1995 PG Fantasy adventure about the arrival of Buddhism in China. When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her.
Resident Evil: Retribution 2012 MA15+ The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s last and only hope, Alice, awakens in the heart of Umbrella’s most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by new found allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun.
Four Sisters and a Wedding 2013 M The children of the Salazar family have been pursuing separate lives in the recent years. After a few years of not being together as a whole family, they find themselves reuniting when CJ announces his plan to marry Princess, his girlfriend for three months. Much to their shock and dismay, CJ's sisters come together for the wedding and have agreed to dissuade him from marrying his fiancée.
Father of the Year 2018 Two college grads return to their hometown, where a hypothetical question -- whose dad would win in a fight? -- leads to mass mayhem.
Malevolent 2018 A brother-sister team who fake paranormal encounters for cash get more than they bargained for when a job at a haunted estate turns very, very real.
Spectral 2016 A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.
Infernal Affairs 2002 M Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.
Beverly Hills Ninja 1997 M Haru, an orphaned American who washes ashore in Japan and is mistaken for the great White Ninja of legend. Raised among the finest Ninjas, Haru grows strong and big - very big. With the grace of all Three Stooges rolled into one body, Haru is an embarrassment to his clan. But when a beautiful blonde pleads for his help, Haru is given one dangerous, disastrously funny chance to prove himself.
Nappily Ever After 2018 After an accident at the hair salon, Violet realizes she's not living life to the fullest. A soulful barber helps her put the pieces back together.
Riddick 2013 MA15+ Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to find themselves pawns in his greater scheme for revenge. With his enemies right where he wants them, Riddick unleashes a vicious attack of vengeance before returning to his home planet of Furya to save it from destruction.
When Angels Sleep 2018 Germán, an honest family man, sees how his whole world wobbles the night when, driving home, accidentally runs over two teenage girls. From that moment, Germán will have to do everything in his power to prevent his life from being destroyed forever.
Godzilla: The Planet Eater 2018 With no means for defeating Godzilla Earth, mankind watches as King Ghidorah, clad in a golden light, descends on the planet. The heavens and earth shake once again as the war moves to a higher dimension.
22 July 2018 In Norway on 22 July 2011, right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 young people attending a Labour Party Youth Camp on Utöya Island outside of Oslo. This three-part story will focus on the survivors of the attacks, the political leadership of Norway, and the lawyers involved.
Rock Dog 2016 G When a radio falls from the sky into the hands of a wide-eyed Tibetan Mastiff, he leaves home to fulfill his dream of becoming a musician, setting into motion a series of completely unexpected events.
Alex Cross 2012 M After Washington DC detective Alex Cross is told that a family member has been murdered, he vows to track down the killer. He soon discovers that she was not his first victim and that things are not what they seem.
The Benchwarmers 2006 PG A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard little league squads.
Candy Jar 2018 Dueling high school debate champs who are at odds on just about everything forge ahead with ambitious plans to get into the colleges of their dreams.
White Fang 2018 A loyal wolfdog’s curiosity leads him on the adventure of a lifetime while serving a series of three distinctly different masters.
Hereafter 2010 M Three people—a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy—are touched by death in different ways.
The Ridiculous 6 2015 When his long-lost outlaw father returns, Tommy "White Knife" Stockburn goes on an adventure-filled journey across the Old West with his five brothers.
The Dirt 2019 R18+ The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.
Boy Missing 2016 When her son's alleged kidnapper is released for lack of solid evidence, a reputable and well-known attorney takes matters into her own hands with unintended and spectacularly disastrous consequences.
Loving 2016 PG The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court.
How High 2001 MA15+ Multi-platinum rap superstars Redman and Method Man star as Jamal and Silas, two regular guys who smoke something magical, ace their college entrance exams and wind up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas and Jamal take it in a stride -- until their supply of supernatural smoke runs dry. That's when they have to start living by their wits and rely on their natural resources to make the grade.
The Holiday Calendar 2018 A talented photographer stuck in a dead-end job inherits an antique Advent calendar that may be predicting the future -- and pointing her toward love.
Message from the King 2017 On a relentless quest to avenge his sister's murder, a man from Cape Town infiltrates a sprawling network of lowlifes and elites in Los Angeles.
Mother's Day 2016 PG Intersecting stories with different moms collide on Mother's Day.
Ravenous 2017 In an isolated rural community of Quebec, Canada, some inhabitants attack other people, hungry for human flesh. A few survivors gather and go deep into the forest to escape them.
The Christmas Chronicles 2018 Siblings Kate and Teddy try to prove Santa Claus is real, but when they accidentally cause his sleigh to crash, they have to save Christmas.
Just Wright 2010 PG A physical therapist falls for the basketball player she is helping recover from a career-threatening injury.
Thunder and the House of Magic 2013 G Thunder, an abandoned young cat seeking shelter from a storm, stumbles into the strangest house imaginable, owned by an old magician and inhabited by a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos. Not everyone welcomes the new addition to the troupe as Jack Rabbit and Maggie Mouse plot to evict Thunder. The situation gets worse when the magician lands in hospital and his scheming nephew sees his chance to cash in by selling the mansion. Our young hero is determined to earn his place and so he enlists the help of some wacky magician's assistants to protect his magical new home.
Bleach 2018 High school student Ichigo Kurosaki lives an ordinary life, besides being able to see ghosts and the blurry memories of his mother death under strange circumstances when he was a kid. His peaceful world suddenly breaks as he meets Rukia Kuchiki, a God of Death.
Takers 2010 M A seasoned team of bank robbers, including Gordon Jennings (Idris Elba), John Rahway (Paul Walker), A.J. (Hayden Christensen), and brothers Jake (Michael Ealy) and Jesse Attica (Chris Brown) successfully complete their latest heist and lead a life of luxury while planning their next job. When Ghost (Tip T.I. Harris), a former member of their team, is released from prison he convinces the group to strike an armored car carrying $20 million. As the "Takers" carefully plot out their strategy and draw nearer to exacting the grand heist, a reckless police officer (Matt Dillon) inches closer to apprehending the criminals.
Beach Rats 2017 MA15+ An aimless teenager on the outer edges of Brooklyn struggles to escape his bleak home life and navigate questions of self-identity, as he balances his time between his delinquent friends, a potential new girlfriend, and older men he meets online.
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion 2017 MA15+ When Mahendra, the son of Bahubali, learns about his heritage, he begins to look for answers. His story is juxtaposed with past events that unfolded in the Mahishmati Kingdom.
The Duel 2016 MA15+ A Texas Ranger investigates a series of unexplained deaths in a town called Helena.
Wolves at the Door 2016 MA15+ Four friends gather at an elegant home during the Summer of Love, 1969. Unbeknownst to them, deadly visitors are waiting outside. What begins as a simple farewell party turns to a night of primal terror as the intruders stalk and torment the four, who struggle for their lives against what appears to be a senseless attack.
Gun City 2018 Barcelona, Spain, 1921. A tough cop from Madrid arrives in the city to locate, under the suspicious scrutiny of corrupt local police officers, a significant amount of military weaponry stolen from a train, allegedly by revolutionary anarchists.
Marmaduke 2010 PG When Phil and Debbie Winslow relocate from their native Kansas to the sunny climes of Orange County, their big-hearted, havoc-wreaking Great Dane gets a taste of the dog's life, California-style.
#RealityHigh 2017 When nerdy high schooler Dani finally attracts the interest of her longtime crush, she lands in the cross hairs of his ex, a social media celebrity.
The Do-Over 2016 The life of a bank manager is turned upside down when a friend from his past manipulates him into faking his own death and taking off on an adventure.
The Motive 2017 Álvaro, a man obsessed with the idea of writing what he brands as “high literature,” manipulates the lives and feelings of the people around him to write about the consequences caused by his devious acts.
Alien Warfare 2019 M A team of Navy Seals investigates a mysterious science outpost only to have to combat a squad of powerful alien soldiers.
Mr. Popper's Penguins 2011 G Jim Carrey stars as Tom Popper, a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really important things in life...until he inherits six “adorable” penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom’s rambunctious roommates turn his swank New York apartment into a snowy winter wonderland — and the rest of his world upside-down.
The Blackcoat's Daughter 2017 MA15+ In the dead of winter, Kat and Rose, two very different girls, find themselves spending winter break at their prestigious prep school. What they don't know is that Kat is being stalked by an evil entity, and their lives are about to change forever. Meanwhile, Joan, a young, troubled woman, makes her way across a frozen landscape towards the school. But why?
Risen 2016 M Clavius, a powerful Roman military tribune, and his aide, Lucius, are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus in the weeks following the crucifixion, in order to disprove the rumors of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in Jerusalem.
Mamma Mia! 2008 PG An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on a Greek island is about to marry off the spirited young daughter she's raised alone. But, the daughter has secretly invited three of her mother's ex-lovers in the hopes of finding her biological father.
The Neon Demon 2016 R18+ When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.
Good People 2014 MA15+ Tom and Anna Wright, a young American couple, fall into severe debt while renovating Anna's family home in London. As the couple faces the loss of their dream to have a house and start a family, they discover that the tenant in the apartment below them is dead, and he's left behind a stash of cash—$400,000 worth. Though initially hesitant, Tom and Anna decide that the plan is simple: all they have to do is quietly take the money and use only what's necessary to get them out of debt. But when they start spending the money and can't seem to stop, they find themselves the target of a deadly adversary—the thief who stole it—and that's when very bad things start happening to good people.
Baby Geniuses 1999 G Scientist hold talking, super-intelligent babies captive, but things take a turn for the worse when a mix-up occurs between a baby genius and its twin.
Bahubali: The Beginning 2015 MA15+ The young Shivudu is left as a foundling in a small village by his mother. By the time he’s grown up, it has become apparent that he possesses exceptional gifts. He meets the beautiful warrior/princess Avanthika and learns that her queen has been held captive for the last 25 years. Shividu sets off to rescue her, discovering his own origins in the process.
The Stepfather 2009 MA15+ Michael Harding (Penn Badgley) returns home from military school to find his mother (Sela Ward) happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David (Dylan Walsh). As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand. Is he really the man of her dreams or could David be hiding a dark side?
Om Shanti Om 2007 M In this modern remake of Karz, Om - an aspiring actor from the 1970s - is murdered, but is immediately reincarnated into the present day. He attempts to discover the mystery of his demise and find Shanti, the love of his previous life.
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll 2016 PG As Po looks for his lost action figures, the story of how the panda inadvertently helped create the Furious Five is told.
Dear White People 2014 M Four black students attend an Ivy League college where a riot breaks out over an “African-American” themed party thrown by white students. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, the film explores racial identity in 'post-racial' America while weaving a story about forging one's unique path in the world.
Gridiron Gang 2006 M Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together.
Centurion 2010 R18+ Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.
Parker 2013 MA15+ A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.
Christmas with the Kranks 2004 PG Luther Krank is fed up with the commerciality of Christmas; he decides to skip the holiday and go on a vacation with his wife instead. But when his daughter decides at the last minute to come home, he must put together a holiday celebration.
The Vault 2017 MA15+ Two estranged sisters are forced to rob a bank in order to save their brother. But this is no ordinary bank.
Jodhaa Akbar 2008 M Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal Emperor, Akbar and a Rajput princess, Jodhaa.
My Perfect Romance 2018 PG Newly appointed CEO of Robinson Tech, Wes Robinson, is looking for new ideas to boost the company's sales. Vivian Blair, a program developer, shares a dating algorithm she has been working on called My Perfect Match. Wes sees potential and an opportunity to turn the company around and launches the service. When the pair is challenged to use My Perfect Match themselves to find love, this algorithm shows some interesting results.
A Close Shave 1996 G Wallace falls in love with wool-shop owner Wendolene, not suspecting that she (or rather, her dog) is at the head of a fiendish sheep-rustling plot. Gromit is set up and jailed, but his new-found sheepish friend is determined to give Wallace a helping hand in finding out the real truth.
3 Ninjas Kick Back 1994 PG During a championship baseball match, the three brothers hear that their grandfather in Japan is in trouble, and head out to help him, conceding the match. When they arrive in Japan, they must use all their powers to defend him against his ancient enemy, who has returned to exact revenge.
Falcon Rising 2014 MA15+ Chapman is an ex-marine in Brazil's slums, battling the yakuza outfit who attacked his sister and left her for dead.
Observe and Report 2009 MA15+ Mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt is called into action to stop a flasher from turning shopper's paradise into his personal peep show. But when Barnhardt can't bring the culprit to justice, a surly police detective is recruited to close the case.
Conan the Barbarian 2011 MA15+ A quest that begins as a personal vendetta for the fierce Cimmerian warrior soon turns into an epic battle against hulking rivals, horrific monsters, and impossible odds, as Conan (Jason Momoa) realizes he is the only hope of saving the great nations of Hyboria from an encroaching reign of supernatural evil.
Premature 2014 MA15+ On the most important day of his young life, a high school senior is forced to relive his failed attempt at losing his virginity over and over again, until he gets it right.
Dragons: Dawn Of The Dragon Racers 2014 G A hunt for a lost sheep turns into a competition between Hiccup and friends as they compete to become the first Dragon Racing champion of Berk.
Perdida 2018 A policewoman whose childhood friend disappeared in Patagonia years ago starts a new search to find answers, and soon finds her own life in danger.
Christmas Inheritance 2017 To inherit her father's company, socialite Ellen must first visit his small hometown, where she learns the value of hard work and helping others.
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding 2018 A year after Amber helped Richard secure the crown. The two are set to tie the knot in a royal Christmas wedding — but their plans are jeopardized when Amber finds herself second-guessing whether or not she's cut out to be queen, and Richard is faced with a political crisis that threatens to tarnish not only the holiday season but the future of the kingdom.
Obsessed 2009 M Things couldn't be better for Derek Charles. He's just received a big promotion at work, and has a wonderful marriage with his beautiful wife, Sharon. However, into this idyllic world steps Lisa, a temporary worker at Derek's office. Lisa begins to stalk Derek, jeopardizing all he holds dear.
Incarnate 2016 MA15+ An exorcist comes up against an evil from his past when he uses his skills to enter the mind of a nine year old boy.
Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie 2017 LA homicide detective Gene Handsome's knack for solving mysteries is matched only by his inability to make sense of his own problems.
P.S. I Love You 2007 M A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.
Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters 2017 In the year 2048, the human race is forced to leave Earth after decades of losing against Godzilla and other giant monsters. They take a twenty-year journey to another planet called Tau Ceti-e, but upon arrival, they discover that the planet has become uninhabitable. As living conditions on their ship deteriorate, a young man named Haruo spearheads a movement to return to Earth and take it back from the monsters. The ship successfully makes the return voyage, but the crew realizes that twenty thousand years have passed, with Earth's ecosystem having evolved to become centered around Godzilla.
Burn Out 2017 Tony, a promising young motorcycle racer, is forced to do perilous drug runs to save the mother of his child from a dangerous mobster.
The Accountant of Auschwitz 2018 M Oskar Gröning, known as the "Accountant of Auschwitz," was charged with the murder of 300,000 Jews. When he took the stand in 2015, at the age of 94, his trial made headlines worldwide.
Some Kind of Beautiful 2015 M By day, Richard Haig is a successful and well-respected English professor at renowned Trinity College in Cambridge. By night, Richard indulges his own romantic fantasies with a steady stream of beautiful undergraduates. But Richard has grown tired of the game and is looking for something more meaningful and lasting. So when Kate, Richard’s tanned, athletic, 25-year-old American girlfriend tells him that she is pregnant, Richard is thrilled. He looks forward to having a family of his own, being a father his children could be proud of, not some sex-fueled bobcat. There is only one problem. Richard’s not in love with Kate. Richard is in love with Kate’s sister, Olivia. He had been in love with her ever since he first saw her.
Failure to Launch 2006 M Tripp, an attractive man in his thirties, is still living with his parents Al and Sue. Tripp's best friends Demo and Ace are also still living in their parents' homes and seem proud of it. Al and Sue are not happy, however, and are fascinated when friends whose adult son has recently moved away from home reveal they hired an expert to arrange the matter and couldn't be happier with the result.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny 2016 M A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.
28 Days 2000 M After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center. She chooses rehab, but is extremely resistant to taking part in any of the treatment programs they have to offer, refusing to admit that she has an alcohol addiction.
Sara's Notebook 2018 Laura has spent years looking for her sister Sara who went missing in the depths of the jungle in the Congo. Neither the NGO she works for, nor the embassy, have news on her whereabouts until a photo appears of Sara in a mining town. Apparently, Sara is being held captive by The Hawk, the fearsome rebel leader who controls the mafias behind the prized mineral coltan.
Christmas Wedding Planner 2017 G Wedding Planner, Kelsey Wilson, is about to have her big break: planning her beloved cousin's lavish and exclusive wedding. Everything is going smoothly until Connor McClane, a devilishly handsome private investigator, shows up and turns Kelsey's world upside-down. Hired by a secret source, Connor quickly disrupts the upcoming nuptials but wins Kelsey's heart in the process.
Buster's Mal Heart 2017 MA15+ An eccentric mountain man on the run from the local sheriff recalls the mysterious events that brought him to his present fugitive state.
Right Here Right Now 2018 Hamburg, St. Pauli, New Year's Eve. Oskar Wrobel runs a music club in an old hospital at the edge of the Reeperbahn. While fireworks go off in the streets of St. Pauli, he prepares the big final party - the club has to close. Thankfully there is no time to think about it because the chaos is breaking into his living room, all while hell break loose at the club. The film, based on the novel by Tino Hanekamp, was filmed with hundreds of extras attending a real-life three-night-long party.
Power Rangers 2017 M Saban's Power Rangers follows five ordinary teens who must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove — and the world — is on the verge of being obliterated by an alien threat. Chosen by destiny, our heroes quickly discover they are the only ones who can save the planet. But to do so, they will have to overcome their real-life issues and before it’s too late, band together as the Power Rangers.
Super Dark Times 2017 M Teenagers Zach and Josh have been best friends their whole lives, but when a gruesome accident leads to a cover-up, the secret drives a wedge between them and propels them down a rabbit hole of escalating paranoia and violence.
Assassination 2015 Assassination is set in Korea and Shanghai in the 1930's during the Japanese occupation. The government resistance assigns a secret commando group with killing collaborators.
Edge of Fear 2018 After being stabbed in the heart by ruthless home invaders, a man is left for dead. Now weak, outnumbered, and knife sticking from his chest, he attempts to do the impossible: save his wife from these murderers before he bleeds to death.
The Invisible Guardian 2017 M When the naked body of a teenage girl is found on the banks of the River Baztán, it is quickly linked to a similar murder one month before. Soon, rumours are flying in the nearby village of Elizondo. Is this the work of a ritualistic killer or is it the basajaun, the ‘invisible guardian’ of Basque mythology? Inspector Amaia Salazar leads the investigation, taking her back to the heart of the Basque country where she was born, and where she hoped never to return. Shrouded in mist and surrounded by impenetrable forests, it is a place of unresolved conflicts and a terrible secret from Amaia’s childhood that will come back to haunt her. Faced with the superstitions of the village, Amaia must fight the demons of her past to confront the reality of a serial killer on the loose. But as she is drawn deeper into the investigation, she feels the presence of something darker lurking in the shadows…
The Trust 2016 MA15+ A pair of cops investigating a drug invasion stumble upon a mysterious bank vault.
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin 1978 M The anti-Ching patriots, under the guidance of Ho Kuang-han, have secretly set up their base in Canton, disguised as school masters. During a brutal Manchu attack, Lui manages to escape, and devotes himself to learning the martial arts in order to seek revenge.
Funny People 2009 MA15+ Famous and wealthy funnyman George Simmons doesn't give much thought to how he treats people until a doctor delivers stunning health news, forcing George to reevaluate his priorities with a little help from aspiring stand-up comic Ira.
The Clapper 2018 M 15 minutes of fame destroys the life of a man who works as a clapper in television.
Fire with Fire 2012 MA15+ A fireman takes an unexpected course of action when a man whom he's been ordered to testify against—after being held up at a local convenience store—threatens him.
Tallulah 2016 Desperate to be rid of her toddler, a dissatisfied Beverly Hills housewife hires a stranger to babysit and ends up getting much more than she bargained for.
The Resistance Banker 2018 In 1942, in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, the banker brothers Walraven and Gijsbert van Hall face their biggest challenge when they decide to help finance the Dutch resistance.
Sinister 2 2015 MA15+ A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.
Kalki 2018 PG A scientist trying to solve one of the universe's greatest puzzles begins a romance with a much younger colleague that's haunted by a dark secret.
Toro 2016 Toro (Spanish for "Bull") is a young con man and the right hand of Romano, a powerful mob boss in Torremolinos, Málaga (Andalusia, south to Spain). After Toro decides to leave Romano to get a life free of crime, his last sting fails, resulting one of his brothers dead and he sent to jail. Five years later, Romano realizes that López, Toro's older brother, is robbing him money from his tourism business and he orders to kidnap Diana, López's little daughter, until this one get back the money. Without options, López visits Toro, now a touristic driver with the third grade prison close to get the parole, who only wants to be free to marry his girlfriend Estrella. When Toro accepts to help López and both meet Romano looking for a solution, Toro ends attacking Romano's men and fleeing with Diana, trying to escape from Romano's revenge. But Romano starts a ruthless searching for they three, meanwhile Toro counts the hours to back the prison according to the third grade...
Holidays 2016 MA15+ An anthology feature film that puts a uniquely dark and original spin on some of the most iconic and beloved holidays of all time by challenging our folklore, traditions and assumptions.
Our House 2018 M Ethan is suffering enormous guilt after his parents are killed in a car accident. He quits a promising future at MIT and work on a revolutionary experiment in order to care for his younger siblings.
Employee of the Month 2006 M When he hears that the new female employee digs ambitious men who are the store employee of the month, a slacker gets his act together but finds himself in competition with his rival, an ambitious co-worker.
Your Son 2018 The story has a father as protagonist will always do what he believes best for his family: the life of Dr. Jaime Jiménez collapses when his 17 year old son is left in a vegetative state due to a beating he receives at the exit of a nightclub . After seeing that justice does nothing to stop the guilty, he himself will undertake a trip to the underworld in search of revenge.
The Last Hangover 2018 In this biblical "Hangover" spoof, the apostles awaken to find Jesus is missing and must piece together events of the previous night's wild Last Supper.
F*&% the Prom 2017 G Maddy and Cole were inseparable friends until high school started and Maddy became the most popular girl on campus. When she starts feeling lonely and heartbroken, she reconnects with Cole and the duo conspire to destroy the ultimate teen popularity contest
Radio Rebel 2012 G High school senior Tara is so painfully shy that she dreads speaking to anyone in the hallways or getting called on in class. But in the privacy of her bedroom with her iPod in hand, she rocks out -- doing mock broadcasts for Miami's hottest FM radio station, which happens to be owned by her stepfather. When a slot opens up at The SLAM, Tara surprises herself by blossoming behind the mike into confident, "Radio Rebel" -- and to everyone's shock, she's a hit!
The Choice 2016 PG Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.
A Walk in the Woods 2015 M After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends.
El Camino Christmas 2017 A young man seeking a father he has never met, through no fault of his own, ends up barricaded in a liquor store with five other people on Christmas Eve in the fictitious town of El Camino, NV.
Miracle on 34th Street 1994 G 6-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle—Santa Claus. Her mother told her the 'secret' about Santa a long time ago, but, after meeting a special department store Santa who's convinced he's the real thing, Susan is given the most precious gift of all—something to believe in.
Did You Hear About the Morgans? 2009 PG In New York City, an estranged couple who witness a murder are relocated to small-town Wyoming as part of a witness-protection program.
Ask Me Anything 2014 MA15+ Beautiful, wild, funny, and lost, Katie Kampenfelt takes a year off before college to find herself, all the while chronicling her adventures in an anonymous blog into which she pours her innermost secrets. Eventually, Katie's fearless narrative begins to crack, and dark pieces of her past emerge.
The Lady in the Van 2015 M The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
The Secret 2006 PG Interviews with leading authors, philosophers and scientists, with an in-depth discussion of the Law of Attraction. The audience is shown how they can learn and use 'The Secret' in their everyday lives.
Raees 2017 MA15+ Set in the early ’80s and ’90s in Gujarat, India, ‘Raees’ is a fictitious story of a crime lord named Raees, who builds an entire empire from scratch, and a police officer who is determined to bring him down.
The Shallows 2016 M In the taut thriller The Shallows, Nancy (Blake Lively) is surfing alone on a secluded beach when she is attacked by a great white shark and stranded just a short distance from shore. Though she is only 200 yards from her survival, getting there proves the ultimate contest of wills.
Orbiter 9 2017 Helena, a young woman on a deep space mission, has been alone for 20 years. Her parents abandoned ship after a technical malfunction made it impossible for all three of them to reach their intended destination. Alex, an isolated engineer, is about to enter her life and turn her world upside down.
The Saint 2017 M International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is asked by a desperate rich man to find his kidnapped daughter. However, in addition to evading the authorities, Simon must face a dangerous adversary from his past.
Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil 2018 Basque Country, Spain, 1843. A police constable arrives at a small village in Álava to investigate a mysterious blacksmith who lives alone deep in the woods.
Just Friends 2005 M While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with – a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.
Acrimony 2018 MA15+ A faithful wife takes action when it becomes clear to her that her devious husband has betrayed her.
Operation Chromite 2016 A squad of soldiers fight in the Korean War's crucial Battle of Incheon.
Velvet Buzzsaw 2019 Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of art.
American Made 2017 MA15+ The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.
The After Party 2018 When an aspiring rapper goes viral for the wrong reasons, he thinks his career is sunk. But a wild party gives him one more chance to make it right.
Wedding Unplanned 2017 M When she discovers a wedding planer's business card, Alexia instantly says, "YES" to Mathias unaware that it belongs to his mistress. The groom is now trapped between his bride, and his lover who in charge of his unwanted marriage.
The Angel 2018 True story of Ashraf Marwan, who was President Nasser's son-in-law and special adviser and confidant to his successor Anwar Sadat - while simultaneously Israeli Intelligence's most precious asset of the 20th century. Based on NYT bestselling book 'The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel' by Uri Bar-Joseph.
The Bar 2017 In downtown Madrid, a series of mysterious gunshots trap a motley assortment of people in a decrepit bar.
One for the Money 2012 M An unemployed lingerie buyer convinces her bail bondsman cousin to give her a shot as a bounty hunter. Her first assignment is to track down a former cop on the run for murder – the same man who broke her heart years before. With the help of some friends and the best bounty hunter in the business, she slowly learns what it takes to be a true bounty hunter.
Underdogs 2013 PG In the small village where Amadeo lives there is no one good enough to challenge his skills at Table Football. But, while Amadeo may be a genius as a table football player in real life he's a loser. He's in love with Lara, his childhood friend, but he's so shy that he can't bring himself to confess his love for her. So he just hangs out in his quaint, timeless village. When Amadeo beats the village bully Flash at Table Football. The scene is set for an epic rivalry. Consumed with anger Flash vows to get even and 10 years later he returns as an International Superstar, a Football Icon and Galatico determined to wreak his revenge.
The Siege of Jadotville 2016 Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during in the early 1960s.
Results 2015 M Two mismatched personal trainers' lives are upended by the actions of a new, wealthy client.
Terrifier 2016 A maniacal clown named Art terrorizes three young women and everyone else who stands in his way on Halloween night.
Rampant 2018 Lee Chung is a Prince of Joseon, but he has been taken hostage to the Qing Dynasty. He enjoys boozing, womanizing and gambling. He is also an excellent swordsman. His older brother Lee Young will succeed to the throne and brings Lee Chung to Joseon. He returns after more than 10 years. Soon, Lee Chung faces monsters that run rampant in the night.
13th 2016 An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Hotel for Dogs 2009 PG Placed in a foster home that doesn't allow pets, 16-year-old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce, turn an abandoned hotel into a home for their dog. Soon other strays arrive, and the hotel becomes a haven for every orphaned canine in town. But the kids have to do some quick thinking to keep the cops off their tails.
Illang: The Wolf Brigade 2018 In 2029, the elite police squad Illang combats a terrorist group opposing reunification of the two Koreas. But another enemy may be lurking nearby.
Down with Love 2003 M In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.
Kick-Ass 2 2013 M After Kick-Ass’ insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, he joins a patrol led by the Colonel Stars and Stripes. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist — reborn as The Mother Fucker — only the blade-wielding Hit-Girl can prevent their annihilation.
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 1999 M When diabolical genius, Dr. Evil travels back in time to steal superspy Austin Powers's ‘mojo’, Austin must return to the swingin' '60s himself – with the help of American agent, Felicity Shagwell – to stop the dastardly plan. Once there, Austin faces off against Dr. Evil's army of minions and saves the world in his own unbelievably groovy way.
Main Hoon Na 2004 M An army major goes undercover as a college student. His mission is both professional and personal: to protect his general's daughter from a radical militant, and to find his estranged half-brother.
Standoff 2016 MA15+ A troubled veteran gets a chance at redemption by protecting a girl from an assassin after she witnesses a murder. Holding a shotgun with a single shell, he engages in physical and psychological warfare in a desperate fight for the girl's life.
Under Suspicion 2000 M A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. "This will only take ten minutes", they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is away from his speech become longer and longer.
A Thousand Words 2012 PG Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja (Cliff Curtis) for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja is on to him, and Jack’s life comes unglued after a magical Bodhi tree mysteriously appears in his backyard. With every word Jack speaks, a leaf falls from the tree and he realizes that when the last leaf falls, both he and the tree are toast. Words have never failed Jack McCall, but now he’s got to stop talking and conjure up some outrageous ways to communicate or he’s a goner.
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond 2017 Offbeat documentarian Chris Smith provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon.
The Guilt Trip 2012 M An inventor and his mom hit the road together so he can sell his latest invention.
The Scorpion King 2002 M In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar's village. Amid betrayals, thieves, abductions and more, Mathayus strives to bring justice to his complicated world.
First Sunday 2008 PG Durell and LeeJohn are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When told they have one week to pay a $17,000 debt or Durell will lose his son, they come up with a desperate scheme to rob their neighborhood church. Instead, they end up spending the night in the presence of the Lord and are forced to deal with much more than they bargained for.
Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour 2018 Taylor Swift takes the stage in Dallas for the Reputation Stadium Tour and celebrates a monumental night of music, memories and visual magic.
Dinosaur Island 2014 PG The adventure begins when Lucas, a 13 year old boy, embarks on the vacation of a lifetime. When disaster strikes, Lucas finds himself stranded in a strange land littered with ghost ships and prehistoric creatures. While searching for other signs of life, Lucas hears a radio broadcast in the distance and is drawn into the jungle where he encounters a beautiful young girl who claims to have come from the 1950s. Together they set out on a quest to get home all the while uncovering secrets that will forever change the future.
Save the Last Dance 2001 M A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past.
Dragon Tiger Gate 2006 M Dragon Tiger Gate is a 2006 Hong Kong martial arts-action film directed by Wilson Yip and featuring fight choreography by Donnie Yen, who also stars in the film. The film is based on the popular Hong Kong manhua, Oriental Heroes, which bears the same Chinese name as the movie.
Kevin Hart: What Now? 2016 In Universal Pictures’ Kevin Hart: What Now?, comedic rock-star Kevin Hart follows up his 2013 hit stand-up concert movie Let Me Explain, which grossed $32 million domestically and became the third-highest live stand-up comedy movie of all time. Hart takes center stage in this groundbreaking, record-setting, sold-out performance of “What Now?”—filmed outdoors in front of 50,000 people at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field—marking the first time a comedian has ever performed to an at-capacity football stadium.
Once Upon a Time in Venice 2017 R18+ Steve Ford is a private detective in Venice Beach, Calif., who's good with the ladies, bad with the punches and wild about his dog Buddy. When local thugs steal Buddy, Ford turns to Spyder, their devious leader, and forges an unlikely alliance. With help from his best friend, Steve pulls out the big guns to retrieve Spyder's stolen cash and cocaine and save Buddy.
Short Circuit 2 1988 M Robot Johnny Five comes to the city and gets manipulated by criminals who want him for their own purposes.
Christmas with a View 2018 G This Christmas, Thunder Mountain Ski Resort is abuzz when celebrity chef Shane Roarke is named the new head chef. Clara Garrison isn't as excited and is instead focused on getting resettled after her failed attempt at opening a restaurant in the city. With their paths constantly crossing, will their shared passion for cooking bring them together or will secrets keep them apart?
Melvin Goes to Dinner 2003 M Marital infidelity, religion, a guy in heaven wearing a Wizards jersey, anal fetishes, cigarettes and schizophrenia, ghosts, and how it's going to get worse before it gets better.
12 Rounds 3: Lockdown 2015 R18+ Lockdown Follows a police officer who returns to duty after recovering from a gun shot wound to discover incriminating evidence of illegal activities against those closest to him. He quickly finds himself trapped inside his own precinct, hunted and in search of the truth, as the crooked cops stop at nothing to recover the evidence.
To Each, Her Own 2018 Just as Simone works up the courage to tell her conservative Jewish family she's a lesbian, she finds herself attracted to a male Senegalese chef.
The Three Stooges 2012 PG While trying to save their childhood orphanage, Moe, Larry and Curly inadvertently stumble into a murder plot and wind up starring in a reality TV show.
Full Out 2015 PG Based on the true life story of California gymnast Ariana Berlin. As she zoned in on her Olympic goals, 14 year old Ariana Berlin's life took a sharp turn when she was involved in a debilitating car accident. Gaining her confidence and movement back through learning hip hop dance, she unexpectedly found herself called back to the gymnastics world thanks to world renowned UCLA Coach Valorie Kondos Field. With Val's help, Ariana was eventually able to secure a spot on the UCLA gymnastics team and win an NCAA championship, a lifelong goal that she had always dreamed of. This is a wonderfully inspiring story of persistence, confidence, and the heart and courage to make a somewhat impossible comeback in life.
Battle 2018 Amalie is the girl who has everything, good looks, money, a boyfriend and a big talent of dancing. One day, her world falls apart and she moves from everything she knows. Then enter Mikael. He is dancing in the streets and Amalie joins him in dancing on the streets, dancing Battles.
Toc Toc 2017 M Toc Toc is a 2017 Spanish comedy film directed by Vicente Villanueva. The movie follows the adventures and misadventures of a group of patients with OCD dated at the same time.
Rang De Basanti 2006 M After a group of friends graduate from Delhi University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker casts them in a film she's making about freedom fighters under British rule. Although the group is largely apolitical, the tragic death of a friend owing to local government corruption awakens their patriotism. Inspired by the freedom fighters they represent in the film, the friends collectively decide to avenge the killing.
Tooth Fairy 2010 G When minor-league hockey player Derek Thompson -- who has a penchant for knocking out his opponents' teeth every time he plays -- disillusions a fan, he is sentenced to a stint for one week as a bona fide, tutu-clad, real-life tooth fairy. Soon, Derek is inspired to rekindle his youthful dreams.
The 3rd Eye 2017 When her little sister claims she sees the dead, Alia consults a psychic, who opens her own eyes to the vengeful ghosts haunting their childhood home.
We Are Family 2016 Thirteen-year-old Bastien is the center of a reconstructed family: 6 half-brothers and sisters, 8 "parents," and as many houses. His tasks within the family are far more complex than what he has to do at school. But enough's enough: the children decide to wage a revolution and turn the rules upside down. All together, the squat a large apartment and now it'll be up to the parents to come to them!
Demetri Martin: The Overthinker 2018 With his signature one-liners and drawings, Demetri Martin muses on doughnut holes, dogs, sports bars, the alphabet's most aggressive letters and more.
Geronimo: An American Legend 1993 M The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and necessary actions by the government, Geronimo and thirty or so other warriors form an attack team which humiliates the government by evading capture, whi
Despicable Me 3 2017 PG Gru's long lost twin (Dru) will emerge and there will be a theme of sibling rivalry.
Joe Rogan: Strange Times 2018 Outspoken as ever, comedian Joe Rogan takes on politics, pro wrestling, pot laws, cats, vegans and much more in a stand-up special shot in Boston.
Barefoot 2014 M The "black sheep" son of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient who's been raised in isolation her entire life. He takes the naive young woman home for his brother's wedding an improbable romance blooms, as she impresses everyone with her genuine, simple charms. Remake of the German film "Barfuss" (2005).
Natural Selection 2016 M Tyler is a young man who is desperately seeking direction from a world that seems to have abandoned him. Searching for answers he looks to his new friend Indrid who appears to have it all figured out.
Swept Away 2002 M Stranded and alone on a desert island during a cruise, a spoiled rich woman and a deckhand fall in love and make a date to reunite after their rescue.
Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold 2018 PG Batman teams up with the Scooby gang when villains from both of their worlds unite to wreak havoc on the city. Featuring classic DC villains like the Joker, Catwoman, Harley Quinn and the Riddler alongside heroes like Aquaman, Black Canary, and Plastic Man. Also featuring classic Scooby-Doo villains like the Ghost Clown, Space Kook, and Miner 49er.
Catch and Release 2006 M Gray Wheeler just lost everything. But it could be the best thing that ever happened to her. After the death of her fiancé, Gray moves in with her late love's best friends. While Sam and Dennis do their best to cheer Gray up, Fritz doesn't seem to care. Once Gray breaks through Fritz's defenses, however, she finally sees why her fiancé thought so highly of him. As they spend more time together, Gray learns that her chances for love have not died out with her fiancé. But when some surprise guests show up on their doorstep, it'll take the love of all of her new friends to help Gray learn that life may be messy, but love is messier.
The Week Of 2018 The parents of a soon-to-be married couple make the final preparations for the wedding ceremony.
Hurricane Bianca 2016 M Hurricane Bianca is a revenge comedy about a New York teacher who moves to a small town in Texas, gets fired for being gay, and returns disguised in drag to get revenge on the people who were nasty to him.
The Incident 2014 Two parallel stories about people trapped in illogical endless spaces: two brothers and a detective locked on an infinite staircase, and a family locked on an infinite road... for over 35 years.
Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! 2017 G This is the story of how Ash and Pikachu first met. At first, Pikachu was disobedient towards Ash, but Ash only wanted to be friends with Pikachu. On the day they set out from Pallet Town, both of them saw a Ho-Oh flying and they made a vow to meet it.
Death at a Funeral 2010 M Aaron's father's funeral is today at the family home, and everything goes wrong: the funeral home delivers the wrong body, his cousin accidentally drugs her fiancé, and Aaron's successful younger brother, Ryan, flies in from New York, broke but arrogant. To top it all off, a mysterious stranger wants a word with Aaron.
The 3rd Eye 2 2019 After her sister died, Alia decides to start a new life by living in an orphanage owned by Mrs Laksmi and Mr Fadli as well as doing social work there. But Alia feels something wrong with the orphanage. Moreover, Nadia, one of the orphanage who apparently also has an inner eyes like Alia, can hears mysterious voices asking for help from all over the walls of the house. Alia and Nadia open a mysterious locked room. Since then disasters begin. It turns out that Alia and Nadia had made a big mistake and releases Darmah, a vengeful spirit that was deliberately locked in the room. Together with Mrs Windu, the paranormal and mentor of her inner eyes, Alia must confront Darmah and save the orphanage.
Daphne & Velma 2018 G Before their eventual team-up with Scooby and the gang, bright and optimistic Daphne and whip-smart and analytical Velma are both mystery-solving teens who are best friends but have only met online - until now. Daphne has just transferred to Velma's school, Ridge Valley High, an incredible tech-savvy institute with all the latest gadgets provided by the school's benefactor, tech billionaire Tobias Bloom. And while competition is fierce among the students for a coveted internship at Bloom Innovative, Daphne and Velma dig beyond all the gadgets and tech to investigate what is causing some of the brightest students in school to disappear - only to emerge again in a zombie-fied state.
Happy Anniversary 2018 A quirky couple spends their three-year dating anniversary looking back at their relationship and contemplating whether they should break up.
Sahara 2017 Two clans of snakes cohabit in the desert. Beautiful green serpents that live under the shelter of an oasis, protected and venerated by men and poisonous snakes that survive in the sand, dust and heat, hunted and killed by the Tuaregs. Here is the story of Ajar, a young poisonous serpent, laughed at by his peers because he still has not done his first moult and that of Eva, rebellious princess of the oasis who wants to escape to escape an arranged marriage. These two will meet and fall in love. Alas, Eva will be kidnapped by the Tuaregs and Ajar, accompanied by her best friend, Pitt the Scorpion, will have to cross the ruthless Sahara to save Eva from the terrible fate awaiting her.
The Outcasts 2017 PG After falling victim to a humiliating prank by the high school Queen Bee, best friends and world-class geeks, Mindy and Jodi, decide to get their revenge by uniting the outcasts of the school against her and her circle of friends.
Annie 2014 PG Annie is a young, happy foster kid who's also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014. Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they'd be back for her someday, it's been a hard knock life ever since with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan. But everything's about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks—advised by his brilliant VP and his shrewd and scheming campaign advisor—makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in. Stacks believes he's her guardian angel, but Annie's self-assured nature and bright, sun-will-come-out-tomorrow outlook on life just might mean it's the other way around.
Jumping the Broom 2011 R18+ Two very different families converge on Martha's Vineyard one weekend for a wedding.
A Grand Day Out 1990 G Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese and this provides an excellent excuse for the animated duo to take their holiday on the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. The moon is inhabited by a mechanical caretaker, who is not too happy about the two visitors from earth that nibble on the moon.
Tanu Weds Manu 2011 PG Marriages are made in heaven! Though the road to heaven might be a little “tedha’. Meet ‘Manu’, a seedha saadha Doctor from London. Intelligent, temperate and from a respectable family, The perfect groom which every parent wants for their daughter. ‘Family pressure’ leads him to Kanpur to meet Tanu the quintessential small town girl who has studied in Delhi. Tanu is a smart, intelligent girl who will do everything that her parents will disapprove. With a mind of her own and a love for rebellion, Tanu is dead against an arranged marriage. But destiny holds something totally different for these dramatically diverse personalities. Their paths keep crossing time and again and weaves this wonderful story through the Indian heartland.
The Guardian Brothers 2016 PG There's a crisis in the Chinese Spirit World -- humans don't believe in gods anymore! A Door God, facing unemployment, ventures into the human world to prove his worth, leading to unexpected encounters and transformations for humans and spirits alike.
In Family I Trust 2019 Bea is a successful architect who lives in Barcelona (Catalonia, northeast to Spain) with her boyfriend and boss, Víctor, a CEO of an important company. During a night celebration of an important contract signed to make a skyscraper designed by Bea, in the bar appears the famous TV reporter and anchorwoman Rebecca Ramos, Victor's personal erotic fantasy. Not measuring the consequences of her actions due to the alcohol she drank, Bea makes a meeting between Víctor and Rebecca. When to the next day she wakes up, Víctor proposes to wed Bea and she accepts, but after she arrives to the job, Bea learns about a videotape where Víctor and Rebecca make the love in a car that it's in all TV channels. In front of all CEOs during a full meeting, Bea slaps Víctor and destroys her design, being fired from the job. Looking for a break, she travels her natal coastal town, Santa Clara, just to discover that her rest isn't so easy as it seems: her eccentric, free-spirited and eternal smiling mother ...
Mac & Devin Go to High School 2012 MA15+ A comedy that follows two high school students -- one overachiever struggling to write his valedictorian speech, the other a senior now going on his 15th year of school.
The Best Man Holiday 2013 G When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be reignited.
King Cobra 2016 When a lonely suburban man turned gay porn producer discovers a hot, lucrative new star, he finds himself the target of rival pornographers who will stop at nothing to steal his money maker.
Malibu Rescue 2019 When a long list of shenanigans lands Tyler in hot water, he’s forced to suit up and spend his summer training for an elite junior lifeguard program.
6 Balloons 2018 Over the course of one night, a woman drives across LA with her heroin addict brother in search of a detox center, with his two-year-old daughter in tow.
Heroes Wanted 2016 Agents from diverse Spanish local police forces are called to form a special team.
Stasis 2017 MA15+ After a night out of partying and left behind by her friends, Ava wakes up and sneaks back home only to find that she's already safe in bed. But that's not Ava - it's someone who looks just like her. A time-traveling fugitive has stolen Ava's body, her identity, and her life. What's more -- she's not alone. There are others, hiding in the past, secretly living among us, plotting to alter the future. Without her body, Ava is a virtual ghost, silent and invisible to the world. And, so far as she knows, she's the only one who can stop them and put the timeline back on course.
To the Bone 2017 A young woman dealing with anorexia meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never 2011 G Tells the story of Justin Bieber, the kid from Canada with the hair, the smile and the voice: It chronicles his unprecedented rise to fame, all the way from busking in the streets of Stratford, Canada to putting videos on YouTube to selling out Madison Square Garden in New York as the headline act during the My World Tour from 2010. It features Usher, Scooter Braun, Ludacris, Sean Kingston, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Boyz II Men, Miley Cyrus, Jaden Smith, Justin's family members and parts of his crew and huge fanbase in a mix of interviews and guest performances. It was released in 3D in theaters all around the world and is the highest grossing concert movie of all time, beating the previous record held by Michael Jackson's This Is It from 2009.
Arsenal 2017 R18+ After the deadbeat brother of a businessman is assumed to be in on his own kidnapping, his sibling must take action to rescue him.
Equity 2016 M Senior investment banker Naomi Bishop’s world of high-power big money is brutal and fierce, and one she thrives in. When a controversial IPO threatens the fragile balance of power and confidentiality, Naomi finds herself entangled in a web of politics and deception.
Special 26 2013 PG In the early 1980s in India, a group of con artists rob well-known businessmen and politicians by posing as officers of the Central Bureau of Intelligence or income tax officials. The gang stages fake raids during which they steal great amounts of money from their targets.
The Rezort 2016 MA15+ The ReZort, a post apocalyptic safari, offers paying guests the opportunity to kill zombies in the wake of an outbreak.
Lady J 2018 When a romance between a widow and a notorious libertine takes an unexpected turn, Mademoiselle de Joncquières becomes instrumental to one lover’s plans for revenge.
Trolls Holiday 2017 G When the eternally optimistic Poppy, queen of the Trolls, learns that the Bergens no longer have any holidays on their calendar, she enlists the help of Branch and the rest of the gang on a delightfully quirky mission to fix something that the Bergens don't think is broken.
Barfi! 2012 PG He is cute. He's shrewd. The girls love him. The cops hate him. He can't speak but is always talked about. His naughty antics will make you scream, but he will never listen. Cos he can't! Next summer ride a rollercoaster of emotions with Barfii - the Chalu Chaplin!
Little Witch Academia 2013 PG Inspired by a magician named Shiny Chariot, the lively Akko Kagari enters the Little Witch Academy with the dream of one day becoming as cool as her idol.
A Wish for Christmas 2016 G Sara Shaw is the type of woman who prefers to sit on the sidelines at work, but when her big idea for a Christmas initiative is stolen, she makes a wish to Santa that she'll finally have the courage to stand up for herself. Santa grants her wish, but only gives her 48 hours. As the clock ticks, Sara will discover how to channel the Christmas magic and speak her mind all on her own.
Madagascar 2005 PG Alex the lion is the king of the urban jungle, the main attraction at New York’s Central Park Zoo. He and his best friends—Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo—have spent their whole lives in blissful captivity before an admiring public and with regular meals provided for them. Not content to leave well enough alone, Marty lets his curiosity get the better of him and makes his escape—with the help of some prodigious penguins—to explore the world.
La tribu 2018 A cleaner woman with vocational street dancer tries to recover her long-stranded son that she gave for adoption, a former CEO who lost everything, including his memories.
Now You See Me 2 2016 M One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet.
Paddington 2014 G A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a new home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family.
Pee Mak Phrakanong 2013 MA15+ Some time during the Rattanakosin Kingdom, Mak becomes a soldier and has to leave his pregnant wife Nak at home in Phra Khanong. In the distant frontline he meets four soldiers who become his best friends. Menwhile his wife Nak struggles to give birth to their baby alone. When the war is over, Mak invites his friends to go to his home and meet his beautiful wife Nak. But in Phra Khanong the rumor goes around town that Nak is a ghost. After a series of uncanny events his four friends and some villagers try to tell Mak that his wife is already dead.
Chennai Express 2013 M Rahul embarks on a journey to a small town in Tamil Nadu to fulfill the last wish of his grandfather: to have his ashes immersed in the Holy water of Rameshwaram. En route, he meets a woman hailing from a unique family down South. As they find love through this journey in the exuberant lands of South India, an unanticipated drive awaits them.
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle 2018 A human child raised by wolves, must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.
Pandora 2016 When an earthquake hits a Korean village housing a run-down nuclear power plant, a man risks his life to save the country from imminent disaster.
Our Souls at Night 2017 Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower, have lived next to each other for years. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when Addie tries to make a connection with her neighbour.
Railroad Tigers 2016 M A railroad worker in China in 1941 leads a team of freedom fighters against the Japanese in order to get food for the poor.
Satanic 2016 MA15+ Four friends on their way to Coachella stop off in Los Angeles to tour true-crime occult sites, only to encounter a mysterious young runaway who puts them on a terrifying path to ultimate horror.
Holy Camp! 2017 M María and Susana, two rebellious teenagers, spend the summer in a catholic camp. While they are grounded during a weekend, the most unexpected arrival in the most unexpected way will change their feelings about life, love and freedom.
Burning Sands 2017 Deep into Hell Week, a favored pledgee is torn between honoring his code of silence or standing up against the intensifying violence of underground hazing.
Lottery Ticket 2010 PG Kevin Carson is a young man living in the projects who has to survive a three-day weekend after his opportunistic neighbors find out he's holding a winning lottery ticket worth $370 million
Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List 2015 M The bonds between Naomi and Ely are tested when they fall for the same guy.
Romina 2018 A shocking assault inspires horrific violence when a group of teens encounters a girl from their school while camping in a remote spot.
Pelé: Birth of a Legend 2016 M The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.
48 Christmas Wishes 2017 PG Holiday magic has never gleamed brighter as Santa’s Elves head out on an adventure to bring every boy and girl their Christmas wish while also bringing a family back together in this heartfelt Christmas movie from Gaumont. After accidentally destroying a bag of Christmas wishes from a small town on the eve of Christmas Eve, two junior elves learn that if even one wish goes unfulfilled, Christmas could be extinguished forever. For the first time in their lives, the elves Mindy and Cam venture out of the North Pole and sneak into Minnedoza to collect the lost wishes. Along the way they enlist the help of young Blake, whose family has a difficult time celebrating Christmas since his father died. With their deadline fast approaching, Mindy and Cam have only one more wish to find…but whose could it be? It’s up to Mindy and Cam to find out and save Christmas!
About Last Night 2014 MA15+ A modern reimagining of the classic romantic comedy, this contemporary version closely follows new love for two couples as they journey from the bar to the bedroom and are eventually put to the test in the real world.
Morning Glory 2011 M A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running morning show at a once-prominent but currently failing station in New York City. Eager to keep the show on air, she recruits a former news journalist and anchor who disapproves of co-hosting a show that does not deal with real news stories.
War Machine 2017 A rock star general bent on winning the “impossible” war in Afghanistan takes us inside the complex machinery of modern war. Inspired by the true story of General Stanley McChrystal.
Hush 2016 A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
The Polka King 2017 Local Pennsylvania polka legend Jan Lewan develops a plan to get rich that shocks his fans and lands him in jail.
Bad Day for the Cut 2017 A middle-aged Irish farmer, who still lives at home with his mother, sets off on a mission of revenge when the old lady is murdered.
Chris Rock: Tamborine 2018 Chris Rock takes the stage for his first comedy special in 10 years, filled with searing observations on fatherhood, infidelity and American politics.
Rupture 2016 MA15+ A single mom tries to break free from a mysterious organization that has abducted her.
Bright 2017 In an alternate present-day where magical creatures live among us, two L.A. cops become embroiled in a prophesied turf battle.
L!fe Happens 2011 MA15+ A comedy centered on two best friends, Kim and Deena, who fight to maintain normalcy in their lives after Kim gets pregnant and has a baby.
Coin Heist 2017 When a crisis threatens to destroy their high school, four teens hatch a daring plan to raise $10 million. Step one? Breaking into the U.S. Mint.
Act of Valor 2012 R18+ When a covert mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA operative uncovers a chilling plot, an elite, highly trained U.S. SEAL team speeds to hotspots around the globe, racing against the clock to stop a deadly terrorist attack.
Sabrina 2018 Maira lives happily with Aiden, a doll maker and toy company owner. But Vanya, their adopted daughter and Aiden's niece, is still dealing with the loss of her birth mother. After Vanya plays Charlie's Pencil to summon her late mother, strange things begin to happen.
Berlin Calling 2008 A man tours clubs around the globe with his manager and girlfriend. On the eve of their largest album release he is admitted to a psychiatric clinic after overdosing at a gig.
Toilet - Ek Prem Katha 2017 PG Keshav and Jaya are from two villages near Mathura, where at least 80% of households are without any access to a lavatories. Conflict comes knocking on the first day of their marriage, when Jaya leaves Keshav's house for good, after discovering that there is no toilet in the home. Distraught and desperate, Keshav sets out on mission to win back his love- by battling against the age old traditions, mind-set and value system of his country.
Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain 2011 MA15+ Experience the show that quickly became a national phenomenon. Get an up-close and personal look at Kevin Hart back in Philly where he began his journey to become one of the funniest comedians of all time. You will laugh 'til it hurts!
Jenny's Wedding 2015 M Jenny Farrell is getting married. But how will her straight-laced family react when they find out that the woman they thought was their daughter’s roommate is actually her fiancée? As the old-fashioned Farrells attempt to come to terms with the prospect of a surprise daughter-in-law, they face a difficult choice: either adapt with the times or risk being left behind.
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain 2013 R18+ Captures the laughter, energy and mayhem from Hart's 2012 "Let Me Explain" concert tour, which spanned 10 countries and 80 cities, and generated over $32 million in ticket sales.
Safe Haven 2013 M A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
The Lion Woman 2017 M Eva Arctander is born with hypertrichosis, meaning that she is covered from head to toe with fine blonde hair. Her father is so ashamed of her that he hides her away from the world in their apartment. However, Eva’s nanny fights for her right to be treated like everyone else.
27 Dresses 2008 PG Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.
Steel Rain 2017 Amid a coup, a North Korean agent escapes south with the country's injured leader in an attempt to keep him alive and prevent a Korean war.
In the Shadow of the Moon 2007 G Archival material from the original NASA film footage – much of it seen for the first time – plus interviews with the surviving astronauts, including Jim Lovell, Dave Scott, John Young, Gene Cernan, Mike Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt.
Despicable Me 2 2013 PG Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.
Tramps 2016 A young man and woman find love in an unlikely place while carrying out a shady deal.
Temple 2017 Three American tourists follow a mysterious map deep into the jungles of Japan searching for an ancient temple. When spirits entrap them, their adventure quickly becomes a horrific nightmare.
Race 2 2013 Ranveer Singh (Saif Ali Khan) travels to exotic locales and confronts the Turkish mafia on a mission to avenge the death of his lover Sonia in this action-packed sequel. In the process of seeking her killers, Ranveer crosses Armaan Mallick (John Abraham) and Aleena (Deepika Padukone) -- two of the most feared figures in the Turkish underworld. Meanwhile, Ranveer's loyal friend RD (Anil Kapoor) and his new partner Cherry (Amisha Patel) offer a helping hand in a world where love is cheap and trust is a luxury most agents can't afford.
Annihilation 2018 MA15+ A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
Shaun the Sheep Movie 2015 G When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it's up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.
Other People 2016 David, a struggling comedy writer fresh off from breaking up with his boyfriend, moves from New York City to Sacramento to help his sick mother. Living with his conservative father and much-younger sisters for the first time in ten years, he feels like a stranger in his childhood home. As his mother’s health declines, David frantically tries to extract meaning from this horrible experience and convince everyone (including himself) that he's "doing okay.”
Twelve Monkeys 1995 M In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient Jeffrey Goines, the son of a famous virus expert, who may hold the key to the mysterious rogue group, the Army of the 12 Monkeys, thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.
Much Loved 2015 A social drama about four marginalized prostitutes in Marrakech and their complex relations with their families and society at large.
Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things 2015 PG How might your life be better with less? The popular simple-living duo The Minimalists examines the many flavors of minimalism by taking the audience inside the lives of minimalists from various walks of life.
Gangster Squad 2013 MA15+ Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It’s enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop… except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O’Mara and Jerry Wooters who come together to try to tear Cohen’s world apart.
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) 2017 MA15+ An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
Ali Wong: Baby Cobra 2016 Ali Wong might be seven-months pregnant, but there’s not a fetus in the world that can stop this acerbic and savage train of comedy from delivering a masterful hour of stand-up.
XX 2017 MA15+ This all-female horror anthology features four dark tales from four fiercely talented women.
The Spirit of Christmas 2015 PG A woman falls in love with a man who is somewhat unavailable.
Creep 2014 M Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: “$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated.” Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town where he meets Josef, his cinematic subject for the day. Josef is sincere and the project seems heartfelt, so Aaron begins to film. But as the day goes on, it becomes clear that Josef is not who he says, and his intentions are not at all pure.
Time Share 2018 Two men team up to rescue their families from a tropical resort after becoming convinced an American timeshare company has an evil plan to take away their loved ones.
Duck Butter 2018 R18+ Dissatisfied with the dishonesty they see in dating, strangers Naima and Sergio make a pact to spend 24 straight hours together in an attempt to fast forward their relationship.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 2001 PG Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard -- with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths -- and about the villain who's to blame.
The Drowning 2016 M A psychiatrist faces his past, present and future when he finds himself involved in the treatment of a young man recently released from prison for a murder committed when the boy was just 11 years old.
1898: Our Last Men in the Philippines 2016 The Philippines, 1898. Fifty Spanish soldiers arrive in the small village of Baler to rebuild an outpost. Although the war against the Filipinos and their American allies is almost lost, as is the Spanish Empire, the garrison will endure a cruel siege for eleven months. They will be the last to surrender.
Abducted in Plain Sight 2017 M In 1974, 12-year-old Jan Broberg is abducted from a small church-going community in Idaho by a trusted neighbour and close family friend.
Das Boot 1981 M A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
Quincy 2018 An intimate look into the life of icon Quincy Jones. A unique force in music and popular culture for 70 years, Jones has transcended racial and cultural boundaries; his story is inextricably woven into the fabric of America.
True Memoirs of an International Assassin 2016 After a publisher changes a writer's debut novel about a deadly assassin from fiction to nonfiction, the author finds himself thrust into the world of his lead character, and must take on the role of his character for his own survival.
Birthmarked 2018 MA15+ Two scientists raise 3 children contrarily to their genetic tendencies to prove the ultimate power of nurture over nature.
Fullmetal Alchemist The Movie: The Sacred Star of Milos 2011 MA15+ After a mysterious prisoner with only a few weeks left on his sentence breaks out of prison in Central City, the Elric brothers attempt to track him down. The search leads them to Table City in the southwestern country of Creta, where Alphonse rescues a young alchemist named Julia from the very man they are trying to capture. In the thick of the fight, they literally tumble into Julia's home turf, the slums of Milos Valley, and are embroiled in the grassroots rebellion of her people.
Casting JonBenet 2017 Twenty years after the modern world's most notorious child murder, the legacy of the crime and its impact are explored.
Aiyaary 2018 M An Indian Army officer is compelled to chase down his protege when the latter turns rogue and threatens to disrupt the country’s government and army.
Clinical 2017 A psychiatrist tries to put her life back together after a violent attack by seeking to repair the life of a new patient, but he has his own terrifying history.
10 1979 MA15+ A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed.
Joint Security Area 2000 In the DMZ separating North and South Korea, two North Korean soldiers have been killed, supposedly by one South Korean soldier. But the 11 bullets found in the bodies, together with the 5 remaining bullets in the assassin's magazine clip, amount to 16 bullets for a gun that should normally hold 15 bullets. The investigating Swiss/Swedish team from the neutral countries overseeing the DMZ suspects that another, unknown party was involved - all of which points to some sort of cover up. The truth is much simpler and much more tragic.
Election 2 2006 MA15+ As election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok (Simon Yam) faces competition from his godsons. At the same time, Jimmy (Louis Koo) looks to increase his business relations with mainland China.
Initial D 2005 M After winning his first competition, Takumi focuses his attention on drift racing, a sport he has unknowingly perfected while delivering tofu in his father's Toyota AE86.
Trust 2010 MA15+ A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her parents are shattered by their daughter's actions and struggle to support her as she comes to terms with what has happened to her once innocent life.
Alex & Me 2018 G An uplifting story of the passion and drive it takes to succeed and the power of family to help realize your dreams.
The Young Offenders 2016 MA15+ Two teenage boys cycle 160 km on stolen bikes pursued by police to find a missing bale of cocaine worth 7 million euro. Set around the real event of Ireland's biggest cocaine seizure in 2007 of 440 million euro.
Beyond Skyline 2017 MA15+ Detective Mark Corley storms his way onto an alien spaceship to rescue his estranged son. When the ship crashes in Southeast Asia, he forges an alliance with a band of survivors to take back the planet once and for all.
Jab Harry Met Sejal 2017 M After a month-long tour of Europe, Sejal is just about to board her flight to India, when she realises that her engagement ring is lost. In quest of the object, she hires the same tour-guide Harry and together they set off visiting the exact same spots that she and her family visited—in the hope of finding the heirloom. Of course the journey proves to be much more…
Our Lovers 2016 Carlos is a man who goes to a coffee shop-library to take a cup, where Irene is reading a book. Not a reason for it, Irene close to Carlos and talks with him, starting a friendship with a little rules: no pasts, no birth names, no modern ways to contact between them (as Internet or similar), and finally not falling in love each other. Calling themselves Hada Chalada ('Crazy Fairy') and Duende Chiflado ('Mad Goblin'), both pass the days walking around the city engaged with magic, surrealist and funnies conversations about life, love and themselves, at the same time that Carlos tries to end his new script with his friend Cristóbal, and eccentric writer obsessed with Japan.
Lavender 2016 M A photographer struggling with memory loss discovers her pictures may indicate something sinister is hitting close to home.
Lovesong 2017 Neglected by her husband, Sarah embarks on an impromptu road trip with her young daughter and her best friend, Mindy. Along the way, the dynamic between the two friends intensifies before circumstances force them apart. Years later, Sarah attempts to rebuild their intimate connection in the days before Mindy’s wedding.
Accident 2009 A self-styled accident choreographer, the Brain is a professional hitman who kills his victims by trapping them in well crafted accidents that look like unfortunate mishaps but are in fact perfectly staged acts of crime. When the teams next assignment goes disastrously wrong, Brain begins to suspect that someone else has planned an ‘accident’ on them.
Family Blood 2018 M Ellie, a recovering drug addict, has just moved to a new city with her two teenage children. She has struggled to stay sober in the past and is determined to make it work this time, finding a stable job and regularly attending her meetings. Unfortunately, new friends, a new job, and the chance of a new life, can’t keep Ellie from slipping once again. Her life changes when she meets Christopher – a different kind of addict – which forces her daughter and son to accept a new version of Ellie.
The Late Bloomer 2016 A sex therapist goes through puberty after the successful removal of a benign tumor resting against his pituitary gland. He experiences all the changes and effects of puberty over a three-week period.
Merry Kissmas 2015 PG Unwinding her relationship from a controlling choreographer, Kayla happens to take an elevator ride with lonesome caterer “Dustin”. The lift stalls, and spontaneously, magical kisses follow. Soon the choreographer makes nice, and Dustin retreats. Kayla becomes confused as to which man to love.
Wake Up Sid 2009 PG Wake Up Sid! is the story of a lazy Mumbai college student who does absolutely nothing, with a turn of events will Sid realize his potential in this world and become a success in the fast-paced life of Mumbai.
Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King 2017 Comic Hasan Minhaj of "The Daily Show" shares personal stories about racism, immigrant parents, prom night horrors and more in this stand-up special.
Arrival 2016 M Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
7 Años 2016 The drama is centered around four friends and business partners who in one evening are forced to find a way to save their company and themselves. The impossible decision they face is agreeing on who will be the one to sacrifice their freedom to save the others from personal and financial demise. It is a race against time that will put their friendship and sanity to the test. Who will take the fall?
Mascots 2016 Eager contestants don big heads and furry suits to vie for the title of World's Best Mascot.
Jim Jefferies: Freedumb 2016 Returning for a second Netflix comedy special, Jim Jefferies unleashes his famously ferocious black humor to a packed house in Nashville, Tennessee.
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn 2012 M Set against the backdrop of a UNSC military academy, a group of highborn cadets are training to be the next generation of soldiers in the UNSC’s ongoing war with insurrectionists in the outer colonial planets. Among these cadets, Thomas Lasky struggles with his doubts about this war, and with the burden of expectations he may not be able to carry. As Lasky comes to terms with his potential as a military leader, the terrifying alien alliance known as the Covenant arrives and turns his world upside down. Inspired by the Master Chief, he must decide what it means to be a hero.
Come Sunday 2018 Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
Bo Burnham: Make Happy 2016 Combining his trademark wit and self-deprecating humor with original music, Bo Burnham offers up his unique twist on life in this stand-up special about life, death, sexuality, hypocrisy, mental illness and Pringles cans.
What Happened, Miss Simone? 2015 The film chronicles Nina Simone's journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate activist, told in her own words.
Pottersville 2017 PG Maynard, a beloved local businessman is mistaken for the legendary Bigfoot during an inebriated romp through town in a makeshift gorilla costume. The sightings set off an international Bigfoot media spectacle and a windfall of tourism dollars for a simple American town hit by hard times. When Brock Masterson, reality TV’s “Monster Hunter,” arrives to hunt the beast, Maynard agonizes over whether to come clean, destroying the rebirth of his beloved town, or perpetuate the inadvertent hoax.
American History X 1998 MA15+ Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two thugs who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.
Period. End of Sentence. 2018 In an effort to improve feminine hygiene, a machine that creates low-cost biodegradable sanitary pads is installed in a rural village in Northern India. Using the machine, a group of local women is employed to produce and sell pads, offering them newfound independence and helping to destigmatize menstruation for all.
Outside In 2018 G An ex-con struggling to readjust to life in his small town forms an intense bond with his former high-school teacher.
A Very Murray Christmas 2015 Bill Murray worries no one will show up to his TV show due to a massive snowstorm in New York City. Through luck and perseverance, guests arrive at Gotham’s Carlyle Hotel to help him — dancing and singing in holiday spirit.
Lawrence of Arabia 1962 PG The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.
Final Girl 2015 Veronica, the new girl in town, is lured into the woods by a group of senior boys looking to make her a victim. But the boys don't know that Veronica's been trained to handle herself in surprisingly lethal ways.
The White Helmets 2016 As daily airstrikes pound civilian targets in Syria, a group of indomitable first responders risk their lives to rescue victims from the rubble.
Kid Cannabis 2014 MA15+ An eighteen year old high school drop out and his twenty-seven year old friend start trafficking marijuana across the border of Canada in order to make money and their lives are changed forever.
The Skin of the Wolf 2018 Martinón is the last inhabitant of Auzal, a village in the mountains where he lives in communion with nature. He only goes down to the valleys twice a year to trade and to buy provisions. But one day he’s convinced to take a wife, a decision intended to soften his calloused soul—but in some ways his real struggle is only just beginning.
People, Places, Things 2015 M Will Henry is a newly single graphic novelist balancing being a parent to his young twin daughters and teaching a classroom full of college students, all the while trying to navigate the rich complexities of new love and letting go of the woman who left him.
Take Me 2017 PG Ray is a fledgling entrepreneur who specializes in high-end simulated abductions. He jumps at the chance when a mysterious client contracts him for a weekend kidnapping with a handsome payday at the end. But the job isn't all that it seems.
John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons 2018 In this one-man Broadway show, John Leguizamo finds humor and heartbreak as he traces 3,000 years of Latin history in an effort to help his bullied son.
National Bird 2016 M Sonia Kennebeck takes on the controversial tactic of drone warfare, and demands accountability through the personal accounts—recollections, traumas, and responses—of three American military veterans whose lives have been shaken by the roles they played in this controversial method of attack.
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Friendship Games 2015 G Canterlot High meets its rival school, Crystal Prep Academy, in a competition that’s a long-standing tradition – The Friendship Games. Sunset Shimmer is tasked with keeping magic out of the games to avoid the appearance of impropriety while she and her friends compete against Crystal Prep’s top students led by someone with an equal amount of interest in Equestrian magic – this world’s TWILIGHT SPARKLE.
Barsaat 1995 M Badal (Bobby Deol) is a naive but intelligent young man who comes from a small village to the big city. He is introduced to city life by Damru (Harish Patel) who now calls himself Danny. When Badal attends college, he meets with pretty and percocious, Tina Oberoi (Twinkle Khanna), and after a few misunderstanding and misadventures...
Chasing Ice 2012 M When National Geographic photographer James Balog asked, “How can one take a picture of climate change?” his attention was immediately drawn to ice. Soon he was asked to do a cover story on glaciers that became the most popular and well-read piece in the magazine during the last five years. But for Balog, that story marked the beginning of a much larger and longer-term project that would reach epic proportions.
God's Own Country 2017 MA15+ A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.
Dismissed 2017 M A straight-edged teacher finds trouble when an honors student is willing to do anything to get an A.
Whitney: Can I Be Me 2017 M The life and tragic death of Whitney Houston.
Undercover Grandpa 2017 PG When the girl he likes goes missing, Jake enlists the help of his grandpa and his WWII buddies.
Red Istanbul 2017 M Orhan who lived in London for years and did not come back to Turkey agrees to help Deniz -a famous director- edit his first book. Deniz has been living in a mansion with his family which started to lose its old brightness and power. Orhan finds himself in the middle of Deniz's complicated relationships, mysterious friends and stange family members. This is the first movie of Ferzan Ozpetek which is shot in Turkey after a long time. It is also based on his own book which has the same name with the movie.
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter 2018 A star of hunting videos strives to bond with his 12-year-old son on a wilderness trip but learns familial connections can't be forced.
Florence Foresti - Foresti Party 2012 M
Woodlawn 2015 PG Love and unity in a school torn by racism and hate in the 1970s.A gifted high school football player must learn to embrace his talent and his faith as he battles racial tensions on and off the field.
Chalte Chalte 2003 PG A man pursues a woman who is already engaged and eventually gets married to her. Differences between the two lead to a bitter separation that threatens to destroy their relationship forever.
Finally Found Someone 2017 PG Aprilyn who is left by his groom on the day of their wedding becomes viral online. Devastated, she meets Raffy who works at a PR agency hired by the father of the groom who will help her move on.
Pink 2016 M Deepak is a lawyer suffering from bipolar disorder who experiences frequent mood swings. One night, Rajveer and his friends get drunk and try to molest Miss Arora and her two roommates leading to an accident. The film revolves around how Deepak fights the girls' case against these influential boys.
Gaga: Five Foot Two 2017 Go behind the scenes with pop provocateur Lady Gaga as she releases a bold new album and prepares for her Super Bowl halftime show.
Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars 2010 G Young spy Harriet Welsch crosses paths with popular student Marion Hawthorne as the two girls vie to become the official blogger of their high school class.
Blue Streak 1999 M Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as a LAPD detective
Angela's Christmas 2017 A trip to church with her family on Christmas Eve gives young Angela an extraordinary idea. A heartwarming tale based on a story by Frank McCourt.
League of Gods 2016 MA15+ During the reign of King Zhou (Tony Leung Ka-fai), an official enters his bedchamber, and is devoured by the monstrous tails of Daji (Fan Bingbing), his concubine. Outside their city, several warriors within a metal wagon discuss their strategies to free the Invisible People and their Chief, when Jiang Ziya (Jet Li) appears to them. He tells them that when King Zhou was younger, he let himself become possessed by the Black Dragon for his quest for power.
Legend 2015 MA15+ Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read hot on their heels, the brothers continue their rapid rise to power and achieve tabloid notoriety.
Delhi Belly 2011 M Three unsuspecting, average guys find themselves on the hit list of one of India's most-powerful crime syndicates.
Pickpockets 2018 An aspiring teen thieves learn what it takes to be successful pickpockets on the streets of Bogotá
The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared 2016 Drinking the tasty Folk Soda puts a spring in the 101 Year Old Man’s step and his next adventure takes him around the World and back to Sweden, during which time he is chased by the CIA, a Balinese debt collector and becomes an executive at a soft drink company.
5 Star Christmas 2018 When the Italian Premier and his companion find a dead body in his hotel suite, while on a trip to Hungary, they find themselves embroiled in a series of comedic situations as they try to avoid a scandal.
They Are Everywhere 2016 M Four separate episodes deal with stereotypical ideas about Jews: their alleged influence on politics, the stereotype of Jewish business-mindedness, the Mossad, the Jewish world conspiracy and the memory of the Holocaust.
He Even Has Your Eyes 2017 M Paul is married to Sali. Everything would be fine if they could get a child. Until the day when Sali receives the call that they have been waiting for so long: their adoption file is approved. He is adorable, he is 6 months old, his name is Benjamin. He is blond with blue eyes and white. They - are black.
Blue Exorcist: The Movie 2012 M The atmosphere in True Cross Academy is lively and boisterous in the days leading up to the grand festival held once every 11 years. During this time, Okumura Rin is entrusted with the responsibility of suppressing the berserk Phantom Train. In the midst of his mission, he meets a devil whose appearance is that of a young boy.
Flushed Away 2006 G London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for a madcap adventure deep in the sewer bowels of Ratropolis, where Roddy meets the resourceful Rita, the rodent-hating Toad and his faithful thugs, Spike and Whitey.
Suzzanna: Buried Alive 2018 Satria's employees intend to rob his house when he is out of the country but their robbery turns into murder when they find Suzzanna in the house as they bury her body in the backyard.
Shéhérazade 2018 Zachary, 17 years old, gets out of jail. Rejected by his mother, he hangs out in the mean streets of Marseille. This is where he meets Shéhérazade.
The African Doctor 2016 PG Seyolo Zantoko is a doctor from Congo who wants to get away from dictatorship and he is hired by the mayor of a small village in the north of France. The locals fear Seyolo and his family as they have never seen African people before, and Seyolo and his family struggle to adapt to this new life. But Seyolo is determined to succeed and to win the trust of the villagers.
Gridlocked 2016 MA15+ Former SWAT leader David Hendrix and hard-partying movie star Brody Walker must cut their ride-along short when a police training facility is attacked by a team of mercenaries.
Café Society 2016 M The story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the spirit of the age.
Kiss and Cry 2017 M A romantic drama based on the story of Carley Allison, a promising 18 year old figure skater and singer who made medical history in her fight against a rare 1 in 3.5 billion type of sarcoma.
Win It All 2017 A gambling addict faces a conflict when entrusted with keeping a bunch of money that isn't his.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon 2009 M Forks, Washington resident Bella Swan is reeling from the departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, and finds comfort in her friendship with Jacob Black, a werewolf. But before she knows it, she's thrust into a centuries-old conflict, and her desire to be with Edward at any cost leads her to take greater and greater risks.
The Lighthouse of the Orcas 2016 A mother travels to Patagonia with her autistic son with the hope that a ranger and a pod of wild orcas can help him find an emotional connection.
Been So Long 2018 A single mother in London's Camden Town hears music when she meets a handsome stranger with a past. But she's not sure she's ready to open her heart.
Just Go with It 2011 M A plastic surgeon, romancing a much younger schoolteacher, enlists his loyal assistant to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, the assistant's kids become involved, and everyone heads off for a weekend in Hawaii that will change all their lives.
Giant 2017 M Having fought in the First Carlist War, Martin returns to his family farm in Gipuzkoa only to find that his younger brother, Joaquín, towers over him in height. Convinced that everyone will want to pay to see the tallest man on Earth, the siblings set out on a long trip all over Europe, during which ambition, money and fame will forever change the family’s fate. A story based on true events.
Hitch 2005 M Dating coach Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens mentors a bumbling client, Albert, who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole. While Albert makes progress, Hitch faces his own romantic setbacks when proven techniques fail to work on Sara Melas, a tabloid reporter digging for dirt on Allegra Cole's love life. When Sara discovers Hitch's connection to Albert – now Allegra's boyfriend – it threatens to destroy both relationships.
Talvar 2015 M A hardened cop deals with three conflicting perspectives involving a brutal double murder. The case is complicated as the prime suspects are the parents who supposedly killed their teenage daughter.
Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate 2018 M After winning over the staff and students of Milford High School, chemistry teacher Richard Martinez aka Bianca Del Rio sent her nemesis Vice Principal Deborah “Debbie” Ward to jail in a flawlessly executed plan. When Debbie is released from jail, she conjures up a scheme to do away with Bianca Del Rio once and for all, by luring her on a dangerous journey to Russia to accept a teaching award and cash prize.
Kaabil 2017 Rohan is a kind, happy young man who has been blind since birth and works as a voice-over artist for a living. Through friends, he meets Supriya, a working woman who is also blind, but proudly independent. The two start liking each other and get married. Rohan toughest journey starts in his quest of vengeance for Supriya's indirect murderers.
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey 2011 G Beloved by children of all ages around the world, Elmo is an international icon. Few people know his creator, Kevin Clash, who dreamed of working with his idol, master puppeteer Jim Henson. Displaying his creativity and talent at a young age, Kevin ultimately found a home on Sesame Street. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, this documentary includes rare archival footage, interviews with Frank Oz, Rosie O’Donnell, Cheryl Henson, Joan Ganz Cooney and others and offers a behind-the-scenes look at Sesame Street and the Jim Henson Workshop.
The Good Witch's Gift 2010 PG Almost as soon as Jake and Cassie decide to get married on Christmas Eve, complications arise.
The Incredible Jessica James 2017 Burned by a bad breakup, a struggling New York City playwright makes an unlikely connection with a divorced app designer she meets on a blind date.
Megamind 2010 PG Bumbling supervillain Megamind finally defeats his nemesis, the superhero Metro Man. But without a hero, he loses all purpose and must find new meaning to his life.
Pee-wee's Big Holiday 2016 A fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger inspires Pee-wee Herman to take his first-ever holiday.
Milada 2017 M The story of communist show-trial victim Milada Horáková. Horáková was one of the first victims of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. She opposed the communist coup in 1948 but did not leave the country. She was arrested and tried for treason on fabricated charges in a show trial that was broadcast on the radio and shown in film clips. The film focuses on the time from 1945 to 1950 when the communists took over, but also goes back a little further in Horáková's life into the late 1930s
The Laws of Thermodynamics 2018 Manel, a physicist working on his PhD thesis, accidentally fall in love with Elena, a young model and aspiring actress.
He Named Me Malala 2015 PG A look at the events leading up to the Taliban's attack on the young Pakistani school girl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls' education and the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations.
The Terminal 2004 PG Viktor Navorski is a man without a country; his plane took off just as a coup d'etat exploded in his homeland, leaving it in shambles, and now he's stranded at Kennedy Airport, where he's holding a passport that nobody recognizes. While quarantined in the transit lounge until authorities can figure out what to do with him, Viktor simply goes on living – and courts romance with a beautiful flight attendant.
Amy 2015 MA15+ A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.
Lommbock 2017 Sequel to Lammbock. Stefan and Kai meet again after years. Stefan became a successful lawyer in Dubai while Kai is stuck in their home town. Kai has relationship issues and is trying hard to get in touch with his step son who is getting in serious trouble with some drug dealers. Can Kai and Stefan solve his problems? And what happened to their old friend Frank?
Sarkar 2018 NRI corporate Sundar Ramasamy comes to India to vote, only to learn that his vote has already been cast. While he reclaims his right legally, it also sets in motion a chain of events that eventually lead to him entering the political fray, trying to change the system.
No Entry 2005 PG Tired of his wife's unnecessary suspicions, Kishen is drawn to have an affair with the call girl Bobby, arranged by his friend Prem. Further problem arises when Kishen's co-worker, Sunny's wife catches Kishen red-handed with Bobby, who is introduced as his wife.
Organize İşler 2005 M A struggling, suicidal young comedian meets a car thief who is willing to teach him a few things about his profession.
Lucknow Central 2017 M After being accused of murder and awaiting his death penalty, Kishen Mohan Girhotra is compelled by NGO worker Gayatri Kashyap to form a musical band of prisoners to compete at band competition held at the dreaded jail of ‘Lucknow Central’. Kishen befriends and convinces a talented bunch of criminals to form a band that provides them with a purpose and a new lease of life.
Smosh: The Movie 2015 M An embarrassing video of Anthony surfaces online right before his fifth high school reunion. The Smosh dudes then race to pull down the clip before it blows Anthony's chances of reconnecting with his teen crush Anna.
OMG: Oh My God! 2012 PG A shopkeeper takes God to court when his shop is destroyed by an earthquake.
Let's Be Evil 2016 A woman enters an underground bunker where gifted children use augmented reality technology to wreak havoc.
Where's the Money? 2017 MA15+ A quick witted young man from the streets of South Central must rush a lily-white USC fraternity to recover a stash of stolen money.
The Throne 2015 M Ancient Korea, July 4, 1762. The Crown Prince Hyojang, posthumously named Sado, son of King Yeongjo of Joseon, is accused of treason. Thus, the king asks him to commit suicide, but his closest vassals prevent it, so the king orders the prince to get inside a wooden rice chest, where he suffers deprivation of food and water.
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks 2014 G Music rules and rainbows rock as Twilight Sparkle and pals compete for the top spot in the Canterlot High "Mane Event" talent show. The girls must rock their way to the top, and outshine rival Adagio Dazzle and her band The Dazzlings, to restore harmony back to Canterlot High.
Mercy 2016 Brought together at their childhood home over their dying mother, an estranged family is thrust into a deadly fight for their own survival.
Loving Annabelle 2006 Annabelle is the wise-beyond-her-years newcomer to an exclusive Catholic girls school. Having been expelled from her first two schools she's bound to stir some trouble. Sparks fly though when sexual chemistry appears between her and the Head of her dorm and English teacher, Simone Bradley. Annabelle pursues her relentlessly and until the end the older woman manages to avoid the law.
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie 2006 M Set in a separate storyline not related to the "Trailer Park Boys" Television show, but with the same lovable characters. The boys get arrested for robbing an ATM machine and spend 18 months in jail. When the get out, they decide to pull off "The Big Dirty" which is to steal a large amount of coins because they are untraceable and quit their life of crime forever
Fashion 2008 Fashion begins in, where aspiring model Meghna Mathur (Priyanka Chopra) expresses her wish to go to Mumbai and pursue her dream of becoming a supermodel. Through her eyes we see that behind the glitz and glamour of the world of fashion not everything is as it seems.
Guzaarish 2010 M Ethan, a magician rendered paralyzed in an accident, sets off a furor when he makes a petition to the court to end his own life.
The Bad Education Movie 2015 Mr Wickers and his class go on one final school trip after they finish their GCSEs.
Tickled 2016 MA15+ Journalist David Farrier stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he delves deeper he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesn’t stop him getting to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction.
Highway 2014 Right before her wedding, a young woman finds herself abducted and held for ransom. As the initial days pass, she begins to develop a strange bond with her kidnapper.
Little Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade 2015 PG In Enchanted Parade, Akko, Lotte and Sucy, having gotten in trouble yet again, are forced to team up with three other troublemakers; Amanda O'Neill, Constance Braunschweig Albrechtsburger and Jasmineka Antonenko, and must make an annual witch parade a success or else face expulsion.
Bomb Scared 2017 Somewhere in Spain, four ETA terrorists await a phone call before carrying out a mission, while the 2010 FIFA World Cup, where Spanish soccer team is one of the favorites to win, is being held in South Africa.
Take the 10 2017 A day in the life of two best friends, a drug dealer, and a store manager collide at a hip-hop concert in the Inland Empire.
I'll Be Home for Christmas 2016 PG Jackie Foster, a dynamic Assistant District Attorney and single mom, is looking forward to wrapping up her latest case and spending Christmas with Gracie, her adorable and precocious, eight-year old daughter. But when Jackie’s estranged dad, Jack , a gruff retired police officer, unexpectedly shows up at her door, they will be forced to confront old wounds.
Kevin Hart: Seriously Funny 2010 Fresh off the heels of appearing in movies like Superhero Movie and The 40 Year-Old Virgin, fast-talking comedian Kevin Hart stars in his second live stand-up performance in Cleveland, Ohio, where he makes fun of everything and everybody - especially himself.
Nasha 2013 R18+ A teenage boy becomes smitten with his new drama teacher and pursues her, despite the perilous risks of being found out.
We Are Pregnant 2016 It seems simple: an egg + sperm = one embryo. But if your sperm is "few, vague and abnormal" and your woman is premenopausal at age 37, things start to get complicated.
Secret Superstar 2017 M Insia Malik is a talented 15-year-old school girl from Baroda whose spirit is ripped because her mother is in a troubled and violent marriage. Of course she still dares to pursue her dream of becoming a singer and she also valiantly attempts to free her mother from her conservative, cold father.
Jessica Darling's It List 2016 G Jessica Darling – a smart, witty, opinionated girl heading into 7th grade – was never too concerned about where she'd fit in the middle school hierarchy. But before her first day of school, her older sister — the super popular Bethany, now in college—decides to help out by giving her the “It List”—a cheat sheet on how to navigate the middle school maze and rise to the top of the popularity chain. The instructions appear simple enough to follow, but, like life, nothing is as easy as it seems.
La Bamba 1987 M Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of singer Ritchie Valens whose life was cut short by a plane crash.
Pachamama 2018 A young boy living in a remote village in the Andes Mountains dreams of becoming shaman.
Gran Torino 2008 M Widower Walt Kowalski is a grumpy, prejudiced, tough-minded, unhappy, old, Korean War veteran who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbours. His prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbour, Thao—a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin—tries to steal his Gran Torino, Walt sets out to reform the youth and takes steps to protect Thao and his family from the gangs that infest their neighborhood.
Rebirth 2016 A man's life is turned inside out after a visit from his college friend leads him into the unexpected.
The Black Room 2016 PG Paul and Jennifer Hemdale have just moved into their dream house. But their happy marriage is about to be put to the test as they slowly discover the secret behind the black room in the cellar. Something else is already living in their new home and it is growing stronger every day.
Agatha and the Truth of Murder 2018 M In 1926, with her personal life in tatters and her writing in crisis, a young Agatha Christie decides to solve a real-life murder.
Sword Master 2016 MA15+ Weary of the bloodshed and violence from the martial arts world, a powerful swordsman banishes himself to the humble life a vagrant, wandering the fringes of society. But his violent past refuses to let him go quietly. The master swordsman must regain the ability to wield his sword and fight those disrupting the peace he so desperately craves.
Under the Shadow 2016 MA15+ After Shideh's building is hit by a missile during the Iran-Iraq War, a superstitious neighbor suggests that the missile was cursed and might be carrying malevolent Middle-Eastern spirits. She becomes convinced a supernatural force within the building is attempting to possess her daughter Dorsa, and she has no choice but to confront these forces if she is to save her daughter and herself.
Barbie: Dolphin Magic 2017 G Barbie and her sisters take off on another exciting, global adventure to visit their friend Ken at his summer internship at a beautiful and exotic coral reef.
Free Rein: The Twelve Neighs of Christmas 2018 As Bright Fields preps for its Mistletoe Ball, a broken ornament leads Zoe to a family secret, while Gaby finds herself at the mercy of new boss Mia.
Aitraaz 2004 M Aitraaz revolves around the character Raj Malhotra (Akshay Kumar) a successful businessman who has everything going for him, including a lovely wife (Kareena Kapoor). Just when he thinks things can't get any better, Sonia (Priyanka Chopra) - his ex-girlfriend, now the boss's wife - walks back into his life - and she wants Raj at any cost.
Most Likely to Die 2015 MA15+ A group of former classmates gather for a pre-party at one of their homes the night before their 10-year high school reunion, and one by one, they are brutally slain in a manner befitting each's senior yearbook superlative.
The Little Vampire 3D 2017 PG Based on the characters from the bestselling novels by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg, tells the story of Rudolph, a thirteen year old vampire, whose clan is threatened by a notorious vampire hunter. He meets Tony, a mortal of the same age, who is fascinated by old castles, graveyards and - vampires. Tony helps Rudolph in an action and humor packed battle against their adversaries, together they save Rudolph's family and become friends.
The Basement 2018 A seemingly innocent man is abducted by a notorious L.A. serial killer, who forces his victims to switch roles with him so that he can enact his own capture, torture and murder.
Heroin(e) 2017 This documentary follows three women -- a fire chief, a judge and a street missionary -- as they battle West Virginia's devastating opioid epidemic.
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls 2013 G Via a magic mirror, Twilight Sparkle travels into an alternate universe in order to recover a crown that was stolen from the Crystal Empire. Upon her arrival she is horrified to learn that she has turned into a human.
The Drug King 2018 Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-witted and full of ambition, he eventually takes over the drug underworld and starts to lead a double life: a good community leader during the day but an infamous drug lord during the night.
The Edge of Democracy 2019 A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise and fall and the tragically polarized nation that remains.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 2015 M With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale, Finnick, and Peeta – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to stage an assassination attempt on President Snow who has become increasingly obsessed with destroying her. The mortal traps, enemies, and moral choices that await Katniss will challenge her more than any arena she faced in The Hunger Games.
Bad Match 2017 MA15+ An internet-dating playboy's life spirals out of control after meeting a woman online.
Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran 2018 PG A look at India's second confidential nuclear test series at Pokhran lead by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, during the time of PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure.
Eyyvah Eyvah 2010 MA15+ Hüseyin is a young man who lives with his grandfather and grandmother in a village in Thracian Turkey. The two great loves of his life are his clarinet and Müjgan, a nurse. Although Hüseyin is content with his life, with his music and dreams of Mügan, due to an unexpected development he leaves his village. He ends up in Istanbul where he finds support first in his clarinet and then in the friendship of the singer Firuzan. Firuzan is a popular nightclub performer who is eagerly working on an album as she leads a colorful but complicated life. When Firuzan meets Huseyin, the course of events gives away to a hilarious adventure.
Strong Island 2017 Examining the violent death of the filmmaker’s brother and the judicial system that allowed his killer to go free, this documentary interrogates murderous fear and racialized perception, and re-imagines the wreckage in catastrophe’s wake, challenging us to change.
In the Shadow of Iris 2016 The sudden disappearance of a wealthy banker's wife cracks open a dizzying world of secret fetishes, desperate acts and elaborate deceptions.
Arctic Heart 2016 M A timid young grad student madly in love with her scientist boss offers her body to his research.
Bottom of the World 2017 MA15+ A mysterious disappearance of a young woman leads her boyfriend on a journey for truth and perhaps his own unknown reality in this dark, hypnotic mystery that transcends the limitations of traditional narrative.
Nocturama 2016 In Paris, a motley group of young people engineer a deadly plan to spread shock and awe in the city. Each plays their own role. Then they all hide in a department store, a symbol of the consumerist society they are attacking.
Dovlatov 2018 Dovlatov charts six days in the life of brilliant, ironic writer who saw far beyond the rigid limits of 70s Soviet Russia. Sergei Dovlatov fought to preserve his own talent and decency with poet and writer Joseph Brodsky while watching his artist friends get crushed by the iron-willed state machinery.
Lucid Dream 2017 Dae-ho, an investigative journalist, seeks to track down the whereabouts of his son who was abducted three years ago. With the help of a detective and a psychiatrist friend, he will retrace his memory of the incident through the use of lucid dreaming techniques.
LEGO Jurassic World: The Indominus Escape 2016 PG The scientists of Jurassic World create a captivating and terrifying new creature that loves hot dogs. But what happens when the hot dogs run out?
Baywatch 2017 MA15+ Devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon butts heads with a brash new recruit. Together, they uncover a local criminal plot that threatens the future of the Bay.
Holy Goalie 2018 M A young priest coaches a team of uncoordinated monks in order to win a soccer tournament and save their monastery from being turned into a hotel.
Chris D'Elia: Man on Fire 2017 Unbridled comic Chris D'Elia reconsiders his approach to major life events like marriage, not having kids and buying pants for your friends.
Pihu 2018 M The social thriller starring a two year-old baby girl. She is living in a home where the adults are going through a complicated phase. Being a toddler, she is occasionally trapped in the accidental situations.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 2015 M At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power between the United States and Soviet Union. CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin are forced to put aside their hostilities and work together to stop the evildoers in their tracks. The duo's only lead is the daughter of a missing German scientist, whom they must find soon to prevent a global catastrophe.
Dana Carvey: Straight White Male, 60 2016 Emmy-winning comedian Dana Carvey blends pitch-perfect tales on big personalities with so-true-it-hurts stories from his life as a dad of millennials.
Juanita 2019 Fed up with her deadbeat grown kids and marginal urban existence, Juanita takes a Greyhound bus to Paper Moon, Montana - where she reinvents herself and finds her mojo.
The Spiderwick Chronicles 2008 PG Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
What to Expect When You're Expecting 2012 M Challenges of impending parenthood turn the lives of five couples upside down. Two celebrities are unprepared for the surprise demands of pregnancy; hormones wreak havoc on a baby-crazy author, while her husband tries not to be outdone by his father, who's expecting twins with his young trophy wife; a photographer's husband isn't sure about his wife's adoption plans; a one-time hook-up results in a surprise pregnancy for rival food-truck owners.
Mubarakan 2017 M Singleton Kartar Singh is left with the responsibility of raising his two orphaned nephews. He asks his brother in Punjab to raise Charan and his sister in London to raise Karan. When the twins cross continents, they leave behind a trail of confusion.
Kyaa Kool Hai Hum 2005 When flatmates Karan and Rahul are unable to pay the rent, they are dramatically evicted. However, they sneak their way back in within hours as the building is being renovated.
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload 2013 PG Villainous Loki is amassing an army to conquer Earth! His antics are keeping Spider-Man and S.H.I.E.L.D. busy as they tackle a host of bad guys.
Look Out, Officer! 1990 M After police officer Paio is murdered, his soul cannot be at rest for his murder has been written off as a suicide. Therefore the heavens send him back to Earth as a spirit to find his 'savior' who will help him clear his name. Hsing, a rookie officer, is the savior and in return for finding Paio's killer, Piao must get him a girlfriend and a promotion.
My Sister's Keeper 2009 M Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save their baby girl's life. The parents' desperate decision raises both ethical and moral questions and rips away at the foundation of their relationship. Their actions ultimately set off a court case that threatens to tear the family apart, while revealing surprising truths that challenge everyone's perceptions of love and loyalty and give new meaning to the definition of healing.
The Nightmare 2015 Eight people experience sleep paralysis, a condition which leaves them unable to move, speak or react.
The Boss Baby 2017 PG A story about how a new baby's arrival impacts a family, told from the point of view of a delightfully unreliable narrator, a wildly imaginative 7 year old named Tim.
The Good Witch's Family 2011 PG A young witch visits her cousin in a small town during a heated mayoral election race. Her kind-hearted cousin, the town’s beloved “good witch” and newlywed with two teenage step-kids, is running for office, but must keep her family from falling apart when their visitor uses her magic to put them—and the whole town—under her bitter spell.
Incendies 2010 MA15+ A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.
Pulang 2018 In the 1940s, Malays were world-renowned for their seafaring skills. Being of Bugis descent, they navigated the sea with natural ease and were often the favored seamen for international shipping lines. Othman, a fisherman from a small village in Malacca, leaves his family behind to sail the world, with hopes to return home one day with worldly riches and deserved pride. After decades at sea, however, his low wages as a deckhand leaves him disillusioned. He contemplates returning home to his family but ended up settling down in Liverpool, England. 60 years later, his grandson, Ahmad, journeys halfway across the world in search of his grandfather.
Concussion 2015 M A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.
Trevor Noah: Afraid of the Dark 2017 Trevor Noah stars in his first Netflix special.
Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai 2010 M A tale of two gangsters from the eras of past and present, whose lives enter parallel paths as they struggle to survive within Bombay's criminal underworld.
Madras Cafe 2013 MA15+ An Indian intelligence agent journeys to a war-torn coastal island to break a resolute rebel group and meets a passionate journalist.
God of War 2017 MA15+ During the 16th century, pirates rule the Chinese coastline, pillaging the small villages and terrorizing the citizens. When maverick leader Commander Yu enlists the help of a sharp young general, they devise a plan to defeat the pirates. A violent clash of wit and weapons will decide who will rule the land.
Jailbreak 2017 MA15+ What started as a simple escort mission will soon turn to chaos as the prisoners of Koh Kla take over the prison grounds. A special task force [Jean-Paul Ly, Dara Our, Tharoth Sam] gets trapped in the prison will have to fight their way out for survival, to protect a key witness [Savin Phillip].
The Flintstones 1994 G Modern Stone Age family the Flintstones hit the big screen in this live-action version of the classic cartoon. Fred helps Barney adopt a child. Barney sees an opportunity to repay him when Slate Mining tests its employees to find a new executive. But no good deed goes unpunished.
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Home Forests Beyond the Crisis
written by Emily Corona November 10, 2016
El caficultor Félix Faustino García
Don Felix Faustino García watched as coffee leaf rust spread through the state, expanding further and further every year until one day it reached the edge of his coffee plantation, located in the municipality of Santa María Yucuhiti, Oaxaca. It was then that Don Felix resorted to prayers and burned copal incense in an effort to scare away the “orange plague”.
It worked, although faith was not the only tool used by this Mixtec coffee farmer, who is justly proud of the way he manages his plot of land. He is well aware of the fact that more foliage means more soil protection, since leaves that fall from shade trees provide compost and protection from erosion, and of the power of nature’s cycles: “We have to do low pruning when there’s a new moon, because that is when the sap is concentrated in the stem so you’re more likely to get shoots”.
Before the harvest, he puts organic compost into the soil: pulped cherry peel mixed with chicken manure and ashes. “A good fistful, like this, mixed it with the soil to make terraces for the plants will stop the pests or diseases from affecting it as much,” he explains.
Once the harvest is over, which takes place from November to February in Mexico, farmers carry out the pruning or farm work, which is when they “do their spring cleaning”. They remove all the dry stalks and prune the coffee bushes during the dry season to give the trunks time to grow shoots.
Don Félix does all this lovingly and in return, his land has been spared the blight. However, his case is an exception, since according to the State Coordinator of Oaxaca Coffee Producers (CEPCO) the disease has returned production to 1959 levels. Although in recent years Mexico produced up to five million sacks of parchment coffee, the forecast for the 2015-16 cycle is just 2.2 million bags.
Within CEPCO, where the decline has been lower than the national average, this year and last year, they collected 13,000 and 16,000 quintals of coffee respectively, whereas the volume in 2013-14 was 20,000 quintals, according to Miguel Tejero, advisor to this coffee organization.
“Coffee rust has a number of effects. One of them is a complicated concept for farmers, which is sadness. Farmers are despondent. Suddenly their plots of land, which were once a source of pride, have no leaves or fruit and many of the coffee plants have dried out. This has really knocked the stuffing out of a lot of small coffee farmers,” Miguel explains in an interview.
Coping with Coffee Leaf Rust
The situation is critical, but farmers affiliated to CEPCO have designed a three-pronged strategy: renewal, diversification and food self-sufficiency.
“We have a large-scale program for the renovation of coffee plantations that most of the coffee farmers have enrolled in. The project has already begun with the distribution of plants, which will be followed by seedbeds and nurseries on a massive scale,” says Tejero. He explains that although new strains will be introduced such as the Aztec Gold and Geisha, the priority will be to continue with varieties that have already adapted to Oaxaca’s mountains such as Typica, Bourbon and Mundo Novo and to select the most pest-resistant seeds.
In the lower-lying, warmer areas where coffee plantations have been devastated by coffee leaf rust, CEPCO is debating whether to diversify or even replace coffee with other productive activities that also involve agro-ecological management, such as beekeeping, or the production of bamboo, cocoa or forest species.
However, strengthening the milpa system has been essential to coping with the disease since CEPCO’s diagnosis predicts a food and social crisis in most of the coffee regions. In this context, planting corn, beans and squash –in other words, a milpa– could guarantee food supplies for peasant families.
It is worth mentioning that although the Mexican and Central American coffee world is going through extraordinarily difficult times, the government’s response and the use of its resources has been discretionary, inefficient and non-transparent, according to the National Coordinator of Coffee Organizations (CNOC):
“The unilateral management by SAGARPA (Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishing and Agriculture) of certain programs and its unwillingness to coordinate with the National Coffee Product System has led to a lack of transparency, wasted resources and inefficiency. A case in point is the coffee producers’ register, which is a long way behind schedule yet SAGARPA is refusing to accept suggestions from the farmers’ sector. Technified nurseries have often been poorly constructed while the substrate used has failed to produce the desired results”.
On the other hand, coffee leaf rust accelerated a chain reaction that had already begun to be felt by coffee-growing families: young people’s abandonment of rural productive activities, coupled with their parents’ aging, which leaves us wondering whether it was worth fighting for something if the new generations no longer want it.
“Who wants to stay here and continue working on their families’ coffee plantations after they graduate?”, we asked a classroom full of restless teenagers in the town of Zaragoza, in the municipality of Santa Cruz Itundujia in Oaxaca.
Earlier on, when we inquired whether they were farmers’ children, nearly all of them raised their hands. But a few moments later, only a sprinkling of these middle school students said they wanted to continue working on the family plot. The rest looked down, clenching their fists in their pockets or crossing their arms, rejecting the very idea.
“The coffee my parents had got rust fungus and it might get another disease later on,” says one of the students called Blanca Estela.
The scene is repeated when we interview members of other school groups. Those who feel brave enough to talk to us say they want to migrate to the capital of Oaxaca and Michoacán to continue their studies. Others pluck up courage and admit that they will try to cross the border into the United States where their cousins, uncles and aunts or parents are waiting for them.
Again the vast majority raises their hands when we ask if their families’ plots of land have been affected by coffee leaf rust. The main culprit for this generation gap appears to be coffee rust, or at least what it represents in the farmers’ imagination: uncertainty, as described by Luz Violeta:
“I think you’re talking about pests, aren’t you? In the countryside, you never know whether you’ll get a good or bad crop. Pests or incidents such as forest fires can easily wipe out production, which is why many coffee growers are left without the resources they previously had. You can never entirely cover your basic needs, which is why many of us do not want to stay here”.
Fair Trade for Responsible Coffee
In addition to the renewal, diversification and self-sufficiency strategies employed by CEPCO to cope with the crisis in the countryside, for a number of years, the coffee cooperative federation has been seeking better ways to sell its products by using fair trade schemes, offering its products in different markets and incorporating those who purchase micro-lots into their client portfolio. They have also been certified as organic, shade and bird-friendly coffee producers. These good practices contribute to reducing polluting emissions and increasing the income from their coffee.
“The coffee system is currently undergoing a crisis not only because of diseases such as coffee leaf rust but also because of prices. Although the farmer does most of the work, his efforts are not reflected in the money he makes. Through complementary activities such as organic production and habitat, bird, epiphyte and mammal conservation, our farmers try to earn a bit more money,” explains Cristian Ortiz, the son and grandson of farmers.
“If we let the client or consumer know we providing more benefits, then we can ask for a higher price for this product”.
Beyond the Crisis was last modified: December 9th, 2018 by Emily Corona
Emily Corona
Emily is a New York-based journalist, fact checker and translator. She likes birds.
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He states so in his autobiography, and again in a letter written to Ezra Stiles a month before his death. He did see Christianity as valuable, noting the positive effects of George Whitefield’s preaching to the colonists, and expressed his admiration of Christ’s moral teachings. --[[User:McIntyre|McIntyre]] 17:29, 19 May 2007 (EDT)
Here is an excerpt from another page. It seems that the forces of truth, justice, sweetness and light (that is to say, those who understand that Franklin was a Deist) won:
His autobiography was published in 1791. I added this to the article here. --Ed Poor 09:28, 18 May 2007 (EDT)
Was that a posthumous publication? Do we know when he actually wrote it?--Aschlafly 17:25, 18 May 2007 (EDT)
Franklin wrote it over a period of time, starting and stopping. He wrote the first few chapters in 1771, wrote more in 1784-5, and finished it in 1788. It was, like Ed Poor says, partly first published, posthumously, in French in 1791, and then translated into English in 1793.--Steve 19:53, 18 May 2007 (EDT)
Thanks for the enlightening information. Obviously any claim that Franklin said he was a deist should have a date next to it, as people's religious views change throughout their lives. Moreover, no one should claim that a work is an autobiography if it was published without his consent, as in posthumously. The best I can infer from this is that Franklin viewed himself as a deist in 1771, but by 1787 (Constitutional Convention) viewed the world differently, and by the time he died he viewed it still differently again. If our entry about Franklin does not yet reflect this, then I'll change it now. Thanks for your efforts. Godspeed.--Aschlafly 00:16, 19 May 2007 (EDT)
Further review reveals that Franklin did not even claim to be a deist in 1771, but merely said he was a deist in his youth! Really, the attempts by liberals to insist that Franklin was a deist towards the end of his life are astounding.--Aschlafly 00:50, 19 May 2007 (EDT)
Aschlafly, you are ignoring some ambiguity about the meaning of the word "deist." At the end of his life Franklin was not a deist, according to current dictionary definitions of the word, but his stated views in his "Creed" accord pretty well with the definition of deist according to Edward Herbert of Cherbury, who coined the word. And that may have been the definition that was current in his time.
Everyone in their life acquires what I'm going to call a stock of "fables," which are narratives that do have some connection with reality but have been grossly oversimplified and distorted. A good neutral example of one would be "Columbus thought the world was round when everyone else thought it was flat." The simple statement "The Founding Fathers were deists" is a good example of a liberal fable.
It's certainly fair to say Franklin advocated public prayer, and admired Christianity in some sense. But he wasn't a traditional Christian or close to one, either. Dpbsmith 09:13, 19 May 2007 (EDT)
It's common for liberals to deny that people find faith in life. Once an atheist or deist, always an atheist or deist, according to anti-Christians. Under this view, Abraham Lincoln was there an atheist (not true, he found faith as he grew older), and Benjamin Franklin was a deist (not true, he request divine intervention at the Constitutional Convention). Citing what Franklin wrote in 1771 about his youthful deism is obviously not proof that he was a deist at the Convention in 1787. Quite the contrary, as deists do not believe in divine intervention.--Aschlafly 15:03, 19 May 2007 (EDT)
Read Franklin's letters to Ezra Stiles, written one month before his death. The first paragraph shows his deist leanings, while the in the second one he acknowledges the value of Christianity, but doubts that Christ was the son of god. --McIntyre 17:23, 19 May 2007 (EDT)
I did read them here: Benjamin Franklin. Franklin does not describe himself as a deist. Enough said. About Jesus's divinity, Franklin says he has not studied it and is open to the possibility. A deist, by the way, requires a non-interventionist God. Franklin rejected that.--Aschlafly 22:57, 19 May 2007 (EDT)
I must note the irony here in connection with a prior discussion. Liberals insist on calling all supporters of abortion "pro-choice" rather than "pro-abortion" because that is the term they use for themselves. But then liberals insist on falling Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson "deists" when they did not use that term to describe their views as adults! Franklin believed in an interventionist God and Jefferson frequently attended a Christian church until he died.--Aschlafly 15:18, 20 May 2007 (EDT)
A more careful reading of the letter to Stiles, written a month before Franklin's death, reveals his diest leanings. Franklin states that he believes in one God and that our behavior in this life dictates how we be treated in the next. Notice he does not identify the God, or use the term Christian. Sounds very much like a diest. As for the second paragraph, doubting if Christ is divine does not seem very Christian. Please respond to the content of Franklin's letter, rather than attempting to divert the discussion with references to current terms used in highly charged debates today. --McIntyre 15:45, 20 May 2007 (EDT)
The most important aspect of that letter is that Franklin does not call himself a deist. He'd known the term all his life, and he clearly would have used it if applied to him. It did not. We should not call him by a religious name that he himself rejected. Surely you wouldn't claim that someone is a Catholic, for example, if the person himself rejects that label.
Where do you get that Franklin "does not identify the God"??? He says, "Here is my Creed: I believe in one God, Creator of the Universe."--Aschlafly 15:54, 20 May 2007 (EDT)
Odd, McIntyre, but that was what I was about to post to you. You are the one adding modern interpretations and your own suppositions, to almost 300 year old letters. Revisionist thinking at its finest! I think the fact that Jefferson attended church services weekly speaks louder than all the modernist "conclusions". --Sysop-TK /MyTalk 15:59, 20 May 2007 (EDT)
He was also familiar with the term Christian, and he did not use it. Plus, he doubts the divinity of Christ. That does not sound like a firm statement of Christian faith, does it? Eighteenth century deists tended to subscribe to the notion of God, but declined to identify the deity in question. As TK's objection: Where did you get the idea that I am using modern ideas? I also do not recall discussing Jefferson--McIntyre 16:04, 20 May 2007 (EDT)
You didn't respond to our rebuttal of your claim that Franklin did not identify God. I assume you're conceding that Franklin expressly did identify God.
I would also like a concession that Franklin was not a deist towards the end of his life before moving on to the very different question of whether Franklin was a Christian. More generally, I don't want a perpetuation of the liberal view that people cannot grow into stronger faith. Many do.--Aschlafly 16:11, 20 May 2007 (EDT)
Franklin does identify there is a god or deity of some sort. But he does not identify it as Christian. Why do you want a concession that Franklin was not a deist? It appears (based on his writings up to the end of his life) that he was.--McIntyre 16:25, 20 May 2007 (EDT)
McIntyre, unfortunately I can only conclude that you don't have an open mind about this. Perhaps you're repeating something you heard elsewhere and won't reconsider your views about it. Franklin strongly believed in an interventionist God and that disqualifies him from being a deist. Franklin did not call himself a deist. It's slanderous to insist that Franklin was a deist, and a sign that you're pushing an agenda based on bias. Enough. Please move on to another topic here with more of an open mind. Thanks and Godspeed.--Aschlafly 17:06, 20 May 2007 (EDT)
This reminds me of a larger theme called "debunking the founding". The idea is that whatever flaws there may be in America's founding (and Founding Fathers) somehow invalidates America's special claim to being a Godly nation. Like, since we didn't immediately abolish slavery, we are worthless slime.
Don't forget the prayer embedding in our patriotic song: "God mend thine every flaw and crown thy good with brotherhood". America is great because it strives to be good. It is the cream of the crop and will continue to be as long as it so strives. --Ed Poor 17:57, 22 May 2007 (EDT)
Aschlafly, I think your desire that McIntyre concede that Franklin was deist is unfortunate. He has cited primary sources--Franklin's own writings--rather than "something he heard.", He also correctly noted that Franklin did not identify the god in question--all hallmarks of eighteenth century deism. If someone does not have an "open mind" on the subject, as you put it, it is not McIntyre. I even think I know who McIntyre is, and when I see this person this weekend, I will ask him. He is really quite a scholar.--Jamest 12:12, 24 May 2007 (EDT)
The insistence on liberals describing Franklin as a deist continues to amaze me. I'll bet the correlation between those who insist Franklin was a deist and liberals is nearly 100%. It doesn't matter if the claim is made by a scholar or a student. Liberals want Franklin to have been a deist, even though Franklin himself implicitly rejected that label and prayed for divine intervention, something deists rejected.--Aschlafly 12:22, 24 May 2007 (EDT)
You should not be amazed. A reading of eighteenth century diest works reveals they have nothing against praying, and you have not addressed this point: Franklin never says he is a Christian, but he did say he was a deist. You say it "does not matter" who makes the claim, and that you willfully choose not to address the point that the writings McIntyre noted were Franklin's own. I think it is rather obvious who has the closed mind in this debate. --Jamest 12:42, 24 May 2007 (EDT)
By the way, the thought occurs to me: why do you reject what a Franklin scholar has to say? Surely a scholar has read more works by and about Franklin than you. Why do you reject their assertions out of hand or wish for them to concede something that they know--base on their research--is not true? Conservapedia wants to accurate and true, right? --Jamest 12:55, 24 May 2007 (EDT)
James, please disclose your political point-of-view along with that of the "scholar". Let me guess: do both of you oppose prayer in the classrooms of public schools? Enough said.--Aschlafly 13:11, 24 May 2007 (EDT)
We are discussing the past, not the political present. So, why bring up school prayer? What does that have to so with Franklin's deism?--Jamest 13:17, 24 May 2007 (EDT)
It explains your views. If you're opposed to prayer in the classroom, then there is over a 90% chance that (1) you'll insist that Franklin was a deist and (2) you believe in evolution. That extraordinary correlation suggests that the facts are irrelevant. If you're not open-minded about prayer in the classroom, then it's futile to expect you to be open-minded about these other issues.--Aschlafly 18:41, 24 May 2007 (EDT)
Mr. Schlafly, I fail to see how my position on school prayer (which, by the way, you do not know) is germane to a conversation regarding Benjamin Franklin’s spiritual beliefs. You also do not know my position regarding evolution (I am also uncertain as to how that is relevant to this conversation). As for your other suppositions (the 90% figure), do you have evidence to support this? Now could you please show a little intellectual integrity, and address the substance of McIntyre’s arguments, rather than engaging in distractions? I do have an open mind about such matters sir, and I hope that you have the same. --Jamest 08:23, 25 May 2007 (EDT)
I do know, with 95% certainty, what your positions are on classroom prayer and evolution. The 95% confidence level is all that science requires. I know your positions with greater certainty than I know what the weather will be like tomorrow.
But why do you refuse to disclose your positions? Are you embarrassed about them? Do you feel they are indefensible? Conservatives don't hide their views; liberals do. Why?--Aschlafly 10:26, 25 May 2007 (EDT)
Mr. Schlafly, my positions on school prayer and evolution would probably surprise you. I do not discuss them because they are not germane to the topic at hand, namely, Benjamin Franklin’s spiritual beliefs. Please show a little intellectual integrity, stick to the topic, and stop engaging in distractions. Could you please address McIntyre’s arguments?--Jamest 10:34, 25 May 2007 (EDT)
One more thing Mr. Schlafly. I do not know how you arrive at a figure of “95% certainty.” But I will share one observation with you. I have long noticed that a debater who employs distraction and non-sequiturs is in a desperate position. Will you respond to McIntyre’s argument? Or are you unable to do so?--Jamest 11:05, 25 May 2007 (EDT)
James, liberals crave attention and don't mind being deceitful. See Essay:Liberal Behavior on Conservapedia. Whether you are a liberal or not, I observe that you are not willing to be forthright about your views here, so my time is better spent discussing issues with others. Please leave my talk page, which is respected as one's castle here on Conservapedia. See Differences with Wikipedia. Thank you and Godspeed.--Aschlafly 11:25, 25 May 2007 (EDT)
Mr. Schlafly, I am hardly a liberal. I will comply with your rules and stay off your talk page. However, if one does not have the intellectual fortitude to debate, one should not make unfounded assertions, such as “Franklin was not a deist” that are based on belief, rather than rigorous historical scholarship. Good day Sir.--Jamest 13:43, 25 May 2007 (EDT)
I don't find you to be forthright in stating your views. You may say that you are "hardly a liberal," but I'm not fooled by that. I'm 95% confident that you oppose prayer in the classroom, and that you believe in evolution.
I know liberals insist on having the last word. But this is my talk page, and the last word will be mine. Don't post here again on this issue. Thank you and Godspeed.--Aschlafly 14:08, 25 May 2007 (EDT)
You still did not try to answer professor McIntyre. I thought this was about Franklin? Why are you talking about prayer and evolution? --Willed 22:38, 25 May 2007 (EDT)
Nice try, "Willed". You're a sock of Jamest, and both account IDs and IP address have just been blocked for this.--Aschlafly 22:44, 25 May 2007 (EDT)
Ok, then. I'm not a sock of Jamest or Willed, but I second the question. Why bring up questions about evolution and school prayer when they are irrelevant to the question of Franklin's faith and McIntyre's research? JohnSmith 15:26, 27 May 2007 (EDT)
Someone who insists on censoring classroom prayer, even when everyone in the class wants to pray, is going to have a bias on issues related to religion. He should disclose his position so that others can evaluate his bias. So should you if you are going to insist that Franklin was a deist towards the end of his life.--Aschlafly 15:47, 27 May 2007 (EDT)
So if everybody in the class wanted to smoke Marijuana, would that be acceptable, via your ad populum argument? --Ĥøĵĭmåçħôńğtalk 17:25, 27 May 2007 (EDT)
There are laws against smoking marijuana to prevent the harm it causes. But there is no harm from praying in a classroom, while there is much good. Also, praying is a form of speech, unlike smoking marijuana. At bottom, liberals insist on censoring speech in the classroom. But notice how they won't admit it. Those who insist on censoring prayer in the classroom are unlikely to be objective in evaluating the faith of others, such as Benjamin Franklin. It's a bit like asking a Red Sox fan what he thinks of the Yankees this year; the answer is not likely to be objective. Godspeed.--Aschlafly 18:10, 28 May 2007 (EDT)
Your response to the above posters does not make sense. They are trying to discuss Benjamin Franklin, and you try to make it about prayer. You also say you are 90% or 95% sure about their positions, but you provide no proof. It appears that you are really afraid of debating McIntyre on this point. He also seems to have proved his point, and you keep trying to distract people from the discussion. Why don't you simply discuss the Franklin/Deism question?--Franklin 18:54, 28 May 2007 (EDT)
I just read the conservapedia entry on Andrew Schlafly and I am very surprised. I am sure a graduate of Harvard law school knows that changing the subject is not a valid form of argumentation. If anything, it is the mark of an intellectual coward.--Franklin 19:20, 28 May 2007 (EDT)
We don't allow that kind of name-calling here. I've given you a very lenient block of only 2 hours. Next time it will be an infinite block if you engage in name-calling on someone's own talk page. See how Conservapedia differs from Wikipedia and have some respect for someone's talk page here. Thanks.--Aschlafly 19:31, 28 May 2007 (EDT)
Thank you for being lenient in your block. But the question remains: Why does a man of your obvious education and intelligence not forthrightly respond to McIntyre? Surely you can articulate a good argument for your position rather than engaging in distractions.--Franklin 22:19, 28 May 2007 (EDT) Its nice the way that, failing to adequately change the subject when you are losing, you send Karajou to threaten the debaters on their talk pages. Classy, and, might i add, very Christian.GoddisapprovesofbulliesKarajou 23:07, 28 May 2007 (EDT)
Thank you for your sarcasm, but no thank you for your name. You will be blocked, but allowed to re-register with a non-offensive name, unless you turn out to be a sock.--Aschlafly 23:15, 28 May 2007 (EDT)
Sock of Sevenstring. See Karajou's and my own talk pages. --Sysop-TK /MyTalk 23:26, 28 May 2007 (EDT)
I tend to agree with the above poster (but I agree his name was improper). Now, enough with the distractions. Please respond to McIntyre--Franklin 06:15, 29 May 2007 (EDT)
Franklin, what am I missing here? Is this some debate forum? Is there some obligation that a user here incurs, in being forced to answer? I say this not to be argumentative, but some will take it so. I just have never figured out what about an online encyclopedia makes so many believe there is some burning need to debate every entry. I know people who are editors of traditional ones, and they assure me none of this constant arguing ever occurs? Is is because CP is branded and self-identified as a Conservative and Christian POV friendly? Is that all there is to this constant strife, that those who do not agree have set it as their "mission" to make the "nutty Christians" fall into line? You do know, right, that has been tried for thousands of years with any real success whatsoever? --Sysop-TK /MyTalk 06:42, 29 May 2007 (EDT)
TK, I don't think you are missing anything. But surely you do not think that simple unsupported asserations trump scholarship do you? I don't think that anyone is trying to make "nutty Christians" as you put it, fall into line. But to avoid responding to dircet questions, and avoidance of the issue is unseemly. So I ask again. Please address the question, please address McIntyre, and quit trying to change the subject. --Franklin 08:23, 29 May 2007 (EDT)
What I believe is that any person whatsoever has the inviolable right to refuse to respond, without prejudice. Intellectual discourse must come without rancor or "demands", and be in a civil tone, for any advancement to occur. I suggest sending a personal email, or even perhaps waiting a day or so to cool this item down a bit. Now, I am bowing out here. --Sysop-TK /MyTalk 09:01, 29 May 2007 (EDT)
Intellectual discourse should be done without rancor and I think most of the people that have posted here have avoided that. However, trying to divert the issue by raising issues of prayer, evolution, etc., does not advance the discussion.--Franklin 09:07, 29 May 2007 (EDT)
Wow. I have been away a while and I had no idea the discussion would expand like this! I notice one poster thinks he knows me (and I am pretty sure I know him). On to other matters. Do you concede that Franklin was a Deist, and if you do not, please articulate your reasons. Best, Mac.--McIntyre 10:55, 31 May 2007 (EDT)
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He states so in his autobiography, and again in a letter written to Ezra Stiles a month before his death. He did see Christianity as valuable, noting the positive effects of George Whitefield’s preaching to the colonists, and expressed his admiration of Christ’s moral teachings. --McIntyre 17:29, 19 May 2007 (EDT)
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E=mc² asserts that the energy (E) which makes up the matter in an unmoving object is equal to the square of the speed of light (c²) times the mass (m) of that body.[1] The complete form, when applied to moving objects, is E²=(mc²)²+(pc)², where p represents momentum,[2] It is a statement that purports to relate all matter to energy. In fact, no theory has successfully unified the laws governing mass (i.e., gravity) with the laws governing light (i.e., electromagnetism), and numerous attempts to derive E=mc² from first principles have failed[3]. Political pressure, however, has since made it impossible for anyone pursuing an academic career in science to even question the validity of this nonsensical equation. Simply put, E=mc² is liberal claptrap.
Light has never been unified with matter despite more than a billion-dollars-worth of attempts, and it is likely impossible to ever do so. Biblical Scientific Foreknowledge predicts that there is no unified theory of light and matter because they were created at different times, in different ways, as described in the Book of Genesis.
Mass is a measure of an object's inertia, in other words its resistance to acceleration. In contrast, the intrinsic energy of an object (such as an atom) is a function of electrostatic charge and other non-inertial forces, having nothing to do with gravity. Declaring the object's energy to be a function of inertia rather than electrostatics is an absurd and impossible attempt to unify the forces of nature, contrary to the accepted view (as predicted by Biblical Scientific Foreknowledge) that the forces of nature have not been unified. Liberal scientists assert the formula E=mc² is not limited to nuclear reactions; it applies to chemical reactions and even to the energy stored in a compressed spring.[4]
The claim that E=mc² has never yielded anything of value and it has often been used as a redefinition of "energy" for pseudo-scientific purposes by non-scientific journals. Claims can be found not only on liberal, second-tier college websites but at those of Baylor and the MIT that the equation is used in nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons (nuclear fusion and nuclear fission) and speculations about antimatter.[5][6][7]
The Theory of Relativity has never been able to mathematically derive E=mc² from first principles[3], and a physicist observed in a peer-reviewed paper published in 2011 that "Leaving aside that it continues to be affirmed experimentally, a rigorous proof of the mass-energy equivalence is probably beyond the purview of the special theory."[8] Nevertheless, Robert Dicke - one of the most accomplished American-born physicists and experimental physicists in history - found it unlikely that the equivalence was wrong.[9]
It has been known for a long time that radiation has a mass equivalence, which was correctly derived by Henri Poincaré in 1904,[10] but the equation E=mc² makes a claim far beyond that limited circumstance:
“ The equality of the mass equivalent of radiation to the mass lost by a radiating body is derivable from Poincaré’s momentum of radiation (1900) and his principle of relativity (1904). ”
—Herbert Ives, 1952
1 Description for the layman
2 What the Equation Means
3 History of Experimental Verification
4 Alleged Experimental verification--the Cockcroft-Walton experiment
5 A Famous Alleged Example -- Nuclear Fission of Uranium
6 A Topical Example: Speed of Extremely Energetic Neutrinos
7 Deducing the Equation From Empirical Observation
Description for the layman
The equation is extremely famous, and just as extremely misunderstood, in popular culture. Among the more outlandish claims are statements to the effect that "E=mc² holds the secret of the atomic bomb."[11]
The equation has acquired something of a "cult" status. In the USA, the popular Twilight Zone series featured E=mc² prominently, giving the equation greater currency with the public. The song Einstein A Go-Go by the band Landscape had a similar effect in the UK in the 1980s. The equation was the title of a single by Big Audio Dynamite in 1985, and an album by Mariah Carey in 2008. Some movies have been themed on this equation.[12] The equation, along with a picture of a mushroom cloud and a picture of Albert Einstein, were featured on the front cover of an issue of Time magazine in 1946. All of this is disappointing when one considers how few people actually understand what the equation is saying.
A number of science writers—both serious scientists and science popularizers—have at various times written their own explanation of the equation. Some of these are helpful; many are not. One of the better ones, though not without its share of nonsense, is a NOVA series by the Public Broadcasting Service[13]
In 2005 The PBS NOVA series also asked 10 physicists to describe the equation in layman's terms[14]. Here is a sample of five of the statements:
“ It's something that doesn't happen in your kitchen or in everyday life. ”
—Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist, American Museum of Natural History
“ When an object emits light, say, a flashlight, it gets lighter. ”
—Sheldon Glashow, Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureate, Boston University
“ Things that seem incredibly different can really be manifestations of the same underlying phenomena. ”
—Nima Arkani-Hamed, Theoretical Physicist, Harvard University
“ You can get access to parts of nature you have never been able to get access to before. ”
—Lene Hau, Experimental Physicist, Harvard University
“ It certainly is not an equation that reveals all its subtlety in the few symbols that it takes to write down. ”
—Brian Greene Theoretical Physicist Columbia University
Of these, only the Sheldon Glashow quote makes a specific and meaningful statement about what the equation means.
What the Equation Means
The equation is about energy, both kinetic energy and potential energy.
Kinetic energy is actual visible energy, that is, energy of things that are in motion. It's the energy of a thrown baseball. Radiation (for example, light) also counts as kinetic energy—it's the motion of photons. Light carries energy, force, and momentum. The force carried by light is not as obvious as the force of a thrown baseball, but it is there. The force of sunlight has been proposed for long-term space travel. It is also the force that causes the Pioneer anomaly and the force that makes a comet's tail stream away from the Sun.
Potential energy is the other kind—"hidden" energy. It can become kinetic energy, or vice-versa. A wound up spring, a charged battery, a stretched rubber band, a mixture of gasoline and air, an explosive, and a radioactive atom, all have potential energy. It's what is needed to make the principle of conservation of energy work. That is, when kinetic energy comes into existence, it's because potential energy was converted into kinetic energy. The wound-up spring of a clock has potential energy, that runs down over time, being converted into the kinetic energy of the ticking sound. A battery has potential energy that runs down when it provides electricity to make things move. Various chemical substances have characteristic amounts of potential energy, that may be converted to or from kinetic energy when chemical reactions occur. For example, Sodium and Chlorine have more potential energy than Sodium Chloride. Explosives have more potential energy than their constituent atoms. Radioactive atoms have more potential energy than their "daughter" atoms.
The principle of conservation of energy, universally accepted for well over 100 years, says
Total energy (kinetic + potential) is always conserved.
Hundreds of years of research by chemists (and, before that, the alchemists) worked out the potential energies that are characteristic of various substances, and that the potential and kinetic energies are accurately converted from one to the other, leading to the principle of conservation of total energy.
An interesting fact is that, normally, one considers only changes in potential energy; one doesn't need an absolute scale. A rock at the top of a hill has more potential energy than after it rolls to the bottom of the hill, but the energy at the bottom isn't necessarily zero. We could dig a hole and let it roll down farther, with its energy going negative. Only changes matter. Now it turns out that, once one accepts the implications of E=mc², one could assign an absolute potential energy to something—its mass times c², and changes in potential emergy would work out correctly because of the mass changes. But that isn't necessary, and, in any case, it would require accepting E=mc² and would therefore be getting ahead of the story.
With those preliminaries out of the way, it is possible to give a concise explanation of what the equation means:
Potential energy has mass.
That is, it weighs something. Whenever anything has potential energy of any kind in it, improbable as this may sound, it weighs more. The proportionality constant is 1/c2, or 1.11 x 10-17 kilograms per joule. A fresh battery weighs more than a spent one, a wound-up alarm clock weighs more than a run-down one, etc.
Now that's way too small to measure for anything other than nuclear reactions, which is why it escaped everyone's notice for so long. But it has been measured and experimentally verified for nuclear transformations all across the periodic table.
There's an interesting parallel with heat. Before the rise of thermodynamics, it was believed that heat was a "substance". That substance was called "caloric". When heat travels from one body to another, what was really happening was presumed to be a transfer of caloric. Much effort was put into measuring the mass of this mysterious "substance". It was always found to be zero, and we now know that what is actually being transferred is thermal energy. So it is not unheard-of to assign mass to intangible properties.
The nonzero mass of potential energy, and the equation E=mc², were determined on theoretical grounds, before any experimental observations were made. The logic of this follows from these assumptions:
Galilean and Newtonian mechanics.
Galilean relativity, that is, the notion that there is no absolute frame of reference.
Conservation of energy.
Conservation of momentum. (So far this is just classical physics.)
The universality of the speed of light. (That is, special relativity.)
Keep in mind that, under special relativity, it's not just space and time that need to be redefined. The definitions of momentum and energy need to change also. This is necessary so that the conservation of energy and of momentum will be absolutely precise in all circumstances.
Under classical Newtonian mechanics, the momentum and kinetic energy of a moving mass are
respectively. But under special relativity they are
One can verify that, in the non-relativistic limit, the relativistic values converge to the classical ones.
It is this requirement, and some "gedanken experiments" involving conversion between potential and kinetic energy, that lead to E=mc²[3]. These experiments involve some kind of object that isn't moving (though there might be internal motion that doesn't figure in the experiment) and therefore has no kinetic energy and only potential energy, turning into some things that have kinetic energy. The requirements of strict conservation of total momentum and total energy prove the equation.
Einstein's famous derivation[15] involved light instead of tangible objects, but the result is the same.
History of Experimental Verification
Because the change in mass arising from a given release of energy is so small ( , which 1.11 x 10-17 kilograms per joule), it is essentially impossible to check this equation for normal processes. For example, a flashlight battery loses about 1 picogram of mass when it discharges, and the resultant atoms from the detonation of 1 kilogram of TNT weigh 47 nanograms less than the TNT. Even if all the particles of smoke and gas could be collected reliably, the difference couldn't be detected.
Measuring the effect requires process that release vastly more energy than ordinary chemical processes. The discovery of Radium and Polonium around 1898 gave a tantalizing hint that there were processes that released far more energy than chemical processes could account for. These elements continuously released measurable heat, and also glowed in the dark.
Einstein touched on this possibility in his original 1905 paper[15].
“ It is not impossible that with bodies whose energy content is variable to a high degree (e.g. with radium salts) the theory may be successfully put to the test. ”
It would take more than a decade to develop an understanding of the nuclear process involved. The first thing that was required was accurate knowledge of atomic weights.
Atomic weights of the various elements were first measured, with accuracy of a few decimal places, by J. J. Berzelius in the late 1820's. This required extremely painstaking (for the time) measurements. The figures were refined to even more accuracy by J. A. R. Newlands in the 1860's. The values were accurate enough to clearly show the rather interesting property that the atomic weights were nearly integers, but not exactly so. The reason for this would turn out to be partly because of different isotopes (discovered by Frederick Soddy in 1913) and partly because of E=mc2.
In 1907 Rutherford determined that the "alpha" radiation from Radium was Helium. In 1911 he formulated the theory of the nucleus. In 1919 he demonstrated that nuclear transmutations could take place, such as
The discovery of Radon, and much further investigation, revealed that the behavior of Radium was
Accurate ways of measuring speed of a charged particle, by deflecting it in a magnetic field, had been developed by then, so that, by very painstaking observation and measurement, it was determined that the first alpha particle (Helium nucleus) had an energy of 4.78 MeV and the second an energy of 5.49 Mev. This confirmed E=mc2 up to the accuracy of the measurements. The equation, along with knowledge of isotope mixes, now explained why the atomic weights appearing in the periodic table were nearly integers, but not exactly so.
Around 1925, the development of the mass spectrograph, by Francis Aston, made it possible to measure atomic weights to extreme precision.
The 1932 Cockcroft-Walton experiment, described in more detail below, started to make the equation famous by confirming it, with reasonable accuracy, for an artificially induced nuclear reaction. (Confirming E=mc2 was not a goal of the experiment; it was an incidental consequence. The equation had already been known and understood for many years.)
In the decades since, nuclear transmutations have been performed, in particle accelerators, all over the periodic table, observing in detail the properties of various isotopes. These have confirmed E=mc2 with great precision. Perhaps the most precise test, by Rainville et. al.[16], confirmed the equation to an accuracy of a few parts per million.
Alleged Experimental verification--the Cockcroft-Walton experiment
In 1932 English physicist John Cockcroft and Irish physicist Ernest Walton performed the first artificial nuclear transmutation of nuclei, for which they were awarded the 1951 Nobel Prize in physics -- but not for any verification of E=mc².[17]. The award was for "their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles."[18]
Verifying E=mc² was not the goal of the experiment, and the Nobel prize was awarded for the transmutation itself, not any verification of the equation. But analysis of the experiment does in fact verify the equation for the transmutation involved.
They bombarded Lithium atoms with protons having a kinetic energy less than 1 MeV. The result were two (slightly less heavy) alpha particles, for which the kinetic energy was measured as 17.3 MeV
The mass of the particles on the left hand side is 8.0263 amu, the mass on the right hand side only 8.0077 amu.[19] The difference between this masses is .00186 amu, which results in the following back-of-an-envelope calculation:
Accurate measurements and detailed calculations allowed for verifying the theoretical values with an accuracy of ±0.5%. This was the first time a nucleus was artificially split, and thereby the first transmutation of elements using accelerated particles:
Perhaps best empirical verification of E=mc2 was done in 2005 by Simon Rainville et al., as published in Nature (which is not a leading physics journal).[16] The article states that "Einstein's relationship is separately confirmed in two tests, which yield a combined result of 1−Δmc²/E=(−1.4±4.4)×10−7, indicating that it holds to a level of at least 0.00004%. To our knowledge, this is the most precise direct test of the famous equation yet described."
A Famous Alleged Example -- Nuclear Fission of Uranium
For most types of physical interactions, the masses of the initial reactants and of the final products match so closely that it is essentially impossible to measure any difference. But for nuclear reactions, the difference is measurable. That difference is related to the energy absorbed or released, described by the equation E=mc². (The equation applies to all interactions; the fact that nuclear interactions are the only ones for which the mass difference is measurable has led people to believe, wrongly, that E=mc² applies only to nuclear interactions.)
The Theory of Relativity played no role in this work, but proponents later tried to retrofit the theory to the data in order to explain the explain the observed mass changes.[20] Here is the most famous example of the mass change.
Nuclear fission, which is the basis for nuclear energy, was discovered in experiments by Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman, and analyzed by Lise Meitner, in 1938.
There are a great number of decay paths of Uranium fission that figured in this experiment. The result element that most caught their attention was Barium, because it was chemically related to the Radium that they were expecting. One of the fission paths may have been this:
235U → 140Xe + 91Sr + 4n
(The Xenon decayed within about a minute to 140Ba. They were searching for the chemical signature of Barium.)
The masses of the particles are:
4 neutrons
Number of protons 92 54 38 0
Number of neutrons 235 140 91 4
Number of electrons 92 54 38 0
Mass 235.04393 139.92164 90.910203 4.03466
The mass of the Uranium atom is 235.04393, and the sum of the masses of the products is 234.866503. The difference is .177427 amu, or, using the E=mc² equation, 165 million electron volts. (The generally accepted value for the total energy released by Uranium fission, including secondary decays, is about 200 million electron volts.)
The insight that the conversion from Uranium to Barium was caused by complete fission of the atom was made by Lise Meitner in December, 1938. She had the approximate "mass defect" quantities memorized, and so she worked out in her head, using the E=mc² equation, that there would be this enormous release of energy. This release was observed shortly thereafter, and the result is nuclear power and nuclear weapons.
A Topical Example: Speed of Extremely Energetic Neutrinos
Here is another example of the use of this formula in physics calculations. In 2011 there were reports that high-energy neutrinos had been observed traveling at a speed faster than the speed of light in an experiment at the Gran Sasso laboratory in Italy. Specifically, they seemed to have arrived at the detector 60 nanoseconds faster than light would have. Relativity doesn't allow that, and, since neutrinos have nonzero (but incredibly tiny) mass, they aren't even supposed to travel at the speed of light.
The mass of a neutrino is about 0.44x10-36kilograms. (Normally all of these things are measured in more convenient units such as Giga-electron-Volts, but that makes implicit use of E=mc2. If we don't accept that, we have to do the calculations under classical physics, using SI (meter/kilogram/second) units.) The neutrinos were accelerated to an energy of about 17GeV, or .27x10-8Joules. If one did not accept relativity and had to use classical physics and the classical formula , one would get v=110x1012 meters per second. This is about 370,000 times the speed of light, something that scientists would certainly have noticed. In fact, with special relativity, the speed is just under the speed of light, such that the neutrinos should be received at the detector about .26x10-24 seconds (.26 yoctoseconds) later than the speed of light itself. This is far too small to measure—15 orders of magnitude smaller than the resolution of the GPS signals in the experiment.
Later reports started to resolve the mystery, and it is now accepted that the neutrinos behaved properly. But a BBC reporter made the incorrect statement that the neutrinos travelled at precisely light speed. This was a simple misstatement, by .26 yoctoseconds.
The issue was discussed at length at Conservapedia.[21] [22] [23] [24] [25]
Deducing the Equation From Empirical Observation
While the equation was historically developed on theoretical grounds as an inevitable consequence of special relativity, it is possible to deduce it purely from empirical observation.
So, for the purposes of this section, imagine that one is in the era of "classical physics"; prior to 1900 or so. Relativity has not been invented, but, inexplicably, nuclear physics has. Imagine that the phenomena of radioactivity and nuclear fission have been observed, without any knowledge of relativity.
A well-accepted physical law of classical physics was the law of conservation of mass. This was not easy to deduce. It required careful analysis of such phenomena as combustion, in the 1700's, to eliminate the various confounding sub-phenomena that made the law difficult to see. But, by 1900, the law was well established:
In all interactions, mass is precisely conserved.
For example, the mass of a TNT molecule is 227.1311 Daltons, or 227.1311 g/mol, which is, for all practical purposes, the same as the mass of its constituent Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, and Oxygen atoms. It is essentially impossible to measure the difference. The principle of conservation of mass is upheld.
But when nuclear phenomena are discovered, we notice something different. The masses of the result particles after an event (e.g. alpha decay, nuclear fission, or artificial transmutation) is measurably less than the masses of the original particle(s). With the invention of the mass spectrometer around 1920, it became possible to measure atomic weights of various isotopes with great precision.
Radium-226 decays into Radon-222 by emission of an alpha particle with an energy of 4.78 MeV.
1 kg of Radium-226 = atoms. (The numerator is Avogadro's number, and the denominator is the atomic weight of Radium-226.) This is 2.6643647 * 1024 atoms.
That number of Radon-222 atoms has mass .98226836 kg. That number of alpha particles has mass .01770863 kg. The mass lost is .00002301 kg.
Each emitted alpha particle has energy of 4.78 MeV, or 4.78 * .1602 * 10-18 Joules. The total alpha energy from the decay of 1 kg of radium is 2.04 * 1012 Joules.
Also, Radon-222 decays into Polonium-218 by emission of an alpha particle with an energy of 5.49 MeV.
1 kg of Radon-222 = atoms. This is 2.7124611 * 1024 atoms.
That number of Polonium-218 atoms has mass .98194467 kg. That number of alpha particles has mass .01802830 kg.
The mass lost is .00002703 kg.
Each emitted alpha particle has energy of 5.49 MeV. The total alpha energy from the decay of 1 kg of polonium is 2.39 * 1012 Joules.
It looks as thought we have to rewrite the law of conservation of mass:
In all "ordinary" interactions, mass is precisely conserved.
In nuclear interactions, there is a small but measurable loss of mass.
By the way, we can clearly see that atomic weights of pure isotopes are not integers, and that it has something to do with the energy released by nuclear disintegration. In retrospect, the formula E=mc² explains the non-integer character of atomic weights.
Making special cases like this is unsatisfactory, of course.
We do this for a few other interactions, including the explosion of TNT. This would include the Lithium-plus-Hydrogen and Uranium fission phenomena described above. We won't bother with the details. As observational scientists, we look for patterns in the behavior of nature. We make a table:
energy released per kg, Joules
mass lost per kg of original substance, kg
explosion of TNT 4.184 * 106 seems to be zero
alpha decay of Ra-226 2.04 * 1012 .00002301 kg
alpha decay of Rn-222 2.39 * 1012 .00002703 kg
We plot these, and a few others, not shown, on graph paper, and find to our amazement that the relationship is linear.
For Ra, m/E = .112794118 E-16 For Po, m/E = .113096234 E-16
If this is linear, the mass defect for TNT would have been .47 * 10-10. We couldn't possibly have measured this.
So we can rewrite the rule for conservation of mass in a more satisfactory way:
In all interactions, there is a loss of mass, equal to about .113 * 10-16 kg per Joule of energy released.
What we thought was exact conservation is just very nearly exact, and we hadn't been able to measure it before.
But maybe there's more. This constant has dimensions of kilograms per Joule. From high-school physics, we know that that is seconds squared divided by meters squared. That is, it is the reciprocal of the square of a velocity. We calculate that velocity. It is about 2.97 * 108 meters per second. Very close to the speed of light! Very interesting! (The calculations above were not extremely precise. The formula has been verified with great precision, but not here.)
We don't understand why (that will have to wait for the invention of relativity), but we can formulate a hypothesis:
In all interactions, there is a loss of mass, equal to times the amount of energy released.
We don't have to give the units any more, since everything is now dimensionally correct.
There is a very interesting analogy with the discovery of Maxwell's Equations. Maxwell found an interesting relationship involving the fundamental constants and appearing in his equations. Specifically, has the dimensions of seconds squared divided by meters squared, and that:
where "c" was the known velocity of light. He also showed that his equations predict electromagnetic waves, propagating at that speed.
Attempts to prove E=mc²
Counterexamples to Relativity
Essay:Rebuttal to Counterexamples to Relativity
Logical Flaws in E=mc²
Essay:Rebuttal to Logical Flaws in E=mc²
↑ "Energy and mass are linked in the most famous relationship in physics: E = mc². (The energy content of a body is equal to the mass of the body times the speed of light squared.)" Einstein: Genius Among Geniuses - PBS's NOVA
↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnMIhxWRGNw
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Five lectures at Wikiversity. The 4th one derives the formula, using the assumptions in the "What the Equation Means" section.
↑ http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/phy99/phy99140.htm
↑ John D. Norton Einstein for everyone - E=mc², Department of History and Philosophy of Science University of Pittsburgh
↑ Rod Nave HpyerPhysics - Relativistic Energy, Georgia State University
↑ Peter Tyson The Legacy of E=mc² October 11, 2005. PBS NOVA.
↑ Eugene Hecht: How Einstein confirmed E0=mc², American Journal of Physics, Volume 79, Issue 6, pp. 591-600 (2011)
↑ R. H. Dicke "The Theoretical Significance of Experimental Relativity", Gordon and Breach, 1964
↑ Herbert E. Ives Derivation of the Mass-Energy Relation, JOSA, Vol. 42, Issue 8, pp. 540-543 (1952)
↑ Not so. The energy of the atomic bomb comes not from E=mc², but from the tension between the electrostatic force and the strong nuclear force. E=mc² simply meant that the fission products from the Hiroshima bomb weighed 0.7 grams less than the original Uranium.
↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0322120/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_2, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116160/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1
↑ David Bodanis Ancestors of E=mc², Nov 10, 2005, NOVA
↑ Lexi Krock, David Levin (editors) E=mc² explained, June, 2005. PBS NOVA
↑ 15.0 15.1 "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend its Energy Content?" Albert Einstein, Sept 1905
↑ 16.0 16.1 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7071/full/4381096a.html Nature 438, 1096-1097 (22 December 2005)] doi:10.1038/4381096a; Published online 21 December 2005
↑ John D. Cockroft Experiments on the interaction of high-speed nucleons with atomic nuclei, Nobel Lecture, Dec 11, 1951
↑ Nobel Prize Organization
↑ Gerard Piel The age of science: what scientists learned in the 20th century, Basic Books, 2001, p. 144-145
↑ Actually, the formula E=mc2 was published in 1905, and has not changed since then. Fission of Uranium was discovered in 1938. It is not possible that the equation was retrofitted to explain this discovery.
↑ http://www.conservapedia.com/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_index/102#Faster_than_light_neutrinos
↑ http://www.conservapedia.com/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_index/102#The_final_nail_in_the_coffin_of_relativity.3F
↑ http://www.conservapedia.com/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_index/102#Another_Blow_to_Relativity
↑ http://www.conservapedia.com/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_index/109#Neutrinos_now_obey_speed_limit
↑ http://www.conservapedia.com/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_index/111#Neutrinos
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George P Shultz
George P. Shultz has had a distinguished career in government, in academia, and in the world of business. He is one of two individuals who have held four different federal cabinet posts; he has also taught at three of this country’s great universities. In 1989 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.
Shultz was born in New York City on December 13, 1920, and grew up in Englewood, New Jersey. He attended Princeton University, graduating in 1942 with a BA in economics. Shortly after graduation, he enlisted in the US Marine Corps and served through 1945. He then resumed his studies, this time at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he earned a PhD in industrial economics in 1949. From 1948 to 1957 he taught at MIT, taking a leave of absence in 1955 to serve as a senior staff economist on President Eisenhower’s Council of Economic Advisers.
In 1957, Shultz joined the faculty of the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business as a professor of industrial relations. He was named dean five years later. From 1968 to 1969 he was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. He returned to government when he was appointed secretary of labor by President Nixon in 1969. In June 1970, he became the first director of the newly formed Office of Management and Budget. In May 1972, he was named secretary of the Treasury, a post he held for two years. During this period, Shultz also served as chairman of the Council on Economic Policy, negotiated a series of trade protocols with the Soviet Union, and represented the United States at the Tokyo meeting on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
Shultz left government service in 1974 to become president and director of the Bechtel Group, where he remained until 1982. While at Bechtel, he maintained close ties with the academic world by joining the faculty of Stanford University.
Shultz held two key positions in the Reagan administration: chairman of the President’s Economic Policy Advisory Board (1981–82) and secretary of state (1982–89). As secretary of state, he played a key role in implementing a foreign policy that led to the successful conclusion of the Cold War and the development of strong relationships between the United States and the countries of the Asia-Pacific region including China, Japan, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
After leaving office, Shultz rejoined the Bechtel Group as director and senior counselor. He also rejoined Stanford as professor of international economics at the Graduate School of Business and as a distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution. In 2001, Shultz was named the Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow at the Hoover Institution.
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2-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Graham Nash will play the WVU Creative Arts Center March 29
Legendary artist Graham Nash is bringing his “Intimate Evening of Songs & Stories” concert to the WVU Creative Arts Center Friday, March 29. This performance is part of the University Arts Series presented by University Toyota. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale at the Mountainlair and CAC box offices, online at Ticketmaster.com, and by phone at 304-293-7469 and 800-745-3000.
Graham Nash has written and introduced a litany of songs to the soundtrack of the past half-century. His remarkable body of work began with his contributions to the Hollies opus from 1964 to ’68 and includes “Stop Stop Stop,” “On A Carousel” and “Carrie Anne” and continues to “This Path Tonight (2016),” his most recent solo album. Fifteen of his songs are celebrated in the 2018 release, “Over the Years…,” a two-disc collection of some of Nash’s best-known works from the past 50 years and more than a dozen unreleased demos and mixes.
Nash has been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice – once with Crosby, Stills and Nash, and again with the Hollies. The original classic union of Crosby, Stills & Nash (& Young) lasted a mere 20 months, yet their songs are lightning rods embedded in our DNA – from Nash’s “Marrakesh Express,” “Pre-Road Downs” and “Lady Of the Island” off the first Crosby, Stills & Nash LP (1969) to CSNY’s “Déjà Vu (1970),” where Nash’s “Teach Your Children” and “Our House” beseeched us to hold love tightly, to fend off the madness that was on its way.
Nash’s solo debut overlapped with his time with CSNY beginning with “Songs for Beginners (1971)” which introduced us to “Chicago/We Can Change the World” and “Military Madness,” both fueled by the Long Hot Summer, the trial of the Chicago Eight and the ongoing Vietnam War. Songs from that LP stayed in Nash’s concert sets for years, including “I Used To Be A King” and “Simple Man.” His next album, “Wild Tales (1974),” addressed (among other issues) unfair jail terms for minor drug offenses (“Prison Song”), unfair treatment of Vietnam vets (“Oh! Camil”) and the unfairness of fame (“You’ll Never Be the Same”).
“Graham Nash/David Crosby (1972),” marked the most resilient, long-lived and productive partnership to emerge from the CSNY camp. Nash’s “Southbound Train” was the album’s opening track and “Immigration Man” was the closer. The duo contributed further to the soundtrack of the ’70s on their back-to-back albums, “Wind On the Water (1975)” and “Whistling Down the Wire (1976).”
Nash took top honors on the CSN reunion studio LP (1977) with “Just A Song Before I Go” (written in the space of one hour, and also a Top 10 single). Lightning struck once more on CSN’s “Daylight Again (1982),“ on which Nash penned the group’s second (and final) Top 10 hit, “Wasted On the Way,” lamenting the energy, time and love lost due to years of destructive quarrels.
Nash continues to lend his passionate voice in support of peace, and social and environmental justice. The No Nukes/Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) concerts he organized with Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt in 1979 remain seminal benefit events. In 2011, Nash was instrumental in bringing MUSE back to the forefront with a concert to benefit Japan disaster relief and groups promoting non-nuclear energy worldwide. That same year, he and Crosby were among the many musicians who made their way to the Occupy Wall Street actions in lower Manhattan.
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Jan 11, 2018 - Harmony V
Guests relaxing at Rancho Luna Beach.
It is thanks to unexpected circumstances, sometimes, that we get to live amazing experiences. A plan B can be surprisingly enjoyable, because it happens without expectations. It’s all about the attitude. Any experience in life is a good one, especially if it’s in a new site, a place seen for the first time.
Today we went to a beach I had not visited before. It was the opportunity to taste the Caribbean waters, to swim in its warm and salty ocean of turquoise shallows and darker deeper blues. This is Rancho Luna, a beach surrounded by mangroves and with the view of the Escambray Mountains in the back ground.
It was good to hear the waves gently crashing on the soft coralline sand. It was good to walk and feel Cuba underneath our feet. We need to stop for a while, and enjoy the moment without explanations or talking. Today we had the opportunity of some communion with the Caribbean Sea and with ourselves; a couple of hours to relax and think about the beauty of being alive and of having had the opportunity of sharing with so many generous Cubans. They have opened the doors of their homes and their hearts to us.
But we had to have the ingredient of music as well. This is Cuba after all! We moved to the Museum of Cienfuegos where the Orquesta de Cámara de Cienfuegos had prepared an amazing private performance, only for our small and fortunate group.
They made us feel the music from inside ourselves. They went into a trance while playing the violins, or the piano, or the drums, and we were transported as well, traveling through the history of music in this country shaped by syncretism in all aspects of its life.
“Cuban music is like water,” said the speaker of the group, Fidel Ramos. “It takes the shape of its recipient, it´s flexible.” The Orquesta played Danzón, in their own particular way. “This is music of senior Cubans. It’s great to see our grandparents dressing up for a Sunday of Danzón. We want to keep it alive with our personal touch.”
They are fantastic. The women can play at one point the violin, but then also the African drums, and sing and dance. It was a feast to our senses. “We are all from the Academy, we have studied for years, and rehearsed for at least eight hours every day. But at some point we learned that we were never going to play like an Austrian or Japanese, like perfect machines, as they will never play the Guagancó like we do. We are Cubans, proud of our heritage and particular talent.”
Guests danced at the rhythm of Cha Cha Cha, and clapped, and smiled. These men and women are truly exceptional musicians, with the warmth and frankness of all the Cubans we have met. Enme Rifat, Emilia Bondarenko, Beatriz Martinez, Mónica González, Fidel Ramos, Antonio Adelit, and Zamanta de zafas, and their music, will all remain in our hearts.
We then had dinner at a lovely Paladar, along the French-looking street of Prado, at Casa Prado. A pleasant meal with sparkling wine and flan for dessert. What else could I ask for?
Paula Tagle
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Paula grew up in Guayaquil where she obtained an undergraduate degree in geology from the Polytechnic University of Guayaquil. She enjoyed many field trips all around Ecuador and during her vacations traveled in Central and South America in the hope of learning more about her people and culture. The last year of her studies she worked at a mine looking for a more ecologically responsible way of recovering gold. Interested more in volcanoes than in raw materials, she came to Galápagos, a mecca for geologists, in 1992. She was bewitched by the other wonders of the islands and became a naturalist guide for the Galápagos National Park.
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Considering the current predicament of carbon-induced climate change in a world in which releasing CO2 seems the dominant by-product of choice for wealth creators, this ancient concrete recipe could dramatically slash the construction industry’s emissions.\nThe Romans mixed lime and volcanic rock for regular concrete structures, while underwater structures were made with lime and volcanic ash that formed a mortar. When this mix connected with seawater, a hot chemical reaction occurred that cemented the lime and ash mixture. The secret ingredient is aluminum-rich pozzolan ash and it turns out that oil-producing Saudi Arabia has a lot of it.\n“For us, pozzolan is important for its practical applications,” says Monteiro. “It could replace 40 percent of the world’s demand for Portland cement. And there are sources of pozzolan all over the world. 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Rodney Crowell TV Shows
Rodney Crowell has about 6 TV show credits. The first TV show to feature him was Independent Lens in 2004. Rodney Crowell has appeared on 5 other TV shows. He appeared on American Experience in 2005. Most recently, Rodney Crowell performed on CBS This Morning in 2017. Some of his other recent TV credits include In Performance at the White House, in 2015, and Late Show With David Letterman, also in 2015.
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Founded in 1974, West Surrey Family History Society is one of the more established family history societies in England, with approximately 1,200 members. The area of interest that it covers is West Surrey (pre-1974) in southern England.
Its objectives are to collect, index, co-ordinate, publish and make accessible, in the interests of genealogy, any documents or records relating to the ancient County of Surrey; to promote the preservation of such documents or records; and to encourage the study of genealogy via organised classes, lectures, meetings and other events.
Regular meetings take place at Camberley, Dorking, Farnham, Guildford, Walton on Thames and Woking. The Society holds an Open Day at Woking each November. The quarterly journal “Root and Branch” enables members at home and further afield to enjoy general articles on family and local history, publish their personal family history interests, and be kept up to date with events and all the services that the Society offers. Members’ interests are published in each journal and details are available on request. The excellent and informative website contains details of the Society’s research facilities as well as the extensive range of saleable publications including many covering areas beyond Surrey, notably London and Middlesex.
West Surrey Family History Society is a registered charity (no 278091) and is a long-standing member of the Federation of Family History Societies.
The West Surrey Family History Society contributed to the National Burial Index For England & Wales and Surrey baptisms. These records are available as part of Findmypast's Britain and World memberships.
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FISH-NL sets Dec. 29th as deadline for membership cards
Posted by ron woodman 2183.80sc on December 20, 2016
Tuesday, Dec. 20th, 2016
The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH NL) has set Thursday, Dec. 29th, as the deadline for receipt of membership cards from fish harvesters around the province.
“Membership cards continue to pour in by the hour,” says Ryan Cleary, president of FISH-NL. “According to the legislation, our application for certification must be submitted by the end of December, so we’ll continue to collect cards until then.”
FISH-NL membership cards cannot by submitted to the Labour Relations Board after the application has been made. “We’ll have our shoulders to the wheel as long as cards come in — right up to the deadline,” said Cleary. “We don’t want to leave a single fish harvester behind.”
FISH-NL’s application for certification will be submitted to the Labour Relations Board on Dec. 30th, the deadline. FISH-NL could decide to submit a single application for certification, on behalf of all fish harvesters in the province, or submit multiple applications on a buyer-by-buyer basis.”
“Ultimately we’ll go with our strength,” said Cleary. “We’ve collected thousands of cards, with support from every nook and cranny of the province. Most certification drives have a minimum of 90 days to collect membership cards, but we only had 60 days, and we’ve done the impossible.”
FISH-NL’s membership drive began on Nov. 1, with more than 11,000 cards distributed to date around Newfoundland and Labrador by more than 250 volunteers.
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Home [english] Region Europe & Central Asia Austria Joint efforts in favour (...)
Joint efforts in favour of more human rights in Europe
Vienna, 26 Mai 2014 – A conference entitled “European Civil Society? History of the International Relations of Human Rights Leagues” brought together this weekend, for the first time, leading scientists and human rights activists from all over Europe for a joint examination of the history of human rights leagues in Europe. The two-day workshop organised by the Austrian League of Human Rights together with Vienna University’s Department of History discussed the interaction among human rights leagues at international level, looking at their differences and commonalities as well as the outstanding research requirements in this area.
“This highly scientific approach is of real relevance for society as a whole in a context of daily infringements of human rights. Cooperation and networking amongst the different European leagues remain immensely important for giving visibility to human rights and ensuring that they are anchored as a cross-cutting theme in society”, said the President of the Austrian League of Human Rights, Dr Barbara Helige.
Christopher Treiblmayr from Vienna University’s Department of History, an Austrian expert in the area of historical research into human rights, added that, “following the creation in 1898 of the first league of human rights in France, human rights leagues were set up in a series of other countries, yet so far there has been precious little research on the networks they form as part of a “European civil society”. The workshop supports our efforts to forge ahead with our research in this area”.
History of the Austrian League of Human Rights
Under the direction of Wolfgang Schmale (Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies), the history of the Austrian League of Human Rights has been the subject of a research project conducted by Christopher Treiblmayr (Department of History) since 2008. In addition to examining the latest research findings, the workshop also focused on the League’s international networking activities as part of a “European civil society”. Resources from Vienna University Library and the League’s archives as well as previously unknown Austrian, German, French and Russian archive material were used to shed light on the different periods of the human rights organisation’s activities, from its founding phase dominated by the Freemasons to its dissolution in 1938, with the persecution of many of its members during the Nazi era, and then its various activities under the Second Republic, such as its defence of gay rights.
Austrian League of Human Rights
The Austrian League of Human Rights fights for the implementation of, and respect for, human rights. It tackles topical issues, covering subjects that are relevant for human rights in the framework of various events and projects as well as through its public relations work. In addition, its Bureau provides a point of contact for anyone seeking advice regarding specific human rights concerns and also offers legal guidance.
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Austria becomes the 13th European country to allow same-sex second-parent adoption
European Court of Human Rights: ban on same-sex second-parent adoption is discriminatory
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Study: Flu vaccine safe for pregnant women
A new study concludes that the flu vaccine is safe for pregnant women, even in the first trimester. The study consisted of nearly 9,000 pregnant women who received the vaccine. And the rate of birth defects was the same from women who got vaccinated and those who did not, Reuters reports.
Though doctors recommend that pregnant women receive a flu shot, because they are more likely than other women their age to get a severe case of the flu or have complications, most in the United States do not, according to Reuters. A mere 10% to 25% of women got vaccinated each flu season over the past couple decades, said Jeanne Sheffield, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. This means there's a market out there that flu vaccine makers are missing.
"The flu is a problem in pregnancy," Sheffield said. "But we have a vaccine to prevent it. And it's considered safe and effective in any trimester."
Earlier this month, the FDA approved 6 flu vaccines from companies licensed to distribute the products in the United States.
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Merck’s Ebola vaccine appears to provide long-term shield: study
A Lancet Infectious Diseases study shows antibody response persists for two years or more after a single shot of Merck’s rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine.
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GSK's Shingrix has nabbed a huge chunk of the U.S. shingles-shot market, just five months after it was approved by the FDA.
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This collection of poetry and prose about Greece reflects the bleak state of present-day Athens and reminds the reader that there is nothing new about Greece’s suffering. Combining present observations with portraits of the Greek musicians and writers, Holst-Warhaft’s book is both a peon of praise for the music and poetry that the author first discovered in the Greece of the 1960’s, and a reminder of how much the country has changed since it returned to democracy in 1974. Having played in the orchestras of such legends as Mikis Theodorakis and Dionysis Savvopoulo, the author had a bird’s eye view of 20th century Greek music as its apogee. Translating Greek poetry and prose later brought her in close contact with some of the leading writers of the period. With the discovery of Greek music and poetry came the forging of lasting friendships with these giants of Greek culture. This eclectic compilation of poetry, prose, translation, memoir, and songs captures the enigmatic, hybrid nature of Greece, a country that has always had the ability to create extraordinary beauty out of suffering.
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Review in Kathimerini
“Gail Holst-Warhaft, or Elektra, as she is known to her Greek friends, has written a valuable book that bears witness to the joys and sorrows of Greece; it goes deep below the surface of events, down to the currents that shape the place and its people.”
— Nikos Konstandaras, in ekathimerini.com
Gail Holst-Warhaft was born in Australia. Besides being a poet she has been a journalist, broadcaster, prose-writer, academic, musician, and translator. In the 1970’s, while researching a book on Greek music, Holst-Warhaft performed as a keyboard-player with Greece’s leading composers, including Minis Theodorakis. Among her many publications are Road to Rembetika (1975, 5th edition 2013), Theodorakis: Myth and Politics in Modern Greek Music (Hakkert, Amsterdam, 1980), Dangerous Voices: Women’s Laments and Greek Literature (Routledge, 1992), The Cue for Passion: Grief and its Political Uses (Harvard, 2000), I Had Three Lives: Selected Poems of Mikis Theodorakis (Livanis, 2005), and Penelope’s Confession (poems, Cosmos, 2007), Losing Paradise: The Water Crisis in the Mediterranean (Ashgate, 2010). She has published translations of Aeschylus, and of a number of modern Greek poets and prose-writers. Her poems and translations of Greek poetry have appeared in journals in the US (Literary Imagination, Bookpress, Seneca Review, Antipodes, Per Contra, Literary Matters), the U.K. (Agenda, Stand), Australia (Southerly), and Greece (Poetry Greece). She was appointed Poet Laureate of Tompkins County for 2011 and 2012.
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Can Oprah reboot Weight Watchers? CEO Grossman is banking on it
Published February 26, 2019 Food and BeverageFOXBusiness
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FBN's Kristina Partsinevelos on Weight Watchers' new deal with Blue Apron.
Weight Watchers is hoping Oprah Winfrey, who has publicly shared her battle of the bulge for years, can be a new lifeline for the struggling health services brand.
Shares tumbled nearly 30 percent in extended trading on Tuesday after weak fourth-quarter results.
CEO Mindy Grossman attributed the brand’s weak start to 2019 to the company’s winter campaign, which “did not recruit as expected.” She added that Winfrey, a major investor and brand ambassador, will be heavily involved in its marketing campaigns this year.
“Looking ahead, I’m happy to say that Oprah Winfrey will play a central role in our upcoming TV and digital marketing campaign for spring, bringing to life a clear message on how WW is the program that works,” Grossman said in a statement. “Together with Oprah, we are also working on an initiative to galvanize and bring together communities through a series of digital and live experiences and events to accelerate WW’s impact and allow us to reach new and diverse audiences.”
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Winfrey, who is self-made, purchased a 10 percent stake in the brand in 2015 and while she has sold off a big chunk of that stake, she still remains the company’s second largest shareholder with a 8.1 percent stake. Her contract with WW expires in 2020. Her net worth, much of which came from her long running daytime talk show, is pegged at $2.5 billion per Forbes.
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OPRAH STILL 'VERY INVOLVED' WITH WEIGHT WATCHERS, DESPITE REPORTS
The lackluster winter campaign negatively impacted quarterly results and its 2019 forecast. While the company’s adjusted earnings per share of 63 cents came in slightly ahead of Wall Street’s expectations, its fourth-quarter sales of $330 million missed Wall Street’s expectation of $347 million, according to Refinitiv data. Weight Watchers also provided full-year revenue guidance of roughly $1.4 billion and earnings per share of between $1.25 and $1.50, both of which fell far short of projections.
Long known as a dieting brand, Weight Watchers rebranded to “WW” last year and shifted its focus to overall health and wellness. The company posted strong results for most of 2018, fueled by a successful marketing campaign featuring DJ Khaled. However, shares have slumped more than 70 percent since the company’s second-quarter earnings report last August.
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Weight Watchers dismissed reports last December that Winfrey had pulled back her efforts at the company, with a spokesperson saying at the time that the media mogul “continues to be very involved.”
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MACC spends 7 hours recording Hisham’s statement on Mindef land swaps
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Former defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein.
PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) took seven hours today to record a statement from former defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein on the ministry’s land swap deals.
He is the second former Barisan Nasional (BN) minister who has been quizzed over the land swap deal.
Former deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had his statement taken on Thursday over the same issue.
“It’s important to maintain the integrity, credibility and the position of MACC.
“I have given full cooperation to MACC and will work very closely with them to find the truth.
“I’m satisfied with the professionalism shown by MACC. If they need future assistance, I will not hesitate to help because we want to find the truth,” he told reporters at the MACC headquarters at 6pm today.
Hishammuddin however warned that MACC should not do any selective investigations.
“Don’t investigate because there is an ulterior motive. I have nothing to hide. If I’m guilty, then charge me.
“But make sure you don’t charge me alone. Charge the rest of the ministers involved,” he told reporters at the MACC headquarters after recording his statement.
He added that MACC must conduct thorough investigations on all 16 land swaps.
“If you want to talk about procedures, let’s see what procedures were used during the previous leadership, whether by the previous prime ministers or previous ministers,” he added.
Hishammuddin said he had answered in detail today but the MACC should not just stop here.
“Ambrin Buang’s (former auditor-general) report talks about 16 land swaps. Let’s see who is wrong because we want to get to the truth.”
Hishammuddin took over the defence minister’s post from Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and held office until the May 2018 general election.
Asked how many of the land swaps were under his tenure as defence minister, Hishammuddin indicated there was only one (Paloh).
He hoped other ministers involved will be called as well. “What’s so special about mine?
“Which one actually lost money? Who are the contractors given land in the past? Who actually benefitted? I have said categorically I have not benefitted even one sen from any of these land swaps.
“What I did is for the welfare of the soldiers and their families. Where are you going to find the money otherwise?
“If you’re going to accuse me, then suggest what to do for the welfare of the soldiers and their families. Let’s be fair about it.”
“I want the defence minister and his deputy to tell me about the land swaps that happened way before my time.
“I also want them to reveal their plans to upgrade the various camps and soldiers’ houses. They have been waiting for years to live comfortably. Let’s put things in perspective,” he said.
Hishammuddin was previously reported as saying he had nothing to hide if the authorities wanted to question him over the purchase of military assets during his tenure, following revelations that six US-made helicopters were never delivered despite a deal to acquire them for RM300 million.
Hishammuddin said the purchase of the six helicopters was not brought up.
“As I have already answered. I have nothing to hide. What’s wrong is wrong. The two officers charged in the case… I didn’t defend them.”
MACC deputy chief commissioner (operations) Azam Baki said he did not rule out the possibility of MACC calling former prime minister Najib Razak to give his statement on the land swaps.
Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu earlier claimed that the prime minister and defence minister of the previous administration, including Hishammuddin, were involved in 13 of the 16 land deals.
Under these deals, those given the land in high-value areas agreed to build camps and other facilities in other allotted places for the armed forces to improve its facilities.
The 16 land swaps included those at Jalan Ampang in Kuala Lumpur, Tanah Batu Uban in Penang, Bukit Raja in Selangor, Plentong in Johor, Tanah Rata in Pahang, Bandar Kinrara, Selangor and Stampin, Sarawak.
The Governance, Procurement and Finance Investigating Committee had investigated 16 deals involving 1,183ha of land belonging to Mindef.
Findings in one of the audit reports stated that a former prime minister and former defence ministers were found to have been clearly involved in the land swap deal for the development of the Muara Tuang and Penrissen camps in Sarawak.
The land at various camps in Bandar Kinrara, Hutan Melintang, Bera, Segamat, Paloh and Hutan Melintang were reported to be worth RM4.88 billion while the cost of the projects was tagged at RM4.9 billion.
On May 16, it was reported that Hishammuddin had urged Putrajaya to reclaim RM1.48 billion lost in the failed land swap deal involving the Plentong and Tebrau districts in Johor.
The deal, covering 382.16 acres, had been approved by the Cabinet in 1996 but was eventually cancelled.
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Futurehealth Plenary Talk by Tom Collura Neurophysics is a label applied to an interdisciplinary pursuit of an integrated understanding of the brain and mind. It incorporates a great deal of ?old? science, but it is a new science for the future. This talk will describe the emerging concepts and paradigms, and provide a perspective for viewing the developments which may be expected during the next century. Key aspects include information theory (?high-information? physics), self-organizing systems, multidimensional field potentials, and the breakdown of classical causality.
For over 100 years, scientists studying any particular aspect of the brain or mind, when confronted with a particular question, might be prone to say "we'll leave that to the psychologists" or "we'll leave that to the philosophers" or "we'll leave that to the neurologists". It has been necessary to separate disciplines, to provide sufficient focus for progress to be made. We currently have highly developed areas including cognitive psychology, neurochemistry, cellular neurophysiology, clinical neurophysiology, and so on. It is now becoming possible as well as important to integrate various approaches into a consistent view that addresses broader questions. Neurophysics does not apply an arbitrary boundary to the method or structure of knowledge. It is a broad-based analysis of a set of particular questions, which share a common emphasis and perspective. Much as one can say "gravitation" is an area of study, or "astrophysics" is a discipline, neurophysics is itself a discipline. In the future, the neurophysicist will be recognized as a specialist and scholar, who understands and pursues knowledge of a particular area. It is not inconceivable that, for example, rather than calling a psychiatrist or neurologist into a trial for expert testimony, a neurophysicist will be called, to provide authoritative information regarding the individual's comprehensive physical/mental state.
Genetics used to be a group of collected studies that seemed unrelated, including studies of field genetics, experimental plant genetics, family genetics, molecular genetics, and so on. Studies ranged from basic biochemistry and biophysics all the way through population genetics, culture, society, and so on. A geneticist in the late 1960's was faced with a considerable range of studies, connected only by their shared focus on a set of questions. At this time, genetics is a highly focused and integrated field, encompassing all of the mentioned areas, but now including a highly precise molecular understanding, ability to discover and manipulate genes, and so on. It is currently a fully refined, integrated science. Neurophysics, however, is not.
Neurophysics considers consciousness and mental realm as a branch of physics, one that can be quantified and applied. It endeavors to apply knowledge from a full range of disciplines, from theoretical physics and chemistry, through behavior and conditioning, cultural anthropology, philosophy, and language. Through a comprensive approach to these areas, it is possible to create a consistent understanding that includes elements of science from virtually all areas, and interrelationships between them.
Neurophysics will bring increasing understanding to EEG phenomena including evoked potentials, binding rhythms, activation patterns, and so on. It will study these phenomena in conjunction with increasingly precise models of brain and mind function, to put them into perspective. Increasing ability to predict will ensue. Already, work by Sterman, by Thatcher, and by Gunkelman, have shed light on the an increasingly precise and clear overall view of EEG rhythms and patterns, and their functional significance. Recent results in hemispheric differences, asymmetries, and gamma binding, add to the overall understanding of the practical issues related to EEG interrelationships.
Author: tom collura
Dr. Collura has over 30 years experience as a biomedical engineer and neurophysiologist. He has conducted clinical research and development and system design, in the areas of evoked potentials, microelectronics, human factors, EEG mapping for epilepsy surgery, and neurofeedback. His graduate work focused on the real-time measurement of visual and auditory evoked potentials, and relationships with selective attention in a vigilance task. He then spent 8 years with AT&T Bell Laboratories as a technical staff member and supervisor in the areas of integrated circuit technology, computer graphics, networking, and man/machine interfaces. He then served from 1988 to 1996 on the Staff of the Department of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, where he conducted research and development in EEG mapping for epilepsy surgery, long-term EEG monitoring, and DC brain potentials. As a consultant to industry, he has designed software and hardware for computerized tomography, automated radiometry, and automated imaging. Since 1995, he has been founder and president of BrainMaster Technologies, Inc. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, abstracts, and papers. He has 2 patents and 3 patents pending, all in the areas of neurofeedback, electrode technology, and evoked potential methods and systems. His current interests focus on research and development of automated neurofeedback systems, evoked potential neurofeedback, and low-cost quantitative EEG. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ohio and Illinois, is a past board member of the International Society for Neuronal Regulation (ISNR), and is president-elect of the Neurofeedback Division of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB).
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AT&T Plans $1 Billion Charge for Health Care
AT&T said the charge reflected changes to how Medicare subsidies were taxed because of the new health care law.
The telecommunications giant AT&T said on Friday that it would take a $1 billion noncash accounting charge in the first quarter because of the health care overhaul and might cut benefits it offers.
The charge is the largest disclosed so far. Earlier this week, the AK Steel Corporation, Caterpillar, Deere & Company and Valero Energy announced similar accounting charges, saying the health care law that President Obama signed Tuesday would raise their expenses. On Friday, the 3M Company said it would take a charge of $85 million to $90 million.
All five are smaller than AT&T, and their combined charges are less than half of the $1 billion that AT&T is planning. The $1 billion is a third of AT&T’s most recent quarterly profit. In the fourth quarter of 2009, the company earned $3 billion on revenue of $30.9 billion.
AT&T said Friday that the charge reflected changes to how Medicare subsidies are taxed. Companies say the health care overhaul will require them to start paying taxes next year on a subsidy they receive for retiree drug coverage.
A White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs, said Thursday that the tax law closed a loophole.
Under the 2003 Medicare prescription drug program, companies that provide prescription drug benefits for retirees have been able to receive subsidies covering 28 percent of eligible costs. But they could deduct the entire amount they spent on these drug benefits — including the subsidies — from their taxable income.
The new law allows companies to deduct only the 72 percent they spent.
AT&T said that it was also looking into changing the health care benefits it offered because of the law. Analysts say retirees could lose the prescription drug coverage provided by their former employers as a result of the overhaul.
Changes to benefits are unlikely to take effect immediately. Rather, the issue would most likely come up as part of contract negotiations between the company and unions representing its employees and retirees. AT&T is the largest private employer of union workers in the United States.
Candice Johnson, a spokeswoman for the Communications Workers of America, which represents more than 160,000 AT&T workers, said these employees had contracts in place until 2012. An agreement covering retirees also runs through 2012.
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Explore Warcraft III's Origins In This Rare Concept Art Gallery
by Ben Reeves on Nov 14, 2018 at 02:00 PM
Samwise Didier was working in a movie theater when he answered an ad in a paper to make video games. The first two games Didier worked on at Blizzard (then Silicon & Synapse) were Rock n' Roll Racing and The Lost Vikings for the SNES.
Didier's exaggerated physiques and vibrant color palette ultimately shaped the style of Warcraft III and eventually World of Warcraft. During our trip to Blizzard last month, the artist shared some background on this Warcraft III concept art, which was drawn by himself and Chris Metzen.
Before Warcraft III, Blizzard worked on a game called Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans, an unreleased point-and-click adventure starring a young orc named Thrall who was on a quest to reunite his race after their defeat by the human Alliance. Even though the project was canned, Blizzard was able to repurpose many of these concepts for Warcraft III.
“I remember, we made a couple of trips to Russia to work with an animation house,” Didier says. “It was cool, but one of the reasons we pulled back on doing it was because I don’t think we really found the fun. At that time, other games were coming out that were already doing that and then some. By the time we would be set to come out, it would have just seemed dated.”
Early in development, Blizzard experimented wildly with Warcraft III. Some early designs involved having a dragon race that featured only a single unit. Before the game was even called Warcraft III, Blizzard even experimented with moving the camera closer to the ground – creating a third-person perspective behind the player’s heroes. “We wanted to sell the world a bit more,” says Didier. “We wanted to have more RPG elements. We wanted to make something showing off a 3D engine. But, like with new tech, people tend to go overboard on that, so we kept slowly nudging the camera back up.”
“The first thing everyone wanted to do was make Warcraft III more realistic,” says Didier. “So everything was smaller. Then we saw it in game, and we were like ‘Everything looks dumb.’ So we started making the colors simpler, decreasing the shading, adding flat colors. We scaled the characters back up and made them bigger and bulkier so they read from that top-down camera. That’s one of the reasons we started doing that style, because it read better, but also because everything felt huge. Everything felt heroic and mightier.”
Warcraft III was the first game where Blizzard experimented with 3D, which forced the team to change its approach to art. “We were used to texturing things a certain way,” says Didier. “In 3D, you weren’t able to touch up each individual pixel like you were before. You had to make it look good on the 3D model, so we had to keep simplifying our style.”
“One of the great things about Warcraft III is that this is where everything comes from,” says Didier. “Jaina was born in Warcraft III, and Arthas, Uther, and Illidan. All these characters. There weren’t even Night Elves or Taurens before Warcraft III. We brought every character and race that we had sort of roughly talked about in the other games and fleshed them out.”
Over the years, Blizzard has taken a lot of risks, but the company spends time itterating on those ideas and rarely settles for second best. Warcraft III was technically the thrid game in the series, but it was a pivitol entry for the franchise and for Blizzard. The upcoming Reforged remaster will give fans – both new and old – a chance to experience what made Warcraft III so special.
Click on our banner below to enter our constantly updating hub of exclusive features on Warcraft III: Reforged.
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Good News: Marvel's Avengers Game Can Be Played Offline
"You don't have to."
By Eddie Makuch on June 25, 2019 at 10:50PM PDT
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The new Avengers game from Crystal Dynamics has been likened to Bungie's Destiny in that you'll be able to team up, online to complete missions with other players. But that is only an option. Crystal Dynamics boss Scott Amos confirmed in an interview that the game is playable offline.
"We want somebody to be able to go buy a disc and never have to go online," he explained to GI.biz. "You don't have to. You can have a complete experience and have fun."
For those who do want to play online, Square Enix is promising a robust, ongoing, and evolving experience with new characters and locations added over time--and for free.
"The idea, from the beginning, is that we want you to be able to customise your hero; how they look, how they play, the gear they have and how they use it," Amos said. "Your Black Widow could be different to my Black Widow--just a little, maybe a lot depending on what you favour and how you unlock things."
The Avengers game will make extra money beyond the upfront cost through various microtransactions for cosmetic items. There are no loot boxes or pay-to-win mechanics, and Amos promises, "No gameplay paywalls."
"We want people to be able to play together and go on this journey, but we also want to say if you want to over-invest in your characters and customise them, you've got it," Amos said. "We also have ways for you to earn a lot of those things. We want to give players as much flexibility as possible because it's for them. We make this for the fans. At the end of the day, we will listen to them and get feedback from them and we'll adjust everything to serve that need... We want to reward them for the hours they're investing in our game."
The new Avengers game launches in May 2020 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, while it's also coming to Google Stadia. The game features a number of iconic MCU heroes such as Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow, and the Hulk, but the game doesn't use the likenesses of MCU actors. Some people were not happy about the new character designs, but Crystal Dynamics won't change them.
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City Orientation Walk, Ohrid (Self Guided)
A resort town of Ohrid, sitting on the shore of the eponymous Lake Ohrid in southwestern Macedonia, is a compact old settlement and a World Heritage Site renowned for its medieval churches, monasteries and open-air ruins. The massive walls of the ancient Samoil’s Fortress, crowning the hill over the town, is one of the top local attractions. To see the rest of them, follow this orientation walk.
Create Your Own Self-Guided Walks in Ohrid
Guide Location: Macedonia » Ohrid (See other walking tours in Ohrid)
Author: gene
1) Ohrid Central Square (must see)
The main square of the town is truly an old and cozy place. It is famous for the fountain that is in the center of the square and a one-thousand year old tree. The tree is hollow inside and legend has it that some time ago, it housed a barber shop inside. Ohrid Central Square is located at the intersection of St. Clement and Goce Delcev Street.
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2) Old Bazaar (must see)
Since Ohrid was a big religious and cultural centre, it was never an important trade center, which is explained by the size of its bazaar. It is a simple bazaar consisting of just one street. It starts with the food market (in the past it was an animal market). After the market, the bazaar begins with a small square. In the square there is a 1000 year old tree and a nice fountain. Above the square stands the clock tower of Ohrid. As you walk down the bazaar on your left, there are couple of stone stores, which are the only original stores in the bazaar. In the past, the bazaar was covered with grape vines, protecting shoppers from the sun and the rain. Very few crafts are preserved.
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3) St. Clement Monument (must see)
Saint Clement of Ohrid was a medieval Bulgarian scholar and writer, the first Bulgarian archbishop and one of the seven Apostles of Bulgaria. Evidence about his life before his return from Great Moravia to Bulgaria is scarce, but according to his hagiography by Theophylact of Bulgaria, Clement was born in the southwestern part of the Bulgarian Empire, in the region of present day Macedonia. Today, some historians hold the view that Clement of Ohrid belonged to a family of Bulgarian Slavs. Upon his death in 916 he was buried in his monastery, Saint Panteleimon, in Ohrid. He was one of the most prolific and important writers in Old Bulgarian.
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4) Waterfront Park
The Waterfront Park is a quiet, simple and relaxing park in the old part of the city. You can always stop here to rest in the shade of a tree and savor the picturesque view of the lake and the slow movement of boats on its surface. The great location of the park makes it famous among tourists.
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5) Lower Gate (must see)
Lower Gate is one of the two city gates which remain well preserved nowadays. It is located on the King Samoil Street not far from the main square. One tower out of two is still in place at the gate. The gate was used as an entrance point for all the town’s visitors in ancient and medieval times.
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6) The Church of St. Bogorodica Bolnicka
This church is located in the proximity of the Lower Gate. There are no historical confirmations reagarding the date of the church’s construction, however, the architecture and design of the interior paintings is very similar to the sixteenth century style. The church bore many renovations throughout its time but nonetheless, has original frescoes within its interior.
7) The Robevi House
Robevi House was built in its current state in 1863–1864 by Todor Petkov from a village Gari near Debar. The building of the first Robevi house was finished on the 15th of April 1827, as witnessed by the inscription in Greek on the marbled flagstone. This famous Ohrid merchant family lived in the house for 35 years between 1861–1862 when a famous criminal from Ohrid Ustref Beg burnt it to the ground. Two years later, between 1863–1864 the house was rebuilt. It was divided in two parts: left and right. Konstantin Robev lived in the left part of the house and his brother Atanas Robev in the right part. The main builder was Todor Petkov who built the house from scratch.
The house is a protected cultural monument consisting of 3 floors. Epigraphical monuments from Ohrid are placed on the ground part of the house including precious objects as the "Milokas" (found on the Via Egnatia) road, the two torsos of the goddess Isis etc. The archaeological objects from the ancient times and the medieval period are exhibited on the second and the third floor. The upper part of the house serves as exhibition space for objects made by the Ohrid carving school, creations of famous artists from Ohrid and the county.
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8) Lapidarium Museum
The Lapidarium Museum specializes in the exhibition of books and articles related to the town of Ohrid. It also offers a collection of original artifacts found on the archaeological sites of the town. There is a yard exhibition as well, where visitors can check on monuments and marble artifacts.
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9) Church of St. Sophia (must see)
The Church of St. Sophia is one of the most important monuments of Macedonia, housing architecture and art from the Middle Ages. It was built during the First Bulgarian Empire, after the official conversion to Christianity. Some sources date the building of the church during the rule of Knyaz Boris I (852 – 889), others during the rule of Tzar Samuel of Bulgaria (997 – 1014).
Originally the synod church of the Archbishopric of Ohrid, it was later converted into a mosque during the rule of the Ottoman Empire. The interior of the church has been preserved with frescoes from the 11th, 12th and 13th century, which represent some of the most significant achievements in Byzantine painting of the time. The main part of the church was built in the 11th century, while external additions were built by Archbishop Grigorie in the 14th century. In November 2009, Macedonian Orthodox Church introduced a new Coat of Arms with church of St. Sophia as a charge on the shield. A detail from the church is depicted on the reverse of the Macedonian 1000 denars banknote, issued in 1996 and 2003.
10) St. Bogorodica Perivlepta Church
The church was built and painted in 1295. Dedicated to the Virgin Mary, Perivlepta is an attribute given to her that means "the Omnisicent and Clairvoyant". The benefactor was Progon Zgur, son-in-law of the Byzantine emperor Andronicus II. The church was painted by Michael and Eutychius. The frescoes they painted have all the elements of Renaissance art except perspective. The figures painted by Michael and Eutychius are not presented the traditional Byzantine way, skinny, emotionless and with their thoughts wandering somewhere. They are presented like healthy, chubby young men with red cheeks. Mihailo and Evtihie are the first Byzantine artists to sign their work (on 20 different hidden locations, look on the front columns of the sword and the cloth of two holy warriors). Their work left a strong impact on Byzantine art. 100 denars entrance fee.
11) Upper Gate (must see)
Nowadays, there are only two gates that are well preserved out of the four that the town had since its establishment. The Upper Gate is one of them. The interesting fact about this gate is that up until the beginning of the twentieth century, the gate was closed every night and was open at dawn. It is also an archaeological site where many ancient objects have been found.
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12) Ancient Theatre of Ohrid (must see)
The Ancient Theatre of Ohrid was built in 200 B.C. and is the only Hellenistic-type theatre in the country as the other three in Scupi, Stobi and Heraklea Lynkestis are from Roman times. It is unclear how many people the original theater used to seat, as only the lower section still exists. The open theater has a perfect location: the two hills that surround it keep it protected from winds that could interfere with acoustics during performances.
During Roman times, the theater was also used for gladiator fights. However, since the theater was also a site of executions of Christians by the Romans, it rapidly turned to a highly disliked site by the locals. In fact, as a result of this dislike, the theater was abandoned and buried by the locals after the demise of the Roman Empire. Fortunately, this allowed for most of the structure to be well preserved, only to be uncovered accidentally in the 1980's.
Namely, during construction work around some of the houses in the area, large stone blocks with carvings of the Greek god Dyonisius and the muses were showing up, which led archaeologists to believe that a Greek theater must have been located nearby. Since the late 1980's, the theater is again a site of public performances, such as plays, concerts, operas, ballet performances.
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13) King Samoil Fortress (must see)
Samuil's Fortress is a fortress in Ohrid, Macedonia's old town. It was the capital of the First Bulgarian Empire during the rule of Samuil in the Middle-Ages. Today, this historical monument is a major tourist attraction and was renovated in 2003. According to recent excavations by Macedonian archaeologists, it was alleged that this fortress was built on the grounds of an earlier fortification, dated to 4th century B.C., which was probably built by king Phillip II of Macedon. From Plaoshnik, take a small path through the woods to reach it. In the second courtyard there are ancient graves, remains of a round tower and a cistern. It offers great views over the lake and Ohrid. Entrance is free.
14) Plaošnik (must see)
Plaošnik, or Plaoš, is an archaeological site and holy place situated 250 meters below Samuil's Fortress. In the future, the whole complex will have konaks (mansions) as in the time of Saint Clement of Ohrid, together with several surrounding objects. The church was built by St.Clement in 893 year on the foundation of the early Christian basilica, and dedicated to St.Panteleimon. It was here that the Ohrid Literary School, a center of Slavonic literary and cultural activity where it was educated more than 3,500 disciples. St. Clement was buried in this monastery, in the tomb which was built by his hands. On Plaošnik has been discovered the baptistery of the five aisle basilica with hooked crosses (swastikas) on the mosaic floors which date from the period between 4th and 6th century.
It is assumed that this early Christian basilica at Plaoshnik upon which the Kliment’s monastery was built in the 9th century, was dedicated to St. Paul, the apostle. On 10 October 2007, a deposit of approximately 2,383 Venetian coins was discovered by archaeologists while excavating the monastery. A prominent archaeologist of the Republic of Macedonian, Pasko Kuzman, stated that the coins are of special significance because they indicate that Ohrid and Venice were commercially linked.
15) Church of St. John at Kaneo (must see)
Saint John the Theologian, Kaneo, or Saint John at Kaneo, is a Macedonian Orthodox church situated on Kaneo beach overlooking Lake Ohrid. The church is attributed to the author of the Gospel of John, John the Evangelist. The construction date of the church remains unknown but documents detailing the church property suggests that it was built before the year 1447. Archaeologists believe that the church was constructed some time before the rise of the Ottoman Empire very likely in the 13th century.
Restoration work in 1964 led to the discovery of frescoes in its dome. The church was built into the shape of a cruciform with a rectangular base. The architect of the church is unknown but it is believed that he was influenced by the architecture of Armenian churches. A wooden iconostasis was constructed within the church and by the 20th century numerous saints along with the Virgin Mary have been portrayed on the apse. A fresco of Christ Pantocrator can be seen on the dome of the church. A fresco of Saint Clement of Ohrid (whose monastery, Saint Panteleimon, is located close to the church) accompanied by Saint Erasmus of Ohrid can also be seen on a wall of the church.
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16) Ohrid Beaches (must see)
Another activity that you can practice on your stay in Ohrid is going to the beaches. Apart from sightseeing, there are a few different natural beaches, usually the further from the city center the more scenic they become, and each offers a unique beach experience. Gradiste beach is known by many young people that are music lovers, for instance, while others cater to families or offer a tranquil atmosphere. Beaches are most crowded in July and August, and quiet the rest of the year, which offers a whole different experience.
Walking Tours in Ohrid, Macedonia
Create Your Own Walk in Ohrid
Creating your own self-guided walk in Ohrid is easy and fun. Choose the city attractions that you want to see and a walk route map will be created just for you. You can even set your hotel as the start point of the walk.
Museums and Art Galleries Walk
Ohrid is a town that is proud to share its heritage with visitors. Due to the small size of the town, there are only a few museums in Ohrid. Take the following tour through the historic and art exhibitions that offer a fascinating glimpse into the local culture.
Ohrid Daily Life Tour
The town of Ohrid is a quiet and cozy place, rich in interesting sites and a hospitable atmosphere. By taking the following tour, you will get to observe the town’s beautiful architecture and monuments and get a feel for the life of the locals.
Ohrid Shopping Walk
The following tour will take you through the most famous spots for souvenir and jewelry shopping in Ohrid. Among the most commonly bought gifts in Ohrid are filigree and pearl jewelry, woodcarvings and coppersmiths’ products. An interesting fact about most shops in Ohrid is that they are family owned and have been in business for decades.
Ohrid's Remarkable Places of Worship Tour
There is a legend supported by observations by Ottoman traveller Evlia Celebia, from the 15th century, that there were 365 chapels within the town of Ohrid's boundaries, one for every day of the year. Today this number is significantly smaller. However during Medieval times, Ohrid was called Slavic Jerusalem
Whether you are in Ohrid for a quick stopover or have a few days to see the city in more detail, exploring it on foot, at your own pace, is definitely the way to go. Here are some tips for you to save money, see the best Ohrid has to offer, take good care of your feet while walking, and keep your mobile device – your ultimate "work horse" on this trip - well fed and safe.
To ensure ultimate satisfaction from a day of walking around the city as big as Ohrid, it is imperative to take good care of your feet so as to avoid unpleasant things like blisters, cold or overheated soles, itchy, irritated or otherwise damaged (cracked) skin, etc. Luckily, these days there is no shortage of remedies to address (and, ideally, to prevent) these and other potential problems with feet. Among them: Compression Socks, Rechargeable Battery-Powered Thermo Socks for Cold Weather, Foot Repair Cream, Deodorant Powder, Shoes UV Sterilizer, and many more that you may wish to find a place in your travel kit for.
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East Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (Self Guided)
Pittsburgh’s eastern region offers various attractions of interest, including city landmarks and historic sites. East Pittsburgh is home to the outstanding Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Schenley Park, Stephen Foster Memorial Museum, Mary Schenley Memorial fountain, and two of the Carnegie Museums.
East Pittsburgh Map
Create Your Own Self-Guided Walks in Pittsburgh
Guide Name: East Pittsburgh
Guide Location: USA » Pittsburgh (See other walking tours in Pittsburgh)
# of Attractions: 9
Author: leticia
1) Soldiers & Sailors National Military Museum Memorial (must see)
Soldiers and Sailors National Military Museum and Memorial is the largest memorial in the United States dedicated solely to honoring all branches of military veterans and service personnel. It was conceived by the Grand Army of the Republic in the 1890s as a way for Pittsburgh and Allegheny County to honor the dwindling ranks of its American Civil War veterans.
Architect Henry Hornbostel designed the memorial in 1907. Dedicated in 1910, the building is in the Beaux-Arts style and is heroic in scale. It is located in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh at 4141 Fifth Avenue. The Memorial houses rare and one-of-a-kind exhibits that span the eras from the Civil War to the present day conflicts. Since 1963 it has operated the "Hall of Valor" to honor individual veterans from the region who went above and beyond the call of duty.
The building houses an auditorium seating 2,500, a banquet hall, and meeting rooms, in addition to its museum. The expansive lawn of the memorial sits on top of an underground parking garage operated under a long-term lease by the University of Pittsburgh.
Operation hours: Monday – Saturday 10 am – 4 pm.
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2) Nationality Rooms at the Cathedral of Learning (must see)
The Nationality Rooms are a collection of 29 classrooms in the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning depicting and donated by the ethnic groups that helped build the city of Pittsburgh. The rooms are designated as a Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation historical landmark and are located on the 1st and 3rd floors of the Cathedral of Learning, itself a national historic landmark, on the University of Pittsburgh's main campus in the Oakland neighborhood.
Although of museum caliber, twenty-seven of the 29 rooms are in almost constant use as functional classrooms and utilized daily by University of Pittsburgh faculty and students, while the other two (the Early American and Syrian-Lebanon) are display rooms which can be explored only via guided tour. The Nationality Rooms also serve in a vigorous program of intercultural involvement and exchange in which the original organizing committees for the individual rooms remain as participants and includes a program of annual student scholarship to facilitate study abroad. In addition, the Nationality Rooms inspire lectures, seminars, concerts exhibitions and social events which focus on the various heritages and traditions of the nations represented.
The various national, traditional and religious holidays of the nations represented are celebrated on campus and the rooms are appropriately decorated to reflect these occasions. The Nationality Rooms are available daily for public tours as long the particular room is not being utilized for a class or other university function.
Operation hours: Monday - Saturday 9 am - 4 pm, Sunday 11 am - 4 pm.
3) Stephen Foster Memorial
The Stephen Collins Foster Memorial is a performing arts center, museum and archive at the University of Pittsburgh. The main structure houses the two theaters that serve as performance spaces for the university's Department of Theatre Arts: the 478-seat Charity Randall Theatre and 151-seat Henry Heymann Theatre.
The left wing of the building houses the Stephen Foster Memorial Museum and the Center for American Music which contains the University of Pittsburgh's Foster Hall Collection that includes manuscripts, copies of over 200 of his musical compositions, examples of recordings, songsters, broadside, programs, books, various memorabilia, and several musical instruments, including one of Foster's pianos. The memorial is also home to the university's Ethelbert Nevin Collection and the Society for American Music.
The Stephen Foster Memorial, dedicated in 1937, is a steel-framed structure faced with the same Indiana Limestone used for the university's Cathedral of Learning. It is one of two buildings, the other being Heinz Memorial Chapel, designed by its architect, Charles Klauder, to accompany his centerpiece Cathedral of Learning on the Gothic revival portion of the university's campus.
Operation hours: Monday - Friday 9 am - 4 pm.
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4) Carnegie Museum of Natural History (must see)
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, located at 4400 Forbes Avenue in the Oakland neighborhood, was founded by the Pittsburgh-based industrialist Andrew Carnegie in 1896. It maintains an international reputation for research and is ranked among the top five natural history museums in the United States.
The museum consists of 115,000 square feet (10,700 m2) organized into 20 galleries as well as research, library, and office space. It holds some 22 million specimens, of which about 10,000 are on view at any given time and about 1 million are cataloged in online databases. In 2008 it hosted 386,300 admissions and 63,000 school group visits. Museum education staff also actively engage in outreach by traveling to schools all around western Pennsylvania.
The museum first made history in 1899 when its scientists unearthed the fossils of Diplodocus carnegii. Today its dinosaur collection includes the world's largest collection of Jurassic dinosaurs and its Dinosaurs in Their Time exhibition offers the third largest collection of mounted, displayed dinosaurs in the United States.
Operation hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 10 am - 5 pm, Thursday 10 am - 8 pm, Sunday 12 pm - 5 pm.
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5) Heinz Memorial Chapel (must see)
Heinz Memorial Chapel is a Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmark and a contributing property to the Schenley Farms National Historic District. The neo-Gothic chapel was designed by Charles Klauder who also designed the Cathedral of Learning and the Stephen Foster Memorial on Pitt’s campus. It form is that of a modified cruciform plan, stone vaults, high ceilings, repeated arches, and extensive use of glass that were typical of American academic and religious architecture of this period. It is 146 feet long, 55 feet wide at the transept, and 100 feet high at the nave with its steeple reaching 256 feet above the ground.
The Chapel’s walls, inside and out, are of Indiana Limestone. Both inside and out, the walls of the Chapel are of grey Indiana limestone. The interior ceiling is lined with a structural acoustical tile which, although it is a ceramic product, approximates stone. The Chapel’s wall carvings, by master stoneworker Joseph Gattoni of New York, follow the Gothic tradition of pictorial instruction and express the Chapel’s theme of spiritual values in education. Charles Connick’s studio, who is best known for designing the stained glass windows, also designed a large portion of the chapel’s stonework, including the Gothic-style shields adorning the stone walls and the tympanum above the main door that portrays the figure of Jesus with symbols of the Alpha and the Omega.
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6) Carnegie Museum of Art (must see)
The Carnegie Museum of Art, located in the Oakland neighborhood, is an art museum founded in 1895 by the Pittsburgh-based industrialist Andrew Carnegie. The museum holds a distinguished collection of contemporary art, including film and video works.
The museum's origins can be traced to 1886 with Andrew Carnegie's initial concept: "I am thinking of incorporating with the plan for a library that of an art-gallery in which shall be preserved a record of the progress and development of pictorial art in America". The museum presents as many as 15 changing exhibitions annually. Its permanent collection comprises roughly 35,000 works and includes European and American decorative arts from the late seventeenth century to the present, works on paper, paintings, prints (notably Japanese prints), sculptures and installations. The museum has notably strong collections of both aluminum artifacts and chairs. Approximately 1,800 works are on view at any given time.
In 2001, the museum acquired the archive of African-American photographer Charles "Teenie" Harris, consisting of approximately 80,000 photographic negatives spanning from the 1930s to the 1970s.
7) Mary Schenley Memorial Fountain (must see)
The Mary Schenley Memorial Fountain, or A Song to Nature, is a 1918 landmark public sculpture in bronze and granite by Victor David Brenner. It sits in Schenley Plaza at the entrance to Schenley Park and directly in front of the University of Pittsburgh's Frick Fine Arts Building. The fountain is designated as a contributing property to the Schenley Farms Historic District.
The work of art comprises two major figures: a reclining Pan, the Greek god of shepherds, and above him a female singer playing a lyre. From crevices along the fountain's rim four turtles spew water into the basin. An inscription on the pedestal reads, "A Song of Nature, Pan the Earth God Answers to the Harmony and Magic Tones Sung to the Lyre by Sweet Humanity." The basin of the fountain is 15 feet high, above which the figures rise another 15 feet.
The fountain honors Mary Schenley. In 1889, after intensive lobbying by Edward Manning Bigelow, director of parks for the City of Pittsburgh, Schenley donated the land for the park named in her honor. Upon her death, Pittsburgh City Council sponsored a national competition for the memorial. The judges selected this design by Brenner, who is famous today for his design of the Lincoln cent, which is still in circulation. In June 2008, restoration efforts were begun that include repairs, cleaning, plumbing, paving, and landscaping. A gift from the Benter Foundation will provide lighting for the fountain and plaza.
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8) Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (must see)
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is a complex of buildings and grounds set in Schenley Park. It is a City of Pittsburgh historic landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The gardens were founded in 1893 by steel and real-estate magnate Henry Phipps as a gift to the City of Pittsburgh. Its purpose is to educate and entertain the people of Pittsburgh with formal gardens (Roman, English, etc.) and various species of exotic plants (palm trees, succulents, bonsai, orchids, etc.).
Currently the facilities house elaborate gardens within the thirteen room conservatory itself and on the adjoining grounds. In addition to its primary flora exhibits, the sophisticated glass and metalwork of the Lord & Burnham conservatory offers an interesting example of Victorian greenhouse architecture. The entrance pavilion of the Phipps Conservatory has silver-level LEED certification.
9) Schenley Park (must see)
Schenley Park is a large municipal park located between the neighborhoods of Oakland, Greenfield, and Squirrel Hill. It is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district. The park is made up of 300 acres (120 ha) donated by Mary Schenley in 1889 and another 120 acres (49 ha) that the city subsequently purchased from her. Another 36 acres (15 ha) were acquired at a later date, bringing the park's total size to 456 acres (185 ha), and making it the second largest municipal park in Pittsburgh, behind Frick Park.
The park borders the campuses of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. Schenley Park features a grand entrance, Schenley Plaza, and several miles of hiking trails and a large lake in Panther Hollow. Across from the Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens is Flagstaff Hill, a popular place to watch outdoor movies in the summer. Schenley Park also contains the Schenley Park Golf Course. The golf course includes an indoor practice facility where golfers can play a "virtual" round on Pebble Beach and other famous courses. Since 1983, Schenley Park has been home to a vintage motor sports car race, the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix, that takes place annually in mid-July.
Walking Tours in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Create Your Own Walk in Pittsburgh
Creating your own self-guided walk in Pittsburgh is easy and fun. Choose the city attractions that you want to see and a walk route map will be created just for you. You can even set your hotel as the start point of the walk.
Pittburgh Downtown Architecture Walk
The city of Pittsburgh offers amazing architecture composed of stylish contemporary buildings, as well as buildings which date back to the 18th century. Fort Pitt Blockhouse, one of the many brilliant structures in the city, is the oldest of Pittsburgh’s buildings and an outstanding landmark.
Discover Pittsburgh's Art on the South Side
The southern district of Pittsburgh was originally a village of Birmingham that was annexed to Pittsburgh in 1872. Today, the southern section of the city is rich in culture, profiling the historic East Carson Street - covered in numerous small stores, restaurants, and bars.
Downtown Orientation Walk
Pittsburgh appears trough its history as a city built on coal and steel. Today Pittsburgh will impress you with its exhibits of contemporary art and rides on antique cable cars. Downtown Pittsburgh, the "Golden Triangle" as it's often called, blends the historic, administrative, economic, and cultural diversity into the heart of the city. Rediscover Pittsburgh trough its fascinating... view more
Pittsburgh Art Galleries
Pittsburgh is home to a number of art galleries, all of which are worth a visit. This beautiful city offers the chance for visitors to admire and appreciate modern art, photography, and watercolor paintings. Make sure you do not miss a chance to visit the art and culture of Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh Religious Buildings
Pittsburgh features a rich history and is home to various religious buildings and places of worship. Several of the city’s churches represent historic landmarks and date back to the 19th century. Religious buildings like these are open to the public and highly recommended during your visit.
Pittsburgh Museums
Pittsburgh is home to various museums which depict everything from history to modern art. Visitors may learn about the city’s early history at Senator John Heinz History Center and Fort Pitt Museum, appreciate installation art at Mattress Factory Museum, admire works of Andy Warhol at Andy Warhol Museum, and have fun at two other Pittsburgh museums dedicated to children.
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Whether you are in Pittsburgh for a quick stopover or have a few days to see the city in more detail, exploring it on foot, at your own pace, is definitely the way to go. Here are some tips for you to save money, see the best Pittsburgh has to offer, take good care of your feet while walking, and keep your mobile device – your ultimate "work horse" on this trip - well fed and safe.
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The Malaysian Airlines MH17 Crash: Financial Warfare against Russia, Multibillion Dollar Bonanza for Wall Street
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research, July 22, 2014
Theme: Global Economy
While the mainstream media casually accuses Moscow without evidence of having orchestrated the shoot down of Malaysian Airlines MH17 in liaison with the Donesk rebels, the backlash of the crisis on international financial markets and on Russia’s financial system has passed virtually unnoticed.
Moreover, the political threats and insinuations directed against the Russian Federation in the wake of the July 17 disaster, have been coupled with a renewed wave of economic sanctions directed against major Russian corporations and financial institutions.
Inside Information and Foreknowledge
The conduct of speculative operations both prior and in the wake of the July 17 crash, is also a major consideration: In the functioning of World financial markets, terror events, natural disasters as well as major tragedies such as MH17 will invariably have an impact on the short term behavior of financial markets including major stock markets, the foreign exchange market as well the energy and commodities markets.
It should be noted that foreknowledge of a terror event such as the MH17 crash of July 17 over Eastern Ukraine’s warzone, offers an opportunity to the perpetrators as well as those who have advanced knowledge of the terror event to conduct profitable speculative transactions on various financial markets. Cui bono? Wall Street or Moscow’s Financial Establishment?
In other words, those who planned the attack on MH17 (including their political and economic sponsors) had in their possession valuable and confidential information which could be used in large scale speculative undertakings, including options trade on the DJIA, the Moscow Stock exchange (MICEX), foreign exchange markets, not to mention speculative trade (e.g. put options) on airline stocks.
What is described above is routine in the frequent conduct of “risk free” speculative trade by major financial institutions.
Major financial actors who had foreknowledge of the MH17 event of July 17 would have made billions of windfall gains in speculative transactions. With foreknowledge of the crash, institutional speculators would be in a position to accurately “predict” the short term decline of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major stock markets, commodity and forex indexes and act accordingly, placing speculative bets through the use of different financial instruments.
Moreover, there is also an overlap between Wall Street and the corporate financial media: Timely news releases by Bloomberg, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, etc. in the wake of a major international event often exert a decisive influence on the actual movement of major financial indicators. At the same time, these powerful financial media –which influence investors’ perceptions regarding future market trends– overlap symbiotically with partner interests on Wall Street which are directly involved in undertaking major transactions. In fact, the corporate financial media are invariably major actors on Wall Street or the City of London. Who are the major shareholders of the WSJ, the Financial Times or the Economist? Is there a conflict of interest?
The New York Stock Exchange
In the wake of the July 17 crash of MH17, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) declined from its 17150 peak and subsequently bounced back (see chart below). Foreknowledge of the MH17 would have allowed the reaping of financial gains on the short term movement of the Dow from one day to the next.
Table 1 Down Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)
The London Stock Market on July 17
While the NYSE was open on the 17th after the disaster over Ukraine, the London Market Stock opened up on Friday the 18th and experienced a short term slump in market values, rebounding at the end of trade on the 18th.
London Stock Exchange FTSE All Share Index
The Moscow Stock Exchange
The tragic event of July 17, coupled with immediate accusations directed against Russia, contributed to precipitating the tumble of the Moscow stock exchange (see chart below).
While European stock markets were also affected, the most dramatic decline was recorded on the Moscow Stock Exchange, with Moscow’s MICEX index falling by 2.3 per cent in one day and its dollar-traded related index, the RTS index, dropping by 3.8 per cent. (Reuters, July 18, 2014) (see chart below)
Those who had advanced knowledge of the MH17 crash and the likely accusations directed against Russia by president Obama would no doubt have placed their bets on a decline of both the MICEX and the Russian ruble.
Table 2 Moscow Stock Exchange MICEX Composite Index
Graphs: Source Financial Times, 2014
The Sanctions Regime
The economic sanctions regime initiated by the Obama administration had targeted the Russia’s arms industry, its major energy giants including state owned Gazprom and Rosneft as well as the privately owned gas conglomerate Novatek. Major Russian financial institutions were also the object of sanctions.
In a bitter irony, late Wednesday July 16th (ET), one day before the MH17 tragedy, the Obama administration announced a new set of sweeping sanctions directed against the Russian Federation:
[L]ate Wednesday [July 16, 2014] , President Barack Obama had announced fresh sanctions targeting Russia’s large-cap companies that included bellwether energy and banking companies. … “We have to see concrete actions, and not just words that Russia in fact is committed to trying to end this conflict along the Russia-Ukraine border,” Obama stated at the White House after announcing fresh sanctions on Russia’s large-caps. (MH17 Crash, Fresh US Sanctions: Beware of Funds with Russia Exposure, Zaks, July 18, 2014
It is worth noting that Rosneft has a gas deal with Exxon Mobil. The endgame of the sanctions regime is economic conquest, namely to weaken Russia’s energy giants with a view to ultimately modifying their ownership structure:
That the United States went for such a big company [i.e. sanctions] shows that it means business. Rosneft has outstanding debts of about $70 billion, close to its market capitalization, forcing it to seek persistent refinancing — and, leaving aside some Russian and Chinese financing, only the international dollar markets can provide sufficient financing.
Rosneft will have to reduce its capital expenditures because of the U.S. sanctions.” (Anders Aslund, U.S. responded to MH17 before airliner was shot down, Sanctions imposed after Russia delivered arms that brought down plane, Market Watch, July 18, 2014)
Following Obama’s timely announcement on the 16th of July, confirming a new wave of sanctions, the decline of stock values on Moscow’s Stock Exchange started at the opening of trade on July 17th prior to the crash of MH17.
Currency Markets: Decline of the Ruble
Currency markets were also affected. While the event did not precipitate a significant decline of the Malaysian ringgit, the Russian ruble fell by 1.8 per cent against the US dollar, its biggest one-day decline since June 2013. (Reuters, July 18, 2014). In the wake of the July 17 crash in Ukraine, the Russian ruble has continued to decline (see chart below).
Ongoing threats pertaining to Russia’s alleged role in the downing of MH17 not to mention the implementation of new sanctions against Russia announced on the 16 of July, have resulted in a significant decline of the Russian ruble. It should be understood that the Russian central bank must have acted to prevent a further decline of the ruble, most probably using its forex reserves to counteract the speculative attack against the ruble, leading to a significant capital outflow of Russia’s dollar reserves.
Table 3 Russian Ruble (RUB) US Dollar Exchange Rate (June 21, 2014 – July 21, 2014)
Source: Exchange Rate.com
Decline in Airline Stocks
There was a significant decline in airline stock values quoted on NASDAQ on July 17th following the crash of MH17 (see chart below) characterized by a dip on the 17th and a recovery on the 18th. Those who had foreknowledge of the MH17 crash could have placed safe speculative bets reaping substantial profits.
As outlined at our introduction the issue of foreknowledge is of crucial significance. By definition the criminal perpetrators of the MH17 crash had foreknowledge which could have been used by partner financial entities involved in speculative trade. This particular dimension of MH17 foreknowledge –reminiscent of the short selling of airline stock in the days preceding 9/11–requires further analysis and investigation. It should be a component of the criminal investigation into the July 17 crash itself.
NYSE Airline Index (XAL), July 15-21, 2014
The Fate of Malaysian Airlines
With the mysterious disappearance of MH370 in March, the number of MH passengers had dropped by 60 per cent. Malaysian Airline System’s (MAS) financial situation had become increasingly fragile.
Following the MH17 crash, Malaysian Airlines System is up for complete privatization. “MAS is almost 70 per cent owned by the government investment vehicle Kazanah Nasional, which earlier this year expressed interest in offloading part of its holding.” (ABC New Australia, July 21, 2014)
The annual decline in MAS stock is of the order of 25.8 (see chart below)
Table 4 Malaysian Airlines MAS Stock Values (July 2013- July 2014)
Source: Bloomberg, 2014
Copyright © Prof Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, 2014
Articles by: Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Michel Chossudovsky is an award-winning author, Professor of Economics (emeritus) at the University of Ottawa, Founder and Director of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), Montreal, Editor of Global Research. He has taught as visiting professor in Western Europe, Southeast Asia, the Pacific and Latin America. He has served as economic adviser to governments of developing countries and has acted as a consultant for several international organizations. He is the author of eleven books including The Globalization of Poverty and The New World Order (2003), America’s “War on Terrorism” (2005), The Global Economic Crisis, The Great Depression of the Twenty-first Century (2009) (Editor), Towards a World War III Scenario: The Dangers of Nuclear War (2011), The Globalization of War, America's Long War against Humanity (2015). He is a contributor to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. His writings have been published in more than twenty languages. In 2014, he was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit of the Republic of Serbia for his writings on NATO's war of aggression against Yugoslavia. He can be reached at [email protected]
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NASCAR finales livened up with drama
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Denny Hamlin beamed from ear-to-ear as he gleefully explained his role in the latest round of bumper cars with nemesis Brad Keselowski.
"The sun was real bad at that point," Hamlin said with a wink, pausing to soak in the roar of approval from the crowd at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
"I think the fans right there got their money's worth."
Did they ever.
The final weekend of NASCAR's long season closed with a bang, and not from the fireworks following Jimmie Johnson's record fourth straight championship. Tempers erupted in two different races, thrilling fans who have been largely starved the last several years for some old-fashioned on-track drama.
There was a time in NASCAR when drivers fought all the time, and grudges lasted for years. Any on-track slight could ignite a battle, proven 30 years ago when brothers Bobby and Donnie Allison climbed from their cars following the 1979 Daytona 500 to double-team Cale Yarborough in a post-race brawl.
It was the first Daytona 500 televised nationally in its entirety, and the brawl was seared into viewers' minds. Who were these grime-covered Southerners, and why were they fighting on national TV?
At the time, that image worked well for NASCAR as it began its expansion from small Southern sport into a major racing series. But when the sport exploded in popularity two decades later, NASCAR tried hard to shed its stereotypes and mold its drivers into Madison Ave. pitchmen.
The edict from above was clear: No more fighting.
Those who defied the order were swiftly punished with anything from monetary fines to probation. Even squeaky-clean Jeff Gordon violated the order, earning the only behavior-related penalty of his career for shoving Matt Kenseth after a race at Bristol.
And so it all began to stop, leaving fans hungry for the action and emotion they wanted.
"There was an era where we felt like we needed to clean it up, and progressively reacted that way. Obviously, it was to protect the character of NASCAR," president Mike Helton said Monday. "We didn't certainly intend to make it too sterile, but the drivers were afraid to be themselves, and that's not good."
So NASCAR two seasons ago promised to let the drivers have a little bit more leeway in expressing their personalities.
Only no one took the bait.
There was some name-calling, and an occasional nudge on the track. Nothing too exciting, though, at least until this weekend.
It started with Hamlin and Keselowski, a feud that had been heating up for months. Hamlin had vowed to get revenge in the Nationwide Series finale and struck early in Saturday's race. He bumped Keselowski hard enough from behind to force his heated rival into a smoky spin.
"I just wanted to send a message that I am a man of my word," Hamlin said after. "My father once told me, 'If you say you are going to do something, you've got to do it. And he told me I had to do it, so I had to do it."
That ended up being the undercard to Sunday's showdown, which pitted two of NASCAR's most temperamental drivers against one another.
Tony Stewart and Juan Pablo Montoya tangled three different times in the Sprint Cup Series finale, starting when Stewart cut Montoya off after passing him on the track. The fast-closing Montoya slammed hard into the back of Stewart's car, and Stewart retaliated moments later with a door-to-door slam.
That contact inadvertently cut Montoya's tire, which caused him to wreck. After his crew repaired his car, a vengeful Montoya returned to the track and wrecked Stewart.
Again, the crowd went wild.
As attendance and ratings slipped all season long, it became fairly obvious what it is that the fans desire and what has been missing from NASCAR.
"Fans following sports, they expect (conflicts) and rightfully so," Helton said. "When you put competition on a race track or a field, you are going to have conflicts. We understand it's going to happen, and I think fans expect it."
NASCAR did penalize both Hamlin and Montoya for aggressive driving, but the punishments were issued in-race and didn't carry any significant value such as loss of points or a hefty fine. Whether the Homestead banging leads to similar incidents won't be known until next season, but not everyone is convinced NASCAR needs the drama.
"What this sport needs is good racing," veteran Jeff Burton said. "It doesn't need running that mouth. Running that mouth is not what it's all about. Good, hard racing is what fans want to see."
Kevin Harvick, who seemed to explode almost weekly during the early years of his career, chimed in in agreement.
"Good, hard racing is going to create its own accidents," he said. "It's going to create its own moments, it's going to create everything that the fans want to see. Good side-by-side racing, that stuff is going to happen regardless. I don't want to get out anymore and fight with somebody. There's not too many people in the garage that want to handle it that way."
The fans do, though, and maybe there's a middle ground that can be found before next season.
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Religion News: Despite opposition, Methodist university to house Bush presidential library
Weekly religion rail, with items on Southern Methodist University, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan's endorsement of Barack Obama and more.
Dallas college will be home of presidential library
Southern Methodist University in Dallas will be home to George W. Bush's presidential library after a yearlong approval process that some faculty and religious opponents failed to derail.
The decision became official as SMU's board of trustees approved an agreement with the Bush Foundation, which will manage construction and raise money for the project, expected to cost more than $200 million.
Last spring semester the issue dominated many SMU Faculty Senate meetings as some members voiced their opposition. Some Methodist ministers also joined the fray, launching an online petition drive that garnered about 11,000 signatures from those opposed to SMU hosting the library, museum and institute. The group said some Bush administration policies conflict with church teachings. -- Reuters
Get to Know … Louis Farrakhan
Louis Farrakhan is the acting head of the Nation of Islam as the National Representative of Elijah Muhammad. He is also well-known as an advocate for African American interests and a critic of American society.
Farrakhan, a Chicago native, is backing Democratic White House contender Barack Obama but did not formally call on Nation of Islam followers to vote for Obama.
Farrakhan has been accused of anti-Semitism and homophobia, and Obama's spokesman Bill Burton said: "Senator Obama has been clear in his objections to Minister Farrakhan's past pronouncements and has not solicited the minister's support."
An extensive new survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life details the religious affiliation of the American public and explores the shifts taking place in the U.S. religious landscape. Over the next few weeks, we’ll feature some results of the poll.
More than one-quarter of American adults (28 percent) have left the faith in which they were raised in favor of another religion - or no religion at all. If change in affiliation from one type of Protestantism to another is included, 44 percent of adults have either switched religious affiliation, moved from being unaffiliated with any religion to being affiliated with a particular faith, or dropped any connection to a specific religious tradition altogether.
Good Book?
In “The Third Jesus,” spiritual leader Deepak Chopra provides a fresh perspective on what Jesus can teach us all, regardless of our religious background. There is not one Jesus, Chopra writes, but three.
First, there is the historical Jesus, the man who lived more than two thousand years ago and whose teachings are the foundation of Christian theology and thought. Next there is Jesus the Son of God, who has come to embody an institutional religion with specific dogma, a priesthood, and devout believers. And finally, there is the third Jesus, the cosmic Christ, the spiritual guide whose teaching embraces all humanity, not just the church built in his name. He speaks to the individual who wants to find God as a personal experience, to attain what some might call grace, or God-consciousness, or enlightenment. – amazon.com
Quote of Note
"Today, a trip to China is unthinkable, even if it's the desire of Pope Benedict. But today there are not the conditions for this to happen."
A Vatican official said that while Pope Benedict has made improving ties with Beijing a major goal of his pontificate, such a trip was impossible given current divisions among China's 8 to 12 million Catholics. -- Reuters
Mezuzah: Means a doorpost in Hebrew. It refers to a scroll with specific verses from the Torah placed inside a container and attached to a doorpost outside of the home of a devout Jew. The most common verses are Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and 11:13-21. – Religioustolerance.org
Religion Around the World
Religious makeup of Indonesia
Muslim 86.1 percent
Protestant 5.7 percent
Roman Catholic 3 percent
Hindu 1.8 percent
Other or unspecified 3.4 percent
- CIA Factbook
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Aly Raisman to BBYO: Be kind, speak out, stand up for survivors
(JTA)—Aly Raisman, the Olympic gold medalist gymnast, told a BBYO conference she drew strength from her Jewish upbringing.
Raisman, addressing the pluralistic youth movement’s annual conference in Orlando, Florida on Friday, said she wanted to “talk about how proud I am to be a Jewish athlete,” which drew cheers.
“Being Jewish is all about family and I think being Jewish is all about being a good person,” she said. “I have so many amazing memories of being with family during the Jewish holidays.”
Raisman, 23, advised her audience to seek family where they could find it. “Family does not have to be blood-related. It can be a coach close to you, a teacher, a friend anyone that you trust,” she said.
She alluded to her abuse by Larry Nassar, a former doctor for the US Olympic gymnastics team. Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison for molesting over 150 women and girls over two decades.
“Everyone is a survivor of something no matter what it is,” she said. “There are many people out there who have bravely spoken up about their stories of abuse, but there are many people who are also suffering in silence.”
Raisman has been one of Nassar’s most vocal public critics since last fall. A video of her giving powerful court testimony at his sentencing hearing went viral last month.
She said anyone suffering should speak out.
“We live in the social media age where I’m sure most of you guys have Instagram or Snapchat or Twitter,” she said. “Social media is great... but it’s also tricky because social media, we only want to show the best ideas of ourselves.”
She said it was important not to live up to others’ idea of perfection. “I’m not perfect, nobody’s life is perfect. It’s really important if you’re having a hard time to know that it’s okay to not be okay,” she said.
She emphasized the importance of kindness. “There’s a lot of bad on social media, there’s a lot of victim blaming, there’s a lot of body shaming,” she said. Her parents raised her, she said, to understand, “Everyone has feelings you should always, always be kind to one another.”
BBYO’s International Convention, running through Feb. 19, is expected to include over 3,000 teens from 36 countries, for sessions led by peers, educators, thought and business leaders, celebrities, political figures and philanthropists. BBYO calls it one of the largest Jewish communal leadership events in North America, and the single-largest gathering of Jewish teen leaders worldwide.
Also speaking were Michael Signer, the former mayor of Charlotteville, Virginia, who is Jewish; and Susan Bro, the mother of Heather Heyer, the counter protester who was killed by a white supremacist during protests in the Virginia college town last summer.
Signer said he had grown up in Virginia, assimilated, in part because he feared standing out. A trip to Israel when he was 40 brought out his Jewish pride, he said. “Something really clicked just hanging out with all those sabras,” he said. “My own journey of coming to being very proudly and strongly Jewish gave me the strength to have the courage I needed when Nazis invaded my town when I was mayor.”
Bro drew some of the loudest cheers of the day when she recalled her late daughter’s favorite saying: “If you’re not outraged you’re not paying attention.”
Another speaker was Jason Kander, the former secretary of state of Missouri and US army intelligence officer. In 2016, the Jewish candidate made an unexpectedly strong showing in his bid to oust the incumbent Missouri Republican senator, Roy Blunt.
Kander now directs a get-out-the-vote operation for Democrats. He said that he had been advised by others in the military—including Jewish troops—not to reveal to others while he was in Iraq that he was Jewish.
Kander said he now feels embarrassed that he kept the fact he was Jewish from his interpreter, Salaam, until Kander was about to finish his tour. “I had never had a Muslim friend I was as close to as I was close to Salaam,” he said. He was surprised to learn that Salaam knew all along that Kander was Jewish. “Back home in Kansas City my sister cuts your grandmother’s hair,” Salaam told Kander.
Other speakers spoke of Israeli voluntarism and assistance in disaster relief overseas, and Israeli innovation.
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The Kingdom (Hardcover)
By Jess Rothenberg
(YA TEEN HARDCOVER)
A half-android, half-human girl is accused of murder in Jess Rothenberg's tautly-paced YA thriller, The Kingdom, perfect for fans of Westworld and The Lunar Chronicles.
"Wildly addictive and beautifully terrifying... Readers will leave this glittering theme park forgetting what is real."—Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Belles
Welcome to the Kingdom… where "Happily Ever After" isn’t just a promise, but a rule.
Glimmering like a jewel behind its gateway, The Kingdom™ is an immersive fantasy theme park where guests soar on virtual dragons, castles loom like giants, and bioengineered species—formerly extinct—roam free.
Ana is one of seven Fantasists, beautiful “princesses” engineered to make dreams come true. When she meets park employee Owen, Ana begins to experience emotions beyond her programming including, for the first time… love.
But the fairytale becomes a nightmare when Ana is accused of murdering Owen, igniting the trial of the century. Through courtroom testimony, interviews, and Ana’s memories of Owen, emerges a tale of love, lies, and cruelty—and what it truly means to be human.
Jess Rothenberg is the author of the young adult contemporary novel, The Catastrophic History of You & Me, published in more than a dozen countries. She is a former editor of books for young readers, including the bestselling Vampire Academy series. She currently works as a writer and freelance editor. She lives in New York City with her husband and son.
"Reading The Kingdom feels like a dark treasure hunt. Rothenberg interweaves profound existential questions with breakneck twists and turns to create a story that's both unputdownable and unforgettable."—Sara Holland, New York Times-bestselling author of Everless
"Rothenberg presents a thought-provoking anti–fairy tale."—Publishers Weekly
"This sublime blend of The Stepford Wives and Westworld is richly composed and intricately plotted."—Kirkus Reviews
"Through flashbacks, trial transcripts, and evidence exhibits, Ana's story, and greater revelations about the world around her, unfold in tantalizing pieces. A layered and fast-paced mystery with an ethical backbone."—Booklist
"The Kingdom is essentially Disney on steroids, and Rothenberg brings the idea of a place built on fantasy to its inevitable conclusion: what happens when those fantasies aren’t so nice, and at whose cost are those fantasies fulfilled?"—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"This highly accessible title is recommended to both science fiction fans and teens who don’t normally read in this genre, and to readers who enjoyed titles such as Lauren Oliver’s Replica and S.J. Kincaid’s The Diabolic."—School Library Journal
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Young Adult Fiction / Science Fiction
Young Adult Fiction / Thrillers & Suspense
Young Adult Fiction / Dystopian
CD-Audio (May 28th, 2019): $39.99
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The Ibsen Radio Drama Collection : A Collection of Nine Full-Cast Dramatisations CD-Audio
Often described as 'the father of realism', Henrik Ibsen was a pioneer of modernist drama.
He influenced playwrights as diverse as George Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde, and is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare. Included in this collection are adaptations of his tragicomic masterpiece The Wild Duck, his complex and compelling play Rosmersholm, the epic drama Brand and the tragedy John Gabriel Borkman.
Ibsen's A Doll's House is relocated to 1879 India in Tanika Gupta's Audio Drama Award-winning dramatisation, while the provocative and scandalous Ghosts is adapted by Richard Eyre, with the cast of his Olivier Award-winning Almeida Theatre production.Also featured are vibrant dramatisations of Hedda Gabler, whose desperate heroine is trapped in a suffocating marriage; The Lady from the Sea, about a woman torn between security and passion; and An Enemy of the People, in which a whistleblower reveals an inconvenient truth and is vilified for it. The casts of these stunning dramas include David Threlfall, Nicholas Farrell, Helen Baxendale, Indira Varma, Lesley Manville and Harriet Walter.
Format: CD-Audio
Publisher: BBC Worldwide Ltd
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Bournemouth Man Jailed Over Britain's Biggest Jewellery Raid
A gunman who terrified staff as he carried out the UK's biggest jewellery robbery in central London has been jailed for 23 years.
Aman Kassaye planned and executed the "high stakes'' heist at Graff Diamonds in Mayfair last summer, in which £40 million of gems were stolen at gunpoint.
He used a professional make-up artist to disguise his appearance and a series of getaway cars to escape across the capital, shooting at anybody who got in his way, Woolwich Crown Court heard.
Kassaye, of no fixed address, was jailed for 16 years for conspiracy to rob, a further five years for possessing a firearm and a further two years for kidnap, a court official said.
Petra Ehnar, a shop assistant at the store in New Bond Street, told the jury she was "petrified'' when the robbers forced her to empty the store's display cabinets with a gun to her back. She filled a bag with 43 pieces of jewellery including earrings, necklaces and watches worth a total of #40 million. One diamond necklace alone was valued at £3.5 million. The gems taken in the robbery have never been recovered.
Ms Ehnar, who was forced into the street by the robbers as they made their getaway, was told she would be killed if she did not carry out their demands.
Three other men - Solomun Beyene, 25, of Marylebone, north-west London; Clinton Mogg, 43, of Bournemouth; and Thomas Thomas, 46, of Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames - were each jailed for 16 years after also being convicted of conspiracy to rob, the court official said.
Footage was shown to the jury of Kassaye firing a shot in the street outside the store as passers-by began to realise what was happening, sending them running for cover. Kassaye's defence rested on his assertion that the raid was carried out ``by someone remarkably like him'', but he was identified by Ms Ehnar.
Scotland Yard appealed for the public to help them trace the motorcyclist dubbed "The Stig'' who is suspected of making off with the remarkable haul of gems. Detective Chief Inspector Pam Mace, of the Flying Squad, said the "fast-moving complex investigation'' was ongoing and a reward of up to #1 million was still on offer.
The four men sentenced on Friday were all convicted of conspiracy to rob the jeweller's between August 3 and August 7, 2009. The heist dwarfed what is thought to be Britain's previous biggest jewellery robbery, a £23 million raid at the same store in 2003.
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Critic's Notebook: In the End, 'Game of Thrones' Finds a Way to Make Its Woman Problem Worse
1:16 PM PDT 5/13/2019 by Maureen Ryan
It's going to be hard to think of the show without feeling nauseated by what it did — especially to its women — in the home stretch.
[This story contains spoilers from the May 12 episode of Game of Thrones.]
"Don't do it. Don't do it. Do not do this!"
I shouted that at the TV screen Sunday night, but I wasn't talking to Daenerys. I was shouting at the writers and architects of Game of Thrones, executive producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.
But they did it. They not only gave Daenerys the least-earned character turn in the show's history — maybe in television history — they rubbed our faces in this colossal mistake for what felt like an eternity. To say the show befouled the bed in its penultimate episode, "The Bells," is putting it mildly.
Let me ask you this: What prompted Dany to burn King's Landing? In the moment, that is. The allied forces of Dany and the North had won. In the interests of time, let's leave aside the fact that it was comically easy to kill a dragon only a week ago, but this time, the dragon deftly avoided every projectile and Dany destroyed every scorpion without even breaking a sweat. That was the first laughable moment in an episode that, ultimately, was anything but funny, given how it left the HBO drama's unreliable reputation for quality in smoldering ruins.
In any event, when Dany rested her dragon on a King's Landing wall and realized that she was victorious and the Iron Throne was (probably) hers, what — right then and there — prompted her to decide to burn the city?
Nothing. Nothing at all.
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There was no proximate cause, no essential reason for the character to take that horrific action at that moment. To say that a character — or a person — has mental illness in their family tree and thus has no control over their actions is astoundingly reductive and plays into harmful and lazy stereotypes. It's also just boring writing to make a character do something stupid and then handwave it away with "Something, something mental illness!"
That's not only offensive, that's a generality that does nothing to justify that drastic action in that particular moment. All in all, the show has done a piss-poor job of explaining why Daenerys would decide to destroy the very prize she had set her heart on ruling a decade ago. We watched eight seasons of a woman at least attempting to use or think about power differently. Until she didn't. Because … reasons.
Because she had been burned by personal losses? No, sorry, that won't fly. The deaths she's endured recently have certainly contributed to her current mental state, but in the past, we've seen her go through horrific experiences and major grief without murdering thousands of people. Even when she has made mistakes, it was usually in the midst of making strategic decisions that were designed to get her to the next stage of her plan. "Because she was angry" doesn't work, because we've seen her be furious while also demonstrating restraint and realistically assessing the best way forward.
Inescapably, infuriatingly, what we're left with is apparently the central message of Game of Thrones: Bitches are crazy.
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Here's how little the show thinks of Dany and how ill-served she was in "The Bells": Once the attack on King's Landing began, we didn't see her face. A core character was reduced to a vengeance-fueled cypher. All we observed, for what felt like pummeling hours, was dragonfire roasting citizens, knocking down buildings, and terrorizing soldiers and civilians alike. Despite Emilia Clarke's superlative acting abilities, we didn't see Dany for the majority of the episode's running time. She was just a faceless, personality-free supervillain, the kind you see in a by-the-numbers blockbuster. We'd been invited to understand Dany's point of view for all these years, but as the endgame approached in "The Bells," the writing made her less interesting than the purple potato known as Thanos.
In its best moments, Game of Thrones has been so much better than this, but every season has been uneven, and this season has been the most slapdash, rushed and insulting of all. At this point, I don't care what happens in the series finale, because the show has already destroyed its legacy, as far as I'm concerned. Of course, a good chunk of that legacy has to do with how ill-served its female characters have been, and the show went out of its way to double down on that in "The Bells."
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Brienne was last seen wearing her robe, crying over a boy who broke her heart. The show took the beauty of Jaime knighting Brienne and — again, thanks to tin-eared, threadbare writing — turned it into a bad subplot on a crappy soap opera.
Game of Thrones used to be intermittently interested in exploring and complicating Cersei, which makes sense, given how tremendous a performer Lena Headey is. But this season especially, Cersei has been reduced to a flat, one-dimensional villain, one who is mostly offscreen, except in the occasional scenes in which she smirks or drops smug, acidic commentary. Cersei barely spoke in "The Bells," except for when the show was about to kill her off.
Sansa wasn't even onscreen. Everyone in Westeros has made mistakes in their time, Sansa included, but at this point, she's shown more wisdom than most of the characters left alive. She's the most level-headed leadership material the kingdom has at the moment. So, of course, she sitting around tending the hearth in the North and hasn't been given much of interest to do (aside from being portrayed as disloyal to Jon Snow). Not surprisingly, the continually ineffectual Jon Snow wandered around in "The Bells" and once again, didn't really accomplish much. And the show is apparently just dying to put a crown on his head. Because … reasons?
If the show had given us more than a couple minutes of Arya and the Hound actually interacting in the past few episodes (or seasons), maybe her decision to forgo revenge on Cersei — you know, a huge part of the motivation that has driven her for years — would have made more sense. It's not that I needed her to kill Cersei, but once Arya was in the Red Keep, the writing for her was abrupt and took the path of least resistance. Maisie Williams gave a terrific performance in the episode, but the messages "The Bells" was sending were so depressingly incoherent that it was hard to care about any of it.
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"The Bells" was full of sound and fury that signified nothing, aside from an ungainly sprint to the finish line. It made me feel ill to see so much effort and money wasted on such trivial, silly, nihilistic and sexist storylines. And honestly, the men didn't fare much better: All that character development of Jaime was apparently wasted, and I'm trying to come up with a list of good decisions Tyrion made lately and I'm not coming up with much. This superlative cast deserved better.
In "The Bells," there were moments that could have contained emotional resonance, but that potential was overshadowed by decisions that Benioff and Weiss set up and executed with little or no foresight or thoughtfulness. At this point, it's hard to escape the conclusion that the Game of Thrones creative team thought spectacle would make up for the lack of well-honed concluding character moments. As impressive as the visuals in "The Bells" were, they were ultimately hollow: The explosions served mostly as a reminder that Game of Thrones likes to kill people in large numbers when it runs out of ideas.
Landing like enormous chunks of masonry were so many adolescent, superficial takes on what could have been meaty themes. If it was saying anything, "The Bells" appeared to be stating that cycles of oppression and abuse can't be undone. Rulers are always self-serving and driven by greed and paranoia. Most people can't see beyond their own self-interest. The little people will always get crushed. Douchebros like Euron Greyjoy will always wear leather pants.
So much money spent, so much time spent, all for a show that never knew how to write its women consistently well and that had immature conceptions of how to end their tales. The best-executed major plot turns are moving and tragic because they feel surprising and yet inevitable. Given the right kind of in-depth character development, we could have wept for the choices Daenerys, Brienne, Sansa or Cersei made. I grind my teeth when I think about what this show turned out to be versus what it could have been. At its best, its characters have given us moving and wonderfully complex moments, but "The Bells" was Game of Thrones at its worst, and it did untold damage to the show as a whole. It's going to be hard to think of the show without feeling nauseated by what it did — especially to its women — in the home stretch.
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And now that Benioff and Weiss are done dumping on one pop-culture touchstone, I feel even more depressed about the fact that they've been tapped to work within the Star Wars universe. The writing staff of Game of Thrones was almost exclusively male and white, as were the ranks of the show's directors. This lack of inclusion has contributed to eight seasons of writing for women — especially women of color — that was problematic, to say the very least. The writers and directors of the Star Wars franchise — and the showrunners it has hired for TV — are almost all white and male as well. As in Westeros, as in Hollywood: The cycle repeats itself.
At this point, it doesn't matter if we ring the pop-culture bells, it doesn't matter if we surrender to this state of affairs. What are the odds they're going to burn that beloved property to the ground too?
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The heart - the body's pump. How do you avoid heart disease or how to avoid a heart attack? No certain guarantees about any answers to these two questions, but let's be very clear about how it can literally affect anyone, for example, James Hunt, having survived all of the many hazards of Formula One car racing, collapsed and died of a heart attack at the early age of 46, while the Labour leader, John Smith, suffered the same fate at 55 years. Cabinet Minister Michael Heseltine, close contender in the past for the premiership of the Conservative Party, laid in a Venetian hospital in intensive care, one of the lucky 50 per cent who would recover. Having reached 60 years, he was in the high-risk age group.
British people have the unhealthiest hearts in the world, with the Scottish and Irish the top scorers in cardiac failure. It's the commonest cause of premature death in the UK, accounting for 31 per cent of men under 65 and 14 per cent of women. Contrary to popular opinion, it is three times more likely to strike down the manual labourer than the executive. The financial burden to the National Health Service is estimated at around £500 million every year, yet, only one-fiftieth of this amount is spent in efforts to prevent it. Heart disease costs the UK about £2 billion per annum in lost earnings calculated on the staggering total of 40 million working days.
Before the Industrial Revolution, with its attendant changes in eating habits and lifestyles, heart disease was a rarity. Much of the blame, therefore, has to be attributed to the appalling UK diet. A switch from high-fat, high-sodium, over-refined junk food to an intake of whole grains, plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables without added salt, makes a noticeable difference to premature death rates, as has been proved in recent years in America and Australia, where emphasis has been laid on these simple preventive measures, combined with regular exercise and no smoking.
Considering that there are some 40,000 miles (96,500 km) of blood vessels in each human being, it is quite astounding that the circulatory system keeps going as well as it does. Part of its work is to transport oxygen and nutrients to the cells and to remove their waste products. Indeed, the network of capillaries is so dense that all 60 trillion cells have access to nourishment. Some capillaries are exceedingly fine, measuring only 0.001mm in diameter.
After collecting the digested food from the tiny villi in the intestine, the blood carries the nutrients in solution to the liver, following which the glucose, salts, vitamins and some proteins are transported to every part of the body. Eventually, they seep through the walls of the capillaries into the tissue fluid. The cells, being soaked in this fluid, can now absorb the nutrients and use them for the chemical reactions that maintain life.
Meanwhile, in the lungs, oxygen has combined with haemoglobin in the red blood cells. The newly oxygenated blood, now bright red, travels down the arteries, through the smaller arterioles and finally to the capillaries. Here, the oxyhaemoglobin breaks down and so the oxygen becomes available for use by the tissues. Equally, the blood carries away the carbon dioxide from the respiring cells, through the venules and then the veins and back to the lungs, from which it is breathed out.
The blood also transports hormones, made in the body by various glands, to the parts that need them. Additionally, it is important for the maintenance of correct temperature, keeping the extremities warm.
The liver and kidneys ensure that the cells are bathed in a liquid that stays the same in its composition (homoeostasis). All the tissue fluid is derived from blood plasma and it is the job of the circulation system to replenish this fluid.
The organ that keeps the blood on the move is of course the heart. It is amazingly efficient, sending a red cell round the entire circulation in as little as 45 seconds. The pumping action, caused by the contraction and relaxation of the heart muscles, creates blood pressure, which you can feel at particular points, for example on the wrist below the thumb joint. The number of beats per minute varies from individual to individual, this can be between 50 and 110 when resting, and as much as 200 during excessive exertion. Special muscle cells at the top right of the heart initiate the beat, which is regulated by two sets of nerves from the brain, according to the needs of the body. Yet if these nerves are severed, the heart will still continue to beat.
Basically three main things can go wrong with the circulatory system: the pressure can increase unhealthily (hypertension) or become weak or irregular; the vessels can become hardened and liable to burst (arteriosclerosis); fatty deposits or clots can block the vessels up (atherosclerosis and thrombosis).
Hypertension - When taking blood pressure, doctors note two measurements in the arteries, the one caused by the heart contracting and the other when it relaxes, producing a reading such as 120/80. If you show a reading above 140/95 you are suffering from high blood pressure or hypertension and could be heading for trouble.
Several factors can contribute to this disorder including smoking, chronic stress, some oral contraceptives, certain anti-inflammatory drugs, lead poisoning, obesity and a fatty diet. Hardening of the arteries will raise blood pressure, as will an imbalance among the chemicals that regulate the circulation, the hormone-like prostaglandin and steroids. Too much salt leads to fluid retention which can result in hypertension, as can other mineral imbalances.
The main problem with this condition is that a blood vessel may burst due to the extra pressure. If this happens in the brain, a stroke will occur, damaging the nervous tissue, with death the very possible outcome.
(To give illustrations of typical examples, fictitious names are used below):
Margery had a history of hypertension and circulatory disorders in her family. She herself was overweight and chocolate biscuits and alcohol were her consolations whenever she felt a bit depressed or lonely. She had recently retired and was missing the companionship of her work colleagues. She went to her doctor for a check up. After taking her blood pressure he warned her that she was a possible stroke candidate and that she must lose weight. He also recommended that she reduce her salt intake by not having it on the table and that she give up alcohol. However, Margery found these therapeutic measures extremely difficult to follow. She disliked preparing food, especially just for herself; snacking seemed so much easier. After a month of struggling with the new regime, she finally gave in again to her craving for chocolate biscuits, and the glass of wine soon became supplemented with a few straight Scotches. She was vaguely aware of tingling sensations in her right arm, but thought nothing of it.
The inevitable happened. She was pottering about in her back garden when she collapsed. Luckily her neighbour happened to look over the fence and, seeing her crumpled up on the lawn, quickly rushed to her aid and called an ambulance. When she finally came out of the coma in hospital she felt very disorientated, especially on discovering that her right arm and leg refused to move and that she had trouble in coordinating her speech.
Margery needed almost two months of regular physiotherapy before she was mobile enough to leave the hospital. Having come into a small inheritance she was able to afford further rehabilitation at a private centre in the country, where the care was of a high standard. The dietary regime was strict, but this time she took it seriously; the effects of the stroke had been so frightening that she was now well motivated to look after herself properly. She lost some weight and her staggered lurches gradually began to resemble proper steps. She learnt from the excellent resident nutritionist that by following some simple measures her high blood pressure could be substantially reduced, which in turn would greatly lessen the risk of another stroke. At the same time she could take particular nutrients to increase the flexibility of the blood vessels, making them less prone to bursting.
She was astonished to learn that her intake of sodium was probably as much as 40 times the amount her body needed, bearing in mind her sedentary lifestyle, and that not only must she cut out added table salt, she must also avoid all processed and convenience foods (all high in sodium), canned foods preserved in brine and all obviously salty fare such as bacon and cheese. She was also fascinated to hear that humans have evolved from hunter-gatherer African tribes, who naturally sweated out considerable amounts of sodium as they looked for their daily supplies under the hot sun. They instinctively searched for salty flavours to replenish those losses. Our liking for sodium has been ruthlessly exploited by food companies to the detriment of our health. It also has useful preservative qualities that contribute to shelf life and therefore profits. This mineral is widely present in virtually all natural foodstuffs in sufficient quantities to maintain health and there is no need to add more. It took Margery a while to adjust to meals prepared without salt, but after a few weeks, her taste buds began to appreciate the subtleties of natural flavours. In August 1982 a study by T. C. Beard et al. was reported in The Lancet showing that 80 per cent of hypertensive patients put on a low-sodium diet were able to reduce or stop their drugs within three months. This knowledge encouraged Margery.
However, it is not just a question of low sodium, but of the crucial balance between this mineral and potassium. Potassium deficiency greatly increases the risk of hypertension and the more salt you take, the less your body can use the available potassium. Primitive hunter-gatherer humans consumed about 16 times more potassium than sodium, whereas modem Westerners consume four times more sodium than potassium. This imbalance creates serious health problems and needs to be reversed if we are to avoid premature deterioration of cell function. Although potassium is widely available in foods, especially in green leafy vegetables, about half is lost by boiling; a switch to light steaming means that all but about 6 per cent of this mineral is retained.
Vegetarians have lower blood pressure on average than omnivores and this may have something to do with their higher intake of potassium from fresh vegetables. At any rate, Margery was strongly advised to boost her consumption of plant foods and cut down on meat. Anyone who has great difficulty in cooking without salt can switch to a substitute such as Biosalt or Ruthmol which have the correct potassium content. It is a disgrace that doctors often put hypertensive patients on diuretics which cause potassium loss without also giving supplements of this mineral; such drugs are probably doing more harm than good.
Potassium has a direct benefit on the circulatory system by dilating blood vessels and relaxing the muscles that surround them. It also counteracts the effects of stress hormones that push up blood pressure. Margery was given a daily supplement of 2.5g.
Magnesium is another mineral that relaxes muscles, including those around blood vessels. A study by T. Dyckner et al. reported in volume 286 of the British Medical Journal in 1983 proved that this mineral helps to reduce blood pressure in hypertensive patients. Excessive alcohol causes a deficiency by acting as a diuretic and thereby promoting its loss in the urine - another incentive for Margery to give up those double Scotches.
Calcium also helps to lower blood pressure in about half of patients, although it is not fully understood why. It makes good sense, however, to take a combined calcium and magnesium supplement in the form of dolomite; Margery was prescribed 2g daily. Zinc has a similar effect at about 30mg daily balanced with 3mg of copper.
Another protective food is fish oil which contains EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) from the omega 3 family of polyunsaturated fatty adds. Patients who take regular doses of cod-liver oil (3 to 4 tablespoons daily) note a significant lowering of blood pressure within a month, after which the amount needs to be reduced in case of vitamin A toxicity. Fish became an important part of Margery's diet. Anyone who cannot tolerate the fish oil will benefit from 3g daily of evening primrose oil, which contains another important fatty acid, GLA (gammalinolenic acid), of the omega 6 family. While raising the level of polyunsaturated fats in the diet, saturated fats and hydrogenated oils must be reduced for maximum benefit.
Of the vitamins, C helps to build strong walls to blood vessels, and the bioflavonoids, especially rutin, toughen up the fragile capillaries. Clearly these are vital nutrients for stroke candidates. The recommended supplement here is 2g per day of ascorbic acid with 200mg of rutin.
Luckily Margery was fond of garlic, a truly magical ingredient for a healthy circulation, reducing blood pressure and lowering cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Garlic pearls are perhaps a more sociable alternative, although the chlorophyll in green vegetables and parsley help to freshen the breath. Another age-old remedy, ginseng, is known to improve the flexibility of blood vessels as well as counteracting hypertension.
The switch to a wholefood diet meant that Margery's intake of dietary fibre had increased significantly. Hair analysis had shown that her lead levels were too high - another source of hypertension. This could be remedied by the phytate in the wheat fibre, which attaches itself to body lead and helps to extract it from the system.
By the time Margery returned home, she was almost back to normal and her blood pressure was on the way down. Understanding fully how nutritional therapy would keep her well, involved her in preparing healing foods for herself (see recipes in the Healthy Diets - link below). She was even able to give up the chocolate biscuits, knowing that sugar can increase hypertension.
At the same time she bought herself a dog and the regular walking provided much-needed exercise. To reduce tension she joined a relaxation class. Here she learnt how deep breathing can slow the heart rate. As an added bonus she made some good friends there which kept her loneliness at bay. When Margery went for her check-up a few weeks later, her doctor was astonished at her improvement.
Coronary heart disease - Colin is a self-employed builder, physically strong, but a life-long forty-fags-a-day man and overweight with a 'beer belly'. Despite the smoking, he had always considered himself to be reasonably fit until at the age of 53 he began to suffer from chest pains. He was repairing a roof early one morning when he experienced the first symptoms: a gripping pain behind his breastbone, which spread up into his neck, causing a feeling of suffocation, and then down his left arm and over the upper part of his abdomen. He climbed down his ladder with great difficulty and lay on the ground until the pain gradually subsided.
His doctor suspected angina pectoris and this was later confirmed by an electrocardiogram and blood tests. The pain was the result of the heart muscle being deprived of the blood supply needed to keep it working properly, due to clogged-up arteries. He was instructed to give up smoking which was damaging his blood vessels, and to avoid fatty foods and lose weight. Yet Colin was nicotine-addicted and, try as he might, he just could not cut out cigarettes. His angina attacks became more frequent, although somewhat alleviated by the drugs prescribed, which helped to dilate the blood vessels.
Finally, as feared, Colin suffered a heart attack. Fortunately he was at home at the time. The pain in the left side of his chest was intense and he turned deathly pale, cold and sweaty. His pulse became so weak and his breath so gasping that his wife thought he would die, but the ambulance managed to rush him into intensive care in time to save his life.
If only Colin had been able to quit smoking and follow proper nutritional advice in the early stages of angina, the heart attack would most probably not have occurred. In this disease, the arteries become increasingly blocked by fatty deposits consisting mainly of cholesterol and triglycerides. Yet there are nutrients that can actually reverse this process and thin the blood out. Another factor is the stickiness of the little pieces of blood cells called platelets, normally available to aid the healing of wounds through causing the blood to congeal. Here again, nutrients can correct stickiness so that clots do not form in the wrong places.
EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid), an active ingredient of omega 3, found in fish oil, is especially beneficial to heart disease patients. This both thins the blood out and reduces its stickiness. Studies have shown that it lessens by more than half the manufacture of TXA2, a thromboxane produced by blood platelets that promotes clotting. Equally, EPA stimulates the blood vessel walls to put out more PGI (prostacylins) that discourage the clotting action. If patients eat plenty of oily fish, especially herring, mackerel and salmon, then blood cholesterol levels will drop to a healthy level - even if eggs are consumed (although this is not recommended) - as will the triglycerides. Salmon oil in particular, reduces the VLDLs (very low-density lipoproteins), forerunners of LDLs (low-density lipoproteins), which are high in the 'bad' cholesterol that gets deposited in blood vessel walls.
If Colin had taken fish oils, he would have noticed his angina pains lessen considerably. Not all cholesterol is bad by any means. Indeed, the body generally makes more than twice as much as we consume in food because it is needed for making steroid hormones, the manufacture of bile and for the structure of cell membranes. High-density lipoproteins (HDLs) pick up cholesterol from the tissues for transportation to the liver and then excretion. This sort of cholesterol is popularly referred to as 'good' because it is being removed from the body.
A couple of portions of fish per week is very protective against heart disease. If EPA is taken in capsules, then the antioxidant vitamins C and E should also be included to counteract potential ill effects of any rancidity. Patients with heart disease will profit from doses of EPA ranging from 300 to 3,000mg daily, depending on severity. An alternative is a teaspoon each day of cod-liver oil; this can be bought with a pleasant mint or orange flavour. A word of caution, though: it is easy to overdo a good thing. Do not exceed recommended 'doses or you may bleed more than usual if you cut yourself. In any case, all heart disease patients should consult their doctors before taking supplements.
Vegetarians are not likely to suffer from heart disease, especially if they do not smoke, but protective factors similar to those in fish oils are found in linseed oil and the herb purslane. Linseed oil actually encourages the cells to make EPA. Evening primrose oil at 2 to 3g per day can also reduce blood cholesterol.
Calcium has cholesterol-lowering effects too, especially if combined with a low-fat diet. Patients improved in only six weeks with 400mg of elemental calcium taken three times daily. This is particularly beneficial if combined with 200mg of magnesium.
Vitamin C is not only a useful antioxidant, it can actually break up clots at a dosage of at least 2g daily, it lowers the amount of fats in the blood and increases the ratio of the 'good' HDLs. It's even more effective if taken with bioflavonoids, especially rutin.
Multiple benefits are also provided by vitamin E at between 200 and 800IUs daily, especially if taken along with selenium at a dosage of 70mcg up to 1,000mcg. Do check with your doctor first, however, as such supplementation can conflict with anticoagulants. A natural way to take selenium is in the form of wholemeal bread or brazil nuts - just two will provide you with your daily needs, or soya beans are another good source. It's well known that the lower the level of selenium in the blood the greater the risk of heart disease. Studies have shown that selenium and vitamin E have natural anticoagulant properties by promoting prostacyclin levels, the prostaglandin that discourages clotting. These nutrients offer marked relief from the pain of angina and vitamin E is better at thinning blood than aspirin.
Angina sufferers will gain from another nutrient, vitamin B6, which at about 40mg per day diminishes the stickiness of platelets and hinders the formation of an enzyme in the blood called thrombin; this converts the plasma protein fibrinogen into fibrin, insoluble strands of fibres in which red cells become trapped, thus making a clot. Remember to take B complex also, as this group of vitamins needs to be balanced.
Another magic ingredient is the amino acid L-carnitine. Specific research in Italy has shown that patients who had died of heart attacks had a deficiency of this substance in the heart muscles. In a different study, chronic angina sufferers were prescribed 1g twice a day. After only four weeks they were able to exert themselves much more without incurring pain. Carnitine helps to keep the blood dear of fats by ensuring their efficient burning for energy. It is found only in animal products, but humans also manufacture their own. However, vitamins B6 and C, together with iron and the amino acid lysine, are essential for the production of carnitine, so that a deficiency in any of these nutrients could result in low levels of this important substance. Best sources of lysine are lean lamb and fish, another good reason to go in for seafood. In addition to lowering blood fats, carnitine raises those 'good' HDLs that help to keep the blood dear of cholesterol. Dosage can range from 500 to 3,000mg daily depending on need. Muscular weakness can be a sign of deficiency.
Coenzyme Q is also concerned with the release of energy from food, working in cooperation with vitamin E. It is the 'spark' that initiates the conversion of carbohydrates to energy in the presence of oxygen. More than 90 per cent of patients given this quasi vitamin showed improvement in the pumping action of the heart within a month. Angina patients were also significantly helped. It could be that some people are not able to make enough of this substance in their bodies to ward off heart disease, maybe due to a deficiency of the necessary complementary B vitamins, and a supplement of 30-60mg could be helpful. This coenzyme is also depleted by stress and ageing.
Wonder foods are garlic and ginger, both of which have passed with flying colours in scientific studies. When eaten daily, blood cholesterol decreases. Walnuts and avocado pears have a similar effect. Garlic also significantly lowers triglyceride levels while at the same time promoting those 'good' HDLs. In one experiment, patients ate up to ten cloves per day, with outstanding results . . . even if they did become unpopular with other members of the amity! Perhaps it is well worth being unsociable for the sake of a sound heart!!
Apart from smoking, Colin was also a coffee addict. It is now known that drinking more than two cups of coffee per day is connected with high blood cholesterol and low HDLs. On the other hand, chicory has the reverse effect and can be used as a coffee substitute. As for sugar, a high intake brings about a loss of chromium, another nutrient that helps to keep the blood clear of fatty blockages. Heart disease patients must therefore cut out sugar and increase their consumption of wholewheat bread and pasta. Refining flour removes nearly all of this vital mineral.
Frightened by the appalling experience of the heart attack and relieved to be alive, Colin this time, was sufficiently motivated to adopt a wholefood diet. While too weak to cook for himself, his wife was glad to support him in this by learning to select ingredients that would do him good. She substituted soya products for much of his meat, thereby providing him with a useful source of lecithin. This substance is a natural emulsifying agent, since it is partly soluble in water as well as in fat, and for this reason has been adopted by the food industry as an additive. In the body it can prevent and reverse atherosclerosis by causing blood fats to be broken down into such small particles that they can pass right through the walls of the arteries and then be used by the tissues. It can be bought in granules and sprinkled onto food.
Colin's new wholefood diet had the advantage of increased dietary fibre which binds to blood fats and escorts them out of the body. At the same time it effectively raises the 'good' HDLs and lowers the 'bad' LDLs. Oats and legumes were more or less new to him, but they were particularly recommended. Pectin from fruits such as apples and oranges is a healthy type of water-soluble fibre. Colin rarely ate fresh fruit prior to his heart attack, but it now features every day on his menu along with fresh vegetables. As he has lowered his intake of saturated fat by eating less meat and switching to skimmed milk, so his weight has dropped.
The hospital helped him with a gently graduated exercise programme by handing him a card every so often with a new goal written on it. At first, he could scarcely climb the stairs when he arrived home, but his strength returned as his vascular health improved, until he could walk several miles a day.
Giving up smoking was hardest of all, but he finally achieved this by joining a self-help group. The support of others in similar predicaments encouraged him to stay the course. As for the garlic, this has become a joke in the family. Recently Colin and his wife have learnt to introduce main courses made from beans and lentils, such as those described in the Healthy Diets (link further down below), and sandwiches are now spread with non-hydrogenated margarine rather than butter.
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Gloria Jean (Montgomery) Johnson
Gloria Jean Montgomery Johnson, the daughter of the late Carrie Lee Montgomery Uzzle and Ernest Montgomery was born on January 18, 1943. Gloria was preceded in death by her brothers Walter King and Dwayne Montgomery. Gloria, 75 years young, departed this earthly life for her heavenly home on November 13, 2018. Gloria grew up in West Mifflin, and graduated from Duquesne High School where she met her high school sweetheart the late John Burnell Johnson. They were joined in holy matrimony and from this holy union two daughters were born.
Gloria was a member of Garden City United Methodist Church. She was employed for 38 years at Jefferson Hospital and retired as a Central Service Department Supervisor. She was a volunteer and financial supporter for numerous charitable organizations. Gloria had a passion for cooking and baking. She loved hosting gatherings for her family and friends. Gloria was a world traveler who enjoyed vacationing with her family and friends. All who knew Gloria loved her for her quiet demeanor, kind spirit and generous heart. Gloria’s greatest joys were her late husband, her children, and her grandchildren.
Gloria leaves to mourn, her devoted daughters Yvonne Barnes and Tonya Johnson; her son-in-law Leon Barnes; her grandchildren Zakera Barnes, Tynasha Barnes and Adia Glen. She is also survived by six brothers, Russell Montgomery (Peggy), Richard Montgomery, Lawrence Montgomery (Peggy), David Montgomery, Keith Montgomery, and Edward Montgomery and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives. She will be dearly missed by many.
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How to Get to Governors Island
Governors Island is a public park in New York Harbor, between Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. Here's how to get to this popular attraction.
Step 1: To get to a concert on Governors Island during non-ferry hours, use a New York Water Taxi. Water Taxis typically leave every 15 minutes from locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn; check with the event promoter for specific schedule and fare information.
Step 2: No matter how you get to Governors Island, know when you have to leave. The last ferry leaves for Manhattan at 5 p.m. on Fridays and for Manhattan and Brooklyn at 7 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays; check the Water Taxi website for its schedule. Don’t worry about being left behind --park staff sweep the island before closing to ensure everyone gets home.
FACT: Using rocks and dirt dug up during construction of the Lexington Avenue subway line, in 1912 the Army Corps of Engineers oversaw the addition of 4.8 million cubic yards of fill on the south side of Governors Island, adding 103 acres of land.
TIP: Check "govisland.com":http://govisland.com/html/home/home.shtml for subway, bus, and driving directions to both ferry locations.
Step 3: Want to get to Governors Island from Brooklyn? Use the free Governors Island Brooklyn ferry, which departs from Brooklyn Bridge Park at the foot of Atlantic Avenue. On Saturdays and Sundays, the ferry runs from 11 a.m. until its last launch at 5:20 p.m.
Step 4: On weekends, take the free Governors Island Manhattan ferry. It leaves from the Battery Maritime Building at 10 South Street starting at 10 a.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. The last ferry to the island departs at 3 p.m. on Fridays and 5:30 on Saturdays and Sundays.
TIP: The Battery Maritime Building is adjacent to the Staten Island ferry.
Step 5: Know when Governors Island is open to visitors: generally from June to early October. Check the park's website at "govisland.com":http://govisland.com/html/home/home.shtml for specific dates.
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CJEU provides some clarification on functional limits to in-house exemption: no two bites of the cherry? (C-567/15)
In its Judgment of 5 October 2017 in LitSpecMet, C-567/15, EU:C:2017:736, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has considered the limits of the in-house exemption from the procurement rules in scenarios where a contracting authority controls an in-house entity and, in turn, the in-house entity engages in activities with third parties--or, in other words, the CJEU has assessed the functional limits of the exemption in relatively complex public house situations.
The CJEU has not really followed the thrust of the Opinion of AG Campos (which was largely based on competition considerations, see here), but rather provided a clarification that focuses the assessment of the applicability of the EU procurement rules to the purchases by the in-house entity from third parties on an independent analysis of whether the in-house entity 'at the end of the public house chain' meets the definition of 'body governed by public law'. This offers some clarification that could be useful in the future, but the way the CJEU applies the tweaked test also creates new areas of uncertainty and opens up the case law to criticisms on the basis of the conflation of activities along the 'public house chain' despite setting out to avoid such conflation.
In LitSpecMet, more specifically, the CJEU considered "whether the second subparagraph of Article 1(9) of Directive 2004/18 must be interpreted as meaning that a company which, firstly, is wholly owned by a contracting authority the activity of which is to meet needs in the general interest and which, secondly, carries out both transactions for that contracting authority and transactions on the competitive market may be classified as a ‘body governed by public law’ within the meaning of that provision and if so, in that regard, what is the effect of the fact that the value of the in-house transactions may in future represent less than 90% or not the main part of the total financial turnover of the company" (C-567/15, para 23).
The case was decided on the basis of Art 1(9) of Directive 2004/18/EC but, given that its terms are largely coincidental with Article 2(1)(4) of Directive 2014/24/EU, it is of broad and future relevance. In the end, both provisions establish three cumulative conditions for the consideration of an entity as a 'body governed by public law': (a) be established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character; (b) have legal personality; and (c) (i) be financed, for the most part, by the State, regional or local authorities, or by other bodies governed by public law; or (ii) be subject to management supervision by those authorities or bodies; or (iii) have an administrative, managerial or supervisory board, more than half of whose members are appointed by the State, regional or local authorities, or by other bodies governed by public law.
In LitSpecMet, the CJEU started by reiterating its case law on the cumulative conditions that determine the status of 'body governed by public law' (paras 29-30) and on the functional and broad approach to the interpretation of the personal scope of application of EU procurement rules (para 31). Given that in LitSpecMet it was uncontroversial that the relevant entity had separate legal personality and was controlled by a contracting authority (para 32), the analysis rested on whether the entity constituted a "body established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character" (para 33).
Specific purpose of meeting needs in the public interest
In this analysis, and decoupling the different phases of the relevant test, the CJEU stressed that
34 It is clear ... that the requirement [for the entity to have been 'established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character'] must be satisfied by the entity whose classification is being examined and not by another entity, even if the latter is the parent company of the former which supplies the latter with goods or services. It is therefore not sufficient that an undertaking was established by a contracting authority or that its activities are financed by funds derived from activities pursued by a contracting authority in order for it to be regarded as a contracting authority itself (judgment of 15 January 1998, Mannesmann Anlagenbau Austria and Others, C‑44/96, EU:C:1998:4, paragraph 39).
35 In addition, it is necessary to take into consideration the fact that the use of the term ‘specific’ shows the EU legislature’s intention to make only entities established for the specific purpose (sic) of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character, the activity of which meets such needs, subject to the binding rules on public contracts.
36 Accordingly, it is necessary to determine, first of all, whether [the in-house entity] was established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, the activity of which meets such needs before, if necessary, examining whether or not those needs have an industrial or commercial character (see, to that effect, judgment of 22 May 2003, Korhonen and Others, C‑18/01, EU:C:2003:300, paragraph 40) (C-567/15, paras 34-36, emphasis added).
Even if the drafting could have been clearer, particularly that of para 35 (which is tautological and, frankly, impossible for me to crack), the thrust of the test set out by the CJEU in LitSpecMet comes to assess the functional purpose of the in-house entity under consideration, rather than the nature of the activities it carries out. This comes to severe any intended chains of justification based on the activities in the general interest carried out by contracting authorities further up the 'public house chain' and concentrates on the purpose of the in-house entity 'at the end of the public house chain'--which must have been specifically established for general interest purposes.
This seems like the proper approach in abstract terms. However, the difficulty is that such a strict approach to the assessment of the activities of the in-house entity are likely to lead to the conclusion that it does not carry out activities in the general interest, which creates a difficult functional conundrum. This is visible in LitSpecMet where, in my view, the CJEU creates a great deal of confusion in the way it applies the test to the relevant entity in LitSpecMet in two ways.
First, in the way that the CJEU considers the purpose of the entity, which is to supply goods and services to enable its parent company to carry out the latter's activity (para 37), to be in the general interest because its "activity, in particular the manufacture and maintenance of locomotives and rolling stock and the supply of those goods and services to [the parent company], appears necessary for [the parent company] to be able to carry out its activity intended to meet needs in the general interest" (para 38).
To me, this seems wrong because the supply activity is not in the public interest, but in the interest of the parent company, which means that the entity whose classification is being examined does not meet the requirement (ie, in contravention of para 34) and because functionally it conflates the main activity of the parent company (in the general interest) with the ancillary (commercial/industrial) activity of the in-house entity 'at the bottom of the public house chain'. Otherwise, this would be tantamount to saying that a (private) supplier of the public sector carries out activities in the general interest where its supplies are necessary for a public authority to carry them out--quod non. In that regard, the test suggested by AG Campos concerning whether the in-house entity indirectly contributed to the general interest activities would seem preferable.
Second, and more importantly, the CJEU creates additional confusion when it indicates that, in the assessment of whether the in-house entity was specifically established for the purpose of meeting needs in the general interest,
40 ... it is irrelevant that, in addition to the activities intended to meet needs in the general interest, the entity in question also carries out other activities for profit on the competitive market (see, to that effect, judgments of 15 January 1998, Mannesmann Anlagenbau Austria and Others, C‑44/96, EU:C:1998:4, paragraph 25, and of 10 April 2008, Ing. Aigner, C‑393/06, EU:C:2008:213, paragraph 46 and the case-law cited).
41 Thus, the fact that [the in-house entity] does not carry out only activities intended to meet needs in the general interest through internal transactions with [its parent company], so that [the parent company] may carry out its transport activities, but also other profit-making activities is irrelevant in that regard (C-567/15, paras 40-41, emphasis added).
Once more, with the ultimate goal of preventing an 'escape' from the procurement rules by in-house entities carrying out activities outside of the public house, this seems to me to wrongly ignore the focus previously put on the assessment of the activity of the entity whose classification is being examined. Functionally, where an entity carries out activities in the public interest and activities of a commercial or industrial nature, it makes no sense to treat all activities the same.
This is not the approach followed in the context of utilities procurement under Directive 2014/25/EU. Furthermore, in EU competition law, where entities carry out activities that represent the exercise of public powers and economic activities, their assessment is based on the severability of the activities. In my view, the same approach would be appropriate here and, even more, in keeping with the functional logic of the in-house and public-public cooperation exemptions from compliance with EU public procurement rules, it would seem that the opposite approach should be preferred--to the effect that, where an entity carries out a significant volume of its activities for the benefit of entities outside the public house, it should not be considered a 'body governed by public law' for the purposes of subjecting it to the procurement rules but at the same time, the exemption from compliance with public procurement rules in the award of public contracts by other entities in the public house should disappear.
In other words, functionally, I do not think it makes sense to take such a strict approach to the assessment of the existence of activities in the general interest for the purpose of assessing the classification of the in-house entity as a 'body governed by public law', but rather to take a more holistic approach to the assessment of the position of the entity within the public house--ie, the entity must be either in or out of the public house.
Thus, in my opinion, the formulation of the test (and its sequencing) seems appropriate, but its application and the conflation of activities--both (i) the conflation of the activities of the controlling and the controlled entity, and (ii) the conflation of the activities in the general interest and the commercial or industrial activities of the latter inter se--is erroneous and comes to create significant confusion that muddies the waters of the intended clarification.
Needs not having an industrial or commercial character
Moreover, given that the CJEU considered the in-house entity 'at the bottom of the public house chain' to have been established specifically to meet needs in the general interest, the Court continued setting out the detailed test, and established that
43 ... in the assessment of [needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial] character account must be taken of relevant legal and factual circumstances, such as those prevailing when the body concerned was formed and the conditions in which it carries on its activity, including, inter alia, lack of competition on the market, the fact that its primary aim is not the making of profits, the fact that it does not bear the risks associated with the activity, and any public financing of the activity in question.
44 ... if, with regard to the activities intended to meet needs in the general interest, the body operates in normal market conditions, aims to make a profit and bears the losses associated with the exercise of its activity, it is unlikely that the needs it seeks to meet are not of an industrial or commercial nature (judgment of 16 October 2003, Commission v Spain, C‑283/00, EU:C:2003:544, paragraphs 81 and 82 and the case-law cited).
45 That being the case, the existence of significant competition does not, of itself, allow the conclusion to be drawn that there is no need in the general interest, which is not of an industrial or commercial character.
46 In those circumstances, it is for the referring court to ascertain ... whether... the activities carried out by [the in-house entity], seeking to meet needs in the general interest, were exercised in competitive conditions and in particular whether [the in-house entity] was able ... to be guided by non-economic considerations (C-567/15, paras 43-46, emphasis added).
I also find the formulation of this part of the test confusing, not least due to the unclear position that the existence of competitive markets assumes. As I mentioned when discussing the Opinion of AG Campos, the sole fact that the controlling entities within the public house are directly awarding contracts to the in-house entity without having to comply with the procurement rules suffices to exclude a consideration that those entities are actually exposed to the vagaries of the market because they have a captive demand from the controlling entities--which significantly insulates them from market risk where such demand is enough to absorb 80% of the entities' turnover. Ultimately, then, either there is an exemption at the level of the relationship between the contracting authority and the in-house entity, or there is an obligation to tender at that level (which then frees the otherwise in-house entity from public procurement duties). But, either way, the logic of exposition to competition in the market does not allow for both exclusions. In addition to that consideration, I think that the position of the CJEU in LitSpecMet creates additional issues.
First, it is not clear to me whether the analysis in this second step needs to be constrained to the activities "intended to meet needs in the general interest" (para 44, particularly in relation to para 40) or to all the activities of the in-house entity (as suggested in para 46?), particularly where the in-house entity carries out for-profit activities with third parties, but also carries out not-for-profit (or not fully commercial) activities with the controlling entity and/or other entities within the public house. Would profit-seeking activities with third parties (even if of a relatively small volume, say 10% or 20% of the turnover of the in-house entity) suffice to make it fall foul of the definition of 'body governed by public law'? Second, it is not clear to me how to assess whether an entity is "able to be guided by non-economic considerations". Third, it is also unclear to me whether transactions are carried out in competitive conditions where the mere existence of the in-house entity may suppress any relevant comparator.
Ultimately, I guess that what is relevant is to try to understand the functional rationale and implications of the second part of the test. The situation here is one where an in-house entity carries out procurement activities ancillary to the activity in the general interest of its parent company (first step of the test) and, at this point, the assessment of whether its activities are competitive or not, and whether it can be guided by non-economic factors, determine the applicability of procurement rules to its purchases from third parties (second step of the test).
In my reading, that means that (a) if the in-house entity carries out its relevant activities in competitive conditions, it falls foul of the definition of 'body governed by public law' and does not need to comply with the procurement rules in its acquisitions from third parties; and (b) if the in-house entity does not carry out its relevant activities in competitive conditions and/or can be guided by non-economic considerations, then it will be classed as a 'body governed by public law' and thus obliged to comply with the procurement rules. At least (a) can be problematic in some scenarios--although (b) can also be problematic where the analysis is constrained to solely part of the activities of the in-house entity.
Regarding (a)-type situations, where the in-house entity that receives the direct award of contracts from other entities in the public house without subjection to public procurement rules carries out competitive activities, the test seems to allow it to benefit from its in-house position to compete in the market without having to comply with procurement rules in its purchases--which is functionally opposite to the restrictions on market activities of the in-house entity under Art 12 Dir 2014/24/EU (as mentioned above).
Overall consideration
I think that my uneasiness with the Judgment in LitSpecMet primarily derives from the fact that, where assessing the activities of in-house entities 'at the bottom of the in-house chain', the first part of the test ignores whether, in addition to (indirect) activities in the general interest, the entities carry out additional for-profit activities with third parties. And, subsequently, the second part of the test (potentially) concentrates on the existence of such activities (and the existence of profit goals and business risk) to exclude the non-commercial and non-industrial nature of those activities. Even if I cannot say exactly why, I sense a disconnection between both parts of the test. I will have to give this case some additional thought but, for now, I think that the CJEU would have been better off by adopting a functional approach to the in-house exemption and its limits, rather than a functional approach to the concept of 'body governed by public law', which implementation creates confusion.
Tags LitSpecMet, Court of Justice, public procurement, body governed by public law, Art 1(9) Dir 2004/18, Art 2(1)(4) Dir 2014/24, test, competition, general interest, in-house, confusion
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Canada PM says government played no role in Huawei executive’s arrest
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday said his government had no involvement in the arrest of a top executive from Chinese technology giant Huawei, who was detained at Vancouver airport.
Trudeau said Ottawa had been given a few days’ advance notice about the plan to arrest Meng Wanzhou, who faces extradition to the United States. He declined to give further details, given that Meng faces a bail hearing on Friday.
The news pummeled stock markets already nervous about increased tension between the United States and China and prompted experts to predict that Beijing would retaliate against Canada.
“The appropriate authorities took the decisions in this case without any political involvement or interference … we were advised by them with a few days’ notice that this was in the works,” Trudeau told reporters in Montreal in televised remarks.
Asked whether he had spoken to the Chinese premier or the ambassador, Trudeau said he had had no conversations with international counterparts about the case.
China’s embassy said late on Wednesday that it firmly opposed what it called an unjustified arrest.
The move comes at a challenging time for Trudeau, whose attempts to boost trade ties with China are sputtering.
Brock University professor Charles Burton, a former Canadian diplomat who had served two postings in China, said Beijing was convinced the U.S. administration had pressured Canada to go ahead with the arrest.
“We can expect China to retaliate against Canada very vigorously,” he said by email.
In June 2014, Chinese businessman Su Bin was picked up on a U.S. warrant in Canada, where he had been attempting to establish residency. Shortly afterward a Canadian citizen in China was arrested and charged with spying. Kevin Garratt spent two years in detention before being deported.
Su pleaded guilty to conspiring to hack defense contractors and was sentenced to nearly four years in prison in 2016.
Asked about the potential for ties with Beijing to sour, a Canadian government official said the two countries had a sophisticated relationship.
“We will continue to discuss issues across a range of fora designed to do just that,” said the official, who requested anonymity given the sensitivity of the situation.
Richard Kurland, a Vancouver-based immigration lawyer, said there was little chance Meng would be released from detention. Most people held on U.S. warrants are extradited quickly, he said in an interview.
“If you have deep pockets, you have options,” he said.
Huawei has a small Canadian operation, employing just shy of 1,000 people. But the company said early this year it had become the 25th largest research and development funder in Canada, thanks to partnerships with local universities.
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Protecting children is Commission's aim, not political points
The Forgotten Children – the report of the Australian Human Rights Commission's national inquiry into the impact of immigration detention on children – was released this month, three months after it was provided to the government.
The report makes for disturbing reading. Anyone who has read it will be left with one question in mind: why has Australia maintained a policy that medical and other evidence has proven beyond doubt causes severe damage to children?
Why, critics have asked, did I as president begin the inquiry in 2014 and not six months earlier in July 2013, when the numbers of children in detention reached a record high. Why, it has been asked, did I not act earlier?
Since the report was provided to the government last October, the commission has been subject to the criticism that it is politically biased. Why, critics have asked, did I as president begin the inquiry in 2014 and not six months earlier in July 2013, when the numbers of children in detention reached a record high. Why, it has been asked, did I not act earlier?
The answer is that the commission has worked tirelessly over many years reporting on the failure by both Labor and Liberal governments to comply with their international law obligations to refugees. In July 2012 the commission reported its findings of an inquiry into the treatment of asylum seeker children who were subject to mandatory detention as people smugglers. A number were held in adult prisons, on the basis of flawed age determination processes. The report revealed major concerns over how a number of government agencies dealt with these children. Over the subsequent months, significant changes to law and policy were made to address the concerns identified by the commission.
Within eight weeks of commencing as president in July 2012 I was at Villawood Detention Centre, interviewing children and other detainees. Four weeks later I was on Christmas Island.
The report of that inspection visit was the first of three reports, six background papers and five extensive submissions to parliamentary and other inquiries that the commission completed on asylum-seeker issues in my first 15 months as president.
In addition to this, as president I handle complaints made under the commission's legislation which allege breaches of human rights. Between January 2009 and September, 2014, the commission received 159 complaints in relation to children in immigration detention – each of which is separately investigated and conciliated by the commission.
So where was I and the commission in 2013? We were using the range of powers and functions available to us to address the longstanding and ongoing concerns about the treatment of asylum-seeker children. We were in detention centres, publishing reports and investigating complaints. Consistently, we were highlighting the collateral damage to children of maintaining a mandatory immigration detention policy.
The year 2013 saw a peak in the number of asylum seekers globally – largely as a result of the unrest of the Arab Spring. This impacted on Australia, with asylum seeker numbers rising to a record high in July 2013. There were 1992 children in detention in that month. By October 2013, efforts to move children into the community had reduced this number to 1045.
In stark contrast, over the six months after the new government took office, it became clear that children were being held for significant periods and were not being released. While the boats were stopping, the children were being detained for lengthening periods of time. When the inquiry was announced in February, 2014 children had been held on average for seven months and 1006 remained in closed indefinite detention.
I was deeply troubled by this. As I ask in the report, how had the gains of the Howard government – which had removed all children from detention by mid-2005 – disappeared so quickly?
The commission had always intended to come back and review what changes had occurred in the 10 years since our landmark 2004 report, A last resort? These worrying developments confirmed that it was appropriate for us to do so come 2014.
While the report of the inquiry makes for disturbing reading, not only because it documents the damaging conditions in which children have been held, contrary to Australia's legal obligations, but also because we have known this to be the case for over a decade.
The Migration Act provides that children who arrive by boat are subject to mandatory immigration detention and removal to third countries. Australian domestic law has not been effective in preventing children from being detained for lengthy periods.
That is why The Forgotten Children report has so explicitly identified the health and developmental impacts of detention on children. And it is why we have called for a royal commission into the long-term impacts on children and to consider repeal of the mandatory and indefinite detention laws.
Both sides of politics are responsible for their treatment of children in immigration detention since 1992. The focus should remain on the substance of the report.
Please do not shoot the messenger. The commission is doing its job.
Gillian Triggs is president of the Australian Human Rights Commission.
Drawing: Picture by a child in immigration detention.
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Singapore's new bill to combat fake news comes under heavy criticism
Ministry of Law replied to media queries about Human Rights Watch's comments on new legislation.
Updated April 5, 2019 18:43 +08
Ministry of Communication and Information, Singapore
Singapore has already decided that they will restrain the surge of fake news in the country by imposing committees and new laws. On Monday, April 1 a draft legislation was introduced to combat false and misleading information on the internet. But for the critics, it is a weapon which can be used against people, who will stand against the government.
The Ministry of Law stated that the introduced legislation, Protection From Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill, would require the websites to correct the misinformation and remove the online false news. This legislation would also cut off profits of sites, which will continue to post fake news or misleading information.
Since Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's People's Action Party (PAP) has supported the bill, it can be expected that next week it will become a law in the country after voting in parliament, where PAP has the majority.
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Reuters
The Ministry of Law said that the new bill only aims to combat the fake news issue in the country, not free speech.
"It will help ensure online falsehoods do not drown out authentic speech and ideas and undermine democratic processes and society," added the Ministry.
On the other hand, as per The New York Times, the human rights advocates said that because of the legislation, authorities would have a leeway to decide what was true or false.
A Singaporean journalist and activist, Kirsten Han said that this bill gives the government so much power and options that "any minister can direct individuals or websites to post corrections or take down content, or order access to content to be blocked, and these orders have to be complied with first, even if one is going to appeal the direction in the courts."
However, as per the draft bill, the punishment for some violations could include fines of up to about $44,000 and a maximum jail term of six years for individuals, or fines of up to $738,000 in "any other case."
As per the critics, because of this bill many local and foreign online publishers could face several legal issues. In addition to that Phil Robertson, the deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch (HRW) said, "You're basically giving the autocrats another weapon to restrict speech, and speech is pretty restricted in the region already."
While responding to the media queries, the Ministry of Law stated that:
Response to media queries on Human Rights Watch’s statement on the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill Ministry of Law Singapore
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Heather Watson's tennis success achieved without pushy parents
Heather Watson's tennis success achieved
without pushy parents
Her parents, Ian and Michelle Watson, made huge sacrifices so she could get the best coaching in the world, paying for her to go to the prestigious Nick Bollettieri tennis academy in Florida when she was just 12 and later moving to the US themselves to support her flourishing career.
However, they never put pressure on her to win and have even stayed away from some of her biggest tournaments, including this year’s Wimbledon, to avoid unsettling her.
Watson, 20, was born on the Channel Island of Guernsey in May 1992. Her mother, who is originally from Papua New Guinea, met her Manchester-born father when he was working in the Pacific nation’s capital, Port Moresby, in 1988.
The player has described her father, a former managing director of Guernsey Electricity, as her “idol”. “He’s just always so calm, and he says no matter how I do, he’ll be proud of me,” she has said.
Watson first became interested in tennis when she was a toddler watching her parents play at their club in Guernsey, and took up the sport when she was seven.
Aged nine, she asked her mother and father for £10, which without telling them she used to enter a softball tennis contest at a local funfair. Her parents were astonished when she came back home a few days later with a trophy, having won the competition.
Watson left home at 12 to board at the Bollettieri academy, now known as the IMG Academy, but never suffered from the homesickness that some other leading players, including Maria Sharapova, experienced on arriving there as young children.
Mr Watson has described how he “cried his eyes out” at Guernsey airport when his wife flew out to Florida to live with their daughter in 2008 after she began travelling the world on the international tennis circuit.
However, the family remained very close. They talked every day over the internet and Mr Watson visited America as often as he could before moving there full-time after he retired in 2010.
Watson became the British under-14 champion but her real breakthrough came when she won the US Open girls’ junior singles title in 2009.
Now she has become the first Briton to win a WTA Tour singles title since 1988 with her victory in the HP Open in Osaka, taking her above fellow leading British player Laura Robson in the world rankings.
Watson combines her brilliance on the tennis court with brains. She graduated top of her class from Pendleton High School in Florida in 2009, and says she would have studied business at university if she had not made a success of her sport.
Away from tennis, she is passionate about fashion, and describes Serena Williams and Beyonce as her style icons.
Credit to: The Telegraph UK
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Zombie Comedy ‘The Dead Don’t Die’ Trailer Sees Bill Murray And Adam Driver Dealing With The Undead
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The zombie movie may be back with a stellar all-star cast in The Dead Don’t Die, led by Bill Murray and Adam Driver. The first official trailer for the movie has been released on Focus Entertainment’s official YouTube channel and it shows off its incredibly massive cast in what could be a hilarious new movie.
The zombie genre has been incredibly successful in all its forms, in both TV and movies. The Walking Dead is one of television’s biggest successes and films such as Night Of The Living Dead (1968) are considered to be classics, per Syfy. Following a small lull in recent times, zombie movies are aiming for a comeback, with quite a few films in development. Zack Snyder will be making his return to feature filmmaking after Justice League in the new Netflix original Army Of The Dead, as noted by Variety. Meanwhile, one of the better zombie comedies, Zombieland, is already returning with a sequel, currently in production, according to Collider.
The latest to join the trend is the new movie, The Dead Don’t Die, which has comedic legend Bill Murray in the lead, recent Oscar nominee Adam Driver, as well as a massive supporting cast joining the two.
The Dead Don’t Die sees a zombie outbreak in a small town, as a pair of local police officers (Murray and Driver) have to deal with the situation while attempting to maintain law and order. The inhabitants of the small town also react in their own unique and hilarious ways to the situation, as they all band together to survive. The movie looks to be a comedy, based on its blatant attempts to stay away from anything too dramatic and its tendency to lean on the ridiculous and far-fetched.
The supporting cast consists of Tilda Swinton (Suspiria), who seems to be playing a sword-wielding beautician for the dead. Chloe Sevigny (Russian Doll) stars as another police officer in the small town. The cast also features Steve Buscemi (Miracle Workers), Selena Gomez, Tom Waits, Carol Kane, Danny Glover, Rosie Perez, Iggy Pop, RZA, and many more.
The Dead Don’t Die trailer makes the film seem like a completely off-the-wall venture that pays tribute to, but also mocks the genre. Murray had already had a guest appearance in Zombieland playing himself, and this marks the first full-length role he’s had in a feature film in a few years, per his IMDb page.
The Dead Don’t Die is set to be released everywhere on June 14.
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Cameron 'optimistic' about revolts
David Cameron has voiced "cautious optimism" that the popular uprisings sweeping the Middle East would not see a rise of extremism, while stressing that the outcome was vital to the UK's trade and security interests.
David Cameron has voiced "cautious optimism" that the popular uprisings sweeping the Middle East would not see a rise of extremism, while stressing that the outcome was vital to the UK's trade and security interests.
In a rare speech at the Kuwaiti parliament by a visiting foreign leader, the Prime Minister said the region was the "epicentre of momentous change".
He again condemned the "appalling violence" which Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has unleashed against his own people while praising the bravery of the protesters seeking to assert their rights.
"History is sweeping through your neighbourhood," he said. "Not as a result of force and violence, but by people seeking their rights, and in the vast majority of cases doing so peacefully and bravely. Across the Arab world, aspirations are stirring which have lain dormant.
"It is too early to say how things will turn out. Too often, in the past, there has been disappointment. But there are some grounds for cautious optimism."
Following his visit on Monday to Egypt, where demonstrators toppled the 30-year regime of Hosni Mubarak, Mr Cameron said that politics in the region had too often been seen as a "false choice" between repression and extremism.
He said Western countries needed to understand that it was in their own interests to see basic rights established in the region.
"Our interests lie in upholding our values - in insisting on the right to peaceful protest, in freedom of speech and the internet, in freedom of assembly and the rule of law."
The Prime Minister rejected the so-called "Arab exception" - the argument that Arab or Muslim countries "can't do democracy". - "For me, that's a prejudice that borders on racism," he said.
Earlier, Mr Cameron attended a ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the liberation of Kuwait by international forces in the first Gulf War following the invasion by the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. He was joined by the then prime minister Sir John Major and the Kuwaiti prime minister Sheikh Nasser al Mohammed al Ahmed al Jabber al Sabah, as well as veterans of the conflict.
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Connectivity Problems (and Solutions!) in Kara, Togo
</a> Nurses entering data!
Hi! My name is Alicia and I'm currently working in Kara, Togo at an HIV clinic (AED – Association Espoir pour Demain-Lidaw), helping with data management and trying to build a robust, scaleable data management and analysis system with the staff members here. In this blog post I explain a little bit about our current network setup and the connectivity problems we've faced that have made it hard to break free from paper and pencil record keeping.
But don't worry! This blog post isn't full of complicated technical language or ideas, and even if you're not a computer person I think this is an interesting story about why using technology in a rural setting can be tough, and the barriers that exist in places like Togo for tasks that we take for granted in the U.S. like plugging things into outlets and having them work and using Google products.
Why can't we connect??
The big question that all of the staff at the clinic ask me is "Why can't we connect?" We have computers, we have a modem and routers and we have an ADSL line coming into our building that provides Internet service from TogoTelecom that we pay an exorbitant amount for each month, but still, during one to two days per week we spend most of the day not able to connect to the Internet.
The answer is that there are four major barriers to connectivity at the clinic: (1) faulty electricity, (2) faulty hardware, (3) unfortunate architecture, and (4) poor Internet service.
First, I went through the clinic with a voltmeter (just what it sounds like, a tool to measure voltage, or how much electricity there is) and discovered two main problems with our electrical outlets. One was that the electricity coming to us was extremely volatile, meaning that there were periods of time with less power (sort of like a brown-out, and our routers would shut off), and periods of power surges, where the voltage coming through was so high that it would completely fry any small device that was plugged in. We also lose power at least once per day, usually for two to five minutes at a time, but sometimes for hours or even days. The other problem was that our outlets aren't grounded, which is pretty scary to me! In a sturdy electrical setup, there's a wire that goes from your outlet all the way deep into the ground, so that if there is a power surge (think lightning strike) the extra electricity gets diverted into the ground where it dissipates, rather than all flowing into your device.
The second problem, faulty hardware, goes along with the first. The routers sold in Togo and in the U.S. are just not robust to the kinds of erratic power situations here. With power surges happening regularly and no grounding to protect us, we've gone through seven routers in the past year, and all have failed within a couple months due to power surges. Unfortunately, re-wiring the outlets to add in the ground would be an expensive and disruptive project, as we'd have to rip open all of the walls and re-do the whole system.
The third problem, our unfortunate architectural setup, is pretty common in West African construction, so I bet there are other NGOs and businesses struggling with the same thing. We operate between two buildings, an administrative building and a medical building. They are both made of thick concrete walls and rebar, and stand about 20 feet apart. A router can't reach from one building to the other, and even worse, a router can't even reach from one side of our medical building to the other when it sits inside of someone's office, because of the thick walls. Unfortunately, putting the router in the middle of the building, in the hallway as opposed to inside of an office, is not an option because our buildings are both open in the center, which lets in light and air but also rain and wind. One way to get WiFi signal to everyone is to use multiple routers connected in a row, which is potentially problematic as well, because if one breaks then the error can cascade into the rest of the system, bringing down the service of everyone else who is farther down the line.
The fourth problem is simply that even when the power works and the routers are on and you're close enough to get a signal, the Internet service that we pay for has intermittent outages and is extremely slow during busy work hours, like Monday mornings and right at the end of the work day.
</a> Our new and improved network setup!
My solution tries to address these problems, and while far from ideal, it has worked pretty decently over the past few months. The ADSL line comes into the administrative building and into a modem (which manages the signal), which is connected to a switch (essentially a power strip for Ethernet cables) that allows us to have one router in the administrative building which, if it fails, will not affect the rest. We also have a server computer (a laptop so that when we lose power, it can still work for a couple more hours), which is connected to the switch, meaning that people can talk to the server if they are connected over WiFi to any of the routers in the system. Next, a cable goes out of the switch and under ground to the medical building where it connects to a router and then a WiFi extender. The extender is like a megaphone for the signal, and allows the network to be reached by every office, even though a router in its place couldn't. Each of these devices (modem, switch, server computer, routers, extender) is plugged into the wall through a UPS, an Uninterruptible Power Supply (the name is misleading, in Togo they are definitely interruptible) which acts as both a voltage regulator, stabilizing the voltage coming through the wall, and acting as a backup battery for when the power goes out. These have done a great job of both keeping our network up during the two- to five-minute power outages and of protecting our routers from getting fried, but they're not powerful enough for when we have more than an hour of power outage (~twice per month).
I'm really proud of getting all of this set up, because it has greatly improved the consistency of our network and opened us up to the possibilities of using our newfound connectedness to our advantage in terms of data entry and analysis. Which leads to the next big question…
What data management system to use?
For a long time, the clinic has been doing all of its data entry and record-keeping on paper, but when the clinic got a big donation of ~20 (very old) computers two years ago, we started having more options, and it was necessary to weigh the pros and cons of each. This is an ongoing and heated debate, and we currently use a combination of four systems: paper, Excel, Google Drive and a Network Database (computers can connect to it wirelessly through our routers, but it does not require Internet access).
One factor to keep in mind is whether the system will always work. Paper forms never fail, whereas an Excel spreadsheet could get lost or deleted, or be unusable if the user's computer runs out of battery. The network database can fail if the computer dies or if the router doesn't work, and Google Drive fails in both of those cases and if we don't have an Internet connection.
Another important factor is having data be up to date. With the network database and Google Drive, data is always completely up to date, even to the point where if a nurse takes a patient's temperature and then walks down the hall to see the PA, the PA can see the patient's temperature on screen immediately. Excel, however, is only as up-to-date as the last time that all of the different versions of the spreadsheet on everyone's computers was synced, and this syncing is difficult, because what happens if one nurse deleted a column by mistake, or two PAs wrote down different CD4 counts for the same patient?
A third factor to consider is how easy and intuitive data entry is, and how corruptible the data is. In my opinion, Excel and Google Drive are excellent tools for data storage and analysis, but they're really not meant to be used for data entry, because it is easy for someone to delete a formula or type in a wrong number and have that error cascade down into messing up all following cells and calculations. It would be much better if our nurses and PAs could fill out computer forms that look like the paper forms they used to fill out, rather than complicated tables and spreadsheets. Therefore, while still in college on a service trip to this HIV clinic, a friend and I advocated for the use of a network database. You access it on your computer through a browser (like Firefox or Chrome), but it isn't actually on the Internet, saving us from the problem of inconsistent Internet access from our provider as well as the security problems that open up when someone far away could hack into your system through the Internet. The database is hosted on a server in our clinic, and the routers that put out WiFi for people nearby to use the Internet also allow for people to connect to the server and the database. It feels like you're on the Internet filling out a SurveyMonkey form or something, but it's actually just wirelessly transmitting data exclusively within the walls of our clinic. On that trip, my friend and I built a simple web app database to be used over the network for AED, and about half of the clinic's programs currently use it to record their data. However, this is just a small, temporary solution and there are many professional options for really sophisticated network databases that we could implement at AED in the future, such as OpenMRS. However, having our new hardware infrastructure in place makes the option of using a network database even more appealing and accessible.
This may sound boring, or just like little victories, but it has been incredible to see the change in workflow and data flow thanks to these small changes, and I'm excited to see what AED's data system evolves to in the future!
In my free time, during lunch breaks and weekends, I've been apprenticing with a Tailor named Aunti, and I've been learning how to sew some simple Togolese outfits using the beautiful printed cloth here called pagne. Here's a picture of me working next to Aunti on her old pedal sewing machines!
Alicia volunteered in Togo with the help of a Christianson Grant, from the InterExchange Foundation.
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Making of a mega-manager
April 2006 (Magazine)By David White
The decision of BlackRock, an independent New York based asset manager, to merge with Merrill Lynch Investments Managers (MLIM), the asset management arm of the US investment bank Merrill Lynch, took many observers by surprise.
The move, which will lift BlackRock from one of the top 20 asset managers in the world to one of the top 10, with $1trn (e821.8bn) assets under management, wrong-footed those who thought that BlackRock was itself an acquisition target.
It also raised the eyebrows of those who had always regarded BlackRock as a company that preferred to grow organically rather than through acquisitions.
The acquisition of State Street Research in 2004 and the lift-out of the European equities team from Scottish Widows Investment Management in 2000 seemed to be the exceptions that proved the rule.
Yet Barbara Novick, the head of new business development at BlackRock and a member of the merged companies’ transition steering committee, says BlackRock has always considered mergers and acquisitions: “We have always looked at deals, not just at companies but pieces of companies, and even team lift-outs. But we won’t take them further if we decide this is not a good fit.”
To be considered a good fit, a merger partner or acquisition has to satisfy a test of three, she says: a cultural fit, a business fit, and a product fit.
“We are not a company that needs to acquire to grow. We have demonstrated our ability to grow organically. So we can always say no to companies that are not a good fit.”
MLIM, however, was a natural partner for BlackRock, says Novick. “An example is the way they manage equities. They have what they call ‘boutiques with backing ‘. We have discrete teams with ownership and accountability centralised. That’s why we like them. We have similar approaches,” she says.
“There are so many dimensions where we are saying the same thing. We are both very client-minded firms where the fiduciary duty is very important. We never forget it’s the client’s money we’re managing.
“Talking to MLIM it became so clear that that they share the same philosophy. The mindset, if not identical, is very similar.”
Novick says the broad attraction of the merger with MLIM was the fit between retail and institutional business and between product lines. MLIM’s leading retail presence in the US and strong reputation in Europe and Asia slots neatly into BlackRock's global institutional base.
“The fit was so right. We are strong institutional. Merrill Lynch is strong retail, both US and non US. Plus there are areas where we are a bit of both.”
The merger also fitted in well with BlackRock’s own business plan, she says. “We had a business plan in 2005 and part of it was to be in centres like London and Tokyo. We even took a lease in London. What does MLIM have? Investment centres in London and Tokyo. We broke the lease.”
Access to local currency products in London and Tokyo was also an attraction. “Without currency you have only a limited desirability to clients in these countries. We have only a few local currency mandates. MLIM have a lot of sterling and yen.”
It was important to build a bigger presence in the UK, which BlackRock sees as a key non-US market. she says. “MLIM has a presence in the institutional market in the UK, where the preference has been for balanced and UK bond and equity mandates. These are things we didn’t have.”
The main attraction of the merger is that it enables BlackRock to expand its distribution platform for retail equity products in one giant leap, she says. “Building a retail business is very different from building institutional business, and one of the things that we have learned over the years is that building a retail business from scratch is extremely challenging. You have the enormous costs before you are paid a dollar.
“These costs have all gone up in Europe as well as the US, so the barriers have been raised. You need not only the right legal entity to be able to offer a product. You also need a contract between yourself and the bank distributing the product.
“It would take us years to get from where we are to where MLIM is today.”
MLIM offered a large number of ready-built platforms, with some 10,000 agreements to sell their retail funds. “That’s a business that has been built up over years, and they have the infrastructure to support it,” she says.
“On our side we have an excellent reputation in the institutional space. We have special products and servicing for insurance companies , for example. That was an area MLIM was looking to develop. They were interested in managing assets for insurance companies.”
MLIM won a large slice of European institutional business last year when it acquired the Philips Pensions Competence Center, the in-house manager of the Dutch electronic firm’s €12bn pensions scheme. This could lead to further mandates, although Novick did not speculate.
The merger with MLIM has put the hands of the clock forward, she says. “It will push us forward five years in things that we wanted to do anyway.”
Despite the neat fit of businesses, the merger is likely to be a highly complex operation, she says. “It will be real integrating, mix and match story.”
Fortunately Black Rock, which prior to the merger had assets under management of $425bn, can draw on the experience it gained from its acquisition of State Street Research. There are important differences between the two deals. State Street was more an acquisition than a merger, while the MLIM deal is more a merger than an acquisition, she says. The acquisition was also on a smaller scale – $50bn rather than $500bn.
Yet the acquisition provided some pointers for the MLIM integration, she says. “We found that the acquisition of State Street went more smoothly than we had expected. We brought over a large number of assets and people, and it worked very well. Having done that, we knew we could do the same with MLIM and we knew the steps we had to take.”
There are no set target dates or deadlines for completion of the merger; she says. “ We are going to take as long as it takes to get there. It’s going to be a thoughtful process.”
One of the first tasks of the integration steering committee will be making the BlackRock name better known outside the US. Although BlackRock is a household name in the US, it is hardly known in Europe, in spite of its operation in Edinburgh.
Novick says BlackRock is now looking at all ways of raising its profile outside the US. “Branding is going to be quite a big issue.”
In the US, BlackRock will re-brand MLIM retail products with the BlackRock name. This will enable intermediaries and distributors to sell MLIM retail products to US banks without creating a conflict of interest, says Novick.
“Merrill needed a new name in the US without an ownership structure. It was a strong brand but the competition didn’t want it on their systems Now Merrill has got a new name and a new ownership structure. This means the competitor banks can have access to MLIM products with attractive performance.”
Yet branding is not everything, Novick adds. “Institutional investors care about the people in the asset management firm. They are going to look a lot deeper than the logo at who is managing their money.”
BlackRock is proud of the fact that it is an independent firm in ownership and governance. In the new structure, there are no majority owners, Merrill Lynch will own the largest stake at 49.8%, PNC which owns 70% of BlackRock today will hold 34% and employees and public will hold the remaining 17%.
Novick says this plays to US investors’ preference for independent firms. “Just as there are different tastes about size there is different tastes about governance. In the US there is an institutional and retail bias again asset managers that are owned by any entity, and a bias towards independent asset managers.”
Investors should be unaware of the progress of the merger, she says. “Our goal is seamless transition.” Yet they should be aware of the benefits, she adds. “One of the things we have done at BlackRock is to create a single platform for everything. We would want to get to that point with the integration.”
Could BlackRock and MLIM reverse out of the merger if the fit between the two proved less comfortable than expected? Novick says the possibility does not exist. “It’s a strong commitment, and we can overcome any problem that comes up.”
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Results of the 2017 ISU Championships
Olympic Winter Games 2010 - Men 5000m Relay
The Canadian men won Gold in Relay. They also triumphed in 1998 and 2002 leaving Korea behind in second place and in third place finished the USA.
Olympic Winter Games 2010 - Men's 500m
Charles Hamelin (CAN) won the 500m gold. Si-Bak Sung from Korea was second and François-Louis Tremblay (CAN) got bronze.
Olympic Winter Games 2010 - Team Pursuit
The Olympic Team Pursuit is a young event that was first held at the 2006 Olympics. Teams of 8 different countries, each of three skaters, compete against each other. The time of the third skater across the line counts.
Olympic Winter Games 2010 - Ladies Free Skating
Yu-Na Kim of Korea skated to a historic gold medal in a fantastic Ladies’ competition on Thursday in Vancouver. Japan’s Mao Asada claimed the silver, while Joannie Rochette of Canada overcame a family tragedy to take the bronze medal.
Olympic Winter Games 2010 - Ladies 3000m Relay
The Chinese team took gold in the Olympic 3000m Ladies Relay. Canada took silver, USA won the bronze.
Olympic Winter Games 2010 - Ladies 5000m
22-year-old Martina Sáblíková (CZE) won the 5000m for ladies today at the Richmond Olympic Oval. It was her third 2010 Olympic medal after gold in 3000 and bronze in 1500m. Stephanie Beckert (GER) (21) won the silver and 37-year-old Clara Hughes (CAN) won bronze.
Olympic Winter Games 2010 - Ladies Short Program
Yu-Na Kim of Korea took the lead ahead of Japan’s Mao Asada and Canadian Joannie Rochette in what was an exciting, high-level Ladies’ Short Program in Vancouver.
Olympic Winter Games 2010 - Men 10000m
In the 10,000m, Seung-Hoon Lee (KOR) took the gold medal (his second this Olympics after the silver he won in the 5000m). Ivan Skobrev (RUS) won silver, Bob de Jong (NED) bronze. The time 12:58.55 was 0.37 below the former Olympic record. Sven Kramer (NED) skated 12:54.50 but was disqualified due to an incorrect lane change.
Olympic Winter Games 2010 - Free Dance
The figure skating competition at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games continued in Vancouver, Canada, on Monday with the Free Dance. 11, 667 spectators followed the competition at the Pacific Coliseum.
Olympic Winter Games 2010 - Original Dance
The figure skating competition at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games continued in Vancouver, Canada, on Sunday with the Original Dance. 11, 583 spectators followed the competition at the Pacific Coliseum
Ireen Wüst from the Netherlands won the 1500m ladies, with 1:56.89 ahead of home favourite (and bronze medalist in the 3000m) Kristina Groves. 3000m champion Martina Sáblíková (CZE), over a second slower than Wüst was good for bronze.
Olympic Winter Games 2010 - Men 1000m
After winning the 1500m in Short Track last week Korean Jung-Su Lee won the 1000m men today setting a new Olympic Record of 1:23.747. His compatriot Ho-Suk Lee won silver and Apolo Anton Ohno (USA) finished in third place.
Korean Jung-Su Lee took the Olympic gold medal in the 1500m men’s. Apolo Anton Ohno (USA), the 2002 Olympic champion on this distance, finished in second place, his compatriot J.R. Celski took the bronze.
World record holder Yang Zhou (CHN) won the ladies’ 1500m race in an Olympic record time of 2:16.993. Korean skaters Eun-Byul Lee won silver and Seung-Hi Park got bronze
Mark Tuitert became the first Dutchman after Ard Schenk in 1972 to win Olympic Gold in the 1500m, the blue ribbon race of speed skating. Shani Davis (USA) won silver after gold in the 1000m. Davis also got a silver medal in the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Behind him, Håvard Bøkko (NOR) won bronze.
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Everyday Iraq
The Everyday Iraq Instagram feed was founded in early 2014 by Ahmad Mousa, a twenty-five-year old Iraqi documentary photographer and video reporter for AFP based in Baghdad. He envisioned it, he said when I spoke with him recently, “as a window to shed light on the more human side of the country, to share everyday life scenes from Iraq, to document it, and put [everyday life] in history.”
The images publshed on the account share all aspects of Iraq and its people from an insider’s perspective - a flock of sheep in Diyala, students at Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, a bowling alley in Baghdad, a cafe in the city of Najaf. The Everyday movement of Instagram feeds began with Everyday Africa in 2012 when two photojournalists became dissatisfied with the news media’s focus on only a narrow range of extreme subjects when it came to depicting Africa, such as poverty and violence. Everyday Middle East was started in 2014 in response to similar problems of stereotypical and limited representations in the media.
Mousa continues to be the primary curator and organizer of Everyday Iraq. The account is open to any photographer living and working in Iraq. Photos must be taken with a phone and must be in square format. Mousa says, “Everyday Iraq is a place for photographers around the country to share pictures from the cities and communities, on one account, with the whole world.” Photographers began using the hashtag #everydayiraq when posting their images on Instagram. In addition, he stays on the lookout for more images he can include which show the everyday lives of Iraqis. While there isn’t just one core group of photographers, Mousa says “there are a number of photographers who always appear on the feed.” The photographers who contribute images range from established professionals to a younger generation of social media users, who may not be professional photographers.
In the last few years Mousa has asked two other Iraqi photographers, Nawar Tamawi (@nawartamawi) and Ahmed Twaij (@twaiji), to join him as co-curators. Tamawi, also twenty-five, feels as though he is always trying to fight the stereotypical image of Iraq with his art. Through his photography he hopes to convey a message to the world. “I want to tell people that we still have a daily life, despite all that is going on in Iraq,” he says.
Twaij is an Iraqi born in England. He went to medical school in the UK before beginning work on his master’s degree in global health in the Conflict, Security, and Development program at King`s College London. “Because of my passion and love for my homeland, I decided to move to Iraq and focus on being a part of building the new Iraq.” He continues, “Everyday Iraq is a hugely important project for me, especially having grown up in the West. When the word Iraq comes to mind, frequently images of war, corruption, and chaos are associated with it by those living in the West. Everyday Iraq is an opportunity to show the world that daily life continues across the country. That people are still smiling, trying to enjoy themselves at every given opportunity.”
Mousa adds, “Everywhere in the world, people want to live a happy life, kids want to play and go to school, families want to gather happily at dinner, and youth want to help develop their society.”
With comments on the photos like “I’m glad to see Iraq in this way. Thank you,” “This is the real Iraq,” and “I didn’t know Iraq looked this way, this beautiful,” it’s obvious that the followers of Everyday Iraq are getting the message.
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Javier Mascherano | Barcelona & Argentina
Mascherano News
January 15, 2014 · isport
Barcelona suffered the first league defeat of the season after a 1-0 score against Athletic Bilbao. As a result of the defeat, Atletico Madrid have moved level on points with the Catalan club at the top of the table.
After going several points ahead of archrivals Real Madrid, Barcelona were expected to coast to the title. However, this defeat has proved to be a major setback since it comes only days after the defeat in the Champions League to Ajax. A lot of questions have been asked about Barcelona's style of play since the start of the season.
Gerardo Martino has been able to escape significant pressure because he has been achieving results, but another defeat could prove to be disastrous for the Argentine, who was appointed only in the summer. Javier Mascherano has become one of the important players since his £ 25 million move from Liverpool. He has said that this defeat was indeed bad for the club, but he remains confident of recovering the form that has made Barcelona incredibly successful over the last few years. It is expected that Atletico Madrid will also be a title challenger this season. They have been able to stay in touch with Barcelona up until Christmas.
"It hurts to be beaten. Nobody likes to lose but let's not forget we are still leaders. We have to win the games that are left this year, beginning with the matches against Cartagena and Villarreal," said the former Liverpool midfielder to Barcelona's official website. The club's next match will be against Cartagena. This match will be part of the Copa del Rey, which is a trophy that Gerardo Martino will be keen to win. Mascherano has largely been used as a defensive player since his move to the camp Nou and he has so far excelled in it.
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Home Entertainment Celebrating Burmese cuisine in Cayman
Celebrating Burmese cuisine in Cayman
Alan Markoff
The cuisine of one of Cayman’s smallest communities was enjoyed recently at Icoa when the restaurant held a Burmese dinner as part of its Colonial Dinner Series. Cayman residents from Burma (officially known as the Republic of the Union of Myanmar) number just nine, with seven (including a baby) living in Grand Cayman and two in Cayman Brac. Almost the entire Grand Cayman contingent turned out to enjoy Icoa’s interpretation of their cuisine, which included celebrated national dishes unique to this Southeast Asian state 9,576 miles from the Cayman Islands.
While Cayman’s Burmese population doesn’t even reach double digits, Burma itself is the world’s 24th most populous country, with more than 60 million people. It covers 261,227 square miles and is the world’s 40th largest country in land area and the second largest in Southeast Asia, bordered by Laos, Thailand, China, Bangladesh and India. One third of Burma’s total perimeter of 1,200 miles forms an uninterrupted coastline along the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea, a fact that heavily influences its cuisine, along with Burma’s three rivers, the Irrawaddy, Salween (Thanlwin) and the Sittaung.
After conquering Burma in the 19th century, the British declared it a colony and made it part of India until 1937, and then a separately administered colony. Burma became an independent state in 1948, initially as a democratic nation and then, following a coup in 1962, a military dictatorship which ended in 2011. Its cuisine is therefore a fascinating reflection of so many historical, cultural and geographical influences.
Dinner series
Shruty Garrison, owner and manager at Icoa, says the restaurant wanted to introduce an exciting concept for Cayman diners that would really have an impact in a bid to announce Icoa’s opening for dinner later this year, hence the idea for the Colonial Dinner series. The series has been such a success, Garrison says, that seats have often sold out almost as soon as they have been advertised, such is the appetite for this new concept of dining. Colonial cuisines under the spotlight have included those from Vietnam and Cambodia as well as Burma.
Understanding the cuisines, which are often an exciting blend of influences, takes a good deal of effort, she says.
“Icoa’s Chef Jurgen undertakes a tremendous amount of research to try and bring authenticity to the menu,” she says, adding that, quite apart from attempting authenticity in the actual cuisine, the style of presentation is also very important to the dinner.
Tradition of sharing
Dr. Kyaw Zaw Win, a Bumese national living in Cayman, is among those who attended Icoa’s Burmese dinner. He gives some background to traditional Burmese cuisine.
“In Western countries you are generally served food in separate courses, but in Burma we have all dishes served at the table at the same time and everyone helps themselves. There is usually a main dish of curry, served with a dish of rice and a couple of side dishes as well, which may include fried vegetables or a salad (thoke) or a sauce in which you can dip vegetables,” he explains.
True to form, Icoa’s dinner presented a mouth-watering array of small plates along with a selection of condiments that diners could enjoy simultaneously, in true Southeast Asian style.
Fish is a staple
Win explains some of the finer details of Burmese cuisine:
“In Burma we enjoy a lot of salt water and fresh water fish. We also use a great deal of fish sauce and shrimp paste (nga pi) in our cooking and these are made all along the coastline, varying from region to region in color and flavor,” he says. “Burma is made up of seven regions and seven states, each with a unique culinary identity.”
Win says Burmese people generally start their day with a national favorite dish, Mohinga, a combination of noodles and soup made from fish, a variety of which was served at the Icoa dinner.
“Mohinga varies depending on the region. For example, in the southwest of the country it’s a little sweeter. It’s often topped with fried beans, onion or gourd (bu thee gyaw) as well as chopped boiled egg, cilantro and it’s sometimes spicy with chilli powder,” he says.
At dinner, Burmese people traditionally serve one main dish, typically a curry, true to the influence from its neighbor India.
“This may be made from fish or poultry or sometimes pork, beef or mutton,” Win says. “We would begin the curry by frying off onions and garlic in oil in a wok until they release their fragrance, then we would typically add the meat or fish and seasonings such as paprika and cayenne pepper. We would then add the shrimp or fish paste to add a salty piquancy to the dish. We would also serve a large portion of rice with the main dish. Rice is a staple food in Burma and we love to pour the gravy from the main dish over the rice.”
In fact, Burma was once Asia’s largest exporter of rice, and it remains the country’s most crucial agricultural commodity.
Burmese cuisine traditionally includes stir fried vegetables on the side. The vegetables may consist of Burmese watercress called kazun ywek, which grows in abundance in the country, and a salad called thoke, which usually includes noodles or vermicelli mixed with fish sauce, fried onions and cilantro. Icoa served three salads for the dinner: a thayet chin thoke, which consisted of pickled mango, chili, peanut, sesame and scallions; a thinn raw thee thoke (green papaya salad) and ame-thar thoke (steak salad).
Burmese also enjoy some fish broth (ngapi yay) as a side dish in which fresh vegetables such as Asian eggplant, green mango or pickled vegetables can be dipped.
“While I would say the Burmese diet is quite healthy, we also love our salt!” Win says.
Tea (lahpet) also plays an important role in Burmese cuisine. It is cultivated mainly in the hilly state of Shan. The leaves can be brewed as in the West and made into a drink with milk and sweetened with sugar, or it can be drunk bitter and black, as in China. Burma is one of the few countries in the world where tea is also eaten, the leaves pickled and enjoyed after a meal, especially by Burmese elders.
“These can be mixed with fried beans and garlic and mixed with tomatoes and cabbage,” Win advises.
Icoa opted for a dessert that would perhaps appeal more to the Western palate, offering sanwin makin (semolina cake with a coconut cream) and dein gyin (homemade yogurt with jaggery syrup and mangoes).
Win concluded that the Icoa evening was enjoyable and produced food that was as near to Burmese cuisine that could be found outside Burma.
mohinga = rice noodle and fish soup
bu thee gyaw = gourd
nga = fish
nga tha lout = salt water fish, like herring
nga pi = fish/shrimp paste
thoke = salad
kazun ywek = Burmese watercress
ngapi yay = fish broth
lahpet = tea
Icoa’s Chef Jurgen
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Regulating cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, blockchain technology and initial coin offerings (ICOs) have been the buzzwords in the tech sphere for the past couple of years.
With a rapid speculative bubble developing around bitcoin, the topics have not only transcended the limited space of the technophile but also created a mainstream investment buzz.
Yet public knowledge about blockchain, the technology on which cryptocurrencies are based, and its potential uses and risks is still limited.
Opinions are divided as to how successful blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies will be in the long run and if practical, real-world applications will live up to the hype.
Jude Scott, the chief executive officer of Cayman Finance, differentiates between cryptocurrency and the underlying blockchain, also known as distributed ledger technology.
“The technology itself is absolutely amazing, it is revolutionizing and will fully revolutionize the financial services industry,” he told the Caymanian Bar association in April at a CBA seminar on the new technology.
Scott believes cryptocurrencies will ultimately become a separate derivative asset class that hedge funds and other investors will invest in. However, he does not think cryptocurrencies will ever fully replace regular, government-issued fiat currencies.
The head of Cayman’s financial services association said some larger banks are currently using cryptocurrencies internally for cross-border transfer as a temporary “stop gap.” In the future this will be replaced by peer-to-peer transactions to take full advantage of low costs, no intermediaries and the borderless nature of the technology.
The next big use will be in closed groups, Scott predicts.
“This could be islandwide in Cayman, with something like a Caycoin that can be used to pay for services locally,” he says.
The hypothetical Caycoin would pay electronically for services in different industries like any other currency, he said. Alternatively, its use could be confined to specific industries like healthcare, where tokens or coins could be exchanged for value in a specific sector of the economy.
The current limitations of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology are based on their anonymous and unregulated nature, which makes it difficult to enforce regular compliance, like anti-money laundering and know-your-customer measures. It also creates uncertainty for investors who do not know if and when regulators are going to clamp down on the new technologies.
Scott said regulation attempts have come in waves. In a first wave, countries tried to apply existing legislation to the new technologies. In the current second wave, countries are actively adopting the technologies and attempting to adjust legislation and regulations.
Bermuda, for instance, is proposing standalone legislation that will introduce a statutory framework for the offering of digital assets, including legislation for virtual currency businesses, a digital identification platform and a virtual currency exchange.
Scott believes new legislation alone will not be enough.
“I think we have to get to Wave 3, where we accept that aspects of the technology do need to change,” Scott said. “Our regulation cannot work in this current environment because it is based on regulating transactions through intermediaries.”
Changes could include having a single point of entry requiring certified identification to use cryptocurrencies. This would solve a number of problems from a regulatory and enforcement standpoint and create an attachment point, which also solves the issue of taxation, the Cayman Finance chief executive said.
There is so far no international consensus on the prudent regulation of cryptocurrencies. They have been treated as a commodity, a currency, a security and even as legal tender. Meanwhile, central banks are trying to create a central bank digital asset.
Cayman’s government has not yet made a definitive statement as to how it will designate cryptocurrencies under the law. However, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority has created a working group with members from government and the private sector that has made certain recommendations for government’s consideration, said Rayford Britton, CIMA’s deputy head of policy.
What is clear, said Britton, is that anti-money laundering standards apply.
“Financial services providers that touch virtual currencies should make an assessment of the product and the activity against the Proceeds of Crime Law and the Money Laundering Regulations,” he said.
In April, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority cautioned investors over the potential risks of investments in initial coin offerings, and all forms of virtual currency.
ICOs are a type of fundraising in which a startup company creates new virtual coins or tokens and sells them to the public to raise capital.
Cayman’s financial regulator said while initial coin offerings promise high returns, they also have a high potential for financial loss and fraud.
In contrast to a share offering, ICO’s do not provide equity or ownership rights in a company.
Harneys partner Matt Taber likened the sale of coins or tokens in an ICO to elements of a traditional Kickstarter campaign, in which investors help fund the development of consumer product and in return will be the first recipients of the product together with other perks.
In an ICO fundraising, tokens are sold on a blockchain, most commonly Ethereum. In many cases, the tokens represent future access to a company’s product or service and are not designed as investments.
As a result, these utility tokens could be exempt from securities regulations. However, the price explosion and increasing tradability of bitcoin and Ethereum has attracted many new investors and bad actors.
In its advisory, CIMA warned that certain ICOs may be in breach of regulations which could cause investors to lose all their money. There is also the risk of incomplete information, exaggerated expected returns, price volatility, limited opportunities to resell the virtual currency, hacking attacks, fraud and limited regulatory protection.
In some documented cases, the regulator said, money raised through an ICO disappeared without a trace.
Echoing CIMA’s concerns, Samuel Banks, a partner at Appleby, noted that what started out as a method of raising capital for start-ups without giving up control has now increasingly given rise to fraud.
Speaking at the Caymanian Bar Association seminar, he said the days of the utility token, which gives access to a network or certain functions that “may or may not ever eventualize” are almost gone.
Instead, he believes, we will see a rise in the sale of securities tokens, tradable assets that represent a share in a company.
The security token model would raise capital from accredited investors by making a pitch directly to the market and bypassing venture capital. It promises immediate capital for the fundraisers and immediate liquidity for investors who would be able to sell on their security tokens to other accredited investors.
However, for that to happen, there has to be an element of identity verification, Banks said. “KYC is a necessary impediment.”
As a foundation of regulation, he suggested a local infrastructure, for example at the company registry, that would allow for the issuance of physical and digital identification.
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Biker suffers multiple fractures in road crash
Police are appealing for information after a motorcyclist was seriously injured close to Carnforth.
Police were called around 5.40pm on Friday to reports of an accident at the junction of the A6 and Nineteen Acre Lane.
A 47-year-old man was found at the scene with serious hip and leg injuries.
Officers believe the man had been riding a Yamaha motorbike northbound on the A6 when he approached the junction with Nineteen Acre Lane and Tarn Lane.
A Ford Focus, travelling west on Tarn Lane, attempted to cross the junction but collided with the motorbike, knocking the man from the vehicle.
The motorcyclist suffered multiple fractures to his hip and knee, as well as a head injury and was taken to Royal Preston Hospital for treatment.
The driver of the Ford Focus, an 85-year-old woman from Silverdale, was uninjured.
The road was closed for three hours while accident investigators attended the scene.
Sgt Adam Dawson, of Lancashire Police, said: “We are appealing for information following a serious road traffic collision in Yealand Conyers.
“One of the motorists suffered severe injuries and we are keen to speak to anyone who can help us.
“If you saw the incident, or either vehicle before the collision, please contact police.”
Anyone with information can contact Lancashire Police on 101 quoting log reference 1075 of August 12.
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Spinel - The New August Birthstone
By Lapigems-Articles / Jul 28, 2016
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Recently added to the official list of Birthstones by the American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) and Jewelers of America and will now share the month of August with the stunning yellow/green gemstone Peridot. This is the third recent addition to the modern list since it was created in 1912.
“At certain moments in history, when there is a strong call from gem enthusiasts to expand the list of official birthstones, Jewelers of America believes in recognizing the importance of historically significant gemstones and giving gemstone lovers a choice that suits their preferences,”
said JA President and CEO David Bonaparte.
A favorite among dealers and collectors due to its wonderful brilliance and sparkle, hardness and wide range of stunning colors. Known mainly for its beautiful rich reds, Spinel can also be found in many other gorgeous pastel shades of purple and pink such as those discovered in Umba in Tanzania in the late 1990’s which are unique. Recently found is a striking hot pink tinged with orange from Burma. Wonderful shades of blue have also been discovered, for example Cobalt Spinel, found in Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
Like Garnet and Diamond, Spinel is singly refractive and has the same physical properties in all crystal directions, it has octahedron crystals. Spinel also has a similar structure to Ruby and is found in many of the same locations, leading to great confusion in gemstone history as they have often been confused. Ruby is aluminum oxide, while Spinel is magnesium aluminum oxide formed when impure limestone is altered by heat and pressure. Both red/ pink Spinel and Ruby get their reddish color from impurities of chromium.
The source of both gems is said to be Myanmar, Burma. The Myanmarans have always recognized Spinel as its own species, but beyond, Spinel was referred to as "Balas Ruby" for hundreds of years. It wasn’t until 1783 when Mineralogist Jean Baptiste Louis Rome de Lisle identified it as a different mineral.
In Burma they believe that because Spinel is so perfect, they refer to it as “Nat Thwe” or “polished by the spirits”. In Ancient times, some mines produced exceptionally large crystals, some were treasured by kings and emperors. Some of these “rubies” are now actually Spinels. Famous examples include:
“The Black Prince’s Ruby”
A 170 carat crimson red cabochon Spinel set into the cross pattee in the Imperial State Crown in the British Crown Jewels. The stone is one of the oldest parts of the crown Jewels. It first appeared in historical records of fourteenth-century Spain, and has been owned by a succession of Moorish and Spanish Kings before Edward, Prince of Wales, the “Black Prince”, received the stone in 1367 as payment for a battle victory.
The stone was not actually set into the Imperial State Crown until 1685 for the coronation of King James 2nd. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 2nd was coroneted in the Imperial State Crown and she wears it annually at the Opening of Parliament. The crown is currently on display in the Tower of London.
“The Timur Ruby”
An unfaceted, unpolished 361 carat red Spinel presented as a gift to Queen Victoria by The East India Company in 1851 and set into a necklace by Garrards in 1853 as part of the British Crown Jewels and named after the ruler Timur (or Tamerlane) the great tartar conqueror. Until 1851, it was regarded as the largest known “Ruby” in the world. It is one of the most historically significant jewels that the Queen actually owns and is currently ranked as second in size behind the 398.72 carat Spinel in the Imperial Russian Crown.
The necklace has never actually been worn by any British Royal. Nevertheless, it is one of their greatest heirlooms. This stone has a very interesting and complicated history, parts of it can actually be derived from the stone itself, for some of the owners inscribed their names and/or additional inscriptions on it. This too, is currently on display in the Tower of London.
The Imperial Crown of Russia
or Great Imperial Crown sports a stunning 398.72-carat red Spinel, believed to be the largest red Spinel in the world. It was worn by the Emperors of Russia until the abolition of the monarchy in 1917. It was commissioned by Catherine the Great in 1763 for her coronation and made by the court jeweler Ekart and Jérémie Pauzié using the Spinel from the historic stones of the Russian Diamond Collection. The Spinel was brought to Russia by Nicholas Spafary the Russian envoy to China from 1675 to 1678 and was last used at the coronation of Nicholas II. The crown is currently on display in the Moscow Kremlin Armory State Diamond Fund.
Other famous Spinels include
Samarian Spinel – at 500 carats, this Spinel in the Iranian Crown Jewels is thought to be the largest “fine” Spinel in the world.
Carew Spinel – an unfaceted 133.5 carat stone, inscribed with the names of the Mughal Emperors. Bequeathed to the Victoria & Albert Museum by Lady Carew in 1922.
Mogul Names Necklace – An imperial necklace set with 11 polished Spinel beads from the Pamir region weighing a total of 1,131.59 carats. Three of the beads are engraved with the Emperors names.
The Healing Properties of Spinel
Believed to protect its owner from all harm and soothe sadness, to stimulate strength, promote physical vitality and bring high energy. It is said that Spinel can aid in the speed of recovery from all illness and disease associated with movement. In the mental realm, it is used to help reduce forgetfulness.
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San Francisco Gives Kindergartners Free Money for College. Could it Work Statewide?
San Francisco kindergartners take a field trip to the bank in 2016 as part of the city's Kindergarten to College savings program. (Kara Brodgesell, courtesy of the San Francisco Treasurer's Office)
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Felicia Mello
Emelyn Jerónimo is only 12 years old, but she already has $3,000 saved toward college. Socked away by her mother in chunks of $100 or less since Jerónimo was in kindergarten, the money may not seem like much, but it’s helped fuel the San Francisco sixth-grader’s dreams of becoming a pediatrician.
Jerónimo’s nest egg is part of a first-of-its-kind program that automatically sets up college savings accounts for every kindergartner in San Francisco’s public schools, each seeded with $50 from the city treasury. And if Gov. Gavin Newsom gets his way, the model could soon roll out to other cities across California.
Newsom launched Kindergarten to College as mayor of San Francisco in 2010, and last week he proposed spending $50 million on similar pilot projects around the state as part of what he’s calling a cradle-to-career education strategy.
“You want to address the stresses, the costs of education?” Newsom said at a press conference unveiling his 2019-20 budget. “Let’s start funding those costs when people enter into kindergarten.”
Fans of so-called child savings accounts say they help children envision themselves attending college from a young age. Families of San Francisco public school students, many of whom are low-income, have saved a total of $3.4 million of their own money in the Kindergarten to College accounts, according to city Treasurer José Cisneros.
Only about 1 in 5 students have contributed money beyond what the city supplies. That still outpaces the percentage of U.S. families contributing to 529 plans, tax-deferred accounts that provide another option for college savings—as Cisneros is quick to point out.
“To me, when you have millions of dollars saved for college and it’s coming in part from the poorest families in the city, that’s a huge win,” argues Cisneros, who said Newsom has told him he wants to model the California program on San Francisco’s approach. “This is sending a signal to thousands of kids in our city that college is something that’s going to be part of your future.”
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While individual 529 accounts can require savers to fill out complex paperwork, pay fees or navigate online management tools, parents learn about the Kindergarten to College accounts through a letter from their children’s school. They can make deposits in cash at bank branches or school campuses, and because the program is universal, they don’t have to provide proof of income or citizenship status to participate.
A number of other states and cities have also established child savings accounts, funded with either public or philanthropic dollars. It’s a relatively new idea, so most accounts haven’t been around long enough for researchers to study long-term outcomes.
Still, there are some signs the programs may be working. Researchers in Oklahoma studied 2,700 families with children born in 2007, randomly selecting half of them to receive $1,000 in a college savings account at the child’s birth.
They found that children with accounts scored higher on measures of social and emotional development than those in the control group. Their mothers were more likely to report higher educational expectations for their children, the researchers found, and even exhibited less depression than those in the control group.
One reason the accounts may appeal to policymakers: They’re relatively simple to supply when compared with addressing systemic inequities that affect educational success, such as access to social networks and family wealth.
“Social capital is really important for people but hard to give to them,” said William Elliott, director of the Center for Assets, Education and Inclusion at the University of Michigan. “But we can give them money in their account.”
Gov. Gavin Newsom launched Kindergarten to College as mayor of San Francisco in 2010, and last week he proposed spending $50 million on similar pilot projects around the state as part of what he’s calling a cradle-to-career education strategy. (Stephen Lam/Getty Images)
Getting parents to trust the process can pose a challenge. Jerónimo’s mother, Erika Sierra—an immigrant from Oaxaca, Mexico—was unnerved when a bank teller in her Mission District neighborhood asked for her Social Security number in order to deposit money in her daughter’s account.
For months, she stopped saving, only resuming when an outreach worker from a local nonprofit, Mission Graduates, explained that she could use a different form of identification.
Now, she and her two daughters gather up cash from birthday presents and bring it to the bank—her daughters filling up the envelopes themselves.
“It’s a good option for teaching them the habit of saving,” she said. But she said many parents at her daughters’ school opt out of using the accounts, whether out of fear or because they don’t understand how. The city tries to combat those doubts by taking kindergartners and their parents on field trips to local bank branches.
Cost is another hurdle, especially in cities less flush with tech industry cash than San Francisco. In Lansing, Mich., city leaders decided to offer child savings accounts—modeled on San Francisco’s—with just a $5 initial deposit.
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A state investment in college savings accounts could support places like Oakland and Long Beach that are developing their own programs. But those dollars could also be spent shoring up California’s financial aid system. More than 200,000 eligible students applied for the state’s Cal Grant scholarships last year and didn’t receive one. Newsom has called for a modest increase in the number of those grants, along with boosting the amounts awarded to student parents.
Advocates for the savings accounts, however, argue that investments in financial aid are better made earlier in a child’s educational career. Some even say that federal Pell Grants—need-based scholarships for higher education—should be divided into two chunks, with one given out during childhood.
“Financial aid is in many ways kind of too late,” said Cisneros, the city treasurer in San Francisco. “It’s not there early enough to send a message to 5-, 6- or 7-year-olds that college is something you have every right to have access to.”
Researchers are also studying whether rewards cards could help parents who are living paycheck to paycheck save for college by giving them cash back on grocery purchases, and whether universal child savings accounts counteract implicit bias among teachers by encouraging them to see all students as college-bound. California could become a laboratory to test those ideas if the Legislature signs off on Newsom’s plan later this spring.
Meanwhile, Sierra, a stay-at-home mom who never went to college herself, says her daughters’ savings accounts have given her an excuse to talk to them about higher education.
“I tell them, ‘Don’t worry about what we have or what we don’t have,’ ” she said. “Just keep studying, and you’ll get to college.”
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Questions on Promised Legislation
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Micheál Martin (Leader of the Opposition; Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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In the programme for Government there is a commitment that all parties to this agreement will operate on a good faith and no surprise basis for the term of the Oireachtas. There have been numerous questions in the past two years about arrangements with Independent Deputies in return for their support. When I asked recently about any deals the Government may have with Independent Deputies, the Taoiseach replied:
While there is no agreement or special deal with Deputy Michael Lowry or Deputy Seán Canney, they do support the programme for Government which they believe benefits the country and their constituencies. They generally vote with the Government . . . in the same way all Independent Deputies who support it do. That means that they are able to raise queries and issues, often related to their constituencies, on which we try to assist.
Therein lies the nub of the repeated questions. The Taoiseach is always at pains to say there is no written agreement between Deputies Lowry and Canney and the Government but there is certainly constant contact and the assistance that is provided for their constituencies is never discussed publicly. There are no records that we are made aware of so why does the Taoiseach continue to hide information about the unwritten deals with Deputies Lowry and Canney? We know Deputy Lowry has never voted against this Government or the previous one. Can the Taoiseach now commit to publishing information on the assistance given to Deputies Lowry, Canney and others, so that the unnecessary speculation can be cleared up in the interests of the taxpayers?
Leo Varadkar (Taoiseach, Department of An Taoiseach; Dublin West, Fine Gael)
There is nothing to publish and nothing to hide. As I have told the Deputy previously we have no formal agreement, written or verbal, with any Independent Deputy. There are, however, several Independent Deputies who generally support the Government and because they generally support the Government, we are happy for them to raise constituency or policy issues with Ministers. If we can work on them we do, and where we cannot, we do not.
That is a deal.
Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
Declan Breathnach (Louth, Fianna Fail)
It is a demand account.
Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
Fianna Fáil is in the deal as well.
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
That is a deal over and above those who might get more and those who do not support the Government.
Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
We have drawn the short straw.
That is public and should be there to be read. It is in black and white.
It is not a formal written or verbal agreement and there is certainly nothing to publish.
They get preferential treatment over those who do not support the Government.
It is also important to acknowledge that those Deputies who are not part of the Government, such as Deputies Lowry and Grealish and others, do not always vote with the Government. Deputy Martin mentioned Deputy Lowry, in particular. His voting record over the past two years has him voting against the Government on ten occasions, not voting at all on 71 and with the Government on 89.
That is a lot.
Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
The Taoiseach was expecting that question today.
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
Although we are in the middle of the summer, the perpetual trolley crisis continues. Dr. Emily O'Connor, the spokesperson for accident and emergency consultants, is quoted this morning as saying that extra beds were promised but that there is no sign of them. Since the Taoiseach took office, 106,694 people have spent one night or more on a hospital trolley. I am sure the Taoiseach will agree that this is scandalous. A comparison of bed numbers from the health service capacity review, published only a few weeks ago, and the capacity review from 2008 shows that there are about 1,000 fewer beds in the health service now. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, is on record as stating that approximately 1,000 beds were closed due to cuts and the recruitment and retention crisis. When will we see real action to tackle the main issues of the trolley crisis? I refer to addressing capacity through reopening beds, addressing the recruitment and retention of staff, providing adequate step-down facilities, home-care packages and proper investment in primary and community care.
According to the HSE, the number of patients on trolleys in our accident and emergency departments, and adjoining our emergency departments, was 192 this morning. That is 32% fewer than this day last year and 32% fewer than the year before. The good weather may be a factor but it is significantly lower than the last two years. As always, there is enormous variation from hospital to hospital. There are no patients on trolleys at all in Beaumont Hospital or Portiuncula University Hospital in Mayo but there were 23 on trolleys in Tallaght hospital. This demonstrates that it is about more than simple bed capacity - it is also about how resources are used as well as having them.
To answer Deputy McDonald's question regarding when will we see action, 200 additional beds have already been opened this year. A couple of years ago, as Minister for Health, I reversed the Fianna Fáil policy, made during the boom, to reduce the number of hospital beds and we have been increasing the number of hospital beds ever since. These are as follows: there are 22 in St. Vincent's Hospital; 29 in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; 17 in University Hospital Limerick; 28 in University Hospital Galway; 18 in University Hospital Waterford; 20 in Beaumont Hospital; 23 in St. James's Hospital; 24 in the Mater Hospital; 11 in Naas General Hospital; two in Cork University Hospital; and 14 in St. Luke's General Hospital in Kilkenny. Those are the ones already opened this year. Still to come are the beds in South Tipperary General Hospital, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and Roscommon General Hospital medical assessment unit.
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
It is over a year since the Supreme Court ruled that the ban on asylum seekers working was unconstitutional. We understand that the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, will today announce new proposals to allow asylum seekers to work. This follows on from the highly restrictive and unworkable procedures introduced by the Government in February. They required a €1,000 fee for a permit and a starting salary of €30,000. I understand that one permit was issued since then. We do not know the full details yet because they have not been announced, but reports say that there will still be restrictions. This development has been a long time coming. Ireland is one of only two EU countries not allowing migrants to work. The report of the working group on the protection process and direct provision, the McMahon report, recommended that the right to work be given within nine months and that a decision be made on asylum applications within 12 months. Will this announcement today require new legislation or can it be done by Ministerial Order? Can the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, also confirm that the new rules will be applicable from today and, if not, what is the start date?
Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
I hope the new rules that will be announced this afternoon, following the decision of the Government yesterday, will become operative at an early date. I acknowledge what Deputy Howlin has said about these proposals being far reaching, positive and reformist. I am happy to take a Topical Issue, or some such other mechanism, which would allow me give greater detail to the House. I hope that what will be a positive package of measures will be favourably received by all sides of the House.
Will legislation be required?
No, it will not.
Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
During the national economic dialogue, the Taoiseach said that Ireland's economic fundamentals remain strong and for the first time in seven years we are on track when it comes to poverty, deprivation and inequality. He should have added - in brackets - except for teachers, nurses, doctors, soldiers and people who work in this House, those employed by the public sector who will not have pay equality restored until 2022 at the earliest. By 30 June, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Donohoe, is obliged, under legislation, to bring a report before this House - that means he will have to have it to us by tomorrow - indicating and justifying how and why he continues to use financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, legislation as a big sword over the public sector to justify pay inequality. Anyone who steps out of line under FEMPI will not receive any pay increases. Given the Taoiseach's at the national economic dialogue, it is a total farce that this legislation continues to be used to penalise the public sector, which gave the most to facilitate the recovery. Will the Taoiseach please justify that and indicate when the FEMPI legislation will be before the House?
I am delighted that Deputy Bríd Smith was at the national economic dialogue and that she was able to pick up some aspects of my speech.
Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
The Taoiseach admires Deputy Bríd Smith.
Those figures come from the Central Statistics Office survey of income and living conditions. They show that poverty is falling, deprivation is falling and income inequality is narrowing. I am glad that is no longer disputed by people on the left.
Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity)
Rents are rocketing.
As can be seen from the figures from last year and this, there will be even stronger-----
What about teachers, nurses, doctors and public servants?
The issue of different pay scales within the public service is a somewhat different one to poverty and deprivation-----
I referred to inequality.
-----and income inequality but we will come back to that. I do not know if that report is ready but I will check with the Minister and ask him to write to Deputy Bríd Smith.
I was not at the national economic dialogue but I am concerned about the economic situation of housing tenants in Tipperary. I raised this matter with the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy - who is in the Chamber - on a number of occasions and I have written to him three times in respect of it. Tipperary County Council has unilaterally merged nine differential rent schemes. Only in the past two weeks have people received letters notifying them of huge increases of up to 50% that will take effect on 1 July. This is underhanded and it is disrespectful to the tenants and their tenancy rights and agreements. Will the Minister ask Tipperary County Council to have a moratorium on those increases until there is proper meaningful engagement with those tenants? They are good tenants, in the main, paying their way but those kinds of increases are savage. Surely, different standards of houses should have different rates of rent if they have a lower energy ratings, etc. Will the Minister ask Mr. Joe McGrath to postpone this until there is discussion and a lead-in time and people have time to adjust?
Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
There is a national review of rents happening at the moment and it will conclude shortly. This issue that Deputy Mattie McGrath has raised is one for the local authority. It is an executive function and not a reserved function. The executive consulted the local authority members and it is a matter for them, not me. However, I have correspondence to send back to the Deputy today explaining that in more detail.
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
I too was glad to be at the national economic dialogue. I heard the Taoiseach's speech setting out the vision for the country. I thought it was disgraceful that the Taoiseach never once mentioned the need to protect our environment or change our reputation in that regard. The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, who also spoke, tried to restore the Taoiseach's reputation when he stated that the Government is going to be great at the environment and that we are going to be particularly good at recycling. Does this mean that the Taoiseach will allow the Waste Reduction Bill, which was introduced a year ago, by the Labour Party and ourselves, to proceed to Committee Stage? The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Denis Naughten, is throwing around all sorts of figures and arguments in respect of this matter but no one knows what he is saying. We need to debate the Bill to which I refer, which is a core measure in the context of tackling the recycling issue. That is one of the many environmental issues which we need to tackle and which the Taoiseach completely ignored this morning. Will the Taoiseach issue the money message and allow us to debate the Waste Reduction Bill and try to restore some kind of reputation for this country?
The House will appreciate that no matter a long a speech one makes, there will always be something that one either does not mention or does not mention enough.
It is a small thing.
That is a standard criticism of any speech that anyone makes. I am not a person for long speeches. I did, of course, refer on several occasions to Project Ireland 2040 and Deputy Eamon Ryan will know that the biggest-----
It is really small.
-----single aspect of that is €22 billion to be invested in climate actions.
There are many others.
In respect of making time available for a debate, the Deputy has been back in this House for over two years now and he must know at this stage it is the Business Committee that makes those decisions, not me.
Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
It is undemocratic.
There is a promise on page 56 of A Programme for a Partnership Government to the effect that equal and fair treatment will be given to sick and vulnerable people and children. That is why Ms Noreen O'Neill from Kilgarvan and her friends are climbing Croagh Patrick next weekend. They are highlighting the need for tetrahydrocannabinol, THC, to be made available.
It is a component of cannabis oil that she needs for Michael, her 22 month old son, to prevent seizures and periods of chronic pain from which he suffers terribly. I am asking that this medicine be made available through our chemists and pharmacists, which would benefit people who need it, like little Michael O'Neill from Kilgarvan. I ask that this be done before the Minister, Deputy Harris, and the Government go on their summer holidays because consultants and doctors are afraid to give prescriptions for this vital drug.
Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance)
The Health Products Regulatory Authority made a recommendation that this Government set up a cannabis access programme 18 months ago. Nothing has happened since. The Dáil supported the Bill I put forward eight months ago providing for access to medicinal cannabis. As nothing has happened, we will continue to have cases such as that of Noreen O'Neill.
The licensing system for medical cannabis is failing, and the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, is quite well aware of this. I have raised the matter with him, as have other Deputies. In the case of Noreen O'Neill and her child, it is extremely worrying and frightening to think of a child suffering from seizures despite knowing that this cannabis oil, if made available, would stop those seizures from happening. Over the weekend, people were trying to get help, advice and assistance from another campaigner, Ms Vera Twomey, because their children are suffering with seizures. This is a very common problem, and I believe the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health should tackle it on behalf of the O'Neill family, Vera Twomey and all of the other families who are not as prominent and outspoken about this matter.
Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent)
Like Deputies Michael and Danny Healy-Rae I have spoken to Ms Noreen O'Neill. This lady is climbing Croagh Patrick, one of the highest mountains in the country, to highlight the efforts she is making to get medicinal cannabis for her child. Medicinal cannabis must be rescheduled in Ireland. As it stands, it is classified as a drug with no medicinal properties. Until this situation changes, consultants will have grave difficulties in prescribing the necessary treatment. The Government in the UK has seen the error of its ways. Vera Twomey was treated with the highest respect in the British Parliament last week. We fail in our duty to these people continuously. They are suffering and their children and loved ones are suffering. Why are we dragging our feet on this issue?
Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity)
Noreen O'Neill and many of her supporters are climbing a mountain at the weekend to highlight this case but they have to climb a mountain every day to fight for the healthcare needs of their children. It is a disgrace that this State is forcing people to go abroad to access healthcare. I am not talking about Britain but to the Netherlands, the Spanish state and beyond. The events in the UK show that this issue is not going away. It will come back onto the agenda again, and the Government will have to deal with it. The people will make sure that it does.
I thank the Deputies for raising this matter. The best approach to be taken in this case is for the patient concerned to get a prescription from a specialist. A specialist doctor is required, and he or she must be willing to prescribe the drug and monitor it for side effects and efficacy. The Minister for Health has already issued seven or eight licences on that basis and has not refused any application for such a licence. The best thing to do would be to get a prescription from a qualified specialist, which is the normal way people acquire medicines. The Minister can issue a licence if a prescription is given. We acknowledge that the current process is cumbersome. The Minister is working on a cannabis access programme which will make it easier for people to access medicinal cannabis. There are grave difficulties with the proposal that the medicine be made available in pharmacies because it is not a licensed medicine. A licensed medicine must be produced to certain standards and sourcing this product in that way is already proving difficult.
Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
Under the prioritising early years programme, the Government committed to the establishment of a new in-school speech and language service to support young children as part of a more integrated support system. Today, I received the summer waiting list report from Barnardos. It describes the waiting times for children seeking access to speech and language therapy as extreme, with 548 young people waiting more than a year and a further 351 young people waiting for more than two years for speech and language therapy in CHO 4, which is Kerry, north Cork, north Lee, south Lee and west Cork. This is the longest waiting list in the country. When will the Government actually role out this programme in schools?
I did not pick up all of what Deputy Buckley said, but I believe it was related to the pilot scheme in schools for speech and language therapy. I will have to ask the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Bruton, to write to the Deputy with a detailed response.
Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
On page 5 of the programme for Government a commitment is given to equality of opportunity. It says that we will support those with disabilities and maintain their potential by removing barriers which impact access to services, education, work and healthcare. St. Cecilia's school in Sligo, situated at Cregg House, is a school for very special children with very special needs. It is a special school with very special staff. At the moment one speech and language therapist is dealing with 44 children, aged between five and 18, as well as 100 people living in residential care. A behavioural therapist who was situated in the school left earlier this year and has still not been replaced.
The Taoiseach, as a medical doctor himself, knows the benefit of early access for children and adults to speech and language therapy and the difference it can make to future opportunities in life. Parents are concerned. The service is not up to speed in terms of what these children need and I ask the Taoiseach to use his good office to ensure that a second speech therapist is put in place, along with a behavioural therapist.
Carol Nolan (Offaly, Independent)
This is a very urgent matter. I met the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Finian McGrath, last year, to express my concern over the waiting lists in Laois and Offaly for speech therapy and occupational therapy. We now also have a long and unacceptable delay in the assessment of need for these children. Leaving these children on a waiting list for this amount of time is impacting greatly on their education and, more importantly, their well-being. It is a grave injustice. The Minister should get his act together and take action.
John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
A comprehensive analysis is being carried out by both the Department of Health and the Department of Education and Skills. That analysis is ongoing at present, and we will revert back to the two Deputies on the specific issues they have raised in the coming weeks.
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
Several months have elapsed since the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, told me that he was upgrading or improving the tenant purchase scheme, which blatantly discriminates against people who have to rely on social welfare for their livelihood. I was told that change was imminent in that area. When can we expect that change to happen?
I thank the Deputy for raising this matter with me. We have been in consultation with Fianna Fáil as part of the confidence and supply agreement as there are some changes that might be put in place during the coming weeks. Once those conversations have concluded we will be able to make an announcement.
My question is relevant to pages 14 and 52 of the programme for Government, which refer to transparent oversight of performance and the potential appointment of an ombudsman for procurement. At my insistence, the Committee of Public Accounts, in its periodic report in January, included the call for the Government to establish a committee of inspection on the very costly liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC. As the normal level of oversight was specifically excluded from the legislation establishing the liquidation in 2013, is the Government now prepared to accept my recommendation, and that of the Committee of Public Accounts, to include a committee of inspection? Costs are heading towards €300 million.
The recent progress report was less than transparent or clear in the context of legal fees. One example given was that Arthur Cox had received €37,000. I saw documentation which showed that that particular firm incurred fees of more that €1 million in one particular case, and the media confirmed it last week. As there are more than 140 cases, this is a matter of huge concern to the taxpayer. I hope that the Government accedes to my recommendation, and that of the Committee of Public Accounts, for the establishment of a committee of inspection. I acknowledge the Taoiseach is not on the Business Committee but he is not entirely without influence. He might use that influence to secure time for a debate on these matters here in the House.
I have not had an opportunity to examine that, but I will discuss it with the line Minister and reply to the Deputy in writing.
This is a question to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government on what may be as many as 5,000 homeowners in Donegal who were affected by defective Mica blocks. In December 2015, as I have outlined to the Minister in the Dáil on many occasions, a panel was formed by the Government to assess the situation and it reported more than a year ago. Recently, a National Standards Authority of Ireland report was published outlining a range of options to remediate the homes, including removing the outer leaf of the wall to complete demolition of the house, depending on how badly it is affected. The bottom line is that there needs to be a redress scheme to help those homeowners fix their homes. The Minister has continuously tried to avoid dealing with this issue. Will he ensure there is a line in the budget this year to help those homeowners, who want to get on with their lives and address this massive problem by which they have been unfortunate enough to be affected? Will he ensure that a scheme and funding are put in place this year to help them?
I thank the Deputy for the question, which is of serious concern to him and his constituents. The Minister of State with responsibility for Gaeilge, Gaeltacht and the Islands, Deputy Joe McHugh, and the Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Damien English, are in constant contact on this. We had an expert panel that made a number of recommendations. We are progressing the first two recommendations at the moment. We are also consulting on what we can do to implement the further recommendations. Those conversations will continue between now and the budget.
Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
Regarding the programme for Government and its commitments to provide services for people with disabilities, does the Taoiseach understand the chronic shortage of funding, particularly for the section 39 organisations which are service providers for people with disabilities, and the enormous pressure they are being put under by the HSE and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding funding? That leads to the management trying to manage budgets and a chronic shortage of therapies being available to young kids, including diagnosis in the first instance. Children are then being put on a waiting list for therapies which are crucially important to allow them to lead a proper life. There are also funding shortfalls which make no sense from the point of view of the State's approach. Facilities cannot be opened because the funding is not coming through. The block grant has been cut and, at this point in time, these organisations are in rag order where funding is concerned.
I am not entirely sure what the question is, but funding for section 39 organisations has been increased every year for the past three years at least. However, I appreciate that they are a diverse group. Some may have had reductions; others have had increases. Overall, there has been an increase every year for the past three years. This would be best raised as a Topical Issue matter with the Minister for Health and the Minister of State with responsibility for disability issues.
Martin Ferris (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
My question relates to payments under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS. In particular, I refer to the criterion that applicants cut hay from 1 July. Apparently the criterion states that if they cut hay prior to that, there will be penalties affecting their entitlement. I understand that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine said there was no regulation to that effect in the House yesterday. Will the Taoiseach confirm whether penalties will be imposed on applicants for GLAS payments who cut their hay today, tomorrow or Saturday? I ask particularly in light of the fact that the weather is so good. It is necessary to get an answer between now and Tuesday or Wednesday.
As I said to the House yesterday, there is no law or regulation prohibiting farmers from cutting hay before 1 July. The traditional hay meadow aspect of the GLAS scheme is voluntary and farmers opt into it. It is a voluntary action and it is part of the voluntary scheme. If farmers choose this action, they are compensated at a rate of €315 per ha, up to a maximum of 10 ha. The farmers can opt out of it if they so wish.
Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
I wish to address the Taoiseach and the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. A while ago, we heard about people have to climb mountains to survive. There is a crisis on the Lios Ard estate, Ballyhooly, Fermoy, Co. Cork, where having to use buckets to draw water to survive this warm weather. I raise it here because while it has been an issue for the last week, more important, it has been an issue for the past ten years. The residents on the estate cannot be guaranteed a proper supply of water in this day and age. I ask the Minister or the Taoiseach to please intercede in the matter and give them some comfort regarding a resolution to the problem.
I thank the Deputy for the question. There has been massive underinvestment in our water infrastructure for more than a decade. That is why we established Irish Water, and that is why we are now making a significant investment throughout the country. Between now and 2027, under the national development plan and Project Ireland 2040, more than €8 billion will be spent on investing in critical water infrastructure. At the moment, the weather is having a particular impact, especially on pressure in certain areas. There may not be a restriction but pressure is low because supplies are low. If the Deputy wants to give me details on a specific area where he feels there might be a need to increase supply because of the weather, we can see if that might be possible-----
Lios Ard in Ballyhooly.
---- given the fact that restraints are necessary because of the weather and because of that critical underinvestment over several years.
Tom Neville (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
Page 87 of the programme for Government refers to "Tackling Disadvantage". I have been told that the update of the identification model is currently under way, and this will take account of the updated schools data and current school year combined with the Pobal HP deprivation index, as derived from the 2016 census. My query concerns Abbeyfeale boys' national school in County Limerick. We have been in ongoing consultation with the Department of Education and Skills since earlier this year, and the Department has stated that the next steps will be taken once further detail is available in the quality assurance process.
The timelines have constantly been pushed out on this. I was given a date of the first quarter of this year at one stage. I have been given more timelines. Now I am being told about the next steps. I need a definitive timeline and a definitive action on this. I ask the Taoiseach to carry it out.
I am afraid I am not familiar with the specifics of the issue, but I know it is something that is of great concern and interest to Deputy Neville. I will meet the Minister for Education and Skills later today, and I will ask him to make direct contact with the Deputy to see what can be done.
Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
In the programme for Government, under "Crime Prevention", there is a commitment to "Ensuring a Strong and Visible Police Force in every Community". This is not the case in parts of Louth. At a recent joint policing committee, JPC, meeting between Drogheda and Dundalk, serious concerns were raised that the county's Garda force was short several key personnel. For example, there is no superintendent in the entire mid-Louth area. There is also a shortage of sergeants and inspectors. Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann is coming to Drogheda in August and 400,000 visitors are expected. There are serious concerns that local gardaí do not have sufficient resources to deal with the Fleadh crowds if there was to be an incident. This is despite the fact that all Garda leave has been cancelled. There is a serious shortage of gardaí in Drogheda to deal with the huge numbers expected to attend the Fleadh.
Pat Gallagher (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
Deputy Munster has colleagues following her.
What additional resources does the Minister intend to supply the Garda in Drogheda to deal with the Fleadh?
I ask the Minister for a short response.
I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I visited County Louth recently and had the opportunity of visiting a number of Garda stations to discuss issues with rank-and-file gardaí as well as senior officers. The allocation of resources is a matter for the Garda Commissioner. However, I would be happy to convey any specific concerns that the Deputy might have. I am keen to ensure that Drogheda, like all other towns in the country, is properly policed.
I want to include everybody, so I ask the Deputies to please ask short questions.
John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
On Monday, the Dutch Infrastructure Fund made an announcement that a contractor, Woodvale Construction, was to be appointed to finish three schools that were caught up in the collapse of Carillion. Two of those schools are in my own constituency, namely, Ravenswell primary school and Coláiste Ráithín, while one, Loreto College, is in Wexford. That has to be welcomed. There is a new timeline for construction, with those schools to be completed in August. Facilities maintenance was not included but we were told at the outset that was a critical reason for the prolonged delay in appointing the contractor. Are there problems appointing a facilities management provider? Can the Taoiseach give categorical assurances that those schools that are due to be completed in August will open in September, irrespective of whether there is an agreement on facilities maintenance?
The Minister for Education and Skills is aware of the problems that the Deputy has spoken about, and I believe he is in contact with the officials. If the Deputy wishes to have a further meeting with the Minister, for a detailed analysis of where we stand on that particular problem, we can do that within a week or two.
There is a reference in the programme for Government to improving tax compliance. I wonder whether, rather than just referencing this, the Government will introduce legal reforms following yesterday's court judgment whereby a Member of the Dáil was sentenced for filing false tax returns, failing to keep proper company accounts and falsifying accounts and yet received a chicken feed fine in the context of his wealth and a pat on the back from the judge rather than a rap on the knuckles, saying he was a great Deputy. What we are seeing is one law for the rich and another for the poor. That is the conclusion of workers throughout the country following this case. What reforms will the Taoiseach make on tax compliance?
The Deputy cannot refer to court judgments.
Is the Taoiseach going to oblige judges not to give their personal opinions about one of their own but actually to prosecute serial tax offenders and tax evaders?
The Deputy cannot refer to court judgments or make statements such as that which she has just made. I am warning the Deputy. If the Taoiseach wants to respond, he may do so. If he does not wish to do so, however, I will have no difficulty.
Tax offences and tax crimes are serious crimes in my view and in that of the Government. When people commit tax offences, they are not just taking money from one person they are taking money from all society. In the case of Deputy Lowry, he got a fair trial-----
Did he get a fair sentence though?
-----and as a result of that there was a conviction and a barring from holding directorships and also a fine. It is for the courts to hear cases-----
Absolutely. I said that.
-----and to make those decisions. We are a democracy, we are not the people's socialist republic. We are politicians.
The Deputy in question was found guilty but he did not get a sentence.
Deputy Coppinger, please.
We are not going to overrule judges.
Obviously, the Taoiseach does not care.
Deputy Coppinger is not a judge, she is a Member of the House.
Hold on, I said that. It is a matter for the courts.
The Government is happy to have him support it.
Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
Roll on the people's socialist republic.
We are a democracy and we have a separation of powers.
A drug addict would be in jail. That is my point.
It is not Soviet Russia.
The Taoiseach is happy to have a tax cheat support him.
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
The gender pay gap (wage transparency) Bill is promised legislation. It is to establish a mandatory reporting obligation on companies to report on the gender pay difference in their respective companies. Where does it stand now in terms of preparation?
I thank the Deputy for his brevity and his example of what questions on promised legislation should be.
I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle.
I have positive news for Deputy Durkan. The Government approved the general scheme of the gender pay gap (wage transparency) Bill in recent days.
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017 passed Second Stage in the Seanad.
The gender pay gap (wage transparency) Bill will now go to the relevant committee for observations. I acknowledge Senator Ivana Bacik, in particular, and the Labour Party for their contributions towards this reforming legislation, which I expect will receive a general welcome.
Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Fine Gael)
Last week, I met representatives from the Union of Students in Ireland at an open day. I was surprised that most of the students were the first members of their families to attend college. Their main concern is accommodation. The shortage of accommodation is forcing students to compete with families and professionals for accommodation. The problem is that students have no choice but to go for the accommodation. Their first preference would be purpose-built accommodation. At present, only universities get grants; the institutes of technology do not. If we can release these students from looking for private accommodation it would help. What is the proposal going forward to help deal with student accommodation?
I thank the Deputy for the question. Obviously, it is a fantastic opportunity for those students. Education can only open more doors for them in terms of the opportunities they might have in future. We have an ambitious programme involving my Department and that of the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Bruton, and being led by the Ministers of State, Deputies English and Mitchell O'Connor, to dramatically increase the amount of student accommodation being built. We are aiming for somewhere between 10,000 to 12,000 new student spaces to be provided over the next three years. Already in the course of the past year and a half we have seen almost 2,000 new bed spaces created. Supply is the answer to student accommodation but it is important to note we also have rent a room relief for students whereby a family can let out a room in their home to a student for the year and they can charge up to €14,000 tax free.
It is stated on page 96 of the programme for Government that the Government is committed to building a visible and familiar policing force and policing presence in our communities. It is of great concern to constituents in Laois and Offaly that the rate of burglaries has increased by 6% according to a PhoneWatch survey. We also see violence associated with drink and drugs becoming all too prevalent on our streets. The Minister has made statements several times that the number of Garda recruits has increased but we are not seeing this on the ground. What action will the Minister take? Where are these gardaí? We need them out on the ground in our big towns, where many of the Garda stations are now part-time instead of full-time.
I am happy to confirm to the Deputy there are more gardaí actively engaged in Laois and Offaly than there were five years ago. This is in the context of an increased number of Garda recruits. We are on target to have a Garda service of 21,000 by the year 2021. I acknowledge the importance of yesterday's Government announcement of the appointment of the Garda Commissioner designate, Drew Harris, who will take up his position in early September. I want to say with specific reference to the Laois-Offaly division, which has been raised by Deputy Nolan, that I am very pleased to see an anti-crime task force was set up recently by Chief Superintendent John Scanlon, which is having a dividend on the ground. I acknowledge the support of the people of Laois and Offaly in their provision of assistance to the Garda Síochána in the crackdown on crime.
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Pressure China, Pay the Price
A big rise in the value of the yuan would lift prices for millions of consumers who buy Chinese goods.
By Jeremy J. Siegel, Contributing Columnist
Uncle Sam's top economic officials, including Fed chief Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, recently sat down with their Chinese counterparts for the first of a series of meetings to encourage "fair trade." This is a euphemism for, among other things, limiting our soaring trade deficit by coaxing China to move faster on revaluing its currency, the yuan.
A yuaning gap
China is now our second-largest trading partner, after Canada. Trade between the U.S. and China soared to some $281 billion in 2006, a 20% increase over the previous year. But our annual trade deficit with China is $194 billion, more than twice the deficit with any other country.
The U.S. wants China to cut its trade surplus by revaluing the yuan, making Chinese goods more expensive in dollar terms and U.S. goods more competitive in China. For years, China held its exchange rate at 8.2 yuan to the dollar. But in July of last year, it revalued the currency by 2.1% and "liberalized" the exchange rate by allowing small fluctuations. So far, the results are modest at best. The yuan has appreciated less than 6% against the dollar, far less than the 20% or so that many experts believe is necessary to bring the currency into more realistic alignment with the greenback.
Uncle Sam wants the Chinese to revalue their currency significantly, not by taking the baby steps they've already taken. But I believe that such a policy would ultimately be detrimental to our interests.
A big rise in the value of the yuan would lift prices for millions of consumers who buy Chinese goods. These products account for almost 10% of all durable goods (think TV sets) and nondurable goods (think shirts) purchased in the U.S. A study by Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein estimates that low-cost Chinese imports have knocked almost a full percentage point off America's inflation rate in recent years. A 20% increase in China's currency would cause the prices of all goods sold in the U.S. to rise by as much as 2% (depending on how much of the increase Chinese manufacturers chose to pass along to U.S. consumers).
A big currency revaluation would have consequences beyond its impact on import prices. If a revaluation does, in fact, decrease China's trade surplus with the U.S., then it must, by definition, reduce the amount of U.S. government securities that the Chinese government buys to cover this deficit. China has more than $330 billion worth of U.S. government bonds in its coffers, making it the second-largest holder, behind Japan. Fewer Chinese purchases of U.S. bonds could mean higher long-term interest rates here.
Some maintain that the undervalued yuan hurts manufacturers trying to compete with Chinese imports, resulting in a loss of employment in U.S. industries. But although manufacturing jobs have been migrating to Asia for years, the trend has not hurt our overall employment picture. Over the past five years, the U.S. has created some ten million new jobs. That is more than double the number created in the European Union and ten times the number created in Japan. With a current unemployment rate of 4.5%, job creation is hardly a major worry for U.S. policymakers.
Leaving well enough alone
China, like many other Asian nations, follows a "mercantilist model" of economic trade. This model preaches that wealth and economic superiority are gained through increasing exports and hoarding gold and foreign reserves. The practice may not be great for Asian consumers, who pay more for goods than they might otherwise pay. But if the Chinese want to sell us cheap goods and use dollars to buy our government bonds, that's their business. My advice to Paulson and Bernanke when they next convene with the Chinese: Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Columnist Jeremy J. Siegel is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and author of Stocks for the Long Run and The Future for Investors.
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LGMC named one of America’s best in cancer care
by: Brittany Altom
Posted: Jun 15, 2015 / 11:12 PM CDT / Updated: Jun 15, 2015 / 11:12 PM CDT
Lafayette General Medical Center (LGMC) has won a Women’s Choice Award® for being One of America’s Best Hospitals for Cancer Care. Earning this seal of approval signifies LGMC’s commitment and passion towards an extraordinary healthcare experience for patients, especially women. With this award, LGMC joins an elite network of hospitals committed to a global mission of empowering women to make smart healthcare choices.
“This is a tremendous honor for our hospital,” says LGMC CEO Patrick W. Gandy, Jr. “At Cancer Center of Acadiana, our patients are at the center of everything we do. So, it’s a tribute to our physicians and staff that those receiving our care recognize that dedication.”
In a recent study by TalentInnovation.org, it was found that women are tasked with making 94% of all healthcare decisions, yet they lack trust in their healthcare system. “Now more than ever, the seal of the Women’s Choice Award serves as a validation to women that they are selecting the best hospitals for their own care and that of their family,” said Sharyn S. Lee, RN, MS, FACEHP, President of the Women’s Choice Healthcare Division.
While the overall odds are that two out of three women will never get cancer, over 800,000 women were diagnosed with cancer in 2014. The most common cancers for women were breast cancer, lung cancer and colorectal cancer (Everyday Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015).
LGMC is among the elite group of 331 hospitals who have earned the 2015 Women’s Choice Award by meeting the highest cancer care accreditation standards of the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. LGMC was awarded for excellence in clinical performance with regard to patient safety measures, and its high recommendation rate, a measure very important to women choosing a hospital.
Studies show that each dissatisfied patient will inform up to 10 other people of their dissatisfaction (Health Administration Press). This further exemplifies the importance of keeping as many people satisfied with their care as possible.
“Women have many choices when it comes to cancer care, but now they can make informed choices based on rigorous evidence-based criteria. As a cancer survivor who faced a challenging journey to recovery, I wish I had the Women’s Choice Award as a resource to spare me unnecessary fret and error,” said Delia Passi, Founder and CEO of the Women’s Choice Award. “When faced with cancer you owe it to yourself and your family to get the best treatment,” adds Passi.
According to the American College of Emergency Physicians, the U.S is undergoing a “paradigm shift in health-related thinking, from an emphasis on disease to an emphasis on the patient” (2014). This study suggests that health care’s two goals are to help people live a longer life and to enhance quality of life (American College of Emergency Physicians).
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Best Christmas Albums
James Lange
Christmas is a time to spend with family and friends and music. Whether it’s a focus or simply playing in the background, music is a big part of many holiday memories. It’s also big business for the industry, which means pretty much every great artist has released at least one Christmas album in their day. Here are seven of the best to listen to while the Netflix fireplace is on in the background.
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A Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi Trio
The Charlie Brown Christmas special is a holiday tradition for many families but whether you watch the show or not, you should be enjoying the music. Best known for creating the memorable theme song for the Peanuts TV specials, the Vince Guaraldi Trio performed all the great jazz music heard during the special. Whether they’re playing classic traditional songs like “O Tannenbaum” or “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing” or original music like “Christmas Time is Here,” that has become a standard in its own right, this is by far the coolest Christmas album you could hear.
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A Christmas Gift For You - Phil Spector
If there’s one problem with Christmas albums it’s that the material tends to limit their appeal. However, if there’s one Christmas album that transcends its genre it’s Phil Spector’s A Christmas Gift For You. This isn’t just one of the greatest Christmas albums ever, it’s one of the greatest albums ever made, period. Brian Adams of the Beach Boys has called it his favorite album of all time. There’s a reason. If you don’t know what it is, go find out.
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The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole’s recording of “The Christmas Song” is the definitive version of the song. The 1960 album of the same name may contain the definitive version of his performances. That’s far from the only thing on here, however. He sings “O Tannenbaum” in German, because he’s a badass like that, and he belts out the not covered often enough “I Saw Three Ships” with palpable joy. Finally the album settles you in for a long winter’s nap with a beautiful version of “Silent Night.”
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When My Heart Finds Christmas - Harry Connick Jr.
While the era of crooners like Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra may be over, every generation seems to have one to keep the style alive. In the 90s that man was Harry Connick Jr. The style lends itself well to Christmas music which may explain why his best selling album ever is this one. Whether you prefer your Christmas music with reverence, or as upbeat pop tunes, this one has you covered.
Christmas Eve And Other Stories - Trans Siberian Orchestra
Unlike anything else on this list, but just as much a Christmas album, Trans Siberian Orchestra creates rock operas using traditional Christmas songs as their base, though with significantly more electric guitar than usual. This is one of their best albums and while most of the music is original it’s no less Christmas. You’ll want to sit and listen to this one as the album in it’s entirety has a beautiful story to tell. Pay special attention to “The Old City Bar.” There may be no other Christmas song ever written quite like it.
Merry Christmas/White Christmas - Bing Crosby
The album is the same, though it got reissued with the title changed in order to be sure that everybody knew they’d be getting the one song they were really looking for. “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby is one of the most popular songs ever recorded, end of discussion. If the song is somehow not already in your collection it needs to be, but this album contains several other favorites that you’ll also enjoy.
A Pentatonix Christmas - Pentatonix
Christmas music is such big business that rarely does the same Christmas album lead the sales charts for more than the the year it’s released. However, Pentatonix has taken the crown the last two years. Will 2016 make it three in a row? The accapella group shows you just how beautiful the simple human voice can be, unadulterated by any additional instrumentation.
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Advantages of Being Multilingual in Singapore
The benefits of bilingualism are known. According to Professor Gopinathan of the National University of Singapore, “Promoting Bilingualism amongst the population was excellent. However, it’s also a gradual process.” Today, majority of Singaporeans aged below 40 can converse comfortably in at least two languages but in varying proficiencies.
In Singapore, being multilingual brings about many advantages.
You can take up Korean courses in Singapore and stand out from the crowd. Not only will you be in a better position to engage with nationals from one of Singapore’s most significant trading partner, you can also benefit from these advantages.
You’ll Improve Your Memory
Scientists investigating the effect of multilingualism on memory found that multilingual individuals had a better memory. Keen to understand why this was so, they probed further. The discoveries were astounding. It turns out that multilingual people have to understand and apply the rules of different languages every time they communicate. They have to know when to use the right word, put it in the right tense, in the right cultural context and observe the specific grammar rules.
The study concluded that multilingualism enhanced a persons’ ability to store and process information. It’ll also give you a better working memory.
You Gain Advanced Decision Making Skills
Scientists have shown that as you think through a problem in a new language, you will tend to be more analytical and more likely to take better-calculated risks.
These qualities are especially critical in a business or for your personal finances.
Taking Korean lessons in Singapore will expose you to a non-native language. It helps you make less biased decisions in your finances including investments, retirement, and savings, as you will be more used to making better decisions.
Opens up a Bag full of Job Opportunities
It cannot be denied that today’s world is more interconnected and the global commerce space is shrinking faster. Singaporean companies, as well as corporations from other parts of the world, are setting up operations all over the globe.
Therefore, taking some time to go to a Korean language school in Singapore can be the first step in your journey to an amazing career.
Not only will learning the Korean language open new career opportunities in Korea, but it will also set you up to be a choice pick to handle any Korean affairs at your present station.
Makes You more Insightful
Scientists from the University of Pompeu Fabra in Spain discovered that multilingual people are more observant of their environment and have a better appreciation of it.
A Korean language class in Singapore will help you to be more detailed and you’ll be better at cutting out irrelevant information. Also, you’ll be better at spotting misleading information.
Now that you know the advantages of being multilingual, consider signing up for Korean language lessons in Singapore.
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About Us / LBMC Leadership / Schmidt
Michelle Schmidt, CPA
Senior Manager, Audit
Middle Tennessee State University, Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting
Michelle (Ebel) Schmidt, CPA serves as a Senior Manager in the audit division of LBMC, PC. She works in the Nashville office where she specializes in Healthcare audits.
Michelle joined the firm in 2011. She is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University where she earned her Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting and served as President of Beta Alpha Psi. Michelle spends most of her client-facing time in the healthcare industry and has been a valued member of that team over the last several years, serving some of the firm’s largest healthcare clients.
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WELL-STRUNG returns to Clear Space Theatre
July 28th, 2019 - 9:00 pm
Looking for the perfect ending to that August fun-in-the-sun weekend? Look no further than Rehoboth’s own Clear Space Theatre! On Sunday, July 28, at 6:00 and 9:00 PM, Clear Space will be hosting WELL-STRUNG, as they return to Rehoboth Beach. Don’t miss an opportunity to see and hear this amazing string quartet, whose unique fusion of pop and classical music caused the New York Daily News to gush that these “fetching fiddlers” are “The hottest things with a bow since Jennifer Lawrence in ‘The Hunger Games!’”
Clear Space Theatre’s Board Chair, Carl Schloegel – an enthusiastic audience member at previous WELL-STRUNG concerts – concurs: “We are incredibly excited to bring WELL-STRUNG back to a Rehoboth Beach stage! Previous performances Clear Space have been sell-outs, and we’re sure this year’s concert will be just as popular – and, if possible, even more entertaining! There just can’t be a better way to wrap up a weekend at the beach than to sit back and enjoy as WELL-STRUNG romps its way through an evening of classical-pop fusion.”
The foursome includes Edmund Bagnell (first violin), Christopher Marchant (second violin), Daniel Shevlin (cello) and Trevor Wadleigh (viola). Their eclectic appeal has garnered invitations to perform at the Vatican, the House of Blues in New Orleans and a gala for then-President Obama. Release of their viral music video, “Chelsea’s Mom,” led to a special-request performance for Hillary Clinton. They have performed with equally widely-ranging artists, including Neil Patrick Harris, Audra McDonald, the San Francisco and New York City Gay Men’s Choruses, and Joe Jonas.
Wesley Paulson, Executive Director of Clear Space Theatre commented: “We are so excited to announce that WELL-STRUNG will be back in Rehoboth! Their unique mix of classical and pop music – all brilliantly played and sung – makes for an incredibly entertaining concert experience. And Clear Space is the perfect venue – large enough to hold a crowd, but small enough to provide the sense of intimacy that perfectly fits the performance.”
The July 28 concerts are sponsored by The Bellmoor Inn & Spa. Tickets for the concerts range from $35 for general reserved seats to $75 for front row/side seats to $100 for front row/center seats, and are available online at www.clearspacetheatre.org or by calling the box office at 302-227-2270.
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Swara Bhasker and Divya Dutta to play lovers in queer drama titled ‘Sheer Kurma’
By like2in-net On Jul 4, 2019 66
Swara Bhasker and Divya Dutta. (Photo: Instagram)
Swara Bhasker and Divya Dutta to play lovers in queer drama titled ‘Sheer Kurma’ – The film will be wrapped up by the end of the year.
Mumbai: Divya Dutta and Swara Bhasker are all set to play romantic partners in Faraz Arif Ansari’s Sheer Kurma. The film also stars veteran actress Surekha Sikri and traces the journey of a queer woman searching for a sense of belonging, identity and acceptance from her family.
When asked about having Dutta on board, Faraz revealed that she was his only choice even while writing the film. He said, “Divya and Swara are two celebrated names in the industry and strong allies of the LGBTQIA+ community. It was an easy decision to approach them. In fact, when I started writing the film, I had Divya in my mind, and already saw her playing this role. The day I finished the script, I put up a status on Instagram saying I need someone to play the role, and Divya was actually the first person to call me. It was kind of bizarre that both of them were thinking on the same lines. Without even reading the script, she said she wanted to do the film.”
While many actors would not even consider playing an LGBTQIA+ protagonist, Dutta revealed that she had no reservations about taking up this role’ because of the rapport she shares with Faraz. “I have worked with him previously and I know what he has to offer. For me, this is not just a film. It’s a story about relationships – including this woman’s with her family and her partner, which is something that needs to be talked about amid all the taboo that exists in our society. I took up this role because I wanted to challenge myself as an actor and discover another side of me. I am in good hands, as I have Swara and Surekha Ji as my co-actors, who are equally fabulous. I always wanted to share a screen with them. It is going to be lovely to bring in all the emotions of women who are in this and find a way to strike a balance in society.”
The film will be wrapped up by the end of the year.
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The Top Ten Oldest People to Ever Live
There are certain places in the world where people tend to longer than average, places like the Greek island, Icaria, the Island of Long Life, that are called “Blue Zones,” where the lifespan is about a decade longer than anywhere else. Have these people learned some secret to longevity that remains a mystery to the rest of us? Are they genetically predisposed toward a longer life? Is it the food they eat?
Why Do They Live So Long?
There’s no real, scientifically documented Fountain of Youth, despite the tiny spring in St. Augustine, Florida, that’s supposed to be the legendary living waters discovered by the Spanish explorer, Ponce de Leon. Some say the secret to a long life is good diet and exercise. Excellent medical care may have something to do with extremely long life. Biblical scholars will tell you that obeying a certain law will extend your life: “Honor thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long.” (Exodus 20:12)
In ancient civilization, both Biblical and other historical records, such as the Sumerian Kings List, list lifespans in the hundreds of years. In fact, it is a very well-known Biblical fact that the Oldest Man to Ever Live was Methuselah, who lived to be 969 years old. (He must have really revered his parents.)
The World’s Ten Oldest People (Modern Times)
Although I personally have no doubt that Methuselah’s age is completely verified by Biblical text, more contemporary scholars have devised specific methods of verifying the ages of modern super-centerians. Claims of great age are validated by international longevity research institutes such as GRG, Gerontology Research Group, and Guinness World Records. The following list provides verified information concerning the ten oldest people to live in contemporary history.
#10 Maggie Barnes:
Age: 115 years, 319 days
Maggie Pauline Hinnant Barnes was born the child of a slave in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States on March 6, 1882, according to the Hinnant family Bible. This is the date verified in ascertaining her age, although other records indicate she may actually have been earlier than this: the 1900 U.S. Census lists her birth in 1881, and her marriage license indicates she was born in 1880. Maggie Barnes died on January 19, 1998 from complications arising from an infection in her foot. She’d been mother to a total of 15 children, and outlived eleven of them.
#9 Jiroemon Kimura
Age: 116 years, 54 days
Jiroemon Kimura is a special member of our group of the Ten Oldest People, because he is the only male to have lived long enough to be included in this hallowed list. Jiroemon Kimura is the Verified Longest-Lived Man in Contemporary History. He was born Kinjiro Miyake on April 19, 1897 in Kyotango, Japan.
Miyake married a neighbor named Yae Kimura, and since her family had no male heir he changed his name to Kimura in order to continue her family’s legacy under local tradition. He worked as a postal worker for 45 years, then retired to become a farmer like his father for another 25 years. Jioremon Kimura died in a hospital in his hometown of natural causes on June 12, 2013.
#8 Besse Cooper
Besse Berry Brown Cooper was born in Sullivan County, Tennessee, on August 26, 1896. She was a schoolteacher in Tennessee when she married Luther Cooper and moved with him to Between, Georgia, and raised a family of four children on their farm. Besse’s was famous as the World’s Oldest Living Person from June 21, 2011, until her death of natural causes on December 4, 2012. The Besse Brown Cooper Bridge was named in her honor in Between, Georgia, about six months before she passed on.
#7 Elizabeth Bolden
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Jones Bolden was another long-lived Tennesse native, and her lifespan included three different centuries. Lizzie was born August 15, 1890, and she died December 11, 2006, having lived in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.
#6 Tane Ikai
Tane Ikai was born January 18, 1879, in Kansei, Japan. She is the Verified Oldest Person from Japan, mother of four children, all of whom she outlived. She died of kidney failure on July 12, 1995.
#5 Maria Capovilla
Maria Esther Heredia Lecaro de Capovilla was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on September 14, 1889. She also lived across three centuries and was the oldest person ever from the Southern Hemisphere.
#4 Marie-Louise Meilleur
Marie-Louise Febronie Chasse Leclerc Meilleur was born August 29, 1880, in Kamouraska, Quebec, and is known for being the Oldest Validated Canadian Ever. During Marie-Louise’s lifetime she had two husbands, ten children, 85 grandchildren, 80 great-grandchildren, 57 great-great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-great-grandchildren at the time of her death of a blood clot on April 16, 1998.
#3 Lucy Hannah
Born Lucy Terrel on July 16, 1875 in Linden, Alabama, United States, Lucy is known as the Oldest African-American on record. She came from a long-lived family, with two sisters that lived to 100 and her mother who lived to 99.
#2 Sarah Knauss
Sarah Clark Knauss was born in a small coal-mining town called Hollywood, Pennsylvania, on September 24, 1880. She lived in Pennsylvania all her life, was a skilled seamstress, and mother of one daughter who herself lived to be 101. Speaking of her mother’s long life, daughter Kathryn stated that “she’s a very tranquil person.” Sarah Knauss is known as the Validated Oldest American Ever.
#1 Jeanne Calment
Age 122 years, 164 days
Jeanne Calment has the Longest Confirmed Lifespan in modern history, and is the only person to have lived beyond 120. She enjoyed a life of wealth and privilege, having grown up the daughter of a shipbuilder who then married her wealthy shop-owner second cousin (same last name.) She outlived her only child, raised her grandson, and enjoyed leisurely hobbies like tennis, piano and swimming.
During her later years, Jeanne also enjoyed her fame as the Oldest Living Person, appearing in a documentary film about her life and playing herself in a 1990 film, which made her the Oldest Person to Appear in a Motion Picture. She attributed her longevity to consuming olive oil, port wine and dark chocolate. She died of natural causes on August 4, 1997.
Jeanne Calment’s famous quote: “I’ve never had but one wrinkle, and I’m sitting on it.”
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Vladimir Tarnopolsky
In 1980 Vladimir Tarnopolsky completed his postgraduate studies at the Moscow Conservatoire and the same year his cello concerto degree work was included in Gennady Rozhdestvensky’s subscription concert series From the History of Soviet Music.
Since then the composer’s music has been performed both in Russia and abroad. His chamber and orchestral works have been performed by music ensembles under Mstislav Rostropovich, Valery Gergiev, Alexander Lazarev, Ingo Metzmacher, Reinbert de Leeuw and Vladimir Jurowski. Tarnopolsky’s first stage work was the parody opera The Three Graces (1987), followed by the farce opera Oh, These Russians (1993) and the composer’s major operatic opus Wenn die Zeit über die Ufer tritt after motifs from plays by Chekhov (1999). In 2003 the Barbican Hall in London hosted the premiere of A True Story about Cinderella, whilst in 2006 at the Beethoven Festival in Bonn came the multimedia opera Beyond the Shadow. In Russia both opers were staged in 2015 A True Story about Cinderella at the Mariinsky Theatre (directed by Arkady Gevondov) and Beyond the Shadow at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre in Moscow (directed by Robert Veksler).
In 1989 Vladimir Tarnopolsky was one of the creators of the Association of Contemporary Music, while four years later he founded the Studio of New Music ensemble and the Centree of Contemporary Music at the Moscow Conservatoire. The annual contemporary music festival Moscow Forum was also established by the composer.
For more than twenty years Vladimir Tarnopolsky has taught composition at the Moscow Conservatoire are given lectures and master-classes in the USA and throughout Europe. The composer’s prizes include the Rostrum award (2001), the Dmitry Shostakovich Prize and the Paul Hindemith Prize (1991).
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Emily Hopcian
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My personal journey traveling responsibly and sustainably is constantly evolving. With every trip, I learn something new about maximizing my positive impact and offsetting my negative impact in the regions I visit and the people who live there. Earlier this year, time spent in Parque Nacional Torres del Paine was particularly influential. During my time in southern Chile, I met the director and coordinator of the Torres del Paine Legacy Fund and spent time in Torres del Paine with the organization, alongside the Legacy Fund’s team, other volunteers and park rangers. In doing so, I gathered information from locals and foreigners on best practices for responsible, sustainable travel in the region.
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We’ve all heard it before: To ensure your money supports the local community, travel with local tour operators, stay in local hotels, and dine in local restaurants. But when you’re visiting a region you’re not totally familiar with, making decisions that have the best impact on the local community isn’t always easy.
The key is to first decide what kind of impact you want to have. Do you want to support those who were born, raised, and continue to live in the area? Do you want to support those local to the overall country? Do you want to support foreigners, who perhaps have settled in southern Chile and are supporting the local community there? As a traveler, you set your own terms and choose how your decisions make an impact and, perhaps most importantly, who they impact.
In getting to know the Legacy Fund, I learned that looking for organizations dedicated to collaboratively addressing local issues is a solid first step. You can support those organizations directly as an individual and also check to see if the tourism businesses you’re interested in patronizing are doing anything to support their work. The Legacy Fund works with both local and foreign stakeholders to finance and implement sustainability projects in the area, and on its website, the organization lists businesses and fellow organizations that are collaborating in these efforts to preserve, support, and celebrate the park and its surrounding communities. In my case, the Legacy Fund recommended Erratic Rock Hostel, a partner of theirs, for lodging—and it didn’t disappoint.
On your own, you can research before you embark on your trip to find businesses that match your commitments. While a wealth of information isn’t always readily available online, a quick email or phone call can give you good insight into how a business operates—if you ask the right questions. “Ask [the business] what they’re doing to give back: ‘How will my patronage benefit the destination and not just you as a business?’ Part of traveling responsibly is asking those questions,” says Emily Green, director of the Torres del Paine Legacy Fund.
Choose businesses that create positive impact
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Search for businesses that operate with both environmental and social impact in mind. Beyond the obvious Google search, I recommend reaching out to both professional and casual sustainable travel interest groups on Facebook and other platforms. I actually heard about the Torres del Paine Legacy Fund on a podcast called “She Explores.”
For example, in Torres del Paine, EcoCamp Patagonia is the region’s first fully sustainable accommodation south of the Amazon and is one of the first and only places in the park that operates with renewable energy. Between the low-impact design of its domes, the use of composting toilets, micro hydro power, wind power, recycling, and the minimization of garbage and waste, EcoCamp leaves no trace in Torres del Paine.
Cascada Expediciones, EcoCamp’s tour operator, also offsets all carbon emissions through the international organization Carbon Fund. This means that once you arrive in Punta Arenas—a town south of Puerto Natales and the town with the largest airport near Torres del Paine—if you’re traveling with EcoCamp, you need not worry about the carbon footprint of your trip.
Give your time
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As part of my travels, I volunteered in the park with the Torres del Paine Legacy Fund and Conservation Volunteers International Program. The organizations provide opportunities for volunteers to assist with projects in the park. Trail construction and maintenance projects as well as conservation initiatives allow volunteers a unique, immersive experience within this world-renowned national park.
Our group’s time was split between two projects. We worked on the construction of a new trail in the park as well as removing an invasive plant species from part of the park. Our group of American and Chilean volunteers worked alongside park rangers and got to know more about the park through conversations and time spent with them.
Green feels there are multiple highlights to volunteering in Torres del Paine. “One of them is being able to get behind the scenes of what makes this famous national park, this iconic place, tick,” she says. This is especially true for locals, who often come to volunteer in the park. “For those Chileans who have never been to the famous national park in their own backyard, they get to not only visit it, but then be part of its management and improvement in a very tangible way.”
Claudia Lastra Romero, from Talcahuano, Chile, volunteered with the Legacy Fund in November 2017. When asked about her experience, she told me, “When I arrived in the park, I felt so small—in the mountains, in nature, in the world. I had seen Torres del Paine in photos and videos and heard about others’ experiences there, but to see it in person, it was so different. It’s difficult to put into words.”
Spending time in nature also avails volunteers to moments of personal growth and forms a unique bond among the group, creating new memories and lasting friendships—all rooted in leaving a positive trace in a remarkable place. Our group was in the park together for 10 days. Every day, we had breakfast, lunch, and dinner together, and we all camped in tents together.
Voluntourism often gets a bad rap, so when you’re trying to find opportunities, do your research to ensure your support as a volunteer will actually be beneficial to the community. If you’re going through a voluntourism operator, see what links they’ve had with the local organization they’re collaborating with and ask how long they’ve been working together and how successful it’s been. You can even reach out to the local organization to verify the collaboration.
Talk to locals
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Wherever your travels take you, talk to people. It’s good to share time and conversation with others—like park rangers and business owners—who know the place you’re visiting well. Sharing experiences with others allows us to better understand the places we visit, the world, and, as cliché as it is, ourselves. Often, the biggest takeaway for me is a better understanding of other people; their lives, work and passions; and the communities in which they’re based.
From the Torres del Paine Legacy Fund to the staff at Erratic Rock to the park rangers in Torres del Paine, I’ve come to better understand what Torres del Paine and Puerto Natales—the people, communities, and environments—are up against, not the least of which is rapidly growing tourism. According to CONAF, Chile’s national forest and parks administrator, Torres del Paine had 128,396 visitors in 2007 and 252,447 visitors in 2016. That’s a growth of 96.61 percent in nine years.
Give your money - wisely
Tourism is big business and can be life-changing for some regions. “Tourism is one of the biggest industries in the world right now. It contributes 10 percent of GDP worldwide. So when you’re looking at where you can make sustainability advances that can have real impact, tourism is one of the places where every individual has a lot of agency,” Green says.
Giving your business to tour operators, hotels, restaurants, and other companies that support such initiatives, can go a long way, but you don’t have to leave a place you love behind when your trip is over.
I recommend waiting to make a donation until the end of your travels or once you’re back home. I find it’s best to have visited a place, know firsthand what it’s up against, and know what it means to you. Waiting until after your trip also gives you a chance to talk with locals and personally vet organizations while you’re on the ground. You can see and learn about the work being done there and decide where your money will go furthest.
In the case of Torres del Paine, I suggest looking into the Torres del Paine Legacy Fund, AMA Torres del Paine and the two organizations’ current campaign, Tu Mejor Huella para el Paine, to restore the Base Torres Trail, the park’s most popular trail.
Speak up about what you want
As travelers, we are in control because businesses tend to cater us. So when we respectfully make it clear that we want something, and if enough people speak up, we can positively evolve the travel and tourism industry to care for the people, communities, and environments in which they operate.
Wherever your travels take you, responsible travel starts with doing your research. Find and support businesses and organizations that are explicitly dedicated to local conservation and sustainability. Globally, Sustainable Travel International and Conservation Volunteers International Program are two good places to start.
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Mark’s family moved to the Horsham area when he was 4 years of age and he completed his Secondary School and Sixth Form education at the Weald School in Billingshurst before undertaking the 5 year degree course in Veterinary Science at the University of Bristol from 1992 to 1997.
He has been in practice for 22 years from 1997 to 2010 at Farthings Veterinary Group in Horsham, with a brief spell away in 2002 and was Clinical Director from 2006 to 2010. He was working in Brighton’s emergency 24/7 treatment centre Vetcall at Coastway Veterinary Group where he finished in February 2011. He then became a founding partner of Maltman Cosham Veterinary Clinic with Josie Cosham in March 2011. He gained the RCVS Certificates in Small Animal Medicine and Veterinary Cardiology in 2001 and 2004 respectively, becoming an Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Medicine in 2015. He has since acted as an adviser for these Certificates and a Supervisor for the BVNA Diploma in Veterinary Nursing (Medicine). He is now studying for the BSAVA Certificate in Small Animal Surgery to lead to dual accreditation as a RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Surgery as well as Small Animal Medicine.
Mark was the Treasurer of the BSAVA affiliated Small Animal Medicine Society from 2008 to 2012. Mark regularly contributes to the journals: UK Vet, Veterinary Nursing Times and Veterinary Nursing Journal, whilst acting as a peer-reviewer for the Journal of Small Animal Practice and UK Vet. He wrote a guest editorial for the Journal of Small Animal Practice discussing the role of the General Practitioner in Veterinary Medicine.
Mark has been an External Examiner for Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) and Royal Veterinary College. He has also written chapters in the new BSAVA Manual of Canine Practice on “Cardiorespiratory Disease’ and “Acute Collapse”. More recently he has acted as an expert witness for the RCVS in various disciplinary cases.
Out of work he enjoys running, having completed the 2008, 2010 and 2013 London Marathons as well as golf, squash and biking.
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Lampard determined to make it three out of three as Derby County prepare for Boro' trip
Frank Lampard.
Frank Lampard wants more ruthlessness and nothing in the way of complacency as Derby County prepare to visit league leaders Middlesbrough on Saturday.
The Rams have beaten two of the current top four sides in the last week, a 2-1 win at home to Sheffield United followed by a 4-1 success at West Bromwich Albion on Wednesday night.
And as Lampard aims for what would be a hat-trick of wins as impressive as any club may achieve in the Championship this season, he feels he knows his side will face another tough challenge.
He told RamsTV: "I know they are two good teams and we knew the threats West Brom had going forward.
“My mindset wasn’t to go there and attack away from home, it was more how can we approach this game in the right way. It might not be the same, it might be different but I think we have to be flexible in how we approach games. Middlesbrough will also hold an attacking threat going forward.
“I can name the players and know the attacking players they have and also defensively they are very strong. You know what to expect with a Tony Pulis team. Middlesbrough are very solid at the back, generally with five at the back, but normally they negate your opportunities to create and score.
“We are aware of it but I am focused on us. Hopefully we can bring a similar threat that we took to West Brom, create chances and if we get 20 shots again then we have a great chance of scoring goals and we will try and take that to Middlesbrough. We will go there and try and win the game.”
Rather than reflect too much on the week so far, Lampard was instead concentrating on getting the balance between physical and mental strength right given the relatively short gap between games, with Derby kicking off at lunchtime on Saturday.
He said: “I would rather talk about the week after because these two days between West Brom and Middlesbrough now are huge for us. It’s not for the legs, they need to recover. Training is for the players who didn’t start on Wednesday night but it’s more for the mind.
“It’s more how we approach it because it’s two great wins and we need to carry that through. If we are going to be successful this season, it means the mentality and the focus throughout the squad has to be good so it’s important to keep our heads straight and speak after Middlesbrough.”
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Cooperation agreements signed for Max Planck Schools
On 12 December, the partners of the three Max Planck Schools signed their cooperation agreements in Berlin: Numerous universities under the umbrella of the German Rectors' Conference, the Max-Planck- and Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Leibniz- and Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft will be cooperating closely in this pilot project. “With this joint initiative, we want to compete directly with universities like Oxford and Harvard,” President Martin Stratmann said at the contract signing.
The representatives of the major partner institutions of the Max Planck Schools signed their collaboration agreements.
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The cooperation agreements set out the legal basis for the collaboration during the five-year pilot phase. The agreements were initially negotiated with the so-called “major” Partner Institutes, because these will be playing a key role in the teaching and learning concepts of the individual schools. Further partner organizations will sign the contracts at the start of 2019.
The initiative will be supported by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research with EUR 45 million until 2023. “The Max Planck Schools are a new component to bring together excellent teaching and cutting edge research,” Parliamentary State Secretary Michael Meister emphasized. Beate Schücking, President of Leipzig University, said: “We have found an intelligent solution to bundle excellence in Germany.” The aim is for this network to increase the visibility of German science in international competition in order to attract excellent junior scientists from across the world.
Depending on the applicants’ prior qualifications, so-called “direct track” doctorates are to become available at the Max Planck Schools: By taking part in an integrated Master’s phase (the so-called “initial phase”), students can join the Max Planck Schools directly after their Bachelor’s degrees. By offering the “direct track” model as well as attractive remuneration (up to EUR 1,665 a month during the initial phase and a full Collective Wage Agreement for the Civil Service (TVöD)/TV-L E13 role during the second phase after completing the Master’s), the Max Planck Schools also want to make a contribution towards developing the German science system.
The initial application phase for the three Max Planck Schools – Cognition, Matter to Life, Photonics – will be running until 15 December 2018. The second round is expected to start in January. First students will be joining in September 2019.
The initiative will be managed jointly by the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, the German Rectors' Conference, the research facilities Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Leibniz- and Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft as well as numerous German universities.
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The SEC has charged Teresa Kelly and Catherine Kissick from Colonial Bank and Lee Farkas and Desiree Brown from TBW with fraud for their various roles in a seven and half year kiting scheme between Colonial Bank and Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corporation totaling approximately $1.5 billion. The four persons charged worked together to pass off fictitious or impaired securities and loans for high-quality liquid assets. The four collaborated using a method referred to as “kiting” to hide their $15 million dollar per day debts. Kiting is a practice where debits are not entered until after the credits for the following day are entered. Aiding the SEC with their investigation is the Fraud Section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, the FBI, the Office of the Special Inspector General for the TARP, FDIC’s Office of the Inspector General, the U.S. Department of Housing, the Urban Development’s Office of the Inspector General, and the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. The SEC brought its enforcement action in coordination with these other members of the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force.
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Formula One teams drive carbon reduction
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Posted on Thursday, 17 Jan 2013 11:57 (UTC)
The Formula One Teams’ Association (FOTA) has announced today that Teams across the F1 paddock have reduced their carbon emissions by 7%.
The carbon reduction was achieved over a two-year period from 2009 to 2011 by F1 teams including Caterham, Lotus, Marussia, Mercedes AMG Petronas, Sahara Force India, Sauber, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes and Williams. It follows an externally-audited exercise to set a target to reduce emissions from a baseline of 2009.
FOTA tracked the Teams’ performance against the target, and an audit, conducted by established environmental research analysis organisation Trucost, found that fuel efficiency led to a 24% cut in carbon emissions from Formula One cars. These advances highlight the potential to accelerate carbon reductions across the automotive industry and present further evidence of Formula One’s role in providing an important platform for the development of new technologies.
Turbocharging, fuel injection, variable valve timing and kinetic energy recovery systems [KERS] have all been developed within Formula One. The Teams will continue to invest in technologies to help address resource and environmental challenges.
Trucost’s analysis also identified a 14% fall in emissions from electricity use, following Team-wide efforts to reduce wind tunnel use in race testing, and a 14% reduction in emissions linked to purchases of parts and raw materials.
Key areas of emissions growth since 2009 were operational fuel use, business travel and freight, which directly resulted from an increase in the number of races in the calendar and distances travelled.
Martin Whitmarsh, Chairman of FOTA said: “We are delighted to have achieved such significant reductions in our carbon emissions at such an early stage on our journey. With Trucost’s assistance, we have implemented robust systems to manage the carbon emissions of the Teams and identify areas for further emissions reductions. We will continue our focus on fuel efficiency and are also investigating opportunities to shift towards more carbon-efficient freight transport modes. We are delighted that the FIA Institute has launched a global environmental accreditation programme, which underscores the commitment of the sport to taking positive action on sustainability.”
Richard Mattison, Chief Executive, Trucost said, “By measuring, disclosing and reducing their operational and supply chain carbon emissions, the Formula One Teams lead international sports federations in the carbon race. The innovations in fuel efficiency that the teams have achieved are an important development for the sport and the wider automotive industry.”
The full FOTA Environmental Report can be viewed here: http://www.fota.co/press-article/fota-carbon-emissions-reduction-programme-2012/
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You can download a PDF version of the Business Associate Agreement here.
This Business Associate Agreement (the “Agreement”) by and between Covered Entity and Business Associate (each a “Party” and collectively the “Parties”), is effective as of the date Business Associate first provides Services, as defined below, to Covered Entity.
WHEREAS, the purpose of this Agreement is to address the measures that Business Associate shall take to protect the confidentiality of certain individually identifiable health information that the Covered Entity may disclose to Business Associate or that the Business Associate may create, receive, maintain, or transmit on behalf of the Covered Entity or its Affiliates in connection with the service, repair, trouble shooting and maintenance activities associated with the products identified at http://medical.olympusamerica.com/baaproducts (the “Services”). This Agreement applies only if and to the extent Olympus is a “business associate” (as that term is defined in 45 C.F.R. § 160.103) of Covered Entity.
WHEREAS, the use and disclosure, electronic transmission and maintenance, and security of certain individually identifiable health information is regulated by the Administrative Simplification Provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-191, as amended by Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, Section 13400, et. seq. of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“HITECH”), and the regulations promulgated thereunder, all as may subsequently be amended (collectively referred to as “HIPAA”).
WHEREAS, the Covered Entity may from time to time disclose individually identifiable health information to the Business Associate, and the Business Associate may from time to time create, receive, maintain, and/or transmit such individually identifiable health information.
WHEREAS, both Parties are committed to complying with HIPAA, including without limitation, the HIPAA Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (the “Privacy Rule”), the HIPAA Security Standards (the “Security Rule”), and the HIPAA Standards for Notification in the Case of Breach of Unsecured Protected Health Information (the “Breach Notification Rule”) (all as set forth in 45 C.F.R. Parts 160, 162 and 164), and any applicable guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS” or the “Secretary”).
NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing premises, the Covered Entity and Business Associate hereby agree as follows:
1. PERMITTED USES AND DISCLOSURES OF PHI
1.1 Definitions. Except for the below, all terms used in this Agreement shall have the same meaning as set forth in HIPAA.
a. “Affiliate” shall mean any company directly or indirectly through one or more intermediate companies which now or hereafter may control, be controlled by or be under common control with the relevant party. “Control” of a company means the power to exercise 50 percent or more of the voting rights of such company.
b. “Covered Entity” shall have the meaning given to that term under 45 C.F.R. § 160.103 but shall be limited to entities receiving Services from the Business Associate pursuant to a written agreement.
c. “Protected Health Information” or “PHI” shall have the meaning given to that term under 45 C.F.R. § 160.103 but shall be limited to the information created, received or maintained by the Business Associate from or on behalf of the Covered Entity.
1.2 Use and Disclosure. The Business Associate shall not use or further disclose PHI other than as permitted or required by this Agreement or as Required by Law, as that term is defined in 45 C.F.R. § 164.103 (“Required by Law”). All other uses or disclosures not authorized by this Agreement are prohibited.
1.3 Disclosure to perform Services. Except as otherwise limited herein, the Business Associate may use or disclose PHI as necessary to perform the Services, provided that such use or disclosure would not violate the Privacy Rule if done by the Covered Entity.
1.4 Business Activities of the Business Associate. Unless otherwise limited herein, the Business Associate may:
a. Use PHI for the Business Associate’s proper management and administration and to carry out any of its legal responsibilities.
b. Disclose PHI to third parties for the purpose of the Business Associate’s proper management and administration and to carry out any of its legal responsibilities, if and only if (1) Required by Law, or (2) the Business Associate obtains reasonable assurances from the third party to whom the information is disclosed that it shall be held confidentially and be used or further disclosed only as Required by Law or the purpose for which it was disclosed to that third party. In addition, the third party will notify Business Associate of any instances of which it is aware in which the confidentiality of the information has been breached.
c. Provide data aggregation services to the Covered Entity as permitted by 45 C.F.R. § 164.504(e)(2)(i)(B).
d. Report violations of law to appropriate Federal and State authorities, consistent with 45 C.F.R. § 164.502(j)(1).
2. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES WITH RESPECT TO PHI
2.1 Responsibilities of the Business Associate. With regard to its use and/or disclosure of PHI and the privacy and security of PHI, the Business Associate hereby agrees to the following:
a. Privacy and Security.
(i) The Business Associate shall not use or further disclose PHI other than as permitted or required by this Agreement or as Required by Law.
(ii) In carrying out an obligation of the Covered Entity under the Privacy Rule, the Business Associate shall comply with the requirements of the Privacy Rule that apply to the Covered Entity in the performance of such obligation.
(iii) The Business Associate shall use appropriate safeguards and comply with the Security Rule with respect to electronic PHI to
prevent use or disclosure of PHI other than as provided for by this Agreement and as Required by Law.
b. Mitigation. The Business Associate shall take reasonable measures requested by the Covered Entity to mitigate, to the extent practicable, any harmful effects to the individual who is the subject of the PHI of a use or disclosure of PHI by the Business Associate that violates this Agreement.
c. Agents and Subcontractors. The Business Associate shall, in accordance with 45 C.F.R. §§ 164.502(e)(1)(ii) & 164.308(b)(2), as applicable, require all of its agents and subcontractors that create, receive, maintain, or transmit PHI on behalf of the Business Associate to agree, in a writing substantially the same as this Agreement, to the same (or more stringent) restrictions and conditions that apply to the Business Associate under this Agreement.
d. Reporting.
(i) The Business Associate shall, without unreasonable delay, and in no event longer than ten (10) business days, report to the Covered Entity’s Privacy Officer or other representative identified by Covered Entity, any use and/or disclosure of PHI that is not permitted by this Agreement of which it becomes aware, including instances in which an agent or subcontractor has improperly used or disclosed PHI
(ii) The Business Associate shall, without unreasonable delay, and in no event more than ten (10) business days, report to the Covered Entity’s Privacy Officer or other representative identified by Covered Entity, any Security Incident (as defined in 45 C.F.R. § 164.304) involving electronic PHI of which it becomes aware.
(iii) The Business Associate shall report to the Covered Entity, as required by the Breach Notification Rule, any Breach (as defined in 45 C.F.R. § 164.402) of Unsecured Protected Health Information (as defined in 45 C.F.R. § 164.402). Such report shall be made without unreasonable delay, and in no event longer than ten (10) business days after Business Associate discovers the Breach.
(iv) Any reports given to Covered Entity by Business Associate shall identify at a minimum: (i) the nature of the non-permitted use or disclosure, (ii) the PHI used or disclosed, (iii) party or parties who made the non-permitted use or received the non-permitted disclosure, (iv) what corrective actions the Business Associate took or will take to prevent further non-permitted use or disclosures, (v) what Business Associate did or will do to mitigate any harmful effect of the nonpermitted use or disclosure, (vi) and any such other information HHS may prescribe by regulation.
e. Access to Internal Practices. The Business Associate shall make its internal practices, books and records (including policies and procedures, and PHI) relating to the use and/or disclosure of PHI available to the Secretary for purposes of the Secretary’s determiningcompliance with HIPAA.
f. Access to PHI. The Business Associate shall make an individual’s PHI available for inspection and copying in accordance with 45 C.F.R. § 164.524. Further, at the Covered Entity’s request, and within fifteen (15) days of the Covered Entity’s request, the Business Associate shall provide the Covered Entity with the PHI requested by an individual pursuant to 45 C.F.R. § 164.524.
g. Amendments to PHI. The Business Associate shall make an individual’s PHI available for amendment and shall incorporate any amendments to the PHI in accordance with 45 C.F.R. § 164.526. Further, at the Covered Entity’s request, and within fifteen (15) days of the Covered Entity’s request, the Business Associate shall provide the Covered Entity with the PHI that an individual seeks to amend pursuant to 45 C.F.R. § 164.526.
h. Accounting of Disclosures. The Business Associate shall make available the information required to provide an accounting of disclosures to an individual pursuant to 45 C.F.R. § 164.528, and, as applicable, 42 U.S.C. § 17935(c) and any regulations promulgated thereunder. Further, at the Covered Entity’s request, and within fifteen (15) days of the Covered Entity’s request, the Business Associate shall provide the Covered Entity with such information. To fulfill this obligation, the Business Associate agrees to document those disclosures of PHI and related information that would be necessary for the Covered Entity to respond to an individual’s request for an accounting of disclosures.
i. Restrictions/Alternatives. The Business Associate shall abide by any arrangements that the Covered Entity has made with an individual regarding restricting the use or disclosure of the individual's PHI, or providing the individual with confidential communications of PHI by alternative means or at an alternative location pursuant to 45 C.F.R. § 164.522, provided that the Covered Entity has notified the Business Associate in writing of such restrictions or alternative means of communication.
j. Minimum Necessary. The Business Associate shall request, use and disclose the minimum amount of PHI necessary to accomplish the purpose of the request, use or disclosure in accordance with 45 C.F.R. § 164.502(b).
2.2 Responsibilities of the Covered Entity.
a. Notification Requirement. With regard to the use and/or disclosure of PHI by the Business Associate, the Covered Entity shall:
(i) Provide the Business Associate with its Notice of Privacy Practices (the “Notice”), which the Covered Entity provides to its participants in accordance with 45 C.F.R. § 164.520, as well as any changes to or limitations in such Notice to the extent that the changes or limitations affect the Business Associate’s use or disclosure of PHI.
(ii) Inform the Business Associate of any changes in, or revocation of, the permission by an individual to use or disclose his or her PHI, if such changes or revocation may affect the Business Associate’s uses or disclosures of the PHI.
(iii) Notify the Business Associate of any arrangements the Covered Entity has agreed to that restrict disclosures or provide individuals with confidential communications pursuant to 45 C.F.R. § 164.522 that may affect the Business Associate’s use or disclosure of PHI.
b. No Impermissible Requests. The Covered Entity shall not request that the Business Associate use or disclose PHI in any manner that would not be permissible under the Privacy Rule if done by the Covered Entity, except as permitted by Section 1.4(a), (b) and (c) above.
3.1 Term. This Agreement shall become effective as of the Effective Date, and shall continue unless terminated as provided below.
3.2 Termination for Cause by Covered Entity. If the Covered Entity determines that the Business Associate has breached a material term of this Agreement, the Covered Entity may:
a. Provide the Business Associate with written notice of the material breach, and afford the Business Associate thirty (30) days to cure such breach. If the breach is not cured within the thirty (30)-day period, the Covered Entity may terminate this Agreement.
b. Immediately terminate this Agreement or any other agreement for Services if the Business Associate has breached a material term of this Agreement and cure is not possible.
3.3 Effect of Termination. Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Business Associate shall, with respect to PHI received, created, maintained, or transmitted on behalf of the Covered Entity:
a. Retain only that PHI which is necessary for the Business Associate to continue its proper management and administration or to carry out its legal responsibilities;
b. Continue to use appropriate safeguards and comply with the Security Rule with respect to electronic PHI to prevent use or disclosure of the PHI, other than as provided for in this section, for as long as the Business Associate retains the PHI;
c. Not use or disclose the PHI retained by the Business Associate other than for the purposes for which such PHI was retained and subject to the same conditions set out in Section 1.4(a) and (b) which applied prior to termination; and
d. Destroy the PHI retained by the Business Associate when it is no longer needed by the Business Associate for its proper management and administration or to carry out its legal responsibilities.
Business Associate agrees to indemnify and defend Covered Entity and their respective employees, officers and directors, (“Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all losses or costs the Indemnified Parties may suffer, pay or incur as a result of third party claims, demands or actions (“Claim”) against any of the Indemnified Parties to the extent such losses are attributable to the actions of the Business Associate or the failure of the Business Associate to comply with this Agreement or applicable laws, rules and regulations. Notwithstanding the aforesaid, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the Indemnified Parties to the extent that the Claim is based on or arises out of the negligence, omissions, or other misconduct of the Indemnified Party.
THE FOREGOING SETS FORTH THE PARTIES’ EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AND THE INDEMNIFYING PARTY’S SOLE OBLIGATION WITH RESPECT TO ANY CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER DESCRIBED HEREIN. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE INDEMNIFYING PARTY BE RESPONSIBLE, WHETHER UNDER THIS SECTION, IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSSES OR DAMAGES, WHETHER OR NOT THE INDEMNIFYING PARTY SHALL BE OR SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH POTENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGE.
5.1 Regulatory References. A reference in this Agreement to a provision in HIPAA means the provision as in effect or as amended, and for which compliance is required.
.2 Survival. The provisions of this Agreement shall survive the expiration or any termination of the term of this Agreement to the extent that the Business Associate continues to maintain PHI.
5.3 Interpretation. Any ambiguity in this Agreement shall be resolved to permit the Covered Entity and the Business Associate to comply with HIPAA.
5.4 Amendments; Waiver. This Agreement may not be modified, nor shall any provision hereof be waived or amended, except in a writing duly signed by authorized representatives of the Parties. The Parties agree to take such action as is necessary to amend this Agreement from time to time as is necessary for the Parties to comply with the requirements of, or conform to, any changes in HIPAA. A waiver with respect to one event shall not be construed as continuing, or as a bar to or waiver of any right or remedy as to subsequent events.
5.5 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing express or implied in this Agreement is intended to confer, nor shall anything herein confer, upon any person other than the Parties and the respective successors or assigns of the Parties, any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities whatsoever.
5.6 Counterparts; Facsimiles. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original. Facsimile copies hereof shall be deemed to be originals.
5.7 Disputes. If any controversy, dispute or claim arises between the Parties with respect to this Agreement, the Parties shall make goodfaithefforts to resolve such matters informally.
5.8 Notices. Any notices to be given hereunder to Olympus shall be given to:
Olympus America Inc.
3500 Corporate Parkway
Attention: OCA Privacy Officer
Email: leslie.cox@olympus.com
With a copy to:
Attention: General Counsel
Covered Entity shall send its notification address, along with all other contact information to BAA@olympus.com.
Notification shall be made via U.S. mail or express courier to such Party’s provided address. Each Party named above may change its notification address and that of its representative by giving notice thereof in the manner herein provided.
5.9 Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding between the Parties relating to the subject matter herein and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, and representations relating to that subject matter.
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There are a number of services available that may be of interest to you or can help benefit your research.
Methods-related centres
Methods-related centres in the Faculty of Humanities are developing innovative methodologies, exploring inter-disciplinary boundaries between methods and providing workshops and courses for researchers at all stages of their careers:
Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC)
Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis
Morgan Centre for Research
Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research (CMIST)
Methods-related activities
Methods-related activities in other Faculties include groups in the School of Medicine who are developing and teaching advanced methods in statistics, epidemiology and health economics; and groups developing "e-laboratories" to support data sharing and analysis in a secure environment:
British Religion in Numbers (BRIN)
Centre for Biostatistics
Centre for Health Informatics (CHI)
European Data Centre for Work and Welfare (EDACwowe)
Manchester Academic Health Science Centre
National Drug Evidence Centre (NDEC)
The UK Data service
The UK Data Service is a national data service funded by ESRC to provide access and support for an extensive range of data, both quantitative and qualitative. UK Data Service Census Support provides services to allow users in UK higher and further education institutions to access data from the 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001 UK censuses.
UK Data Service website
UK Data Service Census Support
Centre for Longitudinal Studies
The Centre for Longitudinal Studies at the Institute of Education provides information and support for Britain's internationally-renowned birth cohort studies.
Centre for Longitudinal Studies website
1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS)
1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70)
Millennium Cohort Study (MCS)
Online QDA and the CAQDAS Networking Project
Online QDA is a set of learning materials which address common issues of undertaking qualitative data analysis (QDA) and beginning to use Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis (CAQDAS) packages. They aim to complement courses run by, for example, the CAQDAS Networking project, many independent trainers and the large number of undergraduate and postgraduate social sciences research methods training courses.
Online QDA website
The CAQDAS Networking project
The British Library holds an enormous range of collections that are of value to researchers in the social sciences and humanities. It also offers a great deal of online materials and extensive services for researchers.
The British Library website
The National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM)
NCRM is a network of research groups, each conducting research and training in an area of social science research methods.
National Centre for Research Methods website
Applied Quantitative Methods Network (AQMeN)
AQMeN is led by a team of academics from eight Universities in Scotland. The main objective is to build capacity in the use of intermediate and advanced level quantitative methods amongst the social science community in Scotland and beyond.
Applied Quantitative Methods Network website
Timescapes was the first major qualitative longitudinal study to be funded in the UK and explored how personal and family relationships develop and change over time. Their Secondary Analysis Project was designed to explore the scope for working within, and across, the datasets produced by the seven Timescapes projects, and to develop linked methodological - as well as substantive - insights.
Timescapes - University of Leeds website
Secondary Analysis - University of Leeds website
Quantitative Methods Initiative
The ESRC's Quantitative Methods Initiative aims to improve capacity in quantitative social science and make best possible use of the UK's world-class data infrastructure. It covers the entire educational life course from school projects to postdoctoral research and all social science disciplines. It includes both research and teaching and learning.
Quantitative Methods Initiative website
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https://www.middletownpress.com/news/texas/article/The-Latest-Barry-slowly-churns-off-Louisiana-14090642.php
The Latest: Mississippi River won't be as high as feared
Updated 11:43 pm EDT, Friday, July 12, 2019
Baton Rouge residents prepare for drenching
Baton Rouge residents prepare as Tropical Storm Barry closes in on what could be a long, slow _ and epic _ drenching that could trigger flooding in and around Baton Rouge. (June 12)
Now Playing: Baton Rouge residents prepare for drenchingAD:
Media: Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Storm Barry (all times local):
Forecasters expect the Mississippi River to crest about 2 feet (0.6 meters) lower in New Orleans than previously predicted — good news for those who feared the river might spill over the levees that protect the city.
The National Weather Service said Friday night that the river will rise as high as 17.1 feet (5.2 meters) by Monday in New Orleans.
Forecasters had earlier thought the river would crest Saturday at about 19 feet (5.8 meters) in New Orleans. The levees protecting the city range from about 20 to 25 feet (6 to 7.5 meters) high.
People check out the waves on Lakeshore Drive in New Orleans, La., Friday, July 12, 2019, as water moves in from Lake Pontchartrain from the storm surge from Tropical Storm Barry in the Gulf of Mexico. The area is behind a levee that protects the rest of the city. less
People check out the waves on Lakeshore Drive in New Orleans, La., Friday, July 12, 2019, as water moves in from Lake Pontchartrain from the storm surge from Tropical Storm Barry in the Gulf of Mexico. The area ... more
Photo: Matthew Hinton, AP
Officials on the other side of a wide tidal basin from New Orleans are warning residents whose houses flooded in 2016 that they may face a repeat from Tropical Storm Barry.
St. Tammany Parish President Pat Brister said in a news release Friday night that flooding is likely over the next several days in low-lying areas.
Spokesman Ronnie Simpson says about 700 homes in the Tchefunce (chuh-FUNK-tuh), Bogue Falaya (BOH-guh fuh-LY-uh) and Bogue Chitto river basins flooded in the spring of 2016.
The parish government says people who live in those areas should complete flood prevention work and seriously consider getting their families to higher ground.
Brister says National Weather Service models show that the rivers could rise very quickly, making evacuation difficult.
St. Tammany Parish is on the other side of the Lake Pontchartrain (PONCH-er-trane) from New Orleans.
Ahead of Tropical Storm Barry's landfall, residents of southwestern Louisiana have been filling their shopping carts with supplies, including bottled water, canned goods and bread.
A Walmart Neighborhood Market in Lake Charles was packed with shoppers late Friday afternoon. Some shelves, including those in the bread aisles, were nearly empty.
Fifty-five-year-old Scott Daley maneuvered two shopping carts that carried bottled water, gallons of milk and frozen meat.
He says he has five small children and although he's worried about possible flooding in the city, he and his family still plan on riding out the storm.
Another shopper, 31-year-old Trameka Tompkins, said she wasn't too concerned about the storm. She said she expects to be at work Saturday night at Lowe's.
Lake Charles is about 190 miles (305 kilometers) west of New Orleans.
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has signed an emergency declaration ahead of Tropical Storm Barry, which is expected to bring heavy rainfall to the state.
Bryant signed the declaration Friday afternoon as Barry was pushing northward into Louisiana. Parts of south and central Mississippi were expected to be soaked, and flood warnings are posted. Residents have been filling sandbags and stocking up on groceries and bottled water.
Choppy waters were rocking boats on St. Louis Bay in Hancock County, which borders Louisiana.
New Orleans residents are stocking up on supplies as many plan to heed city officials' advice to "shelter in place" ahead of Tropical Storm Barry's arrival.
A Costco parking lot was thinning out Friday afternoon because the store was closing early.
But employee Henry LeGarde says the sprawling lot was full earlier Friday. He says the hottest commodity was bottled water.
In anticipation of the heavy rains expected to fall, residents all over town have parked their cars on the city's medians in hopes the slightly elevated grounds would protect their vehicles.
The strengthening storm is expected to blow ashore early Saturday near Morgan City, about 70 miles (113 kilometers) southwest of New Orleans.
Still recovering from 2017's Hurricane Harvey, the city of Houston is helping neighboring Louisiana as Tropical Storm Barry looms.
Mayor Sylvester Turner's office on Friday announced a Houston Relief Hub and a call for donations ranging from diapers to batteries to bottled water. The statement says relief items will be delivered directly to New Orleans.
A city of Houston tweet says some residents were "preparing to help our neighbors in New Orleans and the greater Louisiana area" as Barry headed toward the coast.
Harvey made landfall in South Texas in August 2017, then dumped nearly 50 inches (127 centimeters) of rain on parts of flood-prone Houston, causing numerous bayous to overflow.
Houston is located 340 miles (547 kilometers) west of New Orleans. It took in about 150,000 evacuees after Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana in 2005.
There have been long lines at New Orleans' international airport as people try to flee Tropical Storm Barry.
Tamara Lumpkin was heading home to Prince George's County, Maryland on Friday. She'd come for a sorority convention that ended a day early because of the storm.
Lumpkin says it took only six minutes to rebook her flight once she explained the reason.
The first-floor baggage claim area was nearly deserted.
One new arrival was 64-year-old David Caton of Boca Raton, Florida. He said he flew in a day earlier than planned to make sure he got to see The Rolling Stones.
He knew the concert had been postponed from Sunday to Monday, but wanted to get in before the storm.
Search-and-rescue teams are stationed at three places in Mississippi in preparation for torrential rainfall from Tropical Storm Barry as it pushes north from the Gulf of Mexico.
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman T.J. Werre (WARE-ee) said Friday the teams are on the Gulf Coast, at Camp Shelby military base near Hattiesburg and in Pike County in the southwestern part of the state near the Louisiana state line.
The coast is expected to receive tidal surge and the southwestern part of the state is expected to see the heaviest rainfall from Friday to Sunday.
About 550,000 acres (222,580 hectares) in the rural Mississippi Delta, north of Vicksburg, has been flooded for months — much of it, farmland. Werre says the storm could exacerbate that problem as it moves north along the Mississippi River.
More than 120 children from across the U.S. attending a summer program at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge have been evacuated to Texas amid concerns about flooding as Tropical Storm Barry approaches Louisiana's coast.
A Rice University statement says the middle and high school students were brought by bus overnight to the campus in Houston and arrived around 4 a.m. Friday.
The students are part of three-week Duke University program for high-achieving students. Rice officials offered to help, citing its availability of campus housing and proximity to Baton Rouge. Both cities are along Interstate 10.
Parents were given the option to pick up their children from LSU, but students attend from across the country.
Rice officials also say the campus of the private school would be available for the evacuated students to finish their course if significant flooding happens in the Baton Rouge area.
Tropical Storm Barry is maintaining its strength as it moves toward Louisiana, where it threatens to bring heavy rains and flooding.
A Friday afternoon advisory from the U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm's maximum sustained winds remain near 65 mph (104 kph). The hurricane center says additional strengthening is expected and the storm is forecast to be a hurricane when its center reaches the coast.
The slow-moving storm is prompting fears of flooding in New Orleans and surrounding areas. Hurricane warnings are in effect along the Louisiana coast.
A voluntary evacuation has been called for a Louisiana parish near Tropical Storm Barry's expected landfall Saturday.
St. Mary Parish President David Hanagriff says many people have already left areas below the Intracoastal Waterway, where a voluntary evacuation was called Thursday. He says Friday's voluntary evacuation was called after the storm's predicted course shifted a bit west, putting the parish on the storm's rainy eastern side.
Hanagriff says shelters will be opened, though he couldn't say when.
He says drainage canals and ditches are being pumped to as low a level as possible, to create a reservoir for at least some of the rain predicted. Pumps sent by the state are being staged in Morgan City, where about 10,000 to 12,000 of the parish's 50,000 to 55,000 residents live.
As Tropical Storm Barry approaches the state's coast, tourists in New Orleans are being asked to "shelter in place" in their hotels if they don't have confirmed airline reservations for flights out of the city.
The message came Friday at a news conference by city officials. The director of Louis Armstrong International Airport said long lines formed early Friday as many visitors sought early departures. And Kristian Sonnier (SAWN'-yay) of the local tourism agency, says people who don't get flights out won't be able to shelter at the airport.
Officials said one major convention, the annual meeting of Delta Sigma Theta Sorrority was wrapping up early.
The slow-moving storm is prompting fears of flooding in the region. Hurricane warnings are in effect along the Louisiana coast. The storm's center is expected to come ashore Saturday.
Tropical Storm Barry is beginning to lash metropolitan New Orleans with its outer bands.
National Weather Service forecaster Christopher Bannan says one of those bands late Friday morning passed over the agency's Slidell office, where the storm brought a wind gust of 25 mph (40 kph).
Bannan says the primary concern of forecasters in Louisiana remains the heavy rainfall and potential for significant flooding.
About a third of an inch of rain had already fallen at the weather service's Slidell office before noon Friday.
Forecasters say Barry could dump 10 to 20 inches (25 to 50 centimeters) of rain across a swath of Louisiana including New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
Since Hurricane Katrina, groups of Louisiana residents calling themselves the Cajun Navy have used their own boats to rescue people from floods in Louisiana, Texas, Florida and other states.
The founder of one such group, United Cajun Navy, tells New Orleans station WWL-AM that many Louisiana members are scrambling to protect their homes as Tropical Storm Barry approaches, so out-of-state members are heading to Louisiana to be ready. Todd Terrell says the group has volunteers from seven states.
Terrell says members have been working to fill sandbags in the Baton Rouge area. He says his goal was 5,000 sandbags in three days and they'd filled three times that in a day-and-a-half.
He says they're also delivering sandbags to people who are handicapped veterans, or disabled, and cannot get sandbags themselves.
The Rolling Stones have postponed their New Orleans concert as Tropical Storm Barry approaches the area, but the group's website says the show will go on a day later.
The concert had been scheduled for Sunday after the group's appearance at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival earlier this year was canceled so singer Mick Jagger could get medical treatment.
The message on the rock group's website says fans should hold on to their tickets because they will be honored the next day.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Barry is strengthening as it approaches the Louisiana coast and is again expected to become a hurricane when its center reaches land.
In a Friday morning advisory, the hurricane center said Barry's maximum sustained winds have increased to near 65 mph (104 kph) with additional strengthening expected before landfall.
A storm surge warning has been issued for Lake Pontchartrain and eastward to Biloxi, Mississippi.
The slow-moving storm is prompting fears of flooding in the region.
Hurricane warnings are in effect along the Louisiana coast. The storm's center is expected to come ashore Saturday.
Another coastal Louisiana parish has ordered evacuations as Tropical Storm Barry approaches from the Gulf of Mexico.
The Lafourche (luh-FOOSH) Parish Sheriff's Office says there's a mandatory evacuation for Port Fourchon (foo-SHONH) and other areas south of the Leon Theriot ("Terry-oh") Lock in Golden Meadow.
The government has set up a dozen locations around the rest of the parish for people who need sandbags. Officials say people must bring their own shovels.
For people who have no safe place to evacuate, the parish has opened a shelter at the Raceland Recreation Center. People are advised to bring their own bedding, medication and food and water for three days, as well as identification. Children must be with adults, and the only animals allowed are service animals; no pets.
The National Weather Service in New Orleans says water is already starting to cover some low lying roads in coastal Louisiana as Tropical Storm Barry approaches the state from the Gulf of Mexico.
In a Friday morning tweet, the weather service says tides are rising and water levels are expected to peak Saturday.
Forecasters say there's still a chance Barry will strengthen to a hurricane for a short time as it comes ashore on the Louisiana coast, where hurricane warnings are in effect.
National Hurricane Center director Ken Graham says people should be concerned even if Barry comes ashore as a tropical storm instead of a hurricane because its slow movement will bring hazardous drenching rain either way.
Speaking Friday, Graham said the storm's slow movement means there'll be more rainfall.
Forecasters say there's still a chance Barry will strengthen to a hurricane for a short time as it comes ashore on the Louisiana coast, where hurricane warnings are in effect. Pockets of Louisiana could get rainfalls as high as 25 inches (63 centimeters).
Tropical Storm Barry is slowly churning off the Louisiana coast as communities from the coast to New Orleans keep a close eye on its predicted path.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Friday morning that the center of the storm was about 95 miles (155 kilometers) southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River and its top winds were blowing at 50 mph (85 kph).
Forecasters stress that the slow movement of the storm is likely to bring a massive drenching, with pockets of Louisiana experiencing rainfalls as high as 25 inches (63 centimeters).
Hurricane warnings are in effect along the Louisiana coast. The storm's center was expected to come ashore late Friday or early Saturday. It could grow into the first hurricane of the Atlantic hurricane season.
Tropical Storm Barry's wind and rain are starting to hit Louisiana as New Orleans and coastal communities brace for what's expected to be the first hurricane of the season.
A hurricane warning was in effect along the Louisiana coast, and forecasters said the storm could make landfall as a hurricane by early Saturday.
But it's the storm's rains that are expected to pose a severe test of New Orleans' improved post-Katrina flood defenses. Barry could bring more than a foot and a half (0.5 meters) of rain to parts of the state as it moves slowly inland.
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USS Texas (1895)
2nd-Class Battleship
The USS Texas became the first battleship of the United States Navy when commissioned in 1895.
STATUS: Decommissioned, Out-of-Service
SHIP CLASS: None
SHIPS-IN-CLASS (1): USS Texas
Unless otherwise noted the presented statistics below pertain to the base USS Texas (1895) design. Common measurements, and their respective conversions, are shown when possible.
CREW / COMPLEMENT: 392
PROPULSION: 4 x Double-ended cylindrical coal-fired boilers with 3 x Vertical triple expansion engines developing 8,610 horsepower.
2 x 12-inch (305mm) cannons
6 x 6-inch (152mm) cannons
12 x 6-pdr (2.7kg) guns in single mountings
6 x 1-pdr (457mm) guns
4 x 37mm cannons
4 x 14-inch torpedo tubes (above water line)
Detailing the development and operational history of the USS Texas (1895) 2nd-Class Battleship. Entry last updated on 4/24/2018. Authored by JR Potts, AUS 173d AB. Content ©www.MilitaryFactory.com.
The first USS Texas was America's first battleship. The US Navy needed battleships to protect her shores and to be seen as a major player among the world's great navies. The US Congress authorized the money to build the two ships, Texas and her sister ship the Maine on August 3rd, 1886. USS Texas was commissioned 32 days before USS Maine, making Texas first in her class. However, at this time, the navy department did not issue a class identification. Many see both ships as unique though, a type of class in themselves.
USS Texas was a 2nd Class Battleship and also became a pre-dreadnought battleship in 1900. Texas was built from an English design which came about from a competition with a $15,000 grand prize. The ship was built at the US Navy yards at Norfolk, Virginia, and commissioned on August 15th, 1895 with Captain Henry Glass in command. After being commissioned, it was discovered her bottom plating was to light and she was returned to the Norfolk Yard for repairs.
USS Texas (1895) (Cont'd)
In many ways USS Maine was superior to the Texas - Texas carried lighter armament and her coal bin bunkers had less capacity. Both of these weight issues did, however, make the Texas faster than Maine. She was a turret ship categorized as in design as "echeloned", having two 12-inch turrets with one positioned to port and the other slightly off to the starboard side center line surrounded by 12-inch armor. Texas had overhanging sponsons used to assist in coal supplying form collier ships. Sponsons were projections from the sides of a ship useful for protection, stability or for the mounting of equipment. They extend a hull dimension at or below the waterline and serve to increase flotation or add lift when underway. A coal-fired ship, having a bulkhead between the rearmost hold in the stern and the engine room, was bent or curved at its center portion to project and provide a main coal bunker between the hold and the engine room. After loading of coal and supplies, the USS Texas sank so low in the water that the ship's armor belt was submerged below the waterline and greatly reduced her speed and sea keeping. Fire on board ship has always been the most feared calamity to the sailor and the use of coal in the Texas was no different. Coal bunker fires and explosions were common, with coal dust being almost as flammable as gun power itself.
Texas was assigned to the North Atlantic Squadron and the warship cruised up and down the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. In February of 1897, she was detached and left the Atlantic Squadron to cruise to the Gulf coast ports of Galveston and New Orleans. She resumed Atlantic coast duty in March of 1897 until the beginning of 1898. The United States wanted to become a world power and to do that needed a wide-ranging navy to expand and project her power. To accomplish this she needed coaling stations for her ships and the Spanish Empire maintained a foothold in strategic locations throughout Cuba and Puerto Rico - both islands being in close proximity to American shores and within the sphere of influence of the "Monroe Doctrine". The Monroe Doctrine specified that any efforts by European governments to colonize to take part in the affairs of the Americas could be deemed an act of aggression by the United States.
The Philippines was another such American interest, situated deep in the Pacific, and could help expand US power globally. Spain and the US at this time were not at odds and Spain had indeed supported the United States in the past. By this time, however, nations were constantly rising and declining in power and reach - as such, Spain's military was not in her prime. Early in the spring of 1898, war between the United States and Spain erupted over conditions in Cuba and the reported Spanish destruction of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor. In February of 1898, this single act fanned the flames of war between the two nations. By May18th, Texas was in Key West, Florida to coal and take on supplies and munitions to prosecute the war.
On May 21st, Texas and the Flying Squadron arrived off Cienfuegos, Cuba, to blockade the Cuban coast. With a lack of coal ships and no local coal station Texas returned to Key West for resupply then returned to Santiago de Cuba on the 27th. She patrolled off the port for the next five weeks between Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo Bay. In mid June, Texas was joined by the unarmored cruiser USS Marblehead (C-11) to bombard the fort on Cayo del Tore in Guantanamo Bay. The two ships opened fire - Marblehead with her five inch 177mm guns and Texas with her 12-inch 305mm guns - together they destroyed the fort in a little more than an hour.
The Spanish Fleet under Admiral Cervera was bottled up in the bay of Santiago de Cuba by the Flying Squadron. Big guns surrounded the bay to keep the American war ships out. Cervera's ships were out-matched in both quantity and quality of ships. The largest caliber gun the Spanish ships fielded was 5.5-inch compared against the 12-inch guns found on the Texas and the other US battleships. Smaller-caliber guns were not the only problem the Spanish had - their shells themselves were of poor quality and not wholly reliable. Cervera knew he had to run the blockade but the timing of the action was the question. Night was not a realistic possibility with the American collier Merrimack having been sunk in the narrow channel. He chose Sunday morning, hoping the American sailors would be attending their weekly church services.
Texas and the squadron were on station when, on July 3rd, 1898, the Spanish fleet made a desperation attempt to escape. Texas immediately made headway and started to fire on four of the enemy ships. While the battleship's main battery pounded the Spanish cruisers Vizcaya and Colon, her secondary battery joined the first-class Battleship USS Iowa and the gunboat USS Gloucester in shelling two torpedo boat destroyers. The two Spanish destroyers were hit numerous times suffered reduced speed, ultimately beaching themselves with heavy damages. One by one, the Spanish cruisers were shelled and succumbed to the combined fire of the American Fleet. One after another they headed toward shore and beached themselves - Texas and the other ships of the Flying Squadron had officially annihilated the Spanish Fleet. Two weeks later, the Spanish city of Santiago surrendered and soon afterwards Spain sued for peace. Texas arrived in New York on July 31st, 1898.
Texas fell back into peacetime patrolling along the East coast and visited the new possessions in San Juan and Havana - America now had her new regional coaling stations. She went in for repairs to Norfolk Navy Yard in 1901 and served as the flagship for the Costal squadron in 1902. She was at the end of her career and, by 1908, had become a station ship residing in Charleston harbor of South Carolina. In 1911 the Navy wanted to name a new battleship No. 35 Texas, so the original ship's name was changed to San Marcos.
In retrospect, the USS Texas' famous sister ship, the USS Maine, was sunk without firing a shot. Texas had proven herself in battle and helped win the war with Spain but her actions here are oft-overlooked in most history books. Later that year, on October 10th, her name was struck from the Navy's list of active ships. Her last duty was to be sunk as a target in Chesapeake Bay.
Credit: Portside view of the USS Texas at sea
Credit: Portside view of the USS Texas circa 1898
Credit: Close-up bow portside view of the USS Texas on August 3rd, 1898
Credit: The USS Texas off Cuba in 1898
Credit: Starboard view of the USS Texas at sea
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Empire Zinc strike and Salt of the Earth: by Labor, for Labor
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From October 1950 to January 1952, the Mexican American miners at the Empire Zinc mine in Bayard, New Mexico were on strike, protesting the racial discrimination between them and their Anglo counterparts in pay, safety standards, and quality of life in company housing. Two events make this particular strike stand out from similar strikes at other mines are the involvement of the miners' wives in both requesting better living conditions and later in taking to the picket lines themselves, and after the strike was over, the feminist and pro-labor docudrama made by blacklisted Hollywood film makers, Salt of the Earth (YouTube; lower quality on Archive.org; Wikipedia).
Salt of the Earth drew on both style and content from films of the Epoca de Oro (Golden Age) of Mexican cinema, as well as on the look and political views of Italian Neo-realism of the postwar era, in casting many local people who had taken part in the strikes, including Clinton Jencks. Called "El Palomino" for his blond hair, Jencks stood out among the brown-skinned, black-haired Mexican American workers in Arizona and New Mexico who struggled with him to build their Mine-Mill unions. He played a fictionalized version of himself as Frank Barnes in the film, and he was instrumental in getting blacklisted producer and screenwriter Paul Jarrico interested in the story of the Empire Zinc strike. He was joined by Michael Wilson (PDF), who wrote the script, with deference to the miners and local community (Google books preview), and Herbert J. Biberman, who was one of the Hollywood Ten (short documentary featuring the 10, from 1950), directed the film.
Biberman and Jarrico formed a company to produce the film, in coordination with International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, who had been ejected from the CIO for alleged communist leanings. That wasn't their only source of complications.
Residents of the New Mexico towns while the movie was filmed made life miserable for them, with vigilantes starting fights and merchants who wouldnt do business with them. State police finally had to be called in to allow the filming to be completed. Even then RKO chief Howard Hughes jumped on the bandwagon against the movie, with a plan to stop its processing and distribution. After eight labs refused to process the film, Biberman finally had to submit the reels under the title "Vaya Con Dios" to even get a print made.
History Net has an extended recounting of the woes of the film, in an article titled Salt of the Earth: The Movie Hollywood Could Not Stop. Beyond Hollywood, there was the U.S. Congress, where the movie was depicted as a Russian tool.
On February 24, 1953, as filming proceeded in Grant County, U.S. Representative Donald L. Jackson (Rep-Calif.), a member of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), delivered a speech on the floor of Congress that portrayed Salt as a dire threat to the nation. “This picture,” Jackson charged, “is deliberately designed to inflame racial hatreds and to depict the United States of America as the enemy of all colored peoples.” “If this picture is shown in Latin America, Asia, and India,” he warned, “it will do incalculable harm not only to the United States but to the cause of free people everywhere.” “In effect,” he concluded, “this picture is a new weapon for Russia”
That article from the Organization of American Historians also covers the very real (and movie depictions of the) shift of gender roles, from "the women’s picket [that] was carefully organized, militant, and successful," to "the forthright discussion of job discrimination, the politics of housework, and the sexual double standard [that] was far ahead of its time. "
The Empire mine remained open up to the 1970s, when Salt of the Earth was being rediscovered and discussed anew, viewed on everything from pirated copies to official 35 mm prints. 40 years after the film was produced, it was added to the fourth wave of U.S. National Film Registry selections, often mis-credited as being one of the hundred films due to the Registry adding 25 films per year since its founding in 1989. 40 years after the film, Salt of the Earth Labor College opened in Tuscon, Arizona, and in 2005, a mural depicting the men, women and children who took part in the 1950s strike was painted on the side of the union hall in Bayard.
Salt of the Earth remains relevant, 60 years later. There were a host of events to celebrate this anniversary, in Baynard and nearby Silver City, Las Cruces, Santa Fe, and at the Salt of the Earth Labor College. Unfortunately, this was also the year that the inheritor of Mine-Mill Local 890, Steelworkers Local 9424-3, was decertifed by its members.
posted by filthy light thief (6 comments total) 39 users marked this as a favorite
Great post. Been meaning to watch this for a while now.
posted by univac at 5:02 PM on January 11, 2015
Excellent - thanks.
posted by rtha at 5:43 PM on January 11, 2015
From the wikipedia article: "Because the film's copyright was not renewed in 1982, the film is now in the public domain."
So very odd... It's almost alien to me to have a talkie be in the public domain.
posted by el io at 7:26 PM on January 11, 2015 [1 favorite]
Two events make this particular strike stand out from similar strikes at other mines are the involvement of the miners' wives in both requesting better living conditions and later in taking to the picket lines themselves...
So I'm guessing you never heard of the Arizona Mine Strike of 1983? Barbara Kingsolver wrote a badass book about it. It was a HUGE defeat for American Unions, but the book is still inspirational as it showed how individuals rose above the conditions they were put in and became respected leaders.
posted by hal_c_on at 2:02 AM on January 12, 2015 [3 favorites]
hal_c_on, thanks for that information and link. I wasn't aware of that strike.
I should have written "different from other strikes at that time." The Empier Zinc strike was 3 decades before the Arizona Mine Strike of '83, when women couldn't work in the mines, and the Mexican American houses weren't supplied with electricity or hot water, so the women had to chop wood to heat the homes, cook food, and for any warm water.
posted by filthy light thief at 7:04 AM on January 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
I should have written "different from other strikes at that time."
No matter, this was amazing, in that I had never heard of this strike before...and I went through grad school doing nothing but reading books on strikes like this. So yeah, this is amazing...especially taking into consideration that it was about 3 decades before the '83 strike.
Awesome post. Good job.
posted by hal_c_on at 9:30 AM on January 12, 2015
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Boxer Rebellion - Page Text Content
S: Seasons of Change
FC: The Boxer Rebellion began in 1898. A group of peasants in northern China began to band together into a secret society known as I-cho-ch-uan. Members of the secret society practiced boxing and calisthenic rituals which they believed would make them impervious to bullets. Another name for I-cho-chuan is "Righteous and Harmonious Fists"
1: Members of the secret society practiced boxing and calisthenic rituals (hence the nickname, the "Boxers") which they believed would make them impervious to bullets. At first, the Boxers wanted to destroy the Ch'ing dynasty.
3: By late 1899, bands of Boxers were massacring Christian missionaries and Chinese Christians. By May 1900, the Boxer Rebellion had come out of the countryside and was being waged in the capital of Peking
4: Boxer fighters threatened foreigners and forced them to seek refuge in the Legation Quarter.
6: International tension and domestic unrest fueled the growth and spread of the Boxer movement. First, a drought followed by floods in Shandong province in 1897-1898 forced farmers to flee to cities and seek food. As one observer said, "I am convinced that a few days' heavy rainfall to terminate the long-continued drought."
9: The Boxers themselves used modern weaponry, such as Krupp artillery and rifles. Their dislike of foreigners only extended to everything unrelated to weaponry.
10: Zaiyi was not just an ordinary prince, he was a member of the imperial Aisin Gioro clan, a blood relative of the imperial family (foreigners called him a "Blood Royal"), therefore, his son was his line for the throne. He became the effective leader of the Boxers, and he was extremely anti foreign like his friend Dong Fuxiang, and wanted to expel them from China.
13: The first reports coming from China in 1898 referred to the village activists as “Yihequan,” (Wade-Giles: I Ho Ch'uan). The first known use of the term "Boxer" was September 1899 in a letter from missionary Grace Newton in Shangdong. It appears from context that "Boxer" was a known term by that time, possibly coined by the Shandong missionaries Arthur H. Smith and Henry Porter.
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Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in Indigenous Western Australians: comparison between urban and remote rural populations
Helen M Windsor, Susan D Morrow, Barry J Marshall, Emmanuel A Abioye-Kuteyi, Jacqueline M Leber and Max K Bulsara
Published online: 7 March 2005
Objectives: To determine and compare the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in an urban and a remote rural Western Australian Indigenous community.
Design: Cross-sectional study of Helicobacter pylori status determined by urea breath tests between mid-January 2003 and the end of June 2004.
Participants: 520 self-selected fasting participants, comprising 270 members of the Martu community at Jigalong, Punmu and Parnngurr in the East Pilbara region (129 men, 141 women; age range, 2–90 years) and 250 people from the Perth Indigenous community (96 men, 154 women; age range, 3–75 years.
Results: The overall prevalence of H. pylori was 76%, but the prevalence in the remote rural community was 91%, compared with 60% in the urban community. The odds of having H. pylori were six times greater for rural than for urban participants (odds ratio [OR], 6.34; 95% CI, 3.89–10.33). Further, the overall odds of H. pylori infection in males (rural and urban combined) were greater than for females (OR, 1.61; 95% CI, 1.02–2.54). In both communities, the prevalence of infection remained relatively constant after the age of 10.
Conclusions: The prevalence of H. pylori in the two Indigenous communities was two to three times higher than that in the non-Indigenous Australian population and higher than that shown in previous studies in Indigenous Australians.
Helicobacter pylori is a ubiquitous gastrointestinal organism which infects more than half the population of the world.1 In First World countries, it infects 25%–40% of the population, with the infection generally becoming less common as standards of living rise.2 However, in developing countries, H. pylori infects most of the population, so that most people in Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and South America are carriers. In Australia, about 25%–35% of the population is infected,3,4 with a slightly higher prevalence in males than females.
From the experience of one of us (B J M), who sees one or two symptomatic patients testing positive for H. pylori per week at an endoscopy clinic, H. pylori infection appears to be more common in Indigenous than non-Indigenous Australians in Perth. The clinicians at Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service (the Perth Aboriginal Medical Service) also commonly diagnose the infection serologically and treat patients both with and without performing endoscopy.
However, in the past 30 years, Australian authors have reported the absence of peptic ulcer disease in Indigenous patients, most notably in Darwin, where none of 94 patients investigated by barium meal between 1970 and 1974 were found to have a peptic ulcer.5 Similarly, a 1988 serological study of north-east Arnhem Land communities showed that less than 1% of those tested had evidence of the infection.6 In 1994, a retrospective review carried out in Alice Springs found that upper gastrointestinal endoscopies were performed far less frequently in Indigenous patients.7 Nevertheless, 14% of Indigenous patients who underwent gastroscopy had peptic ulcers, 36% had evidence of gastritis or duodenitis, and one had a malignant ulcer. H. pylori was identified histologically in biopsies from 28% of these patients, including the one with gastric malignancy. This suggests that, when Indigenous patients are infected with H. pylori, they have the same range of upper gastrointestinal diseases as the non-Indigenous population. This observation correlated with a Queensland study in 2000 in which Indigenous women had about a threefold relative risk for gastric cancer compared with the non-Indigenous population.8
Our study was carried out to determine the prevalence of H. pylori infection in two Western Australian Indigenous communities, and to compare prevalences in the urban and remote rural Indigenous populations.
The trial was conducted at two locations in Western Australia and the information and consent forms were developed in consultation with a reference group at each site. The Western Australian Indigenous Health Information and Ethics Committee approved the study based on National Health and Medical Research Council guidelines, and each participant (or his or her guardian) provided written informed consent at the time of testing. The study was carried out between mid-January 2003 and the end of June 2004.
Participants in the Perth metropolitan area were recruited at the three Derbarl Yerrigan Health service clinics and associated community centres. The participants were asked where they were born and where they had spent most of their lives — most were Nyoongar people. Participants from the rural area were members of the Martu community who attended the local clinics run by the Puntukurnu Aboriginal Medical Service at Jigalong, Punmu and Parnngurr (Cotton Creek). These communities are in the remote East Pilbara region of central Western Australia (Box 1).
Participants were only included in the study if they had fasted, had not taken antibiotics in the past month and were not taking proton-pump inhibitors. All participants were given breakfast after completing the test.
The 13C-urea breath test (UBT) was selected for this study, as it detects active H. pylori infection, is simple to perform, and specimens can easily be mailed back to the testing laboratory in plastic tubes without any particular storage requirements. The 13C UBT has the highest sensitivity among the non-invasive tests for the diagnosis of H. pylori9 and has been well validated for use in epidemiological studies in adults as well as children.10,11 Breath tests avoid the false-positive test results seen with serological tests, as serum often tests positive for many months after H. pylori infection has ceased.
Participants who had fasted were tested in the morning before having breakfast. Each received 100 mL of lemon-flavoured citrate drink and an initial breath sample was collected in duplicate in 10 mL plastic test tubes by exhalation through a plastic straw. The participant then swallowed a further 100 mL of lemon-flavoured drink that contained 100 mg of 13C-labelled urea (Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Andover, Mass., USA). After 30 minutes, a second breath sample was collected in duplicate. The breath samples were analysed with an isotope ratio mass spectrometer (Europa Scientific, Crewe, UK) by the laboratory of the Gastroenterology Unit at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Adelaide.
Participants with a change of the 13CO2 to 12CO2 ratio over baseline (13C per mil) of 5 per mil or more were considered positive for H. pylori infection, while those with values of less than 5 per mil were considered to be negative.12,13 Tests for participants whose samples gave values for 13C per mil of 5.0 ± 1.0 per mil were repeated using the duplicate sample, and the average value was used.
Power calculations to determine how many participants were needed in three age ranges (ie, ≤ 30 years, 31–50 years, and > 50 years) to determine the prevalence of H. pylori to within ± 10% of the true population prevalence for any age group showed that 97 participants were required in each group. Thus, with this sample size, the power of the study to detect a 50% difference between any two of the three groups would exceed 0.8. A two-sample t-test, as well as a χ2 test, was used to compare demographic differences. A multivariate logistic regression model, adjusted for age and sex, was used to obtain the odds of a positive breath test. All analyses were performed with Stata 8 software.14
Study participants numbered 520 (225 males and 295 females), and ranged in age from 2 to 90 years (mean age, 32.9 years). As summarised in Box 2, 270 participants were recruited in Jigalong and surrounding areas (which represented over half the population of these three communities as determined by 2001 census data), ranging in age from 2 to 90 years (mean age, 30.5 years), and 250 participants in Perth (1.2% of the Indigenous population of Perth based on the 2001 census total of 20 506), ranging from 3 to 75 years of age (mean age, 35.6 years).15 An additional four participants were excluded because the volume of CO2 collected in their sample tubes was too low for analysis.
In total, 395 of the 520 participants (76%) had positive breath-test results. However, the prevalence of H. pylori in the remote rural communities was 91%, compared with 60% in the urban population (Box 3). In both communities, the prevalence of infection remained relatively constant after the age of 10 years. The cutoff value for negative H. pylori status was set at Δ13C per mil values of less than 5.0, but most positive tests gave much higher readings (Box 4). We consider this strong evidence that these results were true-positive cases, even in small children.
The odds of being infected with H. pylori (Δ13C per mil values ≥ 5.0 per mil) were six times greater for participants in the rural group than for Perth participants (odds ratio [OR], 6.34; 95% CI, 3.89–10.33). This was adjusted for age and sex. In addition, the overall odds of H. pylori infection in males (rural and urban combined) were greater than for females (OR, 1.61; 95% CI, 1.02–2.54; P < 0.001).
Our study shows that 91% of the Indigenous population in the remote rural community is infected with H. pylori. The bacterial infection is acquired in early childhood and, unless treated, apparently remains for life. This prevalence of H. pylori is equal to that reported in developing countries in South America16 and Africa,17 and is quite unlike that seen in other Australian studies.4,18 It also refutes earlier serological data suggesting that H. pylori is not common in Indigenous people.6 The prevalence of H. pylori in the remote rural communities (91%) contrasts with that in urban Indigenous people in the Perth region (60%). However, a prevalence of 60% is double what would be expected in the non-Indigenous Perth population (NHMRC Helicobacter Research Laboratory, UWA; unpublished data).
In other countries, a high prevalence of H. pylori has correlated with contaminated drinking water19 and low socioeconomic status.2,20 Our findings appear to parallel those seen in developing countries, but add strength to the proposition that H. pylori spreads from person to person by means of the faecal–oral route rather than through contaminated water. The water supply in remote communities like Jigalong is an unlikely source of infection, as it comes from a deep well under a mostly dry riverbed situated 12 km from the town site. The water is pumped to a closed storage tank in the town, where it is automatically chlorinated before being distributed to homes. All homes have indoor plumbing with flushing toilets, and sewage is pumped to settlement ponds about 1 km from the houses. Thus, under normal circumstances, the drinking water should be free of contamination. Similarly, in the Perth area, modern systems of water treatment, distribution and sewage removal are widespread.
As in studies of H. pylori in other countries, it appears that the bacterium is spread by person-to-person contact, typically by contamination of the home environment with faeces or vomitus. This could apply in the remote communities, where it was observed that young children sometimes do not wear nappies. Further studies are needed to try to establish the routes of infection in the community21 and within the households.22
On average, the prevalence of H. pylori in urban Indigenous people in the Perth area is similar to current prevalences seen in Asia23 and the Middle East.24 However, the current H. pylori status of Indigenous people in Perth might represent a 40-year lag in the improvement of Indigenous health status. A similar prevalence of H. pylori existed in developed countries in the 1960s, when, for example, 60% of adults in California had serological evidence of infection.25 Where health status has improved, there has usually been a decline in H. pylori prevalence among children. Thus, an improved standard of living normally results in a low prevalence of infection in 20-year-olds as against a continuing high prevalence in 50-year-olds.3,23 Paradoxically, however, this so-called “cohort effect” is not present in the Perth participants, suggesting that previous improvements in the incidence of this infectious disease have stalled.
A limitation of our study might be that the participants were self-selected and may not fully represent the communities tested. However, in Jigalong, where most of the 270 Pilbara participants live, 240 of the reported Indigenous population of 275 (based on 2001 census figures) participated in this study. In Perth, the study population was restricted by the terms of our ethical approval, which only allowed us to recruit participants associated with Derbarl Yerrigan clinics.
The strength of our study was that, unlike most other Australian surveys, we used a non-invasive test to detect H. pylori. This allowed participants of all ages, including young children, to be recruited, provided they could drink from a cup and blow through a straw. Serological testing would have required validation against a gold standard such as endoscopic biopsy, and this has not been done in Indigenous people. UBT is also more sensitive (94.7% v 85%) and specific (95.7% v 79%) than serological testing.9
Our study might have been enhanced if there had been a detailed enquiry about symptoms, health status and social history from all participants. Nevertheless, Australian Bureau of Statistics data confirm that Indigenous households, despite their heterogeneity, are usually in a lower socioeconomic group. For example, the median gross weekly equivalised household income for Indigenous people in 2003 was $282, compared with $500 for non-Indigenous people.26
Our findings have some important implications. Firstly, the high prevalence of H. pylori infection in both remote and urban Indigenous communities might translate into health risks which are possibly not being addressed. These are likely to be the same as those reported in other population groups in which growth impairment,27 iron deficiency,28 peptic ulcer29 and gastric cancer25 have been documented.
Secondly, if medical practitioners treating Indigenous people decide to tackle the high prevalence of H. pylori infection, they will need extra resources to detect and manage this very common infectious disease. It was observed that most Indigenous patients treated for H. pylori infection were followed up after treatment by serological testing rather than with the UBT, which is not reimbursed under Medicare. Presently, some of the participants who tested positive for H. pylori have asked to be treated with antibiotics, regardless of whether or not they have symptoms. This attitude to H. pylori is the same as that seen worldwide, where “patient requests treatment” is one of the current recommendations from the Maastricht consensus group in Europe as a valid reason for treating the infection.30
Thirdly, if hygiene is important in preventing spread of H. pylori, the high prevalence of H. pylori in children in both communities suggests that the standard of hygiene is poor. Since the people in the remote areas have access to clean running water in their houses, the deficiency might be one of health education. An intensive health education program might be reflected in a falling incidence of H. pylori among children in the Pilbara. There may also be a case for yearly screening of all Indigenous children.
Lastly, there is the question of where these H. pylori bacteria originated. Were the Indigenous people totally free of H. pylori before European settlement of Australia? Further research is planned to establish the genotypes of strains of H. pylori from infected asymptomatic people to determine the geographical origin of the isolates.31 Indigenous people may have their own H. pylori strains, or they may have been first exposed to H. pylori by European settlers. The origin of the strains could influence clinical decisions as to whether or not to screen for H. pylori and treat infections in Indigenous people. If all the strains are found to be of the European type, H. pylori would be yet another disease introduced into Australia.
Our study exposes a need for further information on H. pylori infection. Proper management of infections such as these requires monitoring with available diagnostic tools. However, this will mean that health budgets need to be extended.
1 Locations in Western Australia where testing was carried out
Jigalong (1): 1350 km north-east of Perth; Parnngurr (2): 220 km north-east of Jigalong; Punmu (3): 100 km north of Parnngurr.
2 Age and sex distribution of participants at the rural and urban recruitment sites
Rural*
Urban†
* n = 270; age range, 2–90 years. †n = 250; age range 3–75 years.
3 Comparison of the age distribution of participants testing positive for H. pylori at each site
* P < 0.05. †P < 0.01. ‡P < 0.001.
4 Actual 13C-urea breath test values recorded in children aged under 15 years
Received 9 September 2004, accepted 14 December 2004
Helen M Windsor1
Susan D Morrow2
Barry J Marshall3
Emmanuel A Abioye-Kuteyi4
Jacqueline M Leber5
Max K Bulsara6
1 NHMRC Helicobacter Research Laboratory, Microbiology, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA.
2 Jigalong Clinic, Puntukurnu Aboriginal Medical Service, Newman, WA.
3 Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA.
4 School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA.
This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. We acknowledge the support of the reference groups for this study at both Jigalong and Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service in Perth. Thanks also to Dr Ross Butler and his team at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide for their help throughout the study. A special thanks to Dr Raji Krishnan at Derbarl Yerrigan Maddington for her enthusiasm and interest in this research.
Barry Marshall is medical director of Tri-Med, a Perth company which distributes diagnostic tests for Helicobacter pylori.
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A Most Heavenly Review?
Things have gone to hell in a hand basket up here. And She is pissed. New York Yankee fans are fighting amongst each other over that darn book, The 50 Greatest Players in New York Yankees History.
It all started out peacefully with Yankee fans preaching about glowing deeds Yankee players from their respective generations accomplished. But then it turned to nasty words –– words we don't usually hear up here –– about the has-beens and upstarts with undeserved better rankings than the players of their own generations. To top it off, some of the Yankee fans managed to get their favorite players riled up. And that made the angels nervous because they had seen what pride hath wrought up here before.
I tell you, She is threatening to send the whole bunch to Purgatory, fans and players alike. And as for that all-knowing author, Robert H. Cohen –– God rest his soul –– I hope he knows there will be a proverbial lightning bolt heading his way in the near future.
All was well when an early review copy of that darn book somehow made its way up here. Yankee fans from all generations had no qualms at all with Cohen's first four picks: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, and Mickey Mantle. There were a number of rumblings concerning the placement of the next five: Yogi Berra, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Bill Dickey, and Whitey Ford. But a great multitude of Yankee fans went through our holy roof when it was announced that Cohen selected Don Mattingly as the tenth greatest player in New York Yankees history.
Thank God for no-nonsense gun laws up here, or we would have had a bloody war on our holy hands. No-nonsense gun laws? Simple. It means "no guns, period"(.)
The bickering over Mattingly got so bad that She commanded me to mediate the mess. I chose two of the most vociferous Yankee fans: one from Generation X, and the other from Generation Y. I set up two pulpits. And then I said, "Let the debate begin."
Says the Generation X Fan:
Don Mattingly? Really? Bull Donkey...
(Note from me: Much stronger words were used, but we don't record such words up here).
How many home runs did he hit in a World Series game? None. Umm... how many World Series games did he play in? None. Yes, he is "number ten," all right.
Rebuts Generation Y Fan:
Why? Why did Cohen select Don Mattingly? Because Mattingly is the greatest player in New York Yankees history who never played in a World Series! Moreover, Mattingly holds the Major-League record for most home runs over an eight-game stretch –– ten of them he hit!
Retorts Generation X Fan:
Ten home runs? Wow! Roger Maris hit 61 home runs and where is he on Cohen's list? Number 22. Number 22? Are you kidding me?
(Note from me: "Kidding" is not the precise word Generation X Fan used, but it does end in "ing.").
Are you sure you're not related to Mattingly? Maybe Cohen is related to Mattingly?
At this point in the debate, Generation X Fan asks me to check the Book of Deeds online to see if either Cohen or Generation Y Fan is related to Mattingly. I have the results in two seconds: "Neither Cohen or Generation Y Fan is related to Mattingy," I reply.
Says Generation X Fan:
I am troubled with Cohen's interpretation of what really went on in 1961. That's not how I remember it. And I lived it. If I may, Pete, can I read a portion from Cohen's book which really disturbs me?
I nod my head. The multitude of Yankee fans grows noisier. Could this matter be the proverbial nail on the head?
Generation X Fan reads from pages 115 and 116 of Cohen's book:
...The feelings of the fans toward Mantle and Maris gradually intensified the following year, as the two sluggers drew closer and closer to Babe Ruth's single-season home run record. Since the mark was held by a Yankee, New York fans felt that Mantle should be the one to break it. Furthermore, many people believed that Maris's .269 batting average made him unworthy of eclipsing the great Ruth's long-standing record. The fans subsequently cast Maris as an outsider and a usurper, and nothing he might have done from that point on would have been good enough to please them.
Displaying their indifference toward Maris, fewer than 15,000 fans showed up at Yankee Stadium on the season's final day to see the slugger establish a single-season record....
Generation X Fan clears his throat and continues:
I was fourteen years old that year. Injury-wearied Mantle was the favorite, and he valiantly tried to keep pace with Maris, but he eventually ended up in the hospital in September. I kept track of their home run race by attending games, watching games on TV, listening to games on the radio, and reading about the home run race in the newspapers. Maris gradually developed a toxic relationship with the press, but the majority of the fans still respected him. And in late September, Maris was our only hope. We were still rooting for him to break Ruth's record. Speaking of rooting for him, I was at that game. I saw Roger Maris break Babe Ruth's record. I tell you, it felt like there were more than 15,000 fans in the stands. Could you please check on that Pete?
I check and respond:
Roger Maris yesterday became the first major league player in history to hit more than 60 home runs in a season.
The 27-year-old Yankee outfielder hit his sixty-first at the stadium before a roaring crowd of 23,154 in the Bombers' final game of the regular campaign.
Generation X Fan smiles and says, "I'm glad The Book of Deeds has got it right."
To which I reply:
Actually, that's from the front page of The New York Times, the Oct. 2, 1961 issue. As for the fans cheering, films captured of that momentous moment show fans giving Maris a standing ovation.
At this point in the debate, with the record set straight, God had seen and heard enough. In two nanoseconds flat, She implanted the thought in the brains of Yankee fans and players alike that all Yankee players were equal to each other in Her eyes. And those were the only eyes that counted up here.
As for Cohen, God relented. She cancelled the lightning strike. She figured he would get enough static from the Yankee fans still on earth. God knows who the greatest players in New York Yankees history are!
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媽咪寶寶首頁 > 地方活動 > Mission 26: ET Comes Home Photographs by Gil Garcetti
Mission 26: ET Comes Home Photographs by Gil Garcetti
Experience ET-94's move to the California Science Center through engaging photographs captured by Gil Garcetti. The exhibition highlights moments of ET-94's trip through the Panama Canal, its arrival in Marina del Rey, and its journey through the streets of Los Angeles and Inglewood on the way to its new home.
On April 12, 2016, the last space shuttle external tank (ET) built for flight left NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. Called ET-94, the tank traveled over 4,400 nautical miles on the barge Gulfmaster I, pulled by a tugboat named Shannon Dann. On its way to Los Angeles, ET-94 weathered a storm in the Cayman Islands, journeyed through the Panama Canal, and made its way up the Pacific Coast. When nearing California, the crew of Shannon Dann even stopped to rescue some stranded fishermen. And on May 18, ET-94 cruised in to Marina del Rey, where workers prepared it for a historic trip through city streets.
On May 21, 2016, a truck pulled the 154-foot-long tank through the streets of Inglewood and Los Angeles on its way to the California Science Center. As with the move of space shuttle Endeavour almost four years earlier, people from all over the city came out to celebrate, and astronauts escorted ET-94 the whole way. Gil Garcetti's images expertly capture the emotions and experiences from ET-94's momentous trek home.
Guests will find the exhibition inside the Endeavour Together gallery on the second floor of Ecosystems.
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Frederick honored for 20 years on social services' board
Dean Cousino Monroe News staff reporter CousinoDean
Jul 7, 2019 at 8:00 AM Jul 12, 2019 at 11:48 AM
Carol Frederick received a framed copy of a resolution recognizing her for her service on the board and serving as its chairperson for many years.
Carol Frederick, an active and valuable member of the Monroe County Social Services Board for 20 years who recently retired from her post, was feted by county commissioners Tuesday night.
Frederick received a framed copy of a resolution recognizing her for her service on the board and serving as its chairperson for many years. All eight commissioners backed the resolution that was presented by J. Henry Lievens, chairman of the county board.
Lievens jokingly referred to her as his “favorite Frederick,” a reference to her husband of 53 years — R. LaMar Frederick, a former commissioner and Bedford Township supervisor.
Lievens said the commissioners commend her for her “dedication and passion” since her appointment to the social services’ board in 1999 and acknowledges the “many contributions she has made during her long and distinguished service.”
She took part in numerous Human Services’ committee activities, including the Human Services Collaborative Network, Homeless Network and Human Trafficking Task Force and served on the “Friends of Fairview” Committee and as an advocate for Fairview residents.
In 2010, when Fairview was in jeopardy of being closed, she actively participated in a campaign to seek millage funding.
“Carol spent countless hours advocating for the Fairview residents by educating the community about the importance of its mission,” Lievens said.
Frederick assisted yearly at the “Celebrate Children Event” and served as a delegate to the Michigan County Social Services Association where she served on numerous legislative committees.
While accepting her plaque, Frederick commented about the “dark days” when she joined the board.
“What a wonderful experience this has been,” she told commissioners. “You never saw an agency unravel as back in that time period. It’s been straight up since.”
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NASA’s Mars Helicopter to fly on first-time Rover Mission
June 3, 2018 by Dan Taylor Leave a Comment
NASA is preparing to send a helicopter to Mars as its first heavier-than-air vehicle flight over the red planet.
The Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with the agency’s Mars 2020 rover mission, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020, to demonstrate the viability and potential of heavier-than-air vehicles on the Red Planet.
“NASA has a proud history of firsts,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine last month. “The idea of a helicopter flying the skies of another planet is thrilling. The Mars Helicopter holds much promise for our future science, discovery, and exploration missions to Mars.”
Bridenstine recently said the helicopter will fly attached to a rover on a mission known for now as Mars 2020.
Reverberating Bridenstine’s appreciation, U.S. Rep. John Culberson of Texas explained the impact of American firsts on the future of exploration and discovery.
“It’s fitting that the United States of America is the first nation in history to fly the first heavier-than-air craft on another world,” Culberson said. “This exciting and visionary achievement will inspire young people all over the United States to become scientists and engineers, paving the way for even greater discoveries in the future.
Engineers believe they have found a way to fly a helicopter through the impossible thin atmosphere on Mars, which is comparable to an altitude of 100,000 feet on Earth.
The aircraft has two counter-rotating blades that spin 3,000 times a minute, 10 times faster than helicopters on Earth.
“If we want to get as much science as we can, as fast as we can, we need to get really good at using robots,” Jim Bridenstine said.
Started in August 2013 as a technology development project at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the Mars Helicopter has initiatives to prove it was a feasible aircraft towards achieving larger missions. The result of the team’s four years of design, testing, and redesign weighs approximately four pounds (1.8 kilograms). Its fuselage is about the size of a softball, and its twin, counter-rotating blades will bite into the thin Martian atmosphere at almost 3,000 rpm – about 10 times the rate of a helicopter on Earth.
“Exploring the Red Planet with NASA’s Mars Helicopter exemplifies a successful marriage of science and technology innovation and is a unique opportunity to advance Mars exploration for the future,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate at the agency headquarters in Washington. “After the Wright Brothers proved 117 years ago that powered, sustained, and a controlled flight was possible here on Earth, another group of American pioneers may prove the same can be done on another world.”
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Review: Jon Dee Graham – Garage Sale (Freedom, 2012)
Hyperbolium Posted On July 13, 2012
An organically grown set of new songs
While Jon Dee Graham’s earlier albums haven’t exactly been super-shiny mainstream productions, his latest release takes organic to a deeper level. Recorded over several months of gifted studio time, the album pulled itself together without an up-front plan, and the lack of a clock ticking away budget dollars manifests itself in more loosely finished productions. This isn’t a collection of leftovers; it’s a set of songs and performances that weren’t pre-conceived for release. It’s more finished than a sketchbook, but not as polished as a framed work of art, and the less finished corners reveal some of the artist’s work method.
The confidence to release such an album has grown from Graham’s life experiences, including a near-fatal car crash in 2008. The opening “Unafraid” provides a manifesto, and the album shows Graham’s not so much a fatalist as one who’s no longer derailed by doubt or fear. Working against his own recording history, Graham came to the studio with only fragmentary ideas, developing them with his studio hosts, John Harvey and Mary Podio. Rather than worrying the songwriting ahead of time, he developed the concepts, lyrics, melodies, production and instrumentation in unison. Graham overdubbed most of the instruments himself, but the album hits many of its strongest points when he sings against a lone guitar or piano.
The performances are heartfelt in their immediacy, confessing to a loved one, comforting a fellow orphan, and lamenting the ephemeral nature of time and memory. Among the album’s most affecting performances is the voice-and-piano “Bobby Dunbar,” with resonant chords that hang gloomily over an elegiac melody. The drippy slide guitar and vibraphone of “#19” provides a tranquil moment of exotica before the challenging crawl through “Collapse,” punk-rock “Where Were Yr Friends,” and experimental soul closer “Radio Uxtmal.” A lot of variety, some wise words and a lack of varnish that leaves the album’s grain open to the air.
Jon Dee Graham’s Home Page
<a href=”http://jondeegrahamco.bandcamp.com/album/garage-sale”>GARAGE SALE by Jon Dee Graham</a>
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The Football League and Sky Bet agree new three-year deal
Notts County Media Team
The Football League has signed a new three-season title sponsorship agreement with online bookmaker and current partner, Sky Bet.
The new agreement, which will deliver increased revenue to League clubs, will begin in August 2016 and run until at least 2019, with the title sponsorship once again becoming a standalone arrangement.
Following the recently announced re-branding of The Football League to the EFL, the competition will become known as the Sky Bet EFL with its three divisions continuing to be known as the Sky Bet Championship, Sky Bet League One and Sky Bet League Two. Sky Bet will also be the title sponsor of the Sky Bet Play-Offs.
Football League Chief Executive, Shaun Harvey said: "At a time when The Football League is very much focused on its future, which includes our imminent re-branding to the EFL, it is a great encouragement to see Sky Bet putting their continued faith in our competition and our clubs.
"This is an excellent way to end an outstanding year of league football and, on behalf of clubs, I would like to offer my appreciation to Sky Bet for their continued commitment."
Sky Bet Chief Executive, Richard Flint said: “Over the last couple of seasons we’ve loved working with the League, its clubs and the fans and so are delighted to extend Sky Bet’s sponsorship. We are proud to continue our investment in such a fantastic competition and look forward to making betting better for football fans.”
To celebrate signing the deal, Sky Bet are offering the best odds on all Football League clubs to win their Boxing Day fixtures, and are also top price on a wide range of Football League outrights over the Christmas period.
The League has also revealed the new EFL divisional logos and colours with the Sky Bet Championship logo featuring a new gold design, Sky Bet League One a silver design and Sky Bet League Two a red design. The logo for the Sky Bet Play-Offs will combine the three colours together.
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A resolution approving a Long-Term Food Information Sharing Confidentiality Agreement between The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to facilitate the exchange of non-public food (human and pet foods, and animal feed), and cosmetic regulatory, public health, and safety information.
WHEREAS, Metropolitan Charter Section 10.104 provides that the Board of Health has the duty to contract for such services as will further the program and policies of the board, subject to confirmation by Resolution of Council; and,
WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, wishes to contract with U.S. Food and Drug Administration to facilitate the exchange of non-public food (human and pet foods, and animal feed), and cosmetic regulatory, public health, and safety information, and;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That the Long-Term Food Information Sharing Confidentiality Agreement by and between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, to facilitate the exchange of non-public food (human and pet foods, and animal feed), and cosmetic regulatory, public health, and safety information, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved.
Erica Gilmore
Download Agreement for RS2018-1494
Referred toHealth, Hospitals, and Social Services Committee
IntroducedNovember 20, 2018
AdoptedNovember 20, 2018
ApprovedNovember 21, 2018
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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/06/eo-wilson-conservation-legend-90-save-space-for-nature-save-planet.html
Photograph by Frans Lanting, Nat Geo Image Collection
E.O. Wilson examines an abnormal growth on a leaf in Walden Pond, Massachusetts. On his 90th birthday, Wilson continues to push for a world in which humans share the planet with other species, instead of driving them into extinction.
E.O. Wilson at 90: The conservation legend shares dreams for the future
Wilson’s message is as strong as ever: Saving space for non-human life will save humanity.
By Andrew Revkin
This article was created in partnership with the National Geographic Society and the Wyss Campaign for Nature, which seek to inspire the protection of 30 percent of the planet by 2030.
National Geographic paid a visit recently to Edward O. Wilson, one of the great figures in biology and conservation of this, or any, century. Wilson, who turned 90 on June 10, sat in the plant-filled conservatory at his retirement community outside of Boston and reflected on three-quarters of a century of insights into the astounding diversity of species on Earth, the mounting troubles at the intersection of nature and human nature, and strategies for saving wild things and, in so doing, saving ourselves.
In each comment, Wilson, retired only in the most technical sense, looked forward more than back, eager to spur everyone from school children to the world’s elected leaders to save space for non-human life and fend off a brewing mass extinction. He described his work on the final stages of another book, which he’s calling “Tales from the Ant World,” preparations for a July 6 “bioblitz”—a saturation exploration by students and scientists of the nearby Walden Woods immortalized by Thoreau—and correspondence with officials in his home state of Alabama about a long-held vision to expand parks there.
He laid out afresh his argument for the audacious conservation target he called for in his 2016 book, Half-Earth: for humans to set aside half of our planet’s terrestrial and oceanic space for other species within the next few decades. He insists that it is both essential and achievable.
Conserving this amount of space for nature, he has calculated, can safeguard some 85 percent of the world’s species, offering the prospect of a sustainable long-term human relationship with the planet once our population stabilizes and we learn how to satisfy human needs without undermining ecological health.
But which half, where?
“There are three levels of biodiversity that we're trying to save: ecosystems, then the species in the ecosystems, and then the genes that prescribe traits of the species that make up the ecosystem,” he said. “And we should decide upon areas to be saved not by the general appearance or what are the main ecosystems in them. We don't know enough about ecosystems. We should be choosing them according to the number of species that are in each. And particularly the number of endangered species of some kind.”
An urgent first step, he said, is in essence a global bioblitz, from the heights of Everest to the depths of the Mariana Trench to city parks to the knotholes in trees, to the bacterial assemblages in our guts.
Indeed, asked what his ideal birthday present might be, he offered this modest wish: “I think it would be a commitment in the policy of the United States and internationally to go for the exploration and identification and protection of every species on Earth, with the same vigor that is building toward stabilizing earth's climate, because the two are intimately linked.”
In honor of Wilson’s 90th birthday and achievements so far, the National Geographic Society today is launching an ambitious new initiative and suite of grants to discover new species using traditional expeditions, citizen science, and artificial intelligence.
Wilson has allies
On June 6, the world’s biggest global information system technology company, Esri, announced a five-year commitment of resources and funding to help boost the species-mapping capacity of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation, which was formed to carry out Wilson’s vision.
In April, dozens of researchers from around the world published a detailed road map, “A Global Deal for Nature,” for protecting 30 percent of the planet’s ecosystems by 2030—essentially creating an interim milestone on the way to achieving Wilson’s vision by mid-century.
Conservation-focused foundations and organizations are investing heavily in boosting nations’ commitments under the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity to protecting the world’s last wild places and important habitat wherever it exists. These include the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation, the Wyss Foundation and National Geographic Society.
Wilson sees several strong justifications for such initiatives and the conservation pulse that could result. First is the practical value in being surrounded by diverse and biologically thriving landscapes and seascapes. “When you leave intact as many species as possible, in a major habitat, whether it's a pond or a bay or a forest somewhere,” he said, “the better it functions. And the better it functions, the better it serves.”
The very process of exploring and sharing the wonders of the natural world wherever it occurs—from city parks to remote peaks—can inspire new generations devoted to intensifying conservation, he said.
After all, he mused, that’s how he got started as a child. “When my parents moved to Washington with me as a 9-year-old, when my father had a temporary job in the government, I found myself five blocks from the National Zoo and just beyond Rock Creek Park,” Wilson said. “And so while I was going through the end of grammar school, I proceeded to spend all of my time in that zoo and then exploring Rock Creek Park. And I became then and there a lifetime professional scientific naturalist… . Seeing people who are actually engaged and studying it and treasuring it and making a lot of it was just enough to make me want to study any subject so that I could be like one of them.”
He stressed that this was not just about wilderness, noting how discoveries can be made at any doorstep.
“I believe it's worth emphasizing that a scientist and a graduate student in college, and a kid in grammar school all can start with understanding something new by exploring even the simplest and most common forms of life you find right in the heart of the city,” Wilson said. “Along a fringe of a street, along the edges and into a city park, is a multitude of species, of associations, of phenomena going on that scientists themselves have not fully come to understand.
“When graduate students who have worked with me say, ‘What sort of projects should I do for a PhD?’, I like to tell them, ‘Look, go outside. Just go outside in some little woodland around Harvard here, pick up the first small organism you see.’ I've actually done that with over 20 graduate students I've had, and they've all come in with successful theses, but this can be done almost anywhere in the world, as an adventure in which everyone can participate.”
He also recalled the inspiring power of inquiry as he helped lead a community bioblitz on the slopes of Mount Gorongosa in Mozambique in 2011 while serving as an adviser during the creation of the national park there.
“Kids from all the local villages showed up,” he said. “And I had to be the expert for everything.” In two hours, he counted 60 species in 39 families and 13 orders of living things. “These kids went wild,” he said. “They were listening to everything that I and others had to say about the creatures they were bringing in and the plants and so on. And I realized that anywhere a bioblitz could be a powerful instrument in introducing kids to science.”
He noted that the park, with the help of the American conservationist and philanthropist Greg Carr, has since become “a powerful force in helping the country of Mozambique recover from a very serious civil war, and in addition, create a better life for a great many people.”
No single path
Success will be hard won, mostly because there will be no single path to saving room for reefs, forests, and other keystone habitats given the huge diversity of cultures, political systems, geographic situations and stages of development in human communities from the inhabitable fringes of the poles to the Equator.
The range of threats is also dizzyingly varied. In some spots, as the United Nations warned in a landmark report in May, an estimated 1 million species face rising risk of extinction from threats both discrete and diffuse. The threats range from fast-spreading cattle ranches, road networks, and poaching to vast plumes of runoff from farmers’ fields to ocean acidification and global warming driven by accumulating heat-trapping emissions of carbon dioxide. Ecosystems are being disrupted worldwide by invasive species, like the South American red fire ants that Wilson, as a budding entomologist at age 13, discovered nesting in Mobile, Alabama, in 1946.
But there are many pathways to solutions, Wilson insisted, ranging from harnessing artificial intelligence in conservation science to innovations in agriculture. “I think we could produce an almost unlimited new industry of food production,” he said. “People have begun to talk a lot about making hamburgers from vegetables. I like that. If we could just take the cattle off the ranches, and stop slaughtering them, and somehow produce substitutes for the things that are harming humanity most, we would make a great leap forward.”
In the end, Wilson stressed, accelerating the exploration, understanding and conservation of nature is about much more than expanding knowledge or nature’s utility. It is an ethical imperative.
He articulated his most fervent dream: “That somehow we have as a value, a human value, that we not destroy but we protect and study and understand and love the environment that was our birthplace. And the species that were our birth mates, and the ecosystems that are most able today as they were in the past to take care of themselves, giving us almost infinite benefits in maintaining the kind of lives, aesthetically and in terms of our health, that we could hope for.”
“We're hearing a lot of talk in the present political arena now of values,” he said. “And I believe that we're on the edge of a new era, in which value is extended to saving the rest of nature. Knowing it, preserving it, studying it, understanding it, cherishing it, and holding on until we know what the hell we're doing.”
Andrew Revkin has written on environmental sustainability for 35 years and is a member of National Geographic Society's Committee for Research and Exploration.
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Are we all living inside a virtual simulation?
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 by: Jon Rappoport
Tags: virtual simulation, reality, Bonn University
https://www.naturalnews.com/039066_virtual_simulation_reality_Bonn_University.html
(NaturalNews) A study out of Bonn University has led to a new round of speculation about the nature of the universe.
The study proposes that cosmic rays undergo a strange energy shift. The energies are "re-fitted" to align with an underlying pattern or lattice. There is only one proper fit; no exceptions are permitted.
If the lattice is, indeed, the basic pixel-like Reality we are interacting with every day of our lives, then we could be living inside a created artifice.
A simulation.
Put this description alongside the hypothesis that the universe is a hologram: lines of code inscribed on a two-dimensional surface deliver instructions on how the lattice is built, and what its properties are.
In other words, the software which holographically projects the universe includes the exact structure of the lattice.
Then, by the rules of the game, energies which don't automatically plug into the lattice framework precisely as they're supposed to are "snapped to" a correct fit, as Mike Adams (Natural News) has suggested.
Mike has made the analogy to a television picture, which consists of pixels that have their own dimensions and structure. So if we imagine an all-encompassing "television picture," this would be the lattice-controlled reality we live in.
Paul Watson (infowars) asks the question: is this universe-simulation our own creation? Since time could be quite flexible where simulations are concerned, might we have made this reality from a platform in the future and then inserted ourselves into it?
What interests me is the notion that humans have used technology to construct a scientifically designed cosmos.
Is this possible, or are we applying a contemporary paradigm to a universe whose nature actually exceeds that paradigm?
In a 10-year project of putting together a collection called The Matrix Revealed, I did a great deal of research on other notions of creation or "reality-building."
It is clear that at deep levels, propaganda turns into self-propaganda. In order to live inside a Matrix or universe of our own making, we would have to produce, in ourselves, an extraordinary level of amnesia about what we did. Otherwise we would know. We would walk around knowing full well we had designed our own illusion, and the whole thing would fall apart.
Immortal and free from the structure, we would hardly want to spend all our time trapped in it.
The ancient Tibetans knew a great deal about this conundrum. Before they became a theocratic society of rites and rituals and a rigorous elitism, they were daring adventurers on the edge of experiments in consciousness.
Relying on the teachings of itinerant outcast adepts from India, they developed a practice called, by a few later scholars, "deity visualization." (See John Blofeld, The Tantric Mysticism of Tibet)
Perhaps based on an already existing mandala-painting, a teacher would give his student a very detailed and specific "personage" to create in his imagination. This effort, if it was successful at all, might take months or even years.
The objective was to mentally hold the complex image intact, in every detail, not just for a few seconds or minutes, but indefinitely. If the student was successful at this arduous task, he would soon find that the personage he created seemed to take on a life of its own.
The personage or deity would become the student's friend and guide and give him valuable advice and counsel. When the teacher sensed this relationship had progressed to a very close point, he would order the student to get rid of the personage altogether.
This, it was said, was more difficult than the original act of creating it. But if the student was able to perform both aspects (creative and destructive) of the exercise, he would then realize, see, and know, with full consciousness, that THE UNIVERSE WAS A PRODUCT OF MIND.
At that crossroad, he would be able to spontaneously take apart pieces of "the hologram" or "the lattice," and even create (out of nothing) new objects that hadn't existed before.
It's fascinating that now, at the beginning of the 21st century, we have come full circle. We are contemplating the possibility that we created this universe---but through technological means.
Perhaps those Tibetan adepts, in their practice, actually saw the lattice or even the two-dimensional surface on which the holographic code of the cosmos is inscribed.
Another clue concerning the origin or underlying force that made the universe is revealed through a study of the famous alchemical diagram: two crossed staves.
The four endpoints were said to represent the basic aspects or elements of Nature: earth, air, fire, and water. According to some alchemical interpretations, these elements were in eternal conflict with one another.
The resolution of the conflict was represented by the center-place where the two staves met. This mysterious intersection was called Quintessence, and its meaning was long debated.
Paracelsus, one of the most famous of the European alchemists, seems to have thought that Quintessence was, in fact, imagination.
In other words, our creative power could change the inherent design of reality. If so, then it is just a step from there to infer that our imagination invented the design in the first place.
Some will take that step; others will not. Regardless, the history of millions of artists on this planet directly points to the fact that, when freed from restraints, human beings become enormously creative. Every painting, play, poem, novel is a world of its own; a universe. Perhaps this suggests that the physical universe is but one work of art, out of a possible infinity of universes.
William Blake, one of the most revered English poets, made several remarkable statements about the power of imagination:
"Some see nature all ridicule and deformity...and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself."
"Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow."
Of course, the notion of multiple universes is reflected in contemporary science. Physicist Brian Greene, author of The Hidden Reality, explains that Relativity and Quantum Theory, each highly useful in its own way, come into high mathematical conflict when set side by side.
One resolution of that conflict can be achieved through String Theory, in which tiny vibrating strings (in 10 or 11 dimensions) explain the makeup of this universe. But String Theory also suggests many surfaces or membranes or islands on which matter, energy, and time can exist: multiple universes.
No matter what force or power we say made this universe, a new day is here. We are coming to grips with the idea that the universe isn't all the reality there is. Some find this disturbing. Others are inspired to feel it is intensely liberating.
Beyond any hypothesis about the underlying structure of the universe, there remain the basic questions about us, as succinctly expressed in the title of Paul Gauguin's famous 1897 painting: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where are We Going?
For those who answer these questions in terms of the Divine and God, it's interesting to consider the original essence and principle of the Kabbalah. Contrary to many interpretations, the whole idea of this evolving text is proliferation: by advancing all knowledge, all science, all poetry, all the arts, humans move closer and closer to God. In other words, for the religiously inclined, nothing learned about our potential power---even the boggling possibility that we invented this simulation called universe---subtracts from Divine power.
I recently studied Gauguin's intriguing painting again. Behind the three central groups of people representing the three basic questions, the light-blue background shows figures and scenes from what the artist called the Beyond.
That gives rise to yet another hypothesis. We are living in an interpenetration of several simultaneous universes or planes of existence. And they're all here now, if we could see them.
The rigorous lattice or holographic code defining this universe is merely the way one plane of existence is structured.
Rather than reduce all possible universes to the principles on which this one may be built, why not consider many, many other such "works of art?" Each universe is constructed or improvised out of the infinite well of creative freedom...
Could there be a greater illustration of the principle of Abundance?
Throughout history, humans have been reaching for, and elevating the idea of greater abundance. In one of the early Bible stories, Old Testament Joseph, as a boy, dreams of dancing sheaves of wheat. Wheat, grain was, for the ancients, a living symbol of abundance.
Johanna Stuckey, well-known researcher on early goddesses, points out that the Sumerian grain goddess, Ezina/Ashnan, was also called Lady of Abundance.
We have always sought, in faith, in hope, in myth, in story, in investigation the means for unending abundance. Now, we also see it reflected in our most far-reaching contemplations: not just one universe, but many universes, without end. Because if we are living in this virtual space and time, why shouldn't other continua exist?
Are they all simulations? Is a painting a simulation? Not really. It's an independent invention, undertaken in freedom, launched from the unfettered imagination of an artist. It is its own universe.
We are all artists.
With all veils and curtains lifted, this is the truth we have been waiting for, the truth we have always known.
The three questions Paul Gauguin asked could be titanically re-framed: Dissolving the societal myths of false limitations, what can you truly create? How powerful is your imagination? What universes will you create?
Jon Rappoport
The author of an explosive collection, THE MATRIX REVEALED, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29th District of California. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free emails at www.nomorefakenews.com
The author of an explosive new collection, THE MATRIX REVEALED, Jon
was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29th District of
California. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an
investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics,
medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine,
Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon
has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic,
and creative power to audiences around the world.
www.nomorefakenews.com
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Studies show that reishi mushrooms fight cancer and diabetes
Sunday, December 29, 2013 by: Michael Ravensthorpe
Tags: reishi mushrooms, cancer treatment, diabetes prevention
https://www.naturalnews.com/043348_reishi_mushrooms_cancer_treatment_diabetes_prevention.html
(NaturalNews) Reishi mushrooms have been used to treat countless ailments in the Far East for over 2,000 years. They are especially venerated in their native China, where they have acquired the nickname "The Mushrooms of Immortality" due to their extraordinary medicinal properties. Indeed, long-term consumption of reishi mushrooms - which are characterized by their red, kidney-shaped cap and their tough, "woody" texture - has been linked to reduced blood pressure, improved nerve function, enhanced stamina, weight loss and much more.
Two conditions that reishi mushrooms seem to particularly excel at treating, however, are cancer and diabetes - two of the most serious and common diseases in the United States today. Below is a collection of studies that prove their effectiveness at combating these diseases.
Reishi and cancer
According to Drs. Joann Lau and Sanda Zolj, two research scientists at Bellarmine University, reishi mushrooms contain important polysaccharides and saponins that decrease cell proliferation in cancerous lungs. The researchers discovered that this effect was due to apoptosis ("cell death") instigated by the mushroom's active compounds. They concluded that "detailed biochemical characterization of this ancient herbal remedy could hold tremendous promise for the treatment of lung cancer."
Lau and Zolj's research is reinforced by that of Dr. Teow Sun Soo at the MARA Institute of Technology in Malaysia. Soo, determined to understand the effects of reishi on various ailments, conducted clinical trials that required subjects to take reishi extracts at regular intervals. Soo found not only that the extract boosted the body's immune system to fight cancer but that it could also reduce the harmful side effects of radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Soo admitted, however, that the results depended on the type of cancer and the severity of the condition. For treating cancer, Soo recommended taking six 500 milligram capsules, three times daily.
Reishi and diabetes
According to researchers from the Institute of Vascular Medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, reishi mushrooms can lower blood sugar levels in laboratory animals. For their study, which was published in the May 2009 edition of Phytomedicine, the researchers fed 0.03 and 0.3g/kg of reishi extracts to diabetic mice over a one-month period. The extracts lowered the blood glucose levels of the mice within a single week, leading the researchers to believe that the mushroom inhibits an enzyme used by the liver to produce glucose.
Another Chinese study, which was conducted by researchers at the Department of Pharmacology of Peking University in Beijing and published in the December 2006 issue of the Journal of Asian Natural Products Research, specifically looked into reishi's effects on diabetic kidney disease. After the eight-week trial period, the diabetic subjects exhibited noticeably reduced markers of kidney stress, as well as lowered triglyceride and blood sugar levels. The researchers concluded that reishi mushrooms can prevent or halt the progression of diabetic kidney complications.
Important: Unlike most other medicinal mushrooms, which can be eaten cooked, reishi have a tough texture that is difficult for our stomachs to digest. Therefore, if you're interested in utilizing reishi as a medicine, consider consuming it in extract form (like in the studies) for improved nutrient absorption.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Michael Ravensthorpe is an independent writer whose research interests include nutrition, alternative medicine, and bushcraft. He is the creator of the website, Spiritfoods, through which he promotes the world's healthiest foods.
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Walt Disney's Daughter Remembers His Legacy in "Lady and the Tramp"
By Scott Huver
Published Feb 7, 2012 at 12:44 PM | Updated at 1:40 PM CDT on May 30, 2012
Today audience have a sense of what the Disney name brand means, but there was a time when it came down simply to the creative touch of Walt Disney himself.
Disney’s deft instinct for lushly animated, warm all-ages stories was in full flower in 1955 when, after nearly 20 years of development and tinkering, his eponymous studio released “Lady and the Tramp,” now long acknowledged as one of the company’s enduring masterpieces. To mark the film’s debut on Blu-Ray, the inventive mogul’s daughter Diane Disney Miller gives PopcornBiz a peek into her father’s real-life Magic Kingdom.
Can you explain where 'Lady & The Tramp' stood in your dad's heart and its significance to him personally?
It was very close to his heart, and to his own experience. Everybody loves dogs and that's why, I think, this film has survived so well in the public's view. That little episode you'll see in the beginning where the wife is presented with a puppy in a hatbox – that's exactly what he did with my mother when he wanted a dog and she didn't want one. They had just moved in to their first built home. He and his brother had built homes that were side-by-side, very near the old studio in Hollywood. Dad found that there were certain breeds of dogs that didn't shed: one was a Chow, so he bought a little Chow puppy and asked his brother to keep it in his garage next door until Christmas morning. On Christmas morning he sent my mother's niece Margery, who was living with them, over to Uncle Roy's house and they had it all ready. They had the hatbox and tied a big bow on it and Margery brought it back and presented it to my mother. When mother opened it and the little dog popped out she was delighted. She loved it! My dad was great like that, when he did something really clever like that.
It’s the first film the studio did in Cinemascope, and in one of the disc’s documentaries you note that your father was a lover of gadgets and gimmicks in his personal life. Would he have easily embraced all types of new film technology?
Anything! People ask what he would think of today's digital [film]. He would love it. Actually, if you refer to his early films he was the first to put color in the animated films, in the cartoons and he got an exclusive contract with Technicolor to try out the color process, the three-color process. And then on TV, he was the first to jump in and embrace television instead of be afraid of it. He was always there, looking for everything new thing. He'd tell the old stories in a new way.
What does it mean to you to see your father's creations, a film like this and the Disneyland Park and everything else, still be so treasured and relevant today, after all the creative effort he put in to what he was doing?
It's very gratifying. This is why we had to build the museum in San Francisco. We chose a historic building that belongs to the state, to the nation. It's a part of an old Navy base, The Presidio, and now it's a national park. We chose this wonderful, old brick building – it's one of six identical buildings there – to do this in because it's for the people. He was successful because people liked what he did and bought it and supported what he did. He felt very strongly in getting this to his audience, to the people that accepted his product and bought it and sought it out. This museum I think is for my dad and for them.
The spaghetti scene in "Lady & The Tramp" is one of the most iconic in all of the Disney films. It's been imitated and tweaked. Did he have a sense of how beloved that particular scene was becoming throughout the generations?
I don't know. I didn't know it was the iconic scene – I always say that it was my favorite scene – but I have no idea. I can't answer that for you. I don't know if he was aware of that at the time of his death. He must've been. It sounds very much like something that my dad would've thought of.
Did anything you ever said or did at home make it into one of the Disney films?
Not directly, but I always had my girlfriends spending the night and we'd do these things – my sister, too – and I think that probably more in something like the Hayley Mills film, 'The Parent Trap,' you might see some of that girly interaction. Dad had a good feel for that, because part of the time he was driving us to school in a carpool with three other girls in our neighborhood. He heard all of us chatter in the back of the car. So I think that might've been one place that it might've surfaced, because everything that happened in his life found it's way into a film, somehow, at one point.
Like a lot of your father’s projects, it's interesting to learn that "Lady and the Tramp" was a notion that came up as early as the late '30's, but he didn't follow through with until the mid-'50's. It seemed like he had a real sense of timing, when to put things out.
It was a sense - he had this book for a long time. For example, I just learned that he had 'Bambi' in his hands way before he did 'Snow White.’ There was a development that went on with so many of them. I think a lot of them had to do with timing – the fiscal timing of other films, but also just sort of how it fit into their production schedule. But in his life it always seemed that he had properties that he wanted to be in, [although] he never really wanted to do 'Alice in Wonderland.' And it was a film that Dave Smith, the founder of the studio archive, said that it was the thing that everybody always said that he ought to do, but that he never wanted to do. He and his animators never really felt good about it. I, however, really liked the film. I think it's witty and colorful and fun. But 'Lady & the Tramp' was a story he loved.
What's a fun fact about your dad that most people might not suspect, even his biggest fans – something they wouldn't know was an aspect of Walt Disney?
Well, people are very surprised when they learn that he was just really an ordinary dad. He drove his two little girls to school every morning when they were younger – we both went to girl schools that were not within walking distance. He would drive us every morning and then he'd go on to the studio and I think people are very surprised when they hear that. He was just a very good dad. He helped us with school projects. He went to every father/daughter event that occurred anywhere. When we were very small, every weekend, Sunday was really ‘Daddy's Day.’ We'd go to Griffith Park. There was a carousel there and we'd ride that and then we'd go run around the studio with him. He loved to go to the Burbank studio when there was nobody there. We went into every room and saw what the guys were doing. We'd ride our bikes all around the parking lot. I don't think people realize that he was just a good family man. That's why his product worked: because he was appealing to the kind of audience that he really loved and understood.
"Lady and the Tramp" makes its debut on Blu-ray today.
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Explore Fort Worth Museums For Free
Celebrate Day in the District
By Michael A Gibson Jr
Published Sep 21, 2012 at 2:02 PM | Updated at 2:02 PM CDT on Sep 21, 2012
Celebrate National Museum Day with NBC 5 at Day in the District on Saturday, September 22 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is your chance to experience nine amazing museums, and various performances all for free.
Celebrate National Museum Day with NBC 5 at Day in the District on Saturday, September 22 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is your chance to experience nine amazing museums and various performances all for free.
Known for its legendary western roots, Fort Worth is a city where culture and heritage thrive together. The city embraces the arts and is home to some of the most beautifully designed museums in the world with outstanding collections and a vibrant performing arts scene.
Participating museums include:
Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT)
Fort Worth Botanic Garden
Fort Worth Community Arts Center
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
The T will provide complimentary transportation, making a continuous loop throughout the Cultural District. For more information about the Day in the District visit www.fwdayinthedistrict.org.
The easiest route from most directions is to take University Drive or Montgomery Street north from I-30. From downtown Fort Worth, go west on 7th Street or Lancaster Avenue.
Day in the District
Fort Worth’s Cultural District
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Shanahan Drops Bid to Lead Pentagon, Citing 'Painful' Past
The pulled nomination came as USA Today and The Washington Post on Tuesday reported on domestic incidents involving Shanahan’s family from 2010 and 2011
By Lolita C. Baldor
Published Jun 18, 2019 at 10:10 AM | Updated at 4:20 PM PDT on Jun 18, 2019
5 Things to Know About the New Acting Defense Secretary
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Mark Esper is leaving his role as secretary of the Army to replace Patrick Shanahan as acting secretary of defense after Shanahan withdrew from the position Tuesday. Here are five things to know about Esper.
(Published Tuesday, June 18, 2019)
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan stepped down Tuesday before his formal nomination ever went to the Senate, citing a "painful" family situation that would hurt his children and reopen "wounds we have worked years to heal."
President Donald Trump announced Shanahan's departure in a tweet, and said Army Secretary Mark Esper would be the new acting Pentagon chief.
"I believe my continuing in the confirmation process would force my three children to relive a traumatic chapter in our family's life and reopen wounds we have worked years to heal," Shanahan said in a statement. "Ultimately, their safety and well-being is my highest priority."
His withdrawal from one of the most critical positions in the government comes at a time of escalating tensions in the Middle East, a day after the U.S. authorized sending additional troops to the region, and after months of unexplained delays in the confirmation process.
The acting defense secretary did not provide specifics, but court records show a volatile family history around the time of his 2011 divorce. The couple had been married since 1986.
His ex-wife, Kimberley, was arrested several times on charges that included burglary, property damage and assault. The assault charge was a misdemeanor for domestic violence in August 2010 when, according to police records, she hit Shanahan a number of times, giving him a bloody nose and black eye. The police report said she was not injured, and he was not charged.
There was also a separate November 2011 incident in which the couple's son, who was 17 at the time, struck his mother with a baseball bat in the home where he lived with her in Sarasota, Florida, according to court records. He pleaded guilty to battery and was sentenced to four years of probation.
In an interview with The Washington Post shortly before Trump announced that Shanahan was withdrawing his nomination, Shanahan spoke about the circumstances surrounding his 2011 divorce and said he didn't want to drag his children through the experience again.
"Bad things can happen to good families ... and this is a tragedy, really," Shanahan told the Post.
In his statement, Shanahan said he asked to be withdrawn from the nomination process and would work on an "appropriate transition."
Defense officials said they expect Esper to take over the job at midnight Sunday. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to publicly discuss internal deliberations.
In his tweet, Trump simply said Shanahan had done "a wonderful job" but would step aside to "devote more time to his family." Later, Trump told reporters at the White House that he heard about the problems for the first time Monday.
"I didn't ask him to withdraw, but he walked in this morning," said Trump. "He said it's going to be a rough time for him because of obviously what happened."
In noting Esper's move, Trump added, "I know Mark, and have no doubt he will do a fantastic job!" He said it's "most likely" he will nominate Esper for the job "pretty soon."
The post atop the Pentagon has not been filled permanently since retired Gen. James Mattis abruptly stepped down in December after delivering a blunt letter to Trump outlining a list of foreign policy differences and a warning that the administration should not allow relations with allies to fray.
Shanahan was put in place as acting secretary, but it wasn't until May that Trump announced he would nominate Shanahan. That formal nomination has never come, inexplicably delaying the Senate process.
Sparks Fly Between Sen. Warren, Mark Esper Over Ties to Defense Contractor at Confirmation Hearing
During a confirmation hearing for Acting Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Senator Elizabeth Warren said because of his ties to lobbying for defense contractor Raytheon and refusal to recuse himself, he is not fit to be Secretary of Defense.
On Capitol Hill, the Shanahan news was met with mixed reactions.
Top Democrats said his sudden withdrawal underscores the shortcomings of White House vetting for key Trump administration jobs.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that "this Shanahan fiasco" shows that the administration's national security policy is "a shambles."
Senators said they were largely unaware of allegations involving Shanahan's family situation when he was confirmed as deputy defense secretary in 2017.
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal raised the possibility that Shanahan deliberately concealed the domestic problems, and he called for an investigation by the Defense Department's inspector general. Shanahan, he said, "had an obligation to reveal it himself. This is potentially a violation of law."
Trump defended the vetting process, calling it "great," and said the Shanahan issues were "very unfortunate," and they "came up a little bit over the last short period of time."
House GOP Leadership Defends Trump's Tweets: 'No,' Not Racist
Republican leaders in the House responded Tuesday to the outcry over President Donald Trump's tweets during a weekly news conference to address the media. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said he didn't believe Trump's comments about four Democratic congresswomen of color were racist and Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., claimed GOP opposition to Democrats is based on policies and not "race or gender or religion."
Sen. James Inhofe, the Oklahoma Republican who is chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Trump called him about Shanahan on Tuesday. The president didn't offer any specifics, Inhofe said, but mentioned "allegations that would be very uncomfortable and really not worth making sacrifices for."
Shanahan, a former Boeing executive, has been leading the Pentagon as acting secretary since Jan. 1, a highly unusual arrangement for arguably the most sensitive Cabinet position.
His prospects for confirmation have been spotty due in large part to questions about his lengthy work as former Boeing executive and persistent questions about possible conflicts of interest.
The Defense Department's Inspector General cleared Shanahan of any wrongdoing in connection with accusations he had shown favoritism toward Boeing during his time as deputy defense secretary, while disparaging Boeing competitors.
In Shanahan's tenure at the department he's had to deal with a wide array of international hotspots, ranging from missile launches by North Korea to the sudden shift of military ships and aircraft to the Middle East to deal with potential threats from Iran.
Shanahan, 56, had extensive of experience in the defense industry but little in government. In more than six months as the acting secretary, he emphasized a shift from the resources and tactics required to fight small wars against extremist groups to what Shanahan called "great power" competition with China and Russia.
4 Congresswomen Respond to Trump’s ‘You Can Leave’ Remark
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ,D-N.Y., Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rep. Ayanna Pressley D-Mass., and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., held a news conference Monday to respond to President Donald Trump, who targeted the women in tweets and comments widely labeled as racist.
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General Manager of Popular DC Restaurant Dies After Being Shot After a Wedding in Atlanta
By NBC Washington Staff
Published Jul 21, 2018 at 10:55 AM | Updated at 11:01 AM EDT on Jul 21, 2018
Bo Blair
Christian Broder
The general manager of a popular D.C. restaurant who was shot after a wedding reception in Atlanta nearly two weeks ago has died.
Christian Broder, the former general manager of Millie's in northwest D.C., was 34 years old. He is survived by a 9-month-old daughter and his wife, a pre-kindergarten teacher.
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He died at a D.C. hospital Friday after being transferred from an intensive care unit in Atlanta.
Just after midnight on July 8, Broder was waiting for an Uber with his wife, his brother and his sister-in-law outside the Capital City Club when a car pulled up to them. They thought it was their ride until a young man wearing jeans and a gray, hooded sweatshirt got out of the car, pointed a silver and black handgun at them, and robbed them, taking a cellphone, a purse, wallets and cash.
When the man returned to the car, Broder followed him, police said.
"From what I understand, Christian said something to the effect of, ‘Are you sure you want to do this … Why are you doing this?’ And the guy just absolutely flipped out and said, ‘So you want to die over this,’ and shot him point blank in the stomach and then got back in the car and left,” said Bo Blair, Broder’s brother-in-law and the owner of the restaurant where Broder worked for two years.
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He was treated in intensive care at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. On Friday, a post on a GoFundMe page created for Broder and his family said he was being moved to a D.C. hospital.
Police arrested a 17-year-old boy on July 13 on charges of aggravated assault, aggravated battery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Police said they are still trying to identify the driver of the car used in the shooting, which was taken in a carjacking July 6.
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The staff at Millie’s is too upset to talk about it, Blair said.
“Just everybody is just so devastated,” he said. “All the staff and all the people that know him just love him. He’s an amazing guy. Just such a mellow, thoughtful, amazing guy. Everybody is really, really devastated by this situation.”
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Statitudes: Best numbers from Week 13
From Stanford’s Ty Montgomery tying a school record to Wyoming's 793-yard output, these were the most eye-popping numbers from Week 13:
Stanford’s Ty Montgomery matched a school record with five touchdowns in the Cardinal’s 63-13 win against California. He scored the first four times he touched the ball.
Eastern Washington’s Vernon Adams threw five touchdown passes – including one with 31 seconds to play -- in the Eagles’ 42-41 win against Portland State to set the Big Sky record for TD passes with 46. He also set school records for passing yards (4,059) and total offense (4, 550).
Eastern Illinois’ Jimmy Garoppolo threw for 477 yards and six touchdowns in the Panthers’ 70-22 victory against Tennessee-Martin. Adam Drake had 225 receiving yards and three TDs and Jeff LePak has 196 yards and two TDs.
Navy’s Keenan Reynolds set an NCAA record by rushing for seven touchdowns in the Midshipmen’s 58-52, three overtime victory against San Jose State. Reynolds has 26 touchdowns on the year, one shy of tying the NCAA mark.
Fresno State’s Derek Carr threw for a school-record seven touchdowns in the Bulldogs’ 69-28 win against New Mexico. He passed for 527 yards.
Havard beat Yale 34-7 for its seventh consecutive win in The Game. The Crimson have won 12 of the past 13 games overall. Harvard’s Paul Stanton scored four touchdowns to tie a record in the 138-year history of the series.
Alabama defeated Chattanooga 49-0 for its 10th shutout of an opponent during the past three seasons, twice as many as the next-closest team in the span (Florida State).
Wisconsin defeated Minnesota 20-7 for its 10th consecutive win against the Gophers, the longest win streak by either team in the 123-game history of the rivalry.
Eastern Washington’s Cooper Kupp set an FCS record with a touchdown in his 12th consecutive game. He also caught a TD with 31 seconds left in what would be an Eagles’ 42-41 win against Portland State.
California lost to Stanford 63-13, marking its 14th consecutive game of allowing at least 30 points. That’s the longest streak by a power conference team.
Ohio State defeated Indiana 42-14 to win its 23rd consecutive game, a school record.
Miami (Fla.) turned four turnovers into 28 points in the Hurricanes’ 45-26 win against Virginia. Two of the turnovers led directly to touchdowns.
Baylor lost to Oklahoma State by 32 points, the third-largest margin of defeat by a top-four team in BCS history.
Washington’s Bishop Sankey ran for three touchdowns in the Huskies’ 69-27 win against Oregon State to match the school record for career rushing TDs with 34.
Alabama’s AJ McCarron won his 36th game to become the winningest quarterback in Crimson Tide history. Alabama defeated Chattanooga 49-0.
Baylor lost to No. 11 Oklahoma State 49-17, its 37th consecutive loss against AP-ranked opponents.
Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel completed just 39 percent of his passes (16 of 41) in the Aggies’ 34-10 loss to LSU, the first time in his career that he did not complete at least 50 percent of his passes.
Boston College’s Nat Freese kicked a 52-yard field goal as time expired to give the Eagles a 29-26 victory against Maryland.
South Carolina defeated Coastal Carolina 70-10 for the most points scored in Steve Spurrier’s nine seasons as head coach. Connor Shaw became the winningest quarterback in Gamecocks history with 25.
North Carolina defeated Old Dominion 80-20 to set an all-time record for points. The Tar Heels also set records for touchdowns with 11 and total yards with 721.
Clemson’s Tajh Boyd threw five touchdown passes in the Tigers’ 52-6 win against The Citadel to give him 102 for his career.
Oklahoma defeated Kansas State 41-31 to give head coach Bob Stoops his 158th victory, the most in school history.
Oklahoma’s Brennan Clay rushed for a career-high 200 yards in the Sooners’ 41-31 win against Kansas State. He scored two touchdowns.
Western Kentucky’s Antonio Andrews ran for 204 yards in the Hilltoppers’ 38-7 win against Texas State. He scored three touchdowns.
Boston College’s Andre Williams rushed for 263 yards in the Eagles’ 29-26 win against Maryland. He became the 16th player in NCAA history to top 2,000 yards in a single season.
Kansas State’s Tyler Lockett had a school-record 278 yards receiving in the Wildcats’ 41-31 loss to Oklahoma. He also had a school-record 440 yards of total offense and scored three touchdowns.
Georgia Southern ran for 429 yards, all of the team’s offense, in its 26-20 win against Florida. It’s the most rushing yards the Gators have allowed since the 1996 Fiesta Bowl when Nebraska gained 524. The Eagles became the first team this season to beat an FBS team without completing a pass (0-for-3).
Washington State’s Connor Halliday passed for 488 yards in the Cougars’ 49-37 win again Utah. He threw for four touchdowns.
Washington had 530 yards rushing in its 69-27 win against Oregon State. The Huskies had three players rush for more than 140 yards: Bishop Sankey (179), Deontae Cooper (166) and Dwayne Washington (141).
Wyoming gained 793 total yards in its 59-56 overtime win against Hawaii, a Mountain West record and the second-most by a team in the NCAA this season. Quarterback Brett Smith accounted for a conference record 640 yards of total offense, the most by an individual player this season, and a school-record seven touchdowns. He’s the 10th player in FBS history with at least 400 passing yards (498) and 100 rushing yards (142) in a single game.
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