Month: March 2014

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Scary horror short film that will make you think twice about sleeping in the dark

They say less is more, and that is certainly true for this petrifying two-minute horror movie.

The simple story titled Lights Out starts with a girl turning off her light to go to bed – sparking a terrifying stand-off with a demon.

The 120 seconds of classic horror techniques that ensue will leave you never wanting to turn your light off again.

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Mystery: The two-minute movie starts with the girl turning off her hallway light to see a mysterious silhouette

Petrified: She grows increasingly tense, turning the light on and off, but seemingly nobody is there

Directed by award-winning short film maker David F Sandberg, the dialogue-free short caused a flurry when it came out last year.

Having resurfaced, it is stirring viewers all over again.

It starts with a girl, played by actress Lotta Losten, in a pyjama top flicking off the light in her hallway.

With seemingly nobody else in the flat, she freezes at the sight of a silhouette.

The horror movie by award-winning director David F Sandberg has once again caused a flurry on Twitter

Despite having no dialogue, it is packed full of classic horror techniques as the girl tussles with her fears

Still scared, she tapes the light switch to keep it on, which many viewers may well be tempted to do now

She turns the light back on, and the silhouette disappears.

As she continues flicking back and forth, the music intensifies, until she duct tapes the switch to keep it on.

An extreme step? Apparently not, for as she lies in bed, the light goes once more.

Once in bed, she feels no safer, staring at her half-open door as the light flickers then goes out.

Then, it is the bedside lamp that starts going. Burying her head under the covers, she fumbles for the plug.

Using just two rooms, two lights, and one actress, Sandberg has terrified viewers

It is a classic build-up to an ending that has sent Twitter users into some sort of frenzy.

One user shared the video, exclaiming: ‘OMG this is Freaky as hell!!!’

Another said: ‘I love being scared but I have to admit I watched most of this through my fingers!’

While one simply tweeted: ‘TRAUMATIZING!’

Read more: DailyMail

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Health

These Photos Show How Heroin, Cocaine and Oxycodone Change Your Appearance Over Time

And they’ll haunt your dreams
Rehabs.com found that one of the most successful ways to raise drug awareness is to show substances’ harrowing impact on a user’s face over time. As a follow-up to its viral faces of meth info-graphic,Rehabs.com has expanded its scope to show the extent at which oxycodone, heroine, and cocaine wreaks havoc on bodies:

By Rehabs.com. See full report here
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News

Police Hunt For Mystery Woman Who Made Final Call to MH370 Captain

The captain of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 received a two-minute call shortly before take-off from a mystery woman using a mobile phone number obtained under a false identity.

It was one of the last calls made to or from the mobile of Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah in the hours before his Boeing 777 left Kuala Lumpur 16 days ago.

Investigators are treating it as potentially significant because anyone buying a pay-as-you-go SIM card in Malaysia has to fill out a form giving their identity card or passport number.

Family man: Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah with his wife Faizah Khan and two of their three children

Introduced as an anti-terrorism measure following 9/11, this ensures that every number is registered to a traceable person.

But in this case police traced the number to a shop selling SIM cards in Kuala Lumpur.

They found that it had been bought ‘very recently’ by someone who gave a woman’s name – but was using a false identity.

The discovery raises fears of a possible link between Captain Zaharie, 53, and terror groups whose members routinely use untraceable SIM cards.

Everyone else who spoke to the pilot on his phone in the hours before the flight took off has already been interviewed.

Read more: DailyMail
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Politics

Hillary Clinton Sheds a Light on Her 2016 Presidential Ambition

Over the weekend, she said that she would “make a decision soon.”

According to the Texas newspaper The Monitor, Clinton made the comments at a Texas fundraising event Sunday for the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation during a question and answer session with Doctors Hospital at Renaissance CEO Israel Rocha.

When Rocha asked the former first lady if she would run in 2016, Clinton said she “would make a decision soon,” Abby Reyna, an attendee at the event, told The Monitor.

Another attendee, Democratic state Rep. Bobby Guerra gave a different version of what he recalled Clinton as having said, according to The Monitor.

“She said she would make a decision at sometime in the future, at the appropriate time,” Guerra said.

Clinton made a speech at the event about the state of U.S. healthcare and also talked about some of the lessons she learned from other countries as secretary of state.

 

 

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Tid Bits

The Three Communication Mistakes Professionals Make

Business Insider shared this information.

When it comes to communicating effectively, many professionals fall into common communication traps that undermine their authority and obscure their message. In the March issue of More magazine, Dee Soder, founder of executive advisory firm the CEO Perspective Group, details three top speaking mistakes and how to avoid them:

Sentence hijacking. Think it makes you look smart to finish someone’s sentence? It doesn’t. Just annoying. Soder recommends waiting until the person speaking has finished. If someone else has interrupted them, she advises saying, “Let me go back to what Susan said.”

Overgesturing. Talking with your hands too much diminishes your power and can make you look like a flailing imbecile. If this is a problem for you, Soder suggests wearing a watch or bracelet to remind yourself not to overgesture or, if sitting, to put one hand under your leg to force yourself to be still.

Talking too quickly. Especially when you’re excited or nervous, you may speak faster than people can listen. They might miss your point or ask you to repeat yourself. To find the right speaking pace, Soder says to mimic your favorite news anchor.

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Celebrities Music

Wyclef Jean is Broke – “there ain’t no money”

Wyclef Jean’s former lawyers have filed a six-figure legal judgment against the musician after he failed to make agreed-upon payments to reduce his debt, according to court filings that include a recent e-mail from Jean’s business manager claiming that his client was broke.

“there ain’t no money,” Jean’s accountant declared in a terse January e-mail to his creditors.

Other records show that federal and state authorities have, since mid-2012, hit the performer with nearly $2.9 million in tax liens (which remain outstanding).

According to New York State Supreme Court filings, Jean last year agreed to pay the law firm Shukat Arrow Hafer Weber & Herbsman $100,000 to settle an outstanding bill topping $133,000.

As part of a confidential settlement agreement, Jean was required to pay the firm $10,000 by August 1, 2013, and $50,000 by year’s end. The agreement stipulated that if Jean made those two payments, the firm would waive the remaining $40,000 it was owed by the musician. However, the agreement notes, if Jean failed to make the payments, he would be on the hook for the entire $100,000, plus 10 percent annual interest.

Jean, records show, made neither payment.

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Healthcare ObamaCare Politics

Republican Group Hires an Actress to Talk Bad About Obamacare

She's just an actress

So this is what they have resorted to. Having all their other Obamacare horror stories debunked as partisan hypocrisy,  Republicans are now hiring actresses to act in their an – Obamacare ads.

An Americans for Prosperity attack ad directed at Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK) over Obamacare purports to feature a voter for Alaska, but the woman is actually an actress who lives in the state of Maryland, according to The New York Times.

In the ad, a woman criticizes Begich, who is up for re-election in 2014, and President Barack Obama for the “promises they made to pass Obamacare.”

“They knew the real truth,”  the woman said in the ad. “Some are even losing their jobs. For too many of us costs are going way up. Senator Begich didn’t listen. How can I ever trust him again? It just isn’t fair. Alaska deserves better.”

In fact, the woman speaking is an actress Connie Bowman, who regularly does voiceovers as well as appearances in print ads.

The Koch brothers-funded Americans for Prosperity ad doesn’t explicitly say the woman is an Alaskan, but the Begich campaign slammed the spot for the implication.

“Today’s misleading ad from the Koch brothers is just more evidence that even billions of dollars can’t buy integrity,” Begich spokeswoman Rachel Barinbaum told the Times.

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News

Malaysia Prime Minister – Flight MH370 Ended in The Indian Ocean

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has informed families of passengers on board missing flight MH370 that the plane is assumed to have crashed with no survivors.

The airline said this in a message to the families on Monday night, ahead of a press conference by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.

“It is with deep sadness and regret that I must inform you that MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean,” Mr Najib told a press briefing shortly after the news broke.

He said based on new analysis, it is concluded that MH370 flew along the southern corridor, last position in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

The area is in a remote location, far from any land sites, he added.

He said MAS has briefed the families and Malaysia will hold another press conference on Tuesday.

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bridgegate Politics

Christie’s People Clears Christie Of All Wrongdoings in BridgeGate Scandal

The investigation was done by his own people. They found nothing wrong and that’s their final answer.

With his office suddenly engulfed in scandal over lane closings at the George Washington Bridge, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey two months ago summoned a pair of top defense lawyers from an elite law firm to the State House and asked them to undertake an extensive review of what had gone wrong.

Now, after 70 interviews and at least $1 million in legal fees to be paid by state taxpayers, that review is set to be released, and according to people with firsthand knowledge of the inquiry, it has uncovered no evidence that the governor was involved in the plotting or directing of the lane closings.

The review is the first of multiple inquiries into a scandal that has jeopardized Mr. Christie’s political future. It will be viewed with intense skepticism, not only because it was commissioned by the governor but also because the firm conducting it, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, has close ties to the Christie administration and the firm’s lawyers were unable to interview three principal players in the shutdowns, including Bridget Anne Kelly, the governor’s former deputy chief of staff.

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NBA new york knicks Sports

New York Knicks Squandered Another Chance at The Playoffs

They were up by as many as 17 points, but these Knicks still found a way to end their 8 game winning streak and lose a very winnable game against a very subpar team. And the playoff season quickly approaches.

With the eighth-place Hawks coughing up a double-digit lead and losing to Toronto earlier on Sunday, the Knicks squandered a chance to move back within two games of a playoff position in the Eastern Conference.

They greatly damaged their playoff hopes by flushing a 17-point lead and falling to undermanned Cleveland, 106-100, at the Garden, halting their season-best win streak at eight games and putting their season back on red alert.

There have been too many of these squandered opportunities this season. With games like this, these guys don’t deserve playing in the playoffs.

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Politics

Bill De Blasio Wears Afro Wig at Charity Event – PIC

It happened at a charity event. Standing next to his wife Charlene McCray and Cynthia Nixon, the New York mayor awkwardly waves to the audience.

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Chicago Featured News sex

Chicago Doctor – I’ll Write You The Prescription If You Give Me Sex

The doctor traded prescription for Sex about 150 times with 16 different patients.

Joshua D. Baron, 40, pled guilty Friday in federal court to a charge of illegally distributing a prescription drug in exchange for sex in 2009. He was freed on his own recognizance as he awaits sentencing on June 30.

Baron faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $1million fine. Due to his plea, however, he will likely get between 9 and 11 years, according to federal sentencing guidelines.

Baron, a former pediatric neurologist who lives in Oak Park about 10 minutes from downtown Chicago, was first licensed by the state in 2006. He treated patients until 2011 at several Chicago hospitals, including the prestigious Rush University Medical Center.

He also gave up his medical license and Drug Enforcement Agency registration in 2011.

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