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The other school of thought on dividend policy and valuation argues that what a firm pays as dividend to shareholders is irrelevant and the shareholders are indifferent about receiving current dividends receiving capital in future. The advocates of this school of thought argue that the dividend policy has no effect on the market price of a share. The shareholders do not differentiate between the present dividend or future capital gains. They are basically interested in higher returns earned either by the firm by investing profits in profitable investment opportunity or earned by them by making investment of dividend income.
The conclusion that dividends are not relevant is based on two pre conditions:
Two theories have been discussed below to focus the irrelevance of dividend policy for valuation of the firm though it is well accepted that like the capital structure irrelevance proposition, the dividend irrelevance argument has its roots in the Modigliani-Miller Analysis.
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The hole that we are opening in the public accounts Because of the prolongation of the pandemic it is of such magnitude that I am very afraid it will be necessary to make an effort of citizen contribution. But with order.
The movement has to start with the public sector that, if previously in a normal situation, he spent more than he owed, now it is intolerable in this extraordinary situation. Reviewing the expense, eliminating duplications, analyzing the results obtained by them, etc., is the first priority. And if we have to dismantle political stalls that we set up at other times and for other reasons, then we dismantle them. The leader who wants a circus to pay the clowns.
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A Hap and Leonard Novel
Joe R. Lansdale
Mulholland Books 2017
Rusty Puppy is one of the latest in a series of novels, novellas and short stories by Joe R. Lansdale that feature the entertaining duo of Hap Collins and Leonard Pine. It takes place in redneck East Texas, where races rumble, and the police uphold their own agenda. Hap and Leonard are a diverse but compatible pair. They are as close as soul brothers could be, and they have each other’s backs. Rusty Puppy (Hap and Leonard Book 12) Kindle
Street-wise investigators without the paperwork, Hap and Leonard look into a case wherein a young black man is beaten, and the police are doing nothing to find the perpetrator. Speculation is that the men in blue are protecting their own. Hap and Leonard need to find proof in order to set things right.
Their sleuthing takes them into a dark world, where few can be trusted and their own lives are in danger. Still, they are determined to expose the town’s underground illegal conduct.
Joe R.Lansdale is an engaging story-teller with a smooth and easy style that puts the reader at ease with his characters by making them real, flaws and all. Hap and Leonard definitely have personalities. The dry wit and smart aleck banter between them is imaginative and entertaining.
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Lady Gaga’s Malta MTV Makeover Is Sought by Manchester
The Manchester City Council agreed to host a concert for free next month with the Viacom Inc.-owned channel. MTV will bring the stars and film the event to screen via its online, mobile and pay-TV platforms. Manchester, into the second year of a 170 million-pound ($265 million) austerity program, will get a 30-minute program highlighting the city’s attractions.
The partnership adds to efforts by MTV, which began in 1981 with the clip “Video Killed the Radio Star,” to use the pull of its brand to attract tourists. MTV, which has brought Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and Snoop Dogg to concerts in Malta, Malaysia and Mexico, said a fifth of all travelers are aged 16 to 29 and they account for $136 billion in annual revenue, citing the World Youth Student & Educational Travel Confederation.
“Effectively MTV is getting governments to market their brands,” says Mark Mulligan, an independent music industry analyst and former vice president at Forrester Research. “It’s incredibly smart brand extension through these concerts.”
It’s not only the hosts and MTV which benefit as artists have realized that these shows can help their careers, said Bob Bakish, chief executive officer of Viacom International Media Networks.
“In the early days we had to do some arm-twisting to get artists to perform in Malta while now it’s become something desirable to do,” he said in an interview. Lady Gaga, who has won five Grammy awards and was the music industry’s best-paid woman last year with about $90 million, according to Forbes, attended Malta as a relatively unknown artist in the early days and asked to return when she had become a superstar, he said.
MTV’s foray into music tourism started in 2007 with the first MTV Isle of Malta concert and the annual event has since featured pop singers including Nelly Furtado and rappers Flo Rida and Will.i.am. It’s become the largest free open-air concert in Europe and drew 50,000 fans in June, with sponsors like Unilever (UNA)’s Cornetto ice cream brand and Luxottica Group SpA (LUX)’s Ray-Ban sunglasses.
“You will see this business continue to grow for us with returning franchises,” Bakish said. Through multi-year deals with tourism authorities, MTV is able to “establish a hip destination that can move the needle on music tourism.”
Viacom’s media networks unit, which owns MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central, contributed 92 percent of operating profit in the year ended September 2011. While the company, which also holds the MTV Video Music Award show each year, is expanding its concerts business, it’s also been hit by the global economic crisis. Viacom last week reported an 7 percent decline in third- quarter profit.
The concerts “drive a growing category of business for us, the travel-related business,” Bakish said, adding that advertising revenue in the segment is growing by a double-digit percentage figure.
The partnership with MTV boosted tourism on the Mediterranean island and helped shed its image as a destination for older travelers, said Josef Formosa-Gauci, the CEO of the Malta Tourism Authority.
In the six years MTV Isle of Malta has been held, the number of visitors younger than 24 increased by 88 percent and now account for 20.3 percent of all tourists.
“It’s rare you get to see a concert with such big stars for free,” said Kelly Attard, 30, a London-based marketing manager at J Sainsbury Plc. (SBRY) Attard, who organized a trip to Malta around the MTV concert in 2009, which featured Lady Gaga on her second showing at the event, says the artist told concertgoers “she felt a lot of love for Malta as it helped kickstart her career.”
The Malaysian MTV concert, in its fourth year, featured Justin Bieber last month and drew about 18,500 people. Mexico, which has hosted The Smashing Pumpkins, is in its third year and will feature Linkin Park in September. Other live concerts MTV has filmed include a gig by Coldplay in Japan, the Red Hot Chili Peppers in Belfast, Maroon 5 in Las Vegas and Gorillaz in London.
“Manchester is world famous for its musical heritage and we can use this opportunity to showcase what the city is about and expose more people to Manchester,” said city councilor Rosa Battle.
MTV, which started in 1981 with the words “Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll,” began diversifying from videos in the late 1980s by creating its own content such as fashion program “House of Style,” and quiz show “Remote Control.” Today, the channel is known for reality programs such as “Jersey Shore” and “Teen Mom.”
The concert business is typical for MTV’s strategy to generate revenue from several offerings that are still tied to its music heritage, said Toby Southgate, CEO of The Brand Union, a London-based marketing consultancy.
“MTV is no longer a music broadcaster, it’s a curator and provider of content,” he said. “It’s now a central point that helps consumers develop and maintain a relationship with artists.”
In the fast-changing entertainment business, MTV is an example of how companies need to expand to make sure they stay relevant to new generations of consumers, said Mulligan.
“It used to be that you tuned into MTV to watch videos and tuned out when you wanted to watch something else,” he said. “Now they have their own shows, other MTV channels that cater to other viewing habits and also concerts. It’s become a lifestyle choice.”
To contact the reporter on this story: Kristen Schweizer in London at firstname.lastname@example.org

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Unsafe People Will Not Give You Freedom, So Here’s What You DoJun 04, 2020
I remember one woman came into therapy with extreme anger toward her family and all of their "expectations." I agreed with her that her family's expectations were wrong and that I understood her anger. She was very comforted that I agreed with her on that point. But when I suggested that they were not going to change and that she had to free herself from them by changing her attitudes toward them, she would get angry with me, saying, "You're just like them. You don't understand, either." She felt if I did not agree with her victim stance, I didn't care.
I assured her that she had indeed been victimized growing up, but now she had to stop victimizing herself by freeing herself from her expectations of them.
She couldn't understand that and said, "I don't have any expectations of them; they are the ones with the 'shoulds.'"
"On the contrary," I said, "you're just like them. They say that you should be a certain way. And you say that they should be a certain way, or you will feel pressured. In other words, it's up to them to set you free so that you won't feel pressured. You're saying that they 'should not have shoulds,' and that it is the same thing they are doing." I tried for a long time to help her see that until she took responsibility for internal "shoulds," she would never be free. She didn't want to do that and instead continued to say that they "should not expect those things from me. I will always have to feel pressure by them until they let up." Since I wouldn't agree with her that it would be necessary for her family to change in order for her to get well, we hit a stalemate.
She felt that if I were on her side I would agree that her misery was their fault and not hers. I agreed with her that they had deeply injured her and were the source of much of their pain, but I asserted that they were not the ones continuing it in the present. She was an adult who could select new attitudes about life separate from theirs. But she felt that I was "being on their side" and that I was not understanding, so she quit coming for therapy.
I tried to help her comprehend that because I was on her side, I wanted her to take the power back that she had given them over her life. I wanted her to get free from their expectations, and the only way was to change herself. But she still believed that they had to change their attitudes first.
I saw her about three years later, and she was still stuck, still blaming. She was griping about how her family did this and that, totally neglecting her ability to change her attitudes about her need for them to be different. Since they were not different, neither was she. That is the essence of a lack of separateness.
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Rachel Reeves MP, Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary, has responded to wages rising above the rate of inflation this morning’s by saying:
“At long last earnings are finally rising faster than CPI inflation when bonuses are included, but after four years when prices have risen faster than wages there is a huge amount of lost ground to catch up."
"Working people are now over £1600 a year worse off than when David Cameron came to office, most people are not feeling any recovery and the link between the wealth of the nation and family finances remains broken".
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August 9, 2012
Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining carried a tagline: The Wave of Terror That Swept Across America. Interrogating just what that wave of terror might be, Room 237 consists of a series of off-camera interviews offering a number of focused readings of Kubrick’s film. Unfortunately, Room 237 is unkind to its contributors in its clumsy assemblage and presentation of their ideas.
The disembodied voices whose observations are told are never seen, leaving the viewer with no association for the words that spring forth. But worse than that, there is no presentation – not even a quick title onscreen – as to who these voices belong to at all. No names or credentials are ever given which further undermines and betrays their readings by asking the viewer to take a huge leap of faith and trust the opinions given, irregardless of their origins.
There is also little innovation in the visual style with many of the clips from The Shining, and indeed other Kubrick films, shown ad nauseum when one clear example from the text ought to suffice in illustrating the point. Coupled with the fact that the quality of the footage itself is visually poor, makes it difficult to become immersed in the analysis. Interesting and provocative readings aside, Room 237 is like a first year film student attempting to give a third year lecture. Messy.
August 8, 2012
Killer Joe Cooper suffers psychopathy. He is a manipulative, egocentric, unempathetic, guiltless symbol for the patriarch and the Name of the Law – penal, and later, familial. His character commands control and receives submission from both on-screen characters and viewers alike. Therein is the problematic in “enjoying” Killer Joe.
There are five central characters; after Joe there is Ansel, the endearing but incompetent patriarch before Joe enters and assumes the throne in their domestic domain, and Chris, Ansel’s rogue, harebrained son who comes up with central plot device of killing his own mother to collect on the life insurance. Whilst Ansel and Chris are depicted as unintelligent, foolish and are often the subject of some particularly base jokes, they are kept just barely on the right side of audience alignment by the film’s further and more persecuting jokes aimed at the female characters. Of whom there is Adele – the absent mother mostly referred to as a bitch and only shown once where we see her dead – or at least near-dead – body during the patriarch’s removal of her impotent reign. Then there is Sharla, the deceitful, scheming, unfaithful woman who represents whore. Joining these two already glowing representations of women is Dottie, the virginal, naive, slightly affected and potentially mentally challenged daughter and ultimately little more than the retainer following a contract transaction between aforementioned patriarchal figures Joe, Ansel and Chris. After the film removes the impotent, it condemns the whore and finally rapes and damages its virgin. Dottie is almost the film’s innocent charmer until the final scene where she too forgoes any previous sense of morality, ethics, empathy, compassion – heck, humanity, and callously kills the only people she supposedly loves and cares for. The final sting being that all the concern for the weak and seemingly innocent version of the feminine was still a waste of male time and energy as she, like all women, was only to turn on the males in the end.
But what’s most concerning about Killer Joe is the guise that it is a “Black Comedy”. The entire Smith family are depicted as pathetic and parasitic to society. Although the focus is never on Joe as an officer of the law, we are always aware that he represents the penal code, societal structure and of course the Name of the Law. Here, with a family that are willing and eager to turn upon themselves, leaving one another out to dry, Joe is the only character with whom the audience are even close to aligned. Are we to take then that psychopathy is preferable to those who are depicted here as the economic dregs of society?
Certainly it is possible to take controversial, uncomfortable subject matter and satirise it in a way that is bleak and comedic; depictions of depravity that leave the viewer with feelings of uncomfortable self reflection on their ability to find such material amusing or films that expose their protagonists as weak, unstable – Happiness is a great example of such an achievement; but Killer Joe does none of these things. It may well be true that Matthew McConaughey’s performance is brilliant and even that the character of Joe captures onscreen the displays of psychopathy to perfection, but enabling that character control over the audience and their responses is a curious and pivotal choice for the film’s ultimate success. The result, unfortunately, is a room full of laughter – not at the suggestion of a misogynist act – but at the humiliation of the act carried out.
There are further issues in the film and certainly this is a gloss in terms of examples but what’s problematic about Killer Joe isn’t that its lead character suffers psychopathy, nor that it employs humour in a tale of such subject matter, but that it uses the psychopathy as a tool for seduction through which it repeatedly revels in the successful delivering of dangerous ideology.
August 6, 2012
From silent credits to abrasively intruding through the front doors of an affluent French home, Haneke immediately instructs his audience that their position is one of outsider intruding upon a personal space and by beginning with the film’s end allows the viewer an uncharacteristically kind act of mercy by letting us know from the outset that this will not be a film of causal narrative structure, negating any possibility of a sublime experience by removing the potential anticipation of ‘when will it happen’? Then Haneke allows the audience one more opportunity to choose to leave should our disposition be too weak to take on what he is about to uncover – a seemingly lengthy view of an audience sat in a theatre waiting for a performance to begin announces that we are about to look very much at ourselves through someone else’s story. The camera is stationary, unflinching in its observation.
Long takes and carefully composed, often still frames, with real-time movement ensure there is no escape for the audience from the film’s steady pace or the at times painfully tedious details of the story. Surmising ‘plot’ is a fruitless exercise here as Haneke’s voices tells us that we don’t recall the reaction or the film, but the emotion, that the vehicle and response don’t matter, it is the feeling that remains. This is his own synopsis of Amour. He further lets us know that “imagination and reality have very little in common” and gives us only Eva (a minor role here for Isabelle Huppert) as a possible stand in for the failed viewer’s anticipated insolent response, “What happens now?”, a question met with simplicity, “What’s happened up until now.”
Another achievement in truly affecting and intellectual cinema, Haneke’s Amour is confronting, inescapable; devastatingly brilliant.
August 6, 2012
Jonas Mekas, regarded as the godfather of the American Avant-Garde, and José Luis Guerín, an accomplished documentary and narrative filmmaker, embark upon a series of film correspondence as part of an ongoing project funded by Barcelona’s Centre of Contemporary Culture. Though commissioned rather than ‘found’, the correspondence between the two is clearly the result of genuine friendship and a very earnest passion for visual representations of the moments and thoughts that construct life.
The two styles are almost polar opposites and as such compliment one another by creating an almost natural wave-like ebbing to and fro – Guerín’s videos to Mekas in black and white, perceiving the cities, people and spaces with the eye of an auteur expressing a reflective world view, filming never ‘taping’, whilst Mekas’ videos to Guerin are like home videos up from the underground blending the public and the personal with innocent ease. From revolving doors with stunning reflections in Guerín’s examination of the people he records and their supposed inability to put down roots in expansive public spaces to Mekas’ following an unaware Ken Jacobs down the street and occasionally filming his own feet in the wake of stopping to speak and smell lavendar – Correspondence is paced naturally with an intuitive rhythm that carries the viewer safely between a personal conversation and filmic endeavour from beginning to end.
The natural passing of time through recording of seasons gives the film its temporal structure effortlessly as our narrators release their perspectives on the world through honest nuggets; “I react to life”, and gentle reassurances that we are not intruding on their personal diaries; “It’s only part of a game”. An experience akin to being a very welcome guest in someone else’s home, Correspondence is a citric delight in a varied feast of a festival.
August 6, 2012
Questioning the societal infrastructure built to dispense ‘justice’ and ‘morality’ is not restricted to any single nation. Headshot, a Thai/French co-production concerned with these themes does so predominantly through perspective and physicality. Opening with striking POV cinematography, introducing its protagonist through first person perspective and then a mirrored image sets up the film’s intent to explore interiority. Positing then the viewer as existing somewhere between aligned with and yet distanced from protagonist Tul, Headshot continues to play brain against braun in what is essentially a decent enough but far from innovative dramatic thriller.
Through a physical metamorphosis we see Tul transform from rogue individual to a modest monk. Performing the physical attributes of a monk however has no bearing on saving his ‘soul’. Just as it becomes apparent that Tul is an assassin carrying out a hit, he is shot in the head, falling into a three-month coma only to awake with a literally inverted view of the world. His now altered perspective is 180 degrees opposing his previous belief system as he views the world upside down. A series of temporal interruptions to the narrative fill in the past alongside the present preferencing neither as a true or correct path, leaving final judgement to the viewer.
Juxtaposed against one another are the presentations of intellect and physical strength; Tul reads about the conception of evil as originating from genetics and then works out whilst contemplating the merits of scholars and education. Unable to side with either and struggling with each as the narrative unfolds – adopting again the physical life of a monk but never truly able to submit to its ideology and repeatedly theorising his life without killing whilst running, fighting and shooting at his pursuers – Tul has reached an impasse between his body and his mind. His perspective unable to shift despite the rupture to linear progression and his body constantly trying to heal despite repeated affronts upon it, Tul cannot locate ethics within the moral minefield of Bangkok’s underworld.
Interesting though the themes may well be, the film covers well trampled ground and ultimately fails to tread on anything fresh enough to be innovative or truly provocative. Its absence of ethical questioning is difficult to ignore as it contemplates morality only as far as the system’s effect on the individual is concerned without ever really contemplating the Encounter with the Other. A decent if somewhat standard crime thriller.
August 6, 2012
It’s been almost a year and a half since my last blog post. For shame. The lack of words appearing on/in this cyber spatiality is less a reflection of my disinterest in writing however and more of a symptom of my finally becoming employed in February 2011. Lost to a timelessness that is reminiscent of many an experimental piece of cinema, I return with similarly sublime ambiguity; stating neither that this will be a permanent return to form, nor that my blogging days are necessarily an occurrence specific only to the past. If my subject matter is free to play with time and space, why not I? With that in mind, what I do wish to do is attempt to cover the Melbourne International Film Festival 2012 as best I can (time and energy permitting) here again at Liminal Vision.
Should you however hold a grudge toward my reckless abandon and failure to commit myself to the blogosphere then you can always listen in to Melbourne radio station 3RRR 102.7FM on Thursday August 9th 7pm to hear me speaking my reviews with esteemed colleagues both Josh Nelson and Cerise Howard in our Max Headroom MIFF Special.
September 1, 2010
It is rare to come across a film festival so honest in intent that it charges nothing in admission and wants nothing from its audience other than their attention. But Australians are lucky; Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival, now in its 11th year, would rather focus on exhibiting and communicating the stories of a people than just making money. It is “the only festival in the country that is solely committed to presenting films made by and about Indigenous people and all screenings are free.”
Having visited most of its Australian city destinations already, Message Sticks concludes its 2010 tour at Carlton’s Melbourne Museum with screenings showing this Saturday 4 – Tuesday 7 September. Showcasing mostly shorts, the program are well framed by two feature documentary sessions that offer a contrasting real life and reel life context for the recurring themes within the festival program.
Lani’s Story: Followed by a Q&A with Lani Brennan, Lani’s Story is a documentary about a woman who suffered an horrific spate of repression and self-loathing due to the persistent combination of substance abuse, small community, extreme domestic violence and a failed justice system. Experimenting with alcohol as early as eleven, Lani was a self-professed “daily drunk” at just thirteen. Having grown up with alcoholism and domestic violence as something that just occurred but wasn’t openly talked about, Lani quickly fell into a destructive pattern that continued to feed on her personal shame. It was only after sobering up and meeting someone else, a man who finally showed her the kindness and support she deserved, that Lani was able to throw off the shackles of her own fear and speak out against her perpetrator.
Shorts: From the nine shorts (ranging in duration from between 5 min to 52 min) at the heart of the festival, Message Sticks brings disparate filmmakers (from New Zealand, Canada, the USA and, of course, Australia) and diverse subject matter to create an overarching narrative of untold Indigenous tales. Nin’s Brother sees one young woman search for a connection to and the truth surrounding suspicious events in her family’s past; Big Fella documents one man’s struggle to overcome mental illness and its symptomatic morbid obesity; Nundhirribala’s Dream is a gentle rendering of subconscious spiritual connection; Shimasani is the beautifully shot story of a young woman who wants more from the world; The Cave quite literally shows the proximity between the living world and the spirit world; Barngngrnn Marrangu Story gives a heart wrenching view of the confines of the reserve; Redemption is a sad, prophetic tale about the bleak future for a young, apathetic generation; Daniel’s 21st reveals a desperation that spurs denial; and Boxing for Palm Island is a tale about fight and survival. Each of these shorts do, in the first instance, the same two essential things; 1) they tell an untold story 2) they communicate just how important it is that the untold story gets told.
Reel Injun: “Hollywood has made over 4000 films about Native people; over 100 years of movies defining how Indians are seen by the world.” Whilst a vast majority of film-goers will already know, Hollywood is, to some relative degree, responsible for the construction of what’s often known as “collective memory” or “social memory” and, moreover, that a considerable proportion of it is either undesirable or just plain untrue. Certainly their representations of Indigenous people have always been misrepresentative in their stereotyping as a result of their being driven by greater social/political agendas that in turn continue to perpetuate prejudice.
Reel Injun is the film that takes the time to sift through these representations and talk about them – openly and honestly. Holding nothing back; from the “great American plains” as backdrop, to altered historical accounts turning battle into myth to the ludicrous US summer camps that keep the Hollywood notion of a “noble savage” “alive and well”; this documentary tells it like it is – and how it’s always been. With commentary from the likes of Clint Eastwood and Jim Jarmusch, the taking to task of iconic westerns such as Stagecoach (1939), and with some pretty damn sarcastic comedy, “Chuck Conners as Geronimo – it’s like Adam Sandler as Malcolm X”, Reel Injun is the film of the festival – and if you do only have the time to go see one thing, make sure it’s this – because it’s absolutely brilliant.
Written by Tara Judah for Liminal Vision.
August 20, 2010
The question of ethics and the way in which we understand “the Other” through visual media, and more specifically through film, is something that is often touched upon (though not always in as much depth as I’d like) in the writing here at Liminal Vision. The idea that when we sit down to view a film we enter into an unspoken “contract” whereby we agree to substitute reality for spectacle for the duration of the film is a fundamental in spectatorship theory and a kind of “given” that possibly isn’t contested as often as it ought to be. There is one text I’d like to mention in which earlier models of spectatorship theory are brought into question through a theoretical discourse concerned with ethics, as expressed through both the content of any given film and also through the ethics that inform the act of viewing any given film: Michele Aaron’s Spectatorship: The Power of Looking On. The most significant phraseology, for me, to come from Aaron’s writing is “responsive responsibility”.
Although Aaron’s writing is applicable to and engages with all modes of visual media, it bears particular relevance to two films I wish to discuss here and that are featured in the upcoming program for The Other Film Festival; a festival of “New cinema by, with and about people with a disability.” What It’s Like To Be My Mother (2007) and Blind Loves (2008), both focus – though in remarkably different ways – on the question of assuming responsibility, in equal measure, for the content of that which we do and do not see.
What It’s Like To Be My Mother: More than just raising an awareness surrounding what it is like to live with disability, What It’s Like To Be My Mother actually asks the viewer to think about what it is like to live being seen by Others as disabled. Featuring a film within a film, What It’s Like is knowing in its express implication of the viewers’ role in constructing a notion of “otherness”.
When Julia’s film about her disabled mother Monika qualifies for a Warsaw festival of “disability and art” she soon learns that the ownership of the film is not entirely her own; the subject, her mother, claiming equal if not primary concern for its exhibition, tells her daughter that exhibiting the film is not her decision to own “because you’re not disabled.” Being made to feel “naked” as viewers look on but importantly do not experience her disability it becomes clear that whilst Monika attributes the ownership of film as object to her daughter, “It’s her masterpiece, not mine”, she is painfully aware even before Julia verbalises the sentiment, that the film only exists in lieu of Monika’s indomitable spirit, “But you’re the masterpiece.”
Often using humour to distract attention from herself as a “disabled woman” in the first instance, Monika opens up to her daughter and, vicariously to us. Through her honestly we might begin to understand the complexity and contradiction within the limitations of what we see, “I would be happier if people didn’t notice me…You see when you look, but you don’t look.” Through Monika filmmaker Norah McGettigan successfully conveys the complex ethical implications involved in seeing an Other, specifically as it pertains to the way in which they are conveyed or shown on film; Monika’s honest answer to the question, “Did losing your legs change your life?” being that it is “a feeling”, and moreover, “one you won’t capture on your camera.”
Blind Loves: Broken up into four vignettes each focussing on an interpretation of love and “blindness” (both as a physical and metaphorical affliction), Blind Loves interpolates the space between screen and viewer, providing an acute awareness of the act of watching individuals who themselves cannot see.
Peter is a music teacher who is blind to obstacle and whose love for music allows him to create his own liminal space between fantasy and reality. Miro is passionately in love with Monika but he is blind to her parents’ concerns for their interracial relationship in a small village where people talk. Elena is blind to the power of how much love she is capable of giving to the life she has created, questioning her own ability to mother and afraid her newborn will be taken away from her. Zuzana loves being a regular teenage girl but her kindness is a form of naiveté and she is blind to the prejudice of Others.
In simultaneously highlighting “sameness” and “otherness” as it exists in individuals with disability, these films ask something significant of their audience, something far more piercing than “acceptance” or “awareness”. What these films are asking is The Ethical Question. Not just our responsibility to the Other, but also in viewing, our responsive responsibility to the images we have just seen.
“An ethics of spectatorship requires us to think about how we are positioned, and interpellated, with regard to the morality, immorality and amorality of film. It does not just acknowledge how we consent to our submission to the spectacle, but asks us to consider how we are rendered accountable or not to what we have consented to, and part of the contract of spectatorship, of course, is that we do not renege on the deal.” – Michele Aaron, Spectatorship: The Power of Looking On (2007)
The Other Film Festival runs Wednesday August 25 to Sunday August 29 at the Melbourne Museum. The festival is in association with Arts Access Victoria and as such all films screened during the festival will be captioned or subtitled and audio described and all public areas are wheelchair accessible.
Written by Tara Judah for Liminal Vision
August 16, 2010
Now in its 7th year, the AICE Israeli Film Festival returns to Melbourne and Sydney to showcase a selection of the country’s past year’s achievements in filmmaking and, from what I’ve seen, it’s definitely worth clearing the time in your schedule to attend. For a country such as Israel, with such complexity and controversy informing its political climate, the anxiety over inheriting the burden of its past and assuming responsibility for its future is not only grave material for a generation of filmmakers but an impending reality for a generation. Both Phobidilia (2009) and The Loners (2009) show how pressures of this enormity can push individuals beyond breaking point.
Phobidilia: The question surrounding what it is we as individuals need from life can take more than a lifetime allows to determine. And yet, the young man telling his story in Phobidilia seems to think he already had it all; food, sex and twenty-four hour televisual entertainment; a selection of consumables he could “enjoy” without even leaving the house; “I had everything a person needs to be happy.” But moving from soap opera to internet porn is only so fulfilling. When the vivacious young Daniela appears at his door one afternoon, it slowly becomes apparent that the value of connecting with another human being has not entirely escaped him. There are however two problems that threaten to destroy his newfound happiness and connection with Daniela: 1) “Grumps”, an old man acting on behalf of his landlord and who thinks he is doing our protagonist a service in attempting to coerce and then in forcibly evicting him from the confines of his home, and 2) his own inability to know what is “real” anymore.
1) “Grumps” is a Holocaust Survivor but instead of standing in as a reminder of the horrors of the past, his role in the film is to act as the beacon for the horrors to come. “Get out before it gets worse” he tells the young man, his survival teaching him that a situation can always worsen and a statement that reinforces the contention that opting out and waiting in hiding is no way to resolve a situation, no matter how grave it may be.
2) “When you’re alone for too long, nothing seems real.” Our protagonist has locked himself away from the “real” world, preferencing a mediated experience of it, shut off for such a time that he can no longer distinguish between the two. Answering “Bill Cosby” when asked who raised him and reeling off popular film dialogue when confronted with his phobia, our protagonist actively annihilates the Other through his passive unwillingness to acknowledge that “they” too “exist”; “I can see you on my screen but it doesn’t mean you’re real.”
But his great revelation comes: “It’s not what I saw, it’s what I didn’t see.” A generation turning their backs on the responsibilities they are to inherit – no matter how understandable – is not the appropriate course of action because in not seeing what is really there, ignoring so crucial a problem is in itself a form of political attack.
The Loners: When young naive soldier Sasha Blokhim loses his rifle under embarrassing circumstances he becomes too scared to tell the truth at his military “hearing”. Failing to admit to the crimes of foolishness and improper conduct he finds himself, along with the friend who “helped” him out of the whole mess, placed in a Northern Israeli military prison, sentenced to four years incarceration, for the somewhat more heinous crime of selling arms to Hamas. Unable to persuade officials to give them a re-trial, or even to convince their own welfare officer of their innocence, the two young men are repeatedly beaten and persecuted for their alleged betrayal. Unable to accept the shame he is now burdened with, Sasha becomes so desperate that he allows his friend Glori to once again take “control” of the situation in what is yet another foolish attempt to have themselves absolved of their treasonous crime and released from the emotional oppression they experience at the hands of their own militia, “They keep calling you traitor, you’ll start believing it.”
There is something of an inevitability to the siege they stage, and when the elder generation do intervene with force and conviction it feels truly fatalistic: as if it really couldn’t have played out any other way. Persecuted for being imperfect soldiers despite their commitment to and blind faith in the system they were defending, it is only after it is too late that the two come to realise their anomalous presence in a compulsory military service that will never truly change, “That’s the problem. It’ll always be the way you people see it.”
Phobidilia and The Loners are both highly engaging dramas that each represent an aspect of the greater contemporary political angst existing amongst a new generation of Israeli filmmakers. A far cry from the apathetic Gen X & Gen Ys of the western world, these films speak to the very real problems facing the future of a conflicted nation.
August 15, 2010
This will be my final post on what was a joyous two weeks of MIFF related mania. A few frustrating projection issues aside (I never once saw a film at the Forum where the masking was properly set) and after a near full recovery from entertaining if not embarrassing closing night exploits, it has to be said that the festival as a whole was rip-roaring success.
After one or two hiccups over the opening weekend, sessions almost always ran as scheduled and with little exception (The Ghost Writer) accurately reflected the advertised run times. Again, although it took a couple of days, details of director Q&As and other festival guests scheduled were eventually added to the website so that punters would know in advance if the session was likely to overrun. The box office staff and especially the volunteers were commendably always pleasant and helpful, my only real gripe was having to pay another additional booking fee on top of the alteration fee when changing a session over the phone or online (as I live a long way from the city I couldn’t always manage to do it in person at the Box Office.) The daily e-mailout of Widescreen was a welcome effort for both informative last-minute updates and also for the opportunity to win tickets to additional screenings (thanks to which I was able to fill a festival gap with the incredibly entertaining Innerspace.)
I must give a shout out to the two poor bastards who spent the festival running around town dressed as the oversized and overzealous Choc Top and Popcorn mascots from the festival promo vid, “It’s a Matter of Taste”. I particularly enjoyed the mockumentary short played at closing night ahead of Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll and sincerely hold out hope for it being a legitimate documentary in next year’s official program. The contemplation of which brings me to the advertisements – I do wish we could either have the ads play when the doors are opened for admittance (after thirty odd sessions they become a little tiresome) or perhaps MIFF could run a competition for filmmakers’ 30 second shorts ads on festival sponsors?
Finally, to the festival lounge. I can’t stress enough how incredibly useful it was having the Macs set up in the lounge when faced with excess time between screenings, the only issue being the actual opening & closing hours of the venue itself: almost always closed before the final sessions ended during the week and sometimes closed off for invitation only events, preventing festival goers from catching up over a cold beer between screenings. Speaking of beer, Coopers were the official festival sponsors this year, a beer that doesn’t phase me either way, I’ll happily admit that I’m hardly picky when it comes to beer and so long as there’s a lager or a pilsner of some variety in the mix I’m a happy camper, and the Coopers 62 sufficed.
Obviously I didn’t see even anywhere near half of the films shown in the festival so clearly whatever I write here has to be taken with a proportionate viewing pinch of salt. That said, I thought the program was successfully diverse and catered to a healthy balance of mainstream and art house cinema. I would however have liked to have seen more experimental works showcased beyond the one screening there was. And in lieu of that one screening, perhaps the programming staff might consider not scheduling the sole festival screening of experimental film for exactly the same time as the sole retrospective session of Bresson’s Au Hasard Balthazar? It seems likely to me that fans of a mode of short cinema often theorised and popularly thought of as ‘art’ might also be fans of the mode of feature cinema that is also theorised and popularly thought of as ‘art’. My other complaint is one that I don’t imagine will ever be resolved due to the understandable economic implications for festival organisers, BUT, I would like to put in a request for lengthy sessions – namely The Movie Orgy (280 mins duration) – being scheduled a little earlier in the evening so that one isn’t expected to stay awake till four thirty in the morning mid-festival. Of course, I do understand that this would mean the film would take up more than one slot during the regular programming thus meaning the festival would lose money having one instead of two or three sessions’ admission fees. In my defense though, they managed to do it for World on a Wire and a lot more people turned up to that in comparison to the too late screening of once in a lifetime opportunity screening The Movie Orgy.
There seemed to be a fair few films that I thought would have worked really well as shorts rather than features; Air Doll, Rubber and Catfish spring to mind and even more that were “good” but not “great”; The Killer Inside Me, Paju, The Tree, Uninhabited, Splice… that one truly outstanding film in the festival seemed to evade me this year (it was from what I hear either I Love you Philip Morris, Lebanon, Nostalgia for the Light or Winter’s Bone.) But, overall and my final impression of the festival was positive and inspirational nonetheless. Instead of heading to the GU to see Scott Pilgrim vs the World, I headed for one last stint at the Forum where Apichatpong Weerasethakul commandeered my senses with his latest in stunning slow cinema: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives:
“My past lives as an animal and other beings rise up above me.” A tethered bull sheds his ties and wanders off into the forest only to be re-called by a human being. Such is the nature of our lives as we are all recalled by Others, our individual subjectivity second to our connectedness to all other “life” on earth.
“Aren’t you afraid of illegal immigrants?” We often fear that which is Other when really we ought to accept and embrace difference as being a minority player in the concept of our existence as a whole.
“Heaven is overrated.” Instead of searching for a life beyond this one we ought to make connections and act sincerely now as the way in which we go on living is through the memory, affect and effect we have on Others during our lifetimes.
“I was born in a life I can’t recall.” We move easily between one life and another and forget at whim the events of what has come before. We are intrinsically linked to our histories and are responsible for the actions of all humans.
There is a great deal of provocative ethical questioning in Uncle Boonmee and Weerasethakul is on top form in creating a beautiful and contemplative reflection upon the way in which we conduct ourselves individually within a greater, philosophical understanding of “life”. There is a complex ease with which we move between worlds and cultures that he is interrogating in the latest of his masterful and meditative feature films. An instant classic amongst his oeuvre, Weerasethakul once again asserts himself as one of the most poignant and insightful filmmakers of our time.


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A millionaire attorney at a loss what to do about his wife bedding his law partner. A lonely wife attracted to her husband’s partner. A butler caught in the middle. You might think you see the ending coming.
A classic who dunnit in the mystery genre, written by C. Hope Clark, author of two award-winning series The Carolina Slade Mysteries and the Edisto Island Mysteries.


A 49-year-old Colorado man died at a Boise hospital Saturday night, after suffering injuries in a motorcycle crash in Elmore County, according to the Elmore County Sheriff's Office.
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The identities of the deceased are yet to be ascertained.
The victims were returning from the Kedarnath shrine, Rudraprayag’s district magistrate Mangesh Gildiyal said.
Gildiyal said they were not sure how many people were travelling in these vehicles.
“Rescue teams found three injured lying at the spot while five others were stuck under the debris and heavy boulders brought down by landslide. The remaining five bodies were recovered on Sunday morning,” said Gildiyal.


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D2M to showcase mold solutions
Sharjah, May 9, 2012
D2M Solutions, a leading design company, will showcase complete solutions for the design through to production of plastic products, parts, and molds at an upcoming mold technology exhibition in Sharjah.
Arabiamold 2012, a trade show dedicated to the design, prototype and production of tooling and molds, will run from May 14 to 17 at Expo Centre Sharjah.
D2M Solutions is in the experienced position to be able to offer a complete solution for companies looking towards implementing technology to improve their competitiveness within the plastic products, molds and packaging sectors, a statement said.
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D2M Solutions will also have interesting examples of parts and products produced in 3D production systems from the digital data.
The technology is especially valuable when customised parts, products and assembly tools are required and can be created in hours instead of the weeks or months normally required using traditional methods. – TradeArabia News Service


Designated Survivor is an ongoing television series from ABC. It stars Kiefer Sutherland, that guy from 24. A bomb exploded during the State of the Union address, therefore killing the President and his cabinet. As protocol, before the event, a cabinet member is assigned as a designated survivor, in this case, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Tom Kirkman (Sutherland’s character).
A designated survivor is someone, usually a cabinet member, who is secured in an undisclosed location when the President and the other country’s top leaders are gathered in a single location. In short, this individual is a backup should something happen to the officials.
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Kirkman was immediately sworn in following the attack. Since he didn’t run for office, as a result, many questioned his credibility of running a country. This is just one of many issues that he has to face. I couldn’t imagine what he must have felt. All the emotions and questions running through his mind after the attack.
It is intriguing on how he handles day to day duties as a President. It is not easy juggling family and a country, especially with all the controversy and pressure of the job. I cannot begin to understand the hard decisions a man of power makes that can affect a country.
As an FBI agent, Maggie Q is assigned to investigate the attack. She gets phone calls from an anonymous source, as a result, bringing her closer to the truth and to danger. Her scenes are really thrilling that it keeps you at the edge of your seat.
The 10th episode just air last Wednesday. I must say, every time I watch an episode, I tend to stick to my chair. I’ve read that the show will have 22 episodes. That’s really great. I just hope that the writers, directors and the cast do the show some justice.
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Designated Survivor airs on Wednesdays at 10PM on ABC.


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Subgroups based on thermal and pressure pain thresholds in women with chronic whiplash display differences in clinical presentation – an explorative study
Björn Börsbo,1,2 Gunilla M Liedberg,3 Mia Wallin,1,3 Björn Gerdle1,4
1Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Linköping, Linköping, Sweden; 2Clinical Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, County Hospital Ryhov, Jönköping, Sweden; 3Department of Social and Welfare Studies, University of Linköping, Norrköping, Sweden; 4Pain and Rehabilitation Centre, UHL, Östergötland County Council, Linköping, Sweden
Purpose: To investigate the presence of subgroups in chronic whiplash-associated disorders (WAD) based on pain thresholds for pressure (PPT), cold (CPT), and heat (HPT) and to compare these subgroups with respect to symptomatology, disability, and health aspects.
Methods: Two groups of female subjects – patients with chronic WAD (n = 28) and healthy controls (CON; n = 29) – were investigated. Quantitative sensory testing (QST) for thermal thresholds and algometry for PPT at four sites in the body (over the trapezius and tibialis anterior bilaterally) were determined. Habitual pain intensities, psychological strain, disability, and health aspects were registered using a questionnaire.
Results: A cluster analysis based on PPT, CPT, and HPT identified two subgroups of chronic WAD: one sensitive subgroup (s-WAD; n = 21), and one less sensitive subgroup (ls-WAD; n = 6). S-WAD displayed widespread hyperalgesia, whereas ls-WAD had localized hyperalgesia in the neck area, with tendencies to supernormal values in remote areas of the body. Generally, s-WAD had a significantly worse situation than the CON with respect to symptomatology, disability, and health aspects. The ls-WAD group was intermediary between s-WAD and CON in these aspects.
Conclusion: Different explanations, eg, severity of the pain condition per se, etiological factors, and pre-trauma differences in pain sensitivity, may exist for the differences in pain thresholds between the two subgroups. Future research should investigate the role of pain thresholds in the chronic stage to determine the efficacy of treatment interventions.
Keywords: cold pain threshold, pain, pressure pain threshold, heat pain threshold, subgroup, whiplash, WAD
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Community groups demanding reform of the San Francisco Police Department and city government declined on Thursday to accept their awards from the San Francisco Human Rights Commission.
At least half of the 16 the coalitions slated to receive the award – those recognized for organizing against police brutality – walked out of the City Hall chamber mid-ceremony. Many called the award “insulting.”
The annual award seeks to “honor communities organizing for justice,” and this year recognized police brutality and racial injustices as human rights concerns in San Francisco.
“There’s been a lot of pain in all of our communities,” said Susan Christian, the commission’s chair, adding that the point of the award was to “acknowledge and celebrate the role of advocacy for justice” while moving along the “fight for equality.”
Since 2014, 12 black and Latino men have been killed in police shootings. Benjamin Bac Sierra, a leader in the Amor for Alex Nieto Coalition, a group of family, friends, and Mission community members that organized after the 2014 police shooting of Alex Nieto, called the award a “sham.”
“The city should be ashamed of itself for offering us these [awards],” said Bac Sierra, repeating the demand for criminal prosecution of the officers involved in the recent shootings.
So far, no charges have been brought against any of the officers involved, and a jury recently ruled that the officers who shot Nieto did not use excessive force.
“The [District Attorney] has not charged a single officer. We are up against a rigged system that favors the police and dismisses the stories of our young people,” said Richard Smith, a vicar at a Mission District church and primary advocate for Amilcar Perez Lopez, who was shot and killed by officers in 2016. The Justice For Amilcar group was also presented with the award, and initially accepted, but had planned to return the award during public comment.
The 2016 deaths of Luis Gongora Pat, a homeless man living in the Mission District, and Jessica Williams Nelson, a Bayview resident, led to the formation of two more coalitions demanding that the officers involved face criminal charges. These groups were also selected to win Hero Awards from the Commission and also declined them.
“I don’t want any award, I want justice for my cousin,” said Luis Poot Pat, Gongora’s cousin.
Even before the ceremony for the Hero Awards, many of the local organizers voiced their dismay.
“The irony is palpable [in that] the Human Rights Commission is giving an award to [these] groups, which validates that SFPD is committing human rights violations,” said Edwin Lindo, one of five activists who called for the ouster of the then-police chief Greg Suhr or Mayor Ed Lee by undergoing a 17-day hunger strike in April. “We will feel rewarded when [the] HRC finds [the police department] in violation of human rights.”
Many of the activists present at Thursday’s ceremony called the eight-member commission “toothless” and pointed to the irony of being rewarded by a government body whose members are appointed by Mayor Ed Lee. Many activists hold the mayor partly responsible for police shootings.
“All of these coalitions are basically doing the work that [the commission] should have done and didn’t,” said Chiedza Kundidzora, a member of the Frisco 500, a group that grew out of the hunger strike.
That group was formed at City Hall in early May, said Kundidzora, after sheriff’s deputies clashed with protesters during a Frisco Five march to the mayor’s office, arresting 33 and allegedly injuring several, including four journalists.
“[The commission] invited the Frisco 500 back to the building where I had my ribs broken by a sheriff for fighting police brutality,” Kundidzora said. “I don’t know if there is anything more ironic than that.”
Although the meeting room was packed to capacity, the ceremony was orderly as a total of 26 students, individuals, and organizations were distinguished one-by-one for their achievements in areas like violence prevention, youth services, and working towards economic and racial justice.
The plan was upended, however, when organizers of Amor for Alex Nieto accepted their certificate touting signs that read “Jail Killer Cops” and activists for the Justice for Mario Woods Coalition refused to accept their award. Instead, they addressed the Commission, interrupting the ceremony despite instructions to save their speeches for public comment once all awards were handed out.
“We are not here to accept an award,” said Daniel Muhammad, a member of the coalition. Instead, Muhammad said his coalition had come to express their disappointment with the Commission, which “up to today has not taken any position on the execution of Mario Woods, Alex Nieto, Amilcar Lopez, Jessica Williams Nelson, and the many more” killed by the police.
After the walkout, the coalitions gathered on the building’s front steps, where members of the Frisco 500 conducted an awards ceremony of their own.
Community organizer Christina “Krea” Gomez held up a piece of paper that “honored” Mayor Lee with the “Iconic Villain” award.
District Attorney George Gascon, Police Commission President Suzy Loftus, and the Police Officers Association were also among the faux-award recipients – their paper certificates were printed on top of portraits of the men and women that have been killed by police.
“We want folks to remember that [their job] is to fight for these people,” said Gomez.


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WHAT'S Your STORY?
A WORKSHOP WITH JAN ARMOR
Does your heart beat a little faster when you see an exceptional photograph, one that seems to tell a story? Do you appreciate pictures that have that certain something that separates them from the crowd? How refreshing when you do see one that makes you laugh, or makes you cry, or creates a question mark in your minds eye. Maybe even a story about something that really matters to you....
Do any of your pictures do that? Do they tell a story?
This workshop will re-kindle your passion for photography and renew your creative spirit. It will help you develop your own personal style, and make you re-examine your creative process.
Together we will explore the narrative, aesthetic, and emotional aspects of image making, and find new paths to creative growth. We will emphasize simplicity, and use of natural light. We will examine the work of several historically significant photographers. With practical demonstrations and creative exercises, you will find new ways to make pictures. The goal is to help you develop or refine your own personal style, and ultimately, to tell your own story.

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Could “Junk DNA” Be Key to Preventing Cancer?
When scientists completed mapping the human genome in 2003 they found that less than 2 percent of our approximately 20,000 genes code for proteins. They weren’t sure what these the non-coding genes were for and researchers dubbed them “junk DNA.”
Well, new research from British and American scientists suggests at least some of our non-coding DNA may be essential to disabling disease within our bodies. Their new study has identified a strand of non-coding RNA -- transcribed from a stretch of junk DNA -- that prevents cells from turning cancerous.
Within each of our cells, RNA acts as the helping hand of DNA by ferrying the genetic code needed to create proteins around the cell. RNA is made of nucleotides formed into a single strand, while DNA is similarly constructed from nucleotides formed into double strands.
Cancer begins when the cells replacing those that die begin to outnumber their predecessors. The control switch (which is genetic) gets stuck in the “on” position. As a tumor grows, cancer cells begin to break away, change shape, and burrow through tissues to the bloodstream where they migrate to other parts of the body. Spreading cancer is called metastasis, a process that requires a vast network of genes to regulate the changes of cell shape and mobilization.
Looking at a region of the genome that is often damaged by breast cancer, researchers singled out a strand of lncRNA, known as GNG12-AS1 as the culprit. The team decided to use smaller interfering RNAs to either stop it from being made or to degrade it immediately after it was formed.
When this lncRNA is working correctly, it performs two separate functions that help maintain healthy cells. First it regulates the levels of a neighboring gene involved in cell replication, and second, it suppresses the network of genes involved in metastasis.
Ultimately, any new information gleaned from this study should contribute to the development of innovative cancer treatments.
Don't miss this week's Slice of History: Longest Surgery: Feb.4-8, 1951


From the Rocky Mountain News:
A convicted murderer who raped a woman for two hours, paralyzed a good Samaritan and left his victim’s nude body under a remote bridge was spared execution Monday because jurors consulted the Bible when deciding his fate.
A divided Colorado Supreme Court ruled 3-2 that biblical passages considered by jurors who in 1995 condemned Robert Harlan to death may have unduly influenced their decision.
Adams County District Judge John Vigil overturned the death sentence in 2003 after learning that jurors consulted the Bible and discussed such passages as “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” during deliberations.
The high court concluded Monday that the “unauthorized introduction into the jury room of the Bible and its text commanding the death sentence for murder could influence a typical juror to vote for death instead of life imprisonment.
“Consequently, we must uphold the trial court’s judgment vacating the death sentence and sentencing Harlan to life imprisonment without parole,” the court said in the opinion, written by Justice Gregory Hobbs.
Gov. Bill Owens called the court’s ruling a hair-splitting decision that was “demeaning to people of faith and prevents justice from being served.
“Even the justices who voted to overturn the penalty agreed that moral values and religious beliefs are important and can be part of the debate among jurors.”
[…]Among the passages discussed during jury deliberations was one from Leviticus, which addresses the concept of an “eye for eye, tooth for tooth. As he has injured the other, so he is to be injured. Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.”
Two jurors took notes on the passages and reported their findings to other jurors during the next day’s deliberations, which concluded with a unanimous vote in favor of a death sentence.
Jurors were not specifically told not to consult the Bible but were repeatedly instructed to base their decision only on what was admitted into evidence during trial.
I’m sure the wingnuts will seize on this as yet another case of “activist” judges going soft on criminals and displaying anti-religious bigotry. But the Bible is a piss-poor legal text; Leviticus also condemns people for wearing two different kinds of cloth, planting two different kinds of crops in the same field, and touching the skin of a pig. (Wow, talk about your control freak…) So what about the polyester-clad TV preacher, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the good folks at Oscar Mayer; are they going to end up on death row, too?


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Georgian Parliament Should Suspend the Selection Process of the Head of the Personal Data Protection Service10 February, 2022
“Rights Georgia” publishes its Dissenting Opinion on Proposed Nominees
On February 9 it became known that the Prime Minister of Georgia submitted to the Parliament two candidates for the post of the Head of the Service of Personal Data Protection.
Chairperson of the “Rights Georgia’s” Board, Karlo Nikoleishvili was appointed by the Ombudsman of Georgia as a member of the Government Commission for the selection of candidates for the position of the Head of the Personal Data Protection Service.
Despite the dissenting position of the two members of the Commission, the latter by the majority made a decision of nominating the three candidates to the Prime Minister. Based on the conducted interviews "Rights Georgia" firmly believes that the candidates nominated by the Competition Commission do not meet the basic requirements of knowledge and independence necessary for the position of the Head of the Personal Data Protection Service. The Organization prepared its dissenting opinion regarding the selected nominees and appealed to the Prime Minister to re-announce the competition.
Prime Minister Garibashvili had not taken into account “Rights Georgia’s” dissenting opinion and submitted to the Parliament two candidates – Ms. Lela Janashvili and Ms. Tamar Alpaidze - for the post of the Head of the Personal Data Protection Service.
"Rights Georgia" aimed to involve in the activities of the Selecting Commission to ensure transparency of the process and inform the public and interested parties on the developments around the selection process. Therefore, "Rights Georgia" considers it appropriate to publish its dissenting opinion about the candidates for the position of the Head of the Personal Data Protection Service, prepared by the member of the Selecting Commission, Karlo Nikoleishvili.
The dissenting opinion offers an assessment of the professional and moral qualities of the candidates, providing solid evidence that the qualifications and personal qualities of the nominees do not meet the requirements for the position of the Head of the Personal Data Protection Service.
Now that there is a reasonable assumption that the candidates presented to the Parliament do not meet the criteria, and given that the Prime Minister has ignored the “Rights Georgia’s” appeal for re-announcement of the competition, the role of the Georgian Parliament becomes even more important in this process. In particular, “Rights Georgia” considers it vital that the Parliament of Georgia creates a legal ground for announcing a new competition by rejecting the nominees submitted by the Prime Minister.
No less important is the fact that the constitutionality of the legislative amendments adopted in December 2021, which led to the abolition of the State Inspector’s Service (the predecessor of the newly established Personal Data Protection Service), has been challenged before the Constitutional Court of Georgia by both the Public Defender of Georgia and the State Inspector herself.
Considering the importance of the matter, “Rights Georgia” is convinced that, on the one hand, the Constitutional Court of Georgia should accelerate the examination of the above-mentioned cases, and, on the other hand, the Parliament of Georgia should abstain from appointing heads of new Services until the Constitutional Court delivers its decision.
Based on these arguments, “Rights Georgia” calls on:
• The Parliament of Georgia to create a legal ground for announcing a new competition for the position of the Head of the Personal Data Protection Service by rejecting the nominees submitted by the Prime Minister;
• The Constitutional Court of Georgia to ensure timely examination of constitutional complaints lodged by the Public Defender of Georgia and the State Inspector;
• The Prime Minister of Georgia to re-announce the competition for the position of the Head of the Personal Data Protection Service upon the decision of the Constitutional Court of Georgia.

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Hindi weekly news bulletin from UN has begun: Sushma Swaraj
New Delhi, Aug 10: A Hindi weekly news bulletin from the platform of the UN has started broadcast as part of a pilot project, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj announced, emphasising that the government was also making efforts to make Hindi one of the official languages of the world body.
She also said that a United Nations Twitter account in Hindi has also been opened to give Hindi speaking public access to the programmes and news related to the UN. "As a pilot project, a weekly news bulletin (in Hindi) has started in the UN from July 22," Swaraj told reporters here.
All Hindi-speaking people from across the world can listen to the news broadcast from the UN, she said. The news bulletin on UN radio is weekly and is 10 minutes long, Swaraj said. The bulletin is being facilitated by the Indian government that is bearing its expenses as well, officials said.
Swaraj said that the government was continuing to make efforts to make Hindi one of the official languages of the UN. She said that getting support of 129 countries out of the 193 countries for making Hindi one of the official languages of the UN was not difficult for India, but the problem arises as the rules state that those countries supporting such a resolution will have to contribute financially for it as well.
This she said gets in the way of small and developing countries in supporting the proposal. She said India has made it clear that it is ready to bear all expenses to make Hindi one of the official languages of the UN, but its rules for acquiring such a status prevents the country from doing so. She said Germany and Japan have also said that they are willing to bear all expenses to make their respective languages -- German and Japanese-- official languages of the UN.


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It looks like the creators behind Fortnite are looking to increase their talent pool because today Psyonix announced they are joining the Epic Games team.
According to Psyonix, there will be no immediate changes in regards to content for Rocket league. As for any long term potential changes, the studio claims they will be bringing Rocket League to the Epic Games Store. There is no word on whether or not the Steam version of the game will be removed but looking at how Epic handles exclusivity it wouldn’t be a surprise to see Rocket League leave Steam.
Besides the mention of the Epic Games Store transition nothing else is truly revealed besides the mention that Psyonix now how the full support of Epic Games behind them and that the acquisition closes “…near the end of May to early June 2019.”
What do you think about the news of Epic acquiring the Rocket League team? Leave your response below in the comments section.


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Broccoli Sprout Extract Review
Broccoli sprouts have existed for millennia. But new studies have indicated that Broccoli Sprout Extract could have some powerful health benefits.
Discover those health benefits today in our Broccoli Sprout Extract review.
What is Broccoli Sprout Extract?
Broccoli sprout extract is the purified, powdered form of broccoli sprouts. Normal broccoli is dried and reduced to form an extract. That extract is then sold in the form of dietary supplements.
Why is Broccoli Sprout Extract Good for You?
The benefits of broccoli sprout extract are similar to the benefits of eating broccoli – they’re just more powerful. The extract delivers higher doses of broccoli into your body, which means the health benefits are magnified.
According to the USDA National Nutrient Database, one cup of chopped broccoli (one serving, or about 90 grams) contains 31 calories with 6 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of sugar, 2 grams of fiber, 3 grams of protein, and 0 grams of fat.
That single serving also provides 100% of your daily recommended dose of vitamin C and vitamin K while providing a good source of vitamin A, folate, and potassium.
Broccoli is also one of the top 10 best foods in the world by its “ANDI” score. ANDI stands for Aggregate Nutrient Density Index and it measures the phytochemical, vitamin, and mineral content of different nutrients. It’s an effective way to assess the nutritional value of vegetables.
Broccoli ranks number 9 on the ANDI list, surrounded by other well-known healthy vegetables like kale (number 1), spinach (number 4), and Brussels sprouts (number 5).
What Are the Benefits of Broccoli Sprout Extract?
Here are a few of the known benefits of broccoli and broccoli sprout extract:
Improve Bone Health
Raising your intake of vitamin K has been shown to improve bone health. One serving of broccoli provides 92 mcg of vitamin K, which is well over 100% of your daily recommended value.
Vitamin K isn’t actually used directly by your bones. Instead, it boosts calcium absorption and reduces the amount of calcium you urinate out of the body. Thus, your body has more calcium and can use that calcium more effectively.
Look Younger and Repair Damaged Skin
Vitamin C is a well-known powerful antioxidant. As mentioned above, broccoli has over 100% of your daily recommended value of vitamin C in a single serving. Vitamin C can be used to fight skin damage and target free radicals in your skin, which reduces wrinkles and improves the overall texture of your skin. More importantly, vitamin C can also raise collagen levels, which smoothes the skin even further. Collagen is the main support chemical in the skin and is vital for healthy-looking skin.
Improve Digestion and Naturally Detoxify your Body
Broccoli has been shown to reduce your risk of constipation. It helps you maintain a healthy digestive tract and lower your risk of colon cancer. This is because broccoli is rich with fiber, and fiber helps to collect toxins in your digestive tract and push those toxins out of the body.
Recent studies have also indicated that good dietary fiber intake can improve the immune system and reduce inflammation throughout the body. Whether you’re going on a cleanse or just want to maintain regular digestive health, broccoli might be the food that helps you do it.
Reduce your Risk of Chronic Disease
Broccoli can reduce your risk of multiple types of chronic diseases. One study from the Department of Internal Medicine and Nutritional Sciences Program at the University of Kentucky showed that high fiber intake – like the fiber contained in broccoli – has been associated with “significantly lower risks” of all of the following chronic diseases:
— Coronary Heart Disease
— Gastrointestinal Diseases
It’s thought that fiber reduces your risk of chronic diseases by lowering blood pressure, regulating cholesterol levels, improving insulin sensitivity, and promoting weight loss among obese people.
2015 Study Shows that Broccoli Sprout Extract Can Prevent Head and Neck Cancers
This study is the reason why broccoli sprout extract has been in the news lately: researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center recently conducted a study on the effects of broccoli powder extract on mice.
Mice were exposed to an environmental carcinogen (a cancer-causing chemical) and then separated into groups. One group received broccoli powder extract and another group received a placebo.
Mice that receives the broccoli sprout extract were observed to have a reduced risk of head and neck cancers, including mouth, throat, and esophagus cancers.
Encouraged by their results, the researchers moved onto a test group of 10 healthy human volunteers who received daily doses of broccoli powder. While these humans weren’t exposed to the same carcinogen, they were observed to have the same biological factors in mucus membranes of the oral cavity as the mice did.
These biological factors appear to reduce the risk of cancer in the targeted area and prevent its spread. Early results are promising, and UPMC researchers plan to continue conducting studies
The research is particularly important because mouth and throat cancers have some of the highest fatality rates and relapse rates. Many of those who survive their first throat and mouth cancer will have a relapse, and the second cancer attack is often fatal.
It’s also important because air pollution problems around the world are leading to higher rates of mouth and throat cancers. One of the researchers on the UPMC study had previously conducted a study in China showing that those who eat two daily servings of broccoli were better able to purge air pollution toxins from their bodies.
Are There Any Broccoli Sprout Extract Health Risks?
Broccoli sprout extract is associated with many health benefits, but it’s also been linked to one health risk. If you take a blood thinner like Coumadin, also known as warfarin, then you should not be eating foods rich in vitamin K – like broccoli.
Vitamin K can negatively interact with this medicine and lead to blood clotting.
Of course, if you’re not taking blood thinner medications, then you can eat as much broccoli as you like (within reason) without worrying about side effects.
How to Buy Broccoli Sprout Extract
Thanks to all the recent media attention for broccoli sprout extract, supplement manufacturers have started to create their own broccoli sprout extract supplements.
These supplements typically contain a small amount of powdered broccoli sprout extract contained in tablets or capsules. You take the supplement daily as directed to enjoy the health benefits.
A quick Google Search reveals about a dozen different broccoli sprout extract supplements available online from Amazon. Supplements typically cost about $10 to $15 for a one month supply.
Specific dosages vary between supplements. Some supplements have 1,000mg of extract per serving, while others have 500mg.
Another important thing to remember is the quality of the broccoli extract. The Vitacost Broccoli Sprout Extract sold on Amazon, for example, has 1,000 mg per serving and standardizes its extract to 6% glucosinolates.
Should You Use Broccoli Sprout Extract?
It’s no secret that a diet rich in cruciferous vegetables can have powerful health benefits. A number of studies have shown this – including the recent study from the Pitt/UPMC researchers.
But eating your recommended daily amount of broccoli and cruciferous vegetables can be difficult. Which is why supplement manufacturers have made it easy. For $10 to $15, you can buy a monthly supply of broccoli sprout extract from most pharmacies, drug stores, and online retail outlets like Amazon.
If you want to enjoy possible anti-cancer benefits and other valuable health effects, then broccoli sprout extract could be a powerful daily supplement for you.


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Volcom X Suicidal Tendencies Collab plus Mike Muir Interview
Volcom Japan releases collaboration with Suicidal Tendencies and ST's Mike Muir talks music, motivation, Dave Lombardo, and what’s next for the band, in this exclusive interview.
Words by Michael Sieben (the artist behind the collab)
"One of the first Thrasher Magazines I owned was the May 1987 issue with Mike Muir on the cover and his interview inside. Thrasher was my introduction to skateboarding and punk rock, and this issue, in particular, was eye opening. The fact that there wasn't a skater on the cover, hammered home the concept that skateboarding was much bigger than just the act of rolling itself as the music and art had just as much importance to the subculture. I was sold. Suicidal Tendencies was also one of the first bands I listened to that had nothing to do with my parents' musical tastes or influence. It was something I discovered on my own and they'll always have a very special place in my heart."
Mike Muir on the cover of the 1987 issue of Thrasher Magazine
"Getting the opportunity to work with Mike Muir and Volcom Japan on these designs is literally a childhood dream come true. I made a Suicidal Tendencies Sharpie t-shirt at age 12, and now at age 43, getting to see my artwork on official ST merchandise — I'm honestly blown away. And, yeah, I'm still possessed to skate. Thanks, ST!"
The Volcom x Suicidal Tendencies Collection is exclusive to Japan only.
Mike and Suicidal Tendencies were over in Japan in November for Volcom Entertainment Live, a music festival which featured tons of live music (including ST), skate ramps, and more, and FLJ Magazine sat down with Mike to ask him a few questions. See below for the interview and some photos from the festival.


text: People walk under colorful ribbons at a same sex charity event in Bangkok, Thursday, July 9, 2020. Thailand’s Cabinet has approved two draft bills that would give same-sex unions legal status similar to that of heterosexual marriages. AP PHOTO/SAKCHAI LALIT The draft Civil Partnership Act and amendments of the Civil and Commercial Code will be sent to Parliament soon for approval, deputy government spokeswoman Ratchada Thanadirek said after Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting. The Civil Partnership Act would allow couples who were born with the same sex to register their partnership if they are both at least 17 years old and at least one is a Thai citizen. Although their union is not defined as a marriage, it grants many legal rights that are the same as those held by married heterosexual couples in matters such as adoption of stepchildren and inheritance. However, partners would not be entitled to all the same financial benefits from the state. (AP) BANGKOK — Thailand’s Cabinet has approved two draft bills that would give same-sex unions legal status similar to that of heterosexual marriages.

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