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ISSUE #2: THE NATURAL ORDER
Keren Farajun
Hannah Finkelshteyn
Jessi Lebovitch
Marc Fishkind
Raquel Kohn
Lara Jacobowitz
A Metaphor
By: Rami Fink
why did that seagull always just stand on that disconnected section of the berlin wall?
he just stood there, one leg up, taking in the world from atop robert kennedy's face on a slab of concrete from germany
every morning he watched, cried warnings to passersby
every night i walked past him again, and he glared at me through those glass eyes
the dusty square was his kingdom, the rubble his subjects
how did robert kennedy even get to la? why did they move that wall?
and every day it's the same seagull always perched up there
on that disconnected section of the berlin wall
sprawled beneath his claws is nelson mandela, a zombie teddy bear, captain america, and a smiling pencil
a swastika, two connected fetuses, and some writing only the the artist could comprehend
as i sit across the street on a low wall, i lock eyes with him
i wonder if he's some kind of symbol for something deep, a metaphor, a key to some life secret
but no. just a seagull.
an old man walks past, cigarette smoke wisps into the sky
our staredown persists and the image of a taco truck flashes through my mind
i don't even like tacos
but goddamn that seagull and his one legged stance, his grey feathered chest
he just stood there every day, never moved, never flinched
Since Then, Until When
By: Lara Jacobowitz
Waiting for the day when I wake up and it doesn't hit me like a bolt of lighting
Looking for a time when I'm comfortable with the new reality
Yearning for just another hour to be together
I crave the time when I look back and every detail is sharp but now the feelings are muddled
I want to see every moment tinted yellow and forget the bad ones altogether
I need a way to keep you locked in my mind without ever fading to grey
When will thinking of your smile bring one to my face instead of tears to my eyes
When will reminiscing about those trips for ice cream finally feel sweet instead of bitter
When will remembering your advice push me to try harder instead of settling
Two hundred and seventeen painful days later and I'm still crying
My first birthday without hearing your voice
I waited for your call despite knowing it wouldn't come
I know that time heals but how much
Do I even want it to
Is it wrong to
i like the idea of a golden record that floats through space, outlasts time, carries the dreams of humankind, the voices of children. journeys across the cosmos, sails through the shimmering sea of stars. like a bottle tossed to sea- forty thousand years until she reaches any destination. drifting. dazzling celestial bodies look on as humanity, or something like it, voyages on to something prettier. the voyager. voyager i. and atop her crown of reflective gold plated copper, inscriptions of times past. her satellites, like arms, reaching for blazing suns, grasping for life her creators cannot achieve. she will send us on to something better. i like the permanence. man is temporary, but he has finally achieved a forever.
Who is wise- he who learns- wisdom of the fathers- wisdom of the elders
By: Ozzie Jeselsohn
Ignorance is Stubbornness. Why is it,
that a person's ego can override his desire
to grasp and learn?
Like a sponge,
our minds soak up
knowledge and information.
It is the pneuma of indomitability:
a blockade around our minds,
creating a mentality that we cannot be wrong.
We are drawn to the concept
that our thoughts
are a prerequisite for understanding life.
People are not unaware.
It is the inability to learn from others.
Ignorance is false; stubbornness is too real:
"Who is wise?
One who learns from every man".
Shadow in the Night
By: Annabel Kermaier
A cloud slides across the moon
A shadow falls softly from the sky
and lands on padded feet
The trees stretch their aching spines
looming ever closer in the perfect gloom
Now is the darkest hour of the night
In the distance, a baby's scream
drags overtired parents from their bed
In your room you rise from the deep of sleep
a nightmare blooming in your head
To clear it you slide open the window
and your thoughts follow an errant breeze
A bird wakes up from her perch on her eggs
to stare balefully at the shadow creeping by
It sends an invisible smile her way
She shivers and draws closer to her brood
The shadow feels her mood and slips away
It has a purpose to complete before the day
On cautious feet you leave your bed for the outdoors
Your bare toes curl in the soft wet grass
You rub your arms as you wonder why you came
In the distance an owl hoots and you stiffen
with the small animals hidden in the undergrowth
You calm, and turn your eyes to the stars
The cloud moves on, the moon is free
to drop his soft white glow on the shadow
It wavers in the sudden onslaught of light
But hardens as it comes to know its desperate plight
It speeds up, its edges blurring as they ripple
passing over the uneven ground littered with stones
You feel soothed, having turned your worries over
and turn to return to your sheets
You feel the skin on your scalp tighten
and you rush homeward as the dark becomes heavy
In the corner of your eye you see movement
and you turn your head to see who goes there
The shadow sees with hidden eyes its counterpart
your hair ablaze with the fiery stars
The shadow rushes towards you, and you turn
to see who goes there in the darkest hour
You rush towards your shadow, your feet meet
You raise your arm and the shadow follows, behind a beat
The shadow sees the tendrils of light
reclaiming the sky from the night
Instinctively it fears for its life
But then remembers you
Against the ever-brightening ground
you and your shadow are dark and strong
Death Song
The Hunter was standing by the river. He watched the swirling currents and tides, the crashing rapids in the distance, and the frantic scurrying of water to move along. His head filled with the rushing, jumping notes of the River Song, as he switched on his weapon, and heard it hum in recognition. He hummed back, the complexities of his tune overlapping, flowing, rising, and finishing off in one piercing note. The weapon hummed in response, just two notes, an affirmation, and the Hunter settled back on his haunches, satisfied.
He peered through his goggles into the distance, nearly as far as the weapon could sense, but he was distracted, a complicated tune weaving through his mind, one that he planned to share at that night's ceremony. The Hunter had been working on the tune for many months now, and it was finally nearing completion. The tune told of hardship, of loneliness, and ended with the low, penetrating note, the one that meant belonging, the note that compelled the others to join in, sweeping everyone away on a tide of togetherness. The Hunter hummed his happiness as he pictured the entire tribe, grown large after tens of hundreds of years of Deaths, humming along in his wake.
The Hunter was so absorbed in his future, in his music, and in his mind that he failed to notice the Prey bounding towards him faster than the notes of the River Song, so fast that its legs became a blur and it looked as if it were flying through the air on a speeding pillow of color. He didn't notice, until the Prey was a mere two miles away, and the Hunter had just enough time to blink, to emit a half note of surprise, before the Prey was upon him.
Its hooves crashed into him, knocking him over, and pounding with such force they pierced the Hunter's rib cage and shattered his skull, and the body seemed so stunned that it forgot to bleed for a moment, forgot to die. Then reality caught up, and hot, red blood poured out, until it looked as if the Hunter could have drowned in a lake of red.
With the blood, there also came something else, something that whistled, something that sang, a song that seemed to capture in it and drag through time anyone who were to hear it, so slowly, so, so slowly. But really, the whole song was one note, and that one note the song, and it passed in a blink of an instant, so insignificant, really, so short, and yet so staggeringly vital. Some small Prey, that could fly, were perched in the skeletal trees scattered around, and they tilted their heads to listen. Some Prey that had burrowed underneath the ground froze in their place to hear. But the song and the note that were one, that were old as life, yet so perfectly unique, drifted away, undetected by the fallen Hunter's weapon, that just sat there, humming softly.
At the place where the tribe had camped, an important ceremony was taking place, one that had been honored ever since it had been discovered, and one that was the reason why the tribe was so large. The ceremony was called Death, in reverent tones, with high, piercing notes hummed over low, foreboding ones, and tonight was the Death of a Hunter. One of the tribe's healers had filled the hole in the body's chest with a plastic metal, and had attached the pieces of its shattered skull with a clear, hard coating. The tribesmen hummed, as one, the familiar and simple tune, the one that told of living forever through Death, the one that reminded the tribe of a time when Death meant something else entirely, and then the moment when it changed, when Death became a guarantee of immortality. The tribe was singing the Death Song.
Then, at the crescendo of the song, when every tribesman's mouth was open, singing their past, their present, and their eternal future, one small girl scrambled into the empty ring that held the body on display. Notes dribbled out of the girl's lips to match the ones flowing from the people around her, but they were not her focus. She was holding a small capsule in one hand, like a metal pill, and a thin, straight stick in the other.
The girl stood beside the body, dwarfed by the power of the song that pooled around her, shaking like a leaf in a hurricane. Then, suddenly, she stood up ramrod straight, and a strong, high note was wrenched out of her. Then another. Soon, the tremulous little girl was leading the whole tribe. The song died out, and the tribe, as one, leaned forward in anticipation. The girl bent over the body, and slipped the tiny capsule into his nostril. Then, she used the thin stick to expertly guide the tiny computer into his empty skull, where his brain used to be. The capsule quickly grew, attaching itself to the inside of his head, and taking control of the body. Then, with a head full of metal, the man stood up, and hummed the note of togetherness, of belonging, and the whole tribe joined in, formally accepting the him as a Hunter once again.
The Hunter switched on his weapon, and heard it hum in recognition. He hummed to it what Prey he would hunt that day, and the weapon hummed, just two notes, in affirmation. The Hunter settled back to wait.
He watched through his goggles, scanning every motion, dismissing those that were not his chosen Prey. Today, the Hunter had no song playing through his bones. He had only his task, and his concentration, his weapon, and his Prey.
The Hunter saw the Prey through the goggles, and immediately gave a sharp blip of a note. The weapon fired, a pulse of deadly sound rippling outward, and through his goggles he saw the Prey fall, saw that it was not yet dead. He picked up his weapon and went over to the Prey, to finish it off. When he got there, he fired the weapon once more, and this time, the Prey died.
This was a death in the old sense of the word, though the Hunter did not think of it like that. Maybe he would have, if he could have heard the song that was contained in a single, slippery note, that rose from the dead Prey, and drifted off, carrying with it the memories of a lifetime.
By: Brooke Schwartz
Her laugh reverberates inside my head. The one sound I can't forget.
Sitting here entombed among plastic and metal and surrounded by stars, I escape into my memories of her.
She has large, soft brown eyes and tan skin. Wavy brown hair. She's laughing at a joke I just told, her smile the best thing I've seen all day. It took a long time to coax it out of her, with everything that's happening. The ships surrounding Earth. The threats. The aliens, with their slick black skin and gaping maws.
Her grin disappears when the sirens go off. When there is a shard of metal sticking out of her skin.
She is grabbing my hand, pulling me close. Please, she rasps.
There is blood. Coating her hands, coating mine. It's everywhere.
She's choking on something. Stiffening, then relaxing in my arms. Gone.
I stand, directionless. Someone ushers me somewhere. I hear words I don't process until later. Things like Get you to a safe location, spacepod, and NASA. And then I'm gone. Gone from my father, from my home, from my life.
I stare at the blackness outside the window, but I can't find Earth. I guess I'm not facing it, but it would be a comfort to me as I sit trapped in this tiny pod. There's barely enough room to lie down. Above me are a First Aid kit and several weeks' worth of food, along with some water. Just enough to survive. Not enough to live.
They told me I'd be back in a few days, maybe a week or two, as soon as they could get things running again and find my father. It's kind of bad when you misplace the President of the United States. Better send his son to space before he goes missing, too.
I guess they refrained from mentioning that our planet is being invaded by aliens whose most rudimentary tech is light-years beyond our most specialized equipment.
I wonder how I'm going to die. Whether I'm just going to drift off into nothingness and starve, or whether they'll find me here, a sitting duck with some useful metal scraps to play with.
I imagine her face again. That smile. Lost on a planet I probably will never see again.
Suddenly, light appears from everywhere and nowhere, white and blinding, forcing itself through the windows. I shut my eyes tight, but it still tortures me through my lids. As I move to clap a hand over my eyes, it disappears.
I'm used to feeling weightless after two days of aimless floating, so it's a shock when the artificial gravity kicks in and I hit the floor hard. I look up as the door hisses open, wincing from the pain and not sure what to expect.
The aliens are standing to either side of a narrow hallway lit by harsh fluorescent lights, ushering something forward.
I recoil in shock when I see who they're sending to greet me.
It's her.
Cursed Blood
By: Brooke L. Kohl
"Ugh, my nose is bleeding," Meghan complained. She and her best friend Charlotte were lying on the field behind Meghan's father's house, looking up at the space bubble surrounding them. Ever since they had moved to the colony on the moon a month earlier, they had loved lying on the grass there, in the perfect spot for them to see the Earth.
Meghan fished a tissue out of her pocket and looked over at Charlotte, expecting to see an encouraging smile. However, Charlotte had stood up, a strange look in her eyes.
"Char? Are you okay?" Meghan asked, standing up to join her friend. Charlotte didn't answer.
Meghan tentatively reached out to put a hand on Charlotte's shoulder but jumped back when Charlotte snapped her teeth at her and turned away.
Charlotte snarled as she reached for the sword hanging from her belt. She drew it and pivoted on one foot so that she was again facing Meghan, holding it out threateningly. "Please, Charlotte," Meghan begged, confused. Mixed in with the confusion in Meghan's eyes was fear. So much fear.
Charlotte paid no attention to the fear. As soon as she saw Meghan draw her sword, Charlotte lashed out with hers, cutting into the side of Meghan's leg and making her scream in pain. If anything in Charlotte regretted what she'd done, she didn't show it. She thrust her sword at Meghan again and again, each time managing a small cut on a different body part. Leg, arm, other arm, ear. Charlotte grinned evilly. Meghan had never been a match for her at sword fighting.
At each cut, Meghan bled more, becoming weaker and weaker. But Meghan's spilled blood only seemed to empower Charlotte. For each drop of blood that touched the ground, the fury in Charlotte's eyes intensified, and as the blood came into contact with the grass, it fizzled and melted away into ominous moonrock.
Meghan rallied her strength and stuck out her sword, able to catch Charlotte's blade. Charlotte froze, staring at Meghan, who seized the opportunity.
"Charlotte," she said. "What are you doing?" Charlotte didn't answer. Meghan saw her muscles tense, as though she was about to attack. "Please, Charlotte," Meghan pleaded. "I don't know who this monster is, but it is not you. You-you're my best friend. And you don't do this. You don't fight like this. You're the most gentle, caring person I've ever met. Whatever's come over you, you can beat it."
At her words, Meghan felt Charlotte's grip relax a little. She shook her head, as though trying to clear it. "What just happened?" Charlotte asked.
Meghan sighed as relief flooded through her. She lowered her sword and therefore freed Charlotte's. "I don't know. My nose started to bleed, and you completely flipped out. Look."
She showed Charlotte all the cuts she had, and Charlotte's nose began to twitch. "I-I don't know what's happening!" Charlotte exclaimed. "I feel like my body is being taken over by something, or someone, else, and it's forcing me to attack you. As we are talking, I feel like it's about to take over."
Meghan paled. "Let's go back to my dad or something," she said. "He might be able to help…" she trailed off, knowing it was useless. Her dad wouldn't know what was going on any more than she did.
"No," Charlotte said. "No. No one can help me. I know what I have to do."
She lifted her sword with a shaking hand. "Goodbye, Meghan," she whispered. Meghan's eyes widened, realizing what was about to happen. She lunged for the sword, but Charlotte was too fast, plunging the sword into her own stomach. She flopped over onto the ground, took a few shuddering, final breaths, and within seconds was still.
Meghan, sobbing, threw herself on top of Charlotte's body. And as she touched Charlotte, she felt a shock pass between them and felt her body being taken over by someone else.
Dropped Wallet
By: Samara Taubenfeld
The taste of Victoria's caramel latte was still fresh in her mind. The warmth and creaminess of the beverage comforted her on this frigid and uninviting November day as she strolled away from her and her friends' favorite cafe. Moments ago she had been having a typical conversation with Amber and Zoe about the upcoming dance and the difficulty of the chemistry test earlier that day. Victoria knew it was cliche, but she found comfort in routine, which is exactly what this was between her and her friends. However, their time was cut short when Victoria's mom asked her to come home and help prepare dinner for that evening. So she gave them each a hug and a peck on the cheek, and set out towards her house.
It was in that moment she was thankful her mom forced her to wear her extra warm boots from seventh grade, not the new sneakers Victoria had purchased that weekend and had been so eager to show Amber and Zoe. These boots definitely get the job done despite how ugly they are. As she stared at the matted fur on the outside of each boot, she noticed that the man walking on the sidewalk ahead of her had dropped what appeared to be his wallet. Unsure of what to do at first, Victoria considered leaving it on the gray concrete with no way of ever being returned to its owner. But as she stared at the owner who continued to maintain his pace away from the wallet, she knew what she had to do. I would want someone to do the same for me. Bending down to pick up the black, leather square, she called out:
"Um, excuse me! You dropped your wallet sir!"
Expecting him to turn around, concerned with his identity being in the hands of another, she was shocked to see the man begin to hurry his pace away from her. He seemed desperate to not interact with her, even putting his hood on and placing his hands in his pockets. Did he even acknowledge what I said? There's no way he didn't hear me, the whole block basically turned around except for him. Before she even knew it, the strange character had turned the corner, his dark coat flapping in the wind behind him.
Victoria stood there baffled by what had just happened. If he obviously heard me, why wouldn't he want his wallet back? Isn't there information in here he might actually need? With that, she realized that she could use this potential information to possibly locate the man, and opened the wallet. To her surprise there was not a single bill or card of any kind. Rather, a classic polaroid picture, tucked away in one of the slots amongst the other empty ones. Curious, she carefully took it into her hand and studied the photo.
There were three girls, smiling and laughing, all dressed in conventional fall attire. They were seated in what appeared to be a coffee shop, filled with baristas and other customers bustling about. One of them was wearing the ugliest boots Victoria had ever seen.
It was a picture of her just minutes earlier, the caramel latte still steaming in her hands.


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package edu.ucsf.lava.core.session.controller;

import java.util.Map;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

import org.springframework.validation.BindingResult;
import org.springframework.webflow.context.servlet.ServletExternalContext;
import org.springframework.webflow.execution.RequestContext;

import edu.ucsf.lava.core.controller.BaseListComponentHandler;
import edu.ucsf.lava.core.dao.LavaDaoFilter;
import edu.ucsf.lava.core.session.SessionManager;
import edu.ucsf.lava.core.session.model.LavaServerInstance;
import edu.ucsf.lava.core.session.model.LavaSession;

public abstract class BaseLavaSessionsHandler extends BaseListComponentHandler {

	public void setSessionMonitor(SessionManager sessionManager) {
		this.sessionManager = sessionManager;
	}

	public LavaServerInstance getServerInstance(){
		return sessionManager.getLavaServerInstance();
	}

	public LavaDaoFilter extractFilterFromRequest(RequestContext context, Map components) {
		HttpServletRequest request =  ((ServletExternalContext)context.getExternalContext()).getRequest();
		LavaDaoFilter filter =  LavaSession.MANAGER.newFilterInstance(null);
		filter.addDefaultSort("createTimestamp", false);
		return filter;
	}

//	don't need to do anything.
	public void updateFilterFromContext(LavaDaoFilter filter, RequestContext context, Map components){
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	public Map addReferenceData(RequestContext context, Object command, BindingResult errors, Map model) {
		LavaSession currentSession = sessionManager.getLavaSession(((ServletExternalContext)context.getExternalContext()).getRequest().getSession());
		if(currentSession != null){
			model.put("currentLavaSessionId",currentSession.getId());
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		model.put("lavaServerInstance", getServerInstance());
		return super.addReferenceData(context, command, errors, model);
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NY's Korean Film Festival is back and the KCCUK is holding 12 mini director's retrospectives through 2012 in London, so it's a good time to be a Korean film fan (at least if you live in a major metropolis). Lots of interviews, including three for Lee Myeung-se, trailers, posters, and box office news this week.
Don't miss MKC's own feature on How Korean Cinema Fared on 2011's Year-end Lists.
Popular New Film Gives Hope to Independent Filmmakers
"Should I put the word 'arrowhead' in a movie title?" joked a film producer during a recent meeting with the Hankyoreh. The producer's company certainly hit their target at the box office. The follow-up to last year's hit War of the Arrows, which drew 7.4 million viewers, Unbowed (the Korean title of which translates as Broken Arrow), passed the one million viewer mark just over a week after its debut early this year. (The Hankyoreh, January 27, 2012)
Kwon Sang-woo Finishes Work on New Action Film with Jackie Chan
Hallyu star Kwon Sang-woo has finished work on the movie 12 Chinese Zodiac Heads with Jackie Chan. The announcement was made yesterday by the actor's agency, which also reported that Kwon had returned to Korea just before Lunar New Year. "Currently, Kwon is taking a well-deserved break and is looking over some movie proposals from China, the United States and other countries," said a representative from the agency. (Joong Ang Daily, January 28, 2012)
NYC Happenings: NY Korean Film Festival 2012
Whether it's a full-on retrospective at Japan Society, a centennial celebration of studio giant Nikkatsu, or the annual wackiness of NYAFF, New York is a city never short on cinematic offerings from across East Asia, and that has always included a healthy helping of Korean cinema. From February 24th - 26th, BAMcinématek and the Korean Society, along with Korean movie giant CJ Entertainment, will be presenting 7 contemporary features, big and small in the 10th edition of the New York Korean Film Festival. (Twitch, January 30, 2012)
Unbowed Flying High at Box Office, Reviving Attention to Forgotten Case
Unbowed, a low-budget South Korean film based on the true story of the so-called "crossbow terror" incident of a college professor, is heating up the local box office, drawing renewed public debate over the 2006 incident. The movie claimed the No. 2 spot by bringing in more than 1 million viewers at local cinemas as of Wednesday, a week after making a robust debut, the Korean Film Council, a government agency in charge of promoting domestic films, said on Thursday. (The Korea Herald, January 26, 2012)
Controversial Film on Gangjeong Village Finally Hits Theatres
An independent documentary film titled Jam Docu Gangjeong is finally showing in independent movie theaters 40 days after having been banned by the Korean Film Commission. Pressure from the film industry resulted in the film's eventual release. The film was reportedly delayed due to its controversial subject matter and the independent film industry is now calling for a policy reform to prevent the Korean Film Commission from banning films it finds politically objectionable. (The Hankyoreh, January 26, 2012)
Korean Actors & K-Pop Stars Unite for Gaon's Anti-Piracy '2012 Good Downloader Campaign'
Korean movie and K-Pop stars united together for a new effort against piracy being led by Gaon Chartcalled the '2012 Good Downloader Campaign'. Actors Ahn Sung Gi, Park Joong Hoon, Lee Min Jung, Jang Hyuk, and music stars Yoon Do Hyun (YB), Kim Yuna (Jaurim), Yunho (TVXQ), Nickhun (2PM), Sohee (Wonder Girls), as well as Sulli (f(x)) banded together for the campaign during a shoot yesterday, sending the message that pirating movies and music is illegal and wrong. (allkpop, January 30, 2012)
Film of the Year Awards (Korea Film Reporters Association)
The Korea Film Reporters Association feted Korean cinema in its 3rd Film of the Year Awards last night. Silenced picked up best film, with the director prize going to Kang Hyung-chul for Sunny. Meanwhile Kim Yun-seok and Tang Wei were best actor and actress for their respective roles in Punch and Late Autumn. (AsianMediaWiki, January 31, 2012)
2012: Year of the 12 Directors
Over on the Otherwhere blog, Alua has kindly transcribed the full 2012 programme for the Korean Film Nights at the KCCUK. 12 Korean directors will be featured with 4 films and a Q&A each month. It's hard not to be incredibly jealous of anyone living in London right now. (Otherwhere, January 27, 2012)
An Asian Perspective on World War II
In one excruciating scene of Kang Je-kyu's new movie My Way, Soviet soldiers order two war prisoners of different nationalities to fight to the death, but the Korean one refuses to kill his fellow Japanese captive, who he had known as a rival in sports. Instead, an unlikely alliance begins to form. The movie is the most expensive ever made in South Korea, a fictionalized account of the real-life story of how a Korean man ended up fighting for the Germans in World War II and being found by American soldiers at the invasion of Normandy. (The Wall Street Journal, January 26, 2012)
So Yong Kim Discusses Her Collaboration With Paul Dano & Battling The Freezing Winter In For Ellen
Thanks to her previous films In Between Days and Treeless Mountain, and a none-more-indie cast featuringPaul Dano and Jena Malone, So Yong Kim's latest For Ellen had to be one of the most anticipated films of the Sundance Film Festival. Forming one half of a power couple of indie cinema (with Bradley Rust Gray, director of The Exploding Girl and the upcoming Jack and Diane), it marks her first time working with more established names and proves to be her most accessible project to date. (indieWire, January 25, 2012)
Interview with Lee Myeong-se
To the present day, Lee Myung-se is probably best known for his 1999 film Nowhere To Hide which was the first ever Korean film to be released on DVD in the UK. Born on August 20th, 1957, his first directorial feature film was Gagman in 1989, and in 1991 he won the Best New Director award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival for My Love My Bride. Since then, he has gone on to make a number of iconic films, including Duelist (2005) and M (2007) - as visually stunning as they are narratively interesting. (Hangul Celluloid, January 26, 2012)
London-Korean Film Night, Jan 2012 – Duelist and Q+A with director Lee Myeong-se
For January's edition the director in question was Lee Myeong-se in conjunction with his 2005 film Duelist. Presiding over the event was Dr. Daniel Martin who introduced both the film and the director, giving the history and context to Lee Myeong-se's illustrious career and auteuristic sensibilities. (Hanguk Yeonghwa, January 27, 2012)
Taekwondo at the Apollo: Lee Myung-se and the Great Safety vs. Cinema Debate
The 'Year of the 12 Directors' idea is a wonderful one—what began as a series of film screenings in the Korean Cultural Centre has become, for 2012, a celebratory mini-series of director retrospectives which promises to roll on from now until December. On Thursday night, we spent three engaging hours in the pleasant company of director Lee Myung-se, whose 1999 action/police procedural Nowhere to Hide officially opened the 12 Directors programme over three weeks ago. (New Korean Cinema, January 30, 2012)
Russian Coffee
Romance Joe
Unbowed Shoots to the Top During Big Weekend for Korean Film
(Modern Korean Cinema, January 30, 2012)
Local Revenues Boom for South Korean Films
South Korean films enjoyed a 22% growth in revenue last year, according to new data from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). Nationwide, admissions grew by 8% to 158 million, while box office revenues grew in local currency terms by 7% to ₩1.23 trillion ($1.10 billion). (Film Business Asia, January 30, 2012)
Korean Cinema News is a weekly feature which provides wide-ranging news coverage on Korean cinema, including but not limited to: features; festival news; interviews; industry news; trailers; posters; and box office. It appears every Wednesday morning (GMT+1) on Modern Korean Cinema. For other weekly features, take a look at the Korean Box Office Update and the Weekly Review Round-up. Reviews and features on Korean film also appear regularly on the site.
Labels: 2012, Box office, features, kang je-gyu, kccuk, kwon sang-woo, lee myeong-se, ny korean film festival, posters, trailers, unbowed, war of the arrows
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Pain (통증, Tong-jeung) 2011
The 2012 Korean Cinema Blogathon
Weekly Review Round-up (02/02-0210, 2012)
The Client (박희순, Eui-roi-in) 2011

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Dressed in a Bank of America costume, Britney Schultz, 22, of Cuyahoga Falls dangled a bag of chocolate-covered gold coins that read: "Money is not speech."
Nearby, Carol Wagner, 53, of Akron, stood on the curb shouting into a megaphone that "corporations are not people; people are people" to passers-by at Main and Market streets in downtown Akron.
They were taking part in Friday's "Occupy the Courts" protest, one day before the second anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that said corporations are persons.
Nearly 20 people braved the cold in front of the John F. Seiberling Federal Building on Main Street in conjunction with other Occupy the Courts demonstrations planned in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and more than 100 other cities with federal courts in the United States. Protesters said the court ruling allows private groups to spend huge amounts on political campaigns with few restrictions.
The scene in Akron was at times loud but stayed peaceful. Arrests were reported in some cities, including 11 in Washington, D.C.
"There is an unlimited amount of money from corporations backing candidates, 300 million [dollars] was spent in 2010, which was four times the amount spent in 2006," said Greg Coleridge of the Northeast Ohio American Friends Service Committee. "These laws are drowning out the people without money. There is no democracy when money talks. We are trying to show solidarity and do our part to show that money is not speech."
Coleridge said they are collecting petitions and plan to approach various city and county councils for legislation in support of amending the Supreme Court ruling.
"Politicians need to work for us, not lobbyists or big money," said Vicki Sue Algea, 66, of Akron. "But because they have to raise a lot of money to run for office, because that's the way the game is set up, they are beholding to the people who are giving them large donations.
"Neither the Declaration of Independence nor the Constitution mentions corporations. The Constitution reads, 'for the people, by the people.' "
Penny Owen, 65, of Akron, said: "People don't read. They get caught up in sound bites and don't know any more than what they hear in a short message. The way the law reads now, the major corporation sponsors don't have to identify themselves and are not accountable for what they say, which means they can lie. The big-money backers take the voice away from the little guy. The little guys are not represented."
Some of the protesters' signs read: "Great odds, Love is greater than greed," "End corporate personhood," "End Corporate Rule" and "Move to AmendOhio.Org."
Joe Mosyjowski, 60, of Randolph Township, expressed his opinion in a sign filled with photos.
"It means corporations equals people, money equals speech and a horse's ass equals a hole in the ground," explained Mosyjowski, who helped organize the protest. "The Supreme Court in its divine wisdom states corporations equal people, that something created is equal to the creator. Does that mean if I make a snowman, it's a person because I created it? It's ludicrous. Money can distort speech and drown out democracy."
Eileen Matias of Akron said she wouldn't be protesting if she had a job. In fact, she said, she has a button that reads, "If I had a job, I wouldn't be here."
"Corporations aren't even treating people like people," Matias said. "If it weren't for people putting the nuts and bolts together of these businesses, they wouldn't have the money."
Amid all the corporate protesting, a vendor from a nearby store came with hot coffee to offer the demonstrators in the cold, but for a price: $1.50. She found some eager customers.
Marilyn Miller can be reached at 330-996-3098 or mmiller [at] thebeaconjournal.com.
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Finding a friend you can exercise with is a great way to stay motivated (and YES your friend can have four legs :)). Whether it is the sense of a little healthy competition or the conversation that helps the miles or time go by quicker - having a pal along for the workout is one way to help take your mind off the task at hand. Also having someone counting on you to show up tends to add an accountability aspect that will help you complete a workout you otherwise may have talked yourself out of.
I live in Southern California, so I am blessed with some AMAZING scenery (I run along the Pacific Ocean 75% of the time), but even with the beauty around me I can get bored or burnt out on the same route. Check out new trails, run near your work instead of at home, shoot, even just reserving your direction can break up the monotony.
Sometimes you just need to remind yourself why you started. Do a fun run, run without your watch, just do it for the LOVE of it! I always tell myself, if I can't smile while I'm doing it, it isn't worth my time. Rediscover why you started running/ working out/ getting fit/ becoming healthy. And remind yourself YOU ARE WORTH IT!
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Jan. 10 & 12, 1:00–3:0pm ET—four free CLE credits for PA attorneys
On January 10 and 12, 2023, the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law will host the 3rd Annual Pennsylvania Farm Show Agricultural Law Symposium. Four hours of substantive Pennsylvania CLE credits are available for licensed attorneys at no cost to attendees.
ONLINE — The symposium consists of four hours of educational webinars on current important topics in agricultural law presented by the Center's legal staff. Symposium sessions are free and open to the public and will be conducted via Zoom on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, from 1:00 pm–3:15 pm (ET) and on Thursday, January 12, 2023, from 1:00 pm–3:15 pm (ET). Four hours of substantive Pennsylvania CLE credits are available for licensed attorneys at no cost to attendees.
The symposium's first afternoon starts with an hour focusing on bringing attendees fully up to date on 2022's biggest agricultural law and policy developments. The year 2022 has been monumental in many sectors, particularly in the conservation field with major and unprecedented funding and legislation connecting conservation practices, carbon, and our climate.
The second hour on day one will be a deep dive into the two U.S. Supreme Court cases in which decisions will likely be rendered in the coming months: (a) Sackett v. EPA defining the future direction of a WOTUS definition; and (b) National Pork Producers v. Ross defining the future direction of Commerce Clause limitations on states' regulation of commodity production and marketing.
Day two will begin with an in-depth breakdown of the class-action antitrust multi-district litigation pending in the federal courts against the nation's major poultry, pork, and beef processors. The symposium's final hour will be devoted to agriculture and environment with a split session covering both the status of EPA's glyphosate and dicamba product registrations and related litigation, as well as a current snapshot of Pennsylvania's countdown to the Chesapeake Bay's 2025 nutrient reduction goals.
Tuesday, January 10, 2023 (1:00–3:15pm)
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A review of the major federal and state legal developments across all three branches of government affecting agriculture in 2022.
2:15–3:15pm U.S. Supreme Court Deep Dive: Searching for Clarity in WOTUS and the Dormant Commerce Clause
Sackett v. EPA seeks to define the Clean Water Act's phrase "waters of the United States" and National Pork Producers Council v. Ross questions whether the dormant Commerce Clause prohibits California's in-state pork sales restrictions, which largely affect out-of-state producers. Oral argument was presented for both cases in October, although the Court may not issue an opinion until the end of its term. We'll review the precedent case law, history, and arguments of each case as we wait for the final verdicts.
Thursday, January 12, 2023 (1:00–3:15pm)
1:00-2:00pm Agricultural Antitrust: Protein Sector Spotlight
The Poultry, Pork, and Beef sectors are each entangled in federal multi-district class action litigation and facing Department of Justice investigations and enforcement for alleged price-fixing and conspiracy. Learn the details in this session.
2:15-3:15pm Agriculture & the Environment: 2022 in Pesticides & the Chesapeake Bay
First, we'll review EPA's continuing glyphosate and dicamba registration federal litigation. Then, we'll provide a complete update on Pennsylvania's compliance status in the countdown to Chesapeake Bay's 2025 restoration goals deadline, including potential ramifications for non-compliance from EPA.
REGISTER HERE: https://aglaw.psu.edu/event/3rd-annual-pennsylvania-farm-show-agricultural-law-symposium/
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2nd Annual PA Farm Show Agricultural Law Symposium
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — On January 11 and 13, 2022, the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law will be hosting the 2nd Annual Pennsylvania Farm Show Agricultural Law Symposium. The symposium consists of four hours of educational webinars on current topics of importance in agricultural law presented by the Center's legal staff. Symposium […]
Ag organizations react to EPA biofuel proposal
WASHINGTON — The following statements were released following the EPA's announcement that annual production requirements for ethanol and other biofuels would be lowered to account for reduced demand as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The EPA also announced that requests by small oil refineries to be exempted from ethanol requirements would be rejected. More […]
A spring full of pesticide law
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Spring is a common time for farmers to deal with pesticides and insecticides, but this spring the legal system has also been busy with pesticides and insecticides. Important legal developments with dicamba, glyphosate, and chlorpyrifos raise questions about the future of the products, with proponents on both sides pushing for and against their […]
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State Solar Law Symposium: Utility-Scale Solar Development For Lawyers, Landowners, & Others is an online legal educational symposium presented by the Center for Agricultural and Shale Law at Penn State Law, Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research, Penn State Dickinson Law, and Penn State Extension. It will take place Tuesday, […]
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All My Mother's Lovers: A Novel (Paperback)
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"A queer tour-de-force . . . Compelling and astonishing."–Kristen Arnett, author of Mostly Dead Things
Unfolding over the course of nine days, and written with enormous heart, All My Mother's Lovers is a meditation on the universality and particularity of family ties, grief, and generational divides, as well as a tender and biting portrait of sex, gender, and identity.
After Maggie Krause's mother dies suddenly in a car crash, Maggie finds five sealed envelopes with her will, each addressed to a mysterious man she's never heard of. Maggie and her mother, Iris, weren't close, especially since Maggie came out, but she never thought they would run out of time to figure each other out. Now in her late twenties, Maggie is finally in something resembling a serious relationship, wondering if some of whatever shaped her parents' decades-long love story might exist after all.
Overwhelmed by her grief and frustrated with her family, Maggie decides to escape the shiva and hand-deliver her mother's letters. The ensuing road trip takes her over miles of California highways, through strangers' recollections of a second, hidden life (that seems almost impossible to reconcile with the Iris she knew), and a journey through her own fears as she navigates her new relationship. As she fills in the details of Iris's story, Maggie must confront the possibility that almost everything she knew about her mother — her marriage, her lukewarm relationship to Judaism, her disapproval of her daughter's queerness — is more meaningful than she ever allowed herself to imagine.
Ilana Masad is a fiction writer, essayist, and book critic whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Paris Review, NPR, BuzzFeed, Catapult, StoryQuarterly, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, as well as several others. All My Mother's Lovers is Masad's debut novel.
"There are many things for which All My Mother's Lovers should be praised for, not least of which is its cast of dynamic, complicated queer characters whose relationship problems have nothing to do with how they identify. . . . All My Mother's Lovers is engaging, and confident, and often wry."—Los Angeles Review of Books
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"With her debut novel, Ilana Masad presents a sharp meditation on the ways our parents shape us."—Marie Claire
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"This ambitious, deft, compassionate debut novel finds eternal truths in a very contemporary story: that even those we care for most remain mysteries to us, that our judgments of others' lives are always inadequate, that love demands heroism. Ilana Masad is an exciting talent."—Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You and Cleanness
"Masad has written a melancholy and memorable reminder of how little we often know about the people who raise us, not just as caretakers, but as human beings with hopes and heartaches."–USA Today
"Masad is deft and incisive about the sometimes-fraught nature of mother-daughter relationships, around which loaded subtext can seem to twist and twine like Christmas lights. And she affectingly plumbs the mind-bending hugeness that is losing a parent."—The Washington Post
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"In addition to writing fiction and nonfiction, Ilana Masad is one of the best contemporary book critics out there, and her debut novel is evidence that all that reading has done her good. (Brandon Taylor, author of the brand-new Real Life, called her a genius in a recent interview, so that tells you something. . . . Brimming with enveloping writing, this is another don't-miss.)"—Electric Literature
"This remarkable portrait of a daughter's opaque relationship with her mother reflects the strangeness and beauty of coming to see one's parent fully as a human being."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Masad skillfully balances bitterness and tenderness throughout the narrative. . . . In some ways, every generation needs to reinvent the wheel in order to feel independent and capable. But, whether communicating with our queer elders or with elders we would never consider part of the queer community, it is important to understand that the things we hold most important are human, and though the words we use to describe experiences may change, there is nevertheless continuity of human experience from one generation to the next. All My Mother's Lovers is a beautiful celebration of this continuity, and the value of communication across generations."—Jewish Book Council
"Masad's impressive novel delves into varieties of that strange magic, love, and of its expansive, life-shaping possibilities. All My Mother's Lovers is a debut of rare and vital generosity."—R. O. Kwon, author of The Incendiaries
"Ilana Masad's All My Mother's Lovers is a stunning excavation of the profound destabilization of grief, the secrets that twist like vines around the root system of a family, and the terror and grace of learning to be vulnerable before others. Maggie and Iris, the daughter and mother that sit at this novel's heart, are both indelible, with a bond that not even death can demolish. A giant-hearted and sharply funny debut."—Laura van den Berg, author of The Third Hotel
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You received your tax refund, but now what? Find out how you should prioritize your 2016 tax refund.
As daunting as it is, there's at least one thing you can look forward to during tax season: the arrival of your tax refund.
During the 2015 tax filing season, the average tax refund was $2,797 -- that's enough money to buy five Apple Watches, treat yourself to a Caribbean cruise or snag a couple of VIP tickets to the Coachella music festival.
The urge to splurge your tax refund on something "fun," like tickets to a music festival, will probably be strong once you receive your check. However, it's important that you take a good look at your finances before your blow your tax refund on something nonessential. Otherwise, you might regret not using your refund for more important goals, such as building up your savings or getting out of debt.
Even the smallest tax refund can help pay a portion of outstanding debt, like a mortgage, car payment, credit card balance or student loan, giving your principal power over high interest. If debt is your biggest financial worry, you should consider devoting your entire refund toward paying it off, since a four-digit refund can help make a lot of progress in several of the above examples.
2. Pad your emergency fund.
Experts say that everyone should have three to six months' worth of money saved up to cover emergency expenses -- but that's not the case for most Americans. In fact, GOBankingRates recently found that 62 percent of Americans have under $1,000 in savings.
Without an emergency fund, you're vulnerable to all sorts of unexpected occurrences -- unemployment, a medical emergency, a hefty car expense, just to name a few. Build up a $1,000 cushion by depositing your entire tax refund into a savings or sub-savings account for emergencies.
If you've decided to save your tax refund, do it tax-free. Go beyond the rainy day fund, and look into investing the money in a tax-deferred Individual Retirement Account (IRA) or 401k.
Many tax refund recipients mistake their new gains as "free money" and forget that it's money they've already earned. Putting it toward your retirement means you will be spending it on yourself -- eventually.
Your tax refund can also act as a foundation for other investments, even if your check is less than $500. There are plenty of small investment options out there -- including individual stocks, mutual funds and dividend reinvestment plans (DRIPs) -- that you can try with your tax refund.
And don't forget that a three- to four-figure tax refund is more than enough to satisfy the minimum opening deposit requirements for many certificate of deposit (CD), money market and high-yield savings accounts.
One way to spend your tax refund selfishly without wasting the money is to invest it in yourself. This could mean anything from taking a class at your local community college to getting certified for a skill to put on your resume. The payoff is that you'll get to experience something that enriches your life and advance your career down the line.
6. Consider giving to charity.
Your tax refund might be the only chance you get to include philanthropy in your budget. Not only is it personally fulfilling to give money to others in need, but acting selflessly is proven to make you happier and physically healthier, too. Plus, if you donate money to a qualified charitable organization, you could potentially reduce your taxable income and lower your tax bill for next year.
If donating to charity has been a desire of yours for a while but you're undecided on what cause or organization to donate to, set your refund money aside in a separate savings account until you've made a decision on how you'd like to divide the funds.
7. Spend some of it on yourself.
All of this doesn't mean it's wrong to spend the money on yourself. If you've managed to meet all of the above financial needs with money left to spare, you deserve to treat yourself to something you've always wanted -- think of it as a present, from you to you, for working hard all year long. What's more, splurging a little has been proven to actually help you save money.
Keep in mind that if you're receiving an unusually large tax refund, you might be withholding too much on your W-4 -- and the experts are divided as to whether that's smart.
The good news is that you can alter your income withholding at any time by filling out a new W-4 form. You can also estimate what kind of a refund (if any) you're likely to receive for 2016 by using a W-4 salary calculator. Take a copy of your 2015 tax return, a recent pay stub, and play with the numbers to gauge how much you're comfortable withholding.
Examining these financial steps might not give you as much instant gratification as spending your tax refund in one fell swoop, but the smarts, security and savings that one tax refund can offer are worth every penny you've worked for.


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Гнили́ця — гідрологічний заказник місцевого значення в Україні. Розташований у межах Комарівської громади Ніжинського району Чернігівської області, на південь від села Степанівка.

Площа 11 га. Статус присвоєно згідно з рішенням Чернігвського облвиконкому від 27.12.1984 року № 454; від 28.08.1989 року № 164. Перебуває у віданні ДП «Борзнянське лісове господарство» (Берестовецьке л-во, кв. 32).

Статус присвоєно для збереження лучно-болотного природного комплексу, розташованого вздовж стариці річки Смолянка (притока Десни). У прилеглому лісовому масиві — дуб, осика, береза.

Екосистема заказника являє собою евтрофне заплавне осокове болото з назкою видів болотного різнотрав'я. Має значення як регулятор водного режиму прилеглих територій.

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 Державний кадастр територій та об'єктів природно-заповідного фонду України станом на 01.01.2013; (232. Гнилиця)
 Берестовецьке лісництво
 Природно-заповідний фонд Чернігівської області. Департамент агропромислового розвитку, екології та природних ресурсів Чернігівської обласної державної адміністрації — Чернігів, 2018. — 130 с.

Природно-заповідний фонд Борзнянського району
Гідрологічні заказники Чернігівської області
Природоохоронні об'єкти, засновані 1984

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Iran-France relations worsen after reaction to Charlie Hebdo cartoons
Dubai: Iran should look at what is going on at home before criticising France, Foreign Minster Catherine Colonna said a day after the French ambassador in Tehran was summoned over cartoons published by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Ties between France and Iran have deteriorated in recent months as efforts to revive nuclear talks, to which France is one of the parties, have stalled and Tehran has detained seven French nationals.
The front page of "Charlie Hebdo" reading "Mollahs go back from where you come" is seen in a newsstand on January 5. The weekly published dozens of cartoons on the same day ridiculing the highest religious and political figure in the Islamic republic. Credit:Getty
Charlie Hebdo this week published dozens of cartoons depicting the Islamic Republic's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian vowed a "decisive and effective response" because the cartoons had insulted Iran's religious and political authorities. His ministry then shut down a decades-old French Institute for Research n Iran, saying it was a "first step".
The ministry said it would "seriously pursue the case and take the required measures" to hold France accountable. On Wednesday, Iran summoned the French envoy to complain.
The magazine had billed the cartoons as a show of support for ongoing anti-government demonstrations sparked four months ago by the death of a young woman in September while in the custody of morality police.
It said it published the caricatures in a special edition to mark the anniversary of the deadly attack on its Paris office on January 7, 2015 by Islamist militants, after the weekly had published cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammed.
Iran says the cartoons are offensive to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and others. Credit:OISL/AP
The shuttered research institute, which is connected to the French Foreign Ministry, was created in 1983 through the merger of an archaeological delegation dating back to the late 19th century and an institute of Iran studies. It includes a library boasting some 49,000 references, including 28,000 books. It had been closed for years only to re-open in 2013 under former president Hassan Rouhani.
On Friday (AEDT), there was a heavy security presence around the institute and the nearby French embassy in central Tehran. Graffiti left on the outer walls – apparently by government supporters – referred to France as "the home of homosexuals" and a "place of blasphemy".
Charlie Hebdo has a long history of publishing vulgar cartoons mocking Islamists, which critics say are deeply insulting to Muslims. In the 2015 attack, two French-born al-Qaeda extremists attacked the newspaper's office, killing 12 cartoonists, and it has been the target of other attacks over the years.
Its latest issue features the winners of a recent cartoon contest in which entrants were asked to draw the most offensive caricatures of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
One of the finalists depicts a turbaned cleric reaching for a hangman's noose as he drowns in blood, while another shows Khamenei clinging to a giant throne above the raised fists of protesters. Others depict more vulgar and sexually explicit scenes.
Colonna accused Iran of following "bad politics".
Iran "is not only practising violence against its own people but is also practising a policy of keeping people hostage, which is particularly shocking," she said on LCI television.
"In France, not only does freedom of the press exist – unlike what happens in Iran – it is also exercised under the control of judges and an independent justice system, which is something that Iran undoubtedly knows little about. Also in French law we do not have the notion of blasphemy."
She did not respond directly to the ambassador being summoned or expressly defend Charlie Hebdo. The French government, while defending free speech, has rebuked the privately owned magazine in the past for fanning tensions.
Iran has been gripped by nationwide protests for nearly four months following the death in mid-September of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by the morality police for violating the country's strict Islamic dress code.
Women have taken the lead in the protests, with many stripping off the compulsory Islamic headscarf in public. The protesters have called for the overthrow of the ruling clerics in one of the biggest challenges to their rule since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that brought them to power.
Charlie Hebdo, which has published similarly offensive cartoons about dead child migrants, virus victims, neo-Nazis, popes, Jewish leaders and other public figures, presents itself as an advocate for democracy and free expression. But it routinely pushes the limits of French hate speech laws with often sexually explicit caricatures that target nearly everyone.
The paper drew fire for reprinting caricatures of Islam's Prophet Muhammad that were originally published by a Danish magazine in 2005. Those cartoons were seen as sacrilegious and deeply hurtful to Muslims worldwide. Islamist groups around the world organised demonstrations, many of which turned violent, as well as boycotts of Danish products.
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Q: How to implement tap-to-focus, tap-to-set-exposure I'm building this code for future learning and fun. It supposed to open the camera and enable the touch focus. It works in the rear-facing camera, but nothing happens when i flip it to the front camera. I have searched alot, but could not find any code fix to that problem. Could anyone please show me step by step with code how to make touch focus also work in the front camera view?
Down below is the focus function:
- (void) focus:(CGPoint) aPoint{

    AVCaptureDevice *device = [AVCaptureDevice defaultDeviceWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo];
    if([device isFocusPointOfInterestSupported] &&
       [device isFocusModeSupported:AVCaptureFocusModeAutoFocus]) {
        CGRect screenRect = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds];
        double screenWidth = screenRect.size.width;
        double screenHeight = screenRect.size.height;
        double focus_x = aPoint.x/screenWidth;
        double focus_y = aPoint.y/screenHeight;
        if([device lockForConfiguration:nil]) {
            if([self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(scanViewController:didTapToFocusOnPoint:)]) {
                [self.delegate scanViewController:self didTapToFocusOnPoint:aPoint];
            }
            [device setFocusPointOfInterest:CGPointMake(focus_x,focus_y)];
            [device setFocusMode:AVCaptureFocusModeAutoFocus];
            if ([device isExposureModeSupported:AVCaptureExposureModeAutoExpose]){
                [device setExposureMode:AVCaptureExposureModeAutoExpose];
            }
            [device unlockForConfiguration];
        }
    }
}

The whole source can be found here:
https://gist.github.com/Alex04/6976945
UPDATE:
if ([device isExposurePointOfInterestSupported])
{
    [device lockForConfiguration:&error];
    [device setExposurePointOfInterest:aPoint];
    if ([device isExposureModeSupported:AVCaptureExposureModeContinuousAutoExposure])
    {
        [device setExposureMode:AVCaptureExposureModeContinuousAutoExposure];
    }
    [device setWhiteBalanceMode:AVCaptureWhiteBalanceModeContinuousAutoWhiteBalance];
    [device unlockForConfiguration];
}

A: I don't think the front-facing camera supports tap-to-focus on any iPhone.  You can check for support by checking the focusPointOfInterestSupported property of the AVCaptureDevice.
If you want to implement tap-for-exposure, check the device's exposurePointOfInterestSupported property.  If the device supports the feature, set the exposurePointOfInterest property to use it.

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One Night Only: Pink Singers at Cadogan Hall
May 31, 2016 July 12, 2016 niallrpalmer
This Saturday, 4th June, Europe's longest-running LGBT choir bring glitz, glamour and pizazz to London's Cadogan Hall with one fabulous night of West End, Broadway & Opera classics. One Night Only features songs from Les Misérables, Wicked, Anything Goes and Little Shop of Horrors as well as classic works by Verdi, Rossini and Sondheim.
There's something spine-tingling about hearing nearly 90 voices performing full choral arrangements in the beautiful acoustics of Cadogan Hall, with Musical Direction by Murray Hipkin whose career with ENO has most recently seen him working with the astronomically talented Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard.
The choir is diverse, inclusive and most importantly, full of wonderful, rich voices. You can still book tickets for One Night Only with curtain up at 7pm on Saturday 4 June – the nearest tube is Sloane Square. The show is interpreted in British Sign Language – the dynamic Pink Singers are as entertaining to see as to hear!
Broadway & West End Theatre has a deep connection with the LGBT community – so probably no surprise that it has provided inspiration for so many great shows and why the choir has chosen to base this season's concert around so many much loved Musicals. The Pink Singers themselves have been at the heart of musical celebration since forming around a piano in Oval House for the Gay Pride March in 1983 – and have been singing together ever since!
The Pink Singers perform two main UK concerts each year as well as around the world, and can also be privately hired for weddings, civil partnerships and corporate events.
The Pink Singers' fourth album, By Special Arrangement, showcases the performing and arranging talent that the choir has developed over its 33-year history with works by Richard Thomas, Kate Bush, Adele and many more.
Saturday 4 June at 7pm
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Robert Ervin Howard (86 books)
Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was a classic American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. Howard wrote "over three-hundred stories and seven-hundred poems of raw power and unbridled emotion" and is especially noted for his memorable depictions of "a sombre universe of swashbuckling adventure and darkling horror."… (more)
Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was a classic American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. Howard wrote "over three-hundred stories and seven-hundred poems of raw power and unbridled emotion" and is especially noted for his memorable depictions of "a sombre universe of swashbuckling adventure and darkling horror."
He is well known for having created — in the pages of the legendary Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales — the character Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian, a literary icon whose pop-culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.
Between Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s, spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of High Fantasy. There is no evidence that Tolkien was influenced by the earlier author, however.
A full century after his birth, Howard remains a seminal figure, with his best work endlessly reprinted. He has been compared to other American masters of the weird, gloomy, and spectral, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Jack London.
The Hour of the Dragon
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The Hyborian Age is an essay by Robert E. Howard pertaining to the Hyborian Age, the fictional setting of his stories about Conan the Cimmerian. It was written in the 1930s but not published during Howard's...
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Iran FM says nuclear talks extension not in anyone's 'interest'
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Eka Announces Record New Customer Signings in 2014
EKA > Eka Announces Record New Customer Signings in 2014
40% growth across all industries and regions.
Eka Software Solutions, the leading global provider of Smart Commodity Management software solutions, today announced record organic growth in new customer signings of 40% in 2014. In addition, more than 20% of Eka's existing customers invested in additional licenses, further evidence of customer satisfaction and the value that commodities companies gain with Eka's solutions.
"Eka has continued to grow and at a rate that places them in the upper echelons of the Commodity Trading and Risk Management (CTRM) vendor group. The company has found considerable success in selling products to a global base of users across multiple categories, including agriculturals, softs, metals, consumer products and most recently, energy," said Patrick Reames, Founder and Managing Director of Commodity Technology Advisory in a recent analyst briefing note.
"Eka has built its reputation on having the most innovative, functionally-rich, and technologically advanced solutions and we will continue to invest significantly in research and development to ensure our product leadership," said Manav Garg, Eka CEO. "Even with all our past successes, we are just getting started and see huge opportunities on the road ahead."
Eka experienced record new customer adoption of its industry leading solutions across diverse industries including biofuels, consumer products, agriculture, oil, natural gas, metals, and mining, as well as globally across regions including the Americas, Asia, Australia, and EMEA.
"The company achieved exceptional performance in 2014 across all solutions and industries globally, demonstrating that our overall strategy is on target," said Greg Taylor, Eka President and COO. "Based on our strong solution suite, talented teams, and a robust pipeline, 2015 will bring even more acceleration in growth and profitability."
Other notable achievements in 2014 included:
Eka was selected as Commodity Enterprise Company of the Year by CIOReview.
Eka was named to the Inc 500 List of Fastest Growing Companies.
Eka's CEO, Manav Garg, was named to Fortune Magazine's 40 Under 40 List.
The company broke ground for a new US corporate headquarters, increasing the office footprint 350% to accommodate growth in the business and expansion of the US team.


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