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Headsup: From Across the Pond
Thespia
Out soon are two releases from European artists:
First we have a collection of some of the lesser-known films of Jacques Rivette, a French film director and critic famed for his work during the New Wave movement in French cinema in the 1950s and 60s. Rivette began his career as a filmmaker at age twenty and over the course of his career made twenty-nine films (including notable titles L'amour fou (1969), Out 1 (1971), Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974), and La Belle Noiseuse (1991) ). Now available from Arrow Academy is The Jacques Rivette Collection, a trio of films from the latter part of his career. In 1975, Rivette and Stéphane Tchal Gadjieff (producer from Out 1) again joined forces with the goal of creating a love story, an adventure, a fantasy thriller, and a musical as a quartet of interconnected films dubbed Scènes de la vie parallèle, with each revolving around two central female characters. Unfortunately, after the back-to-back filming of Noroît (an adventure story of two pirates) and Duelle (a fantasy about the Queen of the Night and the Queen of the Sun) in the spring of 1975, Rivette suffered a breakdown a few days into production for Marie et Julien (which would have been the love story in the series); the director later said that he "broke down physically" and "had overestimated [his] own strength". After a year of recovery, the idea of the film quartet was abandoned and Rivette turned to Merry-Go-Round (a surreal detective film), which ran into multiple production problems and though shot in 1978 was not completed until 1981.
The Jacques Rivette Collection is housed in a limited edition boxset which contains Blu-ray and DVD copies of Noroît, Duelle, and Merry-Go-Round in brand-new 2K restorations with (optional) newly-translated English subtitles. There are also a few extras, including Scenes from a Parallel Life: Jacques Rivette Remembers (an archived interview with Rivette discussing all three films), Remembering Duelle (where actresses Bulle Ogier and Hermine Karagheuz share memories from working on Duelle), and an interview with film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum (who reported from the film sets of both Noroît and Duelle). The set also features an exclusive book with writing on the films by Mary M. Wiles, Brad Stevens and Nick Pinkerton along with a reprint of four on-set reports from Duelle and Noroît. An additional packaging bonus is the reversible sleeves with newly-commissioned artwork by Ignatius Fitzpatrick. Even though these three films are not Rivette's most well known, they are each available for free viewing on Amazon Prime (those without a membership can rent or buy for $3.99 / $10.99 respectively), so you could actually own all three films for around $33. You do, of course, have the bonus content and the packaging extras if you get the limited edition boxset, but considering it currently goes for $51.38 on Amazon, it's worth considering if those features are worth spending an additional $19 or not.
Next we have King Charles III, a Masterpiece/BBC screen adaptation of the critically acclaimed 2014 play written by Mike Bartlett (Doctor Foster, Doctor Who) and directed by Rupert Goold (The Hollow Crown) which tells the hypothetical story of what happens when Britain's current Prince of Wales becomes King of England following his mother's record-setting reign as the longest serving monarch in the country's history. As if envisioning the passing of a living (and much beloved) monarch weren't enough of a challenge, Bartlett also chose to write the play in blank verse, which sounds to many on the surface to simply be pleasantly mellifluous language but is actually unrhymed iambic pentameter (the same linguistic meter pattern used in Shakespearean plays). Starring the recently-departed Tim Pigott-Smith (The Jewel in the Crown, Downton Abbey) in the title role, the production also features Oliver Chris (Breathless) as Prince William, Charlotte Riley (In the Heart of the Sea, Peaky Blinders) as Kate Middleton, Richard Goulding (Ripper Street) as Prince Harry, Tamara Lawrance (Undercover) as Harry's love interest Jess Edwards, Margot Leicester (MI-5) as Camilla Parker Bowles, and Adam James (Grantchester, Doctor Foster) as the British prime minister, Tristan Evans.
The original play (also directed by Rupert Goold and involving several of the same cast members as the screen version) opened at the Almeida Theatre in London in April 2014. Even with a run time of close to three hours, the show was a hit, not only enjoying the prestige of a two-month extension of its originally scheduled West End run but also winning Best New Play accolades from both the Laurence Olivier Awards and the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards. The play then began a UK tour and in late 2015 moved to Broadway for a limited engagement with the London cast, earning Drama Desk and Tony nominations for best play, best leading actor, best featured actor, best direction, and best costumes. A new production of the play began in February of this year at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington DC, directed by David Muse and starring Robert Joy as King Charles.
The screen version (which, by the way, is a comparatively brief 90 minutes) will be out on DVD on June 27 and is available for pre-order via PBS for $24.99. I think it's a fairly safe bet that Amazon will have lower pricing when they put it up, though, so unless you're in a big hurry, maybe wait and do a bit of price comparison. Perhaps even more important price-wise is the fact that Amazon does already have an available streaming option for those who wish to rent ($3.99) or buy ($9.99) digitally, so you may want to look at one of those more immediate (and more economic) options.
Headsup: MURDER!!
** Disclaimer: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment requests we note that it provided a free copy of the first title featured below. The opinions I share are my own.**
Out now are two titles that deal with stories of people who have broken that all-important sixth commandment and of those who pursue them for their crime(s):
First up is the fifth season of Major Crimes, the spinoff of the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning series The Closer, which ran on TNT from 2005-2012 (ending when its star Kyra Sedgwick decided it was time to pursue other projects). The storyline and main characters were so well-loved that creators literally didn't skip a beat between the two shows, airing the premiere of Major Crimes on the same night as the finale of The Closer. Major Crimes follows the case-by-case challenges of the (fictional) Major Crimes Division of the LAPD and the interpersonal relationships between its officers. Starring two-time Oscar nominee Mary McDonnell as Captain Sharon Raydor, the primary cast also includes G. W. Bailey (as Detective Lieutenant Louie Provenza), Tony Denison (as Detective Lieutenant Andy Flynn), Michael Paul Chan (as Detective Lieutenant Michael Tao), Raymond Cruz (as Detective Julio Sanchez), Kearran Giovanni (as Detective Amy Sykes), Phillip P. Keene (as Buzz Watson), Graham Patrick Martin (as Rusty Beck), and Robert Gossett (as Assistant Chief Russell Taylor).
Major Crimes has enjoyed high ratings from the start: its premiere episode garnered 9.5 million viewers (the largest viewership for a series premiere on basic cable), and its first season ratings were the highest for any new show on cable. In its fifth season, the series was TNT's #2 show and was the #5 series on basic cable television, with an average of close to 10 million viewers per episode—-pretty impressive for a cast of characters who have essentially been going non-stop for twelve years. (There is also currently no end in sight, as the show was renewed for a sixth season in January of this year.)
Season Five is not available on Amazon Prime, Netflix or Hulu; as far as paid streaming options go, fans can get individual episodes on both iTunes and Amazon Video (for $2.99 on both platforms) or the entire season (for $29.99 on Amazon and a whopping $39.99 on iTunes). The most economical option, though, is to get the season on DVD (which also contains some deleted scenes and a blooper reel)—-it's currently priced at $20.27 on Amazon, which with 21 episodes included divides out to about 97 cents each. Everyone has their own individual tastes when it comes to hard copy versus digital, but in this case, I'd say the 30% (or higher) difference in cost is probably worth a half inch of shelf space.
Next we have Dark Angel, a 2-part television drama co-produced by World Productions/Masterpiece for ITV that originally aired in the UK in the fall of 2016 and then aired in the US as a one-night special for Masterpiece on PBS on May 21. The film is based on the true story of Mary Ann Cotton, the woman widely regarded as Britain's first (recorded) female serial killer. Cotton murdered an estimate of between thirteen and twenty-one people during the second half of the nineteenth century (making Jack the Ripper's estimated victim count of five look modest by comparison). Inspired by the 2012 book Mary Ann Cotton: Britain's First Female Serial Killer by criminologist David Wilson, the film takes viewers through the ever-darkening tale of Cotton's life as she finds murder an all-too-convenient (and profitable) enterprise. It also made me feel like I really need to brush up on my multitasking skills: besides having multiple jobs as an in-home nurse, dressmaker, infirmary staff member, and housekeeper, Mary Ann Cotton also had four husbands and gave birth to thirteen(!) children before the age of 40, not to mention all her work executing and covering up loads of murders so well that no one suspected anything until her last victim.
In the title role is Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Joanne Froggatt (who in my opinion gives a good but creepily similar performance to that of Anna in Downton Abbey—-maybe we should re-think what really happened to Kemal Pamuk?). Alongside Froggatt is a talented supporting cast, including Alun Armstrong (as George Stott), Penny Layden (as Margaret Stott), Laura Morgan (as Maggie Cotton), Jonas Armstrong (as Joe Natrass), Sam Hoare (as James Robinson), Emma Fielding (as Helen Robinson), and John Hollingworth (as Dr. John Maling).
You can currently watch the film for free online at PBS.org until June 4, although that does involve intermittent commercial breaks advertising for Viking River Cruises (so it goes something like this: murder, murder, murder…let's stand around laughing together in this Italian vineyard!…murder, murder…). Alternatively you can grab the DVD on Amazon, currently priced at $14.92. The DVD also includes some behind-the-scenes discussions with stars Joanne Froggatt and Alun Armstrong, writer Gwyneth Hughes, producer Jake Lushington, director Brian Percival, executive producers Kirstie Macdonald and Simon Heath, and others.
Headsup: Girls Being Super
** Disclaimer: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment requests we note that it provided a free copy of both of the titles featured below. The opinions I share are my own.**
Available now are two films from DC/Warner Brothers celebrating mega girl power:
Out just in time to wet fans' appetites for the live-action Wonder Woman film hitting theaters this Friday (Thursday in select cities), the feature-length animated film Wonder Woman is available in a commemorative edition DVD and Blu-ray Combo Pack. The film tells the story of Diana, an Amazonian princess who leaves the sanctuary of the idyllic man-free island Themyscira to chase after Ares, the God of War, bent on creating world chaos and eventual extinction. With the help of U.S. fighter pilot Steve Trevor, Diana must navigate the modern world in an attempt to save her own from destruction. The awards-laden cast includes Golden Globe winner Keri Russell (The Americans, Waitress, Felicity) as Diana/Wonder Woman, People's Choice winner Nathan Fillion (Castle, Firefly) as Steve Trevor, Tony Award nominee Alfred Molina (Spider-Man 2, Chocolat) as Ares, Rosario Dawson (Daredevil, Sin City) as Artemis, Oscar nominee Virginia Madsen (Sideways, Candyman) as Hippolyta, David McCallum (NCIS, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) as Zeus, Emmy winner Marg Helgenberger (CSI, China Beach) as Hera, Oliver Platt (X-Men: First Class, Chicago Med) as Hades, and Vicki Lewis (NewsRadio, Godzilla) as Persephone.
Released direct to DVD in 2009 (the fourth in the line of DC Universe Animated Original Movies released by Warner Premiere and Warner Brothers Animation), the film was hailed by fans and critics alike. The original Blu-ray release included a few extras which have been mostly repeated on the commemorative edition with a couple of changes: the 2009 release included commentary from producers Bruce Timm and Gregory Noveck, screenwriter Michael Jelenice, and director Lauren Montgomery along with the featurettes "Wonder Woman: A Subversive Dream" and "Wonder Woman: Daughter of Myth"; these three extras appear on the new release along with a new featurette "What Makes a Wonder Woman" (a discussion from fans and creators on the 75-year history and development of the Wonder Woman character into a cultural icon) and a sneak peek at the next DV Universe Original Movie, Batman and Harley Quinn, set to debut this August.
The DVD and Blu-ray Combo Pack are currently available on Amazon for $19.98 and $24.98, respectively. It's not available on Netflix or Amazon Prime, but you can get it digitally on Amazon for rent ($3.99) or purchase ($17.99) or purchase on iTunes for $9.99.
For a dose of girl power aimed at tweens, you can check out the recently created DC Super Hero Girls franchise, where we see younger versions of favorite DC heroes navigating the ups and downs of attending Super Hero High School while also dealing with the challenges of adolescence. Even though it started in 2015 as a merchandising partnership with Mattel, Warner Brothers/DC says that DC Super Hero Girls "encourages young girls,ages 6-12, to explore their own powers and strengths through original content, including all-new films, webisodes and TV specials. The franchise offers young fans inspiration and encourages teamwork, friendship and empowerment." In the second film of the direct-to-video series, DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games, Batgirl (voiced by Mae Whitman), Bumblebee (voiced by Teala Dunn), Harley Quinn (voiced by Tara Strong), Katana (voiced by Stephanie Sheh), Poison Ivy (voiced by Tara Strong), Supergirl (voiced by Anais Fairweather), and Wonder "Wondy" Woman (voiced by Grey Griffin) are set to go up against their rivals from Korugar Academy in the Intergalactic Games, but run into problems when Lena Luthor (voiced by Romi Dames) uses the Games as an opportunity to move forward with a dastardly plan to steal the team's battlebots for her own nefarious intentions. Using their unique gifts, the Supers must work together to fight Luthor and protect their school.
The film is now out on DVD and also includes seven short cartoons ("New Beginnings," "Hero of the Month: Supergirl," "Batgirl vs. Supergirl," "Quinn-tessential Harley," "Double Trouble," "Franken-Ivy," and "Dude, Where's My Jet?") along with a music video of "That's My Girl" by girl group Fifth Harmony. The DVD is currently available on Amazon for $12.96 or you have the option to rent ($4.99) or buy ($14.99) digitally.
Headsup: The 4400: The Complete Series
If you're a fan of The 4400, you probably know a lot about the show, but did you realize it's already been ten years since it went off the air?
If you're unfamiliar with the series, it's the story of what happens when 4,400 people who have gone missing over the past several decades suddenly reappear in Washington State (at the same age they were when they disappeared) via a mysterious ball of light. As the NTAC (National Threat Assessment Command) division of Homeland Security struggles to solve the mystery of what has happened, they are presented with an additional challenge when members of The 4400 begin to develop superhuman powers such as mega strength, telekinesis, and the ability to see through walls.
Starring Joel Gretsch (as Tom Baldwin) and Jacqueline McKenzie (as Diana Skouris), the show was popular with its fan base and was even nominated for three Emmy Awards, but took some creative hits during the Writers Guild strike and was taken off of USA's lineup in 2007. When the show was cancelled with Season 4 ending in a cliffhanger, disappointment-fueled fans launched a campaign to bring the show back on the air (but, sadly, were unsuccessful).
In October 2008 CBS/Paramount released a complete series DVD collection which included all four seasons of the show along with the bonus features that had been part of the single season releases (including audio commentaries, featurettes, a Director's cut of the episode "The Great Leap Forward", and gag reels) along with a disc of new bonus content. This collection was discontinued for a while, but fans who missed getting it the first time will be happy to know that it has been re-released (albeit without the extra bonus content disc from 2008) and is currently available on Amazon for just $27.95. That evens out to about 65 cents per episode (plus all the original bonus content), a definite improvement over the pricing of around $40 if you were to purchase all the individual seasons separately. Netflix subscribers also have access to all four seasons, so this is one of those cases where it's important to decide how much you value the extras if you could otherwise get it for no extra cost via Netflix. If you're a super-mega fan and don't have it on the shelf, though, remember that just because it's on Netflix today doesn't mean it always will be, and just because the complete series set is out right now is no guarantee that it will stay (they already discontinued it once), so with that coupled with the show's cliffhanger finale that was never resolved, it's up to you to decide if you want to opt out of getting the set and risk your beloved show giving you yet another heartache.
Headsup: A Tale of Two Cities
Out now are the complete sets of two shows which combine a series-long love letter to their respective cities with crime fighting protagonists who navigate them:
In The Streets of San Francisco, two cops search for perpetrators of homicides in the City by the Bay in deliciously seventies style. The show kicked off a week before its September 1972 series premiere with a pilot movie (same title) based on Carolyn Weston's detective novel, Poor, Poor Ophelia, and then ran for a straight five years to 1977. The series starred Oscar winners Karl Malden (as veteran cop Michael Stone) and a very young Michael Douglas (as rookie Steve Keller) along with a heck of a lot of Ford cars (Ford Motor Company being the main sponsor for the show). Filmed entirely on location, the story revolved around the duo investigating murders in San Francisco and Stone mentoring Keller as he learns about police work. Guest stars were frequent and impressive, including Dean Stockwell, Pernell Roberts, Tom Selleck, Leslie Nielsen, James Woods, Nick Nolte, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Martin Sheen, Dabney Coleman, Desi Arnaz, Jr., John Ritter, Robert Wagner, Dick Van Patten, Mark Hamill, Tom Bosley, and Bill Bixby, among others (even Diana Douglas, Michael Douglas's mother, appeared on the show). The fifth season saw a change in the main partnership when Keller went off to be a teacher (due to Michael Douglas leaving to pursue a career in films after successfully producing Academy-Award winning film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) and was replaced by Inspector Dan Robbins (played by Richard Hatch). Audiences did not like the change, and ratings dipped, making the fifth season the show's last. Across its five year run the show earned multiple Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe award nominations and the love of a fan base which continues to this day.
If you are a member of said group, you'll be happy to know that The Streets of San Francisco: The Complete Series is now out in a DVD box set, which includes all 120 episodes across 32 discs along with a couple of bonus features ("Pilot Presentation" and a short interview with Malden and Douglas conducted by Hollywood Variety columnist and famed movie premiere emcee Army Archerd). This doesn't add any new extras on top of those already featured in the season-specific sets released between 2007-2012, but the pricing of this set (like the packaging) is much more compact, currently set at $51.18 to get the complete series box set on Amazon.
Vega$ is the audaciously glam-tastic detective series produced by Aaron Spelling which centers around ultra-cool private eye Dan Tanna (played by Robert Urich), who solves mysteries as he cruises around Las Vegas in his red 1957 Ford Thunderbird (which he parks in the living room of his converted props warehouse living space). Complementing Urich is an ensemble cast including Phyllis Davis as Beatrice Travis (Tanna's former-showgirl-turned-single-mom assistant), Greg Morris as Lt. David Nelson (a cop who often secretly assisted Tanna in cases the police couldn't officially be involved in), Naomi Stevens as Bella Archer (a police sergeant who also assisted Tanna), and Bart Braverman as "Binzer" (Tanna's leg work guy who also brought comic relief to the show).
Like The Streets of San Francisco, Vega$ was filmed on location, with the exception of a couple of special episodes done in California and Hawaii. It also boasted numerous guest stars, such as Tony Curtis, Muhammad Ali, Shelley Winters, Joan Van Ark, Abe Vigoda, Wayne Newton, Leslie Nielsen, Maureen McCormick, Garry Marshall, Dean Martin, George Takei, and Heather Menzies (Robert Urich's real-life wife), among many others. The show ran for three seasons (1978-1981), earning Robert Urich two Golden Globe nominations as Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination to industry mega hitter Phil Norman for Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design. Even with its limited run, the series was popular enough to merit its place as one of the first shows to air in off-network syndication on FX when it began in 1994.
Now out in DVD box set is the entire series, featuring all 67 episodes across 18 discs. As far as bonus content, it's limited to episode promos, but considering you can get the set on Amazon for only $34.16 (about 51 cents per episode), it's not too shabby considering the previously released "half season" sets go for around $12 each.
Neither of the titles above are on Netflix, Amazon Prime, or iTunes (if you see Vegas listed there, it's the 2012-13 Michael Chiklis one), so if you want to grab one or both, these are currently your best bet.
Headsup: Star Trek—Deep Space Nine: The Complete Series
Hardcore Trekkies feel passionately about all things Star Trek, and often a divisive issue is the love-it-or-hate-it battle lines drawn around Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Although universe creator Gene Roddenberry gave his approval for the show's concept, his death in 1991 made it the first of the television series to be produced without his direct involvement. Deep Space Nine premiered in January 1993 (while The Next Generation was still on the air) and ran until June 1999. The show broke with the formula of other Star Trek series in that it was set on a space station instead of a starship, the first to star a black actor as captain (Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko), and the first to habitually showcase personal conflict between the crew members (Roddenberry had favored always having a unified front with other Star Trek crews).
Out now is a box set of the complete series of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine featuring all 176 episodes across 48 (DVD) discs along with multiple bonus features tied to each of the seven seasons. Notable extras include "New Station, New Ships" (where Robert Legato, Dan Curry, and Robert Sternbach discuss the design process for the show, including that of the space station and the Cardassian warships), "Mission Inquiry: Far Beyond the Stars" (an examination of the thirteenth episode of Season 6, the metafiction storyline featuring almost the entire cast portraying human characters in 1950's New York), and "24th Century Wedding" (a featurette where the cast and crew discuss Worf and Dax's Klingon wedding). If you were hoping this release would be a beautiful restoration from the original 35mm film like those Next Generation season sets that started to roll out into the market in 2012, though, you may be in for a bit of a letdown… Mega fans will recall that Deep Space Nine was released back in 2003 (also on DVD) in single season sets, and this is really just a re-packaging of those into one large box set. The bonus content is also the same (with the exception of some Best Buy-exclusive features that were found in the previous release) and even the menus are unchanged. So basically, the only thing that differentiates this set from simply combining the previous individual season sets is a) the newly designed packaging and b) the price.
The price, however, is quite relevant: if you're looking to purchase all the seasons to keep on the shelf in hard copy, on Amazon you're looking at a per-season cost of between $27-$69 each for the 2003 individual sets, so when you consider that you can currently snag the box set of the complete series there for only $70.60, it starts to make a lot of sense. Alternatively, if you just want streaming access to the episodes and don't care much about the bonus content, you can also find the entire series included with membership on Amazon Prime, Netflix, and Hulu.
Headsup: Crime Families
** Disclaimer: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment requests we note that it provided a free copy of the first DVD featured below. The opinions I share are my own.
If you're a fan of watching family drama unfold amidst the background of criminal enterprise, one (or both) of these new releases may be for you:
First we have Animal Kingdom: TNT's new show based on the 2010 Australian film (same title) written by David Michôd, who also executive produces the series. Animal Kingdom tells the story of Joshua ("J") Cody, a troubled teen who is forced through circumstance to move in with his southern California family (with a penchant for petty crime) led by matriarch Janine ("Smurf") Cody. The show features an ensemble cast, including Finn Cole (Joshua), Emmy award winner Ellen Barkin (Janine), Scott Speedman (Barry "Baz" Blackwell), Shawn Hatosy (Andrew "Pope" Cody), Ben Robson (Craig Cody), Jake Weary (Deran Cody), Daniella Alonso (Catherine Blackwell), and Molly Gordon (Nicky Belmont). Out now is the complete first season in both DVD and Blu-ray formats. Special features include "Family Comes First" (a 14-minute featurette where the cast and crew discuss the family dynamics of the show's characters), "Setting the Stage" (a brief look at the design and construction of the set for Smurf's house), "Meet the Codys" and "Getting into Character" (which look at the development of the Cody family characters), "Inside Animal Kingdom" (a quick discussion with producers and the cast about the world of Animal Kingdom), "Animal Kingdom: Stunts" (which examines some of the stunt work on the show, involving such feats as skydiving and surfing moves), and deleted scenes. (It should be noted that with the exception of "Family Comes First," the featurettes are all around two minutes in length, so be aware that this isn't hours of bonus content.)
On Amazon the DVD set of Animal Kingdom:The Complete First Season is currently priced at $19.53 and the Blu-ray set is currently $24.42. Amazon Prime members also have access to the entire first season for free as part of their membership. Other digital options include purchasing the season on either Amazon or iTunes (both priced at $19.99), although only iTunes offers the aforementioned bonus features as part of its season package. With that in play, it's kind of a toss-up; getting the DVD and buying the season on iTunes are pretty much the same price and offer the same bonus content, so it's up to you to decide if you want a disc on the shelf or to keep things digital.
Next we have ICE, the AT&T Audience Network / DirecTV original series about the Green family, reputable Los Angeles diamond dealers who find themselves suddenly thrown into a world of smugglers, blood diamonds, and murder. The series stars Cam Giandet (The Magnificent Seven, Twilight, Easy A) as Jake, Ray Winstone (The Departed, The Sweeney) as Cam, Jeremy Sisto (Suburgatory, Six Feet Under, Law & Order) as Freddy, Donald Sutherland (Forsaken, The Hunger Games) as Pieter Van de Bruin, Raymond Barry (Training Day, Born on the Fourth of July) as Isaac, and Judith Shekoni (Heroes Reborn, Twilight) as Lady Rah. The series was originally ordered back in 2014 but due to creative reasons was dropped, then picked up again for a 10-episode season to premiere in August 2016 on The Audience Network. (For those of you who are unfamiliar, Audience is one of the general entertainment channels (with no commercials or editing for content) that have gone through many identity changes with AT&T's acquisition of DirecTV— it began in 1999 as Freeview, then The 101 Network, and now sports its current title. The Audience Network was originally only available via DirecTV, but with AT&T's takeover it is now available on AT&T U-verse as well as the DirecTV Now subscription streaming service).
Coming out on May 16 is the complete first season of ICE in a 3-disc DVD set, which includes all ten episodes from Season One as well as a few bonus features, including a featurette on the premise of the show, interviews with stars Jeremy Sisto and Cam Giandet, and a music video of the song "Diamond Girl" by Rachele Royale. As previously mentioned, those who have AT&T U-verse and / or DirecTV Now have access to the series, but as far as other digital platforms you're pretty much out of luck—it is (unsurprisingly) not currently available for streaming on Hulu, Netflix, Amazon or iTunes, but you can pre-order the DVD set on Amazon for $28.44. If you're intrigued but haven't gotten a real taste of the show yet, you can check out the series trailer here.
Headsup: The Good Wife: The Complete Series
If you've been watching The Good Fight, the first original scripted series on CBS All Access, you're probably aware that it's a spinoff of the fan favorite The Good Wife. The story of Alicia Florrick (Juliana Margulies), a woman married to disgraced politician Peter Florrick (Chris Noth) who returns to her law career in an effort to heal emotional wounds and reinvent herself, The Good Wife ran for seven seasons. It earned critical acclaim, a host of fanatically faithful viewers, and multiple Emmy, Golden Globe, People's Choice, SAG, and Critics' Choice awards along the way. In addition to Margulies and Noth, the series featured an ensemble cast, including Alan Cumming, Christine Baranski, Josh Charles, Matt Czuchry, and Archie Panjabi.
Now out in a DVD box set is the complete series presented over 42 discs, including all 156 episodes of the show along with hours of extras, including interviews with the cast and crew, featurettes on the storylines, character development, and production, insights from the writers and creators, extended and deleted scenes, gag reels, and more. Notable extras include "The Education of Alicia Florrick" (Season 1), "Alicia Florrick: Real Deal Inside the Episode" (Season 2), the corporate sexual harassment educational video (Season 3), "Style Evolution: The Fashion on The Good Wife" (Season 4), the hour-long "Requiem for a Friend: Inside Episode 515" (Season 5), "The Temptation of Alicia Florrick: The Good Wife (Season 6), and coverage of the red carpet/series finale party (Season 7). Fans should be aware that all of the extras presented in this set have already appeared in past releases of the individual seasons, so make sure to factor that in if you're looking to purchase and you already have some of those on the shelf.
Amazon Prime members can access all seven seasons for free included in their membership, although the only extras present there are previous season recaps preceding Seasons 5-7 and a Q&A with show creators Michelle and Robert King on Season 5. Individual seasons on DVD (with the same extras assigned in the complete set) are also available on Amazon with prices ranging from $12-$18, but if you don't have some of those already in your library and are looking to acquire all seven seasons, the most economical option is the complete series DVD set, currently priced at $71.11 (which divides out to about $10.16 per season) on Amazon.
Headsup: Teenage Drama
Disclaimer: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment requests we note that it provided a free copy of the first DVD featured below. The opinions I share are my own.
As if hormones and problem skin weren't enough, the teens in two new releases have quite a lot on their plates:
Adapted from the adored 1984 DC comic series, Teen Titans: The Judas Contract rejoins the Teen Titans five years after their rescue of Princess Starfire (Kari Wahlgren) from her evil sister. Now they have their sights set on a new target as Brother Blood (Gregg Henry) and his terrorist group seek to steal the team's powers with a specially created machine. With the addition of mysterious new team member Terra (Christina Ricci) and a cat-and-mouse chase with the mercenary Deathstroke (Miguel Ferrer), the Teen Titans are rarely afforded a dull moment. This film is sequel to Justice League vs Teen Titans and is #28 in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies series which began back in 2007 with Superman: Doomsday. It also features Miguel Ferrer's final film role (as Slade Wilson / Deathstroke) before he passed away from throat cancer in January. Like most of the others in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies line, the film is rated PG-13 (for language, sexual situations, and violence), so be aware before showing or gifting to little ones.
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract is being released direct to home media and is now available in DVD, Blu-ray, and digital formats. The Blu-ray version has over 45 minutes of bonus features, including a sneak peek at Batman and Harley Quinn (the next film in the DC Universal Original Movie collection), "Villains Rising: Deathstroke" (a featurette about the villain's origin and talents), "Titanic Minds: Wolfman and Perez" (a 27-minute documentary about the decades-long collaboration of Marv Wolfman and George Perez, the writer and artist who created the Teen Titans comic series relaunch in the 1980s), and "From the DC Comics Vault", two bonus Teen Titans cartoons. For a limited time, fans can also own the Deluxe Edition Blu-ray Gift Set, which includes a Blue Beetle figurine. Amazon offers digital options to rent or buy ($4.99 and $19.99 respectively) as well as the the DVD (only the film, no bonus features) for $12.96 and the Deluxe Blu-ray Set for $24.99.
Monster Trucks tells the story of Tripp (Lucas Till), a high school senior desperate to escape the troubles of his fractured family life in North Dakota. Tripp discovers and befriends a displaced creature ("Creech") who feeds on oil and helps Tripp make his makeshift monster truck run. When executives from an oil company put a professional hit out on Creech, the two do everything in their power to reunite Creech with his own family and to protect each other along the way. In addition to Lucas Till, the film stars Jane Levy (Meredith), Amy Ryan (Cindy Coley), Thomas Lennon (Dr. Dowd), and Rob Lowe (Reece Tenneson).
The film is now available for digital rental and purchase and is on both DVD and Blu-ray Combo Pack. Along with a digital HD copy of the film (accessible through UltraViolet), the Blu-ray also boasts a selection of extras, including "Who's Driving the Monster Trucks?" (interview segments with the cast and crew about the production and story), "Creating the Monster Truck" (which focuses on how the production team made Tripp's vehicle), "The Monster in the Truck" (a featurette on the CG visual effects in select scenes), ten minutes of production diaries, six deleted scenes, and a gag reel. For a limited time, those who purchase the Blu-ray Combo Pack also receive a pack of collectible Monster Trucks wall decals. The film is available on Amazon for digital rent/purchase ($4.99/$14.99), the DVD currently goes for $17.99, and the Blu-ray Combo Pack for $19.99.
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Out now from Paramount Home Media are two titles that show just how funny things can get when people are in their cups…
First we have Office Christmas Party, the story of a soon-to-close Chicago branch of a tech company which decides to try to land a life-saving client by means of a huge Christmas party that turns out to be a bacchanalian mess. The film stars Jennifer Anniston as Scrooge-like CEO Carol Vanstone and T.J. Miller as her man-of-the-people brother Clay along with an ensemble cast, including Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn, Kate McKinnon, Rob Corddry, Jillian Bell, Vanessa Bayer, Sam Richardson, Fortune Feistier, and Courtney B. Vance. The film grossed $114 million worldwide and, while it received mixed reviews from critics, was a welcome piece of lighthearted escapism for many fans. The film is now out on both Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD, although if you want access to the unrated version (which includes footage not seen in theaters), you'll have to go with the Blu-ray option. Bear in mind, the unrated version is only five minutes longer than the theatrical one. Also exclusive to the Blu-ray Combo Pack are some additional bonus features, including commentary on the theatrical version by directors Josh Gordon and Will Speck (who you may recall also joined forces on Blades of Glory), "Throwing an Office Christmas Party" (where the cast and crew discuss real Christmas parties and making the movie), a special named "Outtakes" which is really more like multiple takes of some of the actors improving alternate lines, and five deleted scenes. The DVD has the theatrical version of the film only.
For those who want to grab it now and not wait for next holiday season, you can rent the HD digital version of the theatrical release on Amazon for $5.99 or purchase it on both Amazon and iTunes for $14.99. You can also purchase the unrated version digitally on Amazon for $14.99 (for some reason there's no rental option on that one.) Another oddity is that (at least at the time of this writing) on Amazon the pricing for the DVD and the Blu-ray are the same at $17.99. (No idea why on that one, but I would say if you like the extras and the option to have both the theatrical and unrated versions for no extra coin, go ahead and jump on the Blu-ray while you can.)


"GUITAR: The Instrument That Rocked The World" – Opens in San Diego at The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center on December 20, 2013 (through April 6, 2014!) and again features the Benedetto Guitars Luthier Exhibit!
Special thanks to HP Newquist, the Museum's Executive Director!
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A proactive response to support Oregon's wildfire solutions
Posted on November 16, 2020 by schoppyi	| Leave a reply
When the devastating westside wildfires swept across Oregon over Labor Day, the Oregon State University Forestry and Natural Resources Extension Fire Program was ready to respond. The program was created earlier this year to reduce wildfire risks and prepare and create fire-adapted infrastructure, communities and landscapes.
One of the program's key objectives is education and outreach, and extension staff and regional fire specialists immediately provided resources and support to those affected by the Oregon fires.
One reason they were able to meet community needs quickly is because of the structure of the program. The program's regional fire specialists live in the communities in which they work, which means they're uniquely equipped to address and support the concerns of their communities and geographies. It also means they are invested in protecting the community's resources.
Led by fire program manager Carrie Berger, there are currently four regional fire specialists located in different areas of Oregon, including the Southwest, Central, Willamette Valley and the Cascades, and the Southeast. The program also includes statewide fire specialist Dan Leavell. Since Oregon is ecologically diverse, representation across the state is needed to address the different risks and strategies to reduce catastrophic wildfire. The regional fire specialists intimately understand the specific geographies, fire regimes and climates of their assigned locations, in addition to the social and ecological dimensions. The program plans to add two regional fire specialists in the future, bringing the total areas covered to six.
Tremendous work went into the placement of these regional fire specialists to live and work in areas of strategic focus across the state. Multiple partners in Colleges across OSU utilized GIS to determine locations across Oregon that were at highest risk for catastrophic fire. The College of Forestry continues this GIS work to develop relative fire risk and situational assessments for each geographical area.
The Extension fire program focuses a significant amount of effort on proactive measures, including educating communities, planning, and supporting fire-adapted infrastructure. One component of its educational outreach is the development and integration of fire science into Oregon's K-12 curriculum. After the recent wildfires, the program proved it also can inform Oregonians on fire ecology and behavior, explain the different types of fire and forest management, and provide an opportunity for people impacted by fires to connect.
The program, along with agency and organization partners, facilitated a virtual listening session to hear from those affected by the fires. Over 400 people attended the call to listen, learn and ask questions of staff and partners like the Oregon Department of Forestry and Oregon Health Authority. In addition to obtaining information and resources for next steps, the call acted as a space for people to share their experience and receive support.
After the listening session, the fire program hosted a series of post-fire recovery webinars, developed tools and educational materials for dealing with the effects of fire, and conducted site visits to assist homeowners and landowners.
The recent and extreme fires highlight how the Extension fire program can educate and prepare Oregonians and our diverse landscapes to be fire-adapted, resilient and support a safe and effective wildfire response.
"The fires that happened over Labor Day weekend were devastating. Many people lost everything in those fires," says Carrie Berger, fire program manager. "We need to change the culture of fire and be more proactive, not reactive. The fire program will be part of Oregon's wildfire solution."
More information on OSU's Forestry and Natural Resources Extension Fire Program is available online.
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The impact of our collaborative approach to fire research
As skies turned red and large scale fires tore through Oregon's forests and communities, Oregon State University College of Forestry researchers stood ready to share research and answer questions from reporters. They also sprung into action to support the state's response, developing research proposals to help inform future policy decisions.
The College of Forestry produces fire-related research that expands knowledge about fire history and ecology, fuels treatment (thinning and prescribed fire), and risk analyses to help inform future decisions. The College also explores some of the important social dimensions present in fire research, like work in governance, social justice and equity, and how to improve livelihoods.
Researchers are active nationally and internationally, tracking and contributing to science and understanding. They bring this knowledge to their undergraduate and graduate students in the classroom and labs. Meanwhile, OSU's world-class Forestry and Natural Resources Extension Program is the final, critical link, distributing information beyond the campus and helping communities become more fire-adapted.
Some of the ways the College of Forestry's fire research work aides Oregonians includes:
Advising state and federal leaders on appropriate fire policy, including expanding strategic use of commercial thinning, prescribed fires, and managed wildfire as forest management tools.
Researching impacts on soil and water quality.
Assisting in post-fire planting and planning, including addressing and discussing questions around seed availability and appropriate seed zones, assisted migration and climate mitigation, and availability of seedlings.
Working collaboratively with agencies and partners to conduct research and undertake activities to reduce help keep communities safe and improve the health of forests. Work includes research on the benefits of prescribed burning approaches as opposed to suppression activities.
Integrating traditional knowledge and indigenous burning practices with emerging research and fire science.
Launching the Forestry and Natural Resources Extension Fire Program in early 2020. The program assists in identifying landscapes in the highest need of a strategic focus of resources to reduce wildfire and landscape health risks at a statewide scale. It also assists with the implementation of projects on the ground in priority landscapes. The program provides education and outreach throughout the process for all Oregonians.
Assuming a leadership role while working across disciplines with other OSU colleges, including the College of Agricultural Sciences and College of Engineering to support the wildfire response and recovery.
The research helps guide the way towards a more fire-adapted future and contributes to a more collaborative and productive science-informed conversation about how we co-exist with fire.
Fire summit brings experts together
Posted on April 9, 2019 by newtonca	| Leave a reply
In March 2018, Oregon State hosted the inaugural Fire Summit in Portland. This event aimed to identify viable forest management practices that could help mitigate the risks and impacts of high-severity fire events in the West.
About 30 scientists, land managers and forest policy experts were in attendance. They came from five states and British Columbia, and represented six universities, seven federal land management agency offices, departments or research units, four private forestland management entities, and two cities.
The summit closed with a call to action from Oregon Governor Kate Brown.
"It has been a great opportunity for us to reflect on the challenges our region has faced and the challenges to come, to share best practices, exchange data and research and discuss insights we learn from fighting wildfires,"
Brown said. She went on to discuss the prevalence of wildfire in the West and the risk to communities, economies and livelihoods. Brown said that collaborations – like the Fire Summit – will be key in preventing devastating wildfires.
"By taking an 'all-lands, all-hands' approach and committing to work together across jurisdictional boundaries, we can sustain robust rural economies and preserve our natural resources for future generations," Brown said.
Anthony S. Davis, interim dean of the College of Forestry agrees, "The Western USA is home to the world's leading scientists who focus on fire on our landscapes. The Fire Summit was a unique opportunity for those scientists to interact with the policymakers who are asking for guidance in addressing this phenomenal challenge."
The collective remarks of the panelists and speakers offered a big-picture perspective of the intertwined views of fire in the West, from the variety of jurisdictions, landscapes and vegetation types, and cultural experiences and expectations.
The experts compiled their feedback and made specific recommendations:
• Expand strategic use of commercial thinning, prescribed fires, and managed wildfire as forest management tools.
• Improve coordination across jurisdictions and ownership boundaries.
• Develop and implement cross-boundary 'pre-fire response' plans and strategies.
• Address inequities associated with liability for cross-boundary fires.
• Invest in data mapping, risk assessment, and applied research that directly supports cross-boundary management and suppression.
Oregon State officials recognize discussions like this are critical for encouraging stakeholder engagement when it comes to wildfire issues.
Work is also underway to identify opportunities to directly and regularly inform federal elected officials and staff in Washington, D.C., about summit outcomes and subsequent efforts. Direct dialogue and discussion of the opportunities for real progress is an important goal of Summit participants seeking to inform policies designed to help mitigate the risks and impacts of high-severity fire events in the West.
"The scale of our fire problem is likely measured in decades and centuries, not a handful of years, and across millions of acres, not localized forests and landscapes," says Davis. "To address this serious challenge, we have to step out of our own way and not go back to the false promise of landscape stability maintained through unsustainable practices. The Fire Summit served to bring the widest range of partners to the table for a first conversation in this direction."
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Educating the public on wildfire
Residents of the Western United States are living in a time of change. The forest is stressed from high tree densities, drought, and insect and disease outbreaks. The forest landscape neither looks nor functions as it did before fire suppression efforts began more than a century ago.
In 2017, Oregon experienced one of the worst wildfire seasons on record with more than 700,000 acres burned across the State resulting in ecological, social and economic damage. These damages cost the state of Oregon millions of dollars each year and billions across the nation.
Our forests need help
Oregon State researchers and extension agents have emphasized the need for viable forest management practices to help mitigate the risks and impacts of high-intensity and high-severity fire events.
Enter Daniel Leavell, Klamath and Lake County extension agent and Carrier Berger, extension associate and program coordinator for the Northwest Fire Science Consortium.
Their goal is to affect change when it comes to the unique and complicated nature of wildfire.
The pair are planning a comprehensive way to address fire in Oregon. It's called the Fire Program. The team believes a sound fire program uses science as a foundation to provide education and outreach to the public, leading to the promotion and strategic use of cross-boundary, landscape-scale restoration and wildfire riskreduction projects.
Getting the work done
A successful fire program works to achieve the goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy, which encourages resilient landscapes, fire adapted communities, and safe and effective wildfire response.
Local partnerships are key, including one with the nonprofit group, Klamath-Lake Forest Health Partnership (KLFHP). KLFHP is working with the fire program to implement sound, science-based management across ownership boundaries in Klamath and Lake Counties.
"We collaborated across ownership boundaries to implement forest health treatments," Leavell says.
"This creates seamless, healthy forest landscapes resilient to disturbance while working with partners to implement work on the ground across private and public lands to achieve objectives."
Leavell hopes other individuals and communities use this as a model and modify it to meet the needs of their local circumstances.
Leavell and Berger are seeking funding to support the statewide Fire Program. "People are really grabbing onto the concept of this program and what we're trying to accomplish," Berger says. "Funding would bolster the program and help us get work done on the ground through our landscape efforts."
Leavell agrees and believes that partnerships are key in successfully bringing the program to life.
"Oregon State University's work in this area is critical," Leavell says. "Together with homeowners, landowners, and land managers (public and private), we can make a real difference and affect management changes that impact the health of our forests and communities."
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Lessons from Klamath County
Posted on September 4, 2018 by newtonca	| Leave a reply
Klamath County Forestry Extension Agent Daniel Leavell began his forestry and fire career in early 1973 at the Forest Fire Laboratory in Riverside, California, and continued later that year at the Oregon State campus. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1977 from OSU, and has been working and continuing his education in both industries ever since.
Leavell, who also holds a master's degree from OSU and a doctoral degree from the University of Montana, started his current extension position with the Oregon State College of Forestry in 2014 and hit the ground running in Klamath and Lake Counties.
"We're all working together to reach a common goal," Leavell says. "It's been extremely satisfying for me to play a role in these efforts – especially to see results happening on the ground."
Klamath Community College Partnership
In 2014, the main fire district in Klamath Falls and Klamath Community College (KCC) began talking about the possibility of developing a formal program and facility that could support the training and education of first responders in the fields of fire, emergency medical services, law enforcement and more.
"We all agreed it was a community need and wanted to pursue it, and I offered assistance," Leavell says.
Leavell was involved in wildland firefighting from 1978 to 2012 and with volunteer structure fire departments from 2006 to 2016. This experience allowed him to bring together other partners including the Oregon Department of Forestry, U.S. Forest Service and the Oregon Air National Guard Fire Department at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls.
Leavell says it is important for first responders to attain national, state and local certifications. Many in emergency services also desire academic credit, but these are not required to obtain certified skills needed for the job. However, academic credit and degrees provide a competitive edge for job searches. Skills and experience count.
"Many first responders want certifications and academic credit," Leavell says. "So we set up an organization to do that."
The Klamath Basin Public Safety Training Center began with the goal of offering participants a two-year degree with options in structure and wildland fire, emergency medical and law enforcement.
Oregon State and KCC signed an agreement to test the concept and designed a curriculum for a two-year program focused on the basic academies of medical and fire sufficient to obtain certificates and credits. As proof of the concept, the program organized, created and implemented a structure fire academy during winter and spring terms in 2015 and 2016. The 14-week program involved 30 future professional, structure firefighters.
"They went through live fire training, ladder training and other exercises," Leavell says. "Practical skills, scientific education and leadership training were also implemented, and at the end of the program they earned 12 academic credits and state certificates for structural firefighting."
Leavell says the next step is to formalize the transfer program between KCC and Oregon State.
"This was needed," Leavell stresses. "It will really benefit small communities with busy fire stations."
Managing landscapes
One reason Leavell came to work in Klamath County was because he knew there were forward thinking forest managers working in and near the Fremont-Winema National Forest.
"The community here really works together," Leavell says. "And when I got here, a group of private landowners and public land managers had been meeting and agreed to start work on a very large but successful project."
Together, Leavell and the other managers were able to create maps and make risk assessments for 30,000 acres of private forest and 110,000 acres of National Forest.
"Within a year of completing the mapping, we were awarded $4 million in grants to begin implementing the projects we found were necessary during the mapping process."
Throughout the process, Leavell worked one-on-one with landowners to help them create and implement management plans and pick projects that would benefit each forest.
Leavell says public and private land managers were able to work together to conserve resources during thinning efforts.
"It's a win-win situation for everyone," he says. "If a landowner can get grant money it's easier for everyone to get a project done, and our reward is better management for the health and safety of the forests, communities and those responding to disturbances."
Leavell and his team hope to publish the results of the project so their strategies can be implemented statewide.
These projects and more make working for the Oregon State Forestry and Natural Resources Extension Service in Klamath and Lake Counties a fulfilling experience for Leavell. He hopes to see even more results in the future by bringing people together to make our forests and communities healthier.
"I love to sit down at the table and talk to people to see how we can overcome barriers, capitalize on our strengths, shore up our weaknesses and see how we can come together for a common goal that really gets results," Leavell says. "Extension is in a unique position to facilitate, coordinate and bring partners together to fulfill our mission, which has no underlying agenda other than to benefit the community."
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The Breastfeeding Cafe grew from the needs of nursing mothers, including local mom Susan Johnson who wished for a welcoming spirit and place while nursing her own daughter in the 90s. A Utah Breastfeeding Coalition member, La Leche League Leader and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Susan envisioned a gathering place in which nursing mothers and their children would be welcomed in the community.
An annual Coalition event, The Breastfeeding Cafe is possible thanks to the generosity and nurturing spirit of volunteers from all over the valley. Together with our sponsors and visitors we look forward to a time when every day is one of acceptance for nursing families.
Thank you for celebrating the everyday importance of breastfeeding!
I have volunteered two years ago while nursing my toddler and now am nursing my daughter. I am looking forward to attending this year.
The website nor the calendar states where the breastfeeding cafe will be, i.e. the location, or at least it is not easy to identify. I could not find it. Otherwise, looks good. Thanks.
That last comment was because I was under 'Events'. I found the location under 'Home'. I would still suggest placing it on the calendar. Thanks.
Thanks for the suggestion, Reta. We've added our location to both the Events Page and the Events Calendar — we do want everyone to find the Breastfeeding Cafe! Hope to see you there as well!
My name is Isabela and I am a student at Parkway South HS. As part of a web design class research assignment, I'd like to report a broken link I encountered on breastfeedingcafe.wordpress.com — it's giving me a non existing page.
I'd like to volunteer my time / expertise / enthusiasm!


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Gonzalez V. State, 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 99 (Dec. 31, 2015), Chelsea Stacey
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The Court, sitting en banc, determined that by failing to answer questions from the jury that suggested confusion on a significant element of the law, failing to give an accomplice-distrust instruction, and by not bifurcating the guilt phase from the gang enhancement phase the district court violated the defendant's right to a fair trial.
State V. Boston, 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 98 (Dec. 31, 2015), Nancy Snow Dec 2015
State V. Boston, 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 98 (Dec. 31, 2015), Nancy Snow
The Court considers an appeal from a district court order granting a post-conviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Specifically, the Court considered whether the holding in Graham applies when an aggregate sentence imposed against a juvenile defender convicted of more than one nonhomicide offense is the equivalent of a life-without-parole sentence. The Court held that it does.
Newell V. State Of Nevada, 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 97 (December 24, 2015), Douglas H. Smith Dec 2015
Newell V. State Of Nevada, 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 97 (December 24, 2015), Douglas H. Smith
The holding of State v. Weddell is extended. Responding with deadly force to the commission of a felony per NRS § 200.160 is justified only when the person poses a threat of serious bodily injury. Short of such a threat, the amount of force used must be reasonable and necessary under the circumstances.
Berry V. State, 131 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 96 (Dec. 24, 2015), Brittany L. Shipp Dec 2015
Berry V. State, 131 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 96 (Dec. 24, 2015), Brittany L. Shipp
The issue before the Court was an appeal from a district court order dismissing a post-conviction petition for writ of habeas corpus. The Court reversed and remanded holding that the district court improperly discounted the declarations in support of the appellant's petition, which included a confession of another suspect, whom the petitioner implicated as the real perpetrator at trial. The Court held that these declarations were sufficient to merit discovery, and an evidentiary hearing on Petitioner Berry's gateway actual innocence claim.
Orange Is The New Equal Protection Violation: How Evidence-Based Sentencing Harms Male Offenders, Shaina D. Massie Dec 2015
Orange Is The New Equal Protection Violation: How Evidence-Based Sentencing Harms Male Offenders, Shaina D. Massie
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
Moore On The Mind, Stephen J. Morse Dec 2015
Moore On The Mind, Stephen J. Morse
Faculty Scholarship at Penn Law
In revised form, this chapter will be published in a volume, Legal, Moral, and Metaphysical Truths: The Philosophy of Michael S. Moore, a festschrift for Michael Moore edited by Professor Kimberly Ferzan and me for Oxford University Press. The chapter first addresses a particular approach to foundational metaphysical issues in the philosophy of mind, action and responsibility that I term "Spockian solutions," which are home remedies modeled on those found in the baby and child care book of famed pediatrician, the late Dr. Benjamin Spock. It then engages with Moore's work on a variety of topics concerning action and ...
Under School Colors: Private University Police As State Actors Under § 1983, Leigh J. Jahnig Dec 2015
Under School Colors: Private University Police As State Actors Under § 1983, Leigh J. Jahnig
Northwestern University Law Review
Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, individuals may sue those who violate their constitutional rights while acting under color of state law. The Supreme Court has held that private actors may act under color of state law, and may be sued under § 1983 in some circumstances. However, courts have not been consistent in determining whether private university police forces act under color of state law. Private universities often maintain police forces that are given extensive police powers by state statutes but are controlled by private entities. Some courts have looked directly to the state statutes that delegate police power, but ...
Form And Function In The Chinese Criminal Process, Stanley Lubman Dec 2015
Form And Function In The Chinese Criminal Process, Stanley Lubman
Stanley Lubman
Thesis (LL.D.)--Columbia university.
Quasi-Affirmative Rights In Constitutional Criminal Procedure, David Sklansky Dec 2015
Quasi-Affirmative Rights In Constitutional Criminal Procedure, David Sklansky
David A Sklansky
Consent To Harm, Vera Bergelson Dec 2015
Consent To Harm, Vera Bergelson
Vera Bergelson
This article continues conversation about consent to physical harm started in Vera Bergelson, The Right to Be Hurt: Testing the Boundaries of Consent, 75 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 165 (2007).
Intentionally injuring or killing another person is presumptively wrong. To overcome this presumption, the perpetrator must establish a defense of justification. Consent of the victim may serve as one of the grounds for such a defense. This article puts forward criteria for the defense of consent.
One element of the proposed defense is essential to both its complete and partial forms ¨C that consent of the victim be rational and ...
How The Justice System Fails Us After Police Shootings, Caren Morrison Dec 2015
How The Justice System Fails Us After Police Shootings, Caren Morrison
Caren Myers Morrison
Why It's Time For Pervasive Surveillance...Of The Police, Russell Dean Covey Dec 2015
Why It's Time For Pervasive Surveillance...Of The Police, Russell Dean Covey
Russell D. Covey
Jury 2.0, Caren Morrison Dec 2015
Jury 2.0, Caren Morrison
When the Framers drafted the Sixth Amendment and provided that the accused in a criminal case would have the right to a speedy and public trial by an "impartial jury," it is unlikely that they imagined the members of that impartial jury becoming Facebook friends during deliberations, or Googling the defendant's name during trial. But in the past few years, such cases have increasingly been making headlines. The impact of the Internet on the functioning of the jury has generated a lot of press, but has not yet attracted scholarly attention. This article seeks to focus legal discourse on ...
Criminal Law And Common Sense: An Essay On The Perils And Promise Of Neuroscience, Stephen J. Morse Dec 2015
Criminal Law And Common Sense: An Essay On The Perils And Promise Of Neuroscience, Stephen J. Morse
The Role Of The South African Criminal Code In Implementing Apartheid, Garry Seltzer Dec 2015
The Role Of The South African Criminal Code In Implementing Apartheid, Garry Seltzer
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
Alternative Visions For The Federal Criminal Justice And Corrections System: Is True Change Possible?, Nora V. Demleitner Dec 2015
Alternative Visions For The Federal Criminal Justice And Corrections System: Is True Change Possible?, Nora V. Demleitner
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Constitutional Evasion And The Confrontation Puzzle, David L. Noll Dec 2015
Constitutional Evasion And The Confrontation Puzzle, David L. Noll
Boston College Law Review
One of the most notable developments in contemporary constitutional law is the breakdown of jurisprudence interpreting the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause following the U.S. Supreme Court's 2004 decision in Crawford v. Washington. There, the Court promised doctrine that faithfully applied the Clause's original meaning, was simple to administer, and protected criminal defendants against convictions secured through suspect evidence. Post-Crawford case law has not delivered on these promises. This Article argues that Crawford's failure reflects an unsuccessful attempt to regulate evasion of the Confrontation Clause. Though justified by the Court on originalist grounds, the rule of ...
Protecting The Privacies Of Digital Life: Riley V. California, The Fourth Amendment'S Particularity Requirement, And Search Protocols For Cell Phone Search Warrants, William Clark Dec 2015
Protecting The Privacies Of Digital Life: Riley V. California, The Fourth Amendment'S Particularity Requirement, And Search Protocols For Cell Phone Search Warrants, William Clark
In 2014, in Riley v. California, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the police must obtain a warrant before searching a cell phone. Since then, lower courts have struggled to determine what scope limitations judges should place on cell phone warrants in order to ensure that these warrants do not devolve into unconstitutional general searches. This Note argues that the Fourth Amendment's particularity requirement mandates that the government submit search protocols, technical documents that explain the search methods the government will use on the seized device, for cell phone search warrants. This argument is based on the Riley ...
Reaching Within Silk Road: The Need For A New Subpoena Power That Targets Illegal Bitcoin Transactions, Alice Huang Dec 2015
Reaching Within Silk Road: The Need For A New Subpoena Power That Targets Illegal Bitcoin Transactions, Alice Huang
With the rise of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies, it has become crucial for government regulatory bodies to catch up. Black market sites like the now-defunct Silk Road have continued to exploit the anonymity of Bitcoin to engage in illegal transactions. In order to identify criminal Bitcoin users, the government must respond with an updated criminal subpoena standard that addresses virtual currencies. This Note argues that the gap should be filled by combining current e-discovery standards from Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure with elements of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's subpoena powers.
The Immortal Accusation, Lindsey Webb Dec 2015
The Immortal Accusation, Lindsey Webb
Washington Law Review
In the American criminal justice system, accusations have eternal life. Prosecutors, judges, and prison officials regularly consider dismissed charges and even prior acquittals in the defendant's criminal history when making decisions ranging from the filing of charges to the imposition of punishment. This Article argues that the criminal justice system's reliance on "accusation evidence" should be understood as furthering that system's larger allegiance to attaining and preserving findings of guilt. Once the government obtains a guilty plea or verdict, appellate courts rarely overturn convictions based on concerns about the accuracy of the conviction; indeed, post-conviction review procedures ...
Praise Defenders, Not Just Prosecutors, Stephen E. Henderson Nov 2015
Praise Defenders, Not Just Prosecutors, Stephen E. Henderson
Stephen E Henderson
In this letter to the editor, I discuss the problems when a district court judge becomes a graduate and class spokesperson for a Citizens' Police Academy.
See article here.
See letter here.
You Have The Right To Be Confused! Understanding Miranda After 50 Years, Bryan Taylor Nov 2015
You Have The Right To Be Confused! Understanding Miranda After 50 Years, Bryan Taylor
Pace Law Review
Part I of this article briefly explores the background and historical context that ultimately led to the Miranda decision. As the late Dr. Carl Sagan once said, "you have to know the past to understand the present." Understanding the circumstances and cases leading up to Miranda helps in the overall application of Miranda to cases of today. Part II addresses whether a statement should be allowed into evidence and provides a practical working approach to conduct a Miranda analysis. This innovative approach provides a step-by-step process in determining the admissibility of statements pursuant to Miranda and its progeny. This process ...
Unequal Access To Justice: Solla V. Berlin And The Unprincipled Evisceration Of New York'S Eaja, Armen H. Merjian Nov 2015
Unequal Access To Justice: Solla V. Berlin And The Unprincipled Evisceration Of New York'S Eaja, Armen H. Merjian
Solla is noteworthy not merely in light of the baleful effects of its ruling, but because of its reasoning: it is categorically wrong. The decision wholly elides a cornerstone and settled principle of New York welfare law, namely, that in the administration of public assistance, the municipalities act as the agents of the State, while blatantly violating the most fundamental of agency principles, namely, that a principal is vicariously liable for the actions of its agent acting within the scope of its authority. Indeed, this principal/agent relationship is established both by statute and by decades of uniform state and ...
Plea Bargaining As Dialogue, Rinat Kitai-Sangero Nov 2015
Plea Bargaining As Dialogue, Rinat Kitai-Sangero
Akron Law Review
This Article proposes turning plea bargaining into a dialogical process, which would result in lessening a defendant's sense of alienation during the progress of the criminal justice procedure. This Article argues that plea bargaining constitutes an opportunity to circumvent restrictions existing during a trial or outside a trial, such as the inadmissibility of character evidence and the need for the victim's consent in restorative justice proceedings. This Article proposes to navigate the plea bargaining process in a way that creates a real dialogue with defendants. Such a dialogue can reduce the sense of alienation that defendants feel from ...
Two Models Of The Criminal Justice System: An Organizational Perspective, Malcolm M. Feeley Nov 2015
Two Models Of The Criminal Justice System: An Organizational Perspective, Malcolm M. Feeley
Malcolm Feeley
Systematic studies of the administration of justice in the United States have stressed either the rational-goal model or the functional-systems model. The former model emphasizes problems with the justice system's formal rules of operation and appears to be the dominant view of appellate judges, lawyers, and law students, while the latter model is concerned with the identification and adaptation of action to the environment and the interests of action within the system.
Rule 412 Laid Bare: A Procedural Rule That Cannot Adequately Protect Sexual Harassment Plaintiffs From Embarrassing Exposure, Andrea A. Curcio Nov 2015
Rule 412 Laid Bare: A Procedural Rule That Cannot Adequately Protect Sexual Harassment Plaintiffs From Embarrassing Exposure, Andrea A. Curcio
Andrea A. Curcio
Taking It To The Streets: Putting Discourse Analysis To The Service Of A Public Defender's Office, Clark D. Cunningham, Bonnie S. Mcelhinny Nov 2015
Taking It To The Streets: Putting Discourse Analysis To The Service Of A Public Defender's Office, Clark D. Cunningham, Bonnie S. Mcelhinny
Clark D. Cunningham
Signaling And Plea Bargaining's Innocence Problem, Russell D. Covey Nov 2015
Signaling And Plea Bargaining's Innocence Problem, Russell D. Covey
The dominant theoretical model ofplea bargainingp redicts that, under conditions of full information and rational choice, criminal cases should uniformly be settled through plea bargaining. That prediction holds for innocent and guilty defendants alike. Because it is perfectly rational for innocent defendants to plead guilty, plea bargaining might be said to have an "innocence problem. " Plea bargaining's innocence problem is, at bottom, the result of a signaling defect. Innocent defendants lacking verifiable innocence claims are pooled together with guilty defendants who falsely proclaim innocence. As a result, both groups of defendants are treated similarly at trial and in plea ...
Rules, Standards, Sentencing, And The Nature Of Law, Russell D. Covey Nov 2015
Rules, Standards, Sentencing, And The Nature Of Law, Russell D. Covey
Sentencing law and practice in the United States can be characterized as an argument about rules and standards. Whereas in the decades prior to the 1980s when sentencing was largely a discretionary activity governed only by broad sentencing standards, a sentencing reform movement in the 1980s transformed sentencing practice through the advent of sentencing guidelines and mandatory minimum provisions. As a result, sentencing became far less standard-like and far more rule-like. Although reform proponents believed that this "rulification" of sentencing would reduce unwarranted sentencing disparities and enhance justice, it is far from clear that these goals were achieved. Indeed, the ...
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President Barack Obama on Thursday announced the nomination of Douglas Kramer as deputy administrator of the United States Small Business Administration.
When Veteran business owner Roger Zapata's food truck generator was stolen, Capital CDC used VetLoan Advantage to grant $1,200 to The Evil Wiener.
SBA Corpus Christi Branch Office announces 2015 Small Business Week winners!
The National Association of Development Companies (NADCO) has announced the 504 Loan Program will require no appropriation for fiscal year 2016, making it once again a self-sustaining program.


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Dr Emma Keeler
WA Primary Health Alliance
Kate Cross, Country Operations Manager - South
The COVID-19 pandemic has without a doubt reshaped healthcare in Australia, particularly in rural and remote areas. Along with changes to the way healthcare looks, digital and health policy innovations have been fast-tracked to support healthcare delivery while social distancing. These rapidly changing and challenging times have revealed a silver lining for the healthcare sector – collaboration, innovation and opportunity.
WA Primary Health Alliance (WAPHA), as part of the Australian Government's national Primary Health Networks program, has been working to support general practices, pharmacies and funded service providers across Western Australia to respond to the pandemic. As an organisation, we quickly mobilised to provide much needed support and increase the capacity of the rural health system, particularly general practice.
Our seven regional teams support primary healthcare organisations servicing an impressive 2.5 million square kilometres of regional Western Australia. Actively involved in the COVID-19 response planning in each region to ensure an integrated regional response, our teams, through their trusted relationships and partnerships, are facilitating greater connections and collaboration between WA Country Health Service and the primary healthcare sector through their established networks.
The expansion of telehealth services and bulk-billing incentives is helping regional and remote communities maintain access to healthcare. General practice and other health services have had to quickly adapt to a huge increase in telehealth consultations and new ways of communicating and keeping up to date with the latest information. Just last month, close to 100 healthcare workers attended the Wheatbelt Annual Immunisation Update via videoconference, an update traditionally held in-person.
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Distributing PPE to general practices and pharmacies across Western Australia
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Enabling access to a telehealth platform, with over 140 general practices registering
Facilitating the establishment of Commonwealth-endorsed GP Respiratory Clinics, and
Keeping funded service providers up-to-date and assisting them in maintaining provision of service to regional WA.
"The threat from COVID-19 has been widespread, especially in rural communities, with concerns about supplies, stretch of resources and isolation. However, it has highlighted the pivotal role of general practice in supporting, educating and protecting our patients. The sudden and widespread availability of telephone and telehealth for general practice has been very successful and is a good adjunct to face-to-face care. The rapid roll-out and administration of flu and pneumococcal vaccinations was highly successful. WAPHA has been instrumental in assisting access to information and resources during this time'
Dr Emma Keeler, Esperance Family Practice
They say every cloud has a silver lining, and COVID-19 certainly does. We are seeing rapid change, collaboration and innovation in the healthcare space as a result of the pandemic, providing an opportunity to explore flexibility in the way healthcare is delivered. This may result in regional Western Australians being better connected to essential healthcare services into the future. Coordinated primary care is a priority and we will continue to support general practices, pharmacies and funded service providers to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak and adjust to the changes in how they deliver care.


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Home Insights Financial Services Blog Appellate Court Tells CitiMortgage It Can't Force "Repurchase" Of What No Longer Exists
Appellate Court Tells CitiMortgage It Can't Force "Repurchase" Of What No Longer Exists
A recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit offers some vindication for mortgage companies still facing "repurchase" demands made by the banks to which they sold residential mortgages in the years leading up to the financial crisis that began in 2007 and accelerated in 2008. In CitiMortgage, Inc. v. Equity Bank, N.A., No. 18-1312 (8th Cir. 2019), the Eighth Circuit (which has appellate jurisdiction over the federal district courts of Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, and the Dakotas) reached the common-sense conclusion that a plaintiff cannot require a defendant loan originator/seller to "repurchase" a loan extinguished by foreclosure. In such a circumstance, the court reasoned, there simply is nothing left to repurchase. In so holding, the Eighth Circuit affirmed the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri — a court that, despite being CitiMortgage's consistently chosen forum for repurchase and contractual indemnification claims against loan sellers, had granted summary judgment to the defendant, Equity Bank, on this issue.
The relevant factual background is as follows. CitiMortgage filed suit against Equity, demanding that Equity repurchase 12 residential mortgage loans. CitiMortgage had notified Equity that it needed to take action under the cure-or-purchase provision in the parties' Agreement. The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's holding that Equity's duty to repurchase was limited to the six loans that had not gone through foreclosure. For the loans that had not gone through foreclosure, the court affirmed the district court's holding that Equity breached the Agreement. The court rejected Equity's claims that CitiMortgage's letters lacked the necessary detail to trigger its duty to perform, and that CitiMortgage waited too long to exercise its rights. But, as to the six loans that had gone through foreclosure, the court affirmed the district court's holding that Equity owed nothing to CitiMortgage.
As part of its analysis detailing the reasons that Equity could not be required to repurchase loans already foreclosed upon, the Eighth Circuit faulted CitiMortgage for never explaining what, exactly, Equity was supposed to repurchase. We have regularly made that argument when defending clients against repurchase claims and likewise, have never gotten a satisfactory response as to what our client could repurchase. Typically, in tacit acknowledgment of the merit of that argument, plaintiffs make sure to do something that the appellate court intimated CitiMortgage should have done in this case. That is to seek instead what is usually an alternative contractual remedy, indemnification. Perhaps because it considered the repurchase provision in its contract with Equity more likely to generate a significant damages award (this contract's repurchase provision established a "repurchase price formula" favorable to CitiMortgage), CitiMortgage opted in this case to seek only the remedy of "repurchase."
To be sure, a plaintiff's decision to seek an "indemnification" remedy also creates obstacles to recovery in most cases of this type. Among those obstacles are many of the same statute of limitations problems that parties asking for repurchase face, as well as substantial questions about the circumstances under which the party seeking indemnification incurred the liability for which it is seeking payment. Relatedly, whether a particular alleged loan defect can fairly be said to have caused the plaintiff's monetary loss is typically very much in question when a plaintiff aggregator seeks indemnification from a defendant loan seller. Many battles over such issues remain to be fought, but, in the meantime, the Eighth Circuit's recognition that a party cannot repurchase what no longer exists is a welcome development for residential mortgage loan originators.


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