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ISRN Materials Science
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 894072, 5 pages
Enhanced Size-Dependent Piezoelectricity in Nanostructured Films
Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie, 15, 37134 Verona, Italy
Received 25 January 2012; Accepted 16 February 2012
Academic Editors: Y. Masuda and R. Mota
Copyright © 2012 V. Dallacasa. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
We have developed a nanogenerator that is driven by mechanical forces to produce continuous direct-current output. The nanogenerator was fabricated with titanium dioxide nanoparticle arrays forming a Schottky barrier with a conducting electrode with a small gap. Under uniaxial mechanical compression, nanogenerators have shown repeatable and consistent electrical outputs with energy-conversion efficiency of order of magnitude at least comparable to similar nanogenerators based on piezoelectric materials. Flexoelectricity due to inhomogeneous strain induced in the nanostructured film has been identified as one possible mechanism of the high apparent piezoelectricity in the nanoparticles. The approach presents an adaptable, mobile, and cost-effective technology for harvesting mechanical energy from the environment. At the present stage it offers a potential solution for powering nanodevices.
1. Introduction
Recently, an approach for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy has been suggested by using piezoelectric zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowire arrays [1, 2]. This technique has illustrated the feasibility of utilizing inorganic nanomaterials with semiconducting and piezoelectric properties for nanogenerators. The conversion of energy can be achieved by creating a Schottky junction between ZnO and a metallic corrugated zigzag electrode which realizes a rectifying contact. Results have been obtained with ultrasound waves with typical output powers pW/mm2 and sound waves with typical intensity 100 decibels which generate electricity in the order of 1–50 mV. It is believed that various novel applications including devices for the recharging of mobile phones, the operation of micro and nanodevices, and for the energy storage in batteries and capacitors become possible if prototype devices can be optimized to enhance their power input. It has been estimated that the performance can be improved by two-three orders of magnitude [2].
In this paper we report results of TiO2-based nanogenerators operated under static mechanical forces. The output power of such nanogenerators can be attributed to piezoelectricity in the TiO2 nanoparticles due to the flexoelectric effect which is expected at the nanoscale [3–6] for systems which are non-piezoelectric in bulk form.
2. Generator Design and Fabrication
2.1. Design
The overall layout of the generator is shown in Figure 1. A sandwich structure is obtained with an array of aligned TiO2 nanostructures of films between two conducting ITO/glass electrodes. The ITO coating enhanced the conductivity of the electrodes and at the same time created a Schottky contact at the interface of TiO2 and the top electrode.
2.2. Fabrication Process
The device was fabricated by the deposition of a nanostructured TiO2 film on a ITO/glass substrate that forms an electrode. A colloidal paste was prepared by starting from nanostructured commercial powders (Degussa) [7]. To optimize the separation of TiO2 clusters, mechanical machining in aqueous phase, in organic phase, or both and/or sonication of a concentrated emulsion of TiO2 was used. Such emulsion was then applied to the ITO/glass substrates (Optical Filters Ltd., England). The deposition was achieved by a dr. blade or spray deposition method. To optimize the homogeneity of the film structure and its conductivity, a sintering procedure was used by heating the devices overnight at a temperature . With this technique, films with typical thickness 10–20 μm are obtained.
Detailed optical microscope inspection indicate that the final TiO2 films present a uniform distribution with tightly sinterized grains.
AFM microscopy indicates that at the μm scale the films are constituted by a disordered array in the xy plane with cusps (Figure 2). At larger resolution they exhibit a nanometric structure with nanocrystals having comparable dimension ~30 nm within the xy plane and in the z-direction, if they were distributed compactly, a surface density 1012 cm−2 on the average would result.
A similar nanostructure is revealed for the ITO electrode, with slightly smaller density 1010 cm−2 and diameter and height 100 nm and 5 nm, respectively (Figure 3).
Each of the structures appears as aligned nanocrystals distributed irregularly in size and orientation strongly resembling the configuration shown in Figure 1.
The top electrode was an ITO/glass identical to the substrate and completed the sandwiched structure.
Typical dimensions of the devices are or order cm2.
The commercial ITO/glass substrates and top electrodes (Optical Filters Ltd., England) have typical surface resistance 20 Ω and a resistivity ρ = 20·10−4 Ωcm, such values being compatible with those reported in the literature [8].
When used as the substrate for deposition of the oxide, the ITO structure acts as a template to the arrangement of the oxide on it. Good adhesion is obtained for TiO2 films indicating a good crystal structure matching.
From the other hand, when ITO is used as the top electrode, its nanometric array structure is penetrated on contact by the smaller TiO2 array leading to an optimized contact and good mechanical interaction with the film.
3. The Operating Principle
The physical principle for creating charges on the nanoparticles is a coupling of piezoelectric and semiconducting properties [1]. Under external stress by the top electrode, a strain field is created in the nanoparticles. This results in an electric field along the z-direction inside the nanoparticle and on its surface through the piezoelectric effect. Under compression/dilation, the electric potential distribution is approximately between V−(V+) and V+ (V−) towards the top electrode.
The potential is created by the relative displacement of the Ti cations with respect to the O2 anions in the crystal structure; these ionic charges cannot freely move and cannot recombine without releasing the strain. The potential difference is maintained as long as the deformation is in place and no foreign free charges (such as from the ITO contact) are injected.
The positive (negative) voltage created by the charges acts as an applied bias on the top electrode leading to polarization of the Schottky diode at the interface and passage of current through the barrier. The current is the result of driven flow of electrons between the electrode and the semiconductor TiO2. The flow of the free electrons through the nanoparticle will neutralize the ionic charges distributed in the volume and on the surface of the nanoparticles and thus reduce the magnitudes of the potentials V+ and V−.
4. Measuring System
When the top electrode has a configuration as shown in Figure 1, by scanning the electrode back and forth, we can reproduce the processes discussed above. Under uniaxial stress, the electrode will exert both vertical and lateral forces on the nanoparticles, and there will be generation of electricity. During the scan nanoparticles may either be bent on making contact with the electrode (A- and D-type in Figure 1) or contact the electrode without being bent (B-type) or remain isolated without any contact (C-type). The B nanoparticles constitute a parallel resistance of the device; the C nanoparticles are an infinite resistance not entering in the process.
The ITO electrode in contact with the TiO2 array was manipulated by a probe station. Pressure was applied on the sandwich through a calibrated force gauge (Lutron Electronics) of capacity 49 N. The voltage and resistance have been measured by an high-impedance voltmeter (Kitley).
A typical device configuration was studied by positioning the ITO electrode on the nanostructure, and applying uniaxial compression stress the spacing was controlled to obtain a reasonable contact by the monitoring of the resistance of the junction. The pressing head of the gauge was of cylindrical form of diameter . In order to distribute the force over the whole junction, a rigid layer is interposed between the head and the top electrode. The actual area of the junction which is compressed is estimated not larger than 1 cm2, slightly larger than the head dimension due to the lateral propagation of the applied force but smaller than the area of the whole device. Variations of pressure in time can be obtained by manipulating the head of the gauge manually or electronically to study the response of the devices both in static and dynamical conditions. In the following we report results under uniaxial static compression.
5. Results
In Figure 4, we report the measured voltage at the junction as a function of the applied force for N. The voltage exhibits a linear dependence at lower force, an indication of charge accumulation at the interface at increased pressing levels. At larger forces it departs from such linear law and finally degrades to the mV range, which can indicate enhanced charge screening.
A decrease of the junction resistance is also observed, indicating an enhanced carrier mobility trough the junction. A clear correlation of the trends of voltage and resistance with the sign of the stress results. Furthermore, the voltage at the top electrode has always positive (negative) sign with increasing (decreasing) force, a typical evidence of a piezoelectric effect. Spontaneous voltages are measured at nominally zero stress, which can be ascribed to residual compressing stress internal to the nanograins of the device. An example of measured values of the resistance and its fitting curve is reported in Figure 5.
Large fluctuations (from sample to sample and in the same sample) appear in the voltage and the resistance, accompanied by time relaxation towards equilibrium as well as large hysteretic behaviour. Typically, times of order of several minutes can be required to achieve stabilized values. These fluctuations arise from the setup of the junctions and are determined by the pressing condition of the top electrode on the oxide film.
The principal results obtained with such devices and the geometrical and electric parameters are summarized in Table 1.
The lower contact on the ITO/glass substrate may be assumed to be ohmic, as indicated by the employed deposition method, which is a standard one in the literature [7].
The capacitance of the system is ignored in the circuit in order to simplify the discussion about DC measurement. The capacitance of the junctions turns out to be of order of magnitude F.
6. Discussion
We can explain our results by piezoelectricity in nanoparticles produced by the flexoelectric effect [3–6].
Centrosymmetric dielectrics are not expected to polarize under mechanical strain. A nonuniform strain or the presence of strain gradients can, however, locally break inversion symmetry and induce polarization even in centrosymmetric crystals. This phenomenon is termed flexoelectricity [3–6].
With reference to Figure 1, at moderate pressure nanoparticles are deformed and acquire positive and negative charges on the surface along the compression direction. The positive charges in contact with the top electrode turn out to produce an applied forward bias at the Schottky barrier so that current will flow at the junction. On traversing the junction from ITO, electrons will screen the piezo charges at the interface thereby decreasing the potential. The effect will be higher the higher the polarization, that is the current at the junction.
In order to examine the existence of the barrier, we have used reported values of the work function and electron affinity of ITO and TiO2 respectively. Reported data for the work function of ITO are in the range 4.17–5.54 eV with an average 4.6–4.7 eV [9, 10]. Reported data for the electron affinity of TiO2 in nanoporous films are in the range 3.9–4.3 eV [11–13]. We thus expect a barrier of the order 0.5–0.6 eV, which compares with the results of the voltages measured at the junction.
The order of magnitude of the piezoelectric constant can be obtained from the accumulated charge by modeling the junction as a condenser. The piezoelectric constant can be defined by the equation , where Q and F are the piezoelectric induced charge and the applied force respectively. The electric potential can be written as , where A is the area of the junction, L the film thickness, and Q the total piezoelectric charge so that
The quantity can be deduced from the slope of experimental curve in Figure 4 which amounts to . So, for typical values A~1 cm2, , we obtain .
We likewise can derive the value of from the experimental results on resistance. On modelling the junction by a diode equation, the resistance will be given by where (kT/e), m being an ideality factor of the diode and T the absolute temperature, is the thermal voltage and , with Io the characteristic current parameter value of the diode. Since voltage and force are connected through the linear relation (1), we can transform ∆V into ∆F in the exponent in (2), so that with Aεoεr/dL. By using typical values as in (1), we find that the value corresponds to the order of magnitude evidenced by the fitting in Figure 5 provided requiring an ideality factor . This value is consistently found in these devices.
A summary of results on piezoelectric parameters is reported in Table 2.
7. Conclusions
A nanogenerator using TiO2 nanoparticles was developed and tested. The output power response that occurred when the device was exposed to static uniaxial stress was measured and compared to that of a nanogenerator using a ZnO film. The nanogenerator with TiO2 nanoparticles demonstrated a significant improvement over a nanogenerator without nanoparticles which can be attributed to flexoelectricity at nanoscale.
The number of nanoparticles that was active for producing electricity was limited by the multiple contacts between the nanoparticles and the electrode; thus, the output current was rather small in the present design. The nanogenerator can power few nanodevices which operate at 10 nW [14–16] in our current study.
These technical difficulties could be overcome by an optimized design to improve nanogenerator efficiency by patterned growth of high-quality uniform nanoparticle arrays. A 102–103 factor enhancement of the efficiency can be estimated on the basis of the fraction of active nanoparticles.
We thank Prof. D. Tonelli, Prof. M. Berrettoni, and Dr. E. Scavetta of the Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Bologna, for collaboration and advice on the deposition of oxides.
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My younger brother picked up the box and asked to rent it; my mom refused, as a responsible parent should when presented with such an inquiry by a 9-year-old. I'm unsure what appealed to him: the disembodied head in a gift box or the recipient's half-skull head? Whatever it was, it must've worked for a lot of people. A cult item ever since its small theatrical release, Mother's Day now makes its Blu-ray debut.
The disc begins with a brief vintage preview of the film, presumably a TV spot. And while it's nice to be forced to compare its shoddy shape to the clean transfer of the feature, the ad gives away the movie's big surprise. Who the hell thought that was a good idea, then and now?
Sigh. Onto the movie: It's about three former college roomies who meet up in Drexberg, N.J., for a girls-only weekend at, of all places, the Deep Barons Wilderness Area. In other words: a forest. This is just to get the ladies out in the open, so that — after about 20 minutes of padding, including a completely useless flashback to that one time they totally showed that one jerk frat guy up — a couple of hillbilly brothers can string them up in their sleeping bags and drag them to the disgusting home the sibs share with their elderly, screw-loose mama (Beatice Pons, TV's Car 54, Where Are You?).
These two "boys" — Ike (Frederick Coffin) and Addley (Michael McCleery) — are vile young men stuck in a perpetual childhood, yet playing very adult games of torturing the women. Hey, they're just carrying out Mother's bidding. Roughly the second half of the film depicts the girls' attempts at escape, sequences of which reminded of strongly of 1978's notorious exploitation revenger, I Spit on Your Grave.
I'll take issue with the Blu-ray's cover banner of calling this one a "horror classic," as even friends who love the genre as much as I do either haven't seen it or found it unmemorable. I certainly didn't love it, but there's enough there to enjoy it, even taking into account director/co-writer Charles Kaufman's many out-of-focus shots (which call more attention to themselves in high-def) and problematic story points (like the aforementioned flashback). The low-budget film being far from polished, however, actually helps sell Ike and Addley as repugnant beings who reside on the lowest rung of society's worthiness ladder.
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Michael Penn
Michael Penn is best remembered for two radio hits ("No Myth" and "This & That") that are now nearly a decade old. His last disc, Free-for-All, came out a full five years ago. So it's good to hear him return with a pop album as assured as Resigned, which, in addition to nods to Revolver and the White Album (backward guitar washes on the first two tracks, McCartneyesque choruses), calls to mind the recent work of his occasional cohort Aimee Mann. Resigned lays claim to the same bittersweet post-breakup turf Mann charted on 1995's bracing I'm with Stupid.
While Penn's knack for melody doesn't hide the messes at the center of these songs -- "Small Black Box" equates the demise of a relationship with a plane crash -- his emotional confusion suits the record's offbeat charm. Played mostly by a basic four-piece lineup of guitar, bass, drums, and keyboards and produced by Brendan O'Brien (Pearl Jam, Bob Dylan, Paul Westerberg), this music manages a wide range of moods, now and then walking purposefully into left field for moments like the broken-time, faux-exotic intro to "Like Egypt Was" or the ethereal, slow-motion opening of "Figment." "Selfish" achieves majesty without losing its essential Lennon crunchiness. "Cover Up" pulls off a similar coup with an even more melodic bass, which gets a chance to shine on a strikingly quiet bridge before the rocker returns to full power. That power is sometimes subtle, sometimes full-on over Resigned's brisk 40 minutes. Penn's return is a small gem, but a gem nonetheless.
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What the World Needs Now: The Music of Burt Bacharach
McCoy Tyner Trio with Symphony
One of the weird things about the Sixties was the impetus the decade's turbulence gave to experimentation by composers who worked in a pure pop vein. People like Jimmy Webb and Van Dyke Parks, using full orchestras, earned a mantle of hipness that eluded those who came before them (Henry Mancini) and after (Barry White). But the greatest pop composer of the decade was Burt Bacharach. You can listen to his series of luminous hits performed by Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield, or the Carpenters and hear only the catchy hooks, when in fact he was constantly toying with tempo, instrumentation, and mood, gently but very unquestionably breaking new ground.
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The rap on Julian Cope is that he's some sort of acid casualty caught up in a navel-gaze so deep that his records continue to leap into a zone where no one else goes, or would care to go. But for those keeping closer tabs, it's generally acknowledged that Cope's been spending the past few years holed up in his studio creating a series of albums beyond expectation.
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Since 1991's Peggy Suicide reinvented Cope as a modern psychedelic guru with a tighter rein on his loopy impulses, the Brit has kept his nose to the grindstone and poured forth a glut of material that's above mockery. Peggy Suicide, Jehovahkill, Autogeddon, 20 Mothers, and now Interpreter (available for nearly a year in Britain) could be considered the longest song cycle ever attempted.
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Judge Blake is a terrible judge. She bullies people and doesn't know the law. I've been an attorney for 20+ years and have never experienced anything like being in her court. It is surreal. I am relieved I do not have to practice in front of her regularly - she is a nightmare.
- Saturday, January 25, 2014 - 11:28 3 people found this review helpful
2314. witness
She is a racist, discrimates against people. Thinks its funny to take children away from families laughs at CPS workers tells them she will never return a child home. Laughs at the child and will tell that child they will never go home. Openly states God has no place in her court room. She bullies children and anyone who enters her court room. Thinks she is above the law. She breaks the law and gets away with it, and sends people to jail for doing what she does. Her rating should be -100 in the negative.
- Wednesday, February 5, 2014 - 00:12 3 people found this review helpful
6289. witness
I agree with all the above Reviews. She is not qualified to judge a pumpkin carving contest. She does not judge by laws, she judges by her having a good day or a bad day. God is above her no matter how high she believes she might be.
- Sunday, June 26, 2016 - 04:47 1 person found this review helpful
9004. other
Family court bias against the father. Doesn't give the defendant a chance at a light sentence. Gives harsh sentences to 1st time offenders. Stacks charges. Rude. Doesn't seem to have the ability to put herself in another's place. Power tripper. Got pulled over for supposed DUI and never heard anything else about it.


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|Men are equal it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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|Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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|Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult.
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|Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.
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|Men are jerks. Women are psychotic.
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|Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one.
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|Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.
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|Men are like wine some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.
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|Men are mad most of their lives; few live sane, fewer die so. The acts of people are baffling unless we realize that their wits are disordered. Man is driven to justice by his lunacy.
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|Men are men before they are lawyers, or physicians, or merchants, or manufacturers; and if you make them capable and sensible men, they will make themselves capable and sensible lawyers or physicians.
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|Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections.
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|Men are more apt to be mistaken in their generalizations than in their particular observations.
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|Men are more willing to part with their righteousness than with their sins.
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|Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.
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|Men are not against you they are merely for themselves.
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|Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.
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|Men are not made religious by performing certain actions which are externally good, but they must first have righteous principles, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.
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|Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind.
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|Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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|Men are not rich or poor according to what they possess but to what they desire. The only rich man is he that with content enjoys a competence.
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|Men are not so weak as you think. They can always leave anybody or any place without a pang - if they find another person or another place they like better. If they feel pricks and scruples it is merely because they cannot make up their mind that the change will be absolutely to their advantage.
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|Men are not to be judged by their looks, habits, and appearances, but by the character of their lives and conversations. ?Tis better that a man?s own works than another man?s words should praise him.
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|Men are of three different capacities: one understands intuitively; another understands so far as it is explained; and a third understands neither of himself nor by explanation. The first is excellent, the second, commendable, and the third, altogether useless.
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From the celluloid ooze of the Toronto International Film Festival, the deep thinkers emerged, stood erect and issued this decree: "In the beginning will be the Beginning." So, next Thursday, the fest kicks off not with the traditional Canadian offering but with the grandly titled Creation , a Brit flick all about Charles Darwin's learned struggle to trace our arrogant species back to its humble origins. Of course, human nature being the battleground it is, that decree has upset the cultural nationalists who cling to a different axiom, the one that insists Cancon productions enjoy a God-given right to lead any cinematic parade held on indigenous soil. But, apparently, the TIFF organizers are looking at the bigger picture this year, keen to spark a little controversy by starting with an eminent Victorian who sparked a whole lot of controversy. What's more, they're eager to start something else too, to initiate, in their words, "the kind of conversation we hope will happen around the film fest."
Sounds like a plausible theory. And, since I've seen Creation, let's begin the chat. Not surprisingly, the movie has Darwin (torturously played by Paul Bettany) personally engaged in the battle that would shape his legacy. The script wastes no time laying out the conflict: "Science is at war with religion." Clearly, that war embodies a deeper tension between empirical fact and transcendent myth, the one documenting reality and the other transforming it, often for the purpose of pointing to a higher truth.
As coincidence would have it (and conversation demands), exactly that same tension flows through the history of the movies. An early scene in Creation , set in the late 1850s, shows a vintage camera taking a silver-nitrate photograph, a reminder of technology's own evolution. Indeed, the origin of cinema hovered a mere four decades away. By the 1890s, the medium was born and immediately divided between the empirical push of fact and the mythic pull of fiction. In France, the Lumière brothers were cranking our their short " actualités, " most famously Arrival of a Train at a Station - yes, an actual train pulling into an actual station.
Meanwhile, drawing on his theatre background, Georges Méliès was making fictional narratives like A Trip to the Moon , complete with camera trickery and stagy special effects. At the time, both these films ignited a sensation in the crowd - audiences ate up the fact and the fiction alike. But Méliès always had the upper hand, and as cinema matured, dramatic features would soon dominate, just as they dominate every year's roster at TIFF. We like our stories, we need our myths.
We liked them so much that movies became "shows" that, since there was money to be made, quickly became "show business," thereby firing up another ongoing battle - between the hard facts of the business and the artsy aspirations of the show. Occasionally reconciled, usually not, that tension seems eternal, permeating films and film festivals alike. Business gets conducted at TIFF, even as TIFF conducts its own business - looking for superior pictures to fill its artistic quota, and bringing in big stars to boost its bottom line.
Ah, those glittering stars. Even back when the screen was silent, the movies had that magical capacity to create an instant galaxy of stars, certain special actors adored and inflated by the camera into mythic figures, speaking to our fantasies of beauty and sex and power and heroism. Especially beauty. In Creation , Darwin is heard to say, "Nature selects for survival, man for appearance." If so, movie stars are the apotheosis of appearance. Their screen presence is physical virtue magnified a thousand-fold. And in that magnification, in that mythic status, there's undeniably a poetic truth.
A poetic truth, but not a literal truth. Onscreen, George Clooney and Penelope Cruz are myths; off-screen, on the red carpet or in the interview room or flanked by their publicists or sweating in the late-summer heat, they're just actors, attractive to be sure but, otherwise, mere mortals who happen to have won the job lottery. Science wouldn't dispute that. What does dispute it, eagerly and profitably, is the religion of our times - the religion of celebrity, which has a vested interest in equating the myth with the actor, the poetic with the literal truth.
Back to Darwin's struggle. Viewed scientifically, every religion is a mythic narrative whose faithful subscribers believe that the story's poetic truth is also the literal truth, thus turning a secular text into sacred scripture. For example, treat the Bible as solely a wonderful tale ripe with metaphor, and Darwin's theory of evolution is perfectly compatible with Genesis's myth of creation. They both tell important truths, one empirically and the other poetically. But treat the Bible as literal fact, "gospel truth," and that compatibility gets ugly and fiercely competitive, forcing the likes of poor old Darwin to reconcile the irreconcilable, to shake his balding head at the prospect of man and dinosaurs simultaneously roaming the earth. Leave that notion to horror flicks.
In that sense, religion isn't just doing battle with science; it's at war with myth too, and with the very idea of metaphor and symbol. The religion of celebrity is no different. It wants us to believe that, even away from the screen, even divested of their roles and their costumes and all that attendant imagery, the Clooneys and the Cruzes are still mythical, not just lucky actors with gigs but larger-than-life presences somehow endowed with a vast range of sublime gifts. Should they prove otherwise, tumbling from grace like any mortal, the same religion that mythologizes them will crucify them. That's the happy side-benefit of buying into any belief system - for every hero to worship, there's a heretic to hiss.
Of course, buying is the operative word. Entire industries have arisen to encourage our leap to faith, to spread this gospel of literalism that breezily equates the actor with the role and the man with the myth. The media are in that business. TIFF is in that business. The religion of celebrity is far stronger than science because it's so much richer and loads more fun - a bejewelled orthodoxy with Hollywood as its Vatican and, for 10 days in September, with Toronto as its Chartres.
But, you might well ask, where in this cinematic equation is God, the creator of these starry firmaments? Well, the closest thing to theism in the movies is the "auteur theory," which posits that the director is God, the great architect and invisible hand (at least for directors who don't double as actors) singly responsible for the whole of the film's creation. Darwin, I suspect, wouldn't have signed on to this theory, choosing instead the atheistic argument that treats movies as messy collaborative ventures, a kind of collective mutation where intent collides with happenstance, structure with serendipity, yielding results of varying quality and dubious fitness, many doomed to imminent extinction.
Happily, for true believers in the auteur theory, TIFF is a terrific opportunity to get chummy with God. Not having the same public visibility, directors tend to walk at the edges of the red carpet, in the long shadow of the stars they forge. But that makes them approachable deities. Over the duration of the festival, you might meet God strolling down the sidewalk, hanging out in a corridor, downing a drink in a local watering hole. You might strike up a chat, perhaps even continuing this conversation, which, in God's better mind and yours, may well evolve into something entirely new and different, more profane or profound. Either way, ain't it simply divine.


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Each week, DFW Style Daily reveals the fashion fixations of our city's top trendsetters.
Today, Dallas designer Isabel Varela shares palate-tempting, creativity-sparking, and glitter-covered finds.
So, what's on indie designer Isabel Varela's mind, as we kick off 2012? For starters, she's indulging her healthy cuisine cravings at one of the city's vegetarian hot spots. You may also find her perusing the selection at one of our favorite Deep Ellum boutiques.
However, truth be told, Isabel isn't likely to have much time for leisurely shopping this year. Previously one half of the design team Varela + Brooks, she is busily preparing for the launch of her own line, Izavel, this spring. In fact, both she and former partner Ashlee Brooks will show individual collections at February's Pin Show.
In the meantime, read on for Isabel's deliciously daring obsessions for the new year.
1. VSpot Café
Of her culinary crush, Isabel notes, "I love VSpot's spin on vegetarian dishes, especially their arugula fettuccini." Stop in for a bite at 1908 Henderson Avenue in Dallas.
2. Fabulous Finds at Factory Girl
"I am in love with Factory Girl! I adore its amazing selection of designer vintage pieces," says Isabel. We concur, and we recently found our favorite boots of the season, the vintage python pair shown here, at the new boutique. Shop for yourself at 3005A Commerce Street in Dallas.
3. Dreamy Designs on Buamai.com
Calling it "pretty fantastic," our expert can't get enough of creative design portal Buamai. Upping the ante, many of the pictures and videos shared on the site are also hilariously entertaining.
4. Shoes by Jeffrey Campbell
"Every single one of Jeffrey Campbell's designs right now is amazing," Isabel gushes. That said, one particular piece of fabulous footwear is fueling her current Campbell fixation: The Night Walk platform ($170) in glittering pewter.
5. Starbucks' Tazo Chai Tea Latte
Finally, though she never sips coffee, this designing woman has become addicted to another caffeinated creation. Of her must-have beverage, Isabel admits, "I can't get enough of them!"
(Headshot Photo Credit: Isabel Varela via Facebook; Inset Photo Credits, from top: 1. VSpot Café via Facebook, 2. Factory Girl via Facebook, 3. Buamai.com, 4. KarmaLoop.com, 5. Starbucks)


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The JT's July 4 editorial "Peres, Dershowitz, Obama — and Pollard" overlooked the bigger picture. For example, the legal scholars' letter to the president cited claimed that Pollard's sentence was "unprecedented … disproportionate."
The issue is American exceptionalism. An exceptional — unprecedented — crime warrants no less than an exceptional — disproportionate — punishment. There is one overriding, super-salient fact that sets the Pollard case apart from those of other Americans caught spying for so-called friendly or neutral countries: Not only has America been Israel's only truly reliable ally in a hostile world — especially at the United Nations — but also the U.S. taxpayer has long subsized Israel, most recently to the tune of a $3 billion appropriation.
Whoever heard of a country generously underwriting another nation and then that nation turning around and spying on its financial patron and long-term political savior?
Indeed, according to media reports, Israel constantly ranks in the top tier of nations actively engaging in industrial and military espionage against the United States. Forget about executive clemency for Pollard, who has renounced his U.S. citizenship. Let him serve out his full term.
If it had been up to me, I would have exchanged Pollard for Gilad Shalit, instead of Israel releasing all those Palestinian prisoners.
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The San Dieguito Water District , which serves western Encinitas, willagain study whether the rates it charges its customers areappropriate.
"Water is a very volatile commodity," Encinitas Public WorksDirector Larry Watt told the City Council as he explained the rate-study proposal last week.
The water district last conducted such a study in 2009. Early the next year, the district increased the rate residential water district customers pay by 13 percent. In January 2011, residential customers saw their rates rise a second time by 13 percent.
The average residential customer now pays about $66.19 a month, but the district bills on a bimonthly cycle, so the average bill residents typically receive is double that, district figures show.
Members of the Encinitas Taxpayers Association protested the March 2010 rate increase, encouragingabout 1,000 people to send letters to City Hall. That large stackof letters wasn't enough to block the increase.
Under state law, the City Council ---- in its role as the board of the water district ---- would have been blocked from raising rates if there were protest letters from 50 percent plus one of its customers. The San Dieguito district serves about 13,005 customers in Leucadia, Old Encinitas and Cardiff, as well as parts of New Encinitas.
The Olivenhain Municipal Water District provides water to eastern parts ofEncinitas.
At its Wednesday night meeting, the Encinitas City Councilagreed to spend about $40,000 for the rate study. The work will bedone by Raftelis Financial Consultants , which also did the 2009 study.
Council members agreed to hire the company but questioned the need for the study. Councilman Mark Muir, a new appointee who previously served on the Olivenhain water district board, said Olivenhain does its rate studies every five years.
Watt said the steep climb in wholesale water rates in recent years, plus concerns about the district's aging water filtration and storage equipment, necessitates two-year rate studies.
"Not only do we have the wholesale cost of water to consider, we have other costs to consider, too," Watt said.
The Santa Fe Irrigation District , which shares ownership of the Badger Filtration Plantwith the San Dieguito Water District, does a rate study every year,Watt said.


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An angry judge says he will place a violent sexual predator somewhere in Monterey County without public notification, and he threatens to arrest anyone leaking information in the case.
It's been more than 18 months since 51-year-old James Vincent Lamb, who molested more than 50 kids, was ordered released under California's Sexually Violent Predator program. He is now at Coalinga State Hospital.
Superior Court Judge Richard Curtis said Thursday he will order the arrest of anyone who violates harassment laws or a gag order in the case. The judge say state public notification laws have been met.
Curtis says he's "quite disturbed" at the threatening and harassing phone calls that led a couple to withdraw their offer of a Prunedale property for Lamb's placement earlier this month.
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Thank you all so much!
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If someone keeps stabbing you in the back, then quit handing them the knife.
Good luck- all crossables are crossed!
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From the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel to the glow-in-the-dark Madonnas that line the counter at your friendly, neighborhood 99-cent store, different cultures have always found ways to express their religious beliefs through art, icons and physical representations of a higher, more ephemeral world.
Dr. Martha Narey of the University of Denver has made a casual science of deciphering the differences in the form and function of many of these "sacred spaces" in Colorado, from the public to the more personal. In trips around Denver and to small towns across the state, Narey has visited and studied more cemeteries, churches, kivas and cathedrals than the average monk, and she's observed the ways in which social, economic and cultural factors influence their design, placement and distribution.
Along the way, Narey has unearthed some fun stuff. For example, she's discovered that tiny Central City has three cemeteries because, at one point, the dominant religious communities there -- Protestants, Jews and Catholics -- preferred to keep their dearly departed separate in the ground and, presumably, the afterlife.
Sacred Spaces: Denver Yard Shrines and Other Colorado Monuments
Denver Central Library, 10 W. 14th Avenue Parkway
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She's found that you're more likely to encounter folk-art variations on cathedral fare -- say, a ceramic bathtub converted to a backdrop for a Crucifixion scene -- in neighborhoods peopled with ethnic groups such as Hispanics and Italians; in Denver, that primarily means clusters on the north and west sides of town. Narey's also learned that such kitchen-sink devotion often vanishes when these areas become gentrified.
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Narey has confined her research to places and objects that can be observed from the street as a way to gauge "the willingness of people to make a public expression about things that they feel strongly about. It seems, at first, that people who place shrines and things in their yards are trying to make some sort of commentary about their cultural and religious understanding," she says. "But in some cases, it can just indicate a different cultural expression, maybe just a willingness to install art." Occasionally she knocks on doors to ask the artists or homeowners what their yard shrines or installations mean to their lives. "In many cases, the people were fairly forthcoming about their reasons for putting something up," she says. "Often it is as an expression of gratitude toward God for something that did or did not happen, an expression of that feeling. In Montana, near Butte, there's a very large statue of the Virgin that was erected by a man after his wife survived a bout with cancer, I believe it was. He had money; he could make a big splash. Most of us can only make little splashes in our own yards."
And though this kind of cultural survey technically falls outside her field of expertise -- it's more of a hobby for the good doctor, a climatologist and professor in DU's geography department -- Narey sees an obvious connection between geography and folk and formal art. "Geographers tend to get interested in the visual landscape as well as the physical," she says. "We want to know how things get where they are, where they came from, and what they say about the culture of the people who are responsible for them."
This week, Narey will host Sacred Spaces: Denver Yard Shrines and Other Colorado Monuments, an hour-long narrated slide tour of some of Colorado's more appealing, and revealing, cultural and religious landmarks.
As a scholar and speaker, Narey is very enthusiastic; in light of this, you might want to have some glitter, glue and small icons waiting when you return home inspired: Shrine kits are not included with the talk.


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Sculptris is lots of fun to play with and everyone should try it. Learning how to do basic things goes a long way to helping you learn the whole program. Read this article to learn how to make a cube.
1Open up Sculptris with a sphere. If you have a plane, switch it to a sphere. It doesn't matter which material you use, you can always change it. However, while creating your cube, sometimes, switching from a reflective to non-reflective and back, can help you fine tine your cube.
3Be sure to not do too much to quickly. Like clay, if you try to hurry things up, it will mess it up.
4Keep on rotating your work as you go. It is easy to think you are doing great because it looks 'cubish' and then when it gets turned, there is a big old round spot on the back!
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A NoveleBook - 2013
In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history's most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces . . . Dante's Inferno .
Against this backdrop, Langdon battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle that pulls him into a landscape of classic art, secret passageways, and futuristic science. Drawing from Dante's dark epic poem, Langdon races to find answers and decide whom to trust . . . before the world is irrevocably altered.
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great book haven't even read it ,lol
Awesome book. I'm not even done reading it! Ignore the negative comments. The story is very interesting, and it is very hard to put the book down. 5 stars
Spoiler warning: the reduction caused by the virus means that instead of doubling the population (arbitrary numbers) in 30 years it will take 40 years. I would render 50% of females or 90% of males infertile with the virus non effective in 20-40 years.
Dan Brown...long may you write!
This was okay but nothing more. Brown seems to be stuck in the "one trick pony" trap and continues to write the same books as his bestseller The DaVinci Code.
The illustrated edition makes this a much more fun read, plus we've got issues of bioterrorism, a new direction for Dan Brown that disturbs you, although it's a little discordant from Dante. I found the dialogue rough and in need of a serious edit to take out all the uses of "?!" to express shock, disgust, and rage.
How many esoteric art history thriller plots can one guy cram into the old cities of Europe? Answer: still just the one. Brown's novels are nicely researched, and I always learn a lot. But the execution and writing style are so very 'meh.' It's a page turner because I end up skimming...
As a side note, the Langdon character's got a photographic memory: what's with "suddenly remembering" stuff? Brown pulled that mess more than once in 'Inferno.' Boooo.
Fantastic, was a joy to read another of Brown's works with some great locations. He sticks to his art history and suspense which I have enjoyed in all of his novels.
Inferno along with ALL of Brown's other books are over hyped and the story literally doesn't make sense. I don't get why people like these book. I hear "the shootout was awesome". Maybe. But the other 455 pages leading up to the shootout didnt even make sense. The story is full of plot holes. Horrible book (classic Brown I guess.)
Brown's writing is becoming more formulaic. Inferno is very similar to Angels and Demons, except that the venue is changes to Florence and Venice
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"When every province of the world so teems with inhabitants that they can neither subsist where they are nor remove themselves elsewhere ... the world will purge itself."
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.
"Consider this. It took the earth's population thousands of years — from the early dawn of man all the way to the early 1800s—to reach one billion people. Then, astoundingly, it took only about a hundred years to double the population to two billion in the 1920s. After that, it took a mere fifty years for the population to double again to four billion in the 1970s. As you can imagine, we're well on track to reach eight billion very soon. Just today, the human race added another quarter-million people to planet Earth. A quarter million. And this happens every day—rain or shine. Currently, every year, we're adding the equivalent of the entire country of Germany."
"He once described himself as being trapped on a ship where the passengers double in number every hour, while he is desperately trying to build a lifeboat before the ship sinks under its own weight." She paused. "He advocated throwing half the people overboard."
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Renowned Harvard professor Robert Langdon is once again put into a web of another art conspiracy scheme, this time done by a mysterious virologist who wants to hide his plot to destroy the world in Dante's The Divine Comedy.
Internationally renowned and hunky Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is once again at the center of an art-related plot, this time by a narcissistic virologist who has hidden his plan to destroy humanity in the seminal work of Dante.
Oh, stop, you know you want to read this. Unfortunately, like most of Brown's other books, this is quite short on plot and heavy on running. One thing I noticed is Brown paces his books like really long TV shows: each chapter is a short scene which ends with a little cliff-hanger. Would only recommend this to people who *really* like Brown's books.
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Hi, Kelly! You are a beautiful girl. That's a great picture of you in the Fall leaves. You sure seem to be a smart girl, too. Enjoy your special day with your family. Congrats on DOTD!
Hello pretty girl! I love your big smile and sweet brown eyes! I hope you have a great day celebrating with plenty of turkey!!! Happy Thanksgiving! You must be so thankful to be Dog of the Day and have such a loving family
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Kelly, how pretty you are lying there in the autumn leaves. It sounds like you're leading a wonderful life with a family who loves you very much. They must be doing something right because you certainly don't look your age beautiful Kelly. Wish I could hug you pretty girl. Congratulations on being our Thanksgiving DOTD.
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) - The 35-day Golden Empire Transit District bus strike has come to an end, and now some Bakersfield City Council members say there is more to the problem than just a labor dispute.
In a recent letter sent to two city-appointed GET board members, the vice mayor, Ken Weir, calls for their resignation.
In that letter, Weir writes that the strike was "only a symptom of the real problem," and that "there are problems at GET much deeper and broader than a labor dispute."
Other members of the City Council agree.
"GET has an issue," said Bakersfield City Councilman Russell Johnson.
The two city-appointed GET members on the hot seat are Howard Silver and Norris Ledbetter.
Ledbetter said he's disappointed in the City Council, and he refuses to quit.
"I hear they'll have the votes to remove us," he said. "I'm not going to resign. If they want me out, they can vote me out. That's what they'll have to do."
Ledbetter doesn't expect the councilmembers to budge.
"I would love to have left on happier terms," he said.
Between Ledbetter and Silver, the two have around 38 years of experience with GET. They say that replacing them would be a mistake for everyone in Bakersfield.
"I've got news for whoever is going to follow in our steps, if that's what the council decides - it is not that easy," said Silver, who has been on the board since January 1984.
Silver claims the change may have little to do with the City Council being upset. He said in the 30 years he's been on the board, nobody has been so frustrated, except with recent route changes.
"Improving our transit systems by trying to make them more efficient, we have done that," said Silver. "And we've been criticized for doing that."
CEO Karen King's job could be in jeopardy, as well, if the council appoints new members willing to oust her.
"I hope not. She's a good CEO, she's a wonderful person," said Ledbetter. "They don't deserve this."


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NASHVILLE -- There are eight distinguished men who make up the Calgary Flames ownership.
But there's no doubt who owns the Flames.
Nashville Predators goaltender Tomas Vokoun has started to put together a stellar career, aided in big part by his personal dominance of the Flaming C.
With last night's 5-3 victory added to his resume, Vokoun improved his all-time record against Calgary to an amazing 11-3-3.
That stellar .735 winning percentage is the Czech netminder's best against any other Western Conference rival.
So what's his secret?
"I don't really know. With some teams, it's just the way it is in hockey," he said. "We have an awful record against Dallas but for some reason we've been pretty successful against Calgary.
"I think every game is different but there might be something to it. I don't know the exact reason."
He won't complain, that's for certain.
"No, I won't, believe me," he said with a smile. "They're a good team and it's nice to beat them."
Vokoun's career performance against Calgary is no fluke. His goals-against average is below 2.00 versus the Flames.
But it's hard to imagine Vokoun has some magic potion or finds an extra save in him just because it's Calgary he's up against, even if he's had a few celebrated extracurricular developments, notably a couple of run-ins with Jarome Iginla and fights with both current Flames netminders Jamie McLennan and Miikka Kiprusoff.
"I think it's just one of the bizarre things," said Predators forward Jerred Smithson. "I don't know if it's him or all of us knowing Calgary's gonna bring their 'A' game against us and we come out hard.
"But he battles and is competitive."
Currently, Vokoun's playing with a cast on the thumb of his blocker hand, the after-effects of a surgery for torn ligaments and a small fracture.
A third straight win after missing 21 games is even more prevalent on his mind.
"It's great to get a win, especially against a team that's been hot lately," he said. "For me, it's another step of building for getting to the top of my game. I don't feel that way yet but you come to the rink with one objective and that's two points."
Which, when Vokoun is up against the Flames, is almost a sure thing.
And it's not like the Flames would catch a break if backup goalie Chris Mason was between the pipes. He won 14 of those 21 Predators victories and collected three shutouts.
"I've never seen anything like it," Smithson said.
"He stepped in and, all of a sudden, he's one of the hottest goalies in the league."
The only penalty was embarrassment but Nashville head coach Barry Trotz took the blame for his team's roster mix-up.
The Predators handed in a roster sheet that listed rookie forward Alexander Radulov as a healthy scratch but Trotz gave Vernon Fiddler the night off instead.
The Flames noticed Radulov, an ineligible player, dressed on the bench and reported it to officials, who sent him to the showers.
"That's just totally my fault," Trotz said. "We had two different lineups. I usually have a very good routine ... we had a little incident in our room that sort of threw me off the routine.
"That's my bad."
Fiddler quickly dressed and joined the action and collected an assist on Ryan Suter's third-period go-ahead goal.


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As a tribute to a young life tragically cut short, Susan Muska and Gréta Olafsdóttir's The Brandon Teena Story (1998) is both fitting and passionate. As the pair's first feature-length documentary, this 88-minute film focuses on the life of Brandon Teena (born Teena Renae Brandon), a girl who gradually became more comfortable as a young man...and was killed for it in 1993, unfortunately. Brandon made a number of bad choices that didn't exactly help her situation along the way, including theft, compulsive lying and forgery---but no matter what she did wrong, it wasn't worth murder, not by a long shot.
During an interview with the filmmakers on this new Collector's Edition DVD, Muska and Olafsdóttir comment on their non-intrusive production when the New York-based pair relocated to Brandon's hometown(s) in Nebraska for four years. They make particular mention about their reluctance to correct interviewees in regard to Teena's gender: some referred to "her" as "Teena", while some called "him" "Brandon". I tend to fall into the latter category, especially since Teena never fully underwent a sex-change operation---and since her parents thought of her as a daughter but loved her either way, that's good enough for me. It's certainly a touchy subject in all but the most liberal of environments---and unfortunately for Brandon, rural Nebraska didn't fit the bill.
Though a complete read-through of Brandon's story would take away from this documentary, it's certainly appropriate to provide a brief summary. The Brandon Teena Story focuses almost solely on her life as a young man, as she traveled through Nebraska and searched for a place to fit in. She dated several young women casually, who described her as "the perfect gentleman", "generous" and "a great kisser", though Brandon never told them the truth about her true gender. Friends of friends turned out to be part of "the wrong crowd", and whispers of Brandon's somewhat feminine appearance gave way to gossip and rumors, though most didn't give it a second thought. Two closed-minded young men, Tom Nissen and John Lotter, let their insecurities get the best of them---and by New Year's Eve of 1993, Brandon was kidnapped, raped, and subsequently murdered along with two friends.
It's a truly sad tale---and for the most part, it's told with conviction (or bluntness, at the very least) by friends, relatives and members of local law enforcement. For obvious reasons, the victims are generally presented through pictures and letters only---aside from a chilling interview between Brandon and Sheriff Charles Laux, shortly after her rape---so those expecting a rich portrait of Brandon's life will be sorely disappointed. Considering what the filmmakers had to work with, however (especially as the legal proceedings unfolded during the mid-1990s), they do a satisfactory job of piecing everything together.
Unfortunately, several stretches of this 88-minute documentary feel artificially padded, with generic musical cues and endless montages of rural landscapes. They're not as bothersome the first time around, but do little to advance the story; in all honesty, these could've been trimmed greatly without hindering the final cut. Additionally, most of the interviewees aren't particularly eloquent in their storytelling...and that's putting it mildly, in some cases. To its credit, The Brandon Teena Story is involving despite these shortcomings, but it's obviously the work of filmmakers who were still learning their craft. NOTE: These events were later adapted in the 1999 film Boys Don't Cry, but those new to the story are encouraged to get the facts first.
Docurama's original 2001 release of The Brandon Teena Story was a barebones affair, which has now been upgraded to a Collector's Edition for this film's 10th anniversary. The limited technical presentation still doesn't look all that great, though a few new extras have been included to round out the package nicely. Let's take a closer look, shall we?
Presented in its original 1.33:1 aspect ratio, The Brandon Teena Story looks about as rough as you'd expect for a low-budget documentary...but it's hardly distracting. The color palette is generally dull and muted, black levels aren't very consistent and the on-screen text is sharp and clear. News segments and older photos have been window-boxed to various degrees, while some sections of on-location footage look purposefully worn and hazy. Additionally, hints of digital combing and edge enhancement can be spotted at times. This certainly isn't a visual experience overall, though most of it isn't caused by the DVD transfer.
The Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo mix is equally underwhelming, but it still gets the job done. Most of the dialogue recorded on location is crisp and clear, though certain portions of background music and other noise tend to fight for attention. Muffled audio recordings have been given the benefit of forced captions, but complete English subtitles and Closed Caption support are not included.
Also included is a new Interview with the filmmakers (14:21), who shed light on the film's production and its impact over the years. We're also given a few updates on the legal situation and some of the family members---and though these stories are genuinely interesting, a feature-length commentary may have been more fitting. Last but not least are text-based Filmmaker Bios, which were present on the previous release. In typical Docurama fashion, a company mission statement and promotional trailers are also included. Like the main feature, none of these extras include subtitles or Closed Caption support and all are presented in 1.33:1 format.
It's certainly got its heart in the right place, but The Brandon Teena Story feels more than a bit padded during its 88-minute lifespan. Fortunately, a good portion of the talking head-style interviews are passionate and informative, providing a good sense of Brandon's short life even without visual documentation. Docurama's DVD presentation offers an improvement over the original release, adding a few valuable extras that complement the main feature nicely. Casual documentary fans will be satisfied with a once-over, but those with a particular interest in the subject should find this a worthwhile purchase. Mildly Recommended.


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Wales have been dealt an injury blow ahead of the autumn internationals after wing Alex Cuthbert limped off during Cardiff Blues' 19-15 Heineken Cup win over holders Toulon.
The Blues wing slipped on the plastic Arms Park pitch in the first half and, despite playing on, failed to re-appear after the interval, and predicted after the match he may face at least a few weeks on the sidelines.
It is a further blow to Wales coach Warren Gatland ahead of the visit of South Africa to the Millennium Stadium on November 9, with his side already set to miss another creative outlet in Jamie Roberts - who looks set to miss most or all of the autumn campaign following ankle surgery.
Cuthbert told Wales Online: "I did it early in the match - I went over on an ankle. I will find out on Monday what it's like. Hopefully, it will just be a couple of weeks."


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LONDON — The drug market in Brazil is expected to grow to nearly $60 billion by the next decade, but problems remain with coverage of the population, according to a new report.
The report, by research and consulting firm GlobalData, found that the Brazilian market would experience compounded annual growth of 12.7%, expanding from $12.4 billion in 2007 to $58.8 billion in 2020.
"The healthcare market in Brazil is primarily driven by an increase in disease burden, affordability and access to primary care," GlobalData director of healthcare industry dynamics Joshua Owide said. "However, health care does not cover the total population and therefore restricts further market growth."
The country's healthcare system comprises two subsystems, a private one and a public one, and its private healthcare insurance system is the second-largest in the world, covering 23.7% of the population. The healthcare system also carries the highest tax burden in comparison with other sectors of the economy like education and finance. Required taxes to the service provider can reach 28%, including federal and state taxes.
"Brazilian hospitals still have inadequate resources and are therefore unable to provide access to healthcare provisions for every citizen, especially those in weaker economic sections," Owide said. "However, government initiatives, such as the increased availability of generic drugs through programs including the People's Pharmacy, have contributed to the reduction of out-of-pocket expenditure and indirect price control, which stimulates competition from generics."


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Athens-Clarke police are reviewing a woman's complaint that overzealous officers barged into her home without a warrant and with guns drawn as they searched for an armed robbery suspect Monday night.
Kirrena Gallagher claims the officers' actions terrified her, along with her two young children and a visiting cousin.
Eastside precinct Capt. Melanie Rutledge said she has spoken with some of the officers involved in the search, and they said Gallagher allowed them into the apartment at the Parkview Homes public housing complex off West Broad Street and gave permission to search for Eddereck "Quincy" Hayes.
"They explained to her why they were there, asked, 'Do you mind if we do a quick walk-through?' and she said, 'Not at all,' " Rutledge said. "She was very cooperative."
Gallagher gives a much different story.
The 23-year-old single mother said she was on a living room couch preparing to breast-feed her 8-month-old son, when officers rushed into her apartment with guns drawn and searched without her consent.
"When they burst through my door, they shouted, 'Get your hands up,' and this lady was yelling, 'Where's Quincy? Where's Quincy?' " Gallagher said.
While officers went through the first floor, she said, another officer with a drawn gun climbed the stairs to the second floor where Gallagher's 3-year-old son was.
"I told them, they need to put the guns away, because my son is scared of guns," she said.
Gallagher filed a formal complaint Tuesday morning at police headquarters.
Rutledge said officers went to Gallagher's apartment after receiving information Hayes might be there. She said the officers she's talked to told her that only one officer went to the door with a drawn gun, but the officer kept the weapon at a "low ready" position, by his side.
Officers also told her that Gallagher opened the door when they knocked, and she allowed them inside to search, Rutledge said.
"If she said, 'No, you can't come into the house,' we would have secured the residence and got a warrant if we felt that strongly about it," Rutledge said.
The officers told Rutledge they apologized to Gallagher as they left.
Some of the officers involved in Monday's search haven't been interviewed, Rutledge said, but she plans to talk with them this week, as well as with Gallagher, to get to the truth.
"We fully investigate all complaints and concerns from citizens," Rutledge said. "I feel very confident that my officers did what they were supposed to do."
Gallagher claims no one opened the door, which swung open because the officers knocked so hard, and no one asked permission to search.
"They didn't ask if it's OK if we come in," the woman said. "They even had the (battering ram) to bust the door down with them. They didn't ask me anything, except wanting to know where this Quincy was, and I was like, 'Who in the world is Quincy?' "
Hayes, 19, is wanted on an arrest warrant charging him with aggravated assault and four counts of armed robbery.
He and 22-year-old Vernon Willis Brown, who was arrested Friday, are accused of committing three armed robberies and attempting a third, in or near downtown Athens between Aug. 15 and 22.
Police have not ruled out the possibility the men may have been involved in some of another half-dozen robberies west of Milledge Avenue, beginning in mid-July.
Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to Hayes' arrest or which assists in investigating any of the unsolved robberies dating to mid-July. Calls may be made to a confidential tip line at (706) 613-3342.
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Police are still hunting for a paedophile from Headington after he failed appear in court.
Abdelouaheb Delhoum, pictured, of Ivy Lane, was convicted of two counts of sexual assault on a child under 13, three counts of inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity and one count of rape of a child under 13 years at a hearing in Swindon in May.
The 45-year-old was released on conditional bail until June 13, but did not return or make contact with police.
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You gotta wonder if the "Terminator Salvation" star would have come out publicly and apologized if he hadn't been caught by the guys and gals over at TMZ via an audio of his outburst on the set of "Salvation" earlier this week. (For those who haven't heard it, head over here to witness the massive douchebaggery by Christian Bale.) Now that he's been caught, Bale has come out to apologize for his behavior, and the bloke (as they say Across the Pond) certainly sounds remorseful, and very clear that it was all entirely his fault. At least it sounds legit, and not one of those PR-written apology letter read in an emotionless monotone to the press.
Via SFgate, Bale told the Kevin & Bean radio show this on Friday:
"I have to tell ya, it's been a miserable week for me. … I know I have a potty mouth, everybody knows that now. The thing that I really wanna stress is that I have no confusion whatsoever, I was out of order beyond belief. I was way out of order. I acted like a punk, I regret that, and there is nobody that has heard that tape that it's hit harder than me. So I make no excuses for it, it was inexcusable and I hope that is absolutely clear …
So many people have opinions on this, but none of them were there. Now, we're making 'Terminator' … Sarah Connor is in an insane asylum. I play John Connor, Sarah Connor's son. Now, on the day that all of this happened, the scene that we were doing, I was trying to show a little of that in the blood craziness. You know what? It went very wrong and for reasons that myself, and Shane … and every crewmember who was in that hanger at Kirkland Air Space (in Washington) that day, they know the reasons, I got annoyed and then what happened, I made it ugly, and that was awful of me. I took it way too far and completely mixed up fact and fiction, I'm half John Connor, half Christian Bale and we've heard what happened.
I've not only talked with him, we resolved this completely that very day. We kept working for a number of hours. Listen, when I'm saying I'm not coming back on that set if he's still there, you know what? It's hot air. I don't believe that. I had no intention of getting anybody fired. I absolutely believed in Shane's capability, he's done a wonderful job on that movie. Everything is resolved between us, there is no problem whatsoever. I've seen a cut of the movie and he has done a wonderful professional job, and I don't want anyone to have a misunderstanding about that."
So, Sarah Connor shows up in "Terminator Salvation"? Well that's actual movie news! Yes, we do post actual movie news here every now and then. At least when we aren't afforded the perfect opportunity to make fun of high and mighty celebrities. A guy's gotta make this job worthwhile, right?
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