#a really exclusive jurie process

[agent-jaselin]

Also speaking of Etsy since I keep seeing commercials. I really wish there was a juried version of it so you didn't have to spend an hour slogging through sweat factory knock offs pretending to be an induvial and "customizable" also definitely from a big factory garbage before you got to the stuff made by actual creators.

[edwinspaynes]

don't think i've heard from you yet a good old proper rant about the midnight heir, like aside from the character analysis from my ask ages ago. so go crazy please!!! you know my theories on it and i'm absolutely dying to hear anything you might have to say

OKAY SO THE MIDNIGHT HEIR.

As with most TSC old-timers, TMH was my first introduction to TLH. I will say that I'd seen the initial character portraits of the core TLH group already (sans Thomas, who isn't there). I felt immediately drawn to a couple of the portraits, namely Matthew and Cordelia.

I also was very excited because I dug the ~vibes~ of TLH based on those portraits and the things Cassie said about them. So I was PRIMED to love TLH and always had a preconceived notion that it was going to be my favourite series.

TMH did not disappoint. I was a little sad when neither Matthew nor Cordelia of the portraits showed up, but I loved James and Grace (and became a huge Grace defender for YEARS before ChoG. I hated her after ChoG and then she became my blorbo in ChoI. Grace and I have had a rocky road but she's probably tied for my 6th fave TSC character now).

In any case, I adored TMH James. Like, thought he was super cool. He gave off the vibe of Will if Will truly had have choices (without the curse) and made bad ones. Will if he was INSANELY self-destructive. And as someone who almost exclusively gravitates to either unhinged or traumatized characters, that James was a character that I found super compelling.

But I will say that it felt very much like an extension of TID to me, which made me a little sad because I wanted TLH to be its own thing.

Then comes NBS. Now, May 18th, 2015 was a Big Day for me. At 11 PM, NBS was delivered to my Kindle, and I devoured it on my deck outside.

I immediately understood several things upon reading NBS:

I was absolutely correct about TLH being the best series for me.

Matthew Fairchild was my kindred spirit and I had never felt so seen before as I did after reading NBS.

I dug the vibe of TLH, and that vibe, contrary to TMH, was extremely different from the vibe that TID gave off. It's dark academia vs light academia, and I think that as @thevagabondexpress said once, NBS is the point where Cassie decided that TLH couldn't be and shouldn't be a TID extension.

But I also saw a lot of differences in James. These differences felt natural to me - NBS James was a nice, quiet kid that was actually hyper-relatable, and to this day NBS James is by far my favourite James iteration. I assumed that something horrible had happened between NBS and TMH to "damn" him and change him horribly. I was interested in what it might be.

CLS James made me more curious, and then he felt utterly different in CHoG for no reason to me. James is a wibbly-wobbly character to me, but there are absolutely lovely iterations of him in the SS that I really wish we had gotten to know better.

Another thing about TMH that I find fascinating is Grace.

I really liked Magnus's scenes with Grace in it. Grace was kickass - she could fight in TMH (why couldn't she fight in TLH? Jury's out) and she was also very... self-autonomized, if that makes sense. She felt really traumatized and fucked up, but she almost seemed as though she... not liked her status as a blade, but embraced it. This is also confounding to me, but I think that it was something that naturally shifted as Cassie developed her in the coming years and changed the TLH vibe.

Idk how to end this but TMH is confounding. It's by far my least favourite piece of TLH content, even though I really like it. But like the initial portraits and descriptions, it also provides us with a glimpse into Cassie's process of creating and developing who are in my opinion by far the best set of characters she has ever made and probably will ever make.

[mango4567]

I agree with a lot of this and think it’s a very good, thoughtful examination of his character (and agree that other people characterizing him as just an asshole is a really trivial, annoying reading of his character), but I think some of the examples of him taking responsibility are also examples of him running away.

Accountability isn’t just doing the thing you think you need to do. It’s a process with the people affected and your loved ones. But he repeatedly focuses on what he thinks he needs to do, to the exclusion of the needs and voices of the people he believes he’s hurting.

And, to some degree, that makes sense—they’re mostly kids. They can’t really weigh the pros and cons of their beloved Uncle Kaz sticking around vs the repercussions of their relationship. But he doesn’t go to others for help or even seek out the kids’ opinions.

So I agree that he’s not a bad person (he’s genuinely good in so many ways), but he is a very broken one. And part of the way that manifests is the way he withdraws completely from other people, and then follows that up with physical withdrawal, due to his guilt.

It’s not running away to avoid dealing with his problems, or out of cowardice, or to avoid taking responsibility—it’s a deep seated, pathological guilt and a lack of healthy non-yakuza role models that makes him unable to see any solution other than removing himself. He cannot fathom changing the world beyond the yakuza. Can’t fathom a kinder, better world the way Ichi does. So he runs. To protect others, but he runs nonetheless.

It’s sympathetic and understandable, but being your own judge, jury, and executioner isn’t accountability and leaves a trail of heartbreak in its wake.

Ultimately, his kids don’t need him to repent—they just need their Uncle Kaz.

(I also think this tendency is very much informed by his yakuza-influenced upbringing and morals. He thinks he can protect his actual family from his real or perceived fuckups the same way a yakuza family would expel a troublesome member. He thinks going to jail is paying his dues and he’ll be welcomed back to a family that is healthier for his sacrifice. Etc. But that’s almost an entire separate essay.)

Why I think the common perception of “Kiryu keeps running away” is incorrect

In this thread (or essay I guess) I will go through most of the games one by one to talk about the examples I've seen brought up for Kiryu's tendency to ‘run away’. 

My thesis boils down to: there's two different kinds of “running”. One is Kiryu thinking he's taking responsibility for something he's blaming himself for. The other is him taking responsibility for Haruka and his own happiness and basically an act of emancipation from Kazama.

Yakuza 0

So far I have not actually seen people bring up examples for Y0 actually. But Kiryu is a very different character here. At this point - at least at the beginning - he's still believing in the Yakuza. He doesn't feel like he has something to repent for yet. This changes through the game, especially with Tachibana’s death. If I'm missing anything here, let me know and I will add it to the list.

Yakuza (Kiwami)

Heads up that I only played Kiwami and not the original Yakuza, but since the story and the main plot points are the same, this shouldn’t really matter.

Kiryu taking the fall for Nishiki 

Personally I don't see this as running away at all, but I've seen Kiryu blamed for the consequences (especially Nishiki’s downfall and even his death and Daigo joining the Tojo Clan because he's so shocked by Kiryu supposedly killing his father) and it being called ‘running away’, so here we go, especially because it’s the first time we see Kiryu “running”. 

This is a very good example of Kiryu taking the blame/taking responsibility, because he basically thinks he's responsible - here for Nishiki (who's his kyodai and can't leave his sister behind) and Yumi (blaming himself, because he should have been there to prevent all of this from happening and probably even thinking this happened because of Yumi's connection to him). 

And in a way this is also a way out for him. For me the beginning of the game (I played it after 0) feels extremely depressing. Because Kiryu feels completely disenchanted with the Yakuza. To me it felt like at this point he was living this life because of other people and their expectations. He's climbing the ranks because he feels like he owes that to Kazama and he can't leave Nishiki. He gives Yumi the ring because that's what Reina and Yumi seem to expect him to do. Taking the blame for Nishiki is him taking action for himself, therefore an act of freedom (it's even the opposite of what especially Kazama would want him to do) and the very first example of Kiryu's self sacrificial nature when it comes to taking responsibility for others and the clan, thinking it's the only solution. It’s a pattern we see with Kiryu again and again: he’s taking the blame, thinking the only and best way out is to sacrifice himself. It’s not always what’s actually best for him, the situation or the people around him, but it’s the opposite of running, it’s facing the responsibility he thinks he has head on.

Kiryu resigning as chairman, giving it to Terada instead 

And here we go with a great example of “running” as a form of emancipation. It's one of the few times where Kiryu is actually selfish and not taking responsibility for the Tojo, but something more important and more personal instead. And I honestly think it's the best choice he ever made. Because while he's not taking responsibility for the Tojo, he's got something more important now: Haruka. He's responsible for a child and he obviously does not want this child to grow up the way he did. He knows he can't be a good father if he’s chairman. 

So why is it also a little bit selfish: it's literally his only way out of the Yakuza without consequences. It's not an organization you can simply *leave*. The people who held him in the Yakuza and in Kamurocho (Yumi, Reina, Nishiki, Kazama) are gone. And the only thing that's worth staying alive for is Haruka who needs him and she needs him *out of the Yakuza*. And it's his only way to be free from the Yakuza without making the Clan an enemy by being exiled or banished. Because he's the boss. You can argue about Kiryu's choice (Terada), but who else was he to choose? Majima to him was an extremely powerful man, but Kiryu has no reason to believe at this point that he would be reliable enough to lead the Clan. We see him as someone who abuses his underlings (including Kiryu, it's literally their first scene together), kidnapped Haruka and has an obsession with violence and chaos. The fact that this is a mask does not change it, because Kiryu has no reason to assume it is and even if he can't expect Majima to not use the mask as chairman. And he has no reason to trust Majima at this point. As far as Kiryu knows Majima’s loyalties lie with Shimano and/or himself. The other option could be Kashiwagi, but it's pretty safe to assume he wasn't interested. And to a degree Kiryu has some reasons to distance himself from Kashiwagi at this point considering he was just as involved with failing Nishiki and probably knew that Kazama killed their parents. It's nothing Kiryu would say out loud I think but subconsciously it's there. (And no, I don't think he magically owed it to Daigo to stay, but I already made a thread about Daigo's and Kiryu's relationship). And there’s also the very simple reason that Kiryu has no leadership experience, has been out of the Clan for 10 years and has to deal with a ton of survivor’s guilt, while he just learned that his father figure killed his parents. So that’s honestly not running at all. 

Yakuza (Kiwami) 2

Heads up again, I only played Kiwami 2 and not the original.

The only thing I can personally think of and I’ve seen brought up, is Kiryu being willing to die on the roof. And wonky writing aside, I think him being willing to die up there is a culmination of his survivor’s guilt mixed with the guilt he feels towards Kaoru, feeling responsible for her family’s death (even though he was a child himself) and also blaming himself for leaving the clan to Terada. It’s his first big “atonement by complete self sacrifice”. He’s not running, he thinks he’s solving the problem by taking himself out of the equation.

(Side note: it’s one of my least favorite scenes of the series because it feels extremely OOC. I think the writers/devs were going for some Hollywood action movie ending with Kiryu and Kaoru making out on the roof, etc, but do you really want me to believe he wouldn’t try to make Kaoru leave and get to safety and be totally fine with Haruka watching him die? Like, for real. It’s ridiculous).

If you squint, you could possibly count him not becoming chairman again, but my point from above still stands. That’s not running. It’s emancipation.

Yakuza 3

I think Kiryu leaving for Okinawa is one of the three times I see brought up the most as examples (the first being him running away from being chairman). And just like the first time I think it can count as running away, BUT just like the first time he actually does it for his own happiness and wellbeing and Haruka. It's him taking responsibility for his family. He's “running” from the Tojo and Kamurocho, but again: he doesn't owe it to anyone to lead a life of crime being unhappy, when he can have a happy life while his daughter has an actual happy life and childhood. Furthermore he assures that Daigo has people around him who have actual leadership experience (Majima, Kashiwagi, Yayoi), he has no reason to stay and sacrifice his and Haruka's happiness, especially considering Kiryu has no leadership experience and staying could also be seen as him challenging Daigo's power. So it’s not running, it’s once again emancipation.

Yakuza 5

The third big example I keep seeing brought up is Kiryu leaving the orphanage and start a new depressed life in Nagasugai. This, in my opinion, is another great example of him leaving = thinking he's taking responsibility and doing what's best for the people he loves, in this case Haruka and the other Morning Glory kids. And it's not that he's doing it because he wants to, but because Mirei Park successfully made him believe that the kids are better off without him, playing into a fear he very clearly already had before and that sticks with him for the rest of the games. I'm not saying Kiryu is doing the right thing here. In my opinion what he should have done was telling Park to fuck off and stay away from Haruka, but it is very Kiryu. Right until IW he feels like he has to repent for all the Tojo Clan ever did even though he hasn't been a part of it for a long time and they fucked up his life and keep dragging him back in. I think it's very smart of Park to get him out of the picture and completely isolating Haruka, so she can swoop in and manipulate her in this very fucked up Idol industry, making her think this was Haruka's dream. (Do you ever realize that if Kiryu told Park to fuck off a lot of sad stuff wouldn't have happened? Well). (Side note: I don't hate Park, she's a great and compelling character. But she's just like Arakawa: an abusive, manipulative parent grooming a kid for their own selfish reasons).

So: Kiryu's not running away. He's thinking he's doing the right thing by once again taking responsibility, taking all the blame and being self sacrificial. It's the wrong choice. But it doesn't mean he's running away.

Yakuza 6

Kiryu leaving for prison

in my opinion, another great case of him making a decision to take responsibility and atone for his Yakuza life, born basically out of what Park told him in Y5, that his past will ruin the kids’ future. I think none of the kids would agree, especially not Haruka and I'm not thinking it's the right decision, but it's very easy to see where he's coming from. And when Haruka leaves for Hiroshima (and then leaves Hiroshima when she learns she's pregnant) she's doing something very similar. I often saw “she's running away like she learned to run away from Kiryu”. No. She takes responsibility for others and her kid's safety the way she learned from Kiryu. Was it the right decision? Maybe not, but she is still very young and I will honestly fight for her right to make decisions that aren't perfect. And you can see where she's coming from, when she leaves Morning Glory. It's so much like Kiryu leaving in Y5 because he was convinced his past will ruin the kids' lives. It’s once again the opposite of running.

Kiryu faking his death

The top example of him taking responsibility and trying to repent for his life by condemning himself to loneliness, giving up everything he loves because he's convinced that's the only way to keep the kids safe, because they will never be safe as long as he's around. Mixed with his tendency to be self sacrificial and thinking he doesn't deserve to have happiness because of the people who died while he stayed alive, while he keeps endangering his loved ones. (I'm not touching the weird letter to Daigo here, because I already did that in a different thread).

Gaiden

I saw him not staying with the Jimas near the end brought up as an example of him running away, which in my opinion is just not working. He was basically forced out of hiding to help with the dissolution. That was a deal with the Daidoji. Why would he stay and endanger the orphanage when he just earlier saw that acting up could endanger the kids? I do think he cares about Majima and Daigo (and has respect for Saejima), but their feelings aren't worth risking the kids' lives for.

Infinite Wealth 

Kiryu not staying in the Jima-self-pity-shack

To say it bluntly: why would he? Coming there was already a huge risk. He's currently working on solving the mess the Jimas left behind, even though it should be none of his business. I see a lot of Kiryu hate for this scene, while I mostly was angry at Daigo, Majima and Saejima. Because time and time again Kiryu is dragged away from his civilian life to solve the mess of the Tojo Clan, that usually has nothing to do with him. At all. It's often started by Daigo being a weak chairman. (And no, I don't think Daigo is Kiryu's responsibility. Daigo at the point of becoming chairman has Yayoi, Majima and Kashiwagi with him. Why did Kiryu apparently fail Daigo, but they didn't?) But back to IW’s infamous 3Jima confrontation. Kiryu has every reason to be as pissed as he is. He had to help the dissolution during Gaiden, being basically sold by the Daidoji to the Yakuza cause. All of it wasn't his idea. Then the heads of the dissolution didn't see it through, flee into a fisher hut and it's once again Kiryu who suddenly has to solve the mess they left behind while being terminally ill. And then they have the audacity to ask him to abandon the cause and stay with them. Kiryu leaving with the Ichigang isn't only taking responsibility, it's also the right thing to do. And it's definitely not running away. 

Running from treatment instead of fighting 

Kiryu's lack of will to fight against the cancer is the culmination of his self sacrificial nature. It's on point. Because in the end he thinks that's what he deserves for his life and being alone with so many loved ones dead and people being added to the pile (like Rikiya, to his knowledge Kashiwagi, etc). He's just going full circle. He's alone and at this point he sees dying as being able to repent, join his loved ones and to a degree freedom from loneliness and the Daidoji leash. And in his mind the people who are still alive are better off without him, because as long as he's alive, he's a risk to their safety. With him gone, the Daidoji have no reason to threaten the kids anymore. It's very Kiryu. It's him on the roof in YK2 all over again. Finding his will to live again and fight is basically like him refusing to be chairman and leaving for Okinawa: because he's finally doing this for himself and his own happiness and not for the Tojo. And it makes so much sense that it happens through people who aren't Yakuza, but Date fighting for him, showing him all the people who love him and Ichigang as well, not the Tojo people.

But why the misconception?

Well, I feel like it's something that manifested as a belief in the fandom that a lot of people just stick to without actually questioning it. And a lot of times, it seems to be to make Kiryu responsible while taking responsibility from other characters (especially Daigo, Majima and Kashiwagi). In solidarity with one character another character gets the blame and that's - funny enough - usually Kiryu. He's magically ruined Daigo's life (I made another thread about why I think Kiryu's not as responsible for Daigo as some make it out to be) and responsible for basically every death in the series. If you read some takes, you could believe Kiryu's the true villain of the story. This is especially interesting because all those characters do similar things, but somehow that’s fine. Kashiwagi fakes his death and starts a new life. Majima drops Tojo responsibilities in Y2 to have a construction company (it’s not a civilian life though), he runs away from his (extremely young) wife, he leaves Kamorucho behind during the 3K-plan, he leaves the Yakuza grunts to hide in a fishing hut and he fakes his death in Y5. Daigo leaves the Tojo to drink his brains away with his nepo baby money, he basically vanishes in Y5 leaving the clan in disarray, he leaves during the 3K-plan and leaves with Majima once again when the dissolution isn’t easy. All of those characters have reasons for their behavior, Kiryu’s not more or less of an asshole for doing similar things. 

That’s my essay. It got far too long. Thank you, if you read all of this. 

I’m open to discussing my points. I’m not open to Kiryu being called an asshole just because a popular account says he is. 

[biglisbonnews]

Teyana Taylor Says She's Working on a Dionne Warwick Biopic Teyana Taylor is ready for an iconic biopic. As first reported by Billboard, the 32-year-old actress, singer, and dancer confirmed that she is planning to play legendary singer Dionne Warwick in a forthcoming biopic. The "Morning" singer has always looked the part, but she says she wanted to wait until she was able to dive fully into the character. Related | Teyana Taylor Just Wants to 'See Everybody Win'"We’re already working on it, we're in the building process right now," Taylor told interviewer Tamron Hall, in a new clip from the Tamron Hall Show shared exclusively with Billboard. "I always wanted to make sure I could lock in with any person that I would be playing."As part of the process of learning about Warwick, Taylor is working directly with the 82-year-old icon, who she says she talks to everyday. "I’ve always been a firm believer and stood on safety," Taylor said of the collaboration. "She’s had a wonderful career, and I think right now is about making her feel as safe as possible to tell her story because a lot of these stories get misconstrued or dramatized to an extent. That’s not really where we want to go.”The upcoming role comes at a fitting time for Taylor, who is recently earning critical acclaim for her most high profile role yet, as Inez in A Thousand and One — which premiered (and won the Grand Jury Prize) in January at the Sundance Film Festival. "Inez is just something that I felt and I knew that I had a point to prove," Taylor told Entertainment Weekly of that role. Photo by Christian Vierig / Getty Images https://www.papermag.com/teyana-taylor-dionne-warwick-biopic-2659713792.html

[perasperaadpasta]

You people don't understand me and then triple down on it.

I never said Gaiman's victims would read, I meant victims in general, like me.

My issue was specifically with people (such as yourself) who say they will "remain neutral" until a verdict is issued.

As I tried to explain through 16 million replies, the percentage of sexual assault that is actually reported is miniscule. Of those, the percentage that is investigated is miniscule. Of those, the percentage that goes to trial is miniscule. Of those, the percentage of acquittals is immense.

Bias against women is baked into societal and institutional norms which affects this entire process.

In Common Law jury trials (which is the case in NZ, Australia and the UK, where a lot of these cases occurred), juror candidates in rape trials have to disclose (at risk of a mistrial) if they have themselves been a victim or have relatives who have, as that is considered undue bias. You realize how this excludes women in particular, from participating in the process of justice of crimes that disproportionally affect them. Jurors do not have to disclose, by the way, if they have relatives who have been accused of rape (I'm not gonna go into why jury of peers is an insane concept in itself).

Cops are documented to have a higher than average tendency to be domestic abusers themselves. Judges have been found to be rapists and this didn't cause their sexual assault verdicts to be automatically eligible for retrial.

Do you get the gist? Of why it's infuriating to hear "presumption of innocence!" and "I'll wait for the verdict", particularly in a case with multiple victims?

It's very likely there'll be no verdict. And if there is, it's very likely to be subject to these biases. The likelihood these women will be believed is astronomically small.

That's why you (and a million other people online) saying "there's presumption of innocence", "let's avoid insulting Neil Gaiman as a serial rapist yet" and "I'll remain neutral til the verdict" reads as not believing victims.

Gaiman's victims might not be reading, but I am, and I can't help imagining this being said of the men who raped me. It's not that people don't believe me, but presumption of innocence you know. It's not that they don't think he's guilty, but let's not call him a rapist yet. Let's wait for the verdict (not that it matters! they believe me, but just wanna wait for the verdict to say it, for some reason).

Like I'm sorry to yell at you, apparently, that this fucking sucks to hear and it is disencouraging.

Then you started saying it wasn't about the verdict at all, it was about the conclusion of your own research, and I said well, maybe you should have done that first, before commenting ALL THIS about it, and that it didn't change the fact you still emphasized the verdict outcome as a requirement for your support (if that's really not the case, why say it?).

That's all. That is the thing that's irking me with these posts, yours included but unfortunately far from exclusively.

I really, really hope this gets through this time 'cause I don't know how else to explain it.

I do understand, however, that you must have felt I was coming down on you personally for no reason. This is the reason, but if that was overwhelming and upsetting to you I still apologize.

And mind you, I did not come looking for this response and I never visited your blog, this showed up on my For You, probably because we interacted and it's on the Neil Gaiman tag.

And for the anon, not only did you not understand it, you reduced my point to absurdity just so you could have a witty quip on someone's inbox. Who are you to be saying tumblr shitbrain behavior of anybody else.

Typical Tumblr shitbrain behaviour; convincing themselves that screaming at random bloggers for daring to say “I don’t have enough information to form an opinion on this situation yet” is going to save sexual assault victims. Sorry you got yelled at by someone who spends too much time doomscrolling as if any of the women who came forward are going to read your blog specifically.

Exactly what I was trying to explain. What difference does it make for the victims that I, an anonymous person on the Internet, do the research in my area, then wait for the whole affair to be complete before exposing the opinion that I would have formed and which will have evolved, strength of the next information that will arise ? But apparently that just means that I don't believe the victims, that I necessarily think that Neil Gaiman is innocent, that my opinion will not change and that apparently I will never speak truthfully on the subject. 🙄

[valkyriesexual]

So when people are talking about what amber can file for appeal can she only choose one or can she like appeal on multiple grounds like can she appeal for the misuse of personal jurisdiction and the fact that she had evidence suppressed or could she only pick one? If you know? Again, thank you for answering all my questions :)

Hi! I'm happy to answer questions when I can. :)

So this is a very basic answer about appeals, and there are probably appellate experts rolling over in their graves or whatever, but when you do an appeal, you get one shot. You state every ground that you want to appeal on. Jurisdiction, forum, failure to dismiss, the lack of jury sequestration, the cameras, each and every incorrect exclusion of evidence, every time an improper piece of depp evidence came in, bad jury instructions, the juror who texted that AH was psychotic but was kept on the jury, the juror who was threatened with doxxing by depp trolls, etc. You put it all in, because the appellate court could decide that there was no legal error in the first 13 grounds, but if they find for you on the 14th ground, you may have the verdict overturned.

One key thing is that AH's legal team needs to have objected to each decision at the time it was made, otherwise she would forfeit her right to appeal on that issue. So lets take the cameras issue. Had her team stated no objections to the cameras, and then the cameras turned out to have a big impact, she can't on appeal for the first time raise the issue of "oh but the cameras".

I do want people to remember three things: (1) appeals are HARD. there are always standards that say basically 'judicial officers have wide discretion to run their trial courts in ways they see fit, and juries are the sole determiners of credibility", and it's only in circumstances like clear legal error or abuse of discretion that the appeals court will reverse/remand. and there's a heightened burden on appellants. usually they also have to show that the error was not harmless (meaning, that had the error not been made, there might have been a different verdict), so it's very common to see appellate decisions that say 'yeah, this decision was wrong, but the error was harmless because there was enough other evidence to support the jury's verdict'

And (2) even if AH wins on appeal, she may have to go through the entire trial again, and AH can never wipe the slate clean from what the depp smear campaign and the content creators that profited off of making memes of her suffering has done to her reputation. Would it even be possible, given the widespread media attention to the verdict, for AH to find enough people untainted by the media coverage and social media circus to constitute an untainted jury on retrial? I think it would be hard.

And most depressingly, (3) even if AH wins on appeal and the win is that the defamation action should have been dismissed on jurisdictional grounds or res judicata/collatteral estoppel grounds, the chilling effect on survivors has already happened. survivors are already withdrawing statements and choosing not to go forward with their cases against their abusers. they're terrified of ending up in front of a judge that televises their abuse &/or a jury that finds that they defamed their abuser for talking about their experiences.

for more information about appeals in virginia, their court system has a website that is not particularly useful, and california has an amazing website that goes through a basic overview of the appeals process in a really accessible manner.

[if you found this post helpful or informative, please consider subscribing to my substack, it does take me a decent amount of time to research, write, and source posts like this, and substack subscriptions are deeply appreciated]

[funkymbtifiction]

How I Write, How I Dream: ESTP Edition

Mod: An ESTP asked permission to submit this, since she noticed I do not have an ESTP ‘How I write stories’ description in the archive to match this series. What follows is in her own words.

ESTP: How I Write, How I Dream

So this submission is like 6+ years late topically, I think, but it’s an understatement to say I get side-tracked easily. First I had to be self-aware enough to actually determine my type with confidence, and then I had to remember to write this up. Hopefully it’s an edition that’s better late than never – in any case, I thought it might be fun to contribute, given the frequent lack of Se-dom voices in things like this.

I’m aware that I might be in a comparatively small group as a regular ESTP writer, let alone one familiar with personality typology, but I wrote my first short story at nine for a 4th grade assignment, and then my first full story/intended book when I was eleven, (both of which I immediately proceeded to act out on the playground), so it’s sort of always been a part of my normal retinue of hobbies/coping mechanisms/diversions/distractions. Usually I find that I write the most when I’m bored or otherwise dissatisfied with my real life – sort of using it to spice things up with more exciting events, even if they’re regrettably fictional. I also suspect that I use writing to experience all the interesting things I find myself unable to physically do, at least for the moment – not unlike what your ISTP contributor described. I think sometimes that I use it to subconsciously work through certain concepts, too, until I understand them holistically. It’s like it gives me a way to actually engage and interact with a philosophical concept through tangible expression – through embedding it into [fictional] human behavior. Like how I understand the nuances of the concept of apostasy better for having walked through the plot of Silence (2016) with Scorsese than I would have if it was still just a definition in a theology textbook. Application helps me. (I also had a counselor a while back who told me that I used my writing to work through the emotions I hate to process in real life, but I was never wholly convinced of that or the connection of my plots to my real life events, so jury’s out, I guess.)

When I was a kid, I liked to read a fair-ish amount. Spies were oftentimes my favorite topic, but I also wanted eagerly to be one and owned probably every kid spy gadget ever manufactured for sale at the Spy Museum in D.C., to which I dragged my parents practically every weekend so I could crawl through air vents, etc. However, my favorite children’s series of all was actually the Ingo series by the late Helen Dunmore, which provided me with exciting, nature-based, and [mostly] emotionally satisfying adventures in my lifelong favorite unpredictable environment – underwater. (I also dragged my parents constantly to our local aquarium.) As I got older, the frequency of my reading dropped, and I now find myself usually pulled more towards nonfiction.

[Note – I just realized a lifelong quirk with me and books. I’m sort of ridiculously set on *seeing* the books I own. I mean, I know what I own, but I still constantly get out every book I own on a particular topic just to see them all at once. It makes the knowledge more cohesive for me to concentrate it visually, I guess. Even just the covers. Anyway.]

My writing habits are kind of awful – in that, like alluded to above, I pretty much only write when I either a) am seized by a great idea, or else b) have nothing better to do. I have little ambition to actually publish or anything like that, regardless of encouragement, and I prefer to think of my writing as just a diversion, an amusement for myself alone (though I do crave minimal approval, as I do in anything). In any case, as soon as the pressure of a schedule is attached to my writing, it drains of all joy for me. Much like your ISTP contributor described, I think I hover somewhere between plotter and pantser, depending on the story. Too much planning leads to my feeling like I have no incentive to actually write it, as I’ve already experienced it, and too little leaves me spinning aimlessly with no real direction. I write both prose and screenplays, and the rule seems to hold true for both, overall. Also, whenever I have a problem in my plotting or characters or whatever, I find that I have to step away, go be busy with something else, sometimes for a long while, and when I come back everything just falls into place. I guess unconscious Ti and/or Ni finding solutions? I’m not totally sure how/why that happens.

As my inclusion of screenplay format may suggest, I experience my stories in an incredibly visual way. I think sometimes that my narratives come across very much like movies, with all the requisite limitations and usual lack of character introspection. I feel like I pretty much focus on the observable actions of my characters – I find describing any kind of extended rumination highly unnatural, at least most of the time. Even my planning is highly visual. I have a tendency to graph, chart, draw, and plaster my options all over the walls. It’s ridiculous sometimes, but in many cases I just have to be able to see them all next to each other, even if there’s no other information provided. Like my books, mentioned earlier. It helps clarify my plot choices in my mind. It’s also a quirk/weakness of mine that I am often entirely dependent on outside images for descriptions. I need to find a real person, place, or thing to base my fictional ones on physically if I hope to have any kind of concrete knowledge to allow description. Again, it helps solidify them/it in my mind.

I have another weakness in my writing that often results in much incredulous laughter – I’m often entirely blind to any hidden meaning or symbolism in my own writing. I might get the vaguest sense of something being a good line, but be unsure why until my ISFJ friend starts praising my deep, archetypal references and crafting – and then staring at me when I clearly have no idea what she means. It’s happened several times by this point, and though it makes me laugh, I’ll just blame it on the subconscious inferior Ni. I pretty much never have any kind of goal of being symbolic or laden with deep meaning. If I were ever to try that, I think it would massively stress me out.

In terms of editors, beta readers, or whatever else we want to call those who give solicited criticism – that’s just what I need/want. Criticism. For the most part, I’m incredibly thick-skinned about my writing and would be absolutely fine if someone told me that it was utterly terrible and the whole thing needed revising down to the very concept. That may be because I think many of my concepts are lackluster to start with. But nothing frustrates me so quickly as readers unwilling to actually [and harshly] criticize. I always tell them that I want him/her to rip it to shreds. I mean, that’s the only way it’ll get better. (I’ve made mistakes before by assuming that other writers feel this way, too – my sister did not appreciate my input.)

I write almost exclusively dramas these days, I guess, though of varying subtypes. (I also maintain the availability/ready accessibility of about 10+ stories at any given time of active writing. I bounce between them sometimes based on what I’m feeling like at the moment or what I have a new thought about.) I have a sort of historical drama thing that takes place in the 1680s, a modern drama prompted by a premise of genetic engineering, a Most Dangerous Game kind of hunting/weapons thing, a detective story in the immediate aftermath of WWII, a classic deserted island story, a thing involving the phenomenon of stigmata… the list goes on and shifts constantly.

However, while I’ve typically enjoyed writing, here’s the omnipresent rub – engaging with it for any great amount of time makes me really unhealthy emotionally. I’m pretty sure that after like two or three days primarily working on a story without other overriding priorities, or like six or seven with those scattered distractions, (at best), I’m plummeting straight down to my inferior functions. My historical stories do this even more quickly, because they oftentimes seem to require more mental effort. I get super irritable, drown in self-loathing, start to think that everything real that I want is never going to happen – it’s really not good. The fact of the matter is that while writing is a fun diversion oftentimes, I go insane doing it for too long, because I need to get out and engage. (Thanks to my pesky Se-dom, daring to ask for more than just incessant fidgeting.)

When I do write, however, I’m known for my in-depth research, my character-driven plots, lines some people in my life seem to think are witty or something, and emotional depth, believe it or not. I’ve been complimented on it, as well as my tendency to accurately portray mental/emotional illness. I don’t know. I’ve never thought I was overly talented at such things, but then again, I never paid much attention. Even this write-up has been hard – analyzing my writing like this. It’s not a strength of mine to scrutinize my own habits.

After all, I’m busy – I have to go blast Maroon 5 as I jump off a 20-foot wall yelling, “Parkour!”

I am an ESTP, remember? ;-)

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Mom reacts to Ed Buck conviction in fatal overdoses of Black gay men

EXCLUSIVE: Multimillionaire political donor Edward Buck was found guilty on nine counts involving the crystal meth overdose deaths of Moore and Timothy Dean

On the four-year anniversary of Gemmel Moore’s death, a Los Angeles jury unanimously voted to convict Edward Buck as being responsible for his death. Moore was found dead in Buck’s home following a crystal meth overdose July, 27, 2017.

In 2019, Ed Buck was arrested and charged with nine counts including enticement to travel in interstate commerce for prostitution, four counts of distribution of methamphetamine, one count of maintaining a drug-involved premise, as well as two counts of providing drugs resulting in death.

“I’m happy. I’m glad this is over and I’m glad we got justice” LaTisha Nixon, Moore’s mother, told theGrio in Downtown Los Angeles after the verdict was read Tuesday afternoon.

The charges against Buck did not come after a second man, Timothy Dean, was recovered from Buck’s West Hollywood apartment in 2019, also dead from a meth overdose.

It was only until a third man, Dane Brown, almost died in Buck’s apartment that was he finally arrested.

“It was the Ed Buck train. He was the conductor and used his money and influence to use human beings as personal sextools,” prosecutors told jurors during closing arguments.

Brown was one of several who testified this week against Ed Buck, detailing a world of pay to play, where Buck used his money to lure mostly vulnerable Black men to his West Hollywood apartment. Buck would offer to inject these men with meth, in exchange for money.

Many agreed because they needed money, or a place to stay such as Brown, who testified that he allowed Buck to inject him with meth several times a day at his apartment because he felt like that was how he “earned his keep,” while staying with Buck, who had a fetish in which he liked to see how their body reacted to meth.

Brown described how he would wake up with Ed Buck playing with his genitals, as his body fought reactions from the drug and he came in and out of consciousness.

Moore’s mother LaTisha Nixon did not know that after her son caught a flight to Los Angeles from Texas, she would never see him alive again. Moore had met Buck on a gay dating app and once he allowed Buck to inject him with meth, his body fiend for the drugs. Buck bought Moore a ticket to Los Angeles, and a few hours after picking Moore up from LAX, he was phoning police reporting his death.

It did not take long for Nixon to find out the truth of what happened to her son, written in his own words in a small journal released back to her with his belongings.

“I pray that I can just get my life together. I help so many people but can’t seem to help myself. I don’t know what to do. I have become addicted to drugs and the worst one at that, Ed Buck is the one to thank. He gave me my first injection of crystal meth. It was very painful but after all the troubles I became addicted to the pain and fetish/fantasy.”

Gemmel was only 26.

His mother sought help in bringing attention to her son’s case and wondered why police did not enter the journal into evidence and begin building a case against Ed Buck. Nixon would soon be united with a long-time journalist in Los Angeles, named Jasmyne Cannick, who would play a huge role in not only shedding light on Buck but his arrest and subsequent conviction.

Nixon says one of the most painful parts of the trial was the victim shaming on behalf of Buck’s attorney, Chris Darden — who famously prosecuted the infamous O.J. Simpson murder case. The defense argued that Moore and Dean did not die from meth, but from heart failure and aids complications.

When asked why he chose to represent Ed Buck, Darden said  “I feel like this is my calling. I believe in the constitution, I believe it applies to everyone. Everyone has the right to a competent lawyer. Justice applies to everyone. Sinners or saints. Even Jesus prayed for the incarcerated. We can’t insist on our rights and exclude others.”

Nixon says she did not appreciate the misrepresentations and labels in the media of her son being only labeled as an escort because he was so much more than that. Nixon also says that her son was not homeless.

“My son lived with me until the day he died. He was a good person who got mixed up in the middle of this mess. I’m not just saying that because he was my son. He had a bright future ahead of him,” Nixon said.

She says this experience really opened her eyes to a lot of the issues that LGBTQ youth experience. She encourages others to not be judgemental and believe similar issues could never happen to them.

“Just be mindful and make sure to check on your kids who are LGBTQ. They go through a lot,” she expressed.

“People reached out to me about Gemmel’s case saying their parents did not want to deal with them and they got on drugs because of issues with their family. Don’t be afraid to seek help.”

Now that the trial is over, Nixon is focused on healing, which was very hard for her to do during this process.

“I couldn’t heal the way I needed to heal because of this. I can focus on my family, my children, getting us closer together and focus on healing.”

A sentencing date has not yet been announced.

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As you probably have heard in the news, earlier in August a Pennsylvania grand jury handed down a 1,356-page account of sexual abuse which involved around 1,000 kids and 300 priests during a period of approximately 70 years. It is another pedophilia scandal within the Catholic Church that adds up to their collection of countless other ones reported in recent years.

The commie pope—while on his two-day visit to Ireland—begged for forgiveness again, just the way he did in Chile back in January of this year.

You can notice how quick and scathing the mainstream media is to denounce these recurring events, after all we know who owns the MSM and the (real) Church has a long, well-known history of “anti-semitism” and resistance against the tentacles of globalism. I wish the media had the same commitment to inform the existence of other pedophile rings full of high-ranking people as well.

Is the problem of the church’s innumerous sexual abuse allegations really pedophilia? To me there is a deeper explanation for it, and that explanation is: homosexualism. 81% of the alleged victims are male and three-fourths of them are post-pubescent. As you guys are certainly aware of, the Church has a very big issue with homosexualism among its clergymen.

I have a theory for the high presence of gay men inside priesthood: until not long ago being gay was definitely not ok, homosexuals were not accepted as they are now, so they became priests.

The developed Western world of today encourages people to become gay, it applauds individuals for their gayness, but it wasn’t always like that. Now, try to imagine a closeted homosexual man living in the 50s, for example. What a better place to go than the Catholic seminary? People wouldn’t look you down, you wouldn’t have to get married, the place was filled with other young men (potential sexual partners) and that’s how the Church got corrupted by perverts.

Pedophilia x Homosexualism

One normie could argue “how homosexualism relates to pedophilia?” Any red-pilled person who has ever wondered what causes someone to become gay will notice that there is an undeniable link between pedophilia and homosexualism.

Let’s remember the occasion of Milo Yiannopolous’ resignation from Breitbart over comments which seemed to endorse sex between “younger men” and older men. Something that is—as he pointed out—extremely common among gay men. A 2009 report revealed that 74 percent of bisexuals had been sexually abused as children, I am pretty sure homosexuals follow the same numbers.

I won’t say homosexual behavior is exclusively caused by pedophilia because human (or animal) sexuality is a very complex topic which can certainly involve many variables. I just don’t buy that “born this way” hype, until this day not a single reliable proof of the existence of a gay gene or anything like it was discovered.

The Vatican once bought a £21 million apartment block above ‘Europe’s largest gay sauna’.

Pope Francis, a champion of the left-leaning agenda inside the Church, has been accused of covering up former Cardinal McCarrick’s abuse allegations (one of the many cases in Pennsylvania). The accusations were made by Carlo Vigano, a former Vatican ambassador to the US, and if it proves to be true–I am positive it is—that should result in pope Francis’ resignation. As a traditionalist Catholic myself I would be delighted with such an event.

Francis has already been complacent with other pedos before. One good example is the 2015 ‘Synod on the Family’ when the pope invited Godfried Danneels, a Belgium Cardinal convicted of covering up pedophiles in the 90s, to attend the meeting. Danneels is a hard-left priest that tries to push the Church ” liberal reformation” and admitted that he was part of a plot against (right-leaning) Pope Benedict and in favor of the election of leftie Francis.

To affirm that the Church’s gay/pedos are exclusively part of the left-wing priesthood would be too Manichean. I am sure there are tons of sick people who lean right also. But it can’t be denied that the liberals make up the vast majority of these issues involving sexual misconduct.

“Religious progressives”

For those who don’t know, the Catholic Church, just as any other political institution, is divided in factions that tend to be more liberal or orthodox. The liberation theology, for instance, is a movement created inside the Catholic Church (and some Protestant denominations) which aims to mix Christianity and Marxism.

Even if you are an agnostic don’t underestimate the influence they played in various regions such as Europe, Latin America and even New England. Brazilian Workers’ Party attributed their success to this movement and Unions.

Be wary of any religious leader that tries to push a liberalization of dogmas and traditions. Because all religions are intrinsically conservative according to their respective contexts, they establish doctrines that dictate sets of rules that must be followed properly in order to attain their objectives (whether is Salvation in Christianity or Nirvana in Buddhism). There are no (real) religions without their traditions.

Whenever you see liberal religious men doubt their characters. There is a good chance they don’t even bother with religion or spirituality, perhaps they are closeted atheist. What they do care about is the religious platform, which can offer various benefits such as large audiences, political influence, money and even sex.

Estimates of the number of gays in the priesthood are all over the lot, from 20 percent to 60 percent, although a Los Angeles Times poll in 2002 found only 15 percent of priests saying they were homosexual or “somewhere in between but more on the homosexual side.”

Every time pedo priests’ cases pop up in the MSM, secular people are very quick to point fingers and show their moral superiority, but they “forget” the existence of secular institutions that are way more sexually perverted than the “gayish” modern Church, such as Hollywood, the political and corporate world.

Real Church x Sissy Church

It is also important to notice that the Church was emasculated, an emasculation that took place during the process of secularization and establishment of liberal democracies across the Western world (e.g. French Revolution).

The Church had to be softened, becoming an institution that barely resembles the once powerful and great Church of the Crusades or the Inquisitions. This same phenom of emasculation can also happen in other secular institutions too, the Military, mainstream Music, Politics, Sports and even Boys Scouts. And it will only get worse as liberal-democratic globalism advances, so secular people: watch out!

St. Basil the Great, a 4th century bishop and Doctor of the Church, defended that gay/pedo priests should be publicly flogged. That was the (real) Church, not this sissy catholicism created after the Second Vatican Council (a modernist reform imposed in the Church from 1962 to 1965). A lot of things got bad in the 60s.

The (real) Church has a very important and vigorous story in the construction of the West. Always being a target to the globalists and that breed who rules the world, a clear obstacle to their goals.

Examples are many: Gabriel García Moreno, Catholic Equatorian president, who made a terrific job in a Confessional Equator and was killed by the Freemasons; Saint José Sanchez del Rio, who was killed by Mexican secular, freemason and leftist government with the support of the US, for refusing to abbandon his faith.

Inconvenient truths are ignored

The media only goes after what is convenient to their narrative, don’t expect them to expose Hollywood pedos nor the obvious link between pedo priests and homosexualism. The left has already pushed the normalization of pedophilia many times and I didn’t see the indignation of the MSM.

Late Vatican’s Chief Exorcist Gabriele Amorth once said, “The Devil resides in the Vatican and you can see the consequences”.

“The floor of hell is paved with the skulls of bishops”. – St. Athanasius

Read More: The Vatican Has Disgraced True Catholic Values

I have noticed that many people have been falsely conflating what comes out of the Vatican as Catholic. Thus it is my duty to present to the esteemed readers of this fine site the true teachings of the Church which stand, ever more so today, in stark opposition to the rot of cultural Marxism and the effeminacy of the Papal pretenders in Rome.

Vicar of Christ?

Church authorities are not legitimate

It is a dogma of the Catholic faith that the Church cannot substantially change. This means that the church cannot contradict nor change her teaching from what has always been universally taught or has been solemnly defined. Any one who claims to be Catholic and knowingly professes a faith which contradicts a teaching of the Church is considered to be a heretic and is considered to have a removed himself from the Church.

As St. Thomas states: “[one] who disbelieves [even] one article of faith does not have faith, either formed or unformed.” This is known as the unity of faith which means that all Catholics profess the same faith. Likewise it means that heretics cannot hold a clerical office in the Church. Thus if a heretic were to be elected even to the Papacy they could not be considered a legitimate Pontiff because a heretic has separated himself from the Church (source).

Would a real Pope bow to a religion declared false by the Church?

Simply put, you have to be Catholic to be Pope, and the absurdity of a heretic claiming the See of Peter is where we find ourselves today. For just as the institutions in the West have been infiltrated and seized by the enemy, likewise have the institutions of the Church been usurped by apostate forces. The hierarchy currently residing in the Vatican are not legitimate authorities and do not represent the perennial teaching of the Church. Therefore I have listed for your benefit the actual Church’s positions on some current areas of contention.

The only time Francis has ever smiled at a Crucifix

On Communism

The Catholic Church is vehemently opposed to communism. Without Pius XII valiant efforts, communism would have prevailed over postwar France and Italy. The Pope went so far as to issue the Decree against Communism in 1949 which excommunicated any Christian who professed communist doctrine.

Catholicism is the enemy of Marxism as it teaches that there can be no separation of Church and state, and an atheist government is immoral. Catholicism believes private property is a natural right going so far to say that depriving workers of their wages is a sin which cries to heaven for vengeance (compare that to our socialist tax code!).

On Migration and Culture

The current Muslim invasion of Europe would be met with the utmost resistance. It has always been the Church which has sought to safeguard Catholic Culture and in ages past has gone so far as to issue a call to arms against non-Catholics who have sought to destroy it.

Pope Urban II issued the Crusades and Pope Leo the great even went so far as to personally travel into the heart of the Hun army—to Attila himself—to deliver Rome from the sack that was to come. In 1571, St. Pope Pius V formed the Holy League that would go on to defeat the great Muslim Turkish Armada that was plaguing the Mediterranean.

“Then I pointed like so and told them where to take their cultural enrichment”

The tradition of the Church has been to unite the West against external non-christian threats in order to preserve Western Christian culture.

“The natural law enjoins us to love devotedly and to defend the country in which we were born, and in which we were brought up, so that every good citizen hesitates not to face death for his native land…. We are bound, then, to love dearly the country whence we have received the means of engagement this mortal life affords.” – Sapientia Christiana Encyclical Pope Leo XIII

On Abortion and Contraception

So what is the real teaching of the Church in regards to abortion and contraception? The teaching is any member who has an abortion or supports abortion is automatically excommunicated from the Church. That’s right: every single Democrat who claims to be Catholic is actually excommunicated, including Nancy Pelosi who likes to sanctimoniously drone how she is a good Catholic grandmother.

Contraception is also considered a mortal sin because it is an unnatural stoppage of life.

“Hence, after the sin of homicide whereby a human life already in existence is destroyed, this type of sin appears to take next place, for by it the generation of human nature is impeded.” -St. Thomas Aquinas.

I know this is unpopular with the readers, but the teaching is that those who engage in contraception have already committed murder in their heart. Contraception is what allows people to engage in recreational sex, because the natural end of sex has been set aside so too then has the institution of marriage, whose end is children.

Likewise, because we have committed murder in our hearts, we have become a petulant, immature, vain, and a sterile people similar to any other people who have taken the risk from reward or the consequences from pleasure. This is the most difficult pill to swallow.

On Feminism

The Church condemns feminism in the strongest terms. There cannot exist feminism without birth control.

“…any use whatsoever of matrimony exercised in such a way that the act is deliberately frustrated in its natural power to generate life is an offense against the law of God and of nature, and those who indulge in such are branded with the guilt of a grave sin.” -Pius XI Casti Cannubi

The Church asserts that Man is the head of the household and that a woman finds her vocation from being a good mother and housewife:

“This … does not deny or take away the liberty which fully belongs to the woman both in view of her dignity as a human person, and in view of her most noble office as wife and mother and companion; nor does it bid her obey her husband’s every request if not in harmony with right reason or with the dignity due to wife; … For if the man is the head, the woman is the heart, and as he occupies the chief place in ruling, so she may and ought to claim for herself the chief place in love.” -Ibid

The Pope has even gone so far as to condemn women’s suffrage:

“Woman can never be man’s equal and cannot therefore enjoy equal rights. Few women would ever desire to legislate, and those who did would only be classed as eccentrics.” -St. Pius X

On Pacifism

The Catholic Church is not simply just a religion of love and mercy. Christianity is not a weak religion, for our God is a God of Battles. Catholic Tradition encourages us to live our lives in the manner of our Lord Jesus who spoke of the struggle that his Church would have to endure.

“Do not think that I am come to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword.”-Mathew 10:34

Christians are not meant to sit idly as bystanders to the great struggle of good and evil in this world.

“For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood: but against principalities and power, against the rulers of the world of this darkness: against the spirits of wickedness in the high places.” -Ephesians 6:12

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Documentaries : The 93rd Academy Awards (2020 Nominees)

As we get down to the nitty gritty on the Oscar preperation, I find myself down to the Best Documentary Feature, Best International Feature, Best Animated Feature and Best Song categories for watching (and listening respectively), as well as a few Best Picture nominees and a Best Visual Effects nominee.  After seeing that Collective had gained placement on Hulu over the weekend, it felt fitting to address the Best Documentary Feature category and get that checked off of the list.

Collective (Hulu, dir. Alexander Nanau)

The deadly fire that ravaged the Collectiv nightclub on October 30 of 2015 was already a tragedy, claiming the lives of 26 people at the Bucharest location immediately.  What was even sadder was what the wake of this fire exposed… a vast number of patients were taken to locations were they immediately gained infections via bacteria and contamination, only to be transferred and distributed amongst doctors in Bucharest who were not fit to treat burn victims or infection victims.  Perhaps out of fear, incompetence, shame or some combination of the three, many victims were denied transfer to facilities that could suit them, and in the end, an additional 38 people died, bringing the ultimate toll to 64.  Rather than implement interview footage, fancy infographics and recreated vignettes, Alexander Nanau approaches the tragedy with the utmost respect, allowing the victims, families of the victims and those representing them in various capacities be the focus of the story while letting their actions speak louder than any words directly addressed to a camera.  We watch an investigation unfold in the hopes that it can open the door towards moving forward in the grieving process, not to mention eliminating the elements that led to the tragedy at hand, and much like a jury, we are left to make up our own minds where we stand in the matter.  Perhaps it is this hands off approach that makes it so strong and immersive, sometimes to the point that one forgets they are simply viewing a documentary and instead feeling as if we are in the eye of a very personal and painful storm.

Crip Camp (Netflix, dr. James Lebrecht, Nicole Newnham)

The 1960s were a time focused heavily on breaking down social norms that thrived on exclusion, but usually, recollections of the era tend to focus on the struggles of minorities and women.  Those who live with disability tend to lead a life of struggle as well, as many aspects of society are not geared towards accessibility and usability for all.  Crip Camp not only shines a light on efforts during the 1960s that helped shift society at large away from practices of institutionalization and isolation for those with disability, but it serves as another realm of the nostalgia-filled spectrum for the time of hippies, free-love and revolution.  Through archival footage, the story of the campers and counselors of Camp Jened is presented through their voices and actions, and the education (and personal validation) gained from the experience lead to further involvement in political and cultural moments that forced the Federal Government to make sweeping changes legislatively and infrastructurally.  If nothing else, the involvement of President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama (as Executive Producers) helps to validate the messages of humanitarianism and understanding espoused in the documentary, not to mention it may help this documentary garner an Oscar.  

The Mole Agent (Hulu, dir. Maite Alberdi)

Of all the films in the Best Documentary Feature category, The Mole Agent is the film that does the most in terms of blurring the line between documentary and narrative feature.  If not for the occasional peek behind the camera (or the breaking of the fourth wall), one could easily misinterpret this film as a mockumentary or a staged documentary.  There is also a built-in expectation that the film will go into the exploitation and mistreatment of patients in a nursing home, but really, what we get are very candid confessions and observations from those who occupy the homes... we get their opinions on their current living situations, the times changing around them, reminisces on loved ones and much more.  Sergio is perfect as the center of the documentary, with his laid back and easy-going demeanor offsetting the spy-like nature of his mission, and his inquisitive and kind tendencies ingratiating him with the women of the nursing home.  The espionage aspects of the film present wonderful opportunities for comedy, as do the very hardline defined stances, opinions and outlooks of the women.

My Octopus Teacher (Netflix, dir. James Reed, Pippa Ehrlich)

For the most part, human understanding and the vast spectrum of animal understanding have existed on opposite ends of a spectrum, with observations and learned behavior on both sides that has arisen out of past interactions.  It’s very easy to just except the one or two base tenants we learn in our youth as a comprehensive breakdown of animalistic behavior, but My Octopus Teacher calmly and respectfully shows just how expressive, understanding and didactic that these animals can be when in their own environment and not influenced by human interaction.  In the case of Craig Foster and the team behind My Octopus Teacher, we are presented with the richness of these interactions in a manner that resembles the connection that grows between a pet and an owner, but amazingly, it seems as if both Foster and the octopus that the documentary focuses on have no interest in a power or ownership dynamic.  Watching trust grow between two forms that share little to nothing in terms of genetic makeup is captivating, and with Foster providing so much insight about his half of the experience, it really makes you wonder what it would be like if the octopus were able to voice her side of the experience.  While the film chiefly centers around a man trying to understand an octopus in order to form a bond with it, the subtext seems to present us with an analogy about understanding people (and experiences) that may initially seem foreign to us, as well as showing how these efforts can create new and unbreakable bonds.  Think of My Octopus Teacher as a visual illustration of a Venn diagram about the intersection between two different creatures’ respective circles of life.

Time (Amazon Prime, dir. Garrett Bradley)

With the prison pipeline having such a devastating impact on communities throughout the United States, the importance of a documentary like Time cannot be understated.  Mostly through the lens of home video, we are shown how the removal of a parent due to incarceration can have lasting impacts on the remaining family unit forced to cope with and adjust life in light of the incarceration.  These candid videos give us a view into the life of Shreveport, Louisiana residents Rob and Sibil Fox Richardson, the fallout of the crime Rob and Sibil took part in, Sibil Fox’s attempts to redeem her family and reconcile the past, and all the while, her struggle to raise her six children and get Rob free.  While most documentaries of this nature focus on injustices that lead to incarceration, Time opts to talk about the unbalanced nature of punishment in regard to the crimes committed (not to mention the factors that led to crime being seemingly the only option left).  While incarceration is a key element to this documentary, what it really champions is the power of family and community, and how important it is for them to band together in times of struggle.  Everyone in the film is completely honest and open, and no attempts are made to portray participants as angels or absence of faults, and due to this honesty, the experience of taking in the documentary is enhanced.  On a technical level, the black and white presentation not only helps blend the home video footage with original footage much more seamlessly, but it also keeps the project from being dated, which speaks on the timeless nature of issues similar to these.

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Did anyone ask for one? No. Does anyone want it? Probably not … I guess there’s still some small part of me that misses having a Livejournal.

In general, things have been - better. I started going outside a bit more from late-ish July, but honestly I don’t know if I started feeling better because I started going out, or if I started going out because I was feeling better…? A mystery. But mood tracking app - surely a reliable source of mental health info lmao - seems to agree:

(woohoo, only ‘significant burden’! i think that’s about the best you could hope for in 2020. and this was a few weeks ago, and I feel better now than I did then, so.)

I’ve been off work for the last 3 weeks - nothing wrong, just 2 weeks of scheduled annual leave, which I needed very much (I think part of why I was feeling bad was because I hadn’t had a break since February), and last week I had a week of jury duty. The break was much needed and I can feel the difference.

I started exercising again in July, and ugggggggh ok fine I admit I do feel better because of it. I’m never gonna be a gym bunny, I’ll probably never *love* it but I can’t deny the benefits. I go 3 times a week which is enough for me. (Though I only went twice last week and this week - last week I was pretty wrecked after court each day and this week I am focussing on being lazy.) Going outside again was strange at first, like the previous 4 months hadn’t happened, but it didn’t take long to feel (mostly) normal again.

I’ve also had a couple of social things, which has been nice - one lunch out at an outdoor restaurant, and one bbq at a friend’s house. (She moved in recently at the end of my street; while I was sitting in her living room I could look out of the window at my own flat. Weird!) I’ve been thinking a lot about Dan’s tweet about who he realised he wants in his life after lockdown, and it’s just. Interesting.

I’m DELIGHTED it’s September and the start of the best months, the -embers and -obers; it’s still pretty warm and mostly sunny here but it’s really nice, the bite’s gone out of the warmth. Not long now until it Gs the FO entirely. \o/ I’m still playing Animal Crossing every day, (unlike some people, smh poor abandoned Pickle). 

Jury duty last week was fascinating. I didn’t even know if I’d get picked - they call more than twice as many people as they need in case anyone can’t do it for whatever reason (if one of the lawyers is a family friend or something), but I did end up being chosen. (No. 12!!) We were the first post-covid jury, and the first socially distanced one. 

I *can* talk about the case now it’s over, but I don’t think I will, because the subject matter could be pretty triggering, but it was often a tough week given the nature of it. Having said that, something about it was very satisfying. It was fascinating to see how the courts and lawyers worked, and the whole process, and it was good to work with the other jurors. (Days on end of talking to actual humans was actually pretty good, for the most part.) We were all just thrown together, and we had differences of opinion of course, but it was still a good experience to work with them. It felt good to be part of something like that, something that mattered, and to feel like a part of the community in such a real way. I can be quite good at putting aside emotion to look at the letter of the law, which in a case like this can be very challenging; some of the other jurors struggled with it a great deal. (This isn’t to blow my own trumpet or anything; many would argue it was *me* who had the problem, in much the same way they often say lawyers are heartless, which isn’t true most of the time)

The case ended up being dismissed as the jury couldn’t reach a consensus - we got slated on social media (which of course I didn’t look at during the case, I caught up after), but we all stuck to our convictions and I know it was right; there’s a lot the public didn’t know or understand. As tough a case as it was, I’m glad I got to do it, it was a privilege in many ways. (But, I wouldn’t mind if it was a long time until I had to do it again, you know? lol.)

We had our phones taken from 9-5 while we were working - it’s the law - and I thought it was gonna be the worst after being glued to it constantly, but it was actually quite nice lmao. Not that I didn’t end up glued to it again once the case was over.

Fandom-wise, I have - finally - ended up taking a step back from the phandom a little bit in the last month or two. I want to talk about that a bit because it’s a complicated topic, and I see a lot of concerning posts - mainly on Twitter - that if you don’t maintain a certain level of dedication, if you join another fandom or get into something else or aren’t sufficiently devoted and supportive you - aren’t a true fan? Or something? Lots of posts along the lines of, ‘all these people getting into kpop/tv show/whatever, smh, don’t think we won’t remember when dan’s project drops and you all come running back’. It’s just a bit - weird? Like, it’s *perfectly normal* if people get into other stuff while dnp are cooking whatever they’re cooking (or not cooking, or whatever)? Or just move on, but still enjoy D&P? 

I’m not, like, dramatically leaving the fandom or anything. Hell, I haven’t *left* the fandom at all, I’m still here every day, it’s - more of a mental shift. Because prior to July/August-ish this year I really wasn’t in a good place with it. I wrote a thing earlier this year about struggling with writing, and belonging while not being a content creator, and other things … the issue is that, as I tend to do with my fandoms, I get too overinvested. And sometimes, that’s okay - whatever gets you through the night and all that - but in this case, I wasn’t enjoying it any more. Some parts I was - I’ve made the best friends I’ve ever had in a fandom here, and I really like seeing everyone on here - but in general, I was spending a lot of my time feeling anxious, resentful, worried, angry and frustrated. I spent a lot of last year and almost all of this one waiting for Godot; hating the “new normal” and desperately waiting for - something that’s never going to come. I just couldn’t deal with it; probably for reasons bigger than just D&P but that’s how it manifested. I got more and more frustrated by the content we were getting because it wasn’t what I’d hoped, and I hated feeling like that. It took up way too much of my thoughts and every day was just waiting, and wondering, and worrying. And I got so, so sick of it.

So, where am I now? Well, it was inevitable really, but I just started to - let go, a bit. I didn’t throw my hands up and go, ’bah, screw these guys!’, my mental focus just shifted (for my own good), and I started focussing on other things. Other fandoms. Games and hobbies I can distract myself with. I’ll admit it wouldn’t necessarily have been my *choice*, you know? But reality is what it is and I’m - relieved, really, that I’m not unnecessarily tormenting myself about it any more. It took me a long time to reach this place - too long, really - and, for now at least, it’s kind of nice. I can just enjoy things if/when they pop up without the accompanying sadness and anger about how everything is changed, about what has ended and what I’ve “lost”. (And it’s not 100%, by the way; it’s still there, just - quiet, now.) I can look at, I dunno, someone’s gifs of Dan or whatever, and just smile about it rather than feeling that grief. (Or, feel it, but not to the exclusion of everything else.) It’s - nicer.

And it isn’t at *all* that I don’t care any more, I still love them, of course I do, and will continue to follow them and watch everything they do. I’m not going anywhere. I still have notifs on, though they don’t quite send my heart into my throat like they did. ;) In a way it’s helping me love them more, because now when I watch them I enjoy it more, appreciating the fun and the bants without laser-focussing on my own anger and sadness. I’m still attending our little daily phannie watch-alongs, where we watch a couple of eps of DAPG and an anime. I’m still on phandom tumblr/twitter on the daily. It just - has a slightly smaller portion of my brain and mental energy now.

It was a step I needed to take, but also one I’m not sure I could have *chosen* to take, not without deliberately leaving and cutting it all off completely? And I didn’t want to do that. I’d hoped I’d get to this place earlier than this - some 20 months after the fact - but better late than never, I suppose.

(Also, disclaimer - fandom and the human heart are funny things, and I fully accept I can and probably will be sucked completely back in at any time.)

Anyway! SEE YOU AT THE QUIZ :D

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The courts are usually known for their adversarial strategy as well as individuals commonly try to 'win' versus the various other, without looking at the overall image. It is well known that when moms and dads co-operate, there is an useful effect on youngsters, as it helps them preserve vital family members partnerships. Emma Ingham FMCT Emma is a non-practising family lawyer as well as experienced conciliator. Katie Jolly FMCA Katie is an accredited family arbitrator as well as covers the workplaces in Berkshire and Hertfordshire. Chloe Evans FMCA Chloe is a previous solicitor and certified family conciliator and covers Hampshire and also Surrey. Christine Reynard FMCT Christine is a skilled household moderator as well as chair of West Surrey Mediation Service. Cherreem Lindsay FMCT Cherreem is a lawyer, family members and also civil arbitrator.

By the end of the mediation satisfying both events will certainly have hopefully drawn up a composed agreement, helped with by the moderators.

Kent Household Mediation is the largest and also most widely recognised family members mediation service in Kent.

We can provide customers of varying revenue degrees, the alternative of legally aided mediation or cost effective exclusive mediation fees.

The arbitrator may not be familiar with or perhaps have accessibility to the documents currently submitted with the court. It is not his function or necessary for him to recognize all the information and realities. The arbitrator will know that feelings in addition to realities may impact the celebrations' decision production.

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90-minute fast lane meeting to settle and sense-check your contract. All arrangements can be made legally binding in a Child Program Order by approval. Arbitrators assist those in dispute connect regarding the issues of concern to them, and help participants discover options that are acceptable to everybody entailed. We use this info to make the website work along with feasible and also boost federal government solutions. Settlement isn't affordable as well as you can't obtain legal help for it, yet it could still be less costly than litigating. You as well as your ex-partner have your own lawyers that are particularly trained in joint regulation. The 4 of you meet in the exact same space and work together to reach a contract.

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We 'd like to maintain you upgraded with our month-to-month Tips from Top Mediators, our Situation Law Upgrades which highlight situation regulation growths in connection with mediation, our quarterly newsletters as well as invites to any kind of events we are hosting. This kind is private to In Place of Strife and also the events to this conflict. with our Case Regulation Updates which highlight case regulation growths in connection with mediation, our month-to-month Tips from Top Mediators, our quarterly newsletters and also invitations to any kind of events we are organizing. The moderator is there to assist the parties negotiate, not choose that is right or incorrect. He is impartial and operating in the best interests of both parties.

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Below 30-day trial can offer us the details of the celebrations entailed as well as a brief history of the disagreement. We have actually been doing this a very long time and, for many years, we've established a finely tuned procedure that makes sure the very best feasible chances of success. As professional dispute resolution practitioners, they are educated to listen, confidentially and without reasoning in order to help you locate a sustainable means forward. While the normal means of doing points is disrupted, we are still running arbitrations online and by telephone.

What happens after mediation?

If the mediation resulted in a settlement or agreement, once the releases are signed and the payment is made, the lawyers will send a dismissal order to the judge who signs the order. At that point, the legal case is resolved and in most civil cases the parties will not need to return to court.

One type of Different Disagreement Resolution progressively motivated by Juries as a means of keeping instances out of court is mediation. Our function is to encourage individuals experiencing splitting up as well as divorce to make informed choices currently and for the future, and where there are youngsters, to offer concern to their demands. Mediation by video clip meeting is an acknowledged approach, accepted by the FMC. We have used Zoom for MIAM meetings for a number of years and we have now used it effectively to help lots of clients to get to agreements throughout the lockdown duration. The mediator paid attention very thoroughly to what I needed to state and also was very patient as I was really feeling extremely at risk and also fragile after my experiences. By the time we came back the 2nd time, really the problems had been resolved at the first meeting.

Both of these alternatives can be pricey, however they could still be less expensive than going to court. If you differ regarding cash or residential property and also you have actually attempted mediation, a solicitor will probably suggest sort points out in court. If you disagree about what ought to occur with your kids, a lawyer might suggest that you keep attempting to reach a contract in between yourselves. You should speak with a solicitor if you can not reach a contract with your ex-partner via mediation. You can look for an approval order after you've started the process of obtaining separated or ending your civil partnership. If your arrangement has to do with cash or property, it's an excellent idea to take your memorandum of recognizing to a solicitor and ask to turn it into a 'consent order'.

When should you not use mediation?

Mediation only works if one party pays money and the other party is willing to take less than what they might get at trial. However, if a party believes it is not liable and should not pay any money, then mediation will not resolve the dispute.

This implies you can take your ex-partner to court if they don't stay with something you concurred. If you have youngsters, your arbitrator will normally focus on what's finest for them and also their requirements. The mediator might even talk with your children if they believe it's appropriate and you consent to it. You as well as your ex-partner can being in various rooms if you really feel incapable to sit together as well as ask the arbitrator to return and also forwards between you. This type of mediation takes longer, so it's typically a lot more expensive. It's important that you and your ex-partner are sincere when you talk about your financial resources.

And also after that it was much smoother as well - it sounds practically miraculous - but mentally it became much less laden. We are able to use initial meeting/ MIAMs appointments within 24hours and visits for mediation meetings, within 5 functioning days. We 'd like to maintain you updated with our Situation Regulation Upgrades which highlight case regulation growths in regard to mediation, our regular monthly Tips from Top Mediators, our quarterly e-newsletters as well as invitations to any kind of occasions we are organizing. with our month-to-month Tips from Top Mediators, our Situation Law Updates which highlight situation law advancements in relation to mediation, our quarterly e-newsletters and invites to any kind of events we are organizing. You will have the ability to handle which emails you receive as well as unsubscribe at the foot of every e-mail we send you.

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He will try to regulate emotions and maintain the settlements on the right track. https://workplacemediations.co.uk/conflict-resolution/bournemouth/ to the fact that the mediation happens over the telephone, it is a practical and also affordable method of attempting to resolve a conflict. The comments we obtain is that the tiny insurance claims mediation can be extremely hard to acquire. Perseverance might be the secret so if you want to engage the solution, contact us very early and also keep calling. The conciliator's duty is not to choose who is appropriate or wrong as well as it will certainly not take sides.

If terms of negotiation are reached, the conciliator will certainly aid record them and also inform the court personnel. The conciliator will certainly not however take any kind of steps or be involved in imposing the regards to a negotiation if one celebration falls short to conform.

She covers evening and also weekend break consultations in our Wallington branch. Our team are dedicated to trying to aid customers at what can be a really tough time in their lives. Our numbers have expanded from simply someone in 2011 to fifteen people-- all working in the direction of the goal helpful you locate your future. Our mediation sessions-- which can all be held on the internet-- are tailored in the direction of helping you get to an arrangement in the middle of division and disharmony. In 2015, we assisted over 90% of our customers reach an arrangement with our tried and also examined progressive mediation approach.

The mediator might not recognize a great deal concerning the claim or have any kind of specific legal training or knowledge. We after that report back to you with a mediation summary, based on what the celebrations agreed to share. We then liaise with you to verify the moment and also date for a mediation.

See our Online and also Telephone Mediation Website hereand continue to assist train, trainer and also assistance customers; its business customarily here at CEDR. A MIAM is the very first meeting with a moderator accredited by the Household Mediation Council. The only distinction to the online MIAM is that you satisfy the moderator face to face. An on the internet MIAM is the initial meeting that you will certainly have with a conciliator. The four letter stands for Mediation Information & Assessment Satisfying. workplacemediations mediation services free trial is essential to note that your previous partner does not attend this conference with you. According to The National Audit Report in 2012, the typical expense per client for mediation was ₤ 675.

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As opposed to giving direct advice, mediators offer legal and monetary info to help customers reach their own decisions. In situations where there are a number of family possessions, it substantially quickens the mediation procedure if you can get assessments of assets in time for the first meeting. Transfer worths of pensions are typically tough to obtain and can stand up the mediation process. You will certainly require a solicitor to provide you your own independent lawful suggestions. Despite the fact that almost all our moderators are legal representatives, they can not encourage each of you separately, yet can only offer legal info to both of you with each other. Taylor & Emmet are well-established and also highly regarded providers of legal recommendations in the area of household regulation as well as our family mediatior has several years' experience in practicing family members law.

Our certified family moderators can help to sort out plans for the kids, what occurs to the household home as well as the best way of separating up financial debts, pensions and also financial resources, either before or after a separation or relationship split.

We have the ability to supply a range of different options for efficiently fixing household lawful matters.

Household mediation is a quicker, less pricey and also much fairer method for apart pairs to review and also get to amicable agreements outside of the court procedure.

Our family mediation solutions are utilized in circumstances such as separation, separation, parent/ kid conflict, malfunction of civil collaborations or break down of any kind of connections within a family.

Mediation is a process which allows events to resolve disagreements with discussion as well as arrangement, facilitated by an impartial, certified 3rd party-- the conciliator. In instances of separation as well as splitting up we can mediate on the department of residential or commercial property and also various other monetary properties, debts, youngster contact, parenting responsibilities and child/spousal maintenance. https://workplacemediations.co.uk/conflict-resolution/bolton/ aim to help everybody included reach agreement as well as resolution quickly and also with as little anxiety and dismayed as possible. Our arbitrators are specially trained and also experienced in fixing a large range of disputes.

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There are a a great deal of conciliators around, both independent as well as mediation bodies. The mediator is a court staff member that is learnt mediation skills.

He may not recognize a large amount about the conflict and also will not give any lawful guidance or offer any indication regarding the strength of each situation. His role is to serve as a middle guy to see if terms of the settlement can be gotten to. business mediation services norwich claims mediation solution is a complimentary solution offered by the civil courts for individuals involved in a tiny claims disagreement. Continue reading to discover what it is, when you need to use it as well as what you can do to get ready for it. No, people typically participate in mediation without a lawyer but may well have actually listened from one prior to doing so.

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Advice is additionally offered from some organisations run systems for a particular market as well as some deal pro-bono or fixed-rate charges, particularly on the lower-value conflicts. Being told about mediation is mandatory for any kind of applicant wanting to go to court for a household issue. Both customers need to intend to moderate but either can stop the process at any time. We are a young, cutting-edge company dealing with all aspects of Family members Mediation Services. Whilst whether you in fact utilize mediation as a process to aid you to deal with any differences remains voluntary, being told about mediation is not volunteer for any type of possible candidate right into the Family members Court. The Federal government is highly encouraging people to find out about mediation to put moms and dads back in charge of choice making as well as to lower stress on the family members court system. Customers eligible to declare legal help will receive complimentary family mediation, with the other party additionally gaining from a free MIAM as well as a cost-free very first mediation conference as soon as qualification is validated.

They are independent, will certainly not pass judgment and will certainly not take sides. Our free and private mediation solution aids neighbours that are having disputes to figure out their differences in a friendly fashion. Readily available to every person in South Ayrshire, our service can be really reliable when used early on in the dispute therefore we encourage participants of the public to come ahead and also talk to us.

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We can also arrange mediations in other methods if you are not comfy with either video clip or telephone seminar meeting. To figure out even more about how divorce mediation solutions can aid you with this difficult time click here to contact us. The conciliator is a professional in helping people to connect more effectively with each various other. During the mediation, the conciliator's duty is to aid parties obtain quality about their circumstance, promote a conversation, and also help reach a resolution that is equally appropriate. Mediation is a confidential process that aids celebrations to speak via problems with an unbiased arbitrator to discover a means ahead. Mediation works because it assists individuals locate sensible remedies that really feel reasonable to everyone.Click hereto read our one-of-a-kind workplace mediation instance studyfrom each party's viewpoint.

What are 5 conflict resolution strategies?

Kenneth Thomas and Ralph Kilmann developed five conflict resolution strategies that people use to handle conflict, including avoiding, defeating, compromising, accommodating, and collaborating. This is based on the assumption that people choose how cooperative and how assertive to be in a conflict.

Housing Legal rights is piloting North Ireland's initial housing mediation solution for the private rented out industry. The solution is funded by the Department for Communities and will certainly supply an alternative means to fix disagreements in the sector. The Legislation Culture of Northern Ireland is pleased to introduce its authorized mediation solution with experienced conciliators. Usually individuals get to an arrangement, which is placed in composing with the aid of the moderator. The Arrangement needs to serve to all events as well as a copy provided to everybody. Adhering to mediation, we provide a certificate within 3 working days.

Worldwide Mediation provides cost-effective, effective and private mediation as well as disagreement resolution solutions for a wide range of individual or expert conflicts. This does not imply that our service is 'on the cheap', rather our conciliators are fully educated, experienced, and have actually the compassion called for to talk with all of the aspects of your divorce. workplace mediation milton keynes will certainly find that with mediation there is a great deal more cash which is left over for the basics of life. This means that your separation, or separation, will be a great deal less onerous in terms of financial repercussions for your youngsters. There is mediation available for claims outside the little insurance claims track such as fast-track and also multi-track track cases. The National Mediation Helpline can help with such matters or the celebrations can instruct an exclusive moderator.

The court must however, placed the proceedings on hold or hold back establishing a test day up until the mediation has actually occurred. Under the court policies, Juries are needed to proactively take care of exactly how cases progress including urging the celebrations to use a different disagreement resolution procedure, such as mediation The courts can not compel the parties to a tiny claim to use the service yet they motivate the events to benefit from it. Usually, you must try mediation if you are associated with a little case as there is no cost to you. It is better for mediation to happen earlier instead of later on. If a claim can be cleared up after a defence has actually been filed, it can stay clear of the requirement to prepare witness declarations, records as well as the test itself.

This suggests that if you choose you wish to go to Tribunal, you have 30 days to make your charm. A Bill to make further provision concerning arbitration as well as mediation services and the application of equal rights regulation to such services; and for connected purposes. Our Resolution-trained moderators are all experienced household legal representatives with specialist knowledge of the Family members Court's assumptions. Mediation is usually the most cost-effective technique to settling disputes arising from divorce or splitting up.

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Charges are typically split in between you as well as the other event or a funding resource is identified during mediation to cover the process. Usually, sessions last between one and also 2 hrs and the number called for will depend on exactly how rapidly agreement can be gotten to. The Rutland as well as Stamford Household Mediation Solution is readily available Monday to Friday, 9am-- 5pm, as well as is a totally volunteer process.

If your connection has actually involved an end after that you will certainly require to attend MIAMS to start the mediation procedure. These meetings are created to aid you to figure out any type of impressive issues around economic matters, or child care treatments. In 2011 there was an adjustment in the legislation to make participating in MIAMS conference much less governmental, and also indicating that it is virtually essential to attend these conferences. We have offices all over the UK with experienced as well as professional family members mediators to help settles issues. Mediation has an exceptional success rate meaning that any kind of celebration picking to moderate has an excellent opportunity of the conflict being settled there and after that.

Is mediation a good thing?

Mediation is a great way to solve traditional legal disputes and can be a much cheaper, quicker and more pleasant process than litigation. Not too many people are very familiar with mediation, however, and most people have questions about whether the process is right for them.

Typically the events split the price of the conciliator and also this joint investment in looking for a resolution contributes to each celebration's dedication to the procedure. The court provided mediation solution is free and you do not need to carry out a great deal of prep work prior to the mediation occurs. If the insurance claim resolves, you can stay clear of the tension as well as time of the test and preparing for it. Please keep in mind that even if you tick package on the instructions questionnaire stating that you wish to moderate, it does not indicate that mediation will actually occur. There is additionally the risk that the court service will be unable to arrange a mediation before the test day.

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Gogai, gogai! Musical Utena news!

Latest news regarding the official release of Musical Utena ~ Blooming Rose of Deepest Black! There are three different purchase privileges you can get from unique vendors. Again, a few reminders: 1. These are not subtitled. They’re just the best way to support the release that we literally could possibly get more ofughreifurefer omfgggg. 2. The Blu-ray is region-free and will play in any player, the DVD however is region locked to Japan. 3. These are scheduled to release November 20th, however they delayed the first musical’s release by a month so I’m not too emotionally committed to that release date, lol.

Amazon.jp has both the vanilla Blu-Ray/DVD (which is the cheapest way to get any copy of this) and an Amazon exclusive 5 piece bromide set labeled “A,” which add a few yen to the Blu-ray and DVD. These bromides are stills from the musical pictured below. Amazon will ship internationally and is probably the most grief-free way to get these.

Rakuten Japan also has an exclusive 5 piece bromide set, this one labeled “B,” with a different set of stills from the musical, which can come with either the Blu-ray or DVD. However, I found it literally impossible to give these people my friggin’ money, they refused to process a foreign CC. So either use a proxy service or a Japan friend if you want this set. Luckily for y’all, who will mostly be getting the Amazon set, Juri’s in that one, and Akio’s in this one.

Finally, if you pre-ordered it through canime.jp during a certain period, or purchased at the show, you are getting a music box that plays the title theme song, “Two Worlds a Mirror Apart.” Yes, I bought a couple extras to auction. 

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Okay, so the other big news? The DVD was recently announced to now be a 3-disc set. This is not changing the price of the DVD at all, and the Blu-ray remains 2 discs. Given an entire additional disc for no extra money was a call they made, I think it’s safe to say the extras for this release will be more extensive than for Bud of the White Rose....which I thought I had pretty great extras!!! Right now what’s being listed: 1顔合わせ・台本読み (Face-to-face & Script reading?) 2稽古場・通し稽古 (Rehearsals & Training) 37月2日・公演3日目バックステージ (Backstage July 2nd (3rd show)) 47月2日公演アフターイベント~鳳暁生の秘密の告白室~ (After Show Event, July 2nd: Akio’s Secret Confession Room) 5大千穐楽バックステージ (Large Recreational Backstage? Eh?) 6ステージ全景映像 (Full Stage Video; the Bud of the White Rose release only gave us the musical numbers here. Fingers crossed!)

It’s worth noting that this Akio’s Confession Room event was one of four special after show events. The first was a walk by with the cast, this was the 2nd, the 3rd was a talk with Ikuhara and Masami Okui, headed by Noujo and crew, and the 4th, which we saw, was a talk with Mikage’s actor Tokuyama, and Mikage’s original voice actor, Hikaru Midorikawa. These last two no one’s mentioned having filmed, and it’s really a shot in the dark whether the extra space needed on the DVDs could be for those getting added. 

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If it’s merchandise you’re waiting for, we’ll be running a set of auctions soon, as the teacups and teapots we ordered are about to ship out from Japan. I’ll be in touch with those who ordered them through me, and we did grab a couple extras, also. We bring back merchandise to help you all have access to swag that is generally deliberately hard to get, and profits get folded back into running the website and bringing this sick content to you all. That said, if you’re down to one or the other, I’d rather be out the money on merchandise to have more money get spent on them directly by your buying the release. <3 Again, please bloody support this thing, it was almost a joke last year that we were hoping to throw enough cash to get another one, AND NOW WE’RE IN A TIMELINE WHERE THAT WORKED????? 

Well, it’s no time to back down now, we may actually get a finished telling of the entire story in musical format and I am DYING. Ahem. Anyway.

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Kristen Stewart is having a huge moment in her career with Charlie’s Angels coming to theaters in November and Underwater coming in January. But so far the 29-year-old has been focusing her energies on promoting her independent movie Seberg, the tragic story of American actress Jean Seberg whose life was essentially destroyed by late ‘60s FBI surveillance when she supported the Black Panthers and had an affair with one of their leaders. Stewart is keen to spread the word about Seberg on the 40th anniversary of her death at age 40.

In Venice, at the world premiere, she admitted “we should definitely know her for more than her short haircut and movies.” Stewart then moved on to the Toronto, Deauville and London Film Festivals. Though her biggest splash was made at the Zurich Film Festival, where she gave a Masterclass, a press conference, and where I sat down with her for an exclusive interview. Seberg comes out through Amazon in December.

COLLIDER: You seem to be doing more promotion for Seberg than Charlie’s Angels. Is there a reason for that?

KRISTEN STEWART: It’s funny you mention that as I was thinking about that this morning. Maybe it’s just been a minute since I was really proud of a smaller movie that I’ve done. I’d like people to see this one and unless you go to festivals and engage with the cinematic culture that could give you that opportunity to be seen, there’s no way to do that. So I support this movie, I think it’s good, and I think it’s a good time to tell the story. It’s been cool to travel with it because I also just love the festival vibe. I like traveling around and talking to people about movie stuff. It doesn’t feel like I’m selling a film. It feels like I’m supporting it and getting it out there for sure, but not in a way that it feels like my job. It’s a nice way to complete the experience of making a film. You get this opportunity to articulate the reasons why you made it and it completes the process.

How did you come to work on the film, which is the second film by Australian, London-based theatre director Benedict Andrews? It’s about the life of Jean Seberg but is not a straightforward biopic as it concentrates on the fraught period of her life.

STEWART: I spent a bit of time on the jury with Cate Blanchett in Cannes (2018) and I’d just met Beno and was thinking about working with him and she immediately said, “Do it!” She’d worked with him on stage, he’s done a lot of opera, a realm I knew very little about. His first film Una was so incredible and so contained, just an undeniably original movie. When we had our first meeting about Jean he felt so precious and particular and his protective nature felt really contagious and he made me want to get to know her. At that point I’d only seen Breathless and learning about the story I was wildly blown away by the fact that we don’t know what happened to her and why she receded and became somebody we lost too early.

Is it possible now for an actress or even a woman who is political to be blacklisted by the US government as Seberg was?

STEWART: No, I don’t think so. A lot of people are speaking against Trump, a lot of people are speaking against things they’re not into and they’re speaking very loudly. There are just too many of us now.

Seberg was also crucified because of her sexuality, for being with a black (married) man. Your life has been in the tabloids so you must be able to relate to that.

STEWART: Yes of course. I come from a staunchly moral country as if we all share those rules. As if there could possibly be a set of rules that applies to everyone and their own individual happiness, which is absurd. But at least we’re talking about it a little more than we ever have.

It’s actually a good time to be a woman in this business with #timesup.

STEWART: I think it’s such an exciting time to be a woman who’s allowed to make films right now. There are so many stories that are going to be unearthed that have otherwise been ignored for a long time. Not that some of those stories won’t be told by men. There will be a trickle down effect. Some of my favorite experiences have been with male directors. We’re just becoming more honest about the female experience and that’s very exciting.

How was it making Charlie’s Angels directed by Elizabeth Banks, who also plays Bosley in the film? Was it fun?

STEWART: It was really fun. Liz is really funny. It was her idea to revive the movies. I’d never worked with her before but I’ve always been a huge fan. Tonally we’re so different—she can squeeze a joke or a laugh out of anything and I’m the furthest from that. So I was so shocked that she saw me like that, like, “Hey you’re a goofball and I think we should play around together because nobody does that with you.” And I was like, “What? But you’re right, nobody ever does that with me.” So she got in there and it was this really tender act and I was so thankful and ultimately she wrote a really warm, grounded—also very silly, stupid, sometimes slapstick—but also really well-intentioned movie. It’s rad. She took this story we’ve grew up with and took the superhero aspect out if it and made the girls really relatable and accessible but also very aspirational. There’s this network of women across the globe who are connected and are really unstoppable. So it’s not like there are these three unattainable women who can fly or do kung fu while suspended in the air. No, these girls are actually smart and it’s about women who are friends and who are good people working together. It’s like a women-at-work story that’s also absurd sometimes. It didn’t lose the kitschy thing because she’s fucking silly.

Are you a goofball yourself?

STEWART: Mmm, sometimes.

Did you enjoy the comedy/action?

STEWART: My character is wily. I’m the really irresponsible older sister who takes care of these girls. Sabina would take a bullet for you but she never really knows what time it is or where she’s supposed to be. So it was fun to be just a dumb-ass.

Do you want to do more of the fun dumb-ass? I guess it has to be with exactly the right person like Ellzabeth?

STEWART: I would love to play around a little bit more. I like serious movies but yes of course.

You’ve directed a short film and a few music videos and now you’re about to direct your first feature The Chronology of Water based on the memoir by Portland-based writer Lidia Yuknavitch. Why has this story captured your imagination so much?

STEWART: It was such an incredible experience reading the book. Sometimes you encounter material that articulates something you aren’t able to yet feel within you and it’s striking as hell when someone does it for you. It’s an exceedingly cool time for women to tell stories right now, the perspective is changing and I thought this was so real. This woman is a brilliant writer and uses language and plays with words in a way that I’ve never seen before. Also there’s a coming-of-age story embedded in this thing that is so confronting and not just raw for the sake of being startling, but is actually real. I don’t think it’s impossible for the male perspective to tell epic female stories, it’s just that this is so embedded in this book about a woman processing pain and shame and repurposing it and creating art as savior. It’s sort of this art-as-savior and swimming-as-solace story. It’s a real-word, body-fuck story. The way she inhabits a body and the way she speaks about it is unlike anything I’ve ever read. So I want to see it; I’ve never seen that in a movie.

Are you writing the script or are you working on it together with Lidia?

STEWART: It’s definitely a collaborative process, but I’ve adapted it. It’s such a choose-your-own-adventure story. Whoever would have ended up making it, it has to be your own take on it. There’s so much to be had, it’s so non-linear, it’s so transient. It’s like water; it’s impossible to slip down the same stream.

Will you star in it or will you stay behind the camera?

STEWART: I’m not really right for it. Whoever plays the lead needs to play 17 to 40, so it’s a really wide range. I don’t know who that is at the moment. Hopefully I’m going to direct it next year.

With Twilight did you know how big it would become when you agreed to play Bella?

STEWART: The books were a big deal in the young adult novel realm, but it wasn’t in popular culture yet. I hadn’t heard of the book at that point and thought I was auditioning for a normal movie. It didn’t stand out as this gaping opportunity, it was just something that I liked. That was a cool audition process too. Catherine [Hardwicke] and I worked together for ages auditioning a bunch of other people for all the other parts. It was very normal—until it wasn’t.

What did you enjoy about playing Bella?

STEWART: When you read that book you are her. It’s such an immersive experience. So more so than with other parts the way to get close to it and make it feel true was to really own it and make it my own rather than be faithful to a text. I guess you can say that about most work, but this in particular was fun to be there. I was a teenager, it was such a visceral time to be alive and any 17-year-old knows what I’m talking about. It was just about capturing something so immediate, that first awakening, that ownership of your body and desire, all of it. It’s like having people tell you that it’s wrong and what you shouldn’t do. It’s a fierce commitment to something you believe in and was such a cool story to tell at that age.

You made five Twilight movies. Do you still see other cast members? Do you have a big WhatsApp group?

STEWART: We all have a group chat (jokes). But we all see each other, I run into people all the time. I can’t make it to Taylor’s Halloween party, which bums me out, I’m going to be in New York. Rob’s great, he’s doing well, he’s going to be Batman and I’m very proud of him. It’s nice. In terms of the group we’ve all disbanded now for so long. I have individual relationships with everyone, but it’s not this thing that you would assume binds us in this way where we go, “Remember that?” We’ve all become real whole people who still know each other. I’m really thankful for that.

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To be plausible the story should have several characteristics in addition to being consistent with the juror's experience. If so, or if it feels like old news to you, it probably is. Like every story teller you are allowed some creative license.