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The Art, Society & Publics MFA challenges and extends students' perception of their work in the context of contemporary art, culture and society.
On the MFA Art, Society & Publics programme tutors work with students to develop their individual art practices. A rich and dynamic range of taught content is delivered through events and projects with partner organisations. The key focus of the programme is on the inter-relationships between art (production and the artist's role), society (current societal issues) and publics (diverse audiences). Students are challenged to investigate, understand and experiment with the multiple contexts and sites where art unfolds. Thinking through art and art's place in the world are tested through exposure to the intersection between established arenas such as the museum and gallery and non-art sites and platforms.
A Questionnaire for self-understanding'
In June 2017, we, the collective group of artists completing the MFA Art, Society & Publics course at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, met with Cristina Garriga (My Bookcase) for a four day workshop. The aim was to build a collaborative publication for our Masters Degree Show. We began with a discussion around our different artworks, websites and areas of work. Common themes emerged of collage, remix and mash-ups. These collective thoughts then developed into the assemblage of works which you can find inside this publication.
A central aim of the programme is to identify and nurture individual artistic practices by deepening students' individual approaches and methods, research interests and professional experience. Students are taught how to develop and sustain an art practice, with consideration of relevant economies.
All forms of art practice and media-specific approaches are embraced including sculpture, painting, photography, drawing, printmaking, audio and video to performance, installation, (durational) work in the public domain, writing (critical, and writing-as-visual-art) and curating. Students can explore a particular approach to practice or combine approaches - appropriate to the conceptual statement they are formulating – and will be encouraged to transcend boundaries by exploring visual knowledge and expression across a range of platforms.
In tandem, historical and contemporary positions in art and visual culture will be investigated through exposure to ideas and experimentation in artistic research, (art)writing, critical theory and curatorial practice.
By providing the skills to function in academia, the programme equips interested students to identify a potential long-term academic context for their practice. For those interested in working in the two distinct areas of art world and academia, each with its own values, students are helped to develop PhD study proposals.
The programme is practice-led and is directed by the artist Tracy Mackenna (Scot/It) who teaches alongside collaborative partner Edwin Janssen (NL). The programme focus is guided by the key areas in their internationally active art practice: art making, artistic research, presentation, (art)writing, collaboration, engagement, exchange, education and reflection. Tracy and Edwin are highly committed to the value of art education in society, and carefully selected complementary staff enriches the programme with bespoke content.
The MFA Art, Society & Publics programme welcomes students from a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, professions and nationalities and helps students to position their practice within the framework of contemporary art. Students are supported and challenged to extend their work and its relationship to the visual world. Art's place in society and its relationship to a range of audiences is actively explored on the programme, which provides the creative and intellectual framework through which to understand current attitudes and phenomena in contemporary art, culture and society.
The course has produced a student that through engagement, graduated with a strong sense of themselves as an artist able to question the role of the artist in contemporary society.
Dominique Cameron
I am very grateful for the opportunity to take up this high level course on a combined attendance/distance-learning basis. It does not allow complacency, but challenges you right up to the last week to seek out what you truly wish to express. The training for this is within the diverse and vibrant array of tutors, visiting lecturers, practitioners and performers who challenge, confuse, question, and enlighten throughout the duration. I do now feel much more articulate, clear, enlivened and ready to meet society as a professional artist.
Laura Donkers
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)
The University of Dundee has been given a Gold award – the highest possible rating – in the 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
Teaching & Assessment
You will be stimulated to develop a highly ambitious and informed art practice by engaging both individually and through collaborative opportunities. We believe that students learn most from their peers, guided by a well-structured, content-rich programme that is led by committed teachers. Practice and research-based work is supported through events such as (interdisciplinary) seminars with internationally active DJCAD staff and visiting artists and speakers. Professional skills such as presentation of practical and theoretical work are developed continuously through situations and opportunities that focus on engagement and building professional relationships. Optional specialist masterclasses on performance, sound and editing are some of the elective activities that bring undergraduate and Masters students together for short, intense working periods with focussed outcomes.
Programme content is designed to actively engage students with unique partners, resources and expertise such as DJCAD Exhibitions, abcDundee (Artists' Book Collection Dundee), DCA (Dundee Contemporary Arts), Deveron Projects, Hospitalfield Arts, The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery & Museum, artconnexion (Lille), Spaces of Uncertainty network etc. This provides on-site learning opportunities, stimulates collaborative and co-operative working and builds students' professional networks whilst undertaking the programme.
How you will be taught
Develop an ambitious, informed art practice by engaging in studio-based practice and research-based work. Take part in seminars with visiting artists, curators, writers and speakers. You'll get opportunities and take modules that focus on making, engagement and building professional relationships. This will develop your production, presenting, communicating and debating skills for practical and/or theoretical work.
Our course includes a combination of teaching situations:
- one-to-one
- group critique
- seminar
- exhibition
- performance
- conference
- workshop
- salon
- study trip
This will let you investigate accepted modes of practice and production in contemporary art. You will consider a range of art practices, presentation modes, artistic strategies, technologies and social, cultural and critical contexts.
A high level of staff contact will help you develop a diverse range of individual practices and projects. We will mentor you in how to present at and take part in projects. This includes public art, seminars and conferences. You'll collaborate on curated public presentations and events. And you can elect to devise and lead projects with undergraduate students.
Students participate in staff practice and research activities and lead their own personal projects with partners that include:
- Nederlands Fotomuseum
- Scottish National Portrait Gallery
- National Health Service
- StAnza International Poetry Festival
- Discovery Point
- The Maria Gugging Clinic & The Maria Gugging Museum, Vienna
- Summerhall, Edinburgh
- Deveron Projects
- Museum Services, University of Dundee
- Artists' Book Collection Dundee
- Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre
- Dighty Connect, Douglas Community Centre, Dundee
- University of Lille, France
- artconnexion, France
- Chabot Museum, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- TENT, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery & Museum
The course is led by the artist and Professor Tracy Mackenna in close working with Edwin Janssen (artists who share an expanded collaborative art practice). Module content is delivered and projects are led by staff including:
- Ellie Harrison (artist; investigating, exposing and challenging the capitalist system and the impact free-market forces have on our society and day-to-day lives)
- Dr Sarah Cook (curator of contemporary art, writer, new media art historian)
- Scott Myles (artist)
- Professor Murdo Macdonald (Chair of History of Scottish Art)
- Bob and Roberta Smith (artist, educator; proposes and tests approaches to artist as a public space)
- Jonn Herschend (interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, co-editor THE THING Quarterly)
- John Dummett (artist; practice-led PhD student researching 'visual, textual and verbal representations of 'the public'')
- Joanna Foster (artist and musician; practice-led PhD student researching 'walking practice and oral narrative in site-responsive practice')
- Jonathan Baxter (Dundee Urban Orchard)
and many others.
How you will be assessed
Students are assessed on studio work, evidence of inquiry, written work and verbal presentation. At the end of the course a body of work is presented at the public DJCAD 'Masters Show'. Presentation on platforms such as online, publication, off-site etc are strongly supported.
Assessment for each module is conducted by module tutors. The assessors employ a variety of styles specific to the module. The programme has developed a unique and highly praised 'verbal presentation' form of assessment where students present to peers and staff. This highly effective method makes a learning experience of the assessment process and is another way in which students' presentation, communication, analytical and discursive skills are developed. Written components take many forms including reflective reports, artist's statements, study reports and essays. Students are strongly encouraged to experiment with the inter-relationship of practical art components and textual/written work, particularly through the Artistic Research & Writing modules.
The programme has two early exit award points: Postgraduate Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma.
What you will study
The academic year is divided into three award stages each comprising teaching and assessment weeks. The first week of semester 1 is an 'Induction Week' when students are introduced to the exceptional range of facilities and resources available in DJCAD, and to partner organisations. The course culminates with the public 'DJCAD Masters Show' when students present their work in a curated exhibition in DJCAD's Cooper Gallery, external sites, in publications and online.
The course comprises a complementary series of modules to form a structured programme.
All modules are relevant to future careers as an artist, in art, in creative practices or to academic progress through MPhil/PhD.
40 credit module that will enhance a student's practice through investigation and development within the broader framework and understanding of art's relation to society and publics. Students pursue individual enquiry through personal projects and collaborative opportunities.
20 credit module that will develop a student's understanding and knowledge of, and skill in, research methods and processes relevant to contemporary art practice and their own creative-academic investigation, focusing on outputs in a range of written and textual and creative formats.
40 credit module that will further develop students' abilities to identify, research, contextualise, reflect and articulate material for practical and intellectual application in their own individual practice within the broader framework and understanding of art's relation to society and publics.
20 credit module that develops PgCert module Artistic Research & Writing. Individual artistic research processes and methods will be enriched through exploration of relationships between textual and artistic practices. A range of writing practice/art practice models are explored through the examination and testing of approaches, processes, and definitions.
60 credit module that forms the final stage of the MFA ASP programme. It enables the learning outcomes of all previous modules to come together, co-locating all aspects of practice, research and the production of a substantial body of work, presented across a number of public platforms.
Related course
Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice in Higher Education (Optional)
This course provides a high quality continuing professional development (CPD) programme in academic practice designed for professionals who are / who intend to teach or support learning in an HE environment. Students could elect to undertake the module, at their own cost, alongside the core MFA ASP modules.
The first cohort of MFA Art, Society & Publics students graduated in 2014. They are practicing as artists, curators, lecturers, researchers, running artist-led organisations. Others are undertaking practice-led PhD study.
During the course the students worked with groups, individuals and resources with whom many continue to work. including The Maria Gugging Clinic and The Maria Gugging Museum, Vienna; Summerhall, Edinburgh; Deveron Arts; Museum Services, University of Dundee; Artists' Book Collection Dundee; Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre; Dighty Connect, Douglas Community Centre, Dundee.
The many graduate achievements and recognition include:
- a-n (artists-newsletter) bursary to attend the 56th Venice Biennale preview week (one of 21 artists from UK)
- Presentation of a collective public artwork 'Proposition for a Reading Group' at Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre, Uist
- Funding from Broad Reach, ATLAS Arts
- Selected artist, FOCAL micro-residency, exhibition, events for artists living and working in the Uists and Barra
- Collaborating artist, Vancouver Biennale 'I have a Dream', a global art, farming & peace project
- Commissioned artist, Comann Eachdraigh Uibhist a Tuath (North Uist Historical Society) WW1 Project, 'An fheadhainn tha laighe sàmhach / They lie silent and still'; Practice-led PhD study, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Dundee
- Practice-led PhD study, Faculty of Arts, Design and Media - Birmingham City University, AHRC funded
- Artist in Residence, Dighty Community Group, Dundee; Micro-residency, 'May meet in Mutual', plus exhibition of site- responsive sculptural and performance work, Baxter Park, Dundee
- Exhibiting artist, 'Decision Time' Centrespace, exhibition with art works, performances, talks and dialogues exploring decision-making in the context of the Scottish Referendum on independence, VRC, Dundee Contemporary Arts and University of Dundee campus
- Award, 'Dundee Visual Artists' funding scheme, Leisure & Culture Dundee, Dundee City Council
- Lecturer post, University of Highlands and Islands, Perth Campus
- Academic paper/conference presentation, 'Artist's book as landscape: Scattered words – trails of posterity', (part of International Word and Image Studies panel), College Art Association Conference, New York City, USA
- Exhibiting artist, 'Members Show', Generator projects, Dundee
- Exhibiting artist, 'Ex Libris Artists' Book fair, Aye write!', Glasgow's Book Festival, Glasgow
- Designer, Artmagik, Art/Interior Architecture company, Akobe city, Kazakhstan
- Co-ordinator Art & Media Placements, DJCAD, University of Dundee
- Exhibiting artist, 'Art Amnesty' MOMA PS1, New York, USA.
Entry Requirements
Applicants should have a first or upper second class honours degree in a visual discipline. Those with other qualifications or relevant professional experience will also be considered.
You will need to upload a portfolio of up to 15 examples of work. These can be images, short video or sound clips. You'll need to submit a brief for each item with descriptions, media and dates. You can also submit a link to an online portfolio.
EU and International qualifications
English Language Requirement
|IELTS Overall
Equivalent grades from other test providers
English Language Programmes
We offer Pre-Sessional and Foundation Programme(s) throughout the year. These are designed to prepare you for university study in the UK when you have not yet met the language requirements for direct entry onto a degree programme.
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The fees you pay will depend on your fee status. Your fee status is determined by us using the information you provide on your application.
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|Fees for students starting 2019-20
|Scottish and EU students
|£7,300 per year of study
|Rest of UK students
|£7,300 per year of study
|International students (non-EU)
|£17,275 per year of study
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Tuition fees for Overseas (non-EU) students will increase by no more than 5% per year for the length of your course.
Additional costs
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|Ongoing cost
|Incidental cost
|Graduation fee
|Studio fee
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*these are examples only and are not exhaustive.
Additional costs:
- may be mandatory or optional expenses
- may be one off, ongoing or incidental charges and certain costs may be payable annually for each year of your programme of study
- vary depending on your programme of study
- are payable by you and are non-refundable and non-transferable
Unfortunately, failure to pay additional costs may result in limitations on your student experience.
For additional costs specific to your course please speak to our Enquiry Team.
Your Application
You apply for this course via the UCAS Postgraduate website which is free of charge. You can check the progress of your application online and you can also make multiple applications.
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Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design
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The Ang Chin Moh Foundation is the creation of Ang Chin Moh Funeral Directors, a leading provider of bereavement services in Singapore from 1912. From its early beginnings, Ang Chin Moh Funeral Directors has gone beyond just being a business, providing help to many in need of bereavement services and related assistance.
The need to champion and preserve the heritage of this key service industry is paramount. A key goal of the Ang Chin Moh Foundation is the establishment of a historical establishment that traces the history of this profession from its early days to the prevailing practices today.
A strong effort is being made to provide more information on death, bereavement and funeral services to educate the public. This helps change cultural attitudes and interest those in choosing a career in helping people going through difficult times.
The Ang Chin Moh Foundation – like its founder Ang Chin Moh Funeral Directors – believes that corporate responsibility for the profession must include a strong charity component where combined little efforts become big differences in the lives of many, especially those who cannot afford a decent funeral.
Visit Ang Chin Moh Foundation website to learn more about what our foundation is doing.

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According to Taber's Medical Dictionary, a bolus dose is a quantity of fluid or medication given intravenously at a controlled, rapid rate. Medscape explains that heparin is an intravenous medication that sometimes requires a bolus.
There are many things to consider when administering an intravenous medication bolus. Student Consult reveals that it is important to check that the correct patient is receiving the drug and that the patient has a patent IV site. The medication name, dose, route of delivery and expiration date should be checked and confirmed by another person, as stated by Student Consult. According to Student Consult, it is also important to verify the infusion rate of the medication being administered.


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The fragrance is a wonderful blend of cocoa and vanilla.
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Art on the Ave goes epic with carnival rides, circus tent, art installations and more
Where do you go when your arts festival is already successfully 16 years old and attracting 10,000 folks each July? You go epic – or so says Angela Jossy, director of Art on the Ave, which bills itself as Tacoma's biggest arts festival and which sees its 16th year this Sunday on Sixth Avenue. And what does epic look like? Well, an extra city block, carnival rides, a circus tent, four art installations and over 120 art and craft vendors for a start, and that's not even counting the Grub Crawl, wine and beer tastings and five-stage band lineup.
"We always want to get better," Jossy says. "Last year was pretty much perfect: the weather, the food, the crowds. We were so happy and proud. But we thought, how do you get better than that? You go epic. We tried to improve every aspect in some way."
The most obvious way is in square footage: Art on the Ave this year will stretch from Cedar Street past last year's eastern boundary to State Street, including Jason Lee Middle School playfield. This gives not only an extra block of closed-off road but the playfield itself, which will be filled with carnival rides (the only thing that requires paid tickets in this free festival) and a circus tent. The carnival rides include a 24-foot climbing wall, a giant slide, a cyclone swing, an obstacle course and a "wacky fun center"; cirque-style tent performers include aerialists Vuelva la Luna, magicians, a juggler, hoop dancers, a belly dance troupe and a Frisbee-trick champion.
"We had the Jason Lee field and we knew from feedback that some people felt it wasn't really a family-friendly festival," explains Jossy. "Now there's something for everyone."
The extra road space has a slight incline, so it's perfect for one of the four art installations planned for the festival: a community chalking event, with chalk supplied by the festival. Other installations include giant puzzles made with Jossy's own photo-art of giant dogs near Tacoma landmarks printed on donated billboard vinyl and backed with foam, ready for festival-goers to put together. There'll also be a paint-it-yourself billboard mural tied to the Jason Lee fence, with paint supplied by the Children's Museum, and a slow-motion paint installation by artist Eileen Newton, who'll stack up recycled materials on the playfield and slowly pour paint over them all day long.
To add to the art component, Jossy and her crew limited the 120-plus vendors to purely art and craft. Then there's the music lineup – this year increased to five stages – which includes Brewfish, Mighty High, Mirrorgloss, Nolan Garrett, The Breaklites and more.
Finally, the festival's Grub Crawl, where a dozen 6th Avenue restaurants sell easily-carried $6 plates, will be given a theatrical element as the Crawl judges - foodie Jared Norton, KING5 Evening Magazine's Saint Bryan and Jackie Casella of The Weekly Volcano - will tour the festival in a golf cart to sample the plates, announcing the winner at 1:45 p.m. on the Jazzbones stage. There'll also be a tasting garden with local brewers and winemakers like Tacoma Brewing Company and The Harmon offering five tastings for $10.
That income, says Jossy, goes straight to fund the free festival, which has traditionally been run through donations and sponsorship.
"We're trying to bring some dollars into the festival," she explains.
And if you see a helicopter hovering around during the day? That's part of Operation Epic, Jossy says.
"We never really know how many people attend the festival – no-one gives us accurate numbers," she says. "So this year we have an aerial camera going around every hour to count heads. It'll help with planning, promotion and seeing what people like, where they are."
So that next year, Art on the Ave will go from epic to – well – even more epic.


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Orlando Bloom threw a punch at Justin Bieber at Spanish hotspot, report says
Orlando Bloom and Justin Bieber got into a heated altercation at Cipriani in Ibiza, Spain, early Wednesday morning, sources told The New York Post. After getting in each other's faces—Bloom threw a punch at the pop star—the crowd cheered.
Sources told Page Six that Bloom took a swing at Bieber after the singer, 20, made a rude comment about Bloom's ex, Miranda Kerr. But a source close to Bieber insisted that the comment was only made after Bloom took a swing, and missed.
MORE: Justin Bieber not bothered by altercation
The bad blood between the two began in 2012 when Bieber was seen getting flirty with Kerr, which reportedly led to tension between the model and her then-husband, Bloom. Then newly single Bloom was seen spending time with Bieber's ex-girlfriend, Selena Gomez, in April.
Bloom and Bieber, meantime, were spotted early Wednesday morning at the Ibiza hotspot among a starry crowd, including Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Diddy.
"They got in each other's faces and there were words," a source said. "But they were separated by their entourages."
A witness captured 30 seconds of the confrontation on video and posted video to Facebook. It shows Bloom walking away from Bieber and being separated by a crowd, but then turning back to walk to Bieber and confront him.
"When they were back together again, Orlando threw a punch at Bieber," said a source. "He just tried to pop him! The whole place cheered."


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|The Start of the 1978 Falmouth Road Race.
|Frank Shorter winning the 1975 Falmouth Road Race.
red and white striped Dolfin shorts while running through town no longer brought catcalls or unpleasant comments (well, that may not be entirely true!). Runners were skinny, but tough and even admired. Besides framing and retelling the stories of Shorter, Rodgers, and Salazar and their impact on the world stage, this book delves into many of the influences and history of athletes and events from ancient times up to those preceding and coinciding with the running boom. Without being wordy, the details are enough and quite interesting for a reader already familiar with this history of running as well as for a novice without a knowledge of these facts. Many runners will already be familiar with the three chosen runners, but this is not their biographies. Their achievements are noted, but framed within the greater context of moving onto the story of how running became the popular sport of the masses at this time in history and how the careers of these three athletes intertwined over this short period of time.
|Bill Rodgers leading the 1978 Falmouth Road Race
at about the 6 mile mark.
This is the book that should resonate with the beginning joggers trying to go from Couch to 5K, to the charity or bucket list marathoners who fill the roads in the big city marathons, all the way up to the highly competitive racers who compete throughout the country in scholastic races or in road races measured in distances from the 5k on up to the marathon. Those who have run the Falmouth Road Race know its winding roadways and this book likewise twists and turns as the story of running unfolds. You will enjoy how Stracher combines the personalities and events that somehow can be traced back in some way to a seashore race run along Vineyard Sound.
The roads are crowded these days with runners, but I am not sure the younger post-running boom crowd really knows or appreciates the vibrant history of the sport that is so readily available to them each weekend with choices of multiple races from which to choose from in order to compete. It is time to remember.
|A photo I took of the awards ceremony after the
1976 Falmouth Road Race.
Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers, Randy Thomas, George Reed,
Alberto Salazar, Amby Burfoot, Bob Hodge, and Mike Buckley.
|Finish line at Falmouth 1980.
|Here is a photo I took after the 1980 Falmouth Road Race
of Bill Rodgers and Fred Lebow of the New York City Marathon
having an intense conversation.
You can read about Bill and Fred and their disagreements
over money and competition
throughout "King of the Road." Little did I know that
I was probably interrupting a serious disagreement here.
|Salazar at 6 miles, 1977 Falmouth.
This is already a wordy post, but I have more to say. Look for additional posts centered more on my recollections and connections to the Falmouth Road Race with a local flair as well as an additional reason, with ties to Falmouth, for the demise of the popularity of competitive running and the nationwide disintegration of interest in the sport of running.


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The general idea behind insurance of any kind goes something like this: You pay money in exchange for a promise for money if something happens. Mortgage insurance is no different -- except, in the case of mortgage insurance, you are not the one who actually gets the money if something happens.
The idea behind mortgage insurance is relatively simple: an insurance entity agrees to insure against default on a loan in exchange for premium payments made by you. So - you pay the premiums and should you default, the insurance company will actually pay your lender.
Usually this is the point where people ask "do I have to pay mortgage insurance?" and the answer is -- no, not if you put enough money down and pick the right loan program.
On conventional loans, the insuring entity is usually a "private" mortgage insurance company and on FHA or government loans, the insurance company is FHA. Regardless of who you make your mortgage insurance payments to, do not be confused and think you are making mortgage insurance payments to your lender - you are not. The entity that you are making your mortgage insurance payments to is an insurance company (or the government) and is not a lender.
Conventional loans use Private Mortgage Insurance - also known as PMI
When you buy a property using conventional financing, you will be required to put down a 20% down payment or purchase private mortgage insurance. When you have mortgage insurance on conventional loans, you can usually get your lender to drop your private mortgage insurance once you reach a 20% equity point in your property - and conventional loans allow for property appreciation when making the calculation.
If you think that you have 20% equity in your property and want to stop paying monthly private mortgage insurance, the first step is to contact your lender. Each lender has different procedures in place, but normally you can expect to get an appraisal done on the property and have some kind of form to fill out and submit to the lender. Specific questions about the process should be directed to your current lender because each lender is slightly different in their requirements for dropping PMI.
Lender Paid Mortgage Insurance
For conventional loans, there is also something called LPMI - which is short for Lender Paid Mortgage Insurance. The way that Lender Paid Mortgage Insurance works is that the lender agrees to pay the Private Mortgage Insurance in exchange for a slightly higher interest rate. LPMI programs were very popular a couple of years ago, now they are fairly rare to find.
FHA loans use Mortgage Insurance underwritten by the Federal Housing Administration
The way that mortgage insurance works for FHA loans is really in two parts: 1. Up Front Mortgage Insurance Premium (also known as UFMIP) and then Monthly Mortgage Insurance (also known as MMI or MI). Up front mortgage insurance premium is usually 1.5% - 3% of your loan amount (depending on which FHA program you are participating in) and is required to be paid up front, although it can be financed into the loan. The Up front mortgage insurance premium is amortized over a period of 5 years and should you refinance into a new FHA program during those 5 years, FHA will allow you to use whatever is left in your UFMIP account as a credit towards setting up a new loan.
FHA monthly mortgage insurance is figured at a factor of .55% of your loan amount paid monthly. So for a $100,000 FHA loan, the annual monthly mortgage insurance due would be $550 and it would be paid monthly - or about $46 per month. FHA monthly mortgage insurance must be paid until you have paid down the loan to 80% of what was originally borrowed - it does not factor in property appreciation at all. So if you borrowed $100,000 originally, you would be required to pay monthly mortgage insurance until you reached a loan amount of $80,000.
Popular Loan Programs That Don't Require Mortgage Insurance
Not all loan programs require mortgage insurance - some of the popular loan programs that do not require any mortgage insurance include:
Is mortgage insurance a bad thing? Not really. When you purchase mortgage insurance, you can actually buy more home than you otherwise would be able to afford - because it increases your buying power. First-time buyers can use a low down payment to help them afford their first home, or to purchase a more expensive home sooner. Repeat home buyers can put less money down and gain significant tax advantages because they will have more deductible interest to claim. They can also use the cash they would have used for a large down payment for investments, moving costs or other expenses.
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|Deanne Foley, Ian MacLeod
|Paul Pope
|This homegrown feature production is a debut achievement for Deanne Foley, whose shorter gems have always found a place on our screens. Marthe Bernard (Republic of Doyle) plays the unsinkably feisty Fran, a young woman with vague dreams and a restless heart. Her Dad, know as Whitey, (played by Trailer Park Boys' Robb Wells) is a former wrestling champ who forbids Fran from entering the ring at any time. He is profane, overbearing ,and hilariously emotional. THis film boasts a tag team of actors, with Any Jones, Mark O'Brien, Tony Nappo, and Janet Kidder. The script exploits the cliches of the underdog story with fresh attitude. Ultimately, what you see on screen is a legit hit--a knockout with a clean finish.
|Phantoms of the French Shore
|Barbara Doran
|Barbara Doran, Jerry McIntosh
|Barbara Doran, Jerry McIntosh
|This is a film about the artists who designed the tapestry and the women who sewed it, a 67-metre piece of cloth representing the history of French settlement in Newfoundland. This is a story scarcely know, a 400-year-plus history of conquest and culture. This is a gorgeous celebration of a gorgeous fabrication.
|Tamar Natanel
|Tamar Natanel
|Neta Shiovits, Tamar Natanel
|At the centre of this dramatic Israeli film is Hannah, still mourning the loss of her brother who had been killed three decades ago in military service. As must transpire for all Israeli youth, Hannah's son must eventually answer the call, if reluctantly, to duty. This actona generates Hannah's ritual return to her brother's grave, a place to which she retreats to grieve all over again, and perhaps to ward off dangers that might befall her son. Deaf, and gripped with a deep sense of loss and anxiety, she turn to dance to help express her feelings. Middle East politics aside, war is hell for both those who must fight and those who must watch and are left behind.
|Scent of Strawberries
|Guy Natanel
|Guy Natanel
|This film is about the making of the film Signs, which was directed by this filmmaker's mother. The documentary reveals the struggle she went through to represent her own sense of loss and fear, and especially her own helplessness. In effect, with this film we can walk through the looking glass to appreciate what's on the other side of fiction. There we find the facts of identity, memory, and loss. A powerful lesson of both films is the therapeutic power of art. Watching these films might not stop Middle East conflict, but it does help us find a way to understanding in its most personal and human dimension.
|Seven Sins: Lust
|Anita Doron
|Anita Doron
|Amit Breuer, Peter Harvey
|Here is a hilarious animated recollection of (one of) our most popular sins. If only they had sown us this video in Sunday School--it all would have made so much more sense, and saved us so much grief, if not sin.
|Sleeping With Frank
|Lily Baldwin
|Lily Baldwin
|Lil Baldwin
|Some couples trudge through their morning rituals with leaden feet. This couple not only think it can dance but it never met a bagel it didn't bop to. We'll have whatever they're having.
|St. John's Women Excerpts: The Bev Brown Cut
|Louise Moyes
|Louise Moyes
|Louise Moyes
|Local docu-dance talent Louise Moyes strikes again with an excerpt from her longer piece St. John's Women--an interdisciplinary fusion of documentary film, interpretation and live dance that offers up a rare and often humorous glimpse into the private lives and memories of three fascinating women growing up in St. John's.
|Painted Houses
|Rozalind MacPhail
|Rozalind MacPhail
|NL multi-instrumentalist Rozalind MacPhail perform live music to selected short films from the Painted Houses series at the Dawson City International Short Film Festival's 1-Minute Film Challenge. Painted Houses highlights St. John's in a way that evokes fond memories for those who live in and love the place and all its jellybean-cladded facades. Featured filmmakers include Ruth Lawrence, Roger Maunder, Brad Gover, Darrell Power, Ed Tanasychuk, Colleen Power and more.
|Rough Skin
|Cathy Brady
|Laura Lomas
|Emma Burge, John Chapman, Tom Nash
|This film is a remarkably confident story about a woman who returns to her family after a hard stint in prison. Re-entry is awkward and painful, especially when one is guarding a secret. There's a high art to showing the hard edges, and this strong UK production fearlessly achieves it.
|Bare Knuckle Duet
|Lindsey Connell
|Lindsey Connell
|Lindsey Connell, Vanessa Shrimpton, Caitlin Nicholls
|Brady and Angie are two hapless adults with an agreement that just can't hold, not when they fight over who has the right to claim the place with the best echo chamber in Toronto. Is the tunnel of love a metaphor or just some archway near Spadina?
|She Said Lenny
|Jim Donovan
|Kate Hewlett
|Avi Federgreen, Mallary Davenport
|You know, sometimes you really do need spell check. This witty drama depends on an online misunderstanding. Then again, all things come to she who presses send.
|Félix Et Malou
|Sophie Dupuis
|Sophie Dupuis
|Nancy Grant
|This is every bit of a charming, intelligent study of adolescence, as experience by two neighbours in a small village, nothing but wide open spaces to keep them occupied. Félix and Malou are each going through some family rockiness, but each has the other for distraction, exploration, and a little emotional experimentation. Sweet.
|Oliver Bump's Birthday
|Jordan Canning
|Jordan Canning ,Simon McNabb
|Jessica Cheung, Mark Purdy
|This film features the titular character on the brink of both his birth--and his final day. Can Oliver defy the fate his parents seem to have mapped out for him, or must he submit to the grim pattern his siblings once followed? At once macabre and fanciful, comic and strange, this original story takes us on a journey on the space ship Apoliver--to a land high above the banal.
|Kwik Fix
|Kelly Hucker
|Kelly Hucker
|Fiona Leally
|Think The Office crossed with Flight of the Conchords--shot in Australia. The well-intentioned manager of a fast food joint is determined to fix the morale of his unhappy employees. he certainly has an unconventional way of improving the situation, but his McSolution leads to some McDisasters.
|Atasco (Traffic Jam)
|Anna Peris Lluch
|Anna Peris Lluch, Elisa Ferrer Molina
|Jacinto Cirbán
|It beings like a Godard film--a long slow pan of a traffic jam. Can any good come of this? This film brings two characters into collision with each other on the highway of fate. Everyone's trapped in a metaphor locked inside a traffic jam, deep inside a film--not to mention under a car.
|La Nadadora (The Swimmer)
|Gemma Vidal
|Almudena Cendrero
|A bit of a brain stretch here, this film explores a romantic puzzle: why doesn't Maria's boyfriend want to reconcile after a seemingly inconsequential argument. If we told you more we'd have to kill ourselves.
|Las Piedras No Aburren (Stones Are Not Boring)
|Marta Parreño
|Marta Parreño
|Three young boys, three vivid imaginations. As they while away the time skipping stones and razzing each other, they see a large suitcase floating by, spurring much speculation. Boys will be boys.
|Levedad (Lightness)
|Lucia del Rio
|Lucia del Rio
|Lucia del Rio
|This is a really novel approach to the subject of body image. In fact, this is a lovely story about three women, a Mom and her two daughters. Sofia, the younger one, is intent on making a film about her family. What she discovers about her older sister Lola drives her to give up filmmaking altogether. the incredible lightness of being never seemed quite so heavy.
|Mi Otra Mitad (My Other Half)
|Beatriz Sanchís
|Beatriz Sanchís
|This amusing story is about two kids, Adrían and Andrea, who were each born with a strange optical deformity. Each sees only one, different, half of the other's face. Together they have the whole picture, but separately they don't make sense. Their doctor, Sophie, has been working on their obvious animal magnetism, determined to bring their complementary poles into alignment. You don't need 20/20 to see what's happening here.
|Padres (Parents)
|Liz Lobato
|Liz Lobato
|You never really know what you're getting when you decide to adopt, do you? Such is certainly the case for this anxious Spanish couple. Be careful what you wish for.
|Caroline Monnett
|Caroline Monnett
|Kevin Lee Burton
|Moving from res to the city (of Winnipeg), a young aboriginal girl is determined to work out the uneasy tension between change and tradition. How can she maintain her identity while adapting to the big wide world of the mainstream? This wonderfully evocative film animates the dilemma in vivid, shifting tableaux, producing a powerful visual effect that speaks volumes of uncertainty.
|How Does It Feel
|Lawrence Jackman
|Annette Clarke (NFB)
|The subject of this moving doc is a 58-year old man named Kazumi who suffers from cerebral palsy and all the social discrimination that comes with it. But along came a performer and teacher named Fides Kruker, who brought Kazumi to trust himself by drawing him out and encouraging him to live his dream to sing. Each of his performances is simply awesome, a meaningful, inimitable cry of feeling. Music soothes this remarkably likeable man.
|Madregot (77 Steps)
|Ibtisam Ma'arana
|Ibtisam Ma'arana
|Gutsy Arab-Muslim filmmaker Ibtisam Ma'arana moves to the heart of Tel Aviv, an unwelcome guest among Jewish Israelis. She intends to film her adjustment, but along the way she falls in love with a nice Jewish boy who has moved to Israel. You might think the difference between the couple would be obvious, but what is even more interesting is seeing the pull of attraction. If Romeo and Juliet had lived in the Middle East they likely would have never made it to the balcony scene. We applaud this film for the honesty of its message and the persistence of its craft.
|Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy
|Rob Heydon
|Rob Heydon
|Joni Cuquet
|Following a strong drug-addled line of continuity from author Welsh's Trainspotting, this dynamic dark comedy lives up fully to its title. Where once we saw how heroin played havoc with the bloodstream, here we are caught up in the charms of tiny powerful pills--methylenedioxymethamphetamine for all you scrabble players. The rave scene of Edinburgh takes centre stage, a buzzed urban playground where people like Lloyd Buist mean well but fell prey to the dark side of so much red bull. If you want to know what E really feels like without having to stay up all night, we've got a film for you!
|Life Model
|Lori Petchers
|Lori Petchers
|The subject of this film is a 75-year old nude figure model who has no qualms about taking it all off in the name of art. Indeed, she admits to being most comfortable in a birthday suit, alive and exposed but in a thoroughly good way. This film not only compels us to admire this remarkable woman but it invites us to reflect on our own inhibitions and society's unfortunately narrow conceptions of beauty.
|South Korea
|Seo-Yun Hong
|Seo-Yun Hong
|Seo-Yun Hong
|This film captures the ambivalence a young girl feels for the dying matriarch. When her grandmother shouts "Run run!" from her deathbed, Yeon-hee remembers full well the experience that generated these words. A decade earlier the two had been bound together in a foot race, an experience that led to both victory and humiliation. Such is the stuff of which regrets are made. It takes two to tie a yellow ribbon.
|The Exit
|E. Jane Thompson
|Nicolas Billon
|Daniel Bekerman, Danijel Margetic
|The morning after the night before can be complicated. And the morning after a wedding can be particularly messy. THis film twists the cliche into a bit of a knot, and then untangles it after a healthy round of musical bedrooms. We know we're mixing our metaphors, but mixing and matching is so all about The Exit.
|Wild Life
|Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby
|Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby
|Bonnie Thompson, Marcy Page
|A sober lesson in false assumptions and denial, this film is a terrifically crafted piece of animation, as only the NFB can do it. This is the tale of a dapper young man who moves from England to Alberta at the turn of the last century to do some ranching. Bringing all of his colonial baggage with him, he fails to recognize the harsh reality under his feet. There is a current of dark humor here, of course, as the wannabe country squire persists in living his delusion.
|Niam Itani
|Niam Itani
|Fatma Naib
|This charming short film is practically a model of low budget bravado. Shot in Qatar, screened in Cannes among other world festivals, this film features a couple with limited means but big appetites. When a young Indian husband promises to take his young wife to the hotel across the street for a fancy meal he has to figure out just how to deliver. Where there's a will there is innovation, and filmmaker Niam Etany is certainly super full of that.
|Little Heart
|Janna-Marynn Brunnen
|Janna-Marynn Brunnen
|Janna-Marynn Brunnen
|This is some clever piece of animation. We love the way filmmaker Brunnen draws her little heart out. Follow the bouncing organ as it endures love, loss, and all that jazz. It's got a good beat and you can live by it.
|A River in the Woods
|Christian Sparkes
|Christian Sparkes
|Christian Sparkes, Allison White
|This astonishingly accomplished short film bursts through the screen with a certain kind of dark genius. The elements of a fairy tale are evident, a time-honoured genre with the capacity to reveal our greatest fears. This films draws us deep into the woods where, if you remember the teddy bear's picnic, you are in for a big surprise.
|Rescue Wife
|Lynn Kristmanson
|Lynn Kristmanson
|Lynn Kristmanson
|Sure, she dresses well, applies her lipstick perfectly, aims to look fresh every morning for the Man, and saves humanity just because she can, but do any of those guys notice? Local wit Lynn Kristmanson takes humorous aim at the female curse of invisibility, or irrelevance, whichever comes first.
|Susan Wolf
|Susan Wolf
|An interview with Ida reveals an amazing story of survival, against all odds. It's short, and beautifully rendered in very fine lines that show us all we need to see.
|Micky Bader (Bathing Micky)
|Frida Kempff
|Erik Andersson
|A short swim a day keeps the doctor away. That certainly seems to be the case for 100-year old Micky, whose astonishing endurance, good humor, and eloquent insight demonstrate why the examined life is way better than its opposite. This is simply one of the most elegant short films you will ever see, a tribute to its subject and an affirmation of both character and story.
|Mazi Khalighi
|Mazi Khalighi
|Mazi Khalighi, Lola Davidson
|One moment you're bored, with nothing to do, and then, suddenly, boredom is a luxury. Here's a little nightmare for our time. What doesn't kill you makes you scared as hell.
|The Wind is Blowing on my Street
|Saba Riazi
|Saba Riazi
|This film perfectly captures the complex cultural reality in a mere quarter of an hour. Effectively shot in real time, the film focuses on a young woman in Tehran who accidentally locks herself out of her apartment--without a headscarf. Compelled to wait for her mother, she is fully exposed on her stoop, vulnerable to hassle and all manner of social reprobation. Does a conversation with a young man who keeps her company help or hinder the situation? There is a brilliant tension here, as we hold our breath, waiting for the wind to pass.
|A. Megan Turnbull
|A. Megan Turnbull
|A. Megan Turnbull
|The title tells you we're on some witty turf here. This film cleverly captures the evolution of urban space, while it also tells us something about how we historicize evolution itself. Besides being sheer fun, it's a visual brain teaser--all dressed up and so much to show for it.
|Marie Ullrich
|Marie Ullrich
|Kathryn Henderson, Marie Ullrich
|Nancy Reagan might have had us all believing speed kills, but if you;re a bike courier in a big urban jungle you've got no choice--or do you? Racing to get ahead in the Windy City has a price. It also causes really smelly armpits.
|Darcy Fitzpatrick
|Darcy Fitzpatrick
|Paula Gale
|A brilliant conceit, an elegant metaphor, this film is at once moving, witty, and warm. Here an old man and his sorrow face a tickling inevitability. The filmmakers could have inspired by poor J/ Alfred Prufrock who measured his life in coffee spoons. Whether they did, this short dramatic film is a poem unto itself.
|The Not So Subtle Subtext
|Sarah Rotella
|Sure, sometimes a warrior princess is just a warrior princess, but just what was really going on between Xena and Gabrielle, anyway? Were there benefits to the friendship? Were they girl and girl on girl? We might never know, but this film more than hints at why there's an X in Xena and a quiver in her bow.
|The Director
|Destri Martino
|Destri Martino
|What should a female director wear to work?
|Miss Representation
|Jennifer Siebel Newsom
|Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Julie Constanzo, Regina Kulik Scully
|We know the message--women are left out of everything --but we've rarely heard it delivered with such conviction, craft, and power as this fine doc. Filmmaker Newsom has gotten face to face with all of the icons--Condoleezza Rice, Lisa Ling, Katie Couric, Nancy Pelosi, the list goes on and on. They've all been there, done that, and still have a lot to say about how the media misrepresents the reality of women's lives.
|Le Projet Sapporo (The Sapporo Project)
|Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
|Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
|There's a gentle irony at work here--that the dying art of calligraphy is saved by the finely drawn lines of this gorgeously illustrated film. This is one talented man's story, an artist who accounts for the creative pleasures of what is called "Sho Art". he is always one with the brush, and so it is that we are happily one with this film.
|Deb Ellis
|Deb Ellis
|We don't think we can really describe this gorgeous experiential journey into the multicultural universe of tokens, amulets, and signs of wonder that different cultures use to protect themselves, but we adore Roy Orbison when he is crying over you.
|R Seymore Goes North
|Rhayne Vermette
|Rhayne Vermette
|Rhayne Vermette
|The uneasy experience of the night train is caught vividly in this inspired piece of cinematic collage. The technique is obvious in this scrupulously edited experiment, as each live action segment of the film was then printed onto paper and in turn frame-by-frame collaged and stitched back together by hand and digitally. Holy labor intensive! The effect is expressionistic, fascinating, and well worth the trouble.
|Chia-Chi Tseng
|Neil Aitken
|Chia-Chi Tseng
|Come on, we dare you to repeat this title quickly. No, it's not what you think. This is a stunning piece of animated poetry in honour of the fisherman, the sea, and the flying fish of Orchid Island, Taiwan.
|Noéme Lafrance
|Natalie Galazka
|An extraordinary performance piece, in which the body is tested to its limits, this film gives us latitudes of expressiveness. It is at once sensuous and intense, a tour de force of physical potential. You will feel the heat.
|Little Theatres: Homage to the Mineral of Cabbage
|Stephanie Dudley
|Irene Sousa
|Animator Dudley opens us up, layer by layer, to that lowly objet, the staple of Newfoundland diets, the magnificently tiered cabbage. This gorgeously textured stop-motion film draws its mineral strength from a lyric poem by Erín Moure, essentially a celebration of that which we so often take for granted. With a translation from the original Galician--adding yet another layer of meaning--this lovely homage to the leafy biennial offers a head full of nourishment.
|"Not Jane."
|Helena Astbury
|Helena Astbury, Jake Astbury
|An evocative performance of a girl-bride-woman, a dress, a narrow space, an open closet--a cycle of gain and loss. Nothing plain about Not Jane.
|Variation on Elevators and Pink Girls
|Sarah Shamash
|Sarah Shamash, Toshiko Oiwa
|Uh, what's with the title? Well, this is an awesome video, a collaborative effort between a video artist and a choreographer. it's about what happens when two pink girls take over a cage elevator in Sao Paolo. Look, work with us here. The music is hypnotic. We love the dresses. Brazil is hot. This video rocks.
|Katherine Knight
|Katherine Knight
|This doc about acclaimed contemporary Canadian artist Wanda Koop really appeals to the creative spirit in all of us. Her mind's eye--and her uncanny 3D gift of seeing--transmutes the world of experience into color and lines, abstract and beautiful evocations of familiar land and cityscapes. It isn't easy making a film about the creative process, but filmmaker Knight expertly traces the journey from source to artistic object.
|The Room at the Top of the Stairs
|Briony Kidd
|Briony Kidd
|Adam Walker
|The gothic plot here is obviously inspired by Daphne de Maurier's/Hitchcock's Rebecca, which was in turn inspired by Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. You don't have to read your Ferud to know a madwoman in the attic can be a dangerous thing. That iconic figure is, yup, still crazy after all these years.
|Shimby Zegeye-Gebrehiwot
|Shimby Zegeye-Gebrehiwot
|Shimby Zegeye-Gebrehiwot
|This compelling experimental doc is also an expressive poem about identities, a personal account of distance and the diaspora. Shimby lives far from her Grandmother in Greece, but years to cross the divide, and to find herself in the process.
|Deb Shoval, Dominique LeFevre
|Deb Shoval
|Jessica Caldwell
|It's a short film but it says so much about the emotional displacement that comes of youthful passion and strained circumstance. Young Joey returns home from Afghanistan to rural Pennsylvania, hoping she will have a special Christmas with a special love interest. This totally assured and intelligent drama covers a lot of ground, including class conflict and sexual orientation.
|Martha and Dee Visit the Fifth Dimension
|Noelle Foster
|Adam Klusky, Noelle Foster
|Noelle Foster
|Fathers, what are they good for? Especially when they neglect their daughters. Mothers are sometimes not much better. At least little Martha has an imaginary girlfriend, Dee, someone to keep her company and keep the loneliness at bay. Dee has her own world too, but it's in the fifth dimension, where you go where you are California dreaming. This lovely little cinematic story is sure to charm your dysfunction away.
|Mark O'Brien
|Emily Bridger
|Shannon Hawes
|If Barbie had, like, a totally cool awesomely confident sister she'd be Kathy. Born out of Emily Bridger's brain, sure, but more commonly out of all our experience of Junior high, Kathy is that girl--the one you can't stop following. What an assured piece of filmmaking this is.
|Cold and Sunny
|Jennifer Halley
|Jennifer Halley
|Gregory Fedun, Jennifer Halley
|A short, enigmatic essay on the complications of loss and grief,this film works in large part by indirection. Our narrator likes to run, and as she does she recalls her dying father, a parent with whom she obviously has had issues. You fill in the blanks. That's the way this works.
|Clipper Gold
|Joel Thomas Hynes
|Joel Thomas Hynes
|Krissy Holmes, Paddy Daly
|There's a lot of stuff going on in this ambitious directorial debut, more than just a cup of tea. You can cut the tension between this couple--played by Des Walsh and Ruth Lawrence--with a knife, and in fact that's what he does, awkwardly drawing some blood in the process. Sometimes a moose sausage is just a moose sausage, of course, but just not here!
|The Ride
|Marion Pilowsky
|Marion Pilowsky
|Rose Newall, David Willing
|Do all hitchhiking stories lead to trouble? This film is a superbly crafted variation on the genre, a double whammy of a plot, you bet. Well known Australian actor Anthony LaPaglia puts the metal to the pedal, ramping up the action--with a sidecar of shock. Just when you think it's safe to get out of the car...
|Point No Point
|Jennifer Campbell
|Jennifer Campbell
|Here we have a one-shot experiment in video art, as we follow a solitary figure entering the ocean. What happens after that is at once comic, absurd, puzzling silly, weird, and possibly even pointless--or not.
|i am a good person/i am a bad person
|Ingrid Veninger
|Ingrid Veninger
|Ingrid Veninger
|At once funny, inspiring, emotional, bizarre, quirky, naturalistic, charming, fresh, moving, and just plain entertaining. We love this film's indie vibe, the way it takes its own sweet time with an oddball other and her vulnerable 18-year old daughter. They set out for Europe where Mom's film is being showcased at festivals, and as with any good journey, it sure isn't all about the destination.
|Shades of Gray (FRAMED Film)
|FRAMED Film Camp
|Stephanie House
|Women's Film Festival MENTORS: Wanda Nolan, Brad Gover, Jacqueline Hynes
|An overzealous teenager sets out to change the world while coming to terms with the one around her. A FRAMED Drama Production brought to you by the St. John's International Women's Film Festival and CBC.
|Painted (FRAMED Doc)
|FRAMED Film Camp
|Women's Film Festival MENTORS: Brad Gover, Jacqueline Hynes
|Participants at the Brother T.I. Murphy Centre Community Youth Arts Program turn the camera on themselves and open up about who they were before the program and where they hope to go. A FRAMED Documentary Production brought to you by the St. John's International Women's Film Festival and CBC.
|Busk or Bust (24 Hr Film Challenge)
|24 Hr Film Challenge Participants
|24 Hr Film Challenge Participants
|Women's Film Festival MENTOR: Elsa Morena
|A melancholy poet yearns to taste the sweet nectar of the java bean and will do anything to get it. A 24 Hour Film Challenge Production brought to you by the St. John's International Women's Film Festival and CBC.
|Meagan Kelly
|Meagan Kelly
|Dekeyser & Friends Foundation
|This film is a tour de force in documentary realism. This film is Meagan Kelly's affirmative chronicle of 13-year old Grace Raptan and gets intimately close with her troubling environment. She lives with her struggling family on a garbage dump in the Philippines, scavenging for anything that will help pay for her schooling. When Grace's Dad falls ill, her education is threatened and Grace must do her part to make the meager ends meet. This film is a testament to the power of education, drawing on the remarkable resolve and native intelligence of this determined little girl.
|Michelle Latimer
|Michelle Latimer
|Michelle Latimer, David Miller
|Young Jimmie leaves his reservation with the naive view that the city holds more possibility. Terrific animation renders a haunted look to this short film, conveying the effect of shadows and menace. This is a dark and familiar story cast afresh through the filmmaker's confident vision.
|Watching Emily
|Elsa Morena
|Elsa Morena
|Elsa Morena, NIFCO
|It's interesting how many films get made about generational divides, and generational bonds. Here is yet another delicate example of this theme. An older man, seemingly lost in his frailties, finds the child within by watching the child outside.
|Danis Goulet
|Danis Goulet
|Danis Goulet, Christine Kleckner
|An intimate portrait of the cultural disconnect between a Cree father and his son, Wapawekka tells the story of a final visit to an isolated family cabin. With its spectacular Northern landscapes and hip-hop beats, the film explores the tension in the gap from one generation to the next.
|Jolly Friends Forever More
|Kaz Phillips Safer
|Kaz Phillips Safer
|Christina D. King, Jennifer Yeh
|Here is a lovely little film about two unlikely buddies, both innocent in their own way. But just where does she come from, and where is he going?
|Caroline Monnet
|Caroline Monnet
|Kevin Lee Burton
|If you know your Kurosawa you'll appreciate the cinematic style of this short dramatic film. The disembodied voice speaks of a journey from the North to the city, and all that that implies. The lone figure who occupies the screen seems to be moving while standing still, as the natural landscape shifts around him. A provocative experiment in movement, and in cultural change.
|Hidden Driveway
|Sarah Goodman
|Brad Hart
|Sarah Goodman, Avi Federgreen
|Life can be pretty opaque from a child's point of view. Here we have two brothers who are called to a family meeting. Their amusing speculations about the parental agenda will remind you of all the worrying and wondering we did as kids. Parents should be accompanied by their children.
|Less Than Zero
|Ruth Lawrence
|Ruth Lawrence
|Ruth Lawrence
|Body image: can't live with it, can't live without it. Routh Lawrence's witty musical approach to this sensitive topic carries a whole lot of weight. Maybe we should put that another way. Less Than Zero adds up to a meaningful theme.
|Le Fleuve À Droita (Good Night Truck)
|Sarah Fortin
|Sarah Fortin
|Sarah Fortin
|Here is an act of random romance--boy meets girl on a long bus ride. Conversation happens. Then it happened one night. If you know your film history then you get that hey had to share a room. But what are the consequences, and what are the possibilities after such an isolated encounter, away from real life, cocooned on a Greyhound?
|Petites Vues De Chez Nous (Movies From Down Home: Port-au-Port)
|Pamela Gallant
|Pamela Gallant
|Monique LeBlanc
|This film gives us colorful snapshots of life on the Port-au-Port Peninsula, where a small coterie of tenacious francophones persist in their existence. Interview with mostly aging residents reveal the challenges of having been raised as a minority among the Anglo-Irish. Of course they have their own culture, and they cherish the language they have insisted on speaking, long before French immersion became de rigueur. Even their cats understand both English and French. And meow in any language means the same, bien sure.
|The Price of Sex
|Mimi Chakarova
|This important and heartbreaking documentary about sexual trafficking will galvanize you into awareness if nothing else. Bulgarian-born photojournalist Mimi Chakarova is our new hero, who dared to inquire into the source of so much sexual slavery. This is a brilliant compilation of interviews with victims and perps, raw, underground footage of dark clubs and alleyways, and of the countries from which so many young women were lured into slavery. Poverty breeds atrocious behavior, and therein lies the real culprit. The Price of Sex paints a complex picture, and yes, it is hard to watch--but one must. Change, as a character wisely says in another film, is necessary.
|Maria Luisa Gamble, Gloria Bremer
|This vibrant documentary features Senegalese rapper, singer, and activist, Sister Fa. Where it says "empowerment" in the dictionary, there's a picture of here. A childhood victim of genital cutting, which is still a horridly common practice in much of Africa, Sister Fa is seen here taking her music and her message directly to the people. This film is largely about that journey home, where she throws considerable light on the heart of darkness. She's nothing less than a force of nature, a passionate, bold, optimistic woman whose smile can brighten the entire continent. It's impossible not to be inspired by her example.
|Teta, Alf Marra (Grandma, A Thousand Times)
|Mahmoud Kaabour
|Mahmoud Kaabour
|Eva Star Sayre
|No one's grandmother is quite as unfiltered, amusing, candid, and feisty as the remarkable Lebanese woman at the centre of this documentary. She openly gabs at the camera, commenting, recollecting, joking, sighing, and laughing. Long widowed, she holds on the the memory of her husband, but is not shy about comparing his looks to others more handsome; nor is she reluctant to pass judgement on her new daughter-in-law, or even on the sometimes annoying camera itself. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll wonder at the license again gives. This doc not only reveals a personality but it captures a historical moment--the passing of the older ways as the 21st century comes boldly into view.
|Allison White
|Allison White
|Allison White
|This film is a result of the first ever Michelle Jackson Emerging Filmmaker Award. This is a keenly crafted story about a colour-blind man who encounters a colourful woman. Notice the scrupulous composition, the photographic aesthetic that informs the notable accomplishment. Bravo to Allison and the honour her film bestows upon us.
|Regarding Our Father
|Marjorie Doyle, John W. Doyle
|Marjorie Doyle, John W. Doyle
|Mary Sexton
|This feature doc looks closely at the man through the eyes of his children. Talented siblings John and Marjorie have proudly turned their attention to their father, Gerald S. Doyle, an extraordinary salesman and Newfoundland patriot. Importantly, he was also something of an early cultural anthropologist, taking his camera all over the province, documenting men, women, and children at work and play. The footage he left us is nothing less than a brilliant archive of rural Newfoundland, vivid and alive. Of course, Doyle also left a generous legacy of music, a collection of folk songs that might otherwise have never been known to our fondest musicians. This rich documentary in turn extends the legacy, honouring the man who honoured the people.


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Tonight I'd like to welcome author Evelyn Lafont to RAMBLING ON.
In her own words, Evelyn is an author and freelance writer with an addiction to Xanax and a predilection for snark. Her debut novella, The Vampire Relationship Guide Volume 1: Meeting and Mating is available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Smashwords.
First off, as you know from my review, I enjoyed THE VAMPIRE RELATIONSHIP GUIDE, VOL. 1. It's just an all-around fun read. What's the general reception to the book been like?
Thanks Anthony! So far, it's been great. Most people are really picking up on the humor, but also finding a fun romance in there along with the satire. I am finding it interesting how many people wish the book were longer though!
Let's talk genre for a moment. How much exposure did you have to the whole "paranormal romance" (and specifically "vampire romance") field before you started writing VRG? Was it always a favorite genre of yours, or were you reacting mainly to the fact that we can't walk into a bookstore without being hit with a paranormal romance these days?
I love the paranormal romance genre and I read over 100 books in the genre before writing the story. I would say it's a combination of me showing my love for the innate silliness of the genre and making fun of its popularity right now, so it's a good read whether you love the genre or hate it.
You're not the first author to show us a world where vampires are an acknowledged (and in your case openly accepted) subset of society. There are laws that protect vampires and force businesses to be open 24 hours a day to accommodate them, and yet Josie, the main character, knows almost nothing about their habits despite her obsession with them. How much of the detail of that "coming out" have you worked out, and will we get more details of the timeline in later books?
I've worked out most of the details, and you are going to get them in about the same way you did in book 1—through Josie's penchant for mixing pop culture myth with the occasional Nightline episode's information.
Urban fantasy with first-person narration creates a unique challenge: how much does your main character know about the world around them, and how do you get that information across to the reader without it feeling like an "info-dump?"
My goal with this book was to help the reader see the world through Josie's eyes. I try to avoid info dump by handling information through a combination of magazine and book excerpts (which Josie herself may or may not have read), conversation, and narration.
Josie initially comes across as a somewhat jaded, almost world-weary, 30-something but it became apparent that she really doesn't know much about the vampire culture. It makes her seem a bit … how do I put this politely … ignorant of the world around her compared to the other human characters. Was this a conscious decision in creating the character? Or did you try other methods of working in vampire lore before deciding to have Josie learn along with the reader?
Like a real woman, Josie has a combination of personality traits. She is jaded in some respects, but I wouldn't call her world-weary. She also isn't the type of person who is going to methodically study anything with reference books. She's a bit of a dreamer and one of those people that just go along with the stream of things to an extent, though she's not afraid to take control of her life if the stream starts heading in a bad direction. Josie is matter-of-fact but not methodical or analytical so when vampires "came out" she assumed that the pop culture books she read were like an instruction manual. Sure she catches the occasional factual article in VampLure or on Nightline…but that's not exactly a well-rounded education.
If you look at the real world, you can find many instances of this type of behavior. As an example, how many late night TV segments have you seen in which adults—old adults, even—are asked questions about current events or the workings of the government and they have no clue how to answer them correctly? Our society is filled with people who assume they understand things that they really don't.
Now for the question I alluded to in my review. Once the "damsel in distress" portion of the plot takes over, I felt like there were some pretty large plot-holes, and a "villainous plan" that just didn't make sense. So, the hardball question: why is the villain's ultimate plot so poorly-thought-out?
I don't think the plan is poorly thought out, though I agree it was poorly executed. On that point, it's the typical villain's trip up—hubris and greed. The villain in this book resents the hoops he must jump through to get what he wants and that resentment mixed with his greed and over-confidence work out to…well, not the best executed plan.
I picture it as a Dr. Evil sort of scenario: Threaten the White House with a powerful laser when you don't even have said laser.
It seems to be an accepted trope that vampire romance series eventually bring in other supernatural creatures, usually starting with werewolves. Can we expect to see Josie's world expand to include shape-shifters, witches, etc?
Oh yes, we can!
And my official Last Question for everyone I interview: What is your favorite book, and what would you say to recommend it to someone who hasn't read it yet?
This has got to be an impossible question…single favorite? Yikes. I love Tess of the D'Urbervilles, she's my old standby, so yeah–Tess. To recommend it I would tell the person that it is the quintissential and most perfect romance novel ever.
Thanks again for agreeing to "sit down" for this email interview, Evelyn! Best of luck with the book and the series.
In addition to the purchasing information at the top of the page, you can also interact with Evelyn on Twitter, @KeyBoardHussy. And check out her website, www.keyboardhussy.com


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Frederic Oudea, the CEO of Societe Generale, told CNBC that people were "too afraid" about the economic situation in France and Europe, and reassured them that stabilization was taking place over time.
At a banking conference in Frankfurt, Oudea said he was confident about France's financial stability.
"I think maybe people are a bit too afraid," he said. "We see signs of stabilization…it goes beyond just (the) global figures we've seen in the second quarter, we feel with our clients a stabilization, a slight improvement."
(Read more: Societe Generale profit more than doubles)
Oudea added that there was room for improvement, but people had to be patient. "To have better growth for France and Europe as a whole we still need certain structural reforms and it will take some time," he said.
Oudea praised the work done by euro zone countries to improve the economic picture and said he did not expect there to be another flare up in the region. He said it was vital however that the European banking union was implemented, as it would help to rebuild confidence.
"I remain more optimistic," Oudea said. "Volatility can happen, (but) we should carry on getting the benefits of what's going on." He added that it was very important there was "new momentum" after the German national elections this month.
(Read more: SocGen Reshuffles Executive Team After Loss)
At the beginning of August, SocGen reported that its second quarter earnings had more than doubled from the year before, despite tough conditions in Europe. Quarterly net profit came in at 955 million euros ($1.26 billion), above a Reuters consensus of 703 million euros.
Oudea told the Frankfurt conference that large banks were still needed to maintain Europe's capacity to finance large companies and its infrastructure.
"Scale matters. I believe that we need players which are able to tell the credit story of European companies or governments," Oudea said.
Oudea added that he wanted SocGen to have a strong future presence in Europe, but with presence in the U.S. and China as well.
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Botox For Plantar Fasciitis/
I've seen Botox used for stress headaches, but until now I was unfamiliar with the fact that Botox can also be used to treat Plantar Fasciitis.
The article below detalis some of the new reasearch, but I'm wondering if anyone is using / has used Botox in this way and what the results were? (Leave a comment.)
Botulinum toxin (BTX)A may be more effective than steroids for the treatment of plantar fasciitis.
The 19 patients given a total of 250 U of BTX-A split between two medial and lateral calf muscle sites and the soleus had significantly faster and greater improvement than the 17 patients treated with intralesional dexamethasone (8 mg) plus 2% lidocaine (2 mL).
Although there was no significant difference between the BTX-A and steroid treatment groups at baseline for the visual analog scale (VAS) for pain (7.1 vs 7.7), patients given BTX-A had a significantly lower average score than steroid-treated patients at the 1-month check up (1.9 vs 3.4 points). Scores were also significantly lower at 2 (1.6 vs 3.6 ), 4 (1.5 vs 3.7 ), and 6 (1.1 vs 3.8) months.
Similarly, despite comparable Maryland Foot and Ankle scores at baseline, the BTX-A-treated patients had significantly greater improvement over the whole study than steroid-treated patients.
Although both patient groups experienced significant improvements of American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society scores and Foot and Ankle Disability Index scores at 15 days after treatment, BTX-A was associated with a faster and more sustained treatment response than steroids.
The researchers note that all patients were shown dorsiflexion and plantarflexion stretching exercises to begin within a week of treatment.
"It is important to note that patients must perform plantar fascia stretching exercises to obtain a rapid and sustained improvement of plantar fasciitis," say Carlos Acosta-Olivo (Hospital Universitario "Dr Jose E Gonzalez," Universidad Autonomade Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico) and co-workers.
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