Fatal Birth Film Trailer

This is the Trailer of the new Independent Documentary Film Trailer, “Fatal Birth.”  Kindly hit the reply Tab at the top of this post to give your views on the trailer

 

Death row inmate pulled out eye and ate it

A Texas convict on death row announced to authorities that he pulled out his only good eye and ate it. According to authorities,  Andre Thomas (25) has had a history of mental problems.

The inmate was arrested in 2004 after the fatal stabbings of his wife, son and 13 -month old-daughter.  The victims’ bodies were found with their hearts ripped out. According to associated Press, Thomas boasted to authorites that he put their hearts in his pocket and later threw them in the trash.

Thomas was convicted and sent to Grays County Jail in Sherman where he allgedly gorged out and ingested his eye.

TREATMENT

He  was then treated at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler and later transferred to the a psyciatric prison facility near Richmond. 

Associated Press a published a statement made by Thomas’ attorney,  Bobbie Peterson-Cate:

“He will finally be able to receive the mental health care that we had wanted and begged for from day 1,”

Thomas does not have a set execution date.

 

Couple kicked out of their home through Facebook

An Australian couple have been evicted from their Canberra house via Facebook.

 

Repossessions Lawyer, Mark McCormack used the social networking site to notify the couple.

 

An Australian supreme court then approved the move.

 

This is the first time Facebook, a popular online community with more than 140 million users, has been considered adequate notice.

 

The lawyer had previously tried several times to contact the couple by other means. His client’s had been given permission to repossess the couple’s house.

 

Law

Currently, Australian law requires anyone losing their home to be notified. After more conventional means failed, the lawyer opted for Facebook.

 

 

Sky news have published part of his public statement: “It’s one of those occasions where you feel most at home with what you know and I myself have a Facebook account.”

 

 

Australian courts have given permission in the past for people to be served via e-mail and text message only after traditional methods of communication (telephone, mail) have failed.

 

In April for example, a lower Australian court ruled against documents being served by Facebook because the option of contacting a person via post was not exhausted.

 

In the latest ruling, the judge insisted that the documents must be attached to a private message sent via Facebook that could not be seen by other members.

 

CRITIQUE.

By David Shoo

*this is not the my main critique.

 

http://www.eastandard.net/

 

At first, the site seems cluttered. The use of red in the banner distracts the viewer from reading anything in the site.

 

Even though red is part of the media outlet’s traditional brand design; an alternative colour should have been used.

 

 

Furthermore, part of the text particularly that which is used in the side navigation is in light blue. This colour contrasts the bold red banner and makes the text itself less readable.

 

 

When doing research, I noticed that the BBC also used the same colours. (Red banner, blue navigation text). However, the BBC makes its visual appearance more appealing by darkening the tone in these colours.

 

 

This makes the side navigation more readable and prevents the banner distracting the viewer.

Another negative aspect on its first impression is the site’s advertisements.

 

 

Flashy ads tend to distract the viewer from the main content. Not only does the site have such ads on the right but in the centre of the page.

 

 

On the front page, there are two videos. However, the viewer has to scroll down to the bottom of the page to locate them. Secondly, though the website uses video material, there are flaws in their choice of news story.

 

The one (English) news story which the website has chosen to upload is a “satire.”Though it gives the viewer a good laugh, the website should have uploaded something that deals with more serious issues in the country.

 

 

On the positive side, their second video clip deals with ministers responding to the current media bill (which requires journalists to reveal their sources).

 

 

Though one can navigate easily to the main stories, the articles don’t follow Jakob Nielson’s rules. At first glance the articles, “Raila school leavers under mandatory NYS training,” difficult to read.

 

 

Though the paragraphs used are short, they are not placed to the left of the page, the absence of highlighted keywords and bullet lists makes viewers less willing to read the article.

 

 

Furthermore, there are no links in the article, which disallows viewers to get background information on certain characteristics of the story.

 

 

The article discusses the prime minister’s intentions to train school leavers. Ideally, phrases such as “National Youth Service” and “Ministry of Youth Affairs,” should be highlighted and link to other pages so users can get more information.

 

 

The navigation is easy to use. The site offers drop down menus on the top but not for all their titles. Ironically, the category entitled “news” isn’t a drop down menu to offer the viewer more detailed information.

 

 

In general, the site is fairly impressive. However, there are a number of improvements that can be made in terms of it’s colour scheme and general presentation.