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James Hoggan | May 8, 2008
By James Hoggan • Thursday, May 8, 2008 - 15:17
Corporate apologists, politicians (and their media stooges) are twisting the language and misrepresenting the truth in an effort to deflect responsibility for a global food crisis that is being exacerbated by biofuel farm subsidies.
The issue dusted up last week when U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the European Union Commissioner for Agriculture Marian Fischer Boel blamed the global food shortage on people in India and China who are shifting their diet toward meat and away from vegetables.
But the facts get in the way: the UN Food and Agriculture Organization reported in response that grain consumption went up in the last year by just over four million tonnes in India and slightly less than seven million tonnes in China, while in the U.S. it climbed more than 33 million tonnes. And the bulk of that increase has gone into the subsidized biofuel crop - a demand that has driven corn prices in the U.S. from $2 per bushel when President George Bush began his ethanol push to $5 per bushel today.
In Canada, where production of biofuel has tripled since 2003, the federal government - which has been otherwise resistant to any policy that might address climate change - has tried to paint the new farm subsidy as an environmental gesture.
"Good for the environment and good for farmers," Prime Minister Stephen Harper said as he announced a $1.5-billion ecoENERGY plan last summer to get more ethanol and biodiesel pouring into Canadian gas tanks. "Our government's investment in biofuels is a double win."
But the spin gets worse. In the same story that included the above quote, Gordon Quaiattini, president of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association, calls criticism of the diversion of foodcrops to biofuels, "intellectually dishonest."
Quaiattini says biofuels have nothing to with growing world hunger, that there is plenty of food to go around. The problem, he says, is the world's poorest citizens can no longer afford to buy rice, corn and wheat.
Unable - or unwilling - to connect the rising price driven by his own industry to affordability in the developing world, Quaiattini instead tries to blame the whole thing on rising oil prices, which are certainly a consideration, but a minor one compared to the competitive effect of tens of millions of tonnes of food being diverted to make a "green" energy source that is not even very green.
The push for biofuel is nothing short of a huge farm subsidy, a traditional corporate boondoggle that is putting unforgivable pressure on global food stocks.
More unforgivable yet, however, is the cheap political points that some people are trying to score as a result. For example, Rex Murphy, the self-styled Canadian iconoclast, cuddles up to government and corporate position makers once again, arguing (accurately) that biofuels are partly to blame for world food shortages, but then blaming, of all people, Al Gore for the whole problem.
In truth, the former Vice President and Nobel Prize winner was warning a year ago that our turn to biofuels had inherent dangers. But in clinging to a "debate about global warming" that exists only in the minds of a shrinking and risible crowd of idealogues-for-hire, Murphy thrashes around in his thesaurus trying ever more desperately to make ludicrous arguments sound cogent.
No luck Rex. No luck at all.
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exusian replied on Permalink
Yeah, I heard Rex spinning
that bullshit and blurted out loud "what the f*ck?!?!"
Rex, like the resident trolls and harpies, is just being a useful idiot, but as for the rest of the named cast of characters, what do you expect from those who intentionally misrepresent the facts, actively spread disinformation, and deliberately lie to further their agenda?
Paul S replied on Permalink
"Rex, like the resident
"Rex, like the resident trolls and harpies, is just being a useful idiot …"
As opposed to being what, a useless idiot such as yourself?
"… what do you expect from those who intentionally misrepresent the facts, actively spread disinformation, and deliberately lie to further their agenda?"
Anyone who questions the radical AGW agenda is labelled with your slanderous words exusian. In case you haven't noticed however, radical warmers have no power, political or otherwise.
You have to engage average Canadians and the diversity of opinions they hold if you hope to ever have any serious chance of affecting real change in regards to AGW. Unfortunately, your attitude towards "others" indicates this is not likely to happen soon.
exusian replied on Permalink
Oooo, Paul has asserted that
my comment was slanderous.
Let's take a look at that. First the legal definition of slander:
The US Supreme Court has defined slander as:
(1.) Words falsely spoken of a person which impute to the party the commission of some criminal offense involving moral turpitude, for which the party, if the charge is true, may be indicted and punished.
(2.) Words falsely spoken of a person which impute that the party is infected with some contagious disease, where, if the charge is true, it would exclude the party from society
(3.) Defamatory words falsely spoken of a person, which impute to the party unfitness to perform the duties of an office or employment of profit, or the want of integrity in the discharge of the duties of such an office or employment.
(4.) Defamatory words falsely spoken of a party which prejudice such party in his or her profession or trade.
(5.) Defamatory words falsely spoken of a person, which, though not in themselves actionable, occasion the party special damage.
Note the operative word 'falsely' in each of the five legal definitions.
Now to the operative words in my comments:
Misrepresent - to represent falsely with an intent to mislead or deceive
At least 56 cases of misrepresentation have been demonstrated in this single example from the Heartland Institute alone. No falsehood here.
Disinformation - false and deliberately misleading information intended to influence opinion or perception
Numerous examples of false and deliberately misleading information intended to influence opinion or perception originating from the denialsphere can be demonstrated, ranging from doctored and fabricated graphs (falsified by commission) to truncated graphs (falsified by omission). Again, no falsehood in my comment.
Lie - a falsehood or untrue statement intended to deceive
The lies emanating from the denialsphere are legion, ranging from truly slanderous ones told about the financial motivations of climate scientists to those told by energy companies that CO2 is harmless. Again, no falsehood in my comment.
If it walks like a duck, floats like a duck, flies like a duck and quacks like a duck, then call it a bloody duck.
At its core, the denialsphere is made up of those who do not hesitate to willfully misrepresent the science and scientists, actively spread fabricated disinformation about the science and scientists, and deliberately lie about the science and scientists to further their agenda.
Go ahead, try to sue me for slander and libel.
Paul S replied on Permalink
Go ahead, try to sue me for
Go ahead, try to sue me for slander and libel.
Sue an anonymous poster on the internet who hides behind a made up name? ROFLMAO!
If it walks like a duck, floats like a duck, flies like a duck and quacks like a duck, then … it's probably Exusian. ;)
exusian replied on Permalink
Anyone with half a brain
would be able to find out my real name if they wanted to.
Oh, wait….
Paul S replied on Permalink
Well I have a whole brain
Well I have a whole brain and have zero interest in knowing your real name Exusian, so what does that say?
You're just another dour warmer regurgitating the alarmist lines fed to you. Cheers!
rob replied on Permalink
Half a brain?
I guess that leaves you out, Excusian.
Cute Roxana replied on Permalink
Yes you are right, some of
Yes you are right, some of the mentioned people do tell a lot of disinformation.
I think that is their job and they were paid to do so. The political system of the USA is too vulnerable to corruption and theft.
See it as a normal business for them.
Paul S replied on Permalink
Of course I am right . . . . )
Of course I am right, I thought that went without saying?
Not sure what your point is however Roxana. I would argue it is the warmists, in particular the more ideological ones, who have spread the most amount of harmful disinformation.
Not sure why you dragged the USA into the discussion (gratuitous anti-American slur coming?) either but I'm sure it's irrelevant to the topic.
So what point were you trying to make?
The world food crisis
is a stark reminder that we have reached certain limits. There is very little "wiggle room" (tolerance) for anything going wrong in any one of the wide range of factors influencing the general well-being of our species. In the past it hasn't been as critical – the slack could be made up here or there. But all it takes now is for an increase in people who can afford to eat meat to throw a whole system out of kilter. I remember an episode of MASH in which Frank "Ferret-face" Burns was ranting on about the North Koreans all wanting our lawnmowers. The trouble is, he was right, in a way. The west has set a standard for lifestyle and will brook no sacrifices. The developing world wants the same standard. Now we will find out how much the planet can REALLY take …
Fern Mackenzie
oh, look – here come Rob & Troll …
exusian replied on Permalink
let's try ignoring them this time, ok?
I do try, dear fellow, I really do try. Went for weeks once …
Fern Mackenzie
chester replied on Permalink
We shouldn't ignore them
Remember how well that worked when John Kerry tried ignoring "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth"?
exusian replied on Permalink
But you have to make it quite clear
that you're ignoring them by prefacing your comment with something like "Skipping over the useless troll…." and then staying on the thread topic.
Yes, as Chester has pointed out
they need to be put in their place.
Fern Mackenzie
rob replied on Permalink
Yeah, and you're just the person to do it, Fern
Jesus. You can't even make stuff like that up …
Carl S replied on Permalink
I've always been in favor of
I've always been in favor of diversity in terms of energy production. When it comes to biofuels I've always had the cautious notion as the energy gain per unit produced is so low, but there is potential there. A variety of biomass sources have the potential for fuel production but with currently tech it seems those high in sugars or starches are the only economical ones for ethanol production. I posted a long while back that biofuels in the current state are just the starting point. Unfortunately it seems overpopulation, food production stress (decreasing yields due to soil loss and drought), and first world over consumption of everything is going to use biofuels instead as a scapegoat.
With oil now at 122 US a barrel and a variety of sources predicting 200 within 6 months to 2 years being a possibility, I don't expect to see biofuel production stop as their profit is directly linked to energy prices and in general a shortage of fuel. What I'd hope to see is increasing focus away from food crops but I don't expect to see that soon as it seems first world concerns over energy shortages and trying to keep fuel costs low to keep economic growth going are more important than third world food shortages. Though perhaps I am wrong on this. The government of Canada estimates that we are saving 1% in terms of CO2 emissions by using biofuels, clearly not making much of an impact to get our emissions down. Cant help but think there is something else government could subsidize……..
Paul S replied on Permalink
Mr. Hoggan must have watched
Mr. Hoggan must have watched a different commentary by Rex Murphy then the one I did. How Mr. Hoggan could say Rex Murphy blamed everything on Al Gore is beyond me.
And to quote Al Gore concerning biofuels:
"If it is produced in a careful way, the strategy of producing more biofuels can be part of the solution for the climate crisis without causing damage to the environment." - Al Gore
Sure sounds like Al supports biofuels to me.
Don't overlook the caveat
If it is produced in a careful way, the strategy of producing more biofuels can be part of the solution for the climate crisis without causing damage to the environment.
Fern Mackenzie
Paul S replied on Permalink
That's self evident Fern.
That's self evident Fern. Who is going to advocate producing biofuels in an uncareful way? Duh.
Hugh Campbell replied on Permalink
George W Bush, Stephen
George W Bush, Stephen Harper, and the EU come to mind.
Paul S replied on Permalink
Those are probably the only
Those are probably the only names that ever come to your mind Hugh. You don't exactly come across as an independent thinker.
Hugh Campbell replied on Permalink
How could I, to someone who
How could I, to someone who doesn't understand the value of consensus or probability theory?
Paul S replied on Permalink
You're a group thinker Hugh.
You're a group thinker Hugh. The herd does your thinking for you. Baaaaa! ;)
Tsk, tsk...
You asked for names and you got 3.
And your response? Insults…..
Richard Littlemore replied on Permalink
Hey Paul
Can you date that quote?
Paul S replied on Permalink
Sure, no problem
May 11, 2007 http://www.algore.org/blog/lindainsfnm/al_gore_addresses_biofuels_argentina_need_be_careful
Richard Littlemore replied on Permalink
Last year's news
That's what I thought.
Zog replied on Permalink
No Richard, not last year's
No Richard, not last year's news - 1994's news i.e. the year when Gore started to do his dirty work, which is what we've been trying to draw to your attention. Dumkopf.
Paul S replied on Permalink
Lame Richard, very lame
What the heck is that supposed to mean, "last year's news"?
Do you have any evidence that the Reverend Gore has changed his support for bio-fuels within the last year Richard?
I thought not.
rob replied on Permalink
Speaking of Yesterday's News ...
Nice to see Little-more's reaction to An Inconvenient Truth, as it were.
Steve L replied on Permalink
Wow, way to show your learning Paul S!
See Paul? I told you reading the links in the posts can be useful. Fern is right though – you should pay attention to the caveats. The one at the beginning of the same article you quote is more important than the wiggle language pointed to by her, though:
BUENOS AIRES – (AP) – Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore warned Friday that the drive to produce alternative fuels to combat global warming must not create new forms of environmental damage.
"Every potential solution much be handled carefully and the danger with biofuels is that extremely valuable forests will be destroyed unnecessarily," said Gore, whose global warming documentary An Inconvenient Truth won an Academy Award this year. "Another danger is that, if it is not pursued carefully, it will drive food prices up."
He predicted the problem. And who doesn't support biofuels? A supporter of biofuels doesn't necessarily support the method currently legislated/subsidized.
rob replied on Permalink
Al Gore: The Saviour of Biofuel Subsidies
Since Hoggan is a PR man, it shouldn't be surprising that he's trying to deflect the blame for the biofuel fiasco onto his ideological enemies, from where it rightly belongs – his own mob of enviromental alarmists.
What is surprising is the ineptitude and outright audacity with which he attempts to revise history. This time, Hoggan has bitten off more than he can chew.
Not only would the biofuel industry not even exist as it does today, but guess who not only advocated it, but also rescued it from dying a natural death?
Excerpt from a speech by Vice President Al Gore, December 1, 1998:
"I was also proud to stand up for the ethanol tax exemption when it was under attack in the Congress – at one point, supplying a tie-breaking vote in the Senate to save it. The more we can make this home-grown fuel a successful, widely-used product, the better-off our farmers and our environment will be."
It should be pretty obvious by now, that any policy advocated by environmentalists is pure irresponsible idiocy. Hoggan disowns all negative consequences after the fact, and lies about it. Now he seeks to replace bad policies of tax subsidies with even more bad policies of tax subsidies, based on the latest whims of "environmentalists".
Isn't it time we stopped pandering to fools who pass themselves off as "environmentalists", and treat them as the capricious, opportunistic ideologues they obviously are?
Since George W Bush and Mr Harper are pushing bio-fuel really hard right now….does that make them environmentalists and irresponsible idiots?
Zog replied on Permalink
YES. Politicians who suck up
YES. Politicians who suck up for the warmist vote are, by definition, irresponsible (and unprincipled) idiots. Now that the warmists are desperately trying to distance themselves from the biofuel silliness, a very "intersting" situation is developing.
rob replied on Permalink
Yes, what ZOG said
Good point ZOG. Yes, Harper and Bush are both POLITICIANS. As such, in a democratic system, they are of necessity bound to pander to certain entrenched groups – many of which were nurtured under previous government policies.
While I generally support Stephen Harper and the CPC, and I consider myself a conservative, I am not duty-bound to agree with or approve of everything they do.
I think where the cranial melt-down comes for leftists is that they cannot concieve of a political philosophy not modelled on their own. Conservatives tend to encompass a wide spectrum of opinion, unlike the leftist conception of a monolithic and inerrant central comittees.
Steve L replied on Permalink
load of crap
I'm glad people can challenge the party they support and differentiate parties from philosophies. That's good. The stuff you wrote about the right being more diverse is a load. Last ballot I looked at, there was one Conservative Party (got rid of the word Progressive), and a heap of things to the left of that including one Communist Party, and one Marxist-Leninist Party. Please note: I'm a conservative.
I'm not
a Conservative, that is, but as they say, "Some of my best friends …"
Nor am I a Marxist, Leninist or Communist. It's a huge issue with me that science has been politicized to such a degree that matters of global importance are being trivialized in this way. These issues transcend politics, they affect us all. It won't matter much whether I advocate universal health care or private clinics if all of the hospitals in Bangladesh and the Yangtse delta are bailing water out of their emergency wards. What happens when the coastal flood zones are inundated, and the already stressed-out agricultural areas have to absorb the eco-refugee population while still producing the same amount of food (or more)? Maybe a melodramatic scenario, but my point is this: there are things we can do to slow this down. Why are we talking about communists under the bed?
Fern Mackenzie
Steve L replied on Permalink
It suits their narrative
The AGW-deniers want to frame it as a war between ideologies and try to claim the high ground. They don't want people discussing real issues and they certainly don't want people to think about the science. Importantly, the polarization they advocate in describing this as being about ideology is exactly what Rob claims to dislike.
rob replied on Permalink
" What happens when the
" What happens when the coastal flood zones are inundated, and the already stressed-out agricultural areas have to absorb the eco-refugee population while still producing the same amount of food (or more)?"
Don't worry, we'll have all been enslaved by an army of ruthless killer-robots which have risen up against us, long before that ever happens.
Unless, of course, we can perfect an effective anti-robot death ray.
I say we act now.
"Maybe a melodramatic scenario"
Ya' think?
But melodramatic scenarios are the best kind. Very exciting. Beats imagining yourself dying in your bed at 84 of congestive heart failure. Which is statistically only slightly more likely.
"but my point is this: there are things we can do to slow this down."
Of course there are. How hard can it be to make an anti-robot death ray? Or control the Earth's climate?
You on cheap drugs again?
"i" before "e" except after "c"
Fern Mackenzie
rob replied on Permalink
""i" before "e" except after "c"
Fern Mackenzie"
Gosh, Fern, you sure "put me in my place".
Let that be a lesson to anyone so foolish as to think they can lock horns with the likes of you.
I was bored.
I was bored.
Jon replied on Permalink
RM & the art of making no point
Ever notice that Rex Murphy never really makes a point or apparently takes a stand on issues despite his pretentious words?
Yet another great media agent of no-change serving to confuse the public about an issue of great importance - a perfect addition to the repertoire of AGW deniers.
Paul S replied on Permalink
No, I never noticed that
No, I never noticed that Jon. You must be a little dense if you can't understand what Murphy is saying.
Jon replied on Permalink
Ideological conflict
Yes, there is definitely ideological conflict within his presented statements.
For example, he presents himself as a "true" Canadian libertarian iconoclast, yet refers (in his video) to the need to avoid upsetting the world's "interdependent" economy.
In other words, despite his seemingly intellectual critique of celebrities and institutions, Rex offers no solutions or alternatives to draw upon leaving us with the prospect of doing nothing.
rob replied on Permalink
Huh?! Does not compute! Does not compute! Danger! Danger!
"Ever notice that Rex Murphy never really makes a point or apparently takes a stand on issues despite his pretentious words?"
That's pretty funny. Rex Murphy, pretentious?! Murphy is one of the few erudite and clear-headed people left in Canadian journalism.
Perhaps you are so used to the mealy-mouthed pablum usually offered by the CBC, being exposed to Rex Murphy has left you in fear of a life of sobriety?
Jon replied on Permalink
RM is a placebo for the public
Rex Murphy's commentary is clearly to dissuade, not promote fear.
John McCormick replied on Permalink
put in their place
they need to be put in their place.
Fern Mackenzie;
about the trolls and intellectual kite enthusiasts, you said:
they need to be put in their place.
Trolls, and their type do have a place;
it is at the Happy Hour Bar and Lounge where drinks are cheap, chicken wings are hot, conversation is minimally light and related to their dating fantasies and their libertarian ways are protected.
But, they like all of us have no place to hide when global warming and subsequent drought causes us to ration beer.
John McCormick


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LONG BEACH — A woman was convicted today of murder for driving her teenage son and a group of his friends to a Long Beach park, where a 13-year- old boy was stabbed to death nearly six years ago.
The Long Beach Superior Court jury — the third to hear the case — deliberated less than a day before returning its verdict in the trial of Eva Daley.
The 36-year-old woman is due back in court for sentencing April 17, when she is facing 15 years to life in state prison.
The mother of three was initially convicted in October 2008 of second- degree murder for the June 25, 2007, slaying of Jose Cano.
But her conviction was reversed in a 2-1 ruling from a three-justice panel of California's 2nd District Court of Appeal, which found that the first jury was given an "impermissibly ambiguous" jury instructions.
"Because we cannot conclude from the record that the jury based its verdict against Daley on a legally valid theory, Daley's conviction for second-degree murder must be reversed," Associate Justice Laurie D. Zelon wrote in the August 2010 ruling, with Associate Justice Frank Y. Jackson concurring.
In a dissenting opinion, Presiding Justice Dennis M. Perluss wrote, "I do not believe a reversal is appropriate."
The second jury to hear the case against Daley deadlocked last December.
Daley's co-defendant Heriberto Garcia, who was 15 at the time of the crime, was also convicted during the first trial. He has unsuccessfully challenged his second-degree murder conviction and is serving a 15-year-to-life prison sentence.
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The appellate court justices noted in their August 2010 ruling reversing Daley's conviction that Cano was among a group of gang members who had congregated at an apartment complex where Daley lived and that the group had yelled at residents and thrown lighted flares in their direction.
The justices also noted that Daley's son had been stabbed about six months earlier and that a witness saw Daley's son with Cano immediately before the stabbing, but did not know if Cano was responsible for the teen's injury.
During her first trial, Daley testified that she was intending to take the children home safe and didn't know what the youths were doing when they jumped out of her sport utility vehicle. She denied knowing that there was going to be a fight or that she had been out to get revenge for her son's stabbing six months earlier.
She told jurors in her first trial that she did not learn about the killing until the next day, when she heard about it while attending a parenting class in which she had voluntarily enrolled.
Daley also testified in both of her retrials and denied that she had seen any of the youths with weapons.
"You know something bad's going to happen when you take gang members with weapons to their rival's territory," Deputy District Attorney Dean Bengston said after the latest verdict.

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"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world."
Environmentalist John Muir's assertion is as true today as it was 100 years ago when he wrote these words. But as Muir surveyed the American topography at the turn of the last century, he likely could not have fathomed the vast urbanization that would define the world today. The human race is on the precipice of unprecedented change: For the first time in history, more than half of the global population will reside in cities. This great urbanization is coupled with a rising awareness that cities must embrace connectivity for future success. In the last several years, disasters—both natural and man-made, from the floods of Katrina to the economic devastation in shrinking cities like Detroit—have made it painfully clear that we cannot live in a vacuum. Cities are, to borrow from Muir, a complex system of interwoven threads. When one unravels, we all feel the effects.
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That's why Manus and like-minded fellow architects think it's time for a regional revolution. Increasingly, architects recognize that they must look beyond a project's property line in order to engage, restore, and enhance a region's economic, environmental, and social vitality—not to mention the fiscal health of the profession.
"We're at the point now where the carbon footprint is the barometer," says Bruce A. Race, FAIA, AICP, founder of RACESTUDIO and associate professor of practice in the College of Architecture and Planning at Ball State University. "I talk to my students about how to build places that support lifestyles while having one-eighth the carbon footprint—because if they don't do that, they're going to spend their career moving cities from southern Florida. The innovation expected of them is unlike any generation before it."
Regional solutions, Race contends, are critical to tackling the sustainability and economic issues that threaten the planet: air and water quality, energy consumption, mobility, and productivity.
That the world must think regionally is not up for discussion; how architects will help achieve this complex goal is. What does regional design look like? How do architects help communities work across disciplines, across geographic, cultural, and political divides, to coalesce around a unified and sustainable vision of place?
Regional approaches to urban planning that catalyze communities through design advocacy are "the essence of the profession," Manus says. "It's what the AIA believes is at the heart of what we can provide as architects."
Which is why, from May 12–14, the AIA will convene the nation's architects to explore best practices in regional design at the AIA 2011 Convention. The theme—Regional Design Revolution: Ecology Matters—reflects "the ability of architects to be effective and action-oriented when resolving the issues facing our communities," Manus says. The event will happen in a city at the epicenter of a strong region, a place that epitomizes cultural identity: New Orleans.
Learning from New Orleans
Perhaps no other city in the nation has spent as much time thinking about architecture and urban planning as New Orleans. The massive natural disaster that leveled the city is, in many ways, the contemporary urban disaster writ large. The dismantling of New Orleans happened in a matter of hours; for cities like Detroit, it took decades. But the fundamentals are the same: We built cities we could not sustain. "New Orleans is one of the best examples in the country of what happens when you're not paying attention to the local ecology, where your aspirations and natural place are not in sync," Race says.
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Race points to the many areas where architects address sustainable, high-performing building—from the single-family home to the commercial rehab to the neighborhood master plan. "We are all working on this at different scales and over time. Our profession can contribute to a regenerative model for a region," he says. "Why not think about how we can, in a conference setting, come together and acknowledge that?"
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Encuentros: Artistic Exchange between the U.S. and Latin America
Session 3: The Artist/Traveler
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Immigration Reform Advocates, Foes to Target House GOP During Recess
August recess will be no vacation for House members hoping to escape from the pressure of the looming battle over immigration reform. With a Senate bill passed and House Speaker John Boehner planning a vote on some form of immigration legislation before the end of the year, the five-week August break presents the last chance for activists on both sides of the issue to sway undecided or undeclared lawmakers to their way of thinking.
Add to that the potential for televised town-hall freakouts reminiscent of the health-care protests in August 2009, and all involved know this August is make or break for the future of immigration policy for the next 20 years.
At the center of the five-week lobbying and influence effort are 37 House Republicans whose districts are more than 20 percent Latino, including Reps. Darrell Issa, Buck McKeon, Steve Pearce, and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy.
McCarthy's district, in the agriculture-heavy Central Valley of California, is 35.5 percent Latino, leading advocates to believe he could not only vote with them but also bring others along.
"We think he's open to persuasion, but he's not going to just open his doors and say, 'Welcome, everybody, I've changed my mind," said Jorge Mario Cabrera of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles.
"We're going to have to be there and show up in strong numbers and make an appeal directly to him."
"Showing up" for Cabrera and his group means driving a 1,100-car caravan past McCarthy's Bakersfield office on Aug. 15 to press the whip to vote for comprehensive reform. Like CHIRLA, a large pro-reform coalition is planning more than 350 events around the country over the recess targeting House Republicans they see as potential yes votes—the 37 Latino-heavy GOP districts as well as those in swing districts, like Reps. Mike Coffman in Coloradoand Joe Heck in Nevada.
In addition to sending members to town hall meetings, the coalition is planning rallies, neighborhood canvassing, Spanish language social media ads, and earned and paid media to push individual House members to hold a vote on immigration reform.
"We are working to create the space for what I call the 'coalition of the willing,'" said Clarissa Martínez-De-Castro from the National Council of La Raza, another member of the coalition. "We will be in the districts, helping people perform brain surgery so that they can see the light when they get back."
Eliseo Medina, secretary-treasurer of the Service Employees International Union, said August will be part of "a long, hot summer" for members of the House. "Speaker Boehner and the Republicans in the House are in for a big surprise because we are ready to welcome them when they come home," he said. "We will be pounding the drums for reform."
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Best Of :: Bars & Clubs
Pop into the Windows Lounge at the Four Seasons Los Angeles for a cocktail and you might run into Mick Jagger, Kate Hudson or Peter Dinklage. This swank Beverly Hills hotel is where many celebrities stay when they're in town — particularly during Emmy, Golden Globe or Oscar week — and naturally, once they've checked in, they head to the bar. Starting at 4 p.m., Windows also offers tasty food on its appetizer menu, such as the Korean shortrib quesadilla and the crispy sushi rice, as well as burgers, fish and chips, pizza and the like. There is also live music on Friday and Saturday nights, and the barkeep makes a damn fine dirty martini. Who knows? Maybe you can get Colin Firth to buy one for you. —Samantha Bonar
300 S. Doheny Drive, Beverly Hills, 90048. (310) 273-2222, fourseasons.com/losangeles/dining/lounges/windows_lounge.
Zinque is the Diane Von Fürstenberg wrap dress of restaurants. During the day, its airy interior resembles an Apple store, considering how many Mac laptops are in use. But at night it's a different story: Wine glasses, oysters and occasionally live music make you feel as if you're in a European bistro. (The din of customer conversation doesn't hurt the illusion, considering it often includes snippets of French and Italian.) Zinque offers bites for every hour of the day: pastries, breakfast sandwiches, paninis, healthy salads, happy-hour snacks, flatbreads and "plates." With indoor and outdoor seating, outlets and Wi-Fi, there's not really an occasion or meeting that Zinque can't accommodate. It's tempting to arrive early for coffee and stay for wine, but if you'd rather change locations, Zinque now boasts two — one near Abbot Kinney, and one near the Pacific Design Center in WeHo. —Eve Weston
600 Venice Blvd., Venice, 90291. (310) 437-0970, lezinque.com. Also 8684 Melrose Ave., W. Hlywd., 90069. (424) 284-3930.
Unlike what you might imagine an adult arcade to be like, EightyTwo is not the sweaty domain of grown-up nerds. Rather, it's a video game paradise that's as sleek as it is chic. Housed in a metallic, 2,000-square-foot warehouse, this Arts District cocktail bar boasts 15 pinball machines — which date from 1977's Ed Krynski–designed Jungle Queen to last year's uber-badass Metallica pinball. It also has 25 video games, from Atari's 1978 classic Space Invaders to 1993's NBA Jam and Mortal Kombat II. Nightly DJ sets transform the game room into a late-night dance party, and a tree-lined courtyard with communal high-top tables offers sweet refuge from even the most grueling round of Pac-Man. There's nothing quite as electrifying as getting your game on at EightyTwo, even if much of its clientele isn't old enough to remember the year (an amazing one for video games) for which it's named. —Jennifer Swann
707 E. Fourth Place, Little Tokyo, 90013. (213) 626-8200, eightytwo.la.
Though some see disco as a blight on American pop music that will hopefully not be resuscitated, others consider it our country's pinnacle of dance music. L.A. types who fall into the latter camp are likely to be seen at Giorgio's, a Saturday night party at the Hollywood Standard. Though only a year old, it has been attended by such stars as Mick Jagger, Diddy, Billy Idol and Leonardo DiCaprio. Named after famed Italian producer Giorgio Moroder — who basically invented disco — it was founded by longtime party promoter Bryan Rabin and Adam Bravin, who serves from time to time as President Obama's DJ. Oh, and as for the event itself? You enter through a kitchen. The room is dark and filled with smoke. And, most importantly, the dance floor stays packed until closing time. —Hillel Aron
Hollywood Standard Hotel, 8300 Sunset Blvd., W. Hlywd., 90069. (323) 650-9090, facebook.com/giorgiosdisco.
Lots of people can tell you that the Three Clubs has been featured in Mad Men, but it bears repeating, if only to give you a mental picture of what you can expect inside this Hollywood spot, especially on quieter days. You'll come in, sit down in a dark, quiet corner and order up a cocktail (we recommend the rye Manhattan) expertly made by a man who has never self-identified as a "mixologist" (although he possesses the skills of one). The appeal of the Three Clubs is in its refreshingly unpretentious take on the classic American cocktail bar, one that's equal parts 1964 and 2014. While we'd recommend trying out the spot during off-hours, there's certainly plenty going on in the evenings, most notably Monday Night Tease, one of the oldest and most venerated burlesque nights in all of L.A. County. All told, the Three Clubs is a great spot for a date, or just to drown your sorrows in the sweet, neon glow of Hollywood's past. —Nicholas Pell
1123 N. Vine St., Hlywd., 90038. (323) 462-6441, threeclubs.com.
Were the Flintridge Proper to have an official song, it might go something like this: "220 bottles of gin on the wall, 220 bottles of gin. Take one down, pass it around. 219 bottles of gin on the wall." At this watering hole located in the northern suburb of La Cañada Flintridge, these numbers are no exaggeration. Calling itself "the world's largest gin bar," this drinkery and restaurant features a vast collection of gin sourced from all around the world, and even some in-house varieties produced with locally grown ingredients, such as wild sage and rosemary. "We have a gin for every taste," says Brady Caverly, who co-owns the Proper with his wife, Mary Elizabeth. Customers who would like to sample multiple kinds of gin can choose from the Proper's "flights," which include three 0.75-ounce tastings. (The popular Bartenders' Favorite, for $15, includes choices picked by the staff.) Under chef Kevin Napier, the Proper also has an extensive food menu, highlighted by its popular chicken pot pies and burgers. —Chris Walker
464 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada Flintridge, 91011. (818) 790-4888, theproper.com.


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Mary J. Blige is gracing the cover of SHAPE Magazine this month and the 42-year-old diva has a lot to be proud of.
The singer shows off her sexy six pack and to die for body and credits her workout routine and personal chef for her banging' body.
Her husband, Kendu Isaacs, couldn't contain his excitement and shared the photo on Twitter along with some words of support.
"#Hardwork #Dedication @Themarkjenkins@daniellethechef @2daybefit is all you need. I struggle with the dedication. Lol," he wrote. "Congrats Mary keep pushing!!!!!"
Her personal chef, Danielle Saunders, also shared her congrats through social media.
"ALL HAIL THE QUEEN????! @brooklynnblige! Looking AMAZING on the December SHAPE mag Cover!!#Juicelife #soulfusion #cleaneating #6mealsaday#mindbodyN'soul #workouthard #dietHARDER super proud to be a part! #wedidthat," she posted.


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The California State-Federal Judicial Council (State-Federal Judicial Council) provides a means of communication between judges of the state and federal courts in California concerning matters of mutual interest and concern. On behalf of Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Co-chair of State-Federal Judicial Council, nominations are being solicited to fill vacancies on the State-Federal Judicial Council.
The deadline for submitting nominations is June 30, 2014.


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MWL Prospects: Top picks top list
Astros' Correa, Twins' Buxton will be the headliners in MWL
By Jonathan Raymond / Special to MLB.com | April 6, 2013 6:00 AM ET
Here's a ranking of the 10 prospects we're most excited to see light up the Midwest League in 2013:
No. 1. Carlos Correa (SS, Quad Cities River Bandits): The top prospect in the Midwest League is the top pick from last year's Draft. Correa possesses elite natural athletic ability and power, and he showed it last year when he hit three homers and 14 doubles in his first 50 games between the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League and Greeneville Astros.
Overall, he hit .258/.305/.400 in his first exposure to pro ball, and the 18-year-old Puerto Rican figures to build on that this year with the River Bandits. Ranked Houston's No. 2 prospect, expectations for Correa are sky-high.
No. 2. Byron Buxton (OF, Cedar Rapids Kernels): Fittingly, the No. 2 Midwest League prospect was the player selected directly after Correa last year, Byron Buxton. The 19-year-old outfielder from Georgia is loaded with potential in his own right, owning power, speed and an exciting glove in center field.
Buxton went to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League to begin his career last season and, despite a .216 average, got on base at a .324 clip and slugged .466 in 27 games. Upon a promotion to Elizabethton, he hit .286 with a homer and six doubles in 21 games. Overall, he finished the year with a .248/.344/.448 line in 48 games, including five homers, 10 doubles, four triples and 11 steals that suggest an emerging power/speed threat.
Almora bested both Buxton and Correa in his debut last year, hitting .321/.331/.464 in 33 games between the AZL Cubs and Class A Short-Season Boise. He knocked two homers and 12 doubles while stealing five bags and getting caught twice. His approach at the plate needs development, as he walked just twice and struck out 13 times in 140 at-bats, but he hasn't even turned 19 (his birthday is April 16), and his raw talent is clearly exceptional.
No. 4. Taylor Guerrieri (RHP, Bowling Green Hot Rods): Guerrieri ranks as the best pitching prospect on the circuit thanks to his impressive run in the New York-Penn League last year. A first-rounder in 2011, Guerrieri made his professional debut for Hudson Valley and dominated, putting up a 1.04 ERA in 52 innings.
The right-hander from South Carolina struck out 45 and, more impressively, walked just five batters in those 52 frames. That works out to a walks-per-nine-innings rate of less than one, at 0.87. The 6-foot-3, 195-pound 20-year-old has a powerful fastball and, evidently, great control to go with it.
No. 5. Robert Stephenson (RHP, Dayton Dragons): Stephenson, the 27th overall pick in 2011, gets a bump on this list for having already shown a level of success in the Midwest League, albeit in a small sample. The 20-year-old needed just seven starts in the Rookie-level Pioneer League last year to convince the Reds to move him up, knocking out a 2.05 ERA in 30 2/3 innings with 37 strikeouts and only eight walks.
The right-hander held his own for the Dragons over eight starts, as well, going 2-4 with a 4.19 ERA while striking out more than a batter an inning (35 in 34 1/3 frames). His 3.18 ERA in 65 total innings, with 72 strikeouts to 23 walks, suggest big things for 2013.
No. 6. Roberto Osuna (RHP, Lansing Lugnuts): Osuna, like Stephenson, earns a higher ranking over others with perhaps a better pedigree for his impressive body of work predating this season. The nephew of former Major League reliever Antonio Osuna, Roberto began his professional career as a 16-year-old in 2011, when he put a 5.49 ERA in 19 2/3 innings in the Mexican League, striking out 12 and walking 11. Not terribly strong numbers on their face, but consider that he was a 16-year-old facing grown men in an advanced, hitter-friendly league, and he wasn't remotely overwhelmed.
After signing with the Jays in August 2011, he moved to the Appalachian League last year and notched a 1.50 ERA in 24 innings, then posted a 3.20 mark in 19 2/3 Northwest League frames. In all, he had 49 strikeouts to 15 walks in 43 2/3 innings with a 2.27 ERA. Not bad for a 17-year-old.
No. 7. Max Fried (LHP, Fort Wayne TinCaps): Fried is the fourth top-10 pick from last year to appear on this list. The lefty, picked seventh by San Diego out of Harvard-Westlake High School in Los Angeles, worked in the low 90s as a prep star but stands a projectable 6-foot-4. On top of that, he already works with a developed changeup and can sport a cutter that San Diego, as teams often do, will likely have him hold off on using until he gains more experience.
For the AZL Padres last year, he performed nicely in a small sample, putting up a 3.57 ERA in 17 2/3 innings with 17 punchouts and six walks.
No. 8. Dorssys Paulino (SS, Lake County Captains): Paulino, who was only 17 throughout last season, tore apart the Arizona League for the Indians. Signed by Cleveland for a bit more than $1 million in 2011, the Dominican Republic native hit .355/.404/.610 in the AZL, ripping six homers, six triples and 14 doubles in 41 games. In a 15-game taste of the New York-Penn League, he batted at a .271/.306/.407 clip.
In all, he finished with a .333/.380/.558 slash line in 56 contests across the two levels, grabbing 11 stolen bases while being caught just twice. With his youth and inexperience, he'll have the chance to take his time to develop in the Midwest League, as Francisco Lindor works a level ahead of him in the Carolina League.
No. 9. Corey Seager (SS, Great Lakes Loons): Seager, brother of Mariners third baseman Kyle, was also taken in the first round of the 2012 Draft (18th overall). Selected as a shortstop out of high school, the Dodgers could move the 6-foot-4, 215-pound 18-year-old (who will hit 19 on April 27) to third base.
Either way, his bat will play. Seager showed an advanced approach at the dish last year for Ogden in the Pioneer League, where he hit .309/.383/.520 with eight homers and nine doubles in 46 games, walking 21 times while striking out on just 33 occasions. He also flashed nice base-stealing ability, taking eight bags while getting caught in only two instances.
No. 10. Daniel Robertson (SS, Beloit Snappers): Robertson, like Almora, will miss the first few weeks of the season after tearing his meniscus in fall instructionals. When he arrives in Beloit, he'll join a young, talented lineup where he'll have the chance to show off his well-rounded bat.
Taken 34th overall by the A's last year out of Upland (Calif.) High School, Robertson walked (16) more often than he struck out (15) in 29 Arizona League games. He hit .297/.405/.554 for the AZL A's with four homers, two triples and 10 doubles before he went to the New York-Penn League and scuffled a bit. In all, he finished with a .241/.330/.400 line in 55 games last year.
Jonathan Raymond is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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I am 17 years of age and i am really worried that i am pregnant, i'm probably just paranoid.
I engaged in you know what 2 days ago,but before that i had just finished ovulation. We did not use any protection and i'm not using any contraceptive thingys. Today i have had a head ache all day, i have been urinating very regularly (about once every 30 minutes) and at the moment i am experiencing mild nausea. I don't know if it is possible to feel like this so suddenly or if it just a coincidence. Thanks, Paige-Austin x
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Dear Paige-Austin,
Welcome to the Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond forum. I am sorry to read that you are concerned about being pregnant.
When you say you ovulated just before having sex - were you tracking your ovulation? Which method were you using?
It would be possible for you to be pregnant, however, the only way to really know for sure would be to take a pregnancy test from the first day your next period is due. Some women do say they experience pregnancy symptoms very shortly after conceiving. However, most early pregnancy symptoms (including nausea, frequent urination and headaches) will start 1-4 weeks after conception.
Please do post back with any further questions you have.
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REDLANDS - Third District Supervisor-elect James Ramos was recognized for his contributions to the community Wednesday by the Redlands Sunrise Rotary.
Ramos, a former chairman of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, became the recipient of an honorary Rotary award and a Paul Harris Fellowship by the group.
In addition to his philanthropy, Ramos has been very vocal about educating the public about Native American history through speeches and other means for several years.
He stepped down as San Manuel chairman to focus on running for the county supervisor's seat. He was elected in November and takes office this month.
Ramos has also held other positions in the county, said Rotary Past President Fred Ford.
"I became acquainted with James a year and a half ago when he announced he was going to run for office," Ford said. "I brought him to my club as a speaker a year ago January and he made a great impression.
"And the generosity of the tribe is legendary and well-known. It had gone on well before the election, and will, I am certain, continue."
Ramos and his family were also major sponsors of the Rotary's Crab 'n' Jazz event.
"We hit it off and became friends," Ford said, "and I have a great deal of respect for James' personal integrity."
Ford recommended that Ramos receive the award.
He was caught by surprise when the club honored him Wednesday.
"We totally surprised him - we snuck up on him," Ford said.
Ramos spoke about Native American Month and what his future will be in San Bernardino County during the next four years as the 3rd District supervisor, Ford said.
But the honors completely threw Ramos off-guard, Ford added.
"He is a very modest guy of tremendous wealth," he said.
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Despite Benching By Fox, Wall Street Journal Lets Rove Continue Pushing Discredited Claims To Support Republicans
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Wall Street Journal columnist Karl Rove misled about public opinion regarding taxes to promote the Republican position on the so-called fiscal cliff on the same day his organization released an ad criticizing President Obama's deficit-reduction proposal. The Journal continues to publish Rove's weekly column even as Fox News, its corporate cousin, has reportedly limited his appearances on the network.
Fox News has reportedly decided to curtail Rove's on-air appearances, but Rove's Journal op-ed came on schedule in Thursday's paper, and it contained misleading figures about tax rates for the wealthy.
In his December 5 op-ed, Rove argued that Republicans can win public opinion if they appear open to compromise but continue "emphasizing that the country's problem is too much spending." As evidence that Republicans can win public support, Rove cited a poll conducted for the House GOP leadership, which he claims shows that Americans don't actually support slightly increasing marginal tax rates on the wealthy. But the poll question contained a falsehood about how much the wealthy pay in taxes, rendering its results largely meaningless. Rove wrote:
It is often overlooked that Americans can hold conflicting opinions on the same subject at the same time. While Americans favor raising taxes on the wealthy, a Winston Group poll two weeks ago (conducted for the GOP House leadership) found just 26% of respondents agreeing that "given the state of the deficit, those making over $250,000 a year should have to pay 40% of their income in federal taxes." Some 68% disagreed. This is relevant because Mr. Obama wants wealthy Americans to pay 39.6% of their income in federal taxes, plus additional levies that would bring the total bite to at least 44.6%.
But the poll's suggestion that Obama's plan would require those making over $250,000 a year "to pay 40% of their income in federal taxes" is untrue. Obama has proposed returning to the Clinton top tax rate of 39.6 percent and making other reforms to the tax code, but the wealthiest Americans would be unlikely to pay 40 percent in federal taxes under Obama's proposal due to the structure of the tax code.
Data from the non-partisan Tax Policy Center show that in 2008, more than 99 percent of Americans with incomes over $200,000 paid less than 35 percent in federal taxes and more than 80 percent paid less than 25 percent in federal taxes. In the Clinton years, the richest 1 percent of Americans never paid an average of more than 35.3 percent in federal taxes.
Other polls, including one acknowledged by Rove himself, have found the public does support increasing taxes on incomes above $250,000.
Rove also pushed the false claim that an increase in tax rates for the wealthy would actually be a tax increase on "half of all small businesses income":
In the same survey, 60% said they believe taxes shouldn't go up for "small businesses that make over $250,000 a year." Yet the Obama plan would raise taxes on half of all small business income.
The claim that an increase in taxes on the wealthy would constitute a tax increase on half of all small business income is based on the canard that all business income that is reported on individual income tax returns is small business income. In fact, according to the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, much of this income actually comes from "large corporate law practices, accounting firms, and wealthy people who invest in financial and real estate partnerships." Indeed, Bush economist Alan Viard acknowledged many of the firms that would be affected by such a tax increase "are hardly small." Viard explained: "How can it be that 3 percent of owners are accounting for 50 percent of small business income? Those firms they're owning can't be all that small."
A Joint Committee on Taxation analysis stated that although 3 percent of taxpayers with business income that would see their taxes go up if taxes are increased on the wealthy, "[t]hese figures for net positive business income do not imply that all of the income is from entities that might be considered 'small.' "
Rove has an incentive to shape opinion in favor of spending cuts and against tax rate increases. On the same day the Journal published his piece, one of the groups Rove co-founded, Crossroads GPS, released an ad attacking Obama for his stance on taxes and pressing him to cut more spending. While Rove's latest piece includes the disclaimer that Rove "helped organize the political action committee American Crossroads," it does not acknowledge his affiliation with Crossroads GPS or disclose the ad the group just released on the subject.
This is yet another example of the troubling ethical history between The Wall Street Journal and Rove. For more than a year during the 2012 election season, the Journal failed to disclose Rove's ties to American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS in his weekly op-eds. After much criticism, including from more than a dozen current and former newspaper editorial page editors, the Journal finally disclosed Rove's link to American Crossroads in September.
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I'm the mother or a beautiful little 22 month old baby girl, and I 'm currently expecting my second child, Edd is 6/5/09. We have chosen not to find out the sex of the baby, but many people have their own opinion as of what the baby sex is. Some say, it'll be a girl others are sure it will be a boy!
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I've noticed the month of May 2007 which is when my daughter was born, there was a 90% little girls being born, all of the women I knew having babies in that month all had girls.
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Miss Christina
Dir: Alexandru Maftei. Romania. 2013. 100mins
This adaptation of a novel written some 80 years ago by Mircea Eliade, one of Romania's best known authors and philosophers, turns the heavily atmospheric story of a man in love with a real woman and the ghost of her departed aunt, into a typical genre scare piece, mostly designed to promote the technical capacities of the producing studios.
Making no sense whatsoever, even within the supernatural terms of this tale, the script shows no interest in its characters.
Plunging into the Romanian mythology to bring up a "strigoi" (not quite a zombie, but related to vampires and very close to a poltergeist) who haunts not only a mansion but the entire countryside around it, Miss Christina (Domnisoara Christina) offers an unintelligibly told plot and doubtful character motivation but the visuals are enticing enough to keep it going at least part of the way and the Moldavian locations look handsome enough to attract more productions of this genre into the neighborhood. As such, it may even turn up in one of the niche festivals of the genre. The film screened at the Transilvania International Film Festival.
World-weary painter Egor Paschievici (Tudor Aaron Istodor) leaves the dissolute pleasures of the city in the company of his beloved, Sanda (Ioana Ansatasia Anton), for her family's castle in the forest. There he meets Sanda's mother, Mrs. Moscu (Maia Morgenstern, a leading stage and movie star, also Istidor's mother in real life) and her younger sister, Simina (Ioana Sandu), a disturbing adolescent.
The one additional presence the painter did not count on, but is apparently the most assertive one in the place, is that of Miss Christina (Anastasia Dumitrescu), Mrs. Moscu's sister who had been murdered by a jealous lover some 20 years ago, in the prime of her life and in the middle of having sex with the wrong man.
Since then, she had been regularly visiting the premises, haunting everyone around and wrecking her vengeance on the helpless peasants around out of sheer, unadulterated spite. Not a nice person, according to the stories going around about her, but once Egor shows up she is instantly smitten with him, inflicting a strange disease on Sanda, who is alternately pining for her lover and pushing him away.
As for Egor, he would like to chase the intruder but, unsurprisingly, he is bewitched by her beauty until he realises the malefic effect she has on him, at which point he almost pays with his life for his sinful fascination.
Making no sense whatsoever even within the supernatural terms of this tale, the script, written by Maftei and Raluca Durbaca, shows no interest in its characters, throwing in one mystification after another, moving in and out of gothic sets, spraying the woods with thick layers of fog and resorting to sweeping walls of massive symphonic sound and richly distributed sound effects, to fill on for other, more significant earmarks of the genre. Istodor, Anton and Dumitrescu are a handsome trio, Morgenstern contributes with her imposing presence, and Sandu is alarming enough even without opening her mouth.
In all fairness, however, the unusually high price tag – more than $1 million, way over the average budget of Romanian films - has not been entirely squandered, with every dollar very much in evidence on the screen.
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Producers: Gabi Antal
Screenplay: Alexandru Maftei, Raluca Durbacă
Cinematography: Radu Aldea
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More country stars making guest appearances on 'Nashville'
Zac Brown Band's Zac Brown and Rascal Flatts' Jay DeMarcus are adding their names to the guest star list on ABC's "Nashville." The country artists will be portraying themselves on the show.
Zac Brown is featured in a concert scene with Scarlett, played by Clare Bowen. The two team up to sing the Zac Brown Band hit "Free." DeMarcus is featured with Sam Palladio's character, Gunnar. Jay invites Gunnar to join him in a songwriting session, which sparks friction between Gunnar and Zoey, Chaley Rose's character. Jay's wife Allison also appears on the show. Brown and DeMarcus' episode of "Nashville" will air on ABC on January 22nd.
They're the latest in a growing list of country stars contributing to the show. Brad Paisley is set to make his second appearance on January 31st, while The Cadillac Three and Kelly Clarkson were featured on this week's episode. Vince Gill, Chris Young, Kip Moore, Brantley Gilbert, and Pam Tillis have also been featured on episodes of "Nashville."
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Obama let the VA scandal become a political circus
President Obama sounded resolute Wednesday addressing the secret waiting lists at VA hospitals, until you noticed the caveats that hung off nearly every line.
It was the first time the president addressed the VA scandal and it came almost a month after the story broke. But the speech was more detailed than anything that had yet come from the White House and sounded all the more forceful coming after VA Secretary Shinseki's tepid appearance before Congress last week.
Had this speech come two weeks—or even 10 days—ago, it might have been taken in good faith as a signal that real accountability was coming in short order. But for many, that moment has passed. What was once a structural problem within the VA, a severe but manageable internal issue, has now taken on political dimensions that make solving the actual healthcare challenges for veterans more difficult. In early May, this was a VA scandal. Now, with everyone from Sean Hannity to Rush Limbaugh weighing in, it's become a political circus—the "Vetghazi" they were waiting for.
"It is important that our veterans don't become another political football," the president said. And he's right, of course. But this has already become a political issue, though it didn't need to be that way.
Inevitably we've arrived at the point, call it the political event horizon, where substantive discussions about the VA's serious problems may be lost in the vortex of Benghazi and death panels invocations.
"I know the death panel is obviously a factor in certain cases," Rush Limbaugh said knowingly of the VA crisis, "whether they want to admit it or not." It was a point Sean Hannity later picked up on and repeated for his radio show.
The opportunity hasn't been lost on advocates of dismantling the VA and privatizing veteran's health care. Privatization was brought up repeatedly to the veterans' service organizations at last week's Senate testimony, and unanimously rejected by them, including by conservative-leaning groups that were present. But the fact that veterans themselves overwhelmingly reject privatizing the VA hasn't stopped the idea from picking up steam, in fact it's getting more free publicity now than it has in a long time.
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Washington • Thousands of federal workers in Rep. Rob Bishop's northern Utah district may soon be forced to take unpaid days off of work under the automatic budget cuts that go into effect Friday.
But few have called to complain about it to the congressman and there's been little in the way of a serious attempt in Washington to stop the cuts that members of both parties consider ham-handed.
Unlike the Wall Street bailout, the debt ceiling or the potential tax-hikes of the fiscal cliff that caused real fear on Capitol Hill, sequestration has instead spurred far more finger pointing than negotiations.
And Bishop says a big reason for that is that the most painful cuts, such as the potential furloughing of thousands of civilian workers at Hill Air Force Base or the Internal Revenue Service facility in Ogden, won't kick in immediately.
"Even though March 1 hits, you still got a month before it has any impact on real people, before furloughs hit," he said. "So yeah, it gives you a little more breathing room."
The government must cut $85 billion in the next seven months, with half of it coming from the Defense Department and half from domestic programs. Many agencies plan to furlough workers for as many as 22 days this year, but by law the government has to give workers 30 days notice.
And IRS furloughs reportedly won't be imposed until after tax season.
Sequestration will also result in smaller benefit checks for the long-term unemployed, but that's at least a few weeks away.
And sometime down the road, sequestration would have at least some impact on everything from air travel to funding for special education. But most of those impacts won't begin for another month.
Congress has not felt the immediate pressure to act that it has in past fiscal showdowns when failure to compromise could have led to economic collapse or broad tax increases.
"Because all of the impacts don't hit in one fell swoop on day one, that may be a factor in why there is less urgency to fix this right away," said Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah.
The Senate did hold two votes on dueling sequester plans on Thursday that both failed, something even the sponsors expected to happen.
President Barack Obama has spent weeks holding rallies and public events to decry the impacts of sequestration, but Friday marks the first time he has called congressional leaders to the White House to talk about a way to replace the sequester.
"In D.C., there is nothing like a deadline to drive decisions," said Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah.
But the next deadline may be more meaningful. Congress has until March 27 to approve a spending plan or the government shuts down. And that just happens to be right around the time those furloughs of federal workers would kick in.
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NEW YORK CITY -- The joint mobile-payment venture backed by AT&T Inc., Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc. is on track to launch in September, the Bloomberg news agency reported.
The joint venture, called Isis, offers a near-field communications (NFC) platform that allows users to make purchases with their smartphones. T-Mobile plans to use the technology to enable its customers to download applications and content by tapping their phones against a special terminal.
An Isis spokesperson confirmed its end-of summer rollout, Bloomberg reported. The mobile-payment system was supposed to roll out in the first half of this year, but was delayed. The holdup centered on ensuring secure payments after the joint venture decided last year to have credit-card companies handle transactions rather than the carriers.
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A one-time member of Mott The Hoople has died. ClassicRockMagazine.com says singer-guitarist Steve Hyams had been suffering from heart problems for the past several years, and passed away at the age of 62.
Steve joined Mott briefly in 1977, and is featured on six tracks on the album World Cruise. But founding Mott frontman Ian Hunter says Steve became the group's friend years earlier. He recalls that in 1969, when Mott the Hoople began, Steve was working in a record store. He says Steve was "an astute listener and his taste was faultless."
Hunter adds that when Hyams launched his own career, "he got into music and he's done some seriously good stuff." Ian admits that he "would have been really happy" if Steve had joined Mott in 1974 as his direct replacement in the group. He adds that Steve was "unique," and calls him the "one that got away."
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MMC Fight Club Revelation will take place at Londons indigo2 arena, on Sunday, December 16, as the organisation hosts it debuts show.
This must see event is one that shouldnt be missed, and includes a main event that pits former UFC heavyweight Oli Thompson against probably the top European heavyweight not currently signed to the UFC, Damian The Polish Pitbull Grabowski. Also on the card, heavyweights Marcina Najmana and Tyberiusza Kowalczyka face off under K1 rules in heated grudge battle of kickboxing prowess.
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Eschalon: Book II - The Secret of Fathamurk Announced
Basilisk Games has announced that they'll release a 5-10 hour expansion to Book 11, called The Secret of Fathamurk. The add-on will be completely free to those who own the game. For good measure, here's the press release, but before that, be sure to look at the official FAQ.
Basilisk Games Announces the development of "The Secret of Fathamurk", an extended adventure for Eschalon: Book II
Indianapolis, IN - September 3, 2010 - Basilisk Games, Inc. today announced the development of an add-on adventure for Eschalon: Book II called "The Secret of Fathamurk".
"This expansion for Eschalon: Book II will add 5-10 hours of new gameplay for fans of the game," said Thomas Riegsecker, Lead Developer of the Eschalon series. "Better yet, we're not charging players a dime for it. If you own Eschalon: Book II you will have access to this new content free-of-charge with the 1.05 update.
"Eschalon: Book II is available now for Windows, Macintosh and Linux based computers. "The Secret of Fathamurk" expansion will be included in the 1.05 update coming this October. Current owners need only to download the updated game to have access to this new content. The final release date for this update will be announce on the Basilisk Games website. Visit http://basiliskgames.com for more information.
About Eschalon: Book II Eschalon: Book II is the sequel to 2007's hit independent role-playing game, Eschalon: Book I. Continue your journey across massive outdoor environments and deep into twisted dungeons as you seek to uncover the mystery of your past and who is behind the menace that threatens all of Eschalon. No experience with the first game is needed to enjoy this second chapter in the Eschalon trilogy. More information on the game and links to the demo and video trailer can be found online at: http://basiliskgames.com/eschalon_book_ii
About Basilisk Games Founded in 2005, Basilisk Games is an independent game developer located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company's mission is to produce compelling old-school computer role-playing games for gamers who still remember what great computer RPGs used to be about: "Single-player. Turn-based. Stat heavy. Story driven." Visit Basilisk Games online at: http://basiliskgames.com
Thanks also to Paul, who wrote in on this.
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Information aboutEschalon: Book II
SP/MP: Single-player
Setting: Fantasy
Genre: RPG
Platform: PC
Release: Released