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Meet the Galleries - Part 2
The 'rest of the story' on art in Sandpoint
Let me remind everyone again about the Artist Studio's countryside, self-guided tour. There's only one month left – pick up a brochure telling about the tour at selected local businesses, or at the POAC office in the Old Powerhouse in Sandpoint.
Cabin Fever
If you go into Cabin Fever, located in the historic Farmin Building at the corner of Cedar St. and Second Avenue, you will be surrounded by tempting textures, sights and smells.
Rebecca McLeod, the owner, says she has crafted the store around the black and white photographs of renowned Idaho photographers Ross Hall, Steve Snyder and David Stocklein, creating an atmosphere of high style and civilized rustic for the northwest.
Davis Gallery
Not long after Duane and Verna Mae Davis bought the Ross Hall Studio in the 1960s, they moved both the photographic studio and the gallery to the lower level of their home at 423 Riverside. Duane has since passed away, but Verna Mae still handles Duane's diverse and artistic photographs by appointment.
The Hallans Gallery
The Hallans Gallery was founded by Dann Hall in 1990 to create, explore and perpetuate the works of Dick Himes and Ross Hall. The photography of those artists spanned the period from 1906 through 1980.
Dann's work studio and gallery is located at 202½ First Avenue (located between Coldwell Banker Realty and the Hydra restaurant). However, most of his black and white photographs are displayed at Artworks Gallery, Cabin Fever and Timber Stand Gallery, all in Sandpoint. (Note: as of 2011, the Hallans Gallery is now located next to Hen's Tooth Studio at 323 N. First in downtown Sandpoint)
Eklektos Gallery
Located at 502 Church St., Eklektos is owned by the Healeys and has a small gallery displaying paintings by local artists and others. Eklektos is often a part of the POAC-sponsored Art Walk.
The Paint Bucket
You might think it's just a paint store, but the Paint Bucket, located at 714 Pine Street and owned by the Stevensons, has an upstairs gallery and frame shop.
Wonderland Studio
Now located on McGhee Rd, across from the Coldwater Creek warehouse, Wonderland Studio not only displays owner Bob Gregson's photography on the walls, but often displays other local artists. Wonderland is often a part of Art Walk. (As of 2011, Wonderland Studio is located in the Bonner Mall)
Panhandle Art Glass
Patricia Barkley does extraordinary work with glass – from the tiniest article to huge windows. A former Festival at Sandpoint poster artist, Barkley works in both stained and beveled glass. Her studio is located at 514 Pine St.
Hope Memorial Community Center
The community center for Hope, Idaho often features art displays, lessons and lectures. Hope has established itself as an "art-appreciative" village.
The Gallery – Clark's Creations
Recently opened on Hwy. 200 in Clark Fork, Clark's Creations is owned by artist Catherine Clark. She plans different functions, including camps for local youth. (As of 2011, this gallery is closed)
Ed Keinholz
Although not a gallery, you cannot pass by the Hope Peninsula without remembering the Kienholz Gallery, which was opened in the early 80s to give this area a taste of "different" art. It was sponsored with a Guggenheim grant. I can't remember how different the art was in the big, plain gallery, but I do remember Ed Keinholz, who is probably the most well-known artist to live in this area. A worldwide name, Keinholz was a much-appreciated satirist in Europe, and a controversial "redneck" in the United States.
This unusual and kind man made metaphors and satirisms from old junk, junk, junk. One hundred and twenty of his works are displayed in New York City's Whitney Museum of American Art.
Mr. Keinholz died in 1994, and though we may not have any of his art displayed locally, we have both him and his soul, which was buried with his old, Packard automobile right in the side of the hill above Hope.
The gallery has not been open for two years, but is used occasionally by Nancy Keinholz for her private use.
POAC Gallery
The Pend Oreille Arts Council Gallery in the Old Powerhouse in Sandpoint hosts artists with new exhibits every six weeks. The range of art spans the whole gamut, from architecture, furniture, ironworks, the finest of jewelry, fiber weavers, miniature paintings, glassware, pottery, china, baskets, calligraphy, wood carving, quilts and paintings in all mediums – and even more.
In addition to this, they sponsor the "changing of art" in the Sandpoint Mayor's office, the University of Idaho Extension office, and the Bonner County Commissioner's office, along with Northern Lights in Sagle. This is a tremendous amount of work and demonstrates a lot of skill in arranging. Northern Lights just featured a quilt display that was awesome. I would wager to say that there are enough artful quilts in the area to reach all the way to Boise.
Although they are not galleries, per se, many local banks, restaurants, professional offices and motels hang the work of local artists.
So, my dear friend Hazel LaMoreaux... if you would return to "Our Town" today, 40 years after you made the statement, "What this town needs is the arts," well, you got it.
Hazel LaMoreaux, with help, began the first 40 years of the arts in Sandpoint in the old Maund building on south First Avenue next to the Ross Hall Studio.
In closing this tribute to the growth of galleries in Sandpoint, let me quote Elaine Amsterdam who, after years of struggling with her gift of art – and responsibility with it – said, "(art) is not just something to hang over the couch, but it has to do with living acutely and living kindly and lovingly."
With that standard, maybe we all can be artists.


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Meredith Ziegler has impressed critics and audiences alike with her warm lyric mezzo-soprano voice and her engaging characterizations. Of Ms. Ziegler's debut as Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte with Granite State Opera, Seen and Heard Opera Review praised her "very beautiful voice and delightful portrayal of the flighty Dorabella." For her role as Meg Page in Falstaff with Opera North, Opera News commended her "game, well sung Meg."
Recent engagements found Meredith performing as Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia for Opera Theater of Connecticut and Opera Company of Middlebury, Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte for Cape Cod Opera and Granite State Opera, and Mallika in Lakmé for Connecticut Concert Opera, Dinah in Trouble in Tahiti for Connecticut Concert Opera, and Dido in Dido & Aeneas for Connecticut Lyric Opera. Meredith also has been seen as Hänsel in Hänsel & Gretel for Opera Theater of Connecticut, and Meg Page in Falstaff for Opera North.
Internationally, Ms. Ziegler's work has taken her to Graz, Austria where, in 2005, she was a soloist with the AIMS Festival Orchestra for performances of Bernstein's Arias & Barcarolles. Closer to home she appeared as a soloist in Berlioz's Les Nuits d'été, Bach's St. John's Passion, and Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass with both the Holyoke Civic Symphony and the New HavenOratorio Choir.
Ms. Ziegler was the recipient of a 2008 Encouragement Award from the prestigious Sullivan Foundation. She was a 2007 Regional Finalist in the New England Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions as well as a 2006 2nd place prize winner at the Connecticut Opera Guild Scholarship Competition. She received 2nd prize from the 2007 Amici Vocal Competition (Young Professional Division).


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NC USA Wrestling is proud to partner with the Tar Heel Wrestling Club, The Wolfpack Wrestling Club, and USA Wrestling to bring you the TeamNC Fall Clinic and Combine, set for Oct. 21st.
This pre-season event will feature 3 activities and an amazing line up of guest speakers, in one great day of wrestling!
First, there will be a FREE coaches clinic for all North Carolina Coaches beginning at 10am. Coaches from both the Wolfpack and Tar Heel Wrestling Clubs will be on hand to equip NC coache with strategies, advice, and tips to help you kick of the season right. RSVP HERE
Also at 10am, UNC Volunteer Assistant Coach Tony Ramos will headline a clinic for athletes (Novice age group and above). Tony is currently competing and training and is considered one of the top clinicians in the country.
Following a lunch break, the afternoon session will feature our first ever TeamNC Fall Combine! This event is designed to provide athletes with an honest evaluation of their wrestling and athletic skills, as well as showcase themselves in front of college and national team coaches.
The Coaches clinic is FREE to all NC Coaches! The Clinic & Combine are $50 for athletes and includes a combine shirt!
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Architecture practices OMA and BIG are two of the ten collaborative design teams chosen to revitalise parts of the United States that were damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
The competition, entitled Rebuild by Design, was launched in June by the US Housing and Urban Development (HUD) secretary Shaun Donovan, requesting architects, landscape architects, engineers and urban designers to create proposals that will revive communities affected by the east coast hurricane of October 2012.
OMA and BIG were selected alongside New York studio WXY Architecture, landscape architects West 8 and a design team from the University of Pennsylvania.
The team will spend the next three months studying the region whilst building relationships with local stakeholders.
Designs are set to focus on areas including coastal communities; high-density urban environments; ecological and waterbody networks as well as the unknown and the unexpected.
Donovan said: "The projects that come out this competition will save lives and protect communities in this region and… serve as models as we prepare communities across the country for the impacts of a changing climate."
Funded partly by community grants, implementations of the designs will begin in March 2014.


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The region's surface market is poised for exponential growth, bearing in mind the numerous construction and refurbishment projects scheduled to come up in the near future, say surface manufacturers.
Dominated by the spending power of the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the MENA region's interior design sector is expected to be worth $8.2bn this year, according to figures in the MENA Design Outlook 2015 report. As a core consumer of stone and covering products, the regional interior design market continues to drive the surface industry.
Apart from the positive figures, surface manufacturers Commercial Interior Design has spoken to are equally confident that the region's surface market is poised for exponential growth, bearing in mind the numerous construction and refurbishment projects scheduled to come up in the near future.
"A major focus within this sector lies in hospitality projects, fuelled by activities leading up to Expo 2020 in the UAE in addition to several other regional projects," says Claudio Iurilli, regional marketing director at Jotun Middle East, India and Africa. "The UAE alone is targeting 20 million visitors per year by 2020 and this will clearly have a tremendous positive impact on the business, proportionate with this massive number of visitors.
"The design industry will continue to be one of the largest and most rapidly evolving sectors in the region. Sector demands and consumer demands are increasing by the day and sometimes keeping pace can become a challenge."
Similarly, Josep Maria Sans Esplugas, founder of Kriska Décor, a Spanish company specialising in producing metallic chain curtains, agrees that, despite the fact that work in this region is very fast-paced, the quality requirements are still high.
"In recent years, the region has experienced a revival in architecture and interior design projects, which for a time had slowed down. And this is particularly detectable in Dubai, which is increasing its position as a tourist destination, so hospitality markets are doing well. Expectations for the future also seem to be positive, especially taking into account the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and also World Expo 2020 in Dubai," says Esplugas.
Commenting on the growth prospects of the surface market in the region, Ali Maarrawi, general manager at Cosentino Middle East, confirms it is growing "without a pause".
"Small to mega projects are happening and require innovative and cost-saving solutions, which is a challenge to most manufacturers who don't want to compromise on quality," says Maarrawi. "Cosentino production capacity and global demand allow us to be competitive as well as a solution provider, introducing innovative surfaces that go beyond traditional tiles or conventional surfaces."
Scott Coombes, director and managing partner at consultancy AESG and chair of the Middle East Coverings Designers' Forum, is confident that the recent Dubai 3D printing strategy will additionally help to promote a number of new designers and suppliers to operate in the region.
He comments: "Dubai's reputation for opulent and luxurious interiors combined with its strategic geographical location, provides excellent positioning for the manufacturing and export of new and high-quality surface materials."
Spurring on its efforts to make headway in the Middle Eastern market, LG Hausys participated in the design show INDEX 2016, showcasing its surface and flooring materials.
Addressing some of the major challenges the company faces while working in the region, Myeonggyo Jung, marketing manager, comments: "Based on our experience in the region, one can expect to be faced with some challenges while executing the projects. While corporate governance is dependent on good cash-flow, planning and follow-ups, some projects could not run efficiently and effectively due to insufficient resources. Defining needs and obtaining approval ahead of time helps project managers assign and prioritise resources."
Materials & colours
Homescape is this year's trend theme, LG Hausys has announced, and it highlights the concept of the spaces where people leading hectic daily lives can relax.
Jung further explains: "Such spaces are decorated with matt-finished or soft-touch materials in pastel colours that create a comfortable atmosphere. The interior design of commercial buildings, including hospitals, hotels, and offices, also reflects such trends. Brass and related materials were popular last year, but this year, copper and aluminium are in vogue.
"In residential spaces, the most widely used are white-based monochromatic bright colours followed by a wide range of greys, from warm and bright to dark and cool grey shades. In addition, the latest materials, such as metal, stone, and concrete, which have rarely been used before, are gaining currency for premium kitchen decoration."
Edustep series by LG Hausys is a sheet-type flooring material that has no joins.
Jotun commenced the year announcing the Colour Trends of 2016. Taking on a seasonal approach, it introduced the Spring-Summer collection for the year, a palette full of upbeat and vibrant colours. The Fall-Winter colour palette will soon be unveiled with deeper and richer tones.
"In terms of colours, and in sync with the tone of chic-yet-sharp design, whites and the neutral palette figured loudly throughout the year in the hospitality realm," says Iurilli, adding that whites, neutrals and nature-inspired shades such as green and washed wood continue to be some of the surest ways to convey style or attitude to designed areas.
When it comes to novelties, Cosentino has just launched the Dekton Xgloss polished finishes with nano-technology.
"Dekton is a cutting edge material, which is A1 fire-rated with an R9 to R11 slip resistance, with no expansion. It can't be stained since it doesn't absorb, can't be scratched, and has superior strength among other features," says Maarrawi. "The big and thin formats to be used as one tile or a panel to cover surfaces with lesser joints are among the major trends in recent years. The replica of natural marble is still in demand although there is a clear preference for unique finishes like rusty metal and industrial concrete."
The latest Dekton update also welcomes two new colours, Keon and Keyla, to the Tech and Natural collection respectively.


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Seniors, PWDs to get 20% off on online booking of domestic flight
Good news for senior citizens and persons with disability (PWDs).
Soon they can enjoy a 20-percent discount when they purchase domestic flight tickets online.
This was after the Department of Transportation (DOTr)-Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) approved a resolution on Thursday requiring local airlines to give senior citizens and PWDs the same discount on tickets bought through their website or mobile app.
"The discount, however, shall not cover lawful taxes and other fees and charges imposed in relation to domestic air travel," the DOTr-CAB said in a statement.
Upon availing online, senior citizens and PWDs – or their guardians – must input their details like the date of birth and identification number indicated in the senior citizen and PWD card.
"A breakdown and summary of the amount to be paid must be known to the senior citizen or PWD before the completion of the transaction," said the DOTr-CAB.
The resolution will be effective on July 29. Local airlines will then be given two months after the said date to make and fully run an online system for the discount application.
The DOTr-CAB, however, made it clear that the 20-percent discount "shall not be applicable to tickets sold by virtue of indirect or external sales promotions which contain promises of gain, such as through winning in a contest, game, and other similar competitions which involve determination of winner/s." -Renz Paolo B. Regis, INQUIRER.net trainee


text: Harte-Hanks in Asia pact Published on May 06, 1997. Direct marketer Harte-Hanks Communications, San Antonio, Texas, created a strategic alliance with Singapore-based WP Group to reach Asian markets. The two companies will share customers and response management technologies in the U.S. and in the nine countries where WP Group has clients. Harte-Hanks also works with Tele Support Services, Hasselt, Belgium, to service accounts in Europe.Copyright May 1997, Crain Communications Inc. Most Popular In this article: News


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Increasing Educational Opportunities for San Juan Capistrano Students!
Welcome to Breakthrough San Juan Capistrano, a tuition-free program providing academic enrichment opportunities and support for over 330 highly motivated, underserved middle and high school students so that they can realize their potential to excel in high school and graduate from college. Nearly all Breakthrough SJC students are from low-income backgrounds and will be the first in their families to go to college.
Breakthrough SJC is also designed to encourage talented high school and college students to pursue careers in education by serving as Breakthrough teaching fellows. Breakthrough teachers are outstanding and passionate local high school and college students from around the country who mentor, motivate and inspire their students to succeed.
This dual purpose nurtures the importance of education and nourishes educational opportunities and success at all student levels.
Breakthrough SJC, one of 25 affiliates of Breakthrough Collaborative throughout the nation, is the only site in Orange County. The program recruits highly motivated, underserved sixth grade students who must apply competitively for the program and make a six-year commitment upon acceptance. Breakthrough then uses a rigorous six-week summer program, year-round tutoring, a bi-weekly In-Session tutoring program, and counseling and support to help our students overcome obstacles and prepare for college success. Breakthrough SJC was founded in 2006 as a service outreach program by St. Margaret's Episcopal School. Breakthrough SJC's first class graduated high school in 2012 with 65 percent enrolling in college upon graduation. Breakthrough SJC has now graduated five senior classes and will continue working for a day when all students can go to college and end the cycle of poverty.


text: Based at 8000 ft on the flanks of Williams Peak in the northern Sawtooth Range, the legendary Williams Peak Hut offers some of the best hut-accessed backcountry ski terrain anywhere. Wildly popular for its broad variety of terrain, the Williams Peak Hut is sure to please novice skiers, powder hounds, and big mountain aficionados alike. Powder glades, alpine bowls, extreme couloirs, and high mountain tours are all available right out the doorstep. Ever stood in Stanley and dreamed of skiing the mountains towering over town? This is how you do it!Our 16 and 20 foot yurts provide a warm and cozy base for your ski explorations. Handcrafted by SMG founder Kirk Bachman and installed in 1986, these yurts were some of the first used in North America as a backcountry skiing shelter. The hut is fully stocked with warm woodstoves, kitchen and cooking supplies, and bunk beds – everything you need for a comfortable stay. In the evening, swap tales from the day over a refreshing beverage and hearty dinner, then soothe your tired muscles in the sauna. In the morning, grab a cup of coffee, make breakfast, and it's out the door to do it again!It's a 5 mile ski into the hut with a vertical gain of 1600 feet. The route follows a summer hiking trail and there are no snowmobiles allowed. A good portion of the hike is along a ridge with sweeping views of the Sawtooth Range.Fully Guided Hut SkiingBackcountry skiers and boarders looking to maximize their turns and minimize the planning should book a fully guided hut skiing adventure! Leave the planning to us. We'll supply delicious and hearty meals and porter the food to the hut so your packs stay light. Once at the hut, our skilled, professional, and friendly guides will show you the goods!Private RentalExperienced backcountry skiers and riders may rent the Williams Peak Hut on a private basis. Your group will have one of the best backcountry ski huts in the US all to yourself, not to mention some of the best terrain anywhere! Please visit our Private Rental page for booking information and to check the availability calendar. Williams Peak Hut Photo Gallery: Some of the best terrain right out the doorstep. Hut is located bottom center. The view on the hike in is reward enough. A group assembles for bluebird powder. The sun rises on another fabulous day. Even your skis will need a rest! Touring to Upper Marshall Lake beneath Williams Peak. Perfect powder on Jerry Garcia below Skiers Summit. Ski mountaineering galore! Skiers head to the famed couloirs of Profile Basin below Thompson Peak. Climbing Resurrection Couloir. Good times and good friends. The high traverse from Upper Meadow Bowl to the Goat Ladder Chutes. Powder turns in the high alpine. Local gals booting up Big Fattie - a true classic. Ascending the South Face of Williams Peak. Profile Basin and Thompson Peak. Early season powder on Jerry Garcia with a stunning backdrop. Relaxing in the hut. Looking out over the Sawtooth Valley. It only hurts when you land! What's The Hut Like?Click and drag the image below to get a 3-D view of the main 20′ yurt. There is a common table in the middle of the yurt that is not visible in the image. The 16′ yurt is similar, but without the kitchen area and center table.


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From the Artic Pole to the catwalks of the fashion week, the Parka, made of polar bear and seal fur, has been replaced by more contemporary and colorful fabrics.
From the Inuit to the military of World War II, from the workers of the Meatpacking District of New York to the 60s youngsters, the Parka, through centuries of history, evolving and retaining the valuable function of protecting from the cold; has spread slowly in all countries of the planet, conquering today, the windows of all the shops and the wardrobe of every woman.
The models are many just as brands that have introduced them for the Autumn-Winter 2016/2017. Sportwear, sportchic and urban style; long or short, the parka can be paired with any outfit and look, from the most casual to the most chic, cheeky and luxury. From that light and traditional military green cotton to the padded with sheraling and colored fur for the winter models. This style is perfect for the day and you can wear it instead of the classic and trench coats.
In addition to the military green that is the most popular, the Parka is also available in other color shades, such as olive green, bottle green, moss green, black, navy blue, dark gray and even in color of the moment as the tartan red, mustard, pink and blue sky.
My favorites are the ones stuffed, green or blacks, with colored fur framing the face and protect from cold more biting. If you don't have this must have yet, have a look at Zara, Bershka, Dorothy Perkins, Burberry, Antonio Marras, Prada and Mr & Mrs Italy stores; or if you prefer to shop on the sofa at home, you will find an infinite number of models on Amazon.
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The discovery of the Higgs boson at the LHC strongly validates the Standard Model as the low-energy theory of the electroweak interactions. However, the nature of the mechanism triggering electroweak symmetry breaking (EWSB) remains unresolved, all the more so since no traces of new physics have been detected so far. In this talk I will discuss the possibility of EWSB being driven by a new-physics sector, strongly-coupled around the TeV scale, and how it would manifest itself at low energies.
In particular, I will explain in considerable detail the systematics (and subtleties) of the effective field theories associated with these scenarios. I will also comment on specific models where these hypothetical new-physics states could be rather light yet go by almost undetected in electroweak precision tests. Finally, I will show how similar ideas could be applied to dark matter interactions.


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A TEXAN girl has sparked a new 'escalator planking' craze after posting a video of herself gyrating at the top of a stairwell.
The gorgeous blonde adopts the standard horizontal planking position (although she is face up) at the top of moving staricase.
Using a combination of the up and down rubber escalator bands she is spun around – to the cheers and laughter of an assembled crowd.
The escalator planking is a new twist on a world craze which has swept the internet.
British newspaper The Guardian describes planking thus: "The rules are simple: you must lie face down, palms flat against your sides, with your feet together and pointing at the floor.
"Points are awarded for an original location and for the number of spectators and participants involved.
"You must, of course, have somebody take a photo. Without a photo, you're just a person lying down.
"This is planking, described variously as a global participatory art project, the lazy man's free-running, a "pointless internet craze", the new flash-mobbing and, in the words of one incensed online commenter, "a sick, pagan pastime"."
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Once again the evil nemesis has invaded the campus of Reinhardt University and has taken your Golden Eagle from its lofty perch. Just as before, we received an anonymous ransom note declaring the challenge to all Reinhardt students.
"If you can decipher the clues and reveal the detailed mystery"...said the note
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Jeremy Lin outsold Kobe Bryant in official jersey sales over the past year, the NBA revealed Thursday, despite the Knicks phenom only emerging to prominence in February.
Fans rushed to get the former undrafted D-Leaguer's name on their back at an unprecedented rate when "Linsanity" took hold little more than two months ago as his breakthrough performances captured global attention.
The mass demand meant only Bulls guard Derrick Rose sold more jerseys than Lin last year. It is the first time the Chicago star, who was boosted by last season's MVP title, has topped the annual list.
The fact that the figures were based on sales from April 2011 to the present day at the NBA Store in Manhattan, along with the NBAStore.com, will have helped boost Lin's place given the added interest in jerseys in New York.
Yet his dominance of Lakers superstar Bryant still came as a big surprise, given Lin's limited time in the spotlight and the dampening of the hysteria amid his dip in form and subsequent injury.
Bryant, who has topped the NBA jersey rankings six times including in three of the past five years, was demoted to third, ahead of LeBron James and Lin's Knicks teammate Carmelo Anthony.
Dwyane Wade sold the sixth most jerseys, ahead of Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin and Rajon Rondo.


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As any reader of this blog (or casual reader of immigration news) knows, the Trump administration has declared war against the State of California due to the States passage of various laws designed to protect undocumented immigrants as well as employers from unwanted federal intrusion into workplaces. Earlier this year, Thomas D. Homan, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has criticized California for their efforts to protect undocumented immigrants and limit law enforcements ability to cooperate with immigration officials. Homan recently added Weve got to take these sanctuary cities on. Weve got to take them to court, and weve got to start charging some of these politicians with crimes.
Upon this backdrop, in early March 2018, the Department of Justice (DOJ) sued California alleging three new state laws designed to protect certain undocumented immigrants from deportation by the federal government are unconstitutional. This article will focus on the employment-related statute - Immigrant Worker Protection Act. The DOJ is seeking preliminary and permanent injunctions that prohibit California from enforcing Immigrant Worker Protection Act against private employers.
Under the Immigrant Worker Protection Act (AB 450), which became effective January 1, 2018, California has placed restrictions on how private employers in California must respond to ICE efforts to ensure immigration compliance, by requiring ICE agents to provide a judicial warrant to employers to access non-public portions of worksites. Thus, employers may not simply consent for ICE to have access to non-public portions of the worksite. Additionally, employers are prohibited from sharing confidential employee information, such as Social Security numbers, unless required to do so in a Notice of Inspection or provided a judicial warrant. The law also requires employers to provide employees and their authorized representatives, within 72 hours, with copies of written ICE notices providing results of inspections.
According to the DOJ lawsuit, These provisions, individually and collectively, have the purpose and effect of interfering with the enforcement of the INA and IRCAs prohibition on working without authorization. California has no lawful interest in protecting unauthorized workers from detection or in shielding employers who have violated federal immigration law from penalty. These provisions, as applied to private employers, violate the Supremacy Clause by, among other things, constituting an obstacle to the United States enforcement of the immigration laws and discriminating against federal immigration enforcement.
California officials, including California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, assert they have the constitutional right to govern their state as they see fit because States and local jurisdictions have the right to determine which policies are best for their communities.
There is real uncertainty about who will win it, said Ilya Somin, law professor at George Mason University. That's in part because the legal landscape on federal vs. state rights related to immigration is not clear. Lower courts have split on whether it is legal for the federal government to require local law enforcement to hand over immigrants. The lawsuit is a risky endeavor for the Trump administration because if it loses, it will potentially empower other states that want to defy the president to pass similar laws.
I will keep you updated on this litigation. For a review of all employment and immigration-related state laws and other issues related to employer immigration compliance, I invite you to read The I-9 and E-Verify Handbook, a book I co-authored with Greg Siskind, available at http://www.amazon.com/dp/0997083379.
By: Bruce Buchanan, Sebelist Buchanan Law
The Department of Justice announced Barrios Street Realty LLC, a Louisiana company, has paid approximately $108,000 to 12 U.S. workers pursuant to a settlement with DOJ. The payments are part of a March 2016 settlement that resolved claims that Barrios discriminated against U.S. workers in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
The investigation found in July 2014, Barrios Street Realty and Jorge Arturo Guerrero Rodriguez failed to consider or improperly rejected 73 U.S. workers who applied for positions as sheet metal roofers or laborers, and then solicited foreign workers to fill these positions. The Office Special Counsel (later re-named Immigrant and Employee Rights Section) of the Department of Justice determined the companys applications for foreign workers falsely claimed that its earlier efforts to fill the sheet metal and laborer positions failed to identify qualified U.S. workers. Refusing to consider or hire qualified U.S. workers because of their citizenship violates H-2B regulations and the INAs anti-discrimination provision.
The settlement required Barrios to pay $30,000 in civil penalties and up to $115,000 in back pay to compensate U.S. workers who were denied employment because of the companys reliance on H-2B visa workers. After entering the settlement, the department determined that 12 U.S. workers were entitled to receive back pay totaling approximately $108,000, and the company made the final payments to the workers last week.
This settlement is another effort by the Department of Justice to protect American workers. You might President Trump discuss this settlement in an upcoming speech as the Administrations efforts to protect American workers.
By: Bruce Buchanan, Sebelist Buchanan Law
A U.S. District Judge in Nebraska has ruled in favor of the Department of Justices Show Cause Motion in the never-ending saga of Nebraska Beef Ltd. reneging on a settlement that it reached in August 2015 with the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (now the Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER)) of the Department of Justice.
As you may recall, Nebraska Beef and the OSC reached a settlement concerning whether Nebraska Beef was discriminating against work-authorized immigrants by requiring non-U.S. citizens, but not similarly-situated U.S. citizens, to present specific documentary proof of their immigration status to verify their employment eligibility in violation of the Immigration & Nationality Act (INA). In the settlement, Nebraska Beef agreed to pay a $200,000 civil penalty.
However, before the civil penalty was due, a Department of Justice press release stated the government found Nebraska Beef to have violated the law. The settlement had stated the OSC had a reasonable cause to believe Nebraska Beef had violated the INA. Nebraska Beef asserted the press releases inaccuracy materially breached the settlement agreement because Nebraska Beef did not admit liability and excused the companys payment of $200,000.
Thereafter, the OSC filed for enforcement of the settlement agreement in federal court in Nebraska. The District Court found no material breach occurred and ordered Nebraska Beef to pay the $200,000 and perform all settlement obligations. After an appeal of the order, the Court stayed the companys obligation to pay the $200,000 civil penalty but not the companys other obligations training, reporting, and notifying potential back pay claimants and providing such information to the IER of the DOJ.
Nebraska Beef did not timely comply with the non-monetary portions of the order even though these provisions had not been stayed. Thus, the DOJ filed a Motion to Show Cause as to why Nebraska Beef was not in contempt of court.
The District Court granted the governments motion and ordered Nebraska Beef to show why it should not be held in contempt of court. I will update this case when the Court decides whether Nebraska Beef is in contempt of court.
By Bruce Buchanan, Sebelist Buchanan Law PLLC
The Justice Departments Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) (formerly known as OSC) has reached a settlement agreement with Provisional Staffing Solutions, a temporary staffing agency located in Cranston, Rhode Island. The agreement resolves the IERs investigation into whether Provisional Staffing discriminated against non-U.S. citizens in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
The investigation concluded Provisional Staffing routinely requested non-U.S. citizens present specific identity documents, such as a Permanent Resident Card, to prove their work authorization while not requesting a specific identity document from U.S. citizens. The antidiscrimination provision of the INA prohibits employers from subjecting employees to unnecessary documentary demands based on the employees citizenship or national origin. Lawful permanents residents and other work-authorized non-U.S. citizens often have the same identity and work authorization documents available to them as U.S. citizens, and may choose from among the acceptable documents to prove they are authorized to work.
Under the settlement, Provisional Staffing must pay a civil penalty of over $16,000 to the United States, provide a copy of Lists of Acceptable Documents to employees simultaneously with the request for employees to complete their I-9 forms, revise company policies in order that they prohibit discrimination on the basis of citizenship status or national origin, post notices informing workers about their rights under the INAs antidiscrimination provision, train their human resources personnel, through the viewing of an IER webinar, on immigration compliance issues, and be subject to departmental monitoring and reporting requirements for the next three years.
Staffing companies appear to be more likely to violate the antidiscrimination provision of the INA. In the past year, IER has settled with at least five staffing companies concerning allegations of discrimination due to citizenship status.
By: Bruce Buchanan, Sebelist Buchanan Law
Effective January 18, 2017, U.S. Department of Justices (DOJ) Civil Rights Division has implemented a final rule to update regulations concerning enforcement of employment-related anti-discrimination provisions under the unfair immigration-related employment practices section of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
One of the most interesting changes is the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices, usually referred to as Office of Special Counsel or OSC, is being renamed the Immigrant and Employee Rights Section. It will remain part of DOJs Civil Rights Division. However, the individual in charge of the Immigrant and Employee Rights Section will still be referred to as Special Counsel due to statutory language. Thus, this may cause some confusion for attorneys and the public.
Probably the most significant change in the regulations is a definition of discriminate to clarify that an employers intent to discriminate must be based on national origin or citizenship status. This definition of intent does not consider what reason an employer may have had. Under the new rule, DOJ explains that if the employer is intentionally treating the permanent resident differently for an unlawful reason, such as citizenship status, then the employer has discriminated.
Other significant changes in the new regulations include:
Individuals who submit a discrimination claim within the 180-day period provided by law now have an additional 45 days to submit information if the Special Counsel decides that they did not provide enough information to meet the requirements for a charge;Charges may be filed after the 180-day time limit under certain circumstances;The Special Counsel may file a complaint based on an investigation the office initiated, up to five years after the date of alleged discrimination;Definition of the term citizenship status includes refugees and asylees, which is consistent with Special Counsels current practice;Definition of the statutory phrase more or different documents than required under such section to be consistent with OCAHO case law;Definition of the term charge to make it broader as to what is acceptable; andDefinition of the term hire.


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January 16, 2013 07:00 ET
WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - Jan 16, 2013) - The National Association of Realtors®' venture capital fund Second Century Ventures has become a strategic investor in Symform, a revolutionary, distributed cloud backup service.
"Second Century Ventures was created to help develop and deliver real estate industry technologies to Realtors® so they can best serve their clients and customers," said Dale Stinton, SCV president and NAR chief executive officer. "This investment in Symform will give Realtors® access to electronic data management resources they can use to organize and protect the information of home buyers, sellers and investors in the real estate transaction."
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According to the 2012 NAR Member Profile, nearly all Realtors® report using e-mail and desktop or laptop computers every day, nearly eight in 10 reported daily use of smartphones with wireless e-mail and Internet capability, and most also heavily use contact management, document preparation, and electronic contact and forms. With approximately 4.7 million existing-home sales completed in 2012 alone, each with their own contact, contracts and supporting documents, the need for effective data backup solutions across multiple platforms is evident.
"Symform's unique decentralized solution is particularly suited to the business needs of NAR's members," said Symform CEO Matthew J. Schiltz. "Our cloud storage offerings will allow Realtors® to safely and cost-effectively backup real estate transaction data and help them organize that information to best serve their clients."
Second Century Ventures is a venture capital fund focused on promoting innovation in the real estate industry and helping to enable the entrepreneurial spirit of real estate thrive. SCV has been fully capitalized by the National Association of Realtors®. NAR can provide immediate strategic value to Second Century Ventures' portfolio companies by allowing them access to the vast resources of a 300-person organization with expertise, influence and power that comes only by being ingrained in an industry for over 100 years.
The National Association of Realtors®, "The Voice for Real Estate," is America's largest trade association, representing 1 million members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.
Information about NAR is available at www.realtor.org. This and other news releases are posted in the "News, Blogs and Video" tab on the website.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Fall and Football and a Cry for Help
I am so hopelessly far behind on my reviews. Nine, possibly 11 movies (if you count the 2 foreign films I saw), to be exact. I do plan on catching up but I'm going on vacation soon so they're going to have to wait a little while longer. By the time I get them posted they probably won't be showing at the theater any longer. I hope that's not the case. I haven't seen any terribly bad movies lately. It's been kinda nice. Oh wait. I lied. I did see a very painful to watch movie at the OKCMOA (OKC Museum of Art for those who were wondering) last weekend. It was called Elena. It was Russian with English subtitles and it won all kinds of independent film awards and it was supposed to be film noir and it was awful. A lot of nothing happened. If I hadn't had a ticket to the film that followed I would've left but since I had to be there anyway... So, to sum up, I will catch up. Don't watch Elena. Unless you like to be bored. Then watch away.
Now to the point of today's rant...I mean...post. It is THAT time again. No, not State Fair time. That's in a few weeks. It's football time! Wahoo! It's my absolute favorite time of the year followed very closely by any time it snows. Just keepin' it real. We had OU season tickets most, if not all, of my life until I was in college and my parents moved out of state. I wish wish wish we'd been able to keep them but since my sister and I moved out of state shortly after, it was less than financially responsible to hold on. Fall meant/means OU football to me and even though it's been years since I've been to a game the season still feels like something's missing without my Sooners. In person, not TV. It's not the same no matter what Spike (He's a K-State alumni/fan, so what do you expect?) or anyone else says. Sooner fans are just awesome. I don't recall ever sitting near anyone who made any of the game day experiences bad. We were all there to support our team. We screamed for the touchdowns. We booed for the bad calls. We jumped up and down. We pounded our feet. We even hugged if something absolutely spectacular happened. We made that stadium roar! I was there for all that but I was there for the band too. I was there for the Drum Major Strut. I was there to see him run down the field while performing a back bend and practically drag his big, furry hat on the turf. If you've never seen this you are missing something fun. I was always excited to be at the games but it was that drum major who sent my heart in to spasms. That shouted to me, "This is game day and you are here! Welcome home!" Go Sooners!!! "Boomer Sooner! Boomer Sooner!" Everybody sing!
What does all this have to do with you? The OU part? Maybe not a lot if you're not a Sooners fan. I just wanted to share a much-beloved childhood memory. We're actually here today to talk football...movies.
I attempted a favorite sports post a while back and it sunk like a lead ball. Apparently I made some wrong choices. I think it's time I made amends but I need some help. I am going to spend this season watching as many football movies as I can. What I need from you is your favorite football movie of all time. I also want your not-my-favorite-but-you-still-should-see-this football movies. They don't have to all be the serious Rudy or Remember the Titans type movies. If Necessary Roughness is your favorite, shout it out! I promise I will watch each and every one, if they're available, and then share what I've decided are my [possibly new] favorites. I will even watch Brian's Song again, if it's on your list, even though I'll be a sobbing mess by the end of it. If you have a list of so so so incredibly bad football movies send that list too. I can share the ABSOLUTELY DO NOT WATCH THIS warning with the other 2 people who voluntarily read my blog. Please leave your favs/not so favs in the comment section below. I have mine set to "Monitor" as this is a family-friendly site so it may take a while for yours to appear. As long as it's clean it will show up.
I want to become immersed in the gridiron. If I can't go see my Sooners in person I'll watch them on TV and then watch your movies to share in the victories and defeats. It's gonna be all football all the time. Until hockey starts. Then they have to share me. So, send me your lists and I'll get to crackin'.
"O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A ay. Our chant rolls on and ooooonnnn!"
P.S. To you OSU fans out there, please note that I cheer for the Cowboys too...as long as they're not playing OU. My grandma (one of the biggest sport fans ever!!!) taught me that it's okay to be an Oklahoma fan and not have to choose until Bedlam. I just can't share many OSU football memories other than OSU band day when they invited different Oklahoma high school bands to play during half-time. Organized chaos at its finest. Just don't ask me to sing the OSU fight song. I know it not.
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Savages (R/131 Min.)
The heat in Oklahoma has been a tad overwhelming as of late so instead of killing my a/c in order to keep cool this past Saturday (okay, so now it was 2 Saturdays ago), I took advantage of AMC's air conditioning instead. I saw four movies and managed to pick ones that weren't too terribly bad. Yea, me! But!!! If I did have to choose which movie was the worst, Savages would be it.
Savages is the story of O, Chon and Ben, a woman and the two the boys she is in love with. Yup. That's right. A love triangle if you will. And a love triangle if you won't. The boys grow primo pot for medicinal (and not so medicinal) purposes. A big drug cartel in Mexico heard about their booming enterprise and wanted in on the action. They ever so kindly invited Chon and Ben to become a part of their operation and share the knowledge. When the boys declined the offer, the head of the cartel had O kidnapped. The head of the cartel apparently doesn't quite dig what the boys will do to get O back.
The movie opened with O (Blake Lively) narrating. She explained that just because we hear her it didn't mean she's still alive. This automatically made me think she survived because the film-makers seemed to be going out of their way to trick us. Those sneaky so-and-so's.
As mentioned above, Blake played the part of O, short for Ophelia. She was the female (obviously) part of the love triangle that is O, Chon and Ben. She was so absolutely the clueless damsel in distress. Or she'd just killed too many brain cells doing drugs. You be the judge. The only time we saw any spunk was when she spat on someone. O, you go, girl. For some reason Blake, as an actress, bugs me. I have absolutely no idea why. From everything I've heard about her she seems like a genuinely nice person. And she's a FOODIE! I really want to like her acting. But I digress. O appeared to be clueless about what her boyfriends do. She knew they sold pot but that seemed to be where her knowledge ended. I would think that, in the drug world, they would either keep her completely in the dark or tell her everything. I would be wrong.
Chon was played by Taylor Kitsch of whom, as you might recall from previous posts, I'm not a huge fan. For the same reason I'm not a huge fan of Blake. No idea. Chon was in the military and served overseas; permanently changing his way of thinking. He was the bruiser of the group. If Ben can't talk someone in to paying what they owe for the drugs, Chon goes in and gets it. He has no problem beating the stuffings out of or killing someone.
Ben (played by Aaron Johnson) was the pacifist of the group. He abhors violence in any form which, as you can imagine, came in handy when trying to help rescue his sweetie from the thugs in the drug cartel. I was there to see an action film so Ben sort of faded in to the background for me. He was basically the 2nd damsel in distress.
Salma Hayek is Elena, the head of the drug cartel. While Elena can be quite civil, and even sympathetic, she doesn't balk at allowing people to be tortured in very disgusting and painful ways. Of course, if it wasn't disgusting or painful it wouldn't be torture. She seemed to be untouchable but, at one point, inadvertently mentioned her Achilles heel. Whoopsy. Fortunately the boys were paying attention.
The part of Elena's head henchman, Lado, was played by Benicio Del Toro…and his hair; neither of which were fun to watch. John Travolta played Dennis, a cop sitting on both sides of the fence. He was so incredibly sing-songy and whiny. I didn't care for him much either.
The one actor I really liked (Demian Bichir) wasn't in the movie for long and I don't like that I liked him seeing as he was another of Elena's top guys. Demian played the part of Alex, a loyal member of Elena's cartel. Very bad things happen to Alex. Very, very bad things.
I should have led with this little factoid but this is most definitely NOT a movie for kids. It earned its R-rating. Let's see why:
Sex/Nudity – Sex. Most definitely. O had sex with both her boys; individually and altogether. There was also a rape scene (short, but there nonetheless). Despite all the lovin', none of the bits and pieces were shown. I thought we were going to make it through without seeing anyone's parts and then they went and showed the upper portions of Lado's lady friend. Why was this necessary? Did they really think men wouldn't like this film if they didn't get to see one pair of boobies? Ridiculous!
Drinking/Drugs – Yes and Yes! The alcohol was minimal compared to the drugs. I knew going in to this that it involved pot and other drugs but it bothered me that they made it look good. Not good enough that I want to jump on that train. It's just a part of their lives like smoking but one step further. I'd worry about kids getting the wrong message but, once again, kids should not be watching this movie!!! Of course, we saw the bad side of drugs too so that evened things out a little bit.
Cursing – Yes!!! I tried to keep track but gave up. I was really surprised by Salma Hayek. She had a potty mouth big time. Comparing it to 21 Jump Street there wasn't as much but there was still a lot.
Violence – Yes. And lots of it. The movie opens with men getting their heads cut off with a chain saw. We didn't see it happen but we heard it and saw the after-effects. During an excessively brutal torture scene I think I saw/tried not to see a guy's eye hanging out of the socket. Yuck! Once again, it wasn't the blood that made me almost gag. It was the spit. What on earth?!?! It could have something to do with the fact that I didn't watch most of the gory scenes.
Despite being apathetic towards a good number of the actors, I still thought this was an okay movie for what it was. I'm not going to recommend that anyone run right out and see this but if you're in to drugs, sex and violence you might want to rent it. There really wasn't anything that makes me say, "You must see this on the big screen!!!" Even the 2 or 3 car explosions weren't big-screen-worthy.
The one thing I absolutely disliked about this movie was the hostage exchange scene. I don't think I would have ever had any desire to see Savages again but that scene clinched it. I HATE scenes like that. The only time I've ever liked that kind of scene was in Run Lola Run. If you've seen that film then I just ruined part of Savages for you since it's basically how the entirety of Lola was filmed. I would recommend that movie (but not for kids). It was kinda fun. If you really want to see Savages I would suggest waiting 'til it comes out on DVD so you can rent it or go to one of the cheap-o showings. I'm glad I did.
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Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Hope Springs (PG-13/100 Min.)
Here's a good start to a blog post (picture that with the new sarcasm font). I'm pretty sure this review is going to suck pond water but I'm going to try anyway. Tonight I went to see the movie Hope Springs. I knew there were going to be uncomfortable and, more than likely, sad scenes due to what I saw in the trailers but it also made it look as if it might be somewhat funny. If you saw the trailers, that's all the funny you're gonna get.
Arnold and Kay are in a rut. Unfortunately, Kay is the only one of the couple who recognizes this fact. (I know couples like this. I've been part of a couple like this.) Kay cashes in one of her CDs and spends $4000 on a week of intensive marriage counseling. As you can imagine, being the clueless boy he is, Arnold is less than thrilled about this little surprise. The counseling is uncomfortable, to say the least. And if you're thinking the title of the film gives anything away please note that Hope Springs only has to do with the name of the town through darn near most of the movie.
I saw this by myself, no surprise there, and there were parts I was a little uncomfortable with. It's one thing to watch a movie in which a couple is having sex but this was on a completely different level. I'm not talking porn here, people. I'm talking the struggles of a couple who haven't been intimate in nearly five years and are trying (at least one of them is) to find their way back. Oy!
Hope Springs starred Tommy Lee Jones as Arnold and Meryl Streep as Kay. As I've mentioned before, I kinda like Tommy Lee. There's just something about him. I wasn't feeling it as much in this movie though. He did too good a job at being the thoughtless, gruff, jerk of a husband. He seemed to only notice Kay when she put his food on the table or turned the TV off and sent him to bed…in a separate room. Or when she said or did something he didn't approve of. He was very demeaning and I didn't care much for him at all. Kay was basically there to keep him from being alone and self-dependent. He did actually put forth some effort at one or two points and I thought it was very sweet but until then I lost any fondness I previously had for Tommy Lee. Oh! And one scene alludes to the fact that it's not her, it's him but it NEVER explains why! So frustrating.
I'm not an overly huge fan of Meryl Streep. Yes. It's true. I never have been. Do I hate her acting? Absolutely not. I think she's a good actress. She's just not someone for whose movie I'd line up. Wait. That's not fair. I pretty much won't line up for any movie unless there are fewer than 10 people in front of me. Back to Meryl. I think she did a great job in this. Kay mentions, in one of the counseling sessions, that Arnold never touches her. She meant more than the brief peck on the cheek as he's walking out the door. He doesn't hold her hand or hug her or make any of the little but oh-so-big gestures. The therapist told them he was giving them homework. They had to go back to their hotel and just hold each other for a while. Kay started to tear up and my heart broke for her. What must her life have been like if something that simple could make her cry? Oh wait. I've experienced that first hand. Maybe that's why it hurt so much. Wow! Sorry for that brief confession. There were a few times when I wanted to just shake her because of all of the wishy washiness but mainly because I've been there too. I was that person. Yuck! I don't like resembling characters in a movie unless they're happy, beautiful, skinny people. True story. Let me [quickly] state for the record that as much as I'd like to blame everything on Arnold, he was not the only one at fault in the relationship.
Steve Carell was the therapist. I thought that with Steve in the movie it had to be funny. Right? Have you seen Dan in Real Life? Less funny than that. "You're a murderer of love!!!" Sorry about that. Flashback to Dan. Steve just wasn't funny. And he wasn't supposed to be. It was so weird seeing him straight. You know what I mean. He was the cause of some of the more squidgy [for me] scenes. I can't even begin to imagine being asked some of the things he was asking. Outside of a slumber party, I mean. I think I remember having one of those. Anyway, I wouldn't be surprised at all if real therapists ask questions like that in which case it doesn't make me question that you hear about so many couples (or parts of a couple) who don't want to go to counseling. I think I'd be all, "That is SO none of your beeswax!" Or something a little more adult.
There is absolutely no reason to take a child to see this movie. There is absolutely no reason a child would want to see this movie. It's just not a very good idea. Despite that, I'm going to break it down for you.
Sex/Nudity – No nudity but at least one attempt at sex and one success. Just keepin' it real here. There's also a self-help scene and a very sad-attempt-at-a-movie-theater scene. This film may be about couples' therapy but it seemed that the basis of it was sex.
Cussing/Cursing – Not much cussing but quite a bit of cursing. What's the difference? Well, in my world cursing involves God and they involve God and Jesus often in Hope Springs. I am happy to say that while cussing doesn't affect me as much as it should, cursing most certainly does. There is absolutely no place for it in any movie.
Drinking/Drugs – There was a bar scene in which Kay had a couple glasses of wine and something a little stronger. I didn't catch what it was. Kay and Arnold shared wine and champagne at the hotel.
Violence – Just violence of emotions. No one was struck or intentionally hurt physically. That's all I'm gonna say about that.
Intense Scenes – Of a sort. As mentioned previously, I've seen sex scenes before but what they showed here seemed as if we were being let in on something extremely private and personal. I felt like a voyeur. Not a very good feeling.
I spent my [five minute] drive home trying to figure out who I would recommend this movie to. Should I recommend this to perfectly happily married couples so they can look at it and laugh that they have it so much better? No. What if it brought up an inkling of a doubt? I don't want that on my conscience. Should I recommend it to couples who are likewise in a rut? I'm not sure. If it would open some eyes then I say, "Yes! Go see this movie and mend your apathetic/lackadaisical ways!" If it would cause more hurt in one or both members of the couple then I say, "Please stay away unless you think it'll make you feel better knowing that someone out there understands." I am going to totally ruin this and tell you that it does end well but the getting there was as painful for me as it was for the characters. Almost anyway. All the happy in Hope Springs happens in the last few minutes and the credits. I'm not sure the hour-and-a-half of drama and hopelessness was worth it. If you're thinking of going to see this alone…don't! Drag a friend along with you. It's got to be less depressing to have someone there to share in the experience. I hope.
P.S. Hope Springs was brought to you in part by: Coldwater Creek, Barnes & Noble, Sprite, lots and lots of liquor (I couldn't read the labels), EconoLodge, Dr. Pepper, French's Mustard (I recognized the bottle but didn't see the label), ESPN, Dasani and last, but not least, Coca-Cola. I think I've figured out where they got the funding for this movie.
P.P.S. Looking at the movie poster I have to comment on a couple of things. "A comedy by the director of The Devil Wears Prada". I want to know who thought this was funny. If it was you...okay then. And then, "Fall in love again this August." This makes me think of movies like You've Got Mail or Sleepless in Seattle where it's a cotton candy kind of romantic story. This movie? Not so much.
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