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Last week Republicans filibustered the Bring Jobs Home Act, when polls show dramatic support for ending tax breaks for shipping jobs overseas. Last week Republicans filibustered the DISCLOSE Act which would at least let us know who is pumping hundreds of millions into our election, when polls show overwhelming opposition to corporate purchases of politicians. That's two BIG ones, and that's just last week. You'd think that would clinch the election — but the public doesn't know who to blame. In a democracy accountability is important but in a plutocracy impunity carries the day.
Campaigned Saying Dems Cut Medicare – Got Voted In And Eliminated Medicare
If people knew what Republicans were doing… but they don't. In the 2010 election Repubicans spent hundreds of millions on ads telling the public that Democrats had "cut half a trillion from Medicare." So the public "knew" that and Republicans took the senior vote for the first time, enabling them to gain a majority in the House. Except it wasn't true. And when Repubicans got into office they passed a budget that … pretty much eliminates Medicare.
Eliminating Medicare Only The Beginning
That budget that eliminates Medicare is called the Ryan budget (more recently called the Romney-Ryan budget), and it was passed by House Repubicans. Here are just some of the things this budget — already passed by House Republicans and endorsed by Mitt Romney — does:
- Raises taxes on wage earners who make between $50,000 to $100,000 by $1,300
- Raises taxes on those who make between $100,000 to $200,000 by $2,600
- Cuts taxes on those who make between $500,000 and $1 million by $35,000
- Cuts taxes on those who make over a million dollars by $285,000.
- Elimininates corporate taxes for money made overseas, and from offshoring jobs.
- Maintains military spending at current levels, with some increases, in case we have to fight the Soviet Union.
- Cuts 13% from veterans programs.
- Cuts 25 % from transportation (airports, roads, etc.)
- Cuts 6% from "general science, space, and basic technology."
- Cuts 14.6% from natural resources and the environment.
- Cuts 33% from "education, training, employment, and social services."
- Cuts "income assistance" by 16% – food stamps, housing assistance, the earned-income tax credit.
- Ends Medicare, replaces with a voucher plan for private insurance, raises age to 67.
- Medicaid becomes block grants, states can decide how to use.
- Repleals the health care plan – no replacement.
- Repeals help for long-term care.
- Reduces and removes public health programs.
- Reduces and removes disease prevention programs.
- Limits damages collectible when doctors or hospitals injure patients.
And that's just part of what it does. This budget has passed the House of Representatives. (The procedure is that a budget passes the House, then must pass the Senate, then be signed by the President, so this budget is not the current law.)
If People Knew – But They Don't
If people knew… but they don't. Did you know what was in this budget, already passed by the House? I'd bet you didn't. So what do you think most people out there know?
People are shocked and refuse to believe when told what the Republican agenda in Congress is. They refuse to accept it, it being so far from their understanding. It's the opposite of what their campaign ads and propaganda says it is. They cannot believe politicians in America would do this.
Go try it for yourself. Go explain to someone who doesn't follow the news what the Republican budget contains. See what their reaction is. They will think that you are some kind of extremist or nut, for trying to tell them people would actually do this. But this budget has already passed the House.
Republicans depend on the public not understanding their agenda, and they have good reason to feel secure enough to go ahead and pass such a budget. This is because our corporate news media is no longer providing the public with information they need to make decisions.
WHY Don't People Know?
Go try to find information on what's in the budget that House Republicans have already passed. I challenge you. I just did that, and it was not easy. (There's this, if you can decypher what this says, through the propaganda…)
Why doesn't our media make it easy for people to learn about things like the contents of the already-passed Romney-Ryan budget? Here is a possible explanation:
Just 232 Media Executives Decide What We Can Know About
From the following chart, "232 media executives control the information diet of 277 million Americans." (Clich for larger.)
Source: Frugal dad
232 media executives decide what's in 90% of the news media. What do you wanna bet those 232 people are paid? What do you wanna bet the worldview of those 232 people is?
Just 196 People = 80% Of Campaign Spending
People now get much of their information from campaign ad. There isn't much choice, this is what is in front of people's faces. And the campaign ads do not give the public honest information. Why is this?
Lawrence Lessig, in Big Campaign Spending: Government by the 1% in the Atlantic,
A tiny number of Americans — .26 percent — give more than $200 to a congressional campaign. .05 percent give the maximum amount to any congressional candidate. .01 percent give more than $10,000 in any election cycle. And .000063 percent — 196 Americans — have given more than 80 percent of the super-PAC money spent in the presidential elections so far.
Repeat, 196 people have given more than 80 percent of the super-PAC money spent in the presidential elections so far.
232 media executives control 90% of our information souces. 196 people decide 80% of the campaign spending. And the House has passed a budget that greatly increases taxes on people making less than $200,000, while dramatically cutting taxes on those who make over $1 million. (This is not related to the Bush tax cuts and the coming battle over the "Grand Bargain" to cut Social Security, Medicare and other things while cutting top tax rates and corporate taxes…)
When facts became inconvenient for the corporate right the corporate media stopped reporting the facts.
When the positions became inconvenientfor the corporate right, the corporate media stopped reporting the positions.
I leave you with this: 2/3 say Romney would be better on the economy. I'd bet that very, very few of those 2/3 know that Republicans filibustered the Bring Jobs Home Act, filibustered the DISCLOSE Act, and passed a budget that raises taxes on most of us, dramatically cuts taxes on the Mitt Romneys, and dramatically cuts or eliminates the things We, the People do for each other.


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Two-and-a-half years after opening under a different owner and management team as the Mob Experience, the Mob Attraction plans to uproot from the Tropicana and relocate to a yet-unspecified locale on the Strip. The business's lease with the hotel ends Nov. 3, and that is to be the day the doors close on the attraction.
In a statement, Tom Zaller, a consultant with Mob Attraction owner JVLV New Holdings, said: "We have a great relationship with the Tropicana. However, this is a rare win-win situation that works well strategically for both parties. Our new location will allow us to incorporate additional elements to the show along with some awesome technology enhancements. We are looking forward to building on the success we have had at the Tropicana location and expansion of our brand."
An experienced manager of themed attractions and productions across the country, Zaller is the president and CEO of Imagine Exhibitions Inc. and last year was charged with managing the Mob Experience as it changed ownership. Zaller worked on the "Titanic" and "Bodies" exhibitions now operating side by side on the second level of Luxor.
The Mob Attraction was initially opened in the Trop's convention space as the Mob Experience and was perceived to be a potential rival of the similarly themed Mob Museum in downtown Las Vegas. The original partnership included a link between the Mob Experience and Las Vegas Sun, in which the Sun shared photo and video content in exchange for brand placement, including a replica of Sun founder Hank Greenspun's office.
Owned by a group of investors in a company managed by entertainment business entrepreneur Jay Bloom, the Mob Experience boasted artifacts and memorabilia provided by a host of family members of reputed Mob families (including Sam Giancana's daughter Antoinette). But the partnership faltered amid a flurry of lawsuits, including legal disputes over possession of the attraction's memorabilia. For months in 2011, the Tropicana (as the attraction's landlord) held legal authority to evict the Experience because it was owed back rent payments but kept the attraction open in hopes that a new management team could make the business profitable.
In March 2012, JVLV bought the Experience out of bankruptcy and reports that it did increase attendance at the space while turning a modest profit. Now Zaller says plans for the Mob Attraction are to expand the brand worldwide while using Las Vegas as its flagship property. As Zaller said, also from a statement to be issued this week: "We are currently evaluating domestic and international opportunities with new locations to be announced in the coming months."
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Evelyn Lozada's best friend turned rival on VH1's "Basketball Wives," Jennifer Williams, has offered her prayers on Twitter after fans speculated about her feelings regarding the domestic dispute that took place involving Chad Johnson on Aug 11.
"Sending my love... And keeping you in my prayers," Williams tweeted in a message that garnered over 300 re-tweets on Tuesday.
Williams message comes days after Lozada was allegedly head-butted by her soon-to-be ex-husband Johnson which resulted in his arrest and the loss of their joint reality television spinoff show, "Ev and Ocho." While Williams decided against mentioning Lozada by name in her tweet, many fans took to Twitter to react to the message.
"@iamjennifer for @EvelynLozada," one fan questioned. "That's very 'bigger person' of u!"
Another person decided to re-tweet the message and assure Lozada that Williams loved her.
"Yea she (does) love u @EvelynLozada lol," the fan tweeted.
While fans noticed Williams positivity, her ex-husband and former NBA player Eric Williams decided to take a different approach to the situation. Eric who appeared with Jennifer and Lozada on "Basketball Wives," took to his Twitter account to make light of the recent domestic dispute.
Eric tweeted about creating a new reality television show centered around the lumps on he and Lozada's heads. While Williams has been the butt of many jokes because of the lump on his head that formed into a keloid after he was stabbed, he joked about Lozada's recent injury, months after she publicly feuded with his estranged wife.
"Hey @EvelynLozada I bet that knot on your head (is) more shinier than mine," Williams tweeted. "Hey @EvelynLozada, lets do our own show, called '2Bumps you can't get enough.'"
Some people encouraged Williams' remarks on Twitter, but others questioned if the former NBA player was being too hard on Lozada. While Williams had no problems speaking out about Lozada on the social networking website, Royce Reed, Lozada's rival on "Basketball Wives," insisted that the alleged domestic violence situation was not amusing.
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Trained in clandestine combat from childhood, the Jinyiwei were masters of the 14 Blades; eight being for torture, five for killing, and the last blade reserved for suicide when a mission failed. An elite force of secret agents with a license to kill, the Jinyiwei devoted their lives and lethal prowess to the service of the Emperor alone. When the Imperial Court is taken over by evil eunuch Jia (Law Kar Ying), the best of the Jinyiwei, Qinglong (Donnie Yen) is assigned to steal a list identifying those still loyal to the Emperor. However unbeknownst to Qinglong, the Jinyiwei have fallen under the control of Jia, and during the mission Qinglong is betrayed and barely escapes with his life. Now as the most wanted man in the land, Qinglong must seek out and rally the loyalists to rise against Jia and restore the Emperor to power. In his way are the deadliest assassins in the land, his former brethren, the Jinyiwei.
The women who enter a science fiction author's life, over the course of a few years, after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.
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7 Assassins is a new martial arts movie which delivers a great cast which see Shaw Brothers legends Kara Hui and Ti Lung back on screen... When social unrest plagues a Kingdom in ancient China, the Imperial Court collects stockpiles of gold from local governments to expand the royal army. However, the gold is robbed while in transport. In a desperate move to retrieve the stolen treasure, elite royal guards are sent on a mission to go after the gold but soon find out they are not the only ones in pursuit of it.
A Chinese Ghost Stor
Government official Ling Choi Sin (Yu Shao Qun, taking over Leslie Cheung's role) journeys to the parched Black Mountain Village to its inhabitants find water. As he leads a group of 'volunteers' up the haunted mountain, he encounters a bevy of sexy demons and well as a lovely 'girl' named Siu Sin (Liu Yi-Fei). After wooing her with some candy, he falls for her - and then realizes that he is caught in a deadly triangle: another guy, a demon-hunter named Yan Chek Ha (Louis Koo) is also in love with Siu Sin. However, before the two men can settle their differences, they have to contend with the evil Tree Demon (Wai Ying-Hung) as well as a one-armed demon hunter who is determined to kill all the supernatural beings.
A Prayer Before Dawn
Based on the true life experience of Billy Moore who survived his Thai prison ordeal by becoming a Muay Thai boxing champion.
A Touch of Sin
Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.
An Elephant Sitting
In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there is an elephant that simply sits and ignores the world. Manzhouli becomes an obsession for the protagonists of this film, a longed-for escape from the downward spiral in which they find themselves.
Angels Wear White
In a small seaside town, two schoolgirls are sexually assaulted by a middle-aged man in a motel. Mia, a teenager who was working on reception that night, is the only witness. For fear of losing her job, she chooses to keep silence.
Ash Is Purest White
Set in China's underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5 years later, she sets out to find him.
Big Brother
A soldier-turned-high school teacher uses unusual methods to reach to a class of poor students, while dealing with a greedy entrepreneur and his gang of fighters as well as the government.
Billy Lynn's Long Ha
19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
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On the surface, Saya is a stunning 16-year-old, but that youthful exterior hides the tormented soul of a 400-year-old "halfling." Born to a human father and a vampire mother, she has for centuries been a loner obsessed with using her samurai skills to rid the world of vampires, all the while knowing that she herself can survive only on blood like those she hunts.
Buddies In India
Following his father's deathbed confession about the location of his last will and testament, Tang Sen (Bai Ke) packs up and heads to India with his friend Wu Kong (Wang Baoqiang) in search of it. Along the way, the merry duo becomes a motley crew, enlisting a loyal but quirky fighter (Yue Yunpeng) and a cagey but beautiful woman (Liu Yan), all while experiencing the mysteries of a magical land that both helps and hinders them in their quest.
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Former heavyweight champ, Mike Tyson (Ip Man 3) and Aikido sensation Steven Seagal (Exit Wounds), have an appearance in China Salesman (aka Chinese Salesman), an action film written and directed by Tan Bing (aka Geng Weiguo).
Chongqing Hot Pot
When three friends open a hot pot restaurant in a former bomb shelter, they discover it's linked by a single wall to the bank vault next door. While deciding to take the easy money or go to the police, they find out one of the bank's employees is a former classmate and look to enlist her in deciding their future.
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Picking up some time after the events in the first movie, Sean Lau is now the Commissioner of Police after the successful rescue operation. However, things turn bad when his wife and daughter are kidnapped. Sean has to seek help from former rival and retired DCP, Waise Lee, to return to his job to help save Sean`s wife and child.
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Dee, the detective serving Chinese empress Wu Zetian, is called upon to investigate a series of strange events in Loyang, including the appearance of mysterious warriors wearing Chiyou ghost masks, foxes that speak human language and the pillar sculptures in the palace coming alive.
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Huo An, the commander of the Protection Squad of the Western Regions, was framed by evil forces and becomes enslaved. On the other hand, a Roman general escapes to China after rescuing the Prince. The heroic duo meet in the Western Desert and a thrilling story unfolds.
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A biography of Chinese Martial Arts Master Huo Yuanjia, who is the founder and spiritual guru of the Jin Wu Sports Federation.
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Shi Miao hates her brother Shi Fen. So, she makes a birthday wish: She wants her brother gone. However, she did not expect the wish come true.
God of War
During the 16th century, Japanese pirates proliferate along the Chinese coastline. In 1557, the pirates take over Cengang in Zhejiang. After months of futile advances, Commander Yu (Sammo Hung) finally defeats them under the leadership of newly promoted General Qi (Vincent Zhao). The pirates, however, manage to escape. In 1561, the pirates regroup and once again attack the coastal cities of China. With both the cities of Xinhe and Taizhou under attack, Qi's army is caught between two fires. Even though most family members of his soldiers are located in Xinhe, Qi makes the tough decision to go to Taizhou and leaves his wife in charge of the fight against the pirates in Xinhe, knowing that the defeat of the pirates' elite team in Taizhou will bring long lasting peace to the coastal cities.
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I Am Not Madame Bova
Li Xuelian, a woman from the countryside is falsely accused by her husband of having an affair. To defend herself, Li moves from her small town to the big city until she reached the capital.
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Having defeated the best fighters of the Imperial Japanese army in occupied Shanghai, Ip Man and his family settle in post-war Hong Kong.Struggling to make a living, Master Ip opens a kung fu school to bring his celebrated art of Wing Chun to the troubled youth of Hong Kong. His growing reputation soon brings challenges from powerful enemies, including pre-eminent Hung Gar master, Hung Quan. However, when corrupt colonial officials stage a life-or-death contest with formidable British boxer, Twister, to humiliate the Chinese people, the masters quickly forget their differences. Soon, the eyes of the nation are on the one man capable of securing a victory-Grandmaster Ip Man!
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The CIA's most dangerous former operative is drawn out of hiding to uncover more explosive truths about his past.
John Wick
An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Johnny English Rebor
Johnny English goes up against international assassins hunting down the Chinese premier.
Journey to the West:
In a world plagued by demons who cause great human suffering, young demon hunter Xuan Zang risks his all to conquer a water demon, a pig demon and the demon of all demons, Sun Wukong.
From childhood to adulthood, Tibet's fourteenth Dalai Lama deals with Chinese oppression and other problems.
Kung Fu Hustle
Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves in a town ruled by the Axe Gang, Sing who desperately wants to become a member. He stumbles into a slum ruled by eccentric landlords who turns out to be the greatest kung-fu masters in disguise. Sing's actions eventually cause the Axe Gang and the slumlords to engage in an explosive kung-fu battle. Only one side will win and only one hero will emerge as the greatest kung-fu master of all.
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Continuing his "legendary adventures of awesomeness", Po must face two hugely epic, but different threats: one supernatural and the other a little closer to his home.
Kung Fu Panda
The Dragon Warrior has to clash against the savage Tai Lung as China's fate hangs in the balance: However, the Dragon Warrior mantle is supposedly mistaken to be bestowed upon an obese panda who is a tyro in martial arts.
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Based on the novel of the same name, the film depicts the endless battles of four kingdoms as they fight for power and domination of the one ultimate realm.Based on his 2 beloved fantasy novels with 6 million copies sold, L.O.R.D is acclaimed writer and director Guo Jingming's follow up to his Tiny Times films. The action-adventure odyssey is set in a world of warring Sorcerers, Lords and Beasts. The first CGI Film to come from China
League of Gods
During the reign of King Zhou (Tony Leung Ka-fai), an official enters his bedchamber, and is devoured by the monstrous tails of Daji (Fan Bingbing), his concubine. Outside their city, several warriors within a metal wagon discuss their strategies to free the Invisible People and their Chief, when Jiang Ziya (Jet Li) appears to them. He tells them that when King Zhou was younger, he let himself become possessed by the Black Dragon for his quest for power.
Legend of the Fist:
Seven years after the apparent death of Chen Zhen, who was shot after discovering who was responsible for his teacher's death (Huo Yuanjia) in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. A mysterious stranger arrives from overseas and befriends a local mafia boss. That man is a disguised Chen Zhen, who intends to infiltrate the mob when they form an alliance with the Japanese. Disguising himself as a caped fighter by night, Chen intends to take out everyone involved as well as get his hands on an assassination list prepared by the Japanese.
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After being defeated by humans centuries ago, the Winged Tribe has lost their ability to fly. Seeking vengeance, a royal descendant of the tribe has begun searching for the magical Naga Pearls, which he plans to use to destroy the humans. When the legendary pearls fall into - and out of - the hands of Heiyu, a wily human street punk, he must join a team of unlikely heroes as they race to prevent the destruction of their people in this magical fantasy adventure.
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Luo Hongwu returns to Kaili, the hometown from which he fled many years ago. He begins the search for the woman he loved, and whom he has never been able to forget.
In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassination.
Love Off the Cuff
Shawn Yue and Miriam Yeung reprise their popular roles as a star-crossed couple who strive to stay together happily ever after, only to find their already precarious relationship further strained, when Jimmy's childhood friend asks him to donate sperm, and Cherie is troubled by the re-marriage of her father.
Chinese teenagers from the wealthy elite, with big American dreams, settle into a boarding school in small-town Maine. As their fuzzy visions of the American dream slowly gain more clarity, their relationship to home takes on a poignant new aspect.
Man of Tai Chi
A young martial artist's unparalleled Tai Chi skills land him in a highly lucrative underworld fight club.
Accused of a murder he didn't commit, a prosecutor sets out on a mission to clear his name.
Master Z: Ip Man Leg
After being defeated by Ip Man, Cheung Tin Chi is attempting to keep a low profile. While going about his business, he gets into a fight with a foreigner by the name of Davidson, who is a big boss behind the bar district. Tin Chi fights hard with Wing Chun and earns respect.
Mission: Impossible
Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.
Mission: Impossible
Agent Ethan Hunt comes into conflict with a dangerous and sadistic arms dealer who threatens his life and his fianceé in response .
Molly's Game
Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.
Monster Hunt 2
The sequel to Monster Hunt. Set in a world where monsters and humans co-exist, the franchise tells the story of Wuba, a baby monster born to be king. Wuba becomes the central figure in stopping an all-out monster civil war.
Mulan: Rise of a War
When barbarian hordes threaten her homeland, the brave and cunning Mulan disguises herself as a male soldier to swell the ranks in her aging father's stead. The warrior's remarkable courage drives her through powerful battle scenes and brutal wartime startegy. Mulan loses dear friends to the enemy's blade as she rises to become one of her country's most valuable leaders - but can she win the war before her secret is exposed?
My Blueberry Nights
A young woman takes a soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about love while encountering a series of offbeat characters along the way.
Based on Keigo Higashino's international bestseller The Miracles of the Namiya General Store comes director Han Jie's take on the fantastical novel. TFBoys' Karry Wang stars as Xiao Bo, one of three orphans on the run who take refuge in a derelict corner store. Once there, they find a mysterious letter seeking advice, leading to an emotional adventure through time and unexpected connections with their own past.
Next Gen
A friendship with a top-secret robot turns a lonely girl's life into a thrilling adventure as they take on bullies, evil bots and a scheming madman.
Night Peacock
Liu Yifei plays Elso, a reputed French flutist who travels from Paris to Chengdu. Her life is compared to the one of a night peacock, an eternal conflict between life and death, love and time. A night peacock, by Fabre's definition, is a moth with the life goal of finding their soul mate.
Nine Lives
A stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of his family's cat.
Now You See Me 2
The Four Horsemen resurface and are forcibly recruited by a tech genius to pull off their most impossible heist yet.
On Wings of Eagles
Eric Liddell - China's first gold medalist and one of Scotland's greatest athletes - returns to war-torn China.
Once Upon a Time in
In the sequel to the Tsui Hark classic, Wong Fei-Hung faces The White Lotus society, a fanatical cult seeking to drive the Europeans out of China through violence, even attacking Chinese who follow Western ways. Wong must also defend Dr. Sun Yat Sen, a revolutionary, from the military.
Once Upon a Time in
Master Wong and his disciples enroll in the 'Dancing Lion Competition' to stop an assassination plot and to battle an arrogant, deceitful opponent.
Once Upon a Time in
Set in late 19th century Canton this martial arts film depicts the stance taken by the legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung (1847-1924) against foreign forces' (English, French and American) plundering of China.
Once Upon a Time
Based on the best-selling fantasy novel Three Lives Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms, ONCE UPON A TIME is a story of epic battles, deep passion, and the powerful forces that drive mortals and gods alike toward revenge, loyalty, and eternal love. Bai Qian, a goddess and monarch from the Heavenly Realms, is sent to the mortal world to undergo a trial to become a High Goddess. There, she meets Ye Hua, with whom she falls in love and marries. When an old enemy reappears in her life, everything she holds dear is threatened.
Operation Red Sea
The film is loosely based on the evacuation of the 225 foreign nationals and almost 600 Chinese citizens from Yemen's southern port of Aden during the 2015 Yemeni Civil War.
A mysterious warrior teams up with the daughter and son of a deposed Chinese Emperor to defeat their cruel Uncle, who seeks their deaths.
Peace Breaker
Chinese remake of the 2014 South Korean thriller, A HARD DAY. A morally bent detective has one of the worst days of his life after he tries to cover up an accidental crime.
Point Break
A young undercover FBI agent infiltrates a gang of thieves who share a common interest in extreme sports. A remake of the 1991 film, "Point Break".
Police Story: Lockdo
A man looking for the release of a long-time prisoner takes a police officer, his daughter, and a group of strangers hostage.
In the near future, scientist Xia Tian is on the verge of a major discovery: time travel. After she successfully sends living tissue back in time by 110 minutes, her years of work seem to have paid off, but everything unravels when her young son is kidnapped and held for a hefty ransom - all of her research. When the drop goes sour and her son is killed, Xia Tian desperately sends herself back in time using her prototype, where she discovers multiple versions of her future self. Now, all of the Xia Tians must band together to save their son in this action-packed sci-fi thriller from producer Jackie Chan.
Rock Dog
When a radio falls from the sky into the hands of a wide-eyed Tibetan Mastiff, he leaves home to fulfill his dream of becoming a musician, setting into motion a series of completely unexpected events.
See You Tomorrow
Every city has its legends and this city's legend is the 'Ferryman'. It is said that a person who takes on this role can help eliminate pain and sorrow from the world. Chen Mo, a bar owner, and his partner Guan Chun may seem foolish but in reality, they are an embodiment of this legend. As long as one makes a reservation, there is no problem either are incapable of solving. A young woman, Xiao Yu, makes such a reservation for her idol Ma Li, but as Chen and Guan begin to assist Xiao they begin to encounter and reckon with the sorrow hiding within themselves.
Seventh Son
When Mother Malkin, the queen of evil witches, escapes the pit she was imprisoned in by professional monster hunter Spook decades ago and kills his apprentice, he recruits young Tom, the seventh son of the seventh son, to help him.
About a king who attempts to lead his displaced people out of exile, and those who play a role in his mysterious plans.
Shock Wave
When a terrorist who specializes in explosives takes hold of an underground tunnel, he threatens to kill hostages if his demands are not met.
A detective from Hong Kong teams up with an American gambler to battle against a notorious Chinese criminal.
Framed and on the run, a former FBI agent must save his family from a blazing fire in the world's tallest building.
Spy Game
Retiring CIA agent Nathan Muir recalls his training of Tom Bishop while working against agency politics to free him from his Chinese captors.
Super Express
A modest super-express delivery courier gets entangled in a spiral of adventure and romance in Shanghaï
Sword Master
Weary of the bloodshed and violence from the martial arts world, a powerful swordsman banishes himself to the humble life a vagrant, wandering the fringes of society. But his violent past refuses to let him go quietly. The master swordsman must regain the ability to wield his sword and fight those disrupting the peace he so desperately craves.
Teenage Mutant Ninja
After supervillain Shredder escapes custody, he joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and two dimwitted henchmen, Bebop and Rocksteady, to unleash a diabolical plan to take over the world. As the Turtles prepare to take on Shredder and his new crew, they find themselves facing an even greater evil with similar intentions: the notorious Krang.
In the year of 2039, after World Wars destroy much of the civilization as we know it, territories are no longer run by governments, but by corporations; the mightiest of which is the Mishima Zaibatsu. In order to placate the seething masses of this dystopia, Mishima sponsors Tekken, a tournament in which fighters battle until only one is left standing.
The Assassin
A female assassin receives a dangerous mission to kill a political leader in eighth-century China.
The Boy
An American nanny is shocked that her new English family's boy is actually a life-sized doll. After she violates a list of strict rules, disturbing events make her believe that the doll is really alive.
The Brink
The film centers on a reckless police inspector bent on bringing a major gold smuggling scheme to its end.
The Constant Gardene
A widower is determined to get to the bottom of a potentially explosive secret involving his wife's murder, big business, and corporate corruption.
The Final Master
Determined to pass down his art, the Final Master of Wing Chun is caught in a power struggle with malicious local officials and ultimately must choose between personal honor and his master's dying wish.
The Forbidden Kingdo
A discovery made by a kung fu obsessed American teen sends him on an adventure to China, where he joins up with a band of martial arts warriors in order to free the imprisoned Monkey King.
The Foreigner
A humble businessman with a buried past seeks justice when his daughter is killed in an act of terrorism. A cat-and-mouse conflict ensues with a government official, whose past may hold clues to the killers' identities.
The Golden Monk
The film tells the story of a monk who realizes he is the reincarnation of Golden Child / Taming Dragon Lohan who was cast down from heaven to experience life and death one hundred times as he broke a sacred rule by falling in love with another fairy, Jade. While Golden Child's memories were erased, Jade refused to forget their love and accumulated goodwill over one hundred reincarnations…
The Great Wall
The story of an elite force making a last stand for humanity on the world's most iconic structure.
The Guardians
During the Cold War, an organization called "Patriot" created a super-hero squad, which includes members of multiple soviet republics. For years, the heroes had to hide their identities, but in hard times they must show themselves again.
The Island
A cataclysmic event causes a man, who dreams of winning the lottery, to become stranded on an island with his co-workers.
The Karate Kid
12-year-old Dre Parker could have been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying but the cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make him an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han, who is a kung fu master. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.
The Kite Runner
After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.
The Knight of Shadow
A legendary demon hunter, tracking down the beasts that enter the human dimension, assisted by a lawman protege and a motley group of friendly monsters.
The Last Emperor
The story of the final Emperor of China.
The Liquidator
A criminal psychologist and a forensic expert works together to track down a serial killer who targets people who have been acquitted of notable crimes and uses their guilt as his modus operandi.
The Looming Storm
Yu, a self-assured factory guard, fancies himself a detective and begins poking his nose into a murder investigation.
The Mermaid
A playboy business tycoon, Liu Xuan, purchases the Green Gulf, a wildlife reserve, for a sea reclamation project, and uses sonar technology to get rid of the sea life in the area. Unknown to him, the Green Gulf is the home of merpeople, and the sonar has caused many of them to succumb to illness or die. Xuan's business ventures in the area are threatened when he crosses paths with the mermaid, Shan, who is sent to avenge her people.
The Painted Veil
A British medical doctor fights a cholera epidemic in a small Chinese village, while being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.
The Road Home
Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.
The Transporter Refu
In the south of France, former special-ops mercenary Frank Martin enters into a game of chess with a femme-fatale and her three sidekicks who are looking for revenge against a sinister Russian kingpin.
The Wandering Earth
The sun is dying out, a group of brave astronauts set out to find a new home for the entire human race and the planet.
The Way of the Bug
A young man from a rural village travels a long way to meet his long-lost grandfather on his deathbed, only to find himself taking over the large triad enterprise his grandfather left behind, with hilarious results.
Till the End of the
The unlikely pairing of a spoiled millionaire venture capitalist scouting for extreme wedding tour locations and a grounded science photographer en route to chronicle the Aurora Australis lights face the ultimate 75 day test for survival and redemption after their twin engine craft crashes during a debilitating snowstorm over the vast desolate nether-regions of Antarctica.
Tomorrow Never Dies
James Bond heads to stop a media mogul's plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage.
A scientist's drive for artificial intelligence, takes on dangerous implications when his consciousness is uploaded into one such program.
A Trans-Siberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.
Triple Threat
A hit contract is taken out on a billionaires daughter intent on bringing down a major crime syndicate. A down and out team of mercenaries must take on a group of professional assassins and stop them before they kill their target.
True Legend
Su Qi-Er, a wealthy man living during the Qing Dynasty who loses his fortune and reputation as a result of a conspiracy against him. After being forced out onto the streets, Su dedicates his life to martial arts and reemerges as a patriotic hero known as the "King of Beggars."
As an Orc horde invades the planet Azeroth using a magic portal, a few human heroes and dissenting Orcs must attempt to stop the true evil behind this war.
Warrior's Gate
A teenager is magically transported to China and learns to convert his video game skills into those of a Kung Fu warrior.
Wu Kong
The story tells the story of Sun Wukong (Eddie Peng) and Erlang Shen (Shawn Yue), who comes to the Immortal Mountain to cultivate their skills. They gained friendship, experienced love and ultimately betrayal, growing throughout their life journey.
Yesterday Once More
Lin Tianjiao (Guo Shutong) is the top girl in her school. During one of her tests, she resorted to copying from notes, and is spotted by Gao Xiang (Bai Jingting), who is considered a wayward student. When the note was discovered by the teacher, Gao Xiang chooses to claim responsibility for trying to cheat. Lin Tianjiao feels apologetic towards Gao Xiang, and begins their friendship. Meanwhile, Lin Tianjiao's good friend, Lu Tiantian (Wang Herun) is courting Ou Xiaoyang (Ding Guansen). However, due to his poor academic standing, Lin Tianjiao ignores him completely. Classmate Huang Tao (Li Hongyi) is secretly in love with Lin Tianjiao, but is too shy to express it. As a result, he and his best buddy, Li Tao (Zhao Wenlong) are at loggerheads with Gao Xiang.
Performing art troupe members each face their own trials and tribulations in Chengdu; from escaping a family scandal to dealing with unrequited love, each experiences rejection that shapes their lives in this coming-of-age tale selected to play at the Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Chinese helming legend Feng Xiaogang.


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NEW YORK — It took Serena Williams 19 minutes to win the first set of her U.S. Open quarterfinal match against 18th-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro on the Spaniard's 25th birthday.
The second set wasn't much better for Suarez Navarro, who received an occasional gifted point but not too many as Williams moved into the semifinals with a 6-0, 6-0 win in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday night. The match lasted 52 minutes.
In a semifinal scheduled for Friday, Williams will face fifth-seeded Li Na, who became the first Chinese player to make the Open semifinals. Her win was considerably more difficult, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2 over 24th-seeded Russian Ekaterina Makarova.
"Give her a game, it's her birthday," a fan shouted when Williams was ahead 6-0, 1-0, but Williams wasn't much in the giving mood.
It was only the second time in tennis' Open era (since 1968) that a woman won a U.S. Open quarterfinal without losing a game. The last time it happened was in 1989, Martina Navratilova over Manuela Maleeva.
Almost as efficient Tuesday was the top-seeded man, Novak Djokovic.
Other men have needed more than 41/2 hours to win in the fourth round (Richard Gasquet on Monday) or just about four hours (Mikhail Youzhny on Tuesday).
Djokovic needed only 79 minutes to beat unseeded Spaniard Marcel Granollers, 6-3, 6-0, 6-0, and called his play in the final two sets "flawless".
Much more competitive were two other men's fourth-round matches, with defending champion Andy Murray and ninth-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka requiring four sets to advance.
Murray recovered from a shaky first set to take out unseeded Denis Istomin, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. Wawrinka was a 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6), 6-2 winner over fifth-seeded Tomas Berdych.
Few would have predicted Wawrinka would be the last Swiss standing but there he is, into the quarterfinals while five-time U.S. Open champion Roger Federer has been gone since Monday, having lost in the fourth round.
Next for Wawrinka will be the third-seeded Murray.
Next for Djokovic will be Youzhny, a 31-year-old Russian who was severely tested before eliminating unseeded Lleyton Hewitt, the 2001 champion here, 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 7-5. That match was timed at 3 hours 58 minutes.
Williams didn't call her play "flawless," but she couldn't identify much to improve on other than her serve.
"I played good. I played really good," Williams said. "I think it was very difficult to hit a big serve today because of the wind but I didn't get my serve up as much as I wanted. I'm not here to say what I did wrong, though. I like to think there is room for improvement."
Djokovic, 26, said the way he played the final 15 games against Granollers was "a great joy. It's a fantastic feeling when you're playing this well. You love spending time on the court and experiencing such a great zone where you are at that moment."
Granollers, ranked 43rd in the world, said there was "nothing" he could do. Djokovic won 32 of 38 points when he got his first serve in, and 28 of 30 points at the net.
"I have worked on that a lot," he said of his volleys. "It's obvious my game is based on the baseline. But I have many opportunities to come to the net and finish out points earlier. That's one of the things on the practice agenda. We are working on the serve, getting more precise and efficient and using opportunities to just make a winner by coming to the net."
Youzhny didn't seem to have high expectations going against Djokovic. "It will really be a tough match for me," he said. "First I need to recover after this match and try to be ready, 100%. It will be really tough to beat him. But you never know."
Earlier, in a fourth-round match postponed Monday because of rain, second-seeded Victoria Azarenka defeated 13th-seeded Ana Ivanovic, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - Using goals from senior Jamie Nevin (Grovetown, Ga.) and sophomore Megan McAlpin (Newnan, Ga.) the Georgia College & State University soccer team (10-5-5) beat North Georgia (10-5-2) 2-1 tonight at Bobcat Field, advancing to the second round of the 2009 Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Tournament.
No. 4-seed Georgia College will next battle No. 8-seed University of Montevallo Friday, Nov. 6 in Evans, Ga. at Blanchard Woods Park. The Bobcats haven't lost in nearly a month, last falling at No. 20 Armstrong Atlantic State University 1-0 Oct. 7.
The Bobcats made good on the eighth shot attempt of the game, as Nevin collected a deflected Ally Treat (Fayetteville, Ga.) ball and fired it into the left side of the net for a 1-0 lead, just over 29 minutes into the contest.
After halftime, the 'Cats came out firing again, and less than 10 minutes into the second period McAlpin scored off a corner from senior Daria Owen (Snellville, Ga.) to amount a 2-0 lead. It was the first multiple goal lead for the Bobcats since a win at Flagler College Oct. 17, a five-game stretch.
Not going down without a fight, North Georgia cut the lead in half with 8:53 remaining, when the Saints scored on a corner of their own, as Casey Smith found the head of Lauren Schenk for the latter's sixth goal of the season.
The Saints continued to dictate the pace for the waning moments, including a beautiful sliding and diving stab by Bobcat keeper Mary Rob Plunkett (Augusta, Ga.) to knock a Schenk shot wide with less than three minutes left. Plunkett saved another hot shot off the foot of Smith just 28 seconds later, the final shot attempt of the game.
Plunkett finished with four saves in five tries in the win. The Saint goalkeepers split halves, with Kirsten Ross taking the loss on a three-save effort.
Georgia College picks up its third-straight 10-win season, two of which have come under head coach Juan Pablo Favero. The Bobcats remain undefeated when they score at least one goal, an impressive 7-0-2 on the year.
Georgia College advances to face Montevallo, with the Falcons serving the biggest possible upset in the eight-team tournament, toppling top-seeded Columbus State University this evening 1-0.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Georgia College prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Publisher Macmillan announced Friday that it is settling its case with the Department of Justice in its lawsuit over e-books. The DOJ had accused five major publishers and Apple of conspiring to set e-book prices; Macmillan was the last publisher to agree to settle.
"I had an old fashioned belief that you should not settle if you have done no wrong. As it turns out, that is indeed old fashioned," Macmillan Chief Executive John Sargent wrote in a letter posted on the publisher's website.
Hachette Book Group Inc., HarperCollins Publishers and Simon & Schuster Inc. reached settlements with the DOJ in September 2012. That was followed by a December settlement by Penguin Group (USA) Inc., related to its upcoming merger with Random House Inc., which is not a party in the suit. A trial against Macmillan and Apple is expected to begin in June.
Sargent, who had said that the DOJ's terms were "too onerous," has decided that the alternative is even worse. "Our company is not large enough to risk a worst case judgment," he writes. "A few weeks ago I got an estimate of the maximum possible damage figure. I cannot share the breathtaking amount with you, but it was much more than the entire equity of our company."
The DOJ suit alleged that Apple and the five publishers had conspired "to end e-book retailers' freedom to compete on price, take control of pricing from e-book retailers and substantially increase the prices that consumers pay for e-books." Publishers like Macmillan, with the agreement of the Authors Guild, countered that instituting Apple's agency model for pricing e-books had actually opened up competition.
"I like to believe that we would win at trial," Sargent writes. "But outcomes are hard to predict with certainty, particularly in a civil case with a low burden of proof. And so we agreed to settle with no admission of guilt. As with the other settling publishers, retailers will now be able to discount Macmillan e-books for a limited time. This change will take effect quickly.


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Judas Ullulaq
Canadian, 1937–1999
Amayuqyuq and Qallupilluq, 1996
whale bone, antler
(a) Figure: 30.5 x 14.5 x 8.5 cm; (b) Figure: 26.5 x 12.5 x 7.5 cm; (c) Mask: 8.5 x 9.2 x 2.6 cm
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Acquired with funds from The Winnipeg Art Gallery Foundation Inc.
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Judas Ullulaq dominated sculpture production in the Kitikmeot region from the 1980s until his death in 1999. His flamboyant subjects are characterized by staring, inlaid eyes, flaring nostrils, and huge mouths, a style influenced by his talented nephew Karoo Ashevak. When Ullulaq moved from Taloyoak to Gjoa Haven in 1984, his exuberant sculpture in both bone and stone became a creative inspiration in that community as well. Amayuqyuq means "kidnapper of little children." The story of Amayuqyuq was told to children to keep them from wandering too far from the camp and getting into danger from wild animals like polar bears or wolves, or from getting lost on the tundra.
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- Tuesday 11am-5pm
- Wednesday 11am-5pm
- Thursday 11am-5pm
- Friday 11am-9pm
- Saturday 11am-5pm
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The United Way of the Lowcountry Board of Directors announced gifts and pledges have been received totaling $2,228,152 or 80 percent of the organization's 2012 $2.8 million campaign goal.
Through United Way of the Lowcountry, a $25 gift provides one-half hour of legal services through Lowcountry Legal Volunteers. The organization offers free and discounted legal services to help families cope with custody issues, children with special needs and property matters.
In 2011, Lowcountry Legal Volunteers attorneys provided over 2,775 hours of legal representation to clients, which is about $555,000 of legal fees.
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INTERNATIONAL. Dr. Marc Faber the Swiss fund manager and Gloom Boom & Doom publisher believes markets will punish central banks, at some stage, for their extensive monetary easing. This could materialize as a bonds market collapse or a stock market bubble.
He reckons investors should enjoy the rally while it lasts, and says he is already unwinding his long positions because when 'euphoria' builds up and everybody is investing, markets turn down. He also thinks investors who don't own gold are in "great danger".
Market correction
Speaking on the phone to CNBC's "Closing Bell" on Wednesday, Faber told Maria Bartiromo: "I think it [a correction] can start any day. We are very overbought but it's also possible that we have a mild correction in February and then a further increase in stock prices."
He sees a possibility of a lot of volatility this year in equity prices. "I'm selling shares at the present time. I'm reducing positions because there is euphoria building up."
Faber concedes it is difficult to pinpoint the timing of the correction as investors have no immediate alternative to owning stocks because of plenty of corporate and institutional money on the side lines. "That is why, maybe the market goes up first strongly but that would be a major embarrassment for central banks to have a real stock market bubble while unemployment isn't going down and the global economy isn't growing."
But the bigger embarrassment he says, would be when finally the stock markets crashes because they [central banks] can't cut interest rates any further or bond prices really sell off, in other words, "for the market to push up interest rates".
"The central banks aren't going to boost up interest rates, but the market may boost it up," he reckons.
From a global market perspective, Faber at the present time thinks "Ukrainian stocks are very low, Vietnam is inexpensive, and Chinese stocks are relatively speaking inexpensive.
In terms of US stocks he sees mining companies and resource companies as relatively cheap. On the other end of the spectrum, builders and technology are vulnerable and may lead the sell-off
Be careful about stocks when you can't see why they can go down
In a live interview on CNBC Asia's "The Call" with Bernie Lo on Thursday, Faber further elaborated on his prediction of an upcoming market correction: " When you print money, the money doesn't flow evenly in an economy. It flows to some people or to some sectors first, and in this case, it flowed into equities, and until about five months ago, bonds… I believe that markets will punish central banks at some stage through an accident."
"For the first time in four years, since the lows in March 2009, I love this market because the higher it goes the more likely we will have a nice crash, a big time crash," he added.
Answering the "why should stocks go down, everything looks perfect" calls, Faber explains:
"A year ago, the mood in Europe was horrible and nobody could see how stocks could go up. Now since May 2012, less than a year ago, Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, are up 30%-40% and Greece has doubled."
Reminiscent of the famous Warren Buffet quote, "Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful," Dr Doom told Bernie Lo: "You need to buy stocks when there's no reason to buy them...and I will be careful about stocks when you can't see why they can go down."
The S&P 500 has seen its best start to a year since 1997, rising 5.2% last month and the Dow topped 14,000 today for the first time since October 2007.
"With the US fiscal cliff behind us, but automatic spending cuts due on 1 March, there is a risk that the US equity market will give back some of its recent gains ahead of the deadline for implementation of cuts" Mark McFarland Chief Investment Strategist, Private Banking, Emirates NBD, the United Arab Emirates biggest lender by assets, said in a note.
"It is quite clear that President Obama does not fully appreciate the extent to which US welfare and retirement budgets are unfunded on a long-term basis. This fact alone makes the likelihood of a near-term resolution, as opposed to a quick fix, much less likely. Thus our US equity weightings for conservative clients have been paired back to under-weights"
Federal stimulus and deficit spending can't create sustainable economic growth
Faber said that although data this week show the US economy contracted 0.1% in the fourth quarter of 2012, he doesn't pay much attention to GDP figures because they are "difficult to calculate." But, unemployment is weak and overall economic activity- except the economy of wealthy people is not very good, he says.
The median forecast of 83 economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for a 1.1% gain in GDP. Projections ranged from 0.3% to 2.1%. The GDP estimate is the first of three for the quarter, with the other releases scheduled for February and March when more information becomes available.
For all of 2012, the economy expanded 2.2% after a 1.8% increase in the prior year.
"After more than four years of nearly never ending monetary stimulus and more than US$5 trillion worth of new federal debt, the economy remains stuck in a serious recession, writes Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, in a statement in reaction to the GDP data.
The report shows that federal stimulus and deficit spending can't create sustainable economic growth," says Schiff adding that GDP report shows just how out of touch most professional economists remain with respect to the fundamental weakness of the US economy.
Why aren't more people buying gold?
Faber says he is surprised that only a minority of people own gold and precious metals, but on the other hand that explains why gold is not in a bubble.
Stocks may outperform gold for a while but in general , I don't think that gold, silver and platinum will all collapse unless if you have a deflationary collapse
Asked by Maria Bartiromo to explain the rationale behind his assertion that he will never stop buying gold and whether this amounted to a strategy since gold, like any other commodity, can go up and down, Dr doom said: "I want to tell you something about gold, Maria. I buy gold because I'm fearful that we will still have a systemic crisis that we will have wars and so on and so forth, so I'm buying gold because I am fearful."
Urging the CNBC anchor to buy the precious metal, Faber said: "But I am sorry to say Maria, you don't own any gold and you are in great danger [precisely] because you don't own any gold.
"I am fearful and I own gold and you are in danger because you don't own any gold," Faber reckons.
Credit Suisse published a note today entitled 'Gold: The Beginning of the End of an Era', arguing that the 2011 gold price peak could prove to have been the high "in this cycle" as the financial crisis grows less acute.
In the "where's gold heading next" debate, one is reminded that gold prices have risen because of excessive monetary policies which ultimately lead to the debasement of fiat currencies, inflation, and the loss of confidence in our financial system. In turn every period of inflation eventually (timing is key) ends up with deflation. When Marc Faber (67 this year) says "I will never sell my gold in my life, are we to conclude that the inflationary period will last another 15-20 years?
The jury is out.
About Dr. Marc Faber
Dr. Marc Faber was born in Zurich, Switzerland. He went to school in Geneva and Zurich and finished high school with the Matura. He studied Economics at the University of Zurich and, at the age of 24, obtained a PhD in Economics. Between 1970 and 1978, Dr Faber worked for White Weld & Co in New York, Zurich and Hong Kong.
Since 1973, he has lived in Asia. From 1978 to February 1990, he was the Managing Director of Drexel Burnham Lambert (HK). In June 1990, he set up his own business which acts as an investment advisor and fund manager.
In 2000 Faber decided to spend more time writing his newsletters as well as growing his advisory business. He moved back to his home in Chiang Mai, Thailand, maintaining only a small administrative office in Hong Kong.
Dr. Faber publishes a widely read monthly investment newsletter 'The Gloom Boom & Doom Report' which highlights unusual investment opportunities, and is the author of several books.
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Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Bingham's Striking Spots
These stories were usually serialized over several issues and began with a nice big double page spread to help draw the viewer in. But subsequent chapters were allotted far less visual real estate.
This doesn't appear to have daunted the artist...
...some of his most powerful compositions are only one column wide and half-a-page high.
He also seems to have luxuriated in a limited colour palette. Black & white plus one colour is a hallmark of Bingham's crime art. It suits his noir-ish approach perfectly.
I love Bingham's stark silhouettes and striking compositions in these long, slender illustrations. They are as worthy of praise and study as his full page pieces.
These images have been added to my James R. Bingham Flickr set.
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The detective/noir illustrations are great. I teach detective ficiton quite often, and I've been thinking about including a look at magazine illustration, as well as book jacket covers in the course.ReplyDelete
Do you have access to some giant archive of Saturday Evening Posts? I've been remembering some of the striking Post illustrations I saw as a kid via my grandparent's Post subscription.
In particular, I remember the page and half illustration for some short story about ghosts...the premise was that a teenage couple dare each other into sneaking into an abandoned ballroom where legend tells of two lovers killing themselves on the dance floor, leaving a bloody X...
That's pretty cool, prof estevez - and yes, I have a large collection of Saturday Evening posts and many other magazines bought from thrift shops, second-hand book stores and of course, ebay.ReplyDelete
The illustration you describe sounds like this one by Robert Jones - a fantastic, versatile illustrator.
Hope you enjoy seeing it again! ;-)
I love the last illustration in your post. Such a striking composition, and beautifully executed. You make me want to start prowling the thrift stores to find my own copies.ReplyDelete
OMG!!!! That's it!!!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much! I've thought about that image for years!
Prof E; I'm so glad I could help. :-)ReplyDelete
Colin; I encourage you to do so - then scan those puppies and get that imagery back in circulation. Its a tragedy that so many great artists are slipping into obscurity.
* be sure to always give credit to the artists and publishers! :-)
That is a cool Jones illustration. Although is it just me, or does the still life set up to the left of the figures seem inordinately large? At any rate, I'm always impressed by Jones -- such a versatile illustrator. He never got pigeonholed into doing only cute animal imagery, & his glamour work was about as good as any one else at the Cooper Studio.
Bingham -- My god, what a great designer! His spots are so impactful, so well executed. He seems to have thrived on the limitations of space & the use of one color.
As always, great stuff, Leif!
Neil; my gosh - you're right! You could really clobber somebody good with that giant champagne bottle!ReplyDelete
On Bingham - agreed - I think of Bingham as a designer as much as an illustrator. His shapes and compositions are all about construction, if you know what I mean, whereas some illustrators use a more "organic" approach.
Bingahm is first rate, Leif, and I am really enjoying this series. That image of the man jumping to the dock is one I have admired for a while, but I never knew who did it. I put it on my blog some time ago as the work of a great unsung artist. Now that you have educated me,I will need to go back and correct it!ReplyDelete
Like Professor Estevez, I have long been haunted by memories of illustrations I saw when I was young. Since you are performing this wonderful finder service, I have a list of about 25 images to describe to you.


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Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi (Rhazes) (c. 865-925)
Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi, known in the West as Rhazes, was the leading scholar of the early Islamic world. His stature is comparable only to that of Ibn Sina a century later. Influenced by Hippocrates and classical Greek medicine, Al Razi wrote numerous books on a range of medical and scientific subjects. The Al-Mansuri and Al-Hawi, his encyclopedic reviews of medicine, were translated into several languages and became a standard text for Islamic and European medical students for centuries.
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Rhazes, The Spiritual Physick of Rhazes, translated by A J Arberry in the Wisdom of the East Series (London: John Murray, 1950)
Rhazes (al-Razi). A Treatise on the Smallpox and Measles, translated by W A Greenhill. (London: Sydenham Society,1848; rpt. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1939)
E Savage-Smith, 'Medicine', in R Rashed (ed.), Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science, 3 (London and New York: Routledge, 1996), pp 903-962
O Timkin, 'A medieval translation of Rhazes' clinical observations', Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 12 (1942), pp 102-117
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