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WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of House members announced a deal Thursday on sweeping immigration legislation, a breakthrough that could boost chances for one of President Barack Obama's top second-term priorities.
It came after months of secretive talks among the four Republican and four Democratic House members had seemed to stall in recent days even as an immigration bill in the Senate moved forward. The House members met for two hours Thursday evening, emerging to announce they had a deal.
"We have an agreement in principle. We're now going to work on finishing up the drafting of the bill," said Rep. John Carter, R-Texas, a leader of the group.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., another member, said over Twitter: "Important breakthrough, some details still to be worked out, but very pleased things are moving forward."
Carter and others declined to give details, saying they'd agreed among themselves not to do so.
Group members had been saying for months that they were near a deal, but in recent days talks appeared close to breaking down over a few unresolved details. These included a new visa program for lower-skilled workers, and how to handle health care coverage for immigrants in the country illegally who would gain legal status under the bill. Lawmakers and aides suggested earlier Thursday that one option would be for the group to release a bipartisan bill that simply left those issues out, allowing Republicans and Democrats in the group to offer their own plans on those aspects of the legislation.
Meanwhile, members of the group were under pressure to deliver from other lawmakers and outside advocates who feared they would lose their window to have a voice in the debate if they didn't produce something soon. A bill released last month by leading senators is moving toward a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee and has become the focus of the immigration debate.
"I am concerned that the bipartisan group has been unable to wrap up their work," House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, told reporters earlier Thursday, before the group announced its deal. "And I know that there are some very difficult issues that have come up. But I continue to believe that the House needs to deal with this and the House needs to work its will. How we get there, we're still dealing with it."
The House group had struggled to come up with a plan that could have a possibility of passing the Republican-controlled House while also satisfying Democrats in the group. They have discussed a path to citizenship that would take 15 years for the estimated 11 million people living here illegally, two years longer than contemplated by the Senate bill, which is backed by Obama.
Overall, the legislation would share the same goals as the Senate plan: boosting border security, an increased focus on workplace enforcement, new means to allow workers to enter this country legally and the eventual prospect of citizenship for millions.
As the House group bogged down, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., separately has moved forward with individual, narrowly focused bills on immigration, including one on workplace enforcement that was discussed at a hearing Thursday.
The Senate Judiciary Committee held its third work session Thursday to plow through some 300 amendments to the Senate immigration legislation. The committee voted down an amendment by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, that would have required the implementation of an electronic employer ID verification system in 18 months, instead of the four years contemplated by the bill.
Republican Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina – two of the bill's Republican authors – voted with Democrats against the amendment, which was defeated 13-5. So did Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, a potential swing vote on the bill.
Thursday's committee action was low-key, but behind the scenes efforts were under way to reach a deal on a series of amendments by Hatch that would benefit the high-tech community by making it easier for companies to access and use H-1B visas, which go to highly skilled workers. The bill increases the supply of these visas but also adds in protections aimed at ensuring U.S. workers get the first shot at jobs, and tech companies have objected to some of those provisions, which have been championed by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., a principle author of the bill, was working with Hatch to try to find a compromise but the issue was unlikely to be resolved before next week.
In addition to Carter, Republicans in the House group are Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, Sam Johnson of Texas and Raul Labrador of Idaho. On the Democratic side, in addition to Gutierrez, they are Zoe Lofgren and Xavier Becerra of California and John Yarmuth of Kentucky.


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The fourth edition of Maxis' successful life-simulating game will include more emotional versions of the virtual people whose lives and homes players can manipulate. This time around, "The Sims 4" producer Lyndsay Pearson said the developers have focused on crafting more believable Sims who can perform multiple actions — like walking and talking — at once.
While the Sims have always been an emotional bunch, they'll be guided by their moods even more in "The Sims 4," set for release next year for PC. During a demonstration of the game at Electronic Arts' offices last week, a Sim named Andre felt jealous when his pal Ollie began flirting with a female Sim. He intervened but became depressed once his advances were dismissed. He then opted to blow off steam by boxing.
"The key to 'The Sims 4' emotions is that there isn't anything particularly better or worse," said Pearson. "You have the ability of what to do with that emotion. If your Sim is furious, that may seem like a bad thing, but it actually means they can write a special book or paint a special painting or go for a really good run and have a really great workout."
The sequel will also make it easier for players to build homes for their Sims by picking pre-designed rooms and plopping them together to create a house. The abodes can then be filled with furniture and other items that inspire different emotions in the Sims. Some items can only be earned when Sims meet certain goals, either personally and professionally.
"The Sims 4" includes 18 touch points on the Sims' bodies, which can be sculpted to create custom faces and physiques. The developers have also added new locales for the virtual people to "WooHoo," the franchise's cheeky term for sexual intercourse. For example, Ollie eventually ended up getting it on with that female Sim in a rocket ship parked in his backyard.
"'The Sims 4' and 'The Sims' in general has always had a really good sense of humor," said Pearson, who has worked on the franchise for 10 years. "For us, that's an opportunity for new places for your Sims to have a little bit of fun and 'WooHoo' and maybe new ways to die. All of those things are funny parts of the game we've maintained in 'The Sims 4.'"
Pearson said "The Sims" franchise has now sold more than 170 million copies worldwide, cementing the 13-year-old people simulator by Electronic Arts Inc. as the top-selling PC game franchise. "The Sims 3," the previous installment launched in 2009, and 10 expansion packs, which add themed settings and features to the original game, have since been released.
"The Sims 4" follows the chaotic reboot of "SimCity" from EA and Maxis last March. The updated edition of the 24-year-old city-building franchise required gamers to play online even if they weren't interacting with other players. Several gamers weren't able to log on after the game debuted, prompting some retailers to stop selling the game.
Pearson declined to comment on what the developers learned from the botched launch of "SimCity," which went on to sell 2 million copies, according to EA. She noted that "The Sims 4" would be an offline single-player experience, although players will still be able to exchange virtual creations much the same way they did in previous editions of "The Sims."
Follow AP Entertainment Writer Derrik J. Lang at http://www.twitter.com/derrikjlang .
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Chocolate is probably the most well known human food that is poisonous to dogs, but grapes are just as dangerous. Angela Poates shares the nightmare she went through with her dog, Rio.
Poates is rarely seen without Rio by her side. It's safe to say that the husky-border collie mix is her best friend. So when a sudden illness hit Rio one day, it was a devastating blow to Angela. She helplessly watched as her energetic, playful dog started slipping away.
The culprit was something that she didn't expect.
"I heard grapes were bad for dogs, but I've also heard chocolate is bad for dogs and I've known a ton of dogs that have eaten chocolate," says Poates. "Maybe [they'll have] an upset stomach and they're fine."
Rio went counter surfing and snacked on the seemingly harmless fruit drying in her kitchen sink. She says that Rio first had an upset stomach, but the next day he wouldn't eat. She took him to the veterinary emergency center and soon found out that Rio was having acute kidney failure.
Dr. Nathan Lippo says that any amount of grapes can be toxic to a dog.
"The toxin in the fruit is unknown, but we do know it's in the flesh of the grape -- not the seeds, not the skin. It's a water-soluble toxin, so it affects them pretty badly," says Dr. Lippo.
Dr. Lippo says there have been a number of cases reported since it was first documented in 1999. Chocolate tops the list for toxicity in dogs, followed by grapes and raisins, onions, garlic and macadamia nuts. Damage to a dog can vary with each food.
Dr. Lippo says that while chocolate can cause cardiac problems for a canine, grapes and raisins can lead to kidney failure.
"In onions and garlic, it's called a super-radical. It destroys red blood cells. For macadamia nuts, we don't know what the toxin is in that," says Dr. Lippo. "Unfortunately it takes about 12 to 24 hours for signs to appear, but at that point the damage is already done."
If your dog receives treatment right away, Dr. Lippo says the prognosis is good. Symptoms include acting lethargic, not eating and vomiting. Flushing the system and soaking up the toxin begins the recovery process.
It was touch and go for Rio.
He spent six nights at the emergency vet. When Poates couldn't afford the 24-hour vet care anymore, she started treating Rio at home. Four months later, Rio is almost back to normal -- but not quite.
"They think there's probably permanent kidney damage," says Poates.
While treatment is a huge expense, to Poates, the cost didn't matter. She spent more than $5,000 on vet visits.
She's had to change Rio's diet to accommodate for the kidney damage. Dr. Lippo says the majority of people food is safe for dogs, including green beans and carrots, but such treats should be given in moderation.
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The CREATE! Art for Autism 2014 competition is now open and it has already seen a rise in entries at this early stage of the competition. This innovative national art competition, now in its fourth year aims to inspire young people with an Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC) and Asperger's Syndrome, celebrating their creativity, educating the wider public, and dispelling several myths on autism.
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Alejandro Jodorowsky. The name is familiar among cult fanatics, and to some, is one that requires forgiving. Film critics over the years have regarded him as a has-been for the most part, looking only to his most popular works, El Topo and The Holy Mountain, as his redeeming accomplishments. His filmography, while considerably short, is oddly consistent in a strange way. Fando and Lis is fairly well liked, and for a surrealist working very little well-past middle age, having at least a few adored films is something to be proud of. Besides Tusk and Rainbow Thief (both regarded as disasters), Santa Sangre remained his most inaccessible film; I'm sure diehard fans remember their efforts to hunt down bootlegs and imports of these works. For the first time in a very long time, Santa Sangre has been given a formal U.S. release on DVD and Blu-ray, though it was a bit of a letdown to hear that the rumor of a Criterion release was untrue.
The movie has an enthralling background and was made almost two decades after Holy Mountain. It is thought to be his one and only horror film and was produced by Claudio Argento, the brother of Dario Argento. I should add, with no disrespect to Argento fans, that the imagery and use of color in this film far surpasses any Italian horror film to date. The going rumor is that Jodorowsky was inspired to direct the film after meeting a serial killer in real life. So, mixing that with the lack of limitations from an uptight producer, Jodorowsky created a movie that was truly more unique than his others, which also stars his sons and shares similarities with what are thought to be his best works.
As a young adult, Fenix (Axel Jodorowsky) lives in a mental institution in Mexico. His room looks like a poor man's birdcage because he believes he's an eagle. While trying to get him to eat human food and come down from his tree stump, the orderlies give up and feed him raw fish. A decision is made to stop giving into his delusions and have him come back to the real world. From there we are given a flashback into his bizarre upbringing as the son of two circus performers. His father (Guy Stockwell) is the sleazy, disgusting ringmaster and his mother (Blanca Guerra) is a trapeze artist who's also a holy woman. Her church, called Santa Sangre, is regarded as a mound of vicious sacrilege due to its unordinary saint. They worship the shrine of a schoolgirl (represented by a tacky mannequin with no arms) who had her arms cut off while trying to fight off two attackers. Their eccentric denomination leads to the bulldozing of their shrine and temple, and before long, little Fenix's (Adan Jodorowsky) mother puts all her energy into the circus. Instead of being met with understanding and peace, her husband's wicked ways get the best of her. The circus has added two new acts: the erotic dance of a fully-tattooed woman, and the tightrope walk of her deaf-mute daughter, Alma. An affair between the ringmaster and the tattooed lady destroys Fenix's world. His mother attacked the two with acid and had her arms cut off by her husband, who then took his own life. The tattooed woman left with her daughter, with whom young Fenix had fallen in love, and he was then an orphan.
Now as a young adult, he is introduced to the outside world after spending his adolescence in total isolation. This glimpse of reality, and of his dismembered mother, helps him work up the courage to escape the institution. Once outside, he is met by familiar faces, many of them are people who were around in his childhood. He decides to put on an act with his mother in which she speaks and sings while he stands behind her and gives the audience the impression that she has arms. What could have remained as a simple act between mother and son turns ugly when she requests that the act go beyond the stage. With her son as her arms and scores to settle, the two go around the town killing the mother's old rivals and other unholy women who attempt to woo her son.
The premise of the movie is simply unheard of and totally original, yet it does play with the Oedipus complex and, as stated before, shares similarities with the director's other works in terms of religious overtones and mental illness. While that is certainly a reason to recommend the film, I'd have to say that the real reason is not to see an example of originality, but one of genius. The imagery is both terrifying and poetic, from the funeral of a circus elephant to the many hallucinations that the lead character has. Each scene is so vivid and gorgeous that I simply cannot believe it was made on such as small budget. I loved the music, characters, and the location filming of Mexico City, and can guarantee you that this is a cinematic experience like no other. If you're worried about it being too depressing, trust me when I say that there's plenty of dark comedy as well.
In the 1970s, his legendary films El Topo and The Holy Mountain redefined movies as both art and entertainment while changing the face of cinema forever. And in 1989, visionary writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky returned with his modern masterpiece: It is the story of a young circus performer, the crime of passion that shatters his soul, and the macabre journey back to the world of his armless mother, deaf-mute lover, and murder. It is an odyssey of ecstasy and anguish, belief and blasphemy, beauty and madness. It is unlike any movie you have ever seen before; or ever will. Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra and Guy Stockwell star in this epic of surreal genius, now fully restored and featuring more than five hours of exclusive Extras that reveal the mind behind one of the most provocative and unforgettable motion picture experiences of our time.
Product Details
- Starring: Guy Stockwell, Blanca Guerra, Axel Jodorowsky, Thelma Tixou, Sabrina Dennison
- Format: Color, Dolby, Widescreen
- Language: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
- Number of Discs: 1
- Rating: Not Rated
- Label: Severin
- Release Date: 01/25/2011
- Run Time: 123 minutes
- Catalogue #: 7010
Special Features
- Forget Everything You Have Ever Seen: The World of Santa Sangre - Feature-Length Making-of Documentary
- Featuring All-New Interviews with Cast and Crew
- Audio Commentary With Jodorowsky & Journalist Alan Jones
- Deleted Scenes With Commentary
- For One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky Courtesy of Channel X Ltd. 1990 UK Documentary
- Goyo Cardenas Spree Killer - Documentary On The Real Life Inspiration For Santa Sangre
- On-stage Q&A With Jodorowsky
- Jodorowsky 2003 Interview
- Simon Boswell Interviews Jodorowsky
- Blink Jodorowsky Short By Simon Boswell
- Close Your Eyes - Simon Boswell Music Video
- Echeck - Adan Jodorowsky Short Film With Optional Commentary


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Pauly starts his article by telling us there are "three political classes in the United States." This is a preposterous statement, given that we have no political classes in the United States. The United States is a constitutional republic. The people enjoy a representative government which under the constitution is supposed to have limited powers. Any citizen, regardless of social, racial, cultural, ethnic, economic, religious, or physical condition or station, who is 18 years of age or older, can vote for his or her representative government (unless disqualified due to a criminal conviction). But yet, Pauly tells us that we have three political classes. The only reason that I can see for Pauly to put forth such an argument is to stir up division among Americans, claiming one class has some superior right over another class. He would just love for the "birthers" to run with such theories.
Being a covert Obot, Pauly loves to take shots at the Kerchner case and the undersigned, Mario Apuzzo, Esq., the attorney who filed that case and presented it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Pauly, as he has repeatedly attempted in the past, makes every effort to discredit both the Kerchner case and Apuzzo. There is no basis in Pauly's argument that the court in Kerchner v. Obama, 612 F.3d 204 (3rd. Cir. 2010), cert. denied, 131 S.Ct. 663 (2010), denied Commander Kerchner standing because we did not allege that Kerchner was a "natural born Citizen." He says that the Federal Court denied the Kerchner case standing because we alleged that Commander Kerchner is a "citizen of the United States" rather than saying that he is a "natural born Citizens." I have seen many kooky arguments in my day but this one tops the cake. The only difference that exists between any of our citizens, whether "natural born Citizens" or naturalized citizens "at birth" or after birth, is in being eligible to be President and Vice President. Other than eligibility for these two high offices, our law simply does not favor or give any special privilege or right to one type of citizen over another. The privileges and immunities granted to citizens under Article IV and protected by the Fourteenth Amendment are granted to all citizens and the due process protections given by the Fifth and the Fourteenth Amendment are extended not only to all citizens but also to all persons.
Additionally, Pauly, like the courts that decided the Kerchner case, wants us to think that the only standing argument made in the Kerchner case was that of Commander Kerchner maybe being recalled to active military duty and having to report to a usurper acting as the President and Commander in Chief of the Military. This argument is simply a total misstatement of the case, evades the real standing argument in the Kerchner case, and is designed to mislead the public on what was the real standing argument in the Kerchner case. In the Kerchner case, I raised legitimate claims of injury to the plaintiffs' Fifth Amendment right to life, liberty, safety, security, and tranquility, caused by having an usurper, who does not meet the "natural born Citizen" eligibility requirement of Article II, Section 1, Clause 5, sitting in the Office of President and Commander in Chief of the Military and wielding the great and singular civil and military powers of those offices. In fact, no court in the Kerchner case even addressed the Fifth Amendment due process argument. The courts in Kerchner therefore evaded addressing this standing argument. But Pauly does not want the public to know that.
On January 2, 2009, I wrote an article stating that an Article II "natural born Citizen" is a child born in the country to U.S. citizen parents, citing and explaining the U.S. Supreme Court decision of Minor v. Happersett, 88 U.S. (21 Wall.) 162, 167 (1875). See http://drorly.blogspot.com/2009/01/obama-cannot-be-natural-born-citizen.html. The U.S. Supreme Court in Minor held:
"The Constitution does not, in words, say who shall be natural-born citizens. Resort must be had elsewhere to ascertain that. At common-law, with the nomenclature of which the framers of the Constitution were familiar, it was never doubted that all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives, or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners. Some authorities go further and include as citizens children born within the jurisdiction without reference to the citizenship of their parents. As to this class there have been doubts, but never as to the first. For the purposes of this case it is not necessary to solve these doubts. It is sufficient for everything we have now to consider that all children born of citizen parents within the jurisdiction are themselves citizens." Id. at 167-68.
This U.S. Supreme Court's definition was stated in 1758 by Emer de Vattel, the Founders' and Framers' favorite writer on natural law and the law of nations, in his, The Law of Nations, Sections 212-217 (London 1797) (1st ed. Neuchatel 1758) where he said the "natives, or natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens." The virtually unanimous documented view that prevailed during the Founding, as confirmed by the views of the Founders and Framers, text and structure of the Constitution, and federal and state case law, was that the law of nations was considered universal common law that was binding on the people, the President, Congress, and the nation, and "part of the laws of the United States within the symmetric ambit of Article II, Section 3, III, Section 2, and VI, clause 2 of the United States Constitution." As to this conclusion, see the exhaustive research paper of Jordan J. Paust, "In Their Own Words: Affirmations of the Founders, Framers, and Early Judiciary Concerning the Binding Nature of the Customary Law of Nations," University of Houston Public Law and Legal Theory Series 2009-A-27, which can be downloaded without charge at The University of Houston Accepted Paper Series Index.
Moreover, Vattel's and Minor's definition was also acknowledged by U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898), the seminal case on U.S. citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment, which clarified and established the meaning of a Fourteenth Amendment "born" "citizen" and again confirmed the meaning of an Article II "natural born" citizen, and by doing so informed that there are two birthright citizenships under the Constitution, one under Article II ("natural born") and the other under the Fourteenth Amendment ("born" in the United States and "subject to the jurisdiction thereof"). Under Article II of our Constitution, only a "natural born" citizen is eligible to be President, for only a "natural born" citizen is born within the full and complete allegiance and jurisdiction of the United States which means being born with sole and absolute loyalty, attachment, and allegiance to the United States and none to any foreign power. The Founders and Framers wanted to assure that the new constitutional republic would be lead both civilly and militarily by a person who from the moment of birth had sole and absolute loyalty, attachment, and allegiance to the United States. It is only by being born in the United States (or its jurisdictional equivalent) to a U.S. citizen father and mother that no foreign allegiance, jurisdiction, and citizenship attach to the child at the moment of birth or as Vattel put it, "if he is born there of a foreigner, it will be only the place of his birth, and not his country." Id. at Sec. 212. It is therefore inconceivable that the Founders and Framers, who went to great lengths to insulate the new republic from foreign influence and monarchial rule, would have countenanced a person born after the adoption of the Constitution to be eligible for the office of President and Commander in Chief of the Military who did not meet the law of nations definition of a "natural born Citizen."
Pauly does not agree with this reasoning. Pauly argues that if one is born to a citizen father, no matter where born, he/she is a "natural born Citizen." So, for him, "natural born Citizen" has only one factor, i.e., born to a U.S. citizen father. He does not recognize a child's mother's status or the effect that that status and birth on foreign soil has on a child's natural allegiance to the United States from the moment of birth. His argument which recognizes only the father's citizenship in creating citizenship in his children and denies the role of the mother in that regard fails for reasons of equal protection under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment. His argument which does not recognize the effect on a child of being born to a non-U.S. citizen mother and on foreign soil also fails because it does not comport with the Founders' and Framers' understanding of natural allegiance. They were aware that in Calvin's Case, 7 Coke Report 1a, 77 ER 377 (1608), Coke called this natural allegiance, "ligeantia naturalis." For Coke, it was this natural allegiance which made the "natural born subject." "Ligeantia acquisita" created those who were subjects not by birth but rather by conquest, denization, or naturalization. They would have also known that in Calvin's Case, Francis Bacon, who argued that Calvin (a postnati) was a "natural-born subject" in England, argued that allegiance was due not by the law of either England or Scotland alone, but by the law of nature, itself a part of the law of England and of all nations. Coke agreed, finding that "ligeance of the subjects of both kingdoms, is due to their sovereign by one law, and that is the law of nature." Id. at 394. They were also aware that William Blackstone confirmed the existence of this natural allegiance in his hierarchies of allegiance. He considered "natural allegiance" a product of "universal law," "intrinsic" and "primitive," due "upon their birth." See William Blackstone, Commentaries 1:354, 357-58, 361-62. From this background, it is understandable why the Founders and Framers demanded that citizenship be determined by natural law and the law of nations and not by the English common law. They demanded that the birth status of allegiance be inherited by nature and not by law. Hence, they chose "natural born" Citizen and not just "born" Citizen, which latter status could theoretically be bestowed by naturalization upon a person by positive law.
The Founders and Framers, when it came to prescribing the eligibility requirements for the Office of President and Commander in Chief of the Military, offices of great civil and military powers to be given to one person for the purpose of protecting the republic, put their faith in natural law and not the English common law. They knew that natural allegiance was inherited not only from the place of one's birth (jus soli) but also from one's parents (jus sanguinis). A child born under the limited circumstances espoused by Pauly (just born to a citizen father) would still inherit allegiance and therefore citizenship under jus soli (from being born in a foreign land) and jus sanguinis (from being born to a foreign mother). Hence, the child would not be born fully and completely under the allegiance and jurisdiction of the United States which disqualifies the child from being a "natural born Citizen," for the meaning of a "natural born Citizen" includes all those who are born with no foreign allegiance and excludes all those who are.
Note that under Pauly's argument of just being born to a citizen father, Obama could very well qualify as a "natural born Citizen." He concedes that place of birth does not matter. He also concedes that just one parent's citizenship is sufficient. Hence, Obama would only have to make the simple equal protection argument and prevail as a "natural born Citizen," even if not born in the United States. On the other hand, if Pauly argued that a "natural born Citizen" is a child born in the country to a U.S. citizen father and mother, he knows that Obama could never meet that definition and would therefore be disqualified as being eligible to be President.
Pauly says that no criminal case could ever be made against Obama. He says that Obama could argue that he reasonably believed he was a "natural born Citizen," causing no prosecutor to bring any criminal charges against him and no jury to ever convict him. But he totally avoids the issues of Obama creating a fraudulent birth certificate, using a fake social security number, and creating a false selective service registration record. If these latter allegations are true, Obama could easily be impeached for high crimes and subsequently tried and convicted for those same crimes in a criminal prosecution. Again, Pauly comes to the aid of Obama rather than to his downfall which further raises the suspicion of who Pauly really is.
Pauly argues that being a taxpayer (and a natural born Citizen) gives one automatic standing in an eligibility lawsuit against Obama. But he fails to recognize that our courts have repeatedly told us that the status of being a taxpayer without more does not establish standing. Again, Pauly hands Obama an easy victory.
We can also see that Pauly does not really believe what he writes. He tells us that he, unlike so many other people who filed an action against Obama, has figured out all the legal angles of pleading a cause of action that will guarantee the plaintiffs standing. He submits that any one filing a law suit against Obama needs only to allege that living under an ineligible Obama we are slaves who are taxed without representation. He tells us about how all the cases that have been filed against Obama so far have failed and that he is the only one who knows what should be done. But he himself can satisfy all the elements he identifies as necessary for a successful action against Obama. Yet he has not brought any legal action against Obama nor does he tell us that he intends to do so. Very simply, Pauly has not and will not bring any such action because then the whole world would learn who the real Jedi Pauly is. Rather, he needs to remain anonymous and just continue to feed us his pro-Obama tripe.


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On the surface Jack & Antonio may not be swingers but they exchanged wives for that show on ABC. I only watched a few minutes but figured maybe someone else might enjoy this. I do wonder if Dewey will become Hijo de Cactus Jack and [CREEP ALERT] Noelle is coming along nicely![/CREEP ALERT]
I hope Affleck & Damon make that movie The Trade. This post has piqued my interest in the idea again.


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A Chicago woman whose car collected more than 670 tickets isn't being held to the more than $105,000 in fines those tickets carried.
Jennifer Fitzgerald and the city on Thursday announced a settlement that requires Fitzgerald to pay a reduced bill of $4,470.
The bill -- the largest parking ticket tab in city history -- was amassed in the three years a 1999 Chevy Monte Carlo registered in her name sat in a parking garage at O'Hare International Airport.
Fitzgerald claimed the tickets weren't hers, alleging that her ex-boyfriend registered the car in her name without her permission before abandoning the car in an employee airport lot. She later sued, arguing that she didn't have access to the car, but a judge in April dismissed the case and urged the two parties to work it out.
Her attorney said the car should have been removed far earlier than it was, thereby reducing the number of tickets it collected.
With the settlement, Fitzgerald's ex-boyfriend will pay a portion of the sum and she'll continue paying about $80 per month until the tab is cleared.
She's been unable to get a driver's license because of the massive bill but will be able to do so once the fine is paid.


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The Resolute Resolver, Sort Of
Regrets? Yes, I have a few. Shortcomings? Are you asking me, my wife, my good friends, my not-so-good friends? Or have you already formed an opinion based on these idle ramblings which appear here each week?
Just to rub it in that there is a lot of room for personal improvement, we humans are encouraged at this time of the year to resolve to "do better." Who does the encouraging, making us face our deficiencies and arrive at correcting them, or some of them, with a firm purpose of amendment? The above list of culprits is a pretty good starting point, and the entire Free World press piles on with the 'fess up and fly right articles that dot the journalistic landscape like an irritating bird in a Poe poem. Nevermore.
Not only are we encouraged to correct personality traits and habits that have become ingrained over a long period of time (for some of us longer than others) but in another 45 days we are supposed to deny ourselves something we enjoy right after acting the fool during the waning days of Carnival. Between New Year's Resolutions and Lent, you'd think we were all about identifying flaws, correcting them and performing penance, all to remind us that we are human and defective.
I manage to get a daily reminder of that whenever I arise in the morning and look into the mirror. Ouch!
Still, there are probably changes that can be made, steps that can be taken, that would make us "better." Since achieving "great" is not on the docket for most of us, "better" is a decent goal.
Let's keep it simple for our purposes because that is what I do best, and examine some opportunities to enjoy and discover new areas of adult beverages. These subtle suggestions will not be offered in the spirit of "straighten up and fly right." Rather, possibly, you will find a few tasks you have been meaning to do anyway. Besides, whether you incorporate these little projects into your life or don't, your dog will still adore you. Comforting.
Taste Something New When It Comes Your Way
This may not apply to everyone but I am always amazed when someone is offered a glass of wine, and the response is, "No thanks. I only drink red (or white)."
What's the downside in tasting a wine? Any wine. I don't mean to cast aspersions on your habits, but often your preconceived notions about many wines are, dare I say it, wrong. All Rieslings are not sweet. Neither are all rosés. The amounts of sulfites in red wines, which you think are giving you headaches, are not as great as the amount of sulfites in white wines. Champagnes can age brilliantly. Corked wines will not get better the longer you leave them open to "blow off" the sad result of a defective closure. "Legs" on the side of your glass, the residue of the wine you have just tasted, are not a sign of quality in any way.
So many misunderstandings and you may be bypassing some pretty good juice letting preconceptions rule your head.
Your mama was right about this: just taste it. Although I doubt when she dropped that phrase into the situation that she was encouraging you to taste a spirit or a wine. But work with me here.
If you don't like it, don't drink it. But try it. Try everything.
Take Time to Taste "Up"
When we were in college (yes, we were too young to be buying such goods. What's your point?), or maybe on the first job, we tasted all manner of things that were reasonable in price, okay, cheap, because we wanted to be an adult and that's all we could afford.
We drank red, sweet wines from Portugal, Italy, New York and California before our tastes and our pocketbook advanced. We can do better now, at least from time to time.
Treat yourself with regularity to a bottle of wine or a spirit that has a price tag you would not normally stretch to. Taste up.
You may not be able to make a habit of it, but you deserve to know what a really great Scotch tastes and smells like. Or to experience a fine wine from Burgundy, Bordeaux or Champagne.
Every so often, on a regular schedule, taste better than you usually drink. That can set the benchmark for you to better appreciate other more accessible beverages that fall under those price points.
It won't ruin you forever. Just make you a better appreciator of all the beverages in that category. Oh, and turn you into a bragging bore.
Buy Twins a Couple of Times a Month
Some of you twisted minds out there are not taking that headline the way it was intended.
What we are trying to suggest is that if you like one thing from one place, why not try another thing of the same style that comes from a nearby place, or maybe how about an easy stretch to try something completely different from the same place?
Confused yet? No? Well, I'm not trying to go in that direction.
If you like pinot noir from Sonoma Coast, try one from a neighboring area, like Russian River or Carneros. If you like Merlot from Napa, try one from Sonoma. If you like American Sparkling Wine made from Chardonnay, Blanc de Blancs, try one that is made primarily from pinot noir, Blanc de Noirs.
It's that sort of moving around that will allow you to expand your horizons, educate your palate, and bring you new discoveries. What's the point? The more you know, the better "chooser" of beverages you will become, and you will be better able to ferret out the best buys and best values. Now that's worth something. Education is a wonderful thing.
Don't Be in Such a Hurry
I am always astounded when people order a wine in a restaurant, or choose a wine to try in a wine shop, then they open the bottle and immediately get into the liquid. Immediately.
Here's the deal, sniff the wine, take a small taste, be certain the wine is in good order, decant the wine, pour just a little into your glass and then slowly enjoy it.
Wine needs time to open up, gather itself. It's been cooped up in that bottle for years. Let it stretch a bit, acclimate to its surroundings. Breathe.
By the time many people are finishing up a bottle of wine, that's just about the time the wine is showing its stuff. You are missing so much pleasure if you rush through it.
If you are really interested in seeing what a wine can do, order the bottle, assure it's in good order, decant the bottle (no, that is not pretentious), and then have a glass of sparkling wine, or even a cocktail.
For about 30 minutes forget that you have wine on the table in a decanter. Then go for it, with gusto.
Slow down. Resolve to do so.
Happy New Year.


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Lazerus wrote:1) Speaking as a physics major, that level of stupidity is just plain offensive.
This is not the first time that you've charecterized your personal credentials.
Lazerus wrote:Right. In any event, I am not a doctor, I am an intern.
Would you care to comment on your inconsistent presentation?
If you would be a physics major, that would imply that you have not gotten a degree in physics. When you get that degree, you generally say I've got a BS (MS, Doctorate) in Physics. But if you're an intern, that would imply that you've gotten your bachelors, you've passed med school, and you're currently in a paid position working somewhere between 60 and 120 hours a week depending on your program. That would be inconsistent with you being a physics major at this point in life unless you're heavily into drugs and haven't slept for several months in which case what are you doing on this forum?
Now maybe I've gotten it completely wrong but I'd like to hear your version of how that's happened before I touch the substance of your argument. I swallowed hard the last time because I know how little time interns actually have to do fun stuff like argue on forums. This latest seems a bit much.


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JERUSALEM (AP) — Forced to rely on the support of two fast-rising rivals in his new governing coalition, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now faces a reshaped and rocky landscape that could spell trouble ahead: An unwanted culture war with the country's ultra-Orthodox minority as well as pressure to make peace overtures to the Palestinians.
After weeks of difficult negotiations, Netanyahu, who barely hung onto his job, was forced to cede significant power to his new partners, liberal former TV anchorman Yair Lapid and his unlikely ally, pro-settlement hard-liner Naftali Bennett.
Both men make no secret that they want to be prime minister one day, and each can bring down the government at will.
This new constellation is expected to force the cautious Netanyahu, who presided over a broad and stable coalition during his previous four-year term, to confront some of the nation's most contentious issues.
Both Lapid and Bennett have vowed to end years of preferential treatment for the country's small but politically powerful ultra-Orthodox minority. Lapid and the junior partner in the coalition, former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, will also put heavy pressure on Netanyahu to take a softer line toward the Palestinians. With President Barack Obama visiting next week, Netanyahu could be forced sooner than later to make difficult decisions about the Palestinians.
"The next term will be one of the most challenging in the history of the state," Netanyahu said Thursday. "We are facing great security and diplomatic challenges."
The ultra-Orthodox minority makes up roughly 8 percent of the country's 8 million people. Because of Israel's coalition system, their political parties have traditionally wielded power far beyond their numbers by guaranteeing a string of prime ministers a parliamentary majority.
Ultra-Orthodox political parties have used their kingmaker status to secure vast budgets for their religious schools and seminaries and to win automatic exemptions from compulsory military service for tens of thousands of young men to pursue religious studies. Older men collect welfare stipends while continuing to study full time.
The system has led to high rates of unemployment in the ultra-Orthodox community, and has bred widespread resentment among the general public. Attempts by ultra-Orthodox activists to impose their customs on broader society, such as pushing for gender-segregated buses, have further angered the public.
Both Lapid and Bennett tapped into this resentment to make great gains in the Jan. 22 election, promising to bring a "sharing of the burden" of military service and paying taxes. Lapid's Yesh Atid Party, running in its first election, emerged as the second-largest faction in parliament, with 19 of 120 seats. Bennett's rejuvenated Jewish Home captured 12 seats.
Netanyahu's Likud-Yisrael Beitenu bloc won 31 seats. Although it's the largest single faction, it is well below its 42-seat level in the previous parliament and far short of the 61 seats needed for a majority. With Lapid, Bennett and Livni's dovish "Movement" on board, Netanyahu controls a 68-seat majority.
Tough negotiations lasted nearly six weeks before it was finalized Friday, just a day ahead of a deadline that could have triggered new elections.
"Indeed, the new government is not what its leader had hoped for. He did everything he could to flee it, as if from a place plagued by boils, locusts, lice and pestilence. These were not the partners he had hoped for: He did his utmost to keep them out of the coalition, and they taught him a thing or two," wrote Yossi Verter in the liberal Haaretz daily.
"He is the Old Guard, they are the new. He, poor guy, will soon be history," he wrote.
In a sign of how tense the talks were, the negotiating teams decided not to hold a formal ceremony to sign the agreements, Yuval Karni reported in the more mainstream Yediot Ahronot paper. It was decided that the agreements would be signed by fax, so that the representatives of the parties would not even see each other at a signing ceremony.
The weeks of negotiations illustrated Netanyahu's limited room for maneuvering, and the significant leverage his partners will wield.
Forming a joint front, Lapid and Bennett forced the prime minister to keep the ultra-Orthodox parties, his traditional ally, out of the coalition. It is only the second time in the past 35 years that they have been in the opposition.
Lapid, a critic of excessive government spending, also forced Netanyahu to scale back the size of the Cabinet. The move had the added effect of infuriating members of Netanyahu's Likud Party by reducing the number of available Cabinet posts.
In a statement Thursday, Yesh Atid said its first order of business would be to submit a bill on reforming the draft system. It also said it would require all schools to teach a "core curriculum" that includes math, science and English. Ultra-Orthodox schools have frequently neglected these areas. The statement also promised "extensive economic steps" to integrate the ultra-Orthodox into the work force.
Lapid's party will control the finance and education ministries, giving him significant influence over budget and school policies. But taking away benefits from the ultra-Orthodox will not be easy. Netanyahu will be reluctant to take on his traditional allies, knowing he could rely on them again in the future.
The ultra-Orthodox, who have been able to mobilize tens of thousands of people into the streets, are already promising to put up a fight. "Our first mission is to topple this government," Arieh Deri, leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, told Israel's Army Radio station.
Dealing with the Palestinian issue will be no easier. Netanyahu's own Likud Party is dominated by hard-liners who oppose significant concessions to the Palestinians, while Bennett, a former head of the West Bank settler movement, takes an even tougher line, calling on Israel to annex large chunks of West Bank territory that would have to be part of any future Palestinian state. He is sure to use his control over the Housing Ministry to try to build more settlement homes.
On the other hand, Lapid announced Thursday that the new coalition agreement promised a commitment to returning to the negotiating table with the Palestinians. Livni, who is to be Netanyahu's chief negotiator, ran for office on a platform devoted to reaching peace.
Netanyahu will be hard-pressed to balance these conflicting forces, yet there are some reasons for optimism.
After presiding over four years of deadlock and international isolation over the issue, Netanyahu has signaled he is eager to restart negotiations under his new government.
The Palestinians demand all of the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Gaza Strip — areas captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war — for a future state. They have demanded a freeze in settlement construction and a commitment to make Israel's 1967 lines the basis for a future border.
Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, said the Palestinians would have "no problem" talking to Lapid or Livni.
"But if we want to negotiate with the Israelis, the government should accept the two-state solution based on the 1967 borders and implement its obligations like the settlement freeze" he said.
The arrival of Obama next Wednesday could raise pressure on Netanyahu to float some new ideas for restarting talks. Though Obama is not bringing any bold peace plan, he will be meeting separately with both sides in order to lay the groundwork for future talks.
"Netanyahu is going to have Obama visiting next week in Jerusalem and therefore he had to have a more moderate, at least by outlook, government," said Gayil Talshir, a political scientist at Hebrew University. "So the government in terms of Livni getting to be a minister in this government and Lapid being more moderate, it's definitely more moderate when you look at it from the outside."


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Possible ovarian cancer treatment target identified
Genetic signature associated with poor prognosis could lead to improved therapies
A multi-institutional study has identified a potential personalized treatment target for the most common form of ovarian cancer. In the December 8 issue of Cancer Cell, the research team describes finding that a gene called MAGP2 - not previously associated with any type of cancer - was over expressed in papillary serous ovarian tumors of patients who died more quickly. They also found evidence suggesting possible mechanisms by which MAGP2 may promote tumor growth.
"Ovarian cancer is typically diagnosed at an advanced stage when it is incurable, and the same treatments have been used for virtually all patients," saysMichael Birrer, MD, PhD, director of medical gynecologic oncology and director of the gynecologic cancer research program at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, the study's corresponding author. "Previous research from my lab indicated that different types and grades of ovarian tumors should be treated differently, and this paper now shows that even papillary serous tumors have differences that impact patient prognosis." Birrer was with the National Institutes of Health when this study began and is now with the Mass General Cancer Center.
The fifth most common malignancy among women in the U.S., ovarian cancer is expected to cause close to 15,000 deaths during 2010. Accounting for 60 percent of ovarian cancers, papillary serous tumors are typically diagnosed after spreading beyond the ovaries. The tumors typically return after initial treatment with surgery and chemotherapy, but while some patients die a few months after diagnosis, others may survive five years or longer while receiving treatment.
To search for genes expressed at different levels in patients with different survival histories, which could be targets for new treatments, the researchers conducted whole-genome profiling of tissue samples that had been microdissected - reducing the presence of non-tumor cells - from 53 advanced papillary serous ovarian tumors. The gene for microfibril-associated glycoprotein 2 (MAGP2) had the strongest correlation with reduced patient survival.
Further analysis confirmed that MAGP2 expression was elevated in another group of malignant ovarian tumors but not in normal tissue. The gene's expression was also reduced in patients whose tumors responded to chemotherapy. Recombinant expression of MAGP2 in samples of the endothelial cells that line blood vessels caused the cells to migrate and invade other tissues, which combined with the observation that MAGP2-rich tumors have increased microvessel density suggests a potential role for the protein in the growth of a tumor's blood supply.
"By confirming that different ovarian tumors have distinctive gene signatures that can predict patient prognosis, this study marks the beginning of individualized care for ovarian cancer," says Birrer. "MAGP2 and the biochemical pathways it contributes to are definitely targets for new types of therapies, and we plan to pursue several strategies to interfere with tumor-associated pathways. But first we need to validate these findings in samples from patients treated in clinical trials."
Co-lead authors of the Cancer Cell paper are Samuel Mok, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and Tomas Bonome, National Cancer Institute (NCI). Additional co-authors are Kwong-Kowk Wong, M.D. Anderson; Vinod Vathipadiekal, Aaron Bell, Howard Donninger, Laurent Ozbun, Goli Samimi, John Brady, Mike Randonovich, Cindy Pise-Masison, and Carl Barrett, NCI; Michael Johnson, Dong-Choon Park, William Welch and Ross Berkowitz, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Ke Hao and Wing Wong, Harvard School of Public Health; and Daniel Yip, University of South Florida. The study was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund and the National Cancer Institute.
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At Alabama, Fans Are Getting a Little Bored With All the Winning
The Crimson Tide Has turned College Football Into a Snooze—Even in Tuscaloosa
Sometime in the middle of last season—which, like the previous season, ended with Alabama winning college football's national title—the popular sports-radio host Paul Finebaum was filling up his car at a gas station in Alabama.
A listener stopped him to say three things. The first was "Roll Tide." The second was that Nick Saban becoming the coach of the Crimson Tide was one of the greatest things that had ever happened in his life. The third was something Finebaum wasn't used to hearing: "To be perfectly honest with you," the fan said, "it's really gotten boring."
Alabama, the closest thing to a dynasty in modern college football, has managed to turn this sport into an autumnal snooze. The prohibitive favorite to win the national championship yet again, the No. 1-ranked Tide owns three of the last four titles, has been favored by Las Vegas oddsmakers for 43 straight games and is now targeting the sport's first three-peat since the 1940s.
As Alabama prepares to open its season Saturday against Virginia Tech, the 124 other teams theoretically playing the same game are once again united in a single purpose: to dethrone the Tide. But hardly anyone appears up to it. Archrival Auburn is rebuilding. And by a stroke of scheduling luck, Alabama gets to skip Southeastern Conference powers Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. Basically, there are two games between the Tide and the SEC championship: a Sept. 14 trip to No. 7 Texas A&M and a Nov. 9 home game against 12th-ranked Louisiana State.
Meanwhile, running back T.J. Yeldon is a Heisman Trophy candidate and quarterback A.J. McCarron is returning for his third season as the starter, having already collected a pair of crystal footballs in that role.
As other schools like Texas A&M, Oregon, Florida State and Southern California attract headlines about everything from lavish facilities and possible NCAA violations to uncertainty about who will be the starting quarterback, the only thing that approached controversial proportions during Alabama's preseason is who might take on the role of McCarron's backup.
Amid all of this prolonged dominance, there are signs that boredom, if not downright apathy, has started to creep in. The first offenders: Alabama students. The Crimson White, Alabama's school newspaper, reported in November that 30% of student tickets went unused by students last season.
"You get to the point where there's a game against Western Carolina at 11 in the morning that's not really worth waking up for," said Marc Torrence, the newspaper's sports editor, referring to a 49-0 rout last season. "You can do a whole lot of other things on a Saturday, like get a head start on your drinking or sleep in, that are a lot more interesting."
Complacency may be the only thing that can stop the Tide at this point. With a growing sense that Alabama is invincible, others are desperately hoping that some of the fan mentality seeps onto the field. "If Alabama loses, it's going to be because of Alabama, not because of who they're playing," said ex-Auburn coach Pat Dye.
The 2010 season, the interregnum when the Tide lost three games while hated Auburn won the national title, proved to Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley that any team can be beaten. "If you feel like you cannot lose, then you probably will at some point," he said.
But the governor, who said he has watched every Alabama game since 1971, declared Saban the best coach in the country and credited his system for warding off complacency. "They know he's not going to tolerate anything but 100% commitment," he said.
The result of this run, Finebaum said, is that fans of other SEC schools are sick of hearing about Alabama, and Alabama loyalists refuse to acknowledge the other SEC schools. "There isn't anyone else in the world that exists," Finebaum said. "It's fairly tedious trying to find something interesting to say."
So Will They Win?
Those who are rooting for a fiery Alabama football collapse are pinning their hopes on the team's somewhat less-than-perfect offensive line. Between 2006 and 2012, Alabama running backs increased their yards per carry every season behind that peerless line, making the Tide the only team in major college football since at least 2000 to do so for six straight seasons.
Now, though, Alabama relies on three new linemen, and no SEC team is bringing back fewer offensive-line starts. Football guru Phil Steele ranks the line a modest 19th nationally, behind those of Cincinnati and Utah State.
Alabama will face six top-25 defensive fronts, per Steele's projections, including Virginia Tech's on Saturday. And the Tide's line is under the direction of a new position coach, Mario Cristobal, who has emphasized handwork by introducing a blocking drill in which the linemen take turns shuffling laterally while punching a padded wall.
Saban has acknowledged that there are questions about the offensive line. He also admitted to reporters after the team's first scrimmage this month that the linemen lacked "the kind of power we need to play with," a critique he echoed after their second scrimmage. The coach's dissatisfaction even had him tinkering with the line formation as recently as last week.
For any team with its sights on the national title, let alone one chasing three in a row, losing the best offensive line in school history would be worrisome. But the Tide had to replace three starters in 2009—and that year ended with Saban's first title in Tuscaloosa.
Alabama left tackle Cyrus Kouandjio, a first-team all-SEC preseason pick, brushed off the skepticism as if he were a seasoned Finebaum caller. "It's like building a sand castle," Kouandjio said. "Somebody's criticizing you because it's deformed, but little do they know it's not a finished product yet."
Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer agreed with Kouandjio's assessment. When asked Monday about Alabama's weaknesses, Beamer offered a response Alabama fans could appreciate.
"Haven't found one yet," he said.
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DescriptionIn this game, you guide a marker which must draw rectangles and other weird objects in order to claim your territory, and you can either draw these rectangles fast or slow. Drawing the rectangles using the "slow" method awards you the most points. Once a rectangle has been made, it will be colored in to show that you have claimed your territory. While drawing the rectangles, you need to watch out for Qix (pronounced "kicks"), a series of colored lines that crawl the screen. In addition to Qix, you also need to avoid the Sparks who travel around the border, as well as any lines that you have made, as well as The Fuse, who travels along the line that you are drawing. Once you have claimed enough territory, you proceed to the next level.
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1001 Video GamesThe Arcade version of Qix appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
CameoMario and Luigi make a cameo appearance in the Game Boy version of Qix.
Color paletteWith a VGA card or some EGA cards, a non-standard 16 color palette was used. If this mode was supported the program autodected it, otherwise the default EGA palette was used. Likewise in 4 color mode, if an MCGA or VGA card was detected a non-standard 4 color palette was used.
ReferencesQix indirectly lead to the name of Dr. Zoidberg, a character from the animated Futurama series. David X. Cohen, the creator of the series, created Zoid, a Qix clone, and eventually used that name for the character.
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Marcel Dzama
Canadian, b. 1974
-Pick out who you are-, 2001
ink, watercolour on paper
33.6 x 25.5 cm
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Gift of the artist
A founding member of the Winnipeg-based Royal Art Lodge group, Marcel Dzama rose to international acclaim for drawings, such as this WAG piece, done in ink and watercolour, of unusual humanoid figures, fantastical animals, and imaginary hybrids. In this piece, 58 types of figures are lined up in five rows. A sampling of these absurd characters includes a seated rabbit holding a cup; a rat smoking a cigarette; several nude women; a mule standing upright, wearing a mask; a figure draped in a sheet; and numerous figures with heads of animals or heads resembling aliens, dressed in trousers and jackets. Dzama's work has recently moved into large-scale tableaus and animated video, where he uses many characters from his earlier drawings.
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The soundtrack by Christian Fennesz, remixed and remastered, is available on CD (Ash International # 9.5,2012]. Here are the details:
CD jewel case - 28pp full colour - 15 tracks - 50 mins approx
This CD is the soundtrack to the film AUN, directed by Edgar Honetschläger. With stills from the film in the full colour 28 page booklet, the artwork is designed by Philip Marshall.
Track Listing:
1. Kae
2. Aware*
3. Haru*
4. Sekai
5. Euclides
6. Sasazuka
7. Trace*
8. Mori
10. Nemuru
11. Himitsu
13. Nympha
14. Shinu
15. Hikari
* These titles also appear on the fennesz sakamoto album, 'Cendre' [Touch # Tone 32, 2007]
'AUN – the beginning and the end of all things' tells the story of mankind's quest for the future, his desire to create the tomorrow, his fear of and loathing for the apocalypse. It spins the Faustian theme twice and lays bare open the inexhaustible Judea/Christian believe in progress, which by the 21st century has taken over the entire world and has succeeded in maneuvering the globe into a situation that can't be solved by means of economics and science anymore. Enlightenment's merits have taken the West's ability to sense what is not to be seen, what is only to be felt. Believes are so much more than religion, than monotheistic concepts. Souls and spirits exist not only in film. Denial and neglect of eternal laws lead to extinction – of the individual and the entire human race. AUN invents rituals as well as mythologies and worships the creator of it all – nature – by playfully laying out its dichotomy with human culture. The film equals mankind's beauty with nature by announcing that 'everything mankind creates in nature'. Sadly the hubris ends and gives the audience the chance to heartily weep for the world.
Director's Statement:
'AUN – the beginning and the end of all things' follows the strings of thoughts the late Claude Lévi-Strauss revealed in his anthropological essays throughout the 20th century, as well as those of Japan's unique Shintoism who's millions of gods inhibit and preserve nature. The film focuses on the dichotomy man/nature and envisions a future world where life will be nothing but sensual. It contains references to Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector, Italian anthropologist Fosco Maraini and the Japanese writer Yoko Tawada.
'AUN – the beginning and the end of all things' is a 100 min., 35mm feature drama written/directed by the Austrian artist/filmmaker Edgar Honetschläger. It is a Austrian/Japanese co-production realized by Edoko Institute Vienna and Ribo Ltd. Tokyo in cooperation with KGP Vienna. AUN was supported by the Austrian Film Institute, the Vienna Film Fund, the ORF (Austrian TV), the province of Upper Austria, the City of Tokyo, Tochigi Province, Shizuoka province, Yamanashi province.
For AUN film distribution contact filmdelights.com distribution. With thanks to Edoko Institute, Vienna and Ribo Ltd., Tokyo
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