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Not sure that applying some violence to quell existing violence in an unstable Islamic country has much of a track record of success.
Worth highlighting - truly encouraging:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19680785The militia suspected of killing the US ambassador to Libya nearly two weeks ago has been driven out of its base in the eastern city of Benghazi.
Police and protesters stormed the HQ of the Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia.
The HQ of the Sahaty Brigade, said to have official backing, was also stormed. At least nine people were killed there, another died elsewhere.
The attack on the US consulate was triggered by an amateur video made in the US which mocks Islam.
Protests against the film have been held across the Muslim world. At least 19 people died in Pakistan on Friday alone, in clashes with police trying to stop protesters attacking US diplomatic buildings.
US citizens have been urged not to travel to Pakistan and the US embassy has paid for adverts on Pakistani TV showing President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemning the film.
Government-backed group
Witnesses say supporters of Ansar al-Sharia gathered outside its Benghazi headquarters, in front of the crowd, waving black and white banners.
They fired into the air to try to disperse the protesters, but fled with their weapons after the base was surrounded by waves of people shouting "No to militias".
Buildings and a car were set alight and fighters evicted.
In a statement later, a spokesman for the group said militiamen had evacuated the premises after their commander had ordered to "hand them over to the people of Benghazi" to preserve security.
However, in a standoff outside the headquarters of the Sahaty Brigade in the city, three people were killed and at least 20 injured according to witnesses and officials.
The two sides are said to have exchanged rocket and light arms fire for two hours before the brigade decided to move out.
Protesters then set fire to one of the main buildings and pillaged a weapons depot, a journalist for AFP news agency at the scene reported.
On Saturday, sources said the bodies of another six people had been found in or near the Sahaty Brigade headquarters. They had been shot in the upper back, possibly indicating execution-style killings.
Another person was killed and another 20 injured in other incidents, city hospitals said.
The BBC's Rana Jawad in the capital Tripoli says the Sahaty Brigade is believed to be operating under the authority of the ministry of defence.
Senior Libyan officials say that while they welcomed the protests, people should differentiate between the rogue militias and honest rebel brigades that helped to secure the town in last year's uprising against Col Muammar Gaddafi.
There has been a wave of hostility towards the militias since US Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three others Americans died in last week's attack on the Benghazi consulate.
"I don't want to see armed men wearing Afghani-style clothes stopping me in the street to give me orders, I only want to see people in uniform," said university student Omar Mohammed, who took part in the takeover of the Ansar al-Sharia compound.
Many Libyans have expressed outrage at the attack on the US consulate. Ansar al-Sharia denies being behind it.
Libya's interim government has since come under renewed and intense pressure to rein in well-armed extremist militia groups and force them to disband.
Friday's march was the largest seen in Benghazi - considered the heartland of Libya's uprising - since Col Gaddafi was deposed.
Armed militia groups which helped to defeat Gaddafi remain powerful in many parts of the country.
They are better armed and more numerous than Libya's official army, and there have been reports of militias intimidating and carrying out killings against rivals.
Earlier, some 30,000 protesters marched through Benghazi calling for an end to the armed groups and a return to the rule of law.
Honestly - this is wonderful
Not sure that applying some violence to quell existing violence in an unstable Islamic country has much of a track record of success.
That is excellent news.
This is very good news indeed. Libya has a long way to go but if this is a sign of who will be running the country its very promising. Would have liked to see the same in Egypt, would not give up on them yet.
Are we seriously giving pats on the back to Libya?
To the both of you - it's not a good sign when moderate Muslims police extremists?
Honestly, the proliferation of Islamic regimes in the middle east is a necessary step. If you look at the recent history of the region, it's one of the people grasping at various "Isms" in hope that they will lift them out of their comparatively downtrodden status: Nationalism, Pan-Arabism, now Islamism. IMO, it's a reflection of the fact that, culturally, it's extremely hard for Arabs to admit weakness - and recognizing that they need to fundamentally change the way their societies are organized if they want to compete and succeed in the modern world would, in essence, be admitting weakness. So instead, they've been grasping at one ideology after another as the way to correct the cosmic error that removed them from prominence. It's actually a pretty express theory from the Islamists; follow allah, and they will rule the world. Given the context, it was always inevitable - to me, at least - that Islamism would be given its chance to succeed or fail. After its failure, they may be out of illusions
Seriously, Dean, Sackdance, how many times have you asked where the "non-extremist" muslims were, why they weren't loudly protesting the actions of the extremists? And when it happens, you wave it off as if it's nothing?
Why are they still saying this?The attack on the US consulate was triggered by an amateur video made in the US which mocks Islam.
Let them all fight it out amongst themselves last country standing gets 1/3.
** An obscure YouTube video trashing Muhammad garners less views than SNY's "Preseason Week 3 Recap"
** Said video spontaneously incites "protests" at US embassies/consulates across Middle East, including that in Libya where our ambassador was killed and dragged through the streets (btw, these "protests" happen to fall on September 11th ... just an aside, a coincidence I'm sure)
** BBC says 30,000 Libyans rally against armed militias.
** Said militias receive message loud and clear - "knock off the violence or we'll be forced to protest your existence yet again"
** Problem must be solved. All praise Obama's diplomatic mastery.
Last edited by sackdance; 09-23-2012 at 11:20 AM.
The Ambassador was "dragged through the streets" by people trying to save his life, btw:
http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/b...ssador-stevensPhotographs and video clips have been circulating on the Internet showing Libyan civilians dragging the body of Ambassador Chris Stevens through the streets of Benghazi.
It was hard to say at first what was happening. Were these people dragging him through the streets like a grim trophy, or were they trying to save him?
It turns out they were trying to save him.
The Washington Post has the story:
Fahd al-Bakoush, a freelance videographer, was among the Libyan civilians roaming freely through the consulate after gunmen and protesters rampaged through it last Tuesday night. Al-Bakoush said he heard someone call out that he had tripped over a dead body.
A group of people gathered as several men pulled the seemingly lifeless form from the room. They saw he was alive and a foreigner, though no one knew who he was, al-Bakoush said.
He was breathing and his eyelids flickered, he said. He was alive, he said. No doubt. His face was blackened and he was like a paralyzed person.
Video taken by al-Bakoush and posted on YouTube shows Stevens being carried out of a dark room through a window with a raised shutter by a crowd of men. The man is alive. Move out of the way, others shout. Just bring him out, man.
Move, move, he is still alive!
Alive, Alive! God is great, the crowd erupts, while someone calls to take Stevens to a car.
The next scene shows Stevens lying on a tile floor, with one man touching his neck to check his pulse.
The video has been authenticated since Stevens face is clearly visible and he is wearing the same white t-shirt seen in authenticated photos of him being carried away on another mans shoulders, presumably moments later. Two colleagues of al-Bakoush who also witnessed the scene confirmed that he took the footage.
BTW, one of the commenters there said something you ought to consider for yourself, too:
Being a staunch conservative, I hate to say it, but too many of the conservative blogs, and I'm talking *prominent* conservative blogs, have done an absolutely horrendous, atrocious job reporting the Benghazi incident. (And of Nakoula's questioning by the feds for probation violations, too.) This story is just one more example.
These bloggers can get just as caught up in "narrative" as the lefty pundits do.
I'm afraid one needs a good BS screen for both liberal and conservative pundits/bloggers. Same goes for a couple of libertarian bloggers.
I'm just venting frustration here.
What defines/classifies these "Militia Protestors" as "moderate" or otherwise acting in a way we would define as in the "U.S. Interest"?
Does being against militias (or against this specific militia) make one automaticly "moderate" on other issues, or even moderate in terms of the United States?
Is there any evidence that, for example, one of the killers of our men in Libya wasn't, or couldn't, also have been in the crowd "protesting" the milita as well?
Seems like we have ALOT of assumptions and alot of "taking/trusting them at their word" being made in order to classify a violence protest of one group against a different violent group as a net positive for us. I do not agree that the eveidence as yet shows that to be the case.
It could, with time and alot more facts and evidence and actions, but not yet. I.e. a this is a possibly positive development. "Great News"? No, not yet.
Last edited by Warfish; 09-23-2012 at 12:26 PM.
Get your head out of your partisan ass and, for once, look at a world event for what it means in and of itself, not for how it might impact whether your favorite (political) team wins its next game (election)
No, it doesn't make one "automatically moderate" on other issues. But more importantly, it makes clear that disagreements on "other issues" shouldn't be solved by militias with guns. And that, 'Fish, is a massively important step in that region. We take it for granted - but think what life in this country would be like if issues like abortion, health care, education, etc. were decided not by ballots, but by bullets. It is literally impossible to have a stable society under such conditions.Does being against militias (or against this specific militia) make one automaticly "moderate" on other issues, or even moderate in terms of the United States?
In other words, what happened in Libya may not be sufficient to allow Libya to operate as a successful, stable state in an unsuccessful, unstable region, but it was absolutely necessary. And necessary steps should be celebrated and supported, even while we acknowledge that there is still a longer distance to go.
Perhaps the "Anti-Militia" Protestors are not, in fact, Pro-USA at all, but are:
1. Fearful of a potential American Reaction (i.e. missiles from afar in mass quantities).
2. Are of a differing, but equally extreme, sect of Libyan Society and see this as an opportunity to further weaken their internal opponents.
3. Are Libyan Nationalist (the side we helped in the War), and hence against militias (the side we blew up), but are as stridently Anti-American interventionism and as "extreme" is their ideology as the militias themselves are. So much so that if they were to become out of power, they themselves would form a militia then as well, invalidating the idea that this is a real, meaningful, socio-political change.
We would need far more evidence to know which of the possible scenarios (or which combination) is at play. Describing it as "GREAT News" for us is, IMO, premature at the very least.
This was all that was needed, thanks. The rest, while interesting, is off-point of my question, and the lack of evidence of this being good for the U.S. as yet is quite clear.No, it doesn't make one "automatically moderate" on other issues.
When you're the side with the State and Government behind you, no matter how you feel about the U.S., you don't need or want alternative-poerblock militias. That fact does not equate to an anti-militia move in Libya being "GREAT News" for the U.S. or U.S. Interests in and of itself.
Again, while it MAY be great news for the powerblock currently in power in Libya that there is an anti-militia movement, it is not a de facto great news for us. Such a claim is premature, it could come to pass, or it could not. We don't know yet.


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It's time for sanctions against South Sudan
As mediators and parties to the South Sudan conflict gather for a second round of peace talks, news that the European Union has issued sanctions against three South Sudanese officials bear the greatest responsibility for the escalating conflict. It comes on the heels of a ban of weapon exports to Africa's youngest nation by the US government, pointing to the mounting impatience by the international community to have the talks concluded and sanity restored.
Stemming from a power struggle between President Salva Kiir and former vice president Riek Machar, the four year conflict has caused humanitarian, economic and political crisis of monumental proportions, with tens of thousands of citizens having lost their lives, more than one and a half million people suffering from starvation, and four million people – a third of the country's population – having fled their homes in one of the most devastating refugee crises in Africa since the 1994 Rwanda genocide.
The parties to the conflict maintain their hardline stance and continue to obstruct the peace process while advancing offensive military action. Numerous independent reports indicate that the South Sudan government has invested millions of dollars in buying weapons to gain military advantage, despite the country facing unprecedented drought and an deep economic crisis.
While peace has always remained elusive in the East African nation, the ongoing talks cannot yield anything other than lasting commitment to respect of human rights, lives and the law. Pressure in the negotiating table and outside it must be piled to make the parties of the conflict understand that it can no longer be business as usual. More targeted financial pressures such as asset freezes should now be instituted. The African Union and the United Nations Security Council have been tiptoeing around this humanitarian crisis for too long must now rise to the occasion and impose a global arms embargo. It is the only way the warring factions can feel the full force of the international community. It is the only language they will understand.
It is a truism that the west has the best forms of government. Everyone else is corrupt, decadent, tyrannical. Western liberal democracies, having separated powers from the executive branch of government, secured independent judicial branches, with regularly elected legislative branches; with strong, independent media – these governments are unassailable. They have invested power in institutions that are divorced from temporary governmental powers, and which apply laws fairly to citizens.
So goes the story.
Thinkers from Foucault to Chomsky have criticised this precise institutional power, and the ways in which it works upon people in societies. These critics, very generally speaking, work on a simple premise: that power is not invested in heroic individuals and government bodies, but is distributed throughout social structures and instantiated in the actions of people under those structures. In other words, Presidents and governments only really have symbolic power, yet the 'American Government' and way of life has a hell of a lot of power.
Foucault et al's criticisms have not often been borne out in popular discussion, with executive power being treated as the sole type of power which matters. Trump has often been treated as though he could single-handedly change the country. But of course, he can't – not without institutional change. The fact that he has continuously criticised the US's Justice Department, intelligence agencies, civil service and local authorities only goes to confirm the idea that he has very little actual power in comparison to public institutions.
Theresa May's cabinet in the UK has also been conducting similar exercises, as have fringe politicians such as Jacob Rees-Mogg, who have claimed that Brexit is being slowed down by a corrupt civil service.
The German AfD make it a point to criticise German public institutions, in comparison to their 20th Century equivalents, drawing obvious comparisons; as do Front Nationale in France.
The point is simple, these politicians are desperately trying to erode public trust in institutions in a bid to solidify their own power. The institutions they disparage are those that protect their citizens from corporate and governmental attacks. Looking at the goals they wish to achieve, this is giving the lie to the supremacy of western liberal governments.
Pictured: Jacob Rees Mogg, who claims the British Civil Service is slowing down Brexit
A crowd of men, young and old, made up the audience. Some even filming the public lashing of a woman charged with alleged adultery in Afghanistan this week with their modern mobile phones.
There was no defence, no proof presented, and not a single man charged for the same 'injustice'. These 'flag-bearers' of justice in Afghanistan's Takhar province were certain, without trial, that it was the woman who is culpable of the adultery, and therefore she deserves to be dragged to a field and thrashed by them, one after another.
Overshadowed by the ragging violence in the country, the mob justice is not only prevalent in rural corners, but big towns of the war-ravaged country, including the capital Kabul as well.
Rights groups have been appalled by the short viral video circulating on social media, in which the woman in Takhar province's Chaab district is surrounded by a crowd of men and vehemently beaten with batons in bright day.
The country's Ghor province saw an even more gruesome mob justice not so long ago, when a woman wearing a similar blue burqa was stoned to death for alleged adultery. And, who can forget the heinous mob-lynching of a Kabul-based girl, Farkhunda, on a bright day light in the heart of the city by a group of men for alleged blasphemy.
The recurrence of such atrocities suggests that the Afghan society is not learning from its mistakes. Instead of evolving, it is gripped by outdated norms preached and guarded by men who refuse to adapt to the currents of equality and modern human rights, but who have no difficulty in adapting smart phones and technology into their lives, only to capture and circulate their oppressively ancient idiocies as testimonies.
Official statistics provided by the Ministry of Women Affairs in Afghanistan suggest that as many as 91 cases of murder, 6 cases of rape and 8 cases of honour killings have been recorded in the country in the past one year alone. And, as long as Afghans continue to treat their women and girls as objects for pleasure and pride, instead of equal human beings on every level, their collective miseries will continue to haunt them.
"Have we become so insensitive or we have simply accepted this as our fate?" Tweeted Swati Maliwal, the chairwoman of the Delhi Commission for Women, after an 8-months-old girl was raped and hospitalised in India's capital New Delhi.
Speaking on behalf of the government body that was set up to help protect women, Maliwal's tweet gives a voice to the voiceless. "What to do? How can Delhi sleep today when 8 month baby has been brutally raped in Capital?" She continued. This deeply distressing case is unfortunately not alone in the disturbing sexual assaults that have taken place in India in recent years. In fact, India does not report a higher number of rapes per capita than many other countries.
Just a few months ago, in September 2017, the Indian government had rejected loud public outcries to outlaw marital rape, claiming that such a move could "destabilise the institution of marriage and put husbands at risk of harassment." In their statement to the court, government lawyers wrote that "What may appear to be marital rape to an individual wife, may not appear so to others. As to what constitutes marital rape and what would constitute marital non-rape, it needs to be defined precisely before a view on its criminalisation is taken." It is precisely this rejection of personhood and of individualistic experiences channeled by higher rules in India that is fuelling a sexual abusive norm that has become rooted in the country and has risen in recent years.
There have been several cases of sexual abuse in India that have infiltrated global media. From the 2012 case of a 12-year-old girl gang raped and consequently dying in hospital two weeks later, to a 10-year-old girl who was raped and impregnated by a relative and refused abortion. Those instances should never be erased from our memories. But for every highly reported case there are hundreds of thousands of those that occur in the background; the daily abuses that alone and together put to shame a failed law system that is otherwise meant to protect women with all of its capacity.
While constitutionally Indian women's rights are equal to men's in many regards, their treatment within society and access to basic rights such as education, health services and opportunities for empowerment and autonomy remain undeniably lesser. Many organisations and movements are fighting to not only shift the weighted legislations that stop the country from progressing into one that protects its women and cherishes gender equality, but also to educate many women around the country on women's rights. Sayfty for example is working inside communities to nurture conversation and shift how harassment is perceived. And WASH United is fighting for better and safer sanitation management of menstruation while lifting taboos around it in places where many women believe their periods are a type of disease.
It is from within that India will begin to tackle its sexual harassment problem, and it is only with education and conversation and persistent fighting for equal rights that this shift will come.
During 13 years in power, the Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores or PT) transformed Brazil. It distributed wealth, taking millions out of poverty and launched substantial housing initiatives. Whilst, as a result of implementing a new quota system, the number of black students attending university doubled. However, the PT years of governance were not free of mistakes: they made social reforms that depended excessively on profits from oil exports and later on debt, failing to consolidate the reduction in inequality.
It was also under the Workers' Party presidency of Dilma Rousseff that the government granted autonomy to the judiciary powers in order to investigate political corruption, even within PT politicians. What could have been an important step towards the separation of powers in Brazil has, nevertheless, led to untoward consequences, given the lack of impartiality in the Brazilian courts' recent judicial actions.
Last week, former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment on charges of passive corruption and money laundering. The charismatic leader of PT, former metalworker and trade unionist, was accused of favouring a company in exchange for an apartment in the state of São Paulo. The process, however, is far from exemplary because of procedural irregularities alongside a lack of convincing evidence and the trial being brought forward due to the electoral calendar.
The verdict is likely to make it impossible for Lula da Silva to participate in the elections that will take place in October this year, despite the leader of the PT, the most popular in Brazilian history, leading all polls.
Moreover, the episode comes only a few months after the controversial impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, for actions that are now considered legal: a manoeuvre that temporarily made the federal budget deficit look smaller than it would otherwise appear. Although possibly the most honest president in the history of Brazil, Rousseff was dismissed in a parliamentary move that many Brazilians consider a coup. Whilst there have been no corruption charges against her, suspicions hang over her successor, Michel Temer from the opposition, right wing MDB party.
The recent judicial actions, therefore, add to the suspicions of the political nature of the trial, whose sole purpose seems to be preventing Lula da Silva from running for the presidency. Brazilian democracy is thus in grave danger: elections must be won at the ballot box and not in court.
Photo: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (r) in 2004 by Marcello Casal Jr/ABr.(Agência Brasil)/wikipedia
Surrounded by a euphoric crowd and dignitaries across the world, footballer turned politician George Weah recently took oath of office as the 25th president of Liberia. What was striking however, was the palpable enthusiasm from millions of citizens of the West African country who now see in Mr. Weah renewed patriotism and hope for a better tomorrow.
While his predecessor, Nobel laureate and Africa's first female President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf deserves accolades for transforming the shell of a country that she inherited when she took office, reeling from decades of armed conflict that claimed the lives of over 250,000 Liberians, poverty and diseases, the country of 4.5 million people is still struggling with chronic unemployment, systemic corruption, poverty and a general feeling of disenfranchisement among its citizenry.
More than 54 percent of Liberians live in poverty, as the country ranks 177th out of 188 countries in the UN's Human Development Index and is graded among the bottom countries in the 2018 World Bank's ease of doing business index. About 60 percent of Liberian citizens are under 25-years-old, with a majority of them in unemployment. Despite the country's ideal geolocation and inherent good climate and natural resources, it still imports 80 percent of its food.
President Weah's intray is therefore full: from judicial and electoral reforms, jumpstarting local industries, incentivising investors and donors, slaying the corruption dragon to living true to his philosophy of "transforming the lives of all Liberians."
He will require the work ethic and tact he was well celebrated for in football pitches, only that this time the stakes are higher and millions are looking up to him to steady the ship and make Liberia count in the league of great nations. The true test of his administration will be in the words of his inauguration speech, to build a Liberia of equality, freedom, dignity, and respect for one another.
The idea that we're on an unstoppable path to progress is a pretty old one. Old, but persistent. Hegel may have thought it two hundred years ago, but it's still embodied in the likes of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg – even if it has become pretty fashionable in the last few months to express doubts about technology. Smartphones, apps, data – all of it is leading us to a brave new utopia of sharing, caring and mutual understanding.
Well, you hardly need to look at Twitter to know this isn't exactly true. Not only has public discourse been poisoned by the vitriol and hatred online, governments have been increasingly turning to intrusive spying techniques to keep tabs on everyone in their societies. And I haven't even mentioned anything about Russian bots yet.
There is an entire set of problems that is yet to be fully thought out and discussed; and that is the unintended consequences of using this technology. So, that means, not talking about deliberate data collection, or doxxing, or spying or anything like that, but for example, what happened when US soldiers used the app Strava in their bases abroad. The app is typically used to create a heat map of running and exercising routes – they used it, and in doing so, gave away the positions of their bases, which are meant to be secret.
Now, this is obviously a problem for the army, but relatively speaking, one they can take care of. Those at greater risk will be people in conflict zones who aren't military personnel: ordinary people. Smartphone penetration is deep, even in developing countries, and so depending on where people are based, and their circumstances, technology may be more of a danger to them than a help. Consider the Rohingya, for example – what if this was them?
Fanatic viciousness crossed all known limits in Afghanistan this week, as two leading militant groups fighting for their so-called 'noble ideologies' against the Kabul government killed over 100 people in cold blood; people who were going about their daily life.
First, it was the so-called Islamic State group that stormed the compound of the British charity Save the Children in an urban neighbourhood in eastern Jalalabad city. In this country where women and children in particular direly need a helping hand, such an appalling act of terror can never be justified under any pretext.
Frontline humanitarian groups such as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have already reduced their activities in the most vulnerable corners of the war-ravaged country as a result of similar targeted attacks aimed at aid groups. Now, with Save the Children also putting its operations on hold, those most in need are set to suffer the most.
Many lives were lost, including three aid workers of the charity, in this reckless assault on Wednesday January 24 by the violent group.
This was followed by another, and more gruesome massacre in the heart of the capital Kabul, by the Taliban, which is the main rebel group operating in the area on Saturday January 27.
Undermining the International Humanitarian Law, and honestly, all human values, a militant driving an improvised ambulance packed with explosives blew himself close to the Ministry of Interior and the main Jamhoriat Public Hospital during the afternoon rush hour, causing another carnage in the devastated capital.
Hours after the brazen Taliban-claimed attack, public hospitals in the city were overwhelmed with wounded victims with missing limbs, and their traumatised friends and relatives eager to know about their loved ones. The desperate sighs and cries of so many anxious mothers and fathers gripped by the shock, made life stop in the surroundings of public hospitals.
The unending spate of such inhumane attacks have crushed all established rules of war, while there continues to be no end in sight. The helpless Afghan government has once again pointed fingers towards its immediate neighbouring Pakistan for continuing to harbour and support the fanatic militants.
Human dignity seems to have lost its value in this strategic tussle for upper hand in a battle that has no winners, only innocent men, women and children as the ultimate sacrifice.
It all started with 444 executives from European firms gathered together in 1971 in the Swiss Alps town of Davos in what was originally called the European Management Symposium. Today, the nonprofit World Economic Forum is an annual summit of some 900 world executives and 70 political leaders – among the occasional celebrity (Elton John, Will.i.am, Cate Blanchett and co) – all brought together to discuss some of the most pressing issues of today.
Keeping true to the etiquette of banquets or pure theatre, each year the World Economic Forum, monikered Davos, carries a masquerade theme; this year was appropriately given the 'Creating a shared future in a fractured world' aesthetic, where terms such as 'the disenfranchised', 'the rise of populism' and 'gender equality' are thrown around like the confetti insides of a party popper.
Since opening its grandiose doors this Tuesday, January 24, to the powerful voices – for better or worst – of current times, Canadian President Justin Trudeau has reiterated the importance of the #metoo movement and that "we must each have a well understood established process in place to file allegations of workplace harassment." When addressing the rise of populism, German chancellor Angela Merkel exclaimed that "The lesson that we drew at the formation of the United Nations [after the Second World War] was a lesson of multilateralism – an answer of cooperation." While Cate Blanchett tearfully called for more compassion in the treatment of now 65 million displaced people the world over.
This year's conference also saw Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff advise that Facebook, among other social media platforms, should be regulated in a similar way to tobacco products because of their harmful and addictive nature. Whether the insightful back-to-backs scheduled for the duration of the four day conference have much effect beyond the borders of the Swiss Davos is up for debate, but as the days unroll, the arrival of President Trump is nearing and with that the squandering of progress – any which progress – that might take root.
High profile, highly reported world summits such as this, alongside the G20 and the World Climate Summit seem to further perpetuate the disillusionment they wish to tackle. For every #metoo uttered out, every 'disenfranchised' person pitied, or every displaced nomad looked at as a problem not the solution, the WEF fails time and time again to achieve what it set out to do.
Last week's assassination of Serbian politician Oliver Ivanovic in northern Kosovo is threatening to destabilise a volatile region where memories of the horrors of war remain unforgotten.
Considered a voice of moderation and dialogue, Ivanovic was also a supporter of efforts to reconcile ethnic Serbians and Albanians in Kosovo. His murder, however, could hinder efforts in accomplishing that goal, having had immediate repercussions, prompting the interruption of political talks between the two nations.
Nearly a decade after declaring independence unilaterally, Kosovo is still struggling to overcome ethnic divisions. Within its disputed territory of 1.9 million people, over 90% are ethnic Albanian. In the north, however, there are still Serb-majority municipalities. The split is most clearly evident in the northern city of Mitrovica – where Ivanovic's assassination took place – which is run by Kosovo Serbs in the north and by Kosovo Albanians in the south.
The murder has put the small country under the media spotlight, almost 20 years after the war where Serbian forces and Kosovar rebels opposed each other, taking the lives of more than 13,000 people. The hostilities would come to a halt in 1999, after NATO bombed Serbia, forcing Slobodan Milosevic to withdraw his troops. The end of the fighting was followed by a period of administration by a United Nations mission, which lasted until February 2008, when the Assembly of Kosovo declared its independence, breaking away from Serbia.
However, ten years after secession, the international community remains divided over Kosovo's independence, with countries such as Russia and China, alongside Serbia (who considers Kosovo the cradle of its nation) failing to recognise it.
Since 2008, Serbia has refused to deal directly with the Republic of Kosovo, only accepting talks through international intermediaries. The relations between the two countries have faced increased dialogue. However, the unsolved murder of the Serb leader is now jeopardising the progress achieved. In a territory that also faces a high unemployment rate and corruption, reconciliation between the two communities looks uncertain.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Any Day Now" follows the struggle of a gay couple in late-1970s Los Angeles to adopt an abandoned teenage boy with Down syndrome.
It's not exactly your traditional, old-fashioned family unit. So who better than the film's star, Alan Cumming, to ponder the most memorably unusual families in film history?
The Scottish actor plays a flamboyant female impersonator who falls in love with a closeted prosecutor (Garret Dillahunt) and tries to build a stable home for the boy, played by Isaac Leyva. It's clearly a story — and a genre — he feels passionately about. Here's Cumming, in his own words, discussing his five favorite films about unconventional families:
— "Flirting With Disaster" (1996): This is a hilarious sort of weird family road trip with Ben Stiller going on a journey to find his birth parents and meeting a lot of insane people along the way. It's one of David O Russell's early films and I love it. There is a dinner scene that must be one of the most awkward meals ever on film!
— "Auntie Mame" (1958): Rosalind Russell is brilliant as a wealthy bohemian New York maven who suddenly has to parent her nephew. I always thought I would like to meet an Auntie Mame, because she is so whimsical and tells great stories and has adventures, but now I think I am becoming her. I find myself telling my friends' kids all sorts of weird and wonderful lies and my niece once told me that what she wanted for Christmas was for me to be less crazy.
— "The Royal Tenenbaums" (2001): Wes Anderson directs an all-star cast about a dysfunctional family that wrote the book about dysfunctional families. It is absolutely hilarious and really scary at the same time. Again, this film stars Ben Stiller, who I think does the achingly funny/searingly awkward and painful combo better than any film actor today.
— "The Kids Are All Right" (2010): Julianne Moore and Annette Bening are a lesbian couple whose adopted kids seek out their birth father with very explosive consequences. It's a beautiful film, again funny and tender in equal measures.
— "Coneheads" (1993): They're a family with cone-shaped craniums who come to Earth. It doesn't get much more unconventional than this!
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Alice Arbler and Santana Swent have been BFFs for nine years! When 6th grade comes they expect it to be the same: them being BFFs. But sudden changes in the summer tell them nothing is going to be the same. Alice and Santana must find pathways that don't connect. But each time they think they did, everything crashes and they have to start over again. Everyone they like seems to like everyone the other girl likes. Can they find a social life by the end of the school year? Or will they be doomed to spend the rest of the middle school life unsteady and on a rocky road?
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In April 1968 workers at a factory of Sud Aviation in Nantes, France, began a strike to protest the decision by the company to cut their hours and wages. A month later, they decided to lock themselves–and their boss–inside the plant. They were soon joined by leftist students, a turning point that transformed a series of youth protests into a nationwide social movement that nearly toppled the government of Charles de Gaulle.
Four decades later, de Gaulle's heir, President Nicolas Sarkozy, is facing massive street demonstrations, a rash of "boss-nappings" and the resurgence of the far left. To be sure, no new French revolution is in sight. But Sarkozy, whose popularity has eroded sharply since his election in May 2007, has warned of France's "eruptive" nature and is careful to remind his fellow citizens constantly that the main culprits of the economic meltdown are Wall Street, greedy bosses and tax havens–not him.
His concern is not so much the two massive one-day demonstrations, in January and March, against the crisis. Or that for the first time since World War II, all major trade unions will march together instead of separately during the May 1 Labor Day celebration. Rather, for someone who won the presidency two years ago on a law-and-order platform, the resurgence of radical actions is far more unsettling. On March 12, the CEO of Sony France was held by workers in a plant that was about to close; he was released the next day after agreeing to pay more generous severance packages. Since then, employees of a 3M pharmaceutical factory held an executive overnight after layoffs were announced for nearly half of them. In addition, three British executives in a Scapa Group adhesive-tape plant; the bosses at Faure et Machet, a printer plant that lost its contract with Hewlett-Packard; and two managers at the US car equipment plant Molex have been "sequestered," according to the authorities–"withheld" in trade-union parlance. At the US-owned Caterpillar plant near Grenoble, workers protesting a plan to sack more than 700 of them blocked the entrance for four days, until they were granted a meeting at the Ministry of the Economy.
Most of those actions have targeted local executives who have little say on the global strategy of the large companies they work for. The only instance of a highflying executive being forced to face the wrath of his underlings was the time luxury-brand magnate François-Henri Pinault's car was briefly surrounded by salesclerks angry about layoffs in his stores, an incident captured by TV cameras.


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Direct access to beach
Known as Florida's "Pink Palace," Don CeSar, facing the white sands of the Gulf of Mexico, was built in 1928 to resemble a Mediterranean-style castle; located on St. Pete Beach.
Beach club and spa
Don CeSar features a day spa, fitness center, 2 swimming pools, and beach volleyball. Yoga on the beach with personal trainers and cabana rentals are possible for an extra cost.
Custom beds, free WiFi
Guestrooms have crown molding, custom wrought-iron beds with triple sheeting, sky-blue ceilings, and bathrooms with granite vanities. All rooms feature flat-screen TVs.
Languages Spoken
- English
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Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Experience St. Pete Beach's newest sanctuary of relaxation within Don CeSar. Spa Oceana welcomes guests with 11,000 square feet (1,021 square meters) of tranquil space and exceptional spa services including 16 treatment rooms.
From the hydrotherapy spa tub to the secret rooftop garden with an outdoor fire pit, guests will bask in the spectacular sunsets over the Gulf of Mexico and find countless ways to rejuvenate mind, body, and spirit. Private suites for special getaways are also available.
Have a meal around the pool or in the acclaimed Maritana Grille.
Also on site are 14 meeting/conference rooms covering an area of 38,000 square feet (3,530 square meters), a shopping arcade, and hotel-wide wireless Internet access. This hotel features outdoor parking for a surcharge.
Please be aware that fines apply for smoking outside of designated areas. This property is wheelchair-accessible.
Ground transportation can be arranged through the concierge desk for a fee.
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Number of outdoor pools - 2
- Elevator/lift
- Number of bars/lounges - 2
- Fitness facilities
- Children's club
- Full-service spa
- 24-hour front desk
- Poolside bar
- Business center
- Conference space
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Grocery/convenience store
- Porter/bellhop
- Beach cabanas (surcharge)
- Year Built 1928
- Express check-out
- Meeting rooms 14
- Coffee shop or café
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Pool sun loungers
- Steam room
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Sauna
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Children's club (surcharge)
- Supervised childcare/activities (surcharge)
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference space size (meters) - 3530
- Spa services on site
- Luggage storage
- Hair salon
- ATM/banking
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Concierge services
- Conference space size (feet) - 38000
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Designated smoking areas
- Shopping on site
- Beach towels
- Spa tub
- Total number of rooms - 277
- Number of floors - 8
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Wedding services
- Free newspapers in lobby
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pools
- Grocery/convenience store
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Microwave (on request)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access ( USD 28.25 per night )
Available in some public areas: Wireless internet access ( USD 28.25 per night )
Languages Spoken
- English
- Spanish
Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Free newspaper
- Phone
- Bathrobes
- Coffee/tea maker
- Microwave (on request)
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Desk
- Free local calls
- Hair dryer
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Iron/ironing board
- iPod docking station
- Cable TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Number of bathrooms -
- Minibar
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Shower/tub combination
- Room service (24 hours)
- Egyptian-cotton sheets
- Pillowtop mattress
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
The Maritana Grille - Fine dining, located off the lobby. Nautical-themed décor. Saltwater aquariums with over 1,500 gallons of water, home to indigenous fish. Florida-Caribbean cuisine. Selection of items grilled over pecan and cherry woods includes seafood, shellfish, and steaks. Selection of 140 wines. Chef's Table, held nightly in the kitchen for up to eight guests. Nightly dinner served. Reservations recommended; jackets not required.
Sea Porch Cafe - Walls of windows open to the surrounding beach, trees, and Gulf in a garden setting of white wicker furniture and brightly painted greenhouse scenes. Light meals with Caribbean and Mediterranean flavors. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Beachcomber Bar and Grill - Located on the pool deck. Light fare, specialty drinks. Open from early morning to sunset.
The Rowe Bar - Living-room atmosphere. Occasional live entertainment. Open from early evening to late evening.
Uncle Andy's Ice Cream Parlor - Old-fashioned ice cream shop offering delicious sundaes, shakes, and banana splits made with authentically local, homemade, small-batch ice cream. Breakfast bites, bagels, pastries, fruit, yogurt and Starbucks® coffee is also available.
In-Room Dining - Extensive breakfast, lunch, and dinner options available. From on-the-go breakfast sandwiches to delicious ice cream sundaes. Available 24 hours, 7 days a week.
Lobby Bar - Chill out and enjoy this elegant St. Pete Beach bar overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. The Lobby Bar also offers an intimate, chic setting and is located in the epicenter of the iconic Pink Palace. Sip on a season creation "stirred" up by the mixologist, or relax with a glass of wine or signature cocktail. Live music is featured nightly and a special Early Bird and Late Night Craving menu are added bonuses.
Nearby Things to Do
Guests at this Florida beachfront resort have complimentary use of the fitness center, sauna, and steam rooms in the health-and-beauty spa. Personal trainers and lessons, including yoga on the beach, can also be arranged (surcharges).
Another attraction is a game room with arcade-style video games (surcharges).
Water-sports rentals are available on the beach adjacent to Don CeSar and include personal watercraft and parasailing equipment.
Frank Hurley Park is located 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) south of the resort, on 16th Avenue in Pass a Grille. It has a pavilion, barbecue grills, baseball diamond, tennis court, basketball court, and restrooms with showers on the beach side. It can be reached by car or by walking down the beach.
Twin Brooks Golf Course, a public par-3, 18-hole course, is located 6 miles (10 kilometers) from the hotel. It offers a pro shop, PGA instruction, snack area, and club rental.
Fort De Soto Park, 7.5 miles (12 kilometers) from this Florida beach resort, has 1,136 acres (460 hectares) on 5 interconnected islands. Among its many facilities are a historic fort, canoe trail, boat launching facility, beach areas, fishing piers with food and bait concessions, and the Quartermaster Museum.
The recreational activities listed below are available onsite or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Beach volleyball on site
- Windsurfing nearby
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Beach yoga on site
- Boat tours nearby
- Fitness classes on site
- Segway rental/tour nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
Spa Services
- Number of treatment rooms 16
- Outdoor treatment areas
- Couples treatment rooms
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body treatments
- Body scrubs
- Facial treatments
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Hydrotherapy treatments
- Swedish massage
- Sauna in spa
- Spa tub in spa
- Minimum age to access spa is 18
- Massages
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 17 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 28.25 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 75.00 per accommodation, per night
- 2 per room
- Specific rooms only, restrictions apply
- Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Resort fee: USD 28.25 per accommodation, per night
- Pool access
- Health club access
- Fitness center access
- Fitness/yoga classes
- Children's club/arcade access
- Internet access
- Newspaper
- Phone calls
- In-room safe
- In-room coffee
- In-room bottled water
- Additional inclusions
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 14.00 and USD 25.00 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 28.25 per night (rates may vary)
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: USD 28.25 per night (rates may vary)
- Self parking fee: USD 21.40 per night (in/out privileges)
- Valet parking fee: USD 27.82 per night (in/out privileges)
- Pet fee: USD 75.00 per accommodation, per night
- Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)
- Refrigerator fee: USD 33.90 per stay
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 28.25 per night
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- Don CeSar
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We should mention
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 17 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. The property allows pets in specific rooms only and has other pet restrictions (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Paranoid Park (UK - BD)
Marcus Doidge skateboards down to Paranoid Park with Tartan's Blu-ray...
Gus Van Sant returns with Paranoid Park, the unfortunate tale of Alex (Gabe Nevins), a skateboard kid who haphazardly gets involved in the accidental death of a security guard and the internal struggle he faces in the days that follow.
I don't know what it is with Gus Van Sant. I always feel compelled to watch his movies, no matter the subject matter, no matter the critical response and more so, no matter what version of Gus Van Sant is directing the movie. What I mean by this is that for a while there seemed to be two Van Sants. The one who made Good Will Hunting—which I consider to be a masterpiece in modern cinema—and the other Van Sant, who made movies which have uncomfortably long takes and push the words 'experimental filmmaking' to a whole new level in popular cinema. Anyone who's seen Gerry or Last Days will know what I'm talking about. Now don't get me wrong, I like both of these Van Sant's and own seven of his last eight movies/short films after all ( Psycho being the one I don't own if you're interested, urgh). Whether I would actually deem myself a genuine fan of Van Sant is another thing.
Of Gus Van Sant's recent body of work, Paranoid Park is probably closest to Elephant. Both films do a fine job of capturing the world of America's youth. Both feel like genuine accounts of the day to day life of schoolchildren, their turmoil and their interactions. How Paranoid Park differs from Elephant is that this is much more focused on one character. What Elephant did so well, was having a sense of dread throughout the whole movie, always knowing what was coming. Paranoid Park works around an event that you slowly discover the details of and then it moves onto why we are getting these details in this structure.
The actual incident in Paranoid Park is shocking on more than one level. It first starts to unravel with a TV news report, so you know what's happened. This leads on to seeing the build up to the event and it cuts just as the event unfolds. All of this is frighteningly simply laid out and realistic. What delivers the big shock is that just when you think you've seen it all, Van Sant throws an unexpected visual that locks you into this schoolboy's headspace for the duration of the movie.
Gabe Nevins as lead character Alex delivers an understated performance here. It's pretty much unreadable, but I think this is a conscious decision from Van Sant. The use of music, abstract sound and even camera movement, somehow draws the emotion out of this young actor. He cleverly plays on how we'd expect a boy of his age to behave in his circle of friends and uses this to show us how he's not reacting. The way he sits silently amongst his rowdy friends during the police officer's questioning and seeing how closed off he is when he has sex with his teen-boy's-fantasy of a girlfriend, is some very effective film making.
Not everything works and in all honesty, there are a lot of moments that suffer the same issues that I've had with Van Sant's last few movies. Some of the more experimental techniques just slow the movie down a little too much in places and there was probably one too many 8mm skateboard video. Also, while I enjoy seeing new actors allowed to act naturally (Van Sant has sort of become the master of it), there are a couple of actors in here that just can't do it and when that wall of reality breaks into a young kid trying to act like they're not acting, I think it can have a negative effect on the proceedings.
The picture here does very little to show off its high definition transfer. In fact, I can't imagine there's a huge difference between this and the standard definition release, bar some of the more well-lit shots and close ups. Due to the real-life nature of the movie, this was more than likely intentional but compared to what you'd expect of a Blu-ray release, Paranoid Park has a muted feel to it, both in colour range and video quality.
This one I'm really torn on. The sound mix (I watched it in Dolby Digital 5.1) is all over the place. The high points are that the mix uses all of the speakers very effectively. The more trippy atmospheric sound design feels like it's everywhere. You can pinpoint certain sounds in different speakers and it's a fantastic use of the surround system. The same can be said for the music in the film. As per his previous movies, I love the music choices Van Sant's makes; especially the obligatory Elliot Smith tracks and I love how they sound on the good 5.1 mix. This is all very strong here; the screeching of the acoustic guitar strings and reverb they produce is all captured perfectly.
But to counter all of this there are the low points. This is most apparent with dialogue. It's clear and always coherent, but the way it's been recorded and placed into the sound mix is strange. It sort of sounds like your hearing some of the conversations in an empty room, with a lot of the dialogue in all five speakers at the same time. It quite distracting in the quiet scenes and I found I really noticed the rear speakers presence during a lot of the quieter dialogue scenes.
I wasn't expecting a lot here really, Gus Van Sant movies have never really been renowned for their wealth of features. We get the theatrical trailer (1:48), which is in 4:3 with black bars either side to make it stretch to widescreen. There's also a bizarre little extra called 'Future Shots: Secret Cinema Event' (6:27), which I think was about a screening of the film in London in 2007, but due to the nature of the editing and it's randomness, I may have been wrong. Then, to round up, there's a 'Making of' (26:21), which is a really laid back look at the process of making Paranoid Park. In fact, it's not so much a conventional making of as it is quite literally watching them make the movie. It's inter-cut with a few talking-head stories from the young cast and has some art work animating across the screen every now and again. It's actually quite a nice companion piece to the film and while it's not exactly rich with detail I found it quite watchable and very much in tune with the style of the film.
Once again, Gus Van Sant delivers a solid movie in a style that he's continually honing. He continues to make obviously personal movies that don't bow to the current norms. His ability to make the most of his fresh-faced young actors—or non-actors as the case may be—is a brave move that he somehow manages to pull off with ease. In an age where everyone with a video camera is urged to go out and make a movie, Van Sant must be seen as an icon.
Despite its low budget experimental qualities, this is probably the most accessible of his movies since Finding Forrester, although that's not to say it's anything like Finding Forrester, which was underwhelming at best. Paranoid Park is a more focused story, with a more audience-friendly approach than his last feature, Last Days, it's more natural than the almost documentary style Elephant and it has a more engaging narrative than the nearly dialogue-free Gerry. Paranoid Park shows a director who is comfortable with his long developed style, and while it's not a career best, it's certainly a movie well worth seeing.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page.
Review by Marcus Doidge
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My favorite movie of the summer thus far (closely followed by Wall E). Love the pacing, characters and cinematography of this film. Gus Van Sant is so talented!! I agree. Most of all though I liked how everything felt so natural in this film. Cannot wait till this comes out in R1.
This might well be the last Tartan disc we review, which is a bit sad.
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That's what we thought, too, Chris. We had heard about the supposed impending demise of Tartan a few days ago.
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HenryVIII Member Join Date: February 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 48
the demise has well and truly kicked in i'm afraid, the administrators were called in last thursday. Apparently the july releases are safe but then that's it. very sad, the end of a somewhat patchy era
broad wayrock Member Join Date: August 2004 Location: Armenia Posts: 25
Chris Gould wrote: This might well be the last Tartan disc we review, which is a bit sad.
Its quite fitting that Tartan's last release is a film that has its original aspect ratio of 1.33 cropped to 1.78
Its quite fitting that Tartan's last release is a film that has its original aspect ratio of 1.33 cropped to 1.78
Oh how refreshing, a Tartan basher. This is the film's theatrical ratio (or as close to as usually found on DVD/HD these days). I'll be the first to admit Tartan had their problems, but they released a lot of titles that people would never have gotten exposure to without them and some of their latest releases have been pretty good. The Oldboy and I'm a Cyborg Blu-ray's are very nice and I'm just sad that Lady Vengeance will now probably never see the light of day.
Chris Johnson Member Join Date: October 2005 Location: United States Posts: 1,465
Why would anyone still shoot a film in 1.37 these days anyway?
broad wayrock Member Join Date: August 2004 Location: Armenia Posts: 25
Gus Van Sant and cinematographer Christopher Doyle choose 1.33 as a tribute to to the super 8 format of skater videos which are also featured predominantly in the film.
The Tartan version chops the tops of the actors heads.
The Tartan version chops the tops of the actors heads.
If we're being pedantic, the ratio is 1.37:1, not 1.33:1.
Emil Ryderup Member Join Date: April 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 239
The OAR should always be respected IMO. Haven't seen this yet, loved Elephant though. Such nice visuals. have a Steadicam certificate buy will never be able to do what they did in that film.. my god.
Chris Johnson Member Join Date: October 2005 Location: United States Posts: 1,465
broad wayrock wrote: Gus Van Sant and cinematographer Christopher Doyle choose 1.33 as a tribute to to the super 8 format of skater videos which are also featured predominantly in the film.
That doesn't explain why he shoots his other movies in that ratio. The ratio is pointless these days with widescreen TV's around.
That doesn't explain why he shoots his other movies in that ratio. The ratio is pointless these days with widescreen TV's around.
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Release Date: 28th April 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: Yes
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: None
Extras: Making of, Future Shorts Secret: Cinema Event, Theatrical Trailer
Easter Egg: No
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Director: Gus Van Sant
Cast: Gabe Nevins, Taylor Momsen, Lauren McKinney
Genre: Drama
Length: 85 minutes
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Fermi: Codename GF 100 Closer Look
While ATI has been enthusiastically touting the features and performance of its 5 series lineup, NVidia has sadly been left with nothing to truly compete with the HD 5870 and HD 5970 and in the process lost the single and multiple GPU performance titles. ATI was the first to deliver a complete DX 11 line up while there was not a DX 11 video card coming forth from the green team stables that could compete with the behemoths from ATI. Nvidia has not been idle over the past months and are now ready to let the curtain down and show off what they have been working on for the past year. The public was treated to a sneak peak of the GF 100's specifications during the GPU Technology Conference NVidia held back in September of 2009. This conference was geared towards the HTPC crowd but make no bones about it the Fermi architecture is designed first and foremost as a way back to the top of the gaming performance ladder. It just so happens that the compute side is designed in as well to take advantage of next generation of gaming effects including ray tracing, fluid simulations and order-independent transparency. All the work behind the scenes is finally ready to bear fruit with the introduction of the GF 100. GF 100 is an internal designation for a Graphics card built using the Fermi architecture with 100 as the series number, internally of course. Overclockersclub was invited to a briefing on the Fermi architecture and the tools to take advantage of it, and was shown some demos on how the performance relates to Nvidias current generation video cards as well as Nvidia 3D Vison Surround. Lets take a look at Fermi and what it brings to the table.
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NVIDIA's primary goals for the GF100 include top of the line gaming performance, excellent video quality, "film like geometric realism" and developing a "compute architecture" for gaming. To increase performance over the previous generation the GF100 is equipped with double the amount of CUDA cores and double the amount of ROP'per ROP partition. First off lets take a look at the GF 100 block diagram and list the actual specifications, much of which has already been discussed before but I will list them all again. The GF 100 is equipped with 4 GPC(Graphics Processing Clusters) that house 512 CUDA cores, 16 Geometry units, 4 Raster units, 48 ROP units, 64 texture units and a 384bit GDDR5 bus. There is a total of 6 memory controllers and 768KB of unified L2 cache. Each one of the GPC's is in essence its own entity so as it appears the GF 100 is a Quad Core GPU. Surely the architecture can be scaled down to fell lower price points.
Each of the 16 SM or Shader Multiprocessors is equipped with a total 32 CUDA cores which is 4 times the amount on the GT 200 core, 4 Texture units, 64KB of on chip configurable memory that can be configured as 16KB of L1 cache and 48kb of shared memory or 16kb of shared memory and 48kb of L1 cache, 4 special function units,16 load/store units and a single Polymorph engine. Each of the 32 CUDA cores has both a fully pipelined integer arithmetic logic unit and floating Point unit. IEEE 754-2008, the new Floating point standard is used to add the FMA (Fuse Multiply Add) instruction set for both single and double precision arithmetic. A better solution than MAD(Multiply Add). Each of the Polymorph engines is equipped with five different stages Vertex Fetch, Tessellator, Viewport Transform, Attribute Setup and Stream Output. Once all the work passes through the Polymorph engine it is sent to the Raster Engine to send the data to the display with the right timing.
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Scrapping the Music, Challenge 192 "Every Time We Touch," and a Giveaway
This week's song at Scrapping the Music is Every Time We Touch" by Cascada. It is also from the movie "Final Destiny."
Not every song is going to really inspire me and make me want to create something based on what the song means. Whether it's a great song or not...sometimes just nothing comes to me. But what I love about using songs as inspiration is I can still use some of the lyrics as a jumping start for a layout. For instance, when I heard the lyrics "Your heart is My Sky" from this week's song, I thought, I could never have thought of beautiful words to express how big someone's heart is. Just loved it.
So I used pictures from my daughter's Valentine's school party. I was so happy I could share this moment with her. She was giddy with excitement as we went around giving out her Valentine's to her friends. And she was giddy when she got her goody bags loaded full of Valentine's from her friends. One time, she looked around for me, and gave me the biggest smile...she just lit up the whole room.
Her heart really is my sky...she's the sweetest little thing ever...
I can't thank all my new scrap friends enough for encouraging me and sharing your lives and scrap work with me. I know there are so many blogs out there, but to have a little circle of friends is wonderful. I want to offer a giveaway for one of my blog friends. Please be sure to leave a comment on this post and be a follower of my blog. I'll pick a winner on Friday, so remember to check back.
I love these Jenni Bowlin stamps, but I don't need two sets. Great for stamping to use as a journaling spot. I've even stamped, embossed, cut out and used it to layer on top of. My Mind's Eye buttons and banners, Maya Road fabric flowers, and Smash labels (which are great for Project Life).
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I love what you said about using lyrics as a jumping off point. It's so true! There is always something within a song that can inspire! I love love love how your layout turned out! Your daughter's smile is one that would light up a room for sure!ReplyDelete
GREAT LO! I love the idea of using songs for inspiration for LO's!ReplyDelete
Patricia, you are so kind to offer a wonderful gift! And I can't even tell you how much I love your page. Your daughter is so sweet, and so is your love for her! I am happy that you got to share that wonderful moment with her, that you shared it with us on your beautiful page!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing your project life layouts. So inspiring. Thanks for the giveaway.ReplyDelete
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STATESBORO, GA. (Feb. 26, 2005) - A strong second half rally by the Georgia Southern Eagles led to a 85-82 season finale loss for the Lady Bucs from Statesboro today. With the loss, ETSU falls to 11-16 overall for the 2004-05 season and 9-11 in Southern Conference action. GSU improves to 14-13 and 11-9 in SoCon play. Tiffani Mayes (Sumter, S.C.) led all scorers with 26 points on the afternoon, including a 9-18 shooting effort from the floor.
ETSU started strong with a dominate first half taking the 36-22 halftime lead. However the offense of the Eagles took control from the start of the second half and proved too strong for the Lady Bucs offense.
B.J. Banjo (Baltimore, Md.) added 23 points, four rebounds and two steals in the loss, while Candace Gibson (Warner Robins, Ga.) added 17 points and led ETSU with nine rebounds for the afternoon.
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Elizabeth Battey served as a Housekeeper for aristocratic English families during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. At the turn of the century, she was employed by Frances Evelyn Greville the Countess of Warwick, and former mistress of the Price of Wales, to oversee the female staff at Warwick Castle, and from 1904 until at least 1914, she was Housekeeper under Richard George Penn Curzon, the 4th Earl Howe, at his estates Godshall and the Woodlands.
The letters of Elizabeth Battey offer insight into the daily life of a member of the upper staff at an aristocratic Edwardian estate, revealing an acute class sensibility and attention to the duties of a woman of her station. The letters are filled with information about the estates on which Battey worked, her famous employers the Countess of Warwick and Earl Howe, and the social milieu she witnessed at a servant's distance.
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- Gopsall Estate (England)
- Housekeepers--Great Britain
- Howe, Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, Earl, 1884-1964
- Howe, Richard George Penn Curzon, Earl
- Warwick (England)--Description and travel
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- Warwick, Frances Evelyn Maynard Greville, Countess of, 1861-1938
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Besiege Insecticide, From Syngenta, Now Registered for Use in Sorghum, Among Other Crops
Source: Syngenta Crop Protection-US Press Release. www.syngentacropprotection.com
Greensboro, North Carolina (June 18, 2014)--Syngenta announced today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted additional registration approvals for the use of Besiege® insecticide on sorghum, cereal grains and peanuts. Combatting yield-robbing insects is now attainable for more growers as this proven insecticide expands its reach. With dual-action chemistries, Besiege provides protection against key lepidopteran insect pests, including soybean looper, corn earworm, armyworm, sorghum webworm and tobacco budworm, as well as damaging secondary pests like stinkbugs and sorghum midge.
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