David Ho’s work is created digitally, yet has the feel and look of aged watercolors. The series he is exhibiting, "Candice the Ghost" is a short departure from his more dark and sinister work. The series is devoted to a story about a little girl who dies and becomes a ghost. Her desire to become human forces her to look upon the human race with jealousy and rage - a kind of love/hate relationship. But with help from the gods, she ultimately learns to control her inner demons, attain inner peace and help mankind. This parable uses Eastern imagery and philosophy as its map, though the journey Candice must make will look familiar to anyone who has looked inward at the dark side within.
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Nicholas Kristof on Literature--NYTimes 2/4/07
Nicholas Kristof on Literature--NYTimes 2/4/07 February 4, 2007 Under Bush’s Pillow By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Dick Cheney as Lord Voldemort? A reader named Melissa S. ( Read more... ) |
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An Unreasonable Man
An Unreasonable Man   Type: Documentary Distributor: Red Envelope Entertainment Release Date: January 31, 2007 Rating: NR Running Time: 155 Minutes Starring: Ralph Nader, Jay Acton, Theresa Amato, Pat Buchanan, Peter Camejo Directed by: Henriette Mantel, Stephen Skrovan REVIEW SUMMARY Early in the documentary “An Unreasonable Man,” it is noted that Ralph Nader is more likely to be remembered for his 2000 presidential campaign than for the decades of advocacy that preceded it. And the movie, an admiring but hardly uncritical portrait of Mr. Nader, confirms this suspicion by devoting nearly half of its more than two-hour running time to the 2000 election and its aftermath. That event seems at once irrelevant and urgent, lost in the mists of pre-9/11 history and painfully topical. Certainly the passage of time has not cooled tempers or settled arguments. And so, much of the second half of “An Unreasonable Man,” directed by Steve Skrovan and Henriette Mantel (a former associate of Mr. Nader, she is also interviewed on camera), consists of talking heads talking past one another. — A. O. Scott, The New York Times |
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Indeed, it is difficult to locate a Republican who is quite as sunny about Iraq’s future as Joe Lieb
Iraq is the reason that Lieberman calls himself an “independent Democrat.” THE LORAX How Joe Lieberman sees himself. Issue of 2007-02-12 Posted 2007-02-05 Hillary Rodham Clinton, like many capable politicians, has the ability to arrange her face in such a way as to convey nothing but placidity and benign pity when confronted by a hostile or unpleasant comment. On occasion, though, when her benevolence or, worse, her honor is questioned, her facial muscles tighten, her lips purse, and her eyes seem to darken. Such was the case at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee in late January, when Senator Joseph Lieberman, of Connecticut, the committee’s army of one—he is the last self-identified Democrat in Congress, and perhaps in America, to express admiration for George W. Bush’s course in Iraq—accused his colleagues (and not only Democrats but those Republicans who are irresolute in their support for the President) of providing encouragement to America’s enemies. ( Read more... ) |
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13 photographs that changed the world
13 photographs that changed the world http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/13-p 13. The Photograph That Foreshadowed the Future
Before there was photoshop, there was Man Ray. One of the world’s most original photographers, Ray was tireless experimenter. In fact, his work was so inventive that he eventually left the camera behind altogether, creating his surreal "Rayographs" entirely in the darkroom. "Le Violon d’Ingres" is perhaps his best-known photograph, and one of his earliest. Like many pieces from the Dada movement (which Ray is credited with bringing to the United States), it’s a visual pun. By drawing f-holes on his model’s back, he points out the similarities between the body of a woman and the body of a violin. But it’s a literal pun, as well. Both the model’s dress and pose echo a famous painting by French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominiqe Ingres, whose hobbies were depicting female nudes and playing the violin. More than just highbrow it, however, Ray’s work was far ahead of its time. By ridiculing a now-obsolete concept - the photographic image as literal interpretation of reality - his pictures foreshadowed our own digital revolution. ( Read more... ) |
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under the guise of promoting a conservative agenda, the Bush administration has created a supersized
under the guise of promoting a conservative agenda, the Bush administration has created a supersized version of the 19th-century spoils system. The Green-Zoning of America One of the best of the many recent books about the Iraq debacle is Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s “Imperial Life in the Emerald City.” The book tells a tale of hopes squandered in the name of politicization and privatization: key jobs in Baghdad’s Green Zone were assigned on the basis of loyalty rather than know-how, while key functions were outsourced to private contractors. Two recent reports in The New York Times serve as a reminder that the Bush administration has brought the same corruption of governance to the home front. Call it the Green-Zoning of America. In the first article, The Times reported that a new executive order requires that each agency contain a “regulatory policy office run by a political appointee,” a change that “strengthens the hand of the White House in shaping rules that have, in the past, often been generated by civil servants and scientific experts.” Yesterday, The Times turned to the rapid growth of federal contracting, fed “by a philosophy that encourages outsourcing almost everything government does.” ( Read more... ) |
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Activists Launch Occupation Project
Activists Launch Occupation Project A new grassroots campaign called the Occupation Project is being launched today to end the war in Iraq. Activists plan to occupy the offices of lawmakers who refuse to pledge to vote against additional war funding. The Occupation Project is being led by the Chicago-based Voices for Creative Nonviolence. U.S. Rejects New UN Environmental Body Sen. Clinton Refuses to Rule Out Backing Iran Attack ( Read more... ) |
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More than a dozen spots celebrated violence in an exaggerated, cartoonlike vein that was intended to
But the ongoing war seemed to linger just below the surface of many of this year’s commercials.
Super Bowl Ads of Cartoonish Violence, Perhaps Reflecting Toll of War No commercial that appeared last night during Super Bowl XLI directly addressed Iraq, unlike a patriotic spot for Budweiser beer that ran during the game two years ago. But the ongoing war seemed to linger just below the surface of many of this year’s commercials. More than a dozen spots celebrated violence in an exaggerated, cartoonlike vein that was intended to be humorous, but often came across as cruel or callous. ( Read more... ) |
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Walton said he would allow the tapes to be released as soon as the jury finishes hearing them. He implored journalists to use them responsibly http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con Audiotapes of Libby's Testimony to Be Released By Amy Goldstein and Carol D. Leonnig
The federal judge presiding over the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby ruled this morning that the public is entitled to hear audiotapes of Libby's testimony before the grand jury that investigated the 2003 leak of an undercover CIA officer's identity. ( Read more... ) |
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the nonbinding resolution is really a very tepid tiptoe, which will serve the purpose of getting Con
the nonbinding resolution is really a very tepid tiptoe, which will serve the purpose of getting Congress off the hook in the following weeks and months, saying, well, they did what they could do. There’s got to be much more aggressive moves by Congress, maybe reflected in Congressman Jim McGovern's bill, which will deal with the appropriations process and protect the soldiers, as they withdraw. If we don't withdraw on a timetable, our military and corporate occupation of Iraq, including the oil industry, the bottom will never fall out of the insurgency. In the process of withdrawing, we develop what can be called the Iraq reconciliation plan that Dal Lamagna and CODEPINK initiated with members of the Iraqi parliament, tribal leaders and victims of torture in Amman last year. The Iraqi hierarchy is still in place. I mean, the place is in chaos in terms of explosions, but the tribal leaders, the religious leaders, the political leaders still command the kind of cohesive authority in the three distinct groups that could provide for a reconciliation plan with international peacekeepers for an interim period, while we continue hiring Iraqis for reconstruction of their devastated homeland, compliments of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. Ralph Nader on Why He Might Run In 2008, the Iraq War & the New Documentary "An Unreasonable Man"Monday, February 5th, 2007 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sConsumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader says he will decide later this year whether to run for president in 2008. Today he also looks back at his childhood and his new book "Seventeen Traditions." In addition, film director Henriette Mantel joins us to talk about "An Unreasonable Man." [includes rush transcript]
Following one of the bloodiest weekends of the Iraq war, the Senate is set to begin debate today on a non-binding resolution criticizing President Bush's decision to send in more US troops. Meanwhile this weekend, Democratic activists gathered at the Hilton Hotel in Washington D.C for the annual Democratic National Committee winter meeting. The two-day event featured speeches and presentations by all of the Democratic Presidential contenders. It was the first showcase for the candidates who are already beginning to run for their party's nomination in what is set to become the longest primary campaign in history. In a moment, we'll take a look at a new documentary about a different kind of presidential candidate that's just been released. It is called “An Unreasonable Man” - and is about the long-time consumer advocate, lawyer, author and two-time presidential candidate - Ralph Nader. He is the author of a new book about his life titled "The Seventeen Traditions."
, writer, director and executive producer of "An Unreasonable Man." Henriette is also a writer, actress and stand-up comic. AMY GOODMAN: In a moment, we’ll take a look at a new documentary about a different kind of presidential candidate. ( Read more... ) |
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Ho, Kurniawan, Hiemnstra at Roq La Rue
Ho, Kurniawan, Hiemnstra at Roq La RueArtist David Ho's work, seen here, will be shown as part of a new group show opening this Friday at Seattle's Roq La Rue gallery. Also exhibiting will be Ronald Kurniawan and Femke Hiemnstra. From the description of Ho's art:Link http://www.roqlarue.com/showpages/Februa |
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Works by Kim Keever
 Works by Kim Keever, January 12 - March 10, 2007 at Kinz, Tillou and Feigen. "...Kim Keever's large-scale photographs of painterly landscapes invoke a sense of the sublime reminiscent of the Hudson River School and 19th Century Romanticism. In actuality, Keever creates his timeless worlds by carefully constructing small-scale topographies in a 100 gallon glass tank, which he then fills with water, disperses liquid pigments and lights with colored gels to achieve the ephemeral atmospheric conditions that enliven his work. They are fully fabricated illusions that conjure the realms of our imagination. These conceptually contrived works address the psychology of the picturesque and our perception of the unaltered landscape and the natural world." Also... More. |
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Agent Acknowledges Gaps in Libby Notes
Agent Acknowledges Gaps in Libby Notes Filed at 1:21 p.m. ET WASHINGTON (AP) -- An FBI agent acknowledged Monday that some of her testimony could not be backed up by notes, an admission that attorneys for former White House aide I. Lewis ''Scooter'' Libby seized on in an effort to undercut perjury and obstruction charges. Agent Deborah Bond testified last week that, in his FBI interview Libby adamantly denied discussing a CIA operative's identity with White House spokesman Ari Fleischer. Under cross-examination Monday, however, Bond conceded that FBI notes contain no record of such a denial. Rather, they say he may have discussed it but couldn't recall. ''Adamantly might not be the perfect word,'' Bond said. ( Read more... ) |
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Letter to the Editor Washington Post
Letter to the Editor Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con Thank you for the excellent photo of our march against the war on your Jan. 28 front page. After the first big march against the impending Iraq war on Oct. 26, 2002, at which I also marched, you had a most unsuitable photo of a small crowd of people at the Reflecting Pool. The Jan. 27 march was the biggest and most inclusive yet. Your picture gave some idea of the outpouring of citizens of all ages, backgrounds and ideas. I just turned 77 and will continue my opposition to the present war and all wars as long as I can.
-- Louise Schoonmaker Keeley Washington http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con |
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Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam
American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion” Monday, February 5th, 2007 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sPaul Barrett talks about his new book "American Islam" and Asra Nomani recalls how in November 2003 she became the first woman to insist on the right to pray in the male-only main hall of her mosque in West Virginia. [includes rush transcript]
There are as many as six million Muslims living in the United States. And since the September 11th attacks, some have been investigated and interrogated, removed from aircrafts and accused of terrorist plots. A new book gives an intimate and vivid portrait of American Muslims living in the U.S. -- “American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion” -- travels from West Virginia to northern Idaho and takes readers into Muslim homes, mosques, and private gatherings. The book profiles a varied population of American Muslims with different ideologies and cultures, backgrounds and ethnicities. The author of the book, Paul Barrett, joins me now. Paul also directs the investigative reporting team at Business Struggle for the Soul of Islam." Before that he worked as a reporter and editor at The Wall Street Journal. And also with us is journalist, activist and author Asra Nomani -- Her book is titled "Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman's November 2003, Nomani became the first woman in her mosque in West Virginia to insist on the right to pray in the male-only main hall. Asra is profiled in “American Islam.”
, journalist, author and activist. She is the author of the book, "Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam." In November 2003, Nomani became the first woman in her mosque in West Virginia to insist on the right to pray in the male-only main hall. AMY GOODMAN: A new book gives an intimate and vivid portrait of American Muslims living here in the US. It’s called American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion, ( Read more... ) |
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Adam Bartas, photography
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official web site of the Sneaker Pimps
official web site of the Sneaker Pimps official web site of the Sneaker Pimps |
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Sneaker Pimps is a British Electropop band formed in Reading, England in 1995. They are best known f
Sneaker Pimps is a British Electropop band formed in Reading, England in 1995. They are best known for their first album Becoming X (released in 1996) and particularly the singles "6 Underground", "Spin Spin Sugar" and "Tesko Suicide" from that album. They took their name from an article the Beastie Boys published in their Grand Royale magazine about a man they hired to track down classic sneakers. The band's founding members were Chris Corner and Liam Howe (both ex-DJs), who then recruited Kelli Dayton (formerly of Lumieres, now recording under the name Kelli Ali) for vocal duties. After the first album, the band felt that demos for second album (on which Corner provided the guide vocals) better suited his voice, especially in regard to the more raw, personal quality of the lyrics. Combined with the fear of being identified with the fad for trip-hop acts (i.e. Portishead), Kelli was asked to leave the group, and Corner became the singer. Dayton's departure was well received by some critics who felt that it gave the band a more honest, emotional timbre. Some fans feel that the songs on subsequent Sneaker Pimps albums, Splinter and Bloodsport, have lost the bubblegum feel and have gained an emotional intensity, while others enjoyed Dayton's vocals precisely because of that feel. Currently the band are recording material for an as-yet untitled fourth album, having shelved a number of songs previewed live during 2003, and having recruited a new, as-yet unknown, female singer. |
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