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BEE MOVIE (5674) This film gets an A-plus. Jerry Seinfeld's venture into the world of animated comedy successfully breaks new ground for him while reminding us why his sitcom was one of the funniest programs in TV history. ★★★★ (C.C.) 90 mins. PG, suggestive humor. BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD (5691) Sidney Lumet's exceptional crime saga is as full of entangled meanings as its name. ★★★★ (C.C.) 117 mins. R, graphic sexuality, nudity, violence, drug use, language. THE BUCKET LIST (5743) In this stillborn comedy, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman play terminally ill men chasing their dreams on a round-the-world trip. It's terribly earnest, terribly well-intentioned -- and terrible. ★ 1/2 (C.C.) 97 mins. PG-13, language, sexual reference. CASSANDRA'S DREAM (5750) Woody Allen crafts a taut thriller about two brothers (Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor) drawn into a crime.
Top authors join Amnesty project
Thirty of the world's most acclaimed authors are to write new works in support of Amnesty International. Tom Stoppard, Paulo Coelho, JM Coetzee, Jeanette Winterson and Nadine Gordimer are among those taking part in the Blood Like Water project, which marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Six books, each containing five original works, will be published in August. Each writer will contribute a story "as a literary testament to the ideal that an attack on human rights anywhere is an attack on humanity everywhere". The authors will be provided with first-hand interviews, news reports, photographs and video footage of human rights abuses. Iain Banks, David Mitchelle, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, DBC Pierre, Colm Toibin, Kate Atkinson and Marina Lewycka are also involved.
May 2006
Life within its un-historic confines is proving to be surprisingly freeing. My neighbors have windows made from 200-year-old hand-blown glass and chimneys wide as redwoods, but I feel no sense of envy toward these historically significant Joneses. I drive past centuries of style with every supermarket run, and return to my 1960s Cape on its concrete-block foundation, knowing that if a pipe bursts or an electrical outlet shorts out, I won't need an architectural-history degree to make things right again. My last two homes in Chicago each had their own unique historical aspects, each an example of a classic style unique to that city's storied design past. My spacious condo in a circa 1904, six-unit apartment building, had a gracious, airy floor plan made for entertaining, with a split-parlor living room, beamed-ceilinged dining room and original windows throughout.
Coastal Post Online
Two stories about California's workers compensation system became public on the same day last month. One was about California Highway Patrol Officer Bill Parkin, who hurt his knee on the job, while clearing traffic accidents and helping stranded motorists in July 2006. Officer Parkin put his health and safety at risk to protect us and thought he'd receive the medical care he needed to heal and compensation for his permanent disabilities.
Instead, the insurance company, State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF), delayed his knee surgery for months, and Officer Parkin got worse instead of better. The delays compounded the injury, ending up requiring surgery on both knees. Now, Officer Parkin doesn't know if he'll be able to return to the job he loved.
The second story was about a State Department of Insurance audit of SCIF, which revealed that Officer Parkin is one of tens of thousands of Californians whose work-related injuries the insurer neglected.
Alberta to miss climate talks
He could learn much from meeting his fellow premiers some of whom had similar views as Stelmach's in the past. Albertan's had better take the ecological harm of the oilsands more seriously and compel its own government to act quickly to avert the coming disaster.Stelmach seems to be abjectly bought over by the oil and gas industry and does not want any of his colleagues telling him to do something about the environment.But the disaster in Alberta will impact other provinces.They have a right to have a say in what happens in Alberta. Posted 29/01/08 at 6:19 AM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment .
Disney's Pleasure Island still evolving
The slow evolution of Downtown Disney's Pleasure Island continues with the recent opening of a second specialty apparel shop, the impending shutdown of a live-music nightclub, and the anticipated reuse of a long-closed building.
Opening shortly before Christmas was a new, two-story shop called Curl by Sammy Duval, named after the water-skiing legend and featuring name-brand surf and skateboard fashions, boards and gear.
Closing Feb. 3 will be the Rock 'n' Roll Beach Club, a venue known for its nightly live music. Along with Raglan Road, which often features solo musicians or acoustical combos, the Beach Club has been Pleasure Island's live-music venue.
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ePulse Newsletter
Professor Martin Roland CBE will conduct a master-class at the two day College Quality Symposium in Auckland on 1-2 February 2008. Martin Roland, Professor of General Practice at the University and Director of the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre (NPCRDC) is the founding director of the NIHR School for Primary Care Research, a collaboration between the five leading departments of primary care in England. He is also Head of the School of Community Based Medicine within the Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences in Manchester. The School comprises of three research groups: Primary Care, Psychiatry, and Biostatistics, Informatics and Health Economics.
His previous areas of research include back pain, hospital referrals, out of hours care, and nurse practitioners in general practice.
Wings' Hasek appreciates, but is not slowing
Goaltender, now 43, says he's learned to "enjoy every moment," and Wings have too. Ted Kulfan / The Detroit News DETROIT -- Dominik Hasek was pretty proud of himself. It's become a tradition in the Red Wings' locker room to get a face full of shaving cream on your birthday, courtesy of Kris Draper. But Hasek, who turned 43 on Tuesday, escaped the routine when he slipped out of the locker room early that day. .
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