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Human Rights Watch World Report 2006: U.S. Policy of Abuse Undermines Rights Worldwide (yubanet.com)
New evidence demonstrated in 2005 that torture and mistreatment have been a deliberate part of the Bush administration's counterterrorism strategy, undermining the global defense of human rights, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report 2006. The evidence showed that abusive interrogation cannot be reduced to the misdeeds of a few low-ranking soldiers, but was a conscious policy choice by senior U.S. government officials. The policy has hampered Washington's ability to cajole or pressure other states into respecting international law, said the 532-page volume's introductory essay.
The Frontier Post (A Newspaper in Pakistan):'Who Do the Americans Think They Are?' (watchingamerica.com)
Who Do the Americans Think They Are? Do they think, just because they are the sole superpower, that they have become the world's overlords and can violate anyone's sovereignty at will? Within days, they have outrageously trespassed on our territory twice with their fighter aircraft and with their inexcusably appalling strafing, have unpardonably killed our innocent children, women and men. Do they think we are their colony or some kind of a banana republic?
Allison Stevens: Target at Center of Battle Over Plan B (womensenews.org)
Planned Parenthood and Target are scuffling over a woman's charge that a pharmacist refused to fill her emergency-contraception prescription. Onlookers say access to Plan B is the latest frontier in the battle over reproductive rights.
Jonathan Kozol: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
One of the most disheartening experiences for those who grew up in the years when Martin Luther King and Thurgood Marshall were alive is to visit public schools today that bear their names, or names of other honored leaders of integration struggles that produced the temporary progress that took place in the three decades after Brown, and to find how many of these schools are bastions of contemporary segregation. It is even more disheartening when schools like these are not in segregated neighborhoods but in racially mixed areas in which integration of a public school would seem to be most natural and where, indeed, it takes a conscious effort on the part of parents or school officials in these districts to avoid the integration option that is often right at their front door.
Bryan Curtis: Louis Sachar: Hot novelist of the sandbox set. (slate.com)
Sachar is now embarked on a 12-city book tour with his new novel Small Steps, aimed at preteens and above. Reached by phone in Nashville, he explains the crucial difference between the average book signing, populated by introverted adults, and his book signings, which are attended by rambunctious packs of underage groupies. "When I ask if anybody has any questions," he says, "every hand goes up."
I guess I'm not a sucker for the sensational and I'm certainly not prone to idolize the preposterous….which is why I think I had a hard time watching the insipid new Terrence Malick movie "The New World" …..why has this guy made so FEW films ("New World" makes 5) ????? And why does he wait soooo long in between his "masterpieces" (it takes time to go sooo deep) ???? Within the whispering nuances of dialogue and the wafting Wagner music there is an amazing true story that happened in 1607 in what is now Virginia……a defining cultural moment in history being played out with a 12 year old Algonquin girl and an adventurous English Captain….too bad the story got lost along with the real impact of the chance meeting of John Smith and Pocahontas!
I have studied quite extensively the story of Sacajewea, the 12 year old Western Shoshone girl who accompanied the Lewis and Clark expedition on their exploratory trek to the Pacific Ocean. I have also read the personal biography of Sarah Winnemucca, a 12 year old Northern Paiute girl, who was a lifelong arbiter between her tribe and the ever advancing White culture. The story of Matoaka (Pocahontas), who was the 12 year old daughter of Powhatan, the chief of the Virginia Algonquin group, is also very interesting and compelling………
Terrence Malick opens his historical biopic with long and languid scenic shoreline shots of the 1607 Virginia Coast…to the strains of "Das Rheingold" ……we experience the landing of the first English sailing vessel on what will become Jamestown……but back in the woods, the ash and black faced "Naturals" (local natives) bob and weave between the trees like a "Blue Man Group" ballet (definitely coached by a dance choreographer) …..observing the initial onslaught of the "White Man". The story is at first simple…….English ship lands on the coast, colonists build a fort and try to buy off the local natives with trinkets…..but this story has a couple of twists…
John Smith (Colin Farrell - "Drinking Crude" (1997) - "Phone Booth" (2002) - "Alexander" (2004) is in the brig for mutinous remarks to the Captain (Christopher Plummer - "Jesus of Nazareth" (1977) - "Dracula 2000" (2000) - "Alexander" (2004) some where on the trip across the Pacific Ocean. After landing, he sends John out into the woods to explore. Well John gets lost, and John gets caught by Powhatan people. As he is waiting for the chief to decide his fate he happens to catch the eye of a young native girl (Q'Orianka Kilcher - Cousin of Jewel - Swiss/Incan parents - 2nd place on Star Search) named Matoaka (Pocahontas) who happens to be the chief's favorite daughter . Just as the club is about to come down on John's head, Pocahontas throws herself on him and begs her father to spare his life!!! This is the beginning of a strange relationship……John wants Pocahontas and she wants him….Malick makes more Wagner music and we hear the private ruminations between the two love struck kids….in whispers…."who is this man? Where does he come from?"…."Who is this woman? Where does she come from?" I burst out laughing….. but I looked around the theater and everyone was transfixed……
What's wrong with me? Is it with a cynical eye that I cast aspersions upon insipid and asinine cinematic moments? I think not! At this point in the movie I realized that I liked the animated version, "Pocahontas" (1995), better…especially with Vanessa L. Williams singing "Colors of the Wind"! Why do people idolize such preposterous and ponderous direction? Even the cinematography went South with the continual close-ups of leaves shaking in the wind and water lapping on rocks…..
Anyway……John Smith stays with the Powhatans for a while. A year or so later he goes back to the "Fort" to find his fellow Englishmen starving and struggling with the elements. Then at the zenith of their nadir the "Naturals" bring corn and meat to the besieged fort (and maybe a Turkey) and save the pitiful "White Curs". It is a short lived but sweet moment with John Smith and Pocahontas "Courting and sparking" again ("Who is this man?....)…..but John Smith is sent away to explore and Pocahontas is heartbroken. She comes to live at the Fort after being banished by her father for helping the Colonists. There she hears a rumor that John Smith was dead…..more Wagner and a woolly clad Puritan named John Rolfe (Christian Bale - "Voice of Thomas in "Pocahontas" (1995) - "American Psycho" (2000) - "Batman Begins" (2005) falls for her…..
Well, she becomes a born again Christian, marries the new John, has a child and takes a trip to jolly olde England where she is feted, celebrated and finally meets the King and Queen. In the midst of all this, she finds out that John Smith is still alive and gets to see him one last time. She dies in London before she can return to America.
Of all the Acting in this film, Kilcher shines with an innocent and interesting interpretation of the role of Pocahontas. Farrell was pitiful, the bickering, drooling sailors were disgusting and the natives were staged and stupid (I liked the natives in "Last of the Dogmen" (1995) better). Even Wes Studi (Geronimo and Magua) and Irene Bedard (voice of "Pocahontas" (1995) were generic and stilted.
Purple Gene give "The New World" 5 drooping dying ears of corn out of 10 for trying to be a "masterpiece" but really being a "Mess"!
CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a RERUN'Cold Case', then a RERUN'NCIS', followed by a RERUN'Without A Trace'.
NBC opens the night with 'Dateline', followed by a FRESH'West Wing', then a FRESH'Law & Order: Criminal Intent', followed by a FRESH'Crossing Jordan'.
ABC begins the night with a FRESH'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a FRESH'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition', then a FRESH'Desperate Housewives', followed by a FRESH'Grey's Anatomy'.
The WB offers an hourlong RERUN'Reba', followed by a FRESH'Charmed', then a FRESH'Supernatural'.
Faux fills the night on the East Coast with LIVE'NFL Football'.
On the left coast, after the LIVE game, there's some 'NFL Postgame' crap, followed by a RERUN'Simpsons', then a RERUN'King Of The Hill', followed by another RERUN'Simpsons', then still another RERUN'Simpsons'.
UPN has an old 'Alias', followed by an old 'Fear Factor'.
A&E has 'Intervention', 'CSI: Miami', '24', and 'The First 48'.
AMC offers 'Hollywood Celebrates Al Pacino: An American Cinematheque Tribute', followed by the movie 'Colors', then the movie 'In The Heat Of The Night'.
BBC -
[2pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 32;
[3pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 33;
[4pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 34;
[5pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 35;
[6pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 36;
[7pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Episode 12;
[8pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Episode 4;
[9pm] 'Changing Rooms' - Episode 4;
[9:30pm] 'What Not To Wear' - Jane Anderson;
[10pm] 'Mile High' - Episode 1;
[11pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Episode 4;
[12am] 'Changing Rooms' - Episode 4;
[12:30am] 'What Not To Wear' - Jane Anderson;
[1am] 'Mile High' - Episode 1;
[2am] 'Cash in the Attic' - Episode 4;
[5am] 'Black Books' - The Big Lock Out;
[5:30am] 'Black Books' - He's Leaving Home;
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has all 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' all night.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Saving Silverman', followed by the movie 'Malibu's Most Wanted', then 'George Lopez: Why You Crying?'.
History has 'Decoding The Past', another 'Decoding The Past', and 'Beyond The Da Vinci Code'.
IFC -
[6AM] Blind Swordsman 3: Zatoichi Enters Again (1963);
[7:45AM] Caro Diario (1994);
[9:30AM] Spring Forward (1999);
[11:30AM] The Last Days (1998);
[1PM] Radio Bikini (1987);
[2PM] Lulu on the Bridge (1998);
[4PM] Spring Forward (1999);
[5:55PM] The Last Days (1998);
[7:30PM] At The IFC Center #9 (2005);
[8PM] Antwone Fisher (2002);
[10:05PM] George Washington (200);
[11:45PM] Antwone Fisher (2002);
[2AM] Lulu on the Bridge (1998);
[4AM] George Washington (200);
[5:30AM] At The IFC Center #9 (2005). (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has the movie 'Stargate', followed by the movie 'The Mummy Returns'.
Sundance -
[7AM] Festival Dailies 2006: (1/21/06);
[7:30AM] Gerry;
[9:15AM] John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk;
[11AM] Festival Dailies 2006: (1/21/06);
[11:30AM] In Short: Festival 3;
[12PM] Jesus Christ Superstar;
[2PM] Iconoclasts: Zellweger on Amanpour;
[2:45PM] 25 Ways to Quit Smoking;
[3PM] Kath & Kim: High and Dry;
[3:30PM] Festival Dailies 2006: (1/21/06);
[4PM] Jesus Christ Superstar;
[6PM] Iconoclasts: Zellweger on Amanpour;
[6:45PM] The Firefly Man;
[7PM] Love in the Time of Money;
[8:30PM] Kath & Kim: High and Dry;
[9PM] Festival Dailies 2006: (1/22/06);
[9:30PM] The Talent Given Us;
[11:15PM] The Youth In Us;
[11:30PM] Festival Dailies 2006: (1/22/06);
[12AM] Intimacy;
[2AM] Kika;
[4AM] The Talent Given Us;
[5:45AM] Second Skin. (ALL TIMES EST)
Mexican actors Gael Garcia Bernal, center, and Diego Luna, left, talk to actor Peter Coyote at a party Bernal and Luna hosted at the Blender Sessions at Tao nightclub, Friday, Jan. 20, 2006, at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Bernal and Luna were celebrating the launch of their new production company, Canana Productions.
Photo by Kevork Djansezian
Entertainer Harry Belafonte, one of the Bush administration's harshest critics, compared the national Homeland Security department to the Gestapo and attacked the president as a liar during a fiery Saturday speech.
"We've come to this dark time in which the Gestapo of Homeland Security lurks here, where citizens are having their rights suspended," Belafonte told thousands of people at the annual meeting of the Arts Presenters Members Conference.
"You can be arrested and not charged, you can be arrested and have no right to counsel," said Belafonte, who called resident Bush "the greatest terrorist in the world" during a trip to Venezuela two weeks ago. Belafonte, 78, made that comment after a meeting with Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.
Bush, he said, was a president "who has risen to power somewhat dubiously and ... then lies to the people of this nation, misleads them, misinstructs, and then sends off hundreds of thousands of our own boys and girls to a foreign land that has not aggressed against us."
'Come Early Morning' star Ashley Judd, poses for photographers before the screening of the movie during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Friday, Jan. 20, 2006.
Photo by Carolyn Kaster
The father of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff says George Clooney's off-color joke about his son's name during the Golden Globe Awards left the lobbyist's 12-year-old daughter weeping.
In an open letter sympathy ploy to Clooney posted Friday on the Web site of The Desert Sun newspaper, Frank Abramoff said he was astonished by the actor's "glib and ridiculous attack" during Monday's televised program.
A federal judge has ordered the city to pay $1.1 million in legal costs to the family of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G. as sanctions for intentionally withholding evidence during the family's civil lawsuit trial.
U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper's ruling Friday didn't give the family the $2 million originally sought, but she left open the possibility of an additional $300,000.
Cooper declared a mistrial last summer in the family's civil lawsuit after finding that a police detective hid statements linking the killing to former LAPD Officers David Mack and Rafael Perez. She also ordered the city to pay the slain rapper's family's legal costs.
Elaine Stritch, left, and Barbara Cook perform a duet together singing 'The Grass is Always Greener' at the Metropolitan Opera Friday, Jan. 20, 2006 in New York.
Photo by Julie Jacobson
The Aston Martin spy car from the James Bond movies "Thunderball" and "Goldfinger" - complete with machine guns and tire slashers - sold for $2.1 million at a vintage motor cars auction here Friday.
It is one of only four cars originally constructed and used for 1964's "Goldfinger" and 1965's "Thunderball" as well as promotional tour use. The auction car was primarily used for promotion.
Also at RM Auction's one-day event at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, Al Capone's 1928 Cadillac Town Sedan sold for $621,500 while Hank Williams Jr.'s 1964 "Silver Dollar" Pontiac convertible was auctioned for $214,500 and a 1934 Packard Twelve Runabout Speedster sold for $3.2 million.
A suspect in the theft of a $60 million Renaissance figurine turned himself in and police said Saturday they had recovered the object, stolen almost three years ago from an Austrian museum.
The Austria Press Agency said experts had established the authenticity of the figurine - the 16th century, gold-plated "Saliera," or salt cellar sculpture by the Florentine master Benvenuto Cellini.
The man was photographed by a surveillance camera while buying a cell phone that was then used to send a text message to police during a failed attempt last year to ransom the figurine, the daily Salzburger Nachrichten reported. He went to the police after acquaintances told him he resembled the person being sought.
John Waters poses for photographers before the screening of 'Sherrybaby' during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006.
Photo by Carolyn Kaster
Charles Willson Peale's full-length portrait of George Washington on the American Revolutionary War battlefield fetched $21.3 million at auction Saturday, setting a world record for the sale of an American portrait, Christie's auction house said.
"George Washington at Princeton," signed and dated 1779 by the Revolutionary period's premier portrait artist, was one of eight full-length portraits of Washington painted by Peale between 1779 and 1781. It was the only one known to be in private hands.
Art dealer C.L. Prickett purchased the painting. Christie's had said earlier it was expected to fetch $10 million to $15 million.
Martin Landau (L), a cast member in the ABC drama series 'The Evidence,' participates in a Q&A session with fellow cast members Rob Estes (C) and Anita Briem at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, California, January 21, 2006.
Photo by Chris Pizzello
Salvador Guilliem dangles on a narrow beam over the sunken remains of a mural painted by Indians shortly after the Spanish Conquest. Guilliem, an archaeologist, points out the newly excavated red, green and ochre flourishes in one of the earliest paintings to show the mixing of the two cultures.
The vivid scene of animals real and mythical cavorting around the edge of lakes that once shimmered in Mexico City was painted by Aztec Indians in the early 1530s during a rare, brief moment of tolerance in an era when Spaniards were obliterating Aztec culture to cement their own rule.
Guilliem, who found the mural beneath the floor of a former Spanish convent, uses the beam to avoid treading on or touching the painting, done on the sides of a water holding pool that was later ceremonially crushed and buried. Because of the burial, the bottom half of the 16-yard-long mural was preserved. But the top half - about one yard in height - was broken into about 25,000 fragments, which archaeologists must now painstakingly reassemble.
A person's shadow is pictured besides Pablo Picasso's serigraphy for the world youth festival in the former communist GDR of 1951 during the exhibition 'Picasso's women and Cocteau's men' in the art house of Apolda, eastern Germany, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006. This exhibition presents 150 paintings from the Spanish cubist, painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) and the French author, filmmaker and painter Jean Cocteau (1889-1963). The exhibition started on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006 and lasts until Apr. 17, 2006.
Photo by Jens Meyer
A fierce debate continued to rage in Germany's online community on Friday over a court ruling that forced the closure of Wikipedia's German language Web site for nearly two days this week. In a country where the most-publicized free speech cases surround right-wing or Nazi speech, it was an entry about an obscure German hacker that took the world's biggest encyclopedia offline.
The legal challenge, which began in December, peaked on Jan. 17 when a Berlin administrative court ordered the shutdown of Wikipedia.de and any redirects that took users to Wikipedia's mother site in the United States. The court had threatened Wikipedia's German parent organization with a €250,000 fine and executives with up to six months in prison if it didn't abide by the court order.
The temporary injunction came after the parents of a German hacker sued the site for naming their son in an online encyclopedia entry. The hacker, who goes by the name of "Tron," was famous in the German hacker scene for his hacks, which included decrypting Pay TV and telephone cards and for developing plans for an encrypted telephone. After his death in 1999, articles and books were written about the man, whose real name is Boris F., and conspiracy theories began to brew that the hacker was murdered.
Bob Weinstock, founder of the renowned jazz label Prestige, died January 14 in Boca Raton, Fla. He was 77.
The New York-born entrepreneur was 16 when he entered the music business with a mail-order operation wholesaling jazz reissues to various stores in New York. He first worked from his family's apartment and then rented retail space for his booming business at the Jazz Record Corner on West 47th Street.
In 1949, the 20-year-old Weinstock established his initial imprint, which he called New Jazz. Shortly thereafter he launched Prestige. Weinstock operated the label until May 1971, when he sold the company to Fantasy Records. (Prestige is now part of the Concord Music Group.)
Under Weinstock's guidance, Prestige recorded many of the giants of jazz. The label developed an important catalog of jazz classics, including works by Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk.
In the 1960s, Weinstock updated Prestige with the addition of soul jazz artists such as Brother Jack McDuff, Richard "Groove" Holmes and Charles Earland. The label also scored R&B and pop hits with recordings like King Pleasure's "Moody's Mood for Love" and Etta Jones' "Don't Go to Strangers."
After selling the company, Weinstock moved to Florida. He is survived by his companion, Roberta Ross; three sons; and three grandchildren.
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