Monday, April 19, 2010
End Occupation in Israel...
Barak urges end to occupation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ehud Barak, Israel's defence minister, has said that his country must recognise that the world will not put up with decades more of Israeli rule over the Palestinian people. "The world is not willing to accept - and we will not change that in 2010 - the expectation that Israel will rule another people for decades more," he said. Peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians have been stalled since Israeli forces launched a 22-day offensive in the Gaza Strip in December 2008. such as adopting the vision of two states for two peoples and curtailing settlement construction.
"But we also should not delude ourselves. The growing alienation between us and the United States is not good for the state of Israel," he said. "We extend one hand in peace to all our neighbours who wish for peace. Our other hand grasps the sword of David in order to defend our people against those who seek to kill us," he said. Israel's Memorial Day, which is dedicated to the nearly 23,000 fallen soldiers and civilian victims of attacks, is observed with a two-minute nationwide siren when people stand at attention, traffic is halted and everyday activities come briefly to a standstill. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
BATMAN (CONTINUED)... YO... DOPE
Batman Begins uses Chigaco and New York for its framework when crafting the architecture and the building schemes in the set for Gotham city.
The city of Chicago is the set for the film, but long ariel shots include other cities and New York is used.
Also, Bruce Wayne leaves the city for quite some time so we get a dance of Eastern architecture and the culture that goes along with it.
New York is referred to as "the Gotham City" but in Nolan's film he uses the old architecture of Chicago to portray what I think looks like an old New York or atleast a 50s or 60s New York. I don't know I was not alive. But I have seen pics and movies with that city featured.
I love Batman and the original is a favorite film of mine.
In my parents home my old room which is now the entertainment room is still
a entire wall mural of merely the Batman symbol.