save water

china city life

 

Save water slogan:

1, water conservation is an important strategy of sustainable development measures.

2, to create a water-saving cities, the implementation of sustainable development.

3, domestic water vigorously popularize water-saving appliances.

4, water conservation, protecting water resources, is the common responsibility of society as a whole.

5, both revenue and cutting expenditure, expenditure priorities, pollution control-oriented, science and open source, comprehensive utilization.

6, the state planned water, efforts to save water.

7, but unfortunately the water, love the water, water, starting with me.

8, adhere to water conservation first, and strive to build water-saving city.

9, water conservation, for the benefit of mankind, benefits to the present power future generations.

10, according to water management, water science, water conscious.

11, strengthen the urban water conservation management, conservation and protection of urban water resources.

12, to build a water-based economy and water-saving society.

13, protection of water resources, promoting…

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“Life of Pi” Review

Life of Pi

the dark knight rises

A Constant Visual Feast

There’s no good starting place for discussion of The Dark Knight Rises. In addition to its individual girth– the film clocks in at a nice, round two hours and forty five minutes– TDKR represents Christopher Nolan’s final contribution to the Dark Knight’s rebooted franchise. Does the film stand as an acceptable farewell letter to both the bat and the man? The results are disappointingly mixed. Nolan has bid farewell to the caped crusader with a bloated, top-heavy, structurally unsound film, but one that delivers in the action department and offers some of the best performances from its regular cast to date. For summer popcorn fare you could do much worse, but this is Christopher Nolan; we’ve seen him yield far better results playing in this exact same sandbox.

Of course, the sandbox is much more crowded this time around, and on top of that things have gotten pretty dull…

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silver linings playbook

A Constant Visual Feast

Were I to describe Silver Linings Playbook in a single word, it would be “insistent”. We should consider the source, though; after all, David O. Russell is nothing if not blunt in his cinema and mercurial as a man. So when Silver Linings Playbook grips you by your lapels and stares you in the eyes with its bountiful preciousness, there should be no doubting the point of origin of the film’s frank, broad sense of urgency. What Russell has produced here is a work that, like 2010’s The Fighter, stands far removed from the angrier offerings of his salad days and which continues his journey down the path of mainstream visibility and success, suggesting that he’s on a hiatus from making biting, satirical pictures like Three Kings and I Heart Huckabees.

He’s also managed to make a pretty good movie, and in doing so demonstrated how a gifted…

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skyfall

A Constant Visual Feast

Has the James Bond franchise come full circle? Are we now at a point where there are no more secrets to the world’s most famous globe-trotting, womanizing, martini-guzzling spy? By the time Sam Mendes directs Skyfall, his entry in the half-a-century-old series, to its logical conclusion, we’ve actually experienced cinema of regression, watching as the film delves into the character’s roots before witnessing them burst forth to let their genre heritage flourish. Since Daniel Craig took over star duties in 2006’s excellent Casino Royale, we’ve seen him take Bond from a debonaire MI6 agent to a British cousin of Matt Damon’s Jason Bourne; with Skyfall, we come to understand why, and also see Craig assume the traditional mantle we expect him to bear in the role.

The film literally starts with a bang– in fact, several of them. Mendes’ name isn’t one typically associated with high-end…

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have patience

The Blog of Disquiet

I’ve been reading sad books. Books about sad people. While I was reading Suzanne Scanlon’s Promising Young Women (which I reviewed here), I was rereading Two Girls, Fat and Thin by Mary Gaitskill, and at this point in my life I must have reread it five or six times. It’s always a bad idea for me to read this book—I’m always in a funk for a week after, sometimes longer, or perhaps but now it’s just lodged itself somewhere inside me and each time I reread it it’s like lighting a match. Two Girls is about two girls, but it’s also about gender war(s), heterosexuality as violence. Chris Kraus writes about wanting to solve heterosexuality before turning 40 in I Love Dick but I feel like every conversation with single straight women friends over beer is an attempt to solve heterosexuality, and after a few drinks the solution is…

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Body of Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat to be Exhumed on Tuesday

from Russia

The Red Pill

The body of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is to be exhumed on Tuesday, Palestinian officials say. His body is to undergo tests to find out whether his death in Paris in 2004 was caused by poisoning.

November 24, 2012

Article from Voices of Russia

“The tomb will be opened on November 27 and experts will take samples the same day within a matter of a few hours,” Tawfiq Tirawi told reporters in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

He said a reburial ceremony would be held later the same day.

Arafat’s family members had earlier said that the exhumation would probably go ahead on Monday.

Tirawi did not explain the apparent delay while stressing the exhumation was painful but necessary to establish the truth of allegations that Israeli may have poisoned the iconic Palestinian leader.

“November 27 will be one of the most painful days of my life for personal reasons…

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It’s been a while….

Catphi's Curiosities

    …and I have been quit busy. I haven’t forgotten about this site, and though about six months have passed since I last posted, the world remains largely in the same miasma. To that point, I am posting, or rather, re-posting some editorial comics I saw. Forgive me for not translating them, but I can not do that correctly. I maintain that visuals comics, editorial or otherwise, usually need no translation. I can’t say enjoy these, as they are not for fun. They are meant to be thought provoking.

 

 

 

 

 

     Finally, I would like to bid farewell to a game I had the pleasure of beta testing since last year – Glitch. Soon, it will be closing forever because it was too ambitious for a flash game. I can’t say I enjoyed all aspects of it, but I did like some of the…

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Namastey London

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Rishi Kapoor, Upen Patel

Director: Vipul Shah

In director Vipul Shah’s Namastey London, Katrina Kaif plays an Indian girl born and raised in the UK, who’s turned out to be something of an enfant terrible who guzzles vodka like it’s water, dresses in micro-minis under her salwar-kameez, and frightens away prospective grooms by telling them false stories about her promiscuity. But worse than all of this, and the reason her dad’s having sleepless nights actually, is because she’s seriously considering a marriage proposal from her white boyfriend, a cad who’s already been married thrice in the past.

No wonder daddy dearest Rishi Kapoor whisks her off to good ol’ Bharat where after several failed attempts to find a suitable groom for his daughter, he finally coaxes her to tie the knot with the son of an old friend, a sort of small-town bumpkin Akshay Kumar, who’s already fallen head over heels in love with his peaches-and-cream complexioned wife.

Promising to consummate their marriage back in London, Katrina brings Akshay home, but only to reveal to him and to her parents that this shaadi was all a sham, and her heart still beats only for her gora boyfriend. Shaken, but not entirely defeated, Akshay decides he’s going to stay on and win her back with love.It’s very unlikely that you’re going to enjoy a film if you know exactly how it’s going to turn out in the end. But let’s face it, unpredictability of plot is something that very few Hindi films can boast of. In which case, when you do know what direction a film is going in, when you do know what’s going to happen at the end of the film, the only thing that is likely to keep you entertained, is the manner in which the filmmaker or the writers arrive at that ending. You know the beginning, you know the end — now can they make the middle so interesting and so unique that you’re willing to stay with the film even though you know where it’s all leading upto?

Vipul Shah and his writers use the old-fashioned approach – true love conquers all. Namastey London certainly has its heart in the right place. By the time the lights finally come on and the end credits begin to roll, you feel like you’ve been in that hall for what seems like an eternity. Namastey London is too long for a story that’s too familiar to begin with. It’s not a bad film, but it’s often dull and you can pretty much predict its every next step.

Of the actors Upen Patel turns in a surprisingly decent piece as a British-Asian boy confronted with cultural dilemmas. As the patient and hopeful romantic, Akshay Kumar plays his most restrained role yet, and he’s not bad at all, it’s just that his character seems so ludicrous; you’re unable to take him too seriously. For Katrina Kaif, playing the rebellious protagonist of this film, it’s a part that fits her like a glove. Her acting’s also considerably improved since the last time she was on screen.But for me, the only actor really worth mentioning in this film is Rishi Kapoor. Both in his comic scenes and his dramatic portions, he brings a degree of naturalness that none of the other actors can serve up. He is easily the emotional anchor of this film and his performance it’s only real strength.