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...mindset that accepts the status quo, no matter how awful it gets. They never think of forming a community to rebel against the government guards, and only belatedly find a way to escape. Meirelles' camera style is plenty jazzy, with an agitated rhythm and the desaturated color scheme from Children of God (another dystopian English-language social parable from a Latin American director); but his characters are as flaccid as those in so many Euro-films we've seen at Cannes over the years. Their feet glued to the floor, they stand in place and wait for destiny...
...larceny after allegedly stealing more than $14,000 from the agency, according to the Middlesex County District Attorney. Maria H. Gomes was arraigned on Dec. 11 on charges stemming from a Dec. 10 police report that accused her of stealing $14,370 through “larceny by continuous scheme,” said Jessica Venezia, a spokeswoman for the District Attorney. The Cambridge Housing Authority, which employs 160 people, oversees more than 2,700 units of affordable housing in the city and administers Section 8 housing vouchers, which subsidize rent for low-income residents. Though the allegedly stolen funds...
...level is pretty remarkable.”Coach Kevin Rhoads echoed his captain’s feelings, describing the weekend as “uncharted territory” for the Harvard squad.“It was a chance for us to gage where we are in the greater scheme of things,” Rhoads said. “Looking at our talent level and technique we stack up quite well.”Junior Emily Balmert again led the way for the Crimson, playing three solid rounds of golf on her way to shooting...
...Matrix, and before that dreamed up the chromatic excesses of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert) don't want to evoke feelings so much as visualize them. When young Speed first meets young Trixie, candy hearts and roses bloom around him, illuminating his innocent ardor. The color scheme of the Racer home evokes Pee-wee's Playhouse in its cartoon cheeriness, and the decor is pure '50s Populuxe. Even the choice of wallpaper - cheery flowers in the kitchen, a tangle of rectangles for Rex's room - will have you smiling; it reinforces the sunny, mid-century mood...
...Kyoto isn't working. As the European Commission itself admits, western Europe is likely to miss its Kyoto targets. So is Japan. Carbon trading is widely acknowledged as a failure. The first phase of the E.U.'s Emission Trading Scheme did not produce either a workable market in carbon or reduced emissions. Global warming has become a new religion, with the Kyoto Protocol as one of its articles of faith. The idea that we can control a global climate governed by a billion factors by dickering with a couple of politically selected gases is carbon claptrap. Leon Wilbanks, Salem, Oregon...