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Movie News: SXSW Film 2014 Features Lineup
Highlights Include Universal Pictures' Neighbors,
Predestination & New Episodic Section
Austin, Texas – January 30, 2014 – Today the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival announced a diverse features lineup for this year's Festival, the 21st edition and running March 7 – 15, 2014 in Austin, Texas. The 2014 program expands on SXSW tradition of embracing a range of genres and span of budgets, featuring a wealth of vision from experienced and developing filmmakers alike. For more information visit http://sxsw.com/film.
Listed in the announcement are 115 of the features that will screen over the course of nine days at SXSW 2014. The lineup below includes 68 films from first-time filmmakers, and consists of 76 World Premieres, 10 North American Premieres and 7 U.S. Premieres. These films were selected from a record 2,215 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,540 U.S. and 675 international feature-length films. With a record number of 6,482 submissions total, the overall increase was 14% over 2013. The Midnighters feature section and the Short Film program will be announced on February 5, with the complete Conference lineup and schedule to follow on February 12.
New for 2014, SXSW introduces the "Episodic" screening category, inspired by the success of previous SXSW programming, such as the world premieres of HBO's hit series Girls and A&E's Bates Motel. This section will feature premieres of innovative new work hitting the small screen, including HBO's Silicon Valley, Showtime's Penny Dreadful, AMC's Halt and Catch Fire, Hulu's Deadbeat, FOX's COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey and From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, debuting on Robert Rodriguez's El Rey Network.
Also new for 2014, SXSW launched SXsports, a Convergent sports-focused track open to all Film and Interactive registrants, incorporating film screenings and panel elements, and touching on all aspects of sports through the SXSW lens of cultural impact, entertainment, innovation and the forward-thinking convergence areas of those respective worlds. Featured Speakers include Mandalay Sports Media Chairman Peter Guber, ESPN's Bill Simmons & Nate Silver in conversation, US Men's National Soccer Team Head Coach Jürgen Klinsmann in conversation with Men in Blazers' Roger Bennett, and cycling legend Greg LeMond. SXsports associated films appear in a variety of screening sections, and are denoted with an asterisk.
In addition to nine full days of film screenings, SXSW Film Conference, (Friday, March 7 – Tuesday, March 11), will feature over 150 informative and entertaining sessions, including its first-ever daily keynotes, previously announced to include Lena Dunham, Jason Blum and Casey Neistat, and major Conversations with luminaries like Alejandro Jodorowsky. For more confirmed Conference sessions, including details on additional Conversations and programming for the all new SXsports, Digital Domain, Future 15s, Mentor Sessions,
Meet the Insiders, Workshops, Startup Alley, and Come & Capture Film Factory visit www.sxsw.com/film/sessions/about. The final Conference lineup will be released Wednesday, February 12.
"We are psyched to present this year's slate – truly diverse in size, shape, and emotional tone and reflective of our ever-eclectic tastes. As always, we strive for the delicate balance of launching new voices, while providing equally combustible entertainment from red carpet moments and highly anticipated titles to soon-to-be-new-addictions from the small screen," said Head of SXSW Film Janet Pierson. "Getting to share this work with our adventurous, intelligent, film-loving audience is where the magic happens and the films truly come alive. Is it March yet?"
Once again, the festival's main competition categories are comprised of eight Narrative Feature world premieres and eight Documentary Feature world premieres, vying for their respective Grand Jury Prizes. The SXSW Film Awards show will take place on Tuesday, March 11 at 8pm at the Paramount Theatre, and hosted by comedian Jerrod Carmichel. Announced at the show will be the Feature Film Jury Award winners, Short Film Jury Award winners, Design Award winners, and Special Award winners. In addition to juried awards, all feature categories, with the exception of Headliners and Special Events, will be eligible for category specific Audience Awards. Audience Award winners will be announced via http://sxsw.com on Saturday, March 15.
The Narrative Feature Competition includes: 10,000KM, directed by Carlos Marques Marcet, Animals, directed by Collin Schiffli, Before I Disappear, directed by Shawn Christensen, Fort Tilden, directed by Sarah-Violet Bliss & Charles Rogers, The Heart Machine, directed by Zachary Wigon, I Believe in Unicorns, directed by Leah Meyerhoff, The Mend, directed by John Magary and Wild Canaries, directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. The Documentary Feature Competition includes: Beginning With The End, directed by David Marshall, Born to Fly, directed by Catherine Gund, The Great Invisible, directed by Margaret Brown, The Immortalists, directed by Jason Sussberg & David Alvarado, Impossible Light, directed by Jeremy Ambers, Mateo, directed by Aaron I. Naar, Print the Legend, directed by Luis Lopez & Clay Tweel and Vessel, directed by Diana Whitten.
An additional selection of highlights include the worldwide debut of Nicholas Stoller's Neighbors, Michael & Peter Spierig's Predestination, Diego Luna's CESAR CHAVEZ, Neil Berkeley's Harmontown, Liz Tuccillo's Take Care, Elijah Drenner's That Guy Dick Miller, Jack Plotnick's Space Station 76, Florian Habicht's Sheffield: Sex City, Nacho Vigilondo's Open Windows, Angus MacQueen & Guillermo Galdos's The Legend of Shorty, Alejandro Jodorowsky's The Dance of Reality, Darius Clark Monroe's Evolution of a Criminal, Jason Bateman's Bad Words, Mike Myers' Supermensch, David Gordon Green's Joe, John Ridley's JIMI: All Is By My Side and a special screening of 1954's Godzilla: The Japanese Original, with a Q&A following with 2014 Godzilla director Gareth Edwards. They join previously announced films such as Opening Night film Chef, as well as narrative features Veronica Mars, Break Point, and Creep, and documentaries Doc of the Dead, Leave the World Behind, and the Episodic Special Event COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey.
The 2014 SXSW Film Festival will feature:
Eight world premieres, eight unique ways to celebrate the art of storytelling. Selected from 1,324 films submitted to SXSW 2014.
Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:
10,000KM (Spain)
Director: Carlos Marques Marcet, Screenwriters: Carlos Marques-Marcet, Clara Roquet Autonell
A year of a long distance relationship, two computers and two cities – Los Angeles and Barcelona, can love survive 6,000 miles? Cast: Natalia Tena, David Verdaguer (World Premiere)
Director: Collin Schiffli, Screenwriter: David Dastmalchian
Jude and Bobbie are a young, homeless couple who masterfully con and steal in an attempt to stay one step ahead of their addiction. They are ultimately forced to face the reality of their situation when one of them is hospitalized. Cast: David Dastmalchian, Kim Shaw, John Heard (World Premiere)
Before I Disappear
Director/Screenwriter: Shawn Christensen
Based on the 2013 Academy Award® winning short film Curfew. At the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his eleven-year-old niece, Sophia, for a few hours.
Cast: Shawn Christensen, Fatima Ptacek, Emmy Rossum, Paul Wesley, Ron Perlman, Richard Schiff
(World Premiere)
Fort Tilden
Directors/Screenwriters: Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers
It shouldn't be this hard for Allie and Harper to get to the beach.
Cast: Bridey Elliott, Clare McNulty, Griffin Newman, Jeffrey Scaperrotta, Neil Casey (World Premiere)
The Heart Machine
Director/Screenwriter: Zachary Wigon
A man begins to suspect that his long-distance girlfriend, whom he met online but has never met in person, has been living in the same city the whole time and sets out to find her.
Cast: John Gallagher Jr., Kate Lyn Sheil, David Call, Louisa Krauss (World Premiere)
I Believe in Unicorns
Director/Screenwriter: Leah Meyerhoff
I Believe in Unicorns follows the lyrical journey of an imaginative teenage girl who runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter, but not even unicorns can save her now.
Cast: Natalia Dyer, Peter Vack, Julia Garner, Amy Seimetz, Toni Meyerhoff (World Premiere)
The Mend
Director/Screenwriter: John Magary
A dark comedy about rage, doubt, lust, madness and other brotherly hand-me-downs.
Cast: Josh Lucas, Stephen Plunkett, Lucy Owen, Mickey Sumner, Austin Pendleton (World Premiere)
Wild Canaries
Director/Screenwriter: Lawrence Michael Levine
When their elderly neighbor suddenly drops dead, a young Brooklyn couple investigates signs of foul play.
Cast: Sophia Takal, Lawrence Michael Levine, Alia Shawkat, Annie Parisse, Jason Ritter (World Premiere)
Selected from 892 submissions, the eight world premieres in the Documentary Feature category bring real world stories to life, demonstrating innovation, energy and bold voices.
Films screening in Documentary Feature Competition are:
Beginning With The End
Director: David Marshall
Beginning With the End takes viewers on a profound, and profoundly moving, journey with a group of high school seniors working as trained hospice volunteers — a story of beginnings and endings in a year of self-discovery and awakening. (World Premiere)
Director: Catherine Gund
Born To Fly pushes the boundaries between action and art, daring us to join choreographer Elizabeth Streb and her dancers in pursuit of human flight. (World Premiere)
*SXsports screening
The Great Invisible
Director: Margaret Brown
Penetrating the oil industry's secretive world, The Great Invisible examines the Deepwater Horizon disaster through the eyes of oil executives, explosion survivors and Gulf Coast residents who were left to pick up the pieces when the world moved on. (World Premiere)
The Immortalists
Directors: Jason Sussberg, David Alvarado
Two eccentric scientists struggle to create eternal youth in a world they call "blind to the tragedy of old age." As they battle their own aging and suffer the losses of loved ones, their scientific journeys ultimately become personal. (World Premiere)
Impossible Light
Director: Jeremy Ambers
Impossible Light reveals the drama and the daring of artist Leo Villareal and a small team of visionaries who battle seemingly impossible challenges to turn a dream of creating the world's largest LED light sculpture into a glimmering reality. (World Premiere)
Director: Aaron I. Naar
Mateo follows America's most notorious white mariachi singer on his misadventures in Cuba.
Print the Legend
Directors: Luis Lopez, Clay Tweel
The 3D Printing revolution has begun. Who will make it? (World Premiere)
Director: Diana Whitten
A fearless sea captain, Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, sails a ship through loopholes in international law, providing abortions on the high seas, and leaving in her wake a network of emboldened activists who trust women to handle abortion on their own terms. (World Premiere)
Big names, big talent: Headliners bring star power to SXSW, featuring red carpet premieres & gala film events with major & rising names in cinema.
Films screening in Headliners are:
Director/Screenwriter: Jon Favreau
Chef is a rich and vibrant comedy – the story of Carl Casper (Favreau), who loses his chef job and cooks up a food truck business in hopes of reestablishing his artistic promise. At the same time, he tries to reconnect with his estranged family.
Cast: Jon Favreau, Sofia Vergara, Scarlett Johansson, John Leguizamo, Bobby Cannavale, Dustin Hoffman, Oliver Platt, Robert Downey, Jr., Emjay Anthony (World Premiere)
Director: David Gordon Green, Screenwriters: Larry Brown, Gary Hawkins
A gripping mix of friendship, violence and redemption erupts in the contemporary South in this adaptation of Larry Brown's novel. Cast: Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan (U.S. Premiere)
Director: Nicholas Stoller, Screenwriters: Andrew J. Cohen, Brendan O'Brien
Seth Rogen, Zac Efron and Rose Byrne lead the cast of Neighbors, a comedy about a young couple suffering from arrested development who are forced to live next to a fraternity house after the birth of their newborn baby. Cast: Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Dave Franco, Ike Barinholtz, Lisa Kudrow (Worldwide Debut – work-in-progress)
Predestination (Australia)
Directors/Screenwriters: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
A riveting adventure through time centered on a secret government time traveling agency designed to prevent future killers and terrorists from committing their crimes.
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, Noah Taylor (World Premiere)
Director/Screenwriter: Rob Thomas, Screenwriter: Diane Ruggiero
Years after walking away from her past as a teenage private eye, Veronica Mars gets pulled back to her hometown, an ex-boyfriend with baggage, and an unraveling murder mystery.
Cast: Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Krysten Ritter, Ryan Hansen, Enrico Colantoni (World Premiere)
High profile narrative features receiving their World, North American or US Premieres at SXSW.
Films screening in Narrative Spotlight are:
Director: Jay Karas, Screenwriters: Gene Hong, Jeremy Sisto
Two estranged brothers reunite to make an improbable run at a grand slam tennis tournament. The mismatched pair, with some unlikely help from a precocious 11-year-old boy, re-discover their game and their brotherhood.
Cast: Jeremy Sisto, David Walton, Joshua Rush, J.K. Simmons, Amy Smart (World Premiere)
Director: Diego Luna, Screenwriters: Keir Pearson, Timothy J. Sexton
Chávez chronicles the birth of a modern American movement led by famed civil rights leader and labor organizer, Cesar Chavez. Cast: Rosario Dawson, John Malkovich, Michael Pena, America Ferrera, Gabriel Mann (North American Premiere)
Director/Screenwriter: Riley Stearns
An expert on cults is hired by a mother and father to kidnap and deprogram their brainwashed daughter. He soon begins to suspect the parents may be more destructive than the cult he's being hired to save her from. Cast: Leland Orser, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Chris Ellis, Lance Reddick, Jon Gries (World Premiere)
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Rabinowitz, Screenwriter: Carlos Colungu
An estranged son travels back home to confront his overbearing father to see if there is any relationship left between them.
Cast: Max Gail, Coleman Kelly, Anastassia Sendyk, Katherine Cortez, Oliver Seitz (World Premiere)
Kelly & Cal
Director: Jen McGowan, Screenwriter: Amy Lowe Starbin
Kelly & Cal explores the heartfelt, somewhat absurd moments in our lives when we seek out a little bit of extra attention. Cast: Juliette Lewis, Jonny Weston, Josh Hopkins, Cybil Shepherd (World Premiere)
The Mule (Australia)
Directors: Angus Sampson, Tony Mahony, Screenwriters: Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson
In 1983, a naive man is detained by Australian Federal Police with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach. Caught, 'The Mule' makes a desperate choice…to defy his bodily functions and withhold the evidence…literally. Cast: Hugo Weaving, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell, Ewen Leslie, Geoff Morrell, Georgina Haig, Noni Hazlehurst, John Noble (World Premiere)
A Night In Old Mexico (USA / Spain)
Director: Emilio Aragón, Screenwriter: William D. Wittliff
Forced to give up his land and home, Texas rancher Red Bovie isn't about to retire quietly in a dismal trailer park. Instead he hits the road with his estranged grandson for one last adventure.
Cast: Robert Duvall, Jeremy Irvine, Angie Cepeda, Luis Tosar, Joaquín Cosio (World Premiere)
Patrick's Day (Ireland)
Director/Screenwriter: Terry McMahon
A young man with mental health issues becomes intimate with a suicidal air hostess but his obsessive mother enlists a dysfunctional cop to separate them.
Cast: Kerry Fox, Moe Dunford, Catherine Walker, Philip Jackson (World Premiere)
Director: Andy Landen, Screenwriter: Andrew Rothschild
Faced with stage three cancer, a young woman sets out to end her life on her own terms, in Sequoia National Park. Cast: Aly Michalka, Dustin Milligan, Todd Lowe, Demetri Martin, Sophi Bairley (World Premiere)
She's Lost Control
Director/Screenwriter: Anja Marquardt
Ronah's life unravels when she starts working with a new client, Johnny.
Cast: Brooke Bloom, Marc Menchaca, Dennis Boutsikaris, Laila (North American Premiere)
Director/Screenwriter: Liz Tuccillo
After being hit by a car, a woman (Leslie Bibb) comes home to realize her friends don't really want to take care of her. Desperate for help, she turns to an unlikely source.
Cast: Leslie Bibb, Thomas Sadoski, Betty Gilpin, Michael Stahl David, Nadia Dajani (World Premiere)
Thank You a Lot
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Muir
A struggling, two-bit music manager will lose his job unless he signs a reclusive country music singer, James Hand, who also happens to be his estranged father. Cast: Blake DeLong, James Hand, Robyn Rikoon, Sonny Carl Davis, Jeffery Da'Shade Johnson (World Premiere)
Director: Saar Klein, Screenwriters: Joe Conway, Saar Klein
Bill Scanlin loses his job and embarks on a life of crime. As Bill stays ahead of the law, he discovers that sometimes the only thing worse than getting caught is getting away with it.
Cast: Wes Bentley, Jason Isaacs, Vinessa Shaw, Haley Bennett (North American Premiere)
Director/Screenwriter: Alex R. Johnson
Two Step is a fast-paced Texas thriller in which the lives of James, a directionless college dropout, and Webb, a career criminal with his back against the wall, violently collide.
Cast: Beth Broderick, James Landry Hébert, Skyy Moore, Jason Douglas, Ashley Rae Spillers (World Premiere)
We'll Never Have Paris
Directors: Jocelyn Towne, Simon Helberg, Screenwriter: Simon Helberg
We'll Never Have Paris is a clumsy and at once human account of screwing up on a transcontinental level in a noble effort to win back "the one." Cast: Simon Helberg, Maggie Grace, Melanie Lynskey, Alfred Molina, Zachary Quinto, Jason Ritter (World Premiere)
Shining a light on new documentary features receiving their World, North American or U.S. Premieres at SXSW.
Films screening in Documentary Spotlight are:
Above All Else
Director: John Fiege
A former stuntman and high wire artist puts his family and future on the line when he rallies a group of East Texas landowners and activists to blockade the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. (World Premiere)
Butterfly Girl
Director: Cary Bell
Abbie came of age in honky tonks, defying her life threatening disease, but all the while longing for an identity of her own. Now that she is 18, how much is she willing to sacrifice for her independence? (World Premiere)
Directors: Travis Rummel, Ben Knight
This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers. (World Premiere)
Doc of the Dead
Director: Alexandre O. Philippe
The definitive zombie culture documentary, from the makers of The People vs. George Lucas. Doc of the Dead traces the rise and evolution of the zombie genre, its influence on pop culture, and investigates the possibility of an actual zombie outbreak. (World Premiere)
Harmontown
Director: Neil Berkeley
A comedic, brutally honest documentary following self-destructive TV writer Dan Harmon (NBC's Community) as he takes his live podcast on a national tour. (World Premiere)
LADY VALOR: The Kristin Beck Story
Directors: Sandrine Orabona, Mark Herzog
A former U.S. Navy Seal seeks life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness living life as a transgender woman. (World Premiere)
The Legend Of Shorty (UK)
Directors: Angus MacQueen, Guillermo Galdos
The Legend of Shorty is the story of a man and a myth. (World Premiere)
Directors: Ryan Moore, Leon Gast
From abject poverty to international hero, Manny Pacquiao rose to fame in the boxing ring. At the height of his career, Manny entered the political arena. As history's only boxing Congressman, Manny is faced with a new challenge. (World Premiere)
Seeds of Time
Director: Sandy McLeod
Seeds of Time follows agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler's global journey to save the eroding foundation of our food supply in a new era of climate change. (North American Premiere)
Supermensch
Director: Mike Myers
Mike Myers makes his directorial debut with this star-packed documentary about the legendary Shep Gordon, who managed the careers of Alice Cooper, Blondie, Luther Vandross, and Raquel Welch — and still had time to invent the "celebrity chef". (U.S. Premiere)
That Guy Dick Miller
Director: Elijah Drenner
That Guy Dick Miller is the incredible true story of the wannabe-writer, turned accidental character-actor.
Wicker Kittens
Director: Amy C. Elliott
Every January, the country's largest jigsaw puzzle contest is held in St. Paul, Minnesota. Wicker Kittens invites you to choose your favorite team and watch them try to put the pieces back together. (World Premiere) *SXsports screening
Audacious, risk-taking artists in the new cinema landscape that demonstrate raw innovation and creativity in documentary and narrative filmmaking.
Films screening in Visions are:
Arlo and Julie
Director/Screenwriter: Steve Mims
A neurotic couple's obsession with a mysterious puzzle comically unravels their world, disconnecting them from reality and jeopardizing their fragile relationship.
Cast: Alex Dobrenko, Ashley Spillers, Chris Doubek, Sam Eidson, Hugo Zesati (World Premiere)
Beyond Clueless (UK)
Director: Charlie Lyne
Narrated by cult teen star Fairuza Balk, Beyond Clueless is a dizzying journey into the mind, body and soul of the teen movie, as seen through the eyes of over 200 modern coming-of-age classics. (World Premiere)
Big Significant Things
Director/Screenwriter: Bryan Reisberg
A week before they move across the country together, Craig lies to his girlfriend in order to go on his first road trip – to the south. Alone. Cast: Harry Lloyd, Krista Kosonen (World Premiere)
Director/Screenwriter: Joel Potrykus
Devil masks, metal, video games, Mountain Dew, and a Party Zone. Scheming slackers of the world unite and take over!
Cast: Joshua Burge, Joel Potrykus, Teri Ann Nelson, Alan Longstreet, Rico Bruce Wade (World Premiere)
Director/Screenwriter: Patrick Brice, Screenwriter: Mark Duplass
When a videographer answers a Craigslist ad for a one-day job in a remote mountain town, he finds his client is not at all what he initially seems. Cast: Mark Duplass, Patrick Brice (World Premiere)
Cumbres (Heights) (Mexico)
Director/Screenwriter: Gabriel Nuncio
Due a tragedy, two sisters abruptly escape from their hometown in Northern Mexico. Their journey creates a bittersweet relationship marked by pain, guilt and love.
Cast: Aglae Lingow, Ivanna Michel, Abdul Marcos, Sergio Quiñones, Ganzo Cepeda (U.S. Premiere)
The Dance of Reality (Chile / France)
Director/Screenwriter: Alejandro Jodorowsky
The Dance of Reality is a 2013 independent autobiographical film written, produced and directed by Alejandro Jodorowosky. Cast: Brontis Jodorowsky, Pamela Flores, Jeremias Herskovits, Cristobal Jodorowsky, Bastián Bodenhöfer, Alejandro Jodorowsky (U.S. Premiere)
Evaporating Borders (USA / Cyprus)
Director: Iva Radivojevic
Evaporating Borders is a poetically photographed and rendered film on tolerance and search for identity. Told through 5 vignettes portraying the lives of migrants on the island of Cyprus, it passionately weaves themes of displacement and belonging. (North American Premiere)
Evolution of a Criminal
Director: Darius Clark Monroe
How does a 16 year-old evolve into a bank robber? (World Premiere)
Housebound (New Zealand)
Director/Screenwriter: Gerard Johnstone
When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she's forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement.
Cast: Morgana O'Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru, Cameron Rhodes, Millen Baird (World Premiere)
The Infinite Man (Australia)
Director/Screenwriter: Hugh Sullivan
The Infinite Man is a time travel comedy-romance about a man whose attempts to construct the perfect romantic weekend backfire when he traps his lover in an infinite loop.
Cast: Josh McConville, Hannah Marshall, Alex Dimitriades (World Premiere)
Open Windows (Spain)
Director/Screenwriter: Nacho Vigalondo
Nick's a lucky guy – he's having dinner with Jill Goddard, the hottest actress on earth. Then a guy named Chord calls: dinner's been canceled. And it's Jill's fault. But Chord's got something better… A 21st Century Rear Window. Cast: Elijah Wood, Sasha Grey, Neil Maskell, Adam Quintero, Ivan Gonzalez (World Premiere)
Director/Screenwriter: Nick Singer
Marking time as an itinerant plumber, and haunted by recurrent nightmares, Nash hungers for the fleeting ecstasies of nightclubs and bedrooms. Other Months is a stark, honest portrait of disconnection—a young man coming to face his paralysis. Cast: Christopher Bonewitz, Britannie Bond, Emma Morrison-Cohen, Liam Ahern, David Rudi Utter (World Premiere)
The Possibilities Are Endless (UK)
Directors: Edward Lovelace, James Hall
Scottish musician, Edwyn Collins' world was shattered by a devastating stroke. After fighting back from the brink of death, he discovers that life, love and language mean even more to him that he could ever have imagined. (World Premiere)
Director/Screenwriter: Dan Beers, Screenwriter: Mathew Harawitz
On the most important day of his young life, a high school senior is forced to relive his failed attempt at losing his virginity over and over again, until he gets it right.
Cast: John Karna, Katie Findlay, Craig Roberts, Carlson Young, Adam Riegler (World Premiere)
Song from the Forest (Germany)
Director: Michael Obert
A modern epic set between rainforest and skyscrapers. (North American Premiere)
Space Station 76
Director/Screenwriter: Jack Plotnick, Screenwriters: Jennifer Cox, Sam Pancake, Kali Rocha, Michael Stoyanov
Welcome to the future of the past.
Cast: Patrick Wilson, Liv Tyler, Matt Bomer, Marisa Coughlan, Kylie Rogers (World Premiere)
Surviving Cliffside
Director: Jon Matthews
A West Virginia family faces illness, addiction, and gun violence—while their daughter makes a run for Little Miss West Virginia. (World Premiere)
The Wilderness of James
Director/Screenwriter: Michael Johnson
A restless teenager explores the wilderness of his city while struggling with the absence of his father. Cast: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Virginia Madsen, Isabelle Fuhrman, Evan Ross, Danny DeVito (World Premiere)
EPISODIC (*New screening section)
Featuring innovative new work aimed squarely at the small screen, Episodic tunes in to the explosion of exciting material on non-theatrical platforms, including serialized TV, webisodes and beyond.
Shows premiering in Episodic are:
Directors: Brannon Braga, Bill Pope, Screenwriters: Ann Druyan, Steven Soter
COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey is a thrilling, 13-part adventure across the universe of space and time revealed by science, exploring humanity's heroic quest for a deeper understanding of nature.
Narrator: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Director: Troy Miller, Written And Co-Created By: Cody Heller, Brett Konner
Kevin Pacalioglu may have no money and no clue, but he does have one thing–he can see dead people. Faced with New York's most stubborn ghosts, our hapless medium goes to whatever lengths necessary to help finish their unfinished business. Cast: Tyler Labine, Cat Deeley, Brandon T. Jackson, Lucy DeVito (World Premiere)
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series – Pilot
Director/Screenwriter: Robert Rodriguez
The Gecko Brothers are back. Based on the thrill-ride film, From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series is a supernatural crime saga from Creator, Director and EP Robert Rodriguez premiering March 11 on El Rey Network.
Cast: D.J. Cotrona, Zane Holtz, Eiza González, Jesse Garcia, Lane Garrison, and Wilmer Valderrama,
and Don Johnson (World Premiere)
Director: Juan Jose Campanella, Screenwriters: Christopher Cantwell, Christopher C. Rogers
Halt and Catch Fire captures the rise of the PC era in the early 1980s, during which an unlikely trio – a visionary, an engineer and a prodigy – take personal and professional risks in the race to build a computer that will change the world as they know it. Cast: Lee Pace, Scoot McNairy, Mackenzie Rio Davis, Kerry Bishe, Toby Huss, David Wilson Barnes (World Premiere)
Penny Dreadful (USA / UK)
Directors: John Logan, Juan Antonio Bayona, Screenwriter: John Logan
Penny Dreadful is a psychological horror series that re-imagines literature's most terrifying characters (Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray and iconic figures from the novel Dracula) in a whole new light.
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Reeve Carney, Rory Kinnear, Billie Piper, Danny Sapani,
Harry Treadaway (World Premiere)
Director: Mike Judge, Created By: Mike Judge & John Altschuler & Dave Krinsky,
Episode One Written By Mike Judge & John Altschuler & Dave Krinsky.
Episode Two Written By Carson Mell.
The new HBO series Silicon Valley takes a comic look at the modern-day epicenter of the high-tech gold rush, where the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success.
Cast: Thomas Middleditch, T.J. Miller, Zach Woods, Kumail Nanjiani, Martin Starr, Josh Brener, Christopher Evan Welch, Amanda Crew, Matt Ross (World Premiere)
Showcasing the sounds, culture & influence of music & musicians, with an emphasis on documentary.
Films screening in 24 Beats Per Second are:
The 78 Project Movie
Director: Alex Steyermark
The 78 Project is a journey to connect today's musicians with the recordings of the past. Using a 1930's Presto recorder, artists get one take to cut a 78rpm record anywhere, finding in that adventure a new connection to our shared cultural legacy. (World Premiere)
AMERICAN INTERIOR (Wales)
Directors: Dylan Goch, Gruff Rhys
Two men. Two quests. Two centuries apart. Four ways to experience the search for a lost tribe. Film. Book. Album . App. (World Premiere)
The Case of the Three Sided Dream
Director: Adam Kahan
The documentary film on the life and legacy of Rahsaan Roland Kirk – a one of a kind musician, personality, activist and windmill slayer who despite being blind, becoming paralyzed, and facing America's racial injustices – did not relent. (World Premiere)
Deep City
Directors: Dennis Scholl, Marlon Johnson
Deep City is an inspirational story that explores the early days of soul music in South Florida, the pioneers of that era and their lasting contributions to the broader American musical landscape. (World Premiere)
God Help the Girl (UK)
Director/Screenwriter: Stuart Murdoch
An indie musical from Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian about two girls and a boy and the music they made one Glasgow summer.
Cast: Emily Browning, Olly Alexander, Hannah Murray, Pierre Boulanger, Cora Bissett
JOHNNY WINTER: DOWN & DIRTY
Director: Greg Olliver
A down & dirty documentary on the life and career of blues legend Johnny Winter, featuring Edgar Winter, James Cotton, Billy Gibbons, Warren Haynes, Luther Nallie, Tommy Shannon, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks and more. (World Premiere)
Leave The World Behind (UK)
Director: Christian Larson
A documentary following the break-up of Swedish House Mafia and their subsequent One Last Tour. A rare look at the electronic scene, amazing live footage and the psychological drama of 3 guys who walked away from everything to save their friendship. (World Premiere)
Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton (This Is Stones Throw Records)
Director: Jeff Broadway
Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton is a feature-length documentary about avant-garde Los Angeles-based record label Stones Throw Records.
Que Caramba es la Vida (Germany)
Director: Doris Dörrie
In the macho world of Mariachi music, very few women can hold their own. Just like the songs they play, this film is a snapshot of life, death and the things in between – seen from a bird's-eye perspective. (World Premiere)
Road To Austin
Director: Gary Fortin
Road To Austin, chronicles how Austin, Texas became the Live Music Capital of the World, dating from 1835 to present day. The film builds to a climax and weaves its way towards an all-star live performance led by Stephen Bruton and his 14-piece band. (World Premiere)
Director/Screenwriter: Jon Lefkovitz
Rubber Soul reconstructs portions of two historical interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono based on available transcripts and audio, juxtaposing them in order to explore the dynamic nature of Lennon's identity over time. Cast: Joseph Bearor, Denice Lee, Dillon Porter, Andrew Perez (World Premiere)
Sheffield: Sex City (UK)
Director: Florian Habicht
Dylan said 'Don't Look Back' – but what happens if you do? (World Premiere)
Soul Boys of the Western World (UK)
Director: George Hencken
A voyage through the heart of the 80s with one of the decade's most iconic bands, Spandau Ballet, this archive-only film tells the story of a group of working-class London lads who created a global music Empire, but at a price none of them imagined. (World Premiere)
SVDDXNLY
Director: David Laven
SVDDXNLY uncovers the young life and career of A$AP Rocky and the A$AP Mob, from humble Harlem beginnings to their rapid rise to fame. (World Premiere)
Director: Martin Shore
Take Me to the River is a film about the soul of American music. The film follows the recording of a new album featuring legends from Stax records and Memphis mentoring and passing on their musical magic to stars and artists of today. (World Premiere)
The Winding Stream
Director: Beth Harrington
The Winding Stream is the story of the American music dynasty, the Carters and Cashes, and their decades-long influence on popular music. (World Premiere)
SXGLOBAL
A diverse selection of International filmmaking talent, featuring innovative narratives, artful documentaries, premieres, festival favorites and more.
Films screening in SX Global are:
The Desert (Argentina)
Director: Christoph Behl
The failed story of a love triangle in a post-apocalyptic world.
Cast: Victoria Almeida, William Prociuk, Lautaro Delgado (North American Premiere)
For Those in Peril (UK)
Director/Screenwriter: Paul Wright
In a remote Scottish town, a young man is the lone survivor of a strange fishing accident that claimed the lives of 5 men. Spurred on by sea-going folklore, the village blames him for this tragedy, making him an outcast amongst his own people.
Cast: George Mackay, Michael Smiley, Nichola Burley, Kate Dickie (North American Premiere)
The Special Need (Germany / Italy / Austria)
Director: Carlo Zoratti
Searching for "the first time" Alex, Carlo and their autistic friend Enea find a lot more than they were looking for… (North American Premiere)
Ukraine Is Not A Brothel (Australia)
Director: Kitty Green
A feature documentary that reveals the truth behind Ukraine's topless feminist sensation, 'Femen'.
Wetlands (Germany)
Director: David F. Wnendt, Screenwriters: Claus Falkenberg, David F. Wnendt
18-year-old Helen has her very own view on life, hygiene and good sex. she loves to shock people with unexpected and un-girly behavior.
Cast: Carla Juri, Christoph Letkowski, Meret Becker, Marlen Kruse, Peri Baumeister
A Wolf at the Door (Brazil)
Director/Screenwriter: Fernando Coimbra
A nerve-rattling tale of a kidnapped child and the distraught parents left behind that captures the darkness that ensues when panic breeds suspicion and love turns to hate.
Cast: Milhelm Cortaz, Leandra Leal, Fabiula Nascimento (U.S. Premiere)
Acclaimed standouts & selected previous premieres from festivals around the world.
Films screening in Festival Favorites are:
Bad Words
Director: Jason Bateman, Screenwriter: Andrew Dodge
Jason Bateman's feature directorial debut is the subversive comedy Bad Words. Bateman stars as Guy, who finds a loophole in the rules of a national spelling bee and causes trouble by hijacking the competition.
Cast: Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn, Rohan Chand, Philip Baker Hall, Allison Janney
Director/Screenwriter: Richard Linklater
One family's journey shot over the course of 12 years.
Cast: Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater
The Case Against 8
Directors: Ben Cotner, Ryan White
A behind-the-scenes look inside the case to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage. Shot over five years, the film follows the unlikely team that took the first federal marriage equality lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Directors: Allison Berg, Frank Keraudren
An astonishing documentary portrait of the late John Wojtowicz, whose attempted robbery of a Brooklyn bank to finance his male lover's sex-reassignment surgery was the real-life inspiration for the classic Al Pacino film Dog Day Afternoon.
For No Good Reason (England)
Director: Charlie Paul
Johnny Depp pays a call on his friend and hero Ralph Steadman and we take off on a high-spirited, raging and kaleidoscopic journey discovering the life and works of one of the most distinctive radical artists of the last 50 years.
Director: Lenny Abrahamson, Screenwriters: Jon Ronson, Peter Straughan
Frank is a comedy about a young wannabe musician, Jon, who discovers he's bitten off more than he can chew when he joins a band of eccentric musicians led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank and his terrifying sidekick, Clara. Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Fassbender, Scoot McNairy, Carla Azar
Director/Screenwriter: Kat Candler
When 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior results in the authorities placing his little brother Wes with their aunt, he and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for their actions and each other in order to bring Wes home. Cast: Aaron Paul, Juliette Lewis, Josh Wiggins, Deke Garner, Jonny Mars
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Director: Brian Knappenberger
The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz, from the development of RSS and Reddit to his groundbreaking work in political organizing and the tragic taking of his own life at the age of 26.
JIMI: All Is By My Side
Director/Screenwriter: John Ridley
Covering a year in Hendrix's life from 1966-67, the film presents an intimate portrait of the sensitive young musician on the verge of becoming a rock legend.
Cast: Andre Benjamin, Hayley Atwell, Imogen Poots, Ruth Negga, Adrian Lester (U.S. Premiere)
Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter
Director/Screenwriter: David Zellner, Screenwriter: Nathan Zellner
A lonely Japanese woman abandons her structured life in Tokyo to seek a satchel of money rumored to be hidden in the Minnesota wilderness.
Cast: Rinko Kikuchi, Nobuyuki Katsube, David Zellner, Nathan Zellner, Shirley Venard
No No: A Dockumentary
Director: Jeffrey Radice
In the 1970s Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter on LSD and courted conflict and controversy, but his latter years were spent helping others recover from addiction. No No: A Dockumentary weaves a surprising story of a life in and out of the spotlight.
Obvious Child
Director/Screenwriter: Gillian Robespierre
Obvious Child is an unapologetically honest comedy about what happens when 27 year‑old Brooklyn stand-up comedian Donna Stern (Jenny Slate) gets dumped, fired and pregnant just in time for Valentine's Day.
Cast: Jenny Slate, Jake Lacy, Gaby Hoffmann, Gabe Liedman, David Cross
Director/Screenwriter: Jim Jarmusch
A story centered on two vampires who have been in love for centuries.
Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt, Anton Yelchin
Ping Pong Summer
Director/Screenwriter: Michael Tully
Coming soon…Summer 1985.
Cast: Susan Sarandon, John Hannah, Lea Thompson, Amy Sedaris, Robert Longstreet
Director/Screenwriter: Gareth Evans
Picking up from right where the first film ends, The Raid 2 follows Rama as he goes undercover and infiltrates the ranks of a ruthless Jakarta crime syndicate in order to protect his family and uncover the corruption in the police force.
Cast: Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Arifin Putra, Oka Antara, Tio Pakusadwo
Live Soundtracks, cult re-issues & much more. Our Special Events section offers unusual, unexpected & unique film event one-offs.
Films screening in Special Events are:
All American High: Revisited
Director: Keva Rosenfeld
All American High: Revisited is a time capsule of teen life in the 1980s, a long-lost documentary that captures an unforgettable era through the eyes of those who lived it.
Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater (France / Portugal / US)
Director: Gabe Klinger
A documentary portrait of the friendship between the renowned filmmakers James Benning and Richard Linklater. (U.S. Premiere)
GODZILLA: THE JAPANESE ORIGINAL (Japan)
Director: Ishiro Honda, Screenwriters: Takeo Murata, Ishiro Honda
The 1954 classic that inspired the modern monster movie (national re-release from Rialto Pictures in April). Q&A with Gareth Edwards, director of the summer 2014 film Godzilla, from Warner Bros Pictures and Legendary Pictures. Cast: Takashi Shimura, Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Extended Q&A with Wes Anderson
Director/Screenwriter: Wes Anderson
The Grand Budapest Hotel recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars; and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting; a raging battle for an enormous family fortune; a desperate chase on motorcycles, trains, sleds, and skis; and the sweetest confection of a love affair – all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent.
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe,
Jeff Goldblum, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Tilda Swinton,
Tom Wilkinson, Owen Wilson
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre – 40th Anniversary Screening
Director/Screenwriter: Tobe Hooper, Screenwriter: Kim Henkel
An idyllic summer afternoon becomes a terrifying nightmare for five young friends after they stumble upon the home of a depraved Texas clan. Cast: Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, Gunnar Hansen
As always, to take full advantage of the full range of sessions at SXSW Film, you must register for a Film, Gold or Platinum badge at www.sxsw.com/attend. Join us March 7-15, 2014 for unparalleled access to these energetic panels, exceptional films, exciting parties, the SXSW Trade Show and, of course, a creative and inspirational experience that only SXSW can deliver. Be sure to register soon, and gain access to conveniently located hotels. Register by 11:59pm CST on Friday, February 7 and save off the walk-up rate.
SXSW 2014 is sponsored by Miller Lite, Monster Energy, Esurance, Chevrolet, AT&T, IFC, Subway and The Austin Chronicle.
Published January 30, 2014 By Mark Saldana
Categorized as Banner, Festivals, Trailers Tagged 2014 SXSW FILM
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Review: LABOR DAY


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Why Bennet thinks Biden isn't Democrats' candidate of the future
Jun 5, 2019 6:40 PM EST
Judy Woodruff Judy Woodruff
Matt Loffman Matt Loffman
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-bennet-thinks-biden-isnt-democrats-candidate-of-the-future
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Democratic presidential candidate and Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet said Wednesday that former Vice President Joe Biden, who has a double-digit lead over the rest of the 2020 field in primary polls, does not represent the future of the Democratic Party.
"I think it's time for a new generation of leadership," Bennet said in an interview with PBS NewsHour managing editor and anchor Judy Woodruff, adding that he attributed Biden's polling advantage to his name recognition.
While many of the more than 20 Democratic candidates are moving to the left on issues from health care to climate change, Bennet, like Biden, is carving out a space as a moderate in the crowded field.
Bennet said most voters in the middle of the country don't understand what the Democratic Party stands for.
"I don't think the base of the Democratic Party is anywhere near where the Twitter base of the Democratic Party is," Bennet said. He also argued that Democrats should work to appeal to a "broad swath of Americans" in order to beat a "vulnerable" President Donald Trump in next year's general election.
Other highlights from the interview:
On health care: Bennet said all the Democratic candidates agree on the need for "universal coverage." But the Colorado Democrat noted that he is also the only candidate serving in the Senate who did not sponsor the "Medicare for All" bill introduced earlier this year. Bennet, who delayed getting into the presidential race after a cancer diagnosis, is proposing instead a public option that would allow individuals to buy into Medicare or keep their private insurance.
On Trump's European trip: Bennet criticized Trump's behavior during his visit to the United Kingdom this week, and said if he was president he wouldn't be "cheering for Brexit" as Trump has done by touting several pro-Brexit candidates vying to replace outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May. "Any president who replaces Donald Trump is going to have to rebuild those alliances as one of the first things he does," Bennet said.
With the first Democratic presidential debate just three weeks from tonight, we hear now from Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado. He's one of 23 candidates vying to be his party's pick to take on President Trump in 2020.
He's also the author of a new book, "The Land of Flickering Lights: Restoring America in an Age of Broken Politics."
Senator Michael Bennet, welcome to the "NewsHour."
Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo.:
Thank you. It's nice to see you, Judy.
Maybe not the most optimistic title for a book.
But what I want to ask you, is why Michael Bennet, out of all the other candidates who are running?
Well, by the way, it is, in the end, an optimistic book. It is, I think, a love letter to this democracy.
And I think that we're in incredible jeopardy. I think the country has reached a breaking point. And during the last government shutdown, I reached a breaking point and realized just how far away we were from the priorities of the families that I used to work for when I was superintendent of the Denver Public Schools, who have real concerns for their kids and real concerns for the world in which they're going to grow up.
And we're not addressing it. And we haven't been addressing it for the last 10 years, which is what "The Land of Flickering Lights" is about.
I believe a big reason why we haven't been able to deal with it has been the tyranny of the Freedom Caucus over the last decade and the way Mitch McConnell has used that to stop progress on anything he can, from health care, to guns, to climate change.
And what I want to ask you about is right now about the Democratic field.
Because what you have is, Joe Biden has surged into the lead. We know a lot of that is name identification.
But unseating an incumbent president, taking the presidency away from another party, usually is about the future, who represents the future.
I agree. I agree.
Does Joe Biden represent the future?
No, I don't think so.
I think we — it's time for a new generation of leadership. And I'm not surprised that he's leading in the polls, because he has more name recognition certainly than I do.
But we are going to have a vigorous competition of ideas in this Democratic primary. And I think we need to do that, because I don't think the country, especially the part of the country I come from, Colorado, I don't think we have any idea what the national Democratic Party stands for.
And that has to be understood by the voters, so that we can take on Donald Trump and beat him. Donald Trump is vulnerable. He's gotten to the White House by dividing Americans.
Our job is to speak with an agenda to the broad swathe of Americans that are out there and overcome, not just him, but also these other forces that have made it impossible for us to get our work done. Beating him is essential, but it's not enough. We have to govern the country again.
All right, given what we see right now in this Democratic race, do you have concerns that the left in your party may pull whoever is the nominee, whether it's Joe Biden, you or anybody else, too far to the left on issues, whether it's health care, college tuition, whatever?
From point of view, I thought there was room to get in this race because I thought the American people needed somebody who would tell them the truth. And that is — that's not a campaign book. That's a book about what I believe about America.
It's not a book about me either. And I think the successful candidate in the Democratic Party — and I expect that it will be me — will be somebody who levels with the American people through the primary into a general election.
That may sound naive, but I think the American people know — are tired of this game of pandering at the beginning and then finding your way later. I think they're going to nominate somebody who tells them how hard this is going to be and what we need to do together to get there.
So — and I will finally say, having spent a lot of time in Iowa and New Hampshire, and now a little bit of time in South Carolina, I don't think the base of the Democratic Party is anywhere near where the Twitter base of the Democratic Party is. And I think those are two different things.
Well, let me ask you about a piece of that.
I mentioned health care. You're not in agreement with many of your peers running for president on this question of Medicare for all.
You're for something called Medicare X.
Why is that better?
Right. It is better.
I think it's better because we all agree that we want universal coverage. And I think it is — it is absolutely shameful that, in this country, we don't have universal coverage, and shameful that Mitch McConnell has prevented us from being able to do it, and that Donald Trump has taken insurance away from millions of people.
I believe giving people an option so that, if they want public insurance, they can get it — mine is called Medicare X — it's administered by Medicare — that that's great. And if they don't want to switch to a public option, they can keep their private insurance.
I don't think it's plausible that we're going to take insurance away from 180 million people in America, some of whom like their employer-owned health insurance. And it's so easy for McConnell and Trump to demonize, to say, here come the Democrats with their Bolshevik plan.
And, sometimes, people say, well, they're going to say that anyway.
No, we need to be strategic about what we're proposing. And I think Medicare X, I think my climate plan and others meet what I call a living room test, which is, when you're away from the cameras, and when you're away from the craziness in Washington, is this something people in their living room would agree with?
Let me ask you something about the U.S. economy and foreign policy.
And that is the president's threat right now to impose tariffs on Mexico over their failure, he says, to rein in immigration. You and others in the Democratic Party and Republican Party may be against tariffs, but what do you say to those Americans who feel they have lost their jobs, their livelihood is worse off because of jobs that have gone to places like Mexico?
Well, I don't think it's an either/or proposition.
I think you say to people whose jobs went to Mexico that we have to do a much better job negotiating trade agreements to make sure we're preserving the jobs that are here, the support — we have let much too — much too much of our supply chain, manufacturing supply chain, go overseas.
And I actually think the president was right to call China out. I think he was totally wrong in the way that he did it.
But the American people need to know that we are fighting on their behalf. So, I think that's all really important. I think the way he's tied the tariffs to the crisis at the border, some of which he provoked, is really unfortunate.
Farmers and ranchers all over this country have been hammered as a result of the tariffs that he's put on other countries. It is a tax on our farmers. It is a tax on our workers, a tax, not — it is also an attack, but it's a tax.
Last question, something in the news.
And that is President Trump's visit this week to Great Britain and to Ireland. Assess this trip. What would you be doing differently if you were there as a U.S. president?
I think that I wouldn't be cheering for Brexit, which is what he's doing.
I think that we — that European alliance has been so important to this country since the end of World War II. Tomorrow is — marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day. That alliance has been critical to us. It is critical to us now from an economic and national security perspective.
And any president — I hope it will be me — but any president who replaces Donald Trump is going to have to rebuild those alliances as one of the first things he does.
Senator Michael Bennet, running for the Democratic nomination for president, thank you.
Thanks. Thanks for having me.
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Tulsi Gabbard on why she wants to prioritize foreign policy
Kirsten Gillibrand on the political risks of standing up for women
Gov. Jay Inslee on climate change, tax policy and reparations
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2017 €16,000 Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo Visiting Professor at the Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (TESAF) of the University of Padova (4 months; May to August 2017).
2012 - 2015 $631,203 Ecosynth: An Advanced Open-Source 3D Toolkit for Forest Ecology (ABI Development).
2011 - 2012 $27,973 Forest structure measurements using multispectral Terrestrial LIDAR Scanning.
2011 - 2011 $15,000 Anthrome Analysis Tools for Geo-Web Uses.
2010 - 2011 $26,000 Act Locally, Understand Globally: Prototyping the Global Comparison Engine at UMBC.
2010 - 2011 $27,040 Spectral and 3D Structural Remote Sensing of Land Cover Features at the Wildland-Urban Interface Using Computer Vision.
2007 - 2009 $39,000 Wild Bird and Poultry Interactions: Modeling Avian Influenza.
2006 - 2001 $25,000 Mapping and Classifying Relationships Between Vegetation and Built Structures at High Spatial Resolutions.
2007 - 2008 $38,145 Tracking Bar-headed Geese from Qinghai Province, China Using Satellite Telemetry.
2000 - 2006 $643,140 Long-term Biogeochemical Changes in China's Anthropogenic Landscapes.
2002 - 2004 $8,000 Watershed 263 Project.
1995 - 1997 $55,000 U.S.-China Cooperative Research Fellowship: Nitrogen Cycling and Ecological Sustainability in Agroecosystems.
1993 - 1995 $69,600 Nutrient Cycling as a Measure of Agroecosystem Sustainability.
* Funding amounts are direct costs only, not including indirect costs.
2011 - Anthropocene Working Group, International Commission on Stratigraphy, Member.
2012 - Rapid Response Team, Ecological Society of America (ESA), Member.
2015 Scientific Societies and the Unifying Message, Pursuing a Unifying Message in Support of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resources Research (December 9, 2015, American Association for the Advancement Science, Washington, DC), Representative of Ecological Society of America.
2014 Anthropocene Curriculum / Anthropocene Campus (House der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin), Co-presenter of Anthropogenic Landscapes Seminar [introductory presentation video].
2014 Future Earth Projects Meeting (Future Earth/National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC), Participant.
2013-2014 The Anthropocene Project (House der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin). Co-presenter of Island: Perspectives, Dialogue with Emma Marris, Interview with Bernd Scherer.
2013 Globalizing Our Understanding of Land-use Change (National Social Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), Annapolis, Maryland). Co-PI.
2008 Global Land Use Data Workshop (Institute of Social Ecology, Vienna, Austria, cohosted by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) and the Global Land Project). Participant.
2016 Moderator: Realities and Realms: Responsive Technologies in Ecological Systems (Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA USA). Session chair: T3 S43: Anthropogenic Biomes: Sustaining Ecology and Development in Human Landscapes. Workshop Organizer: T1 S03: GLOBE Training: Global Representativeness Analysis for Meta-Study Research. World Cafe Organizer: T2 S26: Conceptual Models of Land Systems: From Alphabet Soup to Land System Science.Global Land Project Open Science Meeting, October 24-27, 2016, Beijing, China. Co-PI Global Knowledge Gaps (National Social Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), Annapolis, Maryland).
2015 Session chair, GC14B: Dating the Anthropocene: Early Land Use and Earth System Change, American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 14-18, 2015.
2014 Symposium co-chair, Whose planet? Whose 'boundaries'? A dialogue on the politics of 'planetary boundaries' session. Resilience 2014: Resilience and Development: Mobilizing for Transformation, May 4-8, 2014, Montpelier, France.
2013 Symposium co-chair, SYMP 24: Past, Present, and Future Design of Infrastructures for a Resilient Society, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 9, 2013.
2010 Symposium co-chair, SYMP 19: Socioecological Adaptations to Climate Change, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 1-6, 2010.
2009 Session chair, OOS 41: Global Ecology in the 21st Century: Sustaining an Anthropogenic Biosphere, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 2-7, 2009.
2008 Session co-chair, GC20: Earth System Science and Education in an Anthropogenic Biosphere, American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 15-19, 2008.
2005 Symposium chair, Symposium 18: Linking Local, Regional And Global Ecological Changes Across Densely Populated Landscapes. ESA-INTECOL 2005 Joint Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August 7-12, 2005.
Session chair, EV-18: Long-Term Ecological Changes across China's Rural Landscapes. ESA-INTECOL 2005 Joint Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August 7-12, 2005.
2001 Session co-chair, Oral Session 10: Nitrogen Dynamics in Asia. Nitrogen 2001 Conference, Potomac, Maryland, October 14-21, 2001.
1998 Symposium co-chair, Planned Session 8.2: Agroecology and Sustainability. VIIth International Congress of Ecology (INTECOL), Florence, Italy.
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment; AMBIO; Annals of the Association of American Geographers; Anthropocene; The Anthropocene Review; Applied Vegetation Science; Area; Basic & Applied Ecology; Biological Conservation; BioScience; Conservation Biology; Current Biology; Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability; Diversity and Distributions; Earth's Future; Ecography; Ecological Applications; Ecological Economics; Ecological Engineering, Ecological Monographs; Ecology and Evolution; Environmental Modeling and Assessment; Environmental Modelling & Software; Environmental Science & Policy; Forest Ecology and Management; Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment; Geoderma; Global Biogeochemical Cycles; Global Change Biology; Global Environmental Change; Global Policy; The Holocene; IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters; ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information; Journal of Agricultural Science; Journal of Applied Geography; Journal of Environmental Management; Journal of Environmental Quality; Journal of Geophysical Research; Journal of Historical Geography; Journal of Land Use Science; Journal of Sustainable Agriculture; Land; Landscape Ecology; Landscape and Urban Planning; Land Use Policy; Methods in Ecology and Evolution; Nature Ecology and Evolution; Nature Human Behaviour; Nature Sustainability; Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems; Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology; Pedosphere; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Science; The Professional Geographer; Progress in Physical Geography; Quaternary; Regional Environmental Change; Remote Sensing; Remote Sensing of Environment; Restoration Ecology; Science; Science Advances; Sustainability; The Lancet; Trends in Ecology and Evolution; Urban Ecosystems.
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The Black-tailed Tityra is a remarkable bird, one you won't likely forget easily. First of all, they have this immaculate white on their belly and back and of course the red/dark pink on their eyes/beak.
Black-tailed Tityra's (Tityra cayana) are passerine birds, but their sound is one you won't likely enjoy. They produce this dry toneless rattling voice that can be compared with a duck sound, but one you will hear not near the water, but in the trees. They are seen sitting on exposed branches while making their unique sound.
Here you see a male Black-tailed Tityra (spotless white chest) hidden between the coconut leaves. They are not travelling in mixed flocks but as a couple. Black-tailed Tityra's live from berries, fruit, insects, termites and ants.
Here you see a female Black-tailed Tityra (black stripes on her chest). Both male and female are taking turns to build their nest. I have seen them both busy collecting nest material and disappear inside a coconut tree or a maripa tree. Both parents are also responsible for taking care of their hatchlings.


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DHS report: China hid virus' severity to hoard supplies
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A worker packs finished masks produced at a production line for the Wuhan Zonsen Medical Products Co. Ltd. in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Sunday, April 12, 2020. Chinese regulators say ventilators, masks and other supplies being exported to fight the coronavirus will be subject to quality inspections following complaints shoddy or substandard goods were being sold abroad. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
By: Associated Press News
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials believe China covered up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak — and how contagious the disease is — to stock up on medical supplies.
That's according to U.S. intelligence documents obtained by The Associated Press. They say Chinese leaders "intentionally concealed the severity" of the pandemic from the world in early January.
However, experts have said that many of the Chinese government's missteps appear to have been due to bureaucratic hurdles, tight controls on information, and officials hesitant to report bad news.
Chinese officials muffled doctors who warned about the virus early on and repeatedly downplayed the threat of the outbreak.


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Lisa Druxman, chief founding mom at Fit4mom, left, trains Susan Young and others during an early morning fitness class in San Marcos. Druxman, who founded Fit4mom in 2001 as a way to stay active and to build a community for herself as a new mom, still teaches two classes a week in the San Diego area.
For Lisa Druxman, chief founding mom of Fit4mom (formerly known as "Stroller Strides"), the San Diego-based company which provides fitness for every stage of motherhood, launching the business 17 years ago came from pure necessity.


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The Combat of the Apa River was a military confrontation on May 12 1867 between Brazilian and Paraguayan forces on a farm near the José Carlos stream, on the right bank of the Apa River, in the province of Mato Grosso do Sul, on the border between the belligerents.

During the Paraguayan occupation of the province, the invaders had dominated a farm in the region, later renamed Fazenda Marechal López, where the ultimate combat took place. There, Paraguayans began to develop gardens and raise cattle. The Brazilian forces of the 17th Battalion of Volunteers of the Fatherland, who would later be part of the campaign called Withdrawal from the Lagoon, approached the farm and started the confrontation, on May 12, 1867. The Paraguayans tried to disable the farm, setting the fields on fire, harassing the cattle, then fleeing.

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SPY—State Street's flagship ETF—turns 25 today, and with $283 billion of assets, it remains the biggest ETF on the market. But, as the Financial Times points out, it's got rivals breathing down its neck.
SPY posted $6.2 billion in inflows in 2017, but rival S&P 500 ETFs from BlackRock and Vanguard attracted $30.3 billion and $15 billion, respectively. Those funds also charge 4 basis points, compared with SPY's 9.
The birth of SPY, of course, marked the birth of ETFs overall. The products boast $4.8 trillion of assets, and at the quarter-century mark, they've been praised as a democratizing force and blamed for inflating asset prices.
There are now nearly 7,200 exchange-traded products, and the market is growing fast: Last year, U.S. ETFs raked in a record $466 billion, a 61% increase over 2016 inflows, according to Morningstar.
"Originally conceived as a trading tool for sophisticated institutional investors, ETFs have evolved into a democratizing force, lowering costs and giving retail investors access to trading strategies once available only to professionals," The Wall Street Journal writes.
Despite the high-profile growth, mutual funds still dwarf ETFs. There was $14.7 trillion in long-term U.S. mutual funds at the end of 2017, compare with $3.4 trillion in U.S. ETFs, according to Morningstar.


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In May 1975, just before 4 Field Regiment deployed to 2 Sub Area in Eastern Caprivi, all four batteries – the equivalent of an infantry company in an artillery regiment – underwent D-formation training.
At the time, we had no idea that the country would burst into flames just over a year later on June 16, when angry school children took their battle to the streets of Soweto to protest the imminent imposition of Afrikaans – the language of the oppressor – as the medium of instruction in all black schools.
D-formation training encompasses riot and civil disturbance control, including the use of tear gas as a deterrent, and ominously, the use of live ammunition.
Our training spanned almost a month, during which we had to unlearn the instinctive inclination to kill the enemy without hesitation, something which had been drummed into us throughout our National Service up to that point.
Two years later, military vehicles were patrolling the townships, in an attempt to quell the brooding anger of struggle forces determined to throw off the yoke of oppression that had crushed the life out of the majority of our citizens for over 300 hundred years.
The tide was inexorably turning against the apartheid state, and President PW Botha had adopted the measure of desperation that signals the end game, by declaring a state of emergency and authorising the deployment of military assets in an internal peacekeeping role. The police were incapable of controlling the situation, so hawk that he was, he perceived he had little choice.
The mayhem that ensued is a matter of record, and that dark stain on our national psyche will forever be a reminder that no matter how carefully they are managed, military personnel are ill-equipped for the role for which police officers are trained from the outset – keeping the peace.
Whereas police officers are instilled with the dictum of minimum force, and must account for every round they discharge in controlling a situation, military personnel are trained to kill.
But even the police can, and do make catastrophic mistakes, witnessed by the Marikana Massacre on Thursday August 16 2012, in which 34 striking miners lost their lives on a dusty koppie in the North West Province, when a massive contingent of riot police opened fire with automatic weapons.
And now Premier Helen Zille wants to persuade President Jacob Zuma to authorise the deployment of military assets in the gang-infested Cape Flats in an attempt to contain the mayhem that has raged there for years.
While this is not the first time she has made this request, the circumstances that have motivated it this time are truly dreadful: an ambulance transporting an injured eight year-old child to hospital was hi-jacked and because the ambulance personnel could not tend to the child, he died.
The plea is that ambulance and other emergency service resources often require protection to go into certain areas, protection that cannot be rendered by the thinly stretched South African Police Service (SAPS).
Military assets deployed in this capacity, will operate under the command structure of the SAPS we are told, which means that their reactions to any given situation would subscribe to the dictum of minimum force.
If the SAPS is as thinly stretched as it purports to be, how much oversight will be exercised over military assets that are deployed as planned?
If trained SAPS members can react in the manner that they did at Marikana, how on earth can we expect our poorly trained South African National Defence Force personnel to react in any other manner in a civilian deployment?
Despite the intractable problems that are posed by gang violence on the Cape Flats, deploying military assets will open a Pandora's Box that will inevitably result in a rising body-count, the very thing that such deployment is intended to reduce.
Find another way, Premier Helen, find another way.
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Warped Galaxies: So what the heck is orienteering?
So what the heck is orienteering?
Orienteering is a great sport, and I highly recommend it to any one who likes to be out of doors, who likes to solve problems, and who likes a physical challenge coupled with a mental workout.
Describing orienteering is almost as challenging as doing it! Some basic information: orienteering clubs around the world (such as Indiana CrossRoads Orienteering,which is my home club)organize meets in different woods. Some do so on a weekly basis, others on a monthly or bi-weekly basis. Each time you go, the experience is different because you are in a different forest, running different courses. Of course, local clubs will use the same woods from season to season, but often they try to vary the starting points, so that the competitors use a different part of the woods than they did the last time they were there.
So, how do you DO orienteering? To begin with, you are given a map of the woods with your current location, 8-15 points, and the finish area marked on it, each of which you have to visit in order.
It's great fun and a wonderful intellectual challenge while being a good workout. Gets the brain and the body going at the same time. One of the great things about orienteering is that you can do it at many levels of competition. Most local meets offer 3-4 different courses of various levels of difficulty, from the very easy which stays exclusively on trails, to the moderate which will include both trail running and cross country navigation, to the very hard which is almost exclusively off-trail. While some people are extremely competitive, and participate in national and international competition, many participate on a purely recreational basis, taking the course at a leisurly stroll. The easy courses are easy enough for kids to do alone (I started when I was about ten, and my kids participate now.) and the hard courses are real brain game as well as requiring decent fitness. Orienteering can also be done on skis (ski-orienteering is a winter olympic sport), on bikes, in canoes. There are even events for people with limited mobility. Adventure racing often includes an orienteering segment, and for those who like a real challenge, there is the rogaine, a 12-36 hour orienteering event.
If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, you can hook up with a local club through the United States Orienteering Federation. In other countries, you can try the International Orienteering Federation.


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Haida Gwaii aka Queen Charlotte Islands is dubbed the Galapagos of the north!
A vast wilderness, of magnificent old growth rain forests, ancient aboriginal culture, and abundant wildlife, the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia are one of the richest biological and cultural regions of North America, plus one of the most beautiful and diverse landscapes in the world!
Made up of 1,884 islands, the Queen Charlotte Islands, are both a geological and geographical treasure chest. A mix of wild beaches, some rock-shrewn and covered with fossils, others sandy and dotted with sand dunes. Lush marshes provide ideal nesting for waterfowl, while the rain forest provides a protecting canopy which allows the abundant flora and fauna to thrive in this Galapagos of the North!
The Queen Charlotte Islands have been the ancestral home of the Haida people for thousands of years. These ancient people named the remote archipelago Haida Gwaii, and in Haida legend, it is the place where time began.
The natural history of Haida Gwaii is extremely diverse and supports many subspecies of flora and fauna which differ from those found on Canada's coastal mainland, as well as many species that exist nowhere else in the world. This is thought to be the result of the Islands escaping the last ice age and becoming a refuge for various forms of plant and animal life, which continue to flourish there to this day.
The largest land masses of the Queen Charlottes are known as Graham Island and Moresby Island. These islands share common features including many inlets, bays, and sounds which penetrate the land from all sides, as well as extensive wilderness area, and distinct flora and fauna which have evolved over thousands of years.
Graham Island is the largest and most heavily populated of the two, containing several significant communities. A distinguishing feature of Graham Island is Naikoon Park, which is one of two large parks found on the Queen Charlottes.
Naikoon Park features two ecological reserves: Tow Hill and Rose Spit. Tow Hill is a prominent landmark in the park, a massive outcrop of basalt columns rising from flat bogs at the mouth of the Hiellen River. Tow Hill rises 109 metres in height and is the second highest point in the park after Argonaut Hill (150 metres). Rose Spit offers excellent viewing of migrating birds, who rest at Rose Spit and feast on the abundant food supply rendered by the up welling ocean currents.
Moresby Island is the smaller island of the two and the least accessible, offering less than 30 kilometres of public roads, many of which are located in the town of Sandspit and along the Skidegate Inlet. Moresby Island also encompasses the Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve. Gwaii Haanas is translated to mean - the place of wonder.
The Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve is dominated by the San Christoval Mountains which reach an elevation of 1,123 metres. There are vast varieties of flora between the meadows and bogs of the lowlands to the mountain peaks, in fact the Queen Charlottes hold the largest concentration of biomass or living matter than anywhere else on the planet.
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve also embraces the ancient and now abandoned Haida village site of Ninstints on Anthony Island.
Ninstints Village was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981 in recognition of its cultural value and importance to the history of mankind. It is here that lies the foundation of insight into the history of the the Haida people and their way of life through the remains of houses, carved mortuary and memorial poles.
Other abandoned Haida village sites on Moresby Island outside the boundaries of Gwaii Haanas include Skedans and New Clew on Louise Island, and Tanu on Tanu Island each with treasures of their own including some of the finest examples of original totem poles in the world.
The Haida is a nation legendary for its art. This artfulness is seen as a way to preserve their connection to the past, inspired by their ancestors, and shaped by their surroundings.
Today, people are attracted to the Queen Charlotte Islands because of their relative isolation, recreation, and native culture. Kayaking, cultural enlightenment, boating, whale watching, beachcombing, camping, hiking, and fishing are among the main draw cards of visitors to Haida Gwaii, as well as the undisturbed, pristine wilderness.


Mundays LLP has navigated shareholders to a sale.
Surrey and London law firm Mundays LLP has advised the shareholders of Cruise 1st on the sale of the company to Dreamlines GmbH.
Cruise 1st is a leading cruise retail brand with offices in Manchester, Sydney and Singapore. Cruise 1st has been operating as a combined web and call centre business since 2000 and opened the UK's first interactive cruise retail store in the Lowry Shopping Centre, Manchester in January this year.
The Mundays' transaction team was led by Head of Corporate and Commercial, Neale Andrews who was supported by Corporate Senior Associate, Howard White.
Neale Andrews said "We are delighted to have advised the shareholders of Cruise 1st on this transaction and we wish Cruise 1st all the best for the next step in its journey".
Dreamlines were represented by Dentons (Prague, London and Milton Keynes).


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A karibi csónakfarkú (Quiscalus lugubris) a madarak osztályának verébalakúak (Passeriformes)  rendjébe, azon belül a csirögefélék (Icteridae)  családjába tartozó faj.

Rendszerezése
A fajt William John Swainson angol ornitológus írta le 1838-ban.

Alfajai

Quiscalus lugubris guadeloupensis (Lawrence, 1879) - Antigua és Barbuda, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Kitts és Nevis, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, a Dominikai Közösség és Martinique
Quiscalus lugubris inflexirostris (Swainson, 1838) - Saint Lucia
Quiscalus lugubris contrusus (J. L. Peters, 1925) - Saint Vincent és a Grenadine-szigetek (csak a fősziget)
Quiscalus lugubris luminosus (Lawrence, 1878) - - Saint Vincent és a Grenadine-szigetek (a Grenadine-szigetek) és Grenada, valamint a Los Testigos sziget (Venezuela északkeleti partvidéke mentén)
Quiscalus lugubris fortirostris (Lawrence, 1868) - Barbados. Antigua, Barbuda és Saint Kitts szigetére betelepítették.
Quiscalus lugubris orquillensis (Cory, 1909) - Los Hermanos sziget (Venezuela északkeleti partvidéke mentén)
Quiscalus lugubris insularis (Richmond, 1896) - Margarita-sziget és Los Frailes sziget (Venezuela északkeleti partvidéke mentén)
Quiscalus lugubris lugubris (Swainson, 1838) - Aruba, Trinidad és Tobago, valamint Dél-Amerika északi részén Brazília északi része, Guyana, Francia Guyana, Kolumbia, Suriname és Venezuela

Előfordulása
A Kis-Antillákkon, Antigua és Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, a Dominikai Közösség, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Kitts és Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent és a Grenadine-szigetek, Trinidad és Tobago, valamint Dél-Amerika északi részén, Brazília, Guyana, Francia Guyana, Kolumbia, Suriname és Venezuela területén honos.

A természetes élőhelye tengerpartok és mangroveerdők, valamint vidéki kertek, legelők és városi környezet. Állandó, nem vonuló faj.

Megjelenése
Testhossza 26 centiméter, testtömege 66-80 gramm. A hím tollazata fekete, a tojóé barnás.

Életmódja
Mindenevő, ízeltlábúakkal, kisebb gerincesekkel, magvakkal és gyümölcsökkel táplálkozik.

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Antigua és Barbuda madarai
Aruba madarai
Barbados madarai
A Dominikai Közösség madarai
Grenada madarai
Guadeloupe madarai
Martinique madarai
Montserrat madarai
Saint-Barthélemy madarai
Saint Kitts és Nevis madarai
Saint Lucia madarai
Saint Vincent és a Grenadine-szigetek madarai
Trinidad és Tobago madarai
Brazília madarai
Guyana madarai
Francia Guyana madarai
Kolumbia madarai
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Venezuela madarai


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Bitcoin energy debate resurfaces with calls for 'green hackers' to attack network
"If you're not a green hacker, and you're not doing it for the planet, you can also do it for the money: by speculating downward on the price of Bitcoin before launching attacks."
The exponential rise in Bitcoin's price and hash rate is driving critics to once again question the largest blockchain's energy efficiency — with calls for "green hackers" to band together to mount an attack on the network.
Total world production and consumption vs. Bitcoin. Source: CBECI
A self styled "developer and ecologist" who goes by the name of Franck Leroy created Twitter and Medium accounts this month to advocate the destruction of the Bitcoin network through "ethical hacking."
In a post titled "Green hackers around the world, let's destroy Bitcoin" Leroy states that Bitcoin is an "irrational and destructive financial bubble" that is hugely damaging to the climate due to its exorbitant use of electricity.
A third of the article calls on hackers to "destroy Bitcoin," stating that the network can be undermined by mounting something similar to a DDOS attack with fake transactions to clog the network, and linking to three other sources for other attack ideas, adding:
"It is not even necessary that a computer attack actually take place, but that speculators fear it. If a group of hackers (real or fake) announced an impending attack, the price of Bitcoin would likely collapse."
But it's not just fringe Medium posts attacking Bitcoin's power consumption, the mainstream media has embraced the narrative too. A recent article by Bloomberg "Bitcoin is an incredibly dirty business" suggested that the majority of Bitcoin's energy use comes from coal and other non-renewable sources, comparing the network's carbon footprint to that of New Zealand.
And Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Zweig wrote today that "Bitcoin mining is on track to consume almost as much electricity in 2021 as all the world's transportation systems combined did in 2018."
https://t.co/Y1UKW4JbH9
If I understand this correctly, bitcoin mining is on track to consume almost as much electricity in 2021 as all the world's transportation systems combined did in 2018 https://t.co/z7rWPzwSOM.
Tesla will need to sell a lot of cars to offset that. pic.twitter.com/wmIuioZCqj
— Jason Zweig (@jasonzweigwsj) February 9, 2021
Looking behind the figures used by Zweig paints a different picture. In the Tweet, he references a graph on Bitcoin's electricity consumption by the University of Cambridge. The three lines refer to the upper (grey) and lower bound (light yellow), and the actual estimated consumption (Yellow).
Zweig has used the upper bound currently sitting at 290 TWh, stating that this figure is on track to reach the 2018 global transportation systems consumption (390 TWh). However, if one were to take the actual estimate of 120 TWh, the Bitcoin network is on track to account for around 30% of the energy used by the transportation industry in 2018.
Many critics refer the Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index, or BECI, on the Digiconomist website. The BECI states that Bitcoin's annualized carbon footprint, electrical energy consumption, and electronic waste compares to that of New Zealand, Chile, and Luxembourg respectively.
However, Bitcoin proponents such as Marty Bent point out that much of the electricity used to power the Bitcoin network is excess and otherwise unused . In a post today he wrote:
The ruthlessly competitive Bitcoin mining industry forces miners to seek out the lowest cost of power production that they can possibly find, which leads them to energy sources that are completely stranded or wasted."
Other proponents note the power used in mining is frequently renewable. Up to half of mining activity occurs in China's Sichuan region and these miners use the region's hydroelectric power stations where possible. However, these plants rely on seasonal rains and when there isn't enough to power them, Sichuan turns to coal.
A study shared by Head of Growth at Kraken Dan Held, suggests that mining in the Sichuan region is more than 90% renewable, resulting in Bitcoin's entire network being almost 78% renewable.
Bitcoin uses 78% renewable energy. Source: Twitter
But figures vary and the University of Cambridge suggests the actual figure is much lower. Although the university states that 76% of cryptocurrency miners use electricity from renewable energy sources, it found that only 39% of the total energy consumption by Proof-of-Work cryptocurrencies comes from renewable energy.
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