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The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that it will be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the city doesn't change a proposed same-sex marriage law, a threat that could affect tens of thousands of people the church helps with adoption, homelessness and health care. Under the bill, headed for a D.C. Council vote next month, religious organizations would not be required to perform or make space available for same-sex weddings.Van Jones decries 'lies and distortions,'quits as Obama's environmental advisor
Van Jones decries 'lies and distortions,'quits as Obama's environmental advisor Jones says he has become a distraction to the administration's healthcare agenda because of his videotaped insult of Republicans and his signature on a petition suggesting a 9/11 conspiracy. By Peter Wallsten (L..A. Times) Reporting from Washington - Responding to a firestorm that raged almost entirely on conservative talk shows and websites, the White House today announced the resignation of a top environmental advisor who had made fiery remarks about Republicans and signed a petition questioning whether the U.S.NY Fashion Week is Huge, Erin Wasson is Ambitious
We knew it was growing, but never quite expected this...the schedule for New York Fashion Week at Bryant Park is out, along with another one that cites all the shows off-location. Ralph Lauren, who is currently looking for interns, was just one of the designers who upped their number of shows, going from two to three, but keeping his usual time slot. Philip Lim opted for two shows- one for mens' and womens' this time around instead of combining them as he has done in the past.
Final vote on "clean energy" bill
FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 477 (Democrats in roman; Republicans in italic; Independents underlined) H R 2454 RECORDED VOTE 26-Jun-2009 7:17 PM QUESTION: On Passage BILL TITLE: American Clean Energy and Security Act Ayes Noes PRES NV Democratic 211 44 1 Republican 8 168 2 Independent TOTALS 219 212 3 ---- AYES 219 --- Abercrombie Ackerman Adler (NJ) Andrews Baca Baird Baldwin Bean Becerra Berkley Berman Bishop (GA) Bishop (NY) Blumenauer Boccieri Bono Mack (R) Boswell Boucher Boyd Brady (PA) Braley (IA) Brown, Corrine Butterfield Capps Capuano Cardoza Carnahan Carson (IN) Castle (R) Castor (FL) Chandler Clarke Clay Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Connolly (VA) Conyers Cooper Courtney Crowley Cuellar Cummings Davis (CA) Davis (IL) DeGette Delahunt DeLauro Dicks Dingell Doggett Doyle Driehaus Edwards (MD) Ellison Engel Eshoo Etheridge Farr Fattah Filner Frank (MA) Fudge Giffords Gonzalez Gordon (TN) Grayson Green, Al Green, Gene Grijalva Gutierrez Hall (NY) Halvorson Hare Harman Heinrich Higgins Hill Himes Hinchey Hinojosa Hirono Hodes Holt Honda Hoyer Inslee Israel Jackson (IL) Jackson-Lee (TX) Johnson (GA) Johnson, E. B. Kagen Kanjorski Kaptur Kennedy Kildee Kilpatrick (MI) Kilroy Kind Kirk (R) Klein (FL) Kosmas Kratovil Lance (R) Langevin Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Lee (CA) Levin Lewis (GA) Lipinski LoBiondo (R) Loebsack Lofgren, Zoe Lowey Luján Lynch Maffei Maloney Markey (CO) Markey (MA) Matsui McCarthy (NY) McCollum McDermott McGovern McHugh (R) McMahon McNerney Meek (FL) Meeks (NY) Michaud Miller (NC) Miller, George Moore (KS) Moore (WI) Moran (VA) Murphy (CT) Murphy (NY) Murphy, Patrick Murtha Nadler (NY) Napolitano Neal (MA) Oberstar Obey Olver Pallone Pascrell Pastor (AZ) Payne Pelosi Perlmutter Perriello Peters Peterson Pingree (ME) Polis (CO) Price (NC) Quigley Rangel Reichert (R) Reyes (R) Richardson Rothman (NJ) Roybal-Allard Ruppersberger Rush Ryan (OH) Sánchez, Linda T.Met Madness
MARC JACOBS on who will be attending: "Madonna . . .They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? - The 1,000 Greatest Films The Top 100 = 76 - 100
76 77 78 Pierrot le fou JEAN-LUC GODARD (81) 1965 | 110m | Col | France-Italy | Road Movie, Romantic Drama "This film, with its ravishing colors and beautiful 'Scope camera work by Raoul Coutard, still looks every bit as iconoclastic and fresh as it did when it belatedly opened in the U.S." - Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader Selected by Julian Graffy, Samuel Fuller, Tom Gunning, Dennis Lim, Ty Burr. Amazon Time Out Roger Ebert Ikiru AKIRA KUROSAWA (73) 1952 | 143m | BW | Japan | Drama, Psychological Drama "An intensely moving film...elegiac and sometimes quirkishly funny in the manner of Kurosawa's elective model, John Ford.Tippi Hedren
Nathalie Kay 'Tippi' Hedren (born January 19, 1930,is an American actress and former fashion model with a career spanning six decades. She is primarily known for her roles in two Alfred Hitchcock films, The Birds and Marnie, and her extensive efforts in animal rescue at Shambala Preserve, an 80-acre (320,000 m2) wildlife habitat which she founded in 1983. Hedren is the mother of actress Melanie Griffith, and they share credits on six films, notably Pacific Heights (1990).Hedren was born in New Ulm, Minnesota, the daughter of Dorothea Henrietta (née Eckhardt) and Bernard Carl Hedren.They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? - The 1,000 Greatest Films The Top 100 = 51 - 75
51 52 53 M FRITZ LANG (53) 1931 | 99m | BW | Germany | Thriller, Psychological Thriller "His portrait of a character in turmoil - "Who knows what it's like to be me?" he demands climactically, insisting that "Nobody can be punished for something he can't help" - is a pathological study that has not been equaled." - Judith Christ Selected by Michael Moore, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ian Christie, Jean-Michel Frodon, Tom Gunning.Neither Moderate Nor Centrist
Neither Moderate Nor Centrist Peter Robinson, 03.06.09, 12:00 AM EST (Forbes) How Buckley, Gergen and Brooks finally realized Barack Obama's left leanings. "To see what is in front of one's nose," George Orwell famously asserted, "needs a constant struggle." Congratulations this week to three journalists who have finally taken up that constant struggle: Christopher Buckley, David Gergen and David Brooks.Fashion Insider
ALEXANDER WANG: With fashion week less than a month away and alternate locations all over the place, Wang cancelled his after-party. The good news is though, he's putting the final touches on the T by Alexander Wang line, which he mentioned in August. “Necklines are stretched and armholes are strategically lowered so that it looks worn in.
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