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Karl Rove: California Republicans Need To 'Get Up Off Of The Mat'

SACRAMENTO, Calif. ? GOP strategist Karl Rove said Saturday that rebuilding the Republican brand in California will be a tough task that will require them to diversify and create a strategy to spread their message to a wider audience.

Referring to the state party's deep losses in recent years, Rove said it needs to focus on larger themes of restoring jobs and reducing government spending.

He also said the party must recruit candidates who reflect the diversity of the country, and in particular, California. By next year, Hispanics will overtake whites as the state's largest demographic group.

"We need to be asking for votes in the most powerful way possible, which is to have people asking for the vote who are comfortable and look like and sound like the people that we're asking for the vote from," Rove said.

His message to delegates, activists and local party officials throughout California was in line with the philosophy behind his new political action committee, the Conservative Victory Project. The committee was established to support Republican candidates it deems electable, offsetting GOP candidates who might offend key parts of the electorate.

Rove told activists at the Republican Party's spring convention in Sacramento that rebuilding would be "a big task," but noted Texas as an example. Once a Democratic stronghold, the state elected Republicans to 95 of 150 state House seats in November. Democrats have not won a statewide office in Texas since 1994.

Republicans hold the opposite status in California, where Democrats won supermajorities in the Legislature last fall and hold every statewide office. The GOP accounts for less than 30 percent of the state's voters and has been losing favor with Latinos, women and younger voters.

Rove said rebuilding the California Republican Party might be so tough that party activists might choose to continue on their current path, "or you can get up off of the mat and throw yourself back into this contest."

"Think smart, be active, be committed, rebuild the organization, ask for the vote in the right way, and speak boldly and proudly about our universal principles in a way that attracts support of your fellow Californians," he said.

Rove appeared at the convention as a favor to former state Senate Minority Leader Jim Brulte, a longtime friend who was expected to be elected as the state party's new chairman on Sunday.

His suggestions on expanding the types of candidates being fielded struck a chord with Tyson Greaves, a 63-year-old party member from San Jose who said pushing for diversity within the party is crucial.

"It's pretty clear to me that you don't have authenticity or credibility in a community if you show up only in an election cycle," he said.

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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/02/karl-rove-california-republicans_n_2799245.html

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Escaping through Fiction | The Cornell Daily Sun

Literary pundits and theoreticians posit a bevy of lofty ideals toward which all good literature should aspire. For example, according to Ralph Waldo Emerson, ?fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.? Emerson is perhaps trying to say that fiction is a way for people to access knowledge outside of their daily experiences. Except it isn?t the kind you?d learn in textbooks, but rather knowledge of the more visceral, emotional, wishy-washy quality, otherwise known as wisdom. Other notables go further. The noted playwright Bertolt Brecht, of Mother Courage fame, ventured that ?art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it?. That is to say, literature is not isolated from the social and cultural framework in which it is set, but takes an active part in constructing it. Literature has a socializing, acculturating function. It can topple regimes and spark changes in ways of thinking that reverberate down generations.

However, readers are perhaps most often drawn to literature out of an intense desire to escape ? usually, through escapist fiction. ?Rather than observing reality or changing it, escapist fiction instead posits an alternate reality rooted in its own rules. Escapist fiction is sometimes said to be disdained by the reactionaries and aristocrats of the literary world. The common stereotype involves a middle-aged snob sitting in his armchair next to a fireplace, glass of scotch in hand, sneering at a pristine copy of The Sword of Shannara open across his lap, lamenting the ?death of literary fiction?. Despite this highly exaggerated image, though, escapist fiction has become an inextricable part of our cultural fabric; those who look down upon it are fighting a losing battle.

Nevertheless, there still exists that implicit consensus that escapist fiction is somehow on a lower pedestal than non-escapist fiction, that because it depicts a world we?d rather live in it is automatically inferior, aimed to pacify the common man as he slaves away in his gilded hamster cage, fashioning baubles for the shadowy plutocrats that loom above the puppet stage. Science fiction adventure stories do not usually win Oscars, or Man Booker Prizes. Instead, escapist literature is relegated to the realm of children or young adults. ??Simply put, escapist literature is everywhere, but by virtue of its ubiquity it is not granted the recognition it deserves.

What level of recognition does it deserve, you ask? I think that escapism is probably the most important literary development in recent times. It is properly not an end unto itself, it is a mode, a hook, a literary device to draw readers in. Literary fiction has always seemed unapproachable because it often deals with heavy topics: the human condition, war, slavery, inequality, the like ? all within the confines of mundane existence; a mirror unto the imperfections of our own reality. Many people don?t like that. Escapism replaces that reality with one in which we actually want to live in, and thus makes literature accessible. Escapism is not incompatible with literature-as-mirror or literature-as-agent-of-change. In fact, far from being the great enemy of traditional affective literature, it may be its greatest emerging ally, combating the evil forces of reality TV, celebrity gossip and the always-on camera recording the lives of the Kardashians. That is because escapist fiction can, at its best, act as a cradle for good stories and good literature. If the thought of escaping to a world where you can ride broomsticks and cast spells introduces kids to the wonders of reading and good storytelling (and a life of literacy afterward), more power to escapism.

But escapism doesn?t just rely on its status as a hook to justify its importance to the future of literature. The experience of escapism, itself, opens up the gates to an entirely new way of experiencing the fictive realm. It signifies a change in paradigm: Fiction is no longer merely a convenient tool with which to size up the world, it is a desirable destination from which the world may be sized up. The best escapist literature consists of fully formed worlds of wonder and terror, where setting, backstory and ambience are paramount, rather than merely being mis-en-scene for the narrative. These places are sandboxes of the imagination, within which authors and readers alike participate in the exercise of imagining creative new ways of living. Science fiction sandbox worlds ?like Star Trek are visions of the possible future; others, like Warhammer 40k, are portents of what could go wrong. As places in which creativity is inspired, and both author and reader become active participants in their construction, these escapist realms are the future of storytelling and literature.

And what better medium to carry the new era than video games? Right now, video games have not quite ascended the artistic hierarchy from crass entertainment to art form. But, with technological improvements, the virtual worlds of video games might become conduits or vessels through which people can experience the kinds of stories that excite interest in the human condition, within the confines of a vast, rich and detailed world in which the setting is its own attraction. Games like Fallout, Bioshock and The Witcher are already steps in the right direction. So I say, rejoice, gamers, at the coming apotheosis of your burgeoning craft.

Source: http://www.cornellsun.com/section/arts/content/2013/03/01/escaping-through-fiction

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First Friday Las Vegas Gallery Highlights - March 2013 | ArtsVegas ...

Here?s a quick roundup of gallery offerings in the Arts District this month.? Above: detail from ?Homegoing? by Casey Weldon?@ Trifecta.

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Trifecta Gallery

Casey Weldon returns to Trifecta for LOSE + FIND, which features multiple meanings: both hidden and obvious.

Gallery owner Marty Walsh explains that ?Lose + Find refers to a miniseries of lost ideas that Weldon has been wanting to do and found the opportunity to do them for this show.?

Weldon?s pop surrealism has recently attracted collectors? eyes; many of the pieces will no doubt be spoken for by Friday evening.

Neighborhoods by Edith Lebeau
(in the Attachment Room)

Quebec native Edith Lebeau paints strong female figures intricately paired with fauna and flora elements. Pop culture, fairytales and mythology often seep into the mix. The series interact as well as standalone to tell their own separate tale. Neighborhood is her first solo show in the United States.

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Thelonious & Me
Abstract painting & collage work of Eric Comstock

Painter and illustrator Eric Comstock is debuting his work in Las Vegas.?He will be here Friday evening for First Friday and Sunday from 11am-1pm for a reception.

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Brett Wesley Gallery

Join Brett Wesley Gallery for the opening of The Nihilist?s Spa featuring Sandy Smith and Ernst Fischer from New York.

This exhibition will focus on the overlap between these two artists practices; psychological distancing via a micro/macro perspective shift, with Ernst working from photographic and technological observations and Sandy working from textual and physical observations.

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Sin City Gallery

The 12? of Sin competition compresses exhibition boundaries while expanding the artistic challenge through works of art that are no larger than 12 inches in any given direction. Submissions this year came from 230 international artists representing 10 countries and included numerous genres.

?This design competition of all-original works compresses the exhibition boundaries while expanding artistic challenge,? said the gallery?s curator and competition producer Dr. Laura Henkel. ?I am pleased that many of the artists who were accepted to exhibit are from Las Vegas. The competition reflects the highest caliber of international talent and Las Vegas has been a hidden gem of the art world,? says Henkel.

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Source: http://www.artsvegas.com/art/first-friday-gallery-highlights-march-2013/

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15 weapons taken from shop on 'American Guns' show

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (AP) ? Police in suburban Denver say 12 handguns and three rifles were taken from the gun shop featured on Discovery Channel's "American Guns."

Wheat Ridge police had said earlier this week that they didn't have an immediate tally of what was taken during a break-in at the Gunsmoke Gun Shop early Wednesday. They said Friday that no assault weapons were stolen.

Police were alerted to the break-in by a silent alarm and found a burglar or burglars had entered the shop through a hole in the roof.

A witness across the street reported seeing a silver two-door car leaving the gun shop's parking lot, but investigators say they need more help from the public to solve the case.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/15-weapons-taken-shop-american-guns-show-000220540.html

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Young Somali pirates offered amnesty

Farah Abdi Warsameh / AP file

Masked pirate Hassan stands near a Taiwanese fishing vessel that washed up on shore near Hobyo, Somalia, after pirates were paid a ransom and released the crew in September 2012.

By Ian Johnston, Staff Writer, NBC News

Somalia?s president has offered an amnesty to young pirates amid a "drastic" fall in the number of attacks off East Africa.

In an interview with the AFP news agency Wednesday, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said that he wanted to offer an "alternative means of earning a living" to young Somalis caught up in the lucrative business of hijacking ships and yachts, then ransoming the passengers and crew.

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"We have been negotiating with the pirates indirectly through the elders," Mohamud said. "Piracy has to end."

But he stressed the amnesty offer did not apply to senior pirates. ?We are not giving them amnesty, the amnesty is for the boys,? he said

Captain Pottengal Mukundan, director of the International Maritime Bureau, which monitors piracy, said Thursday that there had been a "very drastic decrease" in the number of attacks of East Africa.

He said there had been just two attacks in the area so far this year, compared to 30 in January and February last year, a trend he described as "very, very positive."

The two recent attacks were unsuccessful and suspects in both incidents were later apprehended by international naval forces that patrol the seas off the Horn of Africa.

However, Mukundan stressed that "we cannot become complacent."

"There?s still a very high possibility that, if the guard is let down, attacks will happen," he said.

'Alternative jobs'
He said the naval presence in the area was one of the main reasons behind the drop in attacks.

Mukundan said pirates known to be guilty of attacks should be prosecuted, but added that an amnesty had worked well when it was tried in Nigeria in 2010.

"A number of militants who also doubled up as pirates and robbers did law down their weapons and look for alternative jobs," he said.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney?s Office said in a statement that five Somali men had been found guilty of "engaging in piracy and committing other offenses" in an attack on the USS Ashland on April 10, 2010.

According to their defense, the men were returning home in a skiff after taking refugees from Somalia to Yemen. The lawyers said they needed help and an AK-47 was fired toward Ashland to get its attention. Ashland returned fire, killing one and setting the skiff on fire.

"These men were pirates ? plain and simple," U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride said in the statement. "They attacked a ship hoping to hold it ransom for millions of dollars. Few crimes are older than piracy on the high seas, and today?s verdict shows that the United States takes it very seriously."

George Venizelos, assistant director in charge of the FBI?s New York Field Office, said the five men were "headed where they belong: to federal prison."

"Let this send a clear message of deterrence to anyone who threatens those who traverse the high seas," he said.

The five, who face life in prison, are due to be sentenced in July.

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World sea piracy falls to lowest level since 2008

Hostages freed by Somali pirates after nearly 3 years in captivity

Source: http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/28/17132316-young-somali-pirates-offered-amnesty-amid-drastic-fall-in-attacks?lite

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Judge accepts soldier's guilty plea in WikiLeaks case

MADRID, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Lionel Messi has rarely been accused of failing to deliver in big games, having scored in two European Cup finals, but after subdued performances against AC Milan and Real Madrid, questions are being asked. The four-times World Player of the Year and leading scorer in one of the greatest club teams of all time, was a shadow of his usual self at the San Siro in a Champions League last-16 first leg last week, when Barcelona slumped to a 2-0 defeat. ...

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/judge-accepts-soldiers-guilty-plea-wikileaks-case-224725962--sector.html

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