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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Friends proud of amateur film on Snowden’s HK stay Associated Press Writer
HONG KONG — It was shot in single takes with amateur actors, hobbyist directors and about $650 — mainly to pay for a room in the same Hong Kong hotel that briefly housed Edward Snowden. But the short YouTube film some bill as the first movie about the National Security Agency leaker is a source of pride for the friends who made it, even as they acknowledge its limitations. “Verax” gained much popularity at first, having been released just two days after Snowden left Hong Kong for Moscow, where he remains, but praise of the film has given way to criticism, with many viewers berating the four directors for amateur work and bad casting. The five-minute film is filled with Hong Kong scenery and melodramatic music and stars Andrew Cromeek, an American school teacher in Hong Kong with an uncanny resemblance to Snowden. Cromeek is unfazed by the critics, noting none of the actors is a professional and that they didn’t
think the mere YouTube video would gain so much attention in the first place. “I think the way it was shot was quite cool,” he said. “We are all amateur actors. We all had one take. It was kind of like, shoot, go, OK, done. So it’s fine. It’s completely OK if people are like, ‘It’s the worst acting in the world.’ It’s totally fine with me.” Jeff Floro said he and the other directors, Edwin Lee, Shawn Tse and Marcus Tsui, had only wanted to hone their guerrilla filmmaking style and produce something that was relevant to Hong Kong at that time. Floro himself works in finance by day, and creates movies as a hobby. Given the fact that little of Snowden was known at that time, the directors agreed to focus the film’s attention on the relationships between different groups and agencies in Hong Kong. They played with different ideas, “but in the end we felt like the tension is just there as it is, and we could just let it go through those circles and not actually highlight too much of Edward Snowden, considering we didn’t have that much information about him,” Floro said.
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Reclamation plan on Benoa Bay
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Jeff Floro, a hobbyist director, speaks during an interview in Hong Kong Friday, July 12, 2013.
Legislative to immediately revoke recommendation
2 ‘Real Housewives of NJ’ stars to appear in court Associated Press Writer
then hiding their fortunes in a bankruptcy filing after their first season aired. Authorities allege the couple submitNEWARK, New Jersey — Two stars of the TV show “Real Housewives of New Jersey” are scheduled to make initial court appearances on fed- ted fraudulent mortgage and other loan eral fraud charges. Teresa Giudice and her husband Giuseppe “Joe” applications from 2001 to 2008, a year before their show debuted on the Bravo Giudice are scheduled to appear in federal court Tuesday morning. cable TV channel. Prosecutors said the The Giudices were charged in a 39- applications and bankruptcy fraud. couple submitted fake tax returns and count indictment Monday with conspirThe couple is accused of exaggerating bank account information to lenders. acy to commit mail and wire fraud, bank their income while applying for loans Prosecutors allege the Giudices refraud, making false statements on loan before their TV show debuted in 2009, ceived about $4.6 million in mortgages, withdrawals from home equity lines of credit and construction loans. Joe Giudice, an entrepreneur, also failed to file tax returns for the years 2004 through 2008, when he is alleged to have earned nearly $1 million, prosecutors said. During that time his income allegedly fluctuated wildly; the indictment states he made $323,481 in 2005 and $26,194 in 2006. Teresa Giudice’s attorney Henry Klingeman said she would plead not guilty. Joe Giudice’s attorney did not return a message seeking comment. In a statement, Teresa said she supports her husband and wants to resolve the charges as soon as possible. “I am committed to my family and intend to maintain our lives in the best way possible, which includes continuing my career,” she said. A Bravo spokesman had no comment. AP Photo/Oral-B Pulsonic, Gary He “Everyone has an obligation to tell FILE - This Sept. 13, 2009 file photo originally released by Oral-B Pul- the truth when dealing with the courts, sonic shows “Real Housewives of New Jersey” stars, Teresa Giudice, paying their taxes and applying for loans left, and her husband Joe Giudice at the Caravan Fashion Show spon- or mortgages,” said U.S. Attorney Paul sored by Oral-B Pulsonic in New York. Fishman. “That’s reality.”
Photo shows Serangan Island who have had reclaimed in the 1990s. Currently, the reclamation was left stalled. It is feared, Benoa Bay reclamation will also end up like Serangan Island.
Bali Post
DENPASAR - Determination of Governor Mangku Pastika defended Benoa Bay reclamation decree will be hampered. Following decisive decision of Udayana University (Unud) who decided to temporarily stop the assessment regarding the proposed reclamation of Benoa Bay, Bali’s Legislative Parliament (DPRD Bali) also will revoke its recommendation. As stated by Chairman of DPRD Bali, Ngurah Oka Ratmadi on Monday, July 29, 2013.
“We respect Udayana University decision that will stop temporarily feasibility study on reclamation plan of Benoa Bay. So we in the council will not discuss anything more about reclamation. The Council’s recommendation will also be revoked,” said Ratmadi. Ratmadi stated that reclamation plan reap disapproval from Balinese people. Therefore, when Udayana University decided to stop
temporarily its feasibility study over Benoa Bay reclamation plan, legislative also will revoke its recommendation. Ratmadi lays out two reasons why DPRD Bali’s recommendation repealed. First, the Council’s recommendation was based on the existence of a pre-FS conducted by Unud. So, when the study was discontinued and no final result being presented, Council’s recommendations are
meaningless. The second reason, the recommendation that made by DPRD Bali was not recommendation for governor Bali to make a decree about reclamation in Benoa Bay which include permission for investor to build tourism resort and facilities. The recommendation that made by DPRD Bali was a consent to make further studies on the creation of a tsunami’s buffer zone plan. (kmb29) IBP/File Photo