A Perfect Relationship

Last thuesday we had a conference called "Noviazgo Perfecto", to be honest I was not excited about it, if I could I would have not assist, mainly for the bad tittle and the prejuices I have formed around this kind of conferneces.

Anyway I paid 70 pesos, took a sit and watched the place get crowded. There I waited for Andrea Macias, who I admired a lot, to start the conference. The conference started with a good mood and with Andrea showing why is she so recognized for talking in front of crowds, she was nice and give the conference a chat feeling.

Talking about the content, the subjects treated were nothing new and they went from happiness to types of conflictive relationships. It is true that the conference was no great reveal but still it was accuarate and fun, with a nice way to talk about relationships in general.

I will like to share the following:
Happines comes from the inside
Everyone can find love
A courtship is made to find someone to spend the rest of your life
We are young and love can come at any time
Ending a relationship is not the end of the world

I actually enjoyied the conference, Andrea was amazing and the subject is appropiate to our reality, but I have one big suggestion, if the event is going a be mandatory the costs should be lower. Congratulations to UNIVA for this events and for the quality and organization of them, but next time they should consider that 70 pesos is not pocket change.

Aristoteles, new old gobernment

Recently the presentation of the governor’s cabinet took place. 22 governors came along just to meet the new leaders of Jalisco. There was one big absence; the president of Mexico did neither assist nor any of the highest members of his cabinet, which seems to me as a lack of respect for Aristoteles and his new group of co-workers.

The event was not only on the covers of newspapers but also y the social section, just because Vicente Fernandez and Roberto Palazuleos (neither of them have anything to do with politics) were present to show support to Aristoteles.

In matter of the names there is a lot to say, first of all Aristoteles said that his cabinet will be formed by specialist and experts on its matter but what we witness was a parade with a low number of experts and a large number of politicians that had been around for a long time. Also just 4 women have a place in the cabinet, in a state in which 52% of the citizens are women we could expect a larger number of female members on the cabinet.

This is the cabinet:
Arturo Zamora-General Government Secretary
Salvador Rizo Castelo-Social Development Secretary
Eduardo Amarguer-Jobs Secretary
Fransisco Ayon- Education Secretary
Hector Padilla- Rural Development Secretary
Hector Vielma- Assistants Coordinator
Jaime Agustin Gonzales- Health Secretary

If you are watching familiar faces are because there are familiar, most of them are traditional politicians that had been around Aristoteles for a long while.

There’s nothing left but to hope for them to do their best and just wait for things to get better in this magnificent State. The best wishes for the ones that will be on charge of administrating Jalisco.

Chuckie's mom behind bars

Elba Esther Gordillo, also known as Mexico's teacher, was apprehended on Tuesday at the airport in Toluca, west of Mexico City.  Its been years since she become the National Education Workers Union leader - and Mexico's most powerful women - in 1989. And it all have come to an end.


Accused of a $200 million fraud, remained behind bars on Wednesday after a judge decided against granting her bail according to the seriousness of the allegations.
So it seems that she will remain behind bars as long as her sentency says.


Its important to mention that Gordillo's arrest came a day after the Mexican government signed a broad education reform into law.
Lopez Obrador mantain that this an atempt for a corrupt president to gain credibility, others aplaude the fact that she has finally got what she deserve no matter why.

Arresting her is something that should have been done a long ago but the circunstances make this detention really suspicious. Without a doubt she is guilty of every charge, but why now? Why with Peña as president? Some say this is an strategical movement to gain mexican people respect and loyalty, but what experts question is with what objective? Truth is that this strategy was used by the worst president Mexico has ever had, Salinas, in his time he did the same thing, putting big names behind bars. This fact togheter with the impression of Peña being a Salinas puppet have put many to wonder, whats next?

And the Oscar goes to...

Last sunday the 2013 Academy Awards were celebrated in the Kodak Theathre, as every other year the surprises, fails and victories became part of the evening.

Winners

Picture - Argo

Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincon)

Actress - Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)

Directing - Ang Lee (Life of Pi)

Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)

Supporting Actres - Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)

Original Screenplay - Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)

Adapted Screenplay - Chris Terrio (Argo)

Song - Adele (Skyfall)

Score - (Life of Pi)

Animated Short Film - Paperman

Animated Feature Film - (Brave)

Cinematography - (Life of Pi)

Visual Effects - (Life of Pi)

Costume - (Anna Karenina)

Makeup and Hairstyling - Les Miserables

Live Action Short Film - Curfew

Documentary (short subject) - Inocente

Documentary - Searching For Sugar Man

Foreign Language Film -Amour

Sound Mixing - Les Miserables

Sound Editing (TIE) - Skyfall, Zero Dark Thirty

Editing - Argo

Production Design - Lincoln

As always the newspapers will not only talk about the winner but also about the "awkward funny" events of the night.

• Anne Hatahaway´s nipples say hello to the world in the red carpet
• Jennifer Lawrence graceless fall
• Ben Affleck got his moment
• The appearance of TED who wasn´t as funny as he tries to
• Excelent music brought by Adele, Barbara Streisand and Jennifer Hudson
• The first lady, Michelle Obama, announcing best picture
• A presentator being knock out by a microphone
• Not the greatest oppening monologue from the host.
• An awkward hosting by Seth McFarlane who's sense of humor went from kinda funny to awfully awkward
• Orchesta being drowned by Adele´s powerfull voice
• A funny and bizarre musical with the host, Robbin and Harry Potter
• Capitan Kirk appearance

At the end it was as always a nice Hollywood expectacle that have left us some funny anecdotes and of course many movies that are worth wasting your time sitting at the cinema.
Personally I am a big fan of movies but the Academy's awards are not free of awfully predictable bias so I recomend you all to go to the cinema a judge for yourself who should be named the best of the year. Maybe you feel the same way as the Academy but maybe you would give Avengers, The Hobbit or Wrecked Ralph a couple of awards.

Chivas & Atlas 2013

Mexican footbol season has brought joy and sorrow to footbol fans from soccer teams in Guadalajara. Chivas and Atlas are both compiting for the glory. Chivas is hoping and compiting for the 12 championship of their history. Atlas is struggling to stay in the 1º divison.

Through the season Chivas has been playing significantly better than last season but still the victory is rarerly achieved, last weekend Chivas and Puebla ended 1-1 on Pueblas stadium. With this Chivas gets away from the clasification spots but luckly for them there is still a chance for them to make it to the play-offs.

 

 

 

 

Atlas who is involed in the fight for descense have surprised everyone with courage and good footbol. Omar Bravo who is the 2º best scorer of Chivas history is now saving Atlas. Last weekend he scored again in the victory 2-1 against Monterrey.

Academy Awards 2013

The 85th Academy awards have arrived. As always the nominees have created polemic in the media. This years nominees are:

Best Picture

Amour

Life of Pi

Argo

Lincoln

Beasts of the Southern Wild

 

Silver Linings Playbook

 

Django Unchained

Zero Dark Thirty

Les Misérables

Best Actor (leading role)

Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook

Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln

Hugh Jackman - Les Misérables

Joaquin Phoenix - The Master

Denzel Washington - Flight

Best Actress

Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark ThirtyJ
ennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Alan Arkin, Argo
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Best Supporting Actress

Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Amy Adams, The Master

Best Original Song"Before My Time," Chasing Ice
"Pi’s Lullaby," Life of Pi
"Suddenly," Les Miserables
"Everybody Needs A Best Friend," Ted
"Skyfall," Skyfall

Best Director

Ang Lee

Ben Affleck

Kathryn Bigelow

Quentin Tarantino

Steven Spielberg

 

Animated Feature Film

Frankenweenie

The Pirates! Band of Misfits

Wreck it Ralph

ParaNorman

Brave

Cinematography

Django Unchained - Robert Richardson

Anna Karenina - Seamus McGarvey

Lincoln - Janusz Kaminski

Life of Pi - Claudio Miranda

Skyfall - Roger Deakins

Costume Design

Anna Karenina - Jacqueline Durran

Les Misérables - Paco Delgado

Lincoln - Joanna Johnston

Mirror Mirror - Eiko Ishioka

Snow White and the Huntsman - Colleen Atwood

Documentary Feature

5 Broken Cameras - Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi

The Gatekeepers -Nominees to be determined

How to Survive a Plague - Nominees to be determined

The Invisible War - Nominees to be determined

Searching for Sugar Man - Nominees to be determined

Documentary Short Subject

Inocente - Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine

Kings Point - Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider

Mondays at Racine - Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan

Open Heart - Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern

Redemption - Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill

Film Editing

Argo - William Goldenberg

Life of Pi - Tim Squyres

Lincoln - Michael Kahn

Silver Linings Playbook - Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers

Zero Dark Thirty - Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Foreign Language Film

Amour

NO

War Witch

A Royal Affair

Kon Tiki

Makeup

Hitchcock - Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane

Les Misérables - Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Music (Original Score)

Anna Karenina - Dario Marianelli

Argo - Alexandre Desplat

Life of Pi - Mychael Danna

Lincoln - John Williams

Skyfall - Thomas Newman

Short Film (Animated)

Adam and Dog - Minkyu Lee

Fresh Guacamole - PES

Head over Heels - Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly

Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare" David Silverman

Paperman - John Kahrs

Production Design

Anna Karenina - Sarah Greenwood (Production Design); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Dan Hennah (Production Design); Ra Vincent and Simon Bright (Set Decoration)

Les Misérables -Eve Stewart (Production Design); Anna Lynch-Robinson (Set Decoration)

Life of Pi - David Gropman (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)

Lincoln - Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration)

Short Film (Live Action)

Asad Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura

Buzkashi Boys - Sam French and Ariel Nasr

Curfew -Shawn Christensen

Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw) - Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele

Henry - Yan England

Sound Editing

Argo - Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn

Django Unchained - Wylie Stateman

Life of Pi - Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton

Skyfall - Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers

Zero Dark Thirty -Paul N.J. Ottosson

Sound Mixing

Argo - John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia

Les Misérables - Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes

Life of Pi -Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin

Lincoln - Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins

Skyfall - Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White

Life of Pi -Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott

Marvel's The Avengers - Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick

Prometheus - Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill

Snow White and the Huntsman - Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild

Chris Terrio - Argo

Tony Kushner - Lincoln

David O'Russell - Silver Linings PLaybook

David Magee - Life of Pi

Writing (Original Screenplay )

John Gatins - Flight

Mark Boal - Zero Dark Thirty

Django Unchained - Quentin Tarantino

Moonrise Kingdom - Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola

Amour - Written by Michael Haneke







Meteorite hits Russia

-Russia’s Urals region has been rocked by a meteorite explosion in the stratosphere. The impact wave damaged several buildings, and blew out thousands of windows amid frigid winter weather. Over 1,200 people have been injured or affected by the unusual event that took place on February the 15. Apparently and luckily the affects of the crash are just physical and no excessive radiation or foreign materials have been found.-