- Every family has its black sheep. Sometimes, that black sheep ends up as a fairly humorous Chris Farley movie and other times, he ends up being a source of amusement like former First Brother Roger Clinton. Then there is Antauro Humala, the cowboy hat-wearing younger brother of Peruvian President Ollanta Humala, who is serving a 19-year prison sentence for leading an attempted 2005 coup against former President Alejandro Toledo in which killed four police officers were killed. To say that the younger Humala is not serving his time behind bars quietly would be an understatement, as photos and TV footage recently surfaced of him frolicking with girlfriends, using his iPhone and taking hits off of a few joints in his cell. In response, embarrassed prison officials seized his cell phone and transferred him to a more secure prison earlier this month. Weirdly enough, that didn’t put an end to the drama. Antauro Humala reportedly threatened guards at his new home, leading the president to send his own brother to solitary confinement this week to end his embarrassing spectacles. Nothing bad can happen when a person is in solitary confinement, right? Oh, but it can. Shortly after being moved to the hole, Antauro Humala showed up in court on Tuesday and claimed he was beaten and bruised by prison guards. The bizarre scene was merely the latest in a series of embarrassments for the presidential palace and president's approval rating has dipped to 53 percent in the past month. President Humala’s regime has repeatedly denounced Antauro Humala’s actions and did so again this week. "He is a poorly disciplined prisoner who doesn't respect the rules," Justice Minister Juan Jimenez said. At his new home, Antauro Humala is a prison mate of two of Peru’s most two notorious criminals: Abimael Guzman, the founder of the Maoist rebel group Shining Path, and Vladimiro Montesinos, who ran jailed former President Alberto Fujimori's dirty war against insurgents in the 1990s. Amazingly, it is Antauro Humala who is causing more headaches then those two combined. His appearance on Tuesday came when he went to court as part of a longstanding appeal to have his sentence reduced. Showing the hearing on live television and allowing him to say, "I was attacked by troops wearing hoods. They threw me on the ground and beat me," may not have been the wisest move………….
- Somewhere, former Ass-Hat-in-Chief W. is smiling. The man who steadfastly tried to turn back the reality that global warming is real has to be fired up to learn, courtesy of Oregon State University scientists who studied temperature and runoff data at a network of 26 long-term ecological research stations around the country, that some headwaters ecosystems may be more resilient to climate change than previously believed. After reviewing data from headwater basins in the United States and Canada, OSU geoscientist Julia Jones and her team determined that the impact of warmer air temperatures on streamflow rates was less than expected in many locations. Even though air temperatures increased significantly at 17 of the 19 sites that had 20- to 60-year climate records, streamflow changes correlated with temperature changes in only seven of those study sites. Water flow only decreased at sites with winter snow and ice. In warmer, more arid ecosystems there was much less of an impact, according to Jones, the study’s lead author. “It appears that ecosystems may have some capacity for resilience and adapt to changing conditions,” Jones said. “Various ecosystem processes may contribute to that resilience.” Jones’ team also investigated ecological processes over long temporal and broad spatial scales throughout North America, including sites in Oregon, Alaska, New Mexico, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Georgia and Puerto Rico, and also in Antarctica and the island of Moorea. At some of the sites, increased temperatures at some of the headwater basins analyzed have indeed resulted in reduced streamflow due to higher transpiration and evaporation to the atmosphere, but Jones explained that pinpointing causality in these cases is difficult. “When you look at an individual watershed over a short period of time, it is difficult to disentangle the natural and human-induced variations because hydrologic systems can be quite complex, she said. She belives the most imporant message to be taken from the research is that the impacts of climate change are not simple and straightforward. Therefore, more research and greater understanding of all components of an ecosystem are necessary. Read more about this project in the copy of the latest issue of the journal BioScience currently in your magazine rack…………
- Not everyone is a fan of the Blake Show. Blake Griffin, arguably the freakiest athlete in a league full of them, has become the NBA’s must-see dunker and has thrown down on nearly everyone worth mentioning in the association. Despite his glaring lack of an all-around game, he is a perennial All-Star and fan favorite and with new point guard Chris Paul running the show this year and Griffin doing his thing, the Los Angeles Clippers have gone from laughingstock to playoff team. Sacramento Kings forward DeMarcus Cousins is not impressed. After the Clippers defeated his Kings 93-85 Thursday night, Cousins had nothing positive to say about Griffin. The two engaged in a rather juvenile shoving match and Cousins appeared to throw an elbow at Griffin late in the game. However, Griffin wanted no part of questions about the incident after the game and said he was going to leave what happened between the two players on the court and not discuss it. Rather than be happy that Griffin wasn’t going to start a war of words, an angry Cousins decided he would throw the first verbal punch. "Of course that's what Blake is going to say because he's in L.A., where actors belong," Cousins sniped. "He's an actor, so of course he would say that." The actor reference was an apparent jab at Griffin’s gig as a spokesman for automaker Kia and him playing near Hollywood. In defense of Cousins, he was likely to be bitter after fouling out in only 18 minutes of play, finishing with just eight points and three rebounds. Griffin was whistled for only three fouls in 38 minutes and Cousins wasn’t happy about it. "If they're going to let it be physical, it's usually physical on both ends," Cousins said. "You saw the game so I don't really have to say much." He went on to accuse Griffin of faking contact on what was whistled as Cousins’ fifth foul. Their rivalry picks back up Saturday night when the two teams square off in Los Angeles…………
- Jennifer Love Hewitt has long been a big- and small-screen favorite of men everywhere for one (or two) specific reasons. Simply put, she has one of Hollywood’s most-famous racks and being well-endowed endears her to guys who ordinarily would not watch the insipid movies and shows she often stars in. For the same reason, Hewitt inspires just as much dislike from women, who hate the fact that she gets attention to guys for almost entirely physical reasons. It is Hewitt’s two biggest assets that are the source of controversy one again as her new Lifetime series “The Client List” nears its debut. The show has Hewitt taking on the role of a high class escort girl and in trailers for the show, she has posed in a black satin dress gown with a very revealing bust-line. Boosted by these trailers, the show has received a lot of attention for its apparently (aspects of a show are often played up, out of proportion, to create a false image and excitement for a movie or show) raunchy subject matter. But even more than the heat for its storylines, “Client List” is getting attention because of how some media outlets have handled advertisements for the show. Editors at Entertainment Weekly were the first to react, digitally reducing Hewitt’s cleavage and further covering her up by changing elements of her gown. Sexing it up doesn’t bother Hewitt and her comments on the drama will likely heighten her appeal to male fans. "I've learned how to wear lingerie better - sort of how to get into it faster, all of those things. Being so overtly sexy and provocative, that part of it is not something I've really put out there before. And it has been fun and exciting," she said. For the show, she plays a mother of three who turns to prostitution when her husband loses his job and they face losing their home……………
- Missouri: The Show Me State. As long as what you’re showing me isn't an alcohol-related attempt at humor, of course. That message was delivered loud and clear by the Missouri Liquor Control agency to the owner of Springfield’s newest eatery after he attempted to jump-start business with a funny sign that was bilingual and apparently not amusing to the liquor board in either Spanish or English. Owner Pat Duran recently opened the Santa Fe Grill on East Sunshine Road and posted a sign advertising "Free Margaritas Manana." He was soon confronted by state officials, who informed him that the sign violates a state law prohibiting the advertising of free alcohol. For the non-Spanish-speaking, "manana" is the Spanish word for "tomorrow" and as Duran explained, "Tomorrow never comes.” As Little Orphan Annie once reminded the world, tomorrow is always a day away. Despite that fact, the state liquor board brought its bureaucratic hammer down on Duran. "I guess some people can't take a joke," Duran lamented. “The sign always says tomorrow, so there is never anything free given away," He’s right, by the way. No one is receiving a free margarita at the Santa Fe Grill and in actucality, a margarita sells for between six and eight dollars depending on the time of day and what other ingredients a person wants. Much of the blame for the drama goes to the whiny citizen who phoned in a complaint to the liquor board. Remove the stick from up your ass and grow a sense of humor, anonymous meddler. Duran dutifully removed the sign, which cost $600. Still, he says he holds no ill will toward the liquor board. "They do the best they can. They're understaffed and overworked." Quit brown-nosing and get to work on your next sign, P. Try to make this one even more offensive………
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