For more information: (310) 652-3058; www.edward fieldsinc.com.*SCRIMP/SPLURGEGlobal report: one look, two pricesFar right: For authentic European garden grandeur, take the 28 1/2 -inch-high Gibson obelisk. It allegedly was passed in May or June 2004 from a Cabinet employee, David Keogh, to a staff member of a Parliament member.The Parliament member, Anthony Clarke, found the memo in his office and returned it to the government, but not, apparently, before some people outside the government became familiar with its contents. At more than two hours, the film could use a trim, but Curry is dead-on as a man who takes his comedy seriously and learns to question the degree to which African American artists support one another.Cameroonian director Jean-Marie Teno unravels the complex, and often disputed, history of Christian missionaries in South-West Africa -- contemporary Namibia -- in his pointed documentary "Colonial Misunderstanding." Teno packs in lots of information as he dramatically builds to the Herero Wars that bloodied the continent from 1904 to 1907. , the common complaint that California had been hyped beyond recognition: that for all its media-driven pretenses to glitz and glamour, California was, all things considered, just another American place, and sometimes even worse than that." The reality, as Starr patiently and painstakingly demonstrates, is no less colorful and compelling than the myth but a good deal more complex.No longer is it possible to write history that consists of great deeds by dead white males, of course, and Starr's panorama includes all colors and both genders. Disney wants to take every opportunity to show it is a tech-friendly guardian of the sacred copyright.Cinea says other studios will join in, but my admittedly unscientific poll found little enthusiasm.

You'll remember (if you don't, shame on you) that at the beginning of "The Wrath of Khan," the half-Vulcan gives his commander a copy of Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" (a plot detail that has driven Trekkies to frenzies of exegesis).In "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home," the two of them have traveled back in time and are sitting in a cable car in 1990s San Francisco, embarked on a mission to save the whales (it would take too long to explain why). Shirley Sun said unscrupulous agents, aided by regulations that bail lobbyists helped write, can flummox judges with technicalities and dog-ate-the-homework excuses to avoid making good on forfeited bonds. I'd be hesitant to say much more than that because we don't know how the public is reacting to this crisis -- whether there will be the same sense of unity and common cause. For me, that kind of messianism is spiritual narcissism."But some Christian leaders say they aren't playing God; they're just carrying out his will.Ted Haggard, president of the National Assn. "You cubicle warriors out there can get pretty intense in your day-to-day work environments," Gizmodo observes. 678" (a crepuscular purple).We are meant to understand, from the slightly sickly sheen this light throws upon the people and places of "Capote," that questionable ethics are afoot.

Owner Irving Moskowitz could not be reached for comment.If the casino is failing to make deposits on time, it has plenty of company, said Charles C. The Labor Department's report on June employment, due out Friday, added to the market's hesitancy, since a strong report could encourage the Fed to continue raising interest rates."Investors aren't really looking for opportunities to get in. Better yet, use a CD burner to boil down the two albums of original songs to the one solid collection she could have made if she hadn't spread herself so thin (and toss in "No Strings," a pleasant but slight set of Disney film songs done western-swing style, as a bonus disc).Though "Standoff" and "Don't Ask" are thematically unified albums, their concepts aren't strong enough to bind the songs inextricably together, and many of the tunes from both could easily coexist."Mexican Standoff" starts as an ambitious border-blues exploration that's highlighted by "Picoesque," a gospel-fueled tour of L.A.'s Pico Boulevard, but it eventually peters out in a series of faceless blues exercises. Pelicans swoop by, diving for food, and the horizon seems to go on forever while sea spray splashes your skin. "But we haven't gotten very far in recent years, and their problem is increasing That's the worrisome thing about this. EGL Inc., a Houston-based shipping company, said it agreed to be acquired by Chief Executive James R.

HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. The cardinals' exchange was even funnier if you knew that McCarrick is a native New Yorker and Egan a convert, a late-in-life New Yorker born in Oak Park, Ill.Real New Yorkers don't parade their sense of primacy wherever they go. Critics worry that they will become commercial malls in all but name.At the moment, officials with the Hudson River Park Trust are weighing whether to use space for a public high school and playing fields or an entertainment complex with restaurants, a nightclub, a movie theater, a 3,500-seat event center and a performance space for Cirque du Soleil.But as New York outsources management of its public spaces, activists and City Council members say, the result may be two park systems -- one funded by wealthy neighborhoods and business districts, and the other in less-affluent areas shortchanged by wavering public support."This is an insidious thing," said Judi Francis, president of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Defense Fund. Mee's "The Berlin Circle," in which Bertolt Brecht's "Caucasian Chalk Circle" and the Chinese legend that inspired it are tossed into the frenzy following the toppling of the Berlin Wall.The show, directed by David Schweizer, received ecstatic reviews. Eventually, he took early retirement because of his disabilities, and he now works at a Northern California golf course.The defense attorneys for the Department of Corrections have argued that the department was required to provide "a safe and healthful working environment" but that an employer is not "a guarantor of safety."Defense lawyers wrote in a January court filing that "the 'safety in the workplace' statues were intended to prevent physical harm as a result of unsafe work conditions -- not prevent harm arising from acts or conduct of co-employees."Landa's lawyers have filed workers' compensation documents showing that he was compensated by the state for the stabbing in a $269,729 settlement agreement that listed both the September hazing and the Nov. Open where he bogeyed the 16th and 17th holes on the last day, and now, well, what?"I've had a wonderful four tournaments," he said.

Dell Inc. Amateur last week, Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa., got a close look as a possible site for a U.S Open At 6,846 yards, the venerable club last held the U.S. He called himself "unbelievably insecure" -- something he overcomes by giving himself over to his characters."Most people have no idea what acting is," he says flatly. There's always been a thick fog of confusion surrounding this franchise, which once shared the same name and stadium as the baseball Cardinals, which confounded owner Bill Bidwill to the point that he moved his team to Arizona because he got tired of showing up at Busch Stadium expecting to see football games in June.Since arriving in Arizona, the Cardinals have only ramped up the confusion.For a long time, they played in the NFC East, even though they were located west of the entire NFC Central and half the NFC West.For many years, they were a pro team that played its home games in a college stadium while exhibiting a level of football distinctively appropriate for high schools.Now, they play in a proper NFL stadium, located in Glendale, Ariz., and sponsored by the University of Phoenix, which has agreed to pay the Cardinals $154.5 million over 20 years for naming rights to the stadium.The University of Phoenix, which calls itself the largest private university in America, has 250,000 students, many of them working adults, and all of them smart enough to know that Matt Leinart should be starting instead of Kurt Warner.Trivia timeWhen did the Arizona Cardinals last win a playoff game?Six of one ...With interpreters in Beijing busy preparing to translate Bill Belichick's cliches into Mandarin, Briefing settles for the simpler task of picking some of today's NFL games:* Seattle over Chicago: The Seahawks book a 2007 exhibition game against the Patriots in China, birthplace of paper money, which will explain to Chinese fans why Deion Branch now plays for the Seahawks instead of the Patriots.* Cincinnati over New England: If the Patriots lose once more to the Broncos, Tom Brady to be exiled to China.* Dallas over Tennessee: Depressed? Non-responsive? Making a desperate cry for help? Yes, it has been a tough season for the Titans.* Baltimore over San Diego: Chargers safety Terrence Kiel should have known better. The Italian had a chance to even the score in the next game but fired the ball into the net.