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A quarter of the striking University of California academic workers ratified a new contract.

The agency stressed the material is inactivated and that the findings "do not represent actual virus that may be a risk to consumers," but it's continuing to study the issue.

The FIRE+WATER double bill will couple Hong Sangsoo's "IN WATER" (61 min) with Pedro Costa's "THE DAUGHTERS OF FIRE" (9 min). Both films, fresh of their North American premieres, show consummate artists taking some of the boldest risks of their careers. For Hong it's shooting a feature film in varying focal lengths, a decision that comes fully into focus in the film's indelible final image. For Costa, it's staging a three-screen mini-opera with three incredible performers filmed independently but somehow performing in unison. "THE DAUGHTERS OF FIRE" by Pedro Costa, 2023, 9 min Official Selection - Cannes, TIFF, NYFF Three young sisters are separated by the eruption of Fogo, but they sing: one day, we will know why we live and why we suffer. "IN WATER" by Hong Sangsoo, 2023, 61 min Official Selection - Berlinale, NYFF A trio of friends venture to the rocky shores of a large island to shoot a film together. The director, Seongmo (Shin Seokho), recently gave up acting and has decided to make a film with his own money. His former classmate, Sangguk (Ha Seongguk), will operate the camera and Namhee (Kim Seungyun) will act in it. The only problem: Seongmo hasn’t decided what to make. As he wanders in the rocks and wind, Seongmo searches for a story. What he finds is a young woman picking up trash. And that is all he needs. His most overtly experimental work to date, "In Water" reveals Hong at the height of his allusory powers. The story is simple: three friends set out to make a film, and then they do it. But with bold formal choices and his signature impulse toward the uncanny, Hong evokes infinite mysteries and hints at whole worlds lurking below the surface of everyday reality. Digital Gym Cinema on Facebook / Instagram

Freddie’s Place Announces “Freddie’s Christmas Wish” Donation Drive for Shelter & Rescue Pets, along with a new Pet Ambulance & Transport Vehicle The funny little dog with the plush red ball & huge heart for his community is at it again! Freddie’s Place Animal Hospital + Urgent Care, in partnership with their sister charitable organization “A Favor for Freddie,” is rolling out a Nationwide Holiday Initiative to provide animals in shelters or rescues a brighter and Merrier Christmas. With more than 2 million animals in shelters at any time, and untold amounts with rescue organizations, Freddie’s Place has a very special ask from San Diego Pet families & people across the nation that love animals. “Freddie’s Christmas Wish” is a donation driven event requesting for blankets, treats, toys, & pet food from the community at large. Donations will be accepted at the Freddie’s Place Vista location thru December 30th. Several times during the month, the Freddie’s Place “Best Care Anywhere Team” will also be out and about at “Stuff the Ambulance” events. The more donations received, the more shelter and rescue pets have a toy, treat, or warm blanket to celebrate Christmas. To further clarity, the Best Care Anywhere Team at Freddie’s Place indicated “No donation is too small for this event. It’s a great way for anyone in our community to help these forgotten animals in need with whatever sized donation they can afford.” Since both of Freddie’s organizations have such a large network of friends reaching across the nation, they are welcoming anyone outside of the San Diego area to join in on this great cause by donating directly to a shelter or rescue of their choice near their home. By simply taking a picture of the act of donating at the facility and sending that picture via email or Direct Message, the folks at Freddie’s Place will assure the person donating is recognized on all Freddie’s social media sites. People who provide donations will also be the recipient of a Freddie pin for their donation. Freddie asks everyone who cares about pets to be a part of this worthwhile initiative. Also happening at Freddie’s Place, in step with their motto “We’re Keeping the Ball Rolling.” the hospital is proud to introduce “The Freddie’s Place Ambulance & Transport Vehicle.” This state of the art wonder will likely be rolling into a neighborhood near you early in 2024. Freddie’s Place will be featuring their pet ambulance at area venues, providing on-the-spot medical assistance for pets with urgent health needs. Research shows that San Diego is one of the most pet friendly cities in the nation. As pets are given more and more access to events with their owners, the team at Freddie’s Place will be here to support San Diego pet families. Freddie’s Place also intends to offer mobile vaccine clinics and other health related services to areas that are veterinarian deserts or have lower income populations. The Pet Ambulance (aka, “The Fred-mobile) will be a mobile Urgent Care and Wellness Center on wheels, as well as a transport vehicle, and good will ambassador for the hospitals brand. There are more plans in the works to utilize the new ambulances capabilities in service of the community. For more information on the Ambulance & Transport Vehicle, or to find out more on how you can help make “Freddie’s Christmas Wish” come true, contact Allyson at Freddie’s Place by dialing 760-Freddie.

Fantasy and legend abound in the first of our intermission-free Wednesday concerts highlighting and illuminating the cornerstones of the chamber music repertoire. Schumann’s immensely popular and fanciful piano quintet and fantasy-pieces bookend Janáček’s quirky miniature piano concerto, based on imaginary animal encounters, as well as the U.S. premiere of fairy-tale pieces for violin and piano by our season’s composer-in-residence, Thomas Adès—one of the most important and celebrated composers, pianists, and conductors today (and our music director’s favorite living composer!). Related links: La Jolla Music Society on Instagram

Chef Claudette Zepeda explores the four elements—earth, fire, water, air—in both their physical and spiritual form during her transcendent new dinner series. Immerse yourself in an evening of tranquility at our upcoming event, The Nature of Water dinner, taking place on Thursday, December 21st at 6:30 p.m. The final Elements Dinner of 2023 will follow alongside the culinary brilliance of Chef Claudette Zepeda as she unveils her latest water-inspired creations and seasonal winter menus. $150 per person. Wine pairings available at $50+ per person.

The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library welcomes Anne Labovitz for a special presentation of her career, process, recent projects, and exhibition "The Blue Hour." The reception begins at 6 p.m. and is followed by a 6:30 p.m. lecture. Inspired by the blue cast of twilight, Anne Labovitz uses light and its profound meanings in various contexts as the central construct of "The Blue Hour." She aims to respond to today’s world by challenging isolation, loneliness, and disconnection through activating color and light in large-scale works. Labovitz has an extensive international exhibition history and has work in many private and public collections, including the Walker Art Center; Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport; Mayo Clinic; Minnesota Marine Art Museum; International Portrait Gallery, Bosnia-Herzegovina; Växjö Konsthall, Sweden; Isumi City Offices, Japan; the University of Raparin, Rania Iraqi Kurdistan; the City of Petrozavodsk, Russia; and the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. She is an adjunct professor and mentor in the MFA program at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Emma Stone stars as an adult woman with the anarchic spirit of a very young child in a strangely touching film that's filled with transgressive sex, sadistic power games and grisly violence.

With the presidential election considered a toss up, the votes that third-party and independent candidates receive in key states could decide the White House. Here's who's on those state ballots.

Acombersatoom about cybernetics and psychedelics projected to creativity and applied tonart About Carlos Warter MD Author, Medical Doctor, Psychiatrist and spiritual teacher. Dr. Warter has won numerous global awards for his work including the Pax Mundi, Award and the UN Peace Messenger Award among others. With 22 books published in six languages and translated into 9 languages, he has dedicated himself to the study of human consciousness and the integration of psychology and spirituality into a non-dualistic paradigm called psycho-synergy. For over 50 years, Dr. Warter has extensively researched the theory and application of psychedelics and medicine. His work has helped thousands of people across the globe reach a new understanding of themselves and lead happier, richer and more fulfilling lives. Dr. Warter resides in North San Diego County with his wife Carolina, where he leads seminars and workshops, has a private practice and paints. His embodiment of essential spiritual teachings allow a field of understanding to whoever is open which leads to the awakening of a spiritual path-less PATH. Instead of subscribing to a linear and left brain sequential teaching model , his teaching is based apparently on his Kabbalah and Sufi initiations plus the time he spend with Amazonian teachers partaking of their living traditions as well as having been taught personally by Idries Shah, the Dalai Lama and many others , Dr. Warter has produced a teaching that allows Essence to awaken when students are ready so that all techniques become secondary to a state of being which becomes senior to all philosophies or methods. Dr. Warter, without ever intending it, has been teaching for close to half a century utilizing technologies of the sacred and imbuing them with his spiritual signature.