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These people really named their daughter hashtag?—
Fisch (@FischaPryce) November 27, 2012
Does it irk you when people hashtag every tweet for no apparent reason? The parents of an adorable newborn girl have reportedly taken hashtagging to another truly unfortunate level that will result in decades of therapy bills.
Lmfaooo @ the fact that he named his daughter HASHTAG!!! http://t.co/c7Jolt2C—
TY (@i_AIM_Tyga) November 26, 2012
While it doesn't appear to be a confirmed story (and we hope it's not true), The Daily Dot reports that Hashtag Jameson was welcomed to the world on Saturday night and "weyed" in at 8 pounds.
"The proud mother posted 'Hashtag Jameson was born at 10 oclock last nite. She weys 8pounds and i luv her so much!!!!!!' [sic]"—
Rebecca Hooper (@rebeccahoop) November 27, 2012
I hope Hashtag Jameson gets a brother named Retweet—
Michael Roston (@michaelroston) November 26, 2012
Her mom, Look At Me Jameson, and dad, Attention Whore Jameson, must be so proud!
ugh…really u named ur baby hashtag?!? good lord u want attention…—
Casey B. Yandle III (@cyandle) November 27, 2012
No it can't be true – someone has called their baby "Hashtag" – are they seeking attention or being comitted #hashtag #shouldntbeallowed—
Heather Wright (@HeatherAdvance) November 27, 2012
There isn't much that unites the Twitterverse, but this choice of names is something most Twitter users agree is a bad call.
Hashtag Jameson to unfollow mother in 18 years.—
Sam Knight (@samknight1) November 26, 2012
A couple just named their newborn baby daughter Hashtag…
So, not only do her parents obviously hate her, but so does everyone on Twitter.—
Reverend Scott (@Reverend_Scott) November 27, 2012
Thought it couldn't get worse than the idiot who named his kid"McRib"? Meet the douche who named his kid "Hashtag" twitpic.com/bgz36o—
Mastermind (@MastermindLive) November 27, 2012
I smell therapy for "baby hashtag". mashable.com/2012/11/27/par… #twittastrophe—
The Fireside Chat (@thefiresidechat) November 27, 2012
A long hard life awaits this poor child, and an inevitable acquittal after the beat down she eventually gives her mom. dailydot.com/society/hashta…—
Doug Hall (@DougHall20) November 27, 2012
#FAIL RT @dailydot There is now an actual living human baby named "Hashtag": awe.sm/hBCET—
Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) November 27, 2012
Nopenopenopenopenope. Complete & utter fail. MRT @Culturadar Parents name newborn daughter "Hashtag." on.mash.to/Y0yAf8—
Yelena (@coco_chatel) November 27, 2012
We eagerly await the explanation for why Hashtag's birth was announced on … Facebook.
Is it just me that thinks it's odd that the 'baby called hashtag' thing is announced on facebook? thedrum.com/news/2012/11/2…—
Jon Bounds (@bounder) November 27, 2012
Do us a favor: If you hear about anyone naming a kid #TeamUterati, keep us in the dark. We really don't want to know.

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As Africa prepares itself for the 21st century, transport infrastructure will be playing a major role in transforming the continent into a vibrant, economic powerhouse.
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Battle displayed the 'Heights' of bravery
Whatever else might be said about Union Major Gen. Benjamin F. Butler – once described as "militarily inept but politically well-connected" – he can hardly be accused of slacking in his preparations for the 1864 conflict that we know as the Battle of New Market Heights.
In the weeks leading up to the battle, Butler put together some 16 pages of instructions outlining his proposal to attack Confederate forces on the outskirts of Richmond.
Having observed Union failures in July and August to penetrate the defenses on the Confederate left, he devised a two-pronged surprise attack on the right and center, utilizing a new pontoon bridge that would supplement the bridge already in existence at Deep Bottom.
Butler also planned to enlarge the military role of the Army of the James' regiments of U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) during the assault.
For most of the war, black soldiers had been relegated to laborers who cooked and dug trenches. If they saw action, they were led by white officers, and were not permitted to gain commissions.
Butler, however, long an advocate of arming the black troops, had succeeded in his efforts in 1862 while supervising the occupation of New Orleans. And throughout the past winter, he had sent out scouting parties to recruit blacks who would bolster the ranks of the USCT.
Aware that black troops had fared badly in the recent Battle of the Crater, he attributed the disaster to bungled leadership and insisted that the blacks needed only a decent opportunity "to show their valor or staying power in action."
Meanwhile, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was growing frustrated with efforts to punch through the Richmond defenses under the command of Gen. Robert E. Lee. So on Sept. 20, he sat down with Butler to hear his plan, and agreed that it might force Lee to redeploy troops north of the James, leaving vulnerable the supply lines to Petersburg – and perhaps even lead to the capture of Richmond.
On Sept. 28, Butler briefed his commanders with details of the plan, which included building a new pontoon bridge just hours before the attack. Two divisions would cross that bridge – which would be covered in manure to deaden the sound of troop movements – capture the Confederate Fort Harrison, destroy bridges, and head up Osborne Turnpike to Richmond. Meanwhile, USCT regiments under Brig. Gen. Charles Paine would be among the troops marching from Deep Bottom to storm New Market Heights and continue to Richmond on New Market Road.
Paine's black soldiers would lead the attack on New Market Heights because, in Butler's words, "I wanted to convince myself whether the negro troops will fight, and whether I can take with the negroes' a stronghold that had denied previous Union attack."
The events that followed, resulting in the award of 14 Medals of Honor to soldiers from the USCT, earn the Battle of New Market Heights the designation of No. 12 on the Citizen's list of the most significant events in Henrico history.
'A deadly hailstorm of bullets'
The USCT regiments and accompanying units were supposed to arrive at Bermuda Hundred a day before the attack to rest. But due to miscommunication, they did not begin arriving at the rendezvous point until 2 a.m. Sept. 29. Within a few hours, they would go into battle with no hot food and little or no rest.
The next day, USCT Sgt. Major Christian Fleetwood, a free black from Baltimore, wrote in his journal that he got his "first night's sleep since the 27th."
What's more, despite all the precautions, Union troop movements were hardly a secret any more. By 4 a.m., the Confederate defenders of New Market Heights were enjoying a hot breakfast and awaiting their attackers, securely ensconced behind multilayered breastworks reinforced with a double line of abatis, or piled-up sharpened logs.
As the USCT shouldered their weapons and prepared to march out from Deep Bottom, Butler rode through the ranks, urging the men to charge with the words 'Remember Fort Pillow' (the April battle in which surrendered black troops had been massacred by Confederate soldiers) in mind.
Butler ordered the first wave of attackers to advance without percussion caps on the locks of their rifles, believing that would prevent the inexperienced soldiers from pausing to fire and reload, and allow them to hear the officers issuing orders.
At about 5:30 a.m. the first musket fire was heard, as black troops drove back the advance pickets posted north of Kingsland Road.
From behind the earthworks, the Confederate defenders peered into the foggy, dimly-lit dawn, getting a bead on their targets but holding fire as a small brigade of the 4th and 6th USCT stumbled and splashed across the fields, ravines and marshy swamp surrounding Four Mile Creek. Word spread rapidly through the Confederate ranks that black troops were attacking, and pickets shouted, "N--gers, boys, n--gers" as those soldiers who did not get tangled in the abatis managed to scale the earthworks.
Within 40 minutes, almost before the sun was up, the first assault was over and the USCT brigade destroyed. As Fleetwood later wrote in his diary, "Charged with the 6th at daylight and got used up. Saved colors. . . When the charge was started, our Color guard was full; two sergeants and ten corporals. Only one of the 12 came off that field on his own feet. . . It was a deadly hailstorm of bullets sweeping men down as hail-stones sweep the leaves from trees. . . We struggled through two lines of abatis, a few getting through the palisades, but it was sheer madness. . .'
'They have fought most heroically'
Despite heavy casualties and the loss of most of their officers, black soldiers took up the colors and rallied the others to press forward in a second assault. Richmond native Sgt. Powhatan Beaty took command of his company after all the officers had been disabled. Corporal Miles James lost the use of his left arm (later amputated) but urged his troops on and continued loading and firing at the enemy with his right.
Other soldiers suffered multiple wounds but refused to leave the field.
When one color bearer went down, Sgt. Alfred Hilton, who was already carrying a flag, seized the second flag and continued forward.
He was soon wounded, but before either of the flags he was carrying could touch the ground, Fleetwood and another soldier ran forward to catch them. After 80 minutes of combat the USCT mounted the earthworks – by now abandoned by the Rebels except for a small rear guard. More than 800 black soldiers had been killed or wounded in the fight.
Although Confederate newspapers downplayed the Union victory – the Richmond Examiner scoffing, "The country will be surprised that so much noise had been made and so little damage done" – accounts of USCT heroism abounded in the Northern press.
Thomas Morris Chester, a black reporter for the Philadelphia Press, filed a report from Richmond later that week stating that Paine's division "had covered itself with glory, and wiped out effectively the imputation against the fighting qualities of colored troops."
And J.D. Pickens of the Texas Brigade later wrote, "I want to say in this connection that, in my opinion, no troops up to that time had fought us with move bravery than did those Negroes."
Four days after the battle, Butler reported to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, "My colored troops under General Paine. . . carried intrenchments at the point of a bayonet. . . It was most gallantly done, with most severe loss. Their praises are in the mouth of every officer in this army. Treated fairly and disciplined, they have fought most heroically."
Medals of Honor awarded
But Butler wanted more than mere acknowledgment of the sacrifices of the black soldiers. He had two choices: promotion in rank, or a medal that had been authorized by Congress in 1862 for bravery on the battlefield.
Although able to promote the USCT privates to sergeant, he was unable to offer promotions to the 10 men who were already sergeants. Surviving white officers of the 4th USCT petitioned the War Department to authorize lieutenant's bars for Fleetwood, but their request was denied.
That left the Medal of Honor, which required gathering recommendations from surviving regimental officers and forwarding a list to General Grant and, ultimately, the War Department. On April 6, 1865, the War Department finally came through, bestowing the Medal of Honor on 14 black veterans of New Market Heights.
All the recipients except Hilton, who died not long after the battle, continued to serve with their regiments until the war ended. In spite of losing his arm, Sgt. James asked to remain on active duty and was allowed to serve with the regimental provost guard. He went on to march with his company into Richmond on April 3, 1865 -- the only Medal of Honor recipient to reach the objective for which so many had sacrificed.
Fleetwood later helped to organize the Colored High School Cadet Corps in Washington, D.C., which established a high standard of military service for African American soldiers. In 1898, he offered his services to raise and equip a volunteer company of black soldiers and officers to fight in Cuba, but never heard back from the government. Fleetwood died in 1914, almost 50 years to the day after he won his Medal of Honor; his daughter later presented his medal to the Smithsonian Institution.
Just as Grant had anticipated, the fighting around New Market Heights (also known as Chaffin's Farm) helped the Union army south of Petersburg by forcing Lee to shift his resources further north. Between the two armies, however, the battle had cost nearly 5,000 casualties.
As for Butler, whose leadership at New Market Heights was termed by one historian as his "best performance of the war," all doubts had been put to rest.
"The capacity of the Negro race for soldiers," he later wrote regarding the Battle of New Market Heights, "had then and there been fully settled forever."
Rotary donates to 'Bright Beginnings'
The Sandston Rotary Club recently donated $1,000 to the Sandston YMCA for its Bright Beginnings program, which helps provide children in need with school supplies for the new school year. > Read more.
Author, child abuse survivor to speak at Henrico event
To help celebrate twenty years of service to advocating for abused and neglected children in Henrico County, Henrico Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc. (CASA) will host an evening with bestselling author K.L. Randis on Tuesday, Aug. 26, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Belmont Recreation Center in Lakeside.
Randis is best known for her bestselling novel, Spilled Milk, which tells her painful – but ultimately triumphant – personal story of abuse and of child abuse prevention. The book is her first novel.
Philippines ambassador to the US visits Filipino Festival in Henrico
The Ambassador of the Philippines to the United States Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. attended the Ninth Annual Filipino Festival at Our Lady of Lourdes Church earlier this month. Cuisia (pictured above with festival performers) was welcomed by County Manager John Vithoulkas and Brookland District Supervisor Dick Glover (below) at the church, which is located in Lakeside.
While enjoying some of the cultural performances at the festival, the ambassador and his wife had a private lunch with Vithoulkas, Glover, Eldon Burton (an outreach representative from U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner's Office) and Father James Begley, the pastor of OLL. > Read more.
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The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen is seeking artists, crafters, and creative groups for three opportunities allowing creative thinkers and doers to design and display imaginative holiday decorations.
The center is seeking designs for:
• Illumination 2014 – A Festival of Trees: Artists can celebrate the holiday season by creating a one-of-a-kind Christmas tree filled with decorations to suit any unique or traditional theme. Past trees exhibited have included Buzz Lightyear; HEROES; Santa tree; Musicology; and many others. > Read more.
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There are several fun events planned for families this weekend. CMoR Central will offer free admission to those who have completed their HCPL Summer Reading Club goal; Walkerton Tavern is hosting a family game night; and family-friendly karaoke will take place at Aunt Sarah's. Families can also get Movin' & Groovin' at Dorey Park or purchase children's books at Tuckahoe Library. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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The Patriots acquired OG Quinn Ojinnaka from the Falcons on Sunday for an undisclosed draft pick, according to FoxSports.com.
Ojinnaka, 26, spent the past four seasons in Atlanta, playing in 39 games and starting 12. Although primarily a guard, he also has spent time at tackle and center. He was on the roster bubble with the Falcons after the club drafted two offensive linemen this year. He also has to serve a one-game suspension for violating the NFL's personal-conduct policy.
With Logan Mankins holding out and Nick Kaczur dealing with a serious back problem, the Patriots were in need of depth at the guard position. Ojinnaka should provide them with a veteran reserve at left guard behind presumed starter Dan Connolly and is likely to make the final roster.
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The book challenges the common understanding that Jackson died from friendly fire. In the novel, "Pale Blue Light," Tucker explores the possibility that Jackson was assassinated.
Sixty-five-year-old Tucker, a former press secretary for politicians Charles Graddick, said he can't remember exactly when, but at some point he became a student of the Civil War and Stonewall Jackson in particular.
Tucker said Jackson was the embodiment of discipline and was relentless in anything he embraced.
Tucker said Jackson wasn't a typical Confederate soldier. The military commander understood the arguments for each side and was surprised that the conflict between the North and South escalated to a war.
"I've expended every effort to humanize Jackson," Tucker said.
The assassination in "Pale Blue Light" is the result of a conspiracy between Northern agents and several elite Southerners looking to get rich out of a Confederate defeat.
The book follows protagonist Rabe Canon, who befriends Jackson after a Turkey hunt and eventually serves under Jackson, leading the commander's famous Black Horse Cavalry.
Tucker said that aside from Rabe Canon, the novel is historically accurate until the moment Jackson is shot. After that, the Bond-esque tale of espionage begins.
Tucker said the idea for "Pale Blue Light" came to him in the late 80s or early 90s, after he read about 40 books about the Civil War.
Tucker said he wrote the first draft of the book longhand, falling asleep on a pad of paper then waking up and starting again.
"I've heard Woody Allen would lock himself in his bedroom and not come out until he had the first draft done," Tucker said. "I imagine his bedroom was a lot nicer than mine, though."
It took two years of tweaking before Tucker reached the final draft. However, he found out the hard part isn't writing the book.
"The hard thing is getting somebody to read it," he said.
After 12 years of searching for a publisher, the Montgomery-based Newsouth Books gave him a chance, and "Pale Blue Light" was released in September.
Tucker was raised in Eldridge and graduated from Carbon Hill High School. He studied journalism at the University of Alabama.
He said he remembers sitting in the dean's office at UA's journalism department and hearing several people ask if the copy of the Daily Mountain Eagle had come in the mail yet.
Tucker found that the professors were eager to get the paper simply to poke fun at the numerous mistakes in it.
Tucker started working at the Eagle in 1972, eventually becoming editor and then assistant publisher before leaving in the early 80s.
Tucker said that during his time there, local journalists like Mike Kilgore and Shelton Prince helped turn the newspaper into a publication that won dozens of awards from the Alabama Press Association.
After he left the Eagle, Tucker worked to help get state Sen. Charles Bishop elected.
Tucker then became the press secretary for Alabama gubernatorial candidate George McMillan, who faced a 1982 runoff election with George Wallace.
After McMillan's campaign, Tucker became the press secretary for Charles Graddick during his bid for the governor's office in 1986.
That race saw the Alabama Democratic Party appoint Bill Baxley instead of Graddick. Party leaders said Graddick violated primary regulations by encouraging Republicans to vote in the open Democratic primary. The state's voters ultimately elected Guy Hunt, Alabama's first Republican governor.
Tucker also worked as the assistant press secretary for Alabama Gov. Jim Folsom.
In the late 80s and early 90s, Tucker ran Walker County's Clean as a Whistle Campaign, which aimed at reducing the amount of litter in the community.
"It was one of the best feelings I ever had, seeing people embrace that," he said.
In 1996, Tucker started work for Alabama Voters Against Lawsuit Abuse, an organization that sought tort reform in the state. He became director within a month and served 15 years with the group.
Tucker said he recently finished the first draft of his second book, "Bloody Blue Moon," a detective novel set in modern day New Orleans.
Tucker will be available at the second annual Local Author Book Signing at the Carl Elliott Library in Jasper from 5 to 7 p.m. on Dec. 6.
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It may seem like there is a Starbucks on nearly every corner, but one new location will be turning heads in Overland Park.
It is one of only three Starbucks in the entire United States built out of re-used shipping containers.
The new Starbucks is set to open at 10201 W. 75th St. near West 75th Street and Switzer Road.
The new concept was not initially approved because city leaders had concerns about the appearance.
The idea was so new, council members had to research the concept to make sure it was a good fit for Overland Park.
Current planning manager Leslie Karr sees a lot designs cross her desk from hopeful developers. The Starbucks design stood out.
"We have not had anyone propose to use a shipping container before, so there was some learning on our part about how that would work," she said. "People hear it is a shipping container, and they think about what they see going by on the trains. That is kind of a building block for the structure. It won't resemble a shipping container."
During similar construction, a large crane lifted and lowered the storage containers into place. They company is using the design for drive-thru only locations.
"There is one in Denver. There is one in Seattle. So this is definitely unique," Karr said.
Attorney Curt Petersen said the concept is catching on. He worked with city council to get the approval for the developer.
"The city of Overland Park was just doing its diligence because this concept is brand new around here. 'Is it going to last a long time? Is it going to look nice?' Those were the primary concerns. Once they had the information about it they were excited about it," Petersen said.
The new design is part of an effort by Starbucks to make sure all new, company-owned stores are leed-certified.
"There are two main environmentally sustainable. One is you are taking something that would be scrap which is used shipping containers and using them for a building for decades to come. When you put components and materials back into that structure a lot of them are recycled and refurbished," Petersen said.
Petersen said the idea to use re-used shipping containers came about because the company's Seattle headquarters is surrounded by the containers.
The containers are used by Starbucks to ship coffee and tea around the world.
Once they reach their 20-year lifespan, many were winding up in scrap yards across the country.
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The Cabin on Samish in LaConner
- bedrooms 1
- baths 2
- sleeps 9
- pool no
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type House
- community
rates (USD)
/ night
$ 600 - $ 975 / week
$ 2,240 - $ 3,500 / month
vacation rental description
Park yourself right on the beach for a quiet relaxing winter weekend or summer week.
For ease of travel, Samish Island is on the non ferry side of the San Juan Islands, located midway between Seattle Washington and Vancouver British Columbia.
Whether relaxing on the couch or hammock, cycling the valley or hiking Chuckanut Mountain, you will enjoy views north to Lummi Island and Vancouver, B.C., west
to Orcas Island and east to Chuckanut Drive and Mount Baker.
The cabin has one bedroom with a queen bed, and a small room tucked behind it with a
bunk bed. In the large main living area there is 1 queen and 2
double fold out sofas. There are memory foam pads for two of the
hidea beds.
We do have a No Pets policy. Thank you.
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property availability
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Beth Dewey 206-551-3884
house rental amenities
- stereo
- Dishwasher/Microwave/stove/oven
- Washer/dryer
- Assorted games and books
- Towels and bed linens provided
- Dishes and pots/pans
- *coffee maker/blender
activities and attractions in LaConner Washington
- Bicycling
- Hiking off Chuckanut Drive
- Birdwatching
- Tennis courts are 1/4 mile away
- Spring tulip tours
- Crabbing, Clamming Fishing
vacation rental rates
2014 Winter rates From Labor Day through the Friday before Memorial Day
(2 night minimum double occupancy)
$240.00 / for two nights additional nights are $85.00
Additional guests $5.00 per night (guest's children under 12 are
Plus 10% WA state sales tax
2014 Summer rates from the Friday before Memorial Day through Labor Day
We take reservations for July and August dates beginning January 1.
(2 night minimum except July and August
1week minimum stay)
Rates are for double occupancy
$295 for 2 nights additional nights are $90.00
$700 per week (June only)
$975 per week (July, August)
$1700 per 2 week (July, August)
Plus 10% WA state sales tax
Additional guests $5 per night (Guests children under 12 are free)
damage/reservation deposit required of $100 for 2 nights and $300
for 3 or more nights.
Beth Dewey 206-551-3884
accepted payment methods
Prior to paying a reservation deposit, always verify payment instructions by calling the phone number displayed on this listing page. By contacting the owner directly and paying by an approved method - credit card, paypal, check or bank transfer - your reservation payment will be protected up to $1,000.Learn more in our Security Center
Top things to do in LaConner
- April tulip time!
- Bird watching
- Shop
- Eat at great restaurants or visit the local brew pubs
- (Can you tell a lot of my events are food related? )
Top things to do on a budget
- Bicycle the valley
- Hike on Chuckanut Mtn.
- Watch the birds
- Lay in the hammock and watch the stars go by
- Play tennis at the public courts 1/4 mile away
Top things to do with a family
- Eat summer blueberries
- Make sandcastles and play on the beach
- Have a campfire and roast marshmallows
- Have pancakes at the Edison cafe
- Visit the water park in Birch Bay
Beth Dewey , owner


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Bristol, RI: Roger Williams University is one of the best up-and-coming colleges today. With 3,775 undergraduates, it has all the benefits of a small school without sacrificing the advantages of a large university. For instance, it offers 36 majors in its six schools, but the average class size is only 21 students.
Even with its small size, Roger Williams students hail from over 40 countries and life on campus is always exciting. Situated on picturesque Mt. Hope Bay, the university has hosted acts such as Third Eye Blind, Busta Rhymes, and Guster. Roger Williams boasts more than 90 student clubs, as well as 18 varsity sports, including a sailing team which is among the most elite in the country.
Roger Williams is just a short ride from Providence and students can travel there by bus for only $1.50. For more information, check out Roger Williams online at www.rwu.edu.
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This is a beautiful ship. The embarkation was wonderful. Took all of 20 minutes. We had 3 balcony cabins on deck 8. Our cabins were nice, clean and adaquate for the amount of time we spend in them. Our cabin attendent was wonderful. He attended to all of needs and request including seeing that we had lounge chairs on our balcony.
The show were wonderful and very professional. We had most of our meals in the main dining room. The people that took care of us in the main dining room (Jaccob, Bekiram & Richard) were wonderful and we can't thank them enough. The food was ok. We did dine in some of the alternative restaurants, Chops Gill was the best of the lot. All staff on the ship is very helpful and nice. The only short coming was with Guest Services. This ship has the worst Guest Services we have ever encountered. We could ask 3 people at the counter the same questions and get 3 different answers. We took all as our guest and placed our credit card on all cabins for their use. The only thing that was not to be charged to the credit card was gambling. After 4 trips on 4 different days to Guest Services with each trip there providing a different answer we requested to see management. The Guest Service on this ship has the most poorly trained staff we have ever encountered.
The ship was not crowded with the exception of the time that the show let out in the main showroom which I believe hold 1,400 people. The only other problem we had was with a honeymooning couple in a cabin next to one of ours. Thiswhich had a huge fight. The guy was beating his new wife which awoke all of us in all 3 cabins, split her lip open, etc. Guest services were called and the couple were dealt with as well as secutiry being place at their cabin door to assure this fighting did not continue.


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When you watch the current film "Fruitvale Station," based on the story of Oscar Grant, who was killed by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer in Oakland on New Year's Eve 2009, keep an open for Oscar's grandmother.
Grandma Bonnie is played in the movie by Marjorie Crump-Shears, a longtime Bay Area film and stage actress who lives in Cotati.
"The day of New Year's Eve is Oscar Grant's mother's birthday, and there is a family gathering at Grandma Bonnie's house to celebrate it," Crump-Shears said.
"My character always makes gumbo, and during my preparations for the party, I get a call from Oscar, who is at the store and is supposed to bring some crab and shrimp for the party," she explained.
The movie, written and directed by Ryan Coogler, was filmed in Oakland last year. It won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
When Crump-Shears auditioned for her role, Coogler offered her some coaching and then declared, "I think we've found our Grandma Bonnie," the actress recalled.
The Cotati actress confessed to getting flustered when she met Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer, who plays Oscar's mother.
"When I met her, I was like a schoolgirl," Crump-Shears said. "I was just in awe, and I was blathering."
Crump-Shears, 71, billed as Marjorie Shears in the film's credits, worked as a teacher and school administrator in Sonoma and Marin counties for more than 20 years, until she retired in the late '90s to pursure her acting career.
She has appeared in several low-budget, independent films, including "Going Nowhere," "Playground of Dreams" and "Everyday Black Man."
Crump-Shears recently finished a five-week run of the new play "Krispy Kritters," at the Cutting Ball Theater in San Francisco.
In Santa Rosa, Crump-Shears appeared in the 6th Street Playhouse production of "Intimate Apparel" in 2011, directed by her daughter, Bronwen Shears.


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Bruce Pearl's recruiting roll at Auburn continuesJeff Eisenberg at The Dagger4 days ago
The ripple of recruiting momentum Auburn generated during the first few months of Bruce Pearl's tenure has grown into a tidal wave now that his show-cause penalty has expired and he can speak directly to prospects again.
Pearl landed his fourth key recruit in less than a week Thursday when former Maryland signee Trayvon Reed selected Auburn.
Reed, a 7-foot-1 center rated No. 91 in Rivals.com's Class of 2014 rankings, is expected to enroll at Elevate Prep School in Delray Beach, Fla. for at least the fall semester. He could join Auburn as soon as December if the Tigers have a vacant scholarship by then or he could wait until the 2015-16 season to make his debut.
That Reed was even available to Auburn is a product of a poor decision he made earlier this summer.
Video: Nebraska assistant's son learns he can go home from hospitalJeff Eisenberg at The Dagger4 days ago
Upon learning in late July that his seven-year-old son would have to endure a third battle with leukemia, Nebraska assistant Chris Harriman adopted the hashtag #AveryStrong to show his support and even had T-Shirts and banners printed.
Judging by the above video, Avery certainly looks to be living up to the hashtag three weeks into his treatment.
Though chemotherapy may have robbed him of his hair and prevented him from starting first grade with the rest of his classmates, it has not sapped Avery's spirit or will to live. His enthusiasm upon learning that he can finally leave the hospital and return home is proof of that.
Charleston's top two candidates both withdraw from searchJeff Eisenberg at The Dagger5 days ago
As its coaching search neared the three-week point Monday afternoon, Charleston appeared to finally be on the verge of naming Doug Wojcik's successor.
The Cougars reportedly had narrowed their search to two finalists: longtime Wofford coach Mike Young and ex-Charleston star and NBA journeyman Anthony Johnson.
Then the unthinkable happened two days later. Young removed his name from consideration first, Johnson did the same soon afterward, and suddenly one of the nation's better mid-major programs embarrassingly is starting from scratch in its coaching search even as the calendar nears September.
Said Young via a statement: "After going through this and being respectful of the process, it became clear that Wofford is where I needed to be at this time. My team came back to campus today and they deserve and always will have my complete energy and attention."
Five thoughts on the newly released ACC scheduleJeff Eisenberg at The Dagger5 days ago
The ACC released its full schedule Wednesday on the eve of the start of college football. Here's a look at five of the things that stood out:
1. Feb. 18 is the can't-miss day on the schedule: That's when Duke and North Carolina square off in Durham for the first of two meetings and when Louisville visits Syracuse for the first time with both being members of the ACC. Since all four programs figure to be contenders for the league crown, those two games could go a long way toward shaping the conference race. Other dates to circle: Louisville at Wake Forest on Jan. 4 in the ACC opener for the Cards and Danny Manning, Duke at Virginia on Jan. 31 in the lone meeting between the two contenders and Duke at Syracuse on Valentine's Day in the next installment of their budding rivalry.
Drew Eubanks' commitment could be start of a huge class for Oregon StateJeff Eisenberg at The Dagger5 days ago
With all five starters from last year's underachieving 16-16 team having left and few promising bench players ready to inherit more playing time, Oregon State appears headed for a poor 2014-15 season
Rest assured, however, better days may be ahead.
New coach Wayne Tinkle secured a key commitment Tuesday from 6-foot-10 Drew Eubanks, arguably the top Class of 2015 prospect in the state of Oregon. The addition of the three-star center gives Oregon State a chance to assemble a formidable class given the ties the Beavers have to a pair of other top prospects.
Green Bay lands late commitment from Enes Kanter's brotherJeff Eisenberg at The Dagger6 days ago
Even though the NCAA deemed Enes Kanter ineligible to play at Kentucky three years ago, it appears another member of his family may yet get to play college basketball.
Kerem Kanter, Enes' younger brother, has signed with Green Bay and intends to play as a freshman next season, the school announced Tuesday. The younger Kanter is a 6-foot-9 forward who averaged 17 points and 9 rebounds last season at IMG Academy in Florida.
"We are very excited to add Kerem Kanter to our program," Green Bay coach Brian Wardle said in a school-released statement.
"Kerem is a skilled forward that brings an ability to score from the inside and out. He has a great bloodline of basketball in his family, and we know he is extremely excited to get to Green Bay to pursue his dream of getting a college education and being a Division I player."
Kanter joins a Green Bay team that dominated the Horizon League this past season but missed the NCAA tournament after being upset in the conference tournament semifinals. The Phoenix lost 7-foot center Alec Brown to the NBA, but they return most of the rest of last season's team, including dynamic guard Keifer Sykes.
UTEP's top recruit fails to qualify academicallyJeff Eisenberg at The Dagger7 days ago
To find high-level talent willing to come to El Paso, UTEP coach Tim Floyd sometimes must gamble on prospects most high-major programs deem too risky to take.
Some of those players have overcome their academic or behavioral issues to help UTEP win 18 or more games in three of Floyd's four seasons. Others either didn't last long with the program or never even made it to El Paso at all.
The latest UTEP signee never to don a Miners jersey will apparently be Chris Sandifer, a 6-foot-6 shooting guard rated No. 102 in the Class of 2014 by Rivals.com. The former star at Taft High School in Los Angeles failed to qualify academically at UTEP and will instead enroll at Chipola Junior College in Florida, CBSSports.com reported Monday night.
Sandifer joins the growing list of UTEP signees whose academics prevented them from playing for the Miners.
Ex-Michigan State forward Kenny Kaminski transfers to OhioJeff Eisenberg at The Dagger7 days ago
Kenny Kaminski's new destination won't require him to don new colors.
The former top 100 prospect will trade the green and white of Michigan State for the green and white of a school in his home state.
Kaminski will transfer to Ohio University, the Athens Messenger first reported Monday. The 6-foot-8 Medina, Ohio, native has two years of eligibility remaining and is applying for a waiver in hopes that he can play without sitting out next season.
The addition of Kaminski is high-risk, high-reward transfer for new Ohio coach Saul Phillips.
On one hand, Kaminski is a decorated recruit who shot 49.4 percent from behind the arc last season and might have started for the Spartans had he remained in East Lansing. On the other hand, Kaminski ran into academic and behavioral trouble off the court at Michigan State that led coach Tom Izzo to dismiss him from the program three weeks ago.
Basketball prospect drowns after his kayak capsizesJeff Eisenberg at The Dagger7 days ago
Not long after arriving at Mission Bay in San Diego on Saturday, basketball prospect Abdul Shanun sent out a tweet that read, "Thank God for a beautiful day."
That simple message of hope reads tragically now given what happened next.
The 17-year-old immigrant from Ghana drowned Saturday afternoon after his kayak capsized in Mission Bay, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. According to the newspaper, Shanun didn't know how to swim and either didn't wear his life preserver or didn't wear it properly.
The death of Shanun hit those in basketball circles hard.
"Sad to hear of the passing of my bro .. Ima miss you bro. I love you man," tweeted Georgetown commit Jessie Govan, a club teammate of Shanun's with the New York Lightning.
Bruce Pearl celebrates end of sanctions with three commitmentsJeff Eisenberg at The Dagger8 days ago
It hasn't taken long for new Auburn coach Bruce Pearl to capitalize on the expiration of the three-year NCAA penalty forbidding him from making contact with recruits.
The day before Pearl's sanctions ended Saturday at midnight, he received a commitment from small forward Danjel Purifoy, Rivals.com's No. 80 recruit in the class of 2015. Two more coveted prospects pledged to come to Auburn soon after Pearl could talk to them for the first time — power forward Horace Spencer, Rivals.com's No. 73 recruit in the Class of 2015, and shooting guard T.J. Dunans, one of the nation's elite junior college players.
The flurry of commitments is the latest sign that the hiring of Pearlis helping Auburn's long-ignored basketball program emerge from irrelevance.


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Amir Khan, A lot of bark. Does he have the bite to match?
Amir Khan, A lot of bark. Does he have the bite to match?
Sep 23 2011, 06:44 AM
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Sep 23 2011, 07:02 AM
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Yep Khan has had one KO loss. But then a first ballot hall of famer like Hopkins lost his first professional bout. Your point is?
Come on Ollie get with the program, thats how we credit Floyd with a HOF resume. We credit him with wins against fighters he hasnt fought.
He just wants to be like Mayweather who will soon be a convicted felon if there is any justice in the world just like his daddy.
Wouldnt it be sweet if he did get convicted of something, then the little gobshite could stop touting himself for a fight at Wembley cos we wouldnt let him in.
Sep 23 2011, 07:24 AM
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Not a fan of Khan, never have been, never will be, but credit where it's due, he is doing all the right things, staying busy taking the fights that make the most sense. Can't knock the fella at all for that.
People hating on him for Mayweather reasons should hang themselves.
Sep 23 2011, 09:14 AM
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Still have to see more from Khan before I can say how good he is. Wanna see him fight Bradley or if not how about Khan vs Ortiz? I would pick Ortiz by K.O.
Sep 23 2011, 09:32 AM
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Have not seen your other 2 posts but the above one has been a greater contribution to this board than Hazsuckeddickbehindbars made in 170 odd posts.
Hahahaha!!! Good ol' Stevenski! I had to tell Lloyd in another thread to be careful with Haz, I heard those internet warriors dont play! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
Sep 23 2011, 10:15 AM
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I'd say Khan is more bark than bite but, I don't blame him. He's barking to get paid.
Sep 23 2011, 10:20 AM
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Yup. Gotta start somewhere/somehow.
Sep 23 2011, 01:10 PM
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I think Amir Khan has demonstrated improvement as a fighter, obviously he still has some flaws in his game but anyone or everyone can still have room for improvement. His fight with Maidana is an instant classic and he stopped a revitalized, focused Zab Judah.
Khan's speed, height and range plus he has pop in his punches makes him a dangerous fighter, I can only think moving up in weight will make him stronger since he won't have to bear down on weight. In his last fight he showed slight improvement in his inside game and his jab is getting better. To me, Khan is "THE" man at 140 since Bradley is inactive and since he's won all his fights at 140 ever since his embarrassing KO loss to Breidis Prescott.
I think Khan should rematch Prescott who was robbed against Mcloskey and then take on Morales before he moves up to welterweight. His first fight at welter should be either Berto or Ortiz to see if he can handle a welter's power. Then he could face Mayweather at the end of 2012 or early 2013 which I see Mayweather winning either by TKO or KO in the middle rounds.
I think Khan will give Mayweather significant trouble in the first 4 rounds with his speed,reach and height but as usual after round 4 Mayweather will adjust and put on a clinic from there. It is a fight I surely would watch and think by then it would be great. Khan has the charisma, confidence, looks and skills to make it interesting.
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Sep 23 2011, 02:17 PM
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Not a fan of Khan, never have been, never will be, but credit where it's due, he is doing all the right things, staying busy taking the fights that make the most sense. Can't knock the fella at all for that.
People hating on him for Mayweather reasons should hang themselves.
Good point, Maxy. Me personally, I think Khan is overrated and very flawed. I think when he faces a truly skilled fighter, he won't be able to succeed.
But he does deserve credit for wanting to fight Mayweather. Absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Still have to see more from Khan before I can say how good he is. Wanna see him fight Bradley or if not how about Khan vs Ortiz? I would pick Ortiz by K.O.
At 147, I think he loses to Ortiz via KO because quite simply I don't see him having the chin to take the punches nor the defense to avoid them.
At 140 vs Bradley is a picke em. Timmy is very flawed too and far from a complete fighter and he has no power. Not to mention the size disadvantage he'd have vs Khan.
Against either of Mayweather or Pacquiao I don't think he stands much of a chance.
Sep 23 2011, 02:47 PM
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Khan's a good fighter. He'll beat Bradley and Ortiz IMHO. Berto might have a chance but lately he feels like slugging it out rather than boxing. He'll take an L vs Khan doing that.
IMO Khan has a better chance than Ortiz and Pacquiao vs Mayweather. Khan would start very strong but end up losing a decision.
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DALLAS -- A dark room, filled with computers and big screen monitors, is the engine of Children's Medical Center Dallas.
"It's a call center, air traffic control, and incident command," said Sandra McDermott, director of the hospital's access center.
Here, on a wall of monitors and information screens, officials can track ambulances, patient transfers, weather, and available beds as a means of managing Dallas' largest children's hospital.
"We're able to determine each unit, and how many beds that are clean, that are dirty, that have patients still in it, that we're anticipating another patient coming to that room," explained director Regina Thompson.
Day and night, administrative supervisors manage and juggle the some 600 beds inside both the Dallas and Plano facilities. Officials can also see, minute by minute, other North Texas hospitals' capacity.
Monday morning, one had self-reported its emergency room at disaster level, several others listed themselves as overcrowded. Not since the H1N1 swine flu outbreak have North Texas hospital systems been this taxed, officials said.
"Everybody is at capacity," McDermott said. "Everybody is using all their available resources. That's what that tells me."
The center operates 24 hours a day and seven days a week on emergency power, if needed, to make sure the hospital continues to operate smoothly.
Because of unprecedented patient volumes, but Parkland and Children's in Dallas are limiting visitation by children younger than 12. In fact, at Children's only one parent is allowed in the emergency room because they have so many sick people.
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Jacksonville cordially welcomes Team England to campus for the second consecutive year. Tonight's match serves as an exhibition for the Dolphins which officially opened the season last weekend with a 21-8 loss to preseason No. 1 Syracuse.
Team England has traveled to Florida for a six-game, week long tour that will see them face such teams as last years NCAA Champions Northwestern and current World Champions Team USA.
Following the contest at Jacksonville, the tour will take Team England to the 2013 US Lacrosse Champion Challenge at ESPN World of Sport Park. this will be the third time they have traveled to Florida to complete in the tournament. This year serves as a test for them as the prepare for the 2013 Women's World Cup in Canada in July.
Team England Tour Schedule
Jan. 23rd - Jacksonville University
Jan. 24th - University of Florida
Jan. 25th - Haudenosaunee
Jan. 26th - Team USA
Jan. 26th - Northwestern University
Jan. 27th - Syracuse University
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Wonderful Beach Bungalow Just Steps From Beach Special Rate in Ventura
- bedrooms 2
- baths 1
- sleeps 5
- pool no
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type House
- community Pierpont Beach
rates (USD)
/ night
$ 1,925 - $ 1,925 / week
$ 4,300 - $ 4,800 / month
vacation rental description
Come and play in the sand! This wonderful home away from home is just 8 houses from the water and has lots of seaside charm. It is located in a highly desirable area of Ventura called "The Lanes". It's proximity to the Marina Park, Ocean, Harbor, and Old Town make it ideal for a family vacation or romantic getaway. It's also just 30 minutes from Santa Barbara or 1 hour from wine tasting in Santa Ynez! The home is newly remodeled. It has 2 bedrooms, 1 bath(shower and bath), a dining room, living room, and new kitchen. The home boasts tastefully appointed furniture. It's perfect for families or for a romantic getaway. Fishing and surfing nearbye. We hope you'll love it as much as we do. Parking for 3 cars. Make it a tour of California by visiting our other property on this site #71786 located in the Temecula wine country.
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Eva Woodsmall
house rental amenities
The home comes with two bedrooms, one with a queen bed and the other with a triple bunk bed. It sleeps 5 in beds plus one on couch if needed but can accomodate up to 8 people if you would like to bring additional sleeping bags. The dining rooms seats 6. There is a washer and dryer in the home and the bathroom has both a shower and tub combination. There is a computer available for use as well as internet access. You can also enjoy use of a WII play system. The entertainment system includes a DVD player and stereo system. A microwave, stove, and kitchen utensils are also available. 3 parking spots come with the home.
activities and attractions in Ventura Central Coast
The home is located just 8 houses from the water, only a 5 minute walk to the Marina Park (ideal for little ones as it even has a zip line pirate ship), only a 10 minute walk to the local walking and biking path at the State Beach, 5 minutes by car to the Harbor restaurants and shops, and only 8 minutes by car to Old town Ventura. It is also just a 30 minute drive to Santa Barbara and a 1 hour drive to Santa Ynez Wine Country. Farm region in the local area is also an easy access for pumpkin patches or fresh locally grown produce.
vacation rental rates
Nightly: $275 per night
Weekend (2night): $550
Monthly: $4300(October through March)
Monthly:$4800(April through September)
Holiday/Special Events -- Please inquire. (No discounts apply to holiday weekends).
Security Deposit: $500 (fully Refundable)
Cleaning Fee: $100
All fees subject to tax.
Eva Woodsmall
accepted payment methods
Prior to paying a reservation deposit, always verify payment instructions by calling the phone number displayed on this listing page. By contacting the owner directly and paying by an approved method - credit card, paypal, check or bank transfer - your reservation payment will be protected up to $1,000.Learn more in our Security Center
Top things to do in Ventura
- Swim at beach.
- Surf.
- Shop for antiques.
- Shopping in Old Town.
- Visit the Mission.
Top things to do on a budget
- Spend time on the beach.
- Visit a local farm.
- Try some surfing.
- Build a sand caslte.
- Go biking.
Top things to do with a family
- Take a boat tour of the Harbor.
- Play at Marina Park.
- Build a sand castle.
- Visit the tide pools.
- Visit a local farm.
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Get this recipe courtesy of Chef Gabriel Vera from Lena in Ann Arbor.
- Break down your Cornish hen and reserve the legs and breast.
- In a small pot, cook 4-5 oz. of fingerling potatoes and set them aside once they're soft.
Preparing the mustard:
- Prepare a stock out of the Cornish hen bones, adding onions, celery carrots, thyme, garlic and parsley. Reduce the stock over high heat, strain, return to heat and add grainy Dijon mustard. Reduce the liquid until thickened.
To Plate:
- Sear the potatoes with butter, thyme and garlic.
- Sear the Cornish hen parts with butter, thyme and garlic.
- Finish the Cornish hen under the broiler
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Extra! Extra! Sunshine advocates beat the Anti-Sunshine Gang in City Hall
By Bruce B. Brugmann
And so the Anti-Sunshine Gang in City Hall, which for two years has been conducting a nasty vendetta against the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, capitulated quietly at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting without a fight or even a whimper.
The capitulation came in a two line phrase buried in item 28 in the middle of the board's agenda. It was a report from the rules committee recommending the Board of Supervisors approve a motion for unnamed nominees to the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force. "Question: Shall this Motion be approved."
Board Chair David Chiu asked for approval in his usual board meeting monotone. And the approval came unanimously, with no dissent and no roll call vote and not a word spoken by anybody. He banged the gavel and that was that. And only a few veteran board watchers knew that this was the astonishing end to a crucial battle that pitted the powerfuf Anti-Sunshine Gangs against the sunshine forces and the citizens of San Francisco. It was a battle that would decide whether the task force would remain an independent people's court that would hear and rule on public access complaints. Sunshine won.
It was ironic and fitting that Chiu presided over the capitulation. For it was Chiu as board president who orchestrated the deal to demolish Park Merced and then orchestrated the infamous 6-5 board vote in September 2010 approving a monstrous redevelopment project that would evict lots of tenants, and destroy most of the affordable housing. This was a big deal because the housing crisis was heating up and Park Merced was the largest affordable community in the city and one of the largest In the nation. This is where tens of thousands of young people, young married couples, students and faculty at nearby San Francisco State, older people, and middle class people had come for generations with their families to live in affordable housing in an "urban park," as Park Merced promo once put it.
And it was Chiu as board president who was charged by the Sunshine Task Force, along with Supervisors Scott Wiener, Malia Cohen, and Eric Mar with violating the Sunshine Ordinance and the state's open meeting law (Brown Act) when they approved the project with blazing speed..
Wiener, Cohen, and Mar were on the board's Land Use and Economic Development Committee when they voted on the contract. Literally minutes before the committee vote, Chiu introduced 14 pages of amendments to the contract. The deputy city attorney at the meeting blessed the amendments by saying, gosh, golly, gee, no problem, the amendments do not substantially alter the contract and therefore the description of the item on the agenda was still apt and the committee could act on it. Bombs away! The full board approved the contract the same day by one vote.
This sleight of hand and pellmell approval process meant that Park Merced was going,going, gone and in its place would be a project that "has no hindsight, no insight, or foresight," as Planning Commissioner Kathryn Moore was quoted as saying in a scathing Westside Observer column by landscape architect Glenn Rogers. "It is not a project of the 21st century. It is the agenda of a self-serving developer."
The Observer, to its immense credit, was the only media in town to blast away at the project. (Read its coverage and weep, starting with a June piece by Pastor Lynn Gavin who wrote that the Park Merced owners did not disclose to her or her family that they "were going to demolish the garden apartment that was our home.") Gavin and her neighbors took the formal complaint to the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force and got a unanimous 8-0 ruling condemning Chiu, Wiener, Cohen, and Mar for open government violations.
It was a historic ruling by the task force and demonstrated once again in 96 point tempo bold the irreplaceable value of the people's court. The ruling also had impact because it amounted to a stinging expose of how government often works in San Francisco with big money and big development and how one vote can add gallons of high octane petrol to the housing crisis. It angered the hell out of the six supervisors who voted for the project.
And in effect, it gave rise to what I call the Anti-Sunshine Gang in City Hall whose response to the ruling was, not to apologize and change their illegal ways, but to start a vicious vendetta against the task force for doing the right thing at the right time. The six votes were David Chiu, Scott Wiener, Malia Cohen, Mark Farrell, Sean Elsbernd, and Carmen Chu. Elsbernd has gone on to Sen. Diane Feinstein's office in San Francisco and Chu to becoming assessor. But the gang picked up other allies along the way, notably the city attorney's office.
Two years ago, when the task force members came to the board for reappointment, the Anti-Sunshine Gang retaliated and swung into action by "launching a smear campaign aimed at purging the eight task force members who had unanimously voted to find the violations," according to Richard Knee, a 12 year veteran of the task force, in a June column in the Observer. Knee, who represents the local chapter of the Society of Professonal Journalists, also wrote that "the mayor and the Board of Supervisors…made sure that the panel gets minimal funding, staffing and resources, and the board has refused to fill two long standing vacancies, making It difficult at times to muster a quorum since task force members are volunteers with outside responsibilities such as family and work.
"Two year ago, the board's failure to appoint a physically disabled member forced the task force to take a five month hiatus, exacerbating a backlog of complaints filed by members of the public.This year, Knee wrote, the start of the appointment process was "farcical and ominous." He explained that, at the May 15 meeting of the board's rules committee, which vets applicants for city bodies, the two supervisors present chair Norman Yee and Katy Tang (David Campos had an excused absence) "complained that there weren't enough racial/ethnic diversity among the 13 candidates. "That didn't deter them from recommending the reappointments of Todd David, Louise Fischer, and David Pilpel, all Anglos."
Before the full board five days later, Yee complained again, "this time that lack of a regular schedule and frequent switching of meeting dates were making attendance difficult for task force members. Either Yee had no clue of the facts or he was lying." Knee explained that the task force normally meets the first Wednesday of each month and its subcommittees usually meet during the third week of the month.
"Meeting postponements and cancellations are the result, not the cause, of difficulties in mustering a quorum, due to the vacancies—which now number three.
"In gushing over David, Fischer, and Pilpel, at the board's May 20 meeting, Wiener offered no evidence or detail of their alleged accomplishments and ignored the fact that David has missed six task force meetings since March 2013, including those of last February and April. Until the board fills the other seats, the five remaining incumbents—Chris Hyland, Bruce Oka, David Sims, Allyson Washburn, and yours truly—stay on as 'holdover' members."
Meanwhile, by the next session of the Rules Committee on June 5, the sunshine advocates had rallied and put together an impressive mass of sunshine power. Testifying at the hearing were representatives from SPJ and the journalism community, the League of Women Voters, the ACLU, the sunshine posse, the Library Users Association, the Bay Area News Group, the Inter-American Press Asociation, the Center for Investigative Reporting, the UC-Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, the First Amendment Coalition, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Observer and neighborhood activists, and other sunshine allies and FOI groupies. It was quite a show of force.
SPJ placed a pointed, timely op ed in the Chronicle ("SF Supervisors block Sunshine Ordinance Task Force," good of the Chron/Hearst to run it but better if the paper didn't black out local sunshine issues.) Members of the posse peppered the gang with public record requests aimed at tracking skullduggery and they found it. Reps from the groups lobbied the supervisors by email, phone, and personal office visits. And the word that the Anti-Sunshine Gang was back and on the gallop shot through the neighborhoods and around town and into election campaigns and among constituents of the gang.
SPJ and its vigorous Freedom of Information Committee under co-chairs Journalist Thomas Peele, of Chauncey Bailey fame, and Attorney Geoff King were particularly effective. Peele is an investigative reporter with the Bay Area Newspaper Group, a lecturer on public records at the UC-Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, and author of a respected book on Chauncey Bailey, a black journalist murdered on his way to work.
The word got around that the supervisors were blocking strong pro-sunshine candidates for the task force and that their first three nominees were the weakest of the lot. Campos, a stellar sunshine advocate, was back at the committee meeting, making the right calls and shepherding the strong nominees along through the committee and the Board of Supervisors. Great job.
The cumulative weight and force of the presentations of the nominees and the sunshine advocates made the proper political point: any supervisor who voted with the Anti-Sunshine Gang was going to face their constituents and voters with the brand of being anti-sunshine and anti- government accountability. More: they would have to answer some embarrassing questions: Who lost Park Merced? Who voted to turbo charge evictions and middle class flight from the city for years to come? Who tried to cover up the outrage and who did it? And who led the retaliatory vendetta against the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force for doing the right thing on behalf of sunshine in San Francisco?
And so the Board of Supervisors was dragged kicking and screaming into the sunshine of June 2014 and beyond. The supervisors ended up nominating what looks to be one of the strongest pro-sunshine task forces: Attorney Mark Rumold and journalist Ali Winston from SPJ, Allyson Washburn from the League of Women Voters, Attorney Lee Hepner, Journalist Josh Wolf, and holdover Chris Hyland. Plus Bruce Oka who looks to be a late holdover in the disabled seat. Congratulations for hanging in and winning, hurray for the power of sunshine, on guard, B3
P.S. l: PG&E institutionalizes City Hall secrecy and corruption: The pernicious influence of the Anti-Sunshine gang hung heavy over the rules committee. Tang tried to force every candidate to take a pledge of allegiance to the city attorney. Tang is the kind of neighborhood supervisor (Sunset) who has a 100 per cent Chamber of Commerce voting record. Her city attorney pledge demand was laughable on its face, given the fact that the city attorney refuses to move on the PG&E/Raker Act scandal and thus has helped institutionalize secrecy and corruption in City Hall on a multi-million dollar scale for decades. Which is reason enough for the city to always maintain a strong, enduring Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, to help keep tabs on how PG&E keeps City Hall safe for PG&E and its allies. (See Guardian stories and editorials since 1969.)
Tang and Yee continued the gang's hammering on Bruce Wolfe, a worthy candidate for the disabled seat whose main sin was that he was one of the Honorable Eight who voted condemnation. The gang knocked out Wolfe as a holdover candidate the first time around and they were at it again at the committee meeting. Oka says he wants to resign from the task force but only when the board finds a good replacement. Wolfe, who was an effective and knowledgeable sunshine task force member, is the obvious replacement but he is still on the purge list. Stay tuned on this one. .
There are three things that no one can do to the entire satisfaction of anyone else: make love, poke the fire, and run a newspaper. William Allen White, 1917, line atop the editorial page of the Durango Herald, Durango, Colorado.
Jason Grant Garza here ...ignoring the WHITE ELEPHANT again? What 12 years of service ( no results .... http://www.sfbg.com/2009/05/05/making-sunshine-work .... Fourteen times the task force has asked Ethics for action, and 14 times those cases have been dismissed - with little serious investigation) and still offering false hope and false unaccountable no result process? Go to http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2014/05/20/supervisors-play-politics-sunshi... for some insightful comments.
The part of "It was a historic ruling by the task force and demonstrated once again in 96 point tempo bold the value of the people's court. " .... what was the CONSEQUENCE for the PEOPLE'S POWERLESS COURT (nada, zip, zilch) ... remember case # 11048 (Park Merced) and 12056 ... what happened? Keep drinking the Kool-Aid ... could it be the same thing that happened here in 2002 http://www.sfbg.com/36/49/news_sunshine.html (note the date 9-4-2002 and note "Earlier in the hearing, Garza told the task force its rulings "don't amount to a hill of beans" if no one in the city will enforce or abide by them. Task force members responded that their new committee, the Compliance and Amendments Committee, will strive to monitor compliance and recommend enforcement. Members of the committee will be Heather Sterner (chair), Richard Knee, and Alexandra Nickliss. " Oh who was on that committee 12 years ago and STILL NO ENFORCEMENT.
Now watch the videos of me trying to hold the MINISTRY accountable or going to supervisors or the CLERK of BOS ... how long NOW? By the way, is ANYONE going to INQUIRE as to WHY it has TAKEN this long and what about the last years and the NUCLEAR WINTER? Yes, we (ha,ha,ha fixed by giving you an ineffectual and powerless SUNSHINE), took years, played you for years and will continue to do so since the MINISTRY has NO POWER. Yes more "RISK MANAGEMENT" from the city to tire and vex the VICTIM all the while spouting false propaganda (sunshine) while KNOWING there is NO CONSEQUNCE ... however, we fooled them ALL. Here is your SUNSHINE ... same as before ... and WE DO NOT have to ACCOUNT but aren't you glad we (SUNSHINE and the SUPERVISORS) are there for YOU!
Oh, whoopee ... again we have an INEFFECTUAL MINISTRY of SUNSHINE ... how many years NOW?
Again ... what happened in cases 11048 and 12056 ...
P.S. Keep watching the videos as I will continue ...
Bruce Oka does not wish to resign from the task force, nor does he plan to do so. In fact, he is applying for reappointment thereto.
Oka, who is wheelchair-bound, has made it plain he would like to be replaced on the task force so he can pursue other issues, particularly effecting a public transit system that fully and fairly accommodates physically disabled persons rather than treating them as an afterthought.
But in his 20 months on the task force, he has been a savvy and passionate advocate for sunshine and he has made it clear that will not leave the task force until the Board of Supervisors appoints his successor.
Records from Supervisor Chiu's office show that he and his aide, Judson True, recruited Mr. Bruce Oka to the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force (SOTF) on 9/5/12 - and sent Oka an application form. The intent was to complete the SOTF Purge by shutting out Mr. Bruce Wolfe, a qualified incumbent with ties to the disability community. Within months, Oka was having second thoughts and wanted to meet with True to "discuss Sunshine Ordinance Task Force matter ASAP".
Upon being notified that his term on SOTF would be expiring, Oka wrote to Chiu's office on 7/11/13; "Since I'm not interested in being reappointed, I'm not sending another application". Just to be clear, Oka followed up with another e-mail to Judson True on 7/19/13; "I would like to exit the SOTF, and be re-appointed to CAC". Judson True responded; "Happy to discuss, let me talk to David (Chiu) about it..."
The "exit" plea caught Supervisor Chiu's attention and he shot an e-mail to Supervisor Mark Farrell on 7/23/13; "Bruce Oka wants to step down, and we need to replace him asap". Nothing happened. Oka sent in 3 follow-up requests to be released from his SOTF responsibilities. Still nothing. So on 11/8/13 Oka spelled it out; "I'm beginning to think that David (Chiu) doesn't intend to move on my request to be replaced on SOTF, is that what's happening?" Once again, True responded that he would check "with David".
A dozen applicants for the SOTF were reviewed at Rules Committee on 5/15/14. Oka was not one of them. The only applicant from the disability community was Bruce Wolfe - a sunshine advocate and SOTF veteran. In furtherance of the SOTF Purge, Supervisors Norman Yee and Katy Tang declined to approve Wolfe's application.
On 6/3/14 Oka again wrote to Chiu's office; "Just another nudge to ask the status of my request to be replaced on SOTF". When Rules Committee met again on 6/5/14, Mr. Oka actually spoke in support of Mr. Wolfe's candidacy, but Supervisors Norman Yee and Katy Tang knew better. Mr. Oka had just sent them his own application 24 hours before.
Without the Sunshine Ordinance, this vignette of Supervisor David Chiu's ongoing SOTF vendetta would have stayed in the shadows. Given Mr. Oka's own sunshine advocacy, had he been on the SOTF during the Parkmerced decision, he would be shunned - just like Bruce Wolfe - by Supervisor David Chiu.
Jason Grant Garza here ... the President of the Board and one of his aids ... HOW can this be? Doesn't DAVID CHIU CARE? What about his aid? Oh that is RIGHT...How many YEARS now has this GAME PLAYING being going on? The article lists specific details of deception (we care - no movement), deferring (we will get to the matter soon) and only when exposed (BUSTED) now they can all of a sudden start filling the MINISTRY? Keep DRINKING the KOOL-AID since this is all still deception SINCE the MINISTRY is POWERLESS.
Oh and here is more deception ... when SF DPH broke the law https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cP3jCmJFRo&list=TLMfxlU_XtNLvXcIIQ_95jY... with CRIMINAL FRAUD ... I went to Mr. Chiu's office over his "CIVIL GIDEON" legislation ... here is what a FARCE that was and NOTE what I got upon the failure and followup ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sckGqkJDBMk
SO now that you have seen the GAMES ... watch the other videos where I tried to get information as to the NUCLEAR WINTER and the MINISTRY for HOW LONG now ... even thru the CLERK of BOS and going in. Watch the videos, learn the GAMES and WATCH the INHUMANITY .... however, DO NOT CHEER, do NOT rejoice, do not even have HOPE as the MINISTRY is still POWERLESS ... case in point ... what happened with the Park Merced 11048 case that Mr. Chiu was found guilty in by the MINISTRY? Mind you Mr. Chiu to ETHICS ... what was that ... is this the same Chiu that sat in JUDGEMENT over ROSS ? Look over here BUT NOT OVER HERE.
P.S. I still await the civil gideon over DPH law breaking activity (or maybe like the VA scandal maybe the FBI should investigate DPH), results from the MINISTRY however, I DO NOT believe in Mr. CHIU .. quite the OPPOSITE.
Oh and be VERY VERY afraid ... this is the same CHIU that is working on the AIRBND ... trying to find a way (anyway) to get around the UNENFORCED LAWS (illegal rentals) in San Francisco ... you know those pesky little LAWS.
Keep watching the videos and tell your friends. Still awaiting an ANSWER for CHIU and the other supervisor in the Park Merced 11048 case ... too bad these SUPERVISORS could NOT be TARRED with the same BRUSH that ROSS was in ETHICS ... are you LEARNING the GAMES? Ha,ha,ha.
"Guest" pretends not to care about Sunshine while really trying to cognitively infiltrate this Sunshine forum. Like Cass Sunstein's proposal to "cognitively infiltrate" anti-government forums this obvious sock puppetry won't work! Hiding behind the "Guest" pseudonym exposes a mindset ill at ease with transparency.
Just educating you about what the people think, dude.
Whether or not people "care" about Sunshine does not mean it is not important or does not affect quality of life. People also don't "care" about their lungs when they smoke cigarettes but that doesn't mean they won't be affected by it. The Sunshine Ordinance, California Public Records Act, and Freedom of Information Act are like white blood cells - they help recognize and fight corruption within government - even if people don't "care" about it at that moment. I'm sure Guest could take a poll about white blood cells and it would show that it's not that people don't care, it's that they just don't think about them until they really need them - and it is the same with Sunshine laws.
we should have it because a minority of people like to go snooping?
The Sunshine Ordinance was already approved by a majority of the voters so you are incorrect that a majority don't support it. A democracy depends on open government and monitoring what your representatives are doing in the name of the people is far from snooping, no matter the number of people monitoring.
Jason Grant Garza here ... again WONDERFUL in theory ... LOUSY in APPLICATION ... Again, the point is THAT the MINISTRY is POWERLESS ... What 12 years of service ( no results .... http://www.sfbg.com/2009/05/05/making-sunshine-work .... Fourteen times the task force has asked Ethics for action, and 14 times those cases have been dismissed - with little serious investigation) and still offering false hope and false unaccountable no result process?
Yes the constant SUNSHINE is good; but, not the WHOLE TRUTH that the SUNSHINE TASK FORCE is powerless. Ask about Park Merced case 11048 or case 12056.
As a matter of fact I still await CONSEQUENCES for DPH for breaking hipaa law and denying me my medical records. My cases at the MINISTRY show what I did NOT get. For example Ito sunshine I took DPH over medical records ( I was repeatedly denied) in May 2012 over Hipaa. DPH's Expert after reviewing with the City Attorney told the MINISTRY I was incorrect. Now MATTERS are different in May of 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCymK-jruDQ ... I still await the TRUTH (what I have said all along) to have some WEIGHT against the untruths and harms that I have been subjected to. Instead a FREE pass to DPH .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N58p6afb__Y and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K6-905nI40 .
Again FALSE HOPE is worse and more insidious then NO HELP. And cheerleading WHILE fully KNOWING this FACT is like selling a lemon car.
Again let people snoop ... they will find out that I am telling the TRUTH ... have been for years and yet the GAMES and INHUMANITY continue with half truths and half filled glasses.
Jason Grant Garza here ... the analogy of a cure and the white blood cells is not correct here ...the MINISTRY has NO POWER. Instead in this it is a placebo (false sunshine) since it does NOT cure but merely mutates the response. For example Ito sunshine I took DPH over medical records ( I was repeatedly denied) in May 2012 over Hipaa. DPH's Expert after reviewing with the City Attorney told the MINISTRY I was incorrect. Now MATTERS are different in May of 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCymK-jruDQ ... I still await the TRUTH (what I have said all along) to have some WEIGHT against the untruths and harms that I have been subjected to. Instead a FREE pass to DPH .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N58p6afb__Y and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K6-905nI40 .
Again FALSE HOPE is worse and more insidious then NO HELP.
It is TIME for the GROWNUPS to realize that the MINISTRY has NO POWER ... do the RIGHT THING ... step DOWN, tell the PUBLIC WHY ...
NOW is the TIME ... SUNSHINE with POWER to ENFORCE .....
Way cool! Some very valid points! I appreciate you penning this article plus
the rest of the website is very good.
There's certainly a great deal to learn about ths topic.
I like all of the points yyou made.
Sunshine is a key issue to,distinguish Chiu from Campos, as you can see clearly from my piece. CNPA, FAC and the sunshine forces in Sacramento have always depended on San Francisco for its sunshine initiatives and initiators. Mike Harris's 10 part series in the Chronicle.on local government secrecy that led to the Brown Act. The Guardian pioneering stories such as the expose of the Secrecy Lobby. Kopp, . Burton. Leno, and Yee in better days. Campos would continue that tradition. Chiu would wheel and deal in the shadows. On guard, b3
they do not want you to know about simply has that meeting somewhere where you can never know. You drive the deals underground rather than have them out in the open.
Like most attempts at over-regulation, it creates more problems than it solves.
And in any event, sunshine is not even close to being the defining issue in this race. That is Chiu's pragmatic ability to work with varied groups and compromise versus Campos's divisive identity politics and partisan posturing.
I'm the real Guest. So, back out now, dudette.
The reason Sunshine was approved by the voters is because Mayor Slick Willie and his PG$E clients were already having closed door government meetings at PG$E offices. So, you see my little troll friend. Without Sunshine Ordinance, you get no Sunshine. And, by your irrational, stupid notion, they will continue to have them but we all have a better chance having Sunshine Ordinance available. Plus, it works. Try it sometime instead of complaining.
Now find the rock or bridge to go crawl back to.
decisions in a private location somewhere?
Who tried to cover it all up? Who got caught doing it? Who led the retaliatory vendetta against the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force? By the way, since this is a sunshine blog, who is the brave anonymous guest who fires off cliches from a dark place? Yours for more sunshine in city hall and on the Bruce blog, on guard, b3bhttp://www.sfbg.com/bruce/2014/06/13/extra-extra-sunshine-advocates-beat-anti-sunshine-gang-city-hall
Jason Grant Garza here ... WHO lost Park Merced ...the recent articles speak quite well as to the SUPERVISORS charged. WE LOST PARK MERCED ... did these supervisors get sent to ETHICS as ROSS did? What was the OUTCOME? Yes we LOST PARK MERCED with a MINISTRY with NO POWER.
The supervisors WON ... still NOT an EFFECTIVE MINISTRY, still NO CONSEQUENCE for Park Merced, still NO ACTION or CONSEQUENCE for the "retaliatory vendetta" as a matter of FACT most people still DO NOT UNDERSTAND just like most people do NOT understand that you are selling THEM again a POWERLESS MINISTRY. As a matter of fact the SUPERVISORS won in a BIG way ... they PROVED CRIME does pay ... they SAT in JUDGEMENT over Ross while being GUILTY themselves.
Now you want to sell us this kettle of rotten fish? How many years did the BOS keep the MINISTRY NOT fully sat? Consequences ... I can show you the consequences to the VICTIMS. What about the VICTIMS in the NUCLEAR WINTER that NO ONE has ASKED about during all this "CARING" ... learn the GAMES and watch the INHUMANITY.
Yes a POWERLESS MINISTRY and again the SAME ... even per your own words ... What 12 years of service ( no results .... http://www.sfbg.com/2009/05/05/making-sunshine-work .... Fourteen times the task force has asked Ethics for action, and 14 times those cases have been dismissed - with little serious investigation) and still offering false hope and false unaccountable no result process? WHO wrote the above mentioned article?
Yes the GUILTY supes WON ... wow, great risk management .. the 3 d's ... defer, deflect and deny ... they deferred the MINISTRY (how many years not sat correctly), they deflected the CONSEQUENCE (none as designed) and now they will continue to deny SUNSHINE sine the MINISTRY is POWERLESS. Yes, yes, yes the GUILTY supes WON !!!
Someone better empty the drool guard over JGG's keyboard.
And lost ignominiously. Two main lessons here: the gang started the vendetta because the task,force was being effective. And the gang capitulated once the sunshine forces rallied and put on the pressure. So let us keep the pressure on to,keep the task force healthy and to keep the sunlight glaring at city hall. B3
Jason Grant Garza here ... What? Just exactly HOW did they lose?
1.) Did any of the Supervisors for Park Merced get found of "Official Misconduct" as was the ATTEMPT with ROSS at ETHICS? What happened in case 11048 and 12056? What is your DEFINITION of EFFECTIVE? Bruce Burgmann would disagree: What 12 years of service ( no results .... http://www.sfbg.com/2009/05/05/making-sunshine-work .... Fourteen times the task force has asked Ethics for action, and 14 times those cases have been dismissed - with little serious investigation) and still offering false hope and false unaccountable no result process?
2.) How long has the MINISTRY NOT been properly sat and the RIGGED voting with 6 ... how many YEARS now?
3.) So there wasn't pressure in 2012 when they sat the LAST MINISTRY?
4.) The MINISTRY is HEALTHY ??? with NO ENFORCEMENT POWERS?
5.) So will the NEW MINISTRY have ENFORCEMENT POWERS or just more of the same when sent to ETHICS? and How is NOT representing the WHOLE TRUTH correct?
Nice SPIN however NOT accurate.
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