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Huntington Beach Pier is within a mile (2 km) of Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach, and other popular sites like Huntington State Beach are within a couple of miles (3 km). This 517-room, 4-star resort has a full-service spa, a free water park, and a restaurant. It's on the beach and also close to International Surfing Museum and Huntington Beach Art Center.
Enjoy a leisurely bite to eat at the onsite restaurant, or have a drink at the bar/lounge. Savor a meal from the comfort of your room with 24-hour room service. Start your day off with breakfast, available for a fee.
The 517 rooms are air-conditioned and have an array of amenities, including balconies or patios, iPod docks, and refrigerators. Guests can expect wired Internet, free WiFi, and 42-inch flat-screen TVs with cable channels and pay movies. Pillowtop beds sport down comforters and bathrooms offer hair dryers and designer toiletries. Other standard amenities include coffee makers, free newspapers, and free local calls.
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Guests of Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach have access to a full-service spa, a free water park, and an outdoor pool. Valet parking is available for USD 35 per night. The 24-hour front desk has multilingual staff ready to help with dry cleaning or laundry, and answer any questions about the area. Other amenities at this beach resort include a health club, a spa tub, and a sauna.
- Close to Huntington Beach Pier
- Free WiFi in rooms and public areas
- Onsite dining
- Spa
Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach21500 Pacific Coast Hwy Huntington Beach CA 92648
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
At the on-site grocery, guests of the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach stock their rooms' compact refrigerators and purchase ingredients for beach picnics or barbecues.
The 20,000 square foot Pacific Waters Spa offers a menu of lavish pampering options, including massage therapies, hydrotherapy, and wraps. Appointments for hair and nail care can be arranged with the adjacent full-service beauty salon. Guests are invited to work out at the 24-hour fitness center featuring the latest state-of-the-art training equipment.
The 24-hour business center offers wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge), along with copying, faxing, mailing, and equipment rental. Wireless Internet access is available throughout the property.
Guests at this Orange County Hyatt Regency hotel can enroll children ages 3–12 in children's programs for day or evening, including pool games, sandcastle building, and arts and crafts (surcharges may apply). Surf lessons can be arranged through the hotel concierge (surcharge).
- 24-hour front desk
- Arcade/game room
- Total number of rooms - 517
- Number of floors - 4
- ATM/banking
- Babysitting or childcare
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Full-service spa
- Hair salon
- Health club
- Waterslide
- Free WiFi
- Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
- Free water park access
- Children's club
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Conference space size (meters) - 4831
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 52000
- Beach umbrellas
- Pool sun loungers
- Beach towels
- Sauna
- Shopping on site
- Spa services on site
- Spa tub
- Steam room
- Supervised childcare/activities
- Outdoor pool
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Water park access (complimentary)
- Outdoor pool
- Waterslide
- Free Wi-Fi
- Babysitting or childcare
- Arcade/game room
- Refrigerator
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Balcony or patio
- Free newspaper
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Designer toiletries
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Down comforter
- iPod docking station
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Cable TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
- Room service (24 hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Pillowtop mattress
Where to Eat
Watertable - A unique blend of old and new, rustic and refined, food and drink that we see as "essential pairs", in both design and cuisine, to appeal to our guests' evolving palates. The menu features West coast comfort food with attitude. A seasonal, regional, grill centric collection of innovative contemporary American fare paired with a distinguished selection of vintage world-class wines, craft brews, and artisanal cocktails.
Red Chair Lounge - Upscale, wood-paneled lounge with ocean views. Sofas and leather chairs, fireplace, outside courtyard. Full bar, including specialty martinis, cognac, and cigars. Back room pool table (surcharge). Live entertainment on Saturday nights. Open from late afternoon to late evening.
Pete's Sunset Grille - Located on former site of Mallory Surf Board Factory. Casual café with beach paraphernalia, inside dining, patio with outdoor fireplace. Menu inspired by surf destinations around the world. Dinner served.
Mankota's Grill - Poolside grill. Burgers, sandwiches, salads, and drinks around fire pit or poolside. Seasonal hours.
Tower 15 Pizzeria - Freshly prepared California-style pizza pies or slices. Open from late afternoon to late evening, extended hours on weekends.
Surf City Grocers - Deli sandwiches, s'more kits, picnic lunches for the beach, espresso drinks, soft drinks, and wines. Open from early morning to early evening, extended hours on weekends.
Pacific Café - Located in the spa. Fresh fruit, health snacks. Open from early morning to mid-evening.
Room service - Available 24 hours.
Nearby Things to Do
Guests of the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach enjoy access to the beach by a walkway over the Pacific Coast Highway. This 1-minute walk includes a lighthouse elevator transporting passengers to the Strand, a paved bike/walk path traversing eight miles of coastline.
The on-site Pacific Waters Spa offers treatments for guests of the Hyatt Regency hotel, including its signature hydrotherapy bath, as well as scrubs, wraps, beauty and facial treatments and six types of massage. Salon services, personal trainers, women's and men's sauna and steam rooms are also provided (surcharges apply). Use of the spa's fitness room is complimentary to hotel guests.
The hotel also has a large freeform pool and several spa tubs. Guests can enroll children ages 3–12 in day or evening programs (surcharges apply).
The pool hut provides rental of recreation equipment. A list of weekly activities, including aerobics and pool games, is provided at the front desk (surcharges may apply). In addition, surfing lessons can be arranged (surcharge).
Huntington Beach Pier and shopping is 0.5 mile away. The Hyatt can arrange for helicopter and boat transfers to Catalina Island, which offers hiking, horse riding, snorkeling, and scuba diving. Ten public and private golf courses are a 10–35-minute drive from this California beach resort.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Windsurfing nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Fitness classes on site
- Basketball on site
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Ecotours on site
- Helicopter/airplane tours on site
- Kayaking on site
- Parasailing on site
- Surfing/boogie boarding on site
- Segway rental/tour nearby
Spa Services
- Number of treatment rooms 17
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Sauna in spa
- Spa tub in spa
- Massages
- Minimum age to access spa is 18
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 150.00 per accommodation, per stay
- Specific rooms only, restrictions apply
- Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Resort fee: USD 28.25 per accommodation, per night
- Internet access
- Phone calls
- Faxes
- In-room safe
- In-room bottled water
- Additional inclusions
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 15 and USD 25 per person (approximately)
- Valet parking fee: USD 35 per night
- Pet fee: USD 150.00 per accommodation, per stay
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- Huntington Beach Hyatt Regency
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Children 16 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. The property allows pets in specific rooms only and has other pet restrictions (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Many in Japan were surprised–and disappointed–to see Prime Minister Shinzo Abe disembark from his special government plane at Washington's Andrews Air Force Base Thursday without his wife on his arm. It is well known that Akie Abe, Japan's lively and ubiquitous first lady, loves to travel with her husband. She doesn't shy away from the spotlight, like many of her predecessors did.
When she came to Washington during her husband's first short stint as prime minister in 2007, Mrs. Abe – known as Akky among her many fans in Japan – laid a wreath at the Arlington Cemetery and chatted with then-First Lady Laura Bush at a dinner party. Last month, she accompanied her husband on his first overseas trip after his return to power in December, visiting a school in Vietnam and showing off her new hairstyle – short cut with bangs.
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MARTINSBURG - A 40-year-old Martinsburg man already serving the remainder of a six-month jail sentence for stalking his ex-girlfriend pleaded guilty under Alford circumstances Monday to one felony count of stalking, second offense, against the same woman as part of a plea agreement.
Kenneth Andrew Rogers II, of Williamsport Pike, subsequently was sentenced to one to five years in prison by West Virginia 23rd Judicial Circuit Court Judge Christopher Wilkes.
"I would like to apologize to the court and the victim for the unnecessary chaos I created," said Rogers, who has children with the victim in the case. "My main concern was the well-being of my kids. I didn't mean to cause anybody harm."
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Rogers previously was convicted of stalking the victim in May 2009 and was sentenced to probation and six months in jail, a sentence that originally was suspended for all but 30 days.
His probation was later revoked, however, and he was ordered to serve the remainder of the jail sentence following both a battery charge that was lodged against him in November and the stalking, second offense, charge filed last October.
While the battery charge was later dismissed, Rogers was indicted in May by a Berkeley County grand jury for second-offense stalking
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The state also agreed not to seek recidivist charges against Rogers under West Virginia's three-strikes rule based on past felony convictions. However, if Rogers is convicted of another felony in the future, the state reserves the right to use his most recent felony conviction, as well as those in his past, to seek a life sentence for Rogers under the state's recidivist rules.
In accordance with the agreement, Rogers' attorney, Craig Manford, was free to argue that Rogers' sentence Monday should run concurrent to the sentence he is already serving.
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People with active TB disease should stay home from work and school until the doctor says it's safe to return, in order to avoid infecting others. This may take a few weeks. (Treatment will continue for several months.) Once the doctor says you are no longer infectious, you can return to your normal activities if you feel up to it.
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A. S. King has a new book coming out this fall. Reality Boy is the story of Gerald who was on a reality show similar to "The Nanny" when he was 5 years old. From events on this show he now has the legacy of the nick name "The Crapper." Needless to say, this does not increase his social standing at his school. Gerald is still dealing with anger issues from his dysfunctional family and trying to make it through school when he meets Hannah, a fellow cashier at his job. Can he escape the shadow of his past and run away with the circus? (And I do mean literally run away with the circus.) I got an advanced reader copy of this book and I loved it. I recommend you get on the hold list for Reality Boy today!
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Did you know Uranium in the Rocky Mountains gives Denver a 50% higher level of radioactivity than most other U.S. cities? This is the equivalent to getting three chest x-rays per year. Ironically, the cancer rate is lower in Denver than in the rest of the country. Want to know more? Check out the book The Instant Physicist: An Illustrated Guide. Amaze your new teachers with your knowledge of science this school year!
Seventeen-year-old Wren was shot in the chest five years ago. After 178 minutes, she came back to life as a Reboot. She's strong, fast, and unemotional. The longer Reboots are dead, the less human they are, and Wren is the deadliest Reboot in the Republic of Texas, now serving as a soldier for the Human Advancement and Repopulation Corporation.
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Theron (who adopted Maddie from a Georgia rescue group) is traveling the country again with a new project - documenting rescue dogs and their families. He's still taking pictures of Maddie, though. You can even meet this photogenic coonhound when Theron's book tour swings through Colorado later this summer.
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Alice fell down a Rabbit Hole and landed in another world, far Beneath the Surface of the reality we all know. Published in 1865 by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson AKA Lewis Carroll, it has enjoyed numerous renditions, from the Disney version in 1951 to the Tim Burton 2010 variation. Here are some recent books which play with the Wonderland story to create a whole new adventure!
Splintered: a novel by A.G. Howard - Alyssa Gardner hears the thoughts of plants and animals. She hides her delusions for now, but she knows her fate: she will end up like her mother, in an institution. Madness has run in her family ever since her great-great-great grandmother Alice Lidel told Lewis Carroll her strange dreams inspiring his classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. But perhaps she's not mad. And perhaps Carroll's stories aren't as whimsical as they first seem.
Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter - When her entire existence is shattered in the blink of an eye, Ali is forced to partner with secretive bad boy Cole Holland to avenge the deaths of her loved ones by returning an undead army to their graves.
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor - When she is cast out of Wonderland by her evil aunt Redd, young Alyss Heart finds herself living in Victorian Oxford as Alice Liddell and struggles to keep memories of her kingdom intact until she can return and claim her rightful throne. Follow-up books in this series are: Seeing Redd and Archenemy.
The outside world is full of dangerous hybrids: two souls in one body. Everyone starts out this way, but it can become very unstable as the two souls age and begin to disagree. Luckily, the citizens of America have worked hard to keep the population pure. In America, one soul eventually becomes dominant until the other fades away completely. And if a hybrid never settles? The government takes care of those unfortunate cases.
Eva and Addie are two souls living in one body well beyond the standard age of settling. Addie is the dominant soul, the one that controls the body and does the talking, but Eva is always there in the backgroud. They pretend they are settled because it's far too risky to let on that Eva is still there. But when someone from school offers Eva a chance to grow stronger and eventually speak and move for herself, Addie and Eva have to make a very difficult and potentially deadly decision.
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The Patio Theatre auditorium has a great Atmospheric style effect with twinkling "stars" and drifting "clouds" in a night "sky". The theater remained unused since it closed in 2001, but work began on restoration in the summer of 2010, and the Patio Theatre reopened on June 3, 2011. After another period of close and the building being sold, a new operator took over and it reopened May 7, 2016 with a screening of "Jaws".
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I never knew about Ald. Cullerton even going as far as trying to help the owner get a city grant to fix the air conditioning system, and he rejected it still? WTFH, really? That's really sad to hear, thanks for mentioning that unfortunate bit of news GFeret. I remember hearing that sad bit of news, about the owner putting the theater up for sale as well. Makes me real disappointed, especially since I WAS one of the many who contributed to the Kickstarter project for this theater to get a digital projector. Really wish the owner had used Kickstarter, to fundraise enough money to completely fix the heating and A/C issues, even if it would've taken a total overhaul to successfully do.
Anyway, enjoy my album of Patio Theater pics, with a final update coming soon that I haven't uploaded yet(projection booth pics): https://www.flickr.com/photos/prfsnlwannabe/sets/72157632194833202/
Good news about the Patio that broke today: it's going to reopen, under a leasing agreement by the same group of people who run the Portage. I'm a little skeptical of Carranza, but at least there haven't been any probs with the Portage, since it reopened in June of this year, so a yay for me for now, on hearing this news. I still hope to have my Patio projection booth pics added to my Flickr album I linked to one post above, at some point very soon.
Wonder who will pay for the heat/ac to be fixed? Ald. Cullerton is retiring I heard so the city's help may be off the table. Anyway I hope the classic movie people return someday to show their wonderful programs!
I sure hope the heating and A/C issue is tackled, at some point. It's too bad Kouvalis didn't take up Cullerton's(and the city of Chicago's) grant offer to fix the A/C system, when it was offered. I wonder if his successor, will try to help the new owner(s) get that resolved, if they request that grant again?
PATIO theatre marque was lit up and they're showing the new Hobbitt movie this weekend there (apparently movies now shown only on weekends)
The Patio's web site says the house is closed this Monday, but it has show times listed for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. No reason is given for the Monday closing.
Under contract for a sale to Eddie Carranza, per DNAInfo.
Sale expected to close soon, not to Carranza but to some unidentified party. Another DNAInfo story here.
New owners applying for alcohol license.
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Man found stabbed to death in South Dallas apartment
Dallas police are investigating after a man was found stabbed to death in the kitchen of a South Dallas apartment.
Police arrived at the apartment in the 3000 block of Holmes Street about 7:42 a.m. and found the body of 50-year-old Ivory Stephen Nash. There were signs of a fight or struggle, police said.
Homicide detectives canvassed the area, but there have been no arrests yet.


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Tracy Taylor, the U.S. Editor for NET-A-PORTER, is an industry veteran when it comes to fashion. It's Taylor's role at the company to provide the American voice and perspective to the online endeavor—a big role that Taylor has triumphed. From the ladies to the gents, in 1996 she moved to New York to become the Fashion Editor of Details Magazine, lending her keen progressive eye to the world of men's fashion. From there, Taylor became the Fashion Director of Marie Claire, where during her tenure at the magazine she was responsible for the book's fashion coverage, including the role of Creative Director, where she oversaw all of the publications fashion editorials. Now at NET-A-PORTER, as the brand's U.S. ambassador, Taylor is responsible for sustaining their global voice, while simultaneously styling fashion shoots and writing editorial content for the worldly-loved publication. With her closet of coveted gems, Tracy embodies the synergy between art and commerce, making her a natural choice for The Coveteur!
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About every other day I think, I need to write that down or blog that and
then BAM it's the next week already!
How is this happening?
Here is my week in Instagram photos.
Alaina turned 8 last week. Again with the whole time thing. Where is it going?
We celebrated with having some girls over and we made beaded bracelets or necklaces.
It was fun!
Here is the birthday girl... she didn't want to participate in the next activity.
She just wanted to boss everyone around. oi vey!
Here is the other activity we did... Marshmallow towers.
They were fun. I got the idea from my friend Crystal.
We found these in our grill... I guess we won't be grilling anything for awhile!
Can't wait until they hatch!
Here is my little guy playing with little people!
He was so content playing by himself! He was quiet for over an hour!
Addie wanted to dress like me :) I love it!
I decided to try crocheting. After I saw the most beautiful hexagon blanket...
I just had to start one! Here is the pattern.
I had a sweet friend come over and help me get started.
This is my first ever hexagon completed... She was a rad teacher! Very patient with me!
Here I am on my way to THE doctor's appointment/ultrasound! Boy or girl?!
We were so thankful for a great report of a healthy baby! It is so amazing to see your
baby on that monitor!
This coming September it's gonna be another girl! :)
Here is me being brave and trying the hexagon all by myself.
This small circle took me 2 whole hours... my hands were killing me after that!
I do a lot of waiting for kids...
I decided to treat myself with a Starbucks and practice my crocheting skills!
Do you like Wendy's frosty's? I do, but never buy them.
Here is a little trick my mom taught me a long time ago.
Use your vanilla ice cream and sprinkle Hershey's baking cocoa on top.
Hand mix it and voila you have a soft served creation. So good!
Baby birds still haven't hatched yet!
I'm joining Jeannett over at Life Rearranged for InstaFriday.


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Water for Elephants
by Sara Gruen
How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Oh God. Oh God. I'm touching a breast. Through a dress, but still – (10.60)
When we contrast this description from a young, naïve, and excited Jacob with others that come from the experienced and elderly Jacob, it's actually kind of cute. Jacob is thrilled and overwhelmed by the fact that he's "touching a breast." It's not even a bare breast, but, as Jacob implies, this is still a monumental event in his sexual development.
Quote #5
[S]he continues turning, spinning in some kind of dervish. On the third rotation, I take her by the shoulders and press my mouth to hers. She stiffens and gasps, sucking air from between my lips. A moment later she softens. Her fingertips rise to my face. Then she yanks away, taking several steps backward and staring at me with stricken eyes. (11.147)
This moment of a first kiss between Marlena and Jacob is reminiscent of the scene when the two of them dance in front of Rosie. In that scene, they "twirl" (10.6); in this one, Marlena is "turning, spinning in some kind of dervish." The kiss becomes almost like an extension of the earlier dance. In both events, their bodies take over against their minds' best interest.
Quote #6
After he turns away, I pick it up and thumb through it. But despite the explicit and exaggerated drawings, I can't muster any interest whatever in Mr. Big Studio Director boning the skinny would-be starlet with the horse face. (12.173)
Jacob already shows how much he's growing up here. He's already less interested in sex for the simple sake of it, in being turned on just to get turned on. He's already become emotionally invested in Marlena, so sex on its own has less interest for him. He's holding out for sex with an emotional connection. On a side note, it's funny that Jacob would see the woman in the sexualized comic as someone "with [a] horse face"; this could be the effect of the animals and other elements of circus life spilling over and consuming his mind.


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Authored by: Christopher Silva
Intel Ports Android to Atom-Based Smart Phones
After dominating the desktop market for years, Intel recognizes they have a long road ahead of them in terms of smart phones. Android, as a platform, was initially designed to run on handsets powered by processors made with Arm technology. Because of this, Arm has been enjoying a 98% mobile phone market share as of 2007. Intel understands as well as any company that they could do well to load Android onto their Atom-based phones. Today sees the chip giant announcing they've already done just that.
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From the December 2009 Idaho Observer:
As residents of the state of Idaho, we are particularly concerned with the red areas on the below map since our homes lie there and our Congressman Walt Minnick (D-ID) has set up a "Panhandle Collaborative" with local county commissioners and a myriad of environmental groups in order to devise a forest management plan that would eliminate human use of over two million acres of national forest land in North Idaho and Montana. Local Commissioner Cornel Rasor stated that our county seat is a member of ICLEI and "sustainable development" is on the move into North Idaho.
The Wildlands Project was developed by Dr. Michael Soule, co-founder and first president of the Society for Conservation Biology; Dr Reed Noss, current editor for the Journal of Conservation Biology; and David Foreman, co-founder and long-time leader of Earth First.
The United Nations Global Biodiversity Assessment define the Wildlands Project as the basis for preserving biodiversity for its UN Convention on Biological Diversity. The Statutory Framework of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, the Sevile Agreement for the Man and Biosphere Strategic Program (MAB), and the Strategic Plan for the USMAB, state that the MAB Program (see map) is designed to help implement this UN Convention, a treaty that was never ratified by the US Senate.
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity is centered on the science of conservation biology, largely created by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which is made up of over 500 national and international environmental and socialist groups known as NGOs (Non Governmental Organizations). Itself an accredited NGO with the United Nations, the IUCN received diplomatic immunity on January 19, 1996 by President Clinton (Exec. Order 12986). To date the science of conservation biology is based on nothing more than unproven theories.1
Core reserves are wilderness areas that supposedly allow biodiversity to flourish.
"It is estimated," claims Noss, "that large carnivores and ungulates require reserves on the scale of 2.5 to 25 million acres .... For a minimum viable population of 1000 [large mammals], the figures would be 242 million acres for grizzly bears, 200 million acres for wolverines, and 100 million arces for wolves. Core reserves should be managed as roadless areas (wilderness). All roads should be permanently closed."
Corridors, he writes, are "extensions of reserves....Multiple corridors interconnecting a network of core reserves provide functional redundancy and mitigate against disturbance.... Corridors several miles wide are needed if the objective is to maintain resident populations of large carnivores."
Buffer zones should have two or more zones "so that a gradation of use intensity exists from the core reserve to the developed landscape. Inner zones should have low road density (no more than 0.5 mile/square mile) and low-intensity use such as hiking, cross-country skiing, birding, primitive camping, wilderness hunting and fishing, and low-intensity silviculture (light selective cutting). Outer zones may have higher road densities (but still no more than 1 mile/ square mile)...and heavier recreational use (but no off-road vehicles) and campgrounds. New forestry silviculture (e.g., partial retention harvests), selection forestry, or other forestry experiments" would be permitted. More intensive harvesting would not be allowed.
The 100 million acres of core area required for 1000 wolves is greater than the total land area of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, (71 million acres). It would mean the nationalization of private land through regulation or other means, forcing people to move to areas zoned for occupation, and shutting down half of the agriculture, forest products and mining industries. Scarce resources means the rest of us paying double and triple for products made from these resources.
"The theory has not been properly validated and the practical value of biogeographic principles for conservation remains unknown. The theory provides no special insights relevant to conservation," wrote Zimmerman, B.L. and R.O. Bierregaard, Journal of Biogeography (1986).
The theory is being "increasingly heavily criticized ... as inapplicable to most of nature, largely because local population extinction was not demonstrated" stated Simberloff, D. J. Faa, J. Cox, and D. Mehlman, in "Movement Corridors: Conservation Bargains or Poor Investment?" Conservation Biology (1992).
"No unified theory combines genetic, demographic, and other forces threatening small populations, nor is their accord on the relative importance of these threats," they added. "There are still few data, and many widely cited reports are unconvincing."
"Studies that have been frequently cited as illustrating corridor use for faunal movement, do not, in fact, provide clear evidence." Of those that do support the need for corridors, wooded fence rows are adequate for many species, wrote Hobbs, R.J. in his article, "The Role of Corridors in Conservation: Solution or Bandwagon?" Tree 7(11) (1992).
"The relationship between habitat and mortality is indirect and habitat does not appear to be a significant factor presently in mortality of grizzly bears….Mace and Waller (1998) [document] mortality rates that were 15 times higher for bears using the wilderness area than for bears using only multiple-use lands in the same study area." From the US Forest Service Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Montana and Idaho.
The science used in the MAB and Convention on Biological Diversity does not work and may actually reduce biodiversity. Michael Shaw, in his booklet, What is Private Property, demonstrates that the UN biodiversity-based "Sustainable Development Agenda 21" is causing the ecological condition of the California coastline under its jurisdiction to degrade, while his responsibly-stewarded Liberty Garden is a triumph of native plants that no government-owned land can match.
For more information on the map and Wildlands Project, contact Dr. Michael Coffman (207) 945-9878; or visit www.freedomadvocates.org or www.libertygarden.com
This map is no longer shown on the TWP site. However we know that they are moving ahead with the projects shown on the map and have probably added more. Western Montana is in the center of the Yellowstone to Yukon project ( Y to Y). Flathead county is targeted by many of the Wildlands Project funders and allied green groups like Alliance For The Wild Rockies. At present the wildlanders are going ahead with mapping and planning as well as organization and propaganda.
1See the pamphlet entitled The Philosophy, Politics and Science of Biological Diversity for a more complete discussion of conservation biology.


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The topic "The Next Documenta Should Be Curated by an Artist" is a challenging and controversial one. Although curatoring by artists has become a more common practice, the idea of artists as curators, especially of large-scale exhibitions such as Documenta, is one that questions numerous art-system mechanisms, such as a priori roles and tasks.
This topic brings up the possibility of revising existing curatorial modes and exhibition-display formats according to an artist�s perspective, as well as of artists assuming a direct role in the decision-making involved in large-scale shows. However, we artists tend to think very individually, or to show the greatest concern for or interest in other artists who share a similar agenda. Assuming control of a curatorial process on the scale of Documenta would first mean defining strategies and narratives without privileging a certain type of artistic discourse, as well as engaging in the work of other artists on a deeper level. As artists, we also have to face that having our work chosen by curators/institutions can become a comfortable situation, for example, because we meet other artists mainly by chance in large group shows, and therefore don�t really have to engage in artistic discussions.
Documenta, as an event primarily dedicated to European and North American art, began to take a approach in its last edition - Documenta 11, which tried to establish a new network of discussions and relations in the five Platforms. Surely, new modes of operation should be sought. The fact that artists from different nationalities are represented is important, but it is also crucial that these artists do not necessarily come via New York-London. If Documenta aims to represent a significant set of today�s world art and artistic discussions, it should move toward including not only art from the mainstream, but also art from different parts of the globe. A more intertwined and pluralistic net of operations, developing from the idea of Platforms, could certainly foster debate on several themes that define contemporary art, allowing them to be discussed and characterized from a variety of cultures and perspectives.
What's the artist's role in this process? It's certainly a crucial one. If more artists start to assume an active role in the art system by organizing/participating in projects that enable a space of exchange (of ideas and experiences), we will be better able to understand the various issues art raises today, and gain a richer comprehension of the situations in which the artistic phenomenon takes place. Or, to put it another way, getting involved in these kinds of projects could mean building alternatives that run parallel to more established art venues, thus creating sites for experimentation and the discussion of art that are not necessarily linked to the institution. It is up to us to move from a quite passive place to building bridges between cultures and practices.¶ 02/03
"The Next Documenta Should Be Curated by an Artist" suggests reflections on the politics of inclusion, and it also suggests a repositioning and revaluation of what constitutes an artist today. Linked in one way or another to this complex array of manifestations that contemporary art is today, we artists should be more aware of our importance as agents shaping the art system on a local and international scale.
New forms of articulation, groups not moved by -isms as in the past but by a real interest in sharing, and confrontations based on the interrelationship between artistic manifestations from different voices regarding themes, concepts, and procedures are all necessary paths if cultural and artistic horizons are to be expanded. Also, by extending the artistic practice to include curating, writing, and other forms of exchange and collaboration, we subvert relations of power and move toward a more truly democratic, pluralistic art sphere.
Thinking specifically about the idea of an artist curating Documenta, I ask: Would that bring more freedom to ideas surrounding how to direct and organize such mega-shows, bringing experimental approaches and innovative strategies? Would it help to stretch the meanings of art in relation to large institutions, and to conceive of locations that are not confined to the museum's walls?
I suggest that we could perhaps have a more powerful and influential outcome if "The Next Documenta" is curated not by one artist, but rather by a group of artists from different continents, who would engage in serious curatorial research and work to present a relevant range of contemporary art made worldwide.¶ 03/03
A group of artists responsible for curating could help define nonsubjective aims and selection criteria, and it could represent a path toward more democratic politics of inclusion. Also, it could help to define new creative strategies and forms of articulation between countries, continuing the process of deterritorialization initiated in Documenta 11. For instance, would it be possible for Documenta to foster South-to-South/South-to-East connections, even though it is a Northern European event? What role would this action play in the process of reshaping the curatorial practices involved in large international exhibitions?
Generally speaking, the point of departure for artists curating Documenta could perhaps be the many barriers in today's world, barriers that in some cases were paradoxically underlined by processes of globalization. In order to present a complex understanding of the contemporary artistic phenomenon, artists responsible for curatoring would need to embrace cultural differences and transcend individual prerogatives, yet, not lacking particular concerns, become involved in extensive curatorial research, rather than orienting themselves just by established artistic discourses and selecting artists who have already achieved recognition in the international scene. Without dismissing fundamental world political, economic, and social frictions that are strongly manifested in art today, and which should indeed be discussed, a curatorial process by artists could be oriented toward, In the words of Monica Amor, "a closer reading of the images, objects and performative aspects" of diverse cultures, acknowledging their common and distinct grounds. As Amor points out, "it is much more productive, challenging and subversive to try to deploy a web between particular artists, from different cultures or countries, and thus offer our circumstantial perspective, deriving from specific 'sites of enunciation', in relation to communities that cross borders and artists who travel worlds."
A Documenta selection committee could, for instance, look to artists' initiatives around the world for orientation. Gaining inspiration from their experimental (and experiential) activities and taking note of specific issues in the regions in which they operate could be a step toward a reinvented curatorial model.
"The Next Documenta Curated by Artists" could bring renewal through experimentation and exchange, enlarging the framework in which art takes place today. It would guide the curatorial process as a constant field of inquiry, from which creative choices would arise. By suggesting a selection oriented toward cultural diversity, I neither propose the geographical illustration of practices nor an absence of curatorial narratives, but rather an attempt to think about and put forward for consideration the idea that art can no longer exist only in relation to specific Northern discourses. This should perhaps be one of Documenta's missions. The complex, diverse layers and sites in which contemporary art arises can become precious materials for the organization of meaningful temporal and spatial interrelations, involving different audiences, as soon as collaboration and flexibility are the guiding words for such a curatorial practice. Allowing space for art that is not yet accepted or absorbed by the system could be risky, but it certainly would refresh artistic debates and determine a more open vision. That is perhaps when the informative aspect of a mega-show like Documenta gains a more relevant and meaningful dimension. It becomes self-transformative.
The fact that artists are directing large-scale exhibitions or working as mediators is a step away from the binary artist/curator relationship. It represents an expansion of such boundaries, and an important path toward a real growth of diversity and freedom in thinking about the art system.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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Watershed Review
What is Watershed Review?
Watershed Review is CSU, Chico's literary magazine, publishing poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and art from a national pool of writers and artists. It is edited by students in English 415 (Literary Editing), a course that gives students in-depth study of literary publications and hands-on experience with the editorial process. Watershed Review, one of the oldest, continuously-published, student-edited literary magazines in the nation, is sponsored by the English Department at CSU, Chico and Instructionally Related Activities, funded by Student Activities fees.
The Spring 2013 edition can be found at http://www.csuchico.edu/watershed/2013-spring/.
To read more about Watershed Review's history and current literary events visit our blog at http://watershedcsuc.wordpress.com/.
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by Bob Garner
They were afraid of the deserted anthill. The way it
sat there, twelve-hands-high. The ghost of so much
busyness, afraid of the shadow it cast.
But they couldn't level it. That would be hubris. So
they left it in the middle of the world and planted grass
around it, a sea of dichondra—little tight dark green
cloverlike leaves, growing slowly
close to the ground.
Kanemoto: a tale of entreaty for this, a Surname
by Elizabyth Hiscox
i. How you found your name:
Tracing the subtle, staccato sound
gorgeous, jagged,
to sumi-ink dreamed peaks of Japan.
Slopes that scraped to heights. Climbing past
pinking blossoms,
haiku-filled forests of thin-lined pines.
ii. How I found your name:
Tracing the gorgeous, supple lines of you,
fingering the delves:
our American sonnet. Rolling in the
watercolored swath grassland:
fertile and low,
spreading fresh in the shade of lone black oaks.
iii. How I've lost your name:
Thick sweat of syllables
in my mouth.
Unable to splay the rich vowels, catch
consonants quick and salty on my tongue.
I cannot climb past.
Having breathed too deep of lows and highs,
vibratoed hills, silent trees I cannot find the air.
...not as I do
by John Pierce
Pa pointed his finger at me as though he were telling God where to strike.
I was fourteen, and starting high school in a week. I didn't particularly
like being told what to do, but I did it anyway, though not always in a way
that Pa found completely satisfying.
"Football?" I said, without much enthusiasm.
Pa slapped me to get my attention. He spoke with a hoarse, scratchy
"You better think," He stabbed his finger at me, "before you answer."
I touched my burning face,
"When does it start?" I asked.
Pa smiled. "Tha's a good boy." He reached over and knuckled my skull.
"You're gunna to make me proud, son."
I didn't see how knocking people down could be anything to brag about. Pa
pulled out a tin of Copenhagen and put a dip of tobacco in his lower lip.
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Chet Edwards trails Bill Flores, according to new GOP poll
A new Republican poll has Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, trailing his GOP opponent Bill Flores by double digits, although the Edwards campaign quickly dismissed the poll as "wishful thinking."
Flores, who defeated Rob Curnock in a runoff primary last month, leads Edwards 52-41, according to a survey of 400 likely voters by OnMessage Inc., a Republican political consulting firm. That's despite the poll finding high "favorable" ratings for Edwards, the longtime incumbent, and low name recognition for Flores, a retired oil and gas executive.
"This race is not about Chet Edwards or Bill Flores," said Wes Anderson of OnMessage Inc. "It is about the direction of the county and where Congress is taking the country."
Megan Jacobs, Edwards' campaign spokesman, said the poll was much ado about nothing.
"The partisan poll they have released is wishful thinking," she said. "This race will be competitive and hard fought, as have all the campaigns that Chet Edwards has won. The predictions of Chet's demise have been repeatedly proven wrong by the voters."
OnMessage Inc. surveyed the 400 likely voters on May 2-3 using live callers between 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. The interviews were spread across the Central Texas district's 12 counties in a way that reflected past voter turnout, and then they were randomly selected within each county. The survey's margin of error is plus or minus 4.9 percent.
The survey also asked several issue-oriented questions, but Anderson, the OnMessage pollster, said they made sure to ask those after the ballot question to avoid bias. He declined to describe those other questions.
The GOP firm conducted an identical survey in August that showed Edwards leading Flores 44-36.
The Edwards campaign, which didn't have public polling of its own, said the recent poll showed more how the congressman might do against a generic Republican opponent and that Edwards' advantage would become more apparent as voters learn more about Flores.
"I have my toughest time against a generic Republican who isn't well-known," Edwards told The Rothenberg Political Report. "By the end of this race, Bill Flores will not be a generic Republican."
Flores spokesman Matt Mackowiak said the campaign was encouraged by the poll result. He also said he wasn't surprised that the Edwards campaign would push the notion that voters learning more about Flores would be a bad thing.
"Are we expecting Chet to distort the truth and attack Bill personally?" Mackowiak said. "Absolutely. We are expecting that and we are ready for it."


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The nanny never empties the formula completely. So I bought a larger mixing pitcher and pre-made the formula for the day and put it in the fridge so she can just pour it into the bottles (or I will do so before I leave).
Does anyone use the microwave to warm the bottles to room temperature?
We don't have a bottle warmer.


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NAPA — On a day that Raiders coach Tom Cable discussed allegations that he punched an assistant coach, things were much more peaceful on the practice field.
The Raiders and 49ers made it through two spirited practices as if they were the best of buds. This was a significant contrast from a year ago when repeated skirmishes broke out between the Bay Area teams.
Before taking the practice field Tuesday, coach Mike Singletary made it clear that fighting would not be tolerated.
"We didn't come here to fight. We've got too much work to do," he said. "We're not good enough for that."
Running back Frank Gore tested the limits of competitive fire during a one-one-one blocking drill against Raiders linebackers. He demolished Ricky Brown and Kirk Morrison in quick succession and was ready to take on rookie David Nixon before running backs coach Tom Rathman yanked Gore from the drill.
At the time, Gore might have been too fired up. Singletary told Gore that if he didn't cool it, he'd put him back on the team bus.
But Singletary later said that Gore struck just the right level of intensity — heated but not boiling over.
"To me, his heart, his emotion and his enthusiasm is what this game is all about," Singletary said.
Alex Smith was 7 of 13. It would have looked better had Arnz Battle hauled in a downfield pass over the middle during the two-minute drill.
"I think you want to reward a guy when he does things like that,'' Singletary said. "You want to try and see if he can take it to the next level. How much better can he get? So therefore, you give him the opportunity."


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'The Vampire Diaries,' Season 3, Episode 12, 'The Ties That Bind': TV Recap
Previously: Coffins! Carnage! Caroline and Klaus?!
Tonight: Bonnie's still got coffins on the brain. But this time, she may have the key to opening Casket #4. She dreams another spooky, semi-prophetic dream involving the unopenable coffin, Klaus and a stranger who holds the key to everything. She tells Stefan and Elena that she knows who can help her open the casket: her estranged mother, Abby, who skipped town 15 years ago.
With help from Sheriff Forbes—and, more accurately, Damon—the gals soon discover that Bonnie's mom is alive and well and living in North Carolina. Time for a road trip! Elena and Bonnie set off, leaving Damon in the dust… though not before some more kiss-related tension. When Stefan calls to check up on them, Elena lies to him about their whereabouts. The subterfuge is useless, though—Stefan already knows where Abby is.
Bonnie and Elena arrive at Abby's new home, not knowing that a hybrid—on Klaus's orders—showed up there right before they did. They meet Jamie, Abby's quasi-stepson, and then Abby herself (who really does look remarkably like Bonnie). After an awkward few moments, she and her daughter discuss why Abby left town. According to Bennett the Elder, Mikel had come to Mystic Falls looking for the Doppelganger. Abby had to use up all her powers in order to save Elena—and afterwards, she decided to exit the Falls for good and try to make a new life for herself. Bonnie is devastated to learn that her mother is magic-less.
And then things get a whole lot worse. Stefan shows up and, after arguing with Elena, abruptly gets shot. The hybrid has compelled Jamie to hurt the vamp and tie up Elena—and he's also forced Abby to drug her daughter and drag her to a car. Abby takes Bonnie to an abandoned highway, where the hybrid waits. He's demanding to know where the coffins are, but Bonnie won't talk. If she doesn't spill, though, the hybrid has compelled Jamie to kill himself. As she explains the situation, Abby surreptitiously manages to tell Bonnie to warn her friends about what's happening.
Elena manages to get loose and knock Jamie out in one fell swoop. She quickly goes to Stefan, who can feel Jamie's wooden bullets scraping against his heart. Elena gets to work picking out the bullets. Once she's done, Stefan observes that she seems different—stronger and tougher. Elena tells him that they've all changed… and then admits to kissing Damon. Stefan responds with silence before getting up and walking away.
After he cools down, Elena and Stefan share a nice moment; he apologizes for the whole kidnapping thing, then tells her that she's better than both of the Salvatores. Still, though, things will never be the same between the two of them.
Speaking of that other brother—after reminding us that Dr. Fell's ex-boyfriend Brian was mysteriously killed via stake, Damon goes on a mission to figure out what Ric's new flame's deal is. He confronts Meredith at the hospital and basically accuses her of murder; she responds by vervaining him and drawing his blood.
Luckily, Damon isn't knocked out for too long. He manages to get a message from Bonnie and heads to the Witch House—where Klaus is waiting. Though the dead witches attack the Original, he vows to murder every one of their descendents unless they reveal the coffins to him. What's more, he says, the only two surviving Bennetts could be killed by one of his hybrids at any moment. Finally, the spirits oblige and reveal the coffins. Except now, there are only three. Damon tells Klaus that he managed to spirit one away—the one that won't open.
Bonnie and Abby are still on the side of the road, but not for long; Elena's on her way. Bonnie tells her mother that Jamie should be safe now—and that she doesn't trust her. Even so, Abby wants to help her daughter. She's even willing to get her powers back if they'll be of use.
Meanwhile, Ric himself has gone to the hospital to ask Meredith why she attacked Damon. She responds by showing, not telling, after a bruised and bloodied Bill Forbes is wheeled in. (Bill has spent the day trying to rid Tyler of his sire bond by making him voluntarily turn into a wolf. He gets mauled by Tyler for his trouble.) Meredith whips out the vial of Damon's blood and explains that she sometimes cheats—when patients are at death's door, she uses vamp blood to heal them.
Once he's awake again. Tyler visits Bill in the hospital to apologize for nearly killing him. Bill responds that Tyler should be proud of what he's achieved—but it's also only the beginning. To truly be rid of the sire bond, he'll have to be able to turn painlessly…which means a lot more one-on-one work.
When Stefan comes home to Casa Salvatore, he wastes no time before punching his brother square in the jaw. Damon gathers that Elena has told him about the kiss. They've got bigger things to worry about, though. Damon explains that he managed to spirit away the closed coffin, then reveals an Original-stopping dagger. Who has he brought back?
Why, it's Elijah! Klaus's brother has been awakened—and he is mad. Like, hybrid-heart-removing mad. "What'd I miss?" he asks Klaus as we fade to black.
No new episode next week—but February 2nd's installment looks like it'll be juicy. What did you think of "The Ties that Bind"?


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Anyone Heard of Jeffrey Lewis?
Yes, I know, I know, I am the only person who had never listened to any Jeffrey Lewis until a fortnight or so ago. You can all stop laughing now. Sometimes, as with Neutral Milk Hotel, you hear a name again and again and just never quite make the time to investigate any further.
What can I say? Fucking brilliant. Far from the sensitive singer-songwriter I was vaguely expecting, there is a deranged fire-and-brimstone fervour to his hurricane of verbiage, which is delivered as little more than a barely-controlled stream of consciousness. For something that sounds so close to being out of control, it's really amazingly well put together. The words roll around and wander off but they periodically return to whence they started, just to remind us all that actually little of this is accidental.
I think it's fair to say that there's a bit of an edge to everything Lewis does. Raw emotion seems to be simmering below the surface of all of it. On some songs it's pretty obvious, as the electric guitar is frenetically bashed and he launches one polemic after another into the microphone. On the quieter, sadder stuff this kind of barely suppressed well of feeling is a little less strident, but still seems to be on the verge of breaking its chains and screaming at you.
Mrs. Toad and I were listening to the superb 12 Crass Songs on the way home from End of the Road, and she remarked that it must be hard work being so angry all the time. Although those are actually Crass lyrics, the biting cynicism of much of Lewis' work does seem like it might just burn a person out after a while. There are songs, actually, where a weariness of this sort of nature does seem to be in evidence, but the fact that he feels so many things strongly enough to tire himself out is what makes his music so brilliant.
So, another very, very late discovery, but I am hugely pleased I finally get it!
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Center for Women in Law Founding Member Cathy Lamboley received the first-ever lifetime achievement award given by the Texas Minority Counsel Program (TMCP) today at the Hyatt Regency in Austin, Texas. The 2011 TMCP Awards Committee honored Cathy, former GC of Shell Oil, for her consistent and ongoing commitment to achieve parity in the legal profession. As the first and only woman general counsel of a major U.S. oil company, Cathy used her position to pioneer the advancement of women and minority attorneys. Without regard to personal consequence, Cathy hired and promoted women and minority attorneys within the company and established diversity metrics that allowed Shell to correctly identify firms that had meaningful diversity initiatives. Cathy's retirement from Shell has only strengthened her commitment to affect significant and lasting changes in the practice of law.
Accepting the award, Cathy reminded attendees of the conference that "there is still so much to be done," encouraging others to continue to ensure that women and minority attorneys get credit for the outstanding work they do. Michelle Peak, TMCP Steering Committee Co-Chair, said "Cathy has left a lasting legacy that will benefit future generations of women and minority lawyers in Texas and beyond." The Center for Women in Law congratulates Cathy on this honor.


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How did the decision to write a book come about?
When you're a celebrity, you think of different things to do with your career. Like, do you want to go on another TV show? Do you want to go into music? You have a platform, and the book thing always comes up. My other cast-mates have written books. And I went to school for political science; I was always academic, and I had always considered writing a book, but I just didn't know what to write a book about. Simultaneously, I was studying this field of spirituality and self-improvement through all these other books that I've read. I was addicted. I read one after the other, I attended seminars, and I was just doing this on the side. I was just putting it together in my head, not because I wanted to write a book.
And then as I became really educated in this field, I started to put together something in my own head, and said, "You know what? Maybe one day I'll release this." I typed up a little proposal—this is before Season Five—and once Season Five happened, like I said, I was like, "Now I'm gonna share this with people because I need to help people." Because, to get out of my own head, I wanted to help as many people as I could, and I felt that, like I said, I was going through this for a purpose. That's what really solidified the idea, and all aspirations I had of writing the book became reality once that happened.
How did the process of getting it sold to a publisher go down?
Really amazing, actually. One of the things I talk about is the power of intention, and the laws of attraction and all tha. It was just like everything just led to each other. My management company, they actually work next door to a literary agent, Foundry, and when I had the idea, we talked about it with them. And Foundry, they were pretty inspired, because when I talk about this stuff, it's not BS; it comes from the heart, so they liked the idea. Then they were like, "Wow, we have the perfect writer if you want to collaborate. Her name is Samantha Rose. Let me see if she's available."
Samantha was available, so we wrote a proposal together. A proposal's like a chapter of what the book is going to be about. And then my literary agent, she's awesome, she knows all of the biggest publishers in the game, and we just went around and said, "Hey, check out these proposals. You'll never believe that someone from the Jersey Shore is writing this type of stuff!" They ended up reading it, and everybody who's ever read the proposal ended up loving it, and through a process of interviews and stuff, Crown Random House ended up being my publisher. And I'm really happy, because they're awesome.
For someone who hasn't read the book, if you could give one bit of advice to someone dealing with anxiety and depression, what would it be?
Well… Just one more thing, I want to make sure that people know: If I had to give a message to anybody that wants to read this book, I would say, this isn't a book for somebody with anxiety/depression.
I know the stuff that I know, and the little tips and workouts that I give, I was led there because I have anxiety, but anybody can benefit from this stuff. Whether you're in a tough relationship, whether you're addicted to drugs, whether you're trying to lose weight: these are all just mechanisms for quieting your mind, because your thoughts are the roots of all evil. That's what I would say to people: You give your thoughts their own reality, and if you don't take your thoughts so seriously, and realize that they're just thoughts, then your life can be a lot happier. Live in the moment, and don't let your thoughts ruin your life. You can solve a lot of problems like that, including anxiety, weight loss, bullies. Just everything.
So, basically, you can be your own worst enemy if you let yourself be?
No one else is physically putting these feelings inside of you; no one is injecting you with a needle of insecurity or anxiety. It's you giving everything a meaning, because you're taking your thoughts so seriously, and your ego. So that's one thing you realize, and really, the way out of it is realizing it and accepting it. The easiest and hardest thing to do in life is just to be present, there, and not let your thoughts ruin your day.
Switching gears a bit, I saw that you were recently in Cannes. Any interesting stories from your time there?
I wish I did, honestly! It's not really the season right now for Cannes. I was at a MIP, and it was kind of corporate, it wasn't really like the film festival where every club and bar is open. It was educational for me, though. I saw how the international TV industry works. I got to represent for MTV and Chris Linn, our executive producer of the show, so that was cool. Then I went to Paris, and I saw some art. It was another accomplishment in life, because I try to set goals, and I never thought I'd be traveling places. I've been to places all around Europe, and I wanted Paris to be one of them. So, it wasn't like off-the-wall crazy, but, it was definitely an educational accomplishment.
With the news that Snooki is pregnant, and Mike, "The Situation," just got out of a two-week stint in rehab, next season of Jersey Shore stands to be a lot different than the past. What are your thoughts on that?
Well, the way the show is filmed, it's a documentary: There's no pretense, there's nothing that they set up. I don't know who's going to come back, or what they're going to do, they just say, "Vinny, be here," and we go, then the show is created from there. So, I don't know what the differences are going to be, or what it's going to be like, but after the show films, then we can tell people, "Oh, OK, yeah, this had an effect," or "That had an effect." But as of right now, it's just a mystery.
So, you're definitely coming back.
Yeah, I'm on board. I know the same thing that everyone else knows. I read in the press that there's gonna be a season six, and I was like, "OK!" Unless they change anything, I'm coming back.
You give your thoughts their own reality, and if you don't take your thoughts so seriously, and realize that they're just thoughts, then your life can be a lot happier. Live in the moment, and don't let your thoughts ruin your life.
What about after the Shore? You just released a book, and I know you've said you want to pursue acting. What do you have planned?
I continue to take acting very seriously. I go to acting classes, I keep on auditioning and doing these little guest spot roles just to build up a resume, so that's my main dream. It's not something I think can happen so easily; I mean, I hope it does. But that's like my main, main dream.
And until then, I'm going to keep on taking opportunities that come my way from being on this platform, such as writing this book, maybe hosting something… I just want to keep busy, and keep doing something I love to do, and just have a steady income from being around the entertainment industry. Like I said, my main goal is acting, that's the main dream, but until then I just want to keep on keeping on, keep busy. I'm a creative guy, so I think there's a lot of opportunities for me to do that.
I know there's still a lot of people who don't know that you originally wanted to go into law and politics, and you said you majored in political science in school. Have you ever considered going back into those fields?
Well, I've always had a passion for politics, even at MTV. I join a lot of their social movements, where they're involved in a lot of grassroots movements through kids, and I like to be involved in that, whether it's sexual education, anti-bullying, whatever it is. So I always keep involved in some kind of politics, I always find a way to keep involved, because that stuff is political. Maybe one day when I'm older and wearing a suit everyday, I'll start to consider running for something, I don't know. I'd have to do a lot of campaigning, because people have another image of me right now.
Mayor of Seaside, perhaps?
Yeah, exactly. I'll definitely get that vote. But if I want to get other votes, I got to say, "Guys, I was just having fun!" But that's why I wanted to get me law degree, so I can do things like that. Because I feel like a law degree… I didn't necessarily want to be a lawyer, but I wanted to be able to run for something, or work for foreign policy or something. Just having a degree helps.
I saw a review about Pauly's new show, The Pauly D Project, and it said that said he's cheating on you with four other quote-unquote bros. How do you feel about that?
We have an open relationship, and we share each other… It's kind of like a "don't ask, don't tell" type of thing. No, those are my boys, his crew. I've known them for a while since I've met Pauly, and they're all good kids, and I really, genuinely wish them success. I hope they have a lot of fun, because they're really good kids, and they've always been. They're not douchebags. So it's fun watching them, because I know them.
So you're not too heartbroken.
[Laughs.] A little bit. A little bit.
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I'm just curious if anyone has had to with-stain from sex and all things sexual throughout their pregnancy? I feel guilty writing this because my LO obviously comes first but my husband is being deployed for a year right after this one is born (which means no sex after her birth- and we are using her, positive reinforcement to hopefully get our little girl) and so far, we have only had sex once since I found out I was pregnant and I'm almost 13 weeks.
With my son I was put on pelvic rest around 26/27 weeks and so far, if I even think a dirty thought I'll start spotting pretty heavily... we tried sex once and it resulted in bleeding. I'm afraid that for the rest of my pregnancy we won't be able to have sex and then obviously we can't afterward and then he'll be gone for a year so I'm looking at 2 years without sex. I feel selfish for thinking such things but I am human and I do have urges.
I'm just hoping women here can say whether or not they were given the green light for sex after their first trimester. Or if there have been a number of you who have had to abstain throughout your entire pregnancy.


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One of the drivers involved in a bad crash in Rankin County could be charged with DUI, authorities said.
The Mississippi Highway Patrol is waiting for toxicology results for Edward Sullivan, who was involved in Sunday's crash on Highway 49 in Star.
Sullivan is a registered sex offender, authorities said. He had five children, who were not relatives, in the pickup truck with him at the time of the crash, authorities said. According to state officials, Sullivan is not supposed to have contact with children.
All the children, ages 5 to 12, went to a local hospital, MHP said. The 12-year-old is in critical condition.
Two other people injured in the crash were treated at a hospital and released, authorities said.


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