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Everyone agrees there's nothing about the architecture that makes poet Charles Bukowski's former Hollywood apartment stand out.
At 5124 De Longpre Ave., it's just a small, stucco structure. On a recent day, a lone shoe sat on the trash-strewn, cracked pavement fronting the low-slung home. A small chimney streaked with grime stands beside a tree, and everything is fenced off and boarded up.
But it was here - before his glory days - that Bukowski lived for most of the 1960s, trudging off daily to his post office job and coming home every evening to get drunk and write.
"This is where he stopped thinking of himself as a working-class stiff in a post office and realized he was a world-class poet," said Richard Schave, 38, who leads a bus tour of Bukowski haunts and is pushing to have the home classified as a historic structure.
And if Bukowski's fans succeed in their bid for historical designation, it will be one of the rare times the city has placed that status on a building solely because of who lived there, not for its architectural significance.
In July, the owner of the apartment complex at 5124-5126<MD+,%30,%55,%70>3/<MD-,%0,%55,%70>4 De Longpre in Hollywood posted a for-sale ad on Craigslist.com, suggesting a buyer could pay $1.3million for the property, tear down the buildings and build new.
But the ad prompted a flurry of activity among Bukowski fans, who organized to try to save the property.
While the building's owners are vowing to fight the designation because of the restrictions it would carry, officials with the city and the Los Angeles Conservancy support the application from Bukowski's fans.
The Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission is scheduled to consider the application for historic designation today. If the commission approves it, it will go to the City Council for a final vote.
Brutally frank and often obscene, Bukowski was a heavy drinker who wrote poems that rely on the musicality of colloquial speech, instead of rhyming meter. Born in Germany in 1920 and raised in Los Angeles, Bukowski won many readers in Europe before breaking through in the United States.
But after he did break through with the 1971 novel "Post Office" - which he wrote at De Longpre - Bukowski's public image was burnished as something more than the "dirty old man" he claimed to be.
Movies were made about his life. He hung out with such luminaries as actor Sean Penn and moved to a nice house in San Pedro.
Voice for down, out
After he died in 1994, his papers were placed in a collection at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, where he had often dropped off his wife before going to Santa Anita to bet on the horses.
Admirers describe Bukowski as the quintessential Los Angeles writer, and as a voice for the down and out.
But the owners of the De Longpre fourplex apartment complex have a different view of the writer.
And they say there's no reason to designate the home he lived in from 1963 to 1972 as historic.
One of their accusations has caught Bukowski readers off guard.
"He was an anti-Semite, and he was pro-Nazi, and (Bukowski fans) have to read about it, and they have to know about it," said Victoria Gureyeva, one of the property's two owners.
Gureyeva, a Jewish refugee from the Ukraine, said she bought the apartment complex five years ago not knowing that Bukowski had lived there.
"At that time, if they loved him so much or so deeply, why no one during those five years said nothing, didn't say a word about Charles Bukowski?" she asked.
To support her accusation that Bukowski had fascist leanings, Gureyeva points to the writings of Ben Pleasants. A Bukowski acquaintance, Pleasants has written that Bukowski made anti-Semitic comments and expressed admiration for Nazism, especially as a young man.
But Bukowski biographer Neeli Cherkovski, author of "Hank: The Life of Charles Bukowski," said that was not the Bukowski he knew.
As a Jewish teen impressed by some of Bukowski's early writing, Cherkovski sought out a 40-year-old Bukowski in 1960, and the two started a friendship that spanned decades.
"I challenge anybody to find any hint of anti-Semitism or pro-Nazism in any of his books," Cherkovski said.
Cherkovski also disputes what he calls another misconception about Bukowski - the title "Poet Laureate of Skid Row" that some give him.
Hollywood years
Bukowski lived for years in Hollywood, not on Skid Row, and he moved to a house in San Pedro with a pool and a couple of nice cars, Cherkovski said.
The apartment on De Longpre, where Cherkovski spent a lot of time, was the lived-in, "mildewed" Hollywood - not the Hollywood of glitz and glamour that Bukowski loathed, Cherkovski said.
There was a banana plant out front, and inside was a cluttered living room with an Underwood typewriter on a table near the window, he said.
These days, the apartment complex is vacant, the residents all gone.
The nearest neighbors are a homeless couple - George Padilla and Linda Vellutini - who live in an RV on the street out front.
Every day for the past couple of weeks, at least one visitor interested in Bukowski - usually male and often of college age - has approached the chain-link fence surrounding the property.
"They look around first and make sure that they've got the right spot," said Vellutini, 56. "And so I talk to them and let them know that they do."
Lauren Everett, 26, a Silver Lake resident who works as a temp and started reading Bukowski in high school, is more than just a passing fan of Bukowski.
She wrote the application seeking historical designation for the property after seeing the Craigslist ad.
A city report before the Cultural Heritage Commission notes that when he lived at De Longpre, Bukowski wrote "Post Office," his newspaper column "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" and other works, and he used the apartment as a setting for his novel "Women."
From outside, the apartment looks a lot like it did when Bukowski lived there, Everett said.
"It's not the most glamorous place. It's pretty bare-bones," she said. "But it doesn't look any worse, certainly."
City Council President Eric Garcetti, who represents the area, supports the application to designate the property as historic, spokeswoman Julie Wong said.
The application also has received the support of the city's Office of Historic Resources and the Los Angeles Conservancy.
"The nomination really makes a strong case that this particular residence was pivotal in the writer's career," said Mike Buhler, director of advocacy for the conservancy.
Cherkovski, who remembers Bukowski as a wryly funny man who play-acted the wild-man part, noted that Bukowski's real "temple" was the Santa Anita Race Track.
The biographer said he wonders what Bukowski would think about a proposal to put a literary center at the old apartment.
Cherkovski said, "A signpost would be fine."
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We were pleased to find that some holistic dentists were quite enthusiastic about how effective nighttime biofeedback can be at reducing clenching and eliminating TMJ pain.
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Holistic Technologies demonstrated its FDA-approved SleepGuard biofeedback headband and shared TMJ clinical trial results at the annual conference of the Holistic Dental Association in Herndon, VA on April 19 & 20. "We were pleased to find that some holistic dentists were quite enthusiastic about how effective nighttime biofeedback can be at reducing clenching and eliminating TMJ pain," said Lee Weinstein, CEO of Holistic Technologies. "There can be a lot of resistance to doing something in a completely new way in any field, especially when the established way of approaching TMJ pain makes treating TMJ disorder one of the most profitable areas of dentistry."
Mouth guard manufacturers' booths at more mainstream dental conferences such as Yankee Dental often sport signs indicating how profitable their mouth guards are for dentists to sell, and the enormous profits most dentists who make mouth guards expect on mouth guard sales can make it challenging to integrate solutions that will reduce or eliminate repeat purchases. "This can be a challenging conflict of interest," says Weinstein. "MDs are prohibited from fabricating medical devices and selling them at a profit because that would financially bias them and result in more biased medical care, but there is currently no such prohibition in dentistry.
"The SleepGuard biofeedback headband costs five to ten times as much to make as most mouth guards, but it sells for less, plus the biofeedback headband does not get used up and chewed up," says Weinstein. Dentists who make the biofeedback headband available to their patients do so to provide great service and help people get out of pain, not to maximize their profits. The biofeedback headband is designed to last more than 10 years, and is inexpensive to use (typical ongoing cost is about $5 per month).
"Holistic Technologies is dedicated to getting people out of pain and bringing down the cost of healthcare," says Weinstein. "While healthcare-related marketing today typically promotes disposable devices that only treat symptoms, Holistic technologies offers a long-lasting solution that goes after the cause."
The operation of the SleepGuard biofeedback headband is simple. It is worn on the head and senses EMG muscle signals from the temporalis muscles at the temples, allowing it to detect nighttime clenching. It can be used either in silent (diagnostic) mode, where it counts teeth clenching incidents and tracks total clenching time, or it can be used in biofeedback mode, where it not only tracks clench count and time but also makes a sound each time it detects clenching to remind the person wearing it to relax jaw muscles.
"When people learn that it makes a sound," says Weinstein, "they assume it is supposed to wake you up, but that is not the case. The sound comes on quietly, and with a little practice during the day, users usually learn within a few days to respond to the sound by relaxing jaw muscles in sleep, without waking up."
Guaranteeing results is another area where Holistic Technologies is bucking trends for other TMJ disorder treatments. While dentist-made mouth guards aren't even money-back guaranteed, the SleepGuard biofeedback headband is free to try for 21 days. While about 20% of the people who try it decide it is not the best treatment for them, over 50% of people are able to reduce their addictive nighttime clenching by more than 80% within two weeks, and eliminate or greatly reduce their pain. The free trial gives plenty of time for someone to figure out how bad their nighttime clenching is, and whether nighttime biofeedback results in a significant reduction in, or elimination of pain.
Rental units are also available for consumers who want to use a unit for several months without purchasing it, and people can rent to own in nine monthly payments if desired.
"We're not against mouth guards and we are not trying to compete with mouth guards," says Weinstein. "Mouth guards are an excellent way to protect tooth enamel, and over-the-counter inexpensive mouth guards are often found by consumers to be just as effective as expensive custom-made mouth guards. We also think it is important for people to know that chewing on a custom-made mouth guard can result in ingesting some toxic un-cured resin material". The SleepGuard biofeedback headband is used along with a mouth guard by many people. The mouth guard ensures no enamel wear, and the biofeedback headband helps prevent pain and heal TMJ disorder symptoms that stem from clenching.
"We feel it is basically unfair that almost all other TMJ and migraine treatments don't even have money-back guarantees," says Weinstein. "We have made the SleepGuard biofeedback headband free to try. We feel no TMJ or migraine treatment should have to be paid for unless it works for the person using it."
Interviews with people who were ale to reduce or eliminate TMJ pain can be arranged upon request for members of the press, and Holistic technologies makes raw clinical trial data available to university researchers.
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I am in the process of buying a house and there is a dividing collapsing wall between both houses. The wall is 3 feet tall with stone to contain some soil located in the neighbor's property..According to the seller, the wall belongs to the neighbor. If the wall falls, it will fall into the side of the home that I am planning to buy? Who will be responsible to fix? how can I really check that that wall belongs to him and not me?
When you buy a house, get a meets and bounds, and walk it off to see whose property it is on. If it is on the neighboors, verify with him or her that they own the Wall. If on the property you are purchasing, I would negotiate with the Seller more.
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You should have a survey of the property done BEFORE you close on the house and that will determine who owns the wall. If it is on the property you plan to buy, you will be responsible. If it is on the neighbors property you will have to rely on the neighbor to fix it. Keep in mind that the neighbor is not obligated to fix the wall just because you ask them too and if they refuse, that can cause problems as well.
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Yes, a collapsing retaining wall is an issue when buying a home.
The wall, if it collapses, may damage the home and cause drainage issues leading to water infiltration and damage.
As my colleagues indicate, you should obtain a survey to determine if the wall is located on the Seller's property or on the neighbor's property.
If it is one the Seller's property, you should ask that the wall be repaired and obtain an estimate to have it repaired.
If it is on the neighbor's side, and the neighbor refuses to repair, you are buying a lawsuit that could cost you in excess of $10,000 to $20,000 - should the wall fail and cause damage to your home.
Should you decide to buy the home, I would recommend sending a letter by regular and certified mail stating your concern with the condition of the wall and requesting that they repair it. Keep a copy of the letter for your records. In that way, if you end up in court, you can argue that you put them on notice of the problem and they ignored it.
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|It was a terrific offline, and Bob worked hard to make it happen. As Marshall noted afterwards, you know its been a special event when everyone is hugging at the end of the evening.
The Portland expedition fell together like a charm. My daughter, Jessica Rose aka Dolphin Girl lives there, with a nice big house that accommodated Bree, Jeff and Mary Lynn Cuppett, Kim and me. We had appointments with Chehalem and Belle Pente, and, our fellow internet wine lover Bob Wood threw a fabulous offline that was the crowning touch to a whirlwind road trip.
We also took the opportunity to visit three other producers to get a feel for what was going on in the Willamette Valley, and while nothing that we tasted sucked, we were just a bit underwhelmed.
Jeff took care of the necessary details in procuring a van and we departed for the long journey on the morning of July 6th. Finally, after ten and a half hours, we pulled up to the front of Dolphin Girls house, and fell out of the van, tired and a little stiff. Jessica welcomed us, and after many hugs and kisses, along with the appropriate introductions, we were ready for adventure in the North Willamette Valley.
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And did I mention the wines? No, I didnt! What a lineup! Many of us started with selections of the paler persuasion.
1997 Tualatin Willamette Valley Semi-Sparkling Muscat: Medium straw, with sweet bright honeyed Bartlett pear/Golden Delicious apple flavors and aromas, this has a nice spritz and a fairly long finish. Very refreshing.
1998 Scherrer Alexander Valley Rose of Zinfandel: More than just a white Zin, this is a bright deep pink, with a pretty raspberry/strawberry character and nice acidity to carry it along.
1997 Sobon Estate Shenandoah Roussanne: Medium straw to pale gold, this wasnt corked, but it was a little musty at first. Green apple/pear flavors are pleasant, but thats all.
1987 Paul Cotat Sancerre Chavignol "Des Monts Damnes": This was an orphan left over from Pagani Madness, and I was determined to see how it had held up over the last year. Pale gold with a tinge of green, it again showed an unmistakable white concord note on the nose, with a mineral/vegetal undertone. Theres still decent crispness to the green apple/mineral/moss/wet stone flavors, and I was a little surprised when Bree said he liked it! He noted "intricate flavors and perfumed soap/cream soda/root beer on the nose." Sam liked it too, but I think we were a minority of 3 (thats almost a Gang of 4 ), because over half of this was still in the bottle at the end of the night. Madame had the presence of mind to pop it into the thermal bag and take it back to Gang Central Norwest, and it was even better the next night!
1994 Belle Pente Willamette Valley Pinot Noir Murto Vineyard: As soon Brian walked in with this and the following selection, I made a point of trying them, and Wow! I was impressed! Dark garnet with BIG black cherry/plum/blackberry perfume explodes from the glass, and follows through on the palate with excellent extraction. Its dense in the mouth, with soft tannins and good acidity, a hint of herb peeks out from time to time, and the finish is long and delicious.
1994 Belle Pente Willamette Valley Pinot Noir Maresh Vineyard: As dark as the previous wine, but just a little less dense, rich and extracted, this has smooth black cherry/raspberry flavors and aromas. While it may be a step down in intensity from the Murto, its of the same quality. It has another long finish, and some maple syrup aromatics develop with air. The density gives both of these a certain syrah-like feel, which is all the more remarkable when one considers that these were made before Brian "turned pro."
1996 Hamacher Oregon Pinot Noir: The Woodman recommended that we try this ruby garnet, knowing that we were on the Pinot trail, and Im glad he did. The flavors are predominantly tea leaf/black cherry on a smooth elegant frame. The tealeaf dominates the nose, while the black cherry dominates the flavors. A fine Pinot Noir to open tonight!
1995 Domaine du Cayron Gigondas: I hadnt tasted this since early last hockey season, so I brought it along, having one stashed in califusas cellar. Ruby dark garnet, with plum/prune/hint of Provencal herb/soft chocolate and a bit of what Bob correctly described as white pepper, this is every bit as tasty as it was 10 months ago. But, the best part is that itll only get better!
1994 Flowers Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir Camp Meeting Ridge: The generous Mr. Jenness brought this, and as soon as I saw it, I had to have some. A darker garnet than your average Pinot, it shows beautiful sea air/smoky black cherry/plum/tea leaf flavors and aromas, all in that unique Flowers style. Dense, with plenty of stuffing, it still has significant tannins and lots of acidity. Give it another 3-5 years.
1993 Alban Vineyards Reva Syrah Edna Valley: I can only read about how good Albans wines are, because we never see them in Day-twah, so I made a point of trying this, and it lived up to its rep. Purple garnet with sweet plum/olive character, its rich and lovely, a wonderful expression of the varietal.
1994 The Montelena Estate: Sam brought this inky garnet Cal Cab; its big and dense, with cassis/plum/dark chocolate flavors and aromas adorned with nice oak. This is serious stuff that needs many years to soften the major tannins. Still, I was surprised that it showed as well as it did.
1994 Venge Napa Cabernet Sauvignon: This dark garnet has sweeter cassis/plum than the Montelena, and some red licorice as well; its also less tannic than the last wine, but still needs some years in the cellar yet.
It was a terrific offline, and Bob worked hard to make it happen. As Marshall noted afterwards, you know its been a special event when everyone is hugging at the end of the evening. But maybe that should come as no surprise when The Gang of Pour meets the Gang of Portland.
A very special thanks to Bob Wood and all of the folks who attended for showing us such a great time and making us feel so at home!
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Epson Home Cinema 5020 UB Home Theater Projector Review
Epson Home Cinema 5020 vs. Sony VPL-HW50ES
All new for 2012, this time the Epson has to take on what I consider to be the most improved "evolutionary" projector of the year, Sony's HW50ES. I talk about it's Reality Creation engine – for dynamic, and in this case, super-smart, detail enhancement. Sony with this projector has gone where no 2K projector has gone before. Not even their excellent $5995 VW95ES can touch the apparent detail of the HW50ES.
True, Epson has Super-Resolution – it's in the game, but Sony is far more effective. Sony's raised the bar If you use Reality creation in modest doses (20-35 is about all I'll use out of 100), it does produce what seems to be a sharper, crisper image.
Sony has also closed the black level gap. If the Sony isn't quite as good as the Epson, it's so close that on some scenes it's actually a bit better. They are close enough to call a tie.
The Epson wins at placement flexibility, thanks to the 2.1:1 zoom vs. 1.6:1.
Out of the box the Sony's very good, the Epson slightly better. The Epson "shines" when it comes to brightness – in both 2D and 3D, but there is a critical exception:
Calibrated the Sony's 992 measured lumens leaves the Epson's 678 in the rear view mirror. It's when you need the most lumens – say for sports or TV with some lights on… that Epson's a good 50% brighter, and that's signfiicant.
I could go on, but let me say it's a very tough call between these two. Epson's two year warranty has that 2 year replacement program I see as such a consumer friendly thing, but Sony offers a basic 3 years without "the frills".
What's the Bottom line? I think it comes down to price. The Sony is technically $3999 compared to the Epson's $2599, but the Sony does come with two pair of glasses and a spare lamp. To me that works out to about a $3400 value for the projector alone, $3600 with the glasses.
That makes it exactly $1000 more expensive than the Epson. Is it worth it to you? Tough call. I could live with either. If I was counting my change to buy my next projector in this price range, I'd almost certainly pick the Epson due to the far lower price up front, and the far lower long term lamp costs (2000/3000 hours for Sony vs. 4000/5000 for the Epson).
But, if someone was saying – Pick your next projector – you can have either one for the same price and we'll keep you in free lamps, then I do believe I would have to pick the Sony VPL-HW50ES. Mind you, that's the first time I've encountered another projector in the under $3500 range, in five plus years that I could say that about.
In other words, by my take, the Sony costs more, and seems to be worth the extra $1000. Is it worth the extra $1000 – to some, yes, to others no, but both are excellent value propositions. You get your money's worth with either.
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Specialty chemicals maker Stepan Co. announced plans to complete front-end engineering and design work for a potential $60 million to $70 million chemical production facility in Ascension Parish's industrial corridor.
The company, headquartered near Chicago, recently authorized the feasibility work and will make a final investment decision on the project in the second quarter of 2015.
If completed, the project would create 33 new direct jobs with an average annual salary of $70,000 per year, plus benefits. Louisiana's economic development department estimates the project will result in an additional 98 new indirect jobs.
The company, which had $1.9 billion in revenue in 2013, is a global manufacturer of specialty and intermediate chemicals used in a range of industries.
Stepan said it is in property negotiations for a manufacturing site in Ascension Parish, where it would make intermediate chemicals for Stepan's global surfactants and polymer production sites, as well as finished products for its global customers.
Surfactants are key ingredients in consumer and industrial cleaning compounds, such as detergents, cleansing or wetting agents, foaming or defoaming agents and degreasers or dispersants. Polymers are used in foam, coatings, adhesives, commercial roofing and insulation, as well as a variety of industrial applications.
The state began discussions about a potential Louisiana project with Stepan Co. in June 2012. To secure the potential project, the state offered the company a $500,000 performance-based grant to offset infrastructure costs and the services of the state's workforce training program. The company also is expected to use Louisiana's Quality Jobs and Industrial Tax Exemption programs.
Ascension Parish President Tommy Martinez said Stepan may tap into one or more relationships with other companies in the area for its production.
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In 1997, The Verve released their third full-length record, Urban Hymns, which included the band's breakout hit "Bittersweet Symphony." That song, which would later be used in a pivotal scene in the camp movie "Cruel Intentions," was accompanied by a standout video, featuring singer Richard Ashcroft stonily walking down a busy London street. We love it, and the song, and decided this Hump Day to remind you of its awesomeness.
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Ahhh sorry, I meant badly organised without any doctors or anything there.
It wasn't really just the fight either but the whole story which makes it look bad. On the one hand the BBC give Rosi air time on Women's Hour on Radio 4 and the next they are showing it in this light.


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An Asian lesbian has spoken of her experiences about hiding her sexuality from her family.
"I know this sounds like a complete paradox. But I am a lesbian. And I am a Muslim. A practising Muslim," she says.
Jay, as she wanted to be referred to said she rarely talks of her feelings to anyone and growing-up she felt ostracised. But at university she was able to be a little more open about her sexuality.
"I can't talk about this to anyone apart from my close friends. I would never dare to admit this to my family.
"At school, all the Asian girls had secret boyfriends, and would sneak around. I knew from an early age that I was different as I was attracted to girls.
"My parents were always worried about finding me with a boyfriend. That was considered the ultimate 'bezti".
"I am still at university, and here I am able to explore my sexuality more freely. And by that, I don't mean physically. I have joined the LGBT society and have met so many like minded people."
Traditionally homosexual acts in most Muslim countries are a punishable crime and a sin. Despite this, same-sex sexual intercourse is legal in five Muslim-majority nations.
Home life for Jay is completely different though and she says she would not dream of letting her family know about her sexuality.
"Closer to home, people are so judgemental. Asian society is judgemental. My family would disown me if they found out. Or they would force me into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.
"The irony is, my dad drinks at home. He would never be seen in public drinking. I have heard my mum arguing with him late at night about the fact that he watches adult channels.
"But when the issue of gay people comes up, well, let's just say acceptance is a word that is simply not used in our community. My parents, like many others, think it is a sin. And that the only cure for it is marriage."
Despite these concerns she feels that there are others in her community who hide their true feelings for fear of retaliation.
"Recently, a family friend discovered their son was gay. Well, they found gay porn on his phone.
"They concluded that he had been possessed by a jinn. That was their only explanation.
"They took him to this pir who performed an exorcism on him.
"My only hope of a normal life is if I move out of home once I graduate, assuming I can find a decent job.
"I am a Lesbian, I was born that way. But at the same time, I pray five times a day. I fast in Ramadan. I enjoy attending Islamic talks at uni."
Jay though has no reservations about her life despite the concerns some Muslims might have.
"Islam is a peaceful religion. Our prophet (pbuh) never excluded anyone from participating in the religious life of the mosque.
"All I want is for my family to accept me the way I am so I can stop living this lie."