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Do you fall into the trap of the make-up?Monday, December 29th, 2008
Many women are respected make-up method, in fact, a lot is not correct. Do you know? The wrong way to make-up may make your pictures look more worse, especially in the cold winter that the painting becomes more concentrated the United States. Look at these, you are not guilty of such a mistake?
Trap One:like to impose heavy makeup that would make it even more the spirit of
There are a lot of beauty in the winter habits of heavy makeup, especially eye makeup every day Less. To make himself more spiritual, they have also concentrated depiction eyebrows again rough will also deepen the bold upper and lower eyeliner.
Sequelae: Actually, this is often just the opposite appears to, and not let you "more spirit" of the effects. The correct approach is to let their eyebrows as far as possible to maintain natural and suited to their personality; To make eyes look more God, eyeliner can be properly conducted on the "processing."
The trap of the Second: In order to save, use a different color of lipstick
A lot of beauty in winter lipstick does not like to clean up has only used a color of lipstick. Think it easy to carry and relatively easy, of course, the most important thing is do not want to do.
Sequelae: lips easily in the winter, "overshadowed" the Oh! And generally dark winter clothes, will appear dull, then they would have in the color of lipstick more brain: the more prepared several lipstick to make the costumes, the coordination of the surrounding environment, and pay attention to use , will bring unexpected surprises
The trap of three: the rouge on the cheeks parts, so that their moving
To make color more healthy, natural rouge is unavoidable. Rouge on the cheeks to the site, let others quickly took note of their appearance touching.
Sequelae: the rouge on the cheeks parts will be given undue prominence to cheekbones, thus giving the feeling stiff stereotypes. If Blusher brush gently from the cheekbone to the temple Department through after very natural.
Trap Four: To make eyes more attractive, upper and lower lashes using mascara
Although the cold weather, but also to make their own dynamic Yes! Pretty big eyes Association to convey their inner passion now, so every time when make-up will not forget the upper and lower lashes are painted mascara.
Effects: the next painted eyelashes mascara, inadvertently let themselves into a "giant eye" Oh! In fact, as long as appropriate Tu eyelashes in the fluid is more lashes mascara, it will play a good stare the effects.
Trap Five: Other people will feel good to a certain brand perfume
Listen to a friend that she used the effect of a certain brand of perfume also good, are pondering what to buy their own brand of perfume do. This is under a lot easier, they buy a bottle of perfume that she used it.
Sequelae: Perfume is the best way to embody the identity and personal taste of the beauty, each person because of the physical structure is different from the effects of use may also be different. Therefore, in order to best suit their needs in accordance with the principle of selection, not just parroting.


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Rangers boss Ally McCoist happy with new formation
Rangers boss Ally McCoist believes he has found a formation that will suit his players for the new season.
Last Updated: 17/07/13 1:59pm
The Light Blues manager has been trialling a 4-1-3-2 system during the last two weeks of pre-season fixtures and he is pleased with the initial results.
McCoist told the club's website: "The 4-1-3-2 shape we've used is one the players look really happy with. Lewis Macleod is someone who certainly looks happy with it.
"It gives him an opportunity to get forward and obviously he has to defend too but the three boys in front of the holding midfielder do have more of a free role to go and attack.
"We've played the system and we've certainly looked sharper and brighter in an attacking sense, there's no doubt about that.
"I think it's important you can adapt and change depending on the opposition and also to suit your own personnel as well.
"I am a believer that if we can get a formation and shape that suits us, we would try to stick to it as much as possible and be comfortable with it.
"At the same time, 4-4-2 is a formation everyone knows well and in recent years we've had a lot of success as a team using it.
"It's vital to have players who are capable of changing and ready to do that though if the circumstances require it."

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Billy Wagner tried to get in a simulated game between games of the doubleheader before returning to the bullpen this week. It didn't go well. The closer had a setback. "If you want to call it that," Omar Minaya said. Wagner walked off after his 13th pitch. He hit Gustavo Molina, his lone batter, in the foot with what appeared to be a slider. Minaya said Wagner felt discomfort in his troublesome elbow, and that he will be reevaluated by a doctor tomorrow. It doesn't sound like he's returning this week. It's safe to wonder about the rest of the season. "We'll continue to be conservative," Minaya said.
Can they win this thing without him? What do you think?
After the 6-2 loss, Jerry Manuel said the Mets picked the wrong time to start playing bad baseball. Pedro said he felt better this time than last when he couldn't get loose, and that he tried his hardest. Wright said Moyer is a tough guy for an aggressive team, and that no thoughts of last September's collapse have crept in. Now it's Santana vs. Hamels on Johan Santana Bobblehead Night.
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Pictorial Visit to Lotus
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I've known Joe Cohen, El Presidente and Dictator for Life of Lotus Group USA, for a few years now despite our having never met face to face. On a recent visit to San Francisco, CA, I took Joe up on an invitation to visit the global HQ of Lotus Group USA, as well as bit of listening to his reference system.
Factory Visit
Regardless of any personal camaraderie I have for Joe Cohen, I wouldn't have spent one red cent on the products Lotus Group imports if it weren't for the fact that they've blown me away with their performance and repeatedly reset my reference for what is possible in audio. Some of the lines that Lotus Group carries like Oyaide, are the de facto standard in AC connections; you will find more high-end power cords outfitted with Oyaide plugs than plugs from any other manufacturer, and the R-1 AC outlets are downright amazing and the best bang-for-buck upgrade I can recommend for any system.
However, Lotus Group also imports other brands, some of which are still trying to gain the widespread acceptance and praise that their performance deserves. One of them, Acoustic Revive, is a brand that I've extensive experience with, and I've simply fallen heads over heels for. I will always recall getting the RTP-4 AC conditioner + accompanying power cord in and thinking "there is no earthly way I'm paying my hard earned $ for a metal box with fairy dust inside." Well, proof was in the listening, and it was so audibly superior to anything else I've heard that I bought it, and so did the other serious audiophiles in my area who auditioned the RTP-4, all of whom ditched far more expensive active-AC conditioning products to upgrade to the passive Acoustic Revive RTP conditioner. I've also had the pleasure of auditioning (and buying) a few other Acoustic Revive products, such as the RGC-24 Ground Conditioner (indispensible on digital sources), the RR-77 low frequency generator, and the DSIX digital cable with outboard power supply (anyone with high dollar digital separates needs to audition this cable). Ultimately, Acoustic Revive products are tweaks, but in my experience the difference between a good system and a great one is how the system is optimized; in other words, has the system been 'tweaked' to extract maximum performance from its major parts? Well, Acoustic Revive products do just that and I can offer a universal "must audition" recommendation for all of them (though I dare say that the RTP-series of AC conditioners is so good that one could buy them without an audition).
Lotus Group also imports a few other lesser-known brands, to which I have no experience and cannot comment on their performance: Audio Replas (more AC and vibration control tweaks), Sound Mechanics (various footers and shelves for vibration control), and fo.Q (for vibration control of software, along with component shelving). For further information, I'd simply direct you to the importer's website, www.lotusgroupusa.com .
Oh, and Lotus Group also imports the Feastrex loudspeaker drivers, but I'll cover that later in this report.
Another lesser-known line for Lotus Group is Prana Wire Cables. Unlike all the other lines for Lotus Group, this is not an imported line, but one that's manufactured in house, and if my finances permitted I'd be the proud owner of. In my audiophile experience, I've auditioned speaker cables from Jorma, Transparent, Kubala-Sosna, Synergistic Research, Isoclean, and a host of other brands that I cannot recall. I can state that the Prana Wire Cosmos speaker cables were the top of the heap; they were simply the ideal combination of tonality, frequency extension, soundstaging, PRAT, and microdetail. Each cable in the above list did some things well, and some perhaps better than the others, but in this hobby it's always a choice of compromises and in my auditioning the Prana Cosmos had fewer compromises than any of its competitors.
The Prana Wire Cables are not adorned with huge esoteric networking boxes like the Transparent, they don't weigh a ton like the Kubala-Sosna cables, and they don't employ a few thousand dollars worth of Bybee devices like the Jorma (quick aside: Bybee devices can bring startling improvements in the proper application). So what is it about the Prana that makes them unique? Well, a few pictures with accompanying text can help address that.
The mad scientist Joe Cohen points out that all Prana Cabling gets a healthy burn-in via a Cable Cooker prior to shipment. The break-in of silver cabling was a lesson taught to me by the late Bob Crump (RIP), who had his TG Audio cables on a cable cooker for 30 days prior to shipment. Silver cables would be unlistenable without such treatment.
Here's the humidity-controlled chamber where the raw foils are cured with their micro-thin dielectric to prevent oxidation.
Above is a snapshot of Prana cables in various states of construction. As the photo shows, the conductors are heavily adorned with additional non-synthetic insulating materials, to provide spacing between the conductors and the shielding that will be layered on afterwards. The care by which a three quarters inch to four inch wide ribbon gets fashioned into a RCA, XLR or spade termination cannot be overstated. What I found interesting is that the Prana Wire speaker cables come closest to the ideal of 'no wire' as it does not employ any connectors or solder joints in the signal path (whereas the Prana interconnects do, though I understand an upgrade is offered where non-soldered connectors are available). I've little doubt that's one of the reasons I found it so exceptional, but certainly its only one parameter in the design that influences the performance.
Here's a balanced cable after shielding but before termination. Notice all those drain wires for the shielding. For those who believe unshielded cables sound better, Prana Wire Cables presents their disagreement.
This photo is of an almost-complete 26.5 foot (8 meter) Cosmos RCA cable. Joe Cohen says he's been building it for almost 4 months, and it's still not done. That statement is instructive. The Prana Wire Cables are not wound and spun off a machine, but hand-constructed by artisans. Yes, you pay a lot, and it takes a long time for them to be built, but no one rushed Michelangelo to finish the Sistine Chapel. Think of audio as art, and it will make a lot more sense.
Now, as an avowed DIYer and cheap bastard let me state unequivocally that there is no earthly way I could construct cables even remotely close to this standard of production. Modifying gear? Sure, that's easy—simply drop in more expensive parts and you've an instant upgrade. Building cables? No problem, anyone can do that. But assuming you can build cables that sound as good as someone who's perfected their technique and their material selection over decades is akin to someone taking a trip to the dentist and thinking they can be a dentist. There's a gap in knowledge that you don't see, but it will be obvious when you listen to the results.
Listening to the Lotus Reference System
I always find it comical to read someone's impressions of how 'X' component sounds when listening to a system. No one listens to a component; we can only listen to systems, and the only way to audition a component is to plug it in and out with various other components to try to ascertain its character.
With that background, my wife and I were invited back to Joe Cohen's home to have a little listening of his reference system: a very dated (but heavily modified) Teac CD Player, the H-Cat Preamplifier, Lamm ML2 amplifiers, home made speakers using the incomparable Feastrex drivers, with all cabling provided by Prana Wire and Acoustic Revive, and AC conditioning by Acoustic Revive. I've no prior experience with any of these components, so my comments will be directed to my general impressions; specific where possible.
Now, that's what I call tweaking! Talk about vibration control—I've never seen such a vibration-absorbing sandwich in all my years. This is as obsessive-compulsive as I have ever found, and frankly that's what getting maximum performance out of your system demands…an obsessive compulsive drive to optimize for AC, vibrations, and overall synergy.
Here we see the Acoustic Revive RTP-4, providing juice to one of the Lamm ML2 amplifiers. The RTP-series of conditioners is one of the only ones that I'd recommend for amplifiers as they are not active devices, having no active circuitry. They simply remove AC noise by passive means, and do not regulate or limit current from the wall in any way. In the above photo, we also see the Audio Replas IEC base at the far right, the Kemp Elektroniks SNS plug at the far left, and the Acoustic Revive Outlet Stabilizer in the center. I have no idea what the effect of these tweaks on the already-tweaky RTP-4 is, but I dare not try it myself …I haven't the budget for all these things!
The rear of the loudspeakers shows the Prana Wire Avatar speaker cable, along with an AC connection to the Feastrex driver. Feastrex drivers are unique in that do not use permanent magnets attached to the driver; as they are field coil drivers (no magnets), they require an outboard power supply to provide AC to magnetize the coil.
Talk about a mismatch: here we see the $32,000 MSRP, 5" Feastrex D5e Type II driver housed in a 15lb, $200 speaker cabinet. When I think about some of my favorite loudspeakers (Wilson and Rockport), I immediately think of their inert 200lb cabinets, and that's for the entry level models! Point being, I didn't expect much given how inadequate these cabinets appear to be to the casual eye.
Here's a close up of the Feastrex driver. These 5" Feastrex Drivers, the D5e Type II with phosphor bronze frames coated with traditional Japanese urushi lacquer, are near the top of the Feastrex range. On this particular driver, the plate and pole piece are made from Permandur the most magnetically permeable alloy available. Joe Cohen states that it is fiendishly difficult to machine and crazy expensive. For those looking for something more upscale, Feastrex also makes the even more expensive Type III field coil where the plate, pole piece and yoke (the entire magnetic structure other than the voice coil) are all made from Permandur.
So, given a brief rundown of the altogether unfamiliar components in a system I've never heard before, how did it sound? Well, I was able to listen to some well-engineered recordings I'm very familiar with (Jack Johnson, Ella and Louis), so can draw some distinctions from my reference rig.
I've always found that when you correct for vibration and AC, it pays dividends in imaging. From the sweet spot, the Lotus reference system absolutely floated, with no sense of room boundaries or speaker placement. And what was all the more puzzling about it was that this was despite $200 speaker cabinets. Another distinct impression I had was that the 5" Feastrex driven by a paltry 18 watts presented a shocking amount of bass depth, impact and dynamics. Did it match my reference Wilson Watt Puppies hooked up to 500 watt per channel monoblocks? No, but it was surprisingly close. Granted, no one is going to buy a single driver speaker so they can listen to AC/DC (just as one wouldn't buy multi-driver monkey coffins to listen to choral groups), but a good speaker should do all things well (and certain things exceptionally well). The Feastrex drivers will surprise with their frequency extension and dynamics, which I've no doubt could be extended further by a less-compromised cabinet (a folded horn might be ideal). Now, all this would be little more than a parlor trick if the system couldn't give a tonally accurate rendition of the midrange (which is where the music lives). Well, the Lotus reference system certainly did that, with an uncanny reflection of voices and instrument timbres. (Having communicated my impressions of the system's strengths and weaknesses, Joe informs me that he is hard at work on a cabinet that will take full advantage of the driver's capabilities and that will produce enough bass to satisfy any AC/DC fan. Look for it at RMAF or before.)
With lots to do on my trip to San Francisco, my time with Lotus Group drew to an all-too-quick end. But listening to the Feastrex-based reference system only confirmed what I already knew given my extensive experience with Acoustic Revive, Oyaide, and Prana: the ultra-artisan, esoteric products that Lotus Group imports and builds are reference-setting products that must be auditioned to be believed.


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Looks like about a dozen folks on the steps of the post office festooned with many signs against the Sleeping Ban. No overt police activity.
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Thursday Apr 18th, 2013 6:44 AM
I visited these out of town travelers 3 times this morning. They've taken over the post office steps.
I video taped them snoring, shivering and rising.
A cop arrived at about 6am and told them to wake up.
At no point did I see Robert "where's my hug?" Norse, Becky Johnson or Colin "monkey" Clyde who rallied
and encouraged this band of Los Angeledans to protest city laws by sleeping out.
Also there weren't any local homeless folks who'd been booted from the Armory as it was closed for the rest of the year last night. This band of travelers (spurred on as they were by Norse,Johnson,Clyde) had hoped
to drag local homeless survival campers into contact with law officials to bulster their protest but very few locals joined this hearty band of so-cal travelers.
They were rising and shining at the crack of dawn ....
Again, I repeat, R. Norse goaded these kids into staging a sleeping protest homeless encampment on the Post Office steps and then he himself went home to sleep in his lair of cowardice.
Thursday Apr 18th, 2013 8:26 AM
According to Sonny in a phone conversation, the group spent the night peacefully, moved from the steps so they could be swept by a postal official, and had a polite encounter with three cops who neither ticketed them nor asked them to move from their new spot on the sidewalk. Reportedly, they plan to continue their protest through the day with signs educating the community about the Sleeping Ban.
Brent Adams has created a great video (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBWhgjXrKaY) pressing for a Sanctuary Camp. My own conversations with local homeless people on Pacific Avenue last night indicated that they were generally supportive of the Visible Sleepers, though not willing to risk harassment, citation, or arrest themselves.
I was also glad to see Food Not Bombs activists there supporting the Sleepers. The issues involved are basic and important ones in a city with no shelter for 95% of its homeless.
I'll be playing interviews tonight on Free Radio Santa Cruz from 6-8 PM at 101.3 FM (streams at http://tunein.com/radio/FRSC-s47254/). Feel free to call in with your thoughts at 831-427-3772.
I encourage all homeless people to sign up for the Waiting List at the Paul Lee Loft at 115 Coral St. so that their camping tickets will be dismissed under MC 6.36.055.
MC 6.36.055 reads
(a) A person shall not be in violation of this chapter [the Camping Ordinance] if, at the time of his or her citation for a violation of this chapter, either: the winter shelter at the Santa Cruz National Guard Armory is filled to capacity; or the person is currently on the waiting list for shelter service through one of the shelter programs offered by the Homeless Services Center or the River Street Shelter in Santa Cruz.
(b) Any citation issued for a violation of this chapter shall be dismissed by the city attorney in the interest of justice if, at the time of citation issuance, the winter shelter at the Santa Cruz National Guard Armory is filled to capacity or the recipient of the citation demonstrates that on the date of the citation he or she was currently on the waiting list for shelter service through one of the shelter programs offered by the Homeless Services Center or the River Street Shelter in Santa Cruz.
A discussion of the California Homeless Bill of Rights will be held at 2 PM Saturday at the Sub Rosa Cafe with Keith McHenry a featured speaker. See http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2013/04/15/arm_the_homeless.pdf.
I encourage folks to support the protesters with blankets, food, dialogue, and calls to City Hall demanding lifting the police harassment and Sleeping Ban citations and/or providing a safe place to sleep as an emergency measure whether in a parking garage, a campground, or somewhere else. Call 831-420-5020. E-mail them at citycouncil [at] cityofsantacruz.com . But don't hold your breath.
Thursday Apr 18th, 2013 8:32 AM
I don't know if "Goading" is the right term. I saw these folks up at the drum circle busily making signs and discussing the action (which I personally considered pointless, in the 'Robert organized' sense of the word). They DID NOT seem under pressure but motivated. At least it wasn't the crew of drunks and loudmouths given a mic Robert normally interviews and attracts.
Further, Adams describing this group of misled travelers in terms that denigrate their travels because they're from LA or ANYWHERE ELSE is simply disgusting in it's attempt to instigate DIVISIVENESS. The LAST THING travelers OR local street people need.
Of COURSE Robert attracts travelers with his pitch. No local sober street person trusts or believe a word he has to say anyway because the demos he plans and promotes are simply photo ops and busts-without-a-legal-strategy for everyone, and anyone whose seen even one of his events KNOWS it.
All in all, having TWO NARCISSISTIC IDIOTS with agendas should scare the living crap out of anyone these people claim to represent.
Thursday Apr 18th, 2013 9:05 AM
My thoughts this morning: What will it take to build the "broad base of support" needed for a social revolution, or simply to arouse the compassion of the community instead of its scorn under present political conditions? Perhaps all of us can seek to understand and appreciate other people's needs, and find it within ourselves to allow others, encourage others, and even help others when they are most troubled, to meet their own needs without harming anyone.
The ebb and flow of political currents are making people's lives miserable. The advocates may differ in their beliefs about what might cause harm to the community (and certainly the rest of the community needs the opportunity to share its views), but the underlying human needs remain unchanged.
Thursday Apr 18th, 2013 10:06 AM
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Register for shelter housing to avoid an "ass-wipe" ticket?
Consider this Robert. The shelter, AND YOU are not only part of the problem, you're fully invested in it:
Interface: a journal for and about social movements
Volume 3 (1): 81 - 117 (May 2011)
The Other Side Of The Coin:
Counterinsurgency And Community Policing
Kristian Williams
(This paper grew out of a lecture presented at the "Econvergence," First Unitarian Church, Portland Oregon; October 3, 2009.)
This essay outlines the current counterinsurgency model, with an emphasis on its domestic application in the United States. It shows that many contemporary counterinsurgency practices were developed by police agencies inside the U.S., and illustrates the transfer of theory, strategy, and technique from domestic police to the military - and back.
***The essay also examines the state's use of nongovernmental or nonprofit agencies, as one element of counterinsurgency strategy, to channel and control political opposition.***
The conclusion briefly considers the strategic implications for social movements, especially as we learn to recognize and respond to political repression.
Introduction: expect repression...
Full PDF @ Interface: http://www.interfacejournal.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Interface-3-1-Williams.pdf
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That seems to be your 'job' Robert... "to channel and control political opposition." as a shill, a diversion, a clown without a strategy, allowing the city to dismiss any issue you bring before them and further damaging the ability of anyone NOT as clownish to represent the houseless to the authorities who will either simply dismiss them as NOT a legitimate representative of the homeless (the clown is..), or simply visualize the Clown Prince during any other activist's presentation, allowing them, again, to dismiss their views as inconsequential.
Thursday Apr 18th, 2013 12:03 PM
Recruiting from other states is TBSC's forte. Only a transient middle class would be interested in their subrosa (snigger) property development interests to quickly increase the resale value of their recent purchased investment houses. I'm STILL laughing hysterically about the callow moron who owns Mission Hill Ice Cream stating in regard to herself and her idea of community as "I pay a LOT of money to live here..." as if that indicates she has more right to HER vision of 'community" than a long term resident janitor.
If I didn't make it clear before I have issues with Robert and Brent. Not the kidz who took the post office steps last night. I expected the police would simply let them sleep there to defuse any potential confrontation and that's what happened.
Thursday Apr 18th, 2013 12:26 PM
It's sad to hear that HUFF isn't active in Oakland, or some other #TentCity (although that initiative seems to have fallen flat, maybe the AdBusters crowd ain't what it used to be), and is using others to make legal challenges. Can't help but wonder about yet more hug trolling.
It is nice to hear about the sanctuary camp. I think that is desperately needed. When sound governance doesn't exist, replace it, at all scales. Hopefully the sanctuary will be inclusive, although their 'taint' framing in the other article here makes me wonder about their agenda, smells kinda like TBSC.
It is nice to hear that this sleep protest has a legal strategy. Getting paperwork from the 'shelter' could be effective in court, neutering yet another bogus 'coulda shoulda' persecutorial attack on the necessity defense. I wonder if making officers aware, daily, via photocopies of the 'shelter is full' notes would help others that might be ticketed on any given evening. If officers won't receive the paperwork, as is often the case (they seem to be afraid of the legal implications of being given written notice), perhaps a trip to their office would help.
I wish I could be there. If I was there, I would be sleeping there. Sadly, until the existing cases are resolved, ANY accusations (real or made up) could reactivate my 2 years suspended sentence (for peacefully protesting the criminalization of sleep and the criminalization of protest itself). Not that I am afraid of doing the time (the next time around I would try to emulate @rabite's media presence); it just seems wasteful, at least until redress has been exhausted.
Some advice. Record every encounter with law enforcement, document everything immediately (multiple online sources), avoid a 24 hour presence (neuter yet another time/place/manner persecutorial attack), keep the area clean, don't antagonize pedestrians or postal staff, expect a rapid response (if I recall correctly, there was an 8 month protest there until the Postmaster signed over enforcement to non-federal gangsters), have relocation plans ready, be prepared to do jail support, avoid hugging Norse.
Thursday Apr 18th, 2013 2:32 PM
Don Lane is quoted as blaming the crime and drug issues on tourists. Maybe Robert is playing into Don Lane's playbook...
Thursday Apr 18th, 2013 3:05 PM
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...here's the HUFF receipt! We thoughtfully provided it to HLOSC yesterday to document the fact that the group we brought over to Coral St. to register was on the Waiting List. Hence their camping tickets, if they were given any, would be dismissed prior to court (even without having to mount a Necessity Defense).
Activists and homeless sleepers should note that police can still charge people under PC 647e, the state "anti-lodging"" law (actually being used by sheriff and police as an anti-protest or anti-loitering law in the last few years). However, the documentation that one is on the Waiting List is also a good basis for mounting an affirmative Necessity Defense if D.A. Bob Lee wants to take any such charges through to jury trial.
Hopefully such trials would have a better outcome than those of the Peace Camp 2010 activists, who got screwed thanks to testimony from Executive Director Monica Martinez and others that there were a few spare beds (for the 1000+ homeless outside). The Jones decision--which I'm told by San Luis Obispo attorney Stu Jenkins is still federal legal precedent in spite of being depublished--held in L.A. that one doesn't have to establish there were no beds that night or that one even tried to get one, if it was common knowledge that finding such a bed was highly unlikely given the chronic shelter emergency.
I should add I don't recommend these programs or shelters, as Razor Ray seems to imply. Rather I suggest this Waiting List approach as both a protest strategy and to protect yourself legally as a homeless person who has to sleep at night who's completely uninvolved in protest. Given the legal system the way it is, this approach is my suggestion.
I suggest bringing a copy of the receipt template with you to the HLOSC, and then making a second copy for yourself (so that you can give one to the cop). The cop may not (and probably will not) initially stop ticketing, but in future legal action it will become clear that police ticketing in the face of these receipts is a form of harassment since tickets are to be automatically dismissed under MC 6.36.055.
Thursday Apr 18th, 2013 7:48 PM
A screed follows...
"Don Lane is quoted as blaming the crime and drug issues on tourists..."
The correct terminology in a phrase would be 'transients with money'. That includes a number of elements... Including students and long distance contract database developers, but apparently not, if money is the arbiter of deciding which transient is a tourist, street people. Most of whom are local or from the region and are typically low wage workers or impoverished.
AND I want to give dis-honorable mention to the people who will infest the NEW Walnut Commons cohousing right behind CruzIo's building. It's being advertised for families, but what family in their right mind, of a class to own a piece of that action, would want to share a kitchen with other families with kids? Really. We are being lied to about the intent of the project, and it will bring more 'tourists', as I've chosen to define Lane's remarks.
The pitch will be: "Have a contract in the SF Bay area. Work at CruzIo's fast internet connection office space with your housing just a few feet from where you work."
Too bad a bag boy at the local supermarket can't get that deal, and that deal HAS existed in Santa Cruz recent history. I worked for the original owners of Putney & Perry Auto for little over minimum wage and was able to afford to live at an SRO hotel downtown. ven had a little cash left over to go to a show at the Cat occasionally.
That is no longer reality, and I BLAME CITY CREATED POLICIES FOR THAT. Period. Everything went up, including the min wage but the PLANNING POLICIES... THE LONG RANGE PLANNING POLICIES, utterly failed, I believe quite intentionally, to take into account the needs of the people who already lived here, and continues that away to this day.
Lane's whining about the sociological fallout is nauseating.
Santa Cruz' development as a "Telecommuting City (Are they STILL paying the guy the city calls a 'czar' who foisted that off on us almost a hundred grand a year?) IS a major part of the problem. The problem is called unchecked housing development for the quasi-affluent and the socioeconomic profile that goes along with it, arrogant, even (passive aggressively) to authority, whom the believe work for them alone and complain like hell when they find out otherwise even as that passive aggressive behavior morphs to antisocial and criminal towards other residents of the town (think fern bar brawl or over-amped spandex biker running down a pedestrian on the Levee... They drive like that too.), and NO development for low wage workers or Santa Cruz' own children.
Sunday Apr 21st, 2013 1:44 PM
Where is the TBSC dirt? The Council/Supervisors dirt? The Downtown Association dirt? The District Attorney dirt?
Oh, right, that might be EFFECTIVE, it might have some IMPACT.
Meanwhile, sleep is still illegal...
Monday Apr 22nd, 2013 6:35 PM
I can second the 'innocents abused' sentiment.
That is why, _before_ OSC, I expressed reservations about an OSC that would handle innocents like the infamous 'parade' downtown, including bloc abuse. That was not received well by certain people. And then it all happened, so predictable. Perhaps the disconnect point was best made by that video (I think it's in Brent's OSC flic) of the physicist ranting at the OSC campers, including a local 'papa'. Or like that time on the OSC steps, when I said "The mayor of Oakland is not apologizing because a protestor was injured." and one of the certains looked over and seemed to be preparing a rebuttal before I added "The mayor of Oakland is apologizing because there is a video of a protestor being injured." and one of the active OSC regulars said "Yeah, if Rodney King wasn't videotaped it would have been just another day in LA".
But this is all circular gossip. I'd rather focus on sizable oppressors. But that can be really dangerous, so I suppose it's like the 'why poor on poor crime' question.
Meanwhile, back at the sleep protest...
Wednesday Apr 24th, 2013 4:17 PM
Putting innocents in harms way is simply replacing one tyranny with another.
As the song goes, "meet the new boss, same as the old boss", before punk was punk.
Tuesday Apr 30th, 2013 6:36 AM
...go to "Sleep and Resistance in Downtown Santa Cruz" at http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/04/29/18736087.php?show_comments=1#18736107 .


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Ruby Cardel has the semblance of a normal life – a loving boyfriend, a career she loves – but in one terrible moment, her life begins to unravel. The discovery that the death of her beloved sister, so many years ago, was not the accident she'd always been told makes her question all she's known about herself.
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More than 20 pairs of banks and borrower firms of varying sizes have applied for help from the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan, IRCJ Chief Operating Officer Kazuhiko Toyama said Thursday.
Toyama, a turnaround consultant who heads the revival body's operations, was eager to deny speculation that banks are not forthcoming with IRCJ applications, stating his organization is busy catching up with orders.
"Bankers are very active in bringing cases to us," Toyama, 43, told journalists at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan.
He added that the bank officials he deals with are as young, serious and enthusiastic about turning ailing companies around as he is.
"We don't feel too much (need) to do marketing to banks, because (if we did that) we would lose our time to sleep," said Toyama, who earned an MBA at Stanford University in the U.S.
The IRCJ, launched in May with a workforce of more than 70, now has 120 workers trying to revive Japan Inc.
Toyama said his experts have given up "the most productive stages of their careers" for a government enterprise that will cease to operate in five years, solely because they feel the need to help revitalize the economy.
The IRCJ is now accepting loan-sale applications from borrowers and their main creditors and is screening their restructuring plans.
If the IRCJ approves the plans, it will buy loans currently owned by nonmain banks. As a major creditor, the IRCJ will then push for restructuring at problem firms.
Toyama said the size of companies being considered varies considerably. , ranging from listed companies to small businesses. He declined to issue specific company names.
The IRCJ has said it will announce the names of companies only when it decides — following two or three months of evaluating restructuring plans — to help them. Thus far, there have been no such announcements.
The IRCJ has two years and 10 trillion yen to spend on loans to near-involvement companies. The capital was raised from the financial markets under a government guarantee.
Asked how much of corporate Japan his organization is capable of turning around, Toyama replied that it will have 5 trillion yen a year to spare, equal to just 1 percent of the nation's gross domestic product.
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Incentives in the Welfare State
This paper deals with economic incentives and welfare-state arrangements in OECD countries; it also offers some lessons for would-be welfare states. These arrangements differ, of course, among OECD countries. In particular, there is wide variation in the extent to which countries rely on four basic institutions - the state, the firm, the family and the market. Countries also differ in their reliance on (i) a common safety net, often in the form of flat-rate benefits tied to specific contingencies; (ii) means-tested benefits for low-income groups; and (iii) income protection, i.e., benefits that are tied to previous income. Another distinction is between corporatist welfare states, where benefits are tied to labor contracts, and universal welfare states in which benefits are conditional on residence or citizenship. This distinction is blurred, however, by recent tendencies in corporatist welfare states to extend coverage to individuals who have very weak attachment to the labor market, and in universal welfare states to tie benefits to previous or contemporary work under the slogan "workfare" rather than "welfare".
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The Bangor City Council has accelerated the retirement of long-time City Manager Ed Barrett. Was he treated fairly? Is the council acting responsibly? Does it have the right to bring in new leadership to help achieve its vision? Do councilors have a new vision for the city, and does it conflict with Mr. Barrett's skills? What should Bangor aim to be in the coming years?
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UK hip hop 'needs ethics code'
Race leaders, musicians and academics are discussing setting up an ethical code for the British black music industry to tackle the increasing use of offensive lyrics.
The debate has been organised by the Black Music Congress (BMC) which was set up to discuss issues around black music.
It is the first time such high level talks about the lyrical content of black British musicians' work has taken place.
Panellists include Lee Jasper - race relations advisor to London Mayor Ken Livingstone, Tony Sewell - columnist with black newspaper The Voice and an academic, and Justin Onyeka, entertainment editor at another black newspaper, New Nation.
More than 200 people are expected to attend the talks which are being held at City University in central London on Saturday.
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Kwaku, co-founder of the BMC, said: "There needs to be a forum for these issues to be discussed, black musicians keep pushing at the boundaries.
"It used to be hip hop, garage and ragga but now it's even creeping into R&B"
The BMC will be seeking permission from those involved in the talks to write an open letter to the media and senior British record industry executives demanding that artists and record labels adopt and sign an ethical code.
The congress will also seek to agree that explicit lyrical content in black music does have a negative impact, particularly on young listeners and that explicit imagery in music videos devalues black music and black people by reinforcing racist stereotypes.
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Kwaku added: "Using bad language and showing explicit videos helps perpetuate negative stereotypes of black people.
"Black music also influences the younger generation who look at the imagery and listen to the language as something to aspire to.
Some of the UK groups which have been targeted by the BMC include controversial garage band So Solid Crew, hip hop artist Rodney P and former Spice Girls singer Mel B.
The idea of an ethical code is unlikely to meet with universal approval from recording artists.
Agzilla, a UK hip hop producer said: "All we're seeing is a reflection of the world we live in - so who's to blame? I wouldn't sign an ethical code.
"As for kids being influenced by the music it's parents who should raise their children not recording artists."
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Defence minister Derek Twigg told MPs that five troops out of every 1,000 suffered from some mental disorder.
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Director of Welfare Sue Freeth acknowledged there had been improvements in the diagnosis of PTSD within the forces.
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In addition, the report suggested that there were seven cases of PTSD among troops who had not served in Iraq or Afghanistan and five where records could not identify whether sufferers had visited the conflict zones.
Mr Twigg told the House of Commons that although service personnel deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan were more likely to be assessed with PTSD, the number of diagnoses were "very low."
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Nomade is a 23-year-old Mauritian graduate student living in the United States. She is interested in the areas of Francophone culture, bilingual identity and post-colonialism. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, painting and writing fiction.
As a child, I would often spend Sunday afternoons at my grandmother's. White, French and deliciously snobbish, she always made a point to correct any mistakes I made and to compare my pronunciation to my cousin's. Unlike my cousin, I did not start life speaking French. It wasn't until I was five that I hesitantly began to acquire the language, because although I had a Mauritian – and therefore Francophone – father, I had an Anglophone Kenyan mother. For many Sundays, I was acutely self-conscious about my way of speaking and made it my goal to be as native-like as possible. I met this objective in my late teens and for many years felt a blush of pride whenever a French person heard me speak and asked me whether I was French. It is only now, when I am completely at ease with the way I speak the language that I realize that modifying my accent wasn't quite as essential as I once believed, and that there is a lot more to this experience than an insecure young girl and her comme il faut grandmother.
My grandmother is a product of our culture as are the French teachers who instruct students on how to pronounce words "correctly". She is a product of a culture which places France at the centre and the rest of the Francophone world on the margins. She is the product of a culture that venerates the image of the White Parisian woman walking down the Champs Elysées speaking in the clipped tones typical of Paris with her Hermès scarf trailing behind her. She is the product of the same culture that urged me to imitate a piano teacher who was educated in France and develop a crush on him at the age of sixteen. Culture is pervasive, invasive. However, we are not powerless before it; culture doesn't just happen at home or at street fairs. Culture is perpetuated through media and institutions like schools. This is why I propose making changes to the way college students are taught French, especially in introductory courses. These students are particularly impressionable and vulnerable to internalizing reinforced stereotypes about what it means to be "true" native speaker of a language.
The variety of French taught at colleges and presented as the "standard" is nothing more than an idealized dialect of the language, which has been given prestige at the expense of other varieties. If the so-called standard French recorded on the audio materials that my students use to learn is the "correct" way of pronouncing the language, then what becomes of the French spoken by a native Senegalese French speaker? If the syntax and expressions presented as "proper" in textbooks are the standard, then what become of the grammar and idioms of Moroccan French speakers? Whenever a particular dialect is held up as the standard, other dialects are branded flawed ways of speaking. Instead of being held to their own standards, they are held to the arbitrary standards of a separate dialect. There is nothing new about the pervasiveness of standard language ideology. Before it was named, it existed in 12th century France, when Francien was the ideal and others dialects such as Picard and Norman were deemed "corruptions" of the pure language. It continues today, when Old French scholars continue to perpetuate the myth of the "degradation" of the language. It is alive in the Anglophone world, where Spanish-accented English is considered unacceptable in U.S. schools.
The erasure of the variety of dialects and Francophone cultures from textbooks not only takes from the legitimacy of these cultures but also perpetrates the violence of colonialism. Furthermore, when these cultures are mentioned, they are constructed as peripheral to what is truly, essentially French. Why is one small French-speaking region of the Francophone world still the focus of attention in so many textbooks currently used? Why isn't my French-speaking country's culture just as valid and worthy of more than a blurb at the end of the chapter? Why are the habits of Frenchmen seamlessly integrated into the grammar and vocabulary sections, while the habits of my people aren't considered interesting enough to discuss?
To destroy the France/Francophonie dichotomy, we must revise the way that the language is presented in the classroom. A simple acknowledgement of the fact that the variety of French typically presented is just that would be a good start. A second step could be to introduce other ways of pronouncing words and constructing sentences alongside the version already used. Third, hiring more instructors who do not fit the stereotype of what it means to be a native French speaker would show students that there is more than one way of speaking French in a way that is understood by Francophone people. Finally, I would eventually like to see more courses dedicated to exploring Francophone language and culture outside of the West. Perhaps it is ambitious, but it is the only way of restoring the humanity of constantly erased peoples. It will be a happy day when we no longer see the Mauritian hesitant to speak his own language, in his homeland, to a French or Belgian tourist, for fear of derision.


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Ben and Sam discuss what we can learn from the rumors that Royals prospect Wil Myers is available via trade.
November 21, 2012
Ben and Sam answer selected listener emails in a pre-Thanksgiving episode.
November 20, 2012
It's a lot of fun to talk about Justin Upton being traded, which might be why reporters talk about it so much, and it might be why Kevin Towers talks about it so much.
Ben and Sam discuss whether MLB's Commissioner should have the power to block a trade, as Bud Selig considered doing to the Marlins-Blue Jays blockbuster.
November 19, 2012
Despite many factors pointing toward increased spending, baseball's salaries haven't seemed much more inflated this winter.
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Ben and Sam discuss whether Manny Acta's lousy career win-loss record has any bearing on his likelihood of success if he becomes the Blue Jays' manager.
November 16, 2012
Ben and Sam discuss the finding that Jose Molina's receiving was worth 50 runs and talk about what it's implications for baseball might be.
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Ben and Sam answer listener emails about whether the Marlins or Astros will win more games in 2013, who'll be the next retiring player to get the Chipper Jones treatment, when Yasmani Grandal will play for the Padres, and how the Angels should align their outfielders.
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Ben and Sam break down the Marlins-Blue Jays trade from every angle, or at least all the angles that occurred to them at the time.
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Is Jose Molina a stealth MVP candidate? Ben looks for photographic evidence.
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Ben and Sam discuss whether Josh Hamilton could end up signing a reasonable contract after all and talk about whether the Yankees can commit to and compete despite their goal to get under the luxury tax threshold by 2014.
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text: Carolyn Parkhurst may owe Alice Sebold a karmic debt. Sebold's phenomenal success with The Lovely Bones, a quirky, lyrical, fantasy-tinged debut novel about death and grieving, likely influenced publishers to look seriously at Parkhurst's The Dogs Of Babel, a quirky, lyrical, fantasy-tinged debut novel about death and grieving. But superficial descriptors aside, Parkhurst's work stands on its own, and even manages a story solidity that Bones didn't quite achieve. Like Bones, The Dogs Of Babel begins with a death, as linguistics professor Paul Iverson learns that his wife Lexy has taken a fatal plunge from their backyard apple tree. The police assume her fall was accidental, and Paul doesn't dissuade them, but he begins totting up anomalies: a rearranged bookshelf, a used frying pan with no accompanying dishes or utensils, the fact that Lexy had never shown any interest in climbing trees. The only witness to her mysterious death was her dog Lorelei, so Paul decides he must teach Lorelei to talk in order to fit the scattered pieces together. He begins in a rational, organized, professorly fashion, but his lack of success pushes him to quixotic monomania, and eventually to contact with a convicted criminal who performed illegal and often fatal surgeries on dogs, with some measure of success. The Dogs Of Babel alternates between Paul's obsessive efforts and his memories of his time with Lexy, an emotionally complicated, talented artist prone to mood swings and grand gestures. Their early romance is occasionally too precious, and Paul's penchant for sudden impenetrable coldness makes him an unsubtly disturbing protagonist. But those factors tend to balance each other out, as though Parkhurst is pointing out the hidden truth behind romance tales: People are far more complex than they let on during the courting period, and their lives continue and change in unpredictable ways after the obligatory happy ending. Parkhurst's unexpected twists can be disappointing–she rarely keeps to a single subplot for long, and she leaves a host of interesting ideas by the wayside long before she's fully explored them–but they keep her book lively and unpredictable, and her talent for relatively subtle characterization and poetic whimsy flesh out some of her less plausible touches. Ultimately, Alice Sebold fans will probably enjoy The Dogs Of Babel, but Connie Willis fans may be a more appropriate audience. Like Willis, Parkhurst turns fantasy into mystery into elegy, and pulls the whole package together with a touching, sad ending that cleverly sews disparate threads into a haunting whole.


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Kootenay River Runners logs 35 years of rafting
Daryl Bespflug and Linda Irvine have been running their commercial rafting operation, Kootenay River Runners, for more than one third of a century. During their time in business, the couple have adapted, adjusted, and carved out their business in the same way the churning, centuries-old rivers they boat on each day wind through the landscape.
"We only keep going because our staff is so great," insists Linda.
Linda and Daryl met in Banff in 1973, where Daryl, and avid whitewater rafter, was working for Rocky Mountain Rafters.
Lured by the Kootenay River, the couple soon moved to the Columbia Valley, where they believed people would be excited by the chance to raft the Kootenay — one of only five rivers being rafted in Canada at the time.
Their prediction was correct. Starting with just one van and one raft, the adventurous activity soon caught on, and soon Linda and Daryl were guiding locals and both Canadian and international visitors down the flowing waterway.
Bearing the same name today, Kootenay River Runners now has 18 employees and a fleet of 10-15 boats running on busy days. Behind the scenes, staff log 300 kilometres of driving on logging roads each day to shuttle the boats.
Sifting through their records, Daryl and Linda predict they've ushered about 250,000 people down the Kootenay and Kicking Horse rivers and Toby Creek during the past 35 years.
Things weren't always smooth sailing during the couple's earliest years of owning the business, although their biggest problems centred around their first bus.
"During those first few years, the bus broke down on the first trip of the year, every time," Linda said.
Once, when Daryl was driving to pick up some of their first customers, the hood of the van flew up and smashed the windshield.
"I picked up the visitors with no windshield," Daryl remembered, chuckling. "I couldn't really explain that, but they didn't mention anything. They were international visitors though, and I think they just thought it was part of the great Canadian experience."
Once they smoothed out their mechanical curse and mastered guiding the Kootenay River, Daryl and Linda decided to expand to the Kicking Horse River when their customers started asking for more whitewater.
Daryl was no stranger to the churning currents of the Kicking Horse: he made the first descent of the river on May 1st, 1980. There is an article in The Golden Star documenting the descent, with a photo of Daryl mid-rapids wearing jeans and no helmet.
Daryl and Linda's venture on the Kicking Horse was successful, and later they expanded further to Toby Creek. Despite all the years and all the mileage they've logged, Linda and Daryl both say their favourite part of running their business is seeing what joy their trips bring to adults and children who may be experiencing such wilderness for the first time.
The couple's passion has carried over to many of their customers who originally rafted with them in the early years, and who are now bringing their grandchildren and children for a trip down the river.
Daryl, who still guides, and Linda, who oversees the office, say their bubbly staff have kept them passionate about rafting during their 35 years in business.
"There's a lot of enthusiasm, energy, and skill, in our office. They keep us young," Linda said, laughing.
As for plans to continue, Daryl said simply, "Yeah, why not."
Daryl and Linda have two daughters, Amy and Cara, who both grew up helping with the business.
For more information about Kootenay River Runners, go to www.raftingtherockies.com.


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The three-man folk singing group The Wellingtons sang the theme song for the first season, but were replaced by a similar sounding group,The Eligibles, for the following seasons.


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Editorial: A GOP candidate and the shutdown
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Jim Hagedorn, a Blue Earth resident, announced his candidacy last month for U.S. Congress in Minnesota's First Congressional District. Hagedorn hopes to win the Republican Party endorsement and run against incumbent Democrat Tim Walz, who is in the midst of his fourth two-year term.
Hagedorn, who visited Worthington last week during a swing through the state's southwest corner, hammered home the importance of a smaller government with far fewer regulations that "needlessly harass people in the private sector." He said many have told them the government has become far too powerful and, as a result, created an atmosphere of fear through "soft tyranny."
Like many of the conservative Republicans now in the U.S. House, Hagedorn doesn't mince words when it comes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — popularly derided by its foes as Obamacare. While he condemns in a September press release "several horrible bills" enacted by "President Obama, Tim Walz and their liberal allies," he declares: "Obamacare is the grandaddy monstrosity of them all. The cancer of Obamacare must be repealed and eradicated."
As of Tuesday, the government had shut down — thanks in large part to a fight over Obamacare. Hagedorn's hailing of the legislation as a "cancer" will no doubt be vilified by its supporters and embraced by many on the right. People's take on the government's role in health care — and the shutdown, depending on its length — will likely be of the upmost importance in November 2014.


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Mariah Carey Relates to 'American Idol' Contestants in New Promo
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Nicki Minaj probably hates this 'American Idol' promo, since Mariah Carey is the focus. Carey is the OG diva, so…
…Mimi is the only judge to talk about her experience as an artist and on the show, saying, "I didn't have a show like 'Idol.' I always sang and always wrote, and you can't let go of your dreams."
Carey, one of the best-selling female artists of all time, speaks from a place of experience. She waited the tables. She scratched and clawed her way to the top. So she "gets" the position the hopefuls are in. We even see a contestant making her cry and reaching her core, saying she felt every word they sang.
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- o f l o d a said...
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- January 24, 2011 at 12:29 PM
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Now that's improvising with the axe!
- January 24, 2011 at 1:58 PM
- Leila del Duca said...
Hee hee, Sam! I was being sarcastic, so I hope you really don't feel bad! But let's say that I am angry anyways and that we're fighting. I'll say something really mean about you on my blog.
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A former member of the Canadian Club of Winnipeg is hoping to bring one of the city's oldest institutions back from the dead.
The non-profit, apolitical organization was "100 per cent broke" 18 months ago when Jim Brennan decided to try reviving it. It hadn't hosted a luncheon in many months and those that were held were increasingly poorly attended.
No sense coming back with anything less than a bang, so the first luncheon under Brennan's watch -- thanks to a few strings pulled by University of Winnipeg president Lloyd Axworthy -- features none other than former Manitoba premier and current Canadian ambassador to the United States Gary Doer, Dec. 6 at the RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg.
"He's the Mick Jagger of Manitoba politics," Brennan said.
One high-profile luncheon does not a comeback make, so Brennan has a taken a few other steps he believes are crucial in re-establishing the Canadian Club as a viable entity.
First, he has formed a new board of committed directors. Second, he persuaded Philip Lee, Manitoba's lieutenant-governor, to be its honorary patron. Third, he has returned the annual membership price to $40, less than half the $85 it cost a couple of years ago.
He has also made an overture to the Women's Canadian Club of Winnipeg, which has about 50 members, and asked about one of them sitting on his board.
"I think it's important to come together. Every club I know argues that it doesn't have enough members. Why have two clubs with the same name just because it's men and women? That's a little old-fashioned, isn't it? Let's do it together," he said.
He has negotiated the use of an office at the United Way headquarters on Main Street and will be able to use its boardroom when required.
The last time the Canadian Club hosted a luncheon was in the spring of 2011 when another former premier, Howard Pawley, was the speaker.
At the time, the Canadian Club had about 250 members, a far cry from the 625 in 2001.
Not long after the Pawley luncheon, the board called a meeting and decided to cease operations. That session was led by Bill McDonald, CEO of the Winnipeg Humane Society.
"We found the competition too much. The people who can afford to go to a lunch have too many options now. There's the mayor's state of the union lunch and the Winnipeg Chamber is doing lunches now, too. We weren't breaking even on some lunches and we saw a long, dark road of going down to nothing," he said.
McDonald, however, supports Brennan's efforts and said he will renew his membership. In particular, he likes his idea of fewer but bigger lunches every year -- say, one in the spring and another in the fall -- instead of seven or eight monthly events.
The big draws are typically political, including Bob Rae and Paul Martin, and some are business-oriented, such as Leonard Asper, but crowds dropped off for sports and entertainment figures, Brennan said.
He is confident audiences will return once the word gets out.
"We will get members. The evidence is on my (voice mail)," he said.
He hopes the big-name speakers will keep coming. A request has been sent to Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office for him to speak this winter.
"He's the only prime minister who has not spoken to the Canadian Club of Winnipeg. We've had every prime minister for the last 100 years."


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Chris Martin Is Banging Alexa Chung Already
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin announced their conscious uncoupling barely two months ago, so that's more than enough time for him to start up showing up at bars with Alexa Chung. Radar reports:
An eyewitness noticed the Brits together in a New York City bar on May 6, and as the couple got cozy over beers, it certainly didn't seem like a business meeting.
"When I arrived, about 9:15pm, they were tucked away in a dark corner of the back room of the bar," a source told Britain's Heat magazine.
Martin 37, and Chung, 30, were on what "looked like a date," according to the report.
"I spotted them straight away and asked Chris 'Are you a singer?' He just laughed and said 'Yes, but not tonight," the eyewitness said.
As for how Gwyneth's taking all this, get back to her when Chris Martin's done lying with peasants like a common cobbler:
Paltrow, 41, shouldn't be surprised by the news, since the insider claims she is fully aware of the relationship — and isn't threatened by the younger woman.
"She's been telling people she 'doesn't care' because she's a big star and Alexa isn't even on TV anymore," the insider said.
"Alexa Chung? I can buy and sell that little trollop like so many Peruvian finger anklets. Never trifle me with the affairs of mortals again, do you hear me? Now fetch the screenplay for the latest Man of Iron film. I require dutiful preparation before performing cinema. Dutiful. Preparation. *reads* 'Pepper returns home to find Tony playfully mounting a female power suit.' Ha! It's as Shakespearean as it ribald. I should only hope the Academy's ready for such art."
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While normal panting serves a useful function, abnormally excessive panting is often a sign of serious problems. Brachycephalic breeds -- such as bulldogs, pugs, and Boston terriers - have particular difficulty recovering from heat-related exhaustion because of their physical structure. (These dogs are distinguished by their protruding exposed eyes, extremely short pushed-in noses, and small nostrils.) Don't ignore these dogs' panting if it lasts for more than ten minutes at rest in a cool environment. Think about it. Have you ever needed more than ten minutes to catch your breath, even after strenuous exercise?
If your dog's panting doesn't subside in a few minutes, move on to a more thorough evaluation of the dog. Start by checking her mucous membranes. If the normally pink, moist tissues of the mouth and tongue are turning bluish purple (hypoxia) or are ghostly pale (shock), get your dog to an emergency facility immediately!
Does your dog have a fever? Sometimes a body temperature of higher than 102.5°F will cause a dog to pant in an attempt to reduce its fever. See "How to Check Your Dog's Temperature" [not available online] for instructions on taking your dog's temperature. If your panting dog has such a temperature elevation and isn't simply overheated, it may be due to infection. See your veterinarian right away.
Text © 2007 by Robert D. "Jake" Tedaldi, D.V.M.
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