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- The December issue of the New Colonist is online now at http://
www.colonist.com. Here are our featured articles for this month:
A Dance with the Street
In the middle of Los Angeles's Miracle Mile, there is a remarkable
building that, you could say, dances with the street. Not literally,
of course; it is as immobile as any other edifice. But because of its
thoughtful, clever, and, shall we say, compassionate design, it
interacts with the street life on all four sides of the busy block it
occupies in a way that the neoBrutalist shoebox skyscrapers so common
in the US inevitably fail to do.
No Matter How You Slice the OccuPie....
I don't know exactly why I am setting out to write this article. I
have not gone out to protest at one of the many Occupy events around
the country, yet I share this unknowing uncertainty with the
protesters. I don't know why, but like many Americans, both part of
the 99 percent and the rest, I sense there is something wrong.
Masters of War...and Finance
A friend commented recently that a colleague's new job "demonizing
the oil industry" is too easy; one should choose tougher targets. So
perhaps it is inappropriate to write about the World Bank, when so
many have already said so much about its destructive policies.
Nevertheless, I couldn't help but be amused at the realization that
the architects of the two most unpopular wars the US has fought in
recent history (Vietnam and Iraq) both went on to become presidents
of the World Bank.
Wheerlchairs in the Snow Alas
Regardless of physical ability, no one enjoys the inconvenience of
snow-covered roads or walkways. But wheelchair users in particular
confront obstacles alien to those who travel on foot. Those of us on
wheels face particular difficulties that un-shoveled sidewalks and
blocked curb cuts cause in a so-called "winter wonderland."
And don't forget our blog, our various services, and our extensive
archives, all at the New Colonist, where we cover "City places for
city people."
Richard Risemberg
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New Year Honours
January 3rd, 2010
Dr Petra
It's a funny old thing, blogging. You post stuff, and you get feedback, which although useful (and definitely helps you improve your writing), is generally about your blog's content.
Sometimes people tell you how much they like your blog. Which is always nice. But it's even better when bloggers recognise what you're doing – and tell other people about it.
Which is why I was really delighted to be mentioned as one of the top ten 'bloggers of the year' (number 6 to be exact), compiled by Crispian Jago for The Pod Delusion.
There are some impressive nominees in the list – including blogs by Zeno, Gimpy, Carmen, and Naomi. All of whom are fantastic writers and whose blogs I follow regularly.
The overall (and rightful) winner was Jack of Kent, who has written an 'acceptance speech' blog where he discusses 'What is good blogging?'. Aside from being very complimentary to me, this blog (and The Pod Delusion) raises some important and interesting questions about what good blogging can, and should, involve.
In relation to sex blogging I'd add to this the excellent discussion from a couple of years back by Cory Silverberg and colleagues about what makes for a better sex blog.
These blogs and the discussions that go with them all address key issues around what blogging can achieve. This is a topic which I think we'll continue to revisit in 2010, particularly shifting our gaze so we don't just focus on blogs that read well, but we begin to look for measurable outcomes for what blogs can achieve. After all, it's not enough to write well. The point of many blogs that fall within science communication, open access, activism (and as in my case) sex education is to make a difference to our readers and wider society. How we may achieve this, and measure it, is something that's now essential to all conversations on 'good blogging'.
I'd like to use this opportunity to mention a few of the blogs I rate (you can see a complete list in the links to your right). Mind Hacks is undoubtedly my top read for all psychology/neurology stories. Cory Silverberg's blog for about.com (linked to above) is a fantastic mix of advice, reflection, and entertainment. I also really like Marty Klein for raising issues many sex educators are too timid to talk about. And I can't not mention Kinsey Confidential - whose blog and podcasts I think are fantastic, but who are also phenomenal on Twitter with a near constant stream of sex tips, links and science.
I'll finish with a big Thank You to Crispian, The Pod Delusion and Jack of Kent. In the words of Sally Field "I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect….I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!"Tweet
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This volume features the landmark speeches of his career, including "I Have a Dream"; his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize; "Beyond Vietnam", a powerful plea to end the conflict; and his eulogy for the young victims of the Birmingham church bombing.
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800 Cameroonians arrested over the links to Nigeria-based Boko Haram group. One of the arrested is Prince Yerima Abba Yusufa. Despite army claims that Boko Haram is defeated, the group recently issues a new video.
Cameroonian investigative journalist, Bisong Etahoben, has stated that the country's authorities have sentenced 109 supposed Boko Haram members to death. Nigerians in their reactions praise the government of the neighbouring country for this decision. Cameroon is among the 5 West African countries that have been badly affected by the attacks of the deadly Boko Haram sect.
Muhammadu Buhari during his inauguration on May 29, 2015, promised to wipe out the insurgents. He gave his army chiefs three-months deadline to end the insurgency in Nigeria. Buhari in December last year announced that Nigerian army has technically defeated the terrorists.
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Impotence may worsen after weight surgery
Impotent men may see their problem get worse after having weight loss surgery, a new Australian study has shown.
Researchers from Austin Hospital in Melbourne, southern Australia, examined 176 patients undergoing gastric band surgery. This weight loss operation involves a band being fitted around the stomach, to restrict the amount an obese person can comfortably eat. 142 of the patients were women and 32 were men.
Before the operation many of the men suffered from erectile dysfunction, while more than half of the women had urinary incontinence; both conditions are linked to obesity. While the women experienced greater urinary function following the operation, the men did not, and they also saw their erection problems become worse on the whole.
Lead study autor Dr. Weranja Ranasinghe said: "The anticipated improvement in the men's sexual function, which has been observed in studies on non-surgical weight loss, did not materialise. In fact, the men in our study reported that their erection and orgasm problems worsened after surgery."
Dr Ranasinghe said a number of factors could have influenced the results. Age is one, while the study also only looked at short-term results, and immediately after any operation, it is common for sexual desire to be low due to hormonal changes and psychological issues.
Weight loss surgery is used to reduce the weight of severely obese people (those with a body mass index, or BMI, of more than 40).
Impotence is a common medical problem that affects around 1 in 10 men. Impotence can be treated with the anti-erectile dysfunction medications Viagra, Levitra and Cialis. Speak to your doctor if you are concerned about erection problems.


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There seems to be an unusual desire for the United States to head back into Iraq. Have we not learned our lesson from the first eight years of protracted conflict in that country?
"President Obama has authorized airstrikes in Iraq."
Does anyone else see something wrong with that headline? Not "The United States Government has…" or "With the approval of Congress, the President has…"
No. The headlines have always told us that Obama is doing this, that, and the other thing on his own, as if he holds all of the power.
This most recent flaunt of his scepter shows blatant disregard for the Constitution, which clearly states that Congress must approve an act of war. This headline would baffle the Founding Fathers!
How can the President authorize such a thing? Well, he can't. Or at least he is not supposed to. Nobody seems to have a say in what goes on except Mr. Obama himself. That is not how this country was set up, and that is not behavior that should be tolerated by Congress, by government officials, or by you, the law abiding citizen!
It has been said that the military action may be so narrowly performed that no congressional approval is required. But you do not think that an airstrike from the largest military in the world could be possibly escalate into a war worthy of
Even if you're not a Christian as I am, you've probably heard Jesus' Beatitudes ("Blessed are the…"). What I'd like to do is present to you some of the Beatitudes (based on the NASB translation) if they were rewritten by a modern statist. Compare them to the original here.
Blessed are the poor in dollars. Take other people's stuff and give it to them.
Exploited are those who mourn. Make sure you make them the face of whatever bill you want to pass in response to this tragedy.
Blessed are those who use force against others, for they shall control the world.
Mocked are merciful, for they are soft on crime.
Blessed are those who are pure in heart, so make sure the government bans porn and vulgar lyrics to keep them that way.
Suspicious are the peacemakers, for they will be called "unpatriotic."
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness. Send rockets over there to help them. Bombs always solve slaughter. (See immediately preceding teaching.)
Pitied are you when people insult and persecute you. Whine and become a victim, and demand special protections under the law so your feelings don't get hurt.
My point through these illustrations is to show that Jesus was not a statist—nowhere in his actual teachings do you see Him saying "Run to Caesar! He will fix your problems!" Instead, it's to show the contrast. While modern statism is practically its own religion, we see Jesus calling us to depend on Him, each other, and personal responsibility for our well being—and look forward to the Kingdom that is coming rather than any government of this world.
(This post is first in a three-part series.)
Content published on the Young Americans for Liberty blog is only representative of the opinions and research of the individual authors. It does not necessarily reflect the views, goals, or membership of YAL.
America is constantly abroad, constantly seeking monsters to destroy—monsters which, like the hydra of mythology or Marvel, only seem to multiply as we launch war after endless war.
As much as we may want to say, "America is coming to help," it's never that clear-cut, and innocent civilians too often pay the price.
As ISIS commits atrocity after atrocity, it is easy to wonder if this tragedy might have been prevented had the 2003 invasion of Iraq never occurred—if we'd listen to the wisdom of Founding Fathers like Adams…and Washington, and Franklin, and Jefferson, and Madison, and more.
Adams' explanation of the dangers of foreign intervention is now writ large in the violence in Iraq and the suppression of civil liberties in the name of fighting terrorism here at home:
[America] well knows that by once enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she would involve herself, beyond the power of extrication, in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy, and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standard of freedom.The fundamental maxims of her policy would insensibly change from liberty to force. The frontlet upon her brows would no longer beam with the ineffable splendor of freedom and independence; but in its stead would soon be substituted an imperial diadem, flashing in false and tarnished lustre the murky radiance of dominion and power.She might become the dictatress of the world: she would be no longer the ruler of her own spirit.
[America] well knows that by once enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she would involve herself, beyond the power of extrication, in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy, and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standard of freedom.
The fundamental maxims of her policy would insensibly change from liberty to force. The frontlet upon her brows would no longer beam with the ineffable splendor of freedom and independence; but in its stead would soon be substituted an imperial diadem, flashing in false and tarnished lustre the murky radiance of dominion and power.
She might become the dictatress of the world: she would be no longer the ruler of her own spirit.
Read the rest here.
Note: This blog post argues under the lens of a Devil's Advocate and does not reflect the views of the writer, Richard Pham, or YAL as an organization. Counter-arguments, critiques, questions, or comments are highly encouraged.
Hundreds of protesters shouted at the video-store owner as he walked toward his store in embarrassment, hiding his face away from the crowd. Hand-made banners and picket signs, saying things like, "Down with Communism!" or "Communism kills!" were gathered around a crowded strip-mall plaza along Bolsa Ave. in Westminster, CA. (Little Saigon)
This, my friends, was the community's response to a video store owner's decision to display a portrait of Ho Chi Minh and the North Vietnamese communist flag — clad with the stereotypical communist colors of crimson red and a yellow star — rather than the socially acceptable South Vietnamese flag, 3 red stripes clad on a golden flag.
With this, this just goes to show actions have consequences and free speech can't be immune to being a victim of consequences. Just imagine the same if someone were to display a portrait of Hitler at a synagogue or Fidel Castro in Little Havana. The community would respond with much dissatisfaction.
I don't know if it's a longstanding American tradition to waste political discussion on topics that really don't matter, but in the last decade or so, we seem to have really honed this skill:
The current obsession is President Obama's decision not to visit the United States' southern border to—let's be realistic—do photo ops while making some vague comments about immigration policy.
Now, I'm far from a fan of the President—but this critique just doesn't make sense. It especially doesn't make sense after all the aforementioned complaining about the cost of his other trips.
Ironically, Texas Governor Rick Perry, who did go to the border, managed to squeeze in an awful lot of photo ops despite declaring, "I'm not interested in photo ops." He even tweeted the photos…on multiple Twitter accounts. If that's not a photo op, I don't know what is.
But here's the thing: None of this truly matters.
And spending time talking about this kind of frivolous stuff distracts from the very real abuses of liberty and power the Obamas impose on us when they're not on vacation.
Honestly, I'd like to see the President on vacation more often. At least when he's on the golf course, he can't completely override the rule of law with his pen and his phone! Let him vacation all day, every day if it means he'll stop expanding the size and scope of government at home and abroad. Maybe if he's occupied elsewhere, the rest of us can get busy actually making our communities and the world more prosperous, safe, and free.
It's finally happened: Glenn Greenwald has started to release names of those who have been targeted by unlawful NSA surveillance. And surprise, surprise: all five of the names released are those of prominent Muslim-Americans.
The surveillance program is no longer simply* a blatant disregard of American privacy and the Fourth Amendment, but now has become one of the most extensive cases of racial profiling in recent American history. These men range from professors and attorneys to high-clearance government officials to directors of civil rights organizations. The five names released were (via The Intercept):
Faisal Gill, longtime Republican Party operative and one-time candidate for public office who held a top-secret security clearance and served in the Department of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush;Asim Ghafoor, a prominent attorney who has represented clients in terrorism-related cases;Hooshang Amirahmadi, an Iranian-American professor of international relations at Rutgers University;Agha Saeed, a former political science professor at California State University who champions Muslim civil liberties and Palestinian rights;Nihad Awad, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the country.
How can any politician in their right mind still support this vast government overreach? This program is NOT protecting american citizens, but targeting upstanding, contributing members of society. Apparently, being a conservative or a Muslim is enough for the government to spy on you without even getting a warrant, much less having probable cause.
Consider the following:
What if the same agency wasted tens of billions of dollars annually on projects and goods unrelated to its mission? (Like a study on "whether men holding pistols are viewed as taller, stronger and more masculine than those wielding objects such as saws, paint brushes and caulking guns." Or "a conference that included a session titled 'Did Jesus Die for Klingons too?'" Or "research on what the behavior of fish can teach us about democracy.")
What if this agency regularly and intentionally doctored the books to hide these wasteful practices from taxpayers?
For any fiscal conservative, the conclusion must be that this incredibly wasteful, deceptive, and nonproductive government agency is seriously overdue for audits, possibly criminal charges, and huge—massive—ginormous spending cuts. Right?
That program was the War in Iraq. That agency is the Department of Defense. That spending is war spending. And the DoD does indeed waste absurd amounts of money on unrelated projectsgalore, incredibly overpriced purchases, obsolete weaponry, poor prioritization, nation-building projects, destroying equipment, promoting the recent Superman flick, fraudulent contractors, empty buildings, unaccountable spending, and planes that cost as much as Sweden's GDP. The DoD has been caught doctoring the books on a grand scale.
Yes, war really is just one more big government program: It's costly. It's wasteful. It's poorly managed and rife with incompetence and
The recent practice of the NSA of gathering metadata on individuals is a paradigm shift in the history of information gathering by the government.
On June 10, 2014, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a congressional meeting with Michael J. Morrel, the former acting director of the CIA and a member of the President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies. Before the committee, Morrel stated this about the NSA's gathering of metadata:
It is absolutely true that the [Patriot Act] 215 program [NSA Prism] hasn't played a significant role in disrupting any attacks at this point. But it only has to be successful once to be important.
Metadata, which is data about data, are meta tags that gather data, contextualizes data, and analyzes data of both human and computer content. Metadata, essentially, gathers key words and information about certain media types such as name, author, date published, user, length, content summary, image size, etc.
NSA's Prism, created under the Patriot Act Section 215, does the opposite of what Search Engine Optimization—a digital marketing tool that helps businesses to more visible online so consumers can find their brand and buy the brand's product or service—does, by using terms within metadata to create profiles on citizens.
However, despite all of the information that the NSA Prism program has gathered it has yet to achieve the its low, low goal of
This is the final section of a four-part essay series hosted here on the YAL blog which addresses the alliances between the US government and sponsors of international terrorism. Read Part 3 here.
The liberty-minded position on foreign policy—free trade, no entangling alliances, justice for war crimes against the republic, and general peaceful interstate relations—must reach a critical mass of consent. Though support for America minding her own business internationally is on the rise, unfortunately noninterventionism still gets comparatively little attention within the marketplace of ideas.
As I discussed in previous sections of this series, neoconservatives continue to insist that boots must be put on the ground in order to prevent ISIL from having a safe haven from which they can launch attacks against NATO allies. Dick Cheney, Bill Kristol, and a host of other discredited pundits and former power brokers insist on making the same old arguments for endless war. I feel safe in stating that their proposals are not going to be taken seriously nor will they be implemented under any foreseeable scenario.
Another shockingly maudlin variant of this position goes something like this: "Will we allow the investment that our veterans, servicemen and women made on the battlefields, to be in vain? Will we also allow those who died for our freedoms to have died in vain? We must go back over there to make things right and also make sure terrorists don't use it as a base to launch attacks against Americans."
In my view, this position is a shameless, trite piece of emotional appeal. It is hard for words to express the vile nature of this sentiment.
After all the dead Americans who volunteered to unwittingly take part in a war built on lies? After all the dead Iraqis—Shi'a, Sunni, Christian, and more—visited with a battle of kill or be killed, under false pretense? Will we allow those who died under false pretext for a foreign war that was unjustifiable and criminal to…die in vain?
The sad, sad irony here is too sharp for words to express. The tragic results of this war built on lies cannot be remedied by sending more men, women, and children to early graves in pursuit of an unreachable goal.
Noninterventionism, the truly foreign policy of a free people, has long since made its debut in the marketplace of ideas. It is incumbent on we who are able to do what


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This month, we had the pleasure of having blogger Jamie Green from House + Hanger come into our men's store Mason to share some of her styling tips for men. To find out more about Jamie, click here! Keep reading to find out this seasons hottest styling tips for men!
{Peter Millar zip-up + Citizens of Humanity Jeans + Vince Tee}
- A casual zip-up sweater is a great option for laid-back layering over a tee shirt. Easy on, easy off.
- Guys, don't be afraid to carry a bag. This one can hold your wine!! 😉
{Peter Millar button down + Citizens of Humanity jeans + Peter Millar loafers}
- Don't be afraid to incorporate color into your wardrobe. Sweaters and shirts in shades of green and purple are year-round colors that pair nicely with jeans and chinos.
- Suede shoes are making a comeback! Put your best foot forward this year in a navy or gray suede shoe for a polished weekend look.
{Billy Reid polo + Billy Reid shorts + Basesball cap}
- Long-sleeved polos are perfect for transitioning your shorts into spring.
{Citizens of Humanity Jeans + Organic Graphic Tee + Krewe Shades + Baseball Cap + Hari Mari Sandals}
- Jeans with a lighter color are a weekend staple for a more relaxed occasion. Trade out your dark denim for a lighter wash that has a bit of stretch in it for all-day comfort.
When you live at the beach, flip flops are an every day staple. We love these by Hari Mari. So comfortable for all day wear!
{Billy Reid denim button down + Billy Reid tee + Citizens of Humanity jeans}
- Don't be afraid to cuff your jeans but only roll one or twice.
- When mixing denim, always do with different washes in the same color family. For this look, we paired 2 dark washed shades.
- If there's one thing every man should invest in, it's a sport jacket. Opt for an updated style that is a medium blue shade or one with texture and pattern.
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Last night I was partying with LS. We were doing quite well with kills. Im watching as I nuke and spirit dart until my hearts content and I see the little text scrolling on my screen.
Conjuring skill up 80, 30, 150...
Then the mob dies and only see Experience points earned 200. I think to myself oh no biggie the text just didnt scroll I know I got my skillz. So we begin attacking the next mob I look at my rank points before battle add up the skill points the log says I will get once mob is defeated, exp shows up, no rank points show up. I check in my menu and I am not receiving the points that I should have according to the battle log.
Just wondering if any other folks have experienced the same thing. I really hope they fix this.
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Aliens will destroy the world if America's first black president and Alaska's iron lady can't agree
Aliens have it in for us on television this week. They're attacking on The Event, they're firing up reactors on V, they're facing off on Stargate Universe...and they're invading Los Angeles. Yes, there's a Battle of Los Angeles TV movie.


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LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - British actor Tom Hardy delves into the criminal world in "Legend", taking on not one but two roles as the notorious London gangsters the Kray twins.
The "Mad Max: Fury Road" star plays both Ronnie and Reggie Kray in the biopic about the feared duo, who built up a criminal empire in the 1950s and 1960s.
Ronnie and Reggie, who also mingled with the rich and famous, were sent to jail for life for murder convictions in 1969 and died in 1995 and 2000 respectively.
"There's a part of me that enjoys investigating the world of criminal underworld ... and it seemed like a natural progression but the challenge would be to play two people," Hardy told Reuters at the film's premiere on Thursday night.
Asked about the film's title, he added: "It's kind of ironic because it means that there are lots of myths that circulate around about the Krays ... No one really knows the truth about them... There's loads of material out there but it's pretty much open to interpretation."
Despite their record, the Kray twins still hold almost mythical status in Britain, with thousands of people watching the corteges at their funerals.
"There is nothing in this film that I see as glorifying their behaviour," actor Christopher Eccleston, who plays the police officer investigating the Krays in the movie, said.
"I don't think Tom was presenting them in a sympathetic manner. I certainly don't feel that Brian Helgeland has done that with his screenplay or his direction. I would hope we haven't glamorized them ... They were criminals."
"Legend" is released in British cinemas on Sept. 9 and U.S. cinemas on Oct. 2. (Reporting By Holly Rubenstein; Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Toby Chopra)


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Promoter Of Troubled 'Electric Daisy Carnival' Rave Goes 18-And-Older For Next Event
'EDC' fans.
Timothy Norris
The promoter of the troubled Electric Daisy Carnival rave last month, where a 15-year-old who later died apparently took ecstasy, is moving to an 18-and-older format for his next big event, the Audiotistic Festival July 24 at the National Orange Show Events Center San Bernardino.
"What he's doing for the first time is he's going to 18-and-over," Dan Jimenez, general manager of the Orange Show venue, told LA Weekly. "He felt bad that someone of that age was there."
Electric Daisy Carnival drew as many as 200,000 people over two days and marketed itself as an event for those 16-and-older, but a source who worked at the event told the Weekly that IDs were not checked.
Indeed, video depicts dozens upon dozens of gatecrashers plowing over barriers to get into the party that featured Will.i.am, Moby and Deadmau5, among many other other DJs and dance music acts. More than 200 medical emergencies were reported, and 60 arrests, mostly on suspicion of drug-related offenses, were made by Los Angeles police.
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A county task force is being formed this month to reconsider how raves are organized and policed at public venues such as the Los Angeles Coliseum, where EDC took place.
Unlike an Eastside rave that was cancelled in the wake of EDC and another plug-pulling for the rave-like Hard festival this month, the Audiotistic show will go on. (The Los Angeles Times reported, without evidence, that the Hard event was canceled as a result security concerns related to EDC-like fears, and that story was picked up by the likes of MTV, but it appears Hard's might be a case of slow ticket sales).
In fact, Jimenez defended EDC promoter Pasquale Rotella as professional and safety minded, noting that he's been throwing events at the Orange Show grounds for 14 years.
"Pasquale makes sure there's enough security and police here to ensure that his patrons have a safe, good time," Jimenez said.
Asked if sheriff's or city officials have expressed concerns about having an EDC-related event come to town following the troubles at the Coliseum-based party last month, Jimenez said no: The main complaints in the past, he said, have been about noise.
The raves (Jimenez preferred to call them electronic dance concerts) bring a lot of business to San Bernardino in a down economy, he noted. A local gas station traditionally runs out of fuel before the night is over, and area hotel occupancy rates go from about 55 percent to 97 percent. Audiotistic should draw 20,000 to 25,000 people, Jimenez said.
Though there have been reports of allegedly overzealous deputies and security personnel at Orange Show raves in the past, the venue's most-trouble concert happened in 2006, and it didn't involve electronic dance music.
The British Invasion 2K6 saw a mini-riot as fans exiting the venue smashed store windows, threw bottles, vandalized cars and set small fires, according to the San Bernardino Sun.
The raves, Jimenez says, attract a more peaceful crowd:
"I would say that probably the punk's a little darker than the kids who come to the electronic dance festivals."
And EDC's Rotella, he vows, wants to keep that vibe.
"Pasquale is a very driven and he always wants to make sure his shows are great," Jimenez says. "He doesn't want to get a bad rep out there."
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Whether it's from the students, parents, or our male teacher colleagues, us women teachers deal with a lot of crap as underpaid educators. While female teachers dominate the teaching industry, we are constantly being stereotyped instead of being appreciated for how serious we take our jobs. Here is a list of a few stereotypes we have to deal with on a daily basis that will hopefully give you something to laugh at on your Monday back to school!
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UK-based telecom major Vodafone today said it plans to list its Indian unit on local bourses and is waiting for the right time for the IPO. "Listing decisions have to be taken in the right time and the right moment.
Right now we are concentrating on improving our network and building our broadband penetration and surely one day we would consider an IPO...I am not against it," Vodafone Group CEO Vittorio Colao said here.
Signalling its commitment towards the Indian market, Vodafone Group held its board meeting in Delhi this time. "We took the board here because first of all, India is quickly becoming one of our most important countries and therefore it was good for the board to see our colleagues, to see the commercial activities.
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Also, we have a transitional change, Sunil is becoming the new chief executive, so it was important for the board and for Sunil to spend some time together," Colao said. The Group CEO also met Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and discussed the Digital India project and how can the private sector can play a role in it.
"It was an excellent meeting and we had a very good alignment on the Digital India project. We think we can have a great role on Digital India with the right amount of spectrum... we can be very instrumental," Colao added. Asked if the tax issue was also discussed, Colao said, "Absolutely not."
Vodafone is facing a tax liability of over Rs 11,200 crore along with interest on its 2007 acquisition of Honk Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa's stake in India's telecom major Hutchison Essar. Giving more details about the meeting, sources said Colao told the minister how can Vodafone play an important role in providing the last mile connectivity.
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Colao is also believed to have sought adequate availability of spectrum. Sources said that minister conveyed to the CEO that whatever is doable should be done and whenever more spectrum is released from the Defence, it will be auctioned thereafter.
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The company had reported net profit in the country last year for the first time since its entry in 2007 mainly on the back of growth in data and increased call charges. Colao had earlier said that the company was "incredibly positive about India not only from the business point of view but otherwise too."
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Thursday 9 December 1909
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The Life of Cheese: Crafting Food and Value in Americaby Heather Paxson
Cheese is alive, and alive with meaning. Heather Paxson's beautifully written anthropological study of American artisanal cheesemaking tells the story of how craftwork has become a new source of cultural and economic value for producers as well as consumers. Dairy farmers and artisans inhabit a world in which their colleagues and collaborators are a wild cast of characters, including plants, animals, microorganisms, family members, employees, and customers. As "unfinished" commodities, living products whose qualities are not fully settled, handmade cheeses embody a mix of new and old ideas about taste and value. By exploring the life of cheese, Paxson helps rethink the politics of food, land, and labor today.
Making Modern Mothers: Ethics and Family Planning in Urban Greeceby Heather Paxson
In Greece, women speak of mothering as "within the nature" of a woman. But this durable association of motherhood with femininity exists in tension with the highest incidence of abortion and one of the lowest fertility rates in Europe. In this setting, how do women think of themselves as proper individuals, mothers, and Greek citizens? In this anthropological study of reproductive politics and ethics in Athens, Greece, Heather Paxson tracks the effects of increasing consumerism and imported biomedical family planning methods, showing how women's "nature" is being transformed to meet crosscutting claims of the contemporary world. Locating profound ambivalence in people's ethical evaluations of gender and fertility control, Paxson offers a far-reaching analysis of conflicting assumptions about what it takes to be a good mother and a good woman in modern Greece, where assertions of cultural tradition unfold against a backdrop of European Union integration, economic struggle, and national demographic anxiety over a falling birth rate.
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A Dragon-Shifter Ménage
Beautiful, innocent Delyse has been waiting for three years to be claimed by her dragon-shifter husband, Eric Drekinn. Eric's Beta, Viggo, bought her for his Alpha, but now they are both waiting for the next solar eclipse, when the ancient dragon will rise from his long hibernation. Unfortunately, Delyse finds it hard to wait patiently when the charming, handsome Viggo is just within arm's reach. Before she knows it, she falls madly in love with him. It's wrong, it's forbidden. She belongs to Eric, and she doesn't even know if Viggo feels the same.
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Wedding photographers love rainy days. A rainy day lends atmosphere and a particular beauty to wedding photographs, such as this candid, close moment between the grooms at the Columbia Tower Club in Seattle. And a Seattle day it was.
The grooms got ready at the Arctic Club Hotel, took rainy day portraits inside at the nearby Seattle Art Museum and held their ceremony at Epiphany Parish of Seattle, which is located less than two blocks from the former home of Kurt Cobain of Nirvana. The duo also enjoyed all-day transportation by British Motor Coach before arriving at the striking downtown Columbia Tower Club, where they celebrated their nuptials on top of the world – on the 77th and 78th floors, to be exact.
The Columbia Center is now the tallest skyscraper in the Seattle skyline as well as the tallest building throughout the state of Washington. I enjoyed the rich uplighting in both the Columbia Room for dinner and in the Washington room for the cocktail hour and reception, which made for more memorable wedding photographs, and every guest took in views for days and days of the Cascade mountains, Safeco Field and Century Link Field, Mt. Rainier, downtown Seattle, Elliot Bay, the Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains.
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So I am fully aware that I have been dropping the blog ball. Through the holidays we were too busy that I haven't found the time to write a few posts, but that doesn't mean that things haven't been happening around here. Firstly we installed beams and crown molding in the living room.
When we first moved here there was no overhead lighting in the living room and last winter we had LED high hats installed. We had been planning to put up two beams (breaking the ceiling into thirds) and installing crown molding around them, as well as the rest of the room. The living room is very long and narrow, and we hoped that by installing some molding it would create some visual interest and break up the ceiling making the room appear a bit wider.
We took a few days before Thanksgiving to tackle this project and it has made a huge impact on the room. As we have come to find in other rooms, when we install trim work to the ceiling, it feel so much higher- enough that I had to have Steve rehang the mirror over the mantle. It also took away the gut instinct when looking up to look at the lighting, which now seems to somewhat fade into the rest of the ceiling.
This project was pretty inexpensive considering the high impact. All we used were 1″x4″x16′ boards and 3 5/8″ standard crown molding. the 1″x4″ were used as framing and for the finished beams. Steven added a bead detail to the reveals to match the mantle and create a more finished look. We also used the proportions on the mantle and door casing as a model for the size and reveal of the ceiling trim. Our door casing is very simple and has the standard crown on the top and this is why I chose to go with the standard stuff. I like the feeling of the living room being homey and relaxed, I was worried if we used a different profile if may have been too much. I must say now that it is done, it looks like it could have been there since the house was built, not the least bit over done.
First we installed a board along the ceiling where the beam would go. We used this to attach blocks of wood for framing that the finished beam could be screwed into. Steven decided that, considering that nothing in the house is perfectly square (especially the ceilings) that we would pre assemble the beams using lose tenons then install them once assembled. This worked out perfectly and allowed for the reveal under the beam is perfect running the whole length.
It took us about a day of work to lay everything out, get the lumber and install them. The following day we started with the crown molding. Although Steven has installed so much molding this was the first project that I was the helper on. I had no idea how much was involved getting those little miters to meet up perfectly, especially with the walls and ceiling out of whack. So many measurements and so much done by eye- I never would have thought it would be so tricky. I did learn a bunch and got up the courage to use the miter saw so hopefully in the future I can be more useful.
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I love these bows..Perfect size for this tiny dog! Hope is 3.6 lbs and she wears them well.
Very cute and easy to put in.
Baxter has the greatest selection of bows for our little or big doggies Every color and every season and a great price for what ever you are in need of. My children are in college so I have a great time dressing my little yorkie FLOKI.
Bows to be used as hair bows or attach to a collar.
I Absolutely Love these bows I love the rubber band that is attached to them It makes it so much easier to put up a top Notch and it stays in place all day they are made sturdy so yes I would keep buying these type of bows very pleased
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Very cute bows but too small for our dog. I would recommend for a tea cup only
The bows look great! My order came quick!
These bows are perfect! Good quality and love that they have a rubber band! Great price and love that they have so many in a pack
If you want a cute puppy, you should own these! On Wednesdays we wear pink! :) They are super small and look so cute on their ears!
I love them! They will actually stay in my Yorkie's silky hair!
These are the perfect size, my little Mattie doesn't even know they are in her hair.
I ordered 3 different kinds of bow's for my Lindy. She isn't a fan of me trying to get them in her hair but the bows are super cute!
I have bought other Aria bows for my puppy and I just cannot express how much I love them! The shipping is always very fast and the packaging is simple and easy to open! These come with a rubber band to tie the hair with. They are very easy to put on if your dog has enough hair! They stay in place if you're going out but I would recommend to take them off if it's playtime! The price and quality is great! I did a lot of research to find the bows I will keep buying for my puppy and I am very pleased! My puppy looks so cute and adorable with her new bows! Definitely recommend!
These little bows are too cute! They have just enough color on them to really stand out. They are very small so they are perfect for a very small dog or two of them used on their ears
These bow are so sweet but unless you have a cooperative dog who doesn't mind holding still long enough for you to capture a tuft of hair inside the rubber band, they will be better used fastened to her collar.
I love the bows on this site..they have rubber bands on them as the clips don't work on my dog. Cute, cute!
These bows are so adorable and look so cute! They are perfect and are exactly what I was expecting when I ordered them!
Such cute little bows. Zora will not sit still for me to put her hair in a top-knot and put a bow on it. I decided to put the bow on her collar instead and that works nicely. Maybe eventually I will be able to put one on her top-knot, but she moves around too much at this point.
These PRETTY Bows were purchased for my daughters Yorkie puppy, Fancy. These bows are BEAUTIFUL. Fancy looks adorable with them.
Love these
love these. not too big and fun colors
I bought these as a gift for a secret valentine event I'm participating in on a dog forum I belong to. I love the idea of pretty bows for girl dogs--mine is male, so I welcomed the opportunity to buy some for this event. The bows are so cute and they seem really well made. They're also a great size!
The Aria Pretty in Pink Bows are absolutely adorable! So much fun to have all the different pink designs for your dog. The price is great, and they are all so cute and well done. And I want to tell you, they do stay on even on our little wild puppy.
Very well made. Loved the colors of the bows. The bows had many shades of pink so it went well with lots of the cloths I bought from Baster Boo. And they sat straight on the head.
I purchased these as a gift for my mom's teacup yorkies. I thought the bows would be a little larger, but regardless, they're cute and will go well with the outfits my mom got the dogs. My only addition would be to get some tiny alligator clips instead of the elastic to make them easier to put on. And, may I dare say, these would be perfect for human babies. :)
Very festive and cute. Great for pics after grooming
I have 3 little grandpuppies, theyre about 12 weeks old and look absolutely adorable with these in their hair.
I got these bows for my puppy, Sundae. She is about 4 lbs, these are perfect for her (not too big) Very cute designs also!
My black Shih Tzu is ADORABLE when I put these on... okay even when they are not on her. :)
look cute on my Shih Tzu
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See and photograph the Milky Way over Mount Rainier. The best spot to get these photos is a short hike from the parking area. Be sure to check weather reports before heading out. Duration: A few hours.
The Milky Way and Mount Rainier is a beautiful combination. In order to get a photo of the Milky Way over Mount Rainier you need to be in the right spot at the right time of year. The spot seen in the photographs is a great spot in that it isn't too far of a hike and provides an unobstructed view of the mountain and the milky way. To reach the spot, park at the Sunrise Visitor Center in Mt. Rainier NP and hike up the Sourdough Ridge Trail towards Frozen Lake. You only need to hike about a mile on the trail and then scamper up the small ridge on the left of the trail to get the view needed for the shot.
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We went around the first of August, got to sunrise late and had to scramble up the hillside to find our friends who got there earlier. There was a large blanket of clouds covering the mountain around 10:30pm, but we decided to wait till 12:30am and boy was it worth it! We got some great cloud action around the base of the mountain and the foreground and by about 2-3am the mountain was clearly out and the milky was was directly (vertical) above it. Such and incredible night. It was also rad seeing the climbers making their ascent up the mountain around 12:30-1am. Definitely a 5 start experience. P.S. bring warm clothes, it gets a lil nippy.
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Went a couple nights ago to watch the Perseid meteor shower. We camped nearby and hiked out to the ridge for a few hours. The Milky Way is very vivid at the elevation and there's virtually no light pollution.
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At YoungArts, L.A. Artists Like Dynasty Handbag Help Teens Find Their Artistic Calling
Jibz Cameron teaches students at YoungArts Los Angeles.
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"What's the difference between facts and insults, right?" Jibz Cameron asks a small class of teenagers inside UCLA's Hillel Center on a recent Thursday afternoon.
Cameron, better known as the performance artist Dynasty Handbag, has given a small group of students a deceptively simple task: one volunteer will describe a family member in exceptional detail and the others must draw the person. It's an assignment based in fact, but even those are hard to give when the person is family. What do you say when a simple descriptive detail, like an article of clothing, could be subject to mocking?
Cameron has given this prompt to students before. "It's always laden with all these feelings," she says after class. "But, really, they're not saying anything at all negative, they're just describing what they see visually."
Cameron gets the class started by showing a Dynasty Handbag video.
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The students, who are between the ages of 15 and 18, traveled here from across the U.S. to participate in YoungArts Los Angeles. Established in 1981 by late Carnival Cruise Lines founder Ted Arison and wife Lin, National YoungArts Foundation is a series of programs aimed toward exceptionally talented, mostly high school students from myriad artistic disciplines. Their competitive and prestigious programs have churned out a long list of alumni who have gone on to become stars in their disciplines. One example: Doug Aitken, the renowned installation artist who has recently been earning praise, and maybe even a bit of viral fame, for Mirage House, the mirrored house he created as part of the Desert X exhibition.
No doubt, the teens in Cameron's class have oodles of potential, but they're still pre-career artists; some of the older ones are figuring out where they will attend college next year. While they may have an idea of what kind of art they like to make, there's still a lot of time for them to figure out their practice.
"There's a pretty diverse range of interests," says L.A.-based artist Mariah Garnett, who also serves as the visual arts co-director for YoungArts Los Angeles. Garnett recalls from her own time as a student that high school artists tend to spend more time working on drawing and painting skills. It may not be until college that they'll discover an interest in disciplines like performance art, but YoungArts can give the attendees a window into what else is out there. Sure, they have the chance to show off their own work, but they're also here to connect with peers and study with some highly accomplished teachers. Earlier in the day, the visual arts team met with interdisciplinary artist Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle and made poetry-centric pieces with Matthew Clifford Green. "I wanted to work with artists who could help unlock other potentials in an art practice," Garnett says of this year's curriculum.
That's where a class like Cameron's comes in handy. After a round of introductions, Cameron played one of her recent works, a video called D-Bag Makeup Tutorial for Life Under Fascism. Drawing from two popular genres of YouTube videos — the makeup tutorial and the confessional — Cameron, as her altar ego Dynasty Handbag, explores her feelings about the then-incoming Trump administration while smearing makeup all over her face. Her face contorts and her voice changes, adopting and dropping different accents, rising in tone until she sounds almost like a cartoon demon. Meanwhile, the makeup changes hues, from bright shades of blue, green and yellow to black and red as her word grow angrier. It's funny, but it's also a raw and real expression of fear and anger about an uncertain political future.
Cameron and the YoungArts students pose for a photo
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Soon, Cameron has the students working on their caricatures. It's the little things in the volunteers' descriptions, like a mom's penchant for capri pants and Crocs sandals or a younger brother's oversized water jug and Barcelona soccer-supporting shirts, that make the portrait. But it's also the details that make this an experiment in dealing with the awkwardness of art. Will your family get upset that you just mentioned all these details to a group of near-strangers? Probably, was what the two volunteers in this class assumed.
Caricatures can be done with reverence and that was apparent in the work of student artists Clara Collins and Austin Abistado. "You don't want to offend them," says Abistado, an 18-year-old student artist from Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville, Florida.
"I really wanted to give each one the personality that was being described and try to give it an attitude and make it recognizable beyond the physical characteristics," explains Collins, an 18-year-old senior at Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles.
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"I just wanted to make it to be as funny as possible," says Abistado.
The exaggerated clothing and accessories have a comic effect. Abistado made someone's pet cat cartoonishly large and amped-up the attack pose of a small chihuahua. Cameron says she likes to check out the way students draw cats and dogs. "As a suggestion of a thing, it's really identifiable," she says, " but it's really personal to the person making it."
For the students, whose time with YoungArts Los Angeles began with orientation on Tuesday and would culminate with an art show that Sunday, this was the middle of an intense but rewarding week of work, and Cameron's class gave them the opportunity to tap into their creativity in a different way. " I really respect art that's the purest expression of self," says Collins, whose own work has been focused on fashion sculptures. Cameron gave the students a chance to do just that with their final assignment of the 90-minute session when she asked them to write profiles styled like the ones you might find on a dating site. Here they were told to answer questions as "your most fantastic self." Gender could be anything. Body type could be anything too; you didn't need to use human characteristics to describe yourself. In the end, it became something of a Mad Libs game. After class, Cameron explained, "It's a way to challenge how 'society' asks us to categorize ourselves."
Throughout the class, though, there seems to be one other thing that Cameron is doing. Near the end of the caricature assignment, she explains that, while they might not think their families are interesting subject matter, they are to the people who hear the details. "It is really interesting," she stresses to the class, adding that artists, like comedians, draw upon these seemingly mundane facts to create work. On that level, Cameron is teaching them an extremely valuable lesson: how to make the ordinary extraordinary.
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