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In The Showroom Roundup: Spring 2009
We're off to a press preview at Pas de Deux--the women's boutique recently opened by Paul Birardi and Eddy Chai of men's fashion destinations Odin and Den. Tomorrow we'll bring you as many photo galleries as one preview can conjure but, while you wait, check out our previous Spring 2009 preview coverage entitled, "In The Showroom".
We see two marked advantages to this coverage and every collection has either one or the other going for it. For designers like Naeem Khan, Monique Lhuillier, and Aurelio Costarella there comes a chance to see photos of clothing hot off the runway and hear our take on how the collection measures up in person. On the other hand, if the designer didn't show this season, our coverage let's you see Spring 09 from a point of view not yet smattered all over the internet. Our favorites in this category have been Bess, Mary Meyer, and Rodebjer.
Whichever category a collection falls into, we think it's a pretty neat opportunity.
Now you, off to the showroom!
In The Showroom: Rodebjer Spring 2009
In The Showroom: Rodebjer Spring 2009
This season Rodebjer's smoking jacket-as-dress has us pretty enchanted, and come Spring 09 not much will change. Always balancing the masculine and feminine in design, this Spring 09 Rodebjar offered up boxy blouses, lean silk blazers, cropped play pants, and some smart accessories. We agreed with the showroom representative who told us that if she had the entire collection in her wardrobe, she would be 100% pleased (she was, after all, wearing the aforementioned smoking jacket). Carin Rodebjer studied at FIT and has since relocated to her native country of Sweden where, we imagine, everyone loves her. Thank heavens she started her career here in New York's Lower East Side, otherwise we'd worry that she'd be an unknown designer to us for far too long. To see the Rodebjer Spring 2009 look book, click here. To see our snapshots from the showroom, click the gallery link below.


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Alabama Governor Bentley gives Marshall county chicken farm $5K tax dollar$ to buy light bulbs during proration
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This is stuff for the Cobert Report!
Sad, but true folks…
Alabama's Republican Governor Robert Bentley – who has said he would take no salary until Alabama achieves "full employment" (whatever that is!) – has given a private farm in rural Marshall county $5000 to buy light bulbs.
Yes, you read that correctly.
Bear in mind also, that the state is already in a period of budgetary proration.
What's that?
Alabama's Constitution forbids debt spending, so the budget must equal – not exceed – the state's revenue.
So, in accordance with the state's Constitution, on March 16, 2012, Governor Robert J. Bentley declared a proration of "10.6 percent for the state General Fund for non-education services, cutting budgeted spending by $188 million because of a shortfall in expected revenues."
Can you smell the hypocrisy cooking?
Bentley awards grant to help business upgrade lighting
May 22, 2012
MONTGOMERY – Gov. Robert Bentley awarded a $5,000 grant to help a farm business in Marshall County reduce energy consumption and save money.
The grant will help Maze Farms Inc. retrofit the current lighting system in its five poultry houses. The upgrade will include compact fluorescent bulbs, dimming controls and other enhancements to help the business reduce its utility bill.
The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs is administering the grant from funds made available by the U.S. Department of Energy. In addition to grants for energy conservation, ADECA administers an array programs in law enforcement and traffic safety, economic development, workforce development, water resources and recreation development.
Bentley notified Dennis Maze that the grant had been approved.
Contact: Josh Carples, Larry Childers
For more information, visit: http://www.adeca.alabama.gov/
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Section 1 Colonial Rule in Southeast Asia The nineteenth century saw the emergence of a new imperialism in Asia and Africa. By establishing overseas colonies, Western powers saw an opportunity to improve their access to both raw materials and new markets for their manufactured goods. Racism, Social Darwinism, and humanitarian and religious goals all helped Westerners justify colonization. Virtually all of Southeast Asia came under the control of Great Britain, France, and the United States. Only Thailand stayed independent. Colonial powers ruled either indirectly, relying mainly on local elites, or directly by sending a governor. While some local people profited from the colonial arrangement, most suffered from the harsh conditions of plantation work. Resistance movements sought to protect local economic and religious interests but were crushed by the colonial powers. Later, Western-educated elites led resistance movements with a new goal�national independence.
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Section 3 British Rule in India The British controlled India at first through the British East India Company, which had its own forts and soldiers. A revolt led by Indian soldiers prompted the British to appoint a British viceroy to rule the country. The British developed India economically�building railroads and creating an education system for the upper class. Yet Indians paid a high price for British rule. British manufactured goods destroyed local industries. The abuses of tax collectors and the superior British attitude and lifestyle caused many Indians to resent the British. The Indian National Congress led calls for reform. A Muslim League formed to represent Muslim concerns. The most prominent anti-British movement was led by Mohandas Ghandi, a Western-educated lawyer who advocated non-violent resistance as a way to gain independence. Tense relations with the British led to an Indian cultural revival.
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Watching the BBC F1 Highlights for Australia, I found it hard to understand how Vettel managed to pass Hamilton due to the Safety Car. Its meant to be because Vettel was in a position that he didn't have to slow down? Could somebody who understands please spell it out for me!
When the safety car is deployed, everyone is expected to slow down and drive at a safe pace until they catch the safety car. When the safety car was deployed, Hamilton had already passed the pit entry, so he had to do most of a lap at a lower speed. Vettel was much closer to the pit entry, so he could get in and out of the pits before Hamilton came back around.
Don't get this either. Vettel was behind by a couple of seconds, he pitted, then he was in front. Did Vettel overtake Hamilton in the pit lane? I thought overtaking was not allowed while the safety car is out. Very confusing.
Here's the lowdown. The McLarens pit. Vettel stays out. He's obviously flat out. As Vettel reaches Turn 11 the safety car comes out. So Vettel's inlap was only affected in sector three. Meanwhile Lewis comes out and has to go through a whole lap of safety car limit – vs the lap Vettel did which was only safety limited in sector 3. It was the luck of the draw.
Ah, that actually makes more sense, thanks raymondu.
So Vettel basically had a fast in-lap, and Lewis had a safety-car-slow out-lap, so that when Vettel came out of the pits, Button had come back round past, but Hamilton didn't make it, and lost a place. Any idea what the margin was there? (How far back Ham was from the pit exit?)
Yeah, would have been nice to see the driver tracker when this happened so you could have seen where they were and how the safety car affected them.
Basically HAM pitstop was during VET at race speed. And VET pitstop was at HAM SC delta speed.
It seems the general consensus is that the safety car gifted Vettel the second place, and that he would have only gotten third if not for the 'gifted' pit stop. It's a shame that this idea clouds what actually went on and just leaves some with a sour aftertaste.
Vettel on his option tires was much faster than Hamilton when he closed up to him, but with a +10kph speed difference, making an overtaking move on Hamilton would have killed his tires. The moment Hamilton got the call he needed a few more laps before his pit stop, Vettel closed on him with tenths-of-a-second laps and he was less than a second behind when Hamilton pitted.
Vettel was biding his time, saving his tires so that he could get the undercut on Hamilton. The shame is that with the safety car, we didn't actually get to see how things would have panned out. If Vettel was able to make up the time and make the undercut. But simply putting it away as "Vettel was lucky" takes away from a brilliant piece of strategy we saw today.
@mnmracer Hamilton pitted before Vettel, so how would Vettel have got an undercut, even without the safety car?
Sorry, mix up of terms. Leap frog.
A safety car-related question just popped into my mind.
If a driver is nearing the end of the second sector when the safety car comes out, they will be given a delta time for the third sector of that lap, correct? I don't know what the delta times are usually like, but let's say it's ten seconds above the normal sector time. If the driver races at normal pace – which he is not supposed to do – but then comes in for a pit stop and trundles down the pit lane at the relatively snail-like speed limit, wouldn't that mean that his overall time is still within the delta? If so, it means he could effectively just carry on racing normally until he leaves the pits. That doesn't seem fair.
I haven't heard of the delta time before, but it seems kind of odd. While some (notably Vettel and Schumacher) are very good at putting in exact lap times on command, none of the drivers have any concept on how much slower 10 seconds is. Doesn't seem like a very realistic target. The way I understand it, they just have to treat it like a double yellow flag: clearly slow down so that you can anticipate any surprises.
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The Colayco Foundation for Education (CFE) continues to be a prime mover of the financial literacy movement in the country. In 2003, it started promoting the need for financial education among ordinary income earners, students, migrant workers and their families. CFE delivers its advocacy in all forms of media: bestseller books, seminars, workshops, TV and radio programs and the Internet. These have opened and continue to open the minds of millions of Filipinos on the need to save and grow their savings to prepare a secure future for themselves, their families and their community. This is the Foundation's modest contribution to nation building.
CFE has achieved a good measure of success in this advocacy. It has engaged hundreds of corporations, institutions and organizations in enlightening their employees and members in the proper management of their personal finances. Based on post-evaluation forms, all of the thousands of participants in close to 400 talks, seminars, and workshops confirm their satisfaction with their newfound direction and knowledge. The goal is to continue working closely with these groups to provide their employees/members with advance training and guidance in practicing what they have learned. CFE is also testing the new medium of DVD to make its information more available and more useful to all who need it.
It has been clear as well that the work of CFE has not gone unnoticed by influential groups. Many consider CFE as the authority on personal finance and financial education. It receives frequent invitations to share its insights and opinions in major talk shows and news programs on television and radio, print and online publications. Stakeholders in the finance industry and government agencies have partnered and continue to partner with CFE on various programs.
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Subject: Looking for Family
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 21:15:00 +0100
Hi everyone
I'm trying to make a connection to a Jean Marr Hawley who sent 3 letters to my gt grandfather here in Scotland (her grandfather) back in the 1940's. She was trying to find out about her family history!
He was Rev Archibald Marr and I think she was decended from one of his brothers a James G Marr.
All I have is an old address of the hotel she sent the letters from..a Fairfield Hotel, Bridgeport, Conn. Ihave since been told that this is now an old folks home.
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(We do not collect these names or emails!)If there was any question whether or not movie audiences still had a soft spot for "The Lion King" after 17 years, this weekend answered with a resounding yes. The updated 3D version of the film topped the box office with 29.3 million, more than the other three films that opened this weekend made combined, Entertainment Weekly reports.
Perhaps most interesting about the success of the re-release was the wide variety of viewers it attracted. According to the publication, 59 percent of audience members were under 25, perhaps suggesting that many people who grew up with the movie were drawn to its new 3D features. Additionally, 74 percent of audiences were families.
It's certainly not surprising that viewers would turn up for droves for the movie, which made almost $313 million when it was released in 1994, setting the record for an animated film at the time.
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A Wyandanch teenager has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for killing a rival gang member five years ago.
Suffolk County Court Judge Martin Efman sentenced Gabriel Hubbard on Thursday.
Hubbard was convicted of second-degree murder last month.
Prosecutors said Hubbard used an AK-47 to shoot a North 18th Street house with gunfire, killing 18-year-old Jaquan Jones on the night of July 5, 2008.
Three other men were wounded in the shooting.
Police apprehended the teen in North Carolina in 2010.
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Haynesworth Charged in Road Rage Incident
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Washington Redskins defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth has been charged with simple assault after a road rage incident in Reston, Virginia, Tom Jackman of The Washington Post reports.
Haynesworth was not arrested, but is expected to turn himself in next week.
The incident in question occurred on Wednesday morning, with a 38-year old driver of a 1994 Honda Civic issuing a "non-verbal hand gesture" to the driver of a pickup truck he felt was following him too closely.
When both vehicles were stopped at a red light, the driver of the pickup truck–alleged to be Haynesworth–exited his vehicle, exchanged words with and then struck the driver of the Civic.
According to Jackman, simple assault in Virginia is a Class 1 misdemeanor, punishable by up to 12 months in a county jail and a $2,500 fine.
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Mom and dad died. Most of the adults died. Those adults who survived all went blind. We found out that they needed us, needed our ability to see, so badly that they were willing to take us from our homes and lock us up in chains. We learned we were strong and smart enough to escape. We learned to run from adults, and in many cases we taught them to run from us.
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This addendum combines all of the Gunstravaganza firearms we've released on our forums along with new Stage III firearm rules not included in the Core Rules.Included:
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This is the Stage I ruleset for Twilight: 2013. It includes everything you need to get started fighting WWIII in Europe using Stage I rules.
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The third edition of Twilight: 2000, now available again.
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Wang Chung
The London-based new wave group Wang Chung had a handful of hits in the mid-'80s, achieving their greatest popularity in the U.S. Originally called Huang Chung, the band consisted of vocalist/guitarist Jack Hues, bassist Nick Feldman, and drummer Darren Costin. The band recorded four tracks for 101 Records in the late '70s, all of which appeared on a pair of compilation albums. Huang Chung released their first single, "Isn't It About Time We Were on Television?," in 1980; the record led to a contract with Arista Records. The group released their first album, Huang Chung, in 1982. By the time they recorded 1984's Points on a Curve, the band had changed their name to Wang Chung. "Dance Hall Days" was a small hit in Britain, yet the band hit the Top 40 twice in America -- "Don't Let Go" made it to number 36, while "Dance Hall Days" reached number 16. From this point on, Wang Chung ignored the U.K. market, choosing to concentrate on the U.S. "To Live and Die in L.A.," the theme song from William Friedken's thriller, just missed making the Top 40 in 1985. That same year, Wang Chung switched from Geffen Records to A&M and Costin left the band. Hues and Feldman continued as a duo and released Mosaic in 1986. The album was their biggest hit, launching the number two hit "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" and the Top Ten "Let's Go!" Wang Chung returned in 1989 with The Warmer Side of Cool, which spent a mere six weeks on the charts, spawning the minor hit, "Praying to a New God." After the relative disappointment of the album, the group quietly stopped touring and recording. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
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Jude and Sienna Fighting Lovers
Even though these two are trying to work it out, they have been seen all over NYC screaming and yelling at each other. Sounds like a healthy relationship.
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2005 American Music Awards
So we only watched a little bit of the show tonight. Sometimes these things are just so boring. As for the noteworthy fashionista's of the evening, well, we'll just post about LL. She made sure to do her famous peace sign pose while on the red carpet and after her performance. She looked a little nervous and uptight before the show but clearly she loosened up after-wards.
In other LL news, Page Six is reporting her and Jared are finito. Apparently he was in Las Vegas getting cozy with a blonde. We know he likes them blondes.
For more pics from the evening, check out Egotastic and Hollywood Tuna
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Christina and Jordan's Wedding Album
Here are more of those pics in OK magazine of Christina and Jordan's wedding. It looks like they thought of every detail for their special day. I even LOVE the fact that Christina did not wear her super red signature lipstick. I can't wait until some of those honeymoon pics arise.
UPDATE: Sorry had to remove images but they are still up at the source so check them out here.
Yummy Cowboys!
OK so I can't wait to tell you all about the press screening of Brokeback Mountain but you'll have to wait a little longer. In the meantime you can check out the official movie site with lots of trailers and pics of hot Jake and the fabulous Heath. More to come about this amazing love story like you've never seen before.
Oh Lo - Not You Too
Those Laguna Beach kids sure love to party. First Stephen hit the bong and now Lo is smokin' up a storm as well.
I wonder how the season three cast will compare. TV Gasm has a great preview of the Abercrombie and Fitch like students and who we believe to be our new narrator, LC's sister.
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Brad and Ang in Pakistan for Thanksgiving
I love how globally aware Brad has become all of a sudden. They are off to do more good and help earthquake victims for.
Scary Teri
Teri Hatcher is on the cover of Allure this month. I liked her back in Bond days but since DH I am so not into her. Teri and her character Susan annoy me - and she's way too skinny.
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Mischa and Cisco in Maui
It must be nice to spend the Thanksgiving holiday in Maui at the Four Seasons with your boyfriend of like 3 months. Don't these people have family that they should be with for the holidays? Mischa and Cisco look like Christina and Jordan without getting married. They just can't keep their hands off each other.
Lots more of Mischa on the beach and prior to her vacation check out Mischa pre and post hair extensions so read more
Katie and Tom Wait on Marriage
Tom's new publicist is already hard at work. The couple have already made their first big announcement through the new guy and it turns out they will wait until after the baby is born to get married. ET reports more info will be in People this weekend which includes Tom's other new gift for Katie. First it was the private jet and now he bought a sonogram machine to monitor their unborn baby. That's weird.
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A Different Kind of Thanksgiving for CTZ
She hates turkey. Something about it scares her and makes her ill. Oh yeah and she doesn't cook. Looks like they somehow still make their marriage work even if Michael does look like he could be her father.


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In a rough economy, some women are looking to cut wedding costs any way they can. Others are even looking to earn some extra cash from their special day.
For the non-sentimental woman, bridal gown consignment has become a great way to make money off a one-time used dress. It has also become a viable option for brides who want a designer dress at half the price.
According to a recent Mashable Business article, bridal gown consignment has picked up speed lately thanks to a new start-up company called Nearly Newlywed. The online social media-powered boutique offers customers once or twice used designer gowns from names like Vera Wang, Oscar de la Renta, Rodarte and Carolina Herrera at a discounted price. The company also accepts dresses that meet the Nearly Newlywed criteria to be placed on consignment, where profits from the dress are split 70/30 between the seller and the site.
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Justin Bieber hit with water bottle
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bill Aug 11, 2010, 12:29 PM
should've been a glass bottle
Sara Aug 11, 2011, 1:59 PM
Why are y'all sooo freaking disrespectful to a young man who has talent??? DO I?? That is my question for y'all...... Give him a break!!!
lol Aug 11, 2010, 11:14 PM
Okay, his music may suck, but who throws things at a 15 year old kid? Classless.
chappy Aug 12, 2010, 9:39 PM
seriously. Plus, who wastes their money to get into a concert just to throw a water bottle at him? Don't they have anything better to do... Like... Hang out with friends? lol
flibbs Feb 03, 2011, 8:25 AM
You see the same thing at lots of concerts, by people who are FANS of the artists/bands. Things get thrown around, often at the stage, at concerts all the time.
frank Jun 11, 2011, 9:21 PM
it was just one bottle. Other artists get worse thrown at them all the time.
"Justin hater" Nov 05, 2010, 5:10 PM
xD Who Ever Threw that thing to him xD he gonna be my best friend lol
poor thing Dec 26, 2010, 10:11 PM
aww that poor kid! i don't like his music or anything but he is not as bad as to throw a water bottle at him! that must have been really embarrassing
Good Dec 27, 2010, 6:50 PM
He must be staring into so many spotlights, he couldn't see the bottle until the last second. Imagine how awesome it would be to continue bombarding him with things!
He won't be able to perform with a bright light on him without half-expecting something to smack him in the face. Might even be useful in a future career.
He won't be able to perform with a bright light on him without half-expecting something to smack him in the face. Might even be useful in a future career.
Nathan Jan 05, 2011, 4:33 PM
He may be a terrible singer and a corporate hack, but he doesn't deserve this. He's just a kid doing what he loves, and if you don't like it you probably shouldn't pay any attention.
Chris Jan 07, 2011, 7:11 PM
Is it just me, or is the water bottle...actually a role of toilet paper? O.o
kaitlyn Oct 15, 2011, 9:53 PM
its actually a bag of sourpatch kids. thats what he told the news
George Jan 27, 2011, 5:22 AM
Now lets think about this logically guys. He must have been real thirsty from all that high pitched singing and that kind person just wanted to help him out with his hydration....jeez
FAKE Mar 31, 2011, 4:21 AM
It's a shirt -_- with a bag of his fav candy in it i think sour patch kids please don't ask how i know this
Pudding Apr 08, 2011, 9:58 AM
Pretty sure that bottle looks like a roll of toilet paper
FAKE Apr 08, 2011, 1:35 PM
trust me it's not a bottle it's a shirt with a bag of candy in it why does no one listen -_- and yet im telling the truth
bleibR Jun 10, 2011, 8:51 AM
That's a big bottle, like out of a water cooler or something!? or is it that she's still really little, that girl
GodDamnBieber Oct 29, 2011, 6:37 AM
i have seen people throwing flower at the guy but not water bottle
Dumbasses Dec 02, 2011, 10:46 PM
It's a shirt + Candy. Watch the video before you morons talk.
Dumbasses these days.
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With 7.7 million monthly active users, group messaging app giant textPlus is harnessing the power of its groups for good. This March, textPlus will debut the first-ever Groups4Good campaign: for every group or textPlus Community created using textPlus, textPlus parent company GOGII will donate $1 to a good cause.
To kick things off, GOGII will donate funds for up to 10,000 groups between March 11-15. Every month thereafter, GOGII will spotlight a new charity to benefit, donating up to $1,000 every month. The app will enlist its users to get involved by nominating and voting on new charities to benefit from the Groups4Good program.
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Walking Sotomayor Back into a Corner
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs yesterday began the Obama Administration's walkback of controversial comments made by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. At the daily press briefing, the perpetually over matched Gibbs attempted to explain away Sotomayor's comment that a "wise Latina" would necessarily make better judicial decisions than a "white male" judge because of her gender, ethnicity, and life experience. But Gibbs never learned | Read More »


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The dpanel is a bespoke content management system for managing the content of your site, it is made up of three core modules; site content, online forms and users; as well as a number of optional modules to further expand the capabilities of your site, including:
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Yosemite Valley ChapelChapel Weddings and Marriage Vow Renewals
Table of ContentsOFFICIAL Yosemite Valley Chapel Website
We are the ONLY OFFICIAL website
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Introduction: Welcome to the Yosemite Valley Chapel
Congratulations as you make plans for your wedding or
marriage renewal ceremony!
We are pleased that you are considering the Yosemite Valley Chapel
as a possible site for this very special occasion.
Our Background: History, Mission, and Ministry
The History of Yosemite Valley Chapel
Getting Started
We are able to make reservations for up to 13 months prior
to your wedding or marriage renewal.
Chapel Facilities
The Chapel seats approximately 125 people and
has a center aisle (approximately 4' x 40'),
altar, organ, baby grand piano, and a simple worship setting.
There are nine (9) rows of pews on each side of the chapel.
Pre-Marriage Counseling
Pre-marriage counseling is only required when using the
resident minister.
You do not need to schedule this counseling if you are
bringing your own minister.
Fees and SchedulingThe following fees, payable to Yosemite Community Church, may or may not be applicable to your given situation, but are listed here for your information:
I will need ONE of these items from YOUR minister:
Cancellations and Schedule Changes
We hope you do not have to cancel your reservation;
but if you do, please let us know in writing
as soon as possible so we may make the Chapel
available to others.
On Your Wedding or Marriage Renewal Day
Please arrive at the Chapel 30 minutes before the
starting time of your ceremony to meet with our
minister so the ceremony can begin on time.
Weddings and renewals are scheduled 90 minutes apart.
If you wish to schedule a rehearsal, please contact
the Chapel office at 209-372-4831.
Rehearsals are scheduled for one hour only.
They are usually scheduled at 6:30 PM or at 7:30 PM
(although sometimes our calendar allows an alternate time
within 14 days of your ceremony).
You are free to provide whatever music you wish
for your ceremony (including instruments,
tape players, etc.) as long the volume and selections
are within reason of what one would expect to hear in a Chapel.
Chapel Decorations and Flowers
Because the Chapel is small, we recommend that flower
arrangements be kept to a minimum.
The Chapel has two freestanding candelabras for your use.
No Rice Throwing, Birdseed, Flower Petals, Etc.
The throwing of rice, birdseed, flower petals,
balloons, confetti, etc., is not permitted,
either inside the Chapel or on the Chapel grounds.
No Receptions, Food, or Drinks at the Chapel
There is no area in which you are permitted to have a reception
at the Chapel.
PARK SERVICE PERMITS NO refreshments or food of any kind,
Pets are Not Allowed in the Chapel
*** Pets are NOT ALLOWED in the Chapel!!! NO EXCEPTIONS!!! ***
Park Entrance Fee
Please inform your wedding or marriage renewal party and guests
that everyone will be required to pay applicable
National Park
Service vehicle entrance fees
to enter the park.
Marriage License
You must bring your California Marriage License
(issued within 90 days of your ceremony) with you
to your wedding ceremony (California residency is not
required for a marriage license).
Receptions and Lodging
The Chapel has no facilities for wedding receptions and
none are allowed on the Chapel grounds or in the parking lot.
Seasonal Considerations
During winter, be prepared for snowy and icy conditions
by carrying the
tire chains in all vehicles from Labor Day through Memorial Day.
If you do not have chains, you WILL be turned back to
the closest town outside the park to purchase or rent them.
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If we are not available to take your call when you phone,
please leave a message on our voice mail and
we will try to call you back as soon as possible.
List of Local Florists, Photographers, Musicians, Videogaphers, Bed & Breakfasts, and Ministers
The Yosemite Community Church, as a courtesy, provides this list
of local resources if you desire
video service,
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France's National Front Party has announced that it will sue Madonna after the pop-star displayed an image in a concert backdrop showing the party's leader, Marine Le Pen, with a swastika superimposed on her forehead.
The image has been part of the show throughout Madonna's 30-nation "MDNA" tour, appearing on a screen while the singer performs the song "Nobody Knows Me".
Le Pen threatened legal action if it was shown when Madonna brought the show to France. Madonna appeared in Paris on July 14, and the image was shown.
The BBC quoted National Front vice-president Florian Philippot as calling it "an odious comparison", and saying that a lawsuit would be filed this week.
The National Front is France's third-largest party, though it is considerably smaller than the Socialist Party or the Union for a Popular Front and holds only two seats in France's parliament.
The rightwing party is widely seen as anti-immigration and anti-EU. Platforms within the last ten years have included reintroduction of the death penalty to France and tighter French border controls.
The National Front has been seen as anti-Muslim, in its rhetoric against non-European immigrants; but it has also been seen as anti-Jewish. It has been highly critical of Israeli military action; and party officials - including Marine Le Pen's father - have expressed what some consider revisionist views of the German occupation of France during World War II and of the Nazi concentration camps.
Le Pen was elected head of the party in 2011, taking over the reins from her father, who had headed it since its foundation in 1972. While she too has criticized Israeli policy and what she sees as the failure of French Muslims to assimilate, she has also been seen as a more moderate influence on the party's image.
Nevertheless, the National Front continues to battle accusations of racism and fascism, and its reaction to Madonna's image highlights a sore spot.
"The images that were projected draw a terrible link between the party and an ideology that we reject," CNN quoted Philippot as saying.
An earlier performance on the tour, in which the Le Pen image is visible, can be viewed here:


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by Helen G // 8 December 2008, 10:49
Two related articles in The Independent this weekend making a good point (the effects of chemical pollutants in the environment on sex/gender) in a bad way (sexism, misogyny, you name it). I'm not sure which is the most offensive, but Decline of the real man is no joke may just have the edge with such neo-tabloid journalism - with just a hint of hysteria - as this:
Do we really want a world where everyone is from Venus and no one is from Mars? Where Frenchmen no longer have any différence to vivre? A land where the man of the house is more Mrs Doubtfire than Mr Atlas? Where pubs no longer echo to loud-mouthed arguing over the merits of back fours and deep-lying strikers, but where, instead, hair-netted old men clack their knitting needles over glasses of lukewarm sherry? Boating accidents where the cry goes up: "Hermaphrodites and children first!" Editions of Top Gear fronted by Jemima Clarkson
...So much FAIL in one short paragraph...
And from the other article, It's official: Men really are the weaker sex, there are gems like The male gender is in danger… and - complete with scare quotes - …"gender-bending"…
It would be so easy to rip to shreds what seems like nothing more than junk journalism, but really, what would be the point? Well, apart from a certain sense of grim satisfaction in demolishing - yet again - a string of wrong-headed gender stereotypes. Although, given my particular interest in the ways that gender is used to oppress those who don't conform, I really can't let the use of the term 'hermaphrodites' go unchallenged. As a friend of mine says: "Flowers are hermaphrodite, humans are intersex".
Despite my concerns about the gender bias, both articles are, in fact, pointing out a comprehensive report, Effects of Pollutants on the Reproductive Health of Male Vertebrate Wildlife - Males Under Threat, published by CHEM Trust, which suggests that the huge number of commonly-used chemicals in the environment is feminising males of every class of vertebrates, from fish to mammals, including people.
In this light, both newspaper articles do actually contain some useful facts - which makes their dressing up in heavy-handed and offensive gender stereotypes even more mystifying, as well as plain unnecessary.
The 3-page press release (direct link to PDF file) announcing the report includes the following thought-provoking findings:
In mammals, genital disruption in males has been widely reported, including: intersex features (such as egg tissue in the testes of the male); small phallus; small testes; undescended testes; abnormal testes; or ambiguous genitals.[...]
The males of egg-laying species including fish, amphibians, birds, and reptiles have also been feminised by exposure to sex hormone disrupting chemicals and have been found to be abnormally making egg yolk protein, normally made by females.
There are various ways that man-made hormone disrupting chemicals can undermine the sexual health of male wildlife. For example, chemicals which block the male hormone androgen, the so-called anti-androgenic chemicals, can cause un-descended testes and can feminise males. Similarly, some sex hormone disrupting chemicals can mimic oestrogen, the female hormone, and also feminise males.
Many man-made chemicals can block androgen action, and these include several pesticides and some phthalates, used in consumer products to make plastics flexible. Worryingly, a study of effluents from UK sewage works has found that around three quarters of these discharges have considerable anti-androgenic activity, and investigations are underway to identify the chemicals to blame.
Given that humans are just one part of a huge and complex eco-system, it makes me wonder whether similar adverse effects are to be seen in the human population. I don't think one needs to be a scientist or an academic to figure out the answer to that one; but I do think there's another equally important question which hasn't been asked here, and I can only hope that a sister report will soon be forthcoming, titled Effects of Pollutants on the Reproductive Health of Female Vertebrate Wildlife - Females Under Threat.
The report Effects of Pollutants on the Reproductive Health of Male Vertebrate Wildlife - Males Under Threat is available for download from CHEM Trust (link here) or here:
- Overview (direct link to PDF file)
- Full report (direct link to PDF file)
ETA: Talk about the fundamental interconnectedness of all things - if nothing else, this piece in the Sunday Times should give an insight into the likely extent of the problem. Nothing's been proven either way, but I do wonder where these PCBs have come from - are they, too, environmental pollutants? If they've come from the food chain, how did they get there?
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Steph // Posted 08 December 2008 at 11:29
Well, everything starts off as female technically anyway in biological terms. Although, forgive me, I personally feel that issues of 'feminising of males' are probably more of concern to Men's Right's Activists than Feminists?
I've become dissapointed with the Independent though, I used to likes its leftish progressiveness but it's becoming very tabloid of late. So, back to the Guardian/Observer which aren't perfect themselves but about the only national newspapers I can stomach!
Jess // Posted 08 December 2008 at 11:42
I am really suspicious of the way that the media seizes on stories of "gender-bending" environmental pollutants. Although, sure, it's undoubtedly evidence that humans are fucking up the world, I feel like it's tapping into a sort of gender-panic.
Like, ecosystems are failing, species are dying out, we're poisoning ourselves and everything else on the planet - everything is fucked up, but why latch onto these stories about 'feminisation' of some organisms? I'm not arguing it's a good thing per se, but why is that considered particularly sensational and worrying?
JENNIFER DREW // Posted 08 December 2008 at 12:01
Definitely another scaremongering article which of course once again focuses on supposed male crises. This pseudo piece of supposedly objective journalist has one agenda only and that is to promote claims it is men once again who are in danger of dare I say it? Extinction. Instead read the scientific evidence not journalist male hysteria. Also read Caryl Rivers' book Slick spins and Fractured Facts because Rivers delineates exactly how the male-dominant media distorts the news and promotes a one-sided agenda, namely women are responsible for all the ills on this planet.
Question? Who is responsible for causing so much eco damage to our environment? Is it women who are in positions of power both within scientific research and political power or is it men who have these positions of power. Womens' Environmental Network have been raising the issue of man-made (yes it is man-made not woman-made) chemicals which do directly or indirectly affect women's health. Do I read mainstream articles focusing on these issues. No of course not because only male-centered subjects are supposedly of concern to male controlled media.
Steph // Posted 08 December 2008 at 12:10
I agree Helen about the dreadful gender stereotyping and language used, sorry, should have referred to that in my first comment.
I don't think there would be the same changes happening in females, precisely because of my understanding that much of wildlife starts off biologically as female, and then androgen receptivity starts to masculine them into males. I've always considered this to be why there might be a higher prevalence of male-to-female transsexuals than female-to-male?
Lea // Posted 08 December 2008 at 12:16
Good cod, I don't think I've ever seen so much fail in one paragraph before.
Steph // Posted 08 December 2008 at 12:25
Well, I thought it was reasonably accepted (and proven?) that naturally occurring oestrogens in all manner of foodstuffs and chemicals were capable of affecting males - causing lower fertility, gynaecomastia, etc. I don't think I've read of any studies that shows similar affects of 'masculinising' females.
Legible Susan // Posted 08 December 2008 at 12:58
Worrying about the science ...
It's different for humans, because in wildlife we're concerned about effects at a population level. There could be animal welfare issues, but the big danger is of effects on reproductive health and therefore the next generation ... humans are in no danger of going extinct for that reason. Instead, we'd be concerned about the effects at an individual level, like the dangers of cancer when development (sexual or otherwise) is interfered with. None of this is particularly new, by the way.
Complaining about the newspapers ...
Yes, they're focusing on the wrong things as usual. The "feminisation" observed is a physiological phenomenon: a health problem, nothing to do with gender identity. There's no reason for it to change anybody's behaviour, unless they want to change anyway! Those "journalists" are panicking over nothing (which is also not news).
Anne Onne // Posted 08 December 2008 at 13:25
Steph: could be because the female system is set up to appropriate excess oestrogens differently. We'd have a similar problem with anabolic androgen hormones, which don't seem to be released into the environment as much.
It's true that embryos start off bipotential, (meaning could be both male or female), and that unless signalling from the Y chromosome is detected, the body develops as female. The rest is very complicated, and I'm sure there's a lot about how gender, sex and sexuality develop that we do not know. This area is important, but it's also important to be aware of not pathologising the experiences of intersex and transgender people whilst addressing the biological aspects of sex differentiation.
As it happens, the effects of hormones, both androgens (needed for men, also needed in small quantities in women) and oestrogens and progestagens (needed in women, present in small quantities in men) are complex, and as such likely to be grossly oversimplified. In this case, it's just plain insulting. Seriously, if you can't write a nuanced article with a jot of scientific integrity, write about something else.
It is postulated that these environmental increases in 'female' hormones may be affecting male fertility (my references aren't the most recent, library books) and the effect the hormones and other substances we are contributing to the environment is having is an important thing to research. The biological systems of male and female organisms are finely calibrated to have a certain hormone balance to function, and it could well be that we are disrupting this for many organisms as well as people.
However, there's no excuse for shoddy journalism making this all about gender stereotypes. Infertility and gynaecomastia and the other hormonal complications that the male body can have shouldn't be reduced to inaccurate cliches about manly men. Its an insult to a complicated evolved system. And it kind of insults anyone who is female, and therefore somehow taking over the world with their girly girly oestrogens.
That's why I HATE the appropriation of the words testosterone and oestrogen to describe anything gendered. If they're not talking strict endocrinology, they can keep their hands off the biological differences between the sexes, when what they really mean is 'person wearing pink or blue'.
Leigh // Posted 08 December 2008 at 13:52
Well, Mr Independent, if that's your definition of male and males are on the verge of extinction then I am quite happy to hunt down the very last specimen and exterminate it personally.
Is that 'testosterone-charged' enough for you?
maggie // Posted 08 December 2008 at 15:43
This can also be found in the Daily Mail, or should that be Daily Femail.
The slant seems to be that estrogen products such as the pill and the evil HRT are swamping our rivers and waterways and thus causing men to turn into women - or big girls blouses.
As I see it the problem is bisphenol-A a xenoestrogen that is manufactured for all kinds of things such as plastics which then leech into the waterways. This is bad for the environment as it isn't tolerated too well.
So if the blame has to lie anywhere then it should rest at the door of big business. Not women.
Jess // Posted 08 December 2008 at 16:48
"I just thought it was an interesting piece of research, which may possibly have implications for humans."
I meant the media in general, not you Helen :-)
Sabre // Posted 08 December 2008 at 17:20
Perhaps this could help drive the development of male contraceptives?
Anne Onne // Posted 08 December 2008 at 18:32
Sabre: Fair point. Since male contraception seems to be focused on reducing testosterone to a level that doesn't harm male secondary sexual characteristics whilst rendering them infertile: the levels of testosterone needed for the latter are much higher than the former, so it's plausible that you may be able to have both.
Either way, it's not women's fault. If we're playing the blame game, what about all the men not wanting to wear condoms or agitate for male contraception? Where are they in the equation? Somehow I guess an article titled 'Chaps, not wearing a condom makes you less of a man' would not sell as well...
Of course the blame game is not helpful, and we need to work out the best compromise we can, with the big polluters (that being industry) working hard to change their output, and finding better ways for women to use contraception, more contraception for men, and maybe better ways of cleaning our waste if the hormones in it affect the environment.
emma // Posted 08 December 2008 at 18:46
the ideology of this is repudiate the feminine. The article also sees feminisation and the masculine as biological concepts rather than cultural constructs.
To say that men really are the weaker sex implies that if men are in any way feminine that they are less than men
Sabre // Posted 08 December 2008 at 20:05
In the Independent article, amongst all the faff and scare was the crucial sentence:
'Female hormones – largely from the contraceptive pills which pass unaltered through sewage treatment – are partly responsible'
PARTLY! And that was only in relation to fish in British rivers. Most of the effects come from other chemicals that affect endocrine systems.
The bit that made me laugh, purely because of the wording:
"This research shows that the basic male tool kit is under threat"
Oh no! We cannot have any threat to the great penis! Quick, ward off the unseen feminine enemy that's silently and ominously emasculating men! Lol
As for men being the 'weaker sex', genetically one could argue that this is the case, because of the relative weakness of the Y chromosome compared to the X. I'm not sure of the science but I think it links into how males are more susceptible to genetic diseases. Perhaps this also has something to do with a greater susceptibility to endocrine disruptors? Any genetic scientists out there who can enlighten me?
Anne Onne // Posted 08 December 2008 at 20:26
I'm not a genetic scientist, though I can tell you that as far as I know, it's due to the Y chromosome degenerating. Large portions of it don't recombine (which is to say, mix genes) with the X chromosome, and this mixing of genes enables problematic mutations to be selected out of the population if they're detrimental enough.
Many of the genes originally on the Y aren't needed, since the man will have them working properly on his X chromosome, so the genes accumulate defects because they cannot be selected out by natural selection. About the only important genes on the Y are the ones that specify that the embryo will be male, and genes for sperm synthesis and other things relating to the testes. It has been theorised that the Y chromosome will eventually be degenerated to the point where it disappears or is no use. Cue lots of pearl clutching about men disappearing. though grasshoppers seem to do just fine with males being X-0 which is to say they have no second chromosome. Unless humans evolve asexual reproduction (drawbacks), the species should be able to find some other way of determining sex. After all, the Y chromosome way is not the only way, and I suspect that genes coding for fertility (which is really most of what the Y chromosome functioning genes do) which are degenerated would be highly selected against, because men with that problem would not be able to breed.
Another way people can make the science of sex and gender all about the holy penis and their beloved stereotypes.
Laura // Posted 08 December 2008 at 20:31
I saw this on the front page of the Telegraph earlier today - the headline was "Males becoming feminised" - neatly giving the misleading impression that human males have been affected, so buying into the whole masculinity in crisis panic that's supposedly been going on ever since gender equality began to loom on the horizon. They also repeatedly used the term "gender bending chemicals" - how very mature.
Rachel // Posted 08 December 2008 at 20:44
Well Roger Alton (Editor of the Independent) is clearly making good headway towards his aim of making the Independent more like the Daily Mail.
Anne Onne // Posted 08 December 2008 at 21:25
Unfortunately, 'feminisation' is a scientific term. I'd have coined a different term, since society has appropriated it to mean anything in which a man acts other than super-macho-male-ly.
Fortunately, it refers to physiological changes due to endocrine inbalances whereby men/males have a lack of androgens, or are exposed to too much oestrogens/progestagens, not the behavioural/ gender/culture aspects. Luckily, the textbooks/papers I've seen have been mostly respectful of the implications of this language and gender/sex/gender role as a subject, but mainstream science reporting, as usual, falls way below par.
Sabre // Posted 08 December 2008 at 22:08
Thanks Anne Onne!
Re. the term 'gender bender', I think it's so popular because it rhymes. No kidding.
Apparently there is a group called the Reproductive Effects of Environmental Chemicals in Females Consortium (REEF) whose researchers are now starting 'one of the first studies of the effect of environmental chemicals on female mammals'. See http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/public-affairs/press-releases/index.phtml?menu=pressreleases&code=DOC-106/08&create_date=20-may-2008 for more.
So maybe in a few years time we'll get some findings on how chemicals affect female fertility. Although the cynic in me suspects it will be packaged by the media as an exercise in condemning women for some lifestyle choice or another.
Ally // Posted 05 April 2010 at 15:22
What has fertility got to do with gender?!