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Familiarize About The Jewish New Year As It Approaches
Posted Sep. 5, 2015, 9:55 am
At sundown on Sunday, Sept. 13, Jews will begin the observance of Rosh Hashanah, the two-day holiday marking the Jewish New Year.
News, Los Angeles, Religion
New Easter Tradition? Pacific Battleship Center Hosts Sunrise Service On Battleship Iowa
Posted Apr. 5, 2015, 8:39 am
The Pacific Battleship Center attempted to begin a new Southland Easter tradition today with a sunrise service aboard the battleship Iowa.
News, Los Angeles, Religion
Archbishop To Celebrate Palm Sunday Mass At Cathedral
Posted Mar. 28, 2015, 9:32 am
Palm Sunday, which commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, is tomorrow.
Opinion, Santa Monica, Columnist, Religion
What Say You? Yousef Bittar: An American Muslim
Posted Feb. 28, 2015, 8:16 am
"Chanting 'No to anti-Semitism, no to Islamophobia,' Norway's Muslims formed what they called a ring of peace a week after Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein, a Danish-born son of Palestinian immigrants, killed two people at a synagogue and an event promoting free speech in Copenhagen last weekend," the New York Times published on Feb. 21.
News, Los Angeles, Religion
Thousands To Join Los Angeles Catholic Archbishop Jose Gomez For OneLife LA
Posted Jan. 17, 2015, 8:40 am
Thousands of people are expected to join Los Angeles Catholic Archbishop Jose Gomez today for an inaugural event aimed at celebrating "the beauty of every human life from conception to natural death."
News, Obituary, Religion
Dr. Maher Hathout, Muslim Public Affairs Council Founder, Dies Age 79
Posted Jan. 4, 2015, 6:00 am
Dr. Maher Hathout, who helped found the Muslim Public Affairs Council, and was viewed by many local Muslims as a leader of the American Muslim community, died Friday, according to the MPAC.
Obituary, Santa Monica, Religion, Bel Air
Rabbi Leonard I. Beerman Dies Age 93
Posted Dec. 25, 2014, 12:57 pm
A Westside rabbi who was a vocal critic of Israel, and who built bridges with Muslims, has died. Rabbi Leonard I. Beerman was 93.
News, Los Angeles, Religion
Funeral Services Today For Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis
Posted Dec. 21, 2014, 9:09 am
Funeral services will be held today for Valley Beth Shalom Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis, who was considered one of the most influential synagogue leaders in the country.
News, Holiday, Religion, Bel Air
Local Rabbi Participates In White House Hanukkah Reception
Posted Dec. 18, 2014, 8:34 am
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, a vice president of the American Jewish University in Bel-Air, his wife Elana, and their daughter Shira participated in an afternoon Hanukkah reception at the White House today.
Seven Days, Main Street, Santa Monica, Religion
Church In Ocean Park To Host Longest Night Service This Saturday, Dec. 20
Posted Dec. 16, 2014, 9:43 am
Church in Ocean Park will host "Longest Night Service" this Saturday, Dec. 20 from 5 pm to 6 pm, followed by a "Hug Walk" along Main Street from 6 pm to 7 pm.
News, Los Angeles, Holiday, Santa Monica, Religion
Hanukkah Begins At Sundown
Posted Dec. 16, 2014, 9:15 am
Hanukkah, Judaism's eight-day commemoration of the temple rededication that followed the Maccabees' victory over a larger Syrian army in 165 B.C., begins at sundown tonight, amid a call to support the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
Seven Days, Holiday, Religion
Fiesta Chanukah Celebration To Be Held In Boyle Heights
Posted Dec. 14, 2014, 9:19 am
The third annual Fiesta Chanukah Celebration will be held from 2-4 p.m. today at the Breed Street Shul in Boyle Heights and will include a Hanukkah sweater fashion show, a holiday boutique, games, live screen printing and food.
News, Life And Arts, Seven Days, Holiday, Santa Monica, Religion
Lifesize Nativity Scenes Return To Santa Monica Church Sunday
Posted Dec. 12, 2014, 9:10 am
Santa Monica's controversial nativity installations will be unveiled for their annual Christmas display in the Ocean Park neighborhood this Sunday, Dec. 14. The lifesized Nativity Scenes grabbed national attention two years ago after efforts were successfully made to ban them from public land.
News, Los Angeles, Religion
Los Angeles City Hall Hanukkah Menorah Lighting Set For Today
Posted Dec. 12, 2014, 8:30 am
Mayor Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles' first elected Jewish mayor, will participate in today's 29th annual City Hall menorah-lighting ceremony.
News, Los Angeles, Religion
Archbishop To Honor 117 Vietnamese Martyrs Today At Cathedral Of Our Lady Of The Angels
Posted Nov. 16, 2014, 9:00 am
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez will honor 117 Vietnamese martyrs today at a special Mass and celebration at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels marking the 35th anniversary of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles establishing a Vietnamese community.
Seven Days, Santa Monica, Religion, Beverly Hills
Synagogue To Hold Forum On European Anti-Semitism
Posted Oct. 4, 2014, 6:59 am
Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills will conduct a Contemporary Issues Forum today on "Anti-Semitism in Europe: Challenge or Crisis,'' in connection with Yom Kippur, the holiest and most somber day on the Jewish calendar.
News, Santa Monica, Religion
Jews To Begin Observing Yom Kippur At Sundown Today
Posted Oct. 3, 2014, 8:52 am
Yom Kippur, the holiest and most somber day on the Jewish calendar, begins at sundown today, with the observant fasting and seeking forgiveness for their sins.
News, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, Religion
Resonate Church Preparing To Open At Bergamot Station
Posted Sep. 30, 2014, 9:09 am
With a focus on calling, cause and creativity, the nondenominational Resonate Church is preparing to open its doors at Bergamot Station and hopes to attract young local residents not currently attending religious services.
News, Business, Santa Monica, Religion
CLUE-LA Mobilizes Local Faith Community For Justice In Santa Monica
Posted Aug. 11, 2014, 9:08 am
The issues of income levels and employee rights have been relevant for decades in the United States – and an ongoing hot topic of conversation in Santa Monica.
News, Santa Monica, Religion
Reverend Eric C. Shafer To Join Santa Monica's Mt Olive Lutheran Church
Posted Jun. 23, 2014, 9:42 am
Reverend Eric C. Shafer will be installed as Senior Pastor of Santa Monica's Mt Olive Lutheran Church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) on Sunday, July 13.
News, Santa Monica, Religion
UU Santa Monica To Celebrate New Facilities This Sunday
Posted Jun. 20, 2014, 9:12 am
The Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica (UU Santa Monica) invites the community to a celebration of its new facilities this Sunday.
News, Santa Monica, Religion
Santa Monica To Remember One-Year Anniversary Of SMC Shootings On June 7
Posted May. 28, 2014, 9:10 am
Community members and civic leaders of all faiths are invited to join the Catholic community in Santa Monica for "Healing Our City," a day of healing and peace at St. Monica Catholic Church on Saturday, June 7, the date that marks the one-year anniversary of the tragic shooting that occurred in Santa Monica in 2013.
News, Life And Arts, Santa Monica, Religion
New Santa Monica Church Partners With Gallery For Artistic Exhibition Tonight
Posted Apr. 17, 2014, 8:13 am
Resonate, a new church community anchored in Santa Monica, will celebrate Easter week with a free, open-to-the-public arts event this Thursday at the Jeanie Madsen Gallery at 1431 Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica.
News, Santa Monica, Religion
Santa Monica Nativity Scenes To Conclude Thursday, Jan. 2
Posted Dec. 31, 2014, 8:57 am
The 60th anniversary display of the Santa Monica Nativity Scenes will be available for viewing at Mount Olive Lutheran Church at 1343 Ocean Park Boulevard through sunset Thursday, Jan. 2.
News, Santa Monica, Religion
Santa Monica Nativity Scenes To Host Opening Ceremony Sunday At Palisades Park
Posted Dec. 14, 2013, 8:22 am
As Christmas draws closer, the 60th anniversary display of the Santa Monica Nativity Scenes will open this Sunday, Dec. 15.


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We could easily slip into a very common pattern when it comes to discussing Japanese food, discussing cultural history and east-to-west migration. Instead we would rather talk about Sticks N Sushi, the best mother-jonesing sushi place we have eaten at.
With nine restaurants in Copenhagen, Sticks N Sushi have decided to expand to London, opening a restaurant in Wimbledon and another soon to be coming to Covent Garden. Upon arriving we noticed how out of the way it appeared, despite being on a heavy-traffic street, with little in the way of obvious promotion to the casual passer-by. And with well-known neighbours like Wagamama just a few doors down, who would have thought that Sticks N Sushi would be packed on a Monday night, with competitors only half full? The reason for this: the best sushi in town.
After walking into Sticks N Sushi to find it colder than a witch's left one (gratefully received, and the deciding factor for our dining partner, considering the recent temperatures outside), we were greeted by a fantastically helpful staff and seated to our table with a cocktail. The 'Shojito' is a Japanese variant on the classic Mojito and comes in two flavours – we would recommend the Raspberry, as it is more refreshing (but then not being fanatical about the taste of ginger, we would).
We started with the Salmon Carpaccio, perfect salmon sushi in a gorgeous sauce that literally melted in the mouth, and the Beef Tataki, like expertly prepared mini steaks. These were chosen off of the Sticks N Sushi a la carte menu, as our server recommended a dish that one of our party was allergic to. We chose these two off the same page, and were not disappointed.
The set menu at Sticks N Sushi ranges from £7-89 depending on your budget and how much you can eat. It is split into Economy, Business, and First Classes, with an optional 'Private Jet' for those wanting to pay top-dollar. We fully recommend the set menu, as the meals around the middle spectrum (Business Class) are enough to fill two people, but not break the bank, and any additional side orders cost approximately the same as a dish in a Chinese takeout place.
Our choice was the Mixed Emotions for two: shrimp, tuna, salmon and herring nigri; California rolls in tuna, spicy tuna and avocado; fish futomaki; yakitori with asparagus and bacon, chicken tsukune, and pork marinated in miso; and, edamame beans. We also went for the additional pop chicken. While the cooked yakitori and chicken were being prepared, we were served with the nigri, California rolls and futomaki first, all of which were simply sublime with fresh ingredients and gorgeous texture. The yakitori were brought out perfectly at the right time, with the best balls we have ever had in our mouth and a surprisingly delicious asparagus. The mini chicken drumsticks were an excellent addition to the meal.
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OVERVIEW OF THE Real Estate 3.8% TAX
Posted on 15. Oct, 2012 by Matt in News
This tax WILL NOT be imposed on all real estate transactions, a common misconception.
How will the tax impact your investment properties?
Any gain on the sale of a second home would be added into the tax filer's adjusted gross income, because the capital gains exclusion doesn't apply. But, again, the tax wouldn't kick in if the tax filer's income remains under the threshold, which is $200,000 for individual filers and $250,000 for joint filers. And other considerations come into play before you can determine whether the tax will apply in the end, which is why consulting a tax professional is important.
How will the tax impact you should you sale your primary home?
For households that see a gain of more than the current $250,000-$500,000 exclusion (that's $250,000 for single filers and $500,000 for joint filers), only the amount above the exclusion would be factored into the tax calculation, and that would still only apply to high-income households, which the law defines as single people earning $200,000 a year and joint filers earning $250,000 a year.
So, if you are a households with annual income of $250,000 or more and you earn a gain of more than $500,000 on your house (again, that's after the $500,000 exclusion), any amount of gain above the exclusion would be plugged into a formula to see if it's taxable. If it turns out that it's taxable, then the amount could be subject to the 3.8 percent tax.
The other thing about the tax worth noting is that, although it takes effect in 2013, any impact on taxes wouldn't happen until 2014. That's because the tax filer would do the calculation in 2014 for the 2013 tax year. Because it's not a tax on a real estate sale but rather on a capital gain, it's not calculated at the time of an asset sale, whether that asset is a house or something else. It's calculated at the time the filer figures his or her tax.
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Probably both, but that doesn`t change the facts. Fox News haters really are a bunch of stupid, gullible f**ktards who will eagerly believe the lamest, most amateurish hoaxes as long as they fit their preconceived template (Bush-Cheney-Limbaugh-Fox-conservatives-Republicans=stupid-greedy-evil-insane). They have not the slightest interest whatsoever in anything that might upset their tiny little world.
Look at Dan Rather. This turd-for-brains STILL claims the forged National Guard papers he used to smear Bush on the eve of the 2004 election are genuine, and that 1970 IBM Selectric typewriters really could do reduced-sized superscript.
I`m telling you, these people are certifiably insane. They are suffering from paranoid delusions. They shouldn`t be allowed outside without staff attendants let alone be allowed to vote.
That`s what I`ve been trying to tell these stupid f**ktards for the past 3 days!!!


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Fox 4 steps in after scammers prey on grandparents
CAPE CORAL - A cruel scam is targeting southwest Florida grandparents by phone. There's just one thing they didn't count on - Fox 4 was on the other end of the line.
When Lee Bleser answered the phone she thought it was her grandson TC.
"The person on the other end said, 'Hi grandma,'" said Bleser. "And I said hi."
The man told her he was in Peru and needed help fast.
"I said Peru? When did you leave?," said Bleser. "We talked a little bit and he said, 'Hey I'm in a lot of trouble here.'"
The elaborate story involved getting pulled over with a pound of pot. And the only way he would avoid jail is if she wired $2500.
"I just said I think your dad's the one you should be calling about this," she recalled. "And he said 'I just can't do that you know he'll be.' And I just went OK and I said 'well how about your mom?' And he said, 'oh we're not talking.'"
She passed the phone to her husband, Steve, who spoke to a man claiming to be a U.S. Embassy employee.
"This guy sounded really good," said Bleser. "He gave me a badge number also...it sounded official as hell."
The scammers told them to wire money as soon as possible - no time to tell anybody - but a quick call to TC confirmed he was safe at home.
Fox 4 traced the number to Quebec, Canada not Peru, and asked Bleser to call the scammers back.
"It's ringing," he said.
Within minutes, Bleser was asked to wire money, again, to keep his grand kid out of jail.
"I didn't get where you wanted me to send the money," said Bleser.
That's when he handed the phone to Fox 4 reporter Matt Grant.
"Hello my name is Matt Grant and I'm a reporter with the Fox News affiliate down in Fort Myers, Fla, and we have reason to believe you're scamming this couple," said Grant.
"You don't know what you're talking about," the person on the other end said.
"We don't know what we're talking about?," asked Grant. "His grandson is fine why are you telling him that his grandson's in Peru and needs money?"
The person said to "mind your own business," and that it was a case of "mistaken identity" before hanging up.
The Bleser's say they don't want anyone to fall for the scam.
"I hate to think that we are that predictable but I think maybe we would have," said Lee. "You do things for your kids and grand kids."
The Better Business Bureau in Clearwater says they receive complaints of this scam on a "regular basis."
BBB Tips:
- Verify the caller's identity by asking personal questions a stranger couldn't answer.
- Resist the pressure to act immediately; don't be afraid to call back by using a phone number you know to be genuine. If you don't have the relative's phone number, get in touch with the person's parent, spouse or another close relative to check out the story before sending money - even if you've been told to keep the call a secret.
- No matter how dramatic the story don't wire money. Don't sent a check or money order by overnight delivery or courier either. Con artists recommend these services so they can get your money before you realize you've been cheated. And there's no way to get your money back.
- Report possible fraud at ftc.gov or by calling 1-877-FTC-HELP
Attorney General Economic Crimes Unit Tips:
- Contact an immediate family member to confirm the nature of the call.
- Never use money transfer services.
- Always send funds to a known address.
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A credit card or debit card transaction may show as pending when you use your signature instead of a Personal Identification Number (PIN) at a merchant, place an order for merchandise or services over the phone or online, or choose "credit" when you swipe your card at an automated service like a gas pump. The merchant gets an authorization to establish that your checking account is open and that funds are available before you complete the purchase. Once the purchase is completed, the actual purchase amount will be deducted from your account, usually within three business days. If the authorization is not matched with an actual purchase within three business days, it will be removed from your account.
An authorization may vary from the final purchase amount in situations where there is an estimated authorization amount or a tip is involved. This is most often the case with hotels, restaurants and gas stations. What if I see an error on my authorization transaction history? If you see a purchase that you did not authorize, you will want to contact us immediately to cancel your card. If the merchant is correct but the amount is different than you expected you will need to wait until the transaction posts to your account to verify if there is an error or if the authorization amount is just different than the purchase amount. If the transaction posts for the incorrect amount then you can contact us to dispute the charge.
An Account Nickname is a way for you to label your accounts so you can easily identify them within online banking. Examples include "Vacation Savings" and "Tommy College Fund." Nicknames can include up to 30 letters and numbers including spaces, but cannot include special characters such as exclamation points, apostrophes, ampersands, etc.
The nickname is only shown within online banking and will not appear on your statements. Also, when you visit a branch or call the Contact Center, you will need to use your account number instead of your account nickname.
Enhanced Multi-factor Authentication is an online banking security process that means two or more different types of factors of authentication must be passed before allowing access to online banking. Using two different factors of authentication provides higher assurance that you are the correct intended user.
This increased protection uses the online username and password as well as a One-Time-Passcode (OTP). This multi-step process works to ensure online account access has been verified by both password and through a separate device (code sent to cell phone, email or voice call). Without effective authentication controls, it is possible for fraudulent users to access your account.
For convenience, after you successfully authenticate with your password and One-Time Passcode, you may enroll your computer for use in authentication. If you choose to enroll your computer, a special browser cookie will be present on your system that indicates you have enrolled, and thereafter you only need your online banking username and password to access your account.
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Posted by bhazlewood on 2/16/2013 2:19:00 PM (view original):Another nit pick -- when it shows completion percentage, instead of 0.47, I'd rather see it listed as a full number +1 decimal point (47.2)
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Hawaii's strict laws on prescription drugs may spike heroin useUPDATED 6:04 PM HST Dec 22, 2013
Tighter control of substances like Oxycontin may turn pill addicts in Hawaii to heroin to stop their withdrawal symptoms.Video Transcript
Could Hawaii's stricter safeguards on prescription drugs cause a spike in heroin? Its happened elsewhere, and some say that's what they are seeing on our streets. KITV 4's Paul Drewes takes a closer look. Before addicts shoot up, many visit one of the state's free needle exchange vans. This is an effort to stop the spread of AIDS, hepatitis and other diseases by discouraging needle sharing by drug users. The program is working so well, its numbers are at an all time high. heather@6:50 "In the past year we've had over 800,000 syringes exchanged for several thousand people that we service" CHOW workers are encouraged more drug users are exchanging needles, but they've also seen a discouraging trend on the street. 7:19-7:25 "its disconcerting that the numbers are getting higher and we're seeing more young people using needles, which wasn't common before" What is leading to this increase? Prescription drugs -- according to drug users and those who work with addicts. 7:49 "what we're seeing is a movement from an addiction to pills like oxycontin, moving to heroin or injection of those pills" In recent years, the state has stepped up monitoring of medicines. Patients with multiple prescriptions for the same controlled substance or multiple doctors prescribing the same thing, raise the red flag of the narcotic's division. Now, a just started program allows doctors to check patients medical records even BEFORE writing those prescriptions. Tighter control of these controlled substances, some feel, could lead to even more illegal drug use. 11:19 "because of the increase in prescription pill use, people are turning to heroin to get their withdrawal symptoms to stop, so therefore you are seeing an increase in young people using heroin" ON jason -- standup@4:03-4:18 "A spokesperson for the Honolulu Police Department says heroin arrests and seizures have appeared to remain steady - so far, but in other parts of the country where prescription narcotics were harder to get, it has translated to more people turning to illegal drugs" The head of Hawaii's high intensity drug areas said our islands usually lag a little behind the mainland when it comes to narcotic trends but this sign of more users shooting up - could be an early indicator of what's to come for the state. In Chinatown, Paul Drewes KITV 4 news. Moanalua High School got a Christmas gift a little
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Archive for 2013
March 19th, 2013 at 10:12 am
HISTORY Wins Week With Cable Primetime Adults 18-49 & With Primetime Total Viewers; Nickelodeon Beats Disney for Total Day Viewership For Week Ending March 17, 2013
HISTORY was the top network among total viewers during primetime, beating Disney and USA.[Read-More]
March 19th, 2013 at 10:00 am
Cable Top 25: 'The Bible' Tops Cable Viewership for the Week Ending March 17, 2013
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March 19th, 2013 at 9:50 am
'NBC Nightly News' is America's Most-Watched Evening Newscast During Week of the Papal Conclave
"NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" was the most-watched network evening newscast for the week ending March 15, 2013, according to Nielsen[Read-More]
March 19th, 2013 at 9:43 am
National Ratings Cement 'Downton Abbey, Season 3' on MASTERPIECE CLASSIC as Highest-Rated Drama in PBS History
PBS and WGBH announced record-breaking national household ratings for "Downton Abbey, Season 3" on MASTERPIECE CLASSIC. Nielsen Live +7 household data for[Read-More]
March 19th, 2013 at 9:33 am
Documentary '50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus' Debuts April 8 on HBO
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March 19th, 2013 at 9:30 am
'Ladies Man: A MADE Movie' to Premiere Tuesday, April 9 on MTV
Rising stars Dave Davis and Melia Renee join actress Molly Burnett ("Days of Our Lives") to lead an ensemble cast in a[Read-More]
March 19th, 2013 at 9:21 am
Syndicated TV Ratings: 'Wheel of Fortune' & 'The Big Bang Theory' Tie for Number 1 in Households, 'Big Bang' on Top With Viewers, 'Dr.Phil' Again Top Talker for Week Ending March 10, 2013
Top syndicated shows for the week.[Read-More]
March 19th, 2013 at 9:17 am
Richard Madden, Tim Blake Nelson, Marton Csokas & Connor Leslie Join Cast of Discovery's 'Klondike'
It was announced today that Richard Madden, Tim Blake Nelson, Marton Csokas and Conor Leslie will be joining the cast of Discovery[Read-More]


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If any of my readers are good knitters, check this out:
The pattern, not the girl. Preverts!
Hat tip: Colin Purrington
If any of my readers are good knitters, check this out:
The pattern, not the girl. Preverts!
Hat tip: Colin Purrington
Exactly what is it about liking pretty girls that qualifies a guy as a pervert?
My audience are all old farts, in virtue of liking my blog. Hence it's just gross to look at… err.. look at ….
Look, I'm a bit distracted right now, OK?
Great pattern! Thanks.
I'd knit it…
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Colonel, Colonel, I must know what you think has been going on here.
Col. "Bat" Guano: You wanna know what I think?
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Yes.
Col. "Bat" Guano: I think you're some kind of deviated prevert. I think General Ripper found out about your prevertion, and you were organizing some kind of mutiny of preverts.
I wonder if that's a science tat on her arm. Paging Carl Zimmer!
From digging around her blog, the tattoo seems to be Charles D. — but it is a temporary.
It does look good though (as does she).
Talk about a sucker punch! If you really wanted us to focus on the pattern, you could've just photoshop-cropped that section.
Preverts indeed.
Hey, watch who you are calling an old fart. Around here, the correct form of address is dude.
nice sentiment, pretty girl, but to quote my knitting wife, "Knitted SHORTS?!?!?!"
Antiquated Tory (isn't that an oxymoron?) wrote:
"Knitted SHORTS?!?!?!"
I'd eat those shorts if she was wearing them!
My knitting wife's reaction to those was, "Ok, let me work out how many balls of yarn that will take, and you pick the color."
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Philippe Parreno, is an accomplished artist and filmmaker. He was born in Oran, Algeria in 1964 and currently is based in Paris, France. Parreno rose to prominence in the 1990s, earning critical acclaim for his work, which employs a diversity of media including film, sculpture, performance and text. Throughout his work there is a constant questioning of the relationship of the formation of images and the modes by which the image is exhibited. Through combining previously created works and his own unique vision, the narrative structure of his work creates an interesting juxtaposition between creation and re-creation.
Philippe Parreno studied Math from 1981 to 1983. He then went on and studied from 1983 to 1988 at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Grenoble. Later his studies continued at the Institut des Hautes Etudes en arts plastiques in Palais de Tokyo, Paris in 1989. Philippe Parreno has shown at at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco and the Kunstverein Münich. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art New York (MoMA), the Walker Art Center (USA), the Centre Georges Pompidou (France), the Paris Museum of Modern Art (France), the Guggenheim Museum New York (USA), the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco and the Museum of the 21st Century (Japan).
In May 1995 Philippe Parreno created a production that challenged the terms and ideas of production itself. On May 1st, he invited a number of friends and artists to a studio to participate in creating T-shirts and teddy bears, reminiscent of a factory line up. The Teddy Bears were of the "My First Secret Teddy Bear" brand. These Teddies record the voices of the little kids who speak into them, a recording that can be accessed by pushing on one of the bears, paws. This time the teddies played back fragments of conversations and background noise that had inadvertently been taped by the actual workers who had created them. This process was a way of challenging multiple notions of work, fetish, and play. Through asking friends to work on May Day he embraced a celebration of exploitation, in a uniquely hypocritical way. In some ways this work can be thought of as ways of providing alternatives to the nature of assembly-line work, through an embracing of the power of ones own living labor, which can be seen as similar to the concept as elaborated in Empire by Antoni Negri and Michael Hardt.
Philippe Parreno is a unique and visionary filmmaker. In Invisibleboy (2010), the viewer is delved deep into a world of both fantasy and reality where the boundaries between fiction and documentary began to blur. The movie features the story of an illegal Chinese immigrant boy who sees imaginary monsters that are scratched onto the film stock. June 8, 1968 (2009) portrays the train voyage that transported the corpse of assassinated senator Robert Kennedy from New York to Washington D.C. Kennedys invisible body and the Invisibleboy are characters that float between several layers of reality. Set in Asia, The Boy from Mars (2003) follows dimming points of light and reflections of the sun, before lingering on buffalo tied to a purpose-built structure containing an electricity-generating machine that provides the power required to make the film. Philippe Parreno collaborated with Scottish artist and filmmaker Douglas Gordan in 2006 to create Zidane, A 21st Century Portrait. The film was a feature length documentary produced by Universal International. Inspired by the Hellmuth Costard film Football as Never Before (1970), Gordon and Parreno aimed to use new technologies to recreate the immediate feeling of the Costard film. In the Costard film he used 16mm film to follow Machester United legend Goerge Best, in real time, for the course of an entire game against Coventry City.
Philippe Parreno has directed many films including: 8 Juin 1968. (8 mn, 2009), The Writer. (3 mn 58 s, 2007), with Douglas Gordon Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle. (Anna Lena Films. 2006), with Rirkrit Tiravanija Stories are Propaganda. (8mn 29s. 2005), with Liam Gillick Briannnnnn & Ferryyyyyy. (Animated movie, 30mn. 2004), Boy From Mars. (10mn 39s. 2003), El Sueno De Una Cosa. (2001. 35 mm, 1mn.), Anywhere Out of the World. (2000, 3D animated movie, (installation), 4mn.), Vicinato II. (2000), with Charles de Meaux. Le pont du trieur. (Anna Sanders Films. 1999), Some Products. (1998. video / installation 3:10mn), Zoe. (1996. video 4mn), OU/Or. video / installation, (7mn, 1996), Vincinato I. (1995), Cinemascope. (1994), L'Homme Public. (1995), Anna. (vidéo, 4 mn, 1994), La nuit des héros. (Les Films du Requin. 1994. 35mm film, 13mn), Snaking. (1992), No More Reality. (1991) and No More Reality. (1991. video, 38 mn).
Philippe Parreno is the author of several publications including: Philippe Parreno. (JRP|Ringier. October 31, 2009), with Hans Ulrich Obrist. Hans Ulrich Obrist & Philippe Parreno: The Conversation Series. (Walther Konig. March 1, 2008), Philippe Parreno. (2004), Parade ? (Editions du Centre Pompidou. 2009), Suicide in vermillon sands. (Friedrich Petzel Gallery. 2008), All Hawaii entrées / Lunar reggae. (Irish Museum of Modern Art. 2006.), Philippe Parreno: Fade to Black. (MFC-Michele Didier. March 1, 2006), The boy from Mars. (CCA Kitakyushu. 2004), Alien Affection. (Paris Musées. 2002), Speech Bubbles. (Les Presses du Réel. 2001), [Was Nun?] (Schipper und Krome. 1997), Snow Dancing. (GW Press Ltd. 1995). He has also published the following chapters in books: An Interview with Pierre Boulez." in: Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky (Editor). Sound Unbound. (MIT Press. 2008), "Fantôme de Sitcom." in: Rirkrit Tiravanija : Une rétrospective (Tomorrow is Another Fine Day). (Paris musées. 2005), "Bjork." in: Björk. (Bloomsbury USA. 2001), "Pièces versées au contentieux relatif au temps libre (Evidences to be submitted to the free time litigation)." in: Kunstverein München (Editor). Pierre Huyghe. (Kunsthalle Zürich, Seccesion Wien, Le Consortium Dijon. 2001), "My days are shorter than your t-shirt." in: Olafur Eliasson: Surroundings Surrounded: Essays on Space and Science. (The MIT Press. January 1, 2002) and "t's me and the system..." in: Jörn Schafaff (Editor). Jorge Pardo: What Does This Object Do? (Hatje Cantz Verlag. 2000).


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How hard is it to get a government or federal job?
I see so many postings for opening for government jobs. How hard is it to get those jobs? Do they only hire graduates with degrees in criminal justice? Do they require super high gpa?
- Asked by Female, 26-28
I am a HS grad and worked for the USPS. I saw a now hiring sign in a postal lobby and applied, passed the test and was hired. That was 7 years ago when I applied and the USPS is going down hill now. Keep applying for every job you want to apply for. You might also try the City as these jobs pay well with good benefits. Apply for clerical jobs just to get your foot in the door. You must have a clean criminal background. They are not going to hire someone with a shady past or DWI's nowdays. Those ads you see on Career builder saying "now hiring for blah blah" are fake.....The postal one just give you study material for a FEE. I just took a Civil Service test for a Clerical position at my local Courthouse. Go to City websites, County websites and start there if you have to.
- Response by A Life of the Party, Female, 46-55, Minneapolis, Who Cares?
I'm a straight white male with a college degree and professional license.
- Response by A Mr. Married Guy, Male, 36-45, Self-Employed
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Something that some folks have overlooked is the points system in regard to being hired for Civil Service.
- Response by jenny12, A Career Woman, Female, 46-55, Other Profession
Um, are you expecting a serious answer? Might help if you specified what jobs you are referring to. Janitor? Then no, they dont require degrees in criminal justice. FBI agent? Perhaps. The posting themselves SAY what the requirements are, all you gotta do is read them. As for GPA, for the vast majority of jobs they dont require a super high GPA, but there are probably a few that do. Again, what jobs and what federal agencies are you talking about? Your question is so vague its impossible to answer, be more specific.
- Response by xerxes, An Intellectual Guy, Male, 46-55, Washington, DC, Lawyer
You can be a Congressman if you know how to sext.
- Response by catscratch, A Thinker, Female, 46-55, Executive
I've quit applying to civil service jobs. It's not worth my time to spend hours formatting things the way they want, then not even receive a phonecall.
- Response by dendresdner, A Jock, Male, 46-55, Science / Engineering
Govt is incestuous, they only hire relatives.
- Response by drunkmonk, A Couch Potato, Male, 36-45
If you are a black female, its easy. For all others, not so much.
- Response by greenwind, An Intellectual Guy, Male, 56-65, Construction
I work for the government and it seems every lady/person who does volunteer work and does it well ends up with a permanent job...right now...the govt is not hiring..in fact it is rumored to be that three have to leave for one new hire..try NAF jobs in your local area...if u have business classes (8) or more..try contracting positions...but right now...no luck.
- Response by hwyrider, A Mr. Nice Guy, Male, 56-65, Retired
Check out the Civil Service website. There are certain qualifications. There are many jobs with many qualifications, no you don't have to have a degree in Criminal Justice. No need for a super high GPA, but oftentimes there are exams to be taken and those with the highest scores get hired first. A college degree does help.
- Response by graziella, A Hippie Chick, Female, 46-55, Philadelphia, Artist / Musician / Writer
gpa is not at all a matter only references or talent really works
- Response by discountcode, A Guy Critical, Male, 26-28, New York
The key to applying for a federal job is to use the official website. There are a lot of bootleg websites out there. The official website for ALL federal jobs is usajobs.gov. That is the only official website. Register on usajobs. Create a resume and then you can apply for a job electronically. Tehre are no bunches of forms to fill out. An online resume for Title 5 jobs and an application for patient care positions, and the background investigation form if you get the job. that's it. It is not rocket science. If I can get a government job, wth my short attention span then anybody can!
- Response by istaywired, An Alternative Girl, Female, 46-55, Political / Government
I've quit applying to civil service jobs. It's not worth my time to spend hours formatting things the way they want, then not even receive a phonecall.
- Response by dendresdner, A Jock, Male, 46-55, Science / Engineering
Wow! That takes some doing! I have seen MANY stupid responses here on AO over the years, the one from Mr. Married Guy, Male, 29-35, Self-Employed, has to be the dumbest comment I have seen on AO in a long long time! Congrats mr anonymous married guy, you win the stupid award! (which explains why you never got hired!)
- Response by xerxes, An Intellectual Guy, Male, 46-55, Washington, DC, Lawyer


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December 1, 2009
By David Hayes
Compassion House and the Master Builders Care Foundation will break ground on a transitional housing complex Dec. 9.
The duplex will be built on vacant land at 260 S.E. Andrews St. next to another Compassion House transitional housing unit. Foundation leaders will break ground on the latest HomeAid project 10 a.m. Dec. 9.
HomeAid creates partnerships to construct or renovate facilities to provide housing and assistance for the temporarily homeless. In Issaquah, the partnership includes the homebuilding industry, HomeAid builder captain John Day Homes and nonprofit Compassion House.
In addition to providing transitional housing, Compassion House volunteers offer life coaching and other services to help former transitional housing residents sustain themselves. Volunteers help former homeless people with finances, transportation and other social services.
John Day Homes, of North Bend, will lead construction. When the Compassion House duplex is completed next year, the facility will provide transitional housing and support for two families.
John Day is the 2009 president of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties, the largest homebuilding association in the country. Day volunteered the services of his company to facilitate construction.
"I'm so proud of the homebuilding industry and members of the Master Builders Association," Care Foundation President Tracy Cromwell said in a news release.
The foundation is the philanthropic arm of the Master Builders Association.
"Despite current uncertain economic times, John Day and our members will step up with in-kind donations to complete this duplex," Cromwell said. "I feel this project is special, because John Day is one of the founders of Master Builders Care Foundation and its HomeAid program."
Compassion House President Tom Bilbro noted how the partnership between the nonprofit and the Master Builders Association had proved successful in the past.
"We worked with the master builders to remodel the Monti House a few years ago," Bilbro said. "When this duplex is complete we'll be able to house more homeless. We're seeing an increasing need, and we're fortunate to have the support of John Day Homes, Master Builders Association, a variety of cash donors and the city of Issaquah."
Compassion House operates an efficiency apartment and the Monti House. The historic Monti House — built in 1900 — was moved to its Southeast Andrews Street lot in December 2004. The building had fallen into disrepair and city officials considered razing the structure. But Compassion House instead paid to have the house moved and renovated.
Compassion House founder, the Rev. Mark Miller, started the organization in 1998 after he saw local families struggling.
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This is your last week to help the Lake Sammamish Elks Lodge No. 1843 raise $100,000 for Compassion House.
And you could win a new car or $40,000 cash in the process.
The fraternal organization is sponsoring a raffle for a 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 limited-edition muscle car. The benefits from the raffle go to Compassion House to help its effort to build a duplex on a lot donated to it on Southeast Andrews Street in Issaquah.
Mayor Ava Frisinger has accepted the invitation to draw the winning ticket at the XXX Rootbeer Drive-in at about 4 p.m. Dec. 6. Representatives from the Elks Lodge and Compassion House will be at the drawing as well. After the Elks validates the winning ticket, the winner will be announced.
The winner can choose either the car or $40,000 cash.
Compassion House is a nonprofit organization that offers temporary housing for families or individuals essentially down on their luck.
"The typical resident stays for one to two years," said founder and board member Mark Miller. "So, we're more transitional housing than low-income housing."
Started in 1998 by Mountain Creek Christian Church, Compassion House split off into its own nonprofit a few years later. Through the help of the Master Builders of King and Snohomish counties, the Monti House, acquired from the city of Issaquah, was renovated and moved to its location on Southeast Andrew Street in 2007.
Compassion House organizers have been developing plans to build a second facility, a duplex, on an adjacent lot. Miller said the Master Builders have stepped in again and offered to construct the new home. Compassion House's contribution would be just $100,000.
To help reach that goal, Michael Steele, a 10-year veteran of the United States Air Force and a just-retired pilot for Northwest Airlines, stepped in with an idea.
"As an old-time car enthusiast, I'd heard of other organizations that raffled cars," he said.
He pitched his idea to the board of directors to purchase a car for a raffle.
"And they said, 'Sure, why not?'" Steele said.
As a "car collector wannabe," Steele's research led him to the 2008 Dodge Challenger. Only 6,400 models of this limited edition were produced. Steele's is No. 4243.
"It's got a retro design for the new muscle car collector," he said. "It's a beautiful car."
However, the economic downturn has made fundraising with the raffle slow and raffle managers said buying a ticket is now one of the best bets in the state. Steele has shuttled the car and display booth to city fairs, auto race tracks, regional fairs and auto rallies all summer, with continuing hope of a meaningful profit to complement the donations of others, especially the pledge of the local Master Builders Association, to get the duplex building under way.
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Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?by Alan Weisman
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We humans, despite our natural aptitude for mathematics, seem to have an arduous time making sense of concepts that involve very large numbers. Unfortunately, however, abstract notions have absolute consequences, whether anticipated or otherwise. Although it took until the early 1800s for global population to reach its first billion, it has doubled twice since the year 1900, giving us now some seven billion people worldwide. Around the year 2050, the United Nations estimates that there may well be 10 billion of us inhabiting this fragile pale blue dot we call home. As journalist Alan Weisman points out in his rousing, urgent new book, Countdown, every four and a half days, we add another million people to our population tally — without the corresponding increase in available resources.
Weisman's previous work, The World without Us, imagined our planet suddenly devoid of human presence in a thought experiment that sought to examine how quickly nature could restore itself to balance — sans homo sapiens. In Countdown, a more than ample follow-up, he considers overpopulation and the myriad threats that may come with exceeding our planet's carrying capacity. Visiting more than 20 countries around the globe, Weisman immersed himself in vastly disparate cultures, interviewing leaders, subject experts, and locals to learn how other societies and traditions deal (and have dealt) with the specifics of population control.
Country by country, Weisman encounters a wealth of efforts, strategies, attitudes, and mores that have proven on many occasions to halt or reverse the swelling of local or national populations, some of which, while perhaps morally questionable to Western sensibilities, have nonetheless fulfilled their charge. Methods employed include family planning, sex education, contraception (both male and female), abortion, adoption, infanticide, gender ultrasounds, economic incentives, birth spacing, and legislation limiting the number of children a couple may legally bear. The most efficacious actions, noted in a number of different countries, tend to be those that focus on raising education and equality standards for women, empowering them to make their own responsible reproductive decisions.
As more and more countries begin struggling with the effects of climate change, drought, rising temperatures, finite resources, overfishing, topsoil depletion, species decline, food scarcity, falling water tables, rising sea levels, and the like, the need to rein in burgeoning populations becomes ever more paramount. While Countdown draws a link between overpopulation and the impending effects of a warming planet, Weisman remains optimistic that curbing rampant population growth may be our best strategy to mitigate its worst repercussions.
Among the many tricks we will try to keep fitting ourselves onto this planet, there is one that we already know. The technology is cheaper than all the others by many orders of magnitude. It is reducing the numbers of bodies to feed by managing our reproduction, before nature steps in to do that for us.
Books warning of the looming climate catastrophe have proliferated for years, but Countdown, in focusing on the population-side factor of the equation, argues for wider adoption of solutions already in place and calls for injecting sense, wisdom, and prudence into the discussion. Weisman's plea is surely more effective than those that proffer a litany of worst-case scenarios designed to scare us into action. By exploring and integrating the lessons from cultures the world over, Weisman has been able to provide a blueprint that will ultimately benefit the planet as a whole. Countdown is a timely, essential, and hopeful work — one that suggests compassion in place of consumption and promises a return to an equilibrium that will prove a veritable windfall for humans, nonhumans, and ecosystems alike.
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A powerful investigation into the chances for humanity's future from the author of the bestseller The World Without Us.
In his bestselling book The World Without Us, Alan Weisman considered how the Earth could heal and even refill empty niches if relieved of humanity's constant pressures. Behind that groundbreaking thought experiment was his hope that we would be inspired to find a way to add humans back to this vision of a restored, healthy planet — only in harmony, not mortal combat, with the rest of nature.
But with a million more of us every four days on a planet that's not getting any bigger, and with our exhaust overheating the atmosphere and altering the chemistry of the oceans, prospects for a sustainable human future seem ever more in doubt. For this long awaited follow-up book, Weisman traveled to more than 20 countries to ask what experts agreed were probably the most important questions on Earth — and also the hardest: How many humans can the planet hold without capsizing? How robust must the Earth's ecosystem be to assure our continued existence? Can we know which other species are essential to our survival? And, how might we actually arrive at a stable, optimum population, and design an economy to allow genuine prosperity without endless growth?
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"In this follow-up to The World Without Us, journalist Weisman visits more than 20 countries to explore four urgent questions. How many people can our planet hold? Is it in our own best interest to limit population growth? Which species are essential to our survival? And how can we design a prosperous economy that does not depend on endless growth and consumption? Weisman argues that this will be the century in which we must manage our population, 'or nature will do it for us in the form of famine, thirst... crashing ecosystems, and wars over dwindling resources.' To seek answers, he visits some of the planet's most overcrowded regions, including the Philippines, Niger, and India — with its 'archetypal new megalopolis,' Mumbai, swollen beyond comprehension at 21 million. He also visits countries that have slowed their population growth (Iran and Thailand), and those whose populations are dwindling, such as Japan. Weisman interviews Catholic clerics; Buddhist monks; biologists, including Paul Erlich (The Population Bomb); physicists, demographers; and others. He also analyzes the repercussions of China's one-child policy; the Haber-Bosch fertilization method that led to higher food yields; and the chronic malnourishment afflicting one billion people today. Provocative and sobering, this vividly reported book raises profound concerns about our future. (Sept.)" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
"Unflinching and ready for anything, Weisman's Countdown tackles the biggest question facing not only us, but every other living thing on earth. How many people can there be on the earth? Written with extraordinary clarity, without all the arm-waving and doomsaying that seems to kill the conversation, his firsthand tour of the globe offers both worst case scenarios and the most hopeful futures we can imagine." Craig Childs, author of Apocalyptic Planet
"Weisman offers heart-rending portrayals of nations already suffering demographic collapse....A realistic, vividly detailed exploration of the greatest problem facing our species." Kirkus (starred review)
"Spirited descriptions, a firm grasp of complex material, and a bomb defuser's steady precision make for a riveting read....Weisman's cogent and forthright global inquiry, a major work, delineates how education, women's equality, and family planning can curb poverty, thirst, hunger, and environmental destruction. Rigorous and provoking, Countdown will generate numerous media appearances for Weisman and spur many a debate." Booklist (starred review)
"He makes a strong case for slowing global population growth-and even for reducing overall population numbers-as a prerequisite for achieving a sustainable future....Weisman's book...offers hope....Weisman's emphasis on expanding access to contraception as the next-best strategy is both pragmatic and workable, as past efforts have shown. It is to be hoped that his message may be heeded sooner rather than later." Nature
"[Weisman] found vivid, real-world portraits of what overpopulation portends." Men's Journal
"Countdown converts globetrotting research into flowing journalism, highlighting a simple truth: there are, quite plainly, too many of us. A world that understands Weisman's words will understand the pressing need for change." Bill Streever, author of Cold and Heat
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