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Resident Evil 7's Upcoming DLC Release Details and Spoilers Revealed
Capcom has announced that a couple of new DLCs are coming to Resident Evil 7 Biohazard (RE7) along with the game's Gold Edition on December 12.
The delayed episode titled 'Not A Hero' and a new episode called 'End of Zoe' are expected to release on the same day, wherein the former will be free while the latter costs $14.99 without the season pass. In other words, the Zoe DLC pack will be free for all season pass holders and it will give a proper closure to Zoe's story in RE7.
On the contrary, Resident Evil 7: Not a Hero will feature the series veteran Chris Redfield showcasing his deeper roots with Umbrella. In RE7, Redfield is seen rushing in with the Umbrella soldiers, before terminating zombies and cleaning up the remains of Eveline.
If you made the right choices for RE7's Good Ending, Chris should end up saving both Ethan and Mia at the end and thereby leaving the door open for the closure of Zoe's untold story.
Spoilers Ahead
According to Polygon, Zoe's DLC will be a significant one as it will introduce players to new enemies at the Baker compound, besides concluding Zoe's story and throwing in a brand new location set amidst a swamp-filled area.
Zoe is likely to wield some weaponry in the conclusive episode 'End of Zoe', given the nature of the series so far. Ethan, Mia and Chris Redfield have all enjoyed the arsenal of weapons at their disposal throughout the series, while Zoe is also seen helping Ethan find some equipment to defend himself in the fight against her father, Jack.
Resident Evil 7 players who achieved the Good Ending will get to see Zoe standing at the docks after the death of her father. In the bad ending, Eveline kills Zoe when Ethan attempts to help the latter escape.
Consequently, it is being speculated that the storyline of Zoe's new DLC might precede the events before Eveline captured Ethan and Mia tried rescuing him. In other words, the DLC highlights the survival challenges faced by Zoe in the aftermath of the events from RE7's good ending.
The 'End of Zoe' DLC actually relives those nostalgic moments when Zoe and her father are caught inside the storage house which is on fire. It also clarifies the conclusive part by revealing if she really escaped the fire and made it out of the swamp area after Jack's death.
Nevertheless, avid fans of Resident Evil franchise may grab the Gold Edition of RE7 on PS4, Windows PC, and Xbox One on December 12. This special edition also comes bundled with DLC packs including Banned Footage Vol.1, Banned Footage Vol. 2, Not A Hero and End of Zoe.
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by David Cain
When I first slipped inside her, she bit her nails in me.
A bare twenty-two and naughty as sin, a sweet succulent blonde rushed to shimmy off her blue jeans in my bed. I bit my lip, smiling as I watched her white panties emerge, glad to discover Diana had gone half-past eager because I dared to make her wait. She fought her white socked foot in a crunch of denim and her big titties shook. I admired her full rounded dark nipples, tensing as she giggled at my lascivious glare. I drank a heady draught of her next revelations, as she let her lean thighs drift to reveal her pretty blonde pussy, so pink, so wet, and I anxiously kissed her pulsing excitement until Diana surrendered, forever mine.
Ferocious scratches, in wild ecstasies, crescent gouges, river wound welts. As I lustily screwed her pure beauty, manicured daggers raked my back, my arms, my neck, my legs. I fucked Diana harder as the pain by degrees mounted, dick digging deeper as the blood beads on my back. Spread wide for the pounding, her young cunt sucked all the whirlwinds we'd created, til I came, mad, in her face, baptized my lust for her delicate prettiness.
Brilliant in reasons, I could ask no more. Foolhardy in daring, she tested my mettle. Passion aflame, we gave dawn to the stars. The law came once, or twice, knock, knock, knock, to find us cavorting in negligible garments while our musical interludes cracked the mortar. Neighbors banged and pleaded, but our fucks forever rattled the ceiling, pounded the walls, broke through the floors. "Fuck so pretty, you and me."
"What happened to you?" asked Joanne at work.
"Love," I said, showing her the cruel traces on my arm.
"Do you like that?" Joanne asked, wrinkling her nose.
"Yeah," I confessed. "But I may die soon, exhausted."
"What the hell," counseled my friend. "Good fucks are hard to find."
Diana never wore clothes, not often anyway, at my place. I stared for hours at her little blonde pussy, the gentle swells and faint pink shadows beneath her golden dross. She giggled and turned her naughty bottom toward me.
Her scratches were more than excesses. Jealous rages pounced silently from behind each wanton kisses. I never wanted to be captured, loving women with recklessness, but Diana proved both perfect and relentless. Before I surrendered to Diana, she marked my flesh savagely. I loved her fucking madness and never made her stop. Timid rivals retreated. The brave were vanquished, all the same.
And she stopped her loving brutality.
Soon we'll have known ten years of constant fucking. I regret every day that we've missed. Sunday morning was one of our best, while last night even reached new heights. We create amazing sensations, cock to cunt, she and I.
I had her ass on Sunday morn, after licking her giddy, she pleaded me in. Diana comes so fast, so hard, so deliciously that way. Her pink melted pussy squirms at each rub. And we only got hotter from there.
Diana holds tight when I slip my prick in.
Tears me when we're apart.

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April Winchell AKA "Hellen Killer" owns and blogs on the ridiculously unfunny snark website Regretsy. She is the daughter of the creepiest smart person who ever lived, Paul Winchell, who, among other horrifyingly weird things like ventriloquism, also invented the disposable razor, the artificial heart and in his spare time, voiced Disney's "Tigger."
Unfortunately for Paul, (or maybe fortunately for him since he's dead) April never lived up to her father's legacy and has only managed to do things like provide the voice for "Clarabelle the Cow." Clarabelle the cow has been leading cause in post-partum psychosis and infant death. April also never invented anything and only has a mediocre grasp of how to use a glue gun properly.
Due to the clinical depression brought on by poor crafting, April decided to start blogging so she could make other people as miserable as she was. The result of this was the abortion now known as Regretsy. She originally blogged under a pseudonym until she realised this blog wasn't on LJ and no one gave a shit.
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At first glance, April is an ED wet dream. Do not be fooled. April Winchell
is was a coward. For someone whose internet celebrity relies fully on making fun of others, you'd think she could handle a little friendly ribbing.
Already mentioned, Regretsy. It's a site for great justice. Someone needed to show the people of Etsy the truth about the real world. And the truth is, we don't care about your shit.
At first, everything was great and much lols were had. Then she called all people from Boston "Crab Hammering Puritanical Dick Bags" (Nevermind. That's still pretty lol.) Her next foray into offending the drooling masses was her unending use of the word "retard".
People were outraged. Which kind of goes without saying, since this is the internet, and EVERYTHING is rage worthy.
People started unliking her Facebook page.
To counter, April throws their exit speeches up in her flounce album.
And here is where the trick bitchery starts. You see, it's all well and good for April to steal peoples' pics for all the world to laugh at. (And it is.) But don't you DARE take one of hers.
She will run to the ends of the earth to make you hide that shit.
—April Winchell to LJAbuse
After receiving word of this article, April hastily sent a PM through livejournal's message system.
And then she flounced from LJ altogether, which is fine, because the only people left on LJ are "Pro-Ana/Pro-Mia" twatwads and emo self injurers.
She is currently running a Kickstarter campaign begging for donations of up to $250 for a book as unfunny as her site to pay for her and her husband's vacation.
See Also
- April Winchell/Commentary - An approved version of her entry.
External Links
- Flickr Gallery
- livejournal gallery of stolen photos FOUNCED!
- LJ account BALETED!
- Wikipedia Entry This bitch is FIFTY??
- weblog entry full of stolen/redistributed MP3s Who needs a DMCA filed on them? April now claims she "got permission" to post the MP3s. What a LYING, thieving slut!
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Gnarls Barkley's "Run" video is safely on the air in the U.K. after initially failing the Harding Test -- guidelines established to prevent TV images from triggering epileptic seizures.
The problem was the clip's strobe effects, and group member Cee-Lo Green says Gnarls had no problem making some edits to ensure airplay. The unedited clip has been airing on the U.S. edition of MTV since late last week.
"It seemed justifiable to hesitate a bit to make sure it didn't result in something severe," he tells Billboard.com. "We just focused on any compromise we could come to. We didn't get too agitated -- we just concentrated our focus on how we could resolve the problem."
"Run" centers around the fictional public access TV show "City Vibin'" and is set in the early '90s. Justin Timberlake appears as the host of the program, on which Green and fellow Gnarls Barkley principal Danger Mouse perform the track.


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Two of Hugh Green's children ask court to overrule High Court, remove their sister from family trust
Two of late NBR Rich Lister Hugh Green's children are asking the Court of Appeal to overturn a ruling that returned control of Green's $400 million business empire to their sister.
Last year, Justice Helen Winkelmann ruled a new will that Mr Green made just months before he died in July 2012 should be overturned, and his children John and Frances be removed as trustees of the trusts that control the business empire.
Green's daughter Maryanne, who lost her position as a trustee and director earlier, sought a ruling in the High Court at Auckland challenging the validity of a new will that her father signed in April 2012, three months before he died of cancer. The only change in the will was adding John and Frances as directors and trustees along with Auckland barrister Michael Fisher.
Mark O'Brien QC, representing the plaintiffs, said the appeal was "not about the money" and Justice Winkelmann had erred in inferring Hugh Green was unduly influenced by his son, John.
"A core part of our submission is Hugh Green remained mentally able and mentally determined right through," O'Brien said, adding that the court needed to look at the facts of the case established in the High Court to determine whether undue influence was the right inference to make.
O'Brien said Maryanne Green had not suggested there was a problem with undue influence until November 2012, and it was not tenable that she and others close to Hugh Green had all been duped.
In the High Court ruling, Justice Winkelmann found that resolutions by the trustees of the two main trusts appointing John and Frances as directors were not validly passed as they didn't have the required majority and that they should be removed. The "level of hostility they feel and exhibit" towards their sister Maryanne and niece, Alice Piper, was sufficient to mean the trusts couldn't operate for the benefit of all its beneficiaries.
There are long-running tensions between Maryanne and John Green, mainly stemming from his departure from the company and resignation as a trustee in 1994. Justice Winkelmann concluded John had been involved in dishonest transactions in the early 1990s when he was working at Kilmacrennan Livestock, the entity through which Hugh Green conducted his cattle trading business. Maryanne was reluctant to work with John because she believed him to be dishonest and thought he had poor business skills, she told the High Court.
O'Brien today said the hostility between the family members was "certainly not a one-way street" and Maryanne had opposed and undermined John and Frances.
Justice Stephen Kos, the new president of the Court of Appeal, said the court may remove Maryanne as a director but, if it did that, it may not reinstate John and Frances.
"If Maryanne goes, the outcome may be that they all go, because this situation is insoluble, it's hopeless," Justice Kos said. "We have to produce an outcome in terms of trustee appointment that does justice to the beneficiaries."
O'Brien suggested the three siblings could all be trustees with professional trustees also appointed and said the family would accept that. Justice Rhys Harrison said that would not be responsible, based on the evidence, and his experience with professional trustees was that they would not take an appointment where co-trustees were family members who were in a dispute.
Justice Harrison also said it seemed to him the appeal "might be largely academic" due to other proceedings taken by John and Frances to remove Maryanne as a trustee, as well as proceedings to determine whether adopted members of the family could be beneficiaries of the trust.
"The battle could continue on the same sort of issues, which would be a terrible thing," Justice Harrison said.
The trial is set down for four days and continues this afternoon.


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It's Our Lives is the latest book in Aspire and Aspire Law's It's My Life book series.
Following on from the first two books, It's My Life and It's My Life 2, this third outing shares a collection of inspiring stories from the friends and families of people paralysed by spinal cord injury.
These stories help give strength and insight to people with SCI and their families.
The book launch is at 2pm on Thursday 9th November, at The National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
James Wood, Solicitor and Managing Director at Aspire Law, says:
"Aspire Law is very pleased to support Aspire in their third volume of a series of books which have brought together a number of personal experiences of spinal cord injury.
This latest addition gives an invaluable insight into the effect of SCI on friends and family and how this has challenged but also enriched the lives of those involved. This invaluable record is sure to be a source of information for those involved or interested in SCI for years to come."
Brian Carlin, Aspire CEO, says:
"We are delighted to be launching our third book. Aspire's Independent Living Advisors give out the books to newly injured patients when they visit them in Spinal Injury Centres. The stories in the first two It's My Life books have inspired patients and helped them to feel they are not alone, and we hope that It's Our Lives can do the same for their families and friends."
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Brahmavar is a town in the Udupi district of the South Indian state of Karnataka. Being close to Barkur, the area is considered to be a cultural centre in the region. It is often referred to as lord Brahma's Vara or Ajapura. The district headquarter, Udupi, lies at a distance of 12 km away from the village.
Places to Stay
The nearest accessible place available for lodging is Udupi. Some of the budget hotels worth giving a try are Ayodhya Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 800), Mahima Residency Hotel (tariff – Rs. 700), Metropolis Hotel (tariff – Rs. 900), Swathi Hotel (tariff – Rs. 800) among others.
The official language of the area is Kannada.
The important festivals of the region are Ugadi in March-April, Ganesh Chathurthi in August-September and Diwali in October-November.
Places of Interest
Virtually anywhere you ride on to towards the coast is picturesque and beautiful. Some of the beaches which are worth a visit are Maravanthe Beach (38 km), Padukere Beach (16 km away), the breath-taking estuary-cum-beach called Bengre Kemmannu (16 km away) and Beejadi Beach (21 km away).
How to Get There
Mangalore International Airport is the nearest airport at a distance of 68 km.
The Udupi Railway Station located around 16 km away is the closest major railway station to the town.
Direct buses as well as via buses to the town are available from nearby towns and cities. It is mostly state-transport buses which indirectly cater to the needs of people. Private operators like SRS Travels have also slowly joined the race. Making use of bus ticket offers are the best way to save money while travelling.
Udupi, a coastal city in Mangalore, Karnataka, has a lot of tourist attractions that draw visitors from all across. The famous St. Mary's Island which can only be reached by a ferry from Malpe is a perfect picnic spot where you can unwind. This city is also a pilgrimage center. Devotees flock to the famous Krishna Temple located here. Legends say that the name Udupi, comes from udu, which mean stars and pa, meaning Lord. Udupi is known for its Mangalorean Cuisine and rich culture. Folk art like the Yakshagana and Huli Vesha are famous in this region.
Budget Hotels in Udupi
There are many budget hotels for tourists in this city. Some of these hotels are Hotel Janardana (Tariff – Rs.751), Sai Residency (Tariff – Rs.664) and Hotel Sri Krishna Residency (Tariff – Rs.424).
The languages spoken in Udupi are Tulu, Konkani, Beary Bashe and Kannada.
Events in Udupi
There are many important festivals celebrated in Udupi such as Paryaya and Makar Sankranti in January, Krishna Janmashtami in August, Navratri in September-October, Vijaya Dashami in October, Diwali during October-November and Christmas in December.
Places to See in Udupi
Some of the popular places of interest in Udupi include Manipal (6 km), Anantheshwara, a kilometer away, Sri Krishna Temple (950-m), Karkala (37 km), Udyavara River (7 km), Pithrody Udyavar Beach (13 km), Malpe Beach (8 km) and Malpe Port (7 km) away.
How to Get There
Mangalore Airport is the nearest airport, which is 63 km away from Udupi.
The Udupi Railway Station is only 5 km away from the main city center.
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Billions of dollars are spent every year in an effort to relieve body pain. Countless numbers of books have been written on the subject. Strangely enough, there are more people seeking help for pain now than ever before. Why have we not been able to find adequate solutions for pain? Perhaps it's because we have been looking in the wrong places.
The Massage Center – Sarasota is addressing the subject of pain for many of their clients, and has made great strides in the field. The center's manager, licensed massage therapist Toddy Jadoo has over fifteen years of experience and a passionate client following. She instinctively created JADÚ®, a revolutionary, non-invasive pain relief protocol that restrains the progression of symptoms and can reverse damage to the body's organs and systems.
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The three elements can be used by the body to create which ever chemicals it might need to move, eliminate and rest. Movement is crucial for all other functions to take place. The human body needs to move not only externally but also viscerally (internal organs and systems). Some movements are voluntary as we choose to do them, while others are involuntary such as the digestive process.
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Last night I was out at a party with a bunch of friends and had some interesting conversations. One friend jokingly chastised me for not having had time to post anything new all week, so I figured I would appease him and share what happened yesterday.
When I first got to the bar I made my way over to a couple of friends and started chatting. Two other dudes none of us knew elbowed past us at some point to get to the bar, where they remained for the next little bit, every once in awhile bumping into us or people to either side of them. All of a sudden one of them turned to me and my friend, interrupting our conversation to ask, "do you like pussy or ass?"
The other guy made some comment about that bar maybe not being the best place to ask such a question, but his friend was undeterred and repeated his question. My friend answered that he liked pussy, and I replied that I liked both. It didn't even occur to me to ask them why they had asked or what their answer was, but James was on the ball and asked whether they liked pussy or ass.
"We're both primarily active but are passive from time to time." James didn't know what the fuck they were talking about, and that wasn't the answer I had expected from them at all. "That's cool," I said, "I'm definitely more active." James just looked at me with a look of confusion, so I explained that the terms "active" and "passive" describe the act of fucking or being fucked, respectively. And then the two guys left, and James and I pondered what had motivated them to ask the question in the first place.
Later I got into a conversation with an acquaintance about men's and women's rights. But I think I'll leave that for another post since I also just finished reading the document on women's suffrage that I mentioned in a previous post.
And then at some point another friend started discussing threesomes with me. I'm not even sure how we got on the subject, but it raised a question that I just don't get, namely why it is that so many straight men who have a threesome with another guy and a girl – where it's clear that the guys are only playing with the girl and not with each other – freak the fuck out if they come into even the slightest contact with the other dude. To the point where they freak if their knee brushes the other dude's. I truly don't get that at all, but I also acknowledge that as someone who is interested in males and females I am not in a position to understand where such straight guys are coming from.
My friend, who is straight, hadn't ever been in such a situation and thus couldn't really answer my question, but he thought it wouldn't be a problem for him if he were in threesome with a guy and a girl. And so I ask my straight male readers: what exactly is the big deal about brushing against the other guy? Doesn't worrying about something so banal make the whole threesome experience generally more stressful than is necessary? If all parties are agreed that the two guys aren't playing with each other, then why get your panties in a bunch because of a slight touch? To me it seems like cutting off your nose to spite your face just to reinforce one's heterosexuality. I really want to understand, so please enlighten me.
I also had an interesting conversation with another guy about our individual flirting habits, but I'll save that for a separate post as well because it's something I've wanted to write about anyway.
I know I said I wanted to write more last week, but work just didn't permit it. This coming week is going to be full of work, so I'm not sure how much I'll be able to write, but I'll try to post something. Hope you all have a great week!


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Starting January 14th, The Tripel in Playa del Rey will be offering brunch on the weekends from 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM. Offering brunch menu items such as the Burrata egg white omelette with slow roasted plum tomatoes, Thai basil, and charred broccolini, the Banana bread french toast with vanilla bean maple syrup and bourbon cream, and the Bloody beer – spicy tomato spiked lager over ice with celery salt rim. 333 Culver Blvd., Playa Del Rey, CA 90293. 310-821-0333.
As we venture further into a southern California winter, Chef Andrea Cavaliere of Cecconi's West Hollywood added hearty new menu items to it North Italian menu. New items available all day include: Parsnip Soup with Winter Black Truffle ($16); Strozzapreti with Wild Boar & Porcini Ragout ($20); Risotto with Squid Ink, Seppia & Shrimp ($28); and Speck, Potato, Chanterelle & Taleggio Pizza ($24), and more. Available for lunch only is the Piatto unico – a portioned plate of seasonal fish, vegetables, pasta and salad($22). 8764 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood, CA 90048. 310-432-2000.
AKA Bistro to host cooking demo, wine tasting and wine dinner
January 21 from 3 PM – 5 PM in Pasadena
Two Pasadena chefs are teaming up to host "Sustainable Table Interactive Demo and Wine Tasting" at a|k|a Bistro in Pasadena on January 21 from 3 PM – 5 PM. Chef James Lambrinos of a|k|a Bistro will team up with Bistro 45′s Chef Steven Lona and Melissa's World Variety Produce to show off their culinary skills, along with Santa Barbara wineries Refugio Ranch, Martian Ranch, Costa de Oro and Sanguis.
Chef Steven will demo roasted Brussels sprouts with duck confit, preserved kumquats and sunchoke chips, a salad of organic fennel and potatoes served with a brown butter anisette aioli, and fricasse of white asparagus and arugula served with spicy grapefruit vin and Shishito peppers. Chef James Lambrinos will concoct roasted butternut squash soup with mint yogurt, kabocha squash risotto with a cinnamon spiced crème, grilled purple and white asparagus with truffle vin, grilled fennel with charred tomato vin, and grilled Brussels sprouts with chipotle vin. The cooking demo and wine tasting are $18 per person.
If you can't get enough of the cooking demo, a five-course "Sustainable Table Wine Dinner" will follow at 5:30 PM for $65 per person. The menu includes Yellowfin tuna tartare, wild Barramundi with tomato risotto, Pitman Farms duck, and an all natural Aussie lamb strip loin and butterscotch pot au creme. Call 626-564-8111 for reservations. 41 Hugus Alley, Pasadena CA. 91103.
UPDATE: This event has been postponed until March 30, 2012.
For years wine experts have been acknowledged by the Court of Master Sommeliers. Now, the same degree of acknowledgement has been given to the beer experts. For the past four years, beer industry veteran Ray Daniels has been running the Cicerone Certification Program for people working in the beer industry, ranging from bartenders to brewers. There are three levels of certification: Certified Beer Server, Certified Cicerone and Master Cicerone. Read the rest of the story on TasteTerminal National.
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Interviewing 'Cicerone Certification Program' founder Ray Daniels with host Jace Milstead
For years wine experts have been acknowledged by the Court of Master Sommeliers. Now, the same degree of acknowledgement has been given to the beer experts. For the past four years, beer industry veteran Ray Daniels has been running the Cicerone Certification Program for people working in the beer industry, ranging from bartenders to brewers. There are three levels of certification: Certified Beer Server, Certified Cicerone and Master Cicerone. Read More
Dumplings & Buns, a modern Chinese takeout restaurant in Pacific Heights is expanding their menu with new sections of entrees, soups, and combination plates. The new menu includes: 24 Hour Kwan Pork Sliders, Pau Pau Lee's Tomato Beef Plate, Teriyaki Beef Skewers with Rice and Spicy & Sweet "XO" Dragon Wings made with cognac plus three kinds of soup (wonton, Burmese-style chicken noodle and egg drop). 2411 California St., San Francisco, CA 94115. 415-292-6209.
During January, Olivia's Brunch & Fine Dining Restaurant in Bernal Heights, customer's purchasing one entree will receive their second one at half price. Olivia's specializes in American, Californian and Mexican food. The restaurant features authentic Mexican dishes, along with American favorites for breakfast, lunch and dinner. See their menu. 3771 Mission St., San Francisco CA 94110. 415-970-0375.
Gordon Ramsay set to open first restaurant in Vegas
At the Paris Hotel and Casino
Hitting the Las Vegas strip in the spring of 2012, will be TV personality and Michelin Star Chef Gordon Ramsay with Gordon Ramsay Steak at the Paris Hotel and Casino. Replacing Les Artistes Steakhouse, Gordon Ramsay's contemporary steakhouse will seat up to 274 guests and include a large bar, chef's table, and a private dining room.
Shifting the casino guests' Parisian experience to the city of London, Gordan Ramsay Steak concept and design will reflect Chef Ramsay's heritage. The restaurant will also offer guests a look at a specially created beef aging program created by Chef Ramsay in addition to traditional steakhouse cuisine, prime cuts of beef, and Ramsay's signature dishes.
Lakers VS Clippers cocktail battle at The Mixing Room
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Fight for your Lakers or Clippers at The Mixing Room inside the JW Marriot Los Angeles, for the "Los Angeles Clippers vs. Los Angeles Lakers Cocktail Showdown" until the end of the 2012 NBA season. For every cocktail ordered, a point will be tallied at the end of the season and the winner will be added to The Mixing Room's regular menu. Cocktails are $14 each and is available daily from 4 PM – 1 AM. Read More
Shore Hotel rocking two new room packages
'Cirque Du Soleil Package' for those wanting to take a trapeze course & 'Pink Goes Green' for the eco-conscious
Shore Hotel in Santa Monica is offering a room package celebrating Valentine's Day during February. The "Pink Goes Green" package starts at $469 per night and features overnight accommodations at Shore Hotel, two bicycle rentals for the duration of your stay, a bottle of organic wine or champagne upon arrival, 60-minute couples massages at Tikkun Spa, and a $50 voucher to The Lobster Restaurant. The package is available for booking from February 1 – 29.
The second package, "Cirque Du Soleil" features overnight accommodations, two tickets to "Ovo" at the Santa Monica Pier, and lessons for two at the Trapeze School. Rates start at $443 per night and is available for booking from January 20 – March 25. Call 310-458-1515 for reservations. 1515 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90401.
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Don't want to munch on chips during your Superbowl party? Chef Gabe Caliendo over at Lazy Dog Café has a healthier option. This dish is available at all nine of their locations in Southern California. Here is the recipe for Togarashi Edamame Beans. Read More
Petrossian Restaurant serving Foie Gras menu during dineLA Restaurant Week
Saying goodbye to duck liver
An all Foie Gras menu will be featured at Petrossian Boutique & Restaurant during Restaurant Week. The 3 course prix fixe menu will serve as a farewell to the loved by many duck liver in California for $44 per person with the option of adding Petrossian's Signature Caviar Presentation for $59. dineLA is January 22 – 27 and January 29 – February 3. 321 N. Robertson Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90048. 310-271-0576. Read More


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IT is not surprising that the massacre of St. Bartholomew should have attracted such a composer as Giacomo Meyerbeer. The terrible scene immediately suggests a blaze of orchestral chords, seething strings, and shrieking brass, a style in which Meyer-beer delighted. He secured the collaboration of the celebrated French dramatist Eugene Scribe, who apparently went to work at this libretto by writing the fourth act first and then forcing the preceding situations to fit together as best they would. The result is not wholly satisfactory; but where the plot is vague the music is clear and strong enough to carry our emotions over chasms of inconsistencies.
The great theme of the opera is the Huguenot hymn, a thrilling song of faith, with firm, bold harmonies that express unswerving belief. This hymn is used in the overture with grand effect. It is sustained and upheld clear and strong amid the murmurings and attacks of surrounding variations until it finally bursts forth in untrammeled splendor like the supremacy of religious faith.
The curtain rises upon a banquet-hall in the mansion of Count de Nevers, who is a gay young nobleman of Touraine, the province of France in which the first two acts occur. Nevers is giving a supper to his comrades, and the first chorus is the celebrated drinking-song, a refrain so abounding in good cheer that it predisposes one in favor of the whole opera. The revelers are all Romanists, with the exception of Raoul de Nangis, a young Huguenot, who because of recent promotion in the army has been included among the guests. Ne-vers proposes a toast to " our sweethearts," and gaily adds that he must soon forego such frivolities as he is to be married. Some one suggests that they all recount their love affairs, and Raoul is requested to begin. He relates an adventure wherein he rescued a beautiful lady from the rude insults of some boisterous students. He has not seen her since and knows not her name, but she dwellsin his heart. His glowing description of the heroine is a verbal portrait framed in music of golden beauty. t is the best tenor solo of the opera.
After this love-story some surprise is caused by the entrance of Marcel, a Huguenot soldier, who is Raoul's faithful attendant and has followed his young master to this banquet merely to be near and watch over him. Marcel much disapproves of this "feasting in the camp of the Philistines," as he terms it, and by way of atonement he renders in a loud voice that fervid hymn which the Huguenots always sing when in danger. Raoul begs his friends to excuse the rough soldier, and they promptly attest their good will by inviting Marcel to drink. He declines the wine, but consents to sing for them. His song has a wild refrain like the firing of musketry, " Piff-paff-piff, and it is a celebrated bass aria.
When this whizzing composition is ended a servant informs the host that a strange visitor would like to speak with him privately. Nevers at first refuses to see any one ; but on learning that it is a veiled lady he changes his mind and goes out, after laughingly announcing that he is thus constantly sought by handsome women. During his absence the others joke about the incognita and handle her reputation lightly. They look through a window and see her conversing with Nevers in his private apartment. At sight of her face Raoul re-coils, for this clandestine visitor is none other than the heroine of his romancethe beauty to whom he had lost his heart. His ideal is shattered by the discovery. When Nevers returns the audience learns from an aside remark that the lady was his prospective bride, Valentine de St. Bris, and that she came to beg release from her promise. He has reluctantly complied, but does not inform his guests of the matter. At this moment a richly attired young page presents himself. t is Urban, the contralto role, who after bowing gracefully on all sides sings a charming and celebrated aria, " Nobil donna,"" a noble lady. sends by me a missive to one of these gentlemen." Such is the substance of this exquisite song with its chivalrous melody, surrounded by rococo embellishments that seem as appropriate to the pretty page as are his Louis Quinze slippers and point-lace ruffs. The note is addressed to Raoul, a fact that occasions some surprise. The young Huguenot reads aloud what sounds like a practical joke, for the paper tells that a court carriage is in waiting to convey him blindfolded to an unnamed destination. His companions urge him to go, for they have recognized the seal as belonging to Queen Margaret of Touraine ; but Raoul does not know this. He, however, accepts their advice, and al-lows himself to be blindfolded in spite of protests from Marcel. They sing a bewitching ensemble that is finally resolved into the familiar drinking-song. With these rollicking measures Raoul is led away by the page and the curtain descends.
The opening of the second act is like a musical miragetone-phantasies suspended in the air. We see before us the luxuriant palace gardens where Margaret, queen of Touraine, is surrounded by her maids of honor. Terraces and fountains, jeweled hands and feathered fans, vibrant harps and caroling flute combine to form an effect of elegant repose. Margaret is the rôle for colorature soprano, in contradistinction to the heroine, Valentine, which is for dramatic soprano. The music of the queen is very beautiful and so difficult that it re-quires a great artist, altho there is but the one important scene. t is considered by some to be Madame Melba's best rôle.
Her first aria is about " this fair land," and we incidentally learn that she deplores the existing dissension between Catholics and Huguenots, the one blot upon the perfeet peace of Touraine. Her court ladies presently sing an idyllic refrain, and Margaret joins in their song; but while the others abide by the simple melody she decks it out with colorature spangles quite befitting a queen. After another florid solo the favorite maid of honor, Valentine de St. Bris, enters. She wears a riding costume and has just returned from her venturesome interview with De Nevers, who, as she joy-fully announces, has released all claim to her hand. We soon learn that Valentine loves Raoul and has confided in the queen, who is planning the marriage of these two, which she much desires because it will unite the leading families of Catholics and Huguenots. The queen rather delights in playing the good fairy, and for this reason has summoned Raoul in the mysterious fashion witnessed in the first act. Before he arrives there is another chorus, called the " song of the bathers." A harp accompaniment like rustling leaves plays around the melody, which is of eolian sweetness, until suddenly, like a fitful breeze, there comes an elfish measure all in the treble. After a brief disporting of this air-sprite we hear again the soft eolian harmonies, which rise and fall until lulled into silence. The page Urban announces that a stranger is approaching, and the maids of honor gather around as he tells of this young cavalier who comes with blindfolded eyes and knows not his destination. Urban's song is brimming over with mischievous coquetry. Its opening words are simply, " No, no, no, no, no, no, you never heard so strange a tale." The court ladies are all in a flutter of curiosity when Raoul is led in, and they would like to see the outcome of this adventure ; but the queen orders them away.
Now follows a scene that is full of quaint themes and ingenious duets, a musical branch with many blossoms. Raoul is permitted to remove the bandage from his eyes. He looks with wonder upon the beautiful scene, and then addresses elegant phrases of adoration to the fair lady before him. She is not devoid of coquetrythis queen of Touraineand for some moments there is a graceful game between the two in which the shuttlecock of love is tossed upon the battledores of music. But it is only a game, and the toy is presently dropped. Urban enters to announce that some noble-men of Touraine have come to attend the queen. Raoul is amazed to learn the lady's identity, and Margaret hastens to inform him that in order to unite the Huguenots and Catholics of her province she has arranged a marriage between him and the daughter of St. Bris. Raoul bows obedience to her wish.
The Catholics and Protestants enter in stately procession and group themselves on either side of the stage, Raoul and Marcel heading the Huguenots, while St. Bris and Nevers represent the opposite side. Margaret welcomes them in musical phrases that are right royal. She informs St. Bris and Nevers that the king of France requests their immediate presence in Paris, and she then makes her own request, which is that Huguenots and Catholics shall lay aside all enmity and sanction the marriage that she has arranged. They sing a splendid refrain calling upon heaven to witness their vow of future fellowship. This scene contains some fine climaxes, and several brilliant cadenzas for the queen. Margaret sends for Valentine, and expects Raoul to be thrilled with delight when he recognizes the heroine of his romance. But as Valentine comes forward, Raoul gives an exclamation of indignant surprise, for he thinks some great insult is implied in asking him to marry this woman who secretly visits De Nevers and who has been the subject of jests. Without explanation he firmly re-fuses to accept her for his bride. The consternation hereby aroused is admirably expressed in the music. The first measures are hushed, as tho the chorus were dumb-founded; but they soon gain their voices and denounce Raoul in ringing tones. Valentine exclaims, " What have I done to earn such disgrace ? " and the theme is taken up in grand form by the others. Every now and then we catch the firm tones of Marcel who amid all this dissension is singing his Huguenot hymn. St. Bris draws his sword, but the queen forbids a duel in her presence, and reminds him that he must go at once to Paris. Raoul declares he will follow and is ready to fight St. Bris at any time. The action and music increase in strength until the curtain falls.
Act III. pictures an open square in Paris, the Pré-aux-Clercs, which extends back to the river. There are two taverns and a church in the foreground, and the stage is filled with a mingled crowd. After an opening chorus of promenaders some Huguenot soldiers come forward and sing a march that is equally stirring and much resembles our own " Rally 'round the flag." t is, however, more elaborate, and has a surprising effect in which the upper voices sing a steady accompaniment of " derum-dedum-dum," while words and melody are in the bass. There follows a sharp contrast in the song of some Catholic maidens on their way to church. Purity and simplicity are expressed by the slender accompaniment of flute and clarionet. The people kneel as they hear this " Ave Maria," but Marcel, who has just entered, refuses to do so. The Catholics are angered, while the Huguenots side with Marcel. There is a vigorous ensemble in which the " Ave Maria" and soldiers' chorus are admirably combined, and through it all are heard the disputing cries of the two factions. A general scuffle would ensue were it not for a sudden diversion in the form of some brightly clad gypsies who enter and solicit trade in fortune-telling. Their song is as gay as their costume, and they wind up with a fantastic dance. The orchestra music is here more deserving of attention than the stage picture. The principal melody has the quaint conceit of reiterating one note through five beats, and then with a quick turn reeling on to the next, like a dancer poising on one foot until forced to whirl upon the other.
After this divertissement, St. Bris, his friend Maurevert, and de Nevers come out of the church where they have left Valentine, who, we now learn, is after all to marry Nevers and this is their wedding-day. The bridegroom goes to bring his retinue to escort the bride home, and St. Bris felicitates himself for bringing about this union which wipes out the disgrace of Raoul's refusal. His remarks are interrupted by Marcel, who delivers a letter from his master which designates the Pré-aux-Clercs as meeting-place and an "hour after sundown" the time for their deferred duel. Maure-vert suggests to St. Bris that the Huguenot deserves more punishment than can be meted out in honorable combat, and the two friends retire in consultation.
The stage is darkened and we hear the curfew bell, while a watchman goes through the street chanting a drowsy refrain that tells all good people to close their doors and retire. Maurevert and St. Bris again cross the stage, and we glean from their few words that a plot is brewing for Raoul's destruction. But Valentine has been standing at the church door and overheard their talk. She is much alarmed, and wishes to warn Raoul, but knows of no way until suddenly she hears and recognizes the voice of Marcel. She calls to him, and he asks : " Who calls in the night? Explain at once or I will fire !" Valentine quickly thinks to speak the potent name " Raoul." Meyerbeer has very aptly used for this call the interval of the perfect fifth, which is known as the cry of nature, because it is the most natural interval to fall upon when calling in the open air. The milkmaid calling her cows or the huckster vending his wares will most often be found singing the perfect fifth.
On hearing the name of his master Marcel is satisfied and comes forward to investigate, but Valentine's face is concealed by her bridal veil. She tells him that his master should be well armed and have strong friends near in the coming duel, else he will fall the victim of a plot. Valentine starts to go, but Marcel detains her with the question, " Who art thou? " She hesitates and then answers, " A woman who loves Raoul." In a highly dramatic aria whose phrases are like storm-tossed billows on a restless deep-sea accompaniment she confesses that in saving the one she loves she has "betrayed her own father." The two voices finally work together as is the fashion of duets, and end up with a flourishing climax. At this point occurs the famous high C which Madame Nordica so brilliantly sustains and crescendos throughout four measures. t is a tour de force which always brings down the house. Valentine now re-enters the church as the principals and seconds of the duel approach. Marcel tries to warn his master, but Raoul will not listen to suspicions, for he believes his opponent to be honorable. There follows a splendid septet, in which Raoul sings the leading refrain buoyant with youthful courage, The ensemble is occasionally interspersed with the religious tones of Marcel, who prays Heaven to interfere. A grand, swinging theme in which all the voices move together like a great pendulum is the final of this septet.
The duel begins, but Marcel, who is on the alert, hears approaching footsteps and draws his sword. Maurevert enters and cries out as prearranged : " A duel with unfair numbers! More Huguenots than Catholics ! Help ! " whereupon his followers rush in and surround Raoul. But at this moment the Huguenot soldiers who are merry-making in the tavern commence singing their jolly " derum – de – dum – dum, " whereupon Marcel rushes to the door and sings in thundering tones the Protestant hymn, which the soldiers within at once recognize as a signal of danger. They hurry out, and then follows a lively commotion on all sides. But there are more words than blows, and the excitement is presently quelled by the ceremonious entrance of Queen Margaret who has just arrived in Paris. She is much displeased to come upon party dissension. St. Bris blames Raoul, while the Huguenot charges St. Bris with treachery. At this moment Valentine comes from the church, and Marcel relates how she warned him of a plot. There is general amazement on hearing this. Raoul now thinks to make some inquiries about this lady he had so unhesitatingly condemned, and learns how terrible was his mistake. St. Bris enjoys telling him that she is the bride of De Nevers, and we hear the approaching music of the nuptial barge. An illuminated flotilla appears at the back of the stage, and Nevers steps upon the bank. He addresses to Valentine some gallant phrases of welcome, and escorts her to the boat as his splendid retinue sing a joyous wedding-march. The curtain falls upon a whirl of gay music.
Scribe is on terra firma in the fourth act, which is really the nucleus of the plot, and is perhaps the most dramatic love-scene of any grand opera. The curtain rises upon an apartment in the house of Nevers, and Valentine is alone. The opening orchestral measures seem oppressed with a tuneful despair that is soon explained by her song, wherein she bewails this forced marriage, for her heart still cherishes Raoul. The hero suddenly appears at her door, and Valentine thinks she is dreaming until Raoul announces that he has come "like a criminal in the night, risking all " for the sake of seeing her and craving forgiveness. They hear approaching footsteps, and Valentine prevails upon him to enter a side room just as her father and husband come in at the main door with a company of Catholic noblemen. They are too interested in themselves to note Valentine's agitation, and she, being a Catholic, is allowed to re-main while her father unfolds the awful plan sanctioned by Catherine de Medicis to "wipe the Huguenots from the face of the earth." The great theme of this conjuration-scene, " blessed is revenge, obey the good cause," is softly sung by St. Bris and then taken up by the others in broad harmonies that swell out and sweep forward like a mighty torrent. When the tone-waves are again tranquil St. Bris bids his friends swear allegiance to the royal decree, and all comply with the exception of De Nevers, who declares he can not join in such murder. There is graceful nobility in his music and fervor in his words.
The details of the plot are sung by St. Bris in hushed, hurried tones : how " to-night when strikes the bell of St. Germaine " the Catholics shall rush upon the unsuspecting Huguenots. He then admits into the room a group of monks, who tie white scarfs upon the conspirators and bless their uplifted swords. The music of this scene is grandly sustained by the orchestra, but the ensemble is difficult and requires much rehearsing, for it abounds in surprising fortes and pianissimos.
When the conspirators are gone, Raoul starts from his hiding-place toward the door, but Valentine intercepts the way. He wishes to fight for his friends or die with them, but she begs him to stay. There follows a thrilling duet in which the voices pursue each other with growing intensity. The tempo is rapid, and the phrases short and breathless. The first minor melody is soft, but throbbing with suppressed emotion like the strange light and peculiar hush preceding a tempest. Then the music rushes into the major, where it reels and sways like an anchored ship that must soon break its moorings. The soprano voice rises upon G, A, B flat, B natural, and finally C, where all bonds seem loosed and the music re-bounds in a rapid descending chromatic run. Then comes a furious passage in which the orchestra conductor uses his baton like a Roman charioteer lashing his steeds. Valentine places herself before the door, and in a desperate moment she declares, " Thou must not go, for, RaoulI love thee ! " This confession is followed by a transporting duet that brings oblivion to other memories. Its mellifluous melody is written pianissimo, dolce, legato, amoroso, and the orchestra carries it one measure behind the voice, thus keeping the theme constantly in the air like a sweet incense.
A bell in the distance suddenly scatters all lingering harmonies. t is the bell of St. Germaine, and Raoul is aroused to reality. He sings a dramatic refrain about duty and honor, but Valentine still entreats him to stay. Her song is simple as a lullaby but powerful in effect, and he is distracted between her pleadings and the cries from the street. Flinging open the window, he shows her the terrible scene of massacre. A lurid light falls upon them, and there is murder in the orchestral music. Valentine swoons. Raoul looks with anguish upon her prostrate form and we hear the struggle he endures. The melody of Valentine's last sweet song predominates for a moment in the orchestra, but then the noise of the massacre is resumed. Raoul hesitates no longer. One farewell glance, and he rushes with drawn sword through the open window to the street.
Unlike many operas in which the fourth act is the greatest, the finale of " The Huguenots " is of sustained intensity and not an anti-climax. This fifth act is often omitted, however, as it makes the opera very long. The scene represents a street at nightmen, women, and children cross the stage and take refuge in a church. Raoul and Marcel chance to meet, and they are soon surprised by the entrance of Valentine, who has recklessly followed the hero. She wears the white scarf which betokens Catholicism and has brought one for Raoul, but he refuses this mode of escape. Valentine then flings her own emblem away and declares she will join his faith. The music of this entire act is most thrilling. We hear the women in the church singing as a last prayer that grand Huguenot hymn and in the distance a chorus of murderers as they make their awful progress through the streets. This massacre music is blood-curdling; its steady, muffled tread sounds like marching over a paving of dead bodies.
The waiting figures in the foreground again hold our attention. Marcel relates how he witnessed the death of De Nevers, and on learning that Valentine is free these lovers kneel before the Huguenot soldier, who blesses their union. The choral in the church is again heard, and those outside join in its splendid harmonies. Valentine sings with the fervor of her new-found faith, " Hosanna, from on high the clarion sounds ! " This last trio resembles the finale of "Faust" in that the theme rises higher and higher, like a flaming fire, to be quenched at last by Death. The murder-chorus is heard approaching, and soon a group of massacrers enter. " Who is there? " they ask.
" Huguenot ! " replies the hero, and in ringing tones a woman's voice cries out, " Huguenot ! " " Fire ! " orders St. Bris, who thereby kills his own daughter.


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Meg Ryan Announces Engagement To John Mellencamp
Here's something to celebrate!
Meg Ryan has announced that she is engaged to musician John Mellencamp!
The actress posted to Instagram with a cute graphic of two people holding hands.
The simple caption said "ENGAGED!"
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This will be Ryan's second marriage after formerly being hitched to Dennis Quaid. Meanwhile it is Mellencamp's fourth time around.
Between the pair, they have seven children, aged between 14 and 47.
The couple have had an on and off again relationship spanning the past seven years, most recently reconciling in 2017.
However, it was just last year that Mellencamp claimed that Meg 'hates' him in an explosive interview.
"Oh, women hate me, I loved Meg Ryan. She hates me to death. She just doesn't want anything to do with me. And I can't blame her," he reportedly said.
"I think it's because I'm a child. I throw fits, I gripe, I complain. I'm moody. Every bad thing that a fella can be, that's me."
Well, it seems any animosity is behind them and they are well and truly loved up and ready for the next chapter of their lives.
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Today I look hopeful towards a new, brighter, and more peaceful 2015!
This year has been a year for growth, which leaves 2015 ripe full of potential. I am forever grateful, and extremely excited to be on the brink of a fourth year working on this love child of mine - Flower Power Nation.
I am tremendously humbled by all of the support, referrals, and new friendships gained throughout 2014. Thank you for believing in flower power to the people!
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My Little Red Book
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A few months ago, I went over to Barnes & Noble and picked up a small red Moleskin notebook. The purpose of my purchase was to use it as a reflective journal for me to jot down thoughts & observations from each day. As a coach, I am in the business of constant improvement and a journal allows me to process and understand what I learned and did each day, so that I can be better the next day.
For the first two months, I left it on my bedside table with the intention of writing in it every night before I went to sleep. While this worked out well in the beginning, soon my recruiting schedule interrupted me. My observations became intermittent and I would write when I could – not the most productive use of my notebook.
For the last month, I have brought my notebook to my office. It sits right next to my mousepad and I write in it every night before I leave the office. As a way to direct my writing more effectively, I have taped a small piece of paper under my mousepad with three questions on it. These questions were pulled from an article about what the top CEO's do to find continued success.
1. What three things did I do well today? 2. What is my number one most needed improvement for tomorrow? 3. What is the one thing I can do differently to help make the needed improvement?
After I answer these three questions, I write down general thoughts about my day. Finally, on the other side of the page I write down a phrase that I found to be inspiring or pointed towards my area of improvement. A quote, a word, a message, whatever I feel is something I need to remember.
My diligence in keeping this notebook has made me a better coach and a more effective recruiter. It has helped me to understand my strengths and weaknesses and evaluate them every day. The self-discipline and self-accountability it fosters will help me to continue to improve throughout my career.


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Keep tabs on pre-foreclosures. If you can allow the time required to find investment properties, properties which are in pre-foreclosure may be an excellent investment choice for you. Pre-foreclosure properties are those with owners at risk of losing the home due to delinquency. You can get a list of these homes from most lenders, and you can also place an ad that describes how you can buy the home for cash. When speaking with the owner, you should attempt to find out their current balance, and offer them a little more than that. Since most home-owners significantly less than market value on their houses, it may be that you will get quite a steal.
Hiring a quality Realtor is a necessity for you when you are ready to buy. Researching their background is made quite simple and convenient through the use of the Internet and checking with the agencies that monitor consumer complaints. Although, the best references are usually from the people who are closest to you, such as family members, friends and co-workers whom you trust.
Make sure that your home has enough room for you to park your car if you own one. This is even more important if the home lacks a driveway. In the absence of an ample supply of parking in the neighborhood, you may find yourself walking long distances to reach your front door.
Even if your first offer is not accepted, keep hope that there may be methods to make the home more affordable. The seller may offer to make some repairs that you want done or pay for closing costs.
When you are interviewing real estate agents, make sure you have a list of questions already planned out. The content of your questions should cover every aspect you can think of. Things you want to include are asking the number of homes they sold over a specific time period and of those home, the number that were within the geographic location you are concerned about. The agent's responses to these questions will provide you with the information you need to reach a decision.
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Friday, October 09, 2009
Professor Hakimi's Solution to Gitmo
-Daniel Berrigan and Thich Nhat Hanh. The Raft is Not the Shore: Conversations Toward a Buddhist/Christian Awareness. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1975) p. 69.
I want to return for a moment to the NPR segment, "Capture Or Kill? Lawyers Eye Options For Terrorists" I mentioned in my last post. On the subject of "detaining terrorists" the piece also contains the following:
University of Michigan law professor Monica Hakimi worked at the State Department in the last administration. She does not like the idea of long-term detention. But, she says, none of the alternatives seem much better.Hakimi is a 2001 Yale Law grad--one of America's 'best and brightest' young scholars. In "International standards for detaining terrorism suspects: moving beyond the armed conflict-criminal divide" (Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 40.3 (Fall 2009)), the solution she articulates to the problem of "what we're supposed to do with them" is, in the main, the legalization of existing illegal practices of "administrative detention."
"The benefit of capturing them is that we might be able to get from them certain intelligence that we can use to hunt down future terrorists," says Hakimi. "The cost is that once we capture them it's not really clear what we're supposed to do with them."
The current dilemma facing governments, according to Hakimi, is two-fold. First, many prisoners from the "fight against transnational al jihadi groups" are seized "away from any recognizable battlefield ... in houses, on street corners, and at border crossings around the globe." Thus, the "law of armed conflict" is inapplicable for justifying their imprisonment.
Second, criminal procedure is no good because "its focus is retrospective, rather than prospective; it is maladroit for transnational operation; and it often fails to accommodate the tools used and evidence available in terrorism cases." Another way of putting this is that a criminal justice approach won't work because you are not normally allowed to prosecute "precrime;" other countries might not want to or be able to cooperate in your non-battlefield raids on their populace; most courts won't accept evidence obtained by torture or otherwise in violation of due process principles. In short, you just can't easily lock up as many people as you might want to lock up.
What's a poor government to do? According to Hakimi, "pure security-based detention" are permitted under "An alternative legal framework [that] already exists under human rights law in the form of administrative detention." She notes approvingly that "India and Israel--two states with long histories of trying to combat transnational terrorism--consistently have used such detention for that purpose." Her argument here rests in large part on her contention that "pure security-based detention is permitted under the ICCPR," i.e. the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (she also cites the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in support of her argument but I do not mention it here because the US is not a state party to that treaty).
In effect, what she has done is to take the ICCPR--a treaty putatively designed to impose obligations on each state party to respect the rights of "all individuals within its territory and subject to its jurisdiction" (Article 2)--and turn it into an instrument justifying repression of individuals by state parties under the rubric of human rights.
I would like to be able to say that Hakimi's is a completely incredible reading of the ICCPR but that wouldn't be true. For while there is no affirmative provision in the treaty for "administrative" or "security-based detention" and the only articles explicitly mentioning detention restrict it, the state parties generously gave themselves the right to ignore most of the individual rights (incl., most crucially, Article 9) during "time of public emergency which threatens the life of the nation ..."(Article 4). (I should note that Hakimi does not rely on Article 4 for her argument but interprets Article 9 as making implicit provision for administrative detention).
In concluding, Hakimi says:
International practice demonstrates that, although most states have declined to detain non-battlefield terrorism suspects based on the law of armed conflict, many are looking for options for incapacitating these suspects outside the criminal process. The bipolar paradigm for thinking about non-battlefield detentions--as armed-conflict or criminal--is out of step with that practice and is mistaken as a matter of law. Human rights law permits administrative detention for reasons of national security, subject to important constraints. Those constraints are not now sufficient in the counterterrorism context. But if the law in this area is developed, administrative detention may strike the most appropriate balance between liberty and security for certain categories of terrorism detainees.Get it? The law needs to catch up--to be "developed"--to what governments are already doing. Hakimi is a fine example of what Gramsci called "experts in legitimation" and one wonders how human societies made it this far without the benefit of her helpful take on human rights law. I couldn't help being reminded by Hakimi's arguments of her colleague Alan Dershowitz's call to legalize torture.
Labels: civil liberties, law, repression, United States
Obama's Delusional Nobel
Given the difficulty of detaining high-value terrorists in the United States, Cuba, Afghanistan, black sites or foreign countries, another possibility exists.The decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Obama has been widely described as "aspirational." It may be, however, that delusional is a more apt description in light of Obama's campaign promises and track record as president. Consider the following partial list:
"To be perfectly blunt, I don't think that they'll pick them up at all," says Ken Anderson of the Hoover Institution and American University's Washington College of Law, who has written about these issues. "I think that we've actually allowed the courts to arrange the incentives to kill rather than capture."
Many national security experts interviewed for this story agree that it has become so hard for the U.S. to detain people that in many instances, the U.S. government is killing them instead.
Last month, American forces staged a raid on a car in Somalia. The man inside the car was a suspected terrorist on the FBI's most wanted list. American troops did not seize him. Instead, helicopters fired on the car, and commandos retrieved his body.
- Candidate Obama pledged to expand the combat forces of the Marines and Army
- Candidate Obama pledged to escalate the war in Afghanistan
- President Obama authorized killer drone attacks in Pakistan in his very first week in office
- President Obama has not ended the US occupation of Iraq
- President Obama has not closed the Guantanamo prison
- President Obama has not ended the little discussed but deadly American military intervention in Somalia
- President Obama has been utterly unable to go beyond tepid, hollow rhetoric concerning murderous US-backed Israel
- President Obama has left "all options on the table" when it comes to US arm-twisting vis-a-vis Iran
See also: "Professor Hakimi's Solution to Gitmo"
Labels: Afghanistan, drones, Empire, Iran, Iraq, Israel, militarism, Obama, Somalia, United States, War
Sunday, October 04, 2009
Turning Muslim Kids into Zionists
As with other key stages, emotional engagement is necessary to challenge mindsets. The rigour of historical methods of enquiry is essential, but not powerful enough in themselves to necessarily overcome prejudice and stereotyping. Emotional engagement forms a significant partner in the structuring of activities. The use of local history, reconstructions, a focus on child labour and making deliberate links to the present is how one history department seeks to hook pupils' personal engagement.Boiling it down, after establishing your authority as a 'teacher,' the first task is to set the agenda: Don't raise the question of whether it is/was right for UN commissioners to divide another people's land, just simply give your
As part of the teaching of Arab-Israeli coursework at Abraham Moss School in Manchester, students take on the role of UN commissioners given the task of dividing Palestine in the late 1940s. They are reminded of the horrors of the Holocaust and the likely impact on world opinion. The students also consider how the survivors of the Holocaust would respond to the question Why did I survive? and how that might have impacted on the desire for a Jewish state. A timeline of events and information about who lived in the area and attitudes of different organisations, states and peoples are provided to help pupils consider the division of land. Given the predominance of Muslim pupils in the School and the existence of potential anti-Jewish sentiment or ignorance of Jewish culture, this task presents a complex challenge. The results are very interesting. The vast majority of students partition the land evenly between Arabs and Jews, even though the Jewish population was far smaller, and they establish Jerusalem as a neutral zone. The reasons pupils give for their decisions vary, but they are predominantly associated with the following: issues of fairness, acknowledgement of the suffering of the Jews in the Holocaust, a recognition that Jews had lived in the region for centuries before the Arabs, and a desire to find a solution where both sides could live in peace.
See also: The "General Eisenhower Warned Us" Hoax
Labels: children, critical thinking, hasbara, holocaust, Islam, Palestine, Zionism
Friday, October 02, 2009
Quotable: "We believe in America"
Source: Swil Kanim (Lummi) in A-Y-P: Indigenous Voices Reply, a film by Anna Laura Hoover (Aleut) and part of a larger exhibit by the same name.
A few days before viewing the film I asked a friend, who is also an enrolled member of the Flathead tribe, why he thought so many Indians served in the US military his response was "Survival."
In discussing the matter with another friend, I observed that high rates of military service in the conquering armies are an apparent characteristic of many conquered peoples such as White Southerners and Filipinos in the US military and the Gurkha and Scottish regiments in the British Army. The French Foreign Legion has also attracted large numbers of soldiers from French colonies. Going back further, many Roman Legions were also populated by non-Romans. Serving in a conquering army is a way of demonstrating (and being rewarded for) military prowess, valor, and loyalty to the dominant society and, yes, it can also be a survival tactic.
See also: "Skins & Fighting for Uncle Scum"
Labels: Empire, identity, Indians, quotations, United States