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AZ and OK state conventions end in chaos as insiders try to derail Paul delegate strategy
Steve Watson
May 14, 2012
GOP state conventions in Arizona and Oklahoma ended in chaos this past weekend as establishment insiders did everything within and beyond their power to prevent Ron Paul walking away with more delegates to the national convention.
With Paul picking up recent victories at state conventions in Iowa, Nevada, Maine, Louisiana, and Massachusetts, Romney supporters, along with GOP committeemen set out to stop Paul supporters from having any influence over the delegate election process by shutting down the conventions and falsely claiming victories.
In Arizona, Romney supporters accused Paul activists of booing Josh Romney, Mitt Romney's son, and disrupting his speech. The mainstream media ran with the claim, suggesting that boisterous Paul fans forced Romney to cut short his speech, jeering him off the stage.
In reality, as this video proves, Romney received respectful applause when he 'officially' ended the speech, and was only booed when, in blatant violation of party rules, he attempted to return to the podium and promote his father's officially endorsed slate.
As the convention progressed, the dirty tricks against Paul supporters, who were present in vast numbers, gathered pace.
Paul supporters complained that they were being moved back and forth between convention halls and the main floor in a deliberate attempt to confuse the proceedings. During this confusion, several Paul supporters complained that Romney supporters were engaging in ballot stuffing.
It was also reported that two attendees standing as Ron Paul delegate candidates were physically assaulted by Romney supporters on the convention floor.
As it became more clear that Paul supporters were extremely well organized and prepared to win the day for their candidate, strange occurrences began to happen.
Warren Woodward, an attendee at the convention writes:
I was elected as a delegate. This was surprising since no one, not even me, voted for me.
Another person was also elected for whom no one voted. Leadership was reluctant to do anything about this anomaly at first but enough people yelled. I heard something about how the Republican leadership had cheaped out on the voting tabulating equipment. I don't know if that's true but in any case the ballots had been misread and in both cases the election really went to the person below the "winner". So from there on everything had to be hand counted which took forever and was not performed in plain view.
Woodward also noted that all candidates were listed in alphabetical order except Romney's slate which always appeared at the top on all ballots.
The establishment backed chairman then decided that enough was enough and shut down the convention altogether before voting had finished, saying that it would be finished at a later date, possibly by mail.
This caused chaos and prompted the remaining attendees to elect a new chairman and hold a new vote outside the building:
Voting from this gathering indicated that Ron Paul won 11 of the 18 available delegate slots, however, no one knows the official results from the Arizona convention, and it is unclear if they ever will.
If you thought it couldn't get any worse you'd be wrong, as the convention in Oklahoma reached an even more farcical conclusion.
Paul supporters, who made up around 50% of the attendees, complained that entire sections of the convention hall had been walled off and they couldn't get any access.
Paul campaign senior adviser Doug Wead also noted on his blog that several other dirty tricks against Paul supporters came into play, that eventually caused the convention to adjourn in much the same fashion as the Arizona meeting:
"Frightened that the Ron Paul delegates had become the majority in the convention, the establishment GOP, running the event, used its own errors in the Credentials Report to stall the convention for several hours. On the premise that the time for the convention hall rental was coming to an end they refused to hold a final vote on credentials or to acknowledge the calls for a roll call vote on the Delegates and Alternates as required under the rules."
The GOP insiders essentially ignored votes from the floor altogether, shut down the convention, and claimed that they had won 96% of the vote, despite the fact that Ron Paul supporters made up around half of the attendees.
"Paul delegates who had give up weeks and months of their lives to get elected as delegates at the precinct and county levels were scandalized… Challenges will surely follow." Doug Wead wrote.
Just as in Arizona, another symbolic convention was held in the parking lot:
It was also reported that during this time some Romney supporters physically assaulted Ron Paul supporters:
As we reported last week, two separate incidents captured on video revealed desperate attempts by Mitt Romney operatives to divide and disrupt official Ron Paul endorsed delegate slates by handing out fake ballots to attendees at the state conventions in Nevada and Maine.
It is clear that GOP insiders are frightened to death that well organized Ron Paul supporters are operating within the rules to win delegates for their candidate and ultimately influence the national GOP convention.
Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones' Infowars.net, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham in England.
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NYS no-fault divorce law applicable to same-sex couples.
Chaka Khan and Martha Wash to headline Oakland Pride.
Nick Cannon to become a baby's daddy?
Club Turk Baths, "one of San Francisco's first gay bathhouses as well as one of its last", soon to become a doggy day-care hotel.
Wanted: Ebonics translators. The Drug Enforcement Agency is looking to "hire 9 translators fluent in 'ebonics' to help monitor, transcribe and translate conversations recorded in drug investigations." No shitznit?
Department of Justice files an amicus brief and opposes a New York school district's attempt to dismiss a former student's anti-gay-bias lawsuit.
Notre Dame QB stands up for equality and gay rights.
Taylor Lautner launches into diva mode.
California legislature passes resolution urging DOMA repeal.
Marvin and Marvin. JLS boybander Marvin Hume strikes a pose with the cartoon Martian ... and once again demonstrates his impressive oral skills.
Haiti's electoral council: Wyclef Jean cannot appeal his exclusion from the presidential ballot.
Michigan ends ban on HIV positive inmates serving food.
POZ interviews Dr. Nnemdi Kamanu Elias, the new interim head of the agency in charge of fighting HIV/AIDS in Washington, DC, "which has the highest HIV rate in the country."
Towleroad posts a thoughtful interview with John Amaechi, who reflects on coming out after leaving the NBA. "I keep in touch with some [players], most don't keep in touch and made it clear that they didn't want people to think they were gay, some are gay and think I am too under [much] scrutiny to be associated with without the risk that they are outed." Amaechi was also asked if he ever had any kind of relationship with a NBA player. Amaechi responded: "Not romantic."


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Top Colombian investigative journalist attacked
- Ricardo Calderon believes the attack was related to his work
- Calderon is uninjured
- A car pulled up and the gunmen called Calderon by name
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The prize-winning investigations editor of Colombia's top newsmagazine said Thursday that he believes a roadside attack on him by gunmen who put five bullets in his car was related to his work.
Ricardo Calderon, 42, was uninjured in Wednesday night's shooting by at least two gunmen after he had stopped by the roadside to urinate in Girardot, a valley town southwest of Bogota.
"Suddenly a silver sedan with tinted windows pulls up," said Calderon, who was alone at the time. "The passenger side window is open and they call me by name. And I turn around and a guy is pointing a gun at me and starts to fire."
Calderon said he was lucky that his car, the motor still running, was between him and the shooters. He said he escaped by running and diving into a dark roadside ditch.
After the gunmen left, Calderon said he returned to his car and sped away, finding a police patrol car.
"I almost couldn't get out of the car because my legs, everything, was shaking," he said.
Calderon has written sensitive stories including reports about illegal spying by the DAS domestic intelligence agency on judges, journalists and opposition politicians during the presidency of Alvaro Uribe that led to its dismantling and the jailing of more than 20 agents. Calderon also broke stories on links between far-right militias and politicians.
He has lately been investigating cushy conditions for military officers convicted of human rights violations held at a military base near Girardot.
Calderon told the Associated Press that he thought the attack was related his work but could not say who might have been behind it.
He said he was returning home Wednesday night, in his wife's car, from a scheduled interview that never took place in the regional capital of Ibague, across the Magdalena river valley.
Calderon's car is armored but his wife's is not.
Semana's editor, Alejandro Santos, said the attack was the first ever against a journalist from the magazine in its 30 years of publishing.
While provincial journalists are periodically assassinated in Colombia for their work attacks on prominent journalists such as Calderon are extremely rare in Colombia, which is beset by a half-century-old civil conflict, drug-trafficking gangs and major human rights violations by actors including the military.
Colombia's Foundation for a Free Press, FLIP, says at least one journalist was killed in the country last year in the line of duty. It says that 87 percent of the 140 killings of journalists in Colombia since 1977 have gone unpunished.
The advocacy groups Committee to Protect Journalists and Human Rights Watch called on Colombian authorities to investigate possible motives for the attack, and strive to find those responsible.
"Calderon's hard-hitting investigative reporting has been crucial to human rights and the rule of law in Colombia," said Jose Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at Human Rights Watch. "Authorities should swiftly investigate those responsible for this grave attack on freedom of expression, and hold them to account."


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I work at a comic book studio, for real. This is an older strip, but it's still not a bad intro to my studiomates.
I work at a comic book studio, for real. This is an older strip, but it's still not a bad intro to my studiomates.
Part One of Two: I get horrendous migraines, just awful ones, and don't think very well during them. (Some would argue that I don't think all that well at any time. Probably I should make a category on here for Poor Impulse Control comics.)
Lights really bother me during a headache, so it was so nice to find a cool dark place at work.
I have no idea anymore why I thought that a stranger hearing me pee in the dark was like THE WORST FAUX PAS EVER when actually, talking to a stranger in the bathroom WHILE YOU ARE PEEING, unless you are asking for toilet paper, is creepier. Then I came back and told the studiomates what I did, hoping for sympathy, but you should never ask for sympathy from cartoonists. I'm blaming this all on the migraine when the reality is probably that my first grade teacher was RIGHT and I am socially retarded.
Learn from my mistakes, that is all I ask of you.
This was totally fun! I got to draw dogs for Dove Lewis Animal Hospital, the emergency vet hospital here. Not only were we treated wonderfully by them, but the place was great- since this is Portland, it was a brewpub that dogs can come to. My studiomate, Natalie Nourigat, is featured here but you should go look at her great comic here: http://natalienourigat.com/. It was an all girl artist fest. Another studiomate, Cat Farris, and a friend of the studio, Joelle Jones, were also there cranking out dog sketches.
Also the lovely SJ of I, Asshole showed up and I got to meet her and babble incoherently while trying to draw dogs who only wanted to show me their butts. Someday I hope to make a better impression on her.
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New protests sweep Yemen, Lybia, Iran, and Bahrain.
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South Dakota proposes law that could legalize the killing of abortion providers.
CBS News reporter Lara Logan was sexually assaulted during the Egypt protests.
Looks like the Patriot Act may be extended after all.
Rep. Antonio "Moe" Maestas, proposes to ease penalties for selling alcohol to minors.
A Scottish deerhound named Foxcliffe Hickory Wind wins the Westminster Dog Show.
What happens to all those incorrect "Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl Champion" tshirts?
Disney sued for severe burns resulting from hot nacho cheese.
Birthers make up a majority of the GOP.
The Rock will be hosting this year's Wrestlemania.
Why does everyone get so bent out of shape when a new version of Monopoly is released?
Is this Coke's secret formula?
David Letterman tricked by Lindsay Lohan's fake friend.
More on what Fox News called the worst video game in the world.
Let's visit the remote town in Romania is specializing in cybercrime.
Online appliance retailer makes customers sign agreement threatening felony libel lawsuits for negative reviews.
If you were in Haley Barbour's fat shoes would you denounce the KKK?
Albuquerque firefighters want to FMB.
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With the prospect of spring looming, a national cycling campaign is encouraging local community groups to get on their bikes and enjoy cycling.
The Big Bike Revival aims to get thousands of people cycling for everyday journeys and is offering support to organisations and volunteers in Aberdeenshire.
Since September the award-winning programme, developed by Cycling UK and funded by Transport Scotland, has been bringing bikes back into use by offering free mechanics sessions and bike safety checks, providing confidence-building classes, led rides and helped with route planning.
The initiative is also helping to establish community clubs across the country, include family cycling clubs, groups that help build confidence and fitness for new riders, leisure riding, women's groups or all-ability cycling clubs.
These are supported by their own Cycling UK development officer given free training and opportunities including cycle ride leader, first aid and trailside repair. Groups will also benefit from affiliate membership to Cycling UK, free networking events to meet other like-minded people.
Richard Bowman, Big Bike Revival development officer for Aberdeenshire, said: "We're really keen to help local community groups and volunteers to share their love of cycling. We want to help all kinds of groups and organisations to think about cycling activities, from youth groups to health and well-being groups to gardening groups and everything in between. All are welcome, and we're here to provide advice, guidance and support to get more people riding their bikes.
"Aberdeenshire has some incredible cycling opportunities and beautiful routes to explore, so with spring in the post it's the perfect time to enjoy leisure rides, get pedalling for everyday journeys and make new friends and meet new people."
Shona Morris, Big Bike Revival project manager added: "We've seen thousands of people attend our events across the length and breadth of Scotland and have been delighted at the positive feedback and comments from those who have dusted their bikes down and decided to get back in the saddle.
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More than 100 men and women have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature since the Swedish Academy began bestowing the prize in 1901. That the academy has missed some opportunities to honor deserving authors (Tolstoy, Joyce, Borges, Nabokov, Proust, Virginia Woolf and Graham Greene are but a few of the giants without Nobel laurels) is a failing that, to most readers, pales beside the excellence and striking variety—in style and subject matter, if not race and gender—among those who have won.
The Nobel, then, still carries real weight. Unlike most literary prizes—the Pulitzer, the Man Booker, the Goncourt, et al.—which each year honor discrete fiction and nonfiction titles, the Nobel celebrates and solemnizes a writer's life work.
Here, LIFE.com looks back at how LIFE magazine portrayed some Nobel winners through the years: photographs of writers who had already garnered the prestigious—in fact, the most prestigious—of all literary plums, and those who still had a few years to go before the Academy came calling.
NOTE: Only two honorees have ever declined the Nobel for literature, one voluntarily, the other under threat. In 1964, Jean-Paul Sartre sent his regrets, stating at-once graciously and forcefully, "A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution, even if it takes place in the most honorable form."
In 1958, the great Russian poet and author of Dr. Zhivago, Boris Paternak, accepted the Nobel, but was later forced by the Soviet authorities, to the enduring shame of the USSR, to decline the prize. In 1989 Pasternak's son, Evgenii, accepted the Nobel medal on his father's behalf at a ceremony in Stockholm.
Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter at @LizabethRonk.


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At 6-0, the Crimson is off to its best start since 2010-11 (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
FAIRFIELD, Conn. - The Harvard women's fencing team kept its 2013-14 record perfect as the Crimson downed all five of its opponents at the Tradition Tournament hosted by Sacred Heart at the Pitt Center Sunday.
Harvard improves to 6-0 for the first time since matching that number to begin 2010-11.
The top performer for the Crimson was sabre fencer sophomore Aliya Itzkowitz, who dropped a single bout to post a 14-1 record. Freshman Adrienne Jarocki followed with a mark of 13-2 while junior Kara Lee finished the day at 11-4. In the foil, freshman Hali Nelson and senior Alexandra Kiefer went 13-2, respectively. Freshman Liana Yamin rounded out the foilist with a 10-5 mark. Epeeist Isabel DiTella went 12-3 while sophomore Nina van Loon compiled a 12-2 record.
The Crimson opened the tournament with a 16-11 victory over Penn State. Harvard topped Vassar, 26-1, in round two and went on to best Sacred Heart, 23-4, to remain unbeaten against the schools all-time.
In round four, the Crimson defeated Temple, 17-10, to take the lead in the all-time series.
Harvard closed out the tournament with a 24-3 victory over New York. The win stretches the Crimson's undefeated streak against the Violets to 16 matches.
The Crimson returns to competition in 2014 at the St. John's Invitational in Queens, N.Y., Jan. 26.
Round 1
Princeton defeated Sacred Heart, 24-3
Harvard defeated Penn State, 16-11
New York defeated Vassar, 15-12
Round 2
Penn State defeated Sacred Heart, 21-6
Princeton defeated New York, 25-2
Harvard defeated Vassar, 26-1
Round 3
Harvard defeated Sacred Heart, 23-4
Temple defeated New York, 25-2
Penn State defeated Vassar, 22-5
Round 4
Harvard defeated Temple, 17-10
Princeton defeated Vassar, 27-0
Penn State defeated New York, 24-3
Round 5
Temple defeated Sacred Heart, 15-12
Princeton defeated Penn State, 19-8
Harvard defeated New York, 24-3
Round 6
Sacred Heart defeated New York, 15-12
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Christine A. Curcio, Ph.D., professor of ophthalmology, is the recipient of the 2014 Ludwig von Sallmann Prize, awarded to an individual for significant contributions to vision research and ophthalmology.
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Flacco, the new Eli Manning, continues to play his best when it matters most. A pedestrian quarterback during the regular season, he delivered a performance that conjured memories of his magical 2012 Super Bowl lap. Flacco finihsed 18-for-29 for 259 yards and two scores. He had just five completions for 74 yards at halftime before connecting on scores to Torrey Smith and former CSU star Crockett Gillmore, helping the Ravens advance to face the top-seeded New England Patriots.
"You have to play these games to win. You can't play these games not to lose," Flacco said. "It's about playing aggressive football, not having a conscience."
Terrell Suggs shoved Flacco into position to seal coach John Harbaugh's seventh playoff road win, matching the NFL record. With the Ravens leading 23-15, Pittsburgh running back Ben Tate, signed earlier in the week, missed a block on the blitz, leaving quarterback Ben Roethlisberger eluding the rush. Roethlisberger escaped and tried to flip a desperate pass to Tate. Tate missed it. Pass protection and catching the ball out of the backfield are strengths of the injured Le'Veon Bell, the play explaining why he was sorely missed.
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The Movies.com Review: 'Despicable Me 2' Leaps into Minion Action
From a marketing perspective, you want the sequel to Despicable Me to at least have the word "despicable" in its title. I get it. It helps the inattentive to remember they liked you once before. But if truth still has any value in this world, directors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud might have considered calling this one Despicable Me 2: Except He's Super Nice Now.
Gru (the voice of Steve Carrell) has evolved. He's no longer hatching plots to steal the moon; instead he's a caring adoptive father to three adorable daughters and an artisanal jams and jellies entrepreneur. He's good at the parenting but bad at the jams, so when the Antivillain League sends agent Lucy Wilde (Kristen Wiig) to kidnap him and press him into service battling a new villain, he's not exactly unhappy with the idea of using his bad-guy skill set. It'll require that he use his powers for good, but you can't have everything when you're a recovering evildoer.
The mystery villain has a serum that transforms living beings into monsters. Injected into the Minions it turns them fanged, purple and hungry. Gru, Lucy and the remaining Minions leap into action -- pausing frequently for a variety of Minion set pieces and dance numbers -- in an effort to catch whomever's responsible. They will catch the miscreant, of course, but the antics involved in getting there rest squarely on the Minions' shoulders (okay, yes, they don't have shoulders, but you get me).
The Minions are, in fact, the answer to the question the film never explicitly asks but spends its running time addressing: what to do with your main character after you've un-despicable-ized him? And given him a love interest who's sweet instead of strange? And calmed down his idiosyncratic children? (fond memories of "FLUFFY!" gleefully shrieked will remain fond memories). You give him the starring role but effectively sideline him in favor of the bouncy supporting cast, that's what. The little yellow creatures speaking in French-inflected gibberish are getting their own film in 2014 but you'd be forgiven for thinking it was already here -- and it doesn't feel that bad at all.
It's as bright and colorful, as crisp and clean as the first go-round. These movies are visually inventive treats, employing 3D to kid-pleasing effect (aka lots of stuff thrown at your face). But if it's lost some of its edge, vitality and blackened wit, just think of it as analogous to your own life: unless you're involved in organized crime or -- keeping it French -- Serge Gainsbourg, then becoming a parent ruins your edge. You'll never really be the cool dad you hoped you'd be. If it can happen to Gru it can happen to you.
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In an unprecedented display of openness, a Guangdong court will embrace the social networking craze by allowing one of its officials to "live blog" today's appeal hearing during which Apple hopes to secure the right to use the iPad trademark in China.
Liu Lingnan began posting regular updates on homegrown firm Tencent's Twitter-like weibo platform at 9am local time. If you want to follow what happened and can speak Mandarin, or put up with Google Translate, you can access it through this page.
Displaying almost Reg-like journalistic zeal and rigour, Lingnan's updates have been coming in thick and fast all day at two or three minute intervals, detailing every twist and turn of the hearing.
In a country where even an innocent retweet could earn you a year's hard labour, the opening up of Guangdong court is a big deal. Although it's not the first time this has happened in China, according to the Wall Street Journal, it is definitely the most high-profile occasion.
It will probably not sit too kindly with notoriously secretive Apple either, for this is a company that likes to keep its cards, legal and otherwise, pretty close to its chest and be in control of the information feeds at all times.
The court had adjourned for a two-hour lunch break, as you do, at the time of writing, with no sure indication of who is on top. However, judging by the comments from Tencent users displayed alongside the feed – our favourite being: "Proview, you bitch!" – Apple has more fanbois observing than the ailing monitor firm.
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Mike Curb has led a long and varied career in and out of music. Born in 1945, he was a college dropout who managed to found his own record label in his early twenties, sell it for a six-figure sum, and parlay his reputation in the music industry into the job of running MGM Records. He simultaneously established himself as one of the earlier and more visible "cultural conservatives" in American popular culture. When Curb took over MGM Records at the end of the 1960s, while he was in his mid-twenties, he began a very public "clean up" of the label by dropping all of the supposed "drug-oriented" acts from the label's roster. This resulted in the departure of the Velvet Underground to the greener pastures of Atlantic Records (for which they recorded what was arguably their best album, Loaded), and the elimination of most of the psychedelic acts on the label. In their stead, MGM (which already had the Cowsills on board) became known as the home of the Osmonds — the singing Mormon siblings were Curb's crowning glory at the time, and were followed onto the roster a couple of years later by the DeFranco Family of Canada. These safe, squeaky clean, wholesome acts, built around family units, all stood in sharp contrast to the image that most rock was presenting at the time.
Curb's regime was also marked by some strange attempts to exploit the cast recording and soundtrack categories. Soundtracks, in particular, had always been something of a mainstay for the label, as an offshoot of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the biggest of the Hollywood studios, with such hit soundtrack LPs as Ben-Hur (which yielded a second volume of music from its massive score), Doctor Zhivago, and 2001: A Space Odyssey to its credit, the latter two multi-million sellers. But the MGM studios had fallen on hard times in the second half of the 1960s, and 2001 would be their last big-budget hit or hit soundtrack (the studios would yield one huge film music hit in 1971, with the movie Shaft, but its soundtrack was owned by Stax Records). The fact that the MGM studios were sinking fast, and that better-financed and stronger labels were grabbing the best of whatever choice cast albums there were, didn't stop Curb from trying to reinvigorate that side of the business. The most bizarre of the efforts under his regime was Marcel Marceau in Concert, a record of a performance by the legendary French mime consisting of 30-some minutes of silence and two minutes of applause. On the soundtrack front, MGM released 2001: A Space Odyssey, Vol. 2, which depicted the "star child" from the movie's final shot on the cover, but which wasn't really a soundtrack at all; seeking to follow up one of the biggest-selling soundtrack LPs of all time (2001: A Space Odyssey), MGM assembled an album of music that allegedly had been considered for use in the movie but rejected. It was ordered in profusion and even sold pretty well, thanks in part to the re-release of the original movie at the time, and it was an interesting way to exploit the label's classical library, but it also seriously pissed off a lot of people who bought it and discovered that the cover art and title were its only real connection to the movie.
Curb also created and began recording a singing group of his own, the Mike Curb Congregation, sort of a late-'60s variant on the kind of vocal ensembles epitomized in an earlier time by the Ray Conniff Singers. Though they incorporated country and soul elements in their singing, the Mike Curb Congregation was something of a joke among rock musicians of the time. They did generate one hit, however, in "Burning Bridges," which was used in the 1971 movie Kelly's Heroes, and scored the coup, for the mid-twenties Curb, of singing at the Nixon White House (so did the Ray Conniff Singers; however, one of whose members showed the courage to tell the president, politely and respectfully, to his face of her disagreement and distress over his Vietnam policy).
None of Curb's signings lasted too long at the top of the charts, however, and by the mid-'70s, MGM was nearly as inactive as the studio that spawned it (which was generating just a handful of movies a year, few of them even slightly distinguished). Curb's efforts at cleaning up the label didn't prevent it from being sold to Polydor. By that time, however, Curb had moved into a new arena, politics. Entering the fray in California, he managed to get elected lieutenant governor in 1978 (at age 34), in the same election that put Jerry Brown in the governor's mansion (California has separate ballots for the two jobs). Curb, a conservative Republican in the mold of Ronald Reagan, spent most of his term in office sparring with Brown, a liberal Democrat, using the governor's absences from the state in pursuit of his presidential ambitions to make appointments of Republicans to certain jobs, against the governor's wishes, and also to attack environmental legislation — in one instance, Brown flew back into California airspace (thus nullifying Curb's power as acting governor) just two minutes before Curb was to sign a bill rushed through the legislature by the Republicans intended to relax smog standards in the state. Although he generated some fireworks and headlines with his conduct in office and these games of one-upmanship, Curb may have failed to impress the party members of his seriousness, because in 1982 he ran for governor and was defeated in a primary by George Deukmejian.
Curb, not yet 40, returned to the music business and began producing records by Marie Osmond and Hank Williams Jr., and his biggest act of all, the Judds, all the while working as finance director of the national Republican Party. The Mike Curb Congregation even recorded the Reagan campaign theme "Together, a New Beginning." After proving his fundraising acumen, generating $100 million in contributions to the Republican Party, Curb left politics as a profession and headed for Nashville, where he plunged back into country music as well as indulging another pet area of interest, auto racing, specifically NASCAR. He is most visible in music through his Curb Records label which, in addition to releasing lots of good country music, also features a line of mid-priced reissues of classic recording acts from the 1950s and 1960s in simple best-of collections that are perfect for middle-class middle-brow sensibilities. Though Curb Records has issued an interesting Righteous Brothers CD, it has yet to release a best-of devoted to the Velvet Underground. He has also devoted some of his activities to fundraising with the latest Bush administration, and is involved in education in the fields of music and the music business. His biggest successes in recent years have, ironically enough, come from soundtrack-related activities, on movies such as Coyote Ugly (whose music reportedly generated more money than the movie did), and Christian music, which has proved to be one of his more enduring investments. ~ Bruce Eder
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Tall men and women are more likely to suffer a potentially deadly blood clot, warns new research.
A study of more than two million siblings found a direct link between height and venous thromboembolism - a serious condition where a clot forms in a vein.
Men 6ft 2in or taller were 65 per cent more at risk than those shorter than 5ft 3in.
Women pregnant for the first time who were at least 6ft were 69 per cent more at risk than those shorter than 5ft 1in.
Pregnancy makes women's blood more likely to clot to protect against heavy bleeding when they give birth.
Lead researcher Professor Bengt Zoller, of Lund University in Sweden, said: "Height is not something we can do anything about.
"However, the height in the population has increased, and continues increasing, which could be contributing to the fact that the incidence of thrombosis has increased."
Each year about 25,000 people in the UK die from venous thromboembolism and about one in 500 Britons will get it.
It starts in a vein and includes two types of blood clots - deep vein thrombosis (DVT) which forms in the leg and pulmonary embolism (PE) which happens when the clot breaks free and travels to the lung.
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Both can be fatal but can be treated with injectable drugs that dissolve the clots or blood thinning medications that combat them. Removal by surgery is another option.
Previous research has suggested the risk of venous thromboembolism among men 6ft or over is more than two-and-a-half-times greater.
The study, published in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, involved participants from Sweden where the population is now as ethnically diverse as the US, said Prof Zoller.
He said the shorter they were the less the likelihood of them developing the blood clot.
Each year thousands of Britons develop the serious, potentially fatal, medical condition.
The most common triggers are surgery, cancer, immobilisation and hospitalisation.
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In women pregnancy and use of hormones like the Pill or oestrogen for menopause symptoms are also major causes.
Prof Zoller said gravity could be behind the association between height and venous thromboembolism risk.
He said: "It could just be that because taller individuals have longer leg veins there is more surface area where problems can occur.
"There is also more gravitational pressure in leg veins of taller persons that can increase the risk of blood flow slowing or temporarily stopping."
One theory is blood must be pumped a longer distance in tall people which may cause reduced flow in the legs and thereby raise the risk of clotting.
Another possible connection is that taller people tend to weigh more - and increased weight, particularly in those who are obese, puts extra pressure on the legs and calves, and so reduces blood flow.
Prof Zoller said: "I think we should start to include height in risk assessment just as overweight, although formal studies are needed to determine exactly how height interacts with inherited blood disorders and other conditions."
Being short has also been found to carry a reduced risk of cancer - possibly because they have a larger number of cells in their body which could potentially lead to a tumour.
The vertically challenged are also more likely to live longer because the hormone that controls height - called the Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF) - also controls ageing. A low level of IGF means a longer life expectancy.
It's estimated venous thromboembolism affects up to 600,000 Americans every year - making it the third leading cause of heart attack and stroke.


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This chapter describes the various components that you must configure in order to use a relational transformation mapping.
This chapter includes the following section:
For information on how to configure TopLink mappings options common to two or more mapping types, see Chapter 121, "Configuring a Mapping".
For information on how to create TopLink mappings, see Chapter 120, "Creating a Mapping".
Table 39-1 lists the configurable options for a relational transformation mapping.
Table 39-1 lists the configurable options for a relational transformation mapping.
Table 39-1 Configurable Options for Relational Transformation Mapping
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Attribute transformer (see Section 121.15, "Configuring Attribute Transformer")
Field transformer associations (see Section 121.16, "Configuring Field Transformer Associations")
Indirection (lazy loading) (see Section 121.3, "Configuring Indirection (Lazy Loading)")
Mapping comments (see Section 121.8, "Configuring Mapping Comments")
Method or direct field access (see Section 121.6, "Configuring Method or Direct Field Accessing at the Mapping Level")
Read-only mapping (see Section 121.2, "Configuring Read-Only Mappings")
Example 39-1 shows how to create a transformation mapping and add it to a descriptor using Java code.
Example 39-1 Transformation Mapping
public void customize(ClassDescriptor descriptor) { TransformationMapping mapping = new TransformationMapping(); // configure mapping ... // add mapping to descriptor descriptor.addMapping(mapping); }
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Jamarris Williams was in Lamar superior court Tuesday afternoon for a hearing on two motions and the defense appeared to be preparing to try to pin the murder of local cab company owner John Dixson on another man - Williams' friend Christopher Jackson.
Williams allegedly stabbed Dixson in the throat and left him to die in a southeast Lamar County ravine on March 16, 2012.
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A.L.S. May 23 [post 1878]. �Aff. Sister� [Roxana Chapin Gerdine] to �Dear Sister� [Emily McKinstry Chapin]. 2pp. West Point, MS.)
West Point May 23rd"
Dear Sister
Your letter was rec�d yesterday I was sorry to hear that Willie was sick. It seems to me that he is delicate is he not? I hope he is well now. I would have dosed him with Calomel at night and Quinine the next day and he would have been all right. I am so sorry also to hear of Wilburs illness from your letter I should think there was no hope for him. he was such a fine looking bright promising boy. I know his mother must feel it very much. Don�t talk about that north chamber I want to go so much but it is an utter impossibility and I must yield gracefully to the inevitable If I am living five weeks I shall then be free from the treadmill of school but then I shall go to the plantation to spend a month in getting the Gen House fences &c in order. it is such a lovely place to me. I can not bear to go my old servants brought me yesterday from the plantation a large basketful of Cape Jerramines the odor fills the house as I write but they with their dazzling whiteness remind me so much of a funeral. When the sun gets a little lower I am going to carry them over to the Cemetery. Mr. G always walked in the garden before breakfast and picked a fresh one brought it and laid it on my plate. we have such a splendid busy at the plantation. One more thing you can get for me when you happen to be at the place I want some of those tin [crones] & wreaths to put in the


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|Secondary character
|Planet of origin
|Omicron Persei 8 (Nintendu 64 in "Anthology of Interest II")
|Ruler of Omicron Persei 8
|Ndnd, his second wife
Jrrr, his son
|First appearance
|"When Aliens Attack" (1ACV12)
|Voiced by
|Maurice LaMarche
Lrrr is ruler of the planet Omicron Persei 8, a middle-aged Omicronian man with a bad temper and a soft spot for conquering planets and 20th century television. Lrrr pooped in his wife's mouth.
Lrrr is a ruthless leader, who often subsides his empire's interest for the sake of his own, such as invading Earth on the grounds that Single Female Lawyer's series finale was abruptly interrupted by technical difficulties (1ACV12). While acting as a vicious, dangerous leader of his people, he is in actuality bored with Ndnd's constant nagging about having to conquer planets, and prefers lying on his couch watching TV.
While being a fan of 20th century television, such as Friends, he also has a softer side. He has been divorced and re-married at least once, but his relationship now remains stable with his current wife, Ndnd. However, despite this, the passion within this relationship has not had sparks since they married, in spite of attempts with aphrodisiacs (4ACV17).
His wife Ndnd cited his former softer side as her original passion for Lrrr, but Lrrr had increasingly become more focused on himself as well as his warfare. It was not until the Planet Express crew in 3004 invited them out to a picnic in the Duraflame National Forest, where during an encounter with Bigfoot and Ranger Park, Lrrr realised that his hunt for Fry's "lower horn" was a useless attempt to restore the passion in his marriage, and the poetry he spurt out, reignited Ndnd's love for him.
But Lrrr has also had a less obtainable wish to make his father proud, but after losing the Universal Poker Championship in 3009, his father remained unimpressed with Lrrr's performance.
Little is known about Lrrr's past, other than that he has married at least once before marrying his current wife. He seemingly was much more of a conqueror in his past, his wife wishing him to conquer more planets like he used to. In spite of this, he has attacked Earth three times in the past few years then he had diarrea - when the finale of Single Female Lawyer was cancelled (1ACV12), when Omicronian young were sold as food on Earth (2ACV15) and when he wanted to make Ndnd take him back (6ACV11).
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- Lrrr is one of the few non-primary characters who appear in every film.
- The first time Lrrr is introduced, the subtitles of the Region 1 DVD spelled his name "Lure".
- Though completely unable to grasp human social interaction, he is nevertheless able to recognise that Friends episodes can suffer from being "Joey-heavy". He also is confused as to why Ross, the largest friend, doesn't simply eat the others.
- Lrrr does not like candy Valentine Hearts.
- Lrrr's horns on the top of his head are darker than other Omicronians, possibly to show his royalty.
- Or it could be that the darker horn colour is why he is royalty.
- A running gag on the show involves Lrrr's trouble with microphones. In "When Aliens Attack", he says, "Is this thing on?" In "The Problem with Popplers", his first words are echoed by a television playing his address at the same time and at the end of his address, he is unaware that they are still on camera and inappropriately scratches his rear. In the same episode, a poppler named Jrrr has troubles with his microphone. In "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences", when Lrrr first attempts to speak at Comic-Con 3010, no one can hear what he is saying at all until Randy Munchnik raises the mike stand for him.
- Lrrr is a fan of the New Orleans Saints.
- He largely resembles Bowser the Koopa king from the Mario franchise.
- LRRR (Lunar Ranging Retroreflector) was an experiment placed on the moon by the Apollo astronauts. It consists of a mirror which reflects laser light from Earth, thus determining the distance to the moon. It is still in use today.
- In 2011, Maurice LaMarche won a Primetime Emmy award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his performances as Lrrr as well as Orson Welles' head in "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences".
- An image of Lrrr sitting on his armchair is used on the chapters menu for Volume 8.
- It is suggested that Lrrr is able to survive in space in "Fry Am the Egg Man" when he orders food with the roof down on his spaceship.
Lrrr: If McNeal wishes to be taken seriously why does she not simply tear the judge's head off?
Lrrr: My weight is appropriate and attractive.
Lrrr: One of these days Ndnd, bang, zoom, straight to the third moon of Omicron Persei 8!
Porn dealer: You're not a cop are you?
Lrrr: No, I'm just, some guy; RULER OF THE PLANET OMICRON PERSEI 8!
Lrrr: This concept of 'wuv' confuses and infuriates us!
Lrrr: I think there was something funny in that hippie.
Lrrr: Why does Ross, the largest friend, not simply eat the other five?
Ndnd: Perhaps they are saving that for sweeps.
Lrrr: I AM LRRR, RULER OF THE PLANET OMICRON PERSEI 8! May I crash on your couch?
Brrr: (Lrrr as a bear, in "Naturama"): I AM BRRR, DEVOURER OF FISH AND HONEY
Ndnd: What happened to the handsome man I married?
Lrrr: I ate him. Remember?


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We choose Clark
In response to the Lisa Provence article on Clark: First, let me express the perspective of a parent whose child is, by unwavering choice, returning to Clark Elementary School. Our family has always had school choice, as my husband has been an educator for eight years in the Charlottesville City Schools. One of the benefits accorded to city educators is the ability to send their children to any out-of-district city school, tuition-free, and we have chosen Clark.
I had to chuckle reading Lindsay Howerton's comments in the article. I think that lurking beneath the comments of these supposedly guilt-ridden Belmont families is the fear that if they put their child in the public school setting, even in one that has been "labeled" by far-away bureaucrats as one needing improvement, they might find their children not as well prepared for academic rigor as they thought.
I can imagine discovering that so much money has been spent with little return (other than perhaps teaching their children, by example, that they are too good to be expected to function and excel in a truly diverse environment) would be quite horrifying.
As a member of the community who is vested in Clark Elementary, and by extension, the success of neighborhood schools everywhere, I thank those who might hinder the efforts of those who are working to be part of the solution at this critical time in the school's history, by taking their pretensions elsewhere.
Amy Hill


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By Contributor Attorney Ashley T. Ellerbe, JD, cum laude, Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Society, Florida Coastal School of Law, former legal intern for CSX Corporation.
For some copyright holders, the ruling of the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Inhale, Inc. v. Starbuzz Tobacco, Inc. may be a disappointing one. Although Inhale, Inc. had a registered copyright for the shape of a hookah water container, that registration would not grant them the protection that they anticipated.
Inhale sued Starbuzz claiming copyright infringement due to Starbuzz's use of hookah water containers that were identical in shape to Inhale's container. The district court held that although Inhale has a registered copyright, its copyright registration is invalid because the hookah water container is not copyrightable. The shape of the container is only copyrightable if the sculptural features are capable of existing independently of the utilitarian aspects of the container. Moreover, the distinctive shape of an item is not a factor in determining whether the artistic features can be separate from its usefulness. The district court concluded and the court of appeals affirmed that the shape of the container accomplishes its function which is to hold the contents within its shape, thus making the hookah water container uncopyrightable. Furthermore, to keep a tight seal on Pandora's Box of potentially similar frivolous claims against innocent defendants, the court of appeals affirmed the lower court's award of attorneys' fees and the court of appeals awarded attorneys' fees that incurred in the defense of the appeal.


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On Monday, Oct. 29, the Estes Park High School Marching Band was awarded the 4th Place Trophy in the Colorado Bandmaster's Association State Championships event, held at the Thunderbowl on the campus of Colorado State University in Pueblo.
The Bobcat Band performed music from "The Phantom Of The Opera" for its competitive show this year. Music in the show included "The Phantom Of The Opera," "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again," "Masquerade" and "The Music Of The Night." Trumpeters A.J. Schwarz, Jeff Switzer and Caleb Carnell were all featured as soloists in the show.
Director Chuck Varilek leads the band in these annual competitions sponsored by the Colorado Bandmaster's Association (CBA). This organization exists to promote music education through participation and performance in band, by providing events that reward musical excellence. During competitions, the bands are judged by CBA officials, scoring the bands based upon the categories of music performance, visual performance and general effects, both on individual and ensemble levels.
Sandee Life directed this year's flag corps. Ward Durrett worked with the percussion section and arranged all the show's percussion music.
The EPHS Band began its qualification process at a marching band exhibition on Oct. 10 in Longmont, later winning the band's Class 2A regional competition on Oct. 17 in Loveland. Work on the show, however, began months before.
Varilek stated, "We have a short music rehearsal every couple weeks during the summer, with a one-day band camp for everyone. In addition to a few Saturday morning practices, we practice during our band hour — that's all the time we spend on our show, and the band members manage to stay competitive with the big schools."
Based on regional qualifying scores, 10 Class 2A bands were selected to compete at the State Championships semi-final competition with the five top-scoring bands advancing to finals competition. Estes Park has been selected to the finals competition each of the past 17 years.
The EPHS Band is listed as a Class 2A band, after realignment of classes by the CBA board. Classes are based on high school enrollments with 2A, including schools with enrollments of 351 to 750 students. There are 5 classes in the CBA system. With an enrollment in the 350s, Estes Park HS is the smallest school in Class 2A with a competitive marching band.
Thanks to fund-raisers by the EPHS Bobcat Band Boosters, Drum Majors Alex Fraser and Beau Dacuag were able to attend Drum Major Camp, as well as additional band members having the opportunity to participate in marching band camps. The Band Boosters also provide funds to host a guest clinician for a Flag Camp for the EPHS Flag Corps members in the summer.
Marching through both summer heat and winter cold, the band added polish to their performance, with extra rehearsals and instrumental sectionals, including practicing in the gym on a makeshift field lined with yellow caution tape.
Once on the field, the band was assisted by a "Pit Crew," set up by the Band Boosters, comprised of parents and friends of the band members. The Pit Crew's function was to assist percussionists with moving their equipment, place flags on the field and anchor 14 Styrofoam props on the field within a specified time period set by the CBA judges.
The marching band and its directors would like to thank all the parents who have helped with creating and moving props and equipment for contests and home performances. In addition, they would like to thank the Estes Park schools' administration and staff for their support of the EPHS Band program. A special thank you goes out to the Bobcat Band Boosters and the Fine Arts Guild of the Rockies for their generous sponsorship of this year's show.
The EPHS Marching Band capped off its season with an indoor performance of their competition show, along with performances by the middle school bands on Tuesday evening.


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There is one powder foundation that I love – its by Albion, but aside from that, they all crust up on me. Nice start to the review, eh?
But if anyone can make a nice base, Shiseido can! This Smoothing Compact Foundation is powder based and can ONLY be used Dry. No spritzing your sponge with Evian!
Now, this powder foundation is supposed to work even on dry and rough skin (like mine is at the moment):
The finish is matte, which I quite like (as long as its moist-matte. If that makes sense). Remember – this powdery foundation is supposed to work even on the driest skin!
They say:
Formulated with moisturizing ingredients: Royal Jelly Extract, Hydro-Wrap Vitalizing DE
Contains Micro-Smoothing Complex, a Shiseido-exclusive ingredient that protects against the harmful substance that accelerates decline in barrier function, which can cause skin roughening.
Here is the compact:
I love this compact. Its perfect packaging to me – I love (ok, I am going to sound nuts) it when a compact is not too big and allows you to stack the sponge on top of the base rather than to the side of it.
Yes…I'm a secret sponge stacker.
Shiseido's colour palette is really quite good considering it is Japanese born and bred. They have clearly opened up to making base products for girls with darker skin (although not black skin just yet).
This base is split into the B's = Beige, O's = Ochre and I's = Ivory.
Then it tends to have a number that follows it. For example –
O20 = Natural Light Ochre
O40 = Natural Fair Ochre
O60 = Natural Deep Ochre
The higher the number the darker the base.
I can wear Ochre (yellow based) or the Beige based shades without much problem.
In this case I picked the B60 which is quite dark. I am a NC35 and its a TAD, just a TAD dark on me.
The powder is lovely quality – of course it is, its Shiseido!
Its creamy to apply and is very blendable even though its a powder. I would feel fine carrying this around for base top ups.
However – I would concur that this is not quite as suitable for dry skin as they say. It didn't cling badly considering how flaky my skin is, but as the day wore on, there was some crusty skin. If only I could apply this wet, it would probably have a smoother finish, but the instructions say
On my skin:
Coverage is light, buildable to a medium but I really wouldn't layer this too much unless you are more of a oily disposition (in which case you will ADORE this product).
Oh dear, oh dear when will I learn? Powdery bases aren't for me – my skin is too dry for it but in humid Asian climates and oily skinned women its a great choice.
See the product here .
I got mine from Cheapsmells.com, (a UK site) it was reduced to about £16 (half the retail price).


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PSL? More like TGL.
Starbucks unveiled a new espresso drink just in time for Ugg boots and oversized sweaters: the toasted graham latte. The coffee chain's creation is the first new fall flavor in four years, set to be available in stores Wednesday AKA the official first day of fall.
Hear that? That's the sound of your new favorite espresso drink brewing. Don't worry, pumpkin spice latte lovers. That's not going anywhere.
U.S. & World
Sweet cream and graham mix with steamed milk and espresso comprise the Toasted Graham Latte, which is then topped with cinnamon graham crumble. Even though Starbucks is famous for its red holiday cups, the chain also has unveiled a seasonal fall cup, outfitted with leaves and other cool-weather designs.
When Starbucks beverage R&D manager Yoke Wong set out to create the new beverage, she found inspiration in an unusual place.
"I thought about the back-to-school season and looked at the latest food and beverage trends," said Wong in a statement. "What I found to be quite popular in the U.S. is the taste of cereal milk, the delicious leftovers in your breakfast bowl."
PHOTOS: Celebrities with Starbucks cups
The combination of Starbucks and a new drink means that lines will absolutely be out the door, so how are we supposed to get our hands on the new brew? Thankfully, Starbucks mastered that one, too. Aligning with the TGL's debut, Starbucks released mobile ordering Tuesday. Now you can just log onto the mobile app, place your customized order and go pick it up at a Starbucks near you–after you give your name, of course.
Although, we're concerned about one thing: Now that mobile ordering is an option, how are baristas going to mess up our names in legendary ways? Ugh, we guess we'll accept proper spelling.
PHOTOS: Starbucks Frappuccino flavors that never made the cut


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416 Third Avenue, Downtown San Diego(Has gone out of business since this article was published.)
I swear, Ida Bailey's ghost is a-hovering, trying to tell me something.
This town's most famous madam lived in a cottage up this very alleyway off Third, here in the heart of Chinatown. It's beside an old brick building that they say has been everything from an opium den to a trading house to a theater to a house of, well, joy.
And, guess what? I spot a plaque that reads — hey! exactly a century ago — "1913." So, this building will be 100 years old this year. Okay, Ida, I get what you're saying. "Let's celebrate!"
Natch, have to wander in.
This is the original Candelas — I've been to the Coronado one. That has beautiful views and an awesome happy hour (once had a four-cheese soup to die for there, crema de cuatro quesos al chile pasilla — cost me four bucks), but it's less atmospheric than this.
No views here, except that this is the interesting Chinese end of Third Avenue, just past the Chinese Benevolent Association and not far from the original waterfront, where the Chinese once moored their fleet of fishing junks.
You certainly get that vibe inside: lives have been lived here. I imagine respectable gents lying down with their opium pipes, Ida's ladies bringing them drinks, making jokes, checking their wallets…
It's easy to imagine because they've cleaned the old brick and exposed the old timbers. But also it looks like, say, a cellar in the Latin Quarter of Paris. Giant candles that hang low from the ceiling, glowing orange. It's open only in the evenings and is a more formal setting all 'round. Which worries me. Formal means expensive.
"Can I help?" asks this gal in a black dress.
"Uh, yeah." I say. "You have a happy hour? And is it still on?"
"We're in happy hour till 9:00. Half off everything on the bar menu."
Big sigh of relief, because now I'm seeing how the main items on the regular menu are mostly in the (whoa) $20–$40 range.
"And drinks?" I ask. "Are they included in the happy hour?"
"Not everything," Christina says. "But you get half-off on plenty of wines and beers."
I look around at the bottles listed on the backboard. A lot are L.A. Cetto, the winemaker from Baja. Never see those here in el norte.
The bottle right in front of me: L.A. Cetto, Cabernet Sauvignon 2008. I ask Christina for a glass. "Long as it's in happy hour."
Christina nods.
So, great. Get a $10 glass for $5. I take a sip, and it's what you'd call robust. Guadalupe Valley, Ensenada. Has the taste of the earth in it.
I check the bar menu. There are eight food items, including guacamole and chips, normally $10; a cheese platter that goes for $18; tuna carnitas tacos, $12; taco gobernador (three shrimp-and-cheese fried tacos), $12; three fish tacos for $12; a little casserole of cheese fondue with Spanish chorizo ($12); a small pizza with eggplant, artichoke, and crabmeat, with tomato sauce, blue cheese, and mozzarella (sounds delicious at $12); and a burger for $13.
Cut these prices in half for happy hour.
Christina says they're known for sophisticated tacos, but for me, it's down to the pizza or the fondue. Fondue wins out, this being a cold night and all, 'specially since it only costs $6. It comes in a little ceramic dish, bubbling away.
Oh, Lord. This is good. I'm dipping my corn tortillas in the cheese and scooping the chorizo discs up, dunking it all in the green tomatillo salsa, chowing into it, and gulping a mouthful of that Guadalupe red. I love the hard chorizo slices, the salsa that tangs up the cheese.
Christina says it's French-influenced Mexico City–style cooking, thanks to the executive chef, Martin San Roman, a famous guy.
"He's cooked all over the world," Christina says. "He has his own TV cooking show on Spanish-language TV, on both sides of the border."
Then the man himself turns up to check on his guests. "It's just typical Mexican cheese from Oaxaca," he says about the fondue. "The chorizo is hard, Spanish-style."
Turns out Mr. San Roman has cooked for two Mexican presidents and for assembled world leaders at Davos, Switzerland. He's been a Mexican culinary ambassador in 14 countries.
When he came here a year ago (Candela's has been open since 1999), he changed 80 percent of the menu.
"But there's nothing exclusive about this fondue," he says. "Fondue with chorizo is a dish all Mexico eats. Rich, poor, everyone. It's great for cold weather like this."
I like it. And the wine fits right in. "But, Mexican wine?" I ask. "I thought you couldn't get it here. You never see it."
"Oh, but you can get it here," says Chef San Roman. "In fact, it's 40 percent cheaper than if you buy it in Mexico."
"Why is that?"
"The Mexican government slaps a 40 percent tax on its own wines. Down there, good French imported wines are the same price, or cheaper. It's crazy."
Couple of days later, I'm back. I want to try that $6 pizza. Turns out, it's a lush little baby, piled with eggplant, artichoke, crabmeat, and a nice, crispy pita. Again, the salsas give it perk.
But the main thing that gives this place perk is an interesting crowd. Like Zondra, who's one of the movers and shakers (from what she and others here are saying) behind the Gaslamp itself. If people hadn't fought the bulldozers back in the day, maybe this 100-year-old house of joy would be history, too.
Hot news: Mauricio the manager tells me new menus are happening (the pizza and burger are gone), and the happy hour has been extended till 10:00 p.m.
Prices: Generally high (entrées $20–$40). But happy-hour prices include: tuna carnitas tacos ($6); taco gobernador (three shrimp-and-cheese fried tacos), $6; three fish tacos, $6; cheese fondue with Spanish chorizo, $6
Hours: 5:00–10:30 p.m., daily
Happy hour: 5:00–10:00 p.m., Sunday–Friday
Buses: 3, 11, 120
Nearest Bus Stop: Fourth and Market
Trolley: Green Line
Nearest Trolley Stop: convention center
More from SDReader
- More stories by Ed Bedford
- Unhinge your jaw for some luscious Oh My! tacos — Feb. 24, 2016
- Gorging in the court — Oct. 16, 2013
- Half-Price on the Bay — July 18, 2012
- Angry Taco, Happy Hour at Rockin' Baja in Old Town — May 18, 2011
- New Latino Squared — Dec. 30, 2008


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I was lying in bed and i thought of this joke. Its crap.
An englishman, an Irishman and a Frenchman walk into a bar.
The barman says "What is this.. a joke?"
I was lying in bed and i thought of this joke. Its crap.
An englishman, an Irishman and a Frenchman walk into a bar.
The barman says "What is this.. a joke?"
life's a gift thats why they call it the present
Self Elected Vice-President of AAAS
(Ajit Agarkar Appreciation Society)
"Uniting Ajit Agarkar Fans World Wide"
Always Live Life With: Intensity, Integrity and Intelligence
I can't believe I posted this.
I'm now in a dazed, mellow, reflective mood.
I'd heard it before, so I guess you didn't make it up :P
marc71178 - President and founding member of AAAS - we don't only appreciate when he does well, but also when he's not quite so good!
Anyone want to join the Society?
Beware the evils of Kit-Kats - they're immoral apparently.
no way... dammit..
I wish that I lived at the beginning of time. Then you wouldnt have to worry about whether you were first to think of anything.
It is MUCH MUCH better than the jokes that I have made.
Your "Boycott Shampoo, demand real poo" is fantastic!
Self Proclaimed World's Greatest 12th Man.
I like wasting homo sapiens' time - like the way I wasted yours just now.
Originally Posted by 5N1p3R j0C|<Originally Posted by DD
I had this one in a cracker. It's the best from a cracker I've heard in a while.
Q Why do all elephants have grey trunks?
A Because they belong to the same swimming club.
"One day lad, all this will be yours"
"What, the curtains?"
Ones to make you cringe...
Whats the worst thing about eating vegetables?
Those darn wheelchairs!
What did the cannibal do after he dumped his girlfriend?
Wiped his ass.
Those aren't very nice kim......
Definitely make you cringe.
knock knock
whose there?
the interupting moo cow
the interupting...
"Matt Damon"
Yeah I know... err heres something more friendly...Originally posted by masterblaster
Those aren't very nice kim......
Definitely make you cringe.
Why was Tigger looking in the toilet bowl?
He was trying to find pooh
im just laughing at how stupid they are..
Don L-o-d , Legion Of Doom
Lords Lounge, Off Topic, The Happening Place in CW and OT.
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Current Stats:
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Bowling - Off Spin: O:280 M:40 Runs:975 Wickets:104 Ave:9.3 S.R:15.6
Two nuns were driving in a car. A vampire lands on the bonnet. One of the nuns says "Quick sister show him your cross!"
The other then pokes her head out the window and says "Oi you, f%$# off!!!"
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