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Summary Meeting Notes: September 26, 2012 Networks PEG
September 26, 2012 from 3:00 to 5:30 p.m.
PEG Attendees: Ivy Dunlap, Mike Faha, Eric Hesse, Denver Igarta, Keith Liden, Linda Nettekoven, Gavin Prichard, Lidwien Rahman, Allan Schmidt, Irene Schwoeffermann, Chris Smith, Peter Stark, Jay Sugnet, Pia Welch, Eric Engstrom, Courtney Duke, Jim Owens
Other Attendees: Salim Mayberry, Mary Vogel
Facilitator: Jim Owens
Key Points and Outcomes:
Presentations were made on the civic corridor, greenway and habitat corridor components of the Healthy Connected City strategy outlined in the Portland Plan, as well as on integrating the Bicycle Plan into the Comprehensive Plan. Discussion focused on policy questions specific to each topic. PEG members generally agreed that the Healthy Connected Cities concept works as an integrating and coordinating concept and can be used to facilitate agency coordination on specific projects. A variety of preliminary criteria were identified on where to apply the concept. Members indicated that the process for integrating bikeways and greenways should be a combination of amendments through the Comprehensive Plan Update and future amendments based on criteria developed through this process. A presentation was made on green infrastructure networks but, due to lack of time, discussion of policy issues on a green infrastructure network was moved to the October meeting.
Introductions and August Meeting Summary
Presenter: Jim Owens, Facilitator
Summary: PEG members, staff and members of the audience were asked to introduce themselves. In the August 29 meeting summary, the Summary of the Health Equity Framework discussion was corrected to read:
- Recognizing it to be a framework for evaluating specific roadway projects, PEG members identified the framework as an example to consider in creating similar evaluation frameworks for Networks PEG decision elements.
Review of Schedule
Presenter: Jim Owens, Facilitator
Summary: The group was reminded that the October meeting will be convened at 2:00 pm versus 3:00 pm to accommodate Halloween events. Eric Engstrom advised the group of the likelihood of an upcoming meeting being dedicated to equity training.
Framework for Green Network
Presenter: Eric Engstrom, BPS
Summary: Preparatory for presentations on Green Connections and Bike/Greenways Integration, Eric explained how the Portland Plan addresses green connections through the concept of a Healthy Connected City, a concept to unify the variety of systems plans prepared by the City.
Green Connections
Presenter: Bill Cunningham, BPS
Description: Presentation on green connections concept from the Portland Plan. Followed by group discussion on the following policy questions:
- Does the Healthy Connected Cities concept work as an integrating and coordinating concept?
- How can this concept be used to facilitate agency coordination on specific projects?
- How should green connections be incorporated into centers and hubs?
- How well does the concept respond to the equity checklist?
- Need to differentiate between bicycles versus pedestrians; they have differing design needs.
- If trails are to be part of the transportation system, they need to be designed to accommodate a variety of uses at different times of day, e.g. be lighted. However, lights can affect wildlife use of the green corridors.
- Challenge is how to make Civic Corridors and green connections work for a variety of uses.
- How is this concept connected to growth areas?
- How are existing street functions considered in selecting routes for green connections? How are conflicts among functions resolved?
- Land uses and transportation system elements will vary along a corridor. It is assumed that they will not be managed the same for the full length of a corridor.
- Maintenance capabilities/limitations need to be considered.
- How have green networks already impacted businesses?
- Need to address equity considerations in designating Civic Corridors.
- Does the Healthy Connected Cities concept work as an integrating and coordinating concept?
- Generally yes, but need to pay attention to the nuances.
- Corridors may not be a single street.
- Examples of where the concept has worked include Denver Avenue.
- What criteria are used to select where to apply the concept?
- How well does it connect centers and hubs
- Amount of use by all modes
- Populations served
- Capacity of the corridor to accommodate planned uses
- Are there other benefits to be obtained
- How can this concept be used to facilitate agency coordination on specific projects?
- Yes, generally lends itself to improved coordination, but the devil is in the details.
- Develop a checklist of parties to consult with.
- Advisory committees can be a source of feedback.
- Challenge is to overcome the internal resistance among bureaus to shared decision-making on priority projects. Need to define the benefits of the project beyond those specific to an individual bureau.
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Bike/Greenways Integration
Presenter: Denver Igarta, PBOT
Description: Presentation on implementing and integrating the Portland Bicycle Plan into the Comprehensive Plan and Transportation System Plan (TSP). Followed by group discussion on the following policy questions:
- How should bikeways and greenways be integrated into the Comprehensive Plan and TSP?
- How should bikeways and greenways be linked into centers and hubs?
- How should conflicts between green connections and freight routes be addressed?
- How does the City's bike and greenway system relate to ODOT's network?
- How well do the PEG's recommendations respond to the equity checklist?
- Existing and planned land uses have to be taken into account; what conflicts might arise?
- Not all transit is the same (streetcars versus light rail) and the conflicts between these systems and bicycles will vary.
- In designating local city bikeways, the concern is not limited to parking removal but also conflicts with freight loading/unloading.
- Bikes can benefit freight movement by moving autos off streets.
- Equivalent policies are needed for pedestrians.
- How should bikeways and greenways be integrated into the Comprehensive Plan and TSP?
- Process should be a combination of amendments through the Comprehensive Plan Update and future amendments based on criteria developed through this process.
- Goal should be to have a flexible process.
- What type of public involvement will be used to engage all the affected/interested parties?
Related Materials:
- Portland Plan direction on the Portland Bicycle Plan
- Bicycle and greenway system maps
Green Infrastructure Approach
Presenter: Marie Walkiewicz, BES
Description: Presentation on the green infrastructure network, focusing on stormwater management and habitat enhancement. Followed by group discussion on the following policy questions:
- How can the planning and design of infrastructure be better integrated to achieve a green network?
- For Comprehensive Plan purposes, how should the green infrastructure network be defined?
- How is a green infrastructure network integrated with other Comprehensive Plan elements?
Discussion: There was minimal discussion due to the hour. Questions asked included:
- Are transportation corridors intended to also be habitat corridors?
- Is the Springwater Trail a recreation corridor, transportation corridor, habitat corridor or all three?
Public Comment
No public comments were received.
Wrap Up and Adjourn
Presenter: Jim Owens, Facilitator
Description: Summary of actions, schedule and assignments
Discussion: It was agreed to invite Marie to return and resume discussion of the Green Infrastructure policy questions at the October meeting.


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Rams Fall to Division II Dominican
Dominican College - 17, Farmingdale State - 6
Orangeburg, N.Y. - The Dominican College men's
lacrosse team defeated non-conference opponent Farmingdale State,
17-6, this afternoon at the Torne Valley Sports Complex.
The Rams netted the game's first goal off the stick of senior attacker Sean Maxwell (West Babylon, N.Y.) with the assist by junior Thomas Weil (St. James, N.Y.). The Chargers answered back with two straight goals from freshman Korin Pierce (Middleburg, Va.) off passes from senior Jeremy Arcaro (New Windsor, N.Y.) to take a 2-1 advantage.
Senior Mike Maxwell (West Babylon, N.Y.) tied the game for FSC with 5:00 minutes remaining in the first quarter, but the Chargers came back to close out the quarter with two consecutive goals from Arcaro to give DC a 4-2 lead.
DC did all the scoring in the second quarter as midfielder Gabe Sutherland (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) netted a goal, followed by two more from Arcaro and the half's final goal was scored by senior Stephen Polizzi (Walden, N/Y/) as the Chargers took an 8-2 lead.
The Rams cut the deficit in half to start out the third quarter as Bill McGarvey (Sayville, N.Y.) netted an unassisted goal, followed by one from M. Maxwell. Dominican went on to outscore FSC 4-1, to take a 12-5 lead into the fourth quarter.
Andrew Rendine (River Edge, N.J.) netted the first goal of the fourth quarter to put DC up 13-5, before FSC got a goal from sophomore Eddie Rifice (Babylon, N.Y.) to cut the lead to 13-6. Dominican closed out the game with four unanswered goals en route to the 17-6 victory.
The Rams were led by M. Maxwell, S. Maxwell and Joey Stroessenreuther (Bethpage, N.Y.) all with two goals a piece for two points. Patrick Delventhal (Westbury, N.Y.) made seven saves in 45:00 minutes of play.
Dominican was led by Arcaro with a game high eight points (six goals, two assists). Rendine and Sutherland each netted three goals with Rendine adding three assists for six points , while Pierce finished with two goals in the win. Sophomore goalie Brendan Bonacum (Port Jefferson Station, NY) had eight saves in 45:00, while Tim Manzella (Riverhead, NY) had two saves in the final 15:00 minutes.
With the victory Dominican improves to 2-6 overall, while Farmingdale State falls to 3-6.
(Story by Dominican College)
The Rams travel to Richard Stockton on Saturday, April 4th, for a 7:00 p.m. game.

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Droid 2 Tricks to Remember
Here is an assortment of handy time-saving tricks to keep in mind to boost your productivity (or your hopeless addiction to your new Droid 2 phone).
Use the arrow keys on the sliding keyboard to easily hop between links on a Web page.
Dictation! You can speak into the phone as an effective and quick alternative to using the onscreen keyboard.
Use the Swype keyboard for rapid text entry.
Press and hold a key on the multitouch keyboard to confirm that your stubby fingers have selected the right character.
When using the sliding keyboard, use the arrow keys to navigate between menu items. Keep your eyes peeled for sliding keyboard shortcuts!
Quickly put the Droid 2 into vibration mode by pressing the Down Volume button until the phone jiggles.
When you're on the phone, press the power button to lock the phone and turn off the touchscreen.
After initially touching your finger on the screen, use the magnifier to precisely move and locate the cursor.
When downloading updates, new apps, or for faster Web browsing, activate the Droid 2's WiFi.
Use the Search soft button to look for things on the phone, on the Internet, or in a specific app.


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Milpitas, CA, April 17, 2008 - SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), the world's largest supplier of flash storage card products, today announced results for the first quarter ended March 30, 2008. Total first-quarter revenue increased 8% on a year-over-year basis to $850 million and net income, in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) was $18 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, compared to a GAAP net loss of $0.6 million, or $0.00 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2007.
Excluding the impact of acquisition-related charges, share-based compensation expense and the related tax effect, first quarter non-GAAP net income increased to $48 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, compared to first quarter 2007 non-GAAP net income of $45 million, or $0.19 per diluted share.
"Product sales were solid on the strength of our international business, Sansa® MP3 players and sales to the mobile handset and GPS markets. Pricing was challenging throughout the quarter due to industry-wide excess supply which adversely impacted our product gross margin," said Eli Harari, Chairman and CEO. "We expect demand to increase seasonally during the second quarter and price declines to moderate; however, product margins are expected to continue to be under pressure in Q2 with the anticipated benefit of low cost 43-nanometer and 3-bits per cell coming in the second half of the year. We are focused on cost controls and expense reductions and we continue to believe that the cumulative impact of price declines in recent quarters will accelerate the creation of new markets for Flash storage."
Key Metrics for First Quarter of 2008
Scheduled Interview
SanDisk Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Eli Harari, is scheduled to appear on CNBC's "Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo," on April 17, 2008 at approximately 1:15 p.m. P.D.T.
Conference Call
SanDisk's first quarter 2008 conference call is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. P.D.T., Thursday, April 17, 2008. The conference call will be webcast by CCBN and can be accessed live, and throughout the quarter, at SanDisk's website at www.sandisk.com/IR and at www.streetevents.com for registered streetevents.com users. To participate in the call via telephone, the dial-in number is (913) 312-0941. The dial-in password is 3645393. A copy of this press release will be furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on a current report on Form 8-K and will be posted to our website prior to the conference call.
A complete reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP information referred to in this release is provided in the attached tables.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements, including statements about our business prospects and outlook, anticipated increased demand for products, anticipated price declines, our expectation for product margins in Q2 2008, the expected cost benefits of 43-nm and 3-bit per cell manufacturing output in the second half of 2008 and the anticipated emergence of new markets for Flash storage, that are based on our current expectations and involve numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate and may significantly and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Risks that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate include among others:
Future results may differ materially from those previously reported. We do not intend to update
the information contained in this release.
About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation, the inventor and world's largest supplier of flash storage cards, is a global leader in flash memory - from research, manufacturing and product design to consumer branding and retail distribution. SanDisk's product portfolio includes flash memory cards for mobile
phones, digital cameras and camcorders, digital audio/video players, USB flash drives for consumers and the enterprise, embedded memory for mobile devices, and solid state drives for computers. SanDisk (www.sandisk.com/corporate) is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 company, with more than half its sales outside the United States.
SanDisk, the SanDisk logo, and Sansa are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries. Sansa Fuze is a trademark of
SanDisk Corporation.SanDisk Supporting Documents (.pdf)
- Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
- Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Operating Results (*)
- Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Operating Results
- Preliminary Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
- Condensed Consolidated Comparative Statement of Cash Flows
Investor Contacts:
Lori Barker Padon
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ERG Transcriptome
|CPDR tumor-benign 80 genechip dataset
From 40 patients specimens were obtained under an IRB-approved protocol from patients treated with radical prostatectomy (RP) at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC). From over 300 patients two groups were selected which had prostate tumors with either well differentiated (WD) or poorly differentiated (PD) after radical RP. The PD group had Gleason score 8-9, seminal vesicle invasion, and poorly differentiated tumor cells; the WD group had Gleason score 6-7, no seminal vesicle invasion, and well to moderately differentiated tumor cells. LCM compatible specimens were selected from age and race (Caucasians) matched PD or WD patients with no family history of CaP.
Note: yearly PSA screening is mandatory for military health care recipients.
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| Abstract | Publications | Well Differentiated Normals 1-20 (txt file) | Well Differentiated Tumors 1-20 (txt file)
Poorly Differentiated Normals 21-40 (txt file) | Poorly Differentiated Tumors 21-40 (txt file)
|VCaP Cell Response to ERG siRNA
VCaP Human prostate tumor cell line, was obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC, Rockville, MD) and were maintained in growth medium and under conditions recommended by the supplier. For hormone treatment the R1881 synthetic androgen analogue, was used (New England Nuclear, Boston, MA). Small interference RNA (siRNA) oligo duplex against human ERG (Locus ID: GXL_163565, Accession: NM_004440) was designed as follows: ERG siRNA, 5'-TGATGTTGATAAAGCCTTATT -3' (Dharmacon, Lafayette, CO). Non-target (NT) siRNA duplexes (D-001206-13-20) were from Dharmacon (Lafayette, CO). VCaP cells were seeded into 10 cm tissue culture dishes in the appropriate medium with 10% cFBS for three days. Transfection of siRNA was carried out with Lipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA). Twelve hours after transfection of si RNAs, VCaP cells were treated with 100pM R1881, incubated for 24h or 48h and processed for microarray analysis. Total RNA was isolated and five micrograms of RNA from each of the VCaP transfectants were biotin labeled and GeneChip® HG U133 Plus 2.0 chips were hybridized with the labeled probes. Expression data were normalized by Robust Multi-array Averages (RMA) and fold changes in ERGsi/NT (24h) and ERGsi/NT (48h) treatment groups were calculated. A two folds cut-off criterion was applied for subsequent pathway analysis by the Bibliosphere Software using the functional co-citation-based analysis function (Genomatix GmbH, Munich, Germany) (Scherf et al., 2005).
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|Publications | CPDR NT 24h (txt file) | CPDR NT 48h (txt file) | CPDR Si1 24h (txt file) | CPDR Si1 48h (txt file)
Androgen Regulated Transcriptome in Prostate Cancer Cells
|Androgen signaling is extremely important in the life and death of the prostate gland and is believed to play an important role (s) in prostate cancer. Hormonal therapy, the most common treatment strategy for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer works by inhibiting androgen signaling. Accumulating evidence suggests that alterations of androgen signaling in prostate cancer may involve structural or functional alterations of the critical genes at numerous points in the pathway.
|Abstract | Genes Defined by SAGE | Genes Defined by Gene Chip | ARE Data
Common Gene Alterations in Prostate Cancer: ERG and Lactoferrin
|Transcription factors encoded by the ETS family of genes are central in integrating signals that regulate cell growth and differentiation, stress responses and tumorigenesis. This study, analyzing laser microdissected paired benign and malignant prostate epithelial cells from prostate cancer (CaP) patients (n=114; 228 specimen) by GeneChip and quantitative real time RT-PCR, identifies ERG, a member of the ETS transcription factor family, as the most frequently overexpressed proto-oncogene in the transcriptome of malignant prostate epithelial cells. Combined quantitative expression analysis of ERG with two other genes commonly overexpressed in CaP, AMACR and DD3, revealed overexpression of at least one of these three genes in virtually all CaP specimen (54 of 55). Comprehensive evaluation of quantitative ERG1 expression with clinico-pathological features also suggested that ERG1 expression level in prostate tumor cells relative to benign epithelial cells is indicator of disease free survival after radical prostatectomy.
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Two compact coil lines (SpaceMaster units from Coe Press Equipment, Sterling Heights, MI) are on the to Lear Brazil, accompanying a pair of Stamtec presses equipped for progressive-die stamping of automotive components. The coil lines, which unwind, straighten and feed coil stock, can handle stock from 0.030 to 0.156 in. thick and 3 to 32 in. wide.
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Great iTrack project
iTrack has been chosen to light up at least six of Kmart's stores in Australia. Lighting designers Simon Fisher and Mike Brown of LAPD, based in the United Kingdom, were contracted by Kmart to come up with the new lighting design.
Kmart operates 182 stores throughout Australia and New Zealand and employs thousands of local residents. Kmart's massive range of products, includes men's, women's and children's wear; garden; home; health & beauty; outdoor living; entertainment; toys & sporting; camping & fishing; automotive; DIY and everyday needs.
Kmart are running an extensive media campaign to raise their profile across Australia and New Zealand. "Expect change" included the installation of the iTrack, painting the ceiling and walls, removal of the old recessed fluorescent fittings and the installation of new gondolas, signage and check outs.
One of the main criteria's for the new lighting system was energy efficiency and ease of installation. ITrack was selected as a solution incorporating the highly efficient Line fittings with medium beam reflectors and the use of a wall washer reflector around the perimeter of the store.
Different lamp wattages and colour temperatures were used to create subtle layers of light, says Simon Fisher, Director at LAPD. The wattage difference between product types ensured that the lamps could not be mixed during maintenance, he continues.
Thanks to iTrack, Kmart's first store, Eastland, has been delivered on time and delivering a 44.8% energy saving compared to the original scheme. The design of the iTrack layout means that the space can cope easily with changes in seasonal merchandising and also future store re-designs.


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Doctorow: "Streaming will never stop downloading"
"...there's no reason to believe that people will lose the urge to collect music." "Streaming is an implausible and inefficient use of wireless bandwidth."
"Why would we voluntarily increase our reliance on expensive, scarce wireless bandwidth delivered by abusive thugs when we are awash in cheap, commodity storage that grows cheaper every day and which we can buy from hundreds of manufacturers and thousands of retailers?"
"The more we pretend that there is a technical possibility of designing a downloader that can't save its files, the more incentive we create for legal and technological systems that attempt to make this come true."
I get all his arguments, and I agree with them in theory. The thing is, for me, none of them have ever really mattered. The reason I don't use streaming music services is because they don't seem to make any sense to me. I'm never quite sure what to listen to, because without a library of music that I've spent time acquiring staring me in the face, I don't have any cues to prompt me as to what to listen to.
It's not so much that I like to "collect" music as much as I need to in order to remember to go back and listen to it.
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Great customs, not something that I see much of! You did a very nice job on all of them, but I like the guys with the face masks the best - is that your own idea or is that something that Dressellians do?
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Projects featured this week:
- microbial fuel cells
- diy bio-sensors
- diy gel electrophoresis
The community lab effort is led by TriDIYBio, the biology interest group of SplatSpace. Our goal is to create a Community Laboratory open to all, focusing on the interests of its members. These interests currently include: Citizen Science, Biotechnology, Entomology, Teaching and Experimenting with Biology, DIY Lab Equipment, Electronics, and Science-y art. New members are invited to join in ongoing activities, or to use the space to work on your own projects and ideas.
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With the exception of Iron Man 3, Thor 2, Captain America 2 and The Avengers 2, we really have no idea what's in the future for Marvel Studios. Over the years we've reported rumors about movies for characters like Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Black Panther, and Doctor Strange, but until they're officially announced it's all speculation. One project has always seemed closer than any other, however, and that's Ant-Man. Years ago Marvel hired Edgar Wright to both direct and co-write (with Joe Cornish) a screenplay about the shrinking superhero, but the project has always seemed to be stuck in stasis. Now it's being reported that Wright has finally gotten Ant-Man on screen, but unfortunately it's not for a feature film...yet.
According to THR, earlier this month Wright directed some test footage to see how Ant-Man would play on the big screen. While no exact details are given about what was filmed, they were apparently looking at the "potential look and tone of his movie" as well as the character's powers. The original version of the Ant-Man, who was one of the founding members of The Avengers, had both the ability to shrink himself down and command armies of ants with a special helmet of his own design. Wright has previously said that his film will be an origin story and work as a high-tech spy film.
As exciting as this news is, it's worth noting that no matter how good the test footage turns out, Ant-Man won't be Wright's next film. He is currently preparing to shoot The World's End, a new comedy that he wrote with Simon Pegg which will complete his Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy (the other two movies being Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz). That said, it's still nice to know that the project is moving forward in some fashion.


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Greenpeace México oceans campaigner Alejandro Olivera onboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise during last year's expedition to the Arctic.
In the Greenpeace oceans campaign, we talk a lot about marine reserves, the wildlife parks at sea that can help restore fish populations, improve our oceans' resilience to threats like climate change and ensure living oceans for the future. It's something we've been working on for years, including here in México. I wanted to share an example of how marine reserves can help grow fish populations and maintain local economies, but an example that will also illustrate how we must keep working to defend our oceans.
Twenty years ago, fishermen near Cabo Pulmo (the northernmost and one of the most important coral reef in the East Pacific) a few horus from Los Cabos noticed that they had to go further from the coast to catch fish and that yearly catches- and profits- were declining, so they decided to trade in their fishing nets for scuba diving gear. The local communities supported the shift from fishing to eco-tourism and the area became the best-enforced no-take (meaning fish aren't removed from a designated area of waters) areas in the the Gulf of California, nicknamed the World's Aquarium by Jacques Cousteau because of its unique range of marine biodiversity. (You may remember Greenpeace's 2006 ship expedition to the Gulf of California.) The people of Cabo Pulmo still believe that showing a fish to a tourist is more profitable than fishing it out of the water.
Once the Cabo Pulmo reef area was declared off-limits to fishing, an amazing recovery began. Marine life around the reef began to flourish and the area was designated a National Park (marine reserve) by the Mexican government, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site under UNESCO and named a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar convention. Mexican scientists recently released the results of a research project, showing that the increase in fish populations in Cabo Pulmo in the last decade is the largest increase ever measured in a marine reserve! This increase is likely due to a combination of social (strong community support for the protection of these waters and effective enforcement) and ecological factors. In a period of ten years fish "biomass" increased 463%.
A sea lion swims near Greenpeace divers displaying a banner saying "Marine Reserves Now"in the Gulf of California in November 2006 © Greenpeace / Alex Hofford
What's even more incredible is that you can see the results of this change in Cabo Pulmo first-hand. I´ve dived in the Caribbean, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the East Pacific, and Cabo Pulmo is the most amazing diving location I've experienced. I´ve never seen so many large groupers on a dive, let alone all swimming together! During my last dive in Cabo Pulmo, I suddenly felt a cloud above me and when I looked up a huge school of jacks began to surround me, and we had to dive through them to reach the water's surface. It is strange that the fish in Cabo Pulmo are so used to the presence of divers that you can get very close to them, as if they were domesticated. It was marvelous!
Unfortunately, this underwater paradise that has recovered and is now thriving is now under threat. Earlier this year, the Mexican government approved a huge coastal development project next to Cabo Pulmo marine reserve named Cabo Cortes. A Spanish development company is hoping to build a new city in this semi desert area that will have more than 27 thousand rooms, 2 golf courses and a marina that can hold 490 yachts, a resort nearly at the scale of Cancún.
Greenpeace activists hold a banner, protesting coastal property development on the coast of the Gulf of California in December 2006. © Greenpeace / Alex Hofford
Greenpeace Spain and Greenpeace Mexico have been campaigning to protect this gem in the World's Aquarium. So far, construction of the Cabo Cortes project has not started and we will not let it happen, as the Cabo Pulmo marine reserve has brought significant economic benefits to the region. Community-managed marine reserves are a real solution and a better alternative to unsustainable coastal development, which could lead to fisheries collapse in the Gulf of California and beyond.
If we want ample fish and healthy oceans tomorrow, we need more marine reserves like the one in Cabo Pulmo today. Greenpeace is campaigning globally to change fishing practices and create a global network of marine reserves covering 40% of the world's oceans. These are necessary steps to restore our oceans - which provide food and jobs for millions - to health as the overfishing crisis continues.
Alejandro Oliveira is an oceans campaigner working in Greenpeace México's office in México, D.F.
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Estraordinario is the work that makes Greempeace around the world ... I am happy to be the first person to comment on a matter ... as rich as this can...
Estraordinario is the work that makes Greempeace around the world ... I am happy to be the first person to comment on a matter ... as rich as this can only be good ...
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(Unregistered) Monkii
Why is the goverment letting this happen, if cabo pulmo is a world heritage site? Shouldnt it be protected?
27 August, 2011 at 20:15
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(Unregistered) Elfrog
The Mexican government currently has almost zero control over any city or town in the country other than Mexico city itself. They are not the right pe...
The Mexican government currently has almost zero control over any city or town in the country other than Mexico city itself. They are not the right people to be trusted making any kind of important decision
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(Unregistered) sallybear
honestly, i dont know what the world would do without greenpeace, such a small group and yet they leave a worlwide footprint for us all to follow,
honestly, i dont know what the world would do without greenpeace, such a small group and yet they leave a worlwide footprint for us all to follow,
thank you , all of you in the green peace teams,
we actually couldnt afford to be without you all.
28 August, 2011 at 15:00
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(Unregistered) squeakshuman
They already have enough playgrounds for the ultra-rich in southern Baja. Mexico needs to protect it's world heritage site.
28 August, 2011 at 19:03
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(Unregistered) Leira
The Greenpeace work is wonderful please continue ! thanks a lot *
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(Unregistered) Juancarlitos
Congratulations to Greenpeace Mexico and spain who are fighting against this project in Cabo Cortes!!
I'm with Greenpeace by following your News...
Congratulations to Greenpeace Mexico and spain who are fighting against this project in Cabo Cortes!!
I'm with Greenpeace by following your News, in my opinion is very important to protect Cabo Pulmo and ALL the Gulf of California as the Ecosystem that suppots and provide sea life for the Pacific Ocean.
I totally support the effort that Greenpeace does through their smart people like you and me.
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(Unregistered) shanice12
im looking for an research paper and i need your help greenpeace.
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I have snorkeled at Cabo Pulmo - last time was maybe 2007 and i am looking forward to going again next month on my trip to los cabos. It was breathtakingly beautiful when we went. That part of the peninsula is unspoiled by people - sure, there are some beautiful little rental houses, but not a big resort which will undoubtedly cause major pollution - where's all that sewage gonna go - Cabo Pulmo is far from everything. I can just see huge cruise ships wreaking havoc in a few years joining the big resorts in driving away the sea lions, mucking up the water and destroying this beautiful display of God's kindness to us in Cabo Pulmo. Greedy. Just Greedy.
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With each game, Josh McCown's cheering section grows.
After executing a superb game plan in the Chicago Bears' 23-20 overtime victory over the Baltimore Ravens, McCown said he appreciates the fan support, but he's just keeping the seat warm for the injured Jay Cutler.
"I'm the backup quarterback on this team," McCown said, per the Chicago Tribune. "The way that I serve my team is to play when the starter is not healthy. Jay is our starting quarterback, there is no doubt about that."
McCown is proving to be the definition of a great backup quarterback: a solid player who can play well in a few series or win a few games and isn't going to lose because of boneheaded mistakes.
As McCown continues to play well, questions about Cutler's future with the franchise will be debated. However, Cutler's status for the remainder of the season is not being questioned within the walls of Halas Hall.
NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported Sunday on NFL Network's "NFL GameDay Morning" that he asked a Bears source if McCown could push for Cutler's job. He was told, "No, Jay is our quarterback."
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McCown's play is a direct reflection of how coach Marc Trestman prepares and utilizes the strengths of his quarterbacks. On Sunday, Trestman relied on his ground game, and he didn't put McCown in situations where he'd have to throw into a stiff wind.
The 11-year NFL quarterback knows his limitations, especially against the wind at Soldier Field.
"It was definitely one of those days -- you look across the field and see Joe Flacco and look on the sideline and Jay is over there -- and I'm like, 'Can I borrow somebody's arm?'" McCown said. "It was definitely one of those days where I wish I could spin it like those guys, but we were able to get it done."
McCown has gotten it done in relief, but the Bears need Cutler back healthy to help close the deal in a tight NFC North race.
We recapped every Week 11 game on the latest "Around The League Podcast."


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John Cordsen / Trail-Gazette
RMNP / Special to the Trail-Gazette
A Canadian teen spent a precarious night clinging to Broadway Ledge on the Diamond of Longs Peak after he became separated from his climbing partner Tuesday.
Samuel Frappier, 19, of Quebec, was airlifted to safety early Wednesday evening after spending Tuesday night and all day Wednesday on a ledge on the east face of Longs Peak at roughly 13,000 feet in elevation.
Frappier and a friend were ascending Longs Peak Tuesday from the western side of Chasm Lake via Lambs Slide when they separated. Frappier became stranded on Broadway Ledge as he was descending from the summit of Longs Peak. He used a cell phone to alert rescuers.
Park officials said the teen was in an extremely precarious location. He did not report any injuries but indicated he could not go up or down.
Rescuers reached Frappier just before 6 p.m. Wednesday, and announced at 6:30 p..m. that he had been flown by helicopter to the landing zone at Upper Beaver Meadows in Rocky Mountain National Park.
He was taken by ambulance to Estes Park Medical Center for evaluation. Park officials said he could walk and talk.
Conditions, along with location, made for a harrowing rescue.
"For most of the day, they (rescuers) have encountered rapidly melting conditions on the east face of Longs Peak, which has caused significant snow and rock fall," said park spokesperson Kyle Patterson Wednesday. "This debris could injure rescue personnel as well as Samuel."
Conditions improved somewhat as the sun went behind Longs Peak as the day progressed.
" The east face is now mainly in the shade, so conditions are cooler and thus more stable," said Patterson later in the day.
Frappier had no experience as a mountaineer and no technical climbing equipment. He was wearing only cotton clothes and tennis shoes.
The initial rescue team arrived at the Chasm Shelter at the base of the east face of Longs Peak late Tuesday. By the time the rescue effort was finished, 28 team members and several helicopters were involved.
A Teton Interagency helicopter from Grand Teton National Park carrying four rangers was called in from Wyoming to assist in the rescue.
These rangers were experts in short-haul recovery of people from places where it is impossible or too dangerous to land a helicopter.
Short-haul rescues typically involve lowering one ranger by rope to the stranded person and lifting them out. They are also trained to administer emergency medical care. The park service and Bridger-Teton National Forest jointly contract two Bell Jet Ranger helicopters each summer for firefighting and rescue operations.
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TTR Kansas City 2-Day Meet and Greet at The SPOTT - Friday Naughty Neon Night
The SPOTT
Friday, January 20, 2017 at 8:30 PM - Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 5:00 AM (CST)
The SPOTT is proud to be hosting TTR Kansas City 2-day Meet and Greet. This 2-day extravaganza will bring in TTR members from Canada's 3 territories and 10 provinces, Mexico's 31 states and all across these great United States. As part of this National event, The SPOTT will be welcoming guests on both Friday night Jan. 20th (Neon night) and Saturday night Jan. 21st (Little Black Dress) from 8:30 until 5 AM. The slight increase in pricing for this weekend includes a $10 donation to a TTR members charity, Chino's Cause for Cancer. This Cause enables children with cancer to go to Disney World in Orlando, Florida who otherwise would never get the opportunity.
World renowned, The SPOTT Lifestyle and Swingers Club is the only place in the Midwest to come, meet and party with people just like you! There is always someone and something for everyone at The SPOTT. There are couples here looking for singles and other couples just like you. Come check us out some Saturday night and meet the largest group of sexy, friendly, open-minded, polite and respectful adults you have ever met! On an average Saturday night, we have around 300 people attend our private theme parties.
We party at The SPOTT every Saturday night from 8:30pm - 5:00am. Rain, sleet, or snow we will be open, partying and having fun. We have been in this private, secluded location right off the interstate yet off the beaten path for over 10 years without any incidents. Check out many of our pics of the club at www.thespottkc.com!
Contrary to the pubic stigma most often associated with swingers clubs, there is absolutely no one in this club who will even try to touch anyone else without their consent and permission. A more accurate depiction of The SPOTT would be to compare it to an adult couples only night club…..with a slight twist! Most of our single ladies and wives can (and DO) dress very seductively. They enjoy the freedom of walking around, socializing and partying without being harassed or groped by strangers which frequently happens in public venues. You will find everyone here at The SPOTT very polite, respectful and manners-minded resulting in everyone having an absolutely fabulous time!
The SPOTT offers a safe and fun environment for alternative lifestyles and swingers who would like to meet each other in an upscale, private night club setting. Our guests come here for the privacy and the opportunity to party like no other lifestyles club in the Midwest!! Please do not leave before midnight or you will miss the "Lick The SPOTT" chair. It's SOOOOO much fun……look for the Ready Whip cans coming out.
We are in business to have a kick ass party EVERY Saturday night. No other agendas. No strings attached. Period.
We advertise our parties exclusively on www.LifeStyleFriendFinder.com and fully support and endorse their website. We encourage everyone who comes into the club to be a member of www.LSF2.com.
Main Dance Hall Amenities:
-A huge 25 x 25 square foot dance floor
-Five stripper poles
-Upper balcony with spacious seating areas overlooking the main hall and events below
-Jumbo-Tron with dance floor camera system projecting all the action up onto the 15'x25' music/video HD projection system with Peavey Surround Sound
-The only dance floor with the Extreme Cooling System to keep you cool and fresh
-LED lighted floating Techno Superstructure surrounding the dance floor
-The most advanced LED lighting system synchronized with a DMX controller
-Live super DJ/VJ spinning all your favorite tunes, showing all the newest and hottest videos, and always taking your special requests
-A selection of reserved seating options including 10 "Las Vegas" style booths
-Tall bar height tables with cool LED lights and matching stools
-6 commercial size ceiling fans to keep the air moving and everyone comfortable
-5 commercial air purifiers
-The entire club and main hall areas are non-smoking areas
-Spacious enclosed 15'x15' smoking lounge with fans, 2 heat towers, and fireplace
-Brand new HVAC system to keep the party hall COLD in the summer and WARM in the winter
-No cameras/video are allowed in the main hall
Intimate Theme Lounges Featuring:
-4 smaller lounges including the Red, Blue, Green and School room
-1 larger ULTRA group lounge with a recently added Voyeur Viewing Area
-All lounges are clean, comfortable and well-appointed with newer, upscale leather couches/loveseats/sectionals
-2 lounges offer 42" flat screen TV's with DVD Blu-Ray HD player for your viewing entertainment (feel free to bring your own favorite DVD's)
-Fans/heaters, automatic fragrance sprayers, mints, Kleenex and wipes are provided
-Photos and videos may be taken in the private lounges
Building/Parking Features:
-Easy highway access in a low traffic, non-residential area
-Over 8,000 SF of party and play areas
-Open seating available most nights
-Advance reserved seating available every night
-Super clean bathrooms with deluxe hand soap, hand/body lotion, body spray, hairspray, deodorant, mouthwash, automatic air fresheners and paper towel dispensers
-Large ladies room with 4 toilets and no lines
-2 separate men's room and men's urinal rooms
-Gated and fenced parking lot for 100+ vehicles
-Unlimited street parking
-The WETTSPOTT opens when weather permits and offers a 16'x32' swimming pool with newly added deck and privacy fence….can anyone say Ultimate Pool Party???
-We are Kansas City's only "clothing optional" swimming pool!!!
Drinks/Snack Bar Area:
-For health regulations, we do not use shared 2L bottles or open ice bins
-Soda fountain with ice dispenser featuring Coke, Diet Coke, Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Sprite, Dr Pepper, Diet Dr Pepper, Mountain Dew, Pink Lemonade and triple filtered ice water
-Solo cups, straws, ice buckets, plates, plastic utensils, and paper napkins provided
-You may bring your own unique cup/mug/glass for easier location
-BYOB and coolers are allowed
-A small selection of "help yourself" high quality snacks are provided
-An outdoor fenced patio area with 3 picnic tables is available year round
Nearby Amenities:
-Gas station with liquor, tobacco, personal products and party supplies located ¼ mi. away at the entrance of Television Place
-Hotels with discounted rates for The SPOTT guests (see list below)
-A wide variety of restaurant choices and prices within 5 minutes
The SPOTT
2111 Television Place
Kansas City, MO 64126
-The SPOTT is located one exit north of the I-70 and I-435 interchange. We are 5 minutes south of Worlds of Fun and 10 minutes east of downtown Kansas City just off I-435.
From the I-70 and I-435 interchange (by the Royals/Chiefs stadiums)
Head north on I-435
Take the first exit north of I-70 (Exit 61 or 23rd ST)
Turn right onto 23rd street at the bottom of the exit ramp
Turn left at the first stop light which is Television Place
Continue past the small Conoco gas station and liquor store on the left
We will be the first building around the curve on your right, a very large silver & black building with no signage in the front
Please enter from the front door with the small black canopy facing the road
Tickets/Pricing/Table Reservations:
You must add your LSF2 profile username to the party guest list on www.LSF2.com before 6:00pm on Saturday by clicking the "I WILL ATTEND" button on the home page of LSF2 in order to get the discounted pricing—sorry, no exceptions. You may purchase your tickets and reserve tables in advance with a credit card at www.eventbrite.com and search for "SPOTT"
Nearby Hotel/Cab Info
Country Hearth & Suites
1051 N. Cambridge
Kansas City, MO 64120
(816) 483-7900
Clarion Inn Sports Complex
4011 Blue Ridge Cutoff
Kansas City, MO 64133
(816) 353-5300
Holiday Inn Sports Complex
9103 E. 39th Street
Kansas City, MO 64133
(816) 737-0200
The Drury Inn – Stadium
3830 Blue Ridge Cutoff (exit #9)
Kansas City, MO 64133
We've worked with and recommended these cab companies for years, please call them directly to schedule a drop off and pick up time:
913-232-1103 Robert
816-536-7510 City Wide
Come experience all the fun and sexy people only The SPOTT can offer!! You'll always feel welcome, safe and respected here. You will also find that it's the FUNNEST party in town!!
For questions or further information regarding the club or club rentals for birthdays, reunions, receptions, banquets, Quinceaneras celebrations, private photo shoots, and other private venue events please call/text or email Jeff at:
Register for email invites to theme parties:
Reserve/Pay for Tickets/Tables in advance:
View Singles/Couples Profiles:
The SPOTT Lifestyle & Swingers Club is Kansas City only private dance and social club that caters to couples and single females. They allow very few single men which creates an atmosphere where the ladies can relax and have fun without pressure from drunken single idiots.
It is a lifestyle & swingers club, but no one will touch you and most people do not do anything but dance and have a nice time. It is very large with a big dance floor and social lounges. There are usually around 200 people. Many of the ladies are dressed very seductively because they can walk around looking very sexy and not be messed with by other people. Every guy has their wife there so everyone is very respectful to all the women.
Come join us for one of the best parties you will ever attend.
This is not someone's house. This is a real lifestyle & swingers club.
We tell people it like going to a gay bar, even though you are not gay. Yes, you are going to a lifestyle & swingers club, but you do not have to be a swinger. It is a total blast and everyone has a great time.
This is the best kept secret in KC.
We are open every Saturday at 8:30PM
In order to purchase these tickets in installments, you'll need an Eventbrite account. Log in or sign up for a free account to continue.


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Coffee Conversations from 4-5:15 p.m. at Smith's Starbucks. The community is invited to join a weekly conversation about reimaging education in Los Alamos. This week's meeting topic is: Students Making the Right Choices. More information at odysseylosalamos.weebly.com or email@example.com.
Gentle Walks at 9 a.m. at the Nature Center. A gentle walk for which the emphasis is on discovery, not mileage gained. Free.
Fourth Friday Fractals at 7 p.m. at the Nature Center. See fractals in nature as a full-dome planetarium show! Cost is $10 for adults, $8 for children.
Trick–or–Treat on MainStreet will haunt downtown Los Alamos at 4 p.m. on Central Avenue, between 15th to 20th streets.
High Tech Halloween at the Bradbury Science Museum from 4-6:30 p.m. Interactive demonstration of a vacuum chamber, a simulated chain reaction using lights and optics and a "Critter Alley."
Christina Moore, the daughter of Tammy and David Moore, of Los Alamos, has been named to the Dean's List of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota for academic achievement during the fall semester of the 2015-2016 school year. A graduate of Los Alamos High School, Moore was a junior at Macalester last fall.
Nov. 29 — A boy. Larik David Max Marquez. Born to Kaylina and Christopher Marquez.
Nov. 30 — A boy. Isaiah Mateo Diaz. Born to Christen Montoya and Javier Diaz.
Nov. 30 — A girl. Kaylie Rose Martinez. Born to Erica M. Quintana and Louis D. Martinez.
Dec. 5 — A boy. Sabastian Jovanni Bencomo-Fernandez. Born to Melodie Fernandez and Jorge Bencomo.
Dec. 7 — A girl. Anikka Ava. Born to Becky Hill and Don Gallegos.
Dec. 9 — A boy. Elijah Aaron Frias. Born to Justine and Aaron Frias.
Dec. 10 — A boy. Xaden Ray Chase. Born to Kimberly McKelvey and Jerry Chase.
Dec. 10 — A boy. Jack Allen Mayeur. Born to Leslie and Jason Mayeur.
Dec. 11 — A girl. Payton Shayrose Lujan-Terrazas. Born to Melissa Lujan and Tito Terrazas.
Dec. 14 — A girl. Zerenity Anita Madrid. Born to Angel Marie Madrid.
July 27: A girl, Lisa Raylynn Dishta, born to Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Dishta
Aug. 8: A girl, Naevia Grace Villa, born to Tamara Sanchez and Jesse Villa
Aug. 8: A boy, Matthias Anthony Fabian Abeyta, born to Ambrosha Baca and Leon Abeyta
Aug. 11: A boy, Patrick Stuart Taylor, born to Laura and Stuart Taylor
Aug. 12: A boy, Preston Scott Tyler, born to Amanda Apgar and Eric Tyler
Aug. 15: A boy, Gilbert Joseph Lopez, born to Tammy and Bobby Lopez
Aubrie Powell, of Los Alamos, a graduate of Los Alamos High School, has graduated Magna Cum Laude from Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio with a bachelor's degree in music.
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The following Los Alamos students will begin their first semester at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales this fall: Trisha Barks, John Dermer, Miranda Honnell, Lauren Mazuranich, Jacqueline Fernandes and Richard Morley.
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Kendall Schneider and Mariah Zerr, of Los Alamos, have been selected to serve as President's Ambassadors at Eastern New Mexico University.
Erik Bojorquez and Taylor Pomeroy, both of Los Alamos, were named Eastern New Mexico University counselors for Dawg Days 2015. Dawg Days is the annual back-to-school kickoff weekend that serves as a welcome to new students. The weekend's events, including a foam party and community barbeque, are led by the Dawg Days counselors.
Game Night: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the Mesa Public Library in the Upstairs Rotunda.
Los Alamos Farmers Market. 7 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Mesa Public Library parking lot.
United Blood Services Blood Drive. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. at at the First Baptist Church Hall 2200 Diamond Dr. For more details contact United Blood Services at 1-877-UBS-HERO. Donors can enjoy an egg salad, ham, or turkey sandwich.
Downtown Dogs is a weekly walking group. All dogs and their humans are invited to walk from Pet Pangaea, 158 Central Park Square for a stroll around Downtown Los Alamos. 7 p.m. Come prepared with a standard leash, no longer than 6 feet.
Authors Speak Series. David Stuart. 7 p.m. at the Mesa Public Library upstairs rotunda.
Quiet, Gentle Walks. Join Sue Watts for a gentle walk along a relatively flat trail. The walks range from 1-2 miles and may include gentle changes in elevation. Each walk includes 20 minutes of silent walking. Free. Meets every Friday at 8:30 a.m. at the Nature Center. Check peecnature.org for any changes.
United Blood Services Blood Drive. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. at at the First Baptist Church Hall 2200 Diamond Drive. For more details contact United Blood Services at 1-877-UBS-HERO. Donors can enjoy an egg salad, ham, or turkey sandwich.
Art exhibits
The 11th Annual Gala Exhibition and Auction on display through Aug. 28 will showcase artists from across the U.S. and abroad who find inspiration in Fechin's legacy, Taos and the creative traditions of the Southwest.
Photographs Keith Carter "Ghostland" and Kate Breakey "Shadow and Light," at the photo-eye Gallery, 541 S. Guadalupe St. in Santa Fe. Show runs through Saturday.
Zane Bennett Gallery announces "IMPACTS! II" an exhibition featuring Bi Rongrong, Shen Fan, Liang Shaoji and others, with seven artists in total. The show is at 435 South Guadalupe St., across from the rail station in Santa Fe, and coincides with the Last Friday Art Walk in the Railyard Arts District. The grand opening will be from 5-7 p.m. Friday. There will be exciting events occurring during these openings involving traditional and contemporary Chinese culture, with more information to follow.
"Where the Buffalo Roam." Angel Wynn, American artist and photographer. Show runs through Aug. 31 at Angel Wynn Gallery in Santa Fe.
Kathleen Doyle Cook, "Intensity in Abstraction." Through Aug. 31 at the New Concept Gallery in Santa Fe.
Recurring meetings
Note: If any of the following listings need to be changed or removed, contact Gina Velasquez immediately at email@example.com, or 662-4185, ext. 21.
The Atomic City Corvette Club meets at 6 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month at Time Out Pizza in White Rock. For more information, contact Chris Ortega at 672-9789.
The Los Alamos Table Tennis Club meets from 7:30-10 p.m. Tuesdays; and from 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Saturdays, at the Betty Ehart Senior Center, lower level. On Tuesday, there is a fee of $2 per player. There is no charge on Saturday. For more information, contact Avadh Saxena at AVADH—firstname.lastname@example.com or Ed Stein at 662-7472.
The Lions Club meets at 84 Barcelona in White Rock on the first and third Thursdays. For more information, call 672-3300 or 672-9563.
The Rotary Club of Los Alamos meets at noon every Tuesday at the golf course, 4250 Diamond Dr. Guest speakers every week.
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos meets Tuesdays from Noon-1 p.m. at Trinity on the Hill Church in Kelly Hall.
Jonathan Vander Wiel, of Los Alamos, graduated with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering, Cum Laude from LeTourneau University spring graduation.
Antonia Batha, of Los Alamos, was named to the 2015 Dean's List at Union College in New York. Batha is a member of the Class of 2017, majoring in gender, sexuality and women's studies.
The following Los Alamos students will begin their first semester at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales this fall: Trisha Barks, John Dermer, Miranda Honnell and Lauren Mazuranich.
July 14: A boy, Liam Grant Ponce, born to Amber Pyle and Christian Ponce
July 25: A girl, Charlotte Isabel Thoren, born to Bryanna and Victor Thoren
Aug. 3: A girl, Aarya Grace Goff, born to Jaipriya and George Goff
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Motorists will have to detour around the intersection of Neuse Boulevard and First Street during the weekend as workers finish the $3 million water main project on Neuse Boulevard.
Motorists will have to detour around the intersection of Neuse Boulevard and First Street during the weekend as workers finish the $3 million water main project on Neuse Boulevard.
The intersection will close to through traffic from 9 p.m. Saturday until 6 a.m. Sunday. The detour is from Queen Street (off Board Street) to Pollock Street and Trent Road to Fort Totten Road. Properties located between the work zone and road closure barricades will be assessable to local traffic only.
Jordan Hughes, city engineer, said the city finished transferring all existing water services last week from the old 14-inch water main to the new 16-inch pipe under Neuse Boulevard.
The contractor is in the process of capping all ends of the 70-year-old water main and filling it will approved material. It will remain abandoned under Neuse Boulevard.
While the intersection is closed, the contractor will make the final disconnection between the old water main pipe and the new 16-inch pipe and repair the pavement.
Once the work at the First Street intersection is completed this weekend, some minor details, like repairing curb and gutter and patching pavement, will be done over the next few weeks, Hughes said.
�But this is the last major coupling of the water main,� he said.
The city made sure last week all of the water customer connections were switched over to the new water main, Hughes said.
�For the most part, everything went smooth,� he said. �We had a few hiccups with the paving. It was a difficult time of year to do repaving.�
The project began in October so some of the asphalt patching had to be done in the fall and winter.
�The good news is we are in the short rows as far as the resurfacing project,� Hughes said.
According to representatives with the Department of Transportation, the resurfacing work on Neuse Boulevard is scheduled to be let for bids in early July with the actual construction work to begin later this summer, Hughes said.
Preston Hunter, division maintenance engineer for the Department of Transportation, told the Sun Journal in March DOT was waiting to make sure all of the utility work on the water main was complete before the repaving begins.
Repaving Neuse Boulevard is such a large project, Hunter said, DOT would try to give the contractor six months to complete the job.
A rough cost estimate of the project is $2 million, Hunter said.
Once the repaving begins, it will be in two stages: milling and paving. About 2 inches of the existing asphalt will be removed for the new paving.
The new 16-inch pipes were installed under Neuse Boulevard beside the old water main it is replacing from First Street to Glenburnie Road.
Eddie Fitzgerald can be reached at 252-635-5675 or at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @staffwriter3.


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Parker's Heritage Cognac-Finished Bourbon—A Bargain Whiskey for 80 Bucks?
- September 30, 2011 |
- By Jack Bettridge
what just might be the spirits equivalent of when George Washington met
Lafayette, Heaven Hill Bourbon's Parker Beam and Alain Royer, the
former owner of Fussigny Cognac, have collaborated in an outstanding
Franco-American Bourbon finished in Cognac barrels for six months. The
whiskey is the fifth edition of the Parker's Heritage collection, a
limited series with which the company honors Beam, a sixth-generation
Made with 10-year-old, non-chill-filtered Bourbon from a rye mash bill, the 100-proof whiskey is an intense roller coaster ride with all the complexity, sweetness and nuance that its union with Cognac suggests. And, considering its high quality, this is a bargain whiskey at $80. With a finish that will not be stopped, it's truly a spirit for savoring.
It's also not Royer's first foray into wedding the qualities of Cognac and Bourbon. In 1999, he conspired with the storied Jim Beam master distiller Booker Noe, cousin of Parker Beam, to create Distiller's Masterpiece, another Cognac-finished Bourbon. That effort was similarly delicious, but started with 18-year-old Bourbon and sold for $250.
Master distiller Beam relished the chance to work with Royer on a style of whiskey new to him, saying, "It's nice to know that even after 50 years here at Heaven Hill, this old dog can learn some new tricks."
A finishing is an added aging in a different cask than the one that the spirit originally occupied. The practice is very common in Scotland, where typically whisky is aged in used Bourbon barrels and then transferred to containers that have aged such wines as fortified Port and Sherry. It is quite uncommon in Kentucky, however, where Bourbon typically spends its entire life in the legally proscribed charred, new, white-oak barrels.
and Beam collaborated on choosing the aspects of the spirit—from age of
the Bourbon, its grain content, to its proof and the length of finish.
While a Bourbon must be made from at least 51 percent corn, the smaller
grains are elective. Heaven Hill makes both Bourbons with spicy rye mash
bills and with softer wheat components. The two decided on the rye mash
bill for this project. They also considered, but rejected, Armagnac
casks for finishing.
Royer is known in the Cognac region as something of an innovator. While with Fussigny he created the Cigare Cognac, a brandy made specifically to be enjoyed while smoking cigars. He now works for Renaud Cointreau, which markets Cognac Frapin.
The casks chosen for the finish were Frapin vessels that had held three-year-old Grand Champagne Cognac. Grand Champagne is a highly prized subregion of Cognac. The casks were wrapped and shipped to Kentucky, where they were filled with Bourbon and rested for six months.
The oversize casks themselves presented a bit of a challenge as they did not conform to the machinery used for dumping the smaller 53-gallon Bourbon barrels. As well as having to be dumped by hand, the 15 Limousin oak casks also had to be stored differently. Because of their size (92.5 gallons), they couldn't be stacked in the standard racks. Instead they were laid on their sides in the aisles of the rickhouse.
The finishing yielded 6,000 750-milliliter bottles for the national release, which will not be repeated. So pick one up and pray that it won't take another 12 years for someone to make another Cognac-finished Bourbon.
Parker's Heritage Selection Collection Barrel Finished (50 percent alcohol by volume or 100 proof, $80)
APPEARANCE: You can fairly see the intensity of this liquid. The color is dark amber with reddish coppery hues. It rolls down the glass in fat, lusty legs.
NOSE: The whiskey announces its complexity and the presence of Cognac on the nose. It rolls out like Bourbon, all candied caramel, vanilla and maple, and then shifts gears to show it French influences with floral, fruity and nutty notes.
PALATE: Again, this elusive Bourbon is always changing in the mouth. Butterscotch candy, caramel, vanilla, maple syrup are the original impressions. Then it explodes on the back of the palate with spice, licorice and cinnamon, quickly turns nutty and then offers its coquettish floral and fruity side.
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Many thanks for some good improvements with the latest update.
One feature that I use a lot however, has now gone.
The right click on an item to manually add test results is no loger there.
I know you can Function / add manual test result, but this does not allow the date of the test to be recorded, just the date the data is entered into the software.
I record details of full rcd tests, calibration information and many other tests carried out on equipment, and the date these tests were carried out. It was so handy to have everything relating to a piece of equipment in one piece of software.
Also the right click on an item to print a test certificate is gone. Printing a single certificate now means a trip to reports to find the item and print a single certificate, which takes ages.
Is there any cahnce we could have these most useful features back?
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BANGKOK (AP) — A Cathay Pacific flight attendant is out of a job after writing on her Facebook page that she wanted to throw coffee in the face of a passenger who is the youngest daughter of Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
The flight attendant caused a stir in the Thai online communities last week for posting hostile comments about Paetongtarn Shinawatra. She also posted a picture of Paetongtarn's seating number on a Bangkok-to-Hong Kong flight she worked on Nov. 25.
The flight attendant said in her post that she called her personal adviser to ask "if it was all right to throw something on (Paetongtarn) on this flight."
"I discussed with another Thai colleague who didn't like them about going over to ridicule her dad before she steps out of the plane," she wrote. "Paetongtarn, I didn't throw coffee in her face today but she had no clue that I will keep on fighting until your clan can no longer live like fleas on the Thai soil."
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific posted Monday on its Thailand Facebook page that the flight attendant is "no longer an employee." It did not release the name of the worker, whose Facebook handle is Honey Lochanachai.
The flight attendant said Monday on Facebook that she resigned in order to take responsibility.
Thaksin, a divisive figure in Thai politics, was ousted in a 2006 coup and lives in self-imposed exile following a 2008 corruption conviction.
His sister Yingluck has been prime minister since last year, and her opponents say she is Thaksin's proxy. She recently survived a no-confidence vote in parliament and protests organized by Thaksin's opponents.


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Vote for the "July 5th" in the Slow Food Speakeasy Contest
Slow Food USA is running a "Slow Food Speakeasy" contest, which asked entrants to create a cocktail focusing on Ark of Taste products and local ingredients.
And some of our Slow Food neighbors here in Seattle - Christa and Shaun over at Booze Nerds - have made it to the finals! They are one of twelve contests in the final running to win a trip to the Terra Madre and Salone del Gusto world meeting in Turin, Italy.
Please check out their recipe and vote for their "July 5th" cocktail that features Sound Spirits Ebb & Flow Gin, Dr. Pickett's shrub, and more. Click here and scroll down to the bottom left to vote.
Check out their site for more details on the creation of this cocktail and for their other posts with other delicious-sounding drink ideas.
We asked them to tell us a little more about themselves and this drink and learned more about our fellow Slow Food enthusiasts. Check that out below and don't forget to vote!
Good luck to the Booze Nerds! Voting is open until June 19.
1. How did you hear about the contest?
We saw a mention of it in the 4/3 Slow Food USA newsletter.
2. What has been your relationship to Slow Food, both the actual organization and the concept itself?
We have a membership and occasionally go to local Slow Food events. We're very supportive of the ideals and goals of the organization, in terms of preserving local/heritage species, emphasizing fair practices for people involved in all stages of food production, and really enjoying time spent with friends and family preparing and eating good food.
3. Were you familiar with the Ark of Taste prior to the contest, or did the contest introduce you to that program?
Shaun was. Christa wasn't, so it was a great introduction. We'll have to make sure to mention it to the vendors at the U District farmers market that we usually go to, many of them raise great heritage fruits/vegetables/livestock that might be eligible.
4. Did this contest introduce you to any new-to-you ingredients you are curious about trying?
We were familiar with the spirits/liqueurs we used and had tried other Dr. Pickett's shrubs, but we hadn't tried the watermelon-violet one we ended up using.
5. Were there any of the Pacific Northwest region-specific Ark of Taste products that you played around with in the creation process?
No. We did play with rye, but that's nation-wide. We had thought about trying the birch syrup but hadn't gotten around to picking any up. We would have loved to use Black Republican cherries, which we've had before and are very fond of, but unfortunately they aren't in season yet.
6. Are there other general Pacific Northwest products (Ark or non-Ark) that you might not have included in this particular cocktail but that you love and would recommend to Slow Food folks?
Black Republican and Northstar cherries. Egremont russett apples (I think they are originally a British varietal, but the ones raised around here are phenomenal). On the non-cocktail front, pork and guinea hens from Seabreeze Farm and bacon from Skagit Valley Ranch. Anything from Blue Valley meats. Cherries, apples & stone fruits from Grouse Mountain farm.
7. What is the thing you would most look forward to if you won the trip to Terra Madre?
Introducing people to some great Pacific Northwest cocktail ingredients would be great. We think the Presidia and international marketplace would both be incredible chances to learn about and try artisanal foods from other regions. Also, being in Turin in October, hopefully we'd find our way to some Barolo and white truffles :)
8. Anything else you'd like to include?
If you like a good cocktail, we highly recommend that you check out the craft cocktail and distilling scene in the PNW. We have a lot of great products here that we just love.
Thanks, Christa and Shaun!


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Another little winter themed bento. 'Tis the season, afterall! :)
This sandwich box holds:
- sunflower butter sandwich
- pretzel sticks
- cheddar cheese gingerbread guy and muenster candy cane
- clementine
- grapes
- pickles, because Paige insisted "I must have pickles!"
The sandwich has an impression of a gingerbread man on it. I used a toast-press thing on it, but you could get the same effect with a regular cookie cutter too. :) The front is decorated with tiny icing eyes and star sprinkles...if my last gingerbread guy looked deranged, this one looks downright scary (to me!). No, matter, Paige loved it. :) Her preschool does the cutest gingerbread man series theme this time of year and she's wholly obsessed with gingerbread people now, hence their appearance in several lunches already. :)
The cheese shapes were decorated with food-safe markers.
I am so excited for the winter break!! The bento posting may slow down, but will not completely stop while the kids are out of school. I have some catching up to do, but also, I've been working on a really fun series of posts that will start up on Christmas day! I'm really excited about them! :)
Thursday, December 16, 2010
winter themed sandwich bento box :)
Posted by Melissa at 2:47 PM
Labels: Christmas, everset sandwich box, theme
3 comments:
- Jenn @ BentoForKidlet said... [Reply to comment]
Aww what a cute googly eyed Gingerman :D Lunch looks amazing!!
- December 17, 2010 at 12:27 PM
- Lisa said... [Reply to comment]
Super cute!
- December 23, 2010 at 11:09 PM
- amy@BreadandCircuses said... [Reply to comment]
I love your site and my 4 year old even loves to look at the lunches. I just can't get him to eat any of them!!! I will keep trying. (Like one of yours, he also hates sandwiches.)
I have added a link to your site from my new blog as well. I try to tell all of my friends about your ideas. I just wish I could get some of the great lunchboxes and accessories. We do not have these things available in the UK.
- December 27, 2010 at 1:32 PM
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I spent this past week smiling and clinking wine glasses with a multi-millionaire from the town of GuangYan roughly two hours north of the capital by highway.
This particular boss is one of a breed of new rich that rule the "small" towns and cities outside of the major hub cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and, in the west, Chengdu. These men are building empires in China's interior.
Many of them have certain characteristics that the big city folk have picked up and like to use to ridicule the new bosses:
"Big Bosses like to yell into their cell phones, wherever they are. They roll five to ten deep, and all the employees are relatives. Big Bosses drive the most expensive foreign cars, wear the most expensive suits, announce investments to the world. They have a belt with little pouches for keys, cell phones #1 and #2 and, if they are real country, the beeper. And they carry a black bag under their arm wherever they go."
Its common for a big boss to have a company in name, but a mafia-like crew in reality. Mafia in the sense that these fellas roll two to a car, thirteen cars deep, wear sunglasses, are married with girlfriend and have really big wads of cash on hand at all time.
My particular boss would reach into the requisite black leather bag and just pull out cash. 10,000RMB (1200USD) for dinner, 5000RMB for belts, another 4000RMB for dinner. Boss Sung lives around the iron eating schedule of the Chinese 8am breakfast, 12pm lunch and 6pm dinner and money. Everybody in China seems to be trying to trick everybody else out of their money, so a big boss will usually make a point of extolling the virtue of honesty and respect for underlings.
"Now, me for example, I make sure all my employees make the money."
And it is important that all the people around the boss look good, eat good and drive good. Any car more than two years old will get the "yeah well, its allright" look from the boss.
Aside from all the quirky little habits of the Chinese new rich, it must be clearly stated that these men are extremely shrewd and insatiable.
The current rage is real estate.
Boss Sung was deeply engaged in negotiations with a the mayor of a town just an hour east. The deal involves the development of 26 square miles of farming villages and small hotels scattered about a lush gorge fed by pure mountain spring water. The boss wants to build a resort to lie astride the highway being built through the area.
After spending a large sum of money feeding, entertaining and lodging two separate entourages, Boss Sung returned to HQ with the dismal news that the deal will be delayed indefinitely. The family moaned and everybody gathered together from the lowliest intern to the right hand man and went over the details with the Boss, trying to find a way to patch the multi-million dollar deal together. After roughly twenty mintues of discussion, the family collectively agreed that, indeed, the deal was on hold.
Everybody took a breath. In that breath, Boss Sung murmured that one of the spots that they took the mayor to on his tour of the Boss's hometown looked a little underdeveloped. "Not only that, but I have the number of the man in charge right here."
Ten minutes later a trip to the capital was postponed while the family prepared to discuss the development of this new area into a new resort. Its a confusing contradiction: how quickly these bosses can act on an idea, and the long drawn out period it takes for most deals to be completed in China.
As quick as these guys move on a local tip, they are a little slower to interact with foreigners. Business styles are very different and trust is difficult to build, no matter how many times one affirms mutual good will over glasses of stiff baijiu. Boss Sung's only encounter seems to be with that of a Canadian investor in real estate about two years ago. The family guided the Canadian through the maze of paper free of charge and the Canadian waved good-bye with a fistfull of cash two years later.
Boss Sung asked me what Americans think of the government. I said real Americans have no use for a bad government and and consider an invisible government the best. (Couldn't help myself …)
Boss Sung scoffed. "Yeah well, that shows what you Americans know."
For super-charged capitalists like Sung, the government is hopefully a partner and friend. A thorny government surrounded by a wall of papers is Boss Sung's nightmare. Lord knows how much bosses spend on politicians during the Spring Festival, when such gifts are traditionally handed out.
Rich Guys are pretty much the same the world over, but what distingushes Chinese Big Bosses fromt the rest of the worlds is that there are so many of them and they move so quick. Every town with 200,000 people or more has a collection of big bosses. The guy that runs utilities. The guy with all the prime property. The hotel guy.
The bosses of one town know each other and work together, and it was never made clearer to me the power of the hometown than at my first dinner with Boss Sung and his people. Everybody was a native of GuangYan. Sung has lived there for 20 years. Sung is therefore not a native and never 100% "in."
These towns outside of the capital are exploding: universities, housing developments, huge parks and fancy hotels, highways, airports; basically everything you would find in a major city. These bosses are responsible for that.
These little empires run by good ol boy networks are prosperous, vibrant and completely subordinate to the government. Boss Sung's comment on government was made a bit clearer when I realized that the deal with the mayor had been delayed not because the mayor a town away was holding it back, but because a whole collection of papers had to be filled out and placed before the Man, in Beijing.


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TMZ is reporting that amidst today's announcement that Britney Spears has quit The X Factor, the singer will instead be working on her eighth studio album. The disc is to be produced largely by her Scream and Shout collaborator Will.i.Am, as well as Danja.
While we're excited to hear a new disc from the Princess of Pop, we're torn on whether working with Will.i.Am is the best move. We break it down in this Scream and Shout list of pros and cons.
1. Scream and Shout is kind of terrible.
2. Britney's most recent albums have been heading in the direction of Will.i.Am's dance-driven sound for a while and this pairing could mean we're getting a replica of Femme Fatale.
3. These two together may break a record for the most product placements in a video/album.
4. More fake British accents from Brit.
1. Scream and Shout is kind of excellent.
2. Fergie's debut solo album, The Duchess, was produced by her BEP bandmate Will.i.Am and included huge hits like Fergalicious and Clumsy.
3. Britney isn't one to experiment with her sound, making Will.i.Am a safe bet for an album full of chart topping singles.
4. Will.i.Am works better when he's involved with other artists, ie. Blacked Eyed Peas and The Beginning versus Will.i.Am and Songs About Girls.
What do you think about the pairing? Is Will.i.Am the right Producer for Britney's next album?
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This session will feature six speakers, each of whom is among the contributors to two special issues of Libraries & the Cultural Record on women pioneers in the information sciences. This session will be the third in a series presented by the Special Interest Group on History and Foundations of Information Science (HFIS). It will spotlight the lives and contributions of remarkable women pioneers in information science. The individual presentations will be about women whose fields of specialty and accomplishments fall in a wide variety of areas-practice, research, education for the profession, or information policy. Each paper will address the pioneer's leadership, innovation, and advocacy, as well as the historical context and social and professional milieu in which she worked and made her contributions. Each presentation will be about 15 minutes long, and enhanced with slides to show photographs or other relevant historical materials.
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Michael Buckland. Suzanne Briet, pioneer in documentation and reference service in France
Joan Lussky. Henrietta Avram, networking pioneer at the Library of Congress and developer of MARC
Malissa Ruffner and Emily Glenn. Winifred Sewell, pioneering medical librarian and educator in medical informatics
Linda C. Smith and Carol Tenopir. Martha E. Williams, pioneer researcher, editor, educator, entrepreneur, and professional leader
Maria Rosario Osuna Alarcón. Maria Moliner, pioneering librarian and lexicographer in the Second Republic in Spain. (If Professor Osuna cannot attend the conference, Kathryn La Barre will substitute with a presentation on Pauline Cochrane)
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Another segment of a project The Rise and Fall of a Saloon In The Latter Part off The Twentieth Century. These excerpts are not chronological. In fact very little logic prevails…
The Meat Market
Most people are trying to escape.
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Meat market
Slang. An establishment, such as a nightclub, where one looks for a sexual partner.
Those that called The Bar a meat market most condescendingly were likely those who never got laid.
Certainly some people went to The Bar hoping to pick up a quick sexual liaison. To say otherwise would be a joke, nay it would be a damn lie. With a cynically trained eye a person could stand at the front door with the doorman (a spot I favored) and those people Looking For Something Warm and Wet might as well had neon signs pointing at them. Pheromones would be thick enough to cut with a knife on some nights.
The eyes would sparkle and the lip gloss gleamed wetly on many a lip promising Great Delights if the proper key were applied and some hinted that the lock may not even be engaged.
The universally fetching Great American Icon, the Little Black Dress, would make its appearance along with short skirts freeing lovely legs and even the semi-translucent blouse. Breasts, enclosed in brassieres or unfettered and mobile, would be challenging the restraining cloth of blouse or dress, often threatening to escape…and occasionally succeeding…much to the delighted eyes of the males and the steely, sidelong glances of The Competition.
But it can also be said that people came for other reasons. And some did.
Truth be told, some came for drugs because having a good time and drugs will always go hand in hand particularly among the young as they experiment and challenge the idea that they will live forever. The Owner had a firm immediate termination rule aimed at any employee caught selling drugs. So at The Bar buying drugs was not always a possibility but women could usually find a guy on the make who was using cocaine as a lure. And like any fisherman the guy would often go home with his bait can empty and no fish to show for it.
Some, women mostly, came to enjoy the music and dance..
The man who does not dance is at a severe disadvantage in a live music saloon.
True, some women do not dance but dancing is a refined form of flirtation and a powerful tool when a guy was looking for companionship. Dancing allowed a woman to 'accidentally' do touchings and displays she might be too shy to try off the dance floor and the male who spurns dancing because he feels it's 'unmanly' is only impressing himself and often will have only himself to go to bed with that night.
But having said that, many couples met and married via The Bar and at least one wedding was held there.
"Meat Market?"
You read of admonitions to avoid saloons to try to find partners. You should instead go to church groups or special interest groups…museum or art/literary groups. Now a question that might be asked is if you go to such gathers specifically looking for a hookup does that not make that setting a meat market?
Some magazine articles claimed that those trolling for companionship might find such in the local supermarket. At least 'market' is in the title of the location so it is, if anything, honest.
Because the hormones are coursing through people's veins any event or locale that puts a male and a female together can be a potential pick up situation and if an area becomes a popular meeting spot then you have a 'meat market.'.
Was The Bar a meat market?
You bet it was!
People went there with the distinct aim to corrupt the morals of their fellow humans.
People went there looking for companionship.
People went there looking to slake their lusts
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There's no one left who thinks DeSean Jackson will play for the Eagles this season.
The latest report on Jackson's looming departure comes from the Philadelphia Inquirer, which cites "three independent NFL sources" as saying that the Eagles have intensified their efforts to trade Jackson. The report says, "He's as good as gone," and puts the chances of Jackson playing for the Eagles in 2014 at less than 5 percent.
As interesting as the Inquirer report is the identity of the reporter: Jeff McLane, who had been adamant for the last two weeks that Jackson wasn't going anywhere. Shortly after we first started hearing talk that Jackson would be gone, McLane wrote in no uncertain terms that such talk was bogus. McLane confirmed with "almost a dozen sources" that the Eagles aren't interested in trading Jackson. McLane also wrote that it was "madness" to suggest that Jackson could be on the way out, and McLane wrote a week later that the Eagles "most certainly aren't" considering trading Jackson. McLane has gone from saying there's a 96.5 percent chance that Jackson will be an Eagle to saying there's a greater than 95 percent chance that Jackson won't be an Eagle.
If McLane thinks Jackson is on the way out, then it's safe to say that everyone thinks Jackson is on the way out.
Then the question becomes, where does Jackson go? The 49ers, Patriots and Panthers have all been mentioned as teams that could have interest, but all three of those teams would have a hard time squeezing Jackson's $10.25 million base salary under the cap. Two teams that do have enough space for Jackson and have been floated as potential destinations are the Jets and Raiders.
Will those teams be willing to give up a draft pick for Jackson? That could be a tall order, as interested teams might believe they can wait for the Eagles to cut him and then sign Jackson without having to give the Eagles anything for him. However, Jackson is such a unique playmaker that there's probably some team willing to give up a late-round pick and take on his hefty salary.
The good news for the Eagles is that they can take their time. Some players have large offseason roster bonuses, or clauses in their contracts that make their salaries fully guaranteed if they are on the roster beyond a certain date. Jackson, however, doesn't get his money until the season starts. That means the Eagles can wait until training camp or the preseason to decide whether to cut him, trade him or keep him.
But just because the Eagles can wait doesn't mean they will. For starters, if they're going to trade Jackson for a draft pick they'd presumably want to do it before the draft, so they can get a rookie who will help them this year. There's also the risk that Jackson could suffer a serious injury during Organized Team Activities, which would force the Eagles to pay him his salary while he's on injured reserve. And the Eagles might start to worry that all these Jackson stories are becoming a distraction. So there's a good chance that the Eagles will move quickly.
A good time to move quickly would be next week's league meetings, where all of the NFL's top decision makers will congregate. Not only is Jackson likely to be out of Philadelphia before the season starts, there's a good chance that he'll be traded within the next week.