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Addiction is a difficult battle to fight alone, which is why we have addiction specialists available to help patients find treatment programs around Monroe, Indian Trail, Matthews and Mint Hill. Whether an individual is best suited to Monroe inpatient drug detox centers or another type of program, a qualified addiction specialist will have the experience to help him or her find the right treatment option. Any drug can cause dependency and addiction, which will have a significant impact on an individual's life. Fortunately, there are also treatment programs available for all types of drugs, including heroin, methamphetamine, prescription drugs and cocaine.
Types of Monroe Addiction Treatment Programs
The two main types of addiction treatment programs are inpatient and outpatient. Within these types of programs are several different treatment methods which will depend on the specific facility. The first stages of dealing with a drug addiction involve removing the patient from substances they are currently using. A Monroe drug detox program accomplishes this, usually through a combination of therapy and medication.
Addiction therapy focuses on helping the patient better understand their thoughts and emotions, with the ultimate goal of understanding why they began using drugs. After determining this, the patient can develop methods to control themselves and steer clear of drugs in the future. An addiction therapist will work privately with the patient, but group therapy is also a common type of treatment that leads to group members helping each other with support and understanding.
Both Monroe inpatient drug detox centers and intensive outpatient programs can prescribe medications to patients. These non-addictive medications keep difficult withdrawal symptoms in check. Facilities will also sometimes use medications to alleviate the cravings patients have after they've detoxed.
Living at a Monroe Inpatient Drug Rehab Facility
When a patient goes to an inpatient drug rehab, they stay there for a certain length of time. It could be days, weeks or months, depending on the facility and the patient. It's common for a Monroe drug detox program to be inpatient so staff can offer medical supervision while the patient detoxes, especially when medication is involved.
Inpatient facilities allow the patient to focus entirely on their recovery in a safe environment that doesn't have the potential temptations of home. The patient will go to addiction therapy and have either a private or shared room. Meanwhile, staff are always around to monitor patients and provide support and care.
Receiving Monroe Intensive Outpatient Addiction Treatment
For patients who don't use drugs as often and could handle a detox without medical supervision, there is intensive outpatient addiction treatment. This can still involve medication, but the patient won't be living at the facility after treatment is done for the day. The individual will come in, receive their treatment and then leave to return to their normal life. The intensive portion will vary in time depending on the patient's progress. As he or she improves, they can transition to part-time intensive treatment with less frequent visits.
Outpatient treatment allows the patient to handle their usual responsibilities every day while still getting help. It works well for those who need to continue working, going to school or taking care of their families, as long as the patient is fully committed to staying away from temptations.
One of the most important parts of being successful in recovery is picking the correct addiction treatment. Our addiction specialists know what different programs have to offer and can assess each individual's situation to find the treatment that matches their unique needs.


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Extreme Victory takes Synchro Monsters to their ultimate extreme, with the new T.G. (Tech Genus) monsters. T.G. Decks are specially designed to crank out Synchro Monsters at a fast and furious pace. And they can do it over and over and over again. But Duelists can also put the smackdown on Synchro Monsters, once and for all! The Meklords are a vast army of hungry, hungry machines. When they see a Synchro Monster, they simply devour it - and use its powers for themselves! This set also includes new cards for many popular championship Decks, including Gladiator Beasts, Blackwings, Six Samurai and more. It's the set for Duelists who don't just want a victory - they want an Extreme Victory!


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- Under Construction April 2010 - 1966 Pontiac LeMans, 1968 Biscayne Wagon, and 1972 Dodge Charger
Under Construction April 2010 - 1966 Pontiac LeMans, 1968 Biscayne Wagon, and 1972 Dodge Charger
1966 Pontiac LeMans
Snowball Effect
Almost any car guy will be asked the question, "How did you get into cars?" "I'm 46, and have always had the car bug bad. I think my first two-syllable word was Corvette. When I was little, my grandmother arranged for a ride for my brother and I in the front seat of a neighbor's '65 Corvette. It was white with blue interior with a four-speed manual. We were little, as we both fit comfortably on the passenger seat. I was hooked ever since," says Jay Bovarnick, owner of this 1966 Pontiac LeMans. When the American muscle car was abundant, Jay was up front jumping at the chance to play with the big boys with their V-8, rear-wheel-drive toys.
One of the first large-scale projects Jay dug into was his 10-year-old son's '70 Boss 302. The lucky kid agreed to keep his father company in the garage and build up his car with him, learning along the way. They did a lot of the work, but because it was a real Boss car, they didn't want to get too wild and hurt the value of the rare classic. Jay was pleased with the result, but he craved a build with fewer rules.
That's when this LeMans came into the game. Jay wanted to keep his son involved, so he let him pick the car, a Pontiac A-body. He wanted to start with a solid car to limit the number of surprises that would come up. They searched eBay, the local paper, and automotive listing publications for months when they stumbled over this car in Hemmings. The car was in terrific shape and was only one town over. The justification to his wife was that he would leave the paint alone and do everything himself on a budget. So much for that ...
When the car came home, he discovered some issues on the floor and decided to separate the body from the frame. The rest was history. He went a little overboard with the whole project and things spun out of control in more than a couple instances. He found that over a third of his time and money spent was working backward because of poor research or trying to do something himself that he should have outsourced. Jay says next time he's sending his car out to be sandblasted instead of doing it at home, and he's going with a crate engine.
|Jay Bovarnick, 46 Medfield, MA
|Pontiac 400
|Rotating assembly:
|factory crank and rods, 10.25:1 compression
|Cylinder heads:
|Edelbrock Performer RPM aluminum
|COMP Cams hydraulic roller, 222/230 degrees duration
|Harland Sharp roller rockers
|Edelbrock Torker II intake modified for fuel injection, FAST XFI injection, Spectre air intake
|MSD Pro Billet distributor, 6AL box
|Fuel system:
|Aeromotive fuel pump, -AN lines
|Hedman headers, 3-inch exhaust, Dynomax mufflers
|Front suspension:
|Flaming River steering, stainless tilt column, Hotchkis suspension
|Rear suspension:
|Hotchkis suspension
|Wilwood 12-inch disc front and rear, small dual-piston rear, SSBC master cylinder, Hydroboost booster
|House of Color Cinnamon Pearl and True Blue
|Goodyear Eagle
|Boyd Coddington
|700-R4 overdrive automatic
|Rear axle:
|Moser 9-inch, 31-spline axles, 3:73:1 gears, Eaton posi
'68 Biscayne Wagon
Track Buddy
The way most racing teams function is there is a tow-rig with some crew, but everyone not contained in the rig's walls will catch the next flight home after the race is over. Not Jason Line. Jason is the 2006 NHRA Pro Stock champion, and drives the Summit Racing Pro Stock GXP car. He took the more adventurous route and teamed with crew chief Rob Downing and crew member Pat Topolinski to take on the 44-hour drive from The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to the KB Racing shop in Mooresville, North Carolina. They took his latest ride, a powder-blue '68 Chevrolet Biscayne station wagon. "The first car I ever drove was a '68 Impala, and for some reason I've liked them since then, so it was a natural choice for a project car," Line says. "I actually have a '68 Biscayne wagon back in Minnesota with a 427 in it, but it's completely rusted out, so I was looking for something with a good body that I could transfer the drivetrain into."
Jason asked NHRA announcer Alan Reinhart to help him search the state of Arizona for a project since his hometown state's cars have major rust problems. The guys don't get a lot of days off, but through a lucky schedule of West Coast races, they were able to plan some road trips. Reinhart went to check out a lead Jason found, and the car checked out OK. The next item on the list was to drive it to Las Vegas where Jason could take the keys and bring it home. That's how the 2,200-mile road trip started. There were several issues along the way, keeping warm being the biggest. They had a spare set of points, wires, coolant, and some other emergency repair items but nothing catastrophic happened. The road warrior got between 12 and 16 mpg, a fair mileage for a car of its age and size. They traded driving shifts, and made it home in less than two days.
The guys had such a blast that Jason decided to do a complete overhaul on the wagon to make it the best Biscayne he could imagine. Jason obviously has a close relationship with Summit Racing, so it was a no-brainer to turn to the pages of their catalog to dream up his build. He chose all Hotchkis and Moog suspension components and a disc brake setup from Summit. To take over power duty, he's building a 557ci big-block Chevy starting with a GMPP block, Trick Flow heads and intake, COMP valvetrain, and a Summit carburetor. Sounds like a gas guzzler, but a small powerplant just isn't an option for Jason.
|Jay Bovarnick, 46 Medfield, MA
|Pontiac 400
|Rotating assembly:
|factory crank and rods, 10.25:1 compression
|Cylinder heads:
|Edelbrock Performer RPM aluminum
|COMP Cams hydraulic roller, 222/230 degrees duration
|Harland Sharp roller rockers
|Edelbrock Torker II intake modified for fuel injection, FAST XFI injection, Spectre air intake
|MSD Pro Billet distributor, 6AL box
|Fuel system:
|Aeromotive fuel pump, -AN lines
|Hedman headers, 3-inch exhaust, Dynomax mufflers
|Front suspension:
|Flaming River steering, stainless tilt column, Hotchkis suspension
|Rear suspension:
|Hotchkis suspension
|Wilwood 12-inch disc front and rear, small dual-piston rear, SSBC master cylinder, Hydroboost booster
|House of Color Cinnamon Pearl and True Blue
|Goodyear Eagle
|Boyd Coddington
|700-R4 overdrive automatic
|Rear axle:
|Moser 9-inch, 31-spline axles, 3:73:1 gears, Eaton posi
|TH400, manual valve body, Hughes converter, stock column shift
|Rear axle:
|GM 12-bolt re-worked by Detroit Speed, 3.31:1 gears, stock GM posi
|Front suspension:
|Hotchkis control arms, shocks, and Global West bushings
|Rear suspension:
|Hotchkis control arms
|Summit discs, front and rear
|All steel '68 body by Street Customs and Restoration
|Summit paint
|Cragar S/S
|To be determined
'72 Dodge Charger
Farmer's Fancy
Many of us are told early in life to find a job that's secure and lucrative enough to support their family; having passion for a job is a secondary condition. Dave Hall served his years in college to collect his degree in computer science, and worked for 15 years beside the leaders of several successful companies. He was a partner in a software development firm and very successful in his field, but that didn't satisfy him. He always tinkered with his beloved muscle cars when he had time off the clock, but didn't get the amount of work done in that time to make him happy. One day, Dave said enough to the clickety-clack of the keys in the white-walled office, and left the computer biz.
Dave was thrown into the automotive industry by his father, owner of a used car dealership with a full-service shop. He worked there as soon as he was old enough, and got really interested in cars. He remembers his girlfriend in high school had a '68 Firebird to match her father's '69, and Dave was jealous as he helped her work on the 'Birds. He had an '84 at the time, but it wasn't quite the same. He finally got a '72 455 four-speed HO Firebird-his first expedition into a real restoration job on his own. He kept it as a hobby though, because that was the smart thing to do at the time.
Five years ago, Dave started a business called Restore a Muscle Car. It started as just him and a good friend working part-time doing bodywork to finish a couple projects, and evolved into a full-time gig. The 15,000-foot shop in Lincoln, Nebraska, was just enough to swallow the explosion of business three years ago.
Wayne Heine bought this '72 Dodge Charger new off the showroom floor almost 40 years ago. For the last two decades, the Charger was left in a barn to have the internals eaten away by mice. Heine is an old-school farmer, who doesn't take many trips out into the populated parts of the state, but the hour-long drive to visit his car at Restore a Muscle Car was getting him back on the scene. He asked Dave to keep the car looking original, but with modern touches to make it more fun, and it looks like they are doing just that.
|'72 Dodge Charger
|Wayne Heine Waco, NE
|6.1L late-model Hemi
|'07 Charger radiator and electric fans
|Fuel system:
|dual electric fuel pumps
|TTI headers, 3-inch exhaust, MagnaFlow polished mufflers
|Ring Brothers
|six-speed manual from ProMotion
|PST 4-inch aluminum
|Rear axle:
|Ford 9-inch with 3.73 gears
|Front suspension:
|RMS front K-member
|Rear suspension:
|RMS rear four-link
|Wilwood four-wheel disc brakes
|recovered Sebring convertible buckets
|'07 Charger gauge cluster with RedLine gauge adapters
|Mazda touchscreen inside '09 Challenger console, Kicker speakers
|'07 Charger steering column
|Vintage Air A/C, power windows and seats
|welded subframe connectors, custom floor tunnel for trans clearance
|Hemi Orange base/clear
|Wheel Vintiques Magnum 500, 17x9
Mothers Picture Perfect Award
Our Hometown Hot Rodding column is not appearing this month because our 25-page Homebuilt Muscle story is taking its place. We normally award a nice assortment of Mothers car care products to the best car photo appearing in Hometown Hot Rodding. If you'd like to enter to win the Mothers swag, please send us some photos (a CD with digital images and companion prints) along with a detailed spec sheet to us at Popular Hot Rodding, Attn: Hometown Hot Rodding, 774 S. Placentia Ave., Placentia, CA 92870. Please remember that all photos need to be a minimum of 3,000 x 2,000 pixels. Be sure to include your contact information and address so we know where to send your Mothers!


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Honolulu is going to get a new mayor this fall.
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Honolulu is going to get a new mayor this fall. Due to term limitations, Mayor Jeremy Harris can no longer run, so the job is open to a fresh face for the first time in a decade.
As this election year unfolds, we're bound to hear a lot about who the next mayor might be—who is running, how much are they raising, who is ahead in the polls. But before all that begins, we thought this would be a good time to step back and ask a deeper question. We're the public, we're hiring for the position of mayor, candidates for the job are starting to emerge. This is the time to ask, What do we want out of this person? What do we want our next mayor to do?
We put that very question to community groups, neighborhood boards, business associations, even a couple of applicants for the job of mayor. The result is a kind of position description for a most demanding job. From what we've been told, the next mayor of Honolulu must:
1. Sweat the small stuff
It came up in interview after interview: If there's one thing the next mayor of Honolulu needs to do, it's get back to basics. "Public safety, the police and fire departments, roads, health and sanitation, those are the core functions of government," says Lowell Kalapa, president of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, a 30-year veteran of watchdogging local politicians. "Our last mayor has focused on the icing, not the cake."
As an example, Kalapa mentions the great pothole crisis of this past winter, when heavy rains disintegrated our already ragged roads. This forced the current mayor to authorize some $2.5 million in emergency roadwork. "But if the roads had been repaved on a 17-year cycle, as they should have been, we wouldn't have had the mess," insists Kalapa. Think about all the money in car registration fees and vehicle weight taxes we've been paying all these years. "What has the city been doing with that money, if the potholes are still there?"
Then there are the sewers, which apparently are in as, ahem, crappy a condition as the roads. "The Environmental Protection Agency has given us a deadline of 2005 to upgrade the Sand Island sewage facility, or the city is going to be put under a federal consent decree," says Kalapa. The city has known about this, but, instead of fixing the problem, has actually been raiding the sewer fund just to keep the city operating.
"Soccer fields and Brunch on the Beach make for nice campaign materials," says Kalapa. "But sometimes a mayor just has to say, No!"
Also pressing for the city to simplify is Dick Rowland, president of the Grassroot Institute, a public policy analysis institute. "I think the next mayor ought to carefully define the core functions of the city and focus on those," he says. "That means stopping a lot of what the city has been doing that isn't any of its business." The result, he argues, should be lower taxes and a streamlined, more efficient government.
One of the problems is that the city has overextended itself, says former city councilman Mufi Hannemann (who, of course, wants the job of mayor). Debt service is now quickly overtaking public safety as the No. 1 annual expense. "This is no position for the city to be in," he says. "The next mayor of Honolulu needs to know the difference between nice-to-have' projects and need-to-have' projects. The roads have to be maintained, the parks, the sewers. People want to know that when they call 911, emergency workers are going to show up."
One last example of city overreaching comes from state Sen. Sam Slom: the new Lunalilo Home Road median strip in Hawaii Kai. "Everyone who came to testify testified against it, the neighborhood board opposed it unanimously and the mayor went ahead and built it anyway," says Slom. "The next mayor of Honolulu needs to understand that, while entertainment events and new trees may be nice, it's important to take care of core responsibilities."
OK, the foregoing folks have certain political axes to grind. But they weren't the only ones to emphasize that our next mayor better sweat the small stuff. Jim Tollefson, president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, also thinks the next mayor needs to take care of "basic infrastructure." Says Tollefson, the next mayor must be able to prioritize. "Many things will need to be done, [so] the new mayor will need to set priorities, say no to some nice-to-have things and focus on what needs to be done."
Potholes may be popping up county-wide, but some city neighborhoods are plagued with all sorts of aging infrastructure problems, neighborhoods such as downtown Honolulu itself. Lynn Matusow, chair of the downtown neighborhood board, has a list: The city's expensive security cameras in Chinatown still don't all work; a new park—20 years in development—still has no playground equipment; blackouts and brownouts are common; dens of criminal activity still thrive on blocks of Hotel Street; the streets need repairs and better lighting. "The city does everything for show, then never pays to maintain it," she says. "We need to talk about maintenance and not glitz."


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Two new books – and fear of climate change – make James Pallister reconsider architecture's relationship with utopian thought
Searching for Utopia: The History of an Idea by Gregory Claeys, Thames & Hudson, March 2011, £24.95
Sustainism is the new Modernism: A Cultural Manifesto for the Sustainist Era by Michiel Schwarz and Joost Elffers, D.A.P., December 2010, £16.95
Utopia or oblivion. For Buckminster Fuller, the future was clear. The human race was going to have to plump for one of them, and to ignore the former was to ensure the latter. That was in 1969. How do we square up to Bucky's binary choice now? Well, we know a bit about oblivion. Globally we're facing imminent peak oil production, retracting glaciers, nine billion mouths to feed and irreversible climate change. Oblivion, we can do.
But utopia? That's trickier. As Gregory Claeys puts it in his new book Searching for Utopia: The History of an Idea, 'utopia [is] perceived as possessing too much Sparta and too little carnival, too much celibacy and too little celebration … the idea [has] became tawdry, grim and humourless'. Until the financial collapse came along and ruined everything, we were happy in our post-political world. Utopias were for wackos and clapped-out Trots.
Within architecture, twentieth-century utopianism found its most clear articulation in Modernism, where good design begot human progress. 'The architect could stipulate an intrinsic connection between the form of his buildings and the condition of society,' wrote Colin Rowe in The Architecture of Good Intentions. According to Rowe, the architect had an ability – a duty even – to transform society for the better, and he was encouraged and compelled to assume an aggressive role to do so. Here is the progenitor to Ayn Rand's objectionable Übermensch Howard Roark and the iconography of Modernism's 'crimes': the Ronan Point tower collapse, innumerable city routs, forced rehousing and rashes of hated tower blocks. If this is architectural utopia, then oblivion doesn't look so bad.
Distrust of linear human progress underpins Rowe's argument, a view he shares with John Gray, LSE professor of political thought and author of Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia. For Gray, utopias are based on a false teleological world view (one with its roots in Christianity, but one enthusiastically adopted by the Enlightenment) and are by definition flawed, and invariably have destructive results.
Gray's lecture at the Architectural Association last year, Science and Magic – What Technology Can and Can't Fix, explored the place of what he calls 'magical thinking' in society. Gray argued that rather than disappearing from society, as Enlightenment values of rationalism proliferate, the magical impulse – that is, 'the human will that elides by trickery the natural chaos of the world' – shifts elsewhere, to technology, science and the utopian strands of environmentalism.
Though man caused abrupt climate change (which Gray believes is the case), the idea that technology can stop it is illusory, he argues. His prognosis for the future goes as follows: man's behavioural changes in energy consumption will do nothing to prevent the inevitable wars of resources and attempts to control the weather (China already has its own weather modification bureau) that will characterise the 21st century. Hobbesian behaviour will triumph over treading lightly on the Earth. In other words, 'A high-tech green utopia is scientifically feasible, but humanly unimaginable'.
Claeys' book offers a more hopeful version of utopia: one that sees it as the space between the possible and the impossible.In the chapter 'Ideal Cities', Claeys briskly takes us through the role city planning played in utopian plans, from the putative 1,500 mile-sided cube that would house the resurrected dead after the Last Judgement, to the cities in Thomas More's Utopia (1516) – flat-roofed houses built of stone or brick to a height of three stories, with luxurious gardens behind.
Along the way the usual suspects feature: John Ruskin, William Morris, Ebenezer Howard, Albert Speer, as well as sketches of lesser-known – but excellently eccentric – places, like the land of Cockayne. In this mythological city of the medieval period, edible food grows wild, and cooked animals present themselves for feasting. Working is a punishable offence.
You may remember French socialist Charles Fourier's Phalanstère townships from architecture school, but what about some of the more fruity arrangements of his semi-rural idylls? Like his 'sexual courts', which would guarantee a minimum of carnal gratification (regularity of, and variety within, all duly considered). Fourier was also the man who wrote that the Mediterranean would turn to lemonade and that 'new species would emerge, better suited to Harmony: an anti-lion, a docile beast and most serviceable; an anti-whale, which could be harnessed to ships.'
While Claeys' book focuses on the history of utopia, Michiel Schwarz and Joost Elffers' Sustainism is the new Modernism: A Cultural Manifesto for the Sustainist Era is relentlessly upbeat about our future. A new 'paradigm' has taken hold and their book heralds a new 'worldwide twenty-first century cultural movement >> and cultural era'. So are Schwarz and Elffers exactly the type of quacks, cranks and hucksters that emerge in times of crisis which both Gray and Claeys warn of? Probably no more than any other jobbing 'cultural thinker and consultant' or 'creative producer "symbol-maker" and designer' (as Schwarz and Elffers describe themselves) turning a buck in advanced information economies. Their theory is based on a mix of observations: of networked society, the open-source movements, cradle-to-grave design and environmentalism. These coalesce into a world view opposed to the top-down standardisation of Modernism. Their future is networked, digital and localist.
It's a good time to publish this type of book. In 1848, when Karl Marx penned the Communist Manifesto pamphlet, he had revolutions across Europe to make the most of. Schwarz and Elffers have a consensus that man-made climate change is a fact which humanity needs to engage with; the spectre haunting Europe now is not Communism but environmentalism. Nevertheless, there is little chance their book will usher in dramatic changes in the manner of Marx. Furthermore Schwarz and Elffers' eccentric typography and flabby aphorisms grate after a while, and leave a decent argument that deals with specifics frustratingly lacking.
Schwarz and Elffers' argument is unpicked by failing to engage with tricky subjects. What to do about the planned obsolescence built into consumer products, the relentless way in which capitalism detourns potentially threatening protest movements as marketing collateral and the messy moral ambiguities that arise from a globally linked trade system?
Ultimately this limitation comes from its positioning as a post-political viewpoint. As in architecture – where to some it's tempting to see it as an autonomous profession and jealously guard it as such, trying to return to the prelapsarian notion that were it not for the planners, the cost consultants, protracted procurement, building codes and the corrupting influence of politics, architecture could be 'pure' – it's unrealistic. Prometheus has stolen the fire, Adam and Eve have eaten from the tree of knowledge, they're out of the Garden of Eden and there's no going back.
The way forward cannot ignore politics. Since Thomas More, a consistent concern within utopian thought has been with poverty and unequal distribution of resources. This has accelerated over the last three centuries and now we are faced with a growing population which wants to ape the patently unsustainable consumption of first-world countries. China overtook Japan in GDP output a fortnight ago and will overtake the USA within a decade according to some analysts, yet per head its income is just $7,500 to the USA's $47,123. Closing this gap upwards will require more resources than the Earth can afford – and downwards? This is definitely a problem that requires politics.
If Modernism couldn't deliver, are we any better off investing our hope in a theory which claims to take its place? That approach hasn't served humanity very well in the past. The answer rests on another question, which Claeys asks in his concluding chapter: 'Can the quest for utopia be salvaged, or is the very proposition not merely futile, but doomed to repeat the atrocious follies of the 20th century?' His answer is a guarded 'yes'.
The act of design requires a suspension of disbelief. Claeys' book documents this well. Perhaps architects, designers and politicians need to embrace this in their political lives and leave a little room for utopia. The task is to cautiously, gently, with a strong sense of humility and vigilance of folly, try to avoid – or postpone – oblivion by engaging upon fashioning a new utopia. As Claeys puts it, echoing Bucky, the trick is to 'manage "progress", rather than be driven by it: our ideal world must be very much our own creation, and a serious reckoning with the fate we face if we fail to create it.'
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Derrick Rose blows out his ACL with 1:22 left in a game Chicago had already won.
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: Why was Rose still in the game?
Tom Thibodeau will be questioned on why he left Derrick Rose in the game with the Chicago Bulls up on the Orlando Magic 103-91 with just 1:22 left for the rest of his life. This will haunt Bulls fans forever. Chicago mourns today even as they won the game, but know that with Rose's absence they lost the season.
Rose was still working his way back up to 100% after earlier season injuries and was in the middle of a monster game with 23 points, 9 assists, and 9 rebounds. This injury instantly changes the Bulls from the most feared team in the East to a mediocre team at best. They still have weapons like Luol Deng, Rip Hamilton, and Joakim Noah, but without Rose on the floor this team has zero chance at a title run. They had a winning percentage of 82.1% with Rose on the floor and only 66.7% without. This is truly a sad day in Chicago.


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- Kansas City (10-6). I have plenty of questions about Kansas City heading into the year and I had a difficult time taking KC over the Chargers for the division. I think Todd Haley's fired-up personality is both a plus and a negative. Playing his starters well into the final preseason game was an example of the negative side of his temper – just dumb. That said, I do think the Chiefs are loaded with talent and that if they play close to how they should play, they should take the division. They quietly acquired a player this offseason who will do some serious damage this year: Steve Breaston. Haley helped get Breaston's career off the ground in Arizona and I can see him incorporating Breaston a lot this year. If the Chiefs play their cards right, between the tough running game, Breaston, Bowe and McCluster, defenses should really struggle with figuring out where to load up coverage. Doubling up Bowe was easier last year than it will be this year.
- San Diego (9-7). While Peter King and some others are high on the Chargers this year, I can see the Chargers having a frustrating season. Phillip Rivers will be good again no matter who he throws to, and their running game could be OK. But I think their defense could be a weak link. The same Charger defense that was ranked #1 last year? Yes – because D coordinator Ron Rivera is gone (head coach for Carolina now). I think this will hurt the team more than folks realize. While picking up safety Bob Sanders might help a bit, I just don't think the D will be anywhere close to what it was last year, putting too much pressure on the offense.
- Denver Broncos (8-8). They'll go .500 because John Fox loves going about .500. In his 9 seasons in Carolina, he went 8-8 or 7-9 five times. He enjoys .500…ness. I think Denver, like Buffalo, Jax and Minnesota, will benefit from being under the radar this year. Expectations are very limited – yet they have some really good players. Their pass rush could be scary with Dumervil back and Robert Ayers opposite him. Champ Bailey is still Champ Bailey. And lots of folks are excited about rookie LB Von Miller. On offense, Kyle Orton continues to be underrated in my estimation. Brandon Lloyd was a monster last year and the running game duo of Knowshon Moreno and Willis McGahee could flourish under a John Fox system likely to feature the running game. Denver should be better than most folks think.
- Oakland (4-12). What? The team that was 6-0 in the division last year going 4-12? Yep. While I do think Oak has 2 very good RBs in Michael Bush and Darren McFadden – and I do think that WR Jacoby Ford could have a breakout year, in the end I just think the team will collapse under first year head coach Hue Jackson. The losses of TE Zach Miller and CB Asomugha will prove to be too much. Miller bailed out Oakland's weak QBs plenty and without that bailout option, I can see Jason Campbell and company being…awful.
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September 6, 2011 at 1:00 pm |
— When I watched the Chiefs in their first preseason game against the Buccaneers, my immediate impression was that they were a lot worse than last year, especially on offense. Everything that's happened since then has reinforced that, especially the final preseason game, where they couldn't hold a 9-point halftime lead against the Packers 2nd- and 3rd-string guys. I think it's going to be a long, tough season for the Chiefs, and there will be talk of Haley being on the hot seat by the end of the season.
— The Broncos biggest problem is their quarterbacks, or the lack thereof. Orton is a journeyman QB at best, and from what I saw of Brady Quinn and Tim Tebow in the final preseason game, if and when Orton can't go, the Broncos are doomed. Maybe, if Orton has a good year, the Broncos get to 8 wins. But I think that's the best they can look for this year.
— No argument on the Raiders. Hard to believe that team went to the Super Bowl less than 10 years ago.
— So yeah, I think the Chargers will win the AFCW, more or less by default, as they'll be the only team north of 8 wins.


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I've been on vacation for a couple of weeks and tomorrow is my first day back at work and I don't imagine people will be asking me too many questions about my trip. I think it will probably go something like this, "Hey, (oh God, what is that thing on her lip? did she bring half of Savannah back with her?) Umm, I want to hear all about your trip, but I'm really busy right now, gotta go! (yikes, that was 'invasion of the body snatchers' scary)
I'm using all the remedies I can think of right now to lessen the likelihood of a complete and total meltdown....of my face. Hopefully something will work or I'll have to wear a surgical mask to work and pretend the air quality is pitiful and my asthma is acting up. I dunno...the dogs don't seem afraid of me yet so maybe it's not as bad as I think it is. Who am I kidding, this thing should have been included on the last US Census.
I'm too weirded out to write about our fabulous trip. Maybe in a few days if it doesn't engulf my entire face.


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According to reports from Pakistan, Chaudhury Habib-ur-Rehman, who constitutes the one-man Anti-Terrorism Special Court trying seven members of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET) for conspiring to carry out the 26/11 terrorist strikes in Mumbai, has accepted the objections of the LET conspirators to the admissibility of the report submitted by a Pakistani commission that had visited Mumbai in March to record the statements of some Indian witnesses.
2.The lawyers of the LET conspirators had objected to the admissibility of the commission's report on the ground that the Government of India did not allow the Pakistani lawyers assisting the commission to cross-examine the Indian witnesses.
3.The Judge has accepted the contention of the LET lawyers and declared the report of the commission as inadmissible in the pending case. However, he has kept open the possibility of admitting in evidence the report of any new commission that might be sent to Mumbai by the Pakistan Government if its lawyers are allowed to cross-examine the witnesses by the Government of India.
4.India's efforts to seek the co-operation of the State of Pakistan for the effective prosecution of the Pakistan-based conspirators including Hafeez Mohammad Sayeed , the head of the LET, have thus reached a dead-end. It is futile to hope for any forward movement in this direction.
5.While India should continue to keep the spotlight on Pakistan to demonstrate to the international community its machinations to avoid action against the conspirators, it should at the same time unilaterally initiate other options against Sayeed.
6.It should have Sayeed declared as a proclaimed and absconding offender in the case and offer a huge reward for anyone who could help in his capture and prosecution before the Mumbai court. The reward should be made applicable to individuals as well as organisations, so that organisations of Baloch freedom-fighters, Sindhi nationalists and Pakistani Shia fighters who are interested in availing of the reward could do so by helping in the capture of Sayeed and his being brought to India for trial.
7. Simultaneously, a special cell should be created in the R&AW for bringing Sayeed to justice in India. (20-7-12)
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And that would be the loss of another special thing in a neighborhood that's lost far too many special things over the years.
The residents of Woodhaven are angry and we are going to gather in front of the Ambulance Corps this Sunday, March 2, at 1 p.m. to call on the city to do something about this building, which collapsed last April, raining bricks and debris on the street and on to the roof of the WRHVAC.
The building was poorly maintained and well-known to authorities, with over 40 open violations at the time of the collapse. It was a miracle that no one was killed.
The destruction caused the WRHVAC to cease operations for a spell. Just as importantly, it forced the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Senior Center, operated by Catholic Charities, to relocate. The senior center's rent was integral to the WRHVAC's survival and without it, they are in deep trouble.
The owner of the building owes the city over $60,000 in fines and penalties and there is currently a warrant out for his arrest. The building itself is in shambles, with 2nd floor walls hanging perilously over the sidewalks of Jamaica Avenue and 79th Street.
There is scaffolding around the building, but should one of those walls come down, that scaffolding will not protect pedestrians below; it will just be added to the debris that crushes them to death.
This past Saturday, WRHVAC President Kathy Sexton Dalby went into the offices and heard water pouring into the back of the building. She found nearly two feet of water coming from the partially collapsed building next door. All of the snow was melting and overwhelming the WRHVAC's roof.
She heard a creaking noise and ran from the building. The FDNY came and though they said the WRHVAC's roof was okay, they said that it looked like a wall from the building next door had shifted.
There is mold growing on the walls of WRHVAC. The kitchen in the back has been completely destroyed. I stood there just outside of the kitchen watching water pour into the building.
The WRHVAC has filed a lawsuit against the owners of the building next door, but that will never be resolved in time to save them. And the insurance company can do nothing until the threat of the building next door is resolved.
This week, a representative from the Department of Buildings sent out an email listing the various 311 complaints that are open against this building, along with the fines levied, and finished by saying "I hope this addresses your concerns."
No, it does not. Not by a damn sight.
The owner of that building has shown gross negligence in allowing the property to sit like that and the Department of Buildings and the City of New York is starting to look not much better.
This building is a danger to the residents of Woodhaven and it makes my blood boil that over 10 months later the city has allowed it to stand in this condition.
We ask residents to come out and show the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps some support in return for all the hard work they have done over the past five decades. Bring some homemade signs and come prepared to yell and make some noise.
We ask our elected officials to put pressure of the Department of Buildings and the City of New York to address this growing problem, and to address it so that it is not a danger to residents and neighbors. And we ask them to call them every single day until this is done.
Hope to see you on Sunday.


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Live from Los Angeles, introducing Lady Gaga at the Academy Awards, it's Vice President Joe Biden.
Biden and his wife, Jill, are set to attend the Oscars on Sunday night, and the vice president's office says he'll introduce Gaga before she performs the song "Til It Happens To You."
Gaga is nominated for an Oscar for best original song. "Til It Happens To You" is part of a documentary, "The Hunting Ground," about sexual assault on campuses.
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Biden's office says he'll use his introduction to urge Americans to speak out against sexual assault and support the administration's "It's On Us" campaign. Domestic violence prevention is a signature issue for Biden.
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Let's face it, I haven't just slipped from grace, I've tanked. Well, only as it pertains to blogging regularly. I have my reasons, sure. Such as, having a dog which leads to why I'm wearing pants a lot these days. I dress in anticipation of what the day holds for me, like walking her daily every afternoon on one of the trails nearby. Sometimes it's not all that exciting, however, working from home hasn't stopped me from caring.
I may not have the bandwidth to post as regularly but having fun with outfits is an integral part of my life, not a phase. Here's a little recap. You need proof, after all. But first, this:
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Being a woman of "a certain age", (45! Woohoo!), I'm starting to get annoyed at all the age-appropriate style advice in women's magazines. No more short mini-dresses? Why not? I like my legs just fine, thanks. No more obnoxiously bright neons pants paired with an equally bright top? I'm not sure I like this advice at all. Here's what I have to say: Ignore all of it. ALL. Wear what makes you happy. Skirt too short? Heels to high? Too much cleavage showing? I don't care. Squeeze yourself into a pair of leopard-spotted pants, you hot mama, you. Rock them to work if it puts a smile on your face.
Let the real old farts tsk… tsk… behind your back while you are living your life exactly as you wish. The most flattering thing a woman can ever wear, the one thing that looks good rain or shine, day or night, is her smile. Her genuine, life-loving smile. So, if what you put on today is wrong by every standard but it makes you happy, and if that happiness translates into a smile, that's all the style advice you'll ever need.
Go on, beautiful. Wear whatever you feel like wearing, just as long as it makes you happy.
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First: Purple top/gifted, neon yellow t-shirt/Old Navy, raspberry velour pants/Athleta*, necklace/Anthropologie, brown Uggs. Second: Sheer printed aqua top/Target, orange cardigan/Target, denim/Nordstrom's, mustard scarf/Cheeky Boutique, wood teal bangle/bazaar in Spain, neon yellow Vans. Third: Sheer printed blouse/TJ Maxx, sheer printed kimono-style top/Target, tie belt/handmade, printed scarf/bazaar in France, necklace/Anthropologie, hand-carved earrings/Braindrop. Fourth: Green cashmere sweater/Bloomingdale's, royal blue tank top/Old Navy, cyan skinny pants/Urban Outfitters, beaded necklace/Anthropologie.


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Man Bites Off Other Man's Fingertip at Beyonce + Jay Z Concert, 10 More People Arrested
Here's an insane story for your Monday: Over the weekend, a man was arrested at a Beyonce and Jay Z concert at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., after he bit off a man's fingertip, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports.
Twenty-five-year-old Roberto Alcaraz-Garnica allegedly groped a twenty-something woman during the show on Saturday night (Aug. 2), and got into a physical fight with the woman's boyfriend after the man confronted him. It was during the altercation that Garnica bit the man, "causing serious injury to his finger," Pasadena Lieutenant John Luna told the Tribune, noting that the victim "lost the tip to one of his fingers."
Alcaraz-Garnica was arrested on suspicion of "sexual battery and mayhem," and is being held on $100,000 bail.
Police reportedly made 10 other arrests during the show, including eight for public drunkenness and two for ticket scalping, though Alcaraz-Garnica's clearly remains the most disturbing -- and quite frankly, gives a whole new meaning to the 'On the Run' tour.
Sadly, this new comes less than a week after a man was charged with raping a woman at a Keith Urban concert -- the same show where more than 20 people were hospitalized for alcohol-related issues.
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Nearly a dozen secret service agents were put on leave for misconduct during a visit to pop star Shakira's home town of Colombia for apparently taking advantage of a great exchange rate...and buying some time with Colombian call girls with it. (One dollar equals about 1,775 pesos.)
On Saturday, Julie Pace of the Associated Press reported from Colombia that Rep. Peter King (R-NY), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said "close to" all 11 of President Barack Obama's secret service agents had brought women back to their hotel rooms. King said the women were "presumed to be prostitutes" but investigators were interviewing the agents.
Unless the guys brought in their girlfriends from Virginia and Maryland, it is unlikely even hot looking men in black can all pick up women that fast. Did they really have time to hit the clubs and hunt Colombian girls down before heading back home this weekend? Probably not. This has VIP escort service or a simple Google search for "escorts" + "Colombia" written all over it.
The lawmaker also offered new details about the controversy. King told the AP that he was told that anyone visiting the hotel overnight was required to leave identification at the front desk and leave the hotel by 7 a.m. When a woman failed to do so, it raised questions among hotel staff and police, who investigated. They found the woman with the agent in the hotel room and a dispute arose over whether the agent should have paid her. King said he was told that the agent did eventually pay the woman. But pay them for what? This is putting some tax dollars to work!
The incident was reported to the U.S. embassy, prompting further investigation.
All the alleged activities took place before Obama arrived in Cartagena, Colombia on Friday.
The 11 agents were all Uniformed Division Officers, but they were not assigned to directly protect Obama. They were sent home and replaced, Secret Service assistant director Paul Morrissey said in a statement. The Secret Service says the incidents have had no bearing on its ability to provide security for Obama's stay in Colombia.
But wait, there's more party rockin' in Colombia. The U.S. Southern Command said Saturday that five of its service members assigned to support the Secret Service had violated their curfew and may have also been involved in inappropriate conduct, but the misconduct is unclear only that it was part of the same incident involving the Secret Service.
Obama is in Colombia attending the Summit of the Americas with leaders from across Latin America. He heads back to DC on Sunday.
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Hi All,
Hey looking at building a new honey extracting/bottling building and I want to include a separate store front area within the same building.
Plans and lot's of suggestions (do's and don'ts) would be greatly appreciated.
I was thinking about a barn style building so I have a loft (useable upstairs for storage or ?) as I don't have much yard area so was thinking that I have air space instead so take advantage of it!
Building size will roughly be around 24'x 45' with a 10' lean-to off back (depending on how much yard I can talk the wife out of).
I will try to post some pics of the building style I really like later on.
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Cecilia Delphine received an extra special first birthday present: she's going to be a big sister!
Majandra Delfino and David Walton are expecting their second child in December, their rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.
"We are very excited. We think our 1-year-old Cecilia is excited too, but she can't talk yet so we can't be sure," the couple joke to PEOPLE in a statement.
Although the new parents will have their hands full with two under two, Delfino – best known for her role on Roswell and starring in the upcoming sitcom Friends with Better Lives – admits Walton, 34, has babies on the brain.
"I walked in on my husband talking about a third child and we haven't even had a second yet. What the hell you guys," Delfino, 32, joked on Twitter earlier this month.
Fortunately, fatherhood suits Walton – who recently wrapped a storyline on New Girl and will next be seen in the new series About a Boy and two movies, Think Like a Man Too and Break Point – very well, according to his wife.
"Having a baby makes people's true selves shine through," Delfino Tweeted. "Turns out my Pekingese is a total a-hole and my husband is a saint. Who knew."
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"Tableau Vivant" - It seems everyone has a bone to pick: Jay and Gloria get on each other's nerves while trying to simply order lunch at their local diner; Phil is put in the position of having to fire Mitchell; Cam and Claire have opposing theories on how to discipline children; and Manny is upset with Luke for accepting an award under false pretenses - all of which spells trouble for Alex who is counting on them to all work together for a "living art" school project display, on "Modern Family," WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 (9:00-9:31 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. (Rebroadcast. OAD: 5/16/12)
"Modern Family" stars Ed O'Neill as Jay, Julie Bowen as Claire, Ty Burrell as Phil, Sof�a Vergara as Gloria, Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell, Eric Stonestreet as Cameron, Sarah Hyland as Haley, Nolan Gould as Luke, Ariel Winter as Alex, Rico Rodriguez as Manny and Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Lily.
Guest cast includes Mike Madrigal as teacher, Beth Grant as Maxine, Matt Roth as Skip Woosnum, John Viener as Matt Keneally, Angela Oh as realtor no. 1, Lisa Long as realtor no. 2 and Laird Macintosh as realtor no. 3.
"Tableau Vivant" was written by Elaine Ko, Jeffrey Richman and Bill Wrubel, and directed by Gail Mancuso.
"Modern Family" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's Selected HD Format, with 5.1 channel surround sound. This program carries a TV-PG,D,L parental guideline.
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Remember when Ms. Suzy proclaimed her outright hatred of the TARP bailouts last October, even going as far as to claim that she "never received any bailout or stimulus money"? And how she immediately back-tracked and flip-flopped in January?
Lowden had different reactions to the bank bail-out legislation and the stimulus package.
On bail-out spending: "It's easy to say, no, I wouldn't have voted for it. But people were panicked, we were facing collapse — that's what they were saying. It's easy to say from a distance I would have voted no, but I can't do that."
On the stimulus, she said she would have been a definite no: "All you're doing is taking money from one person and putting it in the pocket of another person. They should have put money into people's pockets."
Oh yes, that's right. We all know how Suzy Lowdown loves to put other people's money in her own pocket, no matter how illegal or unethical it is. And when remembering this, we discover why Suzy Lowdown keeps flip-flopping on TARP.
Colonial BancGroup claimed to have received $550 billion in TARP "bailout" funds in December 2008. OK, so why is this important? Suzy Lowdown's Archon Corporation received a $29 million credit line with Colonial in May 2008. This would have been impossible for Colonial to maintain if they were not asking for TARP funds.
But wait, Suzy Lowdown asked for Archon's line of credit in May 2008. There's no way she would have known it would later ask for a government bailout... Right? WRONG! She served on Colonial's board, so she very well knew about it. (Even though it was later revealed that Colonial did not qualify for TARP funds... So where was Ms. Suzy then and why did she allow the company whose board of directors she sat on to outright lie about receiving TARP funds??!!)
And hold on, it gets even worse. Colonial actually did end up receiving a government bailout, but only in the form of the FDIC stepping in when the bank failed, absorbing its losses, and selling its assets to BB&T. Now BB&T had already received $3.1 billion in TARP funds, and right after BB&T absorbed all of Colonial's client's accounts, none other than Suzy Lowdown reappears and gets Archon approved for another $29 million line of credit... Just 2 months before Ms. Suzy would jet over to Elko and claim that she "never received any bailout or stimulus money"!
And now? Oh now, Ms. Suzy's media people are claiming, "Sue would not have voted for the TARP or any of the other bailout bills in Congress ... period." Oh no, Suzy Lowdown doesn't roll like that... She just claims not to support "government bailouts" while her own company benefits from those very "government bailouts"! I guess Jon Ralston didn't (yet) even know half of this story.
And by the way, my dear blog followers, it would have been super easy to just cut and paste the Reid campaign's latest dossier on Suzy Lowdown's bailout hypocrisy here... But because I love you more than that, I did my own research before posting any of this here. After all, this isn't some Republican propaganda outfit. We appreciate the real facts here, and I'll keep doing my best to provide the facts and "call 'em as I see 'em". :-)


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February 26, 2012
Quinoa stuffed mini-pumpkins
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A lovely idea!ReplyDelete
Great presentation - they're just too cute! Love the idea of using the pumpkins :)ReplyDelete
That is such a colourful dish, sure to brighten up a dull day. I have only recently discovered the delights of quinoa and I am really enjoying using it.ReplyDelete
Aww, too cute! Much love to you, Maria on this bright Sunday<3ReplyDelete
Those are so cute!!!ReplyDelete
So cute!ReplyDelete
I love stuffed pumpkins and/or papsicum.
So many options for fillings and always yum!
x Charlotta
Are these the little decorative pumpkins that come out around Haloween?ReplyDelete
I didn't know they were edible.
You are so right , they make a cute presentation.
I'm pinning this . I love it.
These are so cute!! I bet this quinoa stuffing would be good in acotn squash too.ReplyDelete
These little pumpkins look delightful. I'd like a couple, please, or maybe a bigger one!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous27 February 2012 at 17:20
Lately I've been in a quinoa kick. I love anything quinoa since a friend of mine taught me how to prepare it correctly. This recipe looks cute and delicious.ReplyDelete
they ARE cute! And such a simple recipe. As you know, I eat quinoa ALL the time, so this is a great idea for serving it up pretty to someone else!ReplyDelete
How pretty! Such perfect looking little pumpkins :)ReplyDelete
Ohh these are so cute and healthy because they're stuffed with quinoa!!! :) YUMMY!ReplyDelete


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Action Bronson
Action Bronson lives life large. Imposing both physically and lyrically, the Queens native and former gourmet chef draws upon his joys in life — food, drugs, and women — to construct poetically intricate and technically impressive rhymes. His mix tapes are full of love songs, both highly eloquent and frequently offensive, written about the grit of urban life and the beauty of a great meal. Lines about "pissing through your fishnets" are sprinkled among odes to "bone marrow roasted/spread it on the rosemary bread/lightly toasted," all delivered with Bronson's sure, sharp-tongued talent. At his live shows, Bronson is extremely interactive with his (extremely devoted) fans, passing back and forth joints, liquor, and jokes from the stage to the audience. With the brand-new addition of Odd Future thrash punks Trash Talk to the lineup, this show is sure to be insane. (Haley Zaremba)
With Trash Talk
9pm, $25
333 11th Ave, SF
(415) 255-0333
Alejandro Murguia
In a city overflowing with Google bussers and tech transplants, San Francisco's newest poet laureate, Alejandro Murguía, seeks to revive a marginalized community through the written word. He'll be honored at City Lights Bookstore with a reading from his new book, Stray Poems. The bilingual poet is the first Latino laureate, paving the way for the city's poesía en español revival — not only through his poems but also through his activism. Marguía is the voice of the city's forgotten residents, the voice of "the waitresses the norteños trios the flowers sellers / the blind guitarist wailing boleros at a purple sky / the shirtless vagrant vagabond ranting at a parking meter / the spray paint visionary setting fire to the word" (from the laureate's poem "16th and Valencia"). (Laura B. Childs)
7pm, free
City Lights Bookstore
261 Columbus, SF
SF Bicycle Coalition's Dating Game: Love On Wheels
This year's Love on Wheels fundraiser is back with a '90s twist. In a modern-day version of MTV's dating show, Singled Out, bike-lovers looking for a mate will get paired up and sent off to a first date in time for the big V-day. Be sure to look the part — '90s attire is encouraged. Find love in fellow midriff-bearing, flannel-sporting cyclists, or show off your best Tootsee Roll on the dance floor. Proceeds benefit the SF Bicycle Coalition's work to make the city more bicycle-friendly. (Childs)
6:30pm, $10
DNA Lounge
375 11th St., SF
Academy of Sciences Lunar New Year Celebration
Saddle up and celebrate the Year of the Horse at the California Academy of Sciences Lunar New Year Nightlife. The contemporary museum will be decked out with traditional occidental activities and performances. Let your inner wildcat out on the dance floor or watch an authentic lion dance routine. For a little wisdom, participate in a traditional Chinese tea ceremony and if you believe in making your own luck, check out the customized fortune cookie booth. Workshops will teach the lion dance or martial arts moves, but leave most of it to the pros. Throughout the night, live shows will feature authentic lion dance, a martial art demonstration and an ancient Chinese mask performance. (Childs)
6pm, $12
Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse
Throwing Shade Live
Throwing Shade is a weekly podcast by LA comedians Bryan Safi and Erin Gibson in which the pair address queer and feminist issues in the news. Though the topics are often heavy, Gibson and Safi's goofy back-and-forths, impressions, and gimmicks strike the perfect balance. Both hilarious and extremely insightful, Throwing Shade is the ideal way to hear about important and often under-reported topics without getting too blue — although your sides may ache by the end of the segment. Putting their show on the road for SF Sketchfest, the duo will be recording the show at the Punchline for the podcast. Endorsed by both Maximum Fun and Funny or Die, Throwing Shade is a serious laughing matter. Don't miss this rare live appearance. (Zaremba)
8pm, $20
Punch Line
444 Battery, SF
(415) 397-7573
Oneohtrix Point Never
Picking up on the '90s era abstract, contemplative side of Warp Records, recent signee Oneohtrix Point Never's R Plus Seven is thoroughly brain busting. The elements are disparate: vocals that begin without reference and depart without finishing, gamelan reminiscent rhythms seemingly performed on the Cosmic Key, and an ever-present effect best described as the stuttering sound of audio on an overburdened CPU. Partly playful, with New Age and stereotypically "world" music samples ripped off of Pirate Bay (where, to be fair, R Plus Seven gets the "plunderphonics" genre tag), the album still manages to sound wholly reverent. To what? Let me get back to you on that. (Ryan Prendiville)
With Holly Herndon (Live A/V), Marco de la Vega, DJ Will, Chad Salty
10pm-3am, $17.50-20
1015 Folsom
1015 Folsom St., SF
Performance art, visual art, and experimental film collide with boundary-pushing results at ASKEW, a Festival of Film and Performance Art, presented by the similarly edgy, female-focused Femina Potens Art Gallery. Three nights of themed events spotlight a variety of unique, fearlessly curious talents; tonight's "We All Live Here: Primal Expressionism" includes SF Fringe Festival hit Fish Girl, by Siouxsie Q with Sean Andries. Tomorrow, it's "Breaking Stones: Defining New Roles of Masculinity," with a performance and screening by fest curator Madison Young, among others. Saturday's "The Sacred and the Profane" features an appearance by sex-positive icon Annie Sprinkle, plus I Am Lady Samar, a work that mixes dance with "flesh hooks" — an act not for the faint-hearted, or close-minded. (Cheryl Eddy)
Through Sat/8, 7pm, $8-$10
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission, SF
Liquid Hymn
Feast your eyes! First Amendment Gallery presents the opening of Liquid Hymn, a solo exhibition of kaleidoscopic multimedia ink paintings by Oakland-based artist J.S. Weis. With wild animals pouring out of splashes of color, Weis' projects seem like a 1970s acid trip — see: purple elephant, two-headed tiger, and a sea of crab legs; the artist uses ink, pencil, and intricately stacked paper to create a detailed 3D effect on his multimedia creations. Multicolored plants and ethereal animals roam through the psychedelic ink paintings, creating a fantastical symphony where nature and art become one. (Childs)
6:30pm, free
1000 Howard, SF
Top Secret
Continuing in the same zany and hilarious vein of comedy as seen in their earlier films Kentucky Fried Movie and Airplane!, writers and directors Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker, and David Zucker decided to spoof both 1960s cold war/spy movies as well as rock n' roll musicals with 1984's Top Secret! Featuring Val Kilmer (in one of his very first starring roles) as fictional American rocker Nick Rivers battling the evil empire of East Germany, the flick parodies a host of genre clichés and plays on pun after side-splitting pun. Join Abrahams and the Zucker brothers for what promises to be an unpredictable 30th anniversary screening, audience discussion and Q&A. (Sean McCourt)
1pm, $20
Castro Theatre
429 Castro, SF
Aszure Barton
When Mikhail Baryshnikov's Hells Kitchen Dance troupe performed at the Zellerbach Play House in 2006, he looked fabulous — at 58, a self-effacing, masterful dancer. He also brought works by two barely known choreographers. Benjamin Millepied, at the time a dancer with New York City Ballet, now runs the Paris Opera Ballet; the Canadian Aszure Barton's two pieces immediately marked her as someone with chops to burn and a fascinating individual voice. She hasn't stopped working — all over the world. Now SF Performances is bringing her back with Awáa, a piece inspired by an underwater dream, in which Barton, apparently, explores the masculine and feminine traits we all have. I'll take her word for it — anytime. (Rita Felciano)
Feb. 7/8. 7:30pm. $35-50
Aszure Barton + Artists
Lam Research Center, YBCA
700 Howard St. SF
Shakes The Clown Live
Although it was critically panned and considered a financial flop when it was first released, the 1991 movie Shakes The Clown has gone on to achieve a loyal cult following over the years. Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait wrote, directed, and starred in the dark comedy that follows the life of an alcoholic and depressed clown that shows up for kids' parties drunk, sees his career going down the toilet, and even eventually gets framed for murder. Join Goldthwait, along with original film cast members Julie Brown, Tom Kenny, and Florence Henderson as they bring the under-appreciated story back to life in all its debaucherous glory, live on stage! (Sean McCourt)
4pm, $25
Cobb's Comedy Club
915 Columbus, SF
(415) 928-4320
Kid Congo
Helping form the influential roots-rock/punk band The Gun Club when he was still a teenager, Kid Congo Powers was quickly persuaded by the Cramps to join as their second guitar player in 1980 before he eventually went on to play with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds for a time. Continuing to harness the power of American roots music and twist it into a warped web of perverse sounds over the ensuing years with his latest band, The Pink Monkey Birds, Kid Congo ventures further down the deliciously demented path on his latest record, Haunted Head (In The Red).
With Wax Idols, Dancer. (Sean McCourt)
8pm, $15
333 11th St., SF
(415) 255-0333
This trio's debut S/T album was essentially a collection of undeniable indie-pop hooks matched by songwriting that combined Belle and Sebastian's wittiness with the urban social unease of a Shirley Jackson story. Still it didn't quite capture the appeal as a live band, where I found them to be most endearing. On its freshly minted second album, Trouble, Hospitality has set out to prove their mettle as simply a rock (drop the indie, drop the twee) group as well. While Amber Papini's voice is still endlessly charming — listen to the way her double esses fill in some hissing hi-hat on The Who-styled percussion on "I Miss Your Bones" — but the band seems in less of a hurry, giving the guitar and bass its due. (Ryan Prendiville)
With Air Waves, Matt Kivel
8pm, $10-12
Rickshaw Stop
155 Fell, SF
(415) 861-2011
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Around Town
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There are many clubs and sports, a great selection actually, I'm sure anyone could find something for them to fit in to, you just have to search. The campus puts on plays just about every month and the band/chorus has their own shows quite a lot, as well. In the meantime, there's the Pioneer Center, which is basically just a place for students to hang out, play games, watch tv, dance, etc. etc. It's also where many seminars and orientations are held.Read More
Being a small town there isn't much to do in the town. However major eaters and movie theater, shopping are only a 30 minute drive easily accessed by Hwy 59.Read More
Join the Rodeo Team. Play and practice at the arena. Get involved.Read More
The Sugar Land campus is next to the town square which makes hanging out after classes easy. Many people go watch movies or meet up at the mall.Read More
Wharton has a pretty cool downtown square lots of antique shops and a nice little coffee shop. There is also a museum of history in Wharton on the way to Houston, there is a lot of history there and it's neat to see the history of a small Texas town.Read More
There are usually people playing volley ball or ultimate frisbee at the school when the weather is nice.Read More
Not really any places on campus that you could visit for fun. I suggest visiting the areas around the campus for anything to get your mind off from your studies.Read More
The pioneer building has a pool table has a snack bar and TV you can go and relax whether your studying or want to have fun. Also the Gym is fun to be in.Read More
There are not many thing to do for fun in Wharton, although the baseball and volleyball games are relatively cheap here.Read More


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Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)
PO Box 28, Spit Junction, NSW 2088
Summary of events in West Papua for March (beginning of April) 2014
The 2nd April was an International day of action to free West Papuan political prisoners. At a rally organized by TAPOL, Survival International and Amnesty International outside the Indonesian Embassy in London, at least 100 protesters called for the immediate release of 76 political prisoners in West Papua. http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/04/03/intl-protesters-demand-democratic-rights-papuan-prisoners.html
Rallies also took place in Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands. In a RNZI report, Green Party MP Catherine Delahunty, said the New Zealand government must do more to free the prisoners."The very least New Zealand could do is call on Indonesia to set these prisoners free, they are not criminals, they are political prisoners who should be set free, and New Zealand should stop funding the training programme for the police in West Papua instead of which, where they should be calling on Indonesia to stop the human rights abuses" http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/region-international-day-action-free-west-papuan-prisoners-8538 AWPA letter to Indonesian President at http://awpasydneynews.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/media-release-free-all-west-papuan.html
In West Papua the security forces crackdown on a peaceful rally called by students from various colleges in Jayapura. The students were calling for the release of the 76 Papuan Prisoners in a prison in West Papua. The police forcibly dispersed the students firing a number of shots and arresting two. In a report in Jubi the students said they were beaten before they were released. "We were beaten like animals. Our bodies were covered with blood. The Police doctor visited us at midnight to clean us and examine the wounds." A google translate of an Elshan report on the arrests at http://awpasydneynews.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/police-catch-hold-and-torturing-two.html
Two urgent actions were released which people can respond to. On the 2 April The Asian Human Rights Commission released a u/a concerning the assault on three Papuans by Police officers in Nabire. The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the attack by members of the Mobile Brigade of the Nabire District Police on three Papuans in Nabire. The Papuans were attacked following a petty dispute between them and the officers at Kalibobo futsal pitch. One of the Papuans was stabbed in his back with a bayonet whereas two others were taken to the police station. One of them was stabbed with a bayonet in his left eyebrow. http://www.humanrights.asia/news/urgent-appeals/AHRC-UAC-047-2014
On the 26 March AI released a u/a concerning seven Papuan activists imprisoned Sorong. Amnesty International calls for the immediate and unconditional release of seven Papuan activists in Sorong district, West Papua province in Indonesia, imprisoned solely for the peaceful exercise of their human rights. http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA21/008/2014/en
The Region
The newly appointed Vanuatu Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Odo Tevi, has vowed that he will continue to pursue the issues of West Papua and the human rights, Matthew and Hunter Islands, the climate change and other Vanuatu agenda with the UN once he takes up his position in New York. http://www.dailypost.vu/content/tevi-i-will-give-un-no-rest
Vanuatu also marked the 26th anniversary of the signing of the Melanesian Spearhead Group Cooperation Agreement. In his keynote address to mark the March 14th date, Prime Minister Moana Carcasses quoted the country's first Prime Minister, the late Father Walter Lini, who said Vanuatu is still not free if all Melanesia is not free. Mr Carcasses quoted Father Lini on the very spot where the founding Fathers of MSG signed the MSG Cooperation Agreement 26 years ago. He reminded the MSG that it is their duty to stand together to support the decolonization processes for self-determination for New Caledonia, West Papua as well as Tahiti until all of them are free of colonial rule. (RNZI)
The Pacific Conference of Churches General Secretary, Reverend Francois Pihaatae says said the church has remained silent for too long and therefore played a part in the victimisation of Papuans. He was speaking at the launch of the single Rise Morning Star - Freedom for West Papua by well known Fijian musician Seru Serevi. http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/pacific-churches-asked-to-speak-about-papua/1276876 An Indonesian delegation which included a number of Papuans visited Fiji early in March. The Papuan members of the delegation gave a public lecture at the University on the Special Autonomy in Papua and were questioned vigorously by the students.
The Solomon Islands Prime Minister says any self-determination efforts in Indonesia's Papua region must be made in conjunction with Jakarta. Gordon Darcy Lilo and other leaders in the Melanesian Spearhead Group are considering a bid for membership by the indigenous Melanesians of Papua region. Mr Lilo, who says Jakarta has taken heed of his call for an end to abuses by security forces in Papua, describes Indonesia's legitimacy over the region as unquestionable. He says the choice by West Papuans to join Indonesia was made with the 1969 Act of Free Choice, although the referendum is widely regarded as having been stage-managed. "They've done that. And it was done under the auspices of the United Nations. We need to respect that process. We need to work within that legitimate authority that they've made a decision on and make a point where we can find a way for that legitimate authority to make a decision whether or not the choice of autonomy or the choice of an independent autonomy will be the path that both parties will agree to put an agenda on to work towards into the future." Gordon Darcy Lilo (RNZI21 March 2014)
A joint police and military patrol killed a suspected separatist and arrested four others on the 15 March in Puncak Jaya. The military and police were on a joint patrol heading to Kota Mulia when the officers encountered a group of armed men who started shooting at the patrol. One of the men was wounded in the encounter and died en route to a local hospital Two of four arrested had also been injured but had received treatment at hospital. The Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe said the attack on the security patrol was purely criminal. "They are not fighting for independence. This group's action is purely criminal," In a report in Jubi the governor said that The Yambi group has always engaged in extortion and all that stuf
An army soldier and a police officer were injured in a clash with an armed group on the PNG border on the 5 April in the Skouw-Wutung area. Approximately 40 people were involved in the incident at the border post. The group blocked the road and lowered the Indonesian flag and raised the West Papuan and UN flags. They also lighted a fire. The firefight continued for sometime and according to a local resident it was Mathias Wenda's group involved in the incident. The group eventually fled across the border into PNG. Cendrawasih District Military Command (Kodam) chief Maj. Gen. Christian Zebua said during a visit to Skouw-Wutung on Sunday that the border crossing has been temporarily closed. Aside from maintaining security ahead of the legislative election and on Election Day itself, the closure is also aimed at securing the area after a shoot-out between security officers and armed civilians,"
News in Brief
Scholar says Papuans should lead local response to HIV/AIDS
RNZI Updated at 4:44 pm on 3 April 2014 An Australian researcher says NGOs led by indigenous Papuans should play a bigger role in the response to HIV/AIDS in the Indonesian province. Jenny Munro is a cultural anthropologist at the Australian National University, and been involved in recent studies on HIV/AIDS in West Papua. She says government studies have shown HIV affects about 2.5 percent of the indigenous population, although some scholars believe it could be much worse. That compares to about 1.8 percent of the migrant Indonesian population.Ms Munro says one of the factors is that most Papuans tend to live in rural areas. "There really are very limited HIV information and testing and treatment services outside major cities, another big issue is that sort of the Indonesian perspective and international models often put forward by donors are still setting the agenda so to speak." Jenny Munro says Papuan NGOs have the community links and cultural expertise to deliver more effective prevention and treatment programmes.
Buchtar Tabuni asks for protection from international community
Jayapura, (23/3) Jubi – Buchtar Tabuni, who is on a Papua police wanted list, asked the international community to provide protection and security for him in accordance with the international humanitarian law. "Buchtar Tabuni sent this message from his hiding place. He needs international advocacy because he has become the most wanted person by the Police and Indonesian Military for leading a peaceful demonstration to declare a referendum for West Papua. He has been hiding in the jungle of Papua for five months" Victor Yeimo told to Jubi on Sunday (23/3) via a text message. Yeimo who is a political prisoner in Abepura Prison said Tabuni has moved from from one place to another while on the run and had difficulties in getting food and medicines. After the peaceful demonstration on 26 November 2013 that led to clashes between the National Committee for West Papua with security forces, the Police Chief of Jayapura City, the Adjunct Commissionaire Senior Alfred Papare asked Tabuni as the person in charge to come to the Police Office to provide information. "We ask Buchtar Tabuni to come to the Papua Police in order to provide information related to the protest," Papare said at that time. One week later police put him on the wanted list for ignoring the summons. (Jubi/Victor Mambor/rom) (Jubi 24 March)
Gold mine in Digeuwo practice high prostitution, parliament member says
Jubi March 29, 2014
Jayapura, 28/3 ( Jubi ) – Member of Papua Legislative Council, Charles Simaremare is concerned about the adverse effects of mining in Degeuwo people, Paniai Regency, Papua since the practice of prostitution in the gold mining region is quite high. " Moreover, the circulation and consumption of alcoholic beverages in that location can be harmful such as the transmission of HIV / AIDS. We only take small aircraft because the region is isolated," Simare- mare said on Friday (28/3). The communities who live in the area confirmed that gold mining existence has been improving the economy of local residents. "Yes, people told me that their economic condition is increasing although the goods prices are more expensive. The location was in the middle of the forest yet there is electricity and telephone networks, " he said. He further said that the livelihoods of local communities is a traditional mining by perforating the mountains to search gold " Why the government is not monitoring it, if it is ignored, the spread of HIV / AIDS will be increasing rapidly, " he said. Previously, secretary of the Department of Mines and Energy of Papua province Fred Boray, said Governor of Papua, Lukas Enembe has instructed Degeuwo gold mine to shutdown because it does not benefit local community. " At this location, there is rampant prostitution used for exchange payment with gold. Actually, the region must be interfered because until now there are over 10 thousands miners, " he said. He added mostly all gold mines do not have a license while the gold continued to be dredged. "The government must handle it seriously because it is governor's instruction, " he said. ( Jubi / Arjuna/ Tina) http://tabloidjubi.com/en/?p=1828
Jayapura, 20/3 (Jubi) – Because of a shortage of health workers in Walma district in Yahukimo, many sick people have been left untreated and died, said a local student. Urbanus Iksomon, a student from Yahukimo told reporters in Jayapura Thursday (20/3) he and other students conducted a survey for four months there and found that many nurses and doctors avoided work and preferred to live in Wamena and Jayapura. "The Department of Health should monitor all the nurses and doctors who do not work well and refuse to treat sick patients, while they still get paid," Iksomon said. As a result, some people who were sick died without getting medical treatment, he said. He said in some villages, there was no single health worker. As many as 51 district heads hardly showed up for work and failed to take an action on public complaints about issues such as education, health and infrastructure, the student said. Dr Raflus Doranggi, member of Aids Control Commission in Jayapura, said the maternal and child health condition in Papua is very alarming. "The health issue in Papua is not only at the technical level but a lack of an effective regulatory framework by the legislature," Raflus told tabloidjubi.com. (Jubi / Aprila/ Tina)
Crops damaged, Sabonm People face starvation.
Merauke, 10/3 ( Jubi ) – Residents of Sabon village in Merauke regency are facing a possible famine after their tuber and banana crops were damaged by seawater. Sabon village head Petrus Buniawi said seawater entered villagers' farms at a height of approximately one meter. "The houses are safe because they are generally stilt houses,"he told tabloidjubi.com at Pangkat hall in Kelapa Lima, Merauke, Papua on Monday (10/3) . However, Buniawi said, crops such as tubers, vegetables and bananas which were ready for harvest were destroyed. "Frankly, the people just let it go and are not able to do much. We hope that the government can help us," Buniawi said. A member of the Merauke Representatives Council, Dominikus Ulukyanan such the incident in Sabon happened almost every year and the government must come up with the right solution to prevent similar disasters in the future. Merauke regent, Romanus Mbaraka said the government has distributed aid including 60 tons of rice and other basic necessities to Waan district for the last few weeks. "I have received the report and instructed officials to deliver assistance so the people can have their daily meals" said Romanus. ( Jubi / Frans L Kobun/ Tina ) (Jubi 11 March)
Benny Wenda has called for a boycott of the Indonesian election. Benny's statement at http://freewestpapua.org/2014/03/16/benny-wendas-statement-on-boycotting-the-indoensian-elections/ Victor Yeimo of the KNPB also urged the people of Papua from Sorong to Merauke not to vote in legislative elections (Pileg) and presidential elections (presidential) in 2014. " I say to all members of KNPB wherever you are and all over West Papuan civilians to boycott the colonial Indonesia, " said Victor to majalahaselangkah.com, Sunday ( 06 / 04 ) " Because the fate of the nation of Papua will be determined through a referendum later. KNPB This is an official stance, " he explained.
Transmigration program no longer implemented in Papua
Jayapura, 1/3 ( Jubi ) – The Department of Labor and Demography in Papua province said that there will be no transmigration program in Indonesia 's easternmost region. " The other provincial governments in Indonesia still consider implementing the transmigration program, but not for the Province of Papua," department head Yan Piet Rawar said in Jayapura on Thursday (3/4) . To control the population in Papua, the provincial government already has a provincial regulation (Perdasi) No. 11 of 2013. "The population of Papua should reach 20 million before a new transmigration program can be implemented, " he explained. When asked about the impact of the influx of people from outside Papua, he acknowledged the number increased every year but was under control. "We've socialized Perdasi No. 11 of 2013 to the regencies and cities in Papua as people from outside who came to Papua is growing each year. One of the reasons is employment opportunities, " he said. He hopes that this regulation can be implemented well if there is cooperation and coordination between the regencies and cities in Papua. " Yes, the people who enter Papua can not be easily recorded and hopefully the implementation of e-ID card can collect accurate population data, " he said. While, the Governor of Papua Lukas Enembe said, currently Papuans do not need new provinces but more welfare in all sectors. "So far, about 60 percent of Papuans are not ready for new provinces. If we force the split, it will create new problems," said Luke. ( Jubi / Alex/ Tina) (Jubi 4 April)
Papuans welcome Jokowi
Sita W Dewi and Nethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Sat, April 05 2014
Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is spending the last weekend of the open campaign period visiting the easternmost island of Papua, showing his commitment to native Papuans. The Jakarta governor first stopped in Sorong, West Papua, to refuel his chartered airplane and visited a traditional market in the city. He later continued onto Jayapura, Papua, and went straight to Youtefa market in Abepura to meet with the locals. As usual, Jokowi was welcomed like a celebrity. "I saw it with my very own eyes, Jokowi is willing to meet with the people at traditional markets, unlike any other president. Papuans want him," Linda Sanyi, a local resident, said. Another native Papuan shared the sentiment. "I want him to become president. He goes to traditional markets so he understands people like us," Berlin Wadi, a vendor, said. Jokowi, who was heavily guarded by dozens of police, took his time talking to the vendors and also brought home vegetables and smoked fish. He later spoke before thousands of PDI-P supporters at the PTC field. "No presidential candidate has come here before, but I did, because the sun rises in the east, in Papua," said Jokowi, to a cheering audience. He also promised Papuans that he would make Papua his priority once he was elected president. "I understand that Papua's problems should be solved with heart, with real work. I'm not going to promise you too many things, but Papua's resources should be used for Papuans' own well-being," Jokowi said. He also expressed his optimism that the PDI-P would seize a landslide victory in Papua.
Opinion pieces/reports/press releases etc.
Editorial: What Papua Needs Is More Transparency
Papua's Endless Cycle of Strife And Poverty
Is a UN resolution on Papua impossible?
Conflict in Indonesia's Papua Region
'Otsus Plus' for Papua: What's the point?
MIFEE during Romanus's Term of Office: New Permits and Deforestation Threats.


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Discover Provence Pays d'Arles
PROVENCE PAYS D'ARLES is Provence! The most beautiful stories from its past were written here! Its figureheads lived here! Its symbolic landscapes are most beautifully represented here! Its traditions shine with unrivalled intensity! Its colourful, delicious and joyous cuisine is prepared every day thanks to its exceptional soil!
Discover Provence Pays d'Arles
The Alpilles are Provence! The whole of Provence is concentrated here! A rocky island rises up in the centre, its jagged white crests offering a magnificent view over the whole of Pays d'Arles, which extends out from its base. It is both a glimmering setting and an arid landscape, which at first glance brings to mind Tuscany. And yet it is unique!
Discover Provence Pays d'Arles
At the foot of the Alpilles, the archaeological site of Glanum at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence contains important religious and civic monuments and presents a fine example of urban development. A Gaulish oppidum built around a sacred spring stretches out before your eyes, revealing Greek and subsequent Roman influences.
Discover Provence Pays d'Arles
Saint-Michel de Frigolet Abbey calls to us from the past to suggest a wander through history. Walk, ride or cycle along the pathways to enjoy local flora and fauna in the "garrigue", the low vegetation... and come upon hidden architectural jewels.
Painters and lights of Provence
Thanks to Vincent Van Gogh, the light of Provence Pays d'Arles has become famous around the world. Chabaud, Brayer and Lelée lived here and Picasso was a regular visitor. The Brayer Museum, the Chabaud Museum, the Arlaten Museum and the Réattu Museum house the major works they produced in Provence Pays d'Arles.


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