text: At 06:58 AM 6/19/2008, Robert G. Brown wrote: >On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Jim Lux wrote: > >>So.. if your (foreign person) buddy is designing thermonuclear >>devices in their garage, and they complain about how slow it is to >>run the hydrocodes to simulate stuff, better not hand them that old >>copy of Sterling, et al., or even worse, give them rgb's website. >>(the latter would be too suspicious, since rgb *is* a physicist, >>doing monte carlo simulations no less, while Tom Sterling is *just >>a computer scientist*) > >Ah, taking my name in vain I see...;-) hardly in vain.. (hoping you actually get to read this, in some venue other than your detention hearing, <grin>) >Remember, building nuclear bombs ranges from VERY easy to not terribly >difficult, until you want to build a BIG one, or a small one, or one >that has to be "precise" in its performance. Terrorists need none of >these things -- sloppy to the point of being a fizzle of sorts is still >more than good enough. Nicholas Freeling, "Gadget" is a thriller/detective story about someone (like rgb) being kidnapped and forced to design a smallish device for some nefarious sorts. A better story, in my opinion, than, say, Clancy's "sum of all fears". Building a plutonium bomb (given the plutonium) is considerably more >difficult and not a project for MY garage even with a lathe. Plutonium >is downright dangerous to handle, and the construction requires shaped >lensing charges, which in turn requires an ability to make precision >casts of at least two different explosives with differential burn rates >and to set them off with high speed triggers at exactly the same time. One can look at the dual-use list at ORNL and see what sort of precision is considered "dangerous" to bound your design effort. >However, "exactly the same time" very probably means something quite >different now from what it did in 1945. Again, my PC contains >nanosecond clocks; over the counter electronics can probably provide >enough switching speed and power to get within the range that will >suffice for an implosion device, especially one slightly overengineered >in other respects. Sure, the government controls known fast switches, >but I very much doubt that they control the knowledge of how to make >them, and I doubt that they are that hard to make. Simultaneous is easy.. equal length coax, for instance. It's the switches that are tough (and export controlled) A bit trickier than you might think, to get the jitter down in the subnanosecond range, and to have the high peak currents needed. And no, you can't use spare xenon flashtubes you've scavenged out of disposable cameras. If you're worried about small (always an issue when thinking about nanoseconds.. 30cm/nanosecond for free space propagation), there's also the energy storage to consider. To optimize the yield, too, the timing of your zipper relative to your compression is important. >Thermonuclear fusion and the 100+ KT to MT range are similarly >straightforward. From what I recall, one can just monkey around with >building bigger bombs surrounded by more fissile material and get close >to the latter, adding fusile material such as tritium (expensive and >dangerous) or deuterium (plentiful and harmless) and lithium into spaces >between trigger and a U-238 casing. Uh.. probably not.. That's the "alarm clock" or "layer cake" design and has some issues. I refer interested readers to Morland's 1977 article in "The Progressive" for more information. > To get to MT, one has to build a >proper dual implosion device so that the trigger causes both heating, >compression, and neutrons to all happen at the same time to a >significant volume of fusile material. The NWFAQ doesn't contain >engineering specs (as it proudly and irrelevantly announces). So it is >entirely possible that one could try for MT and only end up with a 100 >KT or so. However, range of total destruction scales like the 1/3 power >or thereabouts of the energy, so a 1 MT device only does roughly twice >the damage of a 100 KT device anyway. Code and my laptop might up the >odds of making a MT+ device work the first time, but... cube scaling is the rule in explosives (all the way down to sub kilo amounts), however, for very large devices, where the "point source" assumption is invalid (e.g. that 10km fireball), it does break down. There's also the issue of the propagation of a shock wave in air and air not being a linear medium. >...from the point of view of strategic war or tactical war these >differences matter, I suppose. A 100 KT "fizzle" might let a hard >shelter survive where a 1 MT non-fizzle would kill it. Getting too big >or two small an explosion can either kill your own troops or not kill >all of the enemy on an actual battlefield. Or, knocking the lid off a silo, which requires both precision targeting AND suitable yield AND something that fits in a package that can be appropriately delivered. >Tactical devices like >neutron bombs require significant engineering and experimentation to >achieve and are not garage projects, I suspect -- get them wrong on the >one side and they're thermonuclear devices that are far more powerful >than you anticipate, get them wrong on the other and they don't make a >significant flux of neutrons and the enemy soldiers overrun your >position. Hence the interest in things like the National Ignition Facility. >However, from the point of view of terrorist bombs NOBODY CARES -- or >should care -- a 1 KT "near fizzle" bomb is the moral equivalent of two >million pounds of TNT, 100 panel trucks loaded full of TNT and set off >all at once. Set off in the right place, it would do billions of >dollars in damage and kill as many as hundreds of thousands of people, >especially if it were surrounded by e.g. a ton or so of cobalt. The study done a couple years ago that postulated a "nominal yield"(e.g. 20kT) fission device in Los Angeles/Long Beach port showed that the majority of damage and death resulted from things like traffic jams and accidents in the crowds fleeing and overloading hospitals. The actual damage radius is fairly small (in the context of Los Angeles, which is >100km across) and the fallout (from a particularly dirty surface burst.. i.e. the shipping container on the dock sucking up the dirt) wasn't all that bad, in terms of dose. The panic, on the other hand, is lethal. > I could >do that with my shotgun. Hmm. Mcrit for good quality U235 is fairly high, especially unreflected. I don't know if your shotgun has sufficient oomph to assemble it quickly enough without predetonation or a fizzle. I've seen numbers for required assy speed in the 1000 m/sec sort of range (i.e. you've got to move from a noncrit to a crit configuration in the amount of time between spontaneous neutrons appearing to get things rolling). Accelerating 10kg, say, to 1000 m/sec, takes a heap o'joules >Bad as it is, this beats the hell out of the condition I grew up in -- >living just outside of DC but well within the radius of TD expected for >a 10 MT airburst over the Washington Monument, with MIRV'd ICBMs >targeted on both sides and a single moment of insanity away from MAD -- >but it isn't terribly desireable. No matter what the holding action, no >matter what the defenses, it is just too easy. Put a shotgun-bomb into >a freighter as machine parts or a nameless lump of concrete down in the >bilge, sail it up the Saint Clair river, there goes Detroit, or maybe >Chicago. SF, NY, Miami, New Orleans, Washington, Baltimore, Boston -- >all vulnerable. Or unload it, put it on a truck, and anyplace is a >target. why worry about ICBMs when DHL/FedEx will deliver it to your selected doorstep?


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The Mexican town of Tequila in the western state of Jalisco is the heart of a region that produces the legendary spirit. Any bottle of tequila must be made from the Weber Blue species of agave, grown and distilled in this region.
Field after field of agave gives this land a blue hue, defining an economy and its traditions.
But using just one species of blue agave to make 100 percent blue agave tequila is done through cloning the plants, without pollination or flowering. After "doing this for so many generations, the agaves are getting weaker, and the only way to protect them is by the increased use of pesticides and herbicides," David Suro of the Tequila Interchange Project tells us.
That and other environmental issues have tequileros, or tequila makers, concerned about the future of the industry.
The Spirit's Hidden History
Guillermo Erickson Sauza, a member of one of tequila's royal families, gives us a tour of his 125-year-old tequila distillery process in the town of Tequila on the northwest slope of the Tequila volcano. His distillery and hundreds of others, both large and small, fill the hills and valleys some 60 minutes outside Guadalajara, Jalisco's capital and Mexico's second-largest city.
Cenobio Sauza, his great-great grandfather, got to the town of Tequila in the 1850s when he was 16. At the time, it was a boomtown, and many people were setting up tequila distilleries there. The natural spring water, the rusty red volcanic soil, the climate all made the region perfect for the growing of blue agave.
Cenobio started the brand of Tequila Sauza in 1873, and was the first to export tequila into the U.S. In 1893, Tequila Sauza made a sensation when it was served at the Chicago World's Fair. At that time the drink was called vino mescal.
Traditionally, Guillermo tells us, "tequila was the drink of cement workers and bricklayers." At weddings and celebrations in Sauza's own family, and families like his, brandy was served, not tequila.
In 1946, Guillermo's grandfather Javier took over Sauza, and slowly helped make tequila what it became — one of the premier products of Mexico. In a move that shocked his family, he sold the distillery in 1976 without warning.
Through the years, the family held on to one of its small, old distilleries. About a decade ago, Javier's grandson decided to come back to Tequila and started making the drink in the old traditional way, using a stone crusher, taking a long time to age the spirit. He brought out his first brand, which he called Los Abuelos, or "the grandparents," in Mexico. In the U.S., Los Abuelos is sold under the name Fortaleza, which means "fortitude."
'Agave Business Is A Casino Business'
It takes five to eight years for the blue agave, the only kind of agave that can be used to make official appellation tequila, to mature. Growing agave is risk-filled, and requires knowledge and maintenance.
So agave growers and tequila producers must be looking far ahead at all times.
"Agave business is a casino business," says David Suro, president of the Tequila Interchange Project, a nonprofit organization and consumer advocacy group for agave distilled spirits.
In the same way wine producers are always wrestling with climate, weather, bugs and soil conditions, the tequileros and agave producers are working just as hard. But instead of one season of growth and then harvest, they have to tend their fields for five to eight years before the sugar levels are high enough for harvest.
Suro produces a tequila, too, called Siembra Azul. "It's kosher certified," he says. "There's not a Mexican institution to certify organic. So the kosher certification is the closest [to prove how] very careful we make our tequila."
Composting Tequila
Mexican video journalist Rogelio Navarro says Guadalajara is the Silicon Valley of Mexico in many ways. "I would compare the tequila industry to the electronic industry, which is so important to us here," Navarro says. That means tequila is likely to play a huge part in the future of Mexico's economy.
Traditionally tequila was a Mexican family business passed from generation to generation. Now that is changing. "The biggest tequila companies are not Mexican anymore; they are internationally owned," he says. "Tequila produces a lot of jobs and a lot of money, and now they just the sent the first package of tequila to China, and they're expecting to sell millions of liters of tequila in China."
Navarro notes that tequila not only means alcohol — it also means culture. It's associated with folkloric dancing, with music, with film, with tourism.
The Tequila Chamber of Commerce and the Tequila Regulation Council are now very focused on what is happening with tequila all over the world, says Navarro. And they make sure that tequila produced in tequila country is actually tequila because of the agave they are using and the amount in the final product. There have long been troubles with people both in and outside of Mexico producing something they label as tequila that is not true tequila, not 100 percent blue agave.
Navarro has been following some of the efforts to make tequila production more organic and sustainable, as it is an industry that produces a serious amount of waste.
"The cellulosic waste, or bagasse, is what is left once you cook the agave plant and chop it and put it through a mill. ... What do they do with all this organic trash?" he says. "They were trying to compost it, and you can use it back in the agave fields as well, but in the past it's been easier to just throw away. Now, there's a guy that decided, what are people in Brazil are doing with the cane? And he bought the machines and started compressing the bagasse and making bricks, and he started to sell them as charcoal for roasting and bricks for houses."
Carlos Camarena is a third-generation family master distiller and one of the most respected tequileros in Mexico. Tequila, Arandas and Atotonilco are three of the major areas where agave thrives and exceptional tequila is made. We make the pilgrimage with him to his La Altena distillery in the highlands of Jalisco, where he makes the legendary Tequila Tapatio, Tequila Ocho and more.
Inside is a huge round pit made of stone, with a stone wheel on top of it. "What we are looking at is called a tahona," he says.
In the past, the wheel was turned by mules. The stone crushes the agave and squeezes out the juice. Three years ago, Carlos' father pulled out the mules and replaced them with a John Deere tractor to pull the wheel. Tequila Siete Leguas, about an hour away near Atotonilco, is one of the last distilleries to crush its agave with the huge stone wheel pulled by mules.
Tequila For The Next Generation
At La Altena, Camarena is thinking deeply about the environmental impact of making tequila. "We're noticing the summers are getting hotter and hotter every year, and the winters are getting colder," he says. "So much hot is making the plant grow faster, but not letting it get all the nutrients from the soil and develop the sugar content and the acidity and to be as healthy."
And he notes that tequileros face a particular difficulty because blue agave plants being used to produce these millions of gallons of tequila are clones from the same mother. This monoculture style of agriculture over time requires more and more pesticides and herbicides to carry on.
About eight years ago, Camarena also got interested in treating all of the residues at the distillery instead of just dumping them in the garbage. With all the organic materials it's producing, it started making an organic fertilizer that it put back on the agave fields. And the distillery started recycling all the water it uses instead of just throwing it away.
Camarena is awaiting certification as a green industry because he is focused on controlling all aspects of the "leftovers" the distillery creates through the tequila-making process, to make certain it has no polluting effect, including reducing emissions into the air from its boilers and stills. He tells us, "If I want to change the world, I need to start by changing yourself, and let's see if that attracts other people to do what they have to do in order to have a better planet for people who come after us."
Agave Goddess
Carmen Villareal is one of the few women in Mexico to run a tequila company. It's called Tequila San Matias, and it's now 127 years old. Villareal tells us about Mayahuel, the pre-Columbian goddess of fertility and maternity who is a sort of patron saint of tequila and is often pictured with 200 breasts.
"Our agaves have babies," says Villareal. "Normally one agave can have 10 or 12 babies, so it is about being productive." Villareal sees Mexico through the eyes of Mayaguel, the productivity and fertility of tequila working for the growth and wellness of the country.
"Mexico is a country with great poverty," she says. "Tequila is an important income for the country. For example, our distillery is located in a tiny town, and we are practically the only source of work in the area. The way I see the industry, we we can help bring wellness and opportunity to our country."
It's time for another installment of Hidden Kitchens. Today we go to the Mexican town of Tequila and the region that produces the legendary namesake spirits.
Shouldn't a different song be playing? Anyway, any bottle of tequila must be made from the Weber blues species of agave, grown and distilled in that region. Field after field of agave gives this land a blued hue, defining its economy and traditions.
MONTAGNE: The Kitchen Sisters, producers Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, travel to Mexico and share this story, which they call Tequila Chamber of Commerce.
GABRIELLA CONERO: This is the main entrance to Tequila - Tequila town. My name is Gabriella Conero (PH) National Chamber for the tequila industry. In this row, you can find a lot of distilleries. This is Tequila Tres Mujeres, Hacienda de Oro. Herradura is right there. And this way you can see the Sauza factory.
GUILLERMO ERICKSON SAUZA: My name is Guillermo Erickson Sauza. And we're in the town of Tequila, around the northwest slope of the Volcan de Tequila. It's an old, expired volcano. And I'm the fifth generation to make tequila in my family. Now, at our little distillery here, La Fortaleza, we only make 100 percent agave tequila. Cenobio Sauza, my tararabuelo - great-great-grandfather - got to this town in 1850's, when he was a 16-year-old boy. At the time, it was kind of a boom town. There was a lot of people setting up tequila distilleries. Previously, it was illegal to make distilled spirits in Mexico to keep competition away from the spirits that were produced in Spain. Cenobio started the brand of Tequila Sauza in 1873. It was the first to export tequila into the United States. Tequila was like the cement workers', bricklayers' drink. It wasn't for the upper classes. We used to go to a wedding and you would see all brandy bottles on the tables. There was never any tequila bottles. About 1946, my grandfather, Javier, took over and slowly made Tequila Sauza what it was, the product of Mexico. Unfortunately, he sold Tequila Sauza when I was about 20 years old in 1976. We were all stunned. All of a sudden he just sold out. I found him reading the newspaper. And I said, (Spanish spoken) Daddy Javier, why did you sell the distillery, you know? And he pulled his paper to one side and he said, (Spanish spoken) because I wanted to. This is a very tough business. Fortunately, we kept this little old distillery. We were able to put it back together and get it making tequila in the traditional way. We brought out a brand called Fortaleza. It means fortitude.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: (Singing in Spanish).
ROGELIO NAVARRO: Guadalajara is the Silicon Valley for Mexico in so many ways. Tequila industry produces a lot of jobs and a lot of money. It's not only tequila. It's also what it means to go out to the tequila country. It's becoming an experience. It doesn't necessarily mean alcohol. It also means culture, folkloric dancing, mariachi music, food. My name is Rogelio Navarro. I live in Guadalajara. I'm a video journalist. Tequila industry is a very huge part of the future of Mexico. But the biggest tequila companies are not Mexican anymore. They are internationally owned. And now that the Tequila Chamber of Commerce just sent first package of tequila to China. They are expected to sell more and more millions of liters of tequila in China.
FELIX: (Singing in Spanish).
FELIX: (Spanish spoken).
ROVENO SERVES: Felix is el Jimador. Jima means to harvest a agave.
FELIX: (Spanish spoken).
SERVES: He's been doing this for the last 16 years. His daddy was the one who taught him to be a Jimador.
FELIX: (Spanish spoken).
SERVES: The Jimador use this tool, which is called coa - it's very sharp - to harvest the agave. He's shaving all of the penca away from the agave. Penca - it's the agave leaf. They are very spiky. They are a lot of spines and thorns. It's like a protection for the heart of the agave. My name is Roveno Serves (PH), global brand ambassador Casa Herradura.
JIM REEVES: (Singing) I'm just getting back Juarez, Mexico. And I'll tell you something I want you to know. My forehead is aching. It throbs and it twirls from drinking tequila and teasing the girls.
DAVID SURO: I got a business. It's a casino business. You have to be able to predict what the consumption of your spirits going to be in the market eight years ahead. My name is David Suro, president of the Tequila Interchange Project and also the president of Siembra Azul Tequila. The tequila industry - the regulations allow us to use only one type of agave - the agave tequilana Weber blue variety. A hundred percent of the reproduction of agave is done now through cloning the plants.
CARLOS CAMARENA: The summer gets hotter and hotter every year. Traditionally for the blue agave, it took eight to 10 years to grow and mature. And now we are looking at the agaves maturing 5, 6, 7-years-old. Less sugar content because the plant is forced to grow and mature faster. And everybody's talking about it - Calentamiento global - global warming. We are, right now, at La Altena Distillery. This is one day's harvest. We process about 20 tons of agave per day. Seven ovens very slowly cook the agave - fermenting in wooden vats - the way that all tequilas were 100 years ago. So we generate organic compost and leave it so Mother Nature do its own thing.
CARMEN VILLAREAL: Tequilera means a woman that works in the industry and produces tequila. My name is Carmen Villareal. I am the general director of Tequilas San Matias. In our pre-Columbian history, Mayahuel was a goddess, the agave goddess for fertility. Our agaves can have 10 or 12 babies. I like to relate that history with our history now - to grow well is for our country with fertility and productivity.
MONTAGNE: This story was produced for the Kitchen Sisters in collaboration with Nathan Dalton. It was mixed by Jim McKee. You can visit the agave fields around Tequila at npr.org. This is NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

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A good time to lose the clutter
Wick's World
"Get rid of the clutter before we list your house," stated my realtor.
Other words for clutter could include messy, untidiness, or too much litter. However, what she was referring to were the knick-knacks, framed wall pictures and any other personal items left in plain sight that could deter a prospective homebuyer's ability to picture your house as their house. Fair enough.
However, for some people, their clutter is another man's bread and butter. Take the popular TV series "American Pickers" for example. Two Iowans and long-time buddies from grade school tend to find those golden treasures and antiques hidden in the junked out yards of America. This show is the visual representation of the saying, "One man's junk is another man's treasure."
What literally blows me away with this TV series is the amount of bucks people are willing to pay for all the rusted out clutter from some obsessive-compulsive, toothless hillbilly's yard. Before we get too politically incorrect here, let me state for the record that some of my best friends are obsessive-compulsive, toothless hillbillies. I love you guys along with all the ex-hippies, retired gas station sign collectors, and gray-haired bikers who are mostly dedicated to motorcycles named Harley or Indian.
To these fellows, it is as if there were never any other worthwhile motorcycles made. Why, the cute little Honda motorcycle even had a stupid ditty of a song written about her ("Go Little Honda") and yet, after it was ready to ride, it still went nowhere; and how could you not love a motorcycle named Ducati? However, neither rose to the level of rusty clutter.
Another popular television show dedicated to clutter is currently making the rounds. "Hoarders" could easily be designated "The King or Queen of Clutterers." These people have a huge obsessive-compulsive disorder which should not be made fun of and by no means am I picking on people with a legitimate illness. However, that won't stop me from addressing the issue because this is clutter at its finest. I feel that I can legitimately write about hoarders because my uncle was one. He was also, as uncles often are, my mentor in life. He taught me how to laugh and make jokes. He also taught me how to work hard and still laugh and make jokes.
He lived by two mottos, "Never get excited" and "Don't sweat the small stuff." It worked for him and the older I get, the more it works for me. He really did learn this secret to a happy life.
It was rather obvious that he never would sweat the small stuff — or the big stuff for that matter — by the condition of his living quarters, a huge old farmhouse. We didn't call people like him hoarders back in my day. We simply referred to their places as trash houses. Not only was his basement filled to the brim (mostly with leftover materials from his construction business), but his main floor literally had an 18-inch wide trail that led from the couch to the TV to the refrigerator to the toilet and back to the couch. Now how convenient was that?
You could mutter to your mother with your eyes a flutter that his clutter made you shudder. Yes, it was difficult accepting his offer of a bowl of homemade wild mushroom soup. Or he had an honest-to-god head cheese sandwich scraped from the remnants of a hogshead and converted into a form of cheese.
These were always served from containers that led detergent-free lives. At his wake, the stories told about him were 99 percent about how great a care-free life this well-loved man led and how amazingly no person ever died from his offerings of food.
Rewind to the topic of clutter; it ends where it began with the quote from my realtor, "Get rid of the clutter before we list your house."
Although my house looks immaculate, I now have no clue as to where I packed my (fill in the blank.) If I don't find my toothbrush soon, I may be toothless. If my two extra houses don't sell and another housing crisis occurs, I may end up an obsessive-compulsive hillbilly. Also, my junk is not another man's treasure, it is simply junk. I have no rusted Harley parts.
At least for the next few weeks, when someone walks into Wick Fisher's house, they can say, "Man, you sure have kept a tidy house since retirement."


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WDR 2011 launches new website!
We are pleased this week to unveil our newly revamped WDR 2011 website. Designed to be more user friendly and to make the World Development Report 2011 accessible to a wider audience, we hope the new website will be a boon to anyone interested in finding out more about conflict and development.
We are especially excited to introduce our Data Visualizer comprising our Conflict Database. Previously, information about conflict was dispersed. The WDR team has brought it together in a single database covering civil war, homicides, terrorism, and trafficking, as well as socio-economic, demographic and political data – more than 300 variables in one place available online through the Bank's open data initiative.
Among our other new features are Faces of Conflict, a series of video interviews with experts and people affected by conflict. We will be collecting footage through the WDR Flip Challenge in which 10 Flip cameras have been distributed to World Bank staff around the world to document their experiences with conflict and community efforts to reduce it. We will be putting up videos as we receive them, so be sure to check back for updates.
Our new interactive map allows users to acquaint themselves with the consultations around the world guiding the WDR and its thinking. Flags in the map indicate meeting locations with summaries of the consultation sessions with national and regional organizations, policymakers, experts and civil society just a click away.


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Twitter on Tuesday unveiled a new look that it says will make it "even easier to express yourself."
The new design also gives Twitter the Facebook feel.
It features a larger profile photo and lets users "customize your header." A user's most popular posts will also appear "slightly larger" to make them more visible.
"Now, you can choose which timeline to view when checking out other profiles," the company said in a blog post.
Twitter's new format will be rolled out Tuesday to a small group of users.
It's a safe bet that the new look is aimed at fixing what's turned into Twitter's key problem: attracting new users. The San Francisco-based company saw its stock take a hit after adding fewer than expected users in the previous quarter.
Twitter shares have shed more than 30% year-to-date, although the stock is still up more than 60% since it went public in November.
Twitter got a boost Monday when Janney Capital analyst Tony Wible initiated coverage of the company with a buy rating based on what most analysts agree is the company's potential in online ads.
"We see Twitter disproportionately benefiting from the shift to mobile advertising, new ad inventory opportunities, long term pricing leverage, improvements in ad engagement rates, traditional media integration, and cost subsidies tied to data licensing sales," Wible told clients in a note.
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Real chorizo from Spain, far more flavorful than versions made in America, used to be a banned substance. Like most cured meats, it was forbidden from being imported to the United States for reasons both obscure and frustrating. Many of us tried to smuggle the sausage in backpacks. Some of us were stopped at baggage inspection, forced to return our contraband.
Luckily the black market days are over. The U.S. government gave its blessing to chorizo—at least the chorizo made by a couple of U.S. approved facilities—and now we can eat it stateside with abandon. And you'll want to because it's very good. This is rich, smoky salami. It's made with natural casing, pure pork and plenty of Spanish paprika and garlic. It's hung from rafters to cure in a room dried by the smoke of a smoldering fire.
I like to keep a link in the fridge as a staple ingredient; it's versatile in the kitchen. Try it as is, with some good cheese. Slice some in a paella. Add chunks to a pan of roasted potatoes. One of my favorite dishes is an omelet made by softly scrambling a few eggs with a handful of diced chorizo sweated in the sauté pan. Happily, I can now make it without looking over my shoulder for the Feds.
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Xbox Entertainment Negotiating with Showtime for Live-Action Halo Series
Microsoft gets closer to finalizing a deal with the Showtime channel to launch its upcoming Halo drama series.
Variety reports that Xbox Entertainment Studios has been in talks with Showtime to help debut its upcoming live-action Halo series that is being developed by Steven Spielberg's Amblin TV studio with the iconic director acting as the series' executive producer. Xbox Entertainment Studios has put the upcoming Halo series at the forefront of its upcoming Xbox Originals service, which will offer original, streaming television programs for Xbox Live subscribers and owners of Windows devices.
Unfortunately, negotiating the deal has been taking a bit longer than expected due to the show launching on the Xbox Originals program and not just exclusively on Showtime. Inside sources claim that the show's episodes will first debut on Showtime and then on the Xbox afterwards. The Xbox Original version of the show will have enhanced interactivity that will be exclusive to the video service. Unfortunately, both Showtime and Xbox have yet to comment on the matter, but if Showtime was not negotiating with Microsoft at all, the premium cable company would likely just disprove the rumor and carry about its business.


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What: The Boulder Philharmonic collaborates with the University of Colorado choirs, Boulder Ballet and Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance Company in a program of American music
When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2
Where: Macky Auditorium, University of Colorado campus
Tickets: $13-$70
Info: 303-449-1343 (ext. 2) or boulderphil.org
The Boulder Philharmonic is no stranger to collaborations with choral and dance groups, but director Michael Butterman believes that Saturday's concert at Macky Auditorium, the second of the current season, will feature the most individual performers of any single event in his tenure.
The all-American program, which also ties into the "nature" theme of the 2013-14 season, is centered on two giants of American music who will always be linked by their professional and personal relationship, as well as their deaths within two months of each other in 1990: Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein.
A collaborative effort with the Boulder Ballet had been in the works during early planning for the season, in which a 100th-anniversary performance of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" with choreography was considered.
"That effort was tabled," Butterman said, "but we decided to include another great piece that was originally performed with dancers but does not typically include them anymore."
That led him to Copland's "Appalachian Spring." The concept grew to include not only the Boulder Ballet but also the Boulder-based Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance company. Neither Butterman nor Nancy Smith, founder and director of Frequent Flyers, wished to turn to the original Martha Graham choreography.
Smith said the Saturday performance will be a fresh take. The orchestra will be onstage, behind the Boulder Ballet dancers, rather than in the pit. The aerial dancers will be above ground for the entire 20-minute work.
"It's a simple concept: (The aerial dancers) are basically supernatural beings or gods, and the ballet dancers on the ground are humans," said Smith, who devised the choreography with the Boulder Ballet's Alex Davison.
The aerial dancers will be working with their typical apparatuses, fabric, hammocks and hoops.
The company is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and is one of the pioneers of the art form. Smith said that while the Frequent Flyers have collaborated with other orchestras and classical groups, this will be the first-ever pairing with their "home" professional orchestra, something she and Butterman said was a long time coming.
"A lot will be going on," Smith said, "but we hope that it will wash over the audience and that it will be a complete visual and sensory integration with this great music as the backdrop."
Butterman leads into this visual extravaganza with a rich slate of music, including the suite from Copland's opera "The Tender Land." The last movement of the suite is an orchestral version of the familiar chorus titled "The Promise of Living."
Here, Butterman saw an opportunity to expand the collaboration by including singers. The choirs of the University of Colorado will join the Phil for the first time.
"Since Greg Gentry was named director of Choral Studies at CU, we have wanted to do something with them," Butterman said, "and the Copland connection provided a great entry."
In addition to the final movement of the Copland suite, the choirs will join the Phil in Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms" from 1965, a popular work with college and professional choirs.
Gentry said the Bernstein work, which is sung in Hebrew, is a great fit for his singers. The director, who previously worked with the Phoenix Symphony Chorus, prepared Bloch's "Sacred Service," another piece with a Hebrew text, for a performance with the Colorado Music Festival last summer. He had a professional relationship with outgoing CMF director Michael Christie when the latter was director of the Phoenix Symphony.
The University Singers, made up of primarily graduate students, and the larger undergraduate University Choir will participate, a total of about 80 singers.
"I very much believe in choral and orchestral collaborations as being one of the highest orders of our musical art forms," Gentry said. "For the joy of music making in the Boulder community, this is a wonderful offering."
While the "Chichester Psalms" are considered a sacred work, Butterman pointed out that some sections come from discarded portions of "West Side Story." It includes a major part for boy soprano, which will be sung by Quinn Evans of the Boulder Children's Chorale. A student at Manhattan Middle School, Evans, who was born on Sept. 11, 2001, recently gave a performance of "Pie Jesu" from the Faure Requiem in memory of those who died the day of his birth.
The concert opener, fitting the American and nature themes, is "Rusty Air in Carolina" by Mason Bates. The short 2006 work blends live music with electronic sounds.
"That's kind of his calling card," Butterman said of Bates. The electronic portion is triggered by laptop and closely integrated with the orchestra.
"It's complicated and requires a skilled operator," Butterman said. "It's a far cry from the pre-taped stuff of the past."
But it is accessible music, Butterman added, saying, "It expresses the heat and sultriness of a midsummer mid-Atlantic evening, with strains of folk music and bluegrass."
Appropriately, it was originally commissioned by the Winston-Salem Symphony of North Carolina.


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Welcome to Oaksterdam, California's newest, least orthodox tourist attraction. Welcome, possibly, to the future of a multibillion-dollar business around legal marijuana.
Spread over an eight-block area of formerly disused downtown Oakland, the self-described Oaksterdam district neighborhood includes clinics and dispensaries for medical marijuana, coffee shops catering to cannabis patient, pot-themed souvenir shops, specialist law offices and Oaksterdam University, an education center for growing and dispensing marijuana. There are Segway tours, tourists and film crews.
There is also a busy office where a mostly young and energetic staff work to pass Proposition 19, a California ballot initiative that would allow people over 21 to grow, possess and transport marijuana for personal use, subject to local regulation and taxation. They foresee a day when licit marijuana use is widespread, tax revenues reach $1.6 billion despite collapsing prices for the product, and perhaps 100,000 union jobs are created in the legal dope industry.
It is difficult to say what the proposition's chances are in the Nov. 2 vote. The ballot-betting website Intrade puts the odds at about 60-40 against, but that is on relatively small volume. In opinion polls the race is much tighter, though still against it, if a person is asking the question. In automated polls the measure passes overwhelmingly, leading organizers to conclude that the winning swing vote is people who say one thing in public, and vote another way when alone in the ballot booth.
Oaksterdam University's founder, Richard Lee, is one of Prop 19's original proponents. He thinks it will pass, and that legal pot will be an industry "like vintners or brewers… that's why we started a trade school." Oaksterdam's classes involve issues in growing and preparing marijuana, as well as legal and business issues. Lee says 12,000 people have taken classes there over the past three years.
Inside the Prop 19 lobbying office, Dan Rush, a special operations executive with Local 5 of the United Food & Commercial Workers Union, figures legal cannabis is good for his business. "This is an industry that should be regulated, and unions are how you do that," he says. "We want to see tens of thousands of good-paying jobs from a dignified industry that has good worker principles." Besides growing and regulating sales, he says, there are jobs to be had in preparation of pot-laced foods, packaging and labeling, transportation, and hemp-based products that use parts of the plant without the drug.
In Oaksterdam, things already have a feel of legalization's normality. Prices for both cannabis and a doctor's prescription have fallen with increased competition. Lines form outside the dispensaries after 5 p.m., as some very fit-seeming patients get off work. Seeds and plants come with brand names like Purple Dawg and Sweet Tooth. Somewhat like wines described by their grape varieties, these brands carry info on their genetic heritage (Dairy Queen is a cross of U.K. Cheese, Cindy 99 and Romulan, a once-popular brand).
As with many other industries, the real money in legal marijuana may be less in the product as in the means to produce and manage things–think picks and shovels in the gold rush, Cisco routers in the Internet or Halliburton in oil. Prices for cannabis itself may fall. Lee figures an ounce will be "$100, with $50 of that in taxes," down from $300 or more today. But the business of indoor growing equipment makers and nutrient companies is likely to increase, along with lifestyle publications, as localities license home and industrial growers. Ed Rosenthal, a noted expert in the field, lists his consultancy services in one magazine.
Advocates figure they could still lose, but seem encouraged even by the close call of the polls–a 1972 legalization vote lost by two-thirds–as well as the cash-strapped needs of localities. If California goes, they figure, other states will soon follow, but the earlier legalization and storied past will give California a lasting presence in the business.
"I tell growers in Mendocino [County, a noted cannabis producer] to patent processes, create brands," says Rush, the ironically named union organizer. "They need to think about eventually stimulating exports beyond the border to Taiwan, Ecuador–anywhere."
– Article from Forbes.


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Adria — SuicideGirl of the Day [PICTURES]
Meet Adria, a SuicideGirl who is up for an open relationship, doesn't smoke or drink and feels she defies categories. Sorry guys, she is looking for a woman right now. Unless you can convince her otherwise.
Name: Adria
Age: 27
Location: California
Occupation: Waif.
Favorite position: The ones he/she is good at.
Cigarettes: Nope.
Alcohol: Nope.
Drug use: Drug free.
I'm looking for: A woman.
My politics: Smash the state!
Pot: Nope.
My status: Open relationship.
I want: Booty.
My pigeonholes: F**k you, I defy categories!
Into: My interests are many and varied.
5 things I can't live without: Zak, his big c**k, asthma medication, contraceptives, and um, more medicine.
1. The Wall(Intimacy) stories: Between Existentialism and Marxism
2. The Information, London Fields, House of Meetings
3. The Decameron
4. Gravity's Rainbow
5. Viriconium
6. 1984
7. Zak's books
8. The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brother's Grimm
9. Vurt and Nymphomation
10. Wicked (but screw the musical — it's a travesty)
Video Games:
1. Donkey Kong 1-2-3 for Super NES
2. The Legend of the Dragoon
3. Zelda Orcarina of Time, Yoshi's Story
4. Diablo II
5. Mass Effect 2
6. American McGee's Alice
7. Star Wars Battle Front II
8. Mario Kart NES
9. Justice League Heroes
10. Lunar
SuicideGirls is a community that celebrates alternative beauty and alternative culture from all over the world. Since 2001, tens of thousands of models have submitted millions of photos to their website hoping to become SuicideGirls.


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SAN LEANDRO — A suspect who carjacked a man using a small machine gun was behind bars on Sunday, police said.
Officers responded at 7:20 p.m. on Saturday to the 400 block of Bristol Avenue for a report of a car jacking, said Lt. Jeff Tudor.
When officers arrived, the victim said that a man armed with a "compact machine gun" approached him while he sat in his car, Tudor said. The suspect then forced the victim to exit his car at gunpoint and took his cell phone and his money, Tudor said.
The victim said the suspect then fled with the victim's vehicle towards East 14th Street.
He also told police that the suspect was with another subject who was in a dark colored Honda Accord. The San Leandro Police Department notified surrounding agencies about the carjacking, Tudor said. About 45 minutes later, the Oakland Police Department advised the San Leandro Police Department that they had located both vehicles in the 900 block of 70th Avenue, and that they had a subject detained who was identified as Alex Myers, 22, of Oakland.
The second suspect remained at large on Sunday and the Honda Accord was reported stolen out of Morgan Hill, Tudor said.
Myers was arrested on suspicion of carjacking, possession of stolen property, possession of a stolen vehicle and a parole violation outstanding warrant. The gun was not recovered, Tudor said.
Anyone with information about the carjacking can call police at 510-577-3230 or contact the Anonymous Tip Line at 510-577-3278.
Citizens can also send an anonymous tip to San Leandro Police Department by texting the word SLPD and their tip to 847411.
Contact Natalie Neysa Alund at 510-293-2469. Follow her at Twitter.com/nataliealund.


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DSM DelvoCid+ Natural Preservation Solution Extends Beverage Shelf Life Up to 12 Months
DSM has announced the launch of its latest natural preservation solution for beverages, DelvoCid+, at the Institute of Food Technologist Annual Meeting and Food Expo 2013. DelvoCid+ helps to keep drinks fresh for longer with a clean taste as well as being very cost-efficient to use.
Applying the benefits of natamycin, the natural antifungal, to beverages, DSM is offering its latest preservation solution DelvoCid+ to beverage manufacturers. DelvoCid+ effectively eliminates the risk of yeast and mold growth in beverage processing. Proving to be between 100 to 500 times more effective than traditional solutions, it significantly extends shelf life. Some customers have seen the shelf life of their drinks increase from six to eight months, sometimes even up to 12 months. The exact shelf life extension opportunities depend on among others, the type of drink and mold as well as the pH value of the beverage.
These improved shelf life possibilities can be achieved with smaller dosages than traditional preservation methods, delivering high value for money. DelvoCid+ has been submitted for approval by regulatory authorities in Mexico for beverage applications and is expected to achieve governmental approval in other regions.
DelvoCid+ features a neutral taste and odor, which helps beverage producers deliver clean taste profiles without aftertaste as well as adding a natural preservative to their label. Dosages remain within the acceptable daily intake (ADI) levels, enhancing appeal to increasingly health-conscious consumers.


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Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister Talks Upcoming Mayhem Festival, Legacy + More
Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister was the guest on Full Metal Jackie's radio show this past weekend. The heavy metal icon talked all about the his time on Gigantour, his thoughts on the Mayhem lineup and more. If you missed Jackie's show, check out her interview with Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead below:
Did you have a good time on Gigantour, Lemmy?
Yeah, yeah it was alright. The Los Angeles gig was especially good, I think it was the best gig we ever did in L.A.
That was such a great show and your son came up and played a song, it was super cool. It was just a great response from the crowd, so much energy and considering the fact that you had pretty much lost your voice. I can't even imagine how you were able to pull that off that night.
I did four shows after that and then I really lost it.
You missed the last few Gigantour dates; when you're sick what's the deciding factor to shut down and not play?
If I can't do it, if one of us can't do his job then we just don't do it because that's selling people short. We could have gone on and played all the songs instrumental but I don't think it's the same thing, really [Laughs].
How do you feel when you have to cancel a show?
It's terrible, we were already in Dallas and we had to cancel it. I mean it was just a drag you know. We had to cancel Denver before that but I was hoping I'd be okay for Dallas, Austin and Houston – then it wasn't so we had to give it up.
Well I'm glad that it's back and obviously the most recent announcement was Motorhead is going to be part of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival this summer. The lineup, which is huge, Slipknot, Slayer, Motorhead, Anthrax, As I Lay Dying, The Devil Wears Prada, Asking Alexandria, Whitechapel and High on Fire. The tour goes from June 30 to August 5.
It's gonna be a mess backstage.
I can only imagine, that is a great lineup. When they first came to you and talked to you about that bill, what was your first thought?
Hell, Corey [Taylor] himself from Slipknot asked us you know, so yeah he's a good guy – a friend of ours and of mine. So I said "sure." We haven't toured in America that many shows, that big of a show for a long time, it's just been us – boring. The Gigantour wasn't bad but this is bigger.
You recently just put out a live DVD release ['The World Is Ours'] and there have been a few live Motorhead releases over the years, what's best about this new one?
This is live DVD and live CD and it's three shows in Chile, in black and white, bits of Manchester and bits of New York so all around the world so it's good.
What do you feel is the different reaction from fans overseas as opposed to here in the States?
I'm really shallow that way, I don't care as long as they say "Hooray." As long as they're not throwing things, I'm all for it.
What do you enjoy most about the comradery packages like Gigantour of Mayhem Festival?
You meet everybody the first few days then you figure out who's gonna be who's gonna be your mates and who's gonna be too busy to talk to you underlings. You just figure out who's the kindred spirits and you hang with them but you can get into some outrageous s—t on those tours. I mean that's going to be a big tour, there's going to be a lot of kitchen sink stuff [laughs]. There are going to be a lot of people wondering where their daughters went. No doubt, it's going to be a lot of fun.
You've been doing this for such a long time, how does it feel to still be doing this after all these years and outliving most of the people in the business and in life from when you first started?
Yeah most of the people that gave us six months to live had six months to live, it's funny. I'm just doing what I'm doing, I don't look upon it like that. I don't look upon it as any kind of achievement really and then I'm just an idiot bass player who sings a bit. I'm just enjoying whatever I can get out of it 'til I can't do it anymore. It's quite simple.
If you weren't doing Motorhead and everything you do, what do you think you'd be doing?
I'd probably be in jail [laughs]. I'd probably be in the center of some nefarious scheme. I mean I'm not qualified for anything; I'd probably be a grave digger, or a roach sweeper – I'd be retired by now anyway, wouldn't I? I'd be on my middle aged pension "Ah yes mate, not the same as the old days ya know. Listen to an old soldier son."
Are there any people in the music business that maybe early on, passed on Motorhead that you remember and that you could get to say "Hey, I'm still here doing this. Remember that time when you said we weren't going to last?"
Many many journalists, everybody [Laughs].
Are there still people you come across in your travels that thought this wouldn't continue as it has?
People vanish, this isn't a deal known for its longevity. The life expectancy of most bands is about five years, lately it's gotten older because everybody's bloody reformed. They found out you could make a lot of money, believe me they'll travel in separate buses or separate station wagons or whatever.
What could we expect for the rest of the year, after Mayhem?
I mean we're doin' festivals before Mayhem, in Europe and then after Mayhem I guess we're going to go back to Europe and do the usual winter tour there – tour Britain and several countries, probably including Belgium.
So you're going to be quite busy.
Yeah, yeah, we're usually quite busy.
Next week, Full Metal Jackie will have Mathias Nygård of Turisas on her show. Full Metal Jackie can be heard on radio stations around the country — for a full list of stations, go to fullmetaljackieradio.com.


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With the recent update of Facebook's app to version 44, sharing interactive 360° video has never been easier.
Please note that to share your 360° video to Facebook, you must have an internet connection.
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Ranch House in Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve
From Black Mountain Rd. Canyonside Park Driveway into Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserv
San Diego , CA
United States
Arch in the Park
The San Diego County Archaeological Society presents an educational day of Archaeology and Fun at the Ranch House in Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve
Saturday, October 20, 2012 • 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Celebrating California Archaeology Month
and National Archaeology Day
➸ Find out what archaeology is all about; dig in a mock excavation; play games
➸ Discover the history of the Ranch House on a tour of the adobe
➸ Be there at 11:30 a.m. to meet Running Grunion, a Kumeyaay Indian, and learn
about his people
➸ Speak to local archaeologists and see archaeology exhibits, demos on stone
tool making and basket making, raffles, games, and more!
Directions: From I-15 take Mercy Rd. west, turn right (north) onto Black Mountain Rd. and then
take the first left into Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve. Follow the road all the way to the back
(past Canyonside Community Park ball fields), and park in the designated parking area in the field.
Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy in the shade.
Fry bread, snacks, and sodas will be available for purchase.
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Fact Sheet
Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Issues
December 2000
Questions About Sexual Orientation
What is "Sexual Orientation"?"Sexual orientation" is a term frequently used to describe a person's romantic, emotional or sexual attraction to another person. A person attracted to another person of the same sex is said to have a homosexual orientation and may be called gay (both men and women) or lesbian. Individuals attracted to persons of the other sex are said to have a heterosexual orientation. Sexual orientation falls along a continuum and individuals who are attracted to both men and women are said to be bisexual. Sexual orientation is different from gender identity, which refers to the internal sense of whether one is male or female. Sexual orientation is a relatively new concept. In fact, although same sex behavior has always existed, the idea of a homosexual identity or a homosexual person is only about 100 years old.
The concept of sexual orientation refers to more than sexual behavior. It includes feelings as well as identity. Some individuals may identify themselves as gay, lesbian or bisexual without engaging in any sexual activity. Some people believe that sexual orientation is innate and fixed; however, sexual orientation develops across a person's lifetime. Individuals maybe become aware at different points in their lives that they are heterosexual, gay, lesbian, or bisexual.
Is Homosexuality a Mental Disorder?
No. All major professional mental health organizations have gone on record to affirm that homosexuality is not a mental disorder. In 1973 the American Psychiatric Association's Board of Trustees removed homosexuality from its official diagnostic manual, The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Second Edition (DSM II). The action was taken following a review of the scientific literature and consultation with experts in the field. The experts found that homosexuality does not meet the criteria to be considered a mental illness.
What causes Homosexuality/Heterosexuality/Bisexuality?
No one knows what causes heterosexuality, homosexuality, or bisexuality. Homosexuality was once thought to be the result of troubled family dynamics or faulty psychological development. Those assumptions are now understood to have been based on misinformation and prejudice. Currently there is a renewed interest in searching for biological etiologies for homosexuality. However, to date there are no replicated scientific studies supporting any specific biological etiology for homosexuality. Similarly, no specific psychosocial or family dynamic cause for homosexuality has been identified, including histories of childhood sexual abuse. Sexual abuse does not appear to be more prevalent in children who grow up to identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual, than in children who identify as heterosexual.
What is "Coming Out"?"Coming out" is the term used to describe the experience in which a person identifies himself or herself as gay, lesbian or bisexual. Coming out is not a one-time event, but a lifelong process of identifying as gay, lesbian or bisexual to family friends and other significant members of one's social world. Each person's experience in coming out is unique and the process always stimulates anxiety as well as provides challenging possibilities for personal empowerment and emotional growth. There are many resources available to people coming out. See below for some of these resources.
Does Stigma Still Exist About Homosexuality?Yes. Fears and misunderstandings about homosexuality are wide spread. They present daunting challenges to the development and maintenance of a positive self-image in gay, lesbian and bisexual persons and often to their families as well. "Homophobia" is a term that refers to the irrational fear and prejudice against homosexual persons.
Public opinion polls in the United States show that in the past twenty years, feelings toward gay men, lesbians and bisexuals have moved in a significantly positive direction. Nevertheless, when compared to other social groups homosexuals are still among the most stigmatized groups in the nation. Hate crimes are prevalent. Gay men and lesbians are still banned from serving openly in the U.S. military service. Child custody decisions still frequently view gay and lesbian people as unfit parents. Gay and lesbian adolescents are often taunted and humiliated in their school settings. Many professional persons and employees in all occupations are still fearful of identifying as gay or lesbians in their work settings. Gay relationships are not recognized in any legal way.
What Position Has the American Psychiatric Association Taken Regarding This Stigma?In 1992, the American Psychiatric Association, recognizing the power of the stigma against homosexuality, issued the following statement:
"Whereas homosexuality per se implies no impairment in judgement, stability, reliability, or general social or vocational capabilities, the American Psychiatric Association calls on all international health organizations and individual psychiatrists in other countries, to urge the repeal in their own country of legislation that penalized homosexual acts by consenting adults in private. And further the APA calls on these organizations and individuals to do all that is possible to decrease the stigma related to homosexuality wherever and whenever it may occur."
Such organizational recognition of homophobia has been important in changing attitudes about homosexuality.
Is It Possible To Change One's Sexual Orientation ("Reparative Therapy")?There is no published scientific evidence supporting the efficacy of "reparative therapy" as a treatment to change one's sexual orientation, nor is it included in the APA's Task Force Report, Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders. More importantly, altering sexual orientation is not an appropriate goal of psychiatric treatment. Some may seek conversion to heterosexuality because of the difficulties that they encounter as a member of a stigmatized group. Clinical experience indicates that those who have integrated their sexual orientation into a positive sense of self-function at a healthier psychological level than those who have not. "Gay affirmative psychotherapy" may be helpful in the coming out process, fostering a positive psychological development and overcoming the effects of stigmatization. A position statement adopted by the Board in December 1998 said:
The American Psychiatric Association opposes any psychiatric treatment, such as "reparative" or "conversion" therapy, which is based upon the assumption that homosexuality per se is a mental disorder, or based upon a prior assumption that the patient should change his/ her homosexual orientation." (See full position statements, below)
What Do the Parents of Gay Men/Lesbian/Bisexuals experience?When a person "comes out" to their parents, it can be a very emotionally trying experience for all involved. Most parents are concerned for the welfare of their children, recognizing the difficulties posed by being a member of a stigmatized group. Often parents also fear rejection by their own family, friends, religious, or social groups. Fortunately, support exists for parents who are struggling to come to terms with their child's homosexuality. PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) is an organization comprised of the families of gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals that provides information and assistance to parents and families. Family or individual psychotherapy can be very helpful in dealing with questions and concerns about a gay child. Other resources are listed below.
How Do the Children of Gay/Lesbian Parents Fare?Many gay men and women are parents. For example, estimates of the numbers of lesbian mothers range from 1 to 5 million and with the number of children ranging from 6 to 14 million. Most gay parents conceived their children in prior heterosexual marriages. Recently an increasing number of gay parents have conceived children and raised them from birth either as single parents or in committed relationships. Often this is done through alternative insemination, adoption or through foster parenting. Numerous studies have shown that the children of gay parents are as likely to be healthy and well adjusted as children raised in heterosexual households. Children raised in gay or lesbian households do not show any greater incidence of homosexuality or gender identity issues than other children. Children raised in nontraditional homes with gay/lesbian parents can encounter some special challenges related to the ongoing stigma against homosexuality, but most children surmount these problems.
APA Position Statements Pertinent to Gay and Lesbian Issues
In the past, defining homosexuality as an illness buttressed societys moral opprobrium of same-sex relationships.2 In the current social climate, claiming homosexuality is a mental disorder stems from efforts to discredit the growing social acceptance of homosexuality as a normal variant of human sexuality. Consequently, the issue of changing sexual orientation has become highly politicized. The integration of gays and lesbians into the mainstream of American society is opposed by those who fear that such integration is morally wrong and harmful to the social fabric. The political and moral debates surrounding this issue have obscured the scientific data by calling into question the motives and even the character of individuals on both sides of the issue. This document attempts to shed some light on this heated issue.
The validity, efficacy and ethics of clinical attempts to change an individuals sexual orientation have been challenged.3-6 To date, there are no scientifically rigorous outcome studies to determine either the actual efficacy or harm of "reparative" treatments. There is sparse scientific data about selection criteria, risks versus benefits of the treatment, and long-term outcomes of "reparative" therapies. The literature consists of anecdotal reports of individuals who have claimed to change, people who claim that attempts to change were harmful to them, and others who claimed to have changed and then later recanted those claims.7-9
Although there is little scientific data about the patients who have undergone these treatments, it is still possible to evaluate the theories, which rationalize the conduct of "reparative" and conversion therapies. Firstly, they are at odds with the scientific position of the American Psychiatric Association which has maintained, since 1973, that homosexuality per se, is not a mental disorder. The theories of "reparative" therapists define homosexuality as either a developmental arrest, a severe form of psychopathology, or some combination of both.10-15 In recent years, noted practitioners of "reparative" therapy have openly integrated older psychoanalytic theories that pathologies homosexuality with traditional religious beliefs condemning homosexuality.16-18
The earliest scientific criticisms of the early theories and religious beliefs informing "reparative" or conversion therapies came primarily from sexology researchers.19-27 Later, criticisms emerged from psychoanalytic sources as well.28-39 There has also been an increasing body of religious thought arguing against traditional, biblical interpretations that condemn homosexuality and which underlie religious types of "reparative" therapy.40-46
(May 2000)
Bias-Related IncidentsBias-related incidents, arising from racism, sexism, intolerance based on religion, ethnicity, and national/tribal origin, and anti-gay and -lesbian prejudice are widespread in society and continue to be a source of social disruption, individual suffering and trauma. These incidents are ubiquitous and occur in both urban and rural areas. Such hate-based incidents consist of acts of violence or harassment. These incidents result in emotional and physical trauma for individuals, as well as stigmatization of affected groups. Ethnic and cultural biases, vividly manifest in bias-related incidents, serve to frustrate the basic human need for dignity, resulting in despair and hopelessness among the victims that ultimately affect the whole nation.
The APA deplores such bias-related incidents. Moreover, the APA encourages its own members and components to take appropriate actions in helping to prevent such events, as well as to respond actively in the aftermath when such bias-related incidents occur locally.
(December 1992)
Right to PrivacyThe American Psychiatric Association supports the right to privacy in matters such as birth control, reproductive choice, and adult consensual relations conducted in private, and it supports legislative, judicial, and regulatory efforts to protect and guarantee this right. (December 1991)
Homosexuality and the Immigration and Naturalization ServiceThe American Psychiatric Association strongly opposes all public and private discrimination against homosexuals in such areas as employment, housing, public accommodations, and licensing and immigration and naturalization decisions.
The Immigration and Naturalization Service, at least until 1990, considered homosexuality to be a mental illness and used this determination as a basis for the discriminatory exclusion of homosexual visitors and immigrants to the United States.
The American Psychiatric Association successfully opposed the continued inclusion of homosexuality as a mental illness by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The APA believes that neither physical illness nor mental illness nor sexual orientation per se should be a basis for immigration or naturalization exclusion.
The American Psychiatric Association welcomes the changes presented in Title VI of the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1990 and will be available to contribute to work intended to ensure that the immigration policies and practices of the United States are consistent with the relevant sections of that act. (June 1991)
Homosexuality and Armed ServicesAPA, since 1973, has formally opposed all public and private discrimination against homosexuals in such areas as employment, housing, public accommodations and licensing. It follows that APA opposes exclusion and dismissal from the armed services on the basis of sexual orientation. Furthermore, APA asserts that no burden of proof of judgment, capacity, or reliability should be placed on homosexuals, which is greater than that imposed on any other persons within the armed services. (December 1990)
Discrimination Based on Gender or Sexual OrientationIrrational employment discrimination on the basis of gender and sexual orientation has received considerable attention in law, business, sociology, and, to a lesser degree, psychology. It is well known that sexual harassment and other forms of irrational gender-based discrimination have increased in recent years, and this trend is likely to continue because employees are increasingly aware of legal prohibitions against these and other forms of employment discrimination. While the psychiatric needs of self-identified discrimination victims have been under-recognized, both in and out of the workplace, psychiatrists can expect increasing consultations regarding these issues. It is important that psychiatrists appreciate and help others to understand the emotional consequences of irrational employment discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation. (June 1988)
ResourcesNational Association of Social Workers
750 First Street NE, Suite 700
Washington, DC 200002-4241
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Report from APA Committee on Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Issues
(Approved by the Board of Trustees, December, 1998)


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The thing most people will take away from "Stand Up Guys" is that it contains Al Pacino"s best performance in years. So if you don"t think Al Pacino still has it in him, this is a welcome chance to be proved wrong.
But here"s something interesting. "Stand Up Guys" also contains Christopher Walken"s best performance in years.
In addition, the film is extraordinarily well cast, and the acting, even in the smaller roles, is more than noteworthy. In some cases, it"s noticeably wonderful.
This means "Stand Up Guys" can hardly be the product of Pacino and Walken"s coming in and running things, but rather of a director of sensitivity and ability, working with an exceptional screenplay.
In that way, "Stand Up Guys" can be said to have come from out of nowhere. The director, Fisher Stevens, has only one minor feature to his credit, "Just a Kiss" from 2002. (He is best known as an actor, and he produced the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove.")
The screenwriter, Noah Haidle, is at the start of his career. These two filmmakers greet every scene as an opportunity to add color, depth and complexity to the characters and the story. The movie has the feel of something lovingly tended.
This actually makes "Stand Up Guys" difficult to talk about. Say it"s a movie about old gangsters, and you immediate imagine the other person thinking, "It"s sentimental."
Mention a scene in which the old gangsters show up at a brothel, and a whole other set of cliches come to mind. But "Stand Up Guys" is different. It introduces standard movie tropes only to subvert them and broaden them and bring out their truth.
Take the brothel scene as an example. Lucy Punch plays the madam, and because she is such a smart actress, she brings a whole history to her characterization.
Working off what the screenplay has told her, she knows that her mother was a madam, too, and so everything she does has a businesslike quality, a neighborhood-girl feeling (even down to the accent), a gentle amorality and a quietly expressed warmth and respect toward her mother"s former customers.
There are laughs in the scene, but they"re based in an honest presentation of the characters. No one is made into a joke.
Pacino plays an old hood who gets out of prison after 28 years, and he just wants to have fun. That means sex, drugs and food.
He"s in his 70s and wants to party like he"s in his 40s, and his desire to cram it all into one night might at first seem like enthusiasm, but it"s more than that.
He knows that an embittered mob boss has been waiting to kill him and has probably hired someone for the job. What he doesn"t realize is that the man who has been hired is his best friend in the world (Walken).
"Stand Up Guys" follows the two men over the course of a single night, with both exuding a quality of decent guys in misspent lives, who can"t go back and can"t relive old times.
Walken has the more subdued role, the more sorrowful; Pacino, the more feisty, the more extroverted. The clash of personalities makes for many amusing moments, but both characters have their eyes open and share the sadness of failure, of having willingly spent their lives on the ugly side of the street.
Midway, Alan Arkin shows up, and he"s terrific, too, as an ailing, grieving old man who was once — and still is — amazing behind the wheel.
Want to talk about good casting? Julianna Margulies plays Arkin"s daughter. Isn"t that perfect? Shouldn"t someone have thought of that earlier?
And Bill Burr, one of the best comedians around, has a featured role as a strong-arm thug. But wait, no one who reviews "Stand Up Guys" should fail to mention Addison Timlin as Alex, a young waitress in the diner where Walken eats every night.
Nice, friendly waitresses are a movie staple, and so it"s practically a miracle of casting and performance that Timlin, working in this stock situation, should so immediately register as the essence of lovely young womanhood and the soul of probity and kindness.
Somehow the filmmakers and Timlin make us see her as an important person long before she becomes an important character. That"s good direction.GO!
·Featuring: Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin, Lucy Punch, directed by Fisher Stevens
·Where: Osio in Monterey
·Rating: R, for language, sexual content, violence and brief drug use
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Hope College's annual major dance concert, Dance 38, will open on Friday, Feb. 24, and continue on Saturday, Feb. 25, and Thursday-Saturday, March 1-3. All performances start at 8 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland.
The concert includes a diverse group of works choreographed by Hope College's dance faculty, including Matthew Farmer, Crystal Frazier, Steven Iannacone, Amanda Smith-Heynen and Angie Yetzke. The performance will also feature additional pieces created by guest artists including Anne René Petrarca and Sharon Wong.
Anne René Petrarca's untitled work depicts the journey of a community in which desperate factions break into individual interactions. Self knowledge and group consensus ultimately contribute to the forward motion of life.
"Seasons," choreographed by Crystal Frazier, is an upbeat look at time and change through the art of tap dance.
"Conversations," choreographed by Sharon Wong, kinetically explores the interpretations and reactions to the myriad of conversations that occur within any given space or location.
"Circo Piccolo," choreographed by Steven Iannacone, is exactly that, "a little circus" somewhere back in time, threadbare and worn, just managing to get by as the "need" for the circus becomes outdated.
"Out of Ash," choreographed by Matthew Farmer, is a driving dance piece inspired by the unconquerable human spirit. Set to some of Aaron Copland's most renowned music, the piece is aims to be visually and emotionally inspirational.
"Julio's Cheekbones," choreographed by Angie Yetzke in collaboration with Grand Rapids composer Chris Eddy, creates original sound for a story of unrequited love. Through the interweaving of voice and movement, the dancers explore the imagery of the poem "something that you should know," by Cecilia Borromeo.
Also on the program is a contemporary ballet piece by Amanda Smith Heynen.
Guest choreographer Anne-René Petrarca is a modern dancer, choreographer and certified Alexander Technique teacher. In New York City she was on the faculty at Dance New Amsterdam and the assistant faculty at The Juilliard School. Recently, Petrarca was a visiting artist at Sarah Lawrence College and Long Island University-Brooklyn. In San Francisco, she is on the faculty at Alonzo King Lines Dance Center, Alonzo King Lines Ballet Training Program and Shawl-Anderson Dance Center.
Sharon Wong is currently the chair of the jazz department and a faculty advisor at Ailey School. She serves as a guest educator at the Atlanta Ballet Summer Intensive; Earl Mosley's Institute for the Arts Summer School in Kent, Conn.; and the Jean M. Wong School of Ballet Summer Intensive in Hong Kong; and recently completed her sixth residency in the department of dance at Hope, where she taught several levels of both modern and jazz.
Costumes are designed by Darlene K. Christopher, Susan Eyler and Amanda Vander Byl. The lighting and set designs are by Erik Alberg.
Tickets for Dance 38 are on sale at the ticket office in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse, and cost $10 for regular admission, $7 for senior citizens and $5 for students. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and can be called at (616) 395-7890.
Tickets will also be available at the Knickerbocker Theatre on performance nights directly preceding the performance time.
The DeVos Fieldhouse is located at 222 Fairbanks Ave., between Ninth and 11th streets. The Knickerbocker Theatre is located at 86 E. Eighth St.


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Actor `Guinness Pakru`, who played the lead in Vinayan`s Adbuthadweepu, turns director with the forthcoming film Kuttiyum Kolum.
He will also play the lead in the movie.
Kuttiyum Kolum is a popular game played in the villages across Kerala. Guinness Pakru, whose real name is Ajayakumar, is the shortest actor to play the lead in a feature film.
He could well be the shortest director in filmdom as well. The film has Aditya, Sanusha, Laya, Munna, Suraj, Vijayaraghavan and Ponnamma Babu. Camera is by Vinod Bharathi and music is by Bijibal.
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Woman dangling from Fort Lauderdale bridge rescued after cancer walk
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A woman seen dangling from a Florida bridge has been rescued by firefighters after she participated in a cancer walk earlier in the day.
City officials say the woman was walking across the New River railroad bridge in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday morning when it began to open. Witnesses called 911 to report that the woman was dangling 22 feet above the tracks with the bridge in the upright position.
Firefighters responded and helped rescue the woman using a 24-foot ladder. She was not injured.
The 55-year-old woman was wearing a pink shirt. She told authorities she had taken part in the breast cancer awareness walk earlier Saturday morning. It was not clear why she was on the bridge since pedestrians are not allowed on it.
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