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The Catholic Church released its latest love letter to the Gays today:
The Vatican newspaper said on Tuesday that homosexuality risked "destabilizing people and society," had no social or moral value and could never match the importance of the relationship between a man and a woman.
As a gay Catholic (retired), a former altar boy (unmolested), a one-time semi-seminarian (it was a high school seminary), and an active destablizer of people and society (the sun used to revolve around the earth, you know, until the gays came along and ruined everything), I should probably be upset about the Church's latest hateful rhetoric about gay people and gay priests.
But after years of listening to similar smears from American evangelicalswho, for the record, believe the Pope is the Prada-shod anti-Christthe bigotry-come-lately of the Catholic Church seems almost quaint. Yes, it's harmful, but it's also pretty transparent: The Catholic Church has a pedophile problem, and it's attempting to pin it all on gay priests. Gay priests are part of the problem, of courseI mean, the Catholic Church has long maintained that homosexuality is an "intrinsic moral disorder.â It makes sense that many of the gay men attracted to the priesthood would see themselves and be, like, intrinsically morally disordered and stuff. So dropping all the homos from the priesthood will probably eliminate some of the sexual misconductnot all of which has been pedophilia, not all of which has been homosexual in nature. It's a blunt object, but not entirely ineffective.
But the root of the Catholic Church's problem is celibacy. Practicing straights can't be priests; practicing gays can't be priests; women, gay and straight, can't be priestsso who's left exactly? It's right there in the Vatican's new position paper: gay men who have "overcomeâ their homosexuality, or resisted it for threecount `em!three long years can still be priests. So gays are still welcome in the Catholic priesthood if they're very deeply closeted or very good liars. That should improve the priesthood, huh?
On a personal note, when I came out to my mom she went to a family friend, a priest, to cry on his shoulder. When she told Father Tom that I was gay, he told her he was too and that she should be glad that the world had changed so much for gays and lesbians, and that I wouldn't have to live the kind of circumscribed, emotionally bereft life that he did. He told her to accept me and love me. Thanks, Father Tom.


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Take a Look at Netflix's DeGrassi: Next Class Reunion, Which Hopefully Will Be As Awkward and Dramatic As Yours Was
Sadly, Drake did not RSVP to the reunion.By Halle Kiefer
Sadly, Drake did not RSVP to the reunion.By Halle Kiefer
July 22!By Dee Lockett
Plus: Should I be watching Degrassi?By Margaret Lyons
Behold Christopher.By Margaret Lyons
"Forever my ting."By Dee Lockett
"You had a sexy dream about Jonah?!"By E. Alex Jung
He had to choose between Degrassi and a music career.By Ira Madison III
Paige! Sean! Marco!By Dee Lockett
Much of the cast is returning.By Jesse David Fox
Whatever it takes was all a lie.By Dee Lockett
Teens everywhere!By Margaret Lyons
"Yes, I was on Degrassi, yes, I wear sweaters, yes, I did this and that, and no, I don't give a fuck."By Jeff Rosenthal
Yes, that's every episode.By Margaret Lyons
No teen marriage, for starters.By Rae Votta
WITH SPINNER.By Margaret Lyons
On Saved by the Bell, Degrassi, and 90210.By Margaret Lyons
We are proud of him.By Kyle Buchanan
It really does go there.By Margaret Lyons
The CW's new show is the lowest-rated network drama premiere ever.By Margaret Lyons
And if you don't know what Degrassi is, shame on you.By Eliot Glazer

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Tullett Prebon Hires CIMD Brokers for Spanish Power
Tullett Prebon Plc, the London-based inter-dealer broker, hired a team of three brokers from CIMD SA in Madrid to expand its services in Spain's over-the-counter electricity market.
Pablo Cabello, Carmen Nunez and Patricia Lopez joined Tullett last month, Kevin McDermott, a Tullett Prebon director for European energy and commodities, said today by e-mail. The new hires are based in London, and the company will open a Madrid office in May or June, McDermott said.
"We wanted to add Spain to complete the puzzle of total coverage of European power," he said. "These brokers are regarded as the best in the product by our customers."
Power-trading volumes in Spain rose 5 percent in 2009 to 399 terawatt-hours, according to a report published last year by London-based consultant Prospex Research Ltd. Electricity consumption on the Spanish peninsula, excluding the islands, rose 2.9 percent to 259.9 terawatt-hours last year according to grid operator Red Electrica Corp. SA.
That gives Spain a so-called churn rate, trading volume divided by physical consumption, of about 1.5. In Germany, Europe's biggest consumer and the most liquid market, the churn rate was 8.4 in 2009, according to Prospex.
Tullett, which competes in Europe's over-the-counter energy markets with brokers including ICAP Plc, GFI Group Inc. and Tradition Financial Services, also offers electricity contracts in markets including Germany, France, the U.K., the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and eastern Europe.


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Canada Stocks Gain as Energy, Banks Rise on U.S. Budget Optimism
Canadian stocks rose as energy and financial shares advanced on optimism U.S. policymakers are moving closer to a budget compromise.
Athabasca Oil Corp. added 4.8 percent after it outlined its 2013 budget and analysts with UBS Securities raised the stock's rating. Rubicon Minerals Corp. dropped 6.5 percent after saying the Wabauskang First Nation filed a lawsuit related to its gold project in Ontario, citing media reports. Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. and Encana Corp. increased at least 1.2 percent as crude oil gained for a third day.
The Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index rose 52.99 points, or 0.4 percent, to 12,334.34 in Toronto. The equity gauge has gained 3.2 percent this year.
"What's driving the Canadian market is what's driving the U.S. and global markets at this point, and that is the fiscal cliff," said Anish Chopra, managing director and fund manager with TD Asset Management Inc. in Toronto. The firm manages about C$204 billion ($207 billion). "As negotiations appear more favorable for a resolution, we'll see a risk-on trade."
U.S. President Barack Obama lowered his tax revenue demand by $200 billion and offered to start tax rate increases at $400,000 in income instead of $250,000. House Speaker John Boehner said he will push a budget "plan B" measure that will include tax increases on income of more than $1 million, while he continues to negotiate with Obama.
Government leaders are negotiating to avoid more than $600 billion in automatic spending cuts and tax increases set to begin in the new year.
Energy, Financials
Manulife Financial Corp. advanced 3.3 percent to C$13.43 and Bank of Nova Scotia rose 1.1 percent to C$57.28 as bank and energy stocks contributed most to gains in the S&P/TSX. Eight of 10 industries advanced, with trading volume 39 percent higher than the 30-day average.
Canadian Natural Resources gained 2.2 percent to C$28.25 and Encana increased 1.2 percent to C$19.99. Crude for January delivery advanced 0.8 percent to settle at $87.93 a barrel in New York.
Athabasca climbed 4.8 percent to C$10.80. Chad Friess, analyst with UBS, raised his rating to buy from neutral while cutting his price target to C$13 from C$14 on higher oil sands spending after the company outlined a "fairly conservative" 2013 capital budget of $236 million for its light oil business. This was offset by a surprisingly large $502 million budget on the thermal side of its business, Friess said in a note to clients.
"The 2013 budget is well funded and we see upside to production guidance," he said.
Wabauskang Lawsuit
Rubicon Minerals slumped 6.5 percent to C$2.45. The company said it has not yet received notice of the lawsuit from the Wabauskang First Nation relating to its Phoenix Gold project in Red Lake, Ontario.
Daniel Earle, an analyst with TD Securities, said the group is objecting to the ability of the province to approve the mine over the group's concerns, citing a media report.
"We would stress that the Phoenix Gold project is fully permitted and the objections of the Wabauskang First Nation appear to be as much with the province and the mine review process as it is with the company," he said in a note to clients.
AuRico Gold Inc. dropped 4.2 percent to C$7.92 after David Haughton, co-head of metals and mining research with BMO Capital Markets, downgraded the stock to market perform from outperform. "The company now trades at a premium to BMO Research mid-tier gold stocks," he said in a note today.


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1.-Mucinex (children´s cough) contains dextromethorphan and Can Cause False Positive For Heroin, Opiates, Morphine.-
2.-Mucinex D contains guaifenesin and pseudoephedrine, this last one ( pseudoephedrine ) Can Cause False Positive For Amphetamines (speed).-
3.-Benadryl contains diphenhydramine - Can Cause False Positive PCP results.-
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News roundup from Australian and offshore newspapers, newswires and websites on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Deal Journal Australia has not verified the stories from other media organizations and does not vouch for their accuracy.
CIMB To Acquire RBS's Asian Equity Businesses For GBP88.4 Mln
CIMB Group Holdings of Malaysia said Monday it will pay Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC a gross amount of GBP88.4 million for its Asian equities business, boosting an ambition by the nation's second biggest lender by assets to create a pan-Asian bank. RBS's Chinese securities joint venture is also not part of the deal because of RBS's commitment to maintain it for several more years. Negotiations over RBS's 50% stake in its brokerage RBS Morgans, with headquarters in Australia, are continuing, CIMB Group Chief Executive Nazir Razak said. [WSJ]
Bain's Unusually Young Retirement Rollover Age: 23
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China's Chalco to Buy Control of Mongolian Coal Miner
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KKR & Co. has agreed to buy natural-gas fields in Texas and Oklahoma for $306 million as the private-equity firm continues an energy-patch spending spree that has seen it commit billions of dollars to oil- and gas-producing properties. [WSJ]
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GE Slips as Tight Industrial Margins Overshadow Profit, Dividend
General Electric Co. fell the most in a month as tighter margins in industrial divisions overshadowed a fourth straight quarter of profit growth combined with a dividend increase.
The company boosted its quarterly payout for the third time since July after earnings from continuing operations rose 58 percent to $3.58 billion, or 33 cents a share, excluding pension costs. That topped analysts' 28-cent average estimate.
Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt plans to speed sales and profit growth this year and in 2012 by focusing on industrial units. He is spending on research and more than $12 billion of acquisitions since October, mostly in energy, as he builds technology offerings and the oil and gas division.
"Some investors may have ratcheted up expectations that GE was another 'beat and raise' candidate this quarter," said Deane Dray, a Citigroup Inc. analyst in New York with a "buy" rating on the stock. "Longer-term investors should be encouraged about the incremental progress GE is making in its turnaround."
GE fell 45 cents, or 2.2 percent, to $19.95 at 4:15 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading, the largest decline since May 16.
Before today, GE's 12 percent gain this year had outpaced increases of 5.8 percent by the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and 7.6 percent by the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Total sales climbed to $38.4 billion in the quarter, topping the average projection of $34.3 billion.
Order Book
The Fairfield, Connecticut-based company's total order backlog, a gauge of future profitability, was $177 billion, exceeding the fourth quarter's $175 billion. Orders at large-equipment divisions including energy, aviation and health care rose 13 percent to $19 billion.
"The status of their order book was a major concern for us as the recovery limped along," said Peter Sorrentino, senior portfolio manager at Huntington Asset Advisors Inc. in Cincinnati, whose parent company owns more than 2 million GE shares. "We feared they would run down the backlog and imperil future earnings, but this report quiets that fear."
Sales, which rose 6.2 percent, were helped by more selling days as the quarter ended April 3 rather than March 28 a year earlier.
"It's rare for a diversified industrial like GE to have every cylinder running smoothly," said Joel Levington, managing director at Brookfield Investment Management Inc. in New York. "GE had enough positives, particularly energy and GE Capital, to get its engine driving forward."
Dividend Increase
The dividend will rise 1 cent to 15 cents a share payable July 25 to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 20. GE cut its shareholder payout in February 2009 for the first time since the Depression to conserve about $9 billion as the global recession and credit crunch drained profit from the finance unit. The increases resumed in July.
Share buybacks and the dividend will "take priority as we get to the second half of the year," Immelt said on a call with investors and analysts. "Our major transactions are done for 2011."
Immelt said he's satisfied with the company's portfolio of businesses and plans no large divestitures.
GE will buy back the $3 billion in preferred shares sold to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. during the financial crisis by the fourth quarter, adding back 3 cents a share annually, Immelt said.
Pension Costs
First-quarter revenue included proceeds from the sale of NBC, which generated 4 cents a share, tempered by 3 cents in restructuring, acquisition and disposition costs, GE said. About $3 billion in charges related to the sale helped push the consolidated tax rate to 53 percent in the quarter, GE said.
This is the first quarter GE has broken out pension costs or benefits in its income statement on a per-share basis. Including a pension cost of $163 million, net income attributable to common shareholders was $3.43 billion, or 31 cents a share.
Earnings in the energy unit, which includes the world's biggest power-generation equipment maker and an oil and gas exploration division, fell 6.8 percent to $1.38 billion amid lower prices for wind turbines. Sales rose 9.2 percent to $9.45 billion, helped by acquisitions.
GE is "more bullish" on gas-turbine sales amid emerging-market growth including in the Middle East, Japan's rebuilding of infrastructure after a March earthquake and tsunami and lower natural-gas prices, Chief Financial Officer Keith Sherin said on the call.
GE Capital
GE Energy said March 29 it agreed to buy most of France's Converteam from Barclays Private Equity Ltd. and LBO France for $3.2 billion to add equipment that helps electricity flow to the power grid from devices such as wind turbines. That capped about $11 billion in energy purchases alone since October.
Profit at the aviation division, the world's largest jet-engine maker, rose 5 percent to $841 million on sales of $4.37 billion, higher than some analysts' estimates.
GE Healthcare, the world's biggest maker of medical-imaging equipment and information technology systems, posted a 7 percent increase in profit to $531 million. The division's sales rose 10 percent to $4.09 billion.
"We're in really good shape for accelerating industrial earnings growth," Immelt said. "All the precursors are in place: good equipment orders, good backlog growth, good service orders, international growing double digits."
GE Capital's net income more than tripled to $1.84 billion from $583 million as consumer finance rebounded and losses declined. Revenue rose 3.3 percent to about $12.3 billion. The unit's results exceeded Sprague's forecast by 5 cents.
Garanti Stake Sale
A $317 million gain from GE Capital's sale of a stake in Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS helped profit by about 3 cents a share, and having six more days in the quarter than a year earlier added about 1 cent a share, Scott Davis, a New York-based analyst with Morgan Stanley, wrote in a note to clients.
The "stock sell-off may be a bit overdone, but GE gave us little today to get excited about," Davis, who has an "overweight" rating on the shares, wrote in a note to clients. "While sympathetic to frustrated holders and the bear view, reality is that GE remains one of the only 'value' names left in industrial-land."
Even excluding Garanti, "we feel like we have a very good quarter," Sherin said in an interview.
Cash generated from industrial operating activities was $1.7 billion in the quarter, as the company works toward a goal of $12 billion to $13 billion a year excluding NBC. GE had $82 billion in consolidated cash at the end of the quarter.
Industrial Sales
The narrower margins pushed profit in GE's industrial units below estimates from analysts including Jeffrey Sprague of Vertical Research Partners and Nigel Coe of Deutsche Bank AG, who both rate the stock "hold."
"At the industrial operating level, results missed our forecast by a penny, despite additional days" in the quarter from the year-ago period, said Sprague, who's based in Stamford, Connecticut. He cited weaker than expected margins in energy, oil and gas and health care.
Industrial product sales declined 6 percent from a year earlier because the figure includes about 1 month of NBC revenue in 2011. Excluding NBC from both periods, revenue rose 8 percent.
GE's consolidated tax rate was 37 percentage points higher than a year earlier, reflecting the company's projection that the rate would rise significantly after the NBC sale.
The company's taxes have been in the public spotlight since the New York Times reported March 24 that GE had a tax bill of zero in 2010, an assertion the company called misleading on its GE Reports website. The criticism prompted a hoax press release last week.
GE has rebuffed the tax bill claim specifically and said the company received no rebate, refund or payment from the government on its 2010 taxes.
Excluding the NBC-related charges and gains, GE's quarterly tax rate was about 22 percent, and the GE Capital unit's rate was about 18 percent.


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Today we got a special visit from an author, Dr. Steve Palumbi from Stanford a University. He has a new book coming out and decided to visit Chalone Peaks and talk about his favorite subject – marine biology. He spoke before a packed audience and shared his thoughts on sharks, coral reefs, "fast" fish and why fish don't freeze in cold water and how that relates to the ice cream we all enjoy. Fascinating stuff!


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Three days before his landslide victory over George McGovern, President Nixon made an appearance at Ontario International Airport on Nov. 4, 1972. It was to be a star-studded event, with appearances by John Wayne, Glenn Ford, Jimmy Stewart and Chad Everett would be there too. Thanks to Jane O'Connell of Alta Loma for the poster image. (She recently sold the original on eBay.)
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I think Plenty Horse is an American hero.
agreed. shouldn't jail time be enough punishment? if not, then keep them locked up!
...and why no murderer registry? i personally would rather know if i was living next door to a murderer than a sex offender.
....i agree with dan. not carol.
Maybe these people should 'take up' with various inanimate objects in their HOME, where guards and all other potential onlookers are far far away. Draw the curtains, turn up the music and do your... thing.
Perhaps, Amelia. He was a very naughty boy, shouldn't have done that, wasn't prudent. But he wasn't guilty of indecent exposure and should not have been threatened with sex offender status regardless. Wouldn't you agree?
Depends on what kind of 'closed door' it was.
So... Amelia... you believe that the size, shape, and location of that closed door is material? And that man who didn't expose himself to anyone -- no one saw his cock, he didn't set out to show anyone his cock -- is guilty of indecent exposure based on some value judgment about the door? And that this man -- who didn't expose himself to anyone -- belongs on a sex offender registry for the rest of his life?
Because... why? Because you think what he did was icky?
Those mannequin are H-O-T HOT!
The slutty one with the red hair is asking for it!
I support registries for real sex offenders. At a minimum, single parents and businesses and non-profits dealing with children have a right to be able to search the registry as they see fit. But this abuse of the registries really pisses me off. For one thing, it increases the likelihood that courts will toss out the registries completely.
If the government is allowed to listen to my phone conversations, am I guilty of indecent exposure if I have kinky phone sex and someone overhears me?
Even if my door is closed?
Ok, so I'm all over the place on this...
1. I agree with Amelia that people that like to F mannequins should F them in the shitty one bedroom apartments.
2. I agree with Dan that F-ing a mannequin is hardly bad enough to be put on a list (forever) that warns people that a child rapist may be nearby.
3. everytime I read The Slog, I'm reminded of how vanilla my sexual fantasies are. I've never even though about F-ing a mannequin. Maybe one of those Real Dolls, but a mannequin?
Stop putting words in my mouth. So I take it the guy- behind some mysterious closed door- brought out his mannequin, unzipped his pants, pulled out his you-know-what, and saddled up for a ride? Kinky, yes. Icky, not really.
Yes! The size, shape and location of that door matters! Was he doing it in a public restroom? Perhaps it was a woman's restroom. Maybe he wanted to get caught. We'll never know.
The fact remains: it wasn't his house and that activity did not belong there.
Not a sex offender, but definitely indecent and should suffer retribution for his actions. Blame my Christian upbringing.
There were many concerns along these lines when all this was being set up.
Cops and prosecutors cannot resist. So three strike and you are out becomes involved with minor crime, and repeat offenses mean life in jail.
Sex offender lists involves voyeurs, masturbation, playing doctor, kinks, kid stuff, simple exposure, and really has nothing to do with child rapists.
Beware, if you think the world is liberated and thinking.
Amelia, you are a stupid cow cunt. Why do you care if a horny male is humping the couch, door jam, his hand or the cardboard box the computer came in?
I think the dude has suffered enough at this point, Amelia. As for location: he was in a store, on a closed floor, just past closing time. Icky, yes, presumptuous, yes, rude to the owner of the store but a danger to no one. There are times when the right response to sexually inappropriate behavior is, "Hey you, knock that shit off!" Send the teenager -- he was a teenager! -- running, and running scared. Don't call the fucking cops. Sheesh.
I truly think the sex offender registries should be confined to those likely to cause harm to others. Mannequins are inanimate (I know, big newsflash there). As such, they cannot be crime victims; they cannot be harmed. If he gets spuzz on a mannequin, he can be found guilty of property damage, but not a sex crime. Just because it involved his getting his rocks off in a way many of us find rather unappealing, that doesn't make him a danger to others.
@15: Agreed. The possibility of harm to others is a crucial part of the definition of "sex offender." What this guy did was distasteful and probably unsanitary, but hardly dangerous.
Dan's right. These registries should be for serious offenders. Jesus. That aside, my birthday's coming up on Friday!
If I get a boner in the public library while looking at cute girl in BUST magazine, does it make me a sexual predator if it gets noticed?
I never said or implied he was dangerous and/or a predator. But pardon me if I won't be inviting him over for tea anytime soon. That is all.
Jeez, I've done worse than this! What a joke.
@18: Yes, because that makes you a pseudo-feminist asshole. Nothing about BUST is funny or arousing in any way. It is DEADLY SERIOUS.
Consider this: if he had been caught having sex with a real woman, even caught in the act of sex with his genitals fully exposed to the guard's poor, poor virgin eyes, he would not have been threatened with the sex offender list. Possibly not even arrested.
Jeffrey Dahmer used to sleep with a mannequin at his mother's house in the basement. Hmmmmmmm.
@ 22, that's an excellent point.
Oops. Grandmother's house.
@ 18
Point taken Greg, what if I'm reading Highlights instead?
@26: Then you are one creepy, creepy motherfucker.
Here's the problem, Amelia: Because you think what this guy did was icky (and maybe it was), you have a hard time recognizing the injustice that was done to this teenager. People here about him and say, "Oh, that was gross!", and then shrug off his conviction and his being placed on a sex offender registry for the rest of his life. Because what he did was, you know, gross.
The attitude: "Why should I care? My sexual interests aren't gross."
Here's why you should care: because what if it was your son? Or your husband? Or someone close to you? You can't say that none of your relatives or friends would do that sort of thing. Because you don't know. And if your kid or your husband is swept onto a sex offender registry for doing something "icky," Amelia, it's going to destroy your life too.
Frankly, I worry for my son. I did crazy stuff when I was a horny teenager -- oh, the inappropriate places I masturbated. In trees where I thought I couldn't be seen, on railroad tressels (sp?), behind closed doors in empty classrooms. I never got caught but if I had I would've been reported to my parents, maybe, and humiliated and embarrassed. I wouldn't have been arrested, prosecuted, and placed on a sex offender registry for the rest of my life.
"You can't say that none of your relatives or friends would do that sort of thing. Because you don't know."
Actually, I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that she CAN say that. I'm also going to blame it on her Christian upbringing.
@ Amelia
Check yo' e-mail, gurl.
Well at least this guy's kink seems a lot more reasonable than the guy who got caught fucking the bike.
It seems ridiculous to me that anybody would have ever considered putting him on a sex offender list. I can't follow the logic of that! Who did he offend? It's a bunch of plastic and not real.
Indecent exposure maybe but sex offender absolutely not.
This kid needed a slap on the hand and a lesson in manners like, don't hump the mannequins dear!
I would be horrified if my son was caught in public going at it with a mannequin and I think he would be equally embarrassed for being caught and that is punishment enough. To be labeled a sex offender for humping plastic is just wrong!
Those mannequins are kind of hot though.
Perhaps the State of South Dakota should simply outlaw all sex acts. Eventually, the entire population could finally be secure in their gray, dessicated lives, watching Lawrence Welk reruns, with no need to update their sex offender registry, because there wouldn't be a single young person in the entire state to disturb their peace.
something else to take into consideration is that this man was native and this is south dakota. the initial ruling may (or may not, who knows) have had more to do with his race than his act.
Ummm . . . .ouch?
This entire conversation is ridiculous. Amelia, you're either a concern troll, or a very sexually repressed young woman.
The guy was essentially playing with a sex toy in a quasi-public area. Tacky? yes. If there were a tacky sexophile list, I'd be all for him being registered there. But there's not. If there were, I'd probably be on it myself.
Sex offender lists should be for those people who actually offend. You can't offend a manequin. I know - I've tried. (but not in a dirty sense. really)
I bet you that things like this happen at the Bon Marche and Nordstom every day.
Can that guy who got in trouble with the bike use this to get his conviction overturned?
@9: Businesses and non-profits who are at risk of hiring someone with a sex offender background usually have the ability to look at a candidates criminal record on a background check. Shouldn't be a need to check a registry. Those registries exist for the panicked among us who don't have access to background checks and want a short cut to checking everyone they possibly come in contact with.
Maybe it's that I read Naomi Wolf's piece posted last week, but the Sex Offender Registry seems a lot like the gov't terrorist watch lists - almost arbitrary, fucks up your life, and you can never be removed. And sure, maybe they prevent a handful of people from being future victims but they don't protect everyone, and they are also cruel and unusual punishment because we don't treat any other ex-cons this way. With other crimes, you do your time and you can start over. But if it involves your dick, you've screwed yourself forever (Hey Dan - how many women are on these registries anyway?).
@32 - I think part of the problem - a LARGE part of the problem - is that, in many jurisdictions, indecent exposure will get you put on the sex offender list. The presumption apparently being that those who wag their willies are likely to progress to more serious crimes. I do not know that such a correlation has ever been proven.
Plus, there is willy-wagging and then there's willy-wagging. If you're standing outside the fence at the local elementary school during recess and waving it at the kiddies, then, yeah, you're a twisted fuck and probably causing some of the kids some emotional anguish and fear. But simply being caught with it out of your pants in what you had presumed was at least temporary privacy? Not at all the same thing, not to my mind. But either one can be classed as "indecent exposure" and get you on the registry. The first willy-wagger probably belongs on the registry. The second? Uh, not so much.
Amelia, you're either a concern troll, or a very sexually repressed young woman.
Please let it be neither.
Also, people, easy up on Amelia. As she has stated and repeated, no one thinks the mannequin F-er deserves to be on a SORL. She just thinks it is icky and won't invite any mannequin F-ers to tea. Not the same things...
@ 39 Willy Wagging... That word cracks me up.
Once we had a flasher around the neighborhood scaring our female students to death! I talked to the police and the guy told me that most of the time these guys are harmless and they never escalate into anything dangerous.
They are excited by exposing themselves and getting a reaction and not so interested in touching or being physically aggressive.
I'm sure you're right though just the willy wagging probably does get you on a sex offenders list!
Amelia, at least you are confident enough to say what you think!
@42: So is everyone else..?
@43, yeah, but no one else today called called a "stupid cow cunt" for daring to express their opinion.
"got" called, I meant.
As a (former) South Dakotan, I don't know whether to be proud that he was exonerated, or embarassed that he needed to be in the firsst place.
I think I'll just go with the usual proud-I-got-the-fuck-out-of-there.
OK, but I still believe that single parents who are dating should have the right to check the registry for their new boyfriends/girlfriends, not to mention that parents should be able to search for their new non-agency babysitter.
@44: Yeah, but no one else must be used to it by now. Saying someone is brave for uttering their opinion, especially on the internet (where someone, in every place, will be an asshole to you), is just such a terribly empty compliment.
I'd rather congratulate Amelia for her consistent ability to rile people up and bring out the worst insults in them. *That's* a true ability.
With a name like "Plenty Horse" maybe it was difficult to keep his genitals hidden.
Bont, at least you are confident enough to say what you think!
An acquaintance of mine is on the list because he succumbed when a girl underaged by only two months offered to succumb. Now he can neither vote nor own firearms.
@37: The bike fucker was a Brit, so no.
@ 33, to add on to 33 . . . .
wasn't south dakota also the state where abortion was outlawed (save for the life of the mother and one or two other exceptions)? yeah, talking about states w/ sexual repression issues . . . .
The boy - yes, BOY - was caught in the Alumni Room of the Washington Pavillion, not a shopping center but a performing arts center, which was on the verge of closing for the day. This child was behind a closed door but it was a door in a public space. That being said, I wholeheartedly agree with Dan that he should have been scared away from the building by that guard, period. Guaranteed he never would have done *that* again, and the guard would have had an uproarious story to tell his pals and family over beers.
The sex offender registry is NOT for 19-y-o children who get caught humping a damned mannequin behind a closed door. But because of the sweeping and out-of-control guidelines, he was at risk of losing a huge portion of his life because someone (almost) saw his willy. My poor, stupid brother is on the registry because he has a tendency to masturbate in his vehicle in dark parking lots during the small hours of the night - and he got caught more than once. It *has* destroyed his life. He can't find a job or a place to live or go shopping or take a walk in the park without risking going to prison - all because he likes to jack off in dark places.
I do, however, love the idea of including murderers on registry lists. How about serial DUIers too? Oh, we can't keep tabs on everyone, you say? Let's talk to the Dept. of Homeland Security about that.
Perhaps he should become a Catholic priest and focus on little boys...apparently that is OK.
@38 I really wasn't trying to make some deep statement by saying what I said to Amelia. It was just a dumb, empty slog comment. No conspiracies involved...
I hope it did not cross the slog etiquette boundary.
mj is officially the nicest person on the Slog. Hugs to you, mj!
proof that women only look perfect when they're made out of plastic.
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WD Caviar Black Hard Drives – Maximum performance for power computing.
WD Caviar Black high performance 3.5-inch SATA hard drives combine 7200 RPM spin speed, an integrated dual processor, and dual actuator technology for lightning-fast performance in demanding desktop, workstation, and multi-drive systems. And 1 TB capacity gives you the space you need to hold enormous amounts of photos, videos, and files. Best of all these drives are backed by a 5-year limited warranty.
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Prior to my purchase, I read several negative reviews from prior customers who voiced dissatisfaction with Amazon's packaging of OEM drives. Any chance of damage in shipping would indeed be reason to shop elsewhere for such a sensitive item, but on one such page of ranting and frustration I saw a note from Amazon that they had recently addressed these concerns, so I proceeded to order the drive.
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With that said I love the Caviar Blacks and have 3 of them in my system - 500, 750, and now the new 1TB SATA 3 (64Meg cache).
While there is a noticeable speed gain over my previous 1TB Caviar Black (32Meg), the previous version was/is extremely quiet! This new SATA 3 drive is LOUD! It sounds like a percolating coffee pot at its highest boiling point, especially during boot-up or accessing files. Very annoying, especially if it's the noisiest part of your system!
I just put an i7 system in a Cooler Master HAF X case which has 4 fans - 1 Front bottom 230mm 700RPM 19dBA (Red LED), 1 Top 200mm 7000RPM 19dBA, 1 Rear 140mm 1200RPM 19dBA. My Noctua CPU cooler fan tops out at 1200RPM load at 19dBA as well. At idle my ATI 4890 video card fan runs around 27 percent, making it in-audible above the other fans.
My point.... My case is extremely quiet.... Save for WD's new Caviar Black SATA 3 HD!!! Because of this I'm seriously considering going back to my previous 1TB 32meg cache Caviar Black HD.
BTW this is a replacement drive as I thought the first drive was faulty due to the same noise. With that I called Western Digital about this issue.... and to make a long story short, they say this is normal and that drive wasn't designed with noise in mind, that if you want a "quieter" drive, get the Caviar Blue.
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Without being able to test its durability, there's not much you can say about a particular hard drive other than it works and it performs to it's specifications on the tests I did. It maxes out the transfer rates of my other drives (~55 MB/sec). If you want to run more thorough and sophisticated synthetic benchmark tests, you can find those tests on tech review websites; I'm having difficulty inserting the specific links into the review.
If you want a consumer-grade 4 TB hard drive, your choices are pretty limited at the moment (Feb 2013). You've got this WD Caviar Black 4TB, the Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000, and the Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB. If you need 24x7 operation, then rule out the Seagate, since it's not rated for this.
In terms of current Amazon price (Feb 22, 2013), the Seagate is the cheapest (210) by quite a bit. The WD is in the middle (310), and the Hitachi is the highest but not by much (318 sold through a third party).
Performance-wise, on average the Seagate is slowest, as expected given it's a 5900 rpm drive and the others are 7200 rpm. The WD is in the middle, and the Hitachi is fastest. Under both low and high load, the Hitachi outperforms the WD by quite a bit.
On warranty, the Seagate is worst at 2 years, the Hitachi in the middle at 3 years, and the WD best at 5 years.
If you're highly concerned about price and plan to use this for non-performance PC or external USB enclosure, go for the Seagate.Read more ›
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Should probably give 4 1/2, but haven't had it long enough to judge it that good yet- this HD is loud- lots of 'crunching sounds' when the drive is working- can't describe it any... Read morePublished 1 day ago by Naz
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The fact that the NFL has been so strident about Vilma's role in this leads me to think that at least Williams was strident that he heard the offer in the room, and Williams had to know there was going to be a good chance he was going to go down as an all-time rat when he told the league that.The motivation for nine teammates or coaches still on the Saints' staff -- if that's who the nine in Vilma's corner are -- is to stand behind their man. The motivation for Williams is to tell the truth to try to save his career, even when he knows what he's saying might damn him as a snitch for violating the sanctity of the team meeting room. 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The 27-year-old has only played a 16-game season once, his rookie year in 2006. Most football people believe Bush needs to be managed and shouldn't be a workhorse back. I asked him if he thought he could be a 325-carry guy. "I just want to be an effective player, no matter how many times I carry it," he said. "I feel good, but after 26 carries I'm pretty sore. I do think I'll be able to make it through the season fine."If he can, defenses won't be able to tee off on rookie quarterback Ryan Tannehill so readily.Steve Young: Pretty smart for a football player. On the ESPN postgame show last night, Young was brilliant on the ref lockout -- and why the NFL doesn't care what you think. The league might say it cares for your opinion here, but it doesn't.Young used the concept of "inelastic demand'' in discussing why the NFL doesn't care. The definition of inelastic demand is when a change in the price of an item has no effect on the public demand for it. In essence, Young said it doesn't matter how much the public screams for the real officials to come back, because the public will watch the games regardless who is officiating them. And until you vote with your eyes and your fanness -- and stop watching the games, and stop logging on to NFL.com, and stop consuming all things NFL -- all of your angst over this won't matter.Just wanted to point this out, because it's smart and, because he said it long after many of you were in bed; I doubt many of you heard it.Robert Griffin III: I hope he can rush the passer too. On one crushing day, the Redskins lost the two most important pressure players on their defense -- defensive end Adam Carriker (one of the best 3-4 defensive ends in the league) and linebacker Brian Orakpo (the most feared Washington rusher). Coaches always have the next-man-up mantra with their team, and they should, but there's not much they can do to throw salve on this double-barreled hit. If defensive coordinator Jim Haslett can figure a way to surround the lone remaining threat to get to the passer, Ryan Kerrigan, with a player or two the offense is going to have to account for, it'll be one of the best coaching jobs of 2012.Now onto your email:***I'M A GOAT FOR NAMING GOSTKOWSKI A GOAT. "I think your labeling of Stephen Gostkowski as a Goat of the week is a little unfair. The man made four out of five field goals on the day. I feel that many of the other Patriots deserved goat of the week more than Gostkowski and you are just piling on the guy who made the last mistake.''-- From David Timmerman, of Lexington, Ky.Fair enough. My view is he had the game in his hands with what was, for him, an easy kick. He blew it.SCHIANO'S RIGHT. "Regarding Schiano v. Coughlin, the Bucs could have potentially won the game on that snap and the Giants could have potentially lost the game on that snap. If players aren't allowed to try in this QB Kneel situation in a one score game, why even have the play at all.''-- From James Kirkpatrick, of TorontoGood point, which many have made. I look at the diving at knees and the pigpile and the potential strategy of linebackers/defensive linemen crashing into the backs of defensive linemen on the play, to propel them forward, and I see the danger of injury as much as anything else -- in a game that is making new rules every year to lower the risk of injury.There's one other matter here. Watch the classic kneel-down victory formation, and you'll see a quarterback who kneels almost simultaneously to the ball slapping into his hands. It is virtually impossible, and that is being charitable, for a player on the other side of the ball to get to the quarterback to make him fumble. In my mind, the risk of injury, and vengeance from angry offensive players for taking more chopping at their legs, is not worth the scrum.I THOUGHT GRONK IMPEDED THE GUY. "Prefacing this with the fact that I am a Patriots fan and they deserved to lose the game because they were outplayed by the Cardinals, but one call that I was shocked at and is receiving very little national attention is the horrible holding call on Rob Gronkowski on Danny Woodhead's touchdown drive. Gronk has him on the inside and released him at the same time Woodhead was running by. Poor, poor call by the refs, especially after all the downfield contact by defensive backs on receivers and tight ends throughout the game.''-- From Tyler, of New YorkIt was a borderline hold, I thought. But I did think Gronkowski impeded him and, though I didn't see it clearly enough on the replay from behind the play, it appeared he held him. But I have to stress that on the replay I saw I didn't see the hold. I saw the effect of a hold, but no hold, so I can't swear he held. It's the kind of play, because there wasn't an isolated instant replay on Gronkowski that I saw, that you have to think the official saw something. But with these officials, obviously, you never know.DIFFERENT ANIMALS. "Could you explain the difference between what Greg Schiano had his team do to the Giants Sunday, and what the Eagles did to them back in the 1970's for the "Miracle in the Meadowlands.''-- From Mike, of Allentown, Pa.In 1978, with the Giants not in victory formation, Joe Pisarcik took a handoff, wheeled to hand off to Larry Csonka, and there was a fumble, and Edwards picked it up and ran for a touchdown. On Sunday, with the Giants in victory formation, Eli Manning took a snap from center and immediately took a knee.THE REPLACEMENTS ARE BEING TOO CAUTIOUS. "It seems to me that these guys are being taught to err on the safe side. By the safe side, I mean the side that is reviewable in a booth rather than the side that cannot be reviewed. This doesn't work in the case of the Vick incomplete pass/fumble, but I think that safe side thinking is what caused the issue and why they were so slow to actually make a call. I think with more and more experience with learning the rules and how to call them they can get quicker, but do you see this same thinking and do you think it's being taught to them that way?''-- From Nick Connor, of Milford, OhioIt's difficult to paint all 120 replacement officials with a broad brush. But I think you're on to something. In the Eagles game Sunday, Mike Vick clearly had his arm in a throwing motion as he was being tackled, and the ball went forward, but referee Robert Frasier made no call; that tells me he knew the eye in the sky would rescue him. Either that, or he was simply overwhelmed by the stage. Either way, you can't officiate games like that.


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The weekend was so unspectacular, that nearly every minute seemed to put up a banner saying everyday life. And it felt great. I didn't expect it to quiet down this fast.
Sward and Lin were working in Lin's room. First, there was some uproar because of the substance of the wall. When the house was build in 1876 it was build with the purpose to be demolished later on, to rise the price for the piece of land it was build upon. They speculated that the railway should be track laid across it. This never happened, it is located some meters to our right now. But because of this circumstance they didn't build it properly and there was used too much sand for the smoothing cement, which now decided to fall off when we started to paint and spackle it again. First it looked like we needed to redo the whole of the wall but now the paint seems to stabilize the substance of the wall. We will see how it goes. This little part is of importance because this would delay Lin's move-in to his own four walls for another two weeks. He has got some backpain from the couch already. But he refuses to take turns and sleep in bed with me because for him this room is now renovated and belongs to Sward and me. He doesn't want to invade his privacy. I know that Sward wouldn't be too resistant to him sleeping there, but I think he was grateful that Lin was so mindful of his situation. Of curse I didn't think of all the consequences at all, oblivious as I tend to be at times.
As I mentioned we started to save our money for harder times (that are more likely to come with every day that passes without Sward getting the second half of his paycheck from August). I started to train my cooking skills by composing the best tasting food with the cheapest material available. And it seems to work
And for the first time I got the feeling how sweet it can be when the ones you love go to the kitchen to refill their plates. Again just little things but they made me smile. This should better stay this way, because I know I will need a lot of motivation to keep this cooking business on track, great as it may be, I just don't like it that much basically.
One of the first things that Sward wanted to change was our eating location. I love to eat at small and low tables, like the one we got in the living room. We got a higher table during the first year when we moved to our flat but later I pick up my piano from the house of my parents and the table was gone because we needed the space. But Sward wanted to have a table where we could eat all together. Therefore Lin agreed to take the piano to his room, because he didn't have that much furniture anyway. (Till the room is finished we placed it in Sward's bedroom) They set up our old table five days after Lin's arrival and we had to admit that Swards idea was great. It feels good to sit there and eat breakfast (weekend) and dinner (everyday) together. Saturday we stayed at the table after dinner and played some Uno, ate Nachos with salsa and drank some cold coffee
It felt great and comfortable and I think that everyone starts to feel 'at home' with the others already. Of course, this won't happen completely till we finished Lin's room, because he doesn't have any private space at the moment.
Well, after rereading my post I have to admit: much ado about nothing
, sorry for that dear reader. But that's what it looks like at the moment at our place and I am really glad that my life seems to be boring and quiet at the moment.
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On Saturday June 2nd the Whiteaker's unofficial community center, Reality Kitchen, will be hosting a meeting to discuss railroad pollution, with Lane County Commissioner Pete Sorenson scheduled to attend and speak on the issue at 6:30 pm.
Jim Evangelista, who started Reality Kitchen, a learning center for adults with developmental disabilities, says the community has had ongoing concerns about the train cars passing through the neighborhood.
"It is a critical issue for us and certainly other neighborhood residents," he says. Evangelista adds that part of Reality Kitchen's mission is "creating a space that is available to the community," a place for neighborhood residents to gather and discuss issues such as this one. The hope is to create a "community inclusion space" for people, he says.
Some of the concerns that brought about the meeting pertain to the threat of pollution wafting through the neighborhood streets. If proposed coal extraction takes place (see "Coal Train" 1-19), the dirty fossil fuel could be dumped on freight cars and hauled through the neighborhood train tracks on the way to Coos Bay.
"The noise pollution and the physical pollution and the impact on the neighborhood continues unabated," Evangelista says. "It's been an ongoing issue."
At the Saturday meeting, handouts will be provided as well as displays to give residents a better understanding of the issue.
"Many folks are going to do what they can to bring information, to make it available, and so this is why we're [having the meeting]," says Evangelista.
Portland actor Isaac Lamb proposed to his girlfriend on Wednesday. The video's already gone viral. It's worth a watch — cute but not in the way that makes you wince. It makes you giggle.
And as long as we're on the topic. It's about to be June and that IS wedding season after all … Head's up, some of these are corny (you know, cute, but corny). And I can't help but to wonder how the heck are these guys so organized? Number 2 is the best one.
It seems indie music is experiencing a movement of flannel-clad gents strumming vintage guitars while tugging at scruffy beards. A token petite blonde with amazing pipes singing backup over sweeping, rootsy tales about vagabonds is standard fair. But if you can wade past all the skinny jeans and saddle shoes you will find your way to Hey Marseilles, and you won't be sorry.
This Seattle-based group is unafraid to throw an instrumental or two alongside heartstring-tugging ballads. What sets Hey Marseilles apart isn't just the classically trained string aficionados Jacob and Samuel Anderson; it's also the soul-searching lyrics of Matt Bishop, Nick Ward's guitar and drumbourine, Patrick Brannon's trumpet, Philip Kobernik's accordion and Colin Richey's drum set.
Originally a trio, Hey Marseilles was formed in 2006. Guitarist and lead vocalist Matt Bishop said in an interview during 2012's SXSW Festival that they "added musicians until we couldn't fit anyone else onstage." Give a listen to their intoxicating 2010 album To Travels & Trunksand try to imagine the sound without all seven; it's near impossible.
They've got a little bit of something for everybody; gypsy-inspired accordion, maudlin jazz trumpet, mournful viola and even a joyful beat here and there. However, it's not all heartache and missed connections with Hey Marseilles. There is a sense of joy in each note strummed or sung, regardless of subject matter. Take the song "Rio," a vibrant, hand-clapping exultation of love and optimism sure to make you smile, for example.
Touring now in support of its two-song single Elegy, the adorable new age boy band will make a stop at Cozmic on Friday, May 25. Get there early to catch Meagan Grandall and Kendra Cox, otherwise known as the dream-pop duo Lemolo. I have a feeling the pairing will feel a little like having dessert before dinner.
Hey Marseilles plays with Lemolo 9 pm Friday, May 25, at Cozmic; $10 adv., $12 door.
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Nine months after embarking on the original journey to the Mother Coffee tree [as chronicled in this week's cover story], I had the opportunity to hike to the oldest Coffea arabica tree in the world once again. This time I would do make the approach coming in the opposite direction: a two-day journey coursing through a rocky river valley, relying only on a hastily printed map, my fuzzy memory, and a handful of helpful locals. Again I would wonder: Why all this hardship to make it to a tree?
Luckily it was the tail end of the dry season, and the un-dammed rivers were well below their flood levels. And, more thankfully, I was with a trio of gung-ho American dudes who would risk their skin for an adventure into the Kafa Biosphere Reserve. We followed animal trails along the river, ducking under vines and squeezing through dense foliage for as long as it stayed true. But then, abruptly, the trails ended, and there was only the river as a guide. We leapt from boulder to boulder, afraid of the parasites and bacterium that might afflict us if we fell into the dirty brown river. (The biggest threat was schisto, a worm parasite that is easily acquired in lakes and streams in Ethiopia.)
Oftentimes we had to boulder around sheer dropoffs, or duck under natural bridges and caves. One misstep and a rolled or broken ankle would've spelled disaster. No cellphone network. No passing locals. No Coast Guard helicopters rushing to our aid. If someone couldn't walk, he'd have to be carried out of the gorge. This predicament only got worse when we exhausted all options and, at the cooling hour of 4 pm, had to hitch up our pants and wade through the waist-deep river, up and up the river valley.
Finally, at dusk, we found a suitable place to camp on a rocky sandbar on the side of the river. With moldy feet we pitched our tent, made soup over an open fire, and roasted marshmallows under a night sky with a million beads of starlight dripping on our heads. The next morning, after a harrowing traverse of waist-deep rapids and an uphill climb into foothills, we finally found the "road" that led us to the Mother Coffee tree. Once again, the tree itself was an underwhelming goal, but something occurred to me while I scooped tuna fish out of a can with glucose biscuits while sitting under the Great Tree: No destination is worth its weight in gold if it's a cakewalk to get to. Mother Coffee was just a landmark we could slap and then turn around and trudge the rest of the way back to the main road, where a 4x4 vehicle awaited us. The route to get there was the trial and tribulation. The coffee trail was the destination.
When the four of us white boys spilled onto the main road, exhausted, hungry, soaking wet … a local elder stopped on the opposite side of the road and stared at us for a very long time. He leaned heavily on his walking stick. He contemplated our very existence. What were we doing here? Where did we come from? Where were we going? Long after the 4x4 LandCruiser spirited us away back to Bonga, the man stood silently on the side of the road, looking on, utterly baffled.
Follow more of Chuck's ramblings and adventures at Narrantology http://chuckadams.tumblr.com/ and read more about the Kafa Biosphere Reserve at http://www.kafa-biosphere.com/
Looks like the Emerald is joining the tabloit format club next year -- welcome, ducklings! They're also moving to online first, twice-a-week print. Here's an example of the new format:
More at http://collegemediamatters.com/2012/05/23/oregon-daily-emerald-reinvented-for-the-digital-age-announces-revolutionary-changes/
The "Indigenous People, Climate Change, and Environmental Knowledge" conference at the University of Oregon kicks off Wednesday May 23 with a keynote at 7 pm in the Many Nations Longhouse. UO History Professor Mark Carey, the co-organizer of the conference, says he sees a lack of understanding in the general public about the impacts of climate change on indigenous people. "Native peoples are disproportionately affected by climate change," says Carey, who teaches the new UO Honors College course Climate and Culture in the Americas. Larry Merculieff, deputy director of the Alaska Native Science Commission, and Daniel Wildcat, a Yuchi member and professor of American Indian Studies at Haskell Indian Nations University, speak 7 pm May 23 at the UO's Many Nations Longhouse and the conference continues on Thursday, May 24 with an additional keynote address at 9 am in the UO Fir Room, followed by student presentations and three student panels: Traditional Knowledge and Climate Change, Cultural Perspectives and Responses to Climate Change, and Cultural Impacts and Climate Education. The conference rounds out a year of events for The Americas in a Globalized World series, part of the UO Big Ideas initiative. The conference is free and open to the public, for more information, visit uoclimateconference.wordpress.com and for a full story, see this week's EW.
Hey local musicians, the NBT competition is now accepting submissions! Both electronic and physical subs are welcome. For contest rules go to http://nextbigthingeugene.com/
We are looking forward to listening and loving and judging!
Who ends up looking better here, the irritating guy with the gun or the EPD?
A news story about how organic foods might make people act like jerks is making the internet rounds this week, with gems like this:
"I stopped at a market to get a fruit platter for a movie night with friends but I couldn't find one so I asked the produce guy," says the 40-year-old arts administrator from Seattle. "And he was like, 'If you want fruit platters, go to Safeway. We're organic.' I finally bought a small cake and some strawberries and then at the check stand, the guy was like 'You didn't bring your own bag? I need to charge you if you didn't bring your own bag.' It was like a 'Portlandia skit.' They were so snotty and arrogant."
As it turns out, new research has determined that a judgmental attitude may just go hand in hand with exposure to organic foods. In fact, a new study published this week in the journal of Social Psychological and Personality Science, has found that organic food may just make people act a bit like jerks.
Also big in food news this week is "meat glue." Will it be the next pink slime?
Transglutaminase (TG or TGase), better known to chefs as "Meat Glue," has the amazing ability to bond protein-containing foods together. Raw meats bound with TG are often strong enough to be handled as if they were whole uncut muscles. TG is safe, natural, and easy to use. In the kitchen, TG is primarily used to:
• Make uniform portions that cook evenly, look good, and reduce waste
• Bind meat mixtures like sausages without casings
• Make novel meat combinations like lamb and scallops
• Produce special effects like meat noodles, meat and vegetable pastas (using gelatin as a binder), etc. Additionally, TG can thicken egg yolks, strengthen dough mixtures, thicken dairy systems, and increase yield in tofu production, among other useful applications.
Umm, increase yield in TOFU production? Heads up hippies.
Volunteers: The City of Eugene's Transportation Planning department needs some folks who excel in counting to help them out:
Friends! We need volunteers for our annual bicycle counts. The bike count period is Tuesday May 22-Thursday May 24 and Tuesday May 29-Thursday May 31. If you can help out, contact Lee Shoemaker at (541)682-5471 or email@example.com
Dogs Against Romeny is not going to let sleeping dogs lie when it comes to presidential hopeful Mitt Romeny and the time he stuck his Irish setter Seamus in a kennel and strapped it to the roof of his car.
Now they have a dog theme song. Warning the language is for mature audiences only. The dog curses in an Irish brogue.
Sometimes we get info about cool events a little late for publication, but everybody loves Food For Lane County, and everybody loves a bowl sale:
FFLC's 21st Annual EMPTY BOWLS Sale
Nearly 1,000 bowls made and donated by local artists will be available for purchase. Bowl prices start at $10. Each bowl also comes with a gift certificate for free soup or salad from one of several local restaurants. NEW THIS YEAR --- "Meet the Artist" featuring the exquisite work of woodturner Brian Nordlof, clay demonstrations and tastings of FFLC's new Lentil & Barley soup.
This Saturday! May 19, 2011 11am – 3pm
Clay Space Pottery Studio 222 Polk Street (Eugene)
Because the need is greater than ever for hungry families!
We also heard a carnival to help Relay for Life, which celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer:
Children in the City of Eugene's Youth and Family Services KidCity program will hold a Family Fun Carnival to support Relay for Life 2012 on Friday, May 18, 6-8 p.m. at Sheldon Community Center, 2445 Willakenzie Rd.
Youth in KidCity's school-age programs selected Relay for Life 2012 as their community project and worked all year to support the organization that that celebrates the lives of people who have battled cancer, remembers loved ones lost, and encourages students to eat healthy and get active.
Games at the Family Fun Carnival are just 10 cents per play. Dinner for the first 350 guests is free. Swimming at Sheldon Pool is free, too!
For more information call 541-682-5312.
Tomorrow, May 17, the Oregon Aviation Board will be looking to adopt new rules that will allow noisy float planes to land and take off on Waldo Lake, despite the ban on gas motors and the lake's 10 MPH speed limit. Oregon Wild is posting an online petition with talking points at www.oregonwild.org
You can also email comments today to firstname.lastname@example.com and find a list of board members and their phone numbers at http://wkly.ws/185


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I have been gradually adding SystemBuild floor cabinets to my Laundry Room, and got this countertop to go across the 3 24-inch wide floor cabinets I just finished assembling and installing. The first top I ordered was shipped to the store. I got it home carefully and--after several weeks of it just leaning safely against a wall--I opened the package when I was ready to install it. I was quite disappointed that the front corner and front rolled edge had been damaged at some point, possibly during transit to Walmart OR while in their warehouse. The top has a straight edge which goes against the wall, and the "waterfall" edge faces the front. As the front edge was the damaged and visible area, I could not use it. The SystemBuild parts replacement ordering process (FREE for missing or damaged parts) was easy, and I got the new top in about a week. THAT was slightly damaged too, but THIS time it was the back edge (not visible once installed), and just a tiny "ding" on the front edge (which I've fixed with a small dab of glue and caulk), so I installed that one. HOWEVER, it seems to me that SystemBuild needs to REDESIGN their packaging to provide more padding and protection to the long edges of the countertop. That should solve the issue, as the countertop currently comes with styrofoam blocks at the ENDS, but nothing to protect the long edges at all. So as not to waste the damaged top and add to the landfill, however, I AM going to use the damaged top as a simple long shelf in my shed (none of my infrequent guests are likely to be seeing that... ;o).
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