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May 2000
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Who Killed the Clean Elections Bill and Why? (Laure Dillon)
President's Message (Pearl Johnson)
Welcome New Members
Honolulu League: Annual Meeting (Grace Furukawa)
At the Legislature (Jean Aoki)
Senate Seat Challengers Short-changed in 2002 Elections (Jean Aoki)
Honolulu League: Annual Meeting
More than 45 people attended the Annual Meeting at the Hale Koa Hotel. Chairs of each committee were available for questions and discussion of their work during the year. We are very proud of all their accomplishments. Our Annual Booklet has a summary of each committee's activities, contains the budget for the year, the positions of the Honolulu League and the by laws. The booklet is available in the League office. The one disappointment was the reported drop in membership. We recognize this is happening in almost all volunteer groups, but like to feel ours is different. I do hope all the members will make special efforts to invite their friends who are not members, to join.
We gladly selected Pearl Johnson as our new president and elected Board members Evangeline Funk, Robin Loomis, Charles Carole, and Dolly Strazar.
Long time member of League, Senator Les Ihara, with the Legislature still in session, came for lunch. He has been spearheading a Good Government Coalition composed of organizations such as ours, Common Cause etc. and various legislators. He discussed briefly his latest concern with the impact of reapportionment on the Senate in 2002.
A highlight of the day was the speech delivered by AH QUON McELRATH who educated us about the complexities of the University of Hawaii and the inner workings of its management. The gradual shrinking of its funding has had serious impacts on the quality of education at the University. It appears that those in power still have not faced the fact that the future of the state depends on a well educated people. The priority of our leaders who find uses for our tax money in everything else show clearly where their priorities lie. The business climate of today will go nowhere if we do not have well educated young people from kindergarten through college, who will be able to step into the economic life of the state.
Ah Quon, with her lifelong concern for the poor and the working people of Hawaii, is an inspiration to us all with her endurance, wisdom, humor and generosity of spirit. She is a Living Treasure among us.
Grace Furukawa
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Electricity from the solar system is provided to Allied at below-grid rates to ensure operational savings throughout the lifetime of the system. In addition to operational savings, the 1.9 megawatt solar system can assist in achieving environmental goals. Over its lifetime, the system will save approximately 47,665 tons of CO2, or the equivalent of 20-million liters of gasoline.

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58-2433. Funds received by the beneficiary under the provisions of any trust created under the provisions of this act shall be kept and maintained in a special account or accounts and used only for the purpose of such trust and no funds of said beneficiary derived from any source whatsoever other than the trust property, or the operation thereof, shall be charged with, or expended for the execution of said trust, except by express action of the legislative authority of the beneficiary first had and no funds derived from the levy of ad valorem taxes shall be used for or pledged for the purposes or execution of such trust. The officers or any other governmental agencies or authorities having the custody, management or control of any property, real or personal or both, of the beneficiary of such trust, or of such a proposed trust, which property shall be needful for the execution of the trust purposes, hereby are authorized and empowered to lease such property for said purposes, after the acceptance of the beneficial interest therein by the beneficiary as hereinafter provided, or conditioned upon such acceptance.
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Waterford Healing Arts Trust (WHAT) will present acoustic trio The Kalimbas as part of its Healing Sounds programme in the foyer of University Hospital Waterford (UHW) on Monday 23 September from 1:15 to 1:45. Admission is free and all are welcome. Healing Sounds in the Foyer is a programme of monthly live music performances which aims to promote the positive relationship between music, health and wellbeing and to reduce stress and anxiety for patients, visitors and staff. This programme is kindly sponsored by AIB Ardkeen.
An ensemble of cousins from Waterford and Kilkenny, The Kalimbas are well known for their finely tuned vocal harmonies and their ability to bring a room to silent rapture. With Cathy Forristal and Cliodhna Lily Gahan on vocals, and Damien Kehoe on guitar and vocals, expect haunting melodies and sweet sounds to filter through the busy hospital environment.
Waterford Healing Arts Trust (WHAT) is Ireland's leading arts and health organisation. Established in 1993, WHAT brings arts experiences to the bedsides of patients at University Hospital Waterford and other healthcare settings. WHAT believes that the arts contribute to the wellbeing and vitality of society and that engaging with the arts stimulates the participant's sense of identity and creativity. WHAT supports the development of arts and health in Ireland and manages the national website www.artsandhealth.ie
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Entrepreneurs frequently have a regular job they need to keep everything together while they are building their business. In this New Millennium environment, you are probably going to need to be creative, in order to compete effectively for your next assignment. Most of the work Deborah and I do is with boards of directors. They can be as difficult as Human Resources departments, when it comes to new hires.
As a technical professional, looking for a job of any kind, you are going to need to do a lot of the homework yourself, rather than rely on advertisements, or recruiters. Frequently, you will be communicating with the Boss, Chairman, CEO, Managing Director, direct, rather than going through the company HR department. The HR folks, like recruiters, overwhelmed with responses to their openings. If it turns out the Boss sends you back to the human resources department for the details, go ahead and accept it. At least now you have a referral from the boss; it should move you through the process quicker, and ahead of those other 10,000+ resumes.
In order to compete effectively, I believe a candidate has to really become a master of their own information, and take advantage of the employer information that is available to them today. Landing a great job is going to depend on the packaging of this information. And the packaging depends on you, the master of your own information.
In a nutshell, I have been advocating:
1. Know exactly what you want to do. "I'm looking for a job, any job", won't do it anymore. Know your own strengths and skills, make sure they are on your resume. I would try to add some $ values to some of the bullet points that you may be using. You may not know exactly, of course, but you may have an idea about how much budget you were responsible for, how much you saved the company, how much you helped increase revenues, things like that. Like everybody else, boards only spend about 10 seconds on a resume, and $ figures seem to catch their attention. Roberts Rules of Order is going to be important, too, if you took any courses in parliamentary procedure.
2. Know exactly who is going to hire you to do it. Research! You will need to research exactly who the likely employers might be, and exactly who the hiring managers are. It is probably better to by-pass HR, at this point, if at all possible. The reason is, HR is overworked, has a ton of resumes, and you will be 1 of 10,000, applying the old fashioned way. Your hiring manager may send you back to HR, but that is fine. You now have a company reference when you go to HR, and you will be on top of the list.
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3. Keep your expectations realistic. "I'll go anywhere for this job", is just not true anymore. Most everyone has friends, relatives, homes, kids in school, and relationships that help to keep them where they are. Travelling to a new location is probably not going to happen, and the prospective employer is less likely to pay for it these days.
4. Have an 'elevator pitch' memorized, so you can speak it (or email it) to anyone, anywhere, immediately. About 20 seconds worth of information, in 4 or 5 sentences is probably maximum. Just enough to attract some interest, and set an appointment for further discussion. This approach is useful on golf courses, restaurants, social functions, just about anywhere you are meeting and greeting people - even in elevators.
5. Have a basic presentation ready, should an interview transpire at any given time, or is actually planned for. You can modify for circumstances. Know your own basic story, goals, vision, everything that is not on the resume.
6. NEVER send a resume to anyone, unless you either hand deliver it, or email it shortly before the first interview. Never post it online either. Recruiters like to collect resumes, it makes them feel they are on top of their market niche. Sometimes they use the information in a negative way, such as searching for someone to replace you in your current job. Identity theft is an issue, too. If you feel you should work with a recruiter, choose one (and only one) that you are comfortable working with, and feel that you can trust.
7. Follow up, follow up, follow up.
If a potential employer does not want to have at least a telecon interview with you, based solely upon your 'elevator pitch', move on to 'next'. They are not for you, don't even bother sending them a resume.
Here is an example for an 'elevator pitch' - something you can say to anyone, anywhere, in 10-20 seconds (even elevators):
Created and executed $1.5 million advertising campaign for corporate and private banking in North America during expansionary growth period in corporate loan portfolio.
Accounted for $2 billion growth in corporate lending business and improved bottom line through efficient budgeting.
Led $500 million growth in corporate lending business.
These three sentences have plenty of data and dollar information, and gives a potential employer an idea of your qualifications, without passing out a resume, and 'too much information'. Also, consider putting these three sentences in an 'Accomplishments' section, right at the top of your resume, so your potential employer can be reminded of what you can do for them, when they get the resume.
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As extreme rainfall increases as a result of climate change, Colombo is moving to keep itself above the floodwater tide
By Amantha Perera
COLOMBO, March 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When heavy rain falls in the hills and plains west of Colombo – and in the city itself at the same time - Sri Lanka's capital drowns.
As runoff from the west rushes into the Kelani River, which empties into the sea just north of Colombo, water begins to spill into the network of canals that cross the city.
Gates, built to stop that flow, can hold back the tide – but also mean any rain falling in Colombo itself cannot escape to the river.
"When we close those, there is no outlet for the rainwater that is gathering in Colombo," said Mohamed Moufar, a deputy project manager for the Metro Colombo Urban Development Project.
Those living in low-lying areas near the Kelani River know the risks well.
"We know that if the gates are closed, then its trouble for us. Every time that has happened in the last few years, all this area has gone under water," said Jayatissa Somasiri, a resident of the Peliyagoda area, on the banks of the river.
But a solution is now in the works in Colombo to a problem many cities around the world are facing as climate change brings more extreme rainfall and higher flooding risks.
In January, work began on a large pumping station designed to extract water from flood-prone parts of Colombo even if canal gates are closed.
The station, on the south bank of the Kelani River, close to where Somasiri lives, will suck up rainwater that falls inside the city and pump it out to the river, on the other side of the closed floodgates.
The $12 million station is expected to be completed by mid-2019, along with another similar pump further upriver.
There are also plans to construct a third pumping station that would pour excess water into Beira Lake, a 160-acre body of water that sits in the heart of Colombo, and that has its own outlet to the sea.
Studies since the 1990s have urged that such pumping stations be built, Moufar said. But the decision to push ahead with the project now has come because of much more frequent flooding, he said.
Over the last decade, Colombo has seen an uptick in floods. In 2016 and 2017, large areas of the capital were inundated as the South Western Monsoon began in late May.
A flood risk assessment done by the Metro Colombo Urban Development Project last year calculated that Colombo District now suffers damage and other losses of nearly $45 million a year from floods and heavy rain.
The pumping stations are part of the larger $320m project aimed at setting up an effective flood protection plan for the city, as well as improving roads and solid waste disposal, under the Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development.
Moufar said his agency is confident that constructing three pumping stations, two tunnels to carry rainwater and a major diversion canal, also to take floodwaters out to sea, will help the city confront its worsening flooding risks.
But keeping Colombo's existing network of canals clear is also crucial to limiting flood threats, he said. Decades of unauthorised construction on the riverbanks, as well as dumping of waste and general neglect have limited the canals' ability to hold and carry water, officials say.
"There are 44km of canals in Colombo. (If) we keep the canals clean and clear, we can get the water out," he said.
Climate experts warn that cities like Colombo – which faces changes to its annual monsoon and more extreme rainfall associated with climate change – need to adapt to changing rainfall patterns.
"The problem is not the lack of rain, but the intensity and intervals of rain. We are now getting large amounts of rain in very short bursts," said S.M. Premalal, the director general of the country's Meterological Department.
For example, in May 2016, some parts of the island's western plains received over 300mm (almost 12 inches) of rain within two days.
"It is now vital that we gear our water management systems to meet this change," Premalal said.
Moufar said more frequent floods have made Colombo's people and its officials more aware of the growing risks – something that has helped build support for making the needed changes.
"There is more urgency now, because everyone is nervous when the monsoon arrives in late May. We have seen what it can do to the city," he said.
Somasiri said he's not very familiar with the risks from climate change, or unsure whether the huge construction work underway near his house might help solve flooding problems.
But he can see that the rains are stronger – and says something needs to be done.
"It has become a pest now. When it rains, the entire city becomes a pond. Someone needs to fix that," he said.
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A few examples of women's vests I have made in the past. I havent made many but I think its time to start cranking up the sewing machine.
The Anatomy of SteamPunk
Im excited to announce that Katherine Gleason's book Anatomy Of Steampunk is available for sale on Amazon
She graciously included my work in her collection of treasures featured in this fantastic book.
From her bio.
A longtime admirer of steampunk style, Katherine Gleason is the author of more than thirty books for adults and young people, including Alexander McQueen: Evolution (Race Point Publishing, 2012). Her short stories have appeared in Alimentum: The Literature of Food, Cream City Review, Mississippi Review Online, River Styx, and Southeast Review. She has also written articles for a number of periodicals, including the Boston Globe, Connoisseur, and Women's Feature Service.
So You Think You Can Dance
Tadd Gadduan decked out in a Kristi Smart sleeveless coat on So You Think You Can Dance. His partner is Jordan Casanova and the choreographer is Spencer Liff.
Thanks to Soyon An, my coat made a guest appearance.
Magician Extraordinaire
Kenrick Ice McDonald world renown Magician purchased my coat in the eighties. I still remember getting a phone call from Dynamite Boutique asking if I could make a coat in purple with some very specific measurements. It was my first taste in the hard core specifics that a magician demands in their garments. I had not met Ice McDonald but I remember seeing his picture on the wall of the clothing store shortly after I delivered his coat to the store. Years and years later I stumbled upon a the cover of The Linking Ring, M.U.M. and Preview. All of which featured the imposing Ice McDonald decked out in purple denim.
I sent him an email and was fortunate to be invited to attend his show at the Magic Castle. It was such a treat. If you ever get the chance to see him go.
Silkscreened steampunk duster
The faux vest has the slightest of glimmer that goes perfectly with the glittering silver safety pins in this punk rock inspired tail coat. The many zippers in the back make this a versatile garment that can have several looks to it. There are hidden zippered pockets in the sleeve as well as in your face zippered pockets adhered to the sides of the coat by a slathering of safety pins.
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Life in the 'burbs often involves Costco. Those of us living here use the phrase "catered by Costco" when prepping for team dinners, BUNCO or book group nights or throwing a big party.
Recently, my family's gluten-free dinner was catered by Costco! I was pleasantly surprised to see many prepared foods with a label indicating that the product was gluten-free or had no ingredients containing gluten. I picked up two rotisserie chickens, carrot and potato soufflés and a salad. Dinner was ready upon re-heating the soufflés and tossing the salad.
Those were not the only entrées available, pulled pork or chicken meatballs could have been on the table for supper! Plus, there's always a huge selection of gluten-free snack foods like hummus, guacamole, tzatziki and loads of cheese. Over the month of December, I sustained myself on this incredible block of French goat milk cheese, this delicious cinnamon/ sugar pecan and craisin mix and these addictive peppery pistachios.
Of course, there is gluten-free junk food available too. I bought this monster bag of popped BBQ flavor chips that do not contain gluten. So many varieties of BBQ chips do have wheat on the label, but this brand of popped chips specifically said "no gluten."
As I did my kid drop offs and pickups yesterday, I told my celiac to try the BBQ chips to see what he thought. Well, he accidentally ate the other junk food chips I had purchased for lunch boxes, the individually packaged baked BBQ chips that very much contain wheat and say so right on the label.
Poor guy was so sheepish when I held up the right bag and asked him what he thought…he told me he ate the other ones and then asked me if they had wheat. So, we now have reinforced the "double-check" rule about labels. He has to take a look at the label before eating just to double check because there are four other people in our household who are able to eat wheat so our pantry is a mixed bag.
In the meantime, I'll be back at Costco soon if I want a night off from preparing a gluten-free dinner or if I have another month where I need some "gluten-free-get-through-the-day-reward-myself" French goat milk cheese.


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You will learn his answer.
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A statement issued by the MotherToBaby Public Affairs Committee
Recently, the issue of lead in drinking water has become a topic of great concern nationally. While there is much news coverage of this issue and of the experts working toward ensuring that these communities have safe drinking water, there has been very little data reported or resources identified specifically for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
Here is what we do know: Lead can get into your body through the gut if you swallow or inhale tiny particles of paint chips, medications, soil, water, or other items that contain lead. Because lead is naturally found in many places in the environment, most people have small amounts of lead in their blood and do not usually experience problems. When a person is exposed to lead over a long period of time or at a high level, the body will store lead in the bones and teeth. Lead can stay in the bones and teeth for many years. During pregnancy and breastfeeding, lead can leave bone and move back into the bloodstream. A blood lead test can be done to see how much lead is present in the blood. Although most people will have some lead in their blood, levels greater than 10 micrograms per deciliter (μg/dl) indicate that there is some exposure at home or in the workplace that needs to be addressed. While there is no clear safe level of lead in the body, the goal is to have the lowest level possible. Women who had exposure to lead in the past should have levels checked before and during pregnancy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that public health actions (such as a search for the source of the lead) be initiated when blood lead levels are above 5 μg/dL. Lead can cross into the baby starting at about the 12th week of pregnancy. The amount of lead in the blood of the mother and baby are almost the same, as are the levels in breast milk. Lead may also be found in infant formulas prepared at home, particularly if the local water supply contains high levels of lead. A mother should not stop breastfeeding unless her blood lead levels are above 5 μg/dL. Be sure to talk to your health-care provider about all your choices for breastfeeding.


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Marshall Fire plans 140th anniversary recognition
By Becky Holland, email@example.com
MARSHALL – Monday afternoon, Marshall Fire Department Assistant Chief Joey Hudson looked at a collection of historical pictures from the Marshall Fire Department's initial days to the present. He said, "Knowing our history is important … it gives us a sense of identity."
Assistant Chief Hudson continued, "It is important to know where you have come from, and where you are going." Hudson was gathering information about the fire department for a small recognition service that is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., June 1 at the Marshall Fire Department Central Station.
The Marshall Fire Department is 140 years of age. According to Hudson, on May
24, 1876, the three main fire departments of the city of Marshall – the Stonewall Hook and Ladder #1, the Texas and Pacific Ladder #1 and the Salamander Engine Company #1 incorporated into one department. "On June 1 of the year," Hudson said, "the articles of corporation were approved by the then Texas Secretary of State."
On Sept. 5, 1884, a major fire struck the S.A. Irvin Grocery Store, and it spread to the Marshall Car Wheel & Foundry Company, and a nearby home. The fire then then crossed the street to the Veranda Hotel, and three residences, and claimed another store, a boarding house and a residence connected to the hotel.
This fire and another series of fires in the community guided the decision to have one fire department. There was a fourth fire company – which was to be located at Twyman and Main Streets. Water supply for the firefighters, according to Hudson, who found historical records through research at the Harrison County Historical Museum, originally consisted of a series of brick-lined cisterns of 14,000 – 18,000 gallon capacity.
Many changes have occurred in the last 140 years. One thing that Marshall Fire Chief Reggie Cooper says has not changed is the attitude of "servitude … you don't get into this line of work for any other reason," Cooper said.
Fire service "back then was primary fire service, and later evolved into emergency medical services," Cooper said.
When asked about what is ahead for fire service and what has changed, Cooper said, "The types of extinguishing agents have changed – where before it was just water, and now there is a soapy substance."
He sees the use of robotics in the future of fire and emergency services. "There will never be a lack of need for fire service."
Cooper said the June 1 celebration will be a small affair with a few key leaders.


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We have a wide variety of pillows and cushions using vibrant textiles and creative embellishments. Each design unique, hand picked and bought through direct trade relationship.
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The traditional Triangle Cushion, originally designed by Thai pillory, an ancient practice dating back centuries. There is much mystique to the craft of these multi-functional cushions that can be used to sit back upon, or fully lay out on. The textile used relied on an weaving practice handed down through the generations. Even the stuffing was, and actually, still today is critical to this fine art of pillory. Each Triangle Cushion is stuffed with kapok-a natural fiber from Kapok trees. These trees are as prominent as they were back then.
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In Every Generation
April 29th, 2016
A little over a week ago, Jews all over the world marked the Passover Seders together. The story of the Exodus is in fact the very essence of Judaism. Year after year, we gather around the table and read, "In every generation, a person is obligated to regard himself as if he personally left Egypt"
The Jewish tradition provides us with the commandment to remember our liberation, our freedom and the responsibility that this entails. 2016 marks 71 years since the end of the Shoah and the near annihilation of the Jews of Europe. By participating in the reading of the Megillat Hashoah liturgy and its unifying ritual, a new commandment emerges.
In one of his introductions to the Megillah, Rabbi Reuven Hammer, past president of the International Rabbinical Assembly, elaborated a new imperative of Jewish life; a new responsibility: "We must all view ourselves as if we had personally experienced the Shoah."
So what did Rabbi Hammer mean? What are our responsibilities? Beyond remembrance and the exhortations in the text of the last chapter to remember but not to absolve, but especially our responsibility "to live— to live for all those who did not?" Might I suggest— that since human beings alone were responsible for this Shoah – this calamity—that humankind alone is equally responsible for repairing the world— for tikkun olam.
Seventy-one years ago, the remnant of the Jewish people was liberated and the survivors began to build lives for themselves, creating wonderful families and enriching their communities. Each year, the numbers of those eyewitnesses to the Shoah, our survivors, are dwindling. Therefore, it must be incumbent upon each and every one of us, in every generation, just as we are commanded to remember the story of the Exodus, to remember their stories and we must stop to consider what a gift freedom represents as well as our individual responsibility to promote it and to pursue justice.
And each year, as we assemble to read together from Megillat Hashoah, we remember not only their stories, not only six million stories, but also our collective human story.
Belle Jarniewski is the incoming president of the Manitoba Multifaith Council, Chair of the Freeman Family Foundation Holocaust Education Centre, and author of the 2010 book Voices of Winnipeg Holocaust Survivors.
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A VR hyperspace simulation built in the browser for Google cardboard.
Cardboard allows you to turn a smartphone into a VR device using some cardboard, biconvex lenses and a few other cheap components. This provides a cost-effective and accessible way to experience VR without the need for expensive, specialist hardware. It also means that any content that can run on a smartphone can potentially be repurposed for VR. With this in mind, I developed a small demo that requires no additional app downloads and runs directly in the browser.
Cardboard provides essentially two input mechanisms: head position/rotation and a single magnet-based button. The button seems made for generating acceleration so I made a (lo-fi) hyperspace simulator a la Star Wars. A star field stretches towards you as you accelerate, and moving your head allows you to explore the tunnel-like effect.
The demo was built using three.js and renders with openGL for performance. Two views are rendered, one for each eye/lens, using a stereo effect. The device accelerometer/orientation is used to rotate the camera, allowing the user to look around the scene. The stars are rendered using a single geometry rather than multiple lines which provides a big performance boost: on a years old Nexus 5 it manages around 2000 particles.
Strap on your cardboard and try it out at infinitefun.space/lab/hyper (tap once and allow full-screen then put the your phone into cardboard).


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Amid protests this summer over police brutality and civil rights, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot in the middle of the night removed statues of Christopher Columbus that had become a focal point of the demonstrations.
Lightfoot also formed a committee to conduct a thorough review to assess if other public art should be removed or changed and promised the newly formed Monuments Project Advisory Committee would begin "an inclusive and democratic public dialogue" about the future of Chicago's internationally known public art collection.
But during its first six months of work, the committee's deliberations were kept secret. In fact, the mayor's monuments committee was designed that way.
"What's said here, stays here," is a message city officials delivered to the committee members at their Oct. 14 meeting, according to a slim, 24-page packet of committee agendas and minutes records City Hall released recently to the Better Government Association.
The committee is tasked with identifying any public monuments linked to white supremacy and injustice that "warrant attention" and could be removed. It ultimately flagged 41 problematic artworks, including statues of Columbus as well as Presidents Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant and William McKinley.
But despite Lightfoot's transparency pledge, there was no public notice of the committee's six meetings, no record which 30 committee members attended or any details about what they recommended during roughly 12 hours of online deliberations.
The public had no opportunity to observe or offer any input at the private meetings — none of which were recorded in audio or video form, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Communications Director Christine Carrino said.
"The Chicago Monuments Project advisory committee is not a 'public body' and therefore the [Open Meetings] Act's requirements do not apply to it," Carrino told the BGA in a statement, explaining the city's refusal to release committee recommendations and reports, attendance rosters and any recordings of its first six meetings.
Given the intense civic interest surrounding Chicago's public art, Lightfoot could have provided public access, said Benjamin Silver, an attorney for the Citizen Advocacy Center, a nonpartisan watchdog organization based in DuPage County.
"Even if they are not subject to the Open Meetings Act, there is the question of voluntary transparency, especially with something like this," he said. "They have now flagged 41 monuments. And whether anyone agrees or disagrees with those choices, I think there is a public interest in knowing how they reached that decision."
"With closed meetings, it's not possible to do that," Silver added. "It's for the city to answer why they would want to do this behind closed doors."
Public input phase begins
Carrino said the process has now entered a new phase seeking public participation.
On February 17, the city unveiled a web page encouraging visitors to "share your thoughts." It asks citizens to fill out an online feedback form, or post on social media using the hashtag: #ChicagoMonuments.
The web page also links to a "speaker series" of webinars by committee members and to a schedule of "Drop-in Conversations" at which "Chicagoans are invited to pre-register to participate in a one-hour discussion with Chicago Monuments Project Advisory Committee Members."
There, the city website says, "you can ask questions, share your thoughts, and learn more about the Chicago Monuments Project."
"The project has now moved into the public engagement phase, holding online conversations and encouraging feedback from all Chicagoans on these and other monuments under the city's management," Carrino said in her statement. "The committee has suggested a list of monuments for further conversations, but no recommendations have been made regarding any of them."
Records provided by the city in response to the BGA's request suggest the list of 41 problematic monuments was provided by Lightfoot administration officials — and not generated by the artists and cultural figures on the advisory committee. "From a basic list of approximately 500 outdoor objects, we've identified over 40," city administrators told committee members at their second Zoom meeting on Oct. 1.
Carrino said City Hall staff "did the initial assessment to make sense of the material."
The staff assessment then went to the three committee co-chairs: cultural affairs commissioner Mark Kelly, Landmarks Illinois CEO Bonnie McDonald and museum curator Jennifer Scott.
After that, the list of problematic monuments went to the entire advisory committee, which was asked "to workshop" the examples, Carrino said.
From there, "adjustments were made and additional artworks were added based on staff and committee input before the information was made available to the public," Carrino said.
A Lightfoot press release and the committee minutes state the committee members would make recommendations and produce a "Final Report" with "documentation of the process and [their] recommendations."
But in its FOIA response to the BGA, City Hall said there was no such final report or documentation of recommendations.
Lightfoot formed her public monuments advisory committee as she was coming under fire for separate alleged violations of Illinois' Open Meetings Act.
In June 2020, the BGA filed a lawsuit alleging the City Council violated the Open Meetings Act during COVID-19 telephone briefings with Lightfoot. The city contested the BGA claim but Lighfoot committed to no longer hold additional meetings outside of public view. The BGA lawsuit is pending.
A month before that suit was filed, the news organization ProPublica Illinois filed a complaint with the Illinois Attorney General's office over Lightfoot conference calls with the City Council to discuss the pandemic. The attorney general upheld that complaint in September.
In both cases, Lightfoot's administration denies it violated the law.
During nationwide protests over police use of force after George Floyd died in Minneapolis police custody, Lightfoot initially resisted calls to take down Chicago's Columbus statues, saying they should stand as teaching tools.
"I think that the way we educate our young people, in particular, about their history is to educate them about the full history," Lightfoot said on June 18.
But after Chicago's Columbus statue demonstrations frayed into violent encounters between protesters and police, and Lightfoot's home became a rallying site in July, Lightfoot ordered the middle-of-the-night removal of Columbus statues from Grant and Arrigo parks, then from a third site on the Southeast Side.
"This step is about an effort to protect public safety and to preserve a safe space for an inclusive and democratic public dialogue about our city's symbols," Lightfoot said at the time.
Lightfoot then announced the Monuments Project Advisory Committee as "a formal process to assess the monuments, memorials, and murals across Chicago's communities, and develop a framework for a public dialogue to determine how we elevate our city's history and diversity."
She called the committee "a vehicle to address the hard truths of Chicago's racial history."
'These conversations … can be painful'
Illinois' Open Meetings Act guarantees citizen access to "all meetings at which any business of public body is discussed or acted upon in any way," except under limited and specific circumstances.
Under the act, a "meeting" can include "any gathering, whether in person or by video or audio conference, telephone call, electronic means (such as, without limitation, electronic mail, electronic chat, and instant messaging), or other means of contemporaneous interactive communication."
A 1997 Illinois Appellate Court opinion known as Board of Regents v. Reynard ruled that committees created to advise a government body are considered a public body for purposes of the Open Meetings Act.
Silver and other attorneys said it can be challenging to prove in court that an advisory committee qualifies as a public body. Compliance with the law hinges on how the members were appointed and what decision-making authority they were given, among other questions.
Committee member Cesáreo Moreno, the Visual Arts Director of the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood, said he was glad the committee's first six months of deliberations were private, so that members could share thoughts and emotions without having to worry about being misinterpreted.
"A lot of the topics that come up are deep, they're private and they're about your identity," Moreno said. "These conversations are uncomfortable and can be painful for many people and certainly ignite responses from individuals that are emotional."
But now the committee is on a new footing as it fields input from citizens and community leaders, he said. "We're on the first step of a long journey."


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by Maya Angelou as told to Elise Ballard
We are loved by Love itself. There is nothing good that we can't do.
The truth is everybody probably has 250 epiphanies. The way you're changed at ten prepares you to be changed again at fifteen, but you couldn't have been changed at fifteen had you not had that change at ten. You see what I mean? Epiphany builds upon epiphany.
When I was maybe twenty-two or so, I was studying voice, and the voice teacher lived in my house and rented from me. He taught a number of accomplished actresses and singers, and they all studied in my house.
Once a month, the voice teacher asked us to come together and read from a book called Lessons in Truth. We all would read a page, or a half a page, whatever he assigned. And at one point, I was reading and read the line, "God loves me."
And he stopped me and said, "Read it again."
So I read it again: "God loves me."
He said, "Again."
And suddenly I became embarrassed. I was young and black, and everybody else was white and accomplished. And I felt he was really embarrassing me. Putting me on the spot. So I read it with ferocity—forcefully: "GOD. LOVES. ME."
And, at that moment, I knew it. I knew it!
I thought, "God? That which made bees and mountains and water? That? Loves me? Maya Angelou? Well then, there's nothing I can't do. I can do anything good."
Even now, telling you this some fifty years later, it still brings goose bumps to me. I could weep with joy at the knowledge that I am loved by Love itself.
What is the good you can do right now?
Dr. Maya Angelou is a celebrated African-American poet, memoirist, novelist, educator, dramatist, actress, producer, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist.
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This article is an excerpt from my book, Epiphany: True Stories of Sudden Insight to Inspire, Encourage, and Transform. To buy the book or read more, please CLICK HERE.
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Elise Ballard's book, Epiphany, contains amazing stories of fascinating people from from all walks of life resulting from her asking everyone the same question: What is Your Greatest Epiphany In Life? With 100′s of interviews from world-renown figures, thought leaders and performers such as Maya Angelou, Dr. Oz, Desmond Tutu, Deepak Chopra and Barry Manilow to people such as a former inmate, leading psychologists, an elementary school teacher, homemakers, business leaders and many more, these epiphany stories not only contain great wisdom and insights but will also perhaps inspire epiphanies or cause you to remember epiphanies of your own. You can also visit her website, EpiphanyChannel.com, to learn more about the project and share your epiphanies.


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New book showcases history of city's beautification using vintage images~The newest addition to Arcadia Publishing's Images of America series is Kansas City's Parks and Boulevards by veteran authors, Patrick Alley and Dona Boley. Once called "the filthiest city in the United States", Kansas City has been transformed into a vibrant, healthy, well-planned community. Although the process came with many financial, legal and political setbacks, the outcome has been a pride of the city for more than 100 years.
Prior to the mid 1800s, life on the banks of the Missouri River was less than satisfying for its residents. The drainage of many houses emptied into gullies and cesspools. Improvements to the city were finally considered after years of unattractive scenery, unsanitary living conditions and consistently muddy streets.
Through the diligent efforts of a handful of recently arrived citizens, political, financial, and botanical skills were successfully applied to a nascent parks system. Cliffs and bluffs, ugly ravines, and shanties and slums were turned into a gridiron of green, with chains of parks and boulevards extending in all directions. Wherever the system penetrated well-settled localities, the policy was to provide playgrounds, tennis courts, baseball diamonds, pools, and field houses. By the time the city fathers were finished, Kansas City could boast of 90 miles of boulevards and 2,500 acres of urban parks.
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Rue is literally counting the days until her plane leaves New York City. The last thing she wants is a relationship, but being Ethan's pretend girlfriend can't hurt, right? Wrong. With Ethan, there's no faking anything—in or out of the bedroom. With the sheets burning hot and the clock ticking on their arrangement, Rue realizes she's falling for a man guaranteed to derail her goals...and break her heart.
He didn't say a word. Just cradled the back of her head with one hand and rested the other against the small of her back, and he kissed her so deeply, so thoroughly that he had to have been holding her up. Her knees were useless, and gravity had ceased to exist. The earth could have folded beneath them, and she wouldn't know anything but the exquisite torture and taste of him. (Kindle Location 1792)
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Rob in Vancouver Last Night!
So EVERYONE wants to know WHERE... unfortunately NO, I CANNOT TELL YOU WHERE
the bartender at this place told me that he eats there often and i dont want girls bombarding him cuz he was already pissed when we asked to take pictures
As we were paying and about to leave from a friend's birthday dinner, the famous ROBERT PATTINSON walks right in! how did i know? i see this all too familiar black coat on some guy and im like im going to ask this dude where he got his coat from so i can buy one for my boyfriend. the dude turns around and its Robert Pattinson with friend Sam Bradley.(Gozde: I think she meant to say "He turns around and it is Robert F***ing Pattinson! :)).
so i think i looked like i saw a ghost and i asked my really hot friend to ask him for a picture...and so my friend sat beside him and was like can i have a picture with you? and he said really? and she was like yeah really and he didn't seem like he wanted one but he took one anyways... but the best part is that my friend had asked Sam Bradley to take our picture and im like NO, He's famous too! lol so the waiter took our picture.
my other twilight friend rushed over to the restaurant and after a hour wait. The guys came out for a smoke and with lady who wouldn't leave them alone, so she took our picture. They told us to go to Sam's show and i told them to come to my bday party at the a club in vancouver and i asked them if they knew where it was, and sam's like on granville? and im like yea it'll be a good time there! the whole time Robert was laughing (maybe he was a little tipsy? but HE SMELT LIKE COLOGNE NOT B.O.) but he was quiet cuz i think twi-mom was annoying them :(
149 comments:
- Tenneil said...
I am so in the wrong town... lucky girl!!
- April 1, 2009 at 4:50 PM
- AliceC83 said...
What a good story! So cute!
- April 1, 2009 at 4:51 PM
lol, candle lit dinner :D
ahah! he looks drunk! yet somehow he still manages to be insanly hot...
- April 1, 2009 at 4:58 PM
he smells like cologne
- April 1, 2009 at 4:58 PM
- Ash7586 said...
Finally a Rob sighting I've been going through withdrawals these past few days. Great to see a current picture.
- April 1, 2009 at 4:59 PM
- MissMonika said...
LOL. Rob's expression in the first pic is so great. XDD
Thanks for sharing! I'm soooo jealous. ^_^
- April 1, 2009 at 5:01 PM
Rob has always got the hoodie up, lol!
Nice, real encounter story...I so appreciate it! My day has been turned around after the scare this morning!
- April 1, 2009 at 5:01 PM
- Rose said...
I had something to say...
and now its out the window.
Another Rose...
- April 1, 2009 at 5:02 PM
- honey bee said...
Gosh, it's great to see Rob smiling again. She said he smelled like cologne. I wonder what kind. Mmmm!
Cute story. Thanks for sharing.
- April 1, 2009 at 5:03 PM
- honey bee said...
Hmm. What's up with the "twi-mom who was annoying Rob"? Not cool, Twi-mom! Not cool!
- April 1, 2009 at 5:05 PM
And some crazy fan cornered him in the elevator,@Lainey. In a elevator people! Creepy! In that picture he looks VERY drunk! LOL. Poor Rob.
'Looked like he didn't want a picture, but he took one anyway.'
Am telling you, that guy is TOO nice. He can't say no. I wouldn't have the nerve to go up to him when he's out for dinner with a friend.
And ofcourse he was laughing at the invitation. He must get such offers all the time when he's out and about.
- April 1, 2009 at 5:07 PM
- Val said...
Oh man, those crazy Twimoms give us normal ones a bad name!!
Great story!
- April 1, 2009 at 5:08 PM
- Daneh said...
Aww what a great story!Lucky girls! I love Rob's face in the first pic haha!
Finally some new Rob pics (sort of)! my withdrawl symptoms have subsided for now......>:D
- April 1, 2009 at 5:08 PM
Finally a new pic of him. I've been going through withdrawls myself. Thanks for sharing the pic and the story. Love ya Rob!
- April 1, 2009 at 5:15 PM
- WinWin said...
I love you Godze. These pictures just totally made my day. I'm so happy that Rob has Sam in Vancouver to keep him sane.
BTW, I refuse to scroll down to the zygote pictures. My eyes will go up in flames.
- April 1, 2009 at 5:19 PM
ok a story we can actually believe...there are pics to prove it too.
- April 1, 2009 at 5:20 PM
LOL at the "pretty" friend who asked Sam to take the photo at the table. What a silly girl.
Thanks for confirming Rob smells delicious, rather than like BO! LOL!
- April 1, 2009 at 5:21 PM
just saw the pics on lainey gossip, gosh can you imagine being him and every time you go outside someone wants a pic of you, it's quite sad :(
i think i would stay inside but then again that would drive me crazy too ;/
- April 1, 2009 at 5:25 PM
- Ms. Bonderson said...
Thanks for sharing the pictures.
I'm glad that they're shooting in Vancouver so Rob has an old friend to hang out with.
- April 1, 2009 at 5:29 PM
I'm seriously comtemplating a relocation to Vancouver! Great story!
- April 1, 2009 at 5:33 PM
- Jewels64 said...
Thanks Amanda! I love that you got to meet both Rob and Sam! You lucky girl.
We appreciate you thinking of us here...in another city... far from Vancouver...feeling the urge to go all stalker more and more....
- April 1, 2009 at 5:35 PM
- Melissa said...
WOW! How lucky!
Why in the hell can't he come to my town, my favorite restaurant?? GAH! Sucks.
Anyhoo...he looks wonderful as per usual.
- April 1, 2009 at 5:37 PM
- Melanie said...
Good to see that he is alive and well.
- April 1, 2009 at 5:37 PM
- Melissa said...
OH! Hi Jules and Rose! xoxo
- April 1, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Hi ladies...
this is Jenn (on the left) and Hann (in the middle).
We can't believe how lucky we were, he was so nice and shy...which made him even cuter!
Good luck to all you other hunters!
- April 1, 2009 at 5:38 PM
wow, poor rob.
love robsessed! but, still, kindof feel sorry for the guy.
this time, notice, he was in a back table by a wall-not out on a table by the street. boy, you can never hide!
- April 1, 2009 at 5:40 PM
What restaurant was it at girls, ther probably not gonna go back so I m just curious?
- April 1, 2009 at 5:42 PM
- crazy said...
GIRLS!!! So when the EF are we taking the DAMN bus to Vancouver?! Bring enough money to eat at the local restaurants 6 times a day...
Winwin~ I hear ya. I took a peek below and winced.
Hi gals!!!!
- April 1, 2009 at 5:43 PM
- Gozde said...
Jenn and Hann, don't ever shower! Send me some DNA sample so I can clone him! :)
Thanks for sharing! Lucky girls :)
- April 1, 2009 at 5:43 PM
- crazy said...
J &: H~~~~did you think he was reluctant to have his picture taken?
- April 1, 2009 at 5:44 PM
Hey Jenn and Hann, thanks for sharing your cute story and pics!
Do you recognize the cologne Rob was wearing? If not, what did it smell like?
- April 1, 2009 at 5:46 PM
- thirtysomething said...
one of these days...*sigh*
- April 1, 2009 at 5:52 PM
Thanks for sharing girls :)
When you say pissed - do you mean.....
hacked off/mildly angry (US)
drunk (UK)
- April 1, 2009 at 5:53 PM
@Jenn and Hann
Lovely that you got to meet him. But 'good luck to all other hunters'?!
Hunters; don't you just mean:(insert Twilight reference), yeah, I meant trackers...
Sorry for the sarcasm, but you guys using the term hunters; it just made me feel VERY uncomfortable. Hunting down Rob. Joy! :-(
- April 1, 2009 at 5:56 PM
he wasn't reluctant.. he was actually really nice. He looked a little shy, but he smiled and said sure when we asked if we could have a picture with him.
and we meant pissed as in he probably had a few drinks.. not pissed as in angry
- April 1, 2009 at 5:57 PM
- thirtysomething said...
j & h: thanks for sharing your pics and your experience :)
- April 1, 2009 at 6:00 PM
- Ms. Bonderson said...
crazy - you can always make me laugh - the DAMN bus! LOL
On a serious note, though, thank you for NOT saying where they were. While there are people who would be respectful of his privacy, there are probably far more who'd stake out in front of the place waiting for him to appear. I'm glad that he can manage to have some sort of private life and go out still.
- April 1, 2009 at 6:07 PM
- Laura said...
Seriously, gals, when are we heading up to Canada??
- April 1, 2009 at 6:07 PM
- Yvonne said...
Wooohooo! New pics of Rob :) I am such a happy girl!
It's been so long, I missed you man! Show yourself more often so I don't freak out! Lookin' good...
- April 1, 2009 at 6:08 PM
We didnt smell any cologne on him...it was his natural smell =) and it was lovely!
- April 1, 2009 at 6:08 PM
- Ms. Bonderson said...
Hmm...natural smell...you lead my thoughts astray! :)
- April 1, 2009 at 6:11 PM
- Yvonne said...
his natural smell....hmmmm...
Srsly, when do we take that road trip?
- April 1, 2009 at 6:13 PM
@Jenn and Hann, thanks for answering my question about his scent.
I love that he smells lovely naturally!
- April 1, 2009 at 6:15 PM
- Suz said...
SAM! Thank you.
- April 1, 2009 at 6:18 PM
- Shani said...
J & H- Thanks for sharing and was the Twimom that blonde lady?
So his natural smell is "delicious"...Hmmm!!!! Not cologne. Maybe he should start his own line of fragrance. Delicious by Rob Patterson...Hee Hee!!!!
To cute....
- April 1, 2009 at 6:19 PM
- crazy said...
Anne~ Thanks!
Laura~ The Robsessed Tour leaves for Vancouver as soon as the case of Fantasy Panties (they have Rob's face IN them) arrives from Walmart.com. Plan to bring your PE, GQ, appetite, and a container to capture Rob's lovely scent in ;)
- April 1, 2009 at 6:19 PM
- crazy said...
Yvonne~ see post to Laura. I still have to find a bus with laminated seats ;)
Right Tenneil?
- April 1, 2009 at 6:21 PM
- Yvonne said...
shani....Patterson? dude!
- April 1, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Aaaah, sooooo good to finally see new pictures! It's like breathing again... :))
On an unrelated note, I'm just coming back from watching TomStu's new movie. He sure is a cutie... but not half the Man our Rob is, lol
- April 1, 2009 at 6:23 PM
- Gozde said...
LMAO @ Yavonne! Seriously Shani! :))
The Robsessed bus of LOOOVE traveling to Vancover. Let me know when that is so I can warn Rob to run away, lol :P
With the combined fanfic you guys read he will have no chance at survival :))
- April 1, 2009 at 6:23 PM
- lovindashow said...
Thanks, ladies! This made my crappy afternoon so much better. {hug}
- April 1, 2009 at 6:23 PM
- Shani said...
Yvonne- Sorry I wasn't thinking I'm to giddy right now. I mean Rob Pattinson.
- April 1, 2009 at 6:25 PM
I'm gonna need a Robsessed boat to join you guys! But I'll do whatever it takes.
- April 1, 2009 at 6:26 PM
- Yvonne said...
The FF will actually just make us MUCH more creative. I'm sure he will have a fantastic time. No need to warn him....please?
- April 1, 2009 at 6:27 PM
- Yvonne said...
shani...completely understand. I get thay way too around anything Rob-related. He turns my brain to mush ~~~
- April 1, 2009 at 6:28 PM
- Yvonne said...
- April 1, 2009 at 6:28 PM
- Shani said...
Goz- I'm sorry to I was laughing to myself so hard about my cologne joke and typed wrong. Please forgive me for my horrible mistake it will never happen again. Sniff sniff....LOL
- April 1, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Just the Twi-mom...?
Honestly, leave the man the fuck alone in public-I don't care who you are. Didn't the fact that he DIDN'T WANT HIS PICTURE TAKEN clue you in?
- April 1, 2009 at 6:32 PM
Ok, something about this bothers me
One pic in restaurant, ok fine (intrusive, but fine I guess)
But why wait around for over an hour for them to come out and intrude again?
That's goes beyond intrusive and is just plain greedy.
- April 1, 2009 at 6:33 PM
It kills me that I'm 16hrs away from this creature and can't see him!
So close...yet so far!!
Great Story! Lucky ladies!
- April 1, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Awww, how cute! Thanks for sharing!
- April 1, 2009 at 6:34 PM
- crazy said...
Gozde! Traitor! (winks)
We don't plan to stalk, just gawk.
Well maybe we have to stalk first...
Oh right! Gozde reminded us to pack the laptops for FF-ing.
Little Bear - meet you there! (please about my serious rhyming skills)
- April 1, 2009 at 6:36 PM
I'm kinda happy I wasn't there. I seriously think I'd have died if I saw him and Sam together/at the same time. Like one of them wouldn't be enough...
- April 1, 2009 at 6:38 PM
I love it when people meet him... hover, & stalk, and then dare to tell us they won't tell us where the restaurant is... for **his privacy** why don't you just say... **Its because you want to be the few who gets the chance to meet him** I'd respect that alot more than u telling us it was because he goes there alot... because if u cared for his privacy... u wouldnt of taken the picture in the restaurant in the first place let alone tell you buddy where he was at. U could of at least gave us an area... not all of us are twi-hards.
- April 1, 2009 at 6:40 PM
- Emmes said...
dammm...I leave the computer for the afternoon and we get Robpics...I´m never leaving my laptop ever again!!!!
- April 1, 2009 at 6:41 PM
WIDE AWAKE UPDATE from AG!
"oh, well 45 and 46 are already beta'ed and edited. Just 47 is left now. ETA = Tonight - Tomorrow afternoon."
(source FB)
- April 1, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Thanks for the new pics! They are sooooo lucky! Rob is a sweetheart to his fans. I would luv to have a drink w/ him. Sigh!
- April 1, 2009 at 6:48 PM
1) I think it's slightly hypocritical to ask Rob for a picture and wait for him outside the restaurant, but not want to share where this restaurant is.
2) I live in downtown Vancouver and I can tell you that I know of many places that Rob has dined at. HOWEVER, it's virtually impossible to track him down based on where he's eaten because there are just too many options in Vancouver. For those of you who haven't been, Vancouver is a BIG city.
3) By stating that Rob dines frequently at this restaurant poses more risk than if you had just identified the restaurant but NOT shared that information. It wouldn't be hard for someone to find out what restaurant that is from the picture and then it's must easier to track him down since he apparently "eats there all the time".
- April 1, 2009 at 6:51 PM
ok, is this the same chick who got her pic taken with Rob and Taylor on her "birthday about a month ago?
- April 1, 2009 at 6:53 PM
MUahhahahahahahhahaa. I know where this is Muahhahahahahha. U can't keep things from the stalker goddess...lol
- April 1, 2009 at 6:53 PM
OMG WIDE AWAKE IS BEING UPDATED!!! OMG OMG OMG people if u havent read that u have too, its the best fanfiction out there
- April 1, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Anon @ 6:53: Where is this? No plans to stalk because I have a busy life... not to mention a husband! I'm just always curious about where Robert goes around Vancouver. I'm proud of this city!!
- April 1, 2009 at 6:57 PM
- Suz said...
I think he probably had his last meal there..
The Manager says.. THANKS!
To make it up, he says you can REVEAL the name so that fangirls can come and occupy all the tables ordering water.. with lemon and sit in wait...
The waitress' say THANKS, too.
It looks like the Thai restaurant across the street from Sutton Place on Burrad.
- April 1, 2009 at 6:57 PM
These pics were a great treat! If you need more- watch the Chuck the Movie Guy interview on Pillow Biters where Rob says, " I like dramatic poses!" That line makes me melt! One that I could watch over & over!
- April 1, 2009 at 7:08 PM
I'm sorry, but these girls totally violated Rob and Sam's privacy. They were sitting at a back table against the wall, obviously wanted to eat dinner without being disturbed. So what do these girls do? Sit down next to Rob and ask for a picture! That's just inconsiderate. And then going outside when they are smoking? Rob has said he wants fans to completely ignore him in public. Please leave him be next time, he is human and is entitled to some down time with his friends.
- April 1, 2009 at 7:23 PM
thank you so much Gozde.. I think you need to get urs to Vancouver so the next time this kinda pic show up it's gonna be u with him , LOL
- April 1, 2009 at 7:26 PM
They were telling you to come to Sam's show? I didn't know he had another one coming up! Details, detail, PLEASE! =)
- April 1, 2009 at 7:27 PM
- crazy said...
If anyone deserves to meet Rob, it's Gozde. :)
- April 1, 2009 at 7:28 PM
- Suz said...
Anon, most musicians these days have a MYSPACE page (Sam is no different) here you can find gig dates and listen to his music.
I dig you Sam... come to Philly I will hook you up with a few gigs.
- April 1, 2009 at 7:30 PM
- Katie said...
AWESOME! You lucky ladies! -jealous me. :)
- April 1, 2009 at 7:32 PM
Wow, I'm insanely jealous! And you even scored an invite to his show.... talk about a happy birthday!
- April 1, 2009 at 7:36 PM
- Suz said...
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- April 1, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Amanda (girl in both pictures)
i couldnt tell you because it is a very popular restuarant
twi-mom wasnt in the picture with us
- April 1, 2009 at 7:48 PM
dont worry, robs been spotted almost everywhere now!!!
g'luck to others looking for him!!
- April 1, 2009 at 7:49 PM
hahahaha hey manda it's jenn
btw so weird talking to you on bbm and then seeing a comment right away from you on here.
loves it!
- April 1, 2009 at 7:51 PM
- crazy said...
I'm surprised he and Sam don't just stay in and order a pizza at this point. Or cheeseburgers!
- April 1, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Where was Nikki? Throwing up already maybe?
- April 1, 2009 at 8:05 PM
- Laura said...
Ugh, thank the sweet Lord Nikki wasn't in those pics! After Goz's April Fool's joke, I wasn't looking forward to seeing her face again for quite awhile! LOL!
- April 1, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Sophia~You crack me up!
Obviously, Rob is enjoying being with Sam and since they are going out everywhere, they aren't hiding.
It is all good!
- April 1, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Thanks so much girls in photos for answering all of the questions!
- April 1, 2009 at 8:24 PM
I totally agree with you Dana. Good for them for meeting Rob and Sam but it's pathetic how they are gathered around the table like that when they are trying to EAT. Look at yourselves, girls!
- April 1, 2009 at 8:27 PM
Girl(s) who met them:
What did they say about Sam's show? I'm curious...
Thanks! :)
- April 1, 2009 at 8:32 PM
- anna F said...
I am torn between being glad he's been spotted and being annoyed on his behalf. the 1st picture by chance is one thing, the "stalking" part seems a bit stranger to me.
I would also have left out that he goes there to eat regularily, because it's certainly not going to be the case in the future (if the waiter was not simply lying to lure in clients LOL). A picture can be enough to recognize a place. Rob hunters can be very good at searching, and so can Layne probabily.
Oh, when I first read the article, I misunderstood the phrase "pissed" for pissed off I guess, it's a bit confusing.
I'm glad to hear he's also still having fun at times.
- April 1, 2009 at 8:35 PM
First off you ladies are so damn lucky. Second, I think I might have shit my pants if I saw both Rob and Sam out together. Third I pray that have enough gumption to say guys I don't want a picture but I would love for us to ditch this place and have a threesome.
- April 1, 2009 at 8:38 PM
You guys are lucky to see him.
But honestly, I would just admire him from afar, then get a picture with him. And then to put it up on the net?? I SO wouldn't do that. If I did get a picture of him... I would keep it as my own personal secret, charging my friends $6.00 a head to view it.
Please, all you Robsessed fans... don't approach him when he's having dinner with just a friend. Poor guy, he can't get away from the fans. I feel really bad for him. He has no privacy anymore.
- April 1, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Girl(s) who met them:
What did they say about Sam's show? I'm curious...
Thanks! :)
- April 1, 2009 at 9:12 PM
- love said...
ahhhh lucky girls
- April 1, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Sam's show isnt until may (beginning)
and Yes, i can completely understand some of you might be mad at me for not telling you where this restaurant is, or that we were "stalking" them or that we're so inconsiderate for taking a picture with tehm. but you'll have to understand, if you were in our shoes, wouldn't you do the same thing? maybe yes maybe no. but please dont be angry with us :(
we were just so happy and my birthday is at the end of the month and this by far beats out all the gifts i will be getting :)
- April 1, 2009 at 9:40 PM
gosh, thanks for posting it guys, you're the lucky girl in the world, meet the 2 hot male wanted in the world,...
well, he is looking little bit pale and i think he had some exercise from the pictures his body is slims, but rob face is little bit scary...hehehe...maybe he is trying to be edward a lot in depression and i think sam is the one who always be with him not nikki reed and the hobo gank (i hope soo),...i am glad his fine and happy he got sam as his bestfriend...
- April 1, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Thanks Amanda!
Is the show in Vancouver oorrrr where?
- April 1, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Yes the show is in vancouver. I tried to look for tickets but it says SOLD OUT? Last time Sam had a show at this place, it was PACKED with lots of Twilight fans and Rob was there. I dont think he'll show up again for this other show just because of what happened last time. But i could be VERY WRONG.
I think if you're going to make the trip to vancouver, you should stick around robson street. the cast is apparently always spotted walking around.
- April 1, 2009 at 10:24 PM
- Unknown said...
lucky you!!!
- April 1, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Where are you looking for info about this show? I can't seem to find it anywhere... could you give me the web address or whatever? Where is the show?
- April 1, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Sam's Gig
Apr 10 2009 7:30P
Merville Hall Merville, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
You people sit in front of a computer .. where the answer to any question is at your finger tips..
Use the tool.. the big hard tool.
- April 1, 2009 at 10:44 PM
10:44 PM - Anonymous
I was well aware of this show... but she said something about a sold out show in May.... something I have not heard about and can not find anywhere. This is the show I am asking about. I personally think she's lying...
- April 1, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Glad you got to see Rob and Sam.They were very tolerant! It was a little creepy that the twi-mom was hanging around - but, well, it sounds like you weren't leaving quickly either. ;) It would be terrible if you gave the name of the restaurant, so good call. It would be mobbed, and then Rob, Sam and probably all the New Moon cast wouldn't step foot near it again. Robson St is going to have a ton of people on the prowl now. :o
- April 1, 2009 at 10:57 PM
If this is the restaurant I think it is... it's definitely not on Robson Street. But I could be wrong!
You are 3 very lucky girls! =)
- April 1, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Just once I would like to see someone say, "I met and took a picture with Rob but Im not giving it to any fan blog."
- April 1, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Um sam's show is at Richards (that's what he said) may-ish. this is the first i've heard of the april 10th one. Cool, there's 2 shows then :)
yes, twi mom would NOT leave them alone at all she sat with them and talked them up and even when they went for a smoke she did not let go. it was really scary actually. she didnt seem like she wanted us to get in a picture either, like Rob and Sam were her property? freaky!
- April 1, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Okay then where did you go to see if the show was sold-out?
- April 1, 2009 at 11:25 PM
I think it's really cool that you got to meet him. I would love to but I'm not planning on doing it that way. I would like to just run into him on the street. My friend and I are heading downtown to do some shopping a little post shopping trip. I've got birthday money to spend and vancouver is just 45 mins away! If I do meet him or any of the others my plan is to keep the picture all to myself maybe showing a couple of friends but it is mine all mine! Maybe I will get the best birthday gift no money can buy. It is never to late for a birthday gift.
- April 1, 2009 at 11:29 PM
Guys... let's NOT try to figure out what hotel he's staying at... or what restaurant this is! He's obviously starting to get a little overwhelmed with the attention. Let the poor guy be! =)
- April 1, 2009 at 11:51 PM
I'm just saying let's not start a witch hunt at a hotel when they are not staying there..I'm not giving out any info!!!! I had seen the pic long ago and never let any info out and I'm not going too!! I live far enough away that if I come to visit, I will use it for my use because if I ever get the chance to meet these guys..it won't be plastered all over the internet!!! It will be my momento for my photoalbum and walls...lol
- April 1, 2009 at 11:56 PM
Also: They are all staying at different hotels...
- April 2, 2009 at 12:05 AM
So do they have one staying at every hotel in Vancouver? Seems very logical!!!
- April 2, 2009 at 12:09 AM
I agree, if you get a picture with him wouldn't you want to keep it as a personal moment and leave it at that. Even if I saw him in public, I would never ask him for a picture. I have my memory and that is good enough for me.
If you know what hotel he is staying at or what restaurants he is dining at, please don't say as he deserves his privacy!
- April 2, 2009 at 12:14 AM
How do you know he's always hanging around in English Bay? I don't think there's been one reported sighting of him in English Bay... what's your source?
- April 2, 2009 at 12:27 AM
I think that she is her own source and either knows him or has seen him around and is smart and doesn't tell alot of people.
- April 2, 2009 at 12:28 AM
Im the source :)
- April 2, 2009 at 12:28 AM
She's not too smart because she's telling her shit...LOL
- April 2, 2009 at 12:31 AM
(Im the Source:)
I do not know him but I work there
He always wears the same clothes, thats a turn offff for me
- April 2, 2009 at 12:33 AM
Damn..Wish I was in Vancouver about now...All kinds of info being thrown around...LOL
- April 2, 2009 at 12:33 AM
hi amanda, who are the people with you at the restaurant? the blond and the other asian girl?
- April 2, 2009 at 12:34 AM
The blond and the other asian girl beside the blond were at the blond's bday dinner party
the picture with two other asian girls and me standing was later at night outside the restaurant
- April 2, 2009 at 12:39 AM
So are you seeing alot of sneaking around with him and Nikki???? LOL Since you do see him at work and all...lol
- April 2, 2009 at 12:42 AM
Stop blame everything on Twi-moms. You are the one who took pictures with him when you knew that He didn't want it.YOU are the one who annoying him.
And, if you don't want people to know which restaurant is that, you shouldn't post the picture you took in the restaurant.
- April 2, 2009 at 12:47 AM
thanks for the pics! Its hard to understand some of what you're saying....is the stalker woman the blonde lady? She like, jumped into the photo? ewe! I'm sure Rob's annoyed by excessive attention but for a role like that, I'd take the lack of privacy ANY DAY, order a pizza and chill with friends in fabulous hotels playing my guitar. He's extraordinarily fortunate.
- April 2, 2009 at 12:55 AM
Also they dont stay at the same hotel because it is easier... for stalkers.
- April 2, 2009 at 1:04 AM
Hey to the other Anon (the source) what the hell is there to do in English bay???
- April 2, 2009 at 1:09 AM
Not that it matters for me anyways..I live all the way on the east coast..just wondering??? The girl earlier said he was staying there..100%!!!!
- April 2, 2009 at 1:10 AM
- Smitten_Vixen said...
Seriously stalkers tone it down a bit. U can do things tastefully and trashy... if ur scouting him out don't be a creep about it. Keep it casual and unobtrusive ...kk?
- April 2, 2009 at 1:13 AM
- MojoPin said...
I'm glad for a new picture, you know..it's nice to see him. Although I want to see him on the set.
But I feel sorry for him also...that is probably one restoraunt he won't go again, because it is obvious he is trying really hard not to be spotted. I can't imagine how it is for him, I guess it's frustrating.
- April 2, 2009 at 3:33 AM
Dana wrote: I'm sorry, but these girls totally violated Rob and Sam's privacy. (...) Please leave him be next time, he is human and is entitled to some down time with his friends.
I wonder how long it will take until his manager will hire some security people to keep fans off from violating Rob's privacy.
- April 2, 2009 at 4:58 AM
I have to say, my opinion of him went up a few notches after reading this. I consider myself to be polite and mild-mannered also, but I think after awhile even I'd start snapping off at people if I couldn't have one meal out without being bothered.
I'll be curious to see how he's holding up a year from now, when Eclipse is about to be released. Will he still be sweet Rob then? hrmmm....
- April 2, 2009 at 8:41 AM
- SummerGirl said...
Thanks for sharing :)
I agree that it would be perfect if Rob were NOT disturbed, but I live really near his folks in London, and if I saw him? I am not sure I could be strong, I would SOOOOOOOOOO love to say hi and take a pic.
Watch this space -- although goodness knows when he will be back in SW13......
- April 2, 2009 at 9:17 AM
- honey bee said...
Anon: "I can GUARANTEE you %100 that he IS staying at the.."
What the feck? Give the poor man some privacy, please! See, I can totally understand a chance encounter since it is fate, but posting his exact location online is just plain wrong, imo. Keep it to yourself!
- April 2, 2009 at 9:38 AM
- Just a fan said...
I am traveling from New Hampshire to Vancouver in a week with friends. I am hoping to just see Rob in person. That would be enough for me :) I would love to find out if he's going to be playing his music at any clubs anytime soon.
- April 2, 2009 at 9:39 AM
I hate to be mean about this but I am just stating a fact. Unfortunatly this is the price that he must pay as a celebrity. They all realize this before they sign the contract. They know that they will soon be faced with fans and photographers scrambling to get their pictures and they sign up and step up to the plate. I'm sorry but I don't really have a lot of sympathy for celebrities who complain about the fame and the lack of privacy. Celebrities have been complaining about this for years. If you don't like being followed or having your picture taken this is probably not the job for you. This is a big part of a celebrities life.
- April 2, 2009 at 10:24 AM
to add to list of things NOT to do when meeting robert pattinson: don't ask for pic when he looks pissed. he will always remember them as the girls who annoyed him when he was trying to get his drink and eat on with Sammy..
sad. but glad to see he's alive :)
- April 2, 2009 at 10:44 AM
I agree with Just a fan... actors don't make movies to not have them be successful and to not be popular! Like, it's pretty much goes hand in hand... ur a good actor, people like you... u have a fan base. If you strive to make stupid loser movies, then fine.
I get the whole tweeners running after you can be annoying, or more specifically: Middle-aged Twimoms... but we can't all be sitting on the world's tallest pedestal and say: **I feel bad for poor rob... leave him alone** when 2 seconds later we are ogling that Little Ashes Naked Penis Shot
- April 2, 2009 at 12:05 PM
ooppps I mean I agree with KRISTA
- April 2, 2009 at 12:06 PM
- Hansom Ransom said...
Angie, I do think you have a point. However, I think it's a fine line to draw because although as an actor you want the movie to be successful, you hope that the fanbase it acquires is respectful enough to know how to act and how not to act. I also think that sometimes performers aren't really thinking along those lines; it's kind of a self-righteous standpoint to take to expect such a large and involved fanbase (particularly in situations like this where Rob was not aware of its popularity). I'm sure that, especially for actors like Rob who ultimately care about creating quality work, it's a really tough situation to be in,
- April 2, 2009 at 2:16 PM
I don't think one group can be blamed for the stalking. I'm sure there are some from each age group that cross the line. Rob affects people across generations. Asking for a picture while he is relaxing w/ a drink is rude, I don't care who does it. He is too sweet to say "no".
- April 2, 2009 at 2:24 PM
These girls are plain rude and to me they are def in the stalker category. I don't believe for a second you just bumped into them, especially after you said you called and waited for your friend for an hour. And then giving the picture to RP blogs and gossip sites. Def not a coincidence. Leave the guy alone for fucks sake!
- April 3, 2009 at 3:00 PM
I know we'd all love a photo with Rob, but if he initially was uncomfortable with it..I think I would have been the bigger fan, said thanks, and just walked away. Poor Rob. But congrats to the girls...you got your pics, good hunting I suppose.
- April 3, 2009 at 4:12 PM
CANADA!!! UGH!! That is not fair. I live in stupid mississipi! I Love Rob! I wish I could meet him. I would soo pay him to bite me. Kristen is so lucky to be with him. Sigh!
- April 5, 2009 at 2:41 PM
- Pattycake said...
Greetings Roblings!
What an enchanting encounter to share, and once-in-a-lifetime chance kind of photos to accompany it. However, it's a bit sad when people tend to say negative things about such an innocent encounter when they should be grateful that those girls posted the pix here AND was kind enough to mention some nice things about Rob. I'm sure no bones were crushed or necks bitten when those pix were taken so just relax and pray very hard that someday you'll be the lucky lady to get to meet him too;-)!
- April 6, 2009 at 1:02 PM
thats so cool thats a once and a lifetime chance:)
- April 8, 2009 at 9:03 PM
I agree with pattycake in many ways. But also I would say in a moment like that it would be nice to keep it to myself since it could be once in a lifetime moment. Robert seems different from all those other rich and famous actors. He seems very down to earth and shy. It almost seems like Edward and him have more in common than what Robert sees thru his eyes. I think that is what we all see too and adore about Robert. To the best of luck to you Robert I know your Bella is out there. Anyone know how to send emails to him that he reads?
- April 12, 2009 at 12:22 AM


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Did Peter really just walk into Alicia's apartment and announce they were still married on The Good Wife Season 7 Episode 18?
Despite having slept with hookers and having numerous affairs with coworkers throught the years. Peter still feels he has the right to stake his claim on Alicia when he comes face to face with Jason.
His behavior was far from a surprise; it was almost expected, and yet I'm still awestruck at what a hypocrite Peter can be.
The best part was how calmly Jason reacted to Peter's posturing, as though he expected that behavior too. Peter stood there in Alicia's bedroom demanding to know how long Alicia and Jason have been sleeping together and whether Grace knew about it while Jason calmly told him to direct his questions to Alicia.
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I'm not sure what to think about Cary quitting. Working at this firm hasn't looked like much fun and Cary has clearly grown weary of all of the behind the scenes manipulations. He deserves a long vacation on that beach he keeps staring at.
But I don't want Cary to disappear with only a handful of episodes left in the series! That would be a waste of a great character.
Even Caitlin returned after having her daughter and won her drone case, only to reveal she and her husband have separated. Can't anyone be happy on this show?
Do you think Alicia will give Peter the stay he's looking for or pull the plug on their marriage now? Is Cary really gone for good? Will Eli actually testify against Peter?
Check back later in the week for our The Good Wife round table and if you can't wait for more, you can always watch The Good Wife online here at TV Fanatic.
C. Orlando is a TV Fanatic Staff Writer. Follow her on Twitter.


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Happy Tuesday!
It's 1:25 am in SF, and I'm going improv. Bear with me here.
Some of you asked me last week, "How do you post a photo everyday?" Prioritize your time. Schedule some time and come up with concepts beforehand. Create calendar events, take screenshots of photos you like. Find photographers or bloggers you aspire to be on Instagram, get to know their styles better.
In the beginning, this may come to you as forced exercise. These are growing pains. Like in yoga, you need to master the good pain to get better. If you don't invest in the building blocks, you won't be able to see the results.
Another advice I was given and now I give to others around me is to surround yourself with people who inspire you. Be the dumbest person in the room if you can. One of the best ways to grow.
Also if you're interested in learning more about what it takes to be an entrepreneur, my husband Abel is doing a talk this Wednesday. You can sign up here. I'm not biased or anything, but he's got quite the story. 😉
Enough startups, onto fashion.
Off the shoulder blouses are one of my favorite trends this summer! I had a lot of fun putting together this all black day-to-night look. It's one of the girliest looks I posted to date. I hope you like it.
p.s. Any of you Zara fans, good news, there's a huge sale going on right now, so do check it out if you can!
Blouse: Zara (similar here) // Shorts: Topshop // Cat shoes: Marc Jacobs // Heels: Jeffrey Campbell // Bag: Proenza Schouler // Sunnies: Thierry Lasry
Thanks for reading friends! Have a great week.