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As the director of more than 100 episodes of the enduringly classic 1950s sitcom "I Love Lucy," William Asher considered the first episode he directed to be one of his most memorable: Lucy and Ethel working in a chocolate factory.
But for Asher, who died Monday at 90, his second "I Love Lucy" episode was even more memorable: He put his job on the line after discovering that Lucille Ball was giving cast members line readings and stage directions behind the scenes.
"So I went to her and said, 'Lucy, I know what you're doing. You're trying to direct this,'" Asher recalled in a 2000 interview with the Archive of American Television. "She told me, 'I'm just trying to help.' I said, 'No. It doesn't help. There can only be one director and you're paying me.... If you're going to do it, you do it.' She ran off the stage, crying."
After taking a break and realizing that he was "blowing an opportunity," Asher returned to the set where he encountered Desi Arnaz, who began screaming at him in Spanish.
"I said, 'Let me just tell you what happened,'" Asher recalled. "I told him, and he said, 'You're absolutely right; she shouldn't be doing that. But she's in there crying, and you go in there and make her feel better.'
"So I went in the dressing room and she was saying, 'I'm sorry.' The first thing you know I was crying, we were hugging each other. And after that I never had a problem with her. I had contributions from her, suggestions from her, mostly good, and it was a delight."
Asher, one of television's most prolific directors, died in a private home-care facility in Palm Desert of complications of Alzheimer's disease, said his wife, Meredith.
Besides directing "I Love Lucy" in the 1950s, Asher directed the pilot of Eve Arden's 1950s sitcom "Our Miss Brooks" for Desilu Productions and amassed a string of other credits that included "The Danny Thomas Show," "General Electric Theater" and "The Colgate Comedy Hour."
Asher, whose TV directing credits include "Gidget" in the '60s and "Alice" in the '70s, also co-created "The Patty Duke Show," the 1963-66 sitcom for which he served as a writer, producer and director.
After Asher married actress Elizabeth Montgomery in 1963, he recalled in a 2005 Seattle Times interview, Montgomery was ready to give up her career.
"She was pregnant with Billy and didn't want to do it anymore," he said. "She was too good to quit. I suggested we do a television show together."
The show, for which he served as a producer and a director, was the hit "Bewitched," starring Montgomery as Samantha, a young witch married to a mortal.
In 1966, Asher won an Emmy Award for outstanding directorial achievement in comedy for "Bewitched," which aired from 1964-72; he and Montgomery were divorced in 1973.
During the '60s, Asher directed and co-wrote a string of "beach movies" starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello: "Muscle Beach Party," "Bikini Beach" and "Beach Blanket Bingo."
He also directed but did not write the first one, "Beach Party," which came out in 1963.
"Without him, there was no 'Beach Party,' I'll tell you that," Avalon said Tuesday. "He was a brilliant guy. He had such a flair for comedy, and working with him was such a joy.
"Basically, my character, Frankie, was really Bill Asher. He was truly a surfer — he lived on the beach in Malibu, and he surfed every day. He handpicked all the surfers that were in our pictures. He was just a free spirit and a lot of fun."
Born in New York City on Aug. 8, 1921, Asher was the son of actress Lillian Bonner and Ephraim Asher, who was associate producer on "Dracula" and "Frankenstein" at Universal in the early '30s.
After his father died in 1937, the family moved back to New York. But Asher soon returned to Los Angeles and got a job in the mail room at Universal.
While serving stateside in the Army Signal Corps during World War II, he began writing and selling short stories to magazines.
After the war, he teamed with Richard Quine and co-directed and co-produced "Leather Gloves," a low-budget boxing movie for Columbia. A year later, he moved into television as a writer and soon made his TV directing debut.
Asher was married four times.
Besides Meredith, his wife of 16 years, he is survived by daughters Liane Sears and Rebecca Asher; sons Brian, Bill, Robert and John; four stepchildren, 10 grandchildren and seven step-grandchildren.


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May 9, 2009
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Yale finished the first day of the Heptagonal Championships at Penn on Saturday, which featured some field events and qualifying heats for running events. Yale ended the first day in eighth place, without scoring, but it expects to earn points on Sunday when remaining finals will be run, as will the relays, which Yale expects to perform well in.
Four Yale athletes qualified for the finals on Sunday by finishing with one of the eight fastest times in their preliminary heats. Freshman Alexa Monti was the seventh-fastest sprinter in the 100-meter dash in 12.22 seconds - a personal best by .05 seconds. She will have to contend against a field that includes four Cornell runners tomorrow at 2:35 p.m.
Junior Bulldog Claudia Duncan crossed the finish line in 55.62 seconds in the 400-meter dash. This was a personal record for Duncan by about .7 seconds, and is an ECAC championship-qualifying time. This leaves her tied for the third-fastest time with a Penn athlete. Duncan will compete in the finals tomorrow at 2:20 p.m.
Yale's All-American sophomore Kate Grace finished her preliminary 800-meter run in a relatively easy 2:11.11 to make it to the finals. Serita Lachesis of Columbia ran the fastest in the qualifying heats with a time of 2:09.26, but the field should be significantly faster on Sunday, and Grace, with a personal best this season of 2:07.83, is currently the favorite. She will run at 2:55 p.m.
Senior captain Jennifer Lin finished the 400-meter hurdles in 1:02.77, leaving her with the fifth-fastest time among the qualifiers; the top three finishers all ran NCCA regional qualifying times in their preliminary heats, so it should be a very competitive race. They will run at 3:25 p.m. on Sunday.
Sophomore Eve King is continuing in the long string of events for the Heptathlon; she ended Saturday in ninth place with 2,397 points and has three more events tomorrow: the long jump, the javelin throw and the 800-meter run.
Sophomore Stephanie Scaramella will be competing in the discus throw at 9:00 a.m. and the shot-put at 12:15 p.m., the former along with sophomore Rachel Kuschner, who is ranked eighth in the event.
Other events that will be held tomorrow include the 3,000-meter steeplechase, in which two Yale athletes are competing: senior Bevin Peters ranked eighth in the event, and freshman Anne Lovelace ranked eighth.
Yale is fielding teams in the 4x100-meter, 4x400-meter and 4x800-meter relays. The races will be held at 12:35 p.m., 5:00 p.m. and 4:40 p.m., respectively. It will be a tough day for the Bulldogs, because the same athletes often run mutiple relays, and many of the top runners are also running in finals earlier in the day. Grace, for example, ran all three relays for Yale at Penn Relays.
A complete schedule of events can be found here and complete start lists here. Results will continue to be posted live on HepsTrack.com and complete results will be posted on YaleBulldogs.com at the end of the day.
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Welcome to our wiki page!
Function Statement
To speak for special populations children and their caregivers; these may include those who have learning or physical differences, those who are speaking English as a second language, those who are in a non-traditional school environment, those who are in non-traditional family settings (such as teen parents, foster children, children in the juvenile justice system, and children in gay and lesbian families), and those who need accommodation service to meet their needs. To offer leadership in discovering, developing, and disseminating information about library materials, programs, and facilities for special population children and their caregivers; to develop and maintain guidelines for selection of useful and relevant materials; and to discuss, develop, and suggest ways in which library education programs can prepare librarians to serve these children and their caregivers.
Current Committee Members
Chair - Barbara Klipper (2007-2010)
- The Ferguson Library
- One Public Library Plaza, Stamford, CT 06904
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Stacy Dillon (2009-2011)
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Paula Holmes (2009-2011)
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Erin Ford Nguyen (2006-2010)
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Teresa Raines (2009-2011)
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Jessica Trujillo (2007-2010)
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Priority Group Consultant - Starr LaTronica
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Committee Project: ALSC and Candlewick Press "Light the Way" Grant
ALSC/Candlewick Press "Light the Way" Grant:
- This year ALSC is pleased to once again be offering the ALSC/Candlewick Press "Light the Way" Grant. This grant was formed in honor of Newbery Medalist and Geisel Honoree author Kate DiCamillo, and the themes represented in her books. The award consists of a $3,000 grant to recognize a library conducting exemplary outreach to underserved populations, and to help the library continue its outreach.
- This grant was last given at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, PA in 2008. ALSC Library Service to Special Population Children and Their Caregivers Committee selected the winner and Honorable Mentions during the ALA Midwinter Meeting. Special population children may include those who have learning or physical differences, those who are speaking English as a second language, those who are in a non-traditional school environment, those who are in non-traditional family settings (such as teen parents, foster children, children in the juvenile justice system, and children in gay and lesbian families), and those who need accommodation service to meet their needs. The LSSPCC committee will once again select the winner of this award based on an application process.
How to apply for the 2010 Light the Way Grant:
- Light the Way Grant applications are now available. The application is a form .pdf that can be completed, saved, and submitted electronically with supporting documents. All applications are due to the LSSPCC committee chair Barbara Klipper by November 1, 2009, as stated in the application. Please contact Barbara at email@example.com with any questions.
2008 ALSC "Light the Way: Library Outreach to the Underserved" Grant Winners announced!
- The LSSPCC Committee met during the 2008 ALA Midwinter Conference to determine the winner of the 2008 "Light the Way: Library Outreach to the Underserved" grant. The grant is sponsored by Candlewick Press in honor of author Kate DiCamillo and the themes represented in her books.
- After reviewing 53 applications from 29 states across the country, the committee awarded the $5,000 grant to the Rogers Public Library in Rogers, Arkansas. In addition, two honor libraries were named. Each will receive $1,040 from Candlewick Press.
- The Rogers Public Library's program, "Bilingual Teens as Teachers and Tutors," will have Americorps volunteers train bilingual teens to serve as tutors and role models to elementary school children who need help learning English. Many of the children involved are from Spanish-speaking homes of migrant families who do not frequently use the public library. The program's goal is to help children improve their language skills, self-confidence and cultural awareness-allowing them to succeed in school.
- Honor awards were given to the Port Isabel Public Library in Port Isabel, Texas and the Hancock County Library System in Bay St. Louis, Miss. The Port Isabel Public Library's project, "Children's Book Club to the Rescue," will enable preschool children of non-English-speaking families to gain literacy skills. The Hancock County Library System in Bay St. Louis' project "Pearlington Summer Reading Program" will establish a summer reading program in the Pearlington library, which due to Hurricane Katrina, is currently operating out of a FEMA trailer.
Preconference at ALA Annual 2007
Our committee recently helped plan a successful preconference in Washington, D.C. (jointly with ASCLA)
- The Underserved 20%: Children, Teens and Adults with Disabilities was held on Friday, June 22, 2007 at the
Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H St NW, Washington, DC 20001
Schedule of Events:
8:00 AM ~ Registration and continental breakfast
8:30 AM ~ Welcome: Kathleen T. Horning, ALSC President
8:35 AM ~ Harriet McBryde Johnson, a leading disabilities rights activist, lawyer, and author of Too Late to Die Young and Accidents of Nature. Keynote: Why I Don't Go to the Library These Days: An Unsolved Mystery
9:45 AM ~ Community Involvement: A Panel Discussion
- Paula Holmes, Children's Librarian/Parent Advocate
- David Bills, Evening Supervisory Technician, Gallaudet University Library
- Mental Health America Representative
10:30 AM ~ Break
10:45 AM ~ Best Practices In Service to People with Disabilities: A Panel Discussion
- Jerry Aiello, Director, Friends and Volunteer Services, Brooklyn Public Library
- Lisa C. Wemett, Assistant Director for Reference and Teen Services, Webster Public Library
- Barbara Huntington, Youth Services and Special Needs Consultant, Wisconsin Dept. Public Instruction
- Marti Goddard, Access Services Manager, San Francisco Public Library
11:30 AM-1:30 PM ~ Lunch and vendor fair
1:30 PM ~ Discussion Groups I (choose one)
- Adaptive Technologies - facilitated by Will Reed, Cleveland Public Library/LBPH and Mollyne Honor, Maryland State LBPH
- Learning Disabilities in the Library - facilitated by Carrie Banks, Manager of the Child's Place for Children with Special Needs, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY
- People of Color with Disabilities in the Library - facilitated by Vivian Bordeaux, Bridgeport Public Library, Bridgeport, CT
- People with Autism Spectrum Disorders - facilitated by Barbara Klipper, Youth Services Library, Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT
- Programming and Outreach to People with Disabilities - facilitated by Martha Simpson, Head of Children's Services, Stratford Library Association, Stratford, CT and Paula Holmes, Children's Librarian/Parent Advocate
- Portrayal of People with Disabilities in Literature – facilitated by Marti Goddard, Access Services Manager, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA
2:00 PM ~ Discussion Groups II (choose one from above)
2:30 PM ~ Break
2:45 PM ~ Discussion groups report back
3:15 PM ~ Thank You and Closing Presenter Introduction: Barbara Mates, ASCLA Vice-President/President/Elect
3:20 PM ~ Closing Remarks, Dr. Katherine Schneider, Senior Psychologist, Emerita, Counseling service, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; a retired clinical psychologist who has taught, counseled, supervised and trained psychologists at four universities. She established the Schneider Family Book Award four years ago to recognize books for children and youth that deal well with disability issues.
4:15-6:00 PM ~ Door Prizes and Networking Reception
To continue the conversation begun at the preconference we have created the Universal Access Wiki, listed under Resources on the Main page of the ALSC wiki. Please refer to the Universal Access wiki for additional information on library services to children with disabilities.


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BOSTON, Mass.—UMass Boston men's tennis swept the Little East Conference weekly awards for the second consecutive week, as the league office announced Monday afternoon that Charles Lai (Boston, Mass.) and Mark Grinhaus (Scarsdale, N.Y.) were named the Little East Conference Player and Rookie of the Week.
The Beacons' two seniors helped UMass Boston go to 2-0 on the week, including earning a 6-3 victory over Western Connecticut State University in the Beacons' Little East Conference opener.
Lai went a perfect 4-0 on the week, including dropping just one game over four sets at number two singles. He turned in a dominant performance in his Little East match at Western Connecticut, winning his singles match 6-0, 6-0 to power the Beacons to their first-ever win in Danbury. He also teamed up with Sean Cullen (Medway, Mass.) to defeat the Colonials' number one doubles pair 8-2.
Grinhaus registered a pair of wins at number five singles and number two doubles to post a 4-0 mark this past week for UMass Boston. The Scarsdale, N.Y. resident opened Little East Conference play with a 6-3, 6-0 victory against his Western Connecticut opponent. He and doubles partner Eglis Bizhoti (Kucovë, Albania) made quick work of their Colonials opponents with an 8-3 victory.
Monday's award marked the second-consecutive Rookie of the Week award for Grinhaus and the first time Lai has been named the Little East Conference Player of the Week.
The defending Little East Conference champions have a busy week ahead, as the Beacons will play two conference matches and three matches overall. UMass Boston kicks off the busy stretch Wednesday when they host Wentworth Institute of Technology at 3:00 p.m.


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Harvard biologists, students, and amateur science enthusiasts participated in a survey of insects and birds at the Arnold Arboretum on May 1 as part of the second annual Harvard University Campus BioBlitz. The campus-wide effort also included inventories of plants in Harvard Yard, night trappings of moths and other nocturnal insects, and a survey of fish and aquatic insects in the Charles River. Activities at the Arboretum centered on observations in the Arboretum meadow, the collections along Meadow Road, and the North Woods, and included the placement of "bee bowls" to sample the diversity of pollinating insects in the Arboretum.
The 2011 BioBlitz began at midnight on Sunday, May 1 and continued through midnight on Monday, May 2. During this 24-hour period, volunteers participated in taxa-specific sampling expeditions, cataloguing encounters with plants, insects, birds, and more. Student experts led guided nature walks, provided collecting equipment, and helped with specimen identification. Samples were either identified in the field or determined later in the laboratory. Organisms inventoried in the BioBlitz were cataloged and recorded on the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL), a public database organized to gather and share scientific knowledge about biodiversity in a single online resource.
Harvard's BioBlitz was spearheaded by the Agassiz Zoological Club, named in honor of the founder of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Professor Louis Agassiz. Undergraduates studying with Agassiz completed the first biodiversity survey in Massachusetts more than 150 years ago. The Agassiz Zoological Club was reformed last year in cooperation with Harvard's Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Undergraduate Group, and led a comprehensive survey of organisms on Harvard's campus last spring.
See the list of insects and birds inventoried in the Arboretum landscape during the 2011 BioBlitz.
Read about this event in the Harvard Gazette.


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Ramona Hahn
Wife, mother of L.A.-area politicians
Ramona Hahn, 86, widow of the late county Supervisor Kenneth Hahn and mother of both former Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn and City Councilwoman Janice Hahn, died Monday, her children announced. She was a longtime resident of San Pedro, where she died.
Her death came one day before the special election in the 36th Congressional District won by Janice Hahn, the Democratic nominee for the South-Bay based seat.
In a statement, her children called Ramona Hahn "without a doubt, the driving force behind our entire family."
"Our parents were a team, working together to raise their family and to improve the lives of those Kenny represented," her children said. "We have fond memories of our mother welcoming constituents into our home on Saturdays … working to address their problems."
The daughter of missionaries, she was born Oct. 5, 1924, in Tokyo and lived in Japan until she was 11 and her family returned to the United States. Throughout her life, she was a devoted member of the Church of Christ.
While attending Pepperdine University, she met her future husband. When they married in 1948, Kenneth was already a member of the City Council. He became a county supervisor in 1952 and served on the board for 40 years. He died at 77 in 1997.
Her son, now a Superior Court judge, held the offices of city controller and city attorney and served as mayor from 2001 to 2005. Her daughter has spent the last decade on the City Council.
Their mother's "constant concern for others," her children said, inspired them to pursue careers in public service.
Rob Grill
Musician with rock band Grass Roots
Rob Grill, 67, a singer and bassist for the 1960s rock band the Grass Roots, died Monday at a hospice facility in Lake County, Fla., said Michael Hensley, director of the medical examiner's office. The cause was not given.
Grill sang on such Grass Roots hits as "Midnight Confessions," "Temptation Eyes," "Sooner or Later" and "Let's Live for Today." After songwriters P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri had a hit with "Where Were You When I Needed You?" in 1966, they recruited Grill and three more bandmates to join them in the Grass Roots. They racked up a string of hits before disbanding in 1975.
Grill, a Los Angeles native, released a solo album, "Uprooted," in 1979. He began touring with a reconstituted version of the Grass Roots in the 1980s.
Paul Michael
Actor partnered with Marion Ross
Paul Michael, 84, a stage actor whose credits include several Broadway musicals and who appeared opposite his companion Marion Ross in Southern California productions of "Over the River and Through the Woods" and "Love Letters," died of heart failure Friday at Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center, according to publicist Dale Olson.
At the Old Globe in San Diego's Balboa Park, Michael and Ross played one set of grandparents in Joe DiPietro's "Over the River and Through the Woods" in 2000 and were paired again in 2010 for "The Last Romance," a play DiPietro wrote for the couple.
Michael also starred opposite Ross, who played Mrs. Cunningham in the TV sitcom "Happy Days," in stage productions of A.R. Gurney's "Love Letters" and the Hallmark Channel TV movie "Where There's a Will."
Born Aug. 15, 1926, in Providence, R.I., Michael served with the Army in the Pacific during World War II and received a bachelor's degree in English from Brown University. Trained as an opera singer, he made his Broadway debut in 1956 in the Judy Holliday musical "Bells Are Ringing." Singing roles followed in several other Broadway shows and in musicals in theaters across the country. He frequently played Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof."
Michael's television credits include "Dark Shadows," the daytime soap opera that became a cult favorite.
-- Los Angeles Times staff and wire reports


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Heritage & Genealogy & Plymouth County Iowa
My name is Martha and figured it's time to create a heritage page about my county,and various family history here in Plymouth County Iowa.
It's farm country,and those who migrated here in the last century,pretty much took up farming as a living.
We're not the most famous county in Iowa,and the history here in itself may not be numerous as some of the neighboring counties,but the historical events that happened in this area,and the heritage behind them is still definitely worthy of the history books.
However,Lewis & Clark did make it up this way,and we're they camped later on became Sioux City.So that's some historical significance with sharing the origins of our county,even though 3-4 counties can claim this here in the state.
Even though a French Fur Trader by the name Theophile Bruguier is officially credited with being the first to settle here.It's kind of amazing the French were the first of many who settled communities across the U.S.,but later on the heritage that continued the town/communities to grow seem to be other nationalities.
Sioux City officially became a township sometime in 1857,and the population in the county really started to grow.It's hard to believe the population was only around 400 back then,but back then that was considered a good sized community west of the Mississippi.
The town grew greatly in size with people coming from all over to settle here,and back in the day there was a lot of business here,and a person could actually get a job in a variety of fields,such as a farm hand,the saw mill,working on cattle farms,to a job associated with the rivers here.The rivers were the main source of transportation of good coming into,and exiting Sioux City.
By the time 1880 came around,Plymouth County had a population of 7,500.Then in 1884 to population grew 15,514,and it 1886 it was 22,358,and the population almost doubled by the time 1890 came around.
There was plenty of work to be had,and the city itself was very modern,and ahead of its time as far as technology goes.
The Story Behind the Sioux City Museum
Another interesting piece of history here is the Sioux City Museum.The museum itself is history,and I'll share the reason why with you.
The story starts,and it's not a story,it's actually a factual case of fraud/theft by those who swindle a community.These types of people have been around since the dawn of time,so theft by swindle by all means is nothing new,and Sioux City is not the first victim to such dishonesty.
The man's name was John Peirce,and he got away with his swindle for over a hundred years.Even after his death for almost a century he was considered a hero to many,but as records come to light,researchers exposed his swindle,and now he has this piece of history attached to his name.This guy even had streets here named after him,talk about a wake up to the community,but it's part of our heritage,and we look back at him in a different scope now.
Let us begin.
There was a financial panic in 1893,and most all the leading businessmen here in town felt the crunch.Many went broke,and the other half went broke,and in debt making the situation even worse for them.In situations like that back in the day,there were no second chances when a business went belly up.Lenders didn't take chances in those days,maybe they would of if they could have charged some of the interest rates they have in today's market,but that's just a pun to the story of John Peirce.
Anyways,while other businessmen were working in an honest way to pay back their debts,Mr.Peirce was looking to dishonest ways,and just to get out of town all together.He was calling it quits.
You have to understand the influence,and the respect he had form so many.He was a decorated wounded Civil War hero,and he was Mr.Sioux City himself in helping the town boom,and grow.
The museum as I mentioned earlier,was his mansion here on the north side of town.
He held a rigged nation wide lottery,and sold 1 $ tickets.He sold around 40,000 tickets,and the winner happened to be a businessman he was deeply in debt with,and records that came to light recently show the title of his house was transferred over to the winner several days before the drawing.
However,Mr. John Peirce wrote a very sincere letter good-bye to Sioux City that was published in its local newspaper.He did get away with it,and played right up to the very end as a trusted man.We're fortunate he didn't swindle the life saving of another,and stuck to his lottery ticket scheme,but perhaps he decided with that route because they payout would be higher.We'll never know.
If you're ever in the area,stop in and check out his old mansion.As I said earlier it's now a museum,and I guess you can even rent the place for weddings,and such.I'm sure a lot of good conversation arises there,and it looks like a very interesting place.There is a lot of history connected with the mansion,so it's worthy of a visit.
When it comes to the heritage here in Plymouth County..Oh boy do we have it!
Norwegians,Polish,the Swedes,Lithuanians,and even the Spanish celebrate their history here in the county,and there is a bit of history attached to all.
It's nice to see the community celebrate,and embrace their heritage.
The best ways to look into a communities heritage is to ask questions,visit museums,and maybe grab a cup of coffee at one of the many cafe's,or coffee shops here in town.Many of the retired farmers,and not retired of course frequent these locations,and boy do they have some stories to tell.Talk to the elderly,and ask them how far do their roots go back here in the community,and odds are you'll get an all day conversation out of them.
Another source I recommend is the "Louis & Clark Interpretive Center".Go there for a visit,take your time to soak in all they have to offer,and you'll walk away a personified historian on Plymouth County.
I can't express enough the information on the past this Interpretive Center has to offer,and one thing I really like is it has a lot of artifacts from the Native American that were present here at one time also,and has the history of our county starting from its birth.You won't find a better place,that will give you a better understanding our county.So please if the history & heritage of Plymouth County interests you,then make this place the first stop for historical information.
For further genealogy & heritage research just check the links here.I have a little bit of my family history below,and would be glad to help those with Irish roots in the area with questions,or surname help.I'm not an expert in the tracking down part,but know a variety of resources I check to get my data.
I'll be adding more information in the days ahead.I really enjoy the heritage of our county,and find all who live here interesting people,and every one of them having an interesting history.
Surname "Gavins" in the Plymouth County Area
I will start off with the better of my information on my family tree,and dwell back deeper when I have more information on the past of us Gavins.
At present moment most of our family is here in Iowa.A good majority of us reside here in Plymouth County.One of the best places to live,and one of the best places to raise a family.
Life in the old country (Ireland) was difficult in the 19th century,not to mention difficulties as well in the 20th century.So many of us ventured to the new world looking for a better life.
Here are some interesting facts regarding the "Gavin " name.Our last name was spelled that way,but to many Gavin's in the same area added an S to my family's last name.
Gavin's who settled here in the U.S. in the 17th century.
* Daniel Gavin in 1654 arrived in Virginia
* James Gavin in 1685 in New Jersey
Gavin's who settled here in the U.S. in the 18th century.
* John Gavin in 1713 in Virginia
* Anthony Gavin in 1735 in Virginia
* John Gavin in 1773 in Pennsylvania
* Thomas Gavin in 1774 in Maryland
Gavin's who settled here in the U.S. in the 19th century.
* Michael Gavin in 1851 in New Orleans Louisiana
* William Gavin in 1851 in San Francisco California
* Joaquina Gavin settled in Puerto Rica in 1876
* Patrick Gavin in Philadelphia in 1880
So as you see,the Gavin family has an interesting heritage.So now onto my family tree,and hope to meet others to share information,and matbe compare notes.I'm always learning something new while looking into my family history.
Descendants of Patrick James Gavins
Patrick James Gavins Arrived in Virginia November 23 1914 in good spirits & good health.
He married a beautiful Irish girl by the name Deloris McGuire in 1918 and they gave birth to little Jimmy,Patrick Jr in 1920,and Thomas in 1922.
In 1927 they made their way west to settle in Minnesota with the hopes of taking up farming once again.I believe both Patrick & Deloris we raised on farms,as were there parents,and their parents before them.I never thought much on Irish farmers.There are a lot of Irish farmers in Ireland,but you don't hear to much about them here.It's maybe a good thing,because the only mention of Irish farmers in the history books in the "Irish Potato Famine".
Things didn't go as expected,and they ventured south some for work,and a good place to live.When they arrived in Sioux City Iowa.They knew they found home,and their roots would flourish to this day.
They then gave birth to another child of the name James Gavins.He was officially born in Sioux City.
Of course their children carried on the tradition of having children themselves.
The Gavins children also had children and I'll start with their first child Jimmy.In 1937 he married Ivy Johnson.They gave birth to a George Gavins in 1938.That's my grandpa,and he passed on in 2008.But he left a legacy of us children behind,and without him,and his love none of us would be here today.
George married Janet Olson and they had 3 children.Myself Martha,Joan and Clayton.
All us brothers & sisters reside here in Plymouth County and Iowa we consider home,and can't ever imagine us leaving this beautiful state.
Now let me move on to my children,and grandchildren.Then I'll add my sisters family,and my brother Clayton's family.
I was born in 1956 (Martha) and in 1973 I married Chris Anderson.Here are our children,and I'll separate by paragraph their children.
In 1975 of April we gave birth to our first child.We named him Willie and he was a handful up until his 5th birthday,but none the less he's been a blessing,and the best son any parent could wish for.He also added a wonderful addition to our family.Our first grandson.
In 1995 Willie married Barbara Johson,and the gave birth the following year bringing a little boy into the world,and giving him the name Cody.
My sister Joan was born in 1960 and in 1980 she married Steve Carver.They had 3 children.Barb,Janice,and Claire.
Barb was born in 1981 and married Randy Evans in 2001 and they had 2 children.A little girl they named Jade in February of 2001,and just last year a little boy they names Corey.(2011).
Clayton Gavins was born in 1963 and in 1987 married Elizabeth Paulson.They gave birth to a set of the most adorable twin girls you could imagine in June of 1990.Paula & Christine Gavins.
Paula is now engaged to Brian Foster and we're all keeping an eye to see if this couple adds another addition to the Gavins family tree.
This is just the later branches of our family tree.Next week I'll be adding our family history in Ireland,and what inspired our journey to chance it in a New World.
Interesting enough with great surprise we can track our heritage as far back as 1458 in Ireland.Yes,some of the research lacks some data,but all in all we are off to a good start and thankful we could go back as far as we did with the limited records of that time.
Those were certainly the days,and it would be so interesting to go back in a time machine,and see for ourselves what life was back in those days.
So right now laying out my notes to add more o this page on the Gavins history.
Any questions you may have,you can mail me at email@example.com
Thanks & happy genealogy hunting!!


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I was the 17 year old and was just beginning to know my dad as a person. Then children remained children, and were treated as such, until they had finished school.
Who was my dad? Dad was: someone who wrote little poems commemorating life's events, the birth of a son, mom's illness, a sprained ankle, family travels, etc. He was "Uncle Don" who would visit his sister and her family and empty the change in his pockets by pulling them inside out to make it rain coins so he could watch the kids scramble for the money. Dad was the husband who worked late on Thursday nights and always brought home the new issue of "The Saturday Evening Post". Usually there was a pint of butter pecan ice cream or a Mounds Bar included. Dad was the man who dearly loved walking his family into church on Sunday morning and watching us fill an entire pew. After church on Sunday, Dad would walk to the bakery to get bismarks (jelly filled donuts covered in granulated sugar) and the Sunday paper. Dad loved children and babies. Dad was the official family chauffeur who would take various grandparents and aunts and uncles to the train station for their trips. In fact, the day he died, the plan was for him to take Aunt Kathy to the train for a trip to Adrian, Mi to watch her niece Sr Marie Mercy (aka Helen Hardie) take her vows as a novice. Dad was an athlete. He played on the YMCA state championship basketball team and was always up for a game of driveway hoops or baseball at the beach. He loved watching the Bears football games and playing poker. One year dad ordered a set of custom, handpainted plates for the dining room. They were white plates with faces representing each of us with our names on them. The faces were in the style of the 1890s with top-knot hairdos and mustaches. The only colors used were black and red on the white plates.
These have been random memories of dad, in no particular order of importance. They are just my attempt to show the person I proudly call Dad!


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News & Events
For the Media
New Science of Stylometry at Next Clarkson University Science Cafe
"Who Wrote That? The New Science of Stylometry" will be discussed by St. Lawrence University Mathematics Professor Dan Look at the next Science Café on Tuesday, October 15, at 7:15 p.m. in the Park View Common Room, above the Blackbird Cafe, 107 Main St. in Canton, and on Wednesday, October 16, at 7:15 p.m. in the Potsdam Civic Center Community Room in Potsdam, N.Y.
When the 15th book of Oz was released, there were two covers… one listing L. Frank Baum as the author and another listing Ruth Plumly Thompson. Who really wrote this book?
Join Look as he takes us on a fascinating tour of stylometry, a new, exciting hybrid discipline of mathematics and literature, demonstrating how they blend together beautifully, and how they help settle difficult questions of authorship.
Science Cafes bring together engineers, scientists and townspeople in a relaxed, informal setting, such as coffeehouses and pubs. The speaker makes a short presentation about a topic in his or her field, and then opens up the floor to discussion.
Find out more about Clarkson's Science Cafe at http://www.clarkson.edu/sciencecafe.
E-mail Daniel ben-Avraham at firstname.lastname@example.com with any questions or suggestions for future Science Cafe topics.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
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The Hawthorne City Council canceled its meeting Tuesday night after the city's website crashed because of public outcry over a viral video of a police officer shooting a dog.
Tuesday's meeting would have been the first time the public could address council members directly about the incident.
Anonymous posted a YouTube video directed at the department last week, saying "we do not forgive…we do not forget," regarding the incident where an officer fatally shot a pet dog in the street.
The department has said the dog was a threat to officers who had done all they could to avoid killing the dog.
The incident sparked protests outside of the Hawthorne Police Department Saturday.
The city clerk's office told NBC4 that the regularly scheduled meeting would be canceled because it is required by the state open meeting law -- known as the Brown Act -- to publicly post the agenda prior to meeting.
"As you are aware, due to the public maelstrom of emotion caused by the police incident involving the Rottweiler, the city website crashed. The website has been down for nearly one week," said Mayor Daniel Juarez in an email to NBC4. "The Brown Act requires that city council agendas shall be posted on the 'local agency's Internet Web site, if the local agency has one.'"
In Anonymous' video addressed to the Hawthorne Police Department, the narrator says the officer's actions were "unacceptable" and the department was now Anonymous' "primary target."
The incident that sparked the controversy occurred on Sunday, June 30, as Leon Cordell Rosby walked his dog and lingered near a police scene at 137th Street and Jefferson Avenue. Rosby was shooting video at the time, and police had asked him to leave.
Rosby placed his pet Rottweiler, Max, in a car and placed his hands behind his back so officers could handcuff him.
The car's windows were down and the dog escaped, as seen at right.
NBC4's Facebook fans debated the dog's intentions, saying Max was defending his owner. Others said the owner is to blame for not locking up his pet properly.
The shooting was posted to Youtube(Warning: Disturbing Content), and has since garnered more than 4.7 million views.
Calls and threats have flooded into the Hawthorne Police Department, according to earlier reports. Rosby publicly called for the threats to stop, saying "all police officers are not bad."
The next regularly scheduled City Council meeting will be held on July 22, according to the city clerk's office.


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Public Comment
Who Manages the Economy Better--Republicans or Democrats?
Most Americans have one eye on the nation's economic crises and the other on the presidential election. And they are asking themselves, "Are the Democrats or the Republicans better for the economic health of the country as well as for my own financial well-being?" That is the defining question of this election.
A businessman who voted for Bush twice and Obama in 2008, told me, "The goals of Barack Obama's social programs—particularly health care, education and the environment —seem good. But I'm worried the Democrats can't manage the economy as well."
Many voters agree, and a recent poll shows that an overwhelming majority (70 percent) cite the economy as their top concern. For years the pollsters have found that most voters believe the Republicans do better with the economy. I've heard the businessman's basic point—that the Democrats have better social policies but the Republicans are better managers of the economy—more often than I've heard Judy Garland sing "We're Off to See the Wizard." But is it true? Don't count on this question being examined and answered in a full, open and honest debate.
Thirty-two years ago¾with the election of Ronald Reagan—we entered an entirely new phase of presidential politics. The focus since then has been who can raise the most money and package the best media image, rather than who can demonstrate the most competence and capacity to govern. Our country's political, economic and social life has been reduced to a battle of 15-second sound bites and 30-second commercials¾most of them negative attack ads—with results reported like a football score. TV news has turned democracy into "duhmocracy."
Fortunately, we don't have to depend on campaign slogans or advertising bucks to frame the debate. We can look to the record. Here's the Economic Sweepstakes Quiz. The rules are simple. Guess which president since World War II did best on these eight generally accepted measures of good management of the nation's economy. You can choose among six Republicans: Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bushes I and II; and six Democrats: Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, Clinton, and Obama. (No peeking.)
- The highest growth in the gross domestic product?
- The highest growth in jobs?
- The biggest increase in personal disposable income after taxes?
- The highest growth in industrial production?
- The highest growth in hourly wages?
- The lowest Misery Index (inflation plus unemployment)?
- The lowest inflation?
- The largest reduction in the deficit?
If this isn't enough to destroy the myth that economy has performed better under Republicans, the stock market has also done better under the Democrats. The Dow Jones Industrial Average during the 20th century rose 7.3 percent on average per year under Republican presidents. Under Democrats, it rose 10.3 percent—which means investors gained a whopping 41 percent more. And the stock market during George W's two terms took a nosedive while it recovered handsomely under Obama. Moreover, since WWII, Democratic presidents have increased the national debt by an average of 3.9 percent per year and Republican presidents have increased it an average of 10.3 percent. During the same time period, Democratic presidents produced, on average, an unemployment rate of 4.9 percent; Republicans 6.4 percent. That's the historical record.
What about economic policies over the past 20 years? The Clinton administration presided over the longest peacetime economic expansion in our history. The national debt was reduced dramatically, the industrial sector boomed, wages grew and more Americans found jobs. How did the Bush-Cheney team fare? In their eight years, we experienced the weakest post-recession job creation cycle since the Great Depression, record deficits, record household debt, a record bankruptcy rate, and a substantial increase in poverty. We went from being the nation with the biggest budget surplus in history to becoming the nation with the largest deficit in history.
When Obama took office in January of 2009, this was the America that he inherited from Bush¾one that was reeling from the economic fallout from the Great Recession and the worst environmental disaster in our history; a housing mortgage meltdown, with families losing their homes; skyrocketing health-care costs; unacceptable levels of unemployment and underemployment; and an aging and broken infrastructure. If this were not bad enough, local governments, states, and cities¾some close to bankruptcy and others already bankrupt¾were faced with massive layoffs of teachers, police, firefighters, and human-service professionals. These were hard times, and a growing majority of Americans have been telling the pollsters, for the past twelve years, that "our nation is headed in the wrong direction" and that "their children will be the first generation to do worse than their parents."
Bush and his economic team allowed the banks, Wall Street wheelers and dealers, and real estate speculators to drive the country into near-bankruptcy. And when Obama proposed economic stimulus legislation to get us out of this financial ditch; the Republicans in Congress opposed it and complained about the size of the tow truck. From the first day Obama took office Republican leadership in Congress dusted off their old Nancy Reagan "Just Say No" buttons and purposefully and cynically obstructed any effort by Obama to get the economy back on the right track and to create more jobs.
In spite of this political reality Obama's critics¾in the media and the Republican Party--never let up attacking and blaming. They behaved like we live in the unreal world of television commercials, where a problem gets resolved in sixty seconds. You buy a new car and mysteriously, the guy or gal of your dreams suddenly appears. You switch stock brokerage firms, and you suddenly make a bundle of money. You take a pill, and all your sexual problems are resolved. All this happens with the snap of a finger. In the real world, especially politics, nothing works that way. There are no quick or painless fixes. I am reminded of an admonition from the Old Testament prophet Isaiah: "Judge us not by the heights we have achieved but by the depths from which we have come." Considering the absolutely dire circumstances of the economy and the total opposition of the Republicans, Obama has done a better than decent job. His American Recovery and Reinvestment Act¾the economic stimulus package¾spurred economic growth, created and saved 2.6 million jobs and prevented the unemployment rate from climbing to over 12 percent.
What is downright frightening is that Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan seem to still believe that an unregulated free market will solve America's economic problems. They want to privatize Medicare and water down Social Security. They want to return to the very same failed "trickle down" economic policies of Reagan and both Bushes.
In 1980, Bush I called supply-side policies "voodoo economics." But he embraced these "trickle-down" policies in order to become Vice-President and then President.
Reagan's and both Bushes' royalist economic policies were failures¾fool's paradises built on the sands of borrowed time and borrowed money. The consequences were staggering debt, industrial decline, shrinking wages, six painful recessions, increased poverty and structural unemployment. The reckless Reagan-Bush-Bush spending and borrowing brought us to the brink of social chaos and economic catastrophe.
With Romney and Ryan, (as Yogi Berra observed) "it's déjà vu all over again." Just like in "The Wizard of Oz," when we finally get to see who is operating the smoke puffing machine, we find a consummate pitchman. If his overall Etch A Sketch campaign policies are dictated by holding a finger to the wind, the economic policies of the Wizard of Bain defy the basic rules of math and gravity. When you get beyond the smoke and mirrors it is essentially the same economic game plan of George W. Bush: cut taxes and reduce regulation to jump-start the economy. It's the new-old "trickle down" potion; and as grandpa always said: "snake oil sells but it doesn't cure." Beyond that, Romney's deficit reduction scheme, tax plan, and proposal for creating 12 million new jobs are all based on vague pledges and bogus numbers that are seemingly plucked out of thin air.
So, while the Romney-Ryan ticket composes hymns to patriotism, rugged individualism, "trickle-down" economics, "staying the course" on Bush's tax cuts and family values, they are also embracing the very economic policies that both undermine the middle class and subvert the security of American family life. American families need less pious rhetoric, and more policies geared toward a healthy economy, secure jobs, decent health care, affordable housing, quality public education, renewable energy and a sustainable environment.
Romney seems unable, or unwilling, to grasp that the government has an important leadership role in this. In fact, providing tax giveaways for the rich and for corporate America is the only policy that seems to energize Romney and the Republicans in Congress; while Obama has pledged to repeal those very same giveaways. And contrary to the G.O.P. rhetoric, 90 percent of Americans¾people making under $112,000 a year in individual income¾would pay less taxes under Obama's tax plan. Moreover, according to research from Professor Larry Bartels of Princeton, real middle class wage growth when a Democrat is President is double that of when a Republican is President.
With four years of Romney continuing Bush's failed policies, we could well wake up one morning on "the economic endangered nations" list. Deficits and debt could strangle our economy for the next generation, and all but the wealthy will have a tough time making ends meet because of a shredded social safety net. On the other hand, Obama has demonstrated a willingness to confront these painful realities. On overall economic policy, he offers qualities indispensable to genuine leadership for America¾patience, fairness, candor, and vision. At this critical time we need an administration that understands and believes in coherent, comprehensive and equitable policies that promote sustainable and healthy economic growth—and, on that count, Democrats have a winning record.
In this election, our nation is facing a brutal political struggle for control over the levers of power. This struggle threatens democracy as we know it. Not only does Obama face the political challenge of repairing our struggling economy and strengthening our social structure, but he must also overcome the hostile attacks and raw power of an unholy alliance—the Republican Party, the Tea Party, the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal, Fox News, the brothers Koch, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, and Glenn Beck. This juggernaut has unlimited amounts of private and corporate cash to oppose Obama's and the Democrats' policies, thanks to the Roberts-led reactionary 5-4 Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case. And they are determined to bust Obama. The stakes are very high in this struggle, as it gets to the core issue of the very role of government in a democracy. The right-wing Axis of Greed cannot be allowed to destroy the safety net that protects the economic security of 98 percent of Americans. This safety net prevents our nation from being turned into a "banana republic," where a plutocracy pulls all the strings.
The naked truth is that the Republican Party has been pandering to, colluding with, and exploiting the most regressive and antisocial tendencies in our national character. It is undermining trust in the ability of the one force¾government¾that has the potential to balance, secure, and protect the freedoms and liberties of all our people and to balance public and private interests. A vital and healthy federal government is indispensable to the well-being and sovereignty of a self-governing people. That is, after all, what democracy is all about. Without this protection, whole segments of our society¾especially those who can least afford it—will give up hope and become more frustrated and alienated, and this can only serve to further polarize our discourse and undermine the very social fabric of our communities.
Abraham Lincoln was a Republican who advocated the opposite of the contemporary notion of private interest for selfish personal gain being peddled by today's Republican Party. Lincoln reminded us that our primary task as a nation should be to continually teach and re-teach American political and social history. He was deeply concerned lest we forget the pain and struggle that are so much a part of our unique historical experience. For Lincoln, there was no higher calling than that of striving to preserve a public liberty that would promote the common good.
Our political and civic history provides us with a commonsense vision of the American Promise¾one that the founding fathers and Lincoln understood¾that calls for justice, freedom, equality, and opportunity. We may forget or deny our historical legacy, but we cannot change it. The uniqueness of our nation is that the "noble experiment" was a quest to enhance the human condition, enrich democratic values, ensure the general welfare, endure against adversity, and preserve our national resources.
We do have a genuine choice this year. There are fundamental and profound differences in the candidates' vision of government. Put in its blankest terms: under Obama we'll have a democracy run as a government of and for the people and remain the land of opportunity; and under Romney we'll have a government run as a corporation, ruled by and for plutocrats and become a land of opportunists. It's your choice!
Professor Arthur Blaustein teaches Community and Economic Development at the University of California, Berkeley. His most recent books are Democracy Is Not a Spectator Sport… and The American Promise¾Justice and Opportunity. He served as chairman of the National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity under Jimmy Carter and on the board of the National Endowment for the Humanities under Bill Clinton.


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Anyone expecting an instant fix for the Giants' recent offensive woes was left disappointed by their play in the first half against the Bengals.
The Giants failed to convert their first four third downs and couldn't get a touchdown on either of their trips inside the red zone, which leaves them behind 17-6 at halftime in Cincinnati. Eli Manning has rediscovered Hakeem Nicks — seven catches in the first half — but the Giants have just 16 rushing yards and Manning's 15 completions have yielded only 107 yards against a Bengals defense that has been stingier than usual against the pass. Manning's been more accurate, though, and that could lead to more success in the final 30 minutes.
Cincinnati started off hot and got a second quick touchdown after Adam Jones took a punt 64 yards to set them up on the Giants' 10-yard line in the first quarter, but things slowed down a bit from there. Marvin Lewis opted to go for it on a pair of fourth downs, succeeding once, but the Giants defense has been able to keep the Bengals out of the end zone. They've also been able to limit the damage A.J. Green looked like he was going to do in the first few minutes of the game. Green had three catches for 70 yards on the first drive, but he's got just three for 16 since that point.
The Giants will need to keep up that good work in the second half while also figuring out a way to get the offense rolling again if they want to avoid a second straight loss heading into their bye week.


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No sooner had servers set down truck-tire-sized metal platters laden with various Ethiopian stews than the hungry private party of 26 people seated in the back dining room of Culver City's Industry Cafe & Jazz descended into a cutlery-free feeding frenzy.
Diners fought one another for hunks of spongy injera bread with which to mop up every dribble of spicy goat tibise and a raw, minced beef dish called kitfo, both off-menu dishes specially prepared for this group. Some people didn't even know what they were eating — and didn't bother to ask — until after the meal was over.
"That was raw beef? I thought it was lentils!" exclaimed actor Christian Magdu (who has appeared on HBO's "True Blood"). "Whatever it was tasted amazing."
There was a lot of conversation about the distinct pleasures of Sriracha sauce and even rumors of horse tacos at Grand Central Market. But left largely unspoken on that October evening was the common denominator that connected nearly everyone in attendance: Hollywood.
Foodies, as the group is informally known, is a monthly gathering of up to 50 core attendees — writers, directors, actors, agents and producers among them. It's functioned as an adventure eating club in Los Angeles for the last decade. The collective is more likely to trawl the city in pursuit of Korean soybean milk cold noodles than, say, nibble on small plates at A.O.C.
And there's the key to what makes these eaters unique.
Hollywood folk tend to wine and dine within the narrow parameters of expense account eating. They're known for "doing" lunch, not for taking even the slightest food risk. Generally speaking, it's a culture of "dressing on the side," of gluten-free carb-o-phobia where a person's avocado allergy or vegetarianism can be defining characteristics.
Moreover, when eating out on business, people in the industry tend to stick to a few tried-and-true canteens like Mid-City's Campanile and Ca'Brea, Morton's steakhouse in Burbank and Kate Mantilini or Sushi Sushi in Beverly Hills. In other words, places known for quality but almost certainly not for gustatory experimentation.
Spicy inspiration
So, in inverse reaction to the town's gastronomical etiquette, movie development executive Gloria Fan founded Foodies in 2000, when chatting with a colleague about their shared fondness for spicy food inspired her first communal eating expedition. "I said, 'Let's invite a bunch of people who would actually be willing to venture east of La Brea for a meal,'" Fan recalls.
At her behest, a group of 10 — industry denizens all — traveled to Koreatown's Beverly Soon Tofu restaurant to sample spicy caldrons of the restaurant's namesake bean curds. And a monthly ritual was born. Although members have come and gone over the years, the Foodies mailing list has grown to include some four dozen dedicated gourmands through word of mouth.
To hear it from Fan, vice president of production and development at Mosaic Media Group, the Foodies' aim is to boldly eat what they haven't eaten before (no sushi or chicken Caesars, for example) and to capitalize on local resources that have, in recent years, made Los Angeles one of the world's most exciting culinary destinations.
"We like the ethnic diversity of Los Angeles and want to take advantage of that," Fan says. "People in Hollywood are passionate about things. It could be movies or TV, but often it is food. There are a lot of hidden foodies out here."
That passion can often lead group members to neighborhoods situated decidedly outside Hollywood's Beemer-friendly environs. Spencer Walker, a TV writer and former personal chef who wrote the culinary seduction guide "Cook to Bang," fondly remembers the Foodies' taco truck run in Highland Park in January. Fan printed detailed maps of the area (pinpointing locales such as a truck known as Income Tax Tacos for its regular parking spot in front of an H&R Block) and shepherded the group of two dozen or so Westside-centric people through their eating paces.
"There was just this whole string of entertainment folks who would probably have never come to this neighborhood otherwise," Walker says. "And here they are wandering the streets, eating birria tacos on curbs."
Memorable dishes
But given the group's restaurant choices, dinner can often come with surprises. TV and movie production designer Jeff Pogue fanned his mouth and winced, recalling his painful introduction to Thai curried fish kidney at Jitlada in 2007.
"It smelled like garbage, tasted like heaven, and it burned my mouth off," said Pogue (who has worked on films such as Brian DePalma's "The Black Dahlia"), breaking into a grin. "Like spicy fish sewage."
At her introductory Foodies get-together in September at Simpang Asia, an Indonesian restaurant located at a mini-mall in Palms, actress Elena Grassel (who was in the indie feature film "Tween") fell victim to a culinary bait-and-switch courtesy of some well-meaning proprietors.
"They were so nice. They put down the dish and said, 'Chicken, chicken!'" she says. "And it wasn't chicken. It was [beef] brains!"
But in stark contrast to such dues-paying, members-only dinner party groups in the city as the Supper Club or even any number of Facebook-organized epicurean groups, Foodies is more about the shared thrill of eating at unusual places than networking. "There's very little shop talk here," says production designer Michael Levinson. "It's not an industry meet and greet."
On a recent fall evening, at a long, communal table at Culver City's El Baron restaurant, conversation centered on delicacies from across the culinary universe — not development deals.
Plates of chicharrón pupusas and pastelitos rellenos started arriving from the Savadoran/Mexican restaurant's kitchen while talk focused on cow eyeball tacos in Santa Barbara and where to find Thai fried ant salad in Hollywood. By the time the beef tongue in tomato sauce course commenced, discussion had moved on to Disneyland's hidden Jamaican barbecue, the Food Network TV series "The Great Food Truck Race" and the merits of Himalayan yak chili.
Something different
Movie producer Diana Williams, a founding Foodies member who recently wrapped the documentary "Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible," put a finer point on the collective impetus: "Other foodie groups can be about snobbery. We come down to throw down."
Levinson, who worked on Spike network's "1000 Ways to Die" and the 2011 feature film "Slightly Single in L.A.," has been part of Foodies since 2006 and helps organize its events by tracking down suitably exotic dining spots. He provided a kind of mission statement for the group.
"We look for hole-in-the-wall places, places people don't know about," Levinson says. "The question, 'How'd you find out about this place?' Or, 'I've never eaten this kind of food before' — that makes me happy. We're trying to go wherever the typical Hollywood veneer isn't."


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The Suckadelic Art Toy Universe: Retrospective and Pop-Up Store
Photos by G. Art by Suckadelic.
I have been excited to see The Suckadelic Art Toy Universe: Retrospective and Pop-Up Store since reading about it on The Worley Gig a few weeks ago. We attended the opening night of Boo-Hooray's Suck Shoppe Pop-Up store (located at 521 West 23rd Street between 10th and 11th) and it's beyond amazing! With signs throughout the Stephen Kasher Gallery that state "you are an asshole for buying this," I think it would be more appropriate to say "you are an asshole if you don't want to buy this!" The pop-up store/exhibit has literally hundreds of action figure parodies including many from the Star Wars saga that will make you laugh out loud (see below for proof).
There are also many other action figures parodies from adventure sagas that are just begging to be made.
As you can imagine, the opening night gala was INSANE!
Pink Stormtroopers walked through the party with Stormtrooper-shaped cookies (not spiked). The trays had signs that said "You're an asshole for eating these."
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Hi Palm Desert community!
I'm pleased to announce Cardio Tennis will be starting at Palm Desert Civic Center Park in February 2011. We're planning a Free Cardio Tennis Demo Day on January 22nd, 2011. There will be cardio tennis demos running all morning to participate in for free, refreshments, Cold Fusion protein smoothies for sample, loud music, and tons of fun!
Anyone interested? I hope to get the entire Coachella Valley Tennis community out to try this new and exciting Cardio Tennis workout class!
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Dan The Greek!! Your crazy man. Sounds like a spin class. I am down!!!, (if it fits my schedule). Can we know more? I think your onto something. But what??
Hi William! haha not at all like a spin class! Much more fun! Cardio tennis is a cardio workout...on a tennis court, while hitting TONS of tennis balls. I go through a series of drills and games that keep everyone on their toes and having fun! I hope you can definately come to the free demo day on January 22nd...there will be protein smoothie samples from a local smoothie shop, loud music, and hopefully lots of tennis players! Hope you can come!
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- Lalis said...
Gotta love a philosophical bun. Especially when they're that cute.
- October 25, 2012 at 8:01 PM
- speedyrabbit said...
the bunnehs are play tricks on you RG maybe it becuase you broomed Winnie?but I can't help you I can't either from the photos,Speedy' mum
- October 25, 2012 at 10:58 PM
- Crafty Green Poet said...
Well I don't think this is the same bunny as we saw yesterday but I'm not sure how to tell who's who. The fur is different definitely....
- October 26, 2012 at 12:26 AM
- MatsB said...
I think this is Winnie, unless Racer has taken off his white socks... :-)
- October 26, 2012 at 5:01 AM
- Brandi B said...
THAT is Winnie. No socks and he has longer fur. I broomed my cat this morning. He is a pain in the butt.
- October 26, 2012 at 5:12 AM
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- October 26, 2012 at 9:23 AM
- SixBunnies said...
Ok... we see enough of the toesies to know that is Mr. Winston! My love!
- October 26, 2012 at 9:26 AM
- Brandi B said...
Yes, Anonymous, I BROOMED the cat. A Rabbit I would never broom. But a cat is not a rabbit, even if this one thinks he is. I am not a cat person and have little tolerance for his wise-assery.
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If $A$ is a $n\times n$ matrix with $1$s in the diagonal and all off diagonal entries have absolute value less than $1$, is $A$ invertible?
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Model: Han Jin (Marilyn)
Ad Campaign: (US) GAP Spring/Summer 2009
Photographer: Mikael Jansson
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Oh man. Big names here. But did they photoshop her face? Doesnt look natural.
not a big fan of her
^you're just a hater cause you care so much. never bother to leave a statement such as 'I'm not a big fan of someone' thingy.
i'm not the same anon as above but why can't someone leave that opinion of her? why is s/he a hater? there are clearly favorites and others we do not appreciate as much. another person is allowed to state that.
fnd, they photoshop everyone's face but her face does look extra "defined" or "unnatural".
Love the new Gap ad, the girls look great!
it's not only Han
Lot of Gap ads are photoshopped
especially the one with DuJuan and Anja R. they look so unnaturally put together by a computer program!
but glad to see han in a campaign, finally!@!@!@!@
I'm the anon who wrote right above you. I've noticed someone or a few remarks he/she isn't a big fan of Han Jin with consistency on a good size of Han related posts and I don't think you have much free time that enough to check out all of Han's here though. yes anyone can give a shit or whatsoever to anyone anything on the net basically. but I reckon Asian models blog is more than a chit-chat fansite kind where everyone bitchy and no one cares about it. many of visitors here to support Asian models and to see them much much more times in major fashion world. I'm not a big fan of her;an Asian model appeared in big campaign' thing and even the consistency on it could offend and annoy you really. so leave her alone if you're not a big fan of her most of times when she appears unless you offer reasonable criticism because I believe many of these visitors would be happy to see more Asian faces in fashion. I'm not sure what Asian models blogger who owns this blog would think about it though.
Anon, I get dumb ass comments all the time on this blog and I delete them as much as I can, especially if the comment is not constructive.
Otherwise, I just leave it alone.
*make love, not war*
Each girl has its own strength. Some has looks (e.g. Du, Hye Park), some excel in poses (Emma, Daul), some walks fierce (Hanjin, Hyoni).
The one's the most visible, doesnt mean she's the best, its just that she fits into the agenda of the casting director. They could be looking for anything.
Hanjin is a great runway presence, she walks a fierce walk, a slamming body, uniquely memorable face (hello lips) that adds edge to the clothes. Thats why despite not having campaigns she still rules the runway. When it comes to campaigns, what labels looked for is different and 2 dimensional so thats why, its more about beauty - thus Hye and Du.
The fashion industry is fickle, everyone's looking for mileage and more exposure, so regardless of how strong you are in certain parts, there will always be new girls that are more fresh and more "the flava". But it doesnt mean you're not as good. Its just that, the attention have shifted to someone else.
I have my favorites, but I still think HanJin rocks!
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