The data center has become the front line in the technology industry's push to address climate risk. Despite the Trump administration's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change, the data center industry is continuing to lead the shift to renewable energy to power the Internet economy.
That trend will continue, leading technology executives said.
"Withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement is bad for the environment, bad for the economy, and it puts our children's future at risk," said Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. "For our part, we've committed that every new data center we build will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy. Stopping climate change is something we can only do as a global community, and we have to act together before it's too late.
Google has taken a leadership position in procuring renewable energy to power its data centers, lining up power purchase agreements (PPAs) totaling more than 2.6 gigawatts of wind and solar energy capacity.
Google Vice President of Data Centers Joe Kava says huge cloud operators have a responsibility to use their buying power to drive changes in the U.S. utility industry, which should boost its mix of renewables and make clean energy available to more customers.
Amazon and Microsoft have joined Google and Facebook in their commitment to powering their cloud platforms with renewable power.
It's no longer just the hyperscale data center operators who are buying green power. A growing number of multi-tenant data center operators are procuring renewable power for their data centers, including providers focused on regional or second-tier markets.
These include Switch, which operates the SUPERNAP campus in Las Vegas and just opened its new Citadel Campus in Reno. Switch was recently cited by Greenpeace for its leadership on renewable energy, which includes use of 100 percent renewable energy for all of its data centers, its advocacy for policies that support renewable energy, and its transparency in reporting green house gas emissions on a per-site basis.
Other multi-tenant providers prioritizing renewable energy for their customers include Equinix, Infomart, Digital Realty and Iron Mountain.
Iron Mountain says buying renewable energy helps it meet its corporate social responsbility goals. But more importantly, it addresses "growing demand for data center services with affordable, clean, sustainable power," said Mark Kidd, senior vice president and general manager, Iron Mountain Data Centers.
The company's customers include many federal agencies and systems integrators that must comply with regulations for the Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) and Executive Order (EO) 13693, enabling Federal Agencies and integrators to meet requirements for energy-efficient, sustainable data centers.
It's not just government customers demanding that their colocation and data center space be renewable powered.
BSR (short for Businesses for Social Responsibility) has started the conversation with its buyers' principles, which outline best practices in six areas. The principles have been embraced by some of the largest users of colocation space, with signees including Facebook, eBay, LinkedIn, Akamai, Oracle, Salesforce, Workday, Adobe, HPE, Intuit, Etsy, VMware, Autodesk and CA Technologies. BSR has also sought input from leading colocation providers, including Equinix, Digital Realty, Infomart Data Centers and IO.
The push for a cleaner cloud now spans hyperscale and service provider data centers. The greening of the IT sector will continue as more companies move their equipment out of aging on-premises facilities and into more efficient data centers powered by renewable energy.


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Kate Christie, Founder and CEO of Time Stylers joins Business Radio Talkers.FM to talk about the importance of time management. She mainly works with high-performing individuals, small business owners, local government and big corporate organizations. Kate has the unique ability to help people gain clarity over their priorities in order to maximize their productivity. She doesn't follow a cookie cutter pattern. She creates the right solutions tailored for a individual's or a team's specific needs.
Bio: Kate Christie is Founder and CEO of Time Stylers. She is a time Management expert, international speaker and the best selling author of two books entitled ''Me Time'' and ''SMART Time Management for Doctors'.
She is also a business coach who consults with big and small business, government departments and C suite executives on individual, team and organisational productivity. Kate has a reputation for helping her clients find 30 hours of lost time a month. As a Keynote Speaker, her focus is to ensure that her audience are left with a lasting impact on the way they choose to live, work and play as a result of what they have learned.
Wayne Bucklar: You're listening to Business Radio Talkers.FM. My name is Wayne Bucklar and my guest today is Kate Christie. Now Kate is the CEO and Founder of Time Stylers and she's a professional trainer, speaker and coach and she's here to talk to us about what it is she does. Kate, welcome to the show.
Kate Christie: Thank you very much for having me.
Wayne: It's our pleasure. Now Kate, Time Stylers is one of those business names that doesn't immediately tell you what it is that you do. If it was called "Bob's Real Estate," I'd have a really good idea of how you spend your time but given that it's called "Time Stylers," fill us in, what is it that you do?
Kate: Sure. So we work with high-performing individuals, small business owners, local government, big corporate to help the individuals and teams within those organizations maximize the use of their time. So we identify productivity issues that they may have and we basically track and monitor how they're spending their time so that they can use their time much more efficiently.
Wayne: Now I noticed you call it "Time Stylers" as not time management. What's the difference? What do you see as how it relates to time management as we have been taught in our MBAs for the last 30 years?
Kate: Well look, I mean Time Stylers is the brand name obviously and that's around the concept of styling your time to suit yourself. When it comes to time management, I'm really very firmly on the belief that we shouldn't be managing our time. We really need to start investing our time. So it really should be about time investment, we need to invest our time the way we invest our money for the greatest possible return.
Wayne: Now that's an interesting concept. I love it when I hear different ways of thinking about things and I noticed on your website, you say that you're the author and champion for SMART Time Investment. Why SMART Time Investment?
Wayne: That's a very interesting way to look at it. I have always bridled a bit at the idea of time-saving because it seems to me that you can't save it, you can't spend it, you can't do much with it, it just progresses and it's only since I've turned 60 that the realizations hit me that I don't have endless time that there is an end to this adventure called life and that all of a sudden, the leverage and the result I can get out of time becomes important to me because it's scarce. So it's interesting that you talk about it as an investment.
Kate: Absolutely. It is scarce and time is the one asset that we all have exactly the same amount of and that no one can buy any more of. So the earlier in your career, or in your business and your life that you learn to really harness it and invest it, the better off you're obviously going to be. And certainly in terms of the small business clients I work with and the professionals I work with, because they're all high-performing individuals – I'm very firmly at the belief that they're already very awesome in terms of what they're doing in their life but as soon as they gain absolute control of their time, they become unstoppable and it's really critical to think of this as an asset that needs to be invested for its greatest possible return. Just the way you would with your money, you've got 10,000 and you've got the option of investing in a bank that's going to give you 5% interest or in a bank that's going to give you 10% interest. Of course you're going to go after the 10% and you need to think about your time in exactly the same way.
Wayne: Now Kate, are you constrained on your geography with your service delivery or do you work online and worldwide? How does that work?
Kate: No, it's definitely a global service. I decided very early on that regardless of where I was located, most of my work was going to be done online. So even if I have clients within a 10 kilometer radius of me, we still do our work with them online because firstly, it's a much better use of my time. It means that I'm not losing hours of time in the commute, it's also a much better use of their time. So technology has enabled us to do a phenomenal amount and it's certainly an enormous time-saving device to be working with your clients online. So I embrace the really great parts of technology as much as I possibly can and I think that the flip side of that is that we live in the age of information which means we also live in the age of being constantly accessible and constantly available. So there's a fine line when it comes to managing your devices but certainly, working online and being available globally is one of the better uses of technology for sure.
Wayne: Now Kate there will be people out there listening to us now who have some resonance with what you're saying, what are the symptoms that they would be feeling? I guess if you are the doctor, what would they have as symptoms that would lead them to say, "Oh that's the doctor I need." So what are those people experience that should lead them to get in touch with you?
Kate: Look, I love that you say that in terms of symptoms because it's something I talk about a lot when I do my talks. I talk about the fact that there is a diagnosis but there's any number of symptoms around this and it'll be things like feelings of working at pace, constantly rushing from one thing to the next, feeling that you have to try and juggle as many things as possible, a sense that you never quite have enough time to do everything that you want to do, that you're not putting your own wants in the equation at all so you're not actually getting to anything that you want to do for yourself, being constantly interrupted, being constantly available. You know, those sorts of feelings – feeling very overwhelmed, busy, stressed, they're all symptoms of the fact that you need to consider how you're currently investing your time. And really bottom line, I've been doing this for a long time and when people come to move those symptoms, they're very common symptoms. But the diagnosis that have really comes down to three things firstly, they just simply don't have enough time. Secondly, that they are not controlling the time that they have and thirdly, that they're not focusing on the right things at the right time. And they're the three things we did in aim to work on and fix through that five step process.
Wayne: So for those listeners who are listening today to Kate Christie of Time Stylers, if you're feeling some of those symptoms, undoubtedly you'll be keen to reach out. Kate, how can people do that? How can people reach out to you?
Kate: So they can find out about us and more about the business at timestylers.com. They can also connect with me on LinkedIn at Kate Christie. We're on Facebook of course and otherwise, they can reach out to us at [email protected]. We do a lot of work with individuals, with groups, with high-performing teams and I also do a lot of speaking engagements for companies or at events.
Wayne: So if you're frantically reaching for your pencil, let me give you that URL again. It's www.timestylers.com and there, you can make contact with Kate. Kate, thanks for being with us today. I realize you're busy and managing time as I'm sure you do, making some time for us is something I appreciate.
Kate: No, it was an absolute pleasure talking to you. Thank you too for making the time with me.
Wayne: Now if you've just joined us on Business Radio Talkers.FM, then you've just been listening to the very tail end of a fascinating chat I've been having with Kate Christie of Time Stylers but there is good news. On our website, we have a full transcript so if you're a reader, you can head off there and read the transcript. But if you are a listener and I assume given this is radio you probably are, we also have an audio archive on YouTube, SoundCloud and iTunes so you can download it and treat it like a little mini podcast and listen to it at your leisure. All of those links and resources are available at www.talkers.fm. If you're listening to us on social media, down at the bottom of your screen, there's all those little likes, and shares and smiley faces, we'd like you to push all those because we like to know you're listening even if it's a frowny face, we'd rather know that you were unhappy with us than not know you were there at all. And if you've got questions, pop the question at any of the social media channels, we monitor them all. Whether it's a question for us or for Kate and we'll either pass it on or we'll be able to answer it ourselves. You're listening to Business Radio Talkers.FM. We hope you're having a fabulous day wherever you are, my name is Wayne Bucklar.


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U.S. Public Lands History
United States' wild lands at risk
Bikes in the backcountry - what different land designations mean for access
Written by Kaitlyn Boyle
Bikes, outdoor equipment, and the collective ambition of mountain bikers have progressed so significantly in the past couple decades that with lightweight backcountry gear, capable bikes, and some determination, more people can take bikes into the farthest reaches of the landscapes. Steep, rocky singletrack, rutted, loose mountain trails, talus and scree slopes, alpine tundra, snow, and ice are all navigable with the right bike. Add in a packraft and sturdy backpack, and bikes can be carried across nearly any terrain that isn't rideable.
But along with this freedom to roam nearly anywhere with bikes, there also are some notable limitations, as well as the onus to travel responsibly. The most substantial limitations are related to bike access as dictated by regulations and policies set by land owners and managers. The responsibility is for backcountry cyclists to travel with exceptional care to minimize our impact. Attitudes and opinions around bike access vary dramatically, and this short article discusses the current state of bike access from purely a factual perspective. It is critical that we, as a cycling community, have an understanding of these facts in order to both recreate responsibly and be able to have informed discussions about land management and access regardless of our own individual opinions. And it is on us to understand the complexities of bike access before planning trips and to reach out to the appropriate land managers with questions if there is any uncertainty about whether or not bikes are allowed to be ridden or carried (whether on your back, boat, or otherwise) on any part of your route.
Photo credit: Steve "Doom" Fassbinder
The menagerie of some of the land management designations and jurisdictions in north-central New Mexico, each with their own suite of bike access regulations. Orange = tribal, geen = USFS, yellow = BLM, blue = state, and gray = private.
Today, federal public lands in the United States comprise nearly 28% of the 2.3-billion-acre landscape of the country (see map below; for a summary on the origins of these public lands, we refer the reader to our brief history of public lands). Where bicycles can be ridden and possessed (i.e., carried or transported) varies with each agency and land designation. Four primary federal land management agencies administer 95% of these lands through a variety of land designations for a multitude of purposes. In descending order based on the total area of land managed, these agencies are the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Forest Service (USFS), the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and the National Park Service (NPS). Bicycle access across the lands managed by these agencies varies by specific designation. On USFS and BLM lands, the least protective and restrictive designations allow bicycle travel on both motorized and non-motorized routes. On FWS administered lands, biking on dirt roads and trails is permitted as deemed compatible with a particular refuge's statutory purpose, so some areas are open to bike access and others are not. The NPS expanded access in 2012 to allow bikes on dirt roads and singletrack as specific Park or Monument superintendents deem appropriate. There are currently more than 40 NPS-administered areas that allow bikes on dirt roads and trails.
There are three key categories of additional land designations that are important to understand with respect to bike access: (1) Wilderness, (2) pre-Wilderness, and (3) non-Wilderness special designations. These designations can be made by Congress, through the executive power of the President in the Antiquities Act, or through management at the agency level. The purpose of additional designations is generally to increase the protection of the landscape from extractive/commercial industries or other uses that threaten the landscape and/or wildlife or detracts from the area's benefit for future generations.
Understanding these three designations is important because (a) these are the most protected lands and therefore offer the most remote and wild experience for cyclists, and (b) to both protect landscapes for the health of ecosystems and future generations and bicycle access, it is our responsibility and opportunity as cyclists to understand, abide by, and intentionally advocate for conservation and bike access. The rest of this article will share how bikes do or do not generally have access to these three land categorizations. Remember, this is not an opinion piece about bike access, but rather these are the objective facts about current bike access across land designations in the U.S., written to help inform cyclists decision making, values, and advocacy.
Wilderness (and Bicycle "Possession")
The 1964 Wilderness Act established the highest possible form of protection for lands to date in the U.S. While it is not without flaws (including Euro-centric misconceptions and racism), the Act has resulted in 750 Wilderness areas constituting 111 million acres - that equates to roughly 1/6th of all federal public lands. Among other things, the Wilderness Act prohibits both motorized and mechanized transport in Wilderness. Although subject to debate, the interpretation that has continued to be upheld in courts is that bicycles are mechanized, and therefore, the possession of bicycles in Wilderness is prohibited. Heated debates between and among legal scholars, conservation advocates, and mountain bike advocates are ongoing, but these exceed the scope of this piece. The primary takeaway here is that today, in 2021, the overarching law around bicycles in Wilderness is that they cannot be ridden, carried, or transported in or through Wilderness areas. That said, land management agencies may have discretion in interpreting whether or not a disassembled bicycle constitutes possession of a bicycle.
Many National Park units also have their own regulations and policies regarding bicycles being carried on trails that are otherwise closed to bike access, even outside of Wilderness areas. Canyonlands National Park in Utah will not issue backcountry permits for trips involving bikes being portaged on hiking trails. Grand Canyon National Park, on the other hand, allows bikes to be disassembled and packed for the 23-mile traverse of the Canyon on the Arizona Trail. This specific example is a discretionary rule established for only this one specific trail in the Park, and the exception was made possible by the advocacy work of dedicated bikepackers and the Arizona Trail Association.
Pre-Wilderness Designations
Several other land designations are possible by an act of Congress or specific agencies to protect "Wilderness qualities" in a landscape. These designations essentially set the land aside to be managed similarly to Wilderness with the intention of eventually having the lands designated as Wilderness. These designations include Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs), Recommended Wilderness Areas (RWAs), and Roadless Areas (RAs). The status of bicycles in these areas depend on the governing agency and even the region within that agency.
RWAs on Forest Service land allow bicycles except on USFS Region 1 (northern ID, MT, ND, and the Black Hills of SD). The BLM has a blanket prohibition of bikes in WSAs on BLM land while Wilderness Study Areas in Wyoming are subject to a clause that allows for the continuation of historic uses in new WSAs so long as those uses do not impact Wilderness qualities. In some cases, this clause allows bicycle use on trails in WSAs to continue, such as in the Palisades Wilderness Study Area near Jackson Hole. RAs can also vary in whether or not bikes are permitted on non-motorized trails. The Lionhead RA near Yellowstone National Park is an example of where bikes have been allowed in a RA. However, when the USFS included the Lionhead in a potential new RWA, bicycle access suddenly became threatened. The outcome, after extensive advocacy by cycling organizations, was the designation of the Lionhead as a new non-motorized Backcountry Area that will both increase protections while maintaining bike access to trails.
Non-Wilderness Special Designations
There are numerous additional designations that are less restrictive than Wilderness (and less durable from the perspective of conservation permanence). Many of these have been created as alternatives to Wilderness to appease various groups or to ease management burdens of federal agencies. These designations include National Recreation Areas (NRAs), Conservation Areas, National Scenic Areas, Areas of Critical Environmental Concern, and Special Management Areas, as well as more than a dozen others. Although these designations offer flexibility in management for each individual designation, they offer no consistency for protections or access across landscapes. As a result, whether or not you can ride your bike in a National Conservation Area simply depends on the management plan for that particular area. And in some NRAs, bike access is also restricted, such as in Glen Canyon NRA where bike use is not allowed on or above the shoreline, a consideration for bikerafters. It is also worth noting that generally, National Monuments fall into the "non-Wilderness" category (although Monuments can have designated Wilderness areas within the Monument). As such, bicycle access within National Monuments depends on the management plan for each Monument and is often associated with the historical use and advocacy efforts to maintain bike access upon Monument designation.
Other public lands designations, state lands, and private lands
Finally, public lands without special federal designations may also have restrictions on where bikes can be taken. Non-motorized trails on public lands are often still closed to bike access for a wide variety of reasons, making it all the more important to carefully research trip plans. In winter months, wheeled travel over snow may also be restricted, meaning that fat bikes may not allowed even on snowmobile trails in some areas on public lands; some local snowmobile trail associations also restrict bike access.
And finally, state and privately managed lands do not fit into the federal land management umbrella, and thus, bike access in state parks, state trust lands, and private lands is at the discretion of the managers and land owners. Some state lands are not open to any public access. And private lands are rarely open to public access, although there is a gradual shift in attitude regarding recreation opportunities on private lands in some parts of the country.
Bike access is not black and white from any perspective. Moving forward with an understanding of the complexities of land management, the best decision you can make is to research the regulations of the agencies and designations for the lands you're traveling on and near (the latter just in case you need to alter your route on the fly). Simply calling the office of the land managers should provide clear answers and an understanding of what is allowed and prohibited within your ride ambitions, as well as if any special permits may be required.
And if you want to become involved in advocacy for bike access and/or landscape conservation, advocacy organizations are a great place to start, whether that's Bikepacking Roots, the International Mountain Bike Association, the Sustainable Trails Coalition, or a regional group. These organizations, each having unique perspectives, strategies, and goals related to access, advoacy, and conservation, can keep you informed of specific opportunities and challenges, share the oftentimes lengthy backstories behind conservation and access issues, and provide specific opportunities for engagement.
To wrap up, you may read this and ask, "Geez, why even bother venturing off roads or well traveled bike-legal trails if it's so complex?" Riding your bike in backcountry areas connects you to whole ecosystems, to less familiar places, and reveals the magnificence of the more wild and undeveloped landscapes. So we encourage you to get out there, but please do so where permitted so that as cyclists, we can continue to maintain and gain trust, respect, and access to protected lands while also supporting protections for the backcountry where we ride.

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Highway extension great news for Horowhenua
Otaki MP Nathan Guy has welcomed the National Party's policy to extend the Road of National Significance highway from Levin to Sanson.
"This is great news and will be a massive economic boost to the Horowhenua District and the wider region," says Mr Guy.
"Being designated a Road of National Significance means this road gets higher priority from NZTA and the consenting process is sped up, on average taking just nine months.
"This investment will be worth hundreds of millions of dollars and a major boost to local businesses, just as the Kapiti expressway proved and the $70 million new Manawatu River bridge is creating at Foxton.
"In the future these four-lane expressways will allow for speed limits of 110km per hour, providing much quicker and safer journeys. It will mean Horowhenua is the gateway to the Wellington region and better connected than ever before.
"I will support the local community as we engage with NZTA on route options around Levin later this year.
"We've already seen the amazing progress with the Kapiti expressway fast-tracked by the National Government in 2009 and now complete, and Transmission Gully scheduled for completion by 2020.
"We also have the $330 million Otaki to Peka Peka expressway underway, including a cycleway and full interchange at Peka Peka.
"I'm also delighted to see the Manawatu Gorge has been given RONS status as long term solutions are needed for this important strategic route.
"This is part of a $10.5 billion investment into 10 major roading projects across New Zealand.
"National's strong support for new roads is in contrast to Labour and the Greens who staunchly opposed the Kapiti expressway. All of these roading improvements will be at severe risk if there is a change of Government."


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Celebrity Crime & Scandal Blog
Author Topic: Celebrity Crime & Scandal Blog (Read 110578 times)
sweetcell
I don't belong here.
Re: Celebrity Crime & Scandal Blog
Originally posted by Dupek Chakra:
Never trust anyone whose name ends in a vowel.
oh, that's our M.O. around here, mr. chakra.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
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You do mean 'master', and not mister..?
this tory makes me want to cry, for two reasons: one, he survived; and two, the car didn't...
Eddie Griffin OK after Ferrari wreck
IRWINDALE, Calif. - Eddie Griffin crashed a rare Ferrari Enzo worth $1.5 million into a concrete barrier while practicing at a racetrack Monday, destroying the car but escaping uninjured.
The comedian was practicing for a charity race to promote his upcoming film, "Redline," when he drove too fast around a curve at the Irwindale Speedway. Video footage showed the red sports car screeching before it ricocheted off the barrier with heavy damage to its front.
"Undercover Brother's good at karate and all the rest of that, but the brother can't drive," Griffin, referring to one his past films, said after the accident.
The film's publicist, Wendy Zocks, said Griffin was "doing OK."
"He walked away completely unscratched, but probably a little shaken," Zocks said.
The Enzo, valued at around $1.5 million, was owned by the executive producer of "Redline," Daniel Sadek, whose exotic car collection is featured in the movie.
Sadek said that the car was damaged beyond repair and that he had "mixed feelings" about the wreck.
"I'm glad Eddie came out of the crash OK, but my dream car got destroyed," Sadek said. "I went to my trailer for about 15 minutes and I thought, there's people dying every day. A lot of worse things are happening in the world."
Only 400 Ferrari Enzos were ever produced, all between 2002 and 2004.
Griffin's credits include the comedies "Undercover Brother"; "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo" and its sequel; "Date Movie"; and "Norbit."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070327/ap_en_ce/people_eddie_griffin
Watch the Enzo crash here.
beetsnotbeats
But he didn't spill a drop of his Big Gulp!
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Venerable sent this to me so I thought I would share...
Punk rocker caught in soap opera
The drummer is jailed in O.C. because his bottle of cleanser allegedly contained a drug. The manufacturer joins the fight.
By Roy Rivenburg, Times Staff Writer
Was a legendary punk rocker arrested for possession of â?¦ soap?
That's the question surrounding last week's jailing of Germs drummer Don Bolles after a traffic stop in Newport Beach.
Bolles, 50, whose real name is Jimmy Michael Giorsetti, said in an interview that he and his girlfriend were driving to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting Wednesday evening when police pulled over his 1968 Dodge van for a broken taillight.
Inside the vehicle, police found a toiletry kit containing denture glue, razors and a bottle of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap.
When a field test of the alleged liquid peppermint soap indicated it was GHB, a date-rape drug, Bolles was arrested on suspicion of felony narcotics possession, said Sgt. Evan Sailor of the Newport Beach Police Department.
Bolles insisted the soap was only soap. "I've been using Dr. Bronner's for 35 years," he said Tuesday, adding that the organic ingredients help give him the complexion of a 15-year-old girl.
Executives at Dr. Bronner's rushed to Bolles' defense, hiring attorney Bruce Margolin, who specializes in marijuana cases, to represent the musician.
The alliance between Germs and the soap manufacturer followed an Internet plea to help bail Bolles out of jail. A musician from one of his other bands, Fancy Space People, set up a PayPal account to raise the $2,500 bond.
Bolles, who lives in Huntington Park, was released Sunday. "The Newport Beach jail was the nicest one I've ever been in," he said. But Bolles spent just one night there before being moved to two county jails he described as "terrifying."
The Germs, a trailblazing punk ban formed in Los Angeles in the late 1970s, are credited with influencing generations of musicians and popularizing mohawks. Bolles took his name from Arizona Republic journalist Don Bolles, who was killed in 1976 by a car bomb while investigating corruption.
The band broke up in 1980 after their 24-year-old singer, Darby Crash, committed suicide. The Germs reunited in 2005.
As word of the punk rocker's arrest spread online, Dr. Bronner's switchboard lighted up with calls. After speaking with Bolles on Monday, company President David Bronner decided to intervene.
The Escondido-based soap maker is used to run-ins with the law. Because the ingredient list for Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap includes hemp oil, police field tests of the soap occasionally indicate THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, Bronner said.
But the idea of finding GHB in a Dr. Bronner's product is "beyond belief," Bronner said. "The field test must have been flawed or tampered with."
Is it possible Bolles was using the soap bottle to carry the drug?
No way, Bronner said. With a definitive test of the bottle's contents coming soon from the Orange County Crime Lab, "it would be ridiculous for Bolles to be lying," Bronner said.
Bolles, a onetime heroin addict who is scheduled to play a London concert with the Germs in August, likewise dismissed the idea that he would carry GHB. "A date-rape drug is the last thing I need," he said. "If anything, I need a way to keep the girls off of me. They make my girlfriend mad."
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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-soap11apr11,0,3300886.story?coll=la-home-headlines
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bearman🐻
Hilarious...I love Don Bolles. He signed a guitar neck that Pat Smear smashed as "Kurt Crash". He's a nut.
RonniStar
Looks like Imus wasn't the only one fired for using the word Ho!
Bombay Chutney
Bolles Is Clean via Pollstar
The Clean Germ
Updated 04:22 PDT Sat, Apr 21 2007
Recent charges brought against drummer Don Bolles of The Germs for carrying what police determined was drug-spiked liquid soap didn't hold water.
Bolles (real name: Jimmy Michael Giorsetti) was pulled over on a traffic stop in Newport Beach April 4th and subsequently searched. Police found a small amount of marijuana in the vehicle, which Bolles is apparently allowed to possess for medical reasons.
But the real trouble started when police came across a bottle of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps of Escondido. They conducted a field test on the soap, which tested positive for GHB, commonly known as the date rape drug.
Bolles was arrested and charged with felony drug possession. There was one problem: The soap was clean.
When confirmation tests on the magic soap were conducted in the Orange County crime lab, police found that it didn't contain GHB after all.
Representatives from Dr. Bronner's, who took up Bolles' case after hearing about the test results, purchased the same field tests used by police and conducted their own tests on the liquid, according to a statement.
The results proved shocking. "We confirmed that the test is useless when used on soap since every test came back positive. We also tested other common brands of soap including Johnson & Johnson's popular Neutrogena brand, as well as Colgate-Palmolive's Tom's of Maine brand, which gave the same false positive tests as well," the statement said.
Newport Beach police Sgt. Evan Sailor told the San Diego Union Tribune previous field tests always proved reliable.
"We've never had a false positive," Sailor said. "This is the first one."
Orange County DA spokeswoman Farrah Emami told the paper the charges have been dropped.
"Based on the results of the crime lab test, we have dismissed the case," Emami said.
The Germs broke up in 1980 after iconic frontman Darby Crash died from a drug overdose. The band, including former Nirvana and Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear, reunited two years ago.
Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer
This reads like a story from the Onion, but it's from CNN
JAIPUR, India (Reuters) -- An Indian court ordered the arrest of Hollywood star Richard Gere on Thursday for kissing Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty at an AIDS awareness event this month saying it was an obscene act committed in public.
Gere's repeated kisses on Shetty's cheeks at an event to promote AIDS awareness in New Delhi sparked protests in some parts of India, mostly by Hindu vigilante groups, who saw it as an outrage against her modesty and an affront to Indian culture.
The order by a court in the northern city of Jaipur came in response to a complaint by a local lawyer.
The judge watched a video recording of Gere kissing Shetty and found him guilty of violating Indian laws against public obscenity, the lawyer, Poonam Chand Bhandari, said.
The court also summoned Shilpa Shetty to appear on May 5, Bhandari said, adding that Gere was also ordered to be arrested.
Gere can be sent to jail for up to three months or fined or both for the crime if he is arrested. He is not in India now but can be held if he visits the country again.
The Hollywood star is a devout Buddhist and a vocal supporter of the Tibetan cause and visits India frequently to meet the Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in northern India.
He is also involved with charities looking after HIV-infected people and orphans, as well as AIDS prevention groups in the country.
Groups of men had burned and kicked straw effigies of Gere and Shetty in sporadic protests across the country after newspapers published the picture of the kiss on their front pages and TV channels aired visuals of the event.
Shetty, the winner of the "Celebrity Big Brother" reality TV show in Britain this year had said the kiss may have gone a "little overboard" but it was not obscene and the protests made India look regressive.
She said Gere was only re-enacting his moves from the film "Shall We Dance" to entertain the audience at the AIDS event and communicate in a Bollywood style as he did not speak Hindi.
Many commentators had subsequently expressed their unhappiness at what they said were fringe groups making a mountain of a harmless peck on the cheek.
She should have presented him with a live gerbil after the grope.
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I'm boycotting all 7-11s & Dunkin' Donutses for one day in protest.
Boy George in Kinky Arrest
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Rapper Arrested on Charge of Driving While Intoxicated
By ANAHAD Oâ??CONNOR
The rapper Busta Rhymes was arrested early this morning and charged with driving while intoxicated after officers stopped his car in Manhattan and smelled alcohol on his breath, the police said.
The rapper, whose real name is Trevor Smith, was pulled over about 12:48 a.m. near the corner of West 51st Street and 11th Avenue because the tint on his 2006 Yukon Denali was too dark, the police said. When officers approached his car and asked for his paperwork, Mr. Smith reached over and dropped his wallet, at which point â??he was found to have a strong odor of alcohol on his breath,â?� according to the police report.
He was taken into custody and is being held until his arraignment, which is expected to take place later this afternoon. His lawyer, Scott Leemon, did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
The drunken driving arrest is the latest of several legal troubles for the rapper. In January, he was charged with misdemeanor assault after his former driver said Mr. Smith beat and kicked him in a dispute over money. In an earlier case, in August 2006, Mr. Smith was accused of attacking a fan after a concert on Randalls Island and arrested on assault and weapons charges.
Mr. Smith had agreed to a plea offer that included probation, community service and lectures to troubled youths. But a judge withdrew the offer after Mr. Smith was arrested a third time, in February, and charged with driving in New York with a suspended license.
He was scheduled to go to trial on the assault charges this month.
Mr. Smith has also faced public criticism from top police officials, who say he has refused to cooperate with the investigation into the fatal shooting of one of his own security guards outside a recording studio in Brooklyn in February 2006.
According to the police, Mr. Smith will not tell investigators what he knows about the killing of the bodyguard, Israel Ramirez, even though he was standing next to Mr. Ramirez when he was fatally shot. A deputy police commissioner, Paul J. Browne, has said that Mr. Smithâ??s refusal to cooperate has prevented other witnesses from coming forward and cooperating as well. The case remains unsolved.
Cosby Show Writer/Producer Charged With Murder
Report: Pete Doherty arrested again
LONDON - Pete Doherty was arrested this weekend on suspicion of possessing illegal drugs, a published report said Monday.
Metropolitan Police declined to directly confirm the report in The Sun newspaper, but said a 28-year-old man was arrested Saturday night in London on suspicion of drug possession. He was released on bail pending investigation and was ordered to return to a police station next month.
Doherty, frontman for Babyshambles and formerly co-leader of The Libertines, has been undergoing drug rehabilitation under court supervision following a number of arrests for possession of drugs, including cocaine and heroin.
At a court appearance April 18, the rocker said people close to him were insisting that he kick his addiction.
"The people I'm closest to have had enough. They've said it's drugs or them," he said.


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More than half of users between the ages of 18 and 24 recently revealed they are 'seeking relief from social media.
Ironically, I've been saying the same thing for weeks.
After a while, it dawned on me how repetitive and frivolous social media really is.
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Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren's claims of Native American ancestry have drawn fire.
Elizabeth Warren: Is she or isn't she Native American?
By Moni Basu, CNN
(CNN) - Writer Mark Trahant guessed the situation was a first: campaign jabs that centered on a candidate's claim of Native American roots.
He was referring to the Senate race in Massachusetts that pits Harvard University law professor Elizabeth Warren against Republican Sen. Scott Brown.
There are many issues of contention in this hotly contested race, but one of them has become Warren's claim to Native American ancestry. After Brown accused her of taking advantage of minority status, Warren fired back in an ad that came out Monday.
"As a kid, I never asked my mom for documentation when she talked about our Native American heritage," Warren says in the spot. "What kid would? But I knew my father's family didn't like that she was part Cherokee and part Delaware, so they had to elope.
"Let me be clear: I never asked for or never got any benefit because of my heritage," she continues, addressing the central concern that Brown has brought up on the campaign trail and at the candidates' first debate last week. "The people who hired me have all said they didn't even know about it."
It's a bit more complicated, said Trahant, a member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes.
"The usual standard is citizenship, being a member of a tribe. Elizabeth Warren does not meet that test," he said.
Who's Native American? It's complicated
"It's not right that she would use her self-recalled heritage for any academic advancement ... even if there are no academic standards that define who is legally a Native American (except the citizenship issue). On the other hand, when you see videos like this one, you cringe."
He was referring to a video that shows Brown staffers chanting war whoops and gesturing Tomahawk chops. It was posted Tuesday on YouTube by the liberal blog Blue Mass Group.
"I think Sen. Brown has some explaining to do about the nice guy, respectful tone that he sets in his office, and on his campaign," the blog said. "And maybe we can put this whole preposterous issue to bed once and for all."
Brown responded to CNN affiliate WCVB in Boston.
"It is certainly something that I don't condone," he said. "The real offense is that (Warren) said she was white and then checked the box saying she is Native American, and then she changed her profile in the law directory once she made her tenure."
The National Congress of American Indians said it was troublesome that Brown's staff members acted in such fashion. The rights organization urged Brown to take action.
It also blamed Warren was responsible for failing to speak up.
"She has every right to be proud of her family," the organization said. "However her campaign failed to educate a non-Native media and the public unfamiliar with federal tribal enrollment rules or about historic federal policies that make proving Native ancestry very difficult for some people."
Also at issue was Brown's reference during a televised debate to Warren's white skin color as proof that she was not Native American.
"Skin color or physical appearance has no bearing on one's Native American heritage or status as an enrolled member of a federally recognized tribe," the national congress said. "As a result, numerous national television programs and websites have irresponsibly echoed Senator Brown's statements by referring to someone's skin color as an indicator for Native American identity. These claims are false and Senator Brown should correct the record and retract his statement immediately."
Elizabeth Warren vs. Scott Brown: Priciest race this year
The debate about Warren has gone on since May, when Warren confirmed that she had described herself in faculty directories as having Native American blood. She said she did it to meet others like her.
But her explanation didn't sit well in some corners.
A website called Cherokees Demand Truth From Elizabeth Warren says Americans ought to care deeply about such claims.
"America should care because they care when someone falsely claims to be a decorated military veteran. They care when someone falsely claims to be a recovering drug addict in a book passed off as the truth. And they care when someone falsely claims to be a survivor of the Jewish Holocaust. America cares about these things because America cares about integrity, honesty and fair treatment.
"Elizabeth Warren has not just stolen an ethnic identity that does not belong to her, but she has also personally benefited from it and harmed the integrity of the American ethos of advancement based on quality of work, not color of skin."
The New England Historic Genealogical Society provided initial research that shows several members of Warren's maternal family claiming Cherokee heritage. Warren's great-great-great grandmother O.C. Sarah Smith, is said to be described as Cherokee in an 1894 marriage license application. The genealogical society gathered that information through a 2006 family newsletter and said the original application cannot be located.
Warren's critics were out in force Tuesday on Twitter, including the editor of the conservative Red Alerts Politics website.
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Blogger Donny Furguson posted:
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But Warren was not without her supporters.
Seroe Michaud commented on Native News Network's page:
"Good for you Elizabeth, I am 1/8 Blackfoot but am fair skinned and light haired, I am the only light one in the family. If like me your blood is part native on your mother's side and your heart is walking the red road, we will not be driven into the shadows. I hope that you win, you had my vote before I learned of your roots."
As Trahant said, it's complicated.
What makes someone "legitimately" Native American? And who gets to make the call? Our blog attempted to answer those questions when the Warren controversy erupted.
Julia Good Fox, professor of American Indian studies at Haskell Indian Nations University, said there's plenty of ignorance around Native American citizenship.
"It's all in past-tense, and we don't get a sense of what an Indian today looks like," she said in May.
And that, she said, can be confusing.
Posted by Moni Basu -- CNN
Filed under: 2012 Election • Ethnicity • Native Americans • Politics • Race • Who we are
wellie
Well, if Mitt Romney can classify himself and his family as "immigrants" then I guess this woman can be Native American. Romney's story? His family first fled the U.S. when they decided to take more than one wife (after it became illegal). They fled to Mexico. Then, when Mexico got to volatile – they moved BACK to the U.S. I guess that makes you an "immigrant." To me, it makes you and yours felons.
September 29, 2012 at 8:18 pm | Report abuse |
davecu
I get the feeling that this woman, a politician, has never let the truth stand in the way of a good, self-serving lie.
If the Blackfoot Nation wants here, they're welcome to her.
She's not a politician. She's a Harvard professor.
September 30, 2012 at 1:57 am | Report abuse |
GregM
Ah,Ah,Ah.... Did you forget Obama's appointing her as head of the Consumer Protections Agency?
Please tell us what you personally know about Elizabeth Warren? Only three years ago you know she was an economics professor from Harvrad. What is YOUR educational level? Was it Ivy League? Do you think it is a common characteristic of those with massive amounts of education to lie? To me that sounds like someone that doesn't understand what character building education does as they themselves have never had much. But the more education you have the more humble towards other you become, the more self confident, the need to self project decreases, your bottom line beliefs and knowledge are so powerful there is absolutely no need to lie as your knowledge of truth and understanding cnanot really be debated. Those attacking others with this extreme educational level are almost always uneducated themselves.
BUT...There is however the rare example fo those educated that are purely evil in intent and use their education and knowledge in self serving selfish ways.
Atlas Mason
Good Lord Greg, do you actually believe that? That is unbelievably naive.
October 2, 2012 at 2:01 am | Report abuse |
She's only claiming to be Native American so that she can claim SOME Politically Correct multicultural status for her own personal political gain. I'm 1/8 Cherokee, but I'm not going to be running around bragging about it anytime soon; I'm mostly White and proud, so should she.
She is not running around proclaiming anything of the sort. Where did you get that idea? That she is actually running around proclaiming this?????? You just now made a statement in regards to your own ethnic heritage. You know you actually spent more time in doing so than Elizabeth did of her own? All the rest has just been her response to attacks from the very short statement she made just once. Everything you are hearing about is all media hype. Are you a parrot and follow everything you hear or do you actually have your own mind?
Harvard University DID report her in their Federal Statistics reporting as a Native American as well which means they benefited in not only reporting compliance with Federal hiring quotas but they also received Federal dollars because of it, so this was a fraud all the way around if untrue..
how do you know all of this information?
and if she is native american, SO WHAT..
all of us has some sort of background
After reading this, I still do not know whether Warren used her Indian heritage to get anything. If she did not, this is a non-issue.
She says she did not.
ForGoodOfAll
The GOP, including Senator Brown is desperate. Desperate times makes for desperate measures = lying, deceiving & cheating. That is what the Republican Party is doing now. That is all they have left to fight. Very pitiful...
Scott Brown, Todd Akin, Allen West, Paul Ryan and the rest of the loony right wing tea party base are proving why they are the worst congress in history.
Fauxcahontas may not be 1/16th Cherokee but she is 1/1th Elitist Liberal Liar.
Senator Brown=1st class loser.
NativeBornUSA
Like you?
October 1, 2012 at 2:07 pm | Report abuse |
Scott Brown is an idiot for bringing up this ridiculous facade.
She actually does have some of the Cherokee facial characteristics... higher cheekbones, deeper eye sockets, and slightly protruding round chin.
And regardless, Sen. Brown is an ignorant racist.
Zo0tie
The term 'native american' appears to be a legal or bureaucratic definition applied to a person for different reasons that have little to do with reality. Just shows where racial politics can take you. I once met a blond blue eyed woman who boasted of 1/10 Cherokee heritage and who absolutely bristled at my comment that "if you scratch a mexican you'll find an indian". All this despite the fact many of my family have the tan skin and straight black hair that defines the per-columbian natives of this land, who by the way were called indians in my old social studies textbook. We came from Texas since before the US border changed. Brown's attack on Warren confuses me. Are we not supposed to vote for her because she is part indian or not vote for her because she 'might' have gained financial advantage because she claimed to be one (she didn't)? If he means the former he's a racist and if the latter he'd better be able to prove it. Otherwise he's a liar.
September 29, 2012 at 12:21 pm | Report abuse |
Oh seriously. I have always "known" I am of Scotch/Irish genetic heritage, by my maiden name, my fair skin and auburn hair with freckles, and my family stories, along with a little research I did online. So if it turns out that my family was wrong and we came from somewhere else, so what, and why would that make me a liar? If her family told her she was part NA cool. For heaven's sake, look at what the article says. It says from what the researchers see she does have the heritage she thought she did, so how about you stop trying to make her out a liar and focus on the issues, Mr. Brown.
Oh yeah, that is what this is all about. How hateful and nasty to look at someone and say that...wow. If she had said she had slaves in her background would he look at her and say he can tell by looking at her she is lying? How would that go over, you think? How about he stop with the magic, "I see your whole gene sequence" ability he thinks he has and debate the issues he is afraid of. What a bunch of diversionary tactics! This basically says to me that he is afraid that she will win on the issues. What if she had said he didn't look English or whatever he is? He needs to stop attacking her on this nonsense and campaign on issues. Why is anyone putting up with or buying this from him?
September 29, 2012 at 11:50 am | Report abuse |
Why don't they just do the Genealogical DNA test? Whole lotta fuss about nothing. As far as her skin color goes, my Godchildren are at least 1/8 Creek, and they are all pale as ghosts. So that skin color thing hold no weight the further down the line you go.
altalks21
I belive that it's up to the tribes themsevles to determine who is and who isn't Native American but I seem to remember when casinos came around & money started coming in, those who had been livlingwith the tribes were thrown out, if they weren't Native American or didn't have a determined amount of Native American heritage.
corncop
Does it really matter? The question people should be focusing on is "Which candidate will best represent my interests?" The mixing of nationalities is pervasive throught our population. Very few people can state with absolute certainty and proof that they are 100% anything! Except that when you become a citizen, whether born or by natuaralization, then you are 100% American! This attack in the press and in the campaign is merely a smokescreen to divert the voter's attention and cloud the issues. It is a commonly used political tactic, on both sides. So folks, focus on the issues and the murkiness will melt away. You will soon have a clear picture of what really matters and which candidate best meets your needs! I abhore dirty politics no matter who the mudslinger is.
Well said, corncop. He knows he is in trouble and she isn't backing down on the issues. Since when is it ok to base your campaign on a challenge whether your opponent looks NA enough or what blank she checked? How about running on the issues?
Jsmith (not a Republican)
Yes, it matters. If the person you vote for to represent you is a fraud, who lied about her ancestry to get an advantage in hiring under Affirmative Action, then you have voted for someone without integrity. I would not want such a person to represent me.
Tom, Tom, the Other One (also not a Republican)
Well said Jsmith.
October 1, 2012 at 11:05 am | Report abuse |
tom jackman
funny how people can say they are 1/8 this or 1/8 that but if you are 1/8 black the same person calls them black.
Hot Karl
I read the comments on this article and I'm still amazed at the stupidity of people. Warren is another over paid Harvard loser. She was the one who claimed to be Indian and only brought out when she decided to run for office. Too me, I question her character and integrity because of that move alone. I'm white, but there are rumors in our family that their is some Indian in our blood. Its all hush hush, the older generation doesn't speak of it. That's fine and I don't go making a big deal out of it or would ever consider using such information for my own benefit, whether true or not. Warren deserves all the abuse and criticism she gets for her stupidity in making any claims of Native heritage. I will vote for Scott Brown, not because he's a Repub, but I find him to be more human and genuine then Ms Warren. She has no business being in public office representing me.
danielwalldammit
"or would ever consider using such information for my own benefit," No, but you would consider using it to bolster attacks on someone else. Isn't that special.
She seriously could have native american in her ancestry. I do. Like she, I don't try to get any benefits or anything. I just know my heratige. I'm an American mix. I call myself a mixican! French, Russian, German, Irish and Blackfoot Indian. My great great grandmother was full Blackfoot Indian. I am white as a ghost so most people would never guess that. I do have great high cheek bones! Thanks to my Native heritage!!
Sue Farmer
We are mixed heritage also. I am supposedly 1/16 Shawnee but who knows. We all look more like our English Irish & Dutch ancestry but I am proud of all of my ancestors. They were mostly poor, hardworking folks with distinctive profiles. I don't mark the box but am glad to say I have some Native American blood in the veins! I don't fault Elizabeth for doing so and feel she has that right!
eldono
And, I'm about 8% Mayan. BFD.
Scott Brown was an idiot for even bringing this up. I know a lot of people who have 1/8th or 1/16 Native American in them and they make the same claims as Elizabeth Warren. Is it silly? Yes. But on the other hand, who cares?
as was the call for Mitt's tax returns
kls817
Apparently Warren cares. She tried to use her miniscule Indian heritage to get a better job via affirmative action.
I guess we should all be able to claime some kind of minority status to get special treatment.
JeffB
Why is this a campaign issue? How about where they stand on issues like, healthcare, budget, jobs, Medicare, Social Security, Military withdrawal.... Let's agree both Brown and Warren are Native American and get to some real issue for all Americans
tired of lies
Its called common sense Ms. Warren. My family had a similar rumor of indian blood. While it is actually true, I looked in the mirror and saw blonde hair and blue eyes and knew I could not call myself a Native American. My parents also told me I was the bestest athlete and mostest handsome boy too. I did not put any of that on my law school application.
Get real, if you did not know it was not true shame on you. You wanted an advantage – just admit it.
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How are you after the lovely long weekend? Mine was very relaxing…perhaps a little too relaxing, as Sunday became a total write off!
I went over to Alexs on Friday and we spent most of the evening buying random crap – I was hit by the boyfriend tax (where I had to buy duplicate items because I'm too lazy to carry them between houses) and he was hit by the gin tax…OK, we just like gin. Three (different brands) bottles of gin isn't overkill, is it?
The Doctor and Amy seem to be a well matched couple, and I'm looking forward to the next episode already!
So Sunday was a bit of a write off because I just slept all day! I went to bed at about midnight on Saturday, and slept off and on till 4pm. Oops.
I read for a little bit before getting up for a shower at 6pm. I dressed as normal…and went straight back to bed. I woke about 1am when Alex did, but whilst he went downstairs to watch a movie (his sleep pattern was just as rubbish as mine on Sunday), I just slept some more.
I eventually made it out of bed on Monday morning about half 10, which was pretty impressive considering normally I struggle to get 6 hours sleep! Much needed though.
I had a yummy pizza with steak, chillis, onions and pesto on, mmm!
I feel like I could do with another long weekend though because I didn't get nearly enough accomplished!
Working in a pub for basic time. There are two more long weekends in May.


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Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 2005
Tuesday, 13 September 2005 8:50 am September 13, 2005 Posted byLois Tilton
cover by Bryn Barnard
NOVELETS
"Walpurgis Afternoon" by Delia Sherman
"The Last Ten Years in the Life of Hero Kai" by Geoff Ryman
"Poppies by Moonlight" by Sydney J. Van Scyoc
"An Incident at the Luncheon of the Boating Party" by Allen M. Steele
"The Cure" by Robert Reed
"When the Great Days Came" by Gardner Dozois
"The Last Akialoa" by Alan Dean Foster
"Cannibal Farm" by Ron Goulart
Geoff Ryman's historical fable "The Last Ten Years in the Life of Hero Kai" is the clear highlight of the F&SF December issue. This tale is a meditation on the ways of heroism, on revolution and war, on kingship and enlightenment. While there is too much of the fantastic to call it historical fiction, the situation echoes the sad history of nineteenth-century Cambodia, reduced to a vassal state by its more powerful neighbors Siam and Vietnam, while at the same time the forces of Western imperialism were poised to overtake the entire region.
In Ryman's version of events, the monk Kai has mastered the Ten Rules of Heroism, which recall the maxims of Sun Tzu, or perhaps the Sayings of Mao Tse-Tung—another notable revolutionary leader in Asian history. The Ten Rules are:
1. Heroism consists of action
2. Do not act until necessary
3. You will know that the action is right if everything happens swiftly
4. Do whatever is necessary
5. Heroism is revealed not by victory but by defeat
6. You will have to lie to others, but never lie to yourself
7. Organized retreat is a form of advance
8. Become evil to do good
9. Then do good to earn merit and undo harm
10. Heroism is completed by inaction
Each of these rules is exemplified in one of the last ten years of the hero's life. In the beginning, "Kai starts each day with his exercises. He stands on tiptoe on the furthest leaf of the highest branch of the tallest mango tree in the region. He holds two swords and engages himself in fast and furious swordplay. He walks on his hands for a whole day.
"Yet he takes no action."
But the Kingdom of Kambu is very badly ruled. "Our army is controlled by our enemies. Our wealth pours out to them and when they want more, they just take it. The King's magic makes girls pretty, fields abundant, and rainfall regular. It holds back disease and the ravages of age.
"The Neighbors make the magic of war."
The fatal thought enters Kai's mind: "If only the King were strong. If only the Sons of Kambu stood up as one against the Neighbors. If only there were ten of me." He decides to take action. He decides to be a hero. The fate of the Kingdom is forever changed.
Many readers will inevitably be reminded of Zang Yimou's wuxia film Hero. The two works explore similar themes: the cost of rebellion, the burden of kingship, the eternal tension between ends and means, intentions and consequences. In both there is splendid, fantastic imagery. Ryman's version is more enigmatic; there is more irony, and no romance. But in both we can hear the whisper of history's great Tempter, urging us to go forth and do great deeds.
The issue's other novelet is "Walpurgis Afternoon," a wish-fulfillment fantasy by Delia Sherman. We find Evie as a suburban housewife, justifying her existence by writing a weekly garden column for the local paper and pretending that her teenaged daughter needs someone to slice her apple when she comes home from school. Then one morning she wakes up to discover that a couple of witches have moved into the house next door—where there had been only a vacant lot the day before. But it's a liberal suburb. They can cope with witches. And no one there would actually use the W-word.
And of course witches have the best gardens, with fresh fruit out-of-season any time they want it, and they bake the best pies, and wear the coolest clothes, and throw the very best parties for the most special people, and don't have to worry about any zoning laws, either. And of course, the most special people are all witches, too. Don't you wish you were a witch? Well, maybe you are.
It is a pleasure to encounter Sydney J. Van Scyoc once again as the author of the issue's first short story, "Poppies by Moonlight." The premise here is one of science fiction's oldest, but Van Scyoc does not mean to astound us with novelties. She knows that we know where the mysterious visitor comes from. The satisfaction here comes from the author's way in the telling.
Before his death, Carla promised her stepfather that she would look after his feckless offspring, Rob. She keeps her promise out of a grim sense of duty and the memory of Steve, on whom she had an unrequited crush. "Her return was like some dumb, unreasoning migration. Salmon swam upstream. Birds flew north, flew south. Gray whales spouted along the coast. Carla returned to the dry hills." But this time, something has changed. Rob is showing uncharacteristic signs of shaping up. Carla is soon aware that this transformation owes something to a visitor boarding with him in the old ranch house in the hills, and we await the consequences of their inevitable encounter.
This reviewer tends in general to be irritated by reprints where she expects to find original fiction, but Allen M. Steele's "An Incident at the Luncheon of the Boating Party" is so very short and appeared in such an obscure original venue that she would be tempted to forgive the sin if the story itself had a bit more to recommend it. But the piece tends to drag on too long for its three pages, heading for the revelation of a time-travel misstep that was already obvious from the title.
The editorial blurb calls "The Cure" by Robert Reed a fairy tale, but it depicts the real and disillusioning world of the publishing industry. After a career on the edge of failure, Francis Holiday is struck with inspiration. The Cure is sold for a six-figure advance, but the movie deal makes him a millionaire, and his agent wants to him to top it with an even bigger idea. Yet he may find that even his most cynical imaginings can not compete with the truth.
Those readers who have also been authors are likely to find interest in this piece. Beginning with the words, "Francis Holiday had always been a mid-list author," we groan in sympathetic pain. However, it can not really be considered science fiction or fantasy, and as a satire, the edge of its humor is not all that sharp.
And speaking of humor, there can be no better example than "Cannibal Farm" by Ron Goulart that judgments of what is humorous and what is not must be entirely subjective. It seems clear that the editor of F&SF thinks this tale of the adventures of Jack and Hildy investigating Mad Dog Disease are funny, else he would not have published it. In this reviewer, on the other hand, it caused excruciating pain. She therefore leaves it for the readers to decide if this is likely to be to their taste:
Heading for the Animal Husbandry Building, Hildy took a pedramp that passed a Designer Diaper Shop with its flashing sign that said You're Never Too Young To Be Incontinent! Be Prepared! Next came a ServoMech Outlet—Trade In Your Old Bot! Pay Practically Nothing…Or So It Seems! After passing a Burger Boyz restaurant—Buy 4 Big Fat Burgers And Get A Full Pound of Ground Beef FREE!—Hildy turned onto a tree-lined lane that led to the campus building she sought.
Two university gardeners were testing a stand of holographic elm trees, causing the images to wax and wane.
A large pinked-faced man of about fifty was awaiting her on the neostone steps of the domed Animal Husbandry Building. Giving out a pleased chuckle, he came hurrying down the stairs to her. "Hi, hon," said Professor Walter Brinkerhoff, spreading his arms wide. "It's a true pleasure to meet the author of my favorite book, Hey, Pete, Let's Eat More Meat!, in the flesh, as it were. How about a big hug?"
"I think not, professor." Smiling amiably, she dodged his charge. "What I'm here for, as I explained on the phone, is some information about the hybrid veal you and your staff have been working on."
"Come on up to my lab, hon." His attempt to pat her on the backside was not, due to evasive footwork on her part, at all successful.
Gardner Dozois follows the trail of a rat on the night "When the Great Days Came." It is not a magical rat or a transformed footman, but an ordinary rat; "in fact the only 'name' it had was a scent-signature composed of pheromones and excretions from its scent-glands, the tang of its breath, and the hot rich smell of its anus." It seems also at first to be an ordinary night for the rat, with the usual measure of frustration that attends the life of a rat, who must give way to creatures larger and more formidable than itself, and in particular to humans, whose presence so dominates its world. But this is no ordinary night, and the rat, so well-adapted for survival, is about to come into its own at last.
Left until the end: "The Last Akialoa" by Alan Dean Foster, as the discussion of this story is likely to arouse a certain amount of controversy in these parts, for the editorial blurb points out that it is not science fiction or fantasy. It is the story of ornithologist Loftgren on an expedition into Hawaii's Alakai Swamp in search of the reportedly-extinct Akialoa bird. Why, then, does it belong in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction?
For many reasons. First, it is a story of a scientist in the pursuit of his goal. Loftgren is as dauntless and determined as any steel-jawed rocket scientist of Golden Age SF, and his adventures as harrowing.
Second, Foster's setting is as exotic, as wondrous, as perilous as can be found in any work of SF. Indeed, it has the most fantastically alien setting of any of the stories in this issue of the magazine.
The Alakai Swamp occupied the bowl of a gigantic caldera that formed the top of the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Trade winds slamming into the flanks of its highest peak, Mt. Waialeale, were shoved upward into colder air where they were forced to drop their load of moisture day after day, month after month, year after year, with a benumbing, saturating regularity. Four hundred and eighty inches of rain a year. Six hundred and twenty-four inches in the record year of 1948. Cherapunji in India occasionally had more during the monsoon, but Cherapunji also enjoyed a dry season.
In the depths of the Alakai, the swamp in the sky, the dry season was measured in hours.
If Foster had merely omitted the reference to Hawaii and placed this tale on the fictitious planet of Paludium, not even the most hard-bitten science fiction fan would have had a word to say against it. More, Foster describes this setting with such authority, with such exotic detail and sensory richness as to provoke a real SFnal sense of wonder in the reader. Those names!
They were perched in a cluster of trees green with epiphytes and bromeliads, bejeweling the branches with the brilliance of their plumage. His jaw dropped in wonderment. A pair of black momo sat preening themselves, their own shorter sickle-bills digging parasites from beneath their wings. Nearby, a flock of greater amahiki chattered away like so many lime-green mockingbirds. With its thick, heavy beak, a greater koa finch was plucking caterpillars from the trunk of an isolated tree, while overhead a trio of o'o' flashed their extraordinary tail feathers and brilliant gold wing tufts. Crow-sized kioea yelled at diminutive red-and-gray ula-ai-hawane.
Finally, many readers will indeed recognize a definite element of the fantastic in the story, and one that is not at all incidental to the events. A similar legend can be found in other tales from other lands, under other names, and there should be no question that it belongs in the pages of this magazine.


Inspiring flip book by artist James Francis Bell aka DispleasedEskimo at deviantart. At just over three minutes long, hundreds of biro drawings tell a brief history of, well, pretty much everything.
This video includes (somehow) the concepts of human evolution while also including Jesus's birthday in celebration of Christmas.


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