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Old 12-28-2010, 06:08 PM   #1061
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Wouldn't it be nice if journalists and the MSM would have bothered doing this sort of reporting before the election?
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So, the good news is that the number of Americans taking a strict creationist view has dropped seven percent. The bad news is that this means only 40% of Americans believe that the Earth was created some 2500 years AFTER we know (not think but know) that the Babylonians learned to brew beer.

"A small minority of Americans hold the "secular evolution" view that humans evolved with no influence from God -- but the number has risen from 9% in 1982 to 16% today. At the same time, the 40% of Americans who hold the "creationist" view that God created humans as is 10,000 years ago is the lowest in Gallup's history of asking this question, and down from a high point of 47% in 1993 and 1999. There has been little change over the years in the percentage holding the "theistic evolution" view that humans evolved under God's guidance.

Americans' views on human origins vary significantly by level of education and religiosity. Those who are less educated are more likely to hold a creationist view. Those with college degrees and postgraduate education are more likely to hold one of the two viewpoints involving evolution."

http://www.gallup.com/poll/145286/fo...eationism.aspx

This might seem a relatively trivial issue but it actually is quite important. This effect science education (particularly the teaching of biology) in drastic ways. What's more many of the deliberately dishonest tactics one sees deployed on the right come from the creationist movement. (And yes, I have debated enough creationists to know of what I speak.)

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I came across this article today in the San Francisco Chronicle today. IMO, more telling than the article is the comments made by readers. The homo/lesbian phobia is blatant. There are also racist comments made. Keep in mind as you read this, Oakland is in the San Francisco Bay Area, considered to be one of the most liberal parts of the USA.

As a side note, I am compelled as a planner to point out to anyone reading this the power of Land Use decisions left to the discretion of city and county governments. The City of Oakland has granted a permit variance that is attached to the property. This means it does not matter the nature of the business or who owns it. This particular piece of property will now be free of some of the regulations, laws in this commercially zoned area. As a professional Planner, I do not think this is the best decision made in the interests of the residents of Oakland. My concern is not because it is a "sex shop" per se, it is the use of City Councils via the Planning and Zoning recommendations usurping zoning regulations and perhaps environmental laws. I digressed a bit from the Racism and Queer Phobic angle. The text highlighted in red is a comment made by a reader of the article.

Plans for a sex shop near a school, youth programs get mixed reactions

By: Roberto Daza | December 30, 2010

"We'll open as soon as we're finished," said Feelmore510 owner Nenna Joiner. The 36-year-old Las Vegas native is hoping to have the 750-square foot retail space ready for business by Valentine's day.

Plans to open a sex boutique in downtown Oakland near a school and several youth program offices have caused some mixed reactions among neighboring businesses, although opponents seem unlikely to appeal a recent decision by the Oakland City Planning Commission allowing the shop to operate within close proximity to a school.

On December 15, the Oakland City Planning Commission voted 4-0 to grant the boutique a variance permit allowing it to operate within 500 feet of the Oakland School for the Arts, a public charter school for children grades 6–10. Sex shops or other adult businesses are usually required to be outside a 500 foot radius from schools and 1,000 feet away from residential zones.

The boutique, Feelmore510, is set to open its doors to the public by Valentine’s Day at 1703 Telegraph Avenue, formerly home to Wigs by Tiffany. Feelmore510 will be located around the corner and about 235 feet from the school’s Broadway location. In addition, the boutique will be located across the street from the offices of Youth Radio, an organization that teaches media skills to teenagers, and about 220 feet from First Place for Youth, an organization that helps young people transition out of foster care.

Feelmore510 is modeled after Good Vibrations, a female-friendly, sex-positive erotic boutique with locations in Berkeley and San Francisco that sell lotions, sex toys, erotic videos and other adult-themed merchandise. “I want people to think about sex differently,” said Feelmore510 owner Nenna Joiner, who plans to offer erotica and pornography that caters to ethic minorities and positively portrays women, in addition to educational material about healthy relationships and safe sex practices. “I noticed the sex industry caters to more of a white clientele, and people of color are left out.”


Nenna Joiner, 36, owner of Feelmore510, a sex boutique fashioned after Good Vibrations, will carry adult-themed merchandise that caters to people of color and portrays women in a positive light.“This is more than just a sex store, this is a company that understands that there isn’t a business like this in Oakland,” she said.

Along with retail sales, Feelmore 510 will provide health education workshops and space for local artists to display erotic and sexually suggestive artwork.

The plans have gotten a mixed reception from some of the nearby youth programs. Officials from the Oakland School of the Arts have not responded to phone calls and emails seeking comment, and have yet to make public an opinion regarding the sex boutique. But Youth Radio executives have voiced concerns. “We feel that we would support this business if it was in another location,” said Youth Radio executive director Jacinda Abcarian. “We have kids walking past there all the time. We don’t want to bring anything into the neighborhood that would make our children uncomfortable.”

Abcarian’s biggest concern isn’t Joiner’s plans for the shop itself, but the variance permit allowing the 750-square-foot storefront to operate a business specializing in “adult entertainment activity” within 500 feet of a school. The variance permit does not expire when the current owner decides to leave and is instead permanently associated with the property, making it for difficult for neighbors to control what kind of business replaces it should Feelmore510 vacate the retail space.

Abacarian sent a letter to the planning commission on December 3 detailing her concern that the boutique will one day outgrow its space and allow another less ethical business owner to move in and retain the adult entertainment permit. “It’s not about this specific business,” said Abcarian. “What we’re really worried about is that this is a permanent permit.”

At First Place Fund For Youth, the organization was originally opposed to Joiner’s boutique opening so close to their Uptown location, said executive director Sam Cobbs, but since then he has had a change of heart. “My initial reaction to the to proposition wasn’t a good one,” said Cobbs, who along with some of his colleagues was present at the December 15 public hearing. “After I learned about the restrictions, I was fine with it.”

The variance permit requires some strict regulations outlined by Joiner in her application. According to the conditions of the permit, Feelmore510 must ensure that its merchandise faces away from passersby. It also prohibits the frosting of the windows and the use of video booths. There is also adults-only entry policy, which Joiner plans to strictly enforce.

Cobbs said he had previously worked across the street from Good Vibrations as a program director for Larkin Street Youth Services in San Francisco and added that the proximity had caused no problems for the youth. He was also sympathetic to the trouble Joiner is having getting a business opened amid resistance. “It’s no different from me having to go before a planning commission trying to open an emergency shelter in a neighborhood where nobody wants it there,” he said.

City officials say that allowing a variance for Feelmore510 will ultimately make it harder for other adult businesses to move into the neighborhood. As a result of this variance permit, any other adult store will have to be opened at least 1,000 feet away. “It’s going to be hard to get a variance for anything that isn’t as good as Feelmore,” said Oakland city planner David Valeska. “In a sense, it has created a protective ring around that neighborhood.”

The closest adult store to the Feelmore510 site is currently located about a mile away in Chinatown.

Feelmore510’s planned upscale decor is that of a low-key retail shop resembling a reading room, rather than the traditional pornography shop with covered windows and interior booths, and it will have an exterior appearance visually similar to the surrounding businesses. That assuaged the concerns of the planning commission’s four-person panel, said Valeska. “They felt comfortable with it because the business model is so restrictive compared to other adult business,” he said.

The public has until 4 p.m. on January 3 to appeal the variance permit to the city council. The odds of a challenge, which costs the appealing party $1,300 to file, are low, according to Valeska.

Joiner says that she plans build a successful and lasting retail business that she hopes to make into an inclusive and positive atmosphere for her clients and the community of Oakland. “I plan to be here for the long run, “ said Joiner, a Las Vegas native who has been living in Oakland for more than 10 years, and has signed a five-year lease on the property. She has produced pornographic films for Good Vibrations, in addition to volunteering as a speaker for San Francisco Sex Information, a hotline providing information and referrals about sex. “This is more than just a sex store, this is a company that understands that there isn’t a business like this in Oakland,” she said.

“Why should all our retail dollars go to San Francisco and Berkeley when we can keep them here?” she added.



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11:40 AM on December 30, 2010

As usual, what isn't stated in the story--but can be gleaned from the photo and just a bit of general knowledge of Oakland--is the most interesting part. This isn't just a 'sex-positive' shop for 'people of color'; this is a sex shop for Lesbians--of any color. The chances that a male 'of color' (with a long white T-shirt, dreds, and saggys) would be welcomed or welcome there are less than nil.

For those not in the know, Oakland has been turning into the Mecca for Lesbians for some time now, and this is just another addition. Not that there's anything wrong with that; much better than the populations they're replacing IMHO, but God forbid that the Chron just state what's really happening. What the Chron should focus on is what to call this newly emerging 'identity'. 'Lebsterdam'? 'Lestro'? 'Oakbian'? Ideas?



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Arkansas officials stumped as birds fall from sky

State wildlife officials were going door-to-door on Sunday in the town of Beebe, Arkansas, to collect dead birds after thousands of mostly blackbirds mysteriously fell from the sky.

Workers were searching Beebe, a town of about 4,500 people located 30 miles northeast of the state capital, to collect what officials estimated as between 4,000 and 5,000 birds which began falling from the sky late on New Year's Eve and continued into the next day.

"It could be weather-related or possibly stress-related," said Keith Stephens, a spokesman for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. "There were some fireworks shot off at midnight and it is possible that the birds were on their roost and stressed so bad that it could have killed them."

The birds were still being collected from rooftops, trees and yards and will be sent on January 3 to testing facilities in Little Rock and Madison, Wisconsin.

Stephens said hail or lightning in recent days also could have injured the birds but he had seen no physical signs of injuries in the birds so far collected.

High winds and tornadoes struck Arkansas on New Year's Eve, with the hardest hit area more than 150 miles to the west of Beebe.
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More redwinged blackbirds falling from the sky - this time in Louisiana

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Balding may be a stem cell problem

If you're a guy who's lost a lot of hair, there may be hope in getting it back, via stem cells.

New research in the Journal of Clinical Investigation suggests that male-pattern baldness may result from stem cells in the scalp failing to give rise to progenitor cells, which are responsible for growing hair.

That means that a potential treatment could make use of stem cells to grow new hair, researchers say.

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several hundred more dead birds fell out of the sky in Murray Ky

about 100 dead crows fell dead in Sweden while millions of dead fish have washed up in the United States, Brazil and New Zealand.

The fish kill was first reported when 100,000 dead drum fish were discovered on the banks of the Arkansas River this week.

http://www.examiner.com/cultural-odd...found-kentucky
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200 birds in east Texas too.

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed...-of-dead-birds

And my friend bill found two dead owls in Austin today...
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Any body ever thought that the extreme cold which has held much of the nation in below average temps is partly to blame?
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ANNOUNCES QUALIFIED SUPPORT FOR THE UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

“Implementation is what we are waiting for now”


The International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) welcomed the announcement today by US President Barack Obama of the United States’ support for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The President's long-awaited statement of support was made in Washington DC during a Tribal Nations Conference attended by over 300 Tribal Leaders from throughout the US.

The President stated that “... today I can announce that the United States is lending its support to this Declaration. The aspirations it affirms -- including the respect for the institutions and rich cultures of Native peoples -- are ones we must always seek to fulfill.”

This endorsement by the US for the Declaration is a positive, necessary and long-overdue step forward. The US is the last country to express its support for the Declaration which recognizes a broad range of rights for Indigenous Peoples in the US and around the world.

Australia, New Zealand and Canada joined with the US to vote “NO” when the Declaration was adopted by a vote of 144 countries in favor at the UN General Assembly on September 13, 2007. With today’s announcement, all 4 of the opposing States have changed their position.

IITC Executive Director Andrea Carmen, Yaqui Nation, participated in the work on the Declaration at the United Nations over many years. Hearing today’s news, she expressed IITC’s appreciation to the thousands of Indigenous Nations, organizations and human rights allies who called upon the US to express unqualified support for the Declaration since the US announced the “formal review” of its position in April of this year.


However, she also expressed IITC’s strong disappointment with the limitations the US decided to place on its support.
The “Announcement of U.S. Support for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples” released today contains a number of qualifications which call into serious question the US government’s intention to fully recognize and implement many of the key rights contained in the Declaration.
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From today's Charlotte Observer. I heard about this right after it happened. I'm glad there has been some resolution.

Bar spat spurs Facebook boycott page and apology from Dixie's Tavern

By Eric Frazier

Posted: Wednesday, Jan. 05, 2011

Two women who launched a Facebook page to organize a boycott of a Charlotte bar - after they say they were told to leave because the bar didn't serve lesbians - have won an apology from the manager and a promise of sensitivity training for the staff.

Tracy Thomas said she and her friend Kelly Johnson created the page after visiting Dixie's Tavern on Seventh Street in uptown Charlotte on Dec. 17 at around dinner time. She says they grew upset after about 20 minutes passed and no waiter came to their table, although waiters were serving tables nearby.

When they finally got to put in their drink order, Thomas said, another 10 minutes passed before it came and they decided to leave. She said a member of the staff asked if they were going to pay for the drinks and they said no.

They said as they walked out, the staffer said, "Good, we don't want to serve lesbians here anyway," followed by cuss words and other degrading comments. Thomas said when her friend burst into tears and asked what the man's name was, he said he was "one of the owners."

"Never, ever would I have dreamed that anybody would be treated like that," Thomas told the Observer Wednesday. "I was just shocked."

She said Johnson declined to talk about the situation with the Observer because she's still shaken by what happened.

Thomas says she posted a note on her own personal Facebook page about the encounter several days after it happened, and found herself flooded by 60 responses within hours.

The women created the boycott page on Dec. 30. By this week, it had more than 500 followers, many of whom angrily denounced the bar.

On Wednesday, Thomas posted a note on the page saying they'd met with the bar's manager and found him to be "very sincere in (his) apology for what happened."

The bar's general manager, in a telephone interview with the Observer, said a bartender had been placed on unpaid suspension because of the incident. He added that all staff would be given sensitivity training.

The manager, who identified himself as Danny but declined to give his last name, said the bar took issue with some parts of the women's account, but he said he ordered bar employees not to post their opinions on the boycott page.

He said he wanted to focus on resolving the situation and didn't want to get into "a he-said, she-said thing" about the details of what happened.

"I wasn't there, so I don't know if it was just his word against theirs," he said. "I had a good long talk with these ladies yesterday. We're very sorry this happened to them."

Thomas, an former bank employee who does bar promotions, said she had considered legal action, but can't afford to pay for a lawsuit. She says she's happy with the result, and hopes it will help prevent similar incidents.

"We're angry about what happened," she said. "But if what comes out of this is that everybody has more awareness and a more sensitive side, I guess that's the best-case scenario."



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My comments/thoughts: The shooter was captured and no motive has been released yet but if this turns out to be a Tea Partier then things do not bode well in general, IMO, for the US. "2nd Amendment solutions" will just lead to civil war if given a chance.
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