| UC Berkeley seeks public's views to plan new path for People's Park
Those are among the suggestions a San Francisco consulting firm has drawn up as ways to revitalize the embattled Berkeley landmark, which for 40 years has been a sacred symbol of Berkeley in the 1960s but these days is a forlorn and sometimes menacing hub for drug users and the homeless. The University of California, which owns the 2.8-acre park off Telegraph Avenue, is holding a community meeting Feb. 4 to respond to the 35-page report by MKThink Inc., which spent six months and held more than 40 community meetings to come up with a plan to make the park safer and more accessible to a wider range of people. "The university is committed to improving the park," said Irene Hegarty, UC Berkeley director of community relations. "A lot of people's attitudes about the park have changed, and we wanted to take a fresh, comprehensive look at the issue." To address the homelessness, crime and drug use that currently pervades the park, the report recommends that UC work with the city of Berkeley on social services and homeless outreach programs.
Walking back to happiness
'Ooh, that'll be OK, it's not on the pavement, it's inside a tidy green box.' I hate them. They're always doing it. I despise them. I may hang a bucket of cold bathwater in the tree over the recycling bin, which I can operate with a piece of string running through my front window. I'd be prepared to hide there for a good eight hours, just to soak the next bastard Hampstead hypocrite who crumples his empty foil bag of Terence Stamp root vegetable crisps into my paper-only box. I could feel my stress levels rising as I fished the rubbish out. Then I had to walk along the street carrying it. That was depressing, so I dropped it into the recycling bin at number 12. Now I felt better. A nice walk along a quiet, leafy street! I say 'quiet'. That's if you don't count the incessant yammering of drills, chainsaws and cement mixers.
Art that talks back
Since French poet and dramatist Edmond Rostand staged his Cyrano de Bergerac in 1897, it has become a triumph as Cyranos unrequited love for his cousin Roxane has moved audiences worldwide for 110 years.
Novel ideas
Adapted from the novel by Robert James Waller, well-known local drama group Springtime Productions will present their last show of the year - The Bridges of Madison County.
More than words
When it was announced that Ian McEwan's dazzling 2002 novel Atonement was going to be adapted for the screen, most of his fans had the same reaction: not this time, Hollywood. Back away from the cameras, and nobody gets hurt.
Hampers with a difference
The sights and sounds of Christmas are evident in Hong Kong's malls as enchanting scenery and Christmas carols provide the perfect background for the flurry of shopping needed for the festive season.
Hip-Hop Rumors: Was Obama Robbed? Soulja Boy Goes OFF!...
If that alone isn't crazy enough, the damn fool was living in a house with their mutha freakin' decomposing bodies for TWO WEEKS. She was arrested just yesterday and officials are holding her crazy a** without bail. Here is the CNN Report:
The victims, who range in age from 5 to 17 years, are thought to be her daughters. Their bodies were found when U.S. marshals served an eviction notice at Jacks' apartment in southeast Washington, D.C.
Court documents say Jacks identified the victims as her daughters Brittany Jacks, 17; Tatianna Jacks, 11; N'kiah Fogle, 6; and Aja Fogle, 5.
Earlier Thursday, Mayor Adrian Fenty said the bodies' decomposition has hindered their identification, although they were believed to be Jacks' children.
Cornelius Cardew lives
Cornelius Cardew (1936-81) developed a philosophy of experimental notation and indeterminacy that influenced art music throughout the world. He was a deeply moral thinker, engaged in a constant struggle for truth in art, life, the political world, and himself. In face of all criticism and mockery, he stood with his personal, political and aesthetic beliefs against British musical conservatism, the avant-garde establishment, and finally, the experimentalism he himself had created. .
Sizzling Sixers' champagne day
Big-time basketball, the way we learned to love it, was back bolder than brass in Adelaide on Saturday. The 36ers were vintage in front of 5787 roaring, emotional fans who helped drive the club's eleventh hour NBL finals bid with its staggering 115-93 bitch-slap of the Hummer Championship-leading Kings. Brian Goorjian's over-wrought, over-confident, over-the-top physical fanatics are always fun to beat but it's not something the Sixers have been doing a lot of lately. In fact, it's been a long while since the 36ers have played as they did for 48 showcase minutes at the Distinctive Homes Dome. Fans came ready to see and experience something special and they were not disappointed. New import Julius Hodge evoked great memories of another former Denver Nugget, Kevin Brooks, with his infectious smile and near triple-double debut of 24 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists.
Feed the Minds asks Christians to support female literacy for Lent
Christian international development charity Feed the Minds (FTM) is appealing to the Christian community to lend its support to female literacy for its 2008 Lent Appeal. The charity currently supports literacy projects within 20 countries across the Globe, designed to help women gain basic literacy skills that will benefit the individuals, their families and wider community. One such project is based in Afghanistan, where under the Taliban regime there was no female education, girl's schools were burned down and women were forbidden to work. Today, women's literacy in the country stands at only 12.5 per cent. Feed the Minds has developed literacy programmes centred on health and hygiene, with the most vulnerable in society, such as orphans or widows, selected to participate.
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