tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post6644365346295036031..comments2023-07-07T00:32:17.629-07:00Comments on BendBubble2: The Cult of BendUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-22908973768164117042007-12-23T09:54:00.000-08:002007-12-23T09:54:00.000-08:00Now your a permanent slave in buster's prison blog...Now your a permanent slave in buster's prison blog, with NO hope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-86643354010244116962007-12-23T09:49:00.000-08:002007-12-23T09:49:00.000-08:00it's called free market capitalism, and it works t...it's called free market capitalism, and it works the same way in the health care industry as it does in the mortgage industry.<BR/><BR/>* Free Market MED in Bend,OR<BR/><BR/>Ok, lets play the model. First of a all Health Care would have to be a 'home'. Something that people would never walk away from, then we have to have ARM's, zero down, and stated-income. Then we have to have 7% commission for the Realtors, and a couple grand for the MTG Broker.<BR/><BR/>We'll have goons go door to door. "Hi, does anyone in this home have hemorrhoid problem"? Yes?, NO? Let's say the response is NO, well there's no reason not to clean up the glory hole before's its too late. Let's SELL the customer the $100k plan, a real clean hole, forever free and clear of Hemorrhoid's.<BR/><BR/>First we have to get the money from the MED-MTG broker, ok, he get's $2, the MED-RE gets $6k, and the doc still wants his $100k, so that's a $108k loan. No problem, DUBYA has said that ALL americans need to be free&clear of hemorroids.<BR/><BR/>A few days later a roto-rooter truck stops by the home of the new customer, and performs the service. The doc is busy, and shows up afterward to vow the work is-was 'KOSHER'. Doc-Kosher, gets his $100k, but then something happens, he doesn't pay the roto-rooter men their cut. Now there is a lien against the asshole of the customer at 1 Main, in Bend.<BR/><BR/>An asshole lien is bad shit in Bend, first of all it means that everyone knows. Your bung-hole credit is now fucked. What do you do??<BR/><BR/>This is such a big deal, we must switch to first person, now we're the customer.<BR/><BR/>You call the Bend cops, and file a report. Ah, but they want $500 to file a report. So you pay, you still, haven't paid the payment on the $108k loan. The cops come back on fine you another $5K, because you filed a false-report, it turns out that your contract you signed with "MED-RE", explicitly said that you were responsible for all roto-rooter charges.<BR/><BR/>Roto-Rooter wants $20k, for services. So, now your up to $132,500, butt you still have lien on your arse.<BR/><BR/>DUBYA just passed new bankruptcy laws that make it next impossible to walk away from a ANAL lien.<BR/><BR/>The first payment is due for the $108k loan, and you don't have the money. The MED-MTG broker had assured you that the first five years of your 5/1 ANAL-ARM didn't require a payment on principal, but now you find out that you still have to pay the interest on the $108k. Roto-Rooter is calling you every day about the $20k, as they have now turned you over to anal-collections. This outfit is ran by Bend's, Ron Garzini, Bend Mr-Fix AssHole's. Garzini is threatening to reverse the roto-rooter procedure if you don't pay ASAP.<BR/><BR/>There's a guy in Bend call Dr. Kuratek, that sells retroactive Anal-Insurance. He wants 50% of your anal profits for 100yr to fix the problems. So you sign up, UBS pay's off all your debt, and your placed in one of Bends Houses-of-Repute, where Chinese tourists corn-hole you 24/7 into perpetuity.<BR/><BR/>Your now a full time RE-HO-MED slave in Bend, Oregon. The fastest growing tourist operation in Bend. You get AIDS, because one of the Johns refused to wear a condom. Now your back out on the street. The Bend cops pick you up for being a transient, which is illegal in Bend, OR.<BR/><BR/>Now your in Bend's Juniper-Ridge Prison, where Garzini's boyz take liberty, and your still doing tricks, but now for $1.20/day. UBS now has a lien against your ass, because of the AIDS, and you owe $132,500 plus interest, its now up to $314,516, and growing daily. Your $1.20/day doesn't even pay the interest.<BR/><BR/>Now your a permanent slave in Garzini's prison, with NO hope.<BR/><BR/>You escape, but where do you go??<BR/><BR/>Life is good, Bend is exceptional.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-86091614447402723662007-12-23T09:44:00.000-08:002007-12-23T09:44:00.000-08:00Garzini's plans from 50 years ago released to publ...Garzini's plans from 50 years ago released to public.<BR/><BR/>***<BR/><BR/>FBI planned mass arrests in 1950<BR/>Former FBI director J Edgar Hoover<BR/>The FBI boss wanted suspects held in military and federal prisons<BR/>Former FBI director J Edgar Hoover had a plan to arrest 12,000 Americans he deemed a possible threat to national security, declassified papers reveal.<BR/><BR/>The FBI chief sent his proposal to US President Harry Truman just after the start of the Korean War in 1950, The New York Times newspaper reports.<BR/><BR/>He asked the president to declare the mass arrest necessary to counter "treason, espionage and sabotage".<BR/><BR/>There is no evidence any part of the plan was ever approved.<BR/><BR/>Mr Hoover wanted the president to suspend the centuries-old legal right of habeas corpus, which protects individuals against unlawful arrest.<BR/><BR/>The FBI director planned to detain the suspects - whose list of names he had been compiling for years - in US military and federal prisons.<BR/><BR/>"The index now contains approximately 12,000 individuals, of which approximately 97% are citizens of the United States," wrote Mr Hoover, in the now declassified document.<BR/><BR/>The New York Times gave no details about the identities of those targeted.<BR/><BR/>The US Department of State declassified the plan, along with other Cold War-era documents from 1950-55 this week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-23043813879857090142007-12-23T09:37:00.000-08:002007-12-23T09:37:00.000-08:00Homer partied late last night at BENDBB's trailer....Homer partied late last night at BENDBB's trailer.<BR/><BR/>He's going to sleep in, there may be no new post today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-56879258268267645712007-12-23T07:58:00.000-08:002007-12-23T07:58:00.000-08:00Today's front page is choice. We have the Bend Fil...Today's front page is choice. We have the Bend Film story (surprise--it's getting hard to raise money).<BR/><BR/>And we have the Bend budget. The situation is "mixed." Revenues <B>down</B> and spending <B>up</B>, but say, the forecasts are great! They aren't even bothering to try to make sense any more.timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558612755834018291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-11433486841001547742007-12-23T07:54:00.000-08:002007-12-23T07:54:00.000-08:00A local expert on Exec Session meeting allowances ...A local expert on Exec Session meeting allowances and non-exemptions is Mike Morgan in Sisters.<BR/><BR/>He sued the Sisters School Dist and got them to now record in audio tape their Exec Sessions. He also won his legal fees.<BR/><BR/>It sounds like the Bend City council is also using the exemptions fast and loose. City councils and school boards follow their legal advice, which generally means they always try and do things in Exec session. It is really amazing that the Bend City Council and Les Schwab got putting their deception in writing. "Yeah, lets call it a lease appraisal negotiation, so we can keep it secret". Disgusting.<BR/><BR/>Give Mike Morgan a call in Sisters, Mike and Jan Morgan. He will help you out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-69397019551092465682007-12-23T07:49:00.000-08:002007-12-23T07:49:00.000-08:00Posted: Monday, March 26, 2007Article comment by: ...Posted: Monday, March 26, 2007<BR/>Article comment by: Jan Morgan<BR/><BR/>Let me say up front that although I am Mike Morgan’s wife, these are my comments and they may or may not reflect his views. I can’t be absolutely certain if the school board’s dismissal of Mr. Helphinstine was justified or not because the story is so incomplete. I trust that Mr. Thonstad and the board carefully weighed the specifics in the executive session prior to the vote. Thank you to Steve Rudinsky for pointing out, “Unfortunately, we couldn’t get the input from the principal or from the master biology teacher who are intimately involved in the situation to speak up about it.” Shouldn’t their participation be one of their job requirements, rather than an option? Their input was crucial to a just resolution and it’s unfair to Mr. Helphinstine and the entire community to withhold relevant information. After all, this is a PUBLIC school. Those with direct responsibility and involvement display a total lack of regard for the community by refusing public comment. What allowed this situation to occur? Was this teacher given orientation and policy/curriculum guidelines? Was his classroom performance monitored in any way whatsoever? What happened from the time parents first expressed their concern to Mr. Macauley to the time the board voted to dismiss this teacher? Was Mr. Helphinstine counseled and given a chance to make changes? What was the vice principal’s role? Did a difference of opinion about what was appropriate subject matter between Mr. Macauley and the school board result in the teacher being dismissed? Tim Comfort’s comment troubles me. He stated, “It is not common practice to pop in the first week or two and observe your new staff formally. In general, you’ve got to have some faith in their training…. We don’t operate thinking that every new employee is going to be at risk and do something wrong.” I have taught in public schools as a regular classroom teacher and also as a substitute. Principals would drop in from time to time to observe (and sometimes participate in) classroom activities and to evaluate/mentor my performance. I didn’t interpret this as lack of faith in my character or teaching skills. In fact, classroom visits from principals and administrators project a genuine interest for teachers and students alike, while promoting better personal relationships. Part of an administrator’s job is to perform classroom oversight. Principals are expected to ensure that classroom activities advance the educational goals of the district, supervise/evaluate teachers, and maintain effective relationships with parents and the community. Mr. Rudinski was right on point in saying, “It was not just about the teacher. It was about oversight and how we manage new teachers. Do we mentor them? Are we watching what they do?” Unless everyone involved cooperates, improvement is unlikely. Without oversight, there is no way for those in charge to know what is happening in the classrooms and the door is left open for much worse. Jan MorganAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-47865823290861558132007-12-23T07:44:00.000-08:002007-12-23T07:44:00.000-08:00Give him a call. Now that he ripped Sisters School...Give him a call. Now that he ripped Sisters School District a new one, he might be looking for a new bone to chew on.<BR/><BR/>*<BR/><BR/>School boards are one thing, you don't see him opening Sisters City Hall. Then there's Bend city hall.<BR/><BR/>Too much money is riding on Bend, Billons of dollars 'super lawyers'.<BR/><BR/>Miller-Nash, Schwab-Williams, all pro-bono on the behalf of Bend to become an inner Los Angeles with ten years, and have Bend be a 500,000 population. These people have invested Millions, and expect an ROI of Billions.<BR/><BR/>Let's see mike first OPEN-UP Sisters, on the real, before you can assume that even 2or3 of him, can OPEN-UP Bend.<BR/><BR/>Honestly, the only real fix for Bend is RE collapse, and hope the next generation gets involved. Human greed is extremely powerful, parents will sell a pound of their children's flesh, if the profit is certain,only when that profit is eliminated will sanity be returned.<BR/><BR/>Using the barbarians at the gate model, if we had dozens of people like 'mike' coming from different angles, on different departments, all forcing everything to go public, .. Then, but even then so all the public info get's posted, still nobody would know.<BR/><BR/>The BULL & SORE will never cover the dirt on their owners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-24208207890467376112007-12-23T07:38:00.000-08:002007-12-23T07:38:00.000-08:00This is quite interesting, our own "Sally 'heather...This is quite interesting, our own "Sally 'heatherton' Henderson", will soon be running the Bend Film Festival. Not bad, non-functioning cali, comes up, and within four months creates her dream job at taxpayer expense. Kuratek shows that in Bend, dreams come true.<BR/><BR/>***<BR/><BR/>Film festival gets a new leader in a critical year<BR/>In the director’s chair<BR/>By David Jasper / The Bulletin<BR/>Published: December 23. 2007 5:00AM PST<BR/><BR/>Disappointment.<BR/><BR/>That’s what Sandy Henderson felt a year ago.<BR/><BR/>What a difference a year can make.<BR/><BR/>Back in fall 2006, BendFilm founder Katie Merritt had announced her intention to step away from directing the nonprofit film festival she founded in 2004.<BR/><BR/>Henderson, who had been in Bend four months, fresh off of 16 years working in the film industry in Los Angeles and her native Australia, knew her dream job when she saw it.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately for her, someone else landed her dream job.<BR/><BR/>Erik Jambor took over as executive director of BendFilm in February.<BR/><BR/>Jambor resigned in November after this year’s financially lackluster festival, which saw a 15 percent drop in attendance on top of a late scramble to raise $80,000 that fell short of its goal by half.<BR/><BR/>Guess who got the dream job this time?<BR/><BR/>Friends and foils<BR/><BR/>Sitting in the BendFilm office, Henderson, 42, tells of her childhood in Adelaide, a south Australia city known for its wines, churches and artistic culture in general.<BR/><BR/>“Australia was a penal colony, by the way,” interjects Jim Bailey, president of the BendFilm board of directors and Henderson’s friend and foil.<BR/><BR/>“Thanks so much for that,” Henderson answers. “But Adelaide is actually where all the officers lived, so” — here she sticks her tongue out at Bailey, who’s chuckling — “to you.”<BR/><BR/>She likens herself to a military brat because of her father’s successful banking career. With each promotion, he moved the family around the country. “I’m incredibly blessed. I have a dad who I always knew that no matter what happened, all I had to do was make a phone call. And I think that’s really rare.”<BR/><BR/>Henderson believes the itinerant life led to her outgoing personality.<BR/><BR/>“I went to a lot of different schools, so I was constantly feeling the need to make friends and fit in, and probably that’s where the shy and retiring personality came from.”<BR/><BR/>And, from an early age, she fell in love with movies, classics mostly . “I think the first movie I saw that I really can remember is 'The Towering Inferno.’”<BR/><BR/>Bailey groans, then laughs: “Gawd. Despite that, she loves movies.”<BR/><BR/>“I used to earn my pocket money by doing the ironing,” Henderson continued, “and in Australia, on Saturday afternoons on the ABC (Australian Broadcast Corporation), they would have a Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers festival, or a Bogey/Bacall festival. And I’d stand there doing the ironing, making my pocket money, watching the classics.<BR/><BR/>“When we talk of 'Lawrence of Arabia,’ or 'Casablanca’ or 'The Maltese Falcon,’ it started when I was 10.”<BR/><BR/>Henderson skipped college in favor of “the college of life” and moved to London for a couple of years.<BR/><BR/>In 1987, she moved to the U.S. She would become a legal resident and settle in Los Angeles, “with the singular goal of being involved in film, because it’s always been my passion. It’s always been my first love,” says Henderson, who incidentally is not involved in a long-term relationship.<BR/><BR/>She worked as a temp, then went to work for such companies as AFX Studio, a special-effects makeup lab owned by David LeRoy Anderson, who won Oscars for Best Makeup for “The Nutty Professor” and “Men in Black.”<BR/><BR/>By 1999, she began working for Patrick Wachsberger, president and CEO at Summit Entertainment, the international sales agency that bought “The Blair Witch Project” at Sundance Film Festival, “and turned that around into the phenomenal film release, the juggernaut that it became,” says Henderson.<BR/><BR/>In 2000, Wachsberger wrote a letter of recommendation for Henderson, which she shared with The Bulletin. He credits her with being instrumental in the success achieved by Summit and writes that “she has a brilliant future, and I promise that she will be an asset to any business fortunate enough to hire her.”<BR/><BR/>For three years beginning in 2003, one such business was Code Red Films, an international film consulting company that aims to heighten awareness about Australian films and filmmakers. Finally, she worked for New Line Cinema from March 2005 to June 2006.<BR/><BR/>From the early part of this decade, she had been coming to Bend to visit longtime friend David Rosell, chairman-elect of the Bend Chamber.<BR/><BR/>“Like everybody else, I said, 'You know what? I really like it here.’ It’s stunningly beautiful, especially after L.A., where it’s the complete opposite,” Henderson says.<BR/><BR/>Bend pet parade<BR/><BR/>“I came up here one July 4th, actually, and my friend David took me to the pet parade.<BR/><BR/>“You have a pet parade and there’s hundreds of dogs, and they’re not fighting with each other, they’re not growling, and I said, 'You know what, there’s got to be Prozac or something in the water, because everybody is happy.’ And how can you not want to be part of that?”<BR/><BR/>In July 2006, she made the move to Bend, where she enjoys hiking with her dog, and is not looking to go back to Los Angeles, except perhaps to visit her best friend from childhood, who plans to move there.<BR/><BR/>“The brilliant thing about L.A. is you see a lot of people at the top of their game,” Henderson says. “You see the very best of it, and you see the worst.<BR/><BR/>“I was really lucky in that I worked with a lot of people that just loved film, who were really, really good at what they did, and introduced me to people of the same nature, who were in it for the right reasons, as opposed to the razzle-dazzle.”<BR/><BR/>'She doesn’t have<BR/><BR/>an L.A. personality’<BR/><BR/>The first time Henderson sought the BendFilm director’s chair, she was just four months into her new life in Bend.<BR/><BR/>When she didn’t land it, she became director of promotions at Bend Radio Group. She also joined BendFilm’s board of directors.<BR/><BR/>She wanted to stay involved with BendFilm, she says, because she believed strongly in the festival’s cultural importance. “(I) still wanted very much to be involved because I think it’s a phenomenal organization, and I think it’s really important to the arts community and to the entire community at large.”<BR/><BR/>For his part, Jambor says he voluntarily stepped down because he had little interest in fundraising, a bigger aspect of the job than the film-school graduate had expected.<BR/><BR/>“A lot of the reasons why I came out here — a lot of those reasons ended up going away,” Jambor says. “The budget that was expected for ’07 was a little more optimistic than, I think, the organization was ready for.”<BR/><BR/>When Jambor resigned, Henderson says, “the board sort of sat there and pointed the finger.”<BR/><BR/>“Really, didn’t you?” she adds, directing her question at Bailey.<BR/><BR/>He answers by saying, “Sandy not only had experience in the film industry, but having been a board member since April, she knew everything about the organization from the inside out. So if we were going to avoid any disruption or have the smoothest transition, you look around the room, and lo and bold, there the person is.<BR/><BR/>“Rather than go through the process of ... three months to reach a decision — at the end of which it’s going to be Sandy — why do that when the person is sitting right there?”<BR/><BR/>Henderson says she expects that Bailey, a lawyer by trade, will play a larger role in the festival than a board president has in the past. “Jim has amazing business skills as a lawyer and brings a strength to weaknesses that I may have,” she says.<BR/><BR/>If it says anything about his dedication to BendFilm and Henderson, Bailey sticks around for the entire two-hour interview with Henderson. He says that if there had been any concern about Henderson’s capabilities among board members, they would have considered other candidates.<BR/><BR/>“But there was no significant concern raised that wasn’t very clearly addressed in terms of Sandy’s experience.”<BR/><BR/>Henderson replies, “Isn’t he lovely?”<BR/><BR/>Bailey adds that before they handed her the keys to the office on Powerhouse Drive, each board member did have questions for Henderson.<BR/><BR/>“My question was,” says Bailey, 'Are you too big for BendFilm?’ Given her background, it was like, 'Wow, this person is such a heavy hitter. This person has been in the big leagues. Does she come with a heft that would just overwhelm anyone here in town?’<BR/><BR/>He answers his own question: “It’s clear that’s not her personality. She doesn’t bring an L.A. personality to the job.”<BR/><BR/>Henderson bites her tongue a second, then blurts out, “Thank God!”<BR/><BR/>“Yeah, that’s the best thing I can say about her,” said Bailey. “She doesn’t have an L.A. personality.”<BR/><BR/>Playful banter aside, Henderson has joined BendFilm at a serious moment in its young life. Will Henderson be able to get local sponsors to pony up the cash in a cold economy?<BR/><BR/>Festival staff, including former director Jambor, stress that BendFilm still enjoys a strong reputation among filmmakers angling to win that $10,000 best-in-show prize. And according to BendFilm, festival attendees rated their overall experience an average score of 4.5 out of a possible 5.<BR/><BR/>But will any of that mean anything if it doesn’t have the support of its own backyard?<BR/><BR/>'The determining year’<BR/><BR/>Scott Ramsay, a volunteer with the festival since its second year and its director of selections, says that a lot of money BendFilm received traditionally came from builders and real estate agents. “And when the economy started to fall into a downturn, we knew there were going to be some financial challenges, but we didn’t know the extent of them.”<BR/><BR/>Ramsay coordinates the selection process, leading the committees that cull the hundreds of annual submissions down to the 85 that screened during the four-day festival.<BR/><BR/>“We had great submissions. I think the overall programming for this year was better than the previous year, but because of limitations in funding, it was really a struggle to make the festival as exciting as it was in previous years.”<BR/><BR/>For example, with the belt-tightening necessary at this year’s festival, BendFilm did not bring in high-profile personalities quite on par with previous years.<BR/><BR/>“Budget cuts certainly impacted our ability to bring in as many filmmakers as we would have liked, or invite in a marquee celebrity like John Waters, two things that the general public really values,” Jambor said after this year’s event, held Oct. 11-14.<BR/><BR/>Henderson’s 1,000-watt personality alone seems likely to bring the excitement back. Ramsay says BendFilm needs a “strong enough personality” to keep momentum going, and he felt even last year “that (Henderson) was an absolute right solution.”<BR/><BR/>He recalls meeting Henderson at the post-announcement party at the Tower Theatre before the 2006 festival.<BR/><BR/>“She came strolling right up to me and said, 'You don’t know me, but I’m going to be on the selections committee next year, because I worked in L.A., and I know film, and I want to be involved in BendFilm.’ I was like, 'Wow, who are you?’”<BR/><BR/>Her prediction came true. The two struck up a friendship. “I put her on the selections committee, and the rest is history,” he says.<BR/><BR/>Ramsay “absolutely” has confidence in her ability to lead BendFilm. “Erik brought some really great things to the festival. He brought some insight from other parts of the country, and he brought in some filmmakers and judges who have vast experience in festivals. And his programming skills were incredible. But it was a very, very difficult year for BendFilm. We made it through the worst of times, and we’re pushing on and are going to hopefully push it to the very best of times again.”<BR/><BR/>The 2008 festival “will determine whether BendFilm remains a small, community film festival, or it begins to grow exponentially and becomes a film festival on the map. This year will determine that.”<BR/><BR/>In other words, a lot is riding on the 2008 festival and people like Ramsay, the board and the 200-some volunteers to take the festival from here to there.<BR/><BR/>“This year will be the determining year,” says Ramsay.<BR/><BR/>Bout with cancer<BR/><BR/>Over lunch at one of her favorite restaurants, Merenda, Henderson discusses something much more personal: when she was diagnosed and treated for breast cancer in 2003.<BR/><BR/>“I was so blessed during the entire experience, because I got to see the very, very best of people. I got to be on the receiving end of such love and support; I mean, unconditional love and support.”<BR/><BR/>She adds how important it was in her recovery to have that best friend of hers, Karen Wiseman, by her side as she underwent chemotherapy, surgeries and radiation.<BR/><BR/>Further, cancer changed her view of life, she says.<BR/><BR/>“It makes you appreciate everything. I would not be in Bend if it wasn’t for going through breast cancer. It changes how you want to be in your life.”<BR/><BR/>Ramsay says that on a volunteer basis, Henderson has accomplished more in the past month and a half in terms of fundraising than anyone did all of last year.<BR/><BR/>Imagine what she might accomplish now: As of last Tuesday , she began working at BendFilm full time. Prior, she’d been dividing her time between BendFilm and Bend Radio Group.<BR/><BR/>Jim Gross, co-owner of Bend Radio Group, is sorry to see her go. However, “You can’t help but feel happy for her, that she’s doing what she wants to do, and where her passion is. It’s kind of fun for us as well. You can’t hold on to everybody forever. You just hope that the time you have them is good for everybody, and that they move on to great things.”<BR/><BR/>Henderson says she plans to make the festival a year-round presence and give something back to the people. “It comes back to my MO right now, that BendFilm needs to give back to the community as well.”<BR/><BR/>On Wednesday, she told The Bulletin, “Last night I met with a sponsor who has re-upped and increased their sponsorship by another 25 percent; (another) sponsor has done the same.<BR/><BR/>“There is absolutely zero debt,” Henderson says. “We’re in the black. And as of the meeting I had last night with an anonymous sponsor, we’re very much in the black.”<BR/><BR/>One of Henderson’s first duties in a more public capacity will be hosting a free screening and discussion of “Babel” on Jan. 17 at Central Oregon Community College’s Hitchcock Auditorium.<BR/><BR/>'No bitterness’<BR/><BR/>In hindsight, she says, it’s probably best that she did not get the job last year.<BR/><BR/>“I feel like I bring so much more to the equation,” she says. “A friend of mine said to me, 'Aren’t you bitter about this?’ And I said, 'No,’ because I got the job I wanted.”<BR/><BR/>“And seriously, having had breast cancer, you learn not to be bitter. You learn to appreciate every day, and everything happens for a reason. So no. No bitterness. Life’s too short.”<BR/><BR/>Henderson says that if she had been appointed executive director a year ago, “I didn’t have the network of professional and personal contacts that I do now. And having been the director of promotions for the Bend Radio Group, there’s a whole slew of contacts that I can bring in. Whilst it would have been great to have had it then, it’s more beneficial to BendFilm that I’m getting it now.<BR/><BR/>“It’s literally the job of my dreams. So I’m really, really happy,” she says. “To be able to do film in Bend, it’s such a gift for me right now, to be able to do what I love in a town that I love.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-65930185103669369332007-12-23T07:36:00.000-08:002007-12-23T07:36:00.000-08:00I think you are right. Mike is a catalyst. If yo...I think you are right. Mike is a catalyst. <BR/><BR/>If you super cool water, it can get down to 25 degrees or less, without freezing, just completely liquid below freezing. But once you open the bottle, and get one single chrystal inside, then the whole thing freezes up in two seconds.<BR/><BR/>Bend is the super cooled liquid, Mike that one chrystal catalyst. Give him a call. Now that he ripped Sisters School District a new one, he might be looking for a new bone to chew on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-60143660551138089262007-12-23T07:34:00.000-08:002007-12-23T07:34:00.000-08:00Once again bruce-buster is right. Hollern brings i...Once again bruce-buster is right. Hollern brings in a MormRON, who helps guide the blog's on a gentle path. Focus on Capell, not on Hollern.<BR/><BR/>Buy CAPSTONE ( CPST ), then it turns on the new super-resort at MT-B will be using 100's of micro-turbines all over the MTN for power from snow-melt and wind.<BR/><BR/>This is all too much of coincidence, which shows that brewski has involvement in the BIG PLANS of Hollern for the Bend Region.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-14389946302128158762007-12-23T07:31:00.000-08:002007-12-23T07:31:00.000-08:00Skier's YOU'LL THIS, and its NO bruce-shit. Its co...Skier's YOU'LL THIS, and its NO bruce-shit. Its completely TRUE. Capstone is going to be selling Micro-Turbines to MT-B to power their new village of condo's. Assuming rain, and melting snow in coming years, there will be 100's of micro dam-heads on MT-B all powered by CPST. This is 100% true!! Note this wire is from 'Newhouse", which is the folks who own the Oregonian, which is owned by KKR, which is owned by the Oregon Pers pension fund. Small World.<BR/><BR/>***<B><BR/>Ski resorts plan for a future with less snow<BR/></B><BR/>By Matthew Preusch<BR/>Sunday, December 23, 2007 - Page updated at 12:00 AM<BR/>Newhouse News Service<BR/><BR/>BEND, Ore. — The snow guns at the Mount Bachelor ski area have been blowing for more than a month, laying down a 3-foot base.<BR/><BR/>The $5 million system helps the resort build its base on what started out to be a low snow year this season. But it works only when it's cold, and Cascade Mountain winters are expected to get warmer.<BR/><BR/>So at Mount Bachelor — as at many other ski resorts in North America and Europe — managers are starting to adjust long-term plans based on the predicted effects of global warming.<BR/><BR/>This fall, Mount Bachelor's owners hired a group of scientists to create a long-term climate forecast specific to the 9,065-foot butte west of Bend.<BR/><BR/>"What we hope that's going to do is help us say, 'OK, this is the trend we're on, and this is what we can do to adjust our business model in the future,' " said Matt Janney, president and general manager of Mount Bachelor.<BR/><BR/>Janney said that could include everything from mountain biking in the summer to micro-hydroelectric turbines turned by snowmelt that would power the resort and allow it to sell excess electricity.<BR/><BR/>Some resorts are branching out of the ski business altogether. Hoodoo Mountain Resort, based in Sisters, Ore., is now Oregon's largest operator of national forest campgrounds and plans to nearly double its contracts in three years, said Charles Shepard, chief executive officer. Last year, it got approval from the U.S. Forest Service to put in an alpine slide and a zip-line ride, although it is putting off construction, he said.<BR/><BR/>"Mostly what we're trying to do is diversify ourselves so we're not as reliant on skiing as a business," Shepard said.<BR/><BR/>Scientists at Oregon State University estimate that global warming will mean warm winters in the Cascade Mountains more often.<BR/><BR/>A study by OSU geographers published last year in the Journal of Hydrometeorology found that between a fifth and a quarter of the Oregon Cascades will begin experiencing more of their winter precipitation as rain, not snow.<BR/><BR/>The OSU study predicts that the frequency of warm winters at Hoodoo will, for example, jump from 7 percent to 67 percent by the middle of this century.<BR/><BR/>In other parts of the country, resorts are bulking up their snowmaking operations, but that might not be practical in the Pacific Northwest, which has the lowest incidence of snow machines of any region in the country, according to the National Ski Area Association. The reason: the region's temperate maritime climate.<BR/><BR/>advertising<BR/><BR/>"You can make snow if it's cold enough, but you can't make cold," Shepard said. "We can't refrigerate the mountain."<BR/><BR/>In general, larger resorts can respond better to a changing climate because they can afford costly snowmaking systems or develop newer high-altitude terrain, said Michael Berry, president of the National Ski Area Association.<BR/><BR/>"We are generally optimists, and we're also knowledgeable and experienced with huge weather variability," Berry said. "We're ready to make the commitment to the huge complexity that could be around the corner."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-37945026078191085502007-12-23T07:26:00.000-08:002007-12-23T07:26:00.000-08:00If only I didn't have to wade through tons of shit...If only I didn't have to wade through tons of shit to get to your little turds of wisdom. - Herman Melville<BR/><BR/>*<BR/><BR/>Call me Ishmael.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-51580154805887325682007-12-22T20:30:00.000-08:002007-12-22T20:30:00.000-08:00Phonebook results for "mike morgan" sisters oregon...Phonebook results for "mike morgan" sisters oregon<BR/><BR/>Mike Morgan<BR/>(541) 549-8898 <BR/><BR/>*<BR/><BR/>If there were 2 or 3 people like 'mike' in Bend, the city would completely implode. <BR/><BR/>Take away executive sessions and report what city hall is up to how about campaign contributions? I would love know who owns 'Bruce A."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-74490896756807106492007-12-22T20:20:00.000-08:002007-12-22T20:20:00.000-08:00If only I didn't have to wade through tons of shit...If only I didn't have to wade through tons of shit to get to your little turds of wisdom. <BR/><BR/>*<BR/><BR/>You said the same thing about pippi longstocking.<BR/><BR/>Duncan, pippi killed her TV, why can't you??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-41049070544282455862007-12-22T20:17:00.000-08:002007-12-22T20:17:00.000-08:00Garzini Goons expand enforcement Bend to AZ Border...Garzini Goons expand enforcement Bend to AZ Border.<BR/><BR/>Terrorism reigns in America<BR/>By Brenda Norrell,<BR/>Posted on Fri Dec 21th, 2007 at 12:52:13 PM EST<BR/>THE GATE, TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION (Arizona) -- While Homeland Security announced the forced occupation and takeover of Lipan Apache lands in Texas for the border wall yesterday, I was at the Arizona border once again being bullied by the US Border Patrol.<BR/><BR/>All along the border, Homeland Security's Border Patrol is intimidating and harassing the people who have lived here all their lives.<BR/><BR/>The Tohono O'odham have lived here since time immemorial. Now their land has been seized and taken over by the Border Patrol, the contractor Boeing and the invading National Guardsmen, for construction of the border wall. The graves of O'odham ancestors have been dug up, according to the traditional O'odham.<BR/><BR/>All along the border, young people are intimidated and harassed constantly. Tailgating police, excessive force and Nazi-style prosecutors push young people into rage and jails.<BR/><BR/>At the same time in Tucson, a judge has declared peace activities opposing US torture in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo, as a "danger to the community."<BR/><BR/>The United States government has become the terrorist it claims to oppose.<BR/><BR/>In Texas, Margo Tamez, Lipan Apache/Jumano Apache, called for immediate support Thursday, Dec. 6, when Homeland Security announced the occupation of lands where Apache land title holders are refusing to sign NSA waivers for the border wall.<BR/><BR/>Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said the United States will seize private lands in south Texas for the border wall, using the law of eminent domain. Tamez said, "We need your help on our continuing efforts to protect and keep safe the elders of our struggle against U.S. tyranny."<BR/><BR/>Chertoff announced plans to force occupation of South Texas families who refuse to allow the government access to their lands.<BR/><BR/>Tamez said, "'Refusers' such as the Lipan Apache Land Grant Women Defense, led by my mother, Dr. Eloisa Garcia Tamez (Lipan Apache, Basque-Apache), in the rancheria of El Calaboz, have frustrated the NSA, Border Patrol and Army Corps of Engineers officials for over two years, and increasingly in the last two months.<BR/><BR/>"Using tactics such as public announcements over the news service, used as intimidation and as psychological warfare--NSA/Chertoff exploits the press to prepare the nation to invade South Texas--and indigenous peoples--who are being 'architected as the perpetual enemies of the United States.' This is an old story of genocidal tactics and militarization.<BR/><BR/>"This scenario played out before, in 19th century, in 20th century. And now the 21st, my mother, the 'child of lightning ceremony', is fighting for the vestiges of our traditional lands.<BR/><BR/>"My mother, and the ancestors of 'the place where the Lipan pray', have been critical to our land-based struggle, and they are leaders in an Apache struggle in the Mexico-US International Boundary region. Our elder voices direct us in a huge role that Apache people will play in standing up against tyranny of the settler society. We cannot do this without the support and the solidarity of our indigenous sisters and brothers who are also at the forefront of the 21st century battles for our rights as indigenous people with ancient footprints on this land.<BR/><BR/>"My mother, at this stage of our community-based struggle, indicates that she is prepared to receive national and international support for our small community on the peripheries of U.S. empire. She wrote a comment on the page of this newsstory out of Houston, Texas.<BR/><BR/>"Today we are submitting our comments to the Environmental Impact Statement authorities, and parallel to that we are submitting an in depth case study of our histories under U.S., Mexican, Spanish, Vatican and corporate domination to the International Indian Treaty Council shadow report to be submitted to the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of Racism and Racial Discrimination in December," Tamez said.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile in Tucson, peace activists opposing US torture were declared a "danger to the community."<BR/><BR/>At a detention hearing in federal court in Tucson, Betsy Lamb, a retired Catholic lay leader, and Franciscan Fr. Jerry Zawada were jailed without bail until their trial, according to the support group "Torture on Trial."<BR/><BR/>Lamb, Zawada and Mary Burton Riseley were arrested on November 18 at Fort Huachuca, home of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center and School, during a protest of military use of torture against war detainees.<BR/><BR/>Magistrate Hector Estrada was concerned by evidence that both Lamb and Zawada had failed to heed an order of the court in cases pending in other jurisdictions. Betsy Lamb is awaiting trial for a September anti-war protest outside the office of Rep. Greg Walden, in Bend, Oregon.<BR/><BR/>As a standard condition of release on her own recognizance, Lamb had promised not to commit any other crime while awaiting trial. Fr. Zawada has an outstanding bench warrant for failure to appear for a court date in Washington, D.C., where he has been arrested several times in recent years for anti-war protest.<BR/><BR/>Army Prosecutor Capt. Evan Seamone came to court with three witnesses in dress uniform, several poster-sized photo enlargements and a videotape of the arrests. But the magistrate said he already knew the defendants' intent, and would only listen to Seamone's summation. Seamone described the defendants' peaceful passage through police barricades at the gate of Fort Huachuca as a violent act because it had to be met by police, who were forced to go face to face with the unarmed protesters and lift them from a kneeling position. In the eyes of the law and legal precedent, Seamone argued that such violent trespass warranted pretrial detention for the safety of the community.<BR/><BR/>Were the court to release Zawada and Lamb, "their blatant defiance is likely to happen again" Seamone warned, gravely predicting that "all kinds of chaos" would ensue at the gate to Fort Huachuca.<BR/><BR/>Attorney Rachel Wilson, representing the defendants, objected repeatedly without success to Seamone's arguments. Wilson told the court that Ms. Lamb had "learned her lesson" and was willing to post bond along with her promise to return to court for trial. Estrada was unmoved.<BR/><BR/>He told the defendants he didn't trust them and that he believed they were right where they wanted to be - before him in chains. Protest is brinkmanship, and the point is to not be arrested; better to organize a conference or seminar, he chided.<BR/><BR/>Estrada then ordered that Lamb and Zawada be kept in custody until their February 4 trial because they "remain a flight risk, and are a danger to the community." Not even Capt. Seamone had suggested that the defendants were a "flight risk".<BR/><BR/>Responding to the court's conclusion, Felice Cohen-Joppa said of her friends, "Betsy Lamb and Jerry Zawada are not a danger to the community - they, along with Mary Burton Riseley, are the conscience of the community. They are shining a light on the involvement of military intelligence in torture around the world. Their nonviolent acts are no more a danger to the community than were the nonviolent acts of Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King, Jr." Lamb and Zawada are not the only people now in prison for peaceful protest of U.S. torture practices.<BR/><BR/>On October 17, Magistrate Estrada sent Frs. Steve Kelly and Louie Vitale to prison for five months in prison for a similar protest at Fort Huachuca in November, 2006. They are scheduled to be released in mid-March.<BR/>More: www.tortureontrial.org/ Please see photo of construction of the border fence on Tohono O'odham land: http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/ Although the Tohono O'odham Nation refers to this as a "vehicle barrier" instead of a "border wall," traditional O'odham say it has the same effect, since it is a barrier to the annual ceremonial route and has already resulted in the digging up of O'odham ancestors' remains. While the Tohono O'odham Nation government works with Homeland Security and supports the border fence, the traditional O'odham are opposing it. Traditional O'odham said the future of their people and their ceremonial way of life is at stake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-53103406544099437022007-12-22T19:26:00.000-08:002007-12-22T19:26:00.000-08:00Phonebook results for "mike morgan" sisters oregon...Phonebook results for "mike morgan" sisters oregon<BR/> <BR/>Mike Morgan <BR/>(541) 549-8898 <BR/>Sisters, OR 97759Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-5675738486450758112007-12-22T19:12:00.000-08:002007-12-22T19:12:00.000-08:00Mike Morgan outta Sisters (Mike and Jan, in the bo...<B>Mike Morgan outta Sisters (Mike and Jan, in the book) forced the School Dist to record the audio of Exec Sessions, as minutes. He knows the ins and outs, and has spent money to get it done.</B><BR/><BR/>Mike Morgan KICKS ASS! I love that guy!IHateToBurstYourBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01660687201024720176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-26425249105726486562007-12-22T18:38:00.000-08:002007-12-22T18:38:00.000-08:00Re: You need a pardnerDo you know Mike? Have his c...Re: <BR/>You need a pardner<BR/><BR/>Do you know Mike? Have his cell number? <BR/><BR/>I would love to talk with him.Bewerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08389021459268558541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-31185954026350586862007-12-22T18:36:00.000-08:002007-12-22T18:36:00.000-08:00RE: 'bruce' (code for gayboy) Ah, you've been down...RE: 'bruce' (code for gayboy) <BR/><BR/>Ah, you've been down under...Bewerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08389021459268558541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-651731058066368752007-12-22T17:39:00.000-08:002007-12-22T17:39:00.000-08:00In a word, yes. -----You need a pardner in stickin...In a word, yes. <BR/>-----<BR/><BR/>You need a pardner in sticking it to the city to force them to adhere to Exec Session laws.<BR/><BR/>Mike Morgan outta Sisters (Mike and Jan, in the book) forced the School Dist to record the audio of Exec Sessions, as minutes. He knows the ins and outs, and has spent money to get it done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-50361278709542839242007-12-22T17:35:00.000-08:002007-12-22T17:35:00.000-08:00'bruce-ology 101':"bruce" is the dude with the buf...'bruce-ology 101':<BR/><BR/>"bruce" is the dude with the buff wife who will wrap her bicycle around you neck.<BR/><BR/>"bruce abernathy" is da mayor.<BR/><BR/>hbm is the minimum wage "bruce" who got let go at one paper and now scribbles crap for the SORE.<BR/><BR/>none of the above 'bruces' are the psuedonym 'bruce' (code for gayboy) to my knowledge, but I have been wrong before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-88019364286164886942007-12-22T17:16:00.000-08:002007-12-22T17:16:00.000-08:00Buster, for such a yahoo, you can be a freakishly ...Buster, for such a yahoo, you can be a freakishly insightful dude. <BR/><BR/>If only I didn't have to wade through tons of shit to get to your little turds of wisdom.Duncan McGearyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02857388833850939721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-44535758929134085682007-12-22T15:14:00.000-08:002007-12-22T15:14:00.000-08:00It's xmas can't we all get along?Buster, homer, br...It's xmas can't we all get along?<BR/><BR/>Buster, homer, bruce, timmy, hollern, capell, costa, SORE, BULL, we're all Bend brothers. <BR/><BR/>Can't we all just get along??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-90817107795802930372007-12-22T15:12:00.000-08:002007-12-22T15:12:00.000-08:00This leads the doctor on indefinitely, while insur...This leads the doctor on indefinitely, while insurers never says absolutely 'No' until the patient gives up or dies."<BR/><BR/>*<BR/><BR/>The purpose of 'insurance' is to collect premiums and deny claims.<BR/><BR/>Anybody that expects a check from an insurance company, that doesn't have a lawyer on retainer is a fool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com