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...who’s the master.” Boy, was I wrong. It began innocently enough, with a slight tingling, though not unpleasant, sensation on my tongue. By the third bite, I was feeling uncomfortable. And by bite number five my mouth was beginning to swell. It wasn’t until the eighth bite, as tears started running down by cheeks, that I cried uncle and lay down the fork. I have to admit that a trip to the bathroom was necessary...
...array of similarly gorgeous string arrangements that are less dejected and more bittersweet. Within these also lies evidence of Beck’s own musical preferences: the near-funky bass lines and lazy drums of “Paper Tiger” are decorated in a dazzling orchestral swell a la Serge Gainsbourg. Later on, the Milky Way voyage of “Round the Bend” swings on lethargic cellos that vividly recall Sigur Ros and Nick Drake’s “River Man.” While this is surely the album?...
...THAR SHE BLOWS Those with time to spare?lots of time?might consider a side trip to Lamalera, on the island of Lembata just east of Flores, where subsistence whaling has been practiced for centuries. Depending on the currents and swell, it can be anything from a four-to seven-hour odyssey in a small, pitching craft from the Flores town of Larantuka. Sometimes months go by without a single whale sighting, but if you happen to be present when a bull sperm whale is harpooned you will think you've been swept back to the days of Nantucket whaling...
...Sacramento police department has had difficulty attracting immigrant officers and people of color. White men still make up 46% of the department's staff; women swell the Caucasian ranks to 70%. Hispanics of any race account for 12%, blacks 8% and Asians 8%. Concern about racial profiling led the department to launch a study of its practices in 2000, and its first report found that 27% of drivers stopped by police were African American although African Americans make up only 15.5% of the local population. Despite such controversies, Vang feels he made the right move in signing up. "Occasionally someone...
...Sacramento police department has had difficulty attracting immigrant officers and people of color. White men still make up 46% of the department's staff; women swell the Caucasian ranks to 70%. Hispanics of any race account for 12%, blacks 8% and Asians 8%. Concern about racial profiling led the department to launch a study of its practices in 2000, and its first report found that 27% of drivers stopped by police were African American although African Americans make up only 15.5% of the local population. Despite such controversies, Vang feels he made the right move in signing up. "Occasionally someone...