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Hello Party People! It's been a couple of years since I last logged into Clubplanet...how I've forgotten what a great online community this is for sharing special event info! Please come celebrate my 29th birthday at Tangier Lounge to help raise money for the orphans of China! What can I say, I've got it all - never a day without food, clean water, or Love. What more could a girl want? Unfortunately, there are too many children in the world who barely have access to these luxuries, much less what it takes to make it through another year, let alone another day. With that in mind, this year I wish to dedicate this event in honor of the orphans of China. It was difficult to decide on just one cause, as there are many dedicated to improving the general well-being of humanity, but in hopes to raise funds and supplies for these orphans I wish to show support to a wonderful non-profit organization called the China Care Foundation (www.chinacare.org). Today it is estimated that there are over 15 million orphans in China. More than 50% of these children have special medical needs, and most are healthy young girls, abandoned due to China's One Child Policy. These children are literally neglected to death. Our donations can increase their chances to live a healthier life and to see their next birthday. Wouldn't that be great! Let's celebrate life and hope! The goal is to raise $2,000 and emergency supplies. It costs just $500 to supply one orphanage with the basic neccesities for a month - but for $2,000 we can feed, clothe and help provide much needed medical supplies for four months! Please see the 'Needs List' at www.chinacare.org/currentneeds.html. The list is extensive and every item is just as valuable as money. Tangier will have a donation table for all the wonderful goods and cash donations. All donations are tax deductible (see me). So spread the word, come with your great vibe, give what you can, and just enjoy yourselves! I'd like to assure you that ANY amount is greatly appreciated. Remember, no gift is ever too small. This is a non-profit event. China Care is a non-profit organization so 100% of your donation will go to the orphanages in China and each child will directly benefit from your gift. And, what's a party without great music! Slip on your dancing shoes, put on your sexiest party hat, and come enjoy a musical cocktail - a tasty concoction of tech-house, breaks, progressive, and psy-trance. Serving up only the most delicious ear candy in a super sexy setting that's loaded with a full bar while you show your support to help improve the living conditions of abandoned children in China. Drinks @ 10:00 pm & DJs @ 11:30 pm. While I believe people of all ages should get their groove on, this is a 21 & over event. Every effort put forth to make this wish a reality has been made possible with the generous help of Tangier Restaurant, DJs Matthias, Jason Robinson, and Jokton Strealy. If you can't make it to the event but would still like to make a donation, please go to www.chinacare.org/youcanhelp.html. For more information about China Care, please contact Elizabeth Lautner at elautner@chinacare.org or 203.227.3655. Hope to see everyone!

Hello Party People! It's been a couple of years since I last logged into Clubplanet...how I've forgotten what a great online community this is for sharing special event info! Please come celebrate my 29th birthday at Tangier Lounge to help raise money for the orphans of China! What can I say, I've got it all - never a day without food, clean water, or Love. What more could a girl want? Unfortunately, there are too many children in the world who barely have access to these luxuries, much less what it takes to make it through another year, let alone another day. With that in mind, this year I wish to dedicate this event in honor of the orphans of China. It was difficult to decide on just one cause, as there are many dedicated to improving the general well-being of humanity, but in hopes to raise funds and supplies for these orphans I wish to show support to a wonderful non-profit organization called the China Care Foundation (www.chinacare.org). Today it is estimated that there are over 15 million orphans in China. More than 50% of these children have special medical needs, and most are healthy young girls, abandoned due to China's One Child Policy. These children are literally neglected to death. Our donations can increase their chances to live a healthier life and to see their next birthday. Wouldn't that be great! Let's celebrate life and hope! The goal is to raise $2,000 and emergency supplies. It costs just $500 to supply one orphanage with the basic neccesities for a month - but for $2,000 we can feed, clothe and help provide much needed medical supplies for four months! Please see the 'Needs List' at www.chinacare.org/currentneeds.html. The list is extensive and every item is just as valuable as money. Tangier will have a donation table for all the wonderful goods and cash donations. All donations are tax deductible (see me). So spread the word, come with your great vibe, give what you can, and just enjoy yourselves! I'd like to assure you that ANY amount is greatly appreciated. Remember, no gift is ever too small. This is a non-profit event. China Care is a non-profit organization so 100% of your donation will go to the orphanages in China and each child will directly benefit from your gift. And, what's a party without great music! Slip on your dancing shoes, put on your sexiest party hat, and come enjoy a musical cocktail - a tasty concoction of tech-house, breaks, progressive, and psy-trance. Serving up only the most delicious ear candy in a super sexy setting that's loaded with a full bar while you show your support to help improve the living conditions of abandoned children in China. Drinks @ 10:00 pm & DJs @ 11:30 pm. While I believe people of all ages should have their fun, this is a 21 & over event. Every effort put forth to make this wish a reality has been made possible with the generous help of Tangier Restaurant, DJs Matthias, Jason Robinson, and Jokton Strealy. If you can't make it to the event but would still like to make a donation, please go to www.chinacare.org/youcanhelp.html. For more information about China Care, please contact Elizabeth Lautner at elautner@chinacare.org or 203.227.3655. Hope to see everyone!

What kind of music?

Hi, can someone post links to these bars: Ivar Hacienda Ultraswede And, while we're at it: Can someone recommend a bar/club for this Sat? A place besides Spundae and Sugar. Thanks.

Welcome back!! Wheredja go?? Sorry I've been outta touch, but I've been super busy w/ my internship and second p/t job. How've you been???

please spread the news > > refer them to www.afjustice.com or they can call > > (800) 597-6887. > > > > > > > > FYI, today's NYT's coverage of the filing of the > > Abercrombie & Fitch > > discrimination lawsuit. There was great press > > turnout this morning so > > expect to see more press coverage in mainstream > and > > ethnic media (as always, > > please share with the appropriate staff person any > > articles you spot). > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---- > > > > June 17, 2003 > > Clothing Chain Accused of Discrimination > > By STEVEN GREENHOUSE > > > > Abercrombie & Fitch, the clothing retailer that > > appeals to the college set > > with blond-haired, blue-eyed models, was sued > > yesterday for racial > > discrimination, accused of favoring whites for its > > sales floor jobs. > > > > The lawsuit, filed in Federal District Court in > San > > Francisco, charges that > > Abercrombie discriminates against Hispanics, > Asians > > and blacks in its hiring > > as it seeks to project what the company calls the > > "classic American" look. > > > > Abercrombie, whose upscale casual clothes have > made > > it one of the hottest > > companies for teenagers and college students, is > > accused of favoring whites > > by concentrating its hiring on certain colleges, > > fraternities and > > sororities. > > > > Several Hispanic and Asian plaintiffs said in > > interviews that when they > > applied for jobs, store managers steered them to > > stockroom jobs and away > > from the sales floor because they did not project > > what the company called > > the "A & F look." That look, these plaintiffs > said, > > is overwhelmingly white, > > judging from the low percentage of minority > members > > who work on the sales > > floor and from the company's posters and quarterly > > magazine, which > > overwhelmingly featured white models. > > > > In an affidavit, a former assistant manager of the > > Abercrombie store in > > Faneuil Hall in Boston said that of the 110 > > employees there, two or three > > were black, one was Hispanic and the other 106 > were > > white. > > > > "It's quite clear that they go to great pains to > > make sure all of their > > managers and assistant managers know what they're > > looking for and what those > > managers will be judged on: does your work force > fit > > our all-white image?" > > said Thomas A. Saenz, vice president for > litigation > > at the Mexican American > > Legal Defense and Educational Fund. > > > > A spokesman for Abercrombie, which is based in New > > Albany, Ohio, said > > yesterday that the company would not comment > because > > it had not yet seen the > > legal papers. > > > > In a guidebook distributed to employees, the > > "Abercrombie Look Book," the > > company states: "America is diverse, and we want > > diversity in our stores. We > > do not discriminate, and will not tolerate > > discrimination in hiring based on > > race, national origin, religion, color, sex, age > or > > disability." > > > > Abercrombie, which outfitted Theodore Roosevelt > and > > Ernest Hemingway, was > > founded in 1892 as a supplier of rugged gear. It > > filed for bankruptcy in > > 1977, and its name was sold to Oshman Sporting > Goods > > in 1979 and was resold > > in 1989 to The Limited. That company revived the > > brand name with clothes > > focusing on a youthful lifestyle. In 1996, The > > Limited spun off Abercrombie, > > which has about 600 stores and 22,000 employees. > > > > Several plaintiffs said that top managers often > > visited stores and examined > > pictures of employees to determine whether they > > conformed with the > > Abercrombie & Fitch look. Often, the legal papers > > say, store managers > > approach attractive white customers who have the > > "look" and urge them to > > apply for sales jobs. > > > > Jennifer Lu said she and four other Asian sales > > clerks had been fired from > > an Abercrombie store in Costa Mesa, Calif., after > a > > top corporate official > > visited last February and told the store's > managers > > there were too many > > Asian sales clerks. Soon after, she said, six > whites > > were hired to replace > > them. > > > > "I thought the nation was beyond this type of > thing > > after all these years of > > civil rights," said Ms. Lu, a senior at the > > University of California at > > Irvine. "If Asian people knew that they were doing > > this, they'd be > > outraged." > > > > Juancarlos Gomez-Montejano, who worked in sales at > > an Abercrombie in Santa > > Monica, said that after a corporate official > visited > > his store, he and four > > other minority sales workers were terminated, told > > that the staff was too > > large. A few weeks later, he said, the store hired > > five white fraternity > > members from U.C.L.A. > > > > "It disgusted me because my family name has been > on > > this continent for > > centuries, and they have the audacity to say I'm > not > > American enough," Mr. > > Gomez-Montejano said. > > > > He complained to the Mexican American Legal > Defense > > Fund, which filed the > > lawsuit along with the Asian Pacific American > Legal > > Center, the NAACP Legal > > Defense and Educational Fund and Lieff, Cabraser, > > Heimann & Bernstein. > > > > In a case involving Mr. Gomez-Montejano, the Los > > Angeles office of the Equal > > Employment Opportunity Commission concluded in > 2001 > > that at Abercrombie, > > "Latinos and blacks, as a class, were denied > > permanent positions, denied > > assignments and treated in an unfair manner with > > regard to recruitment based > > on their race." > > The lawyers are asking for an unspecified amount > in > > back wages and punitive > > damages, an order putting plaintiffs in their > > rightful jobs and an > > injunction ordering the company to end unlawful > > practices. > > > > "For most of them this is their first job, and the > > lesson that Abercrombie > > has taught them is that workplace discrimination > > continues to exist," said > > Bill Lann Lee, a lawyer representing the > plaintiffs > > and former director of > > the Justice Department's civil rights division. > > "This is a reminder that > > when you look under a rock, sometimes you find > > something pretty awful." > > > > The lawyers want the lawsuit to be a class action > > that will cover both past > > and future workers and job applicants at > > Abercrombie. > > > > Eduardo Gonzalez, a junior at Stanford University, > > said that when he applied > > last August to the Abercrombie store in Santa > Clara, > > Calif., a manager said > > he should apply for the stock room or an overnight > > position. > > > > "It was like, wow, they're pushing me to the only > > nonvisible jobs, they > > don't want me to be seen in public," Mr. Gonzalez > > said. "And it was weird: > > all the store's posters were white, blond-haired, > > blue-eyed." > > > > Soon after, a nearby Banana Republic hired him. > > > > "If you look at a store like Banana Republic," Mr. > > Gonzalez said, "there's a > > huge difference. Banana Republic has almost all > > minorities working there." > > > > Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company

The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles has some great events coming up in the next few weeks. Please visit www.wishla.org to order tickets or to get more information. I hope you can join us! Sunday, June 29th: Charity Shopping Night at the Beverly Center One night of shopping, dining and all-around fun....at Los Angeles' most trend setting shopping center. The evening will feature one-night only shopping discounts, gift bags, special entertainment and food and drink. Ticket proceeds will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles. General admission tickets are $35 - includes admission, parking, progressive gift bag and hors d'oeuvres. VIP tickets are available for $75 - includes VIP party and preview of Legally Blonde 2 before it opens in theaters, valet parking, added discounts, upgraded gift bag, cocktails & hors d'oeuvres. You can purchase tickets on-line at www.wishla.org. Thank you!

www.bpmradio.co.uk 8 hrs ahead PST 5 hrs ahead EST

hee hee

Were you drinking too that night?

Nope, I don't mind at all!

I was too lazy to search for it.

EXCELLENT NIGHT! We arrived at 10:00 and to our surprise there was no line. That's right, NO LINE. For prepurchasd ticket holders, that is. So far so good. The one complaint we had was the security guards rudely demanding that we empty our pockets before walking thru the metal detectors. Is it really necessary to be rude? I mean, we're patrons trying to enjoy ourselves at a danceclub, not suspected gang members entering high-school property. But Dave Cole's hug and smile as he took our admission tickets made it all better. (background: Awww ). The minute we entered Spundae's packed patio it was nothing but good vibes: smiling faces, happy chatter, and the sound of bass exuding from the club. Once I walked into DJ Remi's set I knew I was set-up for a funfilled evening. Aside from dancing my toosh off, I was lucky enough to be surrounded by friends, and even made some new ones along the way. I walked onto the dancefloor roughly around 10:30 and didn't walk away from the madness until 3:30! THANK YOU REMI AND AVB!!

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A man moves from Ireland to New York City, leaving two of his best friends behind to make it in America. To keep their tradition of nightly drinks alive, every night he goes into an Irish-style pub and orders three pints. The bartender, after a month of this, becomes curious, and asks the man what he's doing. Touched by the story, the bartender has the 3 pints ready for the man every time he comes in. One day, the man tells the bartender to only give him 2 pints. "My condolences," says the bartender, thinking that one of the man's friends has died. "No, no," says the man, "they're both still alive. I've just quit drinking."