tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923540085287216802024-03-04T22:47:10.312-08:00An Evening of Extraordinary ProportionsA Benefit for Riseup and UBEWUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892354008528721680.post-60518208353084700572010-12-10T22:56:00.000-08:002010-12-10T23:10:22.631-08:00Auction Catalog ReleasedOur Event Programme and Semi-Silent Auction Catalogue has been released!<br />
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The Semi-Silent Auction will proceed in three phases throughout the evening. Please come prepared with cash, check, or money card to bid on auction items. We believe you will find these items Unusual and Curious, and well worth the Cost. As with your ticket price, winning bids in the auction are donation that will directly support these fine technical organizations.<br />
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Semi-Silent auction will occur in three rounds, with the most Interesting,
Intriguing, and Valuable items in the third and final round. It is
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<b>1 A
Selection of Wines from Brooks Family Vineyard</b></div>
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selection of wines from winemaker Larry Brooks.
2 bottles of Campion Pinot Noir From Napas Carneros District, 2002. 2
bottles of Campion Chardonay from Edna Valley, 2007. 2 bottles of Amethyst Cabernet Sauvignon from
Napas Oak Knoll District, 2004. 2
bottles of Amethyst Vinalia made from Nebbiolo grapes, 2000. <b>8
bottles. </b>Donated by Brooks
Vineyard. <b>Value: $260</b></div>
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Geek Date: Tour of the Stanford Linear Accelerator and a Piece of
History</b></div>
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tour of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) and the BaBar particle
detector. SLAC National Accelerator
Laboratory is home to a two-mile linear accelerator—the longest in the world.
Join Joel in early January for a private tour of the linear particle
accelerator in our very own back yard on the Stanford campus. At the end of the
tour you will be presented with a piece of the BaBar detector! This is truly a
unique and priceless item that has played a crucial role in expanding human
knowledge about the universe. Donated by
Joel. <b>Value: Unstated</b></div>
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Geek Date: A Visit to the Tech Museum in San Jose with Dan</b></div>
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The
Tech Museum in San Jose has hundreds of original, inspiring, and
though-provoking exhibits. Come check
out the Tech Museum with Programmer / Web Developer Dan. Get your thermal picture taken, experience an
earthquake simulator, pilot a remote underwater vehicle and more. Donated by Dan. <b>Value:
Unstated</b></div>
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Geek Date: Sea Exploration with Dorota</b></div>
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Want
a glimpse of life under the sea?
Beginning with a short drive up the beautiful highway 1, this date will
be an exploratory adventure of the coastal tidepools with Dorota, a marine
biologist and serious ocean nerd. Let's talk about sea creatures, algae,
plankton, and maybe even burritos. Donated by Dorota. <b>Value:
Unstated</b></div>
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Geek Date: An Evening of Firefly with Alex</b></div>
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This
geek date with Alex will include watching three of my favorite Firefly episodes
projected onto the 100" wide curtains of my living room, homemade pizza,
spiced apple cider, and two fuzzy siberian huskies. Firefly was a space western
television series set in the year 2517.
It follows the adventures of a small group of travelers living on the
fringe of society, struggling to live under the ruthless control of the
Alliance government. Donated by
Alex. <b>Value: Unstated</b></div>
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Geek Date: Ragtime Guitar Lessons with Arden</b></div>
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Learn
how to play fingerstyle guitar! Impress your friends! Woo your sweetheart(s)!
Woo the blues nerds in town! Woo your grandfather who says you haven't done
anything with your life! You are bidding for three half-hour guitar lessons in
the style of the greats of ragtime and country blues guitarists. Technique will
be broken down and explained to fit your personal aspirations, previous
experience or no. <b>Redeem by
5/1/2011. </b>Donated by Arden. <b>Value:
Unstated</b></div>
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Geek Date: Mushroom Hunt with Jason H.</b></div>
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A
mushroom walk in the forests of the Santa Cruz Mountains will provide you with
good company, tips on how to find certain mushrooms, and with good luck, a sack
of wild mushrooms to take home. Donated
by Jason. <b>Value: Unstated</b></div>
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Geek Date: An Evening of Gothic Horror Text Adventures with Wes</b></div>
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This
geek date with Wes will offer gourmet take-out pizza and wine, candlelight and
ambient music, and an evening spent playing a Gothic Horror interactive fiction
together. Interactive fiction is to
video games, what books are to movies.
In the last 30 years, the genre has blossomed, offering interactive
near-literary masterpieces, with rich characters, emotional depth, and
complicated plot lines. Donated by
Wes. <b>Value: Unstated</b></div>
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Geek Date: An Afternoon of Tarot and Tea</b></div>
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This
geek date with Jen will include fancy tea and atmosphere at Asana teahouse, and
a lesson in Tarot Cards and their use as a tool for for personal insight. The
lesson will include a review of the history of Tarot cards, basic deck structure
and image/archetypal meanings as well as your very own personal Tarot reading.
Donated by Jen. <b>Value: Unstated</b></div>
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Geek Date: An Afternoon of Cross-Country Adventure, Mushroom Hunting,
and Picnic</b></div>
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An
afternoon cross country run or mountain bike ride through the Santa Cruz
mountains. Followed by some mushroom
hunting at a secret location for Craterellus or black chanterelles. Then a picnic before sunset with programmer
and bioinformatics student Jeff. Donated
by Jeff. <b>Value: Unstated</b></div>
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Geek Date: Wilder Ranch Machine Shop Exploration</b></div>
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Personal
tour of the Wilder Ranch machine shop including a working demonstration of the
original 1890 vintage machine tools powered by a 19th Century Pelton Water
Motor with Mike, a Wilder Ranch docent authorized to operate the shop
tools. Donated by Mike Dalbey. <b>Value:
Unstated</b></div>
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Voucher for the services of a Thankless Task Inspirationalist</b></div>
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Many of us have certain
tasks we despise doing. Among these are
dental and DMV visits, running errands, and cleaning out the
refridgerator. Ms. Gabriella offers her
help and companionship in performing any dreaded duty needing to scratch off
your to-do list. Donated by Ms.
Gabriella Ripley-Phipps. <b>Value: $15-135 Depending on task</b></div>
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Beer and Boxing with Thomas Edison</b></div>
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Set
sail on a voyage upon the high seas of malt liquor, and claim your rightful
place among the legions of broke-ass unappreciated pugilists. Join famed
southpaw Thomas Edison, AKA Finn, for a one on one boxing lesson with a
bottom-shelf 40oz beverage of your choice.
<b>2 hour lesson. </b>Donated by Finn. <b>Value:
Unstated</b></div>
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Charlie Brown Christmas Tree and Curious Gift of a Sustaining Nature for Off
Planet Travels</b></div>
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Good
Grief. Charlie Brown's Freaky Fantastic Christmas tree. This Uncertain Tree is
an exact replica of the tree from the famous cartoon, made of bendable wire
branches and plastic needles with a criss-cross wooden base. It comes with one
red ornament. Under this Distinguished and Inconceivable Tree you will find a
Curious Gift for Off Planet Travels that only the Winning Bidder can unwrap.
Will it be you? <b>. </b>Donated by Joyce
Anderson, Mysterious Benefactor. <b>Value:
Unstated</b></div>
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Limited Edition Woodcut Print: Lewis Caroll</b></div>
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He
reveled in the mathematical, the cryptic, the nonsensical, the whimsical, and
the fantastical. He stammered, maintained a disdain for little boys, and
created fantastical, puzzle-filled stories that have charmed boys and girls for
a few hundred years so far. He was Lewis Carroll, and his portrait can be yours
with this reductive woodcut print by Bonnie Jean Primbsch. Donated by Bonnie Primbsch. <b>Value:
$350</b></div>
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Limited Edition Woodcut Print:
Alice Through the Looking Glass, as the Queen of Hearts</b></div>
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Display
your admiration for Victorian nonsense with this woodcut homage to a
"children's literature" source of steampunk inspiration, Lewis
Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. Reductive
woodcut print by Bonnie Jean Primbsch. Donated
by Bonnie Primbsch. <b>Value: $275</b></div>
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Tattoo Design Consultation</b></div>
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A
30 minute consultation towards an original tattoo design and a professional
quality drawing of the design so that the auction winner can walk into a shop
with their design ready to go. this will be most useful for people who do not
want a chinese character, american flag, or tweety bird. this is a really good
deal for people who want something naturey like botanical subjects, birds, or
bones. Donated by Jessica Bender. <b>Value:
$100</b></div>
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<b>18 Blender 3D Tutoring</b></div>
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Blender
is an exciting and free software package available to anyone with computer
access and an imagination, and can be used to create short films, special
effects, 3D models, games and more. The learning curve is steep: but with the
help of experienced Blender animator Kathleen K, you can get a head start on
learning this unique program, or enhance your skills! <b>3
Blender lessons 1 hr each, plus ongoing support for questions and crises. </b>Donated by Kathleen K. <b>Value:
$90</b></div>
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Professional Photo Portrait by Insurgent Photo</b></div>
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A
professional photo portrait from a local social documentarian and
photojournalist. With a highly personal
style that dramatizes his subjects, Nick relies on strong compositions, a dark,
high-contrast style of printing, and the traditional full-frame approach to
both embolden the image and invigorate the viewer's bond with the themes. His work illustrates his affinity for and
intimacy with the subjects of his photography.
Donated by Insurgent Photo. <b>Value: $80</b></div>
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Deep Tissue Massage</b></div>
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A
one and a half hour deep tissue massage. Amy Courtney has studied at Twin Lake
College of the Healing Arts and Esalen Institute. Her best work is deep and
slow. Donated by Amy Courtney. <b>Value:
$80</b></div>
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Navman N40i Portable GPS Navigator</b></div>
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Never
get lost again as you navigate the suburban and urban wildlands. This Clever and Improbable Device
communicates with "satellites," flying machines circling high above
the Earth, to find out where it is and you are.
It also has built in cartographic capabilities. Donated by Weird Stuff Warehouse,
Sunnyvale. <b>Value: $75</b></div>
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The Architectonic Voltaic Lantern by Benjamin Osen</b></div>
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A
fine example of upcycling, this handsome electric lamp finely crafted from
discarded materials and evokes the forms
of its industrial origin. What mysteries lay hidden in the strange designs and
deep black pools of its four sides? Only a lengthy meditation in its soft
smokey light can reveal the true nature of this pillar of light. Donated by Benjamin Osen. <b>Value:
$70</b></div>
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<b>23 A
Selection of Wines from Brooks Family Vineyard</b></div>
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selection of wines from Brooks Vineyard.
2 Bottles of christian/meese cellars Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 <b>2
bottles. </b>Donated by Brooks
Vineyard. <b>Value: $70</b></div>
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"The Girl Particle," Art by Jennifer Fleming</b></div>
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Web
developer and graphic designer Jennifer Fleming offers this pen and ink
illustration entitled "The Girl Particle." <b>Paint
and Mixed Media on Wood Panel; 11x14".
</b>Donated by Jen Fleming. <b>Value: $60</b></div>
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Mfg.
since 2001 and inspired by a fever dream, Dr. Thunder’s Peachy Fire Whiskey is
made with the finest Kentucky Bourbon, Georgia peaches, and Thai dragon or Habanero
chilies. Like a sweet lingering punch in the mouth. <b>One
bottle per auction item. </b>Donated by
Wes. <b>Value: $30</b></div>
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Christina's Dreamy Walnut Wine</b></div>
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Walnut
wine is the perfect belly warmer for those cold nights. Traveling from the
Gallic states into Mediterranean Italy and France this peasant wine has passed
through the generations educating babies, providing free healthcare and
preventing poor craftsmanship from proliferating. Made with green walnuts and
fine cabernet sauvignon, organic demarara and vodka allow the wine to decant
normally though it is ready to drink from the bottle. Treat as a port. <b>1
bottle. </b>Donated by Christina. <b>Value:
$30</b></div>
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"Absorption of Varying Degrees" Limited Edition Intaglio Print
by Vince Waring</b></div>
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This
print was created through the Intaglio process of printmaking. The image is
incised into a protective film on a copper plate which is dipped in acid to
etch the metal in the exposed areas. The bitten areas allow ink to fill into
when spread across and then wiped off. When damp paper is applied to the plate
and sent through a press, the ink is drawn from the grooves and the surface by
the pressure and moisture onto the paper to create a mirror impression from the
copper plate. <b>7.5"x11.25". </b>Donated
by Vince Waring. <b>Value: $30</b></div>
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Cosmofactory Gift Certificate</b></div>
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Travelling
the seas and wrenching on that steam engine can really screw with your hair!
Use this gift certificate for all of your hair, skin, waxing, and nail
needs. <b>2 x $50 in envelopes. </b>Donated by Cosmofactory. <b>Value:
$50/each</b></div>
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Techno-Destruction: Nuke-rowave an IPOD</b></div>
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Remember
that old IPOD you had? The one that had
like an hour of charge and Apple wouldn't replace the battery for less than the
cost of a new one? The one the kept
rebooting inexplicably and suddenly? We
do. What happens when you microwave an
IPOD? Well, we'll find out and you get
to throw the switch. Donated by
Wes. <b>Value: $50</b></div>
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Techno-Destruction: A Perfect Phone for Masochists</b></div>
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I've
owned a dozen phones over the years and this is by far the worst phone
ever. Ever. This phone is nearly
impossible to use. From interface design, to performance, to features it is a
giant FAIL. Imagine using a dumbed-down version of Windows complete with a
microscopic start button on a screen the size of a credit card that
mis-calibrates every time you use it with the non-functional stylus. Here you
have the opportunity that I was looking forward to for half a year -- you get
to protect humanity from the LG Incite with your choice of a sledgehammer or a
microwave. Donated by Wes. <b>Value:
$50</b></div>
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<b>32 Techno-Destruction:
Office Space Fax Machine Revenge</b></div>
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"PC
LOAD LETTER" is the nonsensical term popularized by the film Office Space. The error message appears
frequently, frustrating the characters of the film to take revenge on the
malfunctioning FAX machine by destroying it in a vacant field with a baseball
bat, spawning a gazillion youtube parodies and remakes. Here you get to feel how good it is to be a
gangsta. Donated by . <b>Value:
$50</b></div>
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Dinner for Two at India Joze</b></div>
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A
dinner for two at Santa Cruz' beloved India Joze. Over the years, Jozseph Schultz has covered
immense culinary territory. His favorite dishes span the world and the history
of cooking. Lesser known is his tremendous support for radical projects and the
social justice movement. India Joze has
recently re-opened at 418 Front St and generously offered this dinner for two. Donated by Joe Schultz. <b>Value:
$50</b></div>
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<b>34
Copper and Turquoise Pendent</b></div>
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The
maker of this talisman traveled via caravan deep into the deserts of Arizona,
where she searched amongst the gathered rock mongers for the highest quality
stones. Charged with healing light energy, this hand polished free-form cab is
wrapped with aged copper for an Old World feel with an American West touch. Donated by kai. <b>Value:
$45</b></div>
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<b>35
Medu Hydromel from Eight Eleven Cellars</b></div>
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Medu
(Old English for honey) Hydromel (Greek for honey-wine or mead). This is the favored drink of the gods. Bubbly
and slightly sweet, like an awesome champagne, but made with honey. Brewed for
one and a half years. Perfect for
sealing unbreakable pacts. <b>3
bottles. </b>Donated by Cask. <b>Value:
$40</b></div>
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<b>36
Hard Apple Cider from Eight Eleven Cellars</b></div>
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Let these bottles of
liquid sunshine bring some light to your winter days. Each drop of this hard
apple cider was pressed from the glorious golden fruit of an abandoned orchard
near Sebastopol. This tasty local libation perfects any occasion. <b>3
bottles. </b>Donated by Cask. <b>Value:
$40</b></div>
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<b>37 A
Selection of Wines from Brooks Family Vineyard</b></div>
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Vinalia
(Nebbiolo) is a Napa Valley wine that resembles a classical Italian hillside
wine like Barolo. Fermented with yeast used in Italy and age the wine in double
barrels so it can mature for two years while keeping it's freshness. <b>1 bottle.
</b>Donated by Brooks Vineyard. <b>Value: $35</b></div>
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<b>38
Art by Russell Brutsche</b></div>
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Santa
Cruz artist Russell Brutsche loves socio-cultural ironies. Works such as this make painfully apt
juxtapositions that expose the social injustice of our everyday world. Donated by Russell Brutsche. <b>Value:
$30</b></div>
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<b>39
Handknit Hat by Jenn</b></div>
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Intricate
ranks of knots and purls will encase your crown in hand-made glory once you are
the proud occupant of this fine knit bit of millinery. Each strand of
sheeps' wool woven into this arcane
pattern pulses a verdant wildwood green, and its supple weave will accommodate
many cranial amplitudes. Donated by Jenn
Vicious. <b>Value: $30</b></div>
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<b>40
Enchanting Picnic with the Affected Ant</b></div>
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All
the elements for an Enchanting Excursion with Affected Ant. This Brave and
Reluctant Hero will take you down the road less traveled while recounting his
Wet and Woeful Adventures of Peril and Triumph. Food, wine, wine glasses,
coffee, a picnic blanket, an Affect Ant autographed copy of Moby Dick, and a
fantastic haircut included. <b>$50 Cosmo Factory cert; $15 Bagel Bucks +
shirt; $20 Firefly Café cert. </b>Donated
by Bagelry, Firefly Cafe, Cosmo Factory, and Thomas Hobbes. <b>Value:
$30</b></div>
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<b>41
Dramatic Photographic Portrait of Your Feline Friend</b></div>
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A
framed photograph of your cat by a local amateur photographer. Dramatic
lighting with grainy, black & white film. Other pets considered. Donated by Bryan. <b>Value:
$25</b></div>
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<b>42
Bent Spoke Bangles</b></div>
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Each
of the bicycle spokes used to create this bangly wingding lived a long and
perilous life of revolution. Wear each
proud steel curve as a monument to epic journeys and struggles past. This
remembrance was crafted entirely from materials bound for the refuse heap. Donated by kai. <b>Value:
$20</b></div>
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<b>43
"How to Seduce a Brazilian" Music Compilation</b></div>
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A
classy and stylish compilation of more than a 1GB of mp3s titled, "how to
seduce a Brazilian". This
collection features mostly Brazilian bossa nova tunes, but also some soothing
and deeply beautiful, political folk songs from Uruguay and a few other random
tidbits. The compilation contains 25 hours of outstanding chillout/makeout
music in Portuguese (and some in Spanish).
Donated by Jessica Bender. <b>Value: $20</b></div>
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<b>44
ComicDrive: A Immense Compilation of Dark, Intense Graphic Stories</b></div>
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A
poor student's compilation of Gigs of dark and intense graphic stories. "I love comics, but I'm picky. I never got into superhero comics, and I
don't really enjoy stuff unless I think the art is good. I generally like things that are in some way
dark. Intense. With a
good story and characters. Thanks to the internet, I've been able to explore
the realm of graphic stories to my hearts content!" A flash drive with Travis' favorite comics
and instructions on how to get more. Donated
by Travis. <b>Value: $20</b></div>
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<b>45
"Desert Rain" Moustache Wax</b></div>
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Made
from the finest healthful constituents, this firm wax is guaranteed to keep a
"Stiff Upper Lip". Stored in a
unique hexagonal glass vessel, 2oz of this naturally scented balsam will easily
fulfill your whiskery needs for months. Ingredients: Beeswax of local
extraction, oil of virgin olives, creosote bush ethically harvested from the
wilds of Arizona. <b>2 oz. </b>Donated by kai. <b>Value:
$10</b></div>
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<b>46 A
Can of Four Loko</b></div>
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A
liquid representation of the end of an era. Safeguarded in the backrooms of
liquor stores across the city due to political tension, this caffeinated
alcopop has started a culture war. For the first time since Prohibition, a
fresh malt liquor is being sought after for nearly sixteen times its market
value, with people offering to pay upward $50 for a 24-ounce can at Benicio's
liquor store. <b>artificial lemonade flavor. </b>Donated
by Bryan. <b>Value: $50</b></div>
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<b>47
"The Thinking Machine" Secret Inner Workings Are Revealed!</b></div>
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An
original colour lithographic work, printed by hand from limestone block and
ball-grained aluminum plate on fine hand dyed paper. Presented in a handsome
hand-crafted wooden frame, direct from a local tradesperson to you. <b>10"x11" </b>Donated by Ann Altstatt <b>Value:
$65</b></div>
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<b>48
An Excursion for Two on a Steam Railroad</b></div>
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Ride the Roaring Camp and
Big Trees Railroad with a friend through an old-growth Redwood forest to Bear
Mountain and back. <b>Two Tickets </b>Donated by
Roaring Camp Railroad <b>Value: $45</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Benefit Auction Rules</span></div>
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<h2>
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Before the
Auction</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Register
for the auction at the door when you come in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The
number on your ticket is your Bidder Number, so keep ahold of that.</span></div>
<h2>
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">During the
Auction</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">This
is a Thee Round Auction</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 81pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Round One bidding begins at 6pm and
ends at 7pm.</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 81pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Round Two bidding begins at 6pm and
ends at 8:15pm</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 81pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Round Three bidding begins at 6pm and
ends at 9:15pm</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 45pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Each
item is clearly marked 1, 2, or 3 to indicate the Round in which bidding
closes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Anyone
may bid and may bid on as many items as they wish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Bid
sheets are displayed near each item. Print your Bidder Number legibly on the
first available blank line. Please remember to read the descriptions carefully.
Some items have restrictions (i.e. age).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The
first bid must be at least the minimum. Use round dollar amounts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">To
raise the bid, it must be by at least the minimum increment on the bid sheet.
Use round dollar amounts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Be
sure that your bid is always the highest. Write new bids on the next available
line.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">If
the bid sheet fills up, additional sheets will be provided by auction monitors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">As
each Round of the bidding ends, make sure your final bids are made by then.</span></div>
<h2>
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">After the Auction</span></h2>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 45pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In
each Round, some of the auction winners will be announced. Please be aware that winning bids are neither
anonymous nor private.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> After the end of each Round is announced,
check the board near the entry door to see if you your bids have won.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Pay
for items at the end of the evening (about 9:45pm). Go to the cashier table in
the hall. Payment may be made by cash, check, or credit card. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Wining
auction items will not be available for pickup until after the last auction
item in the third and final Round is announced.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Payment
in full is required before you may receive your items.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Be
sure to read the back page of this catalogue for the fine print and important
tax information.</span></div>
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Join us for a spectacular & historic evening of unusual proportions. A costume benefit featuring an elegant three-course dinner, a semi-silent auction of most unusual items, stimulating music, and an exhibition boxing bout between Nikola Tesla and Tom Edison. A benefit for tech collectives Riseup and UBEW.<br />
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<span class="md-headline">Saturday December 11th, 2010</span><br />
SIX PM TO TEN PM<br />
PACIFIC CULTURAL CENTER<br />
1307 SEABRIGHT AVE, SANTA CRUZ</div>
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<a href="http://benefit.ubew.org/p/costuming.html">Historic Eveningwear</a> (late 19th Century Formal Wear and SteamPunk) <a href="http://benefit.ubew.org/p/costuming.html">strongly suggested</a>.<br />
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You are invited. It will, we believe, be quite an extraordinary affair.<br />
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an <span class="md-headline"><b>Elegant Three-Course Dinner</b></span>,<br />
with a <br />
<span class="md-headline"><b>Semi-Silent Auction of Unusual and Curious Items</b></span>, <br />
and finally resolving the infamous <br />
<span class="md-headline"><b>“War of the Currents”</b><br />
</span> after 100 years,<br />
<b>an Exhibition Prizefighting Match between</b><br />
<span class="md-headline"><b>Electrical Engineering Heavyweights</b></span><br />
<a rel="lightbox-set" title="A Prizefighting Exhibition Between Nikola Tesla and Tom Edison" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wrFpY2RB1Fprd63jNg3J7m0dlEl7X5P4XkuMExOdeqkUHXIrajeFuJ8lWViWMbDkbkgw-tIzLNLOhElW1bTUapMu0fv0bgnU0jHO_eZFO6gA0LsrmM0ncXHMNS5P9mvYJbjSXb2qkEo/s1600/tesla+edison.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="filter-sepia" data-pb-sepia-opacity="0.75" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535487960290529730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wrFpY2RB1Fprd63jNg3J7m0dlEl7X5P4XkuMExOdeqkUHXIrajeFuJ8lWViWMbDkbkgw-tIzLNLOhElW1bTUapMu0fv0bgnU0jHO_eZFO6gA0LsrmM0ncXHMNS5P9mvYJbjSXb2qkEo/s320/tesla+edison.png" style="display: block; height: 200px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
“Master of Lightning”<br />
<span class="lg-headline">Nikola Tesla</span><br />
and<br />
“Wizard of Menlo Park”<br />
<span class="lg-headline">Tom Edison</span><br />
<br />
<b>Sliding Scale Donation to support Riseup and UBEW</b><br />
<b>$20 - $35 before the event</b><br />
<b>$25 - $45 as the door</b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://benefit.ubew.org/p/tickets.html">Purchase tickets now online</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Spaces are limited. </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892354008528721680.post-73384064941351959552010-12-05T23:10:00.000-08:002010-12-09T00:40:58.773-08:00Statements from Mr. Tesla and Mr. Edison<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div class="md-headline">
Nikola Tesla</div>
<div class="sm-headline">
Engineer, Visionary, Pugilist, Mixed-Martial Artist</div>
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Weight: 150 pounds<br />
Hight 5'10"<br />
More than 800 U.S. Patents in his name <br />
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Nikola Tesla invented the radio, radar, and remote controls, discovered
quarks, was awarded over 800 patents, and developed alternating current
and the technology to use it.<br />
<br />
The humble gentleman-pugilist will be enclosed in the boxing ring with his
arch-nemesis, one-time employer, and rival inventor, one Thomas Edison.
While Thomas Edison was testing his electric chair on puppies and ponies,
Nikola Tesla dabbled in the eastern fighting arts, a kind of Oriental
boxing.
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<br />
About Mr. Edison, Mr. Tesla said, "He had no hobby, cared for no sort of amusement of any kind and lived
in utter disregard of the most elementary rules of hygiene. His
method was inefficient in the extreme, for an immense ground had to be
covered to get anything at all unless blind chance intervened and, at
first, I was almost a sorry witness of his doings, knowing that just a
little theory and calculation would have saved him 90% of the labour.
But he had a veritable contempt for book learning and mathematical
knowledge, trusting himself entirely to his inventor's instinct and
practical American sense."<br />
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<br />
"This Saturday, 11th of December of the year two thousand and ten, we
will brawl not to establish the superiority of our rival electrical
systems, but instead to put on display for the viewing public, the
megalomania, sadism, and dastardly under-handedness of Thomas Edison, capitalist." <br />
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<div class="md-headline">
Thomas Edison</div>
<div class="sm-headline">
Engineer, Businessman, Pugilist</div>
<br />
Weight: 152 pounds<br />
Hight 5'8"<br />
More than 800 U.S. Patents in his name<br />
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More coming soon...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892354008528721680.post-68720527643716221902010-12-03T13:00:00.000-08:002010-12-06T13:04:00.552-08:00A Word on Fashionable Dress<div class="md-headline" style="text-align: center;">
Imaginative Historic Evening Wear Highly Suggested</div>
Certainly a memorable evening will begin with careful preparation. As such, The Organizers of this event firmly suggest that attendees put Thought and Imagination into their evening wear at this Unusual Event.
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If we may, let us suggest historically-inspired costumery, including 19th Century and Victorian evening wear, daywear, or sporting attire, <a href="http://benefit.ubew.org/2010/11/steampunk.html">SteamPunk</a> and its Many Derivatives.
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Here are some resources that might be helpful:<br />
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<h2>
What is Steampunk?</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://benefit.ubew.org/2010/11/steampunk.html" >The User's Guide to Steampunk</a> by author Bruce Sterling</li>
<li><a href="http://www.steampunkmagazine.com/pdfs/SPM1-web.pdf" target="_new">"What Then, Is Steampunk? colonizing the past so that we can dream the future"</a> from Steampunk Magazine (a PDF)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.tor.com/blogs/2009/10/steampunk-101" target="_new">Steampunk 101</a></li>
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Guides to Costuming</h2>
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<li><a href="http://www.victorianweb.org/art/costume/costumeov.html" target="_new">What Victorians Wore</a> from the Victorian Web. A very good guide to Men's and Women's fashions</li>
<li><a href="http://handcar-regatta.com/2009/09/13/choklits-regatta-costume-guide/" target="_new">Choklit’s Regatta Costume Guide</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.threadbanger.com/episode/THR_20080829" target="_new">
How to make a Steampunk Outfit</a> from Threadbanger</li>
<li><a href="http://brassgoggles.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=17222.0" target="_new">VR guide to steampunk costumes on the cheap</a></li>
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<h2>
Women's Fashion</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://trulyvictorian.com/catalog/catalog1.html" target="_new">Truly Victorian Pattern Catalog</a>. Full scale and hand drafted garment patterns, using historical principles and techniques.<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.tudorlinks.com/treasury/freepatterns/" target="_new">Period Clothing Patterns and Cutting Diagrams</a>.
Reproduced from original period patterns and from cutting diagrams
found in English, French and American publications of the 19th and early
20th centuries.</li>
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<h2>
Men's Fashion</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.gentlemansemporium.com/victorian-clothing-guide.php" target="_blank">Dressing the Part - A Victorian Genteman's Personal Guide</a> from Gentleman's Emporium</li>
<li><a href="http://centuryofthebeard.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Century of the Beard</a>. Victorian and Edwardian Beards as the Apex of Gentlemanly Adornments.<br />
</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ftmguide.org/facialhair.html" target="_new">Hudson's Guide: Facial Hair: Growth and Grooming </a></li>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892354008528721680.post-1347969001347137572010-12-02T17:14:00.000-08:002010-12-02T19:01:06.075-08:00Handbills, Posters, and Ephemera AvailableThe Organizers of this Event have made available to you a full set of Handbills, Posters, and other ephemera. They are available here in our <a href="http://benefit.ubew.org/p/press.html">section for the ladies and gentlemen of the press</a>.<br />
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This is the latest in the collection of ephemera.<br />
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<a href="http://benefit.ubew.org/p/press.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi806JqNukhhidomQAF-R7yCZ5bf8crlEILrOWffB_1nX0lrJYOHoqWkLQnrjYV6uIieZxLmWG_pyDfZbf_ONzT-DfLHChicKiMLp71FCXnaNbGyAMZbtuSO0c8CouesTlvvA0fNmLI4m8/s640/UBEW-Riseup-Benefit-Top-Hat.jpg" width="494" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892354008528721680.post-35253101398746564612010-11-28T16:51:00.000-08:002010-11-29T14:25:52.483-08:00A Peek at the Silent Auction<div class="md-headline">
Semi-Silent Auction of Unusual and Curious Items</div>
A
silent auction is a variant of an English auction where bids are
written on a sheet of paper. At the predetermined end of the auction the
highest listed bidder wins the item. This auction is often used in
charity events, with many items auctioned simultaneously with a common
finish time.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKCoxn3S6zbRkV_fGiloeyDgldMha-rMg1jkyxRAxpaHK6nx2h7-DmWZYvHYrzSMPjF_B4XagYqbJ5mWxUe7Jb0LDXEbQr240A_TdUfojc-RQf2P9UH87fdhW_mTIZKabSCe-ZWN3SwR0/s640/IMG_6762.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="lightbox-set" title="Limited Edition Woodcut Print: Alice Through the Looking Glass, as the Queen of Hearts"><img border="0" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKCoxn3S6zbRkV_fGiloeyDgldMha-rMg1jkyxRAxpaHK6nx2h7-DmWZYvHYrzSMPjF_B4XagYqbJ5mWxUe7Jb0LDXEbQr240A_TdUfojc-RQf2P9UH87fdhW_mTIZKabSCe-ZWN3SwR0/s200/IMG_6762.JPG" /></a>
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Our Semi-Silent auction will occur in three
phases, with the most Interesting, Intriguing, and Valuable items in the
third and final phase. It is “Semi-Silent” in that there is no
auctioneer, but the names of winning bidders in Phases Two and Three
will be announced to the Thrill of All.<br />
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Many excellent people and organizations have donated fine and interesting items to our auction.<br />
<a name='more'></a><i>Par example</i>:<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li>Interactive Art by Kyle McKinley</li>
<li>Dinner for Two at India Joze</li>
<li>Geek Date: An Evening of Gothic Horror Adventure with Wes</li>
<li>Geek Date: An Evening of Firefly with Alex</li>
<li>A Selection of Fine Wines from Brooks Family Vineyard</li>
<li>Professional Photo Portrait by Insurgent Photo</li>
<li>Art by Russell Brutsche</li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li>Upcycled Bike Jewelry by TheInnerWorks</li>
<li>Steam-punk Jewelry by Mai Swift</li>
<li>Blender 3D Tutoring</li>
<li>Limited Edition Woodcut Prints by Bonnie Jean Primbsch</li>
<li>Artisan Handcrafted Voltaic Lantern by Benjamin Osen</li>
<li>ComicDrive: A Immense Compilation of Dark, Intense Graphic Stories</li>
<li>Dr. Thunder's Peachy Fire Whiskey</li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li>Deep Tissue Massage by Amy Courtney</li>
<li>Techno-Destruction: Nuke-rowave an IPOD</li>
<li>Techno-Destruction: Evil Smart Phone LG Incite</li>
<li>Geek Date: An Afternoon of Tarot and Tea with Jen</li>
<li>Techno-Destruction: Office Space Fax Machine Revenge</li>
<li>Hard Apple Cider from Eight Eleven Cellars</li>
<li>Geek Date: An Afternoon of Cross-Country Adventure, Mushroom Hunting, and Picnic with Jeff</li>
<li>Art by Jennifer Fleming</li>
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If you are interested in donating items to the Semi-Silent Auction, please contact <a href="mailto:ubew000-at-gmail.com">ubew000@gmail·com</a><br />
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The Fine Print</h2>
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(All this stuff will be on the auction catalog, so don't sweat it... unless, of course, you like to sweat these kind of things.)<br />
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<li>Phase One bidding begins at 6pm and ends at 7pm.
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<li>Phase Two bidding begins at 6pm and ends at 8:15pm
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<li>Phase Three bidding begins at 6pm and ends at 9:15pm
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<li>Anyone may bid and may bid on as many items as they wish.
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<li>Bid sheets are displayed near each item. Print your name and contact
info legibly on the first available blank line. Please remember to read
the descriptions carefully. Some items have restrictions (i.e. age).
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<li>The first bid must be at least the minimum. Use round dollar amounts.
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<li>Be sure that your bid is always the highest. Write new bids on the next available line.
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<li>Be sure to read the back page of this catalogue for the fine print and important tax information.
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<li>Your generosity supports radical tech collectives Riseup and UBEW.
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By Bruce Sterling</span><br />
<small>July 11, 2008 </small><br />
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People like steampunk for two good reasons. First, it's a great opportunity to dress up in a cool, weird way that baffles the straights. Second, steampunk set design looks great. The Industrial Revolution has grown old. So machines that Romantics considered satanic now look romantic.<br />
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If you like to play dress-up, good for you. You're probably young, and, being young, you have some identity issues. So while pretending to be a fireman, or a doctor, or a lawyer, or whatever your parents want you to be, you should be sure to try on a few identities that are totally impossible. Steampunk will help you, because you cannot, ever, be an authentic denizen of the 19th century. You will meet interesting people your own age who share your vague discontent with today's status quo. Clutch them to your velvet-frilled bosom, because you will learn more from them than you ever will from your teachers.<br />
<div class="pullquote">Steampunk’s key lessons are not about the past. They are about the instability and obsolescence of our own times.</div>
Stretching your self-definition will help you when, in later life, you are forced to become something your parents could not even imagine. This is a likely fate for you. Your parents were born in the 20th century. Soon their 20th century world will seem even deader, weirder and more remote than the 19th. The 19th-century world was crude, limited and clanky, but the 20th-century world is calamitously unsustainable. I would advise you to get used to thinking of all your tools, toys and possessions as weird oddities destined for the recycle bin. Imagine starting all over with radically different material surroundings. Get used to that idea.<br />
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If you are European, you may further realize that you are surrounded by an ever-growing European "museum economy" that sells your heritage as a "heritage industry." Familiarity with steampunk will certainly help you here. The heritage industry does not sell heritage, because heritage is inherently unsellable. Instead, it sells the tourist-friendly, simplified, Photoshopped, price-tagged, Disneyized version of heritage. Steampunk is great at mocking and parodizing this activity. That's what makes steampunk a thoroughly contemporary act.<br />
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This dress-up costume play and these subcultural frolics will amuse and content 90 percent of the people involved in steampunk.<br />
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However, you may possibly be one of those troublesome 10 percent guys, not just in the scene but creating a scene. Frankly, the heaviest guys in the steampunk scene are not really all that into "steam." Instead, they are into punk. Specifically, punk's do-it-yourself aspects and its determination to take the means of production away from big, mind-deadening companies who want to package and sell shrink-wrapped cultural product.<br />
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Steampunks are modern crafts people who are very into spreading the means and methods of working in archaic technologies. If you meet a steampunk craftsman and he or she doesn't want to tell you how he or she creates her stuff, that's a poseur who should be avoided. Find the creative ones who want to help you, and who don't leave you feeling hollow, drained and betrayed. They exist. You might be one.<br />
<div class="pullquote">If you meet a steampunk craftsman and he or she doesn’t want to tell you how he or she creates her stuff, that’s a poseur who should be avoided.</div>
Steampunk began as a literary movement -- for some reason no one understands, it started with young Californian fantasists writing about Victorian Great Britain, specifically James P. Blaylock, Tim Powers and K. W. Jeter. This guy Jeter made up the term "steampunk." He made no money doing that, and you've likely never heard of him before now. I doubt this much bothers Jeter. Jeter was a major disciple of Philip K. Dick, so he always understood the inherent limits of bourgeois mundane reality.<br />
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Nowadays steampunk is not about historical pastiche with a sci-fi twist, because, although that's interesting, there's not a whole lot of room for literary maneuver there. Steampunk has become popular now because it is no longer just fiction. It is an international design and technology effort. Steampunk a counterculture arts and crafts movement in a 21st century guise.<br />
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If this idea makes your heart beat faster, I can save you a lot of trouble by recommending one brief essay called "On the Nature of the Gothic" by John Ruskin, the greatest design critic of the original steam era. Go read it. Read this manifesto with great care because it was the seed of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, William Morris wallpaper, Aubrey Beardsley Yellow Book decadence, romantic-nationalist architecture and about a thousand other things most steampunks would consider very cool.<br />
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Ruskin wrote an extremely influential and important essay which changed the world. Everything Ruskin says in that essay is wrong. The ideas in there don't work, have never worked and are never going to work. If you try to do the things Ruskin described in the spirit that Ruskin suggested, you are doomed.<br />
<div class="pullquote">When we trifle, in our sly, Gothic, grave-robbing fashion, with archaic and eclipsed technologies, we are secretly preparing ourselves for the death of our own tech.</div>
However. If you try to do those things in a steampunk spirit, you might get somewhere useful. Steampunks are equipped with a number of creative tools and approaches that John Ruskin never imagined, such as design software, fabricators, Instructables videos, websites, wikis, cellphones, search engines and etsy.com. Successful steampunks are not anti-industrial as Ruskin was. They are digital natives and therefore post-industrial. This means that they can make their own, brand-new, fresh mistakes -- if they understand the old mistakes well enough not to repeat them.<br />
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Steampunk's key lessons are not about the past. They are about the instability and obsolescence of our own times. A host of objects and services that we see each day all around us are not sustainable. They will surely vanish, just as "Gone With the Wind" like Scarlett O'Hara's evil slave-based economy. Once they're gone, they'll seem every bit as weird and archaic as top hats, crinolines, magic lanterns, clockwork automatons, absinthe, walking-sticks and paper-scrolled player pianos.<br />
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We are a technological society. When we trifle, in our sly, Gothic, grave-robbing fashion, with archaic and eclipsed technologies, we are secretly preparing ourselves for the death of our own tech. Steampunk is popular now because people are unconsciously realizing that the way that we live has already died. We are sleepwalking. We are ruled by rapacious, dogmatic, heavily-armed fossil-moguls who rob us and force us to live like corpses. Steampunk is a pretty way of coping with this truth.<br />
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The hero of the funeral is already dead. He has no idea what is happening. A funeral is theater for the living.<br />
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Steampunk is funereal theater. It's a pageant. A pageant selectively pumps some life into the parts of the past that can excite us, such as the dandified gear of aristocrats, peculiar brass gadgets, rather stilted personal relationships and elaborate and slightly kinky underwear. Pageants repress the aspects of the past that are dark, gloomy, ugly, foul, shameful and catastrophic. But when you raise the dead, they bring their baggage.<br />
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There's not a lot we can do about the past; but we should never despair of it, because, as Czeslaw Milosz wisely said, the past takes its meaning from whatever we do right now. The past has a way of sticking to us, of sticking around, of just plain sticking. Even if we wrap the past around us like a snow-globe, so as to obscure our many discontents with our dangerous present, that willful act will change our future. Because that's already been tried. It was tried repeatedly. Look deep enough, try not to flinch, and it's all in the record. So: never mock those who went before you unless you have the courage to confront your own illusions.<br />
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The past is a kind of future that has already happened.<br />
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<i>Bruce Sterling is the author of the landmark Steampunk book </i>The Difference Engine<i> as well as numerous influential cyperpunk and science fiction classics.</i> </blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892354008528721680.post-48694257500416974692010-11-24T17:44:00.000-08:002010-11-24T18:24:49.970-08:00An Elegant Three-Course DinnerAn Historic Elegant Dinner will be served in Three Courses. The vegetarian meal will feature fresh seasonal produce from local farms and orchards.<br />
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The Menu is a work-in-progress, but the Chefs have allowed us to give you a peek at the menu:<br />
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<li>Leafy Green Winter Salad with Persimmon</li>
<li>Roasty Grilly Brussels Sprouts with Fancy Oil and Garlic</li>
<li>Savory Wild Mushroom Bread Pudding<a name='more'></a></li>
<li>Red Lentil Dal</li>
<li>Wine Scalloped Potatoes with Fresh Sauerkraut</li>
<li>Baked Apples with Cloves and Winter Spices</li>
<li>Homemade Pumpkin Pie</li>
<li>Persimmon Cake</li>
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<span class="md-headline"><b>THRILL</b></span><br />
<b>to the Exhibition Prizefighting Match between</b><br />
<span class="md-headline"><b>Electrical Engineering Heavyweights</b></span></div>
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“Master of Lightning”<br />
<span class="lg-headline">Nikola Tesla</span><br />
and<br />
“Wizard of Menlo Park”<br />
<span class="lg-headline">Tom Edison</span></div>
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<h2>
Proposed Rules</h2>
These rules are based on those of the London Prize Ring circa 1841, updated for modern recreational contests in the Manly Art of Pugilism.<br />
<ol>
<li>The arena shall be square between 24 and 14 feet, with the smaller rings providing a move “aggressive" contest. The contest to be held either in a boxing ring, MMA cage, or on mats should a ring not be available. A line (“the scratch") shall be marked or taped in the center of the arena.</li>
<li>A fair and impartial umpire shall be present in the ring to referee the contest and ensure fair play.</li>
<li>Both pugilists being ready, each shall proceed to that side of the scratch closest to his corner.</li>
<li>It shall be decided before the contest the length of a round, either timed or until one man is down, either as a result of having been thrown or knocked down or until one man surrenders by tap-out or by calling “hold!"</li>
<li>After each round there shall be a rest period of thirty seconds (unless otherwise agreed upon). The umpire appointed shall then call “time;" either pugilist failing to be at the scratch within eight seconds, shall be deemed to have surrendered the battle.</li>
<li>It shall be “a fair stand-up fight," and no pugilist shall deliberately fall down without receiving a blow; but this rule shall not apply to a pugilist who slips down from the opponent's grasp to avoid punishment during a clinch.</li>
<li>Headbutting shall be deemed foul, and the party resorting to this practice shall be deemed to have lost the battle.</li>
<li>A pugilist with one knee and one hand on the ground, or with both knees on the ground, shall be deemed down; and a blow given in either of those positions shall be considered foul, providing always, that when in such position, the pugilist so down shall not himself strike or attempt to strike.</li>
<li>Any blow struck below the waistband shall be deemed foul, and seizing an antagonist below the waist, by the thigh or otherwise, shall be deemed foul.</li>
<li>All attempts to inflict injury by gouging and biting shall be deemed foul.</li>
<li>That kicking, or deliberately falling on an antagonist with the knees or otherwise when down, shall be deemed foul.</li>
<li>That striking with the elbows or forearms, or using the knees to strike the antagonist while both pugilists are standing, shall be deemed legal only by agreement between all parties prior to the match (a.k.a. “Oriental Rules")</li>
<li>That unsportsmanlike behavior including swearing shall be deemed foul.</li>
<li>That all stage fights be as nearly as possible in conformity with the foregoing rules.</li>
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<b>Equipment:</b><br />
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Mouthguard<br />
Cup<br />
12 oz boxing or MMA gloves<br />
Headgear (optional)<br />
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<blockquote>“UBEW, a local radical tech collective in Santa Cruz, California, is hosting a joint benefit for Riseup, a non-profit provider of tech services to the radical community. It promises to be a spectacular & historic evening of unusual proportions. A costume benefit featuring an elegant three-course dinner, a semi-silent auction of most unusual items, stimulating music, and an exhibition boxing bout between Nikola Tesla and Tom Edison, resolving the Historic ‘War of the Currents.’ The event happens on the evening of December 11th at the Pacific Cultural Center. Tickets are available now for $20 to $35 and space is limited. Historic eveningwear is strongly encouraged. One can get more information on the Aetherweb at benefit.ubew.org”</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892354008528721680.post-44534851713855693252010-11-09T16:58:00.000-08:002010-11-17T11:14:50.238-08:00An Evening of Unusual Proportions... a benefit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="lightbox-set" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgysMym5tHBFOyaVJRGBp2riLQVhMneUo4eYlgT38MjXXl3GnvAkMMYTTsfxM3jKAq1c_teL0tAPY2E3HsUqEjhSBMD96MJXA4Cb0NbWkSe5JB53NT5FSgrpSbLI0Dp78UiDJpJihR13HE/s1600/UBEW-Riseup+Benefit+Flier+Old-timey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgysMym5tHBFOyaVJRGBp2riLQVhMneUo4eYlgT38MjXXl3GnvAkMMYTTsfxM3jKAq1c_teL0tAPY2E3HsUqEjhSBMD96MJXA4Cb0NbWkSe5JB53NT5FSgrpSbLI0Dp78UiDJpJihR13HE/s640/UBEW-Riseup+Benefit+Flier+Old-timey.jpg" width="388" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892354008528721680.post-14576049641964281632010-11-09T16:00:00.000-08:002010-11-18T22:56:18.740-08:00An Extraordinary Evening<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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