Providence, R.I. -- Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee said Monday he was open to using eminent domain to seize the site of a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people so families of the victims and survivors could build a memorial on it.
The blaze at The Station nightclub in West Warwick on Feb. 20, 2003, was set off when pyrotechnics for the band Great White set fire to flammable foam that lined the club's walls. Three people were convicted in the blaze: club owners Jeffrey and Michael Derderian and Great White tour manager Daniel Biechele, who lit the pyrotechnics.
The Station Fire Memorial Foundation has been working for years to build a permanent memorial on the land, which has hosted a makeshift memorial with homemade crosses and other items, since shortly after the fire. But the land is owned by a private company, and efforts by the foundation to get the owner...
The blaze at The Station nightclub in West Warwick on Feb. 20, 2003, was set off when pyrotechnics for the band Great White set fire to flammable foam that lined the club's walls. Three people were convicted in the blaze: club owners Jeffrey and Michael Derderian and Great White tour manager Daniel Biechele, who lit the pyrotechnics.
The Station Fire Memorial Foundation has been working for years to build a permanent memorial on the land, which has hosted a makeshift memorial with homemade crosses and other items, since shortly after the fire. But the land is owned by a private company, and efforts by the foundation to get the owner...
- 9/17/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
There was a sorta kinda funny piece about Sex and the City 2 over at the Huffington Post recently by humorist Tim Siedell, A Review of Sex and the City 2 by Someone Who Doesn't Know Anything About It. Siedell has drawn some ire from the girl geek community for writing, "First off, ladies, I get it. It's your Star Wars. The opening credits make your tummy tickle the same way the Star Wars theme, to this day, gives me a boner. I understand. A pair of expensive shoes worn by Carrie is just like a metallic bikini worn by Princess Leia. Bonerfreakingopolis." I'll give you a moment to recover from that mental image. As many fabulously smart ladies such as Tracy King at Skepchick and Geek Girl Diva pointed out, erm, sometimes the ladies like Star Wars better than SaTC, and sometimes we even like both!
And for those...
And for those...
- 6/7/2010
- by Jenni Miller
- Cinematical
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