Great photos Ms. Garner! Those of us born in raised in California forget how incredibly lucky we are to have all this fresh produce easily available straight from the farm, Sacramento is a beautiful region and these photos help showcase this fact!

(commeting from iphone, please excuse typos) This studio is likely a classic example of failure to recognize a margin of profit. I have always been interested in doing Tango by the River classes but find the supply limited by its prices and structure and by limited I mean the demand for such is limited and narrow. They're just not being realistic with pricing and availability etc. Tango by The River offering a one tim e work shop or date night class that's not $50 but instead something simple like $25 for two people or 15$ for one person just for that single session would lend itself to great date nights in Old Sacrametno. Or esignating a day of "open studio" evnings like a Tuesday or Monday night where anyone who pays $10 at the door can dgo in and either show off, or practice, or get some basic pracice, or partner up with soemone else looking to tango. To limit the options to just a monthly discounted night, or soelely montly packages limits the scope of people willing to come in and try it otu and eventually get hooked. The niche that this studio covers right now is jsut too small- it first needs to help breed a base of tango and dancing enthusiasts, from regular people too- not just those already into the arts and dance. There are so many people that can be tapped into- from those looking to meet new people (think advertising as a studio to meet potential suitotrs and friends), and those always looking for alternative fitness methods (those who enjoy everything from zumba to pipeworks), and those who simply love dance and envy those they watch on Dancing with the Stars. Even their pizza fundraiser - $25? I can buy my own pizza at home AND still donate to the studio for that price. I hope to see this studio survive- and thrive. Good luck TBTR!

Great note on the MPAA. I am still baffled by our rating system here, and while I only took one film humanities class to fulfill a GE requirement for my degree – I found this topic fascinating and did my final project on this and the idea of censorship. I am curious and fascinated as to why this film is found more disturbing than others though any more from other epic novel blockbusters like Harry Potter and Twilight – or even some of the common shows you see that are popular with our youth these days. I also find the “adult” standard we have set – 18 years old – to be a strange phenomenon. Children fighting children til the death- isn’t that what we do already today? If my little brother is killed by someone else’s little brother halfway around the world- how is he any more or less absent from my life if it was done as a sport or an act of war? We could pick through and scrutinize everything we do as sports and games and find something disturbing and excessive. I know of a local high school girl playing as a soccer goalkeeper despite two concussions because she is pushing for a soccer scholarship since who knows that may be her only way to pay for school- yet any time you turn on the NFFL network or ESPN they discuss how professional NFL athletes are showing more and more how dangerous it is to suffer multiple concussions and how much high risk of depression and other effects are incurred. This is a more mild case of how parents and society pushes kids to the limits and puts them endanger in exchange for entertainment or glory – I could write an entire novel on these examples! I agree, this is a disturbing concept which is what makes it so provocative. I find all books and films (glad you mentioned Never Let Me Go) that push the theories of ethics and question the futuristic and potential “what ifs” are some of the most powerful. I do not think it should be criticized for it if not praised for it. The element of questioning ethics is necessary to distinguish this film from just being another film like “Mortal Kombat” which is a joke. Again, beautiful allusion to the film “Bully” and just how twisted we can shape our younger generation, but try not to lose any sleep over the young kids playing a game of gladiator, or any of the disturbing fundamental themes of all films worth watching because if you did then you’d never be able to watch ANYTHING unless it was put on by PBS and featured talking animals and puppets so as not to offend you!

Jim Michael- you are correct in both counts but that was not the purpose of mentioning both. SF stadium turned area around. I hope to see the same downtown. Austin has huge draw because of their many ENTERTAINMENT events - that city would not be on the map of places to go, and places to be, without the appeal they've created. -I feel Sacramento has this potential. And I am with you- I don't get why they're mad for questioning and being concerned. I think what upset supporters of ESC was the fact that had the council had 5 "no" votes it would've stopped all potential ESC items dead in its tracks and the NBA and nation would have checked out immediately. Harsh, but true. I think every but the Mayor had their reserved "yes" votes because they do want to strike a balance between being progressive and getting something exciting like this going without losing sight of what is important. Only time will tell how this will truly pan out. In the mean time, Sacramento rallying together and showing optismism is what the City needs through everything to come out ahead.

Evak- first of all, you just tried to compare the Astrodome to a new state of the art facility. So I already question your facts to begin with let alone your math. Bottom line is- numbers can be turned and tweaked and presented how you'd like. Instead I'm looking at the greater picture, and seeing how companies like Facebook are putting buildlings in cities like Austin, TX. How the stadium for the SF Giants turned a very industrial (much like the landscape of Alkali Flats for example) into a flourishing area of SF. I want that for our downtown. -I do however agree that there were indeed pressure and scare tactics from the Maloofs but if that's what it takes, so be it, I'd rather see the City get their rears moving on a project rather than sitting around and talking about it for decades on our taxpaying tabs! Secondly, to Kenneth - I feel your pain, I wish we weren't cornered to making this move now, but if we don't we lose a huge part of our regional marketing value- and every single sucessful product and City that has appeal out there has immense marketing and advertising value. My only disagreement is that it wasn't entirely the Maloofs fault we were forced to at this time (albeit I do have your same sentiment towards them!) The City and all of us saw this coming, a decision -if any- to finally commit to a long-term project like this would not happen until we absolutely had to, in good times or bad.