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Hoosiers are Not Well (Especially Around South Bend)

http://jconline.com/article/20090312/NEWS09/90312012

According to a wire report I saw in the Journal & Courier, Indiana ranks 5th to last in a new nationwide survey of well-being that queries people on mental, physical and economic health. We are ahead of West Virginia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio and Arkansas. Ohio surprises me, but the rest of those are traditionally dead-end states that Indiana probably doesn't want to emulate.

 The survey broke findings down by congressional district. Indiana's 2nd District, home to South Bend, ranked 423rd out of the 435 districts nationwide for overall well-being. It ranked last for healthy behavior.

In general, the highest well-being scores came from states in the West, while the lowest were concentrated in the South.

An explanation for the survey is here. More information is available here.

 These new, state-level data are the results from The AHIP State and Congressional District Resource for Well-Being. The Well-Being Index score for the nation and for each state is an average of six sub-indexes, which individually examine life evaluation, healthy behaviors, work environment, physical health, emotional health, and access to basic necessities. The questions in each sub-index are asked nightly of 1,000 national adults, aged 18 and older.

My own district, the fourth district, has the best well-being rank in the state leading in work quality and access to basic necessities. This isn't exactly high praise, however, since that puts us at 240th out of the 435 congressional districts. Healthy behavior, however, is where Indiana really seems to fall apart. The Fourth District ranks 2nd in terms of Indiana's Congressional Districts for healthy behavior, but nationally it is 393rd. Indiana is 48th out of 50 in terms of healthy behavior. Only Kentucky and Mississippi are worse. Generally speaking, this means we eat poorly, we smoke too much, and we don't exercise. Maybe we should rethink opposition to things like smoking bans and health information on menus. I'm a little surprised at how aggravated being this low on a pretty controllable aspect of the index makes me. Don't smoke, eat better, and exercise, after all, are things that are within all of our power.

This is actually a really great blog, so despite the fact that I've linked the whole blog entry here, I definitely recommend checking out the rest of it. Despite where I work, I get more information about politics in my region from this blog than from the people I work for. Which is saying something.
But yes. People in Indiana? Not healthy.


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Marking the 100th day since Flight MH370 went missing, Malaysia Airlines on Sunday issued a grief-laden statement saying they "feel the families' pain"
"Despite the best efforts and resources over the last 100 days, this most extensive search in history has still not found answers," the statement said.
"Our thoughts and prayers remain with the families of the 239 persons on board the flight. The families has been on our minds throughout these past 100 days, and will continue to do for a long while to come. We feel the families' pain; we miss our colleagues and friends on board MH370. We feel the families' anguish, and like them, Malaysia Airlines continues to hope and seek answers that will bring us closer to finding out what happened to MH370."
The Boeing 777 was carrying 239 passengers and crew on March 8 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it disappeared.
The search for MH370 spanning the Indian Ocean Australia has exceeded $8 million and is expected to be the costliest in aviation search history. A search by a commercial operator set for August could take up to a year and cost an additional $60 million.
Families of missing passengers have begun receiving payments of $50,000 each.
The statement from Malaysia Airlines expressed gratitude for the governments and agencies of Malaysia, Australia, China and other nations that have assisted in the painstaking search.
"It has been the longest and most painful 100 days in Malaysia Airlines' history," the company said.

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Columbia Univ. raises $6.1B in capital campaign
NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University has raised a whopping $6.1 billion in its most recent capital campaign.
The Ivy League school in New York City started the fundraising in 2006 and finished at the end of last year.
Columbia President Lee Bollinger said in an email to alumni Thursday that more than $1 billion of the new funds will go toward student financial aid, and another $1 billion for dozens of new campus projects, including the school's expansion into its West Harlem neighborhood.
Columbia is not the only American university with lofty fundraising goals. Harvard wants to raise $6.5 billion by 2018.
Bollinger says the money for Columbia came from donors in about 140 countries.


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I've been HIV positive for 20 years, 10 of them without any HIV meds; and for the last 10 years I have been on HIV medication. If I could go back 20 years, I wouldn't change a thing. I really believe (and this is only my opinion) that not taking the high dosages of AZT (Retrovir, zidovudine) that were offered 20 years ago saved my life.
Not everyone should wait this long to get on meds. All bodies are different. My T-cell count went down to a dangerous 39; that is when I said "It is time." I always follow my heart and gut instincts.
I was on Trizivir (AZT/3TC/abacavir) for the past 10 years. Recently I had another gut instinct: I said "Enough of Trizivir." The reason for this is because of the AZT in it, conversations with friends and of course my HIV specialist! Although my viral load was undetectable, I really felt it was time for a change ... and so I did.
I was put on Atripla (efavirenz/tenofovir/FTC), which was what I'd wanted. I made the best decision for me. Less than a month and half later my T cells are now 399 -- they have never been so high! And my CD4 percentage went from 22 percent to 27 percent, which is awesome! I am still undetectable and very blessed.
So the one piece of advice I would give myself would've been the same -- I wouldn't change a thing. Now for those newly diagnosed: Things are different now! You have more options. You shouldn't wait till your immune system is destroyed like mine was. Take your meds and live a healthy and positive lifestyle. Please find a doctor you can communicate with and listens to you. Be proactive with your illness; and most important; do your research! These are our bodies, and we are in a learning process along with our doctors.
This is the key to living a healthy life with HIV/AIDS: Don't minimize the illness! If you don't take care of yourself and do what you are supposed to do, you can get very ill and even die. All of this is preventable!
Please love yourself and take your Meds when you and your doctor feel it is time for you to start. It will be hard at the beginning; you may feel sick while the body adapts to the medication. This is normal. But after that you will start to feel better, and with the HIV medications your immune system will have help against the virus.
Life is beautiful! And again, keep yourself healthy until the cure comes!
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In the early Nineties the industry had high hopes for Christian Francis Roth, who, along with Isaac Mizrahi, Victor Alfaro and Todd Oldham, was considered one of that decade's hot emerging talents. But like many of his contemporaries, the creator of crayon-print dresses and dollar-bill frocks struggled with finances and was forced to shut down his business in 1995. Now, after garnering experience designing for Nordstrom and Anne Klein, among others, Roth is ready to step into the spotlight again. At New York Fashion Week in September he'll unveil Francis by Christian Francis Roth, an upscale contemporary line. "This collection maintains all the fun detailing and conversational concepts of the collections I used to do," he told WWD. After the launch, Roth hopes to resurrect his namesake designer collection too.
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Sunday Casual/Intro Ride [NO RIDE TODAY]
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- Sun, 24. December 2017, 10:00
- Where:
- Red Lion, Earlswood - Earlswood
- Category:
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A casual ride of about 20-25 miles for regular riders wanting a shorter ride for a few hours on a Sunday and for potential newcomers to the club to meet other members.
The route may be be published in the Library area about 4 or 5 days before the day - or may be at the Captain's discretion on the basis of attendees.
Always check the Forum on the day for any last minute changes, updates or cancellations.
The start at The Red Lion, Earlswood has a free parking area on the opposite side of the road.
These rides were introduced as an experiment in Spring 2017 and have proved to be popular so will run on Sundays throghout the year - subject to finding Ride Captains willing to lead them!
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Most Expensive Apple Store Opens in Hong Kong
Apple opened its third Apple Store at Hysan Place, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong yesterday.
Hong Kong Apple Store Grand Opening @ Causeway Bay, Hysan Place from M.I.C. Gadget on Vimeo.
Apple Second Retail Store Opens This Saturday in Hong Kong
Apple's second retail store at Festival Walk opening this Saturday, see you all out there.
Source – Apple
Phottix Atlas II Triggers Are Now Available in Hong Kong via PASM Workshop
It's finally here, the all new Phottix Atlas II is now available in Hong Kong via my studio, PASM Workshop (authorized Phottix dealer).
The Phottix Atlas II is the professional choice for reliable wireless flash triggering. Say goodbye to transmitters and receivers to trigger flashes, studio lights, and cameras – one remote will do it all. The Atlas II triggers flashes at sync speeds of up to 1/250 sec.* The system will trigger cameras, flashes and studio lights at distances of 350 meters or more.
The Phottix Atlas II is a transceiver. With the simple change of a switch the Atlas II is ready to either transmit or receive signals. Simplify your off-camera flash triggering – one unit can be used as a transmitter or receiver.
Triggering flashes is only one of the Phottix Atlas II functions. It can also be used, with Phottix Accessory Cables, as a wired or wireless shutter release. It now features a two stage shutter button – a half-press will autofocus, a full press takes a photo.
The Atlas II is compatible with Phottix Strato and Odin series TTL triggers. It fits in perfectly with Phottix's existing line-up, allowing the power and freedom of a long-range transceiver. With its new functions. the Atlas II is not compatible with the original Phottix Atlas trigger.
With a hot shoe and two 3.5mm sync ports on the transceiver, the Phottix Atlas II can be used to easily trigger hot shoe flashes and studio lights*. Cables and adapters are included. The Atlas II uses readily available AA batteries and has a 5V DC power port.
The Phottix Atlas II uses a digital IC and radio signals to reliably fire flashes, studio lights and cameras at long ranges. Need to trigger a flash from 1,100 feet away? The Atlas II is the wireless trigger for you. The high-powered Atlas has both FCC and CE wireless certification.
The Phottix Atlas II comes in two different packings, a single pack (1 trigger) and a dual pack (2 triggers). PASM Workshop is offering great discounts to its members.
List price for 1 trigger set ~ HK$590, PASM Member price HK$515.
List price for 2 triggers set ~ HK$1,080, PASM Member Price HK$960.
To order, please email your order to firstname.lastname@example.com or call their hotline at 6627 5277.
More features after the jump……..
Emily Soto Seminar & Workshop Tour 2012 Hong Kong Session @ PASM Workshop – 25 & 26 August 2012
[Excerpt from PASM Workshop]
Emily Soto is an up-and-coming international fashion, celebrity and lifestyle photographer based in southern California. Since beginning her career only two years ago, her work has been chosen by editors to grace covers of countless magazines on newsstands worldwide. In the process, she has gained tens of thousands of followers on Facebook and receives thousands of hits a week on her website.
Emily is handpicked by fashion editors to shoot their models and has experience working with the top model agencies and clients. She is sponsored by Mola lighting and last year received a "Best of Photography" award from Sigma.
Emily collaborates with creative directors to create one-of-a-kind photographs, whose look, feel and style sets them apart from everyone else. Soto also does her own editing so that from its inception, each photo is truly her creation. Emily cites Tim Walker as an inspiration for her whimsical, dream-like images. "I absolutely love what I do," Emily says. "To me, it just comes naturally, so I decided a couple of years ago to do what I love full time.
Emily will embark on a multi-country tour this summer and lead workshops across Asia that includes Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines & Malaysia.
PASM Workshop will be hosting Emily's Soto's Seminar and Workshop Tour 2012 in Hong Kong on 25 and 26 August 2012. Admissions is now open and will be on a first come first serve basis. Emily has now over 35,000 likes on her Facebook Page and her YouTube Video Channel just rocks.
Workshop: 25 & 26 August 2012, 10am to 4pm
Admission Fee: HK$2,350
First Day (25 August 2012)
The Overview
-How to put together a professional fashion photo shoot
-Overview of my experience and how I started in the industry
-How to become a fashion photographer
-How to plan a professional fashion photo shoot
-Planning concept
-Casting Models, Hair and Makeup Artists, and other creatives
-What is expected of you as a photographer
Hands on Interactive Fashion Shoot
-Start to finish hands on experience for attendees to create their own images through live fashion photo shoot
-Overview of my favorite lighting techniques
-Posing a model
Second Day (26 August 2012)
Post Processing & Lectures
-Start to finish of professionally editing an image using Lightroom and Photoshop
-Tips and techniques for added fashion flare
-How to make your images stand out against the crowd
-How to approach modeling agencies and magazines
-Favorite lighting techniques used
-The benefits of social networking
-Questions and Answers
What to bring:
First Day: something to write and a pen, DSLR camera with Portrait Lenses. In the range of 50mm to 135mm. Prime Lenses are Preferable but not required as a must.
Second Day: Laptop computer with CS4, 5, or 6, Mouse or a wacom table – Please bring your laptop charger as well.
To enroll, please deposit the correct amount for the workshop to the following bank account and email us the copy of the deposit slip via return email with subject stating "Payment for Emily Soto Workshop". Upon receiving your deposit, we will issue you a confirmation.
Bank: HSBC
Account Name: Million Scene Limited
Account No. : 015-374010-838
Should you have any queries, please email to firstname.lastname@example.com or call Victor at 3693 4044 / 6627 5277
The Workshop Facebook Event Page is up.
Emily Soto Fashion Photography Workshop from Purple Glass Studio on Vimeo.
Creative Asia Photography Awards 2012 – Entries Now Open
The Creative Asia Awards is revolutionary in its vision to evolve, include and educate its entrants. The Awards are open to photographers from all countries at all skill levels.
Entries are accepted online as digital images. The entries will be judged online in a pre-elimination round to determine the top 25 images in each of the 8 categories, and all images judged online will receive feedback from the judges.
These 200 finalist images will be judged live by our panel of experts during the Creative Asia Conference.
New for 2012 – a broader range of categories;
- Wedding Photojournalistic
- Illustrative/Abstract
- Landscape
- Wedding Open
- Commercial & Fashion
- Street & Travel
- Portrait Environmental
- Portrait Open
Langham Short Film Competition – Winner Gets to Go To Sundance Screenings
Was at the Langham Place Short Films Screenings last night and they showcased three feature shorts, namely, the Club, the Spa and the Room and the most interesting part of it is that all three short films were shot with the iPhone. Check out the making of videos here and have a taste of what's it all about.
The other highlight of the evening was when Sean Seah, Vice President – E-Business, Loyalty and Partner Marketing of Langham, announced the Langham Short Film Competition where the winner of the competition will be flown to London, stay at the awesome Langham London, be able to attend an exclusive networking breakfast with the heavy weights of Sundance Institute and other filmmakers, attend Sundance screenings and if lucky, have access to other Sundance panel events as well. So all budding filmmakers and videographers, this is definitely a competition that you want to look into.
More information on the competition and the three short films mentioned earlier after the jump…..
Reservation for iPad in HK Now Live
Apple finally opened its door, go to this link quick to reserve an iPad for tomorrow's release, http://www.apple.com/hk/en/retail/ipad/
iPhoneography Exhibit – Hong Kong Instayay – Tonight, 14 March 2012
Yet another art event tonight apart from ArtWalk, this iphoneography exhibit is scheduled tonight at V13 Vodka Bar on Old Bailey in Sheung Wan. Drop by if you have time to check it out or if you are participating in ArtWalk, this is just around the neighbourhood.
ArtWalk Hong Kong 2012 is Tonight, 14 March 2012
This is it, the long anticipated event of the year is here.
Now entering its 12th successful year, Hong Kong ArtWalk is Hong Kong's biggest charity art event; a great one-night experience showcasing a range of visual arts in a variety of Hong Kong's art galleries in the SOHO, Wan Chai, Sheung Wan, Central, Aberdeen and Happy Valley areas of Hong Kong Island.
Artwalk is simple: 66 galleries will open their doors between 5 pm to 12 midnight on Wednesday, 14 March 2012. ArtWalk tickets are on sale from early March from one of the ticket-selling galleries and you will receive a comprehensive ArtWalk brochure, map and entry badge allowing entry at any of the galleries on ArtWalk night. You can then take any route in any order to visit (or re-visit) galleries and can sip free wine, beer and mineral water in all the participating galleries – and enjoy 'finger food' provided by our generous sponsoring restaurants.
The ArtWalk benefiting charity for 2012 is, as last year, the Society for Community Organization (SoCO) – last year, a donation of HK$400,000 was raised from tickets sold from ArtWalk and donated to SoCO. Since the first ArtWalk began in 2001 over HK$5 million has been donated to Hong Kong charities.
The volunteers helping 'man the doors' on ArtWalk night are fine arts students from the Academy of Visual Arts of Hong Kong Baptist University and the Fine Arts Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong – in return, ArtWalk also makes a donation to fund their yearly graduation shows.
ArtWalk Extra features additional displays of art that you can also see while walking from gallery to gallery: photography, small-scale installation and artists' performances. SoCO will also introduce their social action & policy work to the public and ArtWalk participants in a one-week exhibition.
For more information and ticketing information, head to ArtWalk's website.
Source – ArtWalk, Mediamrare
Liberatum Hong Kong International Festival of Culture – 27 to 29 April 2012
Founder and Artistic Director: Pablo Ganguli
Creative Director and Co-founder: Rosey Chan
Participants include Pharrell Williams, Khalil Fong (方大同), Thomas Heatherwick, Philip Treacy, Marianne Faithfull, Daniel Wu(吴彦祖), William Orbit, Nobel Laureate Sir VS Naipaul, Neil LaBute, Paul Schrader, Terence Koh (許漢威), Mike Figgis, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble and many others.
Liberatum Hong Kong will bring together international cultural icons, creative leaders and acclaimed artistic minds to Hong Kong to connect them with their counterparts in Asia through an original and captivating programme.
After the great success of Liberatum festivals in different parts of the world including Istancool in Istanbul, Liberatum's founder and artistic director Pablo Ganguli and Liberatum co-founder and creative director for Hong Kong and Mainland China, Rosey Chan (陳小莉) will bring leading artistic personalities from the world over to Hong Kong, with a programme aimed at captivating and opening global minds. Some of the participants confirmed to attend include legendary singer Marianne Faithfull, Grammy Award winning producer, musician and designer, Pharrell Williams, renowned American screenwriter and filmmaker Paul Schrader, innovator and visionary architect Thomas Heatherwick, Nobel prize winning author Sir VS Naipaul, photographer Wing Shya (夏永康), singer Khalil Fong (方大同), fashion icon and hat designer Philip Treacy, Grammy Award winning record producer and musician William Orbit, composer and pianist Rosey Chan, Chinese-Canadian artist Terence Koh (許漢威), actor Daniel Wu (吴彦祖), American film director and playwright Neil LaBute and Academy Award nominated director Mike Figgisamong many others. In addition to the festival programme, Liberatum will present "Just Tell the Truth" short films made by Mike Figgis featuring David Lynch, Marina Abramovic, Jonas Mekas, Paul Auster, John Berger, Sir Peter Blake and Siri Hustvedt. Liberatum will also present a special showcase of legendary photographer' Guy Bourdin's work.
Liberatum Hong Kong promises to be a mesmerising festival of art, design, fashion, literature, film, music and ideas. Building on the achievements of the previous global festivals, our vision is to produce an awe-inspiring three-day cultural convention, featuring a diverse and stimulating programme, and further raising the profile of Hong Kong as a forward-thinking world city. Liberatum HK will enhance the reputation of Hong Kong as a great cultural city and pay tribute to Hong Kong's cultural heritage. It will present an ambitious and original programme, which will aim to place Hong Kong firmly at the centre of the international cultural scene in 2012.
Hong Kong continues to evolve and an event such as Liberatum Hong Kong 2012 will serve to nurture the city's cultural identity locally and on the world stage.
Full programme after the jump…..
Mod of the Day – Ming's Girl – From Hong Kong's Best Tattoo Temple
Been a long while since my last Mod post. This time, great work by the guys over at Tattoo Temple in Hong Kong. The piece is called Ming's Girl. Awesome is the only word that comes to my mind, completely blown away. Great to have such great artist here in town and I studied photography under the same local photography master with one of their artist, another reason why their displayed works are so artsy.
For those looking for alternative piece while you're in Hong Kong, look them up, their link in above paragraph and under source below.
Source – Tattoo Temple via Joey Pang


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Ahh, it's good to be back. I feel like a bear coming out of hibernation. Except it's the fall, not the spring. And I'm fatter, not thinner… Ok, it's a terrible simile. Just shaking off the rust. But it appropriately illustrates what you should expect from the following cerebral voiding.
This is my bold predictions article, my writing equivalent to a Dubbya Bush "going with my gut!" moment. You want facts, stats, metrics? Keep walking, fella. This here piece is chock full of conjecture, fact-glossing best guesses, and shockingly basic deductive reasoning. Slim and JB are the fact finders, and, let's face it, the guys whose advice you really should follow. BUT FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BOLD! And if nothing else, the following moves would certainly be considered bold. What I hope you take away from this, good reader, are reasons that I think a few players may be under valued, and therefore grabbed, or higher than they should be, and not reached for.
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The best thing about cosplay in the 1970s was that everyone alive was secretly cosplaying — they just didn't know it. Here's an assortment of retro cosplay radness that wouldn't be entirely out of place in Studio 54.
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One of the executive producers of Ultimate Spider-Man for Marvel Universe on Disney XD, Jeph Loeb is the Emmy-nominated and Eisner Award-winning writer and producer who is currently the Executive Vice President and Head of Marvel Television, responsible for all live-action comedy and drama, as well as animation. So, when we spoke with him earlier today about the compelling new action-adventure animated series, featuring a teenage Peter Parker (voiced by Drake Bell) juggling the challenges of high school with being a superhero, we were curious about an update on the status of the live-action series that he currently has in development.
While we will run what he had to say about the new animation series, closer to its April 1st premiere, we did want to post what he had to say about how The Hulk, Aka Jessica Jones and The Punisher are coming along for ABC, as well as the development of Mockingbird and Cloak and Dagger for ABC Family. Check out what he had to say after the jump:
For those keeping track, it's been three decades since the Bill Bixby/Lou Ferrigno series, The Incredible Hulk, went off the air in 1982. When last talked about, Guillermo del Toro and Battlestar Galactica executive producer David Eick were working together to crack the original story with Bruce Banner being in his mid-20's. The Punisher is about one man waging his own war on crime. Aka Jessica Jones is based on the comic book Alias, about a failed superhero who is rebuilding her life as a private detective in New York City.
Cloak and Dagger is about two teenagers who find each other and realize that their powers both compliment and complicate their lives. Mockingbird would detail the life of a freshman at a prestigious university who is a science major that is recruited by S.H.I.E.L.D. and forced to become a student by day and a super-spy by night.
Collider: Jeph, can you update the status of the live-action series that you have in development?
JEPH LOEB: All I can tell you is that, right now, the three shows that we have in active development at ABC are The Incredible Hulk, aka Jessica Jones, which comic book fans will know as Alias, and The Punisher. And then, we have two shows that are already at ABC Family, which are Mockingbird and Cloak & Dagger. They're just in development. As you know, as with anything that you're doing, particularly when you're starting up a brand new entity, things take time and we want to make sure we get it right.


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The Florida Bar respects the privacy of its members and attempts to limit its own messaging to individual lawyers whenever possible.
However, Florida Bar member addresses and other basic licensee data that is not otherwise exempt from public disclosure may be obtained through a written public records request or by submitting the Public Records Request for Florida Bar Membership Data form to The Florida Bar consistent with Fla.R.Jud.Admin 2.420(i)(1) as further detailed below.
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The Florida Bar is an official arm of the Supreme Court of Florida and considered part of the judicial branch. R. Regulating Fla. Bar, Introduction. Consequently, the Bar is subject to our state constitution's open records provisions in Art I, Sec. 24 which is specifically applicable to the judiciary. (R. Regulating Fla. Bar 1-14.1), Fla.R.Jud.Admin 2.420(a), and In re Amendments, 608 So.2d 472 (Fla. 1992).
By Supreme Court rule (R. Regulating Fla. Bar, 1-3.3) members must provide the Bar with their name, business phone number, a mailing address (plus a physical address of employment, if different from the mailing address), and a business e-mail address if the member has one. Further, the Bar's website allows members, within certain parameters, to separately post additional personal information in the "Find A Lawyer" listings.
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Within the digital age, photography's past and present (and in a sense, its future) have collapsed and merged, and at the same time have been revealed to be seemingly infinite and ever-growing. This exhibition represents a new generation of practitioners who are harnessing the power of this collective mass of imagery, and are using it to instigate and inspire brave new forms of critical inquiry, creative experimentation, political engagement and personal expression.
Thursday, 30 August 2012
In Appropriation
New Show opens next Friday 7th September in Houston, Texas at the HCP. Curated by Aaron Schuman, who also has written the foreword to my book has a curated this exhibition which includes just 5 photographers; Broomberg & Chanarin, Seba Kurtis, Esther Teichmann and Michael Wolf.
In Appropriation' presents a selection of contemporary photographers who directly instigate strikingly new photographic work through the appropriation of pre-existing imagery – whether it be found, historical, canonical, personal, archival or otherwise.
'Appropriation' has been an important conceptual strategy within the visual arts for nearly a century. But in the case of the artists presented here, this act is not purely a matter of taking an image from one context – be it history, advertising, or the vernacular – and placing it within another: that of the gallery, the museum, 'fine art'. Instead, these photographers are carefully examining, incorporating, and then transforming – or riffing off of –such pictures in an effective, engaging, and incredibly original manner.
Within the digital age, photography's past and present (and in a sense, its future) have collapsed and merged, and at the same time have been revealed to be seemingly infinite and ever-growing. This exhibition represents a new generation of practitioners who are harnessing the power of this collective mass of imagery, and are using it to instigate and inspire brave new forms of critical inquiry, creative experimentation, political engagement and personal expression.
Read more here: http://hcponline.org/gallery.asp?pageid=12&galid=1597
Posted by Melinda Gibson on Thursday, August 30, 2012
On The Printing Press
So, its all go! Last Wednesday I flew to Amsterdam to head over to my printers Robstolk in central Amsterdam. I was collected by Jacqueline at the airport and we arrived in the early morning to a wealth of printing activity. The black and white plates for the interior book sheets had already been on and all the material was waiting my approval on palettes.
After the final approval of the text pieces, the full colour plates where put onto the printing press and sticker production started! It was an incredible day, working with the printers to colour balance all the pieces and see the printing press in action - what an amazing machine.
The images above are just a little insight into what the printing press looked like and the stunning objects that were positioned around the studio, that I just had to record. I have made a small film about the entire process, which I will upload as soon as it has been finalised.
Until then, the books arrive in 2 days time with 13,200 stickers to stick into each! I will update you as soon as they have arrived.
Posted by Melinda Gibson on Thursday, August 30, 2012
Wednesday, 15 August 2012
The Tanks & Hirst
So in between all meetings in Amsterdam with my book designers, proofing and signing off everything book related, I managed to get to the Tate Modern to take a look at the new exhibition spaces, "The Tanks" and of course the Damien Hirst exhibition. Well what can I say, if you haven't been to the Tate recently it is an absolute must. The new space is incredible, it was very reminiscent to the Palais du Tokyo in Paris, with the raw, untreated concrete walls and bold architectural shapes creating new and interesting little spaces within spaces in the galleries. I was completely excited by this new area and with many films playing, the light was beautiful.
Then it was off to see the Retrospective of Damien Hirst. I have always liked the work of Hirst, but found myself less interested, excited in the last few years, until now. The show was very strong and really altered, (in some ways brought me back to my early thoughts) on his practice. It was great to see the 80's early sculptures, bold coloured boxes and spot paintings, then onto the cow's head and flies installation piece, which was fascinatingly interesting, literally watching a passage of time where life and death coexist with of one another so overtly. My favourite room however, was the Butterfly room, where you walk into a humidified room, filled with Butterfly lava and stunning live, flying butterflies than land on the canvases against the walls and onto the audience if you stand there long enough - I was there with a beautiful petrol blue butterfly on my arm - amazing experience. Such a special idea, but what an effect it has on you as you watch life and death and the beauty both produce. The show finishes in early September so if you haven't been yet it is worth a trip.
Posted by Melinda Gibson on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Wednesday, 8 August 2012
One Of The Most Exciting And Insane Books
So the last meeting happened and wow what a concluding meeting it was. One of my designers said "It's one of the most exciting and insane books I've ever worked on." So with that in mind I can now say that the entire book is going to be made from Stickers!
With 33 images each one with their textual counterparts, that's 66 stickers to place into one book, so its going to take sometime. Every one is going to be handmade and above is a sneaky peak of the final layouts and design, including the Special Edition packaging, although this will be a little different, so those of you that have pre ordered this will have a lovely surprise when you get it!
Next stage is the printing, so I will be heading off to Robstolk in Amsterdam city centre in the next few weeks to see the printing press in action, I am very excited about this and will be working on a making off video too of the entire production.
Until then.....
Posted by Melinda Gibson on Wednesday, August 08, 2012
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If we get the paint on our old Corvette any smoother, even the dust will fall off by itself. We thought it was smooth to begin with, and it was, but then we used the Mothers California Gold Clay Bar on one fender and the trunk. We compared each of these panels to adjacent panels, and it was startling! Even though the paint is in good shape, we didn't realize how much grit and pollutants we were feeling before using the Clay Bar. Not only did it feel better, it looked better. Obviously if you remove material that has settled on the paint, you see the color better, and we did. After finishing up the remaining panels, we covered it with Mothers Carnuba Wax. That made it as slippery as an old pump handle on a frosty morning. How's that for slick?
Before using the Clay Bar kit, the car must be washed. At a recent Track Day event the Mothers reps gave us some of their new Spray Wash to try. Typically we are the fill-a-bucket-with-suds types, but this Spray Wash is much more convenient for car washes and definitely saves soap and water. Besides that, it works great.
This is not a time-consuming operation. Once we got the feel of it, we used the clay bar on the whole car in about a half-hour. Granted it's a Corvette, but even an Impala shouldn't take too long, and it's worth the extra time.


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Raynon Chiu-City Garden Sample Room
At Design Interviews
Interview with Raynon Chiu : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Raynon Chiu : The sample room is adopted in Chinese style, with three main colors black, white, and yulan. The whole environment is filled with antique atmosphere, collocated with black and white marble and a brass ornament, which make the room a sense of the sedate. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Raynon Chiu : The design for the bathroom shows the perfect combination of the classical and modern, additionally, the wooden floor and cyan marble look elegant and fashionable, as well practical, which not only makes the space better but also creates the better atmosphere. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Raynon Chiu : We will get successful experience from this award winning design. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Raynon Chiu : 15days .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Raynon Chiu : This design commissioned. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Raynon Chiu : It's used by another company. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Raynon Chiu : The project is interesting for me. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Raynon Chiu : N/A .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Raynon Chiu : People who want to buy house there. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Raynon Chiu : The Chinese-style design is perfectly integrated with some modern element. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Raynon Chiu : Since the surrounding environment is full of beautiful plants and flowers, so we called it as "city Garden" sampe room. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Raynon Chiu : Sketch, CAD .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Raynon Chiu : The collection of colors, such as, the black, white, wood and yulan makes great contrast, which is brilliant but not exaggerative and shows the host's elegant taste different from the others. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Raynon Chiu : N/A .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Raynon Chiu : Sketch CAD .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Raynon Chiu : N/A .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Raynon Chiu : I just want to let more people notice Chinese-style project and get some feedback from them. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. Raynon Chiu : N/a .
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The Washington Post was a strong supporter of NAFTA at the time the deal was approved. It continues to be a strong defender of the pact nearly two decades later. It has repeatedly shown itself willing to make up facts or just ignore them to push its pro-NAFTA line.
An example of the former occurred in December of 2007 when its lead editorial criticized the leading Democratic presidential candidates for saying that they would renegotiate NAFTA. The editorial told readers that not only had NAFTA been good for the U.S., it had been great for Mexico:
"Mexico's gross domestic product, now more than $875 billion, has more than quadrupled since 1987."
For those keeping score, the actual increase was 83 percent.
Today the Post is again touting the praises of its beautiful baby. Its lead editorial noted the decline in illegal immigration from Mexico to the United States. It told readers:
"Migration plummeted after 2005 because of reduced U.S. demand for labor and the slowing of Mexican population growth — but also because NAFTA started to pay off in the form of dynamic new export industries in Mexico such as automobile manufacturing. Analysts suggest the gap in wages between the United States and its southern neighbor, while still wide, has narrowed to the point where staying home is economically rational for a growing number of Mexican workers.
NAFTA encouraged both the United States and Mexico to make optimal use of their scarce resources. In the short run, this shifted jobs and income within each society and between them. This inherently disruptive process doubtless caused Mexicans who lost out to seek opportunity in the United States.
But over time, NAFTA helped make Mexico more efficient and, hence, wealthier. It formed part of a broader restructuring that has transformed Mexico from the underdeveloped, authoritarian country it was 30 years ago to the increasingly middle-class democracy it is now.
The gross domestic product per capita in Mexico was $12,400 in 2010, up about 21 percent in real terms since 1980."
Wow, that really sounds great. Now let's take a quick look at what the IMF has to say about Mexico's situation. The graph below shows per capita income growth in Mexico from 1980 to 2011, compared with Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and the United States.
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Mexico's 23.5 percent per capita growth over this period puts it dead last among this group. Its growth is almost one-thrid less than Brazil's 32.9 percent and less than half of Argentina's 52.7 percent.
Interestingly, its per capita growth is also just a bit more than one-third of the 66.3 percent growth in the U.S. over this period. That might raise questions about the extent to which the wage gap has closed over this period. Of course there has been a substantial upward redistribution of income in the United States over this period (partly due to trade deals like NAFTA), so some closing of the wage gap is plausible. On the other hand, Mexico stands out among Latin American countries in having substantial upward redistribution itself in the last decade, so it's not clear that ordinary workers received much benefit from even the country's limited growth.
Of course many factors affect Mexico's growth and it may not be fair to attribute much of its economic troubles to NAFTA. However no one can look at the data and seriously tout Mexico's strong growth and transformation. It clearly is a laggard, no matter how vigorously the Post might argue otherwise.
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The talk about bike stuff is semi-mandatory but is secondary to the ride as all these people know.ReplyDelete
This is the time to check out each other's equipment...to make sure you don't follow the person who didn't bring fenders.
- AnonymousOctober 3, 2012 at 2:52 PM
I think you just described the part I love the most about some of the best bike rides/races, canoe adventures, days spent with vintage airplanes and spindly old Model Ts. A period at the beginning where we realize that normal life is suspended and another grand adventure might be beginning.ReplyDelete
Even if the day ends up mundane or disappointing, there was that moment where we were ready for anything and anything could have happened. When a grand adventure DOES occur it makes the next 2 weeks back in Mundaneistan feel like an unfortunate but necessary period to be endured before we get to slip back into that other world. I love that.
I get the feeling that your interests are beginning to stray a bit from the racing bike rides in a paceline toward the mixed pavement/dirt rides??ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousOctober 3, 2012 at 4:44 PM
What a perfectly lovely sentiment...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 3, 2012 at 5:17 PM
You and your riding buddies sure have a great time riding. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Sounds and looks magical.ReplyDelete
"No jitters, no nerves. Just a beautiful beginning."ReplyDelete
That. How long did it take you to get to that point, or were you never nervous to begin with? I get get real anxious before rides and I hate it!
I think you capture the mood well. A kind of calm excitement.ReplyDelete
Those bikes are well worth discussing.ReplyDelete
FWiW, did a 4 day mini- tour over the weekend. Mid-ride second day I stopped for lunch in an empty park. There were a bunch of wild flowers near my seat. A large bumble bee was getting its lunch there too. Not sure how long - probably much shorter than it seemed - but for a time there was nothing in my mind other than the motion of the bee getting its pollen. Stayed with me the rest of the ride.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 3, 2012 at 10:04 PM
All beginnings are beautiful, how did it end?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2012 at 10:13 AM
want that handlebar bag!!ReplyDelete
Desensitized -- all of these are pretty much the same and can not be parsed out by someone who is not the intended recipient.ReplyDelete
They get the job done if the rider is fit and/or good enough.
I doubt you were thinking about lugs during this ride.
Quite the stable represented on that ride. A carbon bike or two, cross bikes, a few Ti bikes (one with aerobars), Classy steel If Club Racers, my Ti Club Racer in 'randocross' mode, classic steel, new steel, I think there was a mountain bike, a Redline, a Trek, etc., a couple of Surly CrossChecks, 2 VOs, the Rawlands.ReplyDelete
All good stuff.
- Aaron PikOctober 4, 2012 at 3:43 PM
How was this ride in comparison with D2R2 in terms of scenery, difficulty, etc.? (Let's say the d2r2 100k for now)ReplyDelete
- Aaron PikOctober 4, 2012 at 3:47 PM
PS I realize I met you last week, but was so tired at the time I didn't put all the pieces together to figure out where I knew you from. You were test-riding a nice bike (with some component troubles) by JFK park, I was on an orange Sam H.ReplyDelete
In any case: Hello, nice meeting you. Hope things worked out with the bike, the farmers' market, et al.


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The Kick-Ass Marketing Secret of the Most Successful Job Applicants and EmployeesBy Harrison Barnes on Mar 31,2020
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Avoid the envy of others. Successful individuals know envy can lead others to undermine them; in order to remain powerful, you must paradoxically minimize the appearance of power. Avoiding envy will put you in a much better position to succeed and effectively compete.
Your success will largely depend on the extent to which you can handle frustration and rejection. In fact, you need to become an expert at failure, because you can learn so much from the experience. The more you are rejected, the closer you bring yourself to eventual success. Never give up, remember that the law of averages is working in your favor, and keep pushing through towards success. Set aside your emotions and negative feelings about rejection.
You will find much greater success and contentment by focusing on your connections to others rather than your differences. While all people see themselves as separate entities, you must remember that all things and people are interdependent. Your position in your life and career results from how well connected to the people around you, not your relative difference or transcendence.
Ascertaining factors such as how long a company has retained its employees and how many friend a person has will help you determine beforehand whether you are dealing with the right sort of people. The right kinds of people are those who have lots of old acquaintances and are liked by large numbers of people. Understanding relationships can alert you to important potential warning signs.
In this article Harrison discusses how a very crucial part of your future success and happiness depends on your ability to be free. The concept of freedom is difficult for most people to truly understand because hardly anyone is really free, in the deepest sense of the word. Most people are trapped by their own mental barriers, by obligations to others, by financial constraints, by habits and in many cases by actual physical barriers. Moving towards true freedom is something that will forever change your life and career, and will help you reach your full potential. In order to make the most of your life and career you need to understand the limits that may infringe upon your freedoms–and then decide which ones you can do without. The more freedom we believe we have, and the more we believe we can do, the more we will achieve.
I have seen the damage toxic behaviors cause. People with these behaviors have difficulties remaining in relationships, holding onto friends and acquaintances, keeping jobs and even getting jobs.
There is probably someone in your life and career who exerts a degree of control over you, and you may act against your own self-interest for fear of that person. While there is nothing wrong with being controlled by others – it is usually inevitable – you must at all costs avoid acting against your own best interests because of external control. Examine your position in life, and determine how much of it is based on your fears and submission to authority.
Make sure that your life, dreams, and goals are your own rather than somebody else's. Most people grow and expand in the direction that they receive encouragement. Such encouragement, however, might often be in someone else's interest rather than your own. Question why you have received praise and approval for some things and not others, and you will ensure that your dreams and aspirations are truly yours.
One Saturday night when I was around 14, one of my neighbors, a 16-year-old boy who was a well-liked athlete at the local high school, went out with friends to a local party, got very drunk, and had someone give him a ride home. How drunk was he? He was so drunk he somehow walked into his neighbor's house through the front door, instead of his own. The owner of the house awoke, and, greatly alarmed, pulled a pistol out of his nightstand, went downstairs, and shot the boy in the head, killing him instantly.
The most successful people in the world share the common characteristic of sharing, or concentrating on the value that they give back to others rather than on their own growth and profit. Focusing on yourself never leads to long-term success, but leads instead to unhappiness as well as emotional and financial challenges. Your greatest consideration, therefore, should be how you can contribute to others, and how your actions can impact their lives.
In this article, Harrison discusses the power of commitment. Your commitment and love for what you do need to defy explanation if you are going to reach your full potential, and obtain lasting success. We remember the people who put in incredible efforts, and these are the people who make an impact on the world. People like to be surrounded by other people who like and respect them. Those who generally do the best in life are the people who genuinely like and support others. Everyone likes to be around those who they believe will stand behind them and support them. Those who show commitment that defies explanation are liked, promoted, remembered and admired by everyone. The people who do the worst are those who are most interested in themselves. The people who do the best are those who are most interested in others.
You can easily make your vision of yourself more real when you start to do the things the person you want to be would do. Your life is defined by your beliefs and convictions about who you are. You can always change your behavior, but never your perception of who you are. The first step to making a meaningful change is to become aware of your unconscious beliefs about who you are and change them. You need to be able to believe and think positively about yourself and your capabilities and not be held back by negativity. Negative beliefs about yourself will harm you.
Successful people manage their minds well; your mindset is the prime determining factor in anything and everything that happens to you. Just as you strive to become and stay physically fit, you must ensure that your mind is stable and moving in the direction of your goals in order to achieve happiness.
In this article Harrison discusses the significance of conditioning yourself to develop behaviors that will elevate you in your life. One of the most difficult things for anyone to do is to get leverage over themselves and condition themselves to go in a new direction. Very few people are ever able to make very fundamental transformations in their lives and become someone completely new and completely improved—and stick with it. Major improvements in our lives come only when we condition ourselves over and over again in one direction. You need to get leverage over yourself and condition new habits and behaviors within yourself to make any sort of fundamental and lasting change. The conditioning needs to be part of your lifestyle. You need to condition yourself to adopt new patterns in your life.
Many people make the common mistake of making their lives and work more complicated than they need to be. Interviewer, for example, are interested solely in your fit for the job rather than long-winded stories about you. Present yourself and your skills in a simple, easy to understand manner for best results.
In this article Harrison discusses that you need to pay the cost if you want to have the life and career you are capable of. There are a lot of people who are not willing to pay the price for the things they want in their lives. People are unwilling to pay the price to advance in their careers. They want a shortcut. They try to make a quick buck instead of providing long-term value. You need to be willing to pay the price to do well at anything. Most successful people pay all the prices to get ahead. You have to give your job everything you have, you have to create value, and then you will be rewarded accordingly. Everything costs us something.
Your thought process is a powerful determinant of your success or failure. Find a connection or unifying bond among the millions of thoughts that cross your mind every day, and use them to the greatest possible effect. Rather than dwell on negative thoughts that could undermine you, strengthen your mindset by asking yourself empowering questions; you will find that the answers to these questions constitute excellent career advice.
Do not judge or blame others for the way they live, things they say, or the manner in which they act; they are usually behaving in whatever manner they are because of their circumstances. Nobody has the right to establish parameters of acceptable behavior for others. Understand that nobody is perfect, and learn to accept others' imperfections in a kind, considerate manner.
Information sharing, as exemplified by the internet, is changing the world for the better and is the way of the future. You must also become a force for sharing information in order to experience progress and achieve your goals.
In this article Harrison explains how unlearning can make us happy and help us grow. One of the most important forms of growth is unlearning. All learning we do, in a sense involves unlearning. The more we can unlearn, the more likely we are to experience the sense of growth and progress we so desire. Imagine how much more productive your life would be if you could unlearn many of the beliefs and behaviors that have caused you so much stress. You and your life would be utterly and completely transformed. This would result in an incredible sea change in the way you approach and live your life.
Your ability to defend yourself against bullies will determine your odds of long-term success in any career. Bullies throw other off balance by making them feel uncomfortable over time, establishing a power dynamic between themselves and their victims. Bullies exist throughout the business world, and once you learn to identify them you can avoid problems by simply choosing not to play their game.
Since the sun does not always shine forever, you must take a pragmatic approach towards your life and career; remember that good fortunes are never permanent. Do not take your job for granted, but instead watch the market and be aware of other potential jobs. Rather than guard against change, be prepared for it.
Use your past, rather than some unattainable ideal, as the yardstick for measuring progress in your life and career. The most successful people are also often the most unhappy, because they measure themselves against impossible ideals, which causes a constant sense of inferiority. There will always be someone better than you, and there are ideals all around you against which it would be unrealistic and stupid to measure yourself. Instead, compare yourself only to the person you were before; measure yourself against your own progress, and forget about others.
Trust people, and take advantage of opportunities however and wherever they present themselves; these are the two greatest skills that anyone can possess. You must have faith and trust in your employer when taking a job, and recognize that opportunities will frequently present themselves in strange ways. Every risk has a corresponding potential reward, and you generally will only succeed if you are taking risks to get to those awards. Have faith in others and take as many risks as you can, because greater risks tend to offer greater rewards.
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Yes. The general rule is that any gifts over the $13,000 (in 2009) annual gift tax exclusion from one person to another are subject to federal gift tax and generation-skipping transfer tax (GSTT). However, an exception to this rule exists for certain tuition payments. Specifically, any tuition payments made by a grandparent (or anyone else) directly to a qualifying educational organization (e.g., a college) to cover a student's tuition expenses are exempt from federal gift tax and GSTT, even if such payments exceed the annual gift tax exclusion. The key is that such payments must be made directly to the qualifying educational institution. You will not qualify for the exemption if you gift the money directly to the student with instructions to apply it to tuition expenses. The unlimited exclusion does not cover books, supplies, or room and board expenses.
This type of gift may still be subject to state gift tax and/or GSTT. Call a tax attorney in your state for more information.
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SEE: (BREAKING) "Tell Kyser hello from the field niggers!" Mobile Black Foot Soldiers Condemn Capital Murder Verdict, Praise Lee, Taylor, Wiggins & Lang's "Sacrifice & Courage;" "We are happy today that reparations offender Kyser Miree can no longer threaten our people & that his family's smiles are a little bit dimmer," Mobile County Soldier Moses Abernathy
"The Miree family is a family of generational racial criminals who, in spite of the daring reparations protest against Kyser , continue to deny accountability for their crimes. We say to that family today that their son Kyser was not good or decent. Rather, he was a piggish racist and Holocaust denier who supported the atrocities of his fathers and believed in the continued racially terrorism of his county's government. There was no greater or better news to the blacks in this community than that of his death." (Link)


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Tim Hall did not want to hear about soccer. At least for a couple of months.
That's how the current MLS offseason started for Hall, a member of the Empire Supporters Club, after watching his New York Red Bulls endure a gut-wrenching MLS Cup Playoffs elimination last year at the hands of the San Jose Earthquakes.
"That stung quite a bit," Hall told MLSsoccer.com. "But once the calendar turns to January and the weather becomes a little warmer, the blood starts to get up again and you start to feel it. And the drum beat is starting in your head, both figuratively and literally."
In actuality the drum beat never stopped since that match last November. If MLS players can afford to take a breather during the winter months, the same can't be said for fans like Hall.
Take January's MLS SuperDraft in Baltimore – an event which felt like a matchday supporters section. Hall called it the highlight of an offseason which included USMNT watch parties, a summit with the RBNY front office and the creation of the ESC's newest T-shirts and flags.
"It wasn't a long offseason," said former Section 8 president Ben Burton following a four-hour meeting with the Chicago Fire front office on Wednesday. "You'd think it would be because [the Fire] didn't make the playoffs. But things for us never really slowed down."
Burton's offseason was even more intense. It consisted of a Section 8 annual general meeting, regular monthly public supporters meetings, a 2010 MLS Cup watch party and two charity events in which Section 8 collected several thousands of dollars and hundreds of pounds of food for a local Chicago depository. They are also currently fundraising for tifo.
All the work has turned out to be well worth it, especially since Section 8 has sold more season tickets for 2011 than for any previous campaign.
The down time is that much more gratifying if you have an MLS Cup trophy in tow. Matt Baumgartner of the Colorado Rapids' Bulldog Supporters Club knows what that's like.
The Anschutz trophy has been on tour in Colorado since the Rapids' title conquest last November. Baumgartner helped organize a trophy showing in Colorado Springs and attended others, including one at the recent Colorado Avalanche vs. Edmonton Oilers hockey game at the Pepsi Center. Along with 81 other Rapids supporters, soccer fans claimed one of the seating sections and brought their supporter culture to the NHL.
"We brought our flags and banners," he said. "Besides some stares and glares from people for whom it wasn't normal, some people came over to join our section. We had all the soccer chants and then switched them up for some of the Avs players so it wasn't a Rapids fest. It got people's attention."
Real Salt Lake midfielder Will Johnson got the attention of one RSL supporter on Christmas Eve. Denzel Eslinger, who also runs the RSLSoapBox.com blog, ran into the Canadian doing some late gift shopping at a local Best Buy.
"I was there picking up a couple of last minute items and he's there in line," Eslinger said. "I asked him how the contract negotiations were going."
Johnson eventually did re-up on his RSL contract, as did a few other teammates. The player transactions and CONCACAF Champions League preparations made the time go by fast for supporters of the Claret-and-Cobalt.
"For me, there isn't an offseason," Deslinger said. "There's so much going on and more info for fans to follow. It made the offseason a little more bearable."
Time flew by for Houston Dynamo season ticket holder Devika Kombacher. She may not be involved in a supporters group, but she had an equally busy offseason that included a new jersey unveiling, new stadium groundbreaking, new player introductions and a new move to the Eastern Conference – all in a matter of a couple of months.
"Change after change after change makes the time go fast and we have an early start date at home this year," she said. "The offseason came earlier but it was faster, fuller and busier."
With so many fresh developments surrounding her club, excuse Kombacher's enthusiasm when she says that the MLS Cup championship "in our sights" and that the Dynamo are "ready to crush the Eastern conference."
After all, it's that time of year again. Every fan base is brimming with optimism and all 18 teams think they can win a title. The offseason is over.


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By virtue of the Power of Sale contained in the Deed to Secure Debt from MARCUS WILLIAM BEASLEY to FNB South, dated April 11, 2008 recorded in Deed Book 444, pages 120-127, Clerk's Office, Appling County, Georgia, there will be sold by the undersigned at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the courthouse door at Appling County, Georgia, within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in July, 2015, the following described property:
All that tract or parcel of land, lying and being in the Third Land District of Appling County, Georgia, consisting of 1.271 acres, more or less of land lot 318 and being bound now or formerly as follows: North by lands of Jeffery Copeland; West by land of Mrs. Dewey Brown, Et. Al; South by lands of Tract B of Michael and Alene Beasley; East by land of Michael and Alene Beasley;
Together with one (1) 2001 16x80 Fleetwood mobile home bearing Title Numbers 774030081121072, Serial No: GAFL107A48238WE11
Property address: 4465 Old Surrency Rd, Surrency, GA 31563.
Map and Parcel #0079-025G
Said Deed to Secure Debt having been given to secure a note dated April 11, 2008 in the original principal amount of $16,062.48 and March 21, 2011 with interest from date at the rate as specified therein.
The debt secured by said Deed to Secure Debt has been and is hereby declared due because of among other possible events of default, failure to pay in accordance with the terms of said notes. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of the sale, including attorney's fees.
To the best of the undersigned's knowledge, the party in possession of the subject property is: Marcus William Beasley
The above described property will be sold subject to unpaid state, county and city taxes to the highest bidder for cash and the proceeds will be applied to said indebtedness and the lawful expenses of said sale as provided in said security deed and a conveyance will be made to the purchaser at the sale as authorized by said security deed.
Debtor should contact FNB South, P.O. Box Drawer 2028, Alma, 31510 Georgia, phone # 912-632-7262, as to any negotiations, amendments or modification of the above stated Note.
This the 8th day of May, 2015.
FNB South as
Attorney-in-Fact for Marcus W. Beasley
P.O. Box 2028
Alma, GA 31510
Jerome Adams
Attorney at Law
P. O. Box 1005
Douglas, GA 3l534
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How to Explore Caves With Your Kids: Spelunking Basics
Do your kids like to explore the great outdoors?
Want to add an exciting extra element to your next hiking, camping or vacation adventure?
Go spelunking (cave exploring) with your kids and introduce them to parts of the world they've probably never seen before.
In this article I'll explain spelunking basics, and share what you need to know before you try caving with your family.
Why Go Spelunking?
There's a reason that caves are a common setting in literature, TV, movies, mythology and even non-fiction stories: Caves are cool, dark and mysterious! These incredible hidden places, formed by nature, just beg to be explored by kids and grownups alike.
You probably won't find a dragon or pirate's treasure or even a hibernating bear on your spelunking adventure, but you and your family will see and experience wondrous things that stimulate kids' imaginations and curiosity about the natural world.
When you explore a cave as a family, you'll have both an exciting outdoor adventure and a fun learning experience that everyone will remember for a long time.


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May 24, 2011 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Olga Neuwirth Portrait Concert | Talea Ensemble
Olga Neuwirth Portrait Concert. Admission Free. Reservations necessary.
Admission. Reservations necessary.
Please reserve tickets at http://www.acfny.org/event/535
The Austrian Cultural Forum and the Czech Center present a performance by the virtuosic Talea Ensemble in an evening dedicated to the music of Olga Neuwirth, one of the most celebrated young Austrian composers of our time. Her music has an unique place in the contemporary canon and the evening will provide an exciting opportunity to hear a retrosprective of her work. Following the performance, Neuwirth will be present for a talk in which she will be discussing her own unique musical development.
Olga Neuwirth: AKROATE HADAL (1995)
Olga Neuwirth: ..ad auras... in memoriam H. (1999)
Olga Neuwirth: incidendo/ fluido (2000) NY Premiere
Olga Neuwirth: In Nacht und Eis (2006) US Premiere
Olga Neuwirth: torsion: transparent variation (2001)
The worlds of sound in Olga Neuwirth's compositions are like twisting labyrinths. Looking for points of orientation, one is left groping: the pitches and instrumental timbres are either completely absorbed or wiped away by the music. Her works have come to reflect her diverse interests. The sharp cuts, superimpositions, rapid sequences of contrasts, and montages of heterogeneous materials serve as her homage to cinema, while the constant interplay of instrumental sounds and the artificially generated sounds of live-electronic music demonstrate the possibilities of new technology, creating a clear state of tension within her music. Ultimately, Neuwirth's works seek to be understood as a permanent resistance to the absurdities of daily life; their diversity of sounds conveys a field of associations which can intensify the listener's own need to fully observe and contemplate the possibilities of his own daily environment.
Olga Neuwirth is the recipient of the 2010 Grand Austrian State Prize, the highest award granted annually by the Republic of Austria to an artist for outstanding achievements. Robert Hilferty of the New York Times writes that Neuwirth "...knows how to bend and twist sound like no other."
The Talea Ensemble has given many important world and US premieres of new works by composers including Pierre Boulez, Tristan Murail, Jason Eckardt, Pierluigi Billone, Hans Abrahamsen, Stefano Gervasoni, Marco Stroppa, and Fausto Romitelli. The Talea Ensemble was recently the guest ensemble for the 18-day Spectrum XXI Festival tour in Paris and London and has twice been invited as guest ensemble to the Nevada Encounters of New Music (NEON) as well as La Ciudad de las Ideas (Mexico), Art Summit Indonesia (Jakarta), and the International Contemporary Music Festival of Lima, Peru. As an active collaborator of new music, the Talea Ensemble has joined forces with Ensemble Cairn (Paris), Hyperion Ensemble (Romania), and the iO Quartet (New York). Steve Smith of the New York Times writes (regarding their recent performance at the Scandinavia House) that "championing works like these, and playing them with a compelling lucidity, are precisely what Talea Ensemble does best."
For more information, please visit www.taleaensemble.org.
Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street
NY 10021 New York
United States
May 24, 2011 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Czech Center is a coorganizer of the event


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Stacy Dowd
Curriculum Chair, Natural Science
[email protected]
Smyrna Campus, MLA 210
Pre-Physical Therapy A.S. Tennessee Transfer Pathway
Program Description
In addition to core academics, the Pre-Physical Therapy degree program introduces you to basic science courses required for continued study in this field, including the study of:
- Biology including the detailed examination of the physical and chemical basis of life with emphasis on cell processes, reproduction and inheritance and a unit on four of the five kingdoms of living organisms
- Major groups of plants and animals with emphasis on taxonomy morphology, physiology and evolution of these two kingdoms
You may also choose to study one of the following sequences:
- Chemistry and the fundamental concepts of atoms and molecules, chemical bonding, formula writing, naming compounds, classification of elements and some compounds, shapes of molecules, stoichiometry and gas laws
- Physics with an applied study of the basic laws and principles of technical measurement and the study of temperature including heat transfer, heat gas laws and thermodynamic applications and the basic laws and principles of electrostatics, magnetism, sound, light and nuclear physics
- Human Anatomy and Physiology including the study of the structure and functions of the human body emphasizing the cellular and tissue level of organization, and the reproductive, skeletal, muscular, nervous, sensory and endocrine systems
Practical Experience
You will be introduced to the following:
- critical thinking
- in-depth research and analysis
- interaction with students and instructors
- exposure to fascinating coursework, lectures and classroom interaction
Career Opportunities
Our Associate of Science Degree in Pre-Physical Therapy qualifies you for transfer to any one of Tennessee's four-year college or university programs. Completion of a four-year baccalaureate program prepares you for further study toward a masters degree or higher in Physical Therapy. Students who hold a higher degree and acquire necessary licensing could anticipate a career as a Physical Therapist at any one of the following institutions:
- hospitals
- nursing home or rehabilitation facility
- schools
- home health services


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