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Report says Mass. Brazilians lead nation
Brazilians in Massachusetts own more than 1,000 businesses, the highest proportion in the nation, a soon-to-be released report says.
The research, which will be published by the Mauricio Gaston Institute for Latino Community Development & Public Policy at UMass-Boston, provides for the first time hard numbers on the economic contributions of Brazilians in Massachusetts.
Brazilian businesses in Massachusetts account for annual sales of $272 million, the report says, and they contribute nearly $179 million to the regional economy and $12.8 million in state and federal taxes.
The report also found Brazilian residents contribute more than $1 billion to the regional economy in their annual spending, and more than $295 million in state and federal taxes.
The report's co-authors, Alvaro Lima, director of research for the Boston Redevelopment Authority, and Carlos Eduardo Siqueira, a professor at UMass-Lowell's Department of Work Environment, are both Brazilians and wanted to research the impact of Brazilians on the state's economy. The report's findings shed positive light on Brazilians in Massachusetts.
"Brazilians are working, producing, selling and having a huge impact on the economy of the state," said Lima. "These are not folks who live on welfare. They send money to Brazil but they also help the economy here."
Why Massachusetts, of all states, has the country's largest number of Brazilian-owned businesses, is due to a combination of factors, said Lima. Most Brazilians who have settled here have a high educational level, have money and hail from a culture of self-employment in their home cities.
Lindamar Martins and her husband Francisco, who opened a clothing and perfume shop in downtown Framingham three weeks ago, can attest to that. The Martinses owned a clothing company in their hometown in Goias state, and a few years after they came here, they opened a small clothing shop in Leominster and bought another one in Somerville.
They started small by selling 36 pairs of jeans and two dozen pieces of lingerie, Lindamar said. Now, the couple owns three shops and is the New England distributor of "O Boticario," a Brazilian perfumery and cosmetics franchise. Their success is the result of hard work, their previous business experience and the opportunities they found here, she said.
"There are many opportunities to succeed here," said Martins. "Three people who worked for me have opened stores of their own."
One of them is Lucimar Guimaraes, who opened a clothing shop in the Arcade Building in downtown Framingham two years ago. Guimaraes and her husband also ran a clothing shop back home in Brazil but during their first five years here, they worked at a coffee shop in Wayland. They're happier now that they're entrepreneurs.
"We like to work hard," said Guimaraes. "I'm going to run my store until God allows me."
The report says Metrowest is home to 12,000 Brazilians, with the majority living in Marlborough, Framingham and Milford. After the Boston area and the North Shore, MetroWest is Brazilians' second favorite region. The South Shore, Cape Cod and the islands as a region ranks third.
Whether the numbers of Brazilians going back home would have an impact on the state's economy is something Lima doesn't know. It's too early to talk about an exodus, he said, and the effects will be felt in the years to come. Of the three regions in Massachusetts where Brazilians have settled, MetroWest is a magnet for recent arrivals. Only 11 percent of MetroWest Brazilians are U.S. citizens, according to the study.
MetroWest Chamber of Commerce president Ted Welte welcomed the report for coming up with numbers that explain the economic role of Brazilians, but wonders whether they're still accurate after the reports of hundreds of Brazilians returning home.
"If you did a study today, I wonder how much erosion in those figures one can find," he said. "The customers that provided the base for many Brazilian businesses seem to be gradually disappearing."
Still, for advocates the report's findings are good news to the local Brazilian community, which, they said, has felt besieged by anti-immigrant sentiment over the past year.
To spread the good news, Pablo Melo, co-founder of a Brazilian newspaper based in New Jersey, organized a business networking breakfast in Framingham a few weeks ago and invited Lima.
"We wanted to educate people," said Melo. "There are maybe Brazilians doing bad things, but there are many more doing good things, helping the economy and making contributions to the society."
For the report, the authors used data from Census 2000, the 2005 and 2006 American Community Survey and a survey among 250 Brazilians in Massachusetts conducted by Lima. To come up with hard data, Lima used a model called REMI, which stands for Regional Economic Models Inc.,
Lima, who published a report on "Brazilian Immigrants in Boston" for the city of Boston's New Bostonian Series this past summer, relished his findings.
"The report paints a positive picture," he said. "Most Brazilians are amazed when they realize how important they are for the state's economy."
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When Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced plans earlier this month to overhaul the city's noise code for the first time in over 30 years, the proposal was at least partly thanks to 311. By analyzing the complaints to the 311 hotline, city officials have gained a better understanding of the magnitude of the city's noise problem.
In many ways, 311, a non-emergency number for information and services, has become the digital pulse of the city, a barometer of our problems and priorities. Bloomberg's proposal illustrates how 311 can be used to solve city problems.
The hotline has received more than 7.5 million calls since it was launched in March 2003, an average of 30,000 calls per day. Officials say they expect to get 12 million calls during the next year.
There is no question that 311 has been a success. The Department of Information Technology and Telecommunicationshas met a daunting challenge, managing to integrate the majority of the city's 120 agencies and 40 specialized hotlines into the current system. The service operates 24-hours a day, is staffed by live operators, answers 94 percent of calls within 30 seconds and is capable of handling calls in 170 languages.
But while 311 has been a boon for the city in terms of streamlining calls, it has also had some unintended effects in individual communities. In some cases, it has decreased the number of complaints lodged directly to community boards. According toAnthony Borelli, district manager of Manhattan's Community Board 4, Community Board 4 receives less complaint calls today than it did before 311 was launched. Since then, the overall number of monthly complaints has dropped by about a third.
This would not matter if these calls were directed back to the community boards. But they are not.
I have had personal experience in enlisting my community board in the fight against noise - in my case, an East Village bar in the courtyard of my apartment building that kept me awake until 4 a.m. Monday through Sunday for an entire season. There was no 311 then, but I did call the city's "Silent Night" hotline on an almost nightly basis to dispatch the police. Finally, I turned to Community Board 3.
I attended a community board meeting, and learned that I was not the only one suffering through the nightly midnight serenades. A sizable group of similarly disgruntled neighbors showed up to air their complaints. We found that solving the noise problem was going to be a complex task involving a number of city agencies including those in charge of environmental issues and building codes, not to mention the State Liquor Authority.
In then end -- as a direct result of repetitive complaints and testimony at meetings by area residents -- the establishment was forced to comply with city noise and building codes and the community board decided that it would not approve any more liquor licenses on the problematic block. The severity of the noise has lessened significantly since then, although it will never be the peaceful courtyard that it was when I moved in nine years ago.
Now, community boards are seeking access to more detailed 311 data so that they can better understand local problems, just as Bloomberg has done with the city's noise complaints. To this end, the City Council has proposed a lawrequiring DoITT to make periodic reports of the 311 data available to the public on the city's Web Site, and to share with community boards any information essential for solving local issues ..
The Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications has a strong history of working with community boards to improve their technological capacity. Last year, the agency gave the boards computers, free high-speed Internet access and technology support for their offices. However, the community boards' desire for greater access to 311 data raises a number of technological and logistical challenges.
First, the city often lacks the names and addresses of the 311 callers since they are not required to disclose it for reasons of privacy. Second, even when they do collect such information, the rigorous 311 privacy policy prevents them from sharing it. (However, when applicable, they do collect location information about the problem or service needed for the service calls, which amount to 17 percent of all calls). Third, a number of city agencies are using different databases to track problems that are referred to them through 311.
But the community boards and their supporters see any obstacles as worth overcoming.
"The advent of the 311 system is an incredible opportunity for New Yorkers and New York's communities," says Micaela Birmingham, director of the Municipal Art Society Planning Center, which has been working with community board members in every borough to map local problems and complaints. "The city now must seize this opportunity to fully leverage the power of the 311 system, by effectively linking it [to community boards] ... Having the ability to also make use of the data collected by 311 would greatly enhance the decision making process for local communities."
Laura Forlano is a doctoral student studying communication technology policy at Columbia University.

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About the Author: Robert D. Hormats serves as Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs. Originally posted on Dipnote, the U.S. Department of State official blog
The United Nation's Food and Agricultural Organization released figures this month showing that global food prices have risen 41 percent since June, primarily due to a combination of bad weather and an increase in global demand. The report has raised concerns about the possibility of a global food crisis, as occurred in 2007-2008. In response to that crisis, the international community, led by the G-8, committed to increase focus on food security and reverse the decade-long decline in assistance for agricultural development. That was the right solution then, and it remains the right solution now. The United States is a proud partner in this effort and is committed to supporting developing countries' efforts through our $3.5 billion Feed the Future initiative.
Global food security is a top priority for the United States. We are deeply concerned about the pressure that rising prices put on the ability of the poor to purchase food. We are closely watching food prices and their impact on the poor, we are coordinating closely with other governments and international organizations, and we are taking steps to achieve long-term sustainable solutions to food insecurity.
First, it is important to recognize that there are important differences between the current situation and 2007-2008. World food prices have been increasing over the past six months, due to weather-related production losses and strong global demand. The growing demand is fueled by rapid expansion of middle-class households in emerging markets. Despite localized weather-related impacts, the supply side story is not dire: global wheat production is the third largest on record and carry-in stocks are 50 percent higher than in 2007-08. Good harvests of staples in Africa and Latin America have kept local prices of these products low. Record world rice production and the largest carry-in stocks in eight years have resulted in only moderate changes in rice prices. And finally, delivering these record harvests is affordable: ocean freight rates are less than half of the levels seen three years ago.
We learned a lot from the food crisis of three years ago, including the policies it takes to ensure food supplies without making the situation worse. We are working bilaterally and through multilateral institutions, such as the UN food agencies, the G-20, and APEC, to encourage all nations to pursue policies that facilitate agricultural growth and reliable trade flows. It is vital that we all maintain transparent, functioning markets and avoid export barriers, panic purchases, and inordinate increases in stocks, moves which will drive prices higher rather than temper them. Governments understandably want to ensure affordable food supplies for their people. They can best do this by putting in place targeted safety nets for the most vulnerable, and consider reducing import tariffs and taxes.
The long-run answer to meeting increasing global demand for food is agricultural growth, increased productivity, and improved markets, and this requires conditions that encourage investment in agriculture, particularly in the developing world. Many technologies, such as biotechnology, conservation tillage, fortification, drip irrigation, integrated pest management, and new multiple cropping practices, are raising the efficiency and productivity of agricultural resources, as well as the quality of agricultural outputs. By investing in agriculture using these technologies wisely, nations can reduce poverty and increase consumers' access to nutritious and diverse foods. This is precisely the goal of Feed the Future — to support countries' aspirations for inclusive economic growth, resilience to crisis, and ultimately food security.


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- Eschew blandness. Eschew causing others pain. We are all the target so wear bright colors and dance with those you love. Falling in love has always been a bit too much to apply to one person. Falling in love is appropriate for now, to love all these things which are about to leave. The rocks are watching, and the squirrels and the stars and the mlklk tired people in the street. If you love them, let them know, with grace and non-invasive extravagance. Care about the beings you care about in gorgeous and surprising ways. Color outside the lines. Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. This is your last chance.
- Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.
- "The Next Whole Earth Catalog", (1980), p 331. (Derived from the Gilbert Shelton quote, "Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope."


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"This is an authentic, signed limited edition, archival print made from an original acrylic and mixed media painting called "Mama Bear". It is printed on matte paper with archival inks. Print will be signed, numbered and titled on the front (won't necessarily be # in photo). The print will come in a resealable clear bag and mailed in a rigid mailer. The sole copyright of the original painting is retained by the artist. Any unauthorized reproduction is in violation of U.S. copyright law. To properly care for your investment in fine art prints, never display in strong ultraviolet radiation, such as direct sunlight. With proper care and handling, your framed print will last for generations to come."


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"And the fire was always there with us as well; its cast of gray ash strewn about as a memory of the night past. Here and there on the ground lay also the print of a known foot, the circumference of a bottle, the twisted remains of a cigarette butt. It was a record, that flaming consumer: constantly fed and ever needing more, never totally gone out."
"The bricks keep it contained, except on those special, pagan nights. Over the years they have become fragile, having seen the fierce flames that flash for three months and then fade for nine many times. The dune now cradles the fire pit in its sandy palm; nature allows us to knead that surface and turn it over with toes and rakes for another day. All the while smoke signals the call over the waters and the trees…" – from A Mnemonic of Longing, an unpublished essay, 2002-2009.
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When Melinda Fish saw the river's powerful restorative effects, she was faced with a choice. Would there ever be any substitute for that final risky leap of faith?
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Hold On to Your Promise From God
Has God promised you something and you're still waiting for the fulfillment? Here's a lesson from Mary who gave birth to Jesus.
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Your words can set your child's identity and future. Here are 10 things to say and not say to your child.
6 Ways to Deal with the Post-Holiday Blues
Are you feeling discouraged or depressed after the holidays? These feelings are common. Here's how to bounce back from the post-holiday blues.
Who Is This Holy Spirit?
The Scriptures describe the Holy Spirit as possessing all the essential characteristics of God. He is no more and no less than God Himself.
6 Keys to Preparing for Revival
If you're asking God to consume you with a holy passion for His presence, look out. He has to prepare the altar of sacrifice firstand His methods could be uncomfortable.
Prepare for Battle
We will encounter fierce opposition when we dare to walk in faith. But victory is ours when God anoints us with His power.
There is Power in the Blood
In going to the cross, Jesus Christ reconciled mankind to a Holy God. Today, his sacrifice offers us even more than salvation.
4 Keys to Restoring Intimacy With God
Don't let past negative experiences keep you from expressing the feminine aspect of your nature. God made you to enjoy giving and receiving love.
A Lesson on Trusting God From a Horse
God can use anything to teach us about faith. Here's an unforgettable lesson of faith that Michelle Mangold learned from her horse.
5 Principles to Disciplining Your Kids
There has been controversy over certain styles of disciplining your children. Author and mom Wendy Alsup offers a different take on discipline from a biblical perspective.
Intercession Opens the Door to Discernment
God pays attention when you pray for someone else. Here's how your prayer creates another spiritual dynamic.
Glorify God With Your Gift
You shouldn't let the gift God has given you lie dormant. Find out what it is, and use it for His glory!
How to Have a Missional Christmas
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Indecisiveness can hold you back in your walk with God. Author and pastor Kathy Gray shares how faith is the power to make a decision to live for God.
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Women in Pain: Dealing With Depression
Depression can be magnified during the holidays. Here are some tips for dealing with it or responding to friends or loved ones who are depressed.
Resist the Pressure of Giving Gifts You Can't Afford
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To facilitate the guideline-based implementation of treatment recommendations in the ambulatory setting and to encourage participation in the multiple preventive health efforts that exist, we have organized several recent guideline updates into a simple ABCDEF approach. We would remind clinicians that evidence-based medicine is meant to inform recommendations but that synthesis of patient-specific data and use of appropriate clinical judgment in each individual situation is ultimately preferred.
- Journal: Journal of the American Heart Association
- Year: 2014
- Topics: Antiplatelet Therapy, ASCVD (Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease), Blood Pressure, Cholesterol / Lipids / Statins, Cigarette Smoking, Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome, Diet & Weight, Exercise and Physical Fitness, Quality of Care
- Read more articles by: Roger S. Blumenthal, MD, Michael Blaha, MD, MPH, Erin Michos, MD, MHS, Marie (Dominique) Ashen, CRNP, PhD, Seth Martin, MD, MHS, J. Bill McEvoy, MB BCh, MHS


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Private school is where to go for the best education, right? That's what Juniper thinks. Her hard work has won her a scholarship to the prestigious Ellsmere Academy where she'll finally be able to surround herself in studies and like-minded intellectuals that get along. Well… not quite.
The War at Ellsmere by Faith Erin Hicks is a perfect graphic novel for pre-teen or teenage girls. The book has a fresh tone that doesn't take itself too seriously but doesn't shortchange the characters' emotional states. There's humor but it's grounded in the story, which expertly captures childhood dynamics among girls. There's also a little hint of fantasy but it's used sparingly and imaginatively.
Jun is instantly likable. She has a tough, cool exterior but it's clear she's worried she's made a mistake going to private school. The cast is kept small, and everyone retains a unique look and voice, instantly recognizable. From the cover, Hicks' art initially appears to have a Scott Pilgrim vibe to it, but it quickly becomes clear that she's doing her own thing and doing it so well because she's always serving the story. You always know how Jun is feeling because of her strong command of portraying facial expressions and body language – clearly, honestly. Her environments are so consistent, you never drop out of the story. It's all so effortless and charming.
If you like that, check out Hicks' current webcomic Friends With Boys, a fascinating tale about a girl entering public school after being raised home schooled her whole life. Once the entire story gets serialized online, it'll be published as a graphic novel by the excellent publisher First Second Books, likely sometime in February 2012. Judging from what's up now, it may surpass The War At Ellsmere.
Faith also has a sillier webcomic called The Adventures of Superhero Girl that updates every Tuesday. It's also published in the free alt-weekly newspaper The Coast, published out of Halifax, Nova Scotia.


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[Guest post by Stuart Buck]
Yesterday, the Manhattan Institute and the Foundation for Educational Choice released a report written by me and Josh Barro. The title: "Unfunded Teacher Pension Plans: It's Worse Than You Think." The main finding:
According to the fifty-nine funds' own financial statements, total unfunded liabilities to teachers—i.e., the gap between existing plan assets and the present value of benefits accrued by plan participants—are $332 billion. But according to our more conservative calculations, these plans' unfunded liabilities total about $933 billion.
In addition, we have found that only $116 billion, or less than one quarter, of this $600 billion discrepancy is attributable to the stock market drop precipitated by the 2007 financial crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average would have to nearly double overnight to make up for the present underfunding of these plans.
The meat of what we did is this: Most state plans assume that their current investments will get about an 8% rate of return in perpetuity. So that means that they set aside less money now to cover the pensions that will be paid in 2015, 2020, 2025, etc. But the 8% assumption is wrong, we argue, for two reasons: First, recent history shows that it may be too optimistic. Second, investments that have an 8% expected rate of return necessarily carry some risk — risk that the plan will actually fall short in a given year or even decade. And when a plan falls short, the burden falls to the taxpayer to make up the difference.
So we reanalyzed the teacher pension plans using the same interest rate that private plans are allowed to use — about 6%, based on corporate bond rates. When we do that, it turns out that pension plans are way more underfunded than they are publicly admitting.
Over at The Quick and Ed, Chad Aldeman has a response to our study:
States, unlike private companies, do not fold under. Indiana, which according to the authors has a DB pension plan for teachers that is only 42% funded, is not likely to go out of business and take its workers down with it. The state of Indiana can assume a riskier investment return for its pension fund than an employer like those mentioned above or any other modern private firm (and, just for good measure, it's worth pointing out that Indiana assumes only a 3 percent real rate of return).
All this is lost on the report's authors, who would prefer states lower their assumptions on stock market returns from about 8 percent down to 6, the standard rate used by corporations in their calculations. This would mean telling a state like Pennsylvania, which has accumulated a 9.23 percent return in the stock market over the last 25 years (as of February 2010), that its 8 percent investment assumption is too high.
This is all irrelevant. We're not saying that when states engage in risky investments, teachers then are at risk of not being paid their pensions. The problem is precisely the opposite: Teacher pensions are guaranteed by states that don't go out of business. But that doesn't make the risk magically go away. The risk just ends up being borne by the taxpayer. So if a state decides to blow all of its pension money gambling at a horse race, the teachers will still get their pensions, but taxpayers will suddenly find themselves paying higher taxes to make up the shortfall (or else seeing huge budget cuts to other important state services).
In the last sentence, Aldeman cites a document put out by the Pennsylvania pension system, but that document actually proves our point. The Pennsylvania pension system may have made an average of 9.23% per year for the past 25 years, but they still predict that looking forward, there will still have to be "significant and perhaps prohibitive tax increases at the State and/or Local levels."
Moreover, to focus on the 25-year rate of return, as Aldeman does, ignores three things: 1) past performance is no guarantee of future success; 2) the PA pension system now has less assets on Dec. 31, 2009 than on June 30, 2004, which means it lost money over a 5.5 year period; and 3) this kind of variability (i.e., risk) requires taxpayers to pay extra when investments are disappointing for years on end.
The problem with Pennsylvania, as with many other states, is that when times were flush (the late 1990s or the mid-2000s), legislators did not have the foresight to let pension systems accumulate some savings for possible tough times ahead. Instead, they decided to lower contributions to pension systems and/or increase pension benefits, all on the assumption that high stock market returns would magically pay for it all. But when the stock market falls, the pension systems are left with extra liabilities that no one ever paid for, and the risk ultimately rests with the taxpayer.
It's a heads-I-win, tails-you-lose system. That's why taxpayers need state pension systems to use an accounting method that more properly and honestly accounts for all of the risk that they're shifting onto us.


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Text by Robert Van Buren, photos from the Van Buren Family Collection
Pioneering women motorcyclists Augusta and Adeline Van Buren rode coast to coast on Indian Power Plus motorcycles in 1916, becoming the first women to ride motorized vehicles to the summit of Pikes Peak along the way. Part of their mission was to convince the military that women were fit to serve as dispatch riders. And although they did not achieve that goal, they clearly proved that women were capable of far more than society generally allowed them in that era.
Augusta was born March 26, 1884, and Adeline was born July 26, 1889. Descendents of former President Martin Van Buren, the sisters were slender "society girls" out to prove that women could ride motorcycles across the then-treacherous continent, even though they still did not have the right to vote.
The sisters were raised in New York City along with their brother, Albert, and enjoyed an energetic upbringing characterized by canoeing, swimming, skating, diving, wrestling, and sprinting. It's not surprising that they also took up motorcycling.
Their lives were marked by a series of accomplishments. They were bright, enthusiastic, and refused to be held down by the limitations that society placed on women of that era.
Being intelligent young women, they prepared for their transcontinental journey carefully. Their intent had a dual purpose. The National Preparedness Movement was an effort to get ready for the inevitable entry of the United States into World War I. Augusta and Adeline felt that women could help in a direct manner by becoming dispatch riders, freeing up men to provide combat support. This would remove one of the primary arguments for denying women the right to vote – women were historically non-participants in war efforts. They would have to prove this point by showing, without a shadow of a doubt, that a woman could handle the difficulties of motorcycling over long distance and harsh conditions. Thus, before superhighways, and paved roads for the most part, their plan was conceived.
First, they incrementally accumulated long distance rides in New York, and then set off on their journey on July 4, 1916. They left from Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn and trekked west through Chicago and Omaha aboard their Indians equipped with gas headlights. The Power Plus was the model with the "webbed vanadium steel Cradle Spring frame," Indian's top of the line bike in that period, selling for $275. They also ran with Firestone tires, and enjoyed success with both the bikes and the tires.
The journey got difficult, especially since they were arrested numerous times in the small towns west of Chicago, not for speeding but for wearing men's clothes. They were dressed in leathers, and after reaching an understanding with the law, they were allowed to push on with their trip.
Technical difficulties were encountered in crossing both the Rockies and the western deserts. The sisters were the first women to summit Pike's Peak on any kind of motorized vehicle. The road to the summit was dangerous, rising to 14,109 feet, but for Gussie and Addie it was just another challenge. Next they headed west out of Colorado Springs, through Gilman and on to Grand Junction. They fell off their bikes many times, the result of fatigue, ruts, or in some cases, heavy mud. The locals often would come to their aid, retrieving their bikes if they were inextricably stuck.
They arrived in San Francisco on September 2 after some hazardous experiences in the deserts west of Salt Lake, including nearly running out of water. They completed their journey on September 8 after arriving in Los Angeles. Just for good measure, they decided to continue to Tijuana for a final crossing of the border.
After this series of accomplishments, and after proving their competence, Adeline's application to the military as a dispatch rider was rejected. The coverage in the media of the day, although adequate in many respects, lacked the recognition that they had earned and so rightfully deserved. Articles in the premier motorcycling magazine of the day praised the bike, but not the sisters. Their historical achievement was described as a vacation, rather than the pilgrimage that it was.
Both Augusta and Adeline eventually married and pursued their lives. There is little evidence about whether they continued riding, but they did continue to be pioneers. Adeline, initially an English teacher, eventually earned her law degree from NYU. Augusta became a pilot, flying with the women's flying group founded by Amelia Earhart, called the 99s.
Augusta and Adeline Van Buren broke the stereotypes of their time proving that woman could do anything a man could do. In the words of Augusta, "Woman can if she will."
They were inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2002.


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Bob Hoskins dead; 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?' star was 71
British actor Bob Hoskins, whose varied career ranged from noir drama "Mona Lisa" to animated fantasy "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" has died aged 71.
A family statement released Wednesday by agent Clair Dobbs said Hoskins died in a hospital after a bout of pneumonia.
A versatile character actor capable of menace, quiet poignancy and Cockney charm, London-raised Hoskins appeared in some of the most acclaimed British films of the past few decades, including gangster classic "The Long Good Friday."
He specialized in tough guys with a soft center, including the ex-con who chaperones Cathy Tyson's escort in Neil Jordan's 1986 film "Mona Lisa." Hoskins was nominated for a best-actor Academy Award for the role.
His Hollywood breakthrough came as a detective investigating cartoon crime in the part-animated 1988 hit "Who Framed Roger Rabbit." He also played the pirate Smee in Steven Spielberg's 1991 Peter Pan movie "Hook."
In 2012 Hoskins announced that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and was retiring from acting.
His last role was as one of the seven dwarves in "Snow White & The Huntsman," starring Kristen Stewart.
"We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Bob," said a statement from wife Linda and children Alex, Sarah, Rosa and Jack.


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My birthday trip to Vegas is quickly approaching (my birthday is on Monday)!! This will be my third trip to Las Vegas with Sheldon and since it will be my 30th birthday I decided we had to be proper Vegas tourists this time around. We usually stay with or nearby family while in Vegas and only have a day or so on the strip. This time we are staying on the strip at New York, New York and we're going all out on shows and food and shopping. I'm sooo excited! One of my 30 before 30 list items was Vegas and Disneyland, but I couldn't talk Sheldon into Disneyland. I'm kind of bummed but know that we really won't have time for both. We'll have to take a Disney trip by itself sometime in the near future.
Here are the things I really want to do:
- Shows: Jubilee, Zumanity, Blue Man Group, Jersey Boys (we'll see what we can get tickets to at the half-price booth)
- Food: Bouchon, Mon Ami Gabi, Bacchanal Buffet, Bahama Breeze (there's a dessert here I love and haven't had since they left Oklahoma ha), Sin City Brewery (their Light beer is the best ever!)
- Shopping: LUSH, Bettie Page, Kate Spade Outlet, Cosmetics Company Outlet, MAC Pro Store, Inglot, Original Penguin Store (for Sheldon). We are so very sad Ben Sherman isn't in Vegas anymore it was the only place I could talk Sheldon into treating himself to fancy clothes. Thankfully they have a Penguin store and their clothes are awesome!
We're also planning on going to Eli Roth's Goretorium (This is soo for Sheldon and not me but I am looking forward to their bar.)
We have to go to the Double Down Saloon just because it's awesome and they have old photobooths!
Drink and Drag - I haven't been here before but it's like a bowling alley/bar with drag queens. I can't wait!
I'm going to get an olloclip for my phone so I can post better photos to instagram during our trip. I just hate carrying around my big camera. Follow along here on IG or here on Flickr :).
* The photo is from our 2011 trip. I'm a big fan of the vintage neon on Fremont Street.


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Francesco Schettino, the erstwhile captain of the Costa Concordia—the ill-fated cruise ship that still lies in a heap off the Tuscan island of Giglio—faced his accusers and a handful of passengers in a closed-door preliminary hearing in Grosseto, Italy, on Monday. Schettino was the captain of the Costa Concordia when it crashed into an outcropping off Giglio last Jan. 13. Thirty-two people died.
Schettino and eight others are facing possible charges of multiple manslaughter, causing a shipwreck, and not reporting the accident to authorities. Among those under criminal investigation are three members of the Costa Crociere cruise line's crisis center team with whom Schettino exchanged a number of telephone calls immediately after the crash. The audio recorder on the ship's black box captured Schettino's end of the conversation, but investigators are very interested in knowing what the crisis team told him in return. If they asked him to lie to the port authority about the gravity of the situation, or if they in any way directed him to wait to call abandon ship, they could supersede Schettino in being held ultimately responsible for the loss of life. Schettino also faces charges for abandoning ship when he apparently fell into a lifeboat the night of the crash while hundreds of passengers were still trying to get off the sinking vessel.
The former captain, who was officially fired last summer, was not allowed to address the court, but his lawyers filed several motions on his behalf, including calling to court Jacob Rusli Bin, the Indonesian helmsman who was steering the ship on Schettino's orders the night of the mishap. Audio from the black box, which was distributed on Monday by Italian consumer advocate group Codacons, reveals the moments of chaos on the bridge before the accident. Schettino can be heard bragging, "I love to do the fly-by near Giglio," as he turned off the ship's automatic steering to manually guide the cruiser. Moments later, he can be heard yelling "Hard to Port" at the helmsman when it became clear the ship was heading for disaster. The helmsman, who did not speak English or Italian fluently, responded, "Hard to Starboard?" in English. Schettino repeated the request to turn the ship to port, but the delay proved fatal. The judge in the preliminary hearing, Valeria Montesarchio, denied the request to subpoena the helmsman.
Outside the court, lawyers for passengers and crew vied for the attention of a very willing press corps to help maintain the case against Schettino in the court of public opinion. But Schettino had at least one supporter speaking out in his defense. Retired sea captain Fredrik J. van Wijnen, a representative of the Confederation of European Shipmasters' Associations, told The Daily Beast that Schettino was actually a hero. "What he did once he realized the grave error was heroic," he said. "His navigational skill coupled with help from the seas and the direction of the wind that night saved over 4,000 lives."
The closed-door preliminary hearing will continue throughout the week. Evidence presented to the judge will help her determine whether or not to formally charge Schettino and the others, but she does not have to officially charge them with any crimes until Jan. 14—one year after Schettino was arrested. She can also ask for more analysis of the black-box data, and she can call for more people to face charges.
There seems little doubt that Schettino's well-documented mistakes caused the Costa Concordia to go down, but it is becoming more apparent that his actions alone may not have directly caused the loss of life. He waited more than an hour from the moment the giant ship hit the rocks off Giglio to abandon the ship. He called his company's crisis line almost 10 times during that hour. No passengers died on impact. The 32 deaths were from the failed evacuation, including the two people whose bodies are still pinned between the ship and the rocks it rested on. Schettino may have made the first mistake, but what investigators want to know is whether anyone helped him make that second fatal error.


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On Winter's Margin
On winter's margin, see the small birds now
With half-forged memories come flocking home
To gardens famous for their charity.
The green globe's broken; vines like tangled veins
Hang at the entrance to the silent wood.
With half a loaf, I am the prince of crumbs;
By snow's down, the birds amassed will sing
Like children for their sire to walk abroad!
But what I love, is the gray stubborn hawk
Who floats alone beyond the frozen vines;
And what I dream of are the patient deer
Who stand on legs like reeds and drink that wind; –
They are what saves the world: who choose to grow
Thin to a starting point beyond this squalor.
~by Mary Oliver
Image: Barn Owls by Hadley Hutton


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Growing up in the West of Ireland chronicles: Bonfire night.
Hello there. I've been MIA for a while, mainly a result of my working and being a grown up (worse luck). That I won't bore you with, but I have put into words another wee tale of growing up in the wild west of Ireland. Bonfire night. Once a year all of the neighbours would … Continue reading


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By Joel Barretto, CFPⓇ | via Negosentro.com |
One of the fundamental foundations in planning toward your financial future, is an increased awareness in knowing where you came from, where you are now, and where you are headed.
Thanks to modern technology, the invention of the GPS has helped us get to our destination with about 95% accuracy, at the shortest amount of time possible.
A carefully thought out financial plan works about the same way. Charting your course to get to where you want in life will require more than just your imagination.
As you read this piece, I suggest you bust out a pen and paper or your laptop, and start drawing out your financial life map, so you can start programing it on your financial GPS. I don't care how well you know your financial situation right now. It is always better to see it all in black and white.
To put this into proper perspective, it is important to gain some understanding on the 5 phases of your financial life as follows:
- The Discovery Phase – This is typically about the time you started working until you can financially establish yourself between the age of 20-35ish. I call it the discovery phase because you are new to making money and starting to discover the process on how to spend your money wisely (or not so wisely). You are thinking about paying rent, buying a new car, buying furniture and appliances, having a family, having a good time, traveling, etc.. Hence, saving money is rarely one of your top priorities at this stage, as the expenses of starting off in the real world are still quite overwhelming.
- The Accumulation Phase – So now you got the hang of it. You're a little more financially stable between the age of 35-55ish. You have a better handle on your cash flow and have an idea what your discretionary income (or lack thereof) might be depending on the lifestyle you have established at this point. Unless you started saving money during your discovery phase, you will be stressing about saving for the children's college education, saving for retirement, buying a house, etc.. Unfortunately, unless you solicit help from a qualified financial professional at this stage, you will have a hard time breaking your bad saving habits.
- Pre-retirement Phase – At this stage, unless you have had a good savings discipline from your earlier years; panic starts to set in. The kids are grown, debts are starting to get paid down, you may or may not own a house by now, and you are wondering where all the years have gone and why you don't have a gameplan for retirement. This is also what I call the catch up phase, as you start to try and focus on your retirement and wonder how you will support the retirement lifestyle you've always dreamed of. Unfortunately, time is no longer on your side at this point. As for those of you who have not saved much for retirement at this stage, you will justify it by saying that you will never retire and work until you die anyway. After all, who wants to have the financial freedom to do anything they want to do at a ripe old age anyway, right? Blah!
- Retirement Phase – Unless you have been systematic with your financial planning in your earlier years, there will be a lot of confusion at this stage of your life. Although the standard retirement age is 65, you will begin to doubt whether it's a good idea to retire at this stage, considering that you might live another 20-40 years. Some of the questions that come to mind are… Do you have enough funds to sustain your lifestyle for that long? What is your idea of retirement? Is it that time in your life to tighten your belt? OR is it that time in your life to enjoy your remaining years, harvesting the fruits of your labor, and not worrying whether you can afford to do the things you have always wanted to do?
- Legacy/Transfer Phase – During this final phase of your life, you hope to transfer your assets, as well as your human and intellectual values to the succeeding generations. You think about how you will be remembered by your children and the stories they will tell their children's children for generations to come. How effectively and efficiently you will do this, is the question. In a country where estate tax is a money maker for its government, transferring assets may be quite a challenge, especially if you didn't plan way ahead of time. I have seen estates shrink by 70% – 80% from ignorance on how estate planning works. Take Elvis Presley for example. He died with a net worth of $10,165,434, only to end up leaving his heirs with $2,790,299; shrinking his estate by 73%.
"People who fail don't plan to fail, they simply failed to plan"
Author Bio
Joel Barretto, CFP sold his financial planning practice in Irvine, California U.S.A. to promote financial literacy and awareness in the Philippines. He is a respected Certified Financial Planner practitioner with over 24 years of experience in helping people optimize, manage and protect their wealth.
He is a public speaker and lecturer on a variety of financial planning issues and strategies. With a passion for entrepreneurship, Joel dabbles in venture capital projects and mentors up and coming entrepreneurs on growing their start-up companies. He is a 2nd degree black belt in the martial art of Kempo and enjoys performing and directing stage musicals for community fund raisers. You can reach Joel at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Atlas of South Korea
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The Wikimedia Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons.
Discussion • Update the atlas • Index of the Atlas • Atlas in categories • Other atlases on line
General maps
|Map of the Republic of Korea
|Map of the Republic of Korea
|Map of the Republic of Korea
|Map of the Republic of Korea
|Map of the Republic of Korea in Korean
|South Korea Topography
|South Korea location map
|Location of Korea
|Population density in 2010 and most populous urban areas
|Map of the Korean Peninsula
|North and South Korea (bilingual map)
|North and South Korea
|The Eight provinces
- See also: Maps of South Korean divisions
|The surroundings of Korea
|Sea of Japan
|Korea Strait
|Liancourt Rocks
Maps of divisions
This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.
|Administrative divisions of South Korea
|Provinces of the Republic of Korea
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Korea, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Korea.
|The Three Kingdoms of Korea
|Alternative version
|The greatest territory expansion of Goguryeo.
|Map of battles during the first Chinese-Japanese war (1894-95)
|Overview Map of the Korean War
|Korean war, showing North Korean, Chinese and communist forces (red); South Korean, US and United Nations forces (green)
- See also: Demarcation Zone
Old maps
This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.
|A 1531 map of Korea
|A map of Korea from the late 1600s.
|17th century map of Japan with Korea by Francois Caron
|A map of Korea from the early 1700s.
|A 1757 map of Korea.
|A map of Korea from the late 1700s.
|A map of Korea from the late 1700s.
|A map of Korea from the 1790s.
|Korea and Japan in 1815
|An 1850 map of Korea.
|An 1860 map of Korea.
|An 1861 map of Korea.
|A section of an 1878 map of Korea and Japan.
|A section of an 1882 map of Korea and Japan.
|Japan with Korea in 1900
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Happy Mother's Day to Coney Island's Grandma's Predictions! The rare circa 1923 fortune teller returned to her home under the 1920 Wonder Wheel on Mother's Day 2013 after several months in arcade restorer Bob Yorburg's workshop. Her inner workings had been destroyed by floodwater from Sandy. Grandma got eye surgery as well as a new wig, dress and wax hands cast from the original mold, and a fine new cabinet. Visit Grandma and get your prediction — only 50 cents.
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Clint Hickman, a 4th-generation Arizonan from one of the West Valley's most prominent families and businesses, was appointed to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors March 21, 2013. Hickman was reelected in 2016 for a four year term. District 4 voters have demanded strong fiscal stewardship starting with Jan Brewer to Max Wilson and now have passed the torch on to Supervisor Hickman.
Hickman brings energy, enthusiasm and enormous business and community experience to public service. He is vice president of sales and marketing at Hickman's Family Farms, Arizona's largest egg producer, a West Valley landmark business that started in 1944 on Grandma Nell's backyard porch and 50 hens. Hickman Farms now houses 9 million hens in three states.
Hickman himself has 25 years in the business. And other than 4 years at the University of Arizona, he has spent his entire life in the West Valley. Like his predecessor Max Wilson, Hickman comes to politics after long service in community affairs and charitable causes. He is a former Honorary Commander of the 69th Fighter Squadron at Luke Air Force Base, a member of the Hunger Project, the Arizona and Maricopa County Farm Bureau, and board member of the Arizona Food Marketing Association and Maricopa Association of Governments Transportation Policy Committee. He was appointed and served as one of the few civilian members on the Arizona Meth Project. Most recently Supervisor Hickman was elected President of the County Supervisor Association for 2015.
"I have always been a growth enthusiast, but growth in the right way," he says. "With growth comes social, environmental and sustainability needs. I am aware of these needs and will work to help Maricopa County grow smarter for our current population and future generations."
Hickman is a Republican, and he and his wife Jennifer have 2 sons and a daughter. They live in the city of Litchfield Park.


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Climate Resilience Education and Action for Dedicated Youth Program (Climate READY Program)
The goal of the Climate Resilience Education and Action for Dedicated Youth Program (Climate READY Program) is to increase the environmental literacy of South Florida students, teachers, and the general community so they can become more resilient to extreme weather and/or other environmental hazards. To prepare for a future of increasing environmental hazards, communities will need an informed public that is willing to act on decisions on a personal and civic level. Education has the potential to play an important role in achieving that goal. However, despite dire predictions of the impacts of climate change, the topic has yet to make it into mainstream education in the South Florida classroom. Climate READY is a collaborative effort between FAU Pine Jog, the Palm Beach County Office of Resilience, the Coastal Resilience Partnership, South East Florida Regional Climate Change Compact, city sustainability offices in Boynton Beach, Boca Raton, West Palm Beach, the School District of Palm Beach County and Galaxy E3 Elementary School. Climate READY will focus on engaging some of the most underserved and socially vulnerable communities located in Palm Beach County, Florida. The Climate READY Program has four interconnected components: Climate READY Institute (training 48 students, grades 9-12) to become Climate READY Ambassadors, Afterschool Climate READY Program (engaging at least 300 after school students in grades 4-8), Climate READY Teacher Professional Development (training 48 teachers from targeted schools) and Climate READY Community Outreach (engaging at least 600 community members at local community events). This project will leverage NOAA assets including Science on a Sphere (SOS) technology and datasets, the SOS Explorer Mobile application, Weather Ready Nation, US Climate Resilience Toolkit, and Owlie's Weather-Ready Educational Activities. FAU Pine Jog will use the Climate Action Learning Process to develop all program lessons. The primary outcome of the program will be to enhance the adaptive capacities of identified vulnerable communities so that they are more prepared to respond to climate-related hazards and to increase civic engagement, inclusive decision-making, and equity.
Increasing Sea-Level Rise Resilience in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Sea-level rise (SLR) will disproportionately affect the northern Gulf of Mexico (nGOM; coastal Mississippi, Alabama, and northwest Florida) due to a confluence of socioeconomic challenges (e.g., vulnerable industry, low per capita income, low level of educational attainment, etc.), higher than average rates of SLR, and low-lying topography. Resilience of nGOM social, economic, and cultural resources in the face of SLR requires an informed and engaged constituency and leadership that understands their risks, SLR adaptation options, and the civic processes required for action. Multiple formal and informal needs assessments have identified specific educational and informational gaps that act as barriers to SLR action in nGOM coastal communities. To address the SLR resilience barriers identified by nGOM stakeholders and decision-makers, the project team will implement a comprehensive and diverse education program that engages multiple sectors within coastal communities including youth, educators, municipal officials, concerned citizens, and non-participants (i.e., those who have not yet been engaged in dialogue around SLR resilience). The goal of the project is science and civics literate constituencies in the northern Gulf of Mexico that can actively support cultures, economies, and ecosystems that are resilient to SLR. This goal will be achieved by developing an inclusive SLR education program that spans ages, locations, and demographics. There are three categories of project activities targeting different community sectors: 1) educator workshops encouraging application of an existing SLR curriculum for high school students; 2) Community Connection Dialogues that connect community leaders working on SLR with engaged constituents to inform and empower future action; and 3) pop-in immersive SLR experiences at "every day" locations (e.g., baseball games, art walks) to reach those without the means/motivation to engage in SLR resilience. The SLR curriculum, Community Connection Dialogues, and Pop-Ins are three parts of a whole that work to bring community members at all levels of understanding and engagement into the conversation and direct them towards the next step in their pathway to SLR community resilience. This work is being led by Mississippi State University in partnership with the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Alabama School of Mathematics and Science, Gulf of Mexico Alliance, and the University of South Alabama. Collaborators from across the region will include the Mississippi State University Gulf Coast Community Design Studio, the five Gulf National Estuarine Research Reserves, Audubon Nature Institute, 350 Pensacola, League of Women Voters of Mobile, EEECHO, Ocean Springs Environmental Committee, UF/IFAS, Perdido & Pensacola Bays Estuary Program, Better Growth Mobile, Cities of Ocean Springs, MS and Pensacola, FL, Counties of Jackson, MS and Santa Rosa, FL, and the GoM Climate and Resilience Community of Practice.


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GREENVILLE, S.C. (Apr. 12, 2007) - Freshman shortstop Justin Tramble (Marietta, Ga.) hit his first career home run Thursday afternoon, a two-run ninth inning blast that capped a two-run rally for the Baseball Bucs as ETSU defeated Furman for the second time this season, 4-3 at the Furman Baseball Stadium. It is ETSU's 12th come from behind victory this season, and the Bucs are now 18-4 in games decided by two runs or less.
The Bucs (24-12) trailed 3-1 entering the ninth inning, but sophomore Troy Mendez (Roswell, Ga.) drew a leadoff walk, and freshman Tanner Moore (Chattanooga, Tenn.) pulled ETSU within one run with a double into the left field corner. Following a popout and a strikeout, Tramble drove an 0-1 fastball from Furman reliever Nick Hollstegge over the left field fence, giving the Bucs their first lead of the afternoon.
Trailing 2-0 in the sixth inning, freshman Danny Petro (Atlanta, Ga.) cut the lead in half, hammering his second home run of the season over the left field fence off Furman starter J.P. Goldsberry.
The Paladins (9-23) plated single runs in the fourth and fifth innings, and added an apparent insurance run on a bases loaded walk in the eighth.
Freshman starter Drew Story (Jefferson City, Tenn.) turned in the best performance of his collegiate career on they day. The righty threw eight solid innings, a new career best, striking out four and scattering six hits to improve to 2-2 on the season. He also stranded Paladin runners at third base in four of his eight innings. Senior Caleb Glafenhein (Knoxville, Tenn.) retired Furman in order in the ninth for his sixth save. Hollstegge took the loss for the Paladins, falling to 0-5.
Tramble and Petro were the only two Bucs to turn in multi-hit performances on the day, each finishing 2-for-4 with a run scored.
The Bucs are back in action Friday night, opening a three-game Atlantic Sun Conference series with Lipscomb at Cardinal Park. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m.


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Has Michael Mann redefined the cinematic close-up? That question, along with a few others, nagged me after a recent screening of Public Enemies in Toronto. First, some context. I have long admired Mann's artistry. There is drama in his unironic flourishes — the final moments in Heat or The Insider before the end credit roll when Moby's music fills the air and the characters take one last look around before the screen goes black. There is precision in his mise en scene, a compositional control that rarely goes over the deep end of mannerism, when style only serves itself. He is not afraid to marinade cinematic moments with lingering stares, contemplative glances, and longer takes that follow characters in their moments of crisis, joy, confusion, or pain. One way Mann accomplishes this in-the-moment presentness is with the extreme close-up. If you haven't seen Public Enemies and don't want anything spoiled, then this serves as my warning that spoilers lie ahead.
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atter, Mann has spoken a little about his technical and aesthetic choices. In an interview with Ain't it Cool News, Mann discusses the function of the close-up in his films. One passage is particularly informative:
I look for where or how to bring the audience into the moment, to reveal what somebody's thinking and what they're feeling, and where it feels like you're inside the experience. Not looking at it, with an actor performing it, but have an actor live it, and you as audience, if I could bring the audience inside to experience. It became critical in THE INSIDER, because the ambition was to make a film that was as suspenseful as I knew, and dramatic as I knew those lives really were. And, it's all talking heads, but the devastation, the potential devastation to [Jeffrey] Wigand and Lowell Bergman was total annihilation, personal annihilation, suicide–all that was in the cards for these guys. And, yet, it's all just people talking. So, that kind of began an exploration into how I could bring you into experience in as internal a way as I could.
For Mann, the close-up is a ticket to a character's soul, their inner subjectivity. The closer the camera gets, the closer we are to their thoughts.
A Pair of Subjectivities
The close-up has always been used for emphasis. They portray the emotion on someone's face or clarify the presence of an object. We might even say that it's the most cinematic of shots, since it affords an intimacy and immediacy that is rarely found in the other arts. But can a close-up convey character subjectivity?
Kristin Thompson offers a fascinating essay on the nature of subjectivity in cinema, which can be found here. She notes that "the more imaginative [filmmakers] have shown immense creativity in trying to convey what characters see and think." She isolates two kinds of functions that emphasize character subjectivity: perceptual and mental subjectivity. As she puts it, both functions suggest being "with" the characters as opposed to merely observing them. Perceptual subjectivity offers a visual or aural connection to what a character sees or hears. Point-of-view shots or point-of-audition sound not only places the audience in the scene, but in the head of a character for a given time. There are countless examples of effective POV shots, but POA sound seems much rarer, if only because they are harder to spot. The Do Lung bridge sequence in Apocalypse Now is a good example. An American sniper loads his gun and takes aim at the trees, where a vocal Vietnamese sniper is perched, hidden by the dark. The U.S. sniper focuses his ears on the Vietnamese's taunting voice then fires. The trees go silent. In the moment leading up to the killshot, the din of ground activity fades away and the acousmatic voice becomes the solo aural element on the sound track. We hear what the sniper hears as he strips away layer upon layer of sound until he aurally spots the tree sniper.
Mental subjectivity, in Thompson's view, goes a step further by offering fantasies, dreams, and other image-sound elements that are experienced by only that character. The numerous gags in Throw Momma from the Train where Owen (Danny DeVito) fantasizes about killing his mother are good examples. Without framing the fantasy, DeVito convinces his audience by playing the scene through. Only then does he cut back to the beginning of the sequence and we realize that the second half of the sequence was a figment of his imagination.
But the Do Lung sequence could also qualify as mental subjectivity since the U.S. sniper is specially trained to hone in on particular sounds — that technique is fairly unique to him. If we heard the same sequence from Willard's position, we might not hear the same focused sound. In this respect, Thompson's definitions are by her own admission fluid and ambiguous: "Filmmakers can create deliberate, complex, and important effects by keeping it unclear whether what we see is a character's perception of reality or his/her imaginings."
By all accounts Michael Mann works in the gray area between these functions. Films such as The Insider, Ali, and Public Enemies are intimate character studies even if the subject matter of each is expansive. The Insider is as much about the news business as it is about the personal struggle of Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe). It isn't surprising, then, to hear Mann discuss that film in docudrama terms with lots of talking and exposition. He attempts to overcome the dryness of this approach by personalizing the story, thereby bringing the audience closer to Wigand, in three key sequences.
Immediacy and Despair
We are introduced to Wigand at the beginning of the film through a series of fragmented shots. Mann captures a birthday celebration in the B&W chemistry lab through a glass partition. Wigand's profile appears in close-up, out of focus, as the party continues in the background, out of ear shot. He packs up his briefcase with haste, then exits the office. Cut to Wigand in the elevator. The camera is perched on Wigand's shoulder, inches from his ear. We're only slightly off Wigand's own eyeline, a pseudo POV shot. The doors open and Wigand exits — the camera holds its position. We move into the lobby still attached to Wigand by Mann's fly-on-the-shoulder camera. As he approaches the floor security guard, we cut to a wider shot of Wigand passing the guard. Mann slows the film down, stretching the moment, giving an impression of Wigand's own stunned numbness to the situation.
Later in the film, following a contentious meeting with Brown & Williamson chairman Thomas Sandefur (Michael Gambon) and B&W legal counsel, Wigand leaves corporate headquarters in a rage. He calls Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) from a pay phone to blame him for the way the company was treating him. Framed again extremely tight, Mann's camera is inches from Wigand's face. In this way, Wigand's enraged state is expressed with the extreme close-up. It's made even more jarring when we cut to Bergman's, who is framed in medium long shot, while Wigand is right in our face.
It's also interesting to note that during the B&W meeting, Mann incorporates the on-the-skin close-ups into his shot reverse-shot compositions.
These two uses of the extreme close-up aim to bring us closer to Wigand's inner subjectivity, to be on his skin — if not totally in his thoughts. I would even suggest that the tight framing also leads to a kind of compositional clostrophobia, where Mann's camera seeks to make us feel Wigand's pain. It's not necessarily a POV shot, since both sequences utilize relatively objective camera angles, which are positioned outside Wigand's body. We also don't get much POA sound in either case. Instead, Mann uses a particular camera technique — bringing the camera close to the skin — in order to satisfy the need for inner subjectivity.
It's not an altogether new technique, either. The Dardenne brothers achieved a similar effect in Rosetta. The rather grim tale of a young Belgian girl's struggle with poverty and social alienation utilizes the same sort of on-the-skin camera to further bring us into her world. At times, we're locked on her face and experience the world around her only through sound.
To express the enormity of the Normandy invasion in Saving Private Ryan, Spielberg offers surprisingly few establishing shots, and instead relies on a few well-placed extreme close-ups. The most notable example comes after the battle, as Horvath (Tom Sizemore) remarks, "That's quite a view." Close on Miller's helmet, he raises his head, takes a swig of canteen water, and takes in the sight: "Yes it is. Quite a view." Spielberg's camera moves in closer until Miller's eyes are the only thing in focus. Only then do we cut to a series of wider shots of the beach. Again, the close-up emphasizes the connection between character and audience without taking the form of a traditional POV shot.
The final example of character subjectivity from The Insider is one of Mann's only forays into mental subjectivity. Late in the film Wigand is holed up in a hotel room, his wife and children having already abandoned him. He's all but given up, seated in a chair, unshaved, disheveled. A hotel employee attempts to get him to answer a telephone call from Lowell, but he's drifted off into a daydream. Lisa Gerrand's hypnotic voice primes the viewer for an unexpected fantasy that unfolds around Wigand. A pastoral mural on the wall behind him begins to morph into his old backyard, where his two children are playing. He turns to face them as the two girls stop and stare back. The moment is broken when we cut back to the hotel employee, who is still on the phone with Lowell, saying "He doesn't seem to be listening."
It's a relatively short daydream, but a bold move on Mann's part to include such a whimsical touch in an otherwise button-down narrative. It works because we've been primed by the various close-up techniques to expect a glimpse into Wigand's psyche.
Public Enemies continues Mann's close-up technique on a more visceral level. Instead of portioning out the device, he composed much of the film in a deliberately tight fashion. One film critic went as far to say that he dispenses with the use of establishing shots altogether! For the record, there are a few scattered throughout the picture, here and there. But the critic's point is well taken: there are far fewer master shots than in any conventional actioner, including the Bourne series, which is anchored by a series of sprawling city shots with legends indicating the location.
Chicago itself is presented as a disjointed city; the Biograph theatre floats somewhere in between Dillinger's hideaway and the Bureau's HQ. The bank heists remain coherent, but verge on the indefinable. According to the filmmakers, Mann expressed a desire for immediacy in order to move beyond the period niceties of 1930s Chicago. As Roger Ebert noted in his review of the film, "Mann redressed Lincoln Avenue on either side of the Biograph Theater, and laid streetcar tracks; I live a few blocks away, and walked over to marvel at the detail. I saw more than you will; unlike some directors, he doesn't indulge in beauty shots to show off the art direction. It's just there." In fact, Mann wants you to think that the detail is on their faces.
In the same Ain't it Cool News interview, Mann mentions the psychological importance of the extreme close-up in the film:
So, with Homer, outside the bank, and he sees that police car drive up. There's a close-up–it's something you can only do in hi-def–I've got the lens right here, and you'll just see the focus shift to right to the stubble, and then I'm heightening that and color timing by raising the contrast just when we get there. So, you really feel you've gone right into Homer, and you can feel his awareness just climb up. There's no nervousness, there's nothing. But, you see he has totally taken in the arrival of the cops outside.
Again, in Mann's view, the closer we get to the skin the closer we can absorb that character's emotional state. We not only see the sweat begin to bead, but we might also begin to sweat ourselves.
We don't get any closer than with Johnny Depp's vivid portrayal of Dillinger himself. He plays Dillinger close to the chest, but that's where Mann's camera can peel away the hardened exterior to reveal his cheek scar, his five-o'clock shadow, and a range of muted emotions that are exclamation points in close-up. In the film's final minutes, the close-up is combined with a pseudo POV shot of the fatal bullet that enters the back of his neck and exits under his right cheek. As he lies dying on the sidewalk, Mann returns to the on-the-skin shot one more time to see Dillinger in a much more vulnerable light. Ironically, we're so close, yet we still can't make out what he's saying.
Returning to my original question — has Michael Mann redefined the cinematic close-up? — I don't think so. Mann is an ambitious filmmaker who often seeks to refresh cinematic conventions if only to tell very familiar stories. The close-up remains a choice in the filmmaker's bag of tricks to emphasize. But I would argue that even a long shot can emphasize character psychology, if placed in the hands of a talented filmmaker.
Mann's close-ups are interesting because few other directors today portray subjectivity this way. They have become a signature Mann shot. With The Insider we witness Jeffrey Wigand's crisis with a macro lens, while the rest of the film remains detached and cool. I would argue that Public Enemies erases that borderline between close proximity and objective control. By placing the audience in the immediacy of Dillinger's present, the close-ups lose their emotional edge, their ability to read character subjectivity, and we are ultimately left with mannerist excess.
At certain points the close-up can emphasize character psychology, to bring us closer to their skin. As much Mann tries, though, it can't put us in their skin.


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I always enjoy summer and all the fun it brings (ie, beach days, margaritas made with fresh grapefruit juice, and falling asleep to the sound of Sea World fireworks to name a few). But hands down, fall is my favorite time of year. For several weeks I've been itching for cooler weather, cozy fall clothes, and that sweet crispness in the air (of which we get very little here in San Diego).
Here are a few things I've found that are getting me even more excited for the next season…
Above: white pumpkins are one of my favorite ways to decorate for fall (image via).
A warm cable knit headband for warm ears and easy hair days.
Pumpkin whoopie pies with chai-spiked ice cream filling (or let's face it, anything pumpkin will do).
Apple cider caramels (these sound like HEAVEN).
An oversized sweater is a must to make every day cozy.
What are you looking forward to this fall?


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Facebook visitors in Japan have more than doubled in the last year according to a Nielsen/Netratings study, which put Facebook ahead of a Japanese social network that allows users to hide behind pseudonyms.
Japanese Internet users have been slower than those in other countries to move to Facebook, in part because the culture is more adverse to revealing one's identity or sharing pictures online. On Mixi, long Japan's dominant social network, most users are anonymous or use nicknames, only revealing themselves to people they have met in person.
Facebook received 17.2 million unique visitors from among Japanese Internet users last month, according to a Nielsen/Netratings report released Tuesday, more than double the 8.2 million in May 2011. The number of unique visitors also jumped sharply from April, up 16 percent month on month.
Despite the sharp increase, Nielsen said that only about 29.1 percent of Japanese Internet users now visit Facebook, less than half of the 67.2 percent in the U.S. or the 39.3 percent in nearby South Korea.
After years of failing to gain traction in Japan, Facebook surged in popularity in the country in 2011. The site benefitted from the popularity of the "The Social Network," a movie about its early days, and an increase in people looking to connect online in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that ravaged Japan's northeast coast.
While there is no question that Facebook is increasingly popular in the country, there is some to debate as to whether it has passed Mixi. Last year Nielsen changed the way it calculated page views, causing a sudden drop in the number of unique visitors it calculated for Mixi, and dropping the Japanese site below Facebook.
Mixi responded by noting that Nielsen tracks only PC users in Japan, where many people do the majority of their browsing on mobile phones. The site said about 85 percent of its users access through phones.
The less intrusive Twitter has also been very popular in Japan, setting records for tweets after sporting events and making Japanese one of the most-tweeted languages.


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Kerry to Name Envoy for Arctic Region
Secretary of State John Kerry will name a "special representative" to the Arctic region at a time when diminishing ice is bringing new shipping access, competition for energy resources, and environmental risks.
Kerry announced the plan in a letter to Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, who has called for the position.
"For a long time now, I've shared the view that the Arctic region really is the last global frontier, and the United States needs to elevate our attention and effort to keep up with the opportunities and consequences presented by the Arctic's rapid transformation," Kerry said in the letter that Begich released Friday.
He writes that it's "vital that we elevate the entirety of Arctic issues and interests — environmental, economic, energy, geostrategic, national security, and more within the State Department itself."
Kerry is crafting the new position as the U.S. prepares to begin a two-year stint as the next chair of the multination Arctic Council in 2015.
The White House released an Arctic strategy in May, while the Defense Department unveiled its own Arctic planning document late last year.
"The Arctic is at a strategic inflection point as its ice cap is diminishing more rapidly than projected and human activity, driven by economic opportunity — ranging from oil, gas, and mineral exploration to fishing, shipping, and tourism — is increasing in response to the growing accessibility," the Defense Department document states.
Begich and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (who isn't impressed with White House Arctic efforts) have both called for creating an Arctic ambassador position.
Begich called State's decision to create the envoy position "an important step in the right direction."
"The bottom line is that the changes we see in the Arctic warrant a higher level of involvement from the U.S. and this position will allow us to better exercise leadership and vision in Arctic policy moving forward," Begich said in a statement Friday.


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Diabetes is usually a lifelong (chronic) disease in which there is a high level of sugar in the blood.A.D.A.M.
Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas to control blood sugar. Diabetes can be caused by too little insulin resistance to insulin, or both.
To understand diabetes, it is important to first understand the normal process by which food is broken down and used by the body for energy. Several things happen when food is digested:
People with diabetes have high blood sugar because their body cannot move sugar into fat, liver, and muscle cells to be stored for energy. This is because either:
There are two major types of diabetes. The causes and risk factors are different for each type:
Gestational diabetes is high blood sugar that develops at any time during pregnancy in a woman who does not have diabetes.
Diabetes affects more than 20 million Americans. Over 40 million Americans have pre-diabetes (which often develops before type 2 diabetes). If your parent, brother or sister has diabetes, you may be more likely to develop diabetes.
High blood sugar level can cause several symptoms, including:
Because type 2 diabetes develops slowly, some people with high blood sugar have no symptoms.
Symptoms of type 1 diabetes develop over a short period. People may be very sick by the time they are diagnosed.
After many years, diabetes can lead to other serious problems. These problems are known as diabetes complications and include:
A urine analysis may show high blood sugar. But a urine test alone does not diagnose diabetes.
Your health care provider may suspect that you have diabetes if your blood sugar level is higher than 200 mg/dL. To confirm the diagnosis, one or more of the following tests must be done.
Blood tests:
Screening for type 2 diabetes in people who have no symptoms is recommended for:
With type 2 diabetes, the disease may be reversed with lifestyle changes, especially losing weight through exercising and eating healthier foods. Also, some cases of type 2 diabetes can be improved with weight loss surgery.
There is no cure for type 1 diabetes.
Treating both type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes involves medicines, diet, and exercise to control blood sugar level.
Getting better control over your blood sugar, cholesterol, and blood pressure levels helps reduce the risk of kidney disease, eye disease, nervous system disease, heart attack, and stroke.
To prevent diabetes complications, visit your health care provider at least two to four times a year. Talk about any problems you are having. Follow your health care provider's instructions on managing your diabetes.
American Diabetes Association | www.diabetes.org
Keeping an ideal body weight and an active lifestyle may prevent type 2 diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes cannot be prevented.
Review Date: 6/27/2012.
Reviewed by: Shehzad Topiwala, MD, Chief Consultant Endocrinologist, Premier Medical Associates, The Villages, FL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.
Source: A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia.


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On the heels of tragic loss, the stunning and innocent Natalie Mason, meets handsome business mogul Mac Carter. As Natalie attempts to pick up the pieces of her shattered life, circumstances beyond her control draw her and Mac into a situation she wants kept secret. The two are a matched set having both experienced immense loss in their lives. Uncertain of what she should do, she decides to give fate a chance, opening her heart to Mac, who just wants to love her.
But the past, who often times takes no prisoners, rears its ugly head in a double dose. Mac's ex-girlfriend cannot accept that their love affair is over and takes drastic measures through deception and blackmail to ensure that Mac will be hers.
Natalie, on the other hand, has to face the one responsible for her sister's death. As her journey begins to bring justice and closure, the past transports to her feet an unexpected surprise—a long lost love desiring to posses her as his once again.
Will Mac and Natalie's newly blossoming love be able to endure what the past has delivered or will the victors of their hearts be the old flames who are staking their claim?
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Santa Fe 4th Annual Pumpkin Bash!!
Yesterday I held the 4th Annual Pumpkin Bash here in Santa Fe and about 35 people came! IT was COLD but not as cold as later on during the day and people warmed up swinging an axe! My friend Jill Foster called them 'the choppers'! I also supplied my pumpkin soup (the recipe is in the previous post) to warm the bones. This was the biggest turnout to date. All my friends, Master gardener friends and Homegrown friends came out for the big event. Everyone had fun and afterwards took some pumpkin home. Must have given away over 300 lbs to friends and the other 85 lbs is going to Kitchen Angels! Let's figure out how many pies it would make- Take 385 lbs x 16 oz (16 oz in a lb) = 6160 oz. Divide that by 12 oz (1.5 cups is the standard amount of pumpkin used in pies) and we get 513 pies!! Even if we subtract some out for that stringy stuff and seeds we still get around 500 pies!