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About W139
Art comes first. W139 is a development-oriented art resource that wants to inspire the world. A source continuously working on optimal conditions for our basic need to create and explore.
Artist-run program
Currently self-organised groups of artists are working on presentations for the space located in the Warmoesstraat, in the centre of Amsterdam. Each group embraces the principles of W139 and is actively working on our ambition to present worlds which one has never seen or experienced. W139 explores the unknown, we value the freedom not to know. In developing site specific presentations the groups are challenged to play a key and initiating role in amongst others the following areas of attention: moving beyond self-promotion, making sensitive, sensory and inclusive spaces, and generating wealth. With W139 as epicenter, each group has its own journey and each group generates its own waves of energy. W139's artist-run program will take from now until 2016 at least.
Artist-run space
Art comes first. Not routine. This is key in our mental architecture as well as in our physical architecture. We feel that we need to make work. We value the production of contemporary artworks. We take full responsibility for that. W139 runs primarily on the ambition and energy of artists thus is primarily organised as an artist-run space. Read more about W139's brief history down here.
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A Brief History of W139
W139 is a presentation and production space for contemporary art in the centre of Amsterdam. It was founded in 1979 by a group of young artists who wanted to present an alternative to the collections and exhibitions on show at the city's museums and commercial galleries. In the course of 34 years, W139 has evolved from an anti-establishment squat into a professional non-institutional platform for contemporary art. The program includes both Dutch and international artists who are invited to develop a new (site-specific) work for the W139 area. W139 provides 'room for risk', and in so doing fulfills a unique role in the Dutch art world.
The former theatre at Warmoesstraat 139, on the oldest street of Amsterdam, was squatted in October 1979 by a group of five young artists including Guus van der Werf, Marianne Kronenberg, Martha Crijns, Reinout Weydom, and Ad de Jong who had graduated from the Rietveld Academie in the spring of that year and had made a summer tour through Europe in a van with a portfolio of their artworks and a list with addresses and phone numbers of galleries and museums. Back home in Amsterdam, they felt that before they would focus on an international career it was important to have a place to show their works to their friends in their own city. There was also a more general ambition of initiating a counterculture in Amsterdam, a movement against the closed world of commercial art and museums.
The huge, cold and light space formed an oasis in the dense, rundown environment of the city centre, a neighbourhood that in the early 1980s was dominated by drug dealing and prostitution. In permanent competition with a number of comparable artists run squats, W139 opened a new exhibition space with performances and punk music every weekend. The artists lived and worked in the block of houses around the W139 and its opening hours ran from noon till after midnight. After about nine years, the fire of the first group of artists ran out and a dinner and a discussion were organized for about forty artists and designers who were in one way or another connected to W139. From the discussion sprung many ideas about the direction W139 had to take and the question of who wanted to take responsibility for that. Ad de Jong, one of the founding artists, was willing to take that place. He became the first director of W139. From 1990 – 1991 he succeeded in finding and attracting the right people for W139 to establish itself as a place for artistic risk and innovation The Jong developed the basic ideas for W139: to keep the building free from external power, to always activate W139 by employing a director for the maximum of 4 years, to focus on the artists, to secure the autonomous place forever for the foundation and Amsterdam, by buying the building.
In the year 92 the floor of the back space was removed and the program had to be adjusted for that year. W139 was run by 4 curators; Martin Grootenbroer; Hewald Jongenelis; The threesome Bas van Tol, Pascal Zwart & Madje Vollaers and the English artist Tim Brennan.
Board member Van den Ban was at that time considered an established artist with an international career and he saw W139 as a possibility for new ways of presenting art. These shows attracted international attention. In an exchange program with French artists, the future initiators of the Palais de Tokyo visited W139; Van den Ban believes that the Palais de Tokyo's very successful exhibition concept was to a large extent inspired by this visit.
Ad de Jong was not afraid to reject proposals by invited artists or to suggest far reaching alterations. He experimented with new physical support structures for artworks, alternative lighting conditions, and combinations of art and interior design. The Desk shows, in which artists were invited to create a one night event with their work on a huge table that filled the entire front space of W139 (except for a one meter corridor along the walls), is an example of the kind of ideas for art presentation that were developed during those years. In another extraordinary show I remember, small, framed etchings and woodcuts were lighted by huge, second-hand colour neon signs. Each director has four years to sculpt W139 entirely according to his or her ideas: Dominique Pelletey was director from 1992–1994, Theo Tegelaers became director in 1994, then Jean Bernard Koeman in 1998, Ann Demeester in 2002, myself in 2006, and recently Tim Voss, former director of Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof in Hamburg was appointed. W139 is a place where artists can realize their own desires and share them for free with everybody who enters the door. Isn't this what everybody wants?
— Gijs Frieling, former director of W139 (2006–2010)
From 'Desire and Relevance: Curating for the Many at W139', Manifesta Journal no. 10, 2009/2010
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Next to Henry's Farmers Market on Highway 111 and Adams Street, Zpizza uses certified organic ingredients. Crusts come either gluten-free, dairy free, or regular. Cheese choices are vegan and part skim, rBGH free mozzarella. Given to dairy cows to boost milk production, the hormone rBGH has been linked to breast cancer. Zpizza has delicious salads, too!
According to The CDC, there are an estimated 3,000,000 people in the United States with celiac disease, a common genetic autoimmune disorder. Linked to mood disorders, arthritis, fibromyalgia, type I diabetes, and bowel cancer, the only treatment for celiac disease is a strict gluten-free diet. Many cases of the disease go undiagnosed and untreated.
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Qualitative Research Methods : Collecting Evidence, Crafting Analysis, Communicating Impact
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Sarah J. Tracy is Associate Professor of Human Communication at Arizona State University-Tempe. She has contributed more than 50 essays to such publications as Qualitative Inquiry, Communication Monographs, Management Communication Quarterly, and others. Dr. Tracy's research has garnered international acclaim and she regularly serves as qualitative methodology expert for granted research.
Table of Contents
Prologue: Is this book for me?
Chapter 1: Developing Contextual Research that Matters
Chapter 2: Entering the Conversation of Qualitative Research
Chapter 3: Paradigmatic Reflections and Theoretical Foundations
Chapter 4: Fieldwork and Fieldplay: Negotiating Access and Exploring the Scene
Chapter 5: Proposal Writing: Explaining Your Research to Institutional Review Boards, Instructors, Supervisory Committees, and Funding Agencies
Chapter 6: Field Roles, Fieldnotes, and Field Focus
Chapter 7: Interview Planning and Design: Sampling, Recruiting, and Questioning
Chapter 8: Interview Practice: Embodied, Mediated, and Focus Group Approaches
Chapter 9: Data Analysis Basics: A Pragmatic Iterative Approach
Chapter 10: Advanced Data Analysis: The Art and Magic of Interpretation
Chapter 11: Qualitative Quality: Creating a Credible, Ethical, Significant Study
Chapter 12: Writing Part 1: The Nuts and Bolts of Qualitative Tales
Chapter 13: Writing Part 2: Drafting, Polishing, and Publishing
Chapter 14: Qualitative Methodology Matters: Exiting and Communicating Impact
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Hailing from Melbourne, Australia is experimental, R&B, vocalist and producer, Oscar Key Sung who's making quite a name for himself on and offline. He recently did a show at the infamous, hip Brooklyn venue Glasslands Gallery and stole the entire night with his addictive beats, unique dance moves and high energy songs, such as: "All I Can Do" to many tracks from his current EP, Holograms.
There are many words to describe a performance from Sung, unique and familiar. Familiar, because his music style combined with his charismatic spirit and sound has many influences, many emerging artists, and of course from the past.
Below is a conversation we had with Oscar about his music influences, Disclosure, his personal style and more.
I: Interviewer (Marie Flounoy)
O: Oscar Key Sung
I: Is this your first time playing in Brooklyn?
O: I played here in New York for CMJ, last year.
I: How long have you been doing music?
O: I started messing around with music for a long time. I was the only child and my uncle bought me like a Casio keyboard and I'd do like drums with one hand and keys with the other, like slap bass and I had good rhythm when I was a kid so I started doing stupid music. I think it was fun. I like creative stuff.
I: What's the inspiration behind your recent EP?
O: The EP was made during a long period of time. So, some of the tracks have different meanings - and because I produced and did the singing and stuff- there were different stories behind the beats and the lyrics. it's kind of like a romantic EP. It's about a relationship, aspects that I want.
I: About your personal life?
O: Yes
I: What would you say are your influences in music?
O: Well, I think maybe I suffer from the thing that most young people seem to do where I want to be a individual and I would like to believe I have a unique personality or something. As much as it might be a illusion, that's something I think about while making music. Like, I don't want it to sound like one thing. So, I like to get inspired by different elements and genres.
I'm inspired by lo-fi, kind of folk ambient music - but then I also really like aspects of pop, big pop influences. I really enjoyed the Disclosure release. I like garage, two-step and deep house - I like dancing to that stuff, but I love R&B, vocals and melodies. I feel the vocals had a lot of R&B tinges and the pop song structure but a dance context, that to me was pretty cool. I respect the pop guys and back in the days guys, like Chris Isaac, who wore their heart on their sleeves - but in this really a masculine and emotional way. It's really inspiring.
I: Does that resonate in your personal style, inspiration from the past?
O: I mess around with outfits, as well *laughs* - random stuff I guess.
I: And your dancing? Is that something you also do?
O: The first girl who ever broke my heart. She broke up with me and I would have stayed with her for the rest of my life type of thing. I would have and she broke it up. Long story. She told me "I just can't be with anyone". A month later she was with another guy. He was a dancer. I always danced a bit and really liked dancing - but I got this obsession to outdance him, so a I started to YouTube tutorials on moves, a few years ago. I would love to be a dancer, but I'm not.
But I started getting some trick and moves from that period - this is funny, right? You know when you're broken hearted and you're trying to get through it?
I: Yes, of course - and you will try to do anything to get your mind off of it. Whatever works.
O: Yeah
I: So, what would you say are your top three favorite songs you're listening to right now?
O: I'd say "Enough Said" - Aaliyah and Drake. I can't stop listening to that one. Aurthur Russell, that like old stuff. Songs from World of Echo and Disclosure… the one that's like…how does it go? Let me look it up.
*Oscar pulls out his phone*
I: You And Me? The one with London Grammar?
O: No, but that one is amazing. There's so many good songs! - it's ridiculous.
I: Yes, Disclosure is amazing!
O: Voices! *imitates song*
I: Yes, Voices. That's a great song. *laughs* Who is big in the music scene where you're from - in Australia?
O: Popular in music is not as good as it is in America. A lot of my friends are really amazing, Cassius Select, Everybody on this thing, a small little label, Michael Ozone, Angel Eyes, Silent J, and there's so many dudes that are really good at what they do.
I: Who is someone you hope to collaborate with in the future?
O: I always find this question hard. Someone who I think is good, isn't always someone I should collaborate with. You know what I mean?
It's a hard one... Oh, there's a girl named Tink G, she did a song with Kelea, recently. She has this track I've got so obsessed with called "Bonnie & Clyde" and she can spit very well and sing very well, and she's super like tough, but really sweet. I think she's really talented. But, I think she wouldn't collaborate with me, but I'd like to collaborate with her. I also discovered a English rapper today, her name Little Simz - god, she's good and she can freestyle too. I don't really rap, I don't think it's appropriate for me so I like to collaborate with rappers more than anybody.
For all things Oscar Key Sung, including news, tour dates and more visit oscarkeysung.com.


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GTA 5 was the best selling game of 2013 with 32.5 million units sold
Sales are likely to grow when PS4, Xbox One and PC versions are released
GAMES DISTRIBUTOR Take-Two Interactive, the company behind developer Rockstar Games, has revealed that Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5) was the best-selling video game of 2013.
During its fiscal third quarter earnings call on Monday, Take-Two Interactive revealed that it sold 32.5 million units of GTA 5 in 2013, making it the best-selling video game of the year. The firm didn't reveal whether the Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 (PS3) version was the most popular.
Because of these bumper sales, Take-Two Interactive boasted that its revenues increased to $767m in its fiscal third quarter, up from $405 million in the same quarter of the prior year.
GTA 5 sales and Take-Two Interactive's cash float likely will continue to grow throughout 2014, too, with the firm yet to release versions of GTA 5 for the Xbox One and Playstation 4 (PS4). If speculation is to be believed, these are likely to appear on UK store shelves in June.
There's also talk that the firm will release a PC version of GTA 5 this year, too. We spotted GTA 5 for PC up for pre-order at UK retailer Gameholds.com, which is promising to start shipping the title on 31 March.
Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick said, "Take-Two's business continued to outperform expectations significantly during the fiscal third quarter.
"Our results were driven by robust holiday demand for Grand Theft Auto V, the franchise record-breaking launch of NBA 2K14, the successful release of WWE 2K14, and strong growth in digitally delivered revenues led by Grand Theft Auto Online.
"Take-Two was the top video game publisher of 2013, according to the NPD Group, underscoring our positive momentum over the past year." µ
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Seduction in Death
J.D. Robb
2001, Futuristic Romantic Suspense
Berkley, $7.99, 368 pages, Amazon ASIN 0425181464Part of a series
The story opens with homicide detective Eve Dallas being called in to investigate what appears to be a suicide, except the victim was dead before she fell from her balcony. It's quickly determined the victim died as the result of an overdose of two kinds of date rape drugs. Eve, herself a victim of sexual abuse, becomes even more determined to find the killer, who meets his victims over the Internet and then seduces them with fancy dinners, flowers, and drugged champagne.
There is little mystery as to who the villain is, as he's revealed right away. Instead the reader watches as he plays a game of cat and mouse with Eve. Is he the nervous lover who unintentionally murdered his date and then tried to destroy the evidence? Or is he an ice-cold killer taking his greatest pleasure watching his victim die beneath him?
Even though the story is set in the not-too-distant future, these are crimes that could and have been committed our modern age of technology. We all have seen the news stories about criminals finding victims via the Internet and the proliferation of drugs such as Rohypnol. It makes the crimes of Seduction In Death all that much more chilling.
Fans of the series will be delighted, as always, to watch the very subtle shifts in Eve and her gazillionaire husband Roarke's relationship. As well as watching the further development in the love lives of Eve's protégé, Delia Peabody, and e-detective Ian McNab. It's a kick to watch Eve try to ignore what' s going on right under her nose; you can practically picture her sticking her fingers in her ears and chanting "I can't hear you" each time Peabody brings up the topic. Also, long-time fans of the series will recognize two secondary characters from past books who meet and discover the joys of love at first sight. Their story in itself isn't a big deal, but the fallout of it leads to the resolution of another plot line that has kept fans on their toes.
For all my enthusiasm, I need to say that the story did drag a bit. Eve spent more time talking about the crime scenario and what happened than actually investigating it. A little less talk and a little more action would've helped. Also - and this a personal quibble so it doesn't really figure into the grade - just once I would like Eve to solve a case without help from her expert consultant, civilian, a.k.a. Roarke. Then again if that meant less Roarke, I can suspend my disbelief and he can dabble in every one of her cases from here to infinity.
Diehard In Death fans will thoroughly enjoy this story, and those new the series won't be overwhelmed by details from earlier books. All that's left to once you close the pages is begin the countdown for Reunion in Death to be released.
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WARNING: Tamoxifen has rarely caused very serious (possibly fatal) strokes, blood clots in the lungs/legs, and cancer of the uterus. If you are taking tamoxifen to reduce the risk of breast cancer, or if your cancer is limited to the milk ducts (ductal carcinoma in situ-DCIS), then discuss the benefits and risks of taking this medication with your doctor. However, if you are taking tamoxifen to treat breast cancer, then the benefits of taking tamoxifen are greater than the risks of side effects.
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K9 Assists with Apprehension of Car Thief
Posted on 12/16/2013 10:24 am
- West 30th and North Harrison Streets, Wilmington, Delaware
Date of Occurrence:
- Saturday, December 14, 2013 at approximately 2:37 a.m.
Kyree Custis, 23, 400 block North Bancroft Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware
- Receiving Stolen Property
- Possession of Heroin
- Resisting Arrest
- Drive without a Valid License
A car thief refusing to exit a stolen vehicle was taken into custody with assistance from a police K9 early Saturday morning.
On December 14, at approximately 2:37 a.m., Officers Brian McCanney and Robert Lynch responded to a complaint of a stolen Chevrolet Malibu. OnStar contacted Wilmington Police Communications and notified police of the vehicle's direction of travel. The officers located the vehicle traveling westbound on West 30th Street. At West 30th and North Harrison Streets the operator attempted to park the vehicle on the south side of the block. The officers exited their patrol car and made contact with the operator, Kyree Custis, and ordered him to exit the vehicle. Custis refused to exit and locked the door. As the officers prepared to make a forced entry, Custis unlocked the door but still refused to exit. When Custis then attempted to place the vehicle back in drive, Cpl. Robert Steele deployed his K9 partner, Neo, who made contact with Custis and helped pull him from the vehicle.
Custis was taken into custody after a further struggle and transported to Wilmington Hospital for treatment. Due to multiple layers of winter clothing Custis did not sustain bite injuries.
Officers later located 10 bags of heroin inside the vehicle and discovered that Custis had an existing capias for his arrest out of Sussex County Family Court. An investigation also revealed that Custis had operated the vehicle without a valid license.
Kyree Custis was arraigned at Justice of the Peace Court 20 and committed to Howard R. Young Correctional Institution in lieu of $9,100 unsecured bail.


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Gina Carano has turned into an actress, but she has not given up on MMA completely. Carano has now spoken up about a potential return to the MMA ring. On March 26, News Max shared new comments made by Carano about the MMA and her career. She is definitely open to a return. In fact, she has never officially retired.
Her return to the MMA has been at the center of speculation in recent weeks after a report surfaced that Carano would return to the ring to fight Ronda Rousey. Ronda is the top MMA fighter right now. Carano even spoke about fighting Rousey as well, and it is possible. Dana White has tried to make it clear that negotiations for a fight between the pair are not happening, but Carano's comments suggest otherwise:
I feel like I can't say too much. I've got all this information that if I could just speak freely, this is actually what's going on. I wish I could open up my mind and tell you exactly the things that I've seen and the conversations that I've had, but I think to sum it up in a nice, safe way for me is if circumstances were right, and if it's a good enough circumstance (I would come back) because my first love is MMA.
Women's fighting has received a new spotlight with fighters like Rousey bringing new fans to the sport. Cris Cyborg has only added fuel to the fire with her saying that Rousey thinks Carano would be an easy fight for her. Rousey is open to fighting either woman in the ring.
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With changes in the general economy have come changes in the self-storage finance world. Self-storage lenders, like those for all commercial real estate, apply more stringent underwriting standards when evaluating the potential of a construction, permanent or other self-storage loans. Even the refinancing process has become more challenging for self-storage owners, who must weigh their options and exit strategies. Some negotiate with lenders in an attempt to salvage underperforming self-storage properties. Tax issues are also a significant concern for self-storage owners. Cost segregation and 1031 exchange are possibilities to be explored. Financial and operating performance is reported quarterly by the self-storage real estate investment trusts (REITs): Public Storage Inc., U-Store-It Trust, Sovran Self Storage and Extra Space Storage.
- Selby Self Storage Opens New Facility in Selby, England
- Self Storage Group Adopts Stockholder Rights Plan
- Self-Storage REIT Strategic Storage Trust Releases 4Q 2013, Year-End Financial Results
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- Self-Storage REITs Release Financial Results for Fourth-Quarter 2013, Fiscal Year
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Although the chemical compound Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), (once used in applications such as dry cleaning and as a fire-extinguishing agent, etc) other chlorofluorocarbons were banned under the 1987 Montreal Protocol, new research has found emissions of CC14 ranged approximately 39 kilotons per year between 2007-2012. This is nearly 30% of the peak emissions before the international treaty went into effect. As of 2008, CCl4 accounted for about 11% of chlorine available for ozone depletion. While experts report that this is "not enough to alter the decreasing trend of ozone-depleting substances," they want to know the source of these mysterious emissions.
"People believe the emissions of ozone-depleting substances have stopped because of the Montreal Protocol," commented, chief scientist for atmospheres at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Paul Newman, who co-authored the study. "Unfortunately, there is still a major source of CCl4 out in the world."
"We are not supposed to be seeing this at all," added Qing Liang, an atmospheric scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and lead author of the study. "It is now apparent there are either unidentified industrial leakages, large emissions from contaminated sites, or unknown CCl4 sources. The big question is whether there is a physical CCl4 loss process we don't understand, or are there emission sources that go unreported or are not identified?"
Liang also went on to state that "atmospheric concentrations of the compound should have declined at an expected rate of 4% per year. Yet ground observations showed only a 1% decline per annum."
In order to learn more about the discrepancy, Liang and scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth System Research Lab and NOAA's Copperative Institute for Research in Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado in Boulder, used NASA's 3-D GEOS Chemistry Climate Model and data from global networks of ground-based observations to measure CC14 levels. The model results also revealed that the chemical stays in the atmosphere 40% longer than previously believed.
The research was published online in the Aug. 18 issue of Geophysical Research Letters.
Note: While many people know about NASA's projects regarding space exploration, it is important to point out that the Space Agency is constantly monitoring the Earth's "vital signs" from the ground, as well as air and space via satellites as a means of studying our planet's interconnected and ever changing natural systems.
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Oct. 16, 2011
DALLAS, Texas - Senior Amanda Malkiewicz scored her fourth goal of the season lifting East Carolina (7-6-1, 2-5) to a 1-0 overtime win over SMU (9-6-1, 5-2-1) Sunday afternoon at Wescott Field.
After both teams struggled to find the back of the net in regulation, ECU capitalized on a long through ball and a two-on-one to score the game's only goal with three seconds remaining in the first overtime period. With an SMU defender closing on the edge of the 18-yard box, junior Rachel Wechsler made a short pass to the left to Malkiewicz, who placed the ball just over a sliding Courtney Webb, for the game-winner. For Malkiewicz it was her 21st career goal moving her into a tie for fourth place on the Pirates all-time scoring list with Kelly Gray (1998-2001).
Sophomore keeper Christiane Cordero made four saves on the afternoon and recorded her fourth shutout of the season and sixth of her career. Her counterpart Courtney Webb also had four saves in goal.
"It was a gutsy performance by the team today," said head coach Rob Donnenwirth. "Everyone gave it their all! Christiane made some big saves and started the attack on the game-winning goal. Malkiewicz' effort on the goal was absolutely amazing."
Eight different Pirates posted a shot on the day with Beth Batchelor, Kimmy Cummings, Hali Oughton and Wechsler each recording two. Courtney Smith led three Mustangs with multiple shots posting three, one on goal.
The match was essentially a deadlock with the Pirates edging the Mustangs 12-11 in shots and 5-4 in shots on goal, though SMU held an 8-2 advantage in corner kicks.
ECU will open its four-game final home stand of the year next Friday, Oct. 21 when it welcomes in Rice for a 7 p.m. tilt at the ECU Soccer Stadium.


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Timing has been a bit unfortunate for the St. Augustine/St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce so far this year.
While Chamber president Don Patrick says the organization's budget is on target, lower income from reservations has already cost the job of one of its nine employees.
The Chamber's tourism director, Tina Puckett. was laid off this week.
Reservation revenues were already hit by the moribund economy, then the Sept. 11 tragedy hit New York and Washington just one day before the Chamber's annual job fair and expo at World Golf Village -- a major source of revenue.
Then a tropical storm rained out a fund-raising golf tournament.
Puckett said Patrick said he had "crunched the numbers and re-worked the budget" but still told her, "I can't make it work."
She cleaned out her desk Wednesday.
Her job as tourism director was not to draw tourists into town. The county's Visitor and Convention Bureau has that task.
She tried to steer tourists to the Chamber's more than 1,000 businesses by promotions. In addition, she was a liaison with other business-oriented groups, such as the Historic St. Augustine Area Council.
But with a tight economy, fewer reservations here meant that the tiny percentage the Chamber got was even tinier.
"Those financial answers were not given to me," Puckett said. "But I know it wasn't personal. It was business."
Chamber board member Richard Pinto said that, as far as he knew, the organization was running "pretty much according to budget. I don't think we're experiencing anything unusual. Last month, there was no budget shortfall. I don't see a tremendous crisis between now and then."
But he added that the Chamber's budget is divided into segments and the tourism budget is directly tied into reservation services.
"That could resurface if things start to get a little better. The general growth in St. Johns County is contributing to the growth in the Chamber," Pinto said.
Another Chamber board member, former St. Augustine mayor Len Weeks, said his Florida Cracker Cafe is doing well, but La Parisienne Restaurant -- which is more upscale -- is down a little.
"People are doing less celebrating right now," Weeks said. "I was shocked (about Puckett's firing). She was doing a real good job. But some of the tourism is way beyond the Chamber's ability to control."
According to the chamber's last annual report, they have the highest Chamber of Commerce membership retention rate in Florida, almost 90%.
"This signifies a high degree of satisfaction with the programs and products we provide to our members," the report said.
Kathy Fleming, executive director of the St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum, said North Florida tourism hasn't been hit as bad as the rest of the state.
"That's because we are a drive-to destination," she said. "We offer American history. We have a nice heritage and people will respond to that in this patriotic time."
Puckett said that her figures show that 11,000 people in St. Johns County are directly employed in the tourism industry.
"Lose those, and there will be a domino effect. People won't buy insurance or go out to eat," she said. "Tourism is extremely important to the chamber. I know the work I did was important. Right now, I'm going to take time to explore options. Whatever I do, it'll be in the tourism industry. It's what I love. When tourism takes a hit, the entire county's going to bleed."
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A year or so ago my husband found the trailer for Cockneys VS Zombies, a hilarious looking zombie film in the style of Shaun of the Dead. Since zombie films are a particular favorite, we waited impatiently for months for the release, but alas, it never came to the US. Looks like we'll be looking for a used copy online.
Doesn't it look funny? The full trailer had too much iffy language and violence to include here, but you can find it on youtube.


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They need my gas mask! I see many little japanese tourists with small white masks, but they are useless! Everyone must have a gas mask, for thier own protection! The age of masks is niegh.
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The main issues in NZ politics today are Shane Taurima and partisan media issues, Colin Craig vs Russel Norman, the supermarket industry, and the Labour and National parties. [Read more below]
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Shane Taurima
John Armstrong (Herald): The difference between Taurima and Henry
John Drinnan (Herald): Taurima fiasco pushes Maori TV takeover claim
Vernon Small and Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Taurima inquiry expands
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Political Report: This time TVNZ deserves the whipping
Rachel Smalley (Newstalk ZB): Taurima showed no bias
Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): TVNZ reviewing programmes for bias
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Did TVNZ review the work of Paul Henry, Tony Veitch or Mike Hosking?
Dominion Post: Editorial: The political neutrality game
TVNZ: Shane Taurima review likely to take weeks
Claire Trevett (Herald): TVNZ gave Taurima ultimatum
Radio NZ: Taurima's actions 'tarnish' Maori peers
Jacob Brown (Newstalk ZB): Banks says TVNZ should be sold
Muriel Newman (NZCPR): Election Year Tactics
Dan Satherley (TV3): Shane Taurima: 'I apologise unreservedly'
Patrick Gower (TV3): TVNZ investigates Taurima bias, use of resources
Pete George (Your NZ): More Labour aspirants in TVNZ?
Barry Soper, Felix Marwick, Laura McQuillan, and Corazon Miller (Newstalk ZB): Government inquiry not ruled out
Claire Trevett (Herald): TVNZ admits mistake over Taurima
No Right Turn: Shane Taurima
Tim Selwyn (Tumeke): TVNZ executive mismanagement of Taurima excuse for purge
The Standard: Cameron Slater gets starring role in TVNZ drama
Bryce Edwards (Liberation): Top tweets about Shane Taurima, TVNZ and Labour
Danyl McLauchlan (Dim-Post): Gut feeling update
TVNZ: Re-hiring Taurima a 'mistake' – TVNZ CEO
TVNZ: National MPs slam former TVNZ boss
Barry Soper and Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): PM says there's no bias at TVNZ
The Standard: Cameron Slater gets starring role in TVNZ drama
Labour Party
Helen Harvey (Stuff): Cunliffe thinks twice on photo
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Labour hitches ride on Mayor's rail link start date
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): How Cunliffe's Labour wins election in wake of Fairfax Poll
Pete George (Your NZ): Labour's worst week leading to an omni-shambles?
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): A day of horrors for Labour
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Labour hitches ride on Mayor's rail link start date
Supermarket industry
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): The Sixteenth Point
Felix Marwick, Laura McQuillan, and Michael Sergel (Newstalk ZB): Shane Jones says he has more in his supermarket trolley
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Countdown staff unhappy over Jones' claims
Newswire: Countdown staff feel the backlash
Adam Bennett (Herald): MP Jones goes head-to-head with Countdown owners again
Radio NZ: MP challenged on supermarket claims
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): MP's supermarket letter made public
Radio NZ: Shane Jones' shop letter released
Simon Wong (TV3): Jones' Countdown letter released
Adam Bennett (Herald): Supermarket allegations: Suppliers fearful of retaliation – Jones
Newswire: Labour: ComCom needs more power
Adam Bennett (Herald): Countdown suppliers file complaints
TVNZ: Countdown says Jones' extortion claims 'unsubstantiated'
NBR Staff (NBR): ACT sharpens attack on Greens' solar panel scheme
Dan Satherley (TV3): Greens' Solar Homes scheme 'future-proofing'
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The solar numbers
Rob Salmond (Polity): Greens' solar energy plan
David Kennedy (Local Bodies): Greens' Solar Sense and National's Nonsense
Steven Cowan (Against the Current): Russel Norman's ecological denial
Holly Walker (Frogblog): Mum in the House – it's getting easier
Colin Craig vs Russel Norman
TVNZ: Craig, Norman continue battle over 'gays in the closet' comments
Isaac Davison (Herald): Legal experts doubt Craig can win
Laura McQuillan (Newstalk ZB): Green Party throws support behind Norman
Waikato Times: What politicians say . . .
Pete George (Your NZ): Russel Norman' s clash of principles
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Colin Craig sets deadline for Russel Norman's apology
TVNZ: Lawyers' letters fly as Craig threatens Norman with libel suit
Pete George (Your NZ): Disagreeing with Russel Norman's lawyer
Keeping Stock: The Green Party values
National Party
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Key most liked, trusted
Ben Irwin (Herald): Maurice Williamson woos crowd at Pride debate
Simon Wong (TV3): Labour: Parents need 'certainty' on parental leave
Don Franks (Redline): Political games
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): I don't wish to nit pick, but a shape-shifting reptilian alien would deny they were a shape-shifting reptilian alien wouldn't they?
Roger Bowden (NZCPR): Election 2014: An (out of) pocket guide to the economics
Inequality and poverty
Dan Satherley (TV3): Living wage: Pain outweighs gain, says EMA
Radio NZ:'Living Wage' businesses modest – EMA
Laura McQuillan (Newstalk ZB): Cunliffe digs at Key over mansion in poverty debate
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): A middle range existence?
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The new living wage!
Newswire: WOFs for state houses to be announced
Richard Meadows (Stuff): Playing with the income levers
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Looks count in certain jobs
Samantha Anderson (Daily Blog): The real state of our nation.
John Banks
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The Banks file
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): NZ no Ireland, says English
Jane Kelsey (Stuff): Reveal the trade pact details
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Fonterra response 'won't damage NZ'
Stephen Franks: Surprise surprise on monopoly pricing
Kim Dotcom
Laura McQuillan (Newstalk ZB): Dotcom's Internet Party plans going ahead
Jared Savage and David Fisher (Herald): Dotcom firm's debt: creditors seeing red
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Stuff: Council turns to court over crisis
Panui: Māori news stories for the week ending 14 February 2014
Radio NZ: Expatriate Party seeks Maori support
Stuff: Today in Politics: Wednesday, February 19
Newswire: NZ veterans' plight 'shameful'
Daily Blog: The Daily Blog Watch – 18/19 February 2014
Ewen McQueen (RenewNZ): Bible in Schools
Newstalk ZB Staff (Newstalk ZB): PM unsure hybrid would be suitable workplace for Minister
Colin Hogg (Herald): Note to The GC - must tribe harder
Lewis Holden: Nation building: a good flag change poll
Rob Salmond: Fizzy drinks: Tax or no tax?
Radio NZ: Brownlee says Dalziel playing politics
Radio NZ: Expat party being treated with caution
Pete George (Your NZ): On trolls and lprent
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Fewer students leaving school unqualified
Fightback: Mainstream racism and white power groups
Mark Harris (Speaker): TPP: Error Correction
Stuff: Here's looking at you, NZ
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Milk cheaper, beer price soars
Michael Cummings (Manwatu Standard): Election hinges on the fringes
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Also heard that Manchester United were considering buying over Franck Ribbery from Bayern Munchen. Personally I would rather they buy Arjen Robben but he hasn't been there long. Ribbery is definitely a good buy but they are going to need another good Striker to help Rooney.
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NIGHT LIGHTS at the Gardens – Wednesday through Saturday, February 5th through 8th; hours are Wednesdays and Thursdays 6 to 9 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays 6 to 10 p.m. for adults, $8 for Garden members, seniors and students, $5 for kids 3 to 12, free for kids under 3 – get more information and tickets to both events at www.buffalogardens.com.
Sweet Charity – Thursday, February 6th from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Asbury Hall (otherwise known as Ani DiFranco's "Church at Babeville"), 341 Delaware Ave. in Buffalo. Sweet Charity features local vendors offering samplings of the best in wine and beer tastings, coffee, desserts and hors d'oeuvres, and benefits the Food Bank of WNY. Tickets are $60 and are on sale now – purchase tickets and get more information at sweetcharityevent.com, or call 716-935-6677 (the Food Bank of WNY).
Buffalo Auto Show – Thursday through Sunday, February 6th through 9th at the Buffalo-Niagara Convention Center, 153 Franklin St. in downtown Buffalo. Special guests during the show include NASCAR owner Richard Childress (Friday – 6 to 8 p.m.) and "Mr. October" Reggie Jackson (Saturday – 6 to 7:30 p.m. – fees apply). Get more information on the show at buffaloautoshow.com.
Trains Are Running! – Saturday and Sunday, February 8th and 9th at the Buffalo History Museum, One Museum Ct. in Buffalo from 1 to 4 p.m.; program runs on weekends (and selected other days) through February 23rd. Train display features 1900s replica model trains on more than 200 feet of track, plus a scale-model Erie Canal lock and 100 buildings representing 19th century Buffalo and Western New York. Find more information at buffalohistory.org.
Sundays in the Cemetery – each Sunday in January, through April, at 2 p.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery, 1411 Delaware Ave. in Buffalo. This week's lecture is "Stars and Stripes Forever" on February 9th. Cost is $15 per person per event – seating is limited, and reservations are required; visit www.forest-lawn.com or call 716-885-1600 for reservations.
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A former Spanish teacher at a Los Angeles high school pled guilty on charges of having sex with two students on Monday.
Gabriela Cortez, 43, forwent a deal with the District Attorney's Office and pled in open court to six felony counts of unlawful sexual intercourse.
Cortez, who taught at Roosevelt High School is free on bail and will return to court Jan. 7 for sentencing. Deputy District Attorney Hyunah Suh said the judge is awaiting a probation report before deciding on a sentence.
The investigation into Cortez's accusations began when one of the students came forward Feb. 15, telling authorities he'd had sex with her.
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The Trouble with Moonlight
Donna MacMeans
2008, Paranormal Historical (1870s [Victorian] England)
Berkley, $6.99, 304 pages, Amazon ASIN 0425221989
The Trouble with Moonlight had a silly set-up with very little follow-through, and a relationship that was all follow-through and very little set-up. The result is a lot of wheel-spinning alternating with great leaps that left me shaking my head.
The females in Lusinda Havershaw's family are Nevidimi, women with "special gifts." Lusinda's gift is the ability to soak up moonbeams and become invisible - at least the parts of her that are unclothed. (Well, that's one way to get your heroine naked, I suppose.) She supports her aunt and younger sisters by recovering items for clients. She is "liberating" a necklace from a safe for a woman whose husband gambled it away, when she is seen - or at least, the necklace floating in midair is seen.
British spy James Locke was in the room with Lusinda to break into the same safe, but he was looking for papers, not jewels. The "Great Game" is in full swing, that time in history when the English and Russian Empires are both vying for supremacy in Central Asia. James is there to search the safe of a known Russian sympathizer who holds, so he believes, a list of British spies which cannot fall into the wrong hands. He can hardly believe his eyes, but quickly realizes that an invisible person would be very handy to the cause and so sets a trap for Lusinda, blackmailing her into helping retrieve the list.
And then, really, nothing much happens. Lusinda moves in with James - to protect her family, of course - and begins taking safecracking lessons. And then she goes back home. And then she goes back to James. And then somehow each is thinking - and with no foundation that I can see - how empty their lives were before they met each other and when they are apart. Say what? When did that happen? It's the classic case of an author telling, instead of showing how a relationship develops. I didn't believe it for one moment.
After convincing Lusinda that recovering the list was important, James dilly-dallies over the actual implementation - too dangerous. So there's not much happening on that front until a few weeks later when it suddenly must be done, but now the danger is even greater for Lusinda. Her invisibility is tied to the phases of the moon, being at its strongest during the full moon. By this time, there's very little moon left, and Lusinda must lie naked in the moonbeams - on the suspect's property - to soak up enough beams to become invisible. It just made no sense, other than to get her naked, of course.
I didn't hate The Trouble with Moonlight - scenes with James dealing with his PTSD after time in an Indian dungeon were effective, and the ending had its moments - but overall, this was one big miss for me.
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On April 19, 2014, artist Peter Karis stated that the "Peter Max Collection Wine Reception" was a success. The event was held on Thursday, April 17 in Hilton Head, S.C.
Award-winning artist Peter Karis held the event at his gallery, Karis Art Gallery. In addition to Karis' own art in the gallery, the collection was of art by another award-winning artist, Peter Max.
Recently Peter Karis, himself, had a new work of art added to his exhibit at Karis Art Gallery. The piece of art added was called "Mystery Love." Karis is an artist who is known for being an expressionist who works in acrylic. Karis paints people, flowers, trees and other objects.
When it comes to Peter Max's background, he emerged as a powerful force in the Art World. Max is known for being a part of the prestigious Art Students League, alongside such artists as Robert Rauschenberg, Jackson Pollack, Cy Twombly and Norman Rockwell.
The League was a formative influence on these artists' innovative artwork, and has led each and every one to greatness and an important legacy in history. Max's Art Students League scholarly influence inspired all of his extraordinary artwork, and of late, his new Masters series which includes his interpretive works of Vincent Van Gogh, Monet, Pablo Picasso, Renoir, and Edgar Degas.
All of the above were conceived in Max's signature style and colors. These works speak to both a maturation of the artists' illustrious career, as well as to his formidable training at the 130 year old Art Students League of New York.
Most recently Peter Max's works were seen and enjoyed at the Karis Art & Design Gallery. The Gallery is regarded as Hilton Head's pre-eminent gallery, and it is the island's premier destination for fine art acquisition. The Gallery always welcomes Peter Max enthusiasts and collectors.
Note, Max has painted Taylor Swift's portrait. First he painted Swift as a gift to her for her Grammy-winning album "Fearless & Speak Now." He has recently painted new portraits of Taylor Swift to commemorate her worldwide success.
Peter Max
German-born American illustrator and graphic artist, Peter Max, is known for the use of psychedelic shapes and color palettes as well as spectra in his work.
At first, works in this style appeared on posters and were seen on the walls of college dorms all across America. - Wiki
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Max works in multiple media including painting, drawing, etchings (including aquatint), collage, print making, sculpture, video and digital imagery. He also includes "mass media" as being another "canvas" for his creative expression.
Max often uses patriotic American icons and symbols in his artwork. He has created paintings of presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan and Bush in addition to his 100 Clintons,—a multiple portrait installation. His work often features images of celebrities, politicians, athletes and sporting events and other pop culture subjects. - Wiki
Art on plane by Peter Max
Plane in photos is Continental Airline's "Peter Max", a Boeing 777-200ER
Max's art work was first identified as having been a popular part of the counter culture and psychedelic movements in graphic design during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Max is known for using intense bursts of color, often containing much or all of the visible spectrum. His work was both influenced by, as well as widely imitated by, others in the field of commercial illustration, such as Heinz Edelmann.
Peter Max' repeated claims, varying in detail, to have worked on "Yellow Submarine" has been denied by the production team. - Wiki
by Peter Max
Peter Max is an environmentalist, vegetarian and defender of human and animal rights.
Peter Max was in the news in 2002 when he offered to provide a life of green fields for Cinci Freedom, a cow that escaped from an Ohio slaughterhouse. The cow leapt over a six-foot fence while the slaughterhouse workers were on break and eluded capture for eleven days.
"This little girl's will—facing the end of her life, being so frightened, then taking the risk of all risks to live, to be free—touched me so deeply," Max was quoted as saying, "It was so inspiring. I knew I had to try to preserve that wonderful spirit."
Max donated $180,000 worth of his art to benefit the local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to ensure her a long life of peace at Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, New York.
Peter Max currently lives in New York City with his wife, Mary Max. - Wiki
Taylor Swift in 2011
Taylor Swift is known for narrative songs about her personal experiences.
As a songwriter, she has been honored by the Nashville Songwriters Association and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. - Wiki
Peter Max Gallery
One of Peter Max's art galleries, at The Forum Shops at Caesars.
Following his success with a line of art clocks for General Electric, Max's art was licensed by 72 corporations and he had become a household name.
In September 1969, Max appeared on the cover of Life magazine with an eight-page feature article as well as The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and The Ed Sullivan Show. - Wiki
Taylor Swift in 2006
Musician Taylor Swift was one of Peter Max's models. A piece of art of her is called Red.
Max first painted Taylor Swift's portrait as a gift to Taylor for her Grammy-winning album Fearless & Speak Now, and has recently painted new portraits of Taylor Swift to commemorate her worldwide success.
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Red of Taylor Swift by Peter Max
Red is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on October 22, 2012, by Big Machine Records, as the follow-up to her third studio album, Speak Now (2010).
The Speak Now World Tour was the second concert tour by American singer-songwriter, Taylor Swift.
It was launched in support of her third studio album, Speak Now (2010). The tour visited Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania. The tour ranked tenth in Pollstar's "Top 50 Worldwide Tour (Mid-Year)", earning over $40 million. - Wiki
Cosmic Runner of the Sixties by Peter Max
Max has been the official artist for many major events, including the 1994 World Cup, the Grammy Awards, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Super Bowl and others.
In 2000, Max designed the paint scheme Dale Earnhardt drove at the Winston all-star race, strikingly deviating from Earnhardt's trademark black car. Earlier in 2000 Peter designed the official Leap Year 2000, World Wide Leap year Festival in Anthony, Texas/New Mexico The Leap Year Capital of the World as a birthday present to his Leap Day Baby friend, Susan Nash, wife of singer Graham Nash. - Wiki
Race Time by Peter Karis
Ever since he was young Peter Karis knew art was his calling, so he attended college studying art at Kent State University and earned a B.F.A. degree in painting. Karis is an artist who is known for being an expressionist who works in acrylic. This artist paints people, flowers, trees and other objects.
Taylor Swift in 2010
Taylor Swift is an American singer-songwriter. Raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, and she moved to Nashville, Tennessee at the age of fourteen to pursue a career in country music. - Wiki
Full Sail by Peter Karis
Karis is an award-winning artist. One of the awards he has won is the Juno Award, and it is known as the Canadian equivalent of a Grammy (for best album cover design).
Legendary Live Oak at Sunset by Peter Karis
Karis is an artist who is known for being an expressionist who works in acrylic. This artist paints people, flowers, trees and other objects.
"I create my art as I interpret the objects versus how others might see them."
Hilton Head Island Palm by Peter Karis
Karis Art & Design Gallery is regarded as Hilton Head's pre-eminent gallery, and is the island's premier destination for fine art acquisition.
The Gallery welcomes all Peter Max enthusiasts and collectors.
Artwork is available for acquisition and all appearances are open and complimentary to the public.
Peter Max, Peter Karis (center) and family
Karis' art has been exhibited throughout the U.S. including the Nabisco Gallery, Cleveland Clinic, Cooperstown Art Museum, Butler Museum and Kent State University.
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2014 is an election year in Florida, and Examiner.com is sitting down with some of the candidates for key races so that the voters will be able to make informed decisions. The next in this series is a phone interview with congressional candidate Mark Wichern, running with no party affiliation for The First Congressional District of Florida.
Wichern has been a small business owner and developer for the past 20 years. He started A1A Water Damage Restoration with only $500 and grew it into a $1.2 million company. He also has a background in teaching courses on business development, marketing and management. He is married with a daughter, a son, and a stepson.
We spoke with Wichern by phone about his run for congress.
Why are you running for office?
The main reason I'm running for office is our current representative and what he's done, and not done, with the VA. In addition,he voted for the Patriot Act and NDAA in 2012,which essentially eliminated our Bill of Rights. I had a choice of running two businesses and making a lot of money or getting directly involved. After spending the last six years studying the economic policies of our country and the financial mess the country was left in after 2008, I was motivated to take up an active role in the democratic process and to make this country a better place for my family and the young people that are coming into adulthood. These people are struggling, and politicians are turning a blind eye to their plight.
What are your qualifications?
First of all, as far as creating jobs go, I've built three multi-million dollar companies. I started one with almost no money and hit the million dollar mark within 18 months. In addition to my own personal successes, I have also served as a business advisor and consultant. In this role, I have helped to develop and grow 36 other companies with my expertise. . Outside of the businesses, I've studied the Federal Reserve, the IRS, and have read a multitude of books on economic issues in the last few years. They don't teach the inner workings of the monetary system in primary school, secondary school, or in college, for that matter. Changing that fact will be one of my priorities.
In addition to that, I am a proven leader with a strong internal sense of morality. I believe that what may be right, may not always be popular, and what is popular may not always be right. My competitor, on the other hand, is an establishment party member. He votes according to the party ideology 97 percent of the time. Oddly enough, he also has not sponsored or cosponsored any legislation since 2011. Instead of leading, he is following, which cannot stand in a district such as Florida's First Congressional District. We are a military-centric community that believes in building leaders and trimming the fat where possible. One of the biggest reasons I wanted to run with no party affiliation was to bring people together. If you're running as a democrat or a republican, you're isolating 50 to 60 percent of the people, regardless of your position. We know who controls them, what we really need is a third option.
Third party candidates have a reputation for being spoilers for the two major parties. Do you agree with this assessment?
No, not at all. The title of "spoiler" that is given to third party candidates is more of a reflection of the flaw in our "first past the post" voting system. This system is built to encourage a two-party election cycle, the very same cycle that George Washington warned us about in his presidential farewell speech.
Government is not, and should not be a two-dimensional race between the left and right. It should be a three-dimensional race with all facets considered and negotiated upon, and policy constructed based on what is best for the people.
Why do you think that you have a better chance than past third party candidates?
First of all, I'm a constitutional conservative, and this area is predominantly conservative. Even though I disagree with how party republicans have managed their position of policy on the national level, I'm still a conservative. Republicans really have not tackled the issues that cause corruption. They just put bandaids on it, at best I think we're going to win, I teach in addition to running, my idea is to inform everybody on the IRS. I think once people read the pamphlets I've printed, they will be irate enough to act. Through taxes and inflation, all of our money is being stolen by the corrupt banking system Meanwhile, the representation in Washington does nothing to alleviate the plight of the common man. Instead they bicker amongst themselves and try to point the finger at the other side of the aisle. I do not want my message to be obscured by a grand party ideology.
Secondly. [Current Representative] Jeff Miller, as the head of the VA Oversight Committee, failed in his position as overseer and allowed the VA scandal to develop. The people of District 1 see this. They know that United States veterans needlessly died because they weren't getting the care they needed from the very VA that Jeff Miller was supposed to be overseeing. . I also have some plans for the vets. I'd like to see vets get a card like the ones congress has so they can wherever they want for service. I'd like to see the VA shut down and the bureaucracy erased.
Same-sex marriage appears to be heading toward legalization in most states. What is your stance on the issue?
My stance is simple: there's nothing in the constitution that authorizes congress to deal with this. It is a states' rights issue, clean and clear, under the Tenth Amendment. I won't stand in the states' way, regardless of what they choose to do. The American people need to understand the role of the Federal Government, which is limited and finite in scope. Specifically, the Federal Government in Washington should only be responsible for maintaining national security and regulating interstate commerce. Beyond that, the states are responsible for developing policy on their own.
What is your opinion on oil fracking?
I've been doing a little bit of research, I see positives and negatives. The positive is that it can give us oil, the negative is that it's destroying our water. I think we need to hold off on it, at least until there is more research. For now, I don't see the positive outweighing the negative.
Do you support an increase in alternative forms of energy, including green energy such as solar and wind?
Yes, I would like to see that. As a matter of fact, the state of Florida has a law that you can't be off the grid. I'd like to see that stop. I'd like to see us break away from the mandates of using private utilities. The people should have access to multiple options for energy.
Self-reliance and ingenuity are the catalysts that this nation has used to accelerate past the rest of the world in the wake of two world wars, the cold war, and the global financial crisis. There is no reason why we cannot use those two values in our energy sector and develop a smart energy grid that utilizes current, as well as future methods of production.
Do you support the legalization of marijuana?
That should fall back to the states. I will not stand in the way of a state's decision, the people of the state should make the decision. Anything to do with drugs and with our individual persons shouldn't have anything to do with the federal government.
Once again, and I do not want to sound like I am dodging the question, that is a states' rights issue, and I am running for federal office.The Federal Government has become a large beast due to the fact that new bureaus are created to enforce laws that the federal government had no authority to enact in the first place. the federal government interferes with the individual will of the states, they are acting outside of the scope of their mandate under the U.S. Constitution.
What is your opinion on gun rights?
I believe that any regulation on gun ownership by law-abiding citizens is a violation of the Second Amendment. We need the Second Amendment in order to protect the rest of the amendments. The amendment was written to protect our free society.
In fact, we are going to unveil a gun giveaway as part of our campaign in next few week. We are working with a few local gun shops, who will make sure all proper background checks are performed on the winners before they receive their prize.
My view on gun rights is simple: they are our guarantee of defense against the government. If the second amendment is revoked in this country, we will lose the ability to defend the rest of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. We are a nation of self-determined pioneers, and part of that success has been because the people were allowed to have the tools necessary to lay the foundation for freedom. A gun is not a weapon, it is a tool for defence of the individual. Unfortunately, just like any other tool, it can be abused for a malicious purpose.
What, if anything, will you do in order to make the Affordable Care Act more palatable to your constituents?
I would seek to defund it and get rid of it ASAP. The government has overstepped its boundaries, and there is nothing in the constitution that allows it. If states want to establish their own form of ObamaCare, I would recommend that the individual state establish it as we have seen with Mitt Romney's Commonwealth Care in Massachusetts. This is an example of how the "laboratories of democracy" edict was supposed to work.
Do you support school choice in the form of vouchers?
I think school choice is a good thing. As far as vouchers, I would like to see state and local take care of that. I'd like to see the Department of Education eliminated, I'd defund and get rid of Common Core.
I believe school choice is a terrific idea, in that it allows for a family and/or child to have a vested interest in where they go to school, what they study, and the community they will be immersed in. By having the family "own" the decision of what kind of education the student is receiving, there is a greater chance that the student will incorporate that choice into their personal identity. Much like how people label themselves on their political party of choice, my hope is that kids, families and teachers will label themselves as a part of a beneficial community, such as the school.
In addition to kids and parents being able to choose their own schools I would like to see the Federal Department of Education abolished, and with it, the Common Core initiative. Once again, I would like to revert to my position on states' rights and the laboratories of democracy. If a national standard is implemented for every student in America, where is the experimentation? I find these following line by General Patton to be rather enlightening regarding this subject: "If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking."
Do you support an increase in the minimum wage?
Absolutely not. We look throughout history and that's one of the last moves before the destruction of a country, raising the minimum wage. The federal minimum wage is devaluing the dollar through inflation. What needs to be addressed it the Federal Reserve taking our money, devaluing our wealth through excessive printing of a debt-back currency. I'm a business owner, I understand what it is, I understand that it's not enough to live on, but you're not supposed to live on it. Unfortunately, due to the financial crisis, more and more people are working minimum wage jobs, as those are the only sectors of the economy that have experienced much growth. What really needs to be addressed is the systemic corruption tied with our nation's monetary policy. The minimum wage debate is just another band aid on the problem to hide the real problem: our money just isn't worth what it used to be. One fact I am proud of in my business is that not a single one of my employees makes minimum wage, and I treat them as family.
How would you handle the current immigration crisis?
First of all, we've got to secure our border, and that is absolutely a must. It's not about immigrants coming, our borders are wide open to dirty bombs, deadly diseases. As far as immigrants coming into the country we need to increase border patrols, they're now cutting back the amount they're giving out border patrol. Long term I want to see our overseas bases closed and reopened here. Bring them home, dump our money here instead, help our economy. We would have the best security on our borders in the world.
First of all, we have to secure the border, and that is a huge priority. My opinion has nothing to do with the xenophobia of immigrants or racism against any particular group, but more so to do with the fact that we are a nation that has been at war with some particularly unsavory characters for the last dozen years. Our resources in the border patrol agency are being overrun and are required to provide humanitarian aid to kids and the less fortunate, and are not able to conduct their job, which is to defend the border. While the border agents are occupied with other efforts, it is possible that gun-runners, smugglers, human traffickers, and potentially even terrorists can trespass into our country and potentially cause havoc.
Do you have anything else you'd like to add?
I think the whole thing comes down the understanding the foundation of the corruption. We need to ban the IRS and the Federal reserve, as neither one are part of the the US government. Not one cent of our money goes into the government; it goes into the Federal Reserve banking system. They are creating money out of thin air and loaning it to our government with interest, then they take another loan from the Fed, with interest, to pay it back. That's the first thing we need to address. It's a perpetual debt system that can never be mathematically paid off. The more dollars that are printed, the less they are worth, and that's what devalues the dollar.


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Photobiomodulation - Low Level Light Therapy - Biological reaction to light is nothing new. We normally experience this through our eyes which are obviously photosensitive – our vision is based upon light hitting our retinas and creating a chemical reaction that allows us to see. We experience this with vitamin D synthesis in our skin – due to sunlight creating biochemical reactions. We experience this with suntans – due to the light of the sun stimulating our melanocytes to proliferate and give us "brown" skin. Light reacts chemically with other things as well. Hydrogen peroxide is stored in dark bottles so that light can't get in and initiate a chemical degradation. Light can photo-chemically affect all things – eventually – one way or another.
Low level laser therapy does not induce heating in tissue like surgical or aesthetic lasers. It's all in the photochemical reactions of certain wavelengths of light with our cell membranes, cellular organelles and enzymes. Compromised cells respond better than healthy cells to photochemical reactions so that brief treatments with low level light on damaged tissue can induce a complex chain of physiological reactions to enhance wound healing and tissue regeneration, reduce acute inflammation, treat chronic pain and even to make our skin look younger and more vibrant.
Red light accelerates hair growth. It has also been shown to biochemically melt fat cells. Low level infrared light has been shown to significantly enhance the recuperation of stroke victims by shining a low level laser that you can't even see or feel on top of your head for a few minutes at a time. Sounds like magic doesn't it? – well, it is. It's light and it does seem to have magical properties. The science of this "magic" has become increasingly better explained in recent years and it is apparent that this is a valid therapy for many conditions. In spite of the scientific validity of LLLT there are still many commercial claims for devices that are not well supported and some are in fact just plain incredulous. The message to take from this though is to not throw out the baby with the bathwater when confronted with some of the fringe claims of LLLT. It has substantial merit as a valid therapy.
It has been called many names over the years including biostimulation, LLLT, cold laser therapy, and more recently photobiomodulation. Low level lasers (mostly diode lasers in the 10-200 milliwatt range) have been the primary instruments but there are also non-laser light emitting diodes (LED's) and other light sources that are used.
In the U.S. one sees these low level red, blue, yellow and infrared lights used in sports medicine clinics as part of the physical therapy to enhance healing of joint and soft tissue injuries such as arthritis treatment, carpal tunnel syndrome or athletic sprains and injuries. It has been used prior to radiation therapy in breast cancer to prevent the inflammatory dermatitis that is frequently associated with this. In MediSpas these devices are used for periodic treatments to enhance skin rejuvenation.
The devices are employed as one of the therapy options in pain clinics to treat chronic pain, including shingles pain. Some units are even being sold to the home market for general treatment of muscular and joint "aches and pains". It's used for things like low back or cervical neck pain, and is good to consider for use in hard to manage problems like fibromyalgia.
Its major use however has been outside of the United States, and outside of FDA restrictions, where it has been a long standing therapy for wound healing – especially chronic wounds such as decubitus or diabetic ulcers that are otherwise hard to heal. In research, LLLT appears to enhance nerve regeneration in spinal cord injuries.
There is a related type of low level laser use that has been widely publicized, but does not appear to work by the same "photobiomodulation" mechanisms. That's the "stop smoking" and "weight loss" laser clinics that appear all over the United States. Aside from some strong testimonial support from treated clients, there does not currently appear to be much scientific evidence establishing the mechanisms of action of this type of laser therapy. That doesn't mean that it won't eventually be found to be valid, but the evidence is just not there yet and it should not be confused with conventional LLLT. In "stop smoking" or "weight loss" the light is directed at certain anatomical acupuncture points that correspond to nerve networks. Regular LLLT for tissue regeneration or chronic pain treatment does not require this. If the laser therapy proves to have an actual effect to help people stop smoking then it is probably an acupuncture type of therapy that simply uses low level lasers instead of needles to induce these changes, and it would then beg the question of whether the needles wouldn't then be more effective to begin with (although many people would prefer the light over penetrating needles).
The potential applications of low level laser therapy are very widespread, and too broad to list in much detail in this introductory article. You should now have a better idea of what LLLT is however, and differentiate it from related low power laser uses like stop smoking. When you are ready to research it more you'll find prolific material that has been generated over the years with Russia having probably the most experience, but also Europe, South America and the Middle East.
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Fresno State: (2010) Placed fourth in the decathlon at WAC Championships...finished in the top three in five of ten events winning the 100-meter dash, third in the 110-meter hurdles, tied for second in the high jump and pole vault and winning the shot put. (2009) A standout sophomore season, taking second at the WAC Championships and finishing first among collegiate athletes at the UC Davis Multis ... scored a career-best 6,828 points at the UC Davis Multis ... at the WAC Championships, earned 6,549 points and finished among the top 3 in five of the ten events, winning the 400, taking second in the long jump and the shot put and placing third in the 100 and 1,500. (2008) One of the Bulldog's top decathletes as a freshman ... placed fourth at the WAC Championships with 6,302 points ... in the decathlon, won the 400-meter and took second in the discus, shot put and 100.
Prior to Fresno State: Dual-sport athlete at Sacramento Adventist Academy, competing on the track and field and basketball teams ... earned basketball first-team all-league honors as a senior ... named the Athlete of the Year in 2006 and 2007.
Personal: Born Oct. 2, 1988 in Arkansas ... parents are Susan and Stuart Bushnell ... has one older brother, Steven ... hobbies include basketball, football, wakeboarding, working out, running and golfing ... most admires his father because he always pushes him and reminds him to give 110 percent all the time.
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WICHITA, KAN. – A Dodge City man has pleaded guilty to a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with a federal racketeering case, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
Andrew Gusman, 21, Dodge City, Kan., pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon, which was a violent crime in aid of racketeering. In his plea, Gusman admitted that on March 30, 2011, he was with fellow Norteno gang members including co-defendants Alfonso Banda-Hernandez, Enrique Gobin and Jesus Sanchez. At a Love's convenience store in Dodge City, they encountered George Gonzalez, who was a member of the rival Sureno gang. They threw gang signs at Gonzales and attempted to start a fight.
Later that day, they again encountered Gonzalez and began chasing his car. Gusman and Banda-Hernandez were in one car, and Gobin and Sanchez were in another car. During the case, Sanchez fired shots at Gonzalez. After the shooting, the four defendants met outside of town.
Sentencing is set for Nov. 18. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000. Gusman was one of 23 Norteno members to be indicted in May 2012. It was only the second time a federal RICO Act indictment (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) had been filed in Kansas. Gusman is the fifteenth defendant in the case to enter a guilty plea.
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STILLWATER, OKLA. - Oklahoma State basketball coach Eddie Sutton was released from a hospital Saturday afternoon, less than 24 hours after being injured in an automobile accident, a university spokesman said.
Athletic department spokesman Steve Buzzard said the 69-year-old Sutton suffered no serious injuries but will recuperate at home from the bumps, bruises and lacerations he did suffer in the accident.
Oklahoma State (13-11, 3-7 Big 12) lost at Texas A&M, 46-44, on Saturday, with Sean Sutton, the team's head coach designate, filling in.
Eddie Sutton said he plans to rejoin the team "as soon as possible." The Cowboys' next game will be at home against Kansas on Monday. After that, OSU won't play again until Feb. 19, when the Cowboys host No. 6 Texas.
Sutton was traveling to the Stillwater airport to fly with his team to College Station when the accident occurred Friday afternoon. Sutton, whom police said suffered a head injury, had some bruising on his face but otherwise was alert upon being admitted to Stillwater Medical Center, university spokesman Gary Shutt said.
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As Ubuntu and Gnome gets modernized, Xfce begins to look like a natural replacement for the "conservative Gnome" that many are used to. And even if the modern desktops are nice, some people will prefer the old ways. But can you simply switch from Gnome 2 to Xfce4 or are there things to consider? I am asking this as a single question, but it can obviously be broken down into many:
- Can I still use the app-indicators that I'm used to?
- Can I still use Gnome panel applets?
- Is it possible to use Compiz with the plugins I've been using?
- Can I use custom launchers and docks like I can in Gnome 2?
- Can I use the same themes, icons, etc?
- Is it ok to just install xubuntu-desktop on my Ubuntu install, or should I install Xubuntu from scratch?
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Lowe's Home Improvement will be offering their free Build and Grow Kids Clinics on Saturday, September 13 at 10 a.m. Parents should register in advance to make sure that there is a local Lowe's offering the clinic, and in order to ensure that there are enough materials. Registration can be done through their website. http://lowesbuildandgrow.com/pages/default.aspx
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