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The parties' back-and-forth continued Monday following the Supreme Court's health care decision.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which coordinates the Democrats' House campaigns, is launching automated and live phone calls in the districts of 10 Republicans who support repealing the law, charging them with looking out for insurance companies rather than ordinary people. Repeal would allow insurers to deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions, "throw some kids of their parents' insurance," and take other damaging actions, the calls say.
The National Republican Congressional Committee, the DCCC's counterpart, is airing television ads in the districts of three House Democrats—Reps. Lois Capps, Jerry McNerny and John Garamendi.
It shows two sisters texting back and forth, saying things like "UGH! The court upheld ObamaCare." It observes that the local lawmaker wants "to keep the whole %^#* thing" and that the only solution is to "repeal" him on "November 6th J."
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Potentially much more far-reaching is a decision by Sen. Jim DeMint (R., S.C.) to allow his Senate Conservatives Fund to become an independent super PAC, which means it can raise unlimited contributions from individuals and corporations.
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In the aftermath of the court decision, Republicans say their goal is to win the presidential and congressional elections and then repeal the health law. That will only be possible, if at all, should the GOP recapture the White House and the Senate, where Democrats hold a 53-47 majority.
"The Supreme Court's decision on ObamaCare last week was a real wake-up call for Americans who love freedom," Mr. DeMint said in a written statement. "It's now clear that the only way to save this country is for conservatives to rally together to win elections."
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Born in Chicago, IL, 1977
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"Black science" is an ideal description for Rashid Johnson's absorbing photography, sculptures, conceptual, and video works that investigate the worlds of science fiction, divination, black American history, and hip-hop culture, as well as personal memories.
Watch "Rashid Johnson: Makes Things to Put Things On," a web episode from New York Close Up/Art21, as he explains the physical and philosophical nature of his "The Negro Escapist Social and Athletic Club" installation. Then take this quiz regarding the jazz LP artwork included in this work.
2003 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (two years of coursework)
2000 B.A., Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2010 25 days after October, Massimo De Carlo, Milan, Italy
Between Nothingness and Eternity, Carlson/Massimo De Carlo, London, England
There are Stranger Villages, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
Our Kind of People, Salon 94, New York, NY
2009 Other Aspects, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Smoke and Mirrors, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY
The Dead Lecturer: Laboratory, Dojo, and Performance Space, Power House Memphis, Memphis, TN
2008 Rashid Johnson, 404 arte contemporanea, Naples, Italy
Sharpening My Oyster Knife, Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg, Germany
The Dead Lecturer, Nicole Klagsbrun, New York, NY
The New Escapist Promised Land Garden and Recreation Center, moniquemeloche, Chicago, IL
2007 Dark Matters, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
Cosmic Slops, Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 The Production of Escapism, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
Stay Black and Die, moniquemeloche, Chicago, IL
2003 The Rise and Fall of the Proper Negro, moniquemeloche, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 Recent Acquisitions Part 1: Focus on Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
Summer Mixtape Volume 1: the Get Smart edition, Exit Art, New York, NY
2007 Color Line, Luanda Triennial, Luanda, Angola; traveled to Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY;
Centre International d'Exposition de Larouche, Larouche, Canada
2005 Crossings: 10 Artists from Kaohsiung & Chicago, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; traveled to
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2003 Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self, International Center of Photography, New
York, NY; traveled simultaneously to San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA, and Museum of
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Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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An interview by John Grimwade, Graphics Director of Condé Nast Traveler, to go with a retrospective look at my work in the Malofiej Information Graphics Summit Book, 2004
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Yes, like a lot of English children growing up in the forties and fifties (I was born in 1942), I waited eagerly every week for a large-format comic called the Eagle, which, along with the usual kind of comic strips (ones that told stories of adventure in space or the wild west), had great cutaway drawings of buildings, racing cars, tanks, airplanes and so on. Many of these wonderful explanations were drawn by L. Ashwell Wood, and they occupied the coveted center spread of the comic. The only member of my family to be involved with art was my great-uncle George. He did plans and elevations of British sailing vessels, some of which I was given as reference for a feature in the Observer magazine about regional boats. It was only later that I realized who had done the reference drawings. For as long as I can remember, there was a map of a local Yorkshire river and the bridges over it drawn by George Holmes hanging in our living room. I was fascinated by the overhead plan view of the river, with three-dimensional views of the bridges crossing it. It was both a bird's eye view and a human's view presented in one picture. Nowadays that is commonplace, of course, but to a 6-year-old child in 1948 it was a revelation.
Where were you educated?
When Great Uncle George died, he left money to my father to educate my brother and I at one of England's "public" schools. I was there from 1955 to 1960. I hated it. But then I went to Hull College of Art and had a great time. In 1963, I was accepted at the Royal College of Art, in London, to study illustration.
When did you decide to work in information graphics?
In 1964. My first graphics mentor was Brian Haynes (who had been at the RCA himself). He was then the art director of the London Sunday Times Magazine, and he was busy breaking down the walls between the art department and the writers. He did great work in the field of explanations. He would combine photos, maps, diagrams, extended captions and illustrations to make news stories clear. And Brian's output was the entire story, there was no accompanying written piece. One example I remember was a visual description of the "Great Train Robbery", a notorious crime that fascinated Britain in 1963. Brian hired me to work as his assistant in the summer months of 1964, and I learned more from him in the short time I was there than I did in the three years at the Royal College. Brian convinced me that I wasn't a very good illustrator, but that there was a real need for graphics that explained things. (I don't think anyone called them information graphics at the time.) When I went back at college after the summer, I just wanted to do "real" work instead of the somewhat irrelevant college exercises we were set. Much to the college authorities' disgust, I did just that, accepting freelance commissions from Brian Haynes when he moved to other magazines. For one of these jobs, Brian teamed me up with Peter Sullivan to do a large piece about Buckingham Palace. Peter made wooden models of the floors of the palace, and had them photographed, and I did the opening double page color diagram of the Queen's household staff–little drawings of people arranged in the front courtyard of the Palace, 200 of them, including all the footmen, nannies, chefs, clerks and ladies of the bedchamber, and everyone else involved with running the Royal Palace. The drawings weren't very good, but I learned a huge amount from working with Peter Sullivan. To show its displeasure that I was doing freelance work, the College only just allowed me to graduate. They gave me a "pass"–the lowest possible grade. Unfortunately for them, before they knew about my moonlighting, they had awarded me a travelling scholarship to America. And so in 1966, I travelled all over the States for four months.
Did you dream of doing something else?
Oh yes. As a child I had wanted to be a jockey, then a show jumper. My mother ran a riding school in Yorkshire, and I grew up on horseback (when I wasn't reading the Eagle). Much later, when I started to do freelance work for the Radio Times, I took every chance to draw horses for them. Luckily English TV viewers were crazy about show jumping and horse racing. Starting around age 13, I wanted to be a jazz drummer, and while I was at Hull College of Art, I played for a while in a small jazz band. Today I have a drumset permanently set up in my basement, but I am no better now than I was then! I still daydream of being at a jazz club when the drummer in the Thelonius Monk group falls ill and I have to step in to take his place.
What were the major influences on you? Who in the graphics field has influenced you the most?
Three very important art directors, to whom I am eternally grateful: Brian Haynes; David Driver (at the Radio Times in London); Walter Bernard (at Time Magazine in New York.) Graphic influences: Quentin Blake and Paul Hogarth (illustrators and teachers at the Royal College of Art); Otto Neurath and Gerd Arntz; poster artists Abram Games and F.H.K. Henrion; Ronald Searle; Andre Francois; Radio Times artists from the 60s; Eric Gill (who also designed the best typeface in the world, Gill Sans); L. Ashwell Wood (those center spreads in the Eagle); Harry Beck (he created the London Underground map), Eadweard Muybridge (eccentric 19th century English photographer who took sequential pictures of animals and humans in motion.) Artists: Eric Ravillious (great wood engravings and watercolors of England); Amedeo Modigliani (wow!...the sexiest nudes ever painted); Stanley Spencer (quirky English types); Kurt Schwitters (as a student, I made hundreds of scrap paper collages, copying his technique); Paolo Uccello (who, around 1450, was one of the first to grapple with perspective, mixing flat 2-D figures with perspective views in his paintings.) Other dead people I wish I could meet: Alberto Giacometti, Thelonius Monk (I admire both for their pared-down, but odd, simplicity.) And I would like to talk to the artists who painted the Lascaux and Chauvet Caves, to find out what they were thinking.
Why did you move to the United States?
I came for an exploratory visit in 1977, mistakenly thinking that I could get freelance work that I would actually do back in England. I also wanted to earn more money than I was making in England working for myself. I wrote a kind of fan letter to Walter Bernard whose redesigned Time Magazine had caused a minor sensation within the design community in England. Walter invited me to do some freelance work while I was in America. And when it was time for me to go home he offered me a permanent job, but I had to return to England while the necessary work visa was arranged, so I officially started at Time in March 1978. Amazingly, both the Radio Times and Time used the same typefaces: Times Roman and Franklin Gothic, and that greatly helped me to relax into the new job.
Looking back, how do feel about your years as Graphics Director of Time magazine?
It was an amazing place to be, and a great shop window for doing outside work, which was actually encouraged–the people at the top wanted us to be happy and busy, and they were proud that their writers and artists represented them in forums other than the magazine. (It was assumed that you just had to drop everything whenever it was time to work for the magazine. So anyway, I did a great deal of freelance work, spoke at many conferences, wrote three books, and ran an information graphics workshop at the Rhode Island School of Design for 10 years, as well as working really long hours at the magazine. I loved it, and I loved being in America. A really great thing about working at Time was that the map and chart department had its own permanent researchers, so I could concentrate on making the information understandable, knowing that the facts would always be exhaustively checked. (That's the thing I miss most about working by myself, now.) Looking back, I can see that my best work at Time was from 1978 to 1988, before I started using a computer. Of course there are pieces from those years that I wouldn't want anyone to see now! They were overdone, and sometimes my drawings got in the way of the information. But they were only out there for a week, and the next week I had another chance. Walter was a great mentor and still is a great friend. He helped me to bridge the gap between the art department and the editorial department, and together with the magazine's editor Ray Cave, he urged me to improve on the sketches I showed them. Those two were invariably right in their suggestions, and they were truly an inspiration. In my later years at Time, I was promoted and became bogged down with administration tasks, and had less time to do the actual work. I think I should have left the magazine two or three years earlier than I did. Much of my work there after the introduction of computers was not very good. I suppose I thought having a computer would save time, saving me from laboriously drawing everything by hand, and cutting amberliths (Actually I had the best assistant anyone could have wanted, Nino Telac, and he did all the ambertlith cutting, and much more). Only when I left Time did I realize that it takes just as long–if not longer–to draw something properly on the computer as it does the old fashioned way.
Why did you leave Time?
Anyone who lasted 15 years there got a chance to take a six-month sabbatical (at half pay). I made it to 16 years but then I had to stop. Within weeks of starting this "holiday" I knew I'd never go back. They were very decent about it and allowed me to take the break (and the money) without going back to work there–although they tried very hard to get me back! I had built up a healthy freelance business and found it quite easy to survive on my own. I did all sorts of work for many different clients (including Time). It was a wonderful release to be able to work in formats that were larger than the standard magazine page size, and with subjects that did not start with the week's news. Y
our graphics begin on paper. Can you explain how this traditional approach fits into the world of computers and illustration programs?
Everything still starts on paper, and usually in a smallish notebook/sketchbook. All my very first drawn ideas and written notes are in these books, which I have kept carefully over many years and often refer back to. There are many as yet uncompleted projects in them as well as day-to-day sketches and roughs for current jobs. When I have a workable idea for a particular job, I'll usually draw it out again larger; probably go through two or three more versions using tracing paper, until it's pretty tight, and then scan it. Then I use the computer to construct the drawing in exactly the same way I used to use french curves and templates to create lines when I did not have a computer. I never use the computer's autotracing feature. I started using Freehand at Time and still do. I use no other computer programs (except Word, for writing), and I'm probably only using about 10% of the potential of Freehand, but that's all I need. It keeps the finished work simple. I'm not against computers–they enabled me to leave the corporate world and work by myself–but they are dreadfully misused, to my mind, in information graphics today. I think the computer should be used to take stuff out of an information graphic, rather than loading it up with special effects.
In recent years we have seen a huge growth in the use of 3-D illustration. What place is there for a simpler, more graphic approach?
Well, 3-D and surface effects are what I was just talking about. The fact that we see it everywhere is just a result of computers making it possible–whenever a new toy comes out, people want to play with it. But 3-D illustration is just a phase. While it will remain part of an artist's arsenal of tools, it will pass away as the prevailing trend for infographics, as all fashions do: the fashion for flat, cartoony illustrations, like some that I did at Time, passed. Actually it passed before I left Time, and my efforts to do simpler work at the magazine ran up against opposition from editors there. I think that's why they so eagerly embraced the arrival of 3-D programs after I left; they needed the graphics to have "more to them" than the information itself. But as one who had sometimes dressed up charts fifteen years earlier, I was hardly in a position to criticize the new fashion. Many people had criticized my work as overdone. When I first left Time, some clients asked me to dress up the work I did for them (I refused; they got another artist!), but now I'm finding a renewed acceptance for simpler work. While some magazines still overdesign their graphics, other clients are getting back to basics. That suits me (and I believe it suits the information, too). I hope we'll see a return to what I think is the basis of good information design; that is, not treating every job as a showcase for computer effects, but instead paying attention to what information is to be passed along.
You are widely respected for your work with pictograms. How important is the pictogram in information graphics?
A couple of years ago I wrote a piece on pictograms for the Information Design Journal, and it made me think about symbols again. I had written a book (Designing Pictorial Symbols, 1985), but that was largely about icons I'd drawn for Time. Here I realized that one way we make information graphics is by using little pictograms as building blocks for entire illustrations. We each create our own personal visual language–little bits that we recycle again and again. And as long as it is our own language, it's fine to recycle; in fact it defines our style. I'm on the fence about everyone adopting one universal visual symbol language, because that suggests that we would all use the same icons (like an alphabet), and while I want people all over the world to understand what I have drawn, I'm not yet ready to give up personal style for a committee-accepted set of pictograms. I hope one day to do some work in the field of completely wordless diagrams, especially if it is for a cause such as helping those in third-world countries who are unable to read.
What do you think are the most important fundamental rules for our business?
I hate rules! They put straightjackets around freedom of expression. However, I guess I do have some personal rules of my own. The first is that the best way to explain things is always the simplest way. Keeping things simple and clear does not mean dumbing down information, nor does it mean making it look boring and austere. That is why Art is important. I mean Art in the service of information, not art for art's sake. Sometimes Art might mean just beautiful simplicity. At other times it might mean wit, or humor, or fun. My fundamental mantra is enjoyable clarity. One thing that often seems wrong with information graphics is the use of too much color. These days, I like to start a job with very little color and only add it when the information demands it. Of course, many editors and art directors still think of information graphics as a sort of colorful decoration for their pages. While the arguments are obvious to me, nothing I say seems to convince them. The rule is: only use color when it's needed (and get your arguments lined up!)
Over your career, which work has given you the most satisfaction?
During two periods: my freelance work at the Radio Times in the early 70s, and my first years at Time. But I am always hopeful that the best is yet to come!
In the whole wide world of graphics, who do you most admire?
Otto Neurath and his brilliant designer/artist Gerd Arntz.
What are questions every information graphics designer should ask?
What's the point of the graphic I am doing? What information does the reader/user need to know? I think many graphics are too big. Perhaps we designers should ask for less space when that's all we need. So ask this question: what is really the best size for this graphic?
Why is information graphics still a second-tier job in the area of graphic design?
Firstly, because most people can't do information graphics and don't understand what is involved in making them. They are therefore relegated to the bottom of the pile, and dashed off without much thought. Most art directors (at magazines and papers that do not have information graphics directors) won't spend the time conceiving good information graphics, so they make as many excuses as possible for why information graphics should not appear in their magazines. Secondly, there are relatively few information graphics produced that can compete at the same level of visual excitement with other forms of graphic design (illustrations, posters, book jackets, etc). So information graphics do not have the same place at design conferences, in design competitions, and within design organizations. I don't like design competitions much, but the results of them are one indication to editors that someone is recognizing your work. In many cases, the best information design is the workhorse of the design field–it just goes about its job without getting much recognition or thanks. It's taken for granted. A diagram here, a map there, a chart; to many people these things are "necessary", but don't have to be regarded as anything special. Until we can convince the graphic design world, (and then the rest of the world), that information graphics is an important part of the graphics community, we'll be sidelined.
After 40 years of doing information graphics, what's in the future for you?
I'm trying to doing more of what I want to do–writing and drawing–rather than what a magazine or some other type of client asks me to do. But I still have to earn a living, so I'll continue with my monthly "How-it-works" drawing for Attaché, US Air's in-flight magazine, as long as they want me. The writer Jim Collins and I have been doing it together for over 6 years. We've done 75 columns so far, and we're trying to get the collection published in a book. I like working for the New York Times, because I think it's a great paper (with terrific information graphics), and because they generally get me to do lighter illustrations, and it's relaxing to have that kind of brief after staring at numbers the rest of the week. But I treat these illustrations just the same way I would an information graphic, with the same routine of thinking, writing, sketching, scanning and computer output. You can see this in the Father's Day sketches and illustration for the Times. In the last few years I have done seven books with Richard Saul Wurman. The best was a book of medical tests for men (and another for women). Now I want to start projects myself, and I am currently in negotiation with a children's book publisher to write and illustrate a children's adventure story. It's got lots of diagrams and maps in it, so it looks like I'll never be far from information graphics. But then again, I'm a very late developer, so watch out!


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+ShowTime Holiday Ice Show
Dec. 28-29 | 6 p.m. | Vail
The Skating Club of Vail's annual ShowTime Holiday Ice Show will take place Saturday and Sunday at Dobson Ice Arena in Vail. This year's show features "A Night at the Movies," an on-ice extravaganza featuring local skaters performing to popular movie-themed songs such as "I Feel Pretty," "Singing in the Rain," "Jail House Rock," and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Costs are $15 for children under age 18, $20 for those 18 and older and children under age two are free. Doors will open at 5 p.m. for day-of ticket purchases. o purchase tickets, contact Alicia Davis with Skating Club of Vail at (970) 376-5883. For general information, contact Marci Leith with Skating Club of Vail at (970) 376-5833 or Dobson Ice Arena at (970) 479-2271.
+George Gallo in Residence at Paderewski Fine Art
Dec. 28 — Jan. 5 | 3 to 5 p.m. | Beaver Creek
Paderewski Fine Art is proud to have in residence, Hollywood director, screenwriter and talented painter, George Gallo. Trained in the Pennsylvania Impressionist style, George Gallo studied privately with Russian landscape painter, George Cherepov. His approach consists of painting outdoors en plein air paying no mind to the size of the canvas. As if directing a film, George Gallo directs his brush strokes swiftly through the canvas as he races against time to avoid the changes of natural light. Paderewski Fine Art invites you and your family to visit the gallery for the opportunity to meet, greet and watch George Gallo bring the canvas to life. The gallery is located in Beaver Creek Village, across from the ice rink. For more information, call 970.949.6036 or email larissa@ paderewskifineart.com.
+Ski, Ride and Slide Rail Series
Jan. 4 | 12:30 p.m. | Beaver Creek
Attention skiers and snowboarders of all ages! Show off your skills and compete for great prizes at the Beaver Creek Ski, Ride and Slide Rail Jam Series. Whether you're an aspiring jibber, a seasoned park veteran or just a spectator, this brand-new, family-friendly rail jam series has something for everyone. Skiers and snowboarders compete for freestyle dominance while sliding over rails and boxes set up in different configurations each event. Both disciplines will compete together in each class depending on the number of competitors. The format will be 20-30 minute Jam sessions for each class that will be broken down to top competitors for a 20 minute final. For more information, visit beavercreek.com.
+Speaker David Rubenstein on The Complex World of Private Equity
Dec. 28 | 5 p.m. | Lionshead
Is the Private Equity model a net positive or negative? Over the longer term, does the financial capital they invest and the human capital they employ help to grow businesses, create jobs and fuel our economy? Or does pressure from investors for immediate and substantial returns lead to job elimination and shipping jobs overseas, over leveraged and debt burdened companies and the proliferation of unethical business practices? Does PE ultimately jeopardize or help the long term sustainability of our economy? There's no simple answer to these questions. That's why the Vail Symposium is excited to have a true expert (and Beaver Creek homeowner) help explain it all at The Grand View in the Lionshead Parking Structure. Tickets are $25 in advance, $35 at the door, $10 students with a valid ID and free for Vail Symposium members ($1,000+/year). For more information visit www.vail symposium.org.
+Lu Cong Exhibition
Dec. 28 | 4-6 p.m. | Vail
On Saturday at the Vail International Gallery, Lu Cong will present three of his most recent paintings, all works created in the past year and each representative of a unique step in the process of fulfilling his artistic vision. Lu Cong's paintings were recently on display at a museum show of contemporary at the University of Connecticut, where he was exhibited with some of the most important living artists in the world. The Vail International Gallery is located at 100 East Meadow Drive in Vail. For more information call (970) 476-2525.
+Cirque Mechanics: Birdhouse Factory
Dec. 28-29 | Various times | Beaver Creek
Enter the most unlikely setting for a circus: a factory where the workers are acrobats and the machines are circus props. Birdhouse Factory invites families to see a contortionist perform on a turntable powered by unicyclists, a trapeze artist flying high thanks to the spins of an acrobat, and trampoline wall artists defying the laws of physics by flying and walking on air. Seeing is believing in a world of laughter, love and flight. The Saturday, Dec. 28 show is at 6:30 p.m., and the Sunday, Dec. 29 shows are at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets for Cirque Mechanics are $30/65 adult and $45 child, and are available online at vilarpac.org, by calling 888.920.ARTS (2787) or in person at the Vilar Performing Arts Center Box Office in Beaver Creek.
+Neil Berg's 100 Years of Broadway
Dec. 30 | 7:30 p.m. | Vail
Neil Berg's widely acclaimed 100 Years of Broadway is a musical revue of Broadway's most celebrated shows featuring a dazzling cast of five Broadway stars accompanied by an all-star New York band. 100 Years of Broadway recreates the greatest moments from the finest shows of the century featuring the actual stars of shows such as The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, CATS, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Jekyll & Hyde. These amazing performers light up the stage with songs from the hit shows in which they starred. Neil Berg presents brilliantly revived arrangements of Broadway classics as well as thrilling numbers from Broadway's newest hit shows. Tickets are $35/$78 and are available online at vilarpac.org, by calling 888.920.ARTS (2787) or in person at the Vilar Performing Arts Center Box Office in Beaver Creek.
+Vail NYE with Mixmaster Mike
Dec. 31 | 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. | Vail
Ring in the new year from Dobson arena in Vail with Mixmaster Mike, featuring special guest DJ Logic. There will be a midnight balloon drop, confetti blizzard and champagne toast. VIP and general admission tickets are available. The party runs from 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., ages 21 and over only. For more info visit www.vailnye.com.
+Torchlight Parade & Fireworks
Dec. 31 | 6:15 p.m. | Vail
A Vail tradition on New Year's Eve. Come watch skiers and boarders from the Vail Ski and Snowboard School form a glowing train as they ride down Golden Peak. Viewing for this spectacle will take place at the base of Golden Peak at approximately 6:15 p.m. Fireworks will light up the sky directly after the parade.
+New Year's Eve Family Bash
Dec. 31 | 6:45 p.m. to 1 a.m. | Beaver Creek
Beaver Creek's 3rd Annual New Year's Eve Family Bash is back by popular demand! "Meet me at McCoy's" for games, DJ, dancing, raffle prizes, 2 balloon drops and so much more. All ages are welcome — there's something for everyone! $40 cover charge (ages 6 to Adult – kids 5 & under are free) A portion of your ticket price benefits The Vail Valley Salvation Army. Admission Include one raffle ticket, party favors, DJ and dancing, photo booth, two balloon drops, games and activities for kids, tweens and adults. Purchase additional raffle tickets for $5, 100 percent of the proceeds benefit The Vail Valley Salvation Army. Food and beverage will be available for purchase, you must have valid photo ID to purchase alcohol. Village fireworks go off at approximately 6:45 p.m. For more information visit beavercreek.com.
+Larkspur at Golden Peak Fireworks Dinner
Dec. 31 | 9 p.m. | Vail
5 courses, champagne and patio viewing of the mountainside fireworks. Celebrate with the entire family! $150 Adults, $75 Children Shake Shimmer & Shine! Larkspur is throwing a party starting at 9 p.m. through the New Year, with a DJ, dance floor, and hors d'oeuvres, ticket price will include a signature cocktail upon arrival, a champagne toast at midnight and some favorite appetizers from Larkspur's chefs! Cost is $85. Contact Larkspur Group Sales Director, Nathalia at 970.754.8048 or firstname.lastname@example.com for more information and to make reservations for New Year's Eve.
+The Sebastian Street Foods of the World Party
Dec. 31 | 9 p.m. | Vail
Ring in 2014 in style at The Sebastian as they transform the ballroom into an elegant lounge. Evening includes: relaxed, fun and funky night club atmosphere with soft seating and casual high tops for great mix and mingle opportunities; DJ for great dancing and music from 9 p.m. to 1:45 a.m., party favors, Midnight Champagne toast, late night nibbles featuring a sampling of delectable street foods prepared by Chef Sergio, dessert bar, cash bar.
+Rock N Roll New Years Eve at Shakedown Bar
Dec. 31 | 9 p.m. | Vail
Ring in the New Year with Phil Long and Brothers Keeper at Shakedown Bar. $100.00 per ticket. Tickets on eventbrite.com. Doors open at 9 p.m., Champagne Toast at midnight.
+Fire and Ice alternative at Buffalos
Dec. 31 | 9 p.m. | Bachelor Gulch
At Beaver Creek, the Ritz Bachelor Gulch will not be hosting their annual Fire and Ice party this year due to renovations in their ball room, but as an alternative, they're encouraging anyone and everyone to come by their Buffalos restaurant that night to check out the brand new bar and ring in the new year with a midnight champagne toast. The best thing about the forgoing the Fire and Ice party this year, says the staff at the Ritz, is there's no charge at the door for the Buffalos party.
+Thursday Night Lights
Jan. 2 | Evening | Beaver Creek
Participate in a glow stick ski-down set to music followed by a fireworks finale at Beaver Creek Mountain. Level-5 skiers (intermediate) or above are welcome to participate. Parent or guardian approval is required. Participants must bring their own skis, snowboard and gear. Register in Beaver Creek Children's Ski & Snowboard School. For more information call 970-754-4636.
+Duckhorn Vineyards featured wine dinner
Jan. 2 | Evening | Beaver Creek
New this winter, Allie's Cabin, situated in a quiet aspen grove on Beaver Creek Mountain, is offering Featured Wine Dinners with a celebrated group of wineries and coinciding with Thursday Night Lights. Allie's executive chef Kirk Weems will offer his classic contemporary regional fare and each course has been crafted to be the perfect pairing for the featured wines of the evening. Guests will arrive via open-air sleigh to Allie's Cabin and enjoy multiple courses and wine pairings while enjoying views of the fireworks lighting up the evening sky over Beaver Creek for Thursday Night Lights. The cost for each dinner varies and ranges between $155 to $199 per person. For more information or to make reservations call (970) 754-5545.
+U2 Tribute: Under A Blood Red Sky
Jan. 3 | 7:30 p.m. | Beaver Creek
The greatest U2 tribute in the USA is ready to rock! This band will astound you with their passion for truly capturing U2's sound live on stage. Close your eyes during their show and you'll think it's really the Irish rock band. Expect to hear all U2's biggest hits like "Where the Streets Have No Name," "With or Without You," "Sunday Bloody Sunday," "Vertigo" and more! Tickets for UABRS are $28 in advance/ $33 day of show and are available online at vilarpac.org, by calling 888.920.ARTS (2787) or in person at the Vilar Performing Arts Center Box Office in Beaver Creek.
+Purely Patsy at the Vilar
Jan. 4 | 7:30 p.m. | Beaver Creek
Performed by Kelley Zinge, Patsy Cline is BACK with a vengeance! Come have a chat with the legendary star and recording artist in this intimate portrayal of her life. Listen to the songs (and the stories behind them) that made her a star, and get to know the woman behind the western outfits like never before. Purely Patsy is what it says it is; her music, her life...it's Purely Patsy Cline at her best, her worst, her most personal. Tickets for Purely Patsy are $35 and are available online at vilarpac.org, by calling 888.920.ARTS (2787) or in person at the Vilar Performing Arts Center Box Office in Beaver Creek.
+Pedal Power Winter Mountain Bike Race
Jan. 4 | 10 a.m. | Eagle-Vail
The fourth of seven events in the Pedal Power Winter Race Series, the Pedal Power Winter Mountain Bike Race will take place Saturday, Jan. 4 at 10 a.m. at the Tennessee Pass Nordic Center and will consist of two race options. There will be a five to six-mile short course for novice and intermediate races and a 10-12-mile long course for those seeking a bit more challenge. The high-profile races in the series, along with the series' reputation for providing great course venues and the caliber of competition, have made the Pedal Power Adventure Series one of the top events in the region. This year, the series will include a snowshoe, snow bike and Nordic skiing events as well as a comprehensive winter triathlon that encompasses all three disciplines. Race fees for the Pedal Power Winter Mountain Bike Race are $20 ahead of time, $25 day of. For more information, or to register online, visit the "events" tab on pedalpowerbike.com.
+Snowshoe Adventure Series race No. 1
Jan. 5 | 11 a.m. | Creekside Park at Beaver Creek
The Beaver Creek Running Series: Snowshoe Edition, draws first-time snowshoers, world class snowshoe athletes, kids of all ages and everyone in between. Join us for each race and partake in either the 10K course or the East West Resorts 5K Quest. And bring the kids as well since they will offer a Kids 1K once again! The snowshoe series features slopeside sponsor expos and a post-event plaza party for all participants to enjoy a variety of giveaways and a post-race meal. Arrive early on race day to demo Atlas Snowshoes at the start/finish area, or head to the Beaver Creek Nordic Center to rent snowshoes. For more information, or to register, visit beavercreek.com.
+'All.I.Can' movie at Loaded Joe's
Jan. 7 | 6:30 p.m. | Avon
The Eagle Valley Alliance for Sustainability Sustainable Community Film series returns to Loaded Joe's in Avon Jan. 7 with "All.I.Can," playing at 6:30 p.m. "An unparalleled cinematic experience: All.I.Can is a stunning exploratory essay that compares the challenges of big mountain skiing to the challenges of global climate change. Shot on 6 continents over 2 years, the world's best skiers deliver inspirational performances while ground-breaking cinematography expands our vision of the natural world." J.P. Auclair's street segment in the film is pretty much the best urban ski segment every made. For more info, visit eaglevalleyalliance.org/films.
+Takács Quartet at the Vilar
Jan. 7 | 7:30 p.m. | Beaver Creek
Recognized as one of the world's great ensembles, the Takács Quartet plays with a unique blend of drama, warmth and humor, combining four distinct musical personalities to bring fresh insights to the string quartet repertoire. In 2012, Gramophone announced that the Takács was the only string quartet to be inducted into its first Hall of Fame, along with such legendary artists as Jascha Heifetz, Leonard Bernstein and Dame Janet Baker. The ensemble also won the 2011 Award for Chamber Music and Song presented by the Royal Philharmonic Society in London. The evenings program includes three diverse quartets to showcase their brilliant musicianship and versatility: Mozart Quartet K 428, Bartok Quartet No.1 and Dvorak Quartet Op. 96. Tickets are $45 and are available online at vilarpac.org, by calling 888.920.ARTS (2787) or in person at the Vilar Performing Arts Center Box Office in Beaver Creek.
+Danielle Ate the Sandwich at the Vilar
Jan. 8 | 7:30 p.m. | Beaver Creek
Danielle Ate the Sandwich, who answers to her grandmother as Danielle Anderson, has been singing and writing songs since 2006. Getting her start at open mic nights in Fort Collins, Colorado, while she attended CSU, Danielle started booking shows all over the state, making a name and finding a place as a musician. After gaining national attention from her videos on youtube in 2009, Danielle started pursuing music as a full time career and began touring nationally to play for her loyal group of online supporters. Hoping to write songs in a style all her own, she tells her stories using honest words, vivid imagery, a bittersweet voice, a guitar and her small, but striking ukulele. Tickets for Danielle Ate the Sandwich are $22 and are available online at vilarpac.org, by calling 888-920-ARTS (2787) or in person at the Vilar Performing Arts Center Box Office in Beaver Creek.
+Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival
Jan. 9-11 | Various Times | Vail
Imagine a World Class Winter Wonderland of fun activities in the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and then top off your trip with a World Class International Beer Festival, complete with Brewmasters' Dinners and Seminars by some of the world's most innovative Brewers. Could it be the ultimate beer vacation? Your bucket list "beercation"? Almost all of the Fourteenth Anniversary weekend will be held at the Vail Cascade Resort & Spa; a new Brewmaster's Dinner will be held at the Lord Gore Restaurant in Manor Vail Resort. Tickets are going fast. To get them, a schedule of events or more information, visit www.bigbeersfestival.com.
+10th Mountain Documentary, Climb to Glory
Jan. 9 | 7:30 p.m. | Beaver Creek
Produced by Warren Miller Entertainment in partnership with the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Museum, "Climb To Glory" tells the story of the 10th Mountain Division Ski Troopers and how they championed the U.S. Ski Industry following World War II. The Mountain Division came into existence on July 13, 1943 at an Army base in the Colorado Rockies known as "Camp Hale". The Division trained at 9,200 feet above sea level and honed their skills to fight and survive under the most brutal mountain conditions. After participating in a major turning point in the War, these heroes returned home from Italy as pioneering individuals and helped expand skiing into a lifestyle sport with ski resort development, product innovation, instruction and everything in between. Narrated by Olympian and future Colorado Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame inductee Jeremy Bloom and inspired by Warren Miller Athlete Chris Anthony, "Climb to Glory" highlights the 10th Mountain Division Vets' astounding impact on our country and the ski industry while incorporating the fun and flair of Warren Miller films. Tickets are available online at vilarpac.org, by calling 888.920.ARTS (2787) or in person at the Vilar Performing Arts Center Box Office in Beaver Creek.
+Stem Cells: The Future of Medicine is Now
Jan. 10 | 5 p.m. | Lionshead
From www.vailsymposium.org: There is a little myth that many doctors tell their patients. It's causing millions of people to live with constant pain and debilitating chronic conditions. What is this myth? That aches and pains, fatigue, and diseases are all just a part of getting older. Perhaps there was a time that was true, but not anymore. Stem cell therapy is a groundbreaking, minimally invasive procedure that uses your own cells to stimulate the body to fight disease and repair damaged joints, tendons and ligaments. Join Dr. Scott Brandt, Dr. Kristen Comella, and Dr. Stan Jones as they engage in a discussion — moderated by Adam Katzen — about the history and future of stem cell therapies. Located at the Antlers at Vail, tickets are $25 in advance, $35 at the door, $10 for students with a vaild ID and free for Vail Symposium members ($1,000+/year).


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Weather Journal: Gray Skies on Monday
A gloomy, gray day may be in the works on Monday for parts of Greater New York, but that's much better than what we were talking about last week at this time.
With an intense coastal storm expected to move harmlessly out to sea (tracking somewhere near Bermuda), the tri-state is now off the hook for bad weather during the busiest travel week of the year. In fact, Thanksgiving Day looks to be the most pleasant weather day of a pretty great late fall week in and around New York City, with temperatures possibly reaching 60 degrees in the afternoon.
But first, we'll have to endure some gray skies. With high pressure still in control, it's almost certain there won't be any rain or snow showers locally for at least the next five days, putting the Thanksgiving holiday safely in the clear. But the offshore storm could still affect local weather by sending a stream of low clouds toward coastal areas. Those clouds may stay in place for much of Monday and Tuesday, and then diminish on Wednesday before clearly out completely on Thursday.
That's when things could start getting interesting again.
Both of the most reliable medium-range weather forecast models (the Euro and the GFS) show an increased possibility of a sharp cool-down starting with a strong cold front on Black Friday or possibly Saturday. There won't be much moisture associated with this storm, keeping snow chances near zero. But temperatures could fall by 10 to 15 degrees over a matter of hours, dropping weekend highs into the low 40s and overnight temperatures across the region into the teens and 20s. A series of two or three more potent fronts like this one could then pummel the tri-state regularly until at least the first week of December.
There's not a strong snow signal associated with any of these potential storms yet, but the risk for continued below normal temperatures is very real. The National Weather Service's official weather station at Central Park has only recorded three warmer-than-normal days so far in November, and from the looks of it, the current month will go down as one of the coldest (relative to historical 30-year averages) since December 2010.
Monday's Greater New York forecast roundup:
- WSJ Headquarters in Manhattan:
- Actual High: 51; High feels like: 52
- Actual Low: 41; Low feels like: 39
- Weather: Continued pleasant
- Brooklyn: 52/41
- Queens: 53/42
- Bronx: 53/40
- Staten Island: 50/40
- Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: 50/26
- Trenton, N.J.: 54/38
- Islip, Long Island: 51/37
- New Haven, Conn.: 50/31
Meteorologist Eric Holthaus contributes daily weather reports and analysis on Metropolis. For the latest on conditions in New York and elsewhere, follow his updates (@WSJweather) on Twitter.


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In a sad farewell note to the country he spent a long time covering, reporter Patrick Cockburn describes how ordinary Syrians struggle to survive amid a seemingly interminable civil war stoked by foreign governments pursuing their own interests.
The Independent's Cockburn writes Wednesday of vendors and merchants whose sales dried up because of the difficulty collecting and transporting food and other goods ("business is bad and our customers are few," one shopkeeper says). Prices have skyrocketed. The value of the Syrian pound has dropped precipitously. Fighting has squelched oil exports. Agriculture is "crippled," and tourism has vanished.
Former Syrian Planning Minister Abdullah al-Dardari estimates the total damage to the economy at $60 billion to $80 billion—roughly a third of the prewar economy.
"How do Syrians survive the burdens of civil war?" Cockburn asks. "The answer is that many of them do not."
"In a school in Homs," he writes, "I met an 85-year-old man called Awad al-Izou who is a refugee from Baba Amr district whose house—'it had seven rooms' he recalls—in that former rebel-held bastion has been destroyed. 'I had five sons, one of them martyred, two in prison [one in Damascus, the other in Homs], one disappeared and one living in a distant village.' He lives in a government-run refugee shelter in a school because 'at least here I have a bed, food and electricity.'"
"Syria may survive but many Syrians will not," Cockburn continues. "Unicef says that 6.2 million Syrians, out of a population of 23 million, are in need of direct assistance. Half of them are children. The plight of refugees fleeing to Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan gets international attention but the 4.25 million displaced inside Syria are less visible. In Homs alone, 400,000 people have fled the Old City and in Damascus whole families are often crammed into a single room."
—Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.
Patrick Cockburn:
Most dispiriting for Syrians is not just that life is hard and getting harder, but they do not see why it should get any better.
Syria is facing a conflict akin to the Lebanese civil war that lasted 15 years. A diplomat in Damascus said "both government and opposition think they can win. That is why the war is going to go on a long time."
And a long war leads to irreversible losses such as a sustained lack of confidence in the economic future, emigration of the best educated and a damaged infrastructure. Even if the civil war ends tomorrow – which it will not – Syria will be a crippled society and economy for years to come.
A Syrian man (center) digs a grave for his father who, along with two other men, was kidnapped and killed by pro-government militias.


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We believe that cell lines incorporating our proprietary ProTectAll™ transgenic technology will have enhanced resistance to the stresses of the bioproduction process. This will enable these cells to produce more product at higher concentrations, using less nutrients, and under more extreme conditions. All contributing to higher production efficiencies at lower costs.
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In addition, we also provide contract screening and testing services to companies wishing to asses their sequence libraries for stress resistant genes.


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© 2009 Brenny's Jewelry company
Conveniently located in the heart of downtown Fairhope.
An Eastern Shore traditon
About BJC
An Eastern Shore tradition in Fairhope
since 1986.
Welcome to Brenny's Jewelry Company! Brenny's fine jewelry company began twenty years ago as a giant leap of faith. Cecelia and Richard Brenny gave up their careers in St. Louis, Missouri, and moved their family of six to Fairhope. Three months later, Brenny's Jewelry Company was the new shop on Fairhope Avenue. As the years have passed, Richard has searched for the best and most beautiful jewelry known to man – and woman! Creating new jewelry is also a pleasure for Richard and his in-store jeweler, Bill Hill. Beautiful Lladró statuary and Faberge pieces add to the delight of shopping at Brenny's.
The Brennys later acquired the building next door and Brenny's Too! evolved. Brenny's Too is a unique shop featuring
fashion jewelry
, baby gifts and more for you to discover when you wander through the door between the two stores. Stop in and look around sometime. You will find a fun and friendly place to shop where one size does fit all! Some of the featured and most well-known brands offered in this exquisite shop are Pandora, Ritini, Martin Flyer, Lois Hill, Simon G, Jay Lesser, Armani, Benchmark, Elle, P.J. Creations, Kurt Gutman, Jackie Kennedy Collection. In Brenny's Too!, there is an extraordinary Links of London display. We have a large collection of engravable gifts for those occasions you want to make your gift extra personal. In house engraving is available. At Brenny's, you can find something striking for anyone and any occasion.


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To celebrate the 4th of July weekend, Kanye West is putting on 2 shows at the Revel Resort in Atlantic City. Here is footage from the first night, where he performs his new tracks 'Mercy', 'New God Flow', 'Cold' and his past hits. He also brought out Pusha T for 'Runaway' and did a cover of 'In The Air Tonight' by Phil Collins.
Watch the performances below.
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Doubles with Stan in Beijing
25.06.2008 | Tennis
Swiss Olympic has selected four players for the Olympic Games in Bejing this summer. Roger and Stanislas Warinka will compete in the men's singles, Patty Schnyder and Timea Bacsinszky will take part in the women's competition.
Roger will also play the doubles tournament. His partner is Stanislas and not Yves Allegro, as might have been expected. Severin Lüthi, captain of the Swiss Davis Cup Team, explained: "We are convinced that this line-up is the one we have the best chances with."
Dear Roger, I wish you all the best at the Olympics and in everything you do. You are always a dream to watch with the way you play tennis. Never have I seen anyone with your artistry and skill and your personality..always the perfect gentleman. You co
All the best in Beijing. The Olympics games will be more interesting with you.
take care of yourself
take care of yourself
Roger,we wait u and support u in BJ
My dear Roger, believe me, Beijing will give you all her luck!
Sorry ROGER, your are still the champion we all known..
The best luck in the Olympic games Roger both in singles and in doubles together with Stan.... To the two that it they is OK.
I wish you all the best in Bejing this summer. Much love from the U.S.
my dearest roger im typing this coz im really nerveous for ur coming game against nadal today im not going to watch ur game iwait till finish coz im gonna have aheart attack if nadal get it .all we cansay is good luck n go for it just be careful dont do
GL Roger :)
Wow Roger. This is brilliant. You and Stanislas should make great strike in Beijing. This could be dream team for Swiss Tennis and Switzerland also. Best wishes for the Olympics, and I hope you and Stan are going to capture gold medals.


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Summer is the perfect time of year to be gathering fresh fruit. Eating healthfully is never easier than during this peak time for produce. Farmer's markets and road side stands are overflowing with ripe and juicy fruits and fresh and crispy veggies.
But for however much of that produce you're buying, how much of it are you actually eating?
I mean YOU. Not your kids.
Several years ago I realized something. . . I was finding room in our budget to afford the expensive organic and clean produce for feeding my then toddler. I wanted her first foods to be healthy as could be and stocked up on a variety of offerings to expand her palate. Somewhere I developed the habit of considering it "her food."
As my husband looked in the refrigerator there was:
No, honey! Don't eat those raspberries, they're for the baby!
As I got hungry for a snack, I'd reach right past "her strawberries" and grab a cookie.
What?! Somehow that made sense to me. Maybe it was the time spent cleaning and cutting all that finger food and always putting the kids first. Somewhere along the line my own nutrition began to suffer.
Even though I'm aware of it, I still find myself falling into this habit. It has been a hard one to overcome, but my health and nutrition is just as important as my kids'. Here are my three favorite tricks for making sure that I'm grabbing that forbidden fruit:
1. There's no bad time to eat fruit: As we wash up the fresh pickings together, my daughters and I will eat berries right from the colander. It's right there, it's clean, it's as fresh as it will ever be. Who cares if the colander is empty before any of it reaches the fridge.
2. Add fruit to everybody's plate: A serving of fruit doesn't have to be an entire apple or banana. I will cut and share a large fruit with my two daughters a couple times a day. A few bites here and there add up over the course of a day, you don't need to eat a serving of produce all at once.
3. Make fruit an indulgence and keep it just for you!: Make room in the grocery budget for something that is really a treat like a pricey batch of fresh cherries. Once in a rare while it is ok for a fruit to be special just for mom. Hearing that they can't have it makes kids only that much more excited to have some next time you offer!
P.S. Here are some of our favorite fruity inspired toys:
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Taking Care of You
We know your days are busy working, kissing boo-boos, juggling laundry, making dentist appointments, and reading good-night stories. As parents, we instinctively put our children's needs first. We prioritize their health and their happiness above our own.
It's time to step back and look at the whole picture. You need to take care of you FOR THEM. You are the only one who can give your child a happy parent who enjoys life. What a wonderful gift!
We know that Taking Care of You is easier said than done. So, throughout the summer, we'll continue to share weekly posts with simple, easy, unique ideas to keep you inspired. In this special series, our Melissa & Doug Blog Ambassadors will share their practical, real-life advice on how to:
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Former CONSTRUCDEAD frontman Peter Tuthill is recording the vocals for the debut album from his GODSIC project at his Tuthilla studio. Entitled "Nine More Reasons to Kill Yourself", the CD will include the following tracks, among others: "Me", "Nightmare", "Timelapse", "Die Today", "Loser", "Inhuman" and "Debris". Two fully mixed songs — "Me" and "Nightmare" — are available for streaming at the project's web site.Tuthill has not yet secured a record deal for GODSIC. Interested labels can contact him via the band's web site.
Former CONSTRUCDEAD Frontman Laying Down Vocals For GODSIC Project
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Guide to UK Capital Gains Tax (CGT)
On 6th April 2008, an 18% flat rate of capital gains tax was introduced, replacing the old, rather complex taper system. This tax rate was upheld in all subsequent Budgets, including the latest in March 2011.
Prior to April 2008, share investors and those people with buy-to-let or second properties currently paid a minimum CGT rate of 24% after 10 years. Their position is much improved, with the new flat rate better than the best former rate of 24% which could only be achieved after long holding periods.
However, business owners, entrepreneurs and others who own shares in their employer saw their 10% CGT rise a whopping 80% up to 18%. Their is some relief for those business owners in that the first £10 million of gains upon selling their business is taxable at only 10% through the application of the Entrepreneur's Relief scheme.
We'll take a look now at how the current capital gains tax rate work in practice.
If you sell an asset
Example 1
You bought some shares for £500.
You sell them for £2,000.
You have made a gain of £1,500 (£2,000 less £500).
If you give an asset away
If you give an asset away, you normally look at what it is worth, not what you get for it. The same is true when you sell it for less than its full worth in order to give away part of the value.
Example 2
Three years ago, you bought a flat costing £75,000 for your daughter to use.
The flat is now worth £100,000.
You now give it to your daughter.
She might not pay you anything for it; or you might let her have it for less than what it is worth, say she pays you £60,000.
Either way, you have made a gain of £25,000 (£100,000 less £75,000).
If you dispose of an asset you had been given
You might dispose of an asset that you had received as a gift. When you work out the gain you normally use the market value of the asset when you received it.
Example 3
Your sister gave you a garage worth £5,000.
You did not pay anything for it.
Later, you sell the garage for £8,000.
You are treated as making a gain of £3,000 (£8,000 less £5,000)
If you have inherited an asset
If you inherit an asset, the estate of the person who died does not pay Capital Gains Tax at that time. If you later dispose of the asset, you work out the gain by looking at the market value at the time of the death.
Example 4
Your brother had acquired some shares for £2,000.
When he died, he left them to you.
No CGT is payable at that time.
At the time of his death, the shares were worth £6,000.
Later, you sell them for £9,000.
You have made a gain of £3,000 (£9,000 less £6,000).
Some other cases where you might have to pay Capital Gains Tax
You may also have to pay CGT if you dispose of part of an asset or exchange one asset for another. In addition, CGT may be payable if you receive a capital sum of money from an asset without disposing of it, for example if you receive compensation when an asset is damaged.
What if I transfer an asset to my husband or wife?
If you sell or give an asset to your husband or wife while you are legally married and living together, that does not give rise to a Capital Gains Tax charge.
If your husband or wife later sells the asset, he or she will work out the CGT at that time by looking at what you paid for the asset.
What if I give an asset to charity?
If you give an asset to a registered charity you will not have to pay CGT.
What assets might lead to a Capital Gains Tax charge?
Most sorts of assets can lead to a CGT charge when you dispose of them, for example:
- shares in a company
- units in a unit trust
- land and buildings (but see below - 'What about my home?')
- higher value jewellery, paintings, antiques and other personal effects (see next section)
- assets used in a business, such as goodwill.
CGT is chargeable whether the assets are in the UK or abroad.
What assets do not lead to a CGT charge?
Some assets are exempt. For example, you will not have to pay CGT on
- your private car
- cash held in sterling
- any foreign currency held for your own or your family's personal use
- jewellery, paintings, antiques and other personal effects that are individually worth £6,000 or less (if you have a set, for example a set of chess figures, you do not pay CGT if the value of the set as a whole is £6,000 or less)
- Savings Certificates, Premium Bonds and British Savings Bonds
- UK Government stocks ("Gilts")
- assets held in an Individual Savings Account (ISA) or Personal Equity Plan (PEP)
- betting, lottery or pools winnings
- personal injury compensation.
What about my home?
You will not have to pay CGT when you dispose of your home if all the following conditions are met.
- Throughout the period that you owned it, it was your only home.
- You did actually use it as your home all the time that you owned it.
- Throughout the period that you owned it, you did not use it for any purpose other than as a home for yourself, your family and no more than one lodger.
- The house and garden do not exceed 5,000 square metres (about one and a quarter acres - roughly the size of a football pitch).
Even if not all of these conditions are met, you may still be entitled to relief against all or part of the gain.
You may have bought or acquired in other ways shares or units in a particular company or unit trust on a number of different occasions and now dispose of some of them. If so, there are special rules for identifying which of the shares or units you have sold, and for working out the gain.
Shares in the company where you work
You may have to pay CGT when you sell shares in the company where you work, but there are some special reliefs that may help you keep your tax bill down.
How do I work out the CGT that has to be paid?
Start by listing all the assets that you have disposed of in the tax year (6 April to 5 April in the following year). You can ignore exempt assets and disposals that do not give rise to a Capital Gains Tax charge. You may be able to ignore the disposal of your own home.
Work out the gain on each asset.
There are many reliefs available that reduce or defer CGT.
- Some reliefs are available to many people. For example, taper relief reduces the amount of a gain charged to tax the longer an asset has been held.
- Other reliefs are available only in special circumstances.
- You may deduct some of the costs of buying, selling and improving assets when working out your gain.
- If you have made a loss, you may be able to set that against your gains.
You can then add up the total of your gains less reliefs and allowable losses to calculate your net gains for the year.
If the total of your net gains in a tax year is less than a certain amount, called the annual exempt amount (AEA), you will not have to pay Capital Gains Tax For the tax year 2009-10 the AEA is £10,100.
If your net gains are more than the AEA you pay CGT on the excess.
When can I be sure that there is no Capital Gains Tax to pay?
If the total value of all the assets that you dispose of in a tax year (ignoring exempt assets) is less than the AEA, then you will not have to pay CGT on those assets.
If you know that the total of the gains on the assets that you dispose of (apart from exempt assets) is less than the AEA even before thinking about losses and reliefs, then you will not have to pay CGT on those gains. However, you may still have to show the gains on your tax return.
Even if you have not disposed of any assets during a tax year you may still have to pay Capital Gains Tax, for example, if the gains of a trust or company with which you have some connection are attributed to you.
Unless you are sure that you do not have to pay CGT, you should ask for further information. The reliefs might mean that you do not have to pay any CGT this year.
If you think that you might have losses that are greater than your gains for the year, then you should find out more about CGT. If you notify your Tax Office you may be able to use the losses to offset gains in a future year.
For those interested in how to significantly reduce both CGT and income tax on property investments, we recommend the publication 'How to Avoid Property Tax'. For more information, click here.


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News 12 at 11 o'clock / Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Florence Bradley's first grader was injured while getting bullied during a bus ride. (WRDW-TV)
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- One local mother says her school isn't doing enough to prevent bullying after her son's bus trip home ended in a hospital visit.
"Why would you leave my son like this?" Florence Bradley asked. "Why would you leave him in a bloody mess?"
Bradley says her 6-year-old son, Omarion, was assaulted on the bus by two boys. Omarion is a first grader at Meadowbrook Elementary.
"Other kids had to come tell me that my son was kicked in the face and he was punched," Bradley said.
The school bus drops Omarion off every day in front of his house. But Bradley says on Monday when he came inside, he was bleeding from the nose and mouth.
She says even though the school has a Code of Conduct, something more needed to be done in this situation.
"I feel there needs to be a secondary adult on the bus to monitor the kids," Bradley said. "It's not fair for the bus driver to do all that by himself. It's not right."
Meadowbrook officials say there is a plan in place when things like this happen.
"First of all, we do an investigation of everything," Meadowbrook Principal John Felton explained. "That's just the protocol that the school system has in place."
In this case, bus cameras will help with the investigation.
"Sometimes, we find that it's just a case that we can mediate with the students, we can mediate the parent," Felton said. "We get the guidance counselor involved, we get the parents involved and we can solve it that way."
The school's Code of Conduct also says they can use harsher measures, such as suspension or expulsion.
Bradley says she wants those harsher measures.
"My son wakes up in the middle of the night, crying, screaming -- [he] can't sleep," she said.
Felton promises kids always come first and the faculty works hard to keep kids safe and happy.
"When we're in this building until they get back home, we're a big family," he said. "And that's how I want us to act, as though we are just a family, and we're going to act in each other's best interest."
Felton said they're taking this case very seriously. The incident is still under investigation and all parents of the children involved are being kept in the loop.
Bradley says Omarion was shaken by the incident but is doing well physically.


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Eh, feeling a little bit better about this one. And at least I managed to get two down today… I might have one more short one in me when I get home. Even if they're crummy!
NaPoWriMo gave a list of spaceship names from the delicious novels of Iain M. Banks, and suggested using one as the title of the poem, which is where this one comes from. I found out, unfortunately, that Mr. Banks yesterday announced he has terminal cancer, which is rather advanced; he may not be with us a year from now. He is about the age of both my father, and my parents' good friend (my brother's godfather; maybe the best man at my parents' wedding? I can't remember) who passed away last fall from, eerily, the same sort of cancer. It's a depressing and unsettling kind of thing, and I feel more depressed and unsettled that the only thing I can get out of it is this mediocre scrap of writing that is just me pumping the bellows to keep the fire going. But I suppose it's more of an effort than nothing at all; these are the things we must do.
I think the weekend, and a sustained gasp of spring, are needed.
Prosthetic Conscience
He wore it after the original was severed,
fearing that its absence would show
between two ribs, or flared in his nostrils.
He always kept the lights out during sex.
If anyone got close enough to notice,
it would be too dark to see.
From time to time he felt phantom pains
deep inside his chest, a coppiced stalk
trying to sprout something stunted
but generous. He read philosophy.
He took communion and waited for change.
But it was the small hesitations
that quivered his hand or his tongue
which gave him away. Then it would slip
and expose his abbreviation.
What could he call himself?
Not a person: maybe the kind of person
who knows why he no longer deserves
that title. Some word that means,
"used to have slow warmth inside him",
but not anymore. Now there's only
an indifferent blood, just a few degrees
too cold.


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Coyote Trails School of Nature plans a "Friend-Raiser" volunteer appreciation day from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Coyote Trails' Jefferson Nature Center, inside the U.S. Cellular Community Park.
The event is free and open to all.
There will be horse-drawn hayrides, demonstrations of primitive skills, a skillet toss and other games, and tours of the land. The event is designed to help honor the dozens of volunteers who have helped the school grow since it was created a year ago.
The city of Medford approved using seven acres with 1,500 feet of Bear Creek frontage in the park for the Coyote Trails' Jefferson Nature Center. The facility is an independent nonprofit that teaches primitive living skills and runs weeklong camps during the summer at Earth Teach Forest Park in Ashland.
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Fire crews responded to a fire at Spirit Aerosystems in the 4400 block of E. MacArthur.
A spokesman for the company tells us the fire was inside of a trash compactor in one of the buildings at the facility.
Spirit says crews put the fire out in about five minutes and no one was hurt.
Seven people were evacuated from the building as a precaution.


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And after George Ford had got the visitors on the board with a penalty and a drop goal winger Rokoduguni popped up with his first try of the game just before half-time to hand Bath an 11-0 lead at the interval.
And things didn't improve for the hosts immediately after the restart as the boot of Ford and another Rokoduguni try saw Bath go 21-0 ahead.
Wasps did reply with a first-ever Aviva Premiership try for Jonah Holmes but it wasn't enough as Bath secured a fourth successive away win in all competitions for the first time since 2006 thanks to a late Matt Garvey try - their biggest ever win at Adams Park.
From the very first whistle Bath looked to take the game to their hosts and after hooker Carlo Festuccia was pinged Ford sent over a fourth-minute penalty for an early lead.
Wasps had the chance to reply moments later when David Wilson was penalised for a high challenge by Wasps fly-half Andy Goode was wide with his three-pointer.
And things went from bad to worse for Goode as he missed a far easier kick at the posts just minutes later.
It seemed as though Goode's waywardness was catching as Ford sent a long-range penalty wide on 14 minutes, however the Bath No.10 showed his skill with the boot on 27 minutes as with nothing seemingly on for him he sent a drop goal soaring through the sticks.
Bath were putting constant pressure on Wasps down in the right corner as the first half ticked over and it was no surprise when prop Phil Swainston - making his first Aviva Premiership appearance of the season - was sent to the sin bin.
And Bath immediately made him pay as they moved the ball from right to left wand a great offload from Jonathan Joseph saw Rokodugini scamper over on the left.
Ford's conversion was wide but the visitors led 11-0 at the break.
Goode had a chance early in the second half to get Wasps on the scoreboard but his penalty once again wide as he missed with his third attempt.
Ford showed Goode how it is done on 58 minutes before a great break from Leroy Houston saw the ball end up in the hands of Rokoduguni as he helped himself to his second score of the game. Ford added the extras this time and bath led 21-0.
Bath fly-half Ford missed with another penalty on 63 minutes and 69 minutes Wasps finally had something to shout about as a move from left to right saw Holmes go over in the corner - Goode's replacement Joe Carlisle missing his conversion.
But it was Bath who had the last laugh as with just four minutes left Garvey came close at a line out, dummied a return pass to hooker Ross Batty before bundling over the line for his first Aviva Premiership try in Bath colours.


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About four miles and the Ohio River separate Marietta and Williamstown high schools.
But on the gridiron, the teams are separated by more than 50 years.
The last time the Tigers and Yellowjackets tangled on the football field was 1961, when Williamstown won 14-6 to earn just its third victory in 17 games with Marietta, according to Williamstown assistant coach Scott Moore.
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What seems like a natural rivalry - geographically, at least - will be renewed on Friday as the teams face off at Don Drumm Stadium in what's been dubbed the "Rumble on the River."
"I'm excited. It really is a battle of the river," said Marietta junior Garrett Davis, a fullback/linebacker on the football team. "You'd think how close we were, we'd play it like another rivalry game."
Yellowjackets Coach Terry Smith said his players are looking forward to the contest.
Fact Box
If you go
What: Rumble on the River, Marietta vs. Williamstown high school football game.
When: 7 p.m. Friday kickoff.
Where: Don Drumm Stadium, Marietta.
Admission: $6.
Fundraising: T-shirts will be sold and donations collected for Marietta Memorial Hospital's Strecker Cancer Center emergency patient fund.
Series: Marietta leads the all-time series 14-3, but Williamstown won the last meeting with a 14-6 victory in 1961.
"Everybody's grown up playing Pee Wee against each other, with each other," he said.
Marietta High School Principal Bill Lee said Williamstown seemed like a good fit to him when the school was looking to fill out its 2013 football schedule. They've agreed to two games, this year and next, both at Don Drumm, with the schools splitting the gate.
"We're excited about the possibility of maintaining a long-term relationship," Lee said.
One of the main factors that kept the neighboring schools from playing football over the years is their size. Williamstown resident Don Williams, 57, said that when he was a player for the Yellowjackets, matching up with the Tigers never crossed his mind. The Tigers were from a big school - a "powerhouse," he said.
"I think they're pretty well-matched this year," Williams said. "I think Williamstown has certainly grown. It'll definitely be a good game."
Yellowjacket players said Wednesday they relish the chance to play a "big" school.
"I'm ready to prove that just 'cause we're a little school doesn't mean we're going to back down," said senior lineman Cody Huggins.
And Marietta Coach Adam Eichhorn said he and his team have no intention of overlooking a "small" school with a winning tradition.
"For us, it's another game against a very good football team," he said. "In comparison, we're trying to build a program, so it's a very good game for us."
Jeff Givens, Williamstown High School assistant principal and athletic director, said that although the Yellowjackets have posted more wins than the Tigers in recent years, Marietta plays in a very strong league and has traditionally matched up against larger schools like Parkersburg High School when crossing state lines.
However, Givens said the Yellowjackets' success over the years has made it difficult for them to find potential opponents.
"We really are not in a position to be picky, which forces us into an extremely tough schedule," he said.
Plus, the game makes economic sense as neither team will have to go very far. In fact, Williamstown High School is closer to the stadium than Marietta High School.
"It's going to save me probably $1,000 in travel," Givens said.
The game is expected to draw a number of fans of both schools, which prompted Marietta to move up the cancer awareness theme its had at one of its games the last two years to September instead of October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
"So many people are going to be there for it," said Mary Hogan, who helps organize the cancer awareness activities and whose son Alex is a senior on the Tiger football team.
Some Marietta players will be wearing gear with the color of the specific type of cancer they're standing up against. Special T-shirts touting the Rumble on the River are being sold at Marietta High School during lunch and at Haircutters in Williamstown, with any leftover to be sold at the game itself. All proceeds go to the Strecker Cancer Center's patient emergency fund, which provides gasoline cards and helps with other expenses for people undergoing cancer treatment. In addition, students will work the crowd during the game, collecting donations for the fund.
Hogan said she's gotten enthusiastic support from Williamstown for the fundraising activities.
"This is about two schools coming together to help our communities," she said. "We're actually one huge community."
Williamstown senior Brandon Root, a tight end/linebacker, said that makes the game even more special.
"It feels great that we're playing a game to raise money for ... cancer," he said.
A Rumble on the River trophy for the winning school has been ordered, and it would travel with the winner each year. Hogan said organizers would also be open to tying other charitable causes to the game in future years.