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AJPhotographerPhotographer Male Nashville, Tennessee, US
My Website: AJPhotographerMy MM URL: http://www.modelmayhem.com/chlors
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About Me
I seem to have always had a camera in my hand. Love to photograph and make pictures. Would like to work more on storytelling but, for now, am happy just making a great photo. Some photographers who have greatly influence me with their works are Greg Gorman and George Holz. I love their style and use of lighting.
I reside in the Nashville, TN area but do travel within a 3 hour radius on some occasions. I also travel to Austin, TX about 2-3 times a year and San Diego, CA once a year with my camera/lighting equipment.
I am currently doing TFP/CD (trade for time), but that is dependent on location, model, and what I am needing at that time. I have shot different styles of portraits (editorial, urban, and classic), as well as fine art, in particular, the male form (nude and implied). Currently, I am looking for males under 35 with a skinny, toned, or muscular forms who are comfortable being in varying states of undress. Males with a natural, youthful look are a welcomed plus. People with tattoos are welcomed, but it is not required.
I have also featured (for the 1st time) for some photos I took on my 1st trip to New York City April 2011. It's very exciting. Please feel free to take a look (the 3rd story down). It links to a flickr account I've recently created.
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*Please Note* Models will receive a select number of retouched JPEG images from their shoot; I do not give out RAW files or a CD with every shot taken. Images will be e-mailed sometime after the shoot, but not the day of the shoot (retouching takes time). Models MUST sign a release form.
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Many thanks to the models who have posed for me!! Without you none of this would be possible.
Ryan Ashton, MM#1431475
Michael Chase,MM#1415943
Dexter Holladay, MM#1454744
Rikii Montemayor, MM#1368503
Nikk Norton, MM#1341860
Colten Shepherd, MM#2267386
Baileybo , MM#749661
Colton Lee, MM #2267386
Chris Walburn, MM#1970297
Dakotah Hall, MM #2580672
Ken Thomas, MM #1140406
Colby Randall, MM #2439285
Ze, MM#2676454
Ruben M, MM#2682671
Seamus92, MM #2929142
cory james, MM #3157776
Gary Fletcher, MM #2246638
Micah S., MM #3182484
Shawn Andrews, MM #796846
liamY1, MM #3521821
Mazzak, MM #3770280
ParisHamilton, MM #3397342
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The right question for Africa
Progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa, based on progress reports from WHO and other international agencies, is far off target in many areas. Yet, it is precisely in these areas that improving the quality and safety of health care can have the biggest impact, namely in MDGs 4 and 5 focused on mothers and children. Sub-Saharan Africa in particular still accounts for half of the 8.8 million deaths in children under five worldwide (1). For mothers in sub-Saharan Africa, the risk of dying is still very much higher than elsewhere in the world, 1 in 22 compared with 1 in 8 000 in industrialized countries and there has been little progress on improving this in all the run up to 2015. (2) Why is it, though, that when the crisis of maternal, neonatal and child mortality in Africa is raised by global experts and policy wonks, the issue of safe health care is not discussed?
The answer lies in the nature of the question.
The right question
When WHO started the Patient Safety programme in 2004, health systems around the world were only just beginning to focus on issues surrounding the quality of health care delivery and the importance of measuring and assuring quality of care as a basic system goal. Since 2004, much work has been done around the globe to establish the systems of quality measurement and assurance. In OECD countries, initial efforts at cross-country measurement of quality and safety included only a handful of countries. Now, the Health Care Quality Indicators Project provides regular data to the OECD's Health-at-a-Glance. Ministers gathered in Paris this year to focus on the issues raised by these in terms of differences across countries in quality and safety.
Although these investments have not been completely matched outside the OECD, there have been investments in quality and safety systems in all WHO regions in the last five years. All regions, that is, with the exception of the African Region, where in most countries there is not even a quality unit in the Ministry of Health, much less national expertise on safety . The question, rather than asking why safety and quality has not "caught on" in Africa, should be how can we ourselves be more effective at addressing the basic issues of maternal, neonatal and child mortality?
In Africa, the task of improving health care is daunting for many reasons, some of which are discussed in the excellent editorial in this issue by Dr Sam Zaramba of Uganda, my former colleague on the WHO Executive Board for many years. In fact, in the early years of successful implementation of our First Global Patient Safety Challenge, Clean Care is Safer Care, where we "challenged" ministers of the world to sign up to improve their country's record on health care-associated infection, we had massive uptake in all regions of the world. All except Africa.
Adapting methods to lower-resource settings
So, we at WHO set out to show how patient safety and quality methods could be adapted to lower resource settings. We worked with our colleagues in the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office and countries in the region to build capacity in assessing adverse event rates in East and North Africa. We worked with ministries to develop the capacity for local production of alcohol-based handrub to combat health care-associated infection in West Africa. We established pilot sites for our Surgical Safety Checklist work in East Africa. And, we worked with local organizations to expand our Patients for Patient Safety Network right across Africa.
These efforts have yielded progress, not just because they were based on sound evidence and the experience of knowledgeable partners, but also because they were adapted to the local situation. In our hand hygiene work, we looked to provide guidance for alcohol-based hand rub use in Muslim majority countries. In our safe surgery work, we encouraged and facilitated local adaptations of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist. In our research work, we recently completed a Methodological Guide for Data-Poor Settings. Finally, just this year, we held the first local Patients for Patient Safety workshop in Africa and have used patients themselves from Africa to help us develop a new mobile phone-based tool for mothers to use in the high-risk seven days following delivery of their baby.
These efforts to build improvement on local adaptation and knowledge have continued in the creation of the African Partnerships for Patient Safety. This project, discussed elsewhere in this edition, is based on a grant from the UK Government and focuses on 12 "action areas" of safety and quality identified by the ministers of health at the 2008 African Regional Committee meeting. The project works to create centres of safety and quality excellence in Africa, supported by partners in the UK and across Europe. While the experience is still in its infancy, the lessons from the first wave of six countries have shown that partnerships can be the foundation on which local improvements and national policy shifts in quality and safety can happen.
We have learned a lot about how to advance the safety and quality agenda in Africa in the past five years. However, it is clear that we do not have the formula exactly right for addressing safety and quality in Africa. Future work needs to focus on both the "technical" solutions as well as the "adaptive" solutions that help change behaviour over the long term. We at WHO need to work more closely with other partners in Africa to ensure synergies in our agendas. Finally, our greatest task is to show more explicitly, with hard data, how applying safety and quality improvement tools can improve maternal, neonatal and child mortality in Africa. When we as a global quality and safety community have done this, we will be able to stop questioning ourselves and allow ourselves to start demanding that the global development community step forward with us to support improved safety and quality in Africa.
- UN (2010). United Nations Millenium Developm,ent Goals Report.
- AFRO (2008). World Health Organziation Regional Office for Africa. Patient Safety in African Health Services: Issues and Solutions. Report of the REgional Director. Regional Committee for Africa. Fifty eighth session. Yaounde, Republic of Cameroon.


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March 2, 2005
From the beginning of fall football drills in 1966 through the end of hoops season in 1967, Tennessee's Ron Widby made his senior season one to remember on both fronts. One of Tennessee's most gifted athletes ever, Widby began the year being named All-America in football, the NCAA-authenticated punting champion with a 43.8-yard average on 48 punts. In basketball, he was named All-America and conference player of the year after leading a youthful Vol squad to the SEC title.
His exploits on the basketball court that season have earned him the title of "SEC Basketball Legend," and he'll be so honored at the SEC Basketball Tournament this March, joining fellow legends Gary Waites, Alabama; Scott Hastings, Arkansas; Rex Frederick, Auburn; Stacey Poole, Florida; Ronnie Hogue, Georgia; Sam Bowie, Kentucky; Bobby Lowther, LSU; Coolidge Ball, Ole Miss; Jack Bouldin, Mississippi State; Art Whisnant, South Carolina; and Jeff Fosnes, Vanderbilt.
Widby was a two-time All-SEC selection for Ray Mears-coached teams in 1966 and 1967 and helped the Vols surprise nearly everybody by winning the SEC crown in 1967. He averaged 22.1 points and 8.7 rebounds his senior year and carried his team through the peaks and valleys of an 18-game conference schedule. It was something to watch night-in and night-out.
Widby's career at Tennessee brought a wholesale revision to the Vol record books, as he left UT the school's second all-time leading scorer (1432 points) and the all-time single season points leader (619 points). He averaged 18.1 points per game during his career and was the SEC's Sophomore of the Year in 1964-65. He averaged in double figures all three years as a Vol. He was the last four-sport letterman at Tennessee, with three varsity letters in football, three in basketball, and one each in baseball and golf.
"It was probably one of the best times I've had in sports," said Widby. "The team was close. Everyone knew their role and did their job exceptionally well. It was a thrill to be part of a great team that helped me achieve."
"We were picked fifth or sixth pre-season, but we had confidence in ourselves. I had told Knoxville News-Sentinel reporter Marvin West before the season we were going to win it. There was a good corps of players."
In the first season in which the Vols played in a new facility called Stokely Athletics Center, Widby was the old hand on the squad, with juniors Tom Hendrix and Tom Boerwinkle being joined by sophomore guards Bill Justus and Bill Hann. Only Widby had seen significant varsity service. Hendrix and Boerwinkle had come in with Widby in 1963-64, redshirted and played sparingly in 1965-66.
Freshmen were not eligible in those days, so Justus and Hann had not been through the rigors of the SEC, particularly on the road. But everything broke right for the Vols that season and, when the dust had settled in early March, the Vols were 15-3, 6-3 away from home, 21-7 overall, and headed to a much-smaller NCAA Tournament. The team was dubbed the "Fearless Five" and is affectionately remembered nearly 40 years later.
On the night of his home finale, Widby scored a school-record 50 points against LSU, a mark that lasted 20 years, before Tony White canned 51 against Auburn in 1987, the last year the Vols played in Stokely Center.
"Scoring 50 that night was very exciting," said Widby. "It was a gift I got from my teammates. Once we got ahead and had the game under control, they were content to watch me shoot."
That game gave the Vols no worse than a tie for the SEC title going to Starkville and the Vols brought home the brass ring with a dramatic triple overtime win at the old McCarthy Gym on the Mississippi State campus. Widby had 35 points and nine rebounds that night as the Vols just refused to lose. He had 10 in the three overtimes, including 10 in a row in the extra periods, two in the first, six in the second and two more in the third.
The 1966-67 Vols captured the SEC championship with a thrilling 78-76 victory at Mississippi State in triple overtime and earned UT its first NCAA Tournament berth.
Previously, the Vols also knocked off Kentucky twice that season, in double overtime at Lexington in Memorial Coliseum as Hendrix, a native of Elizabethtown, Ky., canned two free throws in the waning seconds, and by 87-59 in Knoxville.
"It was always a thrill to beat Kentucky," said Widby. "The game at Lexington was a tribute our depth. I got hurt the night before and only scored eight points."
Widby's versatility occasionally made life a bit hectic, particularly in December when football bowl preparations and basketball tourneys peacefully coexisted. In 1965, he played hoops in Shreveport in the Gulf South Classic on Friday night, flew to Houston for the Bluebonnet Bowl Saturday afternoon and went back to Shreveport to play hoops that night.
A year later, he played in the Sugar Bowl basketball tournament on Thursday and Friday and punted in the Gator Bowl Saturday afternoon.
"People might think it was tiring, but they did a good job of getting me where I needed to go," said Widby. "I was young and in good shape. Both teams and the coaches understood the deal. I went to a different city and put on a different uniform."
After leaving Tennessee, he played in the NFL with Dallas and Green Bay, playing in Super Bowl V and VI for the Cowboys and in the 1971 Pro Bowl. He had an 84-yard punt in 1968 against New Orleans while at Dallas, setting a Cowboys record. He also tried his hand at the PGA Senior Golf Tour, but now is back in private business as a sales rep with Portals Plus in his hometown of Wichita Falls, Texas, a company that manufactures roof drains and accessories.


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Coffee solution
I've been living out of a suitcase for the last ten days (and blogging from hotel rooms -- on hotel wi-fi, not always the best for inserting big pictures or managing links; sorry). One thing I've solved, though, is the hotel "coffee for breakfast" problem.
The issue is this. You want to get up early and work, but there are no coffee-making facilities in the room -- and if there are, the resulting coffee is truly ghastly. So the only options are: a) to go down to the hotel restaurant (but that demands getting dressed) or b) order room service in advance (but that means predicting the night before when exactly you are going to need the caffeine injection, and also you have to deal, scantily clad, with the waiter ) or c) order room service when you wake up (but by then room service is busy and you can be busting for a coffee for a long time -- and there's the same problem re the waiter). Not to mention the fact that the coffee in all these cases may still not be much better than dishwater.
Anyway, thanks to my friend Caterina (really thank you C), problem is solved.
This time I packed in my suitcase a small sized, electric espresso maker, a tin of ground coffee, and when I got to Rome I nipped out to buy half a litre of milk which I managed to squeeze into the mini-bar. So I've been filling it with coffee and water each evening and just switched it on when I have woken up the next morning. And hey presto.
It hasn't actually been entirely trouble-free. For a start, the plug on the coffee machine is that slightly larger size of the European two-pin plug, while the socket in the hotel is that slightly smaller Euro size (does anyone else have this trouble?). This means that it is a bit of a struggle getting the plug plugged in. Then, you have to make sure to disconnect the machine straight after the coffee has been made, because it goes on heating up and producing a decidedly pungent burned coffee smell (enough to be accused of smoking in a non smoking hotel room)..and it gets very hot.
But, that apart, this little gadget has solved the morning coffee problem.
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Flag Rules And Frequently Asked Questions
According to the Flag Code, a flag is defined as any object "by which the average person seeing the same without deliberation may believe the same to represent the flag." The American Flag, however, is immediately recognizable to all Americans and to many of those foreigners who visit our nation. Because our flag is our National Ensign and represents our nation, there are certain rules and regulations as to how it is utilized and how it is honored.
How to Fold the Flag
The flag should be folded in half, width-wise, twice. If done by two, the blue field should be facing the bottom on the first fold. Fold up the triangle, starting at the striped end… and repeat… until only the end of the union is exposed. Then fold down the square into a triangle and tuck inside the folds.
How to Display the Flag?
The flag of the United States of America, when displayed with another flag against a wall from a cross staffs, should be on the right, the flag's own right, and its staff should be in front of the staff of the other flag.
When flags of States, cities, or localities, or pennants of societies are flown on the same halyard with the flag of the United States, the latter should always be at the peak. When the flag is half-masted, both flags are half-masted, with the US flag at the midpoint and the other flag below.
When the flag of the United States is displayed from a staff projecting horizontally or at an angle from the window sill, balcony, or front of a building, the union of the flag should be placed at the peak of the staff unless the flag is at half-staff.
When the flag is used to cover a casket, it should be so placed that the union is at the head and over the left shoulder. The flag should not be lowered into the grave or allowed to touch the ground.
When the flag is displayed in a manner other than by being flown from a staff, it should be displayed flat, whether indoors or out. When displayed either horizontally or vertically against a wall, the union should be uppermost and to the flag's own right, that is, to the observer's left. When displayed in a window it should be displayed in the same way, that is with the union or blue field to the left of the observer in the street.
The flag, when carried in a procession with another flag, or flags, should be either on the marching right; that is, the flag's own right, or, if there is a line of other flags, in front of the center of that line.
The flag of the United States of America should be at the center and at the highest point of the group when a number of flags of States and localities or pennants of societies are grouped and displayed from staffs.
When flags of two or more nations are displayed, they are to be flown from separate staffs of the same height. The flags should be of approximately equal size. The order of precedence for flags generally is Nation flags (US first, then others in alphabetical order), State (host state first, then others in the order of admission) and territories, military, then other.
When displayed from a staff in a church or public auditorium on or off a podium, the flag of the United States of America should hold the position of superior prominence, in advance of the audience, and in the position of honor at the clergyman's or speaker's right as he or she faces the audience. Any other flag so displayed should be placed on the left of the clergyman or speaker.
When the flag is displayed on a car, the staff shall be fixed firmly to the chassis or clamped to the right fender.
When hung in a window, place the blue union in the upper left, as viewed from the street.
Frequently Asked Questions
My flag is old and ready to be retired. What should I do?
The Flag Code states, "The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning." It is recommended that you contact your local VFW chapter and ask them for help in properly disposing of the flag.
Is it proper to wash a soiled flag or mend a torn flag?
If a flag is torn, it can be repaired, preferable by a professional or someone skilled in mending. If it is dirty, it can be washed, preferably by hand with a mild soap. If it is faded or tattered beyond repair, or dirty beyond cleaning, then it is time to replace the flag.
When should the flag be displayed?
The flag should be displayed on all days, especially on New Year's Day, January 1; Inauguration Day, January 20; Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, third Monday in January; Lincoln's birthday, February 12; Washington's birthday, third Monday in February; Easter Sunday; Mother's Day, second Sunday in May; Armed Forces Day, third Saturday in May; Memorial Day (half-staff until noon), the last Monday in May; Flag Day, June 14; Independence Day, July 4; Labor Day, first Monday in September; Constitution Day, September 17; Columbus Day, second Monday in October; Navy Day, October 27; Veterans Day, November 11; Thanksgiving Day, fourth Thursday in November; Christmas Day, December 25; the birthdays of States (date of admission); State holidays; and such other days as may be proclaimed by the President of the United States.
Where should the flag be mounted as it relates to the front of a house?
It is traditionally flown either to the right or to the left of the front door. If you fly a second flag, then the US flag must be on the left of the other flag, as you approach the house.
How should citizens, those in uniform, and non-citizens
salute the flag during the National Anthem?
Americans should stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. When not in uniform, men should remove any non-religious headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart.
Persons in uniform should remain silent, face the flag, and render the military salute. Those who are not U.S. citizens should stand at attention.
What do the colors red, white and blue
of the American Flag symbolize?
The red symbolizes valor and hardiness, white means purity and innocence, and blue represents vigilance, perseverance and justice.
When should I fly my flag at half-staff?
The flag should be flown at half-staff on Memorial Day (until noon); Peace Officer Memorial Day, May 15 (from sunset to sunrise); Patriot Day, September 11 (sunset to sunrise); Pearl Harbor Day, December 7 (sunrise to sunset); upon reliable information that a past or present President, Vice President, Chief Justice, or Speaker of the House has died.
Upon the death of a sitting or former President,
Vice-President and others, how long does the flag fly at half-mast?
Thirty days from the death of the President or former President; ten days from the day of death for Vice President, Chief Justice of the US or retired Chief Justice of the US, Speaker of the House of Representatives; day of death until interment for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Secretary of an executive or military department, Former Vice President; Governor of a State, territory, or possession; day of death and the following day for member of Congress.
How do you drape the flag on a casket?
Closed Casket- the flag should be placed so that the union (blue field) is at the head and over the left shoulder of the deceased.
Half Couch (open) - the flag should be placed three layers to cover the closed half of the casket in such a manner that the blue field will be the top fold, next to the open portion of the casket on the deceased's left.
Full Couch (open) - the flag should be folded in a triangular shape and placed in the center part of the head panel of the casket cap, just above the left shoulder of the deceased.


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The Most Amazing Body Part: Eyes2012-08-14 160 15 Share Tweet
An Italian proverb states: "Eyes are the mirror of the soul". Eyes are wonderful, a great subject for great photos! Enjoy!
After a series dedicated to the most funny body part (feet), and another article dedicated to hands, I propose to you this article with the most beautiful body part: the eyes. This is the last article of a series of three.
Let's begin with two wonderful "Diana" eyes!
Sometimes a slight blur effect can add a touch of delicacy to this subject:
Other times, you can use the maximum sharpness to show the details of the iris:
These eyes are smiling!
The little white spot in the eyes of this girl is a very important detail: in a room with insufficient light, you can add this effect using a little electric torch:
Some hairs above the eyes add a touch of charm!
Sometimes, you can obtain masterpieces if the model is not looking towards the camera:
In other cases, a direct look into the lens (as in this Fisheye lens) adds a touch of shining pleasantness:
Great use of the square format:
And a great use of the panoramic format:
Some simple decorations make the picture very likeable:
A great contrast between open and closed eyes!
Are you asleep?
High key tones are indicated for this kind of subject:
Even in this photo taken by profile, the eyes are a very important part of the image:
You can experiment with eyeglasses:
Or make some double exposures:
Or use the eye as a subject for a film swap:
A funny idea:
Another one!
Great skin tones and great contrast to exalt the subject:
These sunglasses does not hide the eyes! Great portrait!
Eyes are everywhere!
Four eyes for a great photo:
The "Holga" eye!
This eye pointed towards the camera made this photo a masterpiece!
Close your eyes!
Funny eye!
Just for fun!
Cute little eyes!
Have fun with this subject!
written by sirio174 on 2012-08-14 #lifestyle #mirror #eyes #body #eye #soul #part #details


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During my tenancy at Carnegie I experienced many issues, many of them health code issues along with severe security issues that needed to be addressed before somebody got sick and/or seriously hurt. I have also heard of security deposits being accessed to pay for normal wear and tear.
Let's begin with the property managers neglect. Christina Strangman's (building manager)is unable to properly run Carnegie safely. Christina Strangman neglected her duties as building manager by allowing the security and health issues to continue, furthermore residents are terminating their leases and refusing point blank to renew due to the issues mentioned in this forum. [continued below]....
The strangest thing about all this is Christina's ability to snub her nose at tenants and completely neglect tenant health and safety concerns. This is a very serious problem. Doesn't Christina realize the vary tenant she snubs and neglects is doing her and Greg a huge favor by not addressing the issue publicly and/or online? Christina has done herself along with Greg's company a huge disservice by allowing these health and safety concerns to continue.
Prospective tenants interested in renting at Community @ Carnegie save yourself time and look elsewhere. This property isn't safe.
The information mentioned is my opinion based solely on events while living at The Carnegie building located at 950 9th Ave. San Diego, CA 92101.
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Please listen to the pain of others before you decide to work with LWP Group. If I culd give a ZERO star rating I would. They are out for themselves and could care less about the people that actually live in their buildings. I was a resident in the LWP Carnegie building for almost a year. Had to break my lease early because the place simply wasn't habitable.
I can tell you with 100% honesty that workinh with LWP and living in their building was one of the worst experiences of my life.Greg Strangman and his wife Christina Strangman (property manager) are not up to the task of leasing property. This is completely evident by the turnover rate in the building (ask around...you'll confirm for youself)
In our time there we experienced: homeless people in the halls, mice, cockroaches, mold in the bathroom, human waste at the front and rear entrances of the building, and excessive noise. On top of that we went 6 nights in the middle of winter without power or heat. It was truly miserable. Christina Strangman is utterly incompetent and can not be depended on to repair things in a timely manner (if at all). The rent is cheap for a reason folks. And I wouldn't count on ever seeing your security deposit back. Even after our walk through they withheld money for damages thst didn't exist while we were in the unit.
Bottom line... I would never refer anyone to LWP. Don't take my word for it. Ask around. You'll be glad you did before handing them a check!
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Hip-hop is under constant fire for portraying negative images, but Princeton religion professor Cornel West says it is untapped as a positive social force. With his new album Never Forget: A Journey of Revelations, he hopes to inspire a shift in the music's emphasis.
He lectures on such politically charged topics as the war in Iraq, the n-word, homophobia, corporate power and the aftermath of 9/11 with musical support from Andre 3000, Jill Scott, KRS-One, Killer Mike, the late Gerald Levert and others. The first two singles are the pointed Dear Mr. Man, featuring Prince, and incendiary Bushonomics, with Talib Kweli.
"It's very important to have a sense of history, especially for the younger people," says West, 54, who has endorsed and is advising Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
"So much of the album has to do with trying to keep alive the spirit of Curtis Mayfield, where you bring together the spiritual and the social, the personal and the political, while keeping it artistic. In hip-hop, there is a real need for that."
West, author of 17 books, including 1993's Race Matters, meshed politics, scholarship and music on 2001's Sketches of My Culture and 2004's Street Knowledge. But where those albums infused jazz, blues and R&B, Never Forget focuses on hip-hop to appeal to younger listeners.
It's the first release on Hidden Beach Forum. Founder Steve McKeever says the new Hidden Beach imprint is similar to Motown's Black Forum label, which released recordings by Martin Luther King Jr., black nationalist Stokely Carmichael and poet Imamu Amiri Baraka in the early 1970s.
As much as "80% of the media that we hear, read or see is controlled by six companies," McKeever estimates. "Then you have a situation where you have these towering figures who don't have a large microphone to speak from. Cornel clearly had something to say."
West says he didn't know how many artists he'd be able to get to participate in the project, though he had relationships with KRS-One (who has attended West's classes for years) and Levert (who featured West on the title track of 2004's Do I Speak for the World). But it didn't take long before stars started getting on board.
The album comes in the wake of a firestorm of criticism aimed at hip-hop after CBS Radio shock jock Don Imus' disparaging remarks about the Rutgers University women's basketball team. Imus was fired, but the debate over rap lyrics intensified.
Never Forget is not a direct critique of hip-hop, but West says rappers have to be responsible for what they say and portray.
"We know that misogyny is shot through the culture," West says. "It's in country. It's in rhythm and blues. It's in the White House, and it's on Wall Street. So you can't just single out the hip-hop artists and have them bearing the burden for the whole culture. On the other hand, Snoop Dogg is just as accountable as anybody else."
West encourages rappers to be more thoughtful in their rhymes.
"We need to respectfully challenge them on the issues of misogyny and homophobia," he says. "You can hear that on the album, too. Quit bashing gay brothers and lesbian sisters. Quit this domestic violence."
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I will come again next time! :)
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We had a good time there and we would recommend to stay there.
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Thanks for the replies and it was worth a try, shamon, but it isn't the DDE relay. Had to resort to getting it taken to my local stealer, Listers BMW in Boston. They've diagnosed a duff DDE and want to charge me the princely sum of £1200 to replace it. I'll be refusing their kind offer and just paying the £200 or so the diagnosis and recovery cost. Plan is now to send the DDE off to ECUtesting.com who will repair it for about £300. I've already used their service once this year when the ABS unit packed up.
One thing bothering me though, apart from why a flat battery has buggered the DDE, is that there were a lot of other modules playing up, such as the ABS, when I was trying to diagnose the problem with DIS. I was also getting a lot of diagnosis bus errors. BMW are suggesting that the DDE is causing noise on the bus which is causing the comms problems. Thing is, how do they know it's the DDE which is causing the noise and not some other module?
Jeez that's rough mate,dde going bad on a 2007 car.
Ultimate driving machine
pretty much exactly the same scenario as in my link in post number 11
hope the ecu fix "fixes" it at a stroke mate
as in the link ,there was all numbers of modules knocked out
good luck as always
I didn't do anything daft with the battery like the guy in that tale, though, or try and jump start the car. I think the damage was done when I attempted to start it with the duff battery. Possibly the large voltage fluctuations with the starter solenoid clicking in and out corrupted the DDE. Whatever it was, it's a pretty poor show that something as basic as a flat battery can do so much damage. A cautionary tale for others though. If your battery's on it's way out, get it replaced before it gets to the point where it won't crank the engine over.
shamon he hee(23-07-2013)
Well, ECUtesting have done the biz again. Got the DDE back today, plugged it in and it struck up first time. No faults showing though I haven't plugged the laptop back in to see what it's saying, too sodding hot out there! I can't give them full marks this time though as they were a bit tardy in getting it back to me. They told me they'd found the fault on Monday and though I paid by paypal first thing Tuesday it didn't get sent out until late Wednesday. Still, at least I'm back on the road and 900 quid better off than if I'd let BMW sort it. Will take a while to rebuild my relationship with the car again, though.
definatley,, very stale cheese mate
but ,at least you are back on the road
thank you for keeping the thread updated,i have been coming back to this with interest
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Many of you may have come across the SilverStripe URL parameters in which take the form $Action/$ID/$OtherID. These are very useful for creating pages that act as templates for a DataObject. Lets say you had a Number of staff that you wanted to enter into the CMS as DataObjects on a StaffPage page type. This would mean that staff members would not have their own page on the site. In an ideal world the StaffPage itself would be able to display a list of all staff member as well as each one individually, based on a name passed as a parameter, for example www.yoursite.com/staff/jonny-cache.
Well in this tutorial we are going to create a system just like this, the only difference is that in order to keep things simple we will be using the staff members ID as the parameter, so the URL would look like this: www.yoursite.com/staff/15. The reason for doing it this way is that we won't have to worry about creating a URL field for each staff member, making sure it doesn't contain special chars and keeping it unique, which would form a tutorial in it self. By suing the ID we can be sure of all of this without having to do anything! On the downside it doesn't make pretty URLs and it's not SEO friendly for the same reason. Well it is only a tutorial after all!
Part 1: Creating the StaffMember DataObject
The first thing we need to do is create the StaffMember it self. We are going to keep this simple and just have a photo, their name and a short description. Obviously you can make this as detailed as you like:
This should be pretty familiar to you, just a sandard DataObject class. The only thing that might be new is the getThumb() function. This is used to return a thumbnail of the photo to the DataObjectManager so that you get a nice preview of the person in the table.
Part 2: Creating our StaffPage
Now we need to create the StaffPage that is going to hold all our StaffMember DataObjects. Again this is pretty standard stuff, we create a has_many relationship and define a DataObjectManger as the fieldtype to manage it:
You could also use a complexTableField if you are mad want to. Notice that in the field label definition we call Thumb not getThumb. This is making use of PHP's magic Methods which allows you to add get to the start of a function, without having to use it when calling from a template.
Now lets also just create a basic template for our staff page that will display a list of all the StaffMembers photos:
Part 3: The funky function
So we have our classes and a basic template which is displaying our staff members. Now what we need to do is create a function which checks to see if there is a URL parameter set and if there is checks the DataBase for a StaffMember with that ID, which if found would then be returned to the template to render. So here is the function which is placed in the StaffPage_Controller class:
So lets go though this function. The first line gets the URL parameter 'Action' (i.e. the first parameter) and tries to assign it to the variable $URLAction.If it fails we know that there is no action and we can return to the template. Next if there was an 'Action' defined then we 'sanitize' the argument to ensure there is no malicious code in there that could harm the database (if you are wondering why you need to sanitize, read this).
Finally we check that the argument is numeric before we pass it to DataObject::get_by_id() which will try to fetch our staff DataObject. If the ID is wrong, then it will just return false, which we can then use in our template to test whether to render an individual staff member or the list.
Part 4: Displaying it all in the template
So now lets take a look at our template and see how we can use this function to decide what to display:
The function we created in the last step will return false either if there is no action parameter defined or if the defined action is not the ID of a StaffMember. So we first test whether there is an IndividualStaffMember to display which if there is we display some detailed info about that staff member, otherwise we simply display the list of staff all members, this time with a link to view that staff member in more detail. To construct the link we simple join the MenuPage's Link (by using $Top.Link which will jump out of the control loop and get the Link from the main page we are on) with the ID of the staff member in our control loop, giving us URLs like "staff/3". We also wrap these variables in {} to make sure SilverStripe reads them properly.
So now we have a page which will display our dataobjects individually as well as in a list. The last thing we need to do is make our sidebar read them too.
Part5: Creating the Sidebar
To display the DataObjects in the sidebar we need to replace our standard sidebar with a custom one:
So as you can see this looks very much like the standard blackcandy sidebar, the only difference being that we have replaced <% control Children %> with <% control Staffmembers %> which will get all our staff members and create links for each. Again we use the {$Top.Link}{$ID} to generate the link. One thing you might notice is that because we are using a single page for all of these, the $LinkingMode will no longer work. So to remedy this lets create our own function LinkingMode() inside the StaffMember DataObject:
All this function does is compare the current Action parameter with it's own ID. If they match it returns 'current' otherwise 'link' just like the $LinkingMode for pages!
The last thing left to do is include the sidebar on our template:
So that's it! You now have a fully functioning DataObject display(er).
More about URLParameters
In this tutorial we only really scraped the surface of using URL parameters. There are 3 setup by default in SilverStripe, 'Action', 'ID and 'OtherID'. These can be accessed in the same way as this tutorial using Director:URLParam('ParamName'). They can also be accessed by assigning all of them to an array like so:
You can also define your own URL parameter structure using Director::addRules(), though documentation on the subject is sparse.
About the Author
Name: Aram Balakjian
Website: http://www.aabweb.co.uk
Aram is a web designer/developer running London based agency aab web. He has a strong passion for developing attractive, usable sites around the SilverStripe CMS.
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- Jay Cresswell joined ProSound UK as Permanent Installation Consultant on January 2, 2013
- Henceforth, Cresswell will be the contact partner for permanent installations, providing advice, technical backup on site as well as training opportunities
With over 20 years experience in the pro audio, MI and installation markets, Jay Cresswell (42) has made himself a name in the industry as a Sales as well as Business Development Manager. Additionally, as an experienced sound engineer and professional musician, Jay Cresswell brings a keen interest in music and technology to the job – from audio recording to live sound.
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First Game: 1921-09-30, vs. Marshall (L, 0 - 6)
Overall Record: 0-6-1 (7 Games)
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we received the following statement this afternoon:
Media Contact: Steven Clark
June 24, 2016
As the owners of JUSTIN Vineyards & Winery, we try to instill in our local team a neighborly spirit, environmental responsibility and entrepreneurial independence, but when we learned of the terrible situation at our Sleepy Farm Road property, not to mention our poor reputation within the community, we were ashamed and are sorry. We were asleep at the wheel.
Over the last few days, we've been conducting an internal review of the project and learned that while genuine efforts to meet county ordinances were made, unfortunately, there were absolutely unacceptable lapses of judgment. We've also talked to local residents to better understand the issues and our standing within the Paso Robles community and found that our actions are an embarrassment, and for that, we take full responsibility. We are horrified by the lack of regard for both neighbor and nature that has been exhibited, especially the removal of native oak woodlands, and we hope that the community will accept our deepest and most sincere apologies and find it in their hearts to forgive us. We want to make things right, starting now.
We have already been in active and positive discussions with the San Luis Obispo County Planning and Building leaders and shared our plan to donate this 380-acre parcel of land at Sleepy Farm Road, and we're actively exploring the best possible ways to make that happen, in addition to looking for other conservation opportunities in the greater Adelaida area. As part of this preservation, we will ensure that all necessary steps are taken to conserve this land in cooperation with county and local officials. Also included in this re-mitigation process will be the implementation of immediate sedimentation and erosion control measures; the elimination of our pond project and restoring it to its natural grade; implementing measures to permanently protect oak woodlands from being removed on at least 100 acres of our property; and planting 5,000 new oak trees across our properties.
These actions are just the beginning of our commitment to being a better, more engaged neighbor, a true steward of the land, and a local voice that lives up to the spirit of Paso Robles. We want to walk arm-in-arm with our neighbors to ensure the future of sustainable farming in the region. We know that proof of this will be in our actions, not just our words, and we look forward to working together to earn the support and trust of the Paso Robles community.
Selected Recent Sales of Grapes & Wines in Bulk for June 20, 2016 courtesy of Turrentine Brokerage:
Bulk Wine
Petite Sirah 2015 wine, California, 13,000 gallons at $7.25 per gallon
Chardonnay 2015 wine, Russian River, 1,900 gallons at $16.50 per gallon
Chardonnay 2015 wine, Monterey County, 6,500 gallons at $9.50 per gallon
Chardonnay 2015 wine, Central Coast, 15,000 gallons at $11.00 per gallon
Pinot Noir 2015 wine, California, 56,500 gallons at $7.50 per gallon
Sauvignon Blanc 2015 wine, California, 13,000 gallons at $7.00 per gallon
Chardonnay 2016 grapes, Sonoma Carneros, 20 tons at $2,000 per ton
Chardonnay 2016 grapes, Sonoma Coast, 30 tons at $2,069 per ton
Merlot 2016 grapes, Lake County, 75 tons at $1,250 per ton
Merlot 2016 grapes, Lodi, 550 tons at $450 per ton
On May 18, Trinchero Napa Valley's new 5,000 square foot tasting room was unveiled at a sneak peek event. The tasting room will open to the public in mid June. This marks the third phase of a series of buildings that comprise the Trinchero Napa Valley Estate, which brings the entire property together. The first phase, the winery facility, was completed in 2007 and the second phase, the hospitality center, was completed in 2009. The architect for the new tasting room was BAR Architects.
Here are some photos (courtesy David Matheson) from the unveiling in late May.
Bob Torres, Principal, Vice Chairman & Director at Trinchero Family Estates
The tasting room bar
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Wine Business Monthly's June 2016 digital edition is now available.
Inside June 2016 you will find:
2016 WBM Technology Survey Report
How Wineries Handle IT and Where They Spend Their Budget
Plus 2016 WBM Facilities Survey Report
Wineries Step Up Energy and Water Conservation
New Book Tackles Terroir, Yields, Vine Balance and Vine Stress Myths
Recent Research: Which Yeast is Dominating Your Fermentations?
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Selected Recent Sales of Grapes & Wines in Bulk for May 4, 2016 courtesy of Turrentine Brokerage:
Bulk Wine
Chardonnay 2015 wine, Lodi, 6,500 gallons at $7.00 per gallon
Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 wine, California, 20,500 gallons at $7.50 per gallon
Merlot 2015 wine, Lodi, 26,300 gallons at $6.50 per gallon
Chardonnay 2015 wine, Arroyo Seco, 4,700 gallons at $12.00 per gallon
Chardonnay 2015 wine, Sonoma County, 4,300 gallons at $15.00 per gallon
Pinot Noir 2016 grapes, Sonoma Coast, 17 tons at $4,100 per ton
Grenache 2016 grapes, Paso Robles, 10 tons at $1,800 per ton
Pinot Noir 2016 grapes, Santa Maria Valley, 20 tons at $3,700 per ton
Wine Business Monthly's May 2016 digital edition is now available.
Inside May 2016 you will find:
Barrels & Oak
New Barrel Technology Uses Science to Produce More Consistent Product
Plus Industry Roundtable: Natural Winemaking
Three Advocates Discuss Reasons and Methods
Lessons Learned:
What Jim Verhey Learned from 30+ Years in the Vineyard
Why Mark Greenspan Changed His Mind on Natural Plant Extractives
Mendocino Winemakers Recall Best and Worst Business Decisions
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UC Davis professor David Block and Toby Halkovich of Cakebread Cellars describe the importance of a new precision-irrigation system for customized watering of each vine in a wine grape vineyard
|Gary Figgens, founder, Leonetti Cellar
"One of the things that makes Walla Walla very special is this comradery that's been here for 40 years and still continues to build," Woodward Canyon founder Rick Small said.
"A lot of times -- when things get too big and there's more stress, and more-and-more wine is being made - you see people shift away from that accessibility - that kind of friendship. I've not seen that happen in Walla Walla at all. If anything, it continues to build. This young generation of winemakers is incredible. I'm excited to watch their work and I'm anxious to keep staying involved."
"It's just been a fantastic ride," Leonetti Cellar founder Gary Figgens said. "We couldn't even have imagined where it's taken this entire valley. We just had a lot of faith and confidence … This is a deluxe little town. I haven't seen any blown-out egos. Everybody is just down-home and hard-working."
Figgens and Small, founders of the first and second wineries in Walla Walla, respectively, made their comments during this week's inaugural Reveal Walla Walla Valley trade auction.
They were the honorary co-chairs for the event.
"It is these two men, their wives, Nancy and Darcey, and their families who we owe so much gratitude for the start of the Walla Walla Valley wine industry that we know today," Walla Walla Valley Wine Alliance executive director Duane Wollmuth said as bidding, presided over by auctioneer Ursula Hermancinski, got underway.
Walla Walla, which now has approximately 130 wineries – depending on how one counts that - is the latest region to launch an exclusive auction for the trade, a trend that isn't surprising given the phenomenal success of Premier Napa Valley. In Oregon, Willamette: The Pinot Noir Barrel Auction, a first of its kind trade auction, was held earlier this month. The second annual Sonoma County Barrel Auction will be held later this month.
|Rick Small, founder, Woodward Canyon
Each wine offered at Reveal Walla Walla was a one-of-a kind bottling, with winemakers creating special blends, working with different varieties and/or collaborating with other wineries. The auction was held at Walla Walla's new Gesa Power House Theatre, with a trade tasting at the Marcus Whitman Hotel and ancillary events at Foundry Vineyards, Dusted Valley and Dunham Cellars.
One of Walla Walla's challenges is its location, as it is a town of approximately 30,000 people, situated a considerable distance from major cities. Reveal is seen as a vehicle for drawing members of the trade to the area while boosting recognition of the region.
The inaugural auction included 38 lots. The highest selling lot included 60 bottles of 2014 Abeja Cabernet Franc from Heather Hill Vineyard for $6,000.
Personally, my favorite lots at barrel auctions tend to involve unique collaborations.
Foundry Vineyards, Kontos Cellars and Skylight Cellars produced a 2014 "Calvalry" Cabernet Sauvingon for Reveal - an effort involving three "young guns" of Walla Walla, winemakers Justin Basel, Cameron Kontos and Greg Matiko.
Three women winemakers, Mary Derby of DaMa Wines; Amy Alvarez Wampfler of Sinclair Estate Vineyards; and Holly Turner of Three Rivers Winery; collaborated to produce a Cabernet-Merlot blended from four vineyards.
Jean-Francois Pellet and Norm McKibben of Amavi winery worked in partnership with students from Walla Walla Community College to purchase and work with fruit from the Les Collines Vineyard. The students used optical sorting, phenolic profiling and custom barrel toasting, in yet another example of how the college is working to raise the bar for quality in the industry.
|Tyler Bender and Maureen O'Callahan with College Cellars
The comradery and spirit of cooperation that is so evident with winemakers in Walla Walla shined through during the auction and hospitality events too.
"As you can see, we're all good friends," Pepper Bridge and Amavi Cellars winemaker Jean-Francois Pellet said.
It's #RoséSeason (although it seems like Rosé is hot year-round these days) and Wine Business Monthly is continuing to keep an eye on this growing category. According to the latest Nielsen data, Rosé table wine above $7.99, as a category, saw a 59.7 percent increase in sales and a 51.6 percent increase in volume in the four weeks ending Feb. 27. The category holds just a 0.4 percent market share in sales and 0.2 percent market share in volume.
Here are a few other tidbits on Rosé happenings:
Enter Your Rosé in the International Rosé Wine Competition
Yesterday we got word that the Wine Country Network is asking for entries for their upcoming International Rosé Wine Competition and Festival, which is taking place in Colorado in June. The deadline for entry Entry Forms and Payments is Friday, May 20, 2016. For more information, click here.
Pink Party
On April 17, the WBM editorial team (managing editor Rachel Nichols and assistant editor Erin Kirschenmann) attended the Pink Party at Barndiva in Healdsburg, which featured 17 new releases of Rosé from the 2015 vintage. Wineries included: Banshee, Claypool Cellars, Copain, Front Porch Farm, Idlewild, La Pitchoune, Limerick Lane, LIOCO, Passalacqua, Petrichor, Poe, Red Car, Reeve, Rootdown, Unti, Westwood and Wind Gap.
Digital marketing agency Creative Feed just released their latest infographic, We Love Rosé, which covers all the basics from Rosé consumption, to purchasing habits and trends, popular pairings and insights from sommeliers.
UC Davis plant scientists have identified an enzyme that appears to play a key role in the insect-transmitted Pierce's disease (PD). This video takes you into the lab to show you how the discovery was made and how this may lead to new diagnostics and potential treatments for PD.


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At some point in the past year, pop stars became mystics, and somebody's gotta dress 'em. Florence Welsh channeled Kate Bush's sylvan rock poetry, Fever Ray made dark shamanism hip (improbably, with opera), and whoever is behind the recent phenomenon the Iamamiwhoami project has pushed a nation of music bloggers to research paganist folklore. New Age's pop moment proves timely for jewelry designer Michelle Lane, whose "mysticism meets physics" (her words) style has proven a hit with whimsical musicians Victoria Bergsman and Eleanor Friedberger. Lane's "rope necklaces," made from special Japanese cording, are soft, tactile, but pleasingly weighty and coil with almost preternatural ease against the wearer's neck. "They aren't really jewelry in the traditional sense, but almost an extension of a piece of clothing," says Lane. To create that sense of intimacy between object and wearer, she sculpts and sews each by hand—like an artist, or a witch.
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This is an activity about the rotation of the Moon. Learners use a penny and a quarter to model that the Moon does indeed spin on its axis as it orbits the Earth. They find that the Moon keeps the same face toward the Earth, but receives... (View More) illumination from the Sun on all sides in turn. This activity is part of Explore! Marvel Moon, a series of activities developed specifically for use in libraries. (View Less)
Learners will record detailed observations of a simulated surface and core sample of Mars, analyze a simulated surface and core sample of Mars, compare and contrast an unknown foreign object with the surface and interior of Mars, and learn... (View More) preliminary facts about Mars, its surface, and its place in the Solar System. The lesson uses the 5E instructional model and includes: TEKS Details (Texas Standards alignment), Essential Question, Science Notebook, Vocabulary Definitions for Students, Vocabulary Definitions for Teachers, three Vocabulary Cards, and a Mini-Lesson. This is lesson 2 of the Mars Rover Celebration Unit, a six week long curriculum. (View Less)
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Learners will use critical thinking and a collaborative approach to pose questions related to the study of Mars and evaluate the quality of their questions. They will explore remote-sensing data collected by a camera orbiting Mars - the Thermal... (View More) Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) and develop a team science question. Students will practice critical thinking skills, use a collaborative approach to this first critical step of the scientific process. Exploring the images of the surface of Mars in Visible (VIS) images, students will come up with a topic of study, their team science question and hypotheses. The lesson models scientific inquiry using the 5E instructional model and includes teacher notes and vocabulary. (View Less)
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On this webpage, learners will read fun facts about Pluto and explore why it is no longer considered a planet.
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In this lesson about cosmic rays, students will describe why cosmic rays are dangerous to astronauts. Includes information about student preconceptions. This is activity 3 of 4 from The Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation (CRaTER).
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Congressman Ryan Raising Cash For Dysfunctional, Medicare-Ending Partner Congressman Southerland
As America creeps closer to yet another potential government shutdown and budget crisis, Congressmen Steve Southerland and Paul Ryan are once again showing why their Republican Congress is one of the least productive in history, hosting a fundraiser together in Panama City with only four days until Congress plans to recesses until the new year.
Ryan is the author of the Republican budget which AARP says "shifts costs onto seniors and future retirees. Removing the Medicare guarantee of affordable health coverage seniors have contributed to through a lifetime of hard work" while the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found that under Ryan's plan, people making more than $1 million per year would get an average tax cut of $245,000.
"Today's fundraiser is the perfect reminder that Congressman Steve Southerland has voted in lockstep with his partner in dysfunction Congressman Paul Ryan to end the Medicare guarantee, raise the cost of health care and prescription drugs for seniors while wasting tax dollars on handouts to millionaires instead," said David Bergstein of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. "With another budget shutdown brewing and critical challenges like the Farm Bill still looming, Congressman Southerland has chosen once again to prioritize his irresponsible Washington politics over solving these pressing problems – in yet another example proving why Congressman Southerland represents everything North Floridians hate about Congress."
Tampa Bay Times: Under the Southerland-Ryan budget the "Rich Get Richer" and "Medicare and Medicaid are Particularly at Risk." "House Republicans envision a country where Americans would be increasingly on their own to afford food and medical care even when they are elderly, disabled or poor. It also would be a nation with a tax code that tilts further toward benefiting corporations and the wealthy […] Floridians should be concerned about all these misplaced priorities, but Medicare and Medicaid are particularly at risk […] Congressional Republicans want to exacerbate the nation's yawning income inequality while making life harder for those at the bottom." [Tampa Bay Times, 3/30/12]
Congressman Southerland Voted for Ryan Budget Proposal that "Would Shred the Safety Net," Forcing Seniors to Rely on Insurance Companies. In 2013, Southerland voted for the House Republican budget. The Palm Beach Post wrote, "Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is more a preacher than a policymaker. He's not convincing as either […] Rep. Ryan's stated goal of saving the safety net and protecting the most vulnerable is perverse because his budget would shred the safety net and imposes new suffering on the most vulnerable. For health care, he would relegate the poor who receive Medicaid to the tender mercies of state legislatures […] and the elderly on Medicare to the charitable impulses of insurance companies." [HCR 25, Vote #88, 3/21/13; Palm Beach Post, 3/14/13]
Congressman Southerland Voted for Ryan Budget Proposal that Would Turn Medicare into a Voucher Program, End Help for Seniors in Prescription Drug Doughnut Hole." In 2012, Southerland voted for the House Republic budget. The Tampa Bay Times wrote, "House Republicans would end the help seniors receive toward closing the prescription drug doughnut hole. Their plan would eventually raise Medicare's eligibility age from 65 to 67. It would transform the safety net into a premium-support voucher program that provides government subsidies to private insurers, though beneficiaries could keep the current fee-for-service option." [HCR 112, Vote #151, 3/29/12; Tampa Bay Times, 3/31/12]
Congressman Southerland Voted for Ryan Budget Proposal that Would Give Millionaires a $245,000 Tax Break while Raising Taxes on the Middle Class. In 2013, Southerland voted for the Republican budget proposal. According to an analysis of the Ryan Budget conducted by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, "If policymakers enacted the same extremely ambitious reductions in tax expenditures for filers with incomes above $200,000 that TPC assumed when it analyzed Romney's tax plan, filers with incomes of $1 million or more would lose tax breaks totaling about $90,000 on average — still leaving them with an average net tax cut of about $245,000…to fully finance the tax cuts for people with incomes over $200,000, filers with children and incomes under $200,000 would see their taxes go up by more than $3,000 on average, even with the ambitious reductions in tax expenditures for high-income households that TPC examined." [HCR 25, Vote #88, 3/21/13; Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 3/17/13]