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Back by popular demand, Heartical Label is proud to announce the release of 14 unreleased cuts on his sold out "Slaving" riddim played by Basque Dub Foundation!
It is a unique honor for Heartical to have the legendary originator of the Slaving rhythm himself, Lloyd Parks (Order of Distinction of Jamaica), singing a new version of his classic song, originaly released in 1972 . We also updated this historic song with a deejay cut, where Lloyd Parks teams up with Joseph Cotton (aka Jah Walton, veteran Jamaican deejay, he recorded for Joe Gibbs, Carlton Patterson, Derrick Harriot, Fashion or Supercat's Wild Apache label). Another classic, "Chant Down Babylon" (produced by Glen brown in 1973) is also brilliantly revisited by Sylford Walker in a solo cut (only available from the digital album), part two is a duo cut with Papa Kojak (out of Kojak & Liza legendary rub a dub duo of the early 80s), the same Kojak also delivers some heartfelt reality lyrics on a second solo cut (only available from the digital album). Nello B is a veteran Jamaican artist now based in Switzerland, he graces the riddim with his conscious cultural lyrics delivered in a brilliant Dennis Brown style. The evergreen General Levy is always in top form for his fifth Relase with Heartical, he litterally rides the riddim with his unique gimmicks & fast style delivery (Levy is famous worldwide for his hits "Incredible" which appeared in Ali G movie, "Heat" or "The Wig", he recently scored again with "Professional Ganja Smoka", "Giddeon Boots" or "Time Dread" ).
On top of working with accomplished veterans, Heartical label always loves to expose some fresh talents in its releases. Here is the third single on the label for the talented Jamaican vocalist Zareb (previously known as Mr Flash, sparring partner of Fantan Mojah). Also hailing form Jamaica, Tampanaeh (only available from the digital album) is a young rasta artist from the Youth Promotion Camp (the label & sound of the great late Sugar Minott), he sings about the sufferation of his ghetto people from the Kingston 5 area. Making his first appearance on the Heartical label too, the rasta singjay Little Guerrier (only available from the digital album) is based in French Guyana, Heartical met him in 2011 when the sound was playing at the Transamazoniennes Festival (St Laurent du Maroni), proving again that reggae music is truly outernational. The series also includes another scorcher from Rootsamala (a brother & sister vocal duo from Malaga, Spain) delivering once more their conscious lyrics in English. The Francophone scene is again represented with another houselhold name from the Heartical camp: Original Uman from Belgium (only available from the digital album), shooting some propers lyrical bullets. The line up comes complete with a heavyweight dub cut (only available from the digital album) and a fine organ instrumental by Basque Dub Foundation. All the tracks were mixed by Darren Jamtone @ Jamtone Studio (London/UK). The artwork of the album is courtesy of the French artist Dimitri Avramoglou (author of "Caravane", currently working on the new adventures of Philippe Druillet's cult character "Lone Sloane")... Enjoy!
In addition to this new releases, the original "Slaving" 2005 one-riddim album from Heartical label is now also available in digital format from all legal platforms featuring 9 vocal cuts by Mykal Roze, Al Campbell, Little Roy, Anthony Johnson, Edi Fitzroy, Carlton Livingston, Roberto Sanchez, U Brown and Lone Ranger, plus a melodica instrumental by BDF.
- Singles 7" x 4 / Release scheduled for SEPTEMBER 24, 2012.
HS061 – LLOYD PARKS "Slaving" / LLOYD PARKS & JOSEPH COTTON "Mental Slavery" (2012)
HS062 – SYLFORD WALKER & PAPA KOJAK "Babylon Kingdom Fall" / NELLO B "So Jah Say" (2012)
HS063 - ZAREB "Heart of Mankind" / ROOTSAMALA "Keep up the faith" (2012)
HS064 - GENERAL LEVY "Rub A Dub Session" / BDF "South East London Skank" (2012)
- 14 tracks Digital Album / Available from all legal platforms on OCTOBER 5, 2012.
1. Lloyd Parks – Slaving (L.N. Parks)
2. Lloyd Parks & Joseph Cotton – Mental Slavery (L.N Park, S. Walton)
3. Sylford Walker – Chant Down Babylon (S. Walker / L.N Parks, G.L Brown)
4. Sylford Walker & Papa Kojak –Babylon Falling (S. Walker, F. Perch / L.N Parks, G.L Brown)
5. Papa Kojak – Reality Song (F. Perch / L.N Parks, G.L Brown)
6. Nello B – So Jah Say (N. Burrell / L.N Parks, G.L Brown)
7. Zareb – Heart Of Mankind (R. McCurdy / L.N Parks, G.L Brown)
8. Tampanaeh – Poor People's Cry (G. McKenzie / L.N Parks, G.L Brown)
9. Rootsamala - Keep up the faith (R. Perez, A. Perez / L.N Parks, G.L Brown)
10. Little Guerrier - I-Life (A. Main / L.N Parks, G.L Brown)
11. Uman - Prédateurs (M. Histace / L.N Parks, G.L Brown)
12. General Levy – Rub A Dub Session (P. Levy / L.N Parks, G.L Brown)
13. BDF – Slave of Dub (L.N Parks, G.L Brown)
14. BDF – South East London Skank (Inyaki / L.N Parks, G.L Brown)
Prod : S. Marigomez & Inyaki / Exe Prod : S. Marigomez / Musicians: BDF / Mixed by Darren Jamtone
- Watch & listen to the promo mix here:
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- Download & listen to the Heartical promo mix of the Slaving riddim:
- Tracklisting of the promo mix :
1. Lloyd Parks & Joseph Cotton - Mental Slavery
2. Sylford Walker & Papa Kojak - Babylon Falling
3. Papa Kojak - Reality Song
4. Nello B - So Jah Say
5. Zareb - Heart Of Mankind
6. Rootsamala - Keep up the faith
7. Tampanaeh -- Poor People's Cry
8. Little Guerrier - I-Life
9. Uman - Prédateurs
10. General Levy - Rub A Dub Session
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Two of the more well-known operators in the fitness club industry, Mark Mastrov and the brother tandem of Kirk and John Galiani, have formed a partnership.
In an agreement announced earlier this week from New Evolution Ventures (NeV), Lafayette, CA, for which Mastrov is chairman and co-founder, the Galianis will develop and operate a collection of health clubs in the Mid-Atlantic region for the company.
The new partnership, US Fitness, is backed by NeV and Vision Capital, an international private equity investor which NeV added last June. Integrity Square, New York, was the financial advisory firm on the transaction.
The deal includes the Galianis' Onelife Fitness clubs based in Norfolk, VA, Crunch Fitness clubs in Washington, DC, and other new facilities in various stages of development. In addition, the Galianis have joined the NeV board of directors.
The partnership brings together the founder of 24 Hour Fitness (Mastrov) with the former CEO (Kirk Galiani) and COO (John Galiani) of Gold's Gym International. The Galianis also were part-owners of Gold's Gym and were two of the most successful Gold's Gym franchisees before leaving the Gold's brand in 2009.
"I've always admired Kirk and John Galiani for being two of the top operators in the industry," Mastrov said in a statement. "The Mid-Atlantic region has strong growth potential for our brands, and I'm excited to rapidly grow our footprint. We're honored to have Kirk and John join the NeV board as we continue to build NeV into a global health, wellness and fitness company."
In late 2010, NeV, which also owns Crunch, announced that the Galianis had signed a development agreement for Crunch franchise clubs in the DC area.
"John and I are excited to partner with NeV and Vision Capital," Kirk Galiani, co-CEO of US Fitness, said in a statement. "We could not have found better partners than NeV, led by Mark Mastrov, arguably the greatest mind in the fitness industry, and Vision Capital, a top-tier private equity firm."
John Galiani added: "We believe there will be significant growth prospects in our industry over the next two to five years, and our ability to develop and operate clubs under different brands within the NeV portfolio puts us in a very strong position."
Vision Capital made a significant investment in NeV last June, according to the announcement. One source said that investment was more than $100 million. Terms of the investment with US Fitness were not disclosed.
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The Placer County Board of Supervisors chose Jennifer Montgomery Tuesday to serve as chair and Jim Holmes to be vice chair during 2012.
Supervisor Montgomery has been on the board since 2009. She represents the 5th district, which stretches from Auburn to North Lake Tahoe.
Vice Chair Holmes has been on the board since 2005 and served as chair during 2008. He represents the 3rd District, which includes Ophir, Newcastle, Penryn, Loomis, most of Rocklin and part of North Auburn.
As the new chair, Montgomery's first order of business was thanking 2nd District Supervisor Robert M. Weygandt for serving as chairman last year and for his many years of board service. He is beginning his 18th year representing the 2nd District, which includes Lincoln, Sheridan, part of Rocklin and part of the west Roseville area.
Chair Montgomery noted that Supervisor Weygandt has played a leading role on such pivotal issues as development of the county's Placer Legacy Open Space and Agricultural Conservation Program, work on the proposed Placer County Conservation Plan, and efforts to develop a regional approach to solving wastewater treatment issues in western Placer County.
"I really respect and honor Robert for his work on these issues," Montgomery said.
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The chairman presides over board meetings, approves final agendas and often represents the county at community events, but generally has the same powers as other supervisors.
In other action, the board approved Placer County's 2012 legislative platform, a 27-page report that identifies issues important to the county that will be the focus of it advisory efforts in Sacramento and Washington, D.C.
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The grant program uses a competitive process to allocate grant funding among law enforcement agencies. Placer County's grant proposal was developed by the Sheriff's Office and County Executive Office in cooperation with other county departments, the Placer County Superior Court, Placer County Office of Education and other local agencies. Holland & Knight, the law firm that serves as Placer County's advocate in Washington, D.C., provided significant assistance in the grant-preparation process and reinforced the benefits of collaborative, regionally based approaches.
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The UC Santa Barbara softball team posted a 3-1 win over Big West foe UC Riverside on Sunday afternoon to capture a sweep of the conference series with the Highlanders at Amy S. Harrison Field. UCSB had posted a 7-6 and 6-2 win over UC Riverside in a doubleheader on Saturday.
With the win, UCSB improves to 20-14 on the season and 3-0 in the Big West. Riverside falls to 14-22 overall and 0-3 in conference.
At the bottom of the first inning, UCR's Marissa Alvidrez singled with two outs and her teammate Kristie Martinez followed suit in the following at-bat. With two runners on-base, Taylor Thomas walked to load the bases for the Highlanders. A single from Katie Curtis sent Alvidrez home and put Riverside ahead, 1-0.
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A single from freshman Katie McWhirter two outs later brought Duran across home plate and stretched the Gaucho advantage to 3-1. The lead was enough as UCSB shut down the Highlanders over the next four innings and took the victory and series sweep.
The Gauchos were led by Duran who went 2-for-3 with a run and two RBI. Senior Ericka Hansen and Ramos each tallied two hits in the win.
In the circle, junior Tami Weston (7-2) picked up her second win of the weekend after pitching six innings, allowing no runs on five hits with two walks and two strikeouts. Sophomore MeLinda Matsumoto pitched the first inning, allowing one run on three hits with a walk.
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Materials appear well-crafted and chosen, with easy-clean surfaces on the indented door panels. The shifter would feel at home in an expensive luxury car, though we would prefer the shifter on the left side of the console rather than the far side. The central screen displays images from the rearview camera whenever you shift into Reverse, a feature that's available even if you don't order the optional navigation system. Two gloveboxes are provided, and one of them locks.
A bank of white-on-black switchgear for audio and climate falls mid-pack for intuitiveness (non-navi models have two adjacent Back buttons) yet is quickly mastered. In a system more manufacturers should consider, radio stations are memorized in three lettered groups and not by AM, FM, or XM, so you can mix and match bands as you choose. That's much better for switching among your favorites.
The second row seats three, with only a modest bulge in the center floor and scalloped front seatbacks for more knee room. With full roll-down windows and overhead AC ducting (controlled from front or back, driver's choice) there's no claustrophobia, partial recline improves comfort, and third row riders have a good view and their own vents. Every rear seat has an adjustable headrest that keeps a low profile and, unless there's a center passenger, the view through the well-swept deep rear window is preserved for the driver. Each section of the middle row folds individually, and a simple latch pull pops the outer seats forward for third row access.
The third row is split 50/50 and raised or dropped with one touch from the cargo area. You can put small adults back there because of the low floor line, or if you want the skis indoors, fold the left side seats and sit on the right.
Cargo space is moderate when all three rows are up but expands exponentially as seatbacks drop. There are small netted pockets to the left and in the hatch (along with the first aid kit), a full-width grocery net, room for some small gear or your personal effects under the floor, a rubberized deck material for fast clean-up, and tie-down points in the floor, sides, and roof to restrain anything you load. A side benefit of the independent rear suspension is a load floor just 30 inches from the ground, and the hatch glass can be opened separately for tossing lighter stuff in.
The invigorating drive that characterized the first Pathfinders remains, it's just been refined without giving up the performance the Pathfinder-faithful crave, both on trail and on highway.
Nissan's 4-liter V6 is a proven performer and award winner, similar to the engine used in the 370Z, G37, and every moderate-size Nissan and INFINITI sedan. Properly tuned for truck use by favoring torque over horsepower, it makes 266 hp and 288 pound-feet of torque here, about the same as some domestic V8s, and is more than capable of propelling the Pathfinder with verve, smoothness, efficiency (bearing in mind these are 2.5-ton trucks, on big tires, etc.) and noise only when you get on it. In short, the V6 is a great engine and we recommend it highly.
However, a V8 is offered for Pathfinder owners who want to tow or to make the power statement. This is a walk softly and carry a big stick kind of statement.
Stolen right from the Titan and Armada, the 5.6-liter V8 purrs quietly in the background until the reins are let go and all 310 hp and 388 pound-feet of torque come on line. These numbers obliterate most in the mid-size frame-and-body SUV class and any with IRS, and with the five-speed automatic ideally matched the Pathfinder goes quickly, right now. Of course there is a penalty with EPA numbers of 13/18 mpg City/Highway for a 4WD V8, but our example bettered 17 mpg in mixed use. For a 5,000-pound four-wheel-drive, that's quite competitive.
Genuine 4WD SUVs don't typically deliver the utmost in cornering prowess because the required responses and tires are often contradictory to off-highway traction. Just because a Pathfinder has the same 50/50 weight distribution of a BMW doesn't mean it changes directions like one; conversely, if a BMW tried to follow a Pathfinder down a rocky trail, it would soon come to a grinding halt. However, trail tuning and four-wheel drive do often deliver a surprisingly soft ride on pavement (relative to the truck-based design and aggressive tire tread), especially on pot-holed, frost-heaved or otherwise neglected roads. Body/frame isolation is good and with big tires with big sidewalls, small impacts like lane-divider dots tend to imperceptibility.
A V8 lifts the tow rating from the V6's 6,000 pounds to 7,000. We didn't test that but would recommend a different vehicle for trailers over 5,000 pounds.
We did manage to fully load a Pathfinder and found the rear suspension touched the bump stops a bit earlier, as expected, yet composure remained stable and not one of the passengers complained about the ride.
The steering wheel is answered promptly and thick anti-roll bars minimize body roll (lean) without limiting the axle articulation desired for off-road use; there are vehicles that use more sophisticated devices for the best of both worlds but they cost much, much more than a Pathfinder and frequently will get no farther down the trail. If you've ever driven a softly sprung French car, many designed for also-marginal roads, you'll feel right at home.
Brakes respond equally well, and hitting them hard will produce some nose-dive typical of well-sprung SUVs; repeated heavy braking produced no fade even with a full load on board.
The Nissan Pathfinder brings ample interior amenities, clean style inside and out, and offers a testosterone-laden V8 for power freaks and routine trailer pullers. If you need a capable seven-seat mid-size utility able to go beyond most drivers' requests, it deserves consideration.
NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent G.R. Whale test drove the Pathfinder V8 in rural Wisconsin and not-so-rural Southern California. With Tom Lankard reporting from Bainbridge Island, Washington.
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Catching up on Vampire Diaries
I don't watch the show but, as mentioned before, I do get a lot of requests from those of you who do – for gossip, photos, and to convince me to start getting into it. Totally forgot that I interviewed the cast at Comic-Con and since you've been emailing me to write about them after Teen Choice, it seems a good time to get caught up.
But first...
Here are Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder, rumoured to be dating, at LAX after the TCAs probably heading back to resume shooting the new season in Georgia. True? No clue. All I know is that at the end of February, Ian was loving up another girl called Megan – photos are here. And these pictures were taken AFTER speculation about Nina and Ian gained momentum.
Unfortunately I had no idea about this showmance situation before Comic-Con. Otherwise I totally would have asked. Nina, as you know, is a Degrassi alumnus. I've interviewed her many times before. And I remember asking Duana, who writes for Degrassi (which is getting so much love this new summer season from Entertainment Weekly, like in every issue), before Comic-Con whether or not she thought Nina would front like she's too big to remember. Duana said that Nina is a good girl, that she had no doubt she'd be cool.
And she was. Really cool. As soon as she saw our crew – with etalk all over our mic flash, and Dylan too who has shot her for maybe 6 or 7 years – she came over for hugs and gushing and giggles and gave us the longest interview, being pro-Canada, and so now, for Nina, maybe I'll check out the Season 1 DVD.
As for her co-stars Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder with That Hair – on the quiver scale, in person, I prefer Paul. Maybe it's because I know he's full Polish. As weird as he looks in photos, when he's standing in front of you live though, aside from being terribly skinny, as they all are, he's actually quite beautiful. And a little flirtatious, but not inappropriately – the way you should be in a good entertaining interview that doesn't skeeve everyone out – and he has an equally skinny sexy girlfriend who was with him at the EW party and they held hands down the carpet like they couldn't wait to get inside and make out.
Ian's hair admittedly isn't as distracting in person as it is in photos but it was also considerably, um, tamer that day. And he was wearing one of those thin hug your body long sleeve tees and on paper, I guess, the package is there and he really is nice with a great sense of humour and humble enough and did want to keep talking before his rep dragged him away but Ryan Gosling wasn't happening around me, you know what I mean?
Anyway, am also attaching a few shots of the actors at Teen Choice. As we noted last night during the liveblog, we didn't love Nina's dress. And to answer those of you who have asked whether or not there's thinnification happening here – Nina has always been like this, it's just the way she's built. Bitch.
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Dark Water Runs Deep; Fantastic Four Ain't
A marvelous horror and a horrible Marvel
If you've seen Ring, Ring 2, or Dark Water in their Japanese (or American) incarnations, you know that the fount of all this creepiness, director Hideo Nakata, is obsessed with the primal drama of bad mommies versus good mommies, and that the good ones have to go a long, long way to atone for the bad ones. You also know that he has a thing for demonic/pathetic little girls with long black hair floating in brackish water. (Long black hair = evil, brackish water = death.) The elements are back in the Americanized Dark Water (Touchstone Pictures), but without the usual horror-picture pop-up skeletons and fear-contorted death masks. Directed by Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries) from a script by Rafael Yglesias, this is an eerie, relentlessly grim, invasive little movie—a tone poem of despair that seeps into you like the damp. It's the sort of film that, even in midsummer, makes you wish you'd brought along a couple of heavy sweaters. And maybe an umbrella.
It's set in the dead of winter, for starters, and there's a lot—a lot—of rain, both outside and inside. Rain rain rain. I had to work to purge Shakespeare's "the rain it raineth every day" from my head—but it was only replaced by Creedence's "Who'll Stop the Rain?" The protagonist, Dahlia (Jennifer Connelly), is such a skinny thing—so undefended, both physically and psychologically. The movie opens with a wrenching memory from her childhood: She's a little girl waiting outside school (in the rain, of course) for a mommy who doesn't come. And when mommy does come, it's not much of a help. She's drunk or stoned (or both) and radiating hatred.
We meet the grown-up Dahlia as she waits to see an arbitrator. She and her soon-to-be ex-husband Kyle (Dougray Scott) are in the midst of a custody battle over their dark-haired five-year-old, Ceci (Ariel Gade). Kyle wants Dahlia to settle a few blocks from him in Jersey City, but she opts for the opposite side of Manhattan: Roosevelt Island. Not a wise move. The economy-priced apartment complex in which she and Ceci end up isn't just nightmarishly bleak, it's. ... Well, that's for you to discover. What I can tell you is that Ceci acquires an imaginary friend that might or might not be imaginary, and that there's a leak in the ceiling over Dahlia's bedroom.
Let's talk about that leak and the accompanying ceiling stain. It's brown. No, it's beyond brown—it's a sort of fecal greenish slimy black. It's the color of malignant decay, as if the bowels of hell were leaking through. Also, there are intermittent thumps from the unoccupied apartment upstairs. Plus, the brown water that pours from the faucet sometimes has long black hairs in it. Call the super, you say? That's a whole other kettle of worms. As her ex-husband tries to take Ceci away on the grounds that her mother is a delusional paranoiac, Dahlia sinks deeper and deeper into the nightmares of her past. The walls and ceilings seem incapable of holding back the dark water.
The tone of Dark Water is, to say the least, unvaried, but Salles brings an explorer's eye and breathless curiosity to this fetid milieu, and he gets the most brilliant performances imaginable for this sort of movie. John C. Reilly's apartment manager is so indefatigably sleazy (he actually uses the term "brutalist" in praise of the architecture) that it's a wonder that Connelly (and the film's crew) could keep a straight face. Pete Postlethwaite is the old super (unpaid) with a thick accent-from-nowhere; his appearance at his door is preceded by the sound of a fly being zipped. Dougray Scott makes Dahlia's ex a man whose anger seems at least partially justified. He's a jerk, but he has obviously done his best with a wife so badly damaged. Tim Roth is as marvelous as always as Dahlia's unnervingly low-rent attorney. Everyone in Dark Water is scuzzy, secretive, and/or lazily opportunistic, but none of them strike you as downright evil. That's the tragedy.
Connelly plays Dahlia with so little artifice that I never thought of her as "acting." It's that close to the bone. Dahlia's bad mommy seems to have sensitized her to all the horror in this world and the next, and Connelly looks like someone trapped between determined motherhood and despondent childishness. That's a dank place, indeed—and the dark waters run deep.
Meanwhile, back in the shallows ...
Every summer, grownups lament the deluge of mega-budget superhero kid flicks—but hey, think how lucky we are that so many of them have been made by the likes of Sam Raimi, Bryan Singer, Brad Bird, Christopher Nolan, Ang Lee, and Tim Burton. These aren't kiss-up-to-studio-heads hacks. They're artistically ambitious—in some cases pretentious—young directors with a strong palette and good taste in collaborators. Superheroism in their movies has a metaphorical component: It frequently blooms out of, and reinforces, the protagonist's freaky alienation. Batman, Spider-Man 2, X-Men 2, the dire but earnest Hulk: Whatever you think of them, they aspire to the emotion of opera.
And then there are the films like Fantastic Four (20th Century Fox), which is about what you'd expect from the genre: an overinflated B-movie with no grace, no subtext, no wit, and featuring beefcake/cheesecake actors who look like they've been plucked from the soaps. It's the sort of "franchise" picture that the studios want—impersonally directed (by Tim Story) and free of risky, offbeat casting and messy emotional excess. Will it be a hit? Maybe the fanboys will welcome the film as a relief from all the self-conscious artistry. More likely, they've been spoiled by the stylings of Raimi, Logan, Bird, etc., and will hate how disposable their beloved Fantastic Four has become.
As Ben—aka "Thing"—Michael Chiklis gives the only decent performance. With his wiseacre rasp and the pugilistic tilt to his bald head, he looks like Bruce Willis' heavyset older brother—Bruce Willis squashed down. But he's saddled with the two worst scenes, both of which involve the disgust of his supposedly loving wife at the scaly behemoth that he has become. After he has just saved many lives on the Brooklyn Bridge (the firefighters give him a round of applause, which shames the police into lowering their guns), Wifey emerges from the crowd to lay her wedding ring at his feet. The audience roars at that—but not as hard as they do when archvillain mogul Victor Von Doom (Julian McMahon) introduces Jessica Alba as "my director of genetic research." It's not that Alba looks like a junior-college sorority girl, it's that she looks like the stupidest junior-college sorority girl. Why couldn't they have cast someone more plausible, like Hilary Duff? Then again, Alba is the perfect mascot for this convictionless clunkfest. ... 5:20 p.m. P.T.


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Wisconsin: Treatment of Hepatitis C Can Be Successful in a Prison Population
October 10, 2012
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Study results are currently showing that incarcerated individuals with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection can be successfully treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin, and have achieved comparable rates of treatment completion and sustained viral response to those outside the correctional setting. HCV infection within incarcerated populations has reached as high as 31 percent, compared with 1.6 percent of the general population, leading researchers to suggest that anti-viral treatment while incarcerated is optimal.
No study had compared treatment with pegylated interferon and ribavirin between contemporaneous incarcerated and community patients treated at the same clinic until Michael Lucey (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA) and colleagues evaluated 388 incarcerated and 521 nonincarcerated HCV-infected patients for treatment at the University of Wisconsin clinics between January of 2002 and December of 2007. Overall, 386 (69.8 percent) patients completed a full treatment course, and a similar proportion of incarcerated and nonincarcerated completed a full treatment course (75 percent and 68.6 percent, respectively). Additionally, a sustained viral response (SVR) was achieved in a similar number of both incarcerated (42.9 percent) and nonincarcerated (38 percent) patients.
The study shows that prison offers potential access to appropriate HCV care for a population with numerous socioeconomic, psychiatric, and substance abuse factors.
10.08.2012; Andrew Czyzewski
This article was provided by CDC National Prevention Information Network. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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In the next few years, housing for local battered women and children will vastly expand thanks in part to a $3 million state grant recently awarded to the Peaceful Paths Domestic Abuse Network.
In the next few years, housing for local battered women and children will vastly expand thanks in part to a $3 million state grant recently awarded to the Peaceful Paths Domestic Abuse Network.
The grant through the state Department of Children and Families will be used to expand the agency's campus on Northwest 53rd Avenue, Executive Director Theresa Beachy said Tuesday.
"We are really hoping we will have shovel in ground by the end of this year. We will definitely have everything done by June of 2015," Beachy said. "It will be an additional 52 beds. Right now we have 37 beds so this will more than double our capacity."
The grant was awarded Monday through a competitive process by DCF in partnership with the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
The money comes from a federal-state settlement with five mortgage companies over claims of foreclosure abuse. It was one of 11 grants involving a $10 million portion of the settlement.
Peaceful Paths operates an emergency shelter and a transitional housing facility in Alachua County, and runs programs to help battered women and children in Alachua, Bradford and Union counties.
The organization announced the expansion in 2011 after Dr. Paul Schilling and Jay Dutton donated $1 million, which was used to help buy 16 acres at the Peaceful Path office. Dutton is on Peaceful Paths' board of directors, while Schilling is on the board of trustees.
The expansion will provide 20 apartments for supportive housing for stays of 18 months up to three years. Several permanent housing units also are envisioned, primarily for disabled or elderly women.
"The campus model will allow us to serve people for a longer period of time. An emergency shelter isn't a sufficient amount of time for someone to transition to where they can be self sufficient," Beachy said.
"We're giving them a longer period of time in which they can find a job, find housing, secure child care, reestablish their support system and become safer and more stable."
Beachy said that more money will be needed for furnishing and other needs, adding that various fund-raising efforts will be undertaken.
Gainesville City Commissioner Lauren Poe, Peaceful Paths board president, said in a press release that the entire community will gain from the expansion.
"The benefit of this grant to our community will be measured not in the amount of dollars gained, but in the thousands of lives saved and improved because of this center," Poe said.


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When Did We Start Chanting "U-S-A"?
Plus: Why do we smoke celebratory cigars?
Elsewhere in Slate, Daniel Byman analyzes the future of al-Qaida after Osama bin Laden, John Dickerson discusses the president's proactive role in the assassination, and William Saletan uncovers some holes in the raid narrative. Also, David Weigel describes the scene outside the White House following Obama's announcement, Anne Applebaum applauds America's use of human intelligence over expensive technologies, and Brian Palmer explains Bin Laden's burial at sea. For the most up-to-date-coverage, visit the Slatest. Slate's complete coverage is rounded up here.
Spectators at a Phillies-Mets baseball game broke into chants of "U-S-A, U-S-A" as news of Osama Bin Laden's death made its way through the crowd on Sunday night. When did Americans start yelling the name of their country over and over again to express joy or patriotic pride?
Probably in the mid-1970s. There's a legend going around that the now ubiquitous U-S-A chant got started at the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" hockey game, when the United States Olympic men's team, made up of amateurs, defeated the mighty Soviets. While certainly charming and tailor-made for a Hollywood screenplay, the story isn't true. The actual origins of the chant remain shrouded in mystery, but news stories as early as 1975 describe sports crowds repeating "U-S-A." For example, at that year's National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics swimming championships, the crowd started the chant to protest the inclusion of a Canadian team that went on to win the predominantly American event. In the 1976 Olympic ice hockey tournament, four years before the Miracle on Ice, the crowd broke out the abbreviation when the Americans defeated the Finnish team.
None of the reports from the 1970s indicate that the chant was revolutionary, or even novel, but it's possible the journalists working at the time didn't realize they were witnessing the birth of a phenomenon. Whether it was truly new or not, there is evidence that it was not yet our defining national cheer. News reports from the same era often describe slightly different patriotic cheers. U.S. Coast Guard personnel waiting to sail their vessel at a multinational ship exhibition in 1976 chanted "U-S-A, U-S-A., we don't mess around, hey!" In 1970, blue-collar supporters of President Nixon—including those working to build the new World Trade Center towers—held a rally in Lower Manhattan. When a peace activist appeared to spit on an American flag, the construction workers broke out into cries of "U-S-A, all the way." It's hard to imagine any chant other than "U-S-A, U-S-A" spreading after such an incident today. [Update, May 3: As a commenter points out, close variants of the "U-S-A" chant appeared earlier than the '70s. German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl's documentary of the 1936 Berlin Olympics contains audio of American fans shouting, "U-S-A, U-S-A, oi, oi, oi," which closely resembles the modern Australian cheer, "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi, oi, oi."]
While the chant certainly was not born in 1980, it does appear to have taken off after the Miracle on Ice. A Google News archive search for "chant 'USA USA' " turns up only nine hits before 1980. The same search for the next decade results in 713 hits.
Patriotic cheers are not, of course, a uniquely American phenomenon. England's soccer fans, for example, are expected to be able to participate in a wide variety of chants and songs. Some of the cheers involve only the word "England," but they typically have a more complex rhythm than the U-S-A chant. French supporters holler "Allez les Bleus!" in support of their blue-clad soccer team. Canada sticks more to the American model, with chants of CA-NA-DA raining from the rafters at hockey games. They also chant "Go, Canada, Go." In 2009, Pepsi tried to get Canucks to chant the slightly more complicated cheer "Eh! O' Canada Go!" as part of a marketing campaign, but it doesn't appear to have caught on.
Bonus Explainer: Crowds in Boston broke out cigars to celebrate the killing of Bin Laden. When did cigars become associated with celebrations? Possibly before the pilgrims landed. Much like the U-S-A chant, the origins of the celebratory cigar aren't well-documented. Indigenous peoples in the West, and especially the Pacific Northwest, engaged in a practice called "potlatch"—a festival usually held on a special occasion in which a family distributes valuable gifts to the community. Tobacco was one of the gifts passed out in these celebrations, leading some to believe that the tradition of distributing cigars on auspicious occasions is Native American in origin. If early European settlers did, in fact, pick up the practice from Native Americans, the tobacco would have been smoked in a pipe. Cigars didn't make landfall in the U.S. until 1762.
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Students Learn Ancient Art of Making Maple Sugar
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- Centuries ago, the Native Ojibwe tribes sometimes had to rely on maple trees to survive the winter. Making sugar is an ancient art passed down through the generations. Learning this skill can teach more than you might think."Patience is something that's in short demand with our young people today. Everything is done as fast as we can get it done... We have 4G phones, everything is as fast as we can do it. But our culture teaches us to be patient," said Wayne Valliere, a language and culture instructor at Lac du Flambeau School. That lesson is echoed in the slow and steady drip of the sap into a bucket. Slowly but surely the sap runs from the trees. It takes patience as much as knowledge to turn that sap into sugar. Middle school students in the culture program at Lac du Flambeau's school are learning the basics of an old tradition."Me and Max are the two youngest ones in Flambeau that know how to make maple sugar," said 7th grader Dallas Hart, "It's something I always wanted to tryģ. I'd like to do it every year so I can have some maple sugar, and give some to the elders." "This is a piece of our history," said a language and culture instructor Greg Johnson, "By giving this gift back to our youth, it's not only showing Ojibwe sustainability, but we're also teaching them about the environment,""There's also science and mathematics," adds Valliere, "We incorporate that into our cultureģThat's how our culture stays alive, it's living... It's not put on a CD-ROM and left on some dusty shelf in some library. Our culture is alive and well in Waswagoning, and it lives in our young people as you can see."In the middle of the sweet steam from the maple sap, are lessons on the delicate balance of nature. Maple sugar once kept the Ojibwe alive in the leanest time of year. Like the environment, making sugar requires careful attention."If we burn it, it'll taste like burnt sugar and we won't want that," says Max, "Cause if we burn it there's no going back.""We are planting the seed of positive identity in our young people," says Valliere, "They're learning their language, they're learning their history, they're learning what their ancestors did 500 years ago, as well as 100 years ago, as well as 50 years ago."Today the Anishinaabe process for making sugar has evolved with the times. A propane tank brings the thickened sap to a solid in under an hour. Still this modern convenience doesn't spare them much of the hard work along the way."They hauled a lot of firewood out of the woods, they worked very hard... They were quite tired at the end of the day. So was I and so was Greg! And we kept going. Because the sugar waits for no one. It's on grandmother earth's terms.""I did not know how the processes went before I started sugaringģ. and now that I do, I can probably do it by myself," said Max."We know that the footprint that we're leaving as educators is a good one," says Valliere, "So that our ancestors that left that by the road for us, they're happy. They're happy today because the footprint we're leaving is a good one."
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Multimedia: New Film 'Buffalo Girls' Explores World of Child Boxing in Thailand
Stam and Pet are two eight-year-old Thai girls — but don't let looks fool you. They are also professional Muay Thai prizefighters, among the 30,000 child boxers in Thailand. The new documentary Buffalo Girls chronicles the young girls' journey to help provide for their families and improve their standard of living by fighting in local arenas and ultimately competing for prize money in the national Muay Thai championship.
Todd Kellstein, whose original background was in music videos, working with artists such as Bon Jovi and Sum 41, decided to switch gears and ventured out on his own to produce his first feature-length documentary exploring the state of Thailand's underground child boxing economy.
Buffalo Girls premiered at the 2012 Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah before being screened at the Human Rights Film Festival in Australia, the United Nations Association Film Festival and other notable film festivals. The documentary opens in New York City at the IFC Center this Wednesday, November 14, and at Laemmle's NOHO 7 in Los Angeles on December 7.
We asked Kellstein a few questions via email about his film.
How did you come across Stam and Pet, the two subjects of the film?
I met Stam at a provincial fair in Chonburi. She was fighting across from the buffalo races with another small girl named Tuk. I was curious as to why the kids were fighting at such a young age, without headgear or pads. I asked her why she was fighting, and she told me "for money." That's when I decided to make a film and tell the story of these kids. I met Pet some months later. Stam fought her, and lost. We decided to follow Pet's story after that as well. The two live very far from each other, so we decided to live some of the time in Rayong, near Stam, and some of the time by Pet so we could spend time with both kids.
What was it like filming the matches, and generally speaking, the environment you were in? What were some of the challenges?
Over the years of filming, we filmed and attended at least 200 fights. The atmosphere at all of the fights can be very confusing to a foreigner. It's loud, with cheering, bettors shouting odds across the ring, and the musicians playing along with the matches. At first it was very challenging because I didn't fully understand the betting structure of the fights, and I didn't understand Thai well enough to follow the announcers. That made it very difficult to follow conversations in the kid's corners, or even know who won a fight after it was over. With only one camera, it's important to know these things to make sure we're covering the fight properly. After some time, I was finally able to understand enough to follow the fights. Also, once my translator became used to what I wanted to shoot, she was able to point me in the right direction so I didn't miss important conversations!
Emotionally, it was very challenging. Since I was so close to Stam and Pet, I found myself cheering for them during fights. Of course that's natural, but when the situation involves little kids, both of whom are fighting for money they need to help their families, it becomes problematic; you want all of the kids to do well. Sadly, in boxing there's one winner and one loser. It's heartbreaking to see a little one with so much responsibility lose a match.
What were your initial thoughts on child boxing, and how have they changed over time?
My first reaction to seeing the kids fight, without and pads or headgear, was that it was dangerous and horrific. But I saw something in the pride the kids were taking in doing something to help their families. That was what initially inspired me to make the film. Of course, my Western sensibilities were hard to overcome. My thinking was to make a film that would highlight what these kids do, why they do it, and inspire people to try and stop it. Over my years of filming, it became clear that as a foreigner, I was in no place to judge something that is so deeply interwoven into another culture. We went from making a call-to-action film, to a culturally relativistic film that simply shows the hard work and sacrifice these kids put into what they do.
Can you talk about the motivation to tell this story and the stance the film takes?
We tried very hard not to take a stance in the film. I have a very great admiration for all of the kids I met that work so hard to help their families, but in the editing process we tried to remain as objective as possible. My point is to start a conversation about economic inequality, and the lengths people will go to in order to overcome incredibly difficult economic circumstances and realize the dreams we all have: A stable family, a home, educational opportunities, and food on the table.
As a side note to that, both Stam and Pet are profit-sharing in the film, assuming we make any profit! We are also looking into partnering with NGOs in the area of Issan to see if there is any way the film could help kids and their families.
Where are Stam and Pet today?
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"Machinist's Workshop" recently published information on various penetrating oils. The magazine reports they tested these products for "break out "torque" on rusted nuts and bolts. A subjective test was made of popular penetrating oils, with the unit of merit being the torque required to remove the nut from a "scientifically rusted" bolt.
Average torque load to loosen nut:
No Oil used ........................516 foot pounds
WD-40 ..................... ........238 foot pounds
PB Blaster .........................214 foot pounds
Liquid Wrench ......................127 foot pounds
Kano Kroil .........................106 foot pounds
ATF/Acetone mix..................... 53 foot pounds
The ATF/Acetone mix is a "home brew" mix of 50/50 automatic transmission fluid and acetone. Note this "home brew" released bolts better than any commercial product in this one particular test.
Our local machinist group mixed up a batch, and we all now use it with equally good results. Note also that Liquid Wrench is almost as good as Kroil for 20% of the price.
ATF/Acetone mix is best, but you can also use ATF and lacquer thinner in a 50/50 mix. ATF = Any type of Automatic Transmission Fluid
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I've always used Kroil. The price never bothered me because it always works and I really don't go through alot of it.
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Having been formerly in the business of breaking loose some rather large nuts on heavy and farm equipment, I've tried all of the above. IMO, nothing worked as consistently well as Kroil. The ATF mixtures would sometimes work well, other times not.
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Brothers I have seen the light, its called State PEN, and it made in Canada, its really bad--s!!! If you can find it try it.
It actually seems to turn rust into graphite, for lack of better compare.
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The Florida Everblades made history Friday night, but not the way they wanted. The 'Blades dropped their season opener 4-1 to the Chicago Express, who was playing their inaugural game. Florida will now enter the Express record books as Chicago's first victim. The Express had four goals on Carolina prospect John Muse before the end of the second period. Lightning prospect Pat Nagle is supposed to get the nod Saturday. The Everblades got their first goal of the season in the third period by former Windsor Spitfire Justin Shugg, a Carolina Hurricanes draft pick. Norfolk Admirals property Philip-Michael Devos, the reigning QMJHL scoring champ, did not register a point for Florida. The teams play again Saturday night.
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Julie Jason: Having gifter's remorse?
It was only a few weeks ago that wealthy individuals were speeding to take advantage of the federal $5 million gifting exemption.
At the end of 2012, the federal exemption was set to revert to $1 million, the pre-2001 exemption, with a top rate of 55 percent.
All of that changed on Jan. 3, when President Barack Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. As we discussed in this column a few weeks ago, the act made permanent a unified estate and gift tax exemption of $5 million (indexed for inflation) and put the top rate at 40 percent.
Now, some who rushed into making irrevocable gifts may be experiencing remorse, but should they be?
Most who were guided by experienced trusts and estates counsel will have no regrets, explained attorney John Olivieri of White & Case. The wealthier you were, explained Oliveri, the easier it was to make gifts.
But what about individuals who did not fully understand the benefits and drawbacks of gifting? For example, a reader of this column wanted to make tax-planning gifts without realizing he would have no money left over to live on.
Those who do regret having made gifts may need to reach out to legal counsel for a second opinion. According to Olivieri, depending on state law, some may have the ability to revoke their gifts if beneficiaries agree.
There are tax advantages to gifting, explained attorney Edward Renn, of Withers Bergman of Greenwich.
First, all growth on the gifted assets escapes estate tax. For example, if a $5.12 million gift made in 2012 appreciates at 4 percent, more than $11.2 million escapes federal estate tax if the donor dies 20 years later, according to Renn.
Second, a gift enjoys "tax exclusivity," said Renn, making a gift more favorable than an estate transfer to heirs.
This is best illustrated with an example assuming no remaining federal exemption and ignoring all state taxes. Assume an individual has $7 million. If he makes a $5 million gift in 2013, the gift triggers a federal gift tax of $2 million. Again, this assumes that he already used up his estate and gift tax "free" exemption amount.
If instead, he dies with $7 million in 2013, the federal estate tax would be $2.8 million, leaving $4.2 million to heirs, instead of $5 million -- an $800,000 disadvantage.
Third, in states like New York that levy their own estate tax but do not impose a state gift tax, appreciating assets transferred by gift escape a progressive tax of an additional 16 percent, which starts on amounts above $1 million. In New Jersey, the exemption amount is $675,000. In Connecticut, the only state with a gift tax, there is currently a $2 million exemption for estates and lifetime gifts, explained Renn.
What should you do if you used the full $5.12 million exemption before the end of the year and want to gift more? You can transfer an additional $130,000 tax-free in 2013, according to Marion Schmeelk of US Trust.
In addition, the annual gift exclusion is now $14,000, up from $13,000 in 2012, according to Katten Muchin Rosenman. As a result, a husband and wife together can gift $28,000 to each donee in 2013 gift-tax free and without the need to file a gift tax return.
Now more than ever, it's important to plan to avoid unnecessary transfer taxes. Renn quotes Judge Learned Hand who wrote: "Anyone may so arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible. He is not bound to choose the pattern which best pays the Treasury." One more point. In case you're wondering, more than 1 million households have assets worth $5 million or more, not counting their primary residences, according to Spectrem Group. Over 7.5 million households have assets between $1 million to $5 million.
For more information, I highly recommend that you read White & Case's Client Alert, January 2013: Effects of the New U.S. Tax Law on Estate Planning, which you can find online at http://tinyurl.com/bc68q57, as well as Katten Munchin Roseman's Trusts and Estates Advisory newsletter dated 1/16/13 at http://tinyurl.com/aqgng3d and Private Company Services' (PCS)Tax Insight, 2013/Issue 1: Fiscal Cliff Legislation Offers Many Benefits to Private Companies and Their Owners at http://tinyurl.com/bxhql8o.
Julie Jason, JD, LLM, award-winning author of "The AARP Retirement Survival Guide: How to Make Smart Financial Decisions in Good Times and Bad," and "Managing Retirement Wealth: An Expert Guide to Personal Portfolio Management in Good Times and Bad," is principal of Jackson, Grant Investment Advisers Inc. of Stamford. Email her with questions at firstname.lastname@example.com or write to her c/o The Advocate, 9A Riverbend Drive South, Box 4910, Stamford, CT 06907.


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This week, Mix Media Monday is happy to bring you tunes and art curated by creative power couple Kieran Adams and Laurie Kang. Kieran is a drum sensation and musical freethinker who can be found playing with 2 new Toronto bands: D I A N A and WARM MYTH, while artist/collager/overall dreamboat Laurie, might be most familiar from her recent Contact Feature Exhibition, Empty Vessels Make the Most Noise, right here at the Gladstone.
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The Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb
Artists' Cinema: Ursula Mayer
December 18th, 7 p.m., Gorgona Hall
Ursula Mayer is a visual artist who works primarily with film. In her work she explores the codes of cinema, elements of film narrative and conventions of the cinematographic medium. Her film works are loosely constructed fictions that enact a superimposition in which historical figures and spaces coincide, calling into question how seemingly conventional imagery is assembled. The program opens with the film Lunch in Fur, in which the audience observes an imagined encounter between Meret Oppenheim, Dora Maar, and Josephine Baker set in a modernist living room that seems haunted by memories of the avant-garde. Then follows Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight, a two-channel cinematic journey through ancient sculpture, which encapsulates the manner in which ancient mythology foreshadows modern society Architecture plays a significant role, becoming an important protagonist – as we find in Erno Goldfinger's house, with Barbara Hepworth's sculptures in the film Interiors, or Eltham Palace in London in The Crystal Gaze. The Trilogy (Portland Place 33, Keeling House, Villa Mairea) also utilizes architecture, not just as a décor or setting, but cast as a subjective relation – as a fictional character. Mayer's work articulates a specific interplay between the movement of the camera, the language and techniques of cinematic expression, the protagonists and architectural space. The program will present a cross-section of Mayer's works from the last five years, including her recent film, Gonda, which premiered in Croatia, and which presents a mixture of genres. It comprises of a half-an-hour of kaleidoscopic collage, which enthralls and bewilders and is derived from a text by the controversial writer Ayn Rand.
The Lunch in Fur (2008) 8 min, 16mm / Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight (2010, double projection, 2x16mm) 7 min / The Crystal Gaze (2007) 16mm, 8 min / Interiors (2006) 5 min / Trilogy Portland Place 33, Keeling House, Villa Mairea (2005-2006) 9 min, and the new film, Gonda (2012) (HD) 30 min
Ursula Mayer studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and completed her MA at Goldsmiths College in 2005 in London. She was been awarded for the Otto Mauer Preis in 2007 and was resident artist at ISCP International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York in 2011. Her films have been presented at international film festivals including Locarno, Oberhausen and Rotterdam.
Recent solo presentations include: Performa11, New York; Juliette Jongma Gallery, Amsterdam; Prospectif Cinema, Centre Pompidou, Paris; Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg; Institute for Contemporary Art, London; Whitechapel Gallery, London; Frame, Frieze Art Fair, London; Lentos, Museum of Modern Art, Linz; Monitor, Rome; Centraal Museum, Utrecht.
Recent participations in group shows are: SculptureCentre, New York; Transmission Gallery, Glasgow; Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal; Bonnier Kunsthalle, Stockholm; MoMA PS1, New York; Julia Stoschek Foundation, Düsseldorf; Garage, Moscow; Gallery Krobath, Berlin; Swiss Institute, New York; Kunsthalle Basel, Basel; EAST International, Norwich; 2nd Athens Biennial, Athens; 4thTirana International Art Biennial, Tirana; In 2012 she will take part in the 11th Baltic Triennial at CAC Vilnius, Vilnius and LUX/ICA Biennial of Moving Images, ICA, London she is also preparing her travelling solo exhibition for the newly opened 21haus in Vienna.
ARTISTS' CINEMA is a new program activity of the MSU, aimed at introducing contemporary artists and their cinematic works, created at the meeting point of contemporary art and cinema, of film and visual arts. The program will present recent film/video works outside the context of social production of entertainment and spectacle. It will complete the programmatic conception of the MSU and complement the presentation of this hybrid form. We will intensify the dialog and exchange on the cultural scene of the city, connecting artists, curators, and critics with the public; in this way we will contribute to an active internationalization of the art scene engaged in moving images.
Project Manager: Tihomir Milovac / Curator: Branka Benčić
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Lawmakers in the House and Senate approved a bill Thursday that loosens restrictions on landfills, allows billboard owners to cut down more foliage around signs on interstate exit ramps, and loosens restrictions on coal ash storage facilities.
House Bill 74 has 60 sections, about a dozen of which have been criticized by environmental groups, municipalities and counties, and Republican and Democratic lawmakers. It�s an amalgam of two other regulatory bills.
�This continues our focus on bringing jobs to North Carolina (and) keeping existing companies here,� said Sen. Thom Goolsby, a Wilmington Republican.
Its sponsors have said the legislation removes outdated or useless regulations, possibly revitalizing the state�s economy.
Rep. Chuck McGrady, a Hendersonville Republican, deplored the politics of constructing the bill, saying a section that loosens regulations on sanitary landfills was added in the dark and hadn�t been properly vetted. He tried to get the bill moved back to the House rules committee, but withdrew the request after a brief recess.
�I think we could have gotten a better bill here if we�d used our normal processes,� he said.
That section allows landfills to be built closer to state gamelands. It also eases rules about how landfills must maintain the systems that keep landfill liquids from getting into groundwater.
Environmental advocates also were concerned about a provision that expands the area in which coal-ash-storing facilities are allowed to pollute without needing to remove the contaminants, which include arsenic, lead and mercury.
�This is codifying existing language on how (this boundary compliance) is supposed to be done,� said Rep. Ruth Samuelson, a Republican from Charlotte.
Duke Energy pushed for the change, said Rep. Pricey Harrison of Greensboro, a Democrat.
A Duke Energy ash basin in Gaston County along the Catawba River has been the centerpiece of resistance efforts because the area in which it will be allowed to pollute under the bill includes a stretch of the river.
That contaminated water could reach Charlotte�s drinking water supply, said Mary Maclean Asbill, a senior attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center.
If testing revealed a health danger or that certain aquifers were affected, facilities would need to take action by law � no matter how big the boundaries. But Cassie Gavin, a lobbyist for the Sierra Club, said it�s difficult to clean up ash once it�s already in a body of water.
One provision stops counties and municipalities from creating environmental ordinances that are more stringent than state or federal ones. Another provision allows students to have lawyers, parents or other advocates present when they�re accused of breaking a university�s or college�s rules.
Most lawmakers found things to love and to hate in the sweeping act. Sometimes when lawmakers find a few things they dislike, they vote �nay� even if the bill would do a lot of good, said Rep. Jonathan Jordan, a West Jefferson Republican.
�If rules are here to protect public health and safety, we need to pass them,� he said.
He voted for the bill because it would require hotels and other lodging to install carbon monoxide detectors, solving the deadly problem of carbon monoxide poisoning.
The bill passed the House 78 to 34 and the Senate 28 to 18.
Drug testing heads to McCrory
Both the Senate and House have agreed to a bill that requires drug testing of suspicious welfare recipients and expands background checks on them.
House Bill 392 passed Thursday in the Senate 32-4 without debate, despite concerns that drug addicts might be turned away instead of being encouraged to get help. The bill was sent to the governor.
The bill keeps existing Department of Social Services processes intact. DSS workers now conduct interviews and give written tests to determine whether an applicant is using drugs. Under the bill, applicants that county DSS workers reasonably suspect of drug use would need to submit to drug tests to receive benefits through Work First. Applicants would have to pay for the tests and would be reimbursed if they test negative.
Background checks conducted on Work First and food stamps applicants would be expanded to search for people with outstanding felony warrants or probation violations. Counties would be allowed to fingerprint applicants for background checks if they�re suspected of being out-of-state parole violators or fleeing felons.


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CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Concussions continue to be a major concern in athletics. However, a recent study shows many local high school athletes ignore concussion symptoms.
The Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center interviewed 120 local high school football players in the summer of 2012. The report showed that the majority would continue to play despite having symptoms of a concussion.
The study found over 90% of these athletes are educated and know the consequences of continuing to play through a concussion, but the problem is that over 50% responded that they continue to play with a headache sustained from an injury.
Moeller senior Shane Jones is no stranger to hard hits on the football field. Next year, he's continuing his career at Michigan State. Luckily for him, he's avoided any concussions during his career he says mainly because he listens to his coaches.
"You might only miss one play but it's just good enough to come off the field and get checked out," said Jones.
The recent study shows that only 54% of players indicated they would "always or sometimes report symptoms of a concussion to their coach. Jones says he's not completely surprised to hear this.
"I think it's just the feeling of being out there and being with your teammates and wanting to fight through because you don't want to seem as some people say soft by saying you're coming off the field by saying your hurt in some way," said Jones.
"I think what they have to realize is that they'll get back on the field quicker if they get off the field and get the headache taken care of," explained Moeller High School's Head Football Coach, John Rodenberg.
Of the 120 football players surveyed, Dr. Brit Anderson with Children's Hospital says 30 reported having suffered a concussion, while 82 said they've received prior education related to concussions.
"We were surprised and a little bit disappointed to find that despite this knowledge, it seemed that they would still hesitate to report symptoms and would still continue to play," said Dr. Anderson.
Coach Rodenberg says as important as it is to teach players the proper technique to avoid injury, forming a level of trust with them is key.
"They're not afraid to communicate with us that they're hurt and so forth and we make sure to get them the top care that we can," said Rodenberg.
"We see concussions all the time as you might imagine and really see how difficult they can be for an athlete and their family and it's important to be able to identify these players that have suffered a concussion to keep them safe," revealed Dr. Anderson.
Dr. Anderson says they're conducting more research with local high school football athletes and soon hope to study other sports, including girls athletics to see if there are similar patterns.
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This year's Unified Wine and Grape Symposium, the biggest viticulture-enology gathering in California, was once again a golly gee whiz California wine is the greatest thing since sliced bread event. Certainly, as Jon Fredrikson pointed out, wine sales in the U.S. have skyrocketed over the past decade. He said wine is gaining "traction" in the U.S. and becoming part of the American lifestyle.
However, there is a Mt. Whitney-size mountain to climb with that traction.
U.S. per capita wine consumption remains pathetically behind the rest of the world, languishing at less than 3 gallons per capita. By comparison in Australia and the U.K. it is 5.5 gallons. Beer consumption in the U.S. is nearly nine times greater than wine.
Fredrikson said the future for wine consumption in the U.S. is bright. It is even brighter for imports, which continue to take a larger percentage chunk of the U.S. wine sales increase than California wine.
Last year's crop was huge. 2005 was supposed to a turnaround year for growers. It wasn't. It was another year of frustration for many San Joaquin Valley and some coastal grape growers who saw low prices once again and summer demand disappear under the weight of a crop 20 to 25 percent larger than the year before.
It may be good times for wineries, but growers are still frustrated watching imports take a bigger share of growing market while they take little more than production cost prices for wine grapes.
Rank and file producers are tired of the tail wagging the dog. They are tired of wineries dictating the direction of the California grape industry.
There are about 1,400 wineries in the state, but four winery groups: E&J Gallo, Constellation Brands, The Wine Group and Bronco ("Two-Buck Chuck") Wine Co. control two-thirds of the volume and half the dollars in the California wine industry, according to a recent Wine Business Monthly issue.
Four entities control prices paid for more than 3 million tons of California grapes and concentrate. The California wine business is ripe for a monopoly or restraint of trade/price fixing investigation, but that will never happen. Wineries and their Wine Institute (say Gallo) have too much political clout for that to happen.
Rather than going after the big four which control grape pricing, grower frustration is boiling over to the point of suggesting once again — a grower-funded generic California wine promotion effort like those used for California almonds, milk, table gapes, walnuts, cheese, etc., etc. could be the solution to languishing California wine sales.
A winery-grower funded wine commission was created in the 1980s, but it died quickly at the hands of wineries after a short, acrimonious marriage of vintners and producers. One thing major wineries do not want is growers joining together under any umbrella.
That attitude has not changed, according to Wine Institute consultant Barbara Insel. When asked at a press conference at Unified if wineries would support generic California wine promotion. She said an "institutional" decision had been made not to support such an effort.
Nat DiBuduo, president of Allied Grape Growers and Lockeford, Calif., grape grower Rodney Schantz, president of California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG), quickly disagreed with that "institutional" decision. They both support generic promotion of California wine, and DiBuduo said he would welcome talks with the major wine grape grower groups to work toward a mandatory grower-funded generic wine promotion commission.
Schantz does not favor a mandatory program, but says growers would support a voluntary program. Unfortunately, voluntary promotional efforts seldom succeed.
End of story? Maybe not.
There was an interesting article on the subject of mandatory grower assessment in the Sacramento Bee on the Unified speech of Gallo vice president of viticulture Nick Dokoozlian, former University of California viticulture specialist. It sent a different signal that the one by Insel, but was it intentional and the official word from Gallo?
Dokoozlian complained that the California wine industry is not adequately funding research and suggested a mandatory levy. He said voluntary funding for research has not been adequate.
He cited the $8 per ton mandatory assessment on Australian wine grape growers as one reasons Australians have had so much success importing wine into the U.S.
Dokoozlian cited specifically the successful California Table Grape Commission as an example of what he would like to see created for California wine grapes. When Dokoozlian was at UC, he got tons of cash from the commission for R&D on new table grape varieties and production research.
However, the table grape commission was not created to fund viticulture research. Although important, funding production research is a secondary function of the commission. It was formed by growers and shippers to promote consumption of table grapes and that mission has not changed since the commission was created in 1967.
The newspaper article said Dokoozlian recognized that improving sales was the primary goal of the table grape group, which has long been considered a benchmark for creation of other commissions.
Were Dokoozlian's comments valid insight into a change of heart from the world's biggest winery? Would Gallo be willing to pay 10 cents per case of the 75 million cases of wine it shipped in 2005 for viticulture research AND generic promotion of California wine?
Perhaps the most telling comments from Dokoozlian were the final quote in the article:
"We are really behind the eight ball," said Dokoozlian. "Most of the wine industry and gatekeepers have little idea of what attributes in wine consumers like and dislike."
I am still shaking my head in disbelief at that quote. If Gallo doesn't have any idea what consumers like or dislike, who does?
California may need a wine grape commission more than anyone realizes.
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