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I should have time to write a bit about the show in another week or so, but until then, here are some quick shots taken by Zach Seeger before the opening. Enjoy! More to come of the rest of the show soon… The show will be up until October 16th, so there is plenty of time to come see it and the studios in person. Hope to see you there!
January 7, 2009
Okidokie–the final stage of the project (other than installation of course) is the print transfer process. Little did I know how unpleasant this would be… Transferring a couple test prints was totally reasonable, why I thought this would be a good idea for nearly 300 tiles, I don't know…
I'm making use of a photocopy transfer process that is fairly common in the graphic arts. You take a nice fresh black and white photocopy, flip it upside down onto whatever surface you want to transfer the content onto and rub the back of it with some sort of solvent that breaks down the binder in the ink, allowing the toner to move onto the new surface. You can do this with blending markers from your local art store, wintergreen oil (significantly harder to find) or acetone from any hardware store. I'm sure there are other substances that will do this for you, but these are the ones I know will work. Pretty simple, pretty straightforward–a little experimenting will quickly show you how easy it is.
For this project, I'm using acetone because I need a lot of it and blending markers are insanely expensive (and uber toxic) as is wintergreen oil. It was also recommended by another artist who is much more experienced in this process than myself as a cheap and easy tool to get the job done, and I like cheap and easy. Especially when I have to do it 300 times.
Photo essay style. I apologize for the bad lighting, these were taken at some ungodly hour of night and I was probably shaky with sleep-deprivation:
All seems easy enough, but wow has it been a nightmare. First there's the simple fact that acetone is nasty with a capital "N". I've got my scary respirator, a bottomless box of nitrile gloves, windows open and a fan behind me blowing toward the window, but it's not really enough to counter the fumes. Not to mention the fact that whoever designed these containers did not have pouring in mind. Thanks Acetone Can designer, I now have acetone spills in my living room. And because it evaporates so fast, I need a lot of it…
(Non-sequiter, but I just realized I designed a booth at work today with this exact same blue and orange color scheme…)
So the acetone in the house is horrific–the sooner I can be done with it the better. The second unpleasantly disastrous issue is the fact that I'm trying to print on porcelain… Transfers onto paper are really easy–the surface is super consistent so you don't have to worry about any texture or defects disrupting how the print transfers. This is not a liquid printing process so the toner can't fill any divots or dips in the surface like a liquid ink would. This means a perfectly smooth surface is essential to getting a legible print in the end and I'm finding I just don't have any good surfaces. Some of the tiles that I managed to sand really early on are working well, but those all have holes in them from back when I thought I was going to be hanging everything, so those are no longer perfect samples. I also break nearly half (if not actually) of the tiles due to the pressure of applying the acetone. In the rare instance when I actually get a good print, the tile is broken before I can mount it to a frame… It's all very frustrating. I knew tiles would break, and in fact, they'll break when I install them if they're not broken ahead of time, but I was really hoping to get at least a few "perfect" specimens for the frames and I just don't see that happening. I'm OK with mounting one of the broken ones as long as the print is legible, but I'm still holding out, hoping the perfect set of tiles will come along. As of 10pm, I have about 100 tiles printed and I still haven't come across one perfect tile, much less 15. Sad.
There's also the whole issue that the adhesive for gluing the tile to the frame has to cure for 24 hours and I seriously have to install this thing tomorrow. If I was doing it right and giving the adhesive its proper cure time, I should have mounted them all this morning… Obviously hasn't happened and I'm not sure when it will! But I really do not want to wait until Friday to install. Something unexpected always comes up during install and I just know if I wait until Friday, something will go wrong and I won't have any time to come up with a solution. On the other hand, if tiles are falling off the walls during the show, that would probably be worse than any installation disaster I can think of…
I just don't know. I'm pretty skeptical of this whole project at this point, and whether or not it's actually going to come together. I think if I had a fortune cookie right now, it would tell me that disappointment is looming on my horizon…
January 2, 2009
So a big part of the "new" version of this project will be wall-mounted. I was initially very against this idea, but alas, sometimes compromises must be made. The general idea behind the "new" non-hanging version of this project is to have a large conglomeration of tiles somewhere near the entrance to indicate a critical mass (but not hanging from the ceiling) and then additionally fill the gallery/theater with hand selected wall mounted pieces that people will be able to read and get intimate with. They will be scattered guerrilla style throughout the gallery in underutilized bits of wall space like around water fountains, elevators, maybe even in bathrooms etc. The Center for the Arts is filled with useless bits of space, especially walls around access doors to places that are inaccessible–in terms of adaptive reuse architecture, it's sort of horrifically designed in that sense. Anyways, the wall mounted pieces are intended to be "special", beautiful, exquisite tiles with the content relating to its location in the gallery. For example, a piece over a sink or water fountain might be related to water quality and human health standards of the site prior to or during remediation. In some ways, I get to act as archaeologist on a whole other level–that of spatial archaeologist, drawing attention to and highlighting all the forgotten spaces in the building. Unfortunately, I've realized that most of my content doesn't fill this function very well. It's not really specific enough to relate to the types of underutilized spaces in the Center for the Arts, but I do think there are particularly relevant and interesting bits of information that will be nice to make use of. The general idea is that upon entering the gallery, visitors are struck with this critical mass of tiles, and while it may be intriguing on some level, eventually they move on to the next thing as you usually do in a gallery or museum. As they move through the rest of the building (3 floors in total), they view other pieces and forget about mine until they happen to run into one of these "special" hand selected pieces in an odd spot. Maybe they engage with it, maybe not, but as they progress through the entire show, they keep popping up, reminding them of their context within the show, within the gallery and within the greater Arsenal and its history. When they eventually make their way back to the entrance in order to leave the space, they are again confronted with the critical mass, but now it has new meaning. Now that they've seen what some of the content is like, the mass indicates something about the mass of history, the mass of toxins, the mass of data, etc. Now you question what other secrets might be buried in that pile of "papers".
As of right now, I have no idea what that "pile" of papers is actually going to look like. Neat stacks? Messy stacks? Piles? Spread fairly evenly? Still in boxes? Who knows… that might be a decision I make at the last possible second. But I do know how the wall mounted pieces will work. I've been touring thrift stores, dredging up as many old and used picture frames as I can find in order to convert them into framing elements for the "special" pieces. The idea is to elevate the wall mounted tiles but still have them somewhat camouflaged with the gallery–they need to be somewhat subtle in order to be subversive, as if they snuck in and settled unannounced–maybe you pass by the first one because it blends in but they keep cropping up so eventually you have to pay attention. I'm painting all of the frames white (again, playing the archaeologist and digging up these trashed frames and re-contextualizing them) to match the gallery walls and then mounting the tiles directly to the glass so that you actually see some of the "real" gallery wall through the frame in addition to the tile.
Here's an example:
It seemed important (and fun!) to document all the frames before I altered them. I feel like it's the least I can do since the art that once lived in these frames will most likely be trashed. Right now it's all sitting in my living room because I can't bring myself to throw it away! They at least deserve some props for giving their lives (some short, some long) to my whimsy so here's the first batch of frames, pre-paint-job:
To be Continued…
I'll show the rest tomorrow along with a test tile mount.
And I have heat and hot water again! Woohoo!
Cracks, Recycling and Cats
January 1, 2009
So the last batch of tiles I made before driving to my parents' home in Virginia was something of a disaster. First of all, I broke the slab roller:
I mean, technically I didn't break it. The spring that works the mechanism is apparently cheap and tends to wear out on a regular basis, so that's not a big deal, but the chain mechanism that controls the height of the roller was loose, plus the threads on the screw that adjusts that height were completely stripped and will need to be replaced. All of these things are relatively normal wear and tear issues–the slab roller is ancient after all, eventually parts need replacing. However, I was the one using it when it decided to quit working, and it had been acting funny for a week or so before I actually brought it to anyones attention, which may have aggravated the problems. So it has officially been out of commission for 2 weeks and won't be fixed before the show opens.
This means I've been rolling everything out by hand, the old school style with a rolling pin and lots of elbow grease. It actually doesn't take me much longer doing it by hand, but there is a new learning curve in terms of little details about how you flip the slab, when you cut it up, how you move it around, etc. etc. My first batch of hand rolled slabs were fine, the second, completed right before the drive to Virginia, not so much…
sigh… so all of those bone dry slabs were broken up and dumped in a bucket to be recycled. I think I was in a rush before the holidays and didn't baby them as much as they need. They were all stuck to the boards so when they shrank during the drying process, there was no wiggle room and they all cracked. I finally got around to recycling all of that clay yesterday so here's a quick photo rundown on how that works (feel free to skip if you already know):
It's kind of amazing to me that this works–bone dry, unmanageable clay can magically become a brand new block through a few simple steps. Cool.
Stay tuned for the next episode: Frames!
On an unrelated note, I think the cat is even grumpier about my apartment's lack of heat than I am!
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
New Statement
December 22, 2008
I forgot! I meant to post my New Title and Artist Statement last week and kept forgetting about it!
After speaking with Dan about all the revisions to the installation of my piece (just to dash everyone's hopes right from the start–I'm not hanging ANYTHING from the ceiling anymore…), I felt the need to re-write my artist's statement. I did this for two reasons. Initially, I wrote it as a proposal just to get into the show, not thinking it would be shared beyond that context (on the form, there was no space for a "proposal" so the only place I could enter it was under "artists statement"). Apparently some sort of book will be published including all the pieces in the show (hopefully sans photography because the photo I submitted is terrible and not descriptive of the piece itself at all) plus basic information about each artist. I guess this includes the artist statement we each submitted and seeing as my piece has changed pretty drastically from my original vision (and it was not written as an "artists statement" to begin with), it just doesn't fit anymore. Not to mention the fact that I really don't need my BS proposal writing published for all to see… So I re-wrote it! In a brief and even more BS-ish format. At the recommendation of my favorite contemporary poet, I tried out the renga form, which is an ancient Japanese cooperative form, the first stanza of which eventually became the much shorter haiku. I liked this idea for a couple of reasons: first, I felt like it allowed me to remain sufficiently vague and abstract, the complete opposite of writing the proposal, second, I liked the concept of it being cooperative. While I didn't write it with another person as the form requires, I did steal words and phrases out of my conversation with Dan, so in some ways it was a cooperative poem written with him, he just doesn't know it yet. And whether he (or I) likes it, he has had a pretty huge influence on how the piece will show so it seems appropriate. Other than that, the form is utterly unrelated to the piece itself. Let's be honest, it saved me a lot of time…
Also a bit about the title; Post-Processualism. Actually, I don't really feel like explaining it–google or wiki it if you want to know more! It is an archaeological theory related to post-modernism. Look it up on your own to find out why it is (or isn't) appropriate in this context.
My Website!
August 20, 2007
Check out my brand spanking new website! www.msarmsdesign.com
So while this isn't directly related to the Paper Jungle project, I just wanted to let everyone know that I now have a real website in addition to this blog. For now, the website is meant to give an overview of some of the work I've been doing over the last 4+ years. Eventually it may be expanded to include other things as my interests and opportunities grow and change, but for now you'll find a main Projects section that shows a few larger, more in depth projects and an Explorations section with quicker studies and experiments. Now that I've finally graduated, I'll be moving up to Boston within the next couple weeks to continue to pursue my art and design goals in a slightly bigger city than Providence. I'm in the process of looking for work, although I'm still not sure I've decided what exactly I'm looking for! So we'll see what happens. In any event, you should check out the website and if you're looking to hire someone, check out the resume that's posted on the homepage as well. In the meantime, here's a few of those transitional Paper Jungle photos that I promised a long time ago. Thanks to everyone who has been watching this project from the beginning, and to those who are just now checking in. It's been a great process to go through and tons of fun. As always, feel free to contact me anytime with thoughts, opinions, questions or concerns!
A couple taken on a cold day in March, about a month after the opening from outside in the sculpture garden, looking in.
There's still quite a bit left inside, but lots has come down at this point and paper liters the floors.
These were taken about 2 months after the opening. The entire central column has been destroyed. Piles of flowers and plant forms fill the corners and center of the floor. A rainy April day outside with fallen leaves from the previous autumn looking a lot like fallen flowers.
The End
July 13, 2007
So I know I initially promised lots of updates along the way as to how the installation was progressing and did not follow through. All I can say is sorry and I'll try to catch up over the next month or so! It is now July so the project is completely finished. I tore down what was left of the piece on June 5th in about an hour. It was actually pretty satisfying to take apart the remainder, even though it only took an hour to tear apart what took countless hours to create. I suppose in the end it was OK simply because the entire project felt pretty successful. Things changed and evolved along the way and parts had to be left out or altered, but for the most part, it all worked out quite well and in accordance with the initial concept. So here are a few photos of what was left on the 5th and the de-installation process. I'll go ahead and post these now so you can compare them to the opening photos and then I'll write a couple new posts over the next month that fill in the 3 month gap inbetween. Enjoy!
Welcome to The End. This is what it looked like when I arrived on a very grey rainy Monday morning in June. Compare, if you will, to the same shot taken through the entry door labeled "Radeke Garden" the day I installed it. Quite different…
Looking thin as you look out into the sculpture garden, or up to the ceiling. Now the framing structure is very clear whereas upon initial installation it was fairly well hidden. Then the real fun began!
So here's how de-installation worked. I ripped down everything as high as I could reach, threw it all on the floor and proceeded to roll in it while Matt, my faithful helper, mourned the loss.
Next a view from above the ceiling grid I constructed. Now that the paper is mostly gone, you can actually see how it all fit together. We lowered each wood frame out of the aluminum grid, ripped the last of the paper off, took all the wood frames apart, removed the aluminum grid and we were done! That was how months of hard work ended!


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Jon Cohen and Kristina Del Vecchio Present at Consumer Financial Services Committee Panel on Consumer Arbitration Clauses
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – October 07, 2014. Joseph & Cohen, Professional Corporation, announced today that two of the firm's attorneys, Jonathan M. Cohen, Senior Partner, and Kristina Del Vecchio, Of Counsel, were selected by the California Bar Association to speak at their Annual Convention in San Diego. The Firm's attorneys participated in the Consumer Financial Services Committee program entitled "New Developments in the Enforcement of Consumer Arbitration Clauses" on September 14, 2014.
Ms. Del Vecchio moderated the panel of speakers that included Jonathan Cohen, Bill Webb of Webb Legal Group, and Scott Pearson of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. The panel discussed the current state of arbitration clauses in consumer financial services contracts and recent developments post-Concepcion (AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740 (2011)).
Their discussion, which was videotaped by the California State Bar and will be offered for MCLE credit, focused on class action arbitration and waivers, drafting tips, recent litigation surrounding such clauses and what to expect in the future, particularly given the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's authority in this area. Consumer arbitration has undergone radical change as a result of recent US Supreme Court and California Court of Appeals decisions and every attorney should know how it will affect their clients.
Ms. Del Vecchio, Chair of State Bar Consumer Financial Services Committee, said of her experience, "The panel was outstanding; we also received several excellent questions from our audience."
Mr. Cohen added, "It was an honor to speak at the Annual Meeting about a topic that may seem esoteric but that can drastically alter the outcome of litigation even before a dispute has arisen."
In addition, on September 9th, Ms. Del Vecchio delivered a 60-minute webinar titled "Spotlight on CFPB Mortgages: Keys to Keeping Up with Federal Standards."
Hosted by Progressive Business Executive Education, Ms. Del Vecchio's presentation focused on the continually changing and complex rules of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). She addressed the CFPB's January 10th, 2014 "final" ruling requiring mortgage lenders to assess the consumer's ability to repay mortgage loans before extending credit became effective, a ruling that the CFPB is still in the process of amending.
Ms. Del Vecchio gave insight on how mortgage lenders can remain up to speed on the latest rule, how it impacts the industry, issues that may arise, and what to expect in terms of future changes. A recording of the webinar is available for order. Click here for further details.
Joseph & Cohen, Professional Corporation, is a Financial Services and Litigation Boutique headquartered in San Francisco that emphasizes complex banking, corporate and financial services matters, regulatory and bank enforcement defense, private equity, bankruptcy and insolvency, employment and commercial litigation services. Joseph & Cohen is known for sophisticated expertise, extraordinary commitment to clients, relationship-based services, and a range of specialized skills typically found only in the largest American law firms.
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Kristina Del Vecchio Appointed Chair of Consumer Financial Services Committee – CA State Bar Business Law Section
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – August 12, 2014. Joseph & Cohen, Professional Corporation, announced today that Kristina Del Vecchio has been named Chair of the State Bar of California's Business Law Section's Consumer Financial Services Committee.
An accomplished advisor and litigator for banks, credit unions and other financial services companies, Ms. Del Vecchio joined Joseph & Cohen as Of Counsel in January 2014. Del Vecchio previously served as Vice Chair of Communications for the committee, and notes of her new role, "I am honored to have the opportunity to lead this outstanding committee, which is comprised of a variety of impressive attorneys committed to enhancing their practice and awareness of issues affecting the consumer financial services industry."
Ms. Del Vecchio's appointment adds to the list of notable positions served by Joseph & Cohen partners in the State Bar of California's Business Law Section. Founder and Managing Partner, Jonathan Joseph is Chair of the Financial Institutions Committee; and Kenneth Sayre-Peterson, Partner, serves as the Vice-Chairman of Legislation for the Consumer Financial Services Committee.
Additionally, Jonathan Cohen, Head of Litigation at Joseph & Cohen, is slated to speak on a panel, moderated by Ms. Del Vecchio, titled New Developments in the Enforcement of Consumer Arbitration Clauses at the annual State Bar meeting on September 14.
Joseph & Cohen, Professional Corporation, is a Financial Services and Litigation Boutique headquartered in San Francisco that emphasizes complex banking, corporate and financial services matters, regulatory and bank enforcement defense, private equity, bankruptcy and insolvency, employment and commercial litigation services. Joseph & Cohen is known for sophisticated expertise, extraordinary commitment to clients, relationship-based services, and a range of specialized skills typically found only in the largest American law firms.
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Jonathan Cohen Quoted in ACAMS moneylaundering.com Article on Directors and Officers Liability Insurance Issues
Joseph & Cohen, Professional Corporation, was featured in a recent ACAMS moneylaundering.com article by Kira Zalan and Colby Adams titled "With Regulators' Talk of Individual Fines Comes Bankers' Queries on Insurance."
Published on June 17, 2014, the article explores why more and more bank compliance officers are exploring the scope of insurance coverage under Directors and Officers (D&O) liability insurance policies to address the rise of regulatory penalties against individual bankers.
The article notes an important and often overlooked reality that many financial institutions and their officers are unaware of the exclusions in their D&O policies, to which Jonathan Cohen, the firm's head of litigation, was quoted:
"More often than not an officer or director will be surprised by the lack of coverage that they have."
Joseph & Cohen's core corporate and regulatory practice includes the representation of federally insured depository institutions and the defense of Officers and Directors of financial institutions in civil damage actions instituted by the FDIC or shareholders and administrative proceedings brought by the FDIC for civil money penalties or other sanctions. Joseph & Cohen also has extensive experience in advising institutions and their Offices and Directors in connection with insurance coverage and related litigation.
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Feds Bite Largest Bitcoin Exchange: Lessons for Virtual Currency Entrepreneurs
By Jonathan D. Joseph
When the US Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, a/k/a FinCEN, published an interpretative ruling on March 18, 2013 discussing how its regulations applied to users, exchangers and administrators of virtual currencies, Mt. Gox, the world's largest exchange for Bitcoin transactions, should have taken note. Mt. Gox and other early pioneers in the virtual currency space have anarchist roots and generally eschew governmental regulation; however, it is now clear that the survivors in the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency ecosystem will be those that successfully navigate the complex web of federal and state money transmission laws and regulations.
Earlier this week, Homeland Security Investigations ("HSI") obtained a warrant, issued by the U.S. District Court of Maryland, authorizing U.S. government seizure of assets of Mt. Gox held at Iowa based payment processing start-up Dwolla and Wells Fargo Bank. HSI acted after it discovered that Mt. Gox, based in Tokyo, Japan, was operating as an unlicensed money transmission service through its American affiliate, Mutum Sigillum LLC, and it may have lied to Wells Fargo when it opened its initial US bank account.
FinCEN is the bureau of the Treasury Department that seeks to prevent money laundering and terrorism financing through its regulation of Money Service Businesses ("MSBs"). Its March 2013 guidance states that those dealing in or administering virtual currencies such as exchanges like Mt. Gox, but not users or "miners", need to register as MSBs and comply with anti-money laundering regulations. While Bitcoin is the best-known cryptocurrency or digital currency, others have sprung up recently, including Opencoin, Litecoin, Terracoin, Feathercoin and Novacoin, among others. While concepts underlying virtual or cryptocurrencies can be mind- numbingly complex, the FinCEN guidance is reasonably clear as to who is regulated:
"A person that creates units of this convertible virtual currency and uses it to purchase real or virtual goods and services is a user of the convertible virtual currency and not subject to regulation as a money transmitter. By contrast, a person that creates units of convertible virtual currency and sells those units to another person for real currency or its equivalent is engaged in transmission to another location and is a money transmitter. In addition, a person is an exchanger and a money transmitter if the person accepts such de-centralized convertible virtual currency from one person and transmits it to another person as part of the acceptance and transfer of currency, funds, or other value that substitutes for currency." FIN-2013-G001, March 18, 2013.
FinCEN categorizes participants in the virtual currency market into three generic categories: "user," "exchanger," and "administrator." A user is a person that obtains virtual currency to purchase goods and services. An exchanger is a person engaged as a business in the exchange of virtual currency for real currency, funds or other virtual currency. An administrator is a person engaged as a business in issuing (circulating) a virtual currency and who has the authority to redeem or withdraw from circulation that virtual currency.
A person may engage in "obtaining" a virtual currency in a number of different manners such as "earning," "mining," "harvesting," "manufacturing," "creating," and "purchasing," depending on the details of the specific virtual currency model involved. FinCEN concluded that how a person obtains a virtual currency is immaterial to the legal characterization under the Bank Secrecy Act of the process or of the person engaging in the process. This means that a user who obtains convertible virtual currency and uses it to purchase real or virtual goods or services is not a Money Service Business under FinCEN's regulations. Users must still be cautious, as an activity which is exempt from FinCEN's rules, may still violate other federal or state statutes, rules and regulations. Additionally, almost all states have money transmission laws that may apply even if FinCEN rules do not.
An administrator or exchanger that (1) accepts and transmits a convertible currency or (2) buys or sells convertible virtual currency for any reason is a money transmitter under FinCEN's regulations, unless a limitation or exemption from the definition applies to the person. As one illustration, a federally-insured commercial bank is exempt from the definition. However, in most cases, whether a person is a money transmitter is a matter of facts and circumstances. Under FinCEN's interpretations and the law of many states there is no differentiation between real currencies and convertible virtual currencies. Accepting and transmitting anything of value that substitutes for currency makes a person a money transmitter under BSA regulations. 31 CFR section 1010.100(ff)(5)(i)(A).
An exchange's activities most often involve acting as a seller of Bitcoins or other virtual currency where it accepts real currency or its equivalent from a user/purchaser and transmits the value of the real currency to fund the purchaser's virtual currency account held by an administrator. In the Dwolla/Mt. Gox case described above, users were transferring U.S. Dollars to Mt. Gox's American affiliate via Dwolla. Prior to the HSI seizure, the American affiliate had been transferring U.S Dollars received from Dwolla to Mt. Gox in Japan and Mt. Gox allegedly used the Wells Fargo account to route funds from Japan to and from accounts at Dwolla at the direction of users. Dwolla, headquartered in Des Moines, offered an easier way for people to buy or sell Bitcoins through Mt. Gox, rather than attempting international wires to and from the company's Japanese bank.
Under FinCEN regulations, sending "value that substitutes for currency" to another person or to another location constitutes money transmission, unless a limitation to or exemption from the definition applies. Consequently, based on the HSI warrant, Mt. Gox was transmitting funds to another location, namely from the user's real currency account at a bank to the user's virtual currency account with the administrator. The government alleges this is illegal since the only services being provided are unlicensed money transmission services.
Once a person or entity is engaging in the business of money transmission (both real or virtual currencies), doing so without registering with FinCEN as a Money Service Business and obtaining licenses under State money transmitter laws is mandatory unless certain enumerated exemptions apply. Most States including California, New York, Florida, Texas and Illinois and the District of Columbia require money transmitting businesses to obtain a license and comply with the other regulatory requirements (unless certain exemptions apply). Failure to be registered and licensed can constitute a felony.
The fervor of the cyrptocurrency movement is starting to resemble the California Gold Rush after gold was discovered in 1849. Millions of dollars are being invested in starts-up companies mainly in the Silicon Valley as Bitcoin entrepreneurs and venture capitalists race after what some believe could ultimately be worth billions. In fact, Opencoin recently announced it had completed an angel round which included Silicon Valley heavy hitters Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Barry Silbert's Bitcoin Opportunity Fund.
Importantly, it doesn't appear that Homeland Security or FinCEN is cracking down on Bitcoin itself, just on how it's being exchanged by Mt. Gox. This is good news for Mt. Gox's US-based competitors, such as Seattle-based CoinLab and San Francisco-based Coinbase, Bitcoin exchanges that have registered with the Treasury Department as money transmitters.
An important lesson for entrepreneurs and VCs entering the virtual currency space is that virtual currency business models must be analyzed by lawyers with corporate and venture capital expertise, as well as deep familiarity with state and federal currency and money transmission laws. For those that would turn a blind-eye to the necessity of robust legal compliance at an early stage based on libertarian or anarchist beliefs, naivety or an extraterritorial structure, failure is almost certainly guaranteed.
Smart entrepreneurs understand this. Success stories include PayPal, Square and presently Google Payment Corp., and Facebook Payments are muscling into the space. Staying lean until proof of concept has been achieved is important, but when it comes to federal and state money transmitter regulation, early angel and VC investment rounds must include funds for legal compliance. Joseph & Cohen has the expertise and experience to successfully establish and plan innovative legal compliance programs for VCs, virtual currency and Bitcoin start-ups.
Jonathan Joseph is the Managing Partner of Joseph & Cohen, Professional Corporation, a Financial Services and Litigation Boutique headquartered in San Francisco that emphasizes complex banking, corporate and venture capital transactions, regulatory and money transmission activities, securities, M & A, bankruptcy and insolvency, employment law and commercial and executive employment litigation services.
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Joseph & Cohen Elevates Ken Sayre-Peterson to Partner
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – May 1, 2013. Joseph & Cohen, a Professional Corporation headquartered in San Francisco, announced today that Kenneth Sayre-Peterson has been elected a partner following his successful stint as Of Counsel with the firm that began in February 2012.
Managing Partner, Jonathan Joseph stated, "Joseph & Cohen's clients have benefited from Ken Sayre-Peterson's enormous expertise in bank regulation, credit union matters, financial services, corporate transactions, money transmitter compliance and bank enforcement work. He has helped to secure the firm's position as one of the leading bank and depository institution regulatory practices in California. Elevating Ken to partner was an incredibly easy decision."
Sayre-Peterson adds, "It is a delight to work with this team of distinguished attorneys in a collegial boutique setting. I am honored to be invited in as a partner, and look forward to continuing to deliver superlative regulatory and transactional legal services to our valued clients."
Prior to joining Joseph & Cohen, Ken Sayre-Peterson held increasingly senior positions as an attorney with the California Department of Financial Institutions. During his distinguished twenty-two year career, he practiced general financial institutions law and garnered an intimate knowledge of the banking, credit union, money transmitters, securities, and trust laws of California, as well as the pertinent and corresponding federal laws.
Joseph & Cohen, Professional Corporation, is a Financial Services and Litigation Boutique headquartered in San Francisco that emphasizes complex banking, corporate and transactional matters, regulatory and bank enforcement defense, securities, M & A, bankruptcy and insolvency, employment and commercial and executive employment litigation services. Joseph & Cohen is known for sophisticated expertise, extraordinary commitment to clients, relationship-based services, and a range of specialized skills typically found only in the largest American law firms.
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Department of Financial Institutions Attorney Ken Sayre-Peterson Joins Joseph & Cohen – Expands Firm's Core Regulatory Practice
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – February 21, 2012. Joseph & Cohen, Professional Corporation, announced today it has expanded the depth and scope of its bank regulatory, financial services and legislative practice with the addition of Kenneth Sayre-Peterson as Of Counsel. Sayre-Peterson elected to join Joseph & Cohen following his retirement from the California Department of Financial Institutions (DFI), where he served in various legal capacities during a lengthy career, most recently having acted as the DFI's General Counsel.
Kenneth Sayre-Peterson acted as the General Counsel for the California Department of Financial Institutions from June 2007 until his retirement in November 2011. His final position with the DFI was the culmination of 22 years of service that began in 1988. Prior to joining the legal staff of the California DFI, Mr. Sayre-Peterson practiced tax law for four years as a staff counsel with the California State Board of Equalization. Before entering state service, he spent two years in private practice, specializing in appellate work and lobbying.
"We are extremely pleased that Ken Sayre-Peterson is teaming up with Joseph & Cohen. Ken is one of the preeminent financial institutions lawyers in California. His many years of bank and credit union regulatory expertise and financial services legislative skills coupled with the firm's well regarded financial services practice, deepens and expands Joseph & Cohen's ability to offer complete legal solutions to banks, thrifts, money transmitters and other financial institutions," said Jonathan D. Joseph, Joseph & Cohen's Managing Partner.
Joseph added "Ken's insider perspective from more than two decades with the Department of Financial Institutions allows the firm to provide an unprecedented level of legal Joseph added "Ken's insider perspective from more than two decades with the California services to money center, regional and community banks in connection with their most complex acquisitions, transactional and regulatory imperatives while also lending unparalleled strength to our existing team that advises troubled banks and defends officers and directors of failed banks in all types of enforcement proceedings."
Ken Sayre-Peterson stated "I've known Jonathan Joseph since my early days with the CA DFI. From my vantage point in the Department I've admired the quality, integrity and tenacity of his lawyering in matters before the DFI. Consequently, I am delighted to step back into private practice with Joseph & Cohen and believe that we will achieve significant synergies through our respective talents."
Throughout his career at the California Department of Financial Institutions, Mr. Sayre-Peterson practiced general financial institutions law which resulted in an intimate knowledge of the banking, credit union, money transmitters, securities, and trust laws of California, as well as the pertinent and corresponding federal laws. Additionally, Mr. Sayre-Peterson was the attorney responsible for assisting the DFI's Legislative Section. In that position, Ken spearheaded the recent revision and restatement of California's Banking Law as newly codified in the California Financial Code, and drafted all legislation necessary to complete that four year project. While serving as the DFI's General Counsel, Ken also played a major role in the policy making process, influencing both the direction and scope of the DFI's examination and enforcement program.
Ken Sayre Peterson became a member of the State Bar of California in1983 after graduating from the McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, with distinction. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, in 1977.
Joseph & Cohen, Professional Corporation, is an AV® rated law firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm emphasizes complex banking, corporate, regulatory, securities, employment, litigation and transactional matters for financial institutions, small businesses, investors and venture capital firms. Joseph & Cohen is known for sophisticated expertise, extraordinary commitment to clients, relationship-based services, and a range of specialized capabilities typically found only in the largest American law firms. The Firm's core areas include advice related to banking and financial services law; directors and executives; regulatory and legislative matters; mergers & acquisitions; securities offerings; SEC disclosure matters; employment litigation; D & O insurance coverage; money transmitters; bank operations; and regulatory agency enforcement proceedings.
For additional information, visit the firm's website at www.josephandcohen.com and Facebook at www.facebook.com/josephandcohen.
Contact: Jonathan D. Joseph: email@example.com or 415.817.9200, ext. 9; and Kenneth Sayre-Peterson: email@example.com or 916.204.2053.
California Supreme Court Zip Code Case Slaps Retailer
In a victory for consumer privacy rights, the California Supreme Court recently ruled that Jessica Pineda's rights under the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act were violated when a clerk at specialty retailer Williams-Sonoma asked for and recorded her ZIP code in connection with an in-store purchase with her credit card. The unanimous opinion, written by Justice Moreno, concluded that an individual's ZIP code is protected "personal identification information" that businesses in California cannot request for in-store purchases with a credit card, and then record that information for purposes unrelated to approving the credit transaction. In the longer term, it is likely that information collected by retailers for authentication purposes will need to be separate and distinct from personal information collected for marketing purposes.
The Court's well-reasoned opinion slapped two California lower courts which had ruled squarely for Williams-Sonoma. Citing Webster's New International Dictionary, among other sources, the Supreme Court held that a consumer's ZIP code is certainly personal identification information ("PII") protected by the Credit Card Act. The rationale of the lower courts, including an analysis based on the obscure doctrine of ejusdem generis, was roundly rejected. The Appeals Court had argued a ZIP code is not protected PII because it pertains to a group of individuals compared to a home address and phone number, both of which are protected. Justice Moreno wasn't impressed, pointing out that a group of individuals may well live in the same household and a home phone number may be used by multiple persons.
The Court's analysis was premised on a sounder grasp of how technological and search engine advances in recent years allow business enterprises to invade the privacy of consumers. The Court noted that the purpose of the Song-Beverly Act was to prevent retailers' misuse of a consumer's personal information for their own business purposes such as in-house marketing efforts, or to sell to direct mail or telemarketers. The Court's ruling blocks retailers from "end-running" the law since readily accessible technology allows a cardholder's ZIP code to be combined with the cardholder's name to locate his or her full address. This accumulated information is then used by the retailer for its own purposes without the consumer's consent, as alleged in the Williams-Sonoma case.
Retail and other businesses have a legitimate right to safeguard against fraud in connection with purchases by consumers. They still have the right to require positive identification as a condition to accepting a credit card such as a driver's license or a state issued identification card. The store may match the name on the ID to the name on the credit card and visually compare the photo image on the ID to the presenting cardholder, provided that none of the information may be written or recorded, including the ZIP code.
The decision, entitled Pineda v. Williams-Sonoma Stores, Inc., is limited to card present transactions where the cardholder physically presents his or her card to the retailer. Some businesses may still legitimately request a ZIP code if the information is needed to complete the transaction. For instance, gas stations that require the customer to enter a zip code at the pump should still be able to do so assuming the oil company does not record the information and credit card processor requires the information to authorize the charge. ZIP code or other address information may still be collected if it is needed to complete the delivery of merchandise purchased at a store or via online transactions.
The decision was delivered on February 10, 2011. Since then, more than 100 class action suits have been filed against other major retailers including Big 5 Sporting Goods, Bed Bath & Beyond, JC Penney, Kohl's, Office Depot and WalMart. The circumstances related to some of these businesses may be different than the Williams-Sonoma decision. Consequently, we expect that the outcomes in some of the new cases will vary. Many of the suits were filed in San Francisco County Superior Court in early March including cases against Pier 1 Imports, Sephora, T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, Urban Outfitters, Coach, Pottery Barn, Sur La Table and West Elm.
Questions regarding the business implications of Pineda v. Williams-Sonoma should be directed to Jonathan D. Joseph at Joseph & Cohen, Professional Corporation.
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Joseph & Cohen Sponsors 2011 Bank President and Directors Conference in Maui
Joseph & Cohen is a sponsor of the Western Independent Banker's 2011 Bank Presidents, Senior Officers and Directors Conference in Maui, Hawaii. WIB's annual conference, attended by leaders of the community banking industry, will focus on preparing for the opportunities and challenges of 2011 and beyond. Joseph & Cohen is one of the few boutique law firms in California with a core banking law expertise that helps bank CEO's and bank directors successfully adjust to the opportunities and challenges they face. Jonathan M. Cohen, one of the firm's founders, will be a featured speaker at WIB's "hot topic" session entitled "D & O Insurance: What You Don't Know Can Cost You," addressing the highlights and pitfalls found in many, if not all policies and the steps banks should take to ensure that coverage is there, if and when it is needed. This annual event brings together leaders in the banking industry, federal banking regulators and community and independent bank executive officers and directors for four days of high level presentations, conversations and networking.
For additional information, please visit WIB's website.
Joseph & Cohen, Professional Corporation, is an AV® rated firm based in California that emphasizes complex banking, corporate, regulatory, securities, executive employment and litigation matters for financial institutions, entrepreneurs, businesses, investors and venture capital firms. Joseph Law is known for sophisticated expertise, extraordinary commitment to clients, relationship-based services, and a range of specialized capabilities typically found only in the largest American law firms.
Joseph Law Expands its Banking Industry Expertise with Addition of Marie Hogan
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – September 30, 2010. Joseph Law Corporation announced today that it has expanded its banking law expertise through the addition of Marie F. Hogan as Of Counsel to the firm. Ms. Hogan brings more than thirty years of high level banking experience to the firm with a core emphasis on representing commercial banks and financial service companies in connection with mortgage lending, bank operations, loan workouts, consumer law and compliance, credit and debit cards as well as bankruptcy and insolvency matters.
"We are extremely pleased that Marie Hogan is teaming up with Joseph Law. Her depth of industry knowledge as well as her hands-on experience in consumer compliance, loan workouts, regulatory and mortgage lending will benefit our clients in this post Dodd-Frank era. Marie really rounds out our ability to offer complete legal solutions to financial institutions," said Jonathan Joseph, the firm's chief executive officer.
Marie Hogan brings to Joseph Law Corporation many years of working hand in hand with the business people who develop necessary and useful financial products for their customers. In a regulated industry, Marie Hogan has the skills to navigate the many new regulations that will be enacted pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act. The firm will now offer Ms. Hogan's services to our banking clients to enable them to bring cutting edge products to the market and to help them comply with numerous new consumer, lending and other regulatory requirements.
Marie Hogan's experience has included senior positions at Bank of America, World Savings and Schwab Bank. Ms. Hogan also served as chair of the Executive Committee of the Business Law Section of the California State Bar in 1998 and as a member or advisor to the Executive Committee from 1994 to the present. Marie Hogan is currently also a member of the Consumer Financial Services Committee of the State Bar's Business Law Section.
Joseph Law Corporation is an AV® rated firm based in California that emphasizes complex banking, corporate, regulatory, securities and transactional matters for financial institutions, entrepreneurs, businesses, investors and venture capital firms. Joseph Law is known for sophisticated expertise, extraordinary commitment to clients, relationship-based services, and a range of specialized capabilities typically found only in the largest American law firms.
For additional information, please visit the firm's website at www.josephlawcorp.com or call Jon Joseph at 415.817.9200.
This press release is provided as a general informational service to clients and friends of Joseph Law Corporation. It should not be construed as, and does not constitute, legal advice on any specific matter, nor does this message create an attorney-client relationship. These materials may be considered Attorney Advertising in some states. Please note that prior results discussed in the material do not guarantee similar outcomes.


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Glenn Beck's "Time to Be Heard" Special on Black Conservatives In America - Video 11/13/09
UPDATE 9:36 PM CT: It now appears Fox News has decided to enforce their Copyright ownership of content and force YouTube to suspend accounts of people who are uploading their videos. Several of the main YouTube channels that have uploaded Fox News clips have been suspended until Fox News content has been removed. As a result, we may not be able to post Fox News video here unless it is made available on the Fox News website. Unfortunately, they are not the most prompt on posting their content, or very complete, as you can see from this Glenn Beck post. They posted parts 1-3 on their website, but have not posted the remainder. Perhaps they will become more diligent in the future.
UPDATE 9:05 PM CT: Fox News has not posted parts four and five. The YouTubes of part four and five we posted earlier have been removed from YouTube. If they become available later, we will post parts four and five.
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This Friday, May 7th at a random time, Shepard Fairey will be releasing a new print entitled "Debbie Harry". This canvas screen print is from a photo originally taken by Bobby Grossman. The print is 18″ x 24″, signed and numbered in an edition of 450 for $70 each. I haven't been too interested in the last few prints that Shepard has released, but I think that this is one is well worth the look.
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Quick recap: Magmic Impact is a company wide volunteering initiative that we just kicked off last week.
To learn more, check out our last blog post here.
I just finished up my 8th day of work at Hugh Taylor State Park here in Fort Lauderdale and I have to say, yesterday was easily my favorite, most eventful day. As I sit here on my balcony, mango smoothie in hand and Macbook on my lap, I know that was the day that will be the one that sticks out for me years from now when I reflect back.
I'll miss this view when I'm back at home in the snow!
We began the day as we always do. Our 8:00 am meeting began in the garage with about 8 volunteers and the typical handful of park rangers, where we were all assigned our tasks for the day. For the most part, I've been tasked to help make new trails, clip palm fronds and pick up any litter around the park.
I've spent the majority of my days with Sue and Jerry, my fellow Canadian volunteers who I've become close with having bonded over life in Ottawa, cold Canadian winters and not missing the February snow while we're down in the sun.
This is what a normal day looks like in the park- palm fronds galore!
Yesterday, however, I was asked to tag along with Falon, a park ranger who's known by everyone here as the "Girl With All The Plants". Falon lives in an adorable little home right in the park surrounded by exotic plants she's cultivated in hopes of attracting wild birds, butterflies and other rare creatures.
Naturally, I was pumped.
Being an outdoorsy girl myself (more cottage kid/hiker outdoorsy, but still), I was intrigued to spend the day with another nature lover.
After a quick introduction, we were on our way to tackle our day of park chores together, tearing a golf cart through the trails.
Our main task for the morning? Hop on a canoe and explore the water that runs through the park that's completely surrounded by mangrove trees. We were on the hunt for any garbage and unruly branches that block the water trails.
As soon as I heard the word "canoe", I knew I was in my wheelhouse. I mean, what kind of true Canadian would I be if I didn't know how to expertly maneuver a canoe, eh?
I quickly learned that Falon, too, had lots of experience on the water being an avid kayaker herself so we went into the situation (and water) quite confidently.
This is where our series of unfortunate events began.
We decided that I should sit at the front of the canoe, with Falon getting in after me and pushing the back end in. Easy peasy.
It must have been our egos that messed with us here because before we knew it, the entire boat was on it's right side and we both got dunked. Thank God new iPhones are made water resistant!
Seconds after our epic bail (notice how Falon's IN the water)
We went from being totally silent and in utter shock of that just happened to non-stop cackling at our misfortune. If only we had some one close by to snag a picture of us looking like 2 drowned rats in our clothes, climbing out of the muddy water to make a second attempt.
Luckily, the second attempt WAS successful, with us using extra caution after having our confidence pretty aggressively shaken.
As we got into the groove of paddling and cut our way through some gnarly branches, we continued to laugh at our misfortune as puddles of water began to collect under our seats.
Just as we controlled our giggle fit, a beautiful heron flew right above us. "Oh wow, look at the-" I began, but was rudely interrupted by a… Gift given to us from that bird flying from above.
Yep, we BOTH got pooped on.
It's supposed to be good luck though, right? I think people just say that to pooped on people to make them feel better but I'm gonna roll with it.
Luckily, we both had the same reaction: Shock… Then more laughter. What else could we do?
We carried on, using the salty water to wash off the gift our friend from above gave us and ended up bottoming out, since the tide was so low. Falon had predicted this happening earlier but we decided to go out anyhow and risk it.
She ended up getting out of the canoe (we were already soaked to the bone anyhow, so why not?) and dragged us off the sand bank, back towards deeper water.
We began to make our way back, happy with the work we had put in and bottomed out 3 or 4 more times. At this point, we were just ready to get out of the water before it was too late.
We found a laundry basket all tangled up in the mangroves that had to be cut out
Maybe it was the pooping heron or the blue crabs eating a dead fish that we stumbled upon that distracted us, but by this point we were completely turned around and 100% lost.
And no, we didn't have a map of the water trails.
Long story short, after taking many wrong turns and having to do multiple 40-point turns while the water increasingly dipped lower and lower, we finally recognized a pipeline we had passed earlier and were back on track.
After cutting one final fishing line out of a tree at the boat landing, we made our way back to the boat racks with our runners squishing and a successful yet trying morning under our belts.
I'm learning a lot while I'm down here in Florida volunteering. From wildlife education, to which plants to clip and which plants to avoid completely (the other day I almost got a face-full of poison wood!), to how to expertly drive the ancient, on-it's-last-legs pick up truck. I've thoroughly enjoyed my time here and have loved meeting people from all walks of life.
Bring on day 9!
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Vicky is an Ottawa-based Content Marketing Manager at Magmic who, when not writing about mobile marketing, can be found exploring (and writing about) adventures in the mountains. Some of her hobbies are: Trail running, car dancing, reading, chasing dogs and trying strange food from far away places.


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Sometimes in politics it's better to let your opponent have the spotlight, mostly when said opponent is frantically shoving his foot in his mouth.
Such is the case in Colorado's gubernatorial campaign, where Democrat and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper is looking at a field of Republican candidates vying to win their party's Aug. 10 primary. One of those potential opponents is Tea Party favorite Dan Maes, who got some press this week over his warning that Hickenlooper's push for a more bike-friendly Denver and the city's membership in the United Nations program the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) is part of a "well-disguised" plan to turn Denver into "a United Nations community."
You see, all this time we thought bikes offered a more environmentally friendly and healthy way for people to get around town. It turns out that bikes are tools used by socialists bent on turning over American sovereignty to the blue-helmed jackboots at the United Nations.
The Denver Post has some choice nuggets from Maes:
Maes said in a later interview that he once thought the mayor's efforts to promote cycling and other environmental initiatives were harmless and well-meaning. Now he realizes "that's exactly the attitude they want you to have." "This is bigger than it looks like on the surface, and it could threaten our personal freedoms," Maes said. He added: "These aren't just warm, fuzzy ideas from the mayor. These are very specific strategies that are dictated to us by this United Nations program that mayors have signed on to."
Maes said in a later interview that he was referring to Denver's membership in the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, an international association that promotes sustainable development and has attracted the membership of more than 1,200 communities, 600 of which are in the United States.
Hickenlooper's PR department would do well to push out Maes's comments as far and as wide as they can — Maes is leading in the polls over former Congressman Scott McInnis. Hickenlooper won't have to work very hard to make Maes sound like a total nutjob.
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Read below about the people who have dementia and their personal stories.
Martha's Story
Martha was 78 when her husband, Bob, died.
She had been a housewife all her life, living for her children and grandchildren. She took pride in her cooking and sewing, always keeping a clean and tidy house.
When Bob sold their house to buy a motor home 'so we can be free to come and go as we please', Martha was disappointed.
Living in the motor home with his wife in such close quarters, Bob began to notice things. Martha seemed to have trouble remembering what he had told her just a few minutes before. She would forget appointments, and decided that she no longer wanted to drive, especially the motor home.
'It's just too much,' Martha told him. He became concerned when he came back from the store and found that she had left the kettle on the stove and all the water had boiled out of it – again. This was the third time in the last month. Though he was concerned, he kept it to himself. He did not want to worry the children. She was his wife, and he would deal with it.
When Martha began repeating the same stories over and over again, Bob just listened as long as he could, and then would go outside. Sometimes he would invent reasons to drive to the store, just to get away, but then he worried about whether Martha would be safe or not when she was alone, so his trips were always short.
When she kept asking the same questions over and over again, he just kept giving the same answer and said to himself, 'Lord, give me patience.'
When Bob died suddenly, Martha seemed different to her children. She was not grieving the way they had expected. On the way home from the funeral, she asked 'Where is Bob?' This upset her children greatly. When they told her that their father and her husband was dead, she said 'Who is going to take care of me?'
The children decided that Martha would live with the oldest son and his family for the time being. Soon after she moved in, problems began to
emerge. Martha would try to clean up or put things away and then her daughter-in-law could not find them. When told to please not help anymore, Martha got moody and would go to her room and
stay there.
When her children were little, Martha used to punish them with slaps or spankings. When Martha now got angry, she would try to hit her son. When she got angry at a grandchild and slapped her, the family decided that something had to be done.
First, they began to give Martha tasks that she could accomplish successfully, that would let her 'help', and give her a feeling of accomplishment.
The daughter-in-law asked if Martha would help her in the kitchen, and gave her different fruits to sort.
Martha also shredded lettuce for salads, and squeezed oranges on an old-fashioned juice squeezer to make orange juice. The family noticed
that Martha had more 'good days' and was less disturbed when she had things to do.
Over time, Martha began to have more difficulty walking and taking care of herself. She no longer could go to the bathroom on her own, and did not know what to do once she was there. She began to have 'accidents' all the time, and got very angry and physically abusive if anyone tried to help her clean up. Then she fell, and though nothing was broken 'this time', the family decided to move her into a residential aged care facility. This was a hard decision, but after lots of discussion among the family members and with social workers and staff of different facilities, the family made the decision.
Martha was very upset when she was 'left' at the residential aged care facility.
On the first day there, Martha 'bolted' out the front door when a delivery man opened it. Staff tried to talk her into coming back in, and she slapped and hit them when they tried to bring her back. When family came to visit, they did not know what to say or do. A diversional therapist on the staff told the family that Martha really liked to help fold clothes, and so family members began to bring in baskets of clothes for folding when they came to visit. Martha and her visitors would fold clothes and talk while doing so.
Family members would bring oranges or other fruit snacks, and Martha would peel the oranges or bananas and they would share them together. The family members began to bring photographs of family vacations they had taken together in the past, and pictures of holiday gatherings from the 'good old days'. They would put glue from a glue stick on the back of a photo, and show a piece of paper with a thick outline of a square that was the size of the photo, and have Martha put the photo on the square. They made 'memory books' of these pages, with a few words about the photo under each one. Family members and staff continued to work together to find out what activities Martha was capable of doing.
Everyone agreed that days when Martha had visits with activities were 'good' days.Click to close
Marjorie's Story - Montessori and Rehabilitation
Marjorie had been depressed for some time following her husband's death, but that was many years ago. The changes in Marjorie that the family observed in recent times were out of character and they were not surprised when her doctor confirmed a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
Following several falls and a near-disaster with a fire in the kitchen, it seemed logical to move Marjorie to a residential aged care facility although the decision caused considerable distress for the family.
Following Marjorie's move to the facility, apathy continued to be a major problem for her interaction with her family. Family members described Marjorie as previously being a vivacious, attractive lady with a wide range of interests. In the facility, Marjorie was assessed as having a moderate level of dementia; however, her son described his mother as 'giving up' although she was in no obvious distress. The family commented that they were keen to find a way to spend meaningful time with Marjorie, as visiting has become a depressing experience.
Staff were also concerned about Marjorie's apathy.
She lost interest in participating in group activities arranged by the Lifestyle department and the nursing staff commented that she just sat in her room or in the lounge area for extended periods of time. Her reduced appetite and loss of mobility were also causing concern. Despite Marjorie's ability to speak and comprehend simple instructions, Marjorie's sons felt they were no longer able to communicate with her. A recent assessment confirmed further cognitive decline. Other assessments confirmed a mild level of depression although the doctor diagnosed her apathy to be more a consequence of her dementia than depression.
Before establishing the rehabilitation plan, it was important to support Marjorie's sons to develop more effective approaches to their communication with their mother, as their current approach would have undermined her rehabilitation. Various attempts by one son to engage Marjorie using scolding, reassurance, humour and pleading had proved unsuccessful. The other son tended to talk at her from the doorway, talk over her and about her to staff, and quiz her to improve her memory.
This approach appeared to overwhelm her and exacerbate her detachment.
The modelling of more effective approaches to communication assisted the sons to enhance their communicating with Marjorie. The approaches included gently gaining Marjorie's attention on each visit, focusing on tone and pitch of voice, using gestures, and communicating at the same physical level. Unnecessary distractions in the environment were reduced, including turning off the television.
Other strategies included greater patience, simple sentence construction, and limiting choices.
Which approach to use for rehabilitation
In general, family and staff had expressed a keen desire to alleviate Marjorie's apathy by supporting her to engage in activities that previously had been enjoyable for her. Ideally, these activities were to be shared with the family during visits.
It was explained to the family that the level of engagement in activities for people with dementia increases when activities are tailored to the person's interests and skills. Ultimately their decision was to proceed with the Montessori approach as a non-drug intervention. This decision was based on interest by the family and staff in the progression of an activity that reflected Marjorie's current abilities and skills and in the longer term,the possible development of roles and routines for Marjorie within the facility.
Identification of the goals using the Montessori approach
After assessing Marjorie's current skills and interests, three goals were identified. The principal goal, which was to be the focus of Marjorie's rehabilitation plan, was that Marjorie actively engage in an activity of interest to her for a minimum of fifteen minutes each day for ten consecutive days.
The activity selected involved flowers and would be supported by her sons each time they visited and by staff on the days they were absent.
The two other long-term goals were that Marjorie develop a role within the facility that required her to fulfil specific tasks on a daily basis, and that she participate in musical activities with other residents as arranged by facility staff.
Development of rehabilitation plan
Application of Montessori principles to Marjorie's plan meant that the activity would initially be presented at the simplest level. It also required
that modifications be planned to accommodate her progression with the activity. In terms of arranging the flowers, it was planned that Marjorie would initially observe the arrangement of the flowers and then progress to do it herself. Similar activities would include arranging silk flowers in the vases in the dining room. Related and more complex activities could include propagating and potting plants and developing roles and routines within the facility.
A roster was established for the ten-day period that required each son to visit on two occasions during the week and on one occasion each during the weekend. On the day the sons were absent, the staff undertook to engage Marjorie in the activity.
This very structured approach was designed to clarify and confirm the specific commitment to the plan by staff and family and to optimise the plan's chances of success.
On each occasion, the Montessori principles were applied. These included preparing the environment to ensure unnecessary distractions were removed.
A small area was set up in Marjorie's room for her to arrange the flowers. This included a table and a tray that defined the area where the flower and vases could be clearly seen. In the dining room, a work station was set up where the flowers and vase were clearly visible and labelled.
Interruptions and distractions in the environment were meant to be reduced as much as possible.
Unfortunately this wasn't easy to manage as routines related to morning tea and medications disrupted the activity on five of the ten days despite requests to staff for this not to occur. Distractions in the dining room were also difficult to manage because many of the other residents were interested in what was going on.
On each occasion, Marjorie was invited to participate and offered a choice of related activities.
When it was not appropriate to alter the fresh flower arrangement, Marjorie was invited to arrange the silk flowers in the dining room or reminisce using a display folder prepared by her sons, which contained photos of her garden and favourite plants.
Marjorie was shown what to do with minimal conversation and minimal steps. Marjorie was never corrected, the focus of the activity remained on the process rather than the outcome. On each occasion Marjorie was thanked for her participation.
Marjorie's sons both commented that over the ten-day period, their mother's verbal communication increased, her facial expressions became more positive and her general level of engagement increased.
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U-Kiss @ DaoraePosted by kenchill. Categories Event Coverage, Events, Featured
Yo, Listen up! Korean pop music continues its onward march! The famous Korean boyband U-KISS (which stands for Ubiquitous Korean International Super Star) were in town recently to promote their newest album "Bran New KISS". By the way, the "yo, listen up!" part is actually the intro to their newest single, "0330" – I wasn't just trying to be cool or anything like that.
The boys held a press conference at the Sri Hartamas branch of the Daorae and despite their hectic schedules, the guys were pretty upbeat.
They talked about their latest album and about their love for spicy Malaysian food. One of them specifically mentioned that he liked satay, much to the delight of the crowd.
After the Q&A session, the guys posed for a few pictures before departing to prepare for their album showcase at Pavilion later on that evening.
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Hello everyone and welcome back to the blog! I wanted to try something new for this next blog post, so I decided to make a winter favorites edition. I'm so excited for this…so let's get started!
I decided to pick my winter favorites from a few categories. These are the categories I chose: fashion, jewelry, skin care, books, and of course, miscellaneous.
{shoes / amazon}
I actually found these shoes on sale at a local store, well actually my mom found them (thanks Mom! ^_^), but you can find them on amazon as well. These shoes are so pretty and they are perfect for every season! One of my favorite things about these shoes are that they are so diverse, I can wear them with skirts, dresses, jeans, shorts, capris, the opportunities are endless! The white crochet makes them look so dainty, and easy to dress up or down.
{socks / amazon / similar}
I have worn crochet socks so many times this season! They are not only warm and comfy, but they are also bound to add the perfect touch to any outfit. This season I have mainly worn these crochet socks with skirts and dresses, but in the summer, they could look really cute with shorts and high top converse for example. I wore these socks with either high top converse and a dress for a more casual look, but when I wanted to be more dressy, I wore these socks with booties, like in these pictures. They make any outfit look so girly and cute.
{necklace / pink salt riot}
I honestly cannot tell you how much I LOVE this online shop! As a hand letterer and lover of lettering/calligraphy and art, these jewelry pieces are hard to resist. This necklace looks so beautiful, and you can easily wear this everyday or for a special occasion. Plus St. Paul is one of my favorite saints, and the name Paul means "small" or "humble," and wearing this necklace is a great reminder for me to be more like St. Paul.
{ring / pink salt riot}
Here is another piece of jewelry from pink salt riot. This ring is so simple, and yet so beautiful. I strive to wear it on a regular day basis, because it is a reminder for me that God has me in His hands, and that I should always put my complete trust in Jesus, because He has my best interest in mind and loves me more than I can imagine.
I totally recommend checking out pink salt riot, I love literally all of her items…it'll be hard to choose only one or two things to buy!
{skin care}
{castor oil / amazon}
I have great a few skin care products as part of my winter favorites, but I wanted to start out with this castor oil I have been using. I learned from my sister that putting certain oils on your eyelashes help them grow thicker, longer, and it also strengthens them. Prior to using castor oil, I used coconut oil, which gave me amazing results. Although I enjoyed using coconut oil on my eyelashes, I wanted to try out a heavier oil, so I decided to try out castor oil. I have noticed a lot of improvement! I just apply it to my top and bottom lashes with a q-tip before going to sleep. The most important thing when buying castor oil is to make sure it is organic, and is for skin/hair care.
{toner / pixi}
{hydrating mist / pixi}
Pixi glow tonic is really an amazing toner. It makes my skin feel extra clean and also gives it an extra glow, and plus the color of the toner is so beautiful! Believe it or not, I actually bought the hydrating milky mist by accident at a local store, but then I ended up really loving it. I put it on before my regular moisturizer just to add an extra layer of moisture and prevent my skin from getting dry in these winter months.
{sheet masks / bath and body works}
Sheet masks are most definitely my favorite types of facial masks. My skin always feels so soft after I take off the mask, and the next day it always looks so glowy and healthy.
{book / emotional virtue}
I was so blessed to hear the amazing Sarah Swafford speak, and after hearing her talk, I couldn't help but buy her book. This book is such a blessing in my life, as it talks about character-development and just how to grow so much closer to Christ. It's an easy read, and Sarah Swafford adds in lighthearted areas in the book as well which makes it very enjoyable. 10/10 would recommend.
{polaroid / amazon / similar}
This polaroid camera was actually a Christmas present (thanks Mom and Dad!) and it has quickly become one of my favorite things ever. I love polaroids, and I feel like polaroids are so special and unique because you really only have one shot. I also think it's so special how there's only one kind of a polaroid picture. Like that's the only picture that will look like that. I love how my Christmas gift came with all these extra things that add a lot of fun!
my Christmas present came with filter lenses, frames, a zoom lens, a scrapbook, and some twine as well as adorable mini clothes pins to hang the pictures.
I literally cannot get over the camera bag/case.
It's so adorable and I love how it literally molds around the camera. Can I just carry this instead of a purse? (:
{candle / bath and body works}
This last winter favorite is also a Christmas gift. Candles will always and forever be a favorite of mine in every season. But especially in the winter…they are so cozy. This specific candle was a special edition for Christmas, I believe, but I think that the one in the link is the same scent (even though it's for Valentine's day). When picking out candle scents I usually go for something deep and sweet, so something like snickerdoodle, or like this candle, hot cocoa and cream. I love the candles that make it smell like something is baking. However when it's summer, I enjoy more fruity scents.
And that brings us to the end of my winter favorites blog post! I had so much fun taking pictures and writing up this post. I know it's something new, but I look forward to doing more blogposts like this in the future. I hope you enjoyed reading, and don't forget to subscribe, so you don't miss ANY posts! Comment down below, which one of these was your favorite!
thanks for reading!
Also I wanted to say that I will consistently be posting every other week on Saturdays.


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You are our official summer stay-cation finale. We couldn't afford a vacation this year, but on our special tour of great places in our home town, we hit Zeppe's to end it all. Keep the mango ice flowing 'cause we'll be back soon.
You saved my daughter's birthday party. She is lactose intolerant and can't have ice-cream without …consequences. My Mom suggested Italian ice, and it was wonderful. The kids got a treat, and my daughter was able to have her cake and stick around for the rest of the party.
Zeppe's is the desert of choice for our office meetings. I was a little hesitant about custard, but the truth is SO much better than plain old ice-cream. Thanks for helping me order and get everything to my car!
I just wanted to write a quick thank you. We were in the middle of moving my sister to her new appartment when we dropped past your store. Everyone was so friendly and welcoming to the chaos of 9 thirsty men, 3 tired women, 4 noisy kids – and you now have 1 very loyal customer. Thank you!
My experience with Zeppes was one that will always keep me coming back. The representative was very helpful with deciding exactly what flavors would work out best for me, and on top of that the Watermelon was one of the absolute best desserts I've had in a long time. Needless to say I'll be returning often.
Zeppes is the only place that we'll go for a late night snack. Even at 11pm, Italian ice has never tasted so good! Their gelatas are a perfect blend of custard and Italian ice…hands down the best I've ever had.
Zeppes is our family's favorite spot for dessert, especially on a hot day (and particularly after day camp)! The only problem is our kids can't decide which flavors they love the most, so it always takes them forever to order!


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If you're a traveler and own a smartphone or mobile device like tablet etc (or know someone who does) you may want to take a look at the Nomad ChargeCard; No, it's not a portable charger but a compact, credit card-sized cable to charge your phone, transfer files etc, on the go.
A little smaller than a credit card, these nifty little charge cables fit neatly into your wallet, side pocket of your purse or suitcase. A room saver as well! The Nomad ChargeCard is built strong even though you wouldn't tell just by looking at it. It's built to bend and won't break if you're charging your phone with your laptop and have the device hanging for example.
One end fits snugly into the port of the iPhone5 (they also have a universal one too for other phone models and other gadgets like tablets) but the only thing we had a problem with was that it didn't fit with a case on the phone. The other end (which folds out the front of the card) fits snugly into your adapter port or laptop port etc to power up your device, simple!
ChargeCards may not replace your existing power cable but they are handy to have if you happen to be without your cable, you could even use them with mobile battery packs too!
Guaranteed for life or 100% money-back guarantee, Nomad ChargeCards would make a great addition to a gadget gift or stocking stuffer!
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Shipping & Returns
1,Shipping& Handling:
Usually we use DHL, Fedex and UPS: It is really fast and you can track online anytime. Normally, it takes only 2-4 working days from here to main cities in the world.
2,Shipping Methods and time
We ship to worldwide destinations that have DHL, Fedex, or UPS Express service.
You can choose appropriate sculpturing and shipping methods to meet your need, the cost may different according to different priority.
At present, we offer 4 sculpturing and shipping methods for you to choose:
1, ships within 2-3 weeks with proofing.
2, ships within 15 days with proofing
3, ship within 10 days with proofing
4, Wow I need it now, ship within 3 days rush order, no proofs.
For example, if you choose "ships within 10 days" on 1 Dec, then we will arrange to complete your order and send out by DHL before 11 Dec. and usually, you may expect to get it 2-4 days later.
PS:We will send out emails for proofing to our customers so make sure there's no delay in responding to our proofs which will definitely speed up the whole process.
We offer free shipping method for order value over 500USD, ship within 2-3 weeks as default shipping method.
4,when we complete your bobblehead we will update the state of your order - from processing to complete. At the same time, our website system will send you an email with the detail of shipment - tracking site and tracking number for you to check it out.
5,Shipping Damage Claims - 100% Free Redo
All merchandise is carefully packaged for shipment. If you get the package with dirty and broken overwrap, Please open and check in front of the courier, if the doll is damaged, please send us photo and we will arrange Free Redo(Digital photos of damaged product is necessary for our damage claims, Proofs must be sent to us within 24 hours after you get it).
6,Refund and Return:
The figurines are handmade and intricately crafted, capturing a likeness based on pictures provided. They are not an exactor replica of the person on the photo (we promise at least 70-90% similar). The final product may be slightly different from the picture shown since they are all 100% handmade and unique.
Please understand that due to the custom nature of our product, and due to the number of expert hours that goes in to molding, baking... refund and return base on the following conditions:
A, You may cancel your order and get full refund before we begin to custom made your bobbleheads and show you the first proofs.
B, Once we begin your order, and show you the proofs, only 50% of total payment refund if you want to cancel your order - please understand that, it is a special Merchandise that we custom made for you.C, We do care about your experience to order online with us, now, you can be protected by our " "0" risk order online policy " -- If you find it not as described when you get your package in hand within 24 hours, you can send it back to us (customer is responsible for return shipping), and get refund after deducting the freight we paid.


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It seems like another painful reminder of how racism finds its way into everything these days. Londone Myers recently took to Instagram to share revealing footage of what she experienced backstage while modeling for Paris Fashion Week. Apparently, styling the hair of White models was more important to the hair designers than giving her afro the attention it deserved for her runway appearance.
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I don't need special treatment from anyone. What I need is for hairstylists to learn how to do black hair. I'm so tired of people avoiding doing my hair at shows. How dare you try to send me down the runway with a linty busted afro. We all know if you tried that on a white model you'd be #canceled 👌🏽 If one doesn't stand we all fall. If it isn't my fro it'll probably be yours 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽 #modelsofcolor #fashionweek #noexcuse #naturalhair #blackhair #naturalhaircare #hair #jesustakethewheel #hairstylist #hairstyling
In the video, Londone is seen waiting a noticeably longer period of time to get her hair done than her Caucasian counterparts. She made note of this delay, pointing out it was because of her natural afro that caused stylists to avoid dealing with her. In the end, she ended up walking down the runway with hair that was not properly styled; other models even noticed lint in Londone's hair. In the video she expressed, "There isn't really much confronting you can do with these hairstylists. I'm not going to chastise [them], but [they] still don't know what to do with natural hair. The other Black girls at the show spoke French, so I was kind of on my own. I simply asked around the room for who did Black hair multiple times and was cast aside, until they sat me in this guy's chair who tried to send me off looking unpolished, like the other [Black] girls. One of the other Black models saw all of the lint in my hair and was surprised."
Londone also pointed out that other black models received unfair treatment as well when it came to their hair styling. If they don't have stylists on hand who are familiar and comfortable with styling black hair, then changes obviously need to be made. Stay tuned!


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Time spent sanding plugs, molds, and finished parts will dramatically improve their longevity and quality. So, it's well worth the added "elbow grease" at each of these stages during the composite-making process.
- Sand and smooth the surface of your plug to pave the way for a Class-A surface for your mold.
- Be sure to wet sand new molds before polishing to perfection.
- Finally, finish sand your part for deep shine. Laminates, particularly carbon fiber, will have much greater depth if the surface is perfectly level and smooth.
Use consecutively finer grades of sandpaper to remove orange peel and texture from PVA, and to level external gel coat repairs.
Sandpaper is waterproof silicon carbide. Each package includes 9" x 11" sheets of 240, 320, 400, 500, and 600 grit.
This item, when ordered alone, will typically ship in a small box. Where possible, we will combine ordered items to reduce the number of boxes shipped.
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