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When I first saw "Paris Is Burning" in Los Angeles in 1991 it blew me away. Not counting Michael Moore's "Roger & Me," it was the first true documentary, in this case a portrait of a group of New Yorkers who were part of the ball scene, I had ever seen in a movie theater. After it came out on video, I watched it many more times with friends and have always admired Jennie Livingston for creating such an incredible look inside a world that my friends and I found eye-opening. Listening to Cheryl Lynn's "Got To Be Real" today still takes me back to the first time I saw the film.
More than a decade later, I met Jennie and after watching her stunning new short "Who's The Top?" I invited her to speak with my students following a screening of "Paris" at a New School class I taught this summer. "Paris Is Burning" will finally be released on DVD later this year and "Who's The Top?" is currently screening on the festival circuit.
Learning that The Film Society of Lincoln Center would screen "Paris" and "Top" together tomorrow (Saturday, August 6th at 6:30 p.m. and 9:15 p.m.) at the Walter Reade Theater gave indieWIRE the perfect opportunity to email a few questions to Jennie about her films. While the format dictated that we send 5 Questions, the list grew to some 13 by Jennie's count. Her answers to our inquiries are below.
indieWIRE: Screening with "Paris Is Burning" this weekend is "Who's The Top?", your new film that includes dancers, music, and a mix of old and new footage of two women in a relationship. Clearly, you began working on it a number of years ago. Was it always intended to be a short? Will you talk a bit about how the project evolved? What were some of the challenges you faced in getting it made?
Jennie Livingston: "Who's the Top?" was a script I initially wrote in 1994. It was a script about the "lesbian sex wars" of the '90s, about a couple who love each other but disagree sexually. The "log line" was "Woody Allen's younger dyke sister goes to the s/m dungeon... with musical numbers." In 1998 I showed it to producer Ruth Charny ("Grace of My Heart," "The Sleepytime Gal," "Love Liza," "Rick") and we decided to do something akin to what I'd done with "Paris is Burning." Back in 1985 I'd never made a film or gone to film school, so I created a "trailer" to show what the ball world was about, and to demonstrate that I could direct. In the case of "Who's the Top?," I had made a film, and it was a successful film, but it was a documentary. And where the script says "Dance number: The Leather Girls versus the Vanilla Girls," no one, understandably, could guess what that would look like.
In 1999, Ruth and I raised some money, around $40,000, from private sources and teamed up with casting director Lina Todd and choreographer John Carrafa. We cast Marin Hinkle (now known for ABC's "Two and a Half Men" and CBS's "Once and Again") as the lead, along with Brigitte Bako, Shelly Mars, Maureen Angelos, and Steve Buscemi. Then John cast 24 dancers and spent weeks in workshops creating the choreography. We shot for five days with DPs Michael Barrow and Darren Lew, and Annette Davey cut a "trailer" which we showed at the IFFM that year.
The "Who's the Top?" 'trailer' was a big buzz-item at the Market, in part thanks to IFP Exec Director Michelle's Byrd's enthusiasm for the project, and a couple of companies came quite close to getting involved. In the end, though, no one stepped up to the plate. I think, in retrospect, there were just too many risky or unfamiliar items: kinky sex that's not a McGuffin for murder or memories of an abusive childhood, lesbian relationships, dance numbers (before "Moulin Rouge," "Chicago," etc.), poetry slams, female sexuality, not to mention politically incorrect female sexuality, and -- perhaps the most difficult -- a dramatic structure that was considerably closer to Fellini than to Syd Field.
As a writer, I was really interested in interweaving the drama in the real world with the drama inside the character's head (a la "8 1/2"), but to make sure the screenplay was as clear as it could be, I did a rewrite with LA playwright/director Chay Yew, then head of the Mark Taper Forum's Asian Theater Workshop. I knew I was on to something I would enjoy seeing and Ruth and I kept going out with it, but, whatever its genuine strengths and flaws, it wasn't what people were looking for. I do think that lesbian sex comedies with nerdy, witty female protagonists are a hard sell, even in the indie sector, where strong female protagonists of any stripe are still news.
Finally, my pal Laura Teodosio -- she's a software entrepreneur and graduate of the MIT Medialab -- and I went to Sundance in 2004, just to go, and she said, "damn, your 'trailer's' as good as most of these shorts. You should make it into a short." I said, "Laura, it's not a short, and it's impossible to make a good short, and anyway, I'm over it!" She said, "you're wrong," and I said, "fine, you produce it." And she did.
In terms of the creative work, I looked at what I had -- which was excerpts of a film-to-be, not a film, and with writing, editing, and more production, crafted it into a shorter narrative. Marin Hinkle, the lead, now lived in LA, and had a TV series and a baby, but she generously agreed to fly out so we could do one day's shooting. I went to LA twice to record voice over and re-edited the film myself on Final Cut Pro, which I really liked doing. (My friend the editor Jim Lyons told me, it's a well-kept secret -- editing is fun. ) The film premiered in the Panorama section of the Berlinale in February. I'm still definitely interested in making the feature, as well as happy with how "Who's the Top?" turned out as a short.
iW: Will you talk a bit about how you came across the idea for "Paris Is Burning"? What was your initial inspiration? And as a follow up, in his review of "Paris," Vincent Canby called you a "compassionate anthropologist." How did you view your role as a documentarian?
JL: I would definitely not call myself an anthropolgist. I much preferred Terrence Rafferty's New Yorker review, which says the film "is smart enough not to reduce [its] subjects to the sum of their possible meanings." I was astounded at how profoundly this "marginalized" subculture commented on our society's center. And thrilled with how articulate and funny the people I met were. In one of the outtakes that we put on the DVD, Pepper Labeija talks about war. I was asking her about military conflict in relation to the "military category" where masculine guys and transgender women dress up in military drag. She says "the military's cute for the protection of the country, but we don't always use it for that... we use it to intimidate." I still feel what the people I met had to say, particulary the elders of the community, was not only relevant in the moment (the late '80s) but was perceptive and timeless.
I started going to balls after I met some guys who were voguing one day in Washington Square Park. I was 22 and was taking a summer filmmaking class at NYU. My background was in painting and photography and English Lit. I studied photography at Yale with Tod Papageorge, who taught picture-making in the tradition of Robert Frank, Garry Winogrand (his teacher), Diane Arbus, Brassai, etc. So naturally I wanted to hang out in cities and see what there was to see. That's how I met the voguers in the park, and started going to drag balls.
At first it felt like a photography project. But then, the stories seemed more important, or equally as important. Also, I was trying to figure out how to be gay, and so going to balls was a particularly intense and heady atmosphere -- along with AIDS activism -- in which to come of age as a queer.
My documentary influences -- at that time -- ranged from Werner Herzog to Frederick Wiseman to Errol Morris to Ross McElwee to the Maysles and Martin Bell, but I was always thinking about my favorite dramas as well -- films by Fellini, Tarkovsky, Fassbinder, John Waters, Kubrick, Peter Weir. I liked films where there was an implication that underneath it all lay some great mystery -- hinted at in what's visible, but never fully revealed.
I didn't go to film school but was lucky in that older filmmakers were encouraging: I wrote Werner Herzog and sent him some photos, and when he came to New York he took me to dinner and encouraged me to make Paris: I went to see Martin Bell present "Streetwise," introduced myself, and pretty soon he was introducing me to Jonathan Oppenheim, his associate editor, who became Paris's editor; I told my uncle, Alan J. Pakula I wanted to direct. He warned me away. Kind soul, he was trying to save me a life of struggle and heartbreak! But when he saw I was serious (I interned on a Laurie Anderson film) he gave me a job in the art department of his film "Orphans." So I learned by working for others, and by doing the work itself, and I also prepared for "Paris" by reading a lot: James Baldwin, Dick Hebdige, Esther Newton, Alex Haley (on Malcolm X), a whole list of writers who commented on the interface betwen black and white worlds, gay and straight worlds, on American ideals and histories, and on American delusions.
iW: OK, a few more "Paris" questions: What did you think of Madonna's "Vogue" when it came out in May of 1990? Also, wow did the film change, if at all, in the months between its debut at Frameline and New Festival in June '90 and its Sundance '91 screening? And how did Miramax get involved?
JL: With "Vogue," I thought, uh-oh, Madonna's video is out before my film is done! But, in the end, that sequence of events turned out well for the film, because now many people had heard of "voguing," and so the film could be described as a film about where voguing really came from.
When Paris was initially screened there was no money for a real print or for credits. The New Festival screened it in video, and Frameline screened, at the huge Castro Theater, in double-system interlock, so there was a 10 minute pause for reel change! Between Frameline and Sundance, we raised funds to create a real print with an optical soundtrack. Just as crucially, editor Jonathan Oppenheim and I created a 7-minute credit sequence that included many key bits of footage, including Chipper Corey doing Patti Labelle singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," which I think is an uplifting and appropriately wild ending.
I met Mark Tusk who worked for Miramax and he'd told Harvey about it, but Harvey wasn't interested. Then we opened "Paris" ourselves, at the Film Forum. Critics loved it, audiences were lining up to see it, and for two whole weeks the film was listed in Variety as the highest grossing film, per screen, in the country! So the distributors who wouldn't talk to us, not even after taking home a Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, suddenly wanted to talk. That's when Miramax picked it up. And they did an amazing job -- they organized benefits for gay and AIDS organizations to accompany the film's major openings, and really understood how to build an audience.
When I was planning the film's festival strategy, an important indie producer cautioned me not to go to gay festivals at all, as it would taint the film's reputation! I think "Paris is Burning" really helped change the perception of whether or not gay people had money to spend at the box office, and whether or not straight people would pay to see homosexual and transgendered stories.
But at the level of funding production of queer-themed films, change came (if indeed one can say it has come) slowly. "Paris" made four times as much money as "Slacker" and a million more than "Reservoir Dogs" (to compare it to two great indie films of its era) and I still couldn't get a film afterwards! Miramax's idea of a lesbian film was "Chasing Amy." From my end, I did a poor job of trying to figure out what would be saleable. I assumed, quite mistakenly, that because I'd followed my passions and directed and produced a "hit," I could write my own ticket. I had tons of ideas and proposals and a couple of scripts, but wasn't finding the funding for those projects. It's as if because I'd done it once, I was certain I could keep re-inventing the film industry. My uncle Alan always said that your greatest strength can also be your greatest weakness.
iW: What do you feel was the lasting impact of the "New Queer Cinema" movement of the early 90s? How do you think it has it influenced the work of queer filmmakers today, if at all?
JL: Critics coin terms, and unless you coined the terms yourself, it's hard to know what to say about those definitions. I think a film like Todd Haynes' "Poison" was made with the premise that queers would not only tell different stories, we would tell them differently. And now, I think lesbian and gay and transgendered films are by and large formally indistinguishable from other films. In our country, it's all about genre, as Manohla Dargis observed in a recent New York Times Cannes blog in which she critiques a Hollywood Reporter essay for saying that most of the films at Cannes can't be distributed in the U.S.. Dargis's point is that as long as distributors continue to assume Americans will only see genre pictures, and publications support that view, we'll develop less and less of a taste for anything else. And she's talking about movies that tell stories that are perfectly comprehensible -- they're just not strictly genre.
Not to deride queer genre pictures -- Alice Wu's "Saving Face" is a beautifully made studio-funded Chinese-American lesbian romantic comedy -- unimaginable twenty years ago, and an admirable first film. For those of us who grew up watching the films of the 70s, many of which could be termed, the cinema of the unofficial view, and for those of us who in the eighties and nineties fell in love with Hou Hsiao Hsien, Immamura, Wong Kar Wai, etc., it's perhapst too much to wish queer film was more often than not taking some formal risks. But I guess that dates me! There are thrilling new works by seasoned queer filmmakers very much in that tradition: last year, Jonathan Couette's "Tarnation," this year, Gregg Araki's "Mysterious Skin" and Jenni Olson's "Joy of Life" expand our ideas of what stories can be told, as well as surprising the audience with how the stories are constructed, visualized, imagined.
iW: What else are you working on? And, will "Who's The Top?" be screening in any more festivals?
JL: "Who's the Top?" is on the festival circuit. After Lincoln Center, the print goes back to LA, where Outfest is doing a reprise of its Girls' Shorts program, on August 10th at the Egyptian Theater. And more coming up, so please check our website.
And, if someone wants to put up the money, we're up for the feature: More Busby Berkeley, more nerd sex, more hermeneutics, more whips, more chains, more Kant. Even people in Red States have sexual and marital conundrums that aren't being addressed by the movies, and it's not like people are flocking to the new Michael Bay pic... audiences want something new, something really new.
Meanwhile, I just finished a short for the WNET show Reel New York, "Through the Ice," which was broadcast in June. For the future, I'm developing a science series, and an ensemble script set in 1989 in New York and Berlin. In the present, I'm shooting and cutting a personal feature documentary, Earth Camp One, about how I lost 4 family members in five years, and about a hippie summer camp I attended in Northern California in the 1970s. It's a meditation on loss and identity. It'll also include animation about the Afterlife, which I would like to personally experience only after making several more films.
Perhaps I've been the slowest filmmaker in the world, because I've been adamant about doing things I believed in and because, regardless of who we are or what stories we're telling, it's always hard to find money for films where the whole point is that the film is not just like other films. What's more, women are 5% of directors, and a woman who's openly queer is 10% of 5%. I've heard some of my colleagues, women directors, play down the difficulty of being female in this business. They're afraid of being labelled a a harpy, or harridan, or (the very worst) a he-she. (I guess it's too late for me to worry about that last one.) But black directors like Spike Lee and John Singleton have never apologized for speaking their minds. It's unattractive and unproductive to spend your life complaining, but it's also naive and dishonest to pretend the things that challenge you aren't staring you in the face. Now that some things have changed -- there's digital editing, queer TV networks, shows like "Six Feet Under," a renewed interest in political topics, a revival of dance and fantasy -- I'm completely hopeful and confident things are speeding up for me and my next ten pictures. Time, and a theater near you, will tell.


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Rays trade outfielder Elijah Dukes to Nationals
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tampa Bay Rays traded another troubled outfielder Monday, sending Elijah Dukes to the Washington Nationals for minor league pitcher Glenn Gibson.
Due in part to others being injured, Dukes began this season as Tampa Bay's starting center fielder. The rookie batted .190 with 10 homers and 21 RBIs in 52 games.
He was optioned to the minors on June 22 and placed on the temporary inactive list after he was accused of violating a protective court order his estranged wife obtained after she said the 23-year-old Dukes threatened her and the couple's children.
"We have a plan in place for him," Nationals general manager Jim Bowden said. "His book hasn't been written yet. Just the first two chapters. The rest of the book has a chance to be special."
Last week, the Rays traded right fielder Delmon Young to Minnesota in a six-player deal that brought pitcher Matt Garza to Tampa Bay. Young, the No. 1 pick in the 2003 amateur draft and runner-up for AL Rookie of the Year this season, famously flipped his bat into the chest of a Triple-A umpire in 2006 and received a 50-game suspension.
Young got a three-game ban in 2005 for bumping an umpire in Double-A. He also argued with Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon during a late-season game after he was removed for not running out a grounder.
"We have been committed to providing Elijah the support needed to get his personal and professional life back on track," Rays senior vice president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said. "He has made progress, and a logical next step is a change of cities and a fresh start for him and his family."
Young's brother, Dmitri, plays first base for the Nationals. He's had issues of his own -- he was released by the Detroit Tigers during the 2006 season after a year that included an assault charge, treatment for alcoholism and a divorce. But when he joined the Nationals he became the type of respected, vocal leader the rebuilding team needed.
"We were rewarded beyond our wildest dreams with Dmitri," Nationals president Stan Kasten said, adding that Dukes will remain in counseling. "I'd be proud to become an organization that gives guys a second chance and thrives because of it."
Dmitri Young was involved in vetting Dukes and encouraged management to make the deal, Kasten said. Young will take an active role in the support system that will attempt to keep Dukes out of trouble.
"Dmitri said something recently," Kasten relayed. "He said, 'I'm here to pay back for people who gave me a second chance.' He had never said that to us before, but it was nice to hear."
Bowden said Dukes can play all three outfield positions, throw runners out and steal bases. He hit eight homers in a 31-day span for Tampa Bay this year.
"I am excited about getting a fresh start with an up-and-coming franchise," Dukes said in a statement. "It's an important move for my career and gives me the chance to prove myself both on and off the field. I appreciate this opportunity and am looking forward to meeting the fans of Washington, D.C., as we move into a brand new ballpark."
Washington manager Manny Acta went to see Dukes in winter ball and came away impressed.
"None of us should turn our backs on a 23-year-old," Acta said. "It's never too late to become a better person. This kid is not 91 years old, he's 23."
Dukes is the second talented outfield prospect the Nationals have acquired in the past four days. Last week, they traded catcher Brian Schneider and outfielder Ryan Church to the Mets for Lastings Milledge, who had several missteps with New York.
Gibson, a 20-year-old left-hander, went 4-3 with a 3.10 ERA in 12 starts for Class-A Vermont this season.
"We like him very much. It was hard to part with him," Bowden said. "You'll always trade a rookie ball 19-year-old when you have a chance to get a bat that's knocking on the door of the majors."
Gibson's father, Paul, pitched for the Detroit Tigers, New York Mets and Yankees in a big league career that lasted from 1988-96.
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La Bomba is a 1-vs.-3 minigame in Mario Party 7. Its name is Spanish for "the bomb", but is also a pun on the Ritchie Valens song, La Bamba, or possibly the Puerto Rican dance, Bomba.
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MFlow is the world's only passenger flow management solution that uses facial recognition to measure and improve the passenger journey.
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November 27, 2013 10:00 AM by Stephanie Gustafson
Kailyn Lowry is an old pro when it comes to parenting, already having done a wonderful job of raising little Isaac. But now, the Teen Mom star gets to play teacher, as her hubby Javi Marroquin has little experience with newborn babies. In a candid shot recently posted to Instagram, Kailyn shows Javi how it's done!
Yes, she occasionally experiences some regret when she sees friends and acquaintances pursuing college and professional careers, but Kailyn Lowry's still super happy to be a young mom. And now that she's on baby number two, there's far less of a learning curve to conquer. Good thing, for it appears all that extra time is eaten up by Kailyn's efforts to train in her husband.
In a recently posted Instagram picture, Kailyn instructs Javi Marroquin on the art of swaddling a baby. But instead of swaddling his son Lincoln Marshall Marroquin, Javi finds himself practicing with a teddy bear. Not a bad move, for the consequences are far milder when you screw up teddy swaddling. Kailyn's caption for the adorable Instagram photo? "Just teaching @javim9 how to wear Lincoln."
Of course, not everything about parenthood can be taught with the help of a stuffed animal. Sometimes, a new dad's gotta learn things the hard way. This is exactly what happened the other day, when Javi found himself making yet another pit stop for diapers. Reflecting on the valuable lesson, he tweeted, "I thought 1 was the smallest diaper size! Now I'm off to get newborn diapers…learn something new every day."
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One week ago, Kenyan's excercised their right to vote and peacefully cast their ballot for change. Now comes the hard part: Implementation of the new constitution in a way that moves the country forward and encourages sustainable economic practices.
U.S. Vice President Biden said in June the U.S. administration backs the new constitution and predicted that approval would draw record foreign investment, however, that is yet to be seen. Kenya's economic growth rate dropped to 1.7 percent in 2008 from 7.1 percent a year earlier as a result of the violence from the country's previous election.
The Grassroots Business Fund (GBF), whose mission is to build and support high-impact businesses that provide sustainable economic opportunities to millions of people at the base of the economic pyramid, has opened a new office in Kenya this week. While GBF has been operative across the region for more than two years, the expansion intends to create a new force in the fight against global poverty by creating sustainable, high-impact business models for grassroots development, models that can attract both public and private sector funders.
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August 10, 2010 (Washington, DC) – The Grassroots Business Fund (GBF), whose mission is to build and support high-impact businesses that provide sustainable economic opportunities to millions of people at the base of the economic pyramid, has opened a new office in Kenya as a part of its ongoing global growth strategy. While GBF has been operative across the region for more than two years, the expansion intends to provide greater on-the-ground technical and financial assistance to high-impact businesses in region.
Already, GBF has investments in 10 countries and impacts the lives of 4.2 million people living at the base of economic pyramid.
Harold Rosen, executive director for GBF, said today, "This expansion will accelerate and advance our work with high-impact businesses working in fields such as information technology, energy, agriculture, access to finance and artisanal." He adds, "We're reaching further down the economic pyramid to help provide sustainable economic opportunities to millions of people."
For example, the coffee industry is one of the most important sectors in East Africa, providing economic opportunities to thousands of rural farmers. However, the majority of coffee cooperatives use outdated (often by more than 20 years) and often ineffective processing equipment. This equipment is highly inefficient, resulting in lower quality coffee and higher costs, since it requires more frequent maintenance and repair.
BrazAfric Enterprises Limited (BEL) is an importer and distributor of coffee equipment, as well as equipment for grain and seed handling, primarily from Brazil to East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and Ethiopia). One of the company's key products is an ecological coffee wet mill that is significantly more reliable and efficient than the machines used by most coffee cooperatives in East Africa.
GBF is partnering closely with BrazAfric to set up and execute a new vendor financing division. This new division will enable the company to offer financing to its customers alongside equipment sales, with the vision of promoting access to productive agricultural equipment throughout East Africa. In its first phase, the vendor financing division will focus on extending credit to coffee cooperatives in Kenya to enable the acquisition of ecological coffee wet mills. As financing is not an existing business line for BEL, building a new expertise (in extending credit) within the company will be a challenging but innovative undertaking. In addition to providing BrazAfric with investment capital for on-lending to cooperatives, GBF has funded an expert consultant to build the vendor financing offering and train staff within BEL.
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Soha Ehsani, an investment analyst in GBF's Kenya office, said, "We're hitting the ground running. There are over a dozen businesses in Africa that GBF is supporting, and that impact is a part of a very powerful narrative. We're proud to have an opportunity to play such a unique role in development."
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Today is a new day; I finally took the plunge and have committed to tri's with the purcahse of the BMC TT03.
I'm not very knowledgable on the TT bike scene even though I've been riding bikes for a while. There are some really tremendous TT bikes out there for the money. It's taken some time to research all the options available.
I can only speak for myself, but it was a true challenge deciding on a bike. Call me different, but I chose the BMC TT03; I'm sure there are those on the board who would ask, "Why?" Several reasons actually, mostly because I couldn't find any substantial information on this bike. I know the road based bikes are quite good, so there must be a reason why the TT03 ins't very popular. What I learned is that for the money, it's not well equipped compared to the competition. So, with that knowledge I approached a very reputable LBS and talked it over with them. They sell a lot of differrent brands but after talking to them about my goals, they talked to me about BMC. After looking at how the bike came spec'ed out, I decided to build up the bike a bit - and based upon that have come to the conclusion this is a GOOD bike for the money, but you have to be creative. I'm pretty fortunate, my LBS was extremely helpful with the options to upgrade without killing my budget.
Well – here she is.
Fresh pics of the TT03 – just picked it up today.
Here are the specs:
TT03 – Aluminum frame with carbon seat post
Fork – Easton Aero 90 carbon
Seat - Selle Italia XO
Bars – Profile Design Carbon X 1.5
Groupo – Ultegra SL
Pedals – Look Keo Sprint
Wheels – Mavic Cosmic Carbone (700 clinchers)
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Starting on November 28 - December 9, 2012 you can now watch Mamay Umeng in Philippine Cinema. Mamay Umeng is part of 2012 Cinema One Original Festival. The 2012 Cinema One Originals Festival will run from November 28 to December 9 at Robinson's Galleria Movie World and from November 29 to December 4 at the Edsa Shang Cineplex. The festival's much awaited awards night will be held on December 3 at Studio 1 ABS-CBN Main Building.
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this great saying first came from will ferrel acting as alex trebek on celebrity jeopardy. It means shut up that is stupid. It is also used to things that you don't want to hear anymore.
Jamie: I really love listening to that Hillary Duff song.
Tyler: Thank you, Thank you
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To beat off into your own mouth.
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..on a cartridge BB? It seems logical, but I've never heard that you're supposed to do it. Should I? (ISO, not italian)
..on a cartridge BB? It seems logical, but I've never heard that you're supposed to do it. Should I? (ISO, not italian)
I've done it. I've also used no grease and a bit of blue locktight. I think it depends on the individual application. Grease worked good on my CrossCheck with a Race Face XC BB. But I don't mind pulling the cranks and checking BB torque once or twice a month. If you want to put it together and forget it - not recommended - go the locktight route.
Abosultely grease the threads.... a dry fit is a really bad idea, teh BB will seize evenutally or threads can gall up (esp. alu threads) and it wont be fun... been there. Use grease or anti-seize. Loctite is good for BB cups that have no lip.
Ive always used the simpel rule lips = grease, no lips = loctite
oh and no loctite on plastic cups
I just replaced a BB. LBS wrench suggested that I grease AND use Teflon tape, the latter to help seal the threads. I did it and the sky hasn't fallen yet...
We used anti-sieze in all our higher end aluminum frames. Comfort bikes and such received regular grease.
Teflon tape was only used on creaking bikes.
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You would use grease or anti seize on a steel or aluminum frame. If you have a titanium frame, do not use grease. You must use an anti seize product, preferably ti prep. Grease will not prevent an aluminum or steel BB cup from galling with the titanium.Originally Posted by genericbikedude
Grease with Ti has never been an issue with any of mine, or many others that I know of. But if ya got it ya won't go wrong with Ti prep either.Originally Posted by Ahctogi
OMG....another grease thread! just do it!
here we go again...
copper paste
another reason to grease is so you can accurately torque it, if you're into that sort of thing. Just grease everything. it's your friend!
I'm not a fan of going in dry.
On this topic you'll get many different answers, though. Some of the wrenches I've worked with (and who definitely know their stuff) insist upon going in dry.
Do they also get their jollies cutting out frozen ones?Originally Posted by Waldo
Syd,Originally Posted by sydney
I was taught this a long time ago, and it was further explained to me by the Litespeed rep a few years ago.
The reason Litespeed used to (maybe still do) ship every frame with a small tube of Ti Prep was because titanium does not form a corrosion bond the way steel and aluminum does. Corrosion bonds can be avoided by simple grease. Apparently, titanium does not corrode with the steel or aluminum...it bonds on a molecular level, which is referred to as galling. It is basically like welding the parts together since once the molecular bond is formed, you aren't breaking it. It does take some time to do apparently, as I have also seen bikes that were 1 or 2 years old that were built by another local shop that used to only use grease, and were still able to remove the BB's. (I also assume that you do periodic, preventive maintainence to your bike, so this would be done on a more regular basis than most.) But I know one guy that has a 10 year old Litespeed with the original BB in it....some peple simply do not tear thier stuff down as long as it still rides well.
Apparently Ti Prep (or as someone else pointed out copper paste, although I am not familiar with the product...it actually might be what Finish Line packages as Ti Prep, which is a copper colored, almost gritty feeling lubricant) has properties that form a barrier that inhibits the transfer of the molecules.
Wow, makes me wish I had paid better attention in chemistry class in high school...
I think you need to check some definitions.Originally Posted by Ahctogi
I never heard them mention it as in issue. Never saw evidence of it, and these are guys that tear their bike apart regularly. Do you really think that if it was an issue for them they would continue doing it?Originally Posted by sydney
Well, there ya go.Originally Posted by Waldo
antii-gallingFrom a website that describes titanium properties...Originally Posted by sydney
Drawing Lubricants
Conventional drawing lubricants generally are not acceptable for use with titanium. The most effective lubricants appear to be dry-film types incorporating anti-galling constituents. Polyethylene or polypropylene in dry-film or strippable form (0.003 inch thickness) have proven to be effective. A suspension of acrylic resin in trichloroethylene containing molybdenum disulfide and PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) coatings have also worked well and appear capable of surviving more than one draw.
Don't worry Syd...it was a technical industry term...i didn't expect you to get it anyway...
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And from a dictionary website...Originally Posted by sydney
A verb
1 corrode, eat, rust
cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"
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change; alter; modify
╚corrode, eat, rust
2 corrode, rust
become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted"
Maybe I should have stated titanium tends not to bond to steel or aluminum through corrosion......sorry....I think most people understood...MOST people....
And I still don't think you have a clue what gall really means, since that blurb defined nothing.Originally Posted by Ahctogi
How about this Syd?Originally Posted by sydney
This problem is referred to as Thread Galling. Thread galling is most prevalent with fasteners that are made of Stainless Steel, Titanium and other alloys which self-generate an oxide surface film for corrosion resistance.
Thread galling is also referred to as Cold Welding as during fastener tightening, pressure builds between the contacting thread surfaces and protective oxides are broken. The interface metal high points then shear or lock together. This cumulative clogging action causes additional adhesion and increases the severity of the galling.
In extreme cases the galling effect leads to complete thread seizing and if tightening is continued the fastener can be twisted off or its thread stripped.
Does this "blurb" define things for you enough? Who doesn't have a clue here Syd?
No problem here Bub.Glad you finally got it. But it also goes back to what I said before about never having the problem using plain grease.Originally Posted by Ahctogi
Warning: anecdotal experience... Teledyne Titan CP anodized frame bought and
built up in '75, retired to basement '77 where hung til '99. Took it down and rebuilt
with cast off 105 8spd setup. BB came out snicker snack, no resistance or gall or
corrosion. Rode 2yrs as 8spd, fork or downtube or chainstay supposed to break but
never did. Rebuilt with Ultegra 9spd, with trepidation decided to change seat post
for one that rotated 180D, lightly lubed seat post comes out with only minor tug.
Maybe the anodizing is the antigall preventive? Oh, no Ti prep with the Vortex frame I got in '01 either. Steve
I have never not greased a BB when installing it.
Galling refers to friction damage to the threads on any threaded fastner. Damaged threads can certainly corrode and seize up more readily. Therefore the most important thing to do to avoid this is to keep them threads square.
Definition of Galling from BoltScience.com:
A severe form of adhesive wear which occurs during sliding contact of one surface relative to another. Clumps of one part stick to the mating part and break away from the surface. (Can frequently occur when both the nut and bolt are zinc coated.)
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I feel more like I do now than when I first got here.
Back to the original question......
A lot of current bottom brackets have plastic parts (like the "fixed cup"). Many plastics deteriorate in contact with grease. Anti-sieze does not have this problem, so why use something which is a substitute? My tube of anti-sieze compound cost less than $2.00 at an auto parts store.
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On Monday, December 17, the department of ophthalmology and visual sciences hosted one of several recent LASIK Lunch Seminars, designed to offer members of the Einstein community an opportunity to learn about the very popular procedure and to have their questions answered. Dr. Roy Chuck, professor and chair of the department, as well as one of our nation's most prominent LASIK surgeons, led the information session, assisted by colleague David Medranda.
LASIK stands for Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis, in which a laser is used to make an incision to peel back a layer of the cornea so that adjustments to the lens of the eye can be made. With vision correction often completed in a matter of seconds, freeing individuals from the burdens associated with wearing eyeglasses or contact lenses, LASIK surgery has become extremely common. Approximately a half-million Americans undergo the procedure every year.
"But it's not for everyone," noted Dr. Chuck. "We want to provide people with knowledge that will help them make an informed decision, because, it's important for those considering surgery to fully understand the costs and benefits before making their decision."
He continued, "Although LASIK surgery is now a routine procedure, it still holds risks like any surgery does and each individual case must be thoroughly assessed and personalized accordingly."
Future information sessions on LASIK surgery and other vision-related issues are planned. "We'll be working with human resources, which has introduced a health initiative at Einstein," said Dr. Chuck, adding, "LASIK surgery discounts are available to all Einstein, Yeshiva and Montefiore employees."
Those interested in a free screening or for general inquiries should e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com, or call 718-920-6534. For information on future lunch seminars and other events, visit http://www.montefiore.org/eyes-events.
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Hot Showers
I know hot "anything" is a no-no, but I still like warm to hot showers or baths. But lately those pleasures just wear me out! When I get out of the shower I am nearly sick and totally fatigued. Sometimes to the point of not being able to function for awhile.
I have Graves disease (hyperthyroidism) and MS and both of these give issues with heat. There are times I can go along and nothing bothers me, but then.... wham... like a ton of bricks! The heat seems to trigger the "walking thru mud" feeling in my legs.
And speaking of "triggers"...... can anyone tell me what actually happens in our brains when a symptom is triggered? Does something happen with the lesions that cause them to decide to kick us around? One minute you can be just fine and then everything changes in the next minute.
Thanks for listening.Marti
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Oh my gosh Marti! My hubby has Grave's disease, no thyroid. I couldn't imagine him having what we have. I feel for you double time {{{HUGS}}}
I can so relate to feeling fine one moment, well besides the symptoms that don't subside for days, and then not feeling fine the next.
My husband will say "How are you feeling?". It's just easier to say "Fine but I'll let you know in a few minutes."
I have learned to stop taking baths. There is no taking a luke warm bath unfortunately Well, it wouldn't be pleasurable for me anyways. I don't take hot showers anymore either but when I do splurge, boy am I sorry.
Hang in there! We are here to listen always
Jamilea I am so sorry for your husband. I know how miserable the thyroid thing makes me. I'm really interested in talking with other Graves people. It's the most confusing, frustrating thing since MS! We used to be able to "private message" here, but I don't think we can do that anymore. I'd love to give you my email address, but not sure that is "legal" either. Let me know if there is a way we can email or phone talk.
Hang in there. My husband and I have multiple health issues also. Makes things very dicey.Marti
The only cure for insomnia is to get more sleep.
Hot isn't necessarily a no-no with everyone. I sit in a very warm hot tub, the warmer the better! Doesn't give me a bit of trouble.
But weather over 80 degrees slows me down, and makes me miserable.
Cold bothers me more.Brenda
Adversity gives you two choices in life: either let it make you bitter, or let it make you better! I choose the latter.
marti- no hot showers for me either!
I remember in the past, during the winter months I would stay in there till the hot water ran out!
I do remember only 1 time when I was actually weak after a hot shower, had MS then apparently, but didn't know it.
I really miss those comfy showers!!
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Yeah, taking a shower wears me out.....yesterday, I also cleaned the shower afterwards and had to lay down and rest before going out.
Hard for others to understand. I miss my long, hot showers.
When my husband travels he brings home
the disposable shower caps that are provided in the hotel room.
I always wear one whenever I take a shower. It's amazing how it prevents me from getting overheated.DX 1982
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hot/warm showers
Take a nice warm/hot shower right before you go to bed. If it makes you feel so tired, you should sleep like a rock.
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Hello Marti, Heat does me in so I take a warm shower, a shot of Copaxone and I drift off to sleep every night. I Just worked with an Endocrinologist this week as my regular doc suspected a mild case of Graves based on initial labs. Further tests are just outside normal range, not enough to indicate Graves for sure but enough to warrant yearly blood tests to monitor. I have a sister with Graves disease so monitoring is appropriate.
So far, the weakness from taking a hot bath is still worth taking the bath. I need that relaxation, and it does help me sleep!Melody
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You know what? I seriously had never thought about the hot showers. I guess being diagnosed two years ago, I'm still a newbie When I take hot showers, I do notice on occasion that I feel somewhat sick and slightly dizzy when I'm just about to step out of the shower and I have to give myself a couple minutes to let the feeling subside. Weird? I've been sensitive to over-heating ever since my symptoms started, like when I go running or work out my right leg gets numb until I cool down.


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Associate Directors of the Greater Cleveland Veterans Business Resource Council Valerie Harrison and Ronald Samnik talk about the services provided by the organization to help veterans who want to start a business. For more information call 216.431.4506 or log on to http://www.gcvbrc.com
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If you are a morning person, this may be a good choice of time for your regular daily meditation. Let's assume that you wake up refreshed and able to stay awake in a sitting meditation without dozing.
Prepare: After taking care of bathroom needs and washing, finish your grooming, drink some water, but do not take anything with calories, and dress in fresh loose clothing. All of these routines will help you transition from sleep into your wide-awake self.
Choose a place to sit that is peaceful this time of day. I have a meditation place set up in my attic under the skylight. This privacy gives me peace knowing I will not be disturbed.
Keep a light blanket or shawl nearby to wrap around your back and shoulders if there is a likelihood you will cool down while sitting. Also, keep a meditation journal and pen handy to record any insights after your session.
Begin your meditation: If sitting on a cushion bend your legs in. If seated on a straight-back chair place the soles of your feet firmly on the floor to maintain balance. Either way, fold your hands in your lap, or place palms up or palms down on your thighs.
Read a short uplifting verse or say a pray to set the mood and elevate your thoughts. Close your eyes. Then begin even and regular breathing such as one count to inhale, one count to exhale, and continue on in this rhythm throughout your meditation. You don't need to actually say or think the counts, just keep up the pattern for the duration of your quiet time.
Breath is a link between and harmonizes the workings of body, mind, and emotion. It is a useful way to calm yourself when upset, or gain control of your peace when you are stressed.
If you wish, begin mantra meditation, using prayer beads or a rosary. Keep your beads on your meditation altar or handy in a small box so they are ready when you wish to meditate. Coordinate your mantra syllables with your breathing. For example, if your mantra is Om Shanti, inhale on Om, and exhale on Shanti.
Another mantra that is easy to coordinate with the breath is Om Peace. Om, breathe in, and Peace, breathe out. If you use Om Peace you could add the visualization of breathing in fresh energy, and breathing it out to the world as a peaceful thought.
Finish your meditation with thankfulness for all you have in your life and a final wish for world peace. Take a deep inhalation and slowly exhale. Open your eyes. Stretch out. Go forward with your day with the intention to carry peace into your activities.
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On March 6, 2014, President Obama signed Executive Order 13660 that authorizes sanctions on individuals and entities responsible for violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, or for stealing the assets of the Ukrainian people. These sanctions put in place restrictions on the travel of certain individuals and officials and showed our continued efforts to impose a cost on Russia and those responsible for the situation in Crimea.
On March 17, 2014, President Obama issued Executive Order 13661 under the national emergency with respect to Ukraine that find that the actions and policies of the Russian government with respect to Ukraine -– including through the deployment of Russian military forces in the Crimea region of Ukraine –- undermine democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and contribute to the misappropriation of its assets.
On March 20, 2014, the President issued a new Executive Order, "Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine" expanding the scope of the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13660 of March 6, 2014, and expanded by Executive Order 13661 of March 16, 2014, finding that the actions and policies of the Government of the Russian Federation, including its purported annexation of Crimea and its use of force in Ukraine, continue to undermine democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and contribute to the misappropriation of its assets, and thereby constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.
Utilizing these Executive Orders, the United States has steadily increased the diplomatic and financial costs of Russia's aggressive actions towards Ukraine. We have designated a number of Russian and Ukrainian entities, including 14 defense companies and individuals in Putin's inner circle, as well as imposed targeted sanctions limiting certain financing to six of Russia's largest banks and four energy companies. We have also suspended credit finance that encourages exports to Russia and financing for economic development projects in Russia, and are now prohibiting the provision, exportation, or reexportation of goods, services (not including financial services), or technology in support of exploration or production for deepwater, Arctic offshore, or shale projects that have the potential to produce oil in the Russian Federation, or in maritime area claimed by the Russian Federation and extending from its territory, and that involve five major Russian energy companies.
These actions, in close coordination with our EU and international partners, send a strong message to the Russian government that there are consequences for their actions that threaten the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. The United States, together with international partners, will continue to stand by the Ukrainian government until Russia abides by its international obligations. The United States is prepared to take additional steps to impose further political and economic costs. A secure Ukraine, integrated with Europe and enjoying good relations with all its neighbors, is in the interests of the United States, Europe, and Russia.
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Jupiter Florida Police Captain Suspended for Failing Make DUI Arrests
A Jupiter Florida Police Department captain was suspended for failing to arrest the son and daughter of the town's parks and recreation director for DUI after he had pulled them over on suspicion of DUI. The Jupiter Police Chief reprimanded the police captain for failing to follow DUI policy. He wrote in the official reprimand that the captain compromised his integrity when he allowed the two DUI suspects to escape arrest because of their relationship to a town official.
Another Jupiter police officer was under investigation, recently, for failing to arrest a fellow officer on DUI charges, claiming that the department was short of manpower that evening.
The Jupiter police chief reiterated that "our policy says that if a police officer suspects a person is operating a vehicle while under the influence, he must give a field sobriety test." "It also says that if the individual is found to be under the influence, the officer will make the arrest. This is what should have happened."


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Veterinary colleges in Tennessee can help prepare you for a career helping and caring for animal patients. Some students attend veterinary colleges in Tennessee to become a veterinary technician, but schools in Tennessee can also prepare you to start a career as a veterinarian also. Another option for students is to become a certified vet tech first and then continue their education to become a veterinarian while working full time.
Locate Local Veterinary Colleges in Tennessee
Finding nearby veterinary colleges in Tennessee is a great way to embark upon a new occupation in the veterinary arena. If you are unable to locate colleges in your area, you may also consider an online veterinary training program.
Veterinary Technician Job Duties
The primary responsibility of a veterinary tech is to support the activities and operations of the veterinarian. The veterinary technician is responsible for many of the regular activities in a clinic or animal hospital in Tennessee. By managing the less crucial activities, the veterinary technician frees the time of the veterinarian, allowing him/her to spend more time attending to and diagnosing each patient. Some of the regular responsibilities of veterinary technicians include:
- conducting physical examinations
- gather urine and blood samples
- process simple lab tests
- work with owners
- record patient history
- assisting with front office business functions
Veterinary colleges in Tennessee should help you develop the knowledge and skills necessary to complete these responsibilities effectively. The first step is to identify local Tennessee veterinary colleges.
Veterinary Technician Wages in Tennessee
Some may ask, what kind of wages does a veterinary technician make in Tennessee? According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the annual median wage of veterinary technicians in the U.S. was $29,710. The veterinary technician wages in Tennessee vary based on various economic factors. For more detailed wage data, see the veterinary technician salary by state table compiled only on Veterinary-Technician-Colleges.com
Tennessee Veterinary Technician Jobs
One major worry that some students have is if there will be any veterinary technician jobs in Tennessee when they finish the training. The BLS has indicated that vet techs have a very good future. In fact, the BLS projects a huge 52% growth of the occupation between 2010 and 2020. That calculates into over 41,000 new vet tech jobs in the U.S., including jobs in Tennessee.
This is great news for potential students considering attending veterinary colleges in Tennessee. There are very few industries with such high projected growth. The average growth for all occupations in the U.S. is projected at a mere 14%. Now is the moment to locate veterinary colleges in Tennessee.


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Question of the Day: What's Your Summer Carry Solution?
Summer may not start for a few more weeks, but this being Memorial Day weekend with warmer temperatures, pools opening up and lots of people starting to expose more skin than they really have a right to (remember, Speedos and bikinis are a privilege, not a right), concealed carriers need to make some changes. Plenty of toters will continue with the tried and true, going IWB with an untucked shirt. I'm testing out a N8² Tactical Professional (above), hauling my CW9 around. It's been surprisingly comfy in shorts, even directly against bare skin with just a baggy t-shirt or polo providing cover. Others take a similar route with a Remora. Lots o' gunnies, though, can't abide IWB. Some will go the hip-hugging pancake route. Others basically say, "screw it," opting for a mouse gun in the pocket of their cargo shorts (tucked snugly in an appropriate pocket holster, natch.) What about you? What's your hot weather solution? IWB, pancake, pocket carry or *gasp* au naturale?59


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Here is a timeline of events in the shootings of Landon Blackley and Andrew Kirby and the subsequent trial of James Richardson:
June 30, 2009 - It was in the early hours of a Tuesday morning when shots rang out in front of The Other Place nightclub in downtown Greenville. Witnesses reported seeing a white BMW drive off. Kirby, a manager of nearby Michaelangelo's Pizza and Blackley, an ECU Student, were killed.
Police said the shooting stemmed from a fight inside the club that did not involve the two victims. Police begin searching for James Richardson, a J.H. Rose graduate and former professional basketball player.
July 4, 2009 - Accompanied by his mother, Dorothy, Richardson turned himself in to Greenville police. He would be held without bond at the Pitt County Detention Center.
January 4, 2011 - After a year and a half of delays, Judge Rusty Duke denied Richardson's lawyers request for a change of venue. His lawyers claimed Richardson could not get a fair trial in Pitt County because of intense media coverage.
March 14, 2011 - Jury selection in the Richardson double murder case began. It would take four days to pick the 12 member panel, ten women and two men, plus three alternate jurors.
March 18, 2011 - Testimony began with the mothers of Andrew Kirby and Landon Blackley taking the stand. Testimony would last 10 days. Richardson himself did not take the stand.
April 1, 2011 - Following closing arguments, the jury received the case and began deliberations around 4:00 p.m.
April 6, 2011 - In their fourth day of deliberations the jurors returned their decision around 2:40 p.m. James Richardson was guilty on all charges.
After the district attorney announced he would no longer pursue the death penalty, the judge sentenced Richardson to two consecutive life without parole sentences, plus another 98 to 136 months in prison.


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Home, or the concept of home, always seems to play an important part in the discussion of sports. And now, an entire city celebrates the biggest homecoming in all of sports history. After all of this, after all of the cupcakes and HTML and #sources and most perfect, blatant examples of here-say to ever slap you in the face, it's finally real.
Signed, sealed, delivered, LeBron James is yours (again) Cleveland.
Except, this isn't really about LeBron James. Well, it is about LeBron but it's also about Lionel Messi and the World Cup. It's about how we talk about athletes and their homes and belonging to a place. So it's about a lot of things I guess.
Yesterday, after having watched enough Summer League basketball for one day, I went to the media break room to watch the end of the Argentina-Netherlands match (I was not alone in this endeavor, as dozens upon dozens of European scouts, coaches and executives did so as well). I arrived just in time for Lionel Messi's penalty kick.
I don't profess to be anything close to a soccer expert. There are many parallels to draw between soccer and basketball. Success in both sports depends upon spacing, precise ball movement, stout defense and even star power. But the similarities don't stop with strategy. These are romantic sports, elegant and worthy of poetry. Baseball is nostalgic, while football is violent, and both start and stop too often to have any sort of rhythm. If we're to think about these sports as languages,baseball would be English — plain, mundane with bits of excitement and character mixed in — while football would be, I don't know, Dutch. Basketball and soccer were languages, they would be French or Italian — lyrical, musical even, with crescendos and decrescendos, fortissimo and pianissimos.
To know one sport is to have at least comfort with the other. The same goes with the stars of the two sports. Even the most casual of sports fans, even probably most non-sports fans, know about Lionel Messi, but I think basketball fans have a greater familiarity with him.
Messi is especially recognizable because he's so very much like LeBron James, both in how he plays and how he's discussed and analyzed. They are both the constant center of attention, even when they don't have the ball. They routinely execute the impossible and make it seem routine in the process. To know LeBron is to know Messi. To know the criticism of LeBron, especially in regards to him being clutch and whether he can Win The Big One, is to know the same criticism Messi faces. To know LeBron's strange relationship with his hometown is to know Messi's similar struggle (of course, the mass of coverage surrounding Messi and Argentina in this World Cup helps with that knowledge too).
So when Messi lined up to take his penalty shot, his contribution to sending his team, his country to the World Cup final, I couldn't help but think of everything LeBron had gone through to reach the NBA finals again. But I also thought of what he and Cleveland had been through since he left; the anger and pain he'd incited and the hope and forgiveness his free agency instilled. There's no excusing how LeBron left the city and the team the first time, but I can't help but wonder if it hurt him, too — leaving the only thing he'd ever known and to witness such animosity at his decision. LeBron returns to Cleveland with the entire city's arms spread wide. The Native Son returns, a tale too fairly tale even for Disney. And when Messi kicked the ball — casually, as natural and easy as breathing — sending it doubtlessly into the net, I thought about everything he'd endured just to get to this point. I wondered if this would finally be enough not for those who doubt him, because they are rarely ever silenced, but for those who want him to be Maradona, which he'll never be, or those who don't want him to succeed because of what's essentially a turf war. I wondered if it'd be enough for him to be welcomed home by both sides of his city, no longer belonging to one faction or another but wholly and finally to Argentina for the country to celebrate.


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Moxie's New Engage+ App Analyzes Facebook's Profile Data, Delivering Highly Personalized
Chat Experiences to Drive Revenue
SUNNYVALE, Calif. Dec 10, 2012 – Moxie Software, Inc., the leading provider of customer-centric enterprise social software, today released a social chat application for customer sales and service that leverages Facebook's API. Moxie's new Engage+ App is now available with Chat Spaces™, giving companies, for the first time, the ability to access a consumer's Facebook profile to deliver personalized offers and richer interactions.
Brands gain competitive advantage with Moxie's Engage+ App for Facebook to:
• Chat directly with consumers on Facebook;
• Generate revenue with social engagement;
• Convert a competitor's fan into your customer;
• Know when loyal customers ask questions; and
• Create a personalized shopping experience directly on Facebook.
How It Works
Engage+ incorporates Facebook's data and evaluates profile information consumers share, allowing brands to provide highly customizable offers. Through Moxie's rule-based chat technology, brands can engage with a consumer visiting a brand's Facebook page and proactively extend an offer based on the consumer's Facebook profile information, such as name, gender and analytically calculated advocacy rank.
Once the consumer accepts an offer to chat with a brand, additional information about the consumer is made available to the representative, including age, friend count, interests, likes and any related competitor activity. With a greater understanding of a consumer's digital persona, brands can deliver better experiences and increase revenue.
Moxie's Chat Spaces with Engage+ App is immediately available, and additional details can be found here.
Comments about the news and the state of the industry:
"Social commerce requires brands to use new technologies that meet the expectations of socially-connected consumers," said Tom Kelly, president and CEO of Moxie Software. "With our new social chat application, brands will have access to a consumer's rich brand profile enhancing their ability to tailor services and offerings, and ultimately drive revenue. Our Engage+ App makes Moxie's Chat Spaces the most powerful application in the market, building on our promise of using social technologies to bring companies closer to their customers."
In the report issued last month about the "New Paradigm of Retail," Forrester Research, Inc., vice president, principal analyst, Sucharita Mulpuru, noted, "Between 2000 and 2012, US online retail has grown from 2% of overall US retail sales to 8%. By 2016, online sales will top $327 billion in the US and nearly $1 trillion worldwide. Driving this trend are the convenience, selection, and value that the web offers, consumers with faster Internet speeds, and aggressive offerings from retailers."
About Moxie Software, Inc.
Moxie Software provides the only customer-centric enterprise social software suite that enables companies and organizations to effectively connect employees, customers and partners to engage in business, share knowledge and collaborate. Spaces by Moxie is comprehensive solution that powers more than three billion social interactions per year for leading organizations in consumer services, financial, healthcare, high-tech and media and entertainment. Moxie Software's customers are able to innovate faster, improve operational efficiencies and provide superior customer experiences. To learn more about Moxie Software, visit www.moxiesoft.com.
Moxie Software, Spaces and Chat Spaces, are trademarks of Moxie Software, Inc. All other company and product names mentioned are used only for identification purposes and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 19, 2012) – The American Chemistry Council (ACC) issued the following statement regarding the passage of H.R. 3674, "the Promoting and Enhancing Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness Act of 2012" (The PRECISE Act) as amended to include a representative from the chemical sector on the board of advisors to the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center:
"Cybersecurity is a critical issue for the chemical industry, and we appreciate the efforts of the members of the House Committee on Homeland Security to advance legislation that allows our industry to continue to take an active role on enhancing cybersecurity for chemical facilities. Specifically, we are pleased the Committee adopted an amendment offered by Congressman Cedric Richmond (D-LA) that adds a representative from the chemical sector to the advisory board, which will help improve the sharing of key cyber threat information.
"ACC supports cybersecurity initiatives that promote the free flow of commerce and economic growth, while protecting critical cyber systems and the privacy of information. The chemical industry is currently regulated for cybersecurity under the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) issued by the DHS, and we believe the bill as amended will help ensure our industry's efforts on cybersecurity will be harmonized with other critical sectors of the nation's economy."
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