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The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College Presents:
Group Exhibition Featuring:
Wynne Greenwood, Trajal Harrell, H.E.N.S. (Arlen Austin & Jason Boughton), Jacqueline Humphries, Brennan Gerard & Ryan Kelly, Chelsea Knight, Pam Lins, Scott Lyall, Tere O'Connor, and more
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, NY, May 10, 2012 – The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College (CCS Bard) announces Anti-Establishment, a group exhibition curated by Johanna Burton, CCS Bard Graduate Program Director, featuring the work of Wynne Greenwood, Trajal Harrell, H.E.N.S. (Arlen Austin & Jason Boughton), Jacqueline Humphries, Brennan Gerard & Ryan Kelly, Chelsea Knight, Pam Lins, Scott Lyall, Tere O'Connor, Mai-Thu Perret, Sarah Pierce, Elisabeth Subrin, and YES! Association. Anti-Establishment, which will be on view through December 21, 2012 in the CCS Bard Galleries, is one of the featured exhibitions taking place during the Center's 20th anniversary year. An opening reception will take place on June 23, 2012 from 1:00 – 5:00pm.
The works in Anti-Establishment investigate artistic practices that, in various ways, radically utilize and recommit to the notion of "the institution", while demanding new functions and effects of them. Institutions are very often discussed via shorthand, conflated with the "establishment"—monolithic, static, and hierarchical societal systems against which avant-garde and countercultural productions can be seen. Yet, this exhibition sets the two apart, arguing for institutions as more limber sites, perpetually de- and re-constructed by those that create, inhabit, and dismantle them.
During the 1960s and 1970s, a generation of artists emerged with a self-described critical task: to engage with and reveal the power structures and ideological imperatives implicit in any given cultural situation in the belief that doing so could create viable alternatives for living and art-making alike. Since then, this model for art has only become more prevalent — and yet both its purpose and effect today are often argued to have become radically altered, even neutered. As early as the mid-1990s, art historian Isabelle Graw wrote of this development that the critique of art, its institutions, and its social contexts has become little more than "subversion for hire." Today's concept of artistic critique of the institution is seen more and more as the stuff of style and the status quo within the museum and gallery system.
But what models of art making are still be available to artists today wishing to generate alternatives and oppositions to conditions as they are? And how might such models function, if they buck against or retool recognized features of "institutional critique"? Anti-Establishment aims to highlight potential answers to these questions with artists who do not seek to move beyond or outside institutions so much as to integrate themselves deftly into these spheres, imagining new organizational frameworks. More specifically, these artists enter institutions — defined not only as social entities, but also as artistic practices, even those that began as alternative practices — not only to underline or reveal those sites' underlying structures and biases, but also to suggest how the notion of the institution itself might now be a vessel to be considered anew. While these artists do not adhere to utopian impulses of previous eras, they nevertheless envision novel collective relationships and emergent models of engaged citizenship, where power is not dispensed with but instead re-routed to other ends.
Live Events:
June 23, 2012, 2:00 – 5:00pm
Performances by Brennan Gerard & Ryan Kelly, Chelsea Knight (with Elise Rassmussen), Sarah Pierce, and YES! Association
Location: CCS Bard Galleries
June 23, 2012, 7:00 – 9:00pm
Performances by Trajal Harrell and Tere O'Connor
Location: The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
September/ October 2012 (final dates TBA)
Performances by Trajal Harrell and Sarah Pierce
Location: CCS Bard Galleries
October 2012 (final dates TBA)
Conversation with Trajal Harrell, Brennan Gerard & Ryan Kelly, and Tere O'Connor
Location: The Kitchen, NYC
About the Center for Curatorial Studies
The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College (CCS Bard) is an exhibition, education, and research center dedicated to the study of art and curatorial practices from the 1960s to the present day.
In addition to the CCS Bard Galleries and Hessel Museum of Art, the Center houses the Marieluise Hessel Collection, as well as an extensive library and curatorial archives that are accessible to the public. The Center's two-year M.A. program in curatorial studies is specifically designed to deepen students' understanding of the intellectual and practical tasks of curating contemporary art. Exhibitions are presented year-round in the CCS Bard Galleries and Hessel Museum of Art, providing students with the opportunity to work with world-renowned artists and curators. The exhibition program and the Hessel Collection also serve as the basis for a wide range of public programs and activities exploring art and its role in contemporary society.
The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College opened its doors in 1992. Celebrating its 20th Anniversary in 2012, CCS Bard presents a series of exhibitions by students, as well as a roster of international artists, working in a range of practices.
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Franklin University, one of the leading educators of working adults, will hold its 142nd Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, during which nearly 700 degree candidates will receive their diplomas at Veterans Memorial Auditorium.
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton will provide the keynote address. She began her legal career in the courtrooms of Central Ohio. In 1989, she was the first woman to be elected Judge of the Franklin County Common Pleas Court, where she became known as the "Velvet Hammer" for her approach to sentencing in serious felony cases. Her success on the trial bench led to an appointment in 1996 to the Supreme Court of Ohio, where she was elected to a third term in 2008.
Justice Stratton believes that the courts, in partnership with the mental health system, can affect positive change in the lives of many defendants whose mental illness has led to criminal activity. To that end, Justice Stratton formed The Supreme Court of Ohio Advisory Committee on Mental Illness & the Courts, which is composed of mental health, law enforcement and criminal justice professionals who are dedicated to mental health initiatives in the court system.
Nationally, Justice Stratton is the co-founder and former co-chair of the Judges' Leadership Initiative, a professional association that supports cooperative mental health programs in the criminal justice system. Her latest focus, in Ohio and nationally, is on establishing veterans' courts to help those returning veterans with PTSD and other issues which may lead to involvement in the criminal justice system.
Justice Stratton has received many honors including the Congressional Coalition on Adoption's Angels Award, as well as the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Adoption Excellence Award. In May of 2008, Justice Stratton received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor which pays tribute to American citizens of diverse origins for their outstanding contributions to their communities, their nation and the world. The Ellis Island Medal of Honor ranks among the nation's most prestigious awards. Recipients of the award are listed in the Congressional Record.
Justice Stratton and her husband John A. Lundberg are parents of two adult sons.
Graduating MBA student Marco Bonta will also address the graduates. He is the Medical Director of Trauma and Surgical Services at Riverside Methodist Hospital. He has been a physician for nearly 30 years, focusing recently on surgical treatment of the critically injured. He is the former Board Chair of MedFlight of Ohio, and his research interests are in the area of triage decisions for the critically ill.
Marco previously earned a B.S. in Zoology at The Ohio State University and a MD degree from the Medical College of Ohio at Toledo (now known as the University of Toledo). Marco lives in Upper Arlington with his wife and son.
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Founded in 1902, Franklin University is one of the leading and most experienced educators of adult students. Annually, more than 11,000 students attend Franklin, both at its Main Campus in downtown Columbus, Ohio, three Central Ohio locations, and at its location in Indianapolis, in addition to online. Franklin offers more than 40 undergraduate and graduate programs (with four new graduate programs available Winter 2013) and graduates more than 1,500 students annually. The University's MBA program is offered internationally through agreements with institutions in Europe and the Middle East. Further information regarding Franklin University can be found at http://www.franklin.edu.

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It's actually very hard to find sub 40" 1080p T.V. now days. The only brand I can think of is Sharp which actually markets a 32" and 37" as computer monitors.
|2008-01-15, 21:13
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There has been very few if any other smaller 1080p tvs. There's no point to 1080p vs 720p at 32". 720p will do the trick at those sizes. 1080p starts to kick in around 40". to take full advantage of HD you need an appropriate viewing size. That's why 32-37" and under is generally 1360x768. Even at 40" I have difficulty telling apart 720p vs 1080p h264 files. Pixel density is wasted by 1080p 32" tv's especially as the typical viewing distance is around 8ft. Cool it's 1080p and around $400 more than your average 32" but honestly if the average consumer can tell the difference between 1080p and 720p on a 32" screen at 8ft in a double blind test then it's significant., sadly it isn't. That's why monitors are much higher res, you're like 1ft away so images need to sharper and clearer
And honestly there is no market for it. 32" tends to be the budget end $1000AUD (750USD) 40" tends to be around $1500AUD (1200USD), 37 falling in between those two at around 1200AUD. People would rather spend the extra $150USD to get a 40" over a 37". There's like 60 models at 40" there's maybe a handful at 37" It's a size pretty much squeezed out as it's either not big enough or too expensive to be considered budget or too big.
|2008-02-17, 22:29
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Well Toshiba looks like it's going to eat a big loss
|2008-02-18, 12:37
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I'm surprised there isn't more discussion about the impending death of HD-DVD here...
Anyway, I don't think you will see cheap BR players from Toshiba anytime soon. First, they were heavily subsidizing HD-DVD players (ie: selling them below cost) in order to get people to convert to HD-DVD. If HD-DVD had succeeded, Toshiba would have made back the money it's losing now because it's one of the HD-DVD patent holders (ie: royalties). Second, considering they put so much money in HD-DVD and still have loads of useless stock to clear, it'll take them some time to recover financially, probably.
But I'm glad the war has been won (regardless of whom) as having one format is just a lot better for consumer confidence in HD video formats. The old "I'm going to hold off buying a HD player because of the format confusion" argument no longer applies.
Personally I'm happy BR won, as I have a PS3, so I can play the "winning format". Now I only have to wait (and not worry) for movies like The Hunt for Red October or all of Star Trek to be released on BD
|2008-02-18, 12:44
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I saw a BD version of the Sopranos yesterday and wondered if the originals were really shot in 1080p. Seems especially unlikely for the early seasons. If not, then what's that point? I can upscale things just fine with my current TV/DVD player; why pay extra for more pixels that didn't exist in the original to begin with?
Movies are a different story, obviously, but are they really creating new 1080p versions of movies from the original negatives, or just rescaling existing digital content? Again, if it's just the latter, I'll let my hardware handle that for free.
|2008-02-18, 13:04
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Toshiba statement on bbc web
The only option i see is, if toshica can manage to release stb HD DVD recoder as soon as possible, with the HD Rec format announced back in october, who knows. The backing of Picture Studios is overrated, i reckon more people would be interested in recording TV shows than watching old movies on a disc.
I mean if they can provide affordable HD-dvdr media and recorder units, it doesn't matter if any hollywood studio are backing them or not.
But nevertheless credits for toshiba for creating an alternative format against panasonic and sony.
|2008-02-18, 13:16
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Funny how bad news can actually be good news to stock brokers
|2008-02-18, 17:06
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On the other hand, blu-ray recorders have pretty much taken over Japan with its 97% market share.
|2008-02-19, 00:42
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Not that simple.
Join Date: Jun 2007
The real losers of this war are not Toshiba, Universal, paramount and chinese OEMs.
They are consumers.
I have a blu-ray in my laptop, but I won't buy any blu-rays until Slysoft dudes figure out defeating BD+ and other lame protections.
|2008-02-19, 02:54
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Yummy, sweet and unyuu!!!
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Has there been any other format wars where the consumer actually benefited apart from CDR+/-?
VHS v Betamax the Betamax lot lost out
I can't really think of the rest tbh. I know the formats but not really who went against who
My money is still on full digital kicking physical media like BR in the teeth, especially if someone gets the UMPC sorted. When I say sorted I mean lots of storage, very good power source, always online, affordable and dinky.
|2008-02-19, 05:17
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Location: Netherlands
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It's official. HD-DVD quits, Blu-Ray wins.
|2008-02-19, 05:37
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Join Date: Dec 2005
microsoft says a lot of garbage, on a daily basis.
assuming the company plans to continue their video game business over the next few years, they will have to do something. if the xbox720 makes the move to blue ray, that will be a chuckle for many people. if they continue with the outdated DVD format, I'm sure that will turn off alot of tech junkies who have an xbox, even though there is plenty of space available on dual layer discs.
none of this really matters to me, though. I only watch anime, nothing else. if they release shows on HD DVD format, I'd still buy a player just to watch it.
|2008-02-19, 07:30
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Sorry to crash the thread, but is HD really worth it? You'd need a huge-ass 1080p-capable TV set and to sit at a distance of 5 feet to notice any real improvements over DVD-9 quality. I can understand its use in PCs (plus most monitors today are 1080p-capable), but I can't for the life of me understand its usefulness as a standalone player. Too freaking expensive, and DRM'ed to hell to boot.
I think I'll pass on it and stay with my nice-looking 21'' TV set and DVD players, thankyouverymuch.
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SOURCE: Navios Maritime Partners L.P.
November 19, 2012 18:25 ET
Conference Call & Webcast: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 8:00 am ET
Conference Call & Webcast: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 8:00 am ET
PIRAEUS, GREECE--(Marketwire - Nov 19, 2012) - Navios Maritime Partners L.P. ("Navios Partners") (NYSE: NMM) and its subsidiaries (collectively "the Company") announced today that it agreed to restructure its credit default insurance.
Angeliki Frangou, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Navios Partners, stated, "Navios Partners entered into a restructuring agreement with its credit default insurer. We view this as a positive development and believe that Navios Partners will be stronger after the restructuring. Navios Partners will receive (1) $24.6 million lump sum cash payment, (2) pool insurance covering $175.9 million of charter revenue, providing a maximum payout of $120 million and (3) supplemental credit default insurance from Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. on $76.7 million revenue of charter revenue, providing a maximum payout of $20 million."
Credit Default Insurance
In connection with this restructuring, Navios Partners will receive:
$24.6 million lump sum cash payment
Navios Partners will receive $24.6 million of cash from the credit default insurer, composed, in part, of $9.8 million attributable to defaulted charters. The remaining $14.8 million is not attributable to any charter and represents excess cash compensation.
The Company anticipates using the $24.6 million to repay debt, reducing net debt to book capitalization by 7.5%. The Company anticipates repaying $10.8 million due in 2013, $4.9 million due in 2014 and $8.9 million due in 2015 and beyond.
$175.9 million of revenue covered under restructured credit default insurance
Navios Partners will have $175.9 million of charters that will participate in pool insurance coverage from the credit default insurer. This pool insurance will pay a maximum cash payment of $120.0 million. Navios Holdings has additional charters totaling $41.2 million that will also participate in this pool coverage.
$76.7 million revenue covered under Navios Holdings supplemental insurance
As part of restructuring of the credit default insurance and pursuant to the management agreement between the parties, Navios Holdings agreed to provide $76.7 million supplemental charter insurance with a maximum cash payment of $20 million. Navios Holdings agreed to provide this additional insurance to provide certainty to the cash flow of Navios Partners.
Total Insurance
Total charter revenue covered by the two insurance policies amounts to $252.6 million. Approximately 80% of this amount is for counterparties that are rated as investment grade by recognized rating agencies.
The maximum cash payment to Navios Partners from the two policies is $140.0 million. Excluding investment grade counterparties, the maximum cash payment provides 278% coverage to revenue from non-investment grade counterparties.
Closing of transaction
Closing of the credit default insurance restructuring is expected within November 2012, subject to customary closing conditions and required approvals by financing banks.
Conference call
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- 2 medium poblano peppers, seeded and stemmed, chopped
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- 1/2 small onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon Mexican oregano
- A small handful cilantro leaves plus a few leaves for garnish
- Salt and pepper
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 1/2 tablespoons flour
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/4 cup Greek yogurt
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breast
- 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Cheesy Poblano Chicken for #SundaySupper
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What an inspiring story Bobbi. I am so glad you are doing better and love that you kept on cooking! Love your recipes, your blog, and love that you are part of #SundaySupperReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much Isabel!! I love being part of this group :)Delete
What a story on how you started blogging. Sorry you had to deal with breast cancer. It is great you are doing well today.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Renee, I am happy and healthy :)Delete
What an inspiration! You are amazing.ReplyDelete
That first picture drew me in... so much cheese! Yum :)Replies
You are so sweet Lane :) We are huge cheese lovers here so the cheesier the better LOLDelete
Bobbi thanks for the courage to share your story. You are amazing and so glad you turned to food blogging! I'm glad to know you!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so very much my friend!! I am happy to know you as well :)Delete
I hope you get to hug her one day! Your story is so inspiring, thank you for sharing. Your sauce looks amazing! Poblano peppers are my favorite.ReplyDeleteReplies
I am crossing my fingers Shannon!! I love Poblanos too. They give you just enough heat but not too much for people that don't like things really spicy.Delete
I love hearing the story on how you started blogging! Thanks for sharing. And your dish looks so yummy...ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you very much Katie!!Delete
Yum! This looks incredible, my husband loves anything with poblanos, so I know this would go over well here.ReplyDelete
I love Rachael Ray, I made something by here today too :)Replies
Yes, Kevin fell in love with this dish. The chicken was nice and moist, the sauce just a bit of a zip, and the cheese!! I hope your hubby likes it. What did you make of hers?Delete
That looks truly amazing and I love your post and how you got started so inspirational!! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Tara :)Delete
I too love Rachael Ray!! Your story is so encouraging Bobbi, thank you so much for sharing it, you are a wonderful blogger, so glad I stopped and got to know you better! This dish looks amazing too!!! Mouth is watering! Happy #SundaySupper!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Tammi!! I love your blog as well. I am so happy to be a part of the #SundaySupper crew!!Delete
What a great story! And I love how green and tasty that looks!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much Tora!!Delete
Love your story. And love this chicken. I wasn't sure what to expect, and then I saw this...WOW!!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Jen :) gotta love the cheese right? LOLDelete
I see so many great-looking recipes that use fresh poblanos, but I can never find them. I guess I'll have to start growing my own! I didn't know you were a breast cancer survivor - you go, girl!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks hun. Sometimes Poblanos are called Passila chilies so maybe you can find those? I sure hope so. They are one of my favorite peppers!!Delete
- AnonymousDecember 2, 2012 at 10:20 PM
This looks fantastic! I must try it. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks so much Martin, I hope you do!!Delete
Wow Bobbi your story is so inspiring. I love that rather then allowing yourself to be beaten by the pain you pushed yourself to try something new. I love poblano peppers so much. Seeing as how you can't buy them in the UK I am going to have to find a way to grow them in my green house next year.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Laura. I do hope to help other women that are going through what I did to not give up. It ended up being a positive time in my life and I am grateful for that. Peppers grow great in green hoses so I hope you give them a try!!Delete
Such a touching post Bobbi. I´m glad you found a passion in the kitchen and hope you get that hug! This blender sauce sounds so good and even a bit healthy!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Paula!! Yes it is very healthy and you could use reduced fat cheese to make it lighter if wanted.Delete
Rachel Ray was the one who got me into the kitchen too. I'm glad you started your blog because I had the same reservations about starting my own blog too but the bottom line we blog because we love to cook and we might as well share it with others. Thank you for sharing your story!ReplyDeleteReplies
I totally agree!!! And thank you so much :)Delete
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Wow Bobbi, thanks for sharing your story with us. I love your original blog name too, very cute. Rachel was the first celebrity chef I followed and I own almost all of her books.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Megan :) ya I have all of them too. I love her!!Delete
What a wonderful story, and this recipe looks and sounds fantastic!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much Brianne!Delete
Bobbi, what a lovely story of how you started your blog and how R.Ray inspired you!! loved reading your post! And your Cheesy Poblano Chicken looks divine!!!! sooooo good and cheesy, love it!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks so much Alice :) I love bubbly gooey cheese!!Delete
I love poblano peppers and all that cheese!ReplyDeleteReplies
Me too :) you will love this!!Delete
I loved learning more about you Bobbi. I always thought you seemed so nice and sweet in your facebook dealings but now I know I was right. Thanks so much for sharing on Thursdays Treasures.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Christie that really means a lot to me!!Delete


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Ricoh seeks to help resolve numerous social problems by contributing to sustainability through its business.
A good example of this is what happens when a company removes waste from manufacturing processes to reduce costs and environmental impact. Greener products and services empower customers to lower their ecological impact and motivate them to provide the support that is vital to the company's growth. The company can prosper in a sustainable way as a respected corporate citizen by consistently delivering new value that fosters true social progress.
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A farmer and laborer in Antrim, N.H., Thomas Dimon Twiss was born in Beverly, Mass., in 1801. At the age of 24, Twiss married a local Antrim woman, Betsey Brackett, with whom he raised a family of three children.
This typical single-column account book of the mid-nineteenth century records Twiss's diverse economic transactions, providing labor for the town in "braking rods" [breaking roads] and "digin graves"and to neighbors and for a wide variety of manual farm labor, including killing hogs, plowing, threshing, haying, and assorted carpentry work.
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A nonprofit company will be educating visitors to the World of Wonders Science Museum in Lodi about asthma today.
A nonprofit company will be educating visitors to the World of Wonders Science Museum in Lodi about asthma today.
Respiratory Works provides an interactive program that helps people take charge of their lung health.
"Asthmanology is an event we've held here the last couple of years and we keep bringing it back because we've had such positive feedback," Jen Young, educational program coordinator at the WOW, said. "People and their kids who have asthma say they just really learned a lot."
Participants will learn tips for managing their asthma in a fun way.
Respiratory Works is a local nonprofit that aims to offer education about lung-related health issues in the Valley.
"You may not be aware but there is no American Lung Association in the Valley," Rene Fong, board president of Respiratory Works, said. "Our program at the museum will be hands-on and interactive. It's primarily geared to children. They will learn what triggers asthma and how to prevent it."
The nonprofit group's board is made up of health practitioners including a physician and respiratory therapists.
Fong, who is a respiratory therapist, said the organization's goal is to encourage communities and individuals to self-manage their lung health and to become proactive in making their homes a healthy living environment for those with or without lung disease.
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These biological safety cabinets are designed to discharge HEPA-filtered exhaust air directly into the laboratory, or into an exhaust system through the optional Canopy Connection. When canopy-connected, the biosafety cabinets may be used for applications involving minute quantities of volatile toxic chemicals and tracer amounts of radionuclides as an adjunct to microbiological research.
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Welcome the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance
If you see yourself helping to rehabilitate people in a clinical setting, coaching athletes, designing fitness programs, working in a sport organization, teaching health and physical education, or working in the field of recreation, the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance has the program that will prepare you for a rewarding career. Everywhere you turn in Hill Center, the Center for Health Sciences and Smiddy Hall you will see our students learning the skills that will be needed to become successful.
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- Experiential Learning
The importance of experiential learning is demonstrated by our affiliation with approximately 1,700 sites and organizations where our students complete fieldwork and internships. Each year, approximately 650 HSHP students are placed at sites throughout the US and abroad.
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HSHP is committed to increasing diversity among faculty, staff, and students. There is an ongoing effort to increase our learning community's cultural competency and awareness of cultural differences.
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We encourage short and long-term study abroad. Opportunities exist for every student in our school to take advantage of the numerous programs offered at the College.
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Faculty, staff and students in HSHP support many community activities and routinely volunteer at all types of organizations and facilities in the area.
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Arizona State left UCLA battered and bruised Saturday night, sending the Bruins walking out of the Rose Bowl for the last time this season with quite a body count.
The biggest loss may be left tackle Simon Goines, whose return to the starting lineup ended after less than one half.
The sophomore's season is over after he fractured his right fibula in the second quarter of the 38-33 loss. The 6-foot-6, 325-pound tackle had surgery Sunday morning at around 8 a.m., and will not be able to put weight on it for eight weeks.
"He's not doing great," head coach Jim Mora said.
The sophomore lineman had already missed four games with an injured MCL, and his absence again forces three true freshmen onto UCLA's first-string offensive line.
The unit had one of its worst showings of the season against the Sun Devils, allowing nine sacks. After looking at film, Mora said quarterback Brett Hundley would have had a hard time avoiding most of those even with a more well-thought-out play.
"It would've been difficult," Mora said. "I mean you always go back and say could he have thrown it earlier? Could he have used his legs to get out of there? The answer is, most likely not. In most cases, not."
USC (9-3, 6-2) won't offer much of a reprieve. The Trojans — now plenty eager to spoil the Bruins' season and reclaim Los Angeles supremacy — enter Saturday's 5 p.m. tilt with the conference's best total defense (336.6 yards per game) and its second-best scoring defense (20.2 points).
USC's defensive front looks just as impressive than the Sun Devils'. The Trojans have 32 sacks on the season to ASU's 34, and are slightly ahead with 82 tackles for loss to 77.
Missing targets
Receiver Devin Fuller sat out against ASU with a strained hamstring, but Mora said the sophomore has a "really good shot" to play at the Coliseum.
The slot receiver ranks second for UCLA (8-3, 5-3) with 40 receptions, 453 yards and four touchdowns. He also looked good as a kick returner, but cornerback Ishmael Adams likely locked down that role this weekend.
Making his debut at both kick and punt return, Adams totaled 234 all-purpose yards.
"He raised his hand, said 'You know what, I'll give it a shot,' " Mora said.
Receivers Grayson Mazzone and Darren Andrews will both have season-ending surgery for torn knee ligaments. Mazzone, a senior, tore his ACL, MCL and meniscus. Andrews, who has four catches as a true freshman, suffered a lateral meniscus tear.
Little-used receiver Tyler Scott also had surgery on his wrist.
More injuries
Cornerback Fabian Moreau exited Saturday's loss early with a pulled hamstring, and spent most of the game on a stationary bike. He is questionable against USC.
Starting safety Randall Goforth moved to cornerback for part of the game to fill the void.
"I told the coaches, wherever they need me, I'll be ready," Goforth said. "I had to step up. … Besides Fabian, I was the best cover corner. Our chemistry wasn't messed up, though."
Backup quarterback Jerry Neuheisel's thumb surgery earlier this month has now knocked him out of holding duties. Punter Sean Covington held field goals for kicker Ka'imi Fairbairn on Saturday.


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GREENVILLE, Ill. -- The Greenville women's basketball team found its winning ways again, posting a 73-46 victory over Principia College. Kayla Hyde led the Panthers with 17 points and nine rebounds in 18 minutes.
Hyde led the team in scoring and she, along with Katelyn Wise, recorded the most assists in the game, ending with 9 each. Ieisha Adams collected 8 steals for GC.
Greenville jumped out to an 18 point lead at halftime and never looked back. The home team outscored the visitors 38-20 in the first half and 35-26 in the second half, winning the game 73-46.
Principia was led by Becca DeNicholas who netted 20 points. Sarah Corbitt was also impressive for Principia, with 12 points and 7 rebounds in the game.
With the win, Greenville moves to 11-12 (6-8 SLIAC). Principia falls to 2-18 (0-14 SLIAC). The Panthers return to the court Saturday, Feb. 16, when they host MacMurray at 1 p.m. in the final home game of the season.


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Season's worst fog in Delhi, similar expected Monday
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The national capital experienced the season's worst fog Sunday evening with the maximum temperature settling one notch below average at 19.3 degrees Celsius. Similar weather is expected Monday, the Met office said.
A met department official said: "Delhi experienced season's worst fog Sunday evening after 8.30 p.m. The maximum visibility at Safdarjung was 600 metres and 50 metres at the Palam airport. Runways at airport are likely to become unoperational by 10 p.m."
Monday will start with shallow fog but the sky will be mainly clear later in the day, said an official of the India Meteorological Department.
The maximum and the minimum temperatures are likely to hover around 16 and 6 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Sunday morning was moderate with the minimum temperature settling a notch above the season's average at 7.8 degrees Celsius.
The humidity was 75 percent.
A light fog enveloped the city in the morning but flights remained unaffected. Around 40 trains coming towards Delhi were running late while 10 trains were rescheduled due to fog in parts of north India, an official of the Northern Railway said.
Saturday's maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 18.5 degrees Celsius (two notches below season's average) and 6.4 degrees Celsius (a notch below the season's average), respectively.


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Oscar-winning writer-director Sofia Coppola, whose latest film "The Bling Ring" screened at the Cannes and opens June 14 stateside, is this year's winner of the Crystal + Lucy Awards' Dorothy Arzner Directors Award.
The award is named after the pioneering Hollywood director of several studio films, including Katharine Hepburn's second feature, 1933's "Christopher Strong."
Coppola will receive the honor at the Women in Film Los Angeles gala fundraiser, which celebrates the 40th anniversary of the nonprofit organization, on June 12 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Actress Jenna Elfman is this year's host.
Several other awards will be presented during the ceremony.
Laura Linney, currently starring in Showtime's "The Big C: Hereafter," will receive the Crystal Award for Excellence in Film, while Elisabeth Moss, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, Jessica Pare and Kiernan Shipka of "Mad Men" will share the Lucy Award for Excellence in Television.
Hailee Steinfeld, who earned a supporting actress Oscar nomination for the Coen brothers' 2010 western "True Grit," will receive the 2013 Women in Film Max Mara Face of the Future honor.
Cinematographer Rachel Morrison, director of photography on the Sundance award-winning drama "Fruitvale Station," is this year's recipient of the Kodak Vision Award.
And "Star Wars" producer/director/writer George Lucas is set to receive the Norma Zarky Humanitarian Award, named after the a founding member of Women in Film, who was an entertainment attorney and first woman president of the Beverly Hills Bar Assn.
The Crystal Awards were established in 1977 to honor those who have helped to expand the role of women in entertainment. The Lucy Awards were founded in 1984 and named after the legendary actress/producer Lucille Ball. Presented in association with the Lucille Ball Estate, the awards are given to men and women who have worked to improve the perception of women through television.


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Everybody wants a piece of boxer Manny Pacquiao. They want tickets to his fights. They want his autograph, his money, his time. They want him to clobber the second best fighter in the world, Floyd Mayweather Jr., whose recent accusation that Pacquiao must be using steroids caused their could-have-been-historic matchup to disintegrate. They want Pacquiao to fight somebody, anybody, so the ride won't have to stop.
These days, Pacquiao's future is uncertain. He has put in a bid for congress in his home country, the Philippines. Will he win? Will they let him be the political leader he wants to be? Will they let him stop fighting?
In Hollywood's Wild Card Gym, weeks deep into training camp, Pacquiao jabs the air, shadowboxing against an invisible opponent, emitting machine gun–like humming noises: "Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm!" People call him a machine, a phenomenon, a god. Fans and enemies alike want to understand how he keeps conquering, keeps getting stronger and faster. How he has climbed seven separate weight classes and brought home seven world titles, a feat unheard of in the history of the sport.
"Boksing kasi hindi pang matagal iyon," Pacquiao says in his native tongue. Boxing is not for forever. Then he winds the white tape around his hands as he has a thousand times before.
He was dirt. The floor of his house was made of dirt. The walls were thatched. His entire family of seven squatted in the house, small as a prison cell, sleeping on cardboard boxes. There is no deprivation like Third World deprivation. "They were invisible," says Winchell Campos, who is writing the boxer's biography. "They would die and nobody would care."
Pacquiao dropped out of elementary school to sell doughnuts, ice water and fish he caught from the sea. One day in 1990, watching television, he saw the invincible Mike Tyson fall to James "Buster" Douglas, and fell in love with boxing. The underdog can win, he learned. He punched a rubber flip-flop tied around the trunk of a palm tree. He imagined himself a champion. He was 11 years old.
At 14, he ran away from home, from sleepy General Santos City in the lawless southern tip of the Philippines, a rusty, run-down town lost in time. He stowed away on a ship bound for the megacity Manila. Before boxing training in the afternoon, he welded steel at a factory, then used his weekly pay to buy flowers, which he would sell on the streets for twice the price. At 16, he turned pro, a gangly 106 pounds. He fought like a mad dog, wild and out of control.
How does it start, this decade's most captivating sports winning streak? When the student is ready, they say, the master will appear. It is 2001. Pacquiao is 22 years old, on his first trip to America, working his way West from the East Coast, going from gym to gym in search of a trainer. Everyone turns him down. He is too small, they say. There is no money in the lower weight divisions. Boxing is obsessed with giants, with Tyson and Evander Holyfield, heavyweights who lumber around the ring like ogres. Pacquiao climbs the stairs to the scruffy Wild Card, his second-to-last stop before heading home in defeat.
He works one round of mitts with coach Freddie Roach, who has always believed the little guys make better fighters. Roach once fought as a little guy, too, long before the Parkinson's set in, before the Botox injections to the neck, before the daily pills and discussions of brain surgery. "Usually it takes time to get to know somebody because timing is a little bit different, a little awkward," the coach recalls. "But me and him, it was like we'd been doing it our whole lives." In that instant, Roach found his ideal student. Pacquiao, his "master of boxing."
Manny Pacquiao's early days in Los Angeles: Walking. He and his entourage of one, Buboy Fernandez, childhood best friend and neighbor from General Santos City, pound the pavement for half an hour every day, from their rented apartment on Sunset Boulevard and Van Ness Avenue, under the 101 freeway, to the gym at Santa Monica and Vine. They can't afford a car. Eventually, Pacquiao befriends a Filipino taxicab driver, who shuttles them around town for free.
Those who knew Pacquiao in his days before fame and fortune hoard their memories of him and dispense them like treasure. In an early fight, the "Duel in Davao," Roach sends his brother, retired boxer Pepper Roach, to the Philippines with Pacquiao. At the Pacquiao family's house in General Santos City, they use a cup and a bucket of water in place of a shower. At a local hotel, Pepper finds an alligator snuggling in his bed. "That is not an alligator," says the chambermaid. "That is an iguana." She shoos it out with a broom.
"Not that one," Buboy says later on, grabbing Pepper's arm as he is about to step on a bus. "It has bombs on it." It is 2002, and the world has gone mad, still reeling from 9/11. Buboy gazes at Pepper with a serious expression, then bursts into laughter. Filipino humor is dark, fatalistic. Traveling through the dense Philippine jungle in a ramshackle bus, they passed bare-chested men with machine guns, Pepper the sole white man in a sea of brown skin. A guy on the bus suggests, "You might want to duck. There's Taliban here."
"And I'm going like this for 60 miles," Pepper remembers years later, showing how he would bend over during those bus rides. Pacquiao was paid $30,000 for that fight, against Fahprakorb "3K Battery" Rakkiatjim at Rizal Memorial College gymnasium. Pepper received $3,000, the trainer's standard 10 percent, barely enough to cover his travel expenses.
"Ah, but it was fun," Pepper says, relishing the memory. "Nobody paid to watch that fight. There was a hole in the fence and people slipped through. Nobody made any money."
The money would come. Because under Freddie "La Cucaracha" Roach's guidance, Pacquiao began to win. Big. "His inner drive is unbelievable. His willingness to learn," Roach says of his protégé. "I've never seen anything like it." The raw materials were there. Pacquiao just didn't know how to use them.
Speed and power are his genetic gifts. Poverty's gifts are hunger, endurance, a killer work ethic, the capacity to suffer.
Roach molded Pacquiao into a devastating fighter. He took the boxer's wild, reckless, mad-dog swinging and gave it strategy. They worked on footwork, on getting both hands equal. A month after he walked into Roach's gym, in his first fight in the United States, Pacquiao stepped in on two weeks' notice as a last-minute replacement against South African boxer Lehlohonolo Ledwaba. By round three, Ledwaba's gloves were slippery with his own blood, his white shorts stained pink. Elated, Pacquiao brought home the IBF super-bantamweight title.
One by one, the greats dropped to their knees before him: Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez, Oscar Larios, Jorge Solis. Pacquiao left Eric Morales sitting dumbfounded against the ropes like he'd had a very bad day at the office. He used David Diaz's head as target practice. Oscar De La Hoya, he dismantled. Left him perched on a stool, humiliated, stunned, a deer caught in headlights.
Ricky Hatton, pride of England? Lights out, nobody home. Out cold in round two before his head even hit the canvas. Most recently, Pacquiao broke Miguel Cotto, whose handsome face swelled like a pumpkin.
Pacquiao hits them at weird angles. His punches are surgical. There are moments in the ring when you catch a glimpse of it in his otherwise soulful face, that great and terrible lust for violence.
He became known as "The Mexicutioner," "The Destroyer" and "The National Fist," a stark contrast to his other nickname, the sweet, childlike "PacMan." Each time he wins, it is his country's retribution for years of grinding poverty and oppression. It is an awful lot for a man to carry. Roach, who grew up in Boston's projects and knows something about hardship, believes if Pacquiao hadn't grown up poor, he wouldn't be the fighter he is today; wouldn't have sought the brutal way out that boxing offers.
"Rich people don't have drive," says Roach. "They're comfortable."
In some ways, the only way to understand 31-year-old Pacquiao is by the numbers.
The number of crunches he does in one day: 1,400.
The number of calories he eats in one day: 7,000.
The number of calories he burns: upward of 5,000.
The number of hours he sleeps at night: He tries to hit eight (with a midday nap) but sometimes misses. "Sometimes he can't sleep. He's got a lot on his mind," says conditioning coach Alex Ariza.
The number of days he gets off a week: one.
Sunday, the Lord's day, is the only day Pacquiao rests.
Even as he has gone up in weight to his current 147 pounds, the PacMan has lost none of his speed. "Manny is high-intensity," says Ariza. "We have to slow him down as it is."
Pacquiao wakes up at the crack of dawn, then runs four miles in Griffith Park, all of them uphill.
"Yes, I can run it, but I don't know anyone who can run it as fast as Manny," says Ariza. The only creature who can keep up with Pacquiao, who can match his boundless energy, is "Pacman," the pet Jack Russell terrier with whom he shares a name.
Afterward, he puts in four more punishing hours at the gym — stretching, jumping rope, doing one-handed push-ups on an inflatable ball, sparring or hitting the mitts, lifting weights and pummeling a speed bag. Every day, a member of his entourage strikes him repeatedly in the stomach with a wooden stick. It is a Thai technique to deaden the nerves.
Asked if the stick was his idea, Roach snorts. "Fuck, no. You hit me with a stick, I'll get my gun out," he says, then mumbles unintelligibly about "kung fu bullshit." Better to make your opponent miss. Better to not get punched at all.
The boxer leads a life of strange extremes. "Manny's a different person in the Philippines," says Campos, the biographer. "They treat him as a demigod. He can still walk around shopping malls in Los Angeles. In Manila, it's chaos. He doesn't have a normal life anymore. That's why he likes coming here."
In Southern California, he can play basketball, eat out. But there is an increasing element of surreality to his life here, too. When he plays poker at Commerce Casino, he sometimes goes with actor Tobey Maguire. When he spars, Mark Wahlberg comes to the gym to watch, and after one fight, the entire Boston Celtics team hung out with him in the locker room.
Pacquiao, who splits his time between continents, owns a sprawling $2.5 million mansion in Hancock Park. But when in Los Angeles, he sleeps in a small fraternity house–like apartment on La Brea Boulevard with 10 members of his entourage. They sing karaoke and cook white rice and tinolang manok, a soupy Filipino dish of chicken and green papaya. Meanwhile, in the mansion, dust gathers on the chandeliers.
Asked why they don't stay there, one of his many assistants, a lanky guy named Prem, shrugs. "Ma sisira kasi ang bahay." Because the house will get destroyed.
Despite the record-setting gate sales and HBO Pay Per View buys, Pacquiao has kept his humble tastes, still feels the gravitational tug of the poor Philippine shantytown from which he has otherwise escaped. "Other boxers come on fast, strong and mouthy," says Campos. "Manny is the antithesis of those people. He doesn't sell his fights by saying, 'I'm gonna eat your family.' Mike Tyson did that."
Pacquiao is a religious man, but to him, God and the violence are not contradictory. Those closest to him say he believes he was touched by the Almighty to help the people of the Philippines. On a secular level, he has been known to quote from the movie Spider-Man: With great power comes great responsibility. When he prays, he asks the lord to protect him, to protect his opponent. After each fight, as each competitor lies gasping on the mat, the first words out of Pacquiao's mouth are, "Thank you, God." He beats them hard, but his opponents feel honored. "You are still my idol," Pacquiao says, minutes after he destroys De La Hoya.
"No," says De La Hoya. "You are mine."
The day after the Boxing Writers' Association named him Fighter of the Year and Fighter of the Decade, Pacquiao playfully punches the conditioning coach like a tiger batting at a mouse. "No. No. No!" cries Ariza. "You did that to me last time."
"I'm not strong," Pacquiao teases. You could teach an anatomy lesson off his legs. His calves are huge, the muscles striated.
As his popularity grew, so did the crowds at the Wild Card. Pacquiao would get distracted and start entertaining the audience. Roach now kicks people out. "My gym has become a tourist attraction," Roach says. "I don't want him performing for them. I want him to perform for me."
Men line up, ready to provide whatever the boxer needs: One guy to carry the white towel Pacquiao wipes his nose on. One guy to squirt warm water into his mouth. One guy to tell him funny stories. One guy to slather him with cologne. Two guys to lace up his green practice gloves — a man for the left hand, another for the right. Pacquiao's entourage swells with each fight. There is an inner circle of some 15 guys, but the total hovers around 50.
"Never hit the bone because you'll hurt your hand," says Roach, as Pacquiao hits Roach's mitts with painful-sounding smacks, an ineffable sense of play in his movement. "Take that body apart."
Pacquiao smiles. "Coach, I know your thinking."
Everyone wanted a Mayweather match: Roach, Pacquiao, the fans, the promoters and managers and press men and boxing historians. Everyone except perhaps Mayweather himself. Instead, they're getting Joshua Clottey, a welterweight from Ghana. Pacquiao works on creeping in beneath Clottey's longer reach.
"Nice shot," gasps Roach, when Pacquiao lands a brutal body shot to the side of the coach's ribs. "That's the liver. Nothing he can do about that one."
"Boxing is 70 percent mental," says one of the men watching, Mike Levy, who manages boxer Steve Forbes, who now hopes to be coached by Roach.
Does Roach agree with that percentage?
"No," Roach says. "It is 95 percent mental. Sure, everybody gets in shape. We're all the same. We get in condition. It's who can pull it off. Who's the smart one."
Forbes began his career training with the Mayweathers, Floyd Sr. and Jr., and fought De La Hoya seven months before Pacquiao did. Forbes lost that fight, but broke De La Hoya's cheekbone in the process. Pacquiao came in and smashed it to smithereens. Forbes, Levy says, was devastated after Pacquiao beat De La Hoya. "You have to understand, he loves Manny, but he was crushed. That was a bad night for Steve," says Levy. "He didn't understand how this little guy managed to beat Oscar. Steve has skills, too. He thought, 'Why couldn't I do it? What's wrong with me?' "
Pacquiao gives. He quietly tucks $100 bills into the palms of homeless men when nobody is watching. His security detail is at pains to curtail his fan interactions. "Picture, picture, picture," says security head Rob Peters. "I told Manny, one picture will turn into 10, and we'll never get anything done. But Manny's a nice guy. He gave in. He can't help it. And sure enough, one picture turned into 10, which turned into group photos."
The guys in the parking lot linger. One of them, a young Vietnamese man who declines to give his name, drives an hour from west Covina to Hollywood several times a week just to train at Pacquiao's gym. "He made Asians visible in this country," he says. "If he wasn't a boxer, he'd be working in a restaurant just like us."
Later that night, at Nat's Thai restaurant, Pacquiao eats silently, surrounded by his entourage but lost in his own thoughts. The owners emerge unbidden with plates of shrimp fried rice, shrimp soup, shrimp stir-fry and beef deep-fried to a jerky consistency that Pacquiao eats with white rice and broth, scooping it up in the traditional Filipino way with spoon and fork. They usually play videos of his fights while eating, but tonight they watch scenes from the movie King Kong. A velociraptor jumps on top of a T. rex. "The little one is winning," Pacquiao says, rapt.
He leans to the side slyly and unleashes a fart. Ariza, sitting beside him in the seat of honor, groans. The rest of the table laughs.
"Boys will be boys," says Helena Buscema, Pacquiao's singing coach. In the Philippines, Pacquiao is not just a boxer. He sings and dabbles in acting.
"He is a creature of habit," Buscema says languidly. "Manny likes doing things the same. He has his rituals."
No one really knows why he eats there every night, sits in the same seat, murmurs the same prayer, eats the same food. Boxing is a repetitive sport, Roach says. Pacquiao is the embodiment of that, times a hundred. Perhaps he craves the structure, having grown up with so little of it.
When Pacquiao rubs his stomach and stands up, the entire room follows suit two seconds later, a baroque but well-oiled machine. Younger brother Bobby thumbs through a fat stack of hundreds to settle the bill.
People eat and starve by Pacquiao. "He changed my life," says Nat's Thai owner Tasanee Sridakun. Pacquiao has been eating there since the beginning. His success has been their success. His entourage grew so big, people now have to eat standing up or in the kitchen or scrunched beside the cash register.
"If I don't have Manny Pacquiao," Sridakun continues, "I don't know what happen to me. Maybe I live on the street."
She makes enough in his two months of training camp to pay a year's rent, and dreads the day he no longer boxes, no longer spends $700 a day in her tiny dining room to feed his troops.
"He like a Jesus," she whispers.
The boy who came from dirt is now the sixth richest athlete in the world. Now he endorses beer, ice cream, ibuprofen, and is sponsored by Nike. In his homeland, he owns gasoline stations, coffee shops, a boxing-promotion company, a gym, a basketball team, a grocery store and a rooster farm. The dirt-floor squatter's hole in General Santos has been replaced by a sprawling compound with a swimming pool shaped like a boxing glove, stone walls and 24-hour armed guards. Poor people line up in droves at the gates and are handed plastic bags with rice and sardines and 200 pesos, or $4.
Last year, Pacquiao earned $40 million. He gives much of it away to hospitals; to schools; to his entourage as an incentive to get healthy. Three thousand dollars to whoever loses 15 percent of his body weight; 70 people are participating.
Still, there is tension surrounding his generosity. "You see Manny, he's always surrounded by people with their hands out. Manny's got a lot of heart," says Ariza. "There are mountains of people asking him for tickets, or asking him to fly them here or there. They ask him to invest in businesses, T-shirt companies or who knows what. They're like vultures."
The boxer gives away so much that coach Roach and promoter Bob Arum worry he will be left with nothing. As Arum puts it, "The Philippines has the best social-welfare system. And it is called Manny Pacquiao."
Others call it a functional dysfunction: Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach him to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Filipinos have a proprietary feel about Pacquiao. A native television crew flies with him to Los Angeles to document his activities. One afternoon, they ask him to comment on rumors that he is having an affair with a sexy co-star from one of his movies. He sighs, crosses one arm over the other. It is the one time he truly seems weary. "To my countrymen, whatever gossip there is, it's enough. Let's focus on ourselves, on our families," he says beseechingly.
When fellow boxer Z. Gorres goes down in the ring and is paralyzed, Pacquiao is prevailed upon for help. He will sing! At his Valentine's Day benefit concert at the Embassy Suites in Glendale, a thousand fans mob him. They wait for him for two interminable hours, as one performer after another is dragged onstage to sing a tribute to his greatness. They could tear him to pieces with their love.
Pacquiao's eyes widen with surprise as his handlers spontaneously auction the sweatshirt off his back for $450. "You want my shirt?" he asks.
There is joy in his face, even in the midst of the chaos, even as people giggle at his rendition of "La Bamba," where he pronounces una poca de gracia as "una pooka de gracia." Today the eyes that slope down at the corners, the wide, flat nose, the bushy brows that furrow in battle, the darkening face of a volcano god is bursting with innocent mischief as he furtively tosses T-shirts into the crowd. He is relaxed. He stands on a folding table and pumps his fist in time with the music. Someone grips the table so he doesn't fall.
What is it with this boxer, with his steel hands and soft heart? People imagine he sings rap, but Pacquiao loves ballads. He belts out an earnest, karaoke-bad rendition of "Sometimes When We Touch" on The Jimmy Kimmel Show, making the American band members smile. Pacquiao is endearing. A big, goofy kid ... who could crush your skull with his bare hands. You want to hug him. Which Kimmel actually does, stepping out from behind the desk.
Pacquiao's movie Wapakman has just come out in Manila. In it, he plays an ordinary man who becomes a superhero. He battles a giant crab and a woman with ultrasonic breasts.
"What are Wapakman's powers?" Kimmel asks.
"Everything," answers Pacquiao, grinning.
Early morning. Roach shivers in the cold air. Talking about Pacquiao at this moment in time, at his peak, suffuses the coach with pride. "He thinks now. He sees openings and makes the right moves. When he was younger he was wild and reckless, just trying to get lucky. Now, there's no luck involved."
Pacquiao in his prime sets up punches, walks his opponents into shots, counterpunches to take advantage of his incredible speed. He is no longer just a kid going out there and swinging. He has mastered the sweet science of seeing what's happening, and slowing it down.
"It's a very difficult thing to do," Roach murmurs as people scoot by him on the gym stairs, say hello, bump fists — the boxer's handshake. "I never achieved that in my career because I never was that settled. I just would fight hard. I can see it now. Back then I was too anxious about beating the other guy up. You have to be calm in the heat of combat. From round one to round 12, you learn the whole way. And hopefully, somewhere in there, you've figured him out ... and that's where you knock him out."
Pacquiao, Roach thinks, can do more for his country as a boxer than as a politician. "But that's me looking at it from the outside. Manny wants to make his country better. The politicians that are there now don't seem to want that. They just take care of themselves from what I can see. Because every politician I've ever met in the Philippines is doing well. Everyone else is poor."
Roach suspects that half of the people in the Philippines will hate Pacquiao if he enters government, and half will like him. And Pacquiao's not used to that. He's used to being loved.
"He likes the idea of it. Hopefully he doesn't become corrupt."
People give him their hearts, but will they give him their votes? Pacquiao lost his first bid for congress in the town where he grew up, General Santos City, in 2007. Team Pacquiao railed at his opponent, incumbent Darlene Antonino-Custodio. She trounced the boxer by a large margin. Votes were bought, they said. The purchase price, though, could not have been cheaper: The popular joke in the country was, "Ask 10 Filipinos if Manny Pacquiao should be in politics, and 11 will tell you no."
They say he will die not in the ring but by the gun. That a man of few words is ill-suited for political life. Why lower himself into that dirty world, with its subterfuge and smooth talking? Where disagreements are settled in secret with bullets but hardly ever out in the open with fists? His people are cynics. But they are also dreamers. They want their hero to stay pure. To keep beating down the world and raising them up.
Politics will be hard for Pacquiao, Campos believes. "It's not like boxing, where you know how the opponent moves," he explains. "In that side of the world, there are powerful political dynasties that control everything."
In November the bodies dropped. In South Mindanao, one province over from Pacquiao's hometown, shortly before the filing deadline for the upcoming general elections, a convoy of one political family was massacred on their way to deliver their candidate's paperwork. The candidate sent his women relatives, trusting they wouldn't be harmed. He was wrong.
Civilians, lawyers, journalists, the candidate's sister and wife fell to the ground, tortured, shot and beheaded, 57 in all. Killers tossed bodies into shallow graves. They left others bleeding on the ground next to their cars. Incumbent Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. was suspected. "How dare they challenge the ruling clan?" was the sentiment.
It was the worst instance of political violence in the country's history, turning the Philippines into a more dangerous place for journalists than Iraq.
"I don't know if something like that could happen with Manny," says security man Peters, frowning. "It's hard to say." Even if it is written into Philippine law that the army will go to Pacquiao's aid if his family is in danger, with the possibility of kidnappings ever-present, Peters carries an AR-15 machine gun while there with the boxer. In the South Mindanao provinces, where Pacquiao lives, even the bodyguard needs bodyguards.
On May 10, Pacquiao will run for congress in Sarangani Province, where his wife, Jinkee, grew up. The family of his opponent, shipping magnate Roy Chiongbian, has been entrenched in the region for decades.
"Yes," the boxer says, voice soft, brown eyes downcast, when asked if he worries about the corruption. "There is money in the government. The problem is that it does not reach the people. That is why they are suffering. We need a leader who is sincere and clean to help the country. As long as that leader is truly sincere and truly wants to help, there is hope. I always pray to God that I will be able to help the people."
Could it be so simple? It is never simple.
He felt fine about losing the first election. Not betrayed. Not angry. Just "okay." He says, "It's part of the game. There's a winner, there's a loser. Maybe that was not the right time. Because if I had won, I would not have had big fights like the De La Hoya fight, Hatton fight or Cotto fight." Sitting in the Wild Card's minuscule, bare-bones dressing room, Pacquiao wraps his hands with the white tape. Asked if he wants to be president someday, he smiles. "For now, congressman."
For all his generosity, the fighter needs to win. When he fights, it is said that violence and crime plummet in the Philippines. Killers stop killing. Thieves take a break from stealing. A nation stops to watch. It pulls together, despite itself.
"If that's true, I'd fight every day," says the boxer, already sounding like a leader.
Ask him who is a smarter fighter, Muhammad Ali or Pacquiao, and Roach, who has no wife or children of his own, and who calls Pacquiao his finest work — his "son" — will think for a minute before admitting it is Ali. Ali was more creative. He did everything wrong, but he still won. Pacquiao, however, is a far better student. He does everything right. Pacquiao won't fight after this year, Roach speculates. He has nothing left to prove.
Roach wants something from Pacquiao, too. He wants Pacquiao to get out of boxing while he is still rich, happy and healthy. Most stay at the dance too long.
"Three more rounds," says Pacquiao, bouncing, pounding Roach's mitts.
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"What, are you crazy?" says Roach. "I'm tired."
Does Pacquiao ever tire of people asking him for things? "No," the boxer says later. "You have to understand that because you're famous, you're popular, some people are asking for help. It's part of your career."
When he was poor, no one was ever as generous to him as he is with people now. "Because I never asked," he says. "I worked."
Manny Pacquiao defends his WBO welterweight title against Joshua Clottey at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas on March 13.


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uh huh. Private jets don't land where I go. And I buy all of my gear. No need to make those incorrect remarks.
I have teamed up with Phase One and I am running a trip to Namibia alongside good friends Bill Atkinson and Kevin Raber. If you dont already own Phase One medium format equipment, thats totally ok, as Phase One will be providing cameras and lenses for all participants for a *very* nominal fee of $500.
Absolutely. The PODAS trip that I lead for them included a Phase One camera system for the duration of the trip. Absolutely true. I took up medium format way before that trip and they asked me to help run a trip for them. Pretty straight forward.
Geez, this gets old. Fred, I am an African wildlife photographer. I spend many months of my year outdoors in wide open Land Rovers. Heat. Dust. Humidity. My gear gets banged around a bunch. I shoot with a DF, a bunch of Phase and Mamiya lenses ranging from 28mm all the way up to a manual focus Mamiya 300mm f/2.8 APO. I have an IQ160 back. Everything works for me. I am a satisfied customer. You obviously weren't. You moved on. We get it. The horse is dead and we are tired of your rants. Go out and use whatever equipment you own and make compelling photographs that stir the soul.
I just want to chime in here for quick second. I spend about 3 months every year out in the African bush, and I am currently shooting with an IQ160 with the following lenses:28mm45mm80mm75-150mm300mm f/2.8 APO (manual focus)2x TCI have only been on 1 trip to Africa with this rig so far, and I have many opinions on the matter. First of all, ISO 200 really is the limit for me with the IQ160. ISO 400 works, but only if there is ample light and the exposure is dead on. The 300mm APO is a super amazing lens, but manually focusing isn't very enjoyable. I am picking up the 300mm f/4.5 so I have something I can use most of the time.I am more likely to use 35mm (like a D800) for long lens work and my IQ160 for things that I can shoot with my 75-150mm, and that will make a great combination.Feel free to email me at [email protected] or we can arrange a call if you have any questions. I am very happy to share what I have learned so far.
Yup lets get back on topic and your post pretty much endorsing the DF and IQ160 for shooting in the Heat, Dust and Humidity in situations where your gear gets banged around a bunch. I have shot in dusty deserts, windy beaches and sand pits. I have also lived in Africa where I was born. A non weather sealed camera like the DF, it's lenses and removable backs are not designed for these environments.You say it all works for you, but as of the end of October you had only used this rig for one trip to Africa. While this experience has it's validity for how the camera preformed IQ wise, but hardly long enough to see how these environmental conditions would effect the camera over time and when used in these conditions for more than a few days. Fine dust works it's way into everything that is not specifically designed with weather seals.I think you are a bit over enthusiastic about the DF as far as weather and environmental hardiness goes.Pentax on the other hand has far more advanced weather sealing as do the lenses for it.http://youtu.be/7wPD1wRpelshttp://youtu.be/Eo61t5fH6Qw
Similarly, Michael Reichmann was a bit p_____d of when his Hasselblad H zoom fell apart in Namibia.
Forums are difficult places to collect statistics, because when something does go wrong for whatever reason, you hear it loudly on the forums, but for every complainer, there may be hundreds or thousands of people happily shooting away with the same product. You just can't say what the error rate is from listening to the forums. When someone like Michael notes an issue, I tend to believe it. He clearly states his position and has been very careful to note both good and bad on all items he reviews. He does not jump from a problem with a piece of gear to a flaw in manufacturing or worse automatically. I think he's very fair. However this is not true for some posters. You have to factor in their angle if you can. I mean if you read a report that walnuts are healthy for you and then you find out that the Walnut growers association sponsored the study.... Also even though most complainers will assure the forum public that the fault lies truly with the manufacture, you can't rule out that they fubar'd the thing themselves and just didn't realize it. One infamous LuLa poster who constantly attacks Phase/Mamiya has gone as far as using the 'conspiracy' word, but maybe he just bumped his poor Mamiya DF with his size 15 feet that he boasts about frequently and just didn't realize it?
Hi,The way I'm thinking is that there is perhaps 7 cameras of 100 breaking down. That makes for 14 happy owners and for each unhappy one. Or you drop that camera on concrete and it survives without damage. That makes for a happy owner. So that makes for a sad owner who may post and a happy owner who also may post, than there is a silent majority who has no reason to post.Best regardsErik
Erik,That's totally silly. You have no real data to conclude anything from. You know the old joke about the word 'assume'? Just break it up... When you 'assume' you make an 'ass' of 'u' and 'me' and this whole thread too.
Erik,I knew you'd find a way to work DSLR's into another MF thread! j/k. But lensrental data is DSLR and includes that caused by human error (or big feet?).
We would never know real stats on repairs and issues unless it came from the factories repair dept. themselves. Bottom line every system will have have failures or need firmware adjustments in its life cycle just like any software you will buy. I have owned almost every system out there and at some point either something went wrong or needed a update to fix a ongoing issue. I owned Leica M8s that spent months and yes that was plural in Solms and yes that was both cams I owned, without loaners from Leica I was dead in the water. These new D800s not mentioned anywhere here have a serious left side AF issue. My first D800 went in for repair. Luckily I don't use that side anyway the way I shoot. But anyway you can go through every brand out in the market and its just unfortunate that there are problems with every system. My biggest issue with the DF was a freeze up that happened during a certain time frame of its life cycle. A change in firmware and a change in rechargeable batteries cleared that up to a very rare occurrence. My D800e has frozen up 3 times now. No obvious reason either. Turn off back on and seems to recover.Message here shit happens to them all. Our goal and our job as shooters is always be ready and prepared for any issue that comes along and have a work around. Stats from forums are inconsistent because its mostly we here of complaints never the its work fine comments as such because what's the point to say its okay for you. Some of us get unlucky and have serious problems. Not fun I admit but its also a lot of user error issues as well and always will be. People buy used gear and expect it to perform as it was bought new. Lets be honest folks we put stuff on eBay cause we don't want to sell it to our forum friends. Remember I own a forum I see this all the time, the crap goes to eBay the nice Leica M 9 goes on LL and GetDPI sales forums. LOLPeople also with MF have the nice option which we don't get elsewhere with other systems is having the dealer interface to deal with our issues. I find that a very nice option to call CI or DT and say guys handle this for me for the gear I bought there. We will never solve the camera, software, reliability issue 100 percent of the time. That's totally unrealistic thinking. All we can do is do our homework when making purchases and listening to folks that have ACTUALLY BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT to get some perspective. Most comments I read are speculative or heavily sided and usually to the negative as most folks with positive experience simply just don't post all is good in the world. It's usually it's what is wrong with it. Unfortunately that is the slant of forums sometimes is a place to vent. Bad stuff happens and you get to say something which is fine also as long as the data is not slanted.


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The Phillies have signed righthander Chad Qualls to a 1-year, $1.15 million contract, general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. announced today. The contract includes performance and awards bonuses.
Qualls, 33, was 6-8 with a 3.51 ERA in a team-high 77 games for the San Diego Padres last season. In his final 19 appearances, he had a 1.96 earned run average and held batters to a .219 batting average. Qualls made the eighth-most relief appearances among all major league pitchers last year.
Qualls has made more appearances (512) than any other major league pitcher since 2005 and ranks second in relief wins (34), trailing only Jesse Crain (38).
He was a second-round selection by the Houston Astros. His career record is 38-34 with 51 saves and a 3.78 ERA in 537 games for the Astros (2004-07), Arizona Diamondbacks (2008-10), Tampa Bay Rays (2010) and Padres (2011).