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|2011-10-03, 01:07
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blinded by blood
Perhaps these protests are more substantial than just silly 4chan trolls, after all. A number of unions have pledged support, and now the military... a little bit more and we might actually see something come out of this.
|2011-10-03, 02:21
|Link #16964
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: classified
Unless of course he wants to be court marshalled and face possible criminal charges.
It is a violation of UCMJ and DoD directive decisions.Bad move on his part.
As for the protests overall.
Professor Paul Sheldon of CSU Irvine put it into perspective:
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|2011-10-03, 03:06
|Link #16965
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
The people mentioned and quoted in the article are veterans: "we Veterans can act as first line of defense"
"once a marine, always a marine" is a bit of romanticism, not a legal status.
|2011-10-03, 07:22
|Link #16966
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Senators court 2012 voters with China currency
I know they do this almost every year, but it seems this time it is different, with the current state of the economy in the US and the coming election. If this bill passes both houses and Obama refuse to veto it, the result can be quite serious.
|2011-10-03, 07:26
|Link #16967
Kurumada's lost child
Join Date: Nov 2003
Keep an eye on COALITION TO OCCUPY FREEDOM PLAZA IN WASHINGTON, DC
BEGINNING OCT 6th
I will try to attend that event, should be interesting :P
You have to be sure of one thing and one thing only, the media black out on the protests would certainly not occur if the protesters were to do exactly what Professor Paul Sheldon suggested. The reason being that all American mass media is owned by corporations. He said it himself; "If these folks want to impress me they gotta be a little more intelligent that they have been so far." By impressing him they would be impressing the mass media as well.
The movement is not interested in blaming a single person or making personal attacks, its focus is complete change from the ground up. They are well aware that focusing all efforts on single individuals will not bring about any meaningful transformation because those people are a product of the system.
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|2011-10-03, 11:04
|Link #16968
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: classified
He devalued the dollar with two additional stimulus plans that only supplied more taxpayer money to wall street.
You know Sugetsu the same Wall Street that the OWS group is now protesting.
He continued the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan when he promised he'd end them.
Guantanimo is still open, yet he promised to close it.
He helped shove a health care plan down American's throats that is still highly unpopular and contains an individual mandate that he promised during the campaign would not be in any plan he signed.
He expanded Americas wars by starting to attack Pakistan, Libya and Yemen.
He extended the Bush Tax cuts.
He did NOT "restructure" NAFTA and other trade agreements to bring back American jobs as he promised he would:
He is either directly or indirectly responsible for Operation Fast and Furious, Operation Gunrunner, and Operation CasteAway which has put thousands of illegal fully-automatic assault rifles into the hands of Mexican drug Cartels and cost the lives of US law enforcement officers.
He has not addressed the issue of inflation, which is eroding the buying power of middle and poor Americans whose savings are being depreciated by the drop in the value of the dollar.
And YOU OF ALL PEOPLE should know Obama is nothing more than a puppet of the Federal Reserve and by extension Wall Street:
Hell, Eddie Griffin knows it (NSFW):
Spoiler for READ A BOOK!:
In short, Obama is nothing more than a "Puppet on a String" and that's why I don't like him.
He's not changing anything.
Going more socialist than we already are is stupidity incarnate.
We need to return to our Classical Liberal principles.
If we don't, then we risk going down the path that Benito Mussolini predicted would happen to a socialistic-type/mixed-economic-type country.
It becomes Imperial/Fascist, and so far--historically speaking--Benito was right.
If these protestors want real change, then we need less of the same (socialistic laws) and a total dismantling and then reform of the corporate/business structure (patent laws, copyright, trademarks, corporate licensing, corporate welfare, insurance, the military industrial complex, fiat money, the progressive graduated income tax [as it currently exists]).
We need draconian anti-trust and anti-monopoly laws.
We need tariffs.
We need specie money.
We need an end to the central bank and a return to the treasury's control of OUR money.
In short, my problem with Obama is--politically speaking--he's a total failure.
He may be an incredible family man, a fine human being, a fantastic husband and father, but he's a horrible President.
Does that answer your question Sugetsu?
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Back on Topic:
If the Wall Street protesters really want to reform capitalism, they should join the Tea Party
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|2011-10-03, 11:39
|Link #16970
Not Enough Sleep
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: R'lyeh
Age: 42
|2011-10-03, 12:07
|Link #16971
Kurumada's lost child
Join Date: Nov 2003
- Citizens united.
- Rupert Murdoch.
- 8 Years of deregulation.
- Corporations are considered people.
- Privatized media.
- The military complex and its contractors.
Any and all the politicians elected to office from here on MUST abide by those pillars in one way or another, if he or she do not comply with they can't be a part of the American political system and this is the harsh reality. This means that all politicians will always be the same and he can only take his agenda so far, because the system will keep him in check. You have President Reagan, who was just a puppet like any other, to thank for the current state of affairs.
The idea of universal health care for all has never been an unpopular idea, but it was terribly deformed by big farma and insurers, which of course have to power and influence to keep or kick out politicians.
The extension of the Bush tax cuts was done when GOP threaten to not extent unemployment benefits to million of Americans knowing full well that this would only hurt the Obama administration no matter the outcome. That was just the beginning, of course, there is much political hostage taking in the forecast.
On Guantanamo, you are right, I have no idea why he hasn't closed it yet.
There is no monetary system in this planet that is pure; all systems have a mix of capitalism and socialism. Neither socialism nor capitalism are worse than the other. They are both very important for the monetary system as a whole. The problem is big business have much to gain from strong capitalist policies and much to lose from socialist ones. This is why the media has been disciplined in its smear campaign against socialism, even though it is ignorant of them to think that the US would survive without it.
As it stands right now, the REAL rulers of the country want one thing and one thing only: the complete privatization of the United States of America. Would this be a good or a bad thing? People like Edward Bernays thought that such a system would usher a new golden age, I on the other hand, think it would accelerate the destruction of our planetary resources leading to mankind's extinction, but I digress.
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|2011-10-03, 13:59
|Link #16972
Aria Company
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|2011-10-03, 14:26
|Link #16973
Join Date: Mar 2006
People have this strange idea that corporatism and plutocracy are newer threats to the country. Hardly. The elite of this country have always done whatever they could to exploit those less fortunate than them. They had slaves. They hired immigrants, often illegal. They exploited children. They paid off politicians. They created legislation and made those politicians pass it. They engineered crises to profit from. They did whatever they could to control markets, including collaborating with other companies to control prices, goods, and services until they had the opportunity to stab their partners in the back.
It was workers organizing that gave the nation labor laws, standard work hours, benefits, and safer work conditions. It was citizens organizing that gave us the civil rights movement, the women's rights movement, and the LGBT movement, as examples. It was citizens that fought for better environmental protections, better food and drug standards, and better living conditions. Through government this was possible, not companies. It was brutal, violent, and full of tragedy, but that's the history of progress in this country.
Today companies seek to control and regulate everything you do, everything you own, and even your very life. They, like citizens, use government as their tool when they cannot simply circumvent the law entirely without major repercussions. It works out well for them, because they're much more organized and funded than your average citizens protest movement. Businesses don't hate government....just when it works against their profit margins.
Pretending that a "free market, absent of government" will somehow be better is delusion. Use your head for a moment....Capitalism is self interest. Cooperation is only tolerated for as long as someone has what you need, and then they no longer matter. Free Enterprise is based on the notion of supply and demand, but supply and demand in an era of abundance makes little sense. What drives up the price of energy? Not how much of it exists, because we're only limited by what we choose to use. What drives up the price of food? Not how much of it exists, because we make enough to feed the world as much as it could ever desire. What drives up property? Not a lack of housing, or land, as we have the ability to house everyone with room to spare. What about medicine? Surely the lack of doctors means less people getting help, so prices should go up? Technology can pick up the slack here, and in many ways already does.
When you consider that the entire system of Capitalism relies on money, and consumers having jobs making money so they can spend it, you can easily see where this system has an end point, regardless of things like fiat, the Fed, and other financial devices. That end point is that if you have too many people who do not have a job, the system cannot sustain the constant demand for growth required to keep it going. The "worker" is a paid slave, because you are required to have a job just to live, and your opportunity for getting to a point where you can live without a job is slim at best. Your freedom is automatically stifled by being forced to spend a large amount of your life in service of someone else, often doing something you aren't really interested in doing and most likely hate.
Simply put, much of the old "isms" and ways of thinking that got us to where we are now are outdated and no longer work. It's not just a matter of "if we do this, this, and this, everything will work again". It never really worked, unless you were fortunate. It needs to go.
|2011-10-03, 17:13
|Link #16975
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Thai leader's Twitter account hijacked by computer hacker
"A mocking hacker took over the Twitter account of Thailand's recently elected
prime minister on Sunday, questioning her ability to defend the country if she
cannot even secure her own tweets.
The unknown hacker ended a series of at least eight postings on the account of
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra with a taunt: "If she can't even protect her
own Twitter account, how can she protect the country? Think about it.""
|2011-10-03, 17:27
|Link #16976
Not Enough Sleep
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: R'lyeh
Age: 42
|2011-10-03, 17:36
|Link #16977
The Voice of Reason
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: The Netherlands
Age: 42
Reason why he can't do that is because no one wants to take them in, not even America's toughest prisons, because these people are (supposedly) the most dangerous individuals on earth (which I tend to believe is a gross exaggeration, not to mention that a lot of them might not even be what they're said to be).
|2011-10-03, 20:38
|Link #16978
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: classified
What people need to do is educate themselves so we can get a congress that will get the job done.
As for Tariffs.
I suggest reading this piece by Craig Harrington on the subject.
Why the U.S. Must reinstate Tariffs
I've no doubt he wants to do much of what he's promised, but he lacks the resolve to do it.
Even when he had a filerbuster-proof Democratic controlled congress.
If he can't do it with that, then he can't do it at all.
More like Woodrow Wilson.
It was during the 1910s that Rockerfeller Senior and J.P. Morgan poured so much money into the Republican and Democratic parties that they essentially bought them.
What we needed was a tax-funded health care program for the poor and we got the national equivalent to mandatory auto-insurance, only unlike owning a car, it's not optional to be a citizen.
He had a Democrat controlled congress that had nothing to loose (they had already lost the election of 2010).
They could have easily ended the extension of the Bush Tax cuts and Obama wouldn't be in any worse shape than he's in now.
I guess I need to start writing Marxism when I say Socialism because that's what I'm usually talking about.
Lenin (to his credit) proved that Marxism doesn't work, which is why he had to implement the NEP after 7,000,000 people starved to death in Russia under "War Communism."
Stalin then did away with Marxism completely and implemented what Khruschev called "State-Capitalism" in his "Secret Speech" of 1956.
I forget that there are numerous other forms of both socialism and capitalism that have been proposed since the 1700s.
From Owenism and Fabianism, to Austrian Economics and Masonomics.
The form of socialism that has failed is Marxism/Scientific-Socialism and the form of capitalism that has failed is Monopolisitic-Capitalism/Kenesyian (you might find that article interesting Sugetsu).
It's very agrivating to see what start out as grassroots movements turn into agitators and provocateurs to further the agenda of the ruling elite.
Had Obama paid off the morgages of every outstanding low income homeowner (the bulk of the credit crunch was in so called "Ninja loans") then I would agree with you because it would have helped US taxpayers.
Giving money back to the Taxpayers in an actual redistribution of wealth would have been far better than redistributing it to the bankers.
A large chunk of the stimulus money went to overseas banks.
I realize the talking points are that it "had to be done or else doomsday was upon us," but the truth is much different.
What both Bush and Obama did was bailout the banking institutions and wall street and left the Taxpayer with the bill.
BOTH the Republicans and Democrats are at fault over this.
We've retained the portions that are required for corporatism, but have dropped nearly all the old restrictions on finance and banking (like Glass-Steagall).
He started the "War on Drugs" which allowed for the militarization of police, gun control laws, SWAT teams, RICO laws, and all manner of moves that have undermined the Bill of Rights since the Neo-Cons started it back in 1969.
If Benito Mussolini is correct (and I think he is), we're moving into the Fascist phase of the "capitalism-socialism-corporatism-fascism-feudalism" sequence that he envisioned in his Doctrine.
It was Alexander Hamilton that first proposed "Public-Private" partnerships with businesses and the US government.
He even created the 1st Bank of the US (which Jefferson abolished).
So you are correct Solace.
This take-over has been going on in the US since the begining.
We'd all be on plantations right now if it were left up to the elitists in this country.
It was Niccolo Machiavelli who once said "The rich seek to enslave the poor, and the poor seek not to be enslaved."
Marx said the same thing and he was right.
The problem for Marx is his solution has proven to be worse than the problem (in all fairness to Karl he had no idea that would happen).
What you have described is more akin to Objectivism which is just as bad as Marxism, Fascism, or Corporatism since it's obvious that a "Cult of Personality" like Stalin, Hitler, or Mao will rise to the top of such a society and become a dictator.
Yes, it makes for a more dynamic economic system, and there will still be those that lose in such a system, but it's no different in any -ism.
Under Socialism you have more and more people living off of the state dole, with fewer and fewer people making enough money to support the revenue required for the entitlements.
Thus taxes become oppressive and the whole society collapses or is forced to change to something else, like the USSR did or China is doing now.
Therefore, what's the difference between being a slave to the state under socialism or a slave to a corporation?
Real capitalism, especially Laissez-Faire (which has NEVER been implemented anywhere on Earth), is more akin to Owenism than what we live under now.
Such a system is a good basis to start a new -ism from, but no longer a viable system to implement due to the current state of affairs.
We're still living under systems that were based on philosophies of the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries (for the most part).
We need a 21st Century system that will take the best of socialist theory and the best of actual capitalist theory and combine them into something new.
|2011-10-03, 21:28
|Link #16979
Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
It was tried before.
Didn't go very well.
|2011-10-03, 21:50
|Link #16980
books-eater youkai
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Betweem wisdom and insanity
Italian appeal court clears Amanda Knox of murder
Not sure if I should rejoice or not; it feel like the parents spend lots of money for this...
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|2009-01-03, 16:12
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Shocking Pink
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|2009-01-03, 17:49
|Link #47
Homo Ludens
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Canada
Age: 29
I think this is it?
Definitely less high-energy than the first OP. Probably a good thing, considering upcoming content...
Oh, and Yui Horie is god. As always.
|2009-01-14, 15:08
|Link #55
Senior Member
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Age: 30
The new ED & OP can be found here↓ you can go listen to them if you have an account.
^that's the ED, and it'll automatically redirect to the OP when it finishes
The ED is pretty catchy. The OP needs some time to warm up to, IMO. But I guess it fits the mood of the show when this arc is finished.
It's on an infinite loop. And I can't bring myself to close the tab.
|2009-01-14, 22:10
|Link #57
Join Date: Jan 2009
Age: 27
Go here to register. I haven't a clue what any of that says but click the big button that does not have "525 yen" written on it (since I'm assuming you don't want to pay). Something about a premium membership, I think.
The rest of the registration is pretty standard stuff: nickname, e-mail address, password, etc. You can get a gist of what each part of the form is prompting you for by copy-pasting using this Japanese translator/parser set to "detailed word info" mode (it's also a really useful tool for any website in Japanese that uses Unicode characters). Note that some parts of the form (like the password) need to be a certain amount of characters long.
After that you sign in with your (full) e-mail address and the password you registered with.
Anyway, be patient on the subs. The episode only broadcast today, give it till tomorrow at least.
Oh right. Better say something relevant. Well, I really like the current OP and ED but the new ones are sounding great too, and I'm looking forward to them!
|2009-01-15, 01:35
|Link #58
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Singapore
The new ones are not too bad and they could very well fit the themes of the following episodes, but they aren't particularly memorable. They sound pretty mainstream to me, and don't carry the "flair" of the previous OP and ED. The new ED can stay, but I wish the new OP can be given a slightly more happy and lively tune, like the previous.
|2009-01-17, 06:40
|Link #59
tokidoki er
Join Date: Sep 2008
guys, do you know the title of the instrumental music that plays in the background?
when ryuuji and minorin was talking about seeing ghosts in episode 9? it also plays during several scenes. if i can make it into tabs, i'll share it here.. ^_^ thanks..!! ^^
caster13 had made sound clips and posted it on this forum.
|2009-01-17, 13:50
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Hydrodiuril Side Effects
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SAN DIEGO -- Functional fitness programming works for older adults, and most of them see real-world benefits relatively quickly, according to a study commissioned by the American Council on Exercise (ACE). Researchers at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, upon the request of ACE, examined physical improvements associated with functional training.
Led by John Porcari, Ph.D., FACSM, the researchers recruited 48 volunteers, who ranged in age from 58 to 78 years old. All had some form of cardiac, metabolic or orthopedic condition and all were already participating in the university's La Crosse Exercise and Health Program. Each subject was randomly assigned to either the experimental group (which would do functional exercise) or the control group (which would stick with a traditional exercise program of walking and aerobic dance).
"The focus was on exercising several muscles and joints together rather than working a particular muscle or group of muscles in isolation," says Cedric Bryant, PhD., FACSM, chief science officer for ACE. "Incorporating functional strength training into an exercise program will help improve balance, agility, dynamic flexibility, strength and endurance to enhance older adults' abilities to safely and effectively perform their various activities of daily living."
Those who went through the functional fitness training showed greater physical improvements than those who did not. Improvements were seen in lower-body strength (13 percent improvement), upper-body strength (14 percent), cardiorespiratory endurance (7 percent), agility/dynamic balance (13 percent) and shoulder flexibility (43 percent).
The experimental group participated in functional exercise sessions three times a week for four consecutive weeks. Each session included a circuit of 12 functional exercises, including moves such as wall push-ups, lunge and chop, and squat with diagonal reach.
For a complete copy of the study and workout, visit http://www.acefitness.org/getfit/studies/FunctionFitness.pdf.
To aid the growing older adult population, ACE recently teamed with the American Association for Retired People (AARP) to offer exclusive personal training discounts to its more than 39 million members.


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The full-back says the pair will flourish together on the pitch as their friendship blossoms off it, and also has plenty of praise for Gerardo Martino's impact at Camp Nou
Barcelona defender Adriano believes Neymar's partnership with Lionel Messi will only improve as the duo become better acquainted off the field.
There has been plenty of debate over how effectively the pair can operate in tandem but, despite both stars experiencing mixed fortunes in the goalscoring stakes thus far this season, Adriano is convinced the duo will soon combine to devastating effect.
"Neymar and Messi are very well connected," he told Goal. "From day-to-day on the field, they are becoming better friends and know each other better.
"Everyone is delighted with them and it shows when they are both on the pitch together.
"Neymar helps Leo, with his philosophy on the game, the way he likes to play and I think he has done very well for the team."
When asked whether or not his fellow Brazilian could usurp his Argentine counterpart as the world's greatest player, the 28-year-old added: "It is complicated. Both can be the best in their own positions.
"Leo is the best in his position and will probably remain the best, while Neymar will surely be one of the best in his role.
"The great thing is that we have the two of them together in the same team."
The former Sevilla full-back went on to praise coach Gerardo Martino for the impact he has made at Camp Nou since succeeding Tito Vilanova at the helm during the summer.
"I like that he makes us believe that we can replicate the same style as before; pressing, stealing possession and regaining the spark we had before," he continued.
"The freshness is back and we want to make history. We want to win La Liga and the Champions League again.
"Tata coaches the team in a different way. He has a clear philosophy, but he told us that he did not come here to change anything, but he has brought with him the experience of coaching Argentine clubs and Paraguay.
"We are delighted with him and how he works and hopefully we can get the results he wants us to get and continue the story of Barcelona."


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For the past four years, Congress has lived beyond its means, spending and borrowing at record levels. President Obama and those who control Congress have expanded the reach of the federal government into virtually every sector of our economy, with a government takeover of health care, student loans, car manufacturers and banks, along with new regulations on the Internet and a massive land grab that ignores the will of the American people.
Thankfully, 2011 will give Americans the chance for positive change that will put people back to work and get our economy back on track.
On January 5th a new Congress was sworn in, with 435 Representatives taking an oath to support and defend the United States Constitution. These men and women are charged with representing their constituents and making decisions that are in the best interests of their districts.
In 2011, my goals are first and foremost to support policies that will give our farmers and small business owners the tools they need to create new private sector jobs and grow our economy here in Central Washington. Instead of focusing on increasing the size and scope of the federal government, it is my goal to make the government work better with less, and in a manner that does not limit our personal freedoms and rights.
As the incoming Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, I will work with my colleagues to pursue policies that both create jobs and protect our nation's treasured lands, oceans and wildlife. By utilizing our vast natural resources in a safe, environmentally responsible way, we can create and keep jobs here in America, grow our economy and ensure that we are not dependent on foreign countries with far lower environmental standards for the food, energy, minerals and timber vital to our economy.
Some of the specific tasks that I would like to accomplish in the coming year are to repeal and replace the government takeover of health care, stop the reckless spending on bailouts and stimulus spending bills, and enacting an all-of-the-above energy policy for America.
These are some of the national priorities that I will support in the coming year. My hope is that by working together we can strengthen our economy, put people back to work and help make America a stronger nation.
- Congressman Doc Hastings
(R-Pasco) represents
Central Washington's
Fourth Congressional District.
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Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement
Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement is the largest exhibition of cutting-edge Chicano art ever presented at LACMA. Chicano art, traditionally described as work created by Americans of Mexican descent, was established as a politically and culturally inspired movement during the counterculture revolutions of the late 1960s and early 1970s. This exhibition explores the more experimental tendencies within the Chicano art movement—ones oriented less toward painting and declarative polemical assertion than toward conceptual art, performance, film, photo- and media-based art, and "stealthy" artistic interventions in urban spaces. The exhibition includes approximately 125 works in all media, including painting and sculpture as well as installation, conceptual, video, performance art, and intermedia works that incorporate film, digital, and sound art. Artists featured are photographer Christina Fernandez, who documents the poetic and "phantom" in the urban landscape; Mario Ybarra Jr., who creates performances, site-specific installations and intermedia works; the "intermedia synaesthesia" of the seminal conceptual art group Asco; and the New York-based artist Nicola López, who creates dramatic installations with drawings that extend from the wall into the gallery.
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The curators are Rita Gonzalez, American Art, LACMA, Howard Fox, Contemporary Art, LACMA, and Chon Noriega, Adjunct Curator of Latino and Chicano Art, LACMA, and Director of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center.This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and was made possible in part by the Peter Norton Family Foundation, LACMA's Art Museum Council, and Bank of America.
Additional support was provided by the Contemporary Projects Endowment Fund. Contributors to the fund include Mr. and Mrs. Eric Lidow, Ronnie and Vidal Sassoon, Steve Martin, The Broad Art Foundation, Bob Crewe, Tony and Gail Ganz, Ansley I. Graham Trust, Peter Norton Family Foundation, Barry and Julie Smooke, and Sandra and Jacob Y. Terner.
Image: Juan Capistran, The Breaks, 2000, Giclée print, 40 x 40 in. (101.6 x 101.6 cm), courtesy of the artist, © Juan Capistran.
On exhibitions index page: Christina Fernandez, Lavanderia #2, 2002 (detail), chromogenic development print mounted on Sintra, 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm), courtesy of the artist and Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica.


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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan is urging the Security Council to oppose the United States' attempt to obtain another exemption for US troops from prosecution under the International Criminal Court (ICC). According to the Washington Post, Annan said, "It would be unwise to press for an exemption, and it would be even more unwise on the part of the Security Council to grant it."
According to Reuters, China has been criticizing the resolution for sending wrong signals to the world, stating that the resolution could be used as political cover for abuses committed by troops serving in UN-approved peacekeeping missions.
The ICC has widespread support in the US from groups such as the Feminist Majority because it identifies gender crimes and the crime of apartheid as crimes against humanity. Article 7 of the Rome Statute, which created the court, presents clear language that defines rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization, or any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity as gender crimes. Ninety four countries have fully ratified the treaty establishing the ICC. The United States is currently the only industrialized country that has not signed the treaty.
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Y107.9 DJ Brad Wells is preparing to spend five days living in a recreational vehicle to raise toys for the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation.
Wells will live inside a RV, donated by Dick Gore's RV World, near the food court entrance of Oglethorpe Mall. Mall shoppers and others are encouraged to help fill the vehicle with new, unwrapped toys that will benefit children in need in Chatham and Effingham counties as well as Beaufort and Jasper counties in South Carolina.
Y107.9 will kick-off around-the-clock coverage of the 2012 Stuff the Bus Toy Drive beginning at 7 a.m. today until 9 p.m. Friday at Oglethorpe Mall.
Wells said he brought the idea behind the toy drive to Savannah two years ago when he moved from Louisiana. It can become cramp living inside a RV filled with toys, but being temporarily deprived of living space and his yellow Labrador retriever, Harlow, is well worth the enterprise, he said.
"There's always such a big need for it that I always feel it's important to do," said Wells.
"I might go for a little stroll through the mall but I don't actually ever leave the confines of the mall."
At 6 p.m. Tuesday, a free concert from the Esther F. Garrison School of Visual & Performing Arts will take place. At 4 p.m. Wednesday, the Bartlett Middle School chorus will perform. And organizers say there is a 100 percent chance of seeing snow at 6 p.m. Thursday.
Donations will be accepted at any hour during the toy drive, day or night.
"If you're a third shift worker, or it's just the time that you're out and about, I will accept a toy at anytime," Wells said.
Volunteers, military personnel and radio staff will help collect donations throughout the day.
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Local Los Angeles Florists:
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• Fiore Designs in Venice.
• Flowerwild is another great place to find a more casual but still totally elegant custom bouquet.
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• Air Plants in a jar are beautiful, simple and take very little care once they're in place.
• Heirloom Poppies. Delicate and ethereal, a great alternative to the expected pink or red flowers. A simple bunch of these is all I ask for (hint).
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They say whenever you visit your motherland; it always involves some sort of self-discovery. For me, I learned that my resilient nature is innate. There have been times where I wanted to give up because situations seemed hopeless, but something inside of me would never let me. I often refer to myself as a cockroach, because we all know that you can never exterminate a cockroach. In fact (well according to Wikipedia) even if there were to be a nuclear explosion, the cockroach would survive. (I know weird analogy). The point I am trying to make is that my resilience is a character trait that stems from my Haitian roots and that no matter what I can never give up.
One year later, the tent cities are still up. Many people are facing evictions from these camps and the government is doing nothing to stop it. There are not enough paying jobs. Cholera has become endemic, and the prison system is a mess to say the least. Yet even in the midst of their problems, the spirit of the Haitian people will not be broken. Cholera will not break them, being evicted will not discourage them, and their lack of access to water will not destroy them. Why? Because they are Haitian. The situation may seem hopeless, but Haiti is truly the land of the living.
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Usually I find the Nation well to the left of me, and at least as paranoid as the far right. But if you don't find Lewis Powell's memo, and his subsequent appointment to the court, as highly disturbing, you just aren't paying attention.
How the Right Packed the Court
William Yeomans | September 13, 2012
The Roberts Courts embrace of business interests has not been equaled since the early 1930s, when conserva- tive justicesFDRs Nine Old Mensought to undermine the New Deal. This Court has consistently empowered moneyed interests at the expense of working Americans. This phenomenon is no accident; it is the result of years of dedicated effort by organized corporate interests.
As historian Kim Phillips-Fein writes in her book Invisible Hands, many of the intellectual and institutional antecedents of the modern pro-corporate movement lie in the organized opposition to the New Deal. In assessing the corporate capture of the courts, however, a compelling starting place is the memorandum written in 1971 by Lewis Powell for his friend Eugene Sydnor, an official of the US Chamber of Commerce. At the time, Powell was a corporate lawyer in Richmond, Virginia, representing such interests as tobacco giant Philip Morris, on whose board of directors he served.
Powells memo is a return to a time before conservatives had captured our political and legal dialogue. He wrote almost hysterically that the American economic system is under broad attack by Communists, New Leftists and other revolutionaries, but also by perfectly respectable elements of society, including the college campus, the pulpit, the media, the intellectual and literary journals, the arts and sciences, and from politicians. He singled out William Kunstler, Charles Reich, Herbert Marcuse and, most prominently, Ralph Nader as the leading villains. Powell described an apathetic and ineffective corporate community that lacked the stomach and institutional capacity to fight back. He prescribed a broad response that would be funded by large corporations and coordinated by the Chamber of Commerce, big businesss main Washington lobbyist. The Supreme Court would be the centerpiece of this strategy.
Powell wrote that with an activist-minded Supreme Court, the judiciary may be the most important instrument for social, economic and political change. He urged the Chamber to adopt the tactics of the ACLU, civil rights groups, public interest organizations and labor unions in convincing the Court to empower corporations. He advocated the development of a highly competent staff of lawyers to represent the interests of business as both party and friend of the Court. Two months after Powell wrote his blueprint for the corporate capture of the Court, President Richard Nixon nominated him to serve on it. He was confirmed before his memo surfaced.
In 1977, the Chamber fulfilled the recommendation of Powells memo by launching the National Chamber Litigation Center to represent the interests of business in the Supreme and lower courts. Today, the NCLC ranks second only to the US solicitor general in appearances before the Court. And its success rate before the Roberts Court rivalsand this past term has outstrippedthat of the solicitor general.
In fact, the NCLCs roster of wins before the 201011 Supreme Court term reads like a top ten list of the corporate worlds efforts to strangle working Americans and maximize profits. Its victories included thwarting class-action claims of gender discrimination at Walmart; forcing individuals to have their claims against big corporations settled in arbitration rather than gaining access to the courts; beating back litigation by states and municipalities seeking to regulate greenhouse gases; defeating claims for damages caused by the defective design of vaccines; limiting recovery by whistleblowers; restricting the reach of US law over foreign manufacturers of defective products; and blocking suits by private citizens against brokerage firms for making false statements about securities.
The Supreme Court traditionally agrees to hear fewer than 2 percent of the cases it receives for review. In the 201011 term, the NCLC urged the Court to review thirty cases, and the Court heard twenty-one of thesea stunning 70 percent success rate for the Chamber. In the most recent term, that percentage fell to a still remarkable 52 percent. And, strikingly, in the eight cases in which the Court reached the merits of the issue briefed by the NCLC, the NCLC won all eight. The solicitor general opposed the NCLCs position in five of those cases and lost all five. The Court repeatedly chose corporate interests over those of the government.
The NCLC website features the following quote from leading Supreme Court advocate Carter Phillips: Except for the solicitor general representing the United States, no single entity has more influence on what cases the Supreme Court decides and how it decides them than the National Chamber Litigation Center. Phillips may have to revise his statement to give the NCLC pre-eminence: since 2006, the NCLC has prevailed 68 percent of the time, according to the Constitutional Accountability Center. This percentage is far higher than in comparable periods of the Rehnquist Court (a 56 percent success rate) and the Burger Court (a 43 percent success rate).
The NCLCs legal success rests on a carefully laid foundation that produced a Court with a pro-corporate tilt. The contributing factors include the rise of an ideologically driven conservative legal movement, the appointment of radically conservative judges to the bench and the emergence of a highly effective Supreme Court bar serving corporate interests.
Powells memo marks a convenient starting point for the conservative legal movement, but that movement was helped by political mobilization against progressive Court decisions on civil rights, crime and abortion. Southern outrage at the Warren Courts desegregation rulings turned into a vicious rhetorical campaign against activist judges, which became the centerpiece of George Wallaces 1968 presidential run and was incorporated into Richard Nixons Southern strategy that same year. By appealing to the fear and anger generated by judicial desegregation orders and the Warren Courts long-overdue reforms of the criminal justice system, Wallace and Nixon launched attacks on federal courts that became a cornerstone of Republican success. These attacks intensified after the Courts Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. They ensured a constituency in the Republican Party that cared intensely about appointing federal judges who would narrowly read the Constitutions guarantees of equal protection, privacy and fairness to the accused.
Simultaneously during the 1970s, wealthy conservativesmany inspired by the Powell memopoured money into right-wing public interest law firms in an effort to replicate the success of progressive public interest organizations. They also pumped money into the development of the law and economics movement, a business-friendly effort to evaluate and formulate legal rules based on their economic efficacy.
These separate strains of legal conservatismthe political and the economiccame together after the election of Ronald Reagan, who ran on a pro-corporate platform that echoed Republican attacks on the courts. Reagan installed Edwin Meese as his second attorney general and filled the Justice Department with young conservative lawyers, many of whom grew into conservative judges, such as John Roberts and Samuel Alito. Meese used the Justice Department as a think tank for the conservative legal movement. Its Office of Legal Policy produced ideologically driven work that emphasized a limited view of federal legislative and regulatory authority, revitalization of the takings clause as a defense against regulation, and rejuvenation of the contract clause, which had been used by the Supreme Court to invalidate labor laws in the first third of the twentieth century. The office also urged restrictive access to the courts and questioned the broad federal pre-emption of state law, which often worked against corporate interests.
Finally, the Meese Justice Department, knowing that it had a constituency clamoring for conservative judges, identified conservatives like Scalia and Kennedy for nomination to the Supreme Court, along with youthful Court of Appeals judges plucked from the Justice Department. Reliance on ideology as a dominant consideration in selecting judges represented the fulfillment of Lewis Powells vision. It demonstrated the fundamental understanding that the most direct way to change the law was to appoint reliable ideologues to enforce it.
While much of the original conservative political focus emphasized judicial restraint, as conservatives ascended on the Supreme Court, the activist strain promoted by Powells memo gained favor. Though many conservative politicians still deploy the rhetoric of opposition against activist judges who legislate from the bench, few legal conservatives today fault justices (such as the majority in Citizens United) for casting restraint aside when it serves corporate interests.
The final element pushing the Court toward protection of the 1 percent has been the emergence of a specialized Supreme Court bar that has brought disproportionate expertise in Court litigation to the service of corporate interests. Reagans first solicitor general, Rex Lee, left his position to start a successful Supreme Court practice with a major corporate firm. Since Lees pioneering leap, it has become common for firms specializing in corporate law to establish an exclusive Supreme Court team, often headed and staffed by alumni of the solicitor generals office, who have formed useful relationships and acquired enormous expertise in their multiple appearances before the Court. They make it much more likely that the Court will agree to hear business cases and that the business side will prevail.
A recent study by Lee Epstein, William Landes and Judge Richard Posnerconservative scholars at Northwestern and the University of Chicago law schoolsshows a significant increase in the number of business cases the Roberts Court has agreed to hear. That increase coincides with the findings of a study by Harvard Law School professor Richard Lazarus, which documented that by 2007, a majority of the successful requests to hear a case were filed by experienced Supreme Court practitioners.
The dramatic rise in the corporate success rate before the Roberts Court is the result of powerful forces unleashed and given focus by Powells memo as well as by Republican exploitation of the backlash against the Warren Courts decisions favoring civil rights, criminal defendants and privacy. Recapture of the federal courts will require a commitment by progressives to fund the incubators of progressive ideas, support progressive advocacy and build a farm team for the bench. Most immediately, it will require a progressive movement that will mobilize against the Courts 1 percent jurisprudence and push the president to select, and the Senate to confirm, judges who reject the Roberts Courts plutocratic jurisprudence.
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"Young Frankenstein" has a roughly $20 million budget, some $450 orchestra seats, an iconic 1974 source movie, performers with better pedigrees than the Queen of England's corgis, and heaps of goodwill flowing from the way its eminently lovable creator, the 81-year-old Mel Brooks, made the Rialto roar in 2001 with "The Producers.'
And yet it's a colossal -- and, boy, is this show a monster -- disappointment.
The central problem, which should have been fixed out of town, is perfectly simple. The passive central character doesn't seem to want anything in particular. And thus nothing drives the show.
Nobody was expecting Brooks to recast his famed homage to James Whale's 1931 "Frankenstein" movie as "War and Peace." But even satiric musicals need something energetic to propel the show along. It can be a quest to produce the worst Broadway show on Earth. A desperate need to find the Holy Grail. Whatever. It doesn't even have to make sense. But it has to be there.
It ain't here. The storytelling mostly is flat and anemic. And Roger Bart's Dr. Frederick Frankenstein is a pleasingly quirky but curiously passive and retreating presence. This long and inorganic show just seems to happen around him (rather as if he were in a movie) without his driving even so much as a hay wagon.
Whereas "The Producers" felt naturally reborn as a Broadway musical, "Young Frankenstein" is more of a very expensive and expansive live re-creation of the movie's most beloved moments, replete with a musical score that packs some orchestral excitement but not as much legitimacy. There are some laughs, several inventive lyrics and a few moments of inspired theatrical shtick (much of it involving Fred Applegate's hermit). But at these prices, that's really not delivering the goods.
The other big mistake Brooks made was allowing himself to be held hostage by a more corporate, and thus irony-free, aesthetic. I'm not speaking here about the ticket prices or the refusal to conform to established Broadway practices, although those choices surely squandered some insider goodwill. It's the uncomfortable look and feel of the show.
At the root of Brooks' comedic work is a sense of handmade anarchy, crafted by an outsider ever ready to pop the balloons of pomposity. Despite its size, "The Producers" still had that sense of the striving little guys. You sat there rooting away.
But Robin Wagner's set for "Young Frankenstein" is an enormous, high-tech conflagration of laboratory machinery, replete with levers, pulleys, digitized backdrops and a monster-making platform that rises, pointlessly, all the way to the heavens. These oversize, weirdly unfunny visuals most remind you of the biggest corporate show you ever saw, gone horribly wrong. It's just not the right mood for a movie we associate with good times, smart, silly laughs and cheap beer.
Granted, the source was trickier this time around. "Young Frankenstein," the movie, has a meandering plot. And director Susan Stroman was faced with the tricky challenge of not repeating herself, which probably was an impossibly unfair task. If you've seen "The Producers," the number in "YF" in which dancers dance on colossal monster-size footpads will remind you of the walker ballet. And Stroman does another of her famous dream-restore sequences when Dr. F. falls asleep in the first act. It's a typically spectacular piece of staging, but it brings to mind "I Want To Be a Producer."
Fans of the monster movie won't much mind that. And there are some sequences that work; the "Young Frankenstein" train isn't so much in a wreck as firmly off its rails.
In a cast that includes the pleasant Sutton Foster (as Inga), the daffy but ill-moored Megan Mullally (as Elizabeth) and the droll Andrea Martin (as Frau Blucher), the creature who comes off best is Shuler Hensley's The Monster, a pleasingly human and humane creation, despite his bulk.
As one surely hoped, the legendary "Puttin' on the Ritz" sequence is once again hilarious. Or, at least, it's hilarious for the first five minutes, before the whole number gets expanded, amplified and blown up in one of those can't-stop, slightly panicked, overproduced signals that a highly skilled creative team has been torn from its roots.
"Young Frankenstein" plays on Broadway at the Hilton Theatre, 213 W. 42nd St. Call 212-307-4100.


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Corner queen and king studios feature stunning New York City views with a prime corner location offering two walls of windows and an abundance of natural light. The upscale residential design offers an artful balance of form and function - from the spacious slate-tile and marble bathrooms to the flat screen TVs - all designed with the modern day traveler in mind.
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Hopefully you're enjoying the day off today. But even if you're not, you can get away for a short moment with this look back at our best and most inspiring home Tech Tours, showcasing real people and their real spaces, all exhibiting an understanding that technology doesn't have to stand apart from the decor, but can work together with it!
Like what you saw up above? You can learn more about each and everyone of the Tech Tours above by checking out the Unplggd Tech Tour Archives. Plenty of more photos and detailed descriptions of spaces, tech specs and tips/solutions so you might one day venture to share your space with Unplggd readers too.
Note: one of the noted criticisms here at Unplggd is we don't highlight enough non-Mac setups. We're aware of the situation and want to change this for 2011! On numerous occasions we've invited Windows and other system users to share their stylish home offices, but unfortunately, rarely do we receive any submissions (we're also always on the hunt online looking for examples where computing and home decor aesthetics are clearly reflected in a space).
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VANCOUVER, BC- Vancouver Whitecaps FC (9W-7L-5D) continue their quest for the Cascadia Cup this weekend when they visit Pacific Northwest rivals Portland Timbers (8W-3L-10D) on Saturday night. Kickoff at JELD-WEN Field is set for 8 p.m. PT.
Saturday's match between Whitecaps FC and Portland Timbers kicks off at 8 p.m. PT and is live on City, Sportsnet ONE, and Bell mobile devices. 'Caps fans can also listen to Saturday's match live on TEAM 1410 radio and teamradio.ca, starting with the pre-game show at 6 p.m. PT. TEAM 1410 will also have a two-hour post-game show, which will begin following the match.
No less than 750 Whitecaps FC fans will be making the trip down the I-5 to invade JELD-WEN Field and cheer on the 'Caps.
This weekend's tilt will be another crucial battle in the tight Western Conference, as Portland currently sit third in the conference with 34 points while Vancouver are only two points behind with 32 points. This is the second of three matchups between the 'Caps and Timbers in 2013, with the two teams having tied 2-2 in their previous encounter at BC Place back on May 18. The 'Caps have already exorcised some demons this season when they defeated Seattle Sounders FC for the first time since joining MLS, and now the Blue and White will look to do the same versus Portland, whom they have yet to beat in six MLS meetings.
The 'Caps are a coming off a frustrating 1-0 loss to Philadelphia, which halted the team's home unbeaten run at 10 matches.
Despite Jun Marques Davidson's ejection from the game in the eighth minute, the undermanned 'Caps fought valiantly, pressing for periods and outchancing the Union in the game despite being a man down. Despite their efforts, it just wasn't to be for the boys in white. Kekuta Manneh came closest for Vancouver when hit the post after playing a one-two with Camilo, but Philly substitute Antoine Hoppenot secured the win for the visitors with the lone goal of the match in the 85th minute.
Last match: Whitecaps FC 0-1 Philadelphia Union
Whitecaps FC will be without the suspended Davidson (red card) this weekend, as well as midfielder Gershon Koffie who picked up his fifth yellow card of the season versus the Union and thus must also serve a one-match suspension.
On the injury front, Martin Rennie's side will be missing striker Darren Mattocks, who recently had knee surgery and Omar Salgado, who is still recovering from a right foot fracture. Listed as doubtful for Saturday's clash is Andy O'Brien (hamstring), and captain Jay DeMerit (ruptured Achilles tendon). Striker Kenny Miller is listed as questionable after suffering from some tightness in his right adductor.
Last match: San Jose Earthquakes 2-1 Portland Timbers
After seeing a club-record 15-match unbeaten streak end last month, the Timbers have struggled to regain their form, having won only once in their past four matches.
In their most recent outing, Portland suffered a 2-1 road loss to San Jose Earthquakes last Saturday at Buck Shaw Stadium. Despite a late goal from Darlington Nagbe, the Timbers fell to the Quakes for only their third loss of the season.
One of the main contributing factors to the success of head coach Caleb Porter's side has been their cohesive midfield group of Diego Valeri, Canadian international Will Johnson, Diego Chara, and Nagbe. The play of goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts, who was acquired from Montreal Impact last summer, has also guided the Timbers to concede only six goals at home all season.
The Oregon side will be without Bright Dike (ACL surgery), David Horst (tibia plateau surgery), Brent Richards (ACL surgery), Mikael Silvestre (ACL surgery), and Dylan Tucker-Gangnes (concussion). Listed as questionable for Saturday is Diego Chara (turf toe).
May 18, 2013: Whitecaps FC 2-2 Portland Timbers
This weekend's match will be the seventh meeting between Whitecaps FC and Portland Timbers in MLS regular season competition. Across two seasons, the 'Caps have yet to defeat Portland and have a record of 0W-4L-2D against the Rose City side.
Saturday's match will be the 75th all-time meeting between the 'Caps and Portland. Vancouver hold an all-time record of 33W-28L-13D against the Timbers.
There are several player connections between the two clubs. Michael Nanchoff, who began his MLS career with Vancouver in 2011 and 2012, is a now a member of the Timbers. However, Nanchoff is currenty on loan to Swedish club Jönköpings Södra. Nanchoff was also a teammate of Darren Mattocks at the University of Akron, where both were coached by current Timbers head coach Caleb Porter. There is also a goalkeeper connection, as 'Caps goalkeeper Brad Knighton spent time on loan with the then United Soccer Leagues First Divison (USL-1) side Portland Timbers in 2008 when he was a member of New England Revolution.
This match also counts toward this season's Cascadia Cup standings, with Vancouver, Portland, and Seattle competing annually to become kings of the Pacific Northwest. The 'Caps are currently in first place in the standings and a win will increase their lead over their Cascadia rivals. However, a win for Portland - who also have a game in hand - will allow the Timbers to overtake the Blue and White at the top of the standings.
After this important Cascadia battle, Whitecaps FC return home to host San Jose Earthquakes in another vital Western Conference encounter on Saturday, August 10, at BC Place. Kickoff is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. PT. Tickets are still available at ticketmaster.ca/whitecapsfc.


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Redefine Artists Of The Year
This past year we introduced a new column, Redefine, wherein we asked artists to define one term involved in their process. Through this definition we were able to learn more about the artists and their creations, thereby increasing awareness and appreciation of the handmade lifestyle. It is an honor to share the Redefine artists of 2011.
• 1 On Pinch Pots: Michael McDowell
• 2 On Rag Weaving: Susan Johnson
• 3 On Slumping: Brian Western
• 4 On Ceramics: PearsonMaron
• 5 On Hand Dyeing: Liane Tyrell
• 6 On Butterflying: David Wolfgram
• 7 On Watercolor: Cathy Cullis
• 8 On Found Objects: Dolan Geiman
• 9 On Block Printing: Jesse Breytenbach
• 10 On Needle Felting: Lisa Jordan
• 11 On Screen Printing: Sara Selepouchin
(Images: See linked posts for full image credits)