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Fake National Emergency Protest: Columbia, SC
February 18, 2019 - Tootsie Holland (above) says that president Trump's recent declaration of a national emergency is only part of the reaso...Read the Full Post »
Photos: New Year's Eve at New Brookland Tavern
January 02, 2019 - At the stroke of midnight on New Years at New Brookland Tavern, after shifting through different roles in Fleetwood Mac...Read the Full Post »
Photos: No one is above the law protest - Columbia, SC
November 09, 2018 - Yesterday's firing of U.S. Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, and the appointment of Matt Whitaker as a...Read the Full Post »
Queef headlines "Bohemian Rhapsody" celebration
November 06, 2018 - In the upstairs Pastor's Study at Lula Drake on Sunday night, Queef headlined a live musical celebration of the new film...Read the Full Post »
Eighty 5 @ Eff 1.four @ the SC State Fair
October 17, 2018 - I added a Nikon 85mm f/1.4 D lens to my kit last year for portrait work. It's the older version that was in production f...Read the Full Post »
Photos: State Fair Traditions with Cameron
October 16, 2018 - Standing next to the Matterhorn, my friend Cameron asks, "Sean, when will the fair be back?" And so begins, and ends mo...Read the Full Post »
Photos: "Get Out of the Road" - Chapin Labor Day Parade
September 04, 2018 - After the first few hundred yards of the annual Chapin Labor Day Parade, Rep. Joe Wilson found himself holding on to a.5...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Prehistoric FT Best Of Party - SC State Museum
August 23, 2018 - Last night I dressed up as jelly fish and went to a prehistoric themed party at the museum. Here are some photos....Read the Full Post »
Soda Citizen: Sean Thomson loves satanic crabs
August 07, 2018 - Sean Rayford: If you participated in organized crime, what would your role and nickname be? Sean Thomson: Something bor...Read the Full Post »
Soda Citizen: Josh Latham is Moist
July 20, 2018 - Sean: Do you talk to animals? Josh: Yes. It's not really a full on conversation. It's more or less derivations of my do...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Brookland Beach Bash - West Columbia, SC
July 08, 2018 - Like a dog wiping it's ass across the carpet, the back end of a tandem kayak slowly took on water Saturday afternoon whe...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Hasher battles Congaree River to fetch beer for friend
July 02, 2018 - "Shit happens mate," explained Dan Cooper when asked about the last stretch of his journey yesterday on the rivers in Co...Read the Full Post »
"DTF: Down To break kids out of detainment Facilities"
July 01, 2018 - In unison with nationwide "Families Belong Together" marches and rallies, planned in over 600 cities, several hundred de...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Summer grilling with Kristian Niemi
June 08, 2018 - "We are here to grill steaks today," explained local restaurateur Kristian Niemi last night at City Roots Farm, "The rea...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Kinetic Derby Day - West Columbia, SC
April 22, 2018 - "Earlier today, we had kind of a breakdown just off the start line with the "Savage Lung." We learned that Kent Sutcliff...Read the Full Post »
About Last Night: Flogging Molly at Music Farm
March 02, 2018 - Getting an early start on St. Patrick's Day celebrations, Celtic punk rockers Flogging Molly kicked off their "Life is G...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Moms demand closing the loop
February 28, 2018 - After morning meetings with state lawmakers concerning gun legislation for the upcoming session, representatives from Mo...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Junior Astronomers at New Brookland Tavern
February 25, 2018 - Junior Astronomers at New Brookland Tavern in West Columbia, SC. 2/23/18 RELATED CONTENT Drunk Guy at the Festival &...Read the Full Post »
Onesie bar crawl stumbles through the Vista
February 25, 2018 - As three elderly women waited the in the lobby of Carolina Ale House last night, the front door swung open and a boister...Read the Full Post »
Two a.m. mandatory bar closing hearing stretches into afternoon
February 20, 2018 - Some residents near Five Points say that drunk college students have urinated in their gardens, passed out naked on thei...Read the Full Post »
About Last Night: Confederate Fagg at Art Bar
February 19, 2018 - Celebrating his retirement from the U.S Army, Confederate Fagg drummer, Packer, and bandmates Teabag Balzac, Spanky Swat...Read the Full Post »
About Last Night: Bask, Abacus, Vacation State, Galaxy Chief
February 18, 2018 - "Sean, can you do me a favor?" asked my friend Ryan, a former co-worker at New Brookland Tavern. "Sure," I responded. I...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Mardi Gras Festival Columbia, SC
February 11, 2018 - A show at the Elbow Room was my alibi on two occasions in 1998. The first instance occurred when my neighbors in Preston...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Mardi Gras Parade Columbia, SC - 2018
February 10, 2018 - Like Bourbon St. on steroids, revelers flocked to the Rosewood neighborhood this morning for the annual Mardi Gras parad...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Accident scene of fatal Amtrak crash in Cayce, SC
February 04, 2018 - This morning in Cayce, SC, not too far from the state farmers market on Charleston Highway, an Amtrak passenger train cr...Read the Full Post »
Pass the #DreamActNow Rally at SC Statehouse
January 31, 2018 - As the sun went down yesterday in Columbia, SC about 75 people gathered at the South Carolina Statehouse to rally in sup...Read the Full Post »
Soda Citizen: Alex Strickland of Abacus/Bathe
January 31, 2018 - Sean: Do you believe in aliens? Alex: No. I want to, but I just don't. Do you believe that they don't exist or just ha...Read the Full Post »
Photos: King Day at the Dome - Columbia, SC
January 15, 2018 - The South Carolina NAACP hosted the annual King Day at the Dome this morning in Columbia, SC. Following the statewide pr...Read the Full Post »
Photos: New Year's Eve at New Brookland
January 01, 2018 - Over the last decade, the annual New Year's Eve Covers Show at New Brookland Tavern in West Columbia has grown to be one...Read the Full Post »
Photo of the Night - Mikey Collins
December 23, 2017 - Photo of the Night - December 22, 2017 Mikey Collins, performing with Kid Trails and Hunter Park, pays tribute to Tom...Read the Full Post »
Photo of the Night - Josh Roberts
December 22, 2017 - Photo of the Night - December 21, 2017 Formed in 2005, Charleston's Josh Roberts and the Hinges, played at the New Br...Read the Full Post »
Photos: '68, Whores at New Brookland Tavern
December 07, 2017 - '68, Whores, Alistair Hennessey (not pictured) performed at New Brookland Tavern last night in West Columbia, SC. The t...Read the Full Post »
13 Practical and Affordable Holiday Gifts for Photographers [$10-$250]
November 23, 2017 - One of the best things about photography - and most creative endeavors - is the unending process of learning. In celebra...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Susto at The Music Farm Columbia
November 20, 2017 - Charleston's Susto performed at the Music Farm Columbia and will be heading back out on the road during the month of Dec...Read the Full Post »
Photos: First Week at Catitude Cat Cafe
November 16, 2017 - PHOTOS AND WORDS BY SEAN RAYFORD University of South Carolina grad Andres Ortega had a nice job in corporate America.Read the Full Post »
David Bazan at New Brookland
November 16, 2017 - David Bazan performed last night at New Brookland Tavern in West Columbia. Upcoming shows below: Nov 16: The Earl – Atl...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Elmwood knows how to Halloween
November 01, 2017 - Children laughing in every direction. Music coming from three. A shriek from a frightened skeleton wearing a tutu and an...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Third Eye Blind last night at Music Farm
October 28, 2017 - The last time I saw Third Eye Blind my friend Fred punched my not friend Larry at a stadium show in D.C. It rained durin...Read the Full Post »
Photo of the Day: Is it Halloween yet?
October 26, 2017 - A server waits for a drink from the bar at Grill Marks in the Vista on Thursday, October 5, 2017. Photo by Sean Rayford...Read the Full Post »
Photos -The Making of The Theta Girl
October 24, 2017 - NOT SUITABLE FOR WORKPLACE VIEWING - Adult content ahead When I walked into the bathroom my friend Jaime Clark was pain...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Jam Room Fest with Guided by Voices
October 15, 2017 - You know something's afoot when a dude walks past you on Main Street in Columbia wearing a Merge Records t-shirt and you...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Opening Night at the SC State Fair
October 12, 2017 - Cameron's favorite amusement ride at the SC State Fair is the Musik Express, a Matterhorn/Flying Bob style ride with the...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Last night with Manchester Orchestra & Tigers Jaw
October 07, 2017 - Atlanta's Manchester Orchestra booked their first out of town gig in Columbia, SC and singer Andy Hull, along with his b...Read the Full Post »
Photo of the Day: "Brookland" Takes Shape in West Columbia
October 05, 2017 - Construction workers build the $40 million mixed use "Brookland" project in West Columbia on Thursday, October 5, 2017....Read the Full Post »
Photos: Columbia responds to need in Puerto Rico
September 30, 2017 - "One is running out of food and the other is running out of water," says Yanira Rivera about family members who are batt...Read the Full Post »
Overnight shooting in Columbia's Vista at closing time
September 16, 2017 - After talking with law enforcement outside of The Empire Supper Club on Lady St. in the Vista early Saturday morning, a...Read the Full Post »
Photos: North Florida's fight with Hurricane Irma
September 14, 2017 - Yesterday in Middleburg, Florida, covered in strands of Spanish Moss and various pieces of foliage, I paddled up to the...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Hurricane Irma approaches Daytona Beach
September 10, 2017 - My folks have been living in Flagler County, Florida off and on for twenty years now. I spent a couple summers during co...Read the Full Post »
Photos: DACA Prayer Vigil - Columbia, SC
September 06, 2017 - "God of love and justice, you are the god of all peoples of every nation and yet no nation. For you do not recognize our...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Friday night at Hoechella - Columbia, SC
August 27, 2017 - So far this weekend, I've made photos at an Apache helicopter team's deployment to Afghanistan, a youth golf skills tour...Read the Full Post »
"Disgruntled" worker shoots and kills one in Charleston
August 24, 2017 - The Charleston Post and Courier reports that a 'disgruntled' worker entered Virginia's on King in Charleston, SC during...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Sneak attack finishing move on the dance floor
August 24, 2017 - It was a sneak attack from behind. Energized by the crowd's appreciation for his jive, sporting a black fanny pack and a...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Total Solar Eclipse - Columbia Fireflies vs. Rome Braves
August 22, 2017 - Yesterday I got to pick where I went to cover the the great American eclipse of 2017. I chose minor league baseball. J...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Soda City preps for eclipse
August 21, 2017 - I hear something weird is going on this afternoon in Columbia, SC. Here's how folks prepared. Photos: Tourists Flock To...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Billboard battles lasers on banks of the Congaree
August 20, 2017 - Last night hundreds gathered on the eastern banks of the Congaree to take in a laser light installation that will cris c...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Unite the Right Rally Turns Deadly - Charlottesville, VA
August 13, 2017 - "GET IN THERE AND FIGHT!!!" yelled a white supremacist as I ducked behind a front line of alt-right "infantryman," clutc...Read the Full Post »
Soda Citizen: Mike Busbee
July 27, 2017 - Mike Busbee and I made this photo for an interview as part of a regular series with Columbia artists. We never got aroun...Read the Full Post »
SUV knocked off corner of Gervais St. Bridge, flash floods strand motorists
July 24, 2017 - Isis Davis was working her shift at Palmetto Outdoor yesterday evening waiting for customers to return tubes after a tri...Read the Full Post »
Sipping on Capri Sun backstage at Girls Rock (Photos)
July 23, 2017 - While I overheard one comment that the green room wasn't even green, I saw no other dissatisfaction from anyone backstag...Read the Full Post »
First Week: Duck Donuts [photos]
July 15, 2017 - Some of my earliest memories from childhood involve eating donuts in the Australian Outback. My family had moved from Ma...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Activists Raise Confederate Flag At SC Statehouse 2 Years After Its Removal
July 11, 2017 - "LOOK AT THOSE SNOWFLAKES WITH THEIR PARTICIPATION TROPHY! BOOOOOO!!!!!!" shouts a protestor with a bull horn as a man d...Read the Full Post »
Photo of the Day: Debbie and the Skanks at NBT
July 09, 2017 - Deborah Adedokun and Joe Buck Roberts perform at New Brookland Tavern Saturday night in West Columbia, SC on July 8, 201...Read the Full Post »
Emo Night Columbia: #SelfiesWithStrangersMakingOut
July 08, 2017 - In 2015, a New Brookland Tavern staffer took a photo of himself standing near a couple sucking face, posted it on Instag...Read the Full Post »
Grown Up Kids Slip-n-Slide, Bang Snaps to the Face
July 05, 2017 - "We're from Sumter!" yells Leia Richardson while holding a garden hose from the top of her front yard yesterday afternoo...Read the Full Post »
Photos: American Dream Car & Bike Show with Plies, Jeezy and Rick Ross
July 03, 2017 - Before yesterday I hadn't been to a car and bike show concert combination since I was the de facto "manager" of a rap gr...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Lake Murray Fourth of July Boat Parade
July 02, 2017 - Adorned with a few American flags and some streamers, a single boat passed by a few families who had gathered yesterday...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Party at the Library - Columbia, SC
July 01, 2017 - "Sarah created this amazing sea monster that was grabbing a boat and it was delivering it from the sky. Our monsters… mi...Read the Full Post »
Photo of the Day - Woodwright's Shop Host Roy Underhill
June 27, 2017 - Roy Underhill talks with a crowd at the Columbia Museum of Art as a guest of the museum's ArtBreak program this morning...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Make Music Day in Columbia SC
June 22, 2017 - If you passed through Five Points in Columbia yesterday you may have seen Joe Robinson celebrating Make Music Day walkin...Read the Full Post »
Soda Citizen: Tyler Morris Listens to Phish
June 16, 2017 - Sean: If you are eating peanut butter, how or with what are you putting it in your mouth? Tyler: With a spoon. Or in a...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Confederate Memorial Day - Columbia, SC
May 10, 2017 - A small group of men and women stand around the Confederate Monument at the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia, SC. W...Read the Full Post »
Photos: March for Science - Columbia, SC
April 24, 2017 - In coordination with Earth Day celebrations on Saturday hundreds of cities across the globe participated in pro-science...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Antiwar Protestors Piss Off Old Man
April 13, 2017 - I wasn't out in front of the South Carolina Statehouse again for a another protest. The antiwar protestors just happene...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Town Hall meeting with Sen. Lindsey Graham - Columbia, SC
March 26, 2017 - Some hide -- U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-SC. Some plant supporters in the front rows and have donut holes and coffee -- Tom...Read the Full Post »
Photos: New Millwood Ave. Mural Connects Artists with Neighborhood
March 22, 2017 - Watching four street artists as they painted a new mural on Millwood Ave., a 59 year-old neighborhood man sat across the...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Spirit of America Rally! Fake News?
February 27, 2017 - Shawn Herzog (below) helped to organize a pro-Trump rally on President's Day a week ago in Red Bank, SC. On Monday, he j...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Donut Holes and Drama at Florence Town Hall Meeting
February 24, 2017 - Last night's town hall meeting with Rep. Tom Rice in Florence, SC was a bit more boisterous than than last week's dual t...Read the Full Post »
Photos: The People's March on Columbia, SC
February 21, 2017 - In January of last year, Henry McMaster, then lieutenant governor of the state of South Carolina, introduced then candid...Read the Full Post »
Photos: One detained by police at Wells Fargo during NoDAPL protest in Columbia, SC
February 04, 2017 - Holding a pink protest sign that read, "I Stand with Standing Rock," and some paperwork from the bank, Stephanie Godbolt...Read the Full Post »
Photos: New Year's Eve at New Brookland Tavern
January 01, 2017 - Three hundred and sixty-four days to do something this year.Read the Full Post »
Year in Review: 2016 - Photos by Sean Rayford
December 31, 2016 - In 2016 I learned about tear gas, the superpowers of fishing waders and my need for a chainsaw. Here are 55 photos that...Read the Full Post »
Dave Chamberlain begins 19,000 mile Forrest Gump Run with trip to Waffle House
December 19, 2016 - Dave Chamberlain is running across the world. Two weeks ago he began the latest leg of his journey, a 19,000 mile "Forre...Read the Full Post »
Soda Citizen: Jessica Bornick - Accomplice in high school paddle theft
December 14, 2016 - Sean: Have you ever had an imaginary friend? Jessica Bornick: No. If you had an imaginary friend, we'd need a name and...Read the Full Post »
Soda Citizen: Josh Bumgarner vs. the Giant Duck
December 13, 2016 - Sean: Would you rather fight one donkey-sized duck or 100 duck sized donkeys? Josh Bumgarner: I'd probably go with the...Read the Full Post »
Soda Citizen: Aaron Graves on What Makes a Good Donut
December 12, 2016 - Sean: What makes a good donut? Aaron Graves: A good yeast donut or a cake donut, you can dunk it. The cake or the yeast...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Anti-Trump Protest in Columbia, SC
November 12, 2016 - Just before I left Friday night's Anti-Trump protest in downtown Columbia, a couple hundred demonstrators held hands on...Read the Full Post »
Photos: All-American Halloween in the Soda City
November 01, 2016 - I went to Autozone last night around 8:30 p.m. and picked up a camouflage hat with a black and white American flag patch...Read the Full Post »
"Inundated" - A visual journey through historic flooding in 2015
September 29, 2016 - Not long after light broke on the morning of October 5 of last year, I pulled a u-turn at Harden and Gervais streets. On...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Pride in the City - Columbia, SC
September 04, 2016 - Yesterday morning I got up at four a.m. to drive over to Gate 2 at Fort Jackson. Another in many recent newspaper assign...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Hoechella showers West Columbia in Glitter
August 28, 2016 - If you attended the second day of Hoechella on Saturday at New Brookland in West Columbia you'll probably remember it as...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Football means that Halloween is coming
August 22, 2016 - There was a high of ninety one today in Columbia, SC and my roommate remarked how nice it was when he walked out of the...Read the Full Post »
Capitalist at house show convinces photojournalist to change career goals
August 08, 2016 - When I ran into Summer Ruisseaux on Friday night at New Brookland Tavern she was a bit apprehensive about hosting a hous...Read the Full Post »
Donald Trump pig effigy confiscated on final night of RNC
July 24, 2016 - Just before sundown during the final day the 2016 Republican National Convention a young boy wandered up and down a sect...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Welcome to Cleveland. Welcome to the RNC
July 18, 2016 - "Bicycle! Bicycle! Bicycle! I want to ride my bicycle! Bicycle. Bicycle! I want to ride my bicycle. I want to ride my bi...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Take-Aways from last night's march in Columbia
July 11, 2016 - I started my Sunday morning covering a Confederate flag rally on the statehouse grounds for The Post & Courier. I went t...Read the Full Post »
Charleston Couple Embarks on Epic Road Trip
July 01, 2016 - "I think living in Charleston you get caught up — being ' house poor ' — I think they call it. We have always been conce...Read the Full Post »
That time I threw 50 cheddar cheese cubes into the crowd
June 24, 2016 - Back when Susto's Justin Osborne fronted Charleston's Sequoyah Prep School I used to tend bar at New Brookland Tavern wh...Read the Full Post »
About Last Night: How I Shot It - Say Brother at New Brookland
May 23, 2016 - I've been shooting shows at New Brookland Tavern in West Columbia since 1998. That's ridiculous and I don't know how I f...Read the Full Post »
People watching like it's my job: Five Points on St. Pat's - Photos
March 20, 2016 - I imagine The Drive by Truckers have seen some interesting things in their days. Despite that, Saturday evening they tha...Read the Full Post »
Shamelessly Hot - Burlesque on State Street
February 13, 2016 - "The word deflowered sounds like this pretty word but it's like this horrible thing. Some bad thing that somebody does t...Read the Full Post »
"American Hero" makes appearance at Columbia Mardi Gras parade
February 07, 2016 - You may remember Matt Buck as the sousaphone player who trolled members of Ku Klux Klan during their July rally at the S...Read the Full Post »
World News: King Day at the Dome - Columbia, SC
January 19, 2016 - On Martin Luther King Day and just in front of the Confederate monument at the South Carolina State House, members of th...Read the Full Post »
The Year in Photos / by South Carolina photojournalist Sean Rayford
January 07, 2016 - In Andrews, South Carolina on October 9, 2015 Davey Morris showed me around his neighborhood where floodwaters from the...Read the Full Post »
In Photos: Soda Citizens Celebrate Famously Hot New Year
January 01, 2016 - I felt for the folks last night celebrating New Year's Eve when I watched a girl finish a Bud Light at the front of the...Read the Full Post »
Jam Room Celebrates Christmas with Confederate Fagg
December 21, 2015 - Last night at the Art Bar, in a somewhat surprise appearance, Teabag Balzac, Spanky Swatnasty, Packer and Lady Miss Mang...Read the Full Post »
Photos in the News: Nov. 29 - Dec. 5, 2015
December 07, 2015 - It was day three of my flood coverage when the sun came back out. I woke up early and photographed the attempts to repai...Read the Full Post »
Photos in the News: Nov. 22-28, 2015
November 29, 2015 - All the lights were off in the room where I saw Prince and Sugar Ray in 1997. Not in the same evening though. For the ne...Read the Full Post »
Photos in the News: November 15-21, 2015
November 23, 2015 - A week ago this morning, I was preparing to cover a student organized walkout and protest at the University of South Car...Read the Full Post »
Photos in the News: November 8-14, 2015
November 16, 2015 - After more than a decade doggy paddling through the world of freelance photojournalism and a news filled year in South C...Read the Full Post »
Say Brother guitarist delivers baby at Halloween Party
November 01, 2015 - "I didn't even know I was preggers," said Say Brother guitarist Zach Morrison out back of New Brookland on Halloween nig...Read the Full Post »
Invisible Man sneaks into party - accused of being a "Booty Bandit"
October 30, 2015 - "Welcome to the place where all the creatures meet The last building to your left on a dead-end street Youll find skel...Read the Full Post »
Avoid Highways: Dallas to New Orleans - Photos
October 27, 2015 - After dropping my tuxedo off with the concierge at the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas, Texas I jumped back i...Read the Full Post »
Columbia to New Orleans to Shreveport to Dallas
October 23, 2015 - Since Sunday, I've been meandering across the southeastern United States, spending most of my time in New Orleans. The w...Read the Full Post »
Minus the Spurrier - "Someone has to take, take, take the wheel now man"
October 16, 2015 - From behind the bar at New Brookland Tavern on Monday night, a War Eagle bartender tapped me on the shoulder as The Fish...Read the Full Post »
Photos: Opening Night at the 2015 South Carolina State Fair
October 15, 2015 - As I walk past the newly raised rocket on opening night at the South Carolina State Fair, a man with a selfie stick trie...Read the Full Post »
It's BO Time! The Bojangles' Southern 500 - Darlington, SC
September 09, 2015 - By the time the Southern 500 began in Darlington, SC on Sunday I had already been at the track for nine hours and met my...Read the Full Post »
"Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game."
August 19, 2015 - "The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his champ...Read the Full Post »
Robot Photographer at Museum Space Party
August 14, 2015 - Recipe for Killbot 2000 Two moving boxes One large bag full of random shit from Radio Shack including lights, an exh...Read the Full Post »
Bizarro World: Columbia, South Carolina - July 5, 2015
July 06, 2015 - It's getting weird. Nevermind, it's always been that way.Read the Full Post »
South Carolina legislature to tackle flag on Monday
July 05, 2015 - Members of the South Carolina legislature have been notified that they are scheduled to return to Columbia, SC on Monday...Read the Full Post »
Happy Fourth - Embracing Our Mistakes
July 03, 2015 - I'm hovering over my "food set," balancing on a chair in my dining room with my camera in one hand. I rarely shoot food,...Read the Full Post »
A death knell for the confederate flag - Columbia, SC - June 27, 2015
June 27, 2015 - Only a few hours after Bree Newsome climbed up a pole and removed the confederate flag on the South Carolina Statehouse...Read the Full Post »
Thousands wait in blasting SC sun to honor Clementa Pinckney
June 24, 2015 - Six days following the "Holy City Massacre," the body of South Carolina Senator Clementa Pinckney traveled down Main Str...Read the Full Post »
An Instagram Guide to the Soda City: Columbia SC - Vol. 2
June 16, 2015 - If one were to judge my travels in and around Columbia, SC by this edit of Instragram photos I've made during the last t...Read the Full Post »
Soda Citizen: Katie Sheridan - Glittoris
June 01, 2015 - "Kind of like the Power Puff Girls but sluttier," explains Katie Sheridan as we lay the groundwork for a cartoon show fe...Read the Full Post »
"Seizure-inducing pedal tornado...¿music? from Columbia, SC"
May 26, 2015 - Alex Strickland, vocalist of Abacus (and Bathe) spent ten days on tour in March 2014 alongside Sein zum Tode to SXSW and...Read the Full Post »
Queen of Sheba meets Swamp Metal in Soda City West
May 24, 2015 - Kicking off the Memorial Day weekend on Friday night in West Columbia, it seemed there was little more personality reari...Read the Full Post »
Behind the Scenes: "Walmart Parking Lot" by Can't Kids
May 22, 2015 - Among other things, Bono is terrified of a vacuuming werewolf. Or at least that's what I gathered from the ET Anderson f...Read the Full Post »
'A flute with no holes is not a flute, And a doughnut with no hole is a Danish.'
May 20, 2015 - Model: Shannon Watson Make-up: Lindsey Vidal Hair Stylist: Topher Carnes Yoga Instructor: Brenda Ingbretsen-WayRead the Full Post »
Soda City Stand Up: Portraits of Columbia, SC Comedians
May 19, 2015 - "CAN YOU PICK IT UP?" I shouted from across an overgrown parking lot on Sunday evening at Columbia comedian Joe Coughlin...Read the Full Post »
About Last Night: Of Montreal at Music Farm - Columbia, SC
May 16, 2015 - I'm balancing between a Red Bull table and a metal stool during Of Montreal's headlining set when Tyler Morris of E.T. A...Read the Full Post »
About Last Night: Toro y Moi at Music Farm Columbia
May 14, 2015 - What are we going to complain about now that Columbia has a venue to accommodate it's very own hometown indie rock super...Read the Full Post »
Grocery Store Parking Lot
May 13, 2015 - Grocery store parking lot - West Columbia, SC - Wednesday 10:34 AM - Tortilla chips and salsa, eggs and cheese.Read the Full Post »
Mudbugs. Mudbugs. Mudbugs.
May 05, 2015 - I ran into my friend Chris, operator of Hippy Do-Da Creations a local hand-crafted jewelry vendor inside the artists' vi...Read the Full Post »
Sun in the Morning - Columbia, SC
April 30, 2015 - "Mine all mine - Wander - Away we go." Even the chicken factory looked beautiful this morning.Read the Full Post »
Perfect Storm: Vinyl Fans Converge on Art Museum
April 27, 2015 - When I first arrived at the Eighth Annual Greater Columbia Record Fair yesterday at the art museum, I climbed the stairs...Read the Full Post »
"A Great Way to Start the Day"
April 21, 2015 - Some would perceive an unseasonably cool Tuesday morning and riverwalk impeding high waters of the Congaree as an inoppo...Read the Full Post »
About Last Night - Future Islands at Music Farm Columbia
April 14, 2015 - Just after the turn of the century - around the time I started working at New Brookland Tavern - a band from North Carol...Read the Full Post »
Superman and Batman Make Surprise Appearance at River Rocks
April 12, 2015 - After a discussion on the various Soda City underworlds with Congaree River Keeper Bill Stangler and a couple local musi...Read the Full Post »
"If That Boat Sinks We'll be Participating in the Rescue."
April 06, 2015 - "When they come around that red marker, that's when they let loose with the profanities," explains my captain as the sai...Read the Full Post »
Welcome to the EasterCat Columbia Alley Cat Race/Crawl/Hunt
April 05, 2015 - I knew this wasn't your average sporting event when my friend Katie showed up and showered a participant with champagne...Read the Full Post »
About Last Night: Defeater at New Brookland Tavern
April 03, 2015 - There are 7,070 miles between Columbia, SC and the hometowns of the five bands who visited New Brookland Tavern last nig...Read the Full Post »
Too Dizzy to Remember its Hilarious Glory
April 03, 2015 - "It is the custom to look back on ourselves of the boom days with a disapproval that approaches horror...But it had its...Read the Full Post »
Larry Bird and the Two Story Beer Bong at St. Pat's Fest
March 16, 2015 - My arrival to the St. Pat's Fest couldn't have been more appropriate on Saturday afternoon. Larry Bird being confronted...Read the Full Post »
Photos of J. Roddy Walston's Hair at St. Patrick's Day Festival
March 15, 2015 - J. Roddy Walston and the Business was the last band to perform at yesterday's St. Patricks Day Festival. Here are a bunc...Read the Full Post »
Insert Sports Cliche Here: SCHS Basketball Championships
March 09, 2015 - Shooting sports can be grand. Especially when win or lose, it's the last game of the season - and some careers. Sixteen...Read the Full Post »
Thick Fog Ushers in Weird Weather - Photos
March 04, 2015 - In case anyone was wondering, it's now March, which apparently means we're looking at a high of 80 today, followed with...Read the Full Post »
Richland County Regulators top Lowcountry Highrollers 159-85
March 01, 2015 - Several years ago, out back of the local rock club, Richland County Regulator coach Jason Fant told me, "It's not Friday...Read the Full Post »
Soda Citizen: Debbie Minus the Skanks
February 27, 2015 - On Thursday morning I met up with a skankless Deborah Adedokun at Drip Coffee in Five Points seeking a random exchange o...Read the Full Post »
About Last Night - The Courtroom in Rock Hill, SC
February 22, 2015 - I've had my eyes on The Courtroom at Gettys in Rock Hill, SC for good while now. I'd see photos from friends' bands pass...Read the Full Post »
An Instagram Guide to the Soda City - Columbia, SC - Vol. One
February 19, 2015 - I love Instagram. I mean come on, if you told me 10 years ago that I'd be able to walk around with camera technology lik...Read the Full Post »
Soda Citizen: Krajewski Defects to Union Side
February 17, 2015 - If you were 18 and lived in Columbia at the time of The Civil War, what would your role be in the war? Michael Krajewsk...Read the Full Post »
One Hundred and Fifty Years Ago...
February 16, 2015 - One hundred and fifty years ago today General William Tecumseh Sherman ordered the shelling of Columbia, South Carolina.Read the Full Post »
Mardi Gras Kills Camera
February 14, 2015 - Things were going well on Saturday afternoon. I was able to catch the Mardi Gras parade through Rosewood and General She...Read the Full Post »
Reno Turns Forty - Doesn't Fight Entire Bar
February 13, 2015 - A few weeks back Reno Flowers Gooch and I were in Tiger Town Tavern in Clemson, SC and when some college kids asked me a...Read the Full Post »
Dreher Students React to One Fourth Quarter Possesion - Photos
February 11, 2015 - In the final minutes against their rivals from AC Flora, Dreher students watched with great anticipation - as the teams...Read the Full Post »
People with Snakes at Repticon
February 09, 2015 - Repticon invaded the Jamil Temple on Saturday and Sunday so I wandered out and made some photos of people walking around...Read the Full Post »
Sunset in the Soda City - February 7, 2015
February 07, 2015 - There was a time period where I often walked to work at my old bartending gig. I'd leave about an hour early and I'd mak...Read the Full Post »
Murder-Suicide at USC interrupts Soda City Afternoon
February 05, 2015 - Two people are dead after what's being called a murder-suicide by State Law Enforcement Division on the campus of the Un...Read the Full Post »
About Last Night: BoomBox at The Music Farm Columbia
February 04, 2015 - "Bogeyman (also spelled bogieman, boogeyman, or boogie man, and pronounced / b ʊ ɡ i m æ n / or / b oʊ ɡ i m æ n /; see...Read the Full Post »
Life Hands Gamecocks Severe Beatdown: 91-0
February 01, 2015 - "You don't want to get chippy with these guys, they know how to make you hurt," explained a former USC rugby player roam...Read the Full Post »
State of the State Interrupted by Donut Craving
January 21, 2015 - I caught the introductions from Governor Nikki Haley at the State of the State and immediately jetted from the capital....Read the Full Post »
Pretzel Necklaces, Silent Dance Floor and Jenga Hit at Beer Fest
January 19, 2015 - I ran into a volunteer at the World Beer Festival on Saturday who'd I'd met this past Halloween (I think she was Captain...Read the Full Post »
Life in the Pit with Christian Metalcore
January 17, 2015 - Last night in West Columbia, throngs of young Christian metalcore fans wrapped around New Brookland to catch the Sioux C...Read the Full Post »
About Last Night - Debbie and the Skanks
January 16, 2015 - At the turn of the century I was at a house party on South Waccamaw St. when I walked into the kitchen and my buddy's li...Read the Full Post »
South Carolina Edges Alabama in First SEC Win of 2015
January 14, 2015 - Despite being outscored 9-0 to start the game on Tuesday evening in Columbia, SC, the Gamecocks were able to snap a five...Read the Full Post »
Put That on Your Resume - "Harlem Globetrotter"
January 11, 2015 - What a strange profession. I'd never really thought about it until yesterday as tip-off approached for the Harlem Globet...Read the Full Post »
Avoid Highways - Exploring South Carolina - Chapter One
January 09, 2015 - I spent three days this week wandering around South Carolina between Columbia and Orangeburg being in the right place at...Read the Full Post »
Gators Outlast Gamecocks 72-68
January 08, 2015 - Dorian Finney-Smith tosses a shot from the top of the key as the Florida Gators notched a victory over the South Carolin...Read the Full Post »
"Clouds are high flying Fog"
January 05, 2015 - At times on Saturday night, a miniature waterfall developed over the back exit at New Brookland Tavern in West Columbia.Read the Full Post »
The Angry Whale's Year in Music - Photos - Vol. Four - 2014
December 31, 2014 - For me, 2014 has most resembled the journey our elementary school kickball used to take during homeruns and when someone...Read the Full Post »
The Angry Whale's Year in Music - Photos - Vol. Three - 2014
December 31, 2014 - It's the morning of the final day of the year and we've only reached June of 2014 in this 365 day music narrative. That...Read the Full Post »
The Angry Whale's Year in Music - Photos - Vol. Two - 2014
December 30, 2014 - Welcome back. If you've been following along with the narrative, we're about a third of the way through 2014 and picking...Read the Full Post »
The Angry Whale's Year in Music - Photos - Vol. One - 2014
December 28, 2014 - Against Me! at New Brookland Tavern At first, I thought that I might be able to cram a years worth of my music photogra...Read the Full Post »
I Love Spanish Moss - Beaufort, SC
December 16, 2014 - Over fifteen years ago I looked out over the scene above as Hurricane Floyd tossed the sailboats around like little toys...Read the Full Post »
"This is just a perpendicular line to the grain"
December 04, 2014 - As a freelance photographer, I end up shooting for a lot of different entities. From the university, a greek organizatio...Read the Full Post »
Columbia, SC Responds to Michael Brown Decision - Photos
November 26, 2014 - About a hundred people gathered at the foot of a thirty foot christmas tree and a confederate flag on Tuesday evening at...Read the Full Post »
Tiger Burn - Thousands Cheer as Tater's Head Falls Off
November 25, 2014 - As the orange glow of the flaming feline lit up the crowd at Tiger Burn last night, a most surreal feeling swept over me...Read the Full Post »
Soda Citizen: Brian Timmons of fk mt.
November 21, 2014 - Sean: Draw me something in this space in five minutes or less. Brian: Anything? Yea. Goddamnit. Anything as long...Read the Full Post »
Vista Lights Reminds Us it's Time to Buy Gifts
November 21, 2014 - If you were traveling around downtown Columbia last night and were detoured from your usual route, you can blame the ann...Read the Full Post »
Bears Outlast Cocks: 69-65
November 19, 2014 - On Tuesday morning I noticed that the Gamecocks had a noon tip-off vs. Baylor and thought, that'd be a nice way to spend...Read the Full Post »
Ville de Soude Photo du Jour - Monday - November 17, 2014
November 17, 2014 - Getting the tree straight. Monday - November 17, 2014 - 10:58 am - Main Street - Columbia, SC 200mm - f/4.5 - 1/500...Read the Full Post »
Saluda River Explodes With Color - Columbia, SC
November 15, 2014 - The past five days my alarm has sounded in the morning and I've thought, "I should get out and make some photos on the S...Read the Full Post »
Summer into Winter - Harvest Season in the Old South
November 12, 2014 - On Monday, when I took this same drive down South Carolina State Highway #6 through St. Matthews there were still more t...Read the Full Post »
Nightmare on State Street - Halloween Night at New Brookland
November 02, 2014 - After working at New Brookland Tavern for over a decade, I had grown almost desensitized to the creative wheels of the l...Read the Full Post »
Happy Halloween - DO NOT USE THE ELEVATOR!
October 31, 2014 - BOOOOOOOOWWWWHIHHHHHIIIIPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!! BOOOOOOOOWWWWHIHHHHHIIIIPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!! DO NOT USE THE ELEVATOR! I was next...Read the Full Post »
Microphone Perplexes David A. During Ivadell Set
October 28, 2014 - Ivadell's Josh Gilley watches as OG David Adedokun tries to rescue the vocal mic last night at Foxfield on Rosewood in C...Read the Full Post »
South Carolina State Fair Explored Through Reflections in Puddles
October 15, 2014 - When you are photographing puddles, your actions appear somewhat absurd to the average passerby. Crouching and contortin...Read the Full Post »
Superchunk praises Soda City dance moves at Jam Room Music Fest
October 12, 2014 - "The drums exploded and our amps are down, but Mathew's got it wired and we're coming around." The sounds of Superchunk...Read the Full Post »
South Carolina State Fair Gracefully Kicks Off 2014 Season
October 09, 2014 - Fascinated by the organization of shapes and colors and avid observer of human behavior - the fair for me is heaven. The...Read the Full Post »
Unprepared Photographer Brings Dead Batteries to Wounded Tongue
September 25, 2014 - If I'm gonna shoot flash photography at a show, I'm typically using one or two remotely fired Nikon SB600 flash units. T...Read the Full Post »
US Congressman Joe Wilson Eats Donut Outside Gas Station
September 23, 2014 - I once had a donut problem. It began as a grade schooler in Mt. Airy, MD when I participated in a community pool swim-a-...Read the Full Post »
Dance Party Erupts on Main St. During Pride Fest
September 22, 2014 - On Saturday afternoon the South Carolina community celebrated the annual Pride Fest by turning Main Street in the capita...Read the Full Post »
Friday Night Lights: South Carolina HS Football Enters Week Five
September 19, 2014 - Last Friday I found a seat on the River Bluff team bus on a trip to Fort Mill High for a match-up against a team that ra...Read the Full Post »
Roaming the Sidelines at the Palmetto Capital City Classic
September 16, 2014 - On the final weekend of August I had a newspaper assignment to photograph the Palmetto Capital City Classic, the season...Read the Full Post »
South Carolina Weathers Dawgfight - "Season not Over"
September 15, 2014 - About the time the game was supposed to kickoff against Georgia on Saturday I was hiding from the rain under one of the...Read the Full Post »
Soda Citizen: Bakari Lebby at Diarrhea Planet
September 14, 2014 - I met up with Bakari before the Diarrhea Planet show at Art Bar the other week. Before I could get the questions rolling...Read the Full Post »
The Creative Process, Uncertainty, and the clempson Taters
September 10, 2014 - For twenty years I've been stumbling around photography and the creative process and until recently, I've been pretty cl...Read the Full Post »
Slurtoth Steals Golf Cart - Escapes into Aiken County Woods
September 04, 2014 - For the third time in as many years, I traveled to BFSC with some good friends to pursue the elusive Aiken County Slurto...Read the Full Post »
Thank You Labor Day Thunderstorm
September 02, 2014 - As the last thunderstorm of summer loomed over the bottom end of the Saluda River yesterday, the humans adventuring down...Read the Full Post »
Rude Awakening - Aggies Clobber Gamecocks 52-28
August 29, 2014 - Before being steamrolled by Texas A&M on Thursday night to kick off the college football season, South Carolina was ridi...Read the Full Post »
Aggie Fans Poop on the SC Statehouse Steps - 'Yell Practice'
August 28, 2014 - From an outsider's perspective, the 101 year-old Texas A&M transition of "Midnight Yell" or "Yell Practice" looks like a...Read the Full Post »
Dear Traveler: Rachel Kate talks Rambo Brite
August 27, 2014 - I've been meaning to do this photo column (which will be a sibling to " Soda Citizen ") for several years and I am pleas...Read the Full Post »
Ville de Soude Photo du Jour - Monday - August 25, 2014
August 25, 2014 - Monday - August 25, 2014 - 2:37 pm - South Carolina Statehouse - Columbia, SC 200mm - f/2.8 - 1/8000 - ISO 200Read the Full Post »
Soda Citizen - Daniel Machado of The Restoration
August 21, 2014 - I met up with Daniel Machado of the Restoration for coffee and meaningless conversation last week. "Constance," a stage...Read the Full Post »
50 Awesome Moments from the Dixie Youth World Series - Lexington, SC
August 16, 2014 - I had forgotten the implications of being an out during the last inning when your team is losing an elimination game or...Read the Full Post »
Soda Citizen: Curt Heiny of Archnemesis
August 07, 2014 - A few weeks back I got a phone call from Curt Heiny, an EDM producer from Columbia, who makes and performs under the mon...Read the Full Post »
Soda Citizen: Dylan Dickerson of Dear Blanca
August 02, 2014 - I tracked down Dylan Dickerson of Dear Blanca at last night's Arts & Draughts to not talk about their new record or the...Read the Full Post »
Ending an Era - Final Regular Season Game at Capital City Stadium
August 01, 2014 - "The bassoon is one of my favorite instruments. It has a medieval aroma, like the days when everything used to sound lik...Read the Full Post »
About Last Night: Oathbreaker, Cult Leader and Steely Dan
July 30, 2014 - Just before Steely Dan took the stage last night at the Township Auditorium, I had a conversation with a venue employee...Read the Full Post »
Ville de Soude Photo du Jour - Sunday, July 27, 2014
July 27, 2014 - Sunday July 27, 2014 - 3:55 pm - Capital City Stadium - Columbia, SC 140 mm - f/2.8 - 1/5000 - ISO 400Read the Full Post »
Throwback Thursdays - Warped Tour Turns Twenty
July 24, 2014 - July 18, 2007 - Anthony Green of Circa Survive - Charlotte, NC I bought my first and only ticket to a Warped Tour on th...Read the Full Post »
Regulators Throttled by Greensboro Roller Derby
July 21, 2014 - It was a pretty close match at the Columbia Armory on Saturday evening between the Richland County Regulators and Greens...Read the Full Post »
Ville de Soude Photo du Jour - Saturday, July 19, 2014
July 19, 2014 - July 19, 2014 - 10:13 am - Highway #1 Flea Market - West Columbia, SC 160 mm - f/2.8 - 1/4000 - ISO 200Read the Full Post »
"For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" Happy Birthday Josh Scogin!
July 17, 2014 - I've been photographing and working shows involving different projects from Atlanta musician Josh Scogin for most of my...Read the Full Post »
"Big Lizard in My Backyard" - Repticon Visits Jamil Temple - Photos
July 14, 2014 - "I thought it would be a freakshow out here," says Lisa Joy on Saturday afternoon at the Jamil Temple. "But it's not - i...Read the Full Post »
Ville de Soude Photo du Jour - Saturday, July 12, 2014
July 12, 2014 - July 12, 2014 - 10:52 am - Highway #1 Flea Market - West Columbia, SC 28 mm - f/2.8 - 1/320 - ISO 1600Read the Full Post »
Live Music Survives in West Columbia Despite City Ban on Posters
July 11, 2014 - In West Columbia, SC posters are against the law. Land of the free unless you are a business like a live music venue wan...Read the Full Post »
The Gatekeeper - May 15, 2012 - #TBT Episode 1
July 10, 2014 - There are currently over 15,000 edited photographs in my online archives, so it makes sense that we start revisiting som...Read the Full Post »
South Carolina Holiday Weekend Wrap-Up - Photos
July 08, 2014 - This was my first Fourth of July holiday weekend without a hotdog - despite the efforts of the track announcer at the La...Read the Full Post »
Soda Citizens Celebrate Fourth at the Park - Photos
July 04, 2014 - This time next year, there will probably be a supermarket here at Capital City Stadium on a site where residents of Colu...Read the Full Post »
Touchdown! US Soccer Fans Watch Team Fall to Belgium
July 02, 2014 - It's 4 o'clock on a Tuesday afternoon in Columbia, SC - Delaney's Pub in Five Points is slammed and you better not be dr...Read the Full Post »
"What the F#!k was That?" - Photos - Evil Dead the Musical
June 26, 2014 - As Ash and Scott grapple with the severity of their cabin vacation, our main character's best bud sheds light on the sit...Read the Full Post »
"What the hell is a D Poop game of Crisco Twister?"
June 25, 2014 - When I used to bartend at New Brookland I would create drink specials and name them for the experience of having custome...Read the Full Post »
"The only reason for making honey is so I can eat it"
June 23, 2014 - Just on the inside of the the doorway to the runway it was like a colony of bees. Make-up artists and hair professionals...Read the Full Post »
Meet Columbia SC Engagement Photographer Sean Rayford
June 23, 2014 - I often get questions often about what type of photography work I do in Columbia, SC. My background rests in photojourna...Read the Full Post »
Cute Kids Kill it at Columbia Fashion Week - Photos
June 20, 2014 - Some of the younger ones made a few wrong turns like tee-ballers exploring the baseball diamond for the first time in ga...Read the Full Post »
Columbia Fashion Week Kicks Off in the Vista - Photos
June 19, 2014 - Columbia Fashion Week (previously Columbia Style Week) kicked off it's third annual event on Tuesday night at Studio Cel...Read the Full Post »
Soda City Stand Up Prepares for the Road - Comedy Portraits
June 17, 2014 - John Gibson, a harbinger of humor with the fledgling Soda City Stand Up and Columbia's new home for comedy - The Red Doo...Read the Full Post »
Blondes defeat Brunettes with 4th Quarter Heroics - Photography
June 15, 2014 - As they entered the fourth quarter trailing by two scores things weren't looking so hot for the Blondes in their Alzheim...Read the Full Post »
Sunsets in the Soda City - Episode One
June 11, 2014 - On Tuesday morning I had an assignment to photograph South Carolina women's basketball coach and three-time Olympic gold...Read the Full Post »
South Carolina Photographer Gets Bored on Road Trip
June 09, 2014 - It's a thousand mile round trip between Columbia, SC and my old home in Maryland where I just returned from a family pic...Read the Full Post »
Party on the Water - Family Fun on the Holiday Weekend
May 25, 2014 - "There's dead fish in this water! Something ate a hole in it's side!" explained the boy in the wet shirt after finding a...Read the Full Post »
Spaghetti Taco dumped for Joe Biden Special - Can't Kids Album Release
May 15, 2014 - Last week Can't Kids introduced a new item to the Beezer's menu, a staple in most young Soda Citizens' diets. The "Joe B...Read the Full Post »
Exploring Olympia's Giant Hole - Columbia, SC
May 02, 2014 - I've always been a fan of the Olympia neighborhood on the edge of Williams Brice Stadium in Columbia, SC. The strange di...Read the Full Post »
"Bizarre Celebrations" - Soda City Gets Weird with Of Montreal
April 20, 2014 - For a few minutes on Thursday night, patrons at the Columbia Museum of Art were teleported to Antarctica with a large he...Read the Full Post »
Man Finds Sweet Chair on River
April 18, 2014 - It's that time of year again and humans are starting to explore the banks of the South Carolina midlands river system ag...Read the Full Post »
Soda City Kicks Off Indie Grits Film Festival
April 14, 2014 - Entering it's eighth year, the Indie Grits Film Festival in Columbia, SC showcases 15 feature and almost 50 short films,...Read the Full Post »
My First Fashion Show - Runaway Runway at the Township Auditorium
April 07, 2014 - Important rules from Runway Runway, an annual recycled fashion show organized by the Columbia Design League and held on...Read the Full Post »
That Time I Went To a Party on Willie Nelson's Ranch - Photos
March 27, 2014 - This time two weeks ago during the SXSW Music Festival I was avoiding cacti while driving my bicycle around Willie Nelso...Read the Full Post »
Street Rat in a Ball - SC at SXSW Part Two - Photos
March 25, 2014 - "Street rat in a ball," said the young man wearing a knit cap on Sixth St. in downtown Austin on a Wednesday night durin...Read the Full Post »
Moe's Burrito Dash - Columbia, SC - March 22, 2014
March 22, 2014 - If you were driving around town near the statehouse or the USC campus on Saturday morning, your regular traffic pattern...Read the Full Post »
The Street Sound of the Crescent City - Lawlessness in NOLA
March 18, 2014 - "GET YOUR HENNY! GET YOUR CIROC! GET YOUR RITAS!" announced a "bartender" from the back of his pick-up truck on North Br...Read the Full Post »
Someone's Mom Rips Beer Bong at St. Pat's Festival - Photos
March 17, 2014 - "MOM! MOM! MOM!" I could hear the chant behind me funneling through the chaos of St. Patrick's Day in Five Points, Colu...Read the Full Post »
13 Lucky St. Pat's Moments with Humans Posing for the Camera
March 17, 2014 - Sometimes the humans react in strange and awesome ways when they see me with a camera. A long time ago (think Jesus time...Read the Full Post »
Welcome to The Live Music Capital of the World - Photos - SXSW 2014
March 11, 2014 - "It's about to get real windy out here," says the dude carrying the leaf blower on the deck of the Javelina Bar at 69 Ra...Read the Full Post »
Carolina Cryptid - Sasquatch Sighted in Upstate South Carolina
March 05, 2014 - A few weeks back I took a trip into the woods near Clemson, SC on assignment for Columbia's alt-weekly, The Free Times c...Read the Full Post »
Mardi Gras at City Roots - Soda City Style 2014
March 04, 2014 - As the sun crashed across the City Roots Farm near Owens Field Airport on Saturday, groups of children played on piles o...Read the Full Post »
Can't Remember the Weekend - Ep. 4 - Rainbow Pooping Unicorns
March 03, 2014 - The premise of this photoblog is a pursuit of rainbow pooping unicorns. Saturday morning I came pretty close, when I sho...Read the Full Post »
"Rear Naked Choke" - Caged Chaos at the Jamil Temple
February 24, 2014 - Alex Larmey, a combat engineering army officer who recently served in Afghanistan, came down from upstate New York to fi...Read the Full Post »
Henderson Bros. Burlesque Show at Trustus Theatre in the Vista
February 21, 2014 - Last weekend, Trustus Theatre in the Vista hosted the Henderson Bros. Burlesque Show in celebration of Valentine's Day....Read the Full Post »
About Last Night - Surfer Blood, Wake Up and Small Sanctions
February 20, 2014 - The last time I took a photograph of Grayson Venters of Small Sanctions, he was making funny faces floating down the Con...Read the Full Post »
Can't Remember the Weekend - "Fire, Ashes and Desolation"
February 17, 2014 - "Where our footsteps pass - fire, ashes and desolation follow in the path. When I hear their cries for help, their wails...Read the Full Post »
30 Reasons why USC students sledding are better than the Sochi Games
February 13, 2014 - Eighty-five miles an hour down a three quarter mile frozen Russian water slide? Try going down Barnwell or Henderson Str...Read the Full Post »
Winter Weather Stalls Soda City - Photos
February 13, 2014 - For the second time in two weeks, The South has been sideswiped by a nefarious winter storm. Yesterday in Columbia, the...Read the Full Post »
Can't Remember the Weekend - Ep. 2 - Hump Mountain Roller Derby
February 10, 2014 - On four Friday nights each year Soda citizens gather downtown at the Columbia Museum of Art to listen to live music, dri...Read the Full Post »
Don't Remember the Weekend - Ep. 1 - The Hamburglar Strikes Again
February 03, 2014 - The game ended and I thought the Gamecocks had won. There was no scoreboard to look at and I wasn't even sure how points...Read the Full Post »
Snow Penis Bandit Strikes University Hill Neighborhood - Photos
January 30, 2014 - GO COCKS! The University Hill neighborhood in Columbia, SC separates the Five Points bar district from the USC campus. I...Read the Full Post »
Famously Not - Photos of snow in Columbia, SC
January 29, 2014 - "It's cold and snow is actually on the ground. Of this no snow town. And instead of cars, the streets trafficking in sle...Read the Full Post »
Soda City Begins Snow Freakout
January 28, 2014 - There's been a buzz of excitement during the last 24 hours concerning the possible accumulation of snow in the capital o...Read the Full Post »
Photos from last night at New Brookland - Against Me!
January 16, 2014 - Last night Gainesville's Against Me! played at New Brookland Tavern in West Columbia, SC. I didn't have to bartend so I...Read the Full Post »
Congaree Monster Hurls Through the Soda City - Photos
January 15, 2014 - I crossed the Congaree River via the Gervais St. bridge on foot for the first time in 1999 to see Stretch Arm Strong pla...Read the Full Post »
Twenty Fourteen: More Action Figures & Mosh Pits - Less Ignorant Cops
January 11, 2014 - "Are we that interesting? That you must photograph us?" said one of the officers who approached me on the sidewalk last...Read the Full Post »
Vultan's Theme: Attack of the Hawk Men
January 08, 2014 - "Pathetic Earthlings! Hurling your bodies out into the void without the sligthest inkling of who or what is out here. If...Read the Full Post »
Photo evidence shows Soda City told 2013 to suck it - Pt.1
January 07, 2014 - In 2014 I promise to photograph more mosh pits, more portraits and more action figures. Hopefully all at the same time....Read the Full Post »
"Great to be a Gamecock" reaches funding goal!
January 04, 2014 - Moments before I planned to walk out the door to catch the Clemsux vs. Ohio Stinks game last night, my phone sounded bac...Read the Full Post »
Welcome to Orlando: Legalize Meth
December 31, 2013 - As soon as I arrived in Orlando I headed to The Local Bar and Grill for some punk rock and tracked down my good bud and...Read the Full Post »
South Carolina Wallops Coastal Carolina 70-10
November 25, 2013 - Every home game this year I've ridden my bicycle down to Williams Brice Stadium to photograph Gamecock fans in anticipat...Read the Full Post »
Homecoming 2013 - Toro y Moi at the CMA
October 19, 2013 - When I was a regular contributing photographer at the State Newspaper, I made it a habit to stop by the music editor's d...Read the Full Post »
Bear Attacks Man at SC State Fair - Uses Ladder as Weapon
October 10, 2013 - I somehow feel that my life is now more complete because I saw a bear attack a human with a ladder. It was "part of the...Read the Full Post »
No Unicorns at SC Pride Fest - Photos
October 01, 2013 - If you regularly read this photoblog, then you already know that I'm a professional unicorn hunter (See "When Rainbows P...Read the Full Post »
Young Woman Sabotages Tailgate - Gamecock Fan Photos
September 16, 2013 - I can only speculate as to why she had it out for that Weber. I only looked that way after the charcoal grill crashed to...Read the Full Post »
West Columbia Apartment Fire Claims One Life
September 13, 2013 - We could hear the firetrucks screaming past New Brookland Tavern in West Columbia about 30 minutes before doors were to...Read the Full Post »
Complete Insanity - 13 Photos from Sorority Bid Day at USC
August 26, 2013 - On Sunday afternoon, hordes of screaming coeds took over the historic horseshoe at the University of South Carolina to t...Read the Full Post »
Soda City Slickers Conquer Table Rock Mountain
August 20, 2013 - We weren't planning on spending the last two hours of our hike stumbling down the side of a mountain in the dark. But li...Read the Full Post »
"Two Star Hotel" A Book of Photography by Sean Rayford
August 09, 2013 - My favorite photography medium to work in is now "book" - followed closely by buttons. I'm happy to announce that...Read the Full Post »
Nuke Facility Employees Try to Bully Photojournalist - Fail
July 24, 2013 - "Don't you know what you are doing is against the law?" shouted the Westinghouse Nuclear facility's rent-a-cop from the...Read the Full Post »
Weird Al Yankovic Ruins Birthday Party
June 21, 2013 - "Was it dark or light beer?" "That's awesome if that is your first question - and it was a PBR." So begins my phone co...Read the Full Post »
Soda City Salutes Legendary Rockafellas' Music Club
May 20, 2013 - I saw three notable bands at Rockafellas' during my freshman year at USC before the music venue shut it's doors: Machine...Read the Full Post »
Unicorn sighted at Kenny Chesney Concert - Photo
May 13, 2013 - I spent the Saturday before last hanging out at Williams Brice Stadium photographing the Kenny Chesney concert. Most of...Read the Full Post »
Guitarist John Vail Suffers from Bangover - Photos
April 29, 2013 - "The Bangover lasts about three days. The first show, you lose your mind [onstage]. And then the next two you are in ago...Read the Full Post »
Drunk Guy at the Festival & Hula Hoops - Photos
April 23, 2013 - The drunk guy at the festival has always been a side attraction for me, orchestrating a ballet of intoxication that is o...Read the Full Post »
Clowney Catches TD Pass - South Carolina Spring Game Photos
April 14, 2013 - Jadeveon "Hammer of the Gods" Clowney was standing next to me on the sideline in sneakers and shorts when the quarterbac...Read the Full Post »
Go Fish! Springtime in the Soda City - Photos
April 09, 2013 - I'm experiencing a strange personal dream episode of MSNBC's Lock Up. It's as if the hand of god has reached down throug...Read the Full Post »
Mardi Gras in the Soda City - Columbia SC - Photography
February 15, 2013 - I would compare Columbia's third annual Mardi Gras Festival held at City Roots, to the long running St. Partick's Day Fe...Read the Full Post »
Welcome to the Soda City: Jan 16-21 - Columbia, SC
January 23, 2013 - I found out about last Wednesday night's show at Cult Classic after running into a band from Miami outside of Drip Coffe...Read the Full Post »
How the Soda City Rocked in 2012 - Part 3 of 3 - Concert Photography
January 02, 2013 - "Could you take my picture - cause I won't remember." -'Take a Picture' by Filter (1999) Can you blame me? Here's th...Read the Full Post »
How the Soda City Rocked in 2012 - Part 2 of 3 - Concert Photography
December 26, 2012 - Shoot for the Moon. Hopefully, Santa was able to fit that 400mm AF f2.8 down the chimney the other night and you woke u...Read the Full Post »
The Final Days of the Soda City - Columbia, South Carolina - Photos
December 21, 2012 - I spent the final week before the end of the world wandering around Columbia observing how my fellow citizens of the Sod...Read the Full Post »
How the Soda City Rocked in 2012 - Concert Photography by Sean Rayford - Part 1 of 3
December 17, 2012 - Columbia, South Carolina By my rough estimate - come New Year's Eve - I will have seen over 600 bands play this year an...Read the Full Post »
Almost Halloween in the Soda City - Photos
October 27, 2012 - It's not quite Halloween in Columbia, South Carolina but it's Friday night and we're living in Zombie Town Soda City sty...Read the Full Post »
Scared Shitless: The Diving Pig at the South Carolina State Fair
October 23, 2012 - Friday - October 19, 2012 - Columbia, SC "Awe come on pig. Just jump in the darn water," pleaded the former strip club...Read the Full Post »
Ghostface Killah Headlines First Night of Cola Con 2012 - Photos
October 06, 2012 - Columbia Museum of Art - Friday, October 5, 2012 - Cola Con I spent most of the evening at the Rock 93.5 Fall Out Festi...Read the Full Post »
Photos - The Sheepdogs at New Brookland in West Columbia, South Carolina
September 26, 2012 - I didn't expect to see anybody at New Brookland Tavern when I dropped by mid-afternoon on Tuesday to double check my wor...Read the Full Post »
South Carolina Gamecocks Defeat Clemson Tigers - Soccer - Sept. 19, 2012
September 18, 2012 - College sports rivalries are so much fun, especially when your alma mater comes out victorious over those nasty orange h...Read the Full Post »
Photos - Famously Hot Music Festival - Day Three - Columbia SC
August 27, 2012 - August 26, 2012 - Columbia, South Carolina Sunday was the final day of the Famously Hot Music Festival at Finlay...Read the Full Post »
Photos - Famously Hot Music Festival - Day Two - Columbia SC
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Twitter Reacts to Goop's Tips on How to Achieve the 'Leanest Livable Weight'
Gwyneth Paltrow's lifestyle website is facing criticism on social media after publishing an interview with Traci Mann, Ph.D. about "why diets don't work, the roll of willpower, and achieving your leanest livable weight."
"Your 'leanest livable weight' is the weight at the low end of your 'set range,' " Mann says in the article. "Your set range is a genetically determined range of weight that your body generally keeps you in, despite your efforts to escape it."
"For many of us, our leanest livable weight is heavier than our dream weight," Mann continued. "I urge people to aim for their leanest livable weight, rather than below it. Embrace it — it's where your body wants you to be, it's easy to maintain, and you can be healthy there. Since this weight is within your set weight range — where your body tries to keep you — the only reason you would need to diet is if you're currently well above that range. Otherwise, using sensible strategies should get and keep you there."
While Mann clarifies her statement, saying she does not encourage calorie deprivation because it leads to eventual weight gain, the phrase "leanest livable weight" was triggering for fans on Twitter.
One called the article "how to be as thin as possible without dying."
Another asked, "WTF is wrong with you people?!" while someone else wrote, "How about encouraging women and girls to be a healthy weight?"
Aka, how to be as thin as possible without dying.
— Tory Shaheen (@TorySnyc)
February 2, 2018
Jesus Christ! Stop it goop. Just stop.
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February 2, 2018
Leanest livable weight????? WTF is wrong with you people?!
— maidjoan ????? (@maidjoan)
February 2, 2018
How about encouraging women and girls to be a healthy weight?
— Tom (@tommyhashbrown)
February 3, 2018
But Goop had a few defenders as well.
"You people are trolls who didn't even read the article!" one wrote, telling those asking Goop to stop, "Yeah! Stop interviewing sincere people who tell us to eat vegetables! Vegetables are the devil. Shame… As if they are good for humans or something…"
You people are trolls who didn't even read the article!
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February 6, 2018
While Goop hasn't responded to PEOPLE's request for comment, this isn't the first time the site has been criticized for its content.
In December, the brand defended itself against detractors who claimed it endorsed a potentially harmful extreme diet after publishing weight loss advice from celebrity fitness guru Tracy Anderson. In the piece, Anderson suggested that readers wanting to jump-start weight loss should work out every day while adopting a gluten-free, low-carb diet and using her protein bars as meal replacements for weight loss and weight management.
"We would never advocate for an unhealthy diet or extreme routine," a representative for the company told E! News. "As Tracy said in the interview, you should make choices based on what is best for your individual body."
In August, watchdog group Truth in Advertising (TINA) went after the site for "deceptive" health claims on more than 50 of their products — saying that they the were investigating Goop's marketing tactics and found that "the company claims, either expressly or implicitly, that its products (or those it promotes) can treat, cure, prevent, alleviate the symptoms of, or reduce the risk of developing a number of ailments."
Goop has refuted the claims.

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In addition, TNF increased the binding of GST Zfra with JNK1, NF B and p WOX1, and weakly with p53 in a time related manner. Zfra could not interact with I B , FADD, RIP and Fas. Similarly, in response to UV light, there was an increased binding of GST Zfra with endogenous Zfra, p WOX1 and selleck chemicals Crenolanib JNK1 in SK N SH cells, as determined by pull down analysis. UV light increased the binding of endogenous Zfra with phosphorylated JNK1 in SK N SH cells, as determined by co immunoprecipitation. Transiently overexpressed Zfra sequesters WOX1, NF B, p53 and p ERK in the cytoplasm The above data show that endogenous Zfra may physi cally interacts with endogenous WOX1, NF B and JNK1 2 in non stimulated cells. We examined whether tran siently overexpressed Zfra sequesters these proteins in the cytoplasm and prevents their nuclear translocation by stress stimuli.
SK N SH cells were electroporated with EGFP Zfra or EGFP only, Inhibitors,Modulators,Libraries followed by culturing for 24 hr. Transiently overexpressed EGFP Zfra suppressed nuclear localization of NF B, WOX1, p53, p ERK, but had little or no effect on JNK1 2. TNF induced nuclear translocation of NF B in EGFP control Inhibitors,Modulators,Libraries cells, but this event was blocked in the EGFP Zfra expressing cells. Similarly, in Zfra negative breast MCF7 cells, transiently overexpressed EGFP Zfra suppressed nuclear translocation of NF B and WOX1. Interestingly, transiently overex pressed EGFP Zfra did not have a significant effect on the nuclear localization of WOX1 in Molt4 T cells. However, EGFP Zfra blocked UV light induced WOX1 nuclear translocation in Molt4 T cells.
Zfra counteracts the apoptotic function of WOX1 Next, we examined whether Zfra counteracts the apoptotic function of WOX1. L929 cells were Inhibitors,Modulators,Libraries transfected Inhibitors,Modulators,Libraries with an apoptosis inducing amount of EGFP WOX1, in the pres ence or absence of low doses of EGFP Zfra by CaPO4. In parallel with the above observations, low doses of Zfra enhanced the growth of L929 cells during 24 and 48 hr in culture. Zfra counteracted WOX1 mediated growth suppression and death of L929 cells, as determined using crystal violet staining. Similar results were observed by counting the number of apoptotic nuclei. Protein expression of Inhibitors,Modulators,Libraries EGFP WOX1 and EGFP Zfra were examined by fluorescence microscopy. WOX1 is shown in a perinuclear area, whereas Zfra is expressed in both cytoplasm and nucleus. Similarly, L929 cells were electroporated with WOX1 and or Zfra. These cells were cultured for 24 hr, and then proc essed for DNA fragmentation in agarose gel electrophore sis. WOX1 induced apoptosis was blocked by a non apoptotic table 5 dose of Zfra. Again, L929 cells were then electroporated with apopto sis inducing amounts of WOX1 and or Zfra, followed by culturing for 24 and 48 hr, and then processing for cell cycle analysis by FACS.


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Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
His love endures forever.
Let the redeemed of the LORD tell their story—
(Psalm 107:1-2)
The activity of God in our lives always invites a response that moves in at least two directions: "God-ward" in praise and thanksgiving, and "Other-ward" in testimony and witness. And the evening psalm in today's Daily Office — Psalm 107 —provides a wonderful example of what this response looks like when it is practiced by God's people.
Each "stanza" of this psalm follows a set pattern:
- God's people face some kind of crisis: "Some wandered in desert wastelands" (v. 4); "Some sat in darkness" (v. 10); "Some became fools through their rebellious ways" (v. 17); and "Some went out to the sea in ships" (v. 23).
- Then, because the LORD is good — and because His love does endure forever — "They cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress" (vs. 6, 13, 19, 28): "He led them by a straight way" (v. 7); "He brought them out of darkness" (v. 14); "He sent out His word and healed them" (v. 20); "He stilled the storm to a whisper" (v. 29).
- In response to God's goodness and grace, His people are urged to respond: "Let them give thanks to the LORD for His unfailing love and His wonderful deeds for mankind" (vs. 8, 15, 21, 32).
Of course, observations like this could easily become little more than an exercise in structural analysis — unless we make them our own! What might a psalm that tells your story look like today? For me, it might look something like this:
- Some faced a busy week, overwhelmed with work and VBS and other responsibilities.
- "They cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress." He raised up leaders, who gave their time to minister to others; and He sent encouragers, who lifted-up weary spirits.
- So I do give thanks to the LORD for His unfailing love — and His wonderful deeds for me!
All of us have a story to tell; and one of the privileges that we're given as children of God is the privilege of telling that story in a way that points other people to God's goodness and grace.
Psalm 107 concludes: "Let the one who is wise heed these things and ponder the loving deeds of the LORD" (v. 43). May we be wise stewards of the stories that have been entrusted to us. And may God receive glory through all the stories that we tell.


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Mohammed Amin is Vice Chairman of the Conservative Muslim Forum but is writing in a personal capacity.
I was inspired to write this piece in response to Martin Parsons' "Stopping the spread of sharia should be central to British foreign policy."
I share many of Martin Parsons' concerns about the increase in religious extremism amongst some Muslims, such as the activities of Boko Haram in Nigeria which I regard as both criminal and un-Islamic. However I want to explain why adopting an explicit policy against Shariah would be disastrous for British foreign policy.
What is Shariah?
I recommend reading Rashad Ali and Haras Rafiq's article "Sharia doesn't mean what Islamists claim it means". Paul Goodman referenced this article in his 31 May 2011 post on the Prevent Review and referred to "sharia, the religious law of Islam." However treating Shariah as being the same as Islamic law (fiqh in Arabic) actually misses a fundamental point.
My eureka moment was a "dog that didn't bark in the night" insight when I read Mohammad Hashim Kamali's "Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence." While the author is careful to define Arabic terms when he first uses them, he fails to do so with the word "Shariah" and the word is missing from the glossary at the end of the book. This oversight suggests that he thought the word was obvious, because it is so fundamental to Islam, and that caused him to forget to define it.
The original meaning of Shariah according to "The Spirit of Islamic Law" by Professor Bernard G. Weiss is "The path to the water hole". Given the importance of water in Arabia, it is not surprising that in Islam Shariah came to mean "The path to salvation." The etymology in the Wikipedia article quotes "Understanding Islamic Law: From Classical to Contemporary" by Irshad Abdal-Haqq as follows "Shar'iah, or more properly Al-Shari'ah, literally means the pathway, path to be followed, or clear way to be followed, and has come to mean the path upon which the believer has to tread."
Accordingly, Shariah is much more than Islamic law (fiqh).
An example of how Shariah is more than fiqh
Muslims are obliged to give Zakat, which is one of the five pillars of Islam. In a country whose laws are based on Shariah, such Zakat is compulsorily collected by the state, as with any tax. There are rules set out in the books of fiqh about how Zakat is calculated, which assets it applies to etc. In countries with secular laws, such as the UK, nobody collects Zakat compulsorily, but the fiqh rules are the same; it is up to the individual Muslim to apply them.
In both cases, it is possible to go to experts in fiqh who can tell you the rules. In an Islamic state, some such experts will be judges who arbitrate disputes about the amount of Zakat the state can take off you. In Britain, fiqh experts will give me an opinion; it is then between me and God what I do.
However the general obligation in Islam to be charitable does not stop with Zakat as calculated by the rules of fiqh. Without getting into boring details, a rich person can practice "Zakat avoidance" (similar to tax avoidance!) by primarily owning assets that do not attract Zakat. However the general Islamic obligation to be charitable is an integral part of Shariah, and if I seek to avoid giving Zakat by "Zakat avoidance," and also do not otherwise give to charity, I would expect a bad outcome on the Day of Judgement.
The rules of fiqh however do not tell me how much voluntary charity I should give; the level of charitableness beyond Zakat that God expects of me is not something that you can put into legal rules that a judge can arbitrate on.
The same applies to many other things that God requires of us. God requires us to be kind to others. However neither fiqh nor any other legal system can specify how much kindness we should demonstrate; conversely fiqh and all other legal systems do require us to comply with contracts that we enter into.
Overall, Shariah encompasses much more than just those rules that can be litigated within an Islamic legal system or can be arbitrated by human judges. Instead, as Irshad Abdal-Haqq explains, Shariah is the totality of what God expects of us.
Why criticising Shariah upsets Muslims
When you criticise Shariah, for the reasons I explain above, you are criticising Islam itself. Individuals are free to criticise Islam, but I don't think Her Majesty's Government setting out to do so will advance the national interest.
What the Government's policy should be
Our country believes in certain fundamental rights, set out very well in the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. So do I. Accordingly, we should not hesitate to require all countries to adhere to standards such as:
None of this requires the UK to set itself against Islam, which is where Martin Parsons' proposition would lead us.


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Indebtcali posted a topic in State Laws, Case Law, Sample FormsMy husband is being sued by for a target credit card issued by TD bank. TD bank is named as plaintiff. . I need advice with what to put as affirmative defenses on a general denial with the intention on settling for a lower amount. We have a week left to answer the summons.
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erikrosy posted a topic in Is There a Lawyer in the HouseThink I posted this in the wrong forum originally, sorry! So I have spent literally 40 hours + reading all the amazing information on this web form (and a couple others) and decided that I am going to start a thread for those of us in Minnesota (pocket docket cluster F) and my experience in particular with Asset Acceptance as well as to ask the community for some help. Cliffs: Old CC that was paid off, they never closed the account after paid in full Didn't catch til almost $1,800 in fees/non-payment penalties etc racked up Fought with Wells offered to pay debt less interest/fees *($900) - denied Sold, sold, sold til it hit Asset Acceptance ( do not recall how many CA's actually owned the debt prior, this is my MRS CC) Summons asking for 7k in debt, plus 2k in legal fees I currently wrote my answer and kept it very simple as I read a lot of people on here get carried away with crazy affirmative defenses and stances that I do not feel the need to prove and end up sticking their own foot up their backside in front of a judge. So basically denied everything in my ANSWER and stated not enough evidence to answer therefore Denied etc (obviously admit name and address etc). So my first question before I have her go to the notary, do I need to add at the end of my denials 'strict proof needed' or some verbiage of the sorts? I feel I do not as my denial is saying just that without actually saying that correct?!?! I should ask for the proof during discovery (even if it gets to that point) Again thanks to all you out there (coltfan,BV70, Racecar etc) as I have ready hundreds of your guys' forum postings! Thanks, Erikrosey p.s. I was served 10/12/13 and have 20 days to respond (don't worry, I will respond in time). I am starting this as more of a how-to/get help along the way from you kind folks!


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The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) just released the results of its 27th Annual Consumer technology Holiday Purchase Patterns research, which revealed that tech spending on hardware and services during the 2020 holiday season (October-December) is projected to reach $135 billion in revenue in the U.S. – a 10% increase from last year, it says. The study also found 81% of U.S. adults are more likely or just as likely to purchase tech products this holiday season – the COVID-19 pandemic notwithstanding.
Smartphones have once again topped consumers' wish lists for tech gifts. Video game consoles jumped to third position in the Top Five products on the wish list, up from seventh in 2019, in anticipation of next-gen video game consoles including the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, which are hitting retail shelves this holiday season. The Top Five tech categories are as follows: Smartphones; Laptops; Video Game Consoles; TVs; and Wearables.
"The 2020 holiday season will bring economic, safety and political unknowns – but the consumer desire to give and receive technology gifts is certain," said Lesley Rohrbaugh, director of market research, CTA, in the announcement statement. "With consumers forgoing budgets for travel and experiences this year, more dollars will go towards technology gifts that support connection, productivity, health and entertainment, as technology has been a critical asset to so many during the ongoing pandemic."
Smartphones will be a popular purchase during the holiday season once again. Forty-five percent of consumers expect to purchase at least one smartphone as a gift, increasing by four percentage points from 2019. Among consumers who want to buy a smartphone, two-thirds (66%) of buyers expect to upgrade to a 5G smartphone. Additionally, mobile phone cases will be popular, with 48% of shoppers planning to purchase one as a gift this season.
Thanks to the socialization and streaming qualities of video games with so many Americans spending more time at home – in addition to next-gen device upgrades coming to the market – 38% of U.S. adults (up five percentage points over last year) plan to purchase a video game console as a gift. Additionally, 70% of holiday shoppers plan to purchase at least one content-related gift this season such as gaming, video or audio streaming services.
Interest in STEM Toys Grows
With so many students attending school virtually, interest in products to supplement home-based learning through other means such as STEM products has grown. Plans to gift kits dedicated to subjects such as engineering, robotics and coding for the holidays have grown year-over-year to 26% of U.S. adults, up five percentage points from last year.
The study also revealed that shoppers plan to buy tech gifts via brick-and-mortar stores (85% of U.S. adults) and online (79%) this holiday season. But for two-thirds of shoppers, their ability to socially distance from others will be a key factor in how they plan to shop.
"This season, more consumers will choose to shop with the retailers that provide safe shopping experiences and alternative methods of getting orders to the consumer such as contactless delivery and curbside pickup," said Rohrbaugh.
The quantitative study, designed and formulated by CTA, was administered to an online sample of 2007 U.S. adults between Sept. 10-13, 2020.


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"To live with HIV is to live 2 lives. You are living a life of normality, but yet there is a part of it that is unreal. The unreal part is the one where HIV reigns supreme. It is the part that knows the pain, heartache, and strength it takes to go through something like that, but it is also the part that better understands tolerance and acceptance. It is the part that knows what unconditional love is, and it is also, more importantly, the part that makes you the person you are today. How many people can say that they get to live two lives, with each one being an integral part of that person's spirit. We might have HIV, but we are stronger and better because of it." These inspiring words are from a Let's Talk About It Certified Peer Advocate. She understands that knowing your status is a way to care for yourself.
June 27 is National HIV Testing Day. Let's Talk About It Peer Advocates work to end the stigma around HIV and offer support and resources to those women who are living with HIV or female caregivers. If you or a woman you know is living with HIV, we are here to help. firstname.lastname@example.com So get tested!


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CalSTRS to Cut Public Equity Allocation in Favor of Private Markets
The retirement system will decrease its public equity market allocation by eight percent, according to plan documents.
The California State Teachers' Retirement System is moving money from public to private markets as a part of an updated asset allocation strategy.
CalSTRS plans to decrease its allocation to the public equities market by eight percentage points to invest more money in private equity, real estate, and what the retirement system calls "inflation-sensitive real assets."
This move follows a decision by CalSTRS's peer, the California Public Employees' Retirement System, which increased its private equity commitments by $1.4 billion during fiscal year 2018-2019. CalPERS would need to commit another $10 billion per year to stay on track with its allocation target, plan documents showed.
While CalSTRS isn't making such a drastic change, the move nonetheless marks a shift. The CalSTRS board's plans to change its long-term allocation strategy were approved in November, but at January 30 meeting, board members discussed how to implement those changes.
CalSTRS plans to decrease its public equities allocation from 50 percent, which was the allocation on November 1, 2019, to 42 percent, according to the plan revision.
Doing so will allow the plan to increase its allocation to private equity from 9.4 percent to 13 percent. The retirement system will increase its allocation to real estate from 13.9 percent to 15 percent, the plan revision shows.
CalSTRS also plans to increase its allocation to inflation-sensitive real assets from 2.7 percent to 6 percent, an increase of 3.3 percentage points, the plan revision shows. This asset class includes global inflation-linked bonds and securities and infrastructure investments, according to the plan revision.
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"CalSTRS has learned from experience that setting a rigid timeline is inefficient as investment opportunities ebb and flow and do not follow a calendar time frame," the plan documents stated.
To solve for that, CalSTRS said it would make these changes in slow steps, at the recommendation of its consultant, Meketa Investment Strategies, the plan revision shows. For instance, it plans to gradually decrease its public equity allocation from 51 percent to 49 percent, then to 47 percent, and so on.
"If investment opportunities present themselves then staff will move quicker," according to the plan revision. "However, if a steady allocation is more prudent, such as the allocation to private equity, where time diversification is critical, then an opportunity-based approach is more appropriate."
A spokesperson for CalSTRS declined to comment on its allocation strategy.


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Hingham contracted with an attorney to investigate a firefighter on Aug. 5, just weeks after firefighters refused to take down a 'thin blue line' flag from their trucks
HINGHAM — The town of Hingham paid an attorney $250 an hour to investigate a firefighter for an unspecified allegation of wrongdoing but continues to withhold the reason for the investigation, or the investigation itself, which appears to be commissioned in the wake of the "thin blue line" flag controversy.
Hingham firefighters said in July they wouldn't comply with an order from the police and fire chiefs in late July to take "thin blue line" flags off firetrucks, which Fire Chief Stephen Murphy and former police chief Glenn Olsson said was a violation of town policy. Olsson abruptly retired on Aug. 3.
Just weeks after firefighters refused to take down the flags, the town contracted with attorney Regina Ryan, on Aug. 5, to write a report into allegations of employee wrongdoing, according to a contract addressed to Fire Chief Stephen Murphy and signed by Town Administrator Tom Mayo.
According to an invoice, she charged the town $5,725. Of that, 22 hours was for the preparation of the report and $225 was for travel time.
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The contract was provided to Hingham resident Daniel Nardo after he filed an appeal with the secretary of the commonwealth. Although The Patriot Ledger also filed multiple requests for the contract, and won an appeal, Hingham has not provided the contract, invoice and other related documents.
The town previously withheld the contract claiming that it was covered by the law enforcement investigation exemption to the public records law, but was ordered to turn it over, twice, by the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Town Manager Tom Mayo and Assistant Town Manager Michelle Monsegur did not respond to multiple requests for comment on the contract and on their withholding of it.
Although Ryan is an attorney, the contract says her report would not be covered by attorney-client privilege.
The firefighters union did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
First Amendment attorney Jeff Pyle said the investigation report is likely covered by the exemption to the state's public records law for personnel files, as well as any complaints filed against fire department members.
The only exemption to that exemption is for investigations into police misconduct, but that standard has not been expanded to other emergency responders, he said.
However, if investigation is actually into more wide-spread conduct, that could not be used against a particularly employee, "there might be a different outcome."
"As far as the public records law is concerned, the personnel exemption is quite broad and covers employee misconduct if they are not a police officer," he said.
Reporter Wheeler Cowperthwaite can be reached at [email protected]