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Ladies and gentlemen, Revit Structure (RS) is out of the gate. Here's some answers to FAQs:
What's different about RS and Revit Building (RB)?
RS is the same application underneath, but presents the user with different features enabled and a different toolset.
Revit Structure: what's the deal?
RS provides modeling and detailing of structure such as structural engineers require. RS works with steel, wood, concrete, etc... it's not limited to any particular form of construction, though it is aimed at the building industry (more so than civil work). Current modeling apps in the field are a chore to model with, and detailing is often done in another app. Revit combines the modeling and detailing in one app. RS provides more connection possibilities than RB, with more detailing in beam connections.
RS will export 3D linework and planes used by analysis platforms for seismic loading and other forms of analysis.
RS won't at this time be used for fabrication detailing (shop drawings), though IFC linking may tighten a connection of some kind in the future.
RS and RB 8.1 users will be able to incorporate and dynamically link shared objects between them through the Coordination Monitor, which will keep track of any shared columns, walls, grids, slabs, etc. so that if one discipline makes a change, the other will be notified once they get a new version of the other's file. Changes can be accepted, rejected, etc. as needed. This means that objects need only be drawn once, and then copied/hotlinked into the other file.
An architect who starts a project hands over their central file to the engineer, who links in the arch central file, then copies elements into their own file. Revit remembers which objects were copied in from the linked file and Coordintion Monitor keeps an eye on them from then on. Then the eng sends back his central file to arch, and the back-and-forth process continues.
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Looks as though Dr. Z has something else up his sleeve, with the announcement from Fiat that the companies are in talks to do a little body swapping. While we think a Monica Belluci for Heidi Klum exchange might provide fruitful for all involved, we're fairly sure they're talking about something else. Though details are a little sketchy, it looks as though Fiat could be sharing their small-car platform (see the Panda Sport above) to help underpin a new A-Class, perhaps.
On the peninsula, Fiat could be getting help with developing a new sedan and possibly an SUV based on existing Benz platforms. It'll be interesting to see what comes of these talks, as German engineering + Italian style is quite the combination. The Germans and the Italians have, historically, always made a good team. [AFX via Forbes]

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Chicago, IL – Daniel Murphy hit a go-ahead solo homer in the top of the eighth inning as the New York Mets edged the Chicago Cubs, 4-3, Sunday in the rubber match of a three-game set at Wrigley Field.
Chicago led 3-1 heading into the seventh before Juan Lagares tied the game with his first career major league homer, a two-run shot off Cubs starter Travis Wood. Murphy hit the eventual game-winner off Kyuji Fujikawa (1-1) to open up the eighth.
"It was really nice to put a good swing on that ball," Murphy said.
Scott Rice (2-3) earned the win following two shutout innings of relief, while Bobby Parnell picked up his sixth save of the season with a scoreless ninth.
The Mets have won three of four.
Wood lasted seven innings, allowing three runs on five hits. He also provided a two-run homer while Ryan Sweeney hit a solo shot for the Cubs, who were looking for their first winning homestand since July 13-19 of last season.
Wood, who was attempting to win his third consecutive start, remained on the hill for the seventh and quickly forced two quick flyouts.
Ruben Tejada, though, kept the inning alive with a single up the middle, before Lagares launched Wood's 2-2 breaking ball into the right-field bleachers, bringing the Mets back from the dead to forge a 3-3 tie.
"That was unfortunate, giving up another home run," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "We pitched great, we just couldn't keep the ball in the ballpark."
New York starter Dillon Gee continued to struggle. He allowed three runs on eight hits while serving up both Chicago homers over just five frames.
Wood helped his own cause and opened up the scoring with a two-run blast to left in the bottom of the fifth. Welington Castillo opened up Chicago's half of the frame with a double and following Darwin Barney's strike out, Wood took Gee's 0-1 offering deep over the left-field bleachers for a 2-0 Cubs' lead.
"Wood hitting the home run kind of surprised me because I'd been throwing so many sliders to him," Gee said. "I thought there was no way he was hitting it."
David Wright's two-out bloop single in the sixth scored Murphy, briefly cutting New York's deficit to 2-1.
Sweeney got to Gee in the home half of the inning with a leadoff blast to right that increased Chicago's lead to 3-1.
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Wood has allowed three or fewer runs and gone at least six innings in all nine of his outings this season. He also became the first Cubs pitcher to begin a season with at least nine straight quality starts since Mordecai Brown, who had 11 straight (all complete games) to begin the 1908 season ... The Mets had scored three or fewer runs in 10 of their last 12 games coming in.


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There are many excuses to go to Las Vegas - a business meeting, honeymoon or, our personal favorite, bachelor party. But no reason stands up to MFest. The three-day weekend embodies everything awesome about the BMW community whether you're into racing, show cars, cruising or just having fun. MFest has it all and more.
The 4/10 MFest marked its fourth anniversary and it defied expectations of both size and sheer entertainment. Pre-registration sold-out months before with more than 600 hotel rooms booked at the host Palazzo Resort Hotel & Casino. With so many people and cars crammed into one place, the reserved underground parking lot overflowed with M machines. However, one of the most rewarding activities was the caravan into town, which put MFest in the Guinness Book of World Records.
In '08, an Isetta gathering set the record for largest parade of BMWs with 178. But MFest shattered that number when caravans from CA, TX, NV, IL and even FL converged 25 miles outside Sin City to form a single line of 195 BMWs. The achievement put a smile on everybody's face, but that was only a taste of what the weekend had in store...
After checking into the hotels, night fell and the festivities resumed with a complimentary karting session at Pole Position Raceway. Afterwards, the fun continued as hundreds marched into Palazzo's Lavo nightclub and lounge.
Saturday morning arrived with nothing but blue skies and warm sun. The BMW convoy then traveled to Las Vegas Motor Speedway where the car show, track sessions, autocross and raffle would take place.
From morning 'til sunset, the roar of M engines echoed across the venue. More than 50 BMWs from naturally-aspirated to forced induction demonstrated their performance. Not just for the pros, any driver was welcome on the track from beginner to intermediate. Different run groups were divided by skill level with instructors available. However, the highlight of the road course was the tuner lap where companies like HorsepowerFreaks, VF-Engineering, Gintani and GT Haus joined the same group. Sadly, not every car carried a transponder but the fastest recorded lap belonged to Oscar Trevizo's HPF widebody M3, which posted a 1:58.59sec lap. He's also our competitor for the Castrol Syntec Top Car Challenge, so this isn't the last you'll see of him.
While racing was an important element of Saturday, so was the car show. Rows of top-notch BMWs spread across the pits including M3s, M5s, M6s and other models. Top honors went to Nik Saran from VF-Engineering for his widebody E92 M3. We should also note Mert Contapay's M5 won "best mild" show car (featured in this issue) and Chris Bergemann from HorsepowerFreaks won "best wild". Sonax USA supplied all show winners with detailing kits.
One of MFest's biggest claims to fame is the insane raffle that rounded out the day. This year, VF and Gintani gave 50%-off supercharger discounts, Forgeline and Savini handed out a set of wheels each and StopTech kicked down big brake kits. The girls at MFest weren't ignored either, with Louis Vuitton handbags raffled in a separate drawing.
The event continued into the night with the official MFest party. The rooftop of Tao Nightclub at the Venetian was closed off for the first two hours of operations. And if that wasn't enough, drinks were on the house. The rest of the night remains confidential: What happens at MFest, stays at MFest!
"We elevated our game this year," explained Chris Naguit, the guru behind MFest. "There were lots of surprises. Nobody knew we would break the record or have an open bar at Tao."
The following day, a spirited cruise to Nevada's Valley of Fire state park closed out the event. About 40 cars made the morning cruise but others had to drive home early or were too hungover from the previous night.
Many were sad to see the fun-filled and intoxicating weekend come to an end. "People were leaving the garage teary-eyed. They were emotional because the weekend was ending," Chris told us.
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New Pictures of Rob on the set of 'The Rover' + Article with Info
"The teen heart-throb was on the roadside set for just an hour for a fight scene where it appeared he came off second best.
In their efforts to block The Advertiser 's exclusive shots, the film crew and minders closed the road and claimed "ownership" of the town of about six buildings, east of Port Augusta.
"We own this town," a film producer told The Advertiser.
Minders used umbrellas and trucks to keep intrusive cameras off the star, who appeared to be sporting a close-shaved haircut for the role.
He also looks to have forgone his clean-cut look for the movie and has a three-day growth.
The scene featured Pattinson staggering out of the passenger side of a ute before being beaten to the ground by the driver.
Extras and a potential stand-in for Pattinson were also in Hammond for the filming and had earlier been in nearby Quorn where Pattinson is said to have had a drink at one of its pubs over the weekend.
Earlier yesterday, The Rover crew was filming at an even more remote location, the largely deserted town of Bruce.
The Rover is understood to be shooting at locations deeper in to the Flinders Ranges for the rest of this week and next month as far north as Marree.
The stars of the film and some of the extras are understood to be staying in Port Augusta while the movie's production centre has been set up in the Quorn Town Hall.
On set, the stars are well catered for as temperatures reach the high-30s this week - they have two airconditioned motorhomes.
Pattinson flew into Adelaide on January 18 - minus actress girlfriend Kristen Stewart - and spent more than a week around town, meeting the film's producers at the SA Film Corporation's new Glenside studios
The Twilight star was spotted having dinner on Gouger St with The Rover director David Michod and producer Liz Watts.
Pattinson was also photographed riding a bike around the Rivers Torrens without a helmet - an offence that earned him a warning from the police."
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Among Giants: A Life with Whales
by Charles "Flip" Nicklin, with Karen M. Kostyal. University of Chicago Press, 2011
For more than 30 years Flip Nicklin has been photographing the world's whales—from humpbacks in Hawaii to narwhals in the Northwest Passage to sperm whales in Sri Lanka. Equal parts coffee-table book and memoir, the gorgeous volume transports readers to the underwater realm of these most mysterious mammals.
The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers and Child Traffickers
by Scott Carney. HarperCollins, 2011
Investigative journalist Scott Carney takes readers on an eye-opening tour of the global trade in human body parts—the so-called red market. Here he describes the plight of the residents of Tsunami Nagar, a refugee camp in India's Tamil Nadu province for survivors of the 2004 tsunami that devastated coastal villages in Indonesia, India and Sri Lanka. The villagers are so poor that many have sold one of their kidneys for cash only to end up receiving less money than they were promised, as well as woefully inadequate follow-up care.
"For [Maria Selvam, the village's most respected man] and thousands of other poor Tamilians who never got their equal share of India's rising fortunes, selling organs sometimes feels like their only option in hard times.
"'In other parts of India people say that they are going to Malaysia or the United States with a glimmer of hope in their eyes. In Tsunami Nagar people speak that way about selling their kidneys,' he tells me.
"Tsunami Nagar is far from unique. The ample supply of available organs in the third world and excruciating long waiting lists in the first world make organ brokering a profitable occupation. Not only has demand for kidneys risen steadily in the last forty years, but poor people around the world often view their organs as a critical social safety net.
"Since the inception of antirejection drugs like cyclosporine, international cabals of doctors and corruptible ethics boards have slowly transformed slums in Egypt, South Africa, Brazil, and the Philippines into veritable organ farms. The dirty secret of the organ business is that there is no shortage of willing sellers.
"For someone living on less than a dollar a day, $800 is almost an unthinkably large sum of money. The payment offers an undue incentive, coercion that pits abject poverty against a global capitalist enterprise."
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The Order of Days: The Mayan World and the Truth about 2012,
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The Mathematics of Life,
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Epigenetics: The Ultimate Mystery of Inheritance,
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Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men,
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Evergrande face Jeonbuk in AFC Champions League
AFC Champions League holders Guangzhou Evergrande have been paired with old foes Jeonbuk Motors in the group stage of the 2014 competition.
The Chinese side, who completed a remarkable double this year by lifting both their domestic title and the continental crown, were pitted against their Korean rivals for the second straight campaign at the draw on Tuesday.
Marcello Lippi's men lifted the Champions League trophy last month after a two-legged victory over Seoul, becoming the first Chinese outfit in 23 years to win Asia's premier club competition.
A 1-1 draw at the Tianhe Stadium in the second leg was enough to edge Evergrande to victory on away goals, after a 2-2 scoreline in the first encounter.
They were held on both occasions by Jeonbuk - the 2006 winners - last season, with a 1-1 draw in Korea followed by a 0-0 stalemate in the return.
The pair will have to wait to find out their remaining Group G opponents, however, with the Japanese cup winners set to be decided in January and a play-off deciding the final team.
Elsewhere, 2011 winners Al Sadd of Qatar were drawn alongside Al Ahli of the UAE, Saudi side Al Hilal and Iran's Sepahan in Group D, while Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia - who have won the competition twice - will meet Al Ain of the UAE, Iran's Tractorsazi Tabriz and an as yet undecided play-off winner in Group C.
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Monday, April 9, 2012
That bad place
It's pretty bad.
It's so bad that it made me wonder if I can ever have a moment to myself again. I'm close to finishing revisions on my ms. But the screaming, oh the screaming.
It's enough to give me fantasies of throwing in the towel. Completely--as in, stop writing. Because you see, the screaming exhausts me mentally and physically (also the no sleep) and what happens is when I'm shredded mentally, I start thinking bad things like, I'm no good. The writing sucks. The novel is a joke.
Have you ever gotten to this place? I've always climbed out of that dank, smelly hole before and back into the sunlight of enjoying the process of writing fiction. I like to think I'll always be able to climb out of it, but the seductive serenade of "you're-not-good-enough" is gaining volume. What do you do to get the demons to stop whispering those bad things in your ear?
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- Steven J. Wangsness said...
Oh, I know that place. We finally gave in to that "let them scream it out and after a few nights they won't scream anymore" edict in What to Expect When You've Had the Baby (or whatever it's called). It was hard, but the little screamer did stop after three (hellish) nights.
It was either that or leave him on a church doorstep somewhere.
- April 9, 2012 at 10:44 AM
- Kristen Lippert-Martin said...
Demons thrive on your sleeplessness. They count on it because physical exhaustion quickly leads to mental exhaustion. And that's when they go in for the kill.
*throws Sierra a battle ax*
I'll start on the ones on your left. You watch your flank. We should have them all slain by dinner.
- April 9, 2012 at 10:58 AM
- Sierra Godfrey said...
Thanks Steven. That's exactly where I am too. Problem is, we've done the cry it out before and the little turkey reverted after a few weeks of actually sleeping through the night.
KLM - you're on. You can be my wingman anytime. :)
- April 9, 2012 at 11:04 AM
- MJones said...
I don't even have a child and I could not be less interested in my novel. Be gentle with yourself. It's a stressful time.
- April 9, 2012 at 12:39 PM
- JEM said...
I definitely get to that point, especially staring down the beginning of a novel. It's a Sisyphean effort, writing a book, and only sometimes enjoyable. Honestly, I usually burrow deeper into the story and what I want to write and stop worrying about how good it is, what other people will think, is there a market for it, etc. I have to look for the reasons why I do it in the first place, and it's usually to get the story out of my head and entertain myself.
- April 9, 2012 at 1:32 PM
- Cathryn Leigh said...
I remember my hubby pinning me to the bed one night to make sure I let my daughter scream it out...
You can do this! I know you can.
I've got the Bow and I'm at your back...no scratch that I'm horrible with weapons, how about I make dinner while you and KTM (hey that's a motorcycle) fight off the deamons of self doubt.
:} Cathryn
- April 9, 2012 at 2:04 PM
- MKHutchins said...
I completely sympathize with coping with a screaming child. Your novel doesn't suck; your sleep schedule does! Good luck with the little one. Maybe you can convince someone to watch him for a bit and give you some quiet...and a nap.
- April 9, 2012 at 11:03 PM
- Diane Henders said...
I don't have kids, and I can't imagine how you can deal with them and still manage any kind of productive writing at all.
I think the perception of suckiness is just a fact of life for every author. Here are a few of my strategies:
If I get stalled and have a hard time getting back to the WIP, it's usually because I've taken a wrong turn with it somewhere. I haven't completely thought out the motivations; I've lost my way with the plot; the characters aren't acting realistically; whatever. Sometimes it's best for me to walk away from it for a while, and then when I get back to it I can see those things, fix them, and get on with writing happily.
Another time I start to feel like I suck is when I've been banging away at the middle for so long, I've lost my excitement with the story. My quick fix for that is to stop writing, go back to the very beginning of the MS, and read the whole thing like a reader, not a writer. Immersing myself in the story again gets me excited about going forward (and usually convinces me that I don't suck as hard as I thought I did).
If I'm just feeling like it sucks in general, I tell myself, "Just tell the story. Go ahead. Suck." The nice thing about writing is that you don't have to get it perfect the first time. Or the second, or the tenth, or the hundredth. You can just keep on making it better. Later, when you've had some sleep.
Hang in there, you're doing fine. :-)
- April 10, 2012 at 6:16 AM
- Sierra Gardner said...
Oh definitely. I'm not a mom but I was the oldest of 9 and there was a lot of screaming. It's amazing how quickly constant noise and no sleep can deteriorate our mental state (that rhymed =). Keep working and best of luck with the little one - hopefully he finds a way to be happy and sleepy soon!
- April 10, 2012 at 7:57 AM
- MC Howe said...
Has your boy been calling my boy late at night and saying horrible things? This must be why he has been screaming all week at 2 am. For gosh sakes Sierra take away his phone! I used to have a good sleeper to, not that it translated into writing.
One of these days they will figure it out and we can have our nights and our writing time back.
I hope.
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Thursday, Nov.5th, 2013, International Dance Season opened with the world premier of Diana Vishneva's "On The Edge" at Segestrom Hall in Orange County, California.
Vishneva, the quintessential Russian ballerina presented a program quite different than her audience may have expected.
Born in St Petersburg, Russia, trained at the Vaganova Ballet Academy, Vishenva won a gold medal at the Prix Lausanne in 1994.
It is there that Vishneva first met Jean- Christoph Maillot one of the two choreographers collaborating on the creation of this year's performance called On The Edge.
Vishneva, still a principal dancer at the Mariinsky Ballet distinguished herself launching a concert series with the New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, showcasing projects of a more experimental nature. Naturally Vishneva gained popularity through her brilliant interpretations in leading roles of classical works such as Swan Lake, Giselle, Don Quixote, Romeo& Juliet and Jewels. The local audience has also admired her in modern works of Martha Graham and Mats Ek.
Vishneva consistently seeking out new choreographers it is therefore no surprise she came back after presenting new works in Tour The Force I+II in 2009 and 2011 seeking out two of Europe's new leading choreographers Carolyn Carlson and Jean- Christoph Maillot to work with her On The Egde.
The evening starts with Switch, a piece that tells the story about a woman, her alter ego and her relationship with men. Vishneva, dressed in a stunning bronze metallic dress moves with such ardor one forgets there is another couple on stage. Maillot, who is choreographer-director of Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo created this as a pas de trois set to music by the Academy Award-nominated and Grammy Award-winning film composer Danny Elfman. The other dancers featured are Bernice Coppieteers and Gaetan Morlotti, stars of Les Ballets de Monte- Carlo who seem to represent a couple in love that is being interrupted by Vishneva. With her effortless high extensions, deep plies and expressive modern arm movements she soon takes center stage maybe representing herself and her natural tendency to be the center of attention. The couple beautifully in harmony with each other, soon make her part of their romance, only to be rejected and pushed around, letting the ballerina indulge in her alter ego.
Vishneva, always in fluid motion connects to her deepest self, executing every move with utmost precision and intention. It is the interaction with the couple that keeps this piece interesting although the music seems way to cinematic for live stage. Vishneva finishes this act with a breath taking solo on the barre seemingly insinuating that most of a dancers life starts and ends there.
The second part of the evening takes an unexpected turn with Carolyn Carlson's Woman in a Room solo. Vishneva is every bit of a trouper being part of this very experimental piece. She plays intently and joyfully with the audience even though the choreography seems uninspiring and time passed with Vishneva changing outfits 5 times on stage. Her charming personality finally pulls the rather uninterested audience back to her.
The choreography based on modern more pedestrian moves doesn't only look unflattering but also consist only of a small vocabulary of moves which repeats themselves consistently and leaves the spectator why one would waist a world class talent to this type of choreography.
In a very informal tone Vishneva introduces the lemons which we assume are meant to represent the bitterness and contemplation of life but as far as we know lemons are sour. Nevertheless the audience takes the scenery with a grain of salt and chimes in with clapping proving only an artist of this caliber could get a standing ovation for such a unusual performance.


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Apple is looking to hire an experienced multimedia engineer for the iPhone and iPod touch, who's a passionate gamer and has shipped at least one "AAA" game in the last few years.
While first-party titles are a mainstay, and main point of attraction for dedicated gaming platforms like Nintendo (Mario), Microsoft (Halo), and Sony (Little Big Planet), so far all Apple has offered its "funnest iPod ever" is Texas Hold'em back in 2007.
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Back when I was working for Vette magazine in the early '90s, the iconic Zora Arkus-Duntov penned an article for us with the same headline I used for this story. It told us how he set a 150 mph top-speed record on the sand of Daytona Beach and changed the Corvette's performance image forever.
The car you see here is the one that was used in the testing for that historic record run. It was for this record-setting performance that the now-legendary Duntov camshaft was designed.
To put things into the proper perspective, the Corvette was perceived by many as a lost cause at this time. Production was only 700 units in '55 and more than a few were gathering dust on dealers' lots. Duntov approached Ed Cole with the high-speed run proposal during the time in which engineering was hot and heavy developing the Rochester fuel injection system for 1957. Cole agreed to the idea, with the caveat that it in no way intefere with the fuel injection program.
One major obstacle was that there were no '56 Corvettes available yet-they still hadn't been introduced to the public-so this '55 from the R&D fleet was pressed into service. Its chassis and engine were '56 spec. During testing in November of '55, it was determined there was not enough power for a two-way average of 150 mph-the record run was scheduled for the last part of December.
Duntov determined that he needed another 35-40 horsepower over the 225 the 265 small-block was making to achieve his goal and the part he felt was holding him back was the camshaft. He called in his proposed specs to engineering, a couple of cams were made, and after testing he was told the cam added 40-45 horsepower over the stock Corvette camshaft. Most people at Chevy at the time, derided his choice of specs and didn't think it would work. In the time preceding the record run, it became known inside GM as "the Duntov cam" and the name stuck.
Typical Duntov, he wrote, "When Rosey [Rosenberger] called and announced that the camshaft provided 40-45 hp more than the Corvette cam, I took it in stride. I expected it."
During testing in Arizona, this '55 climbed to top speeds of 155 mph-163 once with a tailwind, with Duntov behind the wheel. The big question was could these speeds be repeated at sea-level on sand.
With two four barrel carbs, a three-speed manual trans and the new Duntov cam-equipped 265 V8, a new '56 with a chopped-down windshield and Zora behind the wheel, set a record of 150.583 on the sand at Daytona Beach. To quote Zora, "the Corvette was no dog anymore."
The '55 you see here is now owned by Michigan's Ken Lingenfelter, owner of Lingenfelter Motor Sports.


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MIAMI — If they learned nothing from the first 48 minutes of their season, the Boston Celtics know they're going to need a little more time to become the team that intends to challenge the Miami Heat for the top spot in the Eastern Conference.
The crew that showed up here last night at AmericanAirlines Arena, however, barely resembled the Celtics team that scrapped with the Heat in the Eastern Conference finals last season.
Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Rajon Rondo showed up. But something was clearly missing, at least until the final seconds when Rondo earned a Flagrant foul for a "clothesline" (if that's what you'd call it) of Dwyane Wade. That was as close to the physical pounding we're used to seeing these Celtics put on their opponents, win or lose.
Then again, these aren't exactly the same Celtics we're all used to. Garnett, Pierce and Rondo are just three of the five holdovers from last season's team. The rest of that new-look locker room was getting its first real taste of the rivalry that will continue to set the pace in the East. And it showed.
Tuesday night's 120-107 loss was a role reversal for the Celtics, one that Doc Rivers didn't necessarily see coming.
"I thought they were the aggressor the whole game," he said. "They got on the floor where they wanted to get, they took us out of the stuff they wanted to, you can see they played together longer than us and their continuity was good. We made plays on offense, but it wasn't good offense. I didn't think we had good continuity at all and that hurt us down on the other end."
All of the advantages the Celtics had enjoyed for years against the Heat (and other members of the league's elite) were turned against them, and that includes being the physical aggressor from start to finish and having the always-dangerous Ray Allen attacking from all angles.
That said, there was (and is) clearly a level of trust missing among these Celtics. You don't revamp your locker room the way the Celtics did and not need a little time to adjust. Veterans Courtney Lee, Jeff Green, Jason Terry and rookie Jared Sullinger will all need time to adjust to the Celtics' style — in particular playing off of Rondo, who controls the action in ways that defy typical point guard play.
And the inability to slow down the Heat is something that certainly didn't sit well with Pierce, who was brutally honest in his assessment of his team's performance.
"We had defensive struggles. That's not who we are," he said. "We're not going to be a team that gives up 120 points. We have to establish our identity and who we are going to be. We're going to be a defensive team, we're going to stop teams from scoring and we're going to keep them out of transition. We have to be the enforcer out there, and [Tuesday night] we were pretty much on our heels."
But even Pierce realizes that with all of the change it's going to take time to become the team he spoke of, more time than the Celtics might imagined, but time that is no doubt needed.
"We got a lot of new guys that are trying to understand the philosophy defensively," he said. "We had a lot of breakdowns. Our defensive is all about communicating and talking. We'll get it together. [Tuesday night] was a good measuring stick for us. We played against a team that is the best team in the NBA … we've got a lot of work to do."


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niall d needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 206 designs submitted by 60 freelance designers.
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Niall was voted 6th best entrepreneur in Ireland by the Irish Times and Entrepreneur magazine in January 2009. Niall is currently involved in many sectors of business including Pubs/Restaurants, Clubs, New Media, TV, Movies, Property Development and Investment. His business interests span many regions across the globe but he mainly concentrates in the UK, Ireland, US (Principally Los Angeles) and The Middle East. He has been running and owning Bars and Clubs very successfully for 15 years in the UK and Ireland (Anam Bar, Slim Jim's Liquor Store, The Woodbine, Zigfrid, Blue Note, The Nell Gwynn, Salmon and Compass and Gary's private member club) and is now expanding into the US market. Niall is opening an exclusive roof top nightclub called "ROOF" and a restaurant/club with Rolling Stone (magazine) in the heart of Hollywood, which both are due to open in 2010. He currently co-owns a number of New Media Internet businesses and is expanding into reality TV formats.
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Deformation monitoring at Ubehebe Craters
When magma moves into a volcanic system, and closer to the surface of the earth, the area surrounding the volcano may move upward and outward. At Lassen Volcanic Center, this swelling is measured using the Global Positioning System (GPS).
Continuously recording GPS instruments are the most used type of volcanic deformation-monitoring equipment in the world. 24 satellites, orbiting the Earth twice each day, transmit their position in orbit to receivers on the surface of the Earth. The receivers record vertical and horizontal position, and by comparing these measurements through time, it is possible to determine the amount of movement for a specific location on the surface of the earth.
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The Holy Spirit
Are you Spirit-filled? Have you received the "second blessing"? Are you seeking it? For many, these questions have become the litmus test for the true Christian experience. Sadly, questions such as these leave many confused and disheartened as they await …Read More
Christ is Risen: So What?
We live amid a culture that revels in its efficiency. Thus, to a large degree, evangelicalism has grown apathetic to its own message, the message of the Resurrection. This predicament is often demonstrated in Gospel presentations that more or less …Read More
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One of the most difficult elements in understanding God's providence is understanding our obligation in our times. Consider the different responses of Joshua and Daniel concerning pagan rulers. Joshua killed them, Daniel served them, each with God's blessing. What would …Read More
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Alcohol in the Atlantic
David Carey Jr.
Dating from the earliest times in Latin America, alcohol has played a crucial social, economic, political, and cultural role. Often reserved for politico-religious leaders, alcohol was a conduit through which power flowed in many pre-contact indigenous societies; indigenous drinkways (production, commerce, and consumption habits) were associated with communal ritual events and social prestige. Introduced to the Americas by Europeans, distillation profoundly altered the potency of alcoholic drinks for people who were accustomed to fermentation. Even as the social and cultural practices of alcohol consumption changed over time, alcohol continued to have political and economic implications in the colonial and national periods in Latin America. Fearing that inebriation bred disorder and recognizing that moonshining undercut their own revenues, colonial and national governments alike sought to regulate, if not control, the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol. In nations as diverse as Mexico, Bolivia, Peru, and Guatemala, indigenous women came to play integral roles in the (oftentimes illicit) sale and production of alcohol. A cash nexus for moving labor and land and a crucial component of the economic system by which (often unscrupulous) labor brokers recruited workers, alcohol was a currency of local economies. As a commodity of local, national, and international significance, alcohol shaped the fate of nation-states.
People's class, ethnic, race, and gender identities all played into their access to alcohol. Although a person's choice of libation could define their position, some of the more fascinating histories of alcohol are punctuated with women and men who used alcohol to disrupt social conventions. Through the consumption of alcohol, rituals and ceremonies created and reconstituted community both within and across ethnic groups. Imbibing could also divide people. Even while they sipped their cognacs and brandies, elites portrayed indigenous people, the poor, and other marginalized people getting drunk on moonshine to discount and denigrate them. Often associated with (particularly violent) crime, alcohol was seen as a vice by many and excoriated during temperance movements. Yet defendants across Latin America took advantage of judicial systems that considered alcohol a mitigating circumstance in many crimes. As 20th-century evangelical sects that preached abstinence as the route to wealth and marital bliss grew to unprecedented numbers, traditional healers and biomedical practitioners continued to tout alcohol's medicinal value. In short, alcohol was a marker of social position and cultural identity, a crucial component in community and state building, and a commodity around which different cultural traditions, healing practices, and policing policies developed and evolved.
Alliance for Progress
Stephen G. Rabe
On March 13, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced the Alliance for Progress, an economic assistance program to promote political democracy, economic growth, and social justice in Latin America. The United States and Latin American nations formally agreed to the alliance at a conference held in August 1961, at Punta del Este, Uruguay. U.S. delegates promised that Latin America would receive over twenty billion dollars in public and private capital from the United States and international lending authorities during the 1960s. The money would arrive in the form of grants, loans, and direct private investments. When combined with an expected eighty billion dollars in internal investment, this new money was projected to stimulate an economic growth rate of not less than 2.5 percent a year. This economic growth would facilitate significant improvements in employment, and in rates of infant mortality, life expectancy, and literacy rates. In agreeing to the alliance, Latin American leaders pledged to work for equality and social justice by promoting agrarian reform and progressive income taxes.
The Kennedy administration developed this so-called Marshall Plan for Latin America because it judged the region susceptible to social revolution and communism. Fidel Castro had transformed the Cuban Revolution into a strident anti-American movement and had allied his nation with the Soviet Union. U.S. officials feared that the lower classes of Latin America, mired in poverty and injustice, might follow similarly radical leaders.
Alliance programs delivered outside capital to the region, but the Alliance for Progress failed to transform Latin America. During the 1960s, Latin American economies performed poorly, usually falling below the 2.5 percent target. The region witnessed few improvements in health, education, or welfare. Latin American societies remained unfair and authoritarian. Sixteen extra-constitutional changes of government repeatedly unsettled the region.
The Alliance for Progress fell short of its goals for several reasons. Latin America had formidable obstacles to change: elites resisted land reform, equitable tax systems, and social programs; new credits often brought greater indebtedness rather than growth; and the Marshall Plan experience served as a poor guide to solving the problems of a region that was far different from Western Europe. The United States also acted ambiguously, calling for democratic progress and social justice, but worried that Communists would take advantage of the instability caused by progressive change. Further, Washington provided wholehearted support only to those Latin American governments and organizations that pursued fervent anticommunist policies.
Animals in Latin American History
Germán Vergara
The evolutionary history of vertebrate nonhuman animals such as mammals in what is now Latin America extends back tens of millions of years. Given that anatomically modern humans first appeared in Africa a mere 200,000 years ago and would not reach Latin America until some 12,000 years ago, nonhuman animals in the region evolved for most of their history without interference from human activities. Once they appeared, humans began to shape the history of the region's animals in profound ways. In fact, one could argue that animal history in Latin America has been a story of increasing human impact; from the Paleo-Indians, who may have driven countless species of megafauna to extinction; to the agrarian societies that domesticated species such as dogs, turkeys, and llamas (or tolerated the animals' self-domestication); to the radical transformations brought about by the Columbian Exchange; to the industrialization process of the last two centuries. But animal history in the region is also marked by adaptation and agency on the part of animals, who have influenced the course of human history. This dynamic and adaptive human–animal relationship has been pushed to the limit during extinction pulses, manifest in the currently accelerating biodiversity crisis. Environmental history makes the convincing case that any historical account that neglects the environment offers an inaccurate depiction of the past. By the same token, animal historians suggest that a more complete understanding of history requires redefining its boundaries to include the often underappreciated story of nonhuman species and their interrelationships with human societies.
Argentine Intellectual Circles and the European Crisis of the 1930s
Jorge Nállim
Beginning in the second half of the 19th century, Argentina became closely linked to the North Atlantic world, as the founding fathers of the modern state established a political order modeled on liberal principles, developed a dynamic export economy, and presided over a large immigration—mainly from Spain and Italy. These processes provided the historical framework for the impact of the European crisis of the interwar years in Argentine cultural groups and debates in the 1930s. The cosmopolitan features of Argentine society and intellectual groups, the country's political crisis in the 1930s, and the particularly heavy influence of the Spanish Civil War explain how the European situation and ideologies such as Fascism and anti-Fascism were processed in a variety of cultural publications and institutions.
Basques in the Atlantic World, 1450–1824
Xabier Lamikiz
Basques formed a minority ethnic group whose diaspora had a significant impact on the history of colonial Latin America. Basques from the four Spanish or peninsular Basque territories—the Lordship of Vizcaya, the provinces of Álava and Guipúzcoa, and the Kingdom of Navarra—migrated to the New World in significant numbers; the French Basques were also prominent in the Atlantic, particularly in the Newfoundland fisheries.
The population density of the Basque Atlantic valleys, which was the highest of any region in Spain, was an important factor that encouraged emigration. And, in response to demographic pressure, in the second half of the 15th century most villages and towns adopted an impartible inheritance system that compelled non-inheriting offspring to seek their fortunes outside the country. Castile was the immediate choice for the Basque émigré, but after 1492 America gradually became an attractive destination. Outside their home country, their unique language and sense of collective nobility (hidalguía universal) were to become two outstanding features of Basque cultural identity.
The Basques' share of total Spanish migration to the New World increased significantly in the second half of the 17th century. By the 18th century they were one of the largest and most influential peninsular regional groups in America. The typical Basque émigré was a young, single man aged between fifteen and thirty. In the New World they left their mark in economic activities that their countrymen had developed in their homeland for centuries: trade, navigation, shipbuilding, and mining. Furthermore, Basques' collective nobility and limpieza de sangre (blood purity) facilitated their access to important official positions.
The Book in the Iberian Atlantic, 1492–1824
Eugenia Roldán Vera
The Atlantic world has not only been a geographic space for the exchange of people and products. Since the 16th century, it has also been a cultural space for the production, exchange, diffusion, reading, and rewriting of printed objects. Historians of the independence era constructed the view that Latin America had been "closed to the outside world" during the years of the Spanish and Portuguese domination; however, later research has shown that this was not the case. Latin American countries, especially from the 18th century onward, were part of a print network through which all kinds of information was being produced, circulated, and read.
During the Spanish Enlightenment, especially at the time of the wars of independence (1808–1824), this circulation intensified. The end of the Spanish and Portuguese trade monopoly in the region, changes in the regime of print rights, technological developments that lowered the costs of publishing, and transformations of the forms of sociability that the wars of independence themselves generated gave way to an explosion of print all over the Atlantic word. Newspapers, pamphlets, and books on topics that were not only religious but also political, literary, satirical, and educational were printed and circulated in the region. This helped to change forever the way the Latin Americans viewed themselves and contributed to the formation of new nations.
Although the circulation of ideas throughout the Atlantic does not account for the development of political and social transformations that led to the independence of the Latin American countries, print culture and political culture are connected in many different ways. This article explores some of these forms of interaction.
The Cádiz Constitution in the Atlantic World
Natalia Sobrevilla Perea
On 19 March 1812, representatives from across the Hispanic Monarchy put forward a constitution in the Spanish port city of Cádiz. This foundational document was a response to their king's abdication in favor of Napoleon's brother Joseph Bonaparte, obtained under pressure from invading French troops. The constitution aimed to address what they viewed as a lack of legitimacy because the monarch was captive, as the drafters expected it would be the basis of government in all the corners of the empire, from Madrid to Mexico and Manila. Written under the protection of the British fleet in the last bastion of the Peninsula that remained unoccupied, the constitution instituted a very extensive male suffrage, freedom of the press, national sovereignty, and the abolition of privileges for citizens from all parts of the vast empire. These measures were the reason why the men who debated the constitution were the first ones to be called liberal. The liberalism of the drafters at Cádiz must be considered in the context of the early nineteenth century. When in 1814 Ferdinand VII returned to Spain, he abolished the constitution. But in 1820 a mutiny of troops forced the king to accept it grudgingly. A constitutional monarchy was established lasting until 1823, when the so-called 100,000 sons of Saint Louis crossed from France to reinstate absolutism. This period came to be known as the Liberal Triennium. In 1836 the Progressives reinstated the Cádiz Constitution, albeit briefly when they passed a new charter in 1837.
Until quite recently there was very limited scholarship on the Cádiz Constitution in English, and, as Roberto Breña shows, even the literature in Spanish had been mostly limited to the study of the text itself and its impact in the peninsula. In the past decade, Atlantic history and studies on the Enlightenment's influence on revolution in general have led to renewed interest in the Spanish constitutional experience. The reevaluation of Spanish American independence movements in light of the Cádiz Constitution have also sparked debate among historians. François-Xavier Guerra (1992) and Jaime Rodriguez O. (1998)1 consider that it is impossible to understand the process of independence if attention is not paid to Cádiz and the enacting of the constitution. Guerra goes as far as to state that the election of deputies to Cortes was the revolution2 (1993) Bicentennial celebrations have led to a dramatic increase of publications on the constitution. Its importance, especially in influencing subsequent constitutions, is increasingly acknowledged today in academic circles.
In this article I will discuss the calling of the Cortes, the elections that brought representatives from all over the empire to Cádiz, the demands made from far-away provinces, and major issues discussed in the constitutional debates. I conclude by assessing the constitution's reception, as well as the way in which it influenced the advent of modernity in the Hispanic world and beyond. I begin by discussing the development of constitutional thinking in the late eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth century. A revision of the events that led to the Peninsular War and the context in which the constitution was put forward follows. The article then analyzes the process through which the constitution was passed, the intellectual debates that surrounded it, the impact the charter had in the wider Atlantic world, as well as the role it played in the process of independence in Spanish America. Finally, it ends with a review of how liberalism developed in the Hispanic Monarchy and the long-lasting legacy of the Cádiz Constitution.
Canary Island Immigration to the Hispanic Caribbean
Manuel Hernández González
The configuration of Canarian migration during the Conquest and colonization of the Spanish Caribbean was significantly influenced by its historic continuity, familial nature (with an elevated presence of women and children), dedication to agriculture, and contribution to the settlement of towns. This migration gave rise to quintessentially rural prototypes, such as the Cuban guajiro, linked to self-sustaining agriculture and tobacco; the Puerto Rican jíbaro, a coffee grower; and the Dominican montero or farmer from Cibao. All of these contributed a great many aspects of their speech, idiosyncrasies, and culture.
The migratory dynamic has evolved since the Conquest and includes such processes as Cuban tobacco colonization, the foundation of townships in Santo Domingo and Puerto Rico (in order to further analyze their adaptation to the economic boom of sugar plantations in Cuba and Puerto Rico), and the uprising of slaves in French Santo Domingo, as well as the cession of the Spanish portion of the island to this country in 1795. This event merits special focus, due to its great transcendence in terms of the signs of identity that emerged during the rebellion of the Canarian vegueros against the monopoly within the Havana context, and the defense of their configuration as a distinct people in San Carlos de Tenerife: processes that explain their response to 19th-century innovations in Cuba and Puerto Rico and to Dominican political avatars, as well as their attitudes toward criollismo and emancipation. Their singularities are reflected in the mass Cuban emigration that took place during the early decades of the 20th century.
Competing Spanish and Indigenous Jurisdictions in Early Colonial Lima
Karen B. Graubart
Spanish legal organization required that political communities be represented by a concejo or cabildo, which used customary law to determine and enforce the common good. In the Spanish colonial world, this entailed vesting indigenous communities with jurisdiction and political representation, parallel to that of the municipal cabildo, which represented the common good of most Spanish citizens. Nevertheless, the supposed common good of indigenous and Spanish jurisdictions often intersected or contested one another. In these cases, agents of the Spanish Crown might intervene, or the parties might negotiate new relations. Because Andean cabildos were entreated not to keep minutes of their deliberations or actions, historians have had difficulty in recognizing the role of indigenous authorities in self-governance, and given more credence to the acts of Spanish cabildos and the Crown. But Indian cabildos and caciques took meaningful decisions within their communities, as demonstrated by moments where they came into conflict with Spanish authorities, and as inferred from a small number of documents available for the similar Mexican case.
Constitutionalism in the Hispanic World
Jaime E. Rodríguez O.
The concept of a constitution, a political entity that determines how a people are governed, emerged in ancient times. The government of the Roman Republic (509–27 BC) influenced the Western world. Later, Romanized Visigoths adopted a charter, the Fuero Juzgo (654), in the Iberian Peninsula that integrated Roman and Visigothic legal systems. The document influenced regional political entities throughout the Middle Ages. In the 13th century, each of the realms of the Iberian Peninsula adopted individual rather than shared fundamental codes. In 1265, King Alfonso X established Castilla's and Leon's first constitution, the Siete Partidas. The New World obtained its own legal system, known as the Derecho Indiano (Laws of the Indies). Like the kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula, those of America created a compact between the monarch and the citizens of each realm rather than Hispanic America as a whole. These systems of uncodified legislation evolved to meet changing circumstances and societal norms. They provided corporations and individuals expanding opportunities for indirect and direct experience in self-government.
In 1808, an unexpected upheaval transformed the Hispanic world. The French invaded Spain. Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte lured the royal family into France, compelled them to abdicate in his favor, and then granted the Spanish monarchy to his brother, José. The Spanish people did not accept the usurper king, José I. They formed the Junta Central to oppose the invaders. As the French continued to conquer the nation, they convened a Cortes, which met on September 24, 1810, in the port of Cádiz. Approximately 220 deputies, including sixty-five Americans and two Filipinos, eventually participated in the extraordinary Cortes of Cádiz. Deputies representing overseas dominions played a central role in developing the most progressive constitution of the 19th century. Despite the political chaos that surrounded the constituent congress, the delegates debated and eventually reached consensus on a modern, flexible charter that reconciled the competing interests of the multiplicity of areas and ideological positions represented at the assembly. They produced a constitution for the entire Hispanic world that made the executive and the judiciary subordinate to the legislature. It also increased the scope of political activity by establishing representative government at three levels: the city or town with a thousand or more inhabitants (constitutional ayuntamiento), the province (provincial deputation), and the monarchy (Cortes). The charter transferred political power from the center to the localities, and incorporated large numbers of people into the political process for the first time by redefining the concept of active citizenship (i.e., those eligible to vote). This fundamental document formed the basis for constitutional development throughout the Hispanic monarchy and for most charters promulgated in the nations that emerged after the breakup of that political entity.


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Ed Perlmutter
An Accidental Activist
Giving Back Through Research
December 7, 2015
Since my HIV diagnosis in July 2006, I've been connected to the Infectious Diseases Clinic at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and have participated in three National Institutes of Health studies under the umbrella of the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG). I am in very good hands.
My Shifting Seat on the HIV Merry-Go-Round
April 12, 2013
Regarding HIV clinical care, my friend James always says, "stay close to the center of the merry-go-round." And it's great advice. Stay close to the center and gravity keeps you balanced and secure, in the right spot, even though you're spinning fast, round and round. Shift out from the center and all bets are off. For the past six and one-half years, I've had my ass firmly planted at the center of the merry-go-round, right where I need to be. And I've been holding onto that spot for dear life, and there I've received the best HIV clinical care I could possibly imagine.
Start Where You Are, Use What You Have, Do What You Can*
September 10, 2012
On April 27, 2012, with the stroke of a pen and little fanfare or media attention, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed into law Senate Bill 2158 ("An Act Increasing Screening for HIV"), thus removing a decades-old requirement to obtain written informed consent prior to HIV testing. The Commonwealth's new law now allows for an individual to give verbal informed consent before receiving an HIV test. Until the law took effect on July 26, 2012 (again with little fanfare or media note), Massachusetts was one of only two states that had mandated written consent, a testing model which many clinicians and testing advocates, myself included, believed posed a barrier to testing.
Simmer on Low; Stir Occasionally
April 5, 2012
If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.
Massachusetts HIV Testing Policy in 2012: Six Degrees of C. Everett Koop
December 2, 2011
A "funny" thing may happen on the way to bringing HIV testing law in Massachusetts into the 21st century - NOT A DAMNED THING. ZERO. ZILCH.
I'll Take the Paradigm Shift. Can You Super Size It Please?
September 8, 2011
If for no other reason (and there are many other salient ones), the encounter described here explains precisely why routine opt-out HIV testing is the only testing method that should be instituted in Massachusetts. No one should settle for anything less; I certainly will not.
2011 "Fight HIV Your Way" Contest -- I Won Third Place; This Work My W(hole)
August 3, 2011
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April 11, 2011
I delivered testimony in favor of a Verbal Informed Consent HIV Testing Bill, now making its way through the Massachusetts Legislature, to a packed hearing room on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. While this bill is neither the Routine Opt-Out HIV testing model nor the bill I would support in a perfect world, last time I checked we live on a rather imperfect globe. I decided it was time to stop waltzing in the Mosh Pit, where things can get messy. Rather, my testimony took me on the High Road, a road less traveled, at least in the experiences thus far of An Accidental Activist.
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February 14, 2011
I did not get into this Accidental Activist thing to make friends, but rather to influence people and to help save lives by shifting HIV testing to a Routine Opt-Out paradigm. I wish to affect change in a public health policy -- at least in the state where I live -- that currently is about as relevant as a leisure suit.
An Accidental Activist
Ed Perlmutter
Ed Perlmutter was diagnosed with HIV in July 2006, and has been receiving HIV therapy through a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study since September 2006. He lives with his partner in an old farmhouse on the city limits of Boston, in the woods, amongst critters and varmints and dozens of varieties of dahlias. When he is not raising awareness as an accidental activist, he is a graduate student in health communication at Emerson College and works as a textbook publishing consultant.
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