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Free Fight
UFC superstars Matt Hughes and BJ Penn meet for the third time Saturday night in the co-main event of UFC 123. Read on for the breakdown of this historic rubber match...
Many athletes claim that age is just a number. BJ Penn has a different take on that adage.
For the Hawaiian, weight is just a number—literally.
Penn has competed in four different weight classes during the course of his career, with 15 of his 23 professional fights occurring at lightweight, four at welterweight, one at middleweight and one at heavyweight. Yes, you read that correctly. On March 26, 2005, Penn faced former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida in a heavyweight bout in Japan. Penn weighed 191 pounds for that fight. Machida weighed 220 pounds. "The Prodigy" lasted until the final bell, losing a unanimous judges' decision, but often getting the better of the Karate expert during standup exchanges.
After suffering back-to-back defeats to Frankie Edgar in lightweight bouts, Penn has decided to move back to the welterweight division on Saturday night to settle an old score with the most dominant 170-pounder of all time, Matt Hughes. After all, weight is just a number, and Hughes is someone that Penn really wants to fight.
This won't be the first time the pair has locked horns inside the Octagon. Penn made his welterweight debut against Hughes back on January 31, 2004, after a nearly a year away from the UFC. Hughes hadn't lost in three years heading into that bout. During that stretch, Hughes won the welterweight crown and successfully defended it five consecutive times, tying the record first set by Tito Ortiz a few months earlier (some guy named Anderson Silva later shattered the record).
I spoke with Penn 10 days before the fight, and I asked him why he was moving up in weight against such a great opponent without first taking a 170-pound bout against a run-of-the-mill opponent in order to acclimate himself to the new weight. He was standing outside of McDonalds at the time, and his answer was a telling one.
"There is a guy standing a few feet from me right now," Penn said. "If I'm hungry, and I want his bag of food, I'm going to walk over there, beat him down and take it. I'm not going to say, 'Excuse me, sir, how much do you weigh?' before beating him down. Who cares how much Matt Hughes weighs? I don't care. I don't think warriors 100 years ago cared, either. I'm sure they didn't ask other warriors how much they weighed before fighting, so why should I?"
Penn completely dominated Hughes on that January night, stopping him in the first round with a rear naked choke to win the UFC Welterweight Championship – his first of two UFC titles. Hughes avenged the loss a couple of years later with a third-round technical knockout win.
On Saturday night, the pair will face each other in an intriguing rubber match. Penn has never seemed more vulnerable in his career than he does heading into this fight. He has been a .500 fighter over his last 10 bouts, including back-to-back losses in his last two fights (both at lightweight) and coming up short in each of his last three welterweight bouts.
Hughes, by contrast, is in the midst of a three-fight winning streak. The former two-time welterweight champion seems to have found his groove after suffering the worst stretch of his professional career, losing three of four fights between November 2006 and June 2008. He has been particularly dominant in his last two fights, scoring stoppage wins against Renzo Gracie and Ricardo Almeida.
A win by Penn demonstrates that the losses to Edgar were nothing more than a case of styles make fights and proves that he remains one of the best fighters in the game, pound-for-pound. A win by Hughes firmly reestablishes him as one of the welterweight elite.
A year ago, most pundits would have given Hughes little chance to defeat Penn based on the matchup and their past history. Despite the fact that Hughes stopped him in their previous bout, Penn looked dominant in the opening two rounds before suffering a badly damaged rib that basically rendered him a defenseless, stationary target. Hughes had no answer for Penn's takedown defense, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and boxing in either bout prior to the rib injury. So, there is no reason to believe that a third bout would be any different from the first three combined rounds of their prior bouts.
That was before the world witnessed Edgar score several takedowns against Penn en route to back-to-back wins. Granted, Edgar used speed to overcome Penn's tremendous takedown defense, and Hughes is nowhere near Edgar in terms of speed. Nevertheless, Penn's vulnerability to the takedown and his inability to do anything from his back caused his critics to raise several potentially game-changing questions for Penn heading into this fight.
The first is whether Penn's focus on his standup game has resulted in the erosion of his once otherworldly BJJ skills. That question has been bandied about lately because his guard didn't appear to be anything special against Edgar. After all, he had plenty of opportunities to work for a submission from his guard and did virtually nothing with them in either bout against Edgar.
I think that is a preposterous question. It is possible that Penn's BJJ game could get a little rusty from lack of work with high-level training partners, but that had nothing to do with his loss to Edgar and will play no part in Saturday's bout. Penn has probably forgotten more BJJ than many UFC fighters have learned over the last few years. Remember, we are talking about one of the greatest American BJJ practitioners in history.
The next question is whether Penn's supposed lack of motivation has influenced his pre-fight preparations. There is no sugarcoating this one. Penn has shown up to several fights woefully out of shape and undertrained.
No matter, I refuse to believe that he suffered from lack of motivation against Edgar. After all, Edgar was the first man to defeat Penn in a lightweight bout in more than eight years, plus he snatched away the title. Penn was fully motivated for the rematch. He did not think that Edgar was his same league as a fighter and badly wanted to prove that, as well as winning back his title. Penn lost the fight because Edgar is his kryptonite, not because Penn was underprepared. Any thoughts to the contrary are silly.
Motivation and preparation won't be a factor on Saturday night, either. Penn is in the midst of a two-fight losing streak overall and a three-fight losing streak in welterweight bouts. Not to mention the fact that Hughes put him in a crucifix and used his head as a punching bag in the third round of their last bout. Afterward, Hughes questioned whether Penn really suffered a rib injury or merely ran out of gas after failing to properly prepare for the fight. Those words still burn brightly in Penn's memory. He will be in great shape and fully prepared for Hughes. Trust me on that one.
The final question is whether Penn has gotten to a point in his career where his skills have started to erode. Most people forget that the Prodigy has been in the UFC for nearly a decade. I don't care if he is only 31 years old. That is a lot of mileage for anyone at any age. The guy who dominated Joey Gilbert in mid-2001 had lightning-fast hands, exceptional foot speed and some of the best submissions in the game. He was also the best pure boxer and had the best takedown defense in the lighter weight classes, if not the entire UFC. His biggest weakness was his inability to take an opponent to the ground, if the situation called for it.
A breakdown of Penn's skills today doesn't read much differently. Maybe he isn't quite as fast as he once was, but he is a much more technical standup fighter compared to his early days in the sport. He also fights much more tactically these days. His takedowns remain be a big hole in his game, particularly at welterweight, but that doesn't really change anything.
Penn is definitely a better fighter today than he was early in his career. For that matter, so is Hughes.
There is no debating the point that the 37-year-old former champion no longer has the explosive takedowns that led to the most dominant run in 170-pound history. At the peak of his game, Hughes could take down anyone, and he kept them there for as long as he wanted. The quintessential moment of his dominance in that arena was during his second fight with Frank Trigg, where he picked up the world class wrestler, walked around the Octagon with him hanging over his shoulders like a sack of potatoes, and then slammed him to the ground like a rag doll.
He hasn't shown that same ability over the last few years, but he has also completely evolved as a fighter during that time. The Hughes who couldn't be stopped in the takedown department had rudimentary standup. Today's version has much better technical striking ability. He bludgeoned his last two foes on the feet, something that would have been unheard of for Hughes a few years ago.
Hughes also has vastly underrated BJJ. After years spent rolling with Jeremy Horn, who is one of the best submission guys in the sport, Hughes has black belt-level skills, regardless of the fact that the only actual belt he possesses is the one that holds up his pants. I'm not saying he will outslick Penn on the ground. That isn't going to happen. But he isn't going to be a fish out of water if the fight goes to the ground, either.
Today's Matt Hughes presents a much more formidable test, in my opinion, than the one who faced Penn in 2006. I know that he won their last matchup, but again, he was getting completely outclassed until Penn either suffered an injury or gassed out, depending on who you believe. I don't think he is going to get outclassed early in the fight on Saturday night.
So, what is going to happen when the referee signals for the action to begin?
I think both men will come out looking to kickbox early. Hughes will likely take the lead with jabs and lead kicks to the outside of Penn's lead left leg and body. Penn will counter with right hands over Hughes' jab and cleanup left hooks as he looks to encourage mini slugfests. Penn knows he has better boxing skills and much more power in his punches, so he will be very comfortable boxing.
I have little doubt that Penn will win the exchanges. He struggled on the feet against Edgar because he had no answer for Edgar's speed. Penn will be the faster fighter on Saturday night, so he won't have those same troubles against Hughes.
The question is whether Hughes can survive long enough to lull Penn into forgetting about his takedown defense. Also, if Hughes is able to take the fight to the ground, will Penn be the same Rubik's Cube on the ground, keeping the former wrestler occupied with omo plata, arm bar and sweep attempts so as to completely neutralize Hughes' dreaded ground-and-pound attacks?
I think he will do just that. In fact, I think Penn will win this fight in one of two ways: either by rear naked choke or technical knockout from strikes on the ground.
But, alas, I picked Penn to defeat Edgar in both of their fights. In fact, I don't think I've ever predicted a Penn loss, which means I'm batting a robust .500 over his last 10 bouts. Not exactly something to write home about.
BJ Penn
• 31 years old
• 5'9, 165 lbs
• 70-inch reach
• 15-7-1 overall (11-6-1 UFC)
• Two losses to Edgar were his first losses by unanimous decision in his UFC career
• 1-3 in UFC welterweight division
• 3-2 in his last 5
• 5-5 in his last 10
• 5-7 overall against current or former UFC/PRIDE champions
• 54.5% of UFC wins by KO/TKO (6 out of 11)
• 36.4% of UFC wins by submission (4 out of 11)
• Penn has never been submitted
• Second fighter in history to win championships in two UFC weight classes (lightweight and welterweight)
• Has competed in 4 weight classes (155 lbs, 170 lbs, 185 lbs and HW)
• First non-Brazilian to win gold in the black belt division of the Mundial World Championship (BJJ)
• Two-time winner of Submission of the Night (SUB4 over Kenny Florian by rear naked choke on August 8, 2009, SUB2 over Joe Stevenson by rear naked choke on January 19, 2008)
• Current layoff is 84 days (UD5 loss to Frankie Edgar on August 28, 2010)
• Longest layoff of UFC career is 273 days (TKO3 by Matt Hughes on September 23, 2006, until SUB2 over Jens Pulver on June 23, 2007), excluding the 3-year period when Penn was absent from the UFC and competing actively elsewhere
Matt Hughes
• 37 years old
• 5'9, 170 lbs
• 73-inch reach
• 45-7 overall (18-5 UFC)
• 3-2 in last 5
• 7-3 in last 10
• 8-3 overall against current or former UFC/PRIDE champions
• 44.4% of UFC wins by KO/TKO (8 out of 18)
• 27.8% of UFC wins by submission(5 out of 18)
• 27.8% of UFC wins by decision (5 out of 18)
• Hughes has never lost by decision in the UFC
• Holds the record for the most wins in UFC history (18)
• Tied with Randy Couture for the most title wins in UFC history (9)
• Tied with Chuck Liddell, Couture and Tito Ortiz for the record for most fights in UFC history (23)
• Tied with Tito Ortiz for the second-most consecutive successful title defenses in UFC history (5)
• Second all-time for most title fights in UFC history (12)
• Submission of the Night (SUB1 over Ricardo Almeida on August 7, 2010)
• Fight of the Night (UD3 over Matt Serra on May 23, 2009)
• Current layoff is 105 days (SUB1 over Ricardo Almeida on August 7, 2010)
• Longest layoff of UFC career is 350 days (TKO2 by Thiago Alves on June 7, 2008, until UD3 over Matt Serra on May 23, 2009)


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The Women of My Generation Blew It, So Equality Is Up to You, Graduates
May 16, 2011
Thank you, President Spar. Members of the board of trustees, esteemed members of the faculty, proud parents, squirming siblings, devoted friends: congratulations to all of you. But especially, congratulations to the magnificent Barnard Class of 2011.
Looking at you all here fills me with great joy, in part because my college roommate, a member of your faculty, Caroline Weber, is here. Carrie, it means so much to me to be at your school, and in part because I work in Silicon Valley, let's just say I'm not usually in a room with this many women. For the wonderful men who are here today, if you feel a little uncomfortable, we're really glad you're here, and no line for the men's room. It's worth it.
I graduated from college exactly 20 years ago. And as I am reminded every single day where I work, that makes me really old. Mark Zuckerberg, our founder and my boss, said to me the other day, "Sheryl, when do midlife crises happen? When you're 30?" Not a good day at the office. But I am old enough to know that most of our lives are filled with days we do not remember. Today is not one of them. You may not remember one word I say. You may not even remember who your graduation speaker is, although for the record, Sheryl with an S. You won't remember that it was raining and we had to move inside. But you will remember what matters, which is how you feel as you sit here, as you walk across the stage, as you start the next phase of your life.
Today is a day of celebration, a day to celebrate all the hard work that got you to this place where you can sit, kind of sweltering in that gown. Today is a day of thanks, a day to thank all the people that helped you get here, the people who nurtured you and taught you, who held your hand, who dried your tears. Today is a day of reflection. Excuse me, a little laryngitis.
As you leave Barnard today, you leave not just with an education, but you take your place amongst the fortunate. Some of you came here from families where education was expected and emphasized. Others of you had to overcome far more obstacles to get here, and today you become the very first member of your family to graduate from college. What an amazing accomplishment. But no matter where you started, as of today you are all privileged. You are privileged in the most important sense of the word, which is that you have almost boundless opportunity in front of you. So, the question is, what are you going to do with it? What will you do with this education you worked so hard to achieve? What in the world needs to change, and what part do you plan on playing in changing it?
Pulitzer Prize winners Sheryl WuDunn and Nicholas Kristof visited this campus last year and they spoke about their critically important book, Half the Sky.
In that book, they assert that the fundamental moral challenge of the 19th century was slavery; of the 20th century, it was totalitarianism; and for our century, it is oppression of girls and women around the world. Their book is a call to arms, to give women all over the world, women who are exactly like us except for the circumstances into which they were born, basic human rights.
Compared to these women, we are lucky. In America, as in the entire developed world, we are equals under the law. But the promise of equality is not equality. As we sit here looking at this magnificent blue-robed class, we have to admit something that's sad but true: men run the world. Of 190 heads of state, nine are women. Of all the parliaments around the world, 13% of those seats are held by women. Corporate America top jobs, 15% are women; numbers which have not moved at all in the past nine years. Nine years. Of full professors around the United States, only 24% are women.
I recognize that this is a vast improvement from generations in the past. When my mother took her turn to sit in a gown at her graduation, she thought she only had two career options: nursing and teaching. She raised me and my sister to believe that we could do anything, and we believed her. But what is so sad—it doesn't just make me feel old, it makes me truly sad—is that it's very clear that my generation is not going to change this problem. Women became 50% of the college graduates in this country in 1981, 30 years ago. Thirty years is plenty of time for those graduates to have gotten to the top of their industries, but we are nowhere close to 50% of the jobs at the top. That means that when the big decisions are made, the decisions that affect all of our worlds, we do not have an equal voice at that table.
So today, we turn to you. You are the promise for a more equal world. You are our hope. I truly believe that only when we get real equality in our governments, in our businesses, in our companies and our universities, will we start to solve this generation's central moral problem, which is gender equality. We need women at all levels, including the top, to change thedynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women's voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.
So my hope for all of you here, for every single one of you, is that you're going to walk across the stage and get your diploma. You're going to go out tonight or maybe all summer and celebrate. You deserve it. And then you're going to lean way into your career. You're going to find something you love doing, and you're going to do it with gusto. You're going to pick your field and you're going to ride it all the way to the top.
So, what advice can I give you to help you achieve this goal? The first thing is I encourage you to think big. Studies show very clearly that in our country, in the college-educated part of the population, men are more ambitious than women. They're more ambitious the day they graduate from college; they remain more ambitious every step along their career path. We will never close the achievement gap until we close the ambition gap. But if all young women start to lean in, we can close the ambition gap right here, right now, if every single one of you leans in. Leadership belongs to those who take it. Leadership starts with you.
The next step is you're going to have to believe in yourself potentially more than you do today. Studies also show that compared to men, women underestimate their performance. If you ask men and women questions about completely objective criteria such as GPAs or sales goals, men get it wrong slightly high; women get it wrong slightly low. More importantly, if you ask men why they succeeded, men attribute that success to themselves; and women, they attribute it to other factors like working harder, help from others. Ask a woman why she did well on something, and she'll say, "I got lucky. All of these great people helped me. I worked really hard." Ask a man and he'll say or think, "What a dumb question. I'm awesome." So women need to take a page from men and own their own success.
That's much easier to say than to do. I know this from my own experience. All along the way, I've had all of those moments, not just some of the time; I would say most of the time, where I haven't felt that I owned my success. I got into college and thought about how much my parents helped me on my essays. I went to the Treasury Department because I was lucky to take the right professor's class who took me to Treasury. Google, I boarded a rocket ship that took me up with everyone else.
Even to this day, I have those moments. I have those moments all the time, probably far more than you can imagine I would. I know I need to make the adjustments. I know I need to believe in myself and raise my hand, because I'm sitting next to some guy and he thinks he's awesome. So, to all of you, if you remember nothing else today, remember this: You are awesome. I'm not suggesting you be boastful. No one likes that in men or women. But I am suggesting that believing in yourself is the first necessary step to coming even close to achieving your potential.
You should also know that there are external forces out there that are holding you back from really owning your success. Studies have shown—and yes, I kind of like studies—that success and likeability are positively correlated for men and negatively correlated for women. This means that as men get more successful and powerful, both men and women like them better. As women get more powerful and successful, everyone, including women, likes them less.
I've experienced this firsthand. When I first joined Facebook, there was a well-read blog out in the Valley that devoted some incredibly serious pixels to trashing me. Anonymous sources called me a liar, two-faced, about to ruin Facebook forever. I cried some when I was alone, I lost a bunch of sleep. Then I told myself it didn't matter. Then everyone else told me it didn't matter, which just reminded me of one thing: they were reading it too. I fantasized about all kinds of rejoinders, but in the end, my best and only response was just to do my job and do it well. When Facebook's performance improved, the trash talk went away.
Do I believe I was judged more harshly because of my double-Xs? Yes. Do I think this will happen to me again in my career? Sure. I told myself that next time I'm not going to let it bother me, I won't cry. I'm not sure that's true. But I know I'll get through it. I know that the truth comes out in the end, and I know how to keep my head down and just keep working.
If you think big, if you own your own success, if you lead, it won't just have external costs, but it may cause you some personal sacrifice. Men make far fewer compromises than women to balance professional success and personal fulfillment. That's because the majority of housework and childcare still falls to women. If a heterosexual couple work full time, the man will do—the woman, sorry—the woman will do two times the amount of housework and three times the amount of childcare that her husband will do. From my mother's generation to mine, we have made far more progress making the workforce even than we have making the home even, and the latter is hurting the former very dramatically. So it's a bit counterintuitive, but the most important career decision you're going to make is whether or not you have a life partner and who that partner is. If you pick someone who's willing to share the burdens and the joys of your personal life, you're going to go further. A world where men ran half our homes and women ran half our institutions would be just a much better world.
I have a six-year-old son and a three-year-old daughter. I want more choices for both of them. I want my son to have the choice to be a full partner not just at work, but at home; and I want my daughter to have a choice to do either. But if she chooses work, to be well-liked for what she accomplishes. We can't wait for the term "work/life balance" to be something that's not just discussed at women's conferences.
Of course not everyone wants to jump into the workforce and rise to the top. Life is going to bring many twists and turns, and each of us, each of you, have to forge your own path. I have deep respect for my friends who make different choices than I do, who choose the really hard job of raising children full time, who choose to go part time, or who choose to pursue more nontraditional goals. These are choices that you may make some day, and these are fine choices.
But until that day, do everything you can to make sure that when that day comes, you even have a choice to make. Because what I have seen most clearly in my 20 years in the workforce is this: Women almost never make one decision to leave the workforce. It doesn't happen that way. They make small little decisions along the way that eventually lead them there. Maybe it's the last year of med school when they say, I'll take a slightly less interesting specialty because I'm going to want more balance one day. Maybe it's the fifth year in a law firm when they say, I'm not even sure I should go for partner, because I know I'm going to want kids eventually.
These women don't even have relationships, and already they're finding balance, balance for responsibilities they don't yet have. And from that moment, they start quietly leaning back. The problem is, often they don't even realize it. Everyone I know who has voluntarily left a child at home and come back to the workforce—and let's face it, it's not an option for most people. But for people in this audience, many of you are going to have this choice. Everyone who makes that choice will tell you the exact same thing: You're only going to do it if your job is compelling.
If several years ago you stopped challenging yourself, you're going to be bored. If you work for some guy who you used to sit next to, and really, he should be working for you, you're going to feel undervalued, and you won't come back. So, my heartfelt message to all of you is, and start thinking about this now, do not leave before you leave. Do not lean back; lean in. Put your foot on that gas pedal and keep it there until the day you have to make a decision, and then make a decision. That's the only way, when that day comes, you'll even have a decision to make.
What about the rat race in the first place? Is it worthwhile? Or are you just buying into someone else's definition of success? Only you can decide that, and you'll have to decide it over and over and over. But if you think it's a rat race, before you drop out, take a deep breath. Maybe you picked the wrong job. Try again. And then try again. Try until you find something that stirs your passion, a job that matters to you and matters to others. It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It's also a very clear path to happiness.
At Facebook we have a very broad mission. We don't just want you to post all your pictures of tonight up there and use Facebook to keep in touch, even though we want that, so do a lot of that. We want to connect the whole world. We want to make the whole world more open and more transparent. The one thing I've learned working with great entrepreneurs—Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook, Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Google—that if you want to make a difference, you better think big and dream big, right from day one.
We try at Facebook to keep all of our employees thinking big all day. We have these posters in red we put around the walls. One says, "Fortune favors the bold." Another says, "What would you do if you weren't afraid?" That question echoes Barnard alum Anna Quindlen, who said that she majored in unafraid. Don't let your fears overwhelm your desire. Let the barriers you face—and there will be barriers—be external, not internal. Fortune does favor the bold, and I promise that you will never know what you're capable of unless you try.
You're going to walk off this stage today and you're going to start your adult life. Start out by aiming high. Like everyone here, I have great hopes for the members of this graduating class. I hope you find true meaning, contentment and passion in your life. I hope that you navigate the hard times and you come out with greater strength and resolve. I hope that whatever balance you seek, you find it with your eyes wide open. And I hope that you—yes, you—each and every one of you have the ambition to run the world, because this world needs you to run it. Women all around the world are counting on you. I'm counting on you.
I know that's a big challenge and responsibility, a really daunting task, but you can do it. You can do it if you lean in. So go home tonight and ask yourselves, "What would I do if I weren't afraid?" And then go do it. Congratulations, 2011.
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Lilly's Party
Terms & Conditions
This contract for the rental of The Little Art Bus and Art party services is made by and between Ellie Co., LLC, hereafter referred to as OWNER and, above named, hereafter referred to as RENTER. Whereas, the Renter desires to temporarily rent, occupy, and make use of the Owner's venue, which will be located at RENTER provided address and known as The Little Art Bus, and Whereas, the Owner agrees to such rental, occupation, and use in consideration of certain payments and covenants herein enumerated;
Premises & Rates:
Ellie Co., LLC hereby agrees to make available to Renter for the exclusive use of the Renter, the following facilities located on your residential premises, at the time and date(s) and for the purposes(s) indicated at the following rates.
Private Art Party
Event Space:
The Little Art Bus interior, activity leader and helper plus all necessary supplies for the above selected party for 10 Artists for adult parties or 12 Artists for kids' parties plus additional cost according to chosen package for additional artists. Over 18 painters will require an additional bus assistant ($50).
Due to health and safety during the pandemic, currently we can only allow up to 14 artists on the bus at a time. Parties with more than 14 participants will need to be split into 2 groups for the creative activities. One group will create on the bus, the other group will need to create outside of the bus, preferably in a covered, climate controlled area like a garage, porch, or covered patio.
For our "Paint + Craft" parties, both groups will create their crafts simultaneously, on and off the bus.
For our "Paint + Craft" parties, Group 1 will be on the bus participating in the guided painting project while Group 2 will be outside working on their craft project. We will take a short break to tidy up and reset all of the painting and crafting supplies then Group 2 will hop on the bus to paint while Group 1 makes the craft project outside.
For our "Adult Paint" parties both groups will paint simultaneously, one group on the bus and the other group outside of the bus. Since both groups will be painting at the same time, an additional instructor will be required (additional $50 fee).
For all parties, if there is a covered and climate controlled outdoor space with tables where all of the attendees can comfortably sit, we would be happy to guide the entire group together.
Reservation Deposit:
A. Location Costs & Fees
If there are any costs/fees associated with the location the client has chosen for their party, you, the RENTER, will be responsible for those fees. Ellie Co., LLC DBA The Little Art Bus will not guarantee or arrange payment on any location. Party fee covers travel within 25 miles of Fort Worth 76107. Any location outside of these limits will be subject to an additional charge of $50 for up to 50 miles. We do not travel over 50 miles from 5128 Birchman Ave. Fort Worth. TX 76107.
B. Rescheduling
Should any act of God such as earthquake, flood, storms, snow, etc. or other unforeseen event reasonably beyond Ellie Co., LLC's control that prevents access to the premises for a scheduled event, Customer agrees and understands that no refunds are permitted. We understand that situations do come up beyond our control. If you need to cancel for any reason, please notify The Little Art Bus via email or phone as soon as possible. A full refund -$50 reservation deposit can be given if notification is received within 48 hours. If you wish to reschedule, there will be a second reservation fee of $50 if notified less than two weeks before your original date as we cannot book any other events during your reserved time slot.
C. Payment
Payment(s) may be made through an emailed invoice. Each additional guest is an additional fee based on chosen party package along with additional applicable charges for Extra activities and services, added to the end total and due prior to departure of the Little Art Bus.
D. Damage
Renter understands that acrylic, non-washable paint will be used to complete painting projects. Loaner aprons will be provided to each guest participating in activities. Renter shall not hold Owner responsible for any damaged clothing due to participation in activities included in party package activities selected by Renter.
E. Liability
The Little Art Bus is not responsible for items belonging to Renter or Renter's guests that are lost, stolen, or damaged during the rental period. Renter hereby acknowledges that it is liable for the actions and behavior of Renter's guests during the rental period, and at any other time such guest is on the The Little Art Bus as a result of Renter's use of The Little Art Bus. Ellie Co., LLC is not liable for the safety of Renter's guests. Renter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Ellie Co., LLC from all liability arising from the activities of Renter and Renter's guests during the rental period.
F. Rental Requests
Renter may bring their own alcoholic beverages so long as each guest serves themselves and does not conflict with the location's (if other than a residence) rules and TABC laws.
Renter understands that a parent from the Renter's party must remain on the bus at all times while children occupy the bus. Any children under the age of 4 must have parental assistance with the art activities.


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Location and Dates
- Ames, Iowa - May 21-23, 2010
Proposed Accomodations
- Ames, Iowa
- Event will be hosted at Iowa State University
- Off-campus accommodations are at the Gateway Ames.
- Off campus housing is available at inode0's poolhall
- Virtual Reality Applications Center Tour on May 21 is possible (VRAC is home to the highest resolution 6-sided virtual reality cave in the world running on a well known downstream derivative of Fedora http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/c6.php)
Responsible Ambassadors
- inode0
- ...
# | Full Name | Hotel | Friday's Dinner | Arrival Details | Departure Details | Est. Travel $$ excl Hotel |
Comment |
1 | John Rose | no | yes | ||||
2 | Larry Cafiero | yes | yes | Thurs. 8:20 a.m. (Osceola, IA) | Sunday, 8:09 p.m. (Osceola, IA) | $284 | taking the train from Oakland, CA to Osceola, IA; getting ride to Ames with inode0 |
3 | MaxSpevack | yes | yes | ||||
4 | Ivan Makfinsky | yes | yes | Thursday, 11.15pm, Des Moines | Sunday, 5pm, Des Moines | ~$130 rental/fuel | I second the sleeping where stabbing won't happen - see below. Have reserved a rental car for carpooling. |
5 | Justin O'Brien | possibly | hopefully | Midwest Airlines IND to DSM 1334/1334 Dep. 9:53am, arv 11:33am | US Airlines 7784/7388 Dep. DSM 5:23PM Arv. 11:31 | $323.79 | coming from Indiana would need financial assistance, is willing to sleep anywhere that won't get him stabbed by hobos |
6 | David Nalley | yes | yes | GSP to DSM - Delta 5422/1978 - Dep. 6:55pm, layover in ATL, Arv. DSM 11:15pm | DSM to GSP - Delta Air Lines 3324/3772 - Dep. 1:40pm, layover in DTW, arrive GSP 8:02pm | ~$375 for flight | coming from SC |
7 | Clint Savage | yes | possibly |
Delta 2591 (SLC->MSP) |
Delta 3501 (DSM->MSP) |
$450 (flight, car), price keeps going up :( | Approved for reimbursement $$ |
8 | Robyn Bergeron | yes | yes | US Airways 2818 (PHX->DSM) Lv 6:53PM, Arv 11:46PM | US Airways 2757 (DSM->PHX) Lv 2:50PM Arv 3:50PM | ~$350 (flight) | coming from AZ, would love to discuss what marketing can do for ambassadors as a topic |
9 | Ian Weller | ICT to DSM - Delta Air 4004/4030 - Dep. 4:40pm, Arv 8:29pm | DSM to ICT - Delta Air Lines 3849/3686 - Dep. 12:10pm - arv. 4:13pm | ~$475 (flight) | Very tentative, but schedule is clear for these days if people want me and I can be sponsored. Wouldn't mind traveling via car either, KS is relatively close | ||
10 | Dennis Gilmore | yes | yes | Thursday sometime | Sunday evening | ~$200 (rental and petrol) | coming from Central Illinois, happy to pick people up on the way |
Arrival Transportation
- Ivan Makfinsky (11:15pm), David Nalley (11:15pm), and Robyn Bergeron (11:46pm) in Ivan's rented vehicle.
- Ian Weller (8:30pm) and Clint Savage (8:37pm) in Clint's rented vehicle.
- Larry Cafiero (8:30am, Train station)
- Justin O'Brien (11:33am, airport)
- Max Spevack - John picked him up, yay!
- Dennis Gilmore - Renting a vehicle for his transportation
- John Rose, Max Spevack, Dennis Gilmore are staying at Chez John.
- All other attendees at Gateway Ames.
- Robyn Bergeron (king room)
- Clint Savage / Ian Weller
- Larry Cafiero / Justin O'Brien
- David Nalley / Ivan Makfinsky
- Gateway Ames Location
- Address: 2100 Green Hills Drive Ames, Iowa 50014 1.800.FOR.AMES
- Google Maps
Add work items here that we should cover (we will formalize a schedule once we have a good foundation in place). Regardless of location and dates please contribute to the proposed work product of our next Fedora Ambassador Day by adding topics important to you below.
Agenda Table - Ideas and Deliverables
Deliverable | Description | Owner(s) | Time (duration) |
List of Ambassador marketing materials needs to give to marketing to produce, prioritized. | Cover deliverables and ideas including: Marketing Flyer and how it can be updated; Generic slide deck template for presentations / events, Slide deck with talking points for each cycle, Laptop show, enhance generic Talking Points, rewrite elevator pitch. Discuss whether existing materials that marketing produces are useful for Ambassadors. Lots of other ideas welcome. Not sure yet on time needed. | Robyn Bergeron | 1.5-2 hrs |
SOP / Process for handing off Marketing information to Ambassadors each cycle. | What is the best / most effective way for Marketing to disseminate Talking Points, etc. to Ambassadors each cycle? How can we be more helpful? Work more with FAMSCo, have 2x per cycle joint meetings, other ideas? No more than one hour needed. | Robyn Bergeron | 1 hr |
Discuss mentoring in North America | It seems even with the amount of ambassador mentors that manatees (aka mentorees) who initiate the mentoring process do not complete the tasks in front of them. Perception? or Process? What is the issue here, and how do we fix it? | Clint Savage inode0 | 60-90 minutes |
I did it! -- An application that recognizes contributors/contributions and awards karma or something | The name is exactly what we want to encourage, contribution. The value add here is to enable ambassadors with tasks that can be completed and tracked simply by updating a wiki or going to an event. The karma earned over time helps track activity and encourages more ambassadors to get involved. Note: This is still a very basic idea and needs tons of hashing out. Could possibly use some Statistics 2.0 loving. --Ian Weller 21:52, 20 April 2010 (UTC) |
Clint Savage (and possibly Ian Weller) | 1/2 - full day but can be done asynchronously once we have the main idea down (2-3 hours probably) |
Swag Procurement and Distribution | With a couple of years under our belts doing this it is time to take a look at it from a different perspective (hindsight). Goal: Improve processes, eliminate Max (meant only in a really friendly way), keep stock, know who has stock, etc. | inode0 | 45-60 minutes |
Growth of Regional Leadership | I'm really keen to involve more people in several key areas to keep the ship moving. We have always encouraged the growth of swag producers but not so much in the distribution chain or the regional leadership itself. When is it time for new regional leadership? Is that construct still even useful? Goal: Leave with a reason to not think that if herlo, lcafiero, and ke4qqq went away we would collapse. Or put another way, leave with a plan to engage more ambassadors in the leadership process and in all other areas of FAmNA. | inode0 | 45-60 minutes |
Budget | While budget "authority" has been shifting from the direction of FAmSCo in the direction of regional leadership there are some practical problems that remain. Goal: Develop a more clearly defined budget process allowing regional leaders to make meaningful budget decisions and be responsible for FAmNA spending Fedora resources in an accountable fashion. | inode0 | 30-45 minutes |
Wiki | The FADNA wiki pages could use review and maintenance. For example, it takes a bit of navigating to find this page. Wikis tend to experience sprawl of sorts and pages get lost. Goal: Develop ideas which will help in keeping the wiki organized and updated. | Ivan Makfinsky (and Ian Weller can help) | |
Event Planning | What do you do when you have an event to organize? What are the things you need to know when you are organizing an event, whether it's representing Fedora to a LUG, or tabling at a larger expo? Goal: Have ambassadors be both knowledgable and comfortable with planning events at any level. | Larry Cafiero | 2 hours (coffee included) |
How to embrace disgruntled users of other distros | With the past/present/future unpopular changes in several distros there are a lot of long time GNU/Linux users that were/are/will be roaming the Free Landscape. How do we make ourselves stand out to these people | Justin O'Brien | 1 hour |
Detailed Agenda
Thursday, May 20, 2010
- Everyone arrives, with the exception of threethirty.
- 40 pounds of meat is prepped.
Friday, May 21, 2010
- 9:30am - 10:00am: Introductions, Logistics, Wireless access. Review Agenda so we're all clear. (inode0, rbergero)
- 10:00am - 12:00pm: Event Planning -- http://mspevack.fedorapeople.org/fadna2010-events-lcafiero.odp (lcafiero)
- 12:00pm - 2:00pm: Food and VRAC. (inode0)
- 2:00pm - 4:00pm: Budget, swag procurement & distribution, regional leadership growth. (inode0)
- 4:00pm - 5:00pm: Wiki maintenance. (mafinsky, ianweller)
Evening: Dining at Dublin Bay.
- Dublin Bay: 320 S. 16th St. Ames, IA (515) 956-3580
- Google Maps - Dublin Bay
Saturday, May 22, 2010
- 10:00am - 12:30pm: Marketing <--> Ambassadors relationship.
- List of Ambassador marketing materials needs to give to marketing to produce, prioritized. (rbergero)
- SOP / Process for handing off Marketing information to Ambassadors each cycle. (rbergero)
- 12:30pm - 1:00pm: Order some lunch in, take a break, walk around.
- 1:00pm - 2:30pm: Discuss mentoring in North America, while eating. (herlo. and herlo, sorry about eating while you're talking. This seems like a nice discussion time where we can eat and talk, though. I'll switch off notetaking / whiteboarding with you. --Rbergero 03:57, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
- 2:30pm - 5:00pm: Wiki discussion
Evening: Pool (the table kind, not the water kind) @ casa de inode0, accompanied by dinner.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
- Use this time wisely - wrap up anything we did not cover or come to conclusion on.
- 11:00am - 11:30am: How to embrace disgruntled users of other distros. (threethirty)
- 11:30am - 12:00pm: Wrapup. Document completed items from FAD. (rbergero)
- Most attendees depart in the afternoon.
Meeting Minutes
- Day 0
- Day 1
- Day 2
- Day 3
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Initial estimate is to set aside $3k for this event from CommArch, and see how far that can get us in terms of travel sponsorships, etc.


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If you are hoping to sell your house fast in Birmingham, there are some real estate terms you should become familiar with. Below, we've compiled some of the lesser-known terms you might hear when selling your house in Birmingham. Please feel free to reach out to us if there is anything else you would like to know about the selling process. We are happy to answer all of your questions. (205) 478-3284
Appraised Price
An appraised value is an evaluation of a property's value by a professional appraiser. This can be done during the mortgage origination process or by the buyer or seller privately to help determine the value of the property. An appraisal can also be used for tax purposes or after a divorce.
Assessed Value
The assessed value of a property helps determine how much a homeowner will need to pay in property taxes. The property appraiser will take into account location information, inspection information for the home, and recent home sales in the area.
Carrying Costs
The carrying costs are the costs you facing each month to own the home. This includes things like your tax payments, insurance premiums, utility bills, and maintenance costs.
Clear Title
A clear title means that there aren't any other ownership claims to the property, nor are there any liens against the house.
Comparative Market Analysis
A comparative market analysis, or CMA, provides information to help determine the value of the property. It takes into account recent sales to help you figure out what your house is currently worth.
A contingency is a stipulation in the contract that needs to be met before the contract is legal and binding.
A covenant formal agreement in which one party gives the other certain assurances. An example would be covenants of warranty in a warranty deed.
A delinquency occurs when a homeowner defaults on their loan. This is when a lender will actively begin the collections process, even initiating foreclosure.
A disclosure is a document that the seller provides the buyer, letting them know about any problems, defects, or known issues with the property. Failing to disclose a problem with your home can be considered fraud.
An encumbrance is a claim against the property that restricts its transfer or use. A property lien is considered an encumbrance.
A foreclosure occurs when a homeowner fails to make their mortgage payment, typically for 90 days. The owner waives all rights to the property and the home becomes the possession of the bank.
Inclusions are personal property that is included in the home sale. This can be things like appliances, furniture, or outdoor items.
Market Value
Market value is a valuation of the property in which the parties are free of pressure to complete the transaction and all details of the house are known. It can be formulated by finding the average between the highest price a buyer would pay and the lowest price a seller would accept.
Mechanic's Lien
A mechanic's lien is a lien against the property which will secure the payment of contractors, laborers, and those who provide materials.
Negative Amortization
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Quitclaim Deed
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Pete Seeger, "a tireless campaigner for his own vision of a utopia marked by peace and togetherness," died Monday at the age of 94.
As former NPR broadcaster Paul Brown adds in an appreciation he prepared for Morning Edition, Seeger's tools "were his songs, his voice, his enthusiasm and his musical instruments."
The songs he'll be long remembered for include "If I Had a Hammer," "Turn, Turn, Turn" and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone."
Paul is not just a newsman, but also a banjo player himself. Here's more from his look back at Seeger's long life:
"Seeger came by his beliefs honestly. His father, Charles Seeger, was an ethnomusicologist and pioneering folklorist whose left wing views got him in trouble at the University of California. Charles Seeger introduced his son to some of the most important musicians of the Depression era, including Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie. Seeger and Guthrie became fast friends, though they didn't agree on all things. They crisscrossed the country performing together. ...
"As early as 1941, they found themselves blacklisted. Seeger was a member of the Communist Party in those early days, though he later said he quit after coming to understand the evils of Stalin. ...
"Following World War II and service entertaining the troops, Seeger teamed up with Lee Hays, Ronnie Gilbert and Fred Hellerman to form the astonishingly successful folk group The Weavers. ...
"If The Weavers hit an emotional and cultural sweet spot in postwar America, the 'red scare' quickly soured it. In 1955, Seeger refused to answer questions before Congress about his political beliefs and associations. He was held in contempt and nearly served a jail sentence before charges were finally dropped in 1962 on a technicality.
"But the troubles with Congress finished The Weavers. ...
"Shut out of the big gigs, he played coffeehouses, union halls and college campuses to support his family. ... He co-founded and wrote for Sing Out, one of the first and most important magazines to grow out of the folk revival. He produced children's songs and books. But his commitment to causes never waned.
"Seeger sang and marched nationwide for civil rights and against the Vietnam War. In 1968, he went local ... but in a big way. Upset at the filth clogging the Hudson River near his home, he spearheaded the building of the sloop Clearwater, which volunteers sailed up and down the Hudson. Politicians and polluters had to take notice.
"For all of his social activism, Seeger said more than once that if he had done nothing more than write his slim book How to Play the Five String Banjo, his life's work would have been complete. ...
"If Pete Seeger didn't save the world, he certainly did change the lives of millions of people by leading them to sing, to take action and to at least consider his dream of what society could be."
The New York Times says Seeger's career "carried him from singing at labor rallies to the Top 10 to college auditoriums to folk festivals, and from a conviction for contempt of Congress (after defying the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s) to performing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at an inaugural concert for Barack Obama."
And the Times notes that Seeger "was a mentor to younger folk and topical singers in the '50s and '60s, among them Bob Dylan, Don McLean and Bernice Johnson Reagon, who founded Sweet Honey in the Rock."
Seeger's influence went well beyond folk music. He's a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, which says that in Seeger's "capable hands, from the '40s to the present day, a concert isn't regarded as a one-way proceeding but a group singalong."
According to The Associated Press, "Seeger's grandson, Kitama Cahill-Jackson said his grandfather died peacefully in his sleep around 9:30 p.m. at New York Presbyterian Hospital, where he had been for six days. Family members were with him."
There's much more about Seeger in this archive of NPR's coverage of him over the years.
Update at 11 a.m. ET. Seeger Stood Up For What's Right, Spoke Out Against What's Wrong, Obamas Say.
The White House just released this statement from the president:
"Once called 'America's tuning fork,' Pete Seeger believed deeply in the power of song. But more importantly, he believed in the power of community – to stand up for what's right, speak out against what's wrong, and move this country closer to the America he knew we could be. Over the years, Pete used his voice — and his hammer — to strike blows for worker's rights and civil rights; world peace and environmental conservation. And he always invited us to sing along. For reminding us where we come from and showing us where we need to go, we will always be grateful to Pete Seeger. Michelle and I send our thoughts and prayers to Pete's family and all those who loved him."
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The United States has threatened economic sanctions against Moscow, but America is light on financial leverage in Russia: The country represents less than 1 percent of U.S. trade, and few major U.S. companies have significant investments there.
But one company with a long history in Russia is Pepsi.
So how did the American soft drink giant get its foot in the door to build a major market in Russia?
This story of how Pepsi came to be sold widely in Russia could give us some insight into how the two counties do or don't do business with each other. The relationship dates back to the Soviet era.
During the Cold War, then-Vice President Richard Nixon visited Soviet Russia to meet with Premier Nikita Khrushchev, which produced some memorable moments. The two men stood in front of a microphone and sparred, with the help of interpreters, in a televised session now known as the Kitchen Debate. The 1959 debate, which you can watch on YouTube, is all kinds of historical, nerdy awesomeness.
"You plan to outstrip us, particularly in the production of consumer goods. If this competition is to do the best for both of our peoples and for people everywhere, there must be a free exchange of ideas," Nixon said as Khrushchev began to speak over him. "You never concede anything."
One thing Russia didn't have on us was brown, fizzy, sugary, delicious drinks. At that debate, Nixon and Khrushchev shared a Pepsi.
At the time, this shared drink gave Donald Kendall a bright idea. Kendall, who was a buddy of Nixon's, was the head of Pepsi's international operations at the time.
"[Kendall] went to Russia in 1959 and struck up a good relationship with Nikita Khrushchev," recounts Anders Aslund with the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
Later, the Soviet government itself began bottling Pepsi, but it wasn't the drink we know.
"Pepsi was perceived by the population as a Soviet product, and Soviet products were truly bad," Aslund says. "While Pepsi was reasonably good, it was not as good as Western Pepsi."
Good or bad, Pepsi was the only option.
Then the Berlin Wall fell. When the Soviet Union closed, a form of free enterprise opened. In the 1990s, there was a boom in the U.S., and American companies were looking to grow.
During this time, Pepsi was getting its butt kicked by Coca-Cola all over the world, says Ali Dibadj, a senior analyst with equity research firm Sanford Bernstein who studies packaged goods such as soda and chips. Dibadj says Pepsi had one key element going for it: The company knew a lot about Russia.
"Pepsi had to find a place to grow that was the path of least resistance, and arguably built on the history, since 1959, and the lower penetration by The Coca-Cola Company. Russia was the closest-to-home option, and it wasn't that close to home," Dibadj says.
It worked. Russia is now Pepsi's second-largest market behind the U.S., accounting for roughly 8 percent of sales.
So if Pepsi could become a dominant consumer force in Russia, then why hasn't everyone followed suit?
Well, companies such as Ford, Nike, McDonald's, Boeing and John Deere do have investments in the country, but they don't rely on the Russian market like Pepsi does. The reason, Dibadj says, is that Russia is unpredictable, and so are its consumers.
"The consumer has a history — given communism, given what they've been though — to, at the first sign of fear, shift very quickly to either different pack sizes [or] different brands. And [Russian consumers] have historically been used to lower-quality brands," Dibadj says.
At the first sign of trouble, Russian consumers go from drinking soda to tap water. Not only that, it's really hard for companies to get into Russia. With such a large country, you have to build giant distribution networks, and there's a lot of red tape.
"We don't have a lot of economic leverage," Dibadj says. "There's not a lot of stuff that Russians buy from us, and we don't buy that much stuff from Russia."
It's the age-old chicken and egg problem, says Amit Khandelwal, who teaches at Columbia University's Business School. American businesses, he says, are afraid to invest in Russia because it's risky; and it might be less risky if there were more of a U.S. corporate presence there.
"The U.S. won't have the potential threat of sanctions if there is no pain on both sides," Khandelwal says. "There is no pain on both sides precisely because no business has found it attractive enough to substantially grow their operations in Russia."
In other words, in order for the U.S. to have more soft power in Russia, the U.S. will have to sell that country more than soft drinks.
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.


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