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I am in love with this product. It definitely smooths my hair while adding lots of shine. You can't use too much or it will make your hair greasy, but used right it's wonderful. :)
This product smells fantastic (it's infused with lavender) but more importantly it works well for controlling frizz and fly-aways. I use it after straightening my hair and it makes it feel softer and smoother. Bonus, you don't need a lot so the bottle lasts awhile! Just as a reference, I have straight, dyed hair that's fine (but I have lots of it).
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I received this in a swap and I am in LOVE. it makes my hair so silky and shiny and smells great....i have tried the biosilk silk and it makes me soooo greasy....this makes my hair silky and shiny...i have hair down to my mid back and i use 3 pumps but i could probably get away with 4! I love this and i will buy it when i run out of this bottle!!!
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I think the main thing to remember when using any products with oil is "less is more." This must be used very sparingly, and not ever on the roots. Stick to hair that falls below your brows. That said, I have hair that gets oily at the roots, long before the rest of my hair needs to be washed. I used to wash my hair every single day until I realized how damaging it was. I don't have frizzy hair, but use this to stop fly-aways and make the ends look smooth after blow-drying. If you use this right, it makes your hair look like you have no split-ends. My hair still looks clean the next day if I avoid the roots. Not only does it make hair smooth, but it adds shine. For those with super-oily hair, try applying this before you blowdry, while hair is still very wet, and then blowdry when hair is slightly damp.
Disclaimer: my cousin is an Aveda stylist and taught me how to use this product; maybe I'm biased, but I really like it.
This really didn't do anything for me in terms of de-frizzing. The shine element is completely irrelevant when you have a head full of frizzy hair. I gave it away after a fortnight. Absolutely not worth it.
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While the Smoothing Fluid didn't weigh my hair down as much as other silicone products I've tried, it did make it look very greasy, even when applied sparingly. Will be returning it to the Aveda store.
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This product delivers on its claims. It smooths out frizz without weighing down the hair. Protects hair from heat. I like that you can put this in both damp and dry hair. Very light minty scent that dissipates quickly. Expensive at around $27, but worth it.
i have been having the hardest time finding a good product to use to straighten my wavy hair w/o getting alot of frizz afterwards. my stylist suggested i try this, and yes the price is up there, but i thought if it works, it's worth it. so i tried it, and i have to say i am very impressed. i use it on my damp hair before blow drying with a paddle brush, then run some more thru after, and touch up with the flat iron. i get very little frizz, wayyyy less than with any other product, and what frizz there is is usually gone within a short time. my hair feels great too. very soft and silky, and not weighed down. i will definitely buy again.
One of my favorite products! Yes, it's expensive, but it lasts a long time. This is the lightest serum I've ever found that actually works. I use it in a few ways. I like to put it on a section of wet or damp hair before blowdrying (a good tip that works well for me is to twist the hair after it's dry and still warm, this prevents the section from frizzing up and makes nice waves). I also like to use it on dry hair before flat ironing. And then it' s also a good lightweight finisher. I really do love this stuff - have repurchased many times throughout the years. For reference, my hair is fine, thin, naturally curly but I often straighten.
If I want to air dry, I do use a heavier serum though since this is too light to prevent frizz (for me). For that, I use Garnier sleek and shine serum or the discontinued Loreal vive anti-frizz serum on wet hair right out of the shower.
I've used this product for about 6 months now but just starting using it the right wayfor my hair. I use to use it after my hair was blown dry but about a month ago I ran out of my other hair products & I've recently stopped blow drying my hair. I used this after I washed my hair & this product actually controlled my frizz; it doesn't do anything for my shine or make my hair smell nice but it really helps me out, since I flat iron my hair I try not to blow dry my hair & this product helps give me a smooth look with out my hair looking like a hair ball.


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Patients may experience impaired swallowing as a result of several specific problems. The first of these, oropharyngeal dysphagia, is impaired swallowing associated with deficits in oral and pharyngeal structure or function. These patients are at especially high risk for aspiration, and many of them experience silent aspiration. Patients at risk for oropharyngeal dysphagia include those with:
- nervous system damage such as stroke, head injury, or spinal cord injury
- neuromuscular diseases such as muscular dystrophy and cerebral palsy
- progressive neurologic disease such as Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and dementia
- facial, oral, or neck surgery or trauma
- head and neck cancer.
Patients who were intubated for more than 3 days are also at risk for oropharyngeal dysphagia.
The second impaired swallowing problem is associated with esophageal dysphagia and aspiration risk due to:
- gastroesophageal reflux disease
- esophageal dysmotility or structural abnormality
- delayed gastric emptying
- nasogastric tubes.
Finally, impaired swallowing can be associated with tracheostomy or ventilation support due to:
- decreased sensation of the oral and pharyngeal cavities
- decreased sensation of food or fluids penetrating the laryngeal vestibule and aspirating (dropping below the level of the vocal cords)
- decreased ability to cough aspirated material off the vocal cords
- decreased laryngeal elevation and airway closure.
Meal tray, call bell, wall suction or portable suction apparatus, suction kit, gloves, protective eyewear, pulse oximeter.
- Explain the procedure to the patient and his family.
- Wash your hands, and put on gloves and protective eyewear, if indicated, prior to suctioning the patient or providing mouth care
Managing impaired swallowing due to oropharyngeal dysphagiaManaging impaired swallowing due to esophageal dysphagia
Managing impaired swallowing due to tracheostomy or endotracheal tubeManaging a patient with a feeding tube
Impaired swallowing due to speaking valve trials
Special considerations
Monitor the patient for signs and symptoms of swallowing problems and aspiration, including:
- coughing before, during, or after eating
- wet or gurgling voice
- increased chest congestion after eating
- multiple swallows on one mouthful or washing down food with liquids
- complaints of food getting stuck or painful swallowing
- unexplained changes in amount or rate of eating
- drooling or spitting food out of the mouth
- difficulty breathing during meals
- leakage from the tracheostomy site
- low-grade fevers shortly after meals
- weight loss and poor oral intake
- recurrent pneumonias
- increased white blood cell counts.
Patients with impaired swallowing are more likely to experience airway obstruction and aspiration during meals. Aspiration may result in pneumonitis or pneumonia. Difficulty swallowing may result in decreased oral intake and eventually lead to dehydration and malnutrition.
Record the amount of intake, the patient's food preferences, progress with meals, and any techniques effective in helping the swallowing process. Document the effectiveness of the family's assistance. Record any complications that arise and the interventions used to correct them.


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Police are looking for four men in connection with an aggravated robbery that took place outside of a Killeen hotel Friday morning.
Officers responded to an aggravated robbery report just before 4:30 a.m. Friday morning. The robbery occurred in the parking lot of the Royal Inn located in the 600 block of E. Central Texas Expressway.
Officers were told that the two victims were sitting in their pickup when three armed men approached both sides of the truck and demanded money.
The suspects then ran to a metallic lime green four door sedan. A driver was waiting in the car and they fled the scene heading east on Central Texas Expressway.
The victims described the suspects as black men who where between 5'10" and 6' tall. The victims were not injured in this incident.
Authorities are asking anyone who knows anything about this case call Crime Stoppers at 526-TIPS (8477) or go online at www.bellcountycrimestoppers.com or text BELLCO along with the tip to 274637.
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Sergio Marchionne will soon say goodbye to his beloved 2011 Dodge Challenger SRT8 392 as it will go up for auction, alongside Mopar's latest 426 HEMI V8 crate engine. Both items will go under the hammer at the April 4-6 Barrett-Jackson auction in Palm Beach, Florida.
Marchionne's one-of-a-kind pitch black 2011 Dodge Challenger SRT8 392 comes with a set of custom mixed "Dark Charcoal" racing stripes, a lowered suspension that uses a Mopar adjustable coil-over kit and a Mopar exhaust system.
The smoked taillights and 392 HEMI fender badges re-created in gloss and satin black finishes contribute to the car's aggressive appearance, as well as the factory forged 20-inch wheels with a matte black finish.
The Chrysler and Fiat CEO will have to learn to live without the grunt of the 6.4-liter (392-cubic-inch) HEMI V8 engine that delivers a hefty 470 horsepower and 470 lb-ft (637 Nm) of torque. He will surely miss its 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) time of less than 5 seconds and its quarter-mile time of under 13 seconds. Fuel economy is not bad either, at 23 mpg (10.2 liters/100 km) on the highway thanks to the car's six-speed manual transmission.
The money raised from the auction will go to United Way for Southeastern Michigan to be used for education, income and basic needs of people in the Detroit area.
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¿Por qué no, si a la final son casi primos después de la adquisición de la mitad de Chrysler por parte de Fiat?
The Panda Trekking was designed as a more economical but less capable alternative to the 4x4.
While it keeps the same looks and higher riding suspension of the Panda 4x4, the Trekking ditches the all-wheel drive system for a front-wheel drive configuration and instead relies only on a standard traction control system to improve its performance on low-traction surfaces.
It is offered with the same engine and transmission choices as the 4x4 – albeit without the shorter first gear.
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Fiat describes thenew Panda 4x4as the "only genuine 'pocket' 4x4 car" in the European market and a "Jack of all trades" capable of tackling "mountain mule tracks and the urban jungle" with the same ease.
The Panda 4x4 rides on a jacked up suspension that offers a higher ground clearance over the regular 2WD model, while rolling on 15-inch wheels wrapped in 175/65 R15 84T M+S tires developed specifically for this model.
It gets permanent all-wheel drive that is managed through a "Torque on demand" system with two differentials and electronically controlled coupling, while also featuring an ESC (Electronic Stability Control) system with ELD (Electronic Locking Differential) function as standard.
The Panda 4x4 is available with two engine options, an 84hp (85PS) 0.9-liter TwinAir Turbo petrol and the 74hp (75PS) 1.3-liter MultiJet II diesel, both with fuel saving Start&Stop tech and a six-speed manual gearbox with shortened first gear.
A subtle styling kit that adds chunky door sills with matching black mouldings around the wheel arches and the bumpers that also house silver-colored skid plates, completes the transformation.
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The study is built around the rolling cloth top version of the Italian mini that Fiat calls the 500c, fully accessorized by Mopar.
Some of the key elements of the concept include the wide body kit that pushes all four wheels several inches out, the matte exterior paint combined with aluminum and chrome accents for the mirrors, bumper strips and what looks like a chin spoiler, the red wheels and roof rack equipped with a surfboard.
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The Express & Star is applying for Heritage Lottery Fund support to digitise its entire photographic archive, dating back more than a century.
It is a huge task, which will preserve the photos for future generations. It involves scanning every old photograph and uploading the captions that go with them into a digital archive that can be searched online, free of charge, by the general public.
There are an estimated 750,000 photographs involved. In a project supported by Wolverhampton University and WAVE: The Museums, Galleries and Archives of Wolverhampton, Britain's biggest regional newspaper is trying to create an online archive that will be available to the community, ensuring the photographs are accessed by local people for many years to come.
The Express & Star has been at the centre of local life for generations, documenting events across the region every day with news reports and photographs.
With a heritage dating back to the 1880s, the Express & Star has old pictures from not just the great events like the First and Second World Wars and the Coronation, but the small local events that our photographers have been covering for our pages.
Unfortunately, many of the photographs have begun to deteriorate over time. Our library shelves are stacked with black and white and colour pictures.
You name it, it's there – people, buildings, fashion, show business, street scenes – all the little triumphs and tragedies of life. We are trying to create an online archive that will be available to the community free of charge so that is why we need your support.
If you would like to support the project, please send a letter of support to: Chris Leggett, Brand and communications manager, Express & Star, 51-53 Queen Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1ES. Or email: email@example.com
The Express & Star is looking for a small army of volunteers willing to help scan the photographs and inputting information. Full training will be given. If you are interested email email@example.com
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Tom Graham, Editorial executive, Midland News Association: "The Express & Star's bid for Heritage Lottery Fund money to preserve its photo archive is a major step towards ensuring this priceless collection is available for future generations.
"By making Britain's biggest selling regional newspaper's photographs available to the public in a digital format, local people will be able to enjoy this unrivalled document of the past for many years to come.
"The Black Country has undoubtedly one of the richest histories in Britain. We want future generations to be able to share that history by having access to amazing photographs from through the centuries.
"The trust established by the Express & Star means people have let the newspaper record their lives through photography for almost as long as photos have been taken in this region.
"My family is proud to have owned the Express & Star for more than a century, having been involved with the newspaper since the 1880s.
"It is a Black Country success story, growing from its origins in Wolverhampton to be a leading light in newspapers in this country.
"As we move into the digital age, it is reassuring to think that the Express & Star's collection could be preserved forever and enjoyed by generations to come."
Patricia Cooper, Associate Dean Operations and Enterprise, School of Art+Design, University of Wolverhampton: "I am really proud to be a part of the Express and Star's philanthropic project to digitise their vast photo archive and open it up for public consumption.
"It is vital that we preserve this collection to conserve the Black Country's diverse heritage for present and future generations to experience and enjoy.
"Without digitisation the archive will progressively deteriorate and we will be at risk of losing a valuable resource with all the memories and stories from our personal histories which it holds.
"The project will provide valuable employment and volunteering opportunities that will both ignite and sustain interest in our heritage and
encourage skills that can be transferred to future employment.
"The University of Wolverhampton is pleased to offer our technical expertise with regards to the digitisation of images, meta-tagging and archival. Our students will have opportunities to volunteer and our staff will be offering their expertise with the archive itself.
"On a personal level I am really passionate about the project, and as a Black Country local, the thought that this archive could be lost is insurmountable to me. It's an archive of memories of our society, for our society, by our society."
Corinne Miller, head of culture, arts and heritage, WAVE: The Museums, Galleries and Archives of Wolverhampton: "WAVE is delighted that the Express & Star have offered their photographic collection to the archives where it will be preserved in our outstanding facility, once the Molineux Hotel, a popular landmark on the ring road.
"This archive will be available for people to view alongside copies of the original newspaper articles and related material.
"As such it is a vital part of our heritage that we need to preserve as it tells our story; what makes us in the Black Country a distinctive community with a shared history."


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This school is very unprofessional and disorganized. Staff doesn't return calls in admin office. Staff doesn't return e mails to parents or general msgs in the general mailbox.
Mountain Peak is offering approximately $1300 in educational funds per year per student. Other charter schools in the area are offering approximately $2000 or more per year in educational funds. This is a substantial difference when buying curriculum or PE classes for your student. The school is very Vista centered so if you are in another county don't expect the same services to be available. The new school coming into Mountain Peak this year has brought many new teachers who understand and embrace the nature of homeschooling, unlike many of the teachers and staff who have been at Mountain Peak for longer. The new teachers do seem to be bringing a lot to the table as long as you are in San Diego County.
We have recently joined Mountain Peak, transferring in from GSDA after the administrative troubles there. We have felt very welcomed so far. I respectfully disagree with the previous commenter regarding funding for students; we're thrilled so far with how much financial support we are receiving. I know that the large number of incoming GSDA staff and students have caused some disruption, but everything seems to be settling into place (more or less). The staff do a good job of putting student interests first, in my opinion. The increased offerings in on-site classes at the Vista location should provide a lot of options for parents.
Great school and teachers. My son had Ms. Sage and my daughter had Ms. Nugent - two amazing teachers
If you are looking for small class sizes, Spanish immersion, dedicated teachers, and a partial home school option, this is your school! My daughter just completed Kindergarten here at the VLA and the the dual immersion program is fantastic. By the end of the year she was reading and writing in both languages. I also love the Friday home school/independent study day where parents can tailor the activities to meet their child's needs. Educationally I can only speak to Kindergarten at this point, but the teachers I have met in the other grades seem very dedicated and wonderful as well. Parent input is valued and the community couldn't be better!
Mountain Peak Charter School is a great school! Because it is smaller in size, I feel my daughter is safe there. The teacher/student ratio is awesome! It feels more like a family. Teachers are accommodating to circumstances that arise and enjoy teaching!
We love this school! It's our first year here and we can't say enough great things about it. We choose Mountain Peak's site based program (Vista Learning Academy) because of the small class sizes and the dual language program. This school's small so it doesn't have all the resources (sports, music, etc...) that other larger schools have but it makes up for it in a lot of other areas. The parents all know each other. The teachers really got to know my child and her needs. Everyone wants to be there and wants to be involved. There are also places for every parent to be involved in the school which I've seen is not the case at larger schools. Parents have a lot more access to their child's classroom and teacher then larger schools and I know what my child's learning throughout the year. That connection combined with the invaluable opportunity to learn Spanish is why we choose this school.
This will be the 3 year attending this school, love the spanish program taught along with english. I like that the classrooms size is small the school is small compare to public schools. Teacher really care for the students success. Staff is friendly and helpfull
My daughter has been attending the Vista Learning Academy branch of Mountain Peak since kindergarten. The teachers of the VLA are very involved and want to see kids succeed. One of the things that drew me to the school in the first place was the full day kindergarten program, a much better option than the 3 hour per day programs available from most of the public schools in the area. I have been extremely pleased that the teachers were willing to work with me and and my child to make sure that she received the challenge she needed. She is now in the 4th grade, and very happy at Mountain Peak's Vista Learning Academy. I'm so glad we didn't choose a huge public school with enormous class sizes. The small classes and positive atmosphere of the VLA are ideal for just about any student.
Mountain Peak is a great school!! Yes, it has some negatives at times, but really doesn't all schools have positives and negatives?? The good thing is they are eager to hear parent input and fix the negatives when they arise. I have 3 children there and this is my oldest 5th year. Their Spanish is great and when asked if they would ever want to switch they have a firm NO. The teachers are some of the best I've worked with. My son went to a Vista Unified School for his first two years and the second teacher he had was horrible. We are very happy with the education and the curriculum of Mountain Peak. It's a small school and I love that everybody knows my kids and each other. If you want your child to learn both Spanish and English, and have excellent loving teachers, this is the place!
As a first year teacher at Mountain Peak I've found the administration and fellow teachers to be extremely supportive. Student learning is the focal point of every decision. I am excited about the future with Mountain Peak, especially after a really positive experience with our recent WASC review.
The selling point for me on this school is the Spanish component. My daughter has been here two years and her Spanish skills are strong. There are small class sizes and great teachers. The new leadership at the school is really developing a strong curriculum that focuses on excelling in both languages. As parents, we are looking for like-minded families. If you want a personal, dual language school, come and visit to see for yourself!
I can't even give this school a star. My son has aspergers syndrome-HIGHLY functional, genius level. He missed his first semester credits from his 9th grade year this school year due to severe illness. I tried signing him up with this school so he could fix that. They took our paperwork, gave us a very promising interview and then I signed everything. They didn't get back to me for a week, I called, nothing....2 weeks went by, still nothing...then 3 and I finally called again and said what is going on. They said we can't have your son at this school because he doesn't have his first semester credits and it will make our school look bad. That was the VERY WORDS of the teacher that would of been my son's teacher. I was appalled. They ONLY care about money and their reputation, NOT about whether a child is educated. DO NOT enroll your child in this school, your child is money to them. I was just forced to give it one star before I submit again, it doesn't deserve even one, let that be duly noted.
My daughter attended middle school at the academy. This was an excellent experience for her. I applaud the wonderful and hard working staff at Mountain Peak.
Mountain Peak Charter School is working on WASC accreditation. We are looking at all of our programs and trying to improve in every way that will enhance student learning. Our school has fantastic parent involvement, wonderful teachers, and a caring administration. Check our our web site at www.mountainpeakcharterschool.org
Very unsatisfactory! I agree with the other reviewers. Something is very wrong with this so called school district. They change their policies all the time, fire staff, and have terrible people working there. The home school parents seem to just want the instructional dollars to spend on karate and piano lessons and not for academics. The kids seem very undereducated and the district lets them get away with it. This is a huge waste of taxpayer dollars. Don't send your kids here.
The only good thing about this school is about 2-3 teachers that hold the whole program together! The current Director is awful to her staff, students and families. She fired all of the teachers that actually knew how to teach. Do not send your child there if you want them to truly learn, have any relevant education and don't expect the admin to be preparing their school for college bound curriculum. A really shame how far this school has fallen under her "rath". She has no experience and it clearly shows
Horrible school! The Director of Educational Programs and Services Woman Is Horrible She Lacks Support For The School, Its Her Way Or The Highway. The Lady Is Crazy And She Is Going To Run The School Down To The Ground Again! Guess They Didn't Learn The First Time... AVOID IF POSSIBLE!!!
This has to be the most dysfunctional school I have worked for. The current Director has removed all the great teachers and seems to be a on a real power trip! She has no experience as an admin and she is incompetent as a leader of this school. As a highly respected teacher, I would never work under that woman again. The students deserve better!
I am so happy homeschooling my children through this parent choice, public charter school. The teachers that we are assigned to meet with monthly are all wonderful. There are many opportunities for field trips and park days. Mountain Peak has an excellent Rescource Library and offers classes two days per week at a Learning Center in Tustin. My family loves the flexibility that Mountain Peak gives us; our kids attend classes one day per week, "recess" with kids in the park after school, go on field trips, and still have a home-centered education. This school is an excellent option for families that want to homeschool, but don't want to go it completely alone. The school offers generous flex funds and a wonderfully supportive staff. GREAT school!
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What hit me here is my review of killzone 3.
the story is every-were here is the main problem with this game. Other games like gears of war for example you are Marcus Phoenix or his friend in this game you have no idea who you at any given time who you are to me that is an annoying. However, I will try my best to sum up the story. Ok you are the Isa and you are still on a mission to take down the Helga's army. During this battle, the helgan army sets sight on your home earth. In addition, the helgan army fakes your captain to give up and retreat. The story is as a shattered mirror it is every-were. At certain points, it gets good then fades quickly and that is sad.
I know people complain there is no color in first person shooters guesses what you get more the same Brown like all the rest of them. The graphics is pretty dale to look at. There is some destructible building but it is not enough. The best part about the graphics is when you get an head shot it looks like it hurt and it is super satisfying to see and headless helgas. The graphics do not stand out in a world of Brown and gray. Even the explosions are not that spectacular and this is sad.
it is a first person shooter and it got move support. I did not try it with a move controller but if you own a Wii, it is like any other Wii game but it is on a ps3. The control is good I feel like I got great control of my gun it feels so natural and that is an awesome thing. Here is the sad part there is no new that you have not seen in other first person shooters. One more thing the melee is super weak sometimes it works sometimes it does not that is pathetic but sadly nothing to really write home about.
the music it is your basic first person shooter track of music. Nothing-special halo had some great music and made that game better. Music does make a game better.
well if you like your generic story that makes no scenes and like being shot were you have no idea then the multi-player is for you. It has the same setup has battlefield with Field medic soldier and so on. But when some one goes down and you get them up and they go down in two seconds what is the point of reviving them and does not add anything
and single player and the multi-player are about the same frustrating mess.
All in all
what shot me! What is that! Were did that come from! If you are like me you will be saying that an lot I feel like you get killed and the game does not do an good job if one at all to tell you are getting shot. Some people say it makes the game easier they got setting I like an game that give me good indication I am getting shot by the time I realize I am taking to much heat I am dead. In addition, the killzone 3 can be super cheap in that way. In addition, you are playing the single player and after a while, you wonder done yet. In addition, when you get to the end you are this frustrated mess that you do not even want to know what the end is and the end is not a great pay off to all that slugging you went though. That goes the same to the multi-player I did not enjoy the multi-player at all I feel like they are other better games you could be playing. The only redeeming thing in the game is this chick name Jammer I wish we got more info on her the game does not focus on one person and makes the Isa struggle seem like they are chickens with there heads cut off. The hellgan army is so massive it seems like on the Isa it is you and 30 dudes but there are far more so it is you and this band of misfits to take out a whole army. I mean master chief you can believe he can take the completely confident. So with all this said it is an ok game and will be lost in the first person shooter sea there are other gems like that far better. Killzone 3 kept things very close no risk but an working game this game should not be on your shelf unless it is 13 dollars but I really do not think it is worth that. There is nothing wrong with the game it is still the same kind of game you seen elsewhere and better and that is sad.
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Why aren't casualty statistics aren't given on both sides, like sports scores? And not just for soldiers. For civilians too?
War is indeed complex. Sebastian Junger, co-director of the doc, RESTREPO, writes in the NYT about the complexity of war and proposes the US erect a monument to the civilian dead of Iraq and Afghanistan. This would be a way to help our combat troops cope with the realities of the most serious and dangerous business in the world… war.
"A monument to the civilian dead of Iraq and Afghanistan would not only provide comfort to these young men but also signal to the world that our nation understands the costs of war."
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Rare supporter: Luke Dearlove. Photo: Wayne Taylor
AS PRIME Minister Julia Gillard ponders where to kick off her carbon tax spruiking tour of the nation next week, it's possible she'll consider visiting Victoria's coalmining heartland, the Latrobe Valley. She can be sure its largely unimpressed citizens will be waiting for her.
''I'd love for Julia to commence her campaign on Sunday here in the valley,'' Morwell furniture store owner Jerry Van Dyke said. ''It'd be terrific. She'd get a rousing reception for sure.''
There is plenty of fear and loathing of the carbon tax in the Latrobe Valley, which is unsurprising given most of its 74,000 citizens earn a living either directly or indirectly through the coal industry.
''Bit of a sceptic'': Furniture shop owner Jerry Van Dyke said it was jobs that mattered. Photo: Wayne Taylor
Mr Van Dyke said yesterday that he was ''definitely not'' in favour of a carbon tax: ''Not if you live in the valley, I don't think many people would be.''
The Gillard government promises to compensate about seven out of every 10 households to ease the transition to a low-carbon economy. But Mr Van Dyke said cash handouts would never fully compensate for lost jobs.
''The majority of our customers would work in electricity generation in one way or another, they're the biggest customer here, so we're very reliant on them,'' said Mr Van Dyke, who described himself as ''a little bit of a sceptic'' about climate change.
Audiologist Vijay Packery said he supported the majority scientific view that climate change was real and a threat to future generations, but many of his patients were much more fearful about the tax's perceived threat to their jobs.
''Jobs will be in jeopardy,'' Mr Packery said.
''I get a lot of clients from the power stations. They are concerned about rising prices in general. The carbon tax just adds to it.''
The full details of the carbon tax will be released on Sunday in Canberra, after which Ms Gillard promises to wear out her shoes travelling around Australia explaining it to people.
Bookshop manager Luke Dearlove offered a lone vote of confidence in Ms Gillard among the people The Age spoke to in Morwell, although he said the Prime Minister was ''probably committing political suicide'' over the issue.
''Maybe later we'll say she's a good person to stand up and make this happen rather than looking to the short-term political advantage the way [Opposition Leader] Tony Abbott seems to be,'' Mr Dearlove, who favours a price on carbon, said.
He was less convinced about the merits of compensation.
''I don't understand what compensation is for if the whole point is to put pain on people so they change,'' he said.
''If you're going to compensate big business or polluters for polluting then it's pointless.''
Mother Kayelene Rundle, who is on a pension, said she believed in climate change but feared the ''stupid'' tax would increase living costs for people already struggling to pay bills.
''I'd like to ask [Ms Gillard] why she lied and took back what she said she'd do,'' Ms Rundle said.


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Thursday, September 9, 2010
Super7 dropping "Clear Red" Fire Robo
Super7 is dropping Jeremy Whiteakers' Fire Robo figure in a orange/black/yellow highlighted clear red version. These should be priced about the same as before, so look for a $30 price tag and they will be available at 11am PST!
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We share some simple but effective ways to distance yourself from a toxic friend.
If the friend you want to detach yourself from is someone you spend time with regularly, it's time to start putting some distance between you. It's not always easy to stop seeing someone abruptly so starting slow is a must. Limit texts and phone calls, say no to more and more invitations and otherwise limit the amount of contact you have with her.
At some point, questions will likely be raised about why you're never available to hang out anymore. Rather than immediately going into attack mode, try to explain what it is about your friend's behavior that upsets or frustrates you. She'll still get upset but if you use "I" statements (I feel, I think) rather than starting every sentence with the more accusatory "you," (You always do this, or you always say that) you are less likely to start an all-out war.
If you really have tried to make the friendship work but you've come to realize this person just isn't good for you, then be curt but firm in your desire to distance yourself. Any flip-flopping on your part will just invite more contact. It's normal to feel guilty about what you're doing but if this friend really is a toxic part of your life (makes you feel bad, is a bad influence), then know you're doing the right thing.
Now that you've created distance, it's important to maintain it. This means no answering any calls or texts, not engaging if your former friend is now sending you angry messages, delete her from Facebook and Twitter and don't say yes to any invites hoping things will be different. It's tough, but it's still better than maintaining a friendship with someone who treats you poorly or who is a drain on your life.
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Following fashion foot by foot. This is all about shoes.
I don't own credits for the photos, I just want to share my love for shoes. If you see your photo here and would like to claim credits for it, please let me know and I'll be happy to link you!
Arts and crafts makes summer delight.
Photo: Giovanni Giannoni
Spring delight from Chrissie Morries.
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Mr Ford knows how to captivate an audience - don't you agree?
It's in the details.
Coherent opposites.
Photo by Stephane Feugere.
Camilla Skovgaard keeps us on our toes.
Words are unnecessary.
Can't get the Alexander Wang shoes of my mind.
For warriors in high heels (and we all are sometimes).
Photo: Regina Smith Popp
I just crave the shoes from Matthew Williamson.
I love the shoes from Helmut Lang!
Photo: Dina Litovsky
"Dark, challenging and gothic" the spirit of Camilla Skovgaard's Spring 13 shoe collection.
"Dark, challenging and gothic" the spirit of Camilla Skovgaard's Spring 13 shoe collection.
Photography by Chris Swainston.
Seduced by Nicholas Kirkwood.
Today I'm obsessing over the Haider Ackermann shoes for spring. Well that's half a lie, I'm obsessing over the whole collection…


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This is the third and final post about Photoville. We've had the beginning, the middle and so now, the end.
Of the two dozen photographers in the show, only three had actual objects (Sye Williams' darkroom prints, Jane Lindsay's bottle caps and Deborah Luster's tintypes). Given the cost and hassle of shipping, it was decided that the re-used Noorderlicht exhibition prints would not be returned.
I was given instructions to destroy all prints.
It occurs to me that a lot of people don't talk about this aspect of contemporary exhibition-making. It's not really sad to see them go, because they never belonged to anyone. They only belonged to the show. And besides, knowing they were to be destroyed, I put most of them up with double sided sticky tape, so there was no preserving them after that ultra-adhesive abuse anyway. Super-strong magnets are hardly kind to bare prints either!
We do plan to travel Cruel and Unusual (make Hester, Noorderlicht and I an offer!) and as such we'll see shiny versions printed again.
Until then, think on these images of photogaeddon, wanton destruction and image massacre.
There's a new photo festival on the scene. It's called Photoville and it is in New York. Specifically, it is in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Photographs will be displayed in 30 shipping containers. Public submissions will hang on a big fence.
Hester Keijser, my co-curator, and I are honoured that Noorderlicht selected Cruel and Unusual as the exhibition to represent them on these American soils.
We'll have two containers to fill. Cruel and Unusual showcases 11 photographers work in the main part of the exhibition. I shall be installing a wall with the images of 20+ more photographers that I met during Prison Photography on the Road.
Yesterday, Photoville announced its schedule of talks and events.
Included is a panel discussion that I'll be moderating titled "Cruel and Unusual: The Prisons, the Photography or Both?" Panelists include the hyper-talented Deborah Luster, Brenda Ann Kenneally, Lori Waselchuk and Yana Payusova.
Photoville literature describes a talk by me "about documentary, institutional, vernacular and legal photography and the political uses of images by media, activists and families" but this is in fact going to be a very brief introduction by way of explaining my interests. The majority of the time will be exploring the stories behind the Luster, Kenneally, Waselchuk and Payusova's images (sampled below).
The panel discussion "Cruel and Unusual: The Prisons, the Photography or Both?" is from 3:30pm – 4:30pm, on Saturday, 23rd June. It would be great to see you there.
Stick around for Michael Shaw/BagNewsNotes' discussion about "The State of the News Photo" immediately after. I'm looking forward to that.
This welcome opportunity for the photographers, Hester and I at Photoville comes at a worrying time. Well-documented is the threat of Noorderlicht's closure (here, here, here, here and here) after being refused 500,000 Euros of funding from the Dutch government for the years 2013-2016.
Ironically, the Dutch Advisory Board to the Cultural Council thinks that Noorderlicht doesn't engage enough with other global organisations. This is false. Cruel and Unusual at Photoville is a typical example of Noorderlicht – a pioneering institution of international scope and influence – collaborating with an equally pioneering organisation.
Photoville director, Sam Barzilay, used to work with the New York Photo Festival (NYPH). He doesn't any more. If it is a schism, or a parting of ways, a clash of ideologies or just new opportunities being seized I don't know.
I do know NYPH had come under some criticism for poor prints, a certain lack of organisation and even elitism. I should say I have never attended NYPH; these are things I've read or heard. I have not heard how this years NYPH (last month) went either.
Given that Photoville runs over nine days with six days of viewing, given that it is free, given that they're involved the public's photographs, given that there's a beer garden and a dog park and it is in a park, I suspect Photoville with be quite different in character to many photo festivals, NYPH included. I'm imagining something quite free and easy, welcoming and fun, underpinned by serious photography. It wouldn't surprise me if I end up juggling a hacky-sack while discussing the merits of the documentary tradition!?
I digress.
On the talks and events schedule alone there is Ed Kashi, Janelle Lynch, Ben Lowy, Michael Itkoff, Taj Forer, ICP, Adriana Teresa, Wyatt Gallery, Elinor Carucci, Lori Grinker, Glenn Ruga, Lomography, Mediastorm, ASMP, En Foco, Michael Foley, Ariel Shanberg, CFAP, Jennifer Schwatrz and Camera Club of New York.
I'm intrigued by the 'Activism & Photography' panel, but the panelists are yet to be announced. It's the mystery card, so to speak. There's a stack of socially engaged photographers I'd like to hear speak. We'll have to wait and see.
The exhibition containers will showcase an impressive line up of which you should just read through.
© Deborah Luster
© Yana Payusova
© Brenda Ann Kenneally
© Lori Waslechuk
Running from June 22nd – July 1st, 2012, Photoville is a new Brooklyn-based photo destination; "a veritable village of 30 freight containers transformed into temporary exhibition spaces."
Occupying more than 60,000 sq. feet in the heart of Brooklyn Bridge Park, Photoville includes exhibitions, lectures, hands-on workshops, nighttime projections, a photo dog run, a camera greenhouse, and a summer beer-garden with food trucks to "create a photography destination like no other."
Photoville will be located on the uplands of Pier 3, along the Brooklyn Waterfront between DUMBO and Atlantic Avenue.
It is a project by United Photo Industries.
In operation since 1980, Noorderlicht is a many-faceted and international platform, originally only for documentary photography, but now for any photographer who has a good story to tell. It has a sharp eye for new developments, but averse to trends and hype.
Noorderlicht organizes an annual photography festival, mounts exhibitions in its photo gallery, organizes photographic commissions and arranges discussions, lectures and masterclasses. Noorderlicht publishes exceptional catalogues and photo books.
With its distinctive, cutting-edge programming and outstanding publications, Noorderlicht has built up an international reputation as an institution that is able to couple engagement with visual beauty. Noorderlicht productions are imaginative and compelling, enthusiastic and critical, personal and socially committed.
Noorderlicht is headquartered in Gronignen, The Netherlands.
The title of the exhibition refers to the English Bill of Rights from 1689 and the Eighth Amendment to the America constitution, which stipulates that citizens must not be subject to 'cruel and unusual punishment.' But when is punishment cruel and unusual? To assist in the public discussion of this issue, photography helps by providing insight into the various facets play a role in the question.
Cruel and Unusual looks at how the prison system is presented in images, and how these images are created, distributed and consumed. How do citizens – tax payers and empathetic humans – come to an understanding of life in prisons on the basis of the information – politicized or not – which they receive?
Photographers Alyse Emdur, Amy Elkins, Araminta de Clermont, Brenda Ann Kenneally, Christiane Feser, Jane Lindsay, Natalie Mohadjer, Deborah Luster, Lizzie Sadin, Yana Payusova and Lori Waselchuk, each use their own strategies, materials and techniques. Given the extent of access to prisons, they work with amateur photography, alternative processes, texts, painted images, digital manipulation or traditional black and white documentary photography.
Cruel and Unusual takes a startling and sometimes disconcerting look behind prison walls around the world. It asks: how do current practices of mass incarceration reflect our changing sense of decency and justice?
Amy Elkins invited me to curate an online exhibit for Women in Photography, a group now under the umbrella of the Humble Arts Foundation.
My choice of twelve female photographers – Jenn Ackerman, Araminta de Clermont, Alyse Emdur, Christiane Feser, Cheryl Hanna-Truscott, Deborah Luster, Britney Anne Majure, Nathalie Mohadjer, Yana Payusova, Julia Rendleman, Marilyn Suriani, and Kristen S. Wilkins – are a eclectic mix of artists with different approaches to photography in sites of incarceration. Among their works you'll find fine art documentary, found photography, alternative process, painted photographs, collaborative portraiture, dreamy landscape, photojournalist dispatches and social activism.
Some ladies' work I've featured before on Prison Photography; some are relatively new discoveries; others I met during Prison Photography on the Road; and a few are included in the ongoing Cruel and Unusual show at Noorderlicht.
Thanks to WIPNYC co-founders Amy and Cara Phillips for providing an avenue with which to disseminate photography that counters stereotypes and informs audiences of lives behind bars. Thanks also to Megan Charland for formatting the exhibition.
From my curatorial statement
In the past 40 years, America's prison population has more than quadrupled from under 500,000 to over 2.3 million. This program of mass incarceration is unprecedented in human history. Women have born the brunt of this disastrous growth. Within that fourfold increase, the female prison population has increased eightfold. You heard right: women are incarcerated today at eight times the number they were in the early 1970s. Are women really eight times more dangerous as they were two generations ago?
Please, browse the gallery, bios and linked portfolios.
I've talked recently about photographers Bob Gumpert and Deborah Luster. A couple of months ago, upon my recommendation, Bob actually bought Luster's monograph One Big Self.
The next day he emailed me to say that one of Luster's sitters from Transylvania, Louisiana in May of 2001, he had photographed in San Francisco County Jail in February of 2009. Bob interviewed the man yesterday and posted the audio.
This is the first instance I've come across in which two independent photographers have photographed the same prisoner. I don't know if it is significant or not?…
As a follow up to yesterday's post on Deborah Luster's work One Big Self, I encourage you to listen to her speak about the project with The Kitchen Sisters. The interview, part of The Hidden World of Girls series focuses on Luster's self rehabilitation through photography, the relationships she developed with female prisoners and the direct benefits the portraits brought to the incarcerated women.
I have told many people in person that Deborah Luster's One Big Self is the most impressive prison photography endeavour to date. I have been slow to state as such on this forum because the scope, details and inspiration of the project are so overwhelming.
Every portrait deserves an essay, but that obviously is not possible. Rather than delay any further, my aim here is to present many of Luster's portraits, describe the bare facts, and provide some further resources to understand the work.
Completed between 1998 and 2003.
Portraits taken in many different prisons – mens and womens facilities; minimum to maximum security throughout Louisiana; and with different levels of supervision.
Tens of thousands of portraits taken.
Luster estimates she gave away 25,000 portraits to prisoners over the course of the project.
Luster worked fast – 10 to 15 portraits per hour. At a point working in sheer volume became the only reasonable way to respond to the size of the prison population with which she was engaged.
Luster got involved in this longitudinal study through a chance request. Luster's emotional standing at the time of beginning was – is – atypical and unexpected.
Luster's mother was murdered in 1988; "Although I was interested in photography prior to that time, I didn't study or practice it. I began photographing in response to her murder."
Luster did not deliberately go in search of the subject. In 1998, she was driving near Lake Providence, Louisiana when she came upon East Carroll State Prison Farm. She literally knocked on the front gate. There and then Warden Dixon gave her sanction to begin the endeavour.
SFMoMA has done us a great service in recording and publishing the following video shorts.
In four videos, Luster describes the ORIGINS of the project, elements of ACCIDENTAL PERFORMANCE, printing on ALUMINIUM PLATES, and comments on INDIVIDUAL WORKS.
Remarkable tales.
Deborah Luster is represented by Catherine Edelman Gallery, who present the best online selection of her portraits.
Good background information is provided by Doug McCash of the New Orleans Times Picayune; David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown; and Grace Glueck of the New York Times.
In 2000, One Big Self was exhibited at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke, providing an overview and gallery of the project.
The best in-print interview with Luster is included in recent publication, PRISON/CULTURE (City Lights), which I reviewed two months ago.
The book is at a premium now and you'll struggle to find it for under a $100. It is published by Twin Palm Press.
Luster collaborated with writer/poet C.D. Wright. Luster's images and Wright's poetry are a great complement to one another. Listen to Wright read her poetry from the project.
Despite the passage of seven years since the projects official closure, Luster's career continues to be defined by her ground-breaking, genre-defining project. Her lectures are vital in that she describes the many facets of the project – from security arrangements, to gear (she generally worked with digital), to processing (she made use of tintype imitation technique printing onto small metal sheets), to the specifics of exhibition.
The image below shows a steel cabinet and lamp (containing 288 silver-emulsion aluminum plates) as it was displayed at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and other institutions. Luster wanted to create a tangible viewing experience in which the audience were required to handle the archive of human life in the same way the state of Louisiana organised and disciplined the bodies under its supervision.
In the video (below) Luster talks us through the senses and noises of the exhibit design.
Over two million individuals are behind bars in U.S. prisons, living in isolation from their families and their communities. Prison/Culture surveys the poetry, performance, painting, photography & installations that each investigate the culture of incarceration as an integral part of the American experience.
As eagerly as politicians and contractors have constructed prisons, so too activists and artists have built a resistance. Nowhere are these two forces pushing against one another as forcefully as in California. The book, Prison/Culture, compiles the documents of a two year collaboration between San Francisco State University, Intersection for the Arts (one of San Francisco's oldest art non-profits) and prison artists & outside activists across the US.
Mark Dean Johnson's essay summarises the visual/cultural history of incarceration; from Gericault's institutionalized mentally ill subjects and his paintings of severed heads as protest against capital punishment, to Goya's prison interiors of the inquisition; from Alexander Gardner's portrait of Lincoln's assassin Lewis Payne (1865), to Otto Hagel's portrait of Tom Mooney (1936); and from Ben Shahn's murals against indifference to the conditions of immigrant workers (1932) to the work of Andy Warhol and David Hammons in the modern era.
Johnson guides this lineage to the Bay Area, describing how Michel Foucault's book Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison became the conversation topic of Bay Area coffeehouses and classrooms (Foucault began lecturing at UC Berkeley in 1979). The swell of interest in Foucault's structuralism coincided with a grassroots expansion of prison art in the early 1980s.
For text, the editors of Prison/Culture made two canny and provocative choices: Angela Y. Davis and Mike Davis (no relation).
Firstly, in a 2005 interview, America's most notorious prison abolitionist Angela Davis sets out – in her most accessible terms – how our prison industrial complex serves primarily as a tactical response to the inadequate or absent social programs following the end of slavery. Abolition was successful in that it redefined law, but it failed to truly develop alternative, democratic structures for racial equality. Powerful stuff, yet even newcomers to Davis' argument won't be as shocked as they may expect to be. She's that good.
Next up, Mike Davis' 1995 essay 'Hell Factories in the Field' is a bittersweet 'I-told-you-so'-inclusion. Davis has made a specialty of dealing with – in stark academic prose – disaster scenarios, race-based antagonism and the environmental rape of recent Californian history. When Davis witnessed the mid-nineties expansion of the prison industrial complex (or as Ruth Gilmore Wilson terms it 'The Golden Gulag') he foresaw prisons' economic band-aid utility for depressed towns; foresaw the mere displacement of violence; foresaw the assault on fragile family ties; foresaw the unconstitutional prison overcrowding and predicted the collective collapse of moral responsibility.
Davis' article focused on the then new California State Prison, Calipatria – and not in a dry way. Paragraphs are devoted to recounting the installation of the world's only birdproof, ecologically sensitive death fence following impromptu electrocutions of migrating wildfowl. The editors note, as of 2008, Calipatria's facility design of 2,208 beds was 193% over-capacity with 4,272 inmates. Where birds saw an improvement in their lot, prisoners certainly did not, have not.
Contributors include some well-known names – RIGO, (here on PP) Sandow Birk, Deborah Luster and Richard Kamler whose works address incarceration, criminal profiling, wrongful conviction, prison labor, and the death penalty. The book also includes poetry by Amiri Baraka, Ericka Huggins, Luis Rodriguez, Sesshu Foster and others but I shall not comment on these wordsmiths (their work is beyond my purview) other than to say they are talented and politically in the right place.
Special mention must go out for Deborah Luster's One Big Self project (more here). In my personal opinion, it is the single most important photographic survey of any US prison. It is certainly the most longitudinal. Over a five year period, Luster visited the farm-fields, woodsheds, rodeos and national holiday & Halloween events throughout Louisiana's prisons. She became a loved and recognized figure among the prison population; she estimates she gave away 25,000 portraits to inmates. Luster's conclusion? Even mass photography struggles to communicate the vast numbers of men and women behind bars.
In 2003, artist Jackie Sumell collaborated with Herman Joshua Wallace (one of the Angola 3) on the design of his "Dream House". The project The House That Herman Built is heartbreaking and bittersweet.
Alex Donis employs cunning and cutting humour for his series WAR. He sketches criminal "types" with figures of authority (policemen, prison guards) mid-dance, often bumping and grinding. He even conjures a kiss between Crips and Bloods gang members.
Also unexpected is the visual testimony of condemned mens' last requested meals. For The Last Supper, Julie Green painstakingly painted porcelain plates with the last meals of nearly 400 executed men. Grayson Perry won the Turner Prize a few years ago, in large part due to his vases of abuse, bigotry and social ills. This clever use of regent materials has also been adopted by Penny Byrne for her Guantanamo Bay Souvenirs which sets up interesting parallels and a new turn for discourse between US homeland prisons and those used for the "Global War About Terror" (GWAT).
Relating to GWAT, Aaron Sandnes established a sound sculpture in which gallery visitors were subjected to the same pop songs used in Psych-ops by police and military interrogators.
Dread Scott's use of audio is intentionally to give silenced men a voice. (Scott has talked about the primacy of audio in his exhibition of prison portraits previously at Prison Photography).
Mabel Negrete collaborated with her brother incarcerated in Corcoran State Prison. She mapped out the floorplan of his cell as compared to her apartment bathroom. She then developed a dramatic dialogue in which she played both herself and her brother. (No images unfortunately.)
Traced – but essentially fictional – lines of structure are fitting for San Francisco, the city in which world-famous architect/installation artists Diller & Scofidio got their start with the architectural memories of the Capp Street Project. Negrete's CV is extensive, she was instrumental in organising Wear Orange Day, a prisoner awareness action. Also check out her Sensible Housing Unit.
Cross-prison-wall collaborations are vital to the project as a whole; so much so, that without input from prisoners, the entire enterprise would fall short. Primarily, it is the men of the Arts in Corrections: San Quentin run by the William James Association who deliver acrylics and oils of optimistic colour and profound introspection. More here.
Collaboration as delivered in a multimedia and digital format comes by way of Sharon Daniel's Public Secrets. Public Secrets "reconfigures the physical, psychological, and ideological spaces of the prison, allowing us to learn about life inside the prison along several thematic pathways and from multiple points of view."
In closing, it is worth noting that San Quentin prison (only 12 miles north of San Francisco) has one of the few remaining prison arts programs in the state following 20 years of cut backs. The works in Prison/Culture challenge – as Deborah Cullinan & Kurt Daw, in their foreword, suggest – "traditional boundaries between inside and outside, between professional and amateur, between institutions and people" and, "by juxtaposing work by professional artists with artists who are working inside a prison, this book challenges us to rethink notions of community and culture."
Prison/Culture is simultaneously a consolidation of achievement, a fortification of resources and celebration of resistance. This may be a book with a Californian focus, but it has national and international relevance. Succinct, well researched, egalitarian and lively. For me, Prison/Culture is the best collection of works by any US prison reform art community up until this point in history.
The resource list of over 80 organisations at the back of the book (page 92) is ESSENTIAL reference material for anyone looking to commit energies into prison art programs. All told, this book is a must read for those interested in the artistic landscape of our prison nation. It powerfully exposes the vast gulf between criminal justice and social justice in US society.
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Prison/Culture is published by City Lights, edited by Sharon E. Bliss, Kevin B. Chen, Steve Dickison, Mark Dean Johnson and Rebeka Rodriguez.
Read a Daily Kos review here, and view images from a 2009 exhibition here.
City Lights Celebrates the Release of Prison/Culture
On Thursday, May 6 at 7:00 pm, join Steve Dickison, Jack Hirschman, Ericka Huggins, and Rigo 23 for a reading and book release celebration at City Lights Books. Tune in to KQED Forum at 9:00 am PDT the morning of the event for an interview with the book's editors and contributor Angela Davis.
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Images (from top): PRISON/CULTURE book front; Sandow Birk; Deborah Luster; Exhibition views of The House That Herman Built; Alex Donis; Alex Donis; Julie Green; Julie Green; Ronnie Goodman, San Quentin inmate, displays his work; and 'Public Secrets' screenshot.


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(This happened just last night)
I was having a really bad day, fighting with my mom, and my boyfriend came over with food to comfort me, and we ended up turning the lights off and cuddling on the bed, both of us just in our underwear. We started kissing, softly at first, just brushing our lips against the other's. In the middle of kissing, I started crying, partly from frustration about my mom, partly because of how absolutely beautiful and special he always made me feel when he kissed me.
He kissed away my tears and said "I may not be able to see you right now, but I'm memorized your beauty. You are wonderful, radiant, and flawless in my eyes. You deserve love, you deserve absolute happiness, and I intend to do my very best to provide it all for you." He kissed the rest of my tears away and held me against his chest, wrapping his arms around me and tangling his fingers into my hair. After another ten minutes of kissing and soft nipping, I whispered in his ear that I wanted him to kiss every single part of my body. And he did. Everywhere. My arms, my palms, my neck and shoulders, my chest and stomach, down both my legs, he even sucked on my toes, which was absolutely incredible.
Then he kissed back up my leg and started massaging me through my underwear and asked something that I wasn't paying attention to because I was just too aroused. But I knew what he intended to do, and after a few seconds of me panting and writhing and grinding against him, he said "I'll take that as a yes" and ripped away what little clothing I still had covering me. Before I could take a breath, his face was buried between my legs. It still astounds me every single time he devours me, just how well he knows where to lick, where to suck, how hard and how long. I grabbed his hands and pulled them up to my chest so he could play with and twist my nipples just the way I like. While I took over that, I made him grab my hips and pull me against his mouth as I thrust against him. After a few moments of this, I pushed his hand down in a silent order to bury his fingers into me as I continued to rock my hips.
Despite having someone in the next room and someone directly below us, I could barely care enough to keep quiet. I couldn't stop fisting the sheets, throwing my head back and forth, biting down on my hand as hard as I possibly could to muffle my moans. I must have stayed just on the edge or orgasm for at least ten minutes. It was absolute heaven. And then, like a crack of lighting, I came so hard that every muscle in my body convulsed and tensed, I shuddered as I felt my insides pulse and jerked away a little due to my hypersensitivity.
He gave me a moment to rest and bask in the afterglow, but before I knew it we were kissing again, deeper this time; tongues meshing, teeth grinding. I got on top of him and pressed my breasts against his chest; he loves them and I know the feel of them drives him wild. I kissed down his neck and licked at just the right spots to get him to gasp just the way I like. Once I reached his shoulder, I sucked as hard as I could, making sure to leave a nice claim on his skin. From there, I went to his nipples. I took the left into my mouth and lightly teased the other with my fingers. He goes absolutely wild for that. The noises he makes are just…so erotic. Taking advantage of my position, I ground myself against his leg, sending little shockwaves up my spine. Then I took a moment to simply tease him.
I adore teasing him. Ghosting my fingers just out of reach until his hips buck involuntarily. After a moment of this, I leaned up until my face met his, where he whispered, "don't make me beg". I smiled and lowered my lips to his ear and in uttered the words "I want you to make love to me…I need it so bad"
After another chaste kiss, we both got up, him to get a condom, me to get a pillow and onto my back on the floor. Still in complete darkness, he got on top of me and I wrapped my legs around his waist. The first thrust is always the best. I anticipate that feeling like nothing in the entire world. All I could do way lie back and enjoy the way he felt sliding in and out of me like he was made specifically for my body. I wrapped my arms around him and dug my nails down his back as I listened to him grunt with every thrust. I kissed his neck softly and then his lips when he looked at me, moving my hands to his ass to pull him deeper and deeper into me "I love you"s scattered between my breathless moans and his animalistic growls. I told him I wanted to watch, so he leaned over to where the tv was, without even letting himself slip out of me, and turned it on. After giving my eyes a moment to adjust to the light, I looked up at him and smiled. I love the look he gets in his eyes when he's ramming me. They become somehow…shallow. Less full of wit, less thought, just pure, raw passion and need.
He leaned up and grabbed my feet, intertwining his fingers with my toes, and continued to pound into me. At one point, he could have sworn he'd broken through the condom with how incredible it felt. After a quick switch, we were back at it, exchanging more "I love you"s and "you're so amazing"s, only breaking eye contact when I couldn't help but let my eyes roll back into my head. I pulled him back down and crushed my lips against his, moaning into his mouth. I could feel him getting closer as I swelled around him. Half speaking, half moaning, he uttered "it's too good" and rammed into me one last time as he came, my legs pulling him back and back again as I milked him. Still inside of me, he collapsed, the comforting weight of him against me and his head on my chest. And that's how we stayed for a few moments, after enjoying one of the most intense, memorable love making sessions either of us had ever had.