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It was activism that drew the world's attention to the HIV epidemic and to the need for ethical standards in AIDS-drug testing. And activism is once again playing a role, this time in challenging a drug company, Merck, over the price of HIV/AIDS medicine Isentress.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), which operates free HIV/AIDS clinics in the US and abroad, this week banned Merck drug reps from calling on staff in its facilities. It was the latest move by the non-profit group in a campaign to get Merck to lower the Isentress price.
Isentress, AHF said, was originally approved in October 2007 as a salvage therapy for patients who show resistance to other AIDS drugs. Initially, Merck set the annual average wholesale price (AWP) at $12,150 per patient, but since raised it to $12,868, a 5% increase. In July 2009, the FDA expanded its use as a first-line treatment, which made the drug the most expensive first-line treatment in the US.
AHF's first tactic involved organizing a small Merck pricing protest in San Francisco at the JP Morgan Healthcare Investor conference. On the day of the protest, Merck ran a somewhat defensive, full-page color ad in the San Francisco Chronicle (at right) and issued a press release accusing AHF of making "false accusations" about the company and its pricing.
Because AHF issued a media alert about the protest and had publicly provided information about the Isentress pricing, "We felt it necessary and in the best interests of patients to provide the accurate information," a Merck spokesperson told MM&M, adding that no additional ad buys are planned at this time.
With the two yet to resolve their impasse, AHF then sent a letter to Merck CEO Richard Clark instituting the ban on Merck sales reps in AHF healthcare centers, of which there are about a dozen in the US.
For its part, Merck continues to refer media to the statement, issued two weeks ago, in which the company insisted it had priced Isentress "responsibly...after consultation with respected leaders in the HIV community." Merck also offers a patient-assistance program through which eligible patients can get the drug for free.
John Martin, CEO of Gilead Sciences, maker of the most-prescribed HIV/AIDS drugs, knows what Merck is going through. In 2004 Act Up–Paris and other patient groups mounted a coordinated effort decrying the standard of care in randomized trials for Gilead's oral antiretroviral drug tenofovir (Viread).
Opposition halted the progress of at least two important trials of tenofovir, with observers comparing the negative attention brought to tenofovir to that visited on thalidomide decades ago.
To balance business goals with patient access, "You have to have very good judgment," Martin told CNBC after the Merck protest. "You need to make sure you do responsible pricing." He added, "The various groups involved with HIV provide a lot of value, not only feedback on pricing but feedback on design of studies; access not only in the United States but access around the world."


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2013 Red Bull R.evolution BMX race
Red Bull R.evolution
For the second year in a row, 36 of the world's best BMX race professionals descended on Mellowpark in Berlin for Red Bull R.evolution -- a pro-level BMX race that takes speed, technique and BMX jumping skills to the next level.
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Danish BMX pro Chris Christensen backflips during practice at Red Bull R.evolution.
Midrace crash
The weekend was not without its fair share of midrace spills. This crash, involving Twan van Gendt, Joris Daudet and Carlos Alberto Ramirez Yepez, set the course for Connor Fields to take the win.
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Canadian 2012 Olympic BMX race athlete Tory Nyhaug, right, struggles to keep from going over the handlebars midjump.
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Team USA 2012 Olympic BMX athlete Connor Fields takes a run through one of the many track corners. "The track and all the fans who came here were unique. Winning at an event like this is great," said Fields.
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Connor Fields leads Corben Sharrah, Vincent Pelluard and Collin Hudson through a set of wooden rollers at Red Bull R.Evolution.
Track Overview
The track will remain in Berlin's Mellowpark after the event and serve as a venue for a UCI Supercross World Cup race next year. Mellowpark also features indoor and outdoor skateparks, BMX trails and living quarters for visiting BMX riders.
Pushing Limits
Boasting one of the largest BMX Race track jumps of all time, along with the fastest start ramp speed and the highest step up in BMX Supercross, the Red Bull R.evolution track featured a combination of dirt, wood and metal. Many of the riders in attendance considered it one of the best tracks in existence.
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Riders line up at the starting gate prior to the final race of the night.
From left: Renato Rezende from Brazil (second), Connor Fields from U.S. (first) and Vincent Pelluard from France (third). "This is fantastic. Today's race was just so much fun! It was an incredible event," said Fields after taking the win.
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A major new exhibition, "Landscape Figures"
In 2011, the British Prime Minister catapulted professional landscape photographer, Glyn Davies, into the limelight after purchasing two of Glyn's books as a personal gift for the Royal wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. What people did not know at this time is that Glyn had started working in his free time on a three year major project dealing with the subject of fragility and vulnerability of the naked human form in wild landscape.
The models are inexperienced volunteers from the general public, not photographic models, and they were asked to pose completely naked, all forms of protection removed, clothes, boots and equipment so that they became exposed physically and mentally to the elements, but sensually connected to the earth and nature. Glyn said, "I mostly wanted to place the exposed figures within bigger spaces but sometimes there was a need to place them in more intimate, closer landscapes"
"Although the nude is vital to the project and an integral element of the images, they are not really 'nude' photographs - they are landscapes, given a greater sense of scale, drama and power by the inclusion of the human form, a form which in some cases you will need to look hard to find!"


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Founder's porter is excellent for a sessionable beer. Long Trail Imperial Porter is also great and only $5/bomber, though it's a baltic porter and a little higher ABV (8.3%).House Blend wrote:Funny about the Hopslam. Over the weekend I revisited my local Food Snob Emporium, hoping to pick up some up some interesting beers. No Breakfast Stout (grr), but there was an ample supply of Hopslam at about $3.50/bottle (with discount).
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At a joint evening meeting with the Town Board April 29, the Grand Island Board of Education unanimously passed a resolution naming Dr. Teresa Lawrence as its choice for the position of superintendent of schools. The district has been led by Interim Superintendent Paul Hashem since mid-January.
Lawrence has been director of curriculum and staff development for Clarence Central Schools for the past eight years and has worked as an educational consultant, assistant principal and middle school math teacher. She also is an adjunct professor at the Graduate School of Education at the State University at Buffalo, Stony Brook University and Canisius College. She has four degrees from UB, has completed programs at Cornell University and has been educated abroad.
In his announcement, board Vice President Paul Krull said, "The Board of Education and community see Teresa as being able to face challenges head-on. She will use her experience and demonstrated leadership to create opportunities from challenges and cultivate untapped potential to help address pressing needs. Teresa and the Board of Education share a common goal which is to continue moving Grand Island forward."
Lawrence has signed a three-year commitment to the Grand Island School District and is expected to be seated in her new position on or about June 10. The district has been without a permanent chief since the retirement of Robert Christmann in October of 2012. The board hired the Warner Group out of the University of Rochester to help determine what qualities the district and community wanted in a new superintendent. After many weeks of focus groups, gathering of resumes and rounds of interviews, the search recently narrowed to two final candidates.
In brief remarks to those attending Monday night's meeting, Lawrence termed her selection an "honor and a privilege" and her commitment to serve with "integrity, passion and a shared vision."
The next meeting of the Grand Island Board of Education will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 13.
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It was 137 years ago that Jules Verne first took his readers to the strange South Pacific environs of "The Mysterious Island" but the bookshelf sensation still clearly casts a spell in Hollywood — just consider the upcoming "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island," a liberal updating of the classic tale packaged as a sequel to the 2008 film "Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D," which also mined Verne for adventure concepts.
Verne's imagination has launched plenty of Hollywood projects — "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," "Journey to the Moon" and "Around the World in 80 Days" spring to mind — and "The Mysterious Island" has been visited often by studios in search of screen spectacle. Sometimes the actual novel itself doesn't survive the trip to the screen — a 1929 part-talkie/part-silent film adaptation with Lionel Barrymore had almost had nothing to do with the original story save for the fact that it was indeed set on an island — but the best-known of all the adaptations was made in England and Spain in 1961 and will be screened on Sunday at the American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre.
The 1961 "Mysterious Island," a well-received box office hit, featured the stop-motion special effects of Ray Harryhausen ("The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad," "Jason and the Argonauts") and starred British actors Michael Craig, Herbert Lom, Joan Greenwood and Beth Rogan as well as American actors Gary Merrill and Michael Callan.
A digitally restored, 50th anniversary edition of the film was released this past Tuesday on Blu-ray under the Twilight Time banner. The disc features DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 that gives proper due to Bernard Herrmann's pulsating music (and presents it also in original mono version as well as an isolated score track). The new digital edition will be the one screened at 4 p.m. on Sunday and it will be followed by a discussion with Grover Crisp, vice president of Sony Pictures Restoration; Twilight Time's Nick Redman, a filmmaker, historian and soundtrack producer; and Oscar-winning visual effects artist Randall William Cook ("The Lord of the Rings"), an expert on Harryhausen's stop-motion effects "Dynamation."
"I think I'm right in saying that it's Ray Harryhausen's biggest hit actually," Redman said. "It starts in the American Civil War with a prisoner break. They get away in a balloon. Of course, a storm blows them off course and they end up on a remote island. Also washed up on shore, conveniently, are Joan Greenwood and Beth Rogan."
They soon discover they are not alone on the island. None other than Captain Nemo (Lom) has been using the island to experiment on animals, such as crabs and chickens, making them grow to an enormous size.
For the scene in which the giant crab attacks the survivors, a real crab covered the internal armature that Harryhausen used for his painstaking stop-motion work instead of the usual latex. Harryhausen acquired three live crabs for the sequences. A museum employee humanely killed the one crab, while the others were used for close-ups. The "stars" were later served up to Harryhausen and the film's producer Charles H. Schneer for dinner.
Besides Harryhausen's special effects, Redman believes a lot of the film's success is due to the director Cy Endfield, who is best known for his 1964 Boer War film, "Zulu," with Stanley Baker and a young Michael Caine.
"He was an interesting man," Redman said of Endfield. "He was blacklisted [in the U.S. as a Communist] and went to live in the U.K. to revive his career, sort of like Joseph Losey. And he was able to fashion a career. He formed a relationship and a company with Stanley Baker and he directed several interesting and unusual films."
The name of Jules Verne was also up in lights this week at the Arclight Hollywood, where the Jules Verne Legendaire Award event honored the late John Wayne with a screening of "True Grit" and ceremonies involving the legend's family and friends. Patrick and Ethan Wayne accepted the award in the ceremony presented by the Jules Verne Festival.
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It's good to be home: Chucks win home opener
PUNXSUTAWNEY — After the Punxsy Chucks basketball team won its first game Saturday at the Marion Center Tip-Off Tournament, one of its goals was to carry the momentum from the win into its home opener, and Tuesday night, the Chucks did just that with a convincing 52-33 win over the Redbank Valley Bulldogs in Punxsutawney.
Punxsy's defense was stout, as it had been in its first two games, but the offense responded well to the pressure of Redbank Valley's defense with Brandon Mancuso sparking the offense with seven points early and Ian Miller turning in a solid outing with 16 points, most of which came in the key while fighting off Bulldog defenders.
"Ian really did a nice job, especially stepping off the bench like he did to score 16 points," Punxsy head coach Dirk Neal said after the game. "Especially when you get some guards in foul trouble early on, and you have some guys that come off the bench and step right in to fill those voids, that's always nice."
While Miller's production didn't begin until the second quarter, Mancuso filled the role of scorer to give the Chucks an early edge, as they outscored the Bulldogs 13-4 in the first quarter.
Mancuso followed up a steal by senior Luke Janocha and notched a jumper for Punxsy's first points, and after senior point guard Daniel Triponey added a basket of his own, Mancuso cashed in two free throws and added another basket off a steal of his own to give Punxsy an 8-2 lead three minutes in.
"It's nice to have that kind of performance, especially from a tenth-grader," Neal said. "After the first half of Friday's game against Marion Center, where he seemed a bit timid, he's just fitting right in like a brother to these guys. Even though he's only a sophomore, the way he plays you'd often think he's a senior. He plays with confidence, and that makes him seem older than he is out there."
After the quick start, Punxsy's defense was steady, holding Redbank Valley scoreless for six minutes between the first and second quarters, and Neal attributed a large part of his team's defensive consistency to communication.
"Guys were communicating really well, and that's something we work on in practice," he said. "The bottom line is you can never talk too much in basketball, and we really try to stress that."
Punxsy senior forward Alex Fedigan was a bit over-aggressive on the defensive end and found himself in foul trouble after the first five minutes, opening the door for Miller to enter the game, and after Clayton Dale knocked down a three-pointer with 32 seconds left in the quarter, Miller added a basket just before the quarter expired to push Punxsy's lead to 13-4.
Fedigan started the second quarter, but another quick foul brought Miller back into the game, and Punxsy gave Redbank Valley a strong dose of the big man.
Miller scored four minutes into the quarter after some nice ball movement by Punxsy's offense opened up the lane, and on the next drive down the court, Miller showed confidence en route to another basket.
He was fouled on the play, and finished with a free-throw to complete the three-point play.
Punxsy's Devin Nicholson, one of many bench players who saw significant time for the Chucks Tuesday, added a pair of free throws, and Triponey gave the Chucks two more before Redbank's Jake Dougherty beat the buzzer to set the score at 23-10 at halftime.
Dougherty came out firing, draining a three to start the third quarter, but two minutes in, Punxsy settled back in behind a nice feed-and-finish from Triponey to Janocha, a bucket by Garrett Zimmerman and a pair of strong takes for layups by Triponey to set the wheels back in motion for the offense.
"It was good to get Daniel Triponey back on track tonight," Neal said. "He had eight points, and a couple of hoops early in the third quarter were nice. We need to get him to a point where he relaxes and goes with the flow of the game. Last year, he had some options that aren't exactly there this year, and teams will try to take him out of the game, because they know the kind of player he is. So, it's nice to have the steady, balanced scoring attack we did tonight."
From that point forward, Miller dominated the Bulldogs' defense, scoring nine points in the paint while the Chucks defense held Redbank to two points, and Punxsy pulled away to lead 41-17 after three.
Redbank Valley outscored the Chucks 16-11 in the fourth quarter, as Punxsy took the opportunity to give some players deep in the bench some playing time — which led to the Chucks having 11 players on the scoresheet at the end of the game.
Players who scored for the Chucks in the fourth quarter included Dale on a free throw, Nicholson and Tim Pearce on a pair of three-pointers and Tanner Evans and Michael Rosenberger, who each added baskets.
"In a game like that, it's valuable to get some of your bench players experience," Neal said. "Sometimes, you're thrown right into the fire, but tonight we had the luxury where we could get them some minutes when they were more relaxed. Hopefully, that means they'll be more prepared for it in the future."
After Miller's 16 points, Punxsy's leading scorers were Triponey (8), Mancuso (7) and Nicholson (5).
Janocha and Jesse Venturini led a balanced attack on the boards with five rebounds apiece, and Zimmerman and Fedigan added four and three, respectively.
Mancuso also had three steals to lead the defensive effort.
After winning the regular-season opener, Punxsy turns its focus to its rival, the Brookville Radiers, who the Chucks will host Friday night.
Punxsy's JV squad also hosted the Bulldogs Tuesday night, and Punxsy's stifling full-court press proved to be too much for Redbank Valley, as the Chucks cruised to a 48-21 victory.
The Chucks' offense was especially potent in the first quarter as Punxsy outscored Redbank 17-4, but it was the defense that shone, limiting the Bulldogs to very few scoring opportunities.
Punxsy also dominated the offensive glass and finished on many second-chance points.
Matt Burkett was Punxsy's leading scorer in the first quarter, as he racked up the first six points for his team. Nicholson added five points, a steal and a block in the quarter, as he played steadily on both ends.
The Chucks led 31-4 at halftime after holding Redbank Valley scoreless for the entire second quarter, and although the Bulldogs were able to even Punxsy's score in the second half, 17-17, the deficit was far too great to overcome.
Nicholson led the JV scoring attack with 12 points, and Burkett followed closely with 11. Will Curtis and Evans each chipped in with eight points.
Cory Geer scored six first-half points, and Dale wrapped up the Chucks' scoring with three.
The JVs will also host Brookville Friday night with a 6 p.m. tip-off and the varsity game to follow at 7:30 p.m.


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I went to CMU SOA (School of Art) expecting to learn very "practical" stuff -- in the sense that they'd help me fit right in to the Hollywood niche of 3D modeling and animation or working for Pixar, perhaps even doing that stuff for a game company in sunny California. I know how incredibly cliche I sound. I probably sound like every other animation/digital art student in an art school.
But here's what I learned in regards to these expectations I just mentioned:
1. Around the end of my senior year, I'd realized I only wanted to do 3D animation/modeling because it was where the money was, compared to 2D media.
2. I don't have to work in a huge company that the whole world knows about in order to be happy.
3. As an artist, I'm an artist because it's what I love to do and I enjoy it -- if I'm going to be an artist, I shouldn't be motivated by money. For me, my best work has been motivated by passion... so I chose 2D media because I loved it more than 3D. And in the long run, if your passion leads to your best work, it will pay for itself.
Let's talk about what SOA actually ended up making us do. Granted the college experience is actually what the STUDENT makes of it, not what the college MAKES YOU make of it, overall I found myself pretty unprepared once I got out of the internship that's (pretty much) on the CMU campus. (I interned at Disney Research for a year and a half -- word of advice, if you want to work there, get connections and stand out in 3D art or engineering or programming... or something related to robotics...) and that was about 3 months after graduation. So technically, I didn't know what to do with myself on that fall after graduation. Here's why I think this is so.
Freshman year, all your classes are pretty much picked for you. Concept Studios I and II, Drawing I and II, 3D Media (wood, metals, clay...), Electronic Media Studio... World History, Interp and Argument, Contemporary Arts Forum... of course, if it isn't a Studio class (each 6 hours a week) it's some history kind of course.
In my experience, you don't really take multiple-choice question tests. You're expected to answer essay questions during tests, write essays for the bulk of your assignments, go to lectures and recitations and be able to discuss the readings. In at least 90% of the classes I've taken, participation is expected of you and takes up a significant fraction of your grade. That means you need to speak up during critiques during Studio classes (and when you do, contribute to an 'intellectual' discussion) and show that you've read the material in classes like in World History and any Art History classes.
One huge obstacle I had to get through in my first 2 years of CMU SOA was how this school was NOT trade-school-like, like Art Center College of Art and Design of RISD or Ringling or MICA... though I really loved the professors and they were all very respectable (the art professors anyway), they're DEFINITELY leaned more towards the Contemporary Art scene, as in work you'd find in the Museum of Modern Art, Carnegie Museum of Art or the Whitney Museum... you're expected to obsess over artists like Marcel Duchamp, Donald Judd, Richard Serra, Andy Warhol, Vito Acconci, Matthew Barney Marina Abramovic... I'm not saying that these artists were irrelevant. I totally understand that (some of) these were among key figures that brought us from "art" in the "traditional" sense, like hyper-realistic paintings to today's contemporary art consisting of the abstract and conceptual, as opposed to purely aesthetic and literally representational.
What I greatly appreciated about this program is how it got me to learn to accept contemporary art, even though it seemed like in Freshman year the professors were showing me porn-like videos of artists' performances. Make this distinction though. Just because I ACCEPTED it doesn't mean I learned to LIKE it. One of the biggest things I learned in my approach to any art, (and in a way, anything else in life,) was to be able to see them intellectually/objectively, while being able to put away your personal preferences because it is not enough to just say you hate Vito Acconci's perverted disturbing art work, you've got to make your point and prove it to those you're discussing the piece of art with. Basically like a lawyer.
So essentially, you're taught to do whatever you want as long as you can defend your work intellectually and if the work somehow has something to bring to the table. Not in the practical sense, but "intellectually".
Bottom line in regards to the kind of work you do in this school, in my experience, it's not enough to simply draw a pretty picture or if you just happen to be more skilled in drawing/painting than your peers. If you show your complacency to the faculty, they won't treat you that well.
I found that the faculty/staff really like art work that has these qualities, some or all of these:
- controversial
- thought-provoking/huge discussion-sparking
- compositionally "different"
- innovative/enlightening in a very intellectual way
- work that demonstrates that you worked very hard, whether with your hands and/or you did your research thoroughly and you worked smart...
In the years after Freshman year, aside from finishing off your required courses, you can branch off and take classes from the rest of the University which I think is awesome. This is where I felt like it could have been in my power to make sure I was prepared for the real world, perhaps if I'd taken classes in marketing.
Senior year is great because most of the time, you're expected to come out with a great senior project. Senior Studio is equivalent to TWO studios, (12 hours a week, 8 hours of "homework time" every week...) for both semesters. You do whatever you want, as long as the professors are okay with it. If they're not okay with it, then it'll just be very difficult for you. :P
In summary, I did alright in this art school. As an art student, grades are NOT top priority -- it's your portfolio. However, I have to say that this school was *abysmal* and almost self-saboutaging in regards to preparing their art students for the real world. I don't think they emphasized these things enough, given that you want to come out of school making money off of making your art:
I have to say. Skill-wise, this school allowed me to explore A LOT and sure, I did learn, but I felt I was extremely unfocused towards what I would end up doing a year after graduation (which is right now, pretty much). Currently, the most marketable skills I have are ones I developed myself outside of school and any employment I've had. Conclusion? If you care enough/are passionate enough about something, chances are THAT will get you places, not the school. Sure, CMU is impressive, but as an artist you have to pull your own weight. You have to go out and find people who are willing to buy/promote your work -- whether you get people to show your work in galleries or you draw up a contract with people to do work for them. There's very few people I know of from my art class who ended up in a salaried job who make more than like 40k a year (I only know of 1).
And I need to emphasize what I mean by "pulling your own weight" -- I originally intended to do 3D digital art work, mainly because it was where the money was and it was a hugely accepted form of art-making in the "industrialized" art world. An important message I got from CMU SOA was that no matter what you do, you've got to be firm in defending your work. Because I was confronted with people from the game/animation industry who said "Isn't 2D art dead?" Well, is it that much easier to find a crowd of people who are willing to pay a million bucks for art work made of garbage? In the end, whatever you do, you've got to pave your own way in the world. If you can find art made from garbage in famous museums like the Moma, I'm pretty certain that you can make a living off of 2D art -- your art doesn't even have to be "functional." You just have to be there to show it, get an audience and defend your work.
The impression I got from this community of artists and art professors at CMU was that you'd end up making your art on the side while being a working stiff here and there -- whether you're a barista, barber, waiter, bartender, whatever, but your art happens to be the center of your life. Objectively, this to me is acceptable and if these respected artists are fine with that, then I'm happy for them. However, that is NOT the life I want. Going to so many of the art lectures that the professors required us to go to, the artists kind of depressed me because for many of them, their primary sources of income were not coming from making art.
But even if your most famous piece of art work was simply a huge piece of metal laying down on the floor, or a canvas with nothing but Gesso wash on it, what it all comes down to is NETWORKING, AND MARKETING YOURSELF.
One of my professors said there are 3 ways of becoming a "successful" or being a known artist:
1. Make sure your art is super good
2. Nudge people to show your art
3. Sleep around
I kind of disagree with #1, because if your art is REALLY AWESOME and it's hidden in the cold dark corner of a cellar somewhere, there's no point. So I'd say a combination of 1 and 2 are your best bet, with an emphasis on 2.
In the past year, I've learned from my own experience that the "successful artist" ratio of being a good artist that churns out good work all the time and marketing yourself/your work should be like 1:1. The more marketing the better, in fact. Think about it. Old artists who have been dead from like a year to like aeons STILL have the saaame art work hanging in the MoMA and the Metropolitan. They don't even have to be dead. The same art work from the same artist can come up in many museums over and over again -- I mean from what I've seen, the artist doesn't have to spend ALL their time making new art. They can spend like, 10% of the time making an awesome piece of art or a series of works, and then spend 90% of the time talking to people and marketing the work. If they spend 10% of their time making a 10,000,000-dollar painting, do they SERIOUSLY need to spend allll that time making art work? If you ask me, NO.
And that is a huge reason why I say CMU SOA kind of fell short for me. They didn't emphasize marketing nearly as much as I think they needed to, because I feel many of my classmates came out extremely unprepared for the real world given that they wanted to make a living from making art work. I spent 6 months, after my internship ended, learning to market myself -- in my case, I make game graphics for clients, and I just have to make sure my work is accessible, relevant and up to a certain standard, and that my cover letters are very specific to the job postings.
Now that is not to say that CMU as a university sucked. Because it didn't. if CMU were only made up of SOA, then I kind of would be on the fence about my experience, granted I came out unprepared for the real world but I grew up a lot in my approach towards any sort of art and life in general.
Aside from classes, I cared a lot about video games -- playing them and making them. Game Creation Society (one of the school clubs) to me was a great way to network (as i said, NETWORKING IS IMPORTANT, AND KEEPING TIES WITH THE PEOPLE YOU'VE DONE STUFF WITH!) and find a group of people to work with.
Socially, I didn't quite fit in with the artsies. I mostly fit in with game-players and game-makers. I just had to hang out with people I can totally geek out with, and aside from the "artsy enlightenmnent experience" and networking my way into Disney Research, the game-making group of people I'd met and got to cling on to was one huge reason why I do not regret being at CMU. Not only do you learn to work together with team-mates in making games, the club invites companies like EA and Sony to come and scout for potential employees/interns. If you don't get a job out of it, at least talk to the people, network and make yourself known!
So overall, I loved CMU and I do miss it. The art professors were *VERY* nurturing, gave you tough love and were always able to help you even if they don't specialize in your medium of art-making. The student body is very diverse, and most importantly, most of them I've met really care about their field of study and worked hard -- and that is a VERY good vibe to have, because it made me want to care even more about what I did and do well.
But if you're looking to end up working for Pixar or some huge animation/game company like Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network or EA or Blizzard... I'm pretty sure you'd have a harder time (not saying it becomes impossible) getting into those companies if you go to CMU SOA as opposed to a school like SVA/RISD/Ringling/Art Center or some other more trade-school-like institution. don't get me wrong, though. CMU SOA does have a few animation classes with an emphasis on learning Maya, and in the earlier required classes, you're required to learn how to use some software, including Flash, Final Cut Pro and Photoshop.
If you go to CMU SOA, and they don't end up teaching you how to market yourself as an artist, do your own research on your own time -- and you could even do freelancing part-time during the school year if you're good with managing your time. It's not enough to just be a good art-maker, if you want to be "successful" -- you've got to round up your audience somehow.Good luck and I hope you enjoy your college years!
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Factoring (Day 2 of 3)
Lesson 7 of 9
Objective: SWBAT factor trinomial expressions.
Big Idea: Students will investigate the relationship between the factors of a trinomial expression and its visual representation through the use Algebra Tiles.
Students will complete the Do-Now in 5 minutes. The purpose of today's Do-Now is for students to practice multiplying polynomials, since this skill will be utilized in today's lesson. As students are working, I will pass back the graded exit cards back from our last class. I will then call on student volunteers to come up to the board to show their work to the class.
We will then review the Exit Card from our last class since this skill is a prerequisite topic for today's activity. Next, a student will read the objective, "SWBAT factor trinomial expressions".
I will ask students to recall what it means to "factor" in Algebra, and to give a brief summary of what we learned about factoring Algebraic expressions.
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As we continue to work through Factoring Trinomials.pptx, this section begins on Slide 5. I will show students the polynomial on the screen, x^2 + 3x + 4, and ask them to factor the polynomials using the same process that we did previously. Students will quickly see that the three terms in the trinomial have no common monomial factor, so we must figure out another way to factor the expression.
Using the Factoring Trinomials Investigation handout, students will discover the relationship between the visual representation of a trinomial, and its binomial factors. Students will work in pairs during this self guided activity, while I circulate around the room guiding students as they work.
After 10 minutes, we will come together as a whole group to summarize what students learned during the investigation. I will ask students the following questions to help them devise their own shortcut:
- What patterns did you start to see as your started to find the factors of the trinomials?
- Did this make the process easier or harder as you worked?
- Could finding a pattern help you factor a trinomial without Algebra Tiles?
- How did the use of the FOIL or Box method assist you in finding the factors of each problem?
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Guided Notes + Practice
The class will continue to follow along with this Presentation using Guided Notes.
Students will dominate the majority of the conversation going forward, as we will be using the "shortcut" that they discovered to factor the rest of the problems in their notes. Some of my students struggle with integer operations, so I will encourage them to use the Algebra Tiles or integer chips for assistance as they work.
After completing the Example Problems together, students will spend a few minutes working on the Practice Problems. After a quick review, we will complete the Check For Understanding questions (see Slide 13 of Factoring trinomials.pptx) using clickers to asses the progress the group has made with today's lesson.
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Students will complete a station activity entitled, Crack the Code. Each student will need an Answer Sheet to record their answers.
The Factoring Stations in this activity form a loop. Each question/answer combo will guide students through a set sequence. It does not matter where students start.
Station Instructions:
- Stand at a station. You can start at any station.
- Write down the station number you are standing at on your answer sheet.
- Record the code that is inside of the black box on your answer sheet.
- Solve the problem at the station. Then, write down your answer.
- Look around the room. Find the station on the wall that has the answer you got in step 4.
- Repeat the cycle (starting at step 2) until you have all 13 codes written down.
- When you are finished, unscramble all 13 codes to reveal a secret message.
After 20 minutes students will return to their seat, and I will reveal the secret message (a Math riddle) using Slide 16.
Instructor Note: These stations need to be taped to the wall prior to the start of class.
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I will ask a student to summarize what we learned today in class and to decide if we have mastered our objective. I will also ask students to reflect on the significance of the Algebra Tiles that we used when factoring trinomials. Lastly, I will invite students to brainstorm a method to factor trinomial with Algebra Tiles that includes negative numbers.
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Greenwich girls softball team beats Westhill for first time since 2004
The last time the Greenwich High School softball team beat Westhill, the players on this year's Cardinals squad were only second or third graders.
That's what made Friday's win over Westhill extra sweet for the Cardinals.
Alison Kach, Erin Ferguson and Colleen Bennett each had three hits for Greenwich, which pounded out 17 in an 11-9 victory over visiting the FCIAC rival Vikings.
The long awaited triumph over Westhill moved Greenwich's record to 11-4 overall and 10-3 in FCIAC play. The Cardinals are in prime position to qualify for the FCIAC Tournament for the first time since the 2004 season according to coach Mary Beth Fratello.
"This win means a lot because we are working toward making the FCIAC Tournament and we want to win as many games as we can," Fratello said. "We haven't beaten Westhill in a long time, since 2004. So this is a huge confidence-builder for us."
Trailing 11-7, the Vikings (11-3, 10-2) rallied for two runs in the top of the seventh inning. Jessica Ruffels' two-run triple to right center field cut Greenwich's lead to 11-9. But Kach, a senior left-hander, calmly worked her way out of the seventh-inning jam and Greenwich earned perhaps its biggest victories of the season.
"This is a big deal," said Kach, who struck out four. "We made a list of a few of the teams we hadn't beaten in a while and Westhill was right up there. We're really psyched to be able to beat them."
The Cardinals seized an 8-3 advantage with a five-run, six hit second inning. Bennett, Kach, Ferguson and first baseman Ebba Mark delivered consecutive RBI singles off Vikings left-hander Sadie Apfel, who relieved starter Kelly Tanacea after she yielded singles to right fielder Jenn Ambrogio and shortstop Rebecca DeCarlo to start the inning. Westhill coach Tom Pia wasn't surprised to see the Cardinals put their hits together.
"They are a good team that's been hitting the ball all year long," Pia said. "They consistently score at least seven runs a game, so we knew we were going to have to score. No excuses, they outplayed us. They hit the ball well, ran the bases and made the plays when they needed to."
Leading 8-4 in the fourth inning, GHS added three more runs, two of which came on Ambrogio's two-run triple.
"It was a fastball down and away, the best pitch we threw all day and she golfed it out into the outfield," Pia said. "That was their big hit."
D'Alessandro tripled in leadoff hitter Morgan Kurtz then scored on a wild pitch, giving Westhill a 2-0 first inning lead. The Cards quickly came back, getting three runs in the bottom half of the inning off Tanacea. After DeCarlo and Bennett singled to start the inning, Kach got a base hit up the middle, making it 1-0. Ferguson, a junior catcher, smashed a two-run double to deep left field, putting the Cardinals in front, 3-2.
"We knew we had to score in that first inning and keep the tempo up," said DeCarlo, the team's leadoff batter. "This is a big win -- we needed it to take the extra step and get over the hump."
Said Bennett: "We're really good at starting rallies and once we start hitting we keep it going."
Indeed, there were some anxious moments for the Cardinals while the Vikings were rallying in the seventh inning.
"That was terrifying," Kach said. "We had a huge lead, then they were able to score a few runs to make it very tight."
"I was counting down the strikes," DeCarlo said. "We were all taking deep breaths and just kept it together."
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As I noted yesterday, Mayor Mike McGinn's 2014 budget proposal will include money for a Portland Loo in Pioneer Square. To many this seemed strange, given the fact that a deal with real estate developer Urban Visions to foot the bill for the Loo in Pioneer Square in exchange for permission to build an apartment building above the normally allowed height had been struck - and heavily reported. Why include money for the Portland Loo if there was a developer eager to pay for it?
Well, as it turns out that developer is no longer eager to pay for it. As Marc Stiles of the Puget Sound Business Journal noted last night (and Aaron Mesh of the Willamette Week picked up on today), Urban Visions is backing out of the deal because the review process took too damn long.
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So now it appears that Pioneer Square will get neither the apartments nor the loo. And what would [Urban Visions CEO Greg Smith] say to community supporters of his earlier plan?
"Talk to the city," he said, explaining the city of Seattle has been looking at the 130-foot-tall building and Portland Loo proposal for 24 months. In the meantime, thousands of downtown residential units have been built or are planned, so the ship has sailed on the opportunity for him to include residential units because so many are already on the market.
"These kinds of things should not take two years to get done in the city. It's paralysis by analysis," Smith said.
This, it would seem, is where the Loo contingency money in McGinn's proposed budget comes into play. Asked this afternoon if the contingency money in the 2014 proposed budget - if approved - would be used for a Portland Loo in Pioneer Square (and, to be clear, not some other brand of outdoor toilet), McGinn spokesperson Aaron Pickus responded succinctly, "You got it."
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Matt and Melanie Capobianco will celebrate their adopted daughter's third birthday without her Saturday as their lawyers prepare to take their fight to regain custody of little Veronica to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The James Island couple plans to appeal a ruling by the S.C. Supreme Court in July that upheld Veronica's forced return to her biological father in Oklahoma. Her father, a member of the Cherokee Nation, successfully challenged the adoption using a federal law aimed at preserving American Indian families.
The Capobiancos have had no contact with Veronica since a family court ruling relinquished the girl to her father on New Year's Eve.
They plan to gather with friends and family to commemorate her birthday while supporters across the country release purple balloons to mark the occasion. Purple is Veronica's favorite color.
"We're trying to hang in there, and having hope helps," Melanie Capobianco said. "But we really miss our daughter, so that's hard. … It's been an extremely painful and surreal experience."
The couple recently got a boost with news that Washington, D.C., attorney Lisa Blatt has joined their legal team to help with the Supreme Court appeal. Washingtonian Magazine named Blatt a "superstar" lawyer and one of the "100 Most Powerful Women in Washington."
Mark Fiddler, a Minnesota lawyer also working on the couple's behalf, said the Capobiancos' appeal will be submitted for consideration by the high court as soon as possible.
Charleston lawyer Shannon Jones, who represents Veronica's biological father, Dusten Brown, said she was disappointed to learn of the Capobiancos' appeal. She had hoped both sides could move on with their lives and begin to heal. Instead, the appeal and the ongoing "Save Veronica" campaign waged by the Capobiancos' supporters is prolonging the hurt and turmoil, she said.
"Veronica does not need to be saved," she said. "She is with her father. She has a large family that love her and provide for her in every way. She is a happy child who does not deserve to be the center of such contention and anger. It is time to let go and let everyone heal."
Jones said the Capobiancos recently sent a package of belongings to Veronica in which they had secreted photos of themselves. Brown found this very disconcerting, while Veronica didn't seem to even recognize her adoptive parents, she said.
His family also is troubled by the tenor of online comments made by the Capobiancos' supporters, Jones said. Some have indicated they would be willing to go retrieve Veronica for the couple, she said. Brown's family is now scared to leave their house, and their county sheriff's office is on high alert, she said.
"All this hype is placing the very child they are fighting for in threat of harm," Jones said.
Jessica Munday, a spokeswoman for the Capobiancos, said Jones' comments were "complete nonsense." She said every comment on the Save Veronica website is monitored and "we would never allow anyone to threaten the family or put Veronica in any harm."
Melanie Capobianco agreed. "We absolutely want to protect her and we certainly don't want anyone to take anything out on them," she said.
Before Veronica was born in September 2009 in Oklahoma, her biological parents canceled their engagement and went separate ways. The Capobiancos met Veronica's mother through an adoption agency and adopted the baby at birth.
Brown, however, sought custody of the girl after learning of the adoption in January 2010.
At issue in the case was the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, a federal law that gives American Indian parents preference in custody disputes. Though Brown did not support the girl's mother during pregnancy, his rights as a parent should not be stripped, the state Supreme Court confirmed.
The federal law has been reviewed only once at the highest level. In 1989, Justice William Brennan sided with Mississippi's Choctaw tribe, which challenged an adoption of twins.
Fiddler said Veronica's case raises new and serious questions about the federal law, which gave Brown more rights than any other father would have simply because he is Native American.
"We think this is the first case that is challenging the idea that just because you are a native father you can delay and sit on your hands and not step forward in a timely way and assume responsibility," he said.
Jones, however, maintains that the law worked just fine, helping to reunite an Indian girl with her loving father and preserve their culture.
Veronica has been given the name "Little Star" by the Cherokee and has attended stomp dances and other Native American rituals with her father and others, Jones said."Her culture is central to who she is and being with her father has ensured her ability to fully appreciate her history," she said.
Melanie Capobianco said she doesn't believe at all that Veronica has forgotten her or her husband and they will continue to fight to get her back. "We are doing whatever we can do to do what's best for our daughter."


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How is it possible that I can't remember this movie? I was a child in the 80's. I loved Halloween. I must have seen it. And yet...
While perusing Facebook Halloween groups (a tale I will share with you in the next blog), I came across one dedicated to "The Worst Witch", a British T.V. film made in 1986 starring Tim Curry and Charlotte Rae (better known as Mrs. Garrett from 'The Facts of Life').
Think 'female version of Harry Potter'. Based on a children's book about a young female witch who has gone to Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, the plot centres around Mildred Hubble's inability to be a successful sorceress.
Last summer I was in Montreal at the Yves Laroche/L'Autre Gallery for "Second Hand Smoke and Mirrors", a showing that combined the talents of two artists.
Let me introduce you to Kathie Olivas from Tampa Bay Florida. She is an artist, collector and curator of what is referred to (so inappropriately) as 'lowbrow art': the type of funky art you see in magazines, on record or book covers, on many an indie concert poster and in shops that sell Vinyl Designer toys (of which I am a collector). Calling it lowbrow is like saying all contemporary and pop-culture pieces aren't art at all, but just meant for key chains and bumper stickers. For some reason creators of what is, I suppose, commercial art tend to have a self-deprecating sense about them. But I digress.
Olivias (and Peters) creates images of children in costumes - often with multiple masks - that have a certain eerie yet cute feel about them. She pairs them with rabbits or other fuzzy creatures who equally produce a sense of uneasiness, whether they are reaching for the child's lollipop or simply standing in frame. And to my delight, she is involved with the launch of Scavengers Mini Figures Series 1, a collection of vinyl toys recently released that are high on my Christmas list.
You can see more of her work at Miserychildren.com, but before you leave let me tell you about another artist.
I broke from my usual behaviour of avoiding corporate chains who suck the life essence from all living things within a 100 mile radius, and found myself at Walmart with my boyfriend, Yetch. While I am still convinced this store is the secret portal to the inner circle of hell, I must admit I'm glad I went.
I found a double feature classic horror DVD for $1.00 amid all the mainstream-homogeny in the cavernous discount bins. Admittedly, they are not top quality films but considering it would cost me more than 50¢ to burn a movie to disc myself, how could I pass it up?
First is 'Atom Age Vampire' (1960) by Italian director Anton Giulio Majano. The original title was 'Seddok, l'erede di Satana' which actually means something like 'Seddok, Satan's heir'; where the vampire reference in the North American title came from is beyond me, since there are no vampires in the movie at all.
It started with a book. Eventually, it became a fantastic little adventure caught on film. First thing's first though.
Scott Kenemore wrote "The Zen of Zombie: Better Living Through the Undead", a not-so-normal take on how to approach life in a more peaceful way.
"Do you struggle out of bed each morning and sway lifelessly across the room, mouth agape, arms hanging slack, murmuring unintelligibly? Well, take heart: you're not alone! But these other staggering, limp, perpetually drowsy folks just happen to be zombies — and it turns out they can teach us a lot about enjoying life. And only here, between the covers of this book, will you learn their secrets to happiness.
Don't just set out the usual chips this year. Get yourself some corn or flour tortillas and a Halloween cookie-cutter. These are great with your favourite dip or a nice cream cheese spread!
Personally, I found the flour tortillas to be a little bitter so I would encourage you to find corn tortillas. And use a bunch of different cookie cutters (I had bats, cats, ghosts, pumpkins, and witches).
To make chips, place oven rack in middle position. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil.
For anyone who is not involved in building websites (for profit or pleasure), let me share a little known curse which afflicts those of us who do: you never get around to finishing your own site because you're so busy working on other people's.
I swore I would finish the fine details before I would blog again. That was 8 months ago. I still have quite a bit of work to do on this site before I am satisfied with it, but I've decided it's time to push forward with posts regardless of the missing tweaks and tidbits.
All the guests have left. Not a trick or treater to be seen for another year. It's time to take down the decorations. People don't realize that there is an art to packing up that can make your life simpler. Here are some tricks that I have incorporated into my packing ritual.
1. Ziplock The Small Critters
Put all of your spiders, bats, mice, and bugs into ziplock bags. This way you don't end up with tiny plastic critters spread throughout your boxes, and you can easily grab a bag of whatever nasties you need during next year's party set up.
It's Halloween morning, and I am adding some final touches to the front of the house. To decorate this year, I put all of my large monsters from the party out on the enclosed porch - Bubblehead in his crate, a demon and a hag. They are all looking out the window to the street.
Everyone is walking by, and I comment to my boyfriend Yetch that no one is looking up to take any notice of the evil creatures eyeing them.
I've been having a bit of fun this morning making cupcakes. You must understand, my devilish darlings, I don't bake. This was my first attempt at decorating cupcakes and I am pretty chuffed.
So I am not going to win any culinary awards for them, but it's a simple thing to do and I feel it adds just a bit of something spookily special to my party spread.
Eyes and ears pasta. How absolutely, awfully, awesome is that? Mark Hill submitted this recipe on www.razzledazzlerecipes.com in their Halloween section. Though I never make pasta from scratch, it inspires me to create some creepy cookery. Perhaps one of you gruesome gourmets will give it a try as well.
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Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Lower Level Columbus Public Library
Join us again for our second Facebook session...this time bring your thumb drive or send them to your email address as an attachment and we will show you how to upload those pics, so that you can share them with your family and your friends! Other questions about Facebook also welcome! Be sure to call the library and let us know you are coming! See you then!
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Some Hamilton County commissioners don't like parts of the legislation to reform Erlanger Health System's governing board. And state legislators say if the commission kills the bill, it will not be resuscitated.
The commission's Legal Committee decided Thursday to postpone a conversation on the private act reforming the hospital's board. The bill cleared the state House and Senate and was signed last month by Gov. Bill Haslam. Commissioners must ratify it before it can take effect.
Committee Chairman Jim Fields said Thursday he wanted to read the signed legislation before deciding whether to place it on Wednesday's voting agenda.
Some commissioners say they won't vote to ratify the bill in its current form. Commissioners have two main problems with the bill.
First, the county would have no say over who sits on the health system's initial, self-perpetuating board.
Second, the bill locks Hamilton County into paying $1 million a year to the health system for five years, then adjusts the figure annually based on the Consumer Price Index. The index is a measurement of changes in retail prices in a variety of goods.
The county now contributes $1.5 million per year to the hospital to help offset the cost of indigent care. That represented less than 1 percent of Erlanger's $563 million in revenue for 2012. Hospital officials said Erlanger provided $85 million in uncompensated care last year.
Commission Chairman Larry Henry said this week he's heard concerns from every commissioner.
And Henry himself is not too keen on binding future county officials to a financial obligation tied to the CPI. But Henry said he wanted "some discussion on it" before he would decide to vote the bill up or down.
"We're obligated for $1 million for the next five years, but that could be a significant change when it's tied to CPI," Henry said.
Commissioner Warren Mackey said early this week he wants decisions about the public hospital to be made "as close to the source as possible."
The legislation says initial board members will be county residents selected by the local delegation in consultation with the county mayor. The General Assembly will appoint the board based on the delegation's recommendations.
Mackey said either the money or appointment issue is enough to keep him from voting to ratify the bill.
Commissioner Greg Beck doesn't like the monetary obligation, either, but that's because he thinks the county should pay more.
"What we're giving them comes nowhere near what the expenses are," Beck said.
Beck does take issue with the appointment process for the initial board.
"If we relied on them to make the board appointments, not one of our constituents would be able to come to a commission with a complaint about Erlanger. We wouldn't have any say over it," Beck said.
Commissioner Marty Haynes said he has concerns but won't decide how he will vote until it comes before the commission. And Commissioner Fred Skillern said he has "more than one problem" with the legislation, but he declined to elaborate, citing a need to speak with legislators.
Commissioner Tim Boyd has longstanding concerns about the appointment of the initial board, the county's obligation being tied to the CPI and a list of other perceived problems.
Boyd's main complaint is the County Commission has been "left out of the loop" on the whole process.
Sen. Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, who sponsored the bill in the Senate, said leaving the commission out was intentional.
"What we are trying to do is to get the politics out of deciding who sits on the board," Gardenhire said.
Lawmakers wrote the bill to steer the troubled hospital back into the black. Erlanger had been leaderless since trustees axed Jim Brexler as chief executive in December 2011, after the hospital lost $6 million and droves of doctors within a five-month span.
Brexler was the third CEO to leave the hospital in nearly two decades. All walked with sweetheart severance packages.
In January 2012, the hospital was down $12 million in revenue. By comparison, it was only $2 million short of budget estimates in the same month this year under interim administrator Charlesetta Woodard-Thompson.
Last month, board members hired Kevin Spiegel, CEO at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, on a three-year contract to lead the hospital.
If the county doesn't OK the new bill, Gardenhire said he's finished dealing with Erlanger issues.
"Then they're totally responsible for what happens at Erlanger -- totally responsible," Gardenhire said.


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Five Fall Lawn Care Tips
Summer may have come to an end but that doesn't mean you have to put your lawn care tools in hibernation. Enjoy your yard by using the autumn season to prepare for the months ahead with these five fall lawn care tips.
1. Keep grass short: Leaves and snow can leave you with a matted lawn come springtime. As a preventative measure, keep your lawn short in the fall by lowering the height of your mower blade to about 2 inches.
2. Aerate: Because grass is still growing and the soil is usually moist, fall is the prime time to aerate your yard. This reduces soil compaction and allows air, water and nutrients to reach grass roots.
3. Overseed: Distribute additional grass seed on top of an existing lawn as a way to help thicken and nourish grass for the next spring season.
4. Water: No matter the season, grass still needs water to grow. Water your grass on a regular basis until winter is in full swing and the ground is frozen.
5. Weed control: Just like other plants, weeds prepare for winter by storing food in their roots. To remove stubborn broadleaf weeds like dandelions, thistle and clover, you can either pull or dig weeds out of the ground or use a homemade weed control solution, such as a combination of vinegar, water and dish soap, and then reseed the spots to prevent regrowth.


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House prices rise 1.9% - Halifax
House prices have recorded their strongest quarterly rise in three years in a further sign that efforts to kick-start the market are working, Halifax said.
Prices in the three months to January were 1.9% higher than the previous quarter, showing the biggest increase in this measure of the underlying trend for three years, the latest study said.%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%
On a month-on-month basis, prices edged down by 0.2% in January following increases in the previous two month
However, prices were 1.3% higher than a year ago, marking the first annual increase in two and a quarter years.
Halifax said quarterly figures tend to give the clearest indication of what is happening in the market as they "smooth out" month-on-month volatility.
The study said Government efforts to boost lending, which include a multibillion-pound scheme launched in August, are likely to have contributed to a pick-up in home sales and house prices.
Martin Ellis, housing economist at Halifax, said that despite the signs of improvement, the tough economy and the pressure on household finances will continue to weigh down on housing demand. He said: "Overall, we expect continuing broad stability in house prices nationally in 2013."
With average house prices standing at £162,932 in January, Halifax also pointed to recent increases in mortgage approvals to home buyers which have been reported by the Bank of England as an indication of what is to come.
Mortgage availability has increased and lenders have been slashing their rates since the Government introduced the Funding for Lending scheme, which aims to boost borrowing by households and firms by giving lenders access to cheap finance.
However, Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist for IHS Global Insight, said that despite the recent signs of improvement, housing market activity is still "muted" by longer-term standards. He said that although there were more than 55,000 mortgage approvals for house purchase in December, marking the highest number in almost a year, this is still way below the average of more than 85,000 approvals a month seen over the last 20 years.


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