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Duties and Responsibilities of the University Radiological Control Committee (B-14)
(Supersedes Executive Memoranda No. B-14, dated May 15, 1973,A-50, A-54, and A-236)
August 1, 2001
To: Provosts, Vice Presidents, Deans, Directors, and Heads of Schools, Divisions, Departments, and Offices
Re: Composition, Duties, and Responsibilities of the University Radiation Safety Committee
- The mission of the Radiation Safety Committee is to ensure the safety of the University and community in the utilization of all radioactive materials and radiation producing devices at the University or by University faculty, staff, or students.
- Definitions.
- For the purposes of this Memorandum, the University shall mean all teaching, research, and outreach programs conducted at any Purdue University campus and at any other Purdue operated property.
- Radioactive material refers to any solid, liquid, or gas that emits radiation spontaneously.
- Radiation, as used herein, refers to both ionizing and non-ionizing radiation including x-rays, gamma rays, alpha and beta particles, high speed electrons, neutrons, protons, other nuclear particles, and microwaves; but not including laser light.
- Radiological safety refers to the safe use and handling of radioactive materials or radiation in any application, including but not restricted to teaching, research, development, and medical diagnosis and therapy.
- The Radiation Safety Committee (RSC) shall consist of faculty and staff, who by their knowledge and experience and under Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) guidelines are qualified to make judgments and formulate policy in the areas of radiological safety. RSC members are appointed annually by the President upon the recommendations of the Vice President for Physical Facilities and the Vice President for Research in consultation with the various deans.
The chairman, a member of the faculty, will be appointed in a similar manner. The chairman will preside at the regular meetings of the committee, assure timely reviews of new projects, report as needed to the aforementioned vice presidents, and perform other duties as may be assigned by the committee.
The Head of Radiological and Environmental Management with the approval of the RSC will appoint the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO). The RSO should be an individual trained in the area of radiological science or health physics. The background of the RSO will be such that the individual is acceptable to the NRC as specified in the Draft Regulatory Guide dated April 1982, "Qualifications for the Radiation Safety Officer in a Large-Scale, Non-Fuel Cycle Radionuclide Program" or equivalent guidance. The RSO will report directly to the Head of Radiological and Environmental Management. The Head will be responsible for implementation and enforcement of policies and procedures promulgated by the Radiation Safety Committee. The Head and the RSO shall be ex officio members of the RSC but shall not hold the position of chairman of the committee.
- The specific duties and responsibilities of the Radiation Safety Committee include, but are not limited to:
- Assume responsibility, from the standpoint of radiological safety, for all University programs involving radioactive materials or radiation producing devices. This includes formulation of policy in this area and the establishment of safety standards.
- Ensure that Radiological and Environmental Management provides faculty, staff, and students with appropriate training and information in the area of radiological safety and its applicable rules and regulations.
- Review and approve or disapprove the use of radioactive materials or radiation producing devices within the institution from the standpoint of radiological safety. The committee may prescribe special conditions, requirements, and restrictions as may be deemed necessary to protect any person from hazards associated with radioactive materials and the operation or use of radiation producing devices on the Purdue University campus, and other Purdue operated properties. Such conditions, restrictions, and requirements shall in all cases be consistent with any existing federal or state regulations governing such use. Committee or interim approval of radiological safety measures must be obtained before any project involving radioactive materials or radiation producing devices is initiated. Special conditions may include but not be limited to: physical examinations, additional training, limited areas of use, disposal regulations, and posting requirements.
- Establish policies under which the Head of Radiological and Environmental Management or the Radiation Safety Officer shall serve as the University's liaison with the Indiana State Department of Health, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Midwest Compact Commission in matters of registration, licensing, radiological health and radioactive or mixed waste disposal.
- Keep a record of the actions taken in approving the use of radioactive materials and radiation producing devices and of other transactions, communications, and reports involved in the work of the committee.
- Submit an annual report detailing the activities of the committee to the Vice President for Research and the Vice President for Physical Facilities.
- Actions taken by the Radiation Safety Committee may be appealed by the staff member or department concerned through the appropriate Vice President to the President of the University for final decision, with the knowledge and consent of the dean or director of the school involved, and knowledge of the chairman of the Radiation Safety Committee.
- The chairman of the committee or the RSO, or their duly authorized representatives, are authorized to act (under policies established by the committee) for the committee between meetings (interim approval), reporting actions taken to the committee for review at appropriate intervals.
- The RSO or his/her designee, consistent with the protection of University employees, students, visitors, the public, and the environment, is authorized to:
- Carry out unannounced inspections and radiation surveys of any University facility.
- Order immediate shutdown or cessation of work in any facility where it is evident that safety hazards exist to the extent of endangering health, safety, property, or to the extent that continued operation would result in any violation of existing federal, state, or University regulations.
Martin C. Jischke


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I've mentioned this in the past, but it bears repeating, I don't like being negative here at Branded in the 80s. First and foremost this site is about celebrating the nostalgia of the 80s and all of the cool stuff that goes along with loving that decade. But I'm human and just like everyone else there is some stuff that just really grinds my gears. Typically when there's something that really gets on my nerves I'll force my better half to listen to me gripe about it for a few days, then I'll focus on something positive and just get over it. But every once in awhile I just want to get all my thoughts out on paper (so to speak) and process the negativity in a slightly more productive manner. Can I get a decent article or editorial out of it? Well, let's see.
This past week one of my favorite movies of all time, the Monster Squad, was suddenly trending in the news due to the announcement that Mondo would be releasing the film's soundtrack on vinyl this October. To get people excited for that release the company decided to also release a vinyl single this May featuring the two pop songs from the film, Michael Sembello's "Rock Until You Drop" and the end credits "Monster Squad Rap". Frankly, this is outstanding news as I've been dying for the soundtrack and score on vinyl for years. La-La Land Records had just recently released the Bruce Broughton score on CD (and it sounds amazing), but I was really hoping for a nice piece of artistic vinyl, something that I could put out and display.
So, considering this awesome news, why am I so bummed? Well, the Mondo single release is going to be made available in four variant editions, each featuring beautiful sleeve artwork by some really swell artists and different colored vinyl pressings. The releases include artwork by Gary Pullin, Randy Ortiz, Jason Edmiston, and the folks at Phantom City Creative (the latter two I featured during my Month of the Monster Squad a couple years ago.) Here's a look at the four release variants…
Alright, amazing cover at and super cool colored vinyl, so far so good. While I'm not crazy about variants and the thought of paying for the same two songs four times, that's totally something I'm willing to do as a huge fan of the Monster Squad. So what's my problem? Well, two of these variants are going to be exclusives. Actually technically three of these are exclusives, I just happen to live in an area where one of them will be readily available. The Gary Pullin Wolfman variant will be exclusively available at Texas Frightmare starting this weekend and the Ortiz Gillman edition will only be available in record stores in the UK in May. The Edmiston Frankenstein edition is going to be exclusively sold in record stores in the US in May, and the PCC Dracula version will be sold online at the Mondo site also starting in May. So, for Monster Squad fans like me living outside of Texas in the US the Wolfman and Gillman editions are going to be a bit tricky to get our hands on.
Though record stores in the UK will be offering copies of the Gillman pressing for sale online (for instance Transmission Records and Norman Records), I've been hearing that they will be refusing or refunding orders coming in from the US to keep the European exclusivity intact. This is frankly (excuse my french), frustrating as shit. On the one hand I applaud the convictions of these record store owners for sticking to their guns, but on the other I just want to give them my money in return for a product they are selling that I really want to buy. Similarly, with the Pullin variant, from what I understand you have to attend Texas Frightmare in order to get a copy. So, I live roughly 1,400 miles from Dallas, TX and had pretty much zero chance of making it out to the show this weekend. If I want to snag a copy of that disc I have to crowd-source my shopping list and hope that I've made a contact on one of the social media channels I frequent who might be going to the show. I also have to hope that they don't mind standing in line for me, hauling the record around all day, and then taking the time to ship it to me after the show. I've met a bunch of super gracious folks who have done similar "muleing" for me in the past, but I hate asking this of people every time there's some exclusive I want at a show I just can't get to.
Exclusivity. I'll be honest, the whole concept just baffles and enrages me. It's not that I feel a sense of entitlement or that I should be able to get everything that I want. Trust me, I learned at a very early age that not only do we not typically get what we want, but that it's probably better for our moral character that we don't. If these records were simply limited editions (which they are, on top of being regionally exclusive), and they all sold out in a matter of minutes I could deal with that. But being denied even the chance at getting them based purely on my geographic location is like kicking a wolfman in the nards when he's down.
Hell, I've even been on the lucky end of this stick in the past having easy access to exclusives (like the Halloween Hot Wheels Ghostbusters Ecto-1 variants at my at-the-time local Kroger grocery stores) and I'll be honest, it didn't feel that great. Being a collector I was acutely aware that there were a ton of people in other states that wanted those exclusives that didn't have access to them. I had to make the tough choice one year of either leaving these Hot Wheel toys on the store shelves, or buying them all up and sending them out to friends in other states for cost. Sure, I got to feel good about making sure collectors that wanted the cars got them at an affordable price, but I also was put in the position of a scalper, keeping other local folks from being able to buy them. It just felt crummy all around.
Bottom line. I'm a super fan of a cult film who already feels a little marginalized because there isn't a whole of collectible merchandise available for said film. I'm already scouring the internet for rare items to celebrate my love for the Monster Squad (from Japanese movie pamphlets to rare publicity photos from the film's premier.) So now, on top of that I have to basically be denied access to cool new collectibles, or choose to pay ridiculously inflated prices on eBay for those collectibles from the scalpers that will inevitably flood the market days after the release. That is the environment that exclusivity breeds. These records that sell for £12 at the UK shops will be bought up by bottom feeding scalpers that will turn around and sell them for upwards of £40 to £50 on eBay or the Amazon Marketplace. The sad fact is that this is a trend that I do not see ending anytime soon. The companies that release these exclusives are getting exactly what they want (which is selling through all of their product in a short window of time), so why would they change to a more fan-friendly model?
So, just as I figured two things happened. First, the Wolfman Texas Frightmare variant was next to impossible to get for all the reasons stated above. Not only was I unable to source a copy from the show by reaching out on social media, but the leftover copies were put online at Mondo and sold out in a few minutes. I'm not saying I have a huge reach on social media mind you, but I have a decent number of contacts and I even had both the cover artist, Gary Pullin, and Andre Gower from Monster Squad retweeting my call for help to no avail. Second, checking eBay only a week after these records started going on sale and we can already see scalpers reselling these Monster Squad releases for two to five times their suggested retail price!
This is after just one week! When folks start getting these records in hand I can almost guarantee that the Wolfman, Gillman, and Frankenstein variants are going to be selling for upwards of $100. In fact…
For a two-song, 7-inch single. I've heard arguments for both sides of this exclusivity game, and both have their merits, but I just can't believe that this is the best way to go about marketing niche products aimed at fans, to fans. Again, I am a huge Monster Squad fan who is willing to drop the $60 plus shipping for the four variants, and yet, with cash in hand I am barred access from the get-go. I mean, I'm looking at the list of things required to pick up a release like this (money, awareness of the releases, checking availability the moment they go on sale, connections in areas where the exclusive releases are going on sale, etc.) and I check every box. Well, every box except the one that reads: "Willing to pay upwards of 700% the price to douchebags who want to price gouge because the item is exclusive." Screw that check box. Like I said, these days it really sucks to be a collector.
What about you, where do you stand on exclusivity? Is there something awesome about this marketing concept that I'm missing?

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Between the uproar over Sheryl Sandberg's new book and SendGrid's Donglegate scandal, one thing is clear: It's not always easy for women working in the tech industry.
We recently spoke with two powerful women tech CEOs about sexism and what they did to overcome it: DataGravity cofounder Paula Long, known for her previous storage startup, EqualLogic, which Dell bought for $1.4 billion in 2008; and former Zynga CIO Debra Chrapaty, who just became CEO of Nirvanix.
Both of them tell Business Insider they have faced their share of sexism. Now they coach other young women how to get past it. Some of this is good advice for men, too.
1. If you're the only woman in the room, jokingly make the room aware.
"Some of the issues with [sexism] in tech is just the numbers," Chrapty says. "I've sat in rooms for most of my career where I'm the only woman. I make light of it. I intentionally put it out there."
2. If your coworkers tend to yell at meetings, bring an empty coffee cup with you. Tap it on the table to cause the room to grow quiet before you speak. That's a tip Chrapaty learned from her mentor, former Microsoft CMO, Mich Mathews.
3. Being a risk-taker has nothing to do with being male or female. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. The more your risks prove successful, the more willing you are to take risks. You have to be willing to take risks to advance your career, Long says.
4. Don't be afraid of failing. You will learn more from failure than successes, says Chrapaty. She worked on a couple of startups that didn't pan out. That's when she learned how to be a leader. "It's easy to motivate people when the company is soaring," but it requires skill to motivate people when it's not doing well, she says.
5. If you can't find a job you love, start your own company, Long says. "If you want to become a CEO of a big company, roll your own. You can build that big company."
6. Negotiate a fair wage. Talk to people and read salary reports to find out what the norms are, ask for something in the fair range, not too high, not too low, Long says. Expect to be fairly compensated and you will be.
6. Always do the best work you can. "The best way to battle any bias is to be the best you can be in your field. Be the best. Make that your rallying cry," Chrapaty says.
7. Have a thick skin if some of your male coworkers underestimate you. One stereotype for women techies is that they don't work on hard tech problems, Long says. Solving those hard problems will change their minds.
8. Be a role model and mentor to other women. The sexism problem will diminish when more women are working in the field. Role models encourage girls to enter the field, both Long and Chrapaty say.
9. Report sexual harassment. There's a difference between someone giving you a "prove it" attitude and someone threatening you.
"If it's a pure case of sexual harassment (and that's happened to me but I won't talk about it), you report it," Chrapaty says. "That's your obligation to the company and to other women. If it's a case of sexism, be the best you can be and continue to make your mark in industry."


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T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom has announced that it's struck a deal to merge with regional pre-paid mobile operator MetroPCS. For MetroPCS, the merger represents a tremendous growth opportunity: instead of being a regional operator limited to a few markets, its customers will get nationwide service. For T-Mobile, the merger significantly deepens the company's spectrum holdings in key cities and regions, enabling it to make a serious play as a value-conscious LTE operator. And for Deutsche Telekom, the merger finally represents a way to one day get out of the business of being a U.S. mobile operator, following its failed effort to sell T-Mobile to AT&T last year.
But what does the merger mean for consumers and customers of both T-Mobile and MetroPCS? Can customers expect better service and wider LTE coverage? Or, like so many mergers, will the new company just be bigger and more expensive?
The merger's basic idea
The T-Mobile and MetroPCS merger is designed to give number-four T-Mobile more scale and deeper spectrum holdings in several major metropolitan areas, meaning it will more wiggle room to offer 4G LTE services and compete aggressively against the likes of Sprint, AT&T, and Verizon. The combined company will still be the number-four U.S. mobile carrier (behind number three Sprint), but will bump up to about 42 million subscribers. Although MetroPCS uses CDMA phone technology and T-Mobile is based on GSM, MetroPCS is already in the process of phasing out CDMA, and its spectrum holdings are broadly complementary: both companies live and breathe in the 1,700 MHz and 1,900 MHz spectrum bands.
The combined company will do business under the T-Mobile name, although MetroPCS and T-Mobile will continue to operate as distinct customer units. Contract-based mobile service (along with services for businesses) will be under the T-Mobile name, and pre-paid and no-contract service will be available under both T-Mobile and MetroPCS brands.
The pre-paid market — or, as Deutsche Telekom likes to refer to it, "value-focused" market — is one area where the combined company gets interesting. MetroPCS is exclusively a no-contract and pre-paid provider — also one of T-Mobile's strong points. According to T-Mobile, the two companies will have about 14.6 million no-contract subscribers (9.3 million from MetroPCS), putting it nearly neck-and-neck with Sprint's no-contract operation, which currently has about 15.4 million customers. The combined T-Mobile/MetroPCS no-contract business looks poised to earn more money than Sprint's: in the second quarter of 2012, Sprint pulled in $1.2 billion from no-contract subscribers, where the combined T-Mobile/MetroPCS pulled in $1.6 billion. Basically, the combined T-Mobile and MetroPCS will likely become the biggest no-contract mobile operator after AT&T and Verizon — we only say "likely" because those companies don't break out revenue from their prepaid/no-contract businesses.
The terms of the merger are unusual: technically, MetroPCS is acquiring T-Mobile in a reverse acquisition. MetroPCS will declare a 2-for-1 reverse stock split, pay $1.5 billion to its existing shareholders (a bit over $4 per share), and then buy all of T-Mobile's capital stock by giving Deutsche Telekom 74 percent of MetroPCS. In the end, Deutsche Telekom winds up the majority owner of MetroPCS, and the new company will have nearly $25 billion in revenue and about $2.1 billion in free cash flow for the year. T-Mobile's current CEO, John Legere, will be the CEO of the new company; MetroPCS CFO J. Braxton Carter will be the new company's CFO. MetroPCS's CEO, Roger Linquist, will apparently retire — he is 74 years old. Regulators have to approve the deal, and that will take a while: the companies expect the deal to be formally closed by June 2013. The new company will operate out of T-Mobile's Bellevue, Washington HQ, but will maintain a "significant presence" in the Dallas area.
One of the consequences of the reverse merger is that the new T-Mobile will be a public company: before, it was a private company owned by Deutsche Telekom. Although Deutsche Telekom has agreed to provide a $5.5 billion commitment to support some existing MetroPCS transactions, write down the value of some of its investment in T-mobile, and offer the new company a $500 million unsecured credit facility, setting up T-Mobile as a public company gives Deutsche Telekom something it's always wanted: a way out of the slow-growing U.S. mobile market. That's why it tried to sell T-Mobile lock, stock, and barrel to AT&T in one giant transaction. Taking T-Mobile public doesn't give Deutsche Telekom a swift and sudden exit from the American market, but it does put the company in a position to sell off its shares of the new company in the future.
If you're a T-Mobile customer…
In the short term, the merger probably won't affect T-Mobile customers: the company is continuing its $4 billion built-out of LTE services using AWS (Advanced Wireless Services) spectrum on its network. However, looking ahead, the merger means T-Mobile's LTE offerings should be much stronger in the areas where MetroPCS currently offers service. Assuming all of MetroPCS's AWS spectrum gets converted over to LTE — which should happen over time — T-Mobile will have an average of 50 MHz of LTE bandwidth in major areas like New York, Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco, Detroit, and Las Vegas — and 60 MHz in MetroPCS's hometown of Dallas — and that includes a full 2×20 MHz in many areas, meaning T-Mobile's LTE network should be able to keep up with competitors in terms of raw bandwidth. T-Mobile's current GSM and HSPA+ handsets will continue working, too.
Going forward, T-Mobile's move toward LTE also means T-Mobile customers can expect to have a greater selection of handsets. Instead of having to rely on phone makers to create special devices for T-Mobile's own flavor of HSPA+ connectivity, T-Mobile should be able to offer customers mainstream LTE handsets. T-Mobile is hoping that, one day soon, that will include the iPhone, but the company will also be happy to offer customers the latest LTE devices running Android and Windows Phone, as well as accept iPhone migrants from other carriers.
MetroPCS has also been noted for its highly automated self-service capabilities, making it easier for customers to add minutes, pay bills, switch plans, and get a new phone without incurring a ton of customer support costs. On an investor call today about the merger, T-Mobile executives said they expect to be able to leverage that to improve its customer service levels — which would be welcome. T-Mobile's customer service used to be lauded; recently J.D. Power and Associates has been rating it lowest in customer service among all carriers.
If you're a MetroPCS customer…
If you're a MetroPCS customer (and familiar with wireless technology), this merger is putting four letters in your mind: CDMA. MetroPCS's voice network runs on CDMA, which is incompatible with T-Mobile's GSM network. How can these incompatible technologies work together?
Short answer: they won't. MetroPCS customers will be stuck on MetroPCS coverage and limitations until they migrate to new, future, handsets that will incorporate service for both networks. We also learned on the call today (and this long document) that the combined company anticipates keeping some of MetroPCS's existing CDMA service operating through the first half of 2015, so customers have almost three years to transition to a new handset. MetroPCS's all-contract business has an exceptionally high handset turnover: each year, between 60 and 65 percent of MetroPCS's customers get new handsets, so transitioning away from CDMA in a span of nearly three years isn't expected to be a major problem for most MetroPCS customers.
And MetroPCS customers should get some significant benefits from the deal once they transition, including substantially expanded mobile coverage, without being forced into roaming deals (including international roaming options). That expanded coverage area also makes it more likely MetroPCS customers can keep their service if they move to a more rural area. Although MetroPCS has already been rolling out LTE service, with T-Mobile it will have access to a much broader LTE network (once it's built out), along with a wider choice of handsets — perhaps one day including the iPhone.
MetroPCS customers also get some stability: MetroPCS is the fifth largest mobile operator in the U.S., but it was still a regional provider going it along with limited growth opportunities. The combined company is larger, more stable, and backed by the considerable financial resources of Deutsche Telekom — which is still an investment-grade stock.
When life hands you lemons…
T-Mobile merging with MetroPCS is the latest move in the company's gotta-stay-alive strategy in the wake of AT&T's failed takeover attempt. When the AT&T merger failed, T-Mobile was left with comparatively few options, and none of them were great. The company has settled on a "challenger" strategy that isn't aiming to unseat AT&T or Verizon, but instead to offer a fourth stable, national competitor in the U.S. market.
Since it became single again, T-Mobile has made four major moves to position itself as a viable alternative to AT&T and Verizon:
- It picked up AWS spectrum holdings (as well as a roaming deal) from AT&T as part of its break-up fee when acquisition fell through
- It announced a $4 billion upgrade plan to offer LTE services on its AWS network — that involves upgrading 37,000 sites over three years
- It picked up still more AWS spectrum from Verizon as a condition of Verizon's deal with cable operators
- It sold rights on 7,200 towers to Crown Castle for $2.4 billion in cash to fuel its LTE transition
For T-Mobile, merging with MetroPCS is about making the best play it can to build competitive 4G LTE services. The company has no spectrum holdings in the attractive 700 MHz bands recently vacated by broadcast television: those bands are particularly appealing for LTE and mobile services because they're good at penetrating structures. With the MetroPCS merger, T-Mobile is still left out of 700 MHz LTE service, but it will be able to significantly increase the density of LTE services it can offer in higher-frequency AWS bands: they don't penetrate buildings as well, but T-Mobile is hoping to make up some of the difference by widening the amount of spectrum it uses in many metropolitan areas, as well as by being particular about how it upgrades its towers — it's been hoping to improve in-building coverage by about 20 percent just through its network modernization, which includes new antennas with integrated radios.
Those efforts probably won't be enough to compete head to head with the likes of AT&T and Verizon Wireless, but T-Mobile and MetroPCS are a good fit in another way: no-contract customers. The U.S. mobile market is mostly saturated. Very few new mobile customers are being created: some estimates have the U.S. mobile market growing by about 3 to 5 percent a year through 2017. However, tough economic times and the high cost of smartphone voice and data plans means the no-contract and pre-paid segment of the U.S. mobile phone market could grow by 9 to 10 percent in that same period. The combined T-Mobile and MetroPCS should be a major player in that faster-growing market segment — particularly if the combined company can keep to its strategy of unlimited mobile data plans.
The next move is probably Sprint
What will be the next move in the mobile industry? Look to number-three Sprint. MetroPCS's deal with Deutsche Telekom to merge with T-Mobile was actually MetroPCS's second choice: earlier this year, MetroPCS nearly closed a deal to be acquired by Sprint. That deal was rejected by Sprint's board, and MetroPCS had to go looking elsewhere for a buyer.
Sprint has indicated it intends to be a leader in consolidation in the mobile industry — and its most likely targets are LEAP Wireless or working out a deal with Dish Network. Dish, in particular, might be tempting: the satellite TV operator holds a number of licenses in the 2000 to 2200 MHz band that it intended to use to build out its own satellite-assisted LTE network. However, the FCC is on the verge of action that could make some of Dish's licenses relatively useless to Dish…but useful as an add-on to Sprint's built-out of LTE service in the 1900 MHz range. Sprint is already building out its LTE service, where Dish hasn't really started.
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Matthias Weischer: new work (November 26, 2011 – March 26, 2012)
Matthias Weischer: new work is the artist's first one-person exhibition in the Americas. His recent prints and paintings present a multifaceted interplay between color, light, and form, and his curious, layered compositions of patterns, shapes, and objects in artificial settings engage the mind and the eye with their absolute virtuosity.
This is the second of three exhibitions the museum has organized featuring the work of artists active in Leipzig, Germany. In 2007-2008 the museum presented David Schnell: Hover, and our next project, scheduled for late 2013- Spring 2014, will be a traveling retrospective of the work of Neo Rauch. Major support for the present exhibition was provided by Coca Cola Puerto Rico Bottlers, and general support by Porsche.
Sábado, 26 de noviembre a las 2 pm: apertura de la exhibición Matthias Weischer: obra nueva (26 de noviembre 2011 al 26 de marzo 2012)


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Crying serves several useful purposes for your baby. It gives her a way to call for help when she's hungry or uncomfortable. It helps her shut out sights, sounds, and other sensations that are too intense to suit her. And it helps her release tension.
Pediatrician Cindy Christian, an expert in child abuse prevention, comes on the Healthy Children Radio show on RadioMD to offer tips on preventing an uncontrolled response to your child's crying.


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American Airlines has a major hub at MIA and offers flights from near and far. Transcontinental travelers will want to look into American's cheap flights to Miami from LAX. Since American is part of the Oneworld alliance, international travelers will enjoy the easy connections to partner airlines flying to Europe, Latin America, South America, and the Caribbean.
Many Miami area hotels offer complimentary shuttle services between the hotel and MIA. If your hotel does not offer shuttle service, there are other public transportation options available. Look at private taxis and Super Shuttle services that operate between MIA and the Greater Miami area. Miami also has an excellent public transportation system that includes Metrobuses, Metrorail lines, and the MetroMover. If you want to splurge, book a private car or limo to take you from the airport to your hotel.
Miami is subject to the effects of the Atlantic Hurricane Season, which means traveling between the months of June and November can be risky. This could be the best time to snag cheap flights to Miami; however, if you are planning to travel through Miami during hurricane season, consider travel insurance.
Peak tourist season in Miami is January through April, which means fares are typically higher and flights more fully booked. Because it's a heavily traveled route, last minute flights to Miami could be very expensive as well. Since Miami is the hub between the US and Latin America, expect international flights to be more full during high season as travelers flock to Caribbean and Latin American destinations.
MIA is the primary airport servicing South Florida. Nearly all carriers have flights in and out of MIA, including Delta, United, American, and their partner airlines. Global travelers are continuing to discover the area's charms, and international flights to Miami from Manchester, Dublin, and Sydney are some of the more popular routes. If you're departing on a cruise from the Port of Miami, MIA is the best airport to fly into.
The next closest airport is Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL), which is around 20 miles away. FLL is popular with cruise passengers leaving from Port Everglades and some short haul flights to the Caribbean. Carriers like Spirit Airlines, JetBlue, Southwest*, and Delta all have flights in and out of FLL.
Miami is divided up into a variety of neighborhoods and districts. Popular areas include Downtown Miami, Coral Gables, South Beach, Coconut Grove, Bal Harbour, and more. Chic and upscale hotel brands are scattered throughout the popular areas, especially the beaches and downtown.
Top attractions in Miami include its beaches, especially South Beach and Miami Beach. Other popular waterfront areas include Bal Harbour, Sunny Isles Beach, Key Biscayne, Coconut Grove, and Coral Gables. Downtown Miami has become a financial and commercial center and is the gateway to ethnic neighborhoods like Little Haiti, Little Havana, and Overtown.
Miami's shopping scene is world-renowned. People fly in from other countries just to experience Miami's various shopping districts and malls. Popular outdoor shopping centers include Bayside Marketplace, Mary Brickell Village, CocoWalk, and The Falls. Malls like Aventura, Bal Harbour, Dolphin Mall, and Miami International Mall are popular indoor shopping spots.
No matter the time of year, Miami always has something going on. Annual events like the Miami International Boat Show, Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Fashion Week, ULTRA Music Festival, and Miami International Auto Show are some of the biggest celebrations in Miami.
Various districts and neighborhoods have cultural events and celebrations as well. The Design District is noted for its community arts nights, and the Greater Miami and Beaches website has a full calendar for smaller scale events like monthly short film festival screenings, art exhibits and gallery showings, and even yoga classes.
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Root Canal
An inflamed tooth or tooth with a cavity not only diminishes your smile, but can be incredibly painful. A root canal is a procedure that can save your natural tooth and stop the pain. Root canals involve removing a tooth's pulp, which is the tissue that contains your tooth's nerves and blood vessels, then resealing the tooth for a long-lasting fix.
This is a very common and well-practiced procedure that has a lot of benefits. Most importantly, a root canal saves your natural tooth, which prevents you from having a missing tooth and/or having to get a dental implant or bridge. This also stops the infection and prevents it from spreading to other parts of your body. With anesthesia, root canals are not as painful as many people believe them to be; in fact, you should not feel any pain at all during your procedure. Plus, when you choose a professional endodontics provider, your root canal will be effective and long-lasting.
At Greater Washington Endodontics, we are proud to serve the Fairfax County community. We provide expert root canal treatment with our state-of-the-art equipment and highly trained endodontists. Our team will make you feel at home in our office and will ensure an efficient and accurate procedure.
Root Canal Procedure
Performing a root canal is a simple and straightforward process. The primary purpose of a root canal is to remove a tooth's pulp then permanently reseal the tooth. This is accomplished in the following steps:
- Anesthesia: Your endodontist will numb the area around your tooth so that you won't feel pain during the procedure.
- Adding a Shield: A small shield is placed around the tooth to protect it and keep it clean during the procedure.
- Creating an opening: The endodontist next drills an opening through the crown of the tooth to access the pulp.
- Disinfecting: Disinfecting fluid is poured into the opening to disinfect and clean out the canals of your tooth.
- Pulp removal: Your endodontist uses tools to remove the pulp.
- Canal shaping: The canals of your tooth are properly shaped with the use of small instruments.
- Canal filling: Your endodontist then fills the canals with permanent filling material and seals it.
- Closing the opening: The endodontist must then close the opening they made in your tooth, usually completed with a temporary filling before a more permanent one can be done.
- Adding a crown: After a temporary filling, a crown must also be added on top to ensure the entire tooth is sealed and the treatment can do its job. This is usually done at a separate appointment.
What to Expect:
At one of our four convenient locations in Fairfax County, you can expect nothing but professional treatment and compassion from our dentists and staff. To determine if a root canal is the right procedure for you, we will complete a consultation during which we examine the affected area and perform X-rays. We understand that a serious dental procedure is not everyone's favorite thing to do, and we are dedicated to making you as comfortable as possible during your consultation and procedure.
Our endodontists will use local anesthesia to numb you during the procedure and ensure that you feel no pain, typically with an injection. Alternatively, we also offer nitrous oxide analgesia if you prefer this method of sedation.
Pre-Op Endodontist Instructions:
Because a root canal is an important dental procedure, there are a few things you should know prior to coming in for treatment. Our dentists recommend that you eat a full meal prior to the procedure. If you take any antibiotics or other medications, make sure you still take them like normal before treatment. We also recommend that you take 2 tablets of ibuprofen beforehand treatment to help reduce inflammation.
Post-Op Endodontist Instructions:
Your tooth and nearby gums may feel tender for a few days after your root canal. Because of this, we recommend that you avoid chewing on that side of your mouth until the protective crown has been placed on your tooth. If you do experience a lot of pain, you can take ibuprofen or acetaminophen for relief. You should maintain your normal healthy hygiene routine.
Your root canal will need to be permanently sealed with a crown by your restorative dentist, and you should make your appointment to have this done within a few weeks of your root canal. Before you receive this more permanent seal, your tooth is susceptible to cracks or fractures, so you must make sure to take good care of it.
Greater Washington Endodontics Fairfax County
Greater Washington Endodontics is the leading endodontics practice in Fairfax County. We have 4 locations in Arlington, Fairfax, Reston, and Woodbridge, VA for your convenience. We have an expert, passionate, and friendly team of doctors and staff who will restore your beautiful smile with our effective treatments. Our top-of-the-line technology and equipment ensure accuracy in diagnosing and treating our patients.
For a comfortable and long-lasting root canal procedure in Fairfax County, trust the experts at Greater Washington Endodontics. Make your appointment today or call us at (703) 534-4884 to learn more about our root canal procedures.


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World-record surfer a prisoner of his talent
In December of 1969, a man named Greg Noll rode the biggest wave ever surfed. It happened in Hawaii, at a place called Makaha, and there was no doubt about the magnitude of his achievement; it surpassed all that had come before.
Most stunning of all was Noll's reaction. He was a legend in the sport, a larger-than-life character who had ridden giant waves for years, and he suddenly retired at the age of 31. That was his swan song. For those devoted to the sport and its lifelong benefits, it was difficult to fathom how Noll could simply walk away.
Shawn Dollar understands what Noll was facing.
Dollar, a 32-year-old regular at the famed Mavericks break near Half Moon Bay, is among the most accomplished athletes in Northern California. He has set two world records in the biggest-wave category. He lives comfortably in Santa Cruz with his wife and 2 1/2-year-old son, and is held in awe by young surfers who could only dream of cascading down a 60-foot wall of water.
And he has become, in essence, a prisoner of his talent.
Back on land - which is to say, most of the time - Dollar finds himself immersed in introspection, weighing the risk and thrill of his achievements against common sense. Jenn Dollar is deeply concerned about losing her man to the sea. Shawn would find it inconceivable to leave her and the child on their own.
Essence of his being
And yet, big-wave surfing is the essence of his being. He's not in the sport to show off or impress anyone. He's really good at it, and when confronted with the ultimate test - a veritable oceanic avalanche heading his way, with an opportunity to whip his board around and ride that thing - he will go.
You just can't find that type of thrill at the dry cleaners. Even an everyday surf session, the kind many would cherish for weeks, leaves Dollar unfulfilled. His life seems perfectly in order: college degree (Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo), steady job (Northern California rep for Reef footwear), wonderful family. But he has reached the heights of big-wave experience, and he finds the aftermath a disturbing mix of pride and exasperation.
The 2010 Mavericks contest produced some of the largest paddle-surf waves ever ridden (as opposed to tow-in surfing, now largely passé, in which surfers are whipped into extreme-caliber waves like water skiers via boat craft). Dollar hadn't qualified for the event, but during a break between the semifinals and final, he joined a few other surfers in the lineup. He caught just one wave, but it was a beast - later measured at 55 feet by officials at the Billabong XXL awards and established as the world record at that time.
It wasn't long before his euphoria passed. "You go into a state of mental depression after that," he told Surfer Magazine. "It's difficult to describe, but life isn't the same. My relationships with other people aren't the same. I'm not as receptive to my family - I often feel spaced-out, detached from life. You're left with the sadness that it's never going to happen again."
And yet, the ocean did serve up an encore - so daunting that it seemed lifted from the pages of science fiction.
Cortes Bank, once an island and now submerged, lies 100 miles off the coast of San Diego. At the water's shallowest point, the underwater shoal is no more than 10 feet below the surface, a lurking hazard known to cause shipwrecks and other nautical disasters dating back centuries.
Bold and adventurous
Who would possibly want to surf a raw, open-ocean wave, moving infinitely faster than anything close to shore, with no sign of a landmark? Such is the state of modern-day surf exploration: bold, adventurous, borderline crazy. Several big-wave surfers have been part of successful Cortes expeditions in recent years, but it's rare, maybe once a winter, that all of the necessary conditions come together.
Last December, Dollar got a call from Peter Mel, the Santa Cruz surfing icon and winner of last year's Mavericks contest. A Cortes trip was in the works, and Mel asked Dollar if he'd be part of the safety crew: manning a personal watercraft for the purpose of rescuing a surfer in trouble.
"Just getting out there is a mission in itself," Dollar recalled. "It's an 8-10-hour trip in the midst of a huge swell. As soon as we got around San Clemente Island (a bit past the halfway point), we were in 20-foot seas. That's when it hit me just how nuts this was."
With about a dozen elite surfers in the water, Dollar sat on his watercraft and watched for nearly two hours. He pondered his lot in life: an athlete taking extreme risks for free. Dollar and a number of his contemporaries are sponsored, but only in modest terms. They're lucky to have their travel expenses paid for their around-the-world pursuits. And meanwhile, on a golf course at some luxurious country club, somebody is standing over a 4-foot putt worth $1.2 million - roughly the winner's purse on a regular PGA tour event.
"So I'm thinking, I'm not a professional surfer. I'm not under contract," said Dollar. "It doesn't matter. You're out there because you purely want to be. So you'd better be loving what you're doing."
You'd better be safe, as well. Daring to stretch the limits and completely dismiss the notion of rational thought, today's big-wave surfers sometimes find themselves held underwater for 40-50 seconds, helplessly pinned to the depths as a second wave passes over them - the ultimate test of both physical and mental prowess.
The flotation vest
A staple of contemporary gear is the flotation vest, attached to the wetsuit with a CO2 canister and air bag on the back. "You pull on a cord and it inflates the bag through compressed oxygen," said Dollar. "Within a couple of seconds, you're going to the surface."
If it works, that is. A number of surfers have been so mercilessly thrashed underwater, their pull-cords were rendered useless. That's why Dollar employs a backup-plan device, known as Spare Air, a compact oxygen canister used by scuba divers in out-of-air emergencies. "You activate it by blowing into a mouthpiece, and that's pretty much going to be your last breath if it doesn't work," he said. "Scary kind of commitment."
Dollar said that in life-threatening situations, he makes a point of visualizing the outcome. He sees it all ahead of time, in the most positive light. In that frame of mind, he's ready to move forward. So it was that around 3:30 p.m. that day at Cortes Bank, with the surf now escalating dramatically in size, he handed over his watercraft to a photographer and paddled out into the vast, terrifying unknown.
The monster arrives
He was alone, willingly choosing a spot where he wouldn't have to deal with a handful of other surfers. The sets began pumping, each bigger than the last. Scratching for the horizon, he was clearing the waves' crest with little to spare. "Then here came one that was significantly bigger than the rest," he said. "It was pure instinct, an impulse. I whipped around and paddled as hard as I could. And I caught it."
This time, the Billabong people came up with 61 feet, another world record, once again in his possession.
Back on land, he was a hero - at least in everyone else's mind. But he was back in that strange, dark place, and this time he'd really bucked the odds.
"My wife really had a hard time with it," he said. "She told me, 'Why are you so selfish that you would do these things?' And that's not off-base. I told her, you're absolutely right for feeling that way."
These two are a rock-solid couple, dating back to their high school years and married in 2007. Admirably, they are willing to publicly discuss their ongoing dilemma.
'Stressful for me'
"It's very stressful for me when he heads out to Mavericks," Jenn said. "I almost hold my breath the whole time until I get that call that he's back on land safely. It was especially difficult when he went to Cortes. He asked what I thought, and I gave him my OK, but I didn't quite realize he would be sleeping on the outside of a boat 100 miles out to sea and waking up to 60-foot waves.
"When I closed my eyes at night, I would see the ocean all around and feel the rocking of the boat, as if I was out there with him. When I heard from him that he had the ride of his life, that pure joy in his voice made it all worth it."
Still, for a big-wave surfer in his prime, there's always that next time. "It seemed for a while that he couldn't find happiness in the little things in life," she said. "As if nothing compared to that rush he felt from that monster of a wave. That was very hard to deal with, because I didn't know how to help him cope.
"He knows I'm looking forward to the day he retires from big-wave surfing. He takes every safety precaution when he's out there, but it's still not enough for me. He knows I will never demand that he stop, or give him an ultimatum. But I'm that thorn in his side, reminding him to look at the beautiful life he has."
'Last wave of his life'
As much as Dollar can appreciate Greg Noll's abrupt retirement, he relates more to firsthand experience. Dollar was in the water at Mavericks when Sion Milosky, a deeply respected Hawaiian surfer, died in March 2011. "I was sitting right next to him," he recalled. "A wave came and it looked like it was mine, but he'd been out there just killing it, no fear or hesitation, really impressing everyone. He was stroking so hard for that wave, I just said, go ahead, man, that's yours. It was the last wave of his life."
One could hardly imagine a more definitive wake-up call. "My son was born just three days later, and I was still in shock," he said. "I had trouble with that for more than a year, because Sion's death made me totally aware of the cost. And now I think about drowning every single day. That's why I'm so focused on safety. Because when the day comes, I'm going to go on the heavy waves."
This is a special time of year in Northern California, the surf season in its initial stages, that first big swell not far down the line. Shawn Dollar will be part of the action, and when the Mavericks contest is held, he'll be among the favorites.
A growing peace
At the same time, he says, there's a growing peace in his life. "I look at my son (named Kai) and think about how that relationship will grow. He's really opened me to that, just being there for him. He wants to know about everything. He wants to see the birds."
As such, "I don't feel a need to go do something crazy again. I've felt something, twice, that most people never feel in their life. I'm starting to think to myself, at some point I have to pump the brakes and decide where I'm going next. Because my wife is scared to death of what I do."
With the new season at hand, "I really think we're past the worst of it," Jenn said. "I think he's found balance living in the real world and dreaming about his next big wave. Only time will tell when he decides to walk away from it. I think he'll always be involved with big-wave surfing in one way or another. I just hope that, soon, it's from land."
Bruce Jenkins is a columnist for The San Francisco Chronicle. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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What types of returns are required to justify the asset class' risk? Are such returns available in today's market? How much risk does an early stage venture capitalist need to take to justify the premise of the business?
To find out, I constructed a simple model of a portfolio with the following characteristics:
- # of companies in portfolio
- 10
- $ per company ($m)
- $10
- management fee
- $0 (to keep this simple:))
- Probability of Success
- 40%
- Probability of Failure
- 60%
- Definition of Success
- 5x money
- Definition of Failure
- 0x money
For example, in a portfolio of 10 companies:
- the probability of 4 successful outcomes is 25%
- or, 10!/4!6!*(.4)^4*(.6)^6
- the value of 4 successes is $200m, or 4x5x10
- the expected value (prob * value) of the fund, the sum of the total distribution of expected values, is also $200m
To 3x a fund, one would need:
- $300m,
- given a 40% success rate, and 7.5x your money/success
- $500m, or
- given a 40% hit rate, 12.5x your money/success
- $800m, or
- given a 40% hit rate, 20x your money/success
- $300m, and
- 15x your money/success
If you hold the hit rate constant at 40%, each .5x money/success is worth $20m.
In summary, given that early stage venture capital often experiences binary outcomes, individual firms should look to ensure that deals support the possibility, if not the probability, of a 10x or better outcome.
Furthermore, LPs should diversify across multiple partnerships and look for firms that look to create large winners, not incremental winners. Conventional wisdom holds that 10x returns are required for Series A investors, however, the math exercise helps illustrate why that is the case.
Back to the original question...The early stage very capitalist appears to only be able to justify the risk involved in the asset class if they can either
- materially increase the hit rate, ie reduce probability of failure per deal
- create deals with 10x+ returns on invested capital
Are there 10x or greater deals in the market? Of course, however, great funds will need to find quite a few in order to justify their existence.
Hitting doubles or triples, in the face of a high mortality rate, will not cut it.
Note: thank you to Hunter Hancock for his valuable feedback and help on this post.


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30 Pics, Inside and Out, Of A Breathtaking 9,000 Sq Foot Modern Home Overlooking The Pacific Ocean.
The Ziering Residence in California's Pacific Palisades is a 9,000 sq foot private residence with a three car garage, a swimming pool, evacuated tube solar collectors, radiant floor heating and IPE wood siding.
Designed by Zoltan Pali of SPF:architects and constructed by Winters-Shram associates, the sweeping curved modern home overlooks the ocean and the Santa Monica Mountains.
It was crucial to preserve the views of the neighboring homes to obtain approval from the neighborhood residential association. Addressing this constraint provided the signature formal gesture of the gently rising roofline.
The elegant, comfortable and accessible interior design by Chimera Interiors is perfectly suited to the modern open floor plan.
•You can view images of the Ziering Home residence construction here.
•Interior photos of Chimera Interior Design by Samuel C. Frost
• Exterior home photos for SPF by Bruce Damonte
Invisible Hieroglyphics. Turning Touchscreen Residue Into Art.
Invisible Hieroglyphics is an experimental collaboration Between Andre Woolery (whose wonderful thumbtack art I shared with you here) and Victor AbiJaoudi II.
The two artists studied how people interact with technology while using some of the most popular apps on the iPad (e.g. Angry Birds, e-mail, Facebook, Temple Run, Twitter, Camera and Fruit Ninja). They preserved the fingerprints and strokes left behind by the grease from use by photographing them and turning them into actual artworks.
Andre and Victor describe the project as follows:
"As the world becomes more digital, we pull further away from an analog, handcrafted world. However, the one remaining human component of the digital experience is touch. Our hands have become the communication conduit through devices with a series of taps, swipes, and pushes. Left behind, on our electronic devices like smart phones and tablets, are the oil-stained remains of finger smudges on a screen. We have extracted these marks and transformed them into vibrant, acrylic prints."
Examples of prints from popular apps are shown below.
Fruit Ninja:
Angry Birds:
Temple Run:
Paper Toss:
Hieroglyphics is a system of writing that serves as a form of communication. They represent an imprint of the world as it was told in the past for the future to decipher and understand. These writings are a window into another world. Today, the touchscreen interface is our window into another world and the writings are smudged onto the screen instead of carved into stone. Its subtle, but if you strip away the hardware and software, what's left is a finger painting that illustrates the story of how we communicate.
The colors are vibrantly portrayed on satin paper that is placed between a white backing and 1/4" acrylic glass. The acrylic glass gives each piece an incredible luminosity and optical depth that mimics an actual screen.
Also note that the limited edition B/W artwork offers a unique, 3D appearance as the white paint is on top of the acrylic:
Andre Woolery:
"Its very much a representation of who I am. I work in digital media during the day and make art at night. So it is a manifestation of that collision of digital+analog, screen+hands, day+night, … Increasingly there seems to be a divide between the two and this is an interesting way to unify them in a natural way."
Victor Abijaoudi:
"For me, it's about paying attention. By paying attention, you realize that art is everywhere. And by recognizing art, we recognize humanity. With all that is distracting in today's world, we could all use a little reminder of what matters most - being human. Everyone is creative and everyone creates. Even if just with your fingers as you check your email. "
They collected a series of apps ranging from daily productivity to social networking and gaming. What they uncovered is a really interesting set of blueprints for interaction. A shout out to all the user experience designers that worked on all these apps… this artwork is as much theirs as it is a showcase of human intuitive pathways.
If you have an app not included that you would like to request a commission, contact them here.
As with every new project, there has to be a way to give back to the area of inspiration. In this case, digital technology has done so much for Andre and Victor's lives in various ways that they want to ensure its also inspires the youth. As the world progresses, the ability to understand technology is absolutely critical. Andre and Victor want kids to be able to code, design, prototype because that is at the core of the future's infrastructure. Therefore 10% of proceeds of this project will go to CODE NOW…
Purchase Invisible Hieroglyphics Prints here
Andre Woolery
Kama Sutra Cover Art Inspires Full Typographic Alphabet, Prints and Animated Teaser.
The Kama Sutra Alphabet is a personal project from French born and London based illustrator Malika Favre. In 2011, Malika was commissioned by Paul Buckley at Penguin Books US to illustrate the new Deluxe Classic Cover of the Kama Sutra by Vatsyayana (shown below).
Using the original set of 7 letters she created for the cover as a starting point, Malika then decided to develop the full set of 26 letters as part of an exhibition project.
The Kama Sutra prints are currently on show at Pick Me Up from the 18th to the 28th of April 2013 at Somerset house in London and below is her animated Kama Sutra Teaser for the show:
Selected animations by Maki Yoshikura, Patrick Smith and Robin Davey.
Music credits : "La Decadence" by Serge Gainsbourg
Each letter of her alphabet is available in a very limited edition of 25 screen prints for £45 each, printed on Mohawk superfine 270gsm, signed and numbered by the artist.
The Kama Sutra Project Website
Concept and illustrations: Malika Favre
Website: Guy Moorhouse
Graphics and identity: Present Perfect
Lead animators: Patrick Smith, Maki Yoshikura
Guest animators: Robin Davey, Timothy Mc Court, Robert Milne, Liam Owen
Screenprinting: George Hurst
"New Fashion Photography" Book From Prestel Launches With Exhibit.
The latest fashion tome from publisher Prestel, "New Fashion Photography," had a living launch on the walls of Berlin's CONTRIBUTED Gallery on April 12th. The gallery is displaying the best images as limited edition art works until May 18.
above: An image from Yasunara Kikuma featured in "New Fashion Photography"
The 21st century has brought about seismic changes in photography, technology, fashion, and art. At the nexus of these exciting movements is a group of fashion photographers who are breaking ground in a variety of ways, including cultural referencing, digital imaging, photo manipulation, and the use of new media. The stunningly illustrated book "New Fashion Photography" profiles 28 artists from around the world. New fashion portraiture is challenging conventional ideas of beauty by confronting us with the unexpected. The photographers explore new avenues previously off-limits, opening the art of fashion photography to thrilling possibilities.
The book, which was edited by Paul Sloman and Tim Blanks, includes images from the following photographers:
Nick Knight, Miles Aldridge, Rankin, Markus + Indrani, René Habermacher, Ruven Afanador, Chadwick Tyler, Yelena Yemchuk, Paola Kudacki, Aram Bedrossian, Daniel Sannwald, Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello, Sean + Seng, LaRoache Brothers, Alice Hawkins, Kourtney Roy, Eugenio Recuenco, Wing Shya, Bruno Dayan, Paco Peregrín, Takahiro Ogawa, Pierre Debusschere, Catherine Servel, Serge Leblon, Daniel Jackson, Sean Ellis, Daniele & Iango, Yasunari Kikuma.
All in all, more than 30 photographers are featured in a selection Sloman calls "hierarchy-free."
above: Wing Shya is known for his work with filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai.
"The book is an exciting combination of big-name heavy-hitters that many people will recognize and a younger wave of experimental photographers who have been either inspired or nurtured by them," said Sloman, who wasn't in Berlin for the event.
above: An image from Takahiro Ogawa that appears in Prestel's "New Fashion Photography" book.
Famous faces include Daphne Guinness, Lady Gaga and Lana Del Rey, and a host of models like Iris Strubegger, Liya Kebede and Carolyn Murphy.
above: A photo from Sanchez and Mongielle that appears in Prestel's "New Fashion Photography" book.
"High-end fashion photography in the 21st century is creating amazing escapist worlds, but at the same time these images go very much to the heart of the way we think about ourselves," Sloman commented.
above: Lily Cole photographed by the LaRoache Brothers.
above: An image from Kourtney Roy that appears in Prestel's "New Fashion Photography" book.
above: A photo from Spanish photographer Eugenio Recueno that appears in Prestel's "New Fashion Photography" book.
above: Newcomer Aram Bedrossian has only been shooting for a couple of years but has earned inclusion in Prestel's "New Fashion Photography" book.
The 224-page hardcover book sells for 34.95 euros in Germany and will sell for $49.99 in the U.S. But, Amazon has it available to pre-order for only $29.81
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pastormacman wrote:Ok, here's my submission. I was hoping to get this in before anyone else does this theme...It's two horse-shaped jet engines pulling a chariot shaped hovering pod. Bringing pod racing back to it's roots.
Darth Mitz wrote:
I'm gutted...I completed my "horse" first engine over the weekend and it is exactly the same concept...different colour and the horse head is a little different...oh well back to the drawing board.
By the way pastormacman, that is awesome.
AGC wrote:I felt the same way when the Space Villain Podracer was entered, however apparently it's all right to have multiple entries for one minifigure according to "onions".
banthafodder wrote:...Unfortunately the brakes can only be applied once...
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WHEN MELROSE-BASED INTERIOR DESIGNER Janet Tosi Marena was asked to reimagine this space as part of the Junior League of Boston's 2012 Show House (open through November 18), she was thrilled to discover she had good bones to work with. One of several bathrooms in Newton's stately 1867 Potter Estate, it had been renovated during the early 1900s in the Arts and Crafts style. Although the room had significantly deteriorated, the 100-year-old green and ocher tile work and two stained-glass, marble-trimmed windows miraculously remained intact. Marena took care to preserve the integrity of the room but infused it with a fresh appeal by introducing a few contemporary elements. The resulting space feels equal parts modern and historic.
1 > 19TH-CENTURY PRINTS, from Boston's Charles Spada Antiques, speak to the age and architecture of the estate, says Marena, and don't compete with the room's rich green color scheme.
2 > GRASS CLOTH WALLPAPER with subtle gold flecks brings warmth and texture into the room.
3 > THE WALL TILE appears new, says Marena, thanks to decorative painter Joan Kingsbury, who painted the grout lines to cover up inconsistencies.
4 > A RECTANGULAR SINK by Duravit and a Hansa faucet are sleek and contemporary.
5 > NEARLY INVISIBLE ACRYLIC legs, fashioned by Marena, ensure the hanging cabinet under the sink stays attached to the antique tile wall.
6 > THE ORIGINAL TUB was refinished and painted a leafy green to match the color scheme of the tile.
7 > THE HANDBLOWN GLASS light fixture affixed to the soaring domed ceiling — painted by Kingsbury to match the tub — came from FDO in the Boston Design Center. The intricate sculptural piece casts beautiful shadows on the walls.


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2 more arrested in connection with Detroit mob beating
Two men were arrested in connection with the severe mob beating of a Detroit motorist who had accidentally hit a 10-year-old boy who stepped in front of his truck, police said Monday. That brings to four the number of people arrested in the assault of 54-year-old Steve Utash.
DETROIT — Two men were arrested in connection with the severe mob beating of a suburban motorist who had accidentally hit a 10-year-old boy who stepped in front of his truck, police said Monday.
Detroit police Sgt. Michael Woody said a 30-year-old man was arrested Sunday night and a 24-year-old on Monday afternoon. That brings to four the number of people arrested in the assault of 54-year-old Steve Utash after the accident Wednesday.
Bruce Wimbush, Jr., 17, was charged Monday with assault with intent to commit murder and do great bodily harm, and faces arraignment Tuesday. The fourth is a 16-year-old boy who hasn't been charged but was being held in a juvenile detention facility. Authorities have five days to determine whether someone is charged as an adult.
Woody said Utash, of Macomb County's Clinton Township, remained in critical condition in a medically induced coma.
The boy was treated for a leg injury.
Police initially said a group of at least six people descended on Utash, a tree-trimmer. Woody said Monday that investigators are "not trying to stick to one specific number" as they receive more tips and other information.
"We wouldn't have been able to get as far as we have" without help from the public, Woody said, though he added, "We're not done yet. We're still very much at the beginning stages of this case."
The case has outraged the public, clergy and elected officials. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan called the attack "senseless."
A prominent black minister, the Rev. Horace Sheffield III, had said Saturday that it was important for community members "to prove that we equally deplore justice and unbridled brutality no matter what color the victim is or of the one committing it."
Utash is white; Detroit is more than 80 percent black.
Asked Monday if the case is being investigated as a possible hate crime, Detroit police Chief James Craig told reporters: "The issue of race is being looked at. It's not the sole focus."
Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in a statement Monday that the case is "unbelievably tragic," but declined further comment "because this investigation is continuing and widening."
A web page launched to accept donations for Utash's medical bills had raised more than $120,000 by late Monday afternoon. He has no medical insurance.
"Mr. Utash did the right thing by stopping to help a child in need, and, appallingly, was punished for doing so," said state Rep. Brian Banks, a Harper Woods Democrat whose district includes the scene of the attack. "People should not be punished for doing the right thing."


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Cyrils importance for theology and Church history lies in his championing the cause of orthodoxy against the heresy of Nestorius.
The controversy centered around the two natures in Christ. Nestorius would not agree to the title God-bearer for Mary. He preferred Christ-bearer, saying there are two distinct persons in Christ (divine and human) joined only by a moral union. He said Mary was not the mother of God but only of the man Christ, whose humanity was only a temple of God. Nestorianism implied that the humanity of Christ was a mere disguise.
Presiding as the popes representative at the Council of Ephesus (431), Cyril condemned Nestorianism and proclaimed Mary truly the God-bearer (the mother of the one Person who is truly God and truly human). In the confusion that followed, Cyril was deposed and imprisoned for three months, after which he was welcomed back to Alexandria as a second Athanasius (the champion against Arianism).
Besides needing to soften some of his opposition to those who had sided with Nestorius, Cyril had difficulties with some of his own allies, who thought he had gone too far, sacrificing not only language but orthodoxy. Until his death, his policy of moderation kept his extreme partisans under control. On his deathbed, despite pressure, he refused to condemn the teacher of Nestorius.


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The biggest construction project in the world is on the rocks. And that could have big negative implications for the United States as it tries to turn its natural-gas bonanza into an engine of export earnings and geopolitical influence.
The project is the expansion of the Panama Canal to allow more and bigger ships to pass through -- for instance, the large tankers that carry liquefied natural gas (LNG). Today, only about 6 percent of the global LNG tanker fleet can pass through the canal; after the expansion, about 90 percent of tankers will be able to use it, according to a U.S. government study. The bigger canal would provide a quicker and cheaper way to ship natural gas from the U.S. Gulf Coast and East Coast to markets in Asia that are desperate to secure supplies of natural gas.
But those plans now could be jeopardized because of a dispute over cost overruns -- which means America's gas export dreams could be in jeopardy, too.
The consortium building the third set of locks on the canal, which is the biggest part of the $5 billion canal expansion, said it can't continue work unless the Panama Canal Authority picks up the tab for about $1.6 billion in cost overruns. The construction of the new locks is a $3 billion contract, won by an international consortium with firms from Spain, Italy, Belgium and Panama.
'If the customer doesn't provide additional funds to cover the unexpected costs, the project will soon face a cash crunch,' a spokesman for Sacyr, the Spanish firm in the consortium, told Foreign Policy. Sacyr reportedly told the canal authority it must provide the funds within three weeks, or work will come to a halt.
The canal authority says the consortium has to complete the work, which has already fallen behind schedule and been plagued with a spate of construction problems, including fatal accidents and costly delays due to record rainfall.
The dispute could carry important consequences because the canal expansion has special importance for the United States, which hopes to start exporting natural gas, and Asia, which is desperate to buy it.
Japan, in particular, is eager to tap into the U.S. natural-gas boom: Since the 2011 accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Japan has been importing energy at high prices. Japanese shipbuilders plan to spend about $18 billion on new LNG tankers through the end of the decade, which, needless to say, would require the expanded canal to shave shipping times.
Without the expansion, LNG tankers largely have to pass around the southern tip of South America, adding thousands of miles and extra costs to the journey. Cost matters, because U.S. gas is cheap at home, but has to be frozen to a liquid, then packed on the tankers and sent across the ocean -- all of which costs more than the gas itself does. To compete effectively with LNG from Australia, Malaysia and Qatar, U.S. exporters need to ship their gas on big tankers taking the shortest possible route.
The Panama Canal's importance to the energy trade isn't limited to natural gas. Between 2011 and 2013, energy products, including oil, petroleum products and coal, jumped from about 28 percent of the volume of southbound shipments to 38 percent. But the canal's expansion isn't as crucial for those other energy products. Very large crude carriers will still be too big for the canal. And the economics of shipping U.S. coal from the center of the country via the Gulf Coast and through the canal to Asia don't add up (though exporting coal to Europe does, for now).
(Optional add end) Clouds over the canal expansion aren't the only concerns about U.S. gas exports. There are also already worries about the slow pace of government approvals for new natural-gas export terminals, the multi-billion dollar projects that freeze gas to a liquid suitable for transport by ship. The Energy Department has received almost 30 applications to ship gas to countries with which the U.S. does not have a free-trade agreement; only five of those applications have been conditionally approved, and none will be operational until 2017 at the earliest. For projects further down the line, there is the very real worry that government approval won't come until the LNG market is already well supplied by rival countries.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, the ranking Republican on the Senate energy committee, recently warned of a 'narrowing window' for U.S. LNG exports. 'If we don't move quickly, we may miss that window, and it may be a long time before it opens up again,' she said.
LNG boosters, including Murkowski, may get extra help from across the aisle, if musical chairs in the Senate propel pro-export Louisiana Democrat Mary Landrieu to the top of the energy panel.
But worries about the U.S. ability to capitalize on LNG exports won't be put to rest completely until the delays and disputes that have dogged the Panama Canal expansion are resolved.
Keith Johnson is a foreign policy writer for The Washington Post.


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Balloonvine (Cardiospermum halicacabum)
Balloonvine takes its name from its inflated, three-sided fruit, which resembles a hot-air balloon. The seed leaves, or cotyledons, of balloonvine are rectangular, but subsequent leaves are divided into three lobes and are alternate on the vine. The plant has tendrils, a distinctly ridged stem and small, white flowers that have four petals. Balloonvine seeds have a distinctive, seamed appearance, like a baseball or tennis ball, one side white and the other black. Balloonvine poses a problem in fields where the soybean crop is produced for seed. Balloonvine seeds, essentially the same size and weight as soybeans, are difficult to clean out of the harvested crop.
Balloonvine was probably introduced as an ornamental vine. Its distribution in Missouri is restricted to the eastern part of the state.


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Isaac Maimon, Israeli art, B. 1951, Young Womoan, Oil on canvas, 76x61cm, Signed., , , , Estimate: $ 500-700. Starting Price: $ 300.,
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BALTIMORE – UMBC sophomore midfielder Pat Young (Ewing, N.J./Christchurch School (Va.)) scored four of his career-high five goals in the fourth quarter as the host Retrievers staved off a Hartford rally and defeated the Hawks, 16-11, in an America East Conference contest in summer-like conditions at UMBC Stadium.
UMBC improved to 6-5 overall and 2-1 in the conference, while UH slipped to 5-8, 0-3.
Inserted onto the man-up unit for the contest, UMBC senior midfielder Ryan Johnston (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) tied a school record by scoring three extra-man goals on the day.
Retriever freshman netminder Connor Gordon (Bourne, Mass./Tabor Academy) turned in another outstanding performance. He made 13 saves, but all of his four of fourth-quarter stops were all dazzling efforts.
"We were not happy with the outcome of last week and were determined to come out here today and get one back," said head coach Don Zimmerman. "The key was that we jumped all over them early. Give Hartford credit, they make their run, but it's really hard to come back when you're down that many. I really liked the way we played down the stretch."
The Retrievers never trailed, but looked to make a comfortable day as they sprinted out to leads of 5-0, just 7:03 into the contest and 9-3 on Johnston's third man-up score just 5:47 into the second quarter.
But Hartford scored twice in a span of 19 seconds late in the quarter and had the momentum going into the break, trailing just 9-5.
The Hawks continued to push back in the third quarter and closed the deficit to 10-8 on a goal by freshman attackman Jaedon Henderson midway through the stanza. The Retrievers halted that 5-1 Hawk run as senior attackman Matt Gregoire (Crofton, Md./South River) was rejected twice by Hawk senior goalkeeper Frank Piechota, but sophomore midfielder Jack Gannon (Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Sachem North) corralled the loose ball and fed Gregoire inside for the Retrievers' 11th score.
Gordon came up with a huge, acrobatic save on UH's Brad Hutton at the 3:33 mark of the fourth quarter, and Young cashed in on the other end, scoring an unassisted goal 41 seconds later. Hawk attackman Andrew Cacchio got that goal back off the ensuing draw 18 seconds later, but Young started and ended a 3-0 UMBC run with goals over a span of 3:32, which gave the hosts a 15-9 advantage with 6:13 to play.
Hartford would continue to fight back, getting back-to-back goals from Matt Carroll and Hutton to trim the score to 15-11 with 5:13 remaining. But Young set his personal high in goals, converting a Ty Kashur (Manassas, Va./CCBC-Essex) feed with 4:22 remaining and sealing the victory for the Retrievers.
"I think (Pat Young) played his best game since he's been here," said Zimmerman. "He really took the game into his own hands down the stretch."
Gannon and freshman attackman Max Maxwell also set personal bests in the contest. Gannon led all scorers with six points, scoring twice and adding four assists, while Maxwell set a season-high with four helpers. Three of Gannon's assists occurred on man-up opportunities.
Henderson led Hartford with two goals and two assists and Piechota was credited with nine saves.
UMBC outshot UH, 38-35. The Hawks were penalized ten times (8:00) and the Retrievers were credited with four man-up goals on seven attempts.
"I'm really happy for the team- hard work pays off," Zimmerman said.
Notes: Gannon, who recorded one assist in his freshman
season, now has 17 goals and 18 helpers as a sophomore…
Gordon has made more saves than allowed goals in 9 of 11 games in
2014… Six other Retrievers have scored three man-up
goals in a game… Alex Hopmann was the last to do it on April
3, 2007 vs. Towson… Young has scored at least one point in
22 consecutive games… UMBC is now 24-4 in 28 America East
Conference home games in 11 league seasons and the Retrievers have
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