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Traumatised by the suicide of his brother, Steve (Marsden) and his family start a new life in the seemingly idyllic small town of Cradle Bay. Steve finds the local high school divided into familiar groups - jocks, geeks, skateboarders, etc - but soon he, sultry Rachel (Holmes) and geeky Gavin (Stahl) uncover a dastardly plot to iron out all the students' differences and turn them into jocks. How this is achieved is never adequately explained in this attempted cash-in on the high school horror cycle. A vaguely offensive cautionary thriller.
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Name: Smokey
My Rescue Story:
An ad in the newspaper asked whether anyone had lost a 2 or 3 yr old dog, so we called to let them know that we'd like to meet him if no one claimed him. We were told that he didn't like anyone, even the rescuers, so they put him in their backyard and couldn't even get the cable off his neck that was so tight it left indentations. As soon as we entered the yard, he immediately approached my husband and sat at his feet. He wouldn't leave his side, so we took him home. He was rough around the edges with being disciplined, but he eventually became a wonderful companion. We took Smokey to the vet and he was in the 3rd stages of heartworm. After treatment, he never was sick again, until 1 1/2 months ago. He lived to a ripe old age of 15 yrs and passed away from heart disease 3 days ago. We love him so much and miss him always. We never could have asked for a better dog, companion, son, and friend. RIP Smokey Bear
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Locations: Glendale
Dates of Operation: 1956 - ?
Seller Values: Check average price on Ebay
Ball-Jae of California made a variety of serving dishes, tidbit trays, lazy susans and ashtrays. Often, they're in the shape of fish. Pieces are usually marked on the bottom in-mold with something along the lines of "Ball-Jae Made in Calif" along with an item number. I've seen all different colors, but they seem to have favored light blue, pink and chartreuse. The pieces look like they were made in the mid 1950s to 1960s.
This company is not listed in Chipman or Lehner's book. So far, I've had several people ask me about the company but I haven't been able to find much about it. I was wondering if there's any relation to the Ball Brothers (Howard and Arthur Ball) who worked in Inglewood. It is curious if that's true, since the Ball Brothers produced mainly high end figurines, and Ball-Jae seems to have made mostly tableware items and accessories.
Update 1/2010: I was contacted by Helen Ball, whose husband Howard produced the original items from Ball Art Pottery. According to her, many (all?) of the Ball-Jae items were indeed designed by Howard Ball, around 1954 to 1955. I'm not sure how long after that they were in production. Helen is working currently working with someone to put together an account of Howard Ball's life and work.
I also forgot to mention that this summer, when I was looking through some Ceramic Industry periodicals in the library, I came across a blurb announcing the formation of the Ball-Jae company. The photo below shows the blurb, which was found in the Sept 1956 issue.
So from this, we at least know the starting date of 1956 and location (Glendale) of the venture. It's also interesting because they say it's a "new company in the pottery field", but I'd thought Howard and Arthur Ball were fairly well known at that time. Also, it names "Ted Ball" as the president - I don't know if that's a relation or not. The other name given is Norman Jae, and it mentions that he had a company called Jae of California previously. I'm not sure if pieces marked "Jae of California" have been found or not.Note: We've tried to provide as much info as possible on this pottery maker or artist. For further info, you may want to research the items they have on Ebay listed under this name. We've tried to hand tailor the searches below so they will bring up the most accurate results. If there are no results, it will list general California pottery.


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The lion's share of Team Jordan athletes are, of course, basketball players. But one of the things that has set the Jordan Brand apart as an eternally thriving entity is that it's never been just about basketball. The Jumpman has branched out to football and baseball players, boxers, Paralympic athletes and even a jazz saxophonist.
One of the most prominent non-hoops members of Team Jordan is CC Sabathia, a six-time All-Star and a World Series champion with the Yankees. While Sabathia has been one of the best pitchers in baseball for years, as a sneaker collector, I admit to typically being more intrigued with his array of amazing Jordan player edition cleats. The Space Jam-esque Jordan XIs they cooked up for his 200th-victory milestone last week were especially outstanding.
The Jordan Brand obviously takes care of its own, but the affection is clearly mutual; Sabathia appears to value his affiliation just as much as they appreciate having him on the team. "I've had the opportunity to meet (Michael Jordan) a few times," Sabathia told me at the Jordan Brand Classic All-American Game, at which he sat courtside. "He's just such a great role model and a great player. It's just a really great thing for me personally to be a part of the brand."
Speaking of which, the Jordan Brand goes especially all out when one of its athletes achieves something particularly special. As part of their celebration of CC Sabathia's 200th win, Jordan announced a scavenger hunt in New York City on Saturday, with prizes including Air Jordan IV Toro Bravos, Yankees tickets and Jordan cleats signed by Sabathia. Perhaps the coolest of all is the opportunity to contribute to a commemorative mural to be displayed at a Boys & Girls Club in NYC. (Full details on how to enter are here.)
Watching Sabathia thrive as a standardbearer for a brand based on a basketball player got us thinking about some of the other relatively esoteric members of Team Jordan over the years, helping to build the brand's eclectic and eponymous legacy. Here are five that stick out to us, along with their most notable ad campaigns.
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When the Jordan Brand started branching out with athletes other than Michael, it aimed high. At the time Jordan signed Light Heavyweight champion Roy Jones Jr., he was regarded as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world, basically the Floyd Mayweather Jr. of his day. Not to mention, in terms of Jordan connection – besides being hands-down the best at his particular sport – Jones was quite the basketball player himself, as he was quick to tell you.
It was always striking to see Jones striding to the ring decked out in a Jordan Brand robe and boxing boots. (His ring shoes were so damn cool, I had quite an internal debate about whether I could pull off the look, despite that they stretched up and over my calf. I decided against it, though I did have a pair of Roy Jones boxing shorts.) A workout fanatic, Jones promoted some of the early-model Trunners, with the most memorable ad featuring him running in place underwater while wearing them.
As even the greatest in boxing find out – and make no mistake, Jones is an all-time great – age catches up to all of them eventually. Jones won 49 of his first 50 fights, with his only loss coming on a nonsense disqualification against Montell Griffin. Then Antonio Tarver knocked Jones out cold and took his title. Jones was never even close to the same after that, losing six of his next 13 fights. He's rumored to want to fight MMA juggernaut Anderson Silva next; I could only imagine how that would go.
But that doesn't take away from the glory years, when Roy Jones was the baddest man in the world, stunting with a Jumpman on his trunks. If you don't agree, well, ya'll must have forgot. And as talented as current Jordan Brand boxer Andre Ward is, he has some big boxing boots to fill.


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Judge Denies Delay in Pfizer Inc. Chantix Trial
Published: Oct 17, 2012
A federal judge in Alabama late Tuesday afternoon denied a request by Pfizer Inc. to delay by three months next week's start of a federal trial in a lawsuit that claims the pharmaceutical giant's anti-smoking drug Chantix caused a Minnesota man to commit suicide. "Given the current posture of this case, the court is of the opinion that a three-month continuance is not appropriate or needed," U.S. District Judge Inge Johnson wrote in her ruling. Judge's ruling: Pfizer made the request to delay the trial after the release today of a new clinical study on Chantix. Pfizer's motion seeking delay: The trial, which is to begin Monday in Florence, Ala., is set to be the first federal lawsuit to go before a jury out of more than 2,600 lawsuits filed so far against Pfizer over Chantix. The lawsuits, filed by smokers or their families, claim the drug has caused suicides, suicide attempts, or other psychological problems.


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Originally posted on Fox Sports Southwest | Last updated 12/3/12
ARLINGTON, Texas Dez Bryant has been making a lot of noise on the field lately. That he hasn't been making any noise off the field during this stretch is no coincidence. Bryant came up big in the second half of the Cowboys' 38-33 win over the Eagles on Sunday night. He had five catches, including two touchdowns and a 35-yard reception on a key third-and-two play. Over the last four games, Bryant has 29 catches for 475 yards and six touchdowns. He's reached a level of comfort that has allowed him to be a big contributor in every game. He's also finally in a good place in his life off the field, too. Bryant was asked after the game if a sense of calm in his personal life has benefited his play. "I'm not going to dig all the way into that," Bryant said. "But, yes. Yes." The only off-the-field news Bryant has made lately was when it was announced he had reached an agreement with the Dallas County District Attorney's office to undergo anger management counseling to drop a family violence charge against him. The charge stemmed from an incident with his mother last summer. Bryant's attorney said his client already been going to counseling, and that just might be a key to his recent consistency in games. "I think Dez, everywhere, is just being more dedicated," owner Jerry Jones said. "Not more dedicated, but is being noticeably dedicated, noticeably committed, if you want to compare it to months ago, or compare it to at least two years ago. It's showing. It's showing on and off the field for him." Jones didn't have to include the "off the field" remark, but it's clear that Dez being a good citizen is as important to him as his catches and touchdowns. After all, it was Jones who traded up to draft Bryant in 2010 despite all the stories about his lack of maturity. Let Dez be someone else's headache, everyone said. Yet Jones was determined to draft the brilliant athlete out of Oklahoma State. In his first two seasons with the Cowboys, Bryant seemed determined to live up to his reputation for being undisciplined. There was a run-in with cops at an upscale mall over sagging pants. There were two separate lawsuits from jewelers claiming he owed them six-figure amounts. There was even a reported run-in with rapper Lil' Wayne and his posse. The domestic violence charge, a misdemeanor, against Bryant was the first time his antics had become a criminal matter. His mother asked the DA not to pursue the matter, but apparently it was a turning point for Bryant. "Dez is growing up before our eyes," head coach Jason Garrett beamed after the game. "He's really becoming a more consistent player and week in and week out, he seems to be making a lot of plays for us plays down the field, run-after-catch type plays." Against the Eagles, Dez flashed both his speed and his brawn. His 23-yard touchdown catch on the first possession of the second half sparked a Cowboys rally. Quarterback Tony Romo had to evade pressure before finding Bryant, who smartly drifted into an open area. In the fourth quarter, on a third-and-two at the Cowboys' 22 yard line, Bryant beat press coverage for a 35-yard gain. That set up Bryant for a go-ahead touchdown, a six-yarder that required him to use his 6-2, 220-pound frame to fight through a tackler to the end zone. "Tony, he believes in me and I want that to increase more," Bryant said. "It's just all about being focused and not losing composure, and just doing what's right. If he calls his plays and I'm doing what I'm supposed to do, not doing anything different, that makes a difference." Bryant also made a spectacular sideline grab, despite tight coverage in the first half. It was the only time Romo threw his way in the first half and it came with 2:06 left. In the past, that kind of half might have frustrated Bryant, who has been known to be demonstrative on the sideline when passes are coming his way. This time, there was no frustration. "Not one bit," said Bryant. "I know when my number is called, hey, I'm going to do my job, just like everybody else. I knew it was going to come, and it did." Earlier this season, it was an almost regular occurrence for Romo or receivers coach Jimmy Robinson to have stern conversations with Bryant after a miscommunication on a play. Against the Eagles, the TV cameras Robinson putting a congratulatory arm around Bryant. "I understand now," Bryant said. "You've got to know what you're doing. "Like I said a long time ago, if you're going to be out there with Wit (Jason Witten), if you're going to be out there with Tony (Romo), Miles (Austin) and the rest of those guys, you've got to know what you're doing. I felt like I'm Dez, too. I feel like I'm Dez again." Finding peace off the field has no doubt helped him become "Dez again." Instead of being a headache for Jerry Jones and the Cowboys, a more focused Bryant has become a consistent headache for opponents. Follow Keith Whitmire on Twitter: @Keith_Whitmire
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Ten years ago, Sophie and Jack survived a small plane crash. They fell in love in the five days they were stranded on a mountainside, but Jack's injuries were ultimately fatal. Jack's love and death left indelible fingerprints on Sophie's soul and completely changed her life.
Sophie is now a stressed single mom in a small Montana Rockies town, running a café and warding off the attention of the town's corrupt Chief of Police when a drifter called Martin arrives in Serenity Falls.
Martin holds the key to Sophie's heart, along with a secret that will rip apart the town. He plunges her into after-shocks caused by the five days she spent with Jack in the mountains, stirring up state governors, district attorneys and one of the deadliest crime lords in the land. Martin's secret puts Sophie directly in their cross-hairs.
For Sophie, life is about to change all over again...
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She is addicted to Irish Breakfast tea and chocolate, sometimes taken together. In her spare time she enjoys history, Sherlock Holmes, science fiction and ignoring her treadmill. An Australian, she lives in Edmonton, Canada with her husband, a former professional wrestler, where she moved in 1996 after meeting him on-line.
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Measure for Measure. Celebrating the LBG s first ten years
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1 Measure for Measure Celebrating the LBG s first ten years
2 LBG TENTH ANNIVERSARY REPORT Contributors to the London Benchmarking Group model 0 We would like to thank all those who have contributed to the LBG s development over the past ten years, particularly: Six founding members: BP Diageo IBM Marks & Spencer NatWest Group Whitbread Members who joined the founders to pilot LBG s second generation : American Express BT Camelot Centrica Levi Strauss Nationwide Building Society News International Railtrack Rio Tinto SmithKline Beecham Unilever United Utilities and CAF as co-sponsor LBG members who continue to develop the model: Abbey Allied Domecq Altria Group Anglo American AOL UK BAA Bank of England Barclays BAT BBC BG Group BNFL The Body Shop Boots Group BP Bradford & Bingley British Airways BSkyB BT BUPA Cable & Wireless Cadbury Schweppes Camelot Centrica Cheshire Building Society CMS Cameron McKenna Co-operative Financial Services The Co-operative Group Credit Suisse First Boston Deloitte & Touche Deutsche Bank Diageo Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein EDF Energy EMI Group E. ON UK (Powergen) Ernst & Young ExxonMobil Friends Provident Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer FSA GlaxoSmithKline HBOS Herbert Smith HSBC John Lewis Partnership Kellogg s KPMG Linklaters & Alliance Lloyds TSB Marks & Spencer Marsh McDonald s mmo Morgan Stanley National Grid Transco Nestlé UK NFU Mutual Northern Rock Pearson Pfizer UK PricewaterhouseCoopers Procter & Gamble UK Prudential Reed Elsevier Rio Tinto Rolls-Royce Royal Mail Royal & SunAlliance The Royal Bank of Scotland RWE npower SABMiller J Sainsbury Scottish Power Scottish & Newcastle Severn Trent Shell International Standard Life Tesco Thames Water UBS Unilever United Utilities UnumProvident Vodafone Whitbread Woolworths Yell Zurich Financial Services as at December 0
3 Contents Foreword FROM GEOFFREY BUSH CHAIR OF THE LONDON BENCHMARKING GROUP LONDON BENCHMARKING GROUP Foreword: Geoffrey Bush Chair of the LBG Foreword: Directors of The Corporate Citizenship Company Why measure? ALISON GULLIFORD CCI in short: a brief history of corporate community involvement DAVID LOGAN LBG milestones How we ve done LBG: the strategy now LBG model in brief What membership involves Where do we go from here? MIKE TUFFREY Contacts Companies using the LBG model In ten years the LBG has grown from the shared ideas of six UK companies, working together to develop a standard for measuring, benchmarking and reporting their community programmes, to a robust and comprehensive model, used by hundreds of businesses around the world. Our watchword so far has been steady, sustained growth and rigorous testing of the model, to ensure it works for companies of any size, from any sector and in any country. Its users confirm that it helps them learn from each other, plan more strategically and report accurately and credibly. As a founding member of the LBG, I am pleased to be able to share in the celebration of ten years of the LBG s growth and achievement. Above all, I want to recognise the valuable contribution made by nearly 0 LBG members in ensuring the model drives innovation and improvement in corporate community involvement, and stays relevant and responsive to the needs of companies and communities. It is their work that makes the LBG work. Our goal for the next ten years must be to ensure that the LBG model fulfils its potential as the global standard for measuring and reporting corporate community involvement, cementing companies important role in communities and wider society. It ensures that you take a thorough review of your programmes and therefore is an effective management tool. The group, especially the sector group, has been invaluable different to any other networking circle. Geoffrey Bush is Director of Corporate Citizenship at Diageo. JUSTINE BENTHAM CSR PROGRAMMES MANAGER, KPMG
4 LBG TENTH ANNIVERSARY REPORT Foreword FROM DAVID LOGAN JERRY MARSTON MIKE TUFFREY DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP COMPANY 0 It has been a great privilege for us to have worked with so many talented and committed managers in the companies of the LBG over the past ten years. From the start, members have been keen to answer three practical management questions, which are as crucial now as then: How are companies actually contributing to the community, at the centre and out in the field? Are we doing the right things, and doing them well? Above all, are we achieving what we set out to do, and more besides? LBG members have worked together to develop a robust, easy-to-use model that allows them to benchmark their programmes and so help to answer these questions. Their goal has been better performance, both for their community investments and for themselves as individuals, wanting their companies to see the benefits that flow from a professionally managed community strategy. Looking ahead, we anticipate that reporting of corporate community involvement will become more and more integrated into broader CSR reporting. Using the LBG approach enables companies to offer defensible, quantifiable, cost-benefit analyses for their CCI programmes, alongside other CSR reporting categories. Companies that embrace this rigour for their CCI tend to be developing similar disciplines for their CSR too. We believe the LBG model is therefore of great interest to a much wider range of stakeholders, who want to understand and evaluate how companies manage and report their social impacts. When each of us started our professional careers in this field, we knew at heart that corporate citizenship was much more than community involvement. The recent burgeoning of interest in CSR has confirmed that beyond doubt. Equally, we remain as convinced now as we were then, that effective, measured and benchmarked CCI is the cornerstone for many companies approaches to their wider responsibilities. We hope that this tenth anniversary report will show to a new audience, as well as to some old hands, the continuing value of the work our great companies do in their communities.
5 Why measure? MEASUREMENT IS MORE THAN A MANAGEMENT TOOL. IT PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN MANY DIFFERENT FIELDS OF HUMAN ENDEAVOUR. ALISON GULLIFORD CITES TEN EXAMPLES. LONDON BENCHMARKING GROUP I want to know where I am. The lack of a reliable way of calculating a ship s position from east to west was the cause of considerable danger and loss of life as transoceanic voyages became common in the th century. The UK Parliament established a,000 prize fund, eventually won by clockmaker John Harrison. Harrison proposed using a highly accurate clock which could keep time at sea, allowing sailors to calculate the time-difference from a central point. Using the accurate time and the position of the stars, they were able to calculate their exact position. Every project carries an opportunity cost the investor has to say no to another project. Unless good and harm are measured in some way, you re left relying on feelings or impressions when deciding what to do next. MEASUREMENT HELPS US MAKE BETTER DECISIONS BY TELLING US WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN T. I want to do the right thing right. Philadelphia, Rome and Lisbon were all used as reference points, but as the volume of sea traffic increased it became vital to have a single accepted standard for navigation. This role was filled by Greenwich Mean Time, making London the centre of the system of internationally-agreed time zones used to this day. COMMON STANDARDS HELP US GET OUR BEARINGS. I want to make sure I m doing the right thing. Investors use measures such as return on capital employed to ensure they get the best financial returns. Social return on investment can be harder to measure and may have a human as well as financial cost. A few high-profile cases of neglect and abuse by untrustworthy carers in children s homes have shown the need for careful monitoring to ensure that children are helped not harmed, experience is shared and good work protected. The film Chariots of Fire charts the rise of Harold Abrahams, the 0-metres gold medallist in the Olympics. In a field dominated by gifted amateurs, Abrahams turned to a professional coach, Sam Mussabini, to improve on his natural talent. Through rigorous training, backed up by measurement and critical assessment, he achieved small, incremental improvements in his performance. By the day of the race, he knew exactly what he had to do to win. At the time, his efforts won him notoriety. Now, his rigorous methods and critical self-examination are common practice for any serious athlete. As well as doing the right thing, we want to do it in the right way. We want to make things better, more economically. We want to improve on what we started with. MEASUREMENT HELPS US CHECK IT S BEING DONE AS WELL AS IT CAN BE.
6 LBG TENTH ANNIVERSARY REPORT 0 I don t want any nasty surprises. Grainy film footage shows the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in the USA writhing and buckling like a toy in high winds. At the time of its design, engineers were ignorant of the risks that certain extreme weather conditions could create, on a terrifying scale, the effect which high-divers employ when jumping from a diving board into water. In July 0 high winds caused the bridge to move to and fro at exactly its resonant frequency, exaggerating its natural movement to breaking point. Before building a major suspension bridge, engineers now take detailed wind readings to model the stresses the bridge is likely to face. With experience, we can take steps to ensure that risks and threats don t destroy what we ve built. MEASUREMENT HELPS US ANTICIPATE PROBLEMS AND RESPOND CORRECTLY. I want to check it worked out as planned. In 0, the humanitarian aid agency, Tearfund, ran a six-month hygiene programme for Afghan refugees, aimed at cutting the spread of diarrhoeal disease. Families were educated in basic hygiene precautions such as handwashing, and filtering and boiling water. A month later Tearfund sent an evaluator to assess the project s success. His initial impressions were discouraging. Whilst he could measure the knowledge instilled and how people s attitudes and practices had changed, he needed to establish whether the incidence of disease really had dropped. Families were reluctant to report their problems publicly, making it difficult to measure whether the project had achieved its goal. However by meeting the families involved and discussing how the teaching had helped them, he collected a fund of quotes and anecdotes which proved that the incidence of disease had dropped dramatically. UNICEF was so impressed that they committed substantial new funding to scale up the programme. Measurement does not have to be complicated and scientific to be effective. A commitment to finding out what happened is what matters. MEASUREMENT HELPS CHECK WE ACHIEVED WHAT WE MEANT TO, AND DOESN T HAVE TO BE COMPLICATED. I don t want to waste my time. Experience shows that drug and alcohol education in schools works best when led by people whom students see as peers or respect as role models. Including life skills training, such as building selfesteem and role-playing how to say no, also helps. By contrast, programmes which are led by police or teachers, and which focus on how alcohol and drugs can harm, tend to be much less effective. It is not possible or necessary to measure everything for all projects. By choosing an approach we already know to be effective, we can make informed predictions modelling what can be achieved before committing. So we don t need to measure drug-taking behaviour or other events which are difficult to capture. Instead, we can concentrate on simpler process measures like the number of classroom sessions provided and the number of schoolchildren who attended them. We can avoid the expense of extensive research surveys, and the time delay of waiting for events to unfold. CHECKING OTHERS FINDINGS CAN SAVE TIME AND MONEY AND STOP YOU REINVENTING THE FLAT TYRE! I want to make a lasting contribution. The closure and sale of school sports grounds across the UK looks set to become another example of a benefit lost because no-one had taken stock of what they actually achieved. Six thousand fields were sold
7 in the years after sell-offs were made legal in, many making way for supermarkets, housing developments or car parks. Physical exercise will play a critical role in keeping the UK s population from becoming steadily more obese, yet the opportunity to establish good patterns early on is now diminished. Don t be put in the position of having to close a good project because you couldn t justify the investment. MEASUREMENT HELPS ENSURE THE BEST WORK SURVIVES. to delay discharging patients. As a result, many patients stayed in hospital longer than necessary and fewer emergency patients could be admitted. People will naturally take steps to improve their performance in whatever is being measured. Think about the effects of the measures you use. Ensure the process is constructive and does more good than harm. BECAUSE MEASUREMENT PROMOTES CHANGE, IT MATTERS WHAT MEASURES YOU USE. LONDON BENCHMARKING GROUP I want to get better at what I do. The Hawthorne Effect was named after a series of studies conducted at the Western Electric Hawthorne Works in Chicago between and by Harvard Business School professor, Elton Mayo. Mayo was examining the relationship between working conditions and productivity. Work hours, rest breaks, temperature and lighting were each changed in turn for a group of workers. However over time, Mayo found that it didn t actually matter what factors he changed: they all resulted in increased performance. He concluded that the act of measuring can itself affect performance. The workers he was studying reacted to the fact they were being studied by working harder and better. When people know you're measuring something, they try to make the measurement turn out right. I don t want to be left behind. Lack of a common standard for financial accounting was a factor contributing to the Great Depression of the 0s, as investors lost confidence that their money was being used honestly. The great variety of accounting practices between countries made standardisation an uphill task, and for some years the future of a common standard was uncertain. However the sheer advantages of speaking a common language ultimately proved enough to give momentum to a worldwide set of standards, which are taking shape under the supervision of the International Accounting Standards Committee from. Common standards take time to catch on, but become the norm. COMMON STANDARDS TEND TO BECOME THE NORM. So simply observing how things are working actually improves human endeavour. It s a fact. Every one of these principles is true for the field of corporate community involvement. MEASUREMENT CAN IMPROVE PERFORMANCE. Companies that agree use the LBG. I want to know where I m going. For examples of how LBG members have benefited from using measurement, turn to s - or log on to During the 0s, the UK government introduced efficiency targets for the National Health Service. A key measure chosen was hospital bed occupancy how many beds were occupied on a census night. It was later argued that clinical managers, keen to demonstrate that all beds were occupied, had started
8 LBG TENTH ANNIVERSARY REPORT 0 CCI in short: a brief history of corporate community involvement A CONVERSATION WITH DAVID LOGAN Is CCI a new invention? Far from it corporate giving has its roots in the th century when businesses first became incorporated. Many LBG members can trace their community involvement to Victorian philanthropists. Jesse Boot, for instance, established Nottingham University from the proceeds of his chemist shops, while William Lever built a model community for workers of what was to become Unilever. But surely modern community involvement is different from that? Correct - the key difference is that decision making is no longer down to one business leader. Many early industrialists had the freedom to do as they wished with their company profits. As a broader group of shareholders took ownership of publicly traded companies, they wanted to see how all expenditures benefited the business. With this the early days of grand scale corporate philanthropy came to an end. left little room for companies to get involved in solving society s problems. Indeed for much of the next 0 years there was active hostility to businesses sponsoring social projects or having a say in education. Then along came Margaret Thatcher and the general sense that she came to represent that things needed to change. What did Margaret Thatcher do for CCI? She led an ideological assault on the welfare state - taking on the unions and reasserting the role of private enterprise. Business was set free to make profits as never before, but in the widespread restructurings and layoffs of the 0s, expectations of businesses and their role in the community had once again radically changed. Older companies were able to reconnect with their roots as pioneering corporate citizens, while newer and recently privatised businesses were quick to see the advantages of engaging with pressing community and social issues. This enlightened self-interest marked the start of modern CCI. So companies stopped giving to the community? They didn t stop completely, but between the 0s and 0s giving slowed to a trickle. Nineteenth century philanthropists had responded to the social problems of the new industrial society. Demand grew for the state to take the lead as it became clear that philanthropy would be insufficient to meet all society s needs. So the welfare state elbowed corporate giving out of the way? To a degree: in Britain, the welfare state developed after World War II with the emergence of a welfare consensus for the state to provide for everyone. This So why was the LBG needed? Out of this welter of contrasting expectations two things were clear - companies faced greater demands than ever and the role of the community professional was indispensable. When the chief executive of an LBG founder member in asked for an assessment of the CCI function, including its efficiency and its impact on the community and the business, there were no ready answers. It was clear that new management tools were needed to add rigour to the department s work. Above all, the LBG shifted the focus from giving money away to investing resources for company and community benefit.
9 Who else was working in this field? In the 0s, several key organisations worked to develop practical tools for managing CCI. The Centre for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College in the US (www.bc.edu/centers/ccc) and Business in the Community in the UK (www.bitc.org.uk) both developed frameworks to encourage best practice based on quality management techniques. Consultancy Bruce Naughton Wade, now ProbusBNW (www.probusbnw.com), also carried out pioneering work on standardised principles of effective CCI. What does the LBG bring to the party? The LBG model provides a unique approach for valuing company-wide contributions to the community, including cash, time, in-kind and management costs. It also provides a standard approach to quantifying and reporting the value of those contributions to the community and to the business. Finally, the model supports reporting of mandatory contributions to the community, made by companies as part of regulatory requirements, and leverage, where company contributions unlock additional funds for charitable causes. The LBG model is completely compatible with other management tools for CCI and is used by many companies to improve their response to the requirements of external standards such as the GRI and queries from socially responsible investors. In the UK, further examples include BiTC s Corporate Responsibility Index and public reports such as the PerCent Club, the Guardian s Giving List and The Sunday Times Companies That Count. and customers. It is a very visible part of a company s CSR strategy, often used as a first step in developing a broader approach, and therefore deserves careful treatment and full reporting. How was it developed? The LBG model was developed by member companies, working together to test the model and to feed back their experiences. The result is a practical, robust approach which addresses the thorny issues companies encounter when gathering data across large organisations and finding standard valuations for non-cash contributions. Six drivers for the LBG Provide a framework for analysing the costs and benefits of CCI as used by other business functions Better management information to guide future strategy Shift the debate from costs of the CCI programme to benefits Capture and value key areas of contribution e.g. employee time and in-kind contributions Enable companies to compare like-with-like, using standard definitions and valuations Improve external reporting LONDON BENCHMARKING GROUP The model works best when companies co-operate as a group and share data and experience. The original LBG is a group of almost 0 companies in the UK. Other groups are being set up around the world. Does the LBG address wider aspects of CSR? The LBG model focuses exclusively on CCI, but provides information in a form that can be communicated to each stakeholder group, in a broader CSR report or a standalone community report. CCI is a key component of CSR, affecting important stakeholder groups including employees
10 LBG TENTH ANNIVERSARY REPORT 0 LBG milestones LBG s first generation launch, pilot and publish findings six companies start work to develop and test a new measurement model for CCI, facilitated by David Logan publication of findings, the basic principles of the LBG model in, Companies in Communities: Getting the measure LBG s second generation test, refine and issue definitive guidelines twelve more companies join the pilot group -00 eighteen companies test and refine the model with support from David Logan, Mike Tuffrey and the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) publication of guidelines for defining and valuing the costs of a community programme in Companies in Communities: valuing the contribution 00 publication of guidelines for measuring what a community programme achieves in Companies in Communities: assessing the impact LBG s third generation mainstream use of the model 00 LBG membership opened up to all companies operating in the UK 0 launch of the LBG in Australia as the Australia Benchmarking Group, working with the National Centre for Citizenship (NCC) and ARTD Management and Research 0 launch of LBG in the USA as The Corporate Giving Standard, working with The Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy 0 LBG model tested in new sectors, such as higher education 0 mandatory contributions added to reporting model 0 members agree to drive towards fourth generation of LBG and establish four sector groups to deepen use of the model 0 membership approaches 0 in the UK 0 LBG is launched in France as the Group Français de Référence, working with Cap Juby 0 three groups formed to pilot more intensive output measurement
11 Towards LBG s fourth generation embed as the international standard In the fourth generation, member companies will: increase their use of the LBG model as a management tool, including benchmarking within industry sectors enhance output reporting to include not just project measures, but whole CCI programme measures increase their measurement and reporting of impact and long-term benefits The goal is increased take up of the model, both in the UK and around the world, working through local centres of excellence, so that the LBG model becomes the international standard for CCI measurement. LBG is a trusted model for capturing more of our community involvement work. As we work as online media partner for a range of charity and community organisations, capturing in-kind donations on the AOL service is crucial. LBG has enabled us to take an overview of where resources go and discuss this approach with other media companies. We've also used LBG as a planning model in discussions with charity and community partners. It's useful for organisations to know how you'll be writing up projects and what you're looking for in terms of leverage, impact and benefits. KATRINA KEELING HEAD OF CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY, AOL UK LONDON BENCHMARKING GROUP It s a focused group of people with a similar agenda. This makes it very easy to pick up good hints, tips and advice. BRUCE LEARNER COMMUNITY AFFAIRS MANAGER, KELLOGG S
12 LBG TENTH ANNIVERSARY REPORT How we ve done LBG membership growth to members 0 0 Canada Total amount reported 00-0 USA 00 number of members millions Improving the depth of data capture and reporting 0-0 Key developments in 0 Total number of input/output case studies reported 0 Members reporting mandatory contributions 0 0 Total leverage reported ( million) 0 0 Costa Rica El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Value of mandatory contributions ( million) Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela Submitting input-output case studies Submitting leverage data 0-0 Reporting international data 0-0 Referring to LBG in public communications
13 LBG reporting around the world 0 Countries with centres of excellence LONDON BENCHMARKING GROUP Anguilla Antigua Barbados Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Dominican Republic Jamaica Montserrat St Helena St Kitts & Nevis St Lucia St Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad Turks & Caicos Ascension Island Albania Austria Belgium Bosnia Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark UK France Benin Burkina Faso Cote d Ivoire Egypt Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Malawimali Morocco Estonia Netherlands Finland Norway Germany Poland Greece Portugal Guernsey Romania Hungary Russia Iceland Serbia & Ireland Montenegro Italy Slovakia Kosovo Slovenia Latvia Spain Lithuania Sweden Luxembourg Switzerland Macedonia Turkey Moldova Ukraine Nigeria Senegal South Africa Sudan Tanzania Togo Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Bahrain Iraq Israel Jordan Lebanon Saudi Arabia Syria Bangladesh India Pakistan Sri Lanka Diego Garcia Maldives Seychelles Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia China Hong Kong Macau Japan Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam Australia Korea Sakhalin Taiwan Fiji Solomon Islands New Zealand Falkland Islands The LBG has been instrumental in shaping our CCI strategy. YOGESH CHAUHAN DEPUTY HEAD CSR, BBC
14 LBG TENTH ANNIVERSARY REPORT 0 LBG: the strategy now Companies are responding to changing social attitudes by publishing more rigorous data about their social performance. As consumers become more demanding and better informed, employees more ethically engaged, and a whole range of other stakeholders more determined to hold them to account, companies are publishing targets for managing their impacts on society, and measuring and discussing their performance. Serious CCI practitioners have long known that the investments they manage are an integral part of their company s performance, to be handled with professionalism and accountability. As the LBG moves into its second decade, we predict that the model s clear, accessible approach will become the norm. The LBG s strategy for this period, called its Fourth Generation, was approved by members at the January 0 Plenary. It focuses on reaching a critical mass of companies using the model in the UK, continuing to develop the model s response to new issues and sectors, establishing the model as an international standard, and more rigorous work to measure what companies community programmes actually achieve, both for the company and the community. Critical mass in the UK At the time of going to press, the LBG model is already used by more than 0 companies. The challenge is to encourage all users and other interested companies to become members. Membership of a group enables practitioners to realise the model s full benefits by sharing data with each other, bringing perspective on their own performance and reporting. The LBG s target is to grow the UK group beyond 0 members so that all companies serious about CCI consider the benefits of membership. Developing the model s response to new issues and sectors The model is a living framework. Whilst the basic building blocks of inputs, outputs and impacts have been established for some years, the model grows and maintains its relevance as its members continually bring questions and issues to the group. This process of answering questions, surveying other members practices and collectively agreeing policy is building a growing body of case law specific guidance on how to interpret the model for different issues and sectors. This work is ongoing and being developed primarily through groups representing different business sectors. Sector work now takes place among international oil companies, UK retailers, financial services companies, professional services firms and regulated industries. We see media, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, alcohol beverages and international banking sectors as opportunities for immediate growth, and will aim to form new sector groups according to need and critical mass. Issues will continue to be handled as they arise. Recent examples have covered university research, free or subsidised publicity, advertising and web space, training initiatives, town centre and crime initiatives, the use of space in retailers car parks, senior managers involvement in government and other public policy initiatives, team sports days and blood donation. Going global A substantial proportion of LBG members are global companies. Meeting their needs in future will require a more international group, reflecting the full range of peers against which they want to benchmark and the value of comparing practices across national borders. LBG s strategy is to encourage members to use the model across all the markets where they operate. We aim to establish a global network of local centres of excellence to help grow members understanding and application of the model and help share data in the standard LBG format. Such centres already exist in the USA and Australia, and a new centre has just been launched in France. In the USA 0 leading companies are now using the model, applying it to approximately $bn, or one-third, of US corporate giving. Ten companies are using the model in Australia, and six in France. Immediate priorities will be to spread the model s use to a range of countries in Europe and across North America.
15 Looking further ahead, the LBG s strategy is to form more groups which benchmark across national borders, as the oil companies group already does. We see particular potential for launching international groups as noted above in 0 and to build on interest in South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile and the Philippines. As the home of the LBG model, the LBG in London will continue to function as a reference point for these and other centres and companies around the world. Better measurement of achievements In its first ten years the group has achieved and is using a standard methodology for capturing and valuing inputs, backed by a broad consensus. A priority for the future is to broaden and deepen members use of the model to measure and report what their programmes and individual projects achieve. We will continue to track and encourage improvements in members performance in measuring the outputs and impact of individual projects, and the additional resources which their contributions unlock from other sources. As part of our G commitment, we have launched three groups to pilot new work on behalf of LBG s membership. At Cable & Wireless the LBG model has provided comprehensive CCI data and a robust analytical tool, enabling us to: maintain support for CCI as a business priority through times of low or no profit because of its demonstrable business benefits, particularly in maintaining the reputation of the company. develop more discipline in tracking community contributions. Before using the model, we were unable to capture the value of the internet connectivity we donated to not-for profits as there was no method for calculating the value. Now these donations are recorded as in-kind contributions, with accompanying outputs and impacts. recognise that we could use community spend in the Caribbean more effectively by developing a common strategy for investment across the region. As a result we consolidated the community budget for all Caribbean branches to create a Pan- Caribbean foundation, with a tightly defined set of funding priorities. LONDON BENCHMARKING GROUP Cost-benefit: we know that community involvement can impact the business bottom line in a variety of ways, from building skills and reducing employee turnover to generating positive press coverage and new business opportunities. The challenge is to put a credible monetary value on these benefits. This will enable CCI practitioners to define the return to the business for every pound spent, and enhance their positioning as a benefit rather than a cost to the business. An LBG cost-benefit working group is taking this forward. increase understanding of the distinction between community investment and commercial activity, clarifying reporting and informing programme strategy. JOE FRANSES GROUP CSR MANAGER, CABLE & WIRELESS Whole programme indicators: whilst some of our newer LBG members are still learning to measure individual projects, there is a demand from members to define and measure the main ways in which the community benefits from a company s whole community programme, for example how many people are trained by a range of initiatives. Again, an LBG working group is taking this forward.
16 LBG TENTH ANNIVERSARY REPORT 0 Testing measurement tools and techniques: a powerful technique emerging from America is the calculation of social return on investment, or SROI. This enables a company running a community project focusing on employability, for example, to calculate the overall savings to society for each participant who finds work, through measures such as lower unemployment benefits and increased tax revenues. LBG is now working with nef (New Economics Foundation) in the UK to trial this methodology among LBG members. In these ways the LBG membership provides a valuable test-bed for different ways to measure community projects. Within the framework of the LBG model, members pilot survey tools and sampling, for example, and share results with other members. Success will be measured according to how many members take up and use these new techniques and share their findings widely. At Vodafone we found the LBG model valuable to use with beneficiaries. It helped us to clarify the project goals before starting and to define our objectives and measures. Our partners also found the approach useful in subsequent conversations with prospective partner companies. The LBG model enabled them to demonstrate what they were achieving and to communicate that clearly and concisely. SARAH SHILLITO SENIOR MANAGER, THE VODAFONE UK FOUNDATION Getting the message across Companies are faced with more demands for data from more diverse stakeholders than ever before. From NGOs and Socially Responsible Investment funds to governments and the UN Global Compact, organisations make frequent calls for businesses to account for their impact on society. By the end of 0, three-quarters of FTSE 0 companies and nearly half of Fortune Global 0 companies had produced some form of CSR report. Going forward, the LBG can help companies contribute much more robust, credible data as part of their wider communications strategies. But at heart, as an initiative developed by individuals managing CCI for individuals managing CCI, our primary purpose remains to help the people actually doing the job to do it better. SalterBaxter/Context, Directions#; trends in CSR reporting 0-0.
17 LBG model in brief Guiding principles The LBG model follows the approach used by most business departments, such as marketing and HR, to provide a comprehensive accounting of costs and benefits. To ensure the model results in accurate and comparable data, LBG members adhere to a set of guiding principles: Motive matters and affects measurement The contribution should be charitable If in doubt, leave it out; it s better to under claim Value the contribution at cost to company, not at what beneficiaries would have paid Be clear about the goal of the project what are we trying to achieve? What is my investment actually buying? Ultimately, how is the world a better place as a result of this project? Basis of the model The starting point for measurement is to be clear about what you want to achieve. LBG members identified three major motivations behind corporate community involvement: A sense of moral and social responsibility A belief that companies have a long term interest in fostering a healthy community Knowledge that CCI can have direct benefits to business These motivations were used to identify three categories of CCI: Charitable gifts Community investment Commercial initiatives in the community Together these categories constitute a company s voluntary contributions to the community. Each category has a detailed definition to help measure how the motives behind community involvement can impact on a business. LONDON BENCHMARKING GROUP The LBG model Charitable gifts Intermittent support to a wide range of good causes in response to the needs and appeals of charitable and community organisations, increasingly through partnerships between the company, its employees, customers and suppliers. Community investment Long term strategic involvement in community partnerships to address a limited range of social issues chosen by the company in order to protect its long term corporate interests and to enhance its reputation. Commercial initiatives in the community Activities in the community, usually by commercial departments, to support directly the success of the company, promoting its corporate brand identities and other policies, in partnership with charities and community-based organisations. Mandatory contributions Community contributions or activities undertaken as a result of the requirements of law, regulation or contract. Business basics The core business activities in meeting society s needs for cost effective goods and services in a manner which is ethically, socially and environmentally responsible.
18 LBG TENTH ANNIVERSARY REPORT 0 Beyond voluntary contributions, a fourth category, mandatory contributions, includes community activities which a company undertakes in response to the requirements of a law, regulation or contract. As these are not voluntary, the LBG requires the cost of these contributions to be reported separately from voluntary contributions. The fifth category, business basics, includes all core business activities involved in delivering products and services which are critical to business, but not motivated by community benefit. The manner in which these activities are managed has a significant social and environmental impact and is often reported alongside CCI in company reports, but is outside the measurement scope of the LBG model. Benchmarking inputs The model provides the definitions necessary to put a monetary value on the input costs of a company s CCI in four contribution categories, including the management costs associated with making the contribution: Cash Time In-kind Management costs Typically members also analyse their input contributions by subject or theme and by the geographic location of beneficiaries. EDF Energy is fortunate to have extensive senior executive support for its programmes. However, it was lacking processes for reporting and managing its contributions. Through the LBG, we achieved: a comprehensive assessment of our work with a range of community stakeholders. feedback and input from across the business. an informed strategy to involve teams across the business. data to inform programme planning so we could maximise our outputs and impacts. The LBG model has also enabled EDF Energy to talk about the mandatory contributions it makes to meet regulatory requirements, so that stakeholders can gain the full picture of the outputs and impacts that flow from the company s interaction with society. ALISON BRAYBROOKS COMMUNITY INVESTMENT STRATEGY MANAGER, EDF ENERGY Assessing outputs and impacts In addition, the model goes further by assessing what the company s programmes actually achieve the outputs defined in terms of: Leverage of cash and other resources unlocked by the company s contribution Community benefit, such as the number of people who benefit Business benefits, such as publicity achieved Beyond such immediate outputs, strategic planning of CCI programmes involves assessing the impact on society and the business, where relevant. This is the final element of the LBG model. It involves revisiting the goal of the programme and asking what has actually changed as a result. New approaches such as social return on investment (SROI) provide a sound approach to quantifying a programme s longterm benefits to society. These and other specific measurement techniques complement and enhance the LBG model. The example on illustrates how the LBG input output matrix is used to gather data on a CCI programme.
19 How LBG members report their contributions Case study: EDF Energy Core Responsibility Report 0 Why do we contribute? Charitable gifts.% Rolls-Royce has been active in a whole range of community areas since it started in business 0 years ago. Prior to implementing the LBG model two years ago there was a process in place for capturing community data, but one which focused largely on the area of charitable donations. LONDON BENCHMARKING GROUP Commercial initiatives in the community 0.% How do we contribute? Management costs.% Time.% In-kind 0.% What do we contribute? Community investment.% Cash.% Joining LBG has given Rolls-Royce access to a network of other community practitioners who are working to develop the evaluation model. This year for the first time Rolls- Royce is surveying right across its business groups globally to try and capture a greater proportion of its contributions. Particular areas of focus include gifts-in kind, such as engine donations and surplus office equipment, and employees spending company time supporting community activities such as civic duties, kids camps and schools liaison. The motivation for using the model is to get a better understanding of what the business is already doing in CCI, not to police it. Using the LBG model has provided a focus for data collection and helps to demonstrate that community activity has become a truly integral part of the business. We recognise that our ability to more accurately reflect our contribution to wider society is becoming increasingly important both in terms of reputation management and in building strong relationships with key stakeholders. Education and youth.% RACHEL CLARKE COMMUNITY RELATIONS, ROLLS-ROYCE Community development 0.% Arts and culture.% Other.% Environment.% Total contribution.m
20 LBG TENTH ANNIVERSARY REPORT 0 Key features of the LBG model By managers, for managers The LBG model has been developed by individuals managing CCI for themselves and their peers. It is based on their experience of what really works and helps them do a better job. Share and compare The LBG is primarily a resource for companies to COMPARE their own community involvement with that of peer companies, and to SHARE best practice and ideas for improvement and innovation. Focus on what matters The LBG agenda is member driven. Plenary sessions, sector group meetings and masterclasses are developed based on member interest. Members work together to agree significant matters of policy. I get at least times my membership fees each year. The LBG has avoided simply being a talking shop and has provided an opportunity for companies to fully understand their community contribution. ALAN EAGLE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS ABBEY Case study: KPMG s Ready for Work Programme Programme objectives: The main aim of this programme is to get ex-homeless people back into full time, sustainable employment in partnership with Barclays, Marks & Spencer and Marsh. All figures unless stated are a proportion of the overall total, reflecting the KPMG contribution. Inputs over two years (0-) Annual outputs Cash 0,000 Employee paid time: volunteers contributing. hours =, In-kind,000, including project development time of CSR team, leadership support from a UK Board member and EMA CEO, provision of facilities for hosting the training days and other pro bono support along the way. Total:, Leverage,000 from UK government Community benefits clients accessed this programme, through courses in locations placements at KPMG % offered jobs, with % accepting them (compared with % at outset) across entire programme Changed perception of homeless people Business benefits Reputation among clients Increased motivation, attraction and retention of staff Personal development for employees who volunteer Community impact Business impact people gained employment New business contacts generated Saving to society from the entire project, through taxes paid and benefits payments saved, of.m
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Re: Vin Diesel interested in Doctor Doom?
Diesel's not a subtle facial expressions guy. That leaves out Blackbolt, Mordo and any of the really textured villains. He could work as Doom, I think, as Doom's accent is not a big part of the character (since he's from a visual medium), but as said before, that's not relevant to him meeting with Marvel. Similarly, we know what films are in pre-production.. Ant-Man, Guardins of the Galaxy.
Thanos actually could be a very, VERY good choice. His voice is perfect for any villain, Thanos included, but they do need Thanos to lay hands on people at some point. Diesel's about the best choice they could get, imho. It could be Rocket Raccoon, but Thanos would be the most bang for their buck. Vision could be good too, for the same reasons as Thanos. But for some reason... Thanos seems more like a typical Vin character rather than the more reserved erudite Vision.
Regardless, it'd be fun to watch Diesel walk around set in that white-and-black-checkerboard CGI costume.
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|curator's statement
|october 2005 selection
m a n n e r o f s o l i t u d e
c u r a t o r :  p e t  s i l v i a
After realizing the scope and extent of the Visual AIDS archive, I wanted my approach to remain simplistic. I needed to place myself within the context of being an artist, and how being HIV-positive affects a person and their work, and those who bear witness to that.
The figure, as interpreted by these artists, hit me immediately. Image after image spoke to me of the isolation of the artist from many sides. First, just for being an artist -- one of the loneliest occupations for sure. It seems too, that an artist working in the figurative genre has to endure more disappointments with their career than those who just make "pretty pictures." Even more so for the erotic artist. Those who persevere with that, through the struggle of their art, can be brought to their wit's end, and even question their integrity as an artist. But the special few who carry forward with their work in this manner of solitude have achieved brave heights. Shown here then, are some of the finest examples I've been lucky enough to gather from one resource.
Viewing the works of so many artists in different styles, media and approaches to their craft still spoke to me of a consistency for a somber and passionate feeling in their work. They have all struggled, and have hit a nerve with their sheer amount of vitality. They also, as artists, show us their isolated side, and we become affected by this, as good art should do to us. Each of the subjects here brings out feelings of dignity, despite any intended humor. They've given a piece of themselves, and we admire that accomplishment.
The art also conveys to the viewer, in some cases, the matter of being gay. Both subtly and distinctly, and often with an element of humor. The sense of honesty, and discovery of defining the true self without any loyalty to societal convention or fear of prejudice. On the level of any orientation, here too, they give of themselves, and again we admire their achievements.
Stricken with this dreadful disease, I know that some of these artists are no longer with us. The people I know personally living with HIV/AIDS have shown me a courage and forbearance I greatly admire, as in the case of the work of these 20 artists presented here this month. The works I've selected all have in common the convergence of isolation and courage. These artists have shown us just how alone they have been, or the representation of that for others in their lives, as are we all. We too, know of that struggle in our daily lives as human beings. All through our days, we carry many of those feelings of isolation ourselves, and rarely get the opportunity to convey them, let alone the courage to do it so eloquently with art.
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Pet Silvia, co-owner of the gallery Art at Large in New York, has been curating exhibitions of art that celebrate the human body and sexuality for over 10 years. Starting in the basement of the Sacred Body Arts Tattoo Emporium on Canal Street, he branched out to other underground galleries and clubs. Between 1996 and 1999, Pet did his weekly cable TV show, "The Malignant Muse." Costumed in drag and wearing lingerie, he promoted the work of unknown artists, and poked fun at the art world establishment because, "they deserve[d] it."
With his wife, Tammey Stubbs, they opened Art at Large in January, 2002, in Hell's Kitchen on Ninth Avenue, to promote and sell the work of artists they feel are making a significant contribution to life and longing in the 21st century. Represented artists include Annie Sprinkle, John John Jesse, Barbara Nitke, Carolyn Weltman, Frances Turner, Charles Gatewood, Tom of Finland, Etienne, Luger, H.R. Giger and photographs from the Quentin Crisp Archives.
Silvia was instrumental, through his association with the Tom of Finland Foundation, in starting the annual New York Erotic Art Fair Weekend, held every May since 2001 at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center. In April 2005, Pet was invited to be the Head Curator for the Seattle Erotic Art Festival, bringing in over 40 artists, and helping to make that year the biggest success in art sales to date for the event.
His own work as a performance artist, performing silently from within his studio, uses gender issues as the basis for much of his art. He records himself with still and video cameras, and then the works are finalized with various media, from canvas to digital and 3D dioramas. His longing to be the "pretty girl" in the girly magazines is partly to blame for this inspiration, but also to be an artists' model in a great work of fine art.
For the last 30 years, all of his involvement has helped to make him a trailblazing advocate for what he calls "Art That Excites!" with an equal understanding of those who make this art, and those who hang it on their walls.