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April 25, 2013 to May 02, 2013
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Feature-Length Documentaries
Full length documentaries on any topic, over 30 minutes in running time.
Feature-Length Narratives
Full length features on any topic, over 30 minutes in running time.
Short Narratives
Narrative films in any genre under 30 minutes.
Short Documentaries
Short documentaries on any topic, under 30 minutes.
Animated Shorts
Animated films under 30 minutes.
Music Videos
Music Videos are entered into our Short Film division, which includes narratives, documentaries, animated films, and music videos under 30 minutes.
United Film Festival - Los Angeles screens cutting-edge independent films and highly acclaimed classic movies with the audience in mind. With festivals in Los Angeles, New York, London, San Francisco, Chicago, and Tulsa, United Film Festival's focus is to bring together talented filmmakers from diverse backgrounds, thus creating a "United" showcase of creative energy and talent. This is a film festival for everyone, a place where art and community converge.
United Film Festival is committed to providing opportunities for our large and constantly growing network of filmmakers through a variety of outlets beyond our six festivals, including the United Film Festival Screenwriting Contest, now in its third year, and our distribution division, United Films. As of 2012, United Films acts as a sales representative for over 50 independent titles, many of whom are United Film Festival alumni or former submitters.
A Tulsa native filmmaker, Jason Connell and his production company Connell Creations founded the United Film Festival - Tulsa ten years ago, expanding to Los Angeles & New York in 2007 and San Francisco, Chicago, & London in 2009. As a result of these six unique festivals, we have built a large network of filmmakers and in 2011, we continued to expand that network by creating a forum solely for screenwriters with the United Film Festivals Screenwriting Contest, which accepts short and feature scripts in Drama, Comedy, and Horror/Thriller categories. Winners are honored at the United Film Festival - Los Angeles.
United Films, the distribution division of Connell Creations and the United Film Festival, continues to support the United network by offering opportunities to filmmakers beyond our festival. We have celebrated many successes through this avenue, and many of those films were originally United Film Festival submissions.
Another way we connect to our network of filmmakers is by offering Film Feedback, designed to provide valuable insight by sharing comments from our programming committee. Film Feedback is optional and can be added to any submission.
Filmmakers are welcome to submit to a single festival or one of our United packages for a great deal. Each festival has a fresh lineup and a different set of programmers, so if a film is not accepted into one festival, it is still eligible for acceptance into every other festival in its package. Follow the instructions under "General Rules" to apply to each listing on Withoutabox without having to pay extra fees.
Our festivals are always exciting events filled with insightful Q&As and many opportunities for filmmakers and audience members to interact. Along with the high quality independent films and special premieres, each festival showcases a few of our favorite classic films, making the United Film Festival truly a place for film lovers of all types. Special events in the past have included Lifetime Achievement Award ceremonies for guests such as screenwriter Carl Gottlieb (Jaws), actor Dabney Coleman (War Games, Tootise), and Oscar nominated director Mark Rydell (On Golden Pond, The Rose.)
In addition to creating the United Film Festival, Jason Connell directed and produced the heartwarming documentary "Strictly Background" in 2008, and has produced critically acclaimed films such as "The Rock-afire Explosion," "Cleanflix," "Gabi on the Roof in July," and "Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians."
Our United Film Festival - Los Angeles takes place at the Los Feliz 3 Cinemas, with special events at the historic Vista Theatre.
Los Feliz 3 Cinemas
1822 Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
United Film Festival
2013 Season
Los Angeles - April / May
New York - May
London - June
San Francisco - Aug./Sept.
Chicago - Sept.
Tulsa - Oct.
Jason Connell
*All short films should be under 30 minutes. Full-length documentaries or feature films should be over 30 minutes.
Submitters have the option to enter their film into consideration for a single city, a package of 3 United Film Festivals, or the entire season of 6 United Film Festivals. Currently, all festivals are separate listings on Withoutabox.
To apply for a United 3 or United 6 Package on Withoutabox:
1. Submit your film in the first city you would like to be considered in and pay for the entire package in that city.
2. Then, for all the other cities in your package, go through the process of submitting to each listing as normal, and when prompted for payment, utilize a waiver code so that you do not incur any more fees.
3. The waiver code is simply the name of your package deal (United 3 OR United 6). Under the box marked 'Reason' provide the Withoutabox tracking number of the festival to which you originally submitted. See the example below:
Waiver Code: United 3
Reason: LA-1234-SHO
Submitters to United 3 packages can also email us directly with their three desired festivals at: email@example.com.
United packages have rolling deadlines and the prices do not change over the course of our season. You may purchase our packages at any time and your package will begin with the first festival still open for submissions. If a festival in our season has already closed, your package will roll over to the next festival season and will always include six festivals. If you purchase a United 3 package, you choose the festivals that you would like to be considered for, which can also roll over to include next year's season if multiple deadlines have passed for our current season.
Submitters also have the option to add Film Feedback to their submission. This is an optional service that is designed to provide valuable insight by sharing comments from our programming committee once the festival has closed.
Clearly label your disc with your TRACKING NUMBER, TITLE, RUN TIME, and ASPECT RATIO.
Do not attach labels directly to your disc as they can negatively affect our DVD players.
Even if you are submitting to a United 6 or United 3 Package, please only send ONE COPY of your DVD. We take on the responsibility of distributing your film to the various programmers for each festival and hope this helps with the time and expense of submitting to multiple festivals.
Make check or money order payable to Connell Creations, Inc. and send all materials to:
United Film Festival - Los Angeles
P.O. Box 360556
Los Angeles, CA 90036
United Film Festival - Los Angeles and the United Film Festival is hereby granted the right to utilize an excerpt from any film submitted and accepted for exhibition at the Festival for promotional purposes.
The individual or corporation submitting the film hereby warrants that it is authorized to commit the film for screening, and understands and accepts these requirements and regulations.
The undersigned shall indemnify and hold harmless Los Angeles United Film Festival from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees, and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss of or damage to the screening videos entered.


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Bernhard Langer held off the challenge of Corey Pavin to become the first continental European win The Senior Open Championship presented by MasterCard at Carnoustie.
The German kept his cool to compile a closing round of 72 for a five under par total, one better than the US Ryder Cup Captain, who finished his first Senior Major with a round of 70.
Langer has enjoyed a glittering career since turning 50 and joining the Champions Tour almost three years ago, where he has won consecutive Money Lists and finished in the top ten in seven of his 12 Senior Majors, but incredibly this was his first Major since winning the second of his Green Jackets at Augusta National in 1993.
"This ranks very high," said Langer. "Obviously it was pretty close to my two US Masters championships and some of The Ryder Cup stuff I won - it's a thrill to finally hold this trophy.
"Corey played very well all day, he's a beautiful ball striker and bends the ball both directions and he has a great short game. I knew he wouldn't go away.
"You still get nervous, and especially a Championship that means something to you. As you know, I've always wanted to win The Open Championship and this is the next best thing. I probably will not win The Open Championship, but I'm very pleased to win The Senior Open Championship on a great golf course like this.
"Carnoustie is a wonderful, tough links course, maybe the toughest I've ever played. The set-up was very good and I want to congratulate the people who set up the golf course from the European PGA, and also I want to thank MasterCard for their title sponsorship and support of this tournament."
Langer started the day three clear of his playing partner and by the time they teed off it was quickly becoming apparent that the rest of the field were going to be unable to challenge the final pair.
Pavin trimmed the gap to two with a birdie at the 459 yard second before Langer responded at the fifth.
And the former Ryder Cup Captain's lead was up to four strokes when Pavin dropped a shot at the seventh, only for Langer to experience a wobble and bogey the eighth and ninth.
Pavin was within one when he birdied the 11th, before both players tapped in for birdie at the par five 14th.
The turning point came at the 471 yard 15th - Pavin appeared to hold all the aces when he found the fairway with his drive and Langer hit his tee shot into thick rough.
But the former US Open Championship winner pulled his second into a greenside bunker and bogeyed while Langer chipped his third to six feet and saved par.
Pavin almost chipped in at the 17th for birdie, but needed a two shot swing at the last.
Langer drove right but his ball stopped short of the water, although he could only fire his second to the fairway 130 yards short of the green.
Pavin found the fairway off the tee, but left his approach just short of the green and when Langer pitched his third to 12 feet, Pavin needed to hole his lengthy birdie putt from off the green to stand any realistic chance of a play-off but it came up five feet short.
"It's tough when you almost win," he admitted. "It's almost harder when you just finish second and not win - it's disappointing.
"I played well, and Bernhard didn't play his best golf today I would say, but he did what he needed to do to win, and that's what it's about. I just came up one shot short, that's all."
Australian Peter Senior carded a final round 68 to finish in a tie for third on one under, alongside American trio Fred Funk, Jay Don Blake and Russ Cochran.
|Player name
|LANGER, Bernhard
|PAVIN, Corey
|SENIOR, Peter
|COCHRAN, Russ
|BLAKE, Jay Don
|FUNK, Fred


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About Given Imaging Ltd.
Since pioneering the field of capsule endoscopy in 2001, Given Imaging has become a world leader in GI medical devices, offering health care providers a range of innovative options for visualizing, diagnosing and monitoring the digestive system. The company offers a broad product portfolio including PillCam® capsule endoscopes for the small bowel, esophagus and colon, industry-leading ManoScan™ high-resolution manometry and Bravo® wireless and Digitrapper® pH and impedance products. Given Imaging is committed to delivering breakthrough innovations to the GI community and supporting its ongoing clinical needs. Given Imaging's headquarters are located in Yoqneam, Israel, with operating subsidiaries in the United States, Germany, France, Japan, Australia, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Brazil. For more information, please visit www.givenimaging.com.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, projections about our business and our future revenues, expenses and profitability. Forward-looking statements may be, but are not necessarily, identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "anticipates," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "believes," and words and terms of similar substance. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual events, results, performance, circumstances or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future events, results, performance, circumstances or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual events, results, performance, circumstances or achievements to differ from such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) our ability to develop and bring to market new products, (2) our ability to successfully complete any necessary or required clinical studies with our products, (3) our ability to receive regulatory clearance or approval to market our products or changes in regulatory environment, (4) our success in implementing our sales, marketing and manufacturing plans, (5) the level of adoption of our products by medical practitioners, (6) the emergence of other products that may make our products obsolete, (7) lack of an appropriate bowel preparation materials to be used with our PillCam COLON capsule, (8) protection and validity of patents and other intellectual property rights, (9) the impact of currency exchange rates, (10) the effect of competition by other companies, (11) the outcome of significant litigation, (12) our ability to obtain reimbursement for our product from government and commercial payors, (13) quarterly variations in operating results, (14) the possibility of armed conflict or civil or military unrest in Israel, (15) the impact of global economic conditions, (16) our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses, (17) changes and reforms in applicable healthcare laws and regulations, (18) quality issues and adverse events related to our products, such as capsule retention, aspiration and failure to attach or detach, bleeding or perforation that could require us to recall products and impact our sales and net income, and (19) other risks and factors disclosed in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, risks and factors identified under such headings as "Risk Factors," "Cautionary Language Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" and "Operating Results and Financial Review and Prospects" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2011. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Except for the Company's ongoing obligations to disclose material information under the applicable securities laws, it undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements, to report events or to report the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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At this point of writing it feels like the branch is fairly in shape enough. I've added KDE 4.3 RC2 from kde-testing overlay to work towards the final KDE 4.3 release.
As we speak a migration tool is being written to handle certain things that must be done after you hop into branch 5. If you are a little dare devil and want to jump into branch 5 ( equo hop 5 ) you need to keep in mind these steps.
- Do I realise that I'm about to download 800 – 1000 packages and I have enough free disc space to survive that operation.
- It's important, since its a binary tree, that you complete equo upgrade (or what we used to call equo world)
- I'm not sure when the migration tools will be implemented but since we jumped to Python 2.6 you need to check eselect python list and see if its set to this.
- You will most likely need to equo install gcc and run gcc-config and set it to the latest gcc version
- You need to run binutils-config to manauly select a profile.
- The lowest kernel is a 2.26.30 you need to check with eselect kernel if its set to it and maybe manualy add the entry in /boot/grub/grub.conf
- Right now there is no new artwork available in branch 5 so it will kinda look the same.
If none of above stop you from trying the new branch, well its there for you.


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This means that all inter-Korean cooperation and exchange, as well as the channels for emergency communication between North and South Korea have been suspended. Meanwhile, the Security Council has passed Resolution 2270, noted for the introduction of severe sectoral sanctions against Pyongyang.
US and South Korean soldiers are currently taking part in annual large-scale military exercises, which reportedly feature training and simulations of preemptive strikes on Pyongyang's nuclear and missile sites, amphibious landings on North Korean shores, and a"beheading operation" aimed at assassinating Kim Jong-un and toppling his government in the event of war.
Read the full story on New Eastern Outlook
Nile Bowie is a Singapore-based political commentator and columnist for the Malaysian Reserve newspaper. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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Global Air Transport Continues to Expand
New Worldwatch report examines the expansion of global air transportation
Michael Renner is a Senior Researcher at Worldwatch.
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In 2012, the number of people traveling on airplanes reached 2,957 million, which was 4.7 percent more than the previous year. Although this figure includes a substantial number of people who travel multiple times during the year, it is equivalent to 42 percent of the world's population. The number of passengers is up 95-fold from 31 million in 1950, when flying was a luxury few could afford, and it is triple the 960 million passengers in 1986, when air travel was already quite common.
The average length of a flight doubled from 903 kilometers in 1950 to 1,816 kilometers in 2000, but it has not changed much since then and stood at 1,827 kilometers in 2012. Longer flights and expanding passenger numbers generated a strong expansion of total passenger kilometers (pkm) traveled—up 193-fold from the 28 billion pkm in 1950 to 5.4 trillion pkm in 2012. The only pauses in an otherwise inexorable expansion came in 2001–02 (following September 11) and in 2008–09 (after the start of the world financial and economic crisis).
Like passenger air travel, air freight transport has expanded strongly. In 2012, some 49.2 million tons of goods were transported by plane worldwide. Even though this is down 1 percent from 2011, it is 71 percent more than in 2001.
The Asia-Pacific region, Europe, and North America dominate passenger and freight air transport, accounting for 84–86 percent of the world total, depending on the precise activity measured.
International flights account for the bulk of air transport movements. In 2012, some 39 percent of all passengers were on board international flights, but because of the generally greater distances involved in such flights, cross-border flights accounted for 62 percent of all passenger kilometers. In the same year, 66 percent of freight tonnage was transported on international flights, which accounted for an even more imposing 86 percent of total freight ton-kilometers.
In 2012, the number of people traveling on airplanes reached 2,957 million, which was 4.7 percent more than the previous year.
Although According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the world's commercial air transport fleet grew from 18,972 planes in 2003 to 25,252 in 2012, an increase of 33 percent. The largest fleet of aircraft by far is in the United States, which has about 6,000 planes in service, followed by China, with slightly less than 2,000. All other countries have fewer than 1,000 planes in service each. The bulk of the fleet is for passenger transport. The global airliner fleet is expected to grow considerably—reaching more than 36,500 planes by 2032 according to Airbus forecasts and more than 41,000 according to Boeing forecasts.
Aviation has a range of environmental and health impacts, including noise, land degradation, disturbance of wildlife and biodiversity, and emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases. According to the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), the cumulative climate impact of aviation to date is equivalent to about 40 percent of all surface transport modes, even though motor vehicles are far more numerous than planes. Relative to all sources of greenhouse gas emissions, the sector is responsible for about 4 percent of climate change, and its role is rising rapidly.
ICCT finds that design changes doubled the efficiency of commercial aircraft since 1960, but that progress has been slow in the last 20 years. This has to do with low fuel prices for an extended period of time, as well as a tripling in the average age of aircraft since the late 1980s. The higher fuel prices of more recent years provide an incentive to reinvigorate efficiency efforts.
Still, fuel prices alone are an insufficient and unreliable driver. Government policy needs to provide a push for the development and use of more energy-efficient technologies, such as the global CO2 standard for new aircraft under development at the ICAO.
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DANBURY, Conn. – Despite dropping a 3-1 decision to Clark University, volleyball did exactly what they needed to do and that was shutout one of the only two teams remaining in their way from earning their fifth straight Little East Conference regular season titles as the Beacons blanked Western Connecticut State University 3-0 Saturday afternoon at the WCSU Tri-Match.
With the win over the Colonials, UMass Boston improved to 6-0 in the Little East and is still the only team undefeated in the conference. The Beacons have just one more LEC opponent to get through before they earn the number one seed at this year's tournament and their fourth outright LEC regular season title.
The match with the Colonials was extremely close with all three games decided by no more than four points. In the first the Beacons edged WCSU 29-27, before earning a 25-21 win in the second and a 25-23 win in the third. The victory marked the seventh straight 3-0 win for UMB over the Colonials.
Against the Cougars of Clark University, the Beacons dropped a 25-23 decision in the first before rallying in the second with a 26-24 victory. From there it was all Clark as they recorded back-to-back 25-23 victories to give the Beacons a Saturday split.
In the first match, Patsy Boland (Chicago, Ill.) was dominant scoring 13 kills while also finishing with a .345 hitting percentage. Freshman Julia Murphy (Canton, Mass.) was just as impressive with her eight kills. Senior Megan Pollock (Wilton, Calif.) fueled the Beacons with her 36 assists, while Christine DuPuis (Minden, Nev.) and Elizabeth Glavan (Edina, Minn.) each scored a pair of aces.
Defensively it was all Glavan as the two-time LEC Defensive Player of the Week finished with 25 digs. At the net, three different Beacons finished with two solo blocks with Kirsten Morrison (North Reading, Mass.), Bri Sousa (Swansea, Mass.), and Murphy all using their size to dominate the Colonials' hitters.
In the final match the Beacons used every single one of their freshmen and sophomores Danni Marotto (Lancaster, N.Y.) and Molly Witzmann (Encinitas, Calif.). Even with the young core of players on the floor they managed to push Clark to the edge. Murphy and Boland combined for 27 kills respectively, while Kaycee Kemp (Red Bluff, Calif.) and Lacee Kilgore (Grand Junction, Colo.) finished the match with 21 and 24 assists.
Kimie Taketa (Torrance, Calif.) led the Beacons defensive effort as she totaled 16 digs, followed by Marotto who recorded 10. Witzmann recorded a season-high three solo blocks, while three other Beacons tallied three block assists.
Volleyball returns to action on Tuesday when they host Plymouth State University at 6 p.m. on senior day.


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Joins Elite Group of America's Leading Charities
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) proudly announced that for the third consecutive year, it has received the highest and coveted 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, the nation's premier charity evaluator.
Only 9% of America's charities have received this top designation three years in a row. In addition, LCA is among the "Top 10" most highly rated charities with favorable reviews by the public.
In a letter addressed to Laurie Fenton Ambrose, LCA President & CEO, the rating agency said, "I wish to congratulate Lung Cancer Alliance on achieving our coveted 4-star rating for sound fiscal management and commitment to accountability and transparency."
Ken Berger, President & Chief Executive Officer of Charity Navigator, called the designation "exceptional" and said "this differentiates Lung Cancer Alliance from its peers and demonstrates to the public it is worthy of their trust."
"Receiving four out of a possible four stars indicates that your organization adheres to good governance and other best practices that minimize the chance of unethical activities and consistently executes its mission in a fiscally responsible way," continued Berger.
"We are absolutely honored and thrilled by this news," said Fenton Ambrose. "For everyone -- our Board, staff, volunteers, advocates and supporters who have worked so hard and who have put their faith and confidence in LCA to lead lung cancer's national movement -- this is a proud moment. This designation renews our commitment to ending the injustice and saving lives as no one deserves to die from lung cancer. We will not let our stakeholders down."
Founded in 1995, LCA provides free professional, live support and referral services for thousands of patients, their loved ones and those at risk; conducts national awareness campaigns to educate the public about the facts, dispel myths and share calls to action to reduce stigma; advocates for public health research dollars with almost $60 million secured to date (with another $10.5 million pending final congressional approval) using targeted political strategies and mobilizing a nationwide network of volunteer advocates.
Lung Cancer Alliance (www.lungcanceralliance.org) is the only national non-profit organization dedicated to saving lives and ending injustice through an alliance of advocacy, education and support.
Follow Lung Cancer Alliance on Facebook: www.facebook.com/lungcanceralliance.
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In honor of the 25th Anniversary of the La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Platinum Cheese got a sneak preview of the huge 2 part show. We also had the opportunity to speak with Matt Kennedy, a long-time La Luz Alum and nowadays Billy Shire's right hand art pro. After a period of working in the entertainment industry, Matt decided to return to his true passion and continue La Luz de Jesus' creative mission of celebrating an art world unlike any other.
Rick Galiher: Father of low-brow art (How did it all begin?)
Matt Kennedy: Following the 15th anniversary of the Soap Plant, Billy Shire decided to open an art gallery in the newly available space above the shops to showcase the work of some local artists who weren't being showcased elsewhere. There was a lot of craft and folk art at first, and it widened to incorporate tattoo art, illustration and what came to be known as lowbrow.
Fraternity (How did you come to be involved with La Luz de Jesus?)
I got hired at the Soap Plant on Melrose in 1991 and soon moved upstairs to the gallery where I was elevated to a management position. Alix Sloan was the gallery director and it was quite easily the most fun I've ever had in my life. I hired Aaron Smith, the Clayton Brothers were hired to hang shows, and soon after there was a whole Art Center crowd exhibiting in the gallery. One day Mel Brooks came in and cast me on the spot for a commercial he was shooting and I wound up acting for a living, which transitioned into producing and ultimately to me running a studio. After 15 years in the entertainment business, Billy asked me to come back to run La Luz de Jesus in 2009. Since my fondest memories took place here, it was an easy decision to come back. I had been supporting the arts as a collector the entire time and remained in tune with the gallery scene, so coming back wasn't the shock it might have been otherwise. My twenty-year friendship with Billy Shire was pivotal in our being able to work together so well, and I can't think of anyone for whom I have more respect. He's the best boss I've ever had, and I think of him more as a friend and a father figure than an employer.
Fights (What artistic battles have you been faced with?)
There are no battles with the artists, and we don't choose to do battle with the establishment. In the past 25 years the mainstream has caught up with us.
Fame (How do you feel about being recognized?)
The fame of the gallery is phenomenal and wide reaching and I'm proud to be part of it.
Favoritism (Do feel it is harder to break into the low-brow art world?)
Great work eventually gets showcased, and the public eventually comes around to it.
Fortune (Are you in the art game for the money?)
Clearly not. If we were, we'd probably do theme shows every month like every one else seems to do. No, we're committed to raising the awareness of the art that we love, and that isn't always profit based. Important work deserves to be showcased, and having the greatest gift shop in the world in the same building helps to alleviate the fiscal pressure that other galleries must face.
Fate (Do you believe in it?)
If we didn't believe in the importance of art, we wouldn't do this at all.
Frontiers (How do you want to advance low-brow art?)
Lowbrow is something of a pejorative term these days. I'm not sure what it means anymore, but the term Pop Surrealism has been more in vogue for the past ten or so years. I think we advanced lowbrow as far as it could go and then a name change was in order.
Format (What other art styles are you interested in?)
We showcase figurative, narrative work, whether illustrated, painted, sculpted or assembled. We look for a high level of technical skill and unique points of view.
Frustration (What about the low-brow art world do you find frustrating now vs. when it began?)
I think all of my frustration –if there is any– would be aimed at the highbrow art world. That's a whole hour-long lecture that I'll spare you for another interview.
Fudge (What is the curse word you tend to use the most?)
I say "Shit Twinkie" a lot.
Firsts (When and what was the first piece of art you bought and how did it feel?)
I bought a original comic book art page from Saga of the Swamp Thing drawn by Stephen R. Bissette and John Tottleben from the comic book shop I worked at when I was 12 or 13. It took me an entire summer to pay it off in trade. It felt great.
Food (What is your favorite meal or restaurant?)
We've got an Umami Burger right next door now, which is dangerous (hahaha!). I really love dim sum and oaxacan food.
Fun (What do you do for fun and in your free time?)
What's this free time of which you speak? I've been riding bmx since I was twelve years old, I also hike, sing karaoke, and explore...
False Perceptions (Do you think some people are turned off by the label of being low-brow?)
I'm not a fan of the term lowbrow. It was coined as a way of provoking the serious art world and the whole perception is different now than it was then. The only false perceptions that I face are that some people who haven't been here in a while think of only the Day of the Dead art and Tiki stuff that we've shown, and they forget that we gave groundbreaking shows to people like Joe Coleman, Michael Hussar, Miriam Wosk, Myron Dyal, and Sam Doyle.
Finger Pointing (Who are some of the first artists you discovered?)
There isn't enough space here. Check the links page on the website. We were first on most of them. How's Mark Ryden for one?
Friends (Do you tend to hang out with artists, collectors, Hollywood types, etc.?)
My circle includes artists, musicians, actors, directors, chefs, mechanics, collectors, bankers, etc. I don't think that a person's job can sum up their life, but I definitely spend a lot of time around passionate, creative types.
Fulfillment (What floats your boat?)
Seeing perfection and sharing it with others.
Fuck-ups (If you could go back, would you like to redo a part of your life?)
I might have run for office, spent more time in Japan, but I wouldn't really change much.
Flesh (Do you have any tattoos, piercings, birthmarks or scars?)
Lots of tattoos, a few holes where piercings used to be, and a couple of scars.
Fury (What consistently pisses you off?)
Nothing gets my goat. Holding a grudge is like letting an asshole live rent free in your head.
Future (What shows / projects / work is on the horizon for you and your gallery?)
Daniel Martin Diaz and Rib Burden each have full-room shows in December. January welcomes Alexandra Manukyan, and welcomes back Krystopher Sapp and Frida Gossett. February we debut Soey Milk alongside Christine Wu, Matthew Bone and Bonni Reid. Joe Sorren and Scott Hove have full rooms each in April after our annual March Group Show. Every other May we hold the Rogue Taxidermy Show, and the rest of the year has in store Jason D'Aquino, Germs, Dave Lebow, Miles Thompson, Brad Parker, José Rodolfo Loaiza Ontiveros, a Neon Park & Chick Strand retrospective, Bob Dob, Nathan Ota, and Christopher Ulrich.
Follow (Where can people track what you're up to?)
Follow us on Facebook (friends of la luz de Jesus Gallery), Twitter (@laluzdejesus) and on the ArtOfficial blog, but for best results sign up for our mailing list at www.laluzdejesus.com
Fill-in (Now is your chance to play word association…)
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Flamin' Lips
Fine Art
Far East Movement
Fruit bats
Farm ecology
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Finish (Is there anything else you'd like to add?)
You haven't been to Los Angeles unless you been to La Luz de Jesus Gallery. This is only the first quarter century –wait until you see what we've got in store!


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Golf's 3 Most Consistent Swings
I SAW THIS IN THE TRANSCRIPT of today's media conference at the Grand China Air LPGA. The questioner referred to Judy Rankin's three most consistent golf swings:
1. Ben Hogan
2. Mickey Wright
3. Annika Sorenstam
Hogan would be on everyone's list. Mickey Wright? Hogan himself said Wright's swing was the best he'd ever seen. (Plus she won 82 events, including 13 majors.) And the third is the soon-to-be retiree Annika Sorenstam.
"So can you tell us a little secret about your swing?" Annika was asked.
"This game is hard enough and I try to make it as simple as possible by just really rotating around my spine," she said.
"There's one swing plane, keeping the same through the wedges, through the drive and the same swing tempo."
There you go. Take that to the course and see how it works.
−The Armchair Golfer
4 comments:
- Golf Clubs Consultant said...
I always admired Payne Stewart's smooth swing. It always seemed like he was swinging so easy.
- The Armchair Golfer said...
Yes, Payne had wonderful tempo.
- Par Fore said...
While I can't disagree with the point of consistency, I could not help be think there no Tiger, Jack, nor Arnold. Therefore, does a consistent swing really mean that much.
- The Armchair Golfer said...
Arguably, no one work harder on the swing than Ben Hogan. He had to -- he wasn't that good. He didn't have the talent of Byron Nelson. Tiger Woods himself has said he would like to "own" his swing as Hogan did. Hogan, a late bloomer, went on to win 64 events, including nine majors in a seven-year stretch. Not bad.
Wright and Sorenstam won a total of 154 events.
So, yes, as a consistent swing relates to these three greats, it matters a lot.
Woods and Nicklaus are both power players and great putters. They also have something between the ears that's very rare. But even they would likely admit that their ball-striking wasn't up to Hogan's standards.


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Eat Your Way to Great AbsBy Ben Kallen
A few weeks ago, we gave you tips on building great-looking abs (refer to "5 Ways to Speed Up Your Six-Pack" in the Related Articles section below). Now we're going to focus on the other half of the equation: your diet. When it comes to creating incredible abs, even the most effective workout programs can only bring you so far. That's because you can't get a flat, hard midsection without losing body fat. Here's how to eat your way to great abs.
No matter how much effort you put into creating a six-pack, no one's going to see it if it's covered by a layer of flab. (The good news? While it's impossible to "spot-reduce," abdominal fat is often the first to go when you start losing weight.)
If you're following the dietary guidelines of a Beachbody® fitness program, you'll automatically be eating the right foods to lose fat as you get in shape. But the following seven principles can give you an extra edge, and will help ensure that the effort you're putting into your abs will bring you the results you want.
Get plenty of protein. Eating enough lean protein promotes fat loss and muscle gain, the two most important elements for developing great abs. It also helps keep you from getting hungry while you're eating right. You don't have to gobble down 12-ounce steaks—just eat a normal portion of lean meat, fish, low-fat dairy, or vegetarian protein with every meal, and make sure your snacks contain some protein, too. If you still have a hard time getting enough in your diet, a daily shake made with Whey Protein Powder can be a perfect addition.
By the way, protein is especially important in the morning, when a lot of people don't get as much as they should. A protein-rich breakfast will help keep your blood sugar steady for hours, preventing the dips that can lead to cravings later in the day. (Try some low-fat chicken sausage, or an omelet with one whole egg and three egg whites, along with fruit or whole-grain toast.)
- Reconsider your carbs. Despite the popularity of low-carbohydrate diets, the average American meal is still too high in sugar and fast-burning starches to bring body fat down to ab-baring levels. It's time to say goodbye to sweetened soda, ditch the Doritos®, and save the cake for your birthday. If your fitness plan calls for a sports drink before a long cardio workout, or a carb-and-protein recovery drink after resistance training, that's fine. But the rest of the time, stick with foods that are on the low end of the glycemic index (refer to GlycemicIndex.com for more information)—these foods burn more slowly, so they won't spike your blood sugar and insulin levels.
- Have fun with fiber. Something about the word "fiber" just doesn't sound appetizing. But high-fiber foods can actually be quite delicious: fresh berries and other fruits, salads loaded with colorful produce, your favorite steamed vegetables or vegetable soup, stews or chili made with beans, chewy whole-grain breads and cereals . . . You get the picture. (These foods just happen to be loaded with nutrients as well.) High-fiber foods keep you fuller with fewer calories, and they help keep your digestive system working at its best—a double-whammy for getting rid of belly bulge.
- Enjoy some yogurt. Probiotics, the healthful bacteria found in yogurt and other fermented foods, have been proven to help reduce belly fat. In a recent study in Finland, new mothers who took probiotic supplements averaged smaller waist circumferences—and lower body fat in general—than those who didn't take probiotic supplements. And while the topic is still controversial, studies have found that eating lots of calcium-rich dairy foods like yogurt may increase overall weight loss.
- Don't forget to eat. Tempted to lower your daily calorie count by skipping meals? Don't. Going hungry can raise your levels of the stress-related hormone cortisol, which research has found can increase belly fat even in otherwise thin women. And eating too infrequently can lower your metabolism and energy levels, while increasing the chance that you'll get too hungry and decide to chuck your meal plan entirely. If you're eating the right foods, regular meals and snacks will keep your body fueled while you're working toward that strong core.
Drink more fluids. Hydration is important when you're on a fitness plan, but drinking plenty of water has particular benefits for your midsection. It helps keep your stomach full, so you don't overeat, and it helps flush out excess sodium to prevent belly bloating. (Eating more potassium-rich foods, such as tomatoes and bananas, will also help in this area.)
Plain ol' H20 can't be beat, but you can also switch it up with flavored waters, iced tea, and anything else you like to drink that isn't full of sweeteners. How much do you need? The old rule of 8 glasses a day is a good start, but everyone is different: drink more if you're exercising or it's hot out, and drink less if you're running to the bathroom every 5 minutes.
- . . . With two exceptions. It's time to cut down on those mood-altering substances, coffee and alcohol. Too much caffeine raises your cortisol levels and can impair your sleep, which can lower the production of fitness-promoting hormones. Meanwhile, the proverbial "beer belly" isn't just the result of extra calories—alcohol actually makes it more difficult for your body to metabolize carbs and fat. Booze also stimulates your appetite and lowers your inhibitions, which can lead to bingeing. The best road to flat abs is no alcohol at all, but if you really like a drink now and then, just have one at a time (and no more than a few a week), and stay away from higher-calorie beers and sugary mixed drinks.
If you add these rules to your fitness plan, you're sure to see faster improvements in your midsection. Of course, there's an added bonus to eating this way: it'll keep you healthier, too. That may not be as big an inducement as great abs, but we're throwing it in for free.
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Does Exercise Matter for Weight Loss?By Steve Edwards
I'm sure by now many of you have seen the recent cover of TIME magazine stating that exercise doesn't matter for weight loss. As you might imagine, we at Beachbody are a little incredulous at this premise. After all, we have reports from thousands of individuals who've used exercise to dramatically change their bodies. Could we be the ones who are mistaken? Could all of those transformations have happened from dietary change alone? Today, let's take an analytical look at how we lose weight.
This article is going to deviate from our usual approach. As a person who has spent most of his life altering human physiques, I'm going to deconstruct the TIME article from top to bottom and try to make some sense out of what seems like a very unlikely premise. Let's begin with the tagline:
" . . . because exercise makes us hungry or because we want to reward ourselves, many people eat more—and eat more junk food, like doughnuts—after going to the gym."
Could it be true? After all, exercise not only makes you want to eat more, but it requires that your body consume more calories to recover from a breakdown of body tissue. What's unclear at this point is where the "junk food, like doughnuts" came from. My experience with Beachbody customers (and others over the last 25 years) is exactly the opposite; exercise actually leads to better eating habits because a body in tune with its needs craves healthier foods. But this is the tag line of an article that's going to circulate worldwide. Certainly, the author is about to present some compelling evidence for his argument. John Cloud proceeds to inform us:
"One of the most widely accepted, commonly repeated assumptions in our culture is that if you exercise, you will lose weight. But I exercise all the time, and since I ended that relationship and cut most of those desserts, my weight has returned to the same 163 lb. it has been most of my adult life."
His personal example of how exercise has not helped him lose weight seems to have left him rather bitter. "I have exercised like this—obsessively, a bit grimly—for years," he states. "But recently I began to wonder: Why am I doing this?" To me, it revived memories of Gina Kolata's best-selling drivel from last year blaming the obesity epidemic on our genes, where her entire argument was based around her brother training for a marathon and losing only 3 pounds. But certainly, the cover story of TIME wasn't going to be based on one man's personal weight loss odyssey.
If only Cloud and Kolata were members of the Message Boards, we could have told them how to break plateaus using a simple periodizational approach. Of course, this may have hurt their bank accounts, but at least they'd be less disenfranchised with the fitness industry, as well as a lot healthier.
But I digress. Next, Cloud states:
"Still, as one major study—the Minnesota Heart Survey—found, more of us at least say we exercise regularly. The survey ran from 1980, when only 47% of respondents said they engaged in regular exercise, to 2000, when the figure had grown to 57%."
At least he used "at least say," because other studies don't back this up. In fact, numerous studies published this decade show that children exercise somewhere between 20 percent and 25 percent less than they did in the 1970s, while only eating approximately 3 percent more calories. Statistics tell us that childhood obesity rates are over 30 percent nationwide, and over 40 percent in some demographics. Obese children are 99 percent more likely to wind up as obese adults than non-obese children. In fact, we don't need statistics to tell us this at all. We just need to be observant. The absence of children playing in the streets, the empty bike racks at schools, the prevalence of video games, and the increase in things to watch on TV should make it easy to draw this conclusion sans further input. Using this background, Cloud gets down to the nitty-gritty:
'"In general, for weight loss, exercise is pretty useless,' says Eric Ravussin, chair in diabetes and metabolism at Louisiana State University and a prominent exercise researcher."
This seems like a pretty bold statement. The physiological response by the body to exercise is to increase its metabolism. All other things being equal, this leads to weight loss, and there is no scientific evidence to refute it. The only scenario when it would not help is one where an individual consumed more calories than they burned off. But not only would they have to exceed the actual caloric burn of the exercise, they'd have to eat beyond the additional physiological changes the body makes to recover from exercise. And while it feels as though we're getting to the point of the article, caloric consumption in Cloud's view is always only weighed against calories burned during exercise. Furthermore, this premise dismisses the findings of at least three long-term studies done between 1997 and 2008 that show exercise is extremely important for maintaining a goal weight after weight loss.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. Cloud goes on to tell us:
"Today doctors encourage even their oldest patients to exercise, which is sound advice for many reasons: People who regularly exercise are at significantly lower risk for all manner of diseases—those of the heart in particular. They less often develop cancer, diabetes and many other illnesses."
So he's advocating exercise, apparently, just not for weight loss. Odd, when two of the diseases listed above are directly related to obesity. Regardless, this dubious setup allows Cloud to drop his bomb, which is based on spotty science and conjecture:
"That causes us to eat more, which in turn can negate the weight-loss benefits we just accrued. Exercise, in other words, isn't necessarily helping us lose weight. It may even be making it harder."
For scientific evidence, Cloud uses a study out of Louisiana State University [LSU] that showed women on an exercise program didn't lose much more weight than a group who wasn't on an exercise program when their diets weren't monitored. Of course, the women on an exercise program still lost more weight; it just wasn't very significant. But without factoring in diet, it's hard to say what went on within this group. Surely, the dietary component of a weight loss program is important, but stating that exercise is making weight loss harder seems like a stretch, especially when citing a study where the group that exercised still lost more weight. This extrapolation was summed up well in Denis Faye's blog The Real Fitness Nerd:
"Claiming that exercise isn't effective because people use it as an excuse to otherwise misbehave is like claiming a medication isn't effective because patients don't follow the directions properly."
The conjecture continues, as Cloud continues mentioning cravings for various junk foods whenever the topic of exercise comes up. For example:
"In 2007 the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association issued new guidelines stating that 'to lose weight . . . 60 to 90 minutes of physical activity may be necessary.' That's 60 to 90 minutes on most days of the week, a level that not only is unrealistic for those of us trying to keep or find a job but also could easily produce, on the basis of Church's data, ravenous compensatory eating."
But physical activity is defined as any type of movement that increases your heart rate over time, so he's using the American College of Sports Medicine's guidelines for undefined exercise, making a jump to suggest this should happen at intensities that cause us to pig out, assuming those exist in the first place. This is in contrast to studies that show compensatory eating happens more regularly among sedentary groups. Regardless, it's virtually impossible to prove that moving our bodies more will make us "ravenous," especially when Cloud's still only referencing the LSU study.
His next leap of illogic jumps the shark:
"If you force yourself to jog for an hour, your self-regulatory capacity is proportionately enfeebled. Rather than lunching on a salad, you'll be more likely to opt for pizza."
Cloud provides no rationale for this. Maybe he would opt for pizza, as we can only assume. But no evidence is presented as to why someone would do this other than a paper published in Psychological Bulletin in 2000 that claims self-control is like a muscle: it weakens each day after you use it. How he came to the conclusion that this would lead someone to eat pizza as a post-workout snack is anyone's guess because, unfortunately, he doesn't attempt to explain it. It's just his opinion.
Next, he attempts to make his point using some science:
"Yes, although the muscle-fat relationship is often misunderstood. According to calculations published in the journal Obesity Research by a Columbia University team in 2001, a pound of muscle burns approximately six calories a day in a resting body, compared with the two calories that a pound of fat burns. Which means that after you work out hard enough to convert, say, 10 lb. of fat to muscle—a major achievement—you would be able to eat only an extra 40 calories per day, about the amount in a teaspoon of butter, before beginning to gain weight. Good luck with that."
Cloud's flippant dismissal at the end of this paragraph could be taken as self-mockery because no one can convert fat to muscle. The physiological process does not exist. You can lose fat (atrophy) and gain muscle (hypertrophy), but you can't convert one type of body tissue into another. Furthermore, the Columbia research has not been proven conclusive. Brad Schoenfeld, in an in-depth review of the TIME article on his blog Workout 911, cites two studies showing far greater differences in metabolic properties.
"In a study done at Tufts University, Campbell and colleagues reported an increase in lean body weight of 3.1 pounds after 12 weeks of strength training increased resting metabolic rate by approximately 6.8%. This translated into an additional 105 calories burned per day. Do the math, and that equates to approximately 35 calories burned for each pound of added muscle. A study by Pratley and colleagues came to a similar conclusion on the topic. A similar four month strength training protocol resulted in a gain of 3.5 pounds of lean muscle. Metabolic rate showed a resulting 7.7% increase, correlating to a metabolic-heightening effect of muscle of approximately 34 calories."
Cloud does manage to quote a lot of credentialed people, but he does so in a way where he either uses their quotes out of context or he interprets them in a way that's just plain wrong. For example, let's use his analysis of why running could be worse for weight loss than "sitting on the sofa knitting."
"Some of us can will ourselves to overcome our basic psychology, but most of us won't be very successful. 'The most powerful determinant of your dietary intake is your energy expenditure,' says Steven Gortmaker, who heads Harvard's Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity. 'If you're more physically active, you're going to get hungry and eat more.'"
True, you will be hungry and might eat more. What he leaves out is that not only can you eat more, but at some point, you need to eat more to lose weight. At Beachbody, this is one of the most difficult principles we have to teach our customers. At the beginning of an exercise-induced weight loss program, we restrict calories. As a person's body composition changes, so does that person's need for caloric consumption. It's not uncommon for our customers to double the amount of food they need to eat to keep their weight loss moving once they get into good shape. This simple physiological fact renders Cloud's argument moot.
And not only do individual caloric needs change, but so do nutrient needs. In my experience, the need for more nutrient-dense foods seems to create cravings for healthier foods that are nutrient dense. And since these foods tend to be less calorically dense (because they are often plant based and contain fiber), the most common scenario among our customer base is that people become less hungry over time because they're eating foods which keep them full longer.
Cloud follows this with an about-face, making a point that if people moved more, they could exercise less. Ignoring the fact that all movement is considered some form of exercise, Cloud uses some studies that showed kids who got less recess time spent more personal time exercising, and thus stayed on par with their weight loss, than those who got more recess—not exactly a damnation of exercise.
Then he actually champions exercise with the following statement:
"In addition to enhancing heart health and helping prevent disease, exercise improves your mental health and cognitive ability. A study published in June in the journal Neurology found that older people who exercise at least once a week are 30% more likely to maintain cognitive function than those who exercise less. Another study, released by the University of Alberta a few weeks ago, found that people with chronic back pain who exercise four days a week have 36% less disability than those who exercise only two or three days a week."
This seems like a strong testament from an article that began as anti-exercise. He further drives home the need to exercise with the following paragraph:
"But there's some confusion about whether it is exercise—sweaty, exhausting, hunger-producing bursts of activity done exclusively to benefit our health—that leads to all these benefits or something far simpler: Regularly moving during our waking hours. We all need to move more—the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says our leisure-time physical activity (including things like golfing, gardening and walking) has decreased since the late 1980s, right around the time the gym boom really exploded. But do we need to stress our bodies at the gym?"
Huh? Who defined exercise as the need to "stress our bodies at the gym"? Wasn't this the same guy who had just told me that I'd be better off knitting than going for a run? It seems like the entire point of the article was for Cloud to publish an excuse so he wouldn't have to go to the gym anymore. He then proceeds to ask himself this exact question.
"This explains why exercise could make you heavier—or at least why even my wretched four hours of exercise a week aren't eliminating all my fat. It's likely that I am more sedentary during my nonexercise hours than I would be if I didn't exercise with such Puritan fury. If I exercised less, I might feel like walking more instead of hopping into a cab; I might have enough energy to shop for food, cook and then clean instead of ordering a satisfyingly greasy burrito."
The funny thing is that over the course of the article he actually seems to have convinced himself that he should exercise, only differently. He simply became befuddled on the type of exercise that he should be doing to get rid of his belly. It's more like an article to promote periodizational exercise, even though he doesn't mention it. He admits his confusion:
"Actually, it's not clear that vigorous exercise like running carries more benefits than a moderately strenuous activity like walking while carrying groceries."
Here we would agree, as it is unclear, especially without defining the intensity of the run or the amount of weight in groceries being carried. Not to mention the duration or the way you structured your daily tasks. What's become clear to me, by this point, is that the author needs a personal trainer. But he doesn't need one who takes him through workouts; he needs one who would plan an effective program for him. Cloud sums it up:
"In short, it's what you eat, not how hard you try to work it off, that matters more in losing weight. You should exercise to improve your health, but be warned: fiery spurts of vigorous exercise could lead to weight gain."
Again, he has it wrong. He's admitted a need to eat better and to exercise; he simply doesn't understand the process. All his self-flagellation reminds me of the colloquial definition of insanity, "doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result." What this author really needs, if he wants to lose his belly, is a Beachbody program.
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Test Your Food Fight IQ!By DeLane McDuffie
As an 8-year-old kid, I tried to incite a food fight in school. My only setback was that I tried to start one on a Friday, the day when we were served "fun" food, like pizza and hot dogs. No one wanted to throw that food around. True, we all know about food fights in school, but how many of us know about actual large-scale food fights—real skirmishes, wars, and battles involving food, fists, and, sometimes, firearms. Match the conflict with its unique food or characteristic.
- California Water Wars - Chinatown. This conflict was the basis of the 1974 movie Chinatown. The city of Los Angeles took on the residents of the Owens Valley over rights to the abundance of water from the Sierra Nevada. Back then, L.A. was a growing city in a semi-desert region with a very limited water supply. So much water was taken from the Owens Valley that the once water-rich landscape started to look more and more like the Sahara. Obviously, this upset the local farmers, who decided to blow up part of L.A.'s aqueduct system in 1924. This debate continued for decades.
- Banana Massacre - Chiquita. The United Fruit Company was an international trading juggernaut during the last century. It traded pineapples, bananas, and other fruit in Latin America and the Caribbean, selling chiefly to Americans and Europeans. In 1928, the Columbian Army opened fire on a picket line of United Fruit workers. The number of casualties is still unclear. Some speculated that the United Fruit Company actually convinced the military to do it. Controversy ensued. Eventually, the United Fruit Company (now Chiquita) got back to business and competing with its chief rival, Standard Fruit Company (now Dole).
- The Grattan Massacre - Bovine. It all started with a wandering cow. Back in 1854 in the Nebraska Territory, near present-day Laramie, Wyoming, a cow strolled off a Mormon camp and found itself in Brulé Lakota (of the Great Sioux Nation) land. There were burgers for everyone that night. Once the actual owner figured out what happened to his cow, he made so much fuss that Second Lieutenant John Grattan was sent out to exact revenge on the cow "thieves." As the two parties were negotiating, the Lakota killed Grattan and his 30 troops after one of the soldiers shot Conquering Bear, the Lakota chief. Soon after, the U.S. retaliated by sending William S. Harney and 600 soldiers into Sioux land, killing nearly 100 Sioux in the Battle of Ash Hollow.
- The Cod Wars - Iceland vs. Great Britain. There were three of them, one in the 1950s and two more in the 1970s. Iceland, whose economy was mainly based on fishing, felt the need to expand its fishing borders in the North Atlantic. Great Britain challenged that notion. In the First and Second Cod Wars, a lot of fishing nets got cut and a lot of insults were thrown around; however, it was the Third Cod War during which tempers really flared. Both countries deployed scores of ships and vessels. From November 1975 to June 1976, shots were fired, vessels were rammed, and fish surely must have been frightened. Once Iceland threatened to close its NATO base, that's when NATO stepped in, made the two nations shake hands, and made everything better.
- Mutiny on the Bounty - Breadfruit. Lieutenant William Bligh, commander of the HMS Bounty, was on a mission in 1787. He had to sail down to Tahiti, snatch up some breadfruit, and swing on over to the West Indies, where the breadfruit would serve as 18th-century energy bars for the slaves. Bad weather conditions around Cape Horn derailed their Tahitian arrival for about 10 months. Once they got there, breadfruit was out of season, which caused Bligh and the boys to hang out in Tahiti for another 5 months, until harvest season. Soon, they realized that packing the huge amount of breadfruit plants onto the ship would be like packing a blue whale into a sleeping bag, which caused the living quarters to be more like living pennies for the crew, which caused shipmate Fletcher Christian and friends to stage a mutiny. Bligh eventually found his way back to England, and the mutineers were captured. Bligh did get another shot at delivering breadfruit to the West Indies. The biggest irony is that the slaves hated the taste of breadfruit and refused to eat them.
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2011-12 Sailing News
Sailing at Dartmouth is CancelledApril 29, 2012The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's sailing team didn't get to race in their final scheduled competition of the season this weekend at the Professor No Ringer Invitational, hosted by Dartmouth College. Inclement weather was the culprit, according to Head Coach Jerry Jennings.
Sailing 14th at Southern Series IV RegattaApril 22, 2012The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's sailing team finished 14th of 15 teams at the Southern Series Four Regatta, hosted by Salve Regina Saturday. The Corsairs finished with 213 points, scoring 100 points in Division A races and 113 points in Division B races. Tufts was first overall with 40 points.
Sailing 12th at Wellesley-Boston InvitationalApril 22, 2012CAMBRIDGE, MA-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's sailing team contuinue to improve Sunday, finishing 12th of 14 teams at the Wellesley-Boston Invitational, hosted by MIT on the Charles River. The Corsairs finished with 83 points, despite competing in inclement weather.
Sailing Shines in DebutMarch 31, 2012The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's sailing team opened a few eyes when they made their collegiate debut at the Southern Series Three Regatta, hosted by Salve Regina Saturday. The Corsairs finished 17th of 21 teams and finished as high as sixth in one of their Division A races and as high as eighth in a Division B race.
Sailing to Debut this WeekendMarch 29, 2012Jerry Jennings will be coaching his third sport and starting up a sport for the second time when the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's sailing team begins its inaugural spring season this weekend. The Corsairs are the first alternate for Saturday's Southern Series Three Regatta at Salve Regina, which is scheduled to have a field of 21 teams.


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House GOP opens path for Sandy bill
Republicans cleared the way for House action Tuesday on Hurricane Sandy disaster aid after the leadership stepped in to pare back scores of amendments that could have been problematic to passage.
More than 90 amendments had been filed as of Friday but just a dozen will be made in order under a resolution reported by the House Rules Committee on Monday night following nearly four hours of testimony.
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Indeed the exceptional length of the hearing rivals the abbreviated time now allowed for floor debate. After a series of embarrassing delays, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) appears anxious to put Sandy aid behind him. But in his debut as the new Rules Chairman, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) let everyone talk as if to compensate.
Chief among the amendments is one seeking a 1.63 percent across-the-board cut from all 2013 appropriations — impacting defense as well as domestic programs. As outlined by Rep. Mick Mulvaney, the goal is to fully pay for the first $17 billion tranche of the Sandy aid.
But the South Carolina Republican is sure to face resistance in his own party since the reduction from defense would come on top of automatic spending cuts already threatening the military this spring.
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"We're not trying to delay the bill," said Mulvaney, addressing concerns among Northeast lawmakers that the entire relief package could be put in jeopardy by his amendment. "The motive here is as simple as it looks. I just want to find a way to pay for it."
"This is important. No question," he added. "Is it important enough to borrow money from China to do it when we are already borrowing money from China to do so many other things? I would hope that the tragedy would allow us to come together."


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It turns out that last week was World Breastfeeding Week (motto: "There's a sucker born every minute.") In honor of the occasion, here's what was served at a hospital-sponsored picnic for moms and their babies:
If you're wondering what a life preserver has to do with breastfeeding, then rest assured that so are the rest of us. Personally I like to think that the Wreckerator was in the process of drawing one huge bazooga when s/he was stopped by some killjoy middle manager.
Also note that breastfed babies are "reading for anything." Naturally, I think you'll agree with me when I say this theory simply must be tested. So, the next time you see a mom breastfeeding, try to see if her kid is also reading. (You know, like this.) Then, once you've recovered from the police tasing and posted bail, be sure to report your findings back to us, k?
Anony M., I'll let you explain today's title. ;)
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In theme with the all American brand, the Polo Ralph Lauren range offer an impactful fragrance to a young man's cabinet. Stamped with the classic polo logo, this range of Ralph Lauren aftershaves and perfumes includes the Big Pong range and Polo Sport collection.


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Jeremy Wilkinson-Smith passes along a chart he says is getting some play today, one that suggests the stock market sell-off may be just about over.
The VIX curve has gone into backwardation today, as the bottom panel in the chart shows. In other words, VIX futures three months out have become less expensive than current-month VIX futures, meaning it costs more to hedge against a market downturn today than it does three months from now.
This inversion of the term structure in the forward VIX curve is indicative of elevated market stress, and on the occasions when we've seen such an event in the past few years, the S&P 500 has bottomed and headed higher.
Dave Lutz, head of ETF trading and strategy at Stifel Nicolaus, calls this " the most important chart in the world."
"I've used this before to show 'exhaustion' of stress, and it was a sharp buying signal four times in 2013," says Lutz.
"We did get the signal on January 24, and proceeded to slide another 2% before bottoming and starting the recent leg to fresh highs."


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Matteo Manassero earned himself a €288,465 birthday present with his second European Tour win at the Maybank Malaysian Open.
The Italian, who turns 18 on Tuesday, started the celebrations early as a closing 68 helped him finish 16 under and see off challenges from Grégory Bourdy and Rory McIlroy.
"I couldn't imagine anything better – going back home to celebrate my 18th birthday and my second victory on The European Tour," he said, after climbing to 33rd on the Official World Golf Ranking.
"I'll have a big dinner and celebrate both.
"It's great to be able to celebrate both together. I'm just now concentrating on being in the top 50 now and getting into all the Majors. I'm very happy about this achievement."
Having become The European Tour's youngest ever winner in Spain last year, Manassero now holds the top two positions on that list - Danny Lee was seven months older when he won the Johnnie Walker Classic.
He is also the second teenager in a row to win the event, following Noh Seung-yul's triumph 12 months ago.
The leaders had 27 holes to play on the final day after six hours of weather delays earlier in the week, with McIlroy immediately extending his two shot overnight advantage to three with a birdie at the par five tenth.
But the 21 year old Northern Irishman was passed by Manassero and Alex Noren before the end of the third round after dropping two shots at the short 15th.
Manassero, on the other hand, birdied both par threes on the back nine for a 67 that left him 12 under with a round to go alongside Noren - who had driven the green at the par four 16th and eagled.
Bourdy produced his second electric start of the weekend when the final round teed off - having birdied five of the first six in his third round he reeled off four in a row from the third.
A dropped shot at the eighth and a double bogey three holes later looked to have cost the Frenchman, but the three-time European Tour winner posted three birdies on the way in to set the clubhouse target at 15 under.
McIlroy was right in contention with three birdies in four holes around the turn, but three-putted the 12th for a double bogey which looked to have ended his chances.
Manassero had one birdie courtesy of a drawn approach to six feet at the second in an outward 35, but when he holed his approach to the par five tenth for eagle he was level with Bourdy.
An eight foot birdie putt at the next put him ahead, but he missed a six footer for par at the next.
He coolly converted a downhill ten footer at the 14th that left him needing to par the last four, and the former British Amateur Champion belied his tender years as he calmly set about the job without any drama.
"It feels amazing - it's a great achievement," said Manassero. "As I always say I could never have expected it all to have one win before I was 18 and now I've got two.
"I had a really good week from the beginning. I didn't miss many shots apart from the second round when I didn't play great but I was still able to finish well and get in contention. I had a really good weekend and managed to get the win.
"It's a great achievement after just 11 months of professional golf. It's a great achievement for myself and gets me into the Majors – I just missed Augusta but playing the other three will be fantastic. I'm really proud of that and the next target will be winning another tournament and keeping the momentum going. It's going well and we'll see what happens."
Manassero also paid tribute to Seve Ballesteros, who he described as his golfing hero.
"He is and will always be," he added. "I grew up watching Costantino, Seve and Tiger. I thought Seve was the kind of player I wanted to be.
"The crowd was cheering for him and he was different to everyone else. He is a great person and a symbol of what a person should be. He sent me a letter after I won in Spain. That was nice."
McIlroy briefly threatened to mount a storming comeback, holing from eight feet for birdie at the 16th and then hitting a stunning approach to within three feet at the next as he closed the gap to one.
Needing a birdie at the par five last he was on the green in three but his birdie putt never threatened the cup and by three-putting he finished third behind Bourdy.
"At this moment I'm pretty disappointed but it was a good week," said McIlroy. "I started off really well in the tournament. To shoot the scores that I did considering the travelling is a pretty good effort.
"That little stretch of birdies were good (at the 14th, 16th and 17th). I knew I needed them.
"It was unfortunate on the last. I thought it was a good drive but I hit it on the upslope of the bunker and hit an eight iron into the green and it was a difficult putt.
"It has been a good week, I enjoyed coming to Kuala Lumpur. I'm disappointed with the result but everything else was positive. I'm proud of myself at how I picked myself up from last week and the way I came back on the back nine today."
"Matteo is fantastic. He is a great talent -to get two wins on the European Tour before your 18th birthday is pretty special. He is great and we've known he is a great player. He deserves it."
Spain's Rafael Cabrera Bello matched Bourdy's closing 67 to finish tied fourth with Noren, while Masters Tournament winner Charl Schwartzel improved to 11th over the weekend with rounds of 67 and 70.
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|BOURDY, Grégory
|MCILROY, Rory
|CABRERA-BELLO, Rafa
|NOREN, Alexander
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Jordan is the daughter of Jim and Wendy Kennedy and attended Cut Bank High School. She is currently studying engineering at MSU. What a great example of one of our own excelling on a national level. Catch the entire article from the Glacier Reporter


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