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Saturday, January 05, 2013
Unsolicited Wizardry
Sat down and just started painting. Seemed silly to just leave everything just sitting in a folder on my desktop. I was just trying some stuff out while looking at a photo of sleeping beauty's castle. It took off from there. It was virtually impossible for me to just leave them as straight environment paintings. I must have a disease or something that prevents me from painting anything without trying to be funny or ironic. You have no idea how hard I fought myself NOT to paint a wizard, or a monster, or a robot into that last piece. I put one anyway...win?
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- Collin Searls said...
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- January 06, 2013
- Joel Mandish said...
- January 06, 2013
- Mike Bear said...
deep thoughts by jack handy? you should sell these as prints!
- January 06, 2013
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- Germán said...
these are beautiful. love the wizard one!
- January 06, 2013
- Mary said...
Love your art! Please keep sharing.
- January 06, 2013
- Steven Knudsen said...
Man, I love these! There's so much character in them.
- January 06, 2013
- Genevieve FT said...
Beautiful, inspiring !
- January 06, 2013
- Gaby Suarez said...
Mr. Loftis, i saw you at this past CTN Expo and wanted to show you my work but you couldn't check it out. Is there any place we can contact you? I'd be pretty awesome if you could check out a few of my works.
P.s-Nice work, as always..
- January 06, 2013
- Stephan Royer said...
I really enjoy your textures and how you simplify complex scenes! Inspiring stuff :)
- January 06, 2013
- Tegan Clancy said...
everyone loves a wizard! and very inspiring,as I need a lot of planning before I can create an environment!
- January 06, 2013
- Jason Newkirk said...
these are sweet! Thanks for sharing your art, it's soooo good!
- January 06, 2013
- Dalibor Dejanovic said...
Great work, it caught my eye! I like the verticals. Wizard is cool ;)
- January 06, 2013
- Ricardo Chucky said...
your art is amazing!
- January 07, 2013
- Wyckens Manddy said...
Thoses are awesome pieces! :) very sensitive and all, love it! As well as the pencil one in the earlier post, they've got a very nice feeling i don't know : )
- January 07, 2013
- Lidix said...
Awesomes!You have a new fan here!:O
- January 08, 2013
- Lou Holsten said...
simply beautiful. love it!
- January 08, 2013
- GhettoFab said...
beyond incredible
- January 09, 2013
- Phabio said...
The last one... once I saw that scene.
I was not too far from Salisbury on the summer solstice, but he was dressed in dark green.
- January 10, 2013
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- Sarah Arakaki said...
i look at these often because they make me so happy:)
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- Emy Augustus said...
The first one caught my eye via a pinterest board ... these three seem kind of different from the others posted on your blog.
- August 17, 2013
- Nikhita said...
Ah! Dammit these are so so beautiful!! <3 Love the colors, the compositions and the lines! So beautiful!! Don't mind me, er..I'll be here. Sitting, staring and oggling in awe.
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Jay Marshall
Jay Marshall (August 29, 1919 – May 10, 2005) was a famous magician and ventriloquist born in Abington, Massachusetts.
|Jay Marshall
|James Ward Marshall
August 29, 1919
Abington, Massachusetts
|May 10, 2005 (age 85)
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|Plot 69, Woodlawn Cemetery & Chapel, 7750 West Cermak Road Forest Park, IL
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Over a 60 year career he appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show 14 times together with his dummy "Lefty". He also was the opening act for performers like Frank Sinatra, Milton Berle and Liberace. In fact, he was the first act to open for Sinatra in Las Vegas. He was also the dean of the Society of American Magicians.
According to the Chicago Tribune, his interest in magic started when he was six. Marshall failed to graduate from Bluefield College in West Virginia and went on to be a professional magician instead.
During World War II, Marshall was "island hopping" in the Pacific to entertain military personnel in USO shows. He became tired of taking his elaborate ventriloquist's dummy called Henry with him, so he decided to use a white glove and some bunny ears to turn his left hand into his dummy, "Lefty".
In the 1950s, Marshall moved to Chicago and married fellow magician Frances Ireland. Together they opened a magic shop in 1963 called Magic, Inc. on Lincoln Avenue on Chicago's North Side. Marshall was also a historian of stage magic and wrote several books about it. However, his own acts focused more on card magic and sleight of hand which he often combined with ventriloquism. One of his creations was the Jaspernese Thumb Tie.
For five years in the 1950's, he edited New Phoenix.
He died at the Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago after a series of heart attacks.[1][2]
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- Masters Fellowship from Academy of Magical Arts (1982)
- TV, Magic and You (1955)
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Well, as it turns out, a lot.
I had my first French macaron during my connecting flight in Paris a couple of months ago – it had me at first bite. I still remember when my teeth first met the crusty surface. Then they descended into the chewy core, which was followed by just the right amount of fillings to top off the ultimate delectable experience. I thought the whole world must have been added to each macaron, only to learn later on that the ingredients are incredibly simple. After about the 5th one, I started contemplating whether or not my husband and I should continue on to Spain, which was our final destination, or stay in Paris and eat our way out of every single patisserie that carried this tongue altering narcotics.
Once we returned to California, I was determined to find these Parisian treats. Soon enough, I started eating my way out of the local bakeries – from Pualette to Miette to XP Patisserie and even Starbucks – yes, THE CHAIN – who knew!
As if that wasn't enough, I decided that I would learn to make my own macarons. So I'm taking a 3-hour class in LA late December. I figured that if each macron costs $1.65, and a class costs $50, taking the class was no brainer. So this is now my little personal challenge. I consider myself a good cook, but I don't bake.
So what do bakers and product managers have in common? In general terms:
Creativity: In baking, it's about taste, presentation, tools and techniques. In product management, it's about design, processes and resources. Yes, you CAN be creative in how you use your resources to get things done!
Patience: In baking, every step has to be meticulously done – the ingredients, the step by step preparation, and the wait . . . before you can enjoy the fruit of your labor. Product Managers generally lack patience. That might just be the nature of A-type personalities. But patience can result in better timing (i.e., go to market), better outcome (due diligence in planning, execution and QA) and increased productivity.
Persistence and the desire to achieve perfection: When I scoured the internet for a macron recipe and for people's experience in making macrons, the common thread seemed to be the multiple attempts. One person went through 7 batches before he was happy with the outcome. PMs persistency comes from selling ideas they truly believe in to both the internal and external stakeholders. Persistence is also about finding an optimal solution to a problem.
Pride: In baking, it's about repeated business via word of mouth. It's about who wins the bake off contest, and if you have kids, it's about who's mom makes kick butt cupcakes. In product management, it's the satisfaction of seeing your product move off the shelf and knowing that you've put your heart, soul, sweat into creating something that never existed before. It's about making a difference in someone else's life because of your product(s), or better yet, it's about making a better world.
Passion: Bakers exists because they are passionate about food. If you don't believe me, just look at their size (I'm going to get into so much trouble for this). As a marketer, I'm guilty of accumulating a lot of personal "stuff" I might not need. My husband accuses me of it, and I tell him that the product was so brilliantly marketed that I just had to buy it. Truly the bottom line is that if you are not passionate about the product that you manage, you are less likely to succeed.
So will baking make me a better product manager? Maybe . . . but I'm sure going to find out!
Jenny Feng


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Founder Zimmer Resigns From Men's Wearhouse Board
Men's Wearhouse (MW) founder George Zimmer, unexpectedly ousted last week from his position at the clothing retailer, resigned Monday from the company's board of directors, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Zimmer founded Men's Wearhouse in 1973 and became the face of the company through long-running television ads in which the bearded and dapper Zimmer told potential customers, "You're going to like the way you look. I guarantee it."
Last week the company abruptly announced that Zimmer, who served as executive chairman, had been dismissed, apparently because Zimmer disagreed with the recent direction of the company.
Zimmer released a statement following his dismissal saying, "Over the past several months I have expressed my concerns to the board about the direction the company is currently heading." He added that the board had "inappropriately chosen to silence my concerns by terminating me."
A Men's Wearhouse spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Zimmer first appeared in Men's Wearhouse advertisements in 1985, according to the company's website.
Founded by Zimmer as a single store in Texas, the company, now based in Fremont, Calif., currently operates 1,143 stores under the Men's Wearhouse, Moores and K&G chains. It also sells uniform and work clothes, and rents tuxedos.
Men's Wearhouse shares were down 43 cents at $35.36 amid a broad market selloff Monday.


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sane-fujitsu(5) SANE Scanner Access Now Easy sane-fujitsu(5) NAME sane-fujitsu - SANE backend for Fujitsu flatbed and ADF scanners DESCRIPTION The sane-fujitsu library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) backend which provides access to most Fujitsu flatbed and ADF scanners. This document describes the rewritten backend versions 1.0.21 and greater. The backend supports lineart, halftone, grayscale, and color scanning for most USB and SCSI scanners, depending on hardware capabilities. Most simple scanning related features are exposed. This version fea‐ tures at least basic support for many more models. See KNOWN ISSUES. HARDWARE SUPPORT The following scanners are thought to have at least basic scanning capability, either because they have been tested with a prior version, or because documentation indicates they are compatible with a tested model. WORKGROUP SIZED SCANNERS: -------------------------------------- SCSI: SCSI/USB: USB: ------------ ------------ ------------ M3091DC fi-4120C fi-5110C M3092DC fi-4220C fi-5110EOX SP-93GX fi-4120C2 fi-4220C2 fi-5120C fi-5220C DEPARTMENTAL SIZED SCANNERS: -------------------------------------- SCSI: SCSI/USB: ------------ ------------ M3093GX/DG fi-4340C M3096G/GX fi-4530C M3097G+/DG fi-5530C fi-4640S fi-4750C PRODUCTION SIZED SCANNERS: -------------------------------------- SCSI: SCSI/USB: ------------ ------------ M3099G/GH/GX fi-5650C M4097D fi-5750C fi-4750L fi-5900C fi-4860C M4099D The following scanners are known NOT to work with this backend, either because they have a non-fujitsu chipset, or an unsupported interface type. Some of these scanners may be supported by another backend. UNSUPPORTED SCANNERS: -------------------------------------- SCSI: SERIAL: USB: ------------ ------------ ------------ ScanStation M3093E/DE/EX fi-4110EOX2 ScanPartner M3096EX fi-4010CU SP-Jr M3097E+/DE SP-10/10C M3099A/EH/EX SP-15C/300C SP-600C/620C This backend may support scanners not listed here. The best way to determine level of support is to test the scanner directly. Fujitsu equipment has historically been good enough to not be damaged by incor‐ rect commands if the scanner is incompatible. Please contact the author with test results, positive or negative. OPTIONS A modest effort has been made to expose the standard options to the API. This allows a frontend to set scanning region, resolution, bit- depth, color mode, and enable the automatic document feeder. The fujitsu backend supports the following basic options for most scanners: source s Selects the source for the scan. Options may include "Flatbed", "ADF Front", "ADF Back", "ADF Duplex". mode m Selects the mode for the scan. Options may include "Lineart", "Halftone", "Gray", and "Color". resolution, y-resolution Controls scan resolution. Setting --resolution also sets --y- resolution but not vice versa. This behavior is overridden by some frontends. tlx, tly, brx, bry Sets scan area upper left and lower right coordinates. Often converted to t, l, x, y by frontend code. pagewidth, pageheight Sets paper size. Used by scanner to determine centering of scan coordinates when using ADF. Other options will be available based on the capabilities of the scan‐ ner. Use 'scanimage --help' to get a list. Be aware that some options may appear only when another option has been set. CONFIGURATION FILE The configuration file "fujitsu.conf" is used to tell the backend how to look for scanners, and provide options controlling the operation of the backend. This file is read each time the frontend asks the backend for a list of scanners, generally only when the frontend starts. If the configuration file is missing, the backend will use a set of compiled defaults, which are identical to the default configuration file shipped with SANE. Scanners can be specified in the configuration file in 4 ways: "scsi FUJITSU" Requests backend to search all scsi busses in the system for a device which reports itself to be a scanner made by 'FUJITSU'. "scsi /dev/sg0" (or other scsi device file) Requests backend to open the named scsi device. Only useful if you have multiple compatible scanners connected to your system, and need to specify one. Probably should not be used with the other "scsi" line above. "usb 0x04c5 0x1042" (or other vendor/product ids) Requests backend to search all usb busses in the system for a device which uses that vendor and product id. The device will then be queried to determine if it is a Fujitsu scanner. "usb /dev/usb/scanner0" (or other device file) Some systems use a kernel driver to access usb scanners. This method is untested. The only configuration option supported is "buffer-size=xxx", allowing you to set the number of bytes in the data buffer to something other than the compiled-in default, 65536 (64K). Some users report that their scanner will "hang" mid-page, or fail to transmit the image if the buf‐ fer is not large enough. Note: This option may appear multiple times in the configuration file. It only applies to scanners discovered by 'scsi/usb' lines that follow this option. Note: The backend does not place an upper bound on this value, as some users required it to be quite large. Values above the default are not recommended, and may crash your OS or lockup your scsi card driver. You have been warned. ENVIRONMENT The backend uses a single environment variable, SANE_DEBUG_FUJITSU, which enables debugging output to stderr. Valid values are: 5 Errors 10 Function trace 15 Function detail 20 Option commands 25 SCSI/USB trace 30 SCSI/USB detail OLDER VERSIONS Backend versions prior to this were numbered with a two part version, or with no version number at all. At the time this version was written, all older versions were retroactively renumbered, 1.0.2 - 1.0.20. The current backend may have lost support for some feature you were using. The last of the "old" backends, 1.0.20, is still available as source from: http://www2.pfeiffer.edu/~anoah/fujitsu/ If you find that you need to use the older version, please contact the author, to try and get those features restored to a later version. KNOWN ISSUES All IPC, imprinter, and compression options are disabled. Most scanner specific 'quirks' are not accounted for, making it possible to set some options in ways that the scanner does not support. Some flatbed options are affected by adf settings. Any model that does not support VPD during inquiry will not function. HISTORY m3091 backend: Frederik Ramm <frederik a t remote d o t org> m3096g backend: Randolph Bentson <bentson a t holmsjoen d o t com> (with credit to the unnamed author of the coolscan driver) fujitsu backend, 3093, fi-4340C, ipc, cmp, long-time maintainer: Oliver Schirrmeister <oschirr a t abm d o t de> 3092: Mario Goppold <mgoppold a t tbzpariv d o t tcc-chemnitz d o t de> fi-4220C and basic USB support: Ron Cemer <ron a t roncemer d o t com> fi-4120, fi-series color support, backend re-write, current maintainer: M. Allan Noah: <anoah a t pfeiffer d o t edu> SEE ALSO sane(7), sane-scsi(5), sane-usb(5), sane-sp15c(5), sane-avision(5) AUTHOR M. Allan Noah: <anoah a t pfeiffer d o t edu> sane-backends 1.0.18 2006-06-06 sane-fujitsu(5)[top]
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You might have worked with Linux for years and never added an additional disk to your system or perhaps you were too frustrated by Linux's strange ways of dealing with disks to attempt it.
In either case, here's your opportunity to work through the steps required in adding a new disk to your system.
The process, once you have your disk physically installed into the system, is simple.
Most of us install a new Linux system with a series of mouse clicks or taps on the keyboard without regard for how the disk setup takes place. Desktop users generally accept the default installation with little thought. But, what happens when you run out of space on a disk or filesystem?
Server system operators know the procedure well but perennial desktop jockeys might never have treaded the multiple disk waters.
Well, it's time to dive in to the deep end.
Initial Setup
The first step is to install the new disk into your system. Find an open bay in your computer, set the drive's jumpers, plug the drive into system power and into a controller cable. Boot up your system and watch your BIOS for the new drive. Login to your system and su to root or use sudo and issue the following commands.
debian:~# sfdisk -l Disk /dev/hda: 10402 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors/track Units = cylinders of 516096 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0 Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System /dev/hda1 0 - 0 0 0 Empty /dev/hda2 0 - 0 0 0 Empty /dev/hda3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty /dev/hda4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty Disk /dev/sda: 652 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0 Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 0+ 616 617- 4956021 83 Linux /dev/sda2 617 651 35 281137+ 5 Extended /dev/sda3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty /dev/sda4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty /dev/sda5 617+ 651 35- 281106 82 Linux swap / Solaris
I have two disks in the example system, /dev/sda (System SCSI disk) and /dev/hda (Empty IDE disk). The IDE disk is the new disk that we'll use for this example.
Since you know the device name of the new disk (/dev/hda), it's easy to configure it.
debian:~# fdisk /dev/hda The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 10402. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with: 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) Command (m for help):
You're now in the fdisk (fixed disk) utility, where you'll setup partitions on the new disk. For simplicity, we'll create one single partition on this disk.
Please realize that you can split the disk into several partitions or "slices" as your needs dictate. It's time to create that partition.
Begin by telling fdisk that you want to create a new partition and then provide the partition number that you want to create (1).
To use the entire disk, hit ENTER to select the default cylinder (1) and hit ENTER again to select the last cylinder for the end of the partition.
Write the changes to disk (w). Once you've written the changes to disk, fdisk closes and returns you to the system prompt.
Command (m for help): n Command action e extended p primary partition (1-4) p Partition number (1-4): 1 First cylinder (1-10402, default 1): Using default value 1 Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-10402, default 10402): Using default value 10402 Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/hda: 5368 MB, 5368709120 bytes 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 10402 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes Disk identifier: 0x365a714a Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 1 10402 5242576+ 83 Linux Command (m for help): w The partition table has been altered! Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. Syncing disks. debian:~#
You're now ready to create the filesystem. Because we used the entire disk, you only have to do this once.
debian:~# mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda1 mke2fs 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=4096 (log=2) Fragment size=4096 (log=2) 327680 inodes, 1310644 blocks 65532 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=0 Maximum filesystem blocks=1342177280 40 block groups 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group 8192 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736 Writing inode tables: done Creating journal (32768 blocks): done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done This filesystem will be automatically checked every 24 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override. debian:~#
Mounting the Disk
You've created the filesystem (ext3) on your new disk. You can't "see" or use the disk yet until it's mounted.
Mounting a disk means to make its contents available to the system and its users by providing a mount point on which the disk will reside.
To do this, you need to use an existing directory or create a new one onto which the disk will mount. Since this disk will provide space for backing up valuable files, create a directory named /backup.
debian:~# mkdir /backup
Mount the disk using the standard mount command syntax: mount device_name mount_point
debian:~# mount /dev/hda1 /backup
Congratulations, you've installed a new hard drive into your system, setup the disk in fdisk, created a mount point, mounted the drive onto the mount point and you're ready to start filling up the new space with backups. And, not a moment too soon as you can see.
debian:~# df –h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 4.7G 4.2G 314M 94% / tmpfs 253M 0 253M 0% /lib/init/rw udev 10M 588K 9.5M 6% /dev tmpfs 253M 0 253M 0% /dev/shm /dev/hda1 5.0G 139M 4.6G 3% /backup
Are we done here? Yes and no. We're done as far as using this new disk for backups and moving off some non-essential files to free up some space.
What happens if you reboot the system? You wouldn't see the new disk. You might think it disappeared or failed. It's still there, just like you left it—in manual mount mode.
And, that's OK, if you want the disk available to you on an occasional basis and would prefer to mount it only when needed. If you'd like to have it available on a persistent basis, you need to do a bit more work.
Creating a Persistent Mount
Danger, Will Robinson! You have to edit a system file (/etc/fstab) for this one but rather than bore you with vi the vi version of file editing, we're going to cheat. The fstab file has the following format:
file system mount point type options dump pass
File system is /dev/hda1, mount point is /backup, type is ext3, options is defaults, dump is 0 and pass is 2.
I'll save the explanations of these options for a future entry. To add that list of parameters to the /etc/fstab file, we'll use the echo command.
debian:~# echo "/dev/hda1 /backup ext3 defaults 0 2" >> /etc/fstab
Now, your new disk will always mount automatically in read/write mode for you upon subsequent boot ups.
Certain aspects of Linux can challenge the saltiest (and most patient) among computer users. Adding new disks is a common sore point for users unfamiliar with the unusual methods used in Linux.
Remember to be careful when editing system files (files in the /etc directory) and using fdisk, since both can cause irreparable (at worst) or time-consuming damage to your system.


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- Personal Bio
- HIV Diagnosis
- African-American Identity and HIV
- HIV, Health Care and Treatment
- Disclosure, Relationships and Sex
- Resolutions, Adventures and Wishes
Tell us a little about your life.
I live in northwest D.C., about a mile from the Capitol and a few blocks from Howard University, right in the middle of a diverse brownstone neighborhood. I live alone, but someday I want to get married, have children, and live happily ever after. ... One of my favorite movies is Love Jones. I dream of meeting that one woman who becomes your life -- and of just belonging to someone. I work for Housing Works as national field organizer here at the D.C. Federal Advocacy Office.
Where did you grow up?
I was born in D.C. and went to high school here, but my dad was in the Air Force so I spent time in Hawaii, Texas, Kansas City, different places -- I was an Air Force brat.
What did you want to grow up to be when you were a kid?
I remember I was five or so and The Towering Inferno came out, and I told my dad after seeing the movie that I wanted to be an architect. Why a burning building would inspire me to be an architect I don't know! But once I figured out what it took to be an architect, I didn't want to do all the math.
What kinds of work have you done?
I went to college as a graphic design and commercial art major, but after the first couple of semesters, I got bored and impatient. I was already making money designing T-shirts and posters that were all over campus, so I got very interested in an educational psychology class that I was taking. So I started going toward education -- teaching.
In the years after college, it was hit-or-miss. After being diagnosed, everything I thought about doing was really temporary and up in the air. I played semi-pro football for a couple of years, and still had some aspirations of going pro -- I had a lot of pro tryouts, NFL and Canadian Football League, and for a while I even had an agent. But I got ill after my third year of semi-pro -- first, I hurt my Achilles tendon, which slowed me down. Then I developed a tumor on one of my adrenal glands, which would probably have killed me within about three months if it hadn't been treated. At the time, I thought, "OK, here I go. This is it" -- being HIV positive, it was right around that 10-year point -- "I'm dying." But it was corrected, and I remember the doctor telling me that if I wanted to play football again, I could. It wasn't HIV-related -- it was just something that had happened.
At that point, I took it as a hint. I made a promise to myself that I was going to make everything count after that. That was the point that I stopped playing football and started teaching and working in the social-service fields.
What work did your parents do?
My dad was in the Air Force, and my mom worked for the federal government. Now she works at the Pentagon. She wasn't in the building on September 11, but she was in the neighborhood -- I will never forget that morning.
Who are the most influential people in your life?
My parents are always going to be there. They still serve as my main influence, and they're usually the people I talk to first about anything. But I gain a lot of inspiration from the people I advocate for. I meet people all over the place who come from all kinds of backgrounds and are dealing with all sorts of things, and they inspire me every day. People always joke with me, saying I'm a real important person now that I work in D.C. -- and half the time I'm on Capitol Hill shaking hands and having lunch with Senate staffers and all that stuff. But I always have to turn it back and say, "I will never be as important as the people I work for." When I talk with people out in the field, I want to instill in them the fact that I'm there for them, and the reason is not just that people need assistance and help but because they are my main source of inspiration.
I've been blessed that I don't have to worry about medications, about health issues or being homeless. But in a heartbeat, I could very easily be one of those people that I advocate for, in the most dire situations. When the C2EA [Campaign to End AIDS, a nationwide grassroots movement of people with HIV that culminated in a march on Washington, D.C., in November 2005] caravan went through the Gulf Coast last summer, the people there who were dealing with the effects of the hurricanes on top of being positive and living in the South still wanted to wait on us hand and foot and make sure we were comfortable. And I just thought that was the most incredible thing.
Do you consider yourself an AIDS activist?
I never would consider myself an activist, but I guess what I do has become that. Before meeting Charles King [the cofounder and executive director], I never heard of Housing Works, but now that I'm here I understand where I fit in. He has his dynamic and seemingly larger-than-life presence, but when I met him I had no idea who he was, so I think I had an advantage there, because I wasn't blinded by seeing him in person. As much spotlight as he draws, he's very good at deferring it. He loves the idea that people, when put in a particular position, can be just as productive and honorable as anyone. So I remember asking him, after he offered me a job, "Are you sure you want me?" Reading all these clips about him and ACT UP and all these sit-ins and protests, I don't see me doing this. And he was like, "Yeah! Sure!" But now it's about being comfortable with the process and the sense of urgency -- and we all feel that -- but sometimes we have a difficult time developing the confidence to access it.
What does activism mean to you?
It can be as simple as not settling; things need to change. And I think over time people who are positive have become complacent. A lot of people in the early '80s fought and died so that we could have the Ryan White CARE Act, ADAP [AIDS Drug Assistance Program], and all the benefits and services that we have. And somewhere in the early '90s, people stopped fighting. We have become accustomed to believing we will always have these services. But now things are going backward and we're trying to wake people up to the fact that we just can't take these things for granted. The millions of people who have died from this disease -- we can't just accept that. So, an activist, to me, is someone who's not going to stand for it. The trick is how to make a legitimate and articulate message that people will listen to.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I've gotten into community theater. I was in an audition just this past Sunday for a play and I had to sing a little bit in addition to doing a reading. It's an outlet -- I'm terrified when I get up there and do it, but despite my personality, I just follow right along with it.
Are you a religious or spiritual person? Do you attend a church?
I'm very much spiritual, not so much religious. I was raised pretty much in Oakland Baptist Church here in Alexandria, Virginia, but honestly, I haven't been to church on a regular basis since high school. I'm less enchanted with being in the pew than with just having a free spirit and understanding where you are and how you feel.
How did you find out you were HIV positive?
I didn't go and get tested. It was spring of 1986, between my freshman and sophomore year in college, and being a scholarship athlete, one requirement was to do community-type work, and one thing I did was just donate blood at the blood bank. So after maybe my third or fourth visit, the nurse stopped me and said the doctor needed to speak to me before I went back with the rest of the guys to donate, and that's when I was told. They found the antibodies to the virus in my blood, and therefore I could not donate blood. That was before pre- and post-test counseling, so they were like, "OK! Have a good day!" And from that point, I was off on my own.
What were your feelings when you were first diagnosed?
It's easy now to say it was shock, but at the time, it just seemed like everything was in slow motion. I knew exactly what the doctor was saying, but I just didn't. ... It was like denial:
"It must be wrong, it must be a mistake." And complete terror, because in the mid-'80s every other day on the news or in the paper you heard that someone had just died of some AIDS-related illness -- Rock Hudson, Liberace. The term "HIV positive" didn't exist -- it was just "You have AIDS, and you're going to die." And pretty much the doctor told me that. I'll never forget it. He told me, "You may not show symptoms or you may not have any related illnesses, but at the most it'll be 10 years." And I was 18!
How did your feelings change over time?
Later, as it started to sink in, I began to realize that anything I had thought about doing in the future I might as well pencil out. It was: "What can I do that will be fulfilling for the next two to three years?"
Over time, obviously I became more knowledgeable about the whole process -- not just me physically, but the whole system of social effects that HIV has had on the world -- opposed to "I'm HIV positive" and how it affected me. That numbs the sting a little bit. I look at it as a larger community thing, which is how I got into activism.
How long do you think it takes to process a diagnosis?
I've been positive for 20 years, and after 20 years I've learned to deal with it -- just to be able to survive and work and live a fairly normal existence. But some people never get to that point. I'm very surprised when some people I meet in the work I do who are newly diagnosed, and they appear to be handling it very well. So I think that's more or less an individual thing. And a lot of things that affect that individual perception are just other co-factors they're living with, what else is affecting them in their life. Sometimes people, particularly in lower socioeconomic areas, tend to have what you think of as a much harder life and they may be more numb -- sometimes that makes a difference. Your support system sometimes makes a difference.
What advice would you offer someone who has just tested positive?
Just take a deep breath, because your immediate reactions might be to do something that will make the situation worse. So it's like, think, and feel, and hold on. Don't panic -- again, a lot of this is easier said than done -- but just take a deep breath. And do as much as you can beforehand -- you know, if you're in a situation where you are knowingly getting tested, do as much as you can to equip yourself. Some of us think, "Oh, I can take it when I get it," but you never know what it's going to feel like.
What conditions in your life put you at risk for HIV?
I know the risk categories as they would apply to me, and the only possible way was through unprotected heterosexual sex. And normally when I speak to a group, especially to kids in high school or college, I try not to break it down like that, because sometimes it almost sounds like I'm trying to distance myself: "Oh-no-no-no-no-no, I'm not gay!" But I want them to understand that unprotected sex comes in many forms, and I say it that way.
I think the only real awareness I had of AIDS was what I saw on TV -- people like Rock Hudson and Liberace. It was the "gay disease." I didn't hear about the whole intravenous-drug connection. It was one of those things that you know is out there, but it wasn't really me.
When you look back, what could you have done to avoid being infected?
I can't think of anything specific. The idea of using condoms has always been out there, for pregnancy -- and before HIV there were gonorrhea and herpes and other things, so there were prevention-type messages around. People weren't taking them seriously because it was always "Well, go get a shot or take a pill and you'll be OK." There wasn't the peer group or face-to-face people -- the outreach and education, especially on the grassroots level. Here again, the president himself didn't talk about it, so people below him in his administration -- and certainly not in schools -- weren't really talking about it. And it's sad because a lot of that is still not in existence, and what little grassroots organizing there is, is losing funding. It's hard to say what message would have "saved" me.
What is the first thing someone should do when they find out they have HIV?
The easy answer, I think, is, "Get help." Talk to someone, get it out -- not necessarily out in the open, but understand where you are. I think a lot of people either attack it head-on almost with overkill, like a panic situation, or they completely ignore it and figure, "There's nothing I can do about it now -- I'm just going to roll up and die." But I think people should just do everything they can to assess where they are and what they need to keep themselves where they are. Because it's not necessary for people to readjust everything -- it's more about making sure the status quo is protected, and then build from there.
How has having HIV changed you?
I make sure that every step I take is a step worth taking, because it's one you can't repeat. So everything I involve myself in, whether it be work or some extracurricular hobby or whatever. ... You begin to taste your food a little more, you begin to feel the breeze a little more, and everything just becomes a little more colorful and alive. That's what happened to me. It's the ultimate level of appreciation.


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The signs of fall are here but I admit it kind of snuck up on me. Really, October waits for no one. Among restoration of our event galleries, we also had a good helping of new events to add to our calendar. Within that mix, there were more than just a couple events geared towards Halloween folly…
IEFA Meetup 2012
The Inland Empire Furry Association (IEFA) had moved its "downtown meet" over to an area west of downtown riverside, and took a walk after enjoying coffee. Fursuiters were encountered at the local bark park and walkway area.
BTW, We miss you Coony!
Julian Oktoberfest 2014
A furmeet to take in Julian's Oktoberfest event, hosted by Chance the Dragon. Fursuiters havin fun, as usual....
FurBQ 2017
FurBQ is SoCal Furs' annual barbecue and picnic, hosted by Stego S. Aurus and organized by Kat. Furries attend from all over Southern California, meeting and making conversation. Fursuiters can play in the nearby grassy fields, among people playing sports. Hang with us in Irvine Regional Park.


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Equpment financing can be expensive and it is not always available to fledgling or even many seasoned small businesses. Leasing can be just as elusive.
But I recently became aware of alternative financing that has been flying below my radar screen. It did not occur to me that a widely used fixed asset financing program can also be used to finance equipment and machinery, even when real estate is not offered as collateral.
I have always known that the U.S. Small Business Administration's 504 program is an excellent vehicle to finance fixed assets. By definition, it includes owner-occupied commercial real estate and chattels, such as machinery, equipment, fixtures and furnishings.
Even though SBA permits the program to be used solely for chattels, I thought that bankers would shy away from making 504 loans without real estate. That's because liquidating chattels is less fruitful than selling real estate when a borrower defaults.
Liquidating a restaurant's single-purpose equipment, for example -- forks, knives and tablecloths -- might return 10 percent of its original cost.
The 504 loans that I've seen were used to finance small hotels, industrial facilities, day care centers, stores and other small buildings. They were real estate loans that could include some chattels. But I learned that some lenders will use 504 solely to finance chattels when I interviewed Oscar Wong last year. He founded Highland Brewing Co. in Asheville, N.C.
His craft-beer brewery outgrew its original space and he leased a larger venue, purchased giant stainless steel tanks, lots of ancillary equipment and furnishings needed for his new tasting room.
Wong borrowed $1.9 million, collateralized by the equipment he purchased. It represented 90 percent of his total cost.
Branch Bank and Trust made him a first-lien conventional loan at 50 percent of his cost. SBA piggybacked on the BB&T loan by guaranteeing a subordinated debenture. It represented 40 percent of the cost.
BB&T has dozens of offices in southwest Florida.
"Most third-party lenders will finance equipment, e.g. Chase, Wells, SunTrust, Regions, Community Bank of Broward, First Citizens, to name a few," Deborah Petrell told me in an email. She is a senior vice president with Florida First Capital Finance Corporation, a Certified Development Corporation based in Tallahassee.
SBA-licensed CDC's orchestrate the processing of 504 loans among the borrower, conventional lender and SBA. Most CDC's are willing to prescreen proposals and help prospective borrowers find suitable bank lenders.
"FFCFC's equipment-only financing from March 2012 through March 2013 was at $102,985,014," based upon total project cost, Petrell said.
Borrowers provide a minimum of 10 percent equity. And they must project the creation or retention of at least one job for every $65,000 of SBA debenture.
Ron Reuss, a Lakewood Ranch resident and president of GulfCoast Business Finance Inc., a St. Petersburg-based CDC, said, "We have found most of our lenders, including equipment-leasing companies, are willing and able to finance an equipment acquisition without real estate."
"We work with many regional and community banks, as well as with local credit unions throughout the state of Florida," he said. "Depending upon the remaining useful life of the equipment, we can oftentimes finance equipment over a 20-year term."
SBA fixes its debenture rate once per month. In March, SBA 504 debenture issuance, the 20-year rate was 4.30 percent and the 10-year rate was fixed at 3.71, Reuss said.
The bank's conventional portion is set at market rates and will be higher than SBA's debenture. Borrowers pay an all-in blended rate that includes fees.
The CDC collects payments from the borrower and portions them out to the bank and debenture investors.
Unlike with SBA's 7(a) program, "the SBA most often secures its 504 loan with just the project assets," Reuss said.
But if the value or cost of the project's fixed assets are less than the loan amount, additional collateral may be required, including a first or second mortgage on the borrower's home.
SBA limits the size of its debenture but does not place loan-size restrictions on the conventional bank portion. In general, though, the total project size should be $250,000 to $12 million.
You can read more about SBA's 504 program at sba.gov/504.
Jerry Chautin is a volunteer with Manasota.SCORE.org, a local nonprofit SBA resource partner offering free business advice and mentoring. He was SBA's 2006 national Journalist of the Year and is a former entrepreneur, commercial mortgage banker and business lender. He writes and blogs about business and commercial real estate strategies for several publications and financial organizations. Contact him with questions and stories at email@example.com and follow him on Twitter, www.twitter.com/JerryChautin.
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Equpment financing can be expensive and it is not always available to fledgling or even many seasoned small businesses. Leasing can be just as elusive.


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South Pacific Games to Be Used as AIDS Awareness Campaign
May 7, 2003
The South Pacific Games, set to begin June 28 in Fiji, will be used as a vehicle of HIV/AIDS education. "The Pacific region number [of infections] is relatively low, you have the unique opportunity to avert disaster," Japanese Ambassador Kenro Iino said before Solomoni Naivalu, Fiji's health minister, launched the campaign, which is funded by Japan and Britain. Six thousand athletes are to compete in 32 sports during the games. Referring to the high rate of STDs in the region as a surrogate indicator for HIV/AIDS, Naivalu said, "The athletes must make the right decision for the consequences of their decision could be a matter of life or death." The campaign includes print, TV and radio ads, and it uses regional sports figures as role models.Adapted from:
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Global Fund Against AIDS, TB, Malaria Gives US$33 Million to Indonesia, Philippines, Pacific Islands
This article was provided by CDC National Prevention Information Network. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.


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US Airways' phone system is jacked up and many publicly provided numbers don't seem to go to the right place. Par example:
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Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business, Dec 1981
In this Article, Professors Abbott and Totman address the widespread Western belief that the Japanese economy is unfairly closed to foreign trade and investment. The authors identify several levels of barriers to penetration of the Japanese market. They contend that considerable progress has been made in reducing direct official restraints and official non-tariff barriers. Further progress in resolving the closed market issue, the authors predict, will be more difficult. Some of the remaining problems are rooted in Japanese society and culture; others in Western attitudes toward Japan. All reflect the historical pattern of Japan's relations with the West. The authors conclude with recommendations for Japanese and American policy aimed at resolving the closed market issue while maintaining amicable relations.
This is a preview of a remote PDF: https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1091&context=njilb
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You know how TV shows always promote certain episodes as "very special" or "eye-opening" or whatever? Well, tonight's episode of Sister Wives really was very special. Because guess what? Turns out the Browns ain't the only polygamists going public. Nope. Tonight on Sister Wives, the Browns took a joint vacation with another plural family: The Dargers. And it was EYE-OPENING, all right. Polygamist beach party, what could go wrong?!
Well, a lot. Because for all the similarities between the Dargers and the Browns, there are lots of differences, too. Drastic differences. The kinds of differences that can hurt certain wives people's feelings when brought up over dinner, for example. And I'm not even talking about the identical twins thing!
Yup, that's the first major difference between Joe Darger and Kody Brown: Joe Darger has 3 wives, and they were all related way before the vows took place. Cause, well, Joe Darger married identical twins. And their cousin.
Now THAT'S a thought-provoking arrangement. Sadly, most of the issues you're probably wondering about went unaddressed, at least on camera. Of all the very, very interesting questions the Browns could have asked the Dargers, what they really wanted to know was: How do the wives share a kitchen without killing each other?
See, unlike the Browns, the Dargers (and their 24 children) all live in the same house. So, you know, same kitchen, same interior decorating scheme, yada yada. And while one might think that sharing a dishwasher is small potatoes compared to sharing a husband, apparently the Browns just can't handle the "too many cooks" thing like the Dargers.
"We had more problems stem from sharing a kitchen," said Kody, adding, "I have two wives who feel like sharing a kitchen is abusive."
Uh-oh. Apparently back in the day, Meri and Janelle had some serious kitchen battles. So Meri took Kody's "abusive" comment rather "personally." (Meaning she had to cry and cry and cry on the couch about it later.) And I can't blame her, really, because she just wants to speak her mind, okay? She just wants to HAVE A SAY.
In the end, Kody kinda smoothed things over, in that goofy sort of "Gawrsh, did I do that?" way he has. But still. The Dargers have a point. If you can't share a kitchen, what business do you have sharing a husband? Or maybe the Browns are actually the progressive ones?
Also, is TLC footing the bill for these HUGE houses or what? Does Kody even have a job anymore?
Do you think the Sister Wives should be able to share a kitchen?
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Skip to comments.Obamacare will kill off some existing health plans (exempt RATS knew all along)
Posted on 04/03/2013 4:00:03 PM PDT by Libloather
Cheap, no-frills insurance that doesn't cover medication, maternity or mental health services will get the scalpel in 2014.
Know that health care plan you just signed up for? Don't get too attached.
The Affordable Care Act mandate most commonly known as Obamacare has some tight stipulations that, CNN says, are forcing health care companies to rip up most of their current plans and draft new ones that comply. According to a University of Chicago study, just about half of the individual health care plans currently on the market won't cut it once key provisions of the Affordable Care Act kick in next year.
A handful of existing plans will be grandfathered in if members have been enrolled in the plan since before the ACA passed in 2010, and the plan has maintained steady co-pay, deductible and coverage rates. But plans that don't match that description are just going to flat-out disappear in 2014 when rules requiring enhanced coverage go into effect.
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That's the way RATS pimped it - no?
And this is the crap we get when we allow that b!tch from California to say what she said. Again, ammo provided by the left that the right did nothing about.
here let me refresh your memory
"we have to pass it so we can see what is in it"
I can't wait for that b!tch to die. And I hope that when she does the govt takes all her wealth and distributes it.
Can anyone imagine the Founding Fathers putting up with this BS? This insurance fiasco is but one small drop in an ocean of intrusion. Look at what life has degenerated into in this so-called "Land of the Free." Son of a bitch....
If the republicans hadn't tried to kill the bill it could have been debated longer and the bad parts of it would have been removed. But the democrats were forced to pass it before the republicans took over congress.
This isn't sarcasm. It's my prediction of what the democrats will start saying and what their voters are already thinking.
Just got a letter today saying that Anthem is looking to meet the requirements of Obamacare by axing providers by Jan 1 2014. As a provider I am formulating a response.
My carrier is Anthem. I have a fine relationship with my GP and ENT. If they are "axed" by Anthem, I will cut separate deals with them and continue to use them.
Would this be before or after the Midterms?
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