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In this ongoing series, Boston.com talks with automotive authorities about why you should consider driving — or avoiding — a specific model.
2018 Volvo XC60
By now, the word on the street is that Volvo is in the midst of a major renaissance. The most recently redesigned of these vehicles, the 2018 Volvo XC60 compact SUV, begins arriving at showrooms this month.
Starting at $41,500, the XC60 is the most affordable and versatile of the Swedish automaker's new models. Sleek and curvy, the new XC60 drops pounds and gains standard all-wheel drive to become more compact and capable. The T5 base model runs on a 250-horsepower, turbocharged, 2.0-liter, four-cylinder engine, while the T6 gets a 316-horsepower, turbo- and supercharged, four-cylinder engine. The T8 plug-in electric hybrid delivers 400 horsepower using a turbo- and supercharged, four-cylinder engine and an electric motor.
Each model is available in three trims — Momentum, R-Design, and Inscription — that provide varying degrees of Scandinavian luxury. Even the base model gets leather upholstery, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone integration, and Volvo's Sensus Connect infotainment system with a 9-inch, iPad-like touchscreen that works even with gloved fingers. Buyers can upgrade to Nappa leather upholstery, heated seats with massage capability, and open-pore driftwood inlays, which complete the Nordic look. The two-row SUV seats five and features average cargo space for the class.
Volvo's commitment to safety — the automaker has declared its intention that no one should be killed or seriously injured in a new Volvo model by 2020 — has gotten as much attention as its new look. In addition to the usual standard safety equipment, such as a rearview camera and lane keep assist, the new crossover includes several advanced capabilities. Like the outgoing model, the new XC60 comes with the automaker's City Safety suite of safety features but introduces a steering assistance function to help avoid collisions with vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians. Another feature, called oncoming lane mitigation, prevents collisions with oncoming traffic if the XC60 crosses the lane divider at speeds between 37 and 87 mph. The new model has not yet been evaluated by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, but the agency rated last year's model a Top Safety Pick+ and expects the 2018 version to perform at least as we
The base model achieves above-average fuel economy, delivering 22 miles per gallon in the city and 28 mpg on the highway.
Base trims for the T5 and T6 models start at $41,500 and $44,900, respectively. The T8 plug-in hybrid begins at $52,900.
What the experts are saying
Sporty and luxurious
"Battling the Audi Q5 and Mercedes-Benz GLC is no easy task, but Volvo has stepped up to the plate with its very impressive XC60. The appearance as a miniaturized XC90 isn't far off the mark, as the two share platform architecture and powertrains — stout, capable, and efficient. The slightly smaller XC60 is tuned for a sportier demeanor than the XC90 (regardless, the Germans still do a better job in that department), but its strongest assets remain a luxurious cabin and top-notch safety equipment. The Volvo XC60 is a serious contender." – Michael Harley, automotive analyst at Kelley Blue Book
A competitive crossover
"The Volvo XC60 lives in the hugely popular and fiercely competitive segment of compact luxury crossovers. Compact crossovers have exploded in popularity because they offer more utility than midsize sedans. They have a higher, more commanding view of the road, and their size makes them relatively easy to drive and park. With Volvo's XC60, one can surround oneself in luxury, comfortably transport five, and reserve the option to venture up a dirt road if the urge to be rugged suddenly strikes one weekend. The German luxury brands maintain the strongest foothold in this segment, as newcomers either fail to meet the high standards of the class or don't provide anything original. Volvo navigates this territory masterfully with its own style and sense of luxury. The XC60 looks and feels like nothing else in the class but is every bit as elegant as the others. The Driftwood interior trim in particular, available on the top Inscription models, is worth a test drive alone." – Jonathan Elfalan, road test manager at Edmunds
A safe choice
"While we haven't tested the redesigned XC60, the current version is one of our top-performing midsize luxury SUVs. As you would expect from a Volvo, it aces all of our crashworthiness tests. Unlike most other vehicles, it has a standard front crash prevention system with autonomous braking that can help drivers avoid crashes at low speeds. This system earns our middle rating of advanced. An optional system is more capable at higher speeds and earns our superior rating. With optional headlights that earn a good rating in our nighttime track tests, the XC60 qualifies for our highest safety designation of Top Safety Pick+. We expect the redesigned model will perform well when we have the opportunity to test it." – Russ Rader, senior vice president of communications at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety


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Don't Call it a Resolution
2015 has arrived and with it a lot of changes for me, work wise especially. I've found a new marketing job which I am super excited about and it's part time, meaning I'll be able to pick up some freelance work and also dedicate more time to the things I enjoy, which includes everything blog related! As well as blogging more I'm also committed to finishing the renovation on the flat, getting fitter, being organised and reading more… not resolutions as such, just things I'd like to do more of!
I've decided to ease myself into my first post back with a little blog about my furriest family member Hugo. In the last post he looks so tiny, he's grown so much in the last few months. In fact he got big enough to knock over the Christmas Tree… twice.
Since getting him I've become a total cat lady. Appropriately there is a cat video festival in Glasgow this February, which I'll definitely be attending. If you're also cat obsessed you can get tickets here – and they're free!
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Akhilesh Yadav tweaks caste arithmetic for Samajwadi Party, eyes collective front to counter BJP's might in Uttar PradeshBanished into political hibernation after a humiliating drubbing in the 2017 Assembly elections, the Samajwadi Party (SP) of late seems to have got its voice and bearings back, led by party chief, former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav
Nov 17, 2017
Pew survey has Narendra Modi's detractors splitting hairs and shifting goalposts to hang on to narrativeIt is a little amusing to note western institutions embarking on a periodic discovery of Narendra Modi-led India and struggling to make sense of the results, and even more amusing to note Modi's detractors—both home and away—splitting hairs and endlessly shifting goalposts to hang on to their narrative even as India continues to repose faith in its prime minister.
Nov 01, 2017
Ease of doing business: By dismissing World Bank ranks, Rahul crediting Narendra Modi for India's good showRahul Gandhi has posted yet another sarcastic remark on Twitter, suggesting that India's 30-spot jump does not represent reality, while senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal has started tweeting about Vyapam scam and hunger index.
Nov 01, 2017
Rahul Gandhi is a better communicator today, but without a solution-based narrative, he ends up helping BJPRahul Gandhi should focus on devising a narrative of solutions to the problems faced by India rather than criticising Narendra Modi govt over GST and demonetisation
Sep 05, 2017
Cabinet reshuffle: MA Naqvi's elevation may please Muslim voters, but Anant Kumar Hegde could play spoilsportThe nascent support for BJP among Muslims may come to a nought with the induction of Hindutva hard liners like Anant Kumar Hegde in the Cabinet
Aug 17, 2017
Yogi Adityanath's outbursts reveal CM's priority is in asserting religion, not being an able administratorGoing by the recent provocative statements of Yogi Adityanath, it's clear that assertion of religious identity is more important to the Uttar Pradesh chief minister than social harmony
May 10, 2017
Akhilesh Yadav needs lessons on patriotism: Politicising soldiers' deaths shows how nation comes last for SP presidentAkhilesh Yadav raked in another controversy on Wednesday asking why no soldiers are dying from Gujarat on a day when terrorists abducted and killed 22-year-old Lieutenant Ummer Fayaz in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir
May 08, 2017
Congress, BJP takes a dig at Mulayam Singh, says SP patron's words and actions don't matchA day after Mulayam Singh Yadav blamed Indian National Congress for the loss in Uttar Pradesh polls, the party hit back saying the Samajwadi Party (SP) patron's words and actions do not match and that he had always drifted away when attempts to form a joint front against "communal" forces were made.
Apr 26, 2017
MCD Election 2017: Arvind Kejriwal should end EVM blame game, learn from Shiv Sena on being better loserArvind Kejriwal has expressed the hope that "good people who had left the party will return to its fold". It's a different thing if the good people who had moved away may now find the party to be too bad to get back.
Apr 25, 2017
Gayatri Prajapati rape case: Former UP minister granted bail by POCSO courtLucknow: Former UP minister Gayatri Prajapati and his two accomplices were Tuesday granted bail by a POCSO court here in connection with a rape case.


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Mass shootings in America. ShootingTracker.com provides datasets listing all U.S. mass shootings — defined as "when four or more people are shot in an event, or related series of events" — since 2013. So far in 2015, mass shootings have killed 447 people and wounded an additional 1,292.To his credit, however, he included a follow-up entry in this week's edition with more links to editorials discussing the finer points of data collection on the politically fraught issue:
More data (and discussion) on mass shootings. Last week, Data Is Plural highlighted ShootingTracker.com, a source for data on shootings that wounded at least four people. Other resources include the Gun Violence Archive and Mother Jones' detailed database of mass shootings since 1982. The Mother Jones database takes narrower approach, focusing on shootings that killed at least four people in a public setting. In a New York Times op-ed, published shortly after last week's San Bernardino shooting, the editor behind that database argues that broader methodologies don't distinguish between a "a 1 a.m. gang fight" and "the madness that just played out in Southern California." A Washington Post article weighs the pros and cons of broader and narrower approaches.I am getting really sick of the dead-horse-beating that is happening on the interwebz about gun violence, so (in a rare departure from my usual m.o.) I will refrain from comment. What I will highlight, though, is the very real damage done by the Dickey amendment: it is impossible to have an informed debate on gun violence because Congress continues to block funding for CDC research that would lead to authoritative research and statistics.
"If there is no research, it is harder to make suggestions for policy reform," said Dr. Garen Wintemute, director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California, Davis. "And if you have a vested interest in stopping policy reform, what better way to do it than to choke off the research? It was brilliant and it worked."Or, put much more succinctly by Dr. Jeffrey Swanson at Duke University, "It's odd, but if you're trying to do policy-informed research, you run into the fact that there are elected officials who don't want to know the answer."
Doesn't seem that odd to me.
Anyway, in a much more classic public health vein, this week's Data is Plural also featured CDC data on foodborne illness outbreaks:
Good FOOD, bad food. The CDC's Foodborne Outbreak Online Database (FOOD) contains 18,000+ outbreaks, which resulted in 358,000+ illnesses and 13,000+ hospitalizations, from 1998 through last year. In 2008, a multi-state Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak hospitalized 308 people — the highest count in the database.


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Walking In Someone Else's Shoes
Invisible Physical Conditions
Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, CRPS, Migraines, Fibromyalgia, high functioning Autism…. The list is long. And media is always slow about getting the facts across to people. Perhaps too few are reading what is shared on the latest information about chronic illnesses. Honestly, this is another example of sleepwalking, isn't it? For why bother thinking about another at all? Until it is you or your loved one that is disabled. And no reason to consider all the manifestations of physical conditions, again, unless you or your loved one is experiencing a condition that is not obvious to the naked eye, to the common observer on the street. So, if you don't have time to learn about why someone that looks perfectly fine to your point of view is struggling and could use, at least, your understanding… stop reading here.
If, on the other hand, you and someone you care about could use this article …to share with those you know that cannot accept your physical condition; or maybe just to expand your viewpoint a little bit more and learn some more coping techniques… Read on.
Nothing So Strange As Folk
My spouse's father used to say this all the time…. "Nothing so strange as folk." And frankly, this is perhaps a careful way of putting it! But over my experiences in this life, I have also come to see the saying from the perspective that of course everyone is a stranger. We are all focused in on our own experiences, conditions, dreams, and desires… and rightly so. We cannot not truly know anyone until we know the very 'person' looking back at us in the mirror each day. Maturity evolves and hopefully one begins to recognise that judging another is just as awkward as when another judges you. Meanwhile, we are often guilty of harshly judging ourselves sometimes too! Where does this uncomfortable circle lead?
All sides, and there are ALWAYS more than just two sides, have meaning for the side that is giving the perspective. Compassion is easily given, usually, by that human with the hidden disability. They know you cannot see their condition because you probably have never even heard of it. How do they know this? Because they never heard of it either, before they got 'the diagnosis'! You may be under a lot of pressure at work or in an important relationship. Who has time to know about all the ways the physical is imperfect… when after all, the dream is perfection in our modern society. So, rather than educate about the many conditions, this article is meant to educate that the stranger on the street may have as much or more going on in their little world as you have.
Mirror, Mirror
The photograph I share with this story is of my face while walking. I chose it, and actually the photo inspired this writing, because I look so 'normal' and happy as well! in the picture. The list of secondary physical conditions that accompany my presumed 'diagnosis' of Ankylosing Spondylitis is amusingly long. I laugh, now, understanding that this stranger, ankylosing spondylitis, has been sneaking in and about my house for far longer than I or any of my doctors recognised.
Imagine your life right now and there have been illnesses here or there, maybe some injuries, but nothing you couldn't handle. Then you cross some imaginary border that you never saw coming …when the doc comes into the exam room and announces a 'diagnosis' like it is the child you have been waiting to birth.
For the physician, see, all those minor complaints have coalesced into a known condition. He or she can name it for you. For the patient, this news is like opening the front door of your home to see a really dangerous looking character standing on your front porch. . . waiting to come inside. No! I didn't invite you, you say. He pulls out some papers… lab results, research statistics, medical protocols, …it all goes murky in your vision. You come back in to the exam room reality as the smiling physician hands you some prescriptions and a careplan guide for your 'diagnosis'. Oh, and a list of various numbers or clinic website links you can go to for more information…. Because the doc is busy with way too many patients and your appointment time is up.
Now, I can't say about you, but for me…this is when I get the eerie feeling that I am walking in someone else's shoes!!! Who is this person in the mirror? Everyone has their own variety pack of coping mechanisms. Key word there: mechanisms, because most of us have not penetrated the source of our thinking, much less the source of our emotions and reactions. At this point in the article, you might want to pause for a second and ask yourself, "wait..what does she mean the source of my emotions? I am human; I Am emotional, right?" My apologies to those of you who already have this down that you have a say in your behavior. But this would be the upshot of this article! Yes, we DO have a say in our thinking, which is why self-improvement activities get so much attention.
But Really?
Adaptability is touted as the penultimate talent of the human species. However, change, you may have observed, does not seem to come easily to most people. Especially when the change is something entirely unacceptable to the individual. For the traveler experiencing no physical impediments, just having to slow down to wait for someone to make it through the door or up a curb, can seem extraordinarily frustrating. Imagine how the person in that body feels about it!
For your friend or loved one whose physical condition is not visible, imagine having to explain for the tenth, 100th, 1000th …time! the reasons why they cannot go out for a movie tonight even though you are having such a grand time with them walking in town today. In case you missed it, they had to save up their tasks and energy, and balance them, so that they could enjoy this walk with you today. You must be very special to them. Because now it may be a week or possibly longer before they can do something like this again.
For the living breathing soul going through the lessons that this stranger, 'the diagnosis', has brought for their evolution …Point of View is all of this and more. The stranger may have moved in. The stranger may be the reflection in your mirror. The stranger may be the life you hadn't planned on. But just like the unexpected last child, becoming aware of your Point of View is a conscious choice to awaken to a greater picture of the purpose in your life, …a conscious choice to adjust your point of view. Yes, it does take a hero of sorts, this attitude adjustment. Guess what? The reason the hero in all the stories tends to be reluctant…. is that what is required of them now is not what they planned.
Oh hey, that sounds like a stranger entered their reality and imposed its condition on them.
The Picture
If you enjoy hero tales, then you remember that there needs to be a guiding principle, a higher standard, or simply a reason to look beyond one's small world. Or the hero will not pull the story's desired ending off. The hero could even be the antagonist (aka bad guy) instead. I mentioned conscious choice above like it is an everyday thing. People do seem to think it is; yet, the very fact that change comes with effort reveals that actually conscious choice is unfamiliar. Aw shux, give it up then; I can be the bad guy. There must be a sequel where I win the lotto, right?
If you are the bad guy, I am surprised you read this far. Truly impressive, that would be. I suspect that, in truth, you are the hero of your story. Every day, use your mirror to remember who you really are. Discover the mystery behind this curious condition, the stranger, that has caused you to change all your life plans. Why? What else might I be instead? 'The diagnosis' I received like a wrapped package on my doorstep has insisted I change everything about how I live life. But please hear me when I say this: I could not have done this alone. My personal coping skills evolved into conscious choice… by the daily practice of looking to see the Greater in the picture I have.
The smile on my face above is not because of anything in the physical condition. Believe it or not, I am in physical pain there and laughing at the irony of it. I am smiling because I am discovering the way to live my own truth through the house, the body, the irony! I have been gifted to live in. And this hero's journey, though immensely challenging, has morphed into a wondrous self discovery. Now THAT is a gift.
The next time, someone gets in your way …stop, pause, and check in. What are you going to choose about your point of view of this momentary awareness? Maybe walk in their shoes or alongside them a few steps of the way? For just a little bit, you could be their hero of the day. How sweet is that? In so doing, you might also discover that your own problems aren't as heavy as you imagined.
The Guest House
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
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Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
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He may be clearing you out
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The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
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Be grateful for whoever comes,
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He has been involved in the development of CMR T2* relaxometry, a non-invasive magnetic resonance method now used all over the world to measure iron in heart tissue in patients who are dependent on regular blood transfusions. The technique allows early diagnosis and treatment for transfusional iron overload – potentially causing heart failure – in patients who have thalassaemia. Dr He helped make this technique more accurate and reproducible by contributing to sequence development, mathematical modelling and image analysis. CMR T2* is now accepted as a standard for myocardial iron quantification in clinical practice.
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Dr He has acted as a consultant to Novartis Pharma AG, Switzerland; ApoPharma, Canada; and AMAG Pharmaceuticals, USA.
Dr He joined St George's in 2013. Previously he worked as a Research Fellow in the Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) Research Group at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London based at the Royal Brompton Hospital, where he helped develop novel investigational techniques using magnetic resonance technology. He was also involved with mathematical modelling, image processing, software development and clinical trials.
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He previously worked in the Biomedical Signal Processing Group at the University of Oxford (2000-2002) as a research assistant, processing signals from the heart (ECG) and the brain (EEG), and their application in diagnosis.
Dr He's first degree was in instrumentation and automatics (Changsha Institute of Technology, China). He obtained his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University, China, in 1997 and gained postdoctoral experience in the Biomedical Engineering Department at Southern Medical University (Guangzhou, China) until 1999. Following this, he worked as a visiting scholar for a year in the Department of Applied Electronics at Lund University, supported by the Swedish Institute, during which time he developed a novel approach to detecting decay inside living trees using independent component analysis.
Dr He has acted as a consultant to Novartis Pharma AG, Switzerland; ApoPharma, Canada; and AMAG Pharmaceuticals, USA.
Recent publications
Carpenter JP, Roughton M, Pennell DJ, and the Myocardial Iron in Thalassemia (MINT) Investigators. International survey of T2* cardiovascular magnetic resonance in beta thalassemia major. Haematologica. 2013, Jun 28. PubMed PMID: 23812939.
Peng P, Huang Z, Long L, Zhao F, Li C, Li W, He T. Liver iron quantification by 3 tesla MRI: Calibration on a rabbit model. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2013, May 23. PubMed PMID: 23704041.
He T, Zhang J, Carpenter JP, Feng Y, Smith GC, Pennell DJ, et al. Automated truncation method for myocardial T2* measurement in thalassemia. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2013,
Feb; 37(2): 479-83. PubMed PMID: 22927335.
Feng Y, He T, Gatehouse PD, Li X, Harith Alam M, Pennell DJ, et al. Improved MRI R2* relaxometry of iron-loaded liver with noise correction. Magn Reson Med. 2013, Jan 28. PubMed PMID: 23359410.
Feng Y, He T, Carpenter JP, Jabbour A, Alam MH, Gatehouse PD, et al. In vivo comparison of myocardial T1 with T2 and T2* in thalassaemia major. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2013, Jan 31. PubMed PMID: 23371802.
Smith GC, Carpenter JP, He T, Alam MH, Firmin DN, Pennell DJ. Value of black blood T2* cardiovascular magnetic resonance. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2011, 13:21. PubMed PMID: 21401929.
Key publications
Carpenter JP, He T, Kirk P, Roughton M, Anderson LJ, de Noronha SV, et al. On T2* magnetic resonance and cardiac iron. Circulation. 2011, Apr 12; 123(14): 1519-28. Epub 2011/03/30PubMed PMID: 21444881.
He T, Gatehouse PD, Smith GC, Mohiaddin RH, Pennell DJ, Firmin DN. Myocardial T2* measurements in iron-overloaded thalassemia: An in vivo study to investigate optimal methods of quantification. Magn Reson Med. 2008, Nov; 60(5): 1082-9. Epub 2008/10/29. PubMed PMID: 18956471.
He T, Clifford G, Tarassenko L. Application of independent component analysis in removing artefacts from the electrocardiogram. Neural Computing and Applications. 2005,15(2): 105-16.
Research group
Dr He is currently creating an interdisciplinary group in the Cardiovascular Sciences Research Centre and would like to hear from colleagues interested in collaborative research or potential PhD students.
Dr He continues to work with colleagues at Imperial College London, and has forged collaborative relationships around the world. His collaborators include:
Professor David Firmin, professor of biomedical imaging at Imperial College London, UK and the physics director of the Royal Brompton Hospital's CMR Unit.
Professor Guan-Zhong Yang, chair in medical image computing, director and co-founder of the Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery and deputy chairman of the Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI), Imperial College London, UK.
Professor Dudley Pennell, professor of cardiology, National Heart and Lung Institute; director of the National Institute of Health Research Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit; and director of the Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit, Imperial College London, UK.
Professor Philip Hawkins, professor of medicine, University College London, UK.
Dr John C Wood, Children's Hospital Los Angeles (Division of Cardiology, Department of Radiology and Saban Research Institute), USA.
Professor Maria Sandsten, professor in mathematical statistics-statistical signal processing, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden.
Professor Yi Xiang Wang, associate professor, Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China.
Dr Wei Wu, associate professor/graduate director, Department of Statistics, Florida State University, USA.
Dr Yu-Cheng Chen, Department of Cardiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Feasibility and utility of ventricular tachycardia ablation guided by 3D late enhancement cardiac MRI.
Collaboration grant awarded to Chen Y, He T et al.
The National Basic Research Program of China.
January 2013 to December 2016, £80,000
Magnetic resonance relaxometry for myocardial tissue characterization.
Awarded to He T.
British Heart Foundation Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellowship [BHF-FS/08/064].
November 2008 to March 2013, £239,835
Improved T2* measurement for quantification of myocardial iron overload in thalassemia: a novel wavelet-based advanced signal processing approach.
Awarded to He T, Firmin DN.
Wellcome Trust Value in People Award.
November 2008 to May 2009, £40,000


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How questions or want to know more about our commitment to you, our partners? Please contact Steve Bury at email@example.com
Our Commitment to You
Urban Impact's mission is to partner with families and communities to break the cycle of social, material, and spiritual poverty. We believe that poverty is much more than a financial issues and that one's view of wealth and resources has deep and spiritual implications. Similarly one's view of God's kingdom and our relationship with God has significant social and material implications. In society wealth and resources are held closely to our hearts and have cultural manifestations in how we interact with each other, how we value ourselves, and how we see creation and community.
It is our desire to live out a Theology of Resources with a consistent message to our community regardless of social economic status. We want to invite you to join us in this journey. We believe the solution is not just the transfer of resources, but the transformation of individuals in a relational community and a commitment to God's economy. The message of one Kingdom living and generosity is meant for the rich and poor alike.
Our desire is to provide a Biblical basis and framework for our work in community development and resource development that brings glory to God and His people.
This Theology of Resources has four foundational commitments and seven implications with our work in Development that flow from them.
4 Foundational Commitments
7 Implications for Our Life and Work in Development
4 Foundational Commitments:
a. God is relational
We believe that we were cut off from God through sin; yet He still chose to be in a relationship with us and to be reconciled with us through Jesus Christ. Therefore, our work is built on the intention to know Him and His will and to be reconciled to Him. [John 1:14; John 15:5; Revelations 3:20]
b. God is creator and owner of all creation
We believe everything was created, by God, and for God's purposes. Therefore, all our work, including our development work, will be done with this understanding, that God might get the glory. [Leviticus 27:30; Psalm 24:1-2; Colossians 1:16-17]
c. God is provider
We believe God is the sole provider of all things, including our possessions. Therefore, we are to live full of trust and work with this understanding that He provides all. [ Acts 17:24-25; 2 Corinthians 9:8; Philippians 4:19; James 1:17]
d. God is generous
We believe God is generous by nature, giving the greatest sacrifice of His Son and continues to give abundantly of all His resource. Therefore, we look to God as the ultimate example of generosity and recognize Him as the giver of all good gifts. [Matthew 7:11, John 3:16, Romans 8:32; 2 Corinthians 8:9; 2 Corinthians 9:10-1]
a. We are the image bearers of God in the world
We believe that we reflect the One who created us. Therefore, we choose to live and work as a renewed creation in the world, conforming to His likeness and ways. [Genesis 1:26; Romans 8:29; Colossians 3:9-10]
b. We are called to be partners with God the creator
We believe that we are partners with God in His work of reconciling of all things. [ 2 Corinthians 5:18-20; Genesis 1:28; Jeremiah 29:5,7; Acts 2:42-44; Ephesians 2:10]
c. We are called to be faithful stewards
We believe that God has given us the joy of being a steward over all His creation. Therefore we reject the desire to control and own what is truly His, instead, we willingly choose to identify as God's children and servants. [ Psalm 8:5-6; 2 Corinthians 8:2-3; Ephesians 4:10; 1 Peter 4:10]
d. We are called to be generous
We believe that God is generous, therefore, as His image bearers we are called to give generously. [ Luke 14:12-14; 1 Timothy 6:17-19; 1 John 3:17-18]
a. Living only under God's Kingdom
We will live knowing that this earth and possessions will fade away. Therefore we will seek first God's kingdom and His righteousness listen intently to God's voice that we may obey His commands. We seek this for our entire community; our families (neighbors), staff board, volunteers and giving partners. [Proverbs 3:9-10; Matthew 6:19-21; Matthew 6:33; Matthew 13:44]
b. Reconciled to God, self, others and creation
We will live knowing that Christ has brought reconciliation to all four relationships (God, self, others and creation). Therefore we are to nurture, honor and steward these four relationships in a way that honors God and in alignment with His purposes. [John 17:21-22; 2 Corinthians 5:18-21; Romans 8:19-22
c. Entrusted to steward all that God owns
We will live knowing God has created and owns all resources. Therefore we surrender all wealth and resources under His authority, living a life of freedom in stewardship. [Psalm 24:1; 1 Corinthians 4:1-2; Matthew 25:14
d. Generously: giving as a form of worship and obedience to God
We will live knowing that God who loves a cheerful giver, always out gives us. Therefore, we will give freely and abundantly of ourselves and all our possessions; as a part of worshipping God with our whole life and not as an obligation. [Romans 12:1; 2 Corinthians 9:6-7]
a. Discern God's will together and obey: One Kingdom organization
As an organization we will work to discern and pursue God's will and interest first in all that we do, rather than depend on our own. [Luke 11:28; Romans 8:26-27; 2 John 1:6]
b. With the help of the Holy Spirit, create a culture of generous community
As an organization we will work to foster communities that glorify God by generously sharing all things with all who have needs. Therefore, we will not focus on receiving resources but on the spiritual growth that comes from the joy of giving. [Acts 4:32-34; Galatians 5:16-17]
c. As an organization, be a good and faithful steward
As an organization we will model the journey of faithful stewardship among those in our community as well as our partners, walking with others to find God's kingdom and surrender to it. [1 Samuel 16:7; Matthew 13:44; 2 Corinthians 9:11; 2 Corinthians 12:14]
d. As an organization, cultivate generosity and be counter-cultural
As an organization we will challenge the world's view of wealth, self-reliance, and ownership. We encourage people to be generous and equip them to participate in God's work. We value all sacrificial giving ("Equal sacrifice, not equal gift"). [Luke 21:1-4; Acts 20:35; Romans 12:2; Ephesians 4:28; Hebrews 13:16]
7 Implications of our life and work in Development
1. We trust God to be the sole provider for our ministry.
By this we mean we won't manipulate, treat people as ATM's, rely on our donors as our providers or rely on our selves, our fundraising tricks and techniques as a means of raising money.
2. A Culture of Generosity begins with us.
By this we mean as an organization we will faithfully steward all the resources God has entrusted to us and every member of our community regardless socioeconomic status will be invited and encouraged to experience the joy of grow as giving and a faithful steward.
3. We work with passion and high standards.
By this we mean we use best practices, hold ourselves accountable, keep accurate records, train our staff, treat our partners with dignity, use time effectively, and operate with integrity and transparency.
4. We do our development work as ministry to be used by God to bring transformation to our ministry partners.
By this we mean we will raise resources in a way that honors our partners commitment to be stewards and not merely to solicit transactions for our financial benefit.
5. We connect people to their passions and invite them to be generous as God leads them.
By this we mean we pray for and with our ministry partners that they may fulfill God's call to them as faithful stewards.
6. We challenge and invite all partners to generous and sacrificial giving that them may experience the joy of being a faithful steward.
By this we mean we will build relationships and create opportunities to boldly invite our partners to be as generous as God leads.
7. God gets the glory in all we do.
By this we mean we celebrate God's faithfulness and thank people appropriately by affirming them as obedient stewards and linking their giving to God's provision.


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2008 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
2008 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
About This Wine:
We are so proud to share our prized Napa Valley Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. This 2008 release opens with aromas of dried cherry and cassis, along with subtle notes of violets and tobacco. On the palate the wine is big and rich, with flavors of Rainier cherries and plum and subtle hints of minerality. The wine has a full, balanced and rich mouth-feel and an incredible finish of bright cherry. Only 250 cases produced.
93 Points Wine Enthusiast, 92 Points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate & 91 Points Wine Spectator
Wine Profile:
Wine Type:Red Wine
Varietal:Reserve Cabernet Sauvingnon
Appellation:Napa Valley
Harvest Date:October 2008
Aging:22 months in French Oak, 30% new
Bottling Date:September 2010
Alcohol %:14.5%


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Guess what?! I'm the featured artist over at Etsy!
I'm so excited and honored and haven't stopped smiling for the past 24 hours! Check out the article HERE
...below are some out takes of my studio that didn't make it into the feature...
Thank you so much for all the love and support from everyone! There's over 200 comments on the article right now and every single one of them warms my heart and makes me smile! I'm overwhelmed with joy!


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Substance Days is a place to learn and share with both the community and world-famous artists, enjoy the company of the Allegorithmic team, and be the first to know about what is coming up next in the Substance World.
Like last year's event, Substance Days 2017 will feature masterclasses with some of the world's best Substance artists, but also free access to our CEO's 2017 Keynote and a host of art and pipeline focused sessions.
Substance Days Hollywood 2017 is happening from Thursday, July 27 to Saturday, July 29. This event is sponsored by our friends at Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Games & Animation in Hollywood, CA.
Early Bird prices for masterclasses are in effect until June 27, so reserve your passes today! Access to the 2017 Keynote and the art and pipeline focused sessions is free, but you have to register!
The public sessions and the 2017 keynote are live streamed through the Gnomon website. They will also be livestreamed directly on the Allegorithmic YouTube channel.


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Mr Duncan:... I was listening to Pandora at work today and I was introduced to you. The song came from WE GATHER TOGETHER:HOW GREAT THOU ART. I then pulled it up on YouTube and must have replayed it 100 times.That is the first time I can remember hearing acoustic guitars along with a violin. I cannot think of anytime I have heard such picture-perfect harmonies coming from musical instruments. WOW! I had goose (chill) bumps and just had to share your great work with everyone immediately.That is by far the best version of HOW GREAT THOU ART I have ever heard. Thank you so much for sharing your musical talent with us.Linda


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- Government Procurement Fraud
- Pharmaceutical Fraud
- Medicare and Medicaid Fraud
- Defense Contractor Fraud
- Education Fraud
- Banking and Mortgage Fraud
- Securities Fraud
- Tax Fraud
Defense Contractor Fraud
The government spends billions of dollars improving, building, and maintaining weapons systems, defense-related equipment and facilities, as well as supporting our military personnel. A majority of the defense contract work is performed through contracts made with private companies in theUnited Statesand throughout the world.
The inspection and testing of goods and evaluation of services rendered to the U.S. government has increasingly involved a much less rigid process of regulation. This has enabled defense contractors to cheat the government out of vast amounts of money in exchange for improperly tested and defective goods, or services that were never provided. When these contracts are breached and the government is cheated out of millions (if not billions) of dollars, the taxpayers and the brave men and women of our armed forces using these goods are cheated as well – often jeopardizing their well-being and safety.
The False Claims Act is the federal statute that allows people to "blow the whistle" on defense contractors who are defrauding the government. A successful whistleblower may be entitled to 15% to 30% of the government's total recovery. See our False Claims Act FAQ [link to FAQ] section for a more detailed discussion.
Defense contractor fraud has been a prevalent concern for the U.S. Department of Defense since the 1800's under the Lincoln Administration, and in fact was one of the motivating forces in passage of the False Claims Act. Defense contractor fraud has dramatically increased as the annual amount of spending by the Department of Defense has increased, reaching billions of dollars in recent years. As the amount of hired defense contractors rises, so does the percentage of fraudulent contracts.
Common Forms of Defense Contractor Fraud
Fraud against the government as it relates to defense contracting can take just about any form, but some of the most common include:
- Cross Charging
This situation involves a contractor with two different types of contracts for the same project: "fixed price" and "cost-plus." The "fixed price" contract gives the contractor a fixed price for each unit it produces; whereas the "cost-plus" contract entitles the contractor to be reimbursed for the costs of making each unit. In this type of fraud, the contractor will bill the government under the "cost-plus" contract for goods produced under the "fixed price" contract, which is a potential violation of the False Claims Act.
- Product Substitution
The government frequently specifies that its defense contractors build products meeting a certain specification or standard. Sometimes companies substitute inferior (and often cheaper) parts and certify to the government that they have complied with all standards and qualifications. If companies do this, they may be liable under the False Claims Act.
- Violations of the Truth-in-Negotiations Act ("TINA")
In the defense industry, oftentimes there will only be one supply source for a critical part that the military needs. For example, if the Air Force needs a stealth bomber, there may only be one company that can build it. When this happens, the government needs assurances that it pays a fair (i.e., market) price since competitive bidding is not possible. TINA requires the contractor to truthfully disclose all relevant information about its costs to the government in sole-source contract negotiations. That way the government can make an informed decision about what price is fair to pay for the product. Contractors sometimes can hold back relevant information or deliberately provide false information in order to receive a higher bid price from the government. This is a potential False Claims Act violation.
Defense Contractor Fraud Attorneys
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP is committed to fighting for our whistleblower clients in their courageous efforts to combat fraud. If you are aware of an instance where a government contractor is committing, or has committed, fraud on the government and are thinking of blowing the whistle, please contact Jonah H. Goldstein or James E. Barz. We can help you understand how to file a claim, what compensation you may be entitled to for your effort, and what protections you are afforded as a whistleblower, and can answer any other questions you may have concerning the False Claims Act.


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Opinion: Nicole Holofcener, Chick Flicks and Bro-tion Pictures
This Friday, March 31, we'll join the Bullock Museum for a screening of Enough Said (2013), in partnership with their #femmefilmfridays series. After the screening, we'll participate in a group discussion with attendees about this particular movie and its role in the history of film. We hope you'll join us!
*The following piece has been written by June Chee, a #bossbabesATX staffer, on the subject of filmmaker Nicole Holofcener, the writer/director of this month's #femmefilmfridays screening, Enough Said.*
To put it simply, Enough Said (2013) is the story of a woman exploring her love life, while stuck between following advice or intuition. Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the main woman-in-conflict, the film tells a story that speaks to jealousy, navigating needs, closing chapters and starting new ones.
Written and directed by Nicole Holofcener, Enough Said has been one of Holofcener's most financially successful films—though her films are no stranger to praise. Holofcener's works have received high reviews and nominations for numerous awards, including the Independent Spirit Award for Friends with Money and the Robert Altman Award for Please Give. However, because many of Holofcener's works feature female leads and a female-centric cast, critics regularly pigeonhole her as a "chick flick" director—going so far as to call Holofcener "the female Woody Allen."
And that's a problem.
It starts with the definition of chick flick.
Chick flick is a slang term for the film genre dealing mainly with love and romance which is targeted to a female audience. It can be specifically defined as a genre in which a woman is the protagonist.
Holofcener's films tell a story from the perspective of someone who happens to be a woman, exploring central conflicts that are not exclusive to women, like love, romance, tough choices, life changes, etc. Despite these rather common themes (it's well-known that women are not the only people who ever fall in love or experience drama), this somehow auto-assigns Holofcener to the "female" category.
On this same token, there's not an entire film genre dedicated to life experienced by men. Films in which men experience conflict are not called "Men-ema" or "Bro-tion Pictures." They are just films.
So, why is "female" or "woman" a qualifier? Why do audiences need to be warned that (gasp!) a woman is going to be the star of this film?
The real question—why do we continue to consider the Male Gaze™ default?
On the surface, these naming schematics may not seem like an issue. However, they're emblematic of a deeper problem—the dismissal of creative women in film and television. For example, in Holofcener's case: she has studied under the industry's greats (like Martin Scorsese) and has successfully produced incredible films with thought-provoking realism. And making "chick flicks" shouldn't be a dismissive thing; we should celebrate Nicole Holofcener for her accomplishments, her persistence, her experience... and her womanhood.
So, Nicole. We thank you and deeply appreciate you for creating award-worthy films from a woman's perspective. No more, no less. Enough said.
— June Chee


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Kick-Ass, Hit Girl and Red Mist return for the follow-up to 2010's irreverent global hit: Kick-Ass 2. After Kick-Ass' (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) do-it-yourself vigilante bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, led by the badass Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey), our hero joins them on patrol. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse)—reborn as the super-villain The Motherf%&*^r—only the blade-wielding Hit Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) can prevent their annihilation.
When we last saw junior assassin Hit Girl and young masked hero Kick-Ass, they were trying to live as normal teenagers Mindy and Dave. With graduation looming and uncertain what to do with their shared calling, Dave decides to start the world's first superhero team with Mindy. Unfortunately, when Mindy is busted for sneaking out as Hit Girl, she's forced to retire—leaving her to navigate the terrifying world of high-school mean girls on her own. With no one left to turn to, Dave joins forces with Justice Forever, run by a born-again ex-mobster named Colonel Stars and Stripes.
Just as they start to make a real difference on the streets, a new self-proclaimed super-villain, The Motherf%&*^r, assembles his own evil league and puts a plan in motion to make Kick-Ass and Hit Girl pay for what they did to his dad. But there's only one problem with his scheme: If you mess with one member of Justice Forever, you mess with them all.
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Today's Gospel: Matthew 11:28-30 – St. Lucy
Christmas is only 12 days away. While this can be "the most wonderful time of the year," we can also feel stressed about the to-dos that still need to get done.
As a mom, I put a lot of pressure on myself to make Christmas extra-special for my family. Am I purchasing the right gifts for my husband and children? Are they still within my budget? Have I baked a nice variety of cookies to share at the family party? Does everyone have something fancy to wear to Christmas Eve Mass?
Advent can feel like a whirlwind, but it's supposed to remind us of what is calm and bright in our lives.
Today's Gospel reading is Jesus' invitation for us to hit the pause button on all of our Christmas to-dos.
"Come to Me. You are so weary with all that you are trying to do for Christmas. I am grateful that you care so much, but I care about you and want to give you peace."
If the month of December is feeling overwhelming, perhaps today is a good time to re-evaluate our good intentions and consider what will bring peace, calm, and stillness into our hearts and homes.
Perhaps that "one more gift" can be left at the store. Maybe purchasing some cookies from the bakery can fill in our plate of treats for the party. This year, perhaps our children's outfits don't have to match perfectly.
Now, on this feast of St. Lucy, take some extra time to sit quietly and prayerfully. In honor of the saint of light, enjoy the twinkle of the Christmas lights, or if the tree isn't decorated yet, light some candles and bask in their glow. Allow yourself to rest in the arms of Christ, just as He rested in the arms of Mary on that first Christmas.
What is one thing on your holiday to-do list that you can delete? What is one expectation that you've put on yourself that you can remove?
Lord Jesus, thank You for inviting me to take a break from the holiday busyness to find rest and peace in Your presence.
Copyright 2017 Sarah Damm
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Michael Moreci is the creator of numerous original comics series and has written and collaborated on multiple established properties. His most recent original works, Roche Limit (Image Comics) and Burning Fields (BOOM! Studios), were both recognized by many publications as being among the best comics of 2015. Roche Limit was called the "sci-fi comic you need to read" by Nerdist and io9, and Paste Magazine named it one of the "50 best sci-fi comics" of all time.
In 2018, Moreci's debut novel, Black Star Renegades, will be released with St. Martin's Press. Drawing inspiration from the space operatics of Star Wars and the swagger of Guardians of the Galaxy, Black Star Renegades is a galaxy-hopping adventure that blasts its way from seedy spacer bars to sacred temples guarded by strange creatures--all with a cast of misfit characters charged with saving the world. A follow up is slated to be released in 2019.
Moreci is also the author of Curse (BOOM! Studios), a modern-day werewolf story, which is in film development with Blumhouse Productions. His crime-noir series, ReincarNATE, has been optioned for television by Patrice Théroux and Buck Productions with David Hayter (writer of the first two X-Men films, as well as the Watchmen adaptation) attached as showrunner. His Image Comics series Hoax Hunters is currently in development for television with Craig Tittley (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) attached as the showrunner.
A graduate of the DC Comics Writer's Program, Moreci has published the Suicide Squad, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Flash, and Superman stories. He also wrote the in-canon comic series that bridges the gap between Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. His other licensed property credits include Conan the Barbarian, Dishonored, The Shadow, Army of Darkness, and Robocop.
Moreci's second novel, an espionage thriller titled The Throwaway, will be released in June of 2018 from Forge Books.
Additionally, Moreci also writes for LucasFilm, contributing to StarWars.com, and he is a regular contributor to Tor.com. A Star Wars obsessive, Moreci has released a Star Wars comics anthology the past two years; in total, they've been downloaded over 60,000 times.
Moreci has been profiled by USA Today, Nerdist, Comics Alliance/AOL, Comic Book Resources, and the Hollywood Reporter.
He lives in Chicago with his wife, two children, and his dog (who looks like Chewbacca on four legs).
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Dr. K has treated men and women from throughout the United States, Canada and all over the world. Our practice warmly welcomes out of town and international patients and will gladly assist with any travel related arrangements.
Below, we have outlined what you can expect from your experience as an out of town patient coming to visit Dr. K for plastic surgery. These simple steps will highlight the typical process:
Our Process
Contact the offices of Dr. K. We can be reached by phone at 310-247-9650 or via email through our Contact Page.
Then, Dr. K provides a consultation through the phone or through the internet. The purpose of this consultation is to provide you with a more comprehensive understanding of the surgery process and to decide whether you are a good candidate for the planned procedures.
Since we cannot see you in person, you may also have to submit your photos to us. We'll provide you with a confidential email address during the virtual/telephone consultation. These images should be clear and preferably against a solid colored background. Depending on the procedure, the photos should include full-length views from the front, side, and oblique (turned at a 3/4th angle) perspectives. For liposculpting and buttock augmentation procedures, you should also submit a full length back and buttock view photo.
Along with the photos, you will be asked to fill out our New Patient Registration paperwork. This will allow Dr. K to review your medical history and other relevant information. Again, your photos and paperwork will be kept strictly confidential.
Upon review of your photos and paperwork, our surgical coordinator will discuss the estimated fees and financing options.
Once you and the doctor have decided to go forward with the procedure, our staff will help you with the details of planning your trip to our offices in Beverly Hills, CA.
Typically, we require 30-45 days of advance notice to schedule your surgery; however, this can be expedited depending on the type of procedure and our scheduling availability. To secure your surgery date, we require a non-refundable deposit which is deducted from the total surgery fee and will be collected at the time of the booking. Because patient safety is our number one concern, we may need to make sure you are in good health and require lab work to be completed prior to your surgery. In some cases, we may request clearance from your primary care physician.
You will need to arrive at least 24-48 hours prior to the date of your surgery to ensure there is proper amount of time for all the necessary pre-operative arrangements. It is suggested that patients stay in the greater Los Angeles area a minimum of three days and as long as two weeks after the surgery to allow for a proper recovery time and post-op visits.
Out-of-Town Patients of Dr. K are eligible to receive discounted Group Rates for the following Accommodations. Speak with our in-house Coordinator for Group Rate details.


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Tax Day: Tech (and Other) Toys to Buy With Your Refund
Today, for many people, is the most dreaded day of the year.
Federal taxes are due, and if you owe money, it's one of the toughest checks to write. But roughly half of the people filing their taxes this year will get a refund. And in fiscal year 2016, the average individual income refund was $3,050, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
Yes, the smart thing to do with that money is to invest it—or at least shuffle it over to your 401(k). Maybe you use it to pay down debt. Barring that, it's a good way to set up an emergency fund in case you suddenly find yourself out of a job. The truth of the matter, though, is that for a lot of people, that money will start burning a hole in their pocket, and they'll want to give themselves a treat with their mini-windfall.
We won't judge you if you're one of those folks. (It's your money after all.) But if you are looking to shop, what should you spend it on? We've got a few ideas.
Nintendo Switch: Nintendo's newest console is showing all the signs of having real staying power (versus last generation's Wii U). Launch title The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the company's critically highest rated game of all time. An updated Mario Kart 8 (which was a Wii U release, but given the poor sales of that system, many fans haven't yet played) releases April 28. And several other big games are coming later this year. The $299 console is certain to be one of the most in-demand items this holiday season, so now's the time to grab one if you can.
LG Signature OLED TV W – 4K HDR Smart TV: Admittedly, this is a splurge. But if your refund was especially large this year, one way to celebrate that would be with the best TV on the market. The $8,000 price tag on this 65-inch set will scare most people off, but videophiles will be too enthralled with its astonishingly vivid colors and picture quality to care. Just as impressive is how thin they've managed to make the set (it's smaller than the width of a pencil). It's so thin, in fact, that it doesn't require a standard wall mount and lies nearly flat with the wall. It also comes with a Dolby Atmos system, meaning the sounds will pop nearly as much as the pictures do.
Strongboard Balance: By April, New Year's Resolutions to get back in shape have largely fallen by the wayside. Now's a good time to pick those back up, however, as beach season approaches. Strongboard is a $269 balance board that uses multiple springs to help you improve core strength and tone. It's suited for everyone from beginners to professional athletes and can be used on its own or in conjunction with other training tools. A basic exercise has you simply stand on the board with your knees slightly bent. As you shift and maintain balance, your muscles will receive one heck of a workout. It's durable, doesn't shift while in use, and has been widely praised by users.
PlayStation VR: Sony's $400 entry in the virtual reality category is selling significantly better than the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, with nearly a million units in consumer's hands so far. That's in part because of the lower cost and in part because of the more extensive software library. If the lure of VR is gaming, PlayStation VR is the clear choice, with titles from Sony's internal studios, Warner Brothers, EA, Capcom, and Ubisoft. And more developers are likely to announce titles at the E3 video game expo in June.
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The October 2016 issue of Art in America is dedicated to "The Digitized Museum: Technologies of Engagement." I was one of "eight specialists [asked] to weigh in on new technology and the museum experience," along with Peter Gorgels (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam), Katrina Sluis (The Photographer's Gallery, London), Sree Sreenivasan (City of New York, formerly of the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Lev Manovich (City University of New York), Maxwell Anderson (New Cities Fondation), and Orit Gat (Rhizome). My text:
They call it "flyover country," but to be less judgy, let's just say: the Walker Art Center isn't exactly at—or near—the center of the art world. New York is one thousand miles away, Beijing well over six thousand. Despite this geography, the Internet puts us in the thick of the discussion about culture today and what it means to make, present, and contextualize art. But the rationale behind our digital publishing isn't to increase the Walker's relevance to the art world: it's to increase art's relevance to people around the world.
Since its founding as an art center in 1940, the Walker has been in the publishing game. Exhibition catalogues and periodicals like Design Quarterly, helped put us, and our ideas, on the map—or at least in libraries, bookstores, and museum shops nationwide. Today, our reach is far more expansive thanks to online publishing efforts that bring original artist interviews, curatorial essays, short documentaries, and our previously printed texts to desktops, smartphones, and tablets anywhere in the wired world. Relaunched in 2011 as an ever-changing news-style publication, the Walker home page emphasizes our evolving thinking about our audience: that is, thinking that equally values virtual and actual visitors, those likely to visit us in Minneapolis and those who might like to, but due to geography or economics, can't.
But simply being online doesn't bridge all geographic gulfs. To matter, our stories—usually surfaced via social media and competing with that terrain's unique kind of clutter—need to be at least one of three things: relevant, surprising, or unique. To this end, some of our content is pegged to issues in the news, and topics people are talking about online. Our ongoing Artists Op-Eds series, for instance, invites artists such as Ron Athey, Dread Scott, and Natascha Sadr-Haghighian to sound off on pressing matters like Michael Brown's killing, the Mediterranean refugee crisis, and the "post-AIDS" body. In a 2013 blog post, published just after Edward Snowden's NSA revelations, designer Sang Mun wrote about the protest typeface, ZXX, that he developed after working as a CIA codebreaker during his conscription in the Korean army. Other stories feature the unexpected. For instance, our design director interviewed the media director of the antigay Westboro Baptist Church—a group in Topeka, Kansas, known for its hate speech—about its sign production studio. And our coverage of a Minneapolis design team's "Refugees Welcome" storefront sticker campaign sparked interest from the White House. Some posts provide exclusive experiences: the first read of a curatorial essay from our Ordinary Pictures exhibition catalogue, say, or free online screenings of commissioned moving image works by Uri Aran, Moyra Davey, Shahryar Nashat, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, among many other artists.
So far, what we do appears to be working: our local online visitorship remains steady, while nearly 70 percent of site visitors are coming from out of state—and a third from international locales.


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MADE expo, which took up the legacy of SAIEDUE – Italy's acclaimed interiors and finishings fair – opened its doors for the eighth time in 2017, attracting more than 1,000 exhibitors and over 100,000 Italian and international visitors. The event is extensively and justifiably regarded as a fundamental business tool for both Italian and non-Italian manufacturers.
The main show has given rise to two major offshoots: MADE expo Worldwide, which has run every October since 2014 in Moscow, in conjunction with Saloni Worldwide, and, since 2016, Space&Interiors, an event held during Milan Design Week and connected to Milan's Salone del Mobile, with a focus on interior finishes.
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Welcome to the 2011 New York City Craft Beer Week - The Beer Friend's Event List
It's here! It's here! It's here! It's finally here! I feel like a child on Christmas (Hanukkah, Quanza or Atheist Hate-On-Everyone Day - we're equal opportunity here) - if Christmas was 10,000 times more magical and filled with beer than it already is. The 2011 New York City Craft Beer Week has arrived! From Friday, September 16 to Sunday, September 25 (Yes! I know it's more than a week! Two extra days!) we here in NYC will be inundated, not by deluges of hurricanes or the shaky grounds of earthquakes, but floods of delicious craft beer at an incredible number of establishments - so many that you literally couldn't commute to work each day without bumping into at least one event venue. The NYC Craft Beer Week website has the full list of events (along with opportunities to obtain a passport with boatloads of craft beer deals) and it is immense and impressive. To help you sift through the dozens of craft beering happening each day we picked out the events that were the most intriguing, from our favorite breweries, pouring the rarest of brews and in general, a guaranteed damn good time. This edition covers the weekend on Monday. Check back in Monday morning for our take on next week's events.
We hope you agree with our list and, as always, can't wait to see you out there in the jungle...the 2011 New York City Craft Beer Week jungle that is!
Friday, September 16
Friday night starts the whole shebang off with a lip smackin' range of events. You can choose to hit up the Official NYC Craft Beer Week opening festivity at Southpaw in Park Slope (the tickets are $50 and include a tasting glass for free tastings and some pretty kick-ass music). Check out their website and see if it's in your sights. If tickets aren't your flavor then check out these pay-as-you-go events:
Ithaca Brewery Night @ The Pony Bar, Manhattan:
It wouldn't be a start to NYC Craft Beer Week without a Pony Bar brewery event to kick it off. Well, the Pony Bar doesn't disappoint - they grabbed Ithaca Brewery, dragging their beer and Ithaca's NYC Rep Eric VanZile with them. The Pony promises many rare and favorite pours from Ithaca and the sort of revelrous atmosphere you want for kickoff event.
The Pony Bar is located at 637 10th Avenue at 45th Street, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan.
Left Hand Brewery Night @ Mudville, Manhattan:
As our Colorado representative, Brad has been loving the look of this event from the moment he saw it. Left Hand Brewery will be bringing it's finest craft brew selections to Tribeca's best craft beer bar for you to sample, enjoy and then indulge in the celebration of another NYC Craft Beer Week.
Mudville is located at 126 Chambers Street between W. Broadway and Church Street, Tribeca, Manhattan.
Why Guinness? @ Dive Bar, Manhattan:
Those are two words we've asked ourselves many times over the course of our craft beer lives - however, they're usually surrounded by other words. For example: Why Guinness when I can have Schlafly? Why is Guinness the only stout ever on tap at non-craft beer bars? Hey man, I got you a Guinness. Ahh damn, why Guinness? Don't you know me? Well, Guinness wants to try and prove those sentiments wrong and make a stand (as if they haven't already) in our beer hearts. Head up to Dive Bar to imbibe a range of stouts and porters and then compare them to Guinness. Sorry beautiful Guinness girls, we can't promise we'll choose a Guinness over a Left Hand Milk Stout, no matter how pretty you are.
Dive Bar is located at 732 Amsterdam Avenue at West 96th Street, Upper West Side, Manhattan.
Saturday, September 17
Beer Brunch @ Jimmy's No. 43, Manhattan:
We'd imagine that the Saturday after the official start of NYC Craft Beer Week should require a brunch that includes some Hair of the Dragon. Jimmy's No. 43 has kindly put together something of that sort to help you recover and move on to more craft beering. Head on over to grab some grub, specially prepared to pair with Jimmy's European/American craft beer selection. Always rotating taps and an extensive bottle list should be enough to get you fully back on your feet. Did we mention that Jimmy's No. 43 is the "downstairs" of 43 East 7th Street? That means no bright lights during your breakfast.
Jimmy's No. 43 is located at Downstairs 43 East 7 Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, East Village, Manhattan.
Concoction vs. Penicillin: The Final Battle @ The Counting Room, Brooklyn:
Brooklyn recently brewed a new creation inspired by the Scottish cocktail - The Penicillin. Their creation - The Concoction - contained an interesting array of flavors to wild to explain with words. I myself have heard some of the strangest descriptions of the tastes people experience while drinking it - everything from medicine, to licorice, to band-aids, to whiskey. Some good, some interesting, some not so good. Either way it's time for you to way in. For $10 you get a sample of "The Concoction" and the cocktail "The Penicillin" with the task of describing both and decreeing a victor. Are you up for the task?
The Counting Room is located at 44 Berry Street between 11th and 12th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
The Pig Roast with Lagunitas @ The Sycamore, Brooklyn:
Here's your main event for Saturday. It involves slow, roasted, smoke pig, loads of sides and $5 pints of Lagunitas's best craft brew offerings. The Sycamore is bringing in a whole pig and will spend all night, morning and afternoon slow roasting it, for 14 hours to be precise, until it's ready for you at 2 pm. At this point you will show up, grab a plate of food ($25 - but we're told it's well worth it) and consume your fair share of Lagunitas craft brew. This event is listed as going on until 8. But we have a feeling they'll keep it going until "question mark."
The Sycamore is located at 1118 Cortelyou Road at Westminster Road, Park Slope South, Brooklyn.
Sunday, September 18
Alright, Sunday you can take it a bit easier. It's been a long weekend filled with craft beer, delicious food and fantastic locations. Let's take an abbreviated look at a day prepared to get you ready for the week. The 7th day was meant for resting - only no one said that resting couldn't include beer, brunch, beer, cheese and more beer.
Beer Brunch @ Jimmy's No. 43, Manhattan:
Same as Saturday. But it's Sunday, so you could show up a bit later. Why not sleep in?
Jimmy's No. 43 is located at Downstairs East 7th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, East Village, Manhattan.
Dogfish Head Brunch and Bruzzer @ Rattle n' Hum, Manhattan:
Not totally sure what the word "Bruzzer" implies, but with Dogfish Head throwing this brunch party we're sure it's something having to do with getting a bit buzzed up on a Sunday afternoon. Why not hit Jimmy's for the early brunch and Rattle n' Hum for the late brunch. It's Sunday after all.
Rattle n' Hum is located at 14 East 33rd Street between 5th and Madison Avenues, Midtown, Manhattan.
Ommegang Beer and Cheese Pairing @ Greene Grape Provisions, Brooklyn:
Now that brunch(es) is(are) finished we can move on with our day. Straight to more beer and food. Greene Grape Provisions, located in Fort Greene, has invited New York's most famous Belgian style brewery in to pair their suds with some fine cheeses. Have you been wondering what the pros think of your French aged gruyere and Hennepin pairing? Then you should go. You should also head over if your more the type that leans towards cheddar cheese wiz and beast ice. You need more help than the rest of us.
Greene Grape Provisions is located at 753 Fulton Street at the corner of South Portland Street, Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
Trivia Night @ Manchester Pub, Manhattan:
Of course the best way to end your Sunday is with a little craft beer inspired battle of the minds. Prove your brilliance, with the help of a team, at Manchester Pub's Trivia Night. Manchester Pub focuses on good food and good craft beer. So there will be plenty of liquid inspiration to help you out.
Manchester Pub is located at 920 2nd Avenue at 49th Street, Midtown East, Manhattan.
Monday, September 19
Got a case of the Monday's after such a fantastic craft beer fueled weekend. We understand. We also know how to help.
Allagash Night @ The Stag's Head, Manhattan:
Who doesn't love Belgian styled beer straight from the Northeast's wildest state? Well, Phil probably to be honest - but we're dragging his ass along anyways! Allagash will be pouring their finest Dubbles, Tripel's and Quads alongside some Witte's and maybe even an oak-aged or two. Get your Belgian palate ready and put on your best lumberjack inspired plaid jacket and you'll be ready for this event.
The Stag's Head is located at 252 East 51st Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, Upper East Side, Manhattan.
Empire Takeover @ Rattle n' Hum, Manhattan:
Empire is one of upstate New York's favorite breweries. Trust me, I'm from there - and yes, I represent every upstater. We love the Cream Ale, would drown in the IPA and are fascinated by Deep Purple. When a brewery takes over the taps at Rattle n' Hum - they really take them over, leave no prisoners kind of style - so expect to see everything. You might be surprised.
Rattle n' Hum is located at 14 East 33rd Street between 5th and Madison Avenues, Midtown, Manhattan.
Oskar Blues Night @ Mudville, Manhattan:
Finish Monday night off with the best canned brew coming out of Colorado. Mudville will be hosting the boys and brews from Oskar Blues. Gubna, Dale's Pale, Lil' Yella Pils and more. A few Dale's Pales at the end of a hard Monday helps everyone sleep a bit easier.
Mudville is located at 126 Chambers Street between West Broadway and Church Street, Tribeca, Manhattan.


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RICHMOND – After bringing in a large recruiting class and returning ten starters from last season's lineup, the 2017-18 season for the VCU Women's Soccer program is one with high aspirations. The excitement for the season looms large, as the program and Head Coach Lindsey Martin announced the release of their 2017-18 slate on Wednesday afternoon.
"We feel super optimistic about this year's team and the type of talent and depth we will have," said Head Coach Lindsey Martin. "We return a lot from last year's young team and we add a very solid incoming class to the mix. The schedule is tough from top to bottom, but we felt it was the right year for such a test. We feel primed to take it on."
The Rams will be challenged early and often for a total of 20 games on the season, as they will face four programs that participated in the NCAA Tournament just a year ago. The Rams will also face the final four teams of the Atlantic 10 Championship from 2016 as well.
After two early exhibitions against East Carolina and VMI, the Rams will open at home on August 18 against Iowa Hawkeyes. Following the home opener, VCU travels to Liberty on August 20 to take on the Flames, one of the four teams on the schedule who made the tournament last year after winning the Big South title.
The Black and Gold will also host local programs in Old Dominion, American, and Longwood, and hit the road for a trio of games on the road against Clemson, Charlotte, and UNC Greensboro. The Clemson Tigers also made the NCAA Tournament in 2016, making a run to the Sweet 16 before getting eliminated by North Carolina. Charlotte was also an NCAA Tournament participant winning the Conference USA championship, losing in the first round to Duke.
"There is no doubt about the toughness of our non-conference schedule," said Martin. "Three of the eight teams competed in the NCAA Tournament last year and the other five are nothing to look past. We have a good mixture of home and away matches and this will be the first year that we prepare with two exhibition games instead of just the one. Hopefully it will give us more opportunity to prepare for our big season opening weekend."
On September 21, the Rams will open Atlantic 10 Conference play against last year's A-10 representative in the NCAA Tournament, Dayton. The game will be played at Sports Backers Stadium at 7 p.m.
VCU's other home conference games will feature UMass, Saint Joseph's, Saint Bonaventure, and Rhode Island. They will face tough road conference games at Davidson, Duquesne, George Mason, Richmond, and La Salle.
"The A-10 games are on a new cycle this season. We get to play some teams that we have not faced in years. In the case of Saint Joseph's, we have not played them in the past four years. They had an excellent year last year and we are excited to get them back on the schedule. "
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On a recent trip to London I found myself not far from Lamb's Conduit Street which is where you will find Persephone Books. Knowing that Little Boy Lost by Marghanita Laski, one of our titles for the May gathering, is published by them I took a small detour.
If you're travelling to London and haven't been before then it's well worth a visit. In the few years since I was last there it hasn't changed much – mainly because proprietor and publisher Nicola Beauman had a very clear vision of what she wanted Persephone to be.
The shop quadruples as office-cum-publishing house, conventional bookshop (albeit with only Persephone books and related products), warehouse (stacked boxes of books are artfully disguised with throws to become display areas) and event space. The latter may be author appearances – although they are sometimes difficult to stage as Persephone books are reprints of neglected classics by twentieth century (mostly women) writers, many of whom are no longer with us.
No matter, this is a holy of holies for many female bibliophiles. With a highly collectible 96 books published to date, they present their books in a distinctive "dove-grey jacket, a 'fabric' endpaper and bookmark".
I know that one member of our reading group proudly shelves her Persephone titles together, not far from her equally loved Virago green spines. A measure of the love a publisher with an affinity for its readers can inspire.
Whether we still have Waterstones and independent bookshops by the end of the decade is open to conjecture. However, I will be very surprised if Persephone isn't still thriving.
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