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Couple's liberal largesse / Rappaports give millions to Democratic, progressive causes
Silicon Valley venture capitalist Andy Rappaport and his wife, Deborah, have never been shy about their support for liberal politics.
The couple have given thousands of dollars to the Democratic Party and progressive candidates. They've hosted political fund-raisers at their six- bedroom, contemporary home on Skyline Boulevard in Woodside.
But in the past year, the 46-year-olds have stepped up their involvement, committing more than $3 million to efforts to encourage Latinos and young adults to support the Democratic Party and progressive politics. In the process, they have come to rank among the country's biggest political donors.
Only a few individuals around the country, including international financier George Soros, Hollywood screenwriter Stephen Bing and Cleveland insurance executive Peter Lewis, have donated more to political groups this campaign season than the Rappaports, according to the Center for Responsive Politics and TRKC Inc., which both track political contributions.
Moreover, the couple are turning heads with their efforts to take a venture capitalist approach to political giving -- supporting and nurturing risky startups instead of just writing checks to established political causes.
Although both Andy, a partner with August Capital on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, and Deborah, a Portola Valley school board member, say they'd love to see President Bush turned out of office in January, they are even more focused on trying to cultivate support for progressive politicians in the future, producing the long-term dividends that VCs generally value.
"They are emerging as among the most important national leaders for progressive politics," said Simon Rosenberg, president of the New Democratic Network, a Washington political group that has received more than $1 million from the Rappaports in recent months to air Spanish-language ads promoting the Democratic Party.
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"It's not just the amount of money they are giving," says Rosenberg, who has known the couple for years. "It's how they are going about it."
So far, the Rappaports have pledged the lion's share of their contributions, $1.5 million, to Music for America, a new, partisan, nonprofit organization in Redwood City that registers and educates young voters.
The group's executive director, Molly Lewis, said the Rappaports have provided virtually all of the group's funding so far, just as private investors sometimes do with young startup companies.
"This is my natural way of thinking of things," Andy said. "When we invest in entrepreneurs in their first round of financing, we don't say: 'We'll give you 10 percent of your budget, and good luck getting the other 90 percent.' "
Deborah noted that the couple have a similar approach to funding promising charities, something known as venture philanthropy.
For instance, they gave the founder of JazzMasters Workshop in Carmel Valley, which encourages young musicians, his first three years' of funding.
Now in its fourth year, the group has been so successful raising money from other sources that it hasn't asked the Rappaports for additional funding.
But the Rappaports didn't just give money to Music for America. They helped reinvent it.
Originally, the group was a political action committee, raising money for former Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean at music concerts. Deborah stumbled across it while skimming blogs on Dean's Web site.
Although the Rappaports were Dean supporters, they thought the group potentially could have a bigger impact as an independent Section 527 political group committed to registering young voters and promoting progressive politics at rock concerts and other cultural events.
A Section 527 group is a type of political committee that can raise unlimited amounts of money to influence elections.
Named after the part of the Internal Revenue Code that defines its tax status, the group can claim tax-exempt status as a political committee while avoiding regulation by state or federal election authorities, according to the Center for Public Integrity, an investigative journalism center in Washington.
In addition, the Rappaports comprise two-thirds of the group's board of directors (the third member is former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic) and have served as a mentors to Lewis, the executive director.
Valuable advice
Lewis, 25, said she frequently relies on the Rappaports for advice and encouragement. After she ran into some obstacles, for instance, Andy advised her not worry about problems.
As long as she isn't encountering the same problem over and over again, Andy told her, the glitches are just signs that the organization is moving into new territory. Lewis said she thinks about that advice all the time.
"He and Deborah have been absolutely fantastic in teaching a group of young twentysomethings how to accomplish something we want to accomplish," Lewis said.
Although Music for America is just getting started, the Rappaports said they are pleased with its impact. Since October, the group has distributed information at several hundred shows attended by 400,000 people. It also has attracted thousands of volunteers.
In addition to Music for America, the Rappaports made two other major donations:
-- $1 million to fund the Spanish-language ads promoting the Democratic Party. Although the New Democrat Network, which created the ads, said other funders have stepped in, it was the Rappaports who gave the group the money to get the commercials completed and aired, said Rosenberg, the group's executive director.
-- $600,000 to the 21st Century Democrats to support efforts to register voters under 30 in four states and persuade them to vote Democratic.
Although the political group has been around for years, executive director Kelly Young said it never had a separate young voter program before the Rappaports stepped in.
"There wasn't money out there to target young voters." Young said, who hopes the Rappaports' gift will allow it to raise more money.
Youthful interest in politics
Politics is nothing new for the Rappaports, who first became involved before they were old enough to vote.
When Deborah was 14, she volunteered for John Kerry's unsuccessful 1972 congressional bid in Massachusetts. When Andy was 16, he worked with the New York Civil Liberties Union on its campaign to impeach President Richard Nixon in 1973.
The couple have long chipped in money to political candidates.
"When we had $100 to our name, we gave $20," Andy said. "Whatever we had."
Now they have much more than that to give.
Andy, a technophile who grew up in New York and attended Princeton University, founded a strategic consulting firm in Boston in 1984 and has been involved in more than a dozen venture capital startups, including chip designers Transmeta and MMC Networks.
When he joined August Capital in 1996, the couple moved to Silicon Valley, where he has continued to be involved in startups.
Much of their wealth has gone into philanthropy. Deborah, who collects contemporary art, is president of the San Jose Museum of Art's board of directors, and the couple are among the museum's largest donors. Now they are spending millions of dollars on politics as well.
"This is part of our estate planning," Andy joked. "What are we going to leave our kids? We hope a safe world and a good example."
The Rappaports, who have three teenage daughters, won't say how many millions they have or how much they plan to give away. "Our view is that we can give at this level without in any way affecting our lifestyle," Andy said.
Many of the Rappaports' acquaintances, including two people who serve on the school board with Deborah, said they didn't realize the couple are giving millions of dollars to political causes, but their political interest has drawn some respect from colleagues and friends.
Political inspiration
A fellow school board member, Donna Carano, said Deborah helped inspire her to register to vote and take a more active interest in politics several years ago.
"She constantly reminds me ... how important it is to be part of the process, whether you agree with her or not," Carano said. "Deborah was a large part of how I got here, and she's done that for a lot of people."
Not everyone applauds the political activities. Many Republicans have been fierce critics of megadonations to 527 political organizations like Music for America and the New Democrat Network.
Republicans say they violate the intent of the McCain-Feingold campaign reform act of 2002, which limits donations to political candidates and political action committees.
The Federal Elections Commission is considering whether to treat independent political groups like Music For America like any other political campaign committee, which would force them to turn away seven-figure donations. But the commission recently decided to postpone a decision for three months.
Andy said the couple are watching the debate closely. They believe the large contributions should be allowed.
"Until and unless elections are completely federally funded, then it becomes a free-speech issue," he says.
Political donations
Andy and Deborah Rappaport of Woodside have committed nearly $3.5 million to political groups this campaign season. Key donations include:
-- $1.5 million -- Music for America
-- $1 million -- New Democrat Network
-- $600,0000 -- 21st Century Democrats
-- $250,000 -- PunkVoter
-- $115,000 -- Various Democratic candidates and political committees
Source: Andy and Deborah Rappaport


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Earlier in May we reported that NBCU (NYSE: GE) and News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) were looking for $100 million in exchange for 10 percent of equity in their new video JV for a pre-launch valuation of $1 billion. Now, according to the NYT, they have their deal: $100 million for 10 percent from Providence Equity Partners. Let's see, first, new CEO Jason Kilar, then a major investment — maybe a name will be next.
Rafat adds: We have confirmed the investment from a senior source close to the companies. The money's still coming in, and papers are being signed. Also, one of the intentions of the funding is to give an indication that the JV is serious about building this as a standalone business…though the name is still being decided, the team with the new CEO has moved into an office in Westside Media Center on the edge of Santa Monica here (the old eToys building, for those keeping track of ironies). The source said that more funding is possible, and as things progress, the standalone company could be spun off in an IPO. Of course, the first step first: Expect a launch sometime this fall.

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This issue brief discusses how families living in racially and economically segregated communities must also cope with the effects of historical trauma and intergenerational racism. It presents specific barriers that African-Americans face in obtaining needed services and mental health supports.
This brief explores how programs that use a positive youth development approach can embed a racial equity perspective to effectively meet needs of youth of color. It suggests that programs think about who is offered program services, build staff capacity to recognize personal bias and structural inequalities, and insure leadership opportunities.
This issue brief explores how COVID-related school closures are likely to effect children's academic progress, access to resources, and overall health and wellbeing and how systemic inequities exacerbate the impact for some groups.
This review of existing research on literacy programs for out-of-school time (OST) was conducted as part of an initiative for Philadelphia. It includes evidence on literacy outcomes, staffing, and training needs for tutoring programs, after school and summer programs, and online literacy programs.
This issue brief explores how we can all strengthen our understanding of our internalized biases, so we can be more mindful of working toward equity. Strategies suggested include developing agreements so we have courageous conversations and reducing stigma so we can talk openly and give honest feedback.
This issue brief about trauma-informed care brings a strengths-based perspective that emphasizes resilience. There is a review of the signs of trauma, how it impacts trauma and how to practice trauma-informed care using the Four Rs: realizing the widespread nature of childhood trauma, recognizing the symptoms, responding by adjusting policies and practices, and resisting re-traumatization.
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The Multi Bank Processing (2 Line) screen is used to import payment files for Tenants who are charged rent, and multiple other charges. The 2 line screen is used as you will be able to see more information regarding the other charges when the payments are imported. This screen can be used for both Centrepay files and Bank Statements.
To import Bank Statements directly in to Chintaro, from the Finance Sub-Menu, click Bank Functions and then click Multi Bank Processing (2 Line).
The Multi Bank Processing (2 Line) screen opens, which looks similar to the Multi Bank Processing Screen
The steps to import Bank Statements are listed in order from 1-5.
1. Select Import File: Click the button to find the file you want to import. When you have found the file, click to highlight it, and then click Open.
2. Select Bank Account: Select the Bank Account that you will be importing the file to. Ensure you select the correct Bank Account if you are importing a Bank Statement.
3. Import the File: Click . All of the transactions in the file will be imported in to the main section of the screen. The dates of the Transactions will appear next to the Import Button
This screen is like a holding screen, and the payments imported will not go on to Tenancy record until you have looked at the information and you are satisfied that it is correct.
When the file is imported in to Chintaro, each payment will have 2 lines – one for the payment amounts, and one to describe what split is for.
You are able to change the payment amounts in the Other Amount 1 - Other Amount 5 columns by changing the vales in these fields, as long as all payments add up to the total amount received from Centrepay (EG take $5 from a Furniture Payment, and add the $5 to a Tenant Maintenance Payment).
4. Select the correct Tenancies and mark all records that will generate a Payment: There may be payments in the file that are marked as *Not a Rent Payment*, and these will be for Centrelink Fees and Advises. Ensure the Payment Book ID in the file matches the Payment Book ID for the Chintaro Tenancy. Ensure all Rent Payments have the box ticked. Only Payments with the Generate Credit box ticked will be applied to the Tenancy.
5. Generate Payments and Transfer to Bank Account: When the payments have been allocated to the correct Tenancies, click
Chintaro will advise you the number of Rent Payments, Other Credits, Bond and Property Fee Transactions Generated to the Tenancy Records, and that the Transactions have been transferred to the Bank Account.
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Heard a cousin-in-law that used a similar product like this and then I read blog posts on the amazing peeling effect of the treatment mask for the feet. So I went on to Qoo10.sg to buy "Milky Foot" since more than 4 months ago but only got to use it now.
The treatment mask is very easy to use. Instructions are very straight forward.
The mask has lots of product in it and once your foot is wrapped by the socks-like mask, which also meant that my feet are very covered by the stickiness of the product. So the feeling of walking around with this socks-like treatment mask is a bit yucky. And be careful not to walk too quickly as you might just slip and fall. So just sit and don't move! Ok. That's quite hard to do for an hour…
After 7-10 days, I don't feel there was much improvement for the skin of my feet. On Day 6, I noticed that some skin are flaking off my feet and causing quite an unsightly mess on my chair. Yep. I was putting feet on the chair and the skin flaked off on it without me realising till the hubby complained about it… Anyway, the flaking of skin was just about that. No major peeling like how some people experienced after using the treatment mask. By Day 10, I couldn't tell if there was any difference from the Day 1 of use. I was very disappointed. But still I think it worked ok as a moisturising mask for my feet. Ok. I am just trying to be positive😀
Conclusion, I don't think I will try this again. Quite a waste of my one hour and especially the yucky feeling of wearing the gluey sock-like treatment masks. Uh-er, no more second time for me.
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Welcome to National Park Medical Center
Welcome to National Park Medical Center's comprehensive website. NPMC is proud to be a community health leader in Hot Springs and the surrounding communities.
As a 166-bed full-service hospital, we provide a comprehensive range of medical services and high quality care. We are a forward thinking, innovative hospital where trust, teamwork and technology come together to make a positive difference in the health of our community and region. Our Joint Commission accreditation powerfully demonstrates our commitment to meet the highest national standards for quality and safety.
But our most important mission here is to serve you and your family. So we combine the medical and technological resources of a regional center for healthcare with the warm, friendly and personal touch of a caring, compassionate staff.
The Strength To Lead
At National Park Medical Center, we understand the vital importance of healthcare in our community. So we've made an ongoing commitment to deliver the latest technology and a comprehensive range of services that sets us apart as a leader in healthcare for this region. For almost any medical condition, we can provide the advanced care you and your family deserve.
The Strength To Serve
Patient care is our highest priority at National Park Medical Center. An extraordinary level of courteous and compassionate care is our only standard, and exceeding the expectations of our patients and their families is our constant goal. We also work closely with other healthcare providers, local leaders, businesses and other community organizations to promote wellness and to teach healthy lifestyles through education and outreach programs.
To download a printable fact sheet, please click on the following link. National Park Medical Center Printable Fact Sheet
The hospital is partly owned by some of the physicians who serve our patients. For more information, contact Administration at 501-620-1400, or to see a list of physician investors, click here.
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National Park Medical Center and its parent company RCCH are committed to maintaining the strongest commitment to compliance and integrity in all of our business dealings. Consequently, we hold our vendors to high standards when we choose to partner with them.
In order to maintain government compliance and ensure accurate vendor information, we require each vendor to enroll in ProviderTrust's program, VendorProof. VendorProof allows vendors to enter and update all of their pertinent information through an easy-to-use portal. Once enrolled, VendorProof will perform a detailed investigation of the vendor, checking for OIG Exclusions, Medicare Fraud, IRS Issues and various other items. All vendors are required to enroll, regardless of the service the vendor provides (e.g. cleaning service, vehicle maintenance, decorating service, any healthcare service, etc.).
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It's really more common than people realize. Diabetes.
Type II diabetes is difficult to live with for all of its complications. It can be a great deal of hard work keeping tabs all the time on your health, keeping up with all you doctors' appointments and keeping in constant touch with what your blood sugar is.
Even with all this effort, you can often go wrong or miss a step. As hard as the struggle can be keeping up with your type II diabetes treatment, you need to take heart in the number of people there are around the world who struggle just as much as you do and still manage to keep their heart in their struggle to stay well.
The thing is, given enough care, type 2 diabetes treatment is perfectly manageable.
For the most part all you need is a balanced diet, exercise every day and insulin at the right times of the day.
When complications occur, and they most likely will, timely intervention will make sure that you can save your vision, keep kidney failure at bay, and never entertain any fear of an amputation.
Let's look at how you can go about achieving this.
Diabetic retinopathy is where your retina can detach from the back of your eyeball in one of the most serious complications diabetics can come across. The moment that you notice any changes in your vision, be sure to run off to your eye doctor.
If they detect this early, they can treat it very effectively.
Type II diabetes for ocular complications can rapidly deteriorate if you get pregnant during the course. So there is a precaution to keep in mind.
Nerve damage or diabetic neuropathy is a very real risk with type II diabetes. What it does is, it reduces your ability to feel touch. To protect your nerves, make sure that you never take a shower in water that is too hot. Never walk barefoot around the house or anywhere else, and make sure that you never burn your hands when you cook or burn your mouth eating food that is too hot.
Kidney disease is the most scary of the possibilities that type II diabetes brings with it. Make sure that you take your blood pressure medicines at the right times.
Buy a home measurement device and make sure that your blood pressure never goes past the recommended levels. Make sure that you don't have a lot of salt in your diet, and talk to a dietitian about how to control the proteins in your diet.
Type II diabetes treatments are not as hard as all of this might make it sound. Pretty soon, these become second nature, and the treatment fades into the background – leaving only the joy of life behind.
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By Abbie Bennett
Carrboro Commons Co-Editor
Customers come from all over the United States to shop and take advantage of expert costume consulting at Surplus Sid's at 309 East Main St.
in Carrboro, according to owner Barry "Sid" Keith.
"We like to call ourselves world-famous Halloweenists," Keith said. "We've had people from all over the state, even from New York here."
Keith said he loves Halloween because it's the one time each year people get to be selfishly creative.
"It's one totally self-indulgent holiday," he said. "You get to be anything you want."
A 1978 UNC-Chapel Hill graduate, Keith opened Surplus Sid's in 1988 and says Halloween in Carrboro and Chapel Hill was big then, and has only gotten bigger since.
"It's done nothing but grow," Keith said. "What we sold back then, we sell in 10 minutes now."
While Halloween in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area has grown since 1988, Keith said some things never change.
"People will invariably wait until the last minute, then expect a fantastic costume," he said. "But we always try to give the most personal service possible."
Surplus Sid's and Keith have become local celebrities in Carrboro and the surrounding area for costume expertise. Keith has helped people create amazing costume experiences throughout the years, including renting a horse in 1997 for a Lady Godiva costume, Chronicles of Riddick characters and Star Wars Jawas. Keith said he even put a 7-foot UNC basketball player in a Predator costume.
"I'm willing to work with just about any idea," Keith said. "The crazier the better. I'll help out as much as I can, and we definitely have materials for everything."
Keith said female customers are often a challenge to please.
"Not to be antifeminist or anything, but in my experience, even if she wants to be a bunch of grapes, she's going to want to be a sexy bunch of grapes," he said, jokingly.
Keith said it's all about what the customers want.
"We're pushing the door at about 5,000 costumes," he said. "We try to add something new every year. We just added 31 new ones yesterday."
Almost as many of his customers rent costumes from Surplus Sid's as buy them, according to Keith, customers who buy costumes get their money's worth.
"We've got people wearing costumes for five, six, seven years because they like them so much," Keith said.
Keith said many of his customers come in looking to build on existing costumes, especially ones they've kept around for years.
Surplus Sid's provides commercial costumes that are already put together as well as pieces that can be used to build costumes and props from the ground up.
Keith has engineered sarcophagi, coffins, electric chairs and robots. He said he's in the process of building a flying saucer for the roof of his business as well as another electric chair in time for Halloween.
The costumes at Surplus Sid's come from close-out sales, donations, military and government surplus, even estate sales. Keith said it's all about keeping costs low.
"The less we can charge, the more money we save customers," he said.
Keith said during his time as a UNC-Chapel Hill student, he frequented Franklin Street on Halloween, but now he's usually busy. That doesn't mean he doesn't have a good sense of humor about working so hard.
"People always ask me, 'Sid, what are you going to be for Halloween?' and I always say, 'Exhausted.,'" he joked.
Keith has a passion for the holiday, despite not participating himself.
"I think if I couldn't be creative, I'd go stark-raving mad," he said. "Imagination makes the world a better place, and that's what we think we do here. Halloween never goes out of style."
For Keith, there's little downside to being in the Halloween business.
"There's such a thing as too much of a good thing, but I've always thought I had a sick personality. I like scaring people," he said. "I make a business out of selling the weird and wild to the wicked and unwashed."
Anna Marie Stevens, a 28-year-old Carrboro resident, homemaker, mother of two and customer of Surplus Sid's, said it's not just the ultimate costume destination, it's a great place to browse for just about anything.
"He's got everything in that store," she said. "From furniture to clothes and props, military uniforms, odds and ends. It's definitely not just a costume one-stop, even though it definitely is that. It's also a great place to just go look around. It's fascinating and so Carrboro."


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Author:George Frederick Stout
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|George Frederick Stout
|Mind from 1892 to 1920.
- Analytic Psychology 2 volumes (1896)
- God and Nature (1931) Gifford Lecture of 1919–1921
- The Groundwork of Psychology (1903)
- A Manual of Psychology (1898)
- Mind and Matter (1931) Gifford Lecture of 1919–1921
- "The Nature of Universals and Propositions" (1921)
- Studies in Philosophy and Psychology (1930)
- "War and Hatred" (1915)
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The author died in 1944, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 75 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.


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Atlantic Ocean - Offshore Oil & Gas ExplorationAfter years of being under a Presidential and Congressional "do not drill here" list, the Atlantic Ocean is back on the table, and energy companies are looking to start drilling as soon as possible... According to the Energy Information Administration, there is only about 209 days of oil and 13 months of natural gas in the Atlantic Ocean (if we drill for every-last-drop-possible); and doing so is only expected to lower the "price at the pump" for gasoline by 3 cents - 20 years from now. In short, there isn't much value in drilling for oil in the Atlantic Ocean, but there is much to lose - billions of dollars in fisheries, billions more in tourism and coastal businesses, and billions in interstate and international commerce flow through the ports and beaches of the Atlantic Ocean. Let's keep it free from oil and prevent another BP Deepwater Horizon from fouling our Clean Ocean Economy.
Latest Updates on SeismicEarlier in the fall of 2013, the United States Department of the Interior announced it would again delay the announcement of it's Final Environmental Impact Statement until 2014! Clean Ocean Action partnered with Oceana and Sierra Club New Jersey to raise awareness about seismic exploration at Monmouth University. Here is that update: COA, Oceana Turn Up the Volume Against Seismic Testing On Monday, September 16th, Clean Ocean Action, Oceana, Sierra Club New Jersey, and the Sandy Hook Sea Life Foundation held a forum at Monmouth University to educate the public and turn up the volume about seismic air gun testing. The practice of seismic testing - or blasting air cannons in the mid-Atlantic Ocean in search of oil and gas deposits - is being proposed by the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). After a number of public hearings in early Spring of 2012 - one of which in Atlantic City was attended by ocean advocates from across New Jersey - the decision on whether or not to allow seismic blasts has been postponed twice. The event hopes to keep up pressure on the federal government and increase public involvement on the issue. Congressman Pallone is a national champion on the issue. He has led the charge against seismic testing in Congress by authoring a letter to the White House urging the Department of Interior to decide against the testing. He opened the event and said that, "Seismic testing is the fi rst step to offshore drilling, and we have to put a stop to it." Earlier this year, Congressman Pallone also stated that, "Already New Jersey's coastal economy is reeling from the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, and our fi shing and tourism industries need to be protected from further challenges to their economic and environmental well-being." The panel was moderated by Monmouth University's Urban Coastal Institute Director, Tony MacDonald, and included Nancy Sopko from Oceana, Jessica Coakley from the Mid Atlantic Fisheries Management Council (MAFMC), and COA's Executive Director Cindy Zipf. All three panelists described their opposition to seismic exploration and their skepticism that looking for oil in the Atlantic is necessary. COA also advocated for the Clean Ocean Zone and keeping the ocean wild and industry free. The progress made in the NY/NJ bight should be locked-in and pollution locked-out.
In 2011 and 2012, there have been a few new developments:April 2012 Seismic Survey Hearings
- The U.S. Department of Interior announced on Wednesday March 28, 2012, that it will be authorizing "seismic testing" to find oil and natural gas deposits in the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to just off the New Jersey Shore.
- For a detailed look at the issue, Read more here or see the COA Blog.
- For COA Press statements on the surveys, click here and here.
- For a Fact Sheet on the Seismic Surveys, click here.
- To read what your elected officials have to say about these surveys, check out our Guest Blog post with their official statements.
- To read our 2009 comments to the agency in charge of these surveys, click here, and stay tuned for our 2012 comments!
- Years later, sea life is still suffering from oil and clean-up chemicals that were released into the ecosystem, more here.
- Gulf spill liability is still an unresolved issue, criminally, and in civil court.
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- After initially supporting the idea of drilling in the Atlantic Ocean, President Obama reversed course and took drilling off the table (for now).
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Reading Together, Reading Alone
Steven Berlin Johnson's recent Wall Street Journal article on how the e-book will change reading practices had me racing to my blog before I'd even finished it. Building from a moment of recognition (an "aha moment") in an Austin coffeehouse, in which he "put down" the nonfiction book he was reading on his Kindle to purchase and start reading a novel. Within minutes, Johnson had started reading Zadie Smith's On Beauty, "shelving" the other book.
As my use of scare-quotes illustrates, the Kindle may very well change the metaphors we use to describe shifting our attention from one text to another. If I switch books on a Kindle, am I really "putting something down?" More to the point, Johnson interprets this moment as a model for the new ways of reading that may be on the verge of taking place in the era of Google Books and the Amazon Kindle, and I think–at least on an impressionistic level–Johnson's argument has a number of strengths (note: I still haven't had an opportunity to test-drive a Kindle or iPhone). He's certainly right to observe that the ability to search our libraries will affect how we do research. I've already found myself using a quick Google Book or Google Scholar search to track down certain concepts. More often, I've used delicious or some other tool to manage ideas or articles that I want to revisit, but having access to books as well, via search tools or some other mechanism, would change even further how I write and research.
But the claim that sent me scurrying to read Johnson's article, which I can't recommend enough, is the idea that reading will be transformed from a fundamentally private activity to a more public one:
Think of it as a permanent, global book club. As you read, you will know that at any given moment, a conversation is available about the paragraph or even sentence you are reading. Nobody will read alone anymore. Reading books will go from being a fundamentally private activity — a direct exchange between author and reader — to a community event, with every isolated paragraph the launching pad for a conversation with strangers around the world.
Johnson compares the act of reading on a Kindle to the "public" practices of blogging, where bloggers read, annotate, and mull over the writing of others. There's something incredibly enticing here, at least for me. While Johnson speculates that our attention to any single linear narrative might wane (a debatable claim), the engaged audience he imagines here would seem ideal for scholarly readers and writers. And as the book itself is reimagined as an object to be cited and circulated online, it potentially creates room for new forms of scholarship and writing.
But I do find myself puzzling over his claim that reading currently is a "fundamentally private activity." In fact, reading as I have experienced it, has always been a complex interweaving of public and private tendencies, never fully reaching either extreme. In my literature classes, my students and I read passages aloud in the classroom. Once we've read a couple of stories or poems, the classroom reading practices inform how my students prepare. Discussions with scholars at academic conferences shape my own reading habits. Book clubs, virtual and physical, mix up the public/private distinction as well. Yes, the novel has typically been associated with solitude, but even when we read alone, we do so through the lenses of others. And, given that I could now "find" books from my laptop, the physical–presumably semi-public–activity of going to the library seemingly becomes less necessary.
Johnson also sees changes in how books are authored, organized, indexed, and sold. I think he's right that some books may be sold on a per chapter basis (maybe along the lines of an iTunes model) and that authors may write with search engines in mind (and Alex Halavais's cautions about the emerging "search engine society" are crucial here), that citations will serve as a form of currency. These issues are certainly central to some of the conversations that have been taking place in the last couple of years at scholarly resources such as MediaCommons (where I'm an advisory board member), so Johnson's comments are useful.
In general, Johnson's article puts together some useful questions about the future of the book. It's not difficult for me to imagine that my second book will be significantly different stucturally than my first one, in part thanks to these new digital tools.


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Good morning. I would like to begin by thanking the AICPA for the invitation to speak at this conference. It is truly an honor. Before I move on, let me remind you that my remarks are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Commission or its staff.
Today I am going to talk about measuring financial instruments at fair value. This is a topic that some of you heard the Chairman, Chief Accountant and me discuss lately.
The theme of our comments have been the same:
The majority of my speech today will focus on the practical issues that I believe must be addressed to measure all financial instruments at fair value. Specifically, I believe that:
While my speech today focuses on measuring all financial instruments at fair value, these recommendations about the practical issues should be extended to other assets and liabilities when GAAP requires that they be measured at fair value. For example, these recommendations should be applied to improve the accounting for business combinations and stock compensation. The list could go on and on.
Some might ask why now? Numerous conditions exist that have created an urgent need for better guidance on estimating fair values and auditing those estimates, including:
In light of these conditions, there is no time like the present to move forward.
Before I address practical issues, I would like to set the stage by briefly discussing a few conceptual considerations.
Fair Value Measurements A Conceptual Perspective
What does fair value mean?
First, let me review the accounting definition of fair value. Under GAAP, the fair value of an asset is the amount at which that asset could be bought or sold in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a liquidation. On the other side of the balance sheet, the fair value of a liability is the amount at which that liability could be incurred or settled in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a liquidation.
If available, a quoted market price in an active market is the best evidence of fair value and should be used as the basis for the measurement. If a quoted market price is not available, preparers should make an estimate of fair value using the best information available in the circumstances. In many circumstances, quoted market prices are unavailable. As a result, difficulties occur when making estimates of fair value.
Is Fair Value Relevant?
Now that we have a point of reference, let's discuss relevance. In today's dynamic and volatile markets, whether it is to buy or sell, what people want to know is what an asset is worth today.
Accounting research supports that assertion. The FASB, after extensive discussions, has concluded that fair value is the most relevant measure for financial instruments. In its deliberations of Statement 133, the FASB revisited that issue and again renewed its commitment to eventually measuring all financial instruments at fair value.
Fair value measurements provide more transparency than historical cost based measurements. Maybe, if companies in the United States and Asia had measured all financial instruments at fair value, regulators, depositors, and investors could have achieved greater regulatory and market discipline and avoided some of the losses that investors and taxpayers have had to pay during previous downturns in the economy.
Reliability Needs Focus
However, with all of the recent emphasis on relevance, some believe that there has not been enough focus on reliability. Reliability is as important as relevance because relevant information that is not reliable is useless to an investor. Not only does that statement make good business sense, it is consistent with our accounting framework as well.
Paragraph 58 of FASB Concepts Statement No. 2 explains, "That information should be reliable as well as relevant is a notion that is central to accounting. It is, therefore, important to be clear about the nature of the claim that is being made for an accounting number that is described as reliable."
That paragraph sums it up well why it is critical that there be balance between relevance and reliability.
What Do Investors Want?
Conceptual discussions are fun for some but let's take a minute and consider what investors want. That is, do investors want financial instruments to be measured based on fair value or historical cost?
The FASB, as part of its fair value project, asked certain user constituents if they prefer fair value or historical cost based measurements, and the result was both. They desire fair value information so as to better determine the true value of their investment. At the same time, they want to see the historical results that provide a measure of cash flows and indicate whether management has achieved operating results that were budgeted or predicted.
I believe that investors want fair value information, but not necessarily at the cost of abandoning historical cost information. I also believe that investors need to be educated on what measuring financial instruments at fair value means in the context of financial reporting.
Fair Value Measurements A Practical Perspective
I would like to spend the remainder of my time discussing the practical side of measuring financial instruments at fair value, from a regulator's perspective.
The FASB should be commended for the significant headway it has made towards requiring all financial instruments to be measured at fair value. To make the project manageable, the FASB has used an incremental project approach an approach that I support. In light of that, however, we are faced with dealing with the difficulties of a mixed attribute model.
These difficulties include not knowing how to apply the guidance to unique, new transactions because of inconsistent models in the literature, resisting accounting arbitrage, and determining whether impairments are other than temporary. Thus, this is why the FASB continues to move forward with its project to measure all financial instruments at fair value. Investors will be in a much better position to evaluate a company's performance when there is a single model that produces intuitive and consistent results.
The FASB's role is just one piece in the puzzle. The AICPA's role is another. "How to" valuation and auditing guidance needs to be developed. And, preparers, auditors, and users need to be educated on how and why fair value impacts financial reporting. Along these lines, the AICPA should be commended for their accomplishments as well. But, more work needs to be done.
Difficulties with a Mixed-Attribute Model
I realize that many suggest that a practical approach would be for the FASB and other standard setters to just stop. That option would be easy to apply. However, accounting has moved too far down the road to do that, as that would leave us with the mixed attribute model and all of its difficulties.
Let's back up and discuss why the current model is referred to as a mixed attribute model. It is because some financial instruments are measured based on historical cost, some at lower of cost or market, and some at fair value.
To add to the mix, for those instruments measured at fair value, sometimes the changes in fair value are recognized in earnings and other times in comprehensive income. In certain instances, financial instruments are not even recognized in the financial statements until settlement date and, oh boy, can that lead to surprises. Finally, I must mention that how financial instruments are measured is often a choice. Try comparing one company to another under these circumstances.
Besides the lack of comparability among companies, other difficulties arise because of the current mixed attribute model. Let me elaborate. New and more complex financial instruments are developed with increasing frequency. Often times these instruments are developed for specific, valid business purposes such as managing risk and reducing the cost of capital or tax liability. All too often, these instruments don't fit any of the models exactly and preparers and auditors do not know which model to apply.
Other times financial instruments are developed to arbitrage the accounting. For example, just hire yourself a good financial engineer and with the sprinkle of a little magic dust, presto change, you can recharacterize your asset. That is, you can change the method of measurement of your financial instrument with little or no change to the economics. And, sometimes, these recharacterizations can be unwound at will. This is very troubling to investors and the staff.
Financial engineering can lead to the management of earnings by controlling the timing of revenue, gains and losses. With continued emphasis on smooth, stable earnings, financial engineering is a thriving industry in and of itself. Without the mixed attribute model, financial engineering as we know it today would be harder to accomplish.
Another problem that arises because of the mixed attribute model is addressing whether a decline in the value of a marketable security is an other-than-temporary impairment. If only one model existed, this issue would evaporate. In the meantime, please refer to Michael Pierce's comments from yesterday and note that the staff is expecting registrants to rigorously apply SAB 59 which addresses when a decline is other than temporary.
Because of these conditions, growing pains of a sort, the FASB must continue to move forward with its project on measuring all financial instruments at fair value.
That brings us to reliability. Unfortunately, in the current state of the profession, preparers are challenged to make good estimates of fair value when quoted market prices don't exist. As a result, the Chief Accountant has challenged the profession to do better.
The staff has heard from investors, analysts, and other regulators that sometimes the values they see being reported on lack credibility. They question whether the numbers are "good" numbers and whether the auditor has rigorously examined them. The staff shares those concerns given some of the valuations it has seen as Eric Jacobsen discussed yesterday. Further, the effects of a mixed attribute model magnify the concerns about credibility. As a result, it is time for the profession to take action.
If one closely examines these concerns they find many factors contribute including:
Let me tell you a short story. When I was an FASB Practice Fellow, I was working on a project to explain why the cash-in method of accounting did not appropriately estimate fair value.
One day a constituent came in to explain to the FASB staff why the cash-in method resulted in a good estimate of the fair value of a residual interest in a securitization of loans. He had pages and pages of analysis and a long story to prove his point. After reading his analysis and listening to his story, it was concluded that the cash-in method did not work because it does not consider the time value of money when cash is restricted and unavailable for use for long periods of time sometimes years.
Shortly thereafter, the FASB staff issued guidance stating that the use of the cash-in method is inappropriate. In addition, they identified one acceptable, alternative model to use for those valuations. Using inappropriate models is just one symptom. Another symptom is using inappropriate assumptions.
Two major issues are a significant source of the reliability issues I just described the need for more robust accounting, valuation, and auditing guidance and the need for more education. Fortunately, the profession, under the leadership of the FASB and the AICPA, has reacted timely.
For example, when the sub prime-lending crisis arose in 1998, the FASB held focus group meetings with users and preparers to develop disclosure requirements about assumptions to help restore stability and credibility to the market. A summary of these disclosures complete with detailed "how-to" examples were completed by the end of 1998 and posted to the FASB's website for voluntary compliance, while it worked through its notice and comment requirements.
These disclosure requirements, which were adopted by Statement 140, and are effective for most companies in December 2000, remain largely the same because of the timely, cooperative effort between the FASB, members of the accounting profession, and the users of financial statements. Let me reemphasize that this project was completed quickly and effectively because everyone standard setters, preparers, users, and auditors worked together and because of the "how-to" examples.
Likewise, the AICPA has shown similar leadership. Recently, the Chief Accountant commended the AICPA for its leadership in this area and encouraged it to not only continue its efforts, but to expand them. He encouraged the AICPA to finish its guidance for valuing IPR&D and so called "cheap stock," as well as its guide on auditing derivatives and investments.
Further, he challenged the AICPA to take a larger leadership role, by developing detailed, broad-based guidance on valuation models and methodologies used (a) to measure fair value, under the oversight of the FASB, and (b) in auditing fair value estimates. This challenge applies to both measuring financial instruments at fair value, which is the primary focus of my talk today, and to improving other fair value measurements applied by GAAP.
Developing More Guidance
I now would like to address the need for more accounting, auditing, and valuation guidance. I agree with the FASB's conclusion not to require a specific model when estimating fair values because quoted market prices are not available. But, what the FASB must do as it continues to work on its framework for fair value measurements, is to ensure that the framework will allow for reliable measurements that are faithful to the economics of the transactions in the market place. To do this, the FASB should continue, as it has done in the past, to consult with experts and coordinate with others that provide the details on valuations and auditing.
I would like to spend a few more minutes on the AICPA efforts. Let me begin with the IPR&D project. While this is not a financial instruments project, I mention it because of how it is being handled. In that project, valuation experts, accounting and auditing specialists, and industry representatives have worked together to develop comprehensive guidance that satisfies the requirements of existing accounting standards while providing meaningful information that is consistent with that recognized and used in the marketplace. That guidance includes the details (including extensive examples) necessary to assist preparers, valuation experts, and auditors "how to" do it. Let me reemphasize two things � first more than just accountants are involved and second the efforts to operationalize the guidance. This is terrific.
The AICPA recently issued Statement on Auditing Standards 92, Auditing Derivative Instruments, Hedging Activities, and Investments in Securities, and is working on a separate audit guide on auditing derivatives and securities that is expected to provide the necessary "how to" specifics needed to ensure high quality audits.
The AICPA is in a unique position to lead efforts to develop more valuation and auditing guidance because of its existing resources and access to expertise (including accounting, auditing, and valuation expertise), contacts inside and outside the accounting profession, and relationship with the FASB. The AICPA has the ability to bring together a world-class team of experts to further develop this guidance in coordination with the FASB. Many large accounting firms have done a lot of good work in this area and their guidance should be leveraged by the AICPA as it continues to develop its guidance.
As part of their efforts, it would be helpful for the AICPA to make a list of common measurement techniques and state which ones are acceptable or unacceptable in certain circumstances. The precedent was set for this approach when addressing the cash-in, cash-out issue.
More Education
The development of valuation and auditing guidance is important but it is only one step in improving estimates of fair value. Efforts to educate are important too. Preparers, auditors, and even some users need to become more educated on fair value estimates how they are calculated and what they mean. Words like delta and theta need to become important words in our daily vocabulary and not as names of fraternities and sororities that many of us were once a part of.
But the increased education should not wait until members of the profession are in practice. Educational curricula need to be modified to more effectively teach valuation techniques, the meaning of fair value, and how financial instruments work. The AICPA, as a leader in the accounting profession, is in a unique position to promote the changes necessary to better educate those concerned.
One expected outcome of these efforts is that the internal control systems for measuring financial instruments at fair value and for auditing those measurements will evolve as preparers and auditors become more knowledgeable about how to make fair value measurements.
Remember What Investors Want
As the FASB pushes forward with its framework, it also must remember what information the investors want. As mentioned earlier, investors do not necessarily want to do away entirely with historical cost information. A recent suggestion by the Chief Accountant warrants consideration. He suggested, "perhaps consideration should be given to a process whereby historical cost and fair value numbers are reported side by side, at least for some period of time." Other methods could work too but the key is to remember what the investors want.
On that topic, I have a challenge for investors get involved because your voice counts. Members of the FASB and AcSEC read every comment letter that they receive. However, the majority of the letters come from preparers and auditors. Investors, as well as other users, please get involved.
International Considerations
Today, I have been speaking from a domestic perspective. But, before I wrap up I would like to touch on some international aspects. Throughout the world many standard setters are wrestling with issues similar to those that I have described. My comments apply to them as well. In addition, I encourage the FASB and AICPA to continue their international efforts. The staff has been supportive of efforts to improve and converge international accounting standards, but not at the sacrifice of quality or other harm to the investing community. John Morrissey will talk more on international issues in a few minutes.
In summary, let me reiterate that:
To accomplish these tasks, the following actions should be taken to address the practical issues:
Furthermore, these recommendations about the practical issues should be extended to other assets and liabilities that GAAP requires to be measured at fair value to improve those measurements as well.
So, let's work together and get it done! That concludes my prepared comments. I would be happy to answer any questions during the Q&A session. Thank you very much.
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One of his earliest, was his neighbor Mrs. Goldstein. I give you this excerpt about Mrs. Goldstein that I think you'll enjoy.
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Elaine Goldstein, whose design style influenced home decor guru Jonathan Adler, is devoted to architectural modern decor. Still evident in her Margate condo is her penchant for clean lines and bold accessories, right down to the Jonathan Adler wool pillows on her couch.Around Bridgeton, they had a word for Elaine Goldstein's design aesthetic: modren. And that's not a typo.
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Goldstein decoupaged the kitchen walls in New Yorker magazine covers. She used thin wire and nails to create a homage to famed illustrator Saul Steinberg on a black-lacquered bathroom door, visible from the towering picture window in her home's white brick facade. She plopped a silver hippopotamus on a coffee table and a ceramic ocelot beneath the piano, covered the sofa table in snakeskin and introduced the shag rug to Cumberland County.
"I just kind of knew what I wanted, and I would go for it," says Goldstein, who now lives with her husband, Albert, who is retired, in an oceanside aerie in Margate.
The kid who lived next door had a word for Goldstein's decor, too: fabulous.
That kid grew up to become the mod potter (and now ubiquitous home decor maven) Jonathan Adler, and the memories of this Jersey housewife's graphic, self-assured approach to interiors is part of his design DNA.
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"It was all just done with panache, and a sense of pop and a sense of fun and color," Adler says in a recent interview. "She knew me as the sort of best family friend who was just playing tennis with her son and running around and being an idiot, and who would ever think decor is lodging in a 10-year-old's brain? It was."
Ever flip through a shelter magazine or wander through a design boutique and puzzle over the profusion of mirrored glass, circus-tent stripes and ceramic big game? You can thank (or blame) Elaine Goldstein. Adler summed it up best in his 2005 book, "My Prescription for Anti-Depressive Living": "As born-again Christians ask themselves when confronted with a dilemma, 'What would Jesus do?' so I ask myself, 'What would Mrs. Goldstein do?'"
Putting aside his formative exposure to Goldstein's lacquer, Adler's parents were a huge influence as well. His father, Harry, was a lawyer with a passion for painting and sculpture (three of his whimsical, expressionist lithographs grace Goldstein's walls in Margate). He was a "rigorous modernist," Adler says, but their home's interiors were animated by his mother, Cynthia, who now lives in New York City. "It was full of bold colors and Marimekko textiles. It was really groovy. People were more open-minded and wacky than they are today."
I think he is fabulous," Goldstein says. "When I see lime green Chippendale chairs, I could never have those in my house. What amazes me is that he is constantly coming up with new things."
Goldstein's Margate condo is far less exuberant, particularly since a redo nine years ago displaced the tartan carpet and the red, yellow and blue "supergraphic" of swooping stripes that spanned the dining room and living room wall. But you don't need an archaeologist to unearth the bones of Adler's aesthetic.
There's the glamorous, smoky mirrored coffee table, perfectly in keeping with the "cinematic glamour" of Adler's Palm Beach chic. The ceramic horse and rider that Goldstein picked out for her trousseau has a touch of the primitive modernism seen in Adler's wall plaques.
Then there's the famous silver hippopotamus perched on a side table. You can buy a ceramic hippo etched with geometric patterns for $250 on Adler's eponymous website (and you also can buy the geometric wool pillows that grace Goldstein's sleek leather sofa, so this is definitely a two-way street).
But it's less the specific pieces and more the mindset that is her legacy. "The thing that was so great is that it was all unimpeachably chic," Adler says. "The furniture was all really brilliantly designed, but there was not an overly serious character to the house. It was a great juxtaposition of chic, with modern bits of art and ethnic, African stuff, all done with incredible panache."
"You have to trust your instincts," Goldstein shrugs. Her home in Boca Raton, the repository for many of the pieces that Adler once coveted, astonishes her Florida neighbors as much as it did her Bridgeton pals. "I know most people can't relate to it. It's so modern. I don't give a damn."


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The Suspect by Fiona Barton (Psychological Thriller)
Fiona Barton (The Child) has written another intriguing psychological thriller that's hard to put down.
Two teen-aged British girls disappear while on a post-graduation trip to Thailand. Newspaper reporter Kate Waters takes an interest in learning more after meeting the girls' parents. Kate's own son is on a gap-year trip, and she can relate to a mother's worry, especially when the travelers do a poor job of keeping in touch. Little does she realize how personal her interest will become once she travels to Thailand to flesh out her story.
Three characters narrate the novel in alternating chapters — one of the missing girls, Kate, and Detective Inspector Bob Sparke of the London police. Through their eyes we experience the seedy side of Bangkok, the angst of parents waiting for news they may not want to hear, and the damage that dogged commitment to career can wreak on families. Interesting twists keep the ending from being predictable even though one must wonder at the coincidence that brings all of the characters together in the first place. Barton's enjoyable writing style keeps it all moving along, creating a book that's likely to keep you reading later into the night than you may have intended.
Four and a half stars.
This reviewer received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley with a request for an honest review.
The Suspect will be released on January 24, 2019, and is available for pre-order.


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The Sunshine Coast International Readers and Writers Festival is an exciting event for the Sunshine Coast, but it can't continue to run and grow without your support. Please donate directly to our festival bank account - Name: SCIRWF Inc; BSB: 633-000; Account No: 156916090. Every little bit helps - even the price of a cup of coffee. Thank you for supporting this worthy cause. A BIG thank-you from the SCIRWF team!
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Archive for November, 2013
8 Days Left8 Days left to get your holiday greeting cards. Straight off the press thanks to Clubcard Printing. Go To: Buy Awesome Cards
The Mousetrap on Co-op Radio 100.5 FMPurchase tickets here: PURCHASE TICKETS Great interview today with Co-op Radio 100.5 FM with actors from The Mousetrap. Actor Style Dayne, playing the eccentric Christopher Wren, compares and contrasts his character with Meeshelle Neal, who plays Miss Casewell. We return for a 2nd interview this Thursday at 5pm. In case you miss the interview, you can listen to it here: Radio […]
The Mousetrap trailerMurder? Curious, who did it? For a taste of The Mousetrap, watch the trailer. Buy tickets here.
I'm producing Agatha Christie's The MousetrapI'm producing Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap! A dinner and live radio play. Miss Lana of Lanalou's is making the amazing 3-course meal. Thursday, November 28 from 6:30pm to 10pm Cost $35 Purchase tickets here: The Mousetrap Three blind mice. See how they run. They all ran after the farmer's wife, Who cut off their tails with a carving knife…We welcome […]
Santa's Scroll – Indiegogo Campaign PerkWhat is the Perk Santa's Scroll all about anyway? Santa's Scroll is a perk offered through my Indiegogo Campaign: The Ant Connection: Connect Me to France through Ants. These 4 drawings measure 62″ long by 14″ wide. Each ant is hand drawn in pencil on delicate Japanese paper. Though these drawings look fantastic framed in a gallery, for simplicity reasons, they will […]
Visual Art Marketing loveClick this link to a commentary by Chris Tyrell Loranger on visual art marketing. Thank you Chris!Read More
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Today at Pinkfresh Studio, we've chosen to reveal a very special stamp & die set called, Share Cheer, that is available for purchase now! When you purchase this stamp set, 100% of the net profits will benefit UNICEF. We chose this organization because they help children and operate in more countries than any other humanitarian organization. UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories and in the world's toughest places to reach the children and young people in greatest need. You can learn more about what they do HERE.
Share Cheer retails for $30 for the stamp & die set, and will only be available for a limited time! Grab this whimsical set today, and help us support a great cause!
As I mentioned, this is a blog hop & a card drive...and I will give you all the info you need at the end of my post. But first, let's check out the card set that I made! I knew that I wanted to keep the cards relatively simple in order to focus on the message of this stamp set & the whimsical main image, and this is what I came up with!
To start I stamped & heat embossed the main image & bow to cashmere and white cardstock blocks. I colored the white panel in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers, and the cashmere panel with Uniball Signo gel pens in white & gold.
I mounted the stamped panels to the front of A2 cards in the opposite color using foam adhesive. Then I proceeded to stamp & heat emboss the sentiments to vellum, and one part to white cardstock. I cut out the scripted words using their coordinating dies, and trimmed the other sentiments into strips.
I added the longer sentiment to the top of the Zig colored panel, popping it up with some foam dots and covering them with jewel accents. I added the other sentiment to the pink panel, in addition to the puffy sticker ampersand. I added a jewel to the middle of the bow as an added accent. Finally, I added a little shimmer to the Zig colored card with my Tonic Aqua Shimmer pen.
Here is a peek at each card by itself.
As I mentioned above, this is a really great blog hop with some amazing inspiration using this stamp set! I know I can't wait to sit down with a cup of coffee in the morning and really get a chance to see the creations in full! Here is the full link list:
We will pull the winners & post them on Sunday, October 21st on our GIVEAWAY PAGE. You must check that page & claim your prize within 2 weeks. {We are giving some extra time for those that want to create cards for the Card Drive. The Card Drive link list will stay up until November 30th for those that want to participate, but will not be eligible for the giveaways after Oct. 21}
The second part of the Share Cheer campaign is a Holiday Card Drive benefiting The Holiday Project, which is local to Pinkfresh Studio Headquarters in Houston, TX. We would love for you to send a holiday themed card(s) to us, and we will personally deliver each card we receive to The Holiday Project! They need approximately 3,000 cards this holiday season, so let's put our best foot forward together and make a dent in that number! Share your card drive projects with us through the link list at the bottom of the Pinkfresh Studio blog post, and then physically send them to:
11261 Richmond avenue, Suite # G108
Houston, TX 77082
You can get additional info on the card drive on the Pinkfresh Studio blog post (listed in the above link list) and link-up the cards you plan on sending in for the card drive!
Before you move along with your day, I wanted to invite you to follow me on social media. I hang out on Instagram a lot, and share my work in progress in my stories...along with REALLY cute photos of my dogs! :) Plus, I just started my YouTube channel, and while there are only a handful of videos right now...I will be adding new content consistently now that I've gotten the video process all set up on my new laptop.
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Remember a couple weeks ago when we shared with you the 2017 MotorTrenOnDemand schedule for episodes of Roadkill, Roadkill Garage, Dirt Every Day, and Engine Masters? As many of our fans astutely pointed out, we forgot to include the Hot Rod Garage schedule along with that, since it falls under a different production team. That's a little inside baseball and some Roadkill-style forgetfulness, but we're here to set things right with both the schedule for Hot Rod Garage and a JPEG version that you can print and hang on the wall in your cubicle, office, garage, fridge, bathroom, or wherever you put reminders.
Below are the MotorTrendOnDemand schedules for your convenience; you can watch all of these shows on these air dates with a subscription to MotorTrendOnDemand, which you can get right here with a free 30-day trial right now to get caught up on past episodes of all the great shows. As always, if you haven't quite saved up the $5 a month for MTOD, Roadkill goes on YouTube 35 days after it debuts on MTOD.
2017 Hot Rod Garage Schedule
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This PopGrip has a swappable top — just close the grip flat, press down, and twist 90 degrees to swap out the top. Then, you can swap in a new PopTop or do a little wireless charging.
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- Easily remove the top to wirelessly charge your phone
- Offers a secure grip so you can text with one hand, snap better photos, and watch cat videos hands-free
- Functions as a convenient stand so you can watch videos on the fly
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- Allows for hands-free use with the PopMounts. Compatible with all mounts sold today
- Dimensions: 39.74 mm diameter x 7 mm H and 24.25 mm H expanded
- Sticks best to smooth hard plastic cases. Sticks to iPhone 11; will NOT stick to iPhone 11 Pro or iPhone 11Pro Max without a suitable case.


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Aug 30, 2018
8k televisions are now reality, with new consoles being announced at IFA from Samsung and LG. But….who are they for? Is there 8k content? How much will they be? Also from IFA, new wireless headphones from Sennheiser and Jabra. Apple rumors abound about a new iPhone XS, Apple Watch 4 and more. Plus, if Waterwold happens, we may breathe with the Amphibio.


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Ah, I love spring. I love flowers, warm weather, nice breezes, pretty skies, chirping birds…I love it all.
But mostly I love the flowers. So, today's Friday Frameup is a picture I took of some of the flowers I've had festooning the house so far this spring. I love the colour of irises, and how unusually they open. They aren't a "traditional" flower, but they have a beauty all their own.
Happy weekend, and happy spring!
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Yay Spring! Yay flowers! :-)


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I see songs in colour and line. This might sound strange but that is one of the many ways I experience music: I visualize it involuntarily. As soon as it fills my ears, it fills my head with tinted pulses and waves and I revel in the sensory experience no matter where I am – whether on a train, walking on the street or at my desk at work pretending to be very busy and important. Sometimes, when a song is just that good, I have to stop what I'm doing altogether – distracted beyond all pretense – and just sit there with a glazed look in my eyes, simply appreciating.
This song, by the Cardigans, is all dark blues fading into black, like a night sky. It is definitely a night song – I can't listen to it during the day, it wouldn't feel right. It's coy, but bold, but also understated. I love the well-placed echoes; the pureness of the vocals against the slightly grungy music. Here's my take on it.


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Portland, Oregon-based SoloPower Systems—which last year acquired the unique Solopower™ CIGS technology from California tech start-up Solopower Inc.—announced today that it has secured interim financing needed to close on a major capital-infusion designed to ramp manufacturing activities at its Portland factory.
Systems' President Rob Campbell stated, "This bridge financing provides us with the runway to finalize our longer-term financing plans. Our proprietary Solopower™ technology and lightweight flexible PV CIGS products serve many new and underserved markets, from which we continue to receive very strong interest. We're excited that this latest show of commitment from our investors will enable the large volume production needed to satisfy pending orders from Europe, MENA, the Americas and Australasia".