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KAREN MIRANDA AUGUSTINE ...
Ritualistic pop artist, writer and videomaker. "First religions"-ophile, folk and recycled art enthusiast. Lover of Pomba Gira and all wildly adventurous female Exús. Crossroads resider, hot yoga student, transcendent night traveller....
created the formidable, fantastic possession blog. When the site's domain expired, the blog disappeared from the web. The new owner of the domain is presenting just a brief glimpse of some of the site's 2012 archived blog posts so that the blog,possession, will not be forgottan. Enjoy
n. 1 informal psychic creations, transcendental experimentations, and ritualistic explorations.
2 (esp. in art) spiritual content; celebratory declarations. • prep. against the grain.
3 (found in works by) 21st century artists, writers and media makers.
4 dynamic artist-driven content and artist-to-artist interviews published on-line at PossessionSessions.com
5 created by Toronto artist and writer Karen Miranda Augustine
An aside: This blog site saved my sanity while I was going through a new rehab program. My drinking had slowly gottan out of hand and some friends decided to intervene. They had discovered a website that was promoting a different approach towards helping folks with their drinking problems. Having unsuccessful treatments at a rehab center and failing miserably at the 12 step program with abstinence that AA requires, I had basically given up, but not my firends. The new approach that LifeBac promotes considers alcoholism not as a disease, but as a symptom of a larger psychological issue. Knowing that the success rate for AA and other residential 12 step treatment programs that require abstinance is about 10%. didn't really make me feel all that better. This new program uses pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. The pharmacotherapy componant is a medication called Baclofen to treat drinking problems. It removes or strongly suppresses cravings for alcohol in 92% of people and initial clinical trials show that Baclofen has a 65% success rate for treatment-resistant alcoholics, allowing them to return to low- or medium-risk drinking. No that's not a misprint. This treatment doesn't require abstinence although many people do stop all drinking. Baclofen doesn'teven affect the taste of alcohol or the pleasure of drinking like some other meds. It simply removes the addictive components that lead to overindulgence and allows a person to drink in moderation. That blew my mind. Apparently doctors in Europe prescribe baclofen as the primary treatment for people who drink excessively. Where I had issues and where the possession blog helped me out was during the period when my body was acclimating to the baclofen. Baclofen treatment requires titration (slow dose increase) until a person's cravings are completely removed or controlled and it has some side effects. Supposedly they disappear within a few days. Not so for me so I needed some distraction. Nine months later my drinking is under control- no more cravings. Whoa! Pretty incredible. I still have a beer now and then and a glass of wine for meals, but no more binges. SO hats off to my friends. I know I went screaming and kicking, but you guys were right. And a thank you to this provocative blog, KMA...don't ever go away.
The Positively Revolting Art of JORIAL
HIVOGUE — Ofra Haza by JORIAL
It's a myth that all art — and artists, for that matter — are inherently part of the counterculture. I was a pre-teen when I came to that realization, watching Teenage Head and Lydia Lunch on early episodes of the New Music, circa JD Roberts and Jeanne Becker. Everything then was very punk rock, the creativity technically unpolished, not yet caught up in the plastic techie factory of the mainstream.
Those of us who were coming of age back then were already stumbling through the anxiety of hormones raging wildly when the AIDS epidemic made its way across the newscasts of the early '80s. By the '90s, many of us had been touched by the loss of a friend with full-blown AIDS; myself, I had entered into a scene of anarchists, queer Black feminists, conceptual artists and AIDS activists — all of which had a great affect on me.
JORIAL's HIV/AIDS propaganda posters stir up the feelings, memories and activist energy from that '80s/early '90s era. Celebrities found on his HIVOGUE series take me back to club nights, house raves on Charlotte, and remind me of cultural references I had placed behind me, packed up with my torn fishnets, fake lashes and construction boots. Although his choice of artistic format is not new — artists like Iké Udé and General Idea have also successfully used the magazine cover as a platform to subvert — JORIAL's approach definitely is.
(left) HIVOGUE — Willi Ninja and (right) HIVOGUE — Anthony Perkins by JORIAL
KAREN MIRANDA AUGUSTINE: What prompted the idea to spoof Vogue magazine covers as a way to discuss the stigma of HIV+ status?
JORIAL: It was born from developing the HIV awareness/prevention policies for PozPlanet.com — a "sexy" HIV-centred, queer dating/chat/hookup site we're launching soon. Theoretically, our central objective is to offer a free social-networking platform that guarantees freedom from HIV social stigma, hysteria and discrimination, plus racism, transphobia, etc. The term "HIV negative," and the ridiculous notion of ongoing HIV- status as some sort of character or personality trait, is the core root of the mass ignorance and miseducation that is advancing the global pandemic. It's an issue that mainstream AIDS Service Organizations (ASOs) — for example, ACT (AIDS Committee of Toronto), BlackCAP (Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention), etc. — have failed to address both on-line and off. Quite simply, if we expect the inconvenient truths about the volatile nature of seroconversion and HIV infection to ever sink into the minds of sexually active adults and the general population, the term needs to go out of style, out of fashion, out of use and effectively abolished from social acceptability. It should be sent to the same vernacular boneyard as the N-word. It really is that problematic and deadly a term.
The first thing that pops into your head when thinking about fashion is Vogue magazine and, for whatever reason, they still decide what's in and what's out, what's haute and what's not. I unconsciously apply wordplay and a queer fanzine aesthetic to everything I do, so once I started thinking about it, HIVOGUE wasn't too much of a stretch for my one track mind to conceive.
Peeple Magazine — Everyting Well-Boonoonoonous by JORIAL
KMA: Is there a difference to how positive HIV status is stigmatized in the LGBT community from the straight community?
JORIAL: Let me put it this way: If you asked me that question on the airport tarmac, I'd drop to my knees, kiss the concrete and say, "Thank God, I'm not straight!" But to really speak about stigma, I think that regardless of race and class, it becomes much more of a question of gender than sexual orientation. An unholy alliance of mainstream AIDS service organizations and the pharmaceutical industry has done a remarkable job of divide and conquer, herding us like cattle into easily identifiable departments and target markets from which to manage us like product on a sales floor.
Don't Judge, Judy! by JORIAL
Positive men can't disclose because to do so threatens our social status, job security and flops the show for getting our groove on. For women and trans folks it's not only that but a massive personal safety issue. We all know women aren't even safe in their own homes sleeping much less having the audacity to step out onto the street in public during broad daylight, no matter who they are or where they're living on this planet. Add being HIV+ into the mix and the danger and threat to your personal safety and quality of life quadruples. Disclosure is a luxury that women simply can't afford, and that's criminal.
(left) HIVOGUE — Sharon Redd
and (right) HIVOGUE — Gia Carangi by JORIAL
The pandemic is often described as a holocaust, however it's not just a body count that we can draw parallels from. For example, in a "traditional" family unit where one or both of the parents are positive, most must hide all evidence of their status from their own children, their teachers, neighbours, co-workers, friends, and even other family members in the interest of their children's personal safety. No one should have to live life hiding their identity for survival in that manner, especially within their own home.
KMA: The more openly queer celebrities you reference are easily identifiable: '80s supermodel Gia, dancer Alvin Ailey, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, singer Freddie Mercury, for example. Then there are the covers with straight celebrities, some who were not as publicly known to have died from AIDS-related complications like singer Ofra Haza (compared to the more publicly known cases like those of performers Fela Kuti and Eazy-E). And more recently, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Your HIVOGUE series is so intriguing: part tribute, part role model-provider for those who are in need of someone to identify with. Why, as an artist, is it important for you to give visibility to those who live with HIV or who have succumbed to AIDS-related health problems. Why do you see the disclosure of one's "positive status" of great importance in the public sphere?
JORIAL: It's important because stigma is so overwhelming that very few positive people are in the position to be open and "out" about it. With the notable living exceptions of Magic Johnson — and a few lesser-known celebrities such as Andy Bell (Erasure) and Holly Johnson (Frankie Goes To Hollywood) — we never find out who our role models are until after they're dead. Generally speaking, the only people who can be public about their HIV status are hardcore activists and long-term survivors who have become so desensitized to stigma they just don't care anymore.
When speaking of HIV, we often talk about the period of time the virus can lay dormant. On-line, there's something I like to describe as seroconversion "RT" (real-time). That's the period of time from seroconverting to the point where you have the confidence and integrity to post a clear face pic on 3P (photo personal profiles) and list your status as HIV positive. For many that can be several years, and for most it never happens. On Facebook, I know of two — count 'em: TWO! — HIV+ people who are completely and totally out about it, and trust me, I know of puh-lenty of HIV+ people. For that reason, local activist Brian Finch and French politician Jean-Luc Romero are huge inspirations, "positive" role models and "status" symbols to me.
The Queers Online are Positively Revolting by JORIAL
For me personally, my experience has been a little ass-backwards. I had no problem [being out about my status] on Facebook, but on gay Web sites, such as Adam4Adam.com or Manhunt.net, it's only very recently that I've successfully seroconverted RT. I guess it depends what community you feel most anchored in. I've been aggressively unholy-terrorizing straights in the interest of queerness since the mid-'80s with the zines Bimbox and S.C.A.B. (Society for the Complete Annihilation of Breeding), so I had absolutely no qualms about jumping right in your Facebook.
KMA: In the late '80s/early '90s there was passing concern over the real incubation period of HIV and whether or not an HIV test could ever truly be read as accurate. Many dismiss this as an issue, so the message that emerges from your propaganda poster HIVOGUE — It's All the Rage in Pandemic is an especially urgent, educational one, particularly within the context of sex want ads — on-line or in print. Can you further discuss these ideas and one's false sense of security upon receiving an HIV-negative test result?
HIVOGUE — It's All the Rage in Pandemic by JORIAL
JORIAL: With regard to HIV or any STD awareness/prevention issue, I feel accurate facts are of the utmost importance. The volatile nature of seroconversion alone dictates that only a blood sample can be HIV-negative and, because our bodies are living, constantly changing things, a "negative" result for anything our blood is screened or tested for — whether HIV, cancer, diabetes, bird flu, rock-'n'-roll boogie, or pneumonia — is essentially expired information upon receipt. This applies to all sexually active adults, including those who claim to practice safer sex 100% of the time, as latex condoms are not 100% effective. 40-85% of HIV+ people don't know they're infected, and most people wouldn't know what safer sex was if it bit them in the....!
Unless they invent a device that can be jammed into our veins 24/7, constantly monitoring and screening HIV status, no one has the right to claim HIV-negative status. Those who do are knowingly — or unknowingly — creating a deadly, sero-supremist false sense of security for both themselves and others, passively fostering HIV social stigma, hysteria and discrimination and recklessly advancing the global pandemic. With 25 million dead, 46 million currently infected, and 5,700 deaths per day from HIV/AIDS in 2007, perpetuating the notion of HIV-negative status is to engage in reckless, high-risk behaviour that reinforces systematic misinformation so deadly and destructive that we should recoil in horror at utterance of the term.
Soaking in It (Self-Portrait) by JORIAL
Institutionalized homo/queer/transphobia, hetero/sexism, misogyny and racism forces sexually-active adults into multiple closets. And, whether they like it or not, whatever's happening on the nastiest queer "barebacking" site directly impacts the "innocent," God-fearing heterosexuals navigating the most wholesome, arranged matrimony sites imaginable. No matter how the latter group stubbornly polices, condemns, and criminalizes the lifestyles of the former, HIV will continue to spread back and forth between populations. Open dialogue, harm reduction and realistic sex education really is so important if we're serious about stopping HIV/AIDS. We've already seen the glorious results of 25 years of throwing bourgeois tea parties, staging misogynist fashion shows and handing out condoms to barebackers at bathhouses; maybe it's time for fresh tactics like pointing out the glaringly obvious truth and #1 misconception about HIV!
Meet Mr. Clean by JORIAL
KMA: My introduction to your work was through your pastel drawings, which reminded me so much of the lateJerome Caja's artwork. Both of your works have, at times, overt religious and/or sexual overtones that speak bluntly, yet with much humour, to issues of sex, abuse, gender, and desire. As an HIV+ gay drag queen and artist, Caja especially had so many interesting pieces where he cross-identified with Jesus and la Virgen de Guadeloupe (two classic martyrs), using their images to explore his feelings around mortality, difference, persecution and reverence. When I look at your pastel illustrations, I can see that there is a similar dialogue that is also going on. Both you and Caja poke fun at the seriousness of religion's confines and speak to the "darker" experiences of life. Talk to us about some of the themes that dominate these drawings.
JORIAL: I think most artists and writers in personal struggle with their own mortality, whether it's HIV, cancer, other chronic illness, disability, injury, or advanced age. We tend to entomb ourselves in subject and content that explores memory, closure, cause and effect, or whatever we feel encapsulates, justifies or explains our journey. I experienced a severe creative block that lasted ten years following a rather traumatic period of my life, and visual artwork, writing or producing anything remotely creative, was only revived as the result of group art therapy offered at the AIDS Committee of Toronto and participation in an individual art therapy study at Mount Sinai Hospital.
After such a long period of artistic silence, a passionate response to HIV-related depression, stemming from the overwhelming social stigma that's rampant throughout the gay community, has been a central theme outpoured in most, if not all, of my stuff since 2005. Expressing that has been like coming out of a closet all over again — a psychological and personal rollercoaster, which is as equally exhilarating, tedious, rewarding and terrifying as embracing queerness the first time around.
Class, Race and Gender Privilege at 399 Church Street by JORIAL
The obstacles to "positive" identity are very familiar and identifiable (authority, religion, family, heterosexism, etc.), and I think for many HIV+ queer/trans people, fatigue from years of battling morons, jackasses and hypocrites the first time around certainly impedes our enthusiasm to relive the same tired old war, especially when through silence, complacency, incompetence and inaction our so called gay "community" has joined their ranks! While she's generally not known for her sarcasm, it's kinda brutal that gay icon Dionne Warwick sings "Déjà vu" and "That's What Friends Are For."
Vaginal Davis by JORIAL
Because stigma is so isolating, much "viral culture" output from HIV+ artists appears self-absorbed and I guess my own is no different. I also think that with exceptions like ACT UP, AIDS Action Now, Diseased Pariah News, etc., self-absorption/obsession/condemnation historically explains why, when left to our own devices in groups, the HIV+ haven't been able to organize our way out of a paper bag. It's sort of impossible to express universal themes as each person's experience of HIV is unique, with religious backlashing and condemnation perhaps the one interchangeable specter to which we can all relate.
Ironically, as a character in the 1990 Gabrielle Micallef and Debbie Douglas film anOTHER Love Story notes, "AIDS ain't fussy." That statement is so true and it's something we'll acknowledge on an individual basis, yet the universal global response to HIV in providing treatment, delivering services or even just fundraising has been to judge, divide, conquer and compartmentalize the HIV+ into easily identifiable groups of "us" and "them," innocent and guilty, those deserving of compassion and those deserving scorn. Hyper-conservativity, hysteria, selfishness and disunity is no way to fight a virus, and I certainly try to challenge that mindset with the spiritually interchangeable pieces Jesus Is My Bitch and The Prophet Muhammad for MAC Viva Glam.
KMA: I heard that you're involved in a very interesting film project that stars ex-Fifth Column bandmate, Caroline Azar. Could you tell us a bit more about this project?
JORIAL: Well it's kind of a fully-clothed queer re-make of Nude On The Moon, the 1961 softcore porn/nudist camp epic by Doris Wishman, who with over 30 feature films to her credit is the most prolific female director of the 20th century. Our version is called Project 36-C and stars Bitch Nation's Jena von Brucker and G.B. Jones as the astronauts and Caroline Azar in an absolutely hilarious dual-role as "Doris Manwish," their frumpy administrative assistant and "the All-Time Queen Of The Moon!" We filmed the movie way back in 1992/1993 during the height of Toronto's queercore renaissance, a period when we also started publishing Double Bill, the so-called anti-fanzine/"hate" zine strategically designed to advance the character assassination of (then) wife-killer and pedophile on-the-loose William S. Burroughs, while offering up as an alternative William Conrad (star of the TV show Cannon in the 70s and Jake and the Fatman in the 80s/90s) to the queer masses, so desperate and starved for a male role model named Bill to worship, idolize and adore.
Project 36-C film poster by JORIAL
Much of Project 36-C was shot during the same period and at many of the same locales as G.B. Jones's movie The Lollipop Generation, features three of the same principle actors, and pays loving tribute to the techniques and styles of both Jones and Wishman. As such, it was filmed without sound, the dialogue and music to be added in later.
In 1994 the movie was half-finished when circumstance put it on a back burner, and then in 1995, A Different Booklist happened. As you recall, in 1998 when I...um..."left" A Different Booklist, there wasn't much time to pack and the three canisters of film that were Project 36-C were misplaced at that time and presumed lost for nearly ten years. Meanwhile, G.B. Jones completed The Lollipop Generation, which premiered this past April as the gala feature opening the 2008 Images Festival in Toronto. The "lost" Project 36-C footage was unexpectedly recovered about a year ago in 2007, so after meeting with G.B. Jones a couple of weeks after her premiere, we decided we really should finish the movie as time travel is an element of the plotline anyway. Plus, there's just too many obscure celebrity cameos (Kevin Killian, Sadie Benning, Rachel Pepper, Mark Ewert, Jeffrey Kennedy, Johnny Ray Huston, Davey Houle, Mike Thompson, Lisa Freeman, etc.) to justify letting it rot in someone's closet!
Thanks to G.B. Jones' renewed involvement and guidance, I'm very excited to be completing what I'm sure will be my first and last, one and only, foray into moviemaking!
JORIAL will be participating in Urbanity Humanity, a group exhibition for 2008 Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Saturday, October 4th at Beaver Hall Gallery, where he will be showing works from his HIVOGUE series. To view more of JORIAL's work, please visit his on-line galleries at MyArtSpace.com or MySpace.com. His social networking site, PozPlanet.com is currently in development and will be launched in 2009.
IMAGES: Copyright of JORIAL and are reprinted with his permission.
Malidoma Patrice Somé: Part I/images
This post is one of two interviews with Malidoma Patrice Somé I will be reposting on POSSESSION. "Gays: Guardians of the Gates," is what I think many of you will find to be quite satisfactory and eloquent reading.
Quite recently, I have discovered some wonderful books by the West African writer and diviner Malidoma Patrice Somé/images. And I think I'm in love, reverentially speaking. I've been juggling between his books The Healing Wisdom of Africa/images and the ever short and sweet Ritual: Power, Healing, and Community/images, of which I've become most fond. Those who are seeking (especially those of the African descent) may, perhaps, feel like they have found a mentor and kindred spirit through his writing.
Interestingly, as all things happening in synchronicity, I found out in short order that Malidoma will be in Toronto later next month. And I'm looking forward to it. Greatly.
He writes a lot about the importance of ancestralization, the power infused in grief and ritual, and the need for those in the Diaspora to embrace our spiritual traditions. And it's quite moving, beautiful and real:
"It follows then that primitive cultures normally deal with the physical world at the last stage. What goes wrong in the visible world is only the tip of the iceberg. So to correct a dysfunctional state of affairs effectively, one must first locate its hidden area, its symbolic dimension, work with it first, and then assist in the restoration of the physical (visible) extension of it. Visible wrongs have their roots in the world of the spirit. To deal only with their visibility is like trimming the leaves of a weed when you mean to uproot it. Ritual is the mechanism that uproots these dysfunctions. It offers a realm in which the unseen part of the dysfunction is worked on in ways that affect the unseen." (from Ritual: Power, Healing, and Community)
The following interview is the copyright of Bert H. Hoff and was originally published in the September 1993 of M.E.N. magazine and is being reposted from the MenWeb.org/images Web site. I will say that those who are overly academically inclined may be a bit miffed at some of Malidoma's wording in this repost, but truthfully, if you re-read certain sections, you'll see the place that he's coming from is definitely one of respect for LGBT communities. After coming across it just this week, I knew I just had to share. Enjoy!
— Ed
Gays: Guardians of the Gates
interview with Malidoma Patrice Somé by Bert H. Hoff
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PHOTOGRAPHER: Sarah Stefana Smith/images, from The Portrait Project:
The Many Faces of LGBTQI People of African Descent, 2009
Malidoma Somé recognizes that he learned more through his initiation as a Dagara tribesman/images than from his PhDs from the Sorbonne and Brandeis University. His name means "be friendly to strangers," and he is charged by his elders of the Dagara tribe of Burkina Faso (east of Nigeria and north of Ghana) with bringing the wisdom of his tribe to the West. His book Ritual: Power, Healing and Community is highly praised by Michael Meade/images, Robert Bly and Robert Moore....
During one of the Conflict Hours at the Mendocino Men's Conference, Malidoma spoke eloquently on indigenous people's views of gay men. He kindly agreed to elaborate on his views as he sat with me among the redwoods of Mendocino.
Bert: At Conflict Hour you told us that your culture honors gays as having a higher vibrational level that enabled them to be guardians of the gateways to the spirit world. You suggested that our Western view limits itself by focusing only on their sexual role. Can you elaborate for our readers?
Malidoma: I don't know how to put it in terms that are clear enough for an audience that, I think needs as much understanding of this gender issue as people in this country do. But at least among the Dagara people, gender has very little to do with anatomy. It is purely energetic. In that context, a male who is physically male can vibrate female energy, and vice versa. That is where the real gender is. Anatomic differences are simply there to determine who contributes what for the continuity of the tribe. It does not mean, necessarily, that there is a kind of line that divides people on that basis. And this is something that also touches on what has become known here as the "gay" or "homosexual" issue. Again, in the culture that I come from, this is not the issue. These people are looked on, essentially, as people. The whole notion of "gay" does not exist in the indigenous world. That does not mean that there are not people there who feel the way that certain people feel in this culture, that has led to them being referred to as "gay."
The reason why I'm saying there are no such people is because the gay person is very well integrated into the community, with the functions that delete this whole sexual differentiation of him or her. The gay person is looked at primarily as a "gatekeeper." The Earth is looked at, from my tribal perspective, as a very, very delicate machine or consciousness, with high vibrational points, which certain people must be guardians of in order for the tribe to keep its continuity with the gods and with the spirits that dwell there. Spirits of this world and spirits of the other worlds. Any person who is at this link between this world and the other world experiences a state of vibrational consciousness which is far higher, and far different, from the one that a normal person would experience. This is what makes a gay person gay. This kind of function is not one that society votes for certain people to fulfill. It is one that people are said to decide on prior to being born. You decide that you will be a gatekeeper before you are born. And it is that decision that provides you with the equipment (Malidoma gestures by circling waist area with hands) that you bring into this world. So when you arrive here you begin to vibrate in a way that Elders can detect as meaning that you are connected with a gateway somewhere. Then they watch you grow, and they watch you act and react, and sooner or later they will follow you to the gateway that you are connected with.
ARTIST: Jean-Michel Basquiat/images, Fallen Angel
Now, gay people have children. Because they're fertile, just like normal people. How I got to know that they were gay was because on arriving in this country and seeing the serious issues surrounding gay people, I began to wonder it does not exist in my own country. When I asked one of them, who had taken me to the threshold of the Otherworld, whether he feels sexual attraction towards another man, he jumped back and said, "How do you know that?!" He said, "This is our business as gatekeepers." And, yet he had a wife and children — no problem, you see.
So to then limit gay people to simple sexual orientation is really the worst harm that can be done to a person. That all he or she is is a sexual person. And, personally, because of the fact that my knowledge of indigenous medicine, ritual, comes from gatekeepers, it's hard for me to take this position that gay people are the negative breed of a society. No! In a society that is profoundly dysfunctional, what happens is that peoples' life purposes are taken away, and what is left is this kind of sexual orientation which, in turn, is disturbing to the very society that created it.
I think this is again victimization by a Christian establishment that is looking at a gay person as a disempowered person, a person who has lost his job from birth onward, and now society just wants to fire him out of life. This is not justice. It's not justice. It is a terrible harm done to an energy that could save the world, that could save us. If, today, we are suffering from a gradual ecological waste, this is simply because the gatekeepers have been fired from their job. They have been fired! They have nothing to do! And because they have been fired, we accuse them for not doing anything. This is not fair!
Let us look at the earth differently, and we will find out gradually that these people that are bothering us today are going to start taking their posts. They know what their job is. You just have to get near them, to feel that they don't vibrate the same way. They are not of this world. They come from the Otherworld, and they were sent here to keep the gates open to the Otherworld, because if the gates are shut, this is when the earth, Mother Earth, will shake — because it has no more reason to be alive, it will shake itself, and we will be in deep trouble.
Bert: Christianity has separated spirit from body and spirit from Earth. And earlier you talked to us about Christianity suppressing your culture. So there's a suggestion here that suppression of homosexuality would be the way for the Christians to shut down the gateways, shut down the spirit, and shut down our connection with the Earth.
Malidoma: Yes! That's right! Christianity stresses postponing living on earth, as of we are only here to pack up our baggage and prepare for a life somewhere else "out there." Jesus Christ is right here, man! And of course anyone else who knows more, who knows better, will be suppressed.
And you start with the gatekeepers. You take the gatekeeper and you confuse his mind. You threaten him and you throw him in the middle of nowhere. Then nobody knows where the gate is. As soon as you lose the whereabouts of the gate, then you have a culture going downhill. What keeps a village together is a handful of "gays and lesbians," as they call them in the modern world. In my village, lesbians are called witches, and gay men are known as the gatekeepers. These are the two only known secret societies. These are the only groups that will get together as a separate group and go out into the woods secretly to do whatever they do. And if they find you during their yearly symposium, they have the right to kill you.
Unless they go out on their yearly symposium, the village cannot be granted another year of life. They have to go out to do what they do, in order for the village to feel safe enough to live the way it has lived before. This is why, to me, we're playing with our lives.
Bert: So our culture may not be granted another year of life.
Malidoma: That's right! Every year it feels like the number of years that this culture is entitled to live is getting smaller. So God only knows how close to the chasm this culture is. This constantly reiterated discomfort and hatred for the gay person is again another indication that every year we might as well be prepared for the apocalyptic moment when the stars start to fall to the earth.
You see, unless there is somebody who constantly monitors the mechanism that opens the door from this world to the Otherworld, what happens is that something can happen to one of the doors and it closes up. When all the doors are closed, this earth runs out of its own orbit and the solar system collapses into itself. And because this system is linked to other systems, they too start to fall into a whirlpool. And the cataclysm would be amazing!
PHOTOGRAPHER: William Bloomhuff/images, Dancing Dogon Women
Ask the Dogon/images, they will tell you that. The Dogon. They're a tribe that understands this so well, it's amazing, mind-boggling. And it is a tribe that knows astrology like no other tribe that I have encountered. And the great astrologers of the Dogon are gay. They are gay. There is a dull planet that, in its orbit, is directly above the Dogon village every 58 years. Who knows that, but the gay people.
I mean, I'm not just trying to make gay people look fine. This is the truth, man! I'm trying to save my ass!
Why is it that, everywhere else in the world, gay people are a blessing, and in the modern world they are a curse? It is self-evident. The modern world was built by Christianity. They have taken the gods out of the earth sent them to heaven, wherever that is. And everyone who aspires to the gods must then negotiate with Christianity, so that the real priests and priestesses are out of a job. This is the worst thing that can happen to a culture that calls itself modern.
Bert: That theme came up earlier with you and Martín, the Mayan shaman here, that if a modern society wants to shut down another culture they will go out and kill the keepers of the ritual.
Malidoma: Oh, yes! Because they know that this is where the life-pulse of the culture is. This is where the engine room of the tribe is. So if you go and bomb that place, then the whole mechanism shuts down. That's pretty much what's at work in the third world, and what has happened here with the Native American culture. And the thing about it is that humans are going to be begetting gatekeepers, no matter what. This is the chance that we've got. So maybe that means that sooner or later we're going to wake up to the horror of our own errors, and we're going to reconsecrate our chosen people so that they can do their priestly work as they should. Otherwise, I just don't understand. I just don't understand. My position about it is not so much that gays be just forgiven. That's just tokenism. But that they serve as an example of the wrong, or the illness, that modernity has brought to us, and that we use that to begin working at healing ourselves and our society from the bottom up. That way, by the time we reach a certain level, all the gatekeepers are going to find their positions again. We cannot tell them where the gates are. They know. If we start to heal ourselves, they will remember. It will kick in. But as long as we continue in arrogance, in egotism, in God-knows-what form of violence on ourselves, no, there's that veil of confusion that's going to continue to prevail, and as a result it's going to prevent great things from happening. That's all I can say about that.
For more information about Malidoma Patrice Somé, please visit his Web site: Malidoma.com/images
Malidoma will be giving a couple presentations in Toronto:
Public Talk: "Ritual & Community"
Institute of Traditional Medicine
553 Queen Street West, 2nd Floor
He will also be leading "Healing Relationships with Ancestors & Grief"
Saturday and Sunday, October 30th & 31st, 2010


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SCHOOL HIGHLIGHT: The Mission Preparatory School
The Mission Preparatory School opened in August 2011 with 50 Kindergarten students. Each year, we enroll a new cohort of 50 Kindergarteners and will continue expanding through 8th grade. At full capacity, Mission Prep will serve a maximum of 450 students in grades K-8.
The Mission Preparatory School addresses the need for a free, public, college-preparatory school that provides a rigorous, high-quality K-8 education in San Francisco. With an uncompromising commitment to upholding the highest academic and behavioral expectations for all children, Mission Prep is designed specifically to address the learning needs of an underserved and underperforming student population. Through an intensive focus on literacy and the implementation of strategic academic support structures, we ensure mastery of essential skills and content knowledge, accelerate student achievement, support student acceptance to top high schools, and lay the foundation for every child to excel in and graduate from college.
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Brevard Tourist Development Council overhaul brings five new members to nine-person board
Brevard Tourist Development Council overhaul brings five new members to nine-person board Brevard Tourist Development Council overhaul brings five new members to nine-person board Check out this story on floridatoday.com: https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2018/12/21/tourist-development-council-overhaul-brings-five-new-members-board/2381099002/
Dave Berman, Florida Today Published 1:10 p.m. ET Dec. 21, 2018 | Updated 6:28 p.m. ET Dec. 21, 2018
Anna Palermo, an account executive with the media company Spectrum Reach, is one of five new members of the Brevard County Tourist Development Council. She complimented the work of the outgoing TDC members, while adding that "having a fresh approach is great" as well, with new members on the board.(Photo: DAVE BERMAN/FLORIDA TODAY)Buy Photo
Brevard County's Tourist Development Council is undergoing a major overhaul, with five new members joining the nine-person board in December and January, along with some longtime members leaving.
The Tourist Development Council is one of the most visible of the country's 54 advisory boards, as it makes recommendations to the Brevard County Commission on uses for the county's 5 percent Tourist Development Tax on hotel rooms and other short-term rentals. That tax raised a record $15.58 million in the budget year that ended Sept. 30, and is projected to raise more than $16 million in the current budget year.
The board changes come at a crucial time for the county's tourism operation, as the county seeks a new permanent executive director for the Space Coast Office of Tourism. It also is a time when the agency is getting increased focus for its spending decisions related to tourism capital projects, such as $5 million for AstroTurf for soccer, lacrosse and football fields at Viera Regional Park to attract more youth sports tournaments.
More: Tourist Development Council approves grants for eight projects to help Indian River Lagoon
More: County commissioners move forward with plan for term limits for tourism agency members
Tourism is a $2.1 billion-a-year industry in Brevard County that is responsible for more than 26,000 jobs. Hotels, restaurants, retail stores and attractions all benefit.
County Commission Chair Kristine Isnardi appointed four of the five new members. She said her appointments reflected her hope "for some fresh new ideas" from the Tourist Development Council, as well as her belief in term limits.
Isnardi said she also hopes her appointees will provide more of a countywide approach to tourism development projects, including in the South Brevard area she represents.
She said there was nothing specific in past Tourist Development Council actions that triggered her decision to make the changes on the board.
Each of the five county commissioners appoints one member to the Tourist Development Council. Additionally, the County Commission chair is responsible for appointing to the TDC one county commissioner; an at-large member; an elected official from Brevard's most populous municipality, Palm Bay; and an elected official from one of the other 15 municipalities.
Appointments can occur only when a current Tourist Development Council member's term expires, and they are subject to ratification by the full County Commission.
But, because of how the Tourist Development Council members' terms fell, Isnardi, who is the District 5 county commissioner, was able to make four appointments soon after her election in November by fellow commissioners to a one-year term as County Commission chair.
Isnardi named:
• District 2 County Commissioner Bryan Lober to replace former District 2 County Commissioner Jim Barfield to the commissioner seat on the Tourist Development Council.
• Giles Malone to replace hotelier Puneet "P.K." Kapur to the District 5 seat on the council. Kapur was on the board for four years, and was its chairman in 2018. Malone is a partner and vice president of the Space Coast Daily media company, and is an owner of Brevard Productions, an event and sports management production company.
• Palm Bay City Council member Harry Santiago to replace Palm Bay Mayor William Capote to the "largest municipality" seat on the council. Capote was on the board for six years.
• West Melbourne City Council member Andrea Young to replace Titusville Mayor Walt Johnson to the other elected official seat on the council. Johnson was on the board for a total of 20 years during three different tenures there, including eight years in his most recent tenure.
The fifth new Tourist Development Council member was appointed by Lober. He named Anna Palermo to replace Tom Williamson as the District 2 appointee to the council. Palermo is an account executive with the media company Spectrum Reach. Williamson, a hotelier, was on the board for eight year.
Lober participated in his first Tourist Development Council meeting on Wednesday. The other four new members will join the board next month. Malone, Palermo and Young were in the audience at Wednesday's meeting.
Isnardi's appointments of Santiago and Young await final confirmation by the full County Commission, while the other appointments already have been confirmed.
Capote, Johnson, Kapur and Williamson all attended their last meeting Wednesday as a TDC member. All of them would have been willing to remain on the TDC, but realize their appointments are the purview of county commissioners.
Institutional knowledge cited
Kapur said he has "a lot of respect for the new TDC members," and is confident "the TDC will stay strong."
Outgoing Tourist Development Council member Puneet "PK" Kapur, who served as chairman in 2018, said he has "a lot of respect for the new TDC members," and is confident "the TDC will stay strong." (Photo: PROVIDED PHOTO)
"It's been a good run," Johnson said. "I think we've accomplished a lot of great things" under "two good leaders" — former Space Coast Office of Tourism Executive Directors Rob Varley and Eric Garvey.
Capote said he is concerned about the TDC losing institutional knowledge with the turnover of board members. He added, though, that the changes will "give an opportunity to other people to come in to have the reins."
Johnson said he thought it would take time to get some of that institutional knowledge back on the board with the turnover.
Not all the new members, however, are without Tourist Development Council experience.
Malone, for example, previously served on the Tourist Development Council.
In addition, Palermo has served for 13 years as a member of the TDC's Marketing Committee.
Palermo complimented the work of the outgoing TDC members.
"I look forward to continuing the fine work the TDC board has been doing for years," Palermo said, while adding that "having a fresh approach is great" as well, with new members on the board.
Palermo said she believes her interest in botany and oceanography will be beneficial in the TDC's work on ecotourism and Indian River Lagoon-related projects.
West Melbourne City Council member Andrea Young said she feels "humbled and fortunate" to be appointed to the Brevard County Tourist development Council. (Photo: Provided photo)
Young said she feels "humbled and fortunate" that Isnardi appointed her to the TDC, and that she will be a team player, doing whatever she can to help the organization.
"I look forward to new things for 2019," Young said.
Isnardi said she is not worried about the experience levels of the new TDC members, as they all have been active in the community and are eager to join the board.
Executive director search
During his closing remarks as TDC chair on Wednesday, Kapur recognized the work of the Office of Tourism staff and the leadership of interim Office of Tourism Executive Director Bonnie King.
King has held the post since Garvey resigned, effective July 31, to take a private-sector job as chief operating officer of the Baugher Hotel Group, a hospitality and real estate development firm founded and operated by Bob Baugher of Cocoa Beach.
The county is in the process of recruiting a new permanent executive director for the Office of Tourism, as King is retiring next June. She has been with the Office of Tourism since 1987.
There also could be more changes on the TDC and its subcommittees ahead. The County Commission is considering establishing term limits for TDC members, which would affect other TDC members when their current terms expire.
Additionally, TDC members all make appointments to the TDC subcommittees, so those subcommittees could have new members after the new TDC members come aboard. They include the Beach Improvement Committee, Capital Facilities Committee, Cultural Marketing Committee, Marketing Committee and Sports Committee.
With the departure of Kapur and Williamson from the TDC, the number of hoteliers on the board decreases from four to two — Baugher and Debra Green.
But King said the county attorney's office has found that the addition to the board of Malone fulfills a requirement that the TDC include at least three collectors of the tourist tax. Malone collects that tax as part of his sports tournament business.
Dave Berman is government editor at FLORIDA TODAY.
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The Two-Day Hangover: Two Weeks Worth Of Losses, One Week's Worth Of Posting
By MDC@BlueHogReport Nov 9, 2010, 4:07pm CST
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Every day on my way to work, I pass the Arkansas School for the Deaf, where I see this:
I have SO many questions about the thought process that led to the adoption of that mascot.
Did no one know that there was a band by the same name, almost like Dr. Evil's reference to "The Alan Parson's Project"?
Did no one think it was odd for your mascot to remind people of a rock band when listening to rock (or any) music is probably not high on the list of hobbies for the members of your team?
Did everyone actually realize all of this and do it anyway as some sort of mascot-based meta humor?
I post this picture for two reasons: First, because it's all kinds of awesome. Second, because, whatever the answers to those questions, this mascot decision still makes FAR more sense than Gary Kubiak's strategy for Arian Foster.
Adventures In Idiocy, Troll Edition.
You know why I like Big Blue Shoe?
Trick question: I don't like him. Not even a little bit, actually. I think he's a mediocre writer, and I have about as much respect for his work as I do for Dane Cook's.
Part of the reason Brad is so unlikable is because he writes inane tripe like:
This is the second year in a row Gonzo has landed on IR. Both injuries were knee injuries. In this case, his injury was a result of a dirty hit by known dirt bag Bernard Pollard of the Houston Texans. At some point, one has to assume that Pollard will 'get his.' I don't think Roger Goodell thinks well of an untalented nobody knocking out players like Tom Brady and Gonzo for entire seasons.
Where to begin? How about with the idea that there is such a category as "players like Tom Brady and Gonzo"? Unless the group we are speaking about is the entire universe of NFL players, I can't come up with an equivalence that would make Brad's point about Goodell's feelings make sense.
Beyond that, however, Brad's assertion that Pollard is a "dirt bag" or that he injured Gonzalez with "a dirty hit" is just stupid.
Here's the play in question:
Was Gonzalez heading out of bounds? Most likely. Still, he had just slipped a tackle by Eugene Wilson (making him the 1,323,626th person to do so this season!), and he had his eyes upfield and his shoulder lowered to take the hit from Pollard. No, he was not likely to knock Pollard over and continue upfield, but Pollard sees his break a tackle and then look up field. Rather than blow Gonzalez up, which is what I hoped for (both because I hate the Colts and because I hate Ohio State), Pollard just rode him down from behind.
Yes, the tackle occurred about six inches out of bounds, and I would have had no legitimate gripe if Pollard had been flagged for it. That he wasn't, however, certainly lends some credence to the idea that it was not a "dirty hit" and, by extension, that anyone who would claim it was a dirty hit is a mindless troll.
Let's be honest with ourselves: Gonzalez got hurt not because some "dirt bag" delivered a "dirty hit," but because he's a huge wuss who manages to get hurt with such a regularity that the Colts should probably lobby for a roster exception for him when he is healthy. ("Yes, Gonzalez is active as he is still on Uninjured Reserve, but he doesn't count against the 53-man roster because his UR status is subject to change at any minute.")
(Also, in a bit of shameless self-promotion, I'm using this reference to BBS to link to this post I did about Little Red Mitten rather than to actually link to Stampede Blue.)
Cumulative winning percentage of Texans' 8 remaining 2010 regular season opponents.
Number of remaining opponents who have a losing record.
Australian For "Underused."
Going into last week's game against the Colts, I wrote:
Whether all Foster or a combination of Foster and Ward, if Houston doesn't run the ball at least 20 times in the first half against Indianapolis and force Indy to prove that they can stop something that they absolutely could NOT stop in week 1, the entire coaching staff should be fired at halftime, and DeMeco should coach the remainder of the game.
I have this sinking feeling that Houston is going to over-"think" things, assume that Indy will be looking for them to run, and come out throwing early and often. Except I'm pretty sure Indy was looking for them to run at some point in the second half in week one, and we saw how that turned out. Don't reinvent the wheel, Gary; run the ball until they prove that they can stop it, and then exploit the weaknesses that Indy's adjustments to the run will open up in the passing game. Please?
What happened? The game started off with this:
3-J.Kapinos kicks 58 yards from IND 30 to HST 12. 12-J.Jones to HST 32 for 20 yards (49-C.Vaughn, 52-C.Glenn).
1-10-HOU 32 (14:56) (Run formation) 8-M.Schaub pass short left to 80-A.Johnson to HST 43 for 11 yards (20-J.Tryon).
1-10-HOU 43 (14:25) (Run formation) 8-M.Schaub pass incomplete short left to 85-J.Dreessen.
2-10-HOU 43 (14:21) (Run formation) 8-M.Schaub pass incomplete short right to 80-A.Johnson. ---Timeout #1 by HST at 14:12.
3-10-HOU 43 (14:12) (Shotgun) 8-M.Schaub sacked at HST 37 for -6 yards (93-D.Freeney)
4-16-HOU 37 (13:45) 1-M.Turk punts 38 yards to IND 25, Center-46-J.Weeks. 15-B.White to IND 40 for 15 yards (53-S.Keglar, 57-K.Bentley).
Kubiak then proceeded to run Arian Foster --- who averaged 7 ypc (on 33 carries!) against the Colts the first time and wound up averaging 6.8 ypc against them the second time --- eight times in the first half (and added one Derrick Ward carry). In total, Foster ran the ball 15 times, Ward ran twice, and Kubiak stubbornly continued to call pass play after failed pass play.
Fast forward to this past Sunday. Foster racked up 99 yards on 18 carries in the first half, and he was, by all accounts, the Texans' best weapon all day long. So, of course, Kubiak decided to give him 9 carries in the second half.
Wait … what?
It was almost as if, somewhere in Kubiak's Aggrificial Intelligence software, an alert sounded: Danger! Danger! If Foster continues to dominate, we'll look even more foolish for not running him against Indy! ABORT! ABORT! ANIMAL HUSBANDRY IS THE ONLY FORM OF TRUE LOVE THAT WE RECOGNIZE!
Weird Random Stat That Says More About My Sample Size Than About Timobi McOye's Irrational Hatred (But Still Kinda Says Something About That, Too).
Over the last four games, Mario Williams has fewer sacks (.5) than Amobi Okoye (1.5). He also has fewer tackles (9) than does Okoye (15). Of course, Okoye's full sack came at the end of a win and prevented a Hail Mary pass, while Mario's half-sack came in the first half of a game we ultimately lost, but, you know, whatever.
(Note: The NFL.com stats show Mario with one sack Sunday, but the play-by-play I linked above and the television broadcast both credited Okoye with half of it. I'm going with the latter, primarily because it makes my post more awesomer.)
(Other note: Yes, I pretty much only did this item so that I could bust out the "Timobi McOye" joke.)
Now, For Some Mario Love.
In his career, he has 33 games with at least .5 sack, and he has 10 games with more than 1 sack. Over that same time period (2006 to present), Dwight Freeney has 29 games with at least .5 sack, and he has 10 games with more than 1 sack. Yes, Freeney missed six games in there --- though that is also a testament to Mario's durability --- but I don't ever hear anyone questioning Freeney's play.
Today, In Midget-Related Awesomeness.
I thought the cameraman doing a spot-on impersonation of Larry Merchant was a nice touch, too.
Marijuana Pepsi Sawyer Inexplicable Decision of the Week (Other Than The Decision Not To Run Arian Foster More Often).
Much like the decision to name a child "Marijuana Pepsi," Travis Johnson's decision to shave his massive cranium borders on one of his worse decisions. And we're talking about a man who screamed at a QB who could have been dead.
Travis, old pal, what in the world were you thinking? I mean, didn't you hear: God don't like ugly!
Adventures In Idiocy, Zebra Edition.
I had just started to write a rant about how incredibly wrong the call that overturned Arian Foster's TD catch was when I saw that the NFL's Mike Pereira said the same thing. Therefore, to make my life easier, here's what he said:
The league needs to go back to the drawing board to figure out what is a catch when you are going to the ground. This play was reversed to an incomplete pass and I thought it should have stayed a touchdown. This is an example of the confusion surrounding this area of the game.
To me, this was similar to the two-point conversion in the Super Bowl last season and not the Calvin Johnson play from Detroit's first game this season. Foster was on his way to the ground and reached out with the ball in his right hand to make sure that he had broken the plane. This is the "second act" that the league has referred to in the past.
If the receiver is going to the ground but reaches out with the ball in an attempt to gain more yardage, he is deemed to have completed the catch and the ruling then becomes either a touchdown — if the end zone is involved — or a catch and down-by-contact in the field of play provided he had been touched by an opponent. If not, it would be catch and fumble. This is what happened last year in the Super Bowl when Lance Moore reached out to break the plane.
This is not what happened in the Calvin Johnson play earlier this season when the ball hit the ground and came loose as part of the process of completing the catch.
In my opinion, the ruling of touchdown should not have been reversed and this call seemed to change the complexion of the game.
(emphasis added) Oh, you think?! You think it might have changed things had the Texans only needed a field goal to win rather than a TD?
Adventures In Idiocy, BRB-Commenter Edition
A couple weeks back, when I managed to equate Gary Kubiak's infatuation with Zac Diles with the institution of slavery (and somehow NOT be accused of being a racist), commenter DaGoat wrote:
booring [sic] The blind Diles hate on this site is getting increasingly played out and irritating to read about. Its [sic] getting to the point where I just close the particular blog whenever the next Diles rant gets started.
Now, that he wrote this is no surprise: DaGoaT has been fluffing Diles for quite a while now. If Diles hadn't gone to K-State, which means that he could not possibly type in full sentences, I might even assume that DaGoaT was Diles undercover.
Nevertheless, despite DaGoaT's assertions, the fact remains that over the last two weeks, Diles has gone from bad to abysmal. Coincidentally enough, the last two weeks happen to be the time frame in which he's been asked to play more of a true WLB role, both in the nickel v. Indy and in the base 4-3 (but without TWO Pro Bowl LBs to take up his slack).
In the Indy game in particular, Diles should have had to pay Rick Smith for the privilege of being on the field, because he certainly didn't earn any money for his play. At the risk of putting too fine a point on this, even Hellen Keller could tell you that Zac Diles is currently the worst non-Texans-DB on the field. You know, if she wasn't dead and whatnot. It matters not if Diles "was only a seventh rounder" (quite possibly the worst non-BBS argument ever made) or if he is "cost-effective." Cost-effective smegma is still smegma, my friends.
(Also, not to step on a forthcoming Rivers post, but the numbers against Diles in coverage definitely bear this out.)
Frank Bush, You Should Listen To My Daughter.
It should surprise no one that, as I do every week, I erupted in a tirade of profanity while watching Eugene Wilson. When I was finished, my two-and-a-half-year-old daughter said, "Wilson, you are s#!tty! You go to time out!"
I ask you, how is it possible that she understands these things better than the people who are paid to make such decisions?
Why are you looking at me like that? Because my daughter said "s#!tty"? Please. She only hears that kind of language during football games. If anything, I'm teaching her the proper way to observe football futility.
TXT MSGS of the Week.
Grungedave, discussing the overruling of Arian Foster's TD catch:
They just used the rules on murder to determine whether a rape occurred. So angry.
Kerns, following the 500-yard TD to Ajiridon'tcarehowit'sspelled:
Yeah…didn't see that coming when I saw Kareem in one on one coverage. Didn't see it at all…
Shake, following the play where Eugene Wilson failed TWICE to tackle the WR:
I just stiff-armed Eugene Wilson from my couch. With a beer in my other hand.
Bonus: No Need For Cologne!
Via beefy, we see the future of fashion:
My only question is why the future of formal wear seems to have taken place in 1972, but we really don't want to get into time travel paradoxes again, do we?


I'm a director. I direct shows with circus, clowns, musicians and dancers. I'm a comedian too – I perform with my own company Jackie Star and Compagnie. I also act in different visual, physical and burlesque theatre shows and perform a lot with Compagnie Numero 8. I like the absurd, I like pushing the limits of expression and freedom on stage, thus provoking laughter and surprise. I like to use opera and icons in all genres.
I would love to be a spy or to sell books.
Monty Python for their sense of no limits when it comes to absurdity and idiocy. I am also inspired by their analysis of contemporary stupidity and deep humanity, and their explosive ideas. Another inspiration is Maria Callas and the power of the woman through tragic operatic female icons.
Take the time to make love… even if it's in the back of the car.
I don't go on holidays very much.
Go together to a Montmartre bistro, drink good wines and then lots of singing, dancing and laughing towards the end of the night.
Quelqu'un pour qui trembler (Someone for who to tremble) by Gilles Legardinier.
Music, music, music and animals sounds.
Charlotte Saliou is a Paris-based circus director known for her delightful brand of contemporary clowning and physical comedy with a strong narrative storyline. She has created numerous shows including ElianeS and Jackie Star, Elegance and Beauty and has worked with international companies such as Cirque le Roux and Compagnie Numero 8.
Charlotte is currently directing Qu'est-ce Que C'est? (What Are They Doing… Here?) at the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) until 8 December 2018. For more information, visit: www.nica.com.au for details.


KID is licensed to Idaho Falls, Idaho on 590 kHz.
KID is a domestic class B radio station, and operates with a non-directional pattern of 5 kW Daytime and 1.0 kW nighttime with a directional antenna.
KID is licensed to RICH BROADCASTING IDAHO LS, LLC.


Dan Abrams on "Verdict." The program will end on Thursday.
Mr. Abrams, who is well liked at MSNBC, is expected to remain at both that network and at NBC News, where he is the chief legal correspondent. He will also serve as an anchor during some of MSNBC's daytime coverage, as well as a substitute host on NBC's "Today" show, Mr. Griffin said.
The addition of Ms. Maddow as prime-time host had been expected for some time. Only a month ago, Mr. Griffin said she was at the top of the list to get a show at the network, and would likely get one soon.
MSNBC has put heavy emphasis this year on presidential election coverage (it has given itself the tag line, "The Place for Politics") and has turned to Ms. Maddow frequently both as a guest and as a substitute for the network's most popular host, Keith Olbermann. Mr. Olbermann's emergence as the signature personality on the network has led to an unofficial rebranding of MSNBC as the liberal alternative to Fox News, which is dominated by conservative hosts like Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity.
MSNBC has been known to be seeking a way to capitalize to a greater degree on Mr. Olbermann's popularity. A program hosted by Ms. Maddow will almost certainly be a closer ideological fit with Mr. Olbermann's.
Mr. Abrams was not as overt a partisan. His program, "Verdict," was based more in legal than political issues. He enjoyed some success, especially of late. With NBC's Olympic coverage helping, Mr. Abrams beat Larry King's show on CNN twice last week among the viewers preferred by news advertisers, people between the ages of 25 and 54.
YES! I love you, Rachel. I love you.
Hallelujah! I am very excited. I think Ms. Maddow is sharpest political mind in the media today. It is a great move by MSNBC.
This is fab. I love Maddow.
Excellent decision. Best of luck, Rachel.
Too long in coming! Maddow is wicked smart, always informed, and fun to watch. Best of all she is liberal but never dogmatic or inflexible. I can't wait to see where she takes the show.
What a brilliant move — Keith is great, but we always enjoy Rachel's appearance, either as extra commentator with intelligent insights or fill-in host. She deserves her own show.
Finally a good left view of our politically scene,excellent move MSNBC!
This is the best move EVER.
Now there WILL be someone other than Keith on television who WILL hold John McShame's feet to the fire, and the great thing is that Rachel will come on right behind Keith for a one-two punch!
Congratulations – best choice that could have been made!
Guess this means that I won't be able to listen to her Air America show on my computer at work anymore. But I'll get two hours of great news and commentary in a row starting 9/8.
my mother loves RACHEL and she's 82 – every time Rachel has the opportunity to speak say opposite Pat Buchanan or if Chris Matthews is hosting, she roots for Rachel as though she's in a "match". Can't wait!
As much as I've enjoyed Dan Abrams, this is wonderful news. Rachel Maddow's political acuity and great personal warmth make her a distinctive and refreshing figure in MSNBC's lineup. Every congratulation to her!
Pox on both Fox and NBC. What happened to objective news? All this faux news is damaging our country.
Excellent choice. Rachel has an ability to see straight to the core issues, but clearly understands the contexts and the nuances that surround the core. She should help raise the standard of the media at a time when it has been deteriorating.
This is great news. Rachel is smart and articulate and manages to be humorous and serious simultaneously. She can even handle the ole gas bag Pat Buchanan with finesse, managing to be respectful while directly challenging his hyper ventilated empty rhetoric.
Now it looks like I'll have to get some sort of TIVO since I'll be adding her on to my "must see TV" list.
Congratulations to Rachael, MSNBC, and the American people.
Wonderful, Rachel will be a great host and good followup to Keith's show.
FANTASTIC! Now we actually have some liberals on TV in the so-called liberal media.
Yes! Yes! Yes! I love this! we (us liberal-thinking folks) need to have our voices on tv just as prominently as the Hannity's and O'Reilly's at Fox.
Congratulations to Rachael, MSNBC and the American people.
What great news! Rachel Maddow is the smartest sharpest political analyst on the talking head circuit. Thank you MSNBC. I can sit back, enjoy Keith, and go right into Rachel.
Congrats to Rachel and MSNBC. It's about time for the major networks to realize that 99% of network political talking heads are rightwing sycophants and only 15% of America is. Next step is to banish Tucker, and Buchanan and Kristol and the rest of the rightwing cabal for being overwhelmingly wrong each and every time they have opened their mouths over the past 10+ years.
I never understood the rule against liberals on my teevee, now with Rachel we have a grand total of 1 (compared to literally hundreds of devout "conservatives"). Even Olbermann considers himself a centrist.


Who knew that going out of state for 3 days to assist with photo shoots would involve so many bags ! A week to go and already started packing. Wardrobes packed, makeup started to be packed , accessories packed and already have 3 filled bags! So with it! Few days till I start packing for me ! Stay tuned for exclusive videos of our trip!


An Eggceptional Match (AEM) is owned and operated by Angela and Tony Bevill. AEM was born on January 4th 2002 in Castle Rock, Colorado, when the need for a better way to match egg donors and gestational carriers to prospective parents became overwhelmingly apparent.
Angela graduated from Regis University in Denver Colorado with her bachelor's degree in nursing and began her career as a registered nurse in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Labor and Delivery in 1998. Soon after beginning her career, she specialized in reproductive technologies, which led her to the creation of her company An Eggceptional Match. Tony is the former director of marketing for Global Air Response; a medical aviation company specializing in the global transportation of patients who were unable to fly commercially due to injury or illness. Together, they developed AEM to support people with starting a family through assisted reproductive technologies.
AEM has grown to support an international clientele and boasts an unparalleled reputation with fertility clinics and physicians throughout the world. It is AEM's goal to ease you through the process as organized and stress-free as possible while educating you every step of the way.
Angela is an amazing professional and to work with her is to know the model of efficiency. Her role as director encompasses the entire process from beginning to end. She acts on the behalf of the intended parents, donors and gestational carriers to educate and prepare them for all aspects of their journeys.
Angela councils all parties on the intricacies of the experience and how to best prepare for success. Her nurturing spirit and compassionate voice are what many intended parents find to be the solace needed during this time.
Tony brings extensive experience to the team in business development, sales management, marketing strategies, online presence, organizational structure and motivational speaking.
As an entrepreneur since 1998, Tony has worked at all levels of business. His ability to strategically align complimentary businesses is driven by his passion for people and his enthusiasm for communications and efficiency. Tony's real world experience and positive "can do" attitude make him an invaluable resource to the team at AEM.
Tony served on the board of directors for a national soccer club from 2004 until 2011. As a nationally licensed soccer coach he has developed thousands of young athletes into collegiate scholars. Tony coached numerous class 5A High School soccer programs and club teams in Colorado until his retirement from soccer in the spring of 2013. Tony believes in empowering those around him and strives to assist staff and clientele in an effort to achieve their full and complete potentials.
Candi is passionate about fertility struggles. Her own reproductive obstacles have inspired a deep connection to the hopeful parents that An Eggceptional Match has the privilege of representing. Candi's years of experience in finance have enhanced her ability to focus on the multitude of intricate details involved in the complex process that our clients embark upon. Candi confidently manages the journey to become a parent through third party IVF. Her calming demeanor and customer service skills help keep all parties on course.
Abbey is a bubbly and high spirited team member who began specializing at customer service in 2014. Her experience has translated into stellar communication and customer service skills as a recruiter and intake coordinator.
Abbey is able to assist all candidates and intended parents with the beginning of their arduous journey and transition them into a donor or carrier cycle. Abbey joined the Eggceptional Match team in the Spring of 2017 and hopes to continue learning new skills and growing her knowledge base.
Dr. Kim Keene has practiced for over 30 years. After graduating from Palmer College of Chiropractic in California in 1986 she was certified in Acupuncture in 1992, through the University of Miami and New York Chiropractic College. In private practice in California and the Sarasota area for 20 years, she then was an Associate Professor and outpatient clinician at Palmer College in Port Orange for 6 years. After relocating to Colorado she obtained and additional National Board Certification in Acupuncture.
She has additional training in many areas, including ergonomics, auriculotherapy, exercise and nutrition.
A customized treatment program will be developed just for you and your specific and unique needs. This may include acupuncture, dietary changes, nutrition, yoga, Qi gong exercises, chiropractic care and herbal supplements. She sees herself not only as a physician but as a teacher, healer and life coach. Her mission is to empower each individual to take responsibility and positive steps for their own health and well-being, through evidence-based alternative approaches.
Throughout her career, Dr. Keene has been actively involved in research and has published papers and given conference presentations on multiple subjects, including disc problems, scoliosis, back school, osteoporosis and women's health conditions. She is also available to speak to your group on a variety of health topics, just ask!
Sunni is passionate about working with clients that are ready to build their family through Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART). Understanding what your version of family is and supporting you in your beliefs is very important to her.
After 32 years practicing as a nurse in a compassionate care-giving role, Sunni recognized that her gift as a nurturer, the importance of family, and the desire to help others, are her highest values in life. Her goal is to help clients stay focused and forward moving during their fertility treatment and maintain an optimistic attitude throughout the duration of their treatment as well as continuing support post treatment. Creating a positive attitude during you're treatment has proven to yield positive results.


How can I be entitled to a complimentary room night stay for my birthday, or other promotions?
The complimentary room promotions offered to Genting Rewards Card members are based on selection criteria that are automatically set by the membership system. Qualified members will be notified via invitation letter.
We encourage members to flash their cards at gaming tables, slot machines, and food & beverage outlets in order to earn Genting Points/Rewards Points, as this will allow the Management to extend the appropriate invitations to members.
Can I know more about the validity period of the complimentary room?
Most complimentary room vouchers are applicable during low and shoulder seasons only, from Sunday to Friday. They are not applicable on Saturdays, eve of public holidays, and public holidays in Malaysia and Singapore.
However, there are also complimentary room vouchers that are applicable for low seasons only. Room reservations are on a first-come, first-served basis and subject to availability.
Is it possible to extend the validity of complimentary rooms, change hotel room entitlements, and/or upgrade the hotel room type?
No. In accordance with the Genting Rewards Card membership terms and conditions, the complimentary room is not extendable or exchangeable. Kindly utilise the complimentary room within the specified period.
I have redeemed the complimentary entitlements in the birthday promotion letter sent by post. Subsequently, I received an email as well. Does this mean that I am entitled to two birthday entitlements?
No. The eNews serves as a reminder of your Birthday Bash complimentary entitlements. If you have redeemed your entitlements, kindly ignore the eNews.
What is the objective of awarding the complimentary rooms?
Complimentary rooms are meant to reward Genting Rewards Card members in conjunction with different occasions and activities. We offer different types of entitlements to members and strongly encourage them to redeem and utilise these. All offers are updated and controlled via our membership system.
Must I redeem the entire package if I am invited under a complimentary promotion?
Yes. All complimentary vouchers must be redeemed at any Genting WorldCard Centre prior to utilisation. You may choose not to use your complimentary vouchers on the same day. However, you need to utilise the vouchers before the expiry date stated on the vouchers.
I've misplaced my complimentary voucher. Can I request for another one?
No. In accordance with the Genting Rewards Card membership terms and conditions, we regret to inform that any complimentary voucher that is lost or stolen will not be replaced.
What are the charges for international shows?
The prices of our international shows vary depending on artiste and seat location. Genting Rewards Card members may enjoy discounts on selected shows and concerts.
What benefits/privileges do international visitors have?
International guests visiting the resort for the first time are allowed to enter the Silver Club using a Classic Card without any sponsorship. They can also participate in the Premier Holiday Packages promotion, which offers accommodation at Highlands Hotel, meals, airfare subsidies, and entry into the VIP Room Programme Pit.
For more details, please call +(603) 2718 1189.
What is the difference between Mini Baccarat and Baccarat?
Mini Baccarat has fewer players, lower stakes, and a smaller table.
Is a Genting Rewards Card (Classic) member eligible to earn Genting Points while gaming in the Silver Club?
Yes. Please ensure that the member's Classic Card has been activated upon recommendation by a Silver Card member or above before gaming in the Silver Club. Notify the pit boss immediately if the card is not accepted at the gaming table.
Match Play Vouchers (MPV) only have value at the gaming tables when they are matched with an equivalent or greater amount of cash chips placed as a wager.
When you win the bet, the house will pay you the amount you wagered (ie. cash chips + MPV) before retrieving the MPV which are meant for single betting only.
Is it true that I can count the number of symbols on the slot machine reels to determine my odds?
No. It is mathematically impossible as the random number generator determines the stops, and there are millions of combinations on a three-reel slot machine.
Is it true that a slot machine that has not been paying is due to hit?
No. Please remember the random number generator.
Is it true that we can spot a winning slot machine?
No. The only way to spot a winning slot machine is when the bells are ringing and the winnings are being paid out. Slot machines are just random number generators.
Is it true that casinos set slot machines to pay back more on the weekends?
No. Your odds of winning are the same regardless of day and time.
What should I do if I have lost/forgot to bring my Genting Rewards Card?
Alternatively, approach any of our Genting Rewards Centres.
If you forgot to bring your Genting Rewards Card, you may also replace it at the above-mentioned locations.
Please note that members are subject to charges of RM15/3GP for each replacement.
The Management reserves the right to cancel a membership if a member, in the Management's sole opinion, has claimed an excessive number of lost cards.
What are the criteria for upgrading the Genting Rewards Card?
All upgrades from Classic onwards are based on the member's power of play and frequency of casino activities. Members are encouraged to flash their cards at the gaming tables and slot machines in order to earn Genting Points. This will allow the Management to perform further upgrading on invitation basis.
*The upgrading criteria above only apply to those above 21 years of age and non-Malaysian Muslims.
How can members update their particulars?
For first time logins, go to https://www.gentingrewards.com.my/en/main/FirstLogin.aspx to create an online membership. Please ensure that the particulars provided are in accordance with the information given upon application for your Genting Rewards Card.
If your information matches our database, the system will generate a PIN and send it to the email address with which you registered. Once you successfully log in, you will be able to change the PIN using the "Change PIN" function.
2. Click the "First Time Login" button to sign up.
5. After confirming all information, click the "Create PIN" button.
Am I allowed to upgrade a Genting Rewards Card on behalf of someone else?
No. In accordance with the Genting Rewards Card membership terms and conditions, invited members must personally approach a Genting Rewards Centre in order to upgrade their card.
How can I upgrade to Classic Rewards Card status?
All Blue Card members who are Malaysian non-Muslims and above 21 years of age are eligible for upgrade to Classic Rewards Card status. Members can approach any of our Genting Rewards Centres with their Blue Card in order to upgrade to Classic status.
I seem to be collecting Rewards Points points very slowly. How can I accumulate points faster?
Continue presenting your card when you see "Genting Rewards Welcome" stickers or signs, and refer to the Merchant Guide leaflet or log on to www.gentingrewards.com.my for the latest updates. Please provide us with your email address and mobile number so we can keep you up to speed.
How does the new points expiry scheme work?
Beginning 1 June 2012, the expiration of your Genting Points and Rewards Points will be based on your birthday month. If there are no point-earning activities recorded over three years (calculated from the 28th of your birthday month), the balance of the accumulated points will automatically expire.
If I use my points, will their validity period be extended?
No. The validity period of your points will only be extended if there is earning of points. Using your points will not extend the validity period.
Will all of my points expire if I do not meet these criteria?
Yes. Any balance of accumulated points will automatically expire if you do not meet our criteria.
Will both my accumulated Genting Points and Rewards Points expire at the same time if I do not meet the criteria for either of the points?
Your Genting Points will only expire if there is no earning of Genting Points. It will not affect the validity period of your Rewards Points, and vice versa. Genting Points and Rewards Points are two separate entities.
Will I be notified if my points are about to expire?
Yes. We will notify you via SMS or eNews. To ensure we are able to contact you, we advise you to update your information at any Genting Rewards Centre or i-Kiosk located around the casino area. Alternatively, log on to www.gentingrewards.com.my.
What is the cut-off date for me to use my use my points?
If you have been notified of your points' impending expiry, please use your points before the 28th of your birthday month.
Can I request a delay for my points' expiry, or a refund for my expired points?
No. As per management's policy, any request for a delay or refund of points will not be entertained.
Can I transfer my points which are about to expire to my friends and family members?
No. All points earned are non-transferrable and non-exchangeable.
Where can I check my points' balance and expiry date?
You can check the status of your points using our iKiosk machines located around the casino area. Alternatively, log on to www.gentingrewards.com.my.
What incentives do I enjoy when I purchase items at the Genting Rewards Gallery?
If you are a Genting Rewards card member, you can get your desired item for free via Rewards Points or Genting Points redemption. You are entitled to a 5% discount on all goods purchased when you use your Genting Points to pay in full at the Genting Rewards Gallery.
Can I enter the casino with a camera?
No. All manner of mobile phones/pocket PCs/electronic equipment with photography devices/digital cameras are prohibited at the casino.
Are there live broadcasts of sports events at the casino?
Yes. There are nine plasma screen televisions located throughout Casino de GENTING dedicated to live broadcasts of sports events as well as the latest happenings at the resort.
Can a Silver Card member dine at the VIP Restaurant?
Yes. Please ensure that the member's Silver Card has been activated upon recommendation by a Gold Card member or above. Sponsored Silver Card members are welcome but charges are to be settled by the guest accordingly via Genting Points or cash. The VIP Restaurant is only open to those aged 21 years and above, and non-Malaysian Muslims.
What are the criteria for entering the Silver Club?
3. International guests visiting the resort for the first time are allowed to enter the Silver Club using a Classic Card without any sponsorship.


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I read a very interesting article regarding a solo musician who successfully profiled herself on You Tube in the early days of the platform, gathering hundreds of thousands of views and lots of interest; including major labels knocking at the door.. There's no doubt this artist worked extremely hard to gain this attention, it was certainly no fluke and yes, she was eventually signed to a major label. Unfortunately things didn't work out and as far as I know, she's working extremely hard to pull back the success she previously achieved. I'm sure she'll make it work.
To cut a long story short, anyone that knows me, REALLY KNOWS ME; know that I love music. Whether it's performing live, in a studio or simply just discovering music or revisiting the classics that helped shape my life….I love music. But when it comes to being a musician, in all the years I've played in bands; 'backstage' the workload never stops…even if there are labels involved. From the early days of handing out flyers, passing on demo tape cassettes, to quitting music and then achieving "success" in the 'noughties'….I was always part of a machine that was working 24/7. The biggest lesson anyone can learn in the music business…is that it's just that…it's a business. People that work in the industry are there to work, they're there to earn a living, to pay the bills, just like you and me….whether it's a full time job, part time, semi employed, freelance. It's a job based on a rock n' rollercoaster of passion, that more often than not, just about keeps the wolf from the door.
And that's where the tricky part comes in for musicians / bands…especially in this day and age…it all boils down to passion vs business and understanding / coming to terms with the reality of this situation.
My take on it all: if you are serious about performing music and taking it to mass market, then you will need to come to terms with the business / hard work / investment required, and be as realistic as possible, whilst retaining the passion. If you manage this, and you're music is the best it can be possibly be, you've got a shot at having great times, with some great people, who will support your music. Even when soul destroying times can seemingly beat us down, the highs that can be achieved in this world far out way the lows. Always savour the great moments, and keep them handy for when the dark clouds appear.
Never forget what made you fall in love with music in the first place. Keep that passion alive and be happy.
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Sound production, in animals, the initiation of sound as a means of information transmission. Sounds are termed vocal when produced in the respiratory system and mechanical when produced by mutual contact of body parts or by contact with some element in the environment. Vocal sounds are restricted to vertebrate animals; nonvocal sounds are produced by many invertebrates and by some members of all vertebrate classes.
Many animals possess special structures for producing mechanical sounds. Crickets and grasshoppers produce sound by rubbing together rasplike structures on their wings. Cicadas, which emit the loudest sounds known from insects, do so by means of a pair of membranous organs (timbal organs) at the base of the abdomen. A special muscle deadens the hearing apparatus of the insect when it is calling.
In the vertebrates many means of mechanical sound production exist. A number of birds, of widely divergent families, have feathers modified for producing sound in flight. The specially modified tail tip of the rattlesnake is another familiar example. Many animals, especially among the mammals, produce sounds with parts of the body that are specialized for other purposes; stamping or drumming on the ground with the feet is seen in many species, and slapping the water with the tail is a common means employed by aquatic mammals to warn others of danger.
Many fishes produce sounds by moving bones or teeth against each other, sometimes with the swim bladder acting as a resonating cavity. Among amphibians, the sirens (order Trachystomata), salamanders (Caudata), and caecilians (Gymnophiona) are silent or nearly so, but the frogs (Anura) are highly vocal, producing species-specific sounds by moving air between the mouth and lungs past vocal chords in the windpipe (trachea). Among reptiles, crocodilians and some turtles produce low-pitched sounds; lizards (except geckos) and snakes are usually silent, except for hissing sounds uttered under stress. Vocal sounds of birds are produced by the syrinx, a specialized region at the lower (posterior) end of the trachea. Mammalian vocalizations, on the other hand, originate in the larynx, a modification of the upper (anterior) end of the trachea. Members of both groups may use the mouth for resonating or filtering sound or may possess special outpouchings of the trachea or esophagus that serve as resonating cavities.


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The CW has released the Official Synopsis of The Flash episode "Death of the Speed Force" (6.14) that will be aired on Tuesday, March 3 at 08:00-09:00 PM.
WALLY WEST SPEEDS BACK INTO CENTRAL CITY
Kid Flash (guest star Keiynan Lonsdale) returns to Central City with a Zen attitude and new tricks up his sleeve. While thrilled to see his family again, Wally confides to Barry (Grant Gustin) that he returned because he thinks there is something wrong with the speed force. Meanwhile, Cisco (Carlos Valdes) returns from his fact-finding mission across Earth-Prime.
"The Flash is starring Grant Gustin as Barry Allen/The Flash, Candice Patton as Iris West-Allen, Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow/Killer Frost, Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon/Vibe, Tom Cavanagh as Harrison Wells, Jesse L. Martin as Detective Joe West, Hartley Sawyer as Ralph Dibny/Elongated Man and Danielle Nicolet as Cecile Horton.
In The Flash, Barry Allen was just 11 years old when his mother was killed in a bizarre and terrifying incident and his father was falsely convicted of the murder. With his life changed forever by the tragedy, Barry was taken in and raised by Detective Joe West, the father of Barry's best friend, Iris. Now, Barry has become a brilliant, driven and endearingly geeky CSI investigator, whose determination to uncover the truth about his mother's strange death leads him to follow up on every unexplained urban legend and scientific advancement that comes along.
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The 35th Annual ASPE Product Show, hosted by the Chicago Chapter, will take place April 20, 2006, at the White Eagle Restaurant in Niles, IL. The show includes a seminar program that qualifies for up to 4 hours of state-approved CEUs, as well as ASPE CEUs. Seminar topics include City of Chicago and State of Illinois Plumbing code changes (CEU credit); Pumping Systems (Nuts and Bolts) (CEU credit); VFD Booster Pumps (Curves and Performance) (CEU credit); Kitchen Design; Plumbing Supports and Drainage Fixture Overview; What the Plumbing Engineer Needs To Provide for the Fire Protection Contractor; and the History and Testing of Low-Flow Water Closets. For additional show information, contact Frank Sanchez at (847) 328-35555, fxs@grummanbutkus.com.
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Danfoss has announced the sale of the assets and intellectual property rights of its Zone Control Panels (ZCPs) to a private investment group headed by Robert Bean, a prominent radiant and hydronic heating engineer. The new company will be known as ZCP Manufacturing Inc., headed by Director of Operations Dale Heath and employing key operations personnel from the former Danfoss unit. The company will take on service and support for existing ZCP products and continue to incorporate Danfoss products inside. The company is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
The 2006 editions of the Uniform Plumbing Code and Uniform Mechanical Code are now available. In addition, a wide array of other codes and guides published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) will be completed and ready for use shortly. Included among those publications are the 2006 Solar Energy Code, 2006 Swimming Pool, Spa & Hot Tub Code, 2006 UPC Spanish Edition and 2006 UMC Spanish Edition. For more information, contact Jay Peters, senior director of codes & education, at jaypeters@iapmo.org, (909) 472-4100, or visit IAPMO at www.iapmo.org.
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