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JERRY MAYGARDEN The Pensacola
chamber of commerce has a history of making its interim presidents full-time, especially after a controversy. Evon Emerson took over in 2002 when the chamber was in turmoil after the departure of Doug Kinsinger. Maygarden takes over an organization that has been hit with one PR nightmare after another all summer. We have confidence that he can right the ship.
MARILYN WESLEY In a time when so many government officials hide from controversy or seek someone else to blame, Escambia County’s Director of Community Affairs swiftly dealt with the mistakes that led to the death of a family pet at the county’s animal shelter. Wesley showed leadership and deserves credit for dealing with a tough situation. CASEY RODGERS The Northern Judicial District of Florida Chief Judge Casey Rodgers has made re-entry and lowering repeat offender rates priorities. She established in 2010 the Robert A. Dennis Re-entry Court to help ex-inmates make a successful transition to life outside. Judge Rodgers has pushed job training, mentoring and therapy to alter the criminal thinking to pro-social thinking. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA Known for
having one of the easiest football schedules in SEC, the school has already called the University of West Florida to play the Argos football team as soon as possible.
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region’s only recycling company is under several deadlines from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to address nearly year-old compliance problems. County commissioners can’t wait to say “I told you so” to the ECUA officials who use the company instead of the county’s landfill.
DIOCESE OF PENSACOLA-TALLAHASSEE Just as memories of stories of a former
bishop and priests assaulting teenage boys began to fade, the Roman Catholic diocese had another alleged victim from Pensacola come forward. Fortunately, Bishop Gregory Parkes acted quickly and removed the priest after an internal investigation.
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN His wife Shellie
has filed for divorce. Her announcement comes less than two months after George Zimmerman was found not guilty in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
MIKE SCOTT The sheriff of Lee County was upset that, at the request of students, Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Fla. booked rap artists Kendrick Lamar and Ludacris as the headliners at its annual Eaglepalooza concert. Past performers have included Pitbull and LMFAO. The Fort Myers News-Press, which is owned by Gannett, obtained email exchanges in which Sheriff Scott expressed to the university’s president his shock and dismay that a large university would host a student concert featuring popular musical acts. Those darn kids and their music. Wayne Newton wasn’t available.
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OUR SUMMER OF DISCONTENT The local political scene usually slows down to a crawl during the hot, humid days of summer. The only exceptions are the occasional tropical storms and hurricanes that pop up. Otherwise, we welcome the tourists, rake in the money and take a break from political discord. The summer of 2013 was different. One institution after another made headlines and the impact of those events are still rippling through the community. The Greater Pensacola Chamber let go of its CEO Jim Hizer and found itself in trouble for its executive committee making the decision behind closed doors and without seeking input from its full board. The State Attorney’s Office weighed and determined that the chamber had to move its operations under the state’s Sunshine Law because of the funds it receives from Escambia County and the City of Pensacola. Former Mayor Jerry Maygarden agreed to serve as interim CEO. Within three weeks of taking the position, his incoming chairman, John Hutchinson, and seven other board members resigned and the county commission appeared ready to strip the chamber of control over economic development and tourism. Maygarden’s reward was to have “interim” dropped from his title. The State Attorney’s Office also slapped Mayor Ashton Hayward on the wrist for his administration’s failures in handling public records. His top advisors, City Administrator
Bill Reynolds and Press Secretary Derek Cosson, were charged with non-criminal infractions regarding the city’s new logos. Hayward fired Reynolds for delivering sensitive personnel records to the mayor’s opponent in next year’s election. Two blocks away at the Ernie Lee Magaha County Complex, George Touart failed to garner the votes to drop “interim” from his job title as the county’s administrator. The county has found itself at odds with Sheriff David Morgan over the county jail and with Emerald Coast Utilities Authority over its recycling. Sheriff Morgan made national headlines when deputies shot an unarmed man in his driveway and two dogs under a bed. The man and one of the dogs lived. Morgan won the award for the most front-page articles and editorials written about him in the daily newspaper over the summer. Then the daily newspaper had layoff s. Publisher Kevin Doyle and Executive Editor Dick Schneider announced their retirements. Managing Editor Ginny Graybiel, who had run the newsroom for the past fi ve years, and columnist Shannon Nickinson were laid off. In two days, the editorial leadership was changed completely. How our local governments, chamber and daily newspaper handle these “storms” will be the measure of their flexibility and durability. {in}rick@inweekly.net
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SECOND CHANCES FOR EX-CONS “The biggest goal of the film is to shed light on the humanity of this population that so often gets turned into a statistic, just another story about an ex-con or somebody on parole committing a crime,” Kaufman said. “El still has two years remaining on his parole. We consider him to be the model of success, as someone who has completely turned his life all the way around.”
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The Triumphs and Challenges of Re-entry by Paul F. South In America, more than 700,000 men and women will leave prison annually, often returning to the violent, impoverished cauldrons of hopelessness that forged their criminal mindset. Two-thirds of them will return to prison. A documentary created by two Philadelphia filmmakers—one an ex-con—moves beyond the numbers and offers an unflinching glimpse into a world rarely seen by most,
the challenges faced by former inmates as they re-enter society. “Pull of Gravity,” a film by ex-offender El Sawyer and his co-director Jonathan Kaufman, will be shown at the Saenger Theatre on Sept. 18 at 6 p.m. The screening is free and open to the public and will be followed by a panel discussion. The 90-minute film explores the challenges of re-entry and recidivism, and hopes to foster community conversations about those issues in Pensacola and across the country. Recidivism saps tax dollars, shatters families and exasperates every stakeholder in the criminal justice system. “Pull of Gravity,” the brainchild of Sawyer, who spent eight years in prison for his involvement in a drug-related shooting, explores his own re-entry into society, as well as that of two other former inmates at different junctures in the re-entry process.
As a teenager growing up in North Philadelphia, turning his life around seemed a million miles away for El Sawyer. He and his family were “knee deep” in the drug trade, in one of Philadelphia’s most dangerous neighborhoods, the 22nd Police District, known to the locals as “Beirut.” “I was 17 and selling drugs and I shot a guy who was trying to rob me,” Sawyer said. “He was trying to strong arm me and I was trying to protect what I thought was important at the time, because I was knee-deep in drugs.” All three of his brothers did prison time; one is still in prison. Exposed to filmmaking while serving time, Sawyer chose a different path. “The movie speaks to my family’s mindset as I was coming home,” Sawyer said. “They thought I was coming home to sell drugs. That was the expectation. I was afraid they wouldn’t support me [in efforts to turn his life around]. I played along that I was going to sell drugs, because I was afraid they wouldn’t support me anymore. But I’d made up my mind that wasn’t going to happen. I had a whole plan I’d written up … a manifesto.” Sawyer’s manifesto–crafted while still in prison—included a list of film projects, including “Pull of Gravity.” Once out, Sawyer picked up an unexpected and unlikely ally in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania—Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert K. Reed, a 30-year veteran of the Justice Department.
The two met when Sawyer was hired to help mentor at-risk youth. Across hours of conversation, a bond developed between the ex-con and the attorney. Sawyer shared his dream to make a film that gave a realistic view of the challenges faced when one gets out of prison. As a result, the Department of Justice provided $30,000 in seed money for a documentary. Grants would come as well from The Knight Foundation and other nonprofits.
“I hope that people who see the film will step back and be much more humble about our judgments about some of these people who end up in jail. Robert K. Reed “I’ve been in court many times and there’s always satisfaction when you get a good result and you see that justice is done,” Reed said. “In our office being able to support this film and being able to create this dialogue that now exists within the various communities that hear about the film, we have done justice.” According to Reed, re-entry and recidivism were not hot topics in the criminal justice community until the mid-2000s when President George W. Bush signed the Second Chance Act. Today prisons are bursting at the seams and federal, state and local coffers are drying up. The re-entry process is getting more attention once again.
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In the Northern Judicial District of Florida, Chief Judge Casey Rodgers has made re-entry and lowering repeat offender rates priorities. Judge Rodgers, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward and Dr. Ken Ford of the Florida Institute of Human and Machine Cognition have partnered to bring “Pull of Gravity” to Pensacola. In 2010, Judge Rodgers established the Robert A. Dennis Re-entry Court to help ex-inmates make a successful transition
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Both film showings are free of cost and are followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers. For more details visit pullofgravityfilm.com. WHEN: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18 WHERE: UWF Commons Auditorium, Bldg. 22, 11000 University Pkwy. WHEN: 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18 WHERE: Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox September 12, 2013
to life outside. She has been instrumental in making re-entry education a priority through job training, mentoring and therapy to alter criminal thinking to pro-social thinking. Reform, she said, is on the horizon. “The film speaks poignantly to the problems that cause so many people to return to prison: Poverty, joblessness, homelessness, hopelessness,” said Judge Rodgers. “Those problems aren’t unique to Philadelphia. They are embedded in every community, including Pensacola and Tallahassee and points in between.” She wanted her community to get the message that punishment and incarceration alone are not going to solve the problem. “We can’t incarcerate away the problem,” she said. “The best approach is a measured approach that incorporates punishment and retribution with rehabilitation and second chances.” Reed agreed. “I hope that people who see the film will step back and be much more humble about our judgments about some of these people who end up in jail. It may be the kid next door or your neighbor round the corner or someone across town, but we have to remember that old saying: ‘But for the grace of God, go I.’” {in}
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“Faces of HIV” exhibit / all photos courtesy “Faces of HIV”
They’re Not Statistics. They’re People. Meet the ‘Faces of HIV’ | by Sarah McCartan Meet Renee.
Renee, a newlywed, wasn’t aware that her husband had HIV—until she became pregnant with twins and went to her first prenatal appointment. After leaving her husband, and learning that in the state of Florida knowing and not disclosing your status and infecting someone else is a felony crime, she was able to have him incarcerated.
Meet Dab.
In the 1980s, Dab lost hundreds of friends to HIV/AIDS, most of them being September 12, 2013
quarantined. Before finding out he tested positive, Dab was quarantined and told he was going to die with PSP—a rare form of pneumonia his partner had suffered from, and had also been quarantined with.
Meet Tracey.
Tracey had no idea she was infected until her now deceased husband grew very ill, and was tested and diagnosed with fully-developed AIDS. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more
than 1.1 million people in the United States are living with HIV, with about 50,000 new infections each year. In 2010—Florida ranked first in the nation for HIV infections reported and third for AIDS cases diagnosed, contributing 12.0 percent and 11.1 percent of the nation’s cases, respectively. Last year, in 2012, there were 5,388 new cases of HIV reported in the state of Florida. Of these cases, 66 were reported right here in our own backyard of Escambia County. The Bureau of HIV/AIDS estimates that 125 ,000 Floridians are currently
living with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). These estimates include those who have been diagnosed with HIV or AIDS, as well as the one in every five individuals who remains unaware of their HIV infection. While these numbers may be powerful, they pale in comparison to the faces and stories of the actual human beings across the state of Florida and beyond who are living with the disease, day in and day out. They’re not statistics. They’re people. They’re people who look just like you and me. 9
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FACES OF HIV
Thanks to “Faces of HIV” a special Florida Department of Health (FDOH) project and mobile art exhibit, these stories have been making their way around the state, stopping at special events, college campuses, museums and more. “Faces of HIV” uses multiple mediums to tell the stories of Florida residents living with HIV and AIDS, including Renee, Dab and Tracey. This educational outreach project began about a year and a half ago, starting with an original group of participants. Since then it has grown to include more participants and is reaching more parts of the state. Currently in its third tour, the exhibit is making a stop in Pensacola Wednesday, Sept. 18 at the University of West Florida, Thursday, Sept. 19 at Pensacola State College, and Friday Sept. 20 at Gallery Night. “We keep our messaging consistent— but we try and keep things fresh,” said Marlene LaLota, HIV Prevention Program Administrator for the Bureau of HIV/AIDS.
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Dab “Stigma has always been a part of the epidemic. We wanted to do something that reduces stigma and normalizes HIV and we thought—what if we show people what people with HIV look like? Show them that they look like everyone else.” The exhibit travels down the highway, showcasing portraits of the participants’ faces on the side of the truck. These portraits are also present in larger than life form inside the vehicle where participants are invited to enter for an up-close look as the project makes its various stops. In addition to the detailed portraits, are interactive components including video testimonials and physical journals. As a part of the exhibit, participants used the journals to catalogue their journey with HIV for a month’s time. The journals include everything from daily activities ranging from going to school or work, to planning a wedding, raising multiple children, and fighting the physical effects of the illness. “We wanted people to know what it’s like to live with HIV: What it felt like when
Tracey you were diagnosed and how are you doing since then,” said LaLota. As LaLota explains, the journal component is a part of a balanced approach. “For younger people in particular we want them to know that it’s not an automatic death sentence. You can have a normal life as long as you take care of yourself, stay healthy and see a doctor. But still, there’s no cure. With the journals we try and provide a balanced perspective. Yes, I have this good life but it’s not always a picnic.” Since starting the project, the FDOH has seen a positive response from the attendees and host communities, as well as those interested in coming on board to share their own story. “It’s almost like once someone opens the door it’s easier for others to walk through,” said LaLota. “We’ve seen that through the exhibits and the faces. Some people have told us that it’s a relief to be able to talk about it. Some people have been hiding it, even for decades. Once people are able to get it out it’s very cathartic.”
The FDOH seeks to include those from all walks of life, and parts of the state, and continues to introduce new faces. “Florida is an incredibly diverse state, and we are trying to have faces represent all segments of society—for everyone to relate,” said LaLota. Stigma is something that not only exists on a national level, but is something that has been a difficult battle to fight within our home state. “There’s a homosexual stigma in this country. That’s created some barriers and it makes it harder to fight the epidemic. The more infected people there are, the easier it is to get infected,” said LaLota. “We’ve made a lot of progress [in Florida]. Stigma is still a big issue especially in rural areas.” Not only does the project showcase that HIV can infect any individual at any point in life, and that it is nondiscriminatory based on social status or any demographic factor, it shows that it can be contracted in a multitude of ways.
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Donald And although much progress has been made, HIV remains an illness that is a very real, ever-present day-to-day battle for all of those whom it touches—including each of the unique individuals who allow a candid look through their eyes with the “Faces of HIV” project. On her testimony video, Tracey made the following poignant statement that spans across all cases represented within the exhibit, and extends to each and every case out there beyond: “Doesn’t matter if you’re rich, poor, black, white, young, old, gay, straight, male, or female,” she said. “It could be any of us. All the virus needs is a human T cell to grow and replicate, and guess what? We’re all human.”
In 2005, Donald contracted HIV by way of an occupational exposure in a crowded hospital emergency room, dealing with a trauma patient with AIDS. “For the first number of my years working in the health care field, you know the risk is there but you just do your job and you don’t treat people any differently,” he said. “It’s a method of transmission that most people don’t think of.” According to the Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA), 800,000 needle-sticks occur in the U.S. each year. The CDC reports that as of 2010, 57 documented occupational transmissions of HIV to health care workers and 143 possible transmissions had been reported in the United States. “In my incident I wasn’t even the one handling it. It was a nurse and we were too crowded in the room. It was no fault of my own or lack of training thereof. Stranger things have certainly happened,” said Donald. Three months later Donald’s tests were negative. Five and nine months later, they came back inconclusive. It was several more months before Donald officially tested positive for HIV at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla.
“What if we show people what people with HIV look like? Show them that they look like everyone else.” Marlene LaLota
AN INFECTIOUS PRICK Meet Donald.
“An Infectious Prick” was the title of the Dean’s Lecture that the Doctorate Student at the University of South Florida presented last year at World AIDS Day. Donald was the first student to ever be granted this opportunity. For Donald, a single infectious prick was all it took. September 12, 2013
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“For the longest time I was angry. I was doing my job. I wasn’t being promiscuous. I was an undergrad working at the E.R.,” he said. After going through stages of dealing with the diagnosis, Donald realized, “Nobody deserves to be infected or burdened with this disease.” “After the exposure, it took my mom hitting me upside the head,” he said. “‘You are turning into the son I didn’t raise—this is your cross to bear and you are going to have to bear it,’ she said. ‘Everyone has something eventually they have to face and this is yours.’” Still, Donald was able to live in denial from the time he was diagnosed in 2006, until his body needed help, and he began treatment in 2011. “Starting the medication felt like being diagnosed all over again,” he said. “I can still hear the pen and the sound that it made when the doctor signed his name to my first prescription. ‘You don’t have to fill it today or tomorrow,’ he said, ‘but when you are ready you will know.’” After waiting for quite some time to fill the prescription, Donald finally did. But he still didn’t take it—not yet. Not for a while. “I didn’t fill it that day or that month,” he said. “Even then when I did fill it, I didn’t take it that night.” Eventually, Donald quit shuffling bottles around in his medicine cabinet to hide the pills. One day he came home, and he took one. And immediately a burden was lifted. “I call that pill my life vitamin,” he said. “I take it at night and never miss a dose. I
continue to live out my dreams and live my life taking control of the situation.” In addition to pursuing his doctorate degree in Global Health and Communicative Diseases, Donald is active in the community within both volunteer groups and AIDS service organizations. He is a member of the State Emergency Response Team based in Tampa and is a HIV/AIDS consultant with the Bristol Myers Squibb Virology Department. “My hope is to just reach one person— the more the better—[and let them know] just because you have it, your life will still go on. There’s nothing that a person living with HIV can’t do. The difference is I take a pill before I go to bed,” he said. Since in Donald’s case, the exact point of and specific type of exposure and strain of the virus were known, it’s been able to be monitored from the start. As a result, he has not suffered from many of the associated physical ailments that others go through. “So many people go without being tested and by the time symptoms are shown, the damage is already done. I’ve been able to be in front of it the whole time,” he said. “I consider myself lucky. And I count my
blessings. Telling my story is another way I can take control of the situation and make the best of it.” While Donald’s story may not include physical battles, he catalogued one particular unexpected event within the journal portion of the project reminding him, and those who read, of the harsh realities of the illness. During his 30-days of journaling for “Faces of HIV,” Donald received news of a friend’s death. “One of the biggest things [included in the journal] is finding out that one of my friends who had moved to Seattle had died of HIV. That kind of hit close to home. You just don’t hear about that too often. He was compliant about his medication. No indication that his numbers were off. I got a phone call that he passed away from a ‘related symptom,’” he said. “We are the same age and I wasn’t sure how to deal with that. I think about some of my older friends in their 50s and 60s who have lost hundreds of friends and I only lost one. So I felt conflicted. Even though it’s a manageable condition, it is still a serious one.” Donald currently works with individuals to not only help shed awareness on and remind individuals of the seriousness of the
“There’s nothing wrong with thinking that it’s not going to happen to you. I think the problem comes in when you say, ‘It will never happen to me.’” Donald
disease, but to show that HIV/AIDS is truly nondiscriminatory. “There’s nothing wrong with thinking that it’s not going to happen to you. I think the problem comes in when you say, ‘It will never happen to me,’” he said. Donald has met with individuals suffering HIV symptoms; who scoff at the idea—assuring him that it couldn’t happen to them—because they’re married. “I’m happy that [they’re] married but people are people and human beings are going to make mistakes,” said Donald. In addition to denial remaining a recurring mindset for many, Donald notes another key issue is the fear of judgment, and in turn, results in an aversion to the HIV test—which is free in the state of Florida. “One in four people don’t know they have it,” said Donald. “I understand why a lot of people don’t do it. A lot of people don’t get tested for fear. [It’s the mindset of] if nobody ever tells me I’m positive then I’m not positive.” “I’m a big advocate for the American Medical Association (AMA) to include an HIV panel within an annual physical. Florida has made enormous steps to educate people on HIV, but there’s still a lot of work to do,” he said. Still, on top of fear, remains stigma, something Donald even sees amongst the health care community. “In 2013 we shouldn’t be having the same conversations,” he said. “It’s shocking that people in 2013 are treating colleagues like it’s a leprosy camp.”
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TEST TURNED TESTIMONY Meet Kamaria.
Kamaria had no idea she was HIV positive until she gave birth to her daughter. That was 10 years ago, when she was 21-years-old. Immediately, the uncertain and startlingly reality for both her, and her daughter, sunk in—and took over. “It really was nervewracking,” she said. “I am trying to become more transparent about my feelings at that time. I actually felt suicidal during the whole process. The thoughts were there— but I never attempted.” According to the FDOH, Approximately 80 percent of HIV and AIDS cases among women are the result of heterosexual transmission. Last year, in 2012, there were 464 births to HIV-infected women in the state of Florida. Seven of these infants were infected. It was just before her daughter’s first birthday when Kamaria found out for certain that although she had tested positive, her daughter was not.
“I don’t know how I would have handled it if she was positive,” she said. For Kamaria, initially dealing with the diagnosis began with convincing herself she was okay with it, so she could convince her family, who she relied on as her primary support system. “I believe you have to be okay with it first to help your family feel safe. If your approach is freaking out your family will also freak out and they want to help you,” she said. “I’ve learned through disclosing my status that as long as I could convince everyone else that I was okay with it, they would be okay with it.” Kamaria seeks to use her story to break people out of the mindset that there is a certain “risk box,” comprised of certain categories of people, and is committed to helping fight to change the stereotypes. “People assume because I am a black female that I must have been promiscuous or a drug user—and I don’t fit either of those,” she said. “It’s changing that mindset and being a face to this and proving to people that it can be anybody. More people need to have conversations that there is no risk box.”
“It’s changing that mindset and being a face to this and proving to people that it can be anybody. More people need to have conversations that there is no risk box.” Kamaria
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WE MAKE THE CHANGE
The “Faces of HIV” is a special project that falls underneath FDOH’s overarching “We Make the Change” movement. The idea and the mission of the movement is: “We can make changes in our own lives—and in our community—to stop the spread of HIV infection. By coming together, and sharing information, we build the foundation for a stronger neighborhood, a stronger family, and a stronger message: We are more powerful than the disease.” Although the movement itself has been around since 1999, it has taken on various forms, and is now a fully-involved interactive online platform, educational tool and resource center. “We Make the Change” invites individuals living with HIV to get involved and share unique stories through this web outlet. To learn more about “We Make the Change” and “Faces of HIV,” visit wemakethechange.com.
While Kamaria acknowledges there is this heightened sense of awareness around HIV, replacing what felt like a sense of complacency surrounding the disease for quite some time, she notes that the acceptance of ignorance remains an issue—even today, in 2013. “I see a lot of the acceptance of ignorance; people who are ignorant because of their own personal experiences; people who assume
someone who has HIV did something dirty; people who think they have a right to publicly proclaim someone’s status,” she said. Kamaria is involved in numerous educational, outreach and awareness efforts, including “Faces of HIV.” For Kamaria, the journal part of the experience proved both cathartic, and introspective. “I tend to write and journal anyway. I recently found all of my high school journals,” she said. During this journal process, Kamaria was planning her wedding, and was married in 2012. “There are things I was able to say in my journal, I wouldn’t say otherwise,” she said. “It was freeing, liberating and empowering—especially at the time of planning a wedding.” Unlike Donald, Kamaria has faced health effects, including migraines—something she also chronicles through her journal. While these crippling headaches have subsided, partially attributed to high blood pressure treatment she received, other physical daily reminders remain present. “I’m still sensitive to temperature change,” she said. “I get super sensitive to touch when it’s really cold and it’s painful. My daughter or pet… it just drives me crazy if they want to sit with me [at those times].” Although she went seven years without taking a pill, she now takes three pills every day. Like Donald, she affirmed that this was a difficult point of acceptance—and a turning point. “I didn’t want to accept that my life depended on a pill. Now that I am on medication, I understand those who don’t.”
While Kamaria admits that treatment is something that doesn’t come easily or freely, and involves consistently checking in with a case worker regarding policies, payments and procedures that may have changed, she encourages those newly diagnosed to seek treatment in the best way they can, and to reach out to someone—anyone—who can help. “I don’t think anyone should sit back and suffer because they don’t know how to receive treatment,” she said. What would she say to someone who thinks HIV won’t, and can’t happen to them? “I would flat out tell them—I would tell them my story. I would give them the two prime examples, starting with me specifically. I would start by pointing to the ‘Faces of HIV’ exhibit, and then to other advocates,” she said. “I know an 80-year-old who got it from her spouse. There are all different situations and it can happen to anyone. You can’t look at ‘categories’ of people.” Kamaria is consistently traveling and speaking—using her voice to speak to those both with and without the illness, including youth. “It’s my job to educate—to turn a test into a testimony,” said Kamaria. Her daughter, now age 10, goes with her to certain speaking engagements. “I make sure she comes with me so this can be something she sees as okay that people talk about and not be ashamed of,” she said. “You always hope you are helping somebody. It’s rare somebody comes back and tells you. I would like to think I’m making a differ-
ence, but if I leave this earth and never heard anyone say it, I would be okay. Since this is the third ‘Faces of HIV’ tour I think the project as a collective is making an impact on communities across Florida.” “And if everyone’s voice speaks collectively—that’s enough.” {in}
PENSACOLA TOUR DATES Wednesday, Sept. 18 University of West Florida 11000 University Pkwy. Cannon Greens 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19 Pensacola State College 1000 College Blvd. Between Buildings 1 and 5 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20 Gallery Night Downtown Pensacola Location TBD 5 - 9 p.m. Bring your smart phone to the event to scan the QR code and watch the videos. @wmtcfl : Follow We Make the Change Florida on Twitter to stay up to date with event information. Twitter.com/wmtcfl
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Local Tastes With a Bizarre Twist by Sarah McCartan
Andrew Zimmern / photo courtesy of Travel Channel The last time that celebrity chef Andrew Zimmern visited the Florida Panhandle he was filming an episode of his Travel Channel hit series, “Bizarre Foods,” and found himself sampling grouper throats at the Fish House, and demystifying mullet roe and gizzards at Chet’s Seafood. This time he returns for something a bit less bizarre, yet equally enticing—the tastes of the beach.
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Presented by the Pensacola Beach Chamber of Commerce, Taste of the Beach returns Sept. 14 and 15. This twoday festival is packed with fresh, local seafood, live music, and family fun. The event brings together more than 20 local restaurants that will be serving up their signature dishes a la carte for festival patrons to indulge upon throughout the weekend.
This year’s event also includes both a dessert contest, and celebrity chef demonstration, which is where Zimmern comes into the picture. Not only will he be signing autographs and providing an up-close and personal cooking demonstration featuring local seafood, he will also be serving as a celebrity judge for the dessert showdown. Let’s see how the work of local confectioners can stack up against his Aunt Suzanne’s famous Caramel Pecan bars. From shooting a fruit bat out of the sky in Samoa, and eating it of course, to more recently, drinking cow urine in Goa, Zimmern has been traveling the world digesting one bizarre food after another—more than 63 countries worth. Although he is currently
intermixing filming shows set at home with his bizarre travels abroad, Zimmern’s latest off-shoot series, “Bizarre Foods America” includes 40 to 50 episodes shot exclusively in the states. Through this recent trek across his home turf, Zimmern has been able to showcase compelling stories he felt were being largely ignored. Between constantly filming, making special appearances, launching his food truck “AZ Canteen,” and writing books as of late, on top of his ongoing service as senior editor at Delta’s Sky Magazine and contributing editor at Food & Wine magazine, it’s amazing that this “Epicurean Anthropologist” hasn’t resorted to cloning himself by now. The man is on such high demand in the food world, it’s shocking he even has a minute to sleep, much less be interviewed. Thankfully, the IN managed to squeeze in just a few minutes with Zimmern to chat about his upcoming trip to Pensacola, his latest bizarre food experiences, and the future of food in America. IN: What kind of cooking demonstration will you be doing at Taste of the Beach? ZIMMERN: I will be doing something great [with whole head on shrimp]. It’s something with corn and shrimp that I really love. IN: As far as the dessert competition goes, what makes a dessert worth biting into? ZIMMERN: Down in Florida there are some great sweets makers. I like local, fresh and simple.
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IN: Any memorable seafood dishes that you’ve tried that the Gulf Coast has yet to top? ZIMMERN: What’s coming out of the Gulf is incredible—they just need more customers. I think America needs to have a keener appreciation for it. I think the problem is the American consumer is still eating from a narrow range of foods. I’m not down there for very long—just for the day—but I can’t wait to eat the local seafood.
a disservice. My passion lies in changing the way we eat and look at food in America both as a way of how we get along with
IN: Tonight’s “Bizzare Foods America” episode is set in St. Louis. Tell me about this legendary “brain sandwich” you tried. How bizarre was it? ZIMMERN: When it comes to brains— freshness counts. The story was about a disappearing trend in St. Louis. Like many cities around the country that used to have a large presence of meat processing facilities during turn of the century America, snacks for factory workers were brain sandwiches. It became a bar and tavern food specialty when these processing plants went away. There’s only one bar left in St. Louis that serves them. The brain sandwich was just terrible. It was frozen, breaded, and fried.
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“The single greatest takeaway is that it’s never about the food—it’s about the people.”
each other, and diet, wellness and the planet. I’ve been very keen on that issue. Every single week we do a story with some positive messaging about food life in this country. IN: Are you seeing a positive shift in America’s food culture? ZIMMERN: I really do see light on the horizon. When you have the first lady of the U.S. and her [“Let’s Move”] campaign, and public schools looking at school lunches— we’ve done great awareness. We still need to decentralize and have 100 percent transparency with labeling of food products. I am most concerned with fake food and overly sugared foods that are dealt out to children like gambling chips at a casino. There seems to be no awareness that these are huge health risks.
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IN: What’s the single greatest takeaway from your food journey? ZIMMERN: The single greatest takeaway is that it’s never about the food—it’s about the people. The world is getting flatter and flatter and the degree to which we can celebrate the things we have in common and stop the discourse about the things that separate us the better off we are. That is what I try to do with my show.
IN: Have you tried any especially memorable or bizarre vegetarian or vegan food dishes? For the latest on Andrew Zimmern and ZIMMERN: I have a huge issue his bizarre food journeys, visit andrewzimwith that topic. We go meatless on mern.com. {in} Mondays at our house and I will sometimes go a couple of days [depending on what’s available wherever I am] and it doesn’t faze me at all. The world of cooking is broad, roomy and Saturday Sept. 14 inclusive. What we try to do instead Cooking Demonstration: 1 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. of cooking a great meal made up Q&A: 1:45 p.m. – 2 p.m. of great food, is make fake dishes. Meet and Greet: 2 – 3 p.m. I don’t want to eat a fake chicken How Sweet IT is Dessert Contest: 3 – 4 p.m. nugget. Why can’t I eat vegetables? Americans aren’t educated enough on how to cook these [real foods] and cooking them takes time. Getting back to eating well is a class issue in America and it’s a very complex problem. We need to return to WHEN: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14; a place in time where we spend time 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15 cooking and eating with each othWHERE: Gulfside Pavilion, Casino Beach er—that investment will trickle down Blvd., Pensacola Beach to take care of societal ills. I am not COST: Free arguing for a utopian state but we’ve DETAILS: tasteofpensacolabeach.com sped things up, and it’s sucked a lot of the love out of our lives.
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IN: Although "Bizarre Foods" is touted as an entertainment program, you’ve noted that the show acts as a lens through which to view other cultures. Are these learning lessons for America? ZIMMERN: I really think that if you have a platform like mine and you waste it on mind-numbing glop, you are doing everyone
IN: Speaking of health, do you worry about your own health when it comes to the bizarre food you ingest on you show? ZIMMERN: No. No flesh-eating viruses, so, so far so good. If I was worried about it too much—I don’t think I would do what I do.
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Man Man – ‘ON ONI POND’
Man Man are an enigma. I remember the first time I saw them, and it was almost unintentional. I was in New Orleans to see Modest Mouse on their “We Were Dead…” Tour, and upon arrival, we noticed that there were three bands playing prior, one being Man Man. This was disheartening, but we made the best of it and took in some of New Orleans before heading back to the House of Blues. We weren’t ready for what we walked into. Jazz ensemble, a drummer partially turned away from the crowd who frequently leapt from his throne when hitting his crashes, people running around the stage, chaotic
compositions, and strained vocals. This was Man Man, and they immediately had my attention, because while these descriptors sound like they would cause mass confusion on stage, the sounds escaping were actually quite coherent. I’m not sure if I’ve ever been quite as impressed with a band as I was that night. “On Oni Pond” is Man Man’s fifth studio album since the band’s inception in 2003. As with many of their previous releases, this album centers mainly on the unconventional songwriting of leader Honus Honus, and draws from a bevy of styles and influences. There is something very mature about this album. While maintaining their distinct approach to clever rock music, Man Man have made something much more accessible and cohesive than any past effort. There is a sense of confidence alive on this album, which is powerful coming from a band who already do whatever they want to do. Highlights include the folky “Deep Cover,” high energy “Pyramids,” introspective oddball “Paul’s Grotesque,” and catchy lead single “Head On.” Man Man are an absolute enigma, but with the swagger they have developed on this release, they may also be unstoppable. “On Oni Pond” is out now via Anti- Records.
Nine Inch Nails – ‘HESITATION MARKS’
It’s impossible to call Trent Reznor a musical chameleon. Agreed, he has taken some chances with his music in the past, specifically over the last decade with resigning from a major label and using a DIY ethos to release his music independently over the Internet. He also helped to define a genre when NIN rose to prominence in the early ‘90s, as industrial metal was largely unheard of, especially on a national level. However, Trent does write a lot of his music within the confines of dark, ethereal, self-loathing aesthetics. Being a fan of NIN since I was an angst-y 14-year-old, I can say from experience that while remotely similar, his output is usually interesting and captivating. With the release of his eighth studio album, “Hesitation Marks,” Trent allows us to peer further into his psyche than possibly ever before. “I am just a copy of a copy of a copy,” are the
first words uttered on the album, and do a pretty decent job at summing up Reznor’s reservations or fears, which encompass much of the album’s lyrical scope. During the band’s rise to prominence nearly 20 years ago, NIN were almost a household name, whether being praised or accosted. Now, a couple of decades later, Trent is dealing with issues of relevance and aging, much akin to many men his age, and his worries bleed into his music. These issues make “Hesitation Marks” not only interesting, but also easily empathized with, as he strays from ever sounding overly pathetic. Musically, the album is just as tense, grinding, lush, and dark as the majority of the NIN catalog, but Reznor makes some choices in production and composition which seem to give this album a bit more of a catchy edge. While Nine Inch Nails aren’t going out on many musical limbs, I guarantee this album will keep your attention. “Hesitation Marks” is out now via Columbia Records. {in}
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Bicycle Races Are Coming Your Way by Sarah McCartan
September in Pensacola typically brings with it both entertainment and the heightened awareness that Fall is just around the corner. While sadly this September doesn’t mean a 4th Annual DeLuna Fest will be inviting your favorite musical acts back to the beach (bummer, we know), this weekend both on the mainland and beyond, you’ll get to be entertained by rapidly-moving bicycles. That’s right, professional bike racing returns with the 4th Annual Subway Pensacola Cycling Classic. Last year’s event welcomed over 350 racers from 20 different states.
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The two day classic is held Saturday, Sept. 14 and Sunday, Sept. 15 in multiple area locations. Presented by Anderson Subaru, the race is a multi-stage event including a road race in Milton, weaving through Blackwater River State Park, a time trial on Pensacola Beach, and the criterium in downtown Pensacola. The criterium is the final stage of the event, and takes place Sunday morning from 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This is where the heart of the spectator action comes in as cyclists bust some serious tail, making lap after lap around a short confined course, beginning and ending at the intersection of Government and Jefferson streets. Certain local businesses situated on and around the course that typically remain closed on Sundays, have been known to open their doors especially for the event. (Last year I recall having a delicious brunch at Sluggo’s Vegetarian Restaurant. It could happen again—hint hint!) A free kids’ race will take place at the criterium at 9:15 a.m., open to children 10 and under. Each child participating receives
a raffle ticket for the chance to win a bright and shiny new bicycle. Participating children should arrive with bike, helmet, and parent or legal guardian, at Government and Jefferson streets by 9 a.m. to sign up. The distance will be one lap, approximately 3/4 of a mile. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded. Proceeds from this non-profit event benefit the Paralyzed Veterans of America. Members of their racing team will be participating in the hand cycling division. To learn more visit, pensacolacyclingclassic.com {in}
SUBWAY PENSACOLA CYCLING CLASSIC
WHAT: Criterium – Stage 3 WHEN: 7 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 15 WHERE: Downtown Pensacola DETAILS: pensacolacyclingclassic. com
THURSDAY 9.12 HAPPENINGS
RUNNING: SIX AT SIX 6 a.m. Running Wild, 3012 E Cervantes St. 435-9222 or werunwild. com. VIVA FLORIDA 500 ‘ARTIFACTS ’ 9 a.m. The exhibition celebrates 500 years of Florida’s history – its people, places and cultural achievements. Exhibit on display through Sept. 28. First City Art Center Studios and Gallery, 1060 N. Guillemard St. 429-1222 or FirstCityArt.org MESS HALL 10 a.m. The Pensacola MESS Hall (Math, Engineering, Science & Stuff ) offers weekly themes, special activities and workshops that captivate curious minds of all ages and inspire a lifetime of discovery. 116 N. Tarragona St. 877-937-6377 or PensacolaMESShall.org. QUAYSIDE ART GALLERY 10 a.m. “Interpretations: Florida's Forgotten Coast” exhibit features artists Connie Boussom, Lynn Parker and Nikki Strahota. Exhibit on display through Oct. 7. 17 E. Zaragoza St, 438-2363 or quaysidegallery.com. BLUE MORNING GALLERY 10 a.m. "East Meets West, Through Asian Art," features the art of the Far East reflected through Western eyes. Exhibit on display through Sept. 28. 21 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com. DRAGONFLY GALLERY 10 a.m. The gallery’s feature room is a favorite site for artists from throughout Santa Rosa County. 5188 Escambia St., Milton. 981-1100 or thedragonflygallery.com. PENSACOLA MUSEUM OF ART 10 a.m. For the first time at the PMA, the exhibition “24 Hours in Pensacola” celebrates the diverse places, spaces, and people that make up our community—from the community's perspective.
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happenings Exhibit on display through Oct. 12. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.com. ARTEL GALLERY 10 a.m. “Experimental Art with a Lens,” is currently on display through Oct. 4. 223 Palafox, Old County Courthouse. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org. WINE TASTING AT AWM 5 p.m. Aragon Wine Market, 27 S. Ninth Ave. 433-9463 or aragonwinemarket.com. WINE & GLIDE SEGWAY TOUR 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. This one-hour Segway tour includes a stop at Seville Quarter or Aragon Wine Market for a wine tasting. Emerald Coast Tours, 701 S. Palafox. $45. 417-9292 or emeraldcoasttours.net.
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LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 6 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com. THE DAVENPORTS 6 p.m. The Leisure Club, 126 S. Palafox. 912-4229 or tlcdowntown.com. DUELLING PIANOS 8 p.m. Rosie O’ Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. KRAZY GEORGE KARAOKE 8:30 p.m. Lili Marlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. COLLEGE DANCE NIGHT: MR. LAO 9 p.m. Phineas Phogg's at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.
FRIDAY 9.13 HAPPENINGS
VIVA FLORIDA 500 ‘ARTIFACTS’ 9 a.m. First City Art Center Studios and Gallery, 1060 N. Guillemard St. 429-1222 or FirstCityArt.org MESS HALL 10 a.m. 116 N. Tarragona St. 877937-6377 or PensacolaMESShall.org. QUAYSIDE ART GALLERY 10 a.m. 17 E. Zaragoza St, 438-2363 or quaysidegallery.com. DRAGONFLY GALLERY 10 a.m. 5188 Escambia St., Milton. 981-1100 or thedragonflygallery.com.
BLUE MORNING GALLERY 10 a.m. 21 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com PENSACOLA MUSEUM OF ART 10 a.m. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.com. ARTEL GALLERY 10 a.m. 223 Palafox, Old County Courthouse. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org. WINE TASTING AT SEVILLE QUARTER 5 p.m. Palace Café at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. WINE TASTING AT CITY GROCERY 5:15 p.m. City Grocery, 2050 N. 12th Ave. 469-8100. WINE TASTING AT EAST HILL MARKET 5:30 p.m. 1216 N. Ninth Ave. WINE & GLIDE SEGWAY TOUR 5:30-7:30 p.m. This one-hour Segway tour includes a stop at Seville Quarter or Aragon Wine Market for a wine tasting. Emerald Coast Tours, 701 S. Palafox. $45. 417-9292 or emeraldcoasttours.net. GROUP RUN AT PLAY 5:30 p.m. All abilities welcome. A casual run with fun partner exercises. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com. ARTEL GOES TO THE DOGS 6 – 9 p.m. An evening of art, tasty treats and a live auction to benefit Artel Gallery and the Humane Society of Pensacola. $40 per person; $75 per couple. 223 Palafox, Old County Courthouse. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.
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LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 5 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com. DUELLING PIANOS 8 p.m. Rosie O’ Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. SARAH PERCY 8:30 p.m. The Tin Cow, 102 South Palafox, 466-2103 or thetincow.com.
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There will be several sheets of designs to choose from. And as an added bonus, all of the day’s proceeds will go to benefit the Humane Society. “It’s our way of donating our time doing something fun to help out animals in need,” said Tattoo Artist Shauncey Fury. But the weekend festivities don’t stop there. Saturday night Hula Moon will be hosting an in-store birthday party with performances by special guests Company of Ghosts and Sons of Hippies playing in the portfolio room. The show begins at 10 p.m. and there is no cover charge. {in}
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Force. Measure. Resistance.
Filipe De Sousa / photo by Samantha Crooke Nestled within the University of West Florida’s Center for Fine and Performing Arts (CFPA) is The Art Gallery, or TAG, as it is commonly known. Consistently throughout each school year, TAG hosts a variety of different artists, displaying work across endless mediums. Each show includes an opening reception, providing the campus and surrounding community a social way to experience the art and meet the artist. While TAG opens its doors to invite quite a number of visiting artists every semester, a large majority of the work showcased within the gallery is born from within the walls of the University of West Florida Art Department. This high caliber of work is created by the hands and minds of both faculty and students. The current Fall semester at TAG is largely dedicated to such work, by artists ranging from design interns to seasoned faculty, and features multiple BFA exit shows. “These exhibitions are a required final thesis for Bachelor of Fine Arts graduates,” explained TAG Director, Nick Croghan. “This is designed to give the students experience developing, promoting, and installing a professional quality exhibition of their body of work.” September 12, 2013
main attraction involving multiple concrete While some exit posts weighing in at 1,000 lbs. each. Rather shows include asthan this being a setback, it’s become a semblies of multiple collaboration or joint effort of sorts, bestudents, others showtween De Sousa and the variables. case individual work. “This is just another element of what Up next on TAG’s it means to create art,” he said. “What I’ve lineup for September realized is, when you go into a museum is the work of graduatyou’re not just seeing a painting by Jackson ing senior, Studio Art Pollock. You’re not just seeing a sculpture Major, Filipe De Sousa, by Jeff Koons. Your experience is being titled “Force. Measure. dictated not just by the artist’s work, but Resistance.” it’s being dictated by the powers that be.” Throughout the In an effort to visibly show this resisplanning and execution tance, and the great many outside forces process of his instalthat came into play, a portion of the installation, the following motivational words of his lation that was unable to be brought inside TAG, will remain visibly present on the former professors have other side of the glass window panes. resonated through De “The interesting thing about glass is Sousa’s veins—and serve that’s it’s a barrier but you can also see as advice to all artists— through it. On the inside you see what’s regardless of medium: allowed to be inside and on the outside you “Don’t be afraid to see what’s not allowed to be but it’s still create work that some creating a singular form,” said De Sousa. people are going to say Another installment is a wind tunnel. isn’t art, or that other “On one side of the entrance you will people won’t put in the feel air pushing you. At the other side you effort to create, or that will feel air pulling you in. So in that circumis over the top—create stance the force is the wind that is met with that work.” the resistance of the walls, and the measure When De Sousa is through your body,” said De Sousa. set out to execute his Because it is site specific to TAG, “It installation, he was a relies on the place that it is and the people force with an idea. who are there in the place,” he said. “It will “You have this help the viewer to understand that the show idea—that’s the easy is about perception—it’s about experience.” part. The hard part is “Force. Measure. Resistance.” will be creating the idea,” he explained. “Basically on display at TAG from Sept. 16 through all your work is figuring out how you’re goSept. 28, with an opening reception held ing to do it.” Thursday, Sept 19. De Sousa’s idea was immediately met, Following the exhibit’s closing is the and matched with resistance. UWF Art Faculty Exhibition, beginning “Instead of turning a blind eye, I decided Oct. 3. This annual exhibition visibly to take it into consideration and let it dicrepresents the personalities and talents of tate what my work is going to be,” he said. between 20 and 40 UWF faculty members. “It’s me as the artist introducing a force Visiting fall artists include Mindy and the force being met with a resistance. And it’s the two in play with each other that Abovitz, Publisher and Creator of Tom Tom Magazine, who will be doing a drum perare dictating what the work of art is going formance on Nov. 25, followed by an artist to be. So the work of art ends up being a talk Nov. 26. To stay up to date with TAG, measure of the two forces in contrast.” visit tag82uwf.wordpress.com. {in} Quickly this resounding theme not only took shape and developed as a result of this idea, but also simultaneously gave form to, and dictated his work. Somewhere between what the physical space of TAG is able to WHAT: Filipe De Sousa BFA Exit Exhibition hold, what De Sousa set out to creWHEN: Opening reception 7 p.m. Thursday, ate and what he was allowed to creSept. 19; Exhibition on display Sept. 16 – 28 ate, coupled with the push and pull WHERE: The Art Gallery at UWF, 11000 Uniof negotiations and the logistics, is versity Pkwy, Bldg 82, Room 240 the resulting installation. DETAILS: tag82uwf.wordpress.com or Within the final weeks leading 474.2696 up to his exhibition, De Sousa was forced to revamp his plans for his
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news of the weird HAPPINESS IS A CLEAN TOILET Beginning in 2011, about three dozen people in Tokyo have been meeting every Sunday morning at 6 a.m. on a mission to scrub down, one by one, the city's grungiest public rest rooms. "By 7:30," according to an Associated Press reporter who witnessed an outing in August, the team had left behind a "gleaming public toilet, looking as good as the day it was installed." Explained the hygiene- intense Satoshi Oda (during the week, a computer programmer), the mission is "for our own good"—work that leader Masayuki Magome compares to the training that Buddhist monks receive to find peace. (In fact, to fulfill the group's motto, "Clean thyself by cleaning cubicles," the scouring must be done with bare hands.) A squad supporter spoke of a sad, growing apprehension that the younger generation no longer shares the Japanese cultural conviction that rest rooms should always be clean and safe. THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a mirror that makes a person appear happy even when not. A built-in camera tracks facial features in real time, then tweaks the image to turn up the corners of the mouth and to create the beginnings of a smile in the eyes. Of what practical use would such a mirror be? Other Japanese researchers, according to a Slate.com report in August, believe that happy-face mirrors in retail stores would improve shoppers' dispositions and lead to more sales. LEADING ECONOMIC INDICATORS In July, following sustained criticism, Thomson Reuters business information company suspended an advance-release service for the crucial monthly "consumer confidence index" that has been known to signal stock markets to abruptly "buy" (driving up prices) or "sell" (sending them lower). The University of Michigan pre-
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pares and distributes the index promptly at 10 a.m. Eastern time on its release date, but Thomson Reuters offers two advance peeks. It pays the school about $1 million a year to see the index at 9:55 a.m., to share with its best customers. The suspended program gave an even earlier tip-off—at 9:54:58—and high-frequency trading firms paid $6,000 more a month for those two seconds, which allowed their computer robots to execute hundreds of thousands of trades before other professional traders had access to the index. • First-World Problems: Self-indulgent New York City parents have been hiring "play-date" coaches for their preschool youngsters, apparently out of fear that the kids' skill set for just having fun might not impress admissions officers at the city's elite private schools. The CEO of one consulting outfit told the New York Post in July that $400 an hour gets expert monitoring of a 4-year-old in small groups, evaluating, for example, how the child colors in a book, shares the crayons, holds a pencil and follows the rules of Simon Says. • An unidentified school in the West Coast Conference recently self-reported a violation of controversial NCAA rules that restrict privileges for student-athletes, ordering a member of its women's golf team to pay back $20 after she washed her car using a hose (and water) belonging to the school but which were not available to other students. (A University of Portland coach said he heard about the violation at a conference meeting, and Yahoo Sports, seeking confirmation, reported that an NCAA spokesman soft-pedaled the illegality, calling the school's action a "miscommunication.") {in}
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