Social Media Clause Added to Prenups
Prenuptial agreements have shifted gears to suitably adhere to our fast-paced and social media dominated days of 2014. A newly implemented “social media clause” protects married couples and divorce partners from taking their soiled intimate lives outside of the private sphere and going digital.
New York-based attorney Ann-Margaret Carrozza describes this clause as each party having to “agree not to post, tweet, or otherwise share via social media, positive, negative, insulting, embarrassing, or flattering images or content of the other.” While each party has the ability to tweak the clause in ways they best see fit their relationship, Carrozza recommends keeping it broad in order to cover all social media-related bases. Doing so would consist of making sure to include posts that harbor positive connotations. For those who break the contract and choose to take their reminiscing and/or trolling into a public forum, the penalties are monetary.
While you might not plan on saying “I do” to somebody who would spam your nudes all over Twitter, it could be useful to have a clause that keeps up with our digital times, adding to the “I do” with an additional “I won’t.” In lieu of nostalgic creeping of the glory days, here’s a throwback to Frank Ocean’s “Thinkin' Bout You” off of Channel Orange.
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Photos You Don't See from the World Cup
The 2014 FIFA World Cup games have begun this week, and although there should be much to celebrate, the streets of Brazil tell a different story. Since the decision was made for Rio de Janeiro to hold this year's grand event, more than a million demonstrators have been hitting the streets to protest against the billions of dollars being spent on sports stadiums while education, housing, healthcare, public transportation and other social services go begging for assistance. Hidden behind the glitz and glamour of this internationally beloved event is a great population of people living in suffrage and poverty stricken conditions, in one of the most unequal countries in the world.
With everything going on in Brazil, DOSE.com shared photos from various online media outlets, that you don't typically see in coverage on the World Cup. Whether it's photos of anti-World Cup street art, police violent, protest, or poverty, each tell an important back story that the rest of the world should see. Check them out below, and find more information on the photo sources here.
"The World Cup will continue for a few days, but the lives of these people will continue long after that."- Dose
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[Video] Alexis Neiers Talks Burglary, Addiction, and Sobriety
With the production of Sofia Coppola’s 2013 film The Bling Ring, the spotlight shone down incessantly upon “The Bling Ring” themselves, the group of status-obsessed teenagers that have traced celebrities’ whereabouts in order to rob their homes back in 2010. One of the original Bling Ring members, Alexis Neiers, went through life post-robbery in a very publicized manner; the press had documented her experiences in court, which eventually lead up to her no contest plea in robbing the home of Orlando Bloom, serving 30 days out of a 180-day sentence, and being granted with the reality TV show Pretty Wild.
While Pretty Wild set out to be a show documenting the life of a seemingly glamorous LA party girl, whose mom is a former Playboy Playmate and father was the director of photography on Friends, Pretty Wild became less about the LA party scene and more about following Neiers on her forthcoming path to jail. Jail-time, in the meanwhile, clouded other issues of hers that were kept fairly hush-hush in the public eye, predominantly her abuse of heroine, crack, meth, and painkillers. Check out the VICE Profiles episode on Alexis Neiers below, which goes into depth on her criminal involvement with The Bling Ring, her battles with addiction, and where she’s at today as a sober mother.
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Firearm Sales Looming in Chicago's Near Future
In response to a federal judge’s ruling in January that Chicago’s ban on guns is unconstitutional due to its violation of the Second Amendment, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is suggesting an ordinance that would limit where firearms are sold and implement a videotaping of every sale made. Chicago has until July 14th to approve of store restrictions, and is currently moving in the direction of the village of Grayslake, Illinois, who's long since been preparing for its own shift toward approving the sale of firearms.
Under Emanuel’s ordinance, gun stores would be kept out of 99.5% of the city, and would be limited to specific zones on the North, West, and South Sides and at least 500 feet away from schools and parks. Aside from special-use zoning, quarterly audits of gun sales would have to be administered by storeowners, and police would have permission to investigate their records. Stores would be required to prepare a safety plan that details exterior lighting, surveillance cameras and alarm systems, and keeps track of both storage and ammunition. Background checks on employees would be enforced, as well as fingerprinting and training that prepares for identification of potential gun traffickers.
Emanuel is also requiring stores to keep a log of gun sales that tie back to firearms recovered in a crime scene, which would aid employers in identifying likely gun traffickers, and putting forward the idea that Chicago gun stores can only sell one handgun a month to a buyer. Once a store’s business license is revoked due to violations of the ordinance, it could not reopen at the same location for a minimum of three years.
In Grayslake, if an amendment to the village’s zoning ordinance passes at its next board meeting, retail gun and ammunition shops will be allowed in business zones and light industrial areas. While Grayslake has its own regulations that are distinguishable from those of Chicago, when it comes to the zoning ordinance, sales function in a similar vain and are not permitted to occur within 500 feet of public or private schools, parks, libraries, houses of worship, of liquor license holders, nor in home businesses.
With Grayslake being an hour drive away from Chicago, and taking the measures that foreshadow Chicago’s next move with regards to the sale of firearms, it becomes apparent that Chicago has taken more than a few steps toward the opening of an official gun shop since Concealed Carry was passed last July. It appears that the proposed ordinance has locked down on regulations that manage both site and sale; however, taking steps to expand the gun market of a city with a murder rate surpassing the combined rate of New York and Los Angeles’s remains a valid cause for unease among Chicagoans. July 2014, exactly a year after the passing of Concealed Carry, will be very telling of the future of Chicago and the subsequent role guns will play in the time ahead.
[RH Photos] X Games Austin 2014 Recap
Photos by Virgil Solis Last week, the X Games kicked off their Summer competition in their new home of Austin, Texas. The event started Thursday evening with a skate demo right in the middle of downtown Austin with the Capitol Building as the backdrop with Friday representing the full day of X Games action. Lizzy B and I headed out to the Circuit of The Americas (COTA) late afternoon on Friday while the Texas heat was already at 90 degrees to collect our press badges and get our bearings at the festival-like camp grounds. As we walked through the massive track and amphitheater, we headed to the Moto X WHIP competition. Tom Parons, who eventually takes the gold, lets the crowd and X Games fans know that he had a broken leg and, up until a few days prior, wasn't going to compete. After a short break of walking the ground, we made our way over to the Skate Big Air competition. The massive drop/ramp dwarfed everything around it. Legendary skater Bob Burnquist was one of the competitors alongside Rony Gomes, Edgard Pereira, 13-year-old Trey Wood, and 14-year-old Tom Schaar. Placing in second, Burnquist celebrated with Tom Schaar as he took the gold that evening. Events started earlier on Saturday, and the heat felt like 100 degrees all day. We hit the Skate Park finals as Pedro Barros, Grant Taylor, and Aaron Homoki won the medals for that competition. We took a break from the heat and hydrated before we headed over to the Moto X Speed & Style final. After watching some high flying Moto X skills, Lizzy B and I took another break from the unbearable heat and sun. Only other photographers can sympathize with how it feels to carry gear in brutal, 95 degree Texas heat all day. As Lizzy B and I separated to make a food run, things took a sudden turn. Apparently, after some security breach and demands from the music headliner Kanye West, many of the areas press and others had access to were closed, pretty much creating chaos and confusion in many parts of the park. At this point, as I tried to make it back to Lizzy, I wasn't able to do so as security told me I was no longer allowed in an area where I had been a few minutes prior. After a few hours of confusion and many people at the stadium not knowing what was really going on, things began to clear up. By this point, music acts Mac Miller and Kanye West were gearing up to come on. Both Mac and Kanye rocked the stage, playing good sets that made the Games crowd happy. After an exhausting day, we called it in halfway through Kanye's set as getting some rest for Sunday became a priority. Sunday was a whole different tune compared to Saturday. The day was overcast with a breeze as we headed straight to the BMX Park final competition. With great runs from Daniel Sandoval and Drew Bezanson, local Austinite Chase Hawk took the gold with a great run on the course. One of the events many people were excited for was the new Stadium SUPER Trucks Finals. 19-year-old Apdaly Lopez from Mexico took the gold as he held the lead the majority of this race. With a few crashes and one that stopped the race for more than 20 minutes, the Stadium SUPER Trucks quickly became a fan favorite. Due to some strong winds, a couple Moto X competitions and demos were canceled; instead the COTA crowd made their way to the Street Skate finals. With a huge crowd looking on, Nyjah Huston, Luan Oliveira, Alec Majerus, Ryan Sheckler, Chaz Ortiz, and more skated for the gold. Huston ended up being triumphant, taking the gold in the last competition of the Games. Looking back on the weekend, X Games Austin was great. Despite a few bumps in the road, it was an amazing experience, and I was happy to be able to shoot some photos of some amazing athletes. Check out the full results of all the competitions here and a ton of my photos below. Also, check out the RH Instagram for videos and more photo coverage from the weekend.
Guerrilla Truck Show Celebrates Chicago's Day of Design
The world's largest international trade fair, Neocon, is back in Chicago tonight, June 10th 2014, to celebrate their 10th anniversary and Chicago’s “Day of Design” by hosting the Guerrilla Truck Show at 5:30pm - 9:30pm at the corner of Aberdeen and Fulton Market. The event is hosted by Morlen Sinoway Atelier and offers a creative perspective on gallery space, with artists exhibiting their pieces within the confines of a series of trucks. The Guerrilla Truck Show eventually started out with only 13 exhibition trucks to having 62 for their 9th Annual show last June.
This event is free and no RSVP is needed. Off-site happenings include a showcasing of three events under one roof (948-950 W. Fulton Market): “Chicagoland,” a showcasing of contemporary design work in collaboration with local manufacturers, “Object Society,” an organization of local designers, and SAIC’s “Whatnot,” a channel for experimenting with contemporary design and innovative ideas in design education. Other events include “Swing Set Drum Kit” by Dave Ford with Packer Schofp Gallery located on Fulton Street, an interactive sonic sculpture that encourages people to build rhythmic sounds by means of swinging, and the Chicago Farmers Markets Fulton Market Kick-off on Fulton Street between Green and Peoria. The event will close with an after party at Colab Space on 312 N. Carpenter Street, featuring Kahil Elzabar’s New Ethnic Ensemble. Check out the flyer below for more details on the off-site events and the local, independent artists and designers showcasing their work at the Guerrilla Truck Show tonight.
Treated Crew x Stüssy x Saint Alfred: "Treated Tribe"
Treated Crew, a collective based in Chicago, has joined forces with both Stüssy and Saint Alfred to collaborate on a project involving a new selection of apparel and a mixtape. The collection and the mixtape are both referred to as Treated Tribe. The apparel is modeled by Pusha T (with photos by Jesse Lirola), and is heavy in print, text, and graphics.
The “Treated Tribe” clothing collection mainly consists of black and white colors with a paisley print that is reminiscent of the crew’s logo, Treated Crew’s artwork for their album TreaTed, and Stüssy’s own signature branding. The simple arrangement of black and white statement pieces appropriately captures a vital essence of each party involved in the collaboration, a fundamental vibe that can be described as straightforward and versatile.
The artwork done for the album Treated Tribe reflects some of the predominant patterns used in the collection of apparel. Contributors to the mixtape include Mic Terror, Mano, Hollywood Holt, Gzus Piece, Jon James, Saint Millie, He Say/Say She, Sulaiman, Max Wonders, A.K., Nick Junior, HighLife, Lee Majorz & PST Saint.
The clothing collection dropped at Saint Alfred’s on Saturday, May 31st. Although the local boutique has already sold out, the Treated Tribe collection hit Stüssy’s online shop on June 2nd and is still available there for purchase. Check out some of the Treated Tribe apparel below and download Treated Tribe on iTunes now.
Photo Timeline of Olsen Twins from Full House to CFDA Awards
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have taken off their invisible cloaks once again at the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards on June 2nd, taking home the award for Accessories Designer of the Year for their luxury brand The Row. With this award, they have beaten out designers including Alexander Wang, Lazaro Hernandez, and Jack McCollough.
The Olsen twins have come a long way since being hired to star in Full House at the age of nine months, long before they could even utter Michelle’s signature saying, “You got it dude.” While many fraternal twins eventually decide to take their careers in separate directions, the Olsen twins have instead taken advantage of their marketable twin-status. From 1992-2004, they were hot in the world of PG/PG-13 VHS tapes and have additionally dabbled in the big screen. After the 2004 production of New York Minute, the twins have increasingly engaged in separate film projects, with Mary-Kate Olsen most recently starring as Kendra in Beastly in 2011 and Ashley Olsen in The Jerk Theory as Kissing Girl #3 in 2009. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Olsen, known to some as the "third Olsen twin," has been making her name in Hollywood, starring in films such as Martha Marcy May Marlene, Godzilla, and the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron.
The Row, established by the tastemakers in 2006, brought Mary-Kate and Ashley back to the public eye in a composed way that’s highlighted by their older age, reserved demeanor, and commitment to the arts. Their brand compliments their maturity as both individuals and designers, consisting of high-end manufacturing, ready-to-wear clothing, eyewear, and handbags. As someone who has grown up learning English to the tune of their juvenile Dualstar Entertainment projects, I find comfort knowing some of America’s most-loved twins have found their niche by Switching Goals and establishing their name in the world of design. Check out the timeline of the twins' growth as fashion icons from their time at Full House to the present below.
