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|November 15, 1969
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
|Dave Thomas
|1 Dave Thomas Boulevard,
United States
Number of locations
Area served
Key people
|Todd A. Penegor (President, CEO)
Carl Loredo (CMO)
|The Wendy's Company
|Footnotes / references
Wendy's is an American international fast food restaurant chain founded by Dave Thomas on November 15, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio. The company moved its headquarters to Dublin, Ohio, on January 29, 2006. As of December 31, 2018, Wendy's was the world's third largest hamburger fast food chain with 6,711 locations, following Burger King and McDonald's. On April 24, 2008, the company announced a merger with Triarc Companies Inc., a publicly traded company and the parent company of Arby's. Despite the new ownership, Wendy's headquarters remained in Dublin. Previously, Wendy's had rejected more than two buyout offers from Triarc.[citation needed] Following the merger, Triarc became known as Wendy's/Arby's Group, and later as The Wendy's Company.
As of December 31, 2018, there were a total of 6,711 locations, including 353 that are company-owned and 6,358 that are franchised; 92% of the system-wide locations are in North America. While Wendy's sets standards for exterior store appearance, food quality, and menu, individual owners have control over hours of operations, interior decor, pricing, staff uniforms, and wages.
The chain is known for its square hamburgers, sea salt fries, and signature Frosty, a form of soft-serve ice cream mixed with frozen starches. Wendy's menu consists primarily of hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, French fries, and beverages such as the Frosty. Since phasing out their famous "Big Classic", the company does not have a signature sandwich, such as the Burger King Whopper or the McDonald's Big Mac — even though, by default, the "signature sandwich" spot seems to have been filled by Dave's 1/4 lb Single (introduced in 2011 as Dave's Hot 'N Juicy as a reworking of the longstanding Wendy's Single, shortened to simply Dave's in 2016), a square-pattied burger made with fresh ground beef rather than round frozen patties. Wendy's uses square hamburger patties – which hang over the edge of a circular bun – as its signature item.
The idea for Wendy's "old fashioned" hamburgers was inspired by Dave Thomas's trips to Kewpee Hamburgers in his home town of Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Kewpee sold square hamburgers and thick malt shakes, much like the well-known restaurant that Thomas eventually founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1969. Square patties had corners that stuck out so that customers could easily see the quality of the meat.[5] The Columbus location later added a Tim Hortons and was closed on March 2, 2007, after 38 years of business, due to declining sales.[6][7] Basketball star John Havlicek, an Ohio State University alumnus, was one of Thomas's earliest investors, which eventually gave Havlicek enough of an income stream to retire comfortably.[8]
Thomas named the restaurant after his fourth child Melinda Lou "Wendy" Thomas.[9] Photographs of her were on display at the original Wendy's restaurant until it closed.[citation needed] In August 1972, the first Wendy's franchisee, L.S. Hartzog, signed an agreement for Indianapolis, Indiana.[10] Also, in 1972, Wendy's aired its first TV commercials that were only broadcast locally in Ohio. This series of commercials was titled "C'mon to Wendy's" because they stressed Wendy's superiority through the "Quality Is Our Recipe" slogan and featured an animated Wendy similar to the one from the corporate logo along with dancing hamburgers.
The first Canadian restaurant opened in Hamilton, Ontario in 1976.[11] In December 1976, Wendy's opened its 500th restaurant, located in Toronto, Ontario.[citation needed] In March 1978, Wendy's opened its 1000th restaurant in Springfield, Tennessee.[citation needed]
Wendy's founded the fried chicken chain Sisters Chicken in 1978 and sold it to its largest franchiser in 1987.[12] In 1979, the first European Wendy's opened in Munich.[13] The same year, Wendy's became the first fast-food chain to introduce the salad bar.[14] Wendy's entered the Asian market by opening its first restaurants in Japan in 1980, in Hong Kong in 1982, and in the Philippines and Singapore in 1983.[15][16][17][18] In 1984, Wendy's opened its first restaurant in South Korea.[19]
The chain opened locations in Germany in the 1980s in areas, like Mannheim, Heidelberg or Munich and other areas, where the US maintained Army bases. When the troops were removed, after Germany reunited, these Wendy's stores were closed. As of 2019, there are no Wendy's reastaurants in Germany left.[citation needed]
In response to a 1986 slowdown in the chain's performance, Wendy's restructured its cleanliness standards, menu, and other operational details to ensure that stores met the goals and standards of the parent company so that its franchises were competitive in the market.[20] Wendy's closed all its outlets in Hong Kong in 1986 and in Singapore in the following year.[16][18]
From 1988 to 1990, Wendy's expanded operations globally to Mexico, New Zealand, Indonesia, Greece, Turkey, Guatemala, as well as the U.S. Naval Base in Naples, Italy.[21][22] In 1988, Wendy's expanded its bar to a full-blown buffet called the Superbar for $2.99. The Superbar had various stations: "Mexican Fiesta", the Italian "Pasta Pasta," and the "Garden Spot", salad and fruit. The Superbar was popular but difficult to maintain and thus was discontinued in 1998.[23]
In 1989, Wendy's opened its first restaurant in Greece at Syntagma Square being the first foreign fast-food chain in the country. After opening 12 restaurants in 3 cities, the company abandoned the Greek market in 2002.[24] In 1996, the chain expanded in Argentina by opening 18 local restaurants. However, all of them closed only four years later due to the economic crisis in the country.[25] In 1998, Wendy's pulled out of South Korea by closing all its 15 restaurants and in 2000 exited from the UK, Argentina, and Hong Kong.[13][19][26]
Garden Sensations salads were added in 2002.[14] Wendy's signed a franchise agreement to re-enter the Singapore market in 2009,[18] though that agreement was short-lived; in April 2015, Wendy's once again ceased operation in the country and closed all the restaurants.[27]
In 2011, Wendy's returned to Japan and Argentina announcing a development agreement for 50 restaurants in the country.[28][29] It also entered the Russian market for the first time with plans to open 180 restaurants over a 10-year period. However, only three years later, in 2014, Wendy's closed all its restaurants in the country.[30]
In 2013, Wendy's opened the first restaurant in Georgia and made a deal to open 25 restaurants in Georgia and the Republic of Azerbaijan.[31] In September 2014, several pork based products were introduced to be on sale until early November. These included a standard pulled pork sandwich with slaw and three sauce options, a BBQ Pulled Pork Cheeseburger and cheese fries with pulled pork, cheddar cheese sauce, onions, and barbecue sauce.[32] In May 2015, Wendy's announced they would be expanding into India, with its first outlet located in Gurgaon.[33]
In 2017, the company sold 540 of its restaurants. The divesture was the second step in a three-step action plan to improve the brand. Other steps include new openings and remodeling of existing stores. In 2015, the brand opened 80 new restaurants and remodeled 450 of its existing locations. The brand's goal is to remodel at least 60% of its North American locations by year-end 2020.[34]
In September 2016, JAE Restaurant Group acquired 97 Wendy's restaurants throughout the South Florida region.[35] JAE Restaurant Group is one of the country's largest franchisee owners. The Group owns 177 Wendy's Restaurants. Wendy's Co. has been looking to remodel existing stores and upgrade the curb appeal of its locations. They have been doing this by adding fireplaces, more seating options, adding WiFi and flat screen TVs, and digital menus.[35] Wendy's Co expects to sell 258 more restaurants during the rest of 2016. In total, it will be looking to sell $435 million of its restaurants.[needs update]
In October 2019, Wendy's announced that it was returning to the UK market, which it had left in the early 2000s. The first of 20 planned restaurants will open in 2020.[36]
Wendy's by country and continent
- Argentina
- Aruba
- The Bahamas
- Brazil
- Canada (since 1976)
- Chile
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Cayman Islands
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Panama
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United States (since 1969)
- Venezuela
- Azerbaijan
- Georgia
- India
- Indonesia (since 1990, from 2013 acquired by Trans Corp)
- Japan (since 1980; closed 2009–2011)
- Kuwait
- Philippines (since 1982)
- Qatar
- United Arab Emirates
Former locations
- Australia
- Costa Rica (operated 2005–2015)
- Germany
- Greece (operated 1989–2002)
- Hong Kong (operated 1982–2000)
- Hungary (left in 2002)
- Israel (operated for a few years from 1987)[37]
- Italy
- Ireland
- Malaysia (operated 2008–2019)
- Netherlands
- Russia (operated 2011–2014)
- Singapore (operated 2009–2015)
- South Africa[38]
- South Korea (operated 1984–1998)
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
Wendy's offers two different hamburger patties, a "Junior" 1.78 ounce (50.4 gram) patty and a "Single" 4-ounce (113.4 gram) patty. The 4-ounce patties are sold in single, double, and triple sizes whereas the junior patties sell in single and double patties. The previous size of 2 ounces per junior patty was altered to its current size in 2007 to save on expenses from rising food costs. Originally, Wendy's had only two kinds of chicken sandwiches, fried and grilled. The spicy chicken sandwich started out as a promotional sandwich. It was later put on the menu full-time in 1996 because of its popularity and how it was much simpler to make, compared to most promotional sandwiches; it used the same condiments as the standard breaded chicken sandwich.
The Frescata line of sandwiches also went from being promotional items to main menu items. After going through several revisions, the Turkey and Swiss and the Ham and Swiss were put on the menu full-time. However, the Frescata sandwiches were discontinued in mid-December 2007. Occasionally, some Wendy's restaurants offer a fried fish sandwich for some of its customers who desire fish instead of beef or chicken.
In 1988, Wendy's was the first fast-food chain to create a single price-point value menu where all items listed on that menu were priced exclusively at 99¢. The menu was restructured in 2007 due to rising costs as the Super Value Menu with prices ranging from 99¢ to $2.00 USD.
In mid-2007, Wendy's began a national debut of its new breakfast menu in its U.S. and Canadian locations. The chain experimented with serving breakfast for a short time in 1985, but the endeavor proved unsuccessful due to many issues.[39][40] While approximately 12 Wendy's restaurants in the U.S. and its territories have been serving breakfast since then, Wendy's has not had a company-wide breakfast offering.[40][41]
The newer breakfast menu differs slightly from the ones featured in 1985, and it is structured similarly to its lunch/dinner menu, with value meals and various sides like blended fruit.[41] Menu items include several breakfast sandwiches served on biscuits, frescuit and Kaiser rolls, breakfast burritos, and side orders of hash browns, muffins, and cinnamon sticks.[42] In order to avoid the same issues the original 1985 breakfast offerings faced, the new menu was designed for ease of operation, lower costs, and reduced preparation time.[40]
In January 2016, Wendy's announced a transition plan to source only cage-free eggs by the year 2020 in all U.S. and Canadian locations that serve breakfast.[43][44]
- Frosty dessert – a frozen dairy dessert sold in chocolate and vanilla flavors. The Frosty flavors are also sold as a float. Recently, Frosty Shakes – a Frosty blended with either caramel, strawberry, or chocolate fudge syrup – have been served at Wendy's.
- Dave's - In late 2011, Wendy's altered the recipe for their Single, Double, and Triple burgers, which had been staples of the menu for decades, in order to rerelease each as part of the new Dave's Hot 'N Juicy line. As before, they were constructed from the same basic patty (and the words "Single," "Double," and "Triple" were retained at the end of the new names), but the patty was now thicker, and its square edges had been rounded off slightly. The cheese began to be stored at a warmer temperature, allowing it to melt more completely over the patty, alterations were made to the bun, and the selection of produce (white onions were replaced by red onions), and the condiments now consisted of ketchup and mayonnaise rather than ketchup, mayonnaise, and mustard.[45] They were updated in 2016 and renamed as simply Dave's, now using bakery-style buns.
- Big Classic – A sandwich that directly competed with the Burger King Whopper (no longer available in US stores). Mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, pickles, ketchup, and onions served on a Kaiser-style roll. A second version with bacon was available, called the Big Bacon Classic, which was replaced with the Bacon Deluxe in 2009 when the Applewood Smoked Bacon was introduced.
- Baconator - Single Baconator is one quarter-pound patty topped with mayonnaise, ketchup, three strips of bacon, and two slices of cheese; Double Baconator has mayonnaise, ketchup, six strips of bacon, two quarter-pound (113.4 gram) patties, and three slices of American cheese; and the Triple Baconator (1360 calories) is three quarter-pound patties with nine strips of bacon, four slices of cheese, ketchup, and mayonnaise.
- Bacon Mushroom Melt – is a beef hamburger featuring smoked bacon, portobello mushrooms and cheddar cheese sauce. It was first available in the early 1990s and was very popular in some countries across the world like Greece and Philippines.[46][47][48] In later years in some countries it is referred to as the Baconator Mushroom Melt[49] or the Bacon Portabella Mushroom Melt with an extra slice of cheese.[50]
- Ciabatta Bacon Cheeseburger - Introduced in January 2014, the Ciabatta Bacon Cheeseburger is made with a quarter-pound beef patty, aged Asiago cheese, thick-cut applewood smoked bacon, rosemary garlic aïoli, and oven-roasted tomatoes.[51][52] At launch, the sandwich was priced at $4.79 in the United States and was part of a strategy to market higher-priced menu items to help position Wendy's as a premium fast food chain.[53] Wendy's advertised the sandwich as a limited-time product that would be withdrawn in March 2014.[54][55] According to the company, the sandwich has 670 calories.[56] The debut of the burger received positive reviews. Syndicated fast food columnist Ken Hoffman called the burger "another winner" and "worth the carbs," [57] while the Phoenix New Times declared it was "one of the better burgers in the entire fast food industry."[58] Reviewers at the Sioux City Journal offered more mixed evaluations, with only two of four taste testers saying they would be likely to try the burger a second time.[59]
- Black bean burger - Wendy's and a number of major fast food chains have been targeted for decades for meatless entrees, typically, meatless 'veggieburgers' - and Wendy's response is the black bean burger (still in 'beta' testing in Salt Lake City, Utah; Columbus, Ohio; and Columbia, South Carolina).[60] Its major ingredients are black beans, wild rice, farro, onions, brown rice, carrots, quinoa, corn, green bell peppers, and red bell peppers; and the sauce and seasonings include red wine vinegar, chili peppers, cumin, cilantro, oregano, and sea salt.
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After successful early growth of the chain, sales flattened as the company struggled to achieve brand differentiation in the highly competitive fast-food market. This situation would turn around in the mid-1980s. Starting on January 9, 1984, elderly actress Clara Peller was featured in the successful "Where's the Beef?" North American commercial campaign written by Cliff Freeman. Her famous line quickly entered the American pop culture (it was even used by Walter Mondale in a debate with Gary Hart in the Democratic primary election) and served to promote Wendy's hamburgers. Peller, age 83, was dropped from the campaign in 1985 because she performed in a commercial for Prego spaghetti sauce, saying "I found it, I really found it",[61] a phrase alluding to the beef in the listener's mind.
Peller was soon after replaced by Wendy's founder Dave Thomas himself. Soft-spoken and bashful, the "Dave" ads generally focused on Thomas praising his products and offering a commitment to quality service, although there would occasionally be "wackier" ads as well. Thomas ultimately appeared in more than 800 commercials, more than any other company founder in television history.[62]
After Dave Thomas' death in 2002, Wendy's struggled to find a new advertising campaign. After a round of conventional ads describing the food they serve, in 2004 they tried using a character they made called "Mr. Wendy" who claimed to be the unofficial spokesperson for the chain. These proved to be extremely unsuccessful. After seven months, Wendy's returned to an animated campaign focusing on the difference between Wendy's square hamburgers and the round hamburgers of competitors.
Wendy's marketing arm engages in product placement in films and television and is sometimes seen on ABC's reality show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, serving food to the more than 100 construction workers.
A 2007 Wendy's commercial featured the tune from the Violent Femmes song "Blister in the Sun." The inclusion of the song in the commercial provoked an internal conflict between members of the Violent Femmes, which resulted in a lawsuit between bassist Brian Ritchie and lead singer Gordon Gano that ultimately led to the band disbanding in 2009 (however, they would reunite in 2013).[63][64]
With their "That's right" ad campaign not a success, Wendy's unveiled a new ad campaign, featuring the animated version of their mascot voiced by Luci Christian highlighting certain menu items. The new ad campaign made its debut in late January 2008, with slogans: in the USA: "It's waaaay better than fast food. It's Wendy's." and in Canada, "It's waaaay delicious. It's Wendy's." [65] The company's slogan, "you know when it's real," was introduced in 2010.
In November 2010, a series of commercials aired featuring the company's namesake, Wendy Thomas, which marked the first time she had appeared in a Wendy's advertisement.[66][67] In April 2012, Morgan Smith Goodwin began appearing as the redhead in ads with the slogan "Now that's better."[68][69] In 2013, social media advertising featuring Nick Lachey directed at millennials promoted the Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger.[70]
A 2014 campaign to promote the Tuscan Chicken on Ciabatta sandwich entitled "L'Estrella de la Toscana," or "Star of Tuscany" in English was launched on television and social media.[71]
United States – Canada
- 1969–present: Quality Is Our Recipe
- 1977–1980, 1987: Hot-N-Juicy
- 1977: We fix 'em 256 ways (alternate slogan)[72]
- 1978–1979: Juicy hamburgers
- 1980–1981: Wendy's Has the Taste
- 1981–1982: Ain't No Reason to Go Anyplace Else
- 1982–1985: You're Wendy's Kind of People
- 1983-1985: That's fresh, that's class, that's Wendy's (Canada)
- 1983–1984: Parts is parts[20]
- 1984–1986: Where's the beef?[20]
- 1985–1988: Choose Fresh, choose Wendy's[73] (Originally used alongside "Where's the Beef?")
- 1987–1993: Give a little nibble was to be a catchy phrase that would capture the attention of consumers and help make Wendy's a major player on the fast-food scene once again. This television commercial was a flop and sent Wendy's hunting for a new advertising agency.[74] After a poorly received seven-week run, Wendy's pulled the television commercials[75] created by Dick Rich Inc.[76][77] The "nibble" spots were meant to emphasize Wendy's better-tasting hamburger. They showed customers ripping off chunks of meat from an absurdly large hamburger.
- 1988–1992: The best burgers in the business.
- 1989–1998: The best burgers and a whole lot more (also was printed inside the hamburger wrappers during the 1990s)
- 1996–1998: The Best Burgers Yet!!
- 1997–present: You can eat great, even late
- 2001–2005: It's hamburger bliss.
- 2002–2004: It's better here[78]
- 2003–2007: It's Always Great, Even Late. (Canada)
- 2004–2007: Do what tastes right. (primary slogan)
- 2005–present: It's good to be square.
- August 2006–March 2008: That's right.
- August 2006–March 2008: Uh-Huh.
- 2007–2008: Hot Juicy Burgers
- August 2007–October 2009: It's way better than fast food... It's Wendy's. (United States)
- August 2007–October 2009: It's way delicious. It's Wendy's. (Canada)
- August 2007–October 2009: Carrément bon. C'est Wendy's. (EN: "Squarely good. It's Wendy's.") (Quebec, Canada)
- January 2010–April 2012: You know when it's real.
- March 2012 – 2016: Now that's better.
- 2016–2019: Not just different, deliciously different.
- 2019–present: "We got you."
Other countries
- 1983–present: It's the best time for... Wendy's (Philippines)
- 1994 (approx)–2002: Wendy's η τετράγωνη επιλογή (Wendy's the square option) (Greece)
- 2000 (approx)–present: Quality is our recipe (Indonesia, New Zealand, Chile & United States)
- 2000 (approx)–present: Wendy's cuadra contigo (Wendy's fits with you). The word cuadra (fit) is a reference to the Spanish word cuadrado that means square. (Venezuela)
- 2001 (approx)–present: El Sabor de lo Recién Hecho (The Flavor of the Freshly Made) (Honduras)
- 2007 (approx)–2009: Wendy's es Sensacional (Wendy's is Sensational) (El Salvador)
- 2007 –present: It's not just fast food; it's fresh food, made fast (Malaysia)
- 2008–present: Old Fashion Hamburgers (Dominican Republic)
- 2009–present: "Wendy's, sabor al cuadrado" (Wendy's, taste to the square) (Mexico)
- 2009–present: Es muuuuucho más que comida rápida, es Wendy's (It's waaaaay more than fast food, it's Wendy's.) (El Salvador)
In popular culture
On March 23, 2018, Wendy's released an EP titled We Beefin?, a reference to their 1984 slogan Where's the beef?[79]
On October 3, 2019, Wendy's released a tabletop rpg titled Feast of Legends: Rise From the Deep Freeze,[80] a highly ad-filled humor-filled (inside the game they call them dad jokes) themed game, which many believe is based on Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition, and taking shots at other fast food restaurants for always using frozen hamburger patties instead of fresh ones. A short multi-part adventure was included against Wendy's kingdom and another popular fast food chain with the main villain being the Ice Jester, who is refereed to often as a clown, which allows people to guess which company they are trying to suggest without directly naming them. Critical Role was sponsored for a special event live stream of the game, but the stream and all evidence of it was quickly removed from their Twitter (both Wendy's and Critical Role), Critical Role's Twitch channel, and never uploaded to Critical Role's YouTube as most of their streams normally are. Critical Role even apologized to all their viewers for participating in the joint venture with Wendy's.[81]
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- ^ Morrison, Maureen (April 5, 2012). "Wendy's Unveils New Ad Tagline". Advertising Age. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
- ^ Scott, Walter (September 6, 2014). "Is the Actress in the Wendy's Commercials a Real Redhead?". Parade.
- ^ Kyle Russell (July 8, 2013). "Wendy's Believes This Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger Will Bring In The Millennials". Business Insider. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
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The group has a song Fresh that fits in well with the Wendy's theme, Choose fresh. Choose Wendy's.
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Earlier this month, Wendy's released a new advertising tagline, "It's Better Here," as part of a campaign that purports to showcase Dublin, Ohio, where it has its headquarters.
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text: Set in the sand dunes at North Palm Beach half way between the main beach and Pittwater. A secluded spot with good parking. We rang to see if it was alright for me to come and they were very friendly. They arranged a table where I could sit with mum and dad. They brought out water and they certainly fawned over me. It was lovely to be able to be at the table and be on the lawn at the same time. They really enjoyed the service and the food.

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CSS3 iOS Like Buttons
This demo shows iOS-like buttons with just one tag like
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You have simple button, prev button, next button and mixed button ;-)
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March 17th
Legends about St. Patrick are very famous. He is a very important man in Ireland's history. St. Patrick is the man who brought the Catholic church to Ireland. There are dozens of legends about the magical things he did, but the most popular is about snakes. St. Patrick is supposed to have sent all the snakes in Ireland into the ocean where they all drowned. Some people say that even today there is not a single snake on the island. When he died on March 17, all people mourned for him. Every year on the date of his death, people would pray and worship to remember him.
St. Patrick's Day became more and more important in the U.S. in the late
1800s as thousands of Irish immigrants came to America and settled in the
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Mourn (verb): to be very sad that something bad happened
Pinch (verb): to squeeze something between your thumb and finger; usually a little painful
Shamrocks (noun): a very small clover with three leaves; Occasionally people will see one with four leaves. When a person finds a four-leafed clover, he or she will have good luck.
Dyes (verb): to change the color of something
When I was in first or second grade, being able to pinch someone in school without getting in trouble was very important. It was our one chance all year to do something like that. My friend Valaree used to try to trick people by hiding her green so she could pinch them more. One year everyone decided to get revenge. We saw that she had forgotten to wear green, and the entire class decided to pinch her. After the first person, she pulled back her shirt sleeve and showed that she had a big green dot on her arm in marker. The class decided that the dot didn't count because she wasn't really wearing green. We pinched her anyway; some people "forgot" that they had already pinched her and kept pinching her throughout the rest of the day. (Allison, age 24, Idaho)
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It's been a little while since I last posted something more on the light-hearted side, so here's an L&D quote for you from the Queen – Cheers, Sam…
'It's all to do with the training: You can do a lot if you're properly trained"– Queen Elizabeth II
I'm a great believer in networking with others in the wider L&D/OD community to keep up-to-date with what's going on 'out there'…what the latest learning methods are, what's working, what's not, etc etc – not to mention having a place to discuss your ideas and ask for advice and just to have a chat with like-minded people.
For those of you that are members of AHRI (The Australian Human Resources Institute), there are AHRI L&D Networking events hosted across Australia. Continue reading
Further to my post yesterday about L&D being 'on the up' in terms of more money [finally] seeming to be made available for L&D training programs, it also seems that the number of jobs being advertised recently has also risen, another indicator that there is a lot more positivity in the wider L&D/OD space.
For example, Seek.com.au (undoubtedly Australia's largest online job-board) posted 235 new jobs in the past 30 days (click here for the SEEK search results) and Mycareer.com.au (Australia's second largest online job-board) posted 60 (click here for the MC search results. Whilst you'd have to assume that the majority of the jobs on Mycareer were duplicates of those on Seek, this is still a pretty impressive number when one considers the size of the entire Australian L&D/OD 'family' and even more so when you consider that in other, bigger, [randomly chosen] professions, the numbers were: Continue reading
As most of you would already know, my job is getting out there an meeting with L&D/OD managers to discuss their [business & leadership] training needs and working with them to develop and implement programs to address the identified skills gaps.
As you can imagine, this gives me a fair amount of insight into what's going on out there in the wider L&D world. However, even if you're in a fairly isolated role, you'd have to have been living under the proverbial rock to not have been aware of the fact that, due to a somewhat slow economy, a large percentage of L&D/OD managers have had fairly limited budgets (the resultant impact on the workforce being pretty obvious).
However, this year there seems to have been a very tangible change in the market. People who have, for a year or two now, been keen to get going with badly needed programs but struggling to get budget approval, seem to finally be getting the go-ahead. Continue reading
Arguably the premier awards of their type in Australia, the 2014 Australian HR Awards Ceremony kicks off on Friday the 5th of September at Doltone House, Darling Island in Sydney and, as always, will include an award for 'Best Learning and Development Strategy'.
It's also a great opportunity to network with others in the HR/OD/L&D community and, of course, have a drink or two with them!
For more information, see below or click here to go to the official website.
Cheers, Sam
From the Australian HR Awards Website…
The Australian HR Awards have kicked off with a bang!
This year has seen a record number of nominations from some of the country's largest and most innovative companies. The high calibre of entries received this year has resulted in a very impressive list of finalists.
This is nice (albeit very small) 'tongue in cheek' article that appeared in CLOMAG last year listing the essential skills needed to be a successful L&D Manager – Sam...
By: Gregory A. Ketchum – Chief Learning Officer Magazine
Take all of the skills that are important for success in any leadership role and add the following to make a good CLO [Chief Learning Officer – US term for Learning & Development Manager]:
Click here to go to the original article and for more from CLO Magazine
In keeping with yesterday's post, this article discusses learning and development trends in a period of reduced budgets. Sam…
By: Emma Snider – Techtarget
Many companies slashed corporate learning budgets when the economy crashed. But can employee development initiatives truly be tossed aside without consequence?
At the Human Capital Institute (HCI) Learning and Leadership Development Conference, held last week in Boston, HR leaders and experts correlated learning and employee development initiatives with higher employee engagement, retention, customer satisfaction and revenue. Viewed in this light, it seems the C-suite should pay more attention to employee development.
Although budgets have been restored somewhat since the economic downturn, dollars and resources are still limited and need to be allocated wisely. So what employee development trends should HR managers bear in mind when planning learning strategies? Three themes emerged during the conference: increased focus on the development of Generation Y workers, the importance of company culture and the rise of peer-to-peer and continuous learning models. Continue reading


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|Mouse me to see what I'm thinking
Now Gorogoro & Nikoniko have passed us the Mouses Award because, We enjoy rolling mouse over their photos to see their secret thoughts :-)
Thanks! The humans here MUCH prefer this to the Real Thing but don't tell Guido.
We'd like to pass it to Rumbles and Hammy as we think they'd like to bat about a mousie or two as well.
The Gift: An Erotic Romance in Kiev, a happy story featuring the irrepressible Max, a Gothic musician and composer. To enter, visit here.


text: Lourdes Severny, known also as Lourdes Romero is an actress born in Mexico City. She worked in TV series such as Bajo la Misma Piel, Rubi, Mujer Casos de la Vida Real and in more than 10 seasons of theater in Mexico City for Televisa, one of the biggest TV companies in the world. She moved to New York in 2013. The latest films she was in are Strawberry Flavored Plastic and Dreamer. For 5 years she volunteered as an activist against human trafficking. She has a Business Bachelor and a Post degree in venture Capital and Private Equity. Born and raised in Mexico she is fluent in Spanish and learning Russian. When she was in high school got in to the athleticism school team I make a new record in 400 meters hurdles. She loves horse riding, hiking, running and Yoga.


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On behalf of the Housing Authority of the City of New Bern's Board of Commissioners and staff, we welcome you to our website. Our goal is to provide up-to-date information to our residents, prospective applicants, and the general public about housing people, changing lives. We invite you to browse our pages for affordable housing options, community resources, and our great city.
New Bern is a quaint historic community with lots of beautiful architecture that sits at the confluence of the Trent and Neuse Rivers. As North Carolina's first capital and second oldest town, New Bern is the principal historic city in the region. With a history tracing back to the 1700s, our residents are able to take pride in a city with a rich, varied background, volunteer opportunities and resources.
The Housing Authority of the City of New Bern is committed to providing and maintaining strong communities by providing affordable and safe housing to our residents in a suitable living environment. We will strive to meet the needs of our residents by connecting, supporting and facilitating access to community resources to enhance, empower and equip. "Housing people, changing lives."
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Just minutes from major highways, leading employers and world-class shopping and dining options, this community is ideally located for your weekday routine and weekend festivities. Enjoy some big-league fun nearby at a Round Rock Express game. Or visit the outlet mall for a day of shopping. We also build each home with innovative, energy-efficient features that cut down on utility bills so you can afford to do more living.*


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Hello everyone! Today is the 95 Anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima. Today we commemorate an extraordinary miracle which took place during the aspirations at Fatima. After three days of continuous rain, on October 13, 1917, the clouds broke and the Sun danced. Yes, you heard me right, the SUN DANCED. This was not some "hallucination" dreamed up by a bunch of "religious fanatics" on too much cough syrup. It was a real event, witnessed by 70,000 people and recorded in numerous secular historical accounts (i.e. newspaper stories, radio interviews, etc.).
The following account of the Miracle of the Sun is taken from the Book, "Modern Saints:"
"On October 13 an estimated 70,000 people gathered at the Cova da Iria to see the promised miracle. A torrential rain had fallen all morning and the whole area was a sea of mud. at the appointed time, there was a flash of light, and in a dazzling cloud of light, Our Lady appeared to the children. She requested that a chapel be built there to her honor, and she showed three scenes to the children: first, the Holy Family; second, Our Lord with the Mother of Sorrows beside Him; finally, Our Lady crowned as the Queen of Heaven, holding the Divine Child on her knee and extending the Carmelite scapular to the crowd."
"Suddenly, Lucia cried out, 'Look at the sun!' The rain had stopped abruptly and the sun seemed to spin about on its axis, then to descend toward the earth. Meanwhile, clouds, people, trees and other objects appeared to change colors constantly in the light of the sun. As the sun appeared to descend, many fell to their knees in terror, begging pardon for their sins. Then, suddenly, the downward course of the sun stopped, and it resumed its normal position. Those present discovered that their clothes were completely dry. Thousands of eyewitnesses have testified to the miraculous events of that day (Modern Saints Bk 2. Ann Ball 296)."
There are some who, either out of ignorance or insolence, try to dismiss the Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima by claiming that it is scientifically impossible for the Sun to dance. However, this point they raise is irrelevant. We know that all things are possible for God, but whether He chose to have the Sun physically dance in the solar system or not does not make a difference. The take-home message from the Miracle of the Sun is that we realize and believe that all things are possible with God!
God gives us miracles everyday, although most of them are not as dazzling or as obvious as the Miracle of the Sun. Nonetheless, it is up to us to use our eyes of faith to realize these miracles and to thank God for them. For those of us who have eyes of faith, we see these as signs of God's and in our lives. For those who do not have eyes of faith, these just appear as coincidences. It is just as the Old Proverb says: "For the one who has faith, no explanation is necessary; for the one without faith no explanation is possible."
Our Lady of Fatima call us to have that deep and abiding faith. In this Year of Faith, let us follow Our Blessed Mother's example of faith. She will lead us to her Son and to Eternal Paradise. May Our Lady of Fatima – Pray for us!


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As the snooker circuit moves on to Blackpool this week for the World Seniors Championship and Shoot Out events, World Snooker have also published the draws and formats for the final stages of both the upcoming Indian Open and China Open tournaments.
As the snooker circuit moves on to Blackpool this week for the World Seniors Championship and Shoot Out events, World Snooker have also published the draws and formats for the final stages of both the upcoming Indian Open and China Open tournaments.
Stuart Bingham's victory at the Shanghai Masters yesterday marked not only his biggest tournament win to date, but also the end of the second stage of the 2014/15 season as the seedings are revised for the International Championship.
Click below for a round-up of all of the changes to the seeding list, including confirmation of a change at the top of the rankings since Australia…
As had appeared increasingly inevitable for some time, India's Pankaj Advani has today announced that he is to resign his professional status and with it his place on snooker's main tour…
We might still be in June as I write this, but little over a week from now will come the first seedings revision of the 2014/15 season, following the final of the Australan Goldfields Open in Bendigo.
Determining the seedings for this season's Shanghai Masters, one of just three events remaining under the 'non-flat' draw structure, the cut-off marks the first mid-season revision under the new prize money based ranking list.
Click below for my analysis…
While the ongoing Wuxi Classic is now down to its quarter-final stages, one man who is not involved, and indeed has not entered a professional event so far this season is India's Pankaj Advani.
So it begins again. Less than a couple of weeks after Mark Selby's Crucible triumph, the draw is now available for the first event of the new season, the 2014 Wuxi Classic, which you can view here at snookerorg.
While there are a few notable absentees, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Mark Allen, Mark Davis and Pankaj Advani from the top 64 at first glance, otherwise there is a strong field as Neil Robertson looks to defend the title that he won 12 months ago.
It is unclear as to whether any of the three 'invitations' will be taking part (eg Stephen Hendry, Steve Davis or James Wattana), it would appear as though the spaces will be there should they want them, otherwise the places will be awarded to the best performing players at the ongoing Q School events.
Don't panic, two players who will certainly not be withdrawing from the inaugural Indian Open are Pankaj Advani and Aditya Mehta, but today it has become clear that at least seven of the 64 qualifiers will not be making the trip to India for the venue stages of the event.
Click below for a round-up of what we know so far, as well as a few other pointers ahead of the tournament…


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If you love sneakers, then you will find this free online shoe design game very exciting to play. This is a game where you get to customize a pair of sneakers and get the design that attracts you most. The lovely part of this game is the fact that you can change the color and appearance of every part of the shoe. When the game starts, there is a pair of sneakers on the screen, and you get to select the type of lacing that it will have by clicking on the numbers on the right side of the game. Each number will change the laces on the shoes until you settle on the one you like. On the left side of the game, you will see a list that shows you various parts of the sneaker. When you select one, you get 8 options, with each changing the look and feel of that particular feel. This means that you can change the type of soles, the caps, and the main body of the sneakers. Many people love games that are simple when it comes to designing anything; this is the perfect example since you do not have to guess what each of the tools mean. So definite is the game, that you can actually change the eyelets of the laces to be normal, starry, or any other shape. If you love customizing shows, then this is the perfect place to start; if you want to make designs that you can sell to producers, you can also try your hand at this game. You can never tell where the great opportunities in life lay; some may lay in a simple game such as this one. You may even be inspired to become a sneaker designer in future, and the game will have played a significant role in your life.


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In re In re Steuart Transp. Co.
ELR Citation: 7 ELR 20658
Nos. No. 76-697-N, 435 F. Supp. 798/(E.D. Va., 07/29/1977)
In a suit for exoneration from, or limitation of, liability for cleanup costs resulting from the sinking of an oil-carrying barge and a subsequent oil spill, the barge owner is liable for the full cleanup costs under state law but liability for federal cleanup costs claims is limited by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The barge owner was found to be ordinarily negligent as to the proximate cause of the spill, and there was no contributory negligence against the towing company or the United States. The federal Limitation of Liability Act does not limit the claims against the barge owner because the specific FWPCA provision for federal cleanup claims for oil spills overrides it. The liability limitation imposed by the FWPCA itself refers only to federal cleanup costs, and the statute waives preemption by permitting the states to impose more extensive liability. Virginia's liability statute is without limitation. Because Congress contemplated federal and state cooperation in cleaning up oil spills, the full claims under Virginia law will be allowed.
Counsel for Steuart Transportation Company
Phillip N. Davey, Robert M. Hughes, III
Seawell, McCoy, Dalton, Hughes, Gore & Timms
936 Wainwright Bldg., Bute & Duke Sts., Norfolk VA 23510
(804) 622-5341
Counsel for Allied Towing Company and Amoco Oil Company
Morton H. Clark, G. William Birkhead
Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin
2050 Virginia Nat'l Bank Bldg., I Commercial Pl., Norfolk VA 23510
(804) 622-4381
Counsel for State of Virginia
David E. Evans, Timothy G. Hayes, Ass't Attorneys General
1101 E. Broad St., Richmond VA 23219
(804) 786-2071
Counsel for United States
Allen Van Emmerick
Department of Justice, Washington DC 20530
(202) 739-3373
Counsel for individual claimant, pro se
Winfred E. Sutton, Sr.
2511 Swathmore Rd., Richmond VA 23235
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According to U.S. National Library of Medicine, infertility is when a woman cannot get pregnant.
Infertility afflicts more than 6 million American couples. It can either refer to women who have not become pregnant after at least 1 year of having sex without birth control methods, or to those who have been able to get pregnant at least once, but are now unable.
The success rates for IVF and IUI procedures range from 25% to 40%. However, when the treatments are combined with acupuncture, the rates dramatically increase to the ranges of 50% to 75%.
Cause of Infertility
For females… irregular ovulation, blocked fallopian tubes, abnormalities in cervix or uterus, and hormonal imbalance.
For males… low sperm count, poor sperm motility, malformed sperm, and blocked sperm ducts.
In about 40% of infertile couples, the cause is traced to the man, and the other 40% is attributed to the woman. The remaining 20% is attributed to unknown causes.
Infertility Treatments
Depending on the cause of infertility, doctors may suggest different types of treatment methods. Some of them include fertility drugs, intrauterine insemination (IUI), and in vitro fertilization (IVF).
Limitations of Western Infertility Treatments
Not only are infertility treatments very costly, but they are also known for painful side effects. If the treatments become a burden – physically, emotionally, or financially – doctors suggest other options.
Acupuncture Theory on Infertility
According to the principles of Oriental Medicine, a person's health condition is determined by the balance of Qi and blood, the vital life energies circulating through the body. So Acupuncture and Oriental herbal medicine can strongly influence the reproductive and endocrine systems by inducing a particular effect on the body.
Treatment Focus
For women… the treatment focuses on increasing blood flow to the uterus and ovaries, thickening the uterine lining, lessening the side effects of drugs used in Western medical treatments such as IVF, and balancing the endocrine system.
For men… the treatment focuses on improving the quality, quantity, and motility of sperm by reducing the effects of stress and enhancing hormonal activities.
Treatment Methods
It relieves stress while improving sperm quality, enhancing the blood flow to the uterus, normalizing ovulation, and boosting IVF success rates.
Herbal Medicine
Its holistic, individualized, and whole body health approach allows any type of infertility condition to be treated. Herbal medicine relieves stress and harmonizes the hormones and nervous system to increase the rate of pregnancy.


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hidden behind the Starbucks in Ubud, Bali.
hidden behind the Starbucks in Ubud, Bali.
Today we walked to Ubud from our homestay. It was around a one and a half hour very slow walk (down Bangkiang Sidem road) through the countryside, which is a lot in this Bali heat, but completely worth it. This is the quietness and greenery I had hoped to find in downtown Ubud, but have yet to.
I've gotten pretty sick in Ubud. The pressure of wanting to love this trip, but feeling like I'm falling short combined with the intense heat has taken a toll on me. I don't know if I caught a bug in the airplane and it's finally surfacing, or if I'm making myself sick, but here I am. Continue reading Dear Eric,
at Little Bird Warung, Sanur, Bali.
The past couple of nights have been difficult for me. My mind has conjured up insane ideas and I've felt trapped in my own surroundings because of bugs and because of my own expectations. This all may sound very crazy and very ungrateful. And, really, it has been. But, I think we all need to have these dark moments in order to see the light.
Usually, I use this in a metaphorical sense for my mind. Trapped by thoughts or by decisions. Right now, I mean it metaphorically and physically. I'm being held hostage on a bed within an adorable canopy that is adorned upon the bed's posts (really, only something princesses have and every one of my friends growing up wanted, but here they use it for function not cuteness). There's a cockroach in the bathroom tub. Then, there's my bed. Then, there's my window. Then, there's a spider weaving a huge, beautiful web. Oh, did I mention this spider is the size of my face?
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After our African adventure, we returned to Amsterdam for a month-long stay. The main objective was to hangout with Isla. We stayed at our little Airbnb just around the corner from Meredith and Elliot. Very handy.
Isla loves her rice crackers at Oma and Opa's.
She hides in places that make it really hard to find her.
Isla truly enjoyed our playto building.
Going shopping with Meredith on a cargo bike. It's the family station wagon.
There's always time to relax with Oma.
And do some reading.
Now that we bought a scooter, we have to put it together!!!
The sandbox at Sarphatipark is always a hit.
A puzzling moment at our apartment.
A walk through Sarphatipark with Oma and Opa.
Feeding the ducks.
Climbing as high as you can.
In the evening, it's time to get serious and start thinking about dinner. Salmon?
Yeah! I'm REALLY excited, Oma!!!
A sample of idle parenting. What Diane and I do is active grandparenting.
And this - at the library.
A summer walk in Amsterdam.
Fun at Vondelpark.
Oma showing Isla the idiosyncrasies of Android phone systems versus iPhones.
Back to reality, Isla shows off her sandbox tricks.
One of the many Oude Kerk's (old churches) in the Amsterdam area.
An afternoon spent with Maarten and Ineke and their grandkids.
There's actually some serious work done once in a while. Building a bed for Isla
But there's a lot of clowning around.
Building blocks are a lot of fun.


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I'm happy to report that i'm 10w/4d pregnant yesterday. :) Last Saturday, Mon and I heard Dotty's heartbeat for the very first time via Doppler. Dotty's heartbeat is so fast, we couldn't get any more excited than hearing that strong, quick sound going dug dug dug dug dug...
My third month will end in about a couple of weeks or so and I can't wait to finally bid my first trimester goodbye. The higher risk of miscarriage in the first trim is scaring me out of my wits! Though during my last prenatal checkup, my OB assured me that malakas ang kapit ni Dotty so I was quite relieved and reassured to hear that.
My baby bump is still not noticeable to everyone as it just kind of looks like extra tummy fat at first glance. I can prove this because no one ever offers me a seat in the train! But my officemates and other people close to me can already see the difference. The first and only stranger so far who had noticed is the Ayala jeep fare collector. Though he's technically not a stranger as we've been familiar with each other for four years already.
I'll talk about my pregnancy in more detail after my first trim. Pregnancy signs, what I went through, did I make lihi or not?, baby names! and other random stuff. But for now, let me just rest and talk to my baby Dotty. Have a good day, everyone!


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The city's downtown parking subcommittee met Tuesday and approved a plan to add diagonal parking spots to Grand Avenue for the first time in nearly 50 years according to our media partners at the North County Times.
The plan would involve replacing the existing parallel spots between Centre City Parkway and Palomar Medical Center.
The city's engineering services director, Ed Domingue, told the paper the cost of moving curbs and gutters could cost up to $500,000. Ultimately, 18 spaces would be added according to Domingue.
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This is the showreel that I prepare for my end of year show:
It contains my all best work from the previous three years.
This is the showreel that I prepare for my end of year show:
It contains my all best work from the previous three years.
This post contains links to all my work and is divided into the two categories of my Course Work, Independent Practice and Creative Futures: Pro Practitioner.
A quick warning about this post all the links work but for some reason when no mouse hovers the actual post, the Creative Futures: Pro Practitioner section looks like there are no links and when it does all the links light up and so does the text, just click the links and it should take you to the desired post. I apologise about this I have gone of the link software several times and I don't know what is causing this.
Independent Practice:
My Independent Practice process started with me deciding what I would do as my main project. I draw up some brainstorms to help me come up with ideas for my project as well as what I could possibly do within these projects during the process of making them.
Once all my ideas for this project were presented clearly on a piece of paper, I began to decided which project I wanted to pursue for my final major project as long as it stay within the brief that we were given at the beginning of the year. The project I had chosen for my final major project was Bubble and Squeak, I created these two characters last year, but I wasn't really happy with the way they had come out last year, so I decided to redesign them and create a new episode of Bubble and Squeak. Since I started a new project had had to come up with some new objectives and aims for said project:
Bubble and Squeak Aims and Targets
I started to then come up with several potential narratives for the animation, these scenarios where simple ideas that popped into my head during this creation process to find a suitable story for Bubble and Squeak to follow in this new animation:
Bubble and Squeak Narrative Ideas Development 1,
Bubble and Squeak Narrative Ideas Development 2,
Bubble and Squeak Narrative Ideas Development 3,
Bubble and Squeak Narrative Ideas Final Ideas 1,
Bubble and Squeak Narrative Ideas Final Ideas 2,
Bubble and Squeak Narrative Synopsis,
Once I found a suitable narrative I began to redesign the characters Bubble and Squeak putting them into various scenarios to see what sort of reactions that they would get involved in and how they would deal and react to them. This includes of course Bubble's sudden change of species after I began to realise that him been a fish severely stunted the animation and it's narrative:
Bubbles Character Rethink, Crab vs Snail,
Bubble and Squeak Animal Motion study,
Once I chosen the species Bubble would become I began to write up potential story boards to help make the narrative of the story that I had chosen and developed a lot easier to understand. These storyboards went through several different versions of the same story as well as different ones.
Storyboard 1, Storyboard 2, Storyboard 3, Storyboard 4, Storyboard 5,
I began to do tests in Adobe Flash to see if it was suitable for this project, I eventually found out that this was bad idea as it seemed to drain the life out of the story, the characters and the animation.
I began to experiment with the line reader to create a stopmotion animations with hand made puppets of Bubble and Squeak the first few steps of my project were a little rough as I was still new to stopmotion animation.
Stopmotion Test 5: Squeak Asleep,
Stopmotion Test 6: Squeak Asleep 2
Once I grew confident enough to use the line reader I decided to use it and stopmotion to produce my final major project since I have never really used any other means of animating other than Flash so it might be a nice road to go down this year:
This was one of my early takes at creating Bubble and Squeak via the line reader and stopmotion animation after my experiments, so their was still a lot of room for improvement, my later work see down below shows that I started to improve both in my understanding of the technology and the animation style.
Bubble and Squeak Climbing Prototype,
Bubble and Squeak Climbing Prototype 2,
Bubble and Squeak 3D Background Experiment,
Once I started to get the hang of this new type of animation I also began to compose more complicated scenes with my puppets as well as putting together my older animation clips to see how well the animation came together with some sound effects.
Bubble and Squeak Narrative Experiment,
Bubble and Squeak Climb Sink Part 1,
Bubble and Squeak Climb Sink Part 2,
Bubble's Solo Climb and Attempt V2,
Once I had done most of my scene I began to realise that I needed to also create my credit and opening sequence so I began to design design the Title Card and Credits in order for me to record this last sequence.
Title and Credits Cards Design,
Opening and Credits Animations,
Eventually I posted up my combine all my clips and sound affects to produce my first final version of Bubble and Squeak:
Although after watching the completed video I realised their was still corrections to be made.
Bubble and Squeak Final Youtube,
During the process of creating Bubble and Squeak I also researched several different animation technologies, visited sites of exhibits from Hull City of Culture and done several sketches to help improve my overall art skills. As well as Develop my image in the art industry with creating my own business cards.
Animation Technology Research 1,
Animation Technology Research 2,
Animation Technology Research 3,
Animation Technology Research 4,
Independent Practice: Adobe Photoshop Practice 1: Line Work Notes,
Independent Practice: Lines of Thought Workshop,
Hull City of Culture: Opening Exhibits 1,
Hull City of Culture: Opening Exhibits 2,
Hull City of Culture: Opening Exhibits 3,
Hull City of Culture: The Propeller,
Hull City of Culture: Poppies Waving and Weeping Window
Independent Practice: Drawing Practice,
Independent Practice: Drawing Practice 2,
Independent Practice: Random Sketches 1,
Independent Practice: Random Sketches 2,
Independent Practice: Random Sketches 3,
Independent Practice: Random Sketches 4,
Independent Practice: Random Sketches 5,
Independent Practice: Random Sketches 6,
Independent Practice: Random Sketches 7,
Independent Practice Human Anatomy Research and Practise,
Independent Practice: Human Anatomy,
Creative Futures: Pro Practitioner
My Creative Futures: Pro Practitioner project started with me trying to decide what I could do for a potential client project and who I could find as a client for said project or in another way a client who would provide me with a project for the third year course.
Client Project: Women of the World or WOW!,
Now that I had decided what project I doing for a client of my choosing was, I was going to have to understand more about the women of Hull that were famous and I decided that 10 women would be a good number to help keep the length of the animation decent and interesting.
Women of the World or WOW! Women of Hull Research 1,
Women of the World or WOW! Women of Hull Research 2,
Women of the World or WOW! Women of Hull Research 3,
Women of the World or WOW! Women of Hull Research 4,
Women of the World or WOW! Women of Hull Research 5,
Once the women were chosen I began to draw up story boards of idea for potential narratives for this project. The ideas that I first created for these storyboard were only basic and I would later come back to design or develop new ones later on, some of the later on storyboards are after I started to do all animation redesigns for the women. These redesigns of these animations toke place after story board 3.
Women of the World or WOW! Women of Hull: Storyboard 1,
Women of the World or WOW! Women of Hull: Storyboard 2,
Women of the World or WOW! Storyboard 3,
Women of the World or WOW! Storyboard 4,
Women of the World or WOW! Storyboard 5,
The links below are my different ideas for the new animations, as well as some of the inspirations for them included:
Women of the World or WOW! Design Ideas 1,
Women of the World or WOW! Design Ideas 2,
Women of the World or WOW!: Phone Research,
Women of the World Maureen Lipman/Phone Sketches,
Hull City of Culture: Opening Exhibits 2,
From here I began to animate my project:
Women of the World or WOW! Animation Prototype 5,
Women of the World or WOW! Animation Prototype 11,
Women of the World or WOW! Animation Prototype 17,
Women of the World or WOW! Animation Prototype 24,
Women of the World or WOW! Animation Prototype 30,
Women of the World or WOW! Animation Prototype 35,
Women of the World or WOW! Animation Prototype 41,
Once my main animation was finished I began to look for a potential client who would be willing to show my work to the public:
WOW potential clients for my project,
WOW potential clients for my project: Maritime Museum,
WOW potential clients for my project: Kadromah94,
WOW potential clients for my project: Kadromah94 part 2,
A few days later I revived another email from Mal my client:
My animation has caught the interest of my client and he would gladly display it to the public but I only need to make a adjustment to the file since I made a spell mistake with Theatre, I have since then corrected this spelling mistake and have began to look at a way to present my work on one of the screen at the Kadromah94.
One of the other locations I investigated for my client project was the media cafe the Kadromah94 located at 94 Alfred Gelder Street Hull, I went to investigate this as a potential client that would be able to host my project since it host a wide range of Media based events. When I visited the cafe, I asked a member of staff if I could talk to the manager of the establishment. I was asked why and I told them that I was a third year Animation student at Hull School of Art and Design and that I was looking for someone who could host one of my works to public as it is part of my course. I was given a email address that the manger prefers to be emailed and that he is all ways busy so this is the best way to reach him. I email the manger of the Kardomjah94 once I got back:
I received a response two days later requesting that I send a MP4 format of the file and that I should try Humberfilm. Once I received this email I began to trying to find a way to converted my file for famous women of Hull into a MP4 unfortunately SWF files and FLA files can't be tranfered into these formats without loosing actionscript3 which is a key component to my Famous Women of Hull Project, so my Tutor Gareth suggested that I do a screen recording of it and send my client that instead.
This post is for the pictures taken for the city of culture exhibit fan:
The propeller was moved to Queen Victoria's square after the opening evening of Hull City of Culture. It is a modern design Propeller for a wind turbine. This piece was shown at the city of culture for eight months before been removed for the next exhibit that would takes it's place later on. The fan is considered a symbol of not only modern science and culture but also what humanity can achieve if we focus on green energy sources.
I have written a proposal to the Maritime Museum asking I am able to show my interactive animation to general public at the Maritime Museum. This form not only stated what my intention was with presenting my project but also gave my potential client a way to contact me about my project. A day later after I handed in my project proposal to one of the members of staff at the Maritime Museum I got a response.
The response I received for my proposal was from the curator of the Maritime Museum Robin Diaper stating that at this present time the sites that were under his durastriction were unable to show my project to the public but wished me luck in my future endeavors and my project. So I will not be able to show my project at the Maritime Museum unfortunately but I have at least got some more experience in this part of been an animator.
Since this is my client project I need to find a suitable client who is willing to show my animation to the public, as I have already failed to see my first client I had chosen and organise to show my project at the Women of the World event, I have to find I new client. The other day I went around hull trying to find suitable locations and clients to allow me to show my interactive animation, unfortunately the downfall with such a project is that I need to find some where that is suitable for this sort of animation.
Hull and East Riding Museum:
One of Hulls major museums that has a wide range of art exhibits form across different time periods that are both interactive and attract a wide range of tourists mainly children which is a plus in this as that is one of my main target audiences.
The Maritime Museum:
Another good example as the Maritime Museum has a section dedicated to the public to allow artists to show their work to public but you have to put your name forward first and state what you want to show to the public. One of the Hull New Media Students has already held and exhibit here called Lou in Games design.
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Prostatic Adenocarcinoma in Cats
The prostate gland is an important part of the male reproductive system. It contains many valuable and essential enzymes, including calcium and citric acid,and also plays an important role in the protection and motility of sperm. The liquid secreted by the prostate gland aids in the liquefaction of semen after ejaculation, and in the protection of sperm in the vagina.
Adenocarcinoma of the prostate gland is reported in cats but is relatively rare in this species as compared to dogs. Adenocarcinoma of the prostate gland originates in the glandular tissue and can grow and metastasize rapidly to other parts and organs of body. Llike other types of carcinomas, adenocarcinoma of the prostate gland typically affects older cats, usually those that are older than eight years of age.
Symptoms and Types
In adenocarcinoma of the prostate, the symptoms may vary depending upon the presence, extent, and location of metastasis to other parts of the body. Following are the symptoms commonly seen in adenocarcinoma of the prostate gland:
- Ribbon-shaped stool
- Poor appetite
- Weight loss
- Difficulty in passing urine
- Complete urine blockage
- Pain, especially when the affected area of the prostate is touched
- Fever
- Difficult breathing
- Idiopathic - the exact cause is still unknown
- Hormonal imbalance is suggested as one possible cause
You will need to give a thorough history of your cat's health, including a background history of symptoms. Your veterinarian will perform a complete physical examination on your cat, including blood tests and a biochemistry profile. Urine tests are an important part of the diagnostic process. The urine will be examined for the presence of white blood cells, infection, and malignant cells. Abdominal radiographs and ultrasonography will also be performed to view the symmetry, size, and outline of the prostate gland. Prostate tissue will also be taken by prostatic biopsy to help confirm the diagnosis.


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Anaheim, California / Tübingen: Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and the University of Texas at Dallas, revealed new crowdshaping technology at SIGGRAPH 2016 that creates accurate 3D body models from 2D photos using crowdsourced linguistic descriptions of body shape. The Body Talk system takes a single photo and produces 3D body shapes that look like the person and are accurate enough to size clothing. It does this using the help of 15 volunteers who rate the body shape in the photo using 30 words or fewer. The researchers believe this technology has applications in online shopping, gaming, virtual reality and healthcare.
Youtube video of Body Talk
"High-end scanners and their lower-cost alternatives have yet to become ubiquitous in consumer technology," said Dr. Michael J. Black, Director of the Perceiving Systems Department at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. "Capturing 3D body shape remains a challenge, and our goal is to make it easy and fun. Our research shows that people have a shared understanding of body shape that is expressed in our use of language".
The system uses machine learning to discover this relationship between our verbal descriptions of bodies and their actual 3D shape. "Language provides rich descriptions of body features related to gender, physical strength, attractiveness, and health" said Dr. Alice J. O'Toole, Professor in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas.
"What is surprising is that language captures 3D shape so accurately and that the collective judgment of the "crowd" can be used to create realistic avatars. This process of crowdshaping opens up a practical way to scan bodies without a scanner" said Dr. Stephan Streuber, the lead author of the study. In the paper, Body Talk: Crowdshaping Realistic 3D Avatars with Words, the researchers found that realistic 3D bodies could be created using as few as ten words. They demonstrated a "3D paparazzi" application that takes a single photo of a celebrity, has it rated by 15 people, and then creates a 3D avatar of the celebrity that can be animated. They further showed that they can extract measurements from the crowdshaped bodies with an accuracy sufficient for many clothing sizing applications. They even create 3D avatars of characters from books using just the written description.
"When scanning technology is unavailable or inapplicable, Body Talk can be used to visualize mental representations of human body shape," said Dr. Black. "This system can be used in many areas of science and medicine, for example in studies of body perception disorders, obesity, or cross-cultural attitudes about body shape."
Learn more about the Body Talk system and try it yourself!
Full paper: Streuber, S., Quiros-Ramirez, M., Hill, M., Hahn, C., Zuffi, S., O'Toole, A., Black, M. J. "Body Talk: Crowdshaping Realistic 3D Avatars with Words," ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH), 35(4):54:1-54:14, July 2016
About Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems:
The Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) was founded in 2011. Based in Tübingen and Stuttgart, Germany, the institute focuses on establishing the scientific foundations of perception, action and learning in artificially intelligent systems. The Perceiving Systems departmentof MPI-IS seeks mathematical and computational models that formalize the principles of perception and enable computers to understand the visual world and its motion. Computer vision research in the department includes: optical flow estimation from sequences of images; statistical modeling of natural images and image motion; articulated human motion estimation and tracking; estimation of human body shape from images and video; representation and detection of motion discontinuities; estimation of intrinsic scene properties.
About the Person Perception Lab at the University of Texas at Dallas
The Person Perception Lab is housed in the School for Behavioral and Brain Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas. The lab focuses on face and person perception by humans and machines using methods from psychology, computational modeling, and functional neuroimaging. The goal of the research is to understand how the brain/mind represents the complex visual information conveyed by human faces and bodies, both in static and dynamic displays. This information supports tasks in perception, cognition, and social interaction, including person identification, action recognition, and the processing of emotional state. Lab projects include functional magnetic resonance imaging of neural representations of faces, bodies, and people; comparisons between human and machine accuracy in face recognition; studies of perceptual expertise in professional forensic face examiners; and experimental studies of how we describe and visually imagine faces and bodies.
About SIGGRAPH
SIGGRAPH is the world's largest, most influential annual event in computer graphics and interactive techniques. It is run by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and is held every year. Technical papers presented at SIGGRAPH are highly reviewed and acceptance is competitive. Papers are published in the ACM Transactions on Graphics.


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The plight of children has so alarmed the authorities and aid workers that Unicef has funded the setting up of 600 orphanages as well as child safe areas in all of Haiti's 369 camps.
But the work isn't stopping there. Vital to these childrens' long term future is an education.
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Developers have applied for permission to demolish an historic Rubery pub in favour of a large care home, claiming at least 60 jobs will be created.
Built in 1811, The Cock Inn in Rubery Lane is the oldest pub in Rubery. It has now been vacant for several years and was sadly subject to an arson attack in October last year.
It is said that the RAF were billeted at The Cock Inn during WWII and operated barrage balloons at Rubery Quarry, to protect the factories in Longbridge.
Previous applications
Last year, Malvern Estates PLC, alongside Unique Pub Properties PLC, were refused permission to develop the former coaching inn site as part of a 12 property housing development.
Developers resubmitted plans in January this year to address the council's initial concerns regarding access onto the development and the fact that trees under a Tree Preservation Order would be affected.
However, developers withdrew this application before it went before the planning committee.
Arson attack
In October 2017, a severe fire destroyed the roof of the building after arsonists struck at the site.
Care home plans
Now, Malvern Homes Ltd have applied for outline permission to demolish the former public house and build a care home, housing around 68 beds over three floors in a modern building. A fourth lower floor will sit below, following the existing contour of the land, with a social space for residents opening into a garden area. The development would include a 23 space car park for visitors and staff.
Developers say that at least 60 staff would be employed in the building once it is fully operational.
'Part of our heritage'
Cllr Simon Morrall (Cons, Frankley Great Park) said: "I am happy to finally see something done about this site. However, I would personally like to see the historic 1811 building restored as it's part of our heritage and I know many residents feel the same.
"If feasible, I would like to see planners preserve and incorporate the building into the new development."
Cllr Morrall urged residents to make sure their views were heard. He said: "Of course, the final decision is not up to me, and residents only have a short window to comment on the application, so I would strongly encourage people to do so."
Have Your Say
The planning application and associated documents can be viewed online on Birmingham City Council's Planning Online pages – Search application number 2018/03511/PA
Visit www.birmingham.gov.uk/planningonline > Click 'Access Planning Online > Click Application Number Search > Enter 2018/03511/PA
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