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Verizon's Bizarre Constitutional Argument: Net Neutrality Rules Violate Its First & Fifth Amendment Rights?
from the um,-no... deptVerizon is continuing to fight back against the FCC's (relatively weak) net neutrality rules with a few different arguments. It has one key argument that I think is a relatively strong one: which is that the FCC probably does not have a mandate to regulate in this way. That's something that Congress could conceivably change, but it certainly does look like the FCC tried to overstep its bounds in putting out the rules that it did. That said, Verizon goes even further to make some bizarre constitutional claims, including that net neutrality rules violates its free speech (First Amendment) rights, as well as its Fifth Amendment rights by "taking" its property. Neither Constitutional argument should hold up.
The First Amendment argument is based on the idea that this somehow blocks Verizon's ability to communicate its ideas:
The First Amendment protects not only traditional speakers, but other participants in the "communication of ideas."... For example, it protects those transmitting the speech of others, and those who "exercis[e] editorial discretion" in selecting which speech to transmit and how to transmit it.... Broadband providers engage in and transmit speech, and the rules—which limit broadband providers' own speech and compel carriage of others' speech—cannot survive scrutiny.This is, to put it mildly, a silly argument. Telling Verizon that it can't hinder certain services from working online is not a free speech issue. Verizon is both overclaiming its own abilities as an internet service provider and twisting the First Amendment in a bizarre way. As Stacey Higginbotham noted, this argument "ignores the fact that under net neutrality mandated non-discrimination Verizon's packets and speech are just as likely to reach the end user as Netflix's or Google's." But it's even worse than that. Verizon is effectively arguing that if it chooses not to allow a certain service to exist online that is a form of expression. Think of it this way: say Verizon decided to block Skype, because Skype is eating into its local telephone business. According to Verizon, that decision is a form of expression and the government can't block that, since that "expression" is protected. The "newspaper" analogy that Verizon offers is completely specious, because the internet isn't a newspaper where there's a single publisher who chooses what goes in. The whole argument is ludicrous.
Broadband providers transmit their own speech both by developing their own content and by partnering with other content providers and adopting that speech as their own. For example, they develop video services, which draw information from, and are then made available over, the Internet. Many also select or create content for their own over-the-top video services or offer applications that provide access to particular content. They also transmit the speech of others: each day millions of individuals use the Internet to promote their own opinions and ideas and to explore those of others, and broadband providers convey those communications.
In performing these functions, broadband providers possess "editorial discretion." Just as a newspaper is entitled to decide which content to publish and where, broadband providers may feature some content over others. Although broadband providers have generally exercised their discretion to allow all content in an undifferentiated manner... they nonetheless possess discretion that these rules preclude them from exercising. For example, they could distinguish their own content from that of other speakers or offer that capability to others. In fact, some types of speech, such as live streaming high-definition video, could benefit from (or may only be available with) differential treatment, such as prioritization. Broadband providers could also give differential pricing or priority access to their over-the-top video services or other applications they provide, or otherwise feature that content.... Indeed, the FCC's concern that broadband providers will differentiate among various content presumes that they will exercise editorial discretion.
The Order's broad "prophylactic rules" infringe broadband providers' protected speech rights. They strip providers of control over which speech they transmit and how they transmit it, and they compel the carriage of others' speech. They also limit the means by which providers can secure additional revenue, which impairs their ability to deploy new networks and capabilities (or to expand the size of existing ones), thereby limiting their ability to speak and deliver speech. And they make clear that even "specialized services," such as video services, will be subject to the Order's restrictions if the FCC decides that such services are "retarding the growth of ... broadband Internet access service," or if broadband providers merely "advertis[e]" these services to consumers as "Internet" services, ... thus constraining their marketing speech as well.
The second argument -- that this is somehow against the "takings clause" of the Fifth Amendment (blocking the government "taking" property without compensation) -- is equally bizarre. It involves Verizon claiming that the government would be "invading" its network and "taking" property without compensation:
The Order also violates the Fifth Amendment. It grants the equivalent of a permanent easement on private broadband networks for the use of others without just compensation—a per se taking.... "In essence," edge providers "receive an unlimited, continuous right of access to broadband providers' private property for free," which "allows them to physically invade broadband networks with their electronic signals and permanently occupy portions of network capacity." D. Lyons, Virtual Takings: The Coming Fifth Amendment Challenge to Net Neutrality Regulation.... The resulting occupation is physical, for increases in network traffic consume available capacity and ultimately require the acquisition or construction of additional capacity.Once again, this argument seems disconnected from reality. Considering that much more aggressive "must carry" rules have been deemed Constitutional, it's hard to see how this argument makes any sense at all. Also, just from a common sense perspective, it fails on a few fronts. First, there's nothing being "taken" here. There is no "easement," just a restriction on how Verizon could run the network. If Verizon's argument here prevailed, you could potentially argue that any regulation that restricted how a company acted was a form of a "taking." But that's silly.
Even without a physical occupation, the rules constitute a regulatory taking because they "interfere[] with [broadband providers'] distinct investment-backed expectations.".... Providers have invested billions in broadband infrastructure on the understanding that they can manage access to network facilities and use those facilities to offer the products that their customers want. These rules sharply curb providers' ability to do so, thereby frustrating their substantial and reasonable investment-backed expectations.
Even more to the point: while Verizon likes to go on and on about how these are its private networks that it spent so much time and money installing, what it conveniently leaves out are all of the massive government subsidies and rights-of-way that were provided. In some cases, Verizon received massive public gifts in terms of subsidies to build this network. One could easily make the argument that those entitle the government to place a few requirements on the network, considering that the network likely wouldn't exist without those subsidies and rights-of-way.
That said, I still agree that the FCC's mandate likely does not allow the kind of regulations it put forth here. But that doesn't make the Constitutional arguments any less silly.
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Mervin W. Jordan, 101, Covode, died Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, at his home.
He was born on Nov. 5, 1911, in Covode, a son of the late John and Minnie (Wachob) Jordan.
On March 3, 1941, he married Margaret (States) Jordan, who survives.
He was a member of the Covode United Methodist Church.
He enjoyed farming, dogs, family, growing zinnias and gardening.
He was a truck driver for many different employers and companies.
In addition to his wife, surviving relatives include a son, Ray A. Jordan and wife Phyllis of Punxsutawney; a daughter, Karen Blose and husband David of Punxsutawney; and numerous nieces and nephews.
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Maybe I should call this post Misadventures with e-books.. or If I think ebooks are Confusing, What about my Students?Baker and Taylor's Axis360 ebook Magic Wall needs the Blio reader. That is quite a sentence. They have an OK selection of books (although some are triple the cost of others, and I'm not buying those), and the books appear in the Magic Wall within a day. Customer service is really helpful, and the Magic Wall is pretty, especially on the iPad. Blio is a great reader. And, the platform's price is very reasonable.
- E-books for libraries are just more expensive than the alternative.
- Explaining how to access the ebooks is a chore (we are making a LibGuide and a blogpost about it).
- The Axis 360 MARC records don't work well in our ILS, Destiny! We have to manipulate each record individually so Destiny will show that 1/1 books are in (which will be wrong if something gets checked out, but it is better than it always saying 0/0 are in), and we change the link in the MARC record, so it actually states that you click on the link to get to the Magic Wall to download the book, instead of just being a wild looking URL. Lots of work.
Ebrary is a whole other can of worms. On the computer it isn't too confusing, and you can make a bookshelf for your books. You need the bookshelf login to use the app. But then the bookshelf doesn't show up on the app. In fact, the bookshelf has nothing to do with the app. You use the app to search and download from the catalog only on to the iPad. Notetaking on the iPad is essentially cutting and pasting, and then the note has the citation attached, yes, but ittakesoutallthespacessoitishardtoreadwhatwascopiedandpasted.Thequotationslooklikethis. What is the deal with that?
On the computer the notetaking is good, and you can email pdfs to yourself to read on the iPad offline, among other features. But why the 2 products with the same name don't talk to each other is a mystery and a drawback.
Have you found that your patrons like the e-book options at your library?
Stay tuned for more on our journey, hopefully some improvements in the market, and maybe some feedback from users. I haven't yet rolled these sources out to big groups of users. I am enjoying the experimenting and investigating, and I think this year of playing will turn up interesting results.


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Castagno Castagnetta
Apartment with 2 bathrooms and shared pool in Il Castagno, Italy
From £1,153 per week
Apartment to rent in Il Castagno, Italy
Ancient property whose origins date back to 970 and where, in 1308, in the presence of the delegates of Florence.
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Apartment overview - owner's description
Ancient property whose origins date back to 970 and where, in 1308, in the presence of the delegates of Florence, Pisa and Volterra the territorial borders between Volterra and San Gimignano were defined. During the course of the centuries the property was razed to the ground, subsequently rebuilt and changed owners, until in the year 1800 when it became the property of the Marquis Capponi. The Granduca di Toscana (Grand Duke of Tuscany) often stayed here while he carried out business in his territory. Situated on the summit of a hill dominating all the surrounding valleys with panoramic views that extend for many kilometers. The countryside is clad in oak forests and cypress trees interspersed with fields with their crops, vineyards and olive groves. The property has been restored internally and split into thirteen homes with one home in the main villa. In the extensive outdoor area there are two swimming pools, one (7.5x15) )(01/05-30/09) reserved for the guests staying in the villa and the other (10x20) )(01/05-30/09) is to be shared among the other apartments. A short distance away is a lake where there are wild geese. Perfect peace and quiet even if there is a secondary road 150 m below the house. There is a typical Tuscan trattoria situated a few hundred of metres from the property and where you can enjoy pleasant snacks and purchase the gastronomical delights of this local produce.
PLEASE NOTE: Check in: 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.; Check-out: 9 a.m.
ACCOMMODATION: (110 m2)Gr.Fl. (but with a few stairs inside): wide living/dining room (satellite TV) with fireplace and kitchen corner (oven, freezer, dishwasher), 2 double bedrooms (beds can be separated), 2 bathrooms with shower. Private equipped garden enclosed with a hedge. 2 extra beds available in a sofa bed in the living room (to be requested when booking and to be paid for directly on the spot – euro 15/day/person).
LOCATION: 6 km San Vivaldo, 10 km San Gimignano, 18 km Volterra, 45 km Siena, 65 km Florence, 60 km Versilia, 10 km golf course, 65 km Florence airport.Please note that all extra costs must be paid in Euro on the spot
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Outside this apartment in Il Castagno, ItalyThis apartment has a shared pool. Car hire is necessary as the renter will need a car to get about for shopping, eating out and the beach; however parking is available if required.
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This review is an accompaniment to The Beauty Lookbook's extensive look at Edward Bess Black Sea Mousse Foundation. This was sold in a set with a foundation brush exclusively on QVC.com, and sold out very quickly. I'm hoping that it will be offered again, either on QVC or in another venue. This foundation is unusual in a few respects, and so I thought it was worth posting a few words in case it becomes available again (I don't have any formal word either way).
Because her review is so comprehensive, I won't repeat everything that Sabrina at The Beauty Look Book has already said. As Sabrina notes, she was gifted all three shades of the foundation. Kind soul that she is, and I mean that sincerely, she in turn gifted the lightest one in 01 Fair to me so that I could try it out. I'm so glad that she did because I've never encountered such a full coverage foundation before which feels like absolutely nothing on my skin.
This foundation is idea for imperfect skin, as it has anti-aging benefits. No concealers required with this formula. It covers absolutely everything, but aside from a refreshing feeling when it is first applied, it becomes quite weightless. It gave me a beautiful satin finish which lasted all day. I got a bit of breakthrough glow in the afternoon, but not nearly as much as some foundations. By the way, the included brush is a full-sized, synthetic fibre, gorgeous foundation brush that is right up there with Chanel and other premium brands.
Brush from the side, pictured below, to show you that this brush knows how to get into all of the contours of the face.
I applaud Edward Bess for including the brush. The first time I tried the foundation, I used my usual finger-application technique. Then out of the corner of my eye, I noticed this beautiful brush sitting on my counter saying "hint, hint, don't you want to buff that in a bit more?" I found that using a brush to do so really gave me a much better, poreless textures. The brush was also useful for getting an invisible edge near my hairline. So my advice is, use the brush if only to buff it in. Ingredient list (click to enlarge):
Although Fair 01 looks a little dark in the pot, and a little deep in my arm swatch, it really seemed to color adjust to my actual skin tone when applied to my face.
Overall, I believe there are a lot of individuals who are looking for a very natural, very lightweight high coverage foundation. Most high coverage foundations look (and feel) like a mask. Edward Bess' Black Sea Mousse foundation gives high coverage without the need to build up the product, and looked very skin like. The fact that it has skincare ingredients is a nice plus, although I'll continue to use my regular routine. If applied carefully, this could go to medium and even light coverage if you use very very little because it spreads so nicely. If this becomes available again, it's worth checking out if these are the criteria which you have for a great, long wearing foundation. If you do get it, don't follow my example–use your brush!


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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Matt Valaika went 3-for-5 with a double and drove in three runs to support the strong pitching of Joe Gardner and UC Santa Barbara defeated Hawai'i, 10-4, on Friday in the second game of the Dairy Queen Classic in the Metrodome in Minneapolis.
Gardner (1-0) allowed three runs, three hits and a walk with eight strikeouts in 7.2 innings for the Gauchos (4-2). This came on the heels of his first start at UCSB when he struck out 13 batters in seven innings last weekend vs. St. Louis.
With one out in the first, Ryan Cavan singled and took third on Eric Oliver's double. After an out, Valaika's single to center scored both runners to give UCSB a 2-0 lead.
The Gauchos continued their assault in the second. Mark Haddow, who homered on Friday, singled with one out, stole second and scored on Brian Gump's triple. Gump scored on Cavan's sacrifice fly to center to make it 4-0.
With two out in the third John DeAlba, on first after getting hit with a pitch, then scored on Robby Cummings' double to make it 5-0.
The Gauchos added two more in the fifth on a Marty Mullins sacrifice fly and RBI single by Haddow, making it 7-1.
The Gauchos added an unearned run in the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Gump that made it 8-2.
The Rainbows added two in the eighth on an RBI double by Wong and RBI single by pinch hitter Josh Chevalier to pull to 8-4.
UCSB got two more in the eighth on an RBI double by Valaika and an error to increase its lead to 10-4.
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Stepping into this homestay, Kumarakom is like stepping into a postcard. The small, beautiful cottages are surrounded by lush green paddy fields and wild ducks and egrets walk lazily past. The four cottages are spacious and each pair of cottages is connected to each other. Two of the cottages which are called the heritage rooms are built in the typical Kerala style with teak wood on the outside walls. The interiors are simple, while the exteriors are decorated with tasteful knick-knacks that probably adorned houses of old; weaver birdsâ nests, lanterns, wooden easy chairs.
Each cottage has its own sit-out with an easy chair or a hammock; If you are looking to be completely relaxed, stretch out on the hammock under the coconut and banana trees, and watch the birds fly past. Or you could sit on the steps leading to your cottage in the mornings, and be entertained by the koelâs song. The homestay, which has four air-conditioned rooms is run by Abhilash Pushkaran. On your arrival, you are welcomed with a cool drink of tender coconut.
The family provides for all of your needs without coming in your way. They have perfected the art of keeping their guests well-cared for, without being intrusive. Abhilashâs father Pushkaran, a retired government employee, is always at hand, looking after the guestsâ needs, and is always willing to help you out whether it is with sightseeing suggestions or travel arrangements. He is very knowledgeable about Keralaâs art and culture, and passionate about films.
Pushkaranâs wife Omana is a great cook, and can teach you to cook traditional delicacies from the region; she is also known in the locality for her beautiful flower arrangements which decorate every corner or the premises during the Onam season.
Thereâs plenty to do around here: go on a cruise arranged by the home owners, visit the bird sanctuary, grab a book and settle down on the hammock, or watch a kathakali performance arranged for you, at the homestay premises.
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Erik Schimek needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 114 designs submitted by 42 freelance designers.
Concord Tea
This is for a startup tea website, concordtea.com (website not a good source of inspiration at present).
We are selling premium loose leaf tea. We believe in green business and will be utilizing available methods for sustainable tea retail. We believe in authenticity and are striving for a more genuine approach to our product than most other, western tea purveyors.
We believe each tea has a story to tell our customers, and that drinking tea is an experience to be savored.
The niche tea market: elegance and unique identity are paramount.
We're looking for something to reinforce the idea of classy, sophisticated tea. With respect to aesthetic styles, both classic (victorian) and modern (2.0) style logos are welcome.
Our audience appreciates creativity, individuality and quality.
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This site contains about Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg six to eight thousand ebooks from many authors. The number of these publications come in the following categories: fictions/novels, short tales, poems, essays, performs, nonfictions. Many of those books are vintage works of United states Literature, English Novels, and Irish Materials from well-known authors like William Shakespeare, Draw Twain, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, Robert Fros, Edgar Allan Poe, Alexander Pope, Arthur Conan Doyle, Anne Austen. and more authors' works will likely be added to the net collection. In these Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg exclusive pages, you'll find many award winning publications readily available for your on the net reading. Enjoy and you need to tell a friend, thanks.
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Try out Power Text for faster appointment and task creation!
If you're using the latest release of Power Calendar (v2.5 or later) be sure to experiment with the new Power Text feature!
Power Text is a powerful macro/text entry tool that lets you create your own list of phrases for quickly inserting into any task or appointment. But, it goes much farther than just simple text insertion. By using one of the many dynamic phrase tags, you can include a tag for a contact's first name in your text.
Let's illustrate...
Creating a Power Text phrase called "Call someone". The text of the phrase might read like "Call <fn> @ <wt>" (meaning Call <contact name> @ <work telephone>)
When you are editing a new task or appointment, simply selecting "Call Someone" from your "My Power Text" menu will automatically prompt you for a contact, and then it will also automatically insert that contact's telephone number into the subject or note section of your new item!
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Anxiety and its next of kin, fear, are arguably the oldest, most basic human emotions, bequeathed to us by a vast history of prehominid ancestors. We owe our survival as Homo sapiens to these emotions, which were literally built into our nervous systems as an evolutionary hedge against extinction.
Yet today, while still protecting us from genuine danger, they've morphed into a multitude of extraneous and dysfunctional afflictions—panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, and all-purpose generalized anxiety disorder (summoning up anxieties on any and all occasions)—the only effect of which seems to be to torment us pointlessly.
When I began my practice, psychotherapists still knew precious little about anxiety, even though it was probably the commonest form of suffering among the clients we saw. By and large, it was considered a symptom of some deeper psychodynamic process, and analysts helped clients find the deep-seated meaning behind their fears. The working Freudian hypothesis of agoraphobia in women, for instance, was that they withdrew to their homes out of an unconscious fear that they'd become prostitutes.
It wasn't until the 1960s, when behavioral psychologist Joseph Wolpe's experimental research perfected relaxation techniques and systematic desensitization, that anxiety began to be treated as a separate problem. To treat a fear of dogs, for instance, Wolpe taught the patient how to become deeply relaxed.
He then introduced imagery that evoked a weak anxiety response, such as seeing a dog from a great distance and chained behind a fence. Relaxation procedures counteracted the anxiety produced by that image until it no longer distressed the patient. Wolpe would then introduce a slightly stronger anxiety-provoking image, such as being 20 feet away from a fenced-in dog, until it, too, ceased to arouse anxiety. Progressing up the hierarchy of fears about dogs led to recovery.
When it came to working with anxious clients, my own biggest asset was my experience, early in my career, of treating chronic pain patients in a hospital setting. I discovered that there were a number of similarities between the way people handle chronic pain and the way they handle anxiety symptoms. Those in chronic pain will anticipate their next pain episode with dread, so even though an episode might last only 10 minutes twice a day, it can dominate a pain patient's waking hours.
Once I realized that I could substitute "panic attack" for "pain episode," I began to get my bearings on treating the panic in agoraphobics, who'd started getting referred to me after a series of stories in the national media gave the condition a label for the first time. At first, I'd been hesitant to accept these referrals, but soon changed my mind. "Wait a minute," I thought, "I know something about this." Soon I'd cobbled together a treatment procedure.
I started by teaching agoraphobic clients formal relaxation, although I knew from my struggles with pain patients that, while relaxation could help some, it would never be enough. Additionally, I expected to use systematic desensitization, because it had worked well for the few clients I'd seen who'd had specific phobias. But with clients who feared panic, the method failed me.
Since a panic attack arrives so unexpectedly, the client instantly becomes aroused to the highest degree and feels out of control. I couldn't seem to undo that reflexive response by pairing relaxation with anxiety-provoking imagery of the event. Clients felt too scared to trust that these relaxation and desensitization skills would protect them.
I had to shift my thinking. I couldn't help my clients undercut the intensity of their fear through some formal procedure in my office. Instead of progressing up a list of anxiety-provoking situations, I needed to focus on the on-off switch of panic. These clients either avoided their anxiety and felt comfortable or faced the threat and zoomed up to peak anxiety. I had to address the moment of panic. When you anticipate an anxiety attack, you desperately want something you can do that will bring immediate relief. I figured my primary strategy needed to focus on skills for responding to the actual feeling of panic.
I continued to teach formal relaxation, encouraging my agoraphobic clients to practice daily for a number of weeks. Then, instead of working only with imagery, we created and rehearsed a simple, structured, three-step response for panicky situations. As they approached a fearful situation, their first job was to counter their racing thoughts by mentally stepping back, accessing what I called "The Observer," and objectively commenting on what they were noticing—what today we call "becoming mindful in the moment." For instance, they might tell themselves, "We're pulling into the parking lot, and I can feel my heart starting to race.
Second, they were to shift their attention immediately to their well-rehearsed breathing skills. Focusing on the breathing had two functions: it reduced the chance that clients would start hyperventilating, which increased the symptoms they were trying to reduce, and it required conscious awareness. That helped draw their attention away from their fearful thoughts.
The third step was to subvocalize specific motivating messages that supported their goal of approaching the threatening situation. The most prominent were those that conveyed their intention to manage their distress instead of remove it. The common themes were "It's OK to be anxious here" and "I can handle these feelings." This step was no magic bullet, but it reversed the not-so-helpful tendency of desperately seeking comfort, which increases the distress because it's an impossible goal in threatening moments. If clients could permit themselves to be somewhat anxious, they could learn to cope with their distress.
Once I'd developed this treatment approach, clients started getting better. After a while, I became a bit cocky about my clinical effectiveness. "No one else around here is doing this," I thought to myself. "I've figured out something new!" So I decided to write a self-help book based on what I'd learned.
Then on one weekend in 1985, just as I completed the book, I got the proverbial wakeup call. I'd been looking through all my files to revel a little more in my successes and discovered that fully 40 percent of my clients had dropped out of therapy prematurely! None of them had said, "Dr. Wilson, this isn't really working for me. I think I'm going to quit therapy with you." They just didn't make another appointment. Needless to say, none of this treatment failure had been showing up on my radar.


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52nd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING FOR THE SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH INTO HIGHER EDUCATION
This will be held at Celtic Manor, Newport, Wales and will now be on Wednesday 6th December 2017 at 20:00 in the Caernarfon Suite.
The Agenda, previous minutes, and a summary of the Statement of Financial Activities for 2016-17 can be downloaded here AGM 2017 Agenda and Papers
The AGM is open to all and will be followed directly by an Open Forum discussion on "Making the case for research into higher education". This is a chaired discussion, open to all, affording the opportunity to discuss the funding and impact of research in this field and how this can be sustained in the current economic and political climate.
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MUFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Lipscomb women's tennis team lost to Middle Tennessee in a 7-0 shutout in Murfreesboro on Tuesday night.
"We played well at No. 1 doubles today but had a difficult time executing in the other matches," head coach Andrew Harris said. "Coming out strong in singles would be critical to our success and to their credit, they jumped on us early. Jenny Borck did a great job sticking with her game plan as I know she was frustrated from this past weekend. She showed heart today in pushing Flavia to the limit. We will get on the plane Thursday and get ready for Jacksonville and UNF."
The Lady Bison lost all three doubles matches, giving MTSU an early 1-0 lead.
Freshmen duo, Jenny Borck and Deahna Welcher, had a strong showing but came up just short of victory, losing to Lexi Brand and Nayava Moraes 8-6.
Seniors Elizabeth Keevil and Danielle Hansen fell at No. 2 doubles to Yuri Nomoto and Marietta Bigus 8-0. At No. 3, sophomore Alyssa Bellini and senior Samantha Bowman were defeated 8-3 by Flavia Nagayama and Alex Dachos.
Down 1-0, the Lady Bison entered into singles play, but were unable to pull out a win against MTSU's tough play.
Bellini fell at the No. 1 spot to Nomoto, losing 6-1, 6-3, while Welcher posted a solid effort at No. 2, falling to Brand 6-3, 6-4.
At No. 3, Borck had a strong showing, posting a three-setter, but she unfortunately came up short, losing to Nagayama 3-6, 6-2, (11-9).
Keevil lost at No. 4 to Moraes 6-2, 6-0, and Hansen fell at No. 5 to Bigus 6-1, 6-3 while Bowman lost at No. 6 to Taylor Coffey 6-1, 6-0.
The Lady Bison return to action for two A-Sun matches this weekend. The women will face Jacksonville on Friday and North Florida on Saturday.
1.Brand/Moraes def. Welcher/Borck 8-6
2. Nomoto/Bigus def Keevil/Hansen 8-0
3. Dachos/Nagayama def Bellini/Bowman 8-3
1. Yuri Nomoto def. Alyssa Bellini 6-1;6-3
2. Lexi Brand def. Deahana Welcher 6-3;6-4
3. Flavia Nagayama def. Jenny Borck 3-6;6-2(11-9)
4. Nayava Moraes def. Elizabeth Keevil 6-2;6-0
5. Marietta Bigus def Danielle Hansen 6-1;6-3
6. Taylor Coffey def. Sam Bowman 6-1;6-0


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By Andy Alcock
Text messages read in court point to a 38 year old Monticello man having sex with a 13 year old girl.
New charges of lewd and lascivious battery and solicitation of a minor using an electronic device against David Courson come after the manslaughter charge he faces for the death of his 6 year old daughter.
Last month, court records state Courson was a passenger in his pick up truck with a 13 year old girl driving.
Investigators say the girl accidentally backed up over Courson's 6 year old daughter Becca who was shirtless and shoeless at the time.
Investigators found open containers of alcohol, marijuana and a home made bomb in the truck.
Investigators also found a cell phone with 200 text messages between Courson and the 13 year old driver.
With Courson's wife listening in court on Monday, the prosecutor read some of those messages including one from Courson to the girl about his wife.
"I think she's jealous of you, you're everything she is not...pretty, sexy and smart," said the message.
There was also this exchange between Courson and the girl about their sexual encounter and what Courson's wife would think about it.
"If she knew what had happened in her bed she would need counseling," said Courson. "It was on her side of it too," the girl replied. "Ha, ha, ha all she would need is sound effects," Courson replied.
Prosecutor John Wilson argued for a high bond for Courson on the new charges.
But Judge Karen Gievers took it a step further and ordered no bond out of concern Courson could get access to electronic devices if let out of jail.
"And I have not been able to identify anything that will minimize danger to children," Judge Gievers said.
Following his arrest last month, Cara Courson told us she was supporting her husband.
After court, we asked her if she still was and she referred us to David's lawyer Tim Jansen.
Jansen said he hadn't had an opportunity to speak with Cara and declined our request for an interview.
By WCTV Eyewitness News Web Staff
February 24, 2014, 2 p.m.
Monticello, Fla. –- A 2nd Judicial Circuit Judge has decided David Courson, a man charged in connection with the January death of his daughter and having sex with a 13-year-old girl, will stay in jail for now.
Judge Karen Gievers denied bond for David Courson at a hearing this morning.
Court records state Courson was a passenger in his pick-up truck when a 13-year-old girl was driving and accidentally backed over his 6-year-old daughter, Rebecca "Becca" Courson.
A cell phone found in that truck showed 200 text messages between Courson and the 13-year-old driver.
Messages read in court this morning indicated Courson had sex with the girl.
In addition to the original manslaughter charge, Courson is now charged with lewd and lascivious battery and solicitation of a minor.
By Julie Montanaro
Feburary 21, 2014
A Monticello man accused in an accident that resulted in the death of his 6 year old daughter is now facing more charges.
David Courson was arrested for manslaughter in January.
This week, prosecutors filed more charges after examining a trac phone found in his truck.
Arrest papers say on it were sexually explicit text messages between him and a teenage girl.
Arrest papers say the teen told investigators she had previously had sex with Courson in his home.
Courson is now facing charges of lewd and lascivious battery and solicitation of a minor.
Courson's attorney, Tim Jansen, denies the accusations and says the new charges will be addressed in court on Monday morning.
Updated By: Joe Hellriegel
January 22, 2014, 11pm
New information on a father being charged with manslaughter in the death of his daughter.
David Courson is being represented by Tim Jansen.
Investigators say Courson was a passenger in his pick-up truck when a 13-year-old girl - who was driving - accidentally ran over and killed 6-year-old Becca Courson.
They add the driver and David both had alcohol on their breaths.
Marijuana was also found in the truck.
A judge has set a $350,000 bond.
"Our feeling right now is that this is a tragedy not a crime, or at least on behalf of Mr. Courson, that his family has suffered enough that he has never been in trouble before that we believe that no files should be charged against him and that we believe he should be able to go home and tend to the burial of his child," said Tim Jansen, Courson's attorney.
Jansen also says the State Attorney's Office has not reviewed the case and expects more facts to come forward.
The wife of a Jefferson County man accused of the manslaughter of their six year old daughter is supporting her husband.
Cara Courson says she doesn't blame anyone for the death of her six year old daughter Rebecca, including her husband David Courson.
"I need him with me he's my rock," she said.
Cara came to the Jefferson County Jail Wednesday morning to see David.
Early Monday evening, investigators say David Courson was a passenger in his pick up truck when a 13 year old girl, who was driving, accidentally ran over and killed 6 year old Becca Courson.
Investigators say the driver, who's a friend of the Coursons' older daughter and David Courson had alcohol on their breath.
Marijuana was also found in the truck.
Charges may be pending against the girl depending on the results of her blood test.
"No I don't think she should be charged," said Cara. "The girl is 13 years old, 14 years old," she said. "She's a baby, she's a baby too, she's somebody's baby," Cara said.
Wednesday morning, a Jefferson County Judge set a $350,000 bond for David Courson's negiligent manslaughter charge.
If Cara can raise the 10 percent needed to get David out of jail, he won't be allowed to drink alcohol or take drugs.
He can't return within 500 feet of the accident scene and he can have no contact with minor children, including his two surviving children.
"I think its ridiculous, but if that's how it has to be, that's how it has to be," said Cara.
"We could have another hearing to address that issue and certainly that will be something we'll look into," said the assistant public defender Davis Revell who appeared in court for David Courson.
Meanwhile, Cara Courson wants to get David out of jail so he can grieve with the rest of his family and help plan his daughter's funeral.
"I had to go and look through a glass, a fricking glass to say David, do you want your daughter to wear a purple dress," said Cara.
She says the whole story hasn't come out yet because investigators have yet to interview her 8 year old son, who was in the back seat of the pick up truck.
A spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol confirmed investigators haven't interviewed the boy yet.
Cara also says her husband would never give alcohol to minors.
Revell says the marijuana didn't belong to David and he was trying to stop the girl from driving the truck.
Late Wednesday afternoon, Tallahassee attorney Tim Jansen informed Eyewitness News he's now representing David Courson and was meeting with him at the jail.
By: Andy Alcock
January 22, 2014, 12 p.m.
Monticello, Fla. -- Bond details have been released for David Courson, a father charged with Negligent Manslaughter in the death of his 6-year-old daughter.
The bond amount has been set at $350,000.
He is also to have no contact with minor children, no alcohol or drugs, and be administered breath tests 3 times per week.
His curfew has been set as 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and he is ordered not to go within 500 feet of premises where the alleged crime occurred.
He is currently waiting on his wife, who may be posting bond for him.
Monticello, Fla. -- Her favorite color was purple and she loved princesses.
Six year old Becca Courson's mother provided Eyewitness News with a picture of her daughter which reads "Happy New Year Rebecca".
A first grader at Jefferson Elementary School in Monticello, grief counselors from Big Bend Hospice broke the news of Becca's death to her classmates on Tuesday.
"It's difficult for our students, it's difficult for our teachers, it's going to be very difficult for our community," said Assistant Principal Nancy Whitty.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol spokesman, a 13 year old girl accidentally ran over Becca in a pick up truck at the Courson's home in rural Jefferson County .
He says the girl intended to go forward, but put the truck in reverse.
The spokesman says Becca's father, 38 year old David Russell Courson, was a passenger in the front seat and her 8 year old brother was in the back seat.
He says the girl was simply moving the pick up truck from one part of the property to the front of the Courson home when the accident happened.
The spokesman says Russell Courson, his 12 year old daughter who wasn't in the truck and the 13 year old driver all had the smell of alcohol on their breath.
He also says no in the truck realized Becca had been hit until after they parked and left the truck.
Russell Courson is charged with negligent manslaughter in his daughter's death.
"The loss of a child, you expect your children to outlive you and bury you, not you bury one of them," said neighbor Warner Miller.
Miller says he knows the Coursons.
He also knows what it's like to lose a child.
His nephew Tyler Biggins was one of three victims in a Tallahassee fatal crash nearly two years ago on St. Patrick's Day, 2012.
Whitty says she knows all three Courson children well.
She taught Becca's older sister in fourth grade.
Becca's brother is currently in the second grade at Jefferson Elementary.
And Whitty says Becca was loved by faculty, staff and her classmates.
"She was just a sweet little beauty that always aimed to please," said Whitty. "She just always wanted to please her teachers, the adults, her classmates, she was just a little angel, a little first grade angel," she said.
Jefferson County Sheriff David Hobbs says Russell Courson is being held in an administrative cell at the Jefferson County Jail in Monticello where he can be watched around the clock.
Courson declined our request for an interview.
The FHP spokesman says the 13 year old driver could face a DUI manslaughter charge depending on the results of her blood test.
Becca's aunt tells us it's the family's hope the girl, who's a friend of the oldest Courson daughter, will not be charged.
By: WCTV Eyewitness News Web Staff
Monticello, Fla. -- 38-year-old David Courson has been charged with Negligent Manslaughter in the death of his 6-year-old daughter.
Courson was a passenger in the vehicle driven by a 13-year-old girl that hit and killed his daughter.
Courson is being held in the Jefferson County Jail, and we will have much more on this story tonight in our newscast.
By: WCTV Eyewitness News Web Staff
Monticello, Fla. - A 6-year-old child is killed after being hit by a truck driven by a 13-year-old in Monticello, Fla.
Florida Highway Patrol says around 5:30 PM on Monday, the 13-year-old was driving on private property on St. Augustine Road. The 6-year-old child was behind the vehicle as it was backing up, and was run over.
The child was taken to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital and later pronounced dead.
FHP is still investigating, and WCTV will bring you the details as they are released.


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With the release of SoftLayer Object Storage, we wanted to integrate brand-unique, value-added features on top of the already comprehensive tools that have been set in place to provide a first-in-class product for our customers. While Object Storage has many features that come standard from the OpenStack Object Storage project (code-named Swift), the additional features we have integrated will bring your storage to the next level.
Before introducing you to the features, we'd like to better acquaint you with the architecture you can expect to see when working with SoftLayer Object Storage.
SoftLayer Object Storage has API endpoints on both the private network and public internet. Private network calls can only be made from servers and computing instances purchased from SoftLayer, or devices connected to the private network via VPN. Authentication requests should be sent to the endpoint associated with the location of your Object Storage account.
The response body of the authentication request will contain endpoint information for clusters associated with your account.
Unlike the regular SoftLayer API, the Object Storage API is solely written for RESTbased programming so users will be working completely out of a browser, utilizing URLs and request headers rather than the standard methods that one might usually see. This allows us to utilize the tools and bindings that already exist to ensure you get the best version of Object Storage possible. When navigating through the Object Storage API,
you'll be working with three basic storage concepts which are easily navigable and allow you to fully customize the way you store your data.
The account for Object Storage is treated like any SoftLayer account. It is the main point of reference to which all of your data is associated. When completing request headers, your account will generally be referenced to retrieve, add or change information. From your account, clusters are created in different datacenters, which house objects as they are uploaded to the cluster. Within each cluster, containers may be created to better organize objects, similar to filesystems used by most software today.
A cluster is a set of servers that create scalable and fault-tolerant object storage. When using SoftLayer Object Storage, your data is replicated across the cluster, ensuring that it can be retrieved in the event of node failure. Object storage clusters will be located in our Dallas, Amsterdam and Singapore datacenters.
The container is the basic storage unit for all data that you store. Containers work in Object Storage much like folders or directories work in many operating systems. The main difference between containers and folders or directories is that containers are unable to be nested. At minimum, an account must contain one container and the number of containers allowed per account is unlimited. Optionally, additional containers can be created within your account and data may be organized within those containers based on your business needs.
An object represents the data and any metadata for the files stored in the system. Through the REST interface, metadata for an object can be included by adding custom HTTP headers to the request and the data payload as the request body. Objects cannot exceed 5GB and must have names that do not exceed 1024 bytes after URL encoding. However, objects larger than 5GB can be segmented and then concatenated together so that you can upload 5 GB segments and download a single concatenated object. You can work with the segments and manifests directly with HTTP requests.
Now that you are familiar with the basics of SoftLayer Object Storage, we'd like to briefly introduce you to two of the key features that come standard with every Object Storage account. For more information on either of these features, click the link embedded in the descriptions and you will be routed to an in-depth article on the selected feature.
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By Lee Berthiaume
OTTAWA — The Tories have promised a complete and public review of the stealth fighter program and opened the door to potential competitors after a scathing report found defence officials twisted government rules, misled ministers and Parliament, and whitewashed cost overruns and delays in a determined effort to ensure Canada purchased the F-35 jet.
Auditor-General Michael Ferguson's scathing assessment, released today, puts the military's own cost estimates for Canada's involvement at $25 billion — instead of the publicly stated $16 billion — and questions assertions that Canadian industry stands to benefit from $12 billion in contracts.
The Auditor-General's report also says the F-35 was "clearly the fighter jet of choice" as early as 2006, and that officials intentionally played up the F-35's stealth capabilities to sidestep established purchasing guidelines.
"National Defence did not exercise the diligence that would be expected in managing a $25-billion commitment," Ferguson said. "It is important that a purchase of this size be managed rigorously and transparently."
The report forced immediate changes to the handling of the fighter program: "Funding will remain frozen and Canada will not purchase new aircraft until further due diligence, oversight, and transparency is applied to the process of replacing the Canadian Forces' aging CF-18 fleet," Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose said after the release of the review.
The Auditor-General refused to target anyone for blame, instead putting the onus on the government to clean up the process for replacing the country's CF-18s.
"It's difficult for me to try to point fingers at any particular individual," Ferguson said shortly after tabling his report in the House of Commons. "What it comes down to is the process was not what it should have been."
But accusing the government of incompetence, opposition parties described the new measures as a shell-game and declared that nothing short of an open, fair and unbiased competitive process would serve to set aside continuing doubts about the multibillion-dollar project.
"A competitive tender is really the only credible alternative here," said Liberal MP Ralph Goodale. "Without a tender, the blunder will continue on and on into the future."
Ferguson's report says Canada initially joined the F-35 program in 1997 not with the intention of purchasing the stealth fighter, but to ensure Canadian industry could win contracts associated with developing and producing the fighter.
That changed in 2006 when a memorandum of understanding was signed by Canada and eight other partner nations committing them to long-term participation in the project. By then, the military was knee-deep in the program.
"By the end of 2006, the (Defence) Department was actively involved in developing the F-35, and a number of activities had put in motion its eventual procurement," the audit report says.
The report says that in convincing the Conservative government to sign onto the MOU, the military talked up the potential billions in contracts Canadian industry could secure if the country continued to participate in the project.
However, "while ministers were told, correctly, that signing the 2006 MOU did not commit Canada to buy the F-35, we did not see evidence they were told that retaining industrial benefits depended on buying the F-35 as a partner in the [Joint Strike Fighter] program."
In addition, "in the majority of cases, only the most optimistic scenario was put forward, rather than a range of potential benefits that reflected the inherent uncertainties in the projections."
Defence Department officials also did not tell ministers that by signing the memorandum of understanding, the government would be hard-pressed to run a fair competition in the future to replace Canada's ageing fleet of CF-18s.
Normal government procurement rules say departments must lay out their requirements so multiple companies can bid on the contracts. That, however, didn't happen with the F-35.
In fact, starting in late 2008, the report says, Defence officials "led a process to get a government decision to buy the F-35, partly in response to pressure from industry." Following Canada's signing onto the MOU in 2006, the report says, the Defence department began putting together necessary documents to support the eventual purchase of the aircraft.
To get around requirements for a competitive bidding process, officials intentionally played up the fact the F-35 was the only fifth-generation aircraft available to Canada.
In May 2010, the Public Works Department, which is supposed to provide oversight of all major government purchases, questioned the military's assertion that no other aircraft could meet Canada's requirements.
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Whitewash: Two F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), fighter aircraft are seen as they arrive at Edwards Air Force Base in California in this May 2010 file photo.
It eventually agreed to waive requirements for a competitive bidding process "if National Defence provided a letter confirming National Defence's requirement for a fifth-generation fighter and confirming that the F-35 is the only such aircraft available."
Over the four years between when the MOU was signed and the Conservative government's announcement in July 2010 that Canada would be purchasing 65 F-35s, the report says, military officials regularly downplayed or glossed over cost overruns and delays afflicting the stealth fighter program.
"Officials from National Defence who participated in the senior decision-making committees of the (Joint Strike Fighter) program were regularly informed of these problems," the report says. "Yet in briefing materials from 2006 through 2010 that we have reviewed, neither the Minister nor decision makers in National Defence and central agencies were kept informed of these problems and the associated risks of relying on the F-35 to replace the CF-18."
The report also notes "significant concerns about the completeness of cost information provided to parliamentarians."
In particular, it notes that in response to Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page's estimate in March 2011 that Canada's purchase of 65 F-35s would cost $30 billion, the Defence Department "did not include estimated operating, personnel or ongoing training costs" in putting the cost at $14.7 billion.
The fact is, the report says, National Defence's own cost estimates put the program at $25 billion in June 2010.
That wasn't the only time the military provided incomplete information, according to the Auditor-General's office.
F-35s and Canada
1997: The Department of National Defence (DND) signs the Joint Strike Fighter Program's first-phase memorandum of understanding, making Canada part of the F-35 development program.
2001: The federal government signs on to the second phase of the program. Treasury Board approves $171 million for the second phase. A Canadian representative is assigned to the F-35 program office.
2006: DND completes a preliminary analysis of five aircraft that could replace the ageing CF-18 fleet. The federal government agrees to the third phase of the F-35 project and Treasury Board officials approve $192 million in spending.
2008: DND identifies 14 "high-level mandatory capabilities" the aircraft meant to replace the current CF-18 fleet must meet, and completes an analysis of three contender replacements. DND asks the federal government for permission to buy the F-35.
2010: The federal government announces plans to buy 65 F-35 fighter jets. In a letter to Public Works and Government Services Canada, which oversees government procurement, DND justifies buying the jets without inviting competition.
2011: The Parliamentary Budget Officer releases a report that says the government is under-estimating the cost of the F-35.
2012: DND asks Treasury Board for the power to approve expenditures on the F-35.
2019: Expected delivery date of the first F-35s in Canada.
2020: Estimated end of the current CF-18 fleet.
"We observed that National Defence told parliamentarians that cost data provided by U.S. authorities had been validated by U.S. experts and partner countries, which was not accurate at the time," the report says. "At the time of its response, National Defence knew the costs were likely to increase but did not so inform parliamentarians."
Ferguson's report says National Defence "has been overly confident" about the F-35 program's budget and schedule, and raised concerns that the stealth fighter would not be ready by the time Canada's CF-18s are due to retire by 2020. It notes that "decisions taken to date as well as those yet to come will have impacts for the next 40 years."
In a rare move, the Defence and Public Works departments both said they disagreed with the Auditor-General's report, arguing they had conducted due diligence in managing the program.
Still, the government was expected to announce Tuesday that it is moving the F-35 program out of the military's hands and giving it to the Public Works department It will also provide annual updates to Parliament on the progress of the stealth fighter program and establish a committee of senior bureaucrats to monitor the project.
The government will also promise to look at all alternatives to replacing Canada's aging fleet of CF-18 fighters, which are due to retire within the next decade. This could include revisiting Boeing's Super Hornet.
The Conservative government initially announced in July 2010 that Canada would buy 65 F-35s for $9 billion to replace the country's ageing fleet of CF-18s, a decision it steadfastly supported for the next year and a half, including during the last federal election.
The announcement was made without an open bidding process and would be this country's largest-ever military purchase.
But recent months have seen the Conservative government back away from that commitment, with Associate Defence Minister Julian Fantino admitting last month that the government hasn't closed the door on walking away from the F-35.
This isn't the first time an Auditor-General has blasted the military for its conduct in the purchase of a major piece of equipment. Previous reports in 2006 and 2010 criticized the Defence Department for deliberately low-balling costs in order to get the equipment it wanted.
Two years ago, Sheila Fraser concluded National Defence knew the Chinook heavy lift helicopter it wanted to buy was not an "off the shelf" model, with a relatively low risk of cost and time overruns.
Yet the department did not reveal this to Treasury Board when it sought project approval. As a result, the cost of the 15 Chinooks more than doubled to $4.9-billion and the helicopters still have not been delivered.
A similar story accompanied the purchase of 28 maritime helicopters, according to Ms. Fraser, who lamented the gaps in the fullness of information supplied to MPs. "[DND] under-estimated and under-stated the complexity and developmental nature of the helicopters it intended to buy," she said.
Canada Auditor General Blasts F-35 Program -- Defense News
Great F-35 quotes from Canada -- Eric Palmer Blog.....


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Being a specific form of art, typography has always been coherent with the general progress of art and cultural growth of humanity. This is why the history of western typography reflects the development of art in Europe to a considerable degree. The epoch of Roman Empire, Renaissance, Baroque, and the art of Industrialization period – we can track the traces of each stage of art development in the design of particular typefaces, born during a respective period of time. In fact, the whole history of western typography has always been about the development of new trends, and the revival of ancient techniques of writing and lettering designs.
The below article aims at providing key facts from the history of western typography supplied with modern font examples, which could represent and illustrate the font styles, specific for each stage of typography development.
Today thanks to the rapid development of computer technologies and digital fonts, a new chapter of western typography history is being written. Along with multiple modern fonts, reflecting the modern art ideas, such as graffiti or 3D effects, many font designers still do their best to give new life into ancient scripts, developing professional fonts based on old typography rules and classical typefaces, which have already withstood the test of time.
Modern terminology explains typography as the art or technique, which deals with arranging type, type design, and glyphs appearance. Since this craft had different courses of development in Asian region and in Europe, it is a commonly accepted approach to differentiate Western typography from that formed in other places of the world.
At the dawn of Western Typography
Middle of the 15th century is usually associated with the dawn of the Western typography as the systematic craft. Though the design or appearance of letters had been evolving during many centuries before, it was in the 15th century, when the first types, fonts, and typefaces appeared, owing largely to the rapid development of movable type printing.
The first typefaces, which appeared in Europe, such as D-K type (around 1455) for the first book printed in Europe, had distinct gothic blackletter traits. Bensch Gothic font can now be used to show how those first fruits of Western typography looked like. Later under the influence of typographic traditions and trends in Italy new typefaces were presented: Bastarda, fraktur, rotunda, and Schwabacher. Those typefaces featured distinctive professional design with structurized and highly organized glyphs. Modern computer fonts Stonehenge Regular, Breitkopf Fraktur, Typographer Rotunda, and Schwabacher mimic the appearance of the mentioned medieval typefaces.
Bensch Gothic
Stonehenge Regular
Breitkopf Fraktur
Typographer Rotunda
Old Style Types during Middle Ages
The design of inscriptional capitals, found on Roman buildings, formed the background for the next step of Western typography. Structurally appropriate design, angled stresses, contrasting strokes, and serifs became the characteristic features of the traditional typefaces ever developed by Western typography artists.
By the end of the 15th century a Roman type was formed thanks to the works of Nicolas Jenson, Francesco Griffo, and Erhard Radolt. Nowadays, the representatives of Roman typeface family, for example Justus Roman, Grandesign Neue Roman, GalileoFLF-Roman remain among the most popular typefaces, widely used in multiple practical applications.
Justus Roman
Grandesign Neue Roman
Typography during the Renaissance
The epoch of Renaissance brought a new style of writing, known as "cursiva humanistica". The slanted glyphs design gave birth to a wide range of Italic or cursive typefaces. A great contribution to the development of Western typography was made by Claude Garamond. He developed the typefaces, known as "Canon de Garamond" and "Petit Canon de Garamond", which became the prototype for modern Garamond style fonts, such as Apple Garamond, SGaramond Regular, and others.
Apple Garamond
SGaramond Regular
Transition to Modern Style
The 17th and 18th centuries introduced new trends in Western typography: the letters received greater contrast between thick and thin strokes, bracketed serifs turned into fine almost straight lines, and the stressing became vertical. William Caslon, Johann Fleischmann, and John Baskerville made notable contributions to the development of the so-called transitional Roman typefaces. Caslon-Bold, Dustismo Roman Bold, Sanskrit Roman Bold Italic fonts inherit the best traits of this particular tradition in western typography.
Dustismo Roman Bold
Sanskrit Roman Bold Italic
Western Typography in 19th-20th century
Due to the rapid development of industries in the 19th and 20th century, typography again made a significant step forward. Though experts say that this period was not marked with any novelties in the typefaces design, great progress was made in terms of typographic technology. After the invention of lithography in 1796, typography was popularised over a wide range of applications from newspapers to posters and advertisings.
Modern days of Western Typography
With the appearance of personal computers at the end of the 20th century, a new round of western typography has begun. Now, font designers are no longer limited with the specifications of the metal types, a new font or typeface can be designed in a relatively easy way with the help of specialised computer applications or font editors. Computer fonts are now widely used by every user of personal computer, which gave the push to the appearance and growth of the huge free font repositories in the Internet, such as Fonts2u, where anyone can find a great variety of digital fonts, download them and use in personal documents or designing projects.
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