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The Otsego County Office for the Aging will sponsor a cookies, cakes and muffin-baking contest in conjunction with its annual Fall Fun and Info Fair and Public Hearing on Oct. 19 at the Elm Park Methodist Church on Chestnut Street in Oneonta. Mixes may be used.
Only those who are at least 60 years old and a resident of Otsego County may enter. The office asks those interested to participating in the baking contest to pre-register. The deadline for preregistration is Oct. 15. The Info Fair will run from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. with lunch by reservation only at noon and the Public Hearing to follow.
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Planting Days event to kick off museum series
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Festival to celebrate Iroquois culture
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County to lose its economic playmaker
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Talking Opera evokes enthusiasm for the season
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Cotillion not just a dance
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Muslim Youth and Women in the West: Source of Concern or Source of Hope?
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Opening Speech
Dr. Ursula Plassnik
Federal Minister
for European and International Affairs
Muslim Youth and Women in the West: Source of Concern or Source of Hope?
Salzburg, 15 May 2007
Secretary General of the OSCE Marc Perrin de Brichambaut,
UN Special Envoy Iqbal Riza,
Director Mustapha Tlili,
Vice-President of the Salzburg Seminar Edward Mortimer,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I cordially welcome you to Salzburg.
Muslim youth and women in particular are often in the forefront of discussion over integration and the relationship between Islam and the West.
Often they become the "yardsticks" for successful or failed integration policy, and often they are styled as "victims" and see themselves as "discriminated against". At the same time, however, young Muslim men and women partly change the old hierarchies in gender relationships, and are thus agents of change in the transformation of Muslim families and communities.
Quite apart from the respective religious background it is generally accepted that in today's world the great theme "identity and integration" poses many new and sophisticated challenges particularly for women and young people.
Reason enough to look into their basic situation, concerns, threats, problems, expectations and opportunities, and to devote due attention to it.
Often we lack - and I say this with self-criticism - a differentiating approach, and we must look behind reproaches and stereotypes if we want to develop concrete solutions to current problems.
After all, we want to talk frankly about problem areas and approaches to solutions in this event.
- Too many young people with a migration background have no education, no job, little or no perspective for economic independence and social ascendancy. To put it concisely: for a life as they would like to envision it. And - if you believe in statistical data - this applies to a greater extent to male youths than to female youths.
We know that a lack of perspective and a feeling of exclusion or of being deliberately excluded leads to a propensity for religious and political radicalisation.
- In the diversity "of forming an Islamic identity" there are many young people and women who consciously and actively develop a European-Islamic identity.
Muslim women, the way they dress, the question as to whether this is a visual sign of non-integration and non-acceptance of European values, have been discussed for years. The fact that even clothing is a delicate subject, and one which is not strictly private but involves aspects of legal and social policy, has already been appreciated prior to the Sahin vs. Turkey case and the respective judgement set down in 2005 by the European Court of Human Rights, which dealt with the subject in a very careful and conscientious manner.
At the same time Muslim women are increasingly successful in their strive for equal education and professional training, as well as equal opportunities in the labour market.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
A few words on Europe.
In modern Europe diversity is a reality which had been ferociously fought for until it was finally achieved. Meanwhile it has become the recognised - even the energising - core of our European self-conception. The daily application of pluralism is the truly successful "management concept" of our specific European life model. Europeans are turning out to be masters in the management of diversity.
The European Union is home to over 15 million Muslims - estimates reveal astonishing numerical differences, sometimes the figure is set at 20 to 30 million. They are either fellow citizens who represent Europe's autochthonous Islam, or they are people who have come to us as refugees or migrants since the second half of the last century.
Europe, its politics and decision-makers are committed to diversity. This holds true for both the people and their countries: each single state, each community should recognise itself in this new European amalgam. And the final goal is that each individual man and woman, each human being contributes their roots, head and heart, and that they recognise themselves in this new Europe.
In this endeavour, the European Union stands - and this is the very starting point for me - on the firm foundations of the Enlightenment: reason, the separation of church and state, individual and political rights and freedoms, self-determination of the person and equal rights for men and women. The core of this life model is to impart pluralism, to live pluralism. By the way, Article I of the European Union's constitutional draft contains a good summary of this objective.
To this quotation from the foundation of values I should like to add another remarkable quotation from the final declaration of the Conference of Leaders of Islamic Centres and Imams in Europe held in Graz in 2003: "European Muslims are equally aware of their religious identity as Muslims as they are of their social identity as Europeans." Diversity is based on a firm foundation of values. Europe has a carefully formulated acquis communautaire for the protection and promotion of this diversity, for the furtherance of equal opportunities and as a foil against discrimination.
But in our actual dealings with diversity, have we also known how to make the best of it in our everyday life together? Looking more closely, do we detect cracks and gaps? Are there vague areas? If yes, what are we doing about them?
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Integration is an ever-new challenge.
Integration is a sophisticated social policy management task requiring a great deal of creativity. The new home country provides the framework conditions, although - and this is something I should like to emphasise - a lot remains to be done on all sides.
It is not a one-way street laid out by a majority society. On the contrary, integration means not only being a guest in a society but rather living in this society to the full, leading a life where everything revolves around it, participating in and co-shaping this society, having rights and obligations, and - in emotional terms - sharing in its happiness and sorrows. And finally, finding a home.
Integration is not a process which aims to endanger or make people lose their religious or cultural identity. A precondition for successful integration is also to deal honestly with the lives of Muslim women and youth - their life in our society, their concerns and objectives, and also their problems - in order to find solutions together.
Many themes raised at the Conference - Muslim identity, European Islam - relate to Muslim communities themselves, constituting a challenge for the internal dialogue between Muslims. In this effort, Muslim organisations and religious authorities have to fulfil an important orientation function.
At the same time we must aim for precision at the political level: not every issue relevant to integration is related to religious identity. The situation of, for example, Muslim women and youth is considerably more multi-faceted, and we should beware of discussing problems in the limited context of religious affiliation.
The concrete task is to make European values attractive for young people and to win them over without calling their religious identity into question. This also includes avoiding a situation in which groups of young people lose themselves in frustration and a lack of perspective, that in their circle of friends and families they fall into an ever-deeper and more rapid downward spiral in which everything appears hopeless. No young person must end up in the dead end street of self-denial or defamation of others.
So it is our common task to convince them that there must be no situation from which there is no way out. We have to encourage young people in this. Let's get personalities who have asserted themselves in society, and let them talk in public about how they have made it. Successful examples may provide confidence.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
We know that the youth of today will determine the Europe of tomorrow.
Language proficiency and education are crucial to the participation of young people in our society, and shall open the doors to their contribution in the social, cultural, economic and political milieu.
They are a key to their sharing in this co-shaping of our common future - being inside, rather than having to remain outside.
Austria promotes language courses at many levels. Let me mention but a few examples:
- There are courses for young "newcomers", male and female, who arrive in Austria shortly before compulsory education starts or after it has ended to assist them in becoming integrated
- There are "language" integration vouchers for new migrants, male and female, who come to Vienna within the framework of family reunions
- Or there is the "Mom is learning German" programme - language courses for mothers of school-age children.
The problematic future perspective of young Muslims can be most clearly observed in the labour market. If unemployment of young people constitutes a challenge in general, it is young people with a migration background who are especially affected. We need targeted measures that deal with this problem.
Let me give you an example: On 9 May, a position paper formulated by the Federation of Austrian Industry - with some 3,500 members it encompasses a weighty part of Austria's entrepreneurial world - was presented in Vienna. Under the title "Creating common spaces for life - the future of migration and integration in Austria" it is designed to optimise framework conditions for people with a migration background who are already living in the country: by acquiring a good knowledge of the language, by becoming increasingly better qualified, by supporting children at an early stage, as well as through local and regional measures.
There is a "Muslim elite" developing in Europe - men and women who participate in society and who have made it both economically and socially. They can and should be credible role models, especially for young people.
But we also want to invest more in education about Europe and the formation of a European identity. After all, we live in the age of multiple identities. Patchwork identity - I think this is an appropriate term, since identity is nothing that is carved in stone but rather something that develops and is created during the course of life.
Participation requires being informed and having the necessary tools. I have therefore called for a new subject - "Europe" - to be introduced into Austrian schools from the first grade onwards. Its objective should be to allow recognition of that which is unfamiliar and instil confidence. Perhaps recognising what Arthur Rimbaud articulated in saying "Je est un autre" - "I is another", words which express being European in its roots, the pluralist basis of values in the European life model.
To me it is secondary what children discuss under the label "Europe", whether they talk about the Chinese wall or Turkish fellow citizens. The important thing is to recognise that which is different.
Integration may be promoted successfully through cooperation with Muslim educational facilities. Let me mention a few examples from the Austrian perspective:
- Provision of Islamic religious instruction which meets European standards with regard to the basic and further training of teachers, the quality of teaching aids as well as educational concepts for children and adolescents.
- Introduction of a European curriculum for religious instruction. With the introduction of the "Islamic religious education" university study programme Austria has taken an important step: this is where Austria's secondary school teachers of Islamic religion should be trained.
- Establishment of Muslim theological faculties and educational programmes for Imams at European universities and teacher training colleges.
- Support by society for Muslim initiatives that resolutely reject doctrines and traditions which contradict European basic values and are not rooted in Islam.
- Another theme is increased awareness in dealing with questions of media globalisation. The Internet entails the danger of radicalisation. On the other hand it offers the opportunity to lead an open debate across borders. The state and Muslim organisations should face the challenges of this medium by engaging in co-operation and providing orientation. They should also clearly warn against content that could endanger co-existence in Europe.
Offering "the opportunity of finding a home" - I think this objective best describes the desired goal for which we should be working together.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
No matter which individual course Muslim women follow in their lives and no matter whether they wear a headscarf or not, they are facing specific challenges and are exposed to specific tensions in Western society, as well as in their own religious communities.
Our legally guaranteed social and political freedoms offer protection and encouragement. At the same time they may increase the pressure on how to shape Muslim female identity.
The Conference of European Imams and Ministers in Vienna in 2006 clearly addressed the question of what remains to be done: the responsible religious authorities have to take clear positions on such issues as the defence of women's rights and women's image in which the Muslim woman has a full and equal share in all spheres of society.
And the same Vienna Imam Conference formulated the following groundbreaking statements with regard to participation: "Men and women are equal partners in Islam; they carry mutual responsibility and are equal in human dignity. The right to study and teach, the right to work, financial independence, the right to vote and the eligibility for political office and the participation in the social discourse are pillars which are to guarantee this status."
In my opinion, the active participation of women in decision-making processes - at an equal level with men and not only with regard to so-called classic women's issues but in relation to any subject - in internal dialogue and in the dialogue between cultures, is the very core and basis. I am convinced that no society can do without the strength, experience and expertise of women.
The training and education of young people is also affected by the position of women. A modern, open-minded mother will strive to give her children confidence, open up opportunities for them and do everything to ensure their successful future.
Muslim women in our societies - I have already addressed this point and we are all aware of it - are by no means a homogeneous group. They are characterised by diversity - not only by different countries of origin, different kinds of education, their situation in society and in their family, but also by their personal and highly different life patterns.
Carla Amina Baghajati, the media spokeswoman of the Islamic Faith Community in Austria, is getting to the point when she says that Muslim women - particularly if they wear headscarves - are the subject of more or less any discussion related to the theme of "Islam in Europe" ranging from the issue of integration to questions of security. She says that "this is usually done without asking them and by talking about them rather than with them."
Regarding the wishes Muslim women voice with regard to politics, I should like to have Ms Baghajati express them. She sees two levels of what remains to be done:
1. Necessary action on the Muslim side: Responsible religious authorities should take a clear stand on the defence of women's rights and women's image based on equal rights:
- Cases in which women are wronged should be openly reviewed on a self-critical basis. And there should be no rejection through the claim that "this is not Islam." In Carla Amina Baghajati's opinion this is the only way of achieving positive awareness within the Muslim community.
- Networking with facilities of civil society and other organisations supporting women's rights and human rights should be increased. Pointing out that which concerns us all, such as violence against women. "As if there were no other beating husbands in Austria," (end of Baghajati quote).
2. Necessary action in society and politics in general:
- The topics should be dealt with honestly, without simplification, populist effects or self-complacency.
- Effective anti-discrimination measures should be taken, including the creation of possibilities for stronger participation by Muslim women.
- Awareness should be raised with regard to contradictions and dependencies: When women cannot go to work to become financially independent from their husbands, this is caused by the difficulties involved in getting foreign certificates acknowledged, by problems concerning access to the labour market, also on account of the Act governing the rights of foreigners, and not "by Islam", as is often generalised. When wives do not end a marriage although it is on the rocks, this attitude may be due to fears of losing their residence permit, which is linked to the husband.
These are some of Carla Amina Baghajati's comments.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Terror caused by people who pretend to act in the name of Islam. Anger and radicalisation of marginalised groups. These pictures give rise to tendencies towards negative generalisation in our country.
The dangerous thing about stereotypes is that they paralyse. They threaten to take hostage the positive potential of entire societies - both in the Muslim world and in the Western world. We should - and must - identify stereotypes, unmask and dismantle them.
Two current European initiatives which are facing this challenge are the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All (2007) and the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue (2008).
One principle of the European life model is committed dialogue - based on mutual curiosity and interest, not on toleration, for "tolerating means offending" (Goethe), not on indifference disguised as tolerance.
It is particularly the Austrian model of dealing with our Muslim fellow citizens that has proven successful. The "Memorandum by the Islamic Faith Community in Austria on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of European unity" describes it as "a well-balanced relationship between the state and recognised religious communities," including Islam, which has been recognised in Austria since 1912. We have a climate in which issues are dealt with constructively at an equal level, and in which solutions can be found.
We are trying to keep both hands stretched out. The one hand is stretched out inwards - towards our Muslim fellow citizens - the other hand is stretched out outwards -towards our Muslim partners in the world. In this, we are aware of the crucial role of European Muslims, men and women alike.
I wish the Conference, its initiator Director Mustapha Tlili and his "Dialogues" team, a most successful event.
Thank you.

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Printable Photo Booth Props for New Year's Eve
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I've met very few people who claim to like New Year's Eve. Mostly, I think it's the pressure to end the year in sparkling fashion when a lot of us are really feeling the need to simply wind down. But I think New Year's Eve can be fun, whether amongst friends or at home with your family, especially if you can find an activity to bridge age and gender gaps and get everyone engaged.
My vote for fun this year? Photo booth props. Print out a bunch, grab the camera, and get everyone to start mugging. It's silly and fun and brings everyone together. Not a bad way to end the year.
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PILOT MOUNTAIN — The East Surry Cardinals varsity softball team won its home opener 5-4 against Ledford High School on a very cold and windy Wednesday night in what Coach Derrick Hill described as a gritty performance by the team.
The play of the game came in the fifth inning when Emily Cummings got a hard hit to outfield that brought a Card home, giving the Cards their first lead of the game by a score of 4-3 over Ledford, and then a hit by Kristen Cummings extended the lead 5-3, bringing Barker home.
Then in a show of defensive force, the Cards held the lead in the seventh inning after Ledford had scored one more run in the sixth making the score Cards 5-4. Barker threw a strike out in the last critical moments.
Barker, who started at short stop, threw a strike out against Ledford when bases were loaded by Ledford runners. The outfield then rose to the occasion once again during the game for the Cards catching some hard fly balls sent their way by Ledford with bases still loaded for the win.
Hill said the win was an exclamation point for the Cardinal team beating Ledford who beat North Davidson, 4A State Champions, last Friday.
"If we were able to outlast a team like Ledford, that tells me about our grittiness," said Hill.
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Best Software Upgrades for Designers – Perfect Photo Suite 7
Users can choose from a wide selection of presets or create their own using Perfect B&W, part of Photo Suite 7. (click on picture to enlarge)
Continuing my series of best software upgrades for designers, I look at the latest overhaul of OnOne Software's Perfect Photo Suite 7. Starting life as a series of plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop, Elements, and Lightroom, Perfect Photo Suite 7 has evolved into a powerful and scalable stand-alone image enhancing suite. This review was first published in the February 2013 edition of Print Action magazine. You can read the entire article in PDF form here if you like, or you can keep checking back at SoftCircus for the next installment.
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When last reviewed in PrintAction (August 2010), OnOne Software's impressive Plug-in Suite 5 promised to make digital photography "faster, easier, better", and in most ways lived up to the promise. Since then, the crew at OnOne have been busy improving an already robust photo editing product aimed at the imaging professional who needs just a little more than Photoshop can provide on its own.
Being a plug-in developer can be a tough job when Photoshop is constantly evolving to hold its spot as top pixel editor, especially when its newest features are often 'inspired' by the very plug-ins it hosts! While Perfect Photo Suite 7 functions can still be accessed individually through the plug-in architectures of Photoshop, Elements, Lightroom or Aperture, it's evolved into a powerful standalone workflow for improving images, applying artistic effects, precise masking, creative focus, and black-and-white conversions. Additionally, the Genuine Fractals image enlarging technology has been incorporated into Perfect Resize within the latest iteration of the suite.
The focus-bug at work creating a very cool tilt-shift blur. (click on picture to enlarge)
When first launching the Perfect Photo Suite 7 application, the user is presented with the intuitive Layers interface flanked with an image browser to the left of the workspace and familiar Navigator and Layers panels on the right. The workspace contains basic editing tools including transform, crop, trim, mask, retouch, move and zoom tools. Within this environment, users can jump to each of the suite tools by selecting the clearly marked function in the menu bar, automatically repopulating the workspace with applicable tools. Aside from combining all the plug-ins in a harmonized interface, OnOne has spent considerable time and effort improving each of the products.
Perfect Mask greatly improves on the masking capabilities first introduced in Mask Pro with a range of powerful tools, including Keep, Drop and Refining Brushes, Automatic Background Removal, as well as a variety of cleanup tools to enable users to mask very complex images such as hair with relatively little effort. New to Photo Suite 7, Perfect Portrait provides re- touching and correction tools specifically designed for dealing with the imperfections of human skin. Additionally, users can adjust eye and teeth whitening as well as detail – far easier than a trip to the dentist!
Perfect Effects brings everything from antique film grains through edge manipulation and artsy frames to your image editing workflow with real-time previews and bespoke controls to make each effect unique. The Perfect black-and-white plug-in steps users through an archive of historical mono- chrome print processes, again allowing each to be customized in a variety of ways to suit any taste.
My favourite suite plug-in is FocalPoint 2 that enables users play with focus in order to recreate the look of very fast lenses and to precisely control depth of field, especially when used in conjunction with Perfect Mask. It can take a bit of practice to get the hang of using OnOne's innovative FocusBug to adjust size, blur and vignette but it's worth the effort. Once you get FocusBug, Photoshop's Blur Tools seem downright primitive in comparison. In addition to circular focus adjustment, FocalPoint 2 includes planar focus necessary to create the trendy tilt-shift miniature effect.
Historically, OnOne Software's best-known application has been Genuine Fractals, its renowned image enlarging software. Now rebranded as Perfect Resize 7.5, the app still harnesses OnOne's proprietary fractal-based interpolation algorithms with much faster processing speeds than earlier versions. In plain English: It makes pictures bigger and sharper more quickly! Additionally, Perfect Resize offers presets covering every- thing from social media and video through massive gallery wrap canvases. In a prepress workflow, this tool can be invaluable for improving those horrible 72-dpi images your customers keep asking you to throw on press.
As well as the customary user guides, OnOne University hosts more than 100 online video tutorials in addition to a vast knowledge base. For my money, this is far more useful than a static PDF user guide. Each plug-in is available for purchase individually should you only require a single function, but buying more than one can quickly out-price the standalone version of the entire suite. At $499, Plug-in Suite 5 (2010) was a solid product at a good price. Starting at $150 for the standalone version, Perfect Photo Suite 7 (2012) represents an astounding value that can add profitable new capabilities to the prepress department with a relatively short learning curve.
Best Software Upgrades for Designers – Suitcase Fusion v4
Best software upgrades for designers? Lets face it, 2012 wasn't exactly a banner year in the premedia software multi-verse. Aside from the much anticipated launch of Adobe CS6 back in May 2012, most new software releases during the past year tended towards incremental improvement rather than life-altering new features. That's not necessarily a bad thing – after all modest progression is better than entropy in the software world.
And at some point we've all been guilty of neglecting to keep our collection of aging software current, stoically holding the status quo. It's easy for busy designers to miss incremental improvements in their favourite applications, especially given the evolutionary nature of the software industry. Consequently it's good take a look at some of the latest iterations of the software stalwarts many of us use every day.
I've been using Suitcase in one form or another for years and have been vigilant with my upgrades. This short review of the latest release is an excerpt from The SCSI Awards, first published in Print Action magazine (February 2013).
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Extensis has been around for nearly 20 years and some version of Suitcase has resided on my design workstation for nearly as long. The current incarnation of this respected font manager was born of a synthesis of Diamondsoft's Font Reserve and Extensis Suitcase back in 2006, validating the 'Fusion' suffix. Last reviewed in Print Action (July 2008), the 2012 incarnation of Suitcase Fusion has undergone substantive changes to reflect the new digital content landscape.
Perhaps most significant of these is support for web fonts in Fusion 4.0. When embedded within a web page or specified in a cascading style sheet, web fonts enable the display of fonts not present on the end-viewer's computer. Fusion users can now access the entire Google web font collection through Suitcase, enabling greater typographic control of online content. Similarly, Suitcase Fusion connects to WebINK, Extensis' commercial web font site with thousands of fonts from well-known foundries. Users can browse and utilize the entire WebINK collection free of charge while designing online assets, only paying the appropriate licensing when the site goes live. This added capability to work with web fonts ensures that cross-media designers will be able to better match their print and online work.
Also new in Fusion 4, Extensis Font Panels bring font browsing and management to Adobe Creative Suite applications including InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop. Besides being able to search and preview typefaces without leaving the host application, users can also activate new fonts. Custom Font Digests enable users to build font collections containing fonts from any source including both local and web fonts that will work within any of Extensis Font Panel. When a designer builds a Font Digest in the Photoshop for example, it will be available in both the Illustrator and InDesign Font Panels.
The Suitcase Fusion 4.0 application features user interface improvements including the addition of new toolbar commands, custom preview colours and the ability to create font sets from selections within the Fusion interface. Additionally users can now specify particular fonts as "Favourites" for easier access. Similarly, users can create automatically updating Smart Sets of fonts determined by a variety of states and attributes, similar to the Apple iTunes Smart Playlist feature.
All in all, the newest version of Suitcase Fusion delivers an enhanced user experience, streamlined workflow for Creative Suite users in addition to full cross-media font management and production tools. For legacy license holders of previous versions of Suitcase migrating their design business into online content, the $50 upgrade provides substantial new features and capabilities for a relatively small investment.
Acrobat XI Pro gets down to business
Acrobat Pro has long been considered a key application for prepress and premedia pros. However, with the release of Acrobat Pro XI, Adobe seems to be refocusing their efforts with a plethora of new features aimed squarely at the business and eCommerce user. You could have read all about it in my Acrobat Pro XI review in the December 2012 issue of Print Action magazine had I been proactive enough to tell you about it back then, but now that its springtime you'll have to be satisfied with a PDF version.
CES 2013 – A Googleplexian of Pixels
Join me as I wander the halls of the cavernous Las Vegas Convention Centre in search of the perfect gadget at Consumer Electronics Show 2013. This years event showcased more than 3,200 exhibitors over 1.92 million square feet of gadgetry. Based on the high number of huge 4K resolution TV screens I saw at CES 2013, by my abacus-assisted calculations I gazed upon more than a googleplexian of pixels! You can check out my photo feature in the February edition of Print Action magazine, or download a PDF here!
Best Software Upgrades for Designers
In the February 2013 edition of Print Action magazine I take a look at the best software upgrades for designers and premedia/prepress professionals released during the past year. From font management and Photoshop™ plug-ins to emulators and digital asset management – its all here.
It's Alive! Zombie blog rises from the grave
I can't believe I nearly killed my own blog! I won't bore you with a bunch of computer-ese blah-blah-blah, but basically I took the site down by creating a circular redirect in the WordPress settings. What's a circular redirect you ask? Remember when you were a kid and you wrote "How to keep a moron busy… turn paper over" on both sides of a piece of paper? While your buddies probably figured out the circular redirect within a few page flips, MySQL databases are much less pragmatic when analyzing instructions.
As a result, I was locked out of the blogs admin function meaning I couldn't post, update or edit anything. To make matters worse, while ineptly trying to rectify the situation I managed to take the blog completely off-line for about a day! Obviously, if you're reading this I got everything working again!
Nerd Alert – If you're not a WordPress geek you don't have to read past here! Go watch a few TED talks…
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Treasures from Renaissance Kunstkammer-CollectionsThe Grüne Gewölbe in Dresden is renowned as one of the world's foremost Renaissance collections. In 1560, the Elector August of Saxony began to install a collection in his Renaissance palace at Dresden; by adding naturalia and artificialia (natural wonders and examples of virtuoso craftsmanship) his son and successor, Christian I, turned it into a typical 16th century Kunstkammer collection.
The Kunsthistorisches Museum Sammlungen Schloss Ambras is showing around 65 loans from the Grüne Gewölbe, the Armoury and other holdings of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; this is the first time these artworks dating from the reigns of August and Christian I are on show in Austria. They include examples of precious goldsmith work, goblets of Saxon serpentine, coral bowls and flatware, filigree ivories turned on a lathe and goblets made of nautilus shells or ostrich eggs. One of the show's highlights is Giambologna's signed bronze group "Nessus and Deijaneira" sent to Christian I in 1590 as a diplomatic gift by Grand-Duke Francesco I de Medici.
The Kunst- and Wunderkammer at Ambras Castle is one of the few Renaissance collections to have survived at its original location and in its original galleries. It was founded by a Habsburg, Archduke Ferdinand II, in the 1570s. In the show selected artworks from Ambras are presented together with the loans from Dresden, allowing these important collectors and connoisseurs to interact via their magnificent collections.
An exhibition organized by the Grüne Gewölbe and Ambras Castle
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Firefighters responded to a call at approximately 2:50 a.m. Saturday for a fire in the first floor of a home located on Bedford Avenue near Farragut Road.
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In early May, contractors working to redo a floor on the second floor of the Bank of Abbeville opened up the front door of a sealed chimney. When the contractor opened the door, skeleton remains dropped to the floor.
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Originally from New York, Ted Perlman now lives in L.A. and produced, played guitar, arranged, recorded, and toured with major artists like Whitney Houston, Harry Belafonte, Bob Dylan, Diana Ross, Burt Bacharach, Joe Cocker, and Chicago. All this has made him proficient in a variety of musical styles R&B, Rock, Hip-Hop, Soul, Classical, Pop, Latin, Rap, Country, and World Music.
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Athlete - Tom Scott
Name | Tom Scott |
Nickname |
Captain America/ Wolf Slayer
Twitter Name | |
Birthplace |
Current Hometown |
Height/ Weight |
6ft. 165lbs
Family (only child, brothers/sisters, ect) |
Little brother Chase and older sister Erin
What age did you start karate? |
I was a wee lad at 8 years old
What style of karate do you do? |
What's your favorite food? |
What type of music do you listen to? |
Movie soundtracks
What is your favorite music group or artist? |
A band called Alter Bridge
Do you listen to music before you go it the ring? If so, what kind? |
I actually don't listen to music before I go in anymore. Music can get me too pumped up sometimes.
Do you have any pets? What kind? |
I have a dog and a cat. My 16 year old min pin is blind and deaf now and has been my lifelong pet
What is your pets name? |
Rickie the dog and Little the cat
Do you have any hidden talents? |
I am a good shot with a handgun and enjoy doing police training stress courses
How many hours a week do you workout in preparation for a major tournament? |
Is this your first World Championships? What are your thoughts about the World Championships in Paris? |
This will be my second world championships to compete in. I am ready, I have a plan, I can't wait to be there! Paris is supposed to be the world championships of all world championships so there is no better opportunity to take it! -75kg is a strong division and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Do you have a lucky charm? What is it? |
I have tons of small crosses, a Japanese charm for victory and another for wisdom. I don't really keep them for luck. I keep them to remind me of certain things: my goals (outside of victory), what's really important, and my faith. It helps keep things in perspective during competition which I feel is one of my best strengths.
Who is your favorite superhero? |
Iron man is pretty frat, but I am obsessed with The Dark Night movies
Who is your hero in real life? Why? |
My father. It has taken me years to realize some of his greatest attributes (probably the case with most sons :)). I now see how much effort he and my mother have put into their work not only to provide for the three of us, but also to give us the opportunity to choose our own paths and take them as far as we were willing. I've had the chance to see what all he does in a day's work, and for him to come home day-by-day with no complaints is inspirational. He is and always has been so patient. As they say: quick to listen and slow to speak. I owe much to my parents, and love them dearly. :)
Hobbies |
I like to shoot, fish, and go boating, but I also enjoy the occasional cigar with my coaches and training partners.
Favorite Quote |
"You cannot dream yourself into a character. You must hammer and forge yourself into one." -Henry D. Thoreau
Biggest Win. Why? |
The 2012 Pan American Karate Championships in Nicaragua was my favorite trip I've ever been on. PKF has always been a goal of mine for a long time. And to get gold in kilo and open weight at the same time was well worth the wait. But the best part about it for me was the encouragement that my coaches, my teammates and I are on the right path together. Shout out to WIKF Texas!
What do you love about competition? |
I love the thrill of competition. Practicing keeping your cool in high pressure is a blast. Everyone loves to win, but I've realized now that isnt always up to us. There are many uncontrollable factors in competition. What I really love is the challenge of accomplishing goals, the challenge of character, and the challenge to improve: each year, each event, every day.
Favorite way to relax? |
On hot Texas evenings my brother Chase and I will go golfing or play video games. Our family loves swimming out back and relaxing in the hot tub together almost every night. And we watch the Texas Rangers play baseball just about every day during the summer.
Advice for the youth athletes in karate? | |
My advice for junior athletes is to be patient. Don't get discouraged by a loss. Our greatest performances are often spurred by a loss, so welcome the opportunity to grow. I would'nt trade my history, losses, and silver medals for anything, it became my character. If nothing can discourage you, what can stop you? Right now you should be learning lessons. Heck, we'll always be learning lessons. Analyze your performances so you can improve by not making the same mistakes, and keeping what you do well. Again be patient, hungry and stay humble because your time is coming. |
Where do you get your inspiration from? |
I get my inspiration from my faith. Jesus Christ has become my backbone and safety net. I am young, and I may not yet know everything about Him, but because of what little I have learned, I feel free to stand tall and fear not the trials of daily life, the shortcomings of humanity & the world, and especially what happens in the ring. :) I hope I can go out and do good in the world.
2 Corinthians 5:17 |
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