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Principles and Elements of Floral Design
Teacher's Manual
Written by Texas Master Florists
Published by Texas State Florists' Association
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8 Chapters that address over 100% of the TEKS
- Basic Floral Design Concepts
- Design Elements and Principles
- Art in Floral Design
- Evaluating Floral Design
- The Business of Design
- Care and Handling
- Floral Careers and Skills
- You Flower Shop
Book includes:
- Student Projects
- Vocabulary
- Worksheets
- Thinking Questions
The video topics include:
- Flower Care and Handling
- Flower Types
- Arranging- Symmetrical Triangle and Boutonnieres
- Flower Arranging Tools
- Flowers to Wear- Corsages and Boutonnieres
- Hand tied and Spiral Bouquets
- Sympathy Sprays- Standing Easel and Casket
- Planning a Flower Event- Wedding and Special Events
- Flower Industry Careers
As you begin to teach your students, know in advance where you want them to be at the end of the school year. Strive to create a program that will allow students to learn good fundamentals and practice good mechanics. Have your students do "real work" - work that they would typically do in a flower shop. This includes everything from sweeping and organizing, caring for plants and processing flowers, to making specialty designs. Work toward getting all students certified as Level 1 Florist through the Texas State Florists' Association and prepare them to compete in contests across the state. When a student leaves your program, they should be a competent apprentice who can easily step into an entry level floral position and perform the duties required of that position with little or no problem.
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- Care and handling of flowers
- How to do inventory
- Phone skills
- Counting money/making change
- How to clean up after designing
- Customer relations
- Basic geometric design shapes
- symmetrical triangle
- asymmetrical triangle
- round
- oblong
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- Novelty designs
- Homecoming mums
Below are some excerpts from the book. You can find all these and more!
"(1C) Identify design elements and principles"
"This could very well be the most important TEK. It is the foundation of all that you will do in your class. Principles are the guiding constants that allow floral designs to be pleasing to the eye. Elements are how the principles are achieved.
To learn these concepts students must "see" them both physically and mentally. It is important to show students the principles and elements in things other than floral design. Because these principles and elements are the same for the full art world, it may be a good idea to show students the principles and elements in well known art, magazine ads, clothing, etc., and once they have an understanding, they can apply these principles and elements to floral design. Color is an exceedingly important element of design and should be treated almost separately. "
There are over 30 color arrangements with step-by-step recipes like the "Valentine's Day: Double Rose Vase"
Valentine's Day: Double Rose Vase
Flowers/Supplies needed:
1 Cylinder vase 7 ¼" x 1 ¼"
2 Red roses
2 Yards red Oasis aluminum wire (12 gauge)
2 Glue dots or dashes
Oasis clear ¼"waterproof tape
1. Create grid of oasis clear waterproof tape across top of vase making sure the center of the vase is open just enough to hold one rose vertical, without support from other product. And making sure another hole near the center, will support the second rose vertically.
2. Place two glue dots/dashes on vase at the front and back just below opening rim of vase.
3. Create heart shape out of aluminum wire, leaving some length before wrapping the remainder tightly around the top of the vase going over the glue dots or dashes to hold the aluminum wire secure.
"(3A) Illustrate ideas for floral designs from direct observation, experiences, and imagination"
"It has often been said that art imitates life and further more nature. This can be seen in the water lilies of Monet, the haystacks or Van Gough or even the cubism of Picasso. Floral design as an art can also be inspired art, life experiences, imagination and even the direct observation of life. This is the point in floral design instruction where a student's creativity comes into play. Now that they know the basic mechanics, principles and elements of designs and shapes of floral arrangements they can begin to "play". A trip to a museum may not be in a classroom budget but a stack of art books from the library can give students inspiration to create new designs. Simple line drawing techniques can allow them to express their imaginations.
Simple line drawings consisting of circles and flowing lines can turn into acceptable drawings. Example:
Even students with little drawing ability can use a ruler and stencil/templates to express design drawings. This may be a daunting task at first but they will become better with time and practice."
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Parsing C Command-Line Arguments
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The latest version of this topic can be found at Parsing C Command-Line Arguments.
Microsoft Specific**
Microsoft C startup code uses the following rules when interpreting arguments given on the operating system command line:
Arguments are delimited by white space, which is either a space or a tab.
A string surrounded by double quotation marks is interpreted as a single argument, regardless of white space contained within. A quoted string can be embedded in an argument. Note that the caret (^) is not recognized as an escape character or delimiter.
A double quotation mark preceded by a backslash, \", is interpreted as a literal double quotation mark (").
Backslashes are interpreted literally, unless they immediately precede a double quotation mark.
If an even number of backslashes is followed by a double quotation mark, then one backslash (\) is placed in the
argvarray for every pair of backslashes (\\), and the double quotation mark (") is interpreted as a string delimiter.
If an odd number of backslashes is followed by a double quotation mark, then one backslash (\) is placed in the
argvarray for every pair of backslashes (\\) and the double quotation mark is interpreted as an escape sequence by the remaining backslash, causing a literal double quotation mark (") to be placed in
This list illustrates the rules above by showing the interpreted result passed to
argv for several examples of command-line arguments. The output listed in the second, third, and fourth columns is from the ARGS.C program that follows the list.
|Command-Line Input
"a b c" d e
a b c
"ab\"c" "\\" d
a\\\b d"e f"g h
de fg
a\\\"b c d
a\\\\"b c" d e
a\\b c
// Parsing_C_Commandline_args.c // ARGS.C illustrates the following variables used for accessing // command-line arguments and environment variables: // argc argv envp // #include <stdio.h> int main( int argc, // Number of strings in array argv char *argv[], // Array of command-line argument strings char **envp ) // Array of environment variable strings { int count; // Display each command-line argument. printf_s( "\nCommand-line arguments:\n" ); for( count = 0; count < argc; count++ ) printf_s( " argv[%d] %s\n", count, argv[count] ); // Display each environment variable. printf_s( "\nEnvironment variables:\n" ); while( *envp != NULL ) printf_s( " %s\n", *(envp++) ); return; }
One example of output from this program is:
Command-line arguments: argv[0] C:\MSC\TEST.EXE Environment variables: COMSPEC=C:\NT\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE PATH=c:\nt;c:\binb;c:\binr;c:\nt\system32;c:\word;c:\help;c:\msc;c:\; PROMPT=[$p] TEMP=c:\tmp TMP=c:\tmp EDITORS=c:\binr WINDIR=c:\nt
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When the tsunami and earthquake struck Japan last March, Japanese photographer Hiroki Kobayashi was living in New York City. During the months that followed, he relied on news and media outlets to stay up to date on his home country. Yet he still found himself confused about what was happening on the ground, so when an assignment came along that would take him to Japan, he hoped traveling to the northeastern coast would help him better understand the situation. What he saw both surprised and inspired him.
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It's been a while since school has been in session. Something like three months. Apparently, that's long enough because teachers, parents and students were elated to be back in the classroom Monday, even though a few kids were a bit sleepy-eyed from having to wake up early in the morning.
Three months of vacation appeared to be long enough for many teachers, parents and students who seemed happy to be back in classrooms on Monday, the first day of school for Tuscaloosa's city and county school systems.
Some children arrived still looking a little sleepy, but Victoria Shirley's three children hopped out of their mother's car in front of Central Elementary School with bookbags, pants tucked in and smiles on their faces.
Shirley's second- and fifth-graders said they had been looking forward to returning to school all summer.
"I'm excited that summer is over and I get to come back to school," said Desmon White, Shirley's 10-year-old fifth-grader. "I really like my teacher, Ms. Tinker. She's nice. I plan on making straight A's."
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"They need to go to school year round," she said. "They have some good teachers."
Tony Crews said Monday was his son's first day at Central Elementary. His son previously attended Southview Elementary School.
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"I feel good about this school year and his teacher," Crews said. "I'm glad about him being back in school. He's always excited to learn.
"I'm glad he's at a school that made AYP because he was at a school last year, Southview Elementary, that made standards. I feel pretty good about the transition. It's all about him getting the best education possible."
Autumm Jeter, Central Elementary's principal, said the first day of school went smoothly. With Central's new AYP status, Jeter said she and her staff can better assure parents that their children will be well educated at Central.
"We're very proud that we made AYP, and I'm able to tell that to the parents," she said. "I can tell them that their kids coming from other schools will be educated at least as well as any other students.
"It's been a jam-packed morning, but smooth. We had enough teachers up front greeting parents and students. We are up in enrollment so far. More are still coming in. We're at 290ish in enrollment. We ended last year around 260ish."
Lesley Bruinton, spokeswoman for the Tuscaloosa City School System, said Monday afternoon that the first day of school went smoothly overall. Student enrollment rose to 9,592 on Monday, compared to a total student enrollment of 9,396 on the first day of school last year.
"We do attribute the increase of students to a more aggressive push to inform students when school actually started," Bruinton said. "If you look at the trend from last year, we increased student enrollment every day for the first week.
Bruinton attributed that partly to a registration day on Aug. 8.
"In years past, we had a lot of kids show up on day one to register. This year a lot of that didn't happen."
At Buhl Elementary School, students were getting acclimated to a school that was half-new.
Teachers took their students on tours through parts of the school that weren't there in spring. Over the summer, $4.5 million worth of remodeling was done as the school added a new cafeteria, library, entrance, three classrooms, computer lab and administrative offices.
"Nearly everything is new," said Principal Linda LaFay. "The old building that contained the library, cafeteria and some classrooms was made of wood and was built in the 1940s.
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A fundraiser over the summer hosted by Amason & Associates yielded $5,000 to buy new library books, LaFay said.
Students at Buhl said they were excited to be back in school, even though some of it looked unfamiliar.
"I was ready to get back in school," said Stefani Bennett, an 8-year-old third-grader. "I was at home this summer practicing cursive and how to tie shoes because I forgot how to tie a bow for some reason. Who does that?
"The first day of school has been cool. I miss my mother, though. My favorite thing so far has been putting stuff in my pouches, like scissors, crayons, that kind of stuff. I really like the new library because I love to read. I can't wait to get in there and check out some good books. I also like it because my dad built the (library's) walls because he's a builder."
Emily Glasgow's third-grade class did an ice-breaker exercise so the students could get to know her better.
"I love the first day of school," Glasgow said. "It's like Christmas morning. The point of this lesson was to let them know me and that I'm a real person. A lot of kids come in the first day worried and nervous. This helps them. I want them to think of this as a fun place."
The Tuscaloosa County School System's first-day student enrollment numbers weren't available Monday.
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Statewide & National Resources
Listed below are statewide and national resources.
Adults and Children Together—Against Violence is a violence prevention project that focuses on adults who raise, care for, and teach young children ages 0 to 8 years. It is designed to prevent violence by helping these adults to be positive role models and learn the skills to teach young children nonviolent ways to resolve conflicts, deal with frustration, and handle anger.
Website: actagainstviolence.apa.org
This site is for victims of violence, their families and friends, and the agencies and programs which serve them, both public and private. Issues addressed here currently include: domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault.
Website: aardvarc.org
ALIANZA – National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence
Addresses the needs of Latino/a families and communities, although its work helsp to inform the domestic violence field in general, in four main areas: community education, policy advocacy, research, and training and technical assistance.
Website: http://www.dvalianza.org/
Arizona Child & Family Advocacy Network (ACFAN)
The Arizona Child & Family Advocacy Network provides support, training and guidance to all advocacy centers in Arizona and their professionals who coordinate services and respond to family violence and sexual assault. Efforts are made by all centers to accommodate special needs and multilingual populations.
Website: www.childhelp.org
Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence (ACESDV)
Statewide coalition to increase public awareness about issues of sexual and domestic violence, enhance the safety of and services for survivors, and end sexual and domestic violence in Arizona communities. Also provides legal advocacy.
Website: http://www.azcadv.org/
Hotline: 1-800-767-2445
Community Information and Referral Services transforms lives by linking individuals and families to vital community services throughout Arizona. It is our vision that all Arizonans are easily connected to available health and human services in their communities.
Website: http://www.211arizona.org/
Ph: 2-1-1
Darkness to Light
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Website: www.darkness2light.org
Feminist Majority Foundation
The Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF), which was founded in 1987, is a cutting edge organization dedicated to women's equality, reproductive health, and non-violence. In all spheres, FMF utilizes research and action to empower women economically, socially, and politically. Our organization believes that feminists – both women and men, girls and boys – are the majority, but this majority must be empowered.
Website: feminist.org
Futures Without Violence
Provides groundbreaking programs, policies, and campaigns that empower individuals and organizations working to end violence against women and children around the world.
Hot Peach Pages
Global list of abuse hotlines, shelters, refuges, crisis centres and women's organizations, plus domestic violence information in over 80 languages.
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With determination and integrity, we, the citizens of Yavapai County, commit to working in partnership to build healthier communities by eliminating substance abuse and its effects.
Website: www.matforce.org
Men Can Stop Rape
Supports programs that mobilize men to use their strength to create cultures free from violence, especially men's violence against women.
Website: http://www.mencanstoprape.org/
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Website: https://www.nami.org/
Helpline: 1-800-950-6264
National Center on Sexual Behavior of Youth – NCSBY
The Center is designed to provide information and support through national training and technical assistance in the management of children with sexual behavior problems and adolescent sex offenders.
Website: www.ncsby.org
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
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Website: www.nctsn.org
National Center for Victims of Crime
NCVC provides direct services and resources, advocates laws and public policies that create resources and protection for victims, delivers training and technical assistance to victim service providers and allied professionals, and fosters cutting-edge thinking about the impact of crime and the ways individuals can help victims regain control of their lives.
Website: www.victimsofcrime.org
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV)
NCADV is the voice of victims and survivors, working as a catalyst for changing society to have zero tolerance for domestic violence by effecting public policy, increasing understanding of the impact of domestic violence, and providing programs and education that drive change. Also has the Remember My Name (RMN)™ memorial online to remember those who have lost their lives as a result of domestic violence, and the Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery Program (CRS)™, the only direct service they provide, to assist survivors of domestic violence with accessing cosmetic and reconstructive surgery needed to repair injuries and remove physical scars caused by an abusive partner.
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Website: http://www.thehotline.org/
National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV)
An alliance of domestic violence shelter programs and statewide groups and coalitions against domestic and sexual violence across the country working to make domestic violence a national priority, change the way communities respond to domestic violence, and strengthen efforts against intimate partner violence at every level of government. Also has an online Safety Net Project that provides technology safety planning and privacy protection information.
Website: http://nnedv.org/
National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
A national information and resource hub relating to all aspects of sexual violence with the mission to provide leadership in preventing and responding to sexual violence through collaboration, sharing and creating a national resources, and promoting research.
Website: http://www.nsvrc.org/
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Website: http://www.
24/7: 1-800-273-8255
No More Campaign
Website: http://nomore.org/
Parenting Arizona
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Website or Email: parentingaz.org
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Office for Victims of Crime
Administers the Crime Victims Fund, financed by fines and penalties paid by convicted federal offenders, not from tax dollars, to provide state victim assistance and compensation programs funded through the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) as lifeline services to help victims heal in the aftermath of crime. Raises awareness about victims' issues, promotes compliance with victims' rights laws, and promotes training and technical assistance to victim assistance professionals.
Website: http://ojp.gov/ovc/
Office on Violence Against Women Act
Administers grants and oversees legislation covered by the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) within the Department of Justice, providing federal leadership in developing the national capacity to reduce violence against women and administer justice for and strengthen services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Website: http://www.justice.gov/ovw
Polaris Project
Polaris is a leader in the global fight to eradicate modern slavery by systematically disrupting the human trafficking networks that rob human beings of their lives and their freedom, helping survivors restore their freedom, prevent more victims, and leveraging data and technology to pursue traffickers wherever they operate.
Website: https://polarisproject.org/
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network – RAINN
The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) is the nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization. RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1.800.656.HOPE and carries out programs to prevent sexual assault, help victims and ensure that rapists are brought to justice.
Website: rainn.org
Southern AZ Center for Sexual Assault
The mission of the Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault is to reduce the trauma and incidence of sexual assault by providing treatment and promoting prevention of sexual abuse, incest, molestation and rape.
Website: www.sacasa.org
Teen CVS
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Website: www.teencvs.org
Start by Believing Campaign
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Website: http://www.startbybelieving.org/
Stop it Now
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Website: www.stopitnow.org
United Way
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1 in 6: Support for Men
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David Cameron may pay a whopping £90-a-time to have his thinning barnet chopped, but a war of austerity broke out in Westminster today over who has the CHEAPEST haircut.
The Prime Minister was accused of cronyism this week after his stylist Lino Carbosiero was awarded an MBE in the New Year's honours list for "services to hairdressing".
Commons Leader Andrew Lansley said his trim at Cambridge barber's shop Mr Polito's only cost £15 after the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg told the listeners to his weekly phone-in on LBC that he spent £20 on his cut in Sheffield.
Both seemed to have beaten by Labour's shadow work and pensions minister Chris Bryant, MP for Rhondda, who told his followers on Twitter he spent £13 having his haircut.
Mr Lansley said his barber advised him on his haircut but it was cheaper than Mr Clegg's.
He joked: "Actually, it's £15, so I am getting my haircut cheaper than the Deputy Prime Minister, which just shows you can come to the Conservatives for value for money."
His comments came after Mr Clegg told listeners that he had his haircut by Christian at Jam Hairdressing in Sheffield, where it cost £20.
He said: "The last time I got my haircut was in Sheffield, in my constituency, where haircuts are considerably cheaper than in London. But I do pay more when I get my hair cut in London, at a barbers/hairdressers just off Victoria Street."
He gets his barnet styled at the Rush Hair & Beauty salon, where a gent's cut and finish can cost £47 with a "senior director".
Rather than paying the basic £35, Mr Clegg opts for the £43 cut by a "specialist style director".
Mr Carbosiero - whose clients include Kylie Minogue, Sir Paul McCartney and Dustin Hoffman - cuts hair at the prestigious Daniel Galvin salon in central London.
When questioned on Sky News about the Prime Minister's apparent bald patch, Mr Carbosiero showed laudable discretion, replying: "What bald spot?"


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(This post is a part of Josh Friedman's Leadership U[niversity] Continuing Ed grant activities.)
Several years ago, my wife and I were getting tired of the same date night conversations about the kids, the week ahead, and what we'd have for dinner that week. At the advice of a friend, we found a book with lists of questions designed to get us thinking and talking about our memories, our childhoods, our beliefs, our dreams, and our spirituality. We wrote these questions on slips of paper and put them in a jar. On date night, we picked out a few questions and left the daily stuff at home. The result was that we had interesting, illuminating talks that we wouldn't necessarily have had if unprompted.
After a recent board retreat at a colleague's theatre as part of my TCG Leadership U[niversity] grant activities, I was wondering what else our theatre, the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, NY, can do to get people talking about what they experience when sitting in our seats. The board retreat focused partly on engaging the audience, which is something we constantly think about and work on at the Hangar. We know that encouraging people to interact with the art and to experience more personal connections with the shows and the artists is crucial to long-term audience development. Retreat participants shared ideas such as having nightly post-show chats and starting a play club, which would be similar to a book club.
So I began to ponder how we offer our audiences a jar full of questions to spark great conversations about and around the themes of our work. How do we help them talk about the big ideas, the controversies, the intersection between ideas in the work and their own life experiences? Sometimes we see a play, and the questions about life — our lives, the characters' lives, or the lives of strangers — just jump out at us. In those rare moments, the questions and responses fill our ride home from the theatre with engaging conversation and, with luck, resurface in the days or weeks afterward. But sometimes, and maybe most often, our audiences may truly enjoy a production and not go any deeper with the experience.
So the questions kept coming to me after the board retreat (it was a long ride home). How can we continue to engage with the audience after the play is over? We already host post-show discussions after some performances, and we have a pre-show program every night, but I often hear from our patrons that they want more. How can we accomplish more with limited resources, and how can we get the audience to have this conversation with each other, creating a sense of community and shared dreams while celebrating diverse points of view and responses?
As an industry, we wrestle with audience engagement and declining attendance. Some of the barriers we hear about from people who don't attend is that they have no one to go with and that the cost is too high. I think that these two barriers relate to the value of the theatre experience for these individuals, not the cost and not the companionship. Can we make the value of the experience greater and more meaningful by helping our community start and then continue the conversation?
This summer we are going to encourage our audiences to join the conversation with an online, moderated chat that will pose specific questions around the work we're presenting — questions that get people thinking about the conflicts they saw among characters, the playwright's intentions, the time period depicted . . . questions that prompt deeper thinking about the experience and that bring our audiences lives, feelings, and experiences into the discussion. We are excited to try this with our audiences, and I'm looking forward to seeing what thoughts and ideas catch on and how the community engages with each other based on their experience with our plays.
For those of you who have launched something similar in the past, I'd welcome your thoughts about what has worked and what hasn't. Do you have any go-to questions that are guaranteed to get people talking? Do you start the conversation by asking a question during the curtain speech so audiences are already thinking critically when the lights come up? I look forward to hearing what our TCG community is doing to ignite great conversations.
JOSH FRIEDMAN Josh is the Managing Director of the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, New York. His career spans more than two decades and he has worked in arts leadership positions as a producer, production manager, director of outreach, teacher, and stage manager. Prior to coming to the Hangar, Josh was the production manager at Houston's Alley Theatre where he was in charge of the administration, management, and development of the theatre's production department. His previous professional credits include positions at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Studio Arena Theatre, and O'Neill Theatre Center's National Playwrights Conference. Friedman has taught classes and workshops at Ithaca College, Butler University, Indiana University, and the University of Illinois.
Friedman is an alumnus of the Stanley K. Lacy Leadership Association LEAD program and served on the Board of Trustees for the Indianapolis Fringe Festival. He served on the grant selection panel for Theatre Communications Group's Leadership University Grant and has presented at various national conferences. Friedman is a graduate of Drew University in Madison, New Jersey and studied Fund Raising Management at The School of Philanthropy at Indiana University.
Leadership U[niversity] prepares professionals from all areas of the theatre for greater leadership responsibilities and long-term careers in the theatre. The program makes awards in two different areas: One-on-One grants of $75,000 plus additional support for early-career leaders and Continuing Ed grants of up to $5,000 for mid-career or veteran professionals. Leadership U[niversity] is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.


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A. The power to stop this guy actually lies only with his father. However, you do have the power to influence his father.
Be comforted by the fact that I've worked extensively with family-run businesses as a consultant, and these situations are tricky even for me with 32 years experience fixing family problems. Parents and children have intense, complicated relationships. When you add the dynamics of the workplaces, things really get difficult.


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The Securities and Exchange Commission is slated to make a decision on whether it will update a roughly 30-year old set of proxy and investor shareholder rules at a meeting next Wednesday. A revision that many institutional investors are banking on.
Last month, the Commission unanimously approved a measure to elicit responses from the investing public to uncover its opinion on the topic. The last time the SEC did such a review was back in 1976, the federal agency said.
At the July 14 meeting, Commissioners with its division of investment management, corporate finance and trading and markets to hammer out the proposed eight changes it could possibly to the U.S. proxy system.
At the time, the topics of concern included over-voting, vote confirmation issues, proxy voting in securities lending, proxy distribution fees, as well as an issuer's ability to communicate with the securities' owners. Alternately, the possible removal of "barriers" for investor vote participation, data-tagging proxy related materials, the process of empty voting and ultimately determining the role of a proxy advisory firm were also on the table, IMW reported.
"With all of these changes, it is time to once again ask the fundamental policy questions that led to the development of the current infrastructure, as well as to examine issues that, three decades ago, either did not exist or were not considered significant," SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro said previously.
Institutional sentiment
Today, however, both small and large institutional investors, and their relative associations believe that proxy changes are a concern that should be addressed as soon as possible.
In an email Thursday afternoon, Wayne Davis, an information officer for the nearly $206.7 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), said the Sacramento-based plan is a "firm supporter of proxy access." In recent weeks the system has worked with other public pension funds in urging the SEC to adopt "an ownership threshold ho higher than 3% and a holding period requirement of not more than 2 years," Davis said.
"We strongly believe that proxy access gives investors the opportunity to nominate skilled candidates to boards, individuals accountable to shareholders who can bring fresh ideas to the board," Davis said.
To add, Ann Yerger, the executive director of the Council of Institutional Investors (CII), a nonprofit association of public, union and corporate pension funds with combined asset of more than $3 trillion, told IMW that it "applaud(s) the SEC's long overdue action on this important reform."
"We believe access would substantially contribute to the health of the U.S. corporate governance model and U.S. corporations by making boards more responsive to shareowners, more thoughtful about whom they nominate to serve as directors and more vigilant about their oversight responsibilities," Yerger said in a Thursday email.
Additional comments from Gerard Fleury, the executive director of the nearly $135 million Manchester Employees' Contributory Retirement System, reveal that while the New Hampshire-based plan does not have a formal policy on proxy voting, it was still "an area of concern."
"Public plans have a fiduciary obligation to at least be cognizant of the specter of impropriety associated with issues such as executive compensation and to ensure that proxy votes are cast in such a manner as to enhance shareholder value," Fleury told IMW. "…In a nutshell, the concern of the institutional investor is whether the recommendation of management, which appears on the proxy, is in the best interest of management or of the investor and that the two are not always synonymous."
According to an announcement yesterday, the Washington, D.C. agency said the Aug. 25 meeting would center on the Commission's consideration as to "whether to adopt changes to the federal proxy and other rules to facilitate director nominations by shareholders."
Discussions are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., the release said.
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Whatever fame and fortune awaits Declan McKenna on what should be a very long career, he can say it all started in St. Petersburg.
Okay, not all of it. By the time McKenna made his U.S. debut at Jannus Live in 2016, he was already a British alt-rock prodigy, having played Glastonbury 2015 at age 16.
Still, McKenna has clear and fond memories of his first-ever stateside gig.
"The first place I ever landed in America was Tampa," McKenna said recently by phone from London. "At the time I hadn't played so many crowds that size, and on a stage that big, with my own handmade one-man-band setup. It was a bit daunting. But I remember really enjoying it."
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Snoop Lion and Eli Roth Threw a Children's Party
It's the "La-La-La" video.
There are tons of potential confusion-landmines buried in this new video for the Major Lazer-produced "La La La" (Eli Roth can direct things a 5-year-old could not only watch but star in? Is Snoop really running with this thing? What is that banana doing?), there's too much pure joy happening to fault anything. Snoop, having said he wants to "bury Snoop Dogg," gets put into a coffin and emerges with his official Lion regalia and scepter. A small child asks "why are you camera-ing that?" We get to see what a jungle-themed Snoop/Roth Sesame Street would look like. All good things.


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San Francisco, Calif., Jun 2, 2011 / 06:01 am (CNA).-
Fifty years after a 1961 public Rosary gathered over half a million people in San Francisco, a Catholic lay group is organizing the same event for October of 2011.
Rally organizers told CNA on June 1 that "thousands" of Catholic faithful are expected.
On October 15, the Bay Area chapter of the Legion of Mary – an international community of lay Catholics – will host their Family Rosary Crusade. The event will be held in San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza, starting at noon.
The keynote address will be delivered by Father Andrew Apostoli, C.F.R., a co-founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, and a well-known television presenter and author.
David Marten, head of the Legion's board for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, said that every year "the Legion of Mary tries to contribute one significant event to the archdiocese."
"This year, our object is to foster devotion to the Blessed Mother and to Jesus Christ," Marten said. "We hope we can accomplish this by witnessing in a very public place."
In the 1950s and 60s, Holy Cross priest Father Patrick Peyton led Rosary events in countries across the globe. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the record-breaking 1961 Rosary Rally at the Polo Fields in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
That event drew 550,000 people, making it one of the largest gatherings in the history of San Francisco.
Fr. Lawrence Goode, the Legion of Mary's spiritual director, recalled Fr. Peyton's charisma and personal character when he participated in the 1961 event.
"In those days, we went door-to-door inviting people to attend the rally," Fr. Goode remembered. "Fr. Peyton was an amazing priest, a friend of movie stars and celebrities, yet he always remained very simple."
Fr. Goode said that although the 2011 Rosary Crusade honors the work of Fr. Peyton several decades ago, this year's event seeks to emphasize the importance of prayer in today's world.
"You know, it was Fr. Peyton who popularized the phrase 'the family that prays together stays together.' His idea is even more relevant today than it was then."


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Going to The Rally To Restore Sanity or the March to Keep Fear Alive, this weekend in Washington DC? Don't leave home without the official free iPhone app.
The iPhone App features a Foursquare check-in page, a portal to upload your photos from the Mall and connection to Facebook and Twitter.
Saturday's DC field trip will feature Stephen Colbert (The Colber Report) and Jon Stewart (The Daily Show).
Billed as "a rally for the people who've been too busy to go to rallies", on the Washington DC Mall, its stated purpose is to provide a venue for attendees to be heard above what Stewart describes as the more vocal and extreme 15–20 percent of Americans who "control the conversation" of United States politics
The rally is expected to kick off at 10 a.m., with videos and music entertaining the crowd on a Jumbotron until music group the Roots take the stage at noon. A comedian will join the fun at 12:40 pm, getting the audience ready for "The Daily Show" host, who will appear at 1:05 pm.
Comedy Central colleague Stephen Colbert arrives at 1:20 pm, bringing along actors Sam Waterston and Don Novello to perform readings. At 1:40 p.m., singers Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy take the spotlight for a 10-minute set. Grammy winner Sheryl Crow will follow with a five-minute gig at 2:15, followed by more unannounced speakers and singers.


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Professional wedding photographers are often hired when a couple feels the photographer's portfolio is in sync with the kinds of pictures they want. Even so, it is unwise to assume the photographer intuitively knows which pictures are most important to the marrying couple. Upon hiring someone to capture all the special moments of the big day, Wedding.com advises that the bride and groom should sit down with the photographer to go over all the details they deem important to have. The ceremonial kiss is a must-have for most while others may be adamant about having photos of bridal shoes and jewelry. The Huffington Post recently reported new trends in wedding photography including one groom in who convinced his photographer to take a photo of him and his groomsmen in a posed fist fight (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/23/wedding-photo_n_2535927.html?utm_hp_ref=weddings&ir=Weddings). Even more delicate topics include, for example, family photos with people who do not get along, perhaps divorced parents of the bride or groom.
"Couples should prepare a list of different types of pictures they would like captured as well as inform the photographer of anyone who should not be in photos together," said Brett Reynolds, CEO of Wedding.com. "The last thing a newly married couple needs is to be disappointed with their wedding pictures, and prepping the photographers well before the event will safeguard against that."
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I was a nervous wreck the first time I decided to bring my camera with me on a kayaking trip. I was worried about getting it wet or even worse, dropping it in the water.
Yes, taking pictures from a kayak can be a worrisome task but there are a few steps a person can take to relieve some of that tension for an enjoyable trip with lasting memories.
There are a few things you can take care of before you even set foot in your kayak. First decide how you want to keep your camera safe when it's not in use. A good dry bag, hard waterproof cases with built in o-rings (like Pelican or S3 cases) or a simple zippered plastic bag (like a Ziploc) will do the trick. They all have their pros and cons, which I will be addressing in an upcoming blog, but I myself generally use a dry bag, because it fits my needs.
Next, be sure to know your camera and equipment before you head out. It can be tricky enough figuring out all the settings while hanging out on dry land, it's more difficult when you are bobbing around or having to watch where you are heading.
Once you are ready to head out, give yourself plenty of extra time by starting early in the morning. Keep things simple by utilizing automatic modes. As you get more familiar with kayaking with your camera, you can get a little more creative with your settings.
Once you are underway and find that perfect moment for a photograph, be aware of fogging or water droplets on the lens of the camera or the front glass or plastic of your underwater housing. Droplets and fogging lenses can confuse a camera's autofocus functionality and there's a pretty good chance you'll go home with blurred and distorted pictures. It's always a good idea to keep a lens wipe handy.
Go for a slightly larger memory card than you normally would. While paddling in a kayak you may find it is a slightly trickier place to switch from a full memory card to your spare. Last thing you want to do is drop your full memory card into the decking of your kayak only to see it slip through a scupper hole and into the water.
When setting your equipment down, if even for a moment, take great care in where and how you do so. Avoid the areas where water will collect (around scuppers, cup holders, etc.). Bring along a resting pad or use a small cooler with the lid turned upside down (so your camera doesn't slide off the top). If you have a camera strap, use it! The idea is to simply keep the camera off the boat and on top of something that will keep it from getting wet.
If you are still worried about using a camera while paddling, start with a less expensive one instead of that $1,200 SLR with the $1,500 lens. Once you are confident in your abilities and believe you can keep your camera safe, then bring out the big guns.
Taking pictures from a kayak exposes you to different photographic opportunities, some of which you'd never experience from land. I've included some images I've taken from my own kayak. Stay tuned for more but in the meantime if you have any questions, feel free to ask me by commenting below.
Happy paddling
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beautiful shot. i finally gave up worrying about the camera by buying a lumix water resistant one. now the only worries is keeping it strapped so i don't have to go diving.
Great tips & amazing photos!


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text: 680 legal professionals gathered at The Star Sydney on Thursday 18 May for the 2017 Australasian Law Awards. 34 awards were presented to the top firms, in-house teams, leading individuals and landmark deals over the past year. The Australasian Law Awards is organised by Key Media, publishers of Australasian Lawyer and NZ Lawyer.


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3 Makeup Looks Inspired by My Favorite Albums of 2016
Since I'm a visual person I hardly ever remember the album title but I just remember what the album art looks like.
When I turned 28 in November, I was applying my lipstick as usual when I stopped and looked in the mirror for a second. I realized, lipstick halfway up to my mouth, that I've been wearing my signature shade of red for 14 years.
That's a really, really long time to be devoted to one color.
I'll never forget my first red lipstick. I still have it in a keepsake box at my parents' farm, and I'll never get rid of it. Even though I have an entire drawer full of red lipsticks, Clinique's Deep Lacquer in its trademark silver tube (ribbed for your pleasure!) will always have a very special place in my heart.
I was 14 years old the summer I bought Deep Lacquer. I'd spent most of my days checking out piles of classic Hollywood biographies from the library and reading them while floating in our above-ground pool.
I grew up on a farm near a really, really small town. My graduating class was 13 students, and most of them had been my classmates since kindergarten. It had its pluses, and most of my school years were pretty fun; several of my childhood friends are my lifelong BFFs even though we're split between Minnesota and Los Angeles. But I knew quite early on that I didn't really fit in. I was a dreamy child who buried myself in books from a really young age, and what I found in those pages told me that there was a big, complicated, glittering world outside of what Climax, Minnesota had to offer.
In high school, I felt suffocated. There were no AP classes or more challenging courses for a girl who'd been reading and writing since she was tiny, and I spent a lot of time in my English classes writing poems and moping while staring out the window. I couldn't wait to get out. This wasn't where I was meant to be, and sometimes I felt like nobody around me understood my need to leave. I wanted to write, and I wanted to lead an exciting life in a city and surround myself with beautiful things.
Enter the red lipstick. Those Hollywood books made me long for glamour, for a fantasy life I wasn't currently living. The closest thing we had to fashion was American Eagle, so I lost myself in Jean Harlow, in Marilyn Monroe, in Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer. I wanted to be them, to wear the slinky dresses, curl my hair and slick on red lipstick. So I did what any farm-bound 14-year-old would do in a world before online shopping and I made my mom drive me into Grand Forks to the Clinique counter.
The girl in the white coat gently suggested I try a red gloss first, but I was adamant. I wanted a red lipstick, and I got one: Long Last Soft Shine Lipstick in Deep Lacquer. It was a dark, true red, now discontinued. It was precious to me. As soon as I applied it, I felt different. I felt like the woman I knew I was going to be.
I wore Deep Lacquer constantly for most of my high school years; today, I envy those high school girls who can just put on red lipstick and no one looks at them funny, because they sure did to me. I didn't really care, though. This was my truest self, and I was gonna wear it to algebra.
Senior year, my class saved up our pennies and took a trip to Minneapolis. (A whopping five hours away!) We got to spend a few hours at the giant, mythical Mall of America (where I'd later end up working for a year) and where did I go first? MAC, of course.
My classmates were off riding rides and visiting the novelty shops, but I had to see all the beauty products I'd been missing at home. (Clinique was about as fancy as we got.) There, I requested a new red lipstick from the makeup artist and chose MAC Red.
The bright, retro blue-red cream lipstick was everything I had been looking for — a companion to my more dramatic and beloved Deep Lacquer. (It's currently a tiny stub of color in a precious spot on my dresser.)
Red lipstick wasn't the key to my entire adolescence and self-discovery, but it was a really, really big part. When I wore it, I knew that I had everything I needed to do something wonderful with my life. It gave me the guts to move to Minneapolis for college not knowing a soul, because that's what my heart was telling me to do.
It made me feel like my most beautiful, smart and resourceful self. All those glamorous starlets in their red lipsticks were there to root for me whenever I had my red lipstick on.
Red lipstick has been with me through the most important parts of my life, from my first sad, lost days of college to drunken frat parties to making a home with my four best friends junior year. I took it with me when I saw New York City for the first time, and I felt teenage Kara's heart beating with delight as soon as I stepped off the plane and into Barney's.
It saw me through my first truly terrible heartbreak, helped me land my current job with a brand I adore, made me recognizable, and helped me figure out just who I am: a writer with an exciting life in a city, surrounded by beautiful things. Including approximately 50 red lipsticks.
Current-day photo by my BFF, Amy Gee.


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Singers Fantasia Barrino and Joshua Ledet brought the house down with their rousing rendition of "Take Me To The Pilot" during Fox's 'American Idol 2012' results show at Nokia Theatre L.A. on Wednesday in Los Angeles.
Georgia's own Phillip Phillips was named American Idol winner after a record 132 million votes were cast.
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2014 is the year in which the mobile wallet eco-system must embrace key partnerships, monetise the connected consumer and build a dynamic strategy to truly achieve mass market digital payments
(PRWEB) February 07, 2014
In June 2013, Gartner forecast that the total value of worldwide mobile payment transactions (both remote and in-person) will reach $235 billion in 2013, a 44% increase from 2012. Gartner also forecast the total value of mobile payment transactions will be $721 billion by 2017. With such growth at stake, the mobile payments and mobile wallet industry has reached a tipping point where major banks, retailers, wireless carriers, and developers are now launching products into the market. Indeed, consumer subscriptions, adoption, mass deployment and the integration of this technology will be discussed in greater depth at The Wallet Wars USA 2014 event.
Value exchange and the connected consumer
Open Mobile Media, Project Director, Shreya Ganapathy stated, "Despite all the buzz in the mobile wallets space, no one yet has claimed the title 'Master of the mobile wallet'. The game is still open." She continued: "2014 is the year in which the mobile wallet eco-system must embrace key partnerships, monetise the connected consumer and build a dynamic strategy to truly achieve mass market digital payments."
Wallet Wars 2014 Conference & Exhibition (June 19-20, New York) is the one event to unite the entire C level mobile wallet ecosystem to tackle how to create a seamless mobile wallet experience to unlock new revenue streams across the mobile payments arena.
For the complete Wallet Wars 2014 conference program and speaker line-up, visit:
Over 30+ Industry pioneer speakers at Wallet Wars 2014
The conference program and speaker line-up has just been launched. Here is a snapshot of the elite speakers who will be on stage this June. http://www.openmobilemedia.com/mobile-wallet-wars-usa/conference-speakers.php
To see the full speaker line-up of over 30 industry leading speakers: http://www.openmobilemedia.com/mobile-wallet-wars-usa/conference-speakers.php
The hottest industry debates and announcements:
These are a snap shot of topics that will be discussed further at Wallet Wars.
- The Evolution of the Mobile Wallet: Understanding the value proposition of the digital wallet and mobile payments. Will they lead to the end of traditional cash and plastic payments as we know them?
- Collaboration and Interoperability as a Key to Mobile Wallet Success: Discuss the need for partnerships such as ISIS that brings together key players in the eco-system to create one solution for the consumer and retailer. How is this changing the mobile wallet value chain?
- Mobile Wallets as a Revenue Generating Opportunity: Hear success stories on how companies like Starbucks and Home Depot have leveraged their mobile wallets to target their consumers, build loyalty and in turn drive revenue
- Value Exchange and Customer Data: Focus on the benefits of the payment and non-payment models of the digital wallet to the consumers. What will make consumers give up their data and traditional payment methods?
- Technology Marches Forward but is it Market Ready? Discuss what technologies will prevail. See who will win the battle between NFC, Low Energy Bluetooth, BLE Beacon technology, QR codes or hybrid wallet models
With 30+ senior-level speakers, 20+ sessions, Wallet Wars is the most focussed mobile wallet event with over 250+ C-level execs set to attend.
"Wallet Wars was a great opportunity to take down the barriers to communication between all the stakeholders in the mobile wallet space. Learning more about each other's goals and issues helps facilitate progress towards the results we all want to achieve, especially in delivering real value to consumers." John Schulte Mercantile, Chief Intelligence Officer, Bank of Michigan
For the complete Wallet Wars 2014 conference program and speaker line-up, access the e-brochure at http://www.openmobilemedia.com/mobile-wallet-wars-usa/conference-event-brochure.php or contact the Open Mobile Media team at walletwars(at)openmobilemedia(dot)com.
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About Open Mobile Media
Open Mobile Media is the reference point for future mobile and web landscapes. We aim to provide you with industry focused news, events, reports, updates and information. Open Mobile Media is part of FC Business Intelligence Ltd. FC Business Intelligence Ltd is a registered company in England and Wales - Registered number 04388971, 7-9 Fashion Street, London, E1 6PX, UK. enabling dialogue throughout the industry.
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I'm Dhruv Baker, winner of MasterChef 2010 and am currently embarking on the exciting journey
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I have always loved food and having been given the opportunity to take this love and use it to make a living has been the most amazing gift imaginable.
I was born in Mexico where I lived till I was 4 when my family moved to India. At the time, without me realising, I was being deeply influenced by the cuisines and culinary wonders of these very different cultures. Having been fortunate enough to be exposed to everything that Indian food has to offer I have always had a love of and then later, an affinity with the many ingredients especially spices. The myriad of ways you can mix and blend them to give beautifully complex, layered flavours.
The different types of heat, the rich heady flavours that can be imparted to otherwise ordinary or even mundane dishes all led to what has become a lifelong love affair with flavour. They say that smell is the second most evocative sense. I defy anyone to stand over a hot skillet with cloves, cardamom, mace, cinnamon and coriander seed toasting to say there could be a more evocative sense than smell....
I have since spent time in some
of the best kitchens in the UK and Europe even, trying to learn the skills i need to be able to put this passion into practice. By merging the culinary techniques and heritage of European cuisine with the wonders of Asian spicing and centuries of history of the East I hope to come up with results that are greater than merely the sum of the parts.
The site is meant to be fun and hopefully interesting with lots of recipes and hints and tips as well as other bits which I hope will be of interest! Namely progress with my restaurant and general musings about food. This is my first foray into the scary world of websites and I'm sure many of you will have some great ideas and tips for me which I will be immensely grateful for so please shout if you think I can improve anything or if I am missing something you would like to see on here.
Have a mooch and I hope you find it interesting!