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Fish on a Friday. That's what the priest who used to come to Pocket-lint's school used to preach. Well, that and some stuff about a nice carpenter called Jason.
But fish needn't mean a bit of ropey old battered cod from the local chippie, it could mean Jamie Oliver's fish stew and bruschetta, which is available through today's App of the Day...
Jamie's Recipes for iPad
- Format
- iPad
- Price
- Free - Recipe packs cost though
- Where
- iTunes
Firstly, the good news - you can use this app without ever seeing Jamie on screen at all (apart from a brief introduction). Whaddya mean that isn't good news?
We're only joking, we love Jamie. And where we're from in Essex, everybody sounds like that. 'Onest they do darlin', lovely jubbly, pukka.
Whatever your opinion on Mr Oliver, there's no denying that the man can cook. And he also makes it look pretty easy - hence his massive popularity. And he has now brought his unique way of cooking to the iPad following the success of his iPhone app.
Jamie's Recipes for iPad is a free app, where you'll get a welcome pack of dishes for free (each with step by step instructions) as well as a few tutorial videos on using knives properly and the like (to cut vegetables, not people).
There's also a load of premium packs you can buy, each containing around 10 recipes and one or two vids. These packs are in-app purchases and, until 14 August, are at a cut price 69p - they're usually £1.49.
The app is really easy to use, with nice big pictures and clear instructions meaning that it would be a doddle to use when placed on the kitchen counter whilst you cook up a storm. Just don't spill anything on your Apple baby.
"I'm so proud of all the people who tell me that their lives have been made easier thanks to my apps." said Jamie, before breaking into tears.
"By taking out the guesswork and making everything really clear, we've been able to introduce a whole new audience to cooking. With this app I wanted to take it to the next level - it's not only easy, it's great fun too."
Jamie's Recipes is out now, and is free.


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Quest For A Better Football App
American football, for a multitude of reasons, just hasn't really translated well onto the iPhone. Football mini-games like Backbreaker Football work fine for the most part, but I (and I assume we) want a real football game, with all the same positions and plays that we could use on the real field. I also want this full game to not be hampered by a joystick or funny hand placement on the screen or odd animations.
The problem that I've found is that developers are completely stuck on the tried and true console simulation. EA, with its successful Madden franchise, just has no reason to change their formula because it sells. I wonder to myself though why? Why does Madden on the iPhone sell? It's priced in the realm of the premium games, and I have a real hard time believing that many people put more than a couple of hours into the game before they set it down for good. The game just isn't right for the iPhone, there's just no other way to put it.
Identifying what the exact problems are might be the first step to created a better iPhone football game, so let's run through them:
The virtual joystick (I'm going to list virtual joystick sub-problems as (VJ)) isn't accurate enough to make precise player movements.
The screen isn't large enough for all the controls, including the now common receiver bubbles that you have to hit to throw the ball.
Current football games tend to sacrifice game play, and game speed, for unnecessary animations
(VJ) The running game seems like total luck because it's impossible to make precise movements.
(VJ) Playing defense seems like total luck because it's impossible to make skill plays. Timing a pick like you would on a console is totally impossible.
(VJ) Because of your hopeless lack of control, picking defensive plays seems like a total wash altogether, leaving me to rely on gimmicks like "Gameflow" that take away any real understanding of how the defense works.
The games take so long to play that there is no good way to have a multiplayer mode. It just wouldn't work.
The other issue that developers have completely ignored is that fact that the thing that would work the best on the iPhone, the dynasty mode and the draft (even if all the games were simulated). I know that I'm not the only one that could sit there playing dynasty mode without ever playing a single game. People love stats, they love picking players... they just love tinkering with their team. How do you think fantasy football got so big!
So what I've gathered here is that our new, better football game should:
Ditch the virtual joystick altogether
Concentrate more on the coaching rather than the playing. Play calling is really what makes the console version of Madden magic. Sure, womping on someone by juking up and down the field is fun, but if your opponent is on your level, there's nothing like throwing a cover 2 zone at a guy that throws slants all day.
Add a GM mode to capture all of the fantasy football players out there. I've heard that there are around 30 million of them out there.
Find a way to implement a multiplayer mode, and don't settle for anything less than the sports multiplayer greatness that is Homerun Battle 3D.
With that said, here's my idea for the next (which would be the first) great football game, NFL RPG. If EA used the idea, it could be called Madden RPG. Tell me that you wouldn't buy that.
The game, with its emphasis on a dynasty mode and player movement, wouldn't necessarily even need an NFLPA license because your crop of players would likely change after a bit of playing. It would be nice though, so someone needs to figure that part out. Let's take a dive into what the game would do.
Game Mode 1: Season/Dynasty
The season/dynasty mode should be the main game mode. The whole concept of a dynasty mode would have to be overhauled though, because even the console versions are becoming a bit much to deal with. Keeping things simple is the key.
The mode would start with either a draft, consisting of all the league players, or the choosing of which pre-built team you want to play with. Some people don't like the tediousness of a draft, so you can't make them do it. The draft though wouldn't just be like a normal fantasy draft though, it would have to be like a $500-$1000 fantasy auction draft, where each player costs a certain amount of money, has a certain NFL lifespan (let's say 10 years), and you have a set pool of money to deal with. This will make the drafts a bit more intelligent and make monetary transactions later much more interesting. The cost of each player should correlate with their overall skill level, so when a player needs to be re-signed, he should be a set cost per skill rating rather than demand contract negotiations because his player rating became higher.
The GM overview of everything would get rid of all the stadium upgrades and the contract bonuses and stipulations that make things so rough on the console. The biggest thing that we need to deal with in an RPG is player upgrades, so that is the thing that most need to be addressed. Taking a page from Homerun Battle 3D, you should be able to purchase stats for players based on their actions in games. Raising the stats of each player would be a nightmare though, so players have to be upgraded in groups, with groups being the positions. For example, if Randy Moss catches an 80 yard touchdown, the whole WR crew would get X amount of points to divvy out between the players. You could then give them all to Randy Moss, or you could throw a few at Wes Welker (maybe raise his injury rating) and Torry Holt.
Throughout the season, some players will get much better, and some will probably be neglected. That's just the nature of a point system. When a players contract is up though, it will be impossible to keep dynasty squads because the players prices will change, making many too expensive to keep. Players will have to make use of trades and dumping off medial players if they want to keep their studs, just like real NFL teams do.
In the quest to make things simple, it's also very important to keep players stats simple. Give each one of them five or six stat categories, and that's it. For example, a QB should have, arm strength, arm accuracy, pocket awareness, scrambling ability, and leadership. What would these stats do though... we'll have to step into the game itself.
Gameplay: Offense
This is where things usually fall apart in typical football simulations, so I'm going to turn it a bit on its head.
First off, the view needs to be changed to a much more top down view. The player needs to be able to see every player on the field at once, at all times. On deep passing plays, the view needs to dynamically change to a view that can follow the streaking player.
The offense will set up, per the play call (more on that later), and with a tap you will hike the ball. Players will then run their routes as they normally would (except the receivers would only run their routes as well as their ratings say they will) and the quarterback will automatically drop back into his normal drop back position.
On passing plays, I'll keep the Madden circle for receiver system that goes from green to red, depending on openness. If your line breaks down, you can make your quarter back scramble, but running will be an automatic process based on the QB's scrambling skill. Same with the running plays. Since there is no tactile feedback on the iPhone, having the player control the running back is just silly. Make the process automatic and the players should be rewarded for good playcalling, not mad juking that no player on Earth could pull off.
In the backgound, everything that is happening would be based on an average system. A pass would be a calculation of QB throwing speed and accuracy + WR catching ability - DB covering ability/interception ability. Calculations would need to be made for each position battle in the game, as well as every event. Battles would include such things as OL vs. DL, WR vs. DB, RB vs. whoever tries to tackle him, WR vs. whoever tries to tackle him, and QB vs... yeah, you get it. In a way, each action battle, which would be automated and in the background, would be like a combat scene in a typical RPG.
Like RPG's, there would also be bonus scores for smart things that you do. For example, WR's would get an extra % chance of catching the ball if you throw it to them when they are open. These bonus scores would be very apparent on the defensive side of the ball, which will be all about coaching.
Gameplay: Defence
Since there will be no virtual joystick, there will be no controlling of the defense. Your skill will come in your ability to call a good play. It's a fact that certain defensive plays work against certain offenses, so it will be up to you to figure it out. At the beginning of your defensive play, you will see what formation the offense is in, and you will be able to pick a play based on what you see. Different plays will give your players different bonuses during play, or minuses if you pick the wrong play.
For example, playing dime defense against an obvious running play would result in negative stats, while goal line D on the goal line would give you bonuses.
Now that the game's worked out, all that's left is the multiplayer.
As you progress through your seasons, you will piece together all sorts of player combinations, all that will emphasize different play types. If you tend to run the ball a lot, your RB will get better and better, same with the passing game, or on the flip side, your defensive cover game or your ability to blitz. With your master team customized over time to your playing style, you can take them online to play against other opponents.
Like Homerun Battle 3D, it's necessary that online sessions are seamless and fast. Instead of playing a full game though, you'll play an NFL Playoff overtime. For more on what the playoff overtime means, read this article from ESPN.
This will allow for quick games, with the occasional surprising outcome. If possible, there could definitely even be leagues and tournaments organized to make things a bit more interactive. I'm not sure how feasible this is, or how it would work, so that would be up to the developer.
It's Over Folks
Whew, well I guess that's the extent of Football RPG. I really feel that the game that I have laid out would work extremely well and would generate a ton of buzz if implemented correctly. So hurry up developers, I want to play my game!


text: "Paul Poiret: King of Fashion," the exhibition that opened this week at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, may not have the immediate, broad appeal of "Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years,"the most popular of the Costume Institute's recent shows, or the voyeuristic pleasure of "Nan Kempner: American Chic," which gave viewers the chance to look inside the famed socialite's vast closets. But Paul Poiret, though little known outside the fashion world, was fashion's Picasso. Although he titled his 1932 autobiography King of Fashion, Poiret's break with the past was so great that he might better be called fashion's revolutionary, the man who brought modernity into being. Dispensing with social mores and tradition, he changed not just how women dress, but how they move and live. Click here to view a slide show essay about Paul Poiret.


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Alan A. Miller
Alan A. Miller, 40, of Yulee passed away unexpectedly June 1, 2012.
He was born in Providence, R.I. and moved to the Fernandina Beach-Yulee, Florida area in 1989 from East Greenwich, R.I. Alan was a graduate of Fernandina Beach High School, Class of 1990 and a 1995 graduate of Georgia Southern University with a BA in Marketing. Previously Alan worked for Nabisco for 10 years. For the past four years Alan has been employed by Acosta (a worldwide marketing company) as a space technologist. He had just recently been promoted to a new position as a data report specialist. He was a devoted son, an extraordinary brother, and a true animal lover. Alan and his dog, Thor, spent a lot of time at the local Nassau Humane Society Dog Park where they both had many friends. Alan's playful personality, sharp wit, brilliant memory, thoughtfulness, kind heart, and beautiful smile will be remembered always.
Alan is survived by his parents, James S. and Donna M. Miller of Fernandina; his brothers, John A. and James D. Miller of Alexandria, Virginia; his grandmother, Shirley M. Miller of Deland, Florida; his uncle, Steven D. Miller of Duluth, Georgia; and his aunt Susan (Bill) Wakelin of Deland. Other survivors include his cousins, Brent Wakelin and Lisa Thomas of Deland; godparents, John and Faye Knight of Brooklyn, Connecticut; and long-time family friend, Barbara LaRose of Cranston, RI; and numerous friends. He will be greatly missed.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 9, in the Stephens Chapel at Green Pine Funeral Home. The Reverend Mary K. Moore of New Vision Congregational Church will officiate. Burial will be at the family cemetery in North Smithfield, R.I.
In lieu of flowers, the family prefers that memorial donations be made in Alan's name to the Nassau Humane Society Dog Park, 641 Airport Rd., Fernandina Beach, FL 32034. Donations in Alan Miller's name may also be made by calling (904) 491-1511.
For more information and to leave condolence messages, please visit the Green Pine website at www.greenpinefuneral.com. Arrangements by Green Pine Funeral Home.


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For 10-year-old student Xie Xiaoyuan, just getting to school is an ordeal. On a recent day, her frostbitten ears are testament to just how difficult the trip is.
"I get up at five o'clock," she says, "then I comb my hair and start walking."
Xie navigates a mountain path in China's remote Shaanxi province in the dark, trudging through snowstorms and mudslides. Then she has to get a bus for about 10 miles. She hasn't time to eat breakfast.
"For lunch, I spend 15 cents on two pieces of bread and a drink," she says.
There's no such thing as a free lunch — or so the economic theory goes. But that's no longer the case for Xie and the 25,000 poverty-stricken children in China who now receive a free meal, thanks to the "Free Lunch for Children" charity campaign set up by a Chinese journalist.
Indirectly, his efforts have led to the government announcing it will provide nutritional support for 26 million of China's poorest children every day.
Economic Miracle's Hidden Cost
For Xie, those two pieces of bread used to be all she ate until dinner at home at 5 p.m. That's all her family can afford, with their combined income of about $120 a month providing for five people.
For a while, she even stopped going to school because the family couldn't afford her bus fare. But she returned after a teacher trekked to their village to inform her family that dropping out was against the law.
Many of her fellow students at Hujiaying primary school in Shaanxi province's Nanzheng county go hungry every day. Eating no breakfast is pretty common for these "left-behind" kids, according to headmaster Bai Baojun, describing the hidden social costs of China's economic miracle.
"About 80 percent of our kids have parents who've gone away to find work," he says. "For half our students, both their parents have gone away, so they depend on their grandparents, who can't help with their homework."
China's growing income disparity can be seen in Shaanxi, and not just in the dirt roads, the lack of sanitation and the classrooms with no heating. In China's poorest rural regions, the physical growth of 12 percent of children is stunted due to malnutrition, according to a survey carried out last year by the China Development Research Foundation.
The survey indicates that these poverty-stricken children are on average 2 to 6 inches shorter than Chinese city kids, a figure more shocking than any statistical abstract measuring inequality.
Poverty Shocked Reporter Into Action
Now, a new grass-roots program aims to change that by providing free lunches for thousands of rural children. It's the brainchild of a campaigning journalist from Phoenix Weekly news magazine, Deng Fei, who became famous for his campaign against child abduction.
During a reporting trip to Guizhou province, Deng was shocked to discover that schools there had no canteens for students. He began raising money online from his 1.4 million followers on China's version of Twitter and at a popular online shopping site, soliciting donations of 3 yuan (less than 50 cents) to pay for one lunch for one poverty-stricken rural child.
At Hujiaying school on a recent day, this money pays for huge basins of meat and tofu that are being tipped into enormous sizzling metal vats in the new canteen. The school chef is cooking for more than 250, stirring the food with a shovel to make sure it's all cooked.
"Today is a day worth celebrating," says Bai, the headmaster, as he gives a speech to mark the first official day of free lunch. The students line up, applauding enthusiastically, though most of them have fixed their eyes on the lunch counter, salivating at the delights that await them. On this day, the free lunch consists of spicy tofu, stir-fried celery with pork, and mushrooms with cabbage, along with a hot soup.
For most of these kids, this is their best meal of the day. The government has recently reorganized rural schools, closing or merging smaller ones. This means it's not unusual for the more far-flung students to spend two or three hours walking to and from school, after which they may have to cook their own supper.
In the dining room, they wolf down their meals, giggling as they use chopsticks to shovel hot rice into their mouths. Headmaster Bai patrols the tables, telling off students who don't finish their enormous portions.
Government Boosts Its Efforts
This "Free Lunch for Children" charity program has been remarkably successful, partly because of its high-profile support from some 500 journalists and their media organizations.
"In eight months, we've raised $4 million in funds," founder Deng says. "Nine-hundred-thousand people gave us money. We've helped 162 schools to give free lunches to 25,000 children."
He has been working closely with local authorities, who sometimes contribute funds or help target poorer schools. In the case of Hujiaying school, the local government provided 1 million yuan ($150,000) to build the school canteen.
Recently, the central government announced it will expand its own program, spending $2.5 billion providing nutritional subsidies for 26 million primary and junior high school students in rural areas.
"[The expanded program] is to provide a nutritional supplement," says Du Ying, the deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission. "The rough standard for each poverty-stricken student is to provide one cup of milk and an egg."
The government — like the Free Lunch for Children program — is working on the basis of providing 3 yuan per student per day.
Deng says there is "a definite link."
"We can't say that our Free Lunch has directly led to the government's Free Lunch, because the government was doing this before, but there's a link," the journalist says.
However, Bai, the school headmaster, believes Deng's success prodded the government into action.
"The government would probably have given some money for free lunches anyway eventually, but I think it would have happened later," Bai says.
Inequality Deeply Entrenched
But the journalist's program is facing challenges, in part because of its rapid expansion, including how to monitor funds and check that schools are spending the money on food for students. So far, it has relied on Chinese Twitter, requiring each participating school, including the one in Hujiaying, to post its weekly expense reports online.
Deng hopes the government will adopt his Free Lunch model, believing that such transparency could help avoid the corruption that has plagued government projects in the past. Never one to shy away from a challenge, he is now planning to turn his attention to raising money to fund rural children's health insurance, something he believes he can achieve for just $15 a year.
In Hujiaying, the school is taking matters into its own hands, showing the speed at which the program is evolving. Teachers at the school plan to launch a two-track system, with better meals with more meat for those who can pay an extra 2 yuan (30 cents) a day.
The administrators of the Free Lunch program say they think this plan is acceptable. It's a sign, perhaps, of just how entrenched inequality is in China that even within a poverty-alleviation program, there are haves and have-nots.
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.
And I'm Melissa Block.
In rural China, it's not uncommon for schoolchildren to skip lunch, not because they're too busy, they're simply too poor. Well, thanks largely to the efforts of one man, 25,000 poverty-stricken children in China are now getting a free lunch every day. And indirectly, his efforts have helped millions more.
NPR's Louisa Lim has the story from Shaanxi.
LOUISA LIM, BYLINE: For 10-year-old Xie Xiaoyuan, just getting to school is an ordeal - her frostbitten ears a testament to this.
XIE XIAOYUAN: (Foreign language spoken)
LIM: I get up at five o'clock, she says, then I comb my hair and start walking.
Xie navigates a mountain path in the dark, trudging through snowstorms and mudslides. Then she has to get a bus for about 10 miles. She hasn't time to eat breakfast.
XIAOYUAN: (Foreign language spoken)
LIM: For lunch, I spend 15 cents on two pieces of bread and a drink, she says.
That's all she eats until dinner at home at 5:00. That's all her family can afford with an income of about $120 a month for five people. For a while, she even stopped going to school because they couldn't afford the bus fare. But they were told this is against the law.
Many of her fellow students at Hujiaying Primary School go hungry every day. Headmaster Bai Baojun says his biggest challenge is left-behind kids - those whose parents who've gone away to the cities to make money.
BAI BAOJUN: (Through Translator) About 80 percent of our kids have parents who've gone away to find work. For half our students, both parents have gone away. So they depend on the grandparents, who can't help with their homework.
LIM: China's growing income disparity can be seen here, not just in the dirt roads and lack of sanitation but in the very bodies of these kids. As they do their daily exercises in the playground, they're warmly wrapped up, since the classrooms have no heating. But one recent survey found 12 percent of children in the poorest rural regions are stunted due to malnourishment. They're on average two to six inches shorter than city kids.
One new grassroots program aims to change that by providing free lunches for countryside children.
LIM: Through the Internet, it solicits donations of less than 50 cents, enough for one meal per child per day. These are then donated to schools in the poorest places in China. At this school the money pays for these basins of meat and tofu, which are being cooked in enormous metal vats. The school chef is cooking for more than 200. There's so much food in there he's actually using a shovel to stir the food.
BAOJUN: (Foreign language spoken)
LIM: Headmaster Bai gives a speech to mark the first official day of free lunch at the school.
LIM: Now, we're actually trying the free lunch. There's a spicy tofu dish, celery with meat, and mushrooms and greens. And it's actually really, really good. I would pay a lot more in a restaurant for this.
The kids line up eagerly. For most, this is their best meal of the day. Some, without parents here, even have to cook their own supper.
This program is the brainchild of Deng Fei, a campaigning journalist from Phoenix Weekly news magazine. But even he's been blown away by the speed with which the Free Lunch Project has caught on.
DENG FEI: (Through Translator) In eight months, we've raised $4 million in funds, 900,000 people gave us money. We've helped 162 schools give free lunches to 25,000 children.
LIM: He's been working closely with local authorities, who sometimes contribute funds - in this case, building the school canteen. Since he started, the central government announced it will expand its own nutritional support program. It'll spend two and a half billion dollars, providing extra nutrition to 26 million Chinese kids in the countryside.
Headmaster Bai believes Deng Fei's program prodded the government into action.
BAOJUN: (Through Translator) The government would probably have given some money for free lunches anyway, eventually but I think it would have happened later.
LIM: In the dining room, the kids are wolfing down their food, giddy with joy. But this program is facing challenges, including how to monitor all the schools that take part. Here in Hujiaying, there are plans for a two-track system, with better meals for those that can pay more. Apparently inequality is so entrenched in China that even within a poverty alleviation program, there are haves and have-nots.
Louisa Lim, NPR News, Beijing. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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The Bush administration has submitted the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement to Congress amid reports it was offering new concessions to sugar producers to try to round up more support for it.
While a close vote was being predicted in both houses, observers said they expected DR-CAFTA to prevail, in part, because of the "full-court" pressure being applied by the administration to secure votes from wary Republicans.
In a White House meeting leading up to the submission, President Bush urged Congress to pass the agreement "because America has an interest in strengthening democracy and advancing prosperity in our hemisphere." Cabinet members and officials from previous Democratic and Republican administrations attended the meeting.
Supporters have said the pact would allow U.S. exporters the same access to markets in the five Central American countries – Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua and in the Dominican Republic –as exporters in those countries have to the U.S. market under earlier agreements.
The President said consumers in those countries would also have access to U.S. goods at lower prices. "That brings us a step closer to our goal of an Americas where the opportunities in San Jose, Costa Rica, are as real as they are in San Jose, Calif."
Speaking on the security theme administration officials have been using more and more with DR-CAFTA, U.S. Trade Representative Bob Portman told reporters the agreement will bring added stability and prosperity to the region.
"We cannot let these countries down in Central America – these fragile democracies that are making the right moves, doing the right things and creating free markets and promoting democracy," he said.
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Some observers said the promise may not be enough to sway members from sugar-producing states. "I'm not sure we've been in direct negotiations," said Sen. Craig Thomas, R-Wyo., who threatened to vote against the agreement in a mock vote conducted by the Senate Finance Committee on the measure.
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The president indicated to reporters during a meeting with lawmakers at the White House Tuesday that he's open to changes to his request for congressional authorization for strikes. He said he's serious about consulting with Congress, as long as the resolution sends a clear message to Syrian President Bashar Assad and hampers his ability to use chemical weapons.
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In the Flesh Erotic Reading Series, Erotic memoir night on everything from being a sex columnist to online dating and loving a transgendered partner. Wed., Jan. 17 at 8pm. HAPPY ENDING LOUNGE, 302 Broome St. Free. 212-334-9676.
New York Book Club, Stefan Kanfer discusses his book Stardust Lost: The Triumph, Tragedy and Mishugas of the Yiddish Theater in America. Thurs., Jan. 18 at 6pm. LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM, Visitors Center & Museum Shop, 108 Orchard St., below Delancey. RSVP to email@example.com.
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As in past years, I am releasing the Killer Bees 2012 code post-championship.
Major changes for this year:
-Beescript improvements to allow us to write "ScriptButtons" using a single threaded interpreter (a lock on the interpreter, and the ability to forcefully kill the interpreter if a higher-priority script must run). We intended to use this for auto-balance scripts, but never did. The functionality is still there, but unused. See the Script Buttons VI in the HMI folder for an example of use.
-RT thread for the gun speed controller - See gun_speed_control_feed_forward.VI in the gun folder for a description of the final algorithm, and the other tested algorithms (they're commented out in that VI so you can quickly find them all). I wanted to include the data we used in determining which controller was best, but the data files pushed the zip over a magic 8mb file limit on CD Media.
-Signals system allows me to send boolean triggers and have multiple subsystems trap the signals. I initially wrote Signals like UNIX signals, where each subsystem could register a callback function, but later decided I didn't like this, so I wrote the signal manager and signal trap as you see it now. Each instance owns it's own trap, so multiple traps of the same signal will not cause race conditions where only one will get the signal. The implementation is fairly generic, this system was designed to be re-usable.
As usual, feel free to ask questions or state comments.
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Hey Palardy, I had a few questions I couldn't really solve when I went through your code.
Why do you have the linear ramps on your drivetrain?
What is it that the halo drive is doing? I can't recall your driver setup, though I thought it was tank drive with a normal left and right stick setup.
Can your simple set be used as a drop-in replacement for NI's motor set (assuming use of pwm and not CAN)? Have you had any problems with it? We're seeing fairly high cpu utilization as well, and I'm curious how much that will help since the sets are called quite often.
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-The linear ramps are used to reduce fast shock load to the drivetrain in an attempt to reduce high current spikes (hopefully reducing main breaker heating). We later increased the ramp constants fairly high, they don't ramp much now.
-The HMI we used this year has the left Y as "Throttle" and right X as "Wheel" in the halo drive. The idea is to run an Arcade-type control with the throttle and wheel controls on different sticks. The Halo algorithm we use is a mix of 254's Cheesy Drive algorithm with some additional logic to switch to "quick turn" mode when the throttle is near 0. We also used a similar system in Occra and Vex, and all of our drivers prefer two-stick Halo over two-stick Tank.
-Simple Set is a drop-in replacement for Set Motor under these conditions:
--You can't use CAN
--You *MUST* have created the motor before attempting to set it, as this version does not check if the motor has been created properly
--I removed all of the Safety Watchpuppies
-We have had no issues with the Simple Set VI.
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Halfway through competition season (I believe after week 4), Palardy graciously gave us these VIs, and we implemented them almost verbatim (we added our own ramping software at the inputs). I won't comment for our driver, but when I used it occasionally at home, it was better than tank (my previous favorite). It seemed more natural for locating the robot precisely where you wanted it, and at the orientation you wanted it.
Thank you very much Palardy!
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Anyway, regarding the drivetrain, that's good to hear. I think I'll go through tonight and take a closer look and try it on ours. We really don't have any trouble with just straight unfiltered tank drive (wide bot tank drives almost drive themselves if done right) but it'll be a good learning experience.
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Cheesy drive is wonderful. (We've used it the past two years.) Especially in high gear, it blows traditional tank out of the water.
What criteria do you use to switch to quickturn? Do you smooth the transition? (I'm not at a LabVIEW capable computer at the moment, but the next time I am I'll take a look.)
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No smooth transition, it's literally just a binary wrapper around a standard CheesyDrive function. The transition happens when abs(throttle) is <0.2 (basically 0).
With the thumb sticks, it's really hard to get a precise throttle that low without hitting the 0.15 low-end deadband, so we don't care about the transition.
If you look at the implementation, HaloDrive does the wrapping and quickTurn switch decision, and CheesyDrive does a standard 254-style Cheesy Drive with a quickTurn switch input. You can use either, we like Halo.
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It is worth mentioning that Palardy was also the driver this year. While it was his first year, he did have experience driving both the 2010 and 2011 robot for a couple of competitions as well as VEX and OCCRA.
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quickturn = 0;
if ( abs(throttle) < quickturn_thresh)
quickturn = 1;
quickturn thresh is about 0.2 off the top of my head.
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I drove the 2011 robot at four off-season events (IGVC, MARC, IRI, and Kettering Kickoff) with standard two-stick tank drive. The Mecanum wheels on that robot required a far different style of driving because of what we like to call the "drunk drive" inherent with Mecanum wheels - that is, the drift that one can experience because of the rollers - and because the rollers on the wheels allow the robot to quite easily turn in place. In 2010 and 2011 we used two-stick tank drives with our robots and placed our strafe function on the triggers of the driver's Xbox controller.
This year, with the lack of the omni-directional drive-train, it made more sense, in retrospect, to use a drive system where turning and "throttle" were separate, because robots that can't strafe drive more like one would expect a wheeled vehicle to drive, and, because of this year's game, being able to drive in a straight line without having to think about it was handy (for example, while attempting to balance the field bridges). The intuitiveness of this drive made it more manageable for me to focus on the other functions on the driver controller for this year's robot in contrast to last year's robot, where the driver's controller literally only controlled the robot's drive-train. I was honestly surprised by how much I liked using the Halo Drive vs. the standard tank drive, and I'm sure the system will become part of the team's library of "good decisions" to tweak, reevaluate, and potentially use again in the future.
To echo Colin, thanks to Andrew for providing the drive code to allow us to make the switch so late in the season.
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In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.
6 Reasons Why Prop 37 Is Not A Failure
California voters rejected Prop 37, which would have required retailers and food companies to label products made with genetically modified ingredients, according to Huffington Post.
Millions of dollars, mostly from outside of California, were poured into campaigns both for and against Prop 37. But the donations that came in weighed heavily in favor of Prop 37's opponents.
Companies like Monsanto and The Hershey Co. contributed to what was eventually a $44 million windfall for "No on Prop 37," while proponents were only able to raise $7.3 million, reports California Watch.
Nontheless, Leslie Stoddard, co-founder of GMO Free Idaho, offers six "reasons why we are STILL winning!"
#1 – California Right to Know and Yes on Prop 37 raised $7.3 million in support of GM labeling. When you put into perspective that No on Prop 37 spent $45 million to defeat this initiative it makes you realize just how much everyone's hard work really paid off. What would the "initial" results have looked like if Yes on Prop 37 had raised $45 million? It would have been a blow out! This my friends, is the power of grassroots! This is the power of TRUTH! And this is NOT defeat.
#2 – The entire country united for this cause, including many Idahoans who attended a screening of Genetic Roulette and helped to raise $400 for the Yes on Prop 37 campaign. States from the East and West did their part in raising GMO awareness and making contributions to this campaign by donating and phone banking. If only there was a way to count how many people heard the term GMO for the first time just because of this initiative. So, not only did the nation unite, but Prop 37 opened the eyes of countless individuals who will take into consideration what they are putting in their mouths. Big win here!
#3 – During the Yes on Prop 37 campaign a coalition of 23 states (and counting) was formed. This coalition is dedicated to providing support for each state that plans to pursue a legislative measure or ballot initiative (like Idaho plans to do). We have been sharing ideas, making calls to action, and helping to build the numbers in each state. I'd like to see Monsanto drop $8 million in 23 states at one time when each state decides to roll out their own labeling legislation. The labeling initiative in California was critical to the formation of this coalition…..Winning!
#4 - Two nationwide campaigns have been launched in lieu of Prop 37. The first is GMO Inside, a campaign to "show corporations that people will not complacently serve as lab rats for the testing of genetically engineered foods." And to "ultimately boycott the companies that want to keep us from knowing what's in our food. Hitting their bottom line is the only way we can collectively make a significant change to our food system without legislation."
The second is the Know GMO Project, a campaign that will "collectively create a GMO free society" by targeting local food producers to source non-GMO ingredients and by doing so in a positive manner. Many food producers, like many consumers, are completely unaware of GMOs. Many businesses don't even know that they are sourcing GM ingredients. "By targeting "mid-level" food producers to enact these non-GMO changes, we can push GMOs off the market without necessarily having to purse labeling laws." The Know GMO Project has launched phase 1 of 3 of their campaign and we are encouraged to use their non-GMO meme generator to spread awareness on social media sites.
These campaigns will continue the work of Prop 37 and contribute to the tipping point that will push GMOs off our plates and our consumer markets.
#5 – As you might have heard after viewing Genetic Roulette, the sales of Non-GMO Project Verified products have increased by 217% in just ONE year! Consumers have spoken and as of now 1.2 million signatures have been submitted to the FDA, through the Just Label It campaign, demanding that GMOs be labeled. I don't think I have to tell you, it's only a matter of time before we have GMO labeling in some way or another.
#6 – Even if Prop 37′s "final" results prove to not be enough for a victory, the "Right to Know" movement will not stop. Prop 37 was the start of something BIG and this initiative is proof that we cannot be bought and we cannot be broken. The truth will prevail and our consumer rights will be restored. The non-GMO movement is a holistic movement. It's about preserving what is sacred. It's about bringing communities together. It's about nourishing our loved ones. And it's about leaving a legacy for our future. We have our war paint on and what determined warriors we are! Is this battle easy? No. If it was, would it be worth fighting for?
As Woodrow Wilson said, "The history of liberty, is a history of resistance." We are the resistance and history will be made, one way or another.
My heart goes out to everyone for their passion and hard work on Yes on Prop 37. Nothing is more fulfilling than being part of this movement and bringing our communities together. I thank each and everyone of you!
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Honoring Chef Grant Sato and giving backKapiʻolani Community College
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"I hope with my donation the students can feel proud to work with new equipment and in new, improved classroom facilities. I'm so happy that our students won first place at the National culinary competition, and I'm proud to be part of the Kapi'olani Community College ʻohana." –Lynne Kaneshiro
HONOLULU - On August 17, friends and faculty of Kapi'olani Community College (Kapi'olani CC) joined Lynne Kaneshiro in celebrating her major gift to the Kapi'olani CC Culinary Arts Renovations and Equipment Fund. This fund was created to help finance renovations, upgrades, equipment purchases and related expenses for the Culinary Arts Department at Kapi'olani CC.
Kaneshiro began her career in 1969 with First American Title Company of Hawaiʻi. When she was 26, she became the youngest associate appointed executive vice president of the company. She formed and supervised seven escrow branches and business development programs in Hawai'i and Guam. After gaining 13 years of experience, she established her own company. Kaneshiro is the founder of Island Title Corporation, a title insurance and escrow company. She founded the company in 1982 and served as its chairman, president, and CEO before stepping down in 2008. Kaneshiro is a long time supporter of the university, and a past member of the UH Board of Regents and 'Ahahui Koa Ānuenue.
Kaneshiro attributes her inspiration to make this gift to Chef Grant Sato in recognition of his many culinary achievements since graduating from the Kapi'olani CC Culinary Program.
While in the culinary program at Kapi'olani CC, Sato was honored with the Food Service Student of the Year award. He then went on to become chef instructor for the Employment Training Center Program at Kapi'olani CC from 1998-2001 during which time he was awarded the Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
From 2001-2006 Sato was the chef instructor for the Kapi'olani CC Culinary Program and is currently the Kapi'olani CC Commercial Enterprise Sous Chef for RCUH, and a program instructor for the Kapi'olani CC non-credit Culinary Program. Additionally, he is a volunteer chef for PAL WEED and SEED Culinary Program at Campbell High School. A firm believer in making culinary education accessible, Chef Sato has been personally contributing to scholarships in the Kapi'olani CC Culinary Arts Department since 2004.
"I'm very thankful to Lynne for her gift to the Culinary Arts Program at Kapi'olani CC," said Chef Sato. "I would also like to thank all my colleagues, the chefs and instructors at Kapi'olani CC who inspired me therefore allowing me to inspire others. Lynne has inspired us all with this wonderful gift."
The University of Hawai'i Foundation, a nonprofit organization, raises private funds to support the University of Hawai'i System. Our mission is to unite our donors' passions with the University of Hawai'i's aspirations to benefit the people of Hawai'i and beyond. We do this by raising private philanthropic support, managing private investments and nurturing donor and alumni relationships. Please visit www.uhf.hawaii.edu.


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By Geoff
Community College, South East London, England
For over
four years the U.K. government has been providing funding for international
activity under a scheme sponsored by the Prime Minister – the Prime Minister's
Initiative for International Education – or PMI for short. The overall aims of
PMI are to develop educational partnerships and encourage student (and staff)
mobility in the context of an increasingly global economy.
In 2008
money was allocated to a project for partnership working in the United States.
This initial project involving four US colleges, was led by Greenwich Community
College in London and has made progress on developing articulation links
between Associate degrees in the USA and the UK's new vocationally focused
Foundation degrees. Because of the success of this project, the PMI Board
agreed to set aside additional funding specifically to move forward on
partnerships between the U.K. and U.S. colleges with a focus on mutual learning
associated with Enterprise.
In spring
2010 a contact seminar was held in Washington, D.C., organised by NACCE with
the support of the British Council and the Association of Colleges in the U.K.
The aim of this developmental seminar was to prepare the colleges to develop
joint bids that would fulfill the PMI funding criteria for this enterprise
related fund. A full report on the seminar can be found at www.NACCE.com, under
Program & Events, Member Events.
Three bids
were successful and these will involve 10 colleges in the U.K. and 17 colleges
in the U.S.
Greenwich bid will enable the creation of cross-Atlantic modules of study on
Entrepreneurship that can be appended to vocational curriculum in the U.K. and
the U.S. to enhance existing qualifications. The units will use online and
virtual study methods and enable colleges to develop future articulation of
U.S. Associate degrees and U.K. Foundation degrees. The project activity will
be related to the development of a common international curriculum, using
technology and thereby encouraging student mobility.
With the
Westminster Kingsway bid teams from the colleges will participate in a
competition to develop either a new food product or process, based on local
farmed ingredients that may be either packaged or served on a plate. They will
collaborate via the Internet and social networking sites and will be mentored
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Author Notes: Do you like vanilla or chocolate? Can't decide? Well, this cookie resolves your dilemma. This recipe is a variation of my Chewy Sugar Cookie #2. —mrslarkin
Makes: about 2 dozen
ounces dark chocolate, melted and cooled slightly
teaspoon espresso powder (mix this into the melted chocolate)
cup unsalted butter, room temperature
cup granulated sugar
cup light brown sugar
teaspoons vanilla extract
large egg yolks
1 1/2
cups all-purpose unbleached flour (I use King Arthur)
teaspoon sea salt
teaspoon baking soda
cup turbinado, or course sugar
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line 2 large sheet pans with parchment paper.
- Cream butter and sugars for 1 minute. Scrape sides of bowl. Continue beating for another minute. Scrape bowl again.
- Add vanilla. Beat for 1 minute. Scrape sides of bowl.
- Add egg yolks. Beat for 1 minute. Scrape sides of bowl.
- Add flour, salt and baking soda. Beat 1 minute. Scrape sides of bowl and beat for another minute
- Make a well in the middle of dough and pour in the melted chocolate. Gently fold the dough over with a spatula or knife, until you achieve a marbled look. Don't overmix the dough, or you'll have a chocolate cookie instead of a marbled cookie, which isn't a bad thing, it just won't look as cool.
- Place course sugar in small, shallow bowl. Using a small cookie/ice cream scoop (mine is 1 1/2" in diameter) dipped in a mug of hot tap water, scoop balls of dough and drop two at a time into the course sugar. The hot tap water gives the dough balls a little tackiness and helps to get the course sugar to stick. Gently roll around in the sugar (the dough balls, that is.) Place balls of dough on parchment, leaving about 1 1/2" space around each. My half-sheet pans fit 12 cookies very comfortably.
- Do not press the balls down. This will ensure a chewy middle.
- Bake for 8 - 10 minutes, turning and reversing pans midway through baking. Resist the urge to bake your cookies longer, or they won't be very chewy.
- Place pans on cooling racks. When cool, store cookies in air-tight containers.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Chewy Sugar Cookie
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Justin Bieber Disses Drake Bell At His Own Album Release Party
Justin Bieber crashed Drake Bell's album release party on April 17, stealing the attention of his fans, and reigniting the long-standing feud between the two singers.
Drake Bell, 27, never saw it coming until it was too late. Justin Bieber's Sprinter van had already pulled up in front of Mixology at the Grove in Los Angeles, where Drake's album release party was taking place. Justin rolled down the window and the crowd went bananas.
Justin Bieber Crashes Drake Bell's Album Release Party In L.A.
Justin successfully stole the spotlight from Drake, who has reportedly been harassing the Biebs on Twitter. Justin had never really responded until now, reports TMZ, and man — did he respond in a big way!
The "Boyfriend" singer later posted the video of the crazy "Drake" crowd on Instagram with a caption that read: "So nice seeing my fans at the grove tonight."
To make matters worse, Justin's ambush on Drake was apparently premeditated.
"The whole reason for Justin being at the Grove and The Whisper Lounge the other day was to set up the incident he did with Drake Bell," a source reveals to HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY. "The Whisper Lounge and Mixology are basically 50 yards or closer from each other. So he was getting the lay of the land and seeing what would be the best place to set up his party crashing incident."
"There was no other reason Justin would go to the Grove since it is tourist central," the source explains. "He learned about the Drake Bell event and wanted to make a scene and that is exactly what happened."
Justin Crashes Drake's Album Release Party & Steals Fans
These two have been battling each other relentlessly. After Justin's Jan. 23 DUI arrest it was Drake who spearheaded a petition to get the singer deported.
"Become part of the movement!!!," Drake said, after posting to Twitter a link to a "We the People" petition. The petition was created following Justin's arrest and encouraged President Obama to have the Biebs deported back to his native Canada.
Drake then called Justin and friend Ariana Grande "disgusting" on April 1 in an interview for Buzz Feed.
"I don't think a lot of these young people have to work very hard. They're found on YouTube and boom — thrown into the studio — so they think they can get anything they want," Drake said.
What do you think HollywoodLifers, do you think Justin was wrong to crash the party, or do you think Drake had it coming? Tell us what you think.
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So we have two celebrations to celebrate, and I thought I would combine them in one blog. I am something of a whiz at packing a lot into a small space, as people who have seen my work area NEVER seem to notice, and I would like to do something similar with this bloggery.
First of all, it is coming up on April 15, that date when every red-blooded American's heart swells with pride at the thought of sending money to dear old Uncle Sam to use for whatever Uncle Sam has in mind for it. We trust Uncle Sam ALMOST as much as we trust uncle Blogsy, and we assume he is spending the money for our very favorite purposes, be that training Navy SEALS or funding Sesame Street. We would never think of trying to wring every last deduction out of the system to lessen the amount we contribute to the cause.
Which is why Uncle Blogsy keeps getting these panicky phone calls the first two weeks in April. "You never sent me a receipt for those three banana boxes of computer manuals I gave you!" "You sent me a receipt for those six shopping bags of vampire romances but I lost it!" And, as always, "You sent me a receipt for my thirty-five videocassettes of programs I recorded off PBS, but you didn't tell me what to deduct for them!"
If you have the receipt, strawberry bacon tart, you can read the fine print on the bottom, which points out that although yes, we are a fully authorized 501 (c ) 3 organization and you may therefore deduct your donation to the extent and in the manner allowed by law, I can NOT tell you how much to deduct. I may not assign a dollar value to your donation. I cannot even give you a value in quarters, dimes, and nickels. I am not, according to the law, even give hints.
Which brings us to the other major celebration. This is, I see, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the memo sent to the Book Fair by the Business Office of the Newberry Library suggesting a deduction of $5 per hardcover book and $1 per paperback book. I am not offering this as a hint, since I am not allowed to offer hints. I am stating a simple historical fact: that a quarter century ago, the Business Office mentioned these values to us. The values do not reflect what we sell the books for, of course: they are higher in some cases and lower in other. "Paperback book", in particular, was not such a hazy phrase in 1989 as it is today, with the trade paperback (those are the big ones) making up such a large portion of the market.
In fact, since we shelve the trade paperback with the hardcovers (the ones of normal size), I sometimes suggest to donors that they count these as hardcovers, for receipt purposes. We charge more for the trade paperbacks than we do for the mass market (small, traditional size) paperbacks. This generally gets me a look of horror. Uncle Sam has generated such respect for the good people who collect taxes that donors honestly believe they will be caught if they claim their trade paperback of the Divine Secrets of the ya-Ya Sisterhood was a hardcover.
I don't know why Uncle Blogsy can't get the same amount of respect. No, I CAN'T tell you what to deduct for that apple you left in the apple crate. Nor for that shirt I found filling in an empty corner in the box of Bibles and hymnals. (The shirt wasn't even my SIZE.)


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PPE 2012: Facing The Lack of Diversity in Photography and The Arts
Posted by Holly Hughes on Monday October 29, 2012 | Fine Art
Posted by Holly Hughes on Monday October 29, 2012 | Fine Art
To provide some context for the PhotoPlus Expo panel discussion on "(Mis)representation: The Underrepresentation of Non-Whites and Women in the Arts," moderator Charles Guice, an independent photo dealer, noted some statistics about the changing demographics of the United States. According to recent census data, whites in the US will no longer make up the majority of the country within a few years. Yet, he noted, whites still make up 91 percent of all museum goers, and white artists are represented in 91 percent of all museum and gallery exhibitions. "If the arts are to remain relevant who's responsible for changing the status quo?" he asked. Guice asked his panel to look both at how women and artists of color are underrepresented in the arts, and what needs to change. His panelists were Manjari Sharma, a photographer born and raised in Mumbai and now based in Brooklyn; John Edwin Mason, a writer on photography and associate chair of history at the University of Virginia; Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, curator at El Museo del Barrio in New York; and Miriam Romais, executive director of En Foco, a non-profit devoted to supporting US-based photographers of Latino, African, Asian and Native-American descent and the editor of Nueva Luz, the photographic journal produced by En Foco.
Guice quoted the oft-cited statistic used by the feminist arts group Guerilla Grrls in its slogans: Less than 3 percent of the artists represented in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art are women, but women represent 83 percent of the nudes. Women also make up a tiny percentage of any "power list" of influential curators or gallerists. Sharma noted that the struggle for equality "begins at an early age"; she cited studies showing that girls talk less in class, get less attention from teachers, and tend to undervalue their performance."The female gaze isn't given the same attention," she noted, and later added, "Women don't recognize their own voices." Aranda-Alvarado observed that throughout history, "The Academy was the training ground for male artists," and tended to set the standard by which later art was judged. Sharma noted that the problem is compounded by the dominance of white males among the decision-makers and gatekeepers. "We need more diversity among the jurying panels."
Mason offered two anecdotes about occasions when pointing out the blinkered view of certain jurors and gatekeepers helped raise awareness about the lack of diversity among the photographers they promoted. When a group of photo bloggers recently teamed up to name photographers who are moving the medium forward Mason noted on Twitter that the absence of photographers of color on the list was "stunning." Mason said at least two of the contributing bloggers (all of whom were white and "overwhelmingly male") responded with embarrassment and regret. "I think they were being honest … that we work with these kind of blinkers," he said.
"The problem with lists is that whoever is compiling them should say, 'This is according to me.' No one can know everything. You can work real hard, but if you're in New York or London or Charlottesville, Virginia, most of the names on the list are going to be American or European because that's what we know." He added that today, bloggers have gained the kind of authority and influence that mainstream media and arts institutions once had and, like magazine editors, they "have to learn to look inclusively."
Mason noted that the Look3 Festival of the Photograph, which has taken place annually in Mason's hometown of Charlottesville, was similarly limited in its choices of speakers and workshop leaders. However, once the festival grew from a private event in photographer Nick Nichols' backyard to a large event that receives public funding from the city of Charlottesville, many people on the faculty of the University of Virginia and in the city wanted it to expand its list of featured speakers to a more inclusive list of photographers. The organizers responded, and its speakers in the last two years have included LaToya Ruby Frazier, Hank Willis Thomas and Stanley Greene. Mason said, "I think that the people at Look3 sincerely see that leaving out three-quarters of the world, or 30 percent of the American population, is a bad thing. They understood the rightness of what we were saying."
He noted that such openness does more than bring additional perspectives to the festival's educational programs. "We're talking about photographers' lives and careers here," he said. "Sometimes if you're not inviting them [photographers of color] then they're not getting that networking opportunity and meeting those people and getting those mentors."
Mentors, Romais said, are essential to help photographers build networks and contacts. En Foco offers many portfolio reviews and juried shows devised to give more photographers exposure, but she also noted that she has sometimes found it "heartbreaking" to see talented photographers who lack training in presentation, editing or preparing for portfolio reviews. Mentors, she said, can help new photographers understand the importance of being able "to talk eloquently about their work and without self consciousness," and to present their work confidently to jurors and reviewers "without compromising their own vision." Sharma, who said she was fortunate to have "strong female instructors" when she was a student, asked, "Should we feel an obligation to lift up other females?"
At this point, an African-American photographer in the audience said that he'd heard discussions like this, "identifying the problem" for years, but has heard few solutions. He noted that, as a member of ASMP, he is typically the only African-American at meetings, but he added, "I keep showing up," in hopes that he'll encourage other photographers to follow. Audience member Shawn Walker, a member of Kamoinge, the photographic collective, has supported African-American photographers since its founding in 1963.
In a discussion of the pros and cons of culturally specific institutions, Aranda-Alvarado said she worries whether, after photographers "make the rounds" of artists-in-residency programs aoffered by the Studio Museum of Harlem, the Bronx Museum of Arts and other organizations devoted to supporting photographers of color, they are also given opportunities to be seen by curators at larger institutions. "Not often," she said. When El Museo holds its biennial, they invite curators from the Whitney Museum of Art and other large museums to view the featured work. Romais noted that En Foco changes the jury for its contests and portfolio reviews each year in order to help photographers get wide exposure. En Foco's printed showcase of photographers, Nueva Luz, is also distributed for free to thousands of editors and curators.
The questions and comments from audience members made it clear that there are numerous barriers for photographers of color to be recognized by arts institutions as well as gatekeepers in media. An Arizona-based photographer and professor who is Native-American said, "The people who buy photography and the people who hire photographers for magazines—I could never reach them. I had to do powwows and Monument Valley." An African-American woman who credits her uncle, a photographer, with mentoring her early in her career, said she tries to make her own opportunities. "I don't wait for anyone to open the door for me because I open the door."
Guice noted that photographers like Roy deCarava who questioned the status quo were sometimes labeled "difficult" or "trouble makers." Mason said that during the push to diversify Look3, "I didn't expect the young photographers to speak up." The fight, he said, was largely lead by academics with tenured positions. However, he said, "There's an issue of personal responsibility. If you reach a position where you have the juice, you have to use it."
Near the end of the panel, Guice asked the panelists again: Who is responsible for challenging the status quo?" Romais replied, "Everyone in this room."
Audience members were provided with a hand out of articles referenced by panelists, and a lit of the following organizations providing education and outreach in support of diversity:
Posted by David Walker on Monday August 20, 2018 | Fine Art
Photographer Jeff Jacobson has built a distinguished career—and published three books— by following his instincts, and by pursuing personal projects without preconceived ideas about where the projects might lead. But good photographs don't just happen, of course. Jacobson explains his method for making photographs, and how he teaches it to workshop students, in a PDN... More ›
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The majority of artists aren't earning a living from sales of their artwork, a new survey suggests. Instead, they rely primarily on freelance and contract work, or other jobs, to make an average of $20,000–$30,000 annually. The survey, "A study on the financial state of visual artists today," was conducted by The Creative Independent, a... More ›
Posted by David Walker on Monday June 18, 2018 | Fine Art
Artist statements induce more headaches, loathing and procrastination than just about anything else on a photographer's to-do list. But it is possible to tame a lot of that misery with a change of perspective, and a straightforward approach to the task. In our story "Conquering the Dreaded Artist Statement: Expert Advice for Writing about Art... More ›


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Elijah Fuller left Massachusetts for California less than two years after Mexico ceded this territory and gold was discovered. Like many men who traveled to this newly opened land seeking financial gains, Fuller was planning to speculate in land. While not asking his father for money, he suggested polling resources with his family in Massachusetts to purchase land along the Rouge River in southern Oregon. Fuller's move west did not remove him from the political forces enveloping the country, and he weighed in with his opinion. Although his letter indicates a political leaning toward the Whig party, he appears to support the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. He does not necessarily hope to return slaves to their southern owners, but to drive them either back to Africa or further north into Canada, thus revealing personal prejudices which he shared with many Northerners at the time.
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