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Artist in Residence in Schools project at Strafford Elementary School with Rob Rossell
While working with Arts Education Roster artist Rob Rossell, students focused on the theme of Community Building to create two 4' x6' tile murals, one installed at the school and one at the town hall. The residency project was integrated into the curriculum of the Arts, Social Studies, English, Civics, and Mathematics.
Artist Residencies in Schools (AIR) grants provide partial funding to bring juried teaching artists into classrooms and public schools to support creative learning and skills development in the arts.
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This low-budget film about raising funds to make a movie offers inventive plotting from director Jim Wilson. Alec Carroll (Ben Glass) is off on one misadventure after another as he beats the bushes trying to get sponsors for his independently produced film. His story itself seems unlikely but his enthusiasm never wanes, even in the face of the strangest adversity. One gold-plated geezer seems more interested in Alec than his film, and in...more
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A Successful Technology Director with extensive expertise in Business Development, Client Relationship Management, and IT resource and infrastructure management. Demonstrated success managing solutions architecture development, project execution, resource management, as well as overall project lifecycle management. Well organized, results oriented individual with proven ability to implement standards, procedures, and processes that improve business functionality. Solid management skills, capable of leading and motivating individuals to maximize levels of productivity, while forming cohesive team environments. Exceptional communication skills, focused on building strong client relationships.
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Responsible for providing technology leadership for both internal and client-driven technology initiatives. Utilizes strong communication skills and deep technical knowledge to architect and develop solutions for organizations; provides guidance and technology management to both internal production teams and clients. Serves as primary technology-based business development specialist, responsible for $1.25M/yr in sales.
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Founded Mandias Consulting in March 2011 to provide web application and website development services to small-mid range businesses, as well as other local internet and new media agencies. Formed a consortium of other local web consultants to form project teams to take on larger and more elaborate agency-to-agency model projects.
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- Managing projects and project timelines to deliver sites and custom applications on time and within budget
- Provided IT and technical consulting to a variety of small to mid-range businesses and web agencies
- Led project development initiatives to develop comprehensive custom applications for a variety of specialized business needs
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- Management of day to day business and bookkeeping tasks
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- Supervised maintenance and operation of hosting infrastructure supporting 150+ distinct website and application instances
- Led SAS 70 infrastructure and process documentation efforts to successful completion of SAS 70 Type I report, and initiated Type II auditing process.
- Designed and Developed multi-lingual content management system for a multi-national, US-based Investment institution. The system allowed site administrators to easily control all site content in 5 different languages utilizing one secure interface.
- Created secure, multi-user, multi-tiered document management systems to allow private equity firms to securely provide due diligence documentation to prospective investors.
- Developed a robust, multi-site administrative portal for one of the world's largest private alternative asset management firms, allowing them to control all static and relational content from a single administrative portal. The system controlled content for 7 separate business unit sites, while maintaining consistent relational data structures to avoid data duplication, and maintain data integrity while providing the flexibility to allow for different informational architectures for each site.
- Sat on Senior Management Board and helped to determine and implement high level company-wide technology initiatives.
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A March 2011 fight with Congress over war funding confirmed to then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates that his decision to retire three months later was indeed the right one, he said in his new book.
Gates recalled the contentious March 2, 2011, House Appropriations defense subcommittee (HAC-D) hearing in "Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War."
At the time, I had just moved to the Pentagon beat after covering the Air Force for the previous five years. It was one of the first hearing I attended in person with Gates testifying.
"I had simply run out of patience and discipline and a willingness to 'play the game,' as illustrated by two exchanges during that hearing," Gates wrote in his book.
The first of those exchanges was when lawmakers questioned why the US would not declare a no-fly zone over Libya. Gates recalls firing back "with uncharacteristic force and a borderline disrespectful tone."
From the hearing transcript, here's what Gates said:
There's a lot of, frankly, loose talk about some of these military options, and let's just call a spade a spade. A no-fly zone begins with an attack on Libya to destroy the air defenses. That's the way you do a no-fly zone. And then you can fly planes around the country and not worry about our guys being shot down. But that's the way it starts.
The other exchange was over a $1.2 billion reprogramming transfer that DoD had requested a few weeks earlier "to pay for significant additional [intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance] capabilities requested by [Gen. David] Petraeus for Afghanistan," Gates wrote.
Then-HAC-D Chairman C.W. Bill Young, R-Fla. — who passed away this past October — had blocked the funding transfer since the Pentagon wanted to use money originally aligned to buy Humvees.
"Young had told me the problem would be worked out before the hearing, but it had not been," Gates wrote . "I couldn't understand his actions, so I entered the hearing room prepared to do something I had never done: publicly and directly criticize the chairman of one of my most important oversight committees."
Here's what Gates said to Young at the end of his opening statement, per the hearing transcript:
Mr. Chairman, our troops need this force protection equipment and they need it now. Every day that goes by is one more day they will do without. Every day that goes by without this equipment, the lives of our troops are at greater risk. I urgently want to get these items under contract so that I can get these important capabilities into Afghanistan in time for operations prior to the fighting season that begins in a matter of weeks.
Gates wrote that he "disliked going after Young like that" and called the late congressman an "old-school gentleman" who "was always gracious toward me and had long been a strong supporter of the military and especially the troops."
After the hearing, Young told a small group of reporters that the that: "I do not have any parochial interest in the Humvee" and noted the only item on the vehicle made in his congressional district was the release button for the seat belt.
However, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank noted that Humvee-maker AM General was Young's third-largest campaign contributor, sending him more than $80,000, a point Gates references in the book.
"I was fed up with the usual forelock-tugging deference to special interests and pet projects among members of Congress, especially when they got in the way of providing urgently needed help to our commanders and troops," Gates wrote.
Gates and Young talked on the phone a few days later and their staffs worked out a deal. "In the end, $614 million of the $864 million I had requested was transferred from the Humvee program," Gates wrote.
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Linguini With Shrimp and Feta
Nutrition Facts
|Serving Size
|Total Fat
|16 g
|Saturated Fat
|7 g
|602 mg
|Total Carbohydrate
|56 g
|Dietary Fiber
|8 g
|34 g
Ingredients and Preparation
|Whole wheat linguini
|4 ounces
|Olive oil
|2 teaspoons
|Large shrimp, peeled and deveined
|½ pound
|Cherry tomatoes, halved
|1 pint (about 2 cups)
|Garlic cloves, minced
|Crumbled feta
|½ cup
- Directions
- Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting fat and salt. When pasta is cooked, reserve ¼ cup of water and drain the rest.
- Meanwhile, heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add shrimp and cook for 1 minute. Turn shrimp over, add tomatoes and garlic, and cook for 1-2 additional minutes, until shrimp are cooked through.
- Toss shrimp mixture with cooked linguini, stir in feta and reserved pasta water, and serve.
3 very lean meats; 2 medium-fat meat substitutes; 2 starches; 1 fat; 1 vegetable
Side Suggestions: Crusty Bread (Italian or French)
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INDIANAPOLIS - Peyton Manning watched disbelievingly one pass after another hit the ground Sunday.
Then he demonstrated how an undefeated team survives the perfect storm.
After throwing three early TDs, then three inexplicable interceptions, Manning led the Colts on a late TD drive to beat Denver 28-16, breaking NFL records for most consecutive regular-season wins (22) and most wins in a decade (114), plus wrapping up home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs.
"I thought Denver made some plays, and we had some bad luck with bouncing balls there," Manning said. "We kind of weathered the storm, and the defense did a great job. So it was kind of two different games in terms of momentum, but fortunately we finished on a high note."
So high it's previously unreached by any NFL team.
It was quite a day in Indy, which celebrated its 22nd consecutive win. The Colts broke a tie with New England, which set the mark last year, and became the seventh team in league history to start 13-0, including this year's New Orleans Saints. Indy also was 13-0 in 2005 before losing three of the last four, including a divis1onal-round playoff game to Pittsburgh.
Indy's 114th victory of the decade broke a tie with the 1990s San Francisco 49ers and set a franchise record with its 13th consecutive home win.
"It does (feel good)," linebacker Clint Session said of the records. "I'm a part of history right now, so it feels real good. It's something we can tell our kids and grandkids that we did something no one else had done. It's definitely a great accomplishment."
Denver (8-5) also had a record day. Receiver Brandon Marshall broke the league's single-game record with 21 receptions. He finished with 200 yards and two touchdowns, tying the reception record on a 5-yard TD catch with 9:44 left in the game to make it 21-16 and broke the record on the Broncos' final play.
"I went to my receiving coach (Adam Gase) before the game and I told him, 'I think this is going to be the best game I've ever played.' Just because of the environment, the situation of playing the Colts," Marshall said. "I believe big players step up in big games, and this was a big game for us."
But Manning, who was 20 or 42 for 220 yards, answered Marshall's fourth-quarter score by hooking up with Dallas Clark on a 1-yard game-sealing TD catch - his third TD of the game - with 2:25 to go.
This was easily the strangest win in the Colts' streak.
Manning led Indianapolis to touchdowns on three of its first four drives, then somehow lost his touch. After completing 10 of 16 throws in the first quarter, Manning went just 6 of 22 over the next two-plus quarters, once missing nine of 10 passes while throwing all three interceptions. He hadn't throw as many picks in a game since having a career-high six at San Diego in November 2007.
Yet the Colts continually found ways to prevent Denver from taking the lead. They've been finding ways to win since an Oct. 27, 2008 loss at Tennessee.
"Well, we did recognize it in the locker room. When you go 22 in a row, that's difficult to do," said Jim Caldwell, who took over as coach from the retired Tony Dungy and has the best record for a rookie coach in NFL history. "It's built on the shoulders of several guys who aren't even in that locker room, Tony included."
"When I first got into coaching, Coach Noll used to talk about three-game winning streaks being hard to do. So 22 straight is something that you think you will never see. It's a great credit to the entire organization and to the consistency of the players. I am proud to have been a part of it."
Indy wasted no time in taking charge.
Manning opened with a 5-yard TD pass to Austin Collie, ending a time consuming 80-yard drive. After a Denver three-and-out, Manning connected with Clark for a 10-yard score to make it 14-0.
Manning followed that with a 71-yard drive that ended with Clark catching a 1-yard TD pass to make it 21-0.
Easy, right? Wrong.
Denver ditched the running game and put the ball in Kyle Orton's hands. And Marshall's.
Orton went to Marshall on six of the next 12 plays, finally hooking up for a 4-yard score to make it 21-7 at the half.
But with Manning struggling, Denver challenged. The Broncos got a 28-yard field goal from Matt Prater early in the fourth quarter to make it 21-10, and Marshall tied the receptions record to make it 21-16.
When Indy stopped the Broncos' 2-point conversion, Manning finally righted things and preserved The Streak.
"When you think about how many we have won these two years, you do take a minute to think about it, and it does kind of hit you - that's a bunch," he said. "This was a tough team. This was a great mental challenge."


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Welcome to The House Hotel, where city luxury and boutique surroundings meet, and where comfort, style and a friendly atmosphere become one. Welcome to the heart of the Latin Quarter, where Galway comes alive. Located just around the corner from the ever bustling Quay Street and Shop Street, The House Hotel is Galway's unique city centre boutique hotel and home to Galway's favourite cocktail bar
Here in The House we are very excited to have launched our new ground floor Bar/ Kitchen, The Yard. The newest addition to the Galway social scene, The Yard opened on July 30th and has been a favourite amongst our guests and Galway locals alike.
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SKII's new catchy video is a mix of old and new footages. A fun, refreshing piece the offline and online team worked on. We screened through archive footages, colour corrected them, fixed imperfections like flyaway hairs, skin tones, blemishes. SKll is a beauty brand we love working on regardless of the number of commercials we have produced. The result - is mastering the method of achieving perfect but natural skin.
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i tried to make a res at pastis exactley one month in advance and they said they had nothing.
( 7 women from the berkshires coming to the city for one night )
so, after making myself nuts looking at all your restaurants you have to offer, i made a res at fiamma. i loved the looks of it on the www and the menu looked tasty and its pretty close to where we are staying. i also figured italian would be "safe" for us...im not sure the tastes of everyone.
ANYWAY, i find out today that our "in" person from the city got us a reservation! 2 weeks after i tried to!!?????
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A new arabic Typeface
May 14th, 2007
This is not an old book tag at the Jordan University's library, printed by an old Arabic typewriter. This is a new open type font designed by the young talented calligrapher Hussein Al Aza'at, my colleague at work. The font is really experimental and artistic. This font brings back a history of Arabic typography and printing techniques.
This font will be available for use soon. It will be a good asset on every designer's font folder. Hopefully it will not be abused.
15 Responses to "A new arabic Typeface"
A.Saidawi Says:
May 14th, 2007 at 8:53 am
Oh man…I like this new font….I am waiting for it….to do a big marketing for it…
Good job ..
mala2e6 Says:
May 14th, 2007 at 9:52 am
7elo ya wael.its great to have new fonts around
best regards to your collegue and to you tab3an
Leo Alkurdi Says:
May 14th, 2007 at 10:40 am
Amazing, very pro work as i can see,
Yousif Says:
June 6th, 2007 at 4:36 am
I loved it … Hope you would be able to share it with people who like such fonts … like me
Thanks for such great work ..
Ben Says:
July 26th, 2007 at 6:46 am
Nice looking font. Are you saying the picture is of a text made with an old Arabic typewriter and someone is making a font based on it for computer? I think the old Arabic typewriters are amazing.
Alaa Abdelhaq Says:
August 8th, 2007 at 7:14 am
Man it really sux!!!
i hate it!!!
Hussein Says:
August 8th, 2007 at 7:24 am
Ben, it's an Opentype font.. and the picture above is a sample of typing in Arabic on Illustrator..
omar Says:
August 27th, 2007 at 8:57 am
I personally love it, and I think Hussein did a great job on it! Looking forward to it being available!
georgio Says:
October 19th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
please can u send me this font as soon as possible, i like it very much.
USA New York
diaa Says:
May 5th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
انا بقالى فترة بدور على خطوط زى كده
ارجو انكم تنشروه
Moey Says:
June 24th, 2009 at 4:30 am
Did Hussein release it yet?
BassaM Says:
August 1st, 2009 at 7:03 am
OMG… I hope really to send me this font once your friend get finished of it as soon as possible !! and Jazaka Allahu khairan !!!
على Says:
September 24th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
على Says:
September 24th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
فين الخطوط
Salma Says:
May 2nd, 2012 at 9:17 pm
well this is amazing!
is it available for download ?
I am currently working on my art capstone and was looking for such a font . . hopefully I'll be transferring the text on wood and experimenting with that
please notify me if the font is available now ?
thank you


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Wedding Gown Styles - Middle Ages to the 20th Century
For the most part of history, there were no wedding gown styles as such. A bride rarely had a dress made specifically for her wedding; rather, she would wear her best dress for the ceremony.
There were no specific colours either. In fact, many brides wore black or dark colours with only a few exceptions . . . green, considered unlucky, and yellow – "Marry in yellow, ashamed of your fellow" (this is, of course, a myth!).
Having a special gown was expensive and only exclusive to the famous and wealthy who could afford to wear it once and never again. Other common people wore dark colours because they hid stains and imperfections, and could be worn again and again.
Later on, blue bridal gowns became the popular choice for the reason that it represented purity, piety and a connection to religion and the Virgin Mary.
Though white wedding dresses can be traced as far back as the early 1400s, it was popularised by Queen Victoria's (of England) 1840 wedding where she wore a stunning white dress that inspired a following. It was soon evident that white was the most befitting colour for wealthy brides to wear.
Today, most wedding dresses are usually white, eggshell, ecru and ivory, not necessarily because they symbolise wealth, purity and virginity, but because the colour has become a lasting trend.
So, have wedding dress styles and colours changed all that much since the Middle Ages?
Medieval Wedding Gowns
When you first hear the phrase 'medieval era', what comes to mind? Castles, moats, the Middle Ages, Gothic, fiefdoms, kingdoms, and barbarian invaders! However, the period which spanned the 5th to the 15th Century also had its 'dreamy' side, and that was betrothals and marriages.
A number of medieval wedding traditions gave birth to today's wedding custom and most are still followed by today's bride. This goes to show that many of our current traditions are deeply rooted in history.
Not unlike bridal ceremonies of today, rituals that rose in popularity during the medieval era are still in practice today. These include reciting vows, wearing special dresses, exchanging rings, and hosting a celebration for guests.
The design and style of wedding dress varied and mainly depended on the social strata to which the bride, groom, and their families fall within. A handful wore white gowns, something we are more familiar with, but the large majority of medieval brides wore dresses made from fabrics with deep rich jewelled tones.
According to Wikipedia, "The first documented instance of a princess who wore a white wedding gown for a royal wedding ceremony is that of Philippa of England, who wore a tunic with a cloak in white silk bordered with grey squirrel and ermine in 1406". And "Mary, Queen of Scots, wore a white wedding gown in 1559 when she married her first husband, Francis Dauphin of France because it was her favourite colour".
However, the most popular choice were dresses sewn from plush fabrics with rich blue hues because the colour blue symbolised purity.
Another choice of colour by wealthier families was deep hues of red and rich tones of gold. Fabrics used were expensive luxury materials like satin, velvet, damask, fur, and silk.
Bridal garters and their association with good luck also originated from the medieval period.
For the generality of women and the common class, attempts were made to copy the styles of noble ladies using inexpensive fabrics like cotton and linen. The poorest of brides wore their best church dress on their wedding day.
Victorian Wedding Dress Styles
After Queen Victoria's wedding in 1840 where she wore a white lace wedding dress, a decade after, white became the traditional colour for bridal gowns.
The earliest Victorian wedding gown was designed with a fitted bodice, small waist, and a full skirt. Because the skirt was meant to be voluminous, it was plumped up with undergarments like petticoats and hoops (worn extensively at the time).
Popular materials used to sew these gowns include tulle, silk, organdy, linen, lace, and gauze-like fabrics. The more elaborate gowns were made from lace.
During the mid- Victorian era there was an emergence of middle-class wealth and the wealthy gladly exhibited their new riches. At this time, around the 1870s, bridal wear designed by Frederick Worth in Paris was the ultimate status symbol!
For those who could least afford it, the bustle styles were copied. Long full veils became a part of the wedding ensemble as was full court trains too.
By the late Victorian period, the bustle style disappeared; shorter trains and larger sleeves became the trend, and the veil became a standard bridal wear.
Widows who remarried didn't wear white wedding dresses; neither did they have to wear a veil or a headpiece with a blossom of flowers. Rather, they wore pearl or lavender satin dresses trimmed with ostrich feathers.
They also wore a couple of shades from white, and colours like ivory, salmon, rose, or violet.
Edwardian Bridal Dress
The style of an Edwardian wedding gown was charming at its best.
Bridal dresses were sumptuous, elegant, soft and often pricey, with very long flounced trains, at times over seven feet in length.
With their characteristic high lace collar neck, nipped waist, big and bold leg-o-mutton sleeves, full sweeping skirt, and plenty of lace detail, these vintage wedding gowns still make great bridal dress styles that represent pure classic feminine beauty.
Remember the "Gibson Girl" look? It was the Edwardian classic style at its best and every woman wanted to look like a Gibson girl, especially on her wedding day!
Though the original wedding dress designs were mostly made from cotton batiste and soft cream-white satin, today's version of the Edwardian bridal dress can be made with light to medium weight fabrics such as satin, taffeta, voile, crepe de chine, or batiste.
It was during this era that engagement rings started to emerge as a tool for men to prove their commitment to a life-long union and as an insurance of sorts against a future as a lonely spinster.
'Roaring Twenties' Bride
The flapper vintage bridal wear of the twenties is a hot trend for wedding gown seekers of the 21st century.
The style is being embraced widely by fashionistas but with some variations in the patterns. Wearing a flapper dress design is being bold, self-confident, energetic and almost sassy.
As a vintage wedding dress, it is great for the wedding party dance as you can swing, sway and dance away as wildly as you wish. You'll be 'cutting a rug' with your swinging steps.
Defying convention and looking flirty and a little sexy, the flapper dress style, with new inspired cuts strutting down the fashion runways, is not inappropriate for today's wedding couture.
Usually cut loose, it's a shift dress design that drops straight down. It will hint (in an intriguing way) at your shape, rather than display your curves in an open manner.
You can make it ornate by adding elaborate hand beading to your veil which is definitely in line with the flapper couture style.
Vintage Wedding Gowns Tailored Specially for You
You may not be aware of this, but you can have your vintage wedding gowns tailored to your own design or chosen sewing pattern customised for you from scratch.
There are professional tailors and dressmakers who will create your unique gown and all you need do is provide them with your measurements, using a measurement guide which will guide you to accurately take the precise required measurements.
For information on how these professional tailors create your vintage wedding gown, visit their Custom Tailor page.
You will also find discount vintage inspired wedding apparel and gowns that are of high quality, chic and sophisticated for your most important day.
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Great hub, saw you on google and grateful I clicked. Keep up the awesome job!
What a lovely hub! I'm so glad I found this. I really enjoyed looking at these dresses.
very nice collection. I have been search for such great wedding gowns for so long
Very interesting and good hub!Vintage wedding gowns are still popular nowadays.
Great hub with a lot of information. Creating custom vintage wedding dress should be very exciting.
Nice Hub. These Vintage wedding dresses are beautiful!
Very thorough information. Neat seeing the vintage wedding dress patterns!
OMG these dresses are gorgeous. I have just started to take knitting lessons. I think that I have subscribed to the wrong course!! Though, it would probably take me many years to get anything even 1% decent because these are amaing
Very interesting hub, Wedding gowns to me are one of the most ambitious undertakings because you want everything to be so perfect. But How beautiful when they are done. I love to sew but I haven't done anything by way of wedding dresses. Lovely photos.
I love the vintage style and I love to shoot vintage weddings! Nice hub!
Nice history of the Buttericks and how they developed patterns for sewing. The vintage wedding dresses are so lovely.
Fantastic Dress!!! I found a nice site http://www.findaseamstress.com that has a nice layout for users to find seamstresses in their area or by specialty. Happy Sewing
This is a lovely hub, lots of inspirational photographs and ideas. Thank you.


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By the Sea
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt star in the drama By the Sea, written, directed and produced by Jolie. Watch the movie trailer below. Set in France during the mid-1970s, an emotionally disconnected married couple begin to draw close to the residents of a quiet seaside town. Jolie and Pitt last co-starred in 2005's Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
Release Date: November 13, 2015
Studio: Universal Pictures
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director: Angelina Jolie
Screenwriter: Angelina Jolie
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Melvil Poupaud, Niels Arestrup, Richard Bohringer
Running Time: Unknown
MPAA Rating: R for strong sexuality, nudity, and language.
Plot Summary
Set in France during the mid-1970s, Angelina Jolie plays Vanessa, a former dancer, and Brad Pitt is her husband Roland, an American writer. As they travel the country together, they seem to be growing apart, but when they linger in one quiet, seaside town they begin to draw close to some of its more vibrant inhabitants, such as a local bar/café-keeper (Niels Arestrup, "War Horse," "A Prophet") and hotel owner (Richard Bohringer "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover").


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TULARE, Calif. (KFSN) --A Tulare teacher is free Monday after the Tulare County District Attorney's office decided not to file charges against him for allegedly sexually abusing a student.
Police arrested Tulare Union High School teacher Juan Javier Sanchez, 44, last Thursday after investigators said he molested a student over a four-week period on campus during school hours.
Attorney Sara Bratsch represents Sanchez, and she says his family called her over the weekend for help.
"I gave them the best case scenario and the worst case scenario," she said. "Today was definitely the best case scenario."
The Tulare County District Attorney's Office requested further investigation before filing charges against Sanchez. It means Sanchez, who was facing serious sex charges and was being held on more than $1 million bail, will be freed.
"I absolutely applaud the district attorney for stepping back, knowing that these are serious charges on both sides," she said. "They want to protect the rights of the victim, but they also have a constitutional obligation to protect the rights of the defendant, and today was a good day for that."
Bratsch says she met with Sanchez's wife Sunday night, who she says is shocked, disappointed and sickened by the accusations against her husband who has taught at the school for seven years.
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|System: Wii
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: Ubisoft Vancouver
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Ubisoft
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Nov. 3, 2009
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1-2
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Everyone
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
Outside of Story, players can participate in Quick Play matches or hop into unlocked mini-games, giving consumers at least a couple more options to extend gameplay. However, Story is the mode of play that will see most of the action. That's because the mini-games and soccer matches are not particularly compelling on their own - when brought together in Story they take on more meaning and feel far more satisfying. There are also a load of items and upgrades, 50 achievement badges, as well as famous Ubisoft characters to unlock, giving the title some meta-game goals to shoot for.
Despite the lack of content, the developers did an excellent job incorporating varied control schemes into the game. While Wii Remote and Nunchuck support works quite well, players with Wii MotionPlus and the Wii Balance Board will also find a few more options. The addition of Wii MotionPlus makes controls and gameplay a bit more complex, allowing you to perform chip shots and lofted passes more readily. The Balance Board has limited support, but taking on freestyle challenges by moving your body in time with the action is a good bit of fun (at least for a little while).
The presentation and production values are of very high quality. As mentioned, the game's look and setting are strikingly similar to what's found in the Harry Potter franchise. The quirky, illustrated take on the characters and venues is very pleasant. Animations, while basic, do a good enough job of representing the action. I also enjoyed the musical themes and sound effects, though they're nothing spectacular or even out of the ordinary. The gibberish mouthed by the onscreen avatars is initially interesting, but it eventually seems like corners were cut to save on paying for real voice acting. After all, none of the conversations are nearly as complex and enjoyable as, say, the comical Simlish spoken in The Sims and My Sims franchises.
Academy of Champions: Soccer is not a must-have game by any stretch. However, it is a very competent collection of soccer-themed mini-games. Still, I wish soccer matches weren't quite as simple as they are, but I doubt the intended audience will mind much. After all, both the mini-games and the soccer are brought together quite nicely in the game's Story mode, which will likely keep soccer-loving kids engaged for hours. What's more, the game's only $30, making it a valuable addition to Wii's kid-friendly library of games.
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I worked at Varian in the summer between my Freshman and Sophomore years of college. I was the only software intern working in the Seattle branch of the company at the time. Varian Medical Systems specializes in making particle accelerators for radiation therapy treatment of cancer. The Seattle branch designs a GPS like system that tracks the position of the cancer during a treatment session. I worked on three projects during my time there. The first project was done in C# where I created a way to test fake data on the system by injecting it midway through the pipeline. In my second project, I created a software dashboard. The dashboard is a website that the software team can get progress updates from and project managers can use to gauge team progress. The dashboard was directly integrated into Team Foundation Server and Varian's Sharepoint page. All charts were automatically updated by using MDX queries to populate the data upon opening of the page. In my final project, I used C# to create a tool that would search a set of files for user interface dialogue and populate an excel spreadsheet with that dialogue. The tool makes it easy to view the UI dialogue and translate it into different languages.
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I have been programming throughout the majority of my childhood. This has involved working on projects that interest me, but of these, the one that stands out the most is a game I made in high school for the Windows Phone called Rocket Racer. I made the game using the former XNA extension of C# to render the graphics. The rest of the platform I built entirely by myself. The platform features a component model, an event-based system, convex polygon collision, two dimensional physics, and sprite rendering. Check out the video to see the game in action!


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Rubio says Dubya did a fantastic job as president
Perhaps Sen. Marco Rubio really doesn't want to be Mitt Romney's running mate.
I mean, if he actually wanted the nod, why would he say something like THIS?
If Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) overcomes his objections and agrees to join Mitt Romney's 2012 ticket, I have a strong hunch this quote will become one of the more important tidbits of the year.
"George W. Bush, in my opinion, did a fantastic job as president over eight years."
In some Republican circles, many on the right choose to explain the spectacular failures of the Bush/Cheney era by saying the former president wasn't really a conservative, so his fiascos shouldn't be held against the conservative movement. After all, they argue, he was a liberal on spending, a moderate on immigration and education, a big-government advocate on entitlements like Medicare, and even a supporter of civil unions for gay and lesbian couples. Sure, Bush failed, the argument goes, but only because he wasn't a real conservative.
Indeed, go back and look at the transcripts from the Republican presidential candidates debates over the last year — when Bush's name came up, it was only to criticize his breaks with party orthodoxy on everything from deficits to No Child Left Behind to Medicare Part D.
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Most people would love to see the unemployment rate be at what it was during 95% of Bush's term.
Plus, the deficit spending during Bush's years are peanuts compared to what Obama is doing today.
I'd say the Bush years are looking better by the minute.
Hey! You know what would really be awesome? If Romney chose Dick Cheney as his VP nominee. I'd watch MSNBC for week straight just to watch their reaction.
Now that he has a new heart, it just could happen 🙂
He presided over a near total collapse of our financial system and was what? Responsible for the collapse?
That is like saying Obama presided over the worst oil spill in the history of the Gulf of Mexico and thereby is responsible for it.
If you believe that Obama was responsible for fixing it (which it isn't), then you must give Bush credit for passing the first stimulus.
The second "foolish war" was escalated by our current President.
Seems as if there is blame to go around.
Why do you liberals put so much faith in government anyway?
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Steve McQueen Car Show
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Location 1907 Boys Republic Rd, Chino Hills, CA, USA
Date June 03, 2017
Date June 03, 2017
"The Sand Pebbles" VIP Dinner: Friday June 2, 2017
Steve McQueen Car and Motorcycle Show: Saturday, June 3, 2016
"Hello, Engine. I'm Jake Holman." – Steve McQueen as Jake Holman in "The Sand Pebbles"
Chino Hills, CA: Expect a liberty when the 10th Annual Friends of Steve McQueen Car and Motorcycle Show calls port at Boys Republic, 1907 Boys Republic Drive, Chino Hills, CA, on June 2-3, 2017. Trading battleship machinery for vehicle engines, this year's event will revolve around the Robert Wise directed film, "The Sand Pebbles", for which Steve McQueen received an Academy Awards nomination as best actor.
The action begins Friday evening, June 2, with "The Sand Pebbles" VIP dinner. The evening will include a silent auction and wine tasting, followed by a movie themed dinner program and live auction. The meal will be planned, prepared and served by culinary students of Boys Republic.
The car and motorcycle show will take place on Saturday, June 3. Discounted pre-registration opens January 1, 2017 on the website and closes May 1, 2017. Due to space limitations, pre-registered vehicles will receive first priority in display placement.
Enthusiasts wishing to head out on patrol may sign up for the 2nd Annual Steve McQueen Rally, sponsored by Russo and Steele, and taking place on May 6 and 7, 2017. Participants will begin their two-day journey in the Cuyamaca mountain town of Julian, traversing to Borrego Springs, with an overnight stay in the Palm Desert area. More information will be available on the Friends of Steve McQueen website.
The Boys Republic was established in 1907, as a private, non-profit community for at-risk boys and girls, ages 13-17. McQueen attended as a student from 1947-49. The actor credited the school with turning his life around and pointing him on the path to success. He never forgot that connection, and remained involved with the school even after he became a Hollywood star and legend. The McQueen family continues that involvement today.
Over the past nine years, the car and motorcycle show has raised more than $1 million, with all proceeds donated to Boys Republic. As a result, improvements to the campus include a new teaching bakery, renovations of the 60 year-old gymnasium, and complete renovations to the six campus living units. For students participating in the school's re-established auto-tech class, monies have been pledged to fund an annual scholarship to graduates continuing these studies at the community college level.
The show was originally established by members and friends of the Porsche 356 Club of Southern California, and continues to attract automobile, motorcycle and off-road enthusiasts from throughout the United States.
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Art Starts
Dear E-news subscribers:
Welcome to the August 31st edition of Art Starts
Registration now open for the 2011 Arts Education Conference,
October 21, 22 & 23 at the AMC Highland Center, Crawford Notch
This year's theme: Learning and Teaching about Culture, Heritage and History with and through the Arts
Early bird registration for discounts. Deadline: September 6th
NEW !! Twelve competitive scholarships for teachers seeking to bring expand arts opportunities to students
Scholarship covers registration fees. Deadline: September 15th
Visit the link above for downloadable forms and online registration.
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Ernie`s war . . . The play Ernie Pyle: Here is My War, from which excerpts were presented on March 14 by the Florida Rep, will be performed in its entirety. As part of the ``Artists Showcase at Florida Rep,`` the play, starring Dan Leonard, is the sixth in a Lunchtime Theater Series.
This one-man play is based on Pyle`s life and writings during World War II. This Pulitzer prize-winning reporter presents a personal portrait of the war as experienced by the common foot soldier. Ernie Pyle: Here is My War will be performed April 3, 4 and 5 at the Norton Gallery of Art in West Palm Beach. For show times and admission information, contact Missy McArdle at 832-6118.
Quiet on the set . . . The Lake Worth Playhouse is looking for volunteer directors for the 1986-87 season. The season`s lineup includes The King and I, by Rodgers and Hammerstein; Tennessee Williams` The Rose Tattoo; Amadeus, a Peter Shaffer play; Cole Porter`s musical Can-Can; William Douglas Home`s comedy The Kingfisher; and Harold and Maude, a stage adaptation of Colin Higgin`s movie.
Applications will be accepted for this volunteer position until the deadline Monday. Interested parties should send a resume, along with titles of the productions of interest, to the Lake Worth Playhouse, P.O. Box 784, Lake Worth, Fla. 33460.
No experience required . . . The Levis Jewish Community Center will sponsor a course titled ``Entree to the Arts.`` Previous art training is not necessary to enroll. Class will be held from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays, April 1 through May 5, at the West Boca Community Center, 9400 Pondwood Road. For more information call 395-5546.
In addition, Palm Beach County Parks and Recreation is sponsoring an acting workshop titled ``Ensemble Production Technique.`` The course includes training in classical style, improvisation, test analysis and ethnodrama. Enrollment is by audition, with no fee and no previous experience necessary.


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I supposed to bring my kids today however Mj is still in camping, she told me she will be home at 12 noon but she was still not here. So I just left Faith and my niece Moreen to wait for Mj. I was invited for a short gathering with friends but since my other friend has to go to the mall to grocery shop for her brother's birthday she needs to go home early. I went with her because my sister mentioned that we were invited for a birthday party of my cousin. I can't go back home anymore to fetch the kids since I am budgeting my gas, and besides it is starting to rain already and as usual I am worried of the possible floods. My niece went out to go with her friend to get some money; she messaged me if she could go home with me. I just messaged her back that we will just see each other in SM. She didn't know that we will go to our cousin to celebrate his birthday. It saddened me to leave the kids at home but it would terrify me if we are stuck in a flood and they were with me.


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By PAUL SUELLENTROP
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WICHITA (MCT) � One of Wichita State basketball coach Gregg Marshall's theories is that practicing point guard makes everybody a better player, regardless of position.
Redshirt freshman Ron Baker, of Scott City, is the latest to put that theory to the test. Normally a shooting guard, injuries pressed Baker into emergency duty at the point in recent practices. He showed enough aptitude that Marshall can envision using him in that role on rare occasions, as he did Toure Murry, in the future. More immediately, the experience helped Baker expand his game and his understanding of how Marshall wants his team to operate.
WSU played its lone exhibition game on Monday against Pittsburg State and Baker saw plenty of playing time on the wing. With Demetric Williams and Fred VanVleet both sidelined by ankle injuries recently and both expected to play point guard, Baker will take his new perspective to his old position.
"When you run the (point), you see the floor differently," Baker said. "As the point guard you have the responsibility to get your team going and run the right set. You've got to be a vocal leader."
Marshall waited until Monday to set his starting lineup. Senior forward Carl Hall and senior guard Malcolm Armstead started, along with Baker, Evan Wessel and Ehimen Orukpe. Marshall expected Williams and VanVleet to play. Newcomer Chadrack Lufile, a junior post player, is out with a knee injury that comes on top of a dislocated shoulder that sidelined him until recently.
"(Baker) can do a lot of things," Marshall said. "He can defend. He can knock down open shots. He can pass it a little bit. He's athletic, big."
Baker, 6-foot-3, 218 pounds, came to WSU as a walk-on last year with the plan to redshirt and then receive a scholarship for his final four seasons.
Baker had 17 points in the 100-56 win over the Gorillas, including the free throw that gave the Shockers their 100th point. He added six rebounds and went 2-for-5 from 3-point range.
Sitting out tested Baker's patience after a high school career with the Beavers in which he rarely rested. In addtion to basketball, he played quarterback/defensive back in football, shortstop and pitched.
"For my parents to see me on the bench all game, I'm sure it was tough on them," he said. "I'm definitely planning on it to pay off this year and the years to come."
Marshall made redshirting a bit easier when he told people Baker's talents made it a tough decision. Baker wanted to redshirt to take time to develop, and because playing time didn't exist behind Murry, Williams, David Kyles and others. Practicing against those experienced Shockers helped.
"Last year, there were times I was kind of Bambi out there," he said. "The game has slowed down. I'm seeing the floor better, making better passes. I wasn't going to play, but I knew I could get better."
Baker also experienced the travel and the road arenas.
"I'm prepared for all their chants," he said. "I shouldn't have as many jitters (as a true freshman)."
Baker enjoyed one of the best prep careers in southwest Kansas in many years. He hit the game-winning shot in the Class 3A state championship game against Minneapolis. He was The Garden City Telegram's Player of the Year in both football and basketball his senior year. He was a Top 5 selection the same year by The Wichita Eagle and Topeka Capital-Journal.
Marshall picked his starters from a group that included Baker, Williams, center Orukpe, forward Cleanthony Early, forward Jake White and Wessel.
"A lot of these guys will be playing in front of the biggest crowd they've ever played in front of," Marshall said. "I'd like to see us really defend and rebound and execute our offense."
Worth noting � Marshall considers Williams and VanVleet slowed by their ankle injuries. Freshman Zach Bush, who will redshirt, looks 100 percent after also dealing with a sprained ankle. Bush, and all new Shockers except transfer Kadeem Coleby, can play without burning a redshirt season. Pittsburg State is picked fourth in the MIAA coaches poll after going 17-14 last season. The Gorillas return four players with starting experience, including leading scorer JaVon McGee (13 points, 6.7 rebounds). South product Marky Nolen averaged 8.2 points and started 14 games. Gorillas coach Kevin Muff, starting his third season, played at Kansas State from 1984-86. He coached Cloud County Community College for 12 seasons before coming to Pitt State.
Wichita State opens its regular sseason Saturday at 7 p.m., hosting North Carolina Central, then travel to Richmond, Va. to face VCU on Nov. 13.


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Sisters Jaclyn & Rachael of Lovely Happenings, a new lifestyle workshop events company, hung out with me all day one Sunday back in August. Our goals was to create a number of beautiful scenes for their new website and brand. We cooked, baked, painted, applied lipstick, and did a bunch of other fun and girly things that bring friends together = my heaven. I am very excited for the debut of their new website, but before that happens, figured I'd post some previews of our day…especially because I'm still dreaming about that no-bake oreo cookie pie!
These queens of D-I-Y-ing did not disappoint. So many fun things they made — and such easy subjects at that!
From lemonade in mason jars to glitter paint to flower arrangements to martini shakers, we did it all!
I'm telling you, this no-bake oreo cake was out-of-this-world:
There's nothing more fun than a pinterest-perfect day…Stay tuned for their new website, coming soon!
To book a lifestyle photoshoot with Jennifer Casson Photography, email email@example.com.


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Tim goes over to hang out with a friend and Jee, the girl who said friend wants to set up with Tim. The catch? Jee was the only one with no idea.
A sweet fact: Tim later asked Jee out with latte art (the man makes a mean cup of coffee i am told)! The beginning of a wonderful love story between a sweet southern boy from alabama and an equally sweet Jee. :)
People like Jee and Tim remind me why I love being a wedding photographer. I've just gotten to get to know them not too long ago, but they are such a joy and blessing to know. They are people I want to keep in touch with, way after the wedding. The way they care and serve one another, their service to their church families and the countless "I love Tim and Jee!"s I've heard from mutual friends the past few months are only a few of the many hints/traces of the kind of people they are. In the months leading up to their engagement session, I would even get emails from Jee telling me that she loved a recent post I put up or that she was so happy I was her wedding photographer. Jee & Tim, I'm the lucky one. Can't wait to see you guys get hitched!
We decided to have our shoot up north in beautiful Santa Barbara (I tried to cut down an otherwise humungo shoot, I swear!) :
what better way to start off a cold day than with some mcconnell's ice cream!
Tim was actually sick that day...such a sport eating that ice cream ;)!
Since this was Tommy's hood, he helped find some pretty awesome locations to shoot in. Can you believe this lemon grove was only a couple minutes from his house?
This was a music box with music played by tim himself (piano major!) and given to Jee during the proposal. Um, can you say romantic?
If you're wondering why that particular piece of music...it's the song being played in the music box!
jee + tim, engagement {santa barbara, ca}
Tim goes over to hang out with a friend and Jee, the girl who said friend wants to set up with Tim. The catch? Jee was the only one with no idea.
3 comments:
- Charissa said...
:D :D ~beautiful~ love the ice cream & blanket shots!
- Chris Radley Photography said...
Love the location and such a cute couple. Love everything about this shoot from the ice creams to the blanket shots. Really beautiful!
- Chris said...
Love the shots Connie.
DARN YOU TIM and your dashing good looks. You make it look so easy.
Hi I'm Connie. I'm a fine art weddings/ engagements/portraiture photographer based in LA and I would love to shoot you!
I love honey in my tea, grandma-sweater-worthy weather and anything art/design/craft-related.


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Sound scattering by live zooplankton and micronekton : empirical studies with a dual-beam acoustical system
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Citable URIhttps://hdl.handle.net/1912/2558
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KeywordSound waves; Backscattering; Khz range 100–1000; Zooplankton; Cross sections; Sonar; Remote sensing
Measurements and analyses are presented of the backscattering of 420-kHz sound by 43 individual animals of representative zooplanktonic and micronektonic taxa. Direct measurements of an individual's target strength were made with a commercial dual-beam sonar system in an enclosure filled with filtered seawater deployed off a dock at Friday Harbor, Washington. The dependence of target stengths upon individual length, wet weight, and dry weight was investigated. In addition, the ``target strength'' and statistical variations of echo amplitude due to variations in shape and orientation of the organism were compared with acoustic scattering models involving different shapes (the general shapes of the sphere, and straight and uniformly bent finite cylinders were used along with attempts to take into account roughness). It was found that: (1) backscattering cross sections are proportional to volume of the organisms rather than area as would be predicted by a sphere scattering model, (2) mean target strength based on average backscattering crossection is best described by the bent cylinder model whose modal series solution is truncated, and (3) the fluctuations of the echo amplitudes are well described by the Rice probability density function whose shape parameter is related to the randomly rough straight cylinder model. These extensive studies showed conclusively that the elongated animals scattered sound more like elongated targets than spherical ones, thus demonstrating the need for models more sophisticated than the spherical ones routinely used to date. The data and model analyses provide a basis for devising future acoustical data acquisition and processing techniques for bioacoustical field studies.
Author Posting. © Acoustical Society of America, 1990. This article is posted here by permission of Acoustical Society of America for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 88 (1990): 2346-2360, doi:10.1121/1.400077.
Suggested CitationArticle: Wiebe, Peter H., Greene, Charles H., Stanton, Timothy K., Burczynski, Janusz, "Sound scattering by live zooplankton and micronekton : empirical studies with a dual-beam acoustical system", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 88 (1990): 2346-2360, DOI:10.1121/1.400077, https://hdl.handle.net/1912/2558
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The law of gravity and gravity itself did not exist before Isaac Newton."...and what that means is that that law of gravity exists nowhere except in people's heads! It 's a ghost!"Mind has no matter or energy but they cant escape its predominance over everyhting they do. Logic exist in the mind. numbers exist only in the mind. Idont get upset when scientists say that ghosts exist in the mind. its that only that gets me. science is nly in your mind too, it s just that that dosent make it bad. or ghosts either."Laws of nature are human inventions, like ghosts. Law of logic, of mathematics are also human inventions, like ghosts."...we see what we see because these ghosts show it to us, ghosts of Moses and Christ and the Buddha, and Plato, and Descartes, and Rousseau and Jefferson and Lincoln, on and on and on. Isac Newton is a very good ghost. One of the best. Your common sence is nothing more than the voices of thousands and thousands of these gjosts from the past.
Programs of a political nature are important end products of social quality that can be effective only if the underlying structure of social values is right. The social values are right only if the individual values are right. The place to improve the world is first in one's heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.
We see much more of this loneliness now. It's paradoxical that that where people are the most closely crowded in the big coastal cities in the East and West, the loneliness is greatest. Back where people are so spread out in Western Oregon and Idaho and Montana and the Dakotas you'd think the loneliness would have been greater, but we didn't see it so much. The explanation, I suppose, is that the physical distance between people has nothing to do with loneliness. It's the psychic distance, and in Montana and Idaho the physical distances are long but the psychic distances between people are small, and here, in primary America, it's reversed.


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Alright, I wasn't going to write about this topic since it seemed pretty open and shut to me. But I can't get on facebook, listen to NPR, or even spend time with friends without hearing about the incident with Chick-Fil-A. So here's what happened for those who may not know.
Chick-Fil-A is a fast food chain that specilizes in chicken sandwiches as opposed to burgers. The founder and CEO of the company has stated many times that he uses christian values in the founding of the company, which is why the restaurants are closed on Sundays.
Recently, there has been a surge in the media in regards to the religious views of the company's management due to their support of "pro-family" organizations, and the death of one of the management team.
Naturally, the company's religious, anti-gay, views have angered many people who support the rights of gay people to get married. This anger has reached a boiling point however, with politicians swearing to prevent Chick-Fil-A restaurants from being built in the cities they govern. This has naturally angered the conservative right, who support the company's pro-family views.
In my mind, this issue is actually very simple. I do not agree with the religious views of the company's president, but he has every right to hold those views. At the same time, people who do not agree with the positions of the company have every right to refuse to buy their product.
Now the movements to ban the restaurants from building new franchises is unconstitutional. The company was founded on christian values, but they do not discriminate in their hiring or service policies. A gay man can get a job at these restaurants and would not be fired for their sexual orientation. Therefor, the banning of these restaurants would violate the first amendment rights of the owner.
I hope that this controversy dies down soon, and that the president of Chick-Fil-A will be able to build his franchise wherever he wants to without legal trouble, despite my disagreement with his viewpoint on marriage.
But what do you think? Do you agree or disagree with the attempts to legally ban this chain in major cities? Do you agree or disagree with Dan Cathy's views on marriage? Leave a comment and let me know.
[edit] I now love the Jim Henson Company more than I ever thought possible. I just learned that they severed their promotional deal with Chick-Fil-A and are donating the last check they got from Chick-Fil-A to a pro-gay rights group. It may not be easy being green, but I love you for it.


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Every New Hampshire voter knows how crucial is this November's U.S. Senate election. They have seen the amount of money being spent here to saturate the air waves. They know that the seat now held by Barack Obama's most loyal supporter, "99% Jeanne Shaheen,'' is likely to be key to either keeping the Senate in Democrat gridlock or opening it up to a much-needed new approach.
Republican primary voters, and independents, too, have the responsibility to choose the best possible candidate on Sept. 9. In our view, that candidate is clear: Scott Brown.
We don't agree with Brown on every issue. We know this because he is a refreshingly candid man who isn't afraid to tell you where he stands. Nor is he afraid to listen to and engage in reasonable, thoughtful discussion.
Brown's numerous open "town hall'' meetings are indicative of this. Unlike Shaheen, who runs from truly open forums, Brown has taken on questions from all comers, critics and hostile Democratic operatives alike.
We like Brown because of his blue-collar roots, his many years of service to his country with the National Guard, his work to put himself through law school and the fine family that he and his wife have raised. We also like him because of his common sense approach to issues.
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There are a myriad of different, interesting and challenging professions in our world and although we hopefully all agree that being a designer is the most awesome profession ever, there are many other jobs that can teach designers some valuable lessons.
We're going to list some of those here and explain what exactly we can learn and how we can profit from each one of them.
The Architect: Pay Attention to the Details
Even though there are many abilities and talents a successful architect needs to have, one of the most important ones certainly is the rigorous observation every little detail receives. Without it houses and buildings would collapse or look like a random pile of junk rather than miraculous and balanced structures.
Even if there won't be any collapsing houses, designers should pay just as much attention to details as an architect does. Not only will it help prevent gross errors and mistakes, but it will also make a design look more professional and harmonized.
The Cook: Choose and Match the Right Ingredients
The profession of the cook is closer to the one of the designer than we might think. I actually had a hard time picking just one of the many things we could learn from them.
Just like a cook a designer works with different ingredients (resources) and needs to pick and match them the right way in order to create a delicious meal (design). Certain combinations just work with each other, whether it's porc meat and sage or a paper texture with a grungy font, but that shouldn't stop us from experimenting every once in a while. Being creative in mixing and combining different resources is essential in both professions and leads to new, exciting creations.
The Gardener: Constant Care Is the Key to Success
If you're going to ask a gardener what's one of the most effective ways of having a beautiful and prospering garden he'll most probably tell you that the constant and steady care is essential.
The exact same rule applies to us designers. Just designing a product or a web site, sending it off and forgetting all about it will result in nothing but temporary success and appeal. Even though this rule applies more to web designers, who need to make sure that the web sites they designed are always up to date, it should matter just as much to print designers – offline information changes after all just as much as online content.
The Journalist: Do Your Research
Nothing is more embarrassing and costs you more credibility as a journalist than publishing an article that is based on wrong facts or, even worse, on none.
The importance of proper and well-conducted research for a designer is sometimes overlooked, but we need to remind ourselves that our designs might be seen by thousands (if we're lucky even millions) of people and, similar to journalists, it should be written/designed with them in mind. That requires us to get to know them, the industry we're designing for, our client, the competition and many other deciding factors.
But all this effort will result and reward us with a great final product that is not only tailored to the client's requirements, but also to the end users' needs.
The Contractor: Choose the Right Tools
Building a house and designing something are similar processes to a certain degree. You start with a foundation and basic structure and move step by step on to smaller and more detailed tasks.
One of the most important choices contractors as well as designers have to make is what tools they want to use in order to execute their job properly. A contractor wouldn't use a screwdriver to put a nail in a wall, but a hammer and neither should a designer use Photoshop to design a logo, but rather Illustrator. Using the right tools and applications will assure that you can let your creative juices flow and still deliver the ideal end-product.
The Secretary: Be Organized
Even though there are many jobs that require a certain level of organization, the one of the secretary certainly stands out. Knowing where to find which important document, always having the right contact information at hand and constantly sorting and filing all sorts of papers demands an extraordinary amount of organization and structure.
Even if the amount of documents and files a designer is dealing with on a daily basis is moderate compared to what a secretary goes through, organizational skills come quite in handy. This extends to more than just papers though – having a tidy folder structure on your computer, properly named and grouped layers in your .psd-files and an elaborate tagging system for your fonts will make you work faster and much more efficient.
The Doctor: Listen to Your Patients
Although Dr. House tries to prove us otherwise every week, listening to the patient is an important step during the diagnostic process of a doctor. Essential details that wouldn't be revealed without talking to a patient can often change everything.
The patients of a designer are his clients – listening to them and what they want and think is vital. No one knows the target group and industry of a web site or brochure as good as the client itself and designing with the information you received while talking to your client can make all the difference. And just as doctors you shouldn't only listen, but also ask relevant questions; after all it eases your job.
The Photographer: Trust Your Instincts
One of my favorite photography quotes comes from the great American landscape photographer Ansel Adams:"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs."
Even though photography has certain principles and basics, just like design does, there is no step by step guide to capturing the perfect photograph. A good photographer needs more than just technique to be successful, a certain talent and natural feel are just as important.
It is likewise for Designers: You have to know all the basics of design, such as typography, color theory and contrast, but if a design doesn't feel right, it isn't, most of the times. Sometimes it isn't a bad idea to go with your gut and figure out later why it makes sense.
The Scientist: Network with Your Colleagues
If any occupational group has more conventions and meetings than web designers and developers it's certainly the scientists. Many great ideas and technologies we enjoy nowadays were born through collaboration. Even if a scientist works alone, he certainly corresponds and interacts with others on a regular basis
Networking with others is just as fundamental for Designers and thanks to social networking (Twitter, Facebook) you don't need to travel all over the world anymore in order to do so. Exchanging ideas and thoughts with other like-minded people will inspire you and give birth to new ideas and creations.
The Web Developer: Know HTML and CSS
The last profession we're discussing here is a little bit of a homage and my 5 cents to the "Should (web) designers know how to code" debate that currently takes place in the community. I personally think that web designers should at very least know the basics of HTML and CSS – the more the better. It will make you a better web designer, because you will know what can and can't be done online and what you have to consider when designing for the web. At best you can even code your designs on your own and eventually save some time and money.
So, what do you think? Are there other professions you would add to the list? Please feel free to share your opinions and ideas in the comment section.