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Having created the design, you should consider re-working the designs for a variety of reasons. Some of these are:
- to save time in the later stages of the work. It all too easy in the excitement of creating a new piece to want to get directly on with making, however this often gives construction or design difficulties that have to be solved in the making, leading to compromises. In general far too little time is spent in the design stage. Time spent on the design will be more than saved in the construction and will produce a more satisfactory piece.
- to ensure the structural stability of the piece. Although reinforcement should be considered from the beginning of the design, this is the time to ensure that the piece will stand up to the use it will receive during its – expected – long life.
- Make sure you have investigated every possibility to answer the challenges of your design.
There are a number of activities that can help with these elements.
Reworking will enable you to maintain the essence of the design while simplifying lines and easing the labour of the construction of the panel. Often the design contains a number of lines that are not essential to the whole design.
As you re-work the design, you can make sure every curve, dip and angle are to your liking and so improve the whole. Redrawing also helps understanding of the design and the placing of lines. It will also help in considering the placement of lead came and the widths to be used.
Make sure the design is still structurally sound. The design should avoid long nearly straight lines with few interruptions, especially those that go from edge to edge in any direction. The lines should interlock rather than have many joins onto long lines.
It gives an opportunity to ensure that you can cut all the pieces. This is the time to look at the negative or background pieces to make sure you can cut them as well as the foreground pieces. Usually people are so concentrated on designing the main image that the background becomes too complicated to cut easily.
Make successive tracings with each change, so there is a record, allowing you to step back wards to an earlier version if necessary.
If this re-working stage leads to the realisation of design problems, there are some things that can be tried:
- Cropping the design can transform it. The focus of the design can be enhanced by removing some of the surrounding "information". The change of proportions say from landscape to portrait can make significant differences.
- Enlarging and using only a portion of the original design can be a solution. This is similar to the cropping operation, but has the added advantage of making the pieces larger and easier to cut.
- Further simplification of background design lines can be considered. This will bring the focus back onto the main part of the image.
- Changing relative proportions can transform the design, e.g., by enlarging a busy background, it can be made simpler and easier to read the whole panel.
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CAPE CANAVERAL -- The first human to set foot on a place beyond Earth found an airless, waterless, lifeless world. Nevertheless, Neil Armstrong is convinced life thrives elsewhere in the cosmos. "We have no proof," said Armstrong, who stepped onto the moon 30 years ago. "But if we extrapolate, based on the best information we have available to us, we have to come to the conclusion that other life probably exists out there and perhaps in many places." Thanks to Todd Halvorson of Florida Today
BROOKFIELD - Morgan Clements Director of WWUFORC reports that a witness observed a Flying Triangle craft on October 22, 1999. The witness stated, " I have seen these triangle aircraft several times." I was just walking home in the woods behind where I live from scouting deer for the upcoming hunting season. It was getting pretty dark, so I was in a hurry and got tired walking up the final hill. I stopped to take a quick breather at 7:30 PM. When all of a sudden one then two, three and then four Flying Triangle craft went right by me in the bottom of the small valley. They were totally silent and appeared to be sneaking through the valley. They were triangular in shape and about 75 feet long and as wide. There were no outside lights, but being so close to them I could tell there was lighting inside. I was scared! All of a sudden three large noisy planes came screaming by as if they were chasing the triangles. This is the second night I've seen these craft. I thought I saw two craft the weeks before, but they caught me off guard. I caught them going over the ridge, but was not quite sure what I'd seen. Morgan Clements Director, World Wide UFO Reporting Center http://www.ufosightings.net email@example.com.
DOVER - On October 23, 1999, Anjali Shalit was driving west on Route 10 towards Dover. Anjali wrote, " In the Parsippany area I noticed an extremely bright light which appeared to be stationary in the sky at 10:10 PM." I thought it might be a plane heading directly towards me and looked for blinking lights. I saw, very faintly, a blinking blue light to (my) left near the object. I'm not sure there was one on the right. There was almost a full moon and the light was perhaps between a quarter and a third of the size of the moon. It was not quite as big as the end of my thumb at arm's length. It was much brighter than any star or planet I've seen in the sky, and certainly much closer and stationary as I drove on. I had the light in view for about 5 minutes and when I looked again, there were two. A second light, appeared horizontally across from the first. I saw no small blue blinking light associated with the second light. The second light was maybe half way up to my elbow from the tips of my fingers. The luminosity of both lights appeared identical. Again, there appeared to be no movement. I think I must have watched them for about ten minutes and then they disappeared. Thanks to Anjali Shalit, firstname.lastname@example.com.
PENSACOLA BEACH – On October 9, 1999, the witnesses were Red fishing in Pensacola Pass when a strangely configured craft came into view over Fort Pickens State Park at an altitude of 200 feet at a quarter of a mile. The witnesses are an ex-USAF Security Policeman and a retired US Army Chopper pilot presently a city police officer. The UFO was traveling west over the Gulf of Mexico in a Zig Zag fashion at 7:57 PM. The craft flew slow 100 to 300 knots sliding south and back to north in a continuing forward motion. The craft moved in a Z pattern erratic with no sound. It seemed to be suspended in flight at various positions. The craft was silent with high intensity blue arcing lights that fluctuated around the entire craft. These lights resembled electrical charges coming off an alternator's brushes. Further observation revealed three larger lights in a triangle configuration dimly lit with variable output glowing blue to pale yellow. The UFO appeared triangular in shape but this might be a deception as skin structure could not be seen. The FM radio receiver suffered extreme static during event. The craft changed locations in split seconds covering distances of approximately half a mile to over a two miles instantaneously. At least four times it hovered for 30 seconds with longest delay of about a minute and a half over the southwestern boundary of Pensacola Naval Air Station. One Aircraft was launched from Sherman Field about three minutes into event but, seemed unaware of the UFO and turned away in an easterly direction. When the UFO was first observed a trailing sound of a helicopter could be heard but never could be observed. The UFO left the area after fifteen minutes at 8:12 PM local time moving west along the coast. One witness suffered from nausea for about 10 minutes but the other was fine. "I have never seen a conventional craft operate in this manner nor has my friend." Thanks to Peter Davenport, UFO Reporting Center, http://www.UFOcenter.com
ASHLAND - On October 25, 1999, Jessica, 21 states, "I was walking my dog at 6:00 PM, and saw three orbs hovering over Lake Superior for about three minutes." "They flew off over the hills across the bay." Thanks to: Morgan Clements Director, World Wide UFO Reporting Center http://www.ufosightings.net.
HITCHCOCK -- Shelley Ritter writes: "My husband, our two children and I went out target practicing, three miles west of Hitchcock on October 24, 1999. At 6:45 PM, we noticed a jet with contrails. Then all of a sudden out of nowhere appeared a shiny round metallic object that was visible for about 45 seconds, it disappeared for about 30 seconds and then reappeared for another 45 seconds. The object was round, shiny, and extremely bright. It was about 3 to 5 miles away and about the size of a BB held out at arm's length. We thought that it was unusually strange that the sun was setting behind it, but it was still shiny towards us, instead of having a shadow. Thanks to Shelley Ritter.
SANTA FE - On October 3, 1999, My girlfriend her friend and I were sitting in the hot tub enjoying the sunrise at 6:00 AM, when both of us saw a bright light moving very fast from south to north. It seemed to be around 3,000 feet above ground and was not blinking like a plane. It was going north much faster than any jet. It only took about 25 seconds to go from horizon to horizon. Thanks to Morgan Clements Director, WWUFORC at http://www.ufosightings.net.
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS -- Michael Curta State Director of Colorado MUFON reports that Armando had a visual sighting in Ouray and San Miguel County on October 10, 1999. Armando states, "At 7:05 PM, I was hiking along a ridge, in a southerly route after sunset to return to camp. I heard what I thought was a whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, of a bird flying overhead. I looked up and saw what I first thought was a satellite, but the light would suddenly vary it's speed, not traveling at a constant rate. Also, I realized it was nearer to the mountains, which were still quite visible. As the point of light approached the horizon line, I figured the reflection would disappear, and it did, in two to three seconds, The light traveled across the entire mountain range from Whitehouse Mt. to Mt. Sneffels. I estimate it was traveling between 10 to 40 miles per second. Less than ten minutes later two military aircraft (my assumption) were flying in a similar course, parallel to each other, 50 miles apart at an altitude too low for commercial planes in a mountainous region. Thanks to Michael Curta email@example.com and Arechiga firstname.lastname@example.com
Initial reports indicate an apparently very large triangle was seen by two commercial jets on October 26, 1999, over Western US. The planes were 100 miles from each other, and the object passed between them, and overtaking them, headed east. Both pilots reported that the object was "huge. It was as big as their fists held at arm's length. Thanks to: Peter B. Davenport, Director National UFO Reporting Center PO Box 45623 University Station Seattle, WA 98145 email@example.com http://www.UFOcenter.com
On July 7, 1947, Colonel Blanchard, Commander of the 509th Bomb Wing at Roswell announced the Army had recovered a flying saucer and it was being sent to Fort Worth, Texas. On July 8, 1947, some debris from the alleged saucer was flown from Roswell to Fort Worth aboard an aircraft and met by Col. Thomas DuBose. He carried the debris to 8th Air Force Commander, General Roger Ramey's office. J. Bond Johnson a photographer for the Fort Worth Star Telegram was sent to General Ramey's office to photograph the debris. When J. Bond Johnson entered the General's office he was met by Col. DuBose who suggested that he unwrap the debris, while DuBose looked for the General. Bond spread the debris out on the floor to set up his photo session. Later the General arrived holding a message. Photographs were taken of General Ramey, Col. DuBose and Intelligence Officer Major Marcel with the debris. These photographs are virtually the only public evidence that remains of the debris. They were used throughout the Air Force's reports and explanations as proof that the debris was a Mogul balloon and a kite like RAWIN radar reflector. One glimpse at the photographs has convinced many the debris was paper covered with thin metallic sheets of foil and a few sticks of balsa wood that was a RAWIN reflector.
RPIT Director and now retired Colonel J. Bond Johnson writes: "Almost fifty years later the international Roswell Photo Interpretation Team (RPIT) has undertaken to evaluate these photographs." Neil Morris, senior photo interpretation specialist and a veteran technical staff member of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester in England, is an original member of the RPIT group. Morris and the RPIT group for more than a year have carefully compared every part described in detailed blueprints of the MOGUL and RAWIN devices with Roswell debris pieces displayed and photographed. The RPIT members have been unable to associate any of the pieces examined through the use of modern computer enhancement techniques with any parts expected to be found in a MOGUL/RAWIN crash. Morris and with others have made some amazing discoveries. They have determined that key parts of the debris contains hieroglyphic like writing. What originally was reported to be thin, paperbacked foil and solid wooden sticks -- such as might be found in a MOGUL/RAWIN train -- actually appears to be thick, massive sheeting attached to carefully formed and drilled hollow beams. The beams are covered with very unusual glyphs, which are undergoing further examination. Neil Morris states "I realize some people have concluded that the RPIT project is nothing more than a wild goose chase reading symbols into "smudge" marks etc. But I hope you will take the time to go to the RPIT web sites to see some of the new discoveries." Some of the debris looks like a saw cut through thick aluminum. This does not look like any part of a Mogul Balloon train. It looks like a saw cut or fracture in the metal. I live in the Northwest of Britain in the area that gave rise to the "Industrial Revolution," the builders of the 18/19th century where "cast iron" was often used. It has a grainy, crystalline structure, when subjected to high impact as from a demolition hammer it gives just this brittle type of fractured edge. I'm not for one-second saying this is cast iron, I'm just suggesting whatever it is might have similar properties of structure, e.g., tough, crystalline almost ceramic like, but when pushed beyond it's limits brittle, like smashed pottery. Some of these type of fractures can also be observed on the broken ends of some of the "sticks." I also wonder if this thick material is all solid, if you check the thickness around some of the edges you can see that it varies, thinning out in areas which seem to have sustained additional damage. Shadows cast onto the edges also seem to hint that the surfaces of the edges are not all flat, but sometimes slightly "hollowed out" as though an inner "softer" core material might have been eroded by whatever process generated the initial fracture damage. I'm left with the conclusion that this _is_ a large piece of 1/2 inch thick material which is totally at odds with the "usual" explanations for the debris. Morris states, "I'm not saying it's ET at this point, but as sure as hell it's not part of a Mogul balloon train!" But_ When numerous details within these images fail to match the official blueprints of the ML307a- radar reflector nominated by the USAF as being identified as the cause of the wreckage within these images, I start to smell a rat. I have footage of the MOGUL launches showing the train configuration, I have details of the equipment packages and instruments they carried, I see none of this in the images, I therefore conclude, in my opinion, this is _not_ MOGUL debris. Thanks to: Neil Morris and RPIT Project Director James Bond Johnson,
Editor's Note: At first glance I'll admit the debris looks like a RAWIN radar reflector. However, the new findings of the fracture damage to thick metal infers a strong impact with the ground. Several military witnesses describe a large and long crash site that matches this finding. Again the damage to the debris indicates something crashed at high speed or in a free fall from a high altitude. This discovery tends to rule out a Mogul balloon train that normally settles to Earth comparatively gently. These structures only fracture with an explosion or from a high speed impact. These photographs are evidence that tends to prove something other that a MOGUL RAWIN kite like device is in the photographs. If Neil's analysis is correct its apparent thick half inch beams were not used in the Mogul according to the Army Air Force's own specifications. I congratulate Neil Morris and members of the RPIT team for their findings. This debris is much more likely to be part of some type of a craft, but certainly not part of the Mogul balloon. The RPIT discoveries are at http://adm2.ph.man.ac.uk/. and http://adm2.ph.man.ac.uk/ftw-pics/index.htm
Excellent researcher Wendy Connors of Project Sign has obtained a taped interview with Colonel Andrew Hemstreet, that states Alfred Loedding was sent to Roswell, and was the only one at T-2 to know the whole story. In 1947, T-2's job was to acquire, collect, analyze and produce foreign aerospace scientific intelligence for the Army Air Force. It later became the Foreign Technology Division. Civilian aeronautical engineer Loedding was an expert in such areas as Vertical Takeoff aircraft, the hydro bomb, rockets/fuel and low aspect ratio aircraft. Documents show Colonel Howard McCoy sent Loedding to the Pentagon as the first liaison between T-2 Intelligence and the AF Office of Intelligence (AFOIN). This was done in July 1947 because General McDonald wanted someone to work with Dr. Charles Carroll in setting up the preliminary outline for a formal and parallel project to investigate the "flying disc" phenomenon that was rapidly developing. Loedding's expertise was necessary because at the time the "boys at the Pentagon" were of the opinion that the discs were advanced technology from Russia and invading US airspace. Loedding wouldn't tell any of them what he knew, even though the Roswell incident was a big topic of conversation with the T-2 boys and Loedding had been sent there. Wendy says, "I had nowhere to go with this statement since it was only his memory and really no way to back it up." Then, from out of nowhere, during a discussion with a new source who knew Loedding well (worked next to him for years), stated that Loedding was not the one ordered to Roswell at the time of the incident. (This source did not know of Hemstreet's admission at the time because neither of us told him.) I was given the name of this person. The Roswell crash is not a dead issue? In my mind, it certainly should be maintained as a valid exercise in Ufological research because at least one person from T-2 was ordered to go to Roswell by Colonel McCoy. Two separate confirmations by two different people who did not know what the other had said.
Wendy says, "Our research is on-going. Many yelling for the end of the Roswell research don't have a clue to the reality of actual research." They sold out way too short when there are questions that still need answers. I do understand the simple concept that until enough documentation or circumstantial evidence is presented the Mogul theory, or any other theory can and should be questioned. Theories exist and efforts should be to prove their validity. It is important that those researchers, so inclined, be allowed to continue their work. Those who call themselves researchers who have not either been to Roswell, submitted FOIA's or even talked personally to some of the people involved, have no valid opinion except their own belief system or what they gleen from the work of others. Nothing more. I don't think it was a flying saucer that crashed, but something damn well important happened and that exceeded the secrecy of a balloon laying tattered on the ground. Thanks to: Wendy Conners.
Editor's Note: Congratulations to Wendy on some great research. It seems rather doubtful that Colonel McCoy would send aeronautical engineer Loedding from Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio to Roswell, New Mexico to investigate a Mogul Balloon. The balloon train was not classified, only its mission to listen for Soviet nuclear explosions was classified. T-2 personnel were not balloon experts, their expertise was aircraft. Its reasonable to assume that Loedding flew to Roswell saw the wreckage and flew to the Pentagon to brief his findings to the general staff. He was then appointed key man for further technical study of flying discs. Loedding later patented a disc shaped aircraft that is capable of flight. It seems logical that his patent was based on what he saw at Roswell.
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text: Origin Design + Communications is a Whistler and Montreal-based strategic marketing, creative and communications firm specializing in mountain sports and resort tourism. As Origin's founding partner and Creative Director, Danielle Kristmanson boasts a wealth of expertise in mountain sports and tourism marketing. Her work with brands such as Whistler Blackcomb, Tourism Whistler, Intrawest, Sun Valley Resort/Sun Valley Marketing Alliance, Telluride Tourism Board, the Canadian Ski Council, Bike Parks of B.C. and many others has positioned her as one of the industry's leading creative strategists and brand development specialists. Kristmanson holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Communications and Marketing from Simon Fraser University. A Whistler resident for over 20 years, Kristmanson balances directing Origin's Whistler studios with an aggressive snowboard, mountain bike and travel schedule.


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Clean Up & Finish Up
Now that our shadow and highlight shading are complete, we'll use the original dough-nut circle as a selection guide to trim out and clean up both fills in the background that are no longer needed.
20) Selecting both backgrounds (open diagram)
cmd/cntrl - CLICK on the layer icon of the layer: "First Circle" to select your orange circle
Choose: Select > Invert Selection to switch the selection to the background only
Select the 'Highlight' layer and DELETE
Select the 'Shadow' layer and DELETE
You now have your first RING shaded and highlighted
To me the "Shadow" was not dark enough. I decided to add yet another layer of BLACK for deeper slight layer. I repeated the "Shadow" process above, but this time I did NOT "Select / modify / expand" the selection but merely filled the background selection with black, and then ran the Gaussian blur again.
21) SAVE THE FILE, and then Choose "SAVE AS..." and rename the file "Circle 2" ... and move forward to finish the piece.
Now you know how to create a ring. The next step would be to create your second ring, inside the first, and follow the same basic steps, modifying them only to support your analysis or design of the finished look. In the original Looney Tunes backdrop, notice how the circles get generally 'lighter' as they recede to the center. Also note they always fill that center with a 'cool' color so it visually recedes into the distance -- suggesting a "hole."
Also note that in the beginning I set up a white mask layer at the very top of the layers stack. I didn't talk about that, but it's useful to toggle that layer on from time to time to view the progress of the finished look. I made the work space larger so I could work on full circles for ease of viewing -- but at the end, I'll crop and finish the piece to that white mask -- the final target size.
As you go through this process, your color selection, modification of selection sizes (expand / contract) and the blur counts all become areas of interpretation and exploration to achieve the final result. You can go back and modify or re-do any of the layers, and even add more layers to develop the exact look you need. Remember you can also use the Opacity slider in the layers palette to soften any of the effects. This could also have easily been generated in any version of Illustrator since #2, utilizing the gradation modification tools. Actually it would be easier than Photoshop.
If you wish, you can also introduce some noise, or texture to fully replicate the grainy feeling of the original art which was produced using tempra or dye media in an airbrush on slightly textured board -- then mangled through the primitive photography stages of bringing that famous mark to the silver screen!
Now you know, have some fun.
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No adverse impact has emerged so far for media buying organizations from consolidated media companies, says Bill Croasdale, office of the president at Western Initiative Media, Los Angeles. In fact, the companies are taking advantage of their multiple properties to package combined media offerings, he says.
CBS Plus, the network's sales division, offers network and station TV and radio commercial time, and out-of-home opportunities, Mr. Croasdale says.
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"Power begets power, and a lot of us in the business feel within the next three to five years we will wind up with five to seven major media companies," he says. "And facing off against them will be five to seven advertising marketing giants."
Ms. Pool disagrees. Consider this: the combined broadcast buying strength of merged JWT and Ogilvy & Mather nears $2.5 billion, or roughly 10% of the national market, she says.
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Also, fears of market dominance overlook one emerging medium: the Internet. Where TV and radio are controlled by a finite supply of owners or operators, the Internet is proving to offer a limitless supply of content and segments. This fact has surely not gone unnoticed by Time Warner, the No. 1 media company.
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To wit, the NATPE 2000 conference will not see booths for distributors Rysher Entertainment or Worldvision Enterprises -- both have been absorbed by Paramount Domestic Television. But hundreds of technology companies such as Microsoft Corp., Sun-Microsystems, Yahoo! and Digitalconvergence.com have forced the organization to open a third New Media Pavilion, Mr. Johansen says.
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What excites the public about universities?
Well, quite a lot actually, according to this panel of expert communicators and educationalists: Jack Grimston, assistant news editor at The Sunday Times; Catherine Hearne, BBC Midlands; Colin Hughes, former associate editor at The Guardian and now at Middlesex University; Alice Roberts, author and professor, science presenter on BBC's Coast and from the University of Birmingham; and chaired by Alistair Jarvis, University of Birmingham.
A news story is "something that makes our audience feel mad, sad or glad, " said Catherine Hearne, emphasising the need for an emotional connection to a story. Her BBC Midlands patch covers 12 universities. So what makes people mad in HE? Answer: tuition fees. What makes people sad? Answer: the debt gained from university study. What makes people glad? Answer: Great A Level results, new inventions and things that make people proud of their local area.
Colin Hughes said the most trafficked area of The Guardian site this time of year was league tables. What excites people is how good universities are; their reputations matter.
Alice Roberts – one of the presenters of the Open University/BBC co-production Coast – added: "Any civilised society in the world has had a university in it, going way back in time. Historically, they're a very real strand in our society and they depend on the public being excited about them, people depend on universities. They're not just repositories of knowledge they are generators of knowledge and that's pretty exciting."
Catherine Hearne then covered what should be obvious to most university press offices – make connections, keep in touch and give as much notice about as possible.
"It's hard for communications staff to keep connected with people and tell their stories, it's a constant sweat," added Colin. "It's less evident that unis have great stories to tell about the public engagement of their student body, but it goes without saying that unis have good research stories. Students doing things in the public eye make great stories, which is massive positive about the student body; it's not just about the academics."
Someone in the audience then piped up and – using the word inherently much more than necessary – said universities were often behind the majority of news but never got the credit for their news stories. Sound familiar?
"There are lots of things going in at universities," added Colin, "that people what to hear about, they are newsworthy. But people want to read miserable new stories, that's the reality, and it's harder to place positive news stories. Broadly, yes, bad, news sells, but that doesn't mean positive university stories are not newsworthy."
Improving student communications
It's a fairly new-ish thing but since around 2009 – Nottingham possibly being the first – universities have been appointing student-specific communications officers. Better student comms can be traced back to the launch of the National Student Survey in 2005, explained Kathryn Jones, director of comms and marketing at Birmingham City University.
She said while engaging with students is much easier since the birth of social media, budgets, human resources and a lack of systems were the biggest barrier to effective communication with the student community.
HEA research shows that one in 12 students leaves after the first year of study and one third think of withdrawing. Those are pretty big numbers and stresses the point that good communication shouldn't cease as soon as students sign up. They're the best ambassadors universities have and they need to be nurtured for the whole of their student journey, and beyond. They need a sense of belonging at core level, subject level, faculty level and university level.
Kathryn then handed over Tom Thompson, a student comms officer at BCU, who'd conducted an audit across his university and made some recommendations about how students are communicated to from accepting an offer to study, right through to graduation. (Would it be mean of me at this point to point out, as a BCU student myself, I get lots of campus-related emails when I'm a distance learner based two hours away?)
So, BCU has 25,000 students in six faculties on eight campuses. Tom met with students, focus groups, Student Union groups, staff across faculties to gain a better insight into student communication. He hijacked student council meetings, society meetings and quiz nights to talk to core students but confessed it was hard to engage with the less engaged, i.e. those who aren't active members of the student community.
Each department had a different way of communicating with its students – for some it was the noticeboard, for others pigeon holes on campus, eNewsletters for others. And Tom's goal was to draw upon those 'local' solutions and implement a plan that worked for everyone. No mean feat, huh?
To cut a long story short, Tom has lots of ideas and is currently implementing them, including work on a new online magazine in which students will play an active role, producing content, designing the pages, marketing the site. This not only helps with communication, but also adds to the professional development of the students involved; it ticks a lot of boxes. And students can visit the site when they like, in order to get the university headlines, rather than being bombarded with often irrelevant messaging. One of BCU's priorities is employability and this initiative will give students 'real world' experience.
Personalised content on the site was also mention and this is something I know a lot of us – either students or HE comms bods – would cry out for.
As part of his work, Tom has built an active community on LinkedIn for student comms officers – check it out!
Live social media demo
There's not a lot I need to say about this as the presentation is online so check it out for yourself.
Communication, confidence and making internal politics work for you
If you don't think universities are highly political and complex organisations, you probably need to take the cotton wool out of your ears.
Birkbeck University's Pro Vice-Master for Student Experience Tricia King says: "It's not what you do in universities, it's how you make it happen. The challenge is getting permission to operate where you are."
Here are her top tips…
- Know the value of a crisis, never waste it. (and if there isn't a crisis try to invent one, harness something, take it to your boss and present them with an answer.)
- Identify and work with powerful people. Power doesn't always sit where the structure says it should sit. Don't fight them, you'll always lose, try and help them so they can help you. Also find a champion or advocate on your senior team who can help and support you. A lot of nodding and agreeing doesn't mean things will change. Get the person in power to present your ideas and solutions as people will listen and it will make more of an impact. Universities are about power.
- You have to be of the culture and in the culture to influence the culture. Dress appropriately for your audience; if meeting a donor then dress like them. At Birkbeck the team dresses down because that's how their community dresses so it's shorts in summer and jeans in winter. And remember not to use jargon when talking to them, you need to make yourself of that culture.
- Buyer behaviour. We're used to using language to suit the audience and engage in the right way, but we rarely use those skills internally. Use professional skill sets and turn them on your own staff, what type of people are they? What will work for them?
- Sometimes, just do it. It's often easier to ask forgiveness than ask permission. Risky but sometimes you can get away with doing it.
- The importance of story. Good stories are key, you tell stories all the time and they're powerful. Our job is about storytelling. Tell stories to different people for different purposes and tell those stories back to yourself. We're so focussed on bitter business we forget what an extraordinary institution we are, that we're carriers and pursuers of stories. Tell them internally and externally, and remember the emotional hook is at the heart of what we do.
- Is this superhuman effort worth it? A good university will never be anything other than a creative mess and our job is to work in that chaos and not getting frightened by it. We're creating the future and leaders of society, that's what wedo everyday and they need what we do more than they ever have done, whether realise it or not. Don't give up the fight, it's not just you, it's the way it is.
There is positively LOADS more to say on this conference, but if you're not asleep by now you will be soon. For the full story in bitesize pieces, check out #ceac2012 on Twitter.


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Post facility duo earns expanded leadership roles as company carries out plans to grow internationally
BURBANK, Calif. (April 29, 2015) My Eye Media, an industry leader in quality assurance, technical analysis and testing of all formats of digital motion picture content, has promoted Mel Waddell to Vice President of Post Production Services and Claude Soumsa to Director of Engineering.
My Eye Media founder and CEO Michael Kadenacy made the announcement.
"Mel and Claude have made significant contributions to My Eye Media, each demonstrating a commitment to improving systems and processes and advancing technologies that allow us to meet the evolving needs of our clients," Kadenacy said. "They have each built strong, capable teams and have helped My Eye Media navigate the challenges of a complex marketplace as we expand into new products and services. We are grateful for their leadership and vision in helping My Eye Media achieve its goals."
Waddell joined My Eye Media in 2007 as Lead Mastering QC Operator. Among her many accomplishments, she has successfully established and maintained strong and collaborative relationships with clients, played a key role in developing workflows for archival DPX Clipster projects and managed the Mastering QC Department.
"I was lucky enough to join My Eye Media early on, and it's inspiring to see the company constantly evolving," Waddell said. "We are always planning ahead and incorporating new workflows into our existing services, and that's really exciting to be part of."
Soumsa most recently served as Senior Production Engineer since joining the company in 2008. He has been responsible for spearheading the integration of new equipment, development of accelerated workflows and implementation of 4K, HDR and 3D technologies.
"At My Eye Media, we always strive to stay ahead of technological advances, so we get to experiment with new equipment — some even in prototype form," Soumsa said. "I enjoy having the freedom to innovate and evaluate new solutions, and this creates the technical expertise that our clients appreciate."


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Saturday, April 23, 2011
I've started a new series of videos called Stamping Basics. It is very basic for those who are just starting out on their stamping adventures. Here's the very first in what will be a long series of videos:
Thanks for stopping by today.
Thanks for stopping by today.
Posted by Tami Bayer at 8:30 AM
Labels: fiskars, fiskateers, stamping
3 comments:
You are so good! Great video has always! I love the new red rubber stamps!
- April 23, 2011 at 8:47 AM
- Dee in N.H. said...
Great video Tami! It's always great to go back to the basics. I can't wait to see more! I love those cling stamps!
- April 23, 2011 at 9:45 AM
- Lesa said...
Wonderful! I enjoy your videos. Happy Easter!! xo
- April 24, 2011 at 7:44 AM
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"Where were you on 9/11?"
It's a question still asked by many, even eleven years after the fact. Each time it is asked of my generation, we say we were at school. Older folks say they were at work or at home. Unlike my generation, I, too, was at home.
I didn't go to school that day. I was woken up by my dad at about 7:00 a.m., which is a very odd time for him to wake the kids up. It didn't leave us long to get ready for school. When we came downstairs, my mom and dad asked me to sit on the couch with my brother and sister. Something was very wrong. I could tell by the look on my parents' faces. Dad confirmed it when he told me that my grandmother had died.
"She shot herself this morning," he said before breaking down and hugging me, my brother and my sister, all of us crying in an instant.
It was not long after that, during my attempted escape into TV land to try and get away from the real world, that the real world denied my request. I was greeted with footage of the attacks. I saw the second plane hit.
Yeah, that day sucked.
My grandmother was an alcoholic and suffered a severe depression. She lived by herself and, up until that point, had been the best woman, grandmother and friend I could ever hope for. I don't know whether it was the fact that I was the first grandchild or that she and I were so alike, but if I went more than a week without seeing her, I'd be extremely upset. This was incomprehensible to me.
I'm not saying this to depress you or to take away from the severity of what this day means. I say this to remind you of the evils that exist.
There are evils that exist solely to bring down civilization. There are evils that aim to bring destruction to people and communities. There are evils that work on a much smaller scale, attacking individuals and hurting families.
I ask all of you who read this to take a moment and stop to think of the civilians killed in the deadly attacks that changed our country. Stop and think of the soldiers who, since then, have been in combat whether or not you agree with them being there. Stop and think of those who have lost individual battles. All of those who have suffered loss because of the events of that day, stop and pray for them.
I was depressed following that day. The world had betrayed me. Happiness was gone. I was just in 7th grade, and already I thought I'd never know joy again. With the help of family, friends and that reserve of happiness all young'uns seem to have, I overcame it.
But please, if you ever think that what you're going through is too much, I would urge you to reconsider. I know it sounds cliche, but think not of yourself, but of those you leave behind. They will suffer far more than you do.


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The writers and authors are adventurous and creative by nature. When it comes to building a website it is usually a love it or hate it experience, as it involves the cost and time which is very precious in today's world. But the online website builders have made it possible for the authors to create their own website in a few minutes and without having any previous experience or technical knowledge about web designing. Web start today has proved to be one of the best online web builders available on the internet.
Online web builders allow the authors to enjoy DIY website building
The online web builders have created an option for the authors to create their own professional website and also enjoy doing the same by following the simple steps given in the video tutorials. The authors do not have to spend a single penny in creating their websites and for adding different features on the website. The do it yourself website also allows the authors to edit the website from time to time and from anywhere. The author is well aware of the features that he has integrated on the website and can make full utilization of those features.
Some basic elements that must be included in the author's website
- Layout: The website of the author is about promoting the content created by him. The layout of the website must be simple yet informative. The links and side bars should be minimum and relevant so that the visitor can easily find the content he is looking for.
- Colors: The color combination should be contrasting and should be according to the theme of the website. The visitors visit the site of the author for reading the content so the color combination used in writing the content should not be very dark that obstruct the reader's attention.
- Photos, galleries, audio and videos: This type of media helps in creating a visual impact on the visitors and converting them into permanent customers. Inserting the cover pages of the books written by the author or some video related to the content written by author can help in increasing the sale of the authors content or books.
- Applications used on the site: It is always advisable that the flash effects should not be used in these kinds of websites as it can disturb the reader from reading the content of the website. The application should not slow down the speed of the website or take more loading time.
Important factors for an author's website that directly affects the sales
- Web site traffic: The most important factor that can affect the author's website is the website traffic, but it should be the interested traffic. The author's website must be attractive and informative enough to attract and hold the traffic of the visitors on the website.
- Conversion rate: Another important factor is the conversion rate of the visitors into customers. If the website is having enough traffic but the conversion rate is low, then the website needs some changes related to the content, services, navigation etc.


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Item 1100 - In General. This introductory item includes "general provisions" that apply to the rest of Regulation AB. It provides information on how to present historical static pool data and how to present relevant financial information about third parties.
Item 1101 - Definitions. This item establishes definitions for the terms used throughout Regulation AB. Most importantly provided is the definition of the "Asset-Backed Securities" themselves which by its nature defines the scope of Regulation AB. Terms discussed and defined within the transaction and function are Servicers, Sponsors, Originators, Credit Enhancement, delinquency, Depositor, and other terms that can be considered statistical information. The definition of asset-backed securities is the following: "a security that is primarily serviced by the cash flows of a discrete pool of receivables or other financial assets, either fixed or revolving, that by their terms convert into cash within a finite time period, plus any rights or other assets designed to assure the servicing or timely distributions of proceeds to the security holders; provided that in the case of financial assets that are leases, those assets may convert to cash partially by the cashed proceeds from the disposition of the physical property underlying such leases."
Item 1102 - Forepart of registration statement and outside cover page of the prospectus. This item provides parameters for the representations that can and should be represented on the outside front cover page of the prospectus. Items discussed include the Sponsor, Depositor, Asset Type, Aggregate Principal Amount, Interest Rate or Rate of Return, and Asset distribution frequency.
Item 1103 - Transaction Summary & Risk Factors. This item discusses the means for providing an understanding of the relationships among the parties and the assets of the transaction through diagrams and illustrations.
Item 1104 - Sponsors. This item lists the appropriate disclosure information for the sponsor.
Item 1105 - Static Pool Information. This item provides discussion for the guidelines for sponsor representations on delinquencies, cumulative losses, and prepayments for prior sponsor transactions of the same asset type. Distinctions are made based on the sponsor's prior years of experience.
Item 1106 - Depositors. When the Depositor differs from the Sponsor, this item requires disclosure items similar to Item 1104 above for the Depositor.
Item 1107 - Issuing Entities. This item provides for disclosure about the issuing entity such as entity legal form, State of organization, and governing documents. Further, a description of the governing documents including permissible activities and restrictions should be summarized. Additional information presenting discretionary activities, other assets, management, bankruptcy, and capitalization should be presented.
Item 1108 - Servicers. This item provides for disclosure and identification of the servicers involved including a description of roles, responsibilities, and oversight.
Item 1109 - Trustees. This item provides for disclosure and identification of the trustee along with their prior experience in asset-backed securities transactions.
Item 1110 - Originators. This item provides for originator identity disclosure for those providing origination of 10% or more of the pool assets and further detail disclosure requirements for originators of 20% or more of the pool's assets.
Item 1111 - Pool Assets. This item provides for a description of the specific assets included in a transaction such as loan size, interest rate, amortization period, and loan-to-value ratio. Statistical information is to be presented in appropriate topical information and groups in order to aid in the understanding of the Pool Assets.
The required disclosures cover such items changes in an originator's underwriting criteria, credit-granting or underwriting and "ranges of standardized credit scores."
Item 1112 - Significant obligors of Pool Assets. Presumably in the interest of risk assessment, this item provides for disclosure of items determined to be relevant to an obligor if they represent 10% or more of the asset pool. Additional disclosure including financial statement inclusion are required for obligors representing 20% or more of the asset pool.
Item 1113 - Structure of the Transaction. This item requires the description of the financial aspects and terms of the transaction such as interest and principal formulas and calculations, distributions, credit enhancement mechanisms, cash-flows, triggers or events, allocations, distributions, fees, expenses, voting rights, and other factors.
Item 1114 - Credit Enhancement and other support, except for certain derivatives instruments. This item requires disclosure about internal and external credit enhancement factors such that each is designed to affect or ensure timely payment.
Item 1115 - Certain Derivatives instruments. This item requires disclosure about derivatives, such as interest rate swaps and currency swaps, whose primary purpose is not to provide credit enhancement. These items are generally in place to alter payment characteristics.
Item 1116 - Tax Matters. This item requires disclosure about the federal income tax law treatment of an asset-backed security including any areas of expected differences among investor classes and any substantive information from the counsel's tax opinion.
Item 1117 - Legal Proceedings. This item requires disclosure of material legal proceedings pending against the sponsor, depositor, trustee, issuing entity, services, or originator.
Item 1118 - Reports and Additional Information. This item requires a description of the reporting requirements to investors. The investor requirements are noted in Item 1118, by reference to the instructions to forms 10-K, 10-D, and 8-K. These forms, in turn, will reference back to the respective Items of Regulations AB.
Item 1119 - Affiliations and certain relationships and related transactions. This item requires disclosure about relationships among parties to a transaction under Regulation AB. Parties noted in reference to disclosure are the servicer, trustee, Originator, Significant Obligor, an enhancement provider. Additionally, Item 1119 requires disclosure of non-arm's length transactions among transaction parties during the past two years.
Item 1120 - Ratings. This item requires disclosure of the credit ratings by each agency with the minimum rating that must be assigned for the securitization transaction along with on-going monitoring arrangements.
Item 1121 - Distribution and Pool Performance information. This item provides for the information that should be reported on an on-going basis in distribution reports with statistical information in tabular or graphical format included if aiding understanding. Most notably, item 1121 requires disclosure of material breaches of pool asset representations or warranties or transaction covenants. Provisions are also provided for disclosure of material changes in the solicitation, credit-granting, underwriting, origination, acquisition or pool selection criteria or procedures, as applicable, used to originate, acquire or select the new pool assets.
Item 1122 - Compliance with applicable servicing criteria. This item requires servicers to assert and assess their compliance within the servicing function and a report on the assessment of compliance setting forth the appropriate criteria. Further, the servicer must obtain an attestation report from a PCAOB registered accounting firm on the servicer's compliance. Item 1122 thus requires two deliverables from servicers: (1) Assessment of Compliance and (2) Accountant's Attestation Report.
For deals with multiple servicers, each servicer whose activities represent more than 5% of the pool assets must supply the Auditor's attestation report. This report must include disclosure of any non-compliance with the servicing criteria.
Item 1123 - Sevicer compliance statement. This item requires a statement of compliance be issued by an officer of each servicer stating that a review of the servicer's activities were conducted under the supervision of the signing officer and that the servicer has fulfilled its obligations.


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In Admissions, the fall is known as "travel season". Our staff spends weeks meeting prospective students during high school visits and college fairs. The end of November and month of December look very different. This time period is often referred to as "reading season". Our staff spends most of their time in the office reading applications and participating in Admissions Committee. In fact if you have recently tried to call or email a member of our staff, you may have received a message stating they were in the office but participating in Committee. Admission materials are all stored online, so our staff is glued to their computer screens. We always make sure to take some breaks though - keep reading to see what really happens during reading season....Click here to read more.
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Admissions News
Today is August 1st and that means Stevenson is now accepting applications for fall 2017! There are three easy ways to apply – Stevenson's online application, the Common Application, or our paper application. Choose an online method of application and we waive our $40 application fee, so you can apply to Stevenson for free. All methods of application are equally valid. We have no preference and won't consider your application any differently based on how you apply - use whatever method makes the most sense for you. You'll find the same questions and essay topics on all versions.
Our Admissions Committee reads applications on a rolling basis, which means applications are read and decisions are released throughout the year. The first decisions for fall 2017 freshman applicants will be sent on or about October 15. Before we can read your application, though, you need to submit all the required materials. Learn more about what you need to submit to be considered for admission at stevenson.edu/apply
All freshman applicants who apply by February 1 are automatically considered for our merit-based scholarships, which range from $10,000-$19,000 per year. If you'd like to be considered for our full-tuition scholarship, the Presidential Fellowship, you'll need to submit your application materials and complete the Presidential Fellowship application by November 1, 2016. Download the Presidential Fellowship application and read more about all Stevenson's scholarships (including those for transfer students) at stevenson.edu/scholarships
Contact your admissions counselor at any time if you have questions about applying. We look forward to reading your application soon!
The end of the school year means enrolling in college or graduating from college for many students. For another group of students, however, their journey is just beginning. Finishing junior year of high school is certainly a big accomplishment. Students are almost done with high school and more than likely spent the year studying more than they ever have and had to devote more time to extra-curricular activities. Being able to officially consider yourself a senior in high school is a big step, but can also seem overwhelming. Oftentimes, senior year means even more studying and commitments. And on top of all that, college applications are looming. Fear not, you have the entire summer to start preparing and planning for your senior year and we have some tips for how to have a productive and fun summer....Click here to read more.
Brett Trace, Admissions Counselor, (left) is a bit more casual than we like to see young men dressed for an interview. Eric Welkos, Transfer Admissions Counselor, (right) is dressed more appropriately for an interview. The tie is optional!
What do I need to do to prepare for this interview? I am so nervous, what if I don't do well?
If you have ever asked yourself any of those questions, look no further, as I am here to help ease your anxiety about preparing for an interview. Interview skills are great to practice for the college process and for jobs during and after college. At Stevenson, we always welcome optional admissions interviews, where you can discuss your future plans or experiences you've had in high school with an admissions representative. We also require interviews for the Founders' Scholarship, Service Scholars Program, and Presidential Fellowship.
Below you will find some tips on how to feel more comfortable going into an interview. ...Click here to read more.
Our Spring 2015 graduates preparing to enter the Commencement Ceremony held on the Greenspring Campus.
With Fall Travel Season officially over for our staff, we have all made our trips back to the office from our various travel territories. Across the East Coast, from Massachusetts to Puerto Rico and even a trip to California, we have met students in their high schools, at college fairs, and even a few Panera Breads. Whether you're traveling in Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, or any other state, students and families all seem to be asking the same questions. During our brief chances to catch up, I've polled the office and pulled together a list of our most common questions, which we'll answer in this post....Click here to read more.