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Forfar Sailing Club
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SSS Ladies Team Racing Regatta Weekend
The weekend of 19/20 November 2016 Forfar Sailing Club hosted 60 lady Student sailors at the first of this seasons team racing regattas Although a Scottish regatta teams came from as far afield as Loughbrough as well as most of the Scottish Universities. Dundee University Sailing Club organised the event that was won by Glasgow University .
Saturday started with a beautiful sunny blue sky but ice over all the boats and a need for buckets of boiling water to release the controls of a visiting safety boat. Fingers were numbed rigging boats and hot soup, bacon rolls, tea and cakes were appreciated whilst the ice blocks remained outside all the weekend. Then the mist rolled in, and stayed all weekend. It was bitter out on the water whilst starting and finishing boats and judge and safety crew had to stay on the water all weekend.
This was not to reduce any of the enthusiasm of the students who were being expertly corralled into a starting sequence almost every three minutes, with 45 races, no that's not a typo, 45 in the first day. Saturday night was their party night at the union in Dundee University, but everyone was back for a freezing first race start at 10:00 on Sunday morning.
At times it was not possible to see across the loch; one of the safety boats had navigation lights on most of the day, and radios kept information between the participants at times when shore visibility was really poor.
At the final presentation most was made of the fun and conditions, (extremely cold and a very light westerly with a bit of north at times) before all the dinghys and service boats were reloaded on their trailers for their return. Nevertheless everyone seemed to leave expressing their enjoyment and appreciation of the organisation and their welcome to Forfar loch.
Pirate Fun Days
Photos of the pirates enjoying the club's Pirate Fun Days on 19th, 20th and 21st of July 2016
Tuesday 6 September
Shorter evenings mean earlier start times for Forfar Sailing Club's evening races, and not all members can easily achieve these times. And so the third race of the Twilight Series last Tuesday began later than planned, and the race was shorter than planned.
A light wind was blowing from the West as four boats were being rigged: the Solos of Tony Walker and Erwin Oosterhoorn, Dennis Burgin's Solution and Murray Hadden's Laser. Almost as soon as the start hooter went, the wind began to die, and that contrived to separate the boats during the first leg. Tony led the fleet and was to keep that position throughout the race. Despite being the slowest of the three classes, the Solos did well in the dropping wind, and Erwin held steadily to second place in spite of a late rush by Dennis. Murray, who had not sailed at the Loch for a month or two, became stuck at the windward mark for a few minutes, but then made progress behind the others, only to become ensnared for a few more minutes by floating weed, one leg before the finish line.
In the fading light and feeble wind the race officer decided to curtail the race to the one lap.
Sunday 18 September
Sunday saw Forfar Sailing Club hold its usual two races on the Loch, with the first being entered into a world-wide charity sail - Bart's Bash - judged on average sailing speed in a given wind-speed.
The WSW wind blew briskly as 9 boats took to the water, including 4 Toppers helmed by children - Sebastian and Felicity Kimber, Eoghan Oosterhoorn and Jamie Brown. Jim Green launched his Solo, David Smith his Firefly, Dennis Burgin his Solution, Tony Walker his Enterprise (crew Helen Brown) and Mark Kimber a Club Laser Radial.
Tony, David and Dennis coped best with the conditions but Felicity - the youngest sailor - struggled at the back after one or two capsizes. She opted not to sail the second race. After taking the boat handicaps into account the final positions were:
Brian Finnie - an Obituary
It is with much sadness that we have to report the death of Brian Finnie, who was a much-respected member of Forfar Sailing Club for many years, and a skilled Secretary for quite a number of them.
Brian had graduated in Electrical Engineering from Manchester University, gained a Ph.D. from Edinburgh University, and worked for various companies as a Design and Development Engineer, including in the Far East. As well as taking up sailing at university, he was also a glider pilot, and, being the meticulous person he was, seemed to have put much thought and research into his dinghy-sailing. But he was also keen to help novice sailors with hints and tips which would later prove useful to them for racing. He one year organised and ran a short training course for Club sailors on Thursday evenings, getting the sailors to practise certain manoeuvres. He was also a member of Tummel SC and, briefly, Loch Earn SC.
In Committee, he was the archetypal Secretary, at the Commodore's elbow, prodding him with advice on procedure, legal facts, and general information, all helped no doubt by his sharp mind and accurate memory. His advice was always reliable. He was also Secretary of TYCA for a number of years, and was their Webmaster as well as ours.
Brian's preferred boat was the Europe, of which he kept at least two operating examples. He was the Europe class Webmaster and on its national committee as Scottish rep. He was also for a time on the RYA Scotland Dinghy Committee. Two or three years ago he was diagnosed with serious illness, which put paid to his sailing. (It was typical of him that he donated all his sailing clothing and paraphernalia to the Club.) And further incurable illness set in, just as he was making progress with the previous one.
Brian left a positive mark. To this day, Forfar SC benefits directly from some of his previous work. For good reason he was not someone to be easily forgotten.
Brian is survived by his wife Margaret, who was also a good friend to the Club, assisting at Club events and providing quality baking. Our thoughts are with her and their family.
Sailing and Social Calendar
FSC offers support and encouragement to people of all levels, however there is a competitive element and ultimately it endears as a racing club. Most Sundays during the sailing season there are two races and most Tuesdays and Thursdays one race, each race lasting about 1hour depending on wind strength. Races are grouped in series with each usually completed over 6 or 7 days/evenings. Complete details of the club's 2013 racing, training and social events can be viewed in the club's sailing calendar or downloaded here.
The club has a mixed fleet, has both pursuit and average lap time racing using the Portsmouth Yardstick (PY) system of handicapping. Details of the system can be found at the RYA site here [1] The yardstick numbers allow different classes of boats to be raced against each other: the aim is to cancel out the inherent advantages and disadvantages of each class of boats, and provide a common time that represents the skill of the crew.
Each class of boat is assigned a PY number, with fast boats having low numbers and slow ones high numbers - so, for example, in the case of two dinghies, a Laser has a UK PY of 1087 while a Solo has a PY of 1148 (these are the actual PY numbers for 2013, but note that adjustments are made each year).
Weather Forecast
Although there are many weather forecasting site on the Internet the XCWeather site provides a detailed forecast for Dundee riverside which seems to be the nearest weather station to Forfar.
Rules of Sailing
The official documentation describing the ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing can be found here [2]
Club Photo and Video Gallery
Here is a selection of photos from various club activities and events including four slideshows of the clubs 2012 opening regatta.
You can also find a selection of videos from various club activities here
Photo Gallery
A collection of sailing photos from around the world can be viewed here.
Club Documents
This section lists the important club documents that can be viewed with Adobe Reader.
Slideshow and Videos
Training Session 1 Sunday 30 June 2013
Training Session 2 Sunday 30 June 2013
Training Session 3 Sunday 30 June 2013
Peter Tait sailing the club's Laser 4.7
More exhilarating sailing videos
Club News
Frostbite 1:2 Slideshow
Above is a slideshow of the Frostbite Series 1:2 held on Sunday 12 September 2010. Photo courtesy of Pixeland.co.uk
50th Anniversary Prize Giving
Founding members and new members at an historic club gathering.
Notable Members
Some of our most notable members


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Tiia Vissak 11/18/2007 1:55:05 PMLovely! Great colors! #789762
Lynn Haack 11/18/2007 5:22:30 PMBeautiful effects!!! Gorgeous colors and comp....love the complimentary green and orange. Lynn #5092889
Cheryl E. Davis 11/18/2007 7:29:35 PMThis is beautiful, Susan! Wonderful still-life! Nice effect, hope you have a nice Thanksgiving with your family and friends! #5093289
Rosemary Buffoni 11/19/2007 7:02:06 AMWow, I love this! The comp and effects are awesome.
Hurk (Steve) Hurkett 11/19/2007 9:16:20 AMBeautiful Susan ... Love the colors, the composition, a wonderful still life Well Done ....
.............................. Steve #5096366
Jill Odice 11/19/2007 9:48:40 PMI adore this, it is such a beautiful image! This would be the image I picked for November if you ever did a calendar! #5099522
Joannie Bertucci 11/19/2007 9:49:45 PMSue, your beautiful image is a real inspiration for us all to count our blessings and I for one am counting!
Marilyn K. Lincecum 11/20/2007 10:15:55 AMSusan I absolutely LOVE this...fantastic comp, lighting, colors and textures!!! Hope we see this again. :-) #5102465
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 11/20/2007 6:51:22 PMThis is so artistic and beautiful Susan! #5104329
Terry L. Ellis 11/21/2007 11:01:17 AMTruly lovely image and thoughts, Susan! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your wonderful family! #5107293
Helen N. McHugh 11/22/2007 12:26:25 AMBeautiful image & sentiment, Susan! Wishing you & all your family a very happy day! #5109330
Evy Johansen 11/22/2007 12:37:02 AMSo very beautiful!! Big congratulations on your POTD! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!! #5109351
Denise Denomy 11/22/2007 12:40:19 AMFantastic POV,detail & color,Susan! Congratulations on a beautiful POTD image! #5109355
Esther Smith 11/22/2007 12:41:05 AMA lovely image Susan! Congratulations on your POTD! #5109357
Doug Roane 11/22/2007 12:47:06 AMOne of the best Thanksgiving still-lifes I have seen. Well done, Susan...and thank you!
Susie Peek-Swint 11/22/2007 1:20:36 AMBeautiful still-life and effects Susan ~ many congrats on POTD .. and happy thanksgiving! #5109416
Jessica Jenney 11/22/2007 2:05:24 AMCongratulations, Susan on this beautiful POTD! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! #5109474
Karen Engelbreth 11/22/2007 2:47:42 AMBig congrats on your POTD, Susan!! #5109506
Laura Clay-Ballard 11/22/2007 3:41:53 AMBeautiful! congrats! #5109545
Julie Christiansen 11/22/2007 3:45:19 AMHow beautiful. Blessing to you and your family. #5109548
Joy Rector 11/22/2007 3:55:45 AMcongrats on the POTD #5109555
Melissa Olsen 11/22/2007 4:16:59 AMBeautiful colors and creativity...Congrats on you win! And Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Cheryl E. Davis 11/22/2007 4:36:59 AMCongratulations on POTD! I love this photo! Hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving! #5109641
Johnnie Ann Gaskill 11/22/2007 5:32:05 AMBeautiful image! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
Milan Banik 11/22/2007 5:52:22 AMlike effect here. #5109915
Tony P. Bernhoffer 11/22/2007 6:14:47 AMI know my mother and I will have a nice quiet thanksgiving dinner today! I even had a slice of pumpkin pie for breakfast. Chuck Swindoll's books used to encourge us to have an attitude of thanksfulness and to appreciate the little pleasures of life more often. And this idea had changed my life since I am not rich! #5109988
Terry L. Ellis 11/22/2007 6:42:59 AMCongratulations on your fantastic POTD! And, Happy Thanksgiving, again! #5110074
Zenon Toczek 11/22/2007 6:48:48 AMFantastic Sue! Congratulations, loved this right from the beginning.
Susan M. Campbell 11/22/2007 6:56:03 AMThanks so much to everyone...I was pleasantly surprised when I saw my image made POTD. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!! #5110118
Debra R. Harder 11/22/2007 8:04:59 AMWTG, Susan, on this SPECTACULAR POTD! Happy Thanksgiving, Susan! Deb #5110336
Lisa J. Boulden 11/22/2007 8:19:08 AMCongratulations on this wonderful, and fitting, POTD!
Lindley Johnson 11/22/2007 8:22:00 AMThis is a perfect POTD for Thanksgiving, Susan! The colors and composition are quite striking. Congratulations and Happy Thanksgiving. #5110388
Colleen Farrell 11/22/2007 8:42:32 AMBeautiful still life! Congrats on your POTD! #5110447
RC Fritz 11/22/2007 8:44:07 AMCongratulations on your POTD and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 11/22/2007 8:45:03 AMA festive potd Susan, I'm very happy for you!! Happy Thanksgiving!! #5110453
Jill Odice 11/22/2007 8:48:05 AMWhat a wonderful gift for Thanksgiving Susan :-) Congrats on your first POTD! You did such a beautiful job with this one, so now it deserves a frame and to be hung up! It's time for a SoCal Photo Chick outing! maybe the first week of Dec.? #5110458
Hurk (Steve) Hurkett 11/22/2007 9:24:38 AMSusan .... Congratulations on this wonderful and festive POTD
....................... Steve #5110514
Rosemary Buffoni 11/22/2007 9:48:08 AMThe colors are so complimentary and really make this sing. A well deserved POD.
Dennis Walton 11/22/2007 10:45:18 AMPerfect for the Day! #5110664
Daniella Puente 11/22/2007 12:39:48 PMSusan congrats!!!! this POTD is really fantastic :) Love the colors and unique presentation of this vivid scene.... #5110801
Patricia Ronan 11/22/2007 4:54:44 PMBeautiful image, congrats on your POTD:) #5111224
Paula Showen 11/22/2007 8:14:24 PMBeautiful! Happy Thanksgiving! Congratulations! #5111655
Sam Britt 11/22/2007 8:36:43 PMCongratulation on this POTD. Great color & effects Happy Thanksgiving, Susan. #5111689
Philippe Vieux-Jeanton 11/23/2007 10:17:42 AMWhat a beautiful work!! Big congratulations Susan! #5113583
Gretchen J. Gilkey 11/23/2007 11:01:42 AMCongrats Susan!!! This is a wonderful still life. Also, a wonderful reminder that we should all be thankful for our many blessings! One question...What filter did you run the photo through?
Kimber Wallwork-Heineman 11/23/2007 12:14:35 PMGreat composition! Is this a painted effect - what did you do here? #5113965
Lynn Haack 11/23/2007 4:39:43 PMA BIG congrats on PTOD!! I was not at all surprised to see this beautiful image highlighted by the BP editors for all to see! Lynn #5114818
Cheryl Meisel 11/23/2007 5:25:32 PMSo very pretty. BIG CONGRATS on your wins with this nice work.
Linda L. Ruiz 11/24/2007 6:52:47 AMI hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Congrats on a beautiful potd. So pretty. #5116816
Joannie Bertucci 11/25/2007 12:54:49 AMWay to go girlfriend, congrats on a very well deserved POTD! #5119797
Corinne M. Thompson 11/25/2007 7:23:29 AMWonderful capture, colors and effects! Congrats on your POTD! #5120757
Susan Fox 11/26/2007 6:06:13 PMCongrats on your wonderful Photo of the day Susan! #5129956
Sheryl A. Hudson 12/9/2007 1:26:28 AMCongratulations on your well deserved Photo of the Day, Susan! Beautiful presentation!!! #5185996
Cheryl E. Davis 12/19/2007 3:56:49 PMCongratulations, Susan! I love this one, I just knew it would get a finalist! WTG! #5229320
Susan Fox 12/19/2007 5:28:36 PMCongratulations Susan!!! #5230218
Terry L. Ellis 12/19/2007 7:40:33 PMHey, are you sitting down, girl? Huge congratulations on your fantastic Second Place win and your two finalists! This all happened so fast I didn't get to them. WTG, Sue! #5231321
Jennifer L. Alder 12/19/2007 7:51:27 PMCONGRATS, SUSAN ON YOUR WINNER AND POTD!!!! :) #5231399
Debra R. Harder 12/19/2007 8:31:00 PMWTG, SUSAN, ON THIS FABULOUS WINNER! HUGE CONGRATULATIONS! Deb #5231732
Kay E. Mahoney 12/19/2007 9:12:38 PMCongratulations on your second place winner, Susan. #5232138
Linda L. Ruiz 12/20/2007 8:12:35 AMCongrats you So CAl Photo Chick!!! WTG #5234627
Susan Fox 12/20/2007 9:24:51 AMCongratulations Susan!!!!!!!!! #5234880
Susan M. Campbell 12/20/2007 6:52:41 PMThank you so much. You are all very kind. #5236838
Sam Britt 12/20/2007 7:55:12 PMCongratulations Susan! #5237097
Nikki McDonald 12/20/2007 7:56:59 PMThis is a beautiful POTD and winner, Susan. I love the colors--that soft jade green works wonderfully well with the oranges, golds and earth tones of the objects in the still life. Congratulations! #5237107
Philippe Vieux-Jeanton 12/20/2007 10:10:47 PMCongrats again Susan for this really sweet WINNER!! #5237579
Joannie Bertucci 12/21/2007 9:11:32 AMCongratulations Sue on joining the ranks of the winners! It's about time, I say! #5239586
June L. Mita 12/21/2007 5:54:13 PMVibrant and very pleasing to look at. Your first winner. Congrats and may you have many more. #5241123
Corinne M. Thompson 12/21/2007 6:06:33 PMCongrats on your Win! #5241172
I know I will be blessed in many ways on Thanksgiving. I will have food on my table. I will be with family and friends. I will have my health. May you all be blessed as well. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
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Nov. 13, 2007
Final Stats | Photo Gallery
Nov 13, 2007 - The Lady Bisons returned to Allen Arena on Tuesday night setting several team records on their way to victory over cross-town rival Fisk University.
The Lady Bisons shot 57% from the field and held the Lady Bulldogs to only 9 field goals beating Fisk 123-22.
This is the most points scored by the Lady Bisons in the NCAA Era. It also ties their all time record for most points scored in a game orginally set in 1996 against Bethel and again in 1997 against Tennessee Temple.
The Lady Bisons also came within one point of tying the NCAA record for highest winning margin.
It was a team effort for the Lady Bisons with every member of Coach Frank Bennett's team scoring and six players posting double figures.
Jillian Partin, Jenna Bartsokas, Katie Rollins, and Rachel Viehmann each scored 10 points with Cree Nix adding 14. Valerie Bronson lead the scoring for the Lady Bisons with 20 points and also grabbed 15 rebounds to earn her first career double-double.
The Lady Bisons return to Allen Arena on Thursday Night when they take on the Lady Falcons of Bowling Green State. Game time is 7:00 p.m.
"The Lady Falcons are one of those outstanding teams we get to play each year," says Coach Frank Bennett. "They've got skilled players and great athletes so we look forward to playing them."


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ECET 499N Lecture 3: Nanoelectronics I
Published on
- Challenges and examples
- Top down Processing
- Bottoms Up Approach
- A combination of Methods
- Measurements
- Alivisatos et al., Organization of 'nanocrystal molecules' using DNA, Na ture, V 382, 15 August 1996.
- Lee et al., An ohmic contact to GaAs, Applied Physics Letters, V 74, N 1 9, 10 May 1999.
- Smit et al., Measurement of the conductance of a hydrogen molecule, Natu re, V 419, 31 October 2002.
- Kubatkin et al., Single-electron transistor of a single molecule with ac cess to several redox states, Nature, V 425, 16 October 2003.
- Andres et al., "Coulomb Staircase" at room temperature in a self-assembl ed molecular structure, Science, V 272, 31 May 1996.
- Tucker, Johnathan, Nanoscale Device & Material Electrical Measurments, A pplication Note, September 2005.
Cite this work
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Knoy Hall, B016, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN


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Speed Chess Study Proves Practice Makes Perfect
Watching a chess match may seem about as exciting as watching paint dry, but new research shows that a champion's brain works at lightning fast speed, making decisions in seconds that would elude a lesser player with hours to ponder each move.
And that's not just because they are especially gifted at the game. Grand masters reach that level of skill because of the hurdle that keeps most of us mediocre. They practice, practice and practice some more.
And what works for chess probably works in many fields where highly developed skills are essential.
In baseball, a major league slugger couldn't possibly figure out what the pitcher is sending his way in the brief time it takes for the ball to travel from the pitcher's mound to the batter's box, according to various studies. So Barry Bonds knows what he's going to do long before he begins to swing the bat. Subtle clues tell him what to expect, and all those years spent trying to perfect his art make it possible for him to connect far more often than would be possible without all that practice.
So what's the answer to that old debate? Are experts made, or are they born? Psychologist Bruce Burns of Michigan State University in East Lansing thinks it's most likely a little of each. Burns studies how humans acquire skills, and how we deploy those skills under different circumstances. To help him find out, he turned to an old passion. Chess.
Testing the Masters
Burns had competed in chess tournaments in his native Australia, but stopped short of reaching the level of master. He says he gave up because he didn't have the time to develop his skills to the level he needed.
"I played quite a lot, but I really should have practiced more," he says.
For his research, Burns turned to something called "blitz chess." It's like any other chess game, but with one huge exception. The game only lasts 10 minutes, so each player has only five minutes to make all his moves. That boils down to an average of about seven seconds per move in a typical game of 40 moves. That includes the time it takes to ponder the board, move the piece, and punch the time clock.
Obviously, that doesn't leave enough time for a player to sort through all his memory banks and come up with likely scenarios for the next 100 moves, as top players sometimes do. Instead, they have to play almost instinctively.
Burns, whose research will appear in the July issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the American Psychological Society, studied the records from "blitz" chess tournaments in Holland, the United States, and Australia. He would have preferred to stage the tournaments himself, but top chess players are not known for their easy-going, cooperative spirit. So Burns did the best he could with what he had to work with.
Professional chess players have specific ratings, based on their past performances, which are similar to ratings in various sports. Burns wanted to know if top players lived up to their ratings in blitz chess, where they didn't have much time to consider each move.
"There's an advantage to having more time," he says. "You can search [your memory] more, you can consider the possibilities more. If you look even five moves ahead, you have to consider lots and lots of possibilities. What if I do this, and he does that?"
So it would seem likely that performance would drop far below their ratings if pros were denied the time to do all that searching, but Burns found that was not the case. If they had only five percent of the normal time available for a match, the champs still performed at 81 percent of their rated skill level. That's why a grand master can play dozens of games simultaneously, and still beat the pawns off a bunch of top amateurs. He doesn't need all that time to search for the right answers, because most of his skill is directed by something called "pattern recognition."
Top players recognize patterns on the chess board instantly, because they've seen those same patterns so often before.
And in most cases, their first hunch is the right decision. Bonds probably does the same thing when he sees the pitcher beginning his wind-up.
Human Skill
That's a very different mental function than searching through the memory, and it's why computer geeks had so much trouble coming up with a machine that could beat a grand master at chess.
"Pattern recognition is an extremely difficult problem for computers," Burns says. "Training chips to search is actually much easier from a computational point of view. A computer is fantastic at searching."
The problem gets a lot harder when the computer is asked to determine if one pattern is different from another. So today's chess computers may be as good as the top players in the world, Burns says, but they do it the wrong way. They do it by searching, not by pattern recognition, and that's a lot easier for a computer to do.
That doesn't mean searching is unimportant. Burns says even the top players in the world could lose if they had only five minutes to complete all their moves while their competitors had two hours. Searching all the possibilities gives a slight edge, but it's not what distinguishes the grandest of grand masters.
That's the ability to recognize various patterns almost instantaneously. And they learn that by doing it over and over again. Even in chess, Burns says, there are no shortcuts. Child prodigies may astonish us with extraordinary skills, but even that gift won't get them to the top.
"The way you get to be a grand master," Burns says, "is to practice a lot."
There's a neat expression for it in wood working. It's called "time on the tool."


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EU Negotiators Insist That ACTA Will Move Forward And There's Nothing To Worry About
from the uh-huh... dept
The talking points from ACTA negotiators seem clear. When accused of being secretive, deny it and insist that you're being open. If really pushed on the matter, blame mysterious, nameless "others" for keeping the documents secret. Then, when specific items in the text are brought up, insist that these are being misrepresented, and if only you could see the real text (which you can't, because it's a secret) you'd know that it was all blown out of proportion. Then, finally, insist that ACTA won't change any laws. Of course, if that were the case, there would be no need for ACTA at all. The negotiators insist that it's all about "enforcement," but that's (again) being disingenuous. Many of the items in the drafts are created in a way that would lock countries in to certain paths. While they might not definitively prescribe things like "three strikes," the draft makes it clear that three strikes is the only real option to avoid liability. Even for countries that won't have to change their laws, these rules will prevent them from fixing the many problems found in today's copyright laws. Also, what's amusing is we've now heard from the US, Canada and the EU insisting that ACTA won't change their laws. But the US insisted ACTA was needed to force other countries to change their laws. Which countries? The US negotiators have suggested Canada, but Canada has said it won't change its laws for ACTA. So what's the point?
This whole thing is incredibly sneaky. Despite disapproval of many politicians, negotiators seem willing to just keep moving forward with this, and covering themselves by insisting that it won't actually change laws. That way they don't even need approval from politicians. But... when those politicians actually try to reform or fix broken copyright laws, you can bet that those who supported ACTA will be the first to stand up screaming that they can't make those changes because they'll "violate international agreements!" even though those agreements were put in place in secrecy in a back room, written by industry lobbyists and designed solely to limit how countries could fix their copyright laws.


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Could Katy Perry and John Mayer be taking it to the next level? The couple were spotted leaving a restaurant in Los Angeles after a romantic Valentine's Day dinner with a bit more than a doggie bag. Katy's left hand -- her left hand ring finger to be exact -- was sporting a huge sparkler! Okay, it wasn't exactly a sparkler. It was more like a warm reddish glower. It was a large gold and ruby ring. But it waaaaaas on her engagement finger. So that must mean one thing.
It must mean Katy had one helluva Valentine's Day dinner! Not only did she leave the restaurant with the ring on her digit (Was it there before she went into the restaurant? No one says. Sheesh.), but she also left with a bag full of gifts from Fred Segal.
That's a trendy clothing store in L.A. so I'm guessing Katy got some lingerie ... but maybe John picked up the ring there too as sort of a "promise ring" or maybe just a regular old "gift ring." Hey, those exist, ya know. I've been to Fred Segal once but can't remember if they have jewelry. Would he buy an engagement ring at Fred Segal? Unlikely. But it's not Costco.
I've never quite understood the promise ring thing -- if you're promising to get engaged, why not just get engaged? I've actually seen someone get a promise ring, so I know this happens.
But John did just recently say that he wants to get married. He said, "I'm a boy from Connecticut and that's what we do." Also, John's ex, Jennifer Aniston, is engaged. You know how competitive some guys are. If it is an engagement ring, it's an unorthodox one. But Katy likes blue hair too.
Sooooo ... maybe they're engaged. Maybe not. But I bet Katy had one wild Valentine's Day evening.
Do you think Katy and John are engaged?
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Bachelor of Science in Photography
Bachelor of Science in Photography
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Classroom Experience
I get the picture. And I'm up for the challenge.
Glamour, excitement and travel? Maybe. But our program is designed for students who find a certain thrill in putting in long hours, overcoming tough competition, and meeting tight deadlines—all in the pursuit of their passion. To help prepare you for the real world of photography, we'll start you out with basics like composition, lighting, darkroom techniques, color and design, and the fundamentals of digital photography. We'll help you apply what you learn both in studios and on location, in natural and artificial light, and in digital formats. You'll work with tools including digital cameras, slide and transparency scanners, and image manipulation software. See our gainful employment pages for possible careers that match the program that interests you.
Meet our Alumni
Adrienne GrenierCulinary Arts , 2006
"The hard work, dedication, and drive that is required to be successful in this career is truly something to admire."Read More
Adrienne Grenier
Adrienne Grenier is the executive chef at 3030 Ocean Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is responsible for menu development, butchering, mentoring the staff, service, ordering, and payroll. "[The best part of my career] is cooking and eating and being able to see hard work pay off," she says. Adrienne adds that she truly enjoys working with her staff.
Her dedication to culinary arts is evident through her quick rise to the position of executive chef. "I was able to naturally progress as a cook to sous chef. [I'm now an] executive chef of a well-known and respected restaurant." Adrienne counts her fellow chefs as heroes—people she admires because of their shared culinary passion. She also looks to locally grown products for recipe inspiration.
Adrienne, who in 2006 earned an Associate of Science in Culinary Arts from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, says that her education provided the foundation for her career—and the basics on cooking terminology. She recommends that current students start at the bottom—but at the best restaurant they can find. "Treat every opportunity as a learning experience."
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Cassandra LassmanDigital Filmmaking & Video Production , 2008
"I owe a lot of my success to the career services team [at The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale]. While working with them I was able to secure an internship, and then a full-time position with NBC, and then FOX."Read More
Cassandra Lassman
Cassandra Lassman is the channel branding systems manager for ION Media Networks in Clearwater, Florida. She oversees the branding department, which is responsible for on-air graphics that run during programming on ION Television, ION Life, and Qubo. She also manages graphics for end credits, crawls, and promotional lower thirds—and is a manager for multiple projects within the on-air promotions department.
"A typical day at work includes planning, creating, and scheduling all promotional graphics that run during programming. I create dynamic graphics that are programmed to pull specific information from a database, such as, ratings, end credits, and show tune-in information," she says. Cassandra adds that her most rewarding accomplishment has been starting an internship program for the on-air promotions department.
She explains that her career requires an extremely high level of commitment. "My career has always been very important to me and it's something that I take very seriously. What has made it easy is that I love what I do. I had to start from the bottom and no matter what work a company had me doing, I always did my best." Cassandra believes that freedom in the workplaces helps to cultivate a creative environment. "Freedom to speak your mind and feel comfortable doing so [is important]. I have been lucky to work for companies that allow me to be creative and also give me the tools necessary to make my ideas become a reality."
Cassandra, who in 2008 earned an Associate of Science in Video Production from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, says that her education provide the skills and tools need to grow within the industry. "The classes that focused on presentation and résumé writing skills boosted my confidence when speaking with potential employers." She adds that the school's career services department helped her to secure both internship and full-time positions at NBC and FOX. "They still continue to guide me and help me grow throughout my career." She's continuing to build upon her education by working toward a business degree. "I am always looking for ways to better myself professionally and personally. I feel a sense of accomplishment when I am able to push myself to do my best."
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Edward BulfangoWeb Design & Interactive Media , 2010
"Technology advances faster than we think. It is up to us to keep up with the pace and learn new things while exploring new options."Read More
Edward Bulfango
Edward Bulfango is a multimedia producer for Tribune Publishing in Orlando, Florida. He's responsible for front- and back-end development, and a typical day involves working through a list of reported bugs, problems, and creative projects. "While going through the list, I extract data and metrics for individual departments within the company—including advertising, editorial, and management." The metrics he collects include full website analytics such as page views, unique visitors, and referrals.
Edward explains that his career requires dedication and focus. "Whether the project is small or large, you always need to provide 110% commitment to move forward. Technology advances faster than we think. It is up to us to keep up with the pace and learn new things while exploring new options." Edward demonstrates his dedication by setting an example in his workplace. "I feel that I am influencing others to learn how to stick to web standards as well as maintain rich and responsive content."
Edward adds that his career provides many opportunities for creative challenges. "[Once, one of my] clients' websites was hacked. I had to manually debug and go through every line of code on every page." Spending days going through 100 pages on the site, Edward learned shortcuts and how to tackle an infected website—skills that will be very beneficial in another emergency situation. "I solved this challenge by using my knowledge as well as doing research and working with other developers."
He's also spent long nights performing Q/A testing on newly designed websites. "I had to do Q/A testing on multiple platforms. While doing testing for PC and MAC, I also had to do browser compatibility testing. The launch happened during the evening and the testing lasted through the night. I was able to complete everything before sun up with my technical team."
Edward, who in 2010 earned a Bachelor of Science in Web Design & Interactive Media from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, says that his education provided real-world project experience. He recommends that current students learn to remain calm under pressure. "Take a deep breath, organize and prepare your check list, and be sure to double check your work. Do not be afraid to have another pair of eyes look at your work."
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Franklin CastilloDigital Photography , 2013
"[I'm proud to] transition my passion for photography into a profession, and in turn, I am able to do what I love each and every day."Read More
Franklin Castillo
Franklin Castillo is the founder and photographer of FEC Photo, a commercial photography service provider and online print store in Aventura, Florida. He started his company in July 2015 and specializes in product, jewelry, food, beverage, and architecture photography. Franklin also offers acrylic prints from several cities, which are available for purchase online.
Franklin's education proved especially valuable as he prepared to launch his own company. Like any new business owner, Franklin was faced with unfamiliar business and legal issues. He found knowledge and support in the Career Services team at The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale. "My education prepared me for the technical aspects and broadened my understanding for the business and legal aspects that go into managing a business. The support I [received] from Career Services played a pivotal role in the launch of my business. I continue to work with many clients that were referred [to me] through my Career Services Advisor."
Franklin is responsible for his company's marketing, financial, business, and photography. He says that a typical day involves working with a variety of clients, from individuals to corporations. "The process for a photo shoot includes preparing equipment, assembling the set, staging products, fine-tuning lighting, ensuring accuracy of the image exposure, and a final check [on styling]." After the photography session is completed, he retouches the photos to ensure that the final product aligns with the client's expectations.
He does add that photography is a very competitive industry. "You have to be passionate in order to succeed. You have to embrace your passion and dedicate time every day to perfect your craft."
Franklin, who in 2013 earned an Associate of Science in Photography from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, says that his company is seeing fast growth. He was recently hired for his third photo shoot for BurgerFi, a restaurant chain with 75 locations nationwide. "They were so happy with the results of our previous project that they asked me to shoot their entire menu. My photos are going to go on all the menu boards and marketing materials," he says.
For the past two years, he's also been the photographer for King Jewelers, a 100-year old, privately held jewelry business. "Through my work with King Jewelers, I have had the opportunity to photograph and interact with first-class brands, many with multi-million dollar price tags." These include Breitling, Breguet, Cartier, Chanel, Harry Winston, Mont Blanc, Rolex, and Zenith. His photos have been published on websites and billboards—as well as "New York Magazine," "Aventura Magazine," "The Miami Herald," "DuPont Registry Magazine," "Indulge Magazine," "Weston Magazine," and King Jewelers Magazine." He also counts Atlántico Rum, Christian Liaigre, Ya Mastiha Liqueur, L'Chaim Kosher Vodka, Lola James, and Neiman Marcus as clients.
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Grant BellIndustrial Design , 2004
"[The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale] helped me to establish the basics needed to get me started in the industrial design field."Read More
Grant Bell
Grant Bell is working as a vice president of design and engineering for Focus Product Design in Menlo Park, Silicon Valley, and San Francisco, California. He is responsible for setting up strategic direction and implementing long term initiatives. "I joined the team at Focus Product Design April 2014 as creative director and now oversee all industrial design, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, software engineering, graphic design, videography, and marketing functions," he says. Grant adds that during his time at the company, he's doubled number of designers and engineers. He's also presented multiple tutorial videos, TV marketing segments, and sales videos. "Focus Product Design has hosted numerous design Meetups where I have had the opportunity to present with some of the foremost leaders in the design and crowd-funding industry."
He's proud to be working at a successful design firm in the heart of Silicon Valley. "[The area] is filled with the world's most inspiring and incredibly smart individuals. I am both excited and humbled to be a part of it." Grant lists his design influences as Syd Mead, Daniel Simon, H. R. Giger, and Richard Branson.
Grant, who in 2004 earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, says his education provided the foundation he needed to get him started in the industrial design industry. He recommends that current students stay focused and take internships to gain experience. "I recently heard someone say 'you get what you work for, not what you dream for.' So work hard and it will pay off."
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Greg DuboisGraphic & Web Design , 2009
"[My instructors] showed me what the industry was like and really prepared me for [my current position]."Read More
Greg Dubois
Greg Dubois is a product designer for CBS Interactive. He's responsible for creating the user experience on various media and mobile sites for CBSSports.com. "It's my job to design a product that users can use across platforms, and feel they have an intuitive grasp on what they're looking at. Designing ever-evolving platforms for an ever-evolving user is a challenge that constantly keeps me on my toes." he says. Greg understands that not all creatives work in a team environment. "If you're the only creative, cultivate your environment by being who you are. We're creatives, so we all have a certain way about us."
Greg believes that for creative people, design becomes a part of who they are. "This field can have some long hours and a lot of mentally taking work home with you. But that's what's needed." He designs both at work and at home to keep his creativity sharp and to stay on top of trends and technology. "Keep pushing, keep looking for inspiration and research, and know when to take a step back and breathe. As students, we can get consumed with finishing a product quickly and perfectly. It's important to know when to take a break and take your mind off a project." Greg adds that it's ok to make mistakes—as long as they are learning opportunities. "Those failures eventually make us great designers."
Greg, who in 2009 earned an Associate of Science in Graphic Design from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale says that his instructors led by example. "They showed me what the industry was like and really prepared me for [my current position]." He explains that in school, he believed he'd end up working in print design. But his career path led him to user interface and user experience design. Greg's experience at The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale taught him to be a versatile designer, which allowed him to make this transition. "I'm always challenged by new developments in technology and the changing and sophisticated design expectations of the every day user."
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Jorge MontesCulinary Arts , 2002
"[My education] motivated me to get involved with the community and understand the many hats one must wear as a chef and business owner."Read More
Jorge Montes
Jorge Montes is the executive chef and co-founder of Roho Kitchen in Davie, Florida. He is responsible for production and execution of catering events. His day starts early—around 7:30 am—when he works with his crew to prep for the day ahead. "I am blessed with the opportunity to meet people in my career. I enjoy creating dishes and the ability to put my edible signature on the lives of many," he says.
Jorge adds that a career in the culinary industry takes passion and dedication. "Passion is a necessary fuel that will help you to excel. Work hard, ask a lot of questions, and be open to both your teachers and peers." He finds culinary inspiration in different cultures and cuisines—and is proud to have graduated at the top of his culinary class. "I competed with the culinary team. During my tenure with the team as captain, we won back-to-back state championships along with multiple gold medals. Being a part of the competition team gave me that fiery edge and thrill of cooking."
Jorge, who in 2002 earned an Associate of Science in Culinary Arts from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, says that his education provided the fundamentals of cooking techniques. "[My education also] motivated me to get involved with the community and understand the many hats one must wear as a chef and business owner." He encourages current students to network with other chefs—and to keep a focus on learning throughout their careers.
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Maria Christina AnzaloneFashion Design , 2008
"Total commitment is required. If this is not your true passion in life, you will quickly find out. You cannot rely on someone else to get your job done for you. Everyone must do their part."Read More
Maria Christina Anzalone
Maria Christina Anzalone is a product coordinator for Venus Fashion Corporation in Boca Raton, Florida. She is responsible for $40 million in label distribution protocol for the company's dress and jumpsuit business. Maria explains that she has daily communication with overseas partners and factories in China, Turkey, India, and Germany.
Maria also participates in product fittings "to ensure the best fit for the Venus customer" and works with key inventory partners and upper management to review delivery dates of bulk goods. While performing these responsibilities she also has her eye on the future, reviewing current and future season product while negotiating the best cost to achieve Venus Fashion's business goals.
Maria balances her career with motherhood, which she admits can be challenging. She says that working mothers in the fashion industry feel pressure because of long workdays and frequent travel. "I found myself rocking my child to sleep (in one arm) and answering emails in the other. My work-life was not balanced and my stress level was at an all time high. I had to re-evaluate my situation, which lead to me to leave the job that I had held for several years and move onto a better situation." Today, Maria is excited to be part of a company that promotes a healthy balance. "This was truly a life lesson for me, and taught me that there are employers that do put the employee first and I should never settle for less. My employer is truly supportive and has given me a road map to achieve my growth."
She adds that fashion is a career requiring total commitment. "If this is not your true passion in life, you will quickly find out." Despite the demands of the industry, Maria says that she's incredibly fulfilled when customers post positive feedback in focus groups or on social media. "It really makes it all worth it to know that we are making [our customers] happy."
Maria's education at The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale provided the foundation she needed—and the push from instructors to reach her full potential. "The teachers expected nothing but the best from us. If we were not giving 110%, we were only letting ourselves down in the end. The fact that our teachers were people from within the industry was really a source of encouragement." Maria mentions that she frequently uses lessons learned in her fabric, advanced draping, and technical drawing classes.
Maria, who in 2008 earned a Bachelor of Science in Fashion Design from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, says that graduates new to the fashion industry need to stay positive and work hard. "This industry can be very harsh at times but don't give up. Learn from your mistakes and just keep going." She says that fashion design is a never-ending challenge to keep customers interested. "Each season [brings] new textiles, colors, and silhouettes. It is my job to source these new findings for the everyday customer who may not understand couture. It's my challenge to keep [the customer] interested and deliver quality fashion."
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Wladimir MoqueteDigital Filmmaking & Video Production , 2009
"[My education gave me] the knowledge to adapt and make corrections on the fly."Read More
Wladimir Moquete
After two years as a photojournalist, editor, and microwave/satellite truck operator for WSFL-TV in Fort Lauderdale, Wladimir Moquete was hired as a senior photographer for KIAH-TV CW 39 in Houston, Texas. He's responsible for all photography at NewsFix, a news program syndicated in the Miami market—as well as photography, video editing, lighting, and directing. With so many responsibilities, it's obvious that the job can be challenging and unpredictable—and that's just how he likes it.
Some of Wladimir's most exciting experiences have included going live on TV while on a submarine, experiencing zero gravity on a NASA tour plane, and meeting Gloria Estefan.
Wladimir, who in 2009 earned an Associate of Science in Video Production from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, believes that his education prepared him for his career—especially the lighting classes. "[These classes] opened my eyes to a new world where I control shadows, color, and highlights." He recommends that students interested in the video industry learn to be flexible and handle challenges as they come. "Be flexible because you never know what challenges you will face. For example, when shooting outdoors, conditions change. [My education gave me] the knowledge to adapt and make corrections on the fly."
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What Will I Study?
Show me how to tell stories. One frame at a time.
Photography isn't a hobby. It's a craft pursued by hard-working, talented professionals who share not just a curiosity about the world, but a commitment to constantly adapting and improving. The Digital Photography curriculum will sharpen your creative edge and technical skills as you study:
- Digital Photography
- Color Management
- Studio Photography
- Location Photography
- Portraiture
- Digital Darkroom
- Natural & Artificial Light
- Digital Image Management
- Editorial Photography
- Documentary Photography
- Business of Photography
- Studio Techniques
I'm looking for my proving ground.
At The Art Institutes system of schools, creativity is our core, our calling, our culture. Our Digital Photography degree programs are built on that creative foundation. It's also built on our knowledge that a creative career is not for the faint of heart. It's a daily struggle to champion your ideas and earn your place among the best in your profession. Because it's tough out there, it's tough in here. But we'll support you along every step of your journey. We provide the mentoring and real-world experience you need to prevail, with faculty* who've worked in the field, as well as internship possibilities. You'll be encouraged and expected to be bold. To take risks. To push yourself and the people around you. It won't be easy. In fact, it'll be the hardest thing you'll ever love.*Credentials and experience levels vary by faculty and instructors.
Meet our Faculty
Chrisa TatakisFashion Marketing & Management
"Do what you love. And remember that hard work really does pay off."Read More
Chrisa Tatakis
Was there a defining moment when you knew you were destined to become a creative professional?
I always knew I wanted to teach. I could never separate my love for fashion from my love for art. To me, they're one and the same.
How do you weave your professional background into the classroom experience?
As a former lead designer in women's wear and children's wear, my industry experience covers everything from design, branding, and fabric and textile selection to product development, sourcing, even designing sales catalogs. In this way, I can share my knowledge all across the spectrum, and help guide students along their career path.
What class assignment exemplifies your approach to teaching and mentoring?
I instruct and coordinate the Fashion Honors Group. These students work with real industry professionals, both on and off campus. They produce a fashion show, working with clients and reaching out to designers, models, hair and makeup artists, photographers, and volunteer committees. They supervise hair, makeup, and model fittings, choose runway music, promote the event, dress the models, and rehearse the show. It's hands-on and real-world, and it's a valuable experience.
How does collaboration contribute to students' success—particularly when students from various programs work together?
When we put on a fashion show, we try to get the whole school involved. Fashion students might direct Photography students on the specific look they're after. We also work with students from Video Production, Graphic Design, and other fields. Collaborating across other programs really helps students strengthen their skills and abilities.
What's the most important thing you impart to students to help them succeed in class and the real world?
Always be professional in how you present yourself and your work. Aways be on time and meet your deadlines.
What's the most critical advice you would offer any student embarking on a creative career?
Do what you love and remember that hard work really does pay off.
Anything else you'd like to share?
Inspiring, guiding, and helping students to fulfill their dreams is the best feeling in the world.Read More...
Frank BalzanoGraphic & Web Design
"Be responsible. Be accountable. And welcome to reality."Read More
Frank Balzano
Was there a defining moment when you knew you were destined to become a creative professional?
I've always loved all forms of art from as far back as high school. Later, I applied my fine art skills to commercial enterprises, creating mural designs, posters, and ads, as well as stage designs for corporate presentations. The door was always open and lucrative within the graphic design field. I've always felt it let me experience a wonderful sense of accomplishment.
How do you weave your professional background into the classroom experience?
I show students my portfolio to give them a sense of the kind of work they'll be expected to do in their project assignments. We discuss my real-world experiences with clients, both good and bad, to help them develop a practical, professional approach to doing business, pricing, and learning time management. Also, I encourage students to enhance their technological skills to keep up with the industry.
What class assignment exemplifies your approach to teaching and mentoring?
My class assignments reflect my approach to teaching, mentoring and education. I incorporate the industry of design, print production, the digital arena, and the background technology, and tie it all together to help students create work that's worthy of their portfolios. I've seen innumerable success stories, and I've have always relished the opportunity to be a part of their success.
How does collaboration contribute to students' success—particularly when students from various programs work together?
Collaboration is mandatory. In every project, the "account executive" acts as liaison between client and graphic designer, photographer, web designer, illustrator, copywriter, and so on. Everyone knows who's doing what, and group critique ensures the success of the project. Often, we see the design develop into something way beyond what the client initially approved.
What's the most important thing you impart to students to help them succeed in class and the real world?
Here's my philosophy, which has sustained me through the years: The principles of success are grounded in a firm base of hard work and dedication. Students are responsible and accountable for the success of their own education. There are no free rides or free grades. All grades are earned. Work hard and be diligently dedicated.
What's the most critical advice you would offer any student embarking on a creative career?
Be responsible. Be accountable. And welcome to reality.
Anything else you'd like to share?
I've had the honor and pleasure of teaching, working with, energizing, and inspiring students since 1986.Read More...
Kyle W. FarleyDigital Filmmaking & Video Production
"The opportunity to connect with audiences in meaningful ways has never been more exciting."Read More
Kyle W. Farley
Was there a defining moment when you knew you were destined to become a creative professional?
That would be when I became program director for the college TV station at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. I learned to produce entertainment, sports and news programming for the broadcast market. It was hectic, overwhelming, and unbelievably exciting for a 19-year-old. I soon realized that my dream of a TV and film career could become a reality.
How do you weave your professional background into the classroom experience?
I incorporate my 30 years of real-world experience into class projects to help transform students from filmviewers into filmmakers. I encourage them to explore a variety of filmmaking techniques and see for themselves which options work best on any given production. Casting talent, organizing crew, scouting locations, renting camera gear, dealing with weather issues, applying for permits, gathering releases, overcoming time and budget limitations...filmmakers face those challenges every day. So when students overcome those same hurdles, they become more confident—and more prepared for the professional world.
What class assignment exemplifies your approach to teaching and mentoring?
A student might have hundreds of good ideas. What matters is what they do with those ideas. My students take their ideas through the entire production process, from script to screen. By building on their creativity thorough the process, they learn that a good idea plus careful execution can equal a successful career in the film business.
How does collaboration contribute to students' success—particularly when students from various programs work together?
Films are never made by a single person—and we wouldn't want them to be. From writer to director to editor, many opinions and lots of hard work go into the production. By pooling talents from disciplines like fashion, audio, visual effects and design, a film can appear to have a much higher production value than the budget allows. Through teamwork, each individual's talents contribute to the film's overall success.
What's the most important thing you impart to students to help them succeed in class and the real world?
Today, all you need is a cell phone camera and editing software on your tablet to call yourself a filmmaker. What does that mean for filmmaking as a career choice? Has filmmaking been killed by Vimeo and YouTube? Not if we elevate filmmaking to something new. Students need to be daring and challenge themselves to change the way we look at films and TV. With new media outlets forming every day and screens popping up everywhere, the opportunity to connect with audiences in meaningful ways has never been more exciting.Read More...
I'm challenged by the opportunity to take my ideas and bring them to life. Marlon Munoz
Visual Effects & Motion Graphics, Miami International University of Art & Design, 2008


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BOSTON - Nathan Horton broke a tie midway through the third period with his fourth goal in four games and the Boston Bruins beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 with an aggressive attack that produced a season-high 50 shots Tuesday night.
While awaiting the arrival of newly acquired five-time NHL scoring leader Jaromir Jagr from the Dallas Stars, the Bruins shook off their recent offensive woes with their second straight win after losing five of their previous seven games.
Horton got his 12th goal of the season at 10:21 of the third period after goalie Robin Lehner stopped Milan Lucic's shot with his pad. But Horton scored on the rebound.
Colin Greening had given Ottawa a 1-0 lead 2:48 into the game before goals by David Krejci and Tyler Seguin 1:01 apart put Boston ahead 2-1 at 4:29 of the first period.
Andre Benoit tied the score at 1:55 of the third.


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Union, N.J. (10/6/12) – The Kean University football team scored 52 unanswered points on their way to topping Western Connecticut State University, 58-7, Saturday afternoon in NJAC action.
With the win, The Cougars remain undefeated in conference play with a 3-0 record, and push back over the .500 mark with a 3-2 overall record. The Colonials fall to 0-5 this fall and 0-4 in the New Jersey Athletic Conference.
For the third straight week, senior Darius Kinney racked up 200 yards on the ground, in addition to 32 in the air, while scoring three touchdowns total on the afternoon. Junior Christian Bailoni completed 10-of-14 passes good for 171 yards and three touchdowns as one of three quarterbacks used on the day for Kean.
Kean's 58 points scored are the most points scored in a single-game since 1992, when Kean recorded 70 points in their win over Salisbury.
The Cougars used their first possession to put points on the board as junior Sean McKee completed a seven play drive with a 36 yard run to give Kean a 6-0 lead (kick after failed).
The Colonials answered right back taking advantage of good field position as rookie Bobby Durham set up WCSU on their own 46 to start the drive. Quarterback Will Arndt got things going with a 13 yard rush that moved West Conn into Kean territory. A Cougar penalty setup the Colonials just outside the red zone and Arndt took advantage with a 22 yard pass to freshman Connor Falaguerra for a first-and-goal opportunity. Two plays later, Western Connecticut took their only lead of the day in what turned out to be their only score as junior Octavius McKoy rushed for one yard for the touchdown. The ensuing extra point gave West Conn a 7-6 lead.
The see-saw action continued as Kean scored on their next possession as Kinney capped a six play, 54 yard drive with a five yard rush for his first touchdown of the day, giving Kean a 13-7 lead, a lead they would not relinquish.
Kean added three more scores in the second quarter to take a 31-7 lead into halftime. McKee crossed the goal line for the second time on the afternoon with a 10 yard rush with just over five minutes to go in the quarter to put the score at 21-7. Senior Chris VanFechtmann intercepted Arndt on the very first play of WCSU's next possession and Kean used three plays to go ahead, 28-7. Kinney caught a short pass from Bailoni and raced his way 32 yards into the end zone. Junior Bill Cullen made it 31-7 with a 45 yard field-goal late in the first half.
Junior Chris Johnson would go on to record two touchdowns while Kinney tallied an 87 yard run as the Cougars tacked on another 27 points in the final 30 minutes of play.
On offense, senior Lou Haynes registered 53 yards in the air, including a 52 yard touchdown score in the third quarter. On defense junior Bob Klecha recorded five tackles with one sack (11 yards) and one forced fumble. Seniors Jerelle Peay and Mahmoud Ramadan each record four tackles with one tackle each for a loss.
For the Colonials, McKoy finished with 54 rushing yards with one touchdown while Arndt completed 11-of-25 passes for 73 yards. He was also intercepted three times and sacked twice. On defense junior Mike Lacaria led all players with 11 total tackles, including seven solo stops, while junior Tyler Ballard added 10.
Kean returns to action on Saturday, October 13th when they travel to William Paterson University.


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Man, what's the deal with you Canucks, eh? Just 'cause it's always winter up there means you guys can't compete for **** in the Summer Olympics?! C'mon now...
I was watching some trampoline events this morning. Some pretty kick ass stuff there. Wish I could do that. Looks fun!
You can almost guarantee a gold for the lovely duo of Misty May and Kerri Walsh in women's beach volleyball. I wouldn't mind being spiked by one of those two.
And so it shall be. (the Gold part, not Mikey getting any play off them)
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Sun, 08 May 2011 at 6:45 pm
Lady Gaga: 'Edge of Glory' on iTunes Tomorrow!
Check out the cover artwork for Lady Gaga's next single "The Edge of Glory!"
"Another shot before we kiss the other side. I'm on the edge of something final we call life," Lady Gaga wrote on her Facebook page.
The song will be released on iTunes TOMORROW (May 9) at 4pm EST!
Lady Gaga's Monster Ball concert special aired on HBO over the weekend. To find out when the special will be airing next, check out HBO.com!
Bigger cover artwork inside…
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Shaffer Trucking is currently hiring professional truck drivers to join their home weekly,
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My roommate and I played his first game of Brikwars today (which is about my third in two years), and it was fun shit. The battlefield was sparse and nobody took control of the canon or blew up the gas pump, so it's a net loss even though he killed off my dudes first.
His side was Han Solo on a tauntaun, a snow trooper, some jedi, some shogun, and some rebel. My army was a fiery skeleton (my MVP), some evil shogun, some chainsaw cyborg, some rebel, and a mummy warrior.
Some shots were fired, swords where swung, and bodies were exploded. The tauntaun got roasted by the fiery skeleton, who then got shot and exploded into little bony bits. The snow trooper took a massive 17 damage from the mummy's khopesh, and managed to have parts strewn across 1/4 of the battlefield.
Good stuff. Now, pictures!
Skeleton and trooper
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Gayle L. Curry
Color the Way
Governor's Gallery - December 17, 2012 - February 17, 2013
Throughout Gayle Curry's art career, she has worked with various media and subject matter. Recently, the medium of encaustic wax has taken her down a new path of discovery. "Exploring the character and individuality of wax opens up the abstract nature of this media," says the artist.
Curry is particularly drawn to abstraction because of its meditative qualities. "One of the benefits of painting is insight into myself," she says. "Sometimes I find that the painting guides me into a different direction and then it becomes collaboration of heart and mind." This attraction to insight is what led to the creation of the works in this exhibit, titled Color the Way. Here, Curry has interpreted many of the 81 verses of the ancient Chinese text Tao Te Ching, authored by Lao Tzu, a Chinese prophet. "I achieved personal revelations, which I translated into each painting," says Curry. "I employed a technique of applying layers of pigments and encaustic wax to capture the essence of each verse."
Painting with encaustics (wax) is an ancient art form, which has benefited from a resurgence in recent years. The wax, made up of beeswax and dammar resin crystals melted together, is colored with dry pigment or oil paint. It must be kept hot (about 200 degrees) during the painting process. It is applied with bristle brushes in layers to an absorbent surface, such as birch wood panels. The layers are fused with a heat gun or propane torch.
The word encaustic comes from the ancient Greek, meaning to burn in. Encaustic painting was practiced by Greek artists as far back as the 5th century B.C. Legend recalls that the Greeks applied coatings of wax and resin to waterproof their ships and that this led to pigmenting the wax for decoration.
This glazing process allows a depth and richness of color. "I love the extraordinary effects of depth and luminosity that can be achieved, the wonderful sense of transparency that you can play with, and the richness of textural possibilities," says Curry. "What I enjoy most is the involvement with the process itself; the sheer love of beautiful, natural materials, the completion of the process by sealing it with fire."
Curry says the purpose of her work is to find a way to express a vision without being literal. "I explore form, shape, and color and work them on a surface until I evoke emotion," she explains. Color is a significant component of her art. "I thrive on the challenge of its subtleties and possibilities, limitless in articulating a message. Creating tension is also part of my goal. It stirs surface and deep emotion in viewers and myself. I strive to combine calm and crazy, light and dark in order to construct an unexpected reaction."
Curry grew up in Cromwell, Oklahoma, and has lived in and around Oklahoma City since 1983. She studied commercial art at Oklahoma State University and owns and operates a commercial art studio. She currently exhibits her art at In Your Eye Studio and Gallery in the Historic Paseo Arts District where she serves as Vice President of the Paseo Arts Association. She also volunteers her time with the Oklahoma Art Guild, helping with workshops and marketing. Her artwork has earned numerous awards from statewide associations.


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Jesse Metcalfe & Josh Henderson: TBS/TNT Upfront 2013!
Jesse Metcalfe and Josh Henderson pair up while attending the 2013 TBS/TNT Upfront Presentation on Wednesday (May 15) at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.
The guys were joined by their Dallas co-stars Linda Gray, Patrick Duffy, Brenda Strong, Emma Bell, and Julie Gonzalo.
Also in attendance at the event: Lost Angels stars Jon Bernthal and Milo Ventimiglia, Legends' Sean Bean and Ali Larter, Men at Work's Danny Mastersonn, talk show host Conan O'Brien, and singer Cee Lo Green.
FYI: Josh is wearing John Varvatos pants and tie.
35+ pictures inside of the stars at the 2013 TBS/TNT Upfront Presentation…


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The following form allows you to view linux man pages.
The following list function is supported for any SELinux managent
Replace the function and object name as necessary.
extern int LIST_FUNCTION (
semanage_handle_t *handle,
semanage_OBJECT_t ***objects,
unsigned int* count);
The list function will return an array of all the objects in the
selected location.
The handle is used to track persistent state across semanage
calls, and for error reporting. The function will allocate and
populate the the array of objects, and store it at the location
pointed by objects. It will write the number of objects at the
location pointed by count. The array, and all its objects
become property of the caller. Each object must be freed with
This function requires an semanage connection to be established
(see semanage_connect(3) )
In case of failure, -1 is returned, and the semanage error callback is
invoked, describing the error. Otherwise a non-negative integer is
returned (a commit number). The same number will be returned by all
other semanage object read calls until the next commit.
semanage_handle_create(3), semanage_connect(3),
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A friend of TV presenter Reggie Yates has spilled the beans on his relationship with London model Jourdan Dunn.
BY Olivia Lidbury | 02 April 2012
Photo: REX/ David Venni
Just as we're still coming digesting the news that Katy Perry and metrosexual Chanel model Baptiste Giabiconi are really an item, up pops another unlikely celebrity couple: Reggie Yates and Jourdan Dunn.
Yates, who presents the BBC's new reality singing talent show, The Voice , is quite the ladies man, but has been secretive about revealing Dunn's identity.
In pictures: Serial celebrity model-daters
He recently alluded to his love life in an interview, simply saying: "I'm having fun but there's definitely one person who I'm spending a fair amount of time with. I met the girl I'm dating two years ago. We were texting for a little bit and now we're dating"
However a 'friend' has gone and spilled the beans to the Mail on Sunday about Yates, 28, and Dunn, who is the new face of Burberry's beauty line.
"They have been together for months but Reggie is not someone who wants to use his relationship to boost his career."
Jourdan on the catwalks for Emilio Pucci, Blumarine and Burberry. Photos: Vladimir Potop
Dunn, 21, made waves in the industry when she broke into modelling, with many commentators calling her the new Naomi Campbell. The West Londoner was scouted in her local branch of Primark, aged 16, and took time out a couple of years later to have a son, Riley, who is now three years old.
Predictably, Dunn has since pinged back into shape and clocked up numerous catwalk appearances across the recent international fashion weeks. She is a close friend of fellow top model, American Karlie Kloss, and tweeted about the two of them teaching little Riley football in the park over the weekend. Perhaps Yates, an avid Arsenal fan, can pick up where Kloss and her toe-pegging left off…


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Virginia Beach
Located in the southeastern corner of Virginia, along the shores of the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach epitomizes coastal living. With a population more than 440,000, this cosmopolitan resort city represents the largest community in Virginia.
Virginia Beach residents enjoy a distinctive blend of a laid-back, beach atmosphere coupled with the amenities of big-city living. Some of the benefits that life in this locale boasts include:
- Easy access to a popular oceanfront resort area
- Vibrant financial and shopping district
- One of the best public school systems in the nation
- Year-round coastal climate
- Distinctive cultural attractions and entertainment options
- An abundance of shopping and dining amenities
- Miles of acclaimed waterfront, boardwalk and beach access
Virginia Beach is widely recognized as one of the best places in the country to visit, live, work and play. As a sought-after destination for tourists and new residents alike, the locale consistently receives high praise, awards and accolades. Notably, The Today Show ranked Virginia Beach as #2 in its list of "100 Best Places to Raise a Family," and the city was listed by areavibes.com as one of the "Top 10 Cities with the Lowest Crime in America."
Although Virginia Beach is widely known for its resort area, the city is comprised of the following regions, offering prospective residents a variety of neighborhood and housing options:
- Resort Area
- Sandbridge/Pungo
- Chesapeake Bay Area (known to the locals as "Chick's Beach")
- Town Center
- Great Neck
- Little Neck
- Hilltop
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Update on Budget Format to Use for Applications to PAR-12-200
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
This Notice is to inform applicants who plan to PAR-12-200 "NIOSH Small Research Grant Program (R03)" https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-200.html that the following update relating to this announcement has been issued.
Under Section II. Award Information, Award Budget and Section IV Application and Submission Information 2. Content and Form of Application Submission, the following sentence is added:
Applicants must complete and submit budget requests using the Research & Related (detailed) Budget component. The applicant can obtain guidance for completing a detailed justified budget on the CDC website at the following Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/budgetguide.htm.
All other aspects of the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) remain unchanged.
For questions or further information, please contact:
Linda Frederick, PH.D.
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Following months of debate and a line-by-line dissection of next years budget, the East Hampton School Board has decided to go above the state-mandated 2 percent cap on tax levy increases.
The proposed budget represents a 2.43 percent increase in the tax levy. As such, it requires the approval of 60 percent of voters in order to pass.
The 2013 consumer price index is 1.46 percent, which would only have allowed the district to add $255,000 to the budget. The cap allows school districts to increase their budgets by either 2 percent or the consumer price index — whichever is lower.
"We took away everything possible. There's no fluff left in the budget," said Richard Burns, the district superintendent, at Tuesday night's board meeting. He said the cuts that would have had to accompany a 1.46 percent increase in this year's $64.2 million budget simply would not have been "enough to move forward with our district."
All told, the district sliced over $1 million from next year's preliminary budget.
"There was really no place left to go," said Patricia Hope, the school board president. This is the third consecutive year that East Hampton has made significant reductions in its annual budget. "Every department took a hit, every school took a hit, every grade level took a hit."
Among the cuts, the district eliminated seven paraprofessional positions and reduced an elementary school guidance counselor's position to part time, saving $316,000 altogether. Also cut were items related to materials, supplies, equipment, field trips, and professional conferences.
"We didn't make the decision lightly," said Jackie Lowey, a board member. "We cut things we didn't want to cut. It was painful."
While no one openly questioned the increase in the tax cap, the reduction in hours in the guidance counselor position at John M. Marshall Elementary School was met with some hostility.
Bridget Sokolowski currently holds the position. Besides her duties as a counselor, she also runs a program for children of divorced families and helps with attendance, scheduling, and state testing for students in grades 3 to 5. Come September, she will work a three-day week.
Candace Stafford, who runs the high school's guidance department, read from a lengthy letter urging that the board reconsider its decision.
Katrina Foster, pastor of St. Michael?s Lutheran Church in Amagansett, agreed, saying it was "much easier and far less expensive to raise a whole child than to try and fix a broken adult."
"What we do to the least and last among us is what matters the most," said Ms. Foster. "It's easiest to try and cut the budget for those least likely to organize and stand up for themselves."
Arthur Goldman, a teacher at the high school and co-president of the East Hampton Teachers Association, also spoke in favor of keeping Ms. Sokolowski as a full-time employee.
In a follow-up conversation yesterday, Ms. Hope emphasized that John Marshall would continue to staff a full-time psychologist and a full-time social worker. While the one guidance counselor for the 600 children at the school would be reduced to part time, Ms. Hope said that should the need for increased personnel arise, guidance counselors at either East Hampton Middle School or East Hampton High School could easily be reassigned. Currently, the high school has six guidance counselors, while the middle school has one.
"We would never leave the children hanging in times of crisis or in times of need," said Ms. Hope. "We are well-staffed."
A retired science teacher, she said the school budget was last voted down in the spring of 1978, when a contingency budget was adopted and anything extra eliminated. Come May, if 60 percent of district voters do not approve the budget, the school board can either submit it again or present a revised budget that is closer to the cap, or under.
Also at Tuesday's meeting, Lisa Benincasa, who heads the science department at East Hampton High School, told the board that four students recently placed at the semifinals of the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair. Peter Davis and Matthew Tyler Menold received a third-place award for their work in the field of microbiology. Alexander Osborne received honorable mention for his work in energy and transportation, and Lindsey Stevens won honorable mention for her work in cellular and molecular biology.
The board also listened to a presentation from a group of visiting Japanese exchange students. Led by James Stewart, a teacher at the high school, the group has been here for the past three weeks, staying with local host families. Mr. Stewart said he hoped the program, now in its 36th year, will result in a group of East Hampton students traveling to Japan next year.
Later in the meeting the board appointed Angel Farez to the position of part-time bus driver for a probationary period of 26 weeks. Beginning April 3, Mr. Farez will be paid an annual salary of $15,934. And, the board accepted the resignation of R.J. Etzel, head coach of the varsity baseball team.
The next budget workshop will be held on Tuesday night from 6 to 8 p.m. The annual budget vote will take place on May 20. Besides establishing a crisis service during phase one, a second phase would expand mental health services by hiring additional social workers and community health workers. The second phase would also include a mobile unit capable of going wherever there is urgent need. A third phase would bring Stony Brook psychiatrists to Southampton Hospital as part of an expanded residency program.
During the East Hampton School District's budget talks in recent weeks, Adam Fine, the high school principal, had asked the school board for a $30,000 increase for mental health services. Faced with a state-imposed 2-percent tax cap and more than $1 million in budget cuts, however, increases of this nature weree far from guaranteed. Though numbers are still being finalized, Mr. Fine is hopeful at least $5,000 will come through. "Something will be allocated, but not the $30,000, Patricia Hope, the school board president, said on Wednesday.
Mr. Fine, who spearheaded the effort to increase mental health services here, first meeting with Mr. Thiele last summer, said he was very pleased with the state promise of $150,000. "This is the beginning of a long process to secure adequate funding and services for our at-risk students. I look forward to continuing the mental health dialogue with our committed local elected officials," he said.
Further planning among those who comprised the group that came up with the request made to the state is underway. "Now that we have the state money, we will bring all of the members of the task force back together and plan next steps, including how to match funds and implement the proposal as we go forward," Mr. Thiele said in a press release. Mr. LaValle joined his colleague in the release, calling the state allocation "a crucial step in working toward necessary solutions for this under-served area." The legislators also noted this week that $500,000 had been approved for Lyme disease and tick borne illness prevention and treatment.


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Grad student's thesis work benefits rare plants
Reprinted from the Rare Plant Press
Graduate student Lauren "Ivy" Clark has been knee deep in seeds ever since
she started her Master's work at University of Washington. She first came to work with Rare Care in 2009 to develop protocols for propagating ten shrub-steppe species from seed for a project Rare Care was working on with BLM. Having developed an interest in germination ecology, Ivy also started working with Rare Care's rare plant seed collection, conducting germination tests on collections held in the Miller Seed Vault. This ongoing work dovetails nicely with her thesis work, in which she explores the potential for hybridization between golden paintbrush (Castilleja levisecta) and harsh Indian paintbrush (C. hispida).
Both Castilleja species occur on Puget Sound prairies, and hybridization has been observed in a nursery setting. Recent golden paintbrush reintroductions have resulted in both species growing in close proximity to one another at out-planting sites. After ascertaining that the same pollinator species frequent both species, Ivy collected seeds from both species where they co-occur and is propagating them in the greenhouse. She will evaluate morphological features of the progeny to determine whether and to what extent hybridization is occurring at these reintroduction sites and whether the risk of hybridization is reduced by increasing the distance between neighboring individuals of the two species.
Ivy has had an interest in plants for as long as she can remember. Growing up in Texas, her interest in the natural world was nurtured by her parents. She's held a variety of jobs since becoming a biologist, many of them restricting her to laboratories. Finding that she really enjoys being in the field, she hopes to use her skills and degree to work in the restoration ecology field. In the meantime, we are delighted to have her working on Rare Care projects and caring for our ex situ collection.