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Artist Spotlight features the best and brightest artists in their respective fields. PortPrep interviews each of them as they discuss their experiences on how they got into the arts, what it was like studying and getting a degree in arts and design, and the important traits necessary in becoming a successful artist. Click here to check out other interviews.
The Drawn to Success Portfolio Building Boot Camp is a collection of courses created by Karen Kesteloot that teaches high school seniors how to create an art portfolio that will get them into the best art and design programs in college. In particular, Karen's courses are designed to improve your drawing skills and translating your creativity and ideas into well-composed pieces in your portfolio. For more information about her courses, click here.
Alongside Karen is Garth Laidlaw, a recent graduate in the animation program at Sheridan College. While his courses are geared more towards students interested in becoming an animator, his knowledge on storyboarding and making better drawings should nonetheless call the attention of students who wants to better prepare themselves for challenges ahead in college.
We caught up with Garth as he discusses his experiences as an animator student in college and how his education has prepared him in the job market.
Tell us a little bit about yourself.
I'm Garth Laidlaw and I've been drawing for as long as I can remember. When I was a kid I would hoard any of those yellow sticky notepads that I could, and make little animations in them for when you flip the pages. Now, I'm making animation videos for the websites of many great people, illustrating children's books, hosting weekly figure drawing sessions in the community, and trying to fund many other personal projects for the future such as educational nutrition animation videos on Youtube.
How did you know that you wanted to study arts?
When I looked at my grades in the other subjects! No I actually did quite well in most aspects of high school, but just couldn't find a real niche in any of the other disciplines that are typically seen as less creative such as the maths and sciences. Truth be told, I think I knew I wanted to be in art for a long time but didn't choose an actual 'term' for it until I began hearing about Sheridan College's great 'animation' program. The idea of creating artwork for TV and video games had me very intrigued. That said I had no idea what skill level was required when I applied straight from high school! There was quite a knowledge-gap there.
Describe the kind of education you received prior to becoming the artist you are today. How did it affect you to become an artist?
Well I eventually got in to Sheridan and studied there. I will admit it took a while to really nestle into my artistic roots, and throughout college I had many, many doubts about my work and my future, as I've found out that all artists do. When I got into art school I actually just snuck by – with a portfolio grade just being accepted. Luckily, due to my high capacity for learning and meeting the challenge set by my peers, I caught up fairly quickly. Art school taught me a lot about the skills required to professionally produce art regularly, but more importantly, it taught me about the kind of artwork that I liked to produce. Going to art schools pushes and pulls you in a variety of directions and really gets you out of your comfort zone, which is exactly where the true growth occurs. Although there are many online ways to learn I truly hope that they never replace schools that require you to be there in person, as there is so many benefits that you get just in the interactions you get from socializing with friends and the fantastic faculty. This is absolutely invaluable. Developing a strong drawing ability is just the beginning.
Did your college education make it much more difficult for you to become a professional artist? Why or why not?
This is an interesting question because there is a great importance here. Going to art school made it far easier to technically prepare to produce artwork at the pace and skill level required of professional artists, but it actually was more difficult in a way. Once you're there, and you begin learning and growing from hearing about what it's like to be a professional artist from some of the faculty, you begin to realize all of the different roles that 'being an artist' really can entail. I had no idea of the vast options available in the various industries. I didn't even realize until I started animating what animating truly meant. There are so many roles in the various animation studios that don't even have to do with art specifically. Some require computer programming, some involve more organizational duties, yet all are still technically in the animation 'industry'. This is something that I feel students should be more aware of because if you love art and animation but am not sure if you like drawing that much, there are plenty of careers that involve many other skillsets. There's even jobs for illustrators who are very, very technical who LOVE designing fonts. I had no idea this could be a job for some.
Did you have to create an art portfolio as part of the requirements before studying arts? What was that like for you?
Sheridan College is apparently one of the toughest programs to get into that require an art portfolio, and after having gone through the process, I can see why. As I mentioned above, I had no idea of the fundamentals when I applied straight from high school, which is why I went through Sheridan's 'Art Fundamental' program first, luckily only for one year (many take multiple). The portfolio work for animation was very specific, which I was actually very thankful for. This said the actual drawing level required was like learning a whole new language because there were a lot of nuances that I feel like I couldn't have figured out coming straight from high school. The portfolio took me a few months, though with a proper work ethic and really knowing how to structure my days and make schedules, could have been shortened to a month. I will admit it's slightly hard to place myself back in that scenario now however – I felt like I was just a kid! Some of the technical requirements were figure drawing (often the weakest area for prospective students), animal drawing, a character rotation, that same character's facial expressions, storyboards, object drawings, perspective drawings, and some others. They are fairly straight forward sounding but actually leave room for plenty of creativity and this is where I feel high school doesn't prepare you for at all. Creative thinking is probably one of the most needed skills these days, and the way curriculums are currently set up are to encourage the opposite of that – structured, in-the-box thinking that adhere to only one or a few possible outcomes. To overcome challenges today – we need to switch gears drastically, especially if you hope to get into tough art schools.
What were the most important lessons you learned while studying how to practice art?
Some of the most important things I learned were really how to develop a work ethic that is best for me. I can't stress this enough. Again, I started in the bottom heap of students that got into the school, and arose in a much higher place by the end of it. It takes a fair amount of sacrifice and discipline, but now I feel that it's actually quite formulaic. I don't actually believe in inherent talent – I'm much more of a 99% perspiration 1% inspiration kind of person now. It is absolutely no accident that the people working for Pixar, Disney, Blizzard, etc. are there. They put in more hours AND/OR resources for learning than I, and many others, currently haven't. This said my perspective of those roles has also changed significantly after having one through school. Having this realization was actually fairly recent, and very relieving. For students in high school this is a great thing because it means that you really just have to find a way to continually fit 'artwork creation' into your schedule. Building a routine is far, far more important that creating ONE fantastic piece once in 3 months, at least while focusing on learning. I feel it's important to distinguish between art learning and art producing – a topic I'm currently writing about in a book I plan to release in the next year. There are those who definitely start off with better foundations, but playing a victimized role of not being good enough is the antithesis to artistic growth. Find a way to get regular artwork creation into your routine, and don't let it out. This is the most effective way to improve I've learned, though there is a lot more to it.
What should students consider before studying art?
They should consider that where they think they want to end up will likely change, even if slightly. And moreover that this isn't a bad thing! Your ideal image of that future professional artist role will change, but it will likely be for the better. You will be opened up to fully realize all of the various artistic/creative roles that our world really needs. Once you realize the empowering asset that artists are for communities, the opportunities are limitless. I'm still often amazed by various services on the internet for creative types, such as Kickstarter, or even newer, and more inspiring in my opinion, Patreon (look this one up – I have a campaign on there). You should also consider the potential to be a freelance artist – with the internet there is plenty of self-employed work potential. Technology is opening up doors for artists, which I feel is great. As a freelancer I feel far more self-sustainable as an artist than I feel I would have been even 10 years ago if I were trying the same thing.
What is being an artist like as an occupation? Does it have a a competitive market with lots of demand or is it a relatively small industry with select people and clients?
I'm only two years out of school, so it's hard to say. I keep hearing my teacher's advice from art school in that the first 5 years are the hardest – when we're working hard to make a name for ourselves. The competitive market is there, but I feel it's greatly exaggerated and also somewhat artificially created by our culture of inherent scarcity. There is PLENTY of opportunity for artists today – it just takes a different way of thinking and approaching 'work' than it did in the past. Thinking more creatively should come natural to artists, but I feel that many are still stuck in the old ways of thinking that you need to be employed by someone, and going to the office every day. The truth is, with technology being where it is, I'd find it difficult to justify artists being so locked-in to such roles. I can send my artwork anywhere in the world in a second, whether it's a huge illustration or a video uploaded to Vimeo or Youtube.
This said the mainstream animation industry is very close knit I've been slowly realizing. This is nice in a way, because it's very easy to obtain resourceful information about the current state of many professionals and their studios. However, it is also a problem because the amount of students that post-secondary art institutions are releasing into the professional world is far too many – they're increasing the cap of students admitted every year which is going to vastly change the actual quality of education received by those students.
This is why I truly believe in what myself and Karen are creating with these extracurricular education programs. I feel this is really where education needs to go if it's going to create prepared, adaptable, and confident artists for the future. There is still so much red tape in institutional learning even within many art schools. For example, in my final year of animation I wanted to team up with other friends to create our 'Thesis Film' as a team instead of each of us creating our own films. This wasn't part of the curriculum so it was not accepted despite the fact that what we were trying to create is exactly the kind of structure that a real studio would look like if we were working in the industry. No lone artist is responsible for animation, painting backgrounds, video compositing, visual effects, and all of the other important aspects of the production. Education needs to be far more flexible and lucrative to allow for innovation outside of the structured realms of the curriculum. This may be a tangent but I feel this information is vitally important to get out there.
What are some of the obstacles that being an animator has to overcome?
You have to overcome what you feel most comfortable creating as an artist. As a simple example I felt very out of place drawing cartoons. I preferred to draw realistic, action characters and battles (think most video games today) because that was just most comfortable. When I was pushed from this place of drawing what came most naturally to me, I realized that I actually could enjoy drawing cartoons too! This really made me re-evaluate what I 'enjoyed' and 'didn't enjoy' and also made me more adaptable as an artist – capable of switching styles when I need to.
Aside from this, you need to overcome your current perception of 'hard work'! This may sound daunting, but a lot is required of artists. Artists should be seeking their profession in the same way an Olympic swimmer would pursue swimming (spoiler: they swim everyday), which again comes back to building an artistic routine. Like exercise, creative work is all about continually flexing the right muscles to allow for maximum growth. I still struggle with this as I find myself contacting clients and e-mailing a lot of the time when I should be spending the time animating or illustrating. It's all a balance, but it's absolutely worth it. I still fully believe that this is the most fulfilling profession that I can imagine myself doing as long as I am allowed creative exploration and control of my work.
Lastly, you need to overcome your attachment to you artwork. Your work will inevitably be critiqued by either peers or teachers, or eventually even clients, and this is ALWAYS going to be a really hard thing to deal with early on, and sometimes even now. It takes a lot of willpower to try and learn from it as opposed to taking advice personally. Don't be defensive – take your ego out of the equation and you will allow plenty of space for growth in whatever industry you hope to break in to.
What are the keys to success in becoming a great artist?
I'll let you know when I find them! Really, there are plenty of ways of approaching this discipline, and I think the first is to realize, as I mentioned with the Olympic swimmer, that IT IS a discipline. Although it can be incredibly fun to create stories and illustrate them, there will also always be those times that you feel as though you're slaving away at your easel/desk/computer trying to create artwork. On a slightly embarrassing point, I feel as though I will be very grateful one day for all of the times that I sacrificed elements of my social life to further my learning and understanding of art. Every now and then I find myself inside on a Friday or Saturday night in my house while many of my friends are out, creating new artwork or reading (equally important – whole other discussion). It's tough to see what these intense creative times mean in the long term, but something tells me that these early sacrifices will pay off in the long term. Those odd times that I create something I'm quite proud of pay off immediately! My best advice is to really chase those feelings. You know how you feel when you create something you love? Even if it's a fleeting emotion, follow that. That is the good stuff. The feeling of creation and expression is one of the most empowering feelings of fulfillment I've experienced, and I'm not alone. I hope that I can help other artists develop their skills to find, or better yet, create work doing the things they love.


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Lulu has been practicing a string of Italian songs in preparation for her school's Christmas Concert – set for later this afternoon.
Although I am still not fluent in Italian, the repertoire includes a ditty about Moses, Jericho, something with a lot of "Hallelujahs" in it – and then, rather out of the blue, the rousing 1960's Gospel song "Oh Happy Day!" Yes, she sings it in English, but slightly off-key and with the cutest Italian accent ever.
Aliotti Elementary kids have been hard at work at school and Lulu has been practicing a lot here at home too – singing while she sets the table, singing in the bathtub, before she goes to bed, you get the idea.
Last night, she grabbed a baton and began "conducting" a choir of her stuffed animals. She sang pretty loudly. I didn't hear much from them, however.
Lulu will be joining her fellow classmates to sing in an impressive 11th century stone church in the historic center of our adopted medieval town here in Arezzo.
It's called the Santa Maria della Pieve and it is festooned in columns and carvings and stands guard overlooking the town's main pedestrian shopping street, Corso Italia.
There's even a gold-cased relic inside that supposedly holds the head of Arezzo's patron Saint – St. Donato (who apparently was beheaded up the hill near where the duomo now stands and his head rolled down here! – His body is enshrined up at the duomo. I am not making this up!).
Tour groups often stop in front of it and get lectures from their flag-holding guides.
When I was a kid, I sang in a few Christmas concerts. A couple in my tiny school's auditorium or gymnasium. A few at the tiny little Methodist church we attended in Parker City, Indiana.
But never in an eleventh century Italian church – complete with Saint's head.
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It's my second year of teaching
It's my second move between states
It's my second year of marriage
I'm living in my second apartment
This is my second blog.
With the first you expect newness, the second is supposed to be more comfortable, more predictable. No one told me the second is just as difficult, it sneaks up on you!
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The Chinese president says he is going after both "tigers" and "flies." What Xi Jinping means by that is simple. Corrupt officials large and small, beware, because the authorities are coming for you.
The biggest tiger in the government's crosshairs right now might be 71-year-old Zhou Yongkang, China's powerful former security chief. Zhou is not officially under investigation. But if the speculation turns out to be true, he would become the highest-ranking official to be investigated for corruption since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
Zhou has been under virtual house arrest since late last year, when the government reportedly began looking into charging him with official misdeeds.
In the latest sign of trouble for Zhou, one of his former aides was just expelled from the ruling Communist Party and removed from his post. The government's anti-corruption watchdog released a statement that said Guo Yongxiang, a former vice-governor of Sichuan province, had accepted bribes and was "morally corrupt."
Guo joins a growing list of people connected to Zhou Yongkang who are coming under government suspicion. According to Reuters, Chinese authorities have seized $14.5 billion in assets from relatives and associates of Zhou, and they have called in more 300 of Zhou's relatives, political allies, proteges for questioning.
There is another government crackdown playing out in China.
Three members of a group called the "New Citizens Movement" were expected to be put on trial this week. The founder of the movement, lawyer Xu Zhiyong was sentenced in January to four years in prison. A 46-year-old lawyer and activist, Ding Jiaxi, along with an unemployed 42-year-old man named Li Wei are now being charged with "gathering a crowd to disturb public order."
A third activist and, 44-year-old Zhao Changqing, who took part in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, was also expected to be charged with the same offense.
A lawyer for one of the defendants, Jiang Yuanmin told the BBC that his client committed no crime.
"People like Ding Jiaxi and Li Wei, they just want government officials to report their assets," he said. "This goes against the interests of a vast majority of officials. So the government is afraid.
And there lies some tragic irony, say human rights groups. The Chinese government says it wants to crack down on official corruption. But at the same time, it is arresting and jailing activists calling for more government transparency.
So, what is the New Citizens Movement exactly?
"It's a loosely-knit group," says China director for Human Rights Watch, Sophie Richardson. The group's members are "lawyers, writers, concerned citizens, bloggers – all across the country – who've essentially started to come together, typically over meals," she says. "[They meet] to talk about what it means to be a good citizen."
When the activists zeroed in on the issue of public asset disclosure for government officials about a year ago, it started to raise the ire of national and local authorities, Richardson says.
"[Chinese President] Xin Jinping has made numerous speeches about the importance of cracking down on corruption, and he is running the country. These people, the New Citizens Movement, have essentially said the same thing. And they are facing prison sentences."
Richardson says the message is clear. "It's the Party that will decide who gets to talk about corruption, who gets prosecuted, and who is not allowed to be part of that discussion."
What is so concerning about the prosecution of these particular anti-corruption activists, Richardson says, is that "they are the moderate middle."
"These are not people that are calling for the overthrow of the Party. These are not people who engaging in any kind of violence. And the fact that even this kind of activism is so intolerable to the authorities is a distressing sign of what Xi Jinping's tenure is going to be like."


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Archive: Spring 2005
Vietnamese International
Film Festival
The 2nd Vietnamese International Film Festival (ViFF) will run from April 7 - 10 and from 14 -17, 2005. The eight-day festival presents 37 films, including shorts and features, produced and shot in the U.S., Canada, France, Belgium, Cambodia, Vietnam, Cuba, and Australia. Invoking the theme Beyond Boundaries, the films explore a wide range of subject matters including immigrant narratives, new and aging generations, hyphenated identity, and re-piecing family and tradition in the aftermath of the war. Highlights of the film festival include Minh Nguyen-Vo's Buffalo Boy, an epic coming-of-age story currently sweeping the international film circuit with awards; original documentaries like Duc Nguyen's Cuban saga Mediated Reality and Trinh Nguyen's herbal secrets Tiger's Apprentice; events to recognize renowned filmmaker/scholar Trinh T. Minh-ha; a spotlight program on actor Long Nguyen (Green Dragon, First Morning, Running in Tall Grasses); and a retrospective on the award-winning Cyclo, directed by Tran Anh Hung.
Most screenings will take place at UCI Film and Video Center (FVC), but the festival in its entirety takes place in various locations throughout Southern California. Please visit the official Vietnamese International Film Festival Web Site for more information and details on the complete screening program.
SET 3: Citizen of Nowhere
Saturday April 9 • HIB 100 • 3 - 5:30pm
• From There to Here Vu Tran • 33 min • USA
• Mediated Reality Duc Nguyen • 45 min • USA/Cuba
• Discussion: From Little Havana to Little Saigon • 30 min
• Q&A Session
Saturday April 9 • HIB 100 • 7 - 9pm
• Spirits (Oan Hoan) Victor Vu 105 min USA
• Q&A Session
SET 5: Lovas and Hatas
Sunday April 10 • HIB 100 • Noon - 2pm
Senior Citizen Day: 60+ free admission
• Revenge 7.2 Billy-Vu Lam 2 min USA
• Destination: Heaven Billy-Vu Lam 2 min USA
• The Hunt Billy-Vu Lam 3 min USA
• A Silent Night Andy Nguyen 11 min Vietnam/USA
• Color Blind Ethan Tran 10 min USA
• Cost of Life Steven Nguyen 6 min USA
• Walking Distance Anthony H Nguyen 31 min USA
• What's for Dinner, Dear? John Nguyen 4 min USA
• Running in Tall Grasses Howard Duy Vu 15 min USA
• Q&A Session
SET 6: Tracing Traditions
Sunday April 10 • HIB 100 • 3:30 - 5:30pm
Senior Citizen Day: 60+ free admission
• Urge Siu Ta 10 min Canada
• Taay Noouoc Maem Nguyean Ninh Nhan 9 min France
• Journey from the Fall Featurrette Tran Quang Ham 10 min USA
• Tiger's Apprentice Trinh Nguyen 57 min USA
• Q&A Session
SET 7: Journey of Yellow Skin: Spotlight on Actor/Artist Long Nguyen
Sunday April 10 • HIB 100 • 7 - 9pm
Senior Citizen Day: 60+ free admission
• SunShine Nguyean Nouc Minh 20 min USA
• Running in Tall Grasses Howard Duy Vu 15 min USA
• Apsara Colin McGreal 27 min Cambodia
• Clips from Journey, Green Dragon, Heaven and Earth, First Morning
• Q&A Session
UCI FVC Special Event: A Tribute to Trinh T. Minh-ha
Thursday April 14 • HIB 135 • 4 - 10pm
4:00pm-6:00pm Panel Discussion with Trinh T. Minh-ha (Free)
6:00pm-7:00pm Reception
7:00pm-9:00pm Night Passage Trinh T. Minh-ha 118 min USA, 2004
9:00pm-9:30pm Q&A Session
Born in Vietnam, Trinh T. Minh-ha is a filmmaker, writer and composer. Her works include: seven films • Night Passage (98 mins narrative, 2004) • The Fourth Dimension (87 min Digital Video, 2001), A Tale of Love (108 mins, 1995), an experimental narrative, •Shoot for the Contents (102 mins, 1991), a film on culture, art and politics in China, •Surname Viet Given Name Nam (108 mins, 1989), a film on identity and culture through the struggle of Vietnamese women, •Naked Spaces - Living is Round (135 mins, 1985), and •Reassemblage (40 mins, 1982); eight books, including The Digital Film Event (forthcoming 2005), Cinema Interval (1999), Drawn from African Dwellings (in coll. with Jean-Paul Bourdier, 1996), Framer Framed (on film, 1992), When the Moon Waxes Red, (on representation, gender and cultural politics, 1991), Woman, Native, Other (on post-coloniality and feminism, 1989), En minuscules (poems, 1987), African Spaces - Designs for Living in Upper Volta, (in coll. with J.-P. Bourdier, 1985; and two large-scale multi-media installations, Nothing But Ways (in coll. with L Kirby, 1999, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco), The Desert is Watching (in coll. with Jean-Paul Bourdier, 2003, Kyoto Art Biennale)
The recipient of several awards and grants (including the AFI National Independent Filmmaker Maya Deren Award, fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment of the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, the American Film Institute, The Japan Foundation, and the California Arts Council), her films have been given over thirty retrospectives in the US, the UK, Spain, the Netherlands, Slovenia, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Japan and Hong Kong, and were exhibited at the international contemporary art exhibition Documenta 11 (2002) in Germany. They have shown widely in the States, in Canada, Senegal, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as in Europe and Asia (including in Italy, Belgium, Spain, Sweden, Finland, Japan, India, Taiwan, Jerusalem,. Reassemblage was exhibited at The New York Film Festival (1983) and has toured the country with the Asian American Film Festival among other festivals. Naked Spaces received the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Experimental Feature at the American Int'l. Film Festival and the Golden Athena Award for Best Feature Documentary at the Athens International Film Festival in 1986; it toured nationally and internationally with the 1987 Biennial of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Surname Viet Given Name Nam has received the Merit Award from the Bombay International Film Festival, the Film as Art Award from the Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art (SF Museum of Modern Art) and the Blue Ribbon Award at the American Film and Video Festival. Shoot for the Contents won the Jury's Best Cinematography Award at the 1992 Sundance Film Festival and the Best Feature DocumentaryAward at the Athens International Film Festival, and toured internationally with the 1993 Biennale of the Whitney Museum. A Tale of Love,has shown internationally in over twenty-four film festivals.
Trinh Minh-ha has traveled and lectured extensively—in the States, as well as in Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand—on film, art, feminism, and cultural politics. She taught at the National Conservatory of Music in Dakar, Senegal (1977-80); at universities such as Cornell, San Francisco State, Smith, and Harvard, Ochanomizu (Tokyo); and is Professor of Women's Studies and Rhetoric (Film) at the University of California, Berkeley.
co-sponsored by the UCI Humanities Research Institute. the Humanities Center, the Asian American Studies Department, and the UCI Graduate Program in Visual Studies.
SET 10: Not Another X On The Map
Friday April 15 • HIB 100 • 7 - 11pm
High School Day: High School Students free w/ ID
• Perfections David Rowe 3 min USA
• Walking Distance Anthony H Nguyen 31 min USA
• Fish Sauce Breath Thao Huong Ngoc Nguyen 7 min Australia
• You Got Beef? Paul Nguyen 4 min Canada
• From There to Here Vu Tran 33 min USA
• Discussion: Communities in Solidarity 25 min
• Q&A and Discussion
• One Mic (open mic presented by Mai Piece)
SET 11: I Dream of Home
Saturday April 16 • HIB 110 • Noon - 5pm
Mother Vietnam Cuong Simon Phan 18 min USA, 2001
Buoåi Chieàu Kim Spurlock 10 min USA, 2004
Each Grain of Rice John Cherry, Kirsten Mallyon 52 min Vietnam, 2003
Symposium: Cultural Identity in the Arts
Saturday April 16 • HIB 100 • 7 - 9pm
• Cyclo Tran Anh Hung 123 min France/Vietnam
• Q&A Session
Sunday April 17 • HIB 100 • Noon - 3pm
• Deserted Valley Phaim Nhuea Giang 90 min Vietnam, 2002
• Q&A Session
SET 14: Return To Self
Sunday April 17 • HIB 110 • 3 - 9pm
• Movie Star Viet Nguyen 25 min USA
• Girl Talk Tuan Kien Nguyen 6 min USA
• Who am I? Lea Thanh Son 31 min Vietnam
• Tuesdays After Quyen Tran 9 min USA
• A Soul Apart Van M Pham 16 min USA
• Q&A Session
Closing Night 6:00pm-7:30pm
• Buffalo Boy Nghiem-Minh Nguyen-Vo 102 min France/Belgium/ Vietnam
• Q&A Session
• Awards Ceremony


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Waipoua Forest Giant Kauri Coast tour - 1 day
Meet the ancient 2 giant Kauri trees. Te Matua Ngahere - The Father of the Forest - is between 2,500 and 3,000 years old and the oldest kauri tree in the world. The Lord of the Forest - the giant Tane Mahuta - is the biggest Kauri tree in the world.
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Setting out from Hokianga by coach, your Maori guide will brief you on the protocols for your visit to the Waipoua Forest. Stepping into our special world you will be walking under the same way that guided our ancestor Kupe from legendary Hawaiiki to New Zealand. On the paths of the forest we meet trees that were already giants before his arrival and that were standing before the birth of Christ.
You will experience the affinity that early Maori had with the forest and the deep spiritual respect they hold for the giants still growing there. Learn of the rich bird life and other fauna that inhabits the forest and witness the transitions of life.
Waipoua Forest Giant Kauri Coast tour - 1 day, Unit B2, 13 Puriri St, New Lynn, Auckland Central, Auckland, 0600, New Zealand.
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If Apple decides to join Samsung in releasing a phone with a curved screen, as has been reported, the move would illustrate a curious fact about the two rivals: In some ways, the two companies' businesses are entwined.
Apple's 2017 product line may include a 5.5-inch — or larger — phone with a "screen bent on the two sides" like Samsung's top-end phones, a source told Nikkei Asian Review. Though the change is yet unconfirmed by Apple, it would introduce a "me too feature" that competitor Samsung already has.
"Samsung and Apple are already in a strange relationship — they are like friend-enemy," said Jennifer Colegrove, CEO of Touch Display Research. "Samsung knows Apple's power. They have so many friends around the world, and they can leverage Apple's brand and popularity."
For this new feature, if it does indeed emerge, Apple would likely need Samsung's expertise to provide the niche technology behind curved smartphone screens, experts say. But Samsung, in turn, is in need of new buyers to profit from the expensive manufacturing, they said.


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Yesterday was a good day!
I finally got to pick up the necklace I designed with my mom about two months ago.
How did I get to design a necklace, you ask?
Well... my mom has been taking care of her mother for quite some time now, and my grandmother wanted to thank my mom with a nice present. Mom wanted some jewelery, but wanted it to be really special, so it would always remind her of her mother. But she couldn't find the right piece, untill she saw the possibility to design and make your own necklace or ring with one of our favorite goldsmiths (Wim Meeussen).
This way, mom would have a necklace given to her by her mother, and designed by her daughter (ooh, how sweet :)) I wanted the design to represent me, so I made a paper flower (the one I use on card a lot) as an inspiration. My mom now has a gold version of 'our' necklace, and I have a silver one.
Here are some pictures of the day we designed the necklace
And this is the result! Tadaaaa
What do you think? I loooove it! :)
Thanks for visiting!
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Lookie here! I designed a necklace!
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Wow Sarah! Zooooooo prachtig! Dit mogen ze mij ook cadeau geven :) !BeantwoordenVerwijderen
wow, this is such a gorgeous design, Saran!! I wish I could do something like this too, so special!!BeantwoordenVerwijderen
That is gorgeous, Sarah! And what a wonderful gift!BeantwoordenVerwijderen
PRICELESS! Gorgeous design, Sarah! Your mom will LOVE it!BeantwoordenVerwijderen
What an incredible gift, Sarah! That necklace is a treasure...I'm sure your mom will cherish it!BeantwoordenVerwijderen
How absolutely wonderful! I love how it turned out! Why don't you post a picture with you or your Mom wearing one to show us the scale?BeantwoordenVerwijderen
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I am using Union to develop a multi-users IOS application. I am facing a problem of losing account login session.
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New road connects 10 rural communities
By Antonio De Jesús Aguado
Miguel Márquez Márquez, the governor of Guanajuato, visited the rural community of Cruz del Palmar to inaugurate the road that will connect more than 10 communities such as Montecillo de Nieto, San Isidro de Bandita, El Salto, La Cuadrilla and Banda, among others. Seven kilometers of roadway had already been laid, and with funding from federal, state and local sources, amounting to 12 million pesos, three more kilometers were finished. Márquez said that with the new pavement cars will last longer. Nubia Mayorga Delgado, director of the National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Communities (CDI), commented that two more kilometers of roadway will be constructed, and they are already working to get the permits from the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation. She also commented that the roads in indigenous communities will allow inhabitants easier access to health and educational services. The inhabitants performed a ritual for the inauguration.
The same day, a group of indigenous women received federal resources to start workshops, family orchards and other microbusinesses. With this support they can begin to improve their quality of life; Mayorga commented that women excel at administration and are hard workers with a good sense of responsibility and decision making. Additional financial resources were handed over to support justice and gender equality.
During this event, San Miguel's mayor, Mauricio Trejo, asked for Mayorga's support for the construction of a much-needed bridge in La Cuadrilla. She responded affirmatively, stating that the bridge will be built with financial resources from the federal (70 percent) and state governments (30 percent).


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Celts in San Miguel and the St. Joe's parade
By Joseph Toone
March 17 is St. Patrick's Day. Mexicans use the day to honor the San Patricios. These Irish immigrants to the US were drafted into the army and sent to fight in the Mexican-American War (1846–48). Dismayed at fighting fellow Catholics and suffering from mistreatment by their Protestant commanders, hundreds of the Irish soldiers deserted to the "enemy" and formed the San Patricio Brigade of the Mexican Army. Dozens were killed in battle, and many more were captured and executed as deserters by the Americans. The Mexicans remember them fondly as "The Irish Martyrs" and as heroes.
There is a late afternoon parade that ends at the Parroquia. Throughout the day people visit the St. Patrick statue in the Parroquia to place milagros (miracles) on his clothing to invite his intercession for specific causes.
March 19 is St. Joseph's Day. San José, the husband of the Virgin Mary, is one of the patron saints of San Miguel. The day is marked by a late afternoon parade featuring many depictions of St. Joseph, fireworks and a special mass at the Oratorio church.
St. Joseph is rarely mentioned in the Bible but is considered the most powerful of the saints and the only saint to have two feast days: March 19 is for St. Joseph, as patron of fatherhood, and May 1 as the patron of workers. Until recently it was common for most Mexican men to have the first name of José (and women, Maria).
St. Joseph's traditional colors are yellow and green. He is often depicted in art holding the baby Jesus and a lily. The lily with St. Joseph reminds us that his spouse was the spotless Virgin Mary.


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Planning any sort of meal that is going to sharing amongst a large group of people will always have its unique challenges – if you're planning a wedding, you'll see that even more importantly than picking up the right wedding rings there is choosing the appropriate buffet format. You have to consider the multiple flavors and colors of your food and avoid anything that clashes as people will often pile a little bit of everything on their plates. One struggle that is extremely common is taking various dietary restrictions into account. If your event is of a smaller scale and you know everyone who will be attending, it is easier to know every individuals food allergies and preferences –who is a vegetarian, who is vegan, who can't have shellfish, who eats gluten-free food, etc. However, any sort of event banquet is usually on the larger scale and so it is impossible to know everyone's dietary restrictions. Therefore, it is important to provide a variety in what you are serving so that your guests are satisfied.
One of the problems with gluten-free cooking for any occasion is that, while there is an abundance of recipes out there, it can be a problem trying to separate the good from the less-than edible. Often, when one is attempting to substitute foods that do not contain gluten for those that normally would, the flavor and texture both leave something to be desired. You may need to try out a few different things before you find ones that you like or that you would be willing to serve to other people. I should also suggest the importance of providing both sweet and savory options to your guests –making sure you have something for everybody, although still make sure that the flavors don't contrast too much.
While it would behoove you to provide options that contain meat for the more carnivorous of your guests, a great deal can be achieved through cooking vegetarian options beyond a simple veggie tray. Something like combining spinach with goat cheese can be a classic and killer combination –you can wrap it in pastry and bake it for a simple finger food or you can cook it in a skillet with some mushrooms and garlic for a delicious side dish. Of course, if you don't want to go through the hassle of cooking hot food and keeping it warm while everyone picks away at it (which is especially tricky if you don't have enough equipment or room to maintain such as setup), a simple cold fork buffet will be just as good at half the hassle. Using salads for a variety of color that will please the eye and contrasting them with a nice deli plate and an assortment of breads. Add a lovely centerpiece and you've got an instant buffet with as little stress possible.


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When we think of Tortoises, what usually comes to mind are giant highly-domed land dwelling turtles with stumpy legs; slowly moving about minding their own business while calmly munching on some type of plant matter.
Though many tortoises are quite large, such as the Galapagos Tortoise, there are in fact some tortoises that are quite small. One such animal is the African Speckled Tortoise which only grows to about 4" (10 cm) long. Most tortoises do have high-domed shells (with only a couple exceptions) and they are all exclusively land dwellers eating primarily vegetation. They are quite ackward swimmers, and if they get in water that is too deep they can easily drown. They are quite long-lived, with 50 or more years not being unreasonable.
Tortoises are recommended only for an experience keeper, as they can have very specific temperature and humidity requirements. Many species can get quite big and will need a large environment. They are also subject to more serious health problems than other types of turtles and many tortoises are endangered. .
Tortoises are offered for sale at pet stores, reptile shows, or through breeders; and can be moderately priced or extremely expensive.
PLEASE do not ever release a tortoise, or any reptile pet into the wild. There are adoption organizations that will take your unwanted pet, no questions asked, and find the proper captive environment for it. (www.ttpg.org for details){C}


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Daily and weekly corn price momentum indicators are over bought and are warning of a price correction, says David Reinbott, agriculture business specialist with the University of Missouri Extension.
"I would not be surprised to see a 40 cent price break at any time. With the prices being offered at this time, it may not be a bad idea to make some sales," he says.
Reinbott takes a look at corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton and rice in his latest Grain Marketing Commentary.


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Ooh, I am in love with this pillow! And not just because I amazed myself by figuring out the blocks correctly. (My brain strains on spacial reasoning.) The combo of orange and blue, with the dark grey and white is just so wonderfully bold. And I love the dense diamond cross-hatch quilting in light blue. And really I just can't be happier than when I'm sewing with Alison Glass fabric.
For the back, I pulled from my stash this grey fabric that's so wonderfully soft to the touch. Then for fun, I added this neat Kokka deer print with a sateen feel I bought when I was in Spain for a pretty penny.
This is where I got clever. I didn't want to waste fabric making a band when half of it would be hidden inside the pillow. Instead, I sewed a strip to the back of the grey, then pulled it around front and carefully ironed the seam. I folded over about 1/4" on the top of the band and ironed it flat, and then top stitched at the bottom and top. And voila! A nice detail without wasting fabric.
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Midland Independent School District in Texas had a data breach when an administrator's car was "broken into" (it's the correct expression, but the car was not locked so it wasn't as much "breaking and entering" as much as it was "opening and entering"). Information for approximately 14,000 past and present students at Midland ISD was compromised because a laptop computer was stolen (no, the device was not protected with laptop encryption software like AlertBoot).Usually, the problem is a result of an employee not knowing or understanding a particular organization's computer security and usage policies. However, in this case, it looks like there's less than meets the eye: according to cbs7kosa.com, Midland ISD didn't have such policies in place.
The data breach was caused when a laptop computer and an external hard drive were stolen from a school administrator's unlocked car. Approximately 14,000 students' SSNs and dates of birth were breached in this information security incident. Students affected include "all current students from seventh grade through high school seniors, along with graduates dating to the class of 2008" according to nbcdfw.com.Despite reports all around that encryption software was not used, nbcdfw.com notes that " [Midland school Superintendent Ryder] Warren said the information in the computer was coded and password-protected, but not on the external hard drive."Of course, password-protection is not really protection. Easy ways to get around it include using a Linux CD to bypass the "protection", using a Windows recovery CD, or even hooking a laptops internal hard drive to a second computer. This is the main reason why data breach laws provide exceptions from legal action when computer encryption software is used but not when "password protection" is used.However, I've learned over the past five years or so that, if people confuse password-protection with encryption, they're also liable to confuse it the other way around as well. Regardless, seeing how the external hard drive was not protected at all, there is no room for giving the benefit of the doubt on this one.A simple thing like using file encryption or volume encryption on the external hard drive would have prevented this particular data breach. (Incidentally, this is available for free when you use AlertBoot full disk encryption because, well, copying data off of a computer is one of classic ways that FDE can be "bypassed").
The fact that a proper computer usage policy wasn't in place is astounding when you consider the nature of the information that was being handled by the administrator and the fact that she was authorized to take it home as necessary:There really was no specific policy in place about employees bringing sensitive data home.Superintendent Dr. Ryder Warren says various employees work remotely and they do have data on laptops and hard drives. He says it's on a "need to know" basis, depending on their job requirements. [cbs7kosa.com]According to the same article, the administrator needed that information on her person:"She handles graduation accountability rates which are based on TEA, cohort data, which is what was on the hard drive. She often conducts home visits of currently coded dropouts to assist them in reenrolling in school, so she is basically always in her car," Warren said.One may ask, "what's the use of computer security policies if they're rarely followed – people ignore them all the time – and read even less?" The point is that an organization that creates such a policy also produces ways to sustain those policies. For example, if Midland had created a policy where (a) employees are authorized to transport student data and (b) they're required to use encryption when doing so, then (c) the school has to provide some kind of means of doing so, either by providing them with the proper tool or by showing them where they can get it (there are free FDE software available like TrueCrypt).Why would I freely advertise a free option over our own AlertBoot? Easy. TrueCrypt is pretty good, but it tends to lack the underlying built-in foundation that makes it ideal for organizations that are looking for mass deployment of encryption on multiple computers, such as the ability to push encryption installation and policy updates, remote management, and encryption key backup, to mention a few examples.Furthermore, laws and regulations generally require documentation (preferably unassailable) that encryption was used in the even that a laptop is used. With TrueCrypt, there is no easy way to prove its installation after the fact, whereas a solution like AlertBoot keeps detailed logs, via the cloud, of a machine's encryption status. In fact, AlertBoot's encryption reports are regularly used by clients the world over as proof of encryption when devices are lost.
There really was no specific policy in place about employees bringing sensitive data home.Superintendent Dr. Ryder Warren says various employees work remotely and they do have data on laptops and hard drives. He says it's on a "need to know" basis, depending on their job requirements. [cbs7kosa.com]
"She handles graduation accountability rates which are based on TEA, cohort data, which is what was on the hard drive. She often conducts home visits of currently coded dropouts to assist them in reenrolling in school, so she is basically always in her car," Warren said.


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|Nov 13, 2014
The answer is blowing in the intergalactic wind
|(Nanowerk News) Astronomers from the University of Toronto and the University of Arizona have provided the first direct evidence that an intergalactic wind is stripping galaxies of star-forming gas as they fall into clusters of galaxies. The observations help explain why galaxies found in clusters are known to have relatively little gas and less star formation when compared to non-cluster or field galaxies.
|Astronomers have theorized that as a field galaxy falls into a cluster of galaxies, it encounters the cloud of hot gas at the centre of the cluster. As the galaxy moves through this intra-cluster medium at thousands of kilometres per second, the cloud acts like a wind, blowing away the gas within the galaxy without disturbing its stars. The process is known as ram-pressure stripping.
|A composite image shows the galaxy NGC 4522 in the Virgo Cluster, the nearest large cluster of galaxies to our own local group of galaxies, and the wake of gas and dust being blown from the galaxy. The galaxy appears blue in the Hubble Space Telescope image in visible light. The superimposed red image is from Spitzer data and shows emissions from dust that traces molecular hydrogen. In the image, the galaxy is moving down and into the plane of the photo. (Image: Suresh Sivanandam; Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics) (click on image to enlarge)
|Previously, astronomers had seen the very tenuous atomic hydrogen gas surrounding a galaxy get stripped. But it was believed that the denser molecular hydrogen clouds where stars form would be more resistant to the wind. However, we found that the molecular hydrogen gas is also blown from the in-falling galaxy, says Suresh Sivanandam of the Dunlap Institute at the University of Toronto, much like smoke blown from a candle being carried into a room.
|Previous observations showed indirect evidence of ram-pressure stripping of star-forming gas. Astronomers have observed young stars trailing from a galaxy; the stars would have formed from gas newly-stripped from the galaxy. A few galaxies also have tails of very tenuous gas. But the latest observations show the stripped, molecular hydrogen itself, which can be seen as a wake trailing from the galaxy in the direction opposite to its motion.
|For more than 40 years we have been trying to understand why galaxies in dense clusters have so few young stars compared with ones like our Milky Way Galaxy, but now we see the quenching of star formation in action, says George Rieke of the University of Arizona. Cutting off the gas that forms stars is a key step in the evolution of galaxies from the early Universe to the present.
|The results, published in the Astrophysical Journal on Nov. 10 ("Tracing Ram-Pressure Stripping with Warm Molecular Hydrogen Emission"), are from observations of four galaxies. Sivanandam, Rieke and colleague Marcia Rieke (also from the University of Arizona) had already established that one of the four galaxies had been stripped of its star-forming gas by this wind. But by observing four galaxies, they have now shown that this effect is common.
|The team made their analysis using optical, infrared and hydrogen-emission data from the Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, as well as archival ground-based data. The team used an infrared spectrograph on the Spitzer because direct observation of the molecular hydrogen required observations in the mid-infrared part of the spectrumsomething thats almost impossible to do from the ground.
|Seeing this stripped molecular gas is like seeing a theory on display in the sky, says Marcia Rieke. Astronomers have assumed that something stopped the star formation in these galaxies, but it is very satisfying to see the actual cause.
|Source: University of Toronto
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Back in the old days, doctors looked at life insurance tables to determine healthy weights for patients. These listed healthy weight ranges for men and women based on their heights. But life insurance companies had their own tables, and they weren't always the same. So in 1998 the National Institutes of Health unveiled the Body Mass Index (BMI) as a way for everyone to figure out healthy weights in the same manner. To calculate someone's BMI, you divide the person's weight in pounds by his height in square inches, then multiply the result by 703. A good BMI is 18.5-24.9, according to the National Institutes of Health, while a BMI of 25-29.9 means you're overweight. Anything 30 or more? Obese. BMI was quickly adopted by most health professionals [source: Zelman].
In 2014, the BMI was under fire because it doesn't factor in your age, gender or muscle mass. There's also no distinction between lean and fat body mass. Basketball superstar Michael Jordan, for example, had a 27-29 BMI in his prime -- meaning he was overweight -- despite sporting a chiseled frame and less-than-30-inch (76-centimeter) waist. Similarly, elderly people on the roly-poly side might have normal BMIs because they've lost muscle mass, and muscle weighs more than fat. Many health professionals now say you should use BMI as just one measure of health and fitness, along with factors such as body fat percentage, waist circumference and level of physical activity [source: Zelman].


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On Sun, 14 May 2006 23:48:46 -0700, Julian Reschke <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > Anne van Kesteren wrote: >> I'm just stating the resolutions as they have been made here. Feedback >> from implementors suggested that TRACE and CONNECT have issues and that >> future HTTP methods might become problematic (new specification >> released, servers updated, UAs are not, hole). What was raised against > > What kind of issues? Please be more specific. Hi Julian, I don't think these two methods are allowed in any implementations today so they shouldn't be in use. However, the biggest concern is that someone has implemented a HOBBIT method that do something insecure. I have spoken with some security people and they are concerned although we in the group see benefits in having arbitrary verbs. > Furthermore: if specifications update the definitions of methods in an > incompatible way, that's first of all the problem of these > specifications. The whole point in publishing specifications about new > HTTP methods is *not* to change them in incompatible ways once they are > deployed. If a standards body fails to adhere to that rule - their > problem. I guess the problem is the vendors here. The specification will try to minimize the problems with already deployed solutions, but I think a couple of vendors was a bit quick. E.g. if you try IE7 today you will see that they have changed their behaviour. FF probably followed IE6 and allowed arbitrary verbs. Opera has never allowed it. > Don't cripple XHR because of that. I don't think it will be to much crippled. It would still be possible to use headers to signal. I think the specification should provide a method on a method that would satisfy the use-case of inventing new verbs. E.g. a namespace on verbs or a custom header to signal the verbs. > In my opinion, forbidding implementations to allow arbitrary HTTP > methods is clearly the wrong thing to do. I don't think the idea is to forbid, but rather have a white-list that we all can agree on supporting. This list should contain all the verbs widely in use today. > (Speaking as active member of the IETF WebDAV working group, and as > author or co-author of several WebDAV related RFCs - most of which > defining new HTTP methods) The WebDAV methods will probably be on top of that list :) Also, the current suggestion is only a suggestion that will need more public comments and work. Hope this email clarify some of your concerns and explains a little on the reasons behind this issue. Thanks! Cheers, - Gorm Haug EriksenReceived on Monday, 15 May 2006 07:37:00 UTC
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Facebook is right there waiting, do not hesitate. Are you looking for ways to start marketing on Facebook as soon as possible? Do you want valuable advice? If so, the information that follows can help you.
When you market your business on Facebook, post professionally. Social media often has a relaxed or casual tone, but you still need to present a professional attitude. When you keep a professional tone, you are respected more by customers.
Use a contest to build talk about your brand. You should try to get people excited about it by telling them you'll give a prize to a few of them for participating. Announce all winners on the Facebook page, and do so each and every time you desire new subscribers.
Facebook Ads
Give Facebook ads a try. Regular posting can only do a limited amount when it comes to promoting your business. If you really want to reach more people, you will need to buy some Facebook ads. The cost is negligible compared to the potential gains.
Facebook Offers allows you to promote contests or free giveaways to your customers. Once the offer is ready, change it on your wall so it shows as a Promoted Post. If it is a really good offer, you can even promote it to non-fans.
Be careful with your Facebook updates. People will lose interest right away if you are not posting any valuable content. Make sure your updates are helpful, educational or entertaining. Facebook Insights is another tool that you can tap into to increase customer satisfaction.
A company that deals with their customers occasionally, such as a Realtor or automobile dealer, really will not benefit from a Facebook page. These clients only show up every now and then, so they are not interested in following daily posts. Spend your money on more targeted Facebook ads.
You want to increase sales through your Facebook marketing efforts. Therefore, you should set monthly sales goals. It is good to garner lots of "likes," but you also want to convert them to sales. Monitor your progress and tweak your strategies when you find they are not effective.
Do not share updates that are not directly related to your content. Posting about impertinent information may be tempting, but remember that some followers may not be interested in unrelated topics. They followed your brand because they are interested in your brand, not current events or your personal life. If you need to discuss controversial subjects, save it for your personal page.
You need to invest time and effort into your Facebook marketing campaign. Facebook is a popular site and marketing on it takes time. If you expect it to be successful, it cannot just be a side project on someone's already full plate. This will help you to maximize the profit of your business.
There are no certainties when dealing with marketing. You are able to rely on expert advice, which is in this article. Use what you learned here and you can find success. This will help propel your business to a higher level.


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i am totally blown away. You fit right in at the Carters Steam Fair. Glad you've found a playmate. you both look stunning.
Looks like you guys are having so much fun! Love the instant fortune teller....
That is a absolutely perfect Fair. I wish I couldve went there it looks so fun!!! :)
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that hand is totally CREEPY! And omg, I love the cotton candy, how fun!
Summertime carnival!! Too much fun. You both look lovely.
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September 13, 2013 07:00 ET
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Sept. 13, 2013) - TransCanada Corporation (TSX:TRP) (NYSE:TRP) (TransCanada) today announced that TransCanada PipeLines Limited (the "Company") authorized the redemption of all the Company's four million outstanding 5.60 per cent Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares Series U (Series U Shares) on October 15, 2013. The Series U Shares will be redeemed at a price of $50 per share plus $0.5907 representing accrued and unpaid dividends to such redemption date. The total face value of the outstanding Series U Shares is $200 million and they carry an aggregate of $11.2 million in annualized dividends.
The redemption of the Series U Shares will be administered by Computershare Trust Company of Canada. The Series U Shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol TCA.Pr.X.
With more than 60 years' experience, TransCanada is a leader in the responsible development and reliable operation of North American energy infrastructure including natural gas and oil pipelines, power generation and gas storage facilities. TransCanada operates a network of natural gas pipelines that extends more than 68,500 kilometres (42,500 miles), tapping into virtually all major gas supply basins in North America. TransCanada is one of the continent's largest providers of gas storage and related services with more than 400 billion cubic feet of storage capacity. A growing independent power producer, TransCanada owns or has interests in over 11,800 megawatts of power generation in Canada and the United States. TransCanada is developing one of North America's largest oil delivery systems. TransCanada's common shares trade on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges under the symbol TRP. For more information visit: www.transcanada.com or check us out on Twitter @TransCanada or http://blog.transcanada.com.
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We all love expensive, brand name beauty products.....am I right?? Well....at least I do!
1. Almay Eye Makeup Remover - I use the oily ones...and have been addicted to these little remover pads for about 10 years!!
2. Maybelline Great Lash Mascara - My momma always used to use this mascara when I was a kid...I always recognize that pink and green tube:) When I got my makeup done for my wedding day the makeup artist brought this with her because she swears by it too! Gives me amazing lashies:)
3. Milani Eyeliner - This is a staple in my makeup bag! I love how easily it glides onto my peepers!
4. Cover Girl Aqua Smooth Foundation - I love my $40 glo professional foundation but when I'm pinching my pennies I love to get my hands on this Cover Girl foundation! It goes on SO smooth and is only $9.99!
5. Sinful Colors Nail Polish - I love love love this nail polish! It's only $1.99 and they have SO many great colors!
6. Cetaphil Lotion - I use this stuff every single night! I use it on my face, neck....well in all seriousness I put it everywhere. It's gentle and it makes my skin soft.
7. Almay Intense I-Color Eyeshadow - Whenever I think I'm going to stray and buy a new eyeshadow color at the Drugstore it never fails...I always find myself going back to the Almay Intense I-Color sets....they are great and you can get one to specifically match your eye color!
8. Neutrogena Revitalizing Lip Balm - Remember this post here when I told you all about these amazing lip balms? Well guess what? I'm still addicted.
9. Cover Girl Smoothers Concealer - I love this stuff and buy these guys 2 at a time when I can. We all need a little concealer now and again:) This works great on my under-eye circles too!
10. Physicians Formula Bronzer - Who hasn't tried this bronzer before? I think I've used this on and off for about 10 years! Every time I stray and try a new bronzer I always end up running back to Physician's Formula.
11. Herbal Essences Shampoo & Conditioner - You can find the Herbal Essences Hello Hydration Shampoo & Conditioner in my shower right now! I love the smell and love the way it makes my hair feel!
What are YOUR favorite drugstore buys??
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o: Dolan School of Business Rm 2116
- Barsade, Sigal., & Gibson, Donald E. Forthcoming. 'Group Emotion.' Current Directioins in Psychological Science.
- Coget, Jean-Francois, Haag, Christophe., & Gibson, D.onald E. 'Anger and Fear in Decision-Making: The Case of Film Directors on Set.' European Management Journal 29 (2011): 476-490.
- Gibson, Donald E., Lawrence, Barbara S. 'Women's and Men's Career Referents: How Gender Composition and Comparison Level Shape Career Expectations.' Organization Science 21.6 (2010): 1159-1175.
- Gibson, Donald E., Callister, Ronda R. 'Anger in Organizations: Review and Integration.' Journal of Management 36.1 (2010): 66-93.
- Gibson, Donald E. et al. 'Anger at Work: The Influence of Anger Expressions on Organizational Outcomes.' Negotiation and Conflict Management Research . (2008).
- Gibson, Donald E.. 'Emotion Scripts in Organizations: A Multi-Level Model.' Research Companion to Emotion in Organizations. Ed. Ashkanasy, Neal; Cooper, Cary. Edward Elgar, 2008.
- Schweitzer, Maurice; Gibson, Donald E.. 'Fairness, Feelings, and Ethical Decision Making: Consequences of Violating Community Standards of Fairness.' Journal of Business Ethics 77.3 (2008): 287-301.
- Barsade, Sigal; Gibson, Donald E.. 'Why Does Affect Matter in Organizations?.' Academy of Management Perspectives 21.1 (2007): 36-59.
- Gibson, Donald E. 'Role Models in Career Development: New Directions for Theory and Research.' Journal of Vocational Behavior 65.1 (2004): 134-156.
- Gibson, Donald E. 'Developing the Professional Self-Concept: Role Model Construals in Early, Middle, and Late Career Stages.' Organization Science 14.5 (2003): 591-610.


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The dreaded Windows Movie Maker Red X! If you ever use one of the older versions of Windows Movie Maker maybe you've run into this phenomenon.
Here's a question I received from a person that was using one of the older versions of Windows Movie Maker...
"I was editing a video in Windows Movie Maker and closed the program for the day. I went back to work on the project the next day and when I opened it the storyboard showed a big red x in each pane. What happened? All my video clips and material where gone!"
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I know it can be pretty scary when you've worked for hours on your video production and then you come back the next day and apparently… everything's gone! Here's what probably happened to the video clips...
When older versions of Movie Maker can't find the source files for the video clips in their original location on the hard drive (or wherever you had them when you started the project) it will show big red X's on the timeline or in the storyboard panes.
If you have moved the source files (put them in another folder or on another drive etc.) after your video editing session...
* The red X(s) in Movie Maker materials pane is what you will see when you come back to continue to edit the project again.
Movie Maker project files (.mswmm files) don't include copies of the source files like some video editing software programs... Just the directory path to the originals in the original location.
All you have to do to recover your work is to find and move the video editing files back to the location where Movie Maker "thinks" they should be. Their original location when you first started working on the video project.
Your work will then be restored as Movie Maker will now be able to find them again!
If you don't remember where they were originally then do this... You can find the (original) location by right clicking on one of the clips in the Storyboard that now has a red X.
After you right-click then go to "Properties"... Look under "Source File", then "Location". Hover the cursor and you will see the directory path (where the file needs to be) for Movie Maker to find it.
* Just return the source file (or files) to that location and everything should be fine. You should be able to pick up and continue editing your project from that point.
You can find out a bit more about Windows Movie Maker here in this article.
Kind of a pain-in-the-rear but, of course, this is freeware... :-). I hope this helps!
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York University security scrutinized after assault
Campus security at York University in Toronto is in the spotlight again after an alleged sexual assault this weekend.
A former York student has been charged after the incident on Friday night.
Earlier this year, a York student was killed at her residence near the school.
Toronto police Sgt. Ken Boyle says it's easy for people draw comparisons between this incident and the slaying of York student Qian Liu in April. But he says people shouldn't.
"This by no means has any relation to that offence," said Boyle.
Qian Liu was killed in her off-campus residence, while Friday's alleged assault happened on York property.
Boyle said Faizan Ali, 30, was charged after a man entered a student residence around 10 p.m. Friday, looking for a woman he had met earlier on campus.
The woman let the man into her room and police say he assaulted her and a friend.


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Feels like forever since my last post.
My youngest son, Silas, has been sick for 8 days now and he seems to finally be getting better. This makes me very excited as a projectile vomiting 6 month old is absolutely no fun. I am thankful that he is finally getting better and I pray that he will stay better this time instead of getting sick in a few days like he did last week.
It is also getting very close to the end of the semester, which really only means that I have a ton of work to get done and only about a week and a half to do it in. So, you may be asking yourself why I am writing a blog post rather than doing my homework…and the answer is quite simple, which would you rather do? Fun blog post or boring homework?
We were planning on moving next week, but things just didn't work out. I'm not terribly upset by this but it would have been nice to get away from this little town. I figure that when the time is right we will be able to move without all of the problems and setbacks that we experienced this time. My attempted move and the garage sale that failed miserably because of it, has however, turned out to be a blessing for a few lucky people.
Instead of putting everything back in storage I have decided to donate all of my baby items, most of which are practically new to a young lady who is in desperate need. I was only asked if I could donate some newborn clothes, but when I found out that she has nothing for this baby I couldn't help but feel like I should give her all of the extra baby things that I have had in storage for the last 6 months. At least now they will be with someone who really needs them.
In case you don't already know, I make hair bows, tutus, pillowcase dresses and other small items for little girls. Some of the things I have made already have been in storage for over a year, since I stopped traveling to craft shows. I have decided that they, much like the baby items, aren't doing anyone any good sitting in my garage. So far I have found about 12 little girls who's parents are unable to provide a Christmas for them and I am splitting up what I have left between them. I really hope that by donating these items to these children that they will have a wonderful holiday like I did as a child.
I have received so many emails from parents who cannot afford to provide for their children this holiday season which makes me realized how blessed I am that we are able to provide for ourselves and our children. We are lucky that Chase has a good job and that he does whatever he has to in order to ensure that we have a roof over our head and food on our plates. I honestly couldn't ask for a better husband and father to my boys.


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Our Team
In addition to our valued staff members who every day work to deliver our products and services our executive team is as follows:
Wayne Halstrom D.D.S. Dip.ABDSM – Chairman & Clinical Director
Diplomate – American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Respiratory Therapy – Thompson Rivers University
Inventor & Founder
Dr. Halstrom graduated from the University of Alberta with his D.D.S. in 1960, after obtaining his B.A. from the University of Saskatchewan in 1956. He maintained a prosthodontic / general practice in North Vancouver, B.C. from 1961 to 1991. Since 1991, Dr. Halstrom has limited his practice to the treatment of Snoring and Sleep Apnea.
He is the Past-President of The Canadian Dental Association (CDA) and The Association of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia (BC Dental Association). He has served as a member of the Board of Governors and a Director of the CDA.
Currently an Adjunct Professor, Respiratory Therapy at Thompson Rivers University, Dr. Halstrom has also served with the University of British Columbia as a part-time clinical instructor in the Department of Prosthodontics at various times over the years. Prior to his position of Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicines, he was a member of the Joint Medical-Dental sleep research team from 1989 to 1993, and carried a rank of Clinical Assistant Professor.
As a visionary and leader in the field of Sleep Apnea Therapy Dr. Halstrom has traveled the world speaking to health professionals on how best to offer therapy to one of the world's most serious undiagnosed medical conditions.
Donald Halstrom B.Comm. – President
President of Dr. Halstrom – Sleep Apnea and Snoring Clinics; Donald is responsible for defining strategic plans for revenue growth, executing operations management and strengthening public/private partnerships. Donald's vision, leadership and passion have enabled the business to develop a leadership role within its industry, in British Columbia and across North America.
A respected veteran in the health care industry, he began his career in the late 1980s performing valuation and brokerage services for professional practices before deciding to focus his efforts as an entrepreneur and subject matter expert for oral appliance therapy.
Since 1996, Donald and his companies have been at the forefront of efforts driving acceptance of oral appliance therapy as a mainstream treatment option for snoring and sleep apnea. He has served as a trusted advisor to health care professionals and Fortune 500 manufacturers / suppliers.
In 2009 Don was named as the Sponsorship and Events Coordinator for Thompson Rivers University – Center for Respiratory Health & Sleep Science.
A graduate of the University of British Columbia, Donald holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the Sauder School of Business.
Lisa Nyman – Vice President Clinical Operations
Ms. Nyman has spent the past twenty years as senior manager of all Dr. Halstrom professional clinic therapies. The delivery of Oral Appliance therapy requires a unique blend of experience spanning both dental and medical fields.
She is a true industry expert within the areas of patient management and insurance billing.
Dianne Anuik – Manager, Device Operations
Since 1996 Ms. Anuik has managed the manufacturing and sale of the Company's medical devices. She handles the company's relationships with medical doctors, dentists, and dental laboratories from around the world.


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She is happily chirping around and in and out her brand new house on Helga's block :)
Some more beading is still to be done, so I am off to work on that while listening to Birdie's chirrup.
Have a lovely day, Everyone!
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Beautiful as always !!
Adorable!! Such sweet colours!
A sweet little bird in a spring garden. All it needs is a bit of spring sun and warmth.
Полный восторг ! Очень красиво!
oh so pretty....
Que bonitas mariposas y todos tus bordados, desde Barcelona te mando un abrazo Marina


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What do you predict will happen to the price of wheat?
Shoppers and Trends
April 26, 2009
To make bread, the optimum protein level is between 11.5 and 14%, which allows dough expansion and a sufficient density. Late emerging crops can lead to protein levels below 11.5%, resulting in poor quality wheat. Subpar quality wheat can be used in the food making process when it is combined with wheat in better condition, but wheat quality is still likely to have an effect on many foods found in the supermarket.
We asked our readers based on the weather over the past six months, what they predict will happen to the price of wheat. Sixty-eight percent said they predict prices will go up, while 25 percent said they predict prices will stay the same. Another seven percent predict prices will go down.


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Who hates disorganisation??
Me, I do, pick me!!!
I am thrilled to have a shelf in my school office organised. I wish that I could write that I have a whole bookshelf organised but alas I do NOT. However, this is my goal one shelf at a time. You have heard the story of the Hare and the Tortoise… that's me…slow but steady.
I was so excited when this shelf was ready.
Please excuse me for photographing it from many angles and sharing.
Yes I do walk past the door and look in at it too…
sad but true!
Happy Tuesday!
Mrs Stowe