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It's the primary means by which fans connect with football, and as technology improves—bigger screens, sharper images and magic we can only imagine right now—TV's power and influence on the NFL will only grow
Editor's note: This is the sixth in The MMQB's series NFL 95: A History of Pro Football in 95 Objects, commemorating the 95th season of the NFL in 2014. On Wednesdays through the start of training camp in July, The MMQB will unveil one long-form story on an artifact of particular significance to the history of the NFL, accompanied by other objects that trace the rise of professional football in America, from the NFL's founding in a Hupmobile dealership in Canton in 1920 to its place today at the forefront of American sports and popular culture.
Gordy Brown is a man with options. First, in his home in Sanford, Fla., there is the 75-inch Samsung HD television, which is permanently assigned to his beloved Detroit Lions during the NFL season. There's also the 50-inch Samsung HD television tuned to the Red Zone Channel, so Brown can keep up with his three fantasy football teams. Next in line is the 46-inch Samsung HDTV which is responsible for what Brown considers the best NFL game every Sunday. There's also a fourth (a 32-inch Samsung HDTV) and fifth television (a 42-inch LG HDTV) available in case his guests have specific rooting interests. And we're not even counting Brown's tablet, which is usually airing an NFL game on Sundays too.
But things really get interesting for Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football.
That's when Brown abandons his living room and heads outside to the lanai (a covered porch) and his in-ground pool. There, he has a dream home theater setup—a 16-by-9-foot screen and an Optoma HD66 3D-capable projector. Brown says he has been infatuated with projectors since high school, and one night while in sitting in his pool he had an epiphany: What if he could install a projector poolside? "I'm a computer guy so I love to play with electronics and I'm also a sports nut," Brown said. "Sports is all I watch."
His electronic outdoor Shangri-La also includes surround sound and the ability to stream the Internet. Brown said he has religiously watched primetime football poolside every week for the past three NFL seasons. Not surprisingly with his indoor-outdoor setup, he and his wife, Jen, have company over most NFL weeks. They also share space with a four-year-old American bulldog named Joey and a three-year-old boxer-beagle named Jazzie.
"I could not imagine weekends without it, especially being a Lions fan and the Fantasy football aspect on top of that," said Brown, a 27-year-old network administrator for the City of Altamonte Springs, Fla. "The outdoor setup is my baby, my project, and I love it."
Brown, who grew up in Mayville, Mich., and retains his Wolverine State allegiances, is obviously not alone as a member of the NFL's Television Nation. Much has been written about how the home-viewing experience has become far superior to the game atmosphere, and in fact you can easily make a compelling argument that television is the most significant football-related object in the lives of NFL fans today. Last year's opening weekend set of games (Sept. 5-9, 2013) drew 108.4 million viewers, according to the league, the fourth consecutive Kickoff Weekend with a total reach exceeding 105 million viewers. The conference championship games last January averaged 53.7 million viewers, the most-watched conference championship Sunday in more than 30 years. And despite the blowout nature of Super Bowl XLVIII, the game between Seattle and Denver set a record for the most-watched television show in U.S. history with 111.5 million viewers, topping the previous record of the 111.34 million who watched the 2012 Super Bowl.
I will be honest with you," says Puck. "You could not pay me to go to the games.
Two of those are a football-loving couple in the North Hills area near Pittsburgh who also have distinctive home-viewing setup. Michael Puck, a 32-year-old social media marketer, is a born and bred Bengals fan, and his wife, Erica, is a native of Steeltown and a stay-at-home mother of three-year-old Dylan and two-year-old Austin. The couple have two 75-inch televisions ($4,000 each) mounted side by side on the wall of their basement, a room split between a play area for their young sons and football-watching for the adults. The couple has a longtime subscription to DirecTV's Sunday Ticket, and every weekend the television on the left is set to Michael's Bengals while the one on the right plays Erica's Steelers. (They also keep helmets of each team below the televisions and own Bengals and Steelers beanbag chairs.) If one team wins and the other loses, the fan of the losing team is charged with making dinner. "We have a friendly rivalry," says Michael. "But I have conceded that the Steelers are one of the marquee franchises in the NFL. At least I have had some bragging rights the last couple of years."
Puck had season tickets for the Bengals from 2004 to 2007 when he lived in Indianapolis and made the two-hour drive to Cincinnati for every Bengals home game. But echoing many fans, he said the home experience has become too enjoyable (and too comfortable) for him to keep attending games in person. "I would much rather be at home and watch two games at the same time than fight traffic, pay vending prices and all that kind of stuff," Puck says. "My in-laws have season tickets to the Steelers, and I will be honest with you: You could not pay me to go to the games."
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So why does the NFL work so well on television? Part of it is scarcity. Each team plays one game week per week, making the campaign akin to a season-long playoff format. Something Hall of Fame broadcaster John Madden told the Baltimore Sun in 2005 also remains true: The sport is set up to run like episodic television. "It is the perfect sport to televise," Madden said. "We have change of possession, and there's a timeout every change of possession, and there's a commercial."
History is also a factor. Michael MacCambridge, the author of America's Game, an expansive history of the NFL that was published in 2004, said that the revenue-sharing agreement the late NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle pushed through Congress and the league's owners in 1961 is inextricably linked to television's impact on the sport. The agreement championed by Rozelle removed the financial disparities between teams and became the fiscal engine that drove the NFL's wealth. A visionary when it came to the potential of national television, Rozelle convinced the individual league owners of the power of collectivism, persuading them to give up their local television rights in exchange for selling the product as a league-wide package. He brilliantly foresaw television's power as a growth agent at a time when NFL owners were still of the belief that the primary way to sell their product was through in-home viewing. Today, the network television partners—CBS, Fox, NBC and ESPN—provide the NFL with about $6 billion annually. By 2027, Navigate Research predicts, such media-rights revenues could reach $17 billion, according to USA Today.
"If you have the revenue-sharing agreement without television, you would have teams arguing over when their home games are and who gets to play on Thanksgiving and holidays," said MacCambridge, who is working on a book about the late Hall of Fame Steelers coach Chuck Noll. "The league would have a piecemeal, small-minded mindset."
If you want other touchstones involving television that helped build NFL, MacCambridge suggests the iconic 1958 NFL championship game between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants (watched by 45 million Americans and dubbed by SI "The Greatest Game Ever Played") and the creation of Monday Night Football in 1970. Professional football had become a hot sport in America during the 1960s—Time magazine declared it the sport of that decade—but people still thought Rozelle was crazy for wanting to air pro football in primetime. ABC originally passed on the Monday night package before signing off on it and airing the program in 1970. "It is the single most influential sports series of all time," says MacCambridge, "because everything since then followed in the wake—from storylines going into games to keying on certain players."
From a technology standpoint, Ken Aagaard, an executive vice president of engineering, operations and production services for CBS Sports and a 30-year sports television executive, suggests that instant replay, the first-down line and aerial cameras were key television movers. I'd also add the creation of the mythmaking, artistically brilliant propaganda machine known as NFL Films.
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So what kind of impact will television have on the NFL 10 years from now? There is one surefire lock: You will clearly have a better-looking picture. Ultra high definition television, also known as 4K and 8K viewing, is coming in some form. The technology has at least four times the resolution of current high-definition televisions, and will become more commonplace when the price comes down and broadcasters get more bandwidth for it.
Viewers should also expect graphics and animation to continue to evolve at the pace technology allows it. NBC's Sunday Night Football producer Fred Gaudelli suggested that a football field will be equipped with enough cameras so viewers can see a 360-degree angle of any play from any place on the field. He also speculated about visuals that we can only dream of right now. Gaudelli says he has spoken with scientists and the conversations turn to, "Could we ever get to the point where we could start digitally removing people from the field to see a clear view of what we want to see?"
"Football is a game where you could have 150 cameras, but if the bodies are aligned a certain way, none of those cameras will have an unobstructed view," Gaudelli says. "So let's say we want to see if Ben Roethlisberger broke the plane of the goal line but the view is obstructed by a player. Could we digitally remove that player and then, based on GPS data, recreate Roethlisberger's body on the plane of the goal line so we can definitely say if the ball did or did not break the plane? That is where I think you will get to, manipulating pictures. There are some countries with high-end defense systems that can do that, and that is where I think it will go."
Most of the sports television people The MMQB spoke with also predicted the Megacast concept would come to the NFL, a setup in which viewers will have access to numerous add-on features, extra camera angles and announcers geared toward niche broadcasting (i.e. a broadcast featuring the All-22 camera angle and football coaches talking about the game). Aagaard expects networks to have multi-screen capability that can measure anything from how far every player has run on a play to the specific distances between players, to deep, immersive fantasy stats.
"If you look at sports video games, you can zoom in on any one player's perspective; that will be available in the future," Aagaard says. "In 10 or 20 years the viewer will have the ability to view the play anyway he wants. Maybe it's some sort of joystick and he decides if he wants to watch something from the quarterback's or defensive back's point of view. The technology will be there. It will just be about the distribution and cost."
"Where it could be different in 10 years is the placement of cameras," adds ESPN Monday Night Football announcer Mike Tirico. "Remember the XFL days? Those point-of-view shots from the official or player were jarring. What is to say you can't put a camera on the field every five yards with a function to see the footwork of lineman? Let's say a referee calls a roughing the passer penalty. We could see where his eyes are looking, what he is seeing, and he won't be slowed down with a little lipstick camera on his cap. You need the league to go along with, this but did you think 10 or 15 years ago that we would be able to interview an NBA coach on the floor before the fourth quarter?"
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What will this mean for game broadcasters and the director and producers of NFL telecasts? For starters, you should expect the same cavalcade of former players and coaches to be in the booth. Tirico says he couldn't envision a time when an NFL television broadcast did not have a coach of former player involved on air.
"The sport, more than any other, is hard to understand because of the complexities of play-calling and the intricacies of 11 people working along the same path," Tirico says. "It always needs someone to answer why and how."
Tirico does predict, though, that his job will change (in fact, it already has) because of technology, especially audio. "I am much more conscious now than when I started doing Monday Night Football of the audio of the quarterback at the line of scrimmage. That has gotten much better. There are mics in some of the pads of offensive lineman so you can hear the line calls, and that has impacted how the announcers call the game. If the audio increases, with more players having microphones and more natural sounds, that would be something we'd have to adjust to."
Gaudelli ponders whether a woman will come to the forefront and become a play-by-play announcer for NFL telecasts. He also expects, perhaps optimistically, that real-time reporting on television will become more valuable and that access will open up.
"Could I see a day where we start broadcasting practices for the Dallas Cowboys?" Gaudelli says. "Yeah, I do. Will that be national? No. But it could be a local play for the league to generate more revenue and more access for the fans."
Aagaard says new technology will inundate the behind-the-scenes people in the broadcast truck with many more choices, in a small amount of time. "One of the problems now is to find something," Aagaard says. "You know you have that great replay, but where is it? There are a lot of decisions for these producers to make, and these decisions are critical. It's possible that viewers might see things before the producers do if they have access to all the cameras."
Regarding the auxiliary shows surrounding games, ESPN coordinating producer Seth Markman sees gambling and fantasy football elements becoming much more overt on NFL programming 10 years from now. "I think in 2024 [gambling references] will be commonplace," says Markman, who runs ESPN's NFL studio programming. "I don't think it will be something people tip-toe around. Are we really serving viewers right now by saying the Patriots are going to beat the Jaguars in the game when everyone wants to know if they'll win by two touchdowns?
If you talk to NFL fans such as Brown and Pace, they expect the home viewing experience to continue to improve, making it a major challenge for teams to convince people to break away from their television utopias and come to the stadium.
"I would imagine in 10 years that something new and innovative will enhance the home-viewing experience," Puck says. "The NFL has already taken some measures to improve their in-stadium experience, but unless the league can replicate the comforts of my own home, watching multiple games at the same time, being out of the elements, my own refreshments, I am positive I will still be watching at home in 2024 with my wife and 13- and 12-year old sons. And I can speak for certain that they will still be rooting against my team."
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Database Guy needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 27 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
Business List
Company that sells business marketing and mailing list. We are going to now offer our data as a software app versus traditional excel spreadsheets. We offer the most accurate data at the best prices anywhere. Our new design must be Web 2.0 (ish) but very simple and easy to understand these points.
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When they come to the sight I want them to know exactly what we are about and how easy and affordable it is to buy our data.
Our current clients are middle age men/women with average online skills. They typically want to know:
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This will be a redesign of the current site - all of the content is there we just need it updated and maybe less clutter.
Feel free to go out and try some things and see what you think looks best.
Our competitors are:
As you can see these are very business oriented - that is our audience but I would like to make our benefits more clearly explained while keeping the business credibility.
our current mock-up site is modeled after filemakerpro.com and our URL is http://www.BusinessList.com


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Stories From the Suitcase
2009 / installation / 150 m2 (179.4 yd2)
The entrance.
The exhibition consists of five oversized suitcases and a two channel video installation. In a personal way, all the works reflect upon and relate to places, travelling, origin and nostalgia. Every suitcase hosts a miniature art exhibition space inside.
Suitcase 1 shows an installation with an animation, "The warmest winter in 250 years".
Suitcase 2 shows another animation, "The tallest mountain in Europe".
Suitcase 3 shows another animation, "The city I live in".
Suitcase 4 shows yet another animation, "All the dead I've seen".
Suitcase 5 shows a photo exhibition entitled "Airport chapels". It is a series of architecture documentation, documenting airport chapels – the prayer or meditation rooms that are to be found in most international airports. Also included is "The trip to America", a slideshow with narration.
Finally, a two channel video installation is completing the show. It is "Immigrant Song", in which, on one screem, Berlin-based drummer Hannes Lingens plays a variation of the drum groove from Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" using firework rockets as drumsticks. On the other screen fireworks on a night sky go off in synchronization with the drumbeats from the first screen.


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Welcome to the Information
That's the main message of this Guide. It's designed
to welcome you, and give you a simple step-by-step introduction to parenting
in a world of computers and new forms of media. This Guide will provide
some tools and rules for you to use with your pre-high school and high
school children at home, at school, and in the community.
The Parent Perspective
It seems overnight there's a whole new world for
kidsand for you. From computers to software to the Internetthere
are so many new things, yet little guidance for parents trying to figure
it all out. (Boldface terms are defined in the Glossary,
which is also accessible by clicking on the Glossary button on the left
navigation menu). That's why we decided to write this Guide. We hope
Who Is This Guide For?
This Guide is for parents who have begun to see
that computers and online services will be or already are a part
of children's lives at school, at community centers, at home, or at
the libraryand who are looking for some guidelines and advice.
We have written it with the computer novice in mind, and have provided
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What Does This Guide Cover?
Working with the National PTA and the National Urban
League, The Children's Partnership talked to dozens of parents. We found
these most frequently asked questions, which this Guide sets out to
This Guide focuses on computers and services that allow young people
to go beyond their own computer at school or at home and link into a
wider world. We focus on the "online" worldat this time mostly
represented by the Internet and the World Wide Webthough
other aspects of the superhighway are sometimes discussed.
While we try to give parents a brief survey of current
technology, we have emphasized parenting strategies in a world where
children and young people often know more than their parents. Although
we don't focus on CD-ROMs, video games, or computer software,
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The history of media, and television especially,
has taught us some important lessons when it comes to children. First,
media has a very powerful influence on young people. Second, without
strong public attention to media issues, children's best interests are
not adequately served. These lessons are especially important today,
as a new information society is being created. In addition to helping
parents do the best for their own children, we hope that this Guide
helps parents connect with institutions like the National PTA and the
National Urban League as well as their local schools and community institutions
to ensure that this new generation of media is good for all kids.
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A drinking water shortage brought on by high temperatures and lack of rain is threatening thousands in central and southwest China, officials said.
China's Central Meteorological Observatory said the high temperature in Chongqing Municipality could reach 104 degrees in the coming days.
About 79,000 residents in the town are facing water shortages after a 20 percent to 60 percent year-on-year decrease in rainfall since June, the local flood control and drought relief office said.
About 520,000 residents and 160,000 livestock in Suizhou City in Hubei province are facing drinking water shortages after insufficient rainfall for 25 months, Xinhua reported Thursday.
A third of the land in Langhe Village in Suizhou is expected to yield no crops, village chief Lu Renfu said.
"Another one-third of the land will only yield 40 percent of what it should have produced," he added.
Renfu said the drought is the worst he's seen in his lifetime.
Government officials have urged the city of Chongqing to collect and store water from torrential rains expected in the upcoming flood season, Xinhua reported. The water can then be channeled to drought-hit areas.
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I'm terrible about eating breakfast everyday, so in an effort to make breafast more of a regular thing, I've been contemplating packing breakfast bentos ahead of time. The usual ideas such as cereal with milk, yogurt, smoothies etc are what many people do, but I tend to be very cold in the morning and would really love to have something warm to get me going. I've tried oatmeal with blueberries (which is yummy) but would like to have more variety. Any ideas for warm breakfast bentos out there? What do you typically eat for breakfast?
I like bagels and cream cheese in a rush, but I keep egg cups in my freezer. I put the recipe down there somewhere in the recipe forum I think. It was egg fritatta type thingies or something like that as a subject title.
Just the new girl around here looking for some lunch ideas.
I've never been a fan of the classic bread 'n' stuff breakfast myself, somehow this is just too much for me in the morning. But japanese kitchen provided me with a wonderful solution: miso ramen. Just dissolve a piece of miso (I prefer the dark one) in hot water (the water kettle is your friend;)), cook some ramen or udon, add tofu dices, green onion, soy bean sprouts and nori and you'll have a warming, healthy breakfast which only takes 10 minutes to prepare. For extra warmth you can also replace the miso with a teaspoon of curry powder dissolved in hot water. I'm having this almost daily for breakfast and haven't yet got bored of it (and because it's so simple I can prepare it while still beeing half asleep). Of course you can add any veggie that comes to your mind, replace tofu for meat, decorate it with roasted onions...the possible variations are endless. If you want to take your breakfast to work you can pre-cook/pre-chop your noodles and veggies and wrap the miso.
How about a breakfast burrito? Scrambled eggs, salsa, and cheese rolled up in a tortilla (I prefer corn tortillas) would be very good. You could also add a breakfast meat if you like (sausage, bacon, ham, etc.)
Individual quiche (I believe Maki has a recipe posted here) is another idea.
I like toasted peanut butter and jelly or peanut butter and banana sandwiches, although if you have to wait to eat it the toast wouldn't be hot and difficult to reheat to be crisp...
If you don't mind having something savory for breakfast, try congee, which is a classic Chinese breakfast dish. Very warming and delicious! You can cook it in a rice cooker or a slow cooker.
The Big Onigiri.
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One thing my mother used to give me when I was a kid was corn bread and milk. We would make the jiffy cake corn bread the night before, and cut it into squares and wrap it with plastic wrap. Then, I would have my thermos with warmed milk with some cinnamon and a little sugar that she would prepare just before I went to school. Seriously, its AMAZING.
And you can't go wrong with those Jiffy corn bread mixes - stupid things are 50 cents or less a box.
What about muffins? You could go for an English muffin with an egg and some ham or with some kind of spread. Or a more regular muffin - I like orange and cardamom blue berry and cinnamon, carrot and cinnamon or tomato spinach and feta if I'm in the mood for something more savoury. Make them up in advance, pop them in the freezer and microwave when you want them.
You can also do a warm smoothie, it's something I have occasionally if I'm cold and want a warm breakfast. I'll whiz up some banana, a little bran or oats, honey, cinnamon, nutmeg and a touch of cocoa powder in a blender with enough milk to make it smooth, then top off with some warm milk and stir up to blend - I find doing it that way is better because it lessens the risk of warm milk exploding out of the blender :P First time I ever had it was at a juice/smoothie bar one cold morning waiting for college to start and it was amazing, so I started making them at home. It should keep ok in a thermos if you're having to travel somewhat with your breakfast.
I don't think this is a good bento idea, but try rice porridge with umeboshi. Put equal amounts dashi and leftover cooked rice in a small saucepan, salt if you wish. Simmer until the dashi is absorbed and its a nice oatmealy consistency. Top with chopped umeboshi - they are so lip puckery sour, delightful contrast and scissored snippets of shiso leaves. I fry an egg to put on top too. This is an Elizabeth Andoh suggestion from her Washoku book.
Thanks everyone for your eye-opening ideas! I actually just made Maki's green onion & thyme muffins (with regular flour and not almond meal) and they were yummy!! So they will definitely be on my warm-breakfast list from now on. I will also try out the miso udon/ramen and congee ideas.
Another idea would be quinoa - made with water instead of veg/chicken/beef stock. Fruit and nuts could be added, as well as yogurt or cottage cheese.
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The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna has been a leading European training center for artists for more than 300 years. As a matter of fact, it houses two of the most significant Austrian art collections, i.e. the "Gemäldegalerie" (Paintings Gallery) and the "Kupferstichkabinett" (The Graphic Collection).
Today, we offer some 1,400 students a variety of courses ranging from painting and sculpture to photography and video, performance and conceptual art, also including architecture, scenography and conservation/restoration. By offering seminars and carrying out a great variety of projects, the Institutes of Art Theory and Cultural Studies and of Natural Sciences and Technology in the Arts ensure a high theoretical standard in all the departments. This is closely linked to the training of art teachers, which we consider central in conveying and communicating art to others. The course structure, based on diploma studies and/or bachelor/master programs, is augmented through various doctoral studies, including an internationally renowned PhD-in-Practice program, as well as through the master program Critical Studies. This wide range of courses offered by the Academy enables students to pursue their own individual goals, and to obtain a variety of qualifications.
As a university, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna is especially dedicated to teaching processes based on research and art alike, i.e. on scientific and artistic research, the findings of which are integrated into the curricula in different ways and communicated to a wider public through exhibitions, symposia, lectures and a publication series. Conveying a complex understanding of art to a knowledge-based society is one of the main tasks of the Academy, apart from teaching students.
The strength of the Academy lies both in its teaching staff of successful, internationally recognized artists, and in its students from over 50 different countries, thus endorsing Vienna's central role as a mediator between East and West. The Academy also cooperates with universities and other institutions of art and culture worldwide. By the same token, the Academy encourages its students to gather international experience in the course of their studies, and supports them in their endeavors.
The Academy of Fine Arts is the only Austrian university where women hold at least 50% of all positions in all staff categories and on all management levels. Such consistent enforcement of the federal Equal Opportunities Act by the relevant university bodies proves that gender fairness can also be achieved on the level of tertiary education.
The Academy's teaching and research work rests on a differentiated concept of art which relates to the aesthetic appearance of a work of art as well as to the characteristic forms of thought underlying artistic practice. First and foremost, we understand art as a mode of thinking and acting which becomes manifest in a wide range of media. Art, as a specific form of insight, can also be expressed by representatives of many professions seemingly unrelated to art. Consequently, with its collections such as the said Paintings Gallery and The Graphic Collection, the Academy provides a wide spectrum of offers for lecturers, students, and to the interested.
Quality Assurance and Standards
At the Academy of Fine Arts, students are prepared for innovative work in an ever widening field of social practice. We insist on the highest standards in teaching and research, but encourage our students to experiment at the same time. With a teacher-student ratio of 1:6, the Academy offers highly individual care and support to students, which puts it on a par with any outstanding art school worldwide, and which is also reflected in its teaching regime.
To safeguard these qualities, students undergo a comprehensive selection procedure prior to admission, while our lecturers are regularly assessed by students and peers. The Academy's artistic output, on the other hand, is judged by international experts at regular intervals.
Five buildings, covering a total area of 33,500 square meters, provide sufficient space for teaching and research. All the sections are equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories, workshops, and studios. In particular, the video and sound studios are among the best of their kind in Austria.
In addition, students and graduates have the opportunity to present and display their work in numerous exhibition rooms.
Staff & Management
All those working at or for the Academy, be it in teaching and research or in administration, do so in an atmosphere of mutual respect and harmony. We are convinced that we can only achieve our common goals in a joint effort, through cooperation.
Aware that effective management rests on trust and a positive attitude, we strive to foster our employees' strengths.
To further improve the effectiveness and efficiency of our work, we have been investing in all our employees' personal development and further training, and we regularly report on such staff development measures.
Position & Market Behavior
Aware of its leading position in Central Europe, the Academy will continue in its pursuit of and dedication to high quality and international standing, thus competing with the world's best art universities for lecturers and students. Located at the heart of a cultural metropolis such as Vienna, the Academy of Fine Arts is internationally considered a strong competitor as it offers excellent working conditions and has its own Paintings Gallery and The Graphic Collection, where students are given the chance to study earlier epochs of art.
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The previous lecture showed that a sequence of N wells confined by N+1 barriers results in the formation of band-like transmission coefficients. Each of the bands contains N individual transmission peaks and their energy dependence forms a cosine-like dispersion. This lecture compares this dispersion to the one obtained in a periodic potential model that is made up of a periodic structure, in effect an infinite number of wells. It is found that the two significantly different methodologies predict almost identical results.
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IDT will present its annual dance concert at Hope College on Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2, at 8 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland.
IDT (InSync Dance Theatre), co-directed by Rosanne Barton-DeVries and Amanda Smith-Heynen, is also a resident company of Hope College. Founded in 1997, it is a tap and jazz repertory company that features selected students, Hope graduates and other professionals. IDT presents a seasonal performance at the Knickerbocker Theatre and many small performances in the surrounding communities.
This year, IDT has four new guest artists as choreographers as well as a guest artist dancer.
The guest choreographers are Don Smith, Emilie Meyering, Richard Ashworth, and Dolores Sanchez who have all choreographed new works of tap on InSync dancers.
° Smith's piece is titled "Shout and Feel It," with music by Count Basie. It is a "buck and wing"-style tap piece, harkening to the roots of tap.
° Meyering's piece, "It's Gonna Be," has gone a more contemporary direction with music by Norah Jones.
° Ashworth's piece, "Lullaby," was choreographed to music by Jack Johnson.
° Dolores Sanchez choreographed a hip hop piece called "Dance or Die," with music by Janelle Monaé.
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"From 4-D" "includes a new section and was choreographed during the last few weeks of my mother-in-law's life," explained director Amanda Smith-Heyden. "The title comes from the wing of the hospital I spent most of my time in while coming up with choreography. The music is by Bach."
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For the first twenty two years of my life, my only real knowledge about the island of Manhattan consisted of the city at Christmas time. Every year my parents would pack up the whole family for a trip into the city to see the holiday splendor: skating underneath the tree at Rockefeller Center, carriage rides through Central Park, window shopping down 5th Avenue. To me, New York City was ten square blocks of Christmas cheer that smelled of hot pretzels and horses. It was love at first sight.
Manhattan at Christmas time is one of the most magical times to be in the city, which is part of the reason I chose to bare the cold and snow to spend a full week back home. I hadn't been back to New York since we moved to San Francisco last July, so it was long overdue. To say I was excited is a tremendous understatement. Such excitement can only be monitored and controlled with a list. Is that weird? I write lists to calm down, clear my head and focus at the task on hand. Which this December was hitting up all my favorite spots in NYC in exactly seven days. I am a wild child.
Here is my very own personal pocket guide to dining in NYC - a quick hit list of favorite institutions of all shapes, sizes, wallets and scenes. Perhaps not as 'on trend' now that I live 3,000 miles away, however this list was made with my heart for the pleasure of my tummy:
The Heat's Hottest NYC Restaurants
- Balthazar: French bistro. Great for brunch.
- Jane: Terrific brunch.
- Boqueria: Spanish tapas, fun atmosphere.
- Shorty's .32: small, casual restaurant in Soho. Great vibe and food.
- Il Mulino: Expensive Italian.
- Raouls: French Bistro with the best steak frites.
- Torrisi Italian Specialties: Casual Italian in Soho. Great sandwiches too.
- DBGB Kitchen and Bar: Casual Daniel Boulud, burgers, sausages, great atmosphere.
West Village:
- Mary's Fish Camp: My favorite lobster roll.
- Mercadito: Bite sized tacos and spicy margaritas.
- The Spotted Pig: Fun, crowded gastropub.
- The Waverly Diner: For a 4am Waverly melt: a burger patti inside a grilled cheese.
- Taim: Best falafel.
- Bleeker Street Pizza: my favorite NY slice.
- Yerba Buena: Fancy Latin fare, terrific drinks.
- Little Owl: American fare in the Friends apartment building.
- Commerce: Great bar for cocktails and roasted chicken, on a quintessential block.
Greenwich Village
- Babbo: Best pasta sampler menu. Worth the dough (pun intended).
- Minetta Tavern: Great steaks, tough reservations.
- Hundred Acres: Lovely brunch spot. Great Bloody Mary selection.
- Blue Hill: Farm fresh American fare near newly renovated Washington Sq Park
East Village
- Motorino: Amazing Neopolitan pizza. Casual, fun atmosphere. Small space.
- Frank: Homestyle Italian, no reservations. Get the ragu.
- Ippudo: Noodles, noodles and noddles.
- Gemma: Beautiful Italian restaurant, fun atmosphere in the Bowery Hotel.
- Il Buco: Quirky Mediterranean fare on Bond Street.
- Mermaid Inn: Casual seafood.
- Heche en Dumbo: Trendy Mexican.
- The Smith: French bistro, fun atmosphere.
- Momofuku Ssam Bar: Haute Asian, great experience, reservations.
Midtown East
- Sushi Yasuda: The freshest sushi, clean atmosphere.
- Convivio: Fancy southern Italian in Tudor City.
- Bukhara Grill: Terrific, albeit pricey Indian.
Midtown West/Meatpacking/Chelsea:
- The Breslin: Gastropub at Ace Hotel. Also a great sandwich spot in there (Sub No.7)
- Marea: Fancy seafood on Central Park South
- Scarpetta: Haute Italian, however their simplest dish is their best: tomato and basil pasta.
Lower East Side:
- Kuma Inn: Best overall Asian. Casual atmosphere, BYOB.
- Frankie's Spuntino: Homestyle, inexpensive Italian.
- Little Giant: Small, hip, great for brunch.
- Beauty and Essex: Trendy American, small plates, beautiful restaurant.
Gramcery/Flat Iron/Union Square:
- Aldea: Portuguese/American fare.
- Casa Mono: small plate fare from Mario Batali (Bar Jamon for drinks before/after).
- Tamarind: My favorite Indian spot.
- Gotham Bar and Grill: Manhattan staple, American fare.
- Gramercy Tavern: Fancy American fare. Expensive, but worth it.
- Union Square Cafe: NY staple. American fare (order the duck).
- Veritas: Known for their winelist, but terrific food too. Very expensive.
- Shack Shack: Best burger. All over the city now, but I love the one in Madison Sq Park.
- Dave's Bagels: best bagel in town.
- Locanda Verde: Small plate Italian, haute atmosphere.
- Smith and Mills: nymag used the term hipstaurant, and accurately so. A real gem.
- Max: Meatballs, meatloaf and truffled ravioli.
- Bubby's: Comfort food at it's best.
- Landmarc: Half bottles of wine and affordable French bistro fare.
- Perry Street: Beautiful restaurant on the West Side Highway. Great views.
Upper West Side:
- Dovetail: Expensive French UWS.
- Sushi of Gari: Avant garde sushi. Very expensive.
- Celeste: Pizza/Italian.
- Nonna: Homestyle Italian.
Upper East Side:
- Cafe D'Alsace: Belgian beers and Alsatian food
- Poke: Affordable sushi, BYOB, casual.
- Peter Lugers: My favorite steak house, under the Brooklyn Bridge.
- Tanoreen: Turkish fare far off in Brooklyn.
- Hibino: Pressed sushi in Brooklyn Heights.
- Henry's End: Wild game in Brooklyn.
- Vinegar Hill House: Cozy American fare, Vinegar Hill.
While I didn't check off every food item on my list, I did squeeze in my fair share of fare in between visiting all my loved ones. And while the trip was an overall success, I didn't realize just how much of a whirlwind my vacation was until I landed in laid back, quiet, San Francisco. As hectic as the holidays always are, this year proved to have more obstacles than normal. In just seven days we had a case of the stomach flu, a shopping bag of gifts stolen, lost our friends' car in Brooklyn, broke and almost lost my Christmas gift over a penthouse balcony, a blizzard, a delayed flight home with a screaming baby and a partridge in a pear tree. But despite all the mishaps, when I walked into work Monday morning at 6am with just under three hours of sleep, and my coworkers asked me 'how my vacation was' all I could do was smile. Because even after all that, I still ♥ NYC.
We all know how prohibitively expensive it'd be to actually purchase the items from the beloved carol, The Twelve Days of Christmas, so I wrote my own version, as an ode to the dear city that never sleeps and how fat it made me in just one week:
♫On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me,
♪Twelve David's bagels,♪Eleven risotto balls,
♪Ten bowls of pasta,
♪Nine chicken parms,
♪Eight frozen hot chocolates,
♪Seven ramen a-swimming,
♪Six lamb shwarmas,
♪Five dirty dogs,
♪Four lobster rolls,
♪Three pretzel croissants,
♪Two Shack stacks,
♪And a Bleeker pizza just for me!
♪Four lobster rolls,
♪Three pretzel croissants,
♪Two Shack stacks,
♪And a Bleeker pizza just for me!
Nothing like shrink wrap to mark the end of the season.
Happy New Year!
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- 1 About STEM Loggers
- 2 Simulation Logging in STEM
- 3 Adding a Logger to a Scenario
- 4 Active Loggers View
- 5 Logger Configurations
- 6 Creating Your Own Logger
- 7 Temp Images
About STEM Loggers
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Simulation Logging in STEM
Create a Logger
Creating a STEM Logger is similar to creating STEM Models, Scenarios, Decorators, etc. A wizard is provided to guide you through the steps.
- Before you begin, launch STEM, switch to the Design perspective and make sure you have at least one STEM Project in the Project Explorer
- Launch the New Logger wizard by clicking the "Create a new logger" button
- This will load the New Logger wizard
- In the New Logger Wizard, select a Project from the dropdown menu and enter a Name
- Tip: The new logger's configuration will be stored in <PROJECT>/Loggers/<NAME>.logger.
- Select a Logger Type from the dropdown menu
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- CSV File Logger
- Map View Logger
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- Mercator Map Logger
- Orthographic Map Logger
- Azimuthal Equidistant Map Logger
- Configure the logger by entering logger type-specific settings
- Note: See the section below for help configuring each logger type
- When you're finished, click Next or Finished if you do not need to change the logger Dublin Core metadata
- Your new Logger should automatically open in an Editor window
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- In STEM, Create a new Scenario or Open an existing Scenario
- Navigate to the Logger you wish to add by expanding its parent Project and then Loggers sub-tree in the Project Explorer
- Select the Logger you wish to add and drag it to the Scenario in the Scenario Editor
- When finished editing, save the Scenario
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- Open the Active Loggers view
- Open the Window menu then click Other
- In the Show View dialog, select Active Loggers and click OK
- In the Active Loggers view, expand the running simulation
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Identity thieves have increased their presence in the housing and rental markets making it even more important for potential homebuyers and renters to do due their diligence and know the warning signs of a scam.
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The housing bubble caused many homes to be pushed into foreclosure and the owners into the rental market, and scammers are using a myriad of ways to steal personal information and money from unsuspecting victims. According to Raul Vargas, fraud operations manager for Identity Theft 911, many of the scams are occurring online.
Vargas explains that many of the scams involve an online post about an available property to rent and when someone is interested, the scammer sends a rental or lease agreement that requires a plethora of personal information like birth date, Social Security number and current address. Some even ask for bank account information to verify eligibility. The unsuspecting renter ends up giving up the information hoping
Some scammers post bogus properties online and target renters moving from another city or state. "Everyone renting looks online to find a great price," and the scammers know that, says Steve Weisman, a college professor at Bentley University and author of 50 Ways to Protect Your Identity in a Digital Age. Typically the fraudster will list a rental online with a market price far lower than others in the area. The listing will have a real address and photographs and the renter will be asked to either wire a deposit or send a money order to hold the rental. "The renter doesn't get to see the place and the next thing they know they don't have a place," says Weisman. "It's very easy to copy a listing and put up a phony one."
Scam go both ways: People with a property to rent can also become victims. Weisman cites a popular scam that involves someone living outside the country agreeing to move into a rental unit sight unseen. The "renter" will even send a deposit of six months rent to ease any fear. A few weeks later, the scammer will call to back out of the agreement and tell the landlord to keep two months of the rent for the trouble and send the rest back. The landlord cashes the check, sends the money back and a week later the check bounces. "Even though you waited a few days for the check to clear the bank doesn't tell you that it's only provisional credit. The bank takes back the money when the check truly does bounce," says Weisman.
While scammers have become more sophisticated, renters and landlords can stay one step ahead. Being aware of some red flags will prevent them from losing any money or sacrifice personal. According to Vargas, if the person asks for personal information via the Internet and/or asks you to send money via a money order or a wire transfer ,which isn't easily traceable, should all serve as red flags. He also recommends never sharing personal information without meeting someone and checking their credentials.
Experts suggest out-of-town movers to work with a licensed agent to find a place to live. To verify if an online posting is legitimate, Weisman recommends searching the address and if it turns up on multiple sites with different names, there's a strong change the listing is a scam listing. The tax assessor's office can provide the homeowner's name of the particular property and many of the offices have websites making it easier for renters to check public information. "Be wary if the place is dramatically priced less than others and always check out who the real owner is," says Weisman.


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Dear friends,
I think time is come for everybody to get a license for kiting.
Schools and instructor are widely available everywhere and organization like IKO are now offering insurance for kiters.
Every kiter that is already self proficient can easily get an IKO level 3 card by
passing a written test and by demonstrating few riding skills:
Solo & assisted launching - Solo & Assisted landing - Riding upwind - self rescue.
This can be done quite easily like as is done for car license, and cost can be kept at a minimum as many rider can take an exam at the same time… just a nominal fee for the exam…
As I'm an IKO instructor I already start to receive request from people to give level 3 license.
This don't have to be only an IKO things but any reputable kite organization can release a form of license for experienced kiters.
This will help in keeping control of the rapidly growing kite population and give some kind of legitimacy to kiters, also to help in keep beach access open to all of us…
In Bali where I ride and teach we ask to all people coming to our beach to sign a form where we explain the local rules of safety… if people don't follow them we can ban them from launching at our local spot…
More kites companies are going direct to the customer using the Web, equipment is becoming more affordable! And with Internet sales anybody can
Buy kites etc. without knowing anything about the sport and endanger themselves and others.
By having a license, kite companies can require it at the time of purchasing
And this will at least guarantee that the buyer has some knowledge of the sport.
Please post what do you think about this.
Bye Jankie
PS. Toby will be a great idea to make a pool to see what' the common opinion....


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Spencer's "The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit" comes out Oct. 15. It's the first of two planned books that feature 12-year-old vigilante Randi Rhodes. In a statement released Wednesday by publisher Simon & Schuster, Spencer says her background as an actress helped her bring her story "to life" on tape.
The 43-year-old Spencer won an Academy Award in 2012 for best supporting actress for her role in "The Help."


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An anthropologist's view of the military
By THERESA WINSLOW | The Capital, Annapolis, Md. | Published: November 26, 2012
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — It's not an exaggeration to say Clementine Fujimura helped write the book on military anthropology.
Until she and two colleagues tackled the subject, there was no book.
"Practicing Military Anthropology: Beyond Expectations and Traditional Boundaries" was released by Kumarian Press earlier this month.
Fujimura, who has taught at the Naval Academy for almost 20 years, helped edit the book along with Robert A. Rubenstein and Kerry Fosher. Fujimura also contributed a chapter about her experiences at the academy titled "Living the Dream: One Military Anthropologist's Initiation."
Rubenstein is a Syracuse University professor and Fosher is director of research at the U.S. Marine Corps Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning.
Fujimura, who serves as chair of the languages and cultures department at the academy, said it took more than three years to finish the project, intended as the jumping-off point for a complete textbook on military anthropology.
There's a need, she said, because the subject is misunderstood by both the public and other anthropologists.
The objective of military anthropologists isn't to help the military find better ways to kill people, it's to help soldiers better understand foreign cultures, she said. This can reduce conflicts on both sides and lead to greater cooperation.
"No one really talks about what military anthropologists do," said James Lance, Kumarian's editor and publisher. "I just thought it was time to get a book that brought some sanity to the discussion."
If soldiers are protecting a village, Fujimura said, it's important not only to be able to communicate with the people living there, but to understand their culture.
Navy Capt. Stephen Trainor, permanent military professor of leadership at the academy, praised Fujimura as a colleague and said she's well-qualified to tackle the subject matter.
"In any discipline, it's important to advance the field, and Clementine is certainly doing that in her work," he said.
Trainor and Fujimura collaborate on a summer course that combines the study of culture and leadership.
Fujimura said she's thrilled to be at the academy and is energized by working with midshipmen. She came to the academy with no prior experience in dealing with the military and used her anthropological skills to study the culture of the institution.
When she first arrived at the academy, she taught Russian and German. Her two prior books were about children growing up in Russia and child abandonment in Russia.
Catherine O'Neil, who teaches Russian language and literature at the academy, said Fujimura plays an important role by navigating the civilian and military sides of the institution.
"I grew with the academy the same way the academy grew with anthropology," Fujimura said. "When I feel down, all I need to do is go back to the classroom."


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- Foremost, with slavery being officially outlawed in Mexico in 1829 and with the non-compliance by the colonists, Bustamente issued an order on 6 Apr 1830 for Tejas to comply with the emancipation proclamation, or they would suffer a military attack. To go around this law, many of the Anglo-Americans made their slaves indentured servants.
- Bustamente also rescinded the property tax law which had up until now allowed colonists a 10-year exemption for new settlements.
- He increased tariffs on imports entering Mexico from the U.S., which made the costs of living go up for the colonists.
- He changed the control of settlement contracts from the state level to the federal level & required all colonies to have at least 150 inhabitants, or they'd be canceled.
- He cut-off all immigration from the United States to Tejas. [Interestingly, they were still welcome to settle in other parts of Mexico.]
- He ordered new military garrisons to be set-up in Tejas, which he was hoping would encourage Mexicans to settle in the area. Unfortunately, though, these garrisons would be partly staffed by convicts. [I guess his prisons needed some cleaning, too.] These convicts would be given land grants in Tejas after their military service was complete.
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'Gay' anti-bully activist 'savages' Christians
Students flee profanity-laced tirade feeling bullied themselves
Homosexual activist Dan Savage, recently invited to be the keynote speaker at a high school anti-bullying conference in Seattle, Wash., promptly used his podium to bash Christians so severely, droves of the students fled the auditorium, some say victims of bullying themselves.
The National High School Journalism Convention, hosted jointly by the Journalism Education Association and the National Scholastic Press Association, was supposed to give aspiring students exposure to professional journalism workshops designed to make the journalists of tomorrow the best that they can be.
One such workshop, featuring Savage, was billed in the convention program as a discussion on how to properly report on bullying.
"Student journalists cover a world where bullying, harassment and hazing are part of their experience," says the workshop description in part.
Instead, when Savage took to the microphone, the real life exposure to bullying became all too real for the young high school students.
Savage launched into an attack on the Bible, saying, "People often point out that they can't help it. They can't help with the anti-gay bullying, because it says right there in Leviticus, it says right there in Timothy, it says right there in Romans, that being gay is wrong.
"We can learn to ignore the bulls— in the Bible about gay people," he pronounced, "the same way we have learned to ignore the bulls— in the Bible about shellfish, about slavery, about dinner, about farming, about menstruation, about virginity, about masturbation. We ignore bulls— in the Bible about all sorts of things."
In this video of the speech below, students can be seen streaming out a few at a time, but begin to leave in groups when Savage continues to blast the Bible as "a radically pro-slavery document."
While the promoters of the conference that booked Savage billed his address by saying, "Savage is also a syndicated advice columnist. With his frank, funny advice on sex and relationships, he creates a safe space for all audiences to honestly discuss 'taboo' topics," it was evident that many in the audience failed to feel safe.
While much of his audience walked out on him, Savage continued the Christian-bashing by lamenting the fact that the Apostle Paul didn't tell a Christian slave owner "not" to own slaves, just "how" to own them.
While proclaiming that the Word of God is flawed on issues of slavery, and "got it wrong" on "the easiest moral question humanity has ever faced", he assured his audience that the Bible is also 100 percent wrong on human sexuality and alluded to the retreating students as "pansy a–es."
As WND has previously reported, Dan Savage is widely known as a radical, homosexual activist, who created a obscene site that redefines Rick Santorum's last name as the byproduct of anal sex.
While Savage promotes his video sharing site, "It Gets Better," aimed at helping homosexual teens survive bullying, but as Fox News wrote, "For some … students, they felt like the anti-bullying activist was in fact the bully."
Editor's note: The video below contains several instances of obscene language.
WND has reported on other instances of Savage's obscene tirades:
- Savage said on HBO that he "wished all Republicans were f—ing dead." (He later apologized.)
- Savage created "Santorum.com" and "SpreadingSantorum.com," redefining Santorum's surname as follows: "San-TOR-um, n. The frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the by-product of anal sex."
- When Americans for Truth CEO Peter LaBarbera asked Savage to take down "Santorum.com," Savage replied, "I'm asking Peter LaBarbera to go f— himself."
At the Seattle conference, Savage also turned his remarks to the country's Republicans. He described the Old Testament custom of stoning a girl on her wedding night if she's discovered not to be a virgin and wondered if the GOP would try to pass a similar law in the U.S.
Savage then announced that he was done "beating up the Bible", and referred to those that left as "pansy a—es," and told someone to "tell the guys in the hall they can come back in now."
Responding to feedback from convention attendees, the organizers issued a statement informing people that they were well aware of the viewpoints Savage has publicly made, saying in part to Fox News, "Yet Savage has appeared regularly in the news media, so we were familiar with his general background and the broad range of viewpoints he has made publicly."
The closest they appeared to come to an apology for featuring the activist speaker was for them to say, "we wish he had stayed more on target for the audience of teen journalists."
While the statement addresses peoples concerns about the attendees that were "hurt" by the Savage speech, and assures them that it is never the organizers intent for anyone to be "hurt" by a speaker, it then admonishes the young journalists by reminding them that they should "be able to listen to speech that offends you."


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Coudray discusses the concept of linearization and explains how to apply it in digital prepress.
In the past, I have devoted considerable time to discussing the causes and control of dot gain on press. My previous treatments of this subject focused mostly on the physical printing issues surrounding mesh selection, screen tension, press setup, ink, printing parameters, and substrate variances. But this month, I will focus on the fundamentals of linearizing digital prepress in order to achieve dot predictability on the final substrate.
Dot gain occurs in all printing processes, and each process and specific application is characterized with a unique dot-gain profile. In screen printing, to compensate for the inevitable gain on press, prepress functions such as film production and screenmaking must be adjusted and controlled.
The amount of prepress compensation you'll need to apply for a particular gain profile depends on how accurately you can maintain image characteristics throughout each stage of the printing process and repeat the procedure to achieve the same results. Without this control, it is not possible to make meaningful prepress adjustments that can be measured on press.
Linearization is another way of saying that the production process follows a linear, predictable flow from start to finish. It involves identifying variances throughout the process and correcting the variances to bring the image back into a linear progression. It means you are confident that the digital information you wish to reproduce is being faithfully and accurately moved along at each step of the prepress journey. In the end, you'll still experience dot gain or loss at each step, but the gain or loss will be consistent and predictable. And you'll be able to make corrections to the digital file to compensate for the dot gain or loss you expect to occur in screenmaking and on press.
Linearization is fundamental to achieving good halftone color reproduction. But optimizing your system for the best and most consistent results is somewhat of a mysterious process, especially since any correction you make influences another variable, which in turn affects another variable, and so on.
Two principles serve as the foundation for linearization. The first is that you can never assume the information on a film positive or screen is accurate. The second is that you must have some way to measure the process.
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