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UCSD Student Suspended For Hanging Noose
Friday, February 26, 2010
The UC San Diego student who hung a noose inside a campus library has been suspended from the university. Chancellor Mary Anne Fox says it's one example of how the university is taking actions to quell racial tensions.
Police say the female student hung a noose from a bookcase inside the Geisel Library. Campus police are not classifying it as a hate crime, but there are saying the noose was left with the intent to terrorize.
It's another racially-charged incident since a group of students took part in the so-called Compton Cookout party. Fox told students at a campus demonstration that her highest priority is their safety.
"We need to come together and stand together strongly. I pledge to you that we will create a campus climate that students will know that this university that respects them and their communities," Fox said.
Minority students took over Fox's office on Friday to demand change. Fox says she is taking actions based on a list of student demands from UCSD's Black Student Union. One of her actions is the creation of a task force to help bolster outreach and recruitment strategies for minority students. Other actions include:
- Charging a permanent taskforce to review and enhance outreach programs and identify recruitment strategies to attract minority faculty. Associate Vice Chancellor of Faculty Equity and the Faculty Equity Advisors will serve as the core of this committee.
- Creation of a Campus Climate Commission modeled after UCLA's recent efforts to address declines in African-American enrollments
- Continue to fund the Faculty-Student Mentor Programs; fund the vacant Program Coordinator position in the African American Studies Minor; continue to provide funding within the Chancellor's Diversity Office
- Currently identifying a space for an African-American Resource Center on campus
- Currently identifying appropriate, central locations for cultural art
- Chancellor and campus leaders to meet with the chair and vice chair of the Black Student Union at least once every academic quarter.
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LC | February 26, 2010 at 9:14 p.m. ― 7 years ago
The rumor now circulating is that the student involved in hanging the noose was non-white, and the administration is keeping mum about her identity to avoid more trouble. It is possible that the student was sympathetic to the protesters' cause.
The fact that the BSU quietly decamped from the Chancellor's office lends some credibility to this claim, as does the fact that the unnamed student is not being charged with a hate crime, and is not being permanently ejected from campus.
expat | February 26, 2010 at 9:38 p.m. ― 7 years ago
Dude, you seriously have to stop guessing. We communicate just fine, but quit putting theories out there, things are bad enough as it is. BSU announced that they would leave at 5pm and they did. End of story. The identity of a suspect shouldn't be released in such an emotionally charged case, common sense.
Just because something is possible, just because rumors are circulating, and just because demonstrators are capable to disband without chaos breaking out doesn't mean anything, so just chill. We'll know much more tomorrow.
ALove | February 26, 2010 at 9:39 p.m. ― 7 years ago
As a member of the BSU I can tell you that we "quietly decamped from the Chancellor's office" because we had gotten the information that we wanted and for that reason alone.
The ethnicity of the person has not been released.
LC | February 26, 2010 at 9:53 p.m. ― 7 years ago
Fair enough, expat. But I'm cynical. If the noose-incident really was an act of hate speech directed at African Americans and the student involved isn't getting prosecuted, much less expelled, then there is a big, big problem - nooses, swastikas, and the like have absolutely no place on a college campus. And, if the act was a tactical provocation, I still think an expulsion and prosecution is called for.
oranjeboom | February 26, 2010 at 9:59 p.m. ― 7 years ago
"Dude, you seriously have to stop guessing. "
If the police would simply release the ethnic/racial identity (not the total identity) of the perp then guessing would be unnecessary. When I heard it was a female, my subjective odds of it being a black person. I could see a white smartass guy doing something like this, but it would be pretty rare for a white female. I'm going with 50-50 now it was a black girl.
jb03 | February 26, 2010 at 10:06 p.m. ― 7 years ago
I agree the police or the administration need to release the race of the perp. I am with oranjeboom, white guy i can see but female, I think of a black woman who found the need to push the cause. If it was a white woman need to enforce harsher punishment. I feel, if we are going to get past this, we need honesty.
jb03 | February 26, 2010 at 10:08 p.m. ― 7 years ago
I agree the police or the administration need to release the race of the perp. I am with oranjeboom, white guy i can see but female, I think of a black woman who found the need to push the cause. If it was a white woman, they need to enforce a harsher punishment. I feel, if we are going to get past this, we need honesty.
jude1963 | February 27, 2010 at 1:12 a.m. ― 7 years ago
This is quite comman in the US military.For a minority ,for whatever reason,to hang a noose,paint a symbol like KKK,or such,then get caught and its swept under the carpet.When a minority does this to inflame racial hatred against whites it should be considered a Hate Crime and punished as such!
LC | February 27, 2010 at 2:13 a.m. ― 7 years ago
The story is coming out. The student is a non-black minority (and visual arts major), who apparently did this absent any real intent at all, without, it seems, understanding or knowing the history of the gesture. She's made an announcement to the Guardian.
This, apparently, was neither a hoax, nor provocation, nor was it a racist threat. It was a very unfortunate series of events.
Perhaps this is an indictment of the way that US history is taught. (Unless, of course, the student didn't attend US schools before attending UCSD, which is a real possibility.) Sometimes I need to remind myself that everyone involved - frat boys, BSU members, almost all the undergrads - are barely out of childhood, and often deeply clueless. I was at that age - which is why I've become so cynical about campus-based movements.
jude1963 | February 27, 2010 at 8:42 a.m. ― 7 years ago
Good!!!!! then a race war is avoided for the time being !lol
ear2theground | February 27, 2010 at 9:08 a.m. ― 7 years ago
I would argue that -- in the midst of the current turmoil at UCSD -- a person hanging a noose in the library was WELL AWARE of its timing and consequences. Hate crime or not, this action served to pour flames on the fire. That person should be PERMANENTLY suspended from UCSD. What a loser. (It seems they selfishly may have wanted something exciting for their visual arts project, if this person is indeed a Visual Arts major as posted here.)
Why did UCSD insert itself to get involved without knowing the facts or context of the precipitating event of this campus crisis? The YouTube videos of this 'Jiggaboo Jones' (ugh) provocateur put the context of this silly party in perspective. It was off-campus, wasn't it? What's the nexus to UCSD, exactly? It appears the administration has fallen all over itself prematurely to maintain political correctness.
UCSD and KPBS would do the entire community (by the way, this story is now in the New York Times now) a service if they included this context in any continuing story. They should also provide a breakdown of the ethnic composition of UCSD's student body AND workforce. 'Institutional racism'? Look in the White House, folks. And next time, BSU, if you're gonna use a quote or paraphrase Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the local evening news, please cite the source of your quote!
expat | February 27, 2010 at 1:40 p.m. ― 7 years ago
Ignorance is no defense in this case, otherwise anybody could get away with any hate crime by claiming to have merely imitated. Reproduction is perpetuation is support.
Ear2: The school has been part of the problem for a long time. BSU handed chancellor Fox a similar list years ago, nothing has changed. The UC officially pretended to address this problem about ten years ago, not a thing has changed. J2J is an opportunistic, failed comedian who will profit financially from this tragedy. ugh is right! UCSD has the documents you want, it's a public school, but you'll have to do the work for it yourself. I agree that it would be useful if the media outlets provided more info. However, if you check out the composition of faculty that is even more disheartening, and they know what is going on.
fyi: AP picked it up, so now the Washington Post is on it, too.
SDjon92101 | February 27, 2010 at 2:38 p.m. ― 7 years ago
So can we have a WSU at UCSD?
We could call it CSU if we wanted to be more PC.
Also, can we get an area of campus sectioned off to us to display our cultural arts?
A caucasian-american resource center?
Creating any "resource center" based on an ethnicity FURTHERS racial discrimination. It is only when there is NO SEGREGATION based on race - whether with good intent or ill - that racism can truly be abolished.
Art from all cultures should be displayed evenly across the entire campus. There shouldn't be an "african culture display area" just as much as there shouldn't be an "asian culture display area". Instead create an INTERNATIONAL display area emphasizing the beautiful diversity across the world. Segregating art and resources segregates people just as effectively as two water fountains with a "whites" sign over one and a "blacks" sign over the other.
expat | February 27, 2010 at 7:11 p.m. ― 7 years ago
The entire campus is a caucasian area, that is exactly the problem.
Post-racial America may be a nice thought, but that is precisely why the black students are rightly infuriated: while much of the caucasian student body claims that they are all post-racial they have racist parties with heavy undertones of minstrelsy. THAT is not post-racial, and it is only fair that a weak minority insists on the rights they have been promised for years now by chancellor Fox until THAT disappears.
LC | February 27, 2010 at 8:09 p.m. ― 7 years ago
expat, I would back up an "ignorance is no excuse" line if the accused had either been an actual racist making a threat or a sympathizer to the protesters trying to start trouble. this is, it is turning out, someone who simply didn't recognize the activity as having these kinds of semiotics. this kind of "ignorance" is, indeed, an excuse. in a country full of people who can't locate america on a map, who think that france is a city in the us, who don't know who fought who in world war two, i don't find this at all remarkable. the public school system in california in particular is a failure, and the admissions guidelines for the uc system - by which the top 4% of any graduating high school class is eligible for admission - has led to a lot of not-really-well-educated students being admitted into the system.
"the entire campus is a caucasian area?" has 'caucasian' simply become a free-floating signifier representing any kind of abstract hegemonic domination? because that's kind of, you know, b.s.
ear2theground | February 27, 2010 at 8:24 p.m. ― 7 years ago
"The entire campus is a caucasian area, that is exactly the problem."
expat, I know this is a response th SDJon9201, but, excuse me? You obviously do NOT spend any time on campus! From the sound of it, I'd say you're an outsider.
[Actually, the NY Times did break down the ethic composition at UCSD: 40% Asian American, 30% White, 20% Latino, African-American the pathetic 2% (don't get me wrong: it iIS too low, as a percentage of the general population, but it's hardly a "white, or caucasian, area."]
Again, I urge you to check the White House for its current occupant (who I supported, and continue to support), and can you name the colleges that comprise the UCSD campus? Because you should know that African-Americans' contributions to American society don't exactly mean nuthin' at UCSD - on the contrary. Go ahead: Name 'em. Here.
expat | February 27, 2010 at 10:33 p.m. ― 7 years ago
my friend, respect others and don't jump to conclusions. I spend most of my week on campus, have no worries. I know its history, do you? Here's a hint: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lbT0n... , esp. 24:30 and on. In a 2007 video the need for safe spaces is confirmed. Between Revelle, and Muir, Marshall, Warren, and Roosevelt, and even Sixth, I reserve the right to speak as a member of the UCSD community, but thanks anyway.
Again, the problem, as LC knows very well, is the whitening of campus, in which the myth of model minorities is applied to further stereotypes against other groups. (in case that doesn't mean anything to you, fyi: http://www.raceandhistory.com/selfnews/viewnews.cgi?newsid1033693147,52881,.shtml)
Ignorance means exactly what the word says: the lack of awareness of the own ignorance, distinguishing it from malice. The lack of awareness as that girl and her friends were winding the rope into a noose is the tragedy. Would you excuse kids for just drawing swastikas? I choose not to accept this kind of behavior.
The "caucasian area" is indeed a response to SDJon9201, and perhaps overly short for: UCSD was founded and built by white people, is run by a homogenous administration and faculty, shows displays of its founding that excludes peoples of color, and that refuses to return the sacred remains on which it is built to the Natives from whom this land was taken. The art is caucasian, the political leadership is caucasian, so how exactly, is my question, should Caucasians be able to create a caucasian space???
Ear: I know who sits in the White House and I am grateful for it every day. But he was elected despite his ethnicity, not because of it or because nobody cared. This is not post-racial America, and it will not be until kids stop having delusional ideas about race, which is exactly the proof that race is still very much alive and kicking--in the U.S. and certainly at UCSD.
LC | February 27, 2010 at 10:55 p.m. ― 7 years ago
expat, the raceandhistory link didn't work. But that site seems to be a pro-Mugabe site. That, I'm afraid, generates serious doubts on its credibility: it characterizes in many of its articles any criticism of Mugabe's deeply troubled, economically disastrous, and corrupt regime as racist. I don't engage with people I consider fools, which is why I probably seem to be arguing with you more than with people who are making crude, reactionary apologetics for the party-goers: I consider them beneath direct engagement. But if you really are an apologist for the Mugabe regime, then, I have to start to question things.
oranjeboom | February 28, 2010 at 2:46 a.m. ― 7 years ago
: UCSD was founded and built by white people, i
That's exactly right ... why we let it be taken over by Asians, I'll never know.
oldybutgoody | February 28, 2010 at 5:19 a.m. ― 7 years ago
I work at a company in San Diego which is presently contaminated by this UCSD racist infestation. It doesn't stop at blacks. It is extended into the 'free thinkers who want to rid the world of all whites' agitated by selfish spoiled brats who need to eat out of garbage cans for a while. After being the brunt end one of these UCSD supposed graduates who can't find their way out of a paper bag and take responsibility for just poor work, I condemn UCSD. This wasn't a black or white either, it was an asian. Oh yes...sins of the father thing......maybe dating back to World War I.
I see where UCSD has some misconception about education and their programs have produced a bunch of left over copycats from the 60's who flunked a course on being a civilized society and responsible citizens. I graduated from National University with a Master's, not a degree specializing in taking my problems out on other people. But I see that is what UCSD is about. Oh yes , 'free thinkers club', I'm sorry.
This message is for all you UCSD special people.... As a result of this from your little haven of racist discriminatory opportunity in San Diego, maybe you can 'free think' this....hiring freeze on all UCSD students and graduates as well as immediate termination of any 'free thinking' outbursts or whatever to hell you want to call it... maybe you can find your way to St. Vincent de Paul's when you are hungry enough. But then again, National didn't have any spoiled brats, just grown-ups.
Oh by the way......brought to you by National University....and I'm a pretty famous writer too.
expat | February 28, 2010 at 8:38 a.m. ― 7 years ago
Oh dear, really, LC? I didn't notice that. I apologize of course, and I of course am in no way close to a Mugabe supporter. (shudder) On a side note, I'd be interested in your sources on that, I couldn't find anything. The site is from Trinidad&Tobago, and it is widely linked on Trini sites. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/raceandhistory.com/taino .
Be that as it may, the most relevant passages by author Tim Wise--I hope that clears up the source question (timwise.org)--run:
"And finally, to argue-as supporters of the model minority myth do-that Asians "have made it, so why can't blacks," is to misunderstand the issue of moral and ethical responsibility to correct the harm of wrongful actions.
Even if we accept the notion that groups victimized by racism can "make it" without assistance, affirmative action, or reparations, that would not deny (or indeed speak to in any way) the fact that society has an obligation to compensate the victims of injustice. After all, if my leg is blown off in an industrial accident, it hardly matters that many people with only one leg go on to succeed. The issue of compensatory justice remains, irrespective of what gains one can make without compensation.
Those who trumpet "Asian values and culture" (based on stereotypical understandings of both, not unlike the white guys who covet mail-order Asian brides for their anticipated "docility"), do Asians no favors. If anything, they set them up in a way that not only harms the groups against which they are contrasted, but in a way that harms Asians as well.
To be considered a group filled with math and science geniuses and passive, sensual, and willing female companions, not only objectifies Asian Pacific Americans, but results in a special stigma for those in the various Asian groups who aren't good in school, don't know how to fix your computer nor care to do so, or who don't fit the sexist stereotypes that are so comforting to Western male tastes.
The model minority myth, in other words, is a setup: a carrot offered to certain groups so long as they don't get out of line, assert their rights, strike for better wages, or try to determine their own sexuality. And as with all carrots, there is an even bigger stick, ready to throttle those who don't go along with the game.
Ultimately, justice and equity will remain elusive so long as whites feel no compunction about using one group of color against another group of color, in an attempt to make fools of both." http://raceandhistory.com/selfnews/printnews.cgi?newsid1033693147,52881,.shtml
But I don't even need that source. Any quick web search finds tons of facts for those who care to know that to bring APA into the discussion is to try and change the subject, often with wrong arguments.
http://www.wcl.american.edu/journal/lawrev/45/wu.html (Washington College of Law)
Crystal, D. (1989). Asian Americans and the myth of the model minority. Social Casework,
70 (7), 405-413.
expat | February 28, 2010 at 8:39 a.m. ― 7 years ago
Hey oldy...no fair, what about all the protesters? They'll have UCSD degrees, no?
expat | February 28, 2010 at 4:09 p.m. ― 7 years ago
Statement of UC President Mark G. Yudof, the Chancellors of the ten UC campuses, and the Chair and Vice Chair of the Universitywide Academic Senate
February 26, 2010
As leaders of the University of California, we are deeply disturbed by recent events at a few of our campuses. We condemn all acts of racism, intolerance and incivility. Regardless of how such offenses are rationalized, or what free speech rights they purport to express, the acts we have witnessed are unacceptable. The actions of these individuals reflect neither our principles nor our values, nor the sentiments of the University of California community. We will not allow the actions of a few to speak for this University. We denounce them.
Each of our campuses is committed to promoting and defending a learning environment that values and supports each student, faculty and staff member in an atmosphere that is open, civil, fair, caring and respectful. These values are enshrined in the "Principles of Community" each campus adheres to and that clearly outline our expectations for behavior on our campuses. We expect that all members of our university community, including our visitors, will be respectful of differing views, opinions, experiences, and background.
When violations occur, it is incumbent on us, as leaders and as stewards of free speech on our campuses, to push back. We have a responsibility to speak out against activities that promote intolerance or undermine civil dialogue. As always, the remedy for bad speech is good speech. For that reason, we call on all members of the UC community – students, faculty and staff – to affirm and defend the values of the University of California. We are speaking out and ask that you do the same whenever, wherever and however you confront behavior that violates the principles and values of this University.
Mark G. Yudof
University of California Henry Powell
UC Academic Senate Daniel Simmons
Vice Chair
UC Academic Senate
Robert J. Birgeneau
UC Berkeley Linda P.B. Katehi
UC Davis Michael V. Drake, M.D.
UC Irvine
Gene Block
UC Los Angeles Steve Kang
UC Merced Timothy P. White
UC Riverside
Marye Anne Fox
UC San Diego Susan Desmond-Hellmann
UC San Francisco Henry T. Yang
UC Santa Barbara
George Blumenthal
UC Santa Cruz
gerold | March 1, 2010 at 3:09 p.m. ― 7 years ago
Kind of sad to see all these old whiners posting here, complaining either about uppity young freethinkers ("oldybutgoody") or mean old oppressive white people ("expat").
It's too bad we don't hear anything much from the students themselves, but from my conversations with actual students, the grunting and sniveling from the people posting here is quite unrepresentative of what's happening among normal students.
My impression: the vast majority of students at UCSD reject racism completely, and are looking forward to a post-racial future, not at the injustices of the past. Most are too busy, and are working too hard, to take much interest in the antics of frat boys, the complaints of the hyper-sensitive, or the frantic CYA-scramble of the administration.
note to "oldybutgoody": my company hired a new grad from UCSD a couple years ago, an excellent mechanical engineer; very smart, and his education prepared him to be productive immediately. And while this is hardly relevant, he's also Hispanic. Based on what I've seen here, he's a much better American than the angry white men ranting and whinging on this board.
ear2theground | March 1, 2010 at 3:53 p.m. ― 7 years ago
Gerold: 'Chillax.' From LATimes.com:
Student apologizes for UC San Diego noose incident, claims no racist intent
March 1, 2010 | 3:12 pm
The UC San Diego student reportedly responsible for last week's controversial noose episode issued a public, but anonymous, apology Monday and said she'd had no racist intent when she hung the rope from a bookcase in the campus' main library. The discovery of the noose set off angry protests at a school already tense from racially charged episodes and triggered a round of condemnations from UC leaders and even the governor.
In a letter published Monday on the front page of the campus' student newspaper, the Guardian, the student wrote that "this was not an act of racism" and contended that it was a "stupid mistake." She said it was the result of fooling around and had nothing to do with seeking to intimidate black students with a symbol of lynching.
"I know what I did was offensive -- regardless of my intentions -- I am just trying to say I'm sorry. As a minority student who sympathizes with the students that have been affected by the recent issues on campus, I am distraught to know that I have unintentionally added to their pain," wrote the student, who was suspended Friday and remains under investigation by campus police for a possible hate crime.
The letter is signed "by Anonymous UCSD Student" and offers no clues to her identity or ethnicity. A note at the end of the letter states that the newspaper had verified the author's authenticity. Sari Thayer, the Guardian's Web editor, said in a telephone interview that the woman had approached the paper and asked to publish the letter and that "a reliable source" had confirmed it.
In the letter, the woman said she and friends had been playing with a rope, jumping with it, making a lasso and then a noose early last week. She then carried it to the library, where she was studying, and strung it over a desk there Tuesday and forgot about it. Its discovery Thursday night caused a firestorm on campus, where racial tensions were high after a Jan. 15 off-campus party mocked Black History Month and a derogatory term for blacks was used on a student television show.
When she realized the controversial noose was her responsibility, "I felt so ashamed and embarrassed, and the first thing I did was call the campus police and confess," she wrote. She said her motivation in publishing the letter was "to hopefully put a little bit of faith back into the UCSD campus by clarifying that it was not an act of racism."
A campus spokesperson said campus police are continuing to investigate the incident and are consulting about it with the San Diego County district attorney's office and the U.S. attorney's office. The student remains suspended while the investigation continues, the spokesperson said.
jenab6 | March 1, 2010 at 4:06 p.m. ― 7 years ago
Does anyone know the race of the perpetrator of the noose-hanging incident? I can't find that information anywhere. The police said the intent was to terrorize, but they also said it wasn't a "hate crime." The student was suspended, but she was not expelled. The race of the perpetrator should never be omitted from news accounts of this kind, since whether the incident resulted from hate or as a hoax is important for the public to know. I believe that many, perhaps most, incidents of this kind are hoaxes. Not real. I think the media presumes too much when they start yapping about racism.
expat | March 2, 2010 at 7:49 a.m. ― 7 years ago
thank you again for an elegant and insightful contribution. I especially feel complimented as a UCSD student. Thanks.
CaliforniaDefender | March 2, 2010 at 5 p.m. ― 7 years ago
The noose perpetrator has been officially identified as a (drum roll)..........
Minority Student.
Any response from the Black Student Union?
Didn't think so.
expat | March 2, 2010 at 7:39 p.m. ― 7 years ago
And...drum roll...yet another tasteless comment on the situation defacing Geisel Library.
By the way. Read her letter? Are you kidding me? She admired her friend's skill in tying a noose, took it to the library to study and forgot it there???
Transparency | December 15, 2010 at 5:34 p.m. ― 6 years, 3 months ago
Californians focus more closely on the leadership of UC Chancellors. The signs of University of California Berkeley's relative decline are clear. In 2004, for example, the London-based Times Higher Education ranked UC Berkeley the second leading research university in the world, just behind Harvard; in 2009 that ranking had tumbled to 39th place. Incompetence reigns under Chancellor Birgeneau, Provost Breslauer, Vice-Chancellor Yeary
University of California Chancellor Robert Birgeneau's eight-year fiscal track record is dismal indeed. He would like to blame the politicians, since they stopped giving him every dollar he has asked for, and the state legislators do share some responsibility for the financial crisis. But not in the sense he means.
A competent chancellor would have been on top of identifying inefficiencies in the system and then crafting a plan to fix them. Competent oversight by the Board of Regents and the legislature would have required him to provide data on problems and on what steps he was taking to solve them. Instead, every year Birgeneau would request a budget increase, the regents would agree to it, and the legislature would provide. The hard questions were avoided by all concerned, and the problems just piled up to $150 million of inefficiencies….until there was no money left.
It's not that Birgeneau was unaware that there were, in fact, waste and inefficiencies in the system. Faculty and staff have raised issues with senior management, but when they failed to see relevant action taken, they stopped. Finally, Birgeneau engaged some expensive ($3 million) consultants, Bain & Company, to tell him what he should have been able to find out from the bright, engaged people in his own organization.
In short, there is plenty of blame to go around. But you never want a serious crisis to go to waste. An opportunity now exists for the UC president, Board of Regents, and California legislators to jolt UC Berkeley back to life, applying some simple check-and-balance management principles. Increasing the budget is not enough; transforming senior management is necessary. The faculty, Academic Senate, Cal. Alumni, financial donors, benefactors await the transformation. The senior management operates author, who has 35 years' consulting experience, has taught at University of California Berkeley, where he was able to observe the culture and the way senior management work.


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Dan Ebberts provides example expressions and tutorials for learning how to work with expressions on his MotionScript website. For example, Dan provides an excellent page about collision detection.
Colin Braley provides a tutorial and example project on his website that show how to use expressions to make one layer repel others in a natural-seeming manner.
The AE Enhancers forum provides many examples and much useful information about expressions, as well as scripts and animation presets. In this post on the AE Enhancers forum, Paul Tuersley provides a tutorial and example project that show how to use expressions to animate several layers in a swarm.
Rick Gerard provides an example on his website that demonstrates rolling a square object along a floor so that the sides stay in contact with the floor plane.
Carl Larsen provides a video tutorial on the Creative COW website that demonstrates how to use expressions and parenting to relate the rotation of a set of wheels to the horizontal movement of a vehicle.
Chris Zwar provides an example project on his website for automatically arranging still images or videos into a grid (like a video wall). You can easily adjust position and spacing with sliders that are connected to a system of expressions. There are three compositions in the project—one for stills, one for videos, and one to create an auto-storyboard in which a video is sampled at user-defined intervals and aligned into a grid.
JJ Gifford's website provides several example projects that demonstrate how to use expressions.
Maltaannon (Jerzy Drozda, Jr.) provides a video tutorial on his website that shows how to use expressions to create a volume meter using the results of the Convert Audio To Keyframes command.
Harry Frank provides a tutorial on his graymachine website that shows how to use expressions to read data from an external text file.
You can create an expression without using properties from other layers. For example, you can make a layer revolve in a perfect circle.
You can use the pick whip to link rotation values between layers to animate the hands on a clock—as the hour hand moves from hour to hour, the minute hand rotates the full circumference of the clock face. This type of animation would take a long time to create if you had to set each keyframe for both hand layers, but with the pick whip, you can do it in a matter of minutes.
- Import or create two long, narrow solid-color layers: an hour hand and a minute hand. (See Solid-color layers and solid-color footage items.)
- Set the anchor points at the ends of the layers. (See Layer anchor points.)
- Move the layers so that the anchor points are at the center of the composition. (See Move layers in space.)
- Set Rotation keyframes for the hour hand. (See Set or add keyframes.)
This example expression positions and maintains one layer at a balanced distance between two other layers.
Start with three layers. (See Creating layers.)
Animate the positions of the first two layers in the Timeline panel. (See Motion paths.)
This example expression instructs a layer to be at the same position as the next higher layer in the Timeline panel, but delayed by a specified amount of time (in this case, 0.5 seconds). You can set similar expressions for the other geometric properties.
- Start with two solid-color layers that are scaled to approximately 30% of the composition size. (See Solid-color layers and solid-color footage items.)
- Animate the position of the first layer. (See Motion paths.)
All layers follow the same path, and each is delayed 0.5 seconds from the previous.
Dan Ebberts provides more examples and techniques for creating trails of images on his MotionScript website.
This example expression synchronizes the Bulge Center argument of the Bulge effect in one layer with the position of another layer. For example, you can create an effect that looks like a magnifying glass moving over a layer, with the contents under the magnifying glass bulging as the lens (that is, the overlying layer) moves. This expression uses the fromWorld method, which makes the expression work correctly regardless of whether you move the magnifying glass layer or the underlying layer. You can rotate or scale the underlying layer, and the expression stays intact.
You can also use other effects, such as Ripple, with this expression.
- Start with two layers. Make one layer a magnifying glass or similar object with a hole in the middle and name it Magnifier. (See Creating layers.)
- Animate the position of the magnifying glass layer. (See Motion paths.)
- Apply the Bulge effect to the other layer. (See Apply an effect or animation preset.)
startFade = 500; // Start fade 500 pixels from camera. endFade = 1500; // End fade 1500 pixels from camera. try { // Check whether there's a camera C = thisComp.activeCamera.toWorld([0,0,0]); } catch(err) { // No camera, so assume 50mm w = thisComp.width * thisComp.pixelAspect; z = (w/2)/Math.tan(degreesToRadians(19.799)); C = [0,0,-z]; } P = toWorld(anchorPoint); d = length(C,P); linear(d,startFade,endFade,100,0)
Dan Ebberts explains this expression on his MotionScript website.
n = 0; t = 0; if (marker.numKeys > 0){ n = marker.nearestKey(time).index; if (marker.key(n).time > time) n--; } if (n > 0) t = time - marker.key(n).time; amp = 15; freq = 5; decay = 3.0; angle = freq * 2 * Math.PI * t; scaleFact = (100 + amp * Math.sin(angle) / Math.exp(decay * t)) / 100; [value[0] * scaleFact, value[1] / scaleFact];
You can use any expression in place of the wiggle expression used here, to begin and end the influence of any expression at a specific time.
timeToStart = 2; if (time > timeToStart) { wiggle(3,25); } else { value; }
timeToStop = 4; if (time > timeToStop) { value; } else { wiggle(3,25); }
Apply the following expression to a property to start wiggling it at time 2 seconds and stop wiggling it at time 4 seconds:
timeToStart = 2; timeToStop = 4; if ((time > timeToStart) && (time < timeToStop)) { wiggle(3,25); } else { value; }
- Apply the following expression to the Focus Distance property of a camera layer to have its focus distance match the distance to the anchor point of a layer named "target":
target = thisComp.layer("target"); V1 = target.toWorld(target.anchorPoint) - toWorld([0,0,0]); V2 = toWorldVec([0,0,1]); dot(V1,V2);
Dan Ebberts explains this expression example in detail on his Motionscript website.


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Do you want to see me for real?
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Gender: male Age: N/A Location: N/A
Posted Sat 3rd of March 2012
Dad finds daughters pictures
My name is Dave; I am a 36 year old business man and single father. My wife died 12 years ago and I have devoted my life to raising my 16 year old daughter, Ashley.
While on my way home, I was involved in a small traffic accident, nothing big, just a fender bender. After trading information with the other driver I talked with my insurance agent, who said that if I could e-mail some pictures of the damage, it would help expedite the claim. When I got home, I left the car in the drive way and went to Ashley's room where I found the camera on her nightstand.
After taking 8 pictures of the damage, I hooked the camera up to the computer to download the pictures. Instead of the 8 pictures I was expecting, the camera downloaded 33 pictures. Figuring Ashley just snapped a few pictures of her and her friends, I selected all the pictures and choose to view them in a slide show.
The first picture was exactly what I expected, Ashley standing by her bed smiling with her hands behind her back. The second picture showed Ashley giving a slight pouty look. In the third picture, Ashley presented a overtly sexy pose sucking on her finger… this is when my cock began to take notice.
The fourth picture Ashley had unbuttoned her blouse showing a lacy bra, my cock began to swell in anticipation. In the fifth picture, the blouse as well as the bra were off and Ashley was covering her breasts with her hands as a huge tease. My cock was getting huge.
The sixth picture was the money shot for titties… a perfect set of B cup 16 year old breasts. I was now rubbing my cock through my pants. In the seventh picture, Ashley had removed her jeans and was showing off a rather revealing thong. I didn't even know she had a thong.
It was at this point that I paused the slide show and changed the screen over to the 55 inch High Def TV. I also unbuckled my pants. As the slide show continued, I was now rubbing my cock inside my pants. The next three pictures was more of her showing off her cute ass in that thong. I again paused the slide show and slipped my pants and underwear to my ankles and was slowly stroking my cock as I continued the slide show.
The very next slide rewarded me with the money shot of Ashley standing there facing the camera completely nude showing her 16 year old pussy. And I might add, it was the prettiest pussy I have ever seen. I paused the slide show again just so I could look at this picture a bit longer. When I started the show again, I was rewarded with a close up. Ashley was now lying on the bed, her knees up and parted with her pussy open and looking very moist. The next two shots were also close ups, one with her finger rubbing her clit, the next with her finger inserted deep in her pussy and I was getting very close to cumming.
The next picture showed Ashley sucking on the finger that was just in her pussy and my mind was swirling on just how good that must taste. The next picture after that, Ashley looked to be getting playful as she stood bent over showing her ass and pussy and looking back at the camera from between her legs… At which time I heard, "Hey dad, what happened to the…" I turned with my cock in hand and saw Ashley standing in the door looking at me jerking off to her picture of her on the big screen.
I yelled, "Ashley! What are you…?" as I scrambled to kill the slide show and get my pants up. When I turned again, she was gone. I sat back in the chair thinking "what have I done!" After about 5 minutes of getting my heart rate under control, I gathered up what composure I could and headed to her room to talk to her about what she walked in on, still not sure what I was going to say or even what I could say.
When I got to her room, I found the door slightly ajar and knocked as I pushed open the door calling, "Ashely… can we talk?" Ashley, was sitting on her bed and stood when I walked in looking a little nervous. I then said, "We need to talk about-"
Ashley quickly cut in, "Daddy… do you want to see me for real?"
All confused, I replied, "What, sweetheart?"
She replied, "Do you want to see me for real?" And with that she pulled her tee-shirt over her head revealing those perfect 16 year old B cup breasts.
"Ashley," I stammered, "what are-"
Ashley cut in again, "It's ok Daddy," as she pushed her shorts and under wear to the floor and stepping out of them, "I took those pictures for you."
"You took them for me? What? I don't understand." I might add, about this time, my cock which ran off and hid when Ashley first walked in, was now back and coming to life.
Ashley was now standing right in front of me, naked, and a more beautiful sight, a more sexy sight you couldn't ask for. As she looked up at me, she said, "I took the pictures for you because you've never had a girlfriend and I want to be your girlfriend." With that she started to rub my cock through my pants as she released my belt and unzipped my pants.
To say that I was confused is an understatement. My mind was racing almost as fast as my cock was growing. As Ashley pushed my pants to the floor, she was now lightly stroking my cock. I said, "Ashley, we can't be doing this."
She replied, "Sure we can Daddy – we're just going to make love."
"But Ashley, you're my… it's wrong."
Ashley ignored my pleas and moved slowly back toward the bed leading me by my cock. All during this time my brain was in a fog of confusion. Part of my brain kept saying this is wrong, this is wrong, but it didn't appear to have any control over the actions of my body as I just followed her lead.
As she lay back on the bed drawing be on top of her, I came to rest between her legs. As soon as my 7 and a half inch cock touched the opening of her very wet pussy, nothing else in the world mattered but satisfying this primal urge, and I found myself pushed my cock into my 16 year old daughter. Again, my brain was yelling this is wrong, but my body wasn't listening.
Completely overcome by the moment, I was now fully inside my daughter's very tight pussy and had started to slowly fuck her. At this point, I would like to say that I pounded her young pussy for 30 minutes giving her countless orgasms until we both collapsed from sexual exhaustion. But in reality, I didn't last 30 seconds before I started to cum buckets inside my baby girl. As I grunted the last of my orgasm and my cock softened, I slowly pulled out of her and rolled off to the side and heard Ashley say, "Boy, you really did need this!"
Hearing her words, I looked at her lying there smiling when she said, "So, how long before we can do this again?" As she spoke, my brain came out of its fog and realization of just what happened struck me and I began to jabber, "Oh my god, what have I done? I am so sorry, Ashley, we never.. of god." I looked upon my naked daughter lying there, legs still spread, pussy agape, oozing my cum and I began to panic a little saying, "Oh god, what if you get preg-"
Ashley quickly cut in and said, "Don't worry dad, I'm on birth control."
"You're what… how… when did?"
"I went to the school nurse about two months ago, and she gave me a shot that they said would be effective for about 6 months."
"You did wha… really, they do that?"
"Yeah, so there is nothing to worry about. So, when can we do this again?"
When she said this, I looked at her again and this time instead of seeing my 16 year old daughter, I was looking at the sexist sight I had ever seen in my life. My brain was no longer saying this was wrong. If anything, it was a little numb to everything that had just happened. As I looked at my naked daughter lying there I heard her say "Daddy?" as a means to break my spell.
In that instant I decided that if I was going to do this, I was going to do this right and as she began to repeat her question, I leaned in and kissed her. Not a kiss that a father would give a daughter, but a full on tongue wrestling kiss with all the passion of new lovers. Ashley responded in kind with a soft moan and some very wicked tongue action.
We continued this kiss for a couple of minutes, my hands exploring her young body. Where moments ago I was in shock about what I had done, now I was determined to pleasure my daughter in every way possible. I broke the kiss, partly to come up for air, but also to quickly remove my shit.
I was now fully naked. I looked again at my daughter and saw her looking back at me with nothing but lust in her eyes! I leaned in to resume the kiss, but quickly moved on to her neck and ear. Her moans were becoming more pronounced interspaced with "Oh daddy" as she held me close. I continued my journey down her body, next finding myself sucking on the most perfect pair of titties one can imagine. A perfect set of perky B cups that only a teenager could have topped with small pink areolas. And as I nursed on her titties, I found that the more I sucked on her titties, the raspier her breath became and I knew she was close to her first orgasm.
I again continued down her body – licking, sucking, and nibbling as I went, pausing next at her belly button. 30 seconds into sucking on her belly button, Ashley surprised me when her body went totally ridged as she grunted out her first orgasm. As her orgasm subsided, I paused my exploration of her body and said, "Boy, you really needed that!"
She replied, "Jeeze dad, I've never come close to cumming that hard before."
I replied, "That's just the beginning sweetheart, that's just the beginning," and then I looked down as saw her pussy, still agape, still oozing my cum and I knew what I had to do next.
As I lowered my face between her legs, the smell of sex was overpowering and I just let my primal urges control me as I began to lick and suck my cum right out of her pussy. This was by far the wettest, the sloppiest pussy I have ever eaten – and the taste, unbelievably good. I locked my lips around her slit, sucking her clit as my tongue lapped up every drop of our cum as it oozed out of her. I also pushed her legs back raising up her ass so I could also lick her anus clean of the cum that dripped down there. All during this time, Ashley was completely incoherent as she was in a constant state of orgasm. Once I finished cleaning her pussy of all my previous cum, I noticed that my 7 and half inches was fully restored and waiting for round two.
I stopped eating her pussy, I gave her mons one last kiss and asked her how she was doing.
Breathing hard, she replied, "Oh god dad, that was… oh my god that was… "
"So are you ready for daddy to fuck you?"
"Oh god yes! Fuck me daddy!"
"OK sweetheart, I need to you turn over so daddy can fuck you real good."
"OK Daddy."
And with that, Ashley turned over and I positioned her with her head down and her cute little ass propped up. As I stood behind her with my cock gently pressed at her very moist pussy, I asked, "Are you ready sweetheart?"
She simply replied, "Fuck me Daddy," and with those words, I pushed my cock into my daughter again, but this time things were going to be different.
As I slipped into her pussy, Ashley let out a low moan letting me know she like this invasion of her body. Being of clear mind this time, I noticed just how incredibly tight her pussy was not to mentioned how wet. Once I was fully in her, I paused for a moment savior the sensations coursing through me. I looked down and the sight of my cock disappearing into my daughter was simply the most erotic sight I have ever seen and with that I started to fuck her – slowly at first and every time I thrust into her, Ashley would let out a low moan displaying the pleasure I was giving her.
As I picked up the pace, the low moans turned to grunts and Ashley quickly learned to push back meeting each of my thrusts. When her first orgasm hit, her body tensed up, her pussy clamped down on my cock to where I could hardly move it and she screamed out, "Daddddddyyyy." This was followed in quick succession by several smaller orgasms. For the next 20 minutes I alternated between pounding her pussy for all I was worth to a slow easy fuck and Ashley seemed to be in a constant state of orgasm. Finally, I could feel my balls reaching the boiling point and knew I would soon be filling my daughter's pussy with cum again so I picked up the pace to where my cock was nothing more than a piston on overdrive.
Ashley was completely incoherently sputtering, "Daddydaddydaddydaddydaddydaddy," in time to each of my thrusts. Finally, with one final thrust the damn broke and I began to unleash an incredible amount of cum into my daughter's pussy again. At the same time, Ashley had reached her peek and for nearly a minute her body was totally ridged, she stopped breathing and her pussy, which was tight to begin with, clamped down on my cock to where I couldn't move as she grunted through an equally tremendous orgasm.
Once our orgasms subsided, my cock went soft and I slowly withdrew it from Ashley. I asked her if she was ok and in between deep breaths, she replied, "Oh shit that was good," and then just went back to breathing heavily.
Ashley had yet to move from the position I had been fucking her in and her ass was still propped up in the air, so not wanting this session to end quite yet, I dropped to my knees and began to gently lick her pussy and ass. As before, I was rewarded with a sweet mixture of her pussy juice and the cum I had just shot in her. While I was licking her clean, Ashley again has a couple more small orgasms which I think helped her recover from the earth shattering orgasm she had when I came inside her.
Once I lick her clean, I climbed up on the bed and snuggled next to her and for the next few minutes. We just laid there together quietly enjoying the afterglow of the incredible sex.
After a few minutes, Ashley spoke. "Daddy?"
"Yes, sweetheart?"
"So what happened to the car?"
Later that day, the two of us looked at all the pictures Ashley had taken for me. In the last picture, Ashley had slid a cucumber up her pussy. I looked at her and said, "A cucumber?"
She just shrugged and smiled. While looking at this picture, I asked her, "When did you say you took these?"
"About two weeks ago."
I thought for a second, and then said, "I remember you making a cucumber salad a couple of weeks ago – you didn't use this cucumber, did you?"
Ashley just sat there with a smile and asked, "Can we go fuck some more?
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Very very hot. I have a 16 yo niece named Ashley and the hours I have spent dreaming of eating and fucking her. Damn now I might have to check her camera on my next visit.
2012-03-03 15:59:11
Hot, hot, hot! Can't wait for part 2!!
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Rikku, Yuna, Paine have been given a facelift by Square Enix. New screenshots from Final Fantasy X-2 HD show how the three heroes have evolved since we saw them on PlayStation 2. Final Fantasy X-2 HD is the first game in the series to feature an all-female cast. It's also the first direct sequel. Two years after the defeat of Sin in FFX, Yuna learns that her lover Tidus may still be alive. She embarks on a quest to find him with her friends.
The 12 new images show off Yuna, Rikku and Paine as they'll look on your PlayStation 3 and Vita when the Final Fantasy X HD collection is released later this year. Square Enix is quick to point out that, thanks to the HD face lift, the character models have been reworked to allow for more facial expressions. The textures of the surrounding environment and backgrounds have also been redrawn, with the resolution of Yuna's concert performance getting an increase. If you wanna see more screens, head to the source.
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This is a discussion on First Screenshots of Final Fantasy X-2 HD Revealed within the PlayStation & Trophy News forum, part of the PS3Trophies.com Headquarters; Rikku, Yuna, Paine have been given a facelift by Square Enix. New screenshots from Final Fantasy X-2 HD show how ...
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Awesome cant wait for this HD collection
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i dont see the difference..they look the same as i remember from the PS2 game...Still want the PS3 HD collection...
Plats, Plats
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Looks amazing. Loved this game, hopefully now I'll be able to beat it and get the Platinum (I'm guessing you'll have to beat Shinra at Sphere Break, dammit).
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Total Awards: 13The way those close-ups look, the girls look almost as if they are made of plastic. I hope that movement helps the case, but those stills do the ladies no favors.
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Make XII and I'm good.
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I dont know that xD
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Total Awards: 11one of my favorite FF, charlie angels style
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Total Awards: 7https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_XII
Now you know
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This is going to be bad ass. It looks smoother, I beat the hell out of X. Never really played more than a couple hours of X-2 cause I got bored.
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There is the official Fantasy X/X-2 Thread that these could of been posted in to raise awareness of the overall thread!
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This looks really good. I can't wait to play this. It's my most wanted Hd collection this year followed by Kingdom Hearts. I would also like to see XII Hd.
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I wonder how many hours I'll put into both games... I'm starting to have more games than hours to play them
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I'm really excited to play both of them and enjoy the masterpieces over again. Just waiting for that release date. Hoepfully this summer.
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FF XII doesn't get it's credit due AT ALL! I would grab that HD in a heartbeat.
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The North Koreans are usually willing to talk for various reasons: to get aid, to divide their adversaries, to create confusion.
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Despite the aid that Saraswati seems to have received from his devotees, Barsana Dham is distancing itself from his legacy.
You get stories of American aid projects that turn into financial sinkholes and Afghan officials running smuggling rings.
Was it possible for her to love a lad who could not, and did not aid her?
One of the sailors saw what he was doing, and sprang to aid him.
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Remove the cover-slip from the cell by the aid of the forceps.
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n. - Gross violation of human law, in distinction from a misdemeanor or trespass, or other slight offense. Hence, also, any aggravated offense against morality or the public welfare; any outrage or great wrong.
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n. - That which occasion crime.
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My report is coming from overseas this month. I attended the 25th International Cartographic Conference in Paris early in July along with a few other Victorians including two of our Victorian committee. We managed to fit in some sightseeing as well as attending a packed conference. Included are some touristy photos - the first taken next to the Maritime Museum after the welcome aperitif 'soiree' and the other of Chris Pettit, Eva Kleesh and Georgina Race beside the canal in the 10th arrondissement in Paris.
The first session of the conference was all about crowd sourced information or to use the acronyms - VGI and UGC - Volunteered Geographical information and User generated content. These sessions covered research into the uses of crowd sourced data including a study on the interpretation of land cover from photographs rated by their 'scenicness' using photos from www.geograph.org.uk . I may add some of my travel photographs!
Other papers that I found very interesting included georeferencing of non cartographic products such as texts, books, videos and historical maps, the use and collection of crowd sourced data in Haiti and papers on SDI standards including the application of the INSPIRE standard in Europe.
During the conference I had been wondering why there is so much overlap amongst all the international spatial groups' conference content. At the conference Professor William Cartwright - now Past President of the International Cartographic Association was appointed to head the Joint group of Geospatial Societies - https://www.fig.net/jbgis/ This body has been requested to put a paper to the UN to support the GGIM - the Global Geospatial Information management initiative with a coordinated approach from the 10 international spatial groups which make up the group. The paper is intended to raise the profile of geospatial information so as to influence policy makers to understand and support geospatial initiatives across the globe. It is understood that the message is more likely to be effective from the coordinated group rather than individual organisations.
I have asked Bill Cartwright to be a keynote speaker at our local spatial summit in September to give us an update on international spatial issues and perhaps some thoughts on his time as president of the ICA.
Amongst the awards presented in the map competition was a map of the beautiful game (of football) which was a very popular first prize in the thematic map category.
The next ICA conference is in Dresden in 2013.
My travels are continuing for a couple more weeks but you can find more reports about the ICA conference at the ICA website.
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We have received such positive feedback from the students, parents, teachers and companies that participated in the program. The children involved were from Sunshine Secondary College (4 students) who came via a request for assistance from the Ardoch Youth Foundation and 2 students from Koonung Secondary College. Esmeralda Aztemakis the Careers Coordinator/Teacher from Sunshine Secondary college said that 'One student in particular absolutely loved it (and the parents too) – he is a smart boy who feels school does not challenge him and wasn't going to do any work experience (as he was waiting for something else for the next hols) so he ended up having the best time, raved about it too'.
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A further meeting of the LSC Sub Committee and Cadastral & Land Development S.I.G was held on 20th July 2011
Please note that the Land Victoria Customer Information Bulletin Edition No.130 is now available on the website.
This relates to the parts of the Climate Change Act 2010 relating to Torrens land which allows forest carbon rights and Forestry and Carbon Management Agreements to be registered on title. For more information please click here.
A new online app provides mobile access to planning scheme information. The Planning VIC: Planning Property Report mobile app enables iPhone and iPad users to search for and generate a planning report for any property in Victoria.
New online services for Victorian planning scheme information PlanningVIC: Planning Property ReportThe PlanningVIC: Planning Property Report iPhone app is available from the Apple iTunes Store or the DPCD website. The Planning Scheme Histories Online Service is now available from the Department of Planning and Community Development website.
A new Practice Note PNPE9 (Amendment of Plans and Applications) will be launched on the VCAT website, effective from the 11 July 2011. Click here for more information.
Victorian Planning Minister Matthew Guy last week launched a Small Lot Housing Code which will remove the requirement for a planning permit for the construction of a single dwelling on lots less than 300 square metres in certain areas.
The Small Lot Housing Code has been designed to apply to any area where a new Precinct Structure Plan is created in an Urban Growth Zone. "Simplified rules for single dwellings on lots less than 300 square metres will remove the need for a planning permit and therefore reduce time and cost for homebuyers," Mr Guy said.
If a home builder complies with the Small Lot Housing Code, a planning permit will not be required for the construction of a single dwelling on lots less than 300 square metres. If minimum standards are not met, a planning permit will be required. More information on the Small Lot Housing Code is available from the Growth Areas Authority website.
The Planning and Environment Amendment (Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution) Act 2011 No. 31 (Vic) was assented to on 29 June 2011 and commenced on 30 June,2011. This Act amended the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and other legislation and enacts the Government's policy position on the GAIC and includes the ability to offset GAIC payments with direct works in kind. There is a very thorough process involved, that is expected to provide significant benefits for growth area development.
The remaining provisions of the Crown Land Acts Amendment (Lease and Licence Terms) Act 2009 , which made amendments to the following legislation, commenced on 1 July 2011 by way of forced commencement:
The Climate Change Act 2010, amends a number of other legislation on 1 July 2011 by way of forced commencement:
The Minister for Planning approved the PSP for Truganina South, providing an extra 2,500 dwellings, which could accommodate up to 7,000 people. The 250 hectare site is 19 kilometres south west of Melbourne's CBD, in an area bounded by Leakes Road and Palmers Road (north of Hoppers Crossing). Construction is anticipated to begin this year, to develop a new community centre, two new schools, sporting facilities, a town and business centre as well as a 38ha conservation reserve.
On the 16 May 2011, the Minister for Planning announced a new process to help address the shortage of metropolitan land supply (see Media Release).
These Growth Areas Logical Inclusions Review process only relates to the urban growth boundary affecting Wyndham, Melton, Hume, Mitchell, Whittlesea, Casey and Cardinia growth areas.
Under this process the Growth Areas Authority (GAA) will review the merits of land submissions already submitted to the 2009 urban growth boundary review, together with proposals which have been made after this time but which are supported by growth area councils. Paul Byrne, one of the GAA Directors is managing the Logical Inclusions process for the GAA. The GAA will then refer submissions to a new Logical Inclusions Advisory Committee (Chaired by Kathy Mitchell) for final recommendation and advice to the Minister.
For land to be considered as a logical inclusion, strict criteria apply and projects must meet particular standards as outlined by the Minister: Read more here.
The GAA has written to previous submitters where their submissions meet the criteria outlining the process involved, and will soon be writing to potentially affected parties. If you have queries regarding the process you can contact Paul Byrne at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Finally our busy PSP program is progressing well and I would expect announcements from the Minister in the near future as a number are reaching a point of completion.
Infrastructure Australia has released its latest annual report to the Council of Australian Governments, Communicating the Imperative for Action . The report suggests that there is a dire need for reform across several infrastructure sectors - "most notably in transport and water" - as current arrangements are unsustainable, with existing infrastructure networks "barely adequate for current needs.
The report indicates that Infrastructure Australia's focus over the next four years will lie primarily in:
Infrastructure Australia has also made available its 2011 Project Assessments, as well as the related fact sheet, 2011 Infrastructure Priority List and Appraisals.
(Source: Infrastructure Australia; National Transport Commission).
The Minister for Planning has established an Advisory Committee to review the planning system in Victoria.
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The following people have been appointed to the Advisory Committee under section 151 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987.
The Advisory Committee's tasks and the process to be followed are set out in the Terms of Reference. Victorian Planning System - Ministerial Advisory Committee - Terms of Reference (PDF - 1.2 MB)
The Housing Industry Association has released the winter edition of its National Outlook, Australia's most comprehensive housing report card. The winter Outlook forecast fall of 13 per cent in housing starts over the two year period 2010/11 – 2011/12. HIA Chief Economist, Dr Harley Dale, said that the stimulus-driven boost didn't get new housing out of the harbour in 2009/10 before renewed weakness landed the recovery on the rocks.
"Housing starts are forecast to decline over 2010/11 and 2011/12, reaching a low of 143,770. Excluding the two recessionary years for new home building around the GST and the GFC, this would be the weakest level of starts since the mid 1990's," said Harley Dale.
"Sentiment and activity in the new housing industry has been buffeted by higher interest rates, continuing tight credit conditions, incessant chatter about a fictitious property bubble, an astoundingly high taxation burden, and a complete lack of progress on policy reform to reduce unnecessary new housing costs," Harley Dale said.
"Housing is shelter, a true essential of life. It is disappointing to see such an economically and socially vital element seemingly absent from serious public policy debate in this country," said Harley Dale.
"Instead of taking real steps to remedy a range of housing supply problems, governments seem happy to extract ever-increasing amounts of tax, fees and charges from the new home industry. Of course the carbon tax will be just the next example of this approach of raising costs for the industry which provides a roof over people's heads," said Harley Dale.
"On a happier note the renovations segment of the housing market looks in a reasonably fit shape and HIA expects activity to ease slightly in 2010/11 to be worth $30.77 billion. Growth of 2.7 per cent is forecast in 2011/12 and 4.6 per cent in 2012/13, which would take annual renovations expenditure to just over $33 billion.
This level would be close to the record high for expenditure on renovations, which under ABS revisions is now recorded as having occurred in 2004/05," Harley Dale added.
Due to popular request, this seminar is being held in Bendigo in lieu of the seminar proposed for 7th July. This is to provide an opportunity for country members to gain an understanding of the myths and realities surrounding Terrestrial Laser Scanning, a technology which is becoming increasingly affordable for businesses. There will also be a speaker from DIGO on the art of image interpretation and analysis, contemporary topics of local interest and an update on national activities.
A full program of current and emerging surveying topics is being developed as part of this summit.
This National Conference is being run by surveyors for surveyors and will provide the latest information on the many national issues which are having increasing implications on our day to day practice.
VPELA Seminar series on Expert Evidence & Submissions is to be held at Bendigo 4-6pm Tuesday 9th August 2011 at The Capital Theatre View Street Bendigo.
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lunchtime poll #6: bad hair day
Manoj Kumar's high-rise architecture in Roti Kapada aur Makaan,
and Bobby Deol's shaggy poodle thing in Jhoom Barabar Jhoom.
Write in with your favorite egregious examples!
This doesn't have to be a bad thing, aesthetically. Many, many are the times I have had to pause to bask in the glory of Shashi Kapoor's Shashilicious waves and curls.
(Aside to Bobby's stylist: this is how you do curls, okay?)
(This is a bad picture, but I like how Rakhee is petting his hair. Totally understandable.)
And Abhishek's headband, which, inexplicably, I love - and I think suited oddball, too-cool-for-school Rikki perfectly.
(It's all just a matter of taste, of course...."Women Prefer Men with Stubble")
I'm surprised no female stars/roles have popped into my mind yet, and I'm beginning to think I must just plain ol' love a vast majority of the hairstyles I see on women in the movies, some 80s and 90s missteps notwithstanding (which is why I'll give Saif Ali Khan's mullet in Main Khiladi Tu Anari a pass). Even when they change as often as the outfits, like Rakhee's in Sharmeelee (to be fair, it's a dual role) - the more, the merrier!
Here's the more substantial question, though: is it generally right to assume that most filmmakers would rather the physical look of the actors add to, rather than draw attention from, the overall production? That doesn't mean costume and hair and makeup must always be only subordinate to the plot, tone, general style, etc. (for example, Teesri Manzil would not be so super fab without the overall fashions) - but everything needs to work together, doesn't it?