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This coming Sunday is Mother's Day in the UK and in various places around the world. I will be showcasing a selection of designs this week starting with John Lewis. Publishers and designers in their 2015 card offering include Caroline Gardner, Kirstie Allsop, Rachel Cave, Ellen Giggenbach and The Art File.
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The Industrial Era
1965 - 1968
In this part the emerging telecommunication is one of
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The first glass fiber cables are being used in a punch card reader from IBM.
While some companies were developing bigger and faster machines, Digital Equipment Corporation introduced the PDP-8 in 1965, the first TRUE minicomputer.
The PDP-8 had a minuscule instruction set and a primitive micro-language, and excellent interface capability. Thus the PDP-8 became used extensively as a process control system, including interfacing to telephone lines for time-sharing systems.(19)
Ted Nelson, an author and futurist, coins the word "hypertext" and "hypermedia" in his paper presented to the ACM 20th national conference:
...by 'hypertext' I mean nonsequential writing - text that branches and allows choice to the reader, best read at an interactive screen.
|At the University of Belgrade, Rajko Tomovic makes one of the earliest attempts to develop an artificial limb with a sense of touch.
Douglas Engelbart produces a prototype of the computer mouse; for which the research started in 1963. The first mouse Engelbart created is made of wood and metal wheels, read on at 1967.
Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) allows several users simultaneously to use, or share, a single computer.
At MIT this is noted by J.C.R. Licklider, director of information processing research at ARPA, who believed that the technology had useful applications in the agency. He arranged to sponsor Project MAC (variously interpreted as "Machine Aided Cognition", "Minsky Against Corbat¾" and other names) that would take the next logical stage in the development of time-sharing to produce a system known as "Multics". Choosing a GE 600 series machine as the basis for the development, MIT was joined by GE and AT&T Bell Laboratories to produce a general-purpose, shared-memory multiprocessing timesharing system.(19)
Maurice Wilkes develops the first cache memory chip used in mainframe and minicomputers.
IBM starts shipping the 360 computer family.
The series name 360 is derived from the compass of 360 degrees. This indicated that this family of computers were all compatible within the 360 series. In this period of time (plug)compatibility was a revolutionary insight of the developers to cope with the industrial malaise of trying to get computers to talk to each other. Without using a translation table or rewriting software that was nearly impossible, at this time.
The CTSS (computer time sharing system) operating system is introduced.
Fuzzy Logic designed by Lofti Zadeh (University of Berkeley, California), it is used to process approximate data such as 'about 100'.
Moore is widely known for "Moore's Law," in which in 1965 he predicted that the number of transistors the industry would be able to place on a computer chip would double every year. In 1975, he updated his prediction to once every two years. (14)
Texas Instruments is Founded
The acoustic modem is strongly improved by John Green at Stanford university. His modem improves the quality of computer networks because it now can detect separate bits that have been sent from long distances. So far only short distances were possible, within a building for example
Steven Gray founds the Amateur Computer Society and starts publishing the Amateur Computer Society ACS Newsletter issue 1 appeared in August 1966.
This example will be followed by many computer hobby clubs all over the world and will be the most important medium to share information for time to come. Some of these newsletters will become regular magazines other will disappear in a few years. Some say that by founding the ACS to be the birth date of personal computing. (3)
First WAN experiment (ARPAnet) (13)
The hand-held pocket calculator is invented at Texas Instruments, Incorporated (TI) in 1966 by a development team which included Jerry D. Merryman, James H. Van Tassel and Jack St. Clair Kilby.
In 1974 a basic patent for miniature electronic calculators has been issued to Texas Instruments Incorporated. The patent is for personal-sized, battery-operated calculators which have their main electronic circuitry in a single integrated semiconductor circuit array, such as the popular "one-chip" calculators. (1)
IBM researcher Robert H. Dennard invents Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) cells.
On June 21, 1967, Douglas Engelbart applies for a patent on his X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System, now better known as the mouse.
He started research for the mouse in 1963 to come up with a prototype in 1965 .(3) In 1968 he will perform a demonstration to show the mouse in its context: a human computer interface. In 1970 he will receive the patent.
The first Random Access Memory - RAM - chip of 256 bits is developed by Fairchild Semiconductor Inc. and will be announced in 1970. This chip contains over a thousand transistors.
A dynamic memory cell is being built into a chip by IBM. This means that now a bit only needs one transistor. And as a result the densities on a chip can be drastically expanded.
A team headed by David Noble from IBM starts the process of developing the first floppy disk.(3)
Two years later it will be used in IBM's System/370 mainframe machines to replace the much slower paper tape. The read only floppy will contain a program called Initial Control Program Load (IPL) (13) such a program is needed to boot a mainframe or a section there off.
The first office calculator is now marketed: ANITA MARK 8 and is designed by Norman Kitz.
In 1967 the LOGO "turtle" was born. Seymour Paper designed the LOGO computer language as a learning tool for children.(3)
Grace Hopper becomes project manager of a military work group that eventually will create the computer language ADA. An homage to lady Ada Lovelace.
Barclays Bank in the UK claims to have installed the first cash dispenser in the world in June 1967.
This machine operates very different from todays devices (ATM). There are no magnetic cards; customers are issued with paper vouchers which are inserted into the machine which retains the voucher, and dispenses a single Ż10 note. Other banks use machines which accepts thin plastic cards; these are returned to the customer through the post after processing so that they can be used again. The dispenser machines are far from reliable.
Andreas van Dam completes the Hypertext Editing System, a program that allows non-sequential access to the various parts of a document.(13)
IBM releases the 360/91 machine and introducing the concept of pipeline processing.
This improves the performance of a computer by 33 %. The pipeline is the computer equivalent of the assembly line.(13)
Development of Arpanet, forerunner of the Internet, begins with U.S. Defense Department funding.
The first ATM hits the streets at Barclay's Bank in London.
The Garmisch Conference in Germany marks a turning point in software development.
At the conference scientists, engineers and industry leaders, discuss the problem that software developers are unable to cope with the advances in computer hardware. Here the term "Software Crisis" is used for the first time.
A prime example of software getting over complicated:
IBM's operating system OS/360 is riddled with errors. To such a degree that it failed to operate properly and caused machines to crash for more than 4 hours.
The conference results in rough guidelines that eventually will lead towards a structured design methodology. That in its turn will yield fewer errors in software.(20)
Douglas C. Engelbart publicly demonstrates the mouse.
It is a device that he had been thinking about and working on for more than a decade.
He also demonstrated video conferencing and hypermedia. Those "inventions" weren't designed to make money or create a product. Rather, they were part of Engelbart's desire to "find much better ways for people to work together to make this world a better place."
During that landmark demonstration Douglas C. Engelbart, of the Stanford Research Institute, demonstrates his system of keyboard, keypad, mouse and windows at the Joint Computer Conference in San Francisco's Civic Center.
He demonstrates the use of a word processor, a hypertext system, and remote collaborative work (later coined as: "teleworking") with colleagues. (3)
But Engelbart did not realize that however useful his ideas were, his machines and software looked to the audience as coming from the far future. And when asked for a price later on, the company he was paid by, set it much too high. It meant the instant death for his project.
Invited by Rank Xerox, Steve Jobs of Apple inc. studies the ideas and goes head on to develop the Lisa (also much too expensive) and MacIntosh (expensive but affordable) Both machines based on the ideas he saw at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC).
The first machines based on the IC technology are being sold to the general public.
IBM uses in their new /360 systems CACHE memory, a super fast ram.
This memory showed to be 12 times as fast as the standard magnetic core memory, the average access time was 80 ns. Very fast for this period.
IBM offers the IMS hierarchical database for System/360 mainframes
Gordon E. Moore, Robert N. Noyce en William Shockley are leaving Fairchild and establish Intel (18.07.1968).
The first working model of VIRTUAL REALITY is ready.
CMOS - Complementary Metal Oxide Silicon - is developed.
This technology uses less power than the standard transistor technology. Because of that these chips are very suitable for portable computer systems that run on batteries:
- because the batteries in portable systems will last longer;
- the limits of miniaturization are almost reached because of heat problems were partly solved by this new technology
But it will take another 25 years before this CMOS technology really takes off.
Commodore markets one of the first electronic calculators. These machines were heavy, clumsy and could only do the four basic calculations: ad, subtract, multiply, division.
Hewlett-Packard announces
their HP 9100A series calculator with CRT displays selling for about
$5000 each (21)
In 1955, during the development of the programming language FORTRAN, Harlan Herrick had introduced the high level language equivalent of a "jump" instruction in the form of a "GO TO" statement.
In 1968 Edsger Dijkstra laid the foundation in the march towards creating structure in the domain of programming.
He writes not a scientific paper on the subject, but instead a letter to the editor entitled "GO TO Statement Considered Harmful". (Comm. ACM, August 1968) The movement to develop reliable software was underway. (19)
Arthur C. Clark introduced HAL, the computer of the future in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey".
the design is based on the artificial intelligence proposals of I.J. Good (a member of Bletchley Park) and Marvin Minsky. Supposedly HAL was a monosyllabic cipher of IBM! (19) It is also Clark who published the idea of satellites in space (earth orbit) for communication.
Computer Science Corp. becomes the first software company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.(13)
COBOL is now officially defined by ANSI.(13)
First PhD in computer science achieved by Wexelblat at University of Pennsylvania
One of these famous quotes
"But what... is it good for ?" Indicating at the use of a Personal
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Footnotes & References
|IBM archives 1966 http://www-1.ibm.com/ibm/history/history/year_1966.html
|Ken Olsson 1995, 1999
|Marcian E. "Ted" Hoff has the idea to design a micro processor. [ref: DOS 12/1988]
|Ken Olsson 1995
|Port is used here in the sense of a gate where all in coming and out going 'bits' pass.
|See appendix on Networks and Internet.
|Dutch: CVE = Centrale Verwerkings Eenheid
|ref:DOS 12/1988 p86
|Marian Bozdoc, Auckland NZ, ref: www.bozdoc.f2s.com
|ref: http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/history_knowledge/hypercard.html last accessed 20060806
|www.computer.org - see for complete paper: http://www.acm.org/classics/
|History of the Internet, C.J.P. Moschovitis ea. p61
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Pianist Joyce DiCamillo Leads Trio Con Brio at Swinging Shoreline Jazz Spot By Owen McNally • Jul 8, 2015 Joyce DiCamillo Classically trained and a member of the elite International Roster of Steinway Artists, the Stamford-born-and-bred pianist Joyce DiCamillo is most celebrated for her three decades of consummate mastery of the fine art of the jazz piano trio. Eastern Pequot Chairman Slams Federal Change in Recognition By Associated Press • Jul 7, 2015 David Maiolo / Creative Commons The chairman of the Eastern Pequot Tribe says "dirty politics" are to blame for a federal rule preventing his tribe and two others from reapplying for recognition. Think You Can Write a Broadway Song? By Betsy Kaplan • Jul 6, 2015 Diane Sobolewski / Goodspeed Opera House Listen Listening... / 49:15 So, you think it's easy to write a Broadway song? I say not so fast. The four aspiring writing teams that attended Goodspeed's Festival of New Musicals this past January say it's plenty hard. 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Saturday, March 18, 2017
Bye Bye Audrey
At about 10 am I heard footsteps on the porch and Audrey and I answered the knock knock. The little stinker went right to Daddy and ignored her mama.
While we were at Grimmwood, I did some stitching.
Here is her completed quilt.
We got home this afternoon. It was a quick trip but I really enjoyed seeing many friends and family that I only see at weddings or funerals. It was very hard to say goodbye to Uncle Robert. As my sister put it, if we missed Daddy we could go see our uncle and be comforted. They were very close...brothers and friends. They were Robert and Ray...just like the Barone Brothers on Everybody Loves Raymond. Only my dad was not Raymond, just Ray. I heard several old stories, viewed some old pictures and hugged many necks. Just the kind of funeral I hope to have one day!!
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A 3 hour nap! Wow - I'm thinking Nana took a long nap too! That quilt is adorable, I love the little snails. And your cross stitch is wonderful as always!
Praying for you and your family. I'm glad the funeral went well. {{HUGS}}
- March 18, 2017 at 7:53 PM
- Mari said...
Oh Audrey! I bet her parents were happy to see her.
The quilt is just adorable.
Funerals can be so hard! Praying for you tonight.
- March 18, 2017 at 8:45 PM
- Visits With Mary said...
Nice cross stitch and a very cute baby quilt!!
- March 18, 2017 at 9:59 PM
My sympathy in the loss of your Uncle. In recent months, the last of my mom's friends have passed and I miss talking to them. They were that last link to her.
I love your latest cross stitch and Melinda's quilt is cute as can be. Wishing you a nice Sunday.
- March 19, 2017 at 1:37 AM
- Sandy said...
I know you hated to see Audrey leave. Rest for you now. I love the stitching and that quilt is amazing. That is one thing I have never thought I could do...maybe a baby quilt I could manage. I don't have the staying power for a full size quilt, although I love handmade quilts.
Good memories and God get us through those losses.
- March 19, 2017 at 6:26 PM
- Terri D said...
I could use a 3-hour nap right about now! God bless little Audrey! Grandma wore her out! Sounds like your uncle was honored at his funeral with many loved ones. The quilt is like none I have ever seen before! Love it!! Your cross stitch projects all turn out beautifully!
- March 20, 2017 at 2:00 PM


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A hard one to classify. The building looks and feels like a hotel, but it's a condo, and all rooms from the listed agent are decorated somewhat similarly. Half the rooms, called A rooms, are approx. 604 sq. ft., condo-type 1/1s (meaning they have a kitchen) with excellent views south down the coast. B rooms (210 sq. ft.) are available as hotel-type rooms or added on to the A rooms to make a 2/2 unit. The B rooms by themselves have poorer views and no lanais. (Only the 7th and 8th floors rise above their neighbor.) 1/1s have sliding shoji doors separating the bedroom from the living room.
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- Before the Fall manga
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The Titan Cult is a violent group of somewhat suicidal people who worship Titans.
It is unknown if the Titan Cult knows much about the Titans or if they see them as some kind of release. They are shown to be quite violent as they killed nearly everyone in the Inocencio household. They also seem to be numerous and somewhat manipulative, as they were able to kill a governor and outmatch both the Survey Corps and the Garrison.[1]
The worshippers and their new leader, Elena, were able to kill the local governor and open the gates. When they opened the gates, it was likely that most of the worshippers probably died in the initial fight with the Survey Corps and later when the Titan invaded.
When Dario was buying Kuklo from an old man, the man stated that someone else had tried to buy Kuklo before, and he was "a gloomy man in black rags."[2] This is implied to be a member of the Titan Cult.
Then, fifteen years later, more worshippers attack the Inocencio household, and kill many servants as well as Dario Inocencio.[3][4] Many of their members were killed in the attack, likely by Xavi, as he defended his sister, Sharle, and himself. According to one of the worshippers, they were after the "Titan's Son."
- ↑ Attack on Titan: Before the Fall manga: Chapter 1 (p. 8-17)
- ↑ Attack on Titan: Before the Fall manga: Chapter 2 (p. 8 & 9)
- ↑ Attack on Titan: Before the Fall manga: Chapter 4 (p. 15, 22 & 23)
- ↑ Attack on Titan: Before the Fall manga: Chapter 11 (p. 4)


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How To Get Art Homework Done Fast: A Brief Study Manual
When studying a subject such as art, you may often be required to create relevant pieces of art to reflect the work that you are doing in class. For example, if you are studying about a particular art movement, then you may be asked to create a particular piece of art related to that movement - for example, if you are studying about Cubism then you may be asked to draw a picture based on that style. Alternatively, it may be that you are creating sculptures in your lessons, and cannot reasonably be expected to create sculptures at home; however, you can still produce 2-D images related to any sculptures that you wish to produce.
When completing homework of this nature, many students who have chosen to study art will find it particularly easy to do these types of assignments; however, when it comes to writing essays, students may struggle, particularly those who have a more artistic personality, and would rather create various pieces of art rather than write various assignments.
In order to make it easier when doing any art homework assignments, the following provides some advice to help get the work done as quickly as possible.
Identifying a topic to write about
If you need to write an essay as part of your homework then you will first need to identify a topic to write about. It can be useful to think about any relevant topics that you may have studied; however, if you're still struggling to think of a good topic to write about then you may wish to consider looking at past papers that other people have written. In fact, you can use the Internet to find a wide range of different academic papers, which you can then use as the basis of inspiration for your own work.
Alternatively, it might be the case that you have a few ideas in mind, but have yet to find the perfect topic. If this is the case, then brainstorming techniques can help you to identify something to write about. It is worth bearing in mind that choosing the right topic to write about can help you get the work done as quickly as possible, as you will be more interested in what you are writing about than if you picked a topic that was less suitable. Therefore, is worth spending a few minutes before you start to think the topic, as this could save you time in the long run.


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100 Door Codes Level 27 Walkthrough:
1. This level requires simple knowledge of boiling and freezing temperatures in both Farhenheit and Celcius.
If you look carefully at the two paintings, the left one has a boiling pot and the right one has snow.
The thermometer next to the door shows F on the left, and C on the right.
Figure out the temperature (in Fahrenheit) at which water boils = 212 degrees F
Figure out the temperature (in Celcius) at which water freezes = 0 degrees C
Put the two numbers together to get the code.
2. Proceed to the next 100 Door Codes level!
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Northview cross country camp
(High School Sports ~ 05/28/08)
The 2008 Northview cross country camp will be held from June 9-13. The camp, held at Craig Park, is for athletes that are incoming fifth to ninth graders. Check in will be at 5:45 p.m. and the camp will be from 6-7 p.m. each evening. The cost is $30, which includes a camp T-shirt as well as drinks...
Northview Youth Football Camp
(High School Sports ~ 05/28/08)
The sixth annual Clay County Youth Football Skills Camp sponsored by Riddell Bank will be held from July 22-25 at Northview High School. There will be two sessions of camp with grades 2-6 practicing from 8-9:30 a.m. and grades 7-9 practicing from 10-11:30 a.m. each day...
Brazil Buzz
(Column ~ 05/28/08)
The lawn equipment is chilling out in the garage. Finally, I am on top of the mowing and trimming for a few days. Now we can finish planting our garden. The one that we, no doubt, will share; many deer frequently forage for food here, as well as other hungry critters. We set a fine table for them, even though some do more than nibble...
Harmony Happenings
(Column ~ 05/28/08)
Our adoptee from the Humane Shelter officially joined the family on Saturday. She had her surgery and shots on Friday. Lady Pugsley is such a sweetheart. The adoption fee included the surgery and some shots. I still need to check to see which ones she has had. She was also on Frontline Plus until June 16...
(Other Record ~ 05/28/08)
Clay County Courthouse The following transactions took place at the Clay County Courthouse May 27-28. State Criminal Charges Dennis S. Meng, 18: Theft (two counts) Michael J. Coffin, 45: Theft Eric J. Williams, 38: 1. Interference with the reporting of a crime 2. Battery...
Richard A. Floyd
(Obituary ~ 05/28/08)
Richard A. Floyd, 64, Brazil, passed away May 28, 2008, at 1:50 a.m., at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was born Oct. 10, 1943, in Clay County, the son of Lawrence and Mildred Walker Floyd. He attended Brazil High School. He married Sherry Frazier Floyd on March 28, 1971...
Wilbur W. "Mac" McCollister
(Obituary ~ 05/28/08)
Wilbur W. "Mac" McCollister, 84, Valdosta, Ga., a veteran of World War II, died May 26, 2008, at Valdosta Hospital, of a massive heart attack. He was a resident of Jacksonville, Fla., for more than 50 years, but had moved to Hahira, Ga., three months prior to his death to be near his only son, Daryl...
Library announces summer programs
(Local News ~ 05/28/08)
Sign-ups for the Brazil Public Library Summer Reading Club will begin Monday at the library. Those interested in participating must have a valid library card in order to take part and to claim prizes, although the following weekly programs will be open to the public:...
Foundation celebrating 10 years
(Local News ~ 05/28/08)
The Clay County Community Foundation is celebrating its 10-Year Anniversary. Thanks to the generosity of fund creators and donors, the Community Foundation has more than 56 funds and has been able to grant $33,000 in Clay County. These grants have addressed a wide spectrum of needs...
Goodwill parking lot nears completion
(Local News ~ 05/28/08)
The Goodwill Store, 219 W. National Ave, will have its parking lot back to normal by today, according to Assistant Store Manager Jo DeRosa. The plumbing for the store collapsed and was replaced this past week. Due to the line being old, the only glitch in the process was finding it, which required them to get a finder...
- Good times! (Local News ~ 05/28/08)
Ride to benefit soldiers and their families
(Local News ~ 05/28/08)
Money will be raised to supply soldiers with care packages and family assistance through the White Knuckle Ride benefit. Some soldiers cannot afford to fly home for family emergencies, and Jill Owen knows that personally. "I was in the Air Force and received word that my dad had a brain tumor and was paralyzed. I had no way to pay for my ticket home and through the help of the American Red Cross, I was able to get home." Owen said. "I want to help others in the same situation."...
- Arrests made from 'suspicious' fire (Local News ~ 05/28/08)
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The UK ranks last in Europe when it comes to giving new parents well-paid leave following the birth of their child, according to a TUC analysis published this week
The analysis says that in the UK new mothers get just six weeks of statutory maternity pay at 90 per cent of their wage. Across the Channel, the European average for well-paid leave for new mothers is 43 weeks (under the official European definition, 'well-paid' means someone getting at least two-thirds of their pre-maternity leave earnings, or a rate of pay greater than £840 (€1000) per month)
Mothers in Britain are also entitled to an additional 33 weeks pay but only at £136 per week – a rate which has fallen in real terms under this government. And in the UK only about one in four women receive extra occupational maternity pay from their employers
In total the UK offers up to 41 weeks of paid leave to new parents, but this is the fifth lowest in Europe…
As part of the Children & Families Bill, the government plans to introduce a system of shared parental leave from 2015 – but it will still be low-paid (£136 per week). Even on the government's own estimates only between 2 – 8 per cent of new fathers will be able to afford to make use of it
As the Bill comes under scrutiny during its House of Lords Committee stage, the TUC is calling on Peers to support an amendment to be debated today establishing six weeks of better-paid leave for fathers
Since Norway introduced and then extended a fathers' quota in the 1990s, the proportion of men taking some leave increased twenty-fold (from 4 per cent to 89 per cent). Key to its success has been pay set at 80 to 100 per cent of a father's ordinary wage
Commenting on the figures TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said: "Unfortunately when it comes to supporting parents looking after a new baby, the UK is the scrooge of Europe. Countries across Europe are incredibly diverse, especially in the challenges they face, yet all of them have found ways to offer better support for new parents. A modest way to start turning this around would be for the government to give new fathers six weeks of well-paid leave. Without a properly-paid system of shared parental leave, women will continue to be forced to put their careers on hold as they continue to be the primary carers in their child's all-important first year"
Did your employer pay you over & above the minimum pay during your maternity leave? I was lucky that I had savings which allowed me to take a year off after the birth of my twins – my husband took his 2 weeks statatory paid paternity leave (using his yearly bonus to supplement this salary) & he also was able to add on 2 weeks paid annual leave at the end of this time. However we were lucky, many friends, collegues & their partners were not able to take such long maternity & paternity leave…Let us know your views below…


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When the sun dips down beyond the horizon, Naples and Marco Island, Florida tropical nights are yours to embrace. An excellent way to kick off the evening is by enjoying some Happy Hour drinks and appetizer specials. Mix in some live music and you've got a recipe for fun nightlife!
Check the DEALS tab in the top MENU for great coupon savings on area Bars and Restaurants!Read More
Take in a wine tasting or enjoy a drink from an impressive selection of libations, all while overlooking the shimmering waters of the Bay of Gulf of Mexico at sunset. Before or after dining out, take advantage of Naples and Marco Island restaurants and bars offering nightly beer, wine, and well specials.
Whether you want to enjoy a few drinks, sip a nightcap, or venture out for coffee and dessert, the Paradise Coast nightlife awaits you.
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OUR GOAL - At Soggy Bottom, we pride ourselves on being able to accommodate whatever it is you'd like to do. You don't just come to deer hunt; you can add a number of things to your experience all in one place. We would love to work with you to set up anything from a quiet weekend to a large corporate outing with 15-20 clients. We have the staff in place to build your perfect situation whatever that might be.
THE LODGE - Our lodge was constructed by Cliff Turnipseed with Turnipseed Construction from Aliceville, AL. We've had nothing but great comments from everyone that sets foot inside. From its old Coke-container constructed cabinets to the wrap around front porch, it is no doubt one of the nicest places you'll ever stay. Built from wood and tin salvaged from an old barn, it is truly a work of art. We are now offering the lodge for parties, corporate meetings, or just a great weekend getaway. We have large beds that sleep up to 18 or more if you'd like the kids to spread out on the couches. WiFi, Satellite TV, Surround Sound System, large dining room table that seats 14 (more can be added), an outdoor dining area that can seat 30-40 with a large well lit porch/roof, grills, and an outdoor kitchen. Please call us and we can customize any event you have in mind to fit your needs.
QUAIL HUNTS – Quail and Pheasant hunts are offered in a variety of settings: planted milo and corn, native grasses, thinned pines, with a number of different shots and flushes. Let us take you and some of your friends or clients on a true gentleman's hunt. We are currently managing areas to bring wild quail back to the area and are seeing results; with our fences, predation is drastically cut down. So, while you will have your share of great-flying pen-raised birds, don't be surprised to see some wild flushes along the way.
For larger groups, we offer a continental pheasant shoot for up to 20 hunters. You will see top-notch dogs work that will deliver your pheasants to hand. Some think this style of hunting is not challenging but the number of shells on the ground after a hunt tells a different story!
Soggy Bottom Lodge is a proud member of the Alabama Quail Trail.
GUIDED DUCK HUNTS - Mallards are an all-time favorite species for traditional duck hunters. At Soggy Bottom, we offer a shortcut for the businessman/woman who can't spend very much time over in Arkansas chasing the elusive Greenhead. You can stay with us close to home and have big, fat, mallards decoying in your face through the canopy and watch our top of the line dogs work; all from one of our cozy blinds. Or, choose to hunt our flooded corn and you'll think you're right off the Mighty Mississippi decoying overhead Mallards! You are welcome to bring your calls and your own dog or they can be provided for you!
WHITE-TAILED DEER HUNTS - Always dreamed of that monster Mid Western Whitetail? Look no further. With over 13 years of breeding experience and high-quality genetics, our 1,234/acre enclosure has numerous 150" plus deer. If you don't have time to get up to Illinois or make that long trip to Canada, please give us a call and you can do it in a weekend. People make the assumption that these deer are "easy" or "they're not hard to hunt in a pen," but these deer are roaming the entire 1,234/acres and that allows mother nature to do a good job in hiding them. They are not pressured like a "hunting club," so your chances of being successful are very high. Our guides are highly trained experts, they will find you you're dream buck here at Soggy Bottom Lodge.
BASS FISHING - While you're staying with us, wet a hook in our 21/acre trophy bass lake. It is stocked with F1 Tiger Bass (Florida/largemouth) and they are angry! These fish are being well taken care of and managed intensively and they are growing at a tremendous rate. You can catch your share or we have a boat that we can get you out to where the big ones live. We are also available for a kids' birthday party where you are guaranteed to catch your fill of fat bream right off our dock!
SKEET SHOOTING - Don't forget about our 10 station skeet range. Come challenge friends or clients to a round of shooting clay targets in our five-stand, or try our 350/yard rifle range. This option is offered as a warm up to any of your hunts, or you can just book some time on the range to practice. It also makes for a great break time for you and your team members that might be using the lodge for a meeting space.


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Xiaomi Mi A1 launched in India: Price, Specifications, Features
Xiaomi is known for its budget devices with great design and built quality and with its new launch, Xiaomi has done it once again. Xiaomi has launched its first Android One phone, the Xiaomi Mi A1, at an event in New Delhi. Xiaomi has partnered with Google to make this device as the punch line […]Read More


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After my last motor-weekend I discovered around Umbria two funny signs.
The first one represents an old man who's running his bike, it seems like a "old man biking ban", that's really funny :
The second one represents a man who's eating above a scale, in this place seems to be denied eating above scales ?
I know, sometime italian people are crazy and maybe for that extremely originals ! I like Italy also for that.


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Apr 6, 2017
Before I Ever Met You by Karina Halle COVER REVEAL & EXCERPT!
Hey Guys, We have a brand new Cover Reveal here for Karina Halle's Before I Ever Met You! It is a standalone contemporary office romance, and I am just so excited to share the prologue and the cover with you! Synopsis: I first met William McAlister when I was just a teenager. He was handsome, had(…)


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Dieter Rams' "Ten Commendments" illustrated
Daniel Bartha, a graphic designer who graduated from the University of Middlesex, created a project about a book around the ten most important principles of design (aka 'Ten Commendments') which Dieter Rams considered that are the base of good design. While creating these book pages, Daniel tried to depart as much as he could from Dieter's unique design representation but still leave the elements easily recognisable.
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Head Coach Marco Kurz has named a strong side ahead of Adelaide United's blockbuster clash with Melbourne Victory at Adelaide Oval on Friday night.
Algerian international Karim Matmour returns to the side after overcoming muscle soreness, while Mark Ochieng is promoted to the matchday squad.
However, defenders Taylor Regan, and Tarek Elrich remain the long-term absentees and continue their recovery on the sidelines.
Adelaide United squad: 1.Daniel MARGUSH (gk), 2.Michael MARRONE, 6.Vince LIA, 7.Ryan KITTO, 8.ISAÍAS (c), 9.Baba DIAWARA, 10.Karim MATMOUR, 11.Johan ABSALONSEN, 12.Mark OCHIENG, 14.George BLACKWOOD, 16.Nathan KONSTANDOPOULOS, 17.Nikola MILEUSNIC, 19.Ben GARUCCIO, 20.Paul IZZO (gk), 22.Ersan GÜLÜM, 23.Jordan ELSEY, 24.Jordan O'DOHERTY, 37.Daniel ADLUNG
**two to be omitted**
Ins: 10.Karim MATMOUR (promoted), 12.Mark OCHIENG (promoted)
Outs: nil
Unavailable: 5.Taylor REGAN (ankle - 10-12 weeks), 21.Tarek ELRICH (knee - long term)
Adelaide United host Melbourne Victory in Round 3 of the Hyundai A-League 2017/18 season on Friday, 20 October at Adelaide Oval. Kick-off is at 7.20pm ACDT.


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My Conceptual Art Pinterest boards
Character Art: https://www.pinterest.com/richardleck1/character-art/
Landscape Art: https://www.pinterest.com/richardleck1/landscape-art/
If you go into the industry doing concept art, there is usually a general area of work you will be doing, whatever the type of media. Your part to play in the team will be early on, and will be to generate ideas for the environment/model creators to form in digital software such as Autodesk 3DS Max or Maya, it could even be to provide ideas for the investors providing funds for the production. It is important for the concept artist to be at a high level, this is because they are the people who plant the seed with their imagination, if the quality of their work isn't up to scratch, then the whole production of the media will be compromised. When doing concept art you will be put in a team with equally-skilled professionals, then after brainstorming ideas for a short while, you will usually be split-off into smaller teams or individually. In the brainstorming section of production, all of the concept artists will be given specific tasks to work on; this will greatly increase workflow and maximize productivity.
After the process of being given tasks/areas to work on, you will then research or maybe begin some very light sketch work to help any ideas you had/have start to have form. This way you can judge whether you (or your team) like the idea or not fairly quickly, a lot quicker and easier than fully sketching an idea and then realizing it's not what you or your team were looking for.
The process of producing ideas to paper is quite straightforward in many cases; first you will do a few quick sketches of a few concepts. After you get very basic ideas using line art, you can then either strike some ideas out then, or continue to work on them (Shading, refining, etc.) to get a better understanding. Once you have a good enough idea of what the ideas are becoming, it is best to choose maybe one or two of them, and show them to the model creation team for them to make a basic 3d model using computer software.
Concept art is also used to create storyboards for the type of media you are working on, for example, in the games industry a storyboard will be created to get a grasp of the scenarios that the characters will be in, this is crucial to help the game have a much stronger storyline.
Specialized Roles in the Industry
I will round up what different types of concept artists do what. There are Story board, Environment, Character and Prop concept artists. Story board art is usually very simple, giving position of a character/prop in a basic environment. This is to reduce production time as much as possible, but they also have to quite precise (even if they have to use line men) when providing the limb position, this is to make sure the visualization of the image is clear to the animation team. Character artists develop their work in stages, like a pyramid, to be certain that the piece of work they provide to the modelling team is very easily interpreted. First they would start in very light sketches to get an idea of what type of shapes you are using withing the character. Then, they would select a few of those pieces and either develop them further on paper by shading and blocking out sections of the character, or they would delve straight into digital art and transfer the sketch to a computer using a scanner, then use a tool such as a graphics tablet to progress the sketches they are doing.
At each stage of the development they will be singling out some of their work to finalize and present to a variety of different teams. The environmental design artists have a similar start point of the character artists with the light sketches, then developing ideas towards completion. They have to contain a lot of detail in the finished pieces, but another factor they have to convey is the emotion and feel of the scenario to show the 3D modellers and maybe producers as much information as possible. Prop artists have almost exactly the same development stages as character concept artists, by starting with light sketches and gradually moving towards more finalized products with a lot more detail.
Concept art is prominently pre-production. The team has to convince your directors to invest money onto developing your ideas to the next stage (3D Modelling). You need to pitch your ideas to the investors, project managers, animators, programmers, developers, marketing and other concept artists. Marketing are the people who give your idea to the public so it is very important to provide them with the best ideas you can convey. There are a few specialized sectors to the concept art team while developing a game, pre-production conceptual art, Promotional art, Production convey art, 'The making of' game concept art and last but certainly not least- Merchandise concept art.
Pre-production conceptual art and production convey art were explained earlier. Promotional art is purely there to advertise still images of glimpses into the game you are developing, this will, like a lot of concept art areas, be make or break for the game. This is because if the promotional art isn't very good and doesn't grab the public's attention, then your game will not be very popular by release and therefor will not be very successful. It will usually include vague areas of environment form the game, without much link to the story line whatsoever. What I mean by 'the making of' game concept art is when some of the concept art used to develop the game, is included in the actual end-product of the title, this could be in the form of in-game unlockables, extra content (extra disc) or maybe interviews with the developers and their work. This can also be used pre-release of the game itself to grab the last bit of attention the game needs to succeed in the industry. The last is merchandise concept art, this can be clothing, posters, collectables, models, or basically anything that isn't the game itself, but uses a significant design from it to use on the products listed and more.
Comparing Examples of Conceptual Art
Not everyone succeeds in the games industry, this is sometimes due to funding, other times it can be because of the work standard just not being good enough. The concept artists have quite a large role in making sure the game makes it through to the release. Here is an example of a good piece of work from a storyboard concept artist. This would be completed by either a pre-production, or a Production convey concept artist.
It follows the needs of which a storyboard artist has to abide by. As you can see, overall, it has very basic detailing, this means that the artist who worked on this thought about their time management and how much time they had on this piece, it probably didn't take them very long amount of time to complete due to this. Although simple, the sketching shows enough detailing to establish an idea of what is happening in each scene, you can see that there is a lot of focus on specific movements such as hand gestures, posture, or the actions of the character (bending over to pick something up). For an animation team, this would be very easily understood to a relatively good amount of detail. Another point that makes this a good piece of conceptual storyboard art, is that you can clearly see that the character has the same features throughout the scenes they are in, this relates to the headgear he is wearing. Now lets take a look at storyboard artwork that may not be very suitable for the gaming industry.
This storyboard is very nice to look at and might seem like a great example of a conceptual design for the industry. The problem is that there is too much detail in each scene and although it is very clear what is involved in each scenario, doing something like this for a game that may have hundreds of different sketched scenes, would be very unpractical. In the industry, you usually have a specific deadline for your work to be done and this is crucial for the game to succeed, so it it very important that you understand your time management skills and apply the right amount of detail for the job. Another problem with this storyboard is that you cant very clearly gather what is going on throughout, because of this it would be almost impossible for the animators to establish a storyline.
Now I'll take a look at another specialized role in the concept art industry for games- Promotional conceptual art, in the form of a poster. This sort of concept art may have a compilation of a few different teams from the concept artists, environmental, character and prop design. Promotional art will get the game noticed, give it a reputation, whether that is a good or a bad one is up to the concept artists. Here is an example of promotional art which was not very successful in the industry.
This is a great example of a promotional poster, it has finalized character designs with a lot of detail, this is very appealing to the consumer as it gives them a very clear idea of what the game will look like. It also has information in the form of text on the poster, this gives some basic inside knowledge on what the game involves. This made a very successful piece of art which is widely recognized and all was due to the way it was put together. In a promotional poster it is crucial you don't put any of the story into it, this will make sure that when the player experiences the game for themselves, it is not predictable or it hasn't been seen before. The background colour is also quite important, it is the general colour which is incorporated into the game itself. Now let us take a look at a poster art which would not be a very good example for promotion.
There are several problems to this piece (if it were to be used as a promotional poster), there is not much detail at all and it seems like it has just been taken from the first stage of the production, a light sketch. It does not contain any of the environment or theme so it doesn't give a very good idea of what the game may feel like. There is no information on here at all, so there isn't any 'sneak peek' to make the consumer think about what it could entail. It does not have much detail overall and therefore the viewer will not even look, and if they do, it would not grab their attention very much at all.


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Women Active for Christ
Wed, 04/11/2018 - 3:14pm
Shaunda Daniels hosted the WAC meeting in the fellowship hall at the Reyno Free Will Baptist Church. The meeting began with a prayer and a blessing on the potluck dinner. Six members attended the meeting. A short business session was on the agenda. Plans were finalized for the Mother-Daughter Banquet to be held at the new A and A store and restaurant in Reyno on May 16. The treasurer's report and minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The food and fellowship were enjoyed by everyone
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Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Riggi Theater
The Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Riggi Theater, a stunning forty-five-seat black box theater located in the northwest wing of the Museum, hosts film screenings and lectures, as well as opera, music, comedy, drama, and dance performances. Constructed in 2014, the Riggi Theater is available to rent for residencies, rehearsal space, and private events. To rent the Riggi Theater please contact the Museum at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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When I say "perfect" I mean weather that feels perfect to someone used to living in the tropics. Anyone used to April in Chicago stepping off a plane in South Florida might find the heat sudden and oppressive but for someone used to, and perhaps dreading the endless heat and humidity of August and September these days of clean crisp sunshine, dry heat and a cooling breeze makes the weather perfect.I lived through a prolonged drought in California in the 1980s and I unabashedly loved every minute of it. Drought in Santa Cruz meant winters were short and mild, it meant motorcycle commuting was comfortable for longer and summers were hotter and less foggy. I reveled in the drought.Drought in South Florida is not quite the same thing. Rains here are dramatic interludes in summer days and nights. Rain comes and goes and doesn't hang around, usually, as a form of endless drizzle. Rain refreshes and restores life to trees whose leaves are drooping. Rain is welcome.Cheyennes answer to the drought is plonk herself down in the shade and rest frequently. Standing admiring the views on Royal Street I heard my dog rustle and disappear. She found dried leaves and deep shade under one of the tropical palms that seem drought resistant in the extreme where deciduous trees are dropping their leaves prematurely.Cheyenne's biggest annoyance at the drought is the lack of muddy pools to wallow in. Bad for her, good for me, her designated bath attendant.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Hiding In The Shrubbery
The reality of a the worst drought in 80 years is that we are enjoying perfect weather.
Truman Waterfront
If you were to park yourself on a street corner in Key West to watch the world go by not too much time later, you would see pretty much every car and scooter on the island go by. It's hard to convince people who live on the mainland that life in the Lower Keys really is different, aside from the obvious tourist-attracting behavior, not least because there are not many people and even less land. It wasn't three weeks ago I took a picture of Baron Samedi riding his bicycle n Whitehead Street and here he was napping under a ficus tree on Truman Annex. Had he not been asleep I might have been tempted to try to start a conversation with him. As it was this little bird tried to start a conversation first with Cheyenne and when the dog got tired of getting dive bombed and came to me for protection the bird (a noisy jay perhaps?) started in on me. I figured maybe we were encroaching on a nest or something so Cheyenne and I backed the car up but it was no good. we were told in no uncertain terms we had to leave. So we did.Things are coming to a pretty pass when even the wildlife is getting stressed out and aggressive. The thing is the recent census issued preliminary numbers showing Monroe County, alone among Florida's 67 counties lost population. The State is up to almost 20 million people, but Monroe County has lost about ten percent of it's population and we're down to 73,000. The good news is that unemployment is ridiculously low here, less than seven percent.The bad news is that's because when people lose their jobs they tend to leave town and head north, Ocala and North Carolina being the preferred destinations, if not a relative's couch somewhere.Mind you, if there are that many fewer people in the county that just means you'd have to spend less time sitting on the street corner waiting for them all to pass you by.
The Things People Do
On my walks around town I find it important not to forget to look up from time to time, rather in the manner of the hero in a horror movie who forgets to check the rafters for the lurking monster, clearly visible to the riled up audience. In my more prosaic world, looking up yields pretty views.There have been a few rain showers lately, enough to refresh momentarily but not enough to really soak the soil. I am looking forward to dramatic dark summer afternoons of wind and sudden heavy downpours. I will probably regret saying that by the time they arrive.I like to disguise myself in a brightly colored shirt as a tourist, not easy to do when walking a large dog very much at home on the streets of the Southernmost City. These are not disguised persons, they are genuine visitors enjoying a Key West Diary view of the city:Looking down Ann Street I saw a solitary plastic beer glass sitting ion the middle of the road. I started to have a Victor Meldrew Moment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Foot_in_the_Grave muttering to myself "I don't believe it," but of course I did believe it even though it was early afternoon. I suppose in the grand scheme of things a misplaced glass of beer is no big deal.Nevertheless I could not help but ask myself, how the devil did it get forgotten there of all places?
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The role of the Lord Mayor and Councillors
Serving our City
The role of the individuals (a Lord Mayor and 9 councillors) elected to the City of Sydney Council is broadly to represent the interests of the community.
Role of the Lord Mayor
The role of the Lord Mayor includes:
- leading decision making at Council meetings
- representing the views of the Council and local community
- hosting civic and ceremonial events
The Lord Mayor also performs the role of a councillor (see below) and carries out specific functions that are delegated to the position by the Council.
Role of Councillors
The primary role of a councillor is to make decisions and develop policies that guide the activities of the Council. This role is performed at Council and Committee meetings, where the decision-making occurs.
They also provide leadership and guidance and facilitate communication between the Council as a governing body and the community.
All Councillors represent the entire local area as the City is not divided into wards.
Councillor conduct
Councillors adhere to the City of Sydney's code of conduct and other relevant policies such as the code of meeting practice, and procedures relating to facilities and expenses. The relevant policies can be downloaded below. The councillors' expenses policy can be found on our Policies page.
Lobbying Councillors
Lobbying is the act of seeking to influence issues and decisions made by government officials. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has produced a guide designed to keep the process fair and protect public confidence in decision-making by councillors and local governments.
You can download the guide, called 'Lobbying local government councillors', by following the link to the ICAC website below.
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Between 1916 and 1945 Austin maintained a school specifically for Spanish-speaking children. The school aspired to ensure that "the next generation of Mexicans in Texas will be superior to the present one." It reported "a wonderful change in the lives and characters of the children." Curriculum included acquainting the Mexican child with skills like "conservation of time, efficiency, and systematized living" and "teaching practical things (like) how to clean clothes; how to buy and cook foods of the best quality for the money; how to buy the best clothes for the money, instead of teaching how to make a salad or a fancy dress". West Avenue was the first of what would become several schools throughout Austin separating Mexican children on a basis of language. The schools were credited with helping the Mexican child to overcome his handicap. A handicap inherited by all Mexicans from their cultural background and only overcome by their need to adopt to an industrial society.
The year 1916 culminated a period of increased Mexican migration into Texas as people fled the Mexican Revolution. It also coincided with an approaching mandate by the State that would go into effect in 1917 requiring all children to attend school. In anticipation of the increased number of Mexican students Austin's school board established a new school at the Southwest corner of West 5th and West Avenue to be called the West Avenue School. The board stated at the time that "the peculiar conditions existing have rendered it necessary, in the opinion of the school board, to provide a separate school for non-English speaking pupils in the first, second, and third grades." The launch of the program and the new school required the transfer of 105 students from three different schools throughout the city to the new location and mandated their travel aboard the city's trolley line each morning for attendance.
The Statesman, November 10, 1968,
Three days after opening 125 Mexican citizens gathered at the West Avenue School in protest of the actions by Superintendent A.N. McCallum and the school board. McCallum was in attendance to explain that their children would be returned to their respective schools as soon as their "understanding of the language would warrant". A delegation from the protest met with the board to address the problems of transporting their children across the city and argued that their children could learn English as quickly in their own schools with American children as associates as they could in a school especially for the non-English-speaking. At the Board meeting attended by the delegation there were not enough members to hold quorum and vote on the matter. The following night when the board reconvened they voted to continue with the non-English speaking school as planned with the Superintendent stressing that a pupil would be placed in their local school as soon as he had the necessary English language skills.
While the protest did not inspire a change of heart by the school board, coverage of the Mexican community's plight moved from page eight to page one in the Austin Statesman. The protest included a partial boycott of the West Avenue School and resulted in a decrease of the original 105 pupils to 40. Enrollment continued to fall over the next three years as the protest continued. Despite the negative publicity and community unrest the school would not only not back down but chose instead to use West Avenue as a blueprint for the creation of additional schools under the same ideology. In 1922 the East Avenue School was established for "non-English speaking children of the first and second grades". By 1923 East Avenue had an enrollment of 120 students. Later moved to East 3rd and Comal Streets the school became known as Comal.
AR.G.003(20) Students at West Austin School
Standards for determining the language fluency of students required to transfer to these schools or that were used to prove their ability to return to their ward schools have never been found. While examples exist showing that students did return to their ward schools, the evidence also suggests that the schools' targeted students less based on language than on ethnicity. Review of the surnames of enrolled students in Austin's schools from the time shows that those with Mexican heritage were segregated into West Avenue and other schools created under the same umbrella of language services.
For the next 20 years the School Board and its Superintendent would continue to argue that the children were not being separated "because they were Mexicans, but because their inability to speak English makes them an impediment for the progress of the English-speaking children in the ward school". In 1936 Austin opened Zavala School, a mere three blocks from Metz, and announced that Mexican children from Bickler, Comal, Palm and Metz were to be segregated and were to solely attend the new school. This was the culmination of a pattern of segregation begun with West Avenue School twenty years earlier based on language. Civil Rights lawsuits in the 1970s would rule that Austin's schools had engaged in intentional segregation of Mexican American students stating that "a benign motive will not excuse the discriminatory effects of the school board's actions".
Migration and language remain controversial topics to this day. Confusion between levels of "language acquisition" and "culture assimilation" are common nowadays as well as a lack of understanding of the richness that bilingualism and multilingualism bring to a society. It is easy to lose sight of the historic precedent that has come before in favor of the passions inspired in the moment, but important to recall these examples from our past to illustrate how quickly a good intention can evolve into intolerant actions. With resources like those at the Austin History Center we can learn from our history and take advantage of services from the Austin Public Library to improve our language skills and engage in activities that benefit our community.
Related Sources:
- A 371.009 AD "The History of Mexican-American Schools in Austin: From Reconstruction Through World War II" Carol R. Adams.
- P8300(80) Public Schools - Elementary - West Austin School


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We get this question all the time: "Can I freeze one of your pies?"
The answer is Yes! Homemade pies freeze beautifully. Whether you want to bake your pies in advance for a major holiday or family event or you just want save some for later follow this method and you will be thrilled with the results.
Here at Pie Lady & Son we bake our pies the same way you would at home using the same ingredients so if you have one of our pies and are looking to freeze it just go ahead and use this method .
- Bake your pie and make sure it is completely cooled before moving on to the next step. Cooling pies for a full 8 hours works best in our experience.
- Wrap you pie completely in plastic wrap or seal it in an airtight freezer bag.
- Place your pie in the freezer. Freezing a pie thoroughly takes longer that you might think. In most residential freezers it will take up to 24 hours for a pie to freeze completely.
Storage Life
Estimates vary a bit on how long pies will last in the freezer but from our experience this is what we recommend. These estimated are on the conservative side so if it's in there a little longer don't go throwing it away.
- Frozen fruit pies are best if served within 6 months.
- Frozen custard based pies are best if served within 3 months.
Defrost and Serve
There are two different methods for defrosting and serving frozen homemade pies. Both work well, but the first one seems a little more convenient to us so it's the one we use most often.
Defrosting Method #1
- Pre-heat your oven to 300º.
- Remove pie from freezer and unwrap it.
- Brush off any frost from the top of the pie.
- Place the pie on a baking sheet and put it in the oven.
- Baking times: 5″ Pie:15-30 min. 7″Pie: 30-50 min. 10″ Pie 40-70 min.
- Baking times will vary from one oven to another. To check if your pie is ready insert a knife in the center, remove and check the temperature of the knife tip with your finger. Once it is warm your pie is ready.
- Cool & serve.
Defrosting Method #2
- Remove pie from freezer at least 5–6 hours before serving.
- Defrost pie with plastic wrap still on it for 4–5 hours or until it reaches room temperature. This will allow the condensation to form on the outside of the plastic wrap instead of on your crust.
- Unwrap your pie and place it on a baking sheet.
- Heat pie in oven at 300º for ½ Hour. This applies to any size when using this method.
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1954 Jaguar D-Type Works Driven by Stirling Moss Expected to Auction for More Than $12 Million
"OKV 2" is one of 5 experimental D-Type Works and is the most famous example of them all.
Even before Jaguar unveiled the intoxicatingly-beautiful E-Type, it built another car that would make the queen from Snow White break her mirror in jealousy. It was called the D-Type, and it owed much of its design and innovative monocoque body to aviation programs. D-Types dominated Le Mans three years in a row, and to this day are some of the most desirable and expensive cars on the planet.
While just 87 D-Types were built, Jaguar also created 5 development variants called "Works" D-Types to test and refine the car. The most famous of these cars, dubbed OKV 2, will go to auction at the RM Sotheby's Arizona event in 2018, where it's expected to sell for $12-15 million.
You'll have to read the full bio to understand how busy this car was during the height of its career, but it's sufficient to say that OKV 2 was Jaguar's most active D-Type ever. In the 1950s alone it participated in more than 55 races, securing 5 full wins and 24 podium finishes. It became Jaguar's number one factory car, changing hands between 16 of Jaguar's legendary factory test drivers including Stirling Moss who piloted it during the 1954 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The car is painted in British Racing Green (of course) and is a must-have for (well-off) car collectors. It also comes with a spare engine and a mountain of documents including FIA papers, period-correct photographs of the car, factory documents, notes from the drivers, and entry forms from the 1954 Le Mans race.
It will be presented at the auction block in Phoenix, Arizona at the end of January, and we'd be surprised if it sold for anything less than the $15 million target.
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Well, I'm finally joining the blogging world and have finally opened a blog. I'll mostly be talking about ARM hardware and Linux, some personal BS will pop up from time to time I'm sure also. No real surprise as I work with Ubuntu and ARM on a daily basis.
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The Skilled Labor Fund is an industry wide effort to raise funds to address the shortage of skilled labor entering the residential construction market. We are committed to working with you to bring this labor training to your local markets.
The Operating Committee is made up of the leading associations and media companies in the residential construction market:
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Currently the Chief Executive Officer of the National Kitchen and Bath Association, Darcy joined the NKBA in 2006 as Manager of Marketing Partnerships. In the interim, he served as Manager of Business Development, Senior Manager of Marketing, Director of Marketing, and Executive Vice President. Prior to the NKBA, he spent seven years with International Speedway Corporation (ISC), sister company to NASCAR. Most recently, he was ISC's Senior Director of Corporate Account Management, overseeing more than 50 multi-venue sponsors with contracts totaling in access of $200 million.
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Diggs works directly with the NAHB's CEO and volunteer leadership on business and strategic initiatives across the organization, supervising operations, and managing more than 230 professionals and an annual budget of over $70 million. He is also the NAHB liaison to the Home Builders Institute and to Home Innovation Research Labs, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NAHB providing independent third-party evaluation and testing of products and materials. Since joining the NAHB in 1991, Diggs has held a multitude of senior positions, including serving as the Executive Vice President of Member Services and Education, and Secretary of the Home Building Industry Disaster Relief Fund.
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A third-generation home builder and developer from the Boston area, Mahoney graduated from law school before founding Windjammer Construction, an award-winning home building company. A member of the Builders Association of Greater Boston, he served in numerous leadership roles, including President. Giving back to his local community, Mahoney was a Trustee at his Xaverian Brothers High School, and is currently a Trustee and Finance Committee member for Curry College. Active in NAHB, he was the New England Area Officer, a Senior Life Director and seven-time Chair of NAHB's New American Home.
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Tony Mancini is the SGC Horizon Building Group Director-Principal and has launched numerous events and platforms for the residential and commercial construction industry. Prior to founding SGC Horizon, Mancini spent 12 years at Reed Business Information in leadership roles within the residential and commercial markets, including group director for Reed Construction Media, and publisher of Professional Builder and Professional Remodeler. He began his career at CertainTeed Corporation and also served as associate publisher for Sweet's International at McGraw-Hill.
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As Director of Education and Certification for NARI since 2001, Taddei worked with committees to develop NARI's Green Education Program, Green Certified Professional (GCP) certification and Universal Design Certified Professional (UDCP). He also developed the Certified Remodeling Project Manager (CRPM) certification and prep course, and he is the staff liaison to the NARI Government Affairs Committee, the SKILLUSA TeamWorks competition, and NARI's monitor of all activities related to workforce development initiatives within Congress and NARI chapter outreach programs. Taddei also serves as NARI's primary contact to the SKILLSUSA TeamWorks competition.


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