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Nearly 40 years ago, I interviewed Newport Beach architect William Ficker and asked why most of the major buildings in the Newport-Mesa area lacked strong architectural design.
Ficker's answer was that it requires a mature community to accept strong design, pointing to mature cities in the Northeast.
Now, nearly four decades later, it appears that the Newport-Mesa area has still not matured enough to have strong architecture.
Yes, we have some major buildings that are interesting: the flared Pacific Life building by architect William Pereira in Newport Center; the vertical, reflective glass-striped tower, formerly called the Avco Finance building, by Welton Becket, also in Newport Center; the curved, bronze, granite-faced Center Tower and the Performing Arts Center, both by CRS in Costa Mesa's South Coast Metro area; and Cesar Pelli's stainless steel-faced tower, also in South Coast Metro.
But that seems to end the list.
I had high hopes for two new projects, but those hopes were dashed. When the Irvine Co. retained the heralded architectural firm of Pei Cobb Freed for the nearly completed PIMCO tower in Newport Center, I had anticipated a truly strong addition to the skyline.
Instead, we have another average office building, albeit accented with travertine marble and "Chicago-style" windows. The same firm is doing the Irvine Co.'s under-construction speculative office tower in Newport Center. I won't hold my breath.
Of course, an architectural firm will tell you that the client frequently exercises restraint. And yes, the two new towers should harmonize with the existing buildings in Newport Center.
We know that Irvine Co. Chairman Donald Bren has strong architectural concepts, and it appears that he still admires the clean style of his once-favorite architectural firm, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
My second major recent disappointment — and a big one at that — is the new Our Lady Queen of Angels Church near Jamboree Road and Eastbluff Drive in Newport Beach. When I heard that the church hired A.C. Martin Partners for its new edifice, I was really excited. The Martin firm designed the fantastic St. Basil Catholic Church on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, and I could hardly wait for what would grace the hilltop corner.
But what was designed and built? A rectangular building with a pitched roof — like the picture of a house young children typically draw.
In this case, I had an opportunity to ask the architectural firm about the project and was told that Our Lady Queen of Angels wanted something "traditional." No, the Newport-Mesa area has not yet matured.
A discussion about architecture in the Newport-Mesa area is not complete without a mention of the new Newport Beach Civic Center by architectural practice Bohlin Cywinski Jackson.
The design was the result of an architectural competition, and it is extremely workable, but the vaulted roof, which is supposed to resemble waves, is awfully 1960s and boringly traditional.
The best thing that the Civic Center project does is to create a new rear entrance for the Newport Beach Central Library. The library, by Simon Martin-Vegue Winkelstein Moris, opened in 1994, and it has always resembled a reformatory.
MARTIN A. BROWER lives in Corona del Mar.


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Today, we're giving away Android Application Development For Dummies, published in December 2010, and, as usual, we're asking for nothing but a minute of your time in return.
As you may have picked up from the title, this book is geared at those just looking to get into Android development. Starting from the basics, you will learn how to set up and use the Android SDK and the Eclipse IDE, and start blasting through the Android paradigms and coding examples. You will quickly figure out how to interact with databases, program for multiple screens, debug, and publish your applications, and a whole lot more.
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The popularity of the Android market is soaring with no sign of slowing down. The open nature of the Android OS offers programmers the freedom to access the platform's capabilities and this straightforward guide walks you through the steps for creating amazing Android applications. Android programming expert Donn Felker explains how to download the SDK, get Eclipse up and running, code Android applications, and submit your finished products to the Android Market. Featuring two sample programs, this introductory book explores everything from the simple basics to more advanced aspects of the Android platform.
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I have a rule. If three separate people suggest something to me, I think of it as a divine message. I didn't read Pride and Prejudice until seven years ago because it was referenced by three different people in a short time span. It's now easily my favorite book.
The first time I heard about Knead The Dough in Ransomville, New York my friend Dorothy mentioned their cinnamon raisin bread. The second time is fuzzy and the third time was by my friend Mary who told me that my love for restaurant tables being set differently was common practice at this breakfast and lunch place just seven miles from our home.
I confess, I love breakfast. I always have. I loved nights when my mom would make us breakfast for dinner. She had the touch with everything and a perfectly seasoned cast iron skillet to make crisp on the outside, soft on the inside home fries. By the way, home fries or hash browns? Home fries everyday of the week for me…and twice on Sunday!
Jody, our server, recommended the Ransom Scramble when I asked what her most popular breakfast was. The home fries and scrambled eggs come with cheddar cheese and I chose to add sausage and roasted red peppers. It was a bite that brought me back to mom's cast iron skillet dinner. It comes with toast and there were many varieties with wheat, white and cinnamon raisin baked in house. I chose the fresh butter slathered cinnamon raisin bread.
Oh wait, now I remember the third person who suggested Knead The Dough…it was my friend Kim, pictured here with Savannah, the antique pig decked out with more bling than a three year old playing dress up.
She used to teach down the road and loved to come in for the egg salad.
She had it on untoasted Italian bread and the chucks of egg squished out at every bite, just like good egg salad should. I've always loved eating the rest of my sandwich with a fork.
Kim and I enjoyed our food so much we barely spoke. If you know us you may think you witnessed another miracle at Lourdes.
The staff and owner are the nicest folks you will ever meet. Patty, the owner and Jody are pictured here with their delicious plates.
Patty chat with us for a while, explaining their history and evoking a friendly feeling. They have been around for 10 years
I think this is Jessica but I was so enraptured when she spoke I stopped being a food writer and began being a fan without a pad of paper.
The people that work there are either great actors or really love the place. The people that eat there were either coincidental props or happy patrons.
As for me, I was able to spend some time with a dear friend with whom I share a love for singing and writing and meet some new people who wanted to feed me. That combo plate was as good as it gets.
Bonus…while paying my bill I saw some unsliced cinnamon raisin bread and purchased a loaf. I sliced it the next morning and here is what I saw
Is it me or is that bread smiling at me? Yes or no does not matter because I could only smile back.
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|The raised protuberances are marketed as "a smart, safe solution that provides a visual separation between vehicle and bicycle lanes."
But the design seems to add a (not so) hidden hazard.
Keeping cars out of the bike lane in itself is not always a good idea, since in this case the fix also keeps cyclists from merging into traffic to make left turns or for any other reason that requires leaving the bike lane (obstructions, overtaking, etc). It could also force cyclists and motorists into "coffin corner" situations at intersections if applied right to the intersection. It also makes street cleaning difficult. At least for the bike lane.
More seriously, raised features such as these, which are somewhat analogous to shoulder paving lips, could induce diversion falls if hit at a grazing angle. The two sides of the small barriers are advertised as asymmetric, but I'd hate to hit one at a glancing angle nonetheless (did anyone do an experiment?). Striking these at a glancing angle might possibly cause a cyclist to lose steering and balance (in the same way a shoulder lip can do so) and topple over into the travel lane. John Allen discusses this possibility in his own post, citing MUTCD sources that warn against installing such features.
Anyway, its important to ask the questions in advance. It seems to me that if someone INSISTS on a passive barrier more compelling than a paint stripe along the edge of the bike lane, something like a narrow rumble strip would be preferable. A rumble strip is negative in profile rather than positive and would be aggravating but not dangerous, seemingly far less of a problem. Plus, it would have the same effect--a warning to a distracted motorist, perhaps, that he/she is encroaching on a bike lane. These barriers are certainly not going to stop a car but could have unintended consequences to a cyclist.
With Trinity Drive reconstruction on the table, I'd hate to see something like this suggested by a non-cyclist.


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Burn Ban Lifted for King County
The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency announced Monday (Jan. 21) that it is lifting the air quality burn bans in King and Snohomish counties,.
However, a Stage 1 burn ban continues for Pierce County until further notice.
"We are lifting the burn bans in King and Snohomish counties because winds are picking up and temperatures are warming," said Dr. Phil Swartzendruber, agency forecaster. "But Pierce County is still under the influence of cold and calm conditions, which could cause pollution to build up in areas where wood-burning is common. We need to keep a Stage 1 burn ban in effect to protect air quality in those communities."
"We encourage everyone who doesn't rely on wood heat to use instead their home's cleaner source of heat until weather conditions change."
Clean Air Agency staff follow a protocol set by state law to determine when and where to issue a burn ban, and when to lift a burn ban.
During a Stage 1 burn ban:
- No burning is allowed in fireplaces or uncertified wood stoves. Residents should rely instead on their home's other, cleaner source of heat (such as their furnace or electric baseboard heaters) for a few days until air quality improves, the public health risk diminishes and the ban is cancelled.
- No outdoor fires are allowed. This includes recreational fires such as bonfires, campfires and the use of fire pits and chimineas.
- Burn ban violations are subject to a $1,000 penalty.
It is OK to use natural gas, propane, pellet and EPA-certified wood stoves or inserts during a Stage 1 burn ban.
The Washington State Department of Health recommends that people who are sensitive to air pollution limit time spent outdoors, especially when exercising. Air pollution can trigger asthma attacks, cause difficulty breathing, and make lung and heart problems worse. Air pollution is especially harmful to people with lung and heart problems, people with diabetes, children, and older adults (over age 65).
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INDIO -- "I feel like I'm in 'Lawrence of Arabia,' " Anthony Kiedis said Sunday night, not long after Red Hot Chili Peppers had taken the main stage at Coachella for the final headlining performance of the three-day festival. Kiedis was referring to the dust storm that blew up Sunday afternoon and quickly turned the Empire Polo Club into a wind-swept sandbox. But the frontman might also have felt like Lawrence because he was standing before a crowd the size of an army, easily the biggest any one act played to at Coachella.
So what did Kiedis and his bandmates do to mark the moment? They played what amounted to an ordinary gig.
Many observers (including Pop & Hiss) groaned when the Chili Peppers were revealed to be on the lineup for this year's show. For one thing, they'd already played Coachella twice, most recently in 2007. More to the point, though, the inclusion of this veteran L.A. band -- which just last summer played two concerts at Staples Center -- simply didn't provide the frisson for which Coachella is known. It felt too obvious.
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Or too desperate: In January, Rolling Stone magazine reported that the festival signed the group "about an hour" before it announced the bill, perhaps as a result of its inability to seal a long-rumored deal with the Rolling Stones. (The Chili Peppers played a few bars of the Stones' "Beast of Burden" Sunday. Make of that what you will.)
And so it went for the performance itself, which featured competent versions of hits like "Give It Away" and "By the Way," as well as a handful of tunes from 2011's solid "I'm With You." There were highlights, including the soulful "Look Around" and the band's indelible version of "Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder, both of which demonstrated the muscular precision of Flea and Chad Smith's rhythm section. There were low-lights, too: Kiedis' singing in "Under the Bridge" was all over the place, as were his and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer's shaky vocal harmonies.
Yet low-lights can tell you something about a band. What was more troubling about the Chili Peppers' set -- which maintained a huge audience until the end, even as the dust began to approach "Mad Max" levels -- was how thoroughly unremarkable it felt, right down to Flea's bare chest and Kiedis' omnipresent Off! cap.
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Take a walk down one of the aisles at Forest City Gear (Roscoe, Illinois) and you will see everything from a single Martian "Rover" vehicle part being hobbled to quality levels of AGMA Class 12 to thousands of production parts. Owner Fred Young says his company's investment in new equipment gives it a competitive edge in parallel-axis or worm gear projects up to 450 mm diameter.
In fact, Mr. Young invests in new equipment regardless of business conditions. Most years, he pours some 25 to 40 percent of his precision job shop's gross sales revenue back into new equipment. He says this approach has been profitable for his company.
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Gear shaping is a vital capability for job shops such as Forest City Gear because it gives them the ability to handle jobs that can't be hobbed efficiently, like spur gears with narrow face widths, gears with close shoulders and the majority of internal gears. But many of these gears are helical, requiring that an additional rotary motion be superimposed on the cutting stroke to produce the necessary right-hand or left-hand helix angle in the gear. Traditionally, and even on Mr. Young's most modern CNC gear shapers, this motion is created by a mechanical guide that must be manufactured with both lead and "hand" identical to that of the shaper cutter being used to produce a particular helix angle.
Thus, each new helical gear requires the production of a new mechanical guide, a process that can take upwards of 20 weeks and cost as much as $12,000 for each new guide. Then there's the hour or more required to change guides, the inability to make even the slightest lead changes, the impossibility of processing gears with different leads in a single setup and so on.
However, since taking delivery of the GP 300 ES CNC shaping machine from Gleason (Love's Park, Illinois), Forest City Gear has eliminated all of these problems and opened the door to many new gear-shaping opportunities. For example, the company was able to win an order for just eight prototype automotive helical pinions, shape them to an AGMA Class 11 quality level and have them back in the customer's hands just 2 days after receiving the blanks.
They also bailed out a competitor who had mistakenly ordered the wrong-fitting guide for a particular helical gear application. Forest City Gear turned it around in days, saving their rival thousands in replacement guide costs and taking weeks off delivery.
Then there was the customer who needed an internal 24-pitch, 230-tooth gear ground to AGMA Class 12. Mr. Young convinced the customer that he could save thousands of dollars by instead shaping it on the GP 300 ES. Accuracies were met, and an original order for five or six gears soon turned into one for 20 to 30.
The GP 300 ES offers an infinitely variable guide capability without the use of any additional mechanical components such as gear drives. It features a new shaping head design with a backlash-free direct drive for the cutter spindle. Under CNC and with the appropriate software, the additional "twisting" motion to produce a helical gear is superimposed electronically on the cutter spindle as it rotates. All gear cutting, tooling and part parameters (including the helix angle to be shaped) are simply entered into a user-friendly dialog program, and the CNC controller calculates all the necessary machine data/settings automatically.
Benefits to users such as Forest City Gear include the elimination of the lengthy lead times and cost required to purchase mechanical guides as well as the time-consuming, and in some cases difficult, changeover of guides. In addition, the electronic helical guide enables lead angle corrections to be made from one part to the next. Lead angle errors that result from the "unwinding" or straightening effect often caused by heat treat, for example, can be compensated for. Even helix angles more than 45 degrees—extremely small leads for external or internal gears—can be produced. Using tandem tools, even gears with different helix angles/directions can be produced in a single setup. Actual shaping cycle times on the electronic helical guide are virtually identical to times on its mechanical counterpart.
Mr. Young believes that these benefits will pay back the slight premium he paid for the GP 300 ES versus a conventional CNC shaping machine—probably in just five different gear applications or less. Not that he's concerned about the short term. "We buy machines with all the bells and whistles," he says. "A lot of companies go with a cheaper machine thinking they've saved $100,000.
"But what does 100K mean spread over the useful life of a machine? It's pretty inconsequential, especially since I'm buying a better machine for the long-term benefits of technology, service, support and quality. Those who are driven by simply price and cost will certainly lose in the long run."


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What do Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Herbie Hancock and Milton Babbitt have in common?
They all have works on a fine album by the Meridian Arts Ensemble. From the ensemble website:
Whose music do we play (in no particular order)?
- Frank Zappa, J.S. Bach, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Tania Leon, King Crimson, Captain Beefheart, and Jimi Hendrix
- Mark Applebaum, Milton Babbitt, Alvin Etler, Elliott Carter, Tom Pierson
- members of the MAE (who also do their own arranging)
- Renaissance and Baroque music, Afro-Cuban dance styles, South American folk music
A rather diverse repertoire for five brass players and one percussionist, this is a surprisingly fun mix.
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The Lions and defensive end Cliff Avril could be headed for a parting of the ways next month, an indication of how hard it can be to keep all your veteran starters on a team in our current football age.
Surviving those departures and continuing to be a successful team requires a constant influx of young, cheap talent via the draft. The Lions have had a few hits in the last three years, but their recent drafts have been studded with far too many choices that have failed to meet expectations. Lions president Tom Lewand said that has to be different for this year's draft class and that some of the holdovers from previous years need to take on larger roles as well.
"When you talk about building a team through the draft, those draft choices have to continue to develop as players," Lewand said, via the team's website. "We've seen some of that … and we certainly need to see more and more as we move forward both with last year's class, the 2011 class and this year's class. Rookies come in and contribute right away in this league and this year will be no exception."
The reasons for disappointment have ranged from injuries (Jahvid Best, Bill Bentley, Ryan Broyles, Mikel Leshoure) and bad behavior (Nick Fairly, Titus Young, Leshoure) to on-field struggles (Amari Spievey, Leshoure). Even Ndamukong Suh's first three years have been a bit less than the Lions probably hoped for when they selected him with the second overall pick in 2010. That doesn't look great for General Manager Martin Mayhew's ability to select talent or coach Jim Schwartz's ability to manage and develop it.
Drafting players like Calvin Johnson, Matthew Stafford, Brandon Pettigrew and Avril helped the Lions go from 0-16 to 10-6 over three years. They'll need similar success to right the ship after a 4-12 season in 2012 or someone else is going to be doing the picking in Detroit.


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2014 (Crew/Dayton): Did not make a League appearance for the Crew during the 2014 season ... spent time on-loan with the Dayton Dutch Lions of USL-PRO ... made 17 appearances with the Dutch Lions ... recorded his first professional assist in Dayton's 1-0 win against Charlotte (April 5) ... made a substitute appearance in the match against Rochester (June 1) ... started matches against Orange County (June 8),at Arizona (June 11), at Rochester (June 20), versus Orlando City SC (June 22), and at Pittsburgh (June 28) ... notched an assist in a start against Pittsburgh (July 2) and continued his run in the starting lineup for the club's next seven matches ... made his debut in a Crew shirt for the club's international friendly against Crystal Palace FC (July 23), coming on at halftime at rightback ... returned to the pitch at Orlando City SC (August 31) and versus Wilmington (September 5) after a two-match absence ... did not dress for both the club's postseason opener against New England (November 1) or for the second leg at the Revolution (November 9) ... Friedman started in Dayton's Second Round match against FC Schwaben AC (May 15) in the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
Friedman, a native of Bexley, Ohio, logged 56 career appearances in four seasons at Harvard, recording two goals and 17 assists. His team-leading six assists as a sophomore earned him a nod for All-Ivy League honorable mention. He nearly doubled his career high assists number his senior season when he dished-out 10 assists and scored one goal in 17 appearances – all of which were starts.
Before Harvard, Friedman was the captain of Bexley High School as a junior and a senior, capturing First Team All-Mid State League as a junior and Mid State League Player of the Year as a senior. During his senior season, Friedman also earned the Coach's Award, Team MVP (for the second straight year) and was First Team All-State as well as NSCAA all-region. The National Honor Society member was also a member of the Crew's Youth system, helping the Super-20 squad to a national championship in 2011. During Super-20 Finals play with the Crew's squad, he was named to back-to-back All-Tournament Teams in 2011 and 2012. Furthermore, he was a member of the Under-18 squad that finished third at the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Finals.
Friedman was signed as a Homegrown Player on January 8, 2014.
Friedman is the son of Tod and Cheri Friedman. Outside of MLS, his favorite soccer team to support is the Harvard Crimson and he enjoys watching Ohio State University football. In his spare time, he prefers to read non-fiction and autobiographies, including his favorite book, "How to Win Friends and Influence People." His favorite television show is "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Friedman, of proud Jewish descent, lists playing in the 2013 Maccabi Games as his favorite soccer memory, a tournament in which his team became the first American team to win. On top of reading, Friedman also enjoys driving on road trips with family and friends. His favorite vacation spot is Tel Aviv, Israel and he would enjoy traveling to Europe someday. Friedman lists his father, his high school coach and his college coach as his role models.


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The Academy's Educational Mission: Interactive Performances, Part 2
Last month, Leelanee Sterrett shared what it was like to cultivate a unique learning experience as a member of The Academy. In order to make a complex classical piece more engaging for an audience of 8 to 10 year olds, Academy fellows worked to find an entry point into the work.
When leading our Interactive Performance of Heitor Villa-Lobos's Quintette en forme de choros, we asked, "Can music be a way to share our memories or our culture?" In our performance, we suggested to our students that it was almost like Villa Lobos was sending us "musical postcards" in the Quintette.
This was a useful analogy,
because it gave the sense that composers write music for the purpose of
sharing their ideas with us. It also worked well with the construction of the
piece, which is made up of many distinct sections, so listening to it is akin
to looking through a series of postcards that depict different scenes or
landmarks in a city.
Academy fellows Leelanee Sterrett, ToniMarie Marchioni, Yoobin Son, Alexey Gorokholinsky, and Shelley Monroe Huang performing their "musical postcards."
We started with a very simple activity, playing a brief excerpt of some busy, disjointed music, and asking students to volunteer what sort of scene they thought might be depicted by that musical postcard. Their responses had a lot to do with images of traffic and streets crowded by people, as we expected.
We then asked them to listen to a contrasting postcard, and share with us the differences between the two. To us, the second excerpt sounded like a laidback jazz tune you might hear at a café on a lazy afternoon. But to our surprise, nearly all the students heard the music as a scene of grief or fearfulness—an equally valid interpretation, but one that hadn't occurred to us throughout our planning! We've learned to be prepared for surprises in our teaching.
We had been expecting very literal answers from these young listeners, yet they really found a much deeper level on which to engage in the music.
With the students, we started discussing street bands in Villa Lobos' Brazilian city. We asked them where they hear and see music here in New York. Of course, all of us have heard musicians on the street corner, listened to the radio at home, or met the ice cream truck when we heard it coming down the street. But students shared answers like, "I hear music in the wind blowing through the trees," or "There is music in raindrops falling." Wow! We had been expecting very literal answers from these young listeners, yet they really found a much deeper level on which to engage in the music.
In the end of the assembly, we performed the whole Quintette en forme de choros, having found many ways to listen to and experience the various sections of the piece. At about eight minutes long, this was perhaps the most challenging part of the performance for the students. With all we had explored, however, they were more or less able to hang with the music as it unfolded.
Despite its thorny
complexity, they seemed to "get it" just as easily as one might understand something more
straightforward, like Brahms or Mozart. One student memorably observed, "Normally when I hear music, it sounds like everyone is playing the same
thing together. But this was like everyone was playing their own thing at
the same time." It's a very apt description of the Quintette!
The fellows traveled on the Long Island Railroad to get to and from their teaching experience.
I think in doing these Interactive Performances, we've given our students a different way to think about classical music. They really are brilliant, imaginative listeners. "What I will remember about today, is that the music I hear can relate to my life," said one fourth-grade girl. She nailed it, and made all of us proud to be musicians involved in these kids' lives.
—Leelanee Sterrett
The Academy's Educational Mission: Interactive Performances, Part 1
Performing, Teaching, and Being Ready for Everything


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Computer Animation Festival
SIGGRAPH 2009 Computer Animation Festival Trailer
Special Thanks & Acknowledgements
Computer Animation Festival Awards
Best of Show Award
French Roast
Fabrice O. Joubert
The Pumpkin Factory
Jury Award
BIF Production
The Mill
United States
Jury Honorable Mention
Rodrigo Blaas, Cecile Hokes
Student Prize
Project: Alpha
Matthias Æ Bjarnason, Christian Munk Sørensen, Nicolai Slothus
The Animation Workshop Denmark
Well Told Fable
Unbelievable Four
Sukwon Shin, In Pyo Hong
United States
Special Guest Speakers
Chris Landreth
"The Spine" and Psychologically Driven Animation
Thursday, 6 August | 10:30 am - 12:15 pm, Auditorium B
Peter Ludé
3D to the Home: What Can Possibly Go Wrong?
Senior Vice President, Engineering, Sony Electronics
Executive Vice President, SMPTE
Board of Directors ITVS
Thursday, 6 August | 8:30 - 9:15 am, Rooms 260-262
Bob Whitehill
Visual Storytelling in Three Dimensions
Stereoscopic Supervisor, Pixar Animation Studios
Thursday, 6 August | 9:15 - 10 am, Rooms 260-262
For SIGGRAPH 2009, the Computer Animation Festival introduces two new sections: Real-Time Rendering, devoted to work produced interactively in real time; and Visual Music, which includes music visualizations and other artworks that combine music and images into a captivating multi-sensory experience.
To reveal the technology and creativity behind current achievements in animation and visual effects, the Computer Animation Festival also presents Panels, Production Sessions, and Talks
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- First-Time Attendees
- New for SIGGRAPH 2009
- Art & Design
- Education
- Games
- Music & Audio
- Production/VFX
- Professional Development
- Research
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Folks in Baltimore and Indy aren't alone. There's another franchise with a Mt. Rushmore that will create plenty of consternation in a pair of cities and states.
The Titans, once the Oilers, previously were in Houston. Now (for those of you just emerging for a coma or returning from a desert island after your FedEx plane went down and you befriended a volleyball) they're in Tennessee. But they get one Mt. Rushmore.
And you get 12 names to narrow down to four winners.
The final four will be unveiled on Tuesday's edition of Pro Football Talk on NBCSN, when coincidentally former Titans great Frank Wycheck will join us in studio for the first of a two-day guest analyst stint.
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – A surprise visit to Marian Bergeson Elementary School by CUSD Board President Martha McNicholas, Vice President Gila Jones, Clerk Patricia Holloway, Trustee Amy Hanacek, Superintendent Kirsten Vital and Capistrano Unified Educators Association President Sally White was made to announce Mandarin Immersion Teacher Julie Fong as this year's Elementary School Teacher of the Year for the Capistrano Unified School District.
The group headed to Fong's classroom to share the news with her and her students. "Julie Fong is one our fabulous Mandarin Immersion teachers. She brings the world to her classroom," President Martha McNicholas stated. "She makes sure her students know that they can make a difference. By shaping their young minds and inspiring them while they are learning – and having fun - she gives them the confidence they need to become responsible global citizens and successful leaders."
Fong began her career teaching in a wealthy private school and went on to spend the next 13 years teaching in South Central Los Angeles. For the past four years she has been teaching Mandarin Immersion at Marian Bergeson Elementary School. Her experience gives her the perspective that no matter a student's background or economic status, she is a champion for their individual success and empowers them to make a difference and be a positive influence in the world. Her students raised money to buy toys for a student with a serious illness, went into the community to educate them about the prevalence of Malaria in Africa, and made lunches for the homeless in Santa Ana.
"I create tasks and projects where students can learn while having fun," Fong said. "Sometimes the students don't realize that they're learning because they feel inspired. Knowing that I am helping shape positive, responsible global citizens is the best reward in teaching."
Julie has transformed Bergeson's Mandarin Immersion program by bringing depth to it, exposing students to more than just language but also to classical music, movies and art in Mandarin. Under her guidance, students were selected to participate in a traditional Chinese poetry competition, in the category of Native Speakers, and finished in both 3rd and 5th place out of 700 students competing. Julie makes her students a priority and never fails to take whatever time is needed to help a student having trouble.
Fong will represent CUSD at the Orange County Department of Education Teachers of the Year program where four teachers will be selected to move on to the California Department of Education Teacher of the Year program.
Pictures and video are available on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CapoUnified/ or by request.


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This is the only app I've found with a direct feed to the MLS which means it gives you access to 100% of available listings, unlike many apps which are missing properties and have outdated data. The VIP code above will give you access to listings in Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley, Windsor, and all surrounding areas in Northern Colorado, as well as the Boulder and Denver Metro areas.
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
US Secretary of State John Kerry is currently on the last leg of his latest round of Middle East shuttle diplomacy, and looks to have fared no better than in his previous visits.
Just a few days ago, there was talk of Kerry announcing, and possibly even hosting on the spot a four-way summit between himself, Israel, the Palestinians and the Jordanians before his return to Washington.
But those hopes were put to rest as Kerry emerged from his Sunday morning meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
Kerry said both he and Abbas agreed progress had been made, but that issues remained to be worked out - diplomatic-speak for the fact that Abbas continues to refuse to meet the Israelis without preconditions.
Kerry met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the evening before in Jerusalem. Cabinet minister Gilad Erdan later told Channel 2 News that Abbas' continuing intransigence had already been made known to Israel, and that the two sides are no where near as close to restarting negotiations as the media has been suggesting.
At Sunday's cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Netanyahu reiterated that he remains ready to meet with Abbas at a moment's notice, and that Israel is not the one holding up the resumption of peace talks.
In order to calm Israeli fears that the Jewish state could be strong-armed into joining negotiations on suicidal Arab terms, Netanyahu added that no agreement will ever be signed with the Palestinians without first going to the Israeli public for a referendum.
Demonstrating what can only be described as a lack of understanding for what democracy really is, Abbas has in the past decried Israel's insistence on a referendum as an obstacle to peace.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) Johnny Manziel threw for 311 yards and ran for 129 yards and two touchdowns, leading No. 16 Texas A&M to an easy 38-13 victory over No. 17 Mississippi State on Saturday.
Manziel, a redshirt freshman, completed 30 of 36 passes. He ran for a 37-yard touchdown in the second quarter that helped the Aggies build a 31-0 lead by early in the second half.
The Southeastern Conference's leading rusher added an 8-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
Texas A&M (7-2, 4-2 SEC) has won all five of its road games this season. Christine Michael rushed for 50 yards and two touchdowns. The Aggies gained 693 total yards.
Mississippi State (7-2, 3-2) has lost two in a row. Tyler Russell completed 19 of 30 passes for 212 yards, with one touchdown and one interception.


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Modern School Business Administration: A Planning Approach (Peabody College Education Leadership Series), 1/e Guthrie, Hart, Hack, Candoli This text covers historical and current trends in leadership in a very practical way, using cases and a problem-solving approach as vehicles for examination. The "Modern" approach of this book explores professional challenges, performance expectations, and operating conditions encountered by contemporary American school leaders. It is part of Allyn & Bacon's new Educational Leadership series from Peabody College at Vanderbilt University, one of the leading schools of education in the world. For additional features see the inside front cover. A word from the authors: The purpose of this textbook is three-fold. The first is to provide a school business official, or a prospective school business official, with a thorough understanding of the rapidly evolving context in which American public education now finds itself. The book's second purpose is to provide the next generation of business administrators with prerequisite knowledge of key school business concepts and practices and the tools that thus enable them to leverage school management matters to further advance contemporary education operations. A third purpose for this book is to serve as a reference work, a rich set of understandings to which school business officials can routinely turn when they desire added information on a management topic What your colleagues are saying: T.J. Meyers, University of Memphis: "This textbook is an icon" Sidney Brown, Alabama State University "Overall, this is an excellent book for educational administrative graduate students in the college of education" "This text is thus far one of the best published" Gloria Poole, Florida A&M University "This is an excellent book in content. It includes the concepts and skills my students need to be prepared for fiscal management and an in-depth understanding of the overarching concepts of school finance and operations."James W. Guthrie is the author of 'Modern School Business Administration: A Planning Approach (Peabody College Education Leadership Series)', published 2007 under ISBN 9780205572144 and ISBN 0205572146.[read more]
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MIPS Sales Could Broaden Processor Alternatives
It was an exciting morning for those of us who cover mobile processors—and more importantly, the cores and IP that go into them. MIPS Technologies has agreed to be acquired by Imagination Technologies, with the vast majority of its patents acquired by a consortium led by MIPS competitor ARM Holdings.
In the PC world, we mostly focus on processors from Intel and AMD, but for smaller processors, in everything from phones to network controllers, most use cores from either ARM or MIPS. ARM has been particularly successful in phones and tablets; almost every phone you see uses either a processor core designed by ARM or a custom core-based on an ARM architecture license. While MIPS has largely failed to challenge ARM in this area in recent years, its processors are still found in many places: network processors and home entertainment devices such as Blu-Ray players, digital televisions, and video games consoles; China's Godson supercomputer chips; and a few phones and tablets, including some inexpensive Android tablets.
Meanwhile, Imagination Technologies, which is primarily known for its PowerVR graphics cores used within mobile processors, has faced new competition from ARM, which has entered the mobile graphics world with its own graphics cores, known as Mali. (Imagination Technologies is partially owned by Intel and Apple, and its graphics are used in the Intel Atom processors and Apple A-series processors, as well as older Samsung mobile processors.)
By acquiring MIPS, its engineers, and the 82 patents that are most central to the MIPS design, Imagination hopes to "create a new industry-leading force in CPU development and licensing" by combining the MIPS CPU technology with Imagination's own technology and resources.
A consortium headed by ARM is paying $350 million for 498 other patents that MIPS has and the group is cross-licensing with Imagination. ARM is contributing $167.5 million of that, saying the lead "presents an opportunity for companies to neutralize any potential infringement risk from these patents in the further development of advanced embedded technology." The actual group acquiring the patents is called Bridge Crossing, which appears to be a cluster of tech companies put together just for this purpose, under a larger patent purchasing group called Allied Security Trust. I'm hopeful that these patents will be used mainly for defensive purposes because we don't need to see processor patent wars akin to the patent wars we're now seeing in mobile devices.
The key question now is whether the combination of Imagination and MIPS can actually create CPU technology that is competitive in the market. In part, this is a technology question, but there are also the questions of scale—ARM is vastly larger—and marketing—Android already works on MIPS, but typically the latest versions show up on ARM designs first. Still, I'm always a fan of more competition.


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It's the giving season and there are lots of great gifts out there, but it seems ideas and decisions are in short supply. So I'm here to give some great suggestions for the scientist or science lover in your life! Based on personality type, here are the 10 best science gifts:
For the book lover, like Joanne Manaster, I recommend Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army & Other Diabolical Insects by Amy Stewart.
For the mom, like Carin Bondar, I recommend The Nerdy Baby's ABCs Flash Cards.
For the science writer that no longer sees the inside of a lab, like Ed Yong, I recommend a nice piece of art such as Petri Dishes 5 by the talented Michele Banks.
For the marine biology lover, like Christie Wilcox, I recommend Blue Planet.
For the star gazer, like Phil Plait, I would highly recommend the book The Pluto Files by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
For the kid at heart, like Brian Krueger, I recommend a plush or bobble head famous scientist.
For the bug lover, like Bug Girl, I recommend a handmade plush insect sculpture, like the ones by Weird Bug Lady.
For the fashion forward, like Michelle Clement, I suggest a nice piece of jewelry and recommend this piece: silver DNA earrings.
For the funny one, like Brian Malow, I recommend something wearable that says: not only am I funny, I want everyone to know so I'm wearing this shirt.
For the person who has everything, like no scientist I know, a great gift would be a membership to the local science museum!
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Hackers don't have to work very hard to steal information from people and organizations—people are pretty willing to give it away. Social networks and other Web 2.0 sites are making it ever easier for Internet users to accidentally share too much information or become victim to phishing scams, leading to security research firm Sophos to warn IT admins on how to handle employee use of these services.
A majority of sysadmins—63 percent—told Sophos that they worry about employees sharing too much information on social networking sites. This could potentially put the corporate infrastructure at risk, especially if they reveal too much about the company, not to mention details about their personal identities. According to Sophos' research, this worry is justified—33.4 percent of business users have been spammed on a social networking site and 21 percent have been phished there. (23.6 percent and 27.9 percent, respectively, said that they had no idea either way. That should really inspire some confidence.)
Several examples were dragged out to support this notion. "In June 2009, the personal information belonging to the incoming head of MI6 was exposed to the entire Facebook network, when his spouse allowed members of the 'London' network to view her profile," noted Sophos. Additionally, hackers apparently gained access to British politician Michael Fabricant's Facebook credentials and sent links to a malicious website to 1,500 of his best online buddies. These were just a couple of the many high- and low-profile attacks that have taken place across Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and everything in between.
As a result, a full 50 percent of companies block some or all access to social networks, though Sophos warns that "by completely denying access to their favorite social networking site, organizations will drive their employees to find a way around the ban, creating even greater holes in corporate defenses." Instead, the firm says that administrators should work on educating their employees about online risks, allowing access to popular sites at certain times (like, say, over lunch), and checking up on the information that people are posting online.
Blocking access seems somewhat cruel to most users who don't feel they're the types to fall victim to malware schemes. However, research has shown that large numbers of people are not nearly as bright as they think when it comes to online behavior. In a fake popup study conducted by North Carolina State University's Psychology Department, a majority of users ended up clicking desperately to get rid of dialogue boxes no matter what those boxes said or did—even if they installed malware or worse. And, just earlier this month, the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group released a study showing that a scary number of Internet users have replied to spam e-mails for one reason or another, with 12 percent doing so because they were simply interested in the products.
If IT admins could somehow instruct employees to keep their security-risking antics out of the workplace and actually succeed, they undoubtedly would. In this case, though, blocking may be the next best option for companies looking to protect themselves from their own worst enemies—their employees.


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Miami Brickell Real Estate
Condos For Sale in Venetian Islands Florida
The media portrays Miami Brickell Real Estate investing as something that is very easy to do. We have all seen those books and televisions shows on how to invest in real estate in Venetian Islands to become a millionaire. However, there are a couple of common mistakes that you need to watch out for. The following are a few of them.
1. Thoroughly understand your loan.
Before you select your loan be sure to check to see if there are points or hidden fees so that you don't end up with any surprises. Check the rate since it can change from when you had your initial discussions with your bank and the day that the loan was locked. Also be sure that you understand what the differences are between an adjustable rate loan and a fixed rate one. These days, interest rates are at the lowest level they have been in many years, however by the end of 2017 we are anticipating a sudden increase.
2. Be Object About A REIT
A REIT (real estate investment fund) is quite attractive since it offers very generous dividends. However, you need to be aware of what the face value is in addition to the dividends, since they can decrease in value just like any other type of investment can. Whenever you purchase a REIT make sure you know exactly what you are purchasing.
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3. Brick And Mortar Investing
It can be easier to invest in the stock market than it is to invest in real estate in Venetian Islands. You can purchase a stock online with just a few clicks. Real estate investing is totally different, You need to know all of the ins and outs of the real estate market and understand that what you are investing in is not liquid. You can't sell your house with just a couple of clicks the way you can sell stock. It isn't as dynamic, each purchase is different and there are different steps that need to be followed.
4. Flipping Condos In Venetian Islands Florida
There are tons of shows on television about flipping houses. They make it looks so fast and easy to purchase and resell houses. But is that how it really is in real life? Before you start to do it you really need to have a good understanding of how the real estate market works and have good purchasing power as well. For example, if you are going to purchase a house at an auction, you will have to pay for it in cash.
5. Additional Costs
When planning on your property's future, you should over estimate your expenses. Thank about all of the costs that relate to commissions, insurance, repairs and rental management. You don't want to get into a position where you can't pay the mortgage after one month without having a tenant.
Condo Real Estate Agent in Venetian IslandsReasons To Buy Condos In Brickell
Want to find the best condo in Miami?
There are many options but one community is going to pop up all the time, and it is the one to look at for your needs. This would be the Brickell area because it is one of those illustrious spots that is worth your time. It is going to leave you mesmerized.
Here are the reasons you are going to want to buy a condo in the Brickell area as soon as you get the opportunity.
It is well-regarded for being a real estate dream come true and here are the reasons why.
Rising Market
What is the one thing you are going to be looking for when it comes to a new condo?
You are going to want to take a look at it from an investment perspective because it is going under your name. Don't add something that will take away from your portfolio and this is not one of those poor investments. It is going to yield great value, and you are going to adore it as an asset.
This is a surging market that is only going to get stronger as time goes on. There is a lot of value to be had.
Various Choices
You are going to have many choices put in front of you, and that is a must as you look to make a new selection.
The right condo is always the one that is personalized to your needs. Never settle for less, and you won't have to as long as you are going down this path. The condos are amazing to look at and are as spacious as you want them to be inside. You are going to be blown away.
These are options that are going to fit what you are after.
Beautiful Properties
The properties are not only ideal for your needs; they're perfect from all angles aesthetically.
The designs are picturesque and modern like you want. They are going to leave you with a smile on your face because of the attention to detail. A condo is only as good as those little details, which is why you are going to fall in love with these options.
You are going to know they're easy to work with and are going to let you settle in nicely. These properties are built for regular use, and you are going to have a good time living in them.
When you walk through the front door into your condo, there is one thing that will feel right about it, and that is space.
You are going to have a lot of space to work with, and that is always a positive.
What other option is going to let you enjoy this amount of space? You are not going to be able to find a better condo in Miami, and that is what makes it unique. You are going to enjoy the amazing amount of space that is provided, and it will fit with your needs.
Ideal Location
The Brickell area is ideal in Miami because it is close to everything. You are going to have access to all amenities and that is important for those who are selective about what they are paying for and the value they are getting in the open market.
You are going to find it to be perfect for your requirements.
Pick and choose where you want to buy the condo because this is the ultimate spot in town. You are going to be able to head to all parts of Miami without having to think twice and that is a must for those who work elsewhere.
What is the one requirement you are going to have before moving into any new community?
You are going to want to ensure it is safe. For those who are looking to raise a family, you are going to have a fun time in these condos. They are perfectly designed and are as safe as it gets. These are condos that are designed to help young families fit in.
Choose a good condo and know it is going to work well in all situations and will keep you safe.
Safety is a major priority and these condos show it.
Great Prices
The market is surging, and that's great, but it is the prices you're going to enjoy that will win you over.
Who doesn't want to enjoy great prices while moving into a gorgeous community such as this? The area is one of those world-class places that is going to provide tremendous prices. It is time to jump in now, so you can see great results when it comes to maximizing your investment.
These are condos that are going to fit your budget right away.
Look to move into the Brickell area because it is one of a kind when it comes to quality properties that will win you over. The days of going with condos that aren't going to cut it should be in the past when it comes to residing in Miami. You are going to fall in love with the area and the condos that are on offer.
There is so much to do, and you are never going to get bored in Brickell.
This is the ultimate purchase and investment for you and your needs moving forward. It is the best option for everyone.
Condos For Sale in Venetian Islands FloridaUpcoming Miami Condo Market Trends
On Wednesday, November 30 at the annual Miami Condo & Community Development Symposium, the Urban Land Institute Southeast Florida & Caribbean will be talking a great deal about significant issues that are facing those involved in the residential real estate industry.
From all across the United States and Florida, real estate developers and investors will be available to share best practices, network, talk about new and innovative ways of getting ahead in the industry, and discovering just how the local trailblazers and global influencers are starting to shape our communities.
As part of the high profile speaker lineup, you will find Jorge Perez, the founder, CEO and chairman of Related Group; Eliot Spitzer from Spitzer Enterprises; and Moishe Mana, the president of The Mana Group. This event will be going on at 788 Brickell Plaza in east Miami from 8am to noon.
The proud presenting sponsor of the symposium is Bilzin Sumberg. The group leader of The Firm's Real Estate Practice Group is Suzanne Amaducci-Adams, and she will be moderating a panel that features Ugo Colombo, the founder of CMC Group; Reid Boren, the manager partner at Two Roads Development; Michael Stern, the SEO at JDS Development Group; Sylvia Coltrane, the CEO at Transact Developers LLC; and Neil Fairman, the President & Founder at The Plaza Group.
The topics that the industry and business influencers will be touching on during the symposium will include:
- Access to global capital
- What is coming for the residential real estate market
- How the real estate taxes will be impacted with the new US President
- The rise of Chines and Russian buyers and investors
- How the different communities are bringing luxury housing inventory and workforce for building communities that are more sustainable
The Urban Land Institute was established in 1936 and is a nonprofit group for education and research with roughly 40,000 members that span the globe, with 875 in the area of Southeast Florida and the Caribbean alone. The mission is to work on providing leadership for the responsible use of land while creating communities that are thriving across the world. ULI in Southeast Florida & Caribbean brings forth this very mission by working to serve both public and private sectors in Southeast Florida and the Caribbean on education and expertise on pragmatic land use.


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Compared to the hectic capital of Kampala, the colonial city of Entebbe is a lot more laid back. For an even more relaxed get-away, board a ferry to the Ssese archipelago with 84 islands in the blue waters of Lake Victoria. Disembark in a paradise on earth, with beautiful white sandy beaches, swaying palm trees, flapping fish, fun beach bars and small cabins.
Half of the islands are uninhabited and most are difficult to reach. However, even the relatively more popular islands are still nice and quiet. Swimming is not recommended due to the risk of the infectious bilharzia disease and the presence of hippos and crocodiles. Nevertheless, this is still a wonderful place to spend a few leisurely carefree days. Read on for an overview of 3 dream destinations on the Ssese Islands.
Buggala is the only island accessible by ferry from the mainland, a 3-hour boat ride from Entebbe. This is also the largest and most popular island with the best tourist infrastructure. The main town of Kalangala features a picture-perfect bay: crescent-shaped and each side sheltered by a peninsula with a long stretch of beach and a string of beach bars and hotels. On weekends, Kampala residents come here to party, albeit in a laidback and relaxed fashion.
Lutoboka Bay, Kalangala, Buggala Island, Uganda
Bulago, a small island that lies right on the equator, is 45 minutes by speedboat or 8 minutes by propeller plane from Entebbe. There is only one resort, Pineapple Bay, but it offers everything you need: accommodations in luxurious villas right on a paradise beach, an excellent restaurant and an infinity pool. Walking trails lead to a hilltop with breathtaking views of the 2500-metre-long island. There is little else to do here than relax on a lounge bed under an umbrella with a piña colada at your fingertips.
Once the private island of an eccentric British colonist, Banda falls into a whole other category of price and luxury. This destination is much cheaper but just as secluded. There is a small village on the southwest tip. Roughly a thousand metres away at the eastern tip lies Banda Island Camp, a beautiful tropical beach. A simple cottage on the beach costs about 40 euros per night, including all meals. There is no electricity and the showers are outside - a true Robinson Crusoe experience.


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Before we pass along this story, we admit it's a total hearsay scenario. That said, it's hearsay that's so delicious-- and truly, so completely believable-- that it demands to be shared. And in this era of heated battles over texting in theaters, it's high time we got a perfect scapegoat. That scapegoat, apparently, is Madonna.
Not only did Madonna allegedly-- allegedly!-- text her way through the New York Film Festival premiere of 12 Years A Slave, but when told to be quiet, she allegedly-- allegedly!-- called that person an enslaver. During a movie about actual slavery! Here's the anecdote that's been making the rounds, via Indiewire:
Tonight at the New York Film Festival premiere of '12 Years A Slave' (a masterpiece, by the way), [NAME REMOVED] and I sat behind the unholy trifecta of Jason Ritter, J. Alexander from 'America's Next Top Model,' and Michael K. Williams from 'The Wire.' Plus, a mysterious blonde in black lace gloves who wouldn't stop texting on her Blackberry throughout the first half of the movie. Eventually, a woman next to me tapped her on the shoulder and told her to put her phone away, and the blonde hissed back, 'It's for business... ENSLAVER!' I turned to the shoulder tapper and loudly said, 'THANKS!' and gave her a thumbs up. The rest of the movie, I kept thinking about how I wanted to tell the blonde what a disgrace she was. During the standing ovation, the blonde ducked out and Jason Ritter turned around to make commiserating eye contact, as J. Alexander asked, 'Who WAS that?!' Jason then looked down at the floor. His eyes got wide, and he picked up an envelope and showed it to us and J. And it said: '2 screening tix MADONNA.' And sure enough, we looked to the side of the theater and standing against the wall in black lace gloves was Madonna. The worst person in America.
Having been to a film festival screening and watched a famous person text through the entire movie (not nearly as famous as Madonna, though, obviously), I completely buy this story. After all, how many entitled people who are far less important than Madonna have you watched self-righteously whipping out their phone during a movie, convinced that their "business, ENSLAVER" is more important than your right not to be blinded by their dumb phone? If that random dude in front of you at last Friday's Gravity screening will do it, surely Madonna would too.
Unafraid to jump on a moment when he sees the opportunity, Tim League-- the founder of the famously anti-texting movie theater chain Alamo Drafthouse-- has tweeted that Madonna has been banned from the Drafthouse until she apologizes. Hopefully they'll now find a way to put the Material Girl at the center of a fantastic anti-texting PSA like this one. She may have that fake British accent, but she's still a citizen of the Magnited States of America.


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I also made two special drinks. Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian has a bunch of really enticing Iranian drink recipes in it... including many that I have yet to try. Using her recipe, I made a batch of Irani Mint Lemonade (sorry, no picture!). I made a small pitcher of the syrup - which used simple syrup poured over fresh mint leaves and fresh lemon juice - and then let people add as much sparkling water as they liked. I also made this Pomegranate-Lime-Mint soda with fresh pomegranate juice, fresh lime juice, fresh mint leaves, and a small amount of simple syrup ... plus a bunch of sparkly water to give it fizz and to make it lighter and less intense. They were both very tasty!
(also, check out this awesome pitcher my mom gave me! even though it looks quite Persian, it's actually from my family roots in North Carolina!)
Isa's Latchkey Lime Pie, I didn't need to look any further. Now I make this one every year and my sweet Daddy loves it. As you probably know, my dad has had a very rough year ... and so this year's birthday celebration felt even more special than ever. I'm so glad he is still here with us to love and laugh and just be together.


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This week's Non-League Videos Of The Week see us return to the FA Cup, which reached the First Qualifying Round – the third round of matches in this year's competition. This round sees the first appearance of the clubs of the Premier Divisions of the Isthmian, Southern and Northern Premier Leagues, so there are some familiar faces taking their first bow in this competition in this round. We have five matches for you this evening. Our two matches are both from East Anglia – the matches between Bury Town and Gorleston, and Cambridge City and Maldon & Tiptree United. Next up are Maidstone United, who scored nine goals in the last round of the competition, away to Banstead Athletic. Following this is a match between two sides from the Northern League, Spennymoor Town and Dunston UTS, and finally we have the goals from the match between Harrow Borough and Marlow. Our most heartfelt thanks go, as ever, to those that go to the trouble to record, edit and upload these matches for our delectation.
Bury Town vs Gorleston
Cambridge City vs Maldon & Tiptree United
Banstead Athletic vs Maidstone United
Spennymoor Town vs Dunston UTS
Harrow Borough vs Marlow
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – In support of Bobcat Softball, Georgia College & State University "Family Field of Dreams Day" will engage the Milledgeville area and Baldwin County community through an afternoon of fun-filled festivities beginning at noon Saturday, April 3 at Peeler Complex on GCSU's West Campus.
At the start of the games, Bobcat Athletics will recognize 13 youth softball players from within the Milledgeville community as they walk onto the field with the Bobcat Softball team.
Bobcat Softball (11-28, 3-11 PBC) will take on Flagler College (24-18, 6-6 PBC) with a doubleheader at noon, and Bobcat Baseball (20-10, 9-3 PBC) hosts Alumni Day as they take on Georgia Southwestern State University (19-8, 8-4 PBC) with a doubleheader at 1 p.m.
Festivities will take place throughout the afternoon of athletics, and will include the following:
• Bobcat Easter Egg Hunt at 3:30 p.m.
• Face painting
• Easter-themed games for kids throughout both games
The Mean in Green event will also include a banner contest with a $75 prize for first place! Any group can submit a Bobcat Softball-themed banner to enter.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Georgia College prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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In conjunction with the opening of 'Savage Beauty' at the V&A in March 2015, SHOWstudio celebrates the life of the late Lee McQueen and his fruitful bo...
Marcus Werner Hed, Louise Goldin and Alexander Fury
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To Lee, With Love, Nick
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'This film is my way of speaking about a very unique and important person who changed my life. My desire was to speak in some way about the dark and th...
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The Sound Of Light's Own Destruction
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Commissioned by Matthew Williams, creative director of fashion label Alyx, for his exhibition at 032c's space in Berlin, Nick Knight's film takes the f...
Nick Knight, Susannah Frankel, Nick Ryan and Daniel Brown
The Sound Of Clothes: Synaesthesia
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Using the notion of 'pictures for the blind' as a stimulus, Nick Knight and digital artist Daniel Brown collaborated with synaesthete and sound designe...
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Ross Phillips, Marie O'Connor and Laura Bradley
The Sound Of Clothes: Blow, Clap, Talk & Hum
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Nick Knight, Zora Star, Ross Phillips, Penny Martin, Paul Hetherington, Laura Bradley and Dorian Moore
The Sound Of Clothes: Anechoic
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Anechoic is a 'collections story' that uses sound instead of visuals to interpret the essence of key garments from the Autumn/Winter 2006 collections b...
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The Raven
Dec 14 2010
Taking inspiration from Negredo - a 'black blacker than the blackest black' and first element of the mythological process of alchemy - Jez Tozer's fash...
Nick Knight, Sam McKnight, Miranda Joyce, Jonathan Kaye, Agyness Deyn and Adam Mufti
The Nominees
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Created by Nick Knight for the 2007 CFDA Awards, The Nominees features Agyness Deyn clad in the cream of American fashion. Oscar de la Renta, Proenza S...
Dean Chalkley
The New Faces
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Focusing on the sartorial passion and commitment of young British Mods in the twenty-first century, 'The New Faces' is a documentary showcasing the con...
Daphne Guinness, Joseph Lally and Tom Guinness
The Murder of Jean Seberg
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Inspired by the controversial and shocking death of the all-American actress Jean Seberg in 1979, Daphne Guinness collaborates with filmmaker and photo...
Lodger Footwear, Hannah Martin and E. Tautz
The Modern Gentry
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The Masters
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Selfridges tapped SHOWstudio and Marie Schuller to create their A/W 14 campaign. 'The Masters' is an exploration of the pioneers and provocateurs that ...
Ian Wooldridge and Hannah Martin
The Man Who Knows Everything
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Tafari Hinds
The Knight is Divine
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The Karass
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Alice Hawkins
The Good Life
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Proper doesn't have to mean prim - Alice Hawkins gives the bourgeoisie mood of the Autumn/Winter 2010 collections a terribly British spin in a tongue-i...
Marie Schuller and Marlon Rueberg
The Glow and the Gloom
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Aitor Throup and Jez Tozer
The Funeral Of New Orleans - Part One
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For his first catwalk presentation, menswear designer Aitor Throup collaborated with photographer Jez Tozer to create 'The Funeral of New Orleans - Par...
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The Fashion Body
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SHOWstudio's 2009-10 fashion film and essay season, The Fashion Body sought to explore and celebrate the human body through a unique combination of fas...
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The Elegant Universe
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Kukula and Jennifer Massaux
The Chase
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Fashion's eternal obsession, the muse, is explored whimsically in Kukula's film. The artist collaborates with stylist and producer Aline Pimentel and d...
Betony Vernon and Lou Stoppard
The Boudoir Bible
Jan 29 2013
Armed with a selection of her beautifully crafted sex objects, Betony Vernon visited SHOWstudio to talk about her new book, 'The Boudoir Bible', with L...
Jul 23 2004
The Burberry Boys battled it out with the Kim Jones gang in this Autumn/Winter 2004 West Side Story. The Doi provided the soundtrack to Toyin's gracefu...
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Talking Fashion Giles
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Brooke Taylor
Dec 20 2000
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Strike Me Pink
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Showcasing their most colourful and playful collection yet, Dutch designer duo Viktor & Rolf's Spring/Summer 2003 show provided the setting for Greg Ka...
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Solo Gotscho/Ungaro
Aug 4 2004
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Soft Furnishings
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Zac Posen, Erin O'Connor and Craig McDean
Skin Wear
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International Students
With a population nearing 250,000, Reading is a huge multicultural centre. The ICMA Centre and the University of Reading attract a large number of international students which adds to the town's thriving ethnic communities.
The University provides a wealth of support and additional community spirit for international students studying at the university. Our students appreciate and enjoy experiencing new cultures and have often reflected that they have valued the interaction. They tend to be involved heavily in Students Union societies.
International Foundation Programme
The International Foundation Programme (IFP) at the University of Reading is an intensive access course especially designed for international students without British A level qualifications or the equivalent. The IFP will provide you with the academic training, language and study skills to start undergraduate studies in most degrees at the University of Reading. Nearly 100% of IFP students pass the programme. More than 70% successfully qualify for a degree programme at Reading. IFP students have been accepted at many other top-ranking universities in the UK and around the world
I was nervous about studying in a foreign country, but I need not have worried. I had colleagues from Mexico, Ireland, Vietnam, England, Taiwan, China, Greece, Italy, and India among others. It was extremely beneficial to see the differing perspectives of other cultures. At the same time there was great support for each other as many of us had the same anxieties with the language."
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Lawrence Okoye, the British Olympic discus thrower who decided to try American football and signed with the 49ers as an undrafted free agent, admits he didn't know what he was getting himself into.
Okoye told England's Shortlist magazine that the 49ers' Organized Team Activities showed him just how tough American football is.
"It's the hardest thing I've ever done," Okoye said.
The 21-year-old Okoye is a great all-around athlete. In addition to reaching the Olympics in the discus, he has run 100 meters in less than 11 seconds, ridiculously fast for a man who weighs more than 300 pounds. And Shortlist reported that "He once scored a try at Twickenham," whatever that means. But he says the training for the NFL is challenging him in a way he hadn't been challenged before.
"The two things are worlds apart," he said. "But there is crossover in terms of the work I do in the weights room where – for the past couple of years in particular – the objective has been to build size, strength and, most importantly, explosive power. Right now, my training time is spent between specific position drills, conditioning and weight training. It's different each day, but the circuit stuff designed to improve my anaerobic fitness is the real killer."
We'll see in the next couple months if all that hard work will result in Okoye remaining a 49er, at least as a member of the practice squad, when the season starts.