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Citing the impact of the company's Medicare Supplement Plan N product on their earnings expectations, Standard & Poor's has lowered Mutual of Omaha's rating one notch, from AA- to A+ (strong). Standard & Poor's also revised Mutual of Omaha's outlook upward to stable from negative.
"Despite this action, it is important to note that Mutual of Omaha is a strong, stable company," said Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Dave Diamond. "We continued to be profitable in the first quarter, thanks to the earnings resulting from the strong financial performance of our other products and business units."
Plan N was one of the new Medicare Supplement plans provided for last year under the federal modernization of such plans. It was offered with limited underwriting for health conditions. The pricing of the plan was not sufficient to manage the claims experience, which was greater than projections, Diamond said.
"We have already taken numerous corrective actions, including halting sales of Plan N products and filing for appropriate premium adjustments to mitigate the financial impact of the poor claims experience," Diamond said. "In addition, we are proactively addressing the impact on earnings with targeted expense reductions and other actions."
In its rating announcement, Standard & Poor's acknowledged the company's strength: "Mutual of Omaha maintains a very strong competitive position stemming from its very strong franchise value. The company's earnings, although diminished, are strong as all of the group's remaining products in its diverse product portfolio are performing at expectations."
The A+ rating is the fifth highest of Standard & Poor's 21 ratings and is indicative of a "strong capacity to meet financial obligations."
Mutual of Omaha's financial strength remains intact, with a surplus of well over $2 billion, Diamond said. "We have an exceptionally sound business strategy that allowed us to thrive and grow during one of our nation's most severe economic downturns. And we have one of the most talented, innovative, engaged and hard-working teams in the industry."


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CHICAGO – It is a measure of Carlos Boozer's reputation 12 years into his NBA career that, with his acquisition by the Los Angeles Lakers Thursday, both the Lakers-are-tanking and the Lakers-aren't-tanking crowds felt like winners.
Such is the polarizing game and persona of Boozer, a former All-Star power forward and the Chicago Bulls' expensive discard.
On the floor, Boozer's production last season (17.5 points, 10.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists per 36 minutes) dropped off modestly from his career numbers (18.8, 11.0, 2.6 per 36). His decline was most noticeable in shooting – he's a career .523 shooter who fell to .456 in 2013-14 – and in a player-efficiency rating (14.4) that was the worst of his career. His minutes were down as well (from 32.2 as recently as 2012-13 to 28.2) largely due to his defense; Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau preferred to have Boozer sitting on the bench near him in many fourth quarters last season.
Still, Boozer was a decent offensive option with his high-arcing jump shots and slick work from both sides of the rim. And he was durable, no small asset on a Chicago team beset again with injuries.
But the folks at United Center didn't much care about the fine points. They held Boozer accountable for who he wasn't and what he got paid in spite of that. He came to Chicago in the summer of 2010, when the Bulls cleared cap space for stars such as LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and Joe Johnson, only to settle for and spend on Boozer.
His impact never was quite good enough (despite four trips to the playoffs), given his contract (five years, $75 million).
Also, his boisterous ways and his Teflon demeanor – Boozer seemed too much the prototype professionalathlete to many, a clock-puncher unfazed by losses or setbacks – chafed in a sports town that can smell paper tigers. Let's just say that talk about amnestying Boozer began as soon as the clause was put into the collective bargaining agreement in November 2011 – before Boozer's second Bulls season.
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For those of you not in the know, two big acronyms are fighting it out. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU), one of the nation's largest unions, has targeted 425 custodial workers (don't call them janitors!) and landscapers employed by a 56-year-old Cambridge Massachusetts company called UNICCO University Cleaning Company which has contracted to sweep up after all of those tidy college kids.
What's really interesting is who isn't talking: UM president and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala, who has spent much of her professional life advocating for the poor and underserved. She was recently named one of "America's Best Leaders" by U.S. News and World Report and the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
University officials say the matter is between the Cambridge firm and its employees, but Shalala won't comment. So New Times assembled a number of the UM president's past statements and facts about the UNICCO workers. The hypocrisy um, comparison speaks for itself.
"[The University will] pursue excellence in the campus life we build excellence in the way we treat each other and the ties we build to the people of Miami and Florida."
Inaugural address as UM president September 4, 2001
"We will be a good neighbor and an active partner in this community's future.... That means we must be uniquely sensitive to the world we are a part of."
Same address
"We're not going to benefit financially. The most important thing for us was to be ethical."
Statement to student newspaper The Miami Hurricane regarding the Us beneficence to Hurricane Katrina victims in a story published September 6, 2005
"Make sure the most vulnerable people in our society have good quality [healthcare] and make sure it's seamless. Make sure ... it's culturally sensitive, and put our resources strategically into those places."
May 10, 2000 speech at the University of CaliforniaChico campus
"There's still 40 million Americans who don't have health insurance, and we need to do something about that."
January 16, 2001, on PBSs NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
In the United States like others here we are committed to eradicating poverty, to promoting full employment and building a society where every voice is welcome and every opportunity is shared.
June 26, 2000, at the World Summit for Social Development in Geneva, Switzerland
Below are facts about the UNICCO workers.
The University of Miami (which, according to its own Website, charges students about $40,000 annually including tuition, books, meals, and the required insurance) has contracted for cheap labor with UNICCO since 1996. The custodial workers and landscapers employed there are paid the second-least of any workers among the 195 schools surveyed.
Based on an August 3, 2001 study published in the Chronicle of Higher Education
Most UNICCO workers at the University of Miami do not have health insurance.
Survey of UNICCO workers by SEIU, confirmed by UNICCO spokesman Doug Bailey
UNICCO workers at UM are paid as low as $6.33 an hour, and pay averages $7.53 an hour.
From pay stubs provided to SEIU by UNICCO workers and confirmed by UNICCO spokesman Doug Bailey
At Harvard University, unionized UNICCO workers earn between $13 and $14 an hour.
From a copy of the contract between UNICCO and its Harvard employees, provided by SEIU Local 615
Many of the UNICCO workers who have no health insurance are employed by the university's teaching hospital.
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Four Emergency Services personnel and seven members of the Honolulu Fire Department, along with two state firefighters, are members of the joint state-City Urban Search and Rescue Team that combed the debris yesterday and again today.
Dr. Libby Char, of the City Emergency Services Department, said the search team was lifted by helicopter to resume working through the debris along Tuesday's floodpath and Wailapa Stream. This afternoon, the search moved to debris piles along the shoreline.
Conditions today were more difficult than yesterday because of day-long heavy rains, Char said.
The USAR Team located one victim's body yesterday. Today, they found many personal effects in the debris, said Char.
She has been a member of the USAR Team since she was a Queen's Medical Center emergency room physician, before she joined the City last year. The team on Kauai includes three City paramedics, Fire Battalion Chief Ed Simeona and six Honolulu firefighters. In addition, the Kauai team includes two state firefighters and some specially trained dogs and their handlers, who are civilian volunteers who train regularly with the team.
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Guillermo, glad you like it, and yes it relates somewhat to dream catchers, but not that the net is missing. It is space where dreams exist, the vibrant erratic colors. They exist in a void we pretend to contextualize but can't seek out. They show pieces of ourselves but the spiritual too. It is a halo of sorts, a flying saucer as well. It is a culmination, a closed energy system. Do we slip through nightly? Or are dreams a crown we wear upon our head? Like Christ's crown of thorns, showing us a paradise lost. It is off center, the entirety out of our reach, out of our ability to see.
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No coffee yet this morning...so I'm vacant too. Lol.
Thanks ARTito for the nice comment. I am quite self conscious when I start spewing on about my concept- I feel like an intellectual poseur ; )
I like intellectual poseurs with an open heart! ;) Always mix it up and let the "chance" it´s way, may it "spew" genius...
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Right now there are at least four police cars and one fire engine at the Ballard Market. Anybody know what happened? It's an engine, not a medic unit, so if someone is injured it probably isn't very bad. Looks like there are some employees in white coats and aprons out front talking to officers. Perhaps from the meat department? Hope everything is okay. They've been there for a while now.
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Reports came out today that the Nationals have inquired about trading for Indians pitcher Fausto Carmona as well as outfielder Grady Sizemore. Carmona would be an excellent pick-up given his age and salary while Sizemore is more of an unknown quantity as he is coming off of microfracture surgery.
Given that, it leads me to wonder what incentive the Indians would have to trade these two. Carmona is under club control until 2014 for a reasonable price. Sizemore on the other hand will likely not get traded until he can prove he is healthy, and once he is he is a relative bargain at $5.6 million, so there's not much incentive there either. Furthermore, when you consider the Indians already dropped their payroll by $20 million this offseason, what purpose would trading these relatively young and rather talented players have? The Indians need to rebuild, but neither Carmona nor Sizemore inhibit that from happening.
I don't think this trade will happen, but if it does it will be another testament to Mike Rizzo's hold nothing back approach to improving the Nationals this year.
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Snack Food Rewind: A History of Our Favorite Treats
Did you know the Oreo was invented in 1912 in the same New York City building that now houses the Food Network? Or that the sweet refreshing drink, Kool-Aid used to be spelled, Kool-Ade? It's about time you got a history lesson on these all-American snacks, some of which are nearly a century old.
By Kiri Tannenbaum
Year It Began: 1912
Bite of History: This dunkable delight debuted in the spring of 1912 by the National Biscuit Company (now known as Nabisco and owned by Kraft). But it wasn't a stand-alone offer. The Oreo was packaged as part of the Trio: the Mother Goose, the Veronese, and the Oreo Biscuit. It soon became clear that the Oreo was the star of the bunch, and the other two treats became a matter of historical record.
Various iterations of the Oreo were introduced over the last century, from a lemon-cream variety in the 1920s to Double and even Triple Stuf Oreos more recently. In 1921, Nabisco dropped the "Biscuit" from the name and changed it, more appropriately, to the "Oreo Sandwich." It morphed to the "Oreo Creme Sandwich" by 1948 and today, it's marketed as the "Oreo Chocolate Sandwich Cookie." Whatever Nabisco wants to name it, and however they want to jazz it up Mini Oreos, Double Delight, Milk Chocolate Covered Mint Oreos we'll always know them as "America's Favorite Cookie."
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Looks like HDR. Nice sense of scale on the Missouri.
HDR, I'll take that as my queue to post some shooped ones
Like Mother Like Daughter by Josh_Wolf, on Flickr
Horror Film Noir by Josh_Wolf, on Flickr
Tough Day Comrade by Josh_Wolf, on Flickr
Lake Mead and Canyon were HDR, Missouri I cant remember.
I like HDR, but prefer a more subtle approach. As a rule I don't really shop mine if I can.
Tonemapped HDR
New Tenby Lifeboat Station in HDR
I could share photos all day! Sorry if im boring anyone
Only just spotted this - didn't realise we had a photography thread on here - the standard of photos is really good!
Here are a few that I'm proud of...
Pemaquid Lighthouse by ant-k, on Flickr
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@CHR1S - really like some of your HDR shots, a lot of people "overcook" them and they come out looking horrendous. I like HDR when it's used to add range to a photo or used to artistically make it look surreal, some people don't seem to get that balance!
I don't do a lot of HDR, but here are a few of mine (a bit smaller, sorry for the previous, huge posts!):
Port de Sóller by Josh_Wolf, on Flickr
Cornish Coast by Josh_Wolf, on Flickr
Plaza Mayor, Madrid by Josh_Wolf, on Flickr
BTW, I don't Photoshop everything but I do like to get a bit creative with it when I do
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I love when someone does PS properly. It can be really artistic.
I prefer to get it right in camera, I may tweak the brightness and contrast but that's it.
But yes I do like a good HDR'ing
Obviously I'm a sinner, any photo I like the look of goes through the digital darkroom, even if it's just for a Curves layer. Why shoot RAW unless you're going to fiddle, I say
(In case it wasn't apparent from the shots themselves, all mine earlier had been through the PS rinser, albeit some more than others.)
@LosOjos & @CHR1S (for the lifeboat station) - that's the kind of HDR I like, simply compensating for the lack of dynamic range in camera. I hate the artificial halo look that was so popular a couple of years back. Good work soldiers
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Two of my recent ones at the British Wildlife Centre... not sure which one is my favourite...
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Vodafone Annual Report 2012 - Directors' Salaries and then tell me that the £6bn tax they avoided - sorry, I mean 'were let off' - in 2010 went to the man in the street.
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Vodafone Annual Report 2012 - Directors' Salaries and then tell me that the £6bn tax they avoided - sorry, I mean 'were let off' - in 2010 went to the man in the street.
Total remuneration of the Directors was £6.7 million, that small bit to the right of the chart. That big bit on the left of the chart is the total dividend payout to shareholders, ie 'the man on the street' who owns shares in Vodafone, the pension fund of 'the man on the street', had a payout of over £6 billion, on which tax is paid by the receiver of the dividend. Look at the two biggest shareholders in Vodafone, one is an investement company used by pension funds, the other is Legal & General, a pension company.
Vodafone, Starbucks, Amazon etc still pay a huge chunk in tax, look at Employer NICs, Business Rates, etc etc. The headline figures are mainly about one tax, Corporation Tax, which raises around £44 billion per year, less than 10% of the total tax receipts, your state pension and your healthcare are mainly funded through Income Tax, National Insurance and VAT which account for around £360 billion.
Just to put this in context, Vodafone as an international company has a turnover of around £46 billion, it's total international tax bill is just over £14 billion of which around £1.4 billion is paid in the UK, the rest is paid in other countries it operates in.
Sources: Vodafone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Performance data - Vodafone
Nice info teejay. Very well explained!
I'm bitter that Labour scrapped tax relief on private sector pensions, destroying the private pensions system at a stroke. I'm bitter that Labour spent more than they took in taxes every year from 2001 to 2010, buying favours with money that hasn't been earned yet. I'm bitter that Gordon Brown sold half Britain's gold at 1/3 of its current price.
I'm bitter that I will never be able to afford to retire while I'm paying for public sector workers to retire much too early.
But mostly I'm fed up to the back teeth with naive Guardian readers wailing about how much more money the country should be taking in tax, without even the faintest thought that, if Labour hadn't <language!> so much money up the wall, we wouldn't be in this position.
Did you know that we pay £60 Billion a year merely to pay the interest on the national debt? £60 Billion is half the budget for the NHS. Did you know that half that national debt was created since 1997?
But no, real numbers and facts never matter, it's all emoting and 'boo hiss evul torays' from the hard-of-thinking.


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Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Texas' Moving Media Industry
Appendix D
College and University Programs for the study of film, television, animation and game development
(as compiled by the Texas Film Commission and the authors)
|Degrees Offered
|Art Institute of Dallas
BFA Digital Media Production
AAS Video Production
|The Video Production program is a competency-based program emphasizing the production process from inception through completion, and preparing graduates for job entry in the fields of audio and video. The Digital Media Production degree program allows students to build their creative potential as they gain familiarity with editing and compositing equipment as well as content manipulation. Students learn to utilize 3-D and Flash animation software and build technical abilities in authoring, video compression and media delivery.
|Austin College
|BA Communication Arts (Media Studies)
|The media studies emphasis of the Department of Communication Arts includes study of media theory, criticism and practice. Traditional media (print, radio, television) and new media (Internet) are included in primary course work. The emphasis also offers production facilities such as a working television studio, editing system and multimedia authoring station for digital video and CD-ROM creation.
|Austin Community College
|AA Radio-Television-Film
|The Associate of Arts degree provides students with the first two years of a college Radio/Television/Film education.
|Baylor University
BA Telecommunication
MA Communications Studies (Production)
|The telecommunication major is designed to prepare students for a variety of careers in television, radio, cable, film, digital media and allied fields. Several courses are designed for non-majors who wish to understand the role of broadcast and film media in American society. In cooperation with the Hankamer School of Business, the division offers a combined business-broadcast major.
|Collin County Community College District
|AAS Certificate of Completion in Digital Video
|Collin County's Applied Graphic Design Technology department offers industry standard programs in 3-D Animation, Game Art and Animation, Digital Video, Graphic Design and Interactive Media. Creative problem-solving as well as technical skills are emphasized. Full- and part-time faculty present current practices and methods in the industry. Students have access to current software and individual computers within each class as well as generous lab time for projects.
|Del Mar College
|Corpus Christi
AA TV and Radio
AA Digital Media
|Classes include Speaking for TV and Radio and Writing for Radio, Television and Film. This is a two- year program.
|El Paso Community College
|El Paso
|AAS Media Production Technology
|Howard Payne University
|BA, BS Communication (Radio/TV)
|The communication major comprises 15 hours of core communication courses and a 21-hour specialization in speech, public relations, or telecommunications. The telecommunications specialization requires Radio Production, Broadcast Writing and Announcing, Television Production II, Television Practicum or Radio Practicum and six additional hours.
|Lamar University
|BS Communication (Film Studies)
|Students in the film studies program move from introductory courses in film and audio production to courses in advanced film and video production techniques, advanced audio recording, scriptwriting and digital film and video editing. Majors in the program select 18 hours from film studies courses in addition to fulfilling the department's 30-hour core curriculum.
|MediaTech Institute
|Certificate Digital Film and Video Arts
|The Digital Film and Video Arts Program is designed to teach students basic to advanced aspects of producing commercials, music videos, documentaries, television shows and feature films. Students participate in every step of the production process, including developing, writing, producing, directing and editing for single and multi-camera productions.
|North Lake College
AAS Video Technology
Animation and Special Effects
|Successful participants in the Video Technology program graduate with an Associate in Applied Sciences Degree. They gain knowledge and experience in television production, engineering, post-production, digital imaging, lighting, digital audio and a host of other industry specific areas. The two-year program is designed for persons interested in entering video production or television broadcasting. Students participate in studio and remote productions, individual and group productions and in-classroom and on-the-job training.
|Our Lady of the Lake University
|San Antonio
|BA Communication Arts (Cinema Studies and TV Broadcasting)
|The Communication Arts Program offers four areas of concentration: television broadcasting, film studies, journalism and public relations, with a dual-language (Spanish-English) option in television broadcasting.
|Sam Houston State University
|BA Mass Communication (Broadcast Production, Media Sales and Management)
|The broadcast programs in the Department of Mass Communication provide a broad-based background in the skills necessary for today's media marketplace, as well as a broader theoretical background needed to advance in the professions. The department has an active internship program and also provides opportunities for on-campus, hands-on experience. Department offerings include Broadcast Journalism, Print Journalism and Public Relation emphases.
|San Antonio College
|San Antonio
|AAA, AAS Radio-TV-Film
|The Radio, Television and Film Program at San Antonio College offers students a fun and engaging way to learn basic skills and principles every media professional needs, whether their interest is in television broadcasting as an announcer or a technician, audio production in radio, television or film or technical or creative work on a film or video production.
|South Plains College
|AA Telecommunication (Radio-TV-Film)
|Prepares students for transfer to a university for completion of a baccalaureate degree in telecommunications (radio/tv/film). Students in this area receive hands-on training in the W.D. "Dub" Rogers Television Studio, using the latest video equipment and techniques related to television production. The curriculum will meet all requirements for the Associate of Arts degree.
|Southern Methodist University
BA, MA Cinema-TV
MFA TV-Radio
|The Division of Cinema-Television offers students basic courses in audio and video production, 16mm film production, screenwriting, editing, lighting and other technical skills; these lead to more focused classes in those areas. At the same time, a series of courses in film/television history, theory and aesthetics provide an intellectual foundation that enhances creative work and contributes to a liberal arts education.
|Southwestern Adventist University
|BA, BS Radio-TV-Film
|The department aims to strengthen students' personal, public, and professional communication skills while teaching them how to create and manage the elements of communication.
|Stephen F. Austin State University
BA, BS Radio-TV
BA, BFA – Art (Cinematography)
|These courses are designed to prepare the student for a professional career in the broadcasting industry. For students demonstrating exceptional talent, opportunities are available for independent creative work. Cinematography is a course of study that leads to a professional career in film. Cinematography covers the areas of pre-production, production and post-production. It covers all aspects of film/video production, including feature films, documentaries, commercials, industrial film and art films.
|Texas A&M University
|College Station
|BA, BS Telecommunications Media Studies
|The program in Telecommunication Media Studies offers courses to help students understand the social, historical and conceptual impact of public communication based in electronic and digital communication systems. It offers an undergraduate education for careers in the fields of information and telecommunication.
|Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
|Corpus Christi
|BA Communication (Media Studies)
|The Media Studies emphasis offers historical and critical study of a variety of media contexts, such a film, video, television and print, as well as opportunities to acquire basic writing and production skills.
Texas A&M University
|BA, BS Radio-TV
|The radio-television program prepares students for employment in production and management at broadcast stations, networks, cable TV companies, independent production houses, school media centers and corporate or industrial television operations.
|Texas Christian University
|Ft. Worth
|BA Radio-TV-Film
|The Department of Radio-TV-Film encourages students to see the media industries from multiple perspectives and prepares them for many different careers s well as graduate education. After a set of "core" courses, students are required to take a mix of courses from three major areas: analysis/history, production and industry studies. Radio-TV-Film students will graduate with a working knowledge of media history and of the media's changing socio-cultural role, as well as an appreciation of the complexity and creativity of film, radio and television programming. They will also acquire fundamental skills in written and oral communication and a plan of action regarding the careers they wish to pursue.
|Texas Tech University
|BA, MA Electronic Media and Communications
|Designed to prepare students for survival in the new media environment, the Electronic Media and Communication (EM&C) program blends professional courses in broadcasting, digital production and writing into a broad liberal arts education.
|Tomball College
AAS Visual Communication (Video and Postproduction)
Video and Postproduction
|The Visual Communication program trains today's digital designers in the communication media of the future. This program provides students with skills needed for careers in commercial art and design, desktop publishing, Web design, 3-D animation, multimedia development, video and post-production.
|University of Houston
|BA Communication-Media Production
|Students will acquire the ability to create communications using audio, video, motion picture, photography and computer graphics techniques. An appreciation and ethical concern for the professional values and effects on an audience of such techniques will accompany both practical and theoretical instruction. This concentration provides the preparation for internships and entry-level positions in a wide variety of careers that require media production knowledge and skills, and the foundation for advancement in those fields.
|University of North Texas
|BA, MA, MS, MFA Radio-TV-Film
|Undergraduate degree program encompasses creative skills-based training as well as theoretical knowledge covering history, criticism, management, economics and policy, all built upon a strong liberal arts foundation. This educational experience prepares students for many different career opportunities in and around the electronic media and film industries, as well as preparation for advanced study.
|University of Texas at Arlington
|BFA, MFA Film/Video
|Being in an Art Department, the Film/ Video area is in a unique position to offer a fine art, narrative, animation or commercial approach to best suit the student. Students enter hands-on production classes as early as possible (freshman year), and progress through three (intro, intermediate and advanced) classes on their way to individual projects. Narrative screenwriting emphasizes the understanding of character development and conflict in writing for film and video. The program integrates with the film and video production classes to prepare students to produce and direct their own screenplays.
|University of Texas at Austin
BA, MFA Radio-TV-Film
MFA Screenwriting
|In addition to production-oriented work, students study a broad range of media issues, including critical and cultural studies, communication technology and policy analysis, international communication, gender and sexuality issues, ethnic and minority studies and more. This combination of production, screenwriting and media studies is one of the strengths of the department and a unique characteristic of the undergraduate program. Students graduate with a solid education in skills and theory, technical and historical knowledge and creative and critical abilities.
|University of Texas Pan American
BA Communication
(TV/Film Track)
|The UTPA Theatre-Television-Film area features four undergraduate program tracks. Students may pursue their undergraduate degrees under one of the four tracks offered – the television film track, the performance track, the design track and the teaching track. Each track features special courses and requirements pursuant to their appropriate goals.
|Degrees Offered
|Art Institute of Austin
|BFA Media Arts and Animation
|The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program provides students with an important foundation in drawing skills, color theory, design concepts, audio/video techniques and basic computer applications. From this foundation, degree candidates develop advanced skills in various aspects of computer graphics and animation. Students explore the various tools used in computer animation, including operating systems, 3-D modeling and animation software, 2-D animation techniques and desktop video production.
|Art Institute of Dallas
|BFA Media Arts and Animation
|The Art Institute of Dallas' Arts and Animation program is designed to give graduates a firm foundation in computer graphics while preparing them for entry-level positions in the animation, media design and digital imaging fields.
|Art Institute of Houston
Media Arts and Animation
|The Art Institute of Houston's Media Arts and Animation program is designed to give graduates a firm foundation in computer graphics while preparing them for entry-level positions in the animation, media design and digital imaging fields.
|Austin Community College
Certificate Video Game Development
AAS 2-D and 3-D Animation
Certificate 2-D and 3-D Animation
Austin Community College certifies students in Video Game Development with a specialization in Programming, Art, Design or Production. At the end of their course training, they work in teams to create an actual video game. The program is designed and developed by leaders in the Austin video game development industry.
The 3-D Animation degree is a specialized course of study focusing on 3-D visual art production for the Film, Broadcast and Computer Game Development industries. The 2-D Animation degree focuses on various areas of traditional and computer animation, offering students a comprehensive course of study and practicum in the field. The objective of these degrees is to prepare students to produce completed animation productions and find intermediate entry into the industry.
|Baylor University
|BS Computer Science (Game Development)
|Baylor University offers a game development specialization within the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree program. This specialization is designed to provide an understanding of the core principles of production and development of video games. Graduates of the program are awarded a fully accredited Computer Science degree, allowing them to pursue career and educational opportunities in gaming or any other area of computing.
|Collin County Community College District
|AAS, Certificate Game Art and Animation
|Collin's Applied Graphic Design Technology department offers industry standard programs in 3-D Animation, Game Art and Animation, Digital Video, Graphic Design and Interactive Media. Creative problem-solving as well as technical skills are emphasized throughout the curriculum. Full-time and part-time faculty represent current practices and methods in the industry. Students use current software and individual computers within each class and have generous open lab time for projects.
|DeVry University
|Austin, DFW
|BS Game and Simulation
|DeVry's Game and Simulation Programming curriculum prepares graduates to join the private and public sector game software industry in a variety of software development roles. Applications-oriented, the program provides preparation in the math and physics of games; programming fundamentals; game design; modifications and massively multi-player online game programming; two- and three-dimensional graphics programming; and simulation and game engine design. Also included is a full complement of general education courses recommended by game industry experts as critical for well-rounded development team members.
|Gemini School of Visual Arts and Communication
|BA Visual Arts and Communication (Computer Graphics / 3-D Illustration)
|The Gemini School of Visual Arts and Communication provides a four-year diploma in Visual Arts and Communication, geared specifically for the student who wishes to become a professional artist. Our unique blend of instruction includes classical painting and drawing techniques, combined with the latest computer graphics technologies to prepare students for success in the commercial art world.
|Houston Community College
|AAS Programming or Art
|The Digital Gaming and Simulation Department offers career training that leads to employment in the game industry as either a game artist or a game programmer, and uses state-of-the-art technologies to help students reach their personal and professional goals.
|Kingwood College
AAS, Certificate
Game Design and Simulation
|The Game Design and Simulation Program at Kingwood College is designed to prepare students to launch a successful career in video game design, visual effects for film and television, game programming, and any of the new and emerging applications for 3-D utilizations.
|North Lake College
|AAS Computer Graphics
|This degree is designed to develop the hands-on skills and conceptual art knowledge necessary to advance in career paths related to computer graphics. The program allows students to gain skills with industry-standard equipment and software and stresses the role of motion graphics in designing and producing professional graphics for the Web, animation and video games.
|Sam Houston State University
|BFA Computer Animation
|The new BFA program in computer animation emphasizes creativity and at the same time addresses technique and technical instruction. The program creates a foundation in traditional 2D animation with a focus on solid drawing skills. Towards the end of the curriculum, animation students take courses with professional artists working in game development from studios all over the U.S.
|Southern Methodist University
|MIT Digital Game Development
|The Guildhall at SMU offers a Master of Interactive Technology degree and a professional certificate with specializations in art creation, level design and software development. With a curriculum designed by experts in academia and leaders in the digital games industry, the Guildhall provides students with a solid foundation in game development and experience in working on cross-disciplinary teams on projects of increasing complexity and size.
|St. Edward's University
|BBA, MBA Digital Media Management
|St. Edward's offers Bachelors and Masters programs aimed at preparing students for the creative or business management side of film, music, online, television or interactive media.
|Texas A&M University
|College Station
MS Visualization Sciences
PhD Visualization Specialty
|The Masters of Science in Visualization Sciences is designed to prepare students for a range of long-term careers in visualization. The program's core curriculum is designed to give all students a basic grasp of the artistic, scientific, cognitive and technical foundations of the discipline.
|Texas A&M University Commerce
|BFA New Media
|The BFA in New Media provides a full baccalaureate education, including required general studies courses in mathematics, natural sciences, behavioral and social sciences, humanities, and visual and performing arts. A rigorous foundations program emphasizes the student's conceptual and practical skills in art, while building his or her knowledge of art history, criticism and theory. Advanced courses in design and storyboarding complete the student's education and provide specialized skills in animation, visualization, interactive and multimedia design.
|Texas State Technical College Harlingen
AAS Gaming Simulation and Programming
AAS Digital Imaging Technology
Graduates from the Gaming Simulation and Programming program will have a strong background in systems analysis and design, software development tools and techniques, and data management. Students also will be experienced in customer service relations, effective oral and written communication skills, effective teamwork experience, and proper record-keeping techniques.
Students in the Digital Imaging Technology program manipulate sound, still images, 3-D images, animations and digital video on computers. The program provides training in desktop publishing, painting, drawing, scanning, color correction, solids modeling, animation, sound editing, non-linear video editing and Web page creation.
|Texas State Technical College Waco
|AAS Graphics, Gaming and Simulation
|The Graphics, Gaming and Simulation specialization of Computer Science Technology is designed to prepare students for entry into the world of graphics programming, with potential careers in education and training, aerospace and defense and gaming.
|Tomball College
AAS Game Design and Simulation
Certificate Game Development and Design
AAS Visual Communication (3-D Animation)
Certificate 3-D Animation
The Game Design and Development program is designed to teach the basics required for an entry- level position in the computer gaming and simulation industries. The student will acquire knowledge of the basics of the industries and markets as well as the programming and graphic skills required to create games.
The Visual Communication program trains today's digital designers in the communication media of the future, providing the skills needed for careers in commercial art and design, desktop publishing, Web design, 3-D animation, multimedia development, video and post-production.
|University of Houston
BA AS Applied Arts and Sciences with Concentration in Digital Gaming and Simulation
BS Computer Science with Concentration in Digital Gaming and Simulation
|Both Digital Gaming and Simulation concentrations allow students to examine and participate in the fast-growing digital gaming phenomenon. The BS-CS Gaming program helps students build and develop technical skills and explore the development and study of digital games. It is primarily targeted to students interested in pursuing artistic, multimedia and other non-programming careers in the game industry, but programmers may enter this option as well. Both concentrations will provide a cultural perspective on the history, philosophy, ethics and sociology of digital games and game playing.
|University of North Texas
|Certificate Game programming
|The certificate requires a four-course sequence and may be taken as part of a bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering or information technology. The courses include two classes in game programming, a class on game math and physics and a game development class that allows students to pursue specific projects on various topics.
|University of Texas at Austin
|Certificate Digital Arts and Media
|The Bridging Disciplines Programs (BDPs) at the University of Texas at Austin allows undergraduates to earn a certificate in one of nine different interdisciplinary content areas. The Digital Arts and Media BDP provides a unique mix of courses from Fine Arts, Radio-TV-Film, Computer Sciences, Humanities and Engineering. Foundation courses provide the conceptual scaffolding for exploring new media and developing new skills, while additional courses allow students to pursue individual interests in games and entertainment, image and film, mixed media, music and audio or other areas. Students in the Digital Arts and Media BDP must complete a required independent creative project and may complete internships or undergraduate research related to Digital Arts and Media.
|University of Texas at Dallas
|BA, MA, MFA Arts and Technology
|The Art and Engineering interdisciplinary program emphasizes the interplay of visual art, music and narrative with the new media that have emerged from the convergence of computing and media technologies.
|University of the Incarnate Word
|San Antonio
|BFA Computer Graphic Arts (3-D Animation)
|The Computer Graphic Art (CART) program prepares students to pursue careers in the field of computer-generated imagery, including Web design, multimedia production, print design and publication and 3-D animation. Graduates find work as Web designers, graphic designers, multimedia specialists, 3-D animators and game creators. In addition to layout, illustration and cinematic skills, students learn professional production values and practices.


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With the Copenhagen climate talks in December now just 69 days away (and counting), the latest version of the negotiating text being thrashed out by officials in Bangkok gives a vivid sense of just how far there is to go.
In its 181 pages there were, on one official's estimate, about 2,000 square brackets, representing passages that were disputed and still needed to be resolved. If you are so minded, you can have a go at counting them yourself.
The text is available at the website of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Among the passages in square brackets, for example, is:
Climate change is having significant deleterious effects on the composition, resilience and productivity of natural and managed ecosystems, on the operation of socio-economic systems and on human health and welfare, including crop production, fisheries and food security, water resources, as well as on housing and infrastructure.
In other words, the negotiators cannot agree how to describe the effects of climate change today.
It is hardly surprising then, that they also find it impossible to agree on what to do about it.
One paragraph, without brackets, shows an impressive level of consensus on the need to tackle climate change:
Early and urgent action by all countries on the basis of equity and according to their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities is necessary
[In reflection of] [Because of] their historical responsibility for the accumulation of greenhousegas emissions in the atmosphere, [developed country Parties [and other Parties included in Annex I of the Convention] [must] [should] [show leadership] [in the global effort to build a low-carbon economy that ensures continued growth and sustainable development and strengthens capacity to adapt to the impacts of climate change] [shall take the lead in combating climate change] [and the adverse effects thereof] [in] [by] [in particular on taking corresponding measures in] [mitigation] [in taking on ambitious economy-wide quantified emission limitation and reduction] commitments [immediately implementing ambitious and legally binding emissions reductions] [through deep reductions in their emissions.] [or actions.]
Developed countries shall implement policies and measures to respond to climate change in such a way as to minimize adverse effects, including effects on international trade and social and economic impacts on other parties, especially developing country Parties
The small island states, who are most at risk from rising sea levels, have hit back with a call for a statement that:
The adverse impacts of climate change represent a grave threat to the inherent dignity, livelihood, and security of the most vulnerable nations, as well as the sovereignty, survival and existence of SIDS [small island developing states]. The global commitment to resolve these threats is a moral, ethical and legal obligation. There is an urgent need to consider and address these human dimensions of climate change
Bolivia and Paraguay, meanwhile, champion developing countries with their statement:
the extent to which developing country Parties will effectively implement their commitments under the Convention will depend on the effective implementation by developed country Parties of their commitments under the Convention related to financial resources and transfer of technology and will take fully into account that economic and social development and poverty eradication are the first and overriding priorities of the developing country Parties
Given all this disagreement and uncertainty – which extends to other documents published by the UNFCC, including a review of the possible contributions to emissions reductions from aviation and shipping – it is hardly surprising that politicians are becoming nervous and frustrated. Connie Hedegaard, Denmark's climate minister and hence the host of the Copenhagen meeting, has been outspoken in her view that progress in the talks is "too slow".
There is not much time left for talk. In the formal UNFCC negotiating programme, the Bangkok meetings run to October 9, then there is another session November 2-6, and then it is Copenhagen just over a month later. Hopes that there can be at least some form of agreement in December are based on the separate meetings of politicians, in groups such as the Major Economies Forum, which will meet in London on October 18-19, can make more progress.
If the politicians cannot break the deadlock, then there will be no agreement. And everyone will be going home from Copenhagen empty-handed.


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The Big 12 and the Southeastern conferences have announced a deal that will pit their football regular-season champions against each other in a New Year's Day bowl game for five years beginning in 2014, positioning themselves for the expected switch to a four-team playoff.
In fact, SEC commissioner Mike Slive all but said that scenario is coming in Friday's announcement of the agreement between two of the most successful BCS conferences.
"A new January bowl tradition is born," Slive said in a statement. "This new game will provide a great matchup between the two most successful conferences in the BCS era and will complement the exciting postseason atmosphere created by the new four-team model.
"Most importantly, it will provide our student-athletes, coaches and fans with an outstanding bowl experience."
If one or both of the league champions are selected to play in the playoff, another team would be selected for the Big 12-SEC bowl showdown on Jan. 1.
The move will establish the equivalent of the Pac-12-versus-Big Ten Rose Bowl, minus nearly a century of tradition. Those two conferences have pushed for a new format preserving that matchup for the Rose Bowl, which Slive has indicated he doesn't favor.
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It won't have more than 100 years of tradition and won't be called the "Granddaddy of Them All," but the new Big 12-SEC bowl might end up being a better game, writes ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach. Story
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But the spawning of conference-king matchups could grow even further, as a source told ESPN's Joe Schad the Big East would be open to a champion challenge bowl with the ACC.
Specific details for the Big 12-SEC matchup, including host sites, will be announced later.
"Our goal is to provide the fans across the country with a New Year's Day prime-time tradition," acting Big 12 commissioner Chuck Neinas said. "This is a landmark agreement between two of the most successful football conferences during the BCS era to stage a postseason event. The creation of this game featuring the champions of the Big 12 and SEC will have tremendous resonance in college football."
BCS executive director Bill Hancock has said 11 conference commissioners and Notre Dame's athletic director will present a "small number" of options -- two to seven configurations -- for a four-team playoff to their leagues at conference meetings this summer.
SEC teams have won the past six BCS national titles, including Alabama's victory over LSU in January. The Big 12 and SEC each has had a top-four team in the final standings in 11 of the 14 seasons since the BCS was created, the most of any league.
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The two league champions have met twice in BCS bowl games since 1998, both in BCS Championship Games. In 2010, Alabama defeated Texas 37-21 in Pasadena, Calif., and in 2009, Florida defeated Oklahoma 24-14 in Miami.
The move is especially noteworthy for the Big 12, which was scrambling to hold itself together just two years ago after losing four teams.
Nebraska left for the Big Ten, Colorado went to the Pac-12 and, as of July 1, Missouri and Texas A&M will be in the SEC. The Big 12 is adding TCU and West Virginia this year to remain at 10 member schools.
"This agreement reinforces that the Big 12 is exactly what we've been saying for some time -- a strong, stable, vibrant conference that is at the forefront of intercollegiate athletics," said Dr. Sheahon Zenger, Kansas' athletic director.
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Jayhawks coach Charlie Weis agreed.
"What a great day for the Big 12," he said, "To be matched with the champion of the SEC places the two most successful conferences in the BCS era head-to-head. All Big 12 fans should be happy today."
Sources told ESPN's Schad that no conference or bowl partner was blindsided by the announcement, that they were advised in advance it was happening.
Rick Baker, president and CEO of the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic, called the agreement "exciting and intriguing news."
"We look forward to learning more about this championship matchup," Baker said in a news release. "The AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic, through its 15-year partnership with both the Big 12 and SEC, has seen firsthand the great tradition and history of these two conferences. This relationship has been very good to us and is without a doubt going to be a spectacular bowl game."
The concept has been discussed for at least three years, the sources told Schad. The conclusion that a final four of football was in the works allowed for the announcement because the conferences knew what the BCS structure would look like.
"This is another example of the strength and stability of the Big 12 Conference," Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds said in a statement. "In the last month alone we have introduced this game and a new commissioner that is absolutely right for this league. In addition, we are in the process of formulating one of the top TV deals in college sports. The Big 12 is strong, stable and united."
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"The mission is still to help individuals with developmental disabilities but it has kind of expanded we have done some other things around the community as well to help the homeless shelters and just people in general," tells Doug Morgan Executive Director of Second Shelf.
Doug Morgan took over second shelf from the county board of disabilities this past july and has continued the stores a sense of community.
"We get a lot of traffic for people who have been coming in for years. I mean i have people that are coming in, in their 40s i have been coming in since i was a kid soit is a lot of the same customers that come in everyday," spokes Morgan.
From shelf to shelf this place holds years of stories. Including one man who needed boots for the first day on the job. Doug found some boots for him in an hour.
"I mean he was so appreciative to havethat it was really a neat things he didn't have it and it needed it he couldn't work without it so it was amazing to help him out," says Morgan.
Some of their biggest sellers are womans clothing, furniture and believe it or not vhs tapes. But mens clothing is highly in demand as well as anything you can spare.
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An explosion at Vietnam's military-run fireworks factory has killed at least 21 people in the country's north.
The incident also left at least 98 people injured, prompting the evacuation of about 2,000 people living near the area, a military rescue official told the AFP news agency on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to speak to the media.
Residents in Thanh Ba district, where the complex is located, said they felt the ground shake during the powerful repeated explosions.
"After the first explosion, my house was shaking and the door smashed open," Nguyen Nhu Quynh, a witness, told the online newspaper VNExpress.
A local police officer told the Associated Press news agency that the explosion could be heard 10km away and it levelled some houses and shattered glass windows in others. He spoke anonymously because he was not authorised to speak to the media.
"The fire has now been brought under control," a police official in Phu Tho province told AFP, adding that an investigation into the cause of the accident had been opened.
The factory is the only facility in Vietnam that produces fireworks to be used for Lunar New Year festivals and other major public events.
The unit employs some 300 workers, mostly women, according VNExpress.
Major-General Le Quang Dai told the paper that only several dozens of the employees were working at the time of the explosion, because it was Saturday.
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