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Kitty Pryde | |
Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Uncanny X-Men #129 (January 1980) |
Created by | Chris Claremont John Byrne |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde |
Species | Human Mutant |
Team affiliations | |
Notable aliases | Ariel, Sprite, Shadowcat |
Abilities | Intangibility |
Kitty Pryde | |
Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Uncanny X-Men #129 (January 1980) |
Created by | Chris Claremont John Byrne |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde |
Species | Human Mutant |
Team affiliations | |
Notable aliases | Ariel, Sprite, Shadowcat |
Abilities | Intangibility |
Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde is a fictional character and superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #129 (January 1980) and was co-created by writer-artist John Byrne and Chris Claremont.
A mutant, Pryde possesses a "phasing" ability that allows her and objects or people with which she is in contact to become intangible.[1] This power also disrupts any electrical field she passes through, and lets her simulate levitation.
Storm christened Kitty with her first code name, Sprite. Professor X had also suggested the codename Ariel, which Kitty adopted for a short time prior to adopting the codename Shadowcat. Pryde was the youngest person invited to join the team of mutant superheroes the X-Men.
During her early years, she was portrayed as a "kid sister" to many older members of the X-Men, filling the role of literary foil to the more established characters. In the years since her introduction, she has aged and matured, and has become a main character on her own.
In the X-Men film series, Kitty Pryde was portrayed by young actresses in cameos in the first two films, Sumela Kay in X-Men (2000) and Katie Stuart in X2 (2003), and is portrayed by Ellen Page in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). She is ranked #47 in IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Heroes.
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Kitty Pryde was introduced into the X-Men title as the result of an editorial dictate that the book was supposed to depict a school for mutants.[2] Uncanny X-Men artist John Byrne named Kitty Pryde after a classmate he met in art school, Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary in 1973. He had told Pryde that he liked her name and asked for permission to use it, promising to name his first original comics character after her.[3] Byrne had drawn the character to slightly resemble an adolescent Sigourney Weaver.[4]
The fictional Kitty Pryde first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #129 (January 1980), by writer Chris Claremont and artist Byrne, as a highly intelligent 13-year-old girl. Claremont said several elements of the character's personality were derived from those of X-Men editor Louise Simonson's daughter, Julie.[5] Claremont and Byrne made the new character a full-fledged X-Man in issue #139, where she was codenamed "Sprite". She was the main character in the issues #141-142, the "Days of Future Past" storyline, where she is possessed by her older self, whose consciousness time travels into the past to prevent the mass extermination of mutants. The six-issue miniseries Kitty Pryde and Wolverine (1984–1985), written by Claremont, was a coming-of-age storyline in which she matures from a girl to a young woman and adopts the new name "Shadowcat".
Shadowcat's popularity had a profound effect on the real-life Kitty Pryde: the latter became so overwhelmed by attention from Shadowcat fans after the publication of the X-Men comics that she abbreviated her name to K.D. Pryde to avoid association with her fictional counterpart. She has since stated that she has mixed feelings about her fame, saying that she values Byrne's comics for their entertainment and artistic value, but wishes that more people would appreciate her as more than just Shadowcat's namesake.[3]
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Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde was born in Deerfield, Illinois to Carmen and Theresa Pryde. Of Jewish descent, her paternal grandfather, Samuel Prydeman, was held in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. Kitty started to have headaches at age thirteen, signaling the emergence of her mutant powers. She was approached by both the X-Men's Charles Xavier and the Hellfire Club's White Queen, Emma Frost, both of whom hoped to recruit her for their respective causes. Kitty was unnerved by Frost, observing that the White Queen had looked at her as if she were "something good to eat." She got along better with Xavier and the three X-Men who escorted him to his meeting with her and her parents, quickly becoming friends with Ororo Munroe. Ororo told Kitty who she really was and about the X-Men, which made the teenager even more enthusiastic about attending Xavier's school.
Their conversation was cut short when they (along with Wolverine and Colossus) were attacked by armored mercenaries in the employ of Frost and the Hellfire Club. The X-Men defeated their assailants, but were subdued by the White Queen's telepathic powers immediately after. In the confusion, Kitty had become separated from the X-Men and therefore was not captured along with them.[6] She managed to contact Cyclops, Phoenix, and Nightcrawler.[7] With the help of Dazzler and Pryde, those X-Men rescued their teammates and Xavier (who had also been captured) from the Hellfire Club.[8]
The White Queen appeared to perish in the battle, which meant she was no longer competing with Xavier for the approval of Kitty's parents. Kitty's parents had not heard from her in more than a day, because during that time she was first being pursued by the Hellfire Club's men and then working with the X-Men to save their friends. All they knew was that Kitty had left with Xavier's "students" to get a soda, there had been reports that the soda shop had been blown up, and that Kitty had been missing since. Therefore, they were angry at Xavier when he finally returned with Kitty in tow. At first, it seemed like there was no chance of Kitty being allowed to attend the school and join the X-Men. Phoenix then used her considerable telepathic power to erase the memories of Kitty's parents and plant false ones, resulting in a complete shift in their attitude towards Xavier. Kitty was then allowed to enroll at Xavier's school with her parents' blessing.[8] She was the youngest person to join the X-Men up to that point.
Kitty joined the X-Men,[9] and assumed the costumed identity of Sprite.[10] Early in her career as an X-Man, Kitty's adult self from an alternate future took possession of her body in the present to help X-Men thwart the assassination of Senator Robert Kelly by the second Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.[11] Kitty then singlehandedly defeated a N'Garai demon.[12] Kitty also briefly attended the White Queen's Massachusetts Academy when her parents became convinced that she needed to be with students of her own age, but following a failed attempt to subdue the X-Men, Frost revoked Kitty's admission.[13]
During her teen years, Kitty fostered a number of close relationships with others at the school and in the X-Men. She developed a crush on Colossus and became close friends with his little sister Illyana Rasputin. Initially uneasy around Nightcrawler and other mutants with physical deformities, Kitty finally overcame her fears and became close friends with him. Kitty also befriended Lockheed, a highly intelligent alien resembling a dragon,[14] who followed her home after a mission in outer space.[15] Lockheed is extremely loyal to Kitty, and the two of them share a psychic bond. Wolverine became something of a mentor to Kitty despite his usually gruff personality. Storm came to view Kitty as the daughter she never had.
Kitty was later assigned to the New Mutants,[16] a team of younger mutants established in the absence of the X-Men while they were in outer space. Kitty convinced Professor Xavier to allow her to remain a full member of the X-Men on the basis of her high intelligence, maturity, and the fact that she was already a fully trained member of the team. Kitty was later abducted by the Morlocks and nearly forced to wed Caliban.[17] She was then abducted by the White Queen, but rescued by the New Mutants.[18]
During this time, Kitty began to "date" Colossus, but this did not last long. Colossus developed feelings for an alien woman named Zsaji whom he met on the Beyonder's planet in the first Secret Wars. Colossus' feelings toward Zsaji were primarily a side effect of her own unique healing abilities, which she had used on him after he became injured. Regardless, Colossus' feelings were real and he returned to Earth consumed with grief after Zsaji's death. He admitted to Kitty that he loved Zsaji, which hurt her deeply and ended the budding romantic relationship.[19] Kitty had made good friends with a local boy from Salem Central named Doug Ramsey around this time, but her feelings for him never went as deep as his for her, and they never actually dated, though they remained close, even more so after Doug's status as a mutant was revealed and he joined the New Mutants under the codename Cypher. They remained friends until his death some time later.[20]
During the 1984-1985 Kitty Pryde and Wolverine miniseries, Kitty is possessed by a demon, the ninja Ogun. Ogun psychically bestows upon Kitty a virtual lifetime of martial arts training. Kitty was brainwashed by Ogun into becoming a ninja assassin, and was sent to attack Wolverine. Kitty is able to resist Ogun's influence with Wolverine's help, and the two form a strong teacher/student bond, which helps them in vanquishing Ogun. Kitty returns to the X-Men, no longer the innocent girl they once knew, and officially adopts the codename Shadowcat.[21]
While trying to save Rogue, Kitty was badly injured by Harpoon's energy spear during the Mutant Massacre story arc, in the massacre of the Morlocks, with the result that she lost control of her power and was stuck in an intangible state and could not regain her solidity.[22] She was rushed to Muir Island along with other surviving casualties of the Massacre to be tended to by Moira MacTaggert. MacTaggert was able to keep Kitty's condition from deteriorating to the point where she completely lost physical substance and ceased to exist, but was not able to do any more to help her.[23]
At this time, Kitty's natural state was to be intangible. Where she once had to make a conscious effort to phase, she could now only maintain her solidity through an act of conscious will. The X-Men went to Reed Richards, Mister Fantastic of the Fantastic Four, for aid, but Richards initially refused because he was not sure he would be able to help.[24]
Having nowhere else to go, the X-Men turned to Richards' enemy Doctor Doom. This created a moral dilemma for both the X-Men and the Fantastic Four, and both teams fought each other because the Fantastic Four were trying to stop the treatment while the X-Men were determined to save Kitty's life. In the end, both the personal crisis of the Fantastic Four and the life of Shadowcat were saved after Franklin Richards, with the help of Lockheed, brought both teams to their senses.[25] Kitty has since recovered from this state and now has full control over her power again.[volume & issue needed]
Among the others injured and brought to Muir Isle were Colossus and Nightcrawler, although Colossus left the United Kingdom shortly after being released from MacTaggert's care to join the rest of the X-Men on their mission to battle the Adversary.[26] The X-Men sacrificed their lives to defeat the Adversary, and the battle was televised and broadcast across the world.[volume & issue needed] The X-Men were resurrected later, unknown to the world at large, but chose to keep a low profile and perpetuate the belief that they were still dead.[volume & issue needed] This strategy was enforced to more effectively fight their enemies. This meant avoiding contact with friends and family, including Kitty. Thinking the X-Men were dead, Kitty and Nightcrawler joined Rachel Summers, Captain Britain, and Meggan to form the Britain-based team Excalibur.[27] For a brief time, Kitty studied at St. Searle's school for girls in Britain.[28] During her time with Excalibur, Kitty developed a crush on Professor Alistaire Stuart which went unreciprocated since Alistaire was attracted to Rachel.[29] Later, she was romantically involved with former Black Air agent Pete Wisdom, with whom she lost her virginity.[volume & issue needed] At some point, Kitty was recruited by the international law enforcement agency S.H.I.E.L.D. to repair the computer system of their flying headquarters. Kitty discovered the problem was due to Ogun's spirit having infiltrated the computer system, and with the aid of Wolverine, she managed to purge Ogun's presence.[30] During this time, Kitty was attracted to a S.H.I.E.L.D. intern her own age, and this made her begin to doubt her relationship with Wisdom.[volume & issue needed] Soon after, she broke off their relationship.[volume & issue needed]
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After Excalibur's dissolution, Shadowcat, Nightcrawler, and Colossus return to the X-Men. While returning, they faced a group of imposters following Cerebro, in the guise of Professor X. While tracking Mystique, she stumbles onto prophetic diaries that belonged to Irene Adler, a precognitive. During the six-month gap, Kitty visited Genosha. Whatever she experienced there is unknown (although presumably connected to her father, living on Genosha at the time), but it had a profound effect on her. She cut her hair and began to act rebelliously, also using one of Wolverine's bone claws broken off during battle as a weapon. Kitty remained with the X-Men for a while before leaving after the apparent death of Colossus. Trying to give herself a normal life, she attended the University of Chicago. During this time, her father was killed when Cassandra Nova's Sentinels destroyed Genosha. Kitty later finds a recording of his death due to exploring footage of the attack. She is also kidnapped by William Stryker, but the X-Treme X-Men team helped her escape, and she assisted them on several missions.
At the start of Joss Whedon's run on Astonishing X-Men, Kitty once again rejoins the X-Men, despite having extreme reservations about working with the former White Queen, given their history. This was the primary reason why Frost herself wanted Kitty on the team, as a sort of "safety" should Frost ever revert to type. Frost reasoned that the person who trusted her least would be most likely to spot such behavior. On one of the team's first missions, Shadowcat discovered Colossus was alive. After some initial awkwardness, Kitty and Peter resumed dating.
Kitty Pryde appeared alongside Colossus in the "Blinded by the Light" arc in X-Men. They are the two X-Men left to look after the students while the rest of the X-Men leave for Mystique's home in Mississippi to check up on Rogue, during which they are ambushed by the Marauders. Kitty and Colossus, meanwhile, attempt to protect the students from a faction of the Marauders led by Exodus. It is revealed over the course of the story that Kitty, worried of the Destiny Diaries' safety, devised a plan with Cyclops and Emma Frost to hide them and have Emma wipe the location from her mind. The location could only be revealed by a code word spoken to Kitty. The arc concludes with a battle between Iceman and Cannonball against the Marauders for the diaries, during which they are destroyed by Gambit.
In the "Torn" arc, the latest incarnation of the Hellfire Club begin an assault on Xavier's School. Kitty fulfilled the role that Emma Frost envisioned, personally taking down Frost and imprisoning her, only to fall under a telepathic delusion created by Hellfire member Perfection, who claimed to be the true, unreformed Emma Frost. Under this delusion, Kitty was made to believe that she and Colossus had conceived a child, which was later taken away by the X-Men because its potential mutant abilities were supposedly dangerous. Kitty reacts in the delusion by attempting to rescue the child from a near-inescapable "box" in the depths of the school, unaware that in reality she is freeing an alien entity, Stuff, who contains the trapped consciousness of Cassandra Nova, the apparent ringleader of this new Hellfire Club. A newly awakened Cyclops revealed that the new Hellfire Club, including Perfection and Nova, are actually mental projections created by a piece of Cassandra Nova's consciousness; which became lodged in Emma's mind during the X-Men's last confrontation with her, playing on her survivor's guilt over the Genoshan massacre, and utilizing Emma's telepathy to both confound the X-Men and orchestrate her (Nova's) escape from the Stuff body. As Cyclops killed the mental projections, Emma tried to force Kitty to kill her to get rid of Nova. Undeterred, Cassandra Nova switched her focus to attempt to transfer her mind to Hisako Ichiki. It appears that Nova did not succeed, as the team was transported to S.W.O.R.D.'s air station en route to Ord's Breakworld for the "Unstoppable" arc that concludes Whedon's run on Astonishing X-Men.
As the team prepares to end the confrontation with the Breakworld leader, the team splits up—with Kitty on the team appointed to stop the missile pointed at Earth. Kitty phases into the missile to disrupt its circuitry noting that it is composed of the same material as the rest of Breakworld, a material that's difficult and exhausting for her to phase through. After phasing for a mile into the missile, Kitty finds the center only to discover it empty. The missile is fired, causing Kitty to pass out inside of it as Beast discovers too late that due to its shape, trajectory, and lack of internal circuitry, the Breakworld's weapon is not a missile, but a bullet. As the bullet hurtles toward Earth, Kitty lies unconscious within it.[31]
As the situation becomes increasingly dire, Emma establishes mental contact with Kitty, reassuring her that she will come out of this fine, though it eventually becomes clear to both that the situation will be grim. Kitty and Emma come to an understanding and reconciliation, Emma stating that she never wanted something like this to happen to her. Kitty then phases the bullet through Earth, but is trapped within. At the end of Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men, Scott Summers mentions that Doctor Strange, Reed Richards, and some "top men" tried to save her, but believe she has fused to the bullet, as it continues to hurtle through space. Whether she is alive or dead is unknown, though the X-Men consider her lost to them.[31]
As a result of these events Kitty does not appear in the X-Men crossover event X-Men: Messiah Complex, since this takes place after the events of Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men. She is briefly mentioned in the aftermath of the Messiah Complex, by Colossus, Nightcrawler, and Wolverine, as the three of them discuss "losing her."[32]
To cope with Kitty's loss, Colossus takes down a group of Russian criminals dealing in human trafficking, and gets a tattoo of the name 'Katya' on his chest.[33] Emma begins having a recurring dream in which she hears a voice whom she believes is Kitty's trying to reach out to her.[34]
It was later confirmed by Abigail Brand that Kitty Pryde was still alive within the bullet, but because the bullet's design would harden as time went on, it would become increasingly difficult to break the bullet open.[35]
After the X-Men move to the island of Utopia, Magneto arrives on the island professing his desire to join and support the X-Men in their effort to unite the world's remaining mutants. The X-Men reluctantly let him stay, remaining wary of him despite his efforts to gain their trust.[36] In a final bid to gain their trust, Magneto focuses his powers, attempting to divert the interstellar path of the metal bullet Kitty is trapped in and bring her home to Earth. Meanwhile inside the bullet, Kitty is revealed to still be alive.[37] Unbeknownst to the others, Magneto had encountered the bullet earlier while attempting to regain his powers with the High Evolutionary and surmised that Kitty was inside. Despite this and the High Evolutionary's apparent ability to retrieve the bullet and Kitty, Magneto chose to focus on regaining his powers, secretly keeping tabs on the bullet until his decision to draw it back to Earth. During her time trapped inside the bullet, Kitty keeps herself and the bullet phased to avoid collisions with any inhabited objects in its path. Magneto brings her safely down to Earth, with the help of Doctor Strange, by cracking the bullet in two and levitating Kitty to the ground. When she and Colossus try to touch, it is revealed that she is trapped in her intangible form, unable to speak, and the X-Men place her in a protective chamber similar to the one used for her following the events of the Mutant Massacre.[38][39] How Kitty survived her time in the bullet is unclear to the X-Men's science team, where the X-Men discover that all her bodily functions halted.[39] An analysis by Kavita Rao hypothesizes that Kitty created an intense muscle memory to keep herself and the bullet phased and has "forgotten" how to un-phase.[39]
During a conversation with Colossus, with Emma Frost acting as the psi-conduit, Kitty picks up Emma's stray thoughts on killing the captive Sebastian Shaw, to prevent Namor from discovering she previously lied to him. While disgusted at Emma's intentions, Kitty offers a compromise. Due to her current ghost state, she is the perfect tool for making Shaw disappear.[40]
In a storyline in Uncanny X-Men, the Breakworlders make their way to Earth. During the conflict between the Breakworlder Kr'uun and the X-Men, Kitty is slain and resurrected by Kr'uun's mate in an alien ritual, which results in her powers returning to normal.[41]
Shortly thereafter, Kitty breaks up with Colossus,[42] and decides to return with Wolverine to Westchester to open the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.[43] In Wolverine and the X-Men #4, she appears to be suddenly pregnant,[44] but the pregnancy was revealed to be a Brood infestation, and it was swiftly dealt with by a team of X-Men.[volume & issue needed] Since returning to Westchester, Kitty has shared several kisses with Iceman.[volume & issue needed] During the events of Avengers vs. X-Men, Kitty does not take a side, but instead decides to stay at the school to work with the students.[volume & issue needed] Once Bobby returned from working with the X-Men after realizing that the Phoenix had corrupted them, he and Kitty finally decide to go on a date.[45]
After Beast brings the original five X-Men into the future to stop Cyclops in the present,[46] Kitty volunteers to take responsibility for the temporally relocated X-Men while they work to undo this dark future.[47]
In 2013, Marvel revealed an all new all female series simply named X-Men. Written by Brian Wood with art by Olivier Coipel, X-Men will feature an all-female cast including Storm, Jubilee, Rogue, Kitty Pryde, Rachel Grey and Psylocke.[48]
Kitty has joined Cyclops's X-Men at the New Xavier School.[49] During the first few weeks at the New Xavier School, Jean Grey is abducted by the Shiar Empire to stand trial for her future self's crimes. Kitty and the time-displaced X-Men team up with the Guardians of the Galaxy and succeed in rescuing Jean from the Shiar. At the conclusion of the storyline, Kitty begins a long-distance, flirtatious relationship with Starlord, Peter Quill.[50]
Kitty expressed a romantic love interest in Colossus early into her time with the X-Men. This did not sit well with Marvel Comics' editor-in-chief at the time, Jim Shooter, who disapproved of the suggestion that a nineteen-year-old boy was sleeping with a fourteen-year-old girl.[51] Kitty had in fact directly propositioned Colossus in Uncanny X-Men #165, when they were both infected with Brood embryos and seemingly doomed to die: Kitty, aware of the taboo of their romantic relationship, made the plea that if she were older it would not be a problem, but Colossus refused — offering only a passionate kiss — saying "However, little one, you are not older". This did not stop the relationship from continuing, as the two were spotted once again passionately kissing in an apparent formalization of their romantic involvement.[52]
Shooter finally brought an end to the close and budding romantic relationship in his Secret Wars limited series, in which Colossus developed romantic feelings for an alien woman named Zsaji while on the Beyonder's Battleworld.[53] Zsaji was a healer whose abilities had a side effect of infatuation. For Colossus, this infatuation furthered his doubts of his feelings for Kitty due to his jealousy of her friendship with Doug Ramsey and led to a passionate, albeit brief romantic relationship with Zsaji. After Zsaji's death, Colossus found he no longer had romantic feelings for Kitty, and upon returning to Earth, he would break up with her.[54]
The two remained friends, though much cooler around each other until they were separated when Colossus was among the X-Men killed in Dallas during Fall of the Mutants. While a member of Excalibur, Kitty exploited her closeness with Colossus after he joined the Acolytes by luring him to Muir Island under the pretense of wanting to join him on Avalon. In reality, it was a ruse to allow Professor X to heal a head injury Colossus had suffered which they assumed had led to his defection. Kitty disliked betraying him, but went along with the ruse and was forgiven for her part in it.[55]
After the fall of Avalon, Colossus came to Muir Island looking for Kitty, and upon finding her with Pete Wisdom, he attacked and seriously injured Wisdom. The two talked about their past and decided to become close friends, with Colossus carefully watching over her romantic relationship with Wisdom. After Kitty and Wisdom's romantic relationship ends, she rejoins the X-Men with Colossus and Nightcrawler, and the two remain close. Kitty was not among the team when Colossus sacrificed himself to cure the Legacy Virus, but she returned to claim his ashes and spread them in his homeland.[56]
After Colossus' resurrection in Joss Whedon's run on Astonishing X-Men, the two discuss their feelings and consummate the strong, close romantic relationship.[57]
During the events of Fear Itself after numerous failed attempts to stop the Norse-powered Juggernaut Cain Marko, Shadowcat goes on a mission with Magik and Colossus to Cytorrak's dimension to try to convince him to stop using Cain Marko as the avatar of the Juggernaut. Cytorrak accepts on the terms that one of them become his new avatar, which Colossus takes to prevent his sister from carrying the burden.[42] After Colossus repels Cain's attack, Kitty dissolves her romance with Colossus, saying she needs a man who will live for her, not die for her.[42]
Kitty is a mutant with the ability to pass through solid matter by passing her atomic particles through the spaces between the atoms of the object through which she is moving. In this way she and the object through which she is passing can temporarily merge without interacting, and each is unharmed when Shadowcat has finished passing through the object. This process is called "phasing" or quantum tunneling and it renders her almost completely intangible to physical touch.[1] Shadowcat passes through objects at the same speed at which she is moving before she enters them. Since she is unable to breathe while inside an object, she can only continuously phase through solid objects (as when she travels underground) as long as she can hold her breath. However, contrary depictions of the duration of her phasing ability have been presented, such as when she has phased miles within an object. The use of her abilities also interferes with any electrical systems as she passes through by disrupting the flow of electrons from atom to atom, including the bio-electric systems of living bodies if she concentrates in the right way.[58] This typically causes machines to malfunction or be destroyed as she phases through them, and can induce shock and unconsciousness in living beings.
Using her power began as an optional ability, but for a period (over ten years of published comics, approximately two years in-continuity) Kitty existed in a naturally "phased" state, and had to consciously choose to become solid. Kitty has returned to her original form and is normally solid and must choose to use her power.[59] While phasing, she does not physically walk on surfaces, but rather interacts with the molecules of air above them, allowing her to ascend and descend, causing her to seemingly walk on air. While phased, she is immune to most physical attacks, and has inconsistent showings of some resistance to telepathy. The density of some materials (such as adamantium) can prove deleterious to her phasing, causing her to be severely disoriented or experience pain if she tries to pass through them.[60] Some energy attacks also prove problematic for Kitty. For example, an energy blast fired by Harpoon, a member of the Marauders, caused her to lose her ability to become fully tangible for months. Magic and magical beings can also harm her in her phased state, as demonstrated in a battle with a N'Garai demon whose claws left no visible marks, but caused Kitty severe pain as they passed through her intangible body.
Kitty can also extend her powers to phase other people and objects. She is able to phase at least a half a dozen other people (or objects of similar mass) with her, so long as they establish and maintain physical contact with her. She can extend her phasing effect to her own clothing or any other object with mass up to that of a small truck, as long as she remains in contact with it. Kitty can also make objects intangible by maintaining contact with them. She has threatened to leave people phased into a wall,[volume & issue needed] and used her power offensively to harm the Technarch Magus,[volume & issue needed] and Danger.[volume & issue needed] Kitty's powers seem to have increased over the years. During an X-Treme X-Men story arc where she is kidnapped by Reverend William Stryker, she phases out of sync with Earth's rotation to move from one place in the world (only east or west) to another seemingly instantaneously.[volume & issue needed] At the climax of Astonishing X-Men, Kitty phases a 10 mi (16 km) long "bullet" composed of super-dense alien metals through the entire planet Earth. This feat caused her considerable strain, but she is unable to phase out of the bullet.[61]
Besides her mutant powers, Kitty is a genius in the field of applied technology and computer science. She is highly talented in the design and use of computer hardware. She is a skilled pilot of piston and jet engine aircraft, and a competent pilot of certain advanced interstellar vehicles. She has previously shown a unique ability to wield the Soulsword and also be harmed by it. Since her possession by the ninja demon Ogun, she has been consistently shown to be an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, having since been endowed with a lifetime of training in the martial arts of Japanese ninja and samurai, such as aikido, karate, and ninjutsu. She is also trained in the Israeli martial art of Krav Maga.
She is a professional-level dancer in both ballet and modern dance. She speaks fluent English, Japanese, Russian, and the royal and standard languages of the alien Shi'ar and Skrull, and has moderate expertise in Gaelic, Hebrew, and German.
Kitty also shares a mental/empathic connection with her pet dragon Lockheed; both she and the alien dragon can "sense" each other's presence at times and generally understand one another's thoughts and actions.
In addition to her mainstream incarnation, Kitty Pryde has been depicted in other fictional universes.
Kitty Pryde appeared as Sprite in "The X-Men Adventure" episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, which guest-starred the X-Men. She was voiced by Sally Julian.
Kitty Pryde (voiced by Kath Soucie) was a viewpoint character in the animated television one-shot Pryde of the X-Men, as the newest member of the team. She is a new recruit of the team and is initially frightened of Nightcrawler, due to his demonic appearance. She and Nightcrawler later succeed in defeating Magneto. Once Nightcrawler seemingly dies as a result of having apparently sacrificed himself, Kitty begins to cry until discovering that he is alive and is met with positive relations by her teammates, except Wolverine.
In the animated series X-Men: Evolution, Shadowcat is a main character, who is shown as the teenybopper of the team and who has a romantic interest in Brotherhood member Lance Alvers. Like the comics, Shadowcat has a relationship with Wolverine and even saves him in the season one episode "Grim Reminder", where she unintentionally stows away with Nightcrawler while on the Blackbird without the knowledge that he was beginning to pilot the jet. She is also shown to have developed a close friendship with Nightcrawler, despite the fact that she at first displayed a dislike for his appearance. Besides Nightcrawler, she is shown to have formed a friendship with Rogue and Spyke.
Her initial dislike of his appearance changes after he is severely wounded by Rogue, while she and the rest of the X-Men tried to recruit her. In this series, she does not have Lockheed for a pet, but she is shown preferring to sleep with a stuffed dragon instead of a teddy bear. Though she has an on-and-off interest in the delinquent mutant boy Lance Alvers, early in the series she displays interest in Cyclops. After Rogue is recruited, she serves as her support in beginning a romantic relationship with Scott and develops a friendship with her, despite their differences.
When Avalanche tries to join the X-Men in the season two episode "Joyride", she tries to help him and shows additional attraction to him as she grades him and the other members of the junior team. After he informs her that some members of the group have started a joyride on the Blackbird and helps her avert catastrophe, she staunchly defends him once he is accused by Cyclops of being responsible. When Avalanche starts to leave, Shadowcat gives him a brief kiss before his departure. With the exposing of the X-Men and mutants in general in the third season, Kitty hides with the other X-Men and after being allowed at school, starts to dislike Nightcrawler after he refuses to reveal himself as a mutant.
In the fourth season, the X-Men try to use her powers to damage one of Apocalypse's domes and fails, instead being electrocuted briefly. In the fiftieth episode of the series, entitled "Ghost of a Chance", she comes across Danielle Moonstar once she depicts herself in a dream sequence to her. Once she wakes out of it, she tries to and successfully finds her, becoming friends with the girl after learning she had been in suspended animation for two years. Prior to this, it is discovered that her fear is phasing repeatedly into the ground and going further without any control of where she is going. Of the six main X-Men from the first season of the series, she is one of the four that is still a member of the team in the future Charles Xavier saw while in the mind of Apocalypse. Shadowcat was voiced by Maggie Blue O'Hara.
Shadowcat appears in Wolverine and the X-Men,[vague] voiced by Danielle Judovits and was a student at the Xavier Institute before the destruction of the X-Mansion and disappearance of Professor X. When Wolverine reformed the X-Men to take down the Mutant Response Division and save the dismal future controlled by the Sentinels, Kitty was on her way to the "mutant paradise" Genosha. The X-Men came to re-recruit her and she immediately rejoined the team. Shadowcat appears as the youngest member of the team and she seems to have a crush on Iceman as she is jealous when his attention is taken by Emma Frost[62] and is shown with a love-struck face when she lands on Bobby during a Danger Room training session, though she quickly moves away from him when Angel arrives. She seems to have formed a friendship with Tildie Soames after babysitting her in one episode.
Her interest in Nightcrawler is briefly shown when the two met with each other, during which she gives him a hug. In the last episode of the series, she uses her powers to penetrate a Sentinel controlled by Magneto, of which Beast had difficulty with. Her design is inspired by the appearance of the character in the Astonishing X-Men comics, and her costume emulates the design with the appearance of the blue and yellow used on her costume. The shorts she wears are based off the appearances of the original X-Men, and her first appearance when she wore a variant of the uniform.
Shadowcat appears in The Super Hero Squad Show episode "And Lo...A Pilot Shall Come." She appears alongside Colossus at the unveiling of the Great Wall that separates Super Hero City from Villainville and helping citizens into the S.H.I.E.L.D. Shelters. In the episode "Mysterious Mayhem at Mutant Academy", she uses Lockheed to chase Reptil and the hypnotized X-Men out of the girls' bathroom.
Shadowcat appears in the Astonishing X-Men motion comic, voiced by Eileen Stevens.
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Kitty Pryde has been well received as a comic book character and as a member of the X-Men. Wizard magazine put her at number #13 in 200 Greatest Comic Characters of All Time. She was the highest female comic character in the list beating rivals such as Wonder Woman, Buffy Summers, and She-Hulk.[68] IGN also ranked her as the 47th greatest comic book hero of all time stating that as X-Men writers have often found it useful to introduce younger teen recruits to offset the experienced members of the team, Kitty Pryde set the standard when she debuted, and none have surpassed her.[69] IGN also rated Kitty Pryde #3 on its list of the Top 25 X-Men from the Past 40 Years describing her as the mutant everyman, the common girl turned superhero; IGN also stated that as her pet dragon, Lockheed, became instantly attached to Kitty, we were hooked early on.[70] Marvel.com also ranked her as the tenth greatest X-Men member stating that unquestionably, the dynamic of the X-Men shifted entirely when teenage whiz kid Kitty Pryde joined the team in the early 1980s; Marvel.com also stated that even though Kitty has since blossomed into a young woman of considerable maturity and power, she remains the access point to the X-Men for countless readers.[71] A later list on Marvel's website, ranking the top 50 X-Men characters, placed her in first place, citing the ease of identifying with her for the audience, and her development over the years.[72]
Kitty was a huge proto-Buffy. I mean, there was no other you could point to as strongly.
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Traveling veterans memorial to make stop in Victoria this week
JR Ortega
April 11, 2011 at 3:05 p.m.
Updated April 10, 2011 at 11:11 p.m.
WHAT: Texas Fallen Heroes Memorial
WHEN: Wednesday through Saturday, during regular mall hours
WHERE: Victoria Mall Center Court, near the women's Dillard's, 7802 N. Navarro St.
Chapter 3077 will also be selling books about local members who were wounded in World War II, Korea and Vietnam wars for $10. Those who donate will receive a pin.
For more information: Call Don Williams at 361-648-8221.
September 2003: U.S. Spec. Richard Arriaga, 20, of Ganado in Iraq.
April 2005: U.S. Army Spec. Gary Walters, 31, of Victoria in Iraq.
November 2005: U.S. Marine Cpl. John M. Longoria, 21, of Nixon in Iraq.
April 2006: U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Andres "AJ" Aguilar Jr., 21, of Victoria in Iraq.
November 2006: U.S. Army Sgt. Mitchel Mutz, 23, of Falls City in Iraq.
April 2008: Army Specialist David McCormick of Bay City in Iraq.
October 2009: Sgt. Anthony Gabriel "Gabe" Green, 28, of Yorktown in Afghanistan.
July 2010: U.S. Army Sgt. Andrew Creighton, 23, of Cuero in Afghanistan.
Freedom will ring at the Victoria Mall in April, at least that's Don Williams' goal.
Williams, commander of the Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 3077 in Victoria, has been working to bring the Texas Fallen Heroes Memorial to Victoria.
The memorial contains 527 photos and names of Texas veterans who have died in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
"It's to let the community know that we support our troops and what they're doing and that we stand behind them," he said.
The traveling memorial will be at the mall from Wednesday through Saturday. Members of the crew who set up the panels have sons on that panel, Williams said.
Cornell Green lost his son, Sgt. Anthony Gabriel "Gabe" Green, of Yorktown. A Texas Army National Guardsman, Green was killed in action by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in October 2009.
Having memorials like the Texas Fallen Heroes Memorial helps keep the public informed of a soldier's duty, he said.
Still, reminders reopen the wounds that the soldier is no longer alive, he added.
"There needs to be an awareness," he said. "The service doesn't end when these kids come home."
The Green family have been taking the loss day by day. Some days are good and some days are bad, and in the end, it's always going to be that way, Green said.
"I'd love to forget about my son in some ways to ease the pains," he said.
This traveling memorial is all about that, Williams said.
Bringing this memorial to Victoria for the first time is something that goes along with other veteran events in the community, like Warrior's Weekend, he said.
In the end, it's about helping out, Williams said.
"We're veterans helping veterans," he said.
The local chapter has helped 3,500 veterans file their claims and receive disability and benefits.
The memorial and this effort is all part of helping out, he said.
"It's a great feeling knowing that you've helped another veteran get what he's deserved," he said.
But for the 527 pictures on the memorial, all that can be done is to pay respect, he added.
"I think it will catch a lot of attention," he said. "People can get to see the price of freedom."

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And here we begin...
It's almost time we 4 chiefs begin our date with RCB and IPL. This short podcast is to give you an update on our whereabouts.
Going forward, i'd be podcasting about whatever we'd be doing wherever. So make sure you guys keep tuning in...
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The NFL says the Saints had a $10,000 bounty for Cardinals QB Kurt Warner in the 2009 playoffs.
Rams'' quarterback Kurt Warner is sacked by Patriot''s Willie McGinest in first quarter of the 2002 Super Bowl. Warner said on radio that he would be hesitant to allow his kids to play football.
Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner is tackled by Saints defenders Will Smith and Sedrick Ellis during an NFL football divisional playoff game in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010.
Kurt Warner, right, and Mike Martz worked together in St. Louis from 1999-2003.
Kurt Warner
How you know him: Retired NFL star quarterback.
How it's going:"It's definitely a process. It's not as physically demanding as football, but you're in constant motion and sweating from the workouts. What's weird is you find yourself practicing moves at the oddest times. And my wife or kids will tell me I look like an idiot."
What hurts:"The balls of my feet and the backs of my legs."
Why he's on the show:"The whole thing is about letting loose and letting people see another side of you. We're having a lot of fun and not taking things too seriously."
The new lineup of Dancing with the Stars poses for a photo. Seated are Brandy, left, Jennifer Grey, Margaret Cho, Audrina Patridge, Florence Henderson and Bristol Palin. Standing David Hasselhoff, left, Kurt Warner, Kyle Massey, Rick Fox, co-host Brooke Burke and host Tom Bergeron. The show's two-hour season premiere airs Sept. 20 on ABC.


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Review: Alter the format of videos and audio with Swift Converter Lite for Mac
Change your file formats quickly with Swift Converter Lite for Mac.
With its ability to convert video and audio files to a number of common formats, Swift Converter Lite for Mac proves to be a useful application for any Mac user. For those who need to change a number of files quickly, the application's operation and basic interface are advantages over other, similar programs.
The program's main menu lacks advanced graphics, but is well thought out and easy to navigate. Along the top of the window users can click buttons for a number of features, including importing files and cropping them. Users can also drag and drop files into the main window rather than manually selecting them. The main area shows the files as well as a thumbnail, crop information, and the output format. The bottom area also allows the user to select different output files for both video and audio. A large "Start" button initiates the conversion process. Swift Converter Lite for Mac's ability to process files in batches is useful for those who have a number of video files to work with. A full version of the program is available, but the limitations on the Lite version are not clearly listed.
As a free media file conversion program, Swift Converter Lite for Mac provides quick performance, an easy-to-use interface, and includes all of the features expected from this type of program. It is suitable for users who frequently need to convert audio and videos to different formats, as well as for those who need to extract audio files from videos.


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Donald Driver has had a terrific career, but truth be told, his chances of making the Pro Football Hall of Fame aren't very good. I bring this up because the veteran receiver commented about the possibility after his charity softball game earlier this month. "If I can play two to three more years and put a nice little stamp on it, those records will stand there forever, and when it's all said and done, maybe one day I can stand up here in Canton, Ohio, saying, 'I made it.'"
Already the franchise leader in catches (698), Driver is poised to overtake the great James Lofton atop the career receiving yards list (only 40 behind). That's pretty heady stuff, and while those numbers will guarantee him a spot in the Packer Hall of Fame, they shouldn't get him anywhere close to one of those coveted yellow blazers. That's because the former Alcorn State standout has had only three Pro Football Hall of Fame-type seasons in his entire career. From 2004 to 2006, he averaged 87 catches, 1,241 yards and 7 TDs. In his other six seasons as a starter, Driver averaged 66.5 catches, 895 yards and 4.5 TDs. Solid numbers, but hardly spectacular in a day and age when somebody like the much-maligned Bill Schroeder averaged 64-989-6 from 1999 to 2001.
Among active receivers, there are at least nine players who are already more worthy of a spot in Canton than Driver. The list includes Randy Moss, Terrell Owens, Reggie Wayne, Hines Ward, Chad Ochocinco, Larry Fitzgerald, Andre Johnson, Derrick Mason and Steve Smith. And in another four or five years, you'll probably be able to add the names like Roddy White, Marques Colston, Calvin Johnson, Dwayne Bowe and Greg Jennings to the list.
So what made Driver bring up this subject? Probably a conversation he had with former Raiders great Tim Brown prior to the Super Bowl. Here's what DD told the Green Bay Press-Gazette: "He sat down and said, 'If you win a Super Bowl come Sunday, they will have to look at you as a candidate for the Hall of Fame. For him to say that, that was something that made me dream about it even more. … When Tim Brown tells you they have to look at me as being a candidate, I shook my head that night and said all I have to do is win the Super Bowl and maybe I'll get the opportunity to maybe one day be there."
Well, he won the Super Bowl, but the second half of the daily double probably isn't going to happen. In fact, once Driver calls it a career, he won't even be the best former Packer wide receiver not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. That dubious honor would still belong to Sterling Sharpe, who had nearly twice as many great seasons as Driver despite being forced to retire due to a neck injury at the age of 29. Fans may not have loved Sharpe the way they love Driver (for good reason) but no objective person could watch the two play and not know immediately who was the better receiver. And it's not even all that close.
Twenty-one wide receivers are currently in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the vast majority were far more dominant in their eras than Driver was in his. That's a fact. But there are a few head-scratchers on that list – the biggest being Art Monk. The former Redskin played for a long time and posted gaudy statistics, but like Driver, he was never one of the top handful of players at his position. Never. Any person who believes Driver deserves a yellow blazer could rightfully use Monk's induction in 2008 as their strongest argument. My response would be that two wrongs don't make a right. If the Pro Football Hall of Fame continues to open its doors to very good players, Canton will soon resemble Cooperstown – a place where longevity long ago caught up to greatness as a criteria for enshrinement.


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Boy Scout Dies From Gunshot Wound
Las Vegas boy scout found shot in head
GRAMMY Camp 2012 To Be Held In Los Angeles, New York and Nashville
The GRAMMY Foundation recently announced that GRAMMY Camp, its signature music industry camp for U.S. high school students, will take place in Los Angeles, Nashville and New York this summer.
Woman Found Shot To Death At Lake Mohave Campground
Authorities continue to investigate the killing of a woman near Lake Mohave early this morning.
Train With The Locos!
Two-time United Football League champion Las Vegas Locomotives is hosting a youth football camp for players between the ages 7-18.


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Hotels near the National Waterfront Museum
National Waterfront Museum
Step back in time as you browse displays and galleries depicting Welsh life, landscape and resources at the National Waterfront Museum. Old industrial Swansea meets the new city at this converted dockside warehouse building in the Maritime Quarter.
Wales was one of the earliest and most heavily industrialised countries on the planet. The nation reaped the benefits, but also suffered the consequences. A visit to the museum reveals true stories of wealth and poverty, upheaval and opportunity.
A series of 15 themed exhibits traces Welsh social and industrial development through interactive displays, film, photography and sculpture. Come to learn about the effects of development on local communities, the importance of natural resources, Welsh heroes and new frontiers of technology.
National Waterfront Museum Information
When: Daily
Where: Swansea
Cost: Free
Opening Hours: Daily 10am-5pm
Address: Oystermouth Rd, Maritime Quarter, Swansea, SA1 3RD
Hotels near National Waterfront Museum
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Traditional Chinese artists insist on using brushes with bristles made of natural animal hairs, they refuse to use art brushes made with synthetic fibers.
A premium set of mixed animal hair Chinese art brush for calligraphy painting, there are 10 brushes in this set in several different sizes. These Chinese art brushes are suitable for writing Chinese calligraphy symbols on rice paper, and come packaged in a Chinese gift box. The bristles of these Chinese art brushes are made with real animal hair and will produce the fine brush strokes required to create fine Calligraphy art works.
This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 11 January, 2007.


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Swimmers break world records!
Friday 23rd November 2007
The Mansfield Nova Swim Squad has been in excellent form recently, breaking British, European and World records.
Sam Hynd and Callum Lawson were competing at the Disability Sport England National Short Course Championships in Sheffield on 3rd and 4th November, and did not disappoint.
Sam took seven gold medals, breaking three S8 Category World Records, three European, and a staggering eight British records. The World and European records came in his preferred 400m freestyle, where he set an incredible time of 4.27 minutes. In the process of the 400m, he also set a new World record at the 200m mark.
As well as this, Sam set a World record in the S8 200m individual medley. He also set British records in the 100 freestyle twice and 50m breaststroke - a fantastic weekend for the 16 year old. Sam will now set his hopes on the trials for the Olympics next year, and then hopefully his sights will turn to Beijing.
Callum Lawson returned after recovering from a recent operation and showed good form, taking the silver in the S9 category 100m breaststroke and bronze medals in the 100m backstroke and 200m individual medley. These performances show that Callum is making progress on his way back to fitness and should give him some confidence in the months leading up to the Olympic trials next year.
The Midland Short Course Championships took place over the same weekend at Braunstone Leisure Centre in Leicester. The squad came home with five golds, one silver and three bronze medals.
Daniel Mills (16yrs) took two gold medals in the senior men's 400m freestyle and 800m freestyle, and took a bronze in the 200m freestyle. His performance in the 800m freestyle smashed the senior and junior Nottinghamshire County record and his 200m freestyle was also a junior county record.
Alice Thomas (15yrs) also had an excellent weekend taking the Junior gold medals in the women's 50m and 200m breaststroke and a silver in the junior women's 100m breaststroke.
Team mate Katie Gilles (14yrs) took a junior silver behind Alice in the 200m breaststroke and a bronze medal in the 50m event. Dean Davenport had a good men's 200m butterfly to take the junior bronze, in a new personal best time.
Other Finalists:
Barney Barlow 5th mens senior 200m butterfly and 8th mens senior 800m freestyle.
Grant Cashmore 7th mens senior 50m breaststroke.


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Ever wonder why it's so hard to find a good parking spot downtown? Perhaps ninjas are stealing all the good spots at the local garages. Well, if you're in San Diego, you too can be a parking ninja, thanks to an app called, appropriately enough, Parking Ninja.
Designed to help San Diego residents find parking garages near them while out and about in the beautiful city. It shows you nearby parking garages, as well as their prices and phone numbers. This app may come in handy especially for visitors to San Diego Comic-Con who rent cars to drive into the city, so they can see where they can park as close to the convention center as possible.
While Parking Ninja is only available for San Diego right now, this could be a useful app if it expanded out to other major cities, after all, ninjas don't just live in San Diego.
Released: 2011-02-17 :: Category: Navigation
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Tuesday February 18, 2013 - 8:30pm
Location: Canlon's Restaurant
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Staten Island, NY 10306
Dinner and drinks will be available for purchase prior to and during this meeting. A pre-meeting happy hour will take place at 7:30pm.
All are welcome to attend. Should you wish to become an official dues paying member, Annual dues are $20 per person ($35 for married couples) - which gives members access to special opportunities and discounts.


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Sheriff apologizes for death of Molalla horse
Schoolchildren asked to help restore Oregon Constitution document
Molalla hosts solo, ensemble band competition Saturday
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Linux in Higher Education: Open Source, Open Minds, Social Justice
Let's turn from professors to students and examine another area in which the use of commercial, closed-source software is rapidly growing: the computer literacy curriculum. Even if it is admitted that open-source software is needed at the research level, skeptics will counter that colleges and universities do not exist in a vacuum. Whether we like Microsoft or not, they will argue, we still need to teach students how to use the software they will encounter after they graduate--and that means Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. Among those pushing for this type of computer literacy instruction are local businesses, which hope to avoid paying the enormous costs needed to train their employees to use such software effectively. Increasingly, computer literacy instruction looks like a Windows and Office training seminar. Not surprisingly, Microsoft is taking advantage of this situation by cutting deals with colleges and universities that provide every enrolled student with licensed copies of Microsoft software. In response to this assertion, I argue that a focus on Windows and Office skills is the wrong type of computer literacy instruction at the college and university level. In addition, I argue, it fails to serve the needs of business.
Is a focus on Microsoft Windows and Office skills the right kind of computer literacy instruction at the college and university level? If you accept the conclusions of a major national report that reflects a growing consensus among computer literacy educators, the answer is "No." The report, titled Being Fluent with Information Technology(National Research Council 1999), is the report of the U.S. National Research Council's Committee on Information Technology Literacy and represents the best thinking of the leading experts in the field. In brief, the report rejects a narrow focus on skills-based training for the following reasons:
Employers may indeed realize reduced training costs if college graduates know how to use Windows and Microsoft Office, but these gains are short-lived; for example, Microsoft frequently introduces new versions with additional features and altered procedures. An education that focuses on version-specific software skills will produce graduates who may very well be able to use Office 97, but these same graduates may lack the deeper conceptual knowledge that would enable them to move smoothly to Office 2000 or some other office software suite.
Given that the practice of democracy depends on an informed citizenry, colleges and universities possess a positive obligation to acquaint students with a conceptual understanding of information technology (IT), one that goes beyond "which button to press" in Microsoft Office. Graduates should know enough about IT to form opinions on the compelling IT-driven issues of our day, including the growing threat to privacy rights, the risks posed by the software industry's campaign to rewrite intellectual property law and much more.
The pace of technological innovation in the software industry is so rapid that the "which-button-to-press" training today's first-year students receive will be laughably obsolete by the time they graduate. Colleges and universities should equip students not only with computer usage skills, but what is more, the conceptual knowledge and understanding that will enable them to learn how to apply new technologies in short order.
Recognizing these facts, the authors of Being Fluent with Information Technology conclude that a computer literacy curriculum focusing on skills alone is insufficient. The ideal curriculum, they argue, would equip students with computer fluency, a "robust understanding of what is needed to use information technology effectively across a range of applications" (14). In addition to possessing the essential skills of software usage, computer-fluent individuals can apply information technology in novel situations--and what is more, they can understand the consequences of doing so. As the authors observe, "these capabilities transcend particular software and hardware applications" (17). Equally essential to computer fluency is the mastering of fundamental computer concepts, such as the difference between absolute and relative cell references in an electronic spreadsheet program.
If computer fluency is indeed a desirable goal, then it follows that colleges and universities can and should base their curricula on products other than Microsoft's. A student who learns the fundamental concepts of spreadsheet usage from Gnumeric, admittedly, may not know which key to press when confronted with Microsoft Office. However, computer literacy instruction should not focus on which key to press, but rather on the concepts that underlie the use of computer software. A student who fully understands the concepts of absolute and relative cell references will experience little difficulty learning Microsoft Excel; she will quickly learn which key to press. Indeed, asking students to move to a different vendors' spreadsheet application may well be the best way to test whether students have acquired the desired computer fluency. In contrast, a student whose computer literacy instruction emphasized Excel skills rather than the transcendent concepts of software usage may require a round of costly retraining when the next version of Excel is released.
From the foregoing argument, one can conclude that colleges and universities can well serve the goals of computer literacy education by moving to a Linux standard. We should teach the concepts of operating system and office software usage, and there is no reason to use expensive, commercial products for this purpose. At higher curricular levels, colleges and universities are arguably under a positive obligation to move away from closed source software and proprietary computing infrastructures (Vermeer 1998). Increasingly, it is not only scientists who must understand the details of operating systems and computing networks; advanced research in virtually every field of scholarship inevitably requires the type of intermediate to advanced understanding of information technology that was formerly possessed only by computer science graduates. In this context, open-source operating systems and networking infrastructures offer a significant advantage: they are open to dissection, analysis, and scrutiny in ways not possible with closed-source architectures.
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I do agree Linux is one of the most advanced pieces of software ever built and it's free with great support. Students who in roll in higher
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Fashion and Beauty Tips
We combed through 125 years of the Good Housekeeping archives to find the best beauty and fashion advice that still works today.
A few curls are very softening to the face, and take away years from the look of the average woman. (May 1897)
Heavy powder accentuates lines and wrinkles: A light, even fluffy, powder is best for a lined face. (May 1932) TODAY'S PICK: Almay Pure Blends Loose Finishing Powder ($14, drugstores)
The motto for makeup: "Use very little, but choose very well." (Jan. 1933)
One simple but indispensable rule for keeping your neck beautiful long after your contemporaries have given up the struggle: Carry your head high. (Feb. 1952)
An expert cut is indispensable to a good hairstyle, and this is one thing you can't do for yourself. (March 1957)
Tip for at-home coloring: Assemble everything you'll need beforehand so your hair doesn't overprocess while you're searching for that missing something. (June 1977)
To recreate salon styling looks at home: Watch what your stylist does, ask questions as he dries your hair, note the products he uses. (April 1987)
If facial features need a lift, forget a superlong cut. What will be flattering: a bob that hits below your chin or at your collarbone, with graduated layers from brows to jawline and back into the nape of your neck. (Sept. 2003)
Whenever you use a blow-dryer, curling iron, or straightener, prep wet hair with leave-in heat protection. These lotions or sprays form a barrier between your hair and the hot appliance, cutting down on damage. (March 2008) TODAY'S PICK: Tresemmé Thermal Creations Heat Tamer Spray ($4.49, drugstores)
Mousse is an unbeatable body builder. Squirt a dollop onto a vent brush and stroke it through your hair. The product will slowly leak through the brush's openings and be distributed from root to end. (March 2008) TODAY'S PICK: Herbal Essences Tousle Me Softly Mousse ($3, drugstores)
Always hold your blow dryer six to 12 inches from your scalp and direct air down the shaft. Result: Hair will look smooth and silky. (April 1991)
Blast your hair with cool air once you're through blow-drying. It will help seal the cuticle so strands lie flat and stay shiny. (March 2008)
If you end up with a halo of fuzz, mist your hands with hairspray, then cup the crown of your head and press for several seconds to help the short pieces stay down. (Sept. 2006)
When you don't have time to recolor, wear your hair curlier or messier to disguise the roots. (March 2003)
Reduce staticstat: Spritz hairspray onto a brush, then run it through your hair. (March 2005) TODAY'S PICK: John Frieda Moisture Barrier Firm-Hold Hairspray ($5.49, drugstores)
Just shampoo the roots for speedier showering. As you rinse, the lather will clean the rest of your hair. (Sept. 2008)
Products you put on your hair inevitably end up on your face by day's end. If you tend to break out around your hairline, go for less styling product. (Nov. 2004)
Spirit-lifting strategy from our January 1961 pages, a tactic that stands the test of time: Give droopy spirits a treat. Forget your basic navy. Instead, give your looks a lift with the most vivid, vibrant dress you own.
When buying jeans, if you have short legs, go long with a floor-skimming length and tonal stitching that doesn't distract from the lean line. (March 2009)
Believe it or not, there are jeans with slight padding to add curves. Pockets with detailing (flaps, embroidery) will also boost your caboose. (March 2009)
Look for jeans with a high Lycra content (we've seen up to 22 percent) to jiggle-proof your curves. (March 2009)
Fake leaner abs with slenderizing jeans that are specially constructed with corset-like (but gentle) stretch panels in front. (March 2009)
Dark denim is always the most slimming shade of blue. (March 2009)
If you are a straight-up-and-down type, stock up on a few fitted jackets that nip in your middle. (January 2006)
Are you thick-waisted? Long cardigans and flowy tunic-length tops will create a slim, swingy shape. (January 2006)
High-waisted? Opt for long, thigh-skimming tops and hip-slung pants; they seem to elongate the torso. (January 2006)
Choose a well-cut, carefully tailored suit of good-wearing material in a becoming dark color. Preferably, it should have no decoration. Let the perfection of the line give the costume its cachet. (October 1915)
Have two skirts made for the suit, for the coat receives less than half as much wear as the skirt. (October 1915)
The blouse should be fashioned simply and always kept immaculate. A business office is no place for frills. (October 1915)
Make sure your bra really fits. 85 percent of women are wearing the wrong size! If the band rides up in back, it's too big. General rule: Size 8 to 10 on top, get a 34; 12 or 14 needs a 36, and so forth. (September 2007)
Boost your bust with a contour-cup bra. These bras have firm, molded but not padded cups that give you a lift and roundness. (September 2007)
To eliminate VPL (visible panty line), a thong is your best bet. Look for thin mesh or microfiber fabrics. Too little for your taste? Try a boy-short cut with trimming-free edges. (September 2007)
Whittle your middle with a body shaper. These are thin, stocking-like fabrics that cover your belly while minimizing bulges. One of our favorite brands: Spanx. (September 2007)
Dress in one color (dark is best) or varied shades of the same hue for a slenderizing effect. (Jan. 2007)
Bell sleeves are a fast way to flatter full arms. (Jan. 2007)
A long, body-skimming cardigan is a perfect choice on "I feel fat" days. (Jan. 2008)
An A-line skirt with a cut that skims the body and a gently flaring hem is a wardrobe workhorse. (Jan. 2008)
Opt for flat-front, no-pocket/no-pleat trousers for a lithe line. (Jan. 2008)
The beauty of the eye depends much upon the brows. (May 1890)
For a shining, wide-open gaze, curl your lashes. This lets extra light in, and gives eyes more sparkle. (March 1955)
In your night-table drawer, keep that jar of eye cream you might otherwise forget to use. (March 1969) TODAY'S PICK Burt's Bees Naturally Ageless Line Smoothing Eye Creme ($25, drugstores)
Give depth to puffy lids by using a deep, smoky shade of eye shadow in the brown, green, blue, or gray family. Apply it over the entire lid and into the crease. Then place a very light, contrasting shade on brow bone. (Oct. 1976) TODAY'S PICK Neutrogena Nourishing Eye Quad in Butter Crème ($10, drugstores)
Quick way to remove waterproof mascara: Apply a coat of regular mascara first, then top it with waterproof. The waterproof formula locks onto the other mascara instead of your lashes, so it comes off more easily. (Jan. 2006)
To fatten your top lashes, enlist a flat eyeliner brush and a black powder shadow. Wiggle the brush into the makeup, then between the roots of your top lashes. The result: a lusher look. (April 2006)
Do avoid transferring your lipstick to another's cheek. Above all, don't smear it on another woman's baby. (Oct. 1949) TODAY'S TRANSFER-RESISTANT PICK L'Oréal Paris Infallible Never Fail Lipcolour Compact ($12, drugstores)
Try something new and still feel like you: Pick a lipstick color similar to your favorite formula but with a hint of gold. (Sept. 2003)
Test lipstick on your fingertip. That way, you can hold the hue next to your face to see how it looks. No mirror? Your finger is still a better gauge, since it's similar in color and texture to your lips. (Jan. 2006)
Keep lipstick off teeth with this Hollywood makeup artist's move: Apply your shade, then place a finger in your mouth, purse your lips, and pull your finger out along with any excess color. (Dec. 2008)
Never put a darker powder over a light foundation. The result will be patchy. (May 1944)
Apply your base after moisturizer, but before concealer. If you start with a concealer, you risk blending it away when you put on foundation. (Feb. 2005)
Smooth on your foundation with a dampened spongeit'll give you a sheer, natural finish that's light and lasting. (April 2006)
Squirt a bit of liquid bronzer into your foundation or moisturizer for a color boost that lasts all day, then washes away. (March 2007) TODAY'S PICK FOR A HINT OF BRONZE Soap & Glory Touch & Glow Daily Radiance Moisture Lotion ($13, Target), with bronzer built in
Keep cuticles pushed back If they become hard, soak them in warm oil for a few minutes. (March 1948) TODAY'S PICK Boots Original Beauty Formula Cuticle Oil ($8, Target)
Prescription for nail biters: Wear bright polish; it will remind you not to chew. (May 1958) TODAY'S PICK OPI Nail Lacquer in Dim Sum Plum ($8.50, Ulta)
The best way to manicure nails: File in one direction only. Nails are strongest when you shape them into an oval. The pointier you make them, the likelier they are to break. (Aug. 2005)
If your nails are dull or yellow: Before polishing, brush them with a child's toothbrush and a drop of whitening toothpaste. (Nov. 2006)
Every woman needs a rouge occasionally, and some should wear it always. It gives an air of health and freshness to pale or dull skin. (Oct. 1956) TODAY'S PICK Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips Custom Blush & Highlighter in Rosy Glow ($12, drugstores)
Always complete eye makeup before applying cheek color. When your eyes are done, you won't feel the need for as much blush. (Jan. 1994)
If you usually wear powder blush in winter, consider switching to a cream version until spring. In cold weather, your skin needs moisture as well as color, and this formulation gives you both. (Jan. 2005) TODAY'S PICK Clinique Blushwear Cream Stick ($18.50, department stores)
Do wear a creamy makeup base or use a soothing lotion before you face wind and frigid air. Protect from a sunburn, too, for it may permanently damage fine skin. (Nov. 1947) TODAY'S PICK St. Ives Elements Mineral Moisturizer SPF 15 ($10, drugstores)
Get more from your moisturizer: Never blow-dry your hair until you've put lotion on your face. (March 1998)
When you step out of the shower, moisturize your bodyand facewithin three minutes. Post-shower dampness is good for your skin if you seal it in; let it evaporate, and you'll end up even drier. (Feb. 2007) TODAY'S PICK Vaseline Sheer Infusion Mineral Renewal Body Lotion ($6.25, drugstores)
You need an effective sunscreena cream or lotion made for the purpose of shutting out the burning rays. Apply it always after coming out of the water. (June 1950)
Check sunscreen labels for ingredients [such as avobenzone, ecamsule, zinc oxide, and titanium dioxide] that block out the enemy "A" rays. These long ultraviolet rays have recently been found to cause the breakdown of collagen and elastin in skin, which can later result in sagging and wrinkles. (June 1985)
Your moisturizer must be SPF 15 or higher to provide adequate protection from the sun, whatever the season. (Feb. 1992) TODAY'S PICK Kiehl's UV Protective Everyday Facial Moisturizing Sunscreen Cream SPF 15 ($29.50, kiehls.com)
Don't forget to shield your hands with SPF. They get sun exposure each day and are often the first place where spots and wrinkles appear. (June 2003) TODAY'S PICK Hissyfit Handy Work Hand Cream SPF 30+ ($29, hissyfit.com)
Thin skin makes your decolletage super susceptible to UV rays. Prevent new damage by applying your daily facial sunscreen farther south, too. (June 2008 )
A face that is glowing with health and a figure that is rippling with energy stand at least four chances in five of being beautiful. (March 1916)
In essence beauty is the sum of a few conspicuous featuresbecoming hairdo, pretty figure, perfect makeupand many subtle refinements. (Jan. 1954)
As everyone knows, real beauty is a loveliness every woman shares. It shines through in your sincere concern for others, your enthusiasm for meeting people and getting to know them. (Dec. 1966)
The worst detriments to a fine complexion are improper diet, late hours, bad air, infrequent bathing, and worry. (Feb. 1895)
Not youth, nor beauty is so much to be envied as the state of the woman who has freed herself from the fear of age. (April 1913)
It is much easier to prevent a wrinkle than to remove one later. (July 1919)
Be good to your hands because they are inveterate tattletales. Make sure they will say nice things about you. (July 1927)
Never become the kind of wife who says: "I don't care how I look. I'm married." (Feb. 1940)


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In Santa Monica, Calif., Brooks Scarpa renovated eight parking garages surrounding the Third Street Promenade, a popular shopping, restaurant, and entertainment district. To improve the pedestrian experience, the firm left large expanses of the façade open for art and cultural installations, including Cradle by design and fabrication studio Ball-Nogues.
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In Santa Monica, Calif., Brooks + Scarpa renovated eight parking garages surrounding the Third Street Promenade, a popular shopping, restaurant, and entertainment district. To improve the pedestrian experience, the firm left large expanses of the façade open for art and cultural installations, including Cradle by design and fabrication studio Ball-Nogues.
The Santa Monica parking garages by Brooks Scarpa
The Santa Monica parking garages by Brooks + Scarpa.
Clarke Caton Hintz specified extensive glazing and precast construction for the 3,400-space Terminal C Parking Garage to strengthen its aesthetic connection to Newak Liberty International Airport.
Courtesy Clarke Caton Hintz Architects
The extensive use of glass allows pedestrians to stay engaged with the airport's activities.
The extensive use of glass allows pedestrians to stay engaged with the airport's activities.
Designed by Clarke Caton Hintz, the Ruppert Plaza Garage in New York blends into the surrounding environment and hosts the Macombs Dam Park on its roof. Pedestrian bridges built over a berm connect the park with the neighboring Heritage Park.
Jeffrey Totaro for Courtesy Clarke Caton Hintz Architects
Bridges and ramps help pedestrians navigate the elevation changes between the parks and the stadium.
The Ruppert Plaza Garage from the street level
The Ruppert Plaza Garage from the street level.
The brick veneer on the precast spandrels are finished in four hues of green to help the structure complement the natural environment.
For the 40-space, automated vehicle storage system at One York, a residential building in New York by Ten Arquitectos, Park Plus installed a palletless comb exchange that can convey a car from its parking space to its driver within a minute.
Courtesy Park Plus
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Learning Objectives 1. Identify how parking structures can fit into the New Urbanism movement.
2. Describe how parking structures have changed over time.
3. Describe the benefits of integrating parking structures into the urban fabric.
4. Identify how automation and advances in automobile design will affect the design of parking structures.
Large, looming, and dimly lit parking garages are a fact of life in cities and suburbs across the U.S., where the automobile reigns as our favorite mode of personal transportation. Worldwide, the number of vehicles on the roads surpassed 1 billion in 2010, according to WardsAuto Group, and will only continue to increase. Providing space for this burgeoning fleet is an ongoing challenge for communities, particularly as they become denser.
Generally considered the province of engineers and design/build contractors, parking structures have long been a rote sort of project that is often ruled by the mandates of zoning laws, building codes, and the bottom line. Other than physical proximity, they have largely been conceived separately from the buildings that they serve. And that thinking has resulted in the utilitarian steel-and-concrete behemoths that interrupt the flow of the urban fabric with long stretches of barren-walled sidewalk. "When I started doing parking garages 10 to 15 years ago, when you would tell a story about the structure, folks would say, 'Why even have an architect?' " says George Hibbs, AIA, a principal at Trenton, N.J.–based firm Clarke Caton Hintz. "It seems like an engineering job."
But the parking garage is entering a renaissance. The New Urbanism movement has emphasized walkable environments and multi-modal transit, and the design profession has transitioned from the machinelike efficiency and compartmentalization that underpinned Modernism to more humanistic spaces. Fresh approaches to the typology can be seen in the slew of high-design parking structures that have landed in Miami, designed by the likes of Gehry Partners, Herzog & de Meuron, and Arquitectonica. Parking structures are no longer just a means to multiply the surface parking lot; rather, they can be key to the urban fabric and a vital piece of infrastructure that can profoundly affect how we plan for a more sustainable future.
"We're at a point now where, while there are certainly folks who don't see the typology as being at the forefront, it's come a long way," Hibbs says. "We are now seeing the integration of light, of color, the integration of mass transit, and the belief that it's something that adds to the complexity of the urban environment."
The Shift to Functionalism At the dawn of the parking garage in Chicago in 1918, the building typology had little distinction from other structures. Automobiles of this era were not designed or built to weather the elements and had to be housed much in the same manner as people. As a result, garages' façades looked virtually identical to the apartment buildings that they abutted, complete with ornamental embellishments such as pilasters, gargoyles, arches, and rosettes.
Inside the structures, service staff operated elevators and turntables, lifting vehicles up multiple levels and depositing them in tight spaces for long-term storage. From the outside, the parking structures appeared as just another thread in the urban fabric.
By the mid-20th century, innovations in building technologies, such as precast concrete structural members, along with newer automobiles that were more durable made it feasible as well as cheaper to build the for-cars-only, open-steel, and concrete-decked parking structures that we know today. At the same time, city zoning laws began to mandate that new developments include off-street parking.
Despite the obvious connections between parking structures and the buildings and urban environments that they served, the two entities were mostly conceived separately. The building was architecture, the streetscape was a part of urban planning, and the garage was an engineering exercise whose goal was little more than satisfying functional requirements. In the words of Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA, principal at Los Angeles–based firm Brooks + Scarpa, "Parking garages evolved into utilitarian structures for stacking cars."
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Derogatory term used to describe asians.
Those squids ruined the party.
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Started by the late Zac Thompson (oct. 7th 1992-sept. 27th 2014) a squid is an untrustworthy person and soon caught on around baltimore streets to describe someone slippery or deceitful. Zac unfortunately made a slang so catchy friends and family bestowed him with the nickname squid. This of course upset him because he called others squid and now he himself, was squid. Zac committed suicide on September 27th 2014 at his house for unknown reasons leaving no notes, or telling anyone he needed help. To remain anonymous but to inform you all reading this, he had a few close friends, I was lucky enough to be one. I'm no stranger. Zachary A. Thompson is succeeded by his son, Cayden Thompson. RIP squid.
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A slimy human that enjoys squirming his way out of unfavorable situations that he himself has created. This creature usually has a hunchy back and extremely slim shoulders.
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Former first lady Betty Ford very well may be remembered for her actions more than her personal style. But those who her knew her said she always left an impression.
Ford, who championed women's rights, equal rights, substance abuse treatment, breast cancer and a myriad of other taboo subjects in the Seventies, died Friday at the age of 93.
A former model and accomplished dancer with a sharp mind and wicked sense of humor, Ford ushered in an unprecedented sense of openness to the White House, by welcoming an array of personalities to American-themed state dinners and giving the media all-access coverage. The Michigan native was also unguarded about her own personal strife whether that be against alcoholism or prescription pain killers.
The daughter of a U.S. Rubber salesman who sold conveyer belts to factories, Ford grew up in the furniture capital of the world, Grand Rapids, Mich. In an exclusive interview with WWD in 1974, she said, "I'm just a plain normal gal who was happy that she married someone she thought was going to be a lawyer."
So at ease with the media as she was, Ford was known as just plain "Betty" by the press corps. And her press secretary, Nancy Howe, was beyond being on a first-name basis, preferring to call the sunny and diminutive first lady "Petunia."
Ford said, "I don't see why you have to call the wife of the vice president Mrs. Ford. I mean the wife of the president. Oh Dear, I'm having trouble going from vice president to president. There's hardly been time to get used to either one. It's been an instant 24-hour transition. Like falling into a river."
But friends noted how the keenly intelligent and size 8 ex-model and former Martha Graham dancer took to her new station in life with "Pat Nixon-perfect poise and posture" and the advantage of being a good hand-shaker. The artist Andrew Wyeth's son Jamie described her as "quite beautiful in a regal way." But apparently she never lost her bearings. One longtime pal said of Ford in 1974, "I like her modesty, the fact that none of this has changed her one bit. She's plain as an old shoe, but sharp as a tack."
Former social secretary Maria Downs said Sunday, "I told her, 'In your position now, you're probably one of the most influential nonelected people in not only Washington but also in America. And she said to me, 'Well, don't tell anyone.' She did realize what she could accomplish and influence by using the White House for entertaining and how that played into all that was being done with the administration and the presidential dealings."
Self-deprecating as that sounds, Ford was shrewd about advancing women and U.S.-made goods. State dinners called for round tables so that women did not feel as though their designated seating was determined by their husband's profession. Ford made a point of giving each state dinner an Americana theme to draw attention to the country's finery by customizing centerpieces with Steuben glass or the candlesticks made from spools used in New England textile mills.
At the first lady's request, Downs was always on the alert to make any guests who appeared in awe — as was once the case with Clint Eastwood — feel more at home in the White House. Heavily involved with every last detail that fell under her watch, Ford gave great consideration to guest lists, ensuring that Willie Mays met Queen Elizabeth at the white-tie dinner that was held in honor of Her Royal Highness. Halston, Martha Graham and Andy Warhol were among the numerous visitors who dined and danced the night away with the Fords, who liked nothing better than tearing up the rug. (She even did the disco move "The Bump" with the comedian Marty Allen at a White House dinner-dance.)
A former department store model and fashion coordinator, Ford saw to it that her gatherings called for long white gloves. Downs, who works in the White House archives, said, "Now the dress at the White House is so relaxed. In those days, there was a very good line about how one dressed when they came to the White House, whether it was for a social event or work. It's not a criticism. It's just the way it is."
As for Ford, she was "extremely interested in fashion" and liked such designers as Halston, Bill Blass, Albert Capraro, Oscar de la Renta, Christian Dior, Geoffrey Beene, Pierre Cardin, Kasper and Jim Baldwin. Ford once told WWD, "I always try to wear something outstanding and as becoming a dress as I can find. I don't believe in the dumb dress."
Arnold Scaasi, who met Ford a few times in Washington, described her Sunday as someone with "enormous charm who always handled herself very well." As for her fashion sense, the designer said, "She dressed very well but was quite conservative. She always looked like the head of an office and I guess she was. She didn't ever wear anything outlandish. She never wore anything to shock the public."