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The City Park and public parking lot could soon be under video surveillance.Prompted by recent acts of vandalism in the community, the Dell Rapids City Council at its May 6 meeting directed city administration to investigate the costs associated with setting up a surveillance system at the park and the parking lot to the south of Wells Fargo.Joe Weinacht, owner of Virg's Service, which abuts the parking lot to the west, told the council that for years teenagers have gathered in the parking lot, and there's always a few who throw clothing, shoes, trash, cigarette butts and beer and whiskey bottles over his fence, often resulting in damage to the vehicles he has stored behind his shop."They keep tearing parts off my fence and their throwing trash over my fence," he said.With him, Weinacht carried a three-ring binder filled with photographs documenting vandalism dating back to 2007. "I couldn't find a file folder large enough," he said.Multiple reports to the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office have been made, but conversations with deputies only leave him with more frustration, Weinacht said."Just recently they tore another board off the fence. The deputy came down and said, 'there's nothing I can do about it,'" he said, adding that unless the perpetrators are caught in the act, the sheriff's office won't be able to pinpoint the vandals.Weinacht suggested the council adopt a loitering ordinance to give deputies the ability to force gathered crowds in the parking lot to disperse."The problem with a no loitering ordinance is that the kids literally have nowhere else to go," said Councilor Lee Burggraff.The recent vandalism isn't limited to the parking lot. The restrooms in the City Park have been victim to vandals on multiple occasions in the recent months, said Councilor Mark Crisp.He recommended having some security companies put together proposals for monitoring the City Park and the parking lot."We're spending a lot of time cleaning and repairing our restrooms in the parks. It's constant," Crisp said. "That's man power that we're paying for and maybe a camera would prevent it."Councilor Chad Andrews agreed."Eventually that camera is going to save money if you catch whoever is doing it," he said.The council agreed to review the cost of installing surveillance in the parking lot and city park, as well as bringing Sheriff Mike Milstead to a future meeting to discuss patrolling options.
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As the Dodgers make their push to secure a spot in the postseason, right-hander Ricky Nolasco couldn't be more excited.
As a kid growing up in Southern California, the Dodgers were Nolasco's favorite team.
"It's just nice being able to pitch for this team. This is home for me and that definitely helps," Nolasco said. "This is the team I always wanted to pitch for, so that helps as well. But this team is just unbelievable."
Since being acquired from the Marlins in July, Nolasco has cemented his spot in the Dodgers' rotation. He's gone 8-1 with a 2.07 ERA in 12 starts.
He'll look to keep up that pace Saturday against the Giants at Chavez Ravine. The Dodgers' magic number to clinch the National League West is four.
The Dodgers will face a tough test in Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum, who has always excelled against them. In 21 appearances against the Dodgers, Lincecum is 8-6 with a 2.86 ERA.
He owns the second-lowest ERA against the Dodgers among active pitchers, trailing only Boston's Jake Peavy with a 2.27 ERA. In two starts against the Dodgers this season. Lincecum is 1-1 with a 3.48 ERA.
In his previous outing against the Rockies, Lincecum tossed eight innings, allowing two runs on seven hits for the no-decision. It snapped his streak of three straight wins.
After surrendering two runs and five hits in the first three innings of Monday's game, Lincecum settled down and retired 14 of the final 16 Rockies he faced.
Giants: Decision coming on Gaudin
With its season close to an end, San Francisco will decide Saturday whether to activate right-hander Chad Gaudin from the disabled list.
"We think the best thing to do is to wait until tomorrow and see how he feels then," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said Friday after Gaudin threw 25 to 30 pitches in a simulated game at Dodger Stadium.
Gaudin is trying to overcome carpal tunnel syndrome. He hasn't pitched since Aug. 16 in Miami.
Dodgers: Ramirez sits out
Shortstop Hanley Ramirez has an irritated nerve in his back, the Dodgers announced Friday. The club said the shortstop received a cortisone injection and is expected to be available to play next week.
Ramirez left Thursday's game after six innings with what the Dodgers said was a tight left hamstring. The team had no explanation Friday for the change in diagnosis.
Ramirez, who spent 15 days on the disabled list in 2011 with a lower left back strain, had an MRI exam Friday afternoon. The Dodgers said it showed no difference in comparison to an MRI of the same area in 2011.
"We're going to be able to rest him," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "We don't have to push him out there at this point. We'll be careful with him as far as making sure that when he gets back out there, we're on the other side of it."
Worth noting
• The Dodgers are 6-6 in September, after going 19-5 in July and 23-6 in August.
• San Francisco is 17-20 on the road against the NL West and 21-10 at home.
Quinn Roberts is a reporter for MLB.com This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Skipper rescued by helicopter after rogue wave sends him overboard By Sail-World Cruising round-up, 8:05 AM Wed 17 Aug 2011 The experienced sailor had a life jacket on (full marks), but no tether, when a rogue wave sent him overboard this week, leaving an untrained sailor as the only person onboard. This is a lesson in minimal training for casual sailors, and the value of being tethered even when the weather is fair ...[more] Canadian sailor rescued from south Indian Ocean by out-of-date EPIRB By Nancy Knudsen, , 6:57 AM Wed 3 Aug 2011 A Canadian sailor has been rescued after setting off an out-of-date EPIRB when his yacht ran into trouble in the southern Indian Ocean because his engine had broken free of its mountings and threatened to hole the 9.5 metre vessel. ...[more] Coastguard frustration after unlogged cruising boat incident By Nancy Knudsen, 11:57 AM Wed 13 Jul 2011 Volunteer Marine Rescue is once again pleading with skippers of all yachts, large and small, to log their trips, after a yacht - it was a powerboat - exploded and sank off the Tweed coast yesterday. ...[more] Night drama as two Dutch sailors rescued by British Royal Navy By Sail-World Cruising, 12:20 PM Sat 9 Jul 2011 At night this week Two Dutch sailors were rescued this week in rough conditions and at great risk to the rescuer when their yacht was damaged in gale force winds. They were approximately 75 miles west of the Isles of Scilly, off Land's End, the south western tip of England, when the life threatening drama occurred. ...[more] San Diego to Australia, but yacht lost on reef when almost there By Des Ryan, 3:14 PM Sun 3 Jul 2011 At the end of a long but successful voyage across the Pacific two long range cruising sailors had to be airlifted to safety by RACQ Capricorn Helicopter Rescue (Rescue 300) after their yacht ran aground Llewellyn Reef early Sunday morning of this week, just short of the Australian coastline. ...[more] Sailor on sole watch missing off Sydney's northern beaches By Des Ryan, 6:44 AM Mon 27 Jun 2011 The search by rescue authorities for a yachtie missing off Sydney's northern beaches since yesterday (Sunday) has now been suspended. The sailor, who was not wearing a life jacket, was on sole watch while the woman aboard was asleep. When she woke up she found the man missing and raised the alarm. ...[more] Bravery award for rescue of four sailors By Emma Philo, Isle of Wight Radio/Sail-World, , 9:43 AM Wed 22 Jun 2011 The crew of a coastguard helicopter who saved four sailors on a sinking yacht near the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England are to receive a bravery award from His Royal Highness Prince Philip. The story of their difficulties in effecting the rescue makes gripping reading ...[more] EPIRB but not registered -four rescued crew 'lucky to be alive' By Sail-World Cruising round-up, 8:35 PM Sat 18 Jun 2011 They set off their EPIRB but they hadn't registered it, and the resultant delay almost cost the four sailors their lives. In the incident that occurred off the coast of South Africa in the Southern Ocean this week, the four clung to their capsized catamaran then huddled in their life raft for more than nine hours waiting for rescue in five metre seas and winds up to 55 knots. ...[more] Rogue wave swamps yacht, two in lucky rescue By Lee Mylchreest, , 12:35 PM Fri 13 May 2011 The danger of an unexpected rogue wave is ever present, no matter where you are sailing, and this story shows how important back-up systems are for the cruising sailor. The US Coast Guard has rescued two sailors this week, 120 miles offshore, when a rogue wave hit their boat during conditions in which waves were described as high but not particularly rough. ...[more] Trimaran unsalvageable after hitting rocks - VMR deny help By Melissa Woods, Daily Mercury/Sail-World, 6:46 AM Sat 30 Apr 2011 Once again the scope of Australian rescue authorities to assist yachts in trouble after their crew have abandoned them was called into question by a leisure sailor who lost his trimaran to rocks and waves last week. Dr Chris Murcutt lost his $20,000 trimaran after it sank off the Mackay Harbour last week after it sprang a leak and couldn't be returned to the Mackay marina ...[more] American and Singaporean sailors rescued in South China Sea By Sail-World Cruising round-up, , 8:18 AM Mon 25 Apr 2011 A Singaporean and an American on a voyage in the South China Sea have been rescued by the Philippine Navy after their yacht was disabled by high seas and then grounded. The navy said the yacht, Fly Ruben Fly, was sailing from Kudat in Borneo to the western Philippine island of Palawan. When found, the yacht had run aground and was half submerged, the navy statement said. ...[more] Perfect Day to get your EPIRB By Media Services, 8:00 AM Fri 16 Jul 2004 The yacht Perfect Day may have been aptly named for competing in the Annapolis to Bermuda Race in June but, for the three crew, the days were less than perfect when they headed for home - the master of the yacht did not own an EPIRB - so hired one for the trip. ...[more] Stamm rescued from upturned Hull By Offshore Challenges, 4:21 AM Tue 8 Jun 2004 Today the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (MRCC) in Halifax, Nova Scotia has been overseeing the rescue of Swiss skipper Bernard Stamm from the upturned hull of his Open 60 Cheminées Poujoulat-Armor Lux. ...[more] EPIRB's save lives – get one now By Media Services, 7:49 AM Sat 22 May 2004 Just last month, many people were rescued in yachting incidents, all of them saved by their use of an EPIRB, including a man who was rescued off the Northern Territory coast - he activated his PLB at 6.50pm, as his yacht started sinking and was rescued by a diverted nearby vessel. ...[more] Sailors winched from yacht wrecked north of Cairns By AAP and Sail-World, 6:56 AM Mon 19 Apr 2004 A couple were hoisted to safety after their yacht struck a reef in north-eastern Australia and began taking on water, ending their round the world trip, emergency services said last night. ...[more] Personal Locator Beacons use rising By Peter Davidson, 2:27 PM Thu 1 Jan 2004 As the fleet sets off for the 23rd annual Strathfield Pittwater to Coffs Harbour race, its good to see an increasing number of the many crew are carrying personal locator beacons (PLB's). ...[more]
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Lovely Lisbon has two UNESCO World Heritage listed sights; the landmark Belém Tower is the symbol of Portugal?s 16th-century maritime power and perches on the Tagus River. It was completed in ... Read more
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Ribeira, meaning river, is the area alongside the Tagus (Tejo) River in Lisbon . Being an important port city for centuries, the riverside is where so much of Lisbon life developed and still ... Read more
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Located in one of the best and most unusual pieces of public transportation anywhere in the world, the Lift Club is a small, hidden nightclub with seriously good views over Lisbon?s center. In the ... Read more
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Vargas, Royals eyeing series victory over Yanks
Veteran lefty to face rookie Nuno in finale of four-game wraparound
Royals manager Ned Yost doesn't pay too much attention to the American League Central standings, but he knows his team is not far below .500.
"We're in good shape. We've got to get back to the .500 mark," Yost said. "If we could be five or six games over by the All-Star break, I think we're going to be in really good shape."
The Royals, who earned back-to-back wins over the Yankees following Sunday's 2-1 win, are aiming to win the four-game series on Monday night.
"We haven't by any means played our best baseball. That's still coming," Yost said. "And when we do, we're going to get on a nice run. I've been saying for the last couple of weeks."
Hoping to help kickstart those plans will be Monday's starter Jason Vargas (5-2, 3.28 ERA), who contributed eight solid innings against the Cardinals last Wednesday. The lefty allowed just two runs and two walks and has been a model of consistency for the Royals, giving up more than two earned runs in only three of his 13 starts this season.
After Monday night's finale, the Royals resume play against the AL Central for the next nine games against Cleveland, Chicago and Detroit.
The Yankees will head west to Seattle and Oakland, but they hope Monday's starter Vidal Nuno can send them off on a high note. Fortunately for him, he'll be pitching away from Yankee Stadium.
In seven career starts at home, Nuno is 0-3 with a 6.21 ERA. Away from Yankee Stadium, Vidal owns a 2.08 ERA in five career starts.
For Nuno, the reason is simple.
"It's just the ballpark probably, it's smaller at home" Nuno said.
There's evidence that backs Nuno's explanation. Only one of his five road starts came at a stadium that was not regarded as a pitcher-friendly ballpark.
Nuno received a no-decision in his last outing against the A's on Wednesday. He lasted just 4 2/3 innings, allowing six hits, two runs and striking out five.
"I felt in a groove the first few innings, it's just the last two innings leadoff hitters got on and that got me into trouble," Nuno said.
Nuno, a rookie lefty, has never faced the Royals.
Yankees: Teixeira to return in finale
Mark Teixeira will be penciled into the lineup on Monday, one day after manager Joe Girardi rested his first baseman. Teixeira entered as a pinch-hitter, grounding out to first in the ninth.
"It's just being proactive with it, he's played four or five days in a row here so we just thought we'd give him the day and then we'll have him back in there tomorrow," Girardi said.
Girardi said that the day off was not injury related.
"Just a day off, that's all it is. We're in the stretch of 17 in a row, so he's going to need a day somewhere."<
Teixeira entered Sunday with a .366 on-base percentage and a .466 slugging percentage in 42 games (175 plate appearances).
Royals: Infante slumping since return
Royals second baseman Omar Infante came off the disabled list on Memorial Day, but in the 13 games since, he's hit just .148 (8-for-54) with four RBIs, including a 1-for-3 day on Sunday that made him 1-for-21 on the homestand.
"He's struggling, but he's a guy that can get it turned around real quick and put some offense on the board," Yost said.
The problem doesn't seem to be the back inflammation that put Infante on the DL.
"I check with the trainers every day to see how he's doing. He feels good, he's just in one of those little slumps," Yost said.
Worth noting
• Yankees outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury extended his hitting streak to 13 games on Sunday with a third-inning double.
• Royals lefty reliever Francisley Bueno has two scoreless appearances since being activated from the disabled list a week ago. "He throws strikes and he's not scared," Yost said.
• The Royals evened their record at home to 16-16 with Sunday's 2-1 win. They started the season 8-3 at Kauffman Stadium.
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Ty Lee was a formidable opponent at hand-to-hand combat, often utilizing chi blocking, a unique form of martial arts that attacks the pressure points located in the human body. By striking these, she was able to disrupt that individual's chi flow and temporarily paralyze them, removing their ability to use bending. Mai and Ty Lee were recruited by Princess Azula to hunt down and capture Prince Zuko and Iroh, and later Avatar Aang and his friends.[4]
Mai later betrayed Azula to save Zuko's life, and when the infuriated princess retaliated, Ty Lee defended Mai by paralyzing Azula, which led to her imprisonment.[5] While in prison, she met the Kyoshi Warriors for a second time and befriended them, and in return for teaching them how to chi block, they allowed her to join their group. Upon their release when the Hundred Year War ended, Ty Lee adopted their makeup and clothes, effectively becoming part of a matched set once again.[6]
Early life
Born into a Fire Nation noble family in 85 AG, Ty Lee was one of seven identical sisters, the others being Ty Lin, Ty Lat, Ty Lao, Ty Liu, Ty Lum, and Ty Woo.[7] As a result, she constantly had to compete for attention, often feeling neglected by her surroundings. Nevertheless, she attended the prestigious Royal Fire Academy for Girls where she met Azula and Mai, with whom she developed a close friendship.[1][4] Due to her friendship with the Fire Nation princess, Ty Lee was allowed to play with Mai and Azula at the Fire Nation Royal Palace. During one of those outings, Ty Lee demonstrated her superior skills in acrobatics by performing a series of cartwheels and somersaults, techniques which Azula was unable to mimic. As a result, Ty Lee was pushed to the ground by a jealous Azula, who subsequently laughed at her. Despite her indignant reaction to the princess's behavior, Ty Lee happily went along with Azula's plan to humiliate Mai and Zuko, on whom Mai had a crush. After Azula orchestrated a situation in which Mai and Zuko fell into a fountain, Ty Lee teased the pair about being "cute" together.[8]
Spring 100 AG
A new task
After Ty Lee ran away to join the circus, Azula tracked her down and attempted to recruit her to assist with the capture of the now-fugitive Zuko and Iroh. However, Ty Lee was at peace and happy with her lifestyle, claiming that her "aura [had] never been pinker!" Azula, in an ostensibly friendly gesture, informed Ty Lee that she would attend that night's performance before leaving, while Ty Lee seemed rather uneasy and nervous about this. During the performance, Azula ordered the ringmaster to set the net beneath the tightrope, on which Ty Lee was performing, ablaze and to release an assortment of dangerous animals, heightening the danger that Ty Lee would be in if she were to fall.
Afterward, when Azula told her she was looking forward to the next day's show, Ty Lee informed Azula that she would not be performing, due to the fact that "the universe [was] giving [her] strong hints that it [was] time for a career change." When Mai later asked her about the circus being her calling, Ty Lee noted that "Azula called a little louder." She accompanied Mai and Azula when they made a hostage trade, exchanging King Bumi for Tom-Tom, Mai's younger brother. After Mai called off the trade at Azula's suggestion, she handled herself well in the ensuing battle, using her chi blocking to disable Katara's waterbending. She and Mai were eventually defeated when Appa knocked them off the platform on which they had been battling. When they were leaving the city, Ty Lee gently teased Mai once again about her affections for Zuko, noting that it would be "interesting" for Mai to see him again.[4]
Pursuing Team Avatar
Ty Lee, Mai, and Azula pursued Aang and his companions shortly after their confrontation at Omashu. When Sokka and Katara split from the Avatar, Ty Lee and Mai were charged with tracking down the siblings. The two overwhelmed them easily, but they were promptly sent flying into a river by an air blast from Appa. Once out of the water, Ty Lee commented, "Was it just me, or was that guy kind of cute?" in reference to Sokka.[9]
Ty Lee, Mai, and Azula oversaw the attempt to breach the walls of the Earth Kingdom capital, Ba Sing Se. When the Terra Team was sent out to slow the drill, Azula ordered Mai and Ty Lee to deal with them. With the help of her companion, Ty Lee made quick work of the team, blocking their chi and rendering them disabled. Later, when Aang, Katara, and Sokka were found sabotaging the drill, Ty Lee once again acknowledged Sokka particularly, this time sending him a flirtatious look, to which Sokka responded with some light flirting of his own. When Azula sent Mai and Ty Lee after the fleeing siblings, Ty Lee followed them into the slurry waste pipeline. However, Katara and Toph bent the water and rock mixture, using it to plug up the waste tunnel while Ty Lee was trapped in it, thus thwarting her attempt to catch them. During this, Katara was presumably embittered toward Ty Lee because of her ability to impair bending and aggressively insulted Ty Lee, calling her a "circus freak". After the drill was destroyed, Ty Lee was launched out of the pipeline by the build-up of pressure and slammed into a rock platform, but was more or less unharmed.[10]
Fall of Ba Sing Se
After the defeat of the drill, Ty Lee played a minor role and only reappeared when helping Azula attack Suki and the other Kyoshi Warriors. During the battle, she showed concern over her physical appearance when she remarked that she and her friends were more attractive than the warriors they were fighting.[11]
After Team Avatar departed from Ba Sing Se, Earth King Kuei gave an audience to three impostor Kyoshi Warriors, who were later revealed to be Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee in disguise. The girls used their false identities to aid their infiltration into the Earth Kingdom city, fooling both the Earth King and Team Avatar. Eventually, however, Katara rushed in with important news. She stated that Zuko and Iroh had entered the city, to which Azula responded that she would be sure to let the Earth King know. Katara quickly saw her gold eyes, recognizing them as Azula's, and prepared to attack the group. However, Ty Lee suddenly attacked Katara with a chi block, therefore allowing the trio to easily capture her.[12]
After a successful coup against the government of the Earth Kingdom orchestrated by Azula, Ty Lee remarked playfully how cute Sokka was. While fighting Sokka, she claimed it was as if they were dancing. Ty Lee was last seen trying to teach the Earth King's bear, Bosco, how to do a handstand. While in the process of doing this, Toph earthbent her hands and feet to the floor, rendering her immobile.[13]
Summer 100 AG
Ember Island
Ty Lee and her friends vacationed for a short time at Lo and Li's beach house on Ember Island. At the beach, Ty Lee soon found herself being approached by a boy who helped her unpack and stood over her to provide her with shade. Not long after, another boy came with a seashell to present to Ty Lee as a gift. In no time at all, Ty Lee was surrounded by many admirers. During a kuai ball match, she attracted the attention of two boys, Chan and Ruon-Jian, who invited Ty Lee and Mai, and more reluctantly, Azula and Zuko, to a party that night.
During the party, Ty Lee was surrounded by the boys from the beach and many others and was forced to paralyze them with chi blocking to escape the crowd. Seeing this, Azula called Ty Lee a "tease" and said that none of the boys really cared about her. Ty Lee immediately started crying, clearly upset, and Azula hurriedly apologized and confided that she said those things because she was actually a little jealous of Ty Lee's popularity. Azula asked Ty Lee how to make boys like her and Ty Lee admitted that boys might be intimidated by Azula. Ty Lee advised her friend to act as if she was interested in whatever the boy was saying and to laugh frequently. Zuko was later kicked out of the party and Mai, Azula, and Ty Lee came down to the beach to find Zuko. After starting a campfire, Zuko mocked Ty Lee as a "circus freak". She subsequently revealed tearfully that she had six sisters who looked identical to her and that she had gone to the circus to have individuality. Because of her experiences, "circus freak" was a term she regarded as a compliment. Mai replied that the reason Ty Lee craved so much attention was because she received so little as a child.
The group subsequently began to open up to one another. With all their secrets revealed, the heaviness between the four seemed to vanish. Ty Lee commented that she would remember that night forever and that Lo and Li were correct about the beach's ability to reveal people's true selves. To celebrate their revelations, Azula decided on a fitting end to their night – the four later headed back to Chan's party, trashing the house and leaving it a ransacked mess. Together, the four of them forged their own memory of the place, uniting as friends for the first time in years.[1]
Captured at the Boiling Rock
Ty Lee made another appearance when she assisted Azula at the Boiling Rock maximum-security prison. She and Azula confronted Sokka, Suki, Zuko, Hakoda, and Chit Sang, a firebending prisoner. Suki, well aware of Ty Lee's chi blocking techniques by this point, took great care to evade her attacks. When the guards were about to cut the line on the gondola in which Suki, Hakoda, Sokka, and Zuko were escaping, Ty Lee and Azula, who were dueling the escapees, jumped onto a passing gondola. Immediately after this, Ty Lee wore an unsure and anxious look on her face – either for Sokka, hinting that she may still have had some feelings for him, or for Zuko, her old childhood friend.
Back at the Boiling Rock, she saw Mai double-cross the Fire Nation guards. After some tension and an argument between Azula and Mai, the two prepared to attack each other. Azula was getting ready to attack Mai when Ty Lee turned against her as well, attacking her by blocking her chi and paralyzing her to protect Mai. Ty Lee quickly urged her dumbfounded friend to leave the scene, but they were arrested before they were able to flee. Azula ordered the guards to lock the two away and "leave them there to rot", not wanting to be in their presence ever again as a punishment for their unfaithfulness.[5] These events severely weakened Azula's mental state and played a part in her eventual defeat and nervous breakdown at the hands of Zuko and Katara.[6]
Release from prison
While in prison, Ty Lee met and befriended her old enemies, the Kyoshi Warriors. She gave them some lessons in chi blocking, which led to their bonding.[6] After they were let out of prison, Ty Lee felt that the world was broken due to the war and wanted to help rebuild it, so she decided to join the Kyoshi Warriors.[7] Together with her new comrades, she appeared on Fire Lord Zuko's coronation day in a Kyoshi Warrior uniform, elated to be a part of the warrior order. Sokka became hysterical, initially believing that Ty Lee was impersonating a Kyoshi Warrior again, but they explained their bonding while in prison, which proved to be enough to calm him.[6]
After the Hundred Year War
A year after the end of the Hundred Year War, Mai asked Ty Lee and the rest of the Kyoshi Warriors to protect the Fire Nation Royal Palace after an attempt by Kori to murder Fire Lord Zuko. The first night they were standing guard, Zuko woke up in the middle of the night and went outside. Suki and Ty Lee assured him that it had been quiet all night. Zuko apologized, saying that he did trust the Kyoshi Warriors as the best guardsmen in the world, to which Ty Lee cheerfully answered "guardswomen, you mean!"[14]
After the resolution of the conflict in Yu Dao, Ty Lee and Suki were tasked to keep an eye on Azula and Ozai when they were placed into adjoining cells in order to facilitate conversation about Ursa's whereabouts. When Zuko entered Azula's cell and was subsequently attacked by his sister, Ty Lee did not hesitate to chi block her former friend, incapacitating her from further action. Azula recognized her and started asking nonsensically how "she", referring to Ursa, managed to turn the fear Ty Lee and Mai had for her, though Ty Lee brushed it aside, saying that she was not making any sense. After they all left the cell as requested, Ty Lee admitted that Azula was wrong, as she had never stopped fearing Azula.
Ty Lee later greeted Team Avatar when they arrived at the Fire Nation Royal Palace, and saw them off the next day as they took Zuko and Azula to Hira'a to track down Ursa. She stayed behind with Suki to act as guards to Iroh, who agreed to assume temporary control of the Fire Nation.[15]
Ty Lee was bubbly and outgoing, yet slightly airheaded. She was a direct contrast to Azula's cruelty and Mai's constant torpor. She took delight in her acrobatic abilities, never missing an opportunity to show them off, and often craved attention and recognition, a result of her upbringing as part of an identical set of seven sisters. These attention issues also caused her to be a bit of a flirt, which is why, according to Mai, she needed the affection of multiple boyfriends.[1]
Ty Lee showed a strong sense of loyalty to her friends, Mai and Azula. Despite her obvious differences from Mai, she had a deep respect for her, and they often made an effective fighting duo, teaming up numerous times against their enemies. Ever since childhood, Ty Lee also considered Azula as a friend, but as she got older, that loyalty seemed to have been out of fear of the princess. When she first refused Azula's request to join her search for the traitorous Zuko, Azula persuaded her by endangering her life during a circus performance. For some time, Ty Lee never disobeyed Azula's orders. However, her breaking point came at the Boiling Rock, during Azula's attempted murder of her own brother and Ty Lee's childhood friend, Zuko. When the rope holding Zuko's gondola was about to be cut, which would send Zuko along with several prisoners and friends plummeting to their deaths, Ty Lee showed concern while Azula smirked next to her. After Mai helped Zuko and his friends escape the prison, Azula threatened her life. Fearing for Mai's safety in the face of Azula's terrible rage, Ty Lee attacked Azula, finally conquering her own fears and taking a stand against her "friend" after months of obedience.[5]
Ty Lee was known not to hold grudges against her enemies despite their encounters on the battlefield. She bonded with the Kyoshi Warriors, for whose confinement she was partially responsible,[11] establishing a fairly strong friendship with the group while they were imprisoned together.[6] She also showed affection for Sokka, despite the enmity between her allies and Team Avatar.
Ty Lee displayed great affection toward animals. In Ba Sing Se, she taught Bosco acrobatic moves before Toph earthbent her to the ground.[13]
Ty Lee sometimes came off as superficial, as seen when she affirmed her beauty to a Kyoshi Warrior[11] and when she warned her friends about the risk of getting acne from the negative energy surrounding their serious conversation.[1]
Ty Lee was extraordinarily agile. Even as a child, she was able to execute mid-air somersaults and cartwheels that surpassed even Azula's. Her agility continued to improve with age and she was commonly seen walking around in a headstance on just her fingers. She later developed remarkable acrobatic abilities, which allowed her to join the Fire Nation circus and perform high-wire acts with balance and grace. People traveled for miles to see her perform.[16] Because of this, she was fast and agile in battle, able to outmaneuver almost any opponent she came across and jump exceptionally high and far, even from a stationary position. Her abilities allowed her to dodge the attacks of dozens of powerful earthbenders, who were unable to land a hit on her.[10] She was also limber; able to twist, bend, and contort herself into positions nearly impossible for an ordinary person to achieve. These abilities also granted her impressive parkour and free-running skills, allowing her to scale almost any surface or terrain quickly and squeeze through most barriers and small spaces with noticeable ease.
Chi blocking
Another of Ty Lee's defining abilities was her mastery of pressure-point-striking martial arts, or chi blocking. With her extensive knowledge of the human body, she could strike sequences of pressure points, immobilizing her enemies to various degrees. She had the ability to paralyze a single body part or an opponent's entire body. This technique allowed her to block certain chi paths in benders to compromise their abilities. This made her especially dangerous to benders who relied solely on their bending and possessed no secondary fighting skills. She was so powerful that she was able to defeat dozens of powerful earthbenders within seconds.[10] However, if her target had faced her before or was expecting her attacks, the effectiveness of her chi blocking decreased as her opponent took measures to prevent her from using the technique; Suki was able to avoid her attacks at the Boiling Rock,[5] and Katara[9] and Sokka[13] were also able to effectively counter her when facing her again.
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- Ty Lee is the first known character to have more than one identical sibling, as she has six identical sisters.
- In the Taiwanese dub, Ty Lee's name is written as 泰麗, meaning "calm and beautiful".
- As shown in "The Chase" and stated by "Avatar Extras", when Ty Lee uses her chi blocking on a nonbender, it causes their body parts to go limp and makes them unable to move.
- Ty Lee appeared to have a crush on Sokka, as she mentioned that Sokka was cute.[9] When she, Mai and Azula found Aang, Sokka and Katara, she said, "Azula, you were right — it is the Avatar ... and friends", directing the last part of the comment toward Sokka as her look grew more flirtatious.[10] Later, when confronting Sokka in the Earth King's throne room, she cheerfully described their fight as dancing.[13]
- Though arrested at the Boiling Rock, Ty Lee was not held there, as she bonded with the Kyoshi Warriors in prison and only Suki was held at the Boiling Rock.
- Ty Lee was the second known outsider to join the Kyoshi Warriors, Sokka being the first. She was also the first known Fire Nation native to join them.
- Ty Lee was one of the few natives of the Fire Nation that did not have black hair or golden eyes.
- According to "Avatar Extras", Ty Lee was described as the Avatar version of a Valley Girl.
- In the non-canonical "School Time Shipping" episode, Ty Lee was shown to have some attraction to Haru.
- Ty Lee went to the circus because she did not feel different among her six identical sisters. Ironically, by the end of the series, she joined the Kyoshi Warriors, who all dress and look alike, differentiating only by each girl having their own personal hair accessory.
- Ty Lee's chi blocking fighting style is strikingly similar to Gentle Fist, the fighting style of the Hyūga clan from the popular manga/anime series Naruto; both use martial arts to block a person's chi, although the Hyūga clan's style involves blocking the chakra flow in the person.
- Ty Lee claimed to be able to see people's auras. For example, she said her own aura was pink, whereas Mai's was dingy, pasty, and gray.[1]
- Ty Lee was the only person in the series that Azula ever apologized to.[1]
- Ty Lee's pink, acrobatic outfit symbolized her bubbly demeanor and optimistic outlook on life.[17]
- Ty Lee was the first person shown in the series to use chi blocking.


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http://www.pct.edu/schools/tnrt/collision/ Pennsylvania College of Technology students can earn credit studying new techniques in collision repair at the Pittsburgh Paint and Glass Color Laboratory and Training Centre in Milan, Italy. As this time-lapse from the 2012 trip reveals, the amazing experience includes visits to the Lamborghini Motor Company, Ferrari Motor Company, Maserati Motor Company, and private repair and body shops in Italy. Student blogger Whitnie-rae Mays, a technology management major, produced the time-lapse. Check out Whitnie-rae's blog at http://studentblog.pct.edu


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KLM Privacy Policy
On this page:
- Introduction
- Discover the convenience of KLM online, in social media and on your mobile device
- What personal data does KLM process?
- What if you do not wish to receive any information?
- E-mail services
- False KLM e-mails
- The KLM website's registration of clicking behavior
- The KLM website's use of cookies/applets
- What security measures does KLM take?
- Fraud prevention
- Links to other sites
- Special security measures to control aggression
- Travel to and from the Netherlands Antilles, Aruba and Suriname
- The transfer of data to countries beyond the EU borders
- Contact
- Changes
The Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) knows, just as Air France (45 rue de Paris, 95744 Roissy CDG Cedex France), that the personal privacy of its passengers and frequent flyer members (grouped together in this document as "customers"), prospective customers and the visitors to its website is very important. The personal data of KLM's customers, prospective customers and website visitors are processed and protected with the greatest possible care. Not only based on local legislation, but also in accordance with the requirements stated in the Dutch Personal Data Protection Act (Wet Bescherming Persoonsgegevens).
KLM's office at Amsterdamseweg 55, postal code 1182 GP in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, is the responsible party for processing the company's data. In accordance with the WBP, KLM has reported how it personal data to the Dutch Data Protection Authority (College Bescherming Persoonsgegevens - CBP http://www.dutchdpa.nl) located in The Hague, The Netherlands. These reports are available to the public and can be accessed over the Internet at https://www.collegebeschermingpersoonsgegevens.nl/asp/ORSearch.asp. (Search by entering 'Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij' under 'naam' or by entering '%KLM%'.)
Discover the convenience of KLM online, in social media and on your mobile device
KLM is continuously expanding and improving its electronic services to offer its current customers, potential customers and visitors to the KLM website even greater convenience. The KLM website, for instance, offers 24-hour access to online bookings and Flying Blue services. Everything from planning to e-tickets and online check-in is easier with e-services. You can also request information on booking a hotel room and/or rental car and travel insurance from our partners, from rental car companies and hotels to credit card companies and our SkyTeam partners.
All of this is now available online, through social media and in the KLM apps for mobile devices. It is important that you first read through the Privacy Policy for the KLM apps before downloading and using them. If you use a KLM app, you can adjust the sharing level of your details with KLM in the app itself.
This Privacy Policy applies to all processing of your information by or on behalf of KLM.
What personal data does KLM process?
Within the framework of providing you with its services, selling you its products and services, or allowing you to contact KLM for any other reason, KLM records such data as your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, personal travel preferences and interests. KLM uses your data for executing contracts, for providing services, and for informing customers, prospective customers and visitors to the KLM website about the activities, products and services of KLM and its partners. KLM exchanges for these purposes personal data with Air France and partners. One way KLM uses your personal data for your convenience is to consider your travel preferences and interests and to develop new services and products. Sometimes, KLM issues surveys or holds contests and/or competitions in which customers, prospective customers and/or visitors to the website are approached to participate. In those instances in which KLM has outsourced the processing of personal data, measures taken include but are not limited to the necessary legal measures, such as external processor contracts and stringent security measures.
What if you do not wish to receive any information?
If you would rather not receive any information about the activities, products and services of KLM and KLM partners, you can indicate this by sending a letter to this effect and enclosing a copy of your proof of identity to the KLM Privacy Office at the address given at the bottom of this page. (Please refer to the next section in regard to applying for and discontinuing KLM e-mail services.)
E-mail services
Providing electronic services is important to KLM, particularly because these e-services offer customers, prospective customers and website visitors quick and convenient access to information. When you subscribe to receiving such communications as KLM's electronic newsletter, you are giving KLM and its partners permission to use your e-mail address for sending you the newsletter, information from her partners, and other mail such as surveys and news about special offers.
If you no longer wish to receive information via e-mail, you can click on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of each e-newsletter, or at KLM.com
If you do not want to receive Flying Blue and partner offers, you can update your communication preferences. Please log in to manage your subscription at https://www.klm.com/travel/nl_en/apps/myaccount/myahome.htm
False KLM e-mails
If you received an e-mail about a flight that you did not book, this may be an attempt to retrieve your personal information (also known as phishing) or infect your computer.
Such messages you can recognise by:
- the lack of a personal salutation
- urgent request to answer
- poor grammar and spelling mistakes
- a link to an unknown web address
- reference to a ticket number that does not begin with '074' and does not consist of 13 digits
KLM and its partners will never send you an e-mail asking for personal information. A genuine KLM ticket via e-mail never has any attachment or link to personal information.
We recommend not responding to this e-mail, to not click on any links or open any attachments and to provide no personal information. Please forward the e-mail to us via: email@example.com.
Please note that we will not reply to messages sent to this address.
The KLM website's registration of clicking behavior
At the KLM website, general visiting data such as the most commonly requested pages is recorded without this data being linked to the identity of the visitor. The purpose of this information gathering is to make the KLM website as convenient as possible in regard to the needs of its visitors. This data can also be used to place information which is better geared to the needs of visitors on the website. In this way, KLM can continue to improve its lending of services.
The KLM website's use of cookies/applets
In offering its services, KLM makes use of cookies/applets. These are compact pieces of information stored on the hard drive of your computer. KLM uses both temporary cookies and special cookies/applets.
Temporary cookies contain no personal data and are intended only to make it easier for you to use the KLM site. Once special cookies/applets have been stored in your computer, our website can identify you each time you return to the KLM site. With this information, the site can be designed especially to meet your needs – and to make our site nicer to use. Even if you have switched off the use of cookies/applets in your browser, you can still visit most of the elements in the KLM website. For more information, please read our cookie policy. In case you would like to remove the cookies from your PC, please
What security measures does KLM take?
KLM is doing everything possible to safeguard your personal data from wrongful use. Only authorized personnel have access to your data. Should it be necessary for KLM partners to assume part or any of certain KLM services, KLM has reached an agreement with them that they will handle your personal data with an equal level of strict confidentiality.
Fraud prevention
To prevent fraud in the purchasing of tickets, KLM checks the accuracy of the information provided for all payment transactions. This may entail the use of an international fraud detection system. This will only be used to prevent and combat payment and identity fraud during the purchasing of aviation-related services.
Links to other sites
Certain pages on the KLM site have links to the websites of other companies. Because KLM cannot be responsible for how these companies handle personal data, you are advised to read the policy (or statements) of these non-KLM sites carefully in regard to how they process and protect personal data since the conditions offered by these sites may not be the same as those offered by KLM.
Special security measures to control aggression
To promote public order and safety aboard its flights and how this is handled, KLM keeps a record of the names of passengers who have interfered with the safety, public order and discipline, either on board its aircraft or on the ground, to such an extent that they will not be allowed passage aboard KLM aircraft for an unlimited period of time, for a limited period of time or only under certain conditions determined by KLM. These persons are personally informed (in writing where possible) about the fact that their name has been placed in these records and how long these special security measures will apply to them. Interested parties may request permission to examine this data or to make changes to its accuracy by submitted this request in writing to the KLM Privacy Office.
Travel to and from the Netherlands Antilles, Aruba and Suriname
The names of passengers who have disembarked at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and who have been found by the Royal Netherlands Military Constabulary to be carrying illegal drugs will be recorded by the State of the Netherlands. The names of these persons shall also be given to KLM. On the basis of this information, KLM will be entitled to refuse to enter into any transport contract with these persons for a period of three years.
Interested parties may request permission to examine this data or to make changes to its accuracy by submitting this request in writing to the Royal Netherlands Military Constabulary at P.O. Box 90615, 2509 LP The Hague, The Netherlands. If you reside on Aruba, the Netherlands Antilles, in Suriname or in Venezuela, you should accompany this written request with a copy of your passport.
The transfer of data to countries beyond the EU borders
More and more additional measures are being taken throughout the world, particularly in the United States and Canada, for the purpose of tightening border controls. These and other countries are asking KLM and all other airlines that fly to, from or through certain countries for more access to passenger data for the purpose of preventing and controlling possible terrorism.
The possible sanctions applied to an airline for not lending its cooperation in these matters can be severe: heavy fines are anticipated and, in the most serious case, the retraction of the airline's landing rights. In addition, an airline's refusal to cooperate in this matter will still not prevent the requested data from being provided; after all, the passengers will be asked for this information at the airport, the result being extra long lines and longer waiting times for passing through the customs and immigrations services.
KLM would like to emphasize that the authorities involved have given their assurance that your reservation data will be used only for security purposes and will be accessible only to personnel authorized to deal with security matters (customs, safety and immigration personnel).
For questions, remarks or complaints about the protection of your personal data by KLM, please click and complete the form. On receipt of this form we will contact you as soon as possible.
If you would like to view your personal data, have this corrected or would like to lodge an objection against the use of your personal data by KLM, then you may send your written response, accompanied by a copy of your proof of identity, to:
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Privacy Office - AMSPI
PO Box 7700
1117 ZL Luchthaven Schiphol
The Netherlands
KLM reserves the right to revise its privacy policy from time to time. For this reason, please check regularly for the most recent version of KLM's privacy policy.
This version was drawn up on 1 April 2014.


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On this page, you'll find small coding jobs for a beginner to work on. All these problems are relatively easy, some of them might even be one-liners. Of course, it is always a good idea to find your own thing to fix, the best motivation is scratching your own itch.
These tasks are intended for beginners with little or no experience programming with KDE. For those beginners, the biggest challenges are not actually the coding problems, but setting the development environment up, finding the correct place of code where the bug happens (in the jungle of all those source files) and interacting with the community, with the final step being sending the patch.
The knowledge prerequisite for those jobs are not that big. You should be familiar in C++, and knowing Qt a bit would help. Knowing kdelibs or KMail internals is not required, that can usually be picked up during coding.
For more general information, visit the following places:
The steps for your first coding contribution are roughly like this:
Should you need help, feel free to ask us in the #kontact IRC channel, or mail either Thomas McGuire (the KMail maintainer) or the kde-pim mailing list.
If you find some information missing, feel free to add it to this page after you learn it.
Below follows a list of junior jobs. It always includes a rough location where in the KMail sources to start.
Starting point: kmmimeparttree.cpp
Difficulty: Easy
Description: When starting KMail for the first time (i.e. empty kmailrc configuration file), the column sizes for the message structure viewer are not good. The name column is too small, although it should be the largest. KMail should provide good default column sizes for the default window size.
Starting point: messagelistview/core/themeeditor.cpp, messagelistview/core/view.cpp
Difficulty: Medium
Description: When using the classic theme, you can select additional columns by right-clicking the header. There are many icon-only columns here, like Action Item or Signature. For those icon columns, the column header text doesn't fit into the width, and this looks bad. Your job would be to add an option to the theme editor like Don't display column header text. This would simply show nothing as the column header, but still show the column names in the context menu. Also, the default themes should be adjusted to use this.
Starting point: kmreaderwin.cpp, kmreadermainwin.cpp
Difficulty: Medium
Description: The font setting has no effect when using a fixed font, and when using the separate reader window. Your job is to fix the situation.
Starting point: kmail.kcfg
Difficulty: Easy (but possibly boring)
Description: KMail does many manual calls to readEntry() and writeEntry() for reading and saving configuration. These are error-prone and should be ported to the 'new' KConfigXT system, that is already used in some places (you'll notice the GlobalSettings class being used a lot).
Starting point: UI files in the ui/ subdirectory and the files where those UI files are used
Difficulty: Easy (but possibly boring)
Description: In many places in KMail, the layout is hardcoded in the application. That code usually involves setting up layout, creating widgets, setting labels and so on. A typical example can be found in the constructor MailingListFolderPropertiesDialog::MailingListFolderPropertiesDialog() in the file kdepim/kmail/mailinglistpropertiesdialog.cpp.
Using UI files for this boring code has several advantages, for example it is much easier to change the layout later, even for non-programmers, and the code is less cluttered, as the UI parts are now separate from it.
Your task would be to pick some hardcoded layout in KMail and convert that to a UI file.
As some widgets are going to be removed or replaced during the Akonadi port of KMail, please ask on IRC or by mail first if separating the layout of the particular widget you have chosen makes sense, or if it will replaced by something else soon, in which case the work wouldn't make much sense.


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UPDATED 7:30 PM EDT May 07, 2013Congress started debate on a bill that would give workers the option of getting comp time instead of overtime pay. Nikole Killion reports from Washington.
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Phoronix: A KDE4 Operating System In Less Than 200MB
SLAX 7 is now up to a release candidate state and it packs a KDE 4 desktop environment while the entire operating system is less than 200MB in size...
KDE is 25MB
KDE dependencies 60MB
KDE applications and such are 17MB
FireFox 20MB
Xorg 12MB
The rest is core Linux system tools, 50MB
Actually, I answered that one so many times that I'm losing track who got the answer and who didn't
ARM version was planed for a while, but I discovered that it's not such universal as like x86. There are many ARM devices out there and each one (as far as I understand it) needs different firmware to boot. I can't possibly support all ARM devices, so I would have to pick just few, and that makes no sense to me.
Else it is actually pretty simple to make Slax for ARM, all sources are available on FTP and Slackware (which is base for Slax) already has official ARM version as well. Unfortunately I don't have any fast ARM device here, just some RaspberryPI which has just 256MB, it's not possible to recompile KDE4 on that... it needs around 4GB of RAM for compilation (yet it runs just fine on 256MB of RAM when compiled).
Building on ARM devices is a PITA, sometimes. I'd recommend checking out the various cross-compiling toolchains. I've used scratchbox2 for some cell-phone related Linux development in the past and it worked pretty well.
A quick google search actually turned up what looks to be a very relevant result (a how-to/script for apt-based distros which will set up scratchbox2, qemu, and a rootfs for raspberry pi cross-compiling):


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I am planning to give a presentation/demonstration on regular expressions at work to encourage young developers to add this powerful and important tool in their toolbox.
Just teaching syntax doesn't cut it. I often see people say nice. After the presentation, they get on with their programming lives without ever thinking of using it mostly.
I am raking my grey matter to come up with some solid examples, not just problems that matches 'cat' and 'cut'. I missed to note down the occasions of my regex enlightenments to use here. :^(
Do you have some inspiring problems to share that could be solved with regex?
Update: Wow! I didn't expect so many wonderful answers. Thank you. For now, I will mark @tdammers' answer as accepted. Bring those regex memories keep coming :-)


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Help Them Help You
Bad Web design is usually easy to spot. Even the "untrained" eye gets cross when visiting a site that has confusing navigation, hard-to-read fonts, or music that is impossible to mute. Most visitors will simply leave the site rather than sinking any more time into it.
Not everyone can easily define what makes up good Web design. Shoot, many people can't even define what a browser is. For those who aren't Web designers, website fundamentals can seem foreign and confusing. Web design standards have also changed a lot over the years. Lynda Weinman's first book on Web-safe colors was groundbreaking when it was first published in 1995. But now, while knowing about Web-safe colors shows that a person has been around the block, it's not necessarily a Web design standard anymore.
Enter Web Design Fundamentals, by author James Williamson. This online training course from lynda.com is a straightforward introduction to why and how Web design works. If you're just starting out in Web design, or perhaps you're working with clients, bosses, or colleagues who have little or no understanding of Web design, this is an ideal place for anyone to start.
In every field of design, across the world, every single designer (Web, user experience, graphic, interior, fashion, etc.) has had a boss or client wrinkle his nose, hem and haw, or flat out reject a project because it "wasn't the right color." Please note that "wasn't the right color" can be interchanged for any seemingly random, and often arbitrary-feeling request by a boss or client who doesn't fully grasp the logic (and brilliance) behind your well-thought out design solution. If your stakeholders and colleagues have a basic understanding of how and why Web design works, they'll be better able to give you useful feedback and direction, ultimately making you a happier and more productive designer.
This excerpt from Web Design Fundamentals challenges designers to consider the content of their design, over the flashy gizmos and widgets that they, or their clients may think are necessary.
It's also important to remember that for the Web, you're not just creating visuals. You're building a user interface that should satisfy the needs of both the client and the user.
that in mind, let's take a moment to examine a typical workflow common to many Web designers. First, you should explore the goals and the audience of your site. I cannot overstate the importance of this step. Many times I've sat down with the client and although they know they want a website, they haven't really sat down and prioritized the site's goals. Before the first thumbnail sketch, you should make a list of all the things that the client wants to accomplish with the site, and then compare it with the needs of the target audience. Prioritize the functionality of the site and make sure that it's going to respond well to both the client's goals and the user's expectations. Completing this step will give you a solid design direction, and give you an idea of the functionality needed to meet those goals.
Next, make sure that you focus on the content of the site, and making that content central to the site's design. More so than in print design, on the Web, content is king. All the animation, video, and cool graphics in the world won't prevent a site from failing if the content isn't clear and accessible. In fact, I've often seen the design elements of the site restrict access to the content and make it harder for users to find what they're looking for.
Remember, good design is often clear, concise, and uncluttered. Now that's not to say that you shouldn't focus on the visuals of the site; just that in regards to the Web, those things should enhance and draw attention to the content, not distract from it.
James' teaching style is clear, and approachable and in just under three hours of training viewers get a complete overview of what to expect when expecting to become a Web designer. He keeps the concepts simple and uncluttered, and encourages people to mimic that approach in their designs. While this training course doesn't necessarily teach the step-by-steps of how to build an entire hand-coded site with drop down navigation and fancy rollovers, think of it as the Lonely Planet guide for Web design.
Mysterious Web terms and acronyms that are so frequently used (WYSIWYG, RSS, SQL, DTD, OMG!) are defined in this course. Checklists of the tools needed to accomplish all levels of site building are given. Approaches to website layout and design are mapped out. For some people, approaching Web design without any help or preparation can be as daunting as hoping on a plane to Antarctica with no luggage, map, or proper clothing. This training course should be assigned viewing for anyone who has ever thought they needed a website, but had no idea how or where to start, and perhaps, gently suggested viewing for stakeholders with a limited Web design background.
Since lynda.com has been in the business of creating software training videos and other materials for the last 13+ years, there are lots of nuts-and-bolts Web design courses to follow James Williamson's Web Design Fundamentals with. This particular course just might make all of the other lynda.com courses seem a bit more accessible, and might make your clients, bosses, etc., a touch more manageable.
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First of all, I'd like to thank Megan for posting this fabulous article. As someone who's new to the world of web design, I'm always on the look-out for informative articles concerning this type of stuff. Whenever I'm making a website, I often lose sight of what the client wants. I mean, the end result ends up being a nice website that we (myself and the client) can both agree on, but my brain obviously works and thinks differently than the person I'm building the site for. I suppose it's a matter of trial and error. The more clients you have, the more practice you attain and the better customer service you provide to your clients. I don't care what anyone says -- web designers need to have exceptional customer service.
Either way, this is a great article. I think all web designers -- whether up and coming or experienced -- should give this article a read. It's a big eye opener. Overtime, you'll improve your portfolio and therefore get more work. Some companies may stick with hiring web design contractors from directory like angie's list or contractors.com; but if you work hard enough, you can make a name for yourself and they'll call you. Heck, you may even find yourself on a professional directory. Only time will tell.
Thanks for the kind words everyone, it was a FUN title to do. Thanks for the write up Megan!
Ah yes, education really is so important in our field. It's easy to say from our ivory towers what is right and wrong on the web, but if we really want things to change, we have to teach others about standards, how the internet works, and what it could be like if things were done right.
We've done our own little bit by creating a usability tool at http://intuitionhq.com but there is so much more to be done, and so much more education needed before we get there.
As they say though, each waterfall starts with a single drop of water.
Thanks for the great article.
I'm interested in Web Design Fundamentals as a solid design beginning for my site-building education as well as James Williamson's other offerings. Enlightening information!
Long live www.lynda.com!
All of the courses taught by James Williamson are simply amazing. I couldn't have progressed as a web designer as quickly has i have without lynda.com.
Excellent read thank you! I have actually watched this course at lynda.com and it is a good one for all aspiring and newbies like me. His Dreamweaver and CSS course is excellent as well - love his teaching style and he has helped immensely


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