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The AIGA Design Conference is the biggest event of the year for creatives all across the country. Join us for provocative speakers, live competitions, exhibitions, professional development sessions, and face-to-face roundtables with design heroes.
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AIGA's design community will gather in New York City on April 15 to honor the AIGA Medalists and support national design initiatives. The 2016 AIGA Awards Gala is presented by LG.
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July 02, 2016.
Join AIGA Idaho for our second annual Idalove Poster Show! This juried exhibition will showcase posters designed by local artists that represent what each of them loves about the great Gem State. Everyone is welcome to come down, view or buy posters, grab a cold beer from Payette Brewing's new location, and enjoy food from a local food truck.
July 05, 2016.
July 05-12, 2016.
Yay! It's the first Tuesday of the month, and you know what that means… Drinks with Designers! See you there!
July 06, 2016.
July 07, 2016.
Get Out The Vote.Every four years since 2000, AIGA has engaged communication designers across the country in a nonpartisan voter mobilization campaign. Creatives are asked to wield the power of design to motivate eligible citizens to register and vote in the 2016 election, as well as local elections to come. This campaign is a part of Design for Democracy, an AIGA initiative to increase civic participation through design.
Opening Night.Join us on Thursday, July 7th at The Galleries at CSU for the exhibition's opening reception featuring posters from over 300 AIGA members, medalists and influencers that will fill the gallery from floor-to-ceiling. Take a walk through an informational exhibit on Design for Democracy's Top 10 Election Design Guidelines and learn about how good design helps facilitate accessible voting experiences.
Spread The Word.All member posters are available to print or share on social media to promote voting engagement initiatives. To see all posters available for download, visit aiga.org/vote. To access important election information such as polling places, voter guides, and more, visit vote411.org.
This event is free and open to the public, but RSVP is requested.
AIGA Philadelphia is honored to host GET OUT THE VOTE during the Democratic National Convention and throughout the month of July, in the very center of our city at the Gallery at City Hall, and at the Painted Bride in historic Old City!
This civic engagement initiative wields the power of design to motivate the American public to register and turn out to vote in the 2016 general election. This Special Exhibition will feature original, nonpartisan posters by designers from across the country coming together for the sake of the design of democracy.
The posters will also be available for download and display free to the public at www.AIGA.org/vote. This program is presented in partnership with the League of Women Voters' Vote 411 initiative. The two historic organizations are working together to encourage and inform American voters.
Join us in celebrating the opening of AIGA Philadelphia's Get Out the Vote Poster exhibition!
Tickets are free, but we ask that you RSVP for this event. Can't attend the reception? Don't worry! Both exhibits will be up for an extended time. Check out the full schedule below.
July 1– 29 Art Gallery at City Hall City of Philadelphia's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy City Hall, Room 116, Philadelphia, PA 19107 On view Monday–Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m www.creativephl.org
July 7–August 6 Painted Bride Art Center 230 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 On View Thursday–Saturday, 12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Open Monday–Wednesday during the DNC, July 25–28 www.paintedbride.org
A respected leader in the voter engagement field for over 95 years, the League of Women Voters is active in all 50 states and nearly 800 communities. League volunteers conduct nonpartisan voter registration, education, and mobilization year-round with the goal of engaging millions of voters in local, state, and federal elections, and ensuring that they have fair and equal access to the vote. Visit the League's award-winning election information website, VOTE411.org, to find out about upcoming elections in your community.
Creative Philadelphia — City of Philadelphia's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy
The mission of the Creative Philadelphia — City of Philadelphia's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy is to support and promote arts, culture and the creative industries; and to develop partnerships and coordinate efforts that weave arts, culture and creativity into the economic and social fabric of the City. For more information on the OACCE, visit: www.creativephl.org
Painted Bride Art Center
Painted Bride Art Center brings together artists, audiences and communities to push the boundaries of how we create and experience art. We cultivate an environment for critical dialog and playful exchange to transform lives and communities. Now celebrating 47 years as a pioneering presenter of performing and visual art, the Bride is more focused than ever on offering independent artists from Philadelphia and abroad the support needed to bring their creative works to fruition.
Thanks to our generous sponsors!
Errol Gerson will help you grow your creative business. Whether you are a freelancer, run your own creative business or you are looking to break out on your own, Errol will help you gain a deeper understanding into the business of design. Through a panel discussion of industry leaders, Errol will lead you through a Q&A and introduce you to strategies that will help you set up for business growth.
AIGA Reno/Tahoe invites you to explore the typography of downtown Reno on July 7th, at the sixth annual TypeWalk. This year we encourage you to focus your lens on Reno's amazing collection of historic neon signage. Explore our city's unique typography, while discovering and photographing the best 26 letters of the alphabet represented in paint, print, or the soft glow of neon. On Your Mark... Starting (and pre-gaming) at The Depot Craft Brewery at 7 pm, you'll embark in teams of two in an effort to collect the most unique photos to be featured on the 2016 TypeWalk commemorative poster! You'll also receive your map, directions and special TypeWalk badge (for pre-registrees), so don't miss out! Finish Line. You'll then reconvene at The Depot Craft Brewery between 8:30pm-9pm, where we'll view a slideshow from the evening and grab a night cap! Tweet Up! Tweet your findings before, during, and after the event. Type is everywhere, start looking. #typewalk @aigarenotahoe @aigadesign Disclaimer AIGA Reno/Tahoe and the TypeWalk remind you to drink responsibly. Take a cab, check into one of many great Reno, NV hotels, and grab a bite. We shouldn't have to tell you starving creatives twice. We can help arrange rides if needed.
July 09, 2016.
Join us Saturday, July 9th from 9am––11am at our monthly Community Meeting in the University of South Alabama Graphic Design Lab. You are welcome to join us for all or part of the time.
9–10am: AIGA Mobile board members will review reports and vote on outstanding/new items10am–11am: Open forum where events, suggestions and ideas can be discussed - or just learn about AIGA Mobile!
Why doesn't every American vote? Why are those who do vote often uninformed? How can we make sure every person's voice is heard?
With a critical election approaching this November, we need a solution. The problems of voting have been studied by political scientists, psychologists, and rational choice philosophers. What would happen if designers entered the conversation? Would our human-centered thinking and creative superpowers lead to solutions?
Join AIGA Seattle at the Design Swarm for Democracy to help us tackle these questions. At the Design Swarm, you will collaborate intensely with a team over the course of six hours in a series of high-velocity agile sprints. Your team will begin by knowing very little about a problem area, and will be led through phases of envisioning, experimenting, and validating that will bring you to a tangible result. The Design Swarm technique harnesses the unique strengths of individuals like yourself and the collective genius of teams to facilitate disruptive ideas and creative group breakthroughs.
Design Swarms have resulted in innovations in wicked problems like homelessness, refugee crises, population aging, and disaster relief around the world, from Melbourne to Hong Kong, from Silicon Valley to the Arctic Circle. Originally developed in Seattle, the Design Swarm technique will now be applied in its hometown to a problem of democracy.
AIGA Seattle's Design Swarm will revolve around fostering an engaged electorate and the complex issues around voting. As a democracy we face a variety of challenges related to motivating people to vote, removing barriers to voting, and educating citizens on the issues they're voting for. Cultivating an active, engaged, informed American voting population has proven to be no easy task. Our official problem statement will be announced in the coming weeks!
Design Swarming is a highly-structured, hackathon-like process that requires no pre-work or previous knowledge of the problem. No previous design experience is required either; Swarms succeed when teams are made up diverse groups of designers, technologists, entrepreneurs, and many others.
Swarms are fun, high-energy experiences that solve complex and urgent problems in very short time, but they are also boot camps in learning cutting-edge twenty-first century design techniques. Design Swarm participants also learn how to pitch and convince others to support or fund a creative idea. The event lasts six hours, and we'll provide all meals, snacks, and tools that you need.
Surya Vanka is a designer, corporate leader, educator and author who has worked at the leading edge of designing physical and digital experiences for over twenty-five years. He is founder and principal of AUTHENTIC, a design consultancy in Seattle. He was previously director of user experience at Microsoft. Prior to Microsoft, Vanka was a tenured professor of industrial design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a fellow at the prestigious Center for Advanced Study and he authored two books on design. Surya is an accreditor for university curricula in the United States and Europe, leads cross-company design initiatives and serves on the advisory board of DMI (the Design Management Institute) and board of Design in Public. Vanka is frequently invited to keynote the most prestigious conferences, and has won top speaker awards three times. His work has appeared in numerous publications and news programs, including Form, I.D., Design Council, WIRED, Interactions, the BBC and National Public Radio. Vanka initiated and was part of the core team that created the DMI Design Value Scorecard, and is the creator of a lightweight, agile and adaptable design technique called Design Swarms – both of these practices are quickly being adopted in business, nonprofit and education across the world.
The Cloud Room is a shared working environment and private member's club that's enriched by the people who occupy it. The stunning, light-filled space creates an environment of opportunity for both independence and connection with other engaged people in a range of fields.
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It's an election year, and politics dominates the news cycle. How can designers and creatives get involved? Are there places that design and democracy intersect? Can we use design to redefine interactions between our government and its citizens? Can we design a better future for our democracy?
AIGA Seattle is exploring these questions through local 2016 programming for the AIGA National Initiative, Design for Democracy. Since 1998, Design for Democracy has collaborated with researchers, designers and policymakers to achieve AIGA's goal of demonstrating the value of design by doing valuable things.
Questions about the event? Want to volunteer for the Design for Democracy series? Contact Jenna Blake, Vice President of Initiatives, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Follow along with updates and invite your friends via the Facebook event.
July 12, 2016.
Being a killer coder is great, but what if you had a go-to designer who could help create amazing visuals and make your sites look even better? On the flip side, every digital designer knows a good developer is the key to making your work come to life.
Join us to network with other digital workers who can partner with you on projects, help create an even better final product, and make you look like a hero to your clients.
Here's how the event will work:• Attendees will have name tags and "Speeding Tickets", which will include everyone's names, email addresses, and specialty areas so you can easily stay in touch.• Just like speed dating, each designer/developer duo will have a few minutes to talk and then fill out a form to see if there's a mutual desire to follow up. There also will be open networking before or after the event so everyone can mix and mingle.• You'll leave with new business contacts, friends, and inspiration for your next project.
• Includes one complimentary drink (beer, wine, or soft drink) and light appetizers.
Note: Please, no recruiters. We love helping people find jobs, but this event is for peer networking only. $15 AIGA Members and affiliate organizations (PHX Ad Club, AMA, etc.) with discount code speed and membership number$20 Non-Members
If you're a designer+developer, register under either specialty.
July 13, 2016.
Need an outlet to connect with other designers and talk shop? Try After Hours, an informal meet up open to everyone in the design community.
New to After Hours? Get in touch with us beforhand and we'll meet you there.
After Hours by Design masthead designed by Lance Lekander.
July 14, 2016.
AIGA Colorado ELEVATE: the vote - Poster Show Opening Reception and Silent Auction
Over the past few months student participants of the AIGA Colorado: Elevate | A college mentorship program have been paired with professional designers to create a poster in partnership with the AIGA National "Get Out the Vote 2016" initiative. On July 14th, AIGA Colorado is excited to present their designs at an opening reception for the poster exhibition. All posters are available for purchase through a silent auction and poster sale. Proceeds will go back in to programming within mentorship and education for AIGA Colorado. The Poster Show will be on display through August 27th.Closing Reception on Friday, August 26th from 5-7pm (all purchased posters will need to be picked up at the Closing Reception).
Free and open to the publicParking is free after 5pm in the AI Garage.
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Join AIGA Nashville July 14th at 6:30pm as we continue our summer speaker series with Illustrator, Derrick Castle! Derrick will be discussing his experience in launching his personal brand "Strawcastle," his passion for hand-crafted art and design, and building a steady client base as a freelance illustrator.
The talk will be held in The Vault at ST8MNT, located in their beautiful new studio space at 822 3rd Ave. S. Tickets are free for members and $10 for non-members, but seating is limited! Be sure to RSVP today to save your seat! Light snacks and beverages will be provided by AIGA Nashville. There will also be Q&A after the presentation.
Derrick is a graphic/web designer working at HCA in Nashville, TN. Although he has built a career in the Healthcare technology space, he felt there was some creative energy untapped. For years, Derrick has been developing his own unique vision in the design community, experimenting with a variety of methods for creating reproducible art and design. His favorite, he found, is block printing, a primitive form of relief printing where an image is hand-carved into a material such as wood or linoleum, then coated with a thin layer of ink, and pressed to paper stock or textiles to create the relief print.
"The hand-crafted nature of block printing, with all its imperfections, gives each print so much character," says Derrick. "People want products created by artisans, not cheap, mass-produced designs. The booming popularity of the craft beer and distilling movement as well as local crafts and artists prove that people are drawn to products made with passion and care. That's why I believe my style of design resonates with people."Derrick's unique designs can be seen on many products and brands. Derrick has worked with a wide range of clients including NIKE, Harley Davidson, Miller Highlife, Under Armour, Men's Health Magazine, Landyachtz, Affliction, The Secret Artists Collective, and merch companies Live Nation and Uprising Creative, who represent most of the top acts in the music industry.
Click here to see some of Derrick's work.
????AIGA Los Angeles and Zimmer Children's Museum needs generous thought partners like you to help in solving a crucial design challenge for a non-profit organization. Join a small group of fellow designers and strategists to participate in Design for Good LA, an intimate, two-hour design workshop, led by Alisa Olinova and Noah Goldberg-Jaffe of verynice. You will leave feeling connected to our community and proud of your contribution.
July 20, 2016.
The GTCC Advertising & Graphic Design department will be holding their annual Portfolio Day event, showing off the work of their 2016 graduates on Wednesday, July 20th, 9am-6pm, hosted by Revolution Mill in Greensboro. This is a yearly opportunity to see the work of several dozen graduating design students as they begin their professional careers. If you're looking to hire, seeking an intern, or just simply want to see what the students are up to, we invite you to this free event! Help us support the newest additions to our field, and give back to the design community!As part of this event, we will be providing an informal Portfolio Review for these students during which you, our local design professionals, will have the opportunity to sit down with a student and look through their work with them, giving them feedback, critique and advice. These are low-pressure friendly discussions providing the students with much-needed feedback from multiple professionals to help them as they shape their portfolios and figure out their future plans!We're asking YOU, our members, if you'd be willing to participate in this process! We hope you'll attend their portfolio day event, even if you're unable to sit down for reviews, but if you are able, we'd love it if you'd talk with the students, be it just one review, or a dozen! When you arrive at the Portfolio Day event, you'll be checked in at a front table and at this point, you can let the attendant know that you're willing to help with the reviews, in which case they'll thank you profusely, then instruct you where to go and then send the next student to you. It's that simple! No stress! We're thankful for however much time you're able to commit! The event runs 9am-6pm, so arrive at your convenience, check out the work, then do some reviewing! Don't forget, we also have the first of our Designer as Entrepreneur series speaker events taking place that same evening in the same space as Portfolio Day. Stick around, have some refreshments and hear from local design luminaries as we explore the behind-the-scenes process of building a successful design business and the pitfalls to be avoided! Not to mention taking a tour of the incredible Revolution Mill complex!
The B-Side:
Many designers and other creative professionals fantasize about owning their own business, but the process of starting and running a profitable creative business can seem confusing or intimidating. Our B-Side programming is designed to demystify the business side of creativity with a series of presentations from local industry leaders on creating a business entity; handling finances, accounting, and taxes; writing estimates, contracts, and creative briefs; project management; client relationships; and self-promotion/marketing.
In our fifth B-Side session, Self-Promotion, you will learn a variety of strategies and tactics to market your creative talents and land new clients or customers. Topics will include: defining your brand; identifying your target audience; refining your pitch; acting & dressing the part; soliciting referrals, advertising, PR, and guerrilla marketing.
Our speaker will also discuss online marketing strategies (including search engine optimization, email campaigns, and social media). Bring your questions!
Panel Discussion: What We Learned the Hard WayAugust // 6:00-8:00p.m //Meredith College Owners of several local design agencies to share their experiences launching and operating a creative company.
What should I bring to the event?
We will provide complimentary hot tea and coffee along with water. In order to be eniromentally conscious we ask attendees bring a resueable mug for coffee/tea or waterbottle for water.
Since you plan to attend several classes (wink...wink), we recommend attendees bring a notebook to take notes.
Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?
No, we will have a list of attendees.
What is your refund policy?
If you cancel:
Cancellations received within 3 days of the event may be eligible to receive a full refund less Eventbrite service fee.Cancellations received 48 hours before the event will not be eligible for a refund.Cancellations will be accepted via e-mail, and must be received by cancellation deadline.Refund requests must include the name of the attendee and/or transaction number.All refund requests must be made by the attendee or credit card holder.Refunds will be credited back to the original credit card used for payment.
If we cancel:
AIGA Raleigh reserves the right to cancel an event due to low enrollment, inclement weather or other circumstances which would make the event non-viable. If AIGA Raleigh cancels an event, registrants will be offered a full refund minus the service fee. Should circumstances arise that result in the postponement of an event, registrants will have the option to either receive a full refund or transfer registration to the same event at the new, future date. If an event is canceled or postpone AIGA Raleigh will send an email via the email address used to register and be post to their Facebook Page.
Where do I park and is it free?Depending on where you park you will have to pay for parking. You can park on the street, but depending on the time you may have to use metered parking spaces. There are several nearby parking decks:
There are several nearby parking lots:
Join us Wednesday evening July 20th for the first of our Entrepreneurship In Design series events!Our first speakers are local design luminaries, Phillip Oakley, owner of Common Giant and Todd Kinley, owner of Crobar. Long-time fixtures in the Triad design community, Phillip and Todd's companies have consistently been ranked among the top design firms in our area, and both have a long history of helping young designers get their starts; be it through mentorship, internships or junior design positions with their firms. We're excited to hear their advice on venturing out on your own, building a business in today's economic climate, and how to guide yourself and your employees toward life balance and success.Our event will begin at 5:30pm in the same space in which GTCC will be holding their annual portfolio day event. We invite you to come out early (the portfolio day event is free and open to the public from 8am-6pm!) and mingle with other local creatives, view student portfolios, give them some feedback, enjoy light refreshments, then hear from our esteemed guest speakers, starting at 6!We are very excited to be partnering with Revolution Mill for these two events, and hope you'll take a few minutes to walk around the incredibly beautiful Revolution Mill complex and see all the exciting living/working/entertainment facilities coming together in this unique historical landmark.Stay tuned for future installments of our Entrepreneurship in Design Series.This is a free event, but we ask that you please RSVP through Eventbrite so we can plan accordingly!
Come on out after work and join AIGA Miami for cocktails and live jazz music at The Betsy on Ocean Drive. It's a great way to break out of your summer routine, meet some new folks, and make serious professional connections.
The Betsy will have happy hour specials for our guests, and starting at 8pm, there's a live Jazz set right in the Lobby Bar, so you can enjoy the music, or have dinner in their newly-launched restaurant, LT Steak & Seafood.
This is the 2nd of our Summer Social event series at The Betsy. We'll also host Summer Social events on the 3rd Wednesdays of August and September – save the date!
July 21, 2016.
Join AIGA Mobile for Wine & Design, Thursday, July 21st, 6pm at Pour Baby. Grab a glass of wine, an appetizer and enjoy casual conversation with your fellow designers. This event is free to attend*, but seating is limited so we ask that you register in advance.
*Guests are responsible for their own tabs.
Agenda6 PM – Reception6:30 PM – Presentation
Ticket Pricing$10 student members$20 members$40 non members
About Small TalksAIGA Chicago Small Talks are intimately scaled events offering attendees the opportunity to learn about business practices, view work and experience environments at local studios and firms first-hand.
About Ogilvy & MatherOgilvy & Mather is one of the largest marketing communications companies in the world. the company provides a comprehensive range of marketing services including: advertising; public relations and public affairs; design, branding and identity; experiential and event marketing; healthcare communications; direct, digital, promotion, and relationship marketing. Ogilvy & Mather services Fortune Global 500 companies as well as local businesses through its network of more than 450 offices in 120 countries. We are the most awarded agency in the world, having won the Cannes Lion Network of the year for 4 years running.
About Ogilvy485Like the Pantone color which we are named after, 485 is a collective of bright, ambitious and forward-thinking craftsmen who believe design is more than a tool to make brands beautiful—it's a weapon of differentiation, definition and distinction. Working with some of the biggest companies in the world, we approach design holistically with an eye to both strategy and creativity. Whether we are rebranding a Fortune 500 or creating a non-profit's first logo, every project is executed with the same level of creative thought, cohesive spirit and meticulous care. We believe in results. Relevancy. And above all else, integrity.
Twitter Hashtags & Handles #SmallTalks@OgilvyChicago#AIGAChicago @AIGAChicago
Join AIGA today and save $20 on your #SmallTalks ticket.
Special thanks to Danyelle Sage and Dan Tomaszewski, AIGA Chicago Event Chairs, for organizing this event, to NoPattern for the Artwork and to Artisan for sponsoring this event.
Design with No Time
A Workshop with Dan Gneiding
What do you do when a project lands on your desk and the timeline is measured in minutes rather than days? This workshop will help prepare you for these inevitable situations and show you ways of using pattern, color and materials for rapid image making.
The goal of this workshop is to show you how a little bit of preparation can help keep experimentation part of the design process even under a tight deadline. There will be demonstrations of techniques that embrace spontaneity and play in your designs. The end result will be fun, thoughtful work, delivered on time.
Workshop Overview
About Dan GneidingDan Gneiding rides the blue wind high and free as a designer, illustrator, teacher and typographer at Grayhood. He resides just outside Philadelphia with his stylish wife and daughters and enjoys gray hooded sweat shirts, long walks with a beer, and early Star Wars trivia.
Dan's style fuses equal parts hand and computer with a few minor league printing techniques peppered in for good measure. Dan likes his design like he likes his music; wearing it's imperfections like a badge of honor.Dan has gladly put his nose to the grind stone for Urban Outfitters, the Lost Type Co-Op, Anthropologie, Baseman Design Associates and Flux Labs.
WhenThursday, July 21, 20167pm–10pm
WhereImpart Creative10 N 3rd StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19106
TicketsNon-member: $80Member: $50Student member: $40
Members save on the price of admission. Discover the benefits of being a member and join now!
Sales are final with no refunds unless AIGA Philadelphia cancels the event. However, tickets are transferable, so tell a friend to come as you if you are unable to attend.
Space is limited!
What to bringPlease bring a laptop and sketchbook.
Thank you to our generous partner!
July 22, 2016.
Join us on this jaunt around Downtown Prospect's creative community, check out their latest work and talk shop with fellow designerds. Visit all seven studios to get your passport stamped and grab a drink at one of the fantastic neighborhood restaurants. At the end of the night we'll raffle off prizes for those who completed their entire passport.
Designed by Duany Plater Zyberk & Company, Prospect is the first full-scale New Urbanist community developed in Colorado. The bold stylish architecture, numerous parks and locally owned restaurants have prompted many artists, designers, technologists and entrepreneurs to make Prospect home.
Neon Space Lab - Place to check in: there is no start and stop placeSuzanne FrasierStudio 6Spark FunXSeed Design & ProductionTechnical Equipment ConceptsWarballoonMorgan Branding
2020Comida Urban ThaiThe Rib House
Prospect is located just 15 minutes from downtown Boulder, on the southern edge of Longmont, along highway 287. Street parking is available throughout the neighborhood with a lot located in front of the Prospect Gym.
There is no start and stop place, just a place to check in - Neon Place Lab ( http://www.neonspacelab.com/)
Neon Space Lab2020 Food + Wine BarMartin Print ServicesThe Rib HouseUrban Thai
July 23, 2016.
8:00 am - 9:00 am • Conference Registration
8:30 am - 12:00 noon • Main Stage presentations
8:30 am • Welcome & Introduction Timothy Hykes, Launch CodeLead Designer and User Experience Designer
8:50 am • Modern Solution for Modern ProblemsMiles Anderson and Miroslav Azis, IBM Design
9:25 am • From #Ferguson to Gun Violence: Redesigning Communities with Inclusivity and Design ThinkingAntionette Carroll, Creative Reaction LabCEO and PresidentDescription: Design is an invisible innovation that continues to change the world through visual, spatial, and experiential means. Why not use this process to change our neighborhoods, communities, and, ultimately, the human experience for the better? Through creative problem solving, diversity and inclusion, and social innovation, designers and community members alike can improve global difficulties and challenge human rights and social justice issues. Hear Antionette Carroll, the Founder, President and CEO of Creative Reaction Lab, discuss how August 9, 2014, and Ferguson, MO changed her from a typical 9-to-5 graphic designer to a social entrepreneur, design thinking facilitator, community organizer, and social impact design advocate; the lessons she has learned so far on her journey; and how design thinking (and you) can create social and civic change.10:10 am • Embracing Discomfort: Meaningful Conversations about DiversityDawn Gipson, Senior Vice President & Creative Program DirectorFleishmanHillardDescription:Many of us avoid challenging conversations because we're afraid. We're afraid to offend. We're afraid to be judged. And when it comes to a potentially polarizing topic like diversity and inclusion, our fear magnifies exponentially. So we end up not saying anything at all. How do we move past that fear and have conversations that advance understanding and impact change? 10:45 am • The State of Diversity in the Design FieldMembers of the AIGA National Task ForceJacinda Walker, Carlos Estrada, and Obed F.Description:Members of the AIGA National Task Forces will address the issues surrounding the necessity of diversity and inclusion in the design industry. Panelist will discuss the continued influence of diversity in the design field and its impact on the culture and the miss opportunities for improvement, inclusion, and influence.
11:20 am • Keynote: Finding the Sweet Spot--The intersection of Diversity, Creativity, and DesignDaniel Guillory, AutodeskHead of Global Diversity and Inclusion Keynote Description: This session is designed for the design professional to explore the boundaries of their role. The scale of diversity impacts all elements of our work. Creativity is a requirement for each of us to remain relevant. How do they relate to design? Through highly interactive exercises, participants will see the commonalities between these three forces. And will understand how to leverage diversity and creativity to move design in ways not envisioned before.
The foundation of this is the willingness to challenge existing truths, some of which we hold sacred. In our work, this is what is asked of others on a daily basis, and as a result, must be willing to do so also. Participants will experience interactive exercises where truths are explored, turned around, challenged, with possibly new conclusions that not previously considered.
12:30 noon - 1:30 pm • Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm • Workshop: IBM Design Thinking Workshop Design at Scale: Ten to Ten Million UsersSeth Johnson, facilitatorDescription: At IBM, one of the world's largest and most successful companies, we're on a mission to bring human-centered design to our thousands of product and service experiences. To accomplish this goal, we've opened 30 design studios worldwide where designers, engineers, consultants, product managers, clients, and users collaborate to change IBM's approach to design and to impact humanity in ways that matter and endure.
Most creative professionals are familiar with commonly-practiced design thinking frameworks—but how does design thinking succeed at scale? Our products and services have hundreds of millions of users and affect billions of lives, so we've developed our own unique approach. We're practicing design with a global scope and a level of complexity that has never been attempted before.
In this workshop, IBMers Miles Anderson, Miroslav Azis, and Seth Johnson will introduce you to IBM Design's approach to design thinking. You'll engage in an series of activities and learn methodologies that you can immediately implement to improve your own practice. Whether you're a solo practitioner, an in-house creative, or a studio designer, you will take something away from this deep dive into IBM Design Thinking.
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm • Workshop: (tba)
6:00 pm • Closing and Networking Hour
AIGA Upstate NY Board Members are invited to the Annual Board Retreat on Saturday, July 23rd at Maxwell Park in East Syracuse, NY (front pavilion). The activities begin at 10am with organizational planning, brainstorming on programming, discussions on membership communication and much more. A catered lunch will be provided thanks to Create Upstate, with lawn games available for afternoon fun (bring your own if you can).
In the afternoon from 2-4pm, we open up our retreat to Community Discussion for all members and the general public. All feedback, suggestions and ideas are welcome!
10am - 1pm
Organizational Plans (Mandatory for and limited to Board Members only)Year in reviewProgramming post-mortem and brainstormingCommunicating with membershipThe Chapter websiteInitial calendar of events for yearSet priorities for the coming year
1pm - 2pm
Lunch & ActivitiesCatered lunch provided by Create Upstate BYOLawnGames
2pm - 4pm
Community Discussion (open to all our Members as well as the general public)
Your favorite Snapchat filters are about to get a whole lot cooler, because we'll be designing them.
Join us on Saturday, July 23 at 10 am at Union Hall (4th floor) for two power hours of design. We'll be working together to cover the city in great design through Snapchat's Geofilters. This event is sponsored by dooley media, if you want free coffee and other fun stuff, you must RSVP in advance. Here's how it'll work:
Don't know what a Snapchat geofilter is? Check it out here or ask your favorite millenial for help.
Questions or concerns? Email email@example.com.
July 24-29, 2016.
July 26, 2016.
Join AIGA Las Vegas for another round of Cocktails & Creatives as we head to the newest location of Hi-Scores Bar Arcade on Blue Diamond; a great gathering place with FREE arcade games, craft brews & pub grub.
Entertain yourself with a wide range of retro video games: Galaga, Frogger, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr, Donkey Kong 3, Galaxian, Dig Dug, Crush Roller, Mr. Do, Space Invaders and Pac-Man, just to name a few. The event will run from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. but you're welcome to stay as long as you wish!
For more information about AGIA Las Vegas and to see other events, visit lasvegas.aiga.org Look forward to seeing you there!
July 27, 2016.
Now that we've celebrated America turning 240 this year, let's celebrate the creative community with drinks at Fifty West Brewing Co. Join AIGA Cincinnati for Liquid Courage on Wednesday, July 27th from 6-8 for drinks, laughs and community. We'll see you there!
July 28, 2016.
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Steve Lambert's father, a former Franciscan monk, and mother, an ex-Dominican nun, imbued the values of dedication, study, poverty, and service to others – qualities which prepared him for life as an artist.
Lambert made international news after the 2008 US election with The New York Times "Special Edition," a replica of the "paper of record" announcing the end of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other good news. In the Summer of 2011 he began a national tour of Capitalism Works For Me! True/False – a 9 x 20ft sign allowing people to vote on whether capitalism worked for them . He has collaborated with groups from the Yes Men to the Graffiti Research Lab and Greenpeace. He is also the founder of the Centerfor Artistic Activism, the Anti-Advertising Agency, Add-Art (a Firefox add-on that replaces online advertising with art) and SelfControl (which blocks grownups from distracting websites so they can get work done).Steve's projects and art works have won awards from Prix Ars Electronica, Rhizome/The New Museum, the Creative Work Fund, Adbusters Media Foundation, the California Arts Council, and others. Lambert's work has been shown everywhere from museums to protest marches nationally and internationally, featured in over fourteen books, four documentary films, and is in the collections of The Sheldon Museum, the Progressive Insurance Company, and The Library of Congress. Lambert has discussed his work live on NPR, the BBC, and CNN, and been reported on internationally in outlets including Associated Press, the New York Times, the Guardian, Harper's Magazine, The Believer, Good, Dwell, ARTnews, Punk Planet, and Newsweek.He was a Senior Fellow at New York's Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology from 2006-2010, developed and led workshops for Creative Capital Foundation, co-directs the Center for Artistic Activism, and is an Assistant Professor at SUNY Purchase. In 2013 he was invited to speak at the United Nations about his research on advertising's impact on culture. Steve is a perpetual autodidact with (if it matters) advanced degrees from an reputable art school and respected state university. He dropped out of high school in 1993.
Need to chill out and escape the heat? Join AIGA Arizona and other Tucson creative professionals for a stellar mixer at Sky Bar. Enjoy an icy drink while you catch up with friends and network in a fun, casual environment. Cash bar. Everyone is welcome.
This event is perfect for designers at all levels who wish to meet like-minded professionals, programmers wanting to meet graphic designers, photographers, and marketing professionals.
Join AIGA Las Vegas and former White House creative director Ashleigh Axios for a special Women's Leadership Lecture: Celebrating Women in the Workforce. In addition to this topic, Axios will share insights into what it is like to work at The White House as a creative director and digital strategist.Her achievements in this role are extensive, including: the design strategy for two State of the Union addresses; the responsive redesign ofWhiteHouse.gov; the visual redesign of the White House petitions platform 'We the People'; the rainbow lighting on the White House to celebrate the historic Supreme Court same-sex marriage decision; and the digital system that tracks the record of the Obama administration. Along with her work with the White House, Axios is a board member for AIGA and the president emeritus of AIGA Washington, D.C. There, she served five years and helped form DotGovDesign, an initiative and conference connecting and empowering government designers.Tickets for this event are from $15 for members and $25 for nonmembers. There is also an opportunity for a private VIP Meet & Greet with Axios for $50 prior to her talk.
No more secret stalking of your favorite design firms. This summer, Studio Tours + Small Talks continues its series of intimate evenings featuring presentations representing a broad spectrum of the design industry. Join us as we tour local firms to hear from them about their work as well as get the scoop on life inside the studio.
This month: Formation
Formation is a design office that relentlessly pursues solutions with a sense of purpose, adaptability and appropriate response.
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Imagine your creative business being transformed by someone who has represented dozens of LA's most important designers and design firms; someone who has taught business management to over 6,500 students at Art Center College of Design and other design schools across the world.
Imagine the impact such knowledge will have on how you operate and who you attract as clients.
Getting Down to Business is a three-part workshop led by legendary design business instructor Errol Gerson and created specifically for creative entrepreneurs who want to strengthen and grow their design businesses. Whether you're an indepedant designer, a freelancer, or a small business-owner, Errol will demonstrate how to accelerate your business with financial and development tools you can use to plan for growth and sell for success.
In this initial session entitled Financial Wellness, Errol will examine and explain the role and importance of financial statements and the accounting process. Three critical requirements of a sound financial management system will be covered—score keeping, attention directing, and problem solving. We will explore the relationship between growing a business by objectives and financial statements (P & L, balance sheet and cash flow) for managerial decision-making.
Course 1: Financial Wellness (July 28)Course 2: Growth Hacking (August 25)Course 3: Contagious Selling (September 29)
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Manufacturing bosses have backed a key Labour industrial policy calling for the creation of an independent Infrastructure Authority.
According to the EEF, the engineering federation, this and previous governments stand accused of neglect, prevarication and indecision in investment in the transport and energy networks.
Throwing its weight behind Labour's support for an independent infrastructure commission, as outlined in a report by Sir John Armitt, the former Network Rail and Olympic Games delivery boss, the EEF said that political wrangling and poor planning had led to delays on decisions about new airport runways and high-speed rail.
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Crazy Substitute Teachers
Enjoy, NG4.03 / 5.00 2,607 Views
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Markiplier Animated | Mark Of The Survey Corps
This took far too long to make...3.96 / 5.00 7,336 Views
Even though the review I previously submitted for this flash was true, useful, and not at all offensive, the KK and their cohorts felt the need to say my review needed to be removed. Well, here I am again. The truth will not be suppressed. KK does not even try. They are spammers who should have their work removed en masse from this site, as well as any other site their cancer has spread. The truth hurts, and should be heard. I still maintain that there should be a petition to change the way flash is rated. If it does not maintain a minimum score of 1.75, the flash should be removed. That may seem harsh, but it would cure the disease that is Kitty Krew.
come on now, this is just so bad
you put forth no effort and there is nothing creative about it. actually work on a video before you submit it!
PLEASE, make something not half-assed for once
I cannot give this any stars. It is embarassing, childish and pathetic. You probably are capable of better, so DO BETTER!! Use adobe flash, It works for me.
Cmon guys...Why do you guys spend 5 minutes on animation then post it on Newgrounds? Are you guys just doing it to break a world record of flashes blammed? Seriously, please start taking time in your animation. You guys have the capabilities, so don't do things like this. There was only one animation, and that was the intro. Music wasn't good. 0/10
Ben Gunn in Newgrounds?
Well, I have to take into consideration the music and graphics, are good, but what is remarkable is that your submissions don´t have creativity as typically are other flashes KK, all are the same thing, a man landing for the photo and graphics background probably bought from the Internet. I.e. don't have something new to show.


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Texas Health hospitals will receive financial awards from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for performing well in a national quality incentive project, according to a news release.
The 12 Texas Health hospitals participating in the project will receive 56 awards totaling $363,801. Each of the hospitals attained or exceeded quality benchmarks in one or more areas of care measured in the Premier-CMS healthcare alliance Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration pay-for-performance project. The areas of care measured in the national project are: heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and hip and knee surgical services.
Texas Health hospitals in Cleburne, Azle, and Plano all achieved Top Performer awards for heart failure care and for overall performance in the demonstration. Texas Health Dallas and Fort Worth both achieved attainment awards in every clinical area measured.
The HQID project is the first national project of its kind, designed to determine if economic incentives to hospitals are effective at improving the quality of inpatient care. An analysis of mortality rates at hospitals participating in the project indicated that improvements made in the quality of care saved an estimated 4,700 heart attack patients nationwide during its first four years, according to Premier Inc. All results from the quality demonstration project will be made public on the Web sites for Premier and CMS.


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The battle of New York is over without so much as a shot fired.
On its convention website, Gareb Shamus's Wizard Entertainment announced this morning that it is rescheduling its suite of Northeastern comic conventions, eliminating the head-to-head, same-town, same-dates match-up between its Big Apple Comic Con and Reed Exhibition's New York Comic Con on October 7-10. Now, the Big Apple Comic Con will now be held on Oct. 1-3, the New England Comic Con on Oct. 15-17, and the New Jersey Comic Con on dates to be announced later. In addition, Big Apple has changed locations from Pier 94 to the Penn Plaza Pavilion, while the New England show will be hosted at Boston's John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center. It's unclear whether the New Jersey con's date change will lead to a move from Edison's New Jersey Convention & Exposition Center upon rescheduling.
Wizard made headlines, and drew a significant industry backlash, beginning late last year by making a series of aggressive scheduling moves against veteran convention promoter Reed and its slate of comic and pop-culture shows. Most notoriously, Wizard scheduled its Big Apple show the very same weekend as Reed's New York Comic Con, October 7-10, and in 12th Avenue venue literally blocks away from NYCC's Javits Center location. Later, Wizard scheduled its New Jersey con for the following weekend. Ever since, guest-list comparisons and official industry presences have weighed in mightily in Reed's favor.
Conventions | On the eve of the inaugural Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, the Chicago Reader examines the escalating competition between convention owner Reed Exhibitions and longtime Chicago Comic Con organizer Wizard Entertainment: "It's but one battleground in a war the two powers are waging across the country — an epic struggle that some observers see as a contest between the forces of good and, well, not so good."
Writer Deanna Isaacs touches upon the rise of Wizard's Rosemont event to the second-largest comics convention in North America, and its more recent decline. She quotes a couple of local retailers who have become "disenchanted" with the show. But Wizard CEO Gareb Shamus shrugs off the complaints: "Everybody's going to tell you this or that. You're talking about one person. We have 1,000 vendors at our show in Chicago, and they make a lot of money."
The Daily Herald interviews C2E2 show-runner Lance Fensterman, who says he expects between 35,000 and 40,000 attendees this weekend. The Chicago Tribune, meanwhile, offers its own preview, with eight "must-see" convention events, and brief Q&As with Alex Ross and Jeff Smith. [C2E2]
If you were to go to WizardWorld.com, the online home of Gareb Shamus's publishing, retail and convention empire, you would see a jazzy new layout (albeit one still based on the old Yahoo SiteBuilder template) and a fancy new logo for both the company and its many conventions (the little superhero silhouette guy is gone). You'd see news and blog sub-sites dedicated solely to guest-list updates for the aforementioned cons. You'd also see a major, major, MAJOR SPOILER for the acclaimed Syfy series Battlestar Galactica, based on the appearance of certain actors from the show at Wizard's Chicago Comic Con. Let the surfer beware.
In theory, at least — as of the writing of this post, there's nothing up about it on Wizard's convention website yet. But Rich Johnston had the news even before Wizard's official Twitter feed: "Garev [sic] Shamus has bought the ten year old Nashville Comic & Horror Festival and has renamed it Nashville Comic Con Wizard World Convention for later this year."
This latest rebranding of a small local show with the Wizard/"Comic Con" name is part of a now-established pattern; interestingly, Johnston describes it as one in which "no money actually chang[es] hands," but rather an existing con infrastructure is essentially bartered for Wizard's name recognition. I hadn't heard that before, but it may be the only way such rapid expansion makes sense for a company with fewer employees than it's had since its very earliest years.
In other recent Con War news, Johnston reported last week that Wizard has now sandwiched Reed Exhibition's New York Comic Con with nearby shows of its own the weekend before (New England Comic Con, Oct. 1-3), the weekend after (New Jersey Comic Con, Oct. 15-17), and of course the very same weekend in the very same city (Big Apple Comic Con, Oct. 7-10). Johnston sees this as an attempt to crowd NYCC out; piggybacking off the press of the larger and more established show could also be a motivation.
For their part, Reed continues its M.O. of adding guests, rather than shows: Recently announced additions to Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo — a competitor of Wizard's Chicago Comic Con that runs head-to-head against Wizard's Anaheim Comic Con the same weekend — include Dan DiDio, Paul Levitz, Mark Bagley, Peter David, Mark Waid, Dash Shaw, Chip Kidd, Art Baltazar, Bob Layton, Jonathan Hickman, Peter Tomasi, James Robinson, Greg Pak, Jim Valentino and, in all likelihood, probably quite a few I'm missing. The presence of DiDio, Levitz and Geoff Johns seems to be a pretty clear vote of confidence from DC, by the by. Meanwhile, reports that the city of Anaheim is strongly trying to woo Comic-Con International away from San Diego indicate that Wizard's show isn't quite what the city is looking for.
Search Robot 6 for our most recent Con War stories and you might get the impression that the action has been one-sided. In under a month, Gareb Shamus's Wizard Entertainment has added four new shows to its "Wizard World Tour" of "Comic Con"-branded pop-culture conventions.
Apart from the early-December announcement that Wizard rival Reed is partnering with Lucasfilm to put on the next Star Wars Celebration — a move that forced Wizard to reschedule its Chicago Comic Con — the outfit behind the New York Comic Con and Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo has left the expansion arms race to its opponent.
Instead, perhaps attempting to make good on its nose-tweaking tagline "The con Chicago needs, the con you deserve," Reed has focused on shoring up its C2E2 guest list. The show boasts some true heavy hitters, including Geoff Johns (superhero comics' biggest writer), Alex Ross (superhero comics' biggest painter), Gail Simone (superhero comics' most prominent female writer), Jeff Smith (arguably the biggest name in children's comics with Bone) and, in a very rare con appearance, Chris Ware (arguably the biggest name in alternative comics with The ACME Novelty Library).
Additional guests on the pretty-massive roster include Jim Cheung, Mike Mignola, Steve McNiven, David Finch, Steve Epting, Geof Darrow, Frank Cho, Gene Ha, Adam Hughes, Greg Land, Ethan Van Sciver, Ben Templesmith, Mike Perkins, Butch Guice, David Lloyd and a dedicated line-up of women creators spearheaded by Amanda Conner, Jill Thompson and Sherrilyn Kenyon. And as best I can tell, every single guest C2E2 has announced actually makes comics.
That's no moon. That's a Celebration.
The running battle between rival convention promoters Reed Exhibitions and Gareb Shamus's Wizard Entertainment just saw a game-changer of Death Star proportions enter orbit: Reed has announced it's partnering with Lucasfilm to become the exclusive producer of the Star Wars Celebration conventions. The relationship officially begins with the announcement of Star Wars Celebration V, to be held in Orlando, Florida, on Aug. 12-15.
Of course, those are the same dates for which Shamus's Chicago Comic Con had been scheduled.
Until this morning, that is, when Shamus announced via press release that he is pushing the Chicago show back a week, to Aug. 19-22. In a statement that will no doubt raise some eyebrows given his past scheduling maneuvers, Shamus said:
We respect our 20 year relationship with LucasFilms [sic] and everything Star Wars has meant to the fan community. In deference to our attendees, guests and friends at Lucas, we are changing dates. We are all fans of the Star Wars films, and this slight change enables us to bring the type of presence the fans would expect at our annual Comic Con.
Shamus, apparently, has been doing some partnering-up of his own: According to this post at the message board for the horror magazine Rue Morgue, recent Wizard emails to potential exhibitors have touted coming partnerships with horror-con outfits Rock and Shock and Monster Mania. But can it compete with the firepower of a fully armed and operational alliance between Reed and Lucasfilm — one that's apparently quite willing to take aim square at Shamus's own schedule?
Superfun Adventuretime is no doubt getting a lot of hits due to this post by "Yellow Hat Guy," a.k.a. Ryan Coons, at the Chicago Comic Con this weekend. After demanding an apology from Rob Liefeld for his work on the 1990s Marvel event "Heroes Reborn," Coons bought a copy of How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way and left it in a bag on Liefeld's table. He said he inscribed a note to Liefeld in it that included his email address and cell phone number in case Liefeld wanted to contact him with that apology.
The comments field includes both supporters and critics, with some folks calling Coons names and others offering him words of encouragement. Artist Cameron Stewart fell into the "not amused" camp:
I'm a professional comic artist, and I attend conventions often. Most of the time the experience I have with fans is pleasant and courteous, but there's usually one or two who are so clueless of how to interact with people in a respectful and polite manner that it spoils the otherwise fun day. So you don't like Rob Liefeld, big deal. His work isn't to my tastes either but I would never dream of trying to publicly humiliate him in person. He's taken the time and expense to come to that show to ply his trade – just as you work at your job – and interact with the people who DO appreciate his work and presence. He's not there for you to be snide and condescending and to be the recipient of your asinine, half-witted pranks. I'm sure you got a big kick out of it (I love how you describe yourself as shaking and sweaty because you "can't process that much awesome" instead of it being because you're cowardly and nervous), and you probably high-fived your friends and giggled all the way home to write your smug blog report, but what you did was classless and childish. I guarantee you that this blog post is making the rounds of the pro community (another pro artist forwarded it to me, and *not* because he thought it was a hilarious prank), and thanks to your readily-identifiable yellow hat, you've marked yourself as someone to avoid at cons. Well done.
Update: Liefeld offers his account of the incident via Twitter. "Guy looked like someone I wouldn't trust around my kids, could barely speak, almost pee'd his pants, and now he's bold. I don't thinks so," he tweeted, followed by, "And I love that the video doesn't match his descriptions. I'm smiling. Because that's what i do. I'm always smiling."
Also, Liefeld gave the copy of How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way to Marat Mychaels, whose copy was lost in a house fire.
10:00 am – After a quick breakfast and a quicker check-out, Jess and I are at the convention. We're too slow for Grant who's already here.
On the way in, we pass the Battlestar Galactica table and see that Michael Hogan doesn't have a line yet. We stop briefly to shake his hand and gush a little. He's sweet and graciously appreciative of our fondness for his work.
10:30 am – Visit Mark Kidwell's table in Artist Alley. RD introduced me to Mark last night at the bar and Mark's a smart, smart guy. He hooks me up with a few books including his Bump mini-series from Fangoria and Freedom, the Western he wrote for Image's Frank Frazetta line.
…that the cover to the Dark X-Men mini-series features two characters whited out:
which means it's time for another edition of "guess who's on the team." I'm guessing that those two characters weren't actually part of the Dark X-Men crew that is appearing in the Utopia crossover, otherwise why hide their identity? So who else do you think is on the team besides Dark Beast and Mimic?
The X-Men panel at the Chicago Comic-Con just ended; I wasn't there, but CBR's Shaun Manning covered it live. One of the announcements at the show is another Dark X-Men mini-series that kicks off in November, by Paul Cornell and Leonard Kirk. The pair worked together on Captain Britain and MI13, as well as stories in the Dark X-Men: The Beginning mini-series that ties into the big Utopia crossover between Dark Avengers and Uncanny X-Men.
So the Dark X-Men are hanging around after Utopia, in some form or another. And it sounds like another old character we haven't seen in awhile is making his return, based on this quote: "This also has something to do with an X-Man named… X-Man."
Per an additional article on CBR, Nate Grey/X-Man is indeed back:
8:30 am – Breakfast at the Embassy buffet again. Tried the build-your-own omelet today. Tomorrow: bagels and cream cheese!
10:30 am – I arrive at the convention a half-hour after it opens. There may be something to say about my not being excited to get there, but really it was mostly me waking up a little late and taking my sweet time getting ready.
I spot Edward James Olmos and Michael Hogan from Battlestar Galactica at their tables and as much as I've complained about Autographapalooza, I admit to getting a bit of a thrill from seeing them. Not enough to stand in line and pay for whatever, but man that was a cool show and it's cool to see them in person.
7:30 am – Breakfast with Jess at the Embassy's free buffet. Talked over some plans for a comic we want to do about a jungle girl who gets captured by pirates and has to fight intelligent, evil sharks. Great conversation and the sausage was pretty good too.
10:00 am – The show officially opens for the day. I check back on my press pass and though my printed name tag still hasn't arrived, the woman offers me a wrist-band that'll identify me as press and get me into the show. She's just as nice and helpful as the woman from yesterday and says that I can check back on my badge later.
On the way into the exhibition hall I'm offered a flyer explaining that Michelle Rodriguez and Rhona Mitra will only be signing 750 autographs each and that you really should buy a $45 ticket to make sure you get one.
A few steps later and I'm passing a booth that will take your picture and PhotoShop Hayden Pantierre into it. I'm curious how much they charge for that, but I'm afraid to hear the answer.
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Chicago | Mark Millar, Dan Slott, Jason Aaron and more will be at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center for Wizard's Chicago Comic-Con.
A couple of events are occurring in conjunction with the show that are worth noting. There's a charity auction to benefit John Ostrander, who recently underwent surgery for glaucoma. Also, the Hero Initiative has teamed up with George Perez and Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab to help con attendees find love. Not only can they improve their personal smell with a new fragrance based on Perez and Peter David's Sachs & Violens comic, but they can also bid on the opportunity to attend a speed dating session hosted by Perez. And it all benefits charity. What could be better?
Robot 6's Michael May attended last night's preview night and will have additional reports all weekend.
Las Vegas | 2009 Star Trek Convention, featuring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Christopher Lloyd, Zachary Quintos and many more.
4:00 am – Up and at 'em. Have to finish packing before Comic-Con Roommate #1, LucasFilm artist Jess Hickman, arrives at 5:00.
5:45 am – Jess and I pick up Roommate #2, Grant Gould (Star Wars: Clone Wars web comic; Wolves of Odin) and we hit the road.
2:00 pm – Arrive at hotel. We're staying at the Embassy Suites right across from the convention center this year, which is really nice because I won't have to pay $80 a day to park in the convention center lot. Free breakfast in the morning too. Nice!
3:00 pm – Drop Jess off at the convention center to get checked in. In addition to my press duties, I'm also her booth babe for the weekend. While she was grabbing our exhibitor badges I tried to get checked in at the press area, but the guy sitting at that booth told me he didn't really work there and wasn't sure when the official press check-in people would arrive.
Grant is still at the hotel, so I'll go check on him and try again for my press pass later.
Conventions | Despite a decreased presence by major publishers, fewer panels and rampant online speculation, Wizard CEO Gareb Shamus says he's expecting "record attendance" for this weekend's Chicago Comic-Con. "We're absolutely committed to the show and its location," Shamus says. "As far as I'm concerned, we'll be there forever." [Daily Herald]
Events | Chicago Comic-Con will include an auction to benefit veteran writer John Ostrander, who has been battling glaucoma for years. The Saturday event will include work donated by such creators as Neal Adams, Howard Chaykin, George Perez, Matt Groening, Jim Lee, Dave Sim and countless others. [Comix4Sight.com]
Legal | Vanguard Productions has emerged the winner in a lawsuit filed last year against by Warren Publishing founder Jim Warren over art from the magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland. [press release]
Publishing | Viz Media's Gonzalo Ferreyra speaks briefly about the company's accelerated release schedule for Naruto and One Piece. [ICv2.com]


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I like this plugin! In the field, I realized I (and possibly other people) could use a feature, that seems not to be implemented yet – I needed to define title including the separator part (specifically: to remove that part).
Certainly only some templates are using wp_title in a way that you could set the whole title from the one field - but in cases, when typical bloginfo-name part is part of the separator parameter, there is a filter before outputting wp_title string (so you could optionally remove separator part by simple replacement function)…
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Engine Woes to Ding Rolls Earnings
Rolls-Royce Group RYCEY -3.46 % PLC warned that its earnings growth would slow as a result of the need to replace a component in its Trent 900 jet engines that was tied to an engine failure last week on an Airbus A380 superjumbo plane.
The incident, new details of which are emerging, has been embarrassing for Rolls-Royce and costly for its shareholders, even prompting a rare mea culpa from the company.
"We regret the disruption we have caused," Chief Executive John Rose said on Friday.
Airbus, a unit of European Aeronautics Defence & Space Co. that builds the A380, separately on Friday said the Trent 900 troubles could cause some disruptions to its superjumbo deliveries next year. The shifts could be limited to changes in the order that planes are completed and may not result in a lower number of total deliveries in 2011, Airbus Chief Executive Tom Enders said.
Rolls-Royce said its initial findings into a Nov. 4 engine fire on a plane operated by Qantas Airways Ltd. concluded that the issue was specific to the Trent 900 engine and was confined to a particular component in the turbine area.
The company said it now expects profit growth for the year to be slightly lower than a previous forecast of a between 4% and 5% gain as a result of the investigation and time-consuming repairs involved. It didn't provide a new figure.
The earnings impact of the Trent 900 problems may include reimbursing some of the airlines' costs in addition to its own costs for the investigation and repairs. Qantas grounded its fleet of six Airbus A380s, all of which used the Trent engine, following the in-flight engine blowout.
Rolls-Royce said some costs are offset by better results its marine and defense businesses. Most of the costs related to the Trent 900 incident will be expensed this year, it added.
"We expect continued underlying profit growth in 2010," Mr. Rose added.
Investors cheered the disclosure of a repair and its limited impact on earnings. Rolls-Royce shares closed Friday on the London Stock Exchange up 4.6%, at 611 pence ($9.81).
The repairs are intended to avoid future incidents that led to the in-flight breakup of the intermediate pressure turbine disk on a Trent 900 engine on the Qantas flight. The component to be replaced is a tube located in the turbine module that supplies oil, according to three people familiar with the repair. Vibrations under certain conditions are believed to cause oil to leak, one of these people said. Replacing the tube requires removing the entire intermediate pressure turbine unit, known as Module 51, another person said.
Rolls-Royce said it continued to work closely with investigating authorities and said its process of inspections would continue and would be supplemented by the module replacement.
"These measures, undertaken in collaboration with Airbus, our Trent 900 customers and the regulators, have regrettably led to some reduction in aircraft availability," Rolls-Royce said in a statement. "This program will enable our customers progressively to bring the whole fleet back into service."
Replacing the module is fairly time-consuming, so Rolls-Royce and its customers may remove engines with the faulty part, place good engines onto the planes and do the repairs to the engines off-wing, another person familiar with the plans said. The process could take several weeks to complete, this person said.
Singapore Airlines Ltd. said Friday that it had resumed flying one of three A380s on which it this week replaced its Trent 900s and a second would return to service on Saturday. Deutsche Lufthansa AG of Germany, the only other carrier using Trent 900s, has not reported any service disruptions due to the fixes.
The repairs are in response to the destructive failure of one engine on a Qantas flight carrying 466 passengers and crew from Singapore to Sydney on Nov. 4.
In the cockpit were five pilots, three more than required, including a senior training captain and another captain who was observing the flight, according to people familiar with the events. The crew struggled with a cascade of system failures caused by shrapnel-like pieces spewed out of the disintegrating portion of the engine.
As previously reported, the incident also damaged the other engine on the left side of the plane, which couldn't be shut down for about an hour after landing. According to pilots familiar with the details, that damaged engine could have posed a fire hazard during the emergency approach and landing. Qantas suspended its A380 fleet from service after the incident, in which nobody was hurt.
The damage, these people said, significantly complicated the tasks of dumping fuel, and then configuring the huge, four-engine aircraft and its flight-control system to return to Singapore for an emergency landing.
Fuel tanks on the plane's left side had multiple leaks and the system to transfer fuel among various tanks on the plane wasn't functioning properly. That made it harder and more time-consuming to jettison fuel, these people said, and made the jet unbalanced because the tanks on the right side contained more fuel.
The A380 also suffered damage to its left wing, as well as to some of the movable panels attached to the front and the top of the wing used to slow down during approach and landing. In addition, according to these people, the engine breakup seriously damaged one of the plane's hydraulic systems, put a generator out of commission and degraded its anti-skid braking capability.
The double-decker A380 is the world's biggest passenger plane, capable of carrying about 500 passengers. It entered service in 2007; there are 39 in operation world-wide, 21 of which are equipped with Rolls-Royce engines.
Airbus has orders for 234 more A380 aircraft, 90 of which will take the Rolls-Royce Trent 900, according to Ascend Worldwide Ltd. Engine Alliance, a joint venture between General Electric Co. and United Technologies Corp.'s Pratt & Whitney unit, will provide engines for 134 and the supplier for the remaining 10 hasn't been determined.
Air France-KLM SA and Dubai-based Emirates Airlines, the other two current operators of A380s, use Engine Alliance jets. On Friday, Airbus said that a Japanese carrier, Skymark Airlines Inc., announced plans to buy four A380s, although a firm contract has not been signed and an engine choice has not been announced.
Rolls-Royce and regulators at the European Aviation Safety Agency Wednesday issued enhanced inspection procedures intended to return all A380s powered by Rolls engines to normal service. Those procedures include more-frequent and detailed engine checks than previously required, including more-thorough checks of engine parts and performance after each flight.
—Andy Pasztor and David Pearson contributed to this article.
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Teamsters Join Fight For Good Jobs, Clean Air, Clean Future
At a summit on good jobs and clean air in Oakland, CA, yesterday, Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa told labor and environmental activists that his union — representing 1.4 million workers across a broad array of careers — is rejecting the drill-drill-drill rhetoric of the conservative allies of Big Oil. Saying that we should not drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Hoffa embraced a future of jobs built on clean, renewable energy:
We are not going to drill our way out of the energy problems we are facing — not here and not in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. We must find a long-term approach that breaks our dependence on foreign oil by investing in the development of alternate energy sources like solar, wind and geothermal power.
Hoffa's call on behalf of workers is echoing leaders of the environment, energy, and economic justice:
"If you're in a hole, stop digging!" — Al Gore
"We can't drill our way out!" — T. Boone Pickens
"We cannot drill and burn our way out of this problem. If we do, we will burn this planet!" — Van Jones
Hoffa's rejection of drilling in the Arctic Refuge is a remarkable turnaround. From 2001 to 2005, the Teamsters led the charge in favor of opening the refuge, before top Teamsters lobbyist Jerry Hood became the head of the pro-drilling front group Arctic Power.
The day before, a coalition of "more than 3,000 environmental, community and labor advocates" led by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums rallied for "clean air and good jobs" at the Port of Oakland, the fourth busiest container port in the United States. They marched for a clean trucks program modelled after the coalition's amazing success with the busiest port in America, the Port of Los Angeles. That landmark plan involved an "employee model" that mandates that the Port of Los Angeles deal only with trucking companies who employ their drivers, making it dramatically easier for the port to meet state and federal public health, environmental, and national security standards — and making it possible for the drivers to unionize. Shippers, trucking companies, and retailers continue to challenge this plan.
"Americans are suffering in this difficult economy," a Teamster spokesperson told Gristmill's Kate Sheppard. "[President Hoffa] really realized, like a lot of people have, that there needs to be a long-term energy solution."
UPDATE: At Daily Kos, TomP writes, "Great news for all of us who seek a Blue/Green Alliance!"
At the Compass, Heather Moyer says, "The Sierra Club is happy to stand with labor and encourage clean energy, which will boost the economy and create jobs."
At Brightbend, Raj Shukla concludes, "Politics, economics and ecology all converge in one answer — no fossil fuels for energy."
UPDATE II: At the Huffington Post, Doug Kendall writes about the Senate Judiciary testimony on the Supreme Court Exxon Valdez damages ruling of Osa Schultz, "an Alaska fisherwoman and remarkably energetic small-business entrepreneur from the coastal town of Cordova. She and her husband were partners in a thriving fishing cooperative that nearly went bankrupt after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill":
Osa isn't an environmental activist by choice or trade; this was one of her first visits to Washington. And she has long been open, like many Alaskans, to the development of drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, but now she's not so sure. Much like Teamsters President Jim Hoffa, she recognizes that drilling our way out of a dangerous addiction to oil is both impossible and pointless, and is directly tied to the mindset that caused such devastating results in her community.


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Just as Obama said off-mic to the Russians, when I'm re-elected, I'll
have more flexibility. He no longer will have to hold his cards close as he
will all-out dismantle the greatness of America, disarm our military, bring
medicine and industry under the socialist control of the government. He will
spend by executive order, ignoring congress, and not worry about the court since
justice Roberts has already abdicated their responsibility.
As Americans sought to be forgiven for racism by electing Obama, they have unleashed a trojan horse bent on bringing the demise of America. He is an apologist for mankind's greatest beacon of hope.
Wake up America, the novelty is over.
- 3:38 p.m. Oct. 20, 2012
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Well stated!
What are Obama's second term plan?
- 6:03 p.m. Oct. 20, 2012
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There is no way voters can know what Romney intends to do. So far he totally refuses to give specifics, and his generalities say precious little. He changes his position every time he speaks, often contradicting himself. To use the old adage, he wants us to buy a pig in a poke. this is NOT what the country needs.
- 6:39 p.m. Oct. 20, 2012
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Voters don't even know what Obama's going to do.
Only a person of low cognitive thinking can't understand specifics Romney has given.
- 10:05 p.m. Oct. 20, 2012
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I've spent the last couple weeks in a battleground state. BO's ads have been ALL anti-Romney. Not one peep about what he would do in a second term, and not one peep touting any accomplishments from his first term. Why? Because he has no accomplishments worth touting from his first term, and he plans to further sell us down the road of insovlency and dependency in his second term.
- 7:18 a.m. Oct. 21, 2012
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lost in DC,
some low intellects hold Romney to a higher standard then Obama.
- 10:06 a.m. Oct. 21, 2012
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True or False:
1. Obama will put in more effort to save his presidency, then he did to protect the our American embassy?
2. Neither Biden, or Obama knew of the danger to our embassy, and nobody told them about it?
- 12:51 p.m. Oct. 21, 2012
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Why aren't Democrats complaining about lack of specifics in Romney's
tax vision for America, but they don't complain about lack of specifics for
Obama planning to cut tuition cost in half. How will he cut costs?
The way Obama wants to cut costs in medicine is to reduce reimbursements and payments to hospitals and doctors. Many of these hospitals are already non-profits.
Will Obama cut tuition by reducing research grants and payments to teachers? Will he simply declare a reduction in tuition like some czar?
Give Romney a chance. We have already seen how Obama operates: by-passing Congress, appointing czar's, writing presidential edicts where there is no debate or compromise, blaming others for failures, raising taxes (not just on the rich either--just wait until 2013 and 2014 when Obamacare becomes fully implemented and watch taxes go up for everyone). Our economy has still not rebounded since the Great Recession 4 years ago--the longest recessionary recovery in history.
- 6:09 p.m. Oct. 21, 2012
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I'll give Romney/Ryan a chance when their own home states can support them. If Romney wins the election the rest of the country will find out what Massachuetts and Wisconsin already know.
- 9:45 p.m. Oct. 21, 2012
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The Satanic Origin of Modern Cult-ure
August 10, 2012
Left. Life imitates satanic art.
Modern Cult-ure is designed to induct society into a satanic cult, the Illuminati. Under the guise of "secularism" the goal is to deny man's divine soul and reduce him to a domesticated animal.
by Henry Makow Ph.D.
(This combines two articles on the Judeo Masonic basis of modern cult-ure dating from 2005. They both appear in Cruel Hoax. I re-post this essential material for new initiates.)
There should be a POISON symbol over the doors of our universities, cinemas and art galleries. There should be a similar warning on our TV, music and videos.
In the 1920's, leaders of the Communist International decided that Western society was too strong to conquer. It was necessary to weaken it by subverting its cultural institutions--family, education, religion, art, mass media and government.
They have largely succeeded. While maintaining these institutions in their familiar format, they have subtly changed the content. It's like lacing a bottle of aspirin with arsenic. The purpose is to gradually poison, paralyse and eventually destroy.
We are noticing that our political and cultural leaders are mostly cowards, dupes, traitors, crooks, opportunists and impostors rewarded by how much harm they can do.
Our failure to combat Communism is due to misunderstanding its real nature. Communism is the creation of a satanic cult (Cabalists) empowered by Illuminati Jewish international bankers. It is designed to put all the world's wealth in their hands, and eventually to reduce and enslave the human race. The 5-pointed Red Star of Communism is also the symbol of Satan-worship. A demonic virus, Communism has morphed into countless forms (such as fe-manism) and "gay rights" hoodwinking more people than ever.
Western Civilization is built on Christianity, the premise that God is real, in fact the Ultimate Reality, which is a spiritual one. Through man's Divine soul, the ordinary individual can discern the Divine Will without mediation from a worldly authority. This is why the bankers hate Christianity.
God is the Truth, Love, Beauty and Goodness to which we aspire. This moral order precludes a small clique monopolizing the world's wealth. So the bankers set out to destroy our belief in a Divine Order by promoting Darwinism, Existentialism etc. They create war, depression and terror so we will demand their "antidote": the New World Order.
In his brilliant essay, "The Frankfurt School and Political Correctness" Michael Minnichino describes how most of the fashionable intellectual and artistic movements in the 20th century, still in vogue today, were actually inspired by thinkers who were Comintern (Communist International) agents financed by the central bankers. Some of them actually worked for Soviet Intelligence (NKVD) right into the 1960's.
He writes: "The task [of the Frankfurt School] was first to undermine the Judeo-Christian legacy through an "abolition of culture" ...and second, to determine new cultural forms which would increase the alienation of the population, thus creating a "new barbarism." ...The purpose of modern art, literature and music must be to destroy the uplifting potential of art, literature and music..."
Funds came from "various German and American universities, the Rockefeller Foundation, the American Jewish Committee, several American intelligence services..."
This subversive movement "represents almost the entire theoretical basis of all the politically correct aesthetic trends which now plague our universities." They are associated with Post Modernism, Feminism, Cultural Studies, Deconstructionism, Semiotics, etc.
Their net effect is to divorce us from truth, social cohesion and our cultural heritage. They assert that reality is unknowable and that writers and artists are just depicting themselves. For example, postmodernist Hayden White writes, "historical narratives are verbal fictions, the contents of which are more invented than found...truth and reality are primarily authoritarian weapons of our times." In other words, we cannot know what happened in the past (which is exactly what they want.)
Postmodernism is part of the authoritarian agenda. Similarly the Frankfurt School championed the notion that "authoritarianism" is caused by religion, male leadership, marriage and family, when these things actually uphold society.
As a result, universities are enemy territory and professors usually are obstacles to genuine learning.
Communism is the product of an ancient conspiracy against God and man. The Jewish Pharisees rejected Christ because he taught that God is Love and all men are equal in the sight of God.
"The advent of Christ was a national catastrophe for the Jewish people, especially for the leaders," Leon de Poncins writes. "Until then they alone had been the Sons of the Covenant; they had been its sole high priests and beneficiaries.... "
He continues: "The irreducible antagonism with which Judaism has opposed Christianity for 2000 years is the key and mainspring of modern subversion...[The Jew] championed reason against the mythical world of the spirit ...he was the doctor of unbelief; all those who were mentally in revolt came to him either secretly or in broad daylight..." (Judaism and the Vatican, pp.111-113.)
I suspect that Jewish Messianism may be an instrument of international bankers, a way to consolidate their power. These bankers and their allies are creating a New World Order that cares little for democratic principles. They will be the gods.
Nathan Rothschild (1777 -1836) famously said: "I care not what puppet is placed on the throne of England to rule the Empire. The man who controls Britain's money supply controls the British Empire and I control the British money supply."
In addition to Jewish Messianism, Freemasonry has been the bankers' tool. It was instrumental in the destruction of the Christian monarchies in Germany, Austria and Russia and the decline of the Catholic Church. This is also the view revealed in The Red Symphony.
In his Encyclical Humanum Genus (1884) Pope Leo XIII wrote that the ultimate aim of Freemasonry is "to uproot completely the whole religious and moral order of the world, which has been brought into existence by Christianity...This will mean that the foundation and the laws of the new structure of society will be drawn from pure naturalism."
Again Pope Leo XIII said: "Freemasonry is the permanent personification of the Revolution; it constitutes a sort of society in reverse whose aim is to exercise an occult overlordship upon society as we know it, and whose sole raison d'etre consists of waging war against God and his Church." (De Poncins, Freemasonry and the Vatican, p. 45)
In Freemasonry and the Vatican, Leon de Poncins uses Jewish sources to argue that Freemasonry is closely related to Judaism. For example, Rabbi Elle Benamozegh wrote: "Masonic theology corresponds well enough to that of the Kabbala.,,,(Israel et L'Humanite, p.73)
De Poncins cites an article that appeared in 1861 in a Parisian Jewish Review La Verite Israelite: "But the spirit of Freemasonry is that of Judaism in its most fundamental beliefs; its ideas are Judaic, its language is Judaic, its very organization, almost, is Judaic... "
De Poncins writes that the goal of both Freemasonry and Judaism is the unification of the world under Jewish law. (Freemasonry and the Vatican, p. 76)
Just as we need healthy food and exercise, our mind and soul needs truth and beauty. We need to see life portrayed honestly, with the real forces identified. Instead, we are deliberately deceived and degraded by a small financial elite with a diabolical plan. White stallions (our souls) are fed a diet of sawdust.
Whether it's school or mass media, we are bombarded with propaganda designed to produce alienation and dysfunction. We must protect ourselves from this poison before it is too late.
The good news is that modern culture, based on the premise there is no inherent purpose or positive design in human life, has been exposed as a long-term Illuminati psy-op designed to demoralize us. It will fail.
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Ellen Grace Dooley Vachon, 87, of Amarillo passed away Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 in Katy.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors Ivy Chapel, 2800 Paramount Blvd., with Dick Marcear, officiating. Graveside services will immediately follow at Llano Cemetery.
Ellen was born in Waco on May 20, 1923, she was raised in Thorndale and Smithville. She was admired and loved by all and was dedicated to God, family, and country.
Ellen was known for her beauty, wit, poise and grace.
Serving almost 20 years as a civil service clerk at Amarillo Air Force Base, she was a resident of Amarillo for 37 years and was a member and deaconess of First Christian Church, where she also served as president of the Christian Women's Fellowship.
Ellen married Capt. Don Jefferson Vachon in 1942, and they had four children. Don was a career Air Force officer, serving in World War II and flying a glider plane into Normandy on D-day. He later was a squadron commander at AAFB.
Ellen re-located to Katy in the 1990s to be closer to family.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Don; son, Don Michael Vachon; and baby daughter, Terri Lynn Vachon.
She is survived by her loving daughter and son-in-law, Bobbie and Rex Wedgeworth of Katy; and son and daughter-in-law, Tim and Nancy Vachon of Round Rock. Her beloved grandchildren are Steve Vachon of Highlands Ranch, Colo., and Tim Vachon of Tempe, Ariz., Heather Davis Howard of Houston, Melynda Yoder of Thornton, Colo., Staff Sgt. Chris Vachon, USAF currently stationed in Germany, Lt. j.g. Stephanie Pendino, USN, of Charleston, S.C., Andrew and Brad Vachon of Round Rock. She also leaves behind seven adored great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations are made to the American Cancer Society in memory of Mike Vachon, Silent Wings Museum in honor of Don Vachon, or the World War II Memorial in Honor of all World War II heroes.
Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 13, 2010
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