Business Events Sunshine Coast (BESC) has secured the right to host the Australian Amusement Leisure & Recreation Association (AALARA) Conference at Novotel Twin Waters Resort from 8 – 10 May 2018.
Approximately 250 attendees including global speakers will converge on the region with the agenda of the event to discuss the most important trends affecting the amusement, leisure and recreation industry, with safety and global harmonisation at the forefront.
The program also includes the opportunity for participants to see the new redevelopment at ‘Downunder Drive’ with a dedicated function hosted by Aussie World as well as undertake site visits of local attractions including Australia Zoo, The Ginger Factory and Big Kart Track.
AALARA President Dax Eddy says, “AALARA has an incredibly proud history of providing the best and most up-to-date conference content for our delegates, and this year is no exception, in fact, it will be the biggest and best line up we have seen in our 24-year history.
“With our industry going through a variety of shifts – currently and on the horizon – it is more important than ever that AALARA, as the peak industry body, provides its Members relevant and cutting-edge information to ensure together, we are consistently moving forward.
“Supported by major sponsor, Roller Digital; I’m very much looking forward to welcoming the calibre of ten international speakers at this year’s Conference.
“AALARA is going from strength to strength and it is testament to the quality of our Members.”
Facilitated by BESC in partnership with the Sunshine Coast Council; the AALARA conference has been attracted to the Sunshine Coast with support from the Business Events Assistance Program.
Visit Sunshine Coast CEO Simon Latchford said the AALARA conference win recognises our coming of age in the tourism industry.
“Attractions and recreation is the cornerstone of our tourism industry and to have the best in the country choose the Sunshine Coast for their conference is a testament to the improvement and standard of our offerings as well as our future plans.
“It is not just about simply winning the business but selecting the most appropriate events to raise the region’s profile; both as a place to do business but also as a leisure destination with 40 percent of corporate visitors returning for a holiday.
“Of course, the win has been made possible by the foresight and assistance of Council through the new business events funding program,” added Mr Latchford.
Tourism, Sport and Major Events Portfolio Councillor, Jason O’Pray, welcomed the staging of the AALARA Conference on the Sunshine Coast.
“Hosting this national conference on the Sunshine Coast, provides a great opportunity to profile some of our main tourism and leisure attractions to a key industry group,” Cr O’Pray said.
“The staging of this conference is also another successful outcome of the Business Events Assistance Program, between Sunshine Coast Council and Visit Sunshine Coast, which assists in attracting high yielding national and international business events to the region.”
The Business Events Assistance Program launched in late 2017 has also assisted in securing ‘The Sunshine Coast Conversation on Post-Traumatic Stress 2018’ to be held in August 2018 and the ‘United Nations and Overseas Policing Association of Australia Conference’, October 2019.


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2007, PG, 90 min. Directed by Kevin Munroe. Voices by Chris Evans, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mako, Patrick Stewart, Laurence Fishburne, Ziyi Zhang, Mitchell Whitfield, James Arnold Taylor, Mikey Kelley, Nolan North, Kevin Smith.
REVIEWED By Marjorie Baumgarten, Fri., March 23, 2007
“We’re going to rescue our brother; then we’re going to save New York City,” declares one of the crime-fighting turtles. Beyond this crux, the rest of the plot in this new outing from the dormant Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise seems an afterthought. Back on the screen for the first time since the early Nineties, the turtles are now animated via CGI and no longer wearing their Jim Henson hard shells. Though they are still identifiable by their color-coordinated masks and penchant for pizza, their character distinctions are harder to perceive in this revival. Even though much of the action takes place in the sewers and nighttime rooftops the turtle clan claims as their own, the overall look of this animated feature is murky and dull. The story involves some nonsense about 13 monsters that slipped through a time/space portal some 3,000 years ago and the rich modern-day tycoon (Stewart) who is gathering them up for unknown reasons. It’s all probably too slippery for the youngest viewers to grasp and too sketchy for the nostalgia crowd (for whom this revival seems most geared). There’s also an undercurrent about turtle-family values, as the brothers are resentful at the beginning of the film of Leonardo’s (Taylor) absence in South America, where he has been sent by their rat sensei Splinter (Mako) to hone his skills. The other three have grown unfocused in the interim: Raphael (North) a rogue fighting force, Michelangelo (Kelley) a party clown named Cowabunga Carl, and Donatello (Whitfield) a stay-at-home phone tech-support clerk. Though it’s all too ineffective for this Middle-Aged Mutant Ninja Critic, the film doesn’t seem as though it will have much appeal for a new generation of youngsters or their older counterparts (despite some vocal contributions by king of the fanboys Kevin Smith). However, TMNT probably has just enough juice to keep the franchise alive and kicking until its next incarnation.

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jeez this is pure crap, lyrics are crap and the way he raps is even worse. He has just raped a pretty good beat…
this dude can not rap at all
omgg i got racks on muthaa lovin racks !!!!
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57 minutes in the movie, Michele Riondino is taking a bath. As he stands up from the bath, we see his uncut dick and then his butt when he turns around.
97 minutes in the movie, Sean Biggerstaff is naked in bed with a woman. As he rushes out of the bed, we get a brief view at Sean Biggerstaff's cut penis.
Sean Biggerstaff rapidly dresses up. We can view his hairy body, bushy pubic hair and circumcised penis.
In this Yves Saint Laurent movie, Gaspard Ulliel shows his naked body. He exposes his big uncut dick for the first time !
33 minutes in the movie, Daniel Radcliffe is jerking off. We see his butt from behind as he goes on.
59 minutes in the movie, Daniel Radcliffe has a gay kiss with Dane DeHaan but no nudity.
70 minutes Daniel Radcliffe and Olen Holm get naked and have sex together. We first see Daniel Radcliffe undressing.
Then we see both Daniel Radcliffe and Olen Holm's butts.
We also see Olen Holm's big balls.
66 minutes in the movie, Matthew McConaughey is wearing nothing but an hospital gown. We see first his pubes and this his butt as he walks away.
Right at the beginning of the movie, we see James McAvoy in his wet underwear, with a clear bulge.
There are several other bulge scenes later on also.
50 minutes in the movie, James McAvoy only wearing a short undresses in front of the camera. He is slightly remote, so we don't see a lot of details.
We can however see that James McAvoy has a great bubble butt and a rather large uncut penis.
We see again his butt when he is making love to a woman, 74 minutes through the movie.
Craig Parker appears fully naked in the season 3 of Spartacus. He proudly shows there his thick cut penis. His pubes are shaved.
6 minutes in the movie,Thomas Jane is naked at the beach. We see his butt and also his rather small cut penis. Quite a disappointment for the star actor of TV show "Hung", who plays the role of a porn actor with an oversized penis. 22 minutes in the movie, Thomas Jane is singing and dancing naked. But the scene is dark and back-lit so we cannot see too well. However we do see the shape of his penis and balls bouncing around.
Peter Sarsgaard first appears naked 49 minutes in the movie. He stands in front of the camera and we can see his small cut penis. 60 minutes in the movie, he is naked again. We see his butt very clearly as he is making love to a woman.
Manu Bennett shows us everything in this TV show. We can see his butt in almost every episode, but in addition we get great view at his penis is the episode 5. He has a pretty big uncut penis. The late Andy Whitfield does not reveal his penis as it seems to have been digitally edited out, but we get to see his very nice butt at many occasions! In episode 5, Manu Bennett and Andy Whitfield fight naked, body against body. Quite a view!


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This is a grouping of three bead embroidered cuff bracelets created using different types of fabric, leather, suede, glass seed beads, freshwater pearls, glass beads and semi-precious jade chips. I love bead embroidery because it feels like I’m painting with beads.
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The Villagers were from Dayton, possibly students at Carroll HS. They recorded a 45 that was released through Counterpart records although it uses a one off label name, Hamlet.
The band members were Janis Miles (the singer), Brian Blacker, Mike Copp, Bob Fowle, and Mike Wendling. Miles and Copp are the writers credited on the 45.
He's Not The Same / Sunshine My Way - Hamlet 1000, 1968


|I had been waiting for a while to get a newer, real smart phone, like the
cool kids. But i don't like the iPhone - it's just too closed (get a mac to
develop on it? can't officially sync from linux?) and i'm tired of having to
work around stubborn companies.
The Palm Pre doesn't excite me. Neither do the latest offerings from
That leaves Android devices. Here in Canada, Rogers has the HTC Dream (aka
the G1) and Magic, which are the older ones, with slowish processors. I was
just waiting for the Nexus One and when it became available, i jumped on it. Ordered an engraved N1 on tuesday at 19:00, and friday around noon, had it in my hands.
Here are my impressions after a week of using it, the gist of which is that
this phone is a WIN.
The N1 worked out of the box with my Rogers SIM, for which i had a
Blackberry bundle with a BB data plan. I called up Rogers, wanting to get one
of the iPhone bundles, but got better, and now for 67$/mo i get 300 minutes,
caller id, voicemail, 1GB data, and some other stuff (+ the scammish "access
fee" and taxes). Plus, i had called months before and sweet-talked a Rogers
lady into giving me a 5$/month rebate for no reason. When my current contract
expires (that contract is paying for the blackberry 8130 which i no longer
use), i'll try to get a better rebate, on account of them not subsidizing a
phone to me anymore.
I *love* the N1. Here are my bulleted impressions.
- Feel: it feels solid, and has a metal feel to it, even though the shell isn't entirely metal
- Connectors: it uses standard plugs - will Apple ever join the standard connectors bandwagon? Getting dinged for custom cables, which also multiples the number of cables i need to keep, is beyond annoying. The headset connector is a standard jack, the data/charging connector is a standard Micro USB connector (which is different than the Mini USB cables you probably have already for other phones and cameras, but you can get Mini->Micro adapters for a dollar each if you want to carry just one kind of cable)
- What's in the box: it comes with a nice fabric sleeve, USB cable, and charger. No manual - it's online
- GPS: getting a location is super-fast - it probably uses the nearest cell tower and/or wifi connections for a first fix while the GPS can get better coordinates, because within just a few seconds of starting the map application, it shows you where you are with very good precision (and no, the GPS receiver isn't always on - it's a battery suck. There's a status icon telling you when it's used)
- UI: the Android "desktop", which is a 5 screens wide thing you scroll or tap through with ease, with fully customizable layout of shortcuts, widgets and bookmarks, is really nice. It lets you have widgets for weather/news, turning on/off the different transceivers, put a bookmark to get to google reader within a few seconds, etc. Applications from the Market can define their own widgets, and the background can be dynamic. From there you can click to a scrolling list of all your installed apps, but the fact that the home screen isn't a full list of apps, but a custom layout of bookmarks, app shortcuts and widgets is really nice.
- there are a ton of apps in the Market; i have installed quite a few apps and games and live wallpapers, and i've yet to pay for one - there's a ton of really good free ones. The iPhone has many more apps for sure, but there's definitely a lot of inertia to Android apps.
- Multitasking: maybe apple fanboys will one day be able to do more than 1 thing at once on their iphone, but here you can have music playing while you're on a the phone (with someone who monotonically rambles on irrelevant chatter for hours, since you need to have music on at the same time, evidently), while you play a game, while an app gets downloaded and another is being updated.
- Notifications: there's a nice status area, which looks a little like the Ubuntu notifications area. What's quite neat is that if you have emails, you'll see an icon, but you can drag that bar down so it takes up the full screen and you'll see which accounts have emails, and you can click through to them of course. You'll also see if your app is done downloading, and you can click to it. And you can see the ongoing stuff, too, like if you have Slacker Radio going it'll show an icon in the notifications, and if you drag the notifications area down you'll see it and be able to click to it so you can very quickly pause the music without having to find the Slacker app icon on the desktop.
- Touch me: the touch and multitouch interface works great, haven't encountered any problems.
- Soft buttons: many have complained that the 4 soft buttons on the bottom (back, menu, home and search) are useless but i use them all the time and i like that those frequently sought-after functions aren't cluttering the UI.
- Trackball: it isn't *so* useful, and they didn't get it nearly as right as RIM did on the blackberry. It sticks a little bit and doesn't have a very nice feel to it. But it's useful: for very precisely positioning the cursor on small text, or playing some games for which a mouse is nicer than a touch interface, like Frozen Bubble. So while it doesn't add any functionality, it makes some things easier and overall i'd say it's a plus. Given the choice i'd prefer to have a slightly taller screen than a scrollball, but that's not necessarily a choice they have.
- Cloud: the integration with Google services is awesome. You just enter your Google creds and you get google mail, your google mail contacts, your custom maps, etc. Moving contacts is always a pain, but what i did is export my contacts from my Blackberry and import them into Gmail. But then you'll get lots of duplicates: people you already had an email and a gtalk handle for in the google apps, but for whom you had maybe their work email, phone numbers and address on your previous phone. Well, the Gmail contacts editor has a *great* "merge contacts" feature: you select the 3 John Smith contacts you have, click merge, and they'll be put into a single contact and you're presented with that contact in Edit mode, where you can fine-tune the merge and then just click save. I merged about 100 contacts in almost no time - the longest part was figuring out how to export the contacts DB from my Blackberry.
- Screen: others have complained about the screen: it uses a pixel layout where there's 2 half-width greens, 1 red and 1 blue - very much like a camera's sensor, actually. The problem is that they calculate each (red or blue)+green pair as a pixel. In the camera world, each pixel is a single color and is counted as a distinct pixel, but for displays you count RGB triads as single pixels. This leads to about 33% less pixels on the Nexus than they tell you, but it's not a straightforward calculation - go read the Ars article for a full explanation. In any case, *i* find the screen *gorgeous*. I am aware that this is not a calibrated perfect color reproduction screen, but it's vibrant, it's high resolution, and i just love reading stuff on it. I can't wait for large OLED monitors. Also, the automatic brightness works quite well on it - i'm never blinded by the display but can always see it, *except* in full sunlight where this screen *is* quite difficult to use - a downside of AMOLED from what i've read. This might trouble me in the summer but so far it hasn't.
- Locking: i love the pattern lock. So much better than having to click a code. If your fingers are the least bit smudgy, though, and you just unlock your phone then lock it, it's totally possible to see the pattern in the reflection - but i guess that's be true if you just clicked numbers as well.
- Don't steal me! In a similar, security-conscious vein: this phone has access to my gmail account, my google checkout account, my other chat account, my SkypeOut account (thanks to the Fring app which lets you make calls over 3G or wifi), my other email accounts, etc. Dangerous. I recommend you put in a pattern lock, and you install something like WaveSecure, which can do a full backup of your phone to their servers (including installed apps), and if your phone is lost or stolen, will lock it if the SIM is changed. It also lets you geolocate it, remotely lock it, and remotely wipe it clean - very handy. It's not free, but it's in Beta for Android right now, and if you install their app before March 31st, you'll get lifetime service on that phone. Don't wait until your phone is stolen! Also write down the IMEI number for the phone, so you can immediately call your provider and make them block the phone if it's stolen, in the full belts+suspenders philosophy.
- I'm OPEN. Last but not least: this phone is OPEN. Everything about it screams "hi! i like you". It doesn't require custom software with no linux version to synchronize (want to add music to it? plug it through USB and drag and drop any music or video files you have, it plays most formats including Ogg Vorbis, MP3 and AAC). There was no "we're not letting in any VOIP app on this phone" thing - there's several. You can develop for it with the free SDK on any platform. It uses standard formats and connectors everywhere. It just doesn't lock you in or try to be in your way so it's masters can be compensated - it just works for you, and that's perhaps the biggest thing it has going for it, and this is actually why i didn't want an iPhone. I'm tired of having to circumvent DRM crap or using half-assed apps because the vendor doesn't know that Linux exists.
- Copy-paste: you can't just copy text from any source. This bit me when my first reaction to connect to my home wifi was to email myself the WPA key so i could copy-paste it into the wifi settings dialog on the N1. Well, it turns out there doesn't seem to be any way that you can copy text from an email, except when Android deems a snippet to be worthwhile (an URL, an email address, a phone number for example - then you just long-press on it and you'll have some choices). In the browser, you can select arbitrary text, but it's a browser thing. Why this isn't a generic OS-level thing is totally beyond me.
- Email filing: although the email app lets you go into remote IMAP folders (whereas the Blackberry mail app has no knowledge of folders whatsoever), you can't *file* an email to a folder. You can delete it or leave it there. But i'm not one of those people who just keep their life in their INBOX, i like to file any email i've read and which doesn't require an action. On my N1, i can read it, but i need to then file a bunch of emails when i get back to my desktop. Lame!
- Battery: the battery doesn't last very long. In fact, i regret not getting the docking station when i ordered it - i would just get rid of my current bedside alarm clock, and dock the nexus. It has a nice "clock" mode with a night mode where it's ultra dimmed and shows just the time, slowly moving it accross the screen (not unlike how Windows NT would pop the login dialog in and out in different places on the screen). If you play and talk with the Nexus a fair bit, you'll have to charge it every night. I use it on wifi quite a lot though, so that might be part of it. Getting the docking station now would be prohibitive, because ...
- Shipping to Canada: Google ships you the phone with DHL. DHL sucks, it blows. DHL is a bunch of trucks filled with fail. The driver claimed to have tried to deliver it to my home, and i can guarantee i was there, and the house was silent (kids were asleep): i would have heard him if he so much as breathed on my door. And he didn't leave anything on the door telling me i missed him. He didn't come, there's just no way. But he still clicked on his system the button which says "i tried, but he wasn't there". Maybe that button is right next to the one which says "i'm a lazy dumbass who lies so my boss can't tell i hang out at Tim Horton's for half my shift" and his finger slipped, i don't know. I called DHL and they apologized, and a different driver delivered the thing the next morning. *BUT* i couldn't take it before i gave him my credit card. Why, you ask? Because DHL suck, and they slapped me a C$76 COD for customs handling!!! I get a lot of stuff shipped to me from the US, by USPS/Canada Post, UPS and Fedex - i've never had a customs charge. Except for ... DHL - this isn't the first time they pull this crap on me. But it means i can't order the dock, because this charge would triple its cost. This wasn't free shipping either - i paid US$26 to get this kind of trick done.
- Hands-free: the loudspeaker is fine for playing some music to put my kids to sleep, but it just isn't loud enough - or it is, but way too distorty when used at high volume. This means that making a hands-free call in the car is not a very good experience. It's not bad, but there's a lot of room for improvement here.
- Multitasking: one downside of the multitasking is that by default, if you click Home when an app is going, it'll just stay in the background, possibly running and eating resources. In the real world, this isn't so much of a problem; at first i got paranoid and installed a free app called "TaskList" which can kill tasks, and started killing anything i wasn't using, but it turns out this is mostly unnecessary - everything stays responsive and you rarely need to kill any app. Most of them have sensible behavior, and if they're being put in the background, will just pause whatever they're doing and be nice. If you click the app again, you go back in the same process, of course. The games i've seen let you Exit the game fully.
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Mental Health America of Central Carolinas (MHACC) is proud to kickoff BIPOC Mental Health Month, also known as National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, by sharing recent recognition with The Betty Humphries Equity Champion Award. Accepted at the National Conference in June, this award is bestowed by national affiliate Mental Health America (MHA), to an individual or organization for demonstrating an ongoing commitment to fight for diversity, equity, and inclusion. It recognizes those who advance the intersectionality of mental health as it relates to discrimination, poverty, stigma, racism, and overall social and economic determinants of health.
The Equity Champion Award was awarded in response to MHACC’s recent program expansion to create a new free MHA Counseling Center: Where Mental Health Matters. The center in East Charlotte is one of the ways the organization is addressing racial equity by increasing access to care for uninsured and underinsured Mecklenburg County residents. In addition, the MHA Counseling Center partners with Johnson C. Smith University and UNC Charlotte, to offer four internship opportunities each year to Master of Counseling or Master of Social Work students. With the goal of increasing the pipeline of clinicians of color, interns provide the counseling under the supervision of Megan Bryant, MHACC Clinical Director. Bryant said, “What I’ve found during my years in this field is that (clients) want someone who looks like them. They want someone who gets it—not just the textbook version.”
Pictured above, L to R: Schroeder Stribling, President and CEO Mental Health America National, Courtney Lang, JD, MHA National Board of Directors, Megan Bryant, MHACC Counseling Center Clinical Director, Kathy Rogers, MHACC Executive Director, Jennifer Bright, MHA National Board Chair.

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A beautiful contrapuntal composition for a cappella choir by Orlando Gibbons. Arranged for SAB choir. Perfect for concert or worship. This counterpoint and melismatic passages will provide a challenge.
An exciting fanfare for the Easter season proclaiming the resurrection. Written for Men's Choir. This selection will add drive and momentum to your worship experience during the Easter
Written for SATB choir with organ accompaniment, this anthem makes a strong statement about the preeminence of Christ in the church.


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by Manda Zand-Ervin (May 9, 2021)
On April 20, 2021 the United Nations voted to appoint the Islamic regime in Iran which openly flaunts gender apartheid, to the Commission on the Status of Women via “secret ballots”. Forty three out of 53 countries including many of Western democracies, basically voted to approve discrimination against Iranian women and children.
The Swiss based organization, UN Watch called on the lawmakers from 15 EU, U.S. and others to demand that their governments reveal how they voted. The countries that may have voted yes, include Australia, Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Latvia, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The culprits are not countries like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan or China; they were the Western Democracies whose votes contradict what they preach. The best example is my own adopted country, the U.S., where I took refuge in 1979, after being forced to flee the gender apartheid regime, facilitated by then president, Jimmy Carter. I took refuge in the land where women are not only powerful enough to be in congress, but to order their male colleagues on the floor to “shut your mouth”. Yet those very women ignore their sisters in Iran by voting for gender apartheid, child abuse and poverty on the floor of the United Nation.
Why would the world of 21st century progressive humanity vote for the well-documented appalling record on women and children’s rights, by the ruling clerics in Iran? The narrative being pushed by Western Democracies, in order to convince their voters is: “This is their culture”. However, it is a well-known fact that the Iranian culture is historically matriarchal.
The people of Iran have fought Islamic rule from its very inception, refusing to give up the Persian language (the Sanskrit mother of Western languages) in order to capitulate to Arabic. Iranians are proud of their progressive culture that has been based on respect for humanity, equality and freedom of worship stated in the proclamation of the human rights of our king Cyrus the Great, in the year of 539 BCE- adopted by Thomas Jefferson.
Declassified CIA records at Library of Congress shows clearly, that the existing regime was hoisted on Iranians in 1979 by the same Western Democracies. In 2019, the office of the UN Human Rights Commissioner itself, criticized the Islamic regime, for its poor record on women’s rights. That, and the four plus decades of Tehran’s visible practice of gender apartheid against women and children, should not have been overlooked, granting them the right to membership and representation of the commission.
Why are the votes done in secret?
This will be the question that Eleanore Roosevelt would have been asking right about now. The United Nations should be neutral and free, in order for the citizens of member nations to be aware of their government actions.
In 2019 the State Department released a report calling Iran an “authoritarian theocratic republic” which is responsible for significant human rights abuses, including a lack of accountability for violence against women. However, the Biden administration which boasts the first female Vice President has yet to follow up and take any action in that regard.
The UN Watch is calling on U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield and female representatives of EU nations to condemn the UN’s election of Iran to a 4-year term on its Commission on the Status of women. One would hope an American woman of color would not accept gender apartheid against her Iranian sisters.
In 1969, Professor Mehrangiz Manouchehrian, an Iranian female senator criticized the UN in a speech at the American Women Lawyers conference in Virginia, saying: “The UN Declaration of Human Rights is not without discrimination against women, because in the very first article it states, All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of ‘brotherhood’. I am proposing to the United Nations to add the word ‘sisterhood’ to that sentence also.”
The power grabbing of the Islamic regime in Iran will be for a four-year term on the Commission of the Status of Women, beginning next year. Let us hope that if Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield has in fact voted in favor of the Khomeinist regime, she did so with the intention of keeping a vigilant eye on the human rights of her Iranian sisters. Progress only comes about when the peaceful and progressive people of a country are empowered, not the dictators who incessantly encroach on their human and civil rights.
First published in Alliance of Iranian Women.

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The official Orbcomm website
will tell you about this 'little LEO'
for data messaging that is already operational. Low bandwidth, no phones. See also
Full active Orbcomm constellation as modelled in SaVi
Orbcomm filed for US Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on 15 September 2000.
an auction took place, establishing a new owner:
Advanced Communications Technologies. However,
they weren't able to reach agreement with Orbital Sciences over FCC licenses.
Orbital has since put together its own consortium, and taken control of Orbcomm.
Gary Dorsey's book Silicon Sky describes life inside Orbital Sciences from 1992 to 1995 as Orbcomm
was developed. I haven't read it yet, but BusinessWeek carried excerpts - on development of low-cost space services, on power gains from going to GEO and LEO (although atmospheric loss stays the same) and on the failed Orbcomm-X launch. Another short excerpt via Context Magazine. Browse for a book
If you want to track the satellites using the two-line element set format, here's a recent
element set for Orbcomm.
There's a regularly-updated downloadable TLE set
from NORAD via NASA's OIG - log
into their archive to get historical information. Orbitessera may also be useful.
Fourth Pegasus launch
A set of seven satellites was launched via Pegasus on 4 Deecember 1999. This is one less than was expected by my simulations of the ideal constellation shown on this page, and the launch was into an inclined orbit instead of the expected equatorial orbit. I've since had to revise my SaVi simulation script...
Third Pegasus launch
A third set of eight satellites was launched via Pegasus on 23 September 1998.
Second Pegasus launch
A second set of eight satellites was launched via Pegasus on Sunday 2 August 1998.
Secondary payload launch
Two more satellites were launched as secondary payload on a US Navy
GEOSAT follow-on launch. Launch coverage is
on the Florida
Today summary of the week.
Since then, two more Pegasus launches were announced and the FCC authorised another twelve satellites.
First Pegasus launch
Two satellites were already up for testing when an
Pegasus rocket put an orbital plane of eight satellites into orbit on 23 December 1997. Images,
sounds and movies of that launch are available from the Florida Today summary of the week.
began testing immediately, while the eighth satellite began communication later.
A quick summary of the Pegasus launch history is available.
summary as described by Mike's Spacecraft Library,
with early orbital information on the satellites and orbital planes.
Quake Wireless manufactures Orbcomm
terminals for various applications.
Description of Orbcomm from the Small Satellites Home Page.
Remote monitoring terminals from Satellite Smart Solutions in Israel.
Quake Global produces modems for use with Orbcomme.
monitors rare fish.
Magellan's latest GPS/Orbcomm handheld (Wired News, 25 August 1998)
courtesy of Orbital Sciences.
You can also
simulate Orbcomm with
Orbcomm's idealised satellite footprints at a moment in time, generated by SaVi
The footprints move over the earth, some at different rates due to different orbital heights.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Archaeologists in Kenya have unearthed some of the oldest stone tools ever, but who used them is a mystery.
In the past, scientists assumed that our direct ancestors were the only toolmakers. But two large fossil teeth found along with the tools at the Kenyan site belong to an extinct human cousin known as Paranthropus, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.
This adds to evidence that our direct relatives in the Homo lineage may not have been the only tech-savvy creatures during the Stone Age, said study author Rick Potts, director of the Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program.
“Those teeth open up an amazing whodunit – a real question, well, who were these first toolmakers?” Potts said.
The tools date back to about 2.9 million years ago, when early humans used them to butcher hippos for their meat, the researchers report.
Older stone tools have been found in Kenya, dating back about 3.3 million years, long before our own Homo ancestors appeared. Those tools were a bit simpler and have only been found in one place so far, said Shannon McPherron, an archaeologist at Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology who was not involved in the study.
The latest discovery corresponds to a much larger tradition known as the Oldowan toolkit. For more than a million years of prehistory, the same types of tools appear across Africa and beyond, Potts said, showing that they really caught on with early humans.
They held a rock in one hand and hit it with another, breaking off thin, razor-sharp flakes, said anthropologist Kathy Schick of the Stone Age Institute in Indiana, who was not involved in the study.
The rocks and flakes allowed early humans to cut and crush a wide variety of materials, said lead author Thomas Plummer, an anthropologist at Queens College of the City University of New York. And the tools from the Kenya site — likely the oldest Oldowan tools found to date — suggest this gave them an advantage in an important area: food.
The site, known as Nyayanga, is a lush, hilly landscape on the shores of Lake Victoria. Since excavations there began in 2015, researchers have found a trove of artifacts and animal bones, along with the two Paranthropus teeth.
Cut marks on several hippopotamus bones show they were carved for their meat, which would have been eaten raw like hippopotamus steak tartare, Plummer said. Early humans probably also used their tools to crack open antelope bones for their fat marrow inside, and to peel the outer shells off tough plant roots, the authors concluded.
“Stone tools, even at this very early period, allow them to extract a lot of resources from the environment,” Plummer said. “If you can butcher a hippo, you can butcher pretty much anything.”
In the past, it was easy to assume that our direct ancestors were the ones using these tools, Plummer said. But the teeth make it hard to rule out that other early humans picked up their own tools, researchers said — even extinct cousins like Paranthropus, with their big teeth and little brains.
The mystery will be difficult to solve.
After all, we can’t say for sure whether Paranthropus used these tools or just happened to die in the same spot, Schick said: “When we find hominin fossils with stone tools, you always have to ask, Is this the dinner?” or the restaurant?”
The Associated Press Health and Science division is supported by the Science and Educational Media Group of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The AP is solely responsible for all content.


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Each Friday at noon, this group meets to talk about portions of books selected for their relevance to the life of a follower of Jesus. The group is currently reading and discussing The Second Mountain, by David Brooks. Past books have included Calvinism at the Las Vegas Airport, by Richard Mouw; Accidental Saints, by Nadia Bolz Weber; and Simply Good News, by N. T. Wright. A new study will begin on or about the Friday after Easter. Sessions usually end at 1:45, although participants are welcome to log off as the demands of their work day dictate.

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No Ordinary Art Fair-Hong Kong Contemporary Prepares for Spectacular Debut
Hong Kong Contemporary Fair and Auction to be held at the Park Lane Hotel Causeway Bay, Hong Kong | May 18– 20, 2012 Hong Kong Auctions Limited will host an exclusive art auction for Hong Kong Contemporary on May 20th.
Park Lane Hotel Causeway Bay, Hong Kong | May 18_– 20, 2012
Hong Kong Contemporary is firmly on its way to becoming the must-attend art fair during the Hong Kong Art week in May. Though Hong Kong Contemporary runs concurrently with the longstanding, prestigious Hong Kong International Art Fair - it is clear that this debut art fair is no ordinary affair.
Hong Kong Auctions Limited ( www.hkauctions.com ) will host an exclusive art auction for Hong Kong Contemporary on May 20th. Each participating gallery will submit
one piece of artwork for auction.
Leading the way with a bold new concept, Hong Kong Contemporary
heart of bustling Causeway Bay. Gallery owners are embracing this concept across Asia, according to Hong Kong Contemporary’
“Gallery owners are throwing their support behind this popular and highly successful
trend of exhibiting work out of hotels,” Mr. Lin says, “It is a new concept of showing and
selling artworks, and it is growing in popularity in Asia over the past few years.”
This method of exhibition helps facilitate a more relaxed interaction between the gallery
owner and client, and provides an intimate and attractive setting for the art works to be
showcased. In addition, gallery owners are taking advantage of the cost effectiveness of
promoting work in Hong Kong itself. Currently, it is the world’s leading art market according to auction turnover and significantly, unlike Mainland China, no tax exists on the import and export of art”
“There is a great selection of art to bid on reaching across all price ranges from artists worldwide. We look forward to seeing this as a annual event on the Hong Kong Art calander ” remarked Hong Kong Auctions ltd founder and auctioneer, Brian Hodgson .
Unlike conventional hotel fairs, Hong Kong Contemporary will launch two special exhibitions:
“Passionate Dynamics” curated by New York based curator Elga Wimmer (Chief
Curator of Chelsea Art Museum, New York), and a special solo exhibition of Korean Movie Star, renowned visual artist, Ha Jung-woo_(The Chaser , The Client , Berlin [in production]).
To further raise the event’s profile and to support local Hong Kong art, Hong Kong Contemporary will launch the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Award - a competition open to all Hong Kong artists with a Hong Kong permanent ID. A panel of judges, including art collectors and academics, will present the prize to the winner on opening day (May 18th, 2012).
Auction venue: 28F, Park Lane Hotel , Causeway Bay , Hong Kong
Time: 230pm to 4pm
For more information visit:
Notes to Editors:
Hong Kong Auctions Ltd was established in Hong Kong in 2006 providing full auction services for fine art , fine wine and charity auctions. An auctioneer since 2000, Managing Director Brian Hodgson conducts over 50 auctions a year Hong Kong and across Asia.
Featured Lots include
2- CLOWN by artist Hwang, Young-Ja, estimate USD 25,000
3- Garden Pond by Gerard Hemsworth estimate USD15,000
4- Privacy #2 Song Kexi, 130x110cm, Oil on Canvas, 2009 estimate USD10,000


As is our practice, wireless performance was tested using our standard wireless test process, which uses an AC1750 class test client. This is the same as all other AC1900 class routers tested to date, so results are directly comparable.
The WRT1900AC is Wi-Fi Certified for 802.11a,b,g,n and ac. It defaulted to Auto channel mode on both 2.4 and 5 GHz radios upon power-up. Both radios defaulted to Auto Channel width on power up. The router comes with unique 2.4 and 5 GHz SSIDs set, so you don't have to change anything to connect dual-band clients to the desired band.
WPS appeared to be enabled on the 5 GHz band only because only it popped up a WPS pushbutton prompt when a Win 7 client attempted to associate. The WPS pushbutton test passed, completing quickly with a WPA2/AES connection. There does not appear to be a control to set the band that uses WPS or to cause it to be used on both bands.
I then ran 40 MHz Coexistence and Fat channel intolerant tests. Setting the Fat Channel intolerant bit caused the router to immediately fall back to 20 MHz rates for a test pass. But it did not resume using 40 MHz bandwidth when bit was cleared on the test client. However, moving the router to Channel 8 with another network on Channel 11 for the 40 MHz coexistence test did not cause the WRT1900AC to immediately stop using a 40 MHz channel width, so the test failed.
For throughput testing, the router was first reset to factory defaults and Channel 6 was set for 2.4 GHz and Channel 153 for 5 GHz. 20 MHz bandwidth mode was set for 2.4 GHz and 80 MHz mode was set for 5 GHz. The test client was connected using WPA2/AES encryption.
The router's antennas were positioned 8" from the chamber antennas in the 0° and 180° test positions. Because of the WRT1900AC's width and the tight quarters in the test chamber, the closest antenna in the 90° and 270° positions was more like 6 to 7 inches from the chamber antennas. The 0° position for the router had the front facing the chamber antennas.
The WRT1900AC's Benchmark Summary below shows the average of throughput measurements made in all test locations. I won't spend any time analyzing this, since the Router Ranker does a better job and we'll look at that in the Closing Thoughts.
Linksys WRT1900AC Benchmark Summary
Moving right to the profile plots, I pulled three other AC1900 routers into the comparison: NETGEAR R7000; ASUS RT-AC68U; and Linksys EA6900. I didn't bother comparing the one other AC1900 router tested, TRENDnet's TEW-818DRU, because it performed so poorly.
The 2.4 GHz downlink profile shows the WRT1900AC starting out with higher throughput than the other three routers and no dip at the mid-teen attenuation values. But even if you discount the deviation from the curve at 39 dB, the WRT still declines in throughput slightly faster than the other products. Since it is the lowest of the group at the 60 dB point we use for range ranking, it gets the lowest ranking for that benchmark.
2.4 GHz Downlink Throughput vs. Attenuation
The 2.4 GHz uplink plot shows a tight clustering of all products out to 27 dB, then the WRT once again falling off the fastest and again earning the lowest range ranking of the group.


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John Paul Caponigro
John Paul Caponigro is an internationally collected visual artist and published writer who leads unique adventures in the wildest places on earth to help those who travel with him to mindfully and creatively make deeper connections with nature and themselves. Kindling maximum curiosity he inspires people to imagine and dream about what’s wild in them and to make those dreams come true by collaborating with nature, using images, words, objects, and their bodies. The most important realization we can make is that so many things that we thought were only dreams are already realities and all we have to do to find them is to look and listen carefully to the world and ourselves together. As we share our journeys, we grow the love we have for the earth and ourselves and are revitalized. Get a taste of what he does in his Google and TEDx talks.
John Paul Caponigro What are you thinking? Interviewing yourself? How can you do that?
John Paul Caponigro I do this professionally with other artists, so why can’t I do it with myself?
What’s an interview? Questions and answers. I can ask questions. I can answer them. I love good questions and the insights they can bring. Questions lie at the heart of my work. My work is a product of asking questions and it raises questions for those who see it. Besides, the classic interview questions can be so formulaic. What’s your history? What’s your education? Who are your influences? What kind of equipment do you use? What are some of the finer points of your working process (framing the question with the assumption that you work like other artists)? I answer those questions year in and year out. Once you’ve heard that, don’t you want to hear something else? And, after all, you’ve got the inside track here, you know everything about me; where I’ve been, how I got there, and what I’ve been thinking. You should be able to ask insightful questions that no one else can and in a way that will both helps me feel comfortable answering them and allows me to be as clear as possible. Oh, by the way, just like Cartier-Bresson, I prefer the word conversation to interview.
Do I address you as you, we, or I/me? Do I address myself as I/me, we, or you?
JPC Good question. I don’t have an answer. But then you’re the one being interviewed so the burden is on you to come up with the answers. Do we still need the initials before each question and answer here if they’re the same? I’m the one asking the questions, for now, so that means I’ll have to come up with the answer for that one. Let’s start with the basics.
Why do you take pictures?
JPC I make images to express wonder and love for the world. The picture frame is a meeting place. Making images offers me a way to explore the natural world, my responses to it, and my community’s responses to it. The responses can be universal, cultural, personal or some combination of all three.
JPC Why focus on nature?
JPC The natural world is the matrix we arise from, that sustains us, and that we return to. It is us. I make no separation between us and it, though that pattern of thought is deeply embedded in our culture, so deeply embedded that we don’t even possess language to describe the larger phenomenon of us/it. Through my work I hope deconstruct this false duality and suggest a more holistic way of relating. If we treat the environment (anything really) as a part of ourselves, our actions towards it will automatically become more conscientious and we will be happier, healthier, and more complete.
JPC What do you hope to achieve with your work?
JPC I hope that my work can reinvigorate people’s passion for and participation with nature. There are many artists who have documented the changing conditions of our natural environment with the hope of inspiring greater success for preservation efforts. I thank each and every one of them. And I hope that my work can inspire similar acts of conscientiousness and compassion. I make my contribution not by documenting what has passed in an attempt to slow or stop this process. Instead, my work suggests ways of relating to the natural world. It asks people to look closely at what’s outside, what’s inside, and how deeply involved in the process we all are. It’s not an invitation to get involved, we’re all already involved. It’s an invitation to clarify our involvement, to reinvigorate our participation, and to empower and celebrate our highly personal and unique contributions to this process. Change happens. Do we accept change in ways we don’t want or do we work towards change we do want?
JPC Speaking of change, you can’t always tell what has been changed in your images or how it’s been changed.
JPC I make altered images that don’t look altered and unaltered images that look altered. The effect is deliberately disconcerting. This ambiguity begs the question, “how do we know what we know?” The inability to answer this question through conventional means offers the viewer a chance to reflect upon their own experience. My images are an invitation to look at us looking. The world is wonderful and mysterious. My work is an invitation to participate more fully in that mystery.
JPC Seeing is not believing. Believing is not seeing.
JPC Hey, isn’t this my interview?
JPC Yes it is. Now get a grip. You know I’m just trying to get you to say more. Say more.
JPC I deliberately leave traces of my process in the final work. I consider this a form of disclosure. While I attempt to be more transparent, to be open to the possibilities of my subject, my medium, and myself, I feel I must acknowledge the presence and influence of all three. I prefer that a viewer assumes that my work has been altered, even if it hasn’t been (at least not in the traditional sense of the word). That sets up a dialog where the viewer starts asking questions rather than making assumptions. My work with abstraction dematerializes my subject matter, raising questions of permanence and impermanence. Abstraction drives the viewer away from the external toward the internal, raising questions of objectivity and subjectivity. I’m trying to transcend the Cartesian duality of objectivity and subjectivity. I’m striving for intersubjectivity. Subject, witness, and viewer are all engaged in a dynamic exchange. My work is like a reflecting pool; reflecting the natural world, reflecting my impressions and interactions with the natural world, reflecting the viewers’ interactions with my work and the natural world. The reflective quality of my work has been intensifying.
While I think it’s a noble concept, I don’t believe objectivity can truly be achieved. We’ve been deconstructing the notion of truth in photography for some time now. Digital imaging cuts to the core of this line of inquiry and does so very publicly. This is good. We need a more consistent and vigorous dialog on the subject. We can’t assume that a photograph represents truth any more than people in the middle ages could assume that because something was written in Latin it was the truth; even though both were considered standards for truth at one time. Today we are forced to recognize that notions of truth are complex and highly problematic. Truth is constructed. Interpretation is a highly creative act. Still we need consensus with others, to help validate our conclusions, but more importantly to live together with one another. These are very challenging issues. Because we’re all in this together, we need each other to help us create answers that are useful.
JPC So which is it? The truth is out there? Or, truth is in the eye of the beholder?
JPC What’s the function of symmetry in your work?
JPCThe psychologist Rorschach developed his inkblot tests after seeing the drawings of a mystic named Kerner who felt that his work drew him in contact with the spirit world. Like Kerner, I feel this work gives visible form to a hidden dimension in nature and to spirit. Like Rorschach, I realize these images function as mirrors and that the process we use to decode the images says as much about us as our conclusions do.
My images serve a similar function to mandalas; mandalas without culturally specific iconography. The mandala is a pancultural occurrence that usually arises spontaneously in times of crisis as a tool for self-reflection, integration, and self-definition.
While I’ve been exploring it longer and more deeply than most, many digital artists are exploring symmetry. It’s an interesting graphic device capable of creating powerful constructions and abstractions. Symmetry for symmetry’s sake is mere design. For it to be truly successful, I think you have to establish a highly personal relationship with the technique and make sure that the technique is compatible with the content of your work. Symmetry heightens the self-reflective qualities of my work. Symmetry suggests living forms or life and through the use of symmetry my work suggests that we can expand our notions of what we consider living or embued with spirit, looking at all of nature as dynamic parts of a much greater life process.
JPC So, I’m perplexed by your move away from narrative towards abstraction.
JPC I’ve been profoundly influenced by mythology. In the world’s great stories I see the psyche of mankind made visible. In my earlier work I used stories and symbols in an attempt to access that dimension. Progressively, I’ve moved away from this, trying to sustain a similar activity, while diminishing the role of story and symbolism, which is so often historically and culturally dependent, in an attempt to work in a more timeless and universal way.
JPC Isn’t it ironic that we’re just as influenced by the things that repel us as the things that attract us?
JPC Yes. I know where you’re going. I railed against abstraction as a young art student. I felt it left the viewer behind. Now I use it to include the viewer.
JPC I hardly have to ask you questions. I could prompt you with a single word, since you know what I’m asking anyway.
JPC I have a complex relationship with surfaces. I trust surfaces. They reveal so much. I’ve spent my whole life looking at the surfaces other artists create and know that they reveal so much about their creators. I’ve spent my whole life looking at the surfaces of nature and wonder what they reveal about their creator.
I distrust surfaces. Every surface conceals something else behind or beneath it. We need surfaces to see but they limit our perceptions. Surfaces are products of the material world, therefore impermanent. The material world, including our bodies (organs of sensory perception), set the conditions for our participation in it but they do not determine it. Somehow I link this thought to a phrase from physics – energy can neither be created nor destroyed. I need to think more on how to clarify that connection. But that thought leads me to this one. My work is a celebration of the particular and the ephemeral and a quest for the essential and the eternal.
JPC It’s invisible. How can you make images of the invisible? We use traces in the material world to tell us about things that are there that we can’t see. Take energy. We know it’s all around us, in us even, yet until we see it interact with the material world we have difficulty acknowledging, apprehending, or interacting with it. Take waves, the largest unifying element that runs throughout my work. Buckminster Fuller wrote, “The wave is not the water. The water merely told us about the wave passing by.” Sounds like a photograph. Sounds like a life lived.
JPC The vast majority of photographs are records of light reflected off of surfaces found in the material world. Classically photographs render objects in space. A few photographs are about space rather than the materials that occupy, mark, or enclose it. Still fewer are about light itself.
The theme of light is very significant in my work. Metaphorically, it can be seen as a manifestation of spirit.
JPC I’m fascinated and troubled by time in photographs. On the one hand, the photograph is able to arrest time enabling us to consider and reconsider at length fleeting and ephemeral phenomena. The photograph extends our perceptual faculties allowing us to see and experience (second hand) more. On the other hand, there is a temptation to think that art immortalizes a subject and that by making records we can hold onto things – permanence is illusory. Then there’s memory, the primary container of our experience. It’s fallible and becomes more so with the passage of time. Many times we are tempted to defer to the documents we create, which always distort, rather than the direct experiences we have. That applies to memory, which changes, and documents seek to fix memory – again, permanence is illusory.
JPC Space, light, time – the things your work are about. Aren’t they all the things that are missing from the final product – the print? The artifacts you create seem to be, in part, defined by conspicous absence.
JPC Why all these big words and big ideas? Aren’t images supposed to be seen and not heard?
JPC The images come first. The words follow. I think it’s important to do the work first and then step back and think about what’s happened. I don’t plan my next art assault with a series of calculated desconstructions designed to titillate a specific segment of the art market and go out an execute that battle plan. When I make images I looking for revelation. I want to be changed by my work. We talk a lot about how our lives influence what we create. I don’t think we talk enough about how what we create influences our lives. While our work is a reflection of us, doing the work also changes who we are. The first stance treats work as a symptom of a condition. The second stance suggests we have a choice in what we do and what we become. I want to open my eyes again and again. I want to consider issues that matter deeply to me. I’m a human beings so it’s likely that the issues that matter to me will matter to other people. I’m as surprised by my work as anybody. After I make it, I spend a lot of time trying to understand it. Words help. They help me and they help others understand more. There’s the temptation to think that once you’ve said or read the words you understand all that the work has to offer. That’s not true. Images have dimensions that words cannot describe, just as the world has dimensions our images cannot describe. Still we value both images and words. Understanding my work and contributing to other people’s understanding of my work is important to me. I am responsible for my work.
So writing has actually become a part of my creative process now. I find the creative process fascinating. Don’t you?
JPC Yes. I watch the creative process very carefully. I don’t have a single way of working. I have a collection of strategies for working that I call on for the particular needs of a given situation. I make photographs that document the world before the lens, which I alter very little. I make photographs that I alter significantly. I sketch with images or words and find or create raw materials in the world from which to construct new realities. I make images that faithfully represent the world outside. I make images that construct and reveal a world inside. I respond to both the external world and my internal world. I bring the outside in and the inside out. I realize that intention fashions a process, that process influences experience, and the work done is a product of experience. My work becomes a meeting place for a complex set of phenomena. Nice way to turn the tables by the way, finishing an answer with a question. At least you didn’t answer a question with another question. Though that can sometimes be interesting, especially in your case.
JPC Are you a painter or a photographer?
JPC That’s somebody else’s question. And you already know the answer.
I’m a visual artist. I make images. I’ll use any tool that comes to hand and seems appropriate for the task – charred wood, paint, still photograph, moving photograph, rendering software. That said, while I defy categorization, I recognize that each medium fosters a certain kind of interaction with a subject, itself, and myself. They all have strengths and weaknesses. You need the right tool for the job, and enough facility with the tool to get the job done well.
JPC Why don’t you want to talk about the tools and techniques you use?
You mean my Canon 1Ds, Apple G5, Adobe Photoshop, and Epson 9600? As a painter, I was never asked about my Windsor Newton sable hair brushes, watercolor, pastels, graphite, canvas, or paper. These are tools we use to get work done. I love my tools. I use the best I can find. But tools don’t make work, people do. It’s much easier to talk about technique than content. The one is not a substitute for the other. In a similar vein, Jerry Uelsmann remarked that memorizing a dictionary doesn’t guarantee that you’ll have something to say or learn to speak artfully. To be fair, there is a time and place for technical talk; it can be useful. This is not it.
JPC What’s your favorite Photoshop tool?
JPC You’ve got to be kidding me.
JPC Why do you teach? Who are your teachers?
I teach because I find it deeply fulfilling to help other artists. I hope the work I do makes a positive contribution to the world. When I teach, I get immediate confirmation that I have been able to help others.
My parents, both artists, taught me a tremendous amount. Throughout my education I had many fine teachers, in many fields, most in disciplines other than the arts, who helped me learn how to learn. I learn from work done by others. I learn from my colleagues. Teaching has taught me. Everyone and everything has the potential to teach.
JPC I always ask this of the people I interview. You should receive the same courtesy, even though I know what’s on your mind. Is there anything that we haven’t touched on that you would like to discuss?
JPC You know I have so much more to say. We’ve only scratched the surface. But I know we have a limited amount of space here. I post interviews and artist’s statements on my website – johnpaulcaponigro.com. There’s a lot of information there and more accumulates every year. In some ways, it’s like a public journal.


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Frank Lloyd Wright QuotesFrank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures, 532 of which were completed. Wright believed in designing structures that were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. This philosophy was best exemplified by Fallingwater, which has been called "the best all-time work of American architecture". His creative period spanned more than 70 years.
Architecture is the triumph of human imagination over materials, methods, and men, to put man into possession of his own Earth. It is at least the geometric pattern of things, of life, of the human and social world. It is at best that magic framework of reality that we sometimes touch upon when we use the word order.


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Super Smash Bros. Gets Mii Fighters and Amiibo Toy Project Support
Super Smash Bros.; Nintendo’s highly anticipated brawler just got better with Mii Fighter, Nintendo has announced at its Digital Event. Mii Fighter will allow players to take up any Mii and customize its in a ton of ways to join the roster of Super Smash Bros.
The customization is not only confined to the characters’ appearance, but also extends to assigning a particular moveset to your unique Mii. Mii Fighter will feature three distinctive classes: Brawler, Swordfighter, and Gunner.
Brawlers have expertise in hand-to-hand combat with nothing, but their powerful fists at their disposal. Swordfighters will have swords at their disposal and expertise in close range combat. And finally, Gunners will be the guns-specialists having insanely long range.
Spread across different categories, each Mii Fighter will have 36 different moves at its disposal. In addition to this, the company has also announced Amiibo which is a feature revolving around figures of your favorite characters from Mario Universe.
Touching these characters of your Wii U handheld console will automatically transform to the game where you will be able to play them. As of now, Amiibo is only coming to Super Smash Bros., but will also become available for other games like Mario Kart 8.
Nintendo 3DS will welcome Super Smash Bros. on Oct. 3 while the Wii U version will follow in fall, later this year!


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If you’re not already a follower of MarkLives.com, it’s time you became one. Herman Manson, editor and founder of the successful website, brings you the latest news and views from the South African marketing and advertising industry. Of course, Manson also has some of the best contributing columnists and writers in the game to add to its success.
This week, MarkLives.com announced the latest ABC circulation figures. It’s interesting to note that consumer magazines such as Huisgenoot and You magazine are still top of the pops (Sensationalism sells!) while Finweek has seen a rapid decline in circulation. The once highly popular lifestyle magazine, Cosmo, has also taken a dive.
I’ll leave the rest for your reading pleasure…
The biggest circulating consumer magazines in SA
as reported by MarkLives.com
The ABC has released circulation statistics for the period July 2013 to September 2013 (2013 Q3). Here are a couple of consumer magazine ABC numbers that popped out for us (see our newspaper ABC analysis here). We also updated our list of the biggest circulating consumer magazines in SA! There was significant movement in the top 10 positions.
Note: We compare the current figures with the same figures for this time last year and not with the previous quarter!
Overall circulation fell to 6,050,593 from 6,875,652 in the previous corresponding reporting period (and from 6,135,842 in the previous quarter). Single copy sales stood at 4,149,515 and total paid (includes subscription figures) stood at 4,974,133. Paid for digital copy sales stood at 69,581.
- The business press generally held firm or saw some growth but Finweek has seen its circulation collapse quite spectacularly over the past seal of quarters.
- Africa Geographic saw its circulation collapse to 11,645 from 17,992. It’s publisher has since closed down and its holding company is working to relaunch the title.
- In the men’s market FHM continued its decline by falling to 27,352 from 37,444. It wasn’t the only title in this market segment to see its circulation fall.
- TopGear saw a significant decline to 26,494 from 37,096 while long suffering CAR magazine claimed back some lost ground.
- Cosmopolitan seems to be in serious decline. Circulation fell to 63,386 from 85,212 (and 78,619 in Q2).
- Kuier jumps to 102,512 from 78,896 (and 97,135 in Q2).Woman and Home pulls off similarly impressive growth to 106,036 from 86,153 (following a collapse to 83,863 from 101,690 in Q2).
More bad news for Finweek
Financial Mail declined to 22,551 from 25,065 (total paid 20,466). Finweek collapsed to 14,013 from 21,978 (total paid 11,496). Entrepreneur grew its circulation to 20,609 from 18,619. Noseweek also grew to 17,312 from 15,886. Succeed grew slightly to 23,742 from 22,005.
Forbes Africa fell to 14,704 from 18,919.
Entertainment, celeb news
heat magazine saw some growth to 29,139 from 28,316. Bona jumped to 104,234 from 82,855.Huisgenoot climbed to 277,577 from 273,772 while sister titles YOU declined slightly to 161,200 from 162,879 whileDrum fell to 113,555 from 115,375. Taalgenoot fell slighty to 68,330 from 69,766. The Big Issue grew to 11,736 from 10,817. Readers Digest resigned.
People fell to 77,201 from 84,323. Rolling Stone stood at 8,021 after failing to make a submission in the previous corresponding reporting period. The Red Bulletin reported a paid for circulation of 37. It has slashed its circulation (mostly free) to 38,425 from 68,461.
Home & Gardening, Leisure
In the home category Conde Nast House & Garden fell to 45,874 from 46,340. Food & Home Entertaining declined to 31,810 from 34,554. Sarie Kos fell to 48,524 from 50,996. SA Garden was discontinued. Prestige fell to 4,450 from 9,334.
Elle Decoration grew to 24,044 from 23,593 and The Gardener grew to 24,039 from 23,946. Die Tuinier grew to 22,627 from 20,829. House & Leisure is up slightly to 44,071 from 43,991. SA Garden and Home grew to 61,059 from 58,253 and Tuis/Home jumped to 82,994 from 79,524. Visi grew to 11,026 from 10,604.Passi posted a circulation of 7,365.
FHM collapse continues
FHM fell to 27,352 from 37,444 (but is up from 25,614 in Q2). Men’s Health fell to 56,022 from 64,186.Destiny Man declined to 18,730 from 19,250 and GQ to 29,672 from 30,054. Popular Mechanics fell to 43,307 from 46,862. Stuff fell to 19,379 from 25,811 (added 2013/11/04 – the publisher notes the title changed frequency – up from six issues a year to 10). Playboy resigned. Braintainment grew slightly to 13,133 from 13,080. PC Format fell to 12,738 from 15,219.
On the sporting side Compleat Golfer fell to 10,700 from 18,615 and Kick Off fell to 53,568 from 61,140.SA Hunter grew to 43,014 from 40,539. ZigZag grew to 9,286 from 8,873.
TopGear saw a significant decline to 26,494 from 37,096. Auto Trader fell to 10,436 from 15,551. Bike SA fell to 21,331 from 26,976. Drive Out/Wegry declined to 31,743 from 32,195 while Speed and Soundfell to 36,365 from 40,376.
CAR won some ground climbing to 79,041 from 73,521. Caravan and Outdoor Life grew to 21,108 from 17,289 and Leisure Wheels to 20,385 from 19,442. Getaway fell to 43,335 from 51,649 but SA Country Life grew to 38,826 from 35,183. Weg/Go fell to 75,349 from 77,540 and WegSleep to 27,806 from 29,544. National Geographic Traveller was discontinued.
The big Cosmo collapse
What on earth is going on at Cosmo? Circulation declined to 63,386 from 85,212 (and 78,619 in Q2).Finesse also continues its slide – down to 67,319 from 73,797. Real collapses to 33,947 from 60,986.Elle fell to 34,089 from 36,158, Glamour to 68,805 from 70,885, Good Housekeeping to 63,594 from 65,278. Ideas/Idees fell to 77,166 from 89,614. Leef declined to 36,182 from 42,332 and Marie Clairefrom 35,330 to 41,791. Move! is down to 123,058 from 125,952. O falls to 32,081 from 39,630. True Love falls to 61,292 from 71,126 and Women’s Health to 55,371 from 57,270. Your Family falls to 41,277 from 45,421. Seventeen falls to 24,327 from 29,125.
Kuier jumpe to 102,512 from 78,896 (and 97,135 in Q2). Woman and Home pulls off similarly impressive growth to 106,036 from 86,153 (following a collapse to 83,863 from 101,690 in Q2). Destiny magazine is up to 31,427 from 29,116 and Essentials grew to 36,396 from 34,780. Fair Lady stands at 54,509 – up from 53,436. Fitness magazine grew to 22,162 from 19,056. Grazia climbs to 21,475 from 20,745. Intiemgrew to 33,070 from 27,975.
Rooi Rose fell to 94,492 from 100,949 while arch-rival Sarie fell to 92,661 from 100,855.
The MarkLives Big Magazine list*
1. Huisgenoot 277,577 –
2. YOU 161,200 –
3. Move! 123,058 –
4. Drum 113,55 –
5. Woman and Home 106,036 Re-entry
6. Bona 104,234 +3
7. Kuier 102,512 -1
8. Rooi Rose 94,492 -1
9. Sarie 92,661 -4
10 Tuis/Home 82,994 –
Vroue Keur 73,933
* By total circulation. Must have a cover price. Annuals Excluded.
Movement on the Big Magazine list compared to 2013 Q2 data.
Credits: The original article was published on the Marklives.com website on the 13th November 2013: http://www.marklives.com/2013/11/biggest-circulating-consumer-magazines-sa/#.UoTD-vnddTx


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Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. has shown interest in project
After the upgrading, road-users will have to pay toll
The six-lane road is likely to be completed by 2012
BANGALORE: The Bangalore-Mysore State highway will be upgraded from four to six lanes, and Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. has exhibited interest in developing the road, according to Minister for Public Works C.M. Udasi.
Addressing presspersons here on Wednesday, he said technical bids would be opened soon for developing the road between the two cities.
After the upgrading, road-users will have to shell out a toll.
The six-lane road is likely to be completed by 2012. Presently, the use of Bangalore-Mysore road is toll-free.
Other roads such as the Bangalore-Raichur corridor via Bagalkot (Hungund-Lingsugur), the Hiriyur-Bellary-Raichur road and the Gulbarga-Bijapur-Belgaum road via Jewargi, Athani and Chikkodi would be developed on public-private partnership. The Government has decided to rope in private companies for developing three major roads under the BOT scheme: Yelahanka to Kudumalakunte in Andhra Pradesh (137.16 km), Arsikere to Pandavapura (107.20 km), Hoskote to Chintamani (44.95 km), Mundargi to Koppal (31.83 km) Hoskote to Tekal (31.83 km) and Hoskote till the Tamil Nadu border (53 km), Mr. Udasi said.
Under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF), Rs. 381 crore had been spent and 1,465 km of road developed in 2008-09. Under the national highway category, the State had spent Rs. 215 crore and completed 100 works, he said.
All those developed on public-private partnership (PPP) would be toll roads. About 10,000 km of road would be developed on PPP model by 2012.
Mr. Udasi said the quality of roads would reduce travelling time and accidents and cut down fuel consumption.
As per the recommendations of the High Powered Committee for Redressal of Regional Imbalances, the department had sanctioned Rs. 230 crore for taking up roadworks in 144 backward taluks.
The Minister said the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal (KAT) had struck down the appointment of 1,347 employees of the department on the ground that the previous government had violated the recruitment rules while appointing them.


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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court's two-judge bench on Monday in its order referred to a five judge constitution bench to adjudicate Kerala government's plea challenging the Centre's decision to put cap on the borrowing capacity of states.
A two-judge bench of the top court, headed by Justice Surya Kant, comprising Justice K V Viswanathan, refused to pass any interim order and or direction on the plea of Kerala government's plea.
It noted in its order that that state received grant of Rs 13608 crore from Centre after filing of the present petition.
The apex court in its order said it prima facie held that once a state over borrows from centre there can be reduction in the next payouts by the Union of India and that balance of convenience lies with the Union of India.
The talks had been failed between Kerala and Centre, forcing the apex court to pass the order on the state's plea seeking appropriate directions and or orders on the issue.
The Kerala government, in its petition filed in the Top Court, has alleged that the Centre is unnecessarily interfering in State's finances and said that due to such interference, the state is not able to fulfil the commitments in its Annual Budgets.
Kerala government in its petition said that the Centre is imposing a Net Borrowing Ceiling on the State.
It said that due to the alleged interference by the Centre, this has resulted in huge arrears that it owes by way of welfare schemes to the people of the State particularly the poor and the vulnerable, various beneficiary groups, the employees of the State Government, its pensioners and dues to its State-Owned Enterprises.(THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS)

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It’s a story many college students know: after surviving a dreadful week of midterms and having a great weekend with friends, you’re headed into a new week, ahead on homework, and already excited about the big game this weekend. But then one assignment gets missed, a wave of new projects, papers, and exams crashes down on you, your room mate freaks out that your side of the room isn’t clean, you’re running on two hours of sleep, and swear to God you’re getting fat again. Suddenly, it becomes impossible to continue the balancing act between rigorous academics, a social life, sleeping, eating, working out, and an abundance of school activities. Cue the plummet into a downward spiral of anxiety, defeat, and overwhelming stress.
Each year, Boston College welcomes 2,200 new freshmen into the school community. Students clearly epitomize the University’s motto, “Ever to Excel,” entering with high grade point averages, strong test scores, numerous service opportunities, and leadership positions among multiple extracurricular activities. Under “Boston College Facts” on their website, Boston College declares that 81 percent of freshmen graduate within the top 10 percent of their high school. What’s not mentioned is the baggage that students bring along with their great GPAs and test scores. In their academic article, “Increased demand for mental health services on college campuses: Perspectives from administrators,” researchers Daphne Watkins, Justin Hunt, and Daniel Eisenberg examine the changing role of mental health services at colleges and universities. One of their discoveries is that current college students “have brought with them a level of anxiety and perfectionism…that contribute to record numbers of panic attacks and panic disorders” (325). A challenging college atmosphere along with an expectation and desire to excel fosters an environment of increasing stress and anxiety. For a growing number of students, these stressors have created or contributed to mental health problems. The questions now are: how are colleges addressing the increasing mental health needs on campus? Are they doing enough? How does Boston College compare?
In the National College Health Assessment II (NCHA II), a national survey conducted each year that provides comprehensive data on the health of college students, the American College Health Association (ACHA) reveals that over 86 percent of students felt overwhelmed by all they had to do in the past year. Over 50 percent have felt overwhelming anxiety and more than 45 percent felt that things were hopeless. Even more astounding, the report goes on to indicate that 61 percent of college students felt very sad in the past year, over 31 percent felt so depressed that it was difficult to function, and 7 percent have seriously considered suicide (13-15). The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) determines in the webpage “Learn About the Issue” that these staggering statistics are among the one in four adults between the ages of 18 and 24 that have a diagnosable mental illness.
From varying degrees, the majority of college students experience some sort of mental health issues. This ranges from anxiety over their academic work and uncertain futures, to sadness over the difficult transition into college, stress put on personal relationships, low self-esteem, and depression. Watkins, Hunt, and Eisenberg confirm that “the mental health problems of students are more severe now than they have been in the past and that a greater number of students are seeking help” (320). This increasing severity has led to a growing demand for college counseling centers. In the 2010 “National Survey of Counseling Centers Directors” that provides data from administrative heads of university counseling centers and is sponsored by The American College Counseling Association (ACCA), author Dr. Robert Gallagher asserts that 91 percent of college counseling center directors verify that there are a greater number of students with severe psychological problems on their campuses (5). In order to positively impact the mental health and mental health awareness of the student body, colleges must respond and adjust support centers accordingly.
Counseling centers do have the ability to have a positive impact on a significant number of its students with mental illness. Gallagher affirms in his 2012 survey that over 37 percent of the 44 percent of college students with severe psychological problems can be treated successfully with the appropriate support and treatment (5). Encouragingly, many colleges are changing the role of counseling centers in response to the increasing numbers and growing severity. In their academic article, Watkins, Hunt, and Eisenberg describe some of these changes including psychiatric services offered by graduate students to manage the caseload, investing in consultation and specifically outreach through groups, brochures, and campus interaction outside of the counseling office, and providing additional training for staff members to reach the demand of students and handle more complex cases (328-330). Gallagher additionally adds that to increase quality and efficiency counseling centers are expanding external referral networks, providing assistance on center websites, increasing psychiatric consultation hours, using a computerized or telephone intake and assessment system, providing appointments based on availability without regular student holdings, and providing support groups until individual counseling is available (5-6).
It’s important to note, however, that not all universities are making such steps toward improvement. In response to the growing prevalence and severity of mental health conditions experienced by college students, NAMI conducted a national survey in 2012 of college students currently living with mental health conditions. The survey, “College Students Speak: A Survey Report on Mental Health” provides college counseling centers with information directly from students on the effectiveness of resources provided to them and what further improvements are needed. Authors of the survey and NAMI staff members, Darcy Gruttadaro and Dana Crudo emphasize that over 40 percent of students with diagnosable mental conditions do not seek services and support on campus. The number one reason that students do not pursue help? Stigma. One survey respondent anonymously determines, “I still feel that there is a lot of stigma and the benefits of disclosing do not outweigh the risks” (9-15). Furthermore, the report indicates that only 31 percent state that their college was supportive on mental health issues. Another respondent admits, “I was scared to let anyone know of my crisis because I did not want people to worry, did not know who I could turn to, and did not want to get into trouble” (18-19). These distressing testaments are a clear indication of the necessity for awareness outside of the centers in addition to improvements within the organizations.
Boston College is one institution taking significant steps toward providing a positive and supportive campus for its students with mental illnesses. Through a variety of campaigns and events, the student body is working to create a campus free of stigma, with counseling resources and an inclusive community. The Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC) created Be Conscious in the summer of 2014. Described on the Be Conscious website in, “Mental Health: More than Just a Buzz Word,” this campaign seeks to create an open dialogue and support system regarding mental illness.
There are a multitude of Boston College events that support the ultimate goal of the Be Conscious campaign. BC Ignites: Mental Health Addition is one such event stated in the Be Conscious “Events and Initiatives” page. BC Ignites is a series of public forums with a keynote speaker, music performances, and an open mic for students to speak out in order to spark the conversation about mental health. Boston College also participates in the What I Be campaign, a social experiment started by photographer and creator, Steve Rosenfield. Rosenfiled explains how this experiment turned into a global movement about honesty and empowerment on the What I Be website: “I started this project in hopes to open up the lines of communication, and to…empower those who feel they suffer for something they may see as a flaw.” Boston College students participate by posting portraits of themselves that both expose and embrace their insecurities. Furthermore, Boston College holds numerous campus events during the National Suicide Prevention Week in September. Such events include a mental health summit to improve resources for mental health and wellbeing as well as addressed by celebrity speakers. One past success was Kevin Breel, a comedian and mental health activist, who shared his struggle with depression and the importance of starting a conversation to end the stigma (“Events & Initiatives”).
Unsatisfied, Mike Izzo, a Boston College student, started the Authentic Eagles series in one of the school’s progressive magazines, The Gavel. In an Authentic Eagles post, “Senior Reflection: Mike Izzo, Authentic Eagles Editor,” Izzo explains that the idea came to him when leading a school retreat and having an “incredibly vulnerable” conversation with his co-leader and the freshmen in the group. Although the idea for Authentic Eagles was rejected by the magazine editor at first, Izzo states, “I was bent on bringing vulnerability to Boston College’s campus.” The Gavel describes the series as an opportunity to give voice to students who have experienced first hand the vulnerability that comes with being your authentic self. Topics range from community and acceptance, perfectionism and humility, growth and resilience, to loss, rejection, eating disorders, anxiety, and depression. The article explains, “As Boston College Students, it can be tempting to hide our true selves. Embracing our individuality can help us to understand ourselves and experience the world around us as genuinely as possible.” The contributions are a true testament to the student body’s hope to reduce the stigma of such topics and embrace vulnerability of students on campus in a supportive community.
Authentic Eagles inspires students to start the conversation and reflect, while the University Counseling Services (UCS) offers direct resources for students in need of any type of support. In “A Letter From the Director” on the Boston College UCS website, McGuinness asserts that more than 1,400 students are seen by counseling services each year. The wide range of reasons includes depression, anxiety reactions, eating disorders, problems with friends and roommates, family issues, and adjustment difficulties. Therefore, a significant number of students use the counseling services and are encouraged to visit for any matter. Although most students, the letter states, receive one-on-one counseling and psychotherapy, there are group-counseling services available for those who would benefit from making changes with other people while working on shared problems. Most students who seek help are offered short-term psychological counseling and may be prescribed psychiatric medication in addition, after a consultation process. Students who require long-term or specialized counseling are referred to other, local mental health services. Additionally, in the case of an emergency, UCS maintains a Psychological Emergency Clinician offered 24 hours a day, either on campus during regular working hours or over the phone after office hours and on weekends. It also provides “Feel Better Now” resources for students’ immediate well-being (“Counseling Services”). An anonymous Boston College student relates her experience with stress and visiting counseling services on campus in “University Counseling: What It’s Like, V.1” on the Be Conscious website: “I’d recommend going to anyone–whether you need to talk about stress, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, whatever. It helps.” The student’s ardent referral and positive encounter with UCS validates the benefits and support provided by counseling services to students with mental health concerns. Particularly at Boston College, the UCS as well as the entire student body, emphasize and continue to take steps to address the mental health of college students and identify, understand, and solve those problems in an accepting community.
However, is Boston College doing enough? In a society where approximately 61.5 million Americans will experience mental illness in their lifetime and 75 percent of those conditions will develop by the age of 24, counseling resources and psychiatric help are critical (“Learn About the Issue”). Especially in colleges and universities where student mental health issues are growing in number and severity, mental health continues to loom as an alarming issue at the individual and university level.
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Star Wars Blast 'em!
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Very creative and interesting to play. I am a huge star wars fan and it was awesome blowing up tie fighters and I hope that the creator makes a version where you can destroy x-wings
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Have you ever wondered whether food and learning and health were related? Well the national food education standards for K-12 students has recently placed food and learning, higher order thinking, health and global connections on the school menu.
PilotLight.org released he first-ever nationwide recommendations for food education for K-12 students, the Food Education Standards. At HowtoLearn.com we applaud the authentic connection between food and learning and designing curriculum to help educate kids to make healthier food choices.
The Food Education Standards were developed in collaboration with notable Chicago chefs Paul Kahan (One Off Hospitality), Matthias Merges (Folk Art Management) and Jason Hammel (Lula Café and Marisol), as well as nutrition and education experts and faculty from the University of Chicago, Columbia University, the United States Department of Agriculture and a teacher development team comprising Chicago Public School faculty.
“Childhood presents a unique opportunity to influence food acceptance and preferences that have the potential to influence health throughout one’s life. Introducing a variety of foods through positive and engaging activities increases the likelihood that children will taste and eat a wider variety of health-promoting foods,” said Alan Shannon, public affairs director for the USDA.
The Food Education Standards were designed to provide detailed guidelines for curriculum development, instruction and assessment of food education in classrooms.Food and learning are finally being paired as essential to a higher order thinking curriculum.
Each Food Education Standard is divided into measurable competencies by grade level bands: K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12.
Within each grade level band, examples of parallel cross-curricular learning standards, including the Common Core Standards, have been identified to assist teachers in lesson development.
Additionally, each Standard provides examples of grade-band appropriate real-world experiences and is tied to a library of sample lesson plans for reference and inspiration.
The seven Food Education Standards are:
- Food connects us to each other.
- Foods have sources and origins.
- Food and the environment are interconnected.
- Food behaviors are influenced by external and internal factors.
- Food impacts health.
- We can make positive and informed food choices.
- We can advocate for food choices and changes that impact ourselves, our communities and our world.
“These Standards provide teachers with the tools and resources they need to make food education a priority in their classrooms by integrating it into their existing lessons while demonstrating its connection to everything they do and learn,” said Alex DeSorbo Quinn, Pilot Light executive director.
“No other institution or agency has released a comprehensive recommendation for Food Education in the United States. These Standards lay the groundwork for making food education an integral part of learning for all American children.”
“Every day we make choices about the foods we eat but rarely stop to think what those choices mean,” said Matthias Merges, Pilot Light co-founder and owner of Folk Art Restaurant Management.
“This life skill–often missing from a child’s education–requires us to draw on our understanding of where food comes from, what it represents, and what it says about who we are. We hope that teachers nationwide bring this foundational knowledge to their students to change lives for the better.”
Pilot Light currently serves 17 schools and 2,268 students in underserved communities in Chicago.
Building upon the Food Education Standards, Pilot Light will host their second National Food Education Summit in the spring of 2019. To learn more about the Food Education Standards, visit Pilot Light Food Education Standards.
Pilot Light is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that helps children make healthier choices by connecting the lessons they learn in their classrooms to the foods they eat on their lunch trays, at home and in their communities. Learn more about Pilot Light at PilotLightChefs.org.

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Godsmack frontman Sully Erna makes a guest appearance in the video for “Lost,” the new single from Stitched Up Heart. The track is taken from Stitched Up Heart’s upcoming sophomore album, Darkness, which will be released in the spring of 2020 and follows up 2016’s Never Alone. Stitched Up Heart singer Alecia “Mixi” Demner told Billboard that she became friends with Erna years ago, with him doing some songwriting with her for the new album. She explained, “We didn’t end up using those songs, but he agreed to be on [‘Lost’] when we wrote it at the end of the record. I just think he put a really cool spin on this song.” This past April, Stitched Up Heart completed a North American tour with Godsmack and Volbeat, with video from that tour used for the “Lost” clip. Demner remarked, “We can’t thank Sully enough for going to bat with us on that and for what he’s doing. He really wants to help us out and pay it forward and give us a break.” Godsmack will join forces with Halestorm for a U.S. tour this fall, starting on September 20th in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and wrapping up October 18th in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10:00 a.m. local time.


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A father of two was allegedly beaten to death as he confronted a gang of youths outside his parents' home.
Alan Fessey, 31, left, from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, was attacked as he tackled the youngsters who it is believed had vandalised a nearby car.
A 15-year-old boy was charged with his murder last night. He was to appear before Nuneaton magistrates today.
A 49-year-old man has been charged with affray and was released on bail.


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Anobium contributor Benjamin Schachtman recently caught up with Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Junot Diaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Drown, and many others. His new book of short stories, This is How You Lose Her, is due for release this fall.
Why am I – as Steve Miller once sang, ‘right here at home’ – at Anobium? I had initially considered answering this question – posed to me by a friend who had considered me a ‘guy who didn’t go in for the bizarre for bizarre’s sake’ – as an essay proper, but then that didn’t quite seem right. […]
[Continued from Part 2] IV. Drive As an American, eager to see new talent carve into the meaty flanks of the American Berserk, it certainly seems like Drive is the film that Refn has been working up to; it finally allows him to make a film directly against the black suitcase model. The story – […]
I. The Black Suitcase Full of Cash The Russian writer Viktor Pelevin once suggested that the real protagonist of western culture as a black briefcase full of money. Pelevin’s metaphor is one of those ostensibly off-the-cuff, Zizek-esque film-studies truisms that gnaws at you, prompting you to poke around your personal collection for counter-examples and leaving […]