Tipico is relatively new to the bookmaker industry. It was founded back in 2004 by Tipico Co. Ltd and is licensed out of Malta by the Lotteries and Gaming Authority. Since its inception, Tipico is able to gain and maintain a solid reputation as a reputable bookmaker among its players.
It has managed to attract the attention of sports fans due to its advertising campaign which featured Oliver Kahn, a well-known goalkeeper legend. Another contributing factor lies from its hassle-free bonus policy as well as its sponsorship deals with some football teams.
Tipico offers a range of betting options for newbies and veterans alike. It comes with a casino, sports betting, and even live betting. It also provides odds in more than 15 different markets which feature sports like basketball, football, and ice hockey.
Albeit a newcomer, Tipico has established a wide following due to some good reasons – one of which is its attractive welcome bonus which goes up to €100. Unfortunately, the promo only offers to players from 6 different countries. Registration from Ireland and the UK are no longer allowed as well.
Let's learn more about Tipico and find out whether or not it's worth the try.
Step 1: Go to the official Tipico website. In the upper right corner of the site's homepage, you can find the "Register" button. Simply click it to get started.
Step 2: A new page will open containing blank fields which you have to fill in with information.
Step 3: Fill in the fields with all your necessary information, including your country of residence, username, first and last name, address, and more.
Step 4: Don't forget to check the Terms and Conditions to indicate that you agree with the policies before proceeding with your registration.
Step 5: Click the "Secure register" button afterwards.
Once you've done, you can now log in to the site and make your initial deposit to receive your welcome bonus. Once you made a deposit, you can start playing games.
After you have created your account, you can immediately log in to the site using your login details. However, as mentioned earlier, you can only receive your welcome bonus once you make a deposit.
There are no email activation or verification requirements after registration. You are, however, required to do so when cashing out your winnings. You need to provide several documents and proofs of identification such as a passport, driver's license, or any valid ID.
What to do if we forgot our password?
If you forgot your password, you could have a new one by clicking "Help" located in the upper right corner of your screen just below the Username and Password fields. Afterwards, simply click "Forgotten Password".
You will be taken to a new page and given a new password for your Tipico account. Keep in mind that their system is case sensitive. Therefore, you have to make sure that you remember the exact capitalisation of your password.
The website's design is a nice combination of red and grey set on a white background. It is not too flashy, making it easy for users to navigate around. You can find the list of events and live matches in the left sidebar, while the right sidebars feature links to various sections like FAQs, Contact Support, Live Chat, and Bonus as well as the top daily, weekly, and monthly winners.
Also, the menus are easily accessible which you can see at the top portion of the screen. You have easy access to sports betting, live betting, casino, and the live casino. Overall, Tipico has aimed for a minimalistic approach without the addition of many images which contributes to the site's overall fast loading time.
Tipico is designed for sports betting. As such, you can find a selection of sports betting options on the site. Back in the day, Tipico didn't have that many selections. Fortunately, there are already a couple of favourite sports then.
You can find betting opportunities in sports like basketball, football, tennis, and ice hockey, and you can also see the odds displayed in decimal and fractional format. Meanwhile, live betting is the most appealing to players due to the live chat feature which allows them to communicate with each other while playing.
As one of the most popular sport in the world, Tipico has mainly focused on football betting. You can place your bets on the Bundesliga as well as the lower divisions and domestic cups. By betting on the total number of goals and correctly using handicaps, you will be able to enjoy better odds. You can even place bets on women's teams.
Other favourite sports are greyhound and horse races, although you can only find a couple of options.
There are also several other sports such as basketball, ice hockey, and tennis. While they do have good odds and some options, football remains to be Tipico's primary focus.
There are a total of sixteen different sports offered in Tipico. It mainly caters to Scandinavian and European clients with their selection of floorball and handball markets. A few North American sports are cover as well.
The odds for football, particularly in the top leagues, commonly work up to 105-106%. It is considered within the acceptable range which is similar to most online betting websites.
On the other hand, Tipico is more conservative when it comes to handball games. For example, Bundesliga matches work up to 109-110%, while ice hockey matches are around 107-108%.
Tipico offers a generous welcome bonus to first-time clients. That offer is only one from all of the promotions for the Tipico Sportsbook. As a newly registered user, you entitled to a 100% welcome bonus depending on your initial deposit. The minimum deposit is $10. The bigger your initial deposit, the bigger your promo will be. The welcome offer you can get caps at €100.
Keep in mind, however, that the welcome bonus is only applicable for first-time players and only applies on your first deposit. Any subsequent deposits are no longer eligible. You can use any available payment option offered by Tipico. Lastly, there are no bonus codes required for you to avail of the 100% welcome bonus.
It is a bonus you can receive every time you make a deposit. To qualify, you need to deposit a minimum of 10 euros. However, this type of bonus is only applicable throughout a promotion. Your deposited amount along with your bonus should be used three times in any sports bets before you can withdraw any possible winnings.
Free bets are only available in a particular market or event. To avail of this offer, you need to enable the "Show bonus" option on your betting slip. A free bet can only be used on a single bet and in full amount. In the event you win, you can get the respective amount minus the value of your free bet. Free bets can't be cashed out.
A risk-free bet works almost the same as a free bet except that you are allowed to place a bet with a lower stake. However, there will be a deduction to your respective winnings in the event you win a bet.
In Tipico's Live Betting section, you can see an extensive list of all matches in real time. Although you can't really know when a particular match starts, the odds get updated on a regular interval.
As such, it's ideal for watching an event if you want to bet live in-play with Tipico. The Live Betting section has coverage which even goes beyond the major league and other important continental matches along with U18 games and more.
Unfortunately, Tipico doesn't have a live streaming feature. It's unclear whether they'll plan to add this feature in the future or not.
The Cash Out option is available at Tipico. Players can use this feature only on a selected events and markets. The function is available on pre-match and live bets and also on single and combo bets. If a game is offered with live markets, the cash out feature could be active.
Tipico is mainly a bookmaker, but it does have a variety of casino games in its selection. Among the most popular options are Blackjack, Roulette, slots, Baccarat, and more. There are also some new games added regularly.
Its selection of online casino games divided into two different categories: one is for RNG games while the other is for live gambling. Games like scratch cards and slots are only playable against the random number generator, while games like blackjack and roulette can play at live tables. The latter only allows real money gambling, while slots can play free of charge.
Tipico's casino covers all favourite genres, but slots are the most prominent with a ratio of 3:1.
The available bonuses for the Tipico casino work in a similar fashion to that of sports betting. You can receive a promo for every deposit you make up to €100. Also, any amount you deposited along with the bonus can only transfer to the casino after fulfilling the specified criteria.
In the Live Casino section, you can find live dealership games with real dealers. There's a selection of favourite games which include poker, roulette, and blackjack. You can see previews of the games as well as the corresponding dealer for each of the games.
In the Classic Casino section, you can find an even more extensive selection of casino games which include slots, blackjack, roulette, video poker, table games, and more. Games grouped into different categories depending on their type. Also, new games added to the selection regularly.
Tipico's selection of virtual sports includes favourite sports like football, greyhound racing, horse racing, tennis, cycling, speedway, and trotting. Each game has it is own "how to play" guide as well as an option to either play for fun or play using real money.
Tipico allows its customers to make three free withdrawals every week. Any subsequent withdrawals will incur a €5 fee. Every payout request made is manually checked by a Tipico employee. Also, there are no automatic transactions.
Tipico supports mobile gaming via its dedicated app designed for Android, iOS, and other mobile platforms. The design of Tipico mobile app optimised for mobile viewing and convenient usage. You can place bets, follow matches, and play games on the go. Alternatively, you can access tipico.com through your mobile browser.
Should you have questions regarding Tipico, read the following FAQs to get yourself guided.
How much can I possibly win?
The amount of winnings on sports bets is limited to €100 per customer per week. The same applies for each betting slip.
How long does it take for a transaction via wire transfer to complete?
On average, it may take around 3-7 banking days. However, transactions that are made outside of the European Union may take even longer.
In the footer, look for "Payment Methods" and click on it. A new window which contains all payment methods available will pop up. Choose your preferred method and then click "Request payment now". Follow the steps indicated to receive your payment.
What is a bet application, and how can I make it?
In some cases, your bet may reject due to certain issues. With a bet application, we will check your bet, and decide if it's acceptable or not. You can only submit a bet application between 8:00 am and 12:00 am.
What happens during the bet application process?
Our staff will review your application immediately. You can check its status at "My Tipico – My Bets". Depending on your application, it could either be marked Application Pending, Open, or Denied.
What's the lowest possible bet I can place?
For single bets, you can place a minimum bet of €1. Meanwhile, multiple bets allow €0.25 for every combination.
Is there a limit to the number of bets I can make on my betting slip?
Yes. You can only make a maximum of 30 bets in one slip.
Tipico offers customer support via email and live chat. However, its live chat feature seems to be offline and is not yet fully functional or available. Meanwhile, its customer support team is available between 0800 BST and 2300 BST every day.
You can reach Tipico via email and live chat. However, you can't contact the management via phone call. Moreover, it might also be difficult to successfully a customer support agent via live chat as Tipico's live chat feature doesn't seem to be fully functional yet.
Where is the main office of Tipico?
The head office of the company is located in Malta. The exact address is: "Portomaso Business Tower", 18th Floor, St. Julians STJ 4011, Malta. We provide you a view of the addres from Google Maps.
Overall, Tipico is a reasonably reliable bookmaker with good standing in the bookmaker industry. Its selling point is football betting with full coverage of the sport. As a company that mainly focuses on its German client base, it is limited only to a particular region. As of 2014, it no longer accepts customers from the UK.
It offers good odds – not terrible, but not one of the best either. The 100% welcome bonus which can go up to €100 is an enticing offer and not that difficult to obtain. Overall, Tipico rates 8 out of 10.


A.G. Kawamura (pictured) and his brother, Matt, own Orange County Produce, a produce and shipping operation in Irvine, Calif., producing conventional and certified organic crops. A.G. handles production and public relations; Matt handles finances.
A.G. Kawamura sees opportunities where few others can. While he's one of only a dozen or so farmers left in Orange County, Calif., competition for land is fierce because he contends with the land needs of 3 million residents.
So when 100 acres came up for rent, he and his brother, Matt, jumped at the chance to farm it.
The land located near part of their 1,000 acres would allow them to diversify their crop mix. The only catch: Some of it was under asphalt.
The acreage is part of the Orange County Great Park in Irvine, Calif., a former Marine base. The area the Kawamuras now lease is broken up into 11 parcels thanks to crisscrossing runways and taxiways. Water is scarce, and cables and abandoned extraction wells are part of the soil profile. Before it became a military air base, it was the largest lima bean field in North America.
"You have a hard time finding 40 acres around here," Kawamura says. It might be far from the ideal plot of land, but Kawamura and his brother, who own Orange County Produce, view these acres as a chance to return the land to agricultural production.
The acres also allow for experiments with progressive and unconventional agricultural practices, such as biofuel production via algae, hydroponics and the latest greenhouse technology. "We are trying technology and systems on a small scale that could be replicated on 80- or 90-acre fields," Kawamura says.
The conversion of a former military base to a working farm is the latest in a long history of innovation and entrepreneurship. The Kawamuras' grandparents left Japan at the turn of the century to make their home in California.
They quickly became involved in agriculture, picking and packing oranges, sharecropping and running a farm fertilizer and supply company. Their farming aspirations were put on hold during World War II, when the family was relocated to an internment camp in Arizona.
After the war, they founded the Western Marketing Company, which grew and shipped fresh produce such as lettuce, cabbage, celery and cantaloupes. By the end of the 1950s, the company operated in Arizona and in two locations in California.
Their father, Genji, decided to consolidate the operations and move the family to Orange County in the 1950s. It was a rural community that was vibrant with fruit and vegetable production. A few decades later, the county shifted from a farming hotspot to an urban metropolis.
Although the Mediterranean climate of California makes it phenomenal for production, limited rainfall and heavy environmental regulations make farming a major challenge.
LEFT: The Kawamuras grow organic produce on leased land. TOP RIGHT: The five-acre Incredible Edible farm, a project of the Kawamuras, is expected to yield 300,000 lb. of food annually for a local food bank. Agriculture training is provided at the site. BOTTOM RIGHT: Green beans, along with strawberries, account for 80% of the Kawamuras' acreage. About 2,000 cartons of beans can be harvested daily at peak season.
Fearless Disruptor. These hurdles have forced the family business to make some tough decisions over time, Kawamura says.
"Fourteen years ago, we were celery growers and had been for 50 years," he explains. "We were really good growers, but our costs were high because we rented the land and had to pay high water costs.
They decided to leave the celery business and to stop growing sweet corn and zucchini. They streamlined production to include only strawberries and green beans, which generated value beyond input costs.
Kawamura and his team are champions in overcoming what business theory calls disruptive events. "A disruptive event is an innovation or external change that either creates a new market or destroys an existing one in its value network," explains Craig Gordon, founder of Blueshift Research and a professor at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania.
LEFT: Orange County Produce employs 250 people. Co-owner A.G. Kawamura is friendly, which, coupled with his ability to speak Spanish, has opened many doors. RIGHT: Rented acres allow the operation to try unconventional agricultural practices.
Producing food feeds Kawamura's soul, yet his razor-sharp analytical mind and deep compassion for others guides business decisions. His ability to recognize trends has allowed him to not only survive but thrive. "While the number of farms and farmers shrunk in our area, the local-grown dynamic started to come into play," Kawamura says.
Orange County Produce expanded production choices and gained a competitive advantage by supplying multiple farmers' markets, local restaurants, regional marketers and major chain stores wanting to source regionally and locally.
That's just what they've done. Orange County Produce is one of the few businesses in the region that can deliver same-day harvested food. Additionally, the Kawamuras have expanded their grandfather's and father's shipping business.
Their strawberries end up in places as diverse as New York, Canada, Dubai and Singapore.
Although 80% of Orange County Produce's acres include strawberry and green bean production, Kawamura says, they grow 40 other crops on a small scale to explore market opportunities.
Natural Leader. Kawamura joined the family business not long after graduating from the University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts degree in comparative literature, English and Spanish. He's been with the business ever since, minus a seven-year stint as the California Secretary of Agriculture under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Although he had never met Schwarzenegger before, Kawamura is active in many agricultural leadership organizations and was serving on the California State Board of Food and Agriculture at the time of his appointment.
Kawamura says Schwarzenegger supported the state's agricultural industry during his time in office.
Today, Kawamura is active in numerous organizations, such as Solutions from the Land, the Western Growers Association, 25 x '25, American Farmland Trust, the Native Pollinators Advisory Committee, AGree and the Council on Agriculture Science and Technology. Through these positions and his work at the Orange County Great Park, Kawamura is able to fill one of his life's missions—promoting agriculture. New generations of young farmers, as well as veterans, are being taught how to produce food via Orange County Produce's involvement at the park.
California producer A.G. Kawamura can turn a problem into a solution, easily earning him the title of innovator. Although his story is unique, anyone can practice and enhance their innovative skills. In "The Innovator's DNA," authors Jeffrey Dyer, Hal Gregersen and Clayton Christensen showcase how individuals can transform disruptive events and intimidating situations into success. Through their research, the authors identified five skills and behaviors that yield innovative results.
Associating: Associational thinking means connecting things not previously associated. Children are naturally good at this; adults are not. Carve out time for associational thinking, and look to other industries for solutions to your operation's challenges. Download an idea-generator app that presents three seemingly unrelated words so you can practice looking for connections among them.
Questioning: Constantly ask questions such as, "What if?," "Why not?" and "What is keeping us from…?" When generating a new idea, gather team members, and take just 15 minutes to ask every possible question they can think of about a problem or possible solution. Gregersen terms this "questionstorming" and says the process will unlock multiple ideas and opportunities for your business.
Observing: Watch the world around you to identify new opportunities. Look for small behavioral details in the activities of customers, suppliers and other businesses in order to gain insights about new ways of doing things.
Networking: This isn't networking for personal advancement; it is networking specifically focused on idea generation. Connect with people who are not like you, such as those with different backgrounds, experience in different industries and diverse perspectives. From these differences, new connections will arise.
Experimenting: Make experimentation central to everything you do. Visit new places, try new things and seek new information. Travel beyond your farm gates to explore the world intellectually and experientially.


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The Demoiselles Revisited
"The Demoiselles Revisited" will open at Francis M. Naumann Fine Art in New York on November 16, 2007. Champagne and birthday cake will be served at the opening reception, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, a painting that single-handedly altered the entire course of western art.
Twenty-five contemporary artists will be participating in the show. A number of these artists had already investigated the subject of the Demoiselles (Mike Bidlo, Russell Connor, Julien Friedler, Deborah Grant, Nanci Hersh, Alain Jacquet, Dot Paolo and Douglas Vogel), so an earlier work by them will be borrowed for the exhibition. The majority, however, have created entirely new work for the show (Brice Brown, Billy Copley, Damian Elwes, Robert Forman, Eileen M. Foti, Kathleen Gilje, John Goodyear, Kathy Halbower, Alain Jacquet, Don Joint, Pamela Joseph, Elizabeth Kley, Carlo Maria Mariani, Francesco Masci, Sophie Matisse, Jacques Moitoret and Trevor Winkfield). Alain Jacquet is the only artist who fits into both categories, for he has used the occasion of this exhibition to complete a painting based on a photograph taken forty years ago (making this event an anniversary for him as well).
The sheer variety of work submitted to this exhibition is, in itself, a tribute to the revolutionary quality of the Demoiselles, a painting that today resides the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Some artists in the show chose to direct their efforts to formal aspects of the painting, replicating its general structure within the rubric of their own individual styles, while others seized upon its provocative subject, which depicts five naked prostitutes, two of whom—on the right side of the composition—have faces that resemble African masks. In almost all cases, no matter how oblique, traces of Picasso's painting can be found in the interpretations of each artist, which are by no means restrained by the precedent of this painting, but, in contrast, are expansive, taking the artists in directions that are entirely unanticipated and revelatory.
Jeff Koons's Split-Rocker (Pink/Orange) of 1999—a sculpture in polychrome aluminum that grafts together in vertical section the half-heads of two rocking horses—is a late entry to the exhibition (and is therefore absent from the catalogue). Koons has revealed that he made this piece with the Demoiselles in mind. With this information at our disposal, we note that the pink and orange colors into which the Koons rocker is divided evoke the background division of Picasso's painting into two colors: red on the left and blue on the right (perhaps references to his earlier rose and blue periods). Moreover, the division of the head into two sections alludes to Cubist planar fragmentation, and bears a formal resemblance to the geometric divisions of African masks (as of the woman on the lower right in the Demoiselles).
A fully illustrated catalogue with an introductory text by Beth Gersh-Nešić is available through the gallery ($25 postpaid). Gersh-Nešić, Director of the New York Arts Exchange, has written extensively on the French critic André Salmon, one of the first to see the Demoiselles in Picasso's studio at the Bateau Lavoir and to describe the painting in his writings. In her essay, Gersh-Nešić demonstrates how Picasso's painting has been interpreted by various critics and art historians in light of their own personal interests and agendas, inevitably by-products of the times in which they lived. This interpretation serves as the ideal springboard through which to examine the works included in this show, for they, too, are not only aesthetic emanations of the artists who made them, but also reflections on the current state of contemporary art and of the complicated world and times in which we live.
Installation shots of the exhibition, a pdf-file of the catalogue, as well as high-resolution digital images of specific paintings can be sent to members of the press upon request (contact Dana@francisnaumann.com).
Mike Bidlo
Study for Une des Moiselles d'Avignon de Picasso, 1983
Ink on paper, 36 x 24 inches
Brice Brown
Saint Fiacre, 2007
Enamel on aluminum, 12 x 12 inches
Russell Connor
The Kidnapping of Modern Art by the New Yorkers, 1985
Oil on canvas, 32 x 40 inches
Billy Copley
Picasso Bag, 2007
Acrylic and rice paper collage on paper, 24 x 20 inches
Damian Elwes
The Birth of Modern Art, 2007
Mixed media on canvas, 48 x 72 inches
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon Revisited, 2007
Silk thread on board, 18 x 19 inches
Eileen M. Foti
Les Femmes d'Afrique, 2007
Gouache on paper, 12 x 11 inches
Julien Friedler
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, 2005
Fiberglass and enamel paint, 36 x 43 ¼ x 25 ½ inches
Kathleen Gilje
Demoiselles, 2007
Oil on linen, 64 x 39 ½ inches
John Goodyear
Demoiselles at a Card Game, 2007
Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
Deborah Grant
1:00 am at Sana Y Salva (The Safe and Sound), 2005
Enamel on blackboard, 24 x 18 inches
Kathy Halbower
Pencil and oil on gessoed paper on stretched canvas, 22 ¾ x 24 ¼ inches
Nanci Hersh
Tribute, 2007
Gouache, pastel, and watercolor pencils on paper, 14 ½ x 17 ½ inches
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon,1967/07
Don Joint
Mixed medium, 30 x 30 x 27 inches
Pamela Joseph
Resampling Les Demoiselles, 2007
Oil and archival digital print collage on linen, 37 ½ x 36 inches
Elizabeth Kley
Les Demoiselles de Trockadero 2, 2007
Pencil, ink, gouache & collage on Japanese paper, 24 x 18 inches
Split-Rocker (Pink/Orange), 1999
Polychromed aluminum, 13 ½ x 14 ½ x 13 inches
© Jeff Koons
Watercolor, pencil, wash and collage on paper, 22 x 22 inches
Francesco Masci
Ladies on the Strawberries, 2007
Oil on linen, 28 ¼ x 28 ¼ inches
Sophie Matisse
De-Moiselles, 2007
Jacques Moitoret
Dawn of the Rothko Sky, 2007
Dot Paolo
Hold it Like This, 2005
Gelatin silver print with handcoloring, 20 x 16 inches
Douglas Vogel
Cradle of Modernism (Position A)
Post-modern Crib (Position 2), 1999
Anonymous oil-painted copy, perforated hardboard, 33 x 59 inches
Trevor Winkfield
Demoiselle, 2007
Dorothy Morang

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Winning a whopping two out of 12 categories.
Over the years, SURFER Poll has become an institution. When the world's best surfers descend on the North Shore, it means two things – pumping Pipeline, and an awards night to remember.
Last night was that night, and for one particular Rip Curl team rider, it was one for the books. 28-year-old Mason Ho went into the night with an astounding five nominations, and when all was said and done, the votes were counted and he took out two of the most prestigious awards in surfing. Mason walked away with trophies for Best Breakthrough Performance and Best Web Series (License to Chill, filmed and edited by Rory Pringle).
Mason backed up his wins with two solid speeches – the crowd laughed, they cried, and by the time Mason left the stage, they just couldn't get enough.
A huge congrats to Mason Ho on his wins!


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Acute neuroleptic-induced akathisia is a movement disorder that is induced by some medications such as neuroleptic drugs and the reduction or discontinuation of drugs used to treat Parkinson's Disease.
Akathisias are movement disorders with symptoms of restlessness, nervous movements, and the urge to be in constant motion. Fidgeting and repetitive movements such as swaying and crossing/uncrossing arms and legs are common. Neuroleptic-induced akathisia is caused by medications.
Medications known to induce this condition are antidepressants like selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and antipsychotics such as haloperidol. It can also be caused by withdrawal from drug addiction to opiates, cocaine, barbiturates, and benzodiazepines.


David Garcia is a candidate for the Governorship of Arizona. He served as a research analyst for the Arizona State Senate and leading the Arizona Department of Education as Associate Superintendent.
After graduating from the Honors College at Arizona State University, Garcia received a master's and doctorate from the University of Chicago and has become a nationally-recognized expert in education research and policy.
Garcia serving as a research analyst for the Arizona State Senate and leading the Arizona Department of Education as Associate Superintendent.
In 2014, the Arizona Republic called David a "Champion for Education." Now, he is a professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University where he teaches research and policy to Arizona's next generation of leaders.
The closest Democrats got to winning a statewide race after 2008 was in 2014, when David Garcia fell 16,000 votes short of defeating Republican candidate Diane Douglas in the race for state superintendent of public instruction.
Of course, presidential contests operate under vastly different dynamics than local contests. But the superintendent's race was supposed to be winnable for Democrats.
Against a polarizing figure who vowed to abolish the Common Core education standards, Garcia emerged as the establishment's consensus candidate. Two former superintendents, both Republicans, endorsed him. So did the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which rarely backs a Democrat in a statewide race.
With E-ka Toussaint, Cesar Aguilar, Jessica Mendoza, Barbara Sofia, Shayna Stevens, Nic Parra, Lex Allen, David Garcia, Kristy Ann Silva, Michael Martinez and Patrick Morales.
The highlight of yesterday... Dr. David Garcia! ASA met with Dr. Garcia to discuss how we make higher education more affordable and accessible for all. We discussed education policy that is being drafted for 2018-2020.
We also discussed Dr. Garcia's plan to make community colleges in Arizona free! A plan we at ASA, believe can work.
ASA has worked with Dr. Garcia in different capacities over the years as he is a nationally recognized expert in education research & policy, an ASU professor and now a candidate for Governor of Arizona.
We're looking forward to working with Dr. Garcia in the coming weeks. Stay tuned, amazing things are around the corner.
FreeHigherEd #ASA #ASU — with Kieran Elia, David Garcia, Cesar Aguilar and Shayna Stevens.
Belen Sisa was David Garcia for AZ Superintendent of Public Instruction, Volunteer. Feb 2014 – Nov 2014.
Shayna Stevens, April 12, 2017.
I proudly support David Garcia for Governor. We share one very important thing in common: Our belief that public education is the great equalizer. — with David Garcia at Arizona State Capitol Buildings.
In 2016 David Garcia supported Bazta Arpaio.
Arizona's governorship is a tantalizing pick-up possibility for Democrats. Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton by only 4 points, and the incumbent governor, Dave Ducey, is polling badly, largely because of the GOP's deep cuts to the state's education budget. Arizona now spends about $4,200 less per pupil than the national average, and at press time, there were rumblings of a statewide teachers' strike. Education Week recently gave Arizona schools an overall grade of D+, ranking it sixth-worst in the nation.
It wasn't until the early 1990s that the Latino population of Arizona began to take off.
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Fern Zelmanovics Ward, July 5, 2018.
Arizona Legislative District 27 Democratic Committee is in the house! 270,000 signatures and lots of new friends later, #InvestInEd is on the ballot! (Theoretically). Thank you everyone who made it happen! — with Reginald Bolding, Ronda Olson, David Garcia and Donna Perea.
Belen Sisa April 2, 2018.
With Edder Diaz Martinez, Oscar Hernandez Ortiz, Vasthy Lamadrid, Erika Andiola, Perla Martinez, Alex Baker, Cormac Doebbeling, Jocelyn Gallardo, Isela Blanc, David Garcia, Jake Bell for Arizona, Korina Iribe-Romo, Isa ONeal, Karina Ruiz and Garrick McFadden at Arizona Supreme Court.
Going home for three hours. What a great trip to Phoenix! Got to spend time with some of the best organizers, friends, and family. Excited about the possibilities! This is David Garcia and he is running for Governor of Arizona! — traveling to PDX with Lew Granofsky, Brendan Walsh, Caitlin Elly Breedlove, Tomas E. Robles, Jr., Marisa Franco, Marco Garcia, Judy Davila, John Loredo, Ian Danley, Roy Herrera and Sarah Michelsen from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
Join us in welcoming David Garcia, Democratic Candidate for Arizona Governor in 2018.
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Democrats appear to have handed Republicans a major opportunity with their recent calls to "abolish" Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, the division of the Homeland Security Department charged with enforcing immigration laws at home. Many Democrats in Congress have backed the call, and in early July, Garcia threw his weight behind the campaign as well.
Garcia is endorsed by People's Action, Working Families Party.
PowerPAC.org is committed to supporting the civic engagement of voters of color and the election of progressive leaders of color. Much of our strategy is outlined in the book "Brown Is The New White," written by our founder Steve Phillips. Our work involves researching where votes of color can make a difference in races, how demographic trends can affect change in public policy and leadership, and how civic engagement methodologies can change how campaigns are run.
Our work has spanned the nationwide (support for Barack Obama and civic engagement in 18 states in the 2007-2008 cycle) to the small (unseating 18-year conservative incumbents in city races in San Bernardino, CA). Most recently we worked with grassroots activists in Georgia to encourage African American voters to turn out in the CD-6 race in Georgia and to build support for Stacey Abrams' race for Governor there. As we move forward, we will deepen our work in California as well as launching a multi-state initiative to support gubernatorial candidates of color in GA (Stacey Abrams), MD (Benjamin Jealous), AZ (David Garcia), CA (John Chiang), and FL (Andrew Gillum).
Additionally, we are in the process of building a fundraising engine to drive donations by average citizens in low dollar amounts. We think that there is power in crowd-sourcing the support of our communities of color. The voice of the growing economic power of the communities of color must be heard and their power felt.
Democracy for America has 68,405 members in the state of Michigan and more than one million members nationwide.
As a part of its work in the 2018 election cycle, Democracy for America intends to raise and spend more than $12 million in support of progressive candidates, make more than 2 million voter contacts, and support more than 250 candidates nationwide -- like Abdul El-Sayed -- in running inclusive populist campaigns committed to turning out the New American Majority of people of color and progressive white voters in November.
El-Sayed is the sixth gubernatorial endorsement DFA has made in the 2018 election cycle. Other gubernatorial endorsements the national grassroots progressive group has made this cycle includes Stacey Abrams in Georgia, David Garcia in Arizona, Andrew Gillum in Florida, Ben Jealous in Maryland, and Paulette Jordan in Idaho.
David Garcia, a Democratic candidate for governor, held a fundraiser late June 2018 at the San Francisco home of Tom Steyer, the California billionaire who is spending part of his fortune to influence Arizona's elections.
Garcia's campaign would not say how much money was raised at the fundraiser at Steyer's home, nor how many people were at the Monday night event.
Steyer, a former hedge fund manager turned philanthropist and political activist, is funding a ballot initiative that would mandate Arizona utilities use more renewable energy, and has opened an Arizona branch of his national political organization aimed at the youth vote.
A spokesperson for the Garcia campaign, Sarah Elliot, said the fundraiser follows a trend of left-leaning voters nationally taking an interest in Arizona politics.
Elliot said she expects Garcia, if he makes the general election, would face a barrage of out-of-state money supporting Gov. Doug Ducey.
Both Steyer and his wife, Kat Taylor, contributed $5,100, the maximum possible under state law, to Garcia's campaign on March 30.
Garcia has trailed both Ducey and one of his Democratic primary opponents, state Sen. Steve Farley, in fundraising.
According to the most recent campaign finance reports filed in April, Garcia has raised $543,702 during his campaign; Farley reported raising $778,393. The third Democratic challenger, Kelly Fryer, who entered the race in January, months after her opponents, has raised $109.357.
Ducey has reported raising more than $3.3 million for his re-election campaign.
Ducey, speaking at a brief news conference on Wednesday, said that voters could judge Steyer's views for themselves.
Steyer also has started an Arizona chapter of NextGen America, an environmentally focused political advocacy group that aims to engage the youth vote in the state. It opened a Phoenix office in June.
Garcia appeared at the Monday fundraiser at Steyer's home alongside Steve Phillips, founder of the political action group, Democracy in Color.
Phillips, in a column published by The Nation last week, touted Garcia's candidacy saying that his presence on the ballot would energize Latino voters.
"Electing David Garcia — a person who comes from the very community Trump demonizes and who is unapologetically committed to building an inclusive, multiracial democracy — will represent a resounding rejection of the nativist, nationalist, and racist impulses lifted up by this president," Phillips wrote.
Garcia appeared on a Democracy in Color podcast taped in Phoenix. In the episode, posted last week, Garcia said it was important for a Latino to become the state's chief executive.
Garcia said, on the podcast, that when he ran for Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2014, political advisors told him that his last name would prove a barrier to winning a statewide election.
Stacey Abrams, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Benjamin Jealous and others appear to be part of a trend among minority candidates who have defeated moderate Democrats by campaigning on liberal policy priorities.
Part of that strategy is recognizing the that there is often a gap between eligible Democratic voters and the margin of victory, said Steve Phillips, author of "Brown is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority".
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Arizona Diamondbacks Starting Pitcher Age: 32-179d Exp: 11.127 Years Bat/Throw: Right/Left
Drafted: Round 1 (#10 overall), 2007 College: South Caldwell HS Agent(s): (The Legacy Agency)
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Madison Bumgarner signed a 5 year / $85,000,000 contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks, including $85,000,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $17,000,000. In 2022, Bumgarner will earn a base salary of $23,000,000, while carrying a total salary of $23,000,000. Bumgarner's adjusted salary with the Arizona Diamondbacks is $18,000,000
Contract:5 yr(s) / $85,000,000 Signing Bonus:- Average Salary:$17,000,000 Free Agent:2025 / UFA
Signing Bonus -
Average Salary $17,000,000
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Payroll Salary
Adjusted Salary
2020 30 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $2,222,222 $2,222,222($2,222,222)
2021 31 $19,000,000 $19,000,000 $14,000,000 $19,000,000($21,222,222)
2022 32 $23,000,000 $17,000,000 $23,000,000 $18,000,000 $23,000,000($44,222,222)
$15M deferred ($5M each of 2021-2023)
Limited Trade Protection (5-team no trade list)
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Contract:5 yr(s) / $35,000,000 Signing Bonus:$1,000,000 Average Salary:$7,000,000 Free Agent:2020 / UFA
Signing Bonus $1,000,000
Average Salary $7,000,000
Contract:1 yr(s) / $560,000 Signing Bonus:- Average Salary:$560,000 Free Agent:0 / UFA
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $560,000
Average Salary $560,000
Free Agent: 0 / UFA
2007-2007Signing Bonus
Contract:1 yr(s) / $2,000,000 Signing Bonus:- Average Salary:$2,000,000 Free Agent:0 / UFA
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $2,000,000
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2007 - $2,000,000 - $2,000,000 $0
2010 $400,000 - - $400,000 $0
2013 $750,000 $1,000,000 $25,000 $1,775,000 $0
2014 NL SILVER SLUGGER:P $3,750,000 - $50,000 $3,800,000 $0
2016 $9,750,000 - $25,000 $9,775,000 $0
2017 $12,000,000 - - $12,000,000 $0
2020 $2,222,222 - - $2,222,222 $0
2021 $19,000,000 - - $19,000,000 $nan
(12 seasons) $79,632,222 $3,000,000 $150,000 $82,782,222 $nan
2022 $23,000,000 - - $23,000,000
2025* $5,000,000 - - $5,000,000
$154,632,222 $3,000,000 $150,000 $157,782,222
10 seasons $58,410,000 $3,000,000 - $61,560,000
2 seasons $21,222,222 - - $21,222,222
* denotes deferred payment
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Dec 15 2019Signed a 5 year $85 million contract with Arizona (ARI)
Nov 4 2019San Francisco (SF) extended a $17.8 million Qualifying Offer
Oct 30 2018San Francisco (SF) exercised a $12M club option for 2019
Nov 6 2017San Francisco (SF) exercised a $12.5 million option for 2018
Apr 16 2012Signed a 5 year $35 million extension with San Francisco (SF)
Mar 3 2011Signed a 1 year $450k contract with San Francisco (SF)
Aug 15 2007Signed a contract with San Francisco (SF)
Jun 7 2007Drafted by San Francisco (SF): Round 1 (#10 overall)


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Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
When Lex Luthor gets elected US President, he uses the threat of an oncoming kryptonite meteor striking Earth as a rationale to frame Superman.
Genre: Action, Animation, Drama
Stars: Clancy Brown, Kevin Conroy, Tim Daly, Xander Berkeley, Corey Burton, Ricardo Chavira, Allison Mack, John C. McGinley, CCH Pounder, LeVar Burton, Calvin Tran, Mark Jonathan Davis, Brian George, Jennifer Hale, Rachael MacFarlane, Alan Oppenheimer, Andrea Romano, Bruce Timm
A teen decides to go for a night on the town with his friends despite flunking his driver's test.
Stars: Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Carol Kane, Richard Masur, Heather Graham, Michael Manasseri, Harvey Miller, Michael A. Nickles, Nina Siemaszko, Grant Goodeve, James Avery, Grant Heslov, Michael Ensign, Helen Hanft, Christopher Burton, Jill Jaress, Kimberly Hope, Parley Baer
Batman: Gotham Knight
A collection of key events mark Bruce Wayne's life as he journeys from beginner to Dark Knight.
Country: Japan, South Korea, United States
Stars: Kevin Conroy, Jason Marsden, Scott Menville, George Newbern, Corey Padnos, Crystal Scales, Alanna Ubach, Hynden Walch, Corey Burton, Gary Dourdan, Jim Meskimen, Pat Musick, Ana Ortiz, Rob Paulsen, Andrea Romano, Will Friedle, Kevin Michael Richardson, Brian George
Hidden Orchard Mysteries: The Case of the Air B and B Robbery
When a home robbery occurs, two junior detectives attempt to discover the culprit. Their closest neighbors are the most likely suspects and the investigation digs up bigger secrets than they expected.
Genre: Crime, Family, Mystery
Stars: Gabriella Pastore, Ja'ness Tate, Kim Akia, Hunter Bills, Ja'Juan Burton, Diane D Carter, Carlos Coleman, Orlando Cortez, Tim Davidson, Camilla Elaine, Ole Goode, Corey J. Grant, Jhada Griffin, Catarah Hampshire, Chuck Hawley, Melissa Johnson, Audrey Meah, Davey Moore
G.I. Joe: The Movie
The heroic G.I. Joe action force must oppose the ruthless Cobra organization that has secretly allied with a subterranean reptilian people who were their founders.
Country: Japan, United States
Stars: Charlie Adler, Shuko Akune, Jack Angel, Michael Bell, Gregg Berger, Earl Boen, Arthur Burghardt, Corey Burton, William Callaway, François Chau, Peter Cullen, Brian Cummings, Jennifer Darling, Laurie Faso, Hank Garrett, Dick Gautier, Ed Gilbert, Dan Gilvezan
Zambezia
Zambezia is a new feature film by Triggerfish Animation Studios about a young high-spirited falcon who journeys to the famed bird city of Zambezia.
Country: South Africa, United States
Stars: Leonard Nimoy, Jeremy Suarez, Abigail Breslin, Jeff Goldblum, Samuel L. Jackson, Jenifer Lewis, Jim Cummings, Jamal Mixon, Richard E. Grant, David Shaughnessy, Noureen DeWulf, Tania Gunadi, Deep Roy, Phil LaMarr, Kelly Stables, Kristen Rutherford, Corey Burton, Tress MacNeille
Partysaurus Rex
IMDb 7.52012 7m
When Rex finds himself left behind in the bathroom, he puts his limbs to use by getting a bath going for a bunch of new toy friends.
Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Wallace Shawn, Corey Burton, Tony Cox, Donald Fullilove, Emily Ricks Hahn, Don Rickles, Lori Alan, Estelle Harris, John Ratzenberger, Mark A. Walsh, Timothy Dalton, Joan Cusack, Sherry Lynn, Lori Richardson, Teddy Newton, Jessica Evans
The Lion King 1½
Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog retell the story of The Lion King (1994) from their own perspective.
Stars: Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Julie Kavner, Jerry Stiller, Matthew Broderick, Robert Guillaume, Moira Kelly, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, Jim Cummings, Edward Hibbert, Jason Rudofsky, Matt Weinberg, Tony Anselmo, Jeff Bennett, Corey Burton, Cam Clarke, Bill Farmer
Mickey's House of Villains
When villains come to Mickey's House of Mouse, he and his friends attempt to keep the show running.
Stars: Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Jeff Bennett, Susanne Blakeslee, Corey Burton, Pat Carroll, John Cleese, Jim Cummings, Bill Farmer, John Fiedler, Jonathan Freeman, Matt Frewer, Bobcat Goldthwait, Gilbert Gottfried, Tress MacNeille, Rod Roddy, Russi Taylor, Scott Weinger
Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade
Wow - fifth grade. But what good is practically being a grown-up when the teacher's a big sourpuss?
Stars: Rickey D'Shon Collins, Jason Davis, Myles Jeffrey, Ashley Johnson, Courtland Mead, Pamela Adlon, Allyce Beasley, Dabney Coleman, April Winchell, Gregg Berger, Mayim Bialik, Clancy Brown, Corey Burton, Toran Caudell, Jonathan David Cook, Danny Cooksey, Rachel Crane, Aria Noelle Curzon
Stitch! The Movie
Stitch, an alien living on Earth disguised as a dog with his human family, continues his adventures when he discovers that the alien family he never knew he had is now in Hawaii, being hunted down by galactic forces.
Stars: Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald, Ving Rhames, Dee Bradley Baker, Kevin Michael Richardson, Jeff Bennett, Corey Burton, Zoe Caldwell, Tress MacNeille, Kunewa Mook, Liliana Mumy, Rob Paulsen, Frank Welker, Jess Winfield
Atlantis: Milo's Return
Milo and Kida reunite with their friends to investigate strange occurances around the world that seem to have links to the secrets of Atlantis.
Stars: James Arnold Taylor, Cree Summer, John Mahoney, Jacqueline Obradors, Don Novello, Corey Burton, Phil Morris, Florence Stanley, Frank Welker, Steven Barr, Clancy Brown, Jean Gilpin, Kai Rune Larsen, Bill Fagerbakke, Tom Wilson, Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman, Jeff Bennett, William Morgan Sheppard
In this science fiction rendering of the classic novel "Treasure Island", Jim Hawkins (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a rebellious teen seen by the world as an aimless slacker. After he receives a map from a dying pirate, he embarks on ...
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emma Thompson, Martin Short, Roscoe Lee Browne, Corey Burton, Dane A. Davis, Tony Jay, Austin Majors, Patrick McGoohan, Michael McShane, Laurie Metcalf, Brian Murray, David Hyde Pierce, Michael Wincott, Jack Angel, Bob Bergen, Rodger Bumpass, Jane Carr
Jaq and Gus create a storybook based on three events that happened after the first film. The stories include Cinderella's opposition to the court's strict etiquette, Jaq's becoming human for a day, and Anastasia's redemption throu...
Stars: Jennifer Hale, Rob Paulsen, Corey Burton, Andre Stojka, Russi Taylor, Susanne Blakeslee, Tress MacNeille, Holland Taylor, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Frank Welker, Jeff Bennett, Bob Bergen, Susan Blu, Rodger Bumpass, Jennifer Darling, Paul Eiding, Sherry Lynn, Mickie McGowan
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
Mickey and all his friends hold their own Christmas party at the House of Mouse, after being snowed in.
Stars: Carlos Alazraqui, Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Jeff Bennett, Jodi Benson, Robby Benson, Corey Burton, Eddie Carroll, Pat Carroll, John Cleese, Peter Cullen, Bill Farmer, Jonathan Freeman, Jennifer Hale, Maurice LaMarche, Tress MacNeille, J.P. Manoux, Mark Moseley
A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.
Stars: Michael J. Fox, Jim Varney, Corey Burton, Claudia Christian, James Garner, John Mahoney, Phil Morris, Leonard Nimoy, Don Novello, Jacqueline Obradors, Florence Stanley, David Ogden Stiers, Natalie Strom, Cree Summer, Jim Cummings, Patrick Pinney, Steven Barr
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
Mickey and his friends star in 3 heartwarming stories of Christmas past.
Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Wayne Allwine, Russi Taylor, Tony Anselmo, Diane Michelle, Tress MacNeille, Alan Young, Bill Farmer, Corey Burton, Shaun Fleming, Jim Cummings, Jeff Bennett, Gregg Berger, Kylie Dempsey, Taylor Dempsey, Andrew McDonough, Pat Musick, Frank Welker
Dudley Do-Right
Inept Canadian mountie Dudley Do-Right chases after villian Snidely Whiplash and woos girlfriend Nell Fenwick.
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Stars: Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alfred Molina, Eric Idle, Robert Prosky, Alex Rocco, Jack Kehler, Louis Mustillo, Don Yesso, Jed Rees, Brant von Hoffman, Corey Burton, Dyllan Christopher, Ashley Yarman, Jeremy Bergman, Douglas Newell, Haig Sutherland, Michael McCarty
Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy
Velma discovers she's inherited her great-great-uncles' cursed castle in Transylvania, Pennsylvania. This Scooby-Doo adventure has enough spooky fun to make the whole family come alive!
Stars: Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard, Diedrich Bader, Dee Bradley Baker, Eric Bauza, Jeff Bennett, Susanne Blakeslee, Corey Burton, Candi Milo, Kevin Michael Richardson, Fred Tatasciore, Casey Kasem, John Stephenson
My Neighbors the Yamadas
The life and misadventures of a family in contemporary Japan.
Stars: Yukiji Asaoka, Tôru Masuoka, Masako Araki, Hayato Isohata, Naomi Uno, Akiko Yano, Kosanji Yanagiya, Tamao Nakamura, Chôchô Miyako, Jim Belushi, Jeff Bennett, Alex Buck, A.J. Buckley, Corey Burton, Dixie Carter, Erin Chambers, Maree Cheatham, Flo Di Re
Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery
Shaggy and Scooby win tickets for a WWE City trip. All five go. While there, they're attacked by a huge monster ghost bear. Wrestlers help them. The five have a mystery to solve.
Stars: Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard, Charles S. Dutton, Mary McCormack, John Cena, Tyrus, Michael Coulthard, Glenn Jacobs, A.J. Mendez, Anthony Carelli, Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin, Paul Levesque, Vince McMahon, Corey Burton, Bumper Robinson, Fred Tatasciore
The 'Bad Batch' of elite and experimental clones make their way through an ever-changing galaxy in the immediate aftermath of the Clone Wars.
Stars: Ming-Na Wen, Dee Bradley Baker, Michelle Ang, Noshir Dalal, Liam O'Brien, Rhea Perlman, Sam Riegel, Bob Bergen, Gwendoline Yeo, Ben Diskin, Corey Burton, Matthew Wood, Tina Huang, Ness Bautista, Daheli Hall, Stephen Stanton, Robin Atkin Downes, Ferelith Young
JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time
Lex Luthor is frozen during a battle with the Justice League. He thaws out in the 31st century, discovers Time Trapper and prevents Superman's arrival to Earth as a baby. Future teen heroes Karate Kid and Dawnstar must stop him.
Genre: Action, Animation, Sci-Fi
Stars: Diedrich Bader, Laura Bailey, Dante Basco, Corey Burton, Grey Griffin, Jack De Sena, Michael Donovan, Tom Gibis, Peter Jessop, Erica Luttrell, Liam O'Brien, Kevin Michael Richardson, Jason Spisak, Fred Tatasciore, Avery Kidd Waddell, Travis Willingham
On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.
Stars: Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka, Billy Crudup, Billy Bob Thornton, Minnie Driver, John DiMaggio, Claire Danes, John DeMita, Jada Pinkett Smith, Gillian Anderson, Keith David, Corey Burton, Tara Strong, Julia Fletcher, Debi Derryberry, Alex Fernandez, Jack Fletcher
The son of Zeus and Hera is stripped of his immortality as an infant and must become a true hero in order to reclaim it.
Stars: Tate Donovan, Susan Egan, James Woods, Barbara Barrie, Roger Bart, Mary Kay Bergman, Corey Burton, Danny DeVito, Jim Cummings, Keith David, Paddi Edwards, Samantha Eggar, Cheryl Freeman, Kathleen Freeman, Matt Frewer, Amanda Plummer, Bobcat Goldthwait, Bug Hall
Trail Mix-Up
During a picnic, Baby Herman follows a beaver into a perilous sawmill - with Roger Rabbit in frantic pursuit.
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Short
Stars: Charles Fleischer, Kathleen Turner, April Winchell, Lou Hirsch, Corey Burton, Frank Welker, John Kassir, Alice Playten
A kindhearted street urchin and a power-hungry Grand Vizier vie for a magic lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.
Stars: Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Frank Welker, Gilbert Gottfried, Douglas Seale, Charlie Adler, Jack Angel, Corey Burton, Philip L. Clarke, Jim Cummings, Jennifer Darling, Debi Derryberry, Bruce Gooch, Jerry Houser, Vera Lockwood, Sherry Lynn
Goodnight Mr. Foot
Bigfoot checks into Dracula's resort,where he meets an energetic witch-maid.
Stars: Rose Abdoo, Corey Burton
A deformed bell-ringer must assert his independence from a vicious government minister in order to help his friend, a gypsy dancer.
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family
Stars: Demi Moore, Jason Alexander, Mary Kay Bergman, Corey Burton, Jim Cummings, Bill Fagerbakke, Tom Hulce, Tony Jay, Paul Kandel, Charles Kimbrough, Kevin Kline, Heidi Mollenhauer, Patrick Pinney, Gary Trousdale, David Ogden Stiers, Frank Welker, Mary Wickes, Jane Withers
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
The King of Thieves disrupts Aladdin and Jasmine's long-anticipated wedding, looking for an oracle that will lead him to an even bigger treasure. His true identity causes trouble for Aladdin.
Stars: Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, John Rhys-Davies, Val Bettin, Jim Cummings, Gilbert Gottfried, Linda Larkin, Jerry Orbach, Frank Welker, Jeff Bennett, Corey Burton, Jess Harnell, Clyde Kusatsu, Rob Paulsen, CCH Pounder, Bruce Adler, Joan Barber, Scott Barnes
Roller Coaster Rabbit
Roger Rabbit struggles to keep wandering Baby Herman safe in an amusement park where the usual havoc ensues.
Stars: Charles Fleischer, Kathleen Turner, April Winchell, Lou Hirsch, Corey Burton, Frank Welker, Damian London, Joni Barnes, Jim Bracken, Ancel Cook, Charlie Adler, Bill Farmer


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IRI Training Focuses on Improving Constituent Communications
With the goal of improving communications between citizens and their elected representatives, the International Republican Institute (IRI) hosted a training in Baghdad for members of Iraq's parliament that focused on techniques for effective television interviews and public contact.
Volunteer trainer John Reid of Virginia and IRI staff led the Iraqi legislators through a discussion on public image, tips for television interviews and basic message development strategy. Communications skills such as the need to establish a party message or brand and how to easily communicate it in a way average voter will understand were presented. Other techniques discussed were means of describing public policy in a way that reaches the average citizen and speaks to their needs and concerns.
The lawmakers expressed interest in how American political leaders communicated with constituents and maintained transparency in their work. Participants described the challenges of communicating with a skeptical public and the need to instill confidence in the minds of Iraqis regarding the work of a truly elected legislature. With the assistance of IRI's Media Center, legislators participated in a mock public affairs television program where they practiced responding to questions from a moderator in front of a camera. Questions focused on current events and likely topics which would be raised during an interview. The taped segments were then played back for discussion and critique.
A broad segment of Iraq's democratic political spectrum attended the training, including the Iraqi Islamic Party, Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, the Kurdish Coalition, Sadris and the Iraqi National List.
Coinciding with the training was a visit to Baghdad by IRI's President Lorne Craner, Executive Vice President Judy Van Rest and board members Ambassadors Rich Williamson and Stephan Minikes. The delegation attended a portion of the training and spoke with the lawmakers about IRI's work and the general political situation in Iraq.


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Middle Kingdom wares are inspired by a long and distinguished history of design and craftsmanship in Chinese porcelain, but we contribute a fresh and invigorating style to the genre. Bo Jia and Alison Alten established the Middle Kingdom kiln in 1998 to broaden porcelain traditions for a modern audience. New works of imperial calibre are now available for everyone. I reached out to them to find out more about their inspiration and designs.
Object of Reference: What's in the core of brand?
Middle Kingdom: Originally to be inspired by tradition, but we have grown in our influences. Our basic core values are beauty and integrity.
Object of Reference: You have a big team of designers. Can you tell me a little bit more about yourselves?
Middle Kingdom: We are a husband and wife team with backgrounds in art and art history, respectively. We met when Alison was an exchange student to China. Our partnership started with Bo looking West and Alison looking East. Our design group has expanded to include designers whose work we appreciate and who want to collaborate with us.
Object of Reference: What is your background and have you always wanted to be designers?
Middle Kingdom: We haven't always wanted to be designers. Bo started as a painter even though he did coursework in graphic design, and Alison always thought she would enter either academia or government service. After Alison finished graduate school we decided to start our company, because we knew we could be better bosses than anyone we would work for, and be able to do things that we wanted to do.
Object of Reference: What is your source of inspiration?
Middle Kingdom: We love nature, architecture, classical art, classical and contemporary music. Bo is very inspired by sculpture and colour. Alison is more about texture.
Object of Reference: Do you believe in following rules when it comes to design, and if so, what are these rules in your designs?
Middle Kingdom: No rules, except the ones you must follow because the clay demands it.
Object of Reference: What would be a dream project to work on?
Middle Kingdom: To be able to interpret some of the most ephemeral glazes in a modern way, specifically Ru ware glazes, peach bloom glazes, and flambé glazes.
Object of Reference: What are you working on at the moment, and what are your creative plans for the future?
Middle Kingdom: We have lots of commission projects currently, mostly under wraps right now because we're too early in the process to tell you about them! Look for the projects this fall or next spring. We are also working on expanding some of our most popular lines with new colours and finishes. We want to streamline our core design selection to allow more choices on a limited number of shapes, so our brand ID becomes even more recognizable.
To find out more about Middle Kingdom go to their website at mkporcelain.com or follow them on Instagram @mkporcelain.
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Media as a Prompt for Play
David Kleeman 17 September 2013	Blog/Media Creators 0
Recently, I gave a talk at the World Congress of Play in San Francisco. I chose the topic "Media as a Prompt for Play" for a number of reasons:
First, from the earliest days of children's TV, screens have brought young people ideas for playful games and activities, whether through direct instruction or simply modeling. I began my talk with a classic clip from "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," in which Fred Rogers is trying hard to learn a "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" movement game from folksinger and story-teller Ella Jenkins.
Also, while some are concerned that mobile devices—tablets and phones—suck children's attention into the screen and away from the world and people around them, I believe the next generation of mobile media will, instead, become a gateway out to the world. Emerging apps will help children explore on their own or with friends and family, using built-in cameras, data, connectivity, GPS, crowdsourcing, communication, augmented reality, and more.
Finally, when the full spectrum of play experts comes together, there's always discussion of whether screens are replacing toys in children's lives. I wanted to talk about the opportunities for screen media and toys to work in concert, whether through a direct technological connection between the physical and the digital, or simply by suggesting ways to play.
As I explored examples for the talk, I found that most fell onto a grid, on which the X-axis ranges from structured play to unstructured. At the structured end of the spectrum are media options that need to be played in a particular way—the screen either details the rules or controls the play. Unstructured play leaves more space for the child to improvise around a set of resources, characters, or stories.
The Y-axis on my grid spans "device required" to "device inspired." With the former, the play can't go on unless the technology is in use; this might include an augmented-reality hide-and-seek game, new types of video game that interact with plugged-in toys, or a movement monitor that tracks physical activity to be uploaded later and tracked toward fitness goals. "Device inspired" play might be learned through the screen, or might draw upon a database of games to suggest something for the age of the children, the location, the amount of time available, and even the mood of the players.
We can suggest and inspire, but ultimately, media makers would be wise to step back and allow kids'rsquo; fantasies and fancies free range.
Sneak – an app with which children play a kind of game of "tag," as a virtual character on the iPad senses their approach via the camera and microphone.
Unboxed – a project of the Chicago Children's Museum where what looked like a store that sold cardboard boxes actually sold maker projects revealed when you held the different boxes up to an augmented reality screen.
Lego, Life of George – a Lego set that can be used either for free play or, with augmented reality, to guide construction of a specific project.
But, here's the interesting thing: As I laid out my examples on the grid, I found a big open space on the right side—there were far fewer examples of media as a prompt for unstructured play, especially play that is just inspired by the technology.
That brought me back to thinking about Fred Rogers. It seemed to me that Fred's entire body of work was a message that this end of the graph is the magical, perhaps even sacred, space where children's imaginations live. We can suggest and inspire, but ultimately, media makers would be wise to step back and allow kids' fantasies and fancies free range. In children's diverse lives, there's still plenty of room for us to play together with them.


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Police chief: Domestic violence 'crosses all borders'
Nelson Oliveira
July 17, 2014 Updated: July 17, 2014 10:07 a.m.
J. Michael Farren's brutal beating of his then-wife, Mary Margaret Farren, in 2010 led to his conviction by a Stamford jury last week. The case, which spent four years in court, shows how domestic violence can happen anywhere, including affluent communities such as New Canaan.
"He was a White House lawyer, pretty successful, living in a multimillion-dollar house," Police Chief Leon Krolikowski said. "It really crosses all borders."
Farren, 61, was found guilty July 11 of attempted murder, risk of injury to a child and first-degree assault. He was arrested for the attempted murder of his wife in their New Canaan mansion in January 2010 after he beat her with a metal flashlight, causing severe brain damage.
Krolikowski said the incident was "one of the most severe domestic violence cases" in New Canaan.
Kathy Lake, a spokesman for the Domestic Violence Crisis Center in Stamford, echoed Krolikowski, saying domestic violence "crosses all boundaries, no matter the economic status or gender."
"It can affect anyone," she said. "Nationally it is an under-reported crime and it's one that affects all of the towns that we serve," Lake said.
Only about one-quarter of all physical assaults perpetuated against women by their partners are reported to the police, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence website. The organization estimates that 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by their partners each year.
In the first half of 2014, there were 50 family dispute reports in New Canaan, up from 25 in the first half of 2013.
According to Krolikowski, roughly 75 percent of such cases involve domestic violence. In June alone, there were eight, up from two during the same month last year.
New Canaan's Youth and Family Services Coordinator Jacqueline D'Louhy said, however, that the crime still is under reported as many victims fear retaliation.
"We still think it's an issue that falls under the radar," she said.
Both D'Louhy and Lake agree that there has been more awareness with an increased community involvement from organizations like the DVCC.
"It is a serious crime," Lake said. "There may be more reporting over the last few years because there's more awareness."
The center -- which serves Stamford, Norwalk, Westport, New Canaan, Darien and Westport -- provides service to nearly 4,000 people each year, according to Lake. In the past 10 years, the agency has expanded its community education programs, counseling services and task forces to raise awareness about domestic violence.
As for the Farren verdict, Krolikowski said "it sends a message" that justice will be served on those who engage in such violent crime.
D'Louhy said she hopes the end of the trial helps Mary Farren and her two daughters start a new chapter in their lives.
"It's justice for something that was obviously horrific. A mother of two children was almost murdered," D'Louhy said. "Hopefully, the family can move on now."
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A Brazilian native and longtime Stamford resident, Nelson has been with Hearst Connecticut Media since 2013. He joined the organization months after graduating from Stony Brook University on Long Island, where he earned a bachelor's degree in journalism. He first worked as a town reporter for the New Canaan News, then as a crime and general assignment reporter for the News-Times in Danbury and he now covers education and general assignments for the Advocate in Stamford. Nelson also has an associate's degree from Norwalk Community College as well as several awards from local and international journalism associations.


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The Department's JUPAS admission results have been exemplary in the past five years and the BA(AS) program has become one of the most competitive among all undergraduate courses offered in Hong Kong.
Students need to demonstrate an eagerness to engage with the discipline of architecture and to show a strong command of the English language.
[Candidates of the National Joint College Entrance Examination (NJCEE) are not subject to these supplementary requirements. For details on mainland undergraduate admissions, please refer to the HKU China Affairs Office's website: http://www.aal.hku.hk/admissions/mainland/admissions-information.
Candidates applying for admission to the BAAS program are required to take part in an Aptitude Exercise scheduled from (tentatively) 14 to 17 December, 2018. The Aptitude Exercise will be available to download at the beginning of this period. Applicants will submit their completed exercise as a digital upload through the HKU Admissions website. The Aptitude Exercise comprises a set of creative questions that give the applicant an opportunity to demonstrate his or her interest and capacity to address issues relevant to architectural thinking and practice. The criteria measured by the exercise include: capacity to conceptualize, creativity, curiosity, analytical ability, daring, rigor, intelligence, intuition, openness, perseverance, spatial sensibility and sociability. The Aptitude Exercise provides applicants with an opportunity to directly demonstrate architectural thinking. In this way, it also serves as a means through which the applicant can gauge his or her own desire to engage in the demands of architectural education. Further instructions on taking part in the Aptitude Exercise will be sent to all potential applicants via email and posted on the HKU Admissions website.
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Candidates are required to take part in the Aptitude Exercise scheduled tentatively from 14 to 17 December 2018 for consideration for admission to the BA(AS) programme. The Aptitude Exercise will be available to download on-line at 00:01 HK time on 14 December 2018. You will be required to submit the completed exercise as a digital upload by the end of the four-day period, i.e. 17 December 2018 (23:59 HK time). A hard copy of the completed exercise should follow by mail to the Faculty of Architecture.
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Machine learning, neural networks, and knitting
In a recent (Tuesday, March 6, 2018) live stream 'conversation' ('Science in Canada; Investing in Canadian Innovation' now published on YouTube) between Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, and US science communicator, Bill Nye, at the University of Ottawa, they discussed, amongst many other topics, what AI (artificial intelligence) can and can't do. They seemed to agree that AI can't be creative, i.e., write poetry, create works of art, make jokes, etc. A conclusion which is both (in my opinion) true and not true.
There are times when I think the joke may be on us (humans). Take for example this March 6, 2018 story by Alexis Madrigal for The Atlantic magazine (Note: Links have been removed),
SkyKnit: How an AI Took Over an Adult Knitting Community
Ribald knitters teamed up with a neural-network creator to generate new types of tentacled, cozy shapes.
Janelle Shane is a humorist [Note: She describes herself as a "Research Scientist in optics. Plays with neural networks. …" in her Twitter bio.] who creates and mines her material from neural networks, the form of machine learning that has come to dominate the field of artificial intelligence over the last half-decade.
Perhaps you've seen the candy-heart slogans she generated for Valentine's Day: DEAR ME, MY MY, LOVE BOT, CUTE KISS, MY BEAR, and LOVE BUN.
Or her new paint-color names: Parp Green, Shy Bather, Farty Red, and Bull Cream.
Or her neural-net-generated Halloween costumes: Punk Tree, Disco Monster, Spartan Gandalf, Starfleet Shark, and A Masked Box.
Her latest project, still ongoing, pushes the joke into a new, physical realm. Prodded by a knitter on the knitting forum Ravelry, Shane trained a type of neural network on a series of over 500 sets of knitting instructions. Then, she generated new instructions, which members of the Ravelry community have actually attempted to knit.
"The knitting project has been a particularly fun one so far just because it ended up being a dialogue between this computer program and these knitters that went over my head in a lot of ways," Shane told me. "The computer would spit out a whole bunch of instructions that I couldn't read and the knitters would say, this is the funniest thing I've ever read."
It appears that the project evolved,
The human-machine collaboration created configurations of yarn that you probably wouldn't give to your in-laws for Christmas, but they were interesting. The user citikas was the first to post a try at one of the earliest patterns, "reverss shawl." It was strange, but it did have some charisma.
Shane nicknamed the whole effort "Project Hilarious Disaster." The community called it SkyKnit.
I'm not sure what's meant by "community" as mentioned in the previous excerpt. Are we talking about humans only, AI only, or both humans and AI?
Here's some of what underlies Skyknit (Note: Links have been removed),
The different networks all attempt to model the data they've been fed by tuning a vast, funky flowchart. After you've created a statistical model that describes your real data, you can also roll the dice and generate new, never-before-seen data of the same kind.
How this works—like, the math behind it—is very hard to visualize because values inside the model can have hundreds of dimensions and we are humble three-dimensional creatures moving through time. But as the neural-network enthusiast Robin Sloan puts it, "So what? It turns out imaginary spaces are useful even if you can't, in fact, imagine them."
Out of that ferment, a new kind of art has emerged. Its practitioners use neural networks not to attain practical results, but to see what's lurking in the these vast, opaque systems. What did the machines learn about the world as they attempted to understand the data they'd been fed? Famously, Google released DeepDream, which produced trippy visualizations that also demonstrated how that type of neural network processed the textures and objects in its source imagery.
Madrigal's article is well worth reading if you have the time. You can also supplement Madrigal's piece with an August 9, 2017 article about Janelle Shane's algorithmic experiments by Jacob Brogan for slate.com.
I found some SkyKnit examples on Ravelry including this one from the Dollybird Workshop,
© Chatelaine
SkyKnit fancy addite rifopshent
by SkyKnit
Dollybird Workshop
SkyKnit
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
in stockinette stitch
US 4 – 3.5 mm
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download
SkyKnit is a type of machine learning algorithm called an artificial neural network. Its creator, Janelle Shane of AIweirdness.com, gave it 88,000 lines of knitting instructions from Stitch-Maps.com and Ravelry, and it taught itself how to make new patterns. Join the discussion!
SkyKnit seems to have created something that has paralell columns, and is reversible. Perhaps a scarf?
Test-knitting & image courtesy of Chatelaine
Patterns may include notes from testknitters; yarn, needles, and gauge are totally at your discretion.
SkyKnit's favorites include lace, tentacles, and totally not the elimination of the human race.
For more information, see: http://aiweirdness.com/
Shane's website, aiweirdness.com, is where she posts musings such as this (from a March 2, [?] 2018 posting), Note: A link has been removed,
If you've been on the internet today, you've probably interacted with a neural network. They're a type of machine learning algorithm that's used for everything from language translation to finance modeling. One of their specialties is image recognition. Several companies – including Google, Microsoft, IBM, and Facebook – have their own algorithms for labeling photos. But image recognition algorithms can make really bizarre mistakes.
Microsoft Azure's computer vision API [application programming interface] added the above caption and tags. But there are no sheep in the image of above. None. I zoomed all the way in and inspected every speck.
I have become quite interested in Shane's self descriptions such as this one from the aiweirdness.com website,
I train neural networks, a type of machine learning algorithm, to write unintentional humor as they struggle to imitate human datasets. Well, I intend the humor. The neural networks are just doing their best to understand what's going on. Currently located on the occupied land of the Arapahoe Nation.
https://wandering.shop/@janellecshane
As for the joke being on us, I can't help remembering the Facebook bots that developed their own language (Facebotlish), and were featured in my June 30, 2017 posting, There's a certain eerieness to it all, which seems an appropriate response in a year celebrating the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's 1818 book, Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus. I'm closing with a video clip from the 1931 movie,
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Woolly Thoughts—mathematical knitting
I last wrote about 'Woolly Thoughts" some years ago in a July 28, 2010 posting which focused on science knitting. Now, Alex Bellos has written an Oct. 3, 2016 posting for the Guardian about the 'mathekniticians' behind 'Woolly Thoughts',
In 1996 two British maths teachers active on an internet knitting forum were asked by a US yarn firm to design it an afghan.
"We were sent into a panic! We had no idea what an afghan was!" remembers Pat Ashforth, who with partner Steve Plummer is known in the crafts community for maths-inspired knits.
The couple soon discovered that an afghan was a knitted or crocheted blanket or throw. They produced four designs for the US firm, and it began a journey that has defined the rest of their lives.
Ashforth and Plummer decided that the afghan was the perfect canvas for expressing mathematical ideas – and since then they have devoted much of their time to producing as many as they can.
Together they have knitted and crocheted about 90 mathematical afghans (math-ghans?). Since each afghan takes about 100 hours to complete, this means the total time spent they have spent making them is about 9,000 hours (which adds up to 375 days – more than a year). And they have also made many other mathematical objects in wool.
The couple met while teaching at a school in Luton. By 1999 they were both working at a school in Nelson, Lancashire, where they married in 2005. Originally the afghans were hung in their classrooms. "They were invaluable as a vehicle for talking about maths, says Ashforth. "Large, touchable, unbreakable items were perfect for encouraging group discussion. It is much easier for everyone to be looking at the same thing than for each individual to have their own separate book."
Not only are the images in the afghans mathematical, but the way they are made also involves mathematical thinking.
"We enjoy the challenge of seeing an idea then working out how it can be made into an afghan in a way that would be easy enough for anyone else to recreate. It is like trying to solve a puzzle and refining it to give the best possible solution."
This is a great story from Bellos and it's studded with images of the couple's work.
Here are a few examples you won't find embedded in Bellos' posting,
Vincent: This illusion is based on Vincent Van Gogh's Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat. The portrait was painted in 1887 and is in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. The colours in the illusion were chosen to reflect the impression of the painting but they are very subtle. If I was making it again I would choose slightly more contrasting colours for better definition of the face. Courtesy: Woolly Thoughts
QR Code: You have probably arrived at this page because you scanned the wall-hanging, or a photo of it, elsewhere.
I have been thinking about knitting a large-scale QR code for several years. I wanted it to look as little like a QR code as possible, which is rather perverse as the whole purpose of a code is that people can instantly recognise it and scan it with a phone. Some of my ideas were very complicated and I could not be sure that they would work. Eventually I decided to try a simple version first. There may be others later. QR codes differentiate between light and dark so the actual colours don't really matter. My first attempt, which I pulled undone, had many more colours than the final version. I thought it looked very messy so eventually settled for four dark, and four light, colours, on the principle of the 'four-colour map theorem'. There is no pattern for this design. Courtesy: Woolly Thoughts
Mixed Mitrefours: All of the shapes are kites and are all exactly the same size. Four-sided shapes that are all the same will always fit together. This design is unusual because the kites are constructed in two different ways. You may see some 3D effects in the design. It seems to look different from each direction. Courtesy: Woolly Thoughts
You can find Woolly Thoughts here and the community and yarn/pattern database for knitters and crocheters where you can purchase the Woolly Thoughts patterns for a small cost, Ravelry can be found here.
This entry was posted in Mathematics, public engagement, sscience education and tagged afghan (knitted or crocheted blanket or throw), Alex Bellos, illusion knitting, knitting, mathematical afghans (math-ghans?), mathematics, maths-inspired knits, Mixed Mitrefours, Pat Ashforth, QR code, Ravelry, Steve Plummer, Vincent, Vincent van Gogh, Woolly Thoughts on October 28, 2016 by Maryse de la Giroday.
Two subcultures: science knitters and graffiti knitters, could they come together?
I had no idea that there's a whole subculture of scientists devoted to knitting. Not just any knitting, science knitting. Thanks to Andrew Maynard at 2020 Science blog (July 25, 2010 posting), I have discovered Woolly Thoughts a website devoted to knitting, crocheting, and mathematics.
In fact, there's a plethora of websites, blogs, and a subset on Ravelry (social networking for knitters) devoted to science/math knitters, much of which you can find in Andrew's posting.
One item that particularly my fancy was a piece of 'illusion knitting' designed by Alice Bell, a science communication lecturer at the Imperial College of London. Illusion knitting is where the same piece of knitting reveals of one of two different images depending on the angle of sight. Bell's creation, the Rosalind scarf, can look like stripes from one angle and like a piece of DNA from another angle.
For anyone not familiar with Franklin (from the San Diego Super Computer Center at the University of Southern California web page),
There is probably no other woman scientist with as much controversy surrounding her life and work as Rosalind Franklin. Franklin was responsible for much of the research and discovery work that led to the understanding of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA. The story of DNA is a tale of competition and intrigue, told one way in James Watson's book The Double Helix, and quite another in Anne Sayre's study, Rosalind Franklin and DNA. James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins received a Nobel Prize for the double-helix model of DNA in 1962, four years after Franklin's death at age 37 from ovarian cancer.
Here's Bell in her Rosalind scarf,
Alice Bell in her Rosalind scarf
This is the angle for the stripes, to see the DNA go to the Feb. 7, 2010 posting on her Slipped Stitch blog or to Andrew's posting where you can find more goodies like this,
Knitting and crocheting as a means of creating complex geometrical forms has a long and illustrious history. Alan Turing was often seen knitting Möbius strips and other shapes in his lunchtime apparently, according to this 2008 MSNBC [article]. The work of Taimina and others on exploring hyperbolic planes – and their relevance to biology – has been groundbreaking (I know it's crochet, but Margaret Wertheim's TED talk on crochet coral and complex math is excellent, [go here]).
Vancouver (Canada) is home to at least two members of another knitting subculture as I found out earlier this year with the publication of a book by two locals, Mandy Moore and Leanne Prain, Yarn Bombing; The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti. Their Yarn Bombing blog features projects from around the world. I took a particular liking to Bee Bombs,
Annie's bee bombs in Amsterdam
I wonder if we could get some science yarn bombs going for the 2012 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting to take place here in Vancouver?
This entry was posted in pop culture, science, Vancouver and tagged 2020 Science, Alice Bell, Andrew Maynard, bee bombs, DNA, illusion knitting, knitting, Leanne Prain, Mandy Moore, Ravelry, Rosalind Franklin, Rosalind scarf, Slipped Stitch, Woolly Thoughts, yarn bombing, Yarn Bombing; The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti on July 28, 2010 by Maryse de la Giroday.


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Restore Me - #5
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The book that all SHATTER ME fans have been waiting for is finally here. The fourth incredible instalment of Tahereh Mafi's New York Times bestselling YA fantasy series perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Victoria Aveyard's The Red Queen, Stranger Things and Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows
The girl with the power to kill with a single touch now has the world in the palm of her hand.
Juliette Ferrars thought she'd won. She took over Sector 45, was named Supreme Commander, and now has Warner by her side. But when tragedy strikes, she must confront the darkness that dwells both around and inside her.
Tahereh Mafi is the New York Times bestselling author of the Shatter Me series which has been published in over 30 languages around the world. She was born in a small city somewhere in Connecticut and currently resides in Santa Monica, California, with her husband, Ransom Riggs, fellow bestselling author of Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, and their young daughter. She can usually be found overcaffeinated and stuck in a book. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter @TaherehMafi


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LEDC Board Orientation
Welcome to the LEDC Board!
LEDC's mission is to drive the economic and social advancement of low- to moderate-income Latinos and other D.C. area residents by equipping them with the skills and tools to achieve financial independence and become leaders in their communities.
On a warm spring night in 1991, a Latino man was shot by a DC police officer leading to several days of violent clashes and millions of dollars in property damages in the DC neighborhood of Mount Pleasant. Soon thereafter, a visionary group of bankers, business professionals and civil rights activists came together to launch the Latino Economic Development Corporation of Washington, DC (LEDC). In 2012, the name was changed to the Latino Economic Development Center.
The vast majority of those who participated in what became popularly known as the "Mount Pleasant Riots" had fled or were the children of those who had fled the rampant civil wars and systemic lack of opportunities in Central America.Risking their lives to escape crushing poverty in their country only to continue being denied access to economic and social advancement in the US was well beyond what many in the neighborhood were willing to bear.
The founders of LEDC applied for and received seed funding from the District of Columbia's Office of Business and Economic Development (OBED) to develop an organization that would help low-income Latinos build assets through small business development, homeownership counseling, and tenant organizing.On July 3, 1991, LEDC was incorporated as a community-based, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization in the offices of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR).
Watch our 20th anniversary video of our birth and our work over more than two decades.
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The Electric Avenue Music and Arts Festival at Historic Five Points will take place in Denver, CO on September 4 and 5. The two-day event will be held in front of the club Cervantes' Masterpiece and will feature a mix of jam and electric acts. Confirmed acts include: Pnuma Trio, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Kyle Hollingsworth Band, Anders Osborne, Juno What?, Who's Bad? – The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band, Living Legends, Yamn, Greensky Bluegrass, Eliot Lipp, Great American Taxi and Dark Party, among others. King Pigeon, a new all-star band featuring String Cheese Incident's Michael Kang, Lettuce's Adam Deitch, Particle's Steve Molitz and Ron Johnson of Tiny Universe will also perform.