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On Historical Grit – The Art Pillars of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
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byKenn Leandre
No matter how great a game mechanic is in a title, it wouldn't mean much if its art direction does not gel well with it. Fortunately, the visual moments of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag were one of its positive highlights. In case you missed it, check out IGN's review of the game HERE.
Ubisoft Singapore art director Mufizal Mokhtar said to IGN Asia during the Ubisoft Singapore Art Exhibit event last Friday that the team's main inspiration was from loads of 18th century history and pirate literature. "History had always been the playground for the Assassin's Creed series. We actually took that to heart, building the story that was told about the pirates, even to the weapons and the way the ships were built, and making sure they were historically accurate."
"We hired historical military expert Mike Loades and Republic of Pirates writer Colin Woodard to do research on all of these things. [During the pre-production phase], the team was sent out to the Caribbean to bring back thousands of photos for references."
The rugged visage of Edward Kenway was brought to 3D life through the collaboration of the major Ubisoft studios. "Kenway was a pirate trained by assassins," said Mokhtar, "So we wanted to combine the pirate's look with the elegant aesthetic of the assassins, complete with the hood and the outfit with the little flair at the back where the tail feather of an eagle was. The way we did it was infuse the idea of a pirate used to wear that's historically accurate, then added the eagle iconography that was always associated with the Assassin's Creed series."
Apart from Kenway, Mokhtar said that the game's ship Jackdaw was given a lot of attention and importance. "We put a lot of thought when we designed the ship. We put a lot of Edward's outlandish character onto the ship while thinking "What would he do to a ship?" Together with the early iconography, we based the ship's frame and shape with a sleek design much like the jackdaw bird. The concept and idea also stemmed from the Aesop's fable on the eagle and jackdaw."
"We actually had pillars and specific keywords to base our art direction not just for the ship," said Mokhtar, "but also for the overall look to tie in everything. 'Historical' and 'Gritty' are the main ones to go about. "[For the Jackdaw], the many parts like the masts and sails had to match with those pillars and with the overall ship."
"The 'gritty' pillar was a big part of the pillar and encompassed a lot of things. 'Gritty' also visually portrayed the kind of pirates we wanted. We didn't want to go with what the media was used to when we say 'pirates' because they're usually the kiddy kind. More R-rated and Assassin's Creed."
The one major element that separates Black Flag from the other series is its use of high saturation levels in its art style; not overly, mind you. "We wanted to make a beautiful world that was inviting," said Mokhtar. "We wanted to make them go 'wow, I want to explore this.' If you look at the way we treated the visuals, it's luminous and more saturated than usual. But, we never lose focus on giving that grit and dirt."
He brought up the Jackdaw as an example to the design philosophy. "If you look at it, it looked like it was modified and filled with experiences and tales. It's as if you took an elegant ship and you modified it to look fiercer." He added that without that grit and dirt, Kenway wouldn't be what he looks like in the final game.
Another example was the 'Underwater Trench' and 'North Carolina' pieces (pictured above and below) that gave the art team the opportunity to create two different types of environments: the underwater and overworld parts. "[The former] depicted how creepy the underwater parts can get. We put in a little hint of old ancient civilization just to heighten the effect. [The latter] was done hand-in-hand with the level designer and technical designer to figure out how to create an environment where nature and man-made objects blend with each other."
One of the major characters, real-life Irish pirate Anne Bonny, was created in Singapore and followed the same process when she was depicted in the game. "We always wanted to make beautiful girls," Mokhtar said. "It's a given, right? She's a historical character; we treated her the same way visually. We don't make her wear something too beautiful and out of place. We gave her that grit and that flavor of being more like an Assassin's Creed-ish pirate."
Taking artwork and pictures in 2D and translating it to 3D was no easy feat, but Mokhtar added that it was made possible by using concept art pieces in an alternate way. "Concept art was an important part in developing the game. It not only inspired the artists, but also the engineers and programmers. The point of the art was not to set things in stone and not follow it a hundred percent.
He brought up the first 2D rendition of the fort (pictured above) as an example. "This first drawing gave birth to the ideas of fort-capturing in the game. Also, if you look at the the way the artists drew the water, the shallow parts were represented by a light blue color surrounding the fort. This made the engineers come up with the technology for shallow water with the Anvil Next game engine. The raw essence, the color and structure from the art piece were all in the game."
Another inspirational concept art piece for the engineers was the 'Drunk on Rum!' painting (pictured below), said Mokhtar. "Pirates love their rum. They go on rum most of the time. The painting was to depict on how the game will look when Edward Kenway was drunk. Everything around you would be blur
The thing that is closest to you would be a pretty girl. True to life (laughs), the girl would get prettier when you're drunk. This inspired the team to create effects on when you're drunk. The use of colors were blended in together; no contrast whatsoever and giving you non-realistic perception."
As to what tools they used to create these pieces, it was entirely up to them as there were no set rules. "The artists in Ubisoft used many mediums to create the artwork; it's entirely up to them. Be it using Photoshop for the fort and 'Drunk on Rum!' paintings to the E3 trailer storyboard that was done with pencils, everything ended up as digital copies because we scanned them in."
Assassin's Creed IV is out right now on PS3 and Xbox 360. The PS4 and Xbox One versions will be out in United States on November 15 and 19 respectively.
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Release Date: Oct. 29, 2013
Platforms: Pc, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Stadia


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Christopher Vizzina, Earl Woods give Alabama All-Stars a different look at quarterback
Published: Dec. 07, 2022, 5:04 p.m.
Alabama All-Star football practice
Ben Thomas | bthomas@al.com
Clemson commit Christopher Vizzina didn't think twice about coming to Mobile this week to compete in the 36th annual Alabama-Mississippi All-Star game.
"You only get to do this once," the Briarwood Christian senior said. "I don't know why you wouldn't want to do it. I know some people don't want to get injured and stuff, but I think it's totally worth it. I'm for sure glad to be here."
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Vizzina and Hueytown star Earl Woods, a Jacksonville State commit, will lead the Alabama All-Stars in Saturday's noon game against Mississippi at South Alabama's Hancock Whitney Stadium. The teams arrived in Mobile on Tuesday afternoon and practiced once that night and twice today.
Clay-Chalkville head coach Drew Gilmer, the Alabama offensive coordinator this week, faced both Vizzina's Briarwood team and Woods' Hueytown team this year. Needless to say, he likes what he has seen so far this week.
"I'm glad I am getting to coach them this week and not coach against them," he said. "Those two suckers – we played them the last two years. You want to talk about two of the best quarterbacks in the state. They are a little different. Vizzina is that big body in the backfield and can make every throw, but he is fast, too. He is kind of deceptive in his speed. And Earl? You just hope you trip him every now and then and hope to slow him down. He's already scored 100 points on us the last few years."
The 6-foot-4, 210-pound Vizzina is the No. 6 overall senior prospect in the state, according to the 247 composite rankings. He committed to Clemson in April over five other programs, including Auburn and Ole Miss.
He has been steadfast in his decision since that time.
"When you go visit, it's either for you or it's not," he said Wednesday. "It's not for everyone. For me, it fit everything I believe in. I love all the coaches. I feel like I can trust them. When I walk in there, I feel like I'm a part of the team. I feel like the playbook and the style of play fits me very well."
Vizzina said Clemson's decision last week to go with true freshman Cade Klubnick at quarterback – a move that prompted former starter DJ Uiagalelei to enter the transfer portal this week – didn't change his thinking on his college future one bit.
"I'm still excited," he said. "I hate that it ended like that for DJ. He's a very special person. I'm just excited to go compete and get my shot. I'm glad I'm going early to learn everything and just get ready to compete."
Vizzina is scheduled to compete in the All-American Bowl in San Antonio on Jan. 7. He said he will fly to Atlanta the next day, then drive to Clemson to start his college career.
Though his team struggled to a 3-7 record this season, Vizzina had another impressive year. He completed 161-of-251 passes for 1,858 yards and 16 TDs. He also ran for 341 yards and 11 TDs.
"I think he's the best high school quarterback in the nation," said Thompson defensive lineman and fellow Clemson commit Peter Woods. "And that is unbiased."
"Both quarterbacks have been good," Alabama head coach Keith Etheredge of Auburn High said. "They are different types obviously. Earl is more of a zone read, hit the RPOs guy. Vizzina is more of a pocket guy that can run it as well. He has such great touch on the ball and puts it only where that receiver can get to it. He's been really impressive."
Earl Woods, Hueytown, QB (Jacksonville State) practices for the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, in Mobile, Ala. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com)
Woods has been one of the state's most electric playmakers for the last two seasons. He was named Gatorade Alabama Player of the Year in 2021 when he accounted for 67 touchdowns (32 passing, 35 rushing) and led his team to the Class 6A state final. This season, he ran for 22 touchdowns and threw for 24 as the Gophers went 8-4.
He committed to Jacksonville State in October.
"The old school comment was you couldn't tackle him in a phone booth, but I don't know if people even know what a phone booth is anymore," Hueytown coach Greg Patterson said at the time. "He is just really, really difficult to tackle. His straight away speed is not world class, but he has the ability to make cuts and spin and the vision he has is unmatched."
A third quarterback, Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa standout and Southern Miss commit Ethan Crawford, had to drop out of the game after tearing his ACL in his team's regular-season finale. The Alabama staff opted to stick with Vizzina and Woods and not add a third quarterback.
"I've been enjoying competing with high level guys every day and just hanging out with them," Vizzina said. "We all relate to each other so it's pretty special."
Hurricane warning? No, that was not the Alma Bryant football team practicing at South Alabama on Wednesday. It actually was the Alabama All-Stars.
However, Alma Bryant coach Bart Sessions loaned the All-Stars some of his school's uniform after an issue with the All-Star practice jerseys.

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The Portland Tribune Story On Homelessness & Churches Misses The Real Story
34Then the king will say to those at his right hand, "Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; 35for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me." 37Then the righteous will answer him, "Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? 38And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? 39And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?" 40And the king will answer them, "Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family,* you did it to me."
- Matthew 25:34-39 (NRSV)
The Portland Tribune published an article this morning about how the City of Portland and Multnomah County are approaching churches to help shelter families this winter. A central argument made in the article is that churches are not doing enough to help those who are homeless (a point helped along with unfortunate comments from Jean DeMaster of Human Solutions that lack context). And while I agree that communities of faith can and should do more the article lacks many examples of where churches are active and how the faith community is in the planning stages of a major new effort to address the needs of homeless families and homeless students in public school. First, some excerpts from the paper:
Two weeks ago, as winter began to take hold in the city, Portland City Commissioner Nick Fish, in charge of the city's housing bureau, and county Commissioner Deborah Kafoury sent an unusual letter to 239 Portland area churches (and one synagogue). Typically, city officials writing to private institutions, even religious ones, are making demands. This letter was more in the form of a plea — to help house homeless families.
As of last week, neither Fish nor Kafoury had heard from any churches willing to answer their plea. If history is any guide, they aren't likely to...
But this is not the first time Portland's churches have been approached. Jean DeMaster, executive director of Human Solutions, which runs the Daybreak program, has been trying to add to her nine participating churches for years. In fact, DeMaster says, she and her staff have called 200 churches asking them to provide basement or classroom space for the homeless families served by Daybreak. All of those churches, many the same ones written to by Fish and Kafoury, said no.
What those comments ignore is that many churches are already involved. The Goose Hollow Family Shelter at First United Methodist Church, that I helped to start and later served as the executive director at, draws support from over 20 different congregations. The Daybreak shelter itself has support from nearly 20 congregations (a point mentioned late in the article). First Congregational United Church of Christ in downtown Portland, my home congregation and where I was ordained, operated a shelter for homeless youth for seven years until a permanent facility could be built. Last year evangelical churches raised over $100,000 to support homeless programs in the Metro area. Transition Projects, the largest provider of services to homeless single adults in Portland, was started by the faith community, and continues to rely on churches and others for meals and financial support. JOIN has recently started a partnership with Trinity Episcopal Cathedral and a Greek Orthodox congregation. First Unitarian Church of Portland recently opened a day shelter for homeless families. Churches in East Multnomah County started Snow-Cap and continue to provide the bulk of their support and volunteers. In recent years the Interfaith Committee on Homelessness in Washington County has engaged dozens of churches to work on homeless issues. Many churches also provide volunteer support and financial gifts. This is true state-wide.
The faith community is also planning a summit meeting on homeless families and homeless children in public schools to be held early next year. Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon is spearheading the project (I sit on their public policy committee). The aim of the summit is to address the needs of the 18,000 homeless students now being served by Oregon's public schools. Our hope is to bring together Oregon's interfaith community, elected officials, educators and business leaders to discuss how we can help schools serve these children and to talk about ways to end family homelessness.
To be fair, the journalist who wrote the article did give me the chance to express some of this:
...opening their doors is not that easy for many churches, says Chuck Currie, a United Church of Christ minister and longtime homeless advocate. Many Portland churches, he points out, have suffered declining membership for years, and almost all do some sort of social outreach work already.
"I think it's fair for Deb (Kafoury) and Nick (Fish) to ask churches to become involved," Currie says. "Being involved is central to our missions. It's absolutely fair. But at the same time, winter is not an emergency. It happens every year at the same time. And their letter, while appropriate, probably should have been sent six months ago."
Currie says he doesn't expect churches to respond positively to the letter from Fish and Kafoury because most churches can't act that quickly.
"I'm not saying churches can't do more, and there are some communities of faith that aren't doing enough," Currie says. "But there are churches that are doing a lot, and they have been doing a lot for a long time."
What the article missed - and this was a point that I stressed - is that it isn't the job of the faith community to take care of all those who are homeless. Frankly, churches don't have the capacity in terms of volunteers or money to do so. Ending homelessness will only occur when we build enough housing, provide universal health care, offer living wage jobs, and open enough treatment programs for those suffering from mental health issues and addictions.
As I told the author, Kafoury and Fish should follow-up with a letter to the business community asking them to support Measures 66 and 67, on the ballot this January. Right now many in the business community are opposing these measures that would modestly increase taxes on business. Many multi-million corporations get away with paying a $10.00 (yep, ten dollar) minimum tax in Oregon. Measures 66 and 67 would slightly increase that fee. Without the increase we'll see further cuts that will lead to reduced services and increased homelessness and poverty. Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon and many in the faith community strongly support these two measures. When I mentioned this to The Portland Tribune I was told there wasn't room in the article to talk about taxes. But homelessness is an economic crisis and in ignoring the economics of homelessness The Portland Tribune missed covering the real story.
Homelessness is a moral crisis and I'd like to see the faith community more engaged. But to point the finger at churches isn't fair, it doesn't tell the real story, and it ignores that government and business are not doing enough to actually end homelessness, In fact, government and business do a lot to cause homelessness.
Posted on Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 09:01 in Homelessness, Portland | Permalink


When you plan to succeed in every aspect, you have to make a plan. The specific purpose of our goals may change along the run, but the marketing objectives will stick to its principles all throughout. A marketing objective should be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely.
Profitable objective. This type of objective determines the amount of the expected income based on the promotional strategy.
Promotional objective. This type of objective relates to the desired level of service or product awareness.
Growth objective. This type of objective determines the current business size and the amount you wish to increase.
It is the purpose of these marketing objectives to target specific demographics and markets. With which the company brand will be recognized. Moreover, the ultimate aim of marketing objectives is to increase the business revenue.


Lesson Overview Students use Tinkercad to design and create original coins, medallions, or other decorative items that depict the important features of a person, place, thing, or concept. Using a few simple design rules, students can put pictures and/or text on both the top and the bottom, reshape the coin, and easily 3D print the items without supports. For beginning Tinkercad users, coins offer easy success - the flat design doesn't require complex supports in order to print properly, and very few graphics are needed to complete the design. Once printed, custom coins can be displayed, shared, or - depending on the content of the coin - used as teaching tools.
This project is structured to follow the Engineering Design Process (EDP), a process that helps designers in any discipline create solutions to problems. While there are many ways that people solve problems, designers often use the EDP because it offers a clear roadmap for them to follow as they work towards a solution. First, designers Define the challenge they are facing, then Learn more about the problem and Explore existing solutions. It's tempting to skip these first few steps and head straight into brainstorming, but don't! When designers take the time to understand the problem clearly, they come up with much better solutions. The Design phase is where brainstorming happens. Designers brainstorm multiple possible solutions, then develop a few of them into more detailed plans. Encourage your students to plan at least 3 of their potential ideas before choosing a design direction and starting to Create a product based on their design. If they hit any roadblocks trying to create their first design choice, they'll be able to revisit their alternate design plans and choose a new direction - without starting from scratch. Designers then take time to Observe their design and see how they can Improve it. We strongly recommend that students have an opportunity for at least 2 Create-Observe-Improve cycles. When students feel they have to "get it right the first time," they are less willing to take risks and be creative. By repeating the cycle, they have a chance to fix flaws and adopt successful ideas from classmates, and in fact, they're practicing what professional designers really do. A good design cycle builds in time for the designer to Reflect on their product and the process of making it, looking for learning habits and insights that will help in future challenges. When the work is complete, designers are ready to Share. They bring their work into the real world, by posting, publishing, presenting, or exhibiting - or giving or selling if appropriate! - what they've made. For students working through a design process, a real audience helps students connect their learning and work experiences to the world outside the classroom. For Makerspaces and Maker projects, in particular, this is hugely important for building confidence in every student and a sense of community among Makers. To help students work through this process, be sure to build in planned "stops" at each step for students to record their thoughts and progress as they work through product iteration cycles.
How can we use graphic design to summarize and represent key attributes of a person, place, thing, or concept?
How can the design process and 3D modeling tools be useful tools in creating meaningful artifacts?
Skills Practiced: Critical analysis The Design Process 3D modeling in Tinkercad Symbolic Communication Materials Needed: Sketch paper and pencils Tinkercad Miscellaneous prototyping materials (paper, cardstock, foam sheets, markers, etc.) 3D Printer and filament.
Coins show important slogans, symbols, and personalities from history, mythology, and nature. But why? Simple words and images allow designers to clearly communicate in a limited amount of space - pick up any coin and look at the words and images. Ask yourself: where is this coin from? What is that country's government trying to say about itself on that coin? Who are its heroes? What are their values? Does the country's image on the coin match the image in your head?
Practice using graphic design as a communication tool.
Develop awareness of symbolism by using it themselves.
Develop awareness of visual arts and writing as works intentionally created by an artist or writer.
Simple: state shapes with an important landmark or product on 1 side, and a study question on the other.
Complex: class designs a "treasure hunt" game or exhibit that leads players through all 50 states, where the coin designs for each state form a portion of each clue.
Students create a coin or medallion that commemorates something important or interesting to them, following a theme that the teacher assigns. (E.g., a real or fictional country, social group, public figure, team etc.) Students will fabricate their work using Tinkercad and 3D printers.
The coin must memorialize or celebrate something.
Meaningful shape (other than circular).
Size constraints: Max height: 0.2 in, Max area 6 square inches.
Max print time: 30 minutes.
A custom-designed, 3D printed coin or medallion.
What images do you see?
What do you think of when you see that image?
What text do you see?
Who do you think made this?
What are they trying to tell you?
How do the text and image work together to communicate their message?
2. Collect: Have students document their research on the coin subject. Students can keep an inspiration page such as a blog, Google Docs, a notebook, Padlet, poster, etc to save notes or images.
REMEMBER: Be sure to provide stopping points for the class where students can observe, evaluate, and document their designs.
1. Design: Students use their inspiration page from step 2 as a reference and use one of the following methods to create at least 3 different ideas that meet the criteria defined above.
Option B: sculpt design drafts using clay.
Option C: let the students try drafting directly in Tinkercad to get familiar with the program and make practice models.
One coin, two colors! Even if your machine only prints from a single filament, you can still get a multi-color effect. Pause the build and change the filament color to try this look.
The Image on right is the front face. The image on the left is the detailed back.
Coin commemorating the first discovery of "Brontosaurus" bones and their eventual re- identification as an Apatosaurus skeleton. Note holes in corners for creating a wearable necklace. State of Montana created using Tinkercad US State shape generator.
Refine the design and iterate through the design cycle until you meet the design criteria and constraints.
Admire and share the coins!
Drag to coin body, adjust position, and group with all other parts of coin.
To add words or simple images as engravings, import or create your object.
Select the body of the coin, and make a duplicate. Select the duplicate, and turn it into a hole.
Holding "shift," drag the corner of the hole to shrink its footprint slightly.
Select both the original coin body and the hole. Align the objects so that their footprints are centered.
Select only the hole. Use the handle to drag it upwards so that it erases a small amount of the main coin body. The rim should now be visible. Remember: raised features, like the rim, are best limited to .05 in or 2 mm of thickness.
Select the hole and the coin body - Group them to turn them into a single object.
1. Create a copy of the file for personal use by clicking "Tinker this"– give it a new name.
2. Ungroup the coin elements and move the pieces apart to see how each is incorporated in the object.
3. Refer to coin drafts from Step 3: Design above, and begin to replace parts of the Tinkercad model with original graphics.
What do the designs look like now that they've been printed?
What parts of the design are unclear? Is anything too big? Too small? Blurry? How could the design be changed to make them clearer?
When others look at the coin, do they see the ideas that the designers wanted them to? If not, what changes can designers make?
2. Improve: Students use their observation notes to return to Tinkercad and make slight alterations to their design. If any students are feeling particularly discouraged by their first round of printing, redirect them to their alternative designs from step 3.
3. Iterate: It's a good idea for students to have an opportunity for at least two design-build-improve cycles. When students feel they have to "get it right the first time" they are less willing to take risks and be creative. On the second time through they can fix flaws and adopt successful ideas from classmates.
4. Download pdf bellow with possible discussion/documentation prompts for Steps 5 and Step 6.
5. Follow instructions in the Create Step as needed for the next iteration.
Reflect: After the design and build time is over, have students reflect on the process and product. This reflection is similar to the one in the "Observe, Improve, Iterate" step but now includes reflection on the process as well.
Download pdf with possible prompts for Steps 5 and Step 6.
Give the students an opportunity to share their coins with the class or some other community. Options for sharing include presentation, demonstration, blog or online post, video clip, physical display, family events, and maker fairs, or in the use for which it was intended.
To ensure you get a quality print, go through the list before tinkering and printing.
Meets overall size requirements as specified in the course packet: Height, Width, Depth, Weight, Volume as specified in the challenge description.
Embossed features stick out no more than 1 mm (.04 in).
Engraved features go in no more than 2 mm (.08 in).
Unsupported features (overhangs) are angled up at least 15⁰ (more is better).
Bridge features have an unsupported span no greater than 12 mm (.5 in).
Wall thicknesses are typically 2 mm (.08 in).
Thin features such as details are no smaller than 1 mm (.08 inch).
Coin that replaces existing currency from a specific country, with a figure from that country's science history on 1 side and an innovation they are known for on the other.
Students design a custom medallion for a notable scientist (or science concept) as a showpiece to accompany an essay or speech about the prize winner.
Method of mass production - in all likelihood, kids will choose molding, which makes our Candy Casts tutorial [To Be Published] a good intro step for a coin production project.
Students work in pairs: Students design a coin with specific meaning in mind, swap with a partner, and write about the meaning of their partners' coins without knowing what the creator's original intentions were.
Film as literature: explore the concept of "MacGuffins" that drives the plot (e.g. the lamp in Aladdin, Nemo in Finding Nemo) - have students write a treatment (plot summary) for an original movie or sequel, and design a printable model of the MacGuffin driving the plot.
We hope you had fun designing and sharing your Custom Coins and Medallions. What did you make? What materials did you use? We want to see! If you did this in a K-12 classroom, what subject was it in? Send us an email or leave us a comment so we can see what you're making.


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Paris 2024 approves swimming and volleyball venue changes as part of cost cutting efforts
By Michael Pavitt
Paris 2024 has approved scrapping temporary swimming and volleyball venues as part of plans to reduce the budget for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Organisers confirmed to insidethegames last month they planned to remove one of the two aquatics centres, which was due to be built in front of the Stade de France in Seine-Saint-Denis, and the volleyball facility in Le Bourget from their venue concept.
The Paris 2024 Executive Board has approved the changes, including the decision to move swimming events from Saint-Denis to La Défense.
According to Agence France-Presse, swimming will now be staged in a temporary pool within the La Défense Arena.
La Défense Arena is home to the Racing 92 rugby team and has previously hosted concerts.
The temporary pool will be moved to Saint-Denis after the Games as part of the original legacy plans.
La Défense Arena is also the proposed venue for gymnastics at the Games.
Paris 2024 is also building a permanent aquatics centre, one of only three venues being built from scratch for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the French capital, in Seine-Saint-Denis.
Plans to abandon the temporary volleyball venue in Le Bourget had been rumoured in the French media in recent weeks.
Volleyball is expected to be moved to Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, which is the home of Ligue 1 side LOSC Lille.
The venue hosted the 2018 Volleyball Nations League Finals.
La Defense Arena is now expected to host swimming competition with a temporary pool ©Getty Images
Climbing and rugby sevens are due to move to facilities in Seine-Saint-Denis following the decision to scrap the temporary swimming and volleyball venues.
Climbing was initially expected to form part of the urban sports park being proposed by organisers and set to be housed near the Champs-Élysées, while Stade Jean-Bouin - located close to the Parc des Princes – was scheduled to hold rugby sevens matches.
The Paris 2024 Executive Board has also approved reducing the number of football stadiums from eight to seven.
The changes are expected to result in a saving of €150 million (£136 million/$177 million).
The updated Paris 2024 venue plan will be put to the International Olympic Committee Executive Board during its meeting in December.
Changes were made as part of a concept review, which Paris 2024 claim is necessary to ensure the Games can be organised within budget, particularly due to the economic uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Organisers said they wanted to optimise the existing concept by pooling sites for several sports and ultimately reduce the number of sites, while keeping a strong foothold in Seine-Saint-Denis.
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Michael Pavitt Senior reporter
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If you're unhappy with the size, position or shape of your breasts, you're probably considering a surgical procedure. However, with the many different procedures available these days, it does make it harder to decide which option is right for you.
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The Cat Behind the Hat!
Please join us as we present
at our new location in San Diego's Little Italy
1980 Kettner Blvd., San Diego 92101
Opening night reception, Saturday, November 2, from 5 to 8 PM. RSVP by writing SanDiego@ChuckJones.com or calling 619-294-9880.
For over 60 years, Dr. Seuss's illustrations have brought a visual realization to his fantastic and imaginary worlds. His artistic talent went far beyond the printed page and yet, to this day, his Secret Art Collection is virtually unknown to the general public. Throughout his lifetime, Theodor Seuss Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) created paintings and sculpture, which he secreted away at the Dr. Seuss Estate.
Chuck Jones Gallery will share a compelling selection of artworks from The Art of Dr. Seuss Collection at the gallery, located at 1980 Kettner Blvd., San Diego, from November 2 through November 14. Visitors may explore and acquire works from Dr. Seuss's best-known children's books, as well as The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss, a mind-expanding collection based on decades of artwork, which Dr. Seuss created at night for his own personal pleasure. Perhaps the wackiest and most wonderful elements of the collection are Dr. Seuss's three-dimensional "Unorthodox Taxidermy" sculptures with names such as Carbonic Walrus, Two-Horned Drouberhannis, and Goo-Goo-Eyed Tasmanian Wolghast, to name a few.
Additionally, Ted's cat was never far from his artist thoughts. He drew himself as The Cat Behind the Hat, his cat was the protagonist in several of his Secret Art paintings and, as a fun aside, many of his early advertisements and cartoons had a "cat bystander" witnessing all the action. They hinted at his adventures across the world, his reclusive sensibility despite his fame, and his penchant for the childlike fantasy and humor, which infused nearly every facet of his life.
Despite the unprecedented demand during his lifetime, no limited edition artworks were ever conceived, authorized, or created until this historic project began in 1997, six years after Geisel's death. That year, this exclusive project put into motion a series of artworks and exhibitions, which firmly established him as one of the most iconic artistic talents of the 20th century.
Each of these Estate-Authorized limited editions has been adapted and reproduced from Theodor Seuss Geisel's original drawings, paintings, or sculptures. Additionally, each work bears a posthumously printed or engraved Dr. Seuss signature, identifying the work as an authorized limited edition commissioned by the Dr. Seuss Estate.
Cat in Obsolete Shower Bath, fine art print by Dr. Seuss. In her preface to the popular coffee table book on this collection, The Cat Behind the Hat, Audrey Geisel (Ted Geisel's widow) writes, "I'm gratified to carry out Ted's wishes and have these works revealed to the world." Join us for a fascinating glimpse into the unique artistic vision of Theodor Seuss Geisel!
This entry was posted in Chuck Jones Gallery, Events: Past, Present & Future, Friends of Chuck Jones, Guest Curator, History, Image of the Day, Inspiration, Press Releases/Media Coverage and tagged art exhibit, Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss, the cat behind the hat, Theodor Geisel, things to do in San Diego on October 24, 2019 by Robert Patrick.
The Animated Art of Chuck Jones–New Book!
The Chuck Jones Gallery is pleased to announce the publication of "The Animated Art of Chuck Jones". This coffee-table book, measuring 11.5″ square with 116 full color pages, is volume one in a series of books (future volumes are in the works) that chronicle the creative genius of Chuck Jones. A catalog raisonne of the first ever hand-painted cel art editions from the legendary artist, it includes a foreword by noted animation historian, Jerry Beck, as well as "In Linda's Own Words", a brief history of the eponymous Linda Jones Enterprises by Linda Jones Clough, Chuck Jones's only child.
LInda Jones Clough holds a copy of "The Animated Art of Chuck Jones"
The book includes the original press release from Neiman Marcus for the 1977 cover art of their Christmas catalog, created by Chuck Jones. Inside the catalog was the second-ever hand-painted Chuck Jones cel art edition, produced in an edition of 25, which immediately sold out. Order today by clicking any of the above images or by calling me at %%assigned_user.phone%%. There are a very limited number of copies available from this first small print run. Don't miss out! Click here to order.
NOTICE! The first print run has sold out! Back orders are available, delivery expected by mid-January 2019.
Selections from the inside of "The Animated Art of Chuck Jones", now available for back order. Delivery expected by mid-January 2019. Click any photo to order.
This entry was posted in Chuck Jones Gallery, History, Image of the Day, Inspiration, Notes on Collecting Art, The Art of Chuck Jones and tagged animation history, catalog raisonne, history of an art form, Jerry Beck, Linda Jones Clough, Neiman Marcus catalog cover, The Animated Art of Chuck Jones, volume one on December 11, 2018 by Robert Patrick.
Rabbitville Hops into the Chuck Jones Gallery
The Rabbitville Public Art Program of the Gaslamp Quarter in downtown San Diego will close its 150th anniversary celebration on Friday, April 19 from 6 to 9 PM at the Chuck Jones Gallery, 232 Fifth Avenue.
Warner Bros. sponsored painted rabbit, part of the Rabbitville Public Art program of the Gaslamp Quarter.
Rabbits from the art program will be on display including the Warner Bros. rabbit. Each sponsor of one of the 15 rabbits painted by local San Diego artists has contributed $10,000 to the Gaslamp Quarter's special lighting project. There are five rabbits left for sponsorship.
Contact Erin Liddell of the Gaslamp Quarter for more details regarding sponsorship, Erin@Gaslamp.org. RSVP for the evening celebration at 619-294-9880 or SanDiego@ChuckJones.com.
This entry was posted in Chuck Jones Gallery, Events: Past, Present & Future, History, Image of the Day, Inspiration, Other Artists of Note, Video of the Day and tagged 150th anniversary, Alonzo Horton, art reception, artists, Bugs Bunny, celebration, Chuck Jones, Gaslamp Quarter, local San Diego artists, rabbits, Rabbitville, Video about downtown San Diego on April 10, 2018 by Robert Patrick.
Tommy "Road Runner" Martin Celebrates 50 Years at the Five Crowns
Longtime Corona del Mar resident, Tommy "Road Runner" Martin, celebrated his 50th anniversary at the famed Five Crowns restaurant on Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach's Corona del Mar this past month.
Tommy Martin, far right, with Marian and Chuck Jones at the Five Crowns restaurant in Corona del Mar.
Tommy met Chuck Jones in 1980 and he describes his relationship with Jones in an article in a recent Los Angeles Times article.
"In 1980, he met his best friend, Chuck Jones, the famed animator who drew the Road Runner character and so many others for Warner Bros.
"Before Martin became a regular runner, he was an avid tennis player who darted around the court. His friends nicknamed him "Road Runner" for his speed.
"One night, Jones, who lived in Cameo Shores with his wife and daughter, was dining at Five Crowns. Jones asked for something to draw on and sketched the Road Runner with a tennis racket and signed it.
"Throughout their decades of friendship, Martin considered Jones a father figure. Martin even joined the Jones family when the animator received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
"Each Father's Day, Martin and Jones' daughter celebrate the life of the cartoonist, who died in 2002. Martin continues to wear a "Looney Tunes" tie and pin.
"What he gave from his heart was so much more important," Martin says. "Meeting Chuck Jones and gaining employment at Five Crowns are the biggest moments of of my life."
Read the full article clicking on this sentence.
This entry was posted in Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, Chuck Jones Experience, Chuck Jones Gallery, Friends of Chuck Jones, History, Quote of the Day and tagged 50th anniversary, Corona del Mar, Five Crowns, Newport Beach, restaurant, Road Runner, runner, tennis, Tommy Martin on February 1, 2018 by Robert Patrick.
Inspired by Chuck Jones
Artists Karen and Tony Barone, featured artists in our San Diego Chuck Jones Gallery through April 13, have honored the influence Chuck Jones has had on their art and their life in their website's "Blob". Yes, that's right, it's not a "Blog", but a "Blob". Written by Tony, the "Blob" covers all sorts of topics. The most recent posting, #9, centers on the Chuck Jones inspiration they've channeled in their most recent work, "Bugs Bunny in a Hare-Raising Experience".
Chuck Jones by Karen and Tony Barone after a photograph by Karsh of Ottawa.
Tony writes, "I am a composite of skills and knowledge inherited from all those artists who have come before me.
"In my most recent incarnation, I am channeling artist Chuck Jones, the world's most collected cartoonist, animator, filmmaker and Pop art practitioner. The impressions he left on me when I was a "baby" artist, but an artist none-the-less, are indelible. Now that I am more skilled, I am even more aware of how skilled he is. I say "is" because although he passed in 2002 at nearly 90, I speak of him in the present because I continue to "draw" from him." Read the rest of his inspiration at the "Blob" on BaroneArt.com.
This entry was posted in Blogs of Special Note, Chuck Jones Gallery, History, Image of the Day, Inspiration, Other Artists of Note, Quote of the Day, The Art of Chuck Jones and tagged Bugs Bunny, Chuck Jones, Hare-raising, inspiration, Karen Barone, Tony Barone on March 29, 2017 by Robert Patrick.
The Linda Jones Clough Archive: Crier in the Wilderness by Chuck Jones, Part 4
Note from Linda: At the time of this article, February 7, 1957, the lead-in stated the following: "Chuck Jones has been Art Director of the Crier from its infancy, and herein tells you how come. He and Dottie dwell in a fabulous glass-and-stone aerie up in Hollywood Knolls, and Little Linda is all grown up and married." I was, as stated in the article, seven years old in 1944. I well remember my father's "war warden" hard hat…with a webbing inside that fascinated me…but he wouldn't let me play with it. He went out almost every night, from our blacked out home, with his huge flashlight and his hard hat and a first aid kit slung over his chest. The searchlights interspersed the stars…and they were not for movie openings, but searching for enemy aircraft. Here is Part IV.
[PART IV] The Oddments of War
Thus she joined the carpool and the "Canyon Crier" became a factor in our lives. We were at about this time promoted to a kind of restricted B sticker for our gasoline ration I was working on a project to camouflage Signal Hill rather a thankless job since the oil wells could only be disguised as something that looked like another military objective like a ship yard, an ammunition dump or an air-field. I think our final suggestion was to build two other fake Signal Hillses and hope for the best, or to make a gigantic tent big enough to cover all of Long Beach. At any rate we managed to carry on, although I occasionally had to employ the steps, dare the dog, and the Rhus diversiloba (poison oak).
It was through the tiny pages of the Crier that we were informed of the activities of Civilian Defense. Dan Duryea, as I remember it, was Senior Warden in our parts. Ken Harris was block Warden. Kent Winthers was Junior Warden and I was Fire Watcher, since we were almost the sole residents of Passmore Drive at that time. The Finkel house, now owned and beautifully remodeled by Hal and Margo Findlay, was then empty and the only other house was occupied, I believe, by a schizophrenic who thought he was a German spy but never came outdoors long enough to find out. He it was who had bought the confused Doberman thinking him to be a turn=coat (or turn-pelt). The three of us then were the task force that manned Operation Passmore, and even though in the giant logistics of war such minutia are often overlooked, yet it is true that we kept Passmore Drive remarkably free of fire-bombs.
[See you next week, with Part V]
This entry was posted in Blogs of Special Note, Guest Curator, History, Image of the Day, Inspiration, Linda Jones Clough Archive, Quote of the Day, The Art of Chuck Jones and tagged 1940s, Canyon Crier, Chuck Jones, domestic bliss, Hollywood Hills on March 3, 2017 by Robert Patrick.
Note from Linda: At the time of this article, February 7, 1957, the lead-in stated the following: "Chuck Jones has been Art Director of the Crier from its infancy, and herein tells you how come. He and Dottie dwell in a fabulous glass-and-stone aerie up in Hollywood Knolls, and Little Linda is all grown up and married." I was, as stated in the article, seven years old in 1944. We had a beautiful, big yellow tom cat named Passmore (yes, named after the street we lived on). One day I asked my parents, "If Passmore had kittens, could we have one?" Of course, their answer was that Passmore was a tom cat and therefore could not have kittens. I said, "But IF he had kittens, could we have one?" With a knowing glance at each other, they agreed. I took them across the street to our neighbor's black cat who had just had five adorable little yellow kittens…Yes, I got not only one, but two…I named them Rudy and Bennie…Here is Part III.
[PART III] House with Long Haul
I decided to employ logic. Even if I lost with Dottie, I might impress Linda. I indicated with patient yet pointed logic that the two miles to the nearest lady-ridge-resider ride-sharing intersection was Woodrow Wilson and Mulholland, while the nearest market was but a scant half mile from our home on Passmore Drive…and all down hill, including one hundred and eighty-seven steps connecting our street with steps connecting our street with the one below. Furthermore it would take a full day's supply of gas in our gasping Oldsmobile to struggle up Woodrow Wilson to Mulholland and share in the economies of the ridge girls in their gay junkets to Finkle's market at Highland and Franklin.
She had gained confidence through my maunderings and gently exhaling a fragrant cloud of rum, maple and tobacco, said that down-hill empty-handed became up-hill grocery laden, that the one hundred and eighty steps was a farce going down with gravity as a friend, but became an endless cement ladder going up, laden with salmon, Spam, short-ribs, and such. Furthermore the steps were dangerous; behind a fence paralleling the last fifty feet lived a psychotic Doberman Pinscher, a reject from the Canine Corps—who in being taught to bite enemy soldiers had carried instructions a step further and now bit anything. He had gnawed a head-sized hole out of his chain link fence, and travelers on the steps could only avoid the action of his garbage-disposal jaws by wading through a breast-high orchard of greasy poison oak opposite him. When Linda was with her, she had to carry her—and the groceries—over her (Dottie's) head. All this she was willing to endure, she said, but in her illogical woman's way she just couldn't see what having poison oak, hydrophobia, and a weakened hearts was doing to further the war effort.
[Come back next week for part IV!]
This entry was posted in Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, History, Inspiration, Linda Jones Clough Archive, Quote of the Day, The Art of Chuck Jones and tagged 1940s, 1950s, Canyon Crier, Chuck Jones, domestic bliss, domesticity, Hollywood Hills, neighborhood news on February 27, 2017 by Robert Patrick.
The Linda Jones Archive: Crier in the Wilderness by Chuck Jones, Part 2
CRIER IN THE WILDERNESS by Chuck Jones
Note from Linda: At the time of this article, February 7, 1957, the lead-in stated the following: "Chuck Jones has been Art Director of the Crier from its infancy, and herein tells you how come. He and Dottie dwell in a fabulous glass-and-stone aerie up in Hollywood Knolls, and Little Linda is all grown up and married." I was, as stated in the article, seven years old in 1944. We had a live-in mother's helper named Mary. Mary was a junior at USC and had been born and raised in Los Angeles. Mary was my bestest friend…and I was heartbroken when she (and her parents) were taken to the Internment Camp for Japanese citizens…Here is Part II of the Canyon Crier article started last week.
[PART II] – Wifely Wiles
The fact that my wife was not working, an activity usually associated with car-pools, did not really constitute an incongruity in my mind. She already owned a rapier, a euphonium and a suit of formal riding attire, even though she had no interest in swordsmanship ("buttons"), tuba-class instruments, or fox-hunting ('driving a tack with a sledge hammer"). She simply liked these articles for themselves, and I found it quite believable that she would join a car-pool just to drive out to Cal-ship, wrap bandages, and read Dickens in the back of the car all day, and ride back with the boys at night.
"I read about it in 'The Canyon Crier'", she said, producing this miniscule yet action-provoking sheet from behind a package of RUM 'N MAPLE cigarettes. (Why was it always possible during the war to obtain cartons of RUM 'N MAPLE cigarettes, when less exotic brands where available only in butt form?)
"The girls up on the ridge do their marketing together on a car-sharing basis," her lip quivered, "eye wan tu-tu."
"Eye wan tu-tu?"
She pursed her eye-lids. "I want to, too. I want to car-share, too. I want to ride with the girls and market with the girls. Other wives get to, why not me? I'll plan a plan so I'll get it all done at once."
She was about to offer to hold her breath and turn blue if I refused to listen.
I felt this might be a poor example to our daughter Linda, whose seven-year-old blue-eyed naiveté concealed only too well a jaundiced cynicism toward our ostensible maturity.
[Part III next week!]
This entry was posted in Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, History, Linda Jones Clough Archive, Quote of the Day, The Art of Chuck Jones and tagged 1944, Canyon Crier, Chuck Jones, domestic bliss, Hollywood Hills, life in Los Angeles during WWII, neighborhood newspaper on February 18, 2017 by Robert Patrick.
The Linda Jones Archive: Crier in the Wilderness by Chuck Jones
The "Canyon Crier" masthead drawn and designed by Chuck Jones, a long-time resident of the Hollywood Hills.
Note from Linda: At the time of this article, February 7, 1957, the lead-in stated the following: "Chuck Jones has been Art Director of the Crier from its infancy, and herein tells you how come. He and Dottie dwell in a fabulous glass-and-stone aerie up in Hollywood Knolls, and Little Linda is all grown up and married." I was, as stated in the article, seven years old in 1944. I was in the second grade at Valley View School, to which I walked each day…actually uphill (and downhill) both ways! There were 72 steps from the street to our front door. My father's studio was a room over the garage, which was only 40 steps from the street, but 32 steps down from the front door. I called this the "castle house" and from what I can see of it these days, it looks very much the same as it did in the early forties when we lived there. — I have decided to publish this article in six parts, along with the illustrations that accompanied the article at that time. Here is Part I.
[PART I]
The first time I knew that there was such a publication as the "Canyon Crier" was that night during the war when my wife began to make whimpering noises and little dog-like running motions in her sleep. This type of restlessness always presages a complaint or new statement of policy at the following breakfast table, so I was as prepared—to use the term so loosely as to be idiotic—when she gave her first post-orange juice cough. This then was going to be a statement of policy, a new venture or something current on Linda's up-bringing from Ribble, Ilg, Gesell or Spock, known as RIGS in our household. If it was going to be a complaint, she would have cleared her throat rather than coughing. Thus do we survive through understanding the delicate code of marital communication.
"I'm going to join a car pool," she said, smearing a quarter pat of butter on a heel of raisin bread toast. (Why is raisin bread so easy to come by during war-time?" The time necessary to chew up and swallow a rag of raisin bread toast was the time allotted me to consider a spate of short-handish thoughts: "Car-pool? Why? Where? Who? How? Huh?"
[Stay tuned…more next week!]
This entry was posted in Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, History, Image of the Day, Linda Jones Clough Archive and tagged Canyon Crier, Chuck Jones, history, Hollywood Hills, neighborhood news, Valley View elementary school on February 11, 2017 by Robert Patrick.
Did You Ever Wonder What an Animation Director Made in 1944?
Chuck Jones's pay stub for the week ending December 9, 1944. At the time, he was directing animated short films for Leon Schlesinger Studios.
On January 6, 1945, just a month after the pay stub, Chuck Jones's famous skunk, Pepe le Pew, made his debut in "Odor-able Kitty", which had originally been titled, "Forever Ambushed".
The model sheets were drawn by Chuck Jones and used by the animators to stay "on model" during the drawing of the cartoon.
Side note: "Forever Ambushed" is a take-off on the title of bestselling romance novel of 1944, titled, "Forever Amber". The book was eventually made into a film in 1947 by 20th Century Fox. The Chuck Jones pay stub is from the Linda Jones Clough archive.
This entry was posted in Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, History, Image of the Day, Linda Jones Clough Archive, The Art of Chuck Jones and tagged Chuck Jones, contract worker, Forever Ambushed, Leon Schlesinger, Odor-able Kitty, pay stub, Pepe le Pew, Stinky, Warner Bros., work for hire on February 2, 2017 by Robert Patrick.
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Trace elements: Selenium and its weed across the 'Badlands'
Granular Geographies: sensing the materiality of stone; sand and soil II: on more solid ground
Ms Amelia Hine1, Ms Maggie-Anne Harvey1
1University Of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
'[C]apitalism has naturalized itself to the earth, feeding off the fossil stocks and mineral flows of the substratum' (Yusoff 2017, 113). In seeking the edges of this capitalist attachment to earth processes, this investigation follows the story of the element selenium, a nonmetal necessary for human and more-than-human health but which can easily turn deadly, in its sympoietic relationship with Neptunia amplexicaulis, or the selenium weed. N. amplexicaulis has been known as a hyperaccumulator of selenium, that is a plant that grows in and absorbs high concentrations of specific metals or elements, since the 1960s but has been largely ignored by the research community until recently. The ongoing process of understanding N. amplexicaulis-selenium entanglement from a scientific perspective requires an examination of Queensland's settler colonial history through its record-keeping alongside propagation and examination of individual plants. Simultaneously, to understand the marginalisation of N. amplexicaulis despite its global standing as third most efficient selenium hyperaccumulator, requires a consideration of the peripheral nature of the 'Badlands' in Central Queensland within the research community itself. Together, selenium and N. amplexicaulis tell a complex story of capitalism-intersected change leading to their combined potential future as the new face of (agro)mining.. or is it pharmaceuticals?
Amelia is about to complete her PhD in the Sustainable Minerals Institute at the University of Queensland. With a background in design and museology, her visual and written practice identifies and builds on arts and science intersections, and her PhD has worked to highlight the central role of landscape assemblages within the mining industry. Find her at a.hine@uq.edu.au or on Twitter @AmeliaHine
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I was raised by parents who thought it was important to instill a few key beliefs in me — and two have stuck with me throughout the years. The first is to follow the golden rule and treat others the way you'd like to be treated. The second is to not begin putting up Christmas decorations until at least the Friday after Thanksgiving.
When I moved to L.A. this year, people's absolute disregard for this second rule kind of blew my mind. The second Halloween was over, it seemed like the entire county of Los Angeles felt the need to fast-forward through November and blast Christmas carols while putting up their trees and lights.
No joke, some of the houses on my block have been decorated since the literal moment Halloween decorations came down, nearly two months before the holiday commemorating Jesus' birth, or whatever.
And people on Twitter seem to be just as excited as some of my IRL neighbors, even though it's not even December.
I'm not sure what it is about Christmas. Is it the presents? The fact that we're seeing our family? Didn't we just see them, like, last week for Thanksgiving?
According to some, it might be the irresistible food. "Can't wait for Christmas dinner.. me hungry," tweeted one user SAVAGELY, the day after Thanksgiving. Someone, give this person your leftovers.
Another adds, "The countdown until Christmas dinner is on, it's literally all I'm thinking about. Can't wait to smash a 10 course meal, 837 pigs in blankets, 6857 cheese and biscuits, and still have room for 1059 mince pies."
For many, the prime motivator seems to be the bright and colorful Christmas decorations. One person tweeted "I'd say sorry but I wouldn't mean it. Yes I know it's November but I don't bloody care. One month til Christmas! I'm sooooooo excited!" beside a photo of a (literally) lit Christmas tree.
I appreciate the smell of fresh pine as much as the next person, but the sorry-not-sorry isn't doing it for me here.
Another person who isn't ashamed of her unabashed holiday spirit writes "I love Christmas time. I love Christmas trees and Christmas lights and Christmas music and Christmas movies and Christmas cookies and Christmas decorations and Christmas break and Christmas socks and Jesus's birthday and drinking hot chocolate and YA I JUST LOVE CHRISTMAS TIME!"
And others are disguising their holiday excitement with punny takes on Christmas decorations, like this guy who writes he "can't wait to stand under the missile toe."
Someone else writes, "We are now exactly one month until Christmas, meaning you can eat whatever or drink whenever you want for the next 4 weeks. Look, I don't make the laws people."
"Christmas pjs are back out! cosy cosy," writes one person on the platform.
Another adds, "I'm excited for Christmas Eve where I can sit in comfy pyjamas, watching Christmas films and drinking hot chocolate with whipped cream and marshmallows." The day after Thanksgiving, one self-proclaimed "Staten Island guido" tweeted "Anyone know where I can find comfy cotton Christmas onesies?? Not those cheap feeling gross ones."
Another adds, "My 'going shopping for Christmas presents and buying myself something instead' game is strong af." Once again, relatable. Especially after all of those Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals.
Call me a grinch, but some people are taking this Christmas craze way too far. Like this person who writes "Wrapping Christmas presents is getting me in the mood for Christmas."
What!!! What kind of animal already has all the holiday presents they need and begins wrapping in November? I personally wait until two hours before Christmas Eve dinner, but that's just me.
"Got my children an ex-box for Christmas. Can't wait to see their little faces," writes one dad alongside this photo.


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The Black Church, Obama, and Gay Marriage
by Various Contributors | May 13, 2012 | Feature, Headline News | 45 comments
"There's no way I can support this man now."
"I disagree with his decision, but not enough to make me vote for the alternative."
"Obama is too calculating to have made this view known apart from some political strategy. I need to let this marinate."
Those are just a few of the comments we overheard from different Christians following President Barack Obama's announcement that he now supports same-sex marriage. His "evolution" on the issue dominated the news last week, and his explanation about how his personal faith informed the decision opened up a wide-ranging discussion on gay rights, the Bible, and the proper Christian response.
For the record, UrbanFaith maintains a traditional view of Christian marriage as an institution ordained by God to be a lifelong covenant between one man and one woman. However, we recognize there is a diversity of Christian opinion on the subject of homosexuality and gay rights, especially within the African American community. So, we asked a spectrum of Black Christian leaders to share their perspectives on President Obama's announcement and the subject of same-sex marriage. The opinions that follow belong to the respondents and do not necessarily reflect the editorial views of UrbanFaith.
Not a Central Issue for the Black Community
Dr. Vincent Bacote
The president's public affirmation of the legalization of same-sex marriage will not be a surprise to many people, because his "evolving views" have trended in this direction for quite a while. It could be problematic in November with some demographics, but most likely he will still have the great majority of the African American vote because this isn't one of the central issues for the community; even though same-sex marriage is strongly resisted by the community, other commitments will likely lead to a share of the vote similar to what he received four years ago…. But I could be wrong. It is certainly possible that this was a great political miscalculation.
Vincent E. Bacote (Ph.D., Drew University) is an Associate Professor of Theology and the Director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College. He is the author of The Spirit in Public Theology: Appropriating the Legacy of Abraham Kuyper and the editor of Precepts for Living, Urban Ministries Inc.'s annual Bible commentary.
Rev. Chris Williamson
Offensive to God
President Obama's position on gay marriage is not only offensive to God, it should also be offensive to all Christians. With one insidious statement, he threw another piece of dynamite at the institution of marriage that God designed and always intended (i.e. one man married to one woman). But as we rightfully criticize the president, we should also pray for him. May God send someone to help him rethink and even retract this hellish statement in the light of Scripture.
Those of us who want to see the president reclaim a position of truth should let him know. Here's the letter that I sent to the White House following Mr. Obama's announcement:
Because of your recent statement in support of gay marriage, you will not get my vote in November for a second term unless you retract.
Truthfully, I'm very disappointed in you. You profess to be a follower of Jesus Christ, yet you form and endorse opinions that contradict the words of Jesus. I love you, Mr. President, but I love Jesus more. What Jesus says has more authority than what you say and how your friends choose to live.
I will be glad to write you or speak with you about what Jesus teaches on this subject. Just let me know.
You will continue to be in my prayers.
Chris Williamson
Chris Williamson is the founder and senior pastor of Strong Tower Bible Church in Franklin, Tennessee. Since 1995, Strong Tower has been a disciple-making, Bible-based, multi-ethnic church committed to Up-Reach, In-Reach, and Out-Reach. Rev. Williamson is the author of One But Not the Same: God's Diverse Kingdom Come Through Race, Class, and Gender.
Dr. Cheryl Sanders
Seeing the Larger Picture
President Obama's endorsement of marriage equality will alienate some of his constituents who are Bible-believing Christians, including some African Americans. However, I hope that the voters will take note of his positions on weightier matters such as unemployment, education, and foreign policy and not allow the same-sex issue to overshadow them, as occurred in 2004 when evangelical voters helped to re-elect President George Bush on the basis of his opposition to same-sex marriage without regard to his miscalculated policies in Iraq and at home. I think this is an opportune time for religious leaders to assess President Obama's accountability to African American congregations and denominations on our most pressing social and political concerns, and then apply the same measure to Republican contender Governor Mitt Romney.
Dr. Cheryl J. Sanders is Professor of Christian Ethics, Howard University School of Divinity, and senior pastor of Third Street Church of God in Washington, D.C. She has authored several books, including Ministry at the Margins: The Prophetic Mission of Women, Youth & the Poor (1997) and Saints in Exile: The Holiness-Pentecostal Experience in African American Religion and Culture (1996).
Andrew Wilkes
Rethinking Sola Scriptura
Obama's announcement reveals an inconsistency in African American biblical interpretation at the congregational and denominational levels. Black clergy routinely contextualize scriptural passages on slavery and women while simultaneously insisting on a plain, non-contextualized reading of Scripture in regards to sexuality and gay marriage. This diversity of interpretative strategies is rarely acknowledged. Regardless of where we stand, it's time we eradicate the fiction that our moral conclusions are strictly and exclusively reached by reasoning from Scripture. Once we deconstruct the notion that any of our positions are "Biblical" with a capital B, we can then charitably discuss our respective visions of how to faithfully interpret the canon of Scripture on matters of sexuality. Such discussion can help us accomplish the positive good of Christians modeling charitable dialogue to a corrosive political culture and the negative good of ceasing to bear false witness — theologically conservative black churches/denominations in regards to theologically liberal ones and vice versa.
President Obama has supported gay marriage since his first run for public office in 1996. What has evolved, therefore, is not Obama's position but public opinion. Some speculate that the White House tested the political waters by rolling out the support of Vice President Biden and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan prior to Obama's announcement. I'm not sure if that's the case—we'll find out when Obama releases his presidential memoirs. In terms of reelection, I doubt that Obama's support will decrease the voter turnout or the likely scenario that African Americans predominantly vote for him in 2012. Black folks know Obama is not a theologian-in-chief, but our commander-in-chief. Secondly, President Obama is generally regarded as stronger than Gov. Romney on issues of greatest import to college-educated African-Americans (his most reliable voting bloc) — jobs, supporting small business, expanding educational opportunity, and so on. As Ta-Nehisi Coates of The Atlantic once tweeted, "No one gets everything they want in a candidate." Since the Voting Rights Act, black voters, whether Republican or Democrat, have never seen — and will never see — a fully satisfying candidate for President of the United States. Believing that such a candidate exists, or that Obama was that candidate, is an understandable but lamentable sign of political immaturity. I hope that we grow up civically, prioritize the issues according to our respective metrics, and then see how the votes aggregate once it's all over.
Andrew Wilkes, an UrbanFaith columnist, works at Habitat for Humanity-NYC as the Faith and Community Relations associate and serves as an affiliate minister at the Greater Allen Cathedral of New York. He is an alumnus of the Coro Fellow in Public Affairs, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Hampton University. You can follow him on Twitter at: @andrewjwilkes.
Dr. DeForest Soaries
"I didn't hear the president propose a government program or policy. He expressed a personal opinion, which he has the right to do."
Rev. Dr. DeForest "Buster" Soaries is senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset, New Jersey.
Rev. Julian DeShazier
The Incompatibility of God and Caesar
Will President Obama lose some of the Christian Right in this year's electorate? Sure, but he lost most of them already, and he'll win a few back after the poor discover how out of touch "Daddy Warbucks" Romney really is. And if you think the Black Church (not a monolith) won't vote for Obama over this: wrong again. The Latino vote (again, not a monolith) is overwhelmingly conservative theologically, and this may stir the pot. Overall, though, I have to believe there are more civil rights sympathizers (who want equal rights period, regardless of the issue) than ideologues. The media gives the microphone to the dogmatists, but I suspect the levelheaded have been listening to The Who (or at least watching CSI: Miami) and "Won't Get Fooled Again." That is, if they remember George W. Bush.
The issue itself needs to be considered on civil and religious grounds — and not at the same time. The Bible should not dictate policy or how rights are distributed; God and Caesar make "strange bedfellows," as Leo Tolstoy once remarked, and ironically, as Jesus agreed (Matt. 22:21). Yet as we render unto Caesar, we church leaders must affirm our prophetic DNA — to name when Caesar is denying basic human dignity. It happened with slavery. It happened with abortion. It is happening now with health-care rights for women, and with the issue of same-sex marriage. You may assess the decision itself on biblical grounds (as unsound an argument as that is), but Caesar cannot deny the ability to decide. This is a putrid yet common discrimination — to deny choice because of our displeasure at how one may choose — and it is an offense to God. Every citizen is also a child of God.
What the Bible says about homosexuality is fairly clear: not much, and almost never in the context we intend. But should theology shape policy? Should the office of the President also be a seat of moral authority? I worry that the trajectory of human history, including (mostly) politics, has been in search of a more perfect Christianity, and it has proven a crash course. But if we can use our worldview in search of Truth, instead of assuming these are the same, then the kingdom may be closer than we think.
Rev. Julian "J.Kwest" DeShazier regularly provides social commentary surrounding youth, ethics, and culture. A graduate of Morehouse College and the University of Chicago Divinity School, Julian is the senior pastor of University Christian Church in Chicago, his hometown. To build with this scholar, activist, and artist, hit him up at www.jkwest.com.
We Are One(s)
by Edward Gilbreath | Sep 12, 2010 | Headline News | 1 comment
In One But Not the Same, Pastor Chris Williamson challenges us on our divisive "churchanity" and renews the call for unity and diversity in the body of Christ. Plus, his surprising views on Glenn Beck, Al Sharpton, and political parties.


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A few hours ago the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and after about six anx a half hours reached the International Space Station carrying Tim Peake, Yuri Malenchenko and Tim Kopra. The Soyuz used the fast path normally used but it took a bit longer than anticipated because of a problem with the automatic docking system: as a consequence, the maneuver was conducted manually.
The return of three astronauts from the International Space Station marks the end of Expedition 45
A little while ago, cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren and JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui returned to Earth on the Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft, landed without problems in Kazakhstan. It was night when they landed and it was very cold so the crew that take care of assisting them was quicker than ever. They spent nearly five months on the International Space Station, where they arrived on July 23, 2015 as part of Expedition 44.
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On November 2, 2000, the first three crew members reached the International Space Station to begin their work in what was then the new outpost of humanity. With that act, American astronaut Bill Shepherd and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko established a continuous human presence there. Over the years, the Station has been expanded to take its current configuration developing wider and wider opportunities to do research that have brought and will bring various technological and scientific developments.
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A few hours ago, the Progress M-29M space cargo ship docked with the Zvezda module of the International Space Station. The spacecraft blasted off yesterday atop a Soyuz U rocket from the Baikonur base in Kazakhstan in its resupply mission also referred to as Progress 61. It was a direct berthing because the Russian spacecraft don't need to be captured by the Station's robotic arm
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Dublin is just one of many neighborhoods in Columbus that are worth exploring, and, you'll need your own ride to check out everything there is to do here. Public transportation, while inexpensive, may not drive you to right where you want to go. Ride hailing, like Uber or Lyft, is convenient, but you'd be surprised by which cities don't have service. Plus, if you plan to go all over Dublin and the surrounding areas, the cost can add up.
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