Change in the air? Do you recognize this bird? I did not so had to look it up.
Happy Halloween!!!! Such a time that we know that fall is here and anticipating the next season. What I have been reading that the weather services are saying November will be above normal temperatures. Wouldn't that be nice!!! Make winter shorter if we have a long, warm fall. I found this article about migrating birds. I am afraid they are gone, but found it interesting where they go now. Enjoy!!!!
Once, Canada geese were symbols of the wilderness. In most parts of the U.S., they were absent in summer. Their flocks would arrive from the north along with the cold winds of autumn, and they would leave to go back to Canada early in the spring. As recently as the 1950s, some people feared that Canada geese might disappear completely. Various state wildlife agencies began trying to establish new flocks by raising young geese in captivity and releasing them locally. But because geese learn migratory routes from their parents, these newly introduced flocks lacked the know-how to migrate, so they became permanent residents. Today they are found year-round in wild marshes, city parks and golf courses over much of the U.S. Meanwhile, flocks of wild geese still migrate from the Arctic to the central states and back again, overlapping in some seasons with their nonmigratory cousins.
Question asked how do I over wintered Tender Bulbs?
1. Keep them dry and above freezing temperatures.
2. Don't store in air tight containers that could cause moisture build up and rot or fungus.
3. Check regularly for desiccation and mold.
4. Remember to label by type and color.
Below are more specifics for some commonly grown tender bulbs, corms, rhizomes and tubers.
• Alocasia (Elephant's Ear) Easiest to simply treat as potted houseplants. Feed lightly throughout winter and water often. If ground grown, lift and pot before frost. Alocasia tubers can also be cleaned and stored in peat moss, in a cool, dry spot. Plants tend to get larger as the tubers age. Repot in early spring.
• Anemone coronari (Windflower) Follow guidelines given for storing dahlias. Bulbs are often sold in the fall, but they are not hardy in Zones 5 and lower.
Tuberous Allow a frost to kill the tops, but do not allow the tubers to freeze. Lift and let tubers dry for one week, with about 5 inches of the foliage still in tact. Remove excess soil and foliage and store in peat moss or sawdust at 50 degrees F. Repot in early spring and keep warm, 68 - 75 degrees F. Move to a sunny spot when shoots appear. Keep evenly moist, but not wet. Plant outside after all danger of frost.
• Caladium Lift caladium plants before frost and allow them to dry in a warm spot. Cut back the foliage after it dies. Caldium bulbs don't like to be stored in cold temperatures. Keep at 50 - 60 degrees F. Pack loosely in peat moss. Repot up in early Spring, about 2 inches deep, knobby side up. Keep the soil moist and warm - 75 - 80 degres F. Move outdoors after all danger of frost.
• Canna Allow frost to kill the tops, but do not allow the rhizomes to freeze. Carefully lift the plants and cut off the dead tops . Hose off excess soil and allow to dry. Rhizomes can be wrapped in newspaper and stored in paper bags or cardboard boxes, at 45 to 50 degrees F. Very easy to overwinter. Cannas can be divided by hand. Break apart, insuring there are at least 3 eyes per division. Repot in early spring or plant directly in the garden once the temperatures remain above 70 degrees F. Keep well watered.
• Colocasia esculenta Taro Like Alocasia, Colocasia can be brought indoors as a houseplant or dug and overwintered as a tuber. Store the dried tubers in peat moss. Check the tubers monthly and cut away any soft spots that may develop. Allow the remaining healthy portion to dry before restoring in peat. Colocasia can be repotted about 8 weeks before the last expected spring frost. If dividing, be sure each tuber piece has a corm. Allow the tubers to dry a few days before replanting them.
• Crocosmia Follow the guidelines given for storing gladiolas, below.
• Dahlia Dahlias can be over-wintered in the ground with sufficient mulch, but it is risky. To store dahlias, they must be dug before a hard freeze, but their tops may be allowed to die back from a light frost. It's easiest to see the dahlia eyes, for division purposes, within a week after the tops are cut or killed back. These tubers don't like to get completely dried out. Overwinter in peat moss and check monthly for dehydration . Mist lightly, if necessary. Dahlia tubers are usually direct planted in the garden, once temperatures warm.
• Freesia Follow the guidelines given for storing gladiolas, below.
• Galtonia candicans (Summer hyacinth) Dig bulbs anytime in the fall. Overwinter in peat moss. Replant offsets directly in the ground, after all danger of frost.
• Gladiola Lift the plants in the fall either when the plants yellow or after the first frost. Cut the stems back to 1 inch and allow the corms to dry. Remove the old, shriveled portion, keeping only the new plump corms. These store easily in peat moss or sand. Plant directly in the ground beginning when the ground warms. Stagger plantings to extend the season of bloom.
• Gloriosa superba (Glory Lily) Store in peat moss. Check the tubers monthly cut away any soft spots that may develop. Allow the remaining healthy portion to dry before restoring in peat. In general, use the same guidelines as dahlias. You can repot Glory lilies after only 2 months of storage or hold until early spring.
Dayflower is something I learned today the weed what it is called and how to take care of it. I have it around the greenhouse.
I am continuing with identification of weeds. I know something we don't want to have in our gardens but afraid that we do. Gives you some ideas on how to control these plants.
Type: Broadleaf perennial Size: 4 inches tall, several feet wide Where it grows: Shady lawn, landscape, or garden areas Appearance: Groundcover with scalloped leaves and clusters of purple flowers in late spring. Control: Mulch garden areas in spring to prevent it; pull plants by hand or spray with a post-emergence herbicide in spring or fall.
Type: Broadleaf annual Size: To 4 feet tall and 18 inches wide Where it grows: Landscape and garden areas in sun or shade Appearance: Scalloped leaves have gray undersides. Control: Mulch to prevent it; pull plants by hand or use a post-emergence herbicide.
Type: Broadleaf perennial Size: To 8 inches tall and 12 inches wide Where it grows: Moist lawn and garden areas in sun or shade Appearance: Broad, flat leaves around a low rosette. Control: Mulch to prevent it in gardens; pull plants by hand or use a post-emergence herbicide in lawns. Note: Each plant can produce more than 15,000 seeds.
Type: Annual grass relative Size: To 30 inches tall and wide Where it grows: Sunny or shady landscape areas Appearance: Dark green leaves clasping a stem and brilliant blue flowers through summer. Control: Mulch to prevent it or use a pre-emergence herbicide in spring; pull plants by hand or spot-treat with a nonselective post-emergence herbicide. This one I have around the greenhouse and never knew what it was called. Now I do and what to do with it.
Type: Broadleaf annual Size: To 6 inches tall and 2 feet wide Where it grows: Dry, sunny landscape and garden areas Appearance: Groundcover with fleshy, dark green leaves and small yellow flowers at the ends of the stems. Control: Mulch to prevent it or use a pre-emergence herbicide in the spring; pull plants by hand or spot-treat with a nonselective post-emergence herbicide.
Here are examples of what we don't want to see in our garden or lawn...WEEDS.
So found this article about weeds....so thought you might like to read and see the pictures of them for identification in your garden. I know each of you now have weed free garden beds...so take the information as it is...information.
Type: Broadleaf perennial Size: 12 inches tall, 6 - 16 inches wide Where it grows: Lawns and gardens in sun or shade Appearance: This common lawn weed has a strong taproot; leaves are deeply notched. Yellow flowers mature to puffballs. Lawn Weed Control Tip: Mulch to prevent it in gardens; pull plants by hand or use a post-emergence herbicide in lawns.
Type: Broadleaf perennial Size: To 20 inches tall Where it grows: Sunny or shady landscape, lawn, or garden areas Appearance: Light green leaves that look like clover and cup-shape yellow flowers in summer and fall Grass Weed Control Tip: Mulch garden areas in spring to prevent it; pull plants by hand or spray with a post-emergence herbicide in spring or fall. Note: The leaves are edible in small quantities and have a sharp, sour taste. They can be harmful if eaten in large amounts.
Type: Grassy annual Size: To 18 inches tall and 20 inches wide Where it grows: Lawn, landscape, and garden areas in sun or shade Appearance: Grassy weeds; grows roots anywhere the stem makes soil contact; seed heads spread out like four fingers. Weed Control Tip: Mulch to prevent it or use a pre-emergence herbicide in lawns; pull plants by hand or spot-treat with a nonselective post-emergence herbicide. Note: Each plant can produce up to 150,000 seeds.
Type: Broadleaf perennial Size: Climbs 6 feet or more Where it grows: Landscape and garden areas in sun Idnetify Weeds: Arrowhead-shape leaves on twining vines; bears white to pale pink morning glory-type flowers. Control: Mulch to prevent; repeatedly chop down growing plants and/or treat with post-emergence herbicide. Note: Wandering roots produce offspring 20 - 30 feet from the mother vine.
Type: Grassy perennial Size: 2 feet tall, 1 foot wide Where it grows: Lawn, landscape, or garden areas with moist soil in sun or shade Appearance: Shiny, grassy leaves; nutlike tubers on the root system. Control: Mulch garden areas in spring to prevent it; pull plants by hand or spray with a post-emergence herbicide containing MSMA.
More next time about weed identification. Here is where I have learned alot. I have these plants and weeds, now I know a name for them.
Wandering Jew, care and how to take cuttings of.
The second house plants that turned out well being outside this summer is the Wandering Jew. SO I am going to cut these back and make cuttings for more house plants to give away as gifts. I will show you pictures when I do the planting of the cuttings. This is helping with getting ready for winter when I can still grow something. What does that say about my gardening? LOVE to grow plants and not doing the cleaning up that I am doing now.
With its erratic growth habit and purplish-green foliage, wandering Jew (Tradescantia zebrina) makes an excellent houseplant, especially in a hanging basket. It is also a suitable garden plant in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 8 through 11, where it commonly grows as a trailing ground cover. To propagate a wandering Jew, simply take a cutting and root it, which typically takes approximately three to four weeks.
Select a wandering Jew plant that is free from insects and disease to take your cutting. It should appear to be healthy with a full, lush growth. Do not take cuttings from unhealthy plants. Water the wandering Jew the day before you take the cutting so it is well hydrated. Water a garden plant with 1 inch of water. For a container wandering Jew, water slowly until water seeps out the drainage holes. Sterilize a knife or scissors with rubbing alcohol or a bleach-water solution made with 10 percent bleach. Moisten a paper towel or clean rag with the alcohol or bleach water and carefully rub the blades. You can also use a sanitizing wipe that contains bleach.
Choose a healthy tip with new growth. Cut just below a leaf node, slicing it with a knife or cutting it with a pair of scissors at a 45-degree angle. The cutting should be at least 4 inches long. Take several cuttings to ensure success.
You can root a wandering Jew cutting in soil, but it is also easy to root in water. Simply remove the leaves from the bottom 2 inches of the stem and place it in a clear jar or glass filled with room temperature water. Set in a sunny location and change the water as necessary, to keep it clear, until roots form.
I have found this article on the care of wandering Jews, and it looks like with the plants I have they have lots of vining tendrils. SO I will try lots of cutting from these. I also have to repot them because they are root ball with very little dirt.
Years ago, before raising plants for profit became a business, every housewife knew how to grow wandering Jew houseplants. Gardeners would share cuttings from their wandering Jew houseplant (Tradescantia pallid) with neighbors and friends, and like the Jews from long ago, the wandering Jew houseplant would travel from place to place.
Wandering Jew plant care requires bright, indirect light. If the light is too dim, the leaf markings will fade. Keep the soil slightly moist, but don't water directly into the crown as this will cause an unsightly rot  in your wandering jew plant. Care should be taken, particularly in winter, that the plant doesn't become too dry. Mist wandering jew plants frequently. Feed your plant monthly with a half-strength liquid fertilizer.
An important part of growing wandering Jew plants is pinching back the long, vining tendrils. Pinch back  about a fourth of the plant to encourage branching and increase fullness.
One of the main reasons for asking, "How do I care for my wandering Jew?' is the short life of the plant. Wandering Jew houseplants do not age well. No matter how well your wandering Jew plant care is, they lose their leaves at the base while the long legs keep growing. Don't be surprised if your wandering Jew plants need to be renewed once a year or so.
What to do with all the babies from a spider plant?
Some of you know I have been cleaning up plants and composting the dirt, which is a job I don't like to do. But in the mist of doing this, I have come across some really good plants. House plants so I decided I would propagate them because in the greenhouse this winter they will go a little dormant. The first one I am working on is the spider plant. So here is how I found out how to propagate it. I hope to keep them growing this winter and use them as pass along plants to you the customer. See how it goes. This is what you need to do.
How to propagate spider plants. Great topic idea! Well, the good news is that spider plants are one of the easiest types of houseplant to propagate. It's so easy that soon you'll have tons of new spider plants. Spider plants usually flower in the summer, and new offshoots (called babies or plantlets) grow out of those flowers. There are several ways to propagate spider plants. The most common is by rooting the babies and growing them as new plants. I recommend waiting until the babies have begun growing starter root formations on their own before attempting to root them. If the spider plant baby doesn't have any signs of starter roots or only has tiny nubs, it probably won't root. Example of the second picture. .
•Once you determine a plantlet is ready to be rooted, you can remove it from the mother by cutting it off. Sometimes the babies will come off easily when you disturb them.
•Two weeks after I put the above plantlets in water, they had new roots shooting out. Allow the babies to grow several new roots before transplanting into dirt. This plantlet is ready to be planted into a new pot.
•After planting the rooted baby into its own pot, water it well, allowing the excess water to drain out the bottom of the pot. Keep the soil evenly moist until the plant has become established in its new pot. You may also want to mist it daily or keep it in a humid room (like a bathroom or kitchen) during this time. Once you see new growth, that means the plant is established and you can stop babying it.
In addition to rooting in water, there are a couple of other methods you could use to propagate a spider plant. Spider plant babies are pretty easy to root in a light rooting mix or potting soil. The key to getting them to root directly in soil is to keep the air around the plantlet very humid, which can be difficult in an average home. The easiest way to do this is by using a DIY propagation box or mini dome greenhouse that contains a light soil mix of vermiculite, peat moss and perlite. You could also create a mini greenhouse by covering the plantlet and soil with a plastic bag. If you try this method, dipping the root nubs in rooting hormone will help the baby sprout roots faster.
Do I water trees in the fall and how much?
I had many looking at the blog yesterday thanks for that. So here goes today's.
When Should I Be Watering Trees in Fall?
Answering the Questions of Why, When, Where, and How Much?
"When should I be watering trees in fall? And how much water do I need to give them?" This is an astute question, because it is not a matter of whether you should irrigate trees in autumn or not. It is more complicated than that. We need to pinpoint the right time within the fall season to water. So now let us look, in detail, into when to do it -- and when not to do it.
1. Stop watering trees, both evergreen and deciduous, throughout early autumn, until the time when the leaves of the deciduous trees fall (this remarkable change on the deciduous trees serves as a useful indicator, whereas their evergreen counterparts, being relatively unchanging, offer little in the way of guidance). This stoppage in watering will allow both evergreen and deciduous trees to enter a transitional phase, not unlike the "hardening off" undergone by nursery plants in spring. What you are trying to avoid here is causing spurts of new growth that will not be winter-hardy. Such non-hardy growth is more likely to be damaged if cold weather suddenly sweeps into your region.
Stop watering trees, both evergreen and deciduous, throughout early autumn, after the deciduous trees have dropped their leaves, give both evergreen and deciduous trees a deep watering. This should be done before the ground freezes. If you were to wait until after the ground freezes, the frozen-solid soil would act as a barrier. This barrier would prevent water from seeping down properly to the root zones of the trees in a timely manner.
For the sake of beginners, I will mention examples of deciduous versus evergreen trees here. If you are at a more advanced level and wish to skip on to information about exactly how much water to give your trees in fall, scroll down to the next section.
2. Those with leaves shaped more like those on a "regular" (that is, deciduous) tree.
But How Much Water Do I Give My Trees, and Where?
You now know not only why, but also when to water trees in fall. But, in a sense, that is the easy part. The question of how much to water trees is harder, because it involves a measurement. Note also that there is more than one way to measure the correct amount of water to supply. Some people prefer to measure in terms of the number of gallons of water required. But I am going to give you a different guideline to go by, because it will also serve as a teaching tool for exactly where to water your trees.
You should be watering your trees around what arborists call the "dripline." What is this dripline? Stand under your tree and look up into its canopy. Move so as to position yourself directly under the outer edges of that canopy. You are now standing on a portion of the circle that makes up the dripline.
Most of the water your tree's roots are going to draw out of the ground will be drawn from this area and from the area just outside it (further away from the tree). In other words, people who water a tree right up near its trunk are betraying a fundamental misunderstanding of how tree roots take up water. The smaller, so-called "feeder" roots are the ones that will draw up most of the water from the soil, and these feeder roots tend to emanate out from the dripline.
So much for the "where?" But how much water should you apply to this dripline area in fall (or any time of year, really)? The all-important feeder roots reside mainly in the uppermost 1 foot of the soil. So your goal in watering a tree is to moisten the top 1 foot of soil in the dripline area. Note that you want the soil to end up moist, not soggy (yes, there is such a thing as over-watering a tree). This depth-of-1-foot guideline is more useful than speaking in terms of gallons, because the number of gallons required will depend on factors such as how well your soil retains water.
But you may wonder, "How can I tell if I have managed to moisten the soil down to a depth of 1 foot?" Well, there are products specifically designed to help you make such determinations. For example, you can buy a soil probe on Amazon. This product consists primarily of a metal rod. The idea behind it is that, after watering your tree, you push the rod down into the soil as far as you can. Wet soil is easier to penetrate than dry soil, so the rod should slip pretty easily down through whatever soil has been watered sufficiently. If you can push the rod down 1 foot deep but then meet resistance (signifying dry soil), you have probably achieved your goal of watering the tree to the correct depth. Water that percolates down lower than that will go unused and is therefore wasted. WOW that is lots of good information. Hope it helps to keep your trees over the winter.


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Авторизационнен, оторизиращ или характеризиращ (конкретиката на областта на сертификация) сертификат е дигитален документ, който трябва да докаже валидността на издадената автентикация, и който съдържа необходимите характеристики, които са част от сертификата, както и те са прилжени към конкретния ползвател на този сертификат . Може в някои случаи да се ползва в смисъла на оторизиращ сертификат за достъп, например към определени уебсайтове, тоест сертификата дава оторизация на потребителя да чете и ползва тези уебсайтове .

Съдържание което е обичайно са оторизиращия сертификат
Версия/Version: версия на сертификата.

Притежател/Holder: притежател, който е и потребител на сертификата.

Издаващ сертификата/Issuer: организация или уебсайт, които издават този онлайн сертификат.

Сериен номер/Serial number: уникален номер на сертификата.

Период на валидност/Validity period: периодът на валидност на сертификата.

Характеристики/Attributes: специфики и характеристики на този сефритикат.

Приложение
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There was a time when a homeowner would contact professionals if they ever had problems around the house. Whether it was a leaky pipe or a drain that no longer functioned correctly, or they needed to get their garage door replaced, they would contact the appropriate professional.
However, the past couple of decades has actually given birth to a trend where people attempt to solve these problems on their own. This is especially true of the past few years, where we can easily find DIY videos on YouTube or other sources that show fixes to the most common plumbing problems you will experience.
On a quick note, people need to understand that it is not always sensible to attempt a DIY solution. Not only is it possible to further damage the area and create a bigger problem, these fixes often do not work for more than a short period of time. It is perfectly okay to attempt a DIY fix and then contact a plumber in a few days. But if you are outlets to fix the problem for good, it makes a lot of sense to contact a professional.
Hiring a plumber is crucial if you want to deal with any issues related to your home or apartment's water supply and pipes. Contrary to popular belief, it is not a good idea to attempt cleaning your pipes without professional assistance. Your methods may cause more damage, which can result in an even bigger issue the plumber would have to handle.
Issues that workers resolve include clogged drains, burst pipes, clogged toilets, sediment in your tap water and much more. The best part about hiring a professional is that they can come to your home and look at all the issues you may be experiencing. Some plumbing companies even offer emergency situations in case something goes horribly wrong with your home's plumbing in the middle of the night.
A majority of plumbing service companies will offer a guarantee on their work. This means that if you are not satisfied with the service they provide, or some of the problems they fix re-emerge, they will fix the issues a second time free of charge.
The days of having simple gates installed in homes are long gone. Modern technology has ensured that gates are now more advanced, secure and long-lasting than ever before. One of the best parts of having a modern gate is that you can include features such as automatic opening and closing, motion detection alarms and much more.
The best way to get these types of features included in your home gate installation is to contact a professional gate installation and iron materials company. Not only will they provide you with the best prices on the latest gate models, but you can also have them install the gate in a quick and efficient manner. These companies make sure that your gate is functioning 100 percent correctly while they can also provide maintenance services should it be necessary.
The most dangerous DIY jobs around the house involve electricity. If there is any issue with your home's circuit breaker, or a particular socket, it is best to call an electrician and have them look at the problem. Unless you have previous experience dealing with electric wiring and sockets, it is a bad idea to attempt a DIY fix to such issues. Not only can you make the problem worse, but you could potentially start a fire at your home.
There is no doubt that a professional will have the type of experience necessary to complete difficult jobs. This is especially true if you are completing a home remodeling job. If you are remodeling parts of the home or adding new rooms, you will want to consider a professional company to come in and deal with all the plumbing and electricity related issues.
Plumbers can give you proper advice on any issues you may have in the home related to the pipes and water supply. If there are any leaks around the house, a plumber can take a look at the offending area and offer a list of possible solutions. Similarly, homeowners who are looking to remodel or add new features to their home can consult with a plumber about the possible work necessary to get everything up and to run. For example, you may want to add another bathroom, a swimming pool or other extensions that require significant plumbing work.
If you are serious about a home remodel, or you simply want some work done to improve home's plumbing, electric wires or security, it makes a lot of sense to hire a professional who can do the job properly and efficiently!


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Michele Lynn Meyer
Doctoral Fellow
Note: Journal and conference submissions that are under review are not included in this list. For a complete CV that includes manuscripts that are under review (which currently includes 6 additional papers), please email me at mmeyer1@live.unc.edu.
Refereed Publications
Meyer, M. (2019). The Impact of Social Media on Non-Monosexuals' Responses to Discrimination: A Co-Cultural Approach. Social Media and Society, 5(1).
Invited Publications
Nazir, A., Zimmerman, S. & Meyer, M.L. (2019). No one cares when planes don't crash: The message for long-term care. JAMDA, The Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, 20(5), 583.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
Meyer, M.L. (2019, August). "Hostile Media Bias and the Third-Person Effect in Film and Television." Presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, Toronto, ON.
Meyer, M.L. (2019, May). "'Technology Can't Replace Talent': The Evolving Role of the Casting Director in the Digital Age." Presented at the International Communication Association Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
Austin, A., Guidry, J. & Meyer, M.L. (2019, May). "#GunViolence on Instagram and Twitter: Examining social media advocacy in the wake of the Parkland school shooting." Presented at the International Communication Association Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
Kim, D.H., Cabosky, J., & Meyer, M.L. (2019, March). "Myself in Snapchat vs. Instagram: The interactive effect of users' self-construal and their SNS uses related to the efficacy of advertisement." Presented at the American Academy of Advertising Annual Conference, Dallas, TX.
Meyer, M.L. (2019, March). "Hostile Media Bias and the Third-Person Effect in Film and Television." Presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Southeast Colloquium, Columbia, SC.
Meyer, M.L. (2018, May). "The Impact of Social Media on Non-Monosexuals' Responses to Discrimination: A Co-Cultural Approach." Presented at the International Communication Association Annual Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
Meyer, M.L., Kuang, J.C., Brown, D. (2017, May). "Following the Unfollowed: Non-Monosexual Identity Navigation Through Social Media," Presented at the International Communication Association Annual Conference, San Diego, California.
Meyer, M.L., Kuang, J.C., Masterson, A. (2016, April). "Broadcast Yourselves: Exploring Racial and Gender Diversity on Streamy-Nominated YouTube Vlogs," Presented at the Broadcast and Education Association Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Instructor of Record – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MEJO 141, Media Ethics |Summer Session II 2019 | Spring 2019 | Fall 2018
Instructional Associate – Syracuse University
COM 505, Communications Law for Journalists | Professor Roy Gutterman | Spring 2017
COM 107, Communications and Society | Professor Soojin Roh and Professor Soyoung Jung | Spring 2017
Teaching Project Assistant – Syracuse University
COM 101, Practical Grammar for Public Communications | Fall 2015
Undergraduate Student Assistant – Ithaca College
ITAL 101, Elementary Italian I | Spring 2008 | Fall 2007
"Evaluation and Measurement in Public Relations Research," MEJO 137, Principles of Advertising and Public Relations | Professor Jordan Morehouse | Fall 2019
"The Ethical Considerations of Television Casting," MEJO 141, Media Ethics | Dr. Rhonda Gibson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Fall 2017, Fall 2018
"Gender Representation in the Media," COM 107, Communications and Society | Professor Soojin Roh and Professor Soyoung Jung, Syracuse University | Spring 2016
Roy H. Park Doctoral Fellowship 2018 – 2020 | School of Media and Journalism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Doctoral Merit Assistantship 2017 – 2018 | The Graduate School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Service to UNC School of Media and Journalism
Treasurer | Graduate Student Association for the School of Media and Journalism |2017-2018
Senator | Graduate and Professional Student Federation | 2017-2018
Workshop co-organizer, presenter | Implicit Bias Training for Coulture Magazine | August 2019
Co-organizer, moderator | "Thriving while female: Discussing life as women in early-career academia." Research Roundtable event at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | April 2019
Co-organizer, moderator | "Interdisciplinary Research in the Social Sciences." Research Roundtable event at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | October 2018
Related Professional Experience
JAMDA, The Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine | Editors' Assistant | 2018 – Current
CT Partners | Administrative Assistant (contract) | 2014
Fox Broadcasting Company | Casting Assistant (contract) | 2013
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Train2Game GameSessions supporting charities
Posted on September 8, 2017 by Train2Game Blogger Team
GameSessions, the company behind many game giveaways and trials, today announces a new programme to support charities.
Over the next few months, they will be giving away games to raise awareness and donations for some selected charitable causes that have touched the lives of their staff.
The unique reach and engagement that the GameSessions Giveaways generates, with millions of minutes played, is a great opportunity to support the charities concerned. The team have picked Kidney Research, Cancer Research, Child's Play and ME Research as these have each impacted their lives significantly.
GameSessions will offer Slack Games' Mechanic Escape to download and play for free from today in support of the ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis also known as CFS) Association. The company is donating 100% of their share of any (optional) Steam key sales to the ME Association and users will also have the option to donate directly to the charity within the game.
Mechanic Escape combines its rhythm and fast pace into a fun but challenging platformer. In order to find his lost friends, the hero, Mech, doesn't hesitate to risk life and circuits to pass throughout high-voltage areas or dodge the most deadly machines. A hardcore game with over 80 levels, Mechanic Escape can challenge even the most veteran player but is an accessible universe to all gamers.
Ed French, CEO commented:
"Last month, we launched our new free games service; GameSessions Giveaways with one of our first brand partners, AMD. It was an overwhelming success and succeeded in its goal of helping spread the word of one of our partners. GameSessions Giveaways offers us a platform to speak directly to gamers and we've decided to also use that exposure to highlight and support the work of charities that work on issues close to our hearts. Over the next few months we're planning to give away a number of games to raise awareness and money for these charities.
We're going to provide games in support of: Kidney Research, Cancer Research, Children's Hospitals and ME Research.
The games will cost end users nothing, but we do ask that they watch a very short video (less than 2 minutes) about the charity before they play.
We will donate our share of the revenue from any (optional) sales of Steam keys for each game to the charity concerned, and we will provide a link in game to donate directly if you can.
The first giveaway we're doing for charity is a game called Mechanic Escape, so it seems appropriate to use it to raise awareness of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (so ME4ME!). We picked this cause as the daughter of one of our staff currently suffers from the condition, and so many people are unaware of how difficult life is for sufferers. Despite all the detailed research into the immune, nervous and digestive abnormalities, many people still label it "yuppy flu" and suggest patients with long-term painful and debilitating conditions are not really unwell.
We know that most gamers will be willing to spend 90 seconds learning about the condition to get a free game to add to their collection. Every extra person who has some understanding of this condition is a benefit to the sufferers."
Helen Hyland, Fundraising Manager for the ME Association, said:
"We're delighted to work with Gamesessions on something which breaks new ground for us as a charity.
"Many of the gamers who download Mechanic Escape make a choice to stay in and play it. For those with ME, staying in isn't a choice – it's the reality of their daily lives.
"For us, this is a fresh way of reaching people, often the under 25s. We hope they have fun – dodge the deadly machines and the devious bosses – and learn a little about this devastating illness at the same time."
Sign up for Mechanic Escape now at http://r.gamesessions.com/MEGiveaway
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Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to the world as the beloved Dr. Seuss, was born in 1904 on Howard Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. Ted's father, Theodor Robert, and grandfather were brewmasters in the city. His mother, Henrietta Seuss Geisel, often soothed her children to sleep by "chanting" rhymes remembered from her youth. Ted credited his mother with both his ability and desire to create the rhymes for which he became so well known.
The influence of Ted's memories of Springfield can be seen throughout his work. Drawings of Horton the Elephant meandering along streams in the Jungle of Nool, for example, mirror the watercourses in Springfield's Forest Park from the period. The fanciful truck driven by Sylvester McMonkey McBean in The Sneetches could well be the Knox tractor that young Ted saw on the streets of Springfield. In addition to its name, Ted's first children's book, And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, is filled with Springfield imagery, including a look-alike of Mayor Fordis Parker on the reviewing stand, and police officers riding red motorcycles, the traditional color of Springfield's famed Indian Motocycles.
Ted left Springfield as a teenager to attend Dartmouth College, where he became editor-in-chief of the Jack-O-Lantern, Dartmouth's humor magazine. Although his tenure as editor ended prematurely when Ted and his friends were caught throwing a drinking party, which was against the prohibition laws and school policy, he continued to contribute to the magazine, signing his work "Seuss." This is the first record of the "Seuss" pseudonym, which was both Ted's middle name and his mother's maiden name.
After returning to the United States, Ted began to pursue a career as a cartoonist. The Saturday Evening Post and other publications published some of his early pieces, but the bulk of Ted's activity during his early career was devoted to creating advertising campaigns for Standard Oil, which he did for more than 15 years.
As World War II approached, Ted's focus shifted, and he began contributing weekly political cartoons to PM magazine, a liberal publication. Too old for the draft, but wanting to contribute to the war effort, Ted served with Frank Capra's Signal Corps (U.S. Army) making training movies. It was here that he was introduced to the art of animation and developed a series of animated training films featuring a trainee called Private Snafu.
While Ted was continuing to contribute to Life, Vanity Fair, Judge and other magazines, Viking Press offered him a contract to illustrate a collection of children's sayings called Boners. Although the book was not a commercial success, the illustrations received great reviews, providing Ted with his first "big break" into children's literature. Getting the first book that he both wrote and illustrated, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, published, however, required a great degree of persistence – it was rejected 27 times before being published by Vanguard Press.
The Cat in the Hat, perhaps the defining book of Ted's career, developed as part of a unique joint venture between Houghton Mifflin (Vanguard Press) and Random House. Houghton Mifflin asked Ted to write and illustrate a children's primer using only 225 "new-reader" vocabulary words. Because he was under contract to Random House, Random House obtained the trade publication rights, and Houghton Mifflin kept the school rights. With the release of The Cat in the Hat, Ted became the definitive children's book author and illustrator.
After Ted's first wife died in 1967, Ted married an old friend, Audrey Stone Geisel, who not only influenced his later books, but now guards his legacy as the president of Dr. Seuss Enterprises.
At the time of his death on September 24, 1991, Ted had written and illustrated 44 children's books, including such all-time favorites as Green Eggs and Ham, Oh, the Places You'll Go, Fox in Socks, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. His books had been translated into more than 15 languages. Over 200 million copies had found their way into homes and hearts around the world.
At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.
He was stillborn — no heartbeat, declared dead by the family doctor, and put aside for later burial. Another doctor in the delivery room had an idea, and immersed the newborn in ice-cold water. The shock caused his heart to start beating, and the baby was soon crying and healthy, and named for Dr. Gordon, who had saved his life. In the more than ninety years of his life, Gordon Parks became internationally renowned as a photographer, filmmaker, poet, novelist, and composer.
Parks grew up poor in Fort Scott, Kansas, the youngest of 15 children. One of his early memories was hearing his all-black class told by their white schoolteacher, "You'll all wind up porters and maids." His mother died when Parks was 14, and he was sent to live with an older sister in Minneapolis, until her husband kicked him out. Between bouts of homelessness, he earned rent as a piano player in a bordello. He also worked as a busboy, a Civilian Conservation Corpsman, and as his teacher had predicted, as a porter and later waiter on the transcontinental North Coast Limited.
At 25, he bought a used camera for $7.50 and began working as a self-taught freelance photographer, focusing on everything from fashion to the effects the depression in Chicago's slums. By 1944, he was the only black photographer working for Vogue, and in 1948 he became the first black photographer at Life, the most prestigious magazine of its day for photography. Eventually Life sent him to France, Italy, and Spain, and stateside he became known for his photos documenting the civil rights movement. He reported on segregation in Alabama in 1956, the growing Nation of Islam movement in the 1960s, and the assassination of Martin Luther King. In his spare time, Parks also directed a few very, very low-budget films.
His autobiographical novel The Learning Tree, covering his rough Kansas childhood, won rave reviews and strong sales. When Warner Brothers expressed interest, Parks told them he would direct the film himself, and he became the first African-American to direct a film for a major studio. He went on to direct Shaft and its sequel Shaft's Big Score, Half Slave, Half Free, and several other movies. His biography of bluesman Leadbelly was perhaps his best film, but it was Shaft that had the most impact on American culture. Black audiences had never before been offered a major-studio action film with a black hero. It not only spawned several years of "blaxploitation" action films, it earned enough money to save then-struggling MGM from bankruptcy.
Parks was a close friend of Muhammad Ali, and godfather for Malcolm X's daughter Quibilah Shabazz. He was a co-founder of Essence magazine, and wrote a ballet called Martin, in honor of King. His numerous books include The Sun Stalker, Poet & His Camera, To Smile in Autumn, and his autobiography, Voices in the Mirror.
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. During his lifetime, and for half a century afterwards, his work was largely disregarded or even derided as the work of a madman. Today Blake's work is considered seminal in the history of both poetry and the visual arts of the Romantic Age. Blake's prophetic poetry is often considered to be the writings of extraordinary originality and genius. Though he is now considered to have been a spiritual visionary of the Romantic age, his work has been said to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". His visual artistry has led one modern critic to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced". Born inside London, Blake spent the entire course of his life, save for three years, inside the city.His creative vision, however, engendered a diverse and symbolically rich corpus, which embraced 'imagination' as "the body of God",or "Human existence itself".
Considered mad for his idiosyncratic views by contemporaries, later criticism holds Blake in high regard for his expressiveness and creativity, as well as the philosophical and mystical undercurrents within his work. His paintings and poetry have been characterized as part of both the Romantic movement and "Pre-Romantic", for its large appearance in the 18th century. Reverent of the Bible but hostile to the Church of England, Blake was influenced by the ideals and ambitions of the French and American revolutions, as well as by such thinkers as Jacob Boehme and Emanuel Swedenborg.
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
George Segal was born in New York on November 26, 1924 to a Jewish couple who emigrated from Eastern Europe. His parents first settled in the Bronx where they ran a butcher shop. They later moved to a New Jersey poultry farm. George spent many of his early years working on the poultry farm , helping his family through difficult times. For a while George lived with his aunt in Brooklyn so that he could attend Stuyvesant Technical High School and prepare himself for a future in the math/science field. It was here that George first discovered his love for art. During World War II he had to curtail his studies in order to help on the family poultry farm. He later attended Pratt, Cooper Union and finally New York University where he furthered his art education and received a teaching degree in 1949. It was during these years that Segal met other young artists eager to make statements based on the real world rather than the pure abstractionism that was all the rage. He joined the 10th St scene, painting and concentrating on expressionist, figurative themes.
After marriage to Helen in 1946, they bought their own chicken farm. In order to support his family during the lean years he taught Art and English at the local high school and at Rutgers. In 1957 he was included in "Artists of the New York School: Second Generation" an exhibit at the Jewish Museum. For the next three years he showed annually at the Hansa. The path from painting to sculpture and the specific form of the sculpture is embodied in a series of events from the late 1950's. In 1956, Segal was introduced to the Hansa Gallery and its' artistic influence. The following year, Allan Kaprow chose the Segal farm as the scene of his first Happening – live art with an environmental sensibility. In 1958 Segal began to experiment in sculpture and had a one-man show at the Green Gallery in 1960, featuring several plaster figures.
In later years he perfected the technique and created real life tableaux, using many close friends and family members as models. He became known, along with Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Indiana, Andy Warhol and others as part of the "Pop Art" movement. Segal's distinctive style separated his work from "Pop Art" by staying closely related to personal experience and human values. He once said that because he was from the proletariat, he wanted to deal directly with the places around and familiar to himself, rather than with "elegant" topics.
In the 1920's, Einstein embarked on the construction of unified field theories, although he continued to work on the probabilistic interpretation of quantum theory, and he persevered with this work in America. He contributed to statistical mechanics by his development of the quantum theory of a monatomic gas and he has also accomplished valuable work in connection with atomic transition probabilities and relativistic cosmology.
From Nobel Lectures, Physics 1901-1921, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1967.
Deprived of the physical life that a normal body would have permitted, Toulouse-Lautrec lived completely for his art. He dwelt in the Montmartre section of Paris, the center of the cabaret entertainment and bohemian life that he loved to depict in his work. Dance halls and nightclubs, racetracks, prostitutes – all these were memorialized on canvas or made into lithographs.
In order to join in the Montmartre life – as well as to fortify himself against the crowd's ridicule of his appearance – Toulouse-Lautrec began to drink heavily. By the 1890s the drinking was affecting his health. He was confined first to a sanatorium and then to his mother's care at home, but he could not stay away from alcohol. Toulouse-Lautrec died on September 9, 1901, at the family chateau of Malrome.
Reason and skepticism must yield to a horizon of discovery. Doctrines cannot be trusted in this laboratory. Intuition is our muse. The creative spirit must be followed with happy abandon.
Steven Holl (born December 9, 1947, Bremerton, Washington) is an American academic architect and watercolorist best known for the 1998 Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum in Helsinki, Finland and the controversial 2003 Simmons Hall at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.. In June 2007 the much celebrated Bloch Building addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri opened to the public.
I think of painting without subject matter as music without words.
Kenneth Noland, along with Morris Louis, transmitted the energy, excitement, and inventiveness of the New York art scene to artists in Washington, D.C. Born in Asheville, North Carolina in 1924, Noland served in the Army from 1942 to 1945. From 1946 to 1948 he studied at Black Mountain College, North Carolina, working with Ilya Bolotowsky and Josef Albers, well-known artists who were on the faculty there. In 1948 he traveled to Paris, where he had his first one-person show. Returning to America in 1949, Noland moved to Washington, D.C. and worked at the Institute of Contemporary Art (1949–1950); later he taught at The Catholic University of America (1951–1960). Noland frequently returned to Black Mountain College, where in the summer of 1950 he met artist Helen Frankenthaler and Clement Greenberg, the noted critic, who became a champion of his art. Through them he became aware of Abstract Expressionism. This encounter was critical in the development of Noland's artistic style; as he began experimenting with Frankenthaler's pouring and staining techniques, which became the impetus for his own color field paintings, abstract canvases saturated with pure color.
From 1952 to 1956, Noland taught night classes at the Washington Workshop Center for the Arts, where he met the group of artists known as the Washington Color School Painters, among them, Morris Louis. Noland and Louis became the leading figures of among the color field painters. In 1954 Greenberg, a strong advocate for Noland's paintings, included Noland in the exhibition, "Emerging Talent" at the Samuel M. Kootz Gallery in New York. Another leading New York gallery, the Tibor de Nagy Gallery, presented Noland's first one-person show in 1957. In the fall of 1961 Noland moved to New York, and a few years later relocated to South Shaftesbury, Vermont to teach at Bennington College. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1977, has served on the Board of Trustees at Bennington College since 1985, and was appointed the Milton Avery Professor of Arts at Bard College in 1986, a post he held until his retirement from teaching in 1997.
René Magritte was born on the 21st November, 1898 in Hainaut, Belgium. His father was a tailor and a merchant. As his business did not go well the family had to move often. René lost his mother early and tragically – she committed suicide for unclear reasons. René was only 14 years old at the time.
From 1916 through 1918 Magritte studied in the Royal Academy of Arts in Brussels (Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts). He became a wallpaper designer and commercial artist. His early painting works were executed under the influence of the Cubism and Futurism (1918-20), then he was inspired by the Purists and Fernand Léger. In 1922 Magritte married Georgette Berger, with whom he first became acquainted when fifteen years old. After meeting again in 1920, she became his model and then wife.
The acquaintance with Giorgio de Chirico's Pittura Metafisica (Metaphysical Painting) and Dadaistic poetry constituted an important artistic turning-point for Magritte. In 1925 he came close with a group of Dadaists and co-operated in the magazines Aesophage and Marie, together with E.L.T. Mesens, Jean Arp, Francis Picabia, Schwitters, Tzara and Man Ray.
In 1926 Magritte painted The Lost Jockey, it is his first painting that he allowed to be labeled as "Surrealist". After his first, badly-received, one-man show in Brussels in 1927, he left for Paris. In 1927-30 Magritte lived in France, where he participated in the activities of the Surrealists, establishing a close friendship in particular with Max Ernst, Dali, André Breton and especially with Paul Eluard.
In Paris, Magritte's system of conceptual painting was formed, it remained almost unchanged until the end of his life. His painting manner, intentionally dry and academic, "polished in the technical sense" (p.18 Magritte. By Marcel Paquet. Taschen. 1992) with precise and clean draughtsmanship demonstrated a paradoxical ability to depict trustworthy an unreal, unthinkable reality.
In Magritte's works the morphologically similar objects belonging to different classes, exchange some qualities or unite as hybrids (Companions of Fear. 1942, The Explanation, 1954, The Flavour of Tears, 1948); a night landscape gleams under daylit skies (The Empire of Lights 1954).
Magritte was fond of philosophy and literature. Many of his paintings reflect his impressions of literature works, illusions and philosophical metaphors, e.g. The Giantess (after Baudelair) 1929-30; The Domain of Arnheim (after Edgar Poe) 1938; Hegel's Holiday. 1958 (homage to Hegel's dialectics).
In the 1940s Magritte made two attempts to change his painting style. But the so-called "vie-heureuse" or "plein-soleil" period of 1945-47, when he painted in the style of Renoir, and the "époque vache" (Cow Period) that followed in 1947-48 did not prove to be effective and the artist returned to his previous manner.
In the 1950s Magritte executed two fresco cycles: The Enchanted Realm for a casino in Knokke-le-Zut (1953) and The Ignorant Fairy (1957) for the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Charleroi. These monumental compositions repeat the motifs of his previous paintings. In his last year Magritte began to make sculptures of his painted images, developing the theme of correlation of mental and material realities.
Magritte died of cancer at the age of 69, August 15, 1967 in Brussels.


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Artist Spotlight : Alexander Goudie
Peacock by Alexander Goudie
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Alexander Goudie (1933-2004) holds a place in Art History as 'one of Scotland's finest figurative painters.' A member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Goudie's diverse oeuvre shows that throughout his artistic career he mastered many subjects and media in his signature loose and colourful style.
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In April 2016 Mall Galleries held a retrospective exhibition of Goudie's work, including numerous portraits, still life pieces, landscapes and narrative works in paint, sketch and sculpture. Arguably the most intriguing images in the exhibition, which hinted at Goudie's lifelong preoccupation with witches, were illustrations of 'Tam o'Shanter'. A true Scot, Goudie was enchanted by Robert Burns' 1790 poem, and produced this narrative cycle of paintings in 2000 to bring the macabre tale to life. It was surprising and fascinating to see these darker and more personal works from his late career hanging alongside more light-hearted earlier pictures. Through this body of work, both the man and his art were remembered with great affection and fondness, each piece gaining a new element of poignancy.
We are lucky to have five of Goudie's original mixed media paintings available on our online platform, Buy Art | Buy Now. Dating from between 1980-1995, each individual work is infused with Goudie's joy and enthusiasm for paint, and together the pieces crystallise his later career to its most inspired moments.
Three of the works are charming still life flower scenes, Wild Flowers in Vase 1985, Poppies 1995, and (perhaps a nod towards the influence of Vincent Van Gogh), Sunflowers 1980. Each is distinct from the next, interpreting the subject with such brightness that the finished image is stunning in its simplicity and vitality. Villa Kerjane, Sunset, painted in 1985, is comparatively a more muted and tonal piece, portraying a Brittany landscape. Goudie married a native of Brittany, and the peace he felt in this rural and dusky environment is communicated through the purples and blues of sky and water, dashed with orange highlights, creating a quiet and moving scene.
Finally, Peacock is a more enigmatic image. Goudie was famously inspired by Oscar Wilde's tragic one-act masterpiece 'Salome' and Richard Strauss' operatic adaptation of the story. In 1990, the Scottish Opera commissioned Goudie to design lavish sets and costumes for the production, yet the project never came to fruition due to a lack of funding. However, Goudie's preparatory designs remained, filled with whimsy and magic. Peacock is in fact his curtain design for the opera. Although certainly drawing from Aubrey Beardsley's seminal 1894 illustration for Oscar Wilde's 'Salome', in which the eponymous villain-heroine blinds a character with her beauty while wearing a decadent peacock skirt, Goudie reworked the motif with the arcing gestures and vibrant colours so fundamental to his work. Imagine how sumptuous this design would have looked as a heavy velvet curtain if the production had gone ahead...
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KTO London has 30 tickets to the SBS Super K-Pop Concert in Gwangju on 28th April 2019 to give away! If you want to see the likes of BTS, Momoland and more and you're travelling to Korea from the UK or Scandinavia in April, simply fill out the below form to receive a free ticket to the event. Please note: Continue Reading	. . .


The sixth Monthly Theme Contest photos for 2017 have been submitted and we have made our choices. Please keep in mind that the process of choosing a photo from the June 2017 Street Photography Contest Submissions was quite hard!
But let's take a look at all the photos that were submitted and accepted in this Monthly Theme Contest.
ATTENTION: Photos that didn't meet the Theme or the Editors criteria were not chosen to be in the shortlist. They have been disqualified or removed. So if your pic isn't in the shortlist, don't get discouraged. Try again next month!
At this moment I would like to thank each and every participant for submitting their photograph. We have a great collection of photos with "The Colour Red" to show you! This time we had 30 valid submissions which can all be seen below.
Here are our favourite 30 29 photos that made it through our strict Editors criteria!
UPDATE: We can only present you with 29 of the photos because one of the contestants requested his image removed.
*All images that were not sent in at the correct size, have been resized. This might affect the quality of entries that were sent in very small sizes.
The winner will win the Feature Interview on the Streethunters.net website and more!
The winning photo will be featured on our website in the respective "Announcing the winner" post and will also be featured for 1 month as our cover photo on our Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus pages.
The Street Photographer that shot the winning photo will be interviewed by our Editorial team and his/her work will be featured on our website and on our Youtube channel.
At the end of the year we will upload a video presentation of all the winning photos along with narrations by the winners themselves, explaining the story behind their photograph.
The 3rd Annual Street Hunters meeting Street Photography Workshops this August in London!


Mr. Beni DeDieu Luzau fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2004 to avoid imprisonment for his advocacy work on LGBTI issues and HIV/AIDS awareness. In the U.S. he continues his work for social justice as a member of the National LGBTQ Task Force and founder of the Refugee Alliance Network (RAN). He also works as a correspondent for a Belgian Magazine called Telsquels, and serves as a translator and interpreter for Christ Companions Church. Mr. Luzau is most proud of contributing to his community by organizing a World Refugee Day event at Russell Senate Office Building on June 16, 2016 with representatives from refugee resettlement agencies, the U.S. Department of State, the Office of Refugee Resettlement, the U.S Senate, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.


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St. Lucie County superintendent on proposed budget cuts: 'It's abhorent'
School district must cut almost $16 million from budget by July
Updated: 10:55 PM EST Jan 22, 2013
St Lucie County school Superintendent Michael Lannon says he hates the proposed budget cuts for the district.
The superintendent of St. Lucie County schools told WPBF 25 News on Tuesday that he hates every one of the proposed budget cuts for his district.Parents, teachers and even students reacted strongly to the proposed budget cuts during a St. Lucie County school board meeting Tuesday night.The district must cut almost $16 million from its budget by July."No one anticipated that the recession was going to go on and on and on," Superintendent Michael Lannon said.Lannon presented the school board with a list of suggested cuts, including closing or combining schools, a four-day school week, layoffs and slashing athletic programs."It's abhorrent," Lannon admitted. "Florida is in a terrible place."Several children were among the packed auditorium, pleading with school board members to be careful where they cut."You have an extremely hard decision to make with the upcoming budget cuts," fifth-grade student Christian Yoder said. "I am here to persuade you not to mess with my school."The school board did not make any decisions Tuesday night. Board members plan to take time to analyze each suggestion.They could vote on specific cuts as early as the end of February.
FORT PIERCE, Fla. —
The superintendent of St. Lucie County schools told WPBF 25 News on Tuesday that he hates every one of the proposed budget cuts for his district.
Parents, teachers and even students reacted strongly to the proposed budget cuts during a St. Lucie County school board meeting Tuesday night.
St. Lucie County proposes 4-day school week
The district must cut almost $16 million from its budget by July.
"No one anticipated that the recession was going to go on and on and on," Superintendent Michael Lannon said.
Lannon presented the school board with a list of suggested cuts, including closing or combining schools, a four-day school week, layoffs and slashing athletic programs.
"It's abhorrent," Lannon admitted. "Florida is in a terrible place."
Several children were among the packed auditorium, pleading with school board members to be careful where they cut.
"You have an extremely hard decision to make with the upcoming budget cuts," fifth-grade student Christian Yoder said. "I am here to persuade you not to mess with my school."
The school board did not make any decisions Tuesday night. Board members plan to take time to analyze each suggestion.
They could vote on specific cuts as early as the end of February.


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Sean's goal is to keep costs down and yet maximize quality at every step, to achieve this, he starts with a base for each wine that he crafts from grapes he vinifies at his winery. He augments this with selected lots of purchased wines when top quality juice comes available on the bulk market.
As Sean states, "My winemaking philosophy is to offer wines that exude quality and truly represent the appellation from which they're produced, yet are affordable for everyday enjoyment."
Every once in a while we are presented with wines that are complete "no brainers", and Sean Minor's wines certainly fell into that category. They all offer tremendous quality and balance at incredibly low prices.
Sean Minor has been in the wine business for 20+ years, starting at Beaulieu Vineyards and then moving to Oregon to run King Estate and Benton Lane wineries. Eventually he returned to California to oversee Renwood Winery and then started his own label in 2005.
In 2011, Sean began to offer wines under the Sean Minor label and the Sean Minor Four Bears (which refers to his four children) label. The Sean Minor label features premier regions from California and now includes the Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir and Napa Valley Red Blend. The Sean Minor Four Bears label represents the same quality in an affordable, everyday style and includes the Central Coast Chardonnay, Central Coast Pinot Noir, Sonoma County Sauvignon Blanc and Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon.
Sean's goal is to keep costs down and yet maximize quality at every step. As Sean states, "My winemaking philosophy is to offer wines that exude quality and truly represent the appellation from which they're produced, yet are affordable for everyday enjoyment." To achieve this, he starts with a base for each wine that he crafts from grapes he vinifies at his winery. He augments this with selected lots of purchased wines when top quality juice comes available on the bulk market.


Following the Board of Trustees' approvals yesterday, the Center for the Arts has been renamed the Center for the Performing and Cinematic Arts and includes Boyer College of Music and Dance and the newly named School of Theater, Film and Media Arts. Tyler School of Art is now an independent school. These actions reflect the university's support for disciplinary synergy and an environment in which fine and performing arts continue to thrive.
Robert Stroker, dean of the Boyer College of Music and Dance, also serves as dean of the School of Theater, Film and Media Arts and vice provost for the Center. Hester Stinnett, appointed interim dean of Tyler on Sept. 1, 2015, will continue to serve in this capacity. A national search for a dean for Tyler is underway with an appointment expected in 2016.
Over the last several years, faculty, students and alumni of the Center for the Arts have received many prestigious awards. They include two Pew Grants in 2015, numerous Grammy and Oscar Awards and nominations, Fulbright Scholarships, Guggenheim Fellowships, Bessie Awards, ASTA National Solo Competition, and inclusion in the Venice Biennale.
Under Stroker's outstanding leadership, we expect the newly named school and center to flourish. Stroker was instrumental in Tyler's continuing achievement and national prominence over the last three years, and we are sure this tradition of excellence will carry on under Stinnett's leadership.


During the last few decades, Saudi Arabia, as one of the developing countries, has witnessed a noticeable and rapid development with regard to different development sectors and fields. This is mainly attributed to the increased revenues from oil exports. While, a huge increase in population numbers has accompanied this development, as well as higher rates of migration to the cities. In addition, there has been significant governmental support given to the development of cities and raising the living standards of citizens (Bahammam, 2002). Of late, there has been a huge increase in the size and population numbers in Saudi Arabia, more specifically in the main Region and cities. Accordingly, and due to other economic and social changes, the housing crisis has become a more serious issue in Saudi Arabia. The main objective of this research was to explore the views of Saudi citizens regarding the current housing situation, how far their needs are matched, identifying their housing needs, preferences and aspirations with regard to future housing in the main Region of Saudi Arabia, as well as the various dimensions of the housing issue from the residents' points of view. Moreover, the city of Jeddah was selected as a micro case study. This research is built upon a theoretical framework, achieved via the review of practical studies and previous reports related to the subject of this research. In addition, a descriptive analytical framework was used for the collection of the data relating to the main objective of this study, collected through questionnaires and interviews with residents and specialists. Then, it was analysed in order to determine results and final recommendations. The results demonstrated a low level of residents' satisfaction and a lack of offered products that meet their needs and financial capabilities. Therefore, this contributes significantly to the difficulties of sourcing suitable housing and exaggerates the housing issue further. Moreover, the results also showed that, for ownership, residents generally prefer to possess detached houses, such as villas and duplexes. However, the most common type of housing in Saudi Arabia are apartments, despite there being less desire to own them as permanent houses. Furthermore, the desires relating to homeownership and matching financial capabilities were not entirely complimentary for most of the respondents. This is clearly reflected in the residents' high expectations in terms of bigger houses as compared to their actual income. The respondents mainly carry the housing crisis, to higher property and housing units' prices, on one side. On the other side, to the ministry of housing as an official authority in charge of the housing sector. This study recommends that more attention be paid to the promotion of cultural awareness among Saudi Arabia's residents in order to eliminate misconceptions related to housing. Cultural misconceptions are linked to the ingrained cultural and social characteristics of the society. The main issue is promoting better use of space. In addition, a good option would be to speed up the process of providing new housing solutions that match both the housing needs and the financial capabilities of the citizens. This study is an attempt to help public and private housing authorities and sectors with regard to the development and improvement of the housing sector in Saudi Arabia through providing information that may aid better understanding in terms of the needs and desires of the residents. It may also help determine ways in which to provide suitable and affordable housing solutions. This, in turn, will create housing stability for the residents through the realisation of their expectations and better understanding of their problems, which will thus mitigate the overall housing issues.


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Almanac: Tiny Tim marries Miss Vicki
December 17, 2017 / 9:17 AM / CBS News
And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: December 17, 1969, 48 years ago today -- a wedding day like no other.
For that was the day the singer known as Tiny Tim married Vicki Budinger on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson."
Victoria May "Miss Vicki" Budinger and Tiny Tim appear on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson," after being married on air, December 17 1969. NBC via Getty Images
Born Herbert Khaury in New York City in 1932, Tiny Tim took his stage name from the Charles Dickens character, and performed for years in small Greenwich Village clubs.
His falsetto vocals and ukulele dexterity eventually won him notice. And, in 1968, his version of "Tip Toe Through The Tulips" became an unlikely hit song.
Tiny Tim - Tiptoe Through The Tulips by Michel Sartre Sastre on YouTube
Ballyhooed to the max, Tiny Tim's wedding to Miss Vicki, as he called her, was a huge television event, viewed in more than 21 million households -- a "Tonight Show" record at the time.
Their marriage, however, didn't last. Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki largely lived apart. They divorced after eight years.
He carried on with his musical career, to mixed success, and died of a heart attack following a performance in Minneapolis in 1996.
Tiny Tim was 64 years old.
Liza Minnelli, the one and only
The Lumineers perform "Where We Are"
Sonny Curtis on a career spanning Buddy Holly and Mary Tyler Moore
Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors: "End of the World"
2022 Grammy Awards postponed due to COVID-19 concerns
First published on December 17, 2017 / 9:17 AM


(Reposted) Politics and war. Book and game recommendations that fit this theme.
Levels of strategy, grand strategy.
The links go to more information about these games. To purchase games that are in print, check out online game retailers, such as Boulder Games or Fair Play Games. Otherwise, eBay is your best bet for finding out of print titles.
I had some minor sound editing issues during this podcast, so the quality is not as good as it should be. This problem should disappear by the next podcast.
Levels of strategy, grand strategy. Plus, the usual book and game recommendations.
This is my first attempt at podcasting, so please excuse my amateurish audio engineering, or other goofs you may experience.


Abstract: That Macchiavelli (1469-1527) and Luther (1483-1546) were contemporaries is seldom remarked in modern political theory, although John Neville Figgis did make Luther an accomplice to Macchiavelli's aggrandizement of the secular prince. From quite different motives, both set out to deconstruct the political authority of the Church of Rome and both adopted an appeal to antiquity over the head, as it were, of the medieval Christian establishment. Yet, while Luther's authority derived from pristine Christian writings and the unmediated working of the spirit, Macchiavelli, wishing to bypass Christianity altogether, had recourse to classical, mainly Latin, texts, and to the antique record of the political actions of wise men.


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There have been further complaints about the near non-existent tourist information service in St Albans city centre, with a businessman slamming it as "disappointing".
Following an article in last week's Herts Advertiser about the temporary closure of the Tourist Information Centre the local resident, who did not wish to be named, said that relocating a decreased resource to the Alban Arena was not good enough.
St Albans district council closed the centre in the old Town Hall while the landmark building undergoes a transformation into a new museum and art gallery.
Remnants of the service – primarily its brochures – have been relocated to the Alban Arena, until the new museum reopens.
But, the businessman said: "You can't easily find signage to the Arena. Also, the centre used to provide leaflets for non-English speakers, in German, Spanish, French and Italian.
"When I collect people from overseas from the airport, it's nice to give them a leaflet in their own language, so they can see what to visit, and where to eat.
He continued: "We should have these available, as they show what a wonderful place St Albans is – it's a historical location.
"The current level of service is below what I would expect, and very disappointing. You wouldn't expect foreign visitors to have to look for a sign, then search for the location of the service – which should have remained in a prominent position.
"St Albans should be looking to promote itself, as people's families come to visit from overseas, and it seems odd that they have cut back on this service.
The council's portfolio holder for community engagement, Cllr Beric Read, said foreign visitors could access an electronic version of the mini-guides online.
He added: "At the moment we don't have a main Tourist Information Centre, so we have to use the space we have available, and we can't provide everything.


For the fifteenth and final edition of Sensory Spaces, Sol Calero (Caracas 1982) has created a colourful meeting place: a patio-like setting where visitors can relax or enter into conversation with each other.
We are usually unaware of it, but all around us – for example in art and architecture – there are all kinds of shapes and motifs that are the result of syncretism: the phenomenon whereby one culture influences the other and even merges with it. The Venezuelan artist Sol Calero (Caracas 1982), who lives in Berlin, examines this idea in her work, as in 'El Patio'. She places the patio at the centre of this installation. Calero maintains that this architectural motif has permeated Latin-American culture to such an extent that the fact that it is the archetypal symbol of colonial architecture is swiftly forgotten. It was, after all, the Spanish who introduced the patio into the 'New World'. By then, too, the patio had already undergone all sorts of influences from Arab culture. Calero unravels these kinds of cultural clichés. In 'El Patio' she also uses decorations as an example of syncretism – an allusion to the influence of Western Baroque on indigenous art. Calero thus examines, translates and interprets Latin-American art and architectural history and adds an individual slant to them in her work.
Artists are invited in Sensory Spaces to respond to the architectural qualities of the space, emphasizing notions of transformation and surprise.


Anderson Bands earn SWEEPSTAKES at UIL Concert and Sight Reading!
Congratulations to our AWESOME bands for their performances at UIL Concert and Sight Reading evaluations the past two days! The Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble earned Sweepstakes (six straight ones) and the Concert Band earned Excellent ratings on stage and a 1 in sight reading. FANTASTIC job to all of our bands and what a great finish to their hard work on this music!
THIS WEEKEND we were scheduled to have our mulch delivery day….however….it is forecasted on every source for 100% chance of thunderstorms. We had to make a very quick call to be able to reschedule our truck and forklift rentals with no penalty so we made the decision to move mulch delivery to next Saturday. SO TOUGH because you never know – it could end up being beautiful on Saturday. That being said, know that our operation is moved to next Saturday, April 13. Additionally the mulch parent committee and I are working feverishly to try and get deliveries and rentals scheduled so that we can perhaps start delivering next Friday night (in case of rain again Saturday). We are at the mercy of the weather here……but please stay tuned and I am asking everyone in the band family to be alert to mulch help and if you can hop on board and help with our plan please be ready to do so. We are meeting first thing in the morning to re-formulate delivery for next weekend based on rental information today and I will blast out another update. We will need all hands on deck! We want to make sure we can deliver this product to our community with great service. Thank you in advance for bearing with us as we get ready to think fast with mulch delivery and the adversity of weather!!!!!!
On April 12, We had several kids testing on Saturday morning as well…..along with Jazz performing – therefore we are going to shift the lock in to May 3!!! This will allow all of our students to participate in the lock in and fun!


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• Markers are printed on 4 mil thick vinyl with heavy permanent acrylic adhesive backing.
• Permanent, industrial-grade-adhesive bonds to the most difficult surfaces and shapes.
• Lasts up to five years outdoors.
• Good conformability. Can be used for most curved or even irregular surfaces.


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Robber linked to six other break ins
By Katy Turner January 31, 2015 13 22
A 24-year-old man was arrested on Friday in connection with a burglary in Nicosia, which linked him to a further six prior burglaries, a police report said.
According to the report, at around 9:30am on Friday, police rushed to a house in Nicosia after a tip that a man was trying to force his way in.
Upon arrival, the policemen spotted a young pedestrian, who was approached and transferred to CID Nicosia for questioning.
It turned out the 24-year-old confessed not only to the burglary of the residence, but also several other recent robberies.
Further investigation linked the suspect to six cases of burglary and robbery, after the 24-year-old led police to an open area in Nicosia, where a military-issue rifle, a bayonet, two magazines and bullets were found.
He said these items had been stolen from a home he robbed on January 5, 2015.
A search conducted in the suspect's car produced various items of evidence, believed to be the loot of robbery.
The 24-year-old pointed out the location of eight more robberies in Nicosia.
He was arrested and placed in custody in connection to the case.
Nicosia CID continues to investigate the case.
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The Damm Master Brewers and the gluten department of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) gave great news to the world. Together they developed the first gluten-free beer. Daura maintains the flavour of real beers as it is made with the same main ingredient: barley malt.


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Techwatch News » IBM and 3M to develop a glue that could increase processor speeds by 1000
IBM and 3M to develop a glue that could increase processor speeds by 1000
Forget 3D transistors, so-called silicon towers could provide a revolutionary speed boost
Kerry Butters
IBM and 3M have announced their intention today to join forces in order to develop "the first adhesives that can be used to package semi-conductors into densely stacked silicon 'towers'".
This could mean that processors could run up to 1000 times faster than today's chips and enable smartphones, tablets and gaming devices to become incredibly powerful.
Potentially, the work could overtake current attempts at chip stacking, known as "3D packaging" as it "tackles some of the thorniest technical issues underlying the industry's move to true 3D chip forms".
It is thought that new adhesives will conduct heat more efficiently, so that chips which are densely packed together can use them in order to direct heat away from sensitive components.
The two companies are intending to create a new class of materials which may make it possible to stack microprocessors in "layers of up to 100 separate chips."
"Today's chips, including those containing '3D' transistors, are in fact 2D chips that are still very flat structures," said Bernard Meyerson, VP of Research, IBM.
"Our scientists are aiming to develop materials that will allow us to package tremendous amounts of computing power into a new form factor – a silicon 'skyscraper.'"
"We believe we can advance the state-of-art in packaging, and create a new class of semiconductors that offer more speed and capabilities while they keep power usage low – key requirements for many manufacturers, especially for makers of tablets and smartphones."
Researchers say that many types of semiconductors can only use bonds that can be applied to individual chips. 3M and IBM plan to develop a glue that can be applied to silicon wafers.
It is expected that IBM will concentrate on creating and packaging processors, whilst 3M will provide the knowledge that they possess on the development and manufacture of adhesives.
"Capitalizing on our joint know-how and industry experience, 3M looks forward to working alongside IBM – a leader in developing pioneering packaging for next-generation semiconductors," said Herve Gindre, division vice president at 3M Electronics Markets Materials Division.
"3M has worked with IBM for many years and this brings our relationship to a new level. We are very excited to be an integral part of the movement to build such revolutionary 3D packaging."
3M develop adhesives for a number of industries including electronic devices and aerospace programmes.
It's exciting news for the technology industry, and if the two companies prove to be successful in their endeavours, devices could be undergoing a true revolution in speed within a few years.
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