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In Search Of
photo search
Image by Karthick Makka
In Yercad, We went to Montfort School (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montfort_School,_Yercaud). The school is opened for the public for view. The school is certified for International Standard. There is garden in the school. Where we found white flowers in plenty. In the noon, there are few butterflies and one or two bees were search of food in that garden. Waited for this kinda shot. I got it.. Hurrah...



PhotographyVoter.com
photo search
Image by Thomas Hawk
I'm always looking for great photography stories out there to blog and write about and one of the places that I go searching for photo stories a lot is digg. Even when photo stories don't make the front page of digg I find that there are oftentimes great stories still found through simply searching for the term "photography."

So I was super pleased today to stumble across an interesting site called photographyvoter.com/ which feels very much like digg, but with the entire focus of the site on photography.

Similar to digg, users submit stories to the site and then vote on them. The most popular stories are published on the front page and the rest of the stories are kept in an upcoming news section.

The site has some other cool features. It has a "live traffic" report that highlights places that refer traffic to the site, the newest member is linked and welcomed on the site, the latest comments on the site are displayed, and there is a nice section which breaks down various categories of photography stories and includes RSS feeds that users can subscribe to.

It looks like photographyvoter has been around at least since October of last year but what it probably needs most are even more users. More users submitting great photography stories and more users voting on great stories. I'm sure I'll be spending a lot of time on this site in the future. Already I've got about a dozen great stories that I've found on the site that I need to spend some time reading.

It's hard for me to tell exactly who is behind the site, but whoever is, thanks, this is a terrific resource.

Cool Photo Contest images

A few nice photo contest images I found:




"sexy Lettuce Ladies" and Zachary Koval, winner of PETA's national contest for the country's
photo contest
Image by Talk Radio News Service
PETA holds a photo opportunity of PETA's "sexy Lettuce Ladies," wearing "bikinis made of strategically placed lettuce leaves" and giving away vegan hot dogs for members of Congress and their staff.

PARTICIPANTS: Zachary Koval, winner of PETA's national contest for the country's "sexiest vegetarian"

LOCATION: Outside Rayburn House Office Building, Courtyard, near the intersection of Independence Avenue and First Street SW

Photos by: Lingjing Bao, July 11th, 2012
Talk Radio News
www.talkradionews.com

Cool Free Photo Software images

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DEMO Alpha Pitch Program Kickoff, Fall 2011
free photo software
Image by The DEMO Conference
John Dillion, Senior Vice President, Emerging Technology & Innovation, Alcatel-Lucent

Get a quick understanding of DEMO's AlphaPitch Program.

The Launchpad for Emerging Technology.

DEMO Fall 2011 is taking place at the Hyatt in Silicon Valley, CA. Companies both large and small come to DEMO to launch their products to the Technology world. DEMO offers the access, interaction, and validation of the new emerging technologies.

For more information:
DEMO Fall 2010 Website

Follow DEMO on twitter @demo

Social Media presented by New Media Synergy

Photos by Stephen Brashear


DEMO Focus on Cloud Technologies, Fall 2011
free photo software
Image by The DEMO Conference
Erik Lagerway, Founder & Principal, hookflash

The Launchpad for Emerging Technology.

DEMO Fall 2011 is taking place at the Hyatt in Silicon Valley, CA. Companies both large and small come to DEMO to launch their products to the Technology world. DEMO offers the access, interaction, and validation of the new emerging technologies.

For more information:
DEMO Fall 2010 Website

Follow DEMO on twitter @demo

Social Media presented by New Media Synergy

Photos by Stephen Brashear

Cool Photo Upload images

Some cool photo upload images:


Rule Breaker . . Procamera > Camera Awesome > Snapseed :: abstracting details
photo upload
Image by michmutters

Wordly Magazine Indesign Template

Some cool photo magazine images:


Wordly Magazine Indesign Template
photo magazine
Image by Andrea Balzano
YOU CAN FIND THIS TEMPLATE @ graphicriver.net/item/wordly-magazine-indesign-template/6...

LIVE PREVIEW

FEAUTURED ON CREATTICA


This is a complete Indesign Template for a Printable Magazine.
ALL the photos are used only to show a preview of how the magazine can look alike, they are not included in the download.
This layout is not limited for a single business, can be used for general purpose.
The files are created in order to be used by everyone, with just a basic knowledge of the softwares.
The preview images are made by using my Magazine Mock-ups Set

- InDesign CS3-4-5 (.INDD, .IDML, .INX)
- A4 ISO 297×210 mm (11,7x8,26 inches) + bleeds
- 38 Stunning pages easy to edit
- 300 DPI / Print Ready / CYMK
- .PDF instructions
- ALL made with selectedFREE fonts
- SUPER EASY to CUSTOMIZE, you can decide how many pages, which order, background colors and so on...

YOU CAN FIND THIS TEMPLATE @ graphicriver.net/item/wordly-magazine-indesign-template/6...

Cool Image Database images

A few nice image database images I found:



Pixfav-Images You Love to View
image database
Image by PixFav.com
Great Collection of Pictures from allover the Internet.Our Database has Thousands of Inspiring Pictures...@ Pixfav.com


Pixfav-Images You Love to View
image database
Image by PixFav.com
Great Collection of Pictures from allover the Internet.Our Database has Thousands of Inspiring Pictures...@ Pixfav.com

Nice Free Photo Downloads photos

Some cool free photo downloads images:

CocaCola_HappinessPavilion_Olympics_RonSombilonGallery_ (77)

Some cool photo gallery images:


CocaCola_HappinessPavilion_Olympics_RonSombilonGallery_ (77)
photo gallery
Image by SOMBILON ART, MEDIA and PHOTOGRAPHY
Coca Cola Happiness Pavilion @ LiveCity-Vancouver 2010 Olympics

photos by Ron Sombilon Gallery

www.TheCoca-ColaCompany.com
www.Vancouver2010.com
www.RonSombilonGallery.com


CocaCola_HappinessPavilion_Olympics_RonSombilonGallery_ (47)
photo gallery
Image by SOMBILON ART, MEDIA and PHOTOGRAPHY
Coca Cola Happiness Pavilion @ LiveCity-Vancouver 2010 Olympics

photos by Ron Sombilon Gallery

www.TheCoca-ColaCompany.com
www.Vancouver2010.com
www.RonSombilonGallery.com


No pictures in the National Gallery
photo gallery
Image by lanier67
The National Gallery in London was founded in 1824 and houses a rich collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900 in its home on Trafalgar Square. The gallery is an exempt charity, and a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Its collection belongs to the public of the United Kingdom and entry to the main collection (though not some special exhibitions) is free of charge.

Unlike comparable art museums such as the Louvre in Paris or the Museo del Prado in Madrid, the National Gallery was not formed by nationalising an existing royal or princely art collection. It came into being when the British government bought 38 paintings from the heirs of the insurance broker and patron of the arts John Julius Angerstein in 1824. After that initial purchase the Gallery was shaped mainly by its early directors, notably Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, and by private donations, which comprise two thirds of the collection.[3] The resulting collection is small in size, compared with many European national galleries, but encyclopaedic in scope; most major developments in Western painting "from Giotto to Cézanne" are represented with important works. It used to be claimed that this was one of the few national galleries that had all its works on permanent exhibition, but this is no longer the case.

The present building, the third to house the National Gallery, was designed by William Wilkins from 1832–8. Only the façade onto Trafalgar Square remains essentially unchanged from this time, as the building has been expanded piecemeal throughout its history. The building often came under fire for its perceived aesthetic deficiencies and lack of space; the latter problem led to the establishment of the Tate Gallery for British art in 1897. The Sainsbury Wing, an extension to the west by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, is a notable example of Postmodernist architecture in Britain.

-Wikipedia

I wasn't allowed to take pictures.

Nice Royalty Free Image photos

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DanoSongs.com Royalty Free Music
royalty free image
Image by DanoSongs.com Royalty Free Music
Use to credit danosongs. Link image to www.danosongs.com/


DanoSongs.com Royalty Free Music
royalty free image
Image by DanoSongs.com Royalty Free Music
Use to credit danosongs. Link image to www.danosongs.com

Interclub Delight

A few nice download image images I found:


Interclub Delight
download image
Image by Henry__Spencer
This was my first shoot after quite a long hiatus. I felt it went pretty well.

For the lighting inclined: hard, ungelled light from the right, countered by an cto gelled umbrella opposite side triggered via RF602. I look at this now and feel there is way too much ambient. In fact, I look at all my photos now and think there is too much light. What is this light thing?? Why do we think we need so much of it? :) A little dab will do ya.

As with all the images i'll upload on this page, you are more than welcome to download this image and use it in any way you like -- commercial or not. If you like my images, please come back and see me again, and remember, this is where you can get free, professional images for any need you may have. See my profile for more information.

Further, if you like this particular model, let me know via the comments, or however you'd like. I almost always have a ton of other images from these model shoots.

If you simply want to download it from flickr, go here and click "download the large size of the photo" for a 1024 pixel jpeg.

If you want to download a free, high resolution jpeg of this image, click here.

Cool Image Editor Online images

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Sat Feb 27 01:24:45 2010
image editor online
Image by bberenise
Made beautiful using pixenate.com - The online image editor.

Nice Photo Albums photos

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Page from the S.F.P.D. Photo Album
photo albums
Image by americanartmuseum
A page from the S.F.P.D. Photo Album, part of A Democracy of Images: Photographs from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Since we are only able to show one page in the exhibition, we wanted to include more here.

S.F.P.D. Photo Album
about 1942
gelatin silver prints
Unidentified San Francisco Police Department staff photographers
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Richard A. Brodie and James F. Dicke II, 2005.29

The Three Servicemen Statue Hand

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The Three Servicemen Statue Hand
photo for sale
Image by Glyn Lowe Photoworks
The Three Servicemen Statue

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a national memorial in Washington, D.C. It honors U.S. service members of the U.S. armed forces who fought in the Vietnam War, service members who died in service in Vietnam/South East Asia, and those service members who were unaccounted for (Missing In Action) during the War.

Its construction and related issues have been the source of controversies, some of which have resulted in additions to the memorial complex. The memorial currently consists of three separate parts: the Three Soldiers statue, the Vietnam Women's Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, which is the best-known part of the memorial.

The main part of the memorial, which was completed in 1982, is in Constitution Gardens adjacent to the National Mall, just northeast of the Lincoln Memorial. The memorial is maintained by the U.S. National Park Service, and receives around 3 million visitors each year. The Memorial Wall was designed by U.S. architect Maya Lin. The typesetting of the original 58,175 names on the wall was performed by Datalantic in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2007, it was ranked tenth on the "List of America's Favorite Architecture" by the American Institute of Architects.

More Photos At:
www.glynlowephotoworks.com/Washington-DC-Photos/The-Vietn...


The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Flag
photo for sale
Image by Glyn Lowe Photoworks
The Three Servicemen Statue

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a national memorial in Washington, D.C. It honors U.S. service members of the U.S. armed forces who fought in the Vietnam War, service members who died in service in Vietnam/South East Asia, and those service members who were unaccounted for (Missing In Action) during the War.

Its construction and related issues have been the source of controversies, some of which have resulted in additions to the memorial complex. The memorial currently consists of three separate parts: the Three Soldiers statue, the Vietnam Women's Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, which is the best-known part of the memorial.

The main part of the memorial, which was completed in 1982, is in Constitution Gardens adjacent to the National Mall, just northeast of the Lincoln Memorial. The memorial is maintained by the U.S. National Park Service, and receives around 3 million visitors each year. The Memorial Wall was designed by U.S. architect Maya Lin. The typesetting of the original 58,175 names on the wall was performed by Datalantic in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2007, it was ranked tenth on the "List of America's Favorite Architecture" by the American Institute of Architects.

More Photos At:
www.glynlowe.com/vietnam_veterans_memorial


The Three Servicemen Statue - Bullets
photo for sale
Image by Glyn Lowe Photoworks
The Three Servicemen Statue

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a national memorial in Washington, D.C. It honors U.S. service members of the U.S. armed forces who fought in the Vietnam War, service members who died in service in Vietnam/South East Asia, and those service members who were unaccounted for (Missing In Action) during the War.

Its construction and related issues have been the source of controversies, some of which have resulted in additions to the memorial complex. The memorial currently consists of three separate parts: the Three Soldiers statue, the Vietnam Women's Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, which is the best-known part of the memorial.

The main part of the memorial, which was completed in 1982, is in Constitution Gardens adjacent to the National Mall, just northeast of the Lincoln Memorial. The memorial is maintained by the U.S. National Park Service, and receives around 3 million visitors each year. The Memorial Wall was designed by U.S. architect Maya Lin. The typesetting of the original 58,175 names on the wall was performed by Datalantic in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2007, it was ranked tenth on the "List of America's Favorite Architecture" by the American Institute of Architects.

More Photos At:
www.glynlowe.com/vietnam_veterans_memorial

Nice Photo Lab photos

A few nice photo lab images I found:



Horrors Labs 06
photo lab
Image by bestarns [www.spiritofdecay.com]
Urbex Session : Horrors Labs (BE) , 11.2012
















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Cool I Stock Photo images

A few nice i stock photo images I found:


Kimono Stock Photo: Kurotomesode Skirt w Unknown Motif, Possibly Noh Mask & Treasure Box 1
i stock photo
Image by snowfoxcreations / ningyousuki
̶T̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶m̶o̶t̶i̶f̶ ̶s̶e̶e̶m̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶N̶o̶h̶ ̶m̶a̶s̶k̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶a̶n̶ ̶o̶l̶d̶ ̶m̶a̶n̶ ̶a̶b̶o̶v̶e̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶s̶o̶r̶t̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶r̶e̶a̶s̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶b̶o̶x̶.̶.̶.̶ ̶ ̶H̶e̶l̶p̶?̶ ̶ ̶W̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶?̶ ̶
fuyudragon @ igf says that the motif may be the play "Okina". Thank you!

The box features a variant of "seigaiha" (undulating ocean waves, lit. "blue sea waves") and "kumo" (stylized Japanese clouds.) [My inner Akatsuki fan is amused by the fact that the red clouds look like the ones on Itachi & co.'s cloaks, but that has nothing to do with this! Snowy, you silly geek! ;A;] The main patterns seem to be done in a sort of yuuzen or something similar; the cords are 3D embroidery "nuido" (traditional Japanese embroidery, which involves a lot of weaving and special 3D effects.)
This is from the skirt of a kurotomesode, which came in a huge lot of antique kimono scraps and fabrics months back; I forgot to photograph it until now.

It's a stock photo if you want it, just like most of my kimono photographs.

Nice Change Background Image photos

A few nice change background image images I found:


Texture/Background 19 - Premade 31
change background image
Image by ~Brenda-Starr~
This texture is free to use in your creative works.
Please do not redistribute or make small changes and claim it as your own.

Please provide credit via a link under your work back to this image or to my account where possible.

I would love to see the results of your work, so please leave me a link or a small copy in my comment box below.

Thank you,
Brenda.

I belong to these 2 sets - ~Pre-made~ & ~Texture/Backgrounds~

If you are looking for more stock images and textures, please check out my group
"Brenda's Stock Resources".

Mini Maker Faire photos by Jon Avila

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Mini Maker Faire photos by Jon Avila
photo maker
Image by technoevangelist
On April 6th 2013 we held the first Adelaide Mini Maker Faire at AC Arts in Adelaide, South Australia. Here are some photos of the day as captured by Jon Avila makerfaireadelaide.com


Mini Maker Faire photos by Jon Avila
photo maker
Image by technoevangelist
On April 6th 2013 we held the first Adelaide Mini Maker Faire at AC Arts in Adelaide, South Australia. Here are some photos of the day as captured by Jon Avila makerfaireadelaide.com

Nice Photo Sizes photos

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It Seems Like A Century
photo sizes
Image by cobalt123
This is an agave that is in the St. Joseph's Hospital outdoor break area, taken this afternoon. My son had seizures that would not stop, so we had yet another adventure. However, I notice that great beauty also accompanies such dramatic episodes in our lives, so this image is presented for the pleasure of all my flickr friends.

The original size is quite exceptional and I hope visitors will take a look. The real name of the plant is the "Century Plant" and I pictured it about 12 images ago in my photo stream from the images I shot at night from this very same place. Since the original is very very huge, here is the "large" size.

Cool Hp Photo images

A few nice hp photo images I found:


IMG_0744.jpg
hp photo
Image by RichSPK



hp photo
Image by carolyntiry
Day 36 of a Photo-a-Day challenge.

Nice Photo Images photos

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IN GOD WE TRUST ...item 3..FAMU seeking more funds to fight hazing (11:53 PM, Jun 6, 2012) ...item 4a / 4b.. FAMU events director facing fraud charges (August 28, 2012 10:20 AM) ...
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The 45-year-old woman is facing eight misdemeanor counts. She is accused of defrauding ,821.41 from the university.
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Toward the end of the eight-hour day, Trustee Karl White quipped: "Hazing is dead, the question is how much the funeral is going to cost."
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---- We Have The Answers: Form Committees, Subcommittees and Task Forces to study the Problem.

--- Lunch Time, Lets Eat !!!

--- How much does it cost to say, "You haze, you are OUT !!" ?

--- Hyperbolic -- extravagant .. exaggeration

--- Friedrich Nietzsche (a German philosopher .. 1844–1900) .. paraphrasing ... All things are subject to interpretation and that who ever has the POWER determines the TRUTH !!

--- Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (March 16, 1927 – March 26, 2003) - "Every man is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts."
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FAMU seeking more funds to fight hazing

Tallahassee Democrat | Posted: June 7, 2012 3:00 AM
TAGS: North

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FAMU plans to spend in excess of a million dollars more next year to hire new staff devoted to eradicate hazing and repair the university's image in the wake of drum major's Robert Champion's November death.
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Photos by Mike Ewen/Democrat Florida A&M University President James Ammons vowed Thursday to fix the problems at FAMU despite getting a vote of no-confidence from the board of trustees as they met to talk about the president's goals. During the afternoon session, members voted 8-4 to give Ammons a vote of no-confidence. Ammons vowed to make serious changes for FAMU's future growth. / Mike Ewen/Democrat

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Democrat senior writer

FILED UNDER
Policy And Politics
Florida A&M Policy And Politics

Despite no-confidence vote, Ammons vows to stay at FAMU helm
11:19 PM, Jun. 7, 2012

www.fsunews.com/article/20120608/POLITICSPOLICY06/2060803...

Despite a second public rebuke by his own board, FAMU President James H. Ammons pledged Thursday to stay on and address the problems plaguing the university.

"I hear you loudly and clearly," Ammons told the board. "I understand there are some measures that I have to take as president of this university to fix things and I am going to fix them."

A majority of FAMU's board of trustees supported a no-confidence vote against Ammons at its Thursday meeting. Eight of the 12 sitting board members voted in favor of the motion offered by Trustee Bill Jennings.

The move marked the second time in about six months board members expressed their displeasure with the president's performance. At a December board meeting following the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion, a majority of trustees voted to publicly reprimand Ammons. The votes, however, were lacking to place him on administrative leave as desired by a few members.

Jennings, who has served on the board for a dozen years and is a former chairman, said it was his stewardship and fiduciary responsibility to call Ammons to task for a variety of problems plaguing the institution under his command. Specifically, Jennings cited Ammons' lack of knowledge that 101 members of the Marching 100 last fall were not enrolled in FAMU's required band class and had "absolutely no relation" to the university, yet received per diem cash payments of university money. He said the board lacked the required vote of two-thirds to remove Ammons, but a message needed to be sent.

"There has been a breakdown in the leadership structure of the university as well as the internal controls," Jennings said. "I have lost confidence in his ability to lead us through this crisis."
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Spurgeon McWilliams makes a point Thursday with fellow trustee Narayan Persaud. / Mike Ewen/Democrat

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Added Jennings, who said Thursday that scheduling conflicts could mean Thursday was his last meeting before going off the board in January: "I cannot hold the people who report to Dr. Ammons accountable, but I can hold Dr. Ammons accountable."

Most of the board agreed. Only Chairman Solomon Badger and trustees Dr. Spurgeon McWilliams, Kelvin Lawson and Marjorie Turnbull declined to support the no-confidence vote.

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Despite no-confidence vote, Ammons vows to stay at FAMU helm
11:19 PM, Jun. 7, 2012

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"I don't think the reasons are there for a vote of no confidence," McWilliams said after the meeting. "I think there is a group of trustees who have an agenda that might be coming from downtown with the governor's office or the chancellor or some of these people but I think that's wrong."

Trustee Belinda Shannon — who did not support Ammons' December reprimand — said she is now "deeply troubled" by serious gaps in university oversight and communication.

"Leadership at the top requires a unique set of attributes," Shannon said. "I do question ... whether or not you possess those attributes."

Trustee Rufus Montgomery said he supported the no-confidence vote for many of the same reasons, including concerns expressed in a letter this week from Board of Governors Chairman Dean Colson. Among Colson's concerns were the administration's response to improprieties by top staffers, fraudulent internal audits and a lack of university control over the Marching 100.

Student Trustee Marissa West said there exists "a certain level of disconnect" between students and Lee Hall.

"There has been some concern that the university isn't as transparent or available to them," West said.

Faculty Trustee Narayan Persaud said FAMU's leadership is "lost in a wilderness of errors," and that the administration's frequent refrain that it was unaware of festering problems is "an indication of poor management."

Before casting his vote against Ammons, Trustee Corey Alston cautioned: "I hope the administration would get the message this time."

In a statement following the board meeting, the BOG's Colson applauded trustees for their action.

"I recognize how difficult it must be for the FAMU Board of Trustees to take aggressive steps to reverse the trend of the past year," Colson wrote. "The FAMU Board of Trustees' leadership has never been more needed, so I sincerely appreciate their direct engagement that continues to identify, research and resolve every issue that needs their collective attention."

Others, however, including the FAMU National Alumni President Tommy Mitchell and state Rep. Alan Williams, decried the board's no-confidence vote.

"Dr. Ammons is well respected ... as a community, we are fortunate to have him at the helm," said Williams, a Democrat from Tallahassee and FAMU graduate, who drove to campus to speak at the meeting when he learned of the no-confidence vote. "I stand with Dr. Ammons and I have confidence in the future of Florida A&M University."

Ammons would not say after the meeting what he talked about in one-on-one sidebar conversations with board members before the vote. Instead, he stressed he has no intention to step down voluntarily.

"I am committed to FAMU," he said. "This is my university and until the final bell rings, I am going to serve as president of Florida A&M University."
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Photos by Mike Ewen/Democrat Dr. Larry Robinson makes a point Wednesday during opening discussions. "We already feel we have an overbloated administrative bureaucracy. Adding layers of bureaucracy doesn't really address institutional problems," said Persaud. FAMU Board of trustees met to talk about an anti-hazing plan on the college campus. / Mike Ewen/Democrat

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FAMU seeking more funds to fight hazing
Ammons: Important to send message that FAMU 'will not tolerate hazing'

Written by
Jennifer Portman
Democrat senior writer

FILED UNDER
News
Local

11:53 PM, Jun 6, 2012

www.tallahassee.com/article/20120607/NEWS01/206070327/100...

FAMU plans to spend in excess of a million dollars more next year to hire new staff devoted to eradicate hazing and repair the university's image in the wake of drum major's Robert Champion's November death.

During the first day of a two-day FAMU board of trustees retreat Wednesday, administrators outlined budget requests for the next fiscal year, including an estimated 7,000 to pay for a new special anti-hazing assistant to the president and a compliance officer to police the Marching 100 and other university bands. Administrators also asked for about 0,000 for a "rebranding campaign" and 9,000 to beef up staffing in the university's Judicial Affairs office, which deals with violations of student conduct codes.

Toward the end of the eight-hour day, Trustee Karl White quipped: "Hazing is dead, the question is how much the funeral is going to cost."

Trustees are considering the additional spending requests as they decide at their formal meeting today whether to approve a 15-percent tuition increase proposed by the administration. That increase would help make up for rising costs and decreasing state funding. Administrators recommend dipping into the university's reserves to cover a .8 million shortfall, FAMU's portion of a 0 million cut the Legislature imposed this year on the State University System.

FAMU also faces a projected 18 percent enrollment drop for the fall semester. Chief Financial Officer Teresa Hardee said the anticipated decrease of about 450 students would result in an additional revenue loss of .5 million.

If trustees approve the 15 percent tuition increase and use of reserves, FAMU's base overall budget for the next fiscal year would be about 0 million — most of that is million from tuition and fee payments and million from the state general revenue. Five years ago, FAMU received 6 million from state general-revenue support.

Board member Rufus Montgomery pushed administrators to justify their requests for additional money. The school's various divisions submitted budget requests for ongoing and additional needs totaling about 9 million.

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FAMU seeking more funds to fight hazing
Ammons: Important to send message that FAMU 'will not tolerate hazing'
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"If you can request money I would like you to be able to explain to us, for budget proposes, what you would do if we took money away?" Montgomery said.

The budget request contains an additional 0,000 for Ammons' office, which includes the two new anti-hazing positions and up to 0,000 for the hiring of a chief operating officer.

Board members said they supported paying for the anti-hazing assistant and band compliance officer — a position officials said appears to be unique in higher education — but were cool to the idea of adding a new COO.

"We already feel we have an overbloated administrative bureaucracy," said faculty Trustee Narayan Persaud. "Adding layers of bureaucracy doesn't really address institutional problems."

Ammons told the board he could live without the COO position and a 5,000 renovation of his conference room — an idea, he added, pushed by his staff. But he said adding the two hazing positions "is a must."

"I think it is important we send the right message around campus that we will not tolerate hazing," Ammons said. "If we didn't have those two positions there may be a question as to whether or not we are serious."

FAMU officials want to spend about 0,000 on a "rebranding campaign" of the university. If approved by the board, the campaign would lay the ground work for a five-year million fundraising effort. In addition to the 0,000, which in part would pay for a new executive director of communications and an outside marketing firm, administrators are seeking 0,000 to hire three new people to work on the fundraising campaign.

Current FAMU spokeswoman Sharon Saunders would move from her role to become a new associate vice president of advancement. A new director of communications would be hired.

Trustee Belinda Shannon said the rebranding campaign must include a comprehensive communication strategy as the university works to reinvent its image in the wake of Champion's death, endemic hazing on campus and other persistent institutional problems.
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FAMU seeking more funds to fight hazing
Ammons: Important to send message that FAMU 'will not tolerate hazing'
11:53 PM, Jun 6, 2012

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"We are facing a crisis of historical proportion," she said.

Trustee White warned that the amount requested for the campaign may not be enough.

"I am confident we have more than an 0,000 problem," he said.

After a vote by the board, FAMU's budget recommendation will be forwarded to the Board of Governors for approval at its meeting later this month.

In addition to the general operating budget, trustees also will vote today on a new, short-term anti-hazing plan. That plan, which was presented to the board Wednesday, would establish new eligibility rules for the university's bands, including the Marching 100.

"I know that we have ahead of us a big task of restoring the trust and the confidence in this university to provide a safe environment for our students, faculty, staff and anyone who is associated with Florida A&M University," Ammons said.

The proposed changes to "NCAA-like" rules call for all band members to be full-time FAMU students making adequate progress toward their degrees with at least a 2.5 grade-point average. Band practice could not exceed 20 hours a week and membership in the band would be limited to four years. Ammons said the changes would result in a "smaller, but higher quality" Marching 100. The band remains suspended at least through next spring.

"I have looked at the current academic record of the band, and many of them would not be in the band," Ammons said.

He added he may revisit allowing students from other schools, such as Tallahassee Community College, to join the band. Ammons, when he was named president in 2007, reversed the controversial decision by Interim President Castell Bryant to exclude outside students from the band, but acknowledged, "It didn't work the way it was laid out to work."

University officials discovered that last fall, 101 band members were not enrolled in FAMU's required band course.

The structure of the music department also would be different under the new plan. Unlike in the past under retired band director and music department chairman Julian White, the head of the music department will not be allowed to also serve as a director of any of FAMU's ensembles, including the Marching 100.

"We thought it was not appropriate to have the director of marching and prep bands be the department chair at the same time," said Provost Larry Robinson, who laid out the anti-hazing plan to trustees. "You have limited checks and balances there ... That was too much authority, too much power."

Despite the steps being taken to root out hazing, administrators and trustees agreed ending the practice may take years. Robinson said some institutions continue to grapple with the problem a decade after a student hazing death.

"You've always got to be concerned about reoccurrence," said Trustee Dr. Spurgeon McWilliams, whose own son was hazed when he was in the band. "With a significant disease like this is, it could take five to 10 years."
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FAMU events director facing fraud charges
ASSOCIATED PRESS

August 28, 2012 10:20 AM

Posted in: News Tagged: FAMU

www.news-journalonline.com/breakingnews/2012/08/famu-even...

TALLAHASSEE -- Florida A&M University's events director is facing travel expense and per diem fraud charges.

A Florida Department of Law Enforcement spokeswoman said today that Tammy Hamlet turned herself in to authorities Monday night. She was freed on her own recognizance.

The 45-year-old woman is facing eight misdemeanor counts. She is accused of defrauding ,821.41 from the university.

FLDE spokesman Gretl Plessinger said the investigation was continuing and there may be other arrests.

A university spokeswoman did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Hamlet was not in her office today and did not immediately respond to an email..
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HOME HOME FAMU EVENTS DIRECTOR ARRESTED
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FAMU EVENTS DIRECTOR ARRESTED
Written by Elgin Jones

www.sfltimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=vi...


Tammy Hamlet, Florida A&M University’s director of university events, has been charged with eight misdemeanor counts of fraudulently claiming per diem and travel expenses.

Hamlet, 45, surrendered at the Leon County Jail on Monday night.

An investigation coinducted by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement found she falsely claimed ,821 in school-related travel expenses.

The issue was discovered during an ongoing investigation into the finances related to FAMU’s Marching 100 band, but the charges against her are not related to the band.

The expenses are related to trips taken in 2010 and 2011.

Hamlet has been released on bail and her arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 18.
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ZOMG
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Dear GQ:

I can't thank you enough for letting me subscribe to your magazine.

Well done!

Day 43 of my Photo-A-Day project.


Lost in Translation?
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I've been wondering for a while what 'Le-Sais-tu' and all the other accompanying text on this page means, perhaps anyone who knows French can translate it for me.

The image here is from amongst those I uploaded on Flickr in connection with an article I wrote on Karachi's recent ban on all plastic bags below the 30 micron weight limit. A Canadian children's magazine from Montreal by the name of Les Explorateurs were doing a feature on the environment and they used this image on page 10 of their June issue, a complementary copy of which was mailed to me last week.

To see the original image used here click here , to see the front cover of the magazine click here and to see the entire page 10 of the magazine click here . To read the article I used this image for, go to Karachi Metroblog here. Other versions of the same article were also published at Desicritics (see this) and Chowk (see this)


pages 1 & 2
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A four page spread of my Mexico photos is featured in this month's travelgirl magazine!

Petal

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Petal
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Pentax K-7 • Pentax DA* 200mm f:2.8 ED SDM
soufflet Novoflex bellows
Metz Flash 48 AF-1 Digital


Half Tulip
flash photo
Image by fs999
Pentax K-5 • 80 ISO • Tamron SP 90mm f:2.8 Di Macro
Metz Flash 48 AF-1 Digital with softbox
Nissin SC-01 universal shoe cord


In the Dark
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Pentax K-5 • 80 ISO • Pentax DA* 50-135mm f:2.8 SDM
Walimex Pro Flash 3x VC-400

MUST BE SEEN ON BLACK !

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Cool Image Shack images

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Catty Shack Ranch
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Image by The Jordan Collective
NIkon D3s | Nikon AF-Nikkor 80-200mm ƒ/2.8D ED @ 185mm | 1/500th sec | ƒ/2.8 | ISO-500

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Red Shack
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Image by carpetfibers
Abandonded red shack in the woods near Blissfield, Michigan.

3 Image HDR (Photomatix 4.2.2) plus lots of manipulation with Nik Color Efex Pro4, Silver Efex Pro2, and Viveza.

Better large (hit the "L" key).


Catty Shack Ranch
image shack
Image by The Jordan Collective
NIkon D3s | Nikon AF-Nikkor 80-200mm ƒ/2.8D ED @ 200mm | 1/160th sec | ƒ/2.8 | ISO-200

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9-7-06_Unititled_053
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2. Don't claim you made it.
3. Don't sell it or something made from it.

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