Product Design Graduate Vladimir Almonnord Wins Student ...

Product Design graduate and Student Leadership Award recipient Vladimir Almonnord.

?There?s nothing more pleasant than helping someone in need and watching them achieve success,? said Product Design graduate Vladimir Almonnord, recipient of Art Center?s Student Leadership Award for the Spring 2013 term. ?It?s the fuel that keeps me going and that motivates me at times I feel defeated.?

Each term, Art Center presents the Student Leadership Award to a deserving student from the College. The award is a distinguished honor granted to a graduating student who exemplifies leadership qualities and accomplishments that stand out above their peers.

?He has a passion for the process of designing meaningful products, is a superb visual storyteller and produces exceptional results on a grand scale,? said one faculty nominator of Almonnord, a?student who forged a unique path that fused product design, illustration, entertainment design and transportation design.

?What surprised me the most about him was how he shares his time and thoughts with almost anyone and everyone that approached him,? said a student nominator.

?He reminds me of what kind of growth is possible, not just in skills, but in character, professionalism and attitude,? added another faculty nominator of Almonnord?who, as a team leader for the Designmatters?Change on the Streets?transdisciplinary studio, helped address two critical issues facing the city of Pasadena: homelessness and panhandling.

?Perhaps his most important leadership achievement while at Art Center is how he willingly nurtured the talents of his peers,? said Dean of Students Jeffrey Hoffman when introducing Almonnord to the stage at last week?s graduation ceremony.

Cruisr, a student project by Product Design graduate Vladimir Almonnord.

Hoffman went on to describe Almonnord as a student who was always available to assist students with their projects or portfolios. As a peer mentor, he helped new students make connections in their community. As a member and co-leader of Concept Help, he helped lower-term students push their projects further. And as a teaching assistant, he helped his colleagues expand their perspectives on the possibilities of design.

After receiving the award, Almonnord told the audience a story about his second day of orientation when he was nervously scoping out his competition. ?[Product Design Chair] Karen Hofmann then told us, ?Remember the faces you see in this room today. These are your peers, your friends and your network that will extend far beyond the borders of Art Center,?? said Almonnord. ?A few terms passed by, and before I even realized it, my perspective had changed. I no longer saw my classmates as competitors but as peers. As creatives. As individuals that had alternative perspectives and skills that we could leverage off each other and grow exponentially as artists and designers.?

Students who receive the Student Leadership Award represent the character, the integrity and the skills that Art Center desires for all students to develop during their time at the College. Recipients must have represented student interests by providing outstanding leadership through broad involvement in Art Center campus life.

Additionally, Almonnord received a number of scholarships throughout his Art Center career, including the Toyota Motor Corporation Endowed Scholarship in 2010 and 2011.

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Tags: Concept Help, Designmatters, Jeffrey Hoffman, Karen Hofmann, Peer mentor, Student Leadership Award, Vladimir Almonnord

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Source: http://blogs.artcenter.edu/dottedline/2013/05/02/student-leadership-vladimar-almonnord/

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S_47P::::10 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. FRIENDS OF BOMB SUSPECT ACCUSED OF PROTECTING HIM

Three classmates of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are accused of lying to investigators and conspiring to destroy evidence in the bombing.

2. DETAINED AMERICAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN NORTH KOREA

Kenneth Bae was ordered to serve hard labor for crimes against the state in a case that complicates strained ties between Pyongyang and Washington.

3. REPRODUCTIVE GROUPS DENOUNCE US APPEAL ON PLAN B

They say lowering the age to 15 for purchasers of the morning-after pill makes emergency contraception available for women of all ages.

4. OBAMA VISIT TO MEXICO AIMS TO BREAK GROUND IN IMMIGRATION

The AP's Jim Kuhnhenn reports the president needs Mexico's growing economy and a president able to secure the border to sell his immigration overhaul in the U.S.

5.RISING TOLL IN BANGLADESH

Rescuers have now found 430 bodies in the debris of the collapsed garment factory, as a mass Muslim funeral is held for unidentified victims.

6. WHAT KIDS HAVE MORE OF

A study says 1 in 20 now have food allergies, a 50 percent increase from the late 1990s.

7. HOW COLONISTS SURVIVED THE 'STARVING TIME'

Recently discovered bones of a 14-year-old girl show clear signs that she was eaten ? the first solid evidence of cannibalism in 17th-century Jamestown, Va.

8. JODI ARIAS MURDER TRIAL HEADED FOR CONCLUSION

Final arguments are to begin in Phoenix today in the case that has made worldwide headlines with lurid tales of sex and a bloody killing of an ex-boyfriend.

9. WHY MOUNTAIN DEW AD WAS PULLED

A 60-second that depicted a battered white woman on crutches being urged to identify a suspect out of a lineup of black men was criticized for portraying racial stereotypes.

10. KRIS KROSS RAPPER DIES OF SUSPECTED OVERDOSE

Chris Kelly, half of the 1990s kid rap duo who made "Jump" one of the decade's most memorable songs, died in Atlanta at age 34.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/10-things-know-today-101340019.html

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'MythBusters' tackles 'the one that got away'

TV

Ree Hines TODAY contributor

14 hours ago

"MythBusters" is back for an all-new season Wednesday night, and it's a special occasion. The show is turning 10!

According to a press release, over the last decade, the Busters have "tested 885 myths, filmed over 7200 hours, created 815 explosions and used 43,500 yards of duct tape." Still, hosts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage aren't quite satisfied.

So, to celebrate their big anniversary, they've decided go back and tackle a test they call "the one that got away."

"It's the urban legend that began the busting," a narrator reveals in a preview exclusive to TODAY.com. "Supposedly, an airman strapped a jet-assisted takeoff unit (JATO) to his Impala, and rocketed across the dessert at 350 miles per hour. But when he hit a bump, his car took to the air and soared for over a mile, until a cliff brought his journey to an abrupt end."

Actually, it's a myth that "got away" from them twice -- once, when they attempted recreate the stunt on the show's pilot episode in 2003, and once again, in 2007. Now it's time for another attempt to get airborne.

For this one, Hyneman and Savage are bringing in the Build Team -- Grant Imahara, Tory Belleci and Kari Byron -- to lend a hand.

"We do two launches," Savage informs the group in the above clip. "The first one is the original myth, as stated: Get a Chevy Impala, strap a reliable set of rockets to it, light them up and aim it towards a bump in the road."

The second launch?

"We up the rocket power, and we add a ramp," Byron grinned.

See how it all works out this time when the "Mythbusters" season premiere airs May 1 at 9 p.m. on Discovery.

Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/mythbusters-preview-10-years-later-busters-go-back-beginning-6C9690378

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NCAA finds nothing wrong with Lance Thomas' bling ? and never will

By the time anybody became interested in Lance Thomas? taste in jewelry, he already had been gone from college basketball more than two years. He?d played some in the NBA?s D-League, and more than anyone might have expected in the NBA itself.

So it stood to reason if the NCAA came calling to ask about how he came by the $30,000 he spent as a down payment on some custom-made jewelry during the middle of his senior season with the Duke Blue Devils, or how he expected to come up with the more than $60 grand he owed the jeweler to pay off the financing on his purchase, Thomas would present them with what amounted to a four-word answer:

None of your business.

His extravagance would never have been discovered had Thomas not been sued by the self-described ?celebrity jeweler? where he?d made his purchase, Rafaello & Co. of New York. The company brought suit in Texas last September alleging Thomas had failed to pay his bill?originally due within 15 days?after taking possession of the product.

Thomas is guilty of foolishness, perhaps even stupidity, on a lot of fronts here. First there?s a matter of blowing that much cash on something you can?t live in or drive. Gracious, even the movie stars borrow their biggest jewelry pieces on Oscar night. And they?re getting by on a good bit more than what is afforded a college athlete.

There?s also the matter of getting himself dragged into court, thus shining a backward spotlight on the ludicrous proposition of a college student spending nearly six figures on a pure luxury item and putting Duke in the position of ultimately having to defend itself against an NCAA investigation into Thomas? activities.

?The NCAA has found no evidence of a rules violation in this situation based on the information available, and both the NCAA and Duke consider the matter closed,? Duke associate AD Jon Jackson said in a statement from the school.

Whether or not he was guilty of an NCAA violation at the time all this occurred, though, was never going to be established given the time that lapsed from the point of purchase until Rafaello?s suit was publicized. The jeweler had no reason or obligation to disclose its business practices to the NCAA. And Thomas had no reason or obligation to reveal how or why he was so dumb with his money.

There?ll be lots of howls about how Duke is getting another call here, as though Thomas had jumped in front of an onrushing ballhandler and drawn a dubious charge. Thomas and the Devils went on to win the NCAA championship in 2010, and any finding against him might have imperiled that title. It's hard to imagine anyone at Duke ever sweated the possibility of bringing down a banner. The NCAA had about as much chance to prove wrongdoing here as a 16 seed does against a No. 1.

Unless the folks from Raffaello want to get all chatty, we?ll never understand why anyone in any business would look at a college kid and fork over a product worth considerably more than the average 3-bedroom house in San Antonio.

We'll never be comfortable with the intimation that a young man from a working family who'd spent four years on a full college scholarship would have been able to come up with the $30,000 he used as a down payment only by nefarious means.

We?ll certainly never believe anyone with access to a computer would encounter Thomas and conclude he deserved his line of credit on the basis he soon would be playing in the National Basketball Association. At the time he bought his diamonds, he was averaging 5.9 points. It took him nearly two years in the D-League to eventually play his way into the NBA.

You know how long you have to play in the D-League to afford six figures? worth of jewelry?

About four years.

And that?s if you don?t eat, buy clothes and live rent-free with relatives.

Source: http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2013-04-30/duke-investigation-lance-thomas-jewelry-ncaa-no-wrongdoing-blue-devils-lawsuit

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Canadian judge dismisses lawsuit against Chevron

TORONTO (AP) -- An attempt by Ecuadorian villagers to have a Canadian court enforce a $19 billion judgment against multinational oil giant Chevron Corp has been dismissed by the Ontario Superior Court.

Justice David Brown ruled Wednesday that the Canadian courts have no jurisdiction to enforce the controversial award handed down by an Ecuadorian court against Chevron.

The award to the villagers was made in Ecuador for black sludge contamination of a rainforest between 1972 and 1990 by Texaco, which Chevron Corp. bought in 2001. U.S.-based Chevron Corp. maintains it won't pay because it says Texaco dealt with the problem before it was bought.

Brown concluded the judgment was levied against Chevron Corp., and not Chevron Canada, therefore the subsidiary's assets do not belong to the U.S. parent company.

The villagers launched the court action in Canada last May, and started similar proceedings in Argentina and Brazil.

Alan Lenczner, the Toronto lawyer for the Ecuadorians, said they would appeal.

"It cannot be right that a multinational company that operates entirely through subsidiaries is immune from the enforcement of a judgment in Canada, particularly where the?subsidiary is 100% owned," Lenczner said in a statement.

Chevron said it was pleased with the court decision.

"This is a significant setback to the Ecuadorian plaintiffs' worldwide enforcement strategy given that it is premised on seeking to enforce the judgment against assets of Chevron Corporation subsidiaries that were not even parties to the Ecuadorian litigation," said Chevron spokesman Justin Higgs in an email. "The plaintiffs should be seeking enforcement in the United States ? where Chevron Corporation resides."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/canadian-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-against-005310187.html

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Roadside bombs kill 5 in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? Two roadside bombings in different parts of Afghanistan killed five people on Tuesday, including a local police commander credited with reducing the number of insurgent attacks in his area, officials said.

In the southern province of Kandahar, a bomb planted by the Taliban in the Shah Wali Kot district killed three civilians and wounded five, said Jawed Faisal, a spokesman for the provincial governor.

In the northern province of Kunduz, which borders Tajikistan, a roadside bomb destroyed a car carrying a local police commander, his driver and two other police officers as they traveled toward Kunduz City, said Abdul Nazar, a local council member.

Nazar said the blast in Archi district killed the driver and the commander, Miran, and wounded the two officers. Like many Afghans, Miran only used one name.

Sarwar Hussaini, a spokesman for chief of police in Kunduz province, blamed the Taliban for the attack. He said it was retaliation for Miran's success at improving security in his district.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/roadside-bombs-kill-5-afghanistan-124958549.html

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Israeli airstrike in Gaza kills 1 Palestinian

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) ? An Israeli aircraft attacked a motorcyclist in Gaza on Tuesday, killing the rider and wounding two other people in the first deadly airstrike in the Palestinian territory since a truce was reached with Palestinian militants last November.

The Israeli military said the airstrike killed Haitham Mishal, whom it identified as a jihadi militant involved in the April 17 rocket attack on the southern Israeli resort town of Eilat.

But Ashraf al-Kidra, Gaza's Health Ministry spokesman, said Mishal was a Palestinian police officer.

In a statement, the Israeli military said Mishal "has been a key terror figure, specializing in weapons and working with all of the terror organizations in the Gaza Strip." It said he manufactured weapons and specialized in rockets and explosive devices that he sold to militant groups.

Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers engaged in eight days of heavy fighting last November before reaching an Egyptian-brokered truce. Under the deal, Gaza militants pledged to halt rocket attacks on Israel, while Israel said it would halt a policy of assassinating wanted militants.

But after several months of calm, the truce has begun to unravel in recent weeks. Palestinian militants have sporadically fired rockets into open areas of southern Israel, while the Israeli air force has responded with airstrikes on training sites and open areas in Gaza.

Hamas is not believed to have been involved in the rocket fire, and small al-Qaida-influenced militant groups have claimed responsibility. But Israel has said it holds Hamas, as the ruling power in Gaza, to be responsible for all attacks out of the crowded seaside strip.

Israel said Mishal was involved in the jihadi group that claimed responsibility for the Eilat attack.

Israel viewed the rocket attack on Eilat, a normally tranquil oasis that borders the Red Sea and Egypt's Sinai desert, as an escalation. It accused Gaza militants of staging the attack, which caused no injuries, out of Egypt's lawless Sinai desert and threatened heavier retaliation.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/3d281c11a96b4ad082fe88aa0db04305/Article_2013-04-30-Israel-Palestinians/id-dcb345e2bb1d41f4a2d88e07a94282be

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