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2012

I have recently gone to see the movie 2012, and let me tell ya..it was a sight. I just can't imagine when the year actually comes to see what the people will do. The people that created this movie, are extremly talented and have a huge imagination. I think the special effects were amazing and the ideas of what could really happen are just.mind blowing.

pizzahutt move

plano is preparing to offer its largest economic package ever to lure Pizza Hut's corporate headquarters from Addison.

The package, drawn up during months of secret talks, includes grants and tax breaks totaling about $2.5 million. Plano's City Council will discuss the package Monday.

Officials say the multimillion-dollar deal is worth the cost for this city, which is struggling financially. Pizza Hut's impact, they say, could extend beyond the jobs it brings.

"It's not a done deal, but we're excited to be this close," Plano Mayor Phil Dyer said.

Should the company proceed, it would move at least 450 employees into a new $15 million office at Legacy Business Park in northwest Plano, according to the agreement. The yet-to-be-built structure would house nearly as much space as three football fields.

Pizza Hut officials could not be reached for comment. But a spokesman said earlier this week that the firm could come to Plano.

Addison Mayor Joe Chow said he was hopeful that the company, which moved to its current site along the Dallas North Tollway from Wichita, Kan., in 1995, would stay.

"It costs a lot to relocate," Chow said. "I don't believe that Plano is going to offer that much."

Pizza Hut would receive $2.1 million in cash as well as tax abatements through 2021, according to a copy of the incentives.

my haukney projects

current event

current event

A blood-orange blob the size of a small refrigerator emerged from the dark waters, its venomous tentacles trapped in a fishing net. Within minutes, hundreds more were being hauled up, a pulsating mass crowding out the catch of mackerel and sea bass.

The fishermen leaned into the nets, grunting and grumbling as they tossed the translucent jellyfish back into the bay, giants weighing up to 200 kilograms (450 pounds), marine invaders that are putting the men's livelihoods at risk.

The venom of the Nomura, the world's largest jellyfish, a creature up to 2 meters (6 feet) in diameter, can ruin a whole day's catch by tainting or killing fish stung when ensnared with them in the maze of nets here in northwest Japan's Wakasa Bay.

manyme 2

hockney project

ice sculpture

there is a new ice scultpure at the Gaylor Texun this year, which is THE GRINCH. The beloved chirstma meany who is loved by all.

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/1745276.html

Fort Hood

On Saturday, the Army officially released the names of the 13 who were killed in Thursday’s mass shooting.
Michael Grant Cahill, 62, of Cameron, a physician’s assistant who was working on the post as a contracted civilian
Maj. L. Eduardo Caraveo, 52, of Woodbridge, Va.
Staff Sgt. Justin M. DeCrow, 32, of Plymouth, Ind.
Capt. John P. Gaffaney, 54, of San Diego
Spc. Frederick Greene, 29, of Mountain City, Tenn.
Spc. Jason Dean Hunt, 22, of Tillman, Okla.
Sgt. Amy Krueger, 29, of Kiel, Wis.
Pfc. Aaron Thomas Nemelka, 19, of West Jordan, Utah
Pfc. Michael Pearson, 22, of Bolingbrook, Ill.
Capt. Russell Seager, 41, of Racine, Wis.
Pvt. Francheska Velez, 21, of Chicago. She was pregnant.
Lt. Col. Juanita Warman, 55, of Havre de Grace, Md.
Spc. Kham Xiong, 23, of St. Paul, Minn.

small town feeling

many me 1

horse video!

quicktime

this is my life

the polaroid camera

the polaroid camera is trying to make its way back

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/05/25/business/20090525-polaroid-feature.html?ref=technology

the walnut

The walnut is a surprisingly underrated health food. Studies show regular walnut consumption is associated with lowering bad cholesterol, raising good cholesterol and lowering risk for heart disease. In animal studies, walnuts have even been associated with slowing breast cancer growth.
Walnuts are unique among nuts because they are the only nut to contain large amounts of alpha-linolenic acid, one of the two major types of omega-3 fatty acids. (Other sources of alpha-linolenic acid are soybean, canola and flaxseed oil as well as some green vegetables like brussels sprouts and kale.)

alaphabet1

im so proud vaughn! i did the whole alphabet yay

more portraits

girl in mesquite

a little girl in mesquite (where im from) was only 9 years old, and she dies from the swine flu. She had the flu and then it developed into phnemonia, and its so horrible that she died. So make sure that we all are washing our hands and using germ-x because the flu is very dangerous and be a very serious illness.

im sick!

I have strep and my fever is back. so im not gonna be in class tonight unless you want me to get you all sick ;)

im sorry! il bring you a doctors note vaughn

spitting crickets

If you thought that all the over priced rides and all the fried foods were the nest part of the fair, well wait till you hear this. I guess that all the fried twinkies, fried peanitbutter banana sandwhiches, fried coke, and even FRIED BUTTER werent good enough, now a Dad and son team from Wisconson are new champions at cricket spitting haha. they spit the thawed cricket 22 feet and 8 inches. while the son spit it 10 feet and 5 inches.

haha this just made me laugh its hilarious all the things that the great state fairs can think of, i wonder whats gonna come next year..mabye cow tipping contests haha

portrait photography

i love the potographs with natural lighting and that looks real, not like all set up in a studio. i like the everyday stuff that shows how life really is, not how its made up to be..

this is by David Muench, its just so natural and beautiful.

i'v noticed that alot of the portrait photographers make their pictures black and white, which i also like. I think it shows a whole new light persay on the picture itself.

this is by Edward Weston

Margaret Bourke-White

Obama's Education Speech

I have been hearing on the news and reading on the local newspapers about the huge buzz going around about the speech President Obama is planning to give, that he wants all teachers around thge nation to show their classroom the speech live and also go by his recommended lesson planned that they have posted online.
I think thats its sad that when our President wants to give a speech and parents are freaking out because they don't want their children to hear it because they are thinking, "oh my gosh what is he going to say?" just because they don't like him does not give them the right to forbid their children from hearing a speech that he wants to share about staying in school and the importance of education. I mean even if you don't agree with him or voted against him in the campaign, he is still OUR President and we all need to respect him.

answers to questionnaire

1. Name, phone #, and e-mail:

Laura Beth Bridges

laurabethbridges@hotmail.com

2. What’s your major? What year will you graduate?

wildlife conservation-2011

3. Why did you choose a photography class (or photography as a major), and what do you hope to learn from school in general and this class specifically?

I chose it as my minor, i have always loved taking photos and wanted to learn some more about it.

4. What are your goals after graduation? Please list your goals in reverse order, starting five years out, then three, two, one, and six months.

5 years out i want to be worked up to being a game warden

4 years out i want to have a house built in commerce

3 years out i want to have kids

2 years out i want to have my own lab rescue shelter

1 year out i want to be marrried

6 months out ill still be in school but ill be a junior

5. What artists, musicians, photographers, writers, movies, books have influenced you/your work?

my dad is a christian musician, and living on our ranch inspires me, i also watch animal and discovery channels i love the nature shots of earth and just the world

6. Where do you get information about current national and international events?

on the tv an internet home pages

7. Are there any important websites that you are referencing for art/photo competitions and/or information?

i just type stuff into google

8. What museums and/or galleries have you been to in the past year?

i go to the dallas museum of art, and i have been to the Dday museum in new orleans

9. Have you had any photo projects and/ or training in the past?

nope

10. What is the value of art for the artist?

art in an artists life is what represents him or her on how they live

11. What is the value of art for the audience?

i really dont know, whatever relates to the audience

12. Is photography a vocation or an avocation?

vocation

13. What is your passion?

animals, music, photography. mainly animals, there the main part of my life

14.What are you afraid of? What makes you uncomfortable?

spiders. i hate rejection

15. Do you have a passport?

nope