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While Waiting for the Turkey. . .
When Thanksgiving arrives, there tends to be a flurry of action, chopping, mixing, baking, and more, for the adults. But what about the kids? Sure, some assistance from your little helpers is appreciated, but when the kitchen becomes full and a little too warm, you may be seeking alternate entertainment for your kids.
Rather than sending them to a screen for entertainment, how about a craft that will keep them busy and amused?
*Thankful Turkey Hands-
Trace hand on construction paper. Add turkey beak and googly eyes, and decorate with feathers. On the back of the decorated turkey list the things about grandma, grandpa, or other special guest that are special and for which your child is thankful.
--Courtesy of Cindy Goodman McGee,
Graphic Designer, Art Teacher
Glam Leaves-
Cut leaf shapes out of foam sheets with adhesive backs. Attach rhinestones and glitter to the sticky side (no glue needed). Hang with a ribbon.
--Courtesy of Sandy Sandler, founder of non-profit Crafters 4 Kids
Punched Turkey Placecard-
The only things you need are a few punches (scallop and two circle sizes), any card stock you want to use, and some glue or glue dots. If you want to draw eyes or make a place card, markers can be used for that. To view the finished project, visit Stamp Monkeys.
--Courtesy of Marni Levett
Coloring Pages-
For a really simple distraction, visit Coloring.US.com. They have a terrific assortment of Thanksgiving coloring pages that can be printed free of charge. All you need to supply are coloring instruments!
--Courtesy of Frank Calderon
http://www.yourparentinginfo.com/while-waiting-for-the-turkey/#more-1189
While Waiting for the Turkey. . .
When Thanksgiving arrives, there tends to be a flurry of action, chopping, mixing, baking, and more, for the adults. But what about the kids? Sure, some assistance from your little helpers is appreciated, but when the kitchen becomes full and a little too warm, you may be seeking alternate entertainment for your kids.
Rather than sending them to a screen for entertainment, how about a craft that will keep them busy and amused?
*Thankful Turkey Hands-
Trace hand on construction paper. Add turkey beak and googly eyes, and decorate with feathers. On the back of the decorated turkey list the things about grandma, grandpa, or other special guest that are special and for which your child is thankful.
--Courtesy of Cindy Goodman McGee,
Graphic Designer, Art Teacher
Glam Leaves-
Cut leaf shapes out of foam sheets with adhesive backs. Attach rhinestones and glitter to the sticky side (no glue needed). Hang with a ribbon.
--Courtesy of Sandy Sandler, founder of non-profit Crafters 4 Kids
Punched Turkey Placecard-
The only things you need are a few punches (scallop and two circle sizes), any card stock you want to use, and some glue or glue dots. If you want to draw eyes or make a place card, markers can be used for that. To view the finished project, visit Stamp Monkeys.
--Courtesy of Marni Levett
Coloring Pages-
For a really simple distraction, visit Coloring.US.com. They have a terrific assortment of Thanksgiving coloring pages that can be printed free of charge. All you need to supply are coloring instruments!
--Courtesy of Frank Calderon
http://www.yourparentinginfo.com/while-waiting-for-the-turkey/#more-1189
AIGA Art Auction | Artist
AIGA Arizona is pleased to have presented over 100 original works of art from local artists including Cindy Goodman McGee.
Goodman donated an original oil on canvas framed beautifully. The piece was one of the first to be snapped up as the bidding started.
Funds raised benefitted Free Arts of Arizona. Free Arts of Arizona is a non-profit organization that fosters creativity for at-risk youth. Funds also benefit AIGA Arizona’s student and professional programming.
http://www.aigaartauction.org/
Leran more about Free Arts of Arizona
www.FreeArtsAZ.org
A non-profit organization dedicated to bringing the healing powers of artistic expression into the lives of abused, neglected and at risk children and their families.
Goodman donated an original oil on canvas framed beautifully. The piece was one of the first to be snapped up as the bidding started.
Funds raised benefitted Free Arts of Arizona. Free Arts of Arizona is a non-profit organization that fosters creativity for at-risk youth. Funds also benefit AIGA Arizona’s student and professional programming.
http://www.aigaartauction.org/
Leran more about Free Arts of Arizona
www.FreeArtsAZ.org
A non-profit organization dedicated to bringing the healing powers of artistic expression into the lives of abused, neglected and at risk children and their families.
San Diego Union Tribune :: Freestyle Audio's Soundwave MP3 player shown with Qualcomm's Mirasol display screen
New screen promises to add clarity to devices
By Jonathan Sidener
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
May 20, 2008
Freestyle Audio's Soundwave MP3 player shown with Qualcomm's Mirasol display screen.
Someday in the not-too-distant future, you may stand in the bright daylight and view color images and video on your cell phone without squinting or blocking the sun with your hand.
Qualcomm and San Diego-based Freestyle Audio will announce today plans for a commercial product that marks a big step toward that cell phone screen of the future, offering reduced power consumption in addition to full color and enhanced readability.
The device is expected to let surfers and other outdoor enthusiasts check music playlists on audio players with reflective displays that serve up information as if it were colored ink printed on paper.
And, like totally bonus, dude – it's waterproof.
“One of the challenges we have is that surfers using our MP3 player want to see their playlists when they're out on the water, in between waves,” Freestyle Audio founder Lance Freid said. “The sun is so bright. This is a perfect technology for us. It's a match made in heaven.”
Freestyle Audio markets a line of ruggedized, waterproof music players designed for fans of action sports and traditional outdoor activities.
Fried said the company jumped at the chance to work with Qualcomm, which is developing a display technology based on MEMS, or micro-electromechanical systems.
Advertisement Unlike today's LCD screens, which require a power-hungry back light, Qualcomm's Mirasol line creates colored pixels by harnessing an optical illusion: the rainbow effect created when light bounces off a layer of oil spread across the surface of water.
By manipulating optical material at a microscopic level, the company controls the rainbow effect for 160 dots per inch in the screen to be added to the Freestyle Audio player.
Last year, Qualcomm announced the first product to incorporate a Mirasol display, a black-and-white screen for an Acoustic Research music player. Since then, it's added seven more customers for the black-and-white version of the technology, including three cell phone manufacturers.
Meanwhile, engineers have been scrambling to upgrade from black and white to color – a steppingstone on the way to color video.
The company is working toward larger screens in its march toward taking over the phone's main screen, said Jim Cathey, vice president of business development for Qualcomm MEMS Technologies. The first color screen is slightly less than 1 inch, measured diagonally.
“We can easily do video at 15 frames per second,” Cathey said. “At 1.2 inches, a screen is big enough to be a phone's main display.”
The advance from black and white to color is significant, said Shiv Bakhshi, director of mobile device technology at market research firm IDC. The advantages of the Mirasol screens are unlikely to catch on without color.
“We're not going back to black-and-white cell phones,” Bakhshi said.
The lack of visibility in daylight and LCD power consumption are hurdles to the evolution of phones into multimedia players and portable computing devices, he said. Whether Qualcomm's technology conquers the marketplace remains to be seen, Bakhshi said. But reflective displays appear to be the way of the future.
“Someday we'll look back and wonder how we ever got by without them,” he said.
Jonathan Sidener: (619) 293-1239; jonathan.sidener@uniontrib.com
By Jonathan Sidener
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
May 20, 2008
Freestyle Audio's Soundwave MP3 player shown with Qualcomm's Mirasol display screen.
Someday in the not-too-distant future, you may stand in the bright daylight and view color images and video on your cell phone without squinting or blocking the sun with your hand.
Qualcomm and San Diego-based Freestyle Audio will announce today plans for a commercial product that marks a big step toward that cell phone screen of the future, offering reduced power consumption in addition to full color and enhanced readability.
The device is expected to let surfers and other outdoor enthusiasts check music playlists on audio players with reflective displays that serve up information as if it were colored ink printed on paper.
And, like totally bonus, dude – it's waterproof.
“One of the challenges we have is that surfers using our MP3 player want to see their playlists when they're out on the water, in between waves,” Freestyle Audio founder Lance Freid said. “The sun is so bright. This is a perfect technology for us. It's a match made in heaven.”
Freestyle Audio markets a line of ruggedized, waterproof music players designed for fans of action sports and traditional outdoor activities.
Fried said the company jumped at the chance to work with Qualcomm, which is developing a display technology based on MEMS, or micro-electromechanical systems.
Advertisement Unlike today's LCD screens, which require a power-hungry back light, Qualcomm's Mirasol line creates colored pixels by harnessing an optical illusion: the rainbow effect created when light bounces off a layer of oil spread across the surface of water.
By manipulating optical material at a microscopic level, the company controls the rainbow effect for 160 dots per inch in the screen to be added to the Freestyle Audio player.
Last year, Qualcomm announced the first product to incorporate a Mirasol display, a black-and-white screen for an Acoustic Research music player. Since then, it's added seven more customers for the black-and-white version of the technology, including three cell phone manufacturers.
Meanwhile, engineers have been scrambling to upgrade from black and white to color – a steppingstone on the way to color video.
The company is working toward larger screens in its march toward taking over the phone's main screen, said Jim Cathey, vice president of business development for Qualcomm MEMS Technologies. The first color screen is slightly less than 1 inch, measured diagonally.
“We can easily do video at 15 frames per second,” Cathey said. “At 1.2 inches, a screen is big enough to be a phone's main display.”
The advance from black and white to color is significant, said Shiv Bakhshi, director of mobile device technology at market research firm IDC. The advantages of the Mirasol screens are unlikely to catch on without color.
“We're not going back to black-and-white cell phones,” Bakhshi said.
The lack of visibility in daylight and LCD power consumption are hurdles to the evolution of phones into multimedia players and portable computing devices, he said. Whether Qualcomm's technology conquers the marketplace remains to be seen, Bakhshi said. But reflective displays appear to be the way of the future.
“Someday we'll look back and wonder how we ever got by without them,” he said.
Jonathan Sidener: (619) 293-1239; jonathan.sidener@uniontrib.com
San Diego Humane Society | Original Artwork
Dog Digs & Cat Cribs:
Decor and More for Those on Four!
Local designers who are members of the San Diego chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)revamped the San Diego Humane Society’s animal habitats in January.These exciting pro-bono redesigns challenged the talents of some of San Diego’s top designers to build beautiful and whimsical habitats that promote the human-animal bond while also maintaining animal safety and habitat durability
Decor and More for Those on Four!
Local designers who are members of the San Diego chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)revamped the San Diego Humane Society’s animal habitats in January.These exciting pro-bono redesigns challenged the talents of some of San Diego’s top designers to build beautiful and whimsical habitats that promote the human-animal bond while also maintaining animal safety and habitat durability
Dog Digs and Cat Cribs for San Diego Humane Society
Local Poway artist, Cindy Goodman, donated original art work to SD Humane Society as part of the redesign of pet rooms.Goodman worked along side Interior Designer, Patricia Richter, to help revamp one of the many shelter’s animal habitats.
The public got its first peek at the San Diego Humane Society’s new designer animal habitats Jan. 27, when the shelter invited the community to view the work of local designers and artists. The “cat cribs” and “dog digs” features exciting pro-bono designs dreamed up by San Diego's top creatives.
The redesigned habitats are part of the shelter’s philosophy that placing animals in home-like situations helps to better prepare them for new homes. Shelter staff believe that simulated domestic environments help reduce stress on the cats and dogs, which helps them stay healthier. The home-like appearance is also more pleasing to potential pet owners, creating an inviting atmosphere in which to adopt a new pet.
Goodman's series highlighed milestones of Dog first such as Lakia, the first dog in space and Rin Tin Tin, the first movie star dog.
More than 40 members of the San Diego chapter of ASID volunteered their expertise to redesign the 24 dog apartments and 15 cat habitats at the San Diego Humane Society. The project is part of the chapter’s community service program, and the designers each worked with pet safety guidelines to create unique spaces for the animals.
The shelter was closed from Jan. 22-26 while the designers put the finishing touches on their habitats. The shelter reopened Jan. 27, inviting the public to view the new custom spaces.
For more information about the San Diego Humane Society, visit the shelter’s website at www.sdhumane.org.
For additional information about Poway Artist, Cindy Goodman, please email cheryl@theprchannel.com or call 858-525-5084.
The public got its first peek at the San Diego Humane Society’s new designer animal habitats Jan. 27, when the shelter invited the community to view the work of local designers and artists. The “cat cribs” and “dog digs” features exciting pro-bono designs dreamed up by San Diego's top creatives.
The redesigned habitats are part of the shelter’s philosophy that placing animals in home-like situations helps to better prepare them for new homes. Shelter staff believe that simulated domestic environments help reduce stress on the cats and dogs, which helps them stay healthier. The home-like appearance is also more pleasing to potential pet owners, creating an inviting atmosphere in which to adopt a new pet.
Goodman's series highlighed milestones of Dog first such as Lakia, the first dog in space and Rin Tin Tin, the first movie star dog.
More than 40 members of the San Diego chapter of ASID volunteered their expertise to redesign the 24 dog apartments and 15 cat habitats at the San Diego Humane Society. The project is part of the chapter’s community service program, and the designers each worked with pet safety guidelines to create unique spaces for the animals.
The shelter was closed from Jan. 22-26 while the designers put the finishing touches on their habitats. The shelter reopened Jan. 27, inviting the public to view the new custom spaces.
For more information about the San Diego Humane Society, visit the shelter’s website at www.sdhumane.org.
For additional information about Poway Artist, Cindy Goodman, please email cheryl@theprchannel.com or call 858-525-5084.
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As an Illustrator, I seek to unearth the hidden meanings and create the unexpected.
I look for that which is tactile and organic in a world of acrylic nails and plastic sandals.
Illustration allows me the visual acoustics of an orchestra, a complex layering of color, texture and emotions combined with the written word to support my vision or my clients’ message.
www.cindygoodman.com
I look for that which is tactile and organic in a world of acrylic nails and plastic sandals.
Illustration allows me the visual acoustics of an orchestra, a complex layering of color, texture and emotions combined with the written word to support my vision or my clients’ message.
www.cindygoodman.com
