Link IconCopy linkFacebook LogoShare on FacebookXShare on XEmailShare via EmailLink copied to clipboardWhere are the women Penn’s buildings mostly honor men | Opinion As a student at Penn my physical surroundings are constant reminders of the power men have had throughout history I am surrounded by buildings named after prestigious individuals people who excelled in their fields or had the means to donate large sums to the university Almost all — nearly 90% of Penn’s 189 buildings — are named for men Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics Other buildings are named for individuals who made significant contributions in their fields named for the famed astronomer and mathematician seeing mostly men be recognized through these naming processes is troubling This lack of representation makes me feel as if women aren’t powerful enough to be remembered and honored It’s also frustrating to see women’s achievements and legacies not get the enduring recognition they deserve My frustration over Penn’s buildings made me curious about whether or not other colleges and universities in the Philadelphia region have buildings named after women I contacted schools in Philly and nearby — including South Jersey and the suburbs — to find out how many buildings they had and whether those buildings were academic or not (the latter includes residence halls and administrative facilities) I used campus maps and other official materials to count by hand What I found did not surprise me: At each school I checked fewer than 30% of buildings are named for women Even when a woman does have a building in her name such as the Connelly Center at Villanova University has the highest total percentage of buildings named for a woman The next tier of schools had between 10% and 20% of buildings commemorating women and Rowan University have fewer than 10% of its buildings named after women Rutgers University-Camden and the Community College of Philadelphia — which had the fewest buildings total of the schools I looked at — don’t have any in the purpose of their buildings named for women More than half of the women-named buildings at Swarthmore (10 out of 14) and Villanova (8 of 10) were much more likely to name academic buildings Fifteen of Penn’s 18 women-named buildings were academic Although representation across all kinds of buildings matters to me it feels especially important to name academic buildings after women who led in specific fields Those women serve as evidence to female students that they a new STEM building is under construction — and the good news is that it will be named after a woman the American molecular biologist known for her contributions to solving the genetic code and a Swarthmore alum who made the financial contribution for the creation of the new hall a common practice when a large donation is made to fund construction on campuses Jane Lang told me by phone that her family chose Singer because “we wanted to recognize not only a Swarthmore alum and not only a person of distinction in the sciences but also a woman; there is a scarcity of recognition of women." Lang hopes that what will be remembered is “an enduring building that will stand reflecting [how] a woman from Swarthmore lived a life that reflected intellectual achievement [and] ethical leadership." The Langs’ decision is a reminder that those whose stories get elevated frame the conversation around what is important and what isn’t During 2017 and 2018, Robin Kirk, faculty co-chair of the Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute, led an initiative with students from Duke University to re-examine the people and events represented in the school She and her students found that many of the school’s physical structures were named after men tied to white supremacy and urged the school to change this “Naming is so important because it marks place ”Naming is both recognizing the names that are there but then also saying [how] there are names that are not here that we need to lift up Since Kirk and her team’s project was shared with Duke administrators the university has removed the name of Julian Carr from a building for his ties to white supremacy A committee is working on proposals for a new name I also hope that other colleges and universities look toward Duke’s model and take steps to prioritize women’s names on buildings until there is true equity women made up more than 56 percent of students on campuses nationwide Shouldn’t those women — myself included — be able to walk around campuses and feel represented by I know I would feel inspired if I attended classes in the Andrea Mitchell School of Journalism or the Elizabeth Banks Film Studies Center No part of this website or its content may be reproduced without the copyright owner's permission GAMESINDUSTRY.BIZ is a registered trademark of Gamer Network Limited The Löwenfest welcomes its visitors on the third weekend in October with colourful market hustle and bustle as well as an open Sunday between 1 and 6 pm in the city The latest trends of the autumn/winter season are ready and waiting and for the younger visitors the children's carousel happily makes its rounds on Alter Markt Those interested in sports will have a rendezvous at the Hachenburg Löwenlauf run by the DJK Marienstatt on the Saturday before the Löwenfest Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker BY SALVADOR RODRIGUEZ, STAFF REPORTER, INC. @SAL19 the San Francisco startup that makes GIF Keyboard is beginning to think about monetization strategies Text is useful for conveying information, but it can easily fail to capture what we’re feeling. And when you’re using your digital devices to communicate with friends, family members, or significant others, feeling is often more important than facts. That’s why people love using emoji which are looping animated images that help explain the tone of your message On mobile, however, sending a GIF is a complicated ordeal. You have to open your phone’s browser, go on Google, search images, hope a GIF comes up There are countless apps you can use to find and send GIFs but when the makers of GIF Keyboard launched their app they set up its algorithms to help users find the GIF that best expressed their emotion The strategy worked. GIF Keyboard became so popular after its launch in September 2014 that a month later Apple featured it in a keynote. The startup, which was formerly known as Riffsy but recently changed its name to Tenor is now an Apple partner as one of the GIF providers in the iPhone maker’s new #images app Tenor has raised more than $14 million in funding and is now a team of 20 This little-known San Francisco startup makes the technology that powers the GIF search of practically any tool you use on the internet The company has become such a dominant force in the world of GIFs that it is the sole partner Google turns to for GIF search help on the Gboard keyboard app “Take a simple example like ‘Happy birthday.’ On Facebook we’re always trying to figure out how to say ‘Happy birthday’ differently because 20 other people or 50 other people or 100 other people already said ‘Happy birthday,'” says Hachenburg explaining that GIFs help personalize a message Tenor claims more than 150 million monthly users Those users access GIF Keyboard five times a day and altogether they make more than 2 billion GIF searches every month–most based on finding the perfect GIF to express an emotion With the release of iOS 10 in mid September, Tenor’s growth ought to continue skyrocketing. That’s because iOS 10 more closely integrates apps like GIF Keyboard with Apple’s iMessage. To accommodate iOS 10, Tenor drastically updated its app users can make GIFs of themselves or create GIF stickers that can be used to react to the things their friends send or using any of the GIF buttons on the company’s messaging partners Tenor is slowly turning its attention toward revenue but these three entrepreneurs have a plan to monetize GIFs “What we’re really doing as a business is indexing all this content around emotion,” says McIntosh Facebook’s real asset is owning the social graph We think about our asset as the emotional graph.” you have multiple car manufacturers bidding against each other to be the first link Google shows you at the top of your search results Tenor plans to introduce ads in a similar fashion Instead of an ad based on a product or service you looked for Tenor will give you an ad based on the emotion you want to express You might see GIFs from Starbucks or Dunkin’ Donuts Search for the term “love” and you could get sponsored GIFs from Tiffany & Co There’s a chance you’ll see GIF ads from Budweiser or Coors Tenor expects these potential advertisers to pay top bucks for two reasons The first is the emotional aspect of the valuable data Tenor holds The company has access to your thoughts and feelings and if a brand can pay to associate itself with whatever you think of when you feel “happy,” there are many marketers who will line up for that opportunity This type of ad will not only show you GIFs from a brand when you search on GIF Keyboard but it also has the potential to remind you of the feeling you searched for the next time you see that brand out in the real world People use Tenor when they send messages to one another It’s the space where you turn to your friends when you tell them about your plans That is extremely hot real estate in mobile advertising there are more than 200 billion mobile messages sent across the internet and Tenor is well poised to tap into that market “Messaging is such a powerful communication because we talk about what we want to do and there are all these keywords,” says Johnny Won Tenor is still a ways away from introducing ads The earliest they would roll out ads would be sometime in 2017 Tenor has worked with Hollywood studios to help them use GIFs as a way to promote their films but they have yet to charge a dime for that type of service we’re still focused on product,” says Hachenburg “But we feel confident that these are things advertisers have always gravitated toward–creative they had no idea they would ultimately be creating an emotional graph That came as a happy accident that resulted from their original intent: solving video on mobile Hachenburg had previously been CEO of Metacafe a video discovery startup founded by McIntosh when Hachenburg and McIntosh both participated on a panel discussing the future of video They had no firm ideas but knew they wanted to tackle the mobile video market They developed a video creation tool and found that people used it to make short clips to send to friends This taught them an important lesson: On mobile video was as much a medium for communication as it was for entertainment “No one had built a video company focused on communication and expression,” McIntosh says McIntosh followed his instincts and hacked together an Android app that made it easy to send GIFs Nawabi’s friends caught wind of this and demanded to try it out They installed it but were quickly disappointed it was not possible on Android to quickly toggle between keyboards you had to go back to settings and re-select another keyboard if you wanted to type again But what Android lacked in capabilities its chief rival would soon make up for At the unveiling of iOS 8 in the summer of 2014 Apple announced that it would finally allow developers to create third-party keyboard apps This was the opening the trio had been waiting for “It was almost as if [Apple was] looking at our user testing and were like ‘Oh the team built GIF Keyboard and placed an emphasis on the app’s search function They knew that matching GIFs to a user’s emotional intent was key Apple initially rejected GIF Keyboard because it lacked a keyboard–forcing McIntosh to spend the next few hours hacking away and programming a keyboard for the app so it could be resubmitted “They saw this and were probably confused themselves like ‘Whoa You can’t type anything!'” Nawabi says there is no higher ranked GIF-sharing app on mobile Tenor’s focus on emotion allowed it to build the best search tool for GIFs That technology has evolved into a full blown emotional graph tapping into our emotions will be key to growing a business “We have these 40 or 50 emotions throughout the day We’re expressing them on mobile,” McIntosh says “It feels like an opportunity that’s hiding in plain sight.” The super early-rate deadline for the 2025 Inc. 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For a look at what video creators and fans can expect for 2012, Beet.TV recently interviewed Erick Hachenburg, CEO of video portal Metacafe Here are the big three trends he sees playing out now We're now in the second wave of online video sites like his own paid content creators for popular videos Then the recession hit and the money stopped there's a video resurgence and creators are again making money More video sites have revenue-sharing plans than before and having great content is crucial for sites the views are so high that you can actually start to make a living if you have some success on YouTube," says Hachenburg Video sites that attract a particular audience are hot right now That's because sites with a focused audience are better able to attract advertisers Even YouTube is getting into the vertical game by creating 100 new channels targeted to particular viewers It's the same thing that basic cable stations have been doing for years 'How do we deliver a particular audience?'" says Hachenburg Facebook is now the biggest site for video sharing but there's still no online video player that taps the power of social networking This could explode now that Facebook has adopted a timeline view letting people easily see what videos their friends are watching and recommending "We expect a lot of change in the coming year around that social graph and the Facebook platform as a video platform," notes Hachenburg For the full interview, watch the video below (used courtesy of Beet.TV) Troy Dreier's article first appeared on OnlineVideo.net StreamingMedia.com is the premier online destination for professionals seeking industry news All Content Copyright © 2009 - 2025Information Today Inc. Streaming Media Magazine143 Old Marlton PikeMedford PRIVACY/COOKIES POLICY Link IconCopy linkFacebook LogoShare on FacebookXShare on XEmailShare via EmailLink copied to clipboardThe New York Times’ daily cartoons ban: Reactions from cartoonists | Opinion Cartoonists respond to the New York Times' recent decision to stop publishing all cartoons in its international edition The New York Times said goodbye this week to a longstanding newspaper tradition: daily political cartoons This decision is the culmination of controversy that started with the April 25 publication of a cartoon with anti-Semitic imagery walking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with many commenting on the uncertain future of political cartoons and a feeling that their voices are being silenced some cartoonists saw the Times as giving into authoritarian pressures to censor content Some cartoonists expressed concern that the Times’ move predicts a humorless Ending the publication of political cartoons translates into depriving cartoonists of freedom of speech Others stressed the importance of cartoonists losing their jobs as a consequence of this decision The New York Times did Trump and authoritarians everywhere a favor by eliminating editorial cartoons from its pages—a cowardly travesty pic.twitter.com/gLGIkQssOZ La censura del NYT elimina las caricaturas editoriales de sus paginas 👇 pic.twitter.com/9jx80DQuRs THE NEW YORK TIMES WILL END ALL POLITICAL CARTOONS I just learned, weeks after they published a syndicated Netanyahu cartoon that caused a scandal. For me, this is the end of an adventure that began 20 years ago. But the stakes are much higher. READ HERE: https://t.co/o8y43v88Yd pic.twitter.com/NBH0uyw9Jf pic.twitter.com/SCNBdSlI6a The terrific @lizadonnelly drew a cartoon letter to the editor about the @NYTimes decision to drop political cartoons from its international edition. https://t.co/pRKcS5nzSz pic.twitter.com/fSa7i0OReD WORST OFF THE LAST 20 YEARS Anna Mateur is an anti-diva who convinces with her self-deprecating traits and musical contributions The stage shows of this brilliant woman are a wonderful "date with creativity." This magnificent dwarfs everything that in this country tries to assert itself as great art Anna Mateur is: special art!What she will bring to the stage remains uncertain Only one thing is certain: there will be everything but a bouquet of colorful melodies Mateur surrounds herself only with the best musicians She has great performers at her side: Samuel Halscheidt and Kim Efert on guitars The German police conducted a raid on a neo-Nazi underground fight event in Hachenburg organized by the right-wing extremist political party Der Dritte Weg including several Dutch nationals and minors At the venue, authorities discovered a boxing ring and participants wearing martial arts attire The police seized numerous items indicative of right-wing extremist ideology German Interior Minister Michael Ebling emphasized that such gatherings serve to strengthen right-wing extremist networks He stated that the operation in Hachenburg sends a clear message that the government will resolutely oppose those who challenge Germany’s democratic order The event’s organizers reportedly have connections to Der Dritte Weg a neo-Nazi group active in Germany since 2013 with approximately 800 members This organization has been expanding its influence particularly in southern Germany and Rhineland-Palatinate and is under surveillance by security services Der Dritte Weg (The Third Way) is a small far-right and neo-Nazi political party in Germany Their platform includes positions such as the nationalization of key industries While no arrests were made during the raid, the police are investigating whether possession of the seized items is punishable. The presence of Dutch teenagers at the event has raised additional concerns about the spread of neo-Nazi ideology across borders Timothy Wheaton is a combat sports writer who covers MMA He has been an avid follower of these sports since 2005 Tim also works with a host of other media sites such as Calf Kick Sports Tim is the authority on kickboxing and an MMA journalist who has covered K-1