Computers

I was at work today with the head of our public relations department. We were looking at and editing pictures that have recently been taken for a new line of advertising. Most of these finalized pictures will end up on our website or advertising promotions we do but some will even make it to billboards around town. These pictures will be edited, revised and critiqued several times before being put on any website or billboard. Amongst the conversation of what picture looks better with what background for this add or that add or banners I realized that in no way shape or form have I ever used anything close to this software at school. I will say this is only a small portion our public relation directors job and that every other aspect I have seen him do I have some sort of educational experience I can associate with it. But in the end this is still a part of his job. I doubt I can answer an interviewer with “well that’s only a small part of the job I don’t really need to know that.” and we are only a local business I can’t begin to imagine what nationwide companies especially marketing businesses have available to them.  The computer lab computers we have at school are Windows XP Professional computers. They are everything one would need when writing a research paper. The downside of our school computers is they don’t exactly have editing software comparable to that used by today’s businesses. CS5 Is Adobe’s basic photo editing software used by many small businesses with a system requirement of -

• Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor
• Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3; Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (Service Pack 2 recommended); or Windows 7
• 1GB of RAM or more recommended
• 7.7GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices)
• 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM
• Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0
• Some features in Adobe Bridge rely on a DirectX 9–capable graphics card with at least 64MB of VRAM
• DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs
• QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for multimedia features
• Adobe Flash® Player 10 software required to export SWF files
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services*

This is a basic photo editing software used by many small businesses. Even the addition of something like this would allow student’s exp communication and marketing student’s the real life experience of what many businesses use daily.

Apple Pie Shots

What you will need

• 1 fifth of Everclear
• 1 gal. Apple Juice
• 1 gal. Apple Cider
• 4-8 Cinnamon Sticks
• 4 Cups of Sugar
  
  Mixing instructions
  

1. Mix the apple juice, apple cider, sugar, and cinnamon sticks together.
2. Boil until cinnamon sticks lose flavor.
3. Remove from heat, let cool.
4. Add Everclear, and stir.
5. Refrigerate.
6. Add more Everclear if you want it stronger.
7. Add more sugar if you want it sweeter.
8. Throw it in the fridge and let cool over night.

Can You Read This?

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